Odds and Ends

[felicityk]

My avatar? It's Queen of Hearts Barbie designed by Bob Mackie, so the showgirl is not far off.

I collect Barbie dolls as well as Tarot and playing cards.

Thanks to felicityk I wont rule out becoming a Barbie collector

I should use my influence with the current Barbie design team* to suggest a series of dolls based on playing cards. Crossovers do very well for Mattel!

* A couple of them know who I am, after meeting them at the Barbie collectors' convention and other smaller events. This fact impressed at least one of my friends on Instagram.

[felicityk]

This is the other Queen of Hearts Barbie, from a 2007 Alice in Wonderland series.

[Honeybee]

Nice but I am still in love with your avatar QoH Barbie - she looks friendlier
(no smart alec comments necessary)

[kevork]

<--- This is Alec. He's smart. He wanted to say something but now he feels shut down.

[Honeybee]

This one off Smoke & Mirrors UK (Holofoil Tuck) went for $2,105 in a SoCal auction today

https://socalplayingcards.com/collectio ... 5638077696

[acetofive]

^ "Shipping not included."

[Honeybee]

I am wondering if you open 'a one only deck' does it cancel out the devaluation that occurs when one opens a deck - after all, there is no unopened version for a buyer to prefer

[Strag]

I think an unopened deck is mostly Schrödinger Deck of Cards. UNtil opened they exist in a pristine state, perfectly centered and complete in every way. Once opened the unknown is now known and possibly (gasp) have been played with!

Just my view of course.

[Honeybee]

Hmmm I can see what you mean in terms of any deck, I guess it applies to a 'one only' too - that it can be considered perfect unopened but once opened it may prove not to be. It will however always be a one only whether it is opened or not and that is probably its main attraction/value

[Strag]

In most aspects I think an opened 1 of 1 and sealed 1 of 1 have approximately the same value UNLESS the opened pack has some sort of deficiency and/or sign of wear.

[socalplayingcards]

^ "Shipping not included."

Totally forgot we had that language there since changed our shipping. Thanks!

[socalplayingcards]

This one off Smoke & Mirrors UK (Holofoil Tuck) went for $2,105 in a SoCal auction today

Definitely wasn't expecting that. I even dropped the starting bid!

[Honeybee]

Not the same as the OP but along similar lines - Fontaine Missing. The suit colors are not reversed but instead are all Black

[Honeybee]

I decided to try a modified Poker with a 5yo and 7yo Granddaughter today.
The only cards I could find in their house were the following
Larruping was a new one on me

[Strag]

Well I've heared of LARPing before, is this similar?

[Honeybee]

I am totally guessing that larruping should be an adjective, given the sentence structure

[Pro-Pain]

I believe it was meant to be striking, since larrup is along the lines of striking (well, more thrashing), but here we ended up with that.

[Honeybee]

From a Rare Playing Cards email:

USPS is increasing its prices this year from the 15th to accommodate the extra Black Friday traffic!

As if shipping prices were not bad enough already

[Honeybee]

Is there a backstory that I don't know about that would exempt this deck from a list of The Most Crass Decks Of All Time
52 people have it on their P52 Wishlist

[GandalfPC]

The most fontaine of all fontaines at that rarity level

It manages to say “yup we know” and stay entirely on brand - a limber little trick that rivals any cardistry move. Its about as Sex Pistols as it gets