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Playing Card Chat ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦ => A Cellar of Fine Vintages => Topic started by: BirdOPrey5 on January 23, 2014, 02:29:14 PM
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After much research on one of my new decks, a Google Reverse Image Search of a joker finally led me to discover I was in possession of a Deesses Mythological Story deck from Philibert. Printed in France around 1960. All cards are in excellent condition but the title card is no where to be found. What do you think that does to the value?
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Won't do much to reduce he value. Value is near the top when the deck is mint, the joker is there, as is the box. The extra cards not as important. So if this was $100 as issued condition and missing Title card, I'd say still worth $90-95.
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Thanks... Fairly sure it's not the original box either- seems to be a generic plastic case. Cards are cool though and the jokers are there.
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Actually many Philibert decks came in plastic cases with no further identification - also some came in imitation leather [plastic] slip around cases. How do I get the black smudges off the pictures? ;)
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Thanks, that's good info... if you Google Deesses Mythological Story you can probably find the original images- I was able to. ;)
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Thanks, that's good info... if you Google Deesses Mythological Story you can probably find the original images- I was able to. ;)
Joe, thanks for the "modest" display of the deck's cards! I love a nude woman as much as the next guy, but we do get women and minors in here as members! It's really a lovely deck, something to be proud of.
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Thanks. That's why I asked first. :) I made sure to put all the black I thought was necessary, and then a little extra to be safe. If people really want to find the uncensored versions it's easy enough with the tools we have these days.
You need to imagine back in the 50s and 60s when there was no internet, no playboy on TV, not even HBO shows which have become half pornography. When these cards were printed married couples on TV couldn't even sleep in the same bed fully clothed!
Now a 10 year old can go to a computer and see unspeakable things in minutes. At least back in the day had a kid got a hold of their parent's deck it was classy stuff.
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As a kid of the 1970s/-80s who's sneaked many a peek at the Playboys my dad hid under his mattress, I know exactly what you're speaking of!
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My dad had a desk with a drawer that if you pulled it too far out you saw it had a false back and there were interesting things in there. :t11:
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My dad had a desk with a drawer that if you pulled it too far out you saw it had a false back and there were interesting things in there. :t11:
Very nice! I've always wanted something like that. Best I could come up with was taping notes underneath furniture drawers.