Interesting to me anyway. Found standard blue Bees in a Great Mogul box. 1972. I had not seen this plain "Extra Joker" until now.

Given that Great Mogul boxes usually contain USPC seconds or decks for export -- would either of these be the reason for the plain extra joker? It means this deck carries no guarantee card. And it appears just fine -- no obvious defects, etc.

One color printing makes this card cheaper to produce -- and appear as an afterthought compared to the colored joker. 

Found the deck at the Chicago Playing Card Collectors convention Thursday. Tons of free singles to swap, and you'll find rarer singles and interesting decks for sale. (CPCC member here).

Holiday Inn North Shore, Skokie, Illinois through Saturday evening. 

Chris Turner
aka Andrew
52 Plus Joker and CPCC member for 20+ years.

Chicago Playing Card Collectors will hold its first "Playing Card Market" Saturday, August 31st as part of the CPCC annual convention.

It's billed as a sale of "all things playing cards," including decks, unusual singles and other playing card-related items.

I'll be one of the sellers.  I'll have dozens of decks, including one set of Bicycle Holiday backs (the snowflakes, not the Santa), vintage airline, tobacco, alcohol advertising decks; vintage USPC (including a brick of still sealed, 1962 Bees) and lots more.

Think of it as a chance to buy older and standard decks for your collection.  We have plenty of playing card history experts as well.  Many members have collected cards for 50 years or more. 

All questions and newcomers welcome.

Other members of the CPCC club will have decks and ephemera for sale, too.

The convention itself runs Aug. 30 and 31 at the Holiday Inn North Shore, 5300 Touhy Avenue, in Skokie.

CPCC members trade single cards and collect decks.  It is THE convention of the year for singles traders.  Members travel from Australia and Europe to swap.

This could be the chance to expand your collecting into singles.  Members swap those mostly for free!

Admission to the convention itself is $15.  No admission charged for the "Market" on Saturday afternoon.

WHAT:  CPCC Playing Card Market
WHEN:  1-5 p.m. CDT, Saturday, Aug. 31
WHERE:  Holiday Inn North Shore, 5300 Touhy Avenue, Skokie, Illinois

Send me a message or leave any questions here.  I'll be checking online throughout the week.

www.CPCCInc.org for more information. 

See you there!

Andrew