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

[Chuqii]

Here is an interesting deck. I posted a version of this previously as a Bicycle 86 deck with the same Rugby back design. viewtopic.php?p=211513&hilit=rugby#p211513 (scroll down). This is the same back design, also made in Canada, with same Ace of Spades, but this one is now part of the Bicycle Multi-Color Series 888.

[Chuqii]

Mailman came in ritzy for today's Mailman Monday. This is a 1928 deck from the Westchester Biltmore Country Club in Rye, New York (now just the Westchester Country Club). According to the club's website, the country club opened in 1922 and had "facilities unequaled in the world" ( https://www.westchestercc.org/about-us/history ).

Deck was printed by Andrew Dougherty (though at this time Dougherty was a part of USPCC as noted by the date code on the Ace of Spades).

[Honeybee]

Hey Chuqii, if you decide to sell these - it might have to bee to Honeybee (my father was born in '28)

[Chuqii]

Holidays delayed Mailman Monday! Here is a two deck set of Western Mercury Playing Cards from the late 1920s (has the square 10 cent tax stamp which was in use from 1924 - 1929). The sides of the box state "Perfect Slip" and "Super Glaze". Great Art Deco design on the tuck.

[Honeybee]

A very nice back Chuqii and the court colors look good too

[Chuqii]

Happy New Year, everyone. We are going to start the new year off right by doing something I never thought I would do: break the seal on a 100 year-old deck of cards. But there was a good reason.

I received 3 sealed decks of Bee Smooth Finish playing cards with the square 10 cent tax stamp which dates them to between 1924 and 1929. All three tuck boxes have a slit in them for a demo card which is an Auction Bridge Card, and two of the demo cards are present. Removing the demo card and peeking through the slot, I received a surprise. There is a red back card visible in the tuck, and the card back is not an angel back. But this is a blue angel back tuck box, so what is going on? I surmised that maybe the visible card was another extra card and the blue deck was still wrapped in there, but I couldn't see anything. I gently squeezed the tuck on both sides to see if I could hear the glassine paper crinkle or something, but could not hear anything definitive. Only course of action left was to open the deck.

Results to follow ...

[Chuqii]

Results of the deck opening.

Just as I hoped. The red back card was an ad card and the Angel back deck is still pristine and sealed.

If anyone is interested, I just listed my still sealed deck on ebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/167246804928

[Chuqii]

Here is an earlier version (NY52a) of a deck I previously posted - NYCCC Gem No. 53. The original post is here: viewtopic.php?p=109114&hilit=gem#p109114 and it shows NY52b.

The earliest of these decks referred to NYCCC and "N.Y. Consolidated Card Company", but after a few years they started referring to themselves as "The New York Consolidated Card Company" on these Aces of Spades.

[Chuqii]

Post office closed today, but mailman came by last week to prepare for today's Mailman Monday.

To add to my lovely ladies collection, here is a Parker Brothers Bellevue deck c1900. Decks for Parker Brothers were made by the Standard Playing Card Co. I have one other Parker Brothers deck that I posed previously: viewtopic.php?p=116396&hilit=parker#p116396