I'm not trying to sound like a debby-downer or an elitist, but I don't care about JN's. Who cares if they handle well, nobody opens the cello. The cards don't even look good. I don't need them.
End of mini-rant, go about your business.
Rich people open the cello all the time.
I opened one of mine, they are everything they're cracked up to be in terms of durability. In my opinion, the cards look fantastic, and that is specifically due to the type of ink used on the backs. It's not just your typical, dead, desaturated USPCC blue. It doesn't look like printer ink. It's very deep, very awesome.
The real draw is history, especially for me. It's insane thinking that many years ago, the hotel sold them at 99 cents each, and had tens of thousands of them. Now each deck sells for $300-400 and it has consistently stayed at that price, unlike a lot of other "rare" decks that fluctuate like crazy.
I think that if you're going to be dropping big money cards, you may as well get something vintage, something unique - and there are plenty of people that drop big money. For my personal taste, I'd take two Jerry's over 36x of some new release.
