Instead, I'll inflict this pack, which arrived this morning:
It's a number 147 Whist pack in a design known as Club Karte (version 6). I've been after one of these for some time. The design was used from 1860 to 1933 (when Dondorf closed), so there are a lot of them around. However, most of them have simple aces; mine has illustrated aces, which is what I was after. That makes it more collectible (or at least people will pay more for it), which explains why I haven't won any of the bids I've put in for this design before.
According to the World Web Playing Card Museum, which I trust, the number 147 pack was manufactured between 1889 and 1928. It had indices from 1912 and the company's full name on the Jack of Clubs from 1906; my pack has neither so dates 1889-1905. There's no tax stamp, so I can't narrow it down more than that.
It's hard to use a mouse when you have blisters on the palms of your hands.