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Playing Card Chat ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦ => A Cellar of Fine Vintages => Topic started by: 4jacks on June 14, 2018, 02:30:29 PM

Title: Pyramid Playing Cards - Homerun Brand
Post by: 4jacks on June 14, 2018, 02:30:29 PM

Came across this great deck a while back with a bulk purchase. I'm still sorting through and finding this to be one of my favorites.  I would like to know more about Pyramid Playing Cards and the Homerun brand if possible.

(https://imgur.com/AYSQz6F)

(https://imgur.com/tnZXWLU)

WoPC has some good basic information, but I was wondering if there was anything to add. Or something that could further date my deck.  I have 52 cards, no jokers or box unfortunately.  Can post more pics if requested.

Title: Re: Pyramid Playing Cards - Homerun Brand
Post by: 4jacks on June 14, 2018, 02:31:50 PM

Tried to add photos they didn't show.

http://www.wopc.co.uk/usa/pyramid/

https://imgur.com/tnZXWLU

https://imgur.com/AYSQz6F

Title: Re: Pyramid Playing Cards - Homerun Brand
Post by: Don Boyer on June 17, 2018, 05:21:58 AM

Quote from: 4jacks on June 14, 2018, 02:31:50 PM

Tried to add photos they didn't show.

http://www.wopc.co.uk/usa/pyramid/

https://imgur.com/tnZXWLU

https://imgur.com/AYSQz6F

Your links are to the webpage the image appears on, not to the image itself, which is why the link entries failed.  If you had entered "i.imgur.com/name_of_image.jpg" rather than "imgur.com/name_of_image" it might have given better results.

Like thus:

(https://i.imgur.com/tnZXWLU.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/AYSQz6F.jpg)

You might want to invest in a copy of the latest edition of the Hochman's Encyclopedia.  They're not 100% complete, but they're very thorough where it comes to US-made decks from before 1950.  It's about the most complete resource on the topic of American-made vintage and antique cards you'll find.