[ CBJ ] - UC Featured Collector for May/June 2014

[walrus]

Cbj, maybe we could end this now if you put up one picture of the three decks of cards you don't have.

[CBJ]

Cbj, maybe we could end this now if you put up one picture of the three decks of cards you don't have.

hahah... well you know the Vortex deck would be in that picture



Here are a few more of the collection...

[CBJ]

It's been a while since I've added some photos...





































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[CBJ]

Sooooo....... should I keep going??

[nECr0MaNCeD]

Sooooo....... should I keep going??

What a silly question.... Do bears defecate in wooded areas?????

[joeblow]

Yes please, or you're going to have to open a gallery and charge admission.

[CBJ]

Hey guys,

Decided to move my collection topic into this thread


Enjoy

Jay

[KT52]

Are the David Blaine prototypes the rarest decks in your collection?

Hey Eoghann!

Rarity is a hard thing to narrow down. 1000 runs of decks are more and more common now.
I really don't know the press run of the blaine prototypes, so it's hard to gauge where they fall on the rarity scale.

If we're talking rarity by the numbers... I would say the Gold Monarch is the rarest deck I own.
Only 144 were printed, and only 111 were sold. You can read more about them here:
http://thecardcollectors.blogspot.ca/2012/06/gold-monarch-vs-normal-monarch-theory11.html

If we're talking rarity because of how it was distributed and how hard it is to find... I would have to say the Bicycle Grand Opening deck.
These were handed out at the ceremony celebrating the grand opening of the new USPC plant on August 20th, 2009.





I also have a few more prototype decks that I'll be showing in the weeks to come.

What do you mean by blacked out edges on the Shadow Masters?

Hey Shadowkat!

By "blacked out edges", I mean that I took a Sharpie and "sharpied" all the edges of the cards... one card at a time.

The thread on Aether has a lot of back and forth on this subject
http://www.playingcardforum.com/playing ... our-decks/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;..........


I've also done a couple of other color decks as well with this method. The Bicycle Reverse Back (Red), and the Bicycle Reverse Back (Green) by Magic Makers.
The red turned out amazing!!! but the green was a disaster (the green one can be seen on page 6 of the Aether thread)







































If you're going to attempt this, I HIGHLY recommend one card at a time.


I hope that answers your questions


Jay[/quot

Any ideas where to get the grand opening deck? Or how to even begin searching? Besides Ebay of course

[CBJ]

"Any ideas where to get the grand opening deck? Or how to even begin searching? Besides Ebay of course"


I really have no clue. It's one of the rarest Bicycle decks.
I've never seen one on Ebay.

I recommend trying to connect with other collectors.
Join this group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/183854315504115/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Good luck

Jason

[JuFiN]

a word of warning about self "gilding" a deck with sharpie. I tried to do that with my Ellusionist Ignite deck and red sharpie, the red bleeds onto the card faces quite badly, so I would only recommend doing it on a deck where the "gild" color matches the borders of both the backs and the background color of the faces as well.

[CBJ]

Well, it's been 10 years since I started collecting playing cards.
At first, I collected a wide range of decks, and eventually ended up collecting almost exclusively Bicycle branded decks.
Why do I collect them? WHo knows lol
Why does anyone collect anything?

Anyway, I recently passed 1000 different Bicycle decks.
And here's a pic if you want to see them...
Very large version: http://bit.ly/BicycleCollectionVeryLarge" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
(may take a bit to load)
Large version: http://bit.ly/BicycleCollectionLarge" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Enjoy

[Bradius]

Wow! That is an amazing photograph. Did you have to take it from like the third story of a building? And here I thought I had a problem. I kneel before the Master.

I pulled up the big image and counted 61 decks across and 17 decks down, or 1,037 decks. I didn't see any stitching of images and the quality is great. I like how you kept themes of decks together. This wasn't just thrown together. Again, this is an amazing photograph of a great Bicycle playing card collection.

[hsbc]

It's got to be a bunch of scans combined into a big image

[CBJ]

Wow! That is an amazing photograph. Did you have to take it from like the third story of a building? And here I thought I had a problem. I kneel before the Master.

I pulled up the big image and counted 61 decks across and 17 decks down, or 1,037 decks. I didn't see any stitching of images and the quality is great. I like how you kept themes of decks together. This wasn't just thrown together. Again, this is an amazing photograph of a great Bicycle playing card collection.

You're close... it's 60 across 17 down for a total of 1020.
I scan the front of any new deck I get in. Then I straighten it and crop it in Photoshop.

This mega pic is 1020 stitched together pictures. I use a program to do it.


This does not include any of my duplicates, minis, bridge size, or any non branded stuff.

Yes, I think I have a problem LOL

[Harvonsgard]

Holy smokes...

... where do you store them? I have like 200-300ish (122 different ones + doubles) and fell like I'm running out of space!
Great share by the way. Awesome stuff in there. But I guess you definetly know that.

[denno020]

Hey Jay,

Did you ever get around to finishing the chest? Would love to see how it turned out.

Thanks,
Luke