1889 Article from The British Printer discussing history of Russel & Morgan Printing Co.

Maybe $20 since it is sealed.  Not a huge market for Arrco Club Reno decks.

AD15c - Dougherty Indicator No. 50 - c1900 - This Ace has "New York" moved up to the banner replacing "Manufacturer" and leaving No. 50 all by its lonesome underneath the ace.  Similar to other variations in Hochman, but this variation for Indicator No. 50 was not previously listed.

Thanks for sharing!

Found a mention of the "fine imported leatherette boxes" in an 1892 US Printing Co price list.

This Ace is mentioned but not shown in Hochman - US2b without Russell & Morgan Factories, Sportsman's No 202, Inlaid back design.  The way the "K" date code is written I would have guessed 1928, but I doubt this Ace was used for that long so that would make it 1907.  Not sure when this box design was used, but that would help with the dating.

Update:  But now I remember that Air Cushion wasn't a thing pre-1909, so I'm back to thinking these are 1928, but the Ace design is still puzzling.

Very nice. Can you show the card backs?

Welcome, Val. So what sort of cards are you interested in collecting?

Clay

Another wonderful antique deck. Given the ?Lyon? printed on the Jack of Clubs, I would guess this to be an antique French deck. Out of my expertise, but check with the folks at World of Playing Cards for more info - wopc.co.uk

My guess is $40-50 with condition and no joker.  I think there are some groups on facebook where you could sell it if you are looking for a collector.

Be sure to post any new discoveries in the Hochman Updates section of A Cellar of Fine Vintages.  That way, if there is an update, we have the info ready to go.

Based on the tax stamp and date code, I'd agree with 1954.  Also, 1954 was the last year for the larger images on the court cards.

It slowly dawned on me that decks of cards from the 1970s and 1980s are starting to get up there in age.  But they are readily available, even unopened.  But how to date the unopened decks?  I collected a bunch of Bicycle decks from the 70s to present, and noted how you can narrow down the date of a sealed deck of cards from the changes in the tuck.

*** All dates + / 1 a year given that tucks and decks may have been made in different years ***

If you have a bar code on the bottom right that starts with a floating 0, your deck was made between 1980 - 1994.

If your have a bar code on the bottom right with a non-floating 0, your deck was made between 1995 - 2000.

Additionally, Bicycle added the Registered Trademark symbol to the front of the tuck around 1991, and added small slits in the tongue of the tuck around 1994.

Bar code was moved to the bottom left around 2000.

If anyone else has some tips for dating sealed modern Bicycle decks, like when the white cellophane pull strip was in use, add them below.  And if I got something wrong, please let me know.