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A Cellar of Fine Vintages / USPCC German Skat Deck
« on: April 01, 2014, 05:55:41 PM »
I just picked up a few weeks ago and I had a few questions if anyone would be able the clarify

According to the Hochman, this deck includes the 7's through aces and each of the normal suits.  The deck was sold in sets of either 24 or 32 card decks.

As you can see by the picture,  I have only the 7's, 10's, royalty,  and aces. However,  I have 2 of each, giving me 48 cards.  Was it actually made like this at some point or do I have two 24 card decks? Also, I should point out that the back is the later butterfly back. The date code does appear on the bottom,  dating the deck around the 1920's. I'm very confused.

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A Cellar of Fine Vintages / Arrow Brand Silhouette Deck
« on: February 26, 2014, 11:25:57 AM »
I was wondering if anyone could provide any more info about a deck a got a year or two ago. It is from the Arrow Playing Card Company, so I know it is between 1920-1935. It is silver colored and has a silhouette of a woman's head as the back design. It is in a very nice hard case which has a small frame on the top. The frame has another card with the silhouette. I will be posting pictures for it later.

My questions: Does anyone know if this is a regular thing for Arrow Playing Cards to print these silhouette decks? I am thinking that they might be custom based on the purchaser, but I honestly have no idea since I have not seen any others.

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Playing Card Plethora / New book for modern playing card collectors
« on: February 20, 2014, 01:56:32 AM »
Hey everyone! I am still fairly new hear but I am a 52PlusJoker member. I was referred to post about my project here by a few other members. I wanted to get everyone's thoughts on this:

I am currently writing a book which I consider is a "go-to guide" for anyone wanting to get in to serious playing card collecting. I am obviously a collector and most of you are as well, but hopefully my book would be beneficial.

A general description of the book: It is called Modern Playing Card Collecting. While other books focus on collecting vintage cards and pricing them, mine will be more of: how to collect modern playing cards successfully. It is already over 175 pages, and will end up at around 200 once I am done with it. It includes resources for people who want to look for cards, where to look, and how to judge quality of cards when you find them. After wards it also goes over ways to know what kind of cards to collect and how to protect and display them. I also have hundreds of pictures and interviews with some of the best people involved with playing cards (Including fellow members here on this site! Dave Buck, Judy & Tom Dawson, Lee Asher, Owen Packard, and Paul Carpenter. These people were a blast to interview and I'm sure everyone will learn a lot from the interviews alone!)

It has taken me over a year to write and it is very special to me. Now I want to clarify that I am not making this post to advertise it or anything. What I am thinking about is making a Kickstarter campaign for this book. I am curious, does anyone find this something they would want to see on Kickstarter?

Finally, it is getting late for me, but I will gladly answer any questions about the book that anyone has. So please post any questions or feedback! Thanks again everyone!

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Introduce Yourself / Greetations!
« on: February 18, 2014, 10:40:16 PM »
Hello everyone! I am Daniel McKinley. I have been a playing card collector for many years now and I love sharing my knowledge. I am from New Mexico in the U.S. and I seems to be one of the few collectors in the area.

I am a member of 52plusjoker and a professional magician as well.

I was referred by a fellow member, Tom Dawson to join the forum, so here I am! I look forward to meeting you all and talking cards.

Finally, I am actually writing a book about modern playing card collecting. its currently sitting at about 175 pages and has interviews from Tom & Judy Dawson, Lee Asher, Dave Buck, Owen Packard, and Paul Carpenter! I have been considering doing a run of the books on Kickstarter for a while. I will post more about it later if anyone is interested. But please let me know which topic would be the best to post this under. Thanks again!

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