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A Cellar of Fine Vintages / Re: Help needed to date and possibly estimate a price for a couple of decks
« on: May 05, 2016, 06:45:50 AM »
That is fascinating! I just checked the other white stamped decks and they all show "Marca Reg." on the frontside of the box.

I do believe, however, that the cellophane just cracked due to its age as the top part of the League Back's cellophane is fully intact. So the decks were probably manufactured with tax free stamps and including cellophane.

Very interesting stuff! :)

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A Cellar of Fine Vintages / Re: Ask the Experts at 52 Plus Joker
« on: April 25, 2016, 09:46:06 AM »
Hi :)

I've got a couple of decks I would love to know the dates of, as well as an estimated value (just for myself).

Since I already opened a new topic including pictures, I'm just going to give you the link to it:

http://www.playingcardforum.com/index.php?topic=9414.0

Any help would be very appreciated :)

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A Cellar of Fine Vintages / Re: Help needed to date and possibly estimate a price for a couple of decks
« on: April 25, 2016, 08:54:04 AM »
Thank you again for your help!

Reading some of the articles on this forum really has sparked up my interest in cards again  :D

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A Cellar of Fine Vintages / Re: Help needed to date and possibly estimate a price for a couple of decks
« on: April 25, 2016, 08:51:04 AM »
- This Bicycle Rider Back deck has a "1 Pack" stamp and apart from a very minor crack in the cellophane looks fantastic (to my untrained eye).

- Another two bricks were discovered consisting of original Aristocrat 727 decks. I do have at least one open deck, so I should be able to date them as soon as I can find it. Here I would mainly be interested in what you guys think they might be worth today.

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A Cellar of Fine Vintages / Re: Help needed to date and possibly estimate a price for a couple of decks
« on: April 25, 2016, 08:47:19 AM »
A few more to go.

- I found a brick of pre-barcode decks of Bicycle Rider Back cards. None of them came with cellophane, which has me confused. I am not sure if they came this way or if the previous owner peeled them for some bizarre reason.


- From the same previous owner came these two League Backs without barcode. Those ones do have cellophane around them but appear to have a different kind of seal, as the edges of the seal appear to be clear. Apart from the change in color of the seal they are in perfect condition.


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A Cellar of Fine Vintages / Re: Help needed to date and possibly estimate a price for a couple of decks
« on: April 25, 2016, 08:41:32 AM »
Next up are a couple of Steamboat decks. Both are in perfect condition, show no barcode and have the post taxes stamp as a seal.


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A Cellar of Fine Vintages / Re: Help needed to date and possibly estimate a price for a couple of decks
« on: April 25, 2016, 08:39:24 AM »
Here's a deck of Bee #92 playing cards from the NY Consolidated Card Company.

The seal has been opened, the wax paper, however, is in perfect condition. The box itself seems to be made out of a thicker, more sturdy cardboard. Comparable to the cardboard used for the boxes of Bicycle Eco decks. Its color is also different, with a more brownish beige to it.


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A Cellar of Fine Vintages / Re: Help needed to date and possibly estimate a price for a couple of decks
« on: April 25, 2016, 08:34:19 AM »
Speaking of New Fan Backs: I dug up two decks with long stamps which read "1 Pack".

Both decks are still sealed. Their cellophane shows some heavy cracks, though.


Also, I found half a brick of New Fan Backs with a non-stamp sticker seal.


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A Cellar of Fine Vintages / Re: Help needed to date and possibly estimate a price for a couple of decks
« on: April 25, 2016, 08:30:26 AM »
Keeping the tax-free order, here's a Bicycle New Fan Back with said stamp.

The seal has not been broken, however the top part of the cellophane is missing :(


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A Cellar of Fine Vintages / Help needed to date and possibly estimate a price for a couple of decks
« on: April 25, 2016, 08:26:13 AM »
Hi gang,

I finally found some time to go through my collection and start an index. However, I was unable to date a coupe of decks (without opening them) and or estimating their current market value.

So far, I have not taken pictures of everything but I will try to describe them accurately until next weekend when I can take more photos.

Thanks in advance for any help or leads :)


- First deck is a Bicycle Rider Back with a tax-free stamp. Everything is in excellent shape. Only the cellophane has some minor cracks at the top of the deck.


- The second deck is a Bicycle League Back also with tax-free stamp. Seal and cellophane have not been opened. It does however show some slightly bigger cracks in the cellophane toward the bottom of the deck.

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Introduce Yourself / Moin moin
« on: April 07, 2016, 01:43:55 PM »
Moin moin :)
(regional greeting from northern Germany)

I'm new to this forum and thought I'd introduce myself in a few sentences.

My name is Philipp, I'm 28 and have been into magic for around 13 years now. My main focus has always been on card magic, so naturally I started to collect playing cards as well.

While I'm not that interested in most new realeases, I am quite fascinated by older decks (20th century) as well as their history. (Even though my knowledge is still very limited, which I am hoping to change).

Currently I am updating my collection data and would still need some facts or estimations of values and dates of certain decks.
Which subforum should I use for those kind of questions?

Looking forward to being part of this community :)

Cheers

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