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Playboy Fournier Playing cards
« on: February 02, 2012, 04:01:53 PM »
 

VortexHead

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Hi, just thought I'd share a recent pck up of mine, I got them off ebay for £3.50/$5.50ish, I've found them online from one store for £35/$55 so I think I got a gooooood price :), here are some pics and also a little info I copied and pasted off the website selling them..... so far all I can say about them is that they are ultra stiff and have a smooth finish to them but they are so stiff, they dont fan very well either but still they look nice and would be good for cardistry or a game of cards.

''Playboy Club A sealed pack of Playboy cards with four special aces and non-standard joker, believed to be from the ex-stock of the Park Lane club in existence from 1966-1982.''
« Last Edit: February 02, 2012, 04:06:14 PM by VortexHead »
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« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2012, 04:12:17 PM »
 

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A very good deal but don't they come with a box? Show me the box and the online store selling them for $55 a deck >:( >:(
 

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« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2012, 04:19:12 PM »
 

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Ah, that one thing the box, I do have it but it's mashed up, the decks come in a set of four and the seller only had the one left, he sent me the box but it's not in good condition, here's a picture.. and here the link to the site selling them, halfway down the page,  http://www.collectorsplayingcards.co.uk/cardsale_magPinMisc.htm
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« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2012, 04:44:16 PM »
 

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Why is the bottom card 4 of Clubs? ::)
 

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« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2012, 04:45:45 PM »
 

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The back design is actually really cool! Very simple.
 

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« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2012, 04:47:20 PM »
 

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Why is the bottom card 4 of Clubs? ::)

I know nothing about gambling if the bottom card is to do with that, what's the bottom card mean or whats it used for?
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« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2012, 04:50:23 PM »
 

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Ah, that's why they don't go for as high a price as the other ones. No boxes. :P
Those are pretty nice, I like the back a lot and the aces, although not exactly in good taste, at least have some originality.
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« Reply #7 on: February 02, 2012, 04:54:25 PM »
 

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Yeh, the aces have a kind of vintage look to me and yeh the price would have been lower because of them being out of the box I guess but the ones on the website are also out of the box, they came in fantastic condition but they as many old decks have a little bend in the center.
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« Reply #8 on: February 02, 2012, 05:01:08 PM »
 

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''Playboy Club A sealed pack of Playboy cards with four special aces and non-standard joker, believed to be from the ex-stock of the Park Lane club in existence from 1966-1982.''
Um, exactly what about them is "sealed"? That is false advertising...
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« Reply #9 on: February 02, 2012, 05:02:05 PM »
 

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I know nothing about gambling if the bottom card is to do with that, what's the bottom card mean or whats it used for?

On the site you mentioned, it's a new deck and the bottom card is 4 of Clubs:
http://www.collectorsplayingcards.co.uk/images/FPSalepix/701-800/755%20playboy.JPG
Perhaps it is simply Fournier's tradition, I noticed the "CS" mark on the card.
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« Reply #10 on: February 02, 2012, 05:02:59 PM »
 

VortexHead

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They are sealed but not in a box they are sealed in thin cellophane, that's the actual deck itself. Like offason Anglos :)
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« Reply #11 on: February 02, 2012, 05:04:51 PM »
 

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I know nothing about gambling if the bottom card is to do with that, what's the bottom card mean or whats it used for?

On the site you mentioned, it's a new deck and the bottom card is 4 of Clubs:
http://www.collectorsplayingcards.co.uk/images/FPSalepix/701-800/755%20playboy.JPG
Perhaps it is simply Fournier's tradition, I noticed the "CS" mark on the card.

Okay, maybe I'll look into that a little bit more. Cheers
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Re: Playboy Fournier Playing cards
« Reply #12 on: February 02, 2012, 05:41:47 PM »
 

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I believe that the 4 of clubs mark functions like deck seals did back in the days when there was a tax on playing cards.  And just like how the tax stamps were eventually replaced with manufacturer's stamps, the marks on a modern Fournier deck's 4 of clubs just indicate who manufactured the deck.  I've seen similar in pictures of an Argentinian deck that was made in the US but rubber stamped on a specific card to indicate that the import duty was paid.
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« Reply #13 on: February 02, 2012, 05:44:23 PM »
 

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Sweet, thanks for the info Don, it's much appreciated and it saves me looking :)
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