[Chuqii] KEM collection and lots of antique and vintage decks from all over

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Here's a Tourists No 155 deck with the Daisy back design in brown, red and blue. c1895 US Playing Card Co.

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They are the only cellulose acetate-based plastic card on the market, which accounts for their high cost and difficult manufacturing process. But unlike less expensive plastic decks, which are prone to chipping and breaking, they last forever. Recently I read a guide about Rapidstrike Urshifu VMax kicks off new HP developments. This card had a 90-point damage and attack level.They're not the best for cardistry, but they're fantastic for card games, especially poker because they can withstand peeking abuse.

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Going Going!! Gone!!! c1910 advertising deck for Herpicide (not a herpes treatment but a hair loss product I'm guessing). Printed by USPCC.

More about Herpicide here: https://americanhistory.si.edu/collecti ... mah_210014

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I noticed something interesting in my collection of modern (1950s and newer) Bicycle decks. Turns out there was a short-lived tuck box from 1951 - c1952. This tuck has Rider Back in the same color as the box, and it has 808 centered on the top flap, not offset to the left (not shown).

01/23/23 ***** UPDATE ****** I was looking through old Bicycle magazine advertisements, and in the ads the tuck with Rider Back written in the same color as the tuck lasted until around 1959 (first ad). The second ad is the that showed Rider back written in the same color as the spade and is from 1960. Based un that, I updated the tuck date ranges.

01/26/23 ***** UPDATE **** Another change - around 1961 Bicycle changed the font for the name of the card back on the tuck. Made the letters more svelte.

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Union Playing Card Co., c1880. Wonderful back design.

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c1886 Capitol No 188x (Gilded) - Music with fantastic tuck box. From Russell & Morgan Co. All of the decks in this original issue of the Capitol brand came with full tinted backs.

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Here are two decks of Rexall playing cards from United Drug Co. Slipcase deck is 1917 according to the tax stamp, tuck box deck is from around the same time. Top deck was made by the Russell PCC, but I don't know who made the bottom deck. If anyone recognizes the court designs, let me know.

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I love these Triplicate decks from Andrew Dougherty, but I've never really understood how these were one of the first indices. Surely, there must have been other, simpler options for indices than placing a tiny version of the card in the opposite corners of the card. c1878

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Thanks for sharing. That Ace of Spades is amazing. Even the Jack of Hearts inside the spade has the indices. That is a sweet deck with a great history. Yes, I agree that placing a picture of the card in the corner had to be a lot more complex that what we do now. My guess is that it just didn't occur to them at the time. It is a good idea, that needed to be improved upon over time.

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This great set of The Brownie No 35 decks arrived over the weekend. Nov 21, 1898 on the tax stamp. The joker is outstanding. To borrow from the 52 Plus Joker facebook page:

“The Brownie” No.35 by American Playing Card Company, Kalamazoo, 1890. This deck came in four different colored backs (one not pictured). Using the Palmer Cox Brownies, the joker takes shots against several major card producing companies. NCC - National Card Company; AD - Andrew Dougherty ; US - United States Playing Card Company; SPC - Standard Playing Card Company; CC - New York Consolidated Card Company. Eventually USPCC would have the last laugh in 1915 when they acquired the American Playing Card Company.

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Digging through the old Bicycle decks today and found some I've never posted before. Here are US8b Tangent No. 1 c1895 and US8d Racer No. 1 and Motor No. 1, c1900. And, as always, if you want to learn more about antique Bicycle decks, check out BicycleCards.org

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Ephemera Friday here at Show Us Your Cards. Below are three pages from the 1890 Russell & Morgan Co. calendar I've been able to pick up over the years.

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I just posted an article on early KEM cards over in the Knowledge Database. Check it out - viewtopic.php?f=76&t=20943&p=223876#p223876

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Here are two c1985 Tourists No 155 decks in the Spiral back design, along with an contemporaneous orphaned box I picked up along the way.

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Ephemera Friday! Here are some early books from Russell & Morgan Co (2d edition, 1888 and 3rd edition, 1889) and US Printing Co. (4th edition, 1891). Still lacking the first edition.

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Mailman was good to me today.

c1895 US8b Wheel No. 1, Tangent No. 1, and Thistle

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Any of you modern deck guys know anything about this 1999 Ace of Spades variant? I’ve also seen it with a 2000 deck. Please share over in General Playing Cards Discussion thread.

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Is it possible they used the different AoS to differentiate the deck as being part of a run to a major discount retailer, like a Costco or Sam's Club-style outlet? I'm fairly certain I've seen both of these AoS multiple times, so if I'm remembering correctly, it wouldn't have been confined to just the two years. Hmmm....

On the Guarantee card, the instructions are to send in the AoS if there's a defect found, yes? So, the distinction of the AoS could be used to denote something about the print run that the date code wouldn't be able to delineate.

Just a thought.

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Here's a US8b Safety back c1895 with the tuck box. As you can see, the tuck box had a fancy repair job. I was able to track down the image on the paper used for the repair from text on the bottom referencing a director, producer, and writers, and turns out this was from an for the 1935 film "The Farmer Takes a Wife," which was Henry Fonda's debut film. Here's an ad with the same image but different text.

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Collecting mostly antique decks, I don't often purchase a brick of cards, but I did for these beauties.

1 brick Bee Club Special No. 92 Playing Cards, Back No. 67, Cambric Finish, Class A tax stamp (1919 - 1924). While I waited for these to arrive, I was debating whether to open a deck or not to see what was inside. Luckily, one decks tax stamp was almost completely torn, so it wasn't a hard decision. What was inside is nice. With the deck wrapping, the extra card, and the Long Island City address, that would confirm that these decks are indeed from 1919 - 1924. Now my only question is whether each deck comes with the same ad card inside or do some show the other Bee backs of the day? That one will stay a mystery.

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A brick from that long ago has to be insanely rare. Congrats on that one.

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Mailman Monday. 1975 Rambler No 23 with Gilt Edges, Ramble back design.

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I like the joker, but the way he is holding that gun is just freaking me out. Maybe that is the point. I sure hope it is.

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Just want to acknowledge this c1918 Congress 606 deck with the "At Sea" back. Used it for playing poker all weekend, and it held up like a champ.

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Here's an interesting deck and tuck. It's a Russell & Morgan Co. Cabinet deck, Forest back, c1890, but I've never seen a Russell & Morgan tuck box like this before. The Landscape Backs Cabinet tuck has an embossed leather grain. Check it out.

Found a 1892 United States Printing Co. price list mentioning the "fine imported leatherette boxes". Check the description for the Cabinet 707 decks.

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It's been while. Here is a collection of USPCC game booklets from 1897 and 1900 for different games of the day, along with a period appropriate US8b Bicycle Cupid deck

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c1880 from Globe Card. Co. comes this round, no-revoke deck, Copyrighted 1874, 78 Hawley St, Boston, Mass. It is a no-revoke deck since all of the suits are different colors. Hochman O14

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1978 Poker King Playing Cards, USPCC, 511 - Generic deck with Aviator back playing cards, most likely made for a particular supermarket or drug store chain.

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c1915 NYCCC Hart's Crown No 444, Back No 199, Squeezers

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The oddity of the faces pulls me in to this one.