Victoria and I took a trip down to a few antique malls here in Vegas. I ended up picking some cool vintage casino decks, but nothing too special. However, then I met this guy who was selling two packs of Bicycle cards. They have a bar code and there was no way to tell when they were from without opening them. So I offered the guy $5 for both packs and he agreed. I came home, opened the blue one, and lo and behold it's a 1973 deck with the long tongue flap and an extraordinarily unique finish very similar to the Nuggets. I'm keeping my red deck sealed, and I'm not sure what to do with it yet.
I'm meeting with him on Tuesday to go through his collection of ~100 vintage, sealed USPCC decks. I can't wait to see what else he has.
Here is a list of everything else I got, all for $1-5 each:
1970s El Rancho PGC Hoyle deck sealed in cellophane
1960s-1970s Silver Nugget Bee sealed in cellophane
1970s Bourbon Street PGC Hoyle deck sealed in cellophane
Harold's Club Playing Cards (not sure what year, but they go for $130 on eBay)
1960s-1970s Frontier Bee sealed in cellophane
I'll be throwing a ton of vintage decks into my store after my meeting with said guy on Tuesday. The guy has no idea why I want the cards, and is utterly surprised that I do.