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Off Topic Chat => Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: diagonalpalmshift on March 19, 2014, 01:42:50 PM
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Hello Team!
This is Ricky Smith. I work at the Conjuring Arts Research Center and help Bill Kalush find and make all the good cards. This is only in theory though, mostly he does all the work and I don't know what I am doing. I do have a small collection of cards that I have accumulated and hope to use someday that are very awesome!
Best wishes,
Ricky
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Welcome Ricky, great to have you on the boards!
Do you collect anything in particlar?
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Welcome to the Discourse, Ricky! You're being too modest.
He's the Conjuring Arts Research Center's Student in Residence. I guess that means they let him crash on the couch... :))
Kidding - he's a great magician and cardist and he speaks at seminars and such. I saw him last year in Tannen's in New York with Dan and Dave. (Or was that the year before?)
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Hi Ricky - Welcome and good to see you here.
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My favourite card throwing expert :p along with Ricky Jay of course :) I will, one day, conquer the slicing of fruit with a playing card 8)
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Thanks for the nice welcome! Nice to hear from you Mr. Dawson and Mr. Boyer!
Most of my card collection is recent with a lot of duplicates. I basically try to spend all my money on books and then my favorite cards. I like Arrco US Regulation, Tally-Ho No. 9 Circle Backs, Bee No. 67 (preferably from Cincinatti), and the Bicycle New Fan Backs, because I like to use them in my card work. I would've been happy my whole life with a large supply of those. I have gotten into all the more recent cards a little though and like the Plaid cards that Dan and Dave Buck put out and the Erdnase 1902 - Blue Smith No. 2s. Currently I am pretty excited about the Expert Playing Card Co. and what Bill Kalush is doing over there. He doesn't always tell me everything that is going on, but what I have seen is great, and I hope to do my own deck there someday.
At one point I was very excited about the Bee Regency playing cards. They were from a casino in the Philippines and had an R on them with a reverse Bee 67 pattern. I refer to them as Ricky's and am very happy to have a few decks!
I am in awe of the collections of Tom and Judy Dawson and Bill Kalush. So many intricate and beautiful back designs and fascinating details! I would be able to afford only one deck and never be able to practice again, if I went that route though!
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Welcome aboard diagonalpalmshift :D