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Thanks for sharing Jay. I can't wait to see the price on the unbranded Black Reserve as well as the V1 Seasons decks. :drool:
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nECr0MaNCeD wrote:Thanks for sharing Jay. I can't wait to see the price on the unbranded Black Reserve as well as the V1 Seasons decks. :drool:
Same here! Plus the Empire deck... haven't gotten a chance to get those yet.
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Just wanted to say thanks for taking the time to photograph & share your collection! It is very impressive!
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Thanks CBJ for sharing your awesome collection. It was a treat to see it. :D
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A whopper of a collection! The best I've seen so far. Thanks for taking all those pics and posting them. I can't imagine how much time it must have taken to bring out every single deck, photograph them, and store them again... especially when you have 700+.

I don't know if you've answered this question before, but why don't you collect vintage decks? Are they simply harder to keep track of, compared to modern-day custom & Bicycle decks? And how do you do your research? Do you just keep eBaying like crazy, use some software that automatically tracks decks you don't have? Or is it a trade secret ;) ?

I"ve been lurking on this thread for a while, but only decided to post because holy crap you're going to sell so much! I gotta get me a piece of that action :twisted:
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Thanks everyone!!!! I'm glad you enjoyed my thread!


Godzillian wrote:why don't you collect vintage decks? Are they simply harder to keep track of, compared to modern-day custom & Bicycle decks?
Plain and simple... they're just too expensive. I've followed tons of ebay auctions, and the ones I have bid on go way WAY out of my league... 1400+
I'd love to get one of every deck off this list: http://www.cypressfilms.com/bicycle/index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Godzillian wrote:how do you do your research? Do you just keep eBaying like crazy, use some software that automatically tracks decks you don't have? Or is it a trade secret?

Hmmm, I don't want to divulge too much.. because why would you guys need me anymore?? lol
I normally search Ebay a couple times a day using appox 5 different word combinations. If I see something I really like, I normally message the seller right away and make an offer. I hate being snipered, so I like to avoid the auction format as much as possible.
I don't use any software for searches, but I do have a shared online google Excel doc that I keep track of all the modern "Bicycle" decks I don't have. It looks like this:


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On top pf that, I have made a lot of contacts over the last 5 years, and a lot of times I get info from those contacts.
It also helps that I get to see a lot of people's Facebook postings on my FB page, sometimes people post decks I've never seen... like the new Android deck recently, and the Suncity last year.
I hope this answers the questions :)



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Jay, did you ever put an image on the lid of that treasure chest?
Are you still going to post photos when it's finished?
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that spreadsheet is a great idea. ill have to start doin that.
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I started doing a spreadsheet similar to that, but haven't updated it recently. Must remember to get around to doing that some time... How often do you update yours? Daily? Once a week?
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Sher wrote:I started doing a spreadsheet similar to that, but haven't updated it recently. Must remember to get around to doing that some time... How often do you update yours? Daily? Once a week?
Huh, same here. I think I lost track of mine after the explosion of projects & decks after the new year...

Hey CBJ, looking at your spreadsheet, I see that you pledge for only 1 or 2 decks per project. Do you ever buy 2 of a kind, just to open 1 and keep 1 sealed? Or are you a buy 1 keep 1 sealed person?
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I wanna know what's in the redacted parts of 'Coming Soon'! :D
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dazzleguts wrote:Jay, did you ever put an image on the lid of that treasure chest?
Are you still going to post photos when it's finished?

Hey, my friend bailed on me... so I'm considering tackling the job.
I may put the standard AOS spade pip on the box, and of course I'll post pics when it's done!


Sher wrote:How often do you update yours? Daily? Once a week?
I try to update whenever I see a new Bicycle deck come out... but sometimes I fall behind.


Godzillian wrote:Hey CBJ, looking at your spreadsheet, I see that you pledge for only 1 or 2 decks per project. Do you ever buy 2 of a kind, just to open 1 and keep 1 sealed? Or are you a buy 1 keep 1 sealed person?
I normally buy only 1 of each deck, but obviously that's not always the case (look at all my extras!!!)
I rarely open decks.

montecarlojoe wrote:I wanna know what's in the redacted parts of 'Coming Soon'! :D

What??? I'm not really sure what you're talking about.


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I think Joe is taking about the blacked out parts in the spreadsheet you showed us.
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Ohhhhhhhhh.. now I get it.

That's an easy answer... they're Bicycle decks :)
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amazing collection. thankyou for showing us. are there any bicycle decks you know that you dont have, that are still to be bought? there cant be many, surely?
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Bicycle is 120 years old - that's a LOT of decks out there... :)
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mmiikk wrote:amazing collection. thankyou for showing us. are there any bicycle decks you know that you dont have, that are still to be bought? there cant be many, surely?

Yeah, If you go back and look at that list I showed.. there are a couple of dozen "in the marketplace" decks that I don't have(23 as of this minute to be exact). This of course is modern decks.

I'd love to get one of each of the vintage decks.. which is over 100 different decks. I'll most likely never get any, they go for too much money.
But, if I ever did win the lotto... It's very high on the list.
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I guess I can post some more stuff while we wait for Sharpie...



Arcane Printing plates


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Acrylic stands that I bought from China... these are very very cheap plastic.


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Some poker stuff from the man cave...


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Some decals...


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The certificate that came with my private collection Seasons set. I wish he wouldn't have hand written the number


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Do you guys want to see more stuff?? Or should I just wait for Sharpie to start?




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It's been pushed back until the start of next month, possibly putting the one next in line if Sharpie's still occupied. So the floor is yours for at least another week :)
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Those are really cool! How did you get those printing plates? Also, did you print the labels on the Acrylic stands, or were you given the option to have something printed as a label and they did the printing for you? The seasons certificate looks really nice, but yeah I agree it would have been better if the number wasn't hand written.

Thanks for sharing :) I'd love to see more stuff!
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Sher wrote:Those are really cool! How did you get those printing plates? Also, did you print the labels on the Acrylic stands, or were you given the option to have something printed as a label and they did the printing for you? The seasons certificate looks really nice, but yeah I agree it would have been better if the number wasn't hand written.

Thanks for sharing :) I'd love to see more stuff!


I picked up the printing plates off of Jason Brumbalow when he had a massive sale...


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Unfortunately, during shipping they got bent... bad.


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Jason really should have packed them better, but nothing could be done... they were not salvageable.
So, I decided to have a friend cut them into individual plates and I would sell them.
I had shipped all of them to BMPoker to sell on his site, and in exchange i would monitor his FB page. (even though Mike sold BMPoker, you can still see the tab for the plates: http://www.bmpokerworld.com/printing_plates.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)
I sold about half of the plates through BMPoker, and then after about 2 months of zero plates being sold.. I asked Mike to send the rest back to me.
I'm glad I did, because about a month later he went off the rails and went on a banning spree.


As for the little deck stands, they came with the printing on them.


I'll try to dig up some more stuff to post about :)


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Thanks Jay. Do you have a contact for the stands?
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nECr0MaNCeD wrote:Thanks Jay. Do you have a contact for the stands?

Hey, it's been a very long time since I bought them... so no.

But, I sent one of these to Gambler's Warehouse last week. They are going to try to fabricate a better version.

I'll keep you posted

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Simply amazing, Jay! Every time I look (every time you show?) at your stuff, I never cease to be amazed! I wish I had half some of the things you've put together...
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Love the plates - and the story behind it!

Will certainly be looking out for the deck stands - finding a good source of inexpensive small stands is tricky!
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interesting you say that about the hand written number on the certificate - i thought the same, when i saw the hand written number in black marker on the oracle set.
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A few more things came in...


A 3 row coin display form CoinsForAnything. ( I think I put a few too many coins in there lol )


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A few new coins...


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And my brain vessel package. the leather pouch is very high quality!


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OK, I have shorted out another keyboard drooling over your stuff Jay!
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well this whole section seems to have stalled ...

I could post more if people want.

Here are most of the decks that I have not posted in this thread yet...


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What do you guys think? ... keep going?


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CBJ wrote:well this whole section seems to have stalled ...

I could post more if people want.

Here are most of the decks that I have not posted in this thread yet...


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