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A Cellar of Fine Vintages / Re: Visit of the French Playing Card Museum
« on: April 15, 2014, 11:16:50 PM »
The Museum also has a variety of art and really nice paintings. For example, I find that the painting of Eléna and Michel Gran is really magnificent.

About The United States Playing Card Museum, would you have some additional photos of the decks of their archives? Both which are here were published on the official Bicycle Facebook page.

Today, is this still possible to find and buy posters as those who are on this link :
http://www.icollector.com/Lot-Of-4-The-United-States-Playing-Card-Co-Posters-Th_i8458760

http://www.icollector.com/Lot-Of-4-The-United-States-Playing-Card-Co-Posters_i10259131

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Introduce Yourself / Re: Hello everyone!
« on: April 15, 2014, 10:53:33 PM »
Quote from: 52plusjoker on April 15, 2014, 03:44:05 PM
Hi Maxime
Great to have you hear and to hear of your passion for playing cards - both old and new! We hope you'll be a frequent contributor and commentator.

It's always a pleasure to read you Tom.  I will try my best and I hope we will share many things here!! Thank you for your welcome.
Hope to see you soon!

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Introduce Yourself / Re: Hello everyone!
« on: April 15, 2014, 10:45:06 PM »
Quote from: Don Boyer on April 15, 2014, 02:01:57 AM
Maxime, it's our pleasure to have you here.  Welcome to the Discourse!

Please, if you have any questions, don't be afraid to ask.  The people here are generally friendly, enthusiastic and willing to help out.  There's no such thing as a foolish question here.

I like how you appreciate both the old and the new.  That's becoming a very popular phenomenon around here, especially since 52 Plus Joker became affiliated with our site.  As 52+J members are joining the Discourse, so, too are Discourse members joining 52+J!

Your message is encouraging and I am really happy to be here. Thank you Don for your warm welcome!!

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Introduce Yourself / Re: Hello everyone!
« on: April 15, 2014, 10:40:03 PM »
Quote from: jwats01 on April 14, 2014, 09:31:38 PM
Hi Maxime!

Welcome! There are many cool and knowledgeable people here that are great about sharing information.

Hope to see you around!

James

Hi James!

Thank you for your message. I am sure that I will meet some great people here and I hope that we can discuss soon around this fascinating subject.

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A Cellar of Fine Vintages / Re: Post Your Vintage Collection - Your Newest & Most Prized Acquisitions
« on: April 15, 2014, 09:12:47 AM »
The court cards of Russell & Morgan PTG co decks are my preferred among all the other antique decks. I think the width and the size of the hearts, clubs and spades are perfect, colours are really beautiful and the representations of the jacks, queens and kings are also magnificent and very detailed.

I also like a lot the antique 32 card decks. There are fewer cards in the box but the holding in hand is very pleasant and I find that the antique models with joker are just fascinating.

The first pictured deck is a Sportsman's #202, introduced in 1881, by Russell, Morgan & Co. This is the first issue with the nice and picturesque Ace of spades and a pinkish red Pheasant back.

The two others, introduced in 1888 with the name Cabinet #707 was made and packed with 32 standard cards and four special progressive euchre cards.
These copies have a blue back and one represents binoculars. The other baby back was used for another brand made by Russell&Morgan: the Army and Navy #303.

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A Cellar of Fine Vintages / Russell & Morgan - Popular Game of Cards
« on: April 15, 2014, 05:12:50 AM »
Hello all!!

On this link, here is the complete scan of my second edition booklet :

https://www.flickr.com/photos/105923073@N02/

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A Cellar of Fine Vintages / Visit of the French Playing Card Museum
« on: April 15, 2014, 04:34:39 AM »
The French Playing Card Museum abounds in historical treasures concerning the playing card. I made my first visit a few months ago and I discovered magnificent decks and very interesting texts, tracing the history of playing cards.
Here are some photos, in memory of this fabulous visit.

And you, did you visit this museum or another museum of playing cards ? Your photos are welcome if you have it..

The tape guide link of the French Museum : http://www.issy.com/storage/Audioguide/audioguides.html

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Introduce Yourself / Hello everyone!
« on: April 14, 2014, 08:21:14 PM »
My name is Maxime and I live in France. I'm a member of the 52 Plus Joker Club and I collect american decks with some B.P Grimaud decks.
I am particularly attracted by antique playing cards and I collect them for approximately 3 years. Now, I think of having some rarities but I persevere, and I am going to try to enlarge it a little in the coming years.
Today, my collection is organized in two parts: the antique or vintage decks and the American decks currently in production (USPCC, Theory 11, Ellusionist, Dan&Dave, etc).

My interest for the playing cards is multiple : I love cards for their design and their history in the first one; the magic (magic Tricks and Playing Card Flourishes, as on this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5x2FQuQfTg); and also for the symbols which hide in cards,  their esoteric and mystic function (some aspects of the fortune-telling, elements of the little book of the 7 thunders, the use of cards and tarot at the time of king Charles VI, etc..)

I possess two important books concerning the playing cards and each of them helps me to collect and understand better the universe of the playing card. The Hochman Encyclopedia and another french and rare book of Henry-René d'Allemagne: Les Cartes à jouer du quatorzième au vingtième siècle.

I hope to make beautiful discoveries on this forum and is a pleasure to be here with you!!
Max

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A Cellar of Fine Vintages / Re: Post Your Vintage Collection - Your Newest & Most Prized Acquisitions
« on: February 22, 2014, 05:39:16 AM »
Hello to you all!!
I'm a french collector of american playing cards and B.P Grimaud decks. I am so pleased to be here and I hope share with you a lot of discussion about the fascinating world of playing cards.
My favorite makers are : Russell & Morgan , Caterson & Brotz ; Andrew Dougherty ; Samuel Hart  and I am particularly interested in Perfection PCC decks and Longley & Brothers playing cards.
The deck for which I desire most is the Andrew Dougherty Murphy Varnish deck. It's just an attractive dream for the moment, but for this so fascinating hobby, I think the patience is never a problem, and in my opinion, the best puzzle is the one that we build most slowly possible, to maximally protect the pleasure that we have to realize it..
I don't know if I chose the exact words in English to express what I really think on this subject but I hope that the language barrier will not be a problem to exchange, discover and share, together, in this wonderful playing card place!

To begin, here is one of my favorite decks of my collection: NY Consolidated Triton #42. I have two copies of these Samuel Hart Squeezers decks : one red and one green. Both are in "unopened" mint condition with the wrapper, in a tuck box.

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