I encourage everyone to attend. “You will see decks that you’ve read about, heard about, or will only see once” (Lee Asher). You’ll meet magicians, cardists, modern and antique collectors, designers, etc. You’ll hear talks from experts, be the first to get a club deck, bid on decks in live and silen...

This deck is an original. When looking at the gold edges the wear is consistent and not indicative of a “pieced together” deck, which theoretically could increase the value of the deck. This was verified by Judy Dawson herself (in-person), as well as two other antique collectors familiar with the de...

Samuel Murray: On August 19, 1915, Murray died of pneumonia.[6] He is buried in the Old St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery in Cincinnati. This is incorrect. He’s buried in Indianapolis. Samuel J. Murray has a vault in the St. Joseph New Cemetery located in the Price Hill section of Cincinnati, Ohio. His...

There needs to be a slight correction for National Card Company their first deck wasn’t printed in 1885. The company wasn’t formed until 1888 and frost decks printed in 1890.

Rouselle you might be right about the birds decks being Congress. The box looks very close to correct

Thanks everyone!

Omg this acebear02 is a fool! I’ve been back and forth with this guy for nearly 2 years! I’ve got several emails where we go at it over deck identifications, pricing, etc. I’m still trying to figure out how he copyrighted a civil war era Dougherty deck. I told him it was misidentified and he said if...

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