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Playing Card Chat ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦ => A Cellar of Fine Vintages => Topic started by: jmrock on November 09, 2012, 12:34:45 PM
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And one lucky winner is going to win my dream deck of playing cards without a joker... This is truly a deck that I have desired for quite a long time, but the price (for me) is astronomical and without a joker... Starting at the low bid of $699... http://www.ebay.com/itm/261124827896
Anyone else have a dream deck they've been looking for?
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And one lucky winner is going to win my dream deck of playing cards without a joker... This is truly a deck that I have desired for quite a long time, but the price (for me) is astronomical and without a joker... Starting at the low bid of $699... http://www.ebay.com/itm/261124827896 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/261124827896)
Anyone else have a dream deck they've been looking for?
I'm going to switch this to a better title - What Is Your Dream Deck? (Vintage Preferred). And guys - no J-Nuggs, please; it's just too obvious!
My dream decks would probably be first year printings of the New Fan Back, Old Fan Back and Rider Back. In new but aged condition. I'd settle for PRECISE replicas.
Some of the older European decks would be cool as well. But I do prefer Anglo-Rouen over the numerous other deck styles.
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I'm going to have to say a pair of Jerry's Nuggets. I've always wanted them but have never been able to get them because of their price. One day....
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I'm going to have to say a pair of Jerry's Nuggets. I've always wanted them but have never been able to get them because of their price. One day....
You just don't read, do you...
And guys - no J-Nuggs, please; it's just too obvious!
Any OTHER dream decks on your list, Evan?
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I remember seeing somewhere on this site of a world war 2 victory deck or something like that. I have not been able to find it again. But it was one I was wanting badly.
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I'm going to have to say a pair of Jerry's Nuggets. I've always wanted them but have never been able to get them because of their price. One day....
You just don't read, do you...
And guys - no J-Nuggs, please; it's just too obvious!
Any OTHER dream decks on your list, Evan?
Actually I did read it, and I saw that but those ARE the decks that I really want to add to my collection and always have wanted to. I was just answering the question as best as I could.
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I remember seeing somewhere on this site of a world war 2 victory deck or something like that. I have not been able to find it again. But it was one I was wanting badly.
You might have been referring to the "Victory Series" decks from "the Great War," what we now know as World War I. They're probably the rarest of all Bicycle decks ever made. The idea was to make them as morale boosters for the war, and there was a deck for each branch of the military - the Army deck was "Big Gun" (Robinson's #15), the Navy deck was "Dreadnaught" (Robinson's #26), the Army Air Corps deck was "Flying Ace" (Robinson's #30; the Army Air Corps was the predecessor to the Air Force) and the Marine Corps deck was "Invincible" (Robinson's #32).
What made these decks so rare was that USPC didn't get around to printing and releasing them until 1918, and the war ended about a half-year later. Production was discontinued, making all four the shortest runs of a USPC-ordered Bicycle deck not intended to be a limited edition. A complete set, still sealed, is exceptionally rare and can go for thousands of dollars.
Those are some really, REALLY nice-looking cards. It's a shame that USPC completely screwed the pooch when they released the "Big Gun" reprint decks recently. They did such good work making an authentic-looking box and copying the card backs - but then they used the exact same faces from a modern Bicycle deck, right down to the jokers and Ace of Spades, and worse, stuck a huge price tag on them. It was a form of poetic justice to see this deck, formerly sold at as much as $50 a pair, no singles, go on clearance at Wingra Direct for 99 cents a pack!
If they hadn't botched this and really did the deck true justice by giving it authentic period faces (and more down-to-earth prices), we could be looking at all four decks being reproduced and resold today. As it stands, the odds are slim-to-nil unless a private company takes the job on.
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I think that is the one I am talking about.
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Are these the decks you're talking about?
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yes I believe so jmrock.
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yes I believe so jmrock.
His images are of the more recent reprints - the ones I mentioned that were eventually closed out at 99 cents a pack.
There was an eBay auction either earlier this year or late last year for the entire set. It was known as the "War Series" as listed on the box, but some of the advertising of the period also described them as the "Victory Series".
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yea i want the original ones.
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This may sound cheesy. But I would like to own one of the very first Riderbacks ever printed. Straight from the First run! Maybe I will eventually get my hands on a brick if I can find any ever!
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This may sound cheesy. But I would like to own one of the very first Riderbacks ever printed. Straight from the First run! Maybe I will eventually get my hands on a brick if I can find any ever!
That's not so cheesy. It was on my list! But good luck finding a brick, used or still sealed. :))
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I would go for silver slippers, dunes, playboy atlantic, and orange and blue Golden nuggets. :)
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This may sound cheesy. But I would like to own one of the very first Riderbacks ever printed. Straight from the First run! Maybe I will eventually get my hands on a brick if I can find any ever!
good luck finding a brick, used or still sealed. :))
My sentiments exactly. I'd love some old Tally-Ho's, Dunes or Arrco's. An old Arrco Tahoe would be nice as well. But even though I'm not allowed to say, my dream would be a brick of Jerry's. I'm sorry :(
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Aside from J-Nuggs, probably a Bicycle Playboy deck and perhaps a Silver Slipper deck.
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I agree with vmagic. The playboy casino deck or the silver slipper decks would be two that'd I'd love to own.
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Dunes. I love that turquoise blue color. Also I'd die if I had a full set of Golden Nuggets.
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vietnam era bicycle secret weapon deck
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I love Arrcos in general, but since the US Regulations aren't REALLY to be considered "vintage", I'd have to say an original deck of Arrco Tahoes :D that would be awesome to own haha
I love the reprints, but I've heard so many amazing things about the originals! Plus the design is lovely...
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I am actually kind of fond of the "American Banknote" deck backs - a good example of which that's easily found today would be the Aristocrat 727 reprints. They really do remind one of currency with all the fine line work on the back design.
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Easily a full set of Golden nuggets, some wynns (can't get them anywhere in the UK) and just one deck of the obvious :')
-Benny
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Out of the decks I own, I'm currently really loving the silver split spade lions. Might even take them off my for sale thread and keep the brick!
If I could find a really old and vintage deck, or one that at least looks like one, AND handles like my split spades, I'd be a very happy chappy indeed!