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Shade · Unread post by **Shade** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 1:07 pm

GandalfPC wrote: ↑Sun Jul 09, 2023 8:58 pm Missed one hanging in the living room:

Again serously cool water colors. Love the ladder. Thanks for sharing!

Shade · Unread post by **Shade** » Tue Jul 11, 2023 3:36 pm

I will start with some of my older decks on display and work my way forward.

Removing the latest Kingstars that have taken over my shelf.

Some of my early white whales and favorite decks

Original six versions of D&D Smoke & Mirrors

Early collection of white & black decks

Shade · Unread post by **Shade** » Tue Jul 11, 2023 3:56 pm

Encarded collection: 3 Unique sets of the Deco decks & 3 unique sets of Trendril 2

My favorite is the 1st version of Paul's Deco Tucks that smeared and scuffed after printing and he discarded most of them. A few (60) of the 1st edition silver that turned out OK, he sold separately and then had USPCC re-printed both tucks again for the main release. The main difference in the 1st edition tucks were the sides that had scaling as displayed below. More complete explanation on Portfolio52:Deco page https://www.portfolio52.com/deck/14316/view

Little closer look at the scales on the side, the bronze ones are very light.

Shade · Unread post by **Shade** » Tue Jul 11, 2023 5:28 pm

Rest of my Encarded Collection

Introduction of my Shoe Box storage system

Shade · Unread post by **Shade** » Wed Jul 12, 2023 10:15 am

kevork wrote: ↑Sun Jul 09, 2023 9:33 pm
Shade wrote: ↑Sun Jul 09, 2023 7:31 pm Working on framing the Noctis uncut tuck, but undecided on whether to include the carat case + deck. Seems like the carat case over crowds the tuck. Thoughts?
Do you have an extra Heretic Noctis card you can place in that blank space behind the glass? I do agree with you that the carat case overcrowds the uncut tuck.

Great suggestion, unfortunately could not find a Noctis card, but decided to use one of my signed Heretic cards. Turned out really well.

Shade · Unread post by **Shade** » Sat Jul 15, 2023 2:45 pm

Michael's Craft store having a Buy 1 Get 1 Free sale on frames. Broke down and framed my two House of the Rising Spade cartomancer uncuts v1 & v2. Love everything about these cards; the art, the gold on the faces, the gold on black backs.

traaaf · Unread post by **traaaf** » Sun Jul 16, 2023 12:25 pm

With all the water colors, you might like the Vaxa deck if you haven’t seen it before https://www.thevindurdeck.com/products/ ... ck-presale

Unread post by **GandalfPC** » Sun Jul 16, 2023 12:56 pm

traaaf wrote: ↑Sun Jul 16, 2023 12:25 pm With all the water colors, you might like the Vaxa deck if you haven’t seen it before https://www.thevindurdeck.com/products/ ... ck-presale

Thanks - already have one - was in on the campaign, one of the first I went in on if I remember correctly…

Shade · Unread post by **Shade** » Mon Jul 17, 2023 2:13 am

Another set of Display Shelves... UUSI shelf does not do them justice, but it is the space I have... Most of you should recognize the NOUVEAU - UC GRAN RISERVA & NOUVEAU BOURGNOGNE - UC GRAN RISERV.

Also the Kickstarter exclusive versions of the Nouveau jewelry inspired decks: the Nouveau jewel (Bijou), the Nouveau gem (Gemme) and the Nouveau pearl (Perle). They have the deepest 3D-embossing I have seen to date.

Unread post by **GandalfPC** » Mon Jul 17, 2023 2:59 am

Those Nouveau’s are forever at the top of my hunting list

Shade · Unread post by **Shade** » Mon Jul 17, 2023 11:55 pm

Nouveau Close Ups...

Unread post by **GandalfPC** » Tue Jul 18, 2023 12:02 am

Shade · Unread post by **Shade** » Tue Jul 18, 2023 12:07 am

Nouveau Jewels...

kevork · Unread post by **kevork** » Tue Jul 18, 2023 12:24 am

A true white whale. Absolutely beautiful tucks through and through, with embossing like no other.

Shade · Unread post by **Shade** » Tue Jul 18, 2023 1:04 am

More UUSI.... Really like their redwood creations!

More Shoe Box storage of extras

brownsl · Unread post by **brownsl** » Tue Jul 18, 2023 6:04 am

Amazing collection!

Unread post by **Bradius** » Tue Jul 18, 2023 6:48 am

Yep. That is some serious Uusi love there. Sweet stuff.

Shade · Unread post by **Shade** » Sun Jul 23, 2023 1:45 pm

Another couple display shelves...

Close up of my favorite UUSI wood working...

Shade · Unread post by **Shade** » Sun Jul 23, 2023 1:51 pm

More Dsiplay Shelves with some of my older decks... Blaine & Miller & Alex...

Shade · Unread post by **Shade** » Sun Jul 23, 2023 2:07 pm

More Display Shelves with some of my older decks... Blaine & Miller & Alex...

Unread post by **GandalfPC** » Sun Jul 23, 2023 2:07 pm

The decks are mighty fine but I think I am most envious of the fine spaces to display them…

Shade · Unread post by **Shade** » Sun Jul 23, 2023 2:12 pm

GandalfPC wrote: ↑Sun Jul 23, 2023 2:07 pm The decks are mighty fine but I think I am most envious of the fine spaces to display them…

Thanks, I really enjoy my office cabinets. They are not total custom built-ins, but really nices sectionals I bought a couple years after I bought my house. One of these days I will clean it up enough to warrant full pictures of the room.

Unread post by **GandalfPC** » Sun Jul 23, 2023 2:19 pm

If I took pictures of my room without cleaning up a warrant might be involved…

Shade · Unread post by **Shade** » Sun Jul 23, 2023 2:42 pm

Last but not least, the heart of my collection... Lotrek, Lorenzo & Jackson

Older version of Lotrek Display before adding the Redemption Series.

kevork · Unread post by **kevork** » Sun Jul 23, 2023 2:44 pm

Now that's the kind of display I ultimately want to work towards. Brilliant execution.

Shade · Unread post by **Shade** » Sun Jul 23, 2023 3:06 pm

At some point I will try to unpack the displays and take better close ups of some of the Carat Cases and other items hidden in there.

Shade · Unread post by **Shade** » Sun Jul 23, 2023 3:11 pm

Back to my on going attempt at displaying my uncuts... recently bought a couple floating frames to see how they would work with uncut tucks.

They ended up turning out really, really nice for the Lotrek Chronos uncut tuck which is oddly shaped and centered.

Although a bit difficult to center and align in between the glass, without tape.

Shade · Unread post by **Shade** » Sun Jul 23, 2023 3:21 pm

Also picked up frames (22x28) for a couple USPCC uncut sheets. Originally planned to put the Faro into one, and decided to put one of my UUSI Pagan uncuts in the other.

Shade · Unread post by **Shade** » Sun Jul 23, 2023 4:22 pm

GandalfPC wrote: ↑Sat Jul 01, 2023 9:47 am I have bought a lot of Ultra Pro in the past and just picked up a pair of frames to display some cards sola-chan chucked in with some watercolors I picked up - when it comes to archival quality you need to be careful who you trust

https://www.amazon.com/Ultra-Pro-Screwd ... 000COO3SO/

Plenty of variety, screw downs, magnets, snaps, thick and thin (both inner and outer dimensions) - not the cheapest nor the only, but the only one I know I can rely on.

I think BCW may be good as well, and cheap - surely there are others, just none I can vouch for.

https://www.bcwsupplies.com/trading-card/card-displays

So I ended up picking some of the different individual card display cases up off amazon. They arrived last week, and here are some of my findings.

For display of very rare one of kind cards, I still really like the carat case. Although it is pretty large and you wouldn't want to use it for many cards. Second favorite is the 3 deck case I displayed earlier, also very large, but wide enough to stand on its own for display.

For a lot of individual cards, that you just want to protect in storage or fanned on a flat surface the top load slip cases turned out fairly nice.

I also got the magnetic card holder, it was ok a bit better for leaning the card against something to display it. A little to big and distracting for the card it self

Shade · Unread post by **Shade** » Sun Jul 23, 2023 4:34 pm

The one I didn't like very much for numerous reasons was the BCW mutlple card case ( I bought the x2 card ). I originally thought I wouldn't like the black border but it actually ended up looking better than I thought it would.

However both of mine came with a lot of scuffing on the plastic right out of the packaging.

Despite torquing down the screws as tight as possible, the cards are still loose in the case. And with some handling and bouncing around they slide out of their slots.

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