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RandyButterfield wrote:

Encarded wrote:Being a very picky collector, who also only buys 1-2 of any deck, my collection is rather small. I do enjoy playing with nearly every one of these decks (only the red Jerry's Nugget is still sealed). Handling the cards and seeing the artistry of each is the primary joy of my collection.

Very nice looking! I have a question for ya Paul. Is the Absolut Deck worth the price I've seen for them? I work with Absolut during my day job, so it would have a special meaning for me. I just haven't pulled the trigger when I've seen it listed on eBay for high prices. I would definitely open up the Deck as well!

BTW, the uncut photos of the Aurum Deck look badass!! Can't wait to get mine.

thanks, Randy

The Absolut has been around for a while, and a quick check shows that they are more pricey than when I got mine. I think I paid about $20. I think they are relatively rare, and if they have a special meaning they are probably worth a few bucks. They are a neat deck, very different in feel and stock from anything USPCC. The drink recipes are nice too.

It's kind of hard for me to take pics of my collection because the lighting isn't good and my shelves are very tall, but here's a video of my collection. I've gotten a ton of decks since this video, though.

That's a very impressive collection Evan!

I'm jealous as I'm sitting here at about 20 decks...

MJF wrote:That's a very impressive collection Evan!

I'm jealous as I'm sitting here at about 20 decks...

Well we have to start somewhere. It wasn't long ago that I had 5 decks, and now I have more than 350!

I'm sitting on 20 decks, but I've got tons of outstanding decks waiting in kickstarter projects, orders from various retailars and also through Ebay and internal selling here on United Cardists... all that money spent and still no cards!!! he he he

Either way, I need to stop for a while now as I've burned a hole in my wallet and my check card is on the verge of melting. Plus, it doesn't hurt to have money for gas, food, housing, etc... ha ha ha, but who needs those things when you have decks...

Thought collector's might like to see something besides boxes as a storage solution. I bought these at Ikea, they are called Helmer drawer units.
This is the drawer holding my magic and cardistry decks. These are the opened ones I look at, with the duplicates stored elsewhere.
These are my novelty decks.
The helmers have six drawers with label holders on the front of each. Each drawer will hold 60 regular size decks, mostly laid flat, with room for a few miniature decks laid flat as well.

I have a third helmer, in another part of the room, that holds duplicates and a few tarot decks.

Russell wrote:Here is a sample of mine...

HA! That sums up my childhood. Amazing collections dudes!

Just want to add a few more drawers as a follow up on my previous post.

Here are my international decks, there are 30 decks from about 13 different countries. This drawer does not include countries in asia.
Here are my decks from China, Japan, and one from Indonesia. 42 decks.
*Vintage Nintendo playing cards in the boxes with Napolean on them. They used Napolean on their highest quality decks. These are a Mekuri (dark) deck, and a Oru (coins) deck.
These are art related decks. 28 different decks with many duplicates making a total of 42.

dazzleguts wrote:Just want to add a few more drawers as a follow up on my previous post.

Here are my international decks, there are 30 decks from about 13 different countries. This drawer does not include countries in asia.

Cool!!!

You should explore more the Spanish decks (like the Galicia deck you have from Fournier). They are nice!

Thanks Max!
Yes there do seem to be many interesting Spanish decks. I also have the 1979 Fournier reprint of the Baraja Ibero Americana, and a vintage tourist deck of 54 views of Spain, also by Fournier. A large number of my international facsimile decks were made in 2004 as replicas of the decks in the Fournier Museum collection. I am very glad they made these extremely rare decks from all over the world available as facsimiles. Do you have any recommendations of non-standard Spanish decks I could watch for?

I also have a few Mexican decks which use Spanish type suits.

Since I mentioned the facsimiles I will add those drawers below. First the decks made up to the year 1850. 51 decks including a few duplicates of my favourites:
Below are facsimiles of decks made in 1850 or later. 31 decks including 2 duplicates. One of my favourites here is a wonderfully odd Spanish deck called - Chocolates "El Barco" - and you can see it here: http://www.dxpo-playingcards.com/xpo/de ... -10-04.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" In the drawer it is the box that has a sunflower face on it.

dazzleguts wrote:Thanks Max!
Yes there do seem to be many interesting Spanish decks. I also have the 1979 Fournier reprint of the Baraja Ibero Americana, and a vintage tourist deck of 54 views of Spain, also by Fournier. A large number of my international facsimile decks were made in 2004 as replicas of the decks in the Fournier Museum collection. I am very glad they made these extremely rare decks from all over the world available as facsimiles. Do you have any recommendations of non-standard Spanish decks I could watch for?

well, I have some nice non standard decks from Fournier available, many from 80's. Also many other Spanish nice and rare deck, some limited editions (real limited, not those of 2500) If you are interested, do not hesitate to contact me...

Best wishes

CBJ wrote:Hey guys,

This is always another popular thread. Let's see your collection of cards, display cabinets, storage boxes. etc.

I'll start it off...

I was messing around with my cards the other day. Here are some photos I took.
These were all of my cards as of Sep 13th... but I already have more decks... it just never stops.

Enjoy!


I'll take more extensive photos when a couple more packages come in.


So... whip those decks out boys, and show us what you got.

Decks.. not.. oh, never mind...

CBJ

I took the pictures out to make this more manageable, but I was wondering how long does it take to get a collection like that?

jcunningham7525 wrote:

CBJ wrote:Hey guys,

This is always another popular thread. Let's see your collection of cards, display cabinets, storage boxes. etc.

I'll start it off...

I was messing around with my cards the other day. Here are some photos I took.
These were all of my cards as of Sep 13th... but I already have more decks... it just never stops.

Enjoy!


I'll take more extensive photos when a couple more packages come in.


So... whip those decks out boys, and show us what you got.

Decks.. not.. oh, never mind...

CBJ

I took the pictures out to make this more manageable, but I was wondering how long does it take to get a collection like that?

I started collecting 3 years ago. It seems like much longer hahah.

I need to take some new pictures of my collection.. I have a ton of new additions. I have 3 more packages on the way, then I'll take some new pics.

CBJ

Bumping this thread to get it active again.

The last pics I took of my collection are on page 1.. top post


CBJ

Well the "short version" looks like this



If you want to see a deck by deck look, stop by my Intro thread and say "Hi"

http://unitedcardists.com/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=1315" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Here my growing card collection!

a much needed bump..

Let's see those collections!!!!!

This is the my collection as of today. Just added the Ellusionist Executive Deck, Bicycle Speakeasy Deck, and Bicycle Cigar Deck

I have decks strewn all over my office. I think I am getting close to 500-550 decks if not more I need a system because recently I bought a deck I already had bought 6 months ago hehehe I see a summer project in the works

I will try to get some pics or even a video of my collection soon, though I think I need to double my shelves first

Here's mine as of 2 weeks ago. I've had to slow down a lot after going to university, but I hope to resume collecting when I've settled into a job. My collection has grown from 40 decks to 220 in the last year, so I'm taking a break

DaMan wrote:Here's mine as of 2 weeks ago. I've had to slow down a lot after going to university, but I hope to resume collecting when I've settled into a job. My collection has grown from 40 decks to 220 in the last year, so I'm taking a break

Great collection!

Woooooooooooooot !

I am crying at these collections TOO.MUCH.AWESOME!! I might show do my collection soon, been meaning to make a deck collection video

I took a pic of it with my camera phone and downloaded it on my computer but it says that file is too big. Any suggestions?

You can use photoshop and resize it.

1000 pixels across is what I like to use here

CBJ

You can use any standard program that comes on your computer to resize pics if you do not have photoshop

9 more decks needed to fill the whole bookshelf, I'll just keep up the ones I like most and place others in a container.

Took some pics the other day, planning on doing a video later.

Main display, Wall display, Special display and Sealed decks.

EDIT: Made an album here, hopefully that works.

Tom,

That's very impressive! I especially like the Wall display, simple and effective.
Did I see only one pair of UC decks? Where's your loyalty, man?

Great Ornates' brick boxes. Very sweet!