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Title: Original Angel Back Squeezers Discontinuation date
Post by: magicphill on August 18, 2014, 02:39:42 PM

Does anyone know when the USPCC discontinued the Angel back squeezers ? I have a book where these are used in the photos that was produced in the late 80s though looking at the tax stamps I suspect these were made much earlier. Their also pictures of a bridge size Aristocrat banknote deck which I am guessing must have still been in production in the 80s also

Title: Re: Original Angel Back Squeezers Discontinuation date
Post by: andrew daugherty on August 18, 2014, 09:24:22 PM

Intel that helps, but does not answer completely: Bridge-sized angel back Squeezers were still for sale in the USPC gift shop in the late 1990s.  Poker-sized Aristocrats were discontinued in the mid- to late-1980s, IIRC, with remnants still for sale in places through the mid-1990s.  Not sure about narrow sized Aristocrats, though the ones in my collection are 1960s back through the 1930s. 

Chris Turner
52 Plus Joker and CPCC member.

Title: Re: Original Angel Back Squeezers Discontinuation date
Post by: Don Boyer on August 19, 2014, 01:26:54 AM

Angle Back Squeezers were reprinted in 2010 and can be found on eBay for as little as $5.

Here's Jim Knapp's page about non-Bicycle decks, including the Angel Back Squeezers.
http://www.jimknapp.com/Cards/Non-Bicycle.htm

Title: Re: Original Angel Back Squeezers Discontinuation date
Post by: 52plusjoker on August 19, 2014, 08:22:12 AM

Quote from: andrew daugherty on August 18, 2014, 09:24:22 PM

Intel that helps, but does not answer completely: Bridge-sized angel back Squeezers were still for sale in the USPC gift shop in the late 1990s.  Poker-sized Aristocrats were discontinued in the mid- to late-1980s, IIRC, with remnants still for sale in places through the mid-1990s.  Not sure about narrow sized Aristocrats, though the ones in my collection are 1960s back through the 1930s. 

Chris Turner
52 Plus Joker and CPCC member.

Thanks for the info Chris. I have added 52+J member to your Discourse profile so you can view the thread available only to club members. Tom

Title: Re: Original Angel Back Squeezers Discontinuation date
Post by: sprouts1115 on August 27, 2014, 10:50:38 PM

Holy crap MagikFingerz I didn't know you were famous!  I'm impressed.  You're link #10.  You're on a list with Tom and Judy.  To bad link #7 and #12 doesn't work. 

My personal favorite is link #4.   http://a.trionfi.eu/WWPCM/WWPCM/usa/USPCC.htm (http://a.trionfi.eu/WWPCM/WWPCM/usa/USPCC.htm)

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