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A Cellar of Fine Vintages / Re: Ask the Experts at 52 Plus Joker
« on: October 09, 2015, 02:25:14 AM »
Thank you very much Andrew, I appreciate the help. Take care, Craig
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A Cellar of Fine Vintages / Re: Post Your Vintage Collection - Your Newest & Most Prized Acquisitions
« on: October 08, 2015, 11:25:41 AM »
I am also a fan, like many, of the wide variety of jokers like the Umpire. Many may be unaware that many of the Bikes were offered with gilt edges like this Racer, which was also an Ivory Finish. The boxed set is still in my collection and is a Russell deck which 5 bone dice. Also pictured are early Russell Recruits and a very early Steamboat.
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A Cellar of Fine Vintages / Re: Post Your Vintage Collection - Your Newest & Most Prized Acquisitions
« on: October 08, 2015, 11:19:25 AM »
Here is the Mickey Mouse mini, some more of the rare Bikes, and one of my personal favorites the High Finish Rider Back (c1955). The square corner antique is a Samuel Hart Faro deck which had a brown "worm" back.
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A Cellar of Fine Vintages / Re: Post Your Vintage Collection - Your Newest & Most Prized Acquisitions
« on: October 08, 2015, 11:15:19 AM »
The 5 suit bridge was a failed attempt at a new game, and the 5th suit was a green Eagle (c1940). The Gypsy Witch Fortune Telling is the original from the very early 1900s. There is a tax stamp sealed Racer Back and a rare Bee back no. 86.
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A Cellar of Fine Vintages / Re: Post Your Vintage Collection - Your Newest & Most Prized Acquisitions
« on: October 08, 2015, 11:11:44 AM »
As you can see by the photos, it is an eclectic collection. For the most part I don't keep the decks, they are sold to acquire others and a limited few remain in the collection. I love the oddities and you will see as you go through the photos which those are. I didn't know, for example, that Bee came in a Smooth Finish or Bicycle a High Finish. The movie deck is from a Bollywood film back in the 40s. The Mickey Mouse mini-deck is from 1935. The Tiger playing cards are the first cards to come out of the USPC back in the 1880s.
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A Cellar of Fine Vintages / Re: Ask the Experts at 52 Plus Joker
« on: October 08, 2015, 10:33:50 AM »
I have a question about the Tally Ho playing cards. I have some sealed decks that are barcoded and some that are not. It is my understanding that the non-perforated sticker seals were adopted in the mid-70s and the barcode in the early 80s. My non-barcoded decks have the non-perforated seal so my guesstimate is that these were made/sold in the time between 1976 and approx. 1982. Can anyone confirm this? Thank you, Craig
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