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Playing Card Plethora / Re: Show Me Your BEST OF THE BEST!
« on: March 06, 2014, 08:49:41 AM »
Love this topic because I am a favorites-kind-of person. However I don't know any of these decks as my love is antiques but if I did my favorite would need to include

1. Colorful and clever redesigned standard court cards
2. A fantastic Ace of Spades
3. A specially designed tuckcase - I love packaging and I have seen several great ones on the few new decks I have seen.
4. And lastly, top quality stock

If any of these meet my criteria please let me know and I'll be there to write it up in the club newsletter "Clear the Decks" www.52plusjoker.org

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A Cellar of Fine Vintages / Re: White Whale -- Moby Deck
« on: March 06, 2014, 07:55:31 AM »
When it comes to the rare in antique decks there is always at least one elusive deck, either impossible to find, or too costly. However when you have collected for nearly 40 years, many of your wants have been found.  There is one amazing Samuel Hart deck in Lenny Schneirs auction in 1995 which went too high for us.  That is one I would love to own! 

Keep tuned, I will posted pictures asap.

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A Cellar of Fine Vintages / Re: Norwood 85
« on: March 05, 2014, 03:10:53 PM »
I am sure it wouldn't hurt to try to find out about the Norwood deck but bear in mind it has always been difficult to assess the value of an incomplete deck. Here are my thoughts on a very rare non-standard deck; without its special joker but mint, reduce by 1/4 to 1/2 of the value; same deck missing a pip card only, 1/8; a court card 1/4 - 1/2. Condition is tougher. Slightly used, reduce by 1/4-1/8. Very good with no faults probably reduce 1/3. After that its your call!

USPC has one complete Norwood deck (without a box(?))  When we last assessed their collection we were able to put together a complete matching one. They have two more partials, each with a different back design.

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Introduce Yourself / Re: Hello Everyone
« on: March 03, 2014, 01:53:54 PM »
Hi Alan
Thanks for joining in the fun, you will enjoy both reading and posting. See you in Charleston (you are planning to go of course!!)
Judy

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Playing Card Plethora / Re: Playing Card Collectors Meeting - Toronto - Sunday March 2nd, 2014 at 2pm
« on: March 02, 2014, 08:09:03 PM »
Why is it that whenever we attend any meeting with people with like interests we have so much fun?  It was a blast and I have even found some new bff's! Thank you Jeff for providing such a great venue and even good food. Also of course Lee and Jason for making certain everything was in place. Tom and I even sold some of our Hochman Enyclopedia of Playing Cards!  Can't wait to meet again.

PS the ads are here anytime Dave!

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Playing Card Plethora / Re: Playing Card Auction - January to March 2014
« on: February 28, 2014, 03:43:54 PM »
Another interesting deck to be found in the pages of the 52 Plus Joker auction taking place now until mid March. Check it out!

I have always have loved this early clever modern deck (see listing below).

    Grand Prix   1976   France
   52+2J+TC   Unusual special deck designed as part of the 1975 Grand Prix contest sponsored by Grimaud.  Each year they published the winning entry for that year.
        Interesting attractive modern designed courts with stylized pips.

   Minimum    20 



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A Cellar of Fine Vintages / Re: Wild Bill Hickok Deck?
« on: February 27, 2014, 02:27:48 AM »
Yes, this period deck could certainly be the right one. However the Ace of Spades would no doubt tell you what you want to know as it generally gives you the name of the manufacturer. However if it happened to be a cheating deck the Ace of Spades would probably be a generic one so try to get a scan of it. Intriquing!

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A Cellar of Fine Vintages / Re: Wild Bill Hickok Deck?
« on: February 27, 2014, 02:13:18 AM »
Quote from: Aoresteen on February 26, 2014, 05:06:14 PM
I just heard back from the Adams Musemum in Deadwood.  They sent me photos of the back and the front of the 8 of hearts.

Back:


Front:


Clearly these are not Squeezers.  So does anyone recognize the back pattern?  Do they date to 1876?



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Introduce Yourself / Re: Hello everyone!
« on: February 27, 2014, 01:56:20 AM »
Wecome Renee...

Wow-Your parrot deck is beautiful! I envy you your talent and wish you and Master Pippin lots of luck in your kickstarter campaign.

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Introduce Yourself / Re: Hi there
« on: February 27, 2014, 01:46:33 AM »
Glad you have joined in - definitely the right place for your interests.  Enjoy!

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Introduce Yourself / Re: Hello all
« on: February 27, 2014, 01:42:01 AM »
And welcome to you, both as a member of Discourse and of "52".  Hope you will continue to use this forum and to plan to bid in our auction - some great decks there. I agree with you about the hunt and good luck, those deco decks are fabulous and among our favs as well.

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Playing Card Plethora / Re: Conjuring Arts Variety Box Includes a Jerry's Nugget deck!
« on: February 26, 2014, 02:25:35 PM »
How lucky are you to have been able to watch this drama unfolding! I envy you as any owl sighting is rare especially during the day time and you could watch them everyday. 

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A Cellar of Fine Vintages / Re: Arrow Brand Silhouette Deck
« on: February 26, 2014, 02:12:12 PM »
Would love to see the back, box, spade ace and joker of this deck. There were quite a large number of silhouette designs published in the time frame you mention, Arrow likely in the earlier half. I really like these narrow Art Deco infuenced designs

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A Cellar of Fine Vintages / Re: Army and Navy Decks by USPC - 1981 Reproduction
« on: February 23, 2014, 02:26:47 PM »
Keep an eye out as this set is probably one of the best playing card bargains out there.  They usually sell around $40-
45 and are well worth that price.  Unfortunately we have no idea how many were made but we figure nobody would play with them in spite of the quality so probably most of them are still mint.  The box is fine leather or leatherette and is lined in a satiny material.  Tom and I collect antique cards but this fabulous package is an integral part of out collection.

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Playing Card Plethora / Re: 1876, A.Dougherty Triplicate Playing Cards Restoration (KS)
« on: February 22, 2014, 08:13:07 AM »
This looks like a lovely reproduction of the Triplicate deck but as a collector of original cards I generally find that the quality is not nearly as good as the original. That being said, it is nice to be able to have a new example of an early deck, (originally published as a method of using corner indicies), along side new issues.

However it becomes tricky when these decks start to appear for sale and a few people are unscrupulous in their descriptions. We try to describe all reproductions in "Clear the Decks" hoping no one gets burned - I do like the clear description of this on the very cool wrapper!

Good luck with this project...

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A Cellar of Fine Vintages / Re: 10ยข Alabama Tax Stamp on Playing Cards
« on: February 21, 2014, 03:49:49 PM »
Welcome Adam
We hope you will find this forum to be a good vehicle for you to be involved in. I enjoyed your comments in the 52 plus joker forum and hope that you will be active here as well.

I love the Marguerite decks, those are very nice ones.

Hope you will find a special deck or two to bid on in the 52 plus joker club auction. Check it out at www.52plusjoker.org

Judy

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Introduce Yourself / Re: How did you find PlayingCardForum?
« on: February 21, 2014, 08:49:39 AM »
Welcome David
Now I can find you here and it won't be long before I see you in Charleston!  We are expecting a good crowd, many new ones through Discourse. Keep checking this site out through the "Plethora" AND of course in "Cellar of Fine Vintages" - you can probably add some good comments.

Hugs
Judy

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Introduce Yourself / Re: Hi! My name is Christian Sass
« on: February 20, 2014, 07:52:46 PM »
Hi Christian
I checked out your website and as an "old fogey" I have always loved illustration of the 30, 40 and 50's done for magazines, book covers, ads etc.  I am excited to see what you might design on playing cards. 

There have been a few fascinating decks designed by members of our playing card club and they were printed in very limited editions making them quite scarce. There are a few which are in the coming 52 plus joker auction - check it out at www.52plusjoker.org  Although we are not generally collectors of new decks, these have a place in our collection. I hope yours will be there as well.

I am impressed!


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A Cellar of Fine Vintages / Re: Newley Designed Cards
« on: February 20, 2014, 05:44:48 PM »
I love the traditional designs in this deck, my only criticism might be the yellow background around the courts as it does take away a little from the delicate  details.

Do you have anymore??

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Playing Card Plethora / Re: Allow Me To Introduce You To...
« on: February 18, 2014, 06:14:06 PM »
You surely should "spark" up the forum - thanks for joining in!

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Playing Card Plethora / A bit of fun for playing card lovers
« on: February 18, 2014, 03:53:12 PM »
I recently found this bit of fun for all you designers which was tucked away among our many playing card items.

Check out the playing card club's auction at www.52plusjoker.org

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Introduce Yourself / Re: Thanks and also hello
« on: February 18, 2014, 02:44:07 AM »
 Love your humor so please come out of the bushes more often!

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Introduce Yourself / Re: Introducing Watson7
« on: February 18, 2014, 02:38:23 AM »
Rod is one of the most knowledgable players in the world of antique playing cards but he also has an appreciation of the finer reproduction decks which have been published more recently. We are delighted he has joined in and know you will all enjoy his contributions. Thanks for joining us "Watson" we hope that we might have a few mysteries for you to help solve!

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Playing Card Plethora / Re: Playing Card Auction - January to March 2014
« on: February 13, 2014, 08:41:11 AM »
Quote from: ATS on January 28, 2014, 02:28:26 AM
Some very nice items there. I had not seen or heard about a 'duplicate whist' deck before (58). Would be very interested to see / learn more about it.

Bird's Duplicate Whist was a deck designed to allow the same hands to be played contemporaneously at different tables of four people. Using a stylo and  holes in the cards predetermined deals could be distributed to the four players. It was an unwieldy system, quickly replaced by ones easier to handle.

There were quite a number of bridge and whist decks published from c1890 until c1950. Many of them were considered teaching decks with instructions for play in the margins. There were also decks with different colored pips, ie black spades, red hearts, orange diamonds and blue clubs to try to prevent sorting a card into the wrong place.

Collecting early bridge and whist decks was Tom and  my first area of focus and it is amazing how many playing cards were published to try and attract and teach people who wanted help with the games. You can check out the bridge and whist and non-revoke sections of the Hochman Encyclopedia to learn about the 57 different deck varieties published pre 1950.


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A Cellar of Fine Vintages / A Favorite Transformation Deck - Murphy Varnish
« on: January 25, 2014, 02:47:12 PM »
Although there have been many wonderful Transformation decks published for over 200 years, the Murphy Varnish deck ranks at the top of  the best ever decks.  Published in 1879 it features amazing, clever court cards, great transformed pip cards (the pips on the front of the card have been incorporated into the design of the card).  It qualifies in the Hochman Encyclopedia of American Playing Cards as not only a Transformation deck but also as an advertising deck as there are advertising slogans for Murphy Varnish on almost every card.  Perhaps there are members out there in Discourseland who can share other Transformation decks with us.


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