[kem-collector] Kem Playing Cards
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[kem-collector] Kem Playing Cards
I first started collecting Kem cards and for awhile, that was all I collected. Before my current career, I was a professional poker dealer and we used Kem cards where I worked. I had always been into cards and poker, so once I got out of the casino industry and into IT, I decided one day to build a poker room in the house. And I needed cards. So naturally, I bought a set of Kems. Below is the culmination of that fateful event. Each of the pictures below were scans made by me of cards that I own. I am currently up to 1325 unique decks in the entire collection, but here we are going to focus just on Kem.
From what I have been able to determine, I am missing about 20 "sets" of consumer Kems. There are hundreds (if not more) of custom sets, such as decks for casinos, corporations, commissions, etc. Normally I do not collect these unless they are interesting to me.
What I am missing from the Kem Consumer line:
Gold Band
La Paloma
Night and Day
Unicorn v1
This is what I do have:
ALHAMBRA ALPHA AMERICAN HORSES ANGEL
From what I have been able to determine, I am missing about 20 "sets" of consumer Kems. There are hundreds (if not more) of custom sets, such as decks for casinos, corporations, commissions, etc. Normally I do not collect these unless they are interesting to me.
What I am missing from the Kem Consumer line:
Gold Band
La Paloma
Night and Day
Unicorn v1
This is what I do have:
ALHAMBRA ALPHA AMERICAN HORSES ANGEL
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Re: Kem Playing Cards - considering the avatar name..
CARDINAL
CARNATIONS
CAROUSEL
CASINO CIRCLE-BACKS
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Re: Kem Playing Cards - considering the avatar name..
The decks below were special decks created in 1941-43 for the War Effort during WWII. They were designed to fit inside the front pocket of GI's and Aviator Pilots. They all came with a leather case with a snap. If you ever have the chance to obtain one, there is a strong possibility that it saw its fair share of combat.
WAR EAGLE MINI
Normandy
WAR EAGLE MINI
Normandy
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Re: Kem Playing Cards - considering the avatar name..
These decks are just some casino decks, corporation decks or commission decks that I found interesting and have picked up over the years. They were produced by Kem.
AMERICAN EXPRESS AUGUSTA BARNES & NOBLES FOXWOODS CASINO
AMERICAN EXPRESS AUGUSTA BARNES & NOBLES FOXWOODS CASINO
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Re: Kem Playing Cards - considering the avatar name..
These decks are just some casino decks, corporation decks or commission decks that I found interesting and have picked up over the years. They were produced by Kem.
ELITE B LL BEAN ROYAL CARIBBEAN SIX CARD CHARLIE
ELITE B LL BEAN ROYAL CARIBBEAN SIX CARD CHARLIE
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Re: Kem Playing Cards - considering the avatar name..
These decks are just some casino decks, corporation decks or commission decks that I found interesting and have picked up over the years. They were produced by Kem.
WORLD POKER TOUR
WORLD POKER TOUR
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Re: Kem Playing Cards - considering the avatar name..
So that is it for now insofar as Kem cards go. As the collection grows (slow process at this point) I will add new scans here. I hope you enjoyed the pictures and I hope that it helps out anyone else looking to collect or identify Kem cards!
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Re: Kem Playing Cards - considering the avatar name..
Unfortunately, there is not a master list anywhere. If you have a little bit of luck, you will have a Kem Order Card in your set that will tell you the name of the decks. Or, if you have the original packaging (and trust it) it will tell you the name of the deck there also. Other than that, it is old newspaper adverts, Google-Fu and talking with Chuqii to track down the names of these decks. This is a large part of why I loaded all of these scans into https://www.portfolio52.com/ as well as wanting to add them here. It was painful tracking down the names of unknown decks...and I still have one that is a mystery. 95% of these have not been produced since the 90's and fully 50% haven't been produced since the 60's.hsbc wrote:Is there a complete list of consumer line decks that you're working from?
Thanks for the post (and more to come it would seem )
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