Roope has asked me to show my decks and answer the above question.Räpylätassu wrote: If anyone knows more about how much these usually go for, please let me and everyone reading this thread know!
The value of a deck is how much someone is willing to pay for it... that being said the Indiennes Deck i`ve seen listed as buy me now or on retail sites usually are in the £80-£150 ballpark.. but i`ve seen packs listed for much much higher. You could get lucky like me and find them on auction for much much less, i got each of my sets for around £40-£50 each. I know of three different designed decks produced for the Venise-Simplon Orient Express. The first one was printed by Grimaud in 1985, this one is basically a reprint of an earlier Grimaud deck from 1890 titled "Cartes Indiennes" but have indices added. the set comes in a 2-part slide in box and have gilded corners (A common practice with European manufacturers). The second set also printed by Grimaud was produced in 1986, this set comes in a velvet lined leatherette clamshell box with the V.S.O.E logo on the lid. the custom courts depict passengers in 1920/30`s style clothing.
Scans of all the court cards from both the above sets can be seen on Page 2 of the france section in "Woldwide" the third set produced in 1990 has no makers information anywhere on the pack, and various sources have it listed by either Waddingtons or Grimaud. I have nothing concrete to suggest either one. Like the above set this one came in a clamshell box with the V.S.O.E logo on the lid Another copy of the above set but with different back design, This set came in a clear plastic box. Scans of the courts on this set can be seen in the Englsnd section of "worldwide" on Page 3.
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More than 10 available, 29 sold....? So this guy must have at least one gross of these if not more, his positive feedback is way too big for him to be a cheat.
