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Sher143 wrote:Oh, cool! Maybe the name of the deck is Eternity or something related.

Looks like "12" to me!

Maddest Hammer wrote:Thanks Shermaine, and Bob, too!

You're welcome, but could you please call me "Robert" instead of "Bob"?

LONG STORY YOU DIDN'T ASK FOR ALERT:

My parents and siblings always called me Robert, even when I was a child (they still do, as a matter of fact), and my mother, for reasons unknown to me, made it clear that letting people call me Bob, Rob, Bobby or Robby was A. Very. Bad. Thing, and I would always correct people when they tried.

Whn I wes twenty years old, I fell in love with a young woman who absolutely refused to call me anything but Bob, and I put up with it. We were married later that year, thus starting My "Twenty-three Years of Bobness", during which time I created my old playing card web site, "The Bob Lancaster Gallery of Unusual Playing Cards"'.

After that no-longer-so-young woman divorced me, I reclaimed my Robertness. People who met me during my "Bob Years" are welcome to continue calling me Bob, but people who meet me now, not so much.

Sorry to be a jerk about it.

Sorry Robert, I know ive been using it quite interchangeably (just like how i call mike, mikey, the ratman, etc). Ill try my best to change the habit.

volantangel wrote:Haha nono, it's literally called oriental deck

I didn't see MH's response. I only noticed it after Robert quoted it. Lol.

Thanks for letting me know about the decks, MaddestHammer!

RSLancastr wrote:I forget: What is that Crayola deck like?

Robert, this is the deck:

PrincessTrouble wrote:

RSLancastr wrote:Robert, this is the deck:

Oh, right. Thanks, Princess!

Robert's story reminded me of this:

PrincessTrouble wrote:

RSLancastr wrote:I forget: What is that Crayola deck like?

Robert, this is the deck:

I TOTALLY need this deck! Mostly because I have a 4 year old daughter who leaves those damn things all over the house. Are they still available somewhere?

Sher143 wrote:Oh, cool! Maybe the name of the deck is Eternity or something related.

Shermaine, as far as I know, it is actually called the Oriental Deck. I got it from playingcardz.net via eBay. Just do a search on ebay for it. I have no idea what the actual cards look like other than the AoS and Jokers, as I only got one deck.

Happy Hunting!
Mike

It's Friday - let's see what the postmaster dropped on me:

Various new and vintage decks, the Wireless is interesting, and the Mohawk deck is mint. Smith Back #3's, Robert E Lee set in tin, Star Wars TNG pair, mint in tin (enesco again), Colt "Snake Eyes" mint, Bicycle 2000 (Millennium) pair, mint in tin, Braille deck mint, Totems ×3 each (oddly it's hard to tell the red from Blue), Wedgewood pair, mint in box w/tax stamps and Congress seals, Swedish deck mint (inscription is "Försäljn AB, Rättvik, Sweden").

Maddest Hammer wrote:

PrincessTrouble wrote:

RSLancastr wrote:I forget: What is that Crayola deck like?

Robert, this is the deck:

I TOTALLY need this deck! Mostly because I have a 4 year old daughter who leaves those damn things all over the house. Are they still available somewhere?

I picked it up off of ebay.

Mike,

Does the wedgewood have a tuck box?

PrincessTrouble wrote:Mike,

Does the wedgewood have a tuck box?

Yep, it's one of the standard two-deck Congress (bridge size) boxes, nothing special. That's why I didn't bother to picture it. Finding those with the tax stamps and Congress old style circular seals is pretty unusual these days.

I said (elsewhere) that I would dig out my pair of mint De la Rue (British) playing cards - so here they are:

Two antique decks that I thought I had already posted - but didn't:

First is the c 1885 A Dougherty "Patended" (with indices) Hochman AD21a deck and the second is a c 1890 Perfection / New York (Hochman PU4a) deck. Both are in really good condition, and typical of many early decks, no joker nor boxes.

Nice one Mike!

Odd how the backs of these decks, 5 years apart and made by different companies, are so alike in colour.

dazzleguts wrote:Nice one Mike!

Odd how the backs of these decks, 5 years apart and made by different companies, are so alike in colour.

I agree. That particular red was popular at the time, and like almost every antique deck I have, I think the yellowish tint is a bleed over 100+ years from the red. Most in that time frame are red or blue.

The mailman delivered a huge package today from Pierre (badpete)!
Thanks for letting me consolidate these packages with you, it really helps.



















and yes... I finally broke down and picked up the rest of the merz decks. (bowing my head in shame)
After I made that purchase, I was only missing around 7-8 modern "Bicycle" branded decks.



CBJ

I see that effin coin...... YESSSSSSSS it made it hehehe

badpete69 wrote:I see that effin coin...... YESSSSSSSS it made it hehehe

yeah, it was the first thing I saw. It's really light. Not a high quality coin from Ellusionist.

No less than three Gold Artifice? Is there a way to get those that I don't know about?

Tom... Don't you know about Jay's magical powers?

MagikFingerz wrote:No less than three Gold Artifice? Is there a way to get those that I don't know about?

Hey,

When a black club member renewed, you could buy 4 more Gold Artifice.
I had a friend who renewed, and I picked up the extras he was eligible for.
Pierre kept one, and the other 3 came to me

oh, ... and I do have magic powers


Jay

CBJ wrote: Pierre kept one, and the other 3 came to me

To finish Jay's story, then he PMed vasta41 and worked out a great deal to send one his way leaving Jay with two!

vasta41 wrote:

CBJ wrote: Pierre kept one, and the other 3 came to me

To finish Jay's story, then he PMed vasta41 and worked out a great deal to send one his way leaving Jay with two!

Nice try. Get in line, buddy!

I wish my magic could go further than my physical reach...

MagikFingerz wrote:

vasta41 wrote:

CBJ wrote: Pierre kept one, and the other 3 came to me

To finish Jay's story, then he PMed vasta41 and worked out a great deal to send one his way leaving Jay with two!

Nice try. Get in line, buddy!

I wish my magic could go further than my physical reach...

Yeah, me too. But unfortunately my midichlorian count isn't high enough

I said (elsewhere) that I would dig out my pair of mint De la Rue (British) playing cards - so here they are:

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Thanks Mike Those look great

Those two Ukrainian decks, purchased on eBay on January 26 2014 and February 7 2014, finally arrived today!!:

Hey ecnate, I think we found those decks on the same site! I had been waiting on those for like two weeks and they arrived today. I think the site was TWA or something like that. Here in the US, got me for like 2 bucks a piece, except Emily which was like 5. If only they had a nicer finish, everyday thing else checks out great.

Robert: cool decks! I really like the soccer one!

Eoghann wrote:Robert: cool decks! I really like the soccer one!

Thanks, E-Og! But, "soccer"? What the heck kind of native Spanish speaker ARE you, anyway?

It's FOOTBALL, mi hermano! F,U,T... (Okay, where the Hell is the uppercase ú?)

The Easter Bunny came to my house a few days early

Maddest Hammer wrote:The Easter Bunny came to my house a few days early

Those look great, but would probably be nearly as bad (for my heart) if I ate them as is the stuff he usually leaves at my house.