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Don Boyer · « **Reply #225 on:** January 29, 2015, 10:52:57 PM »

Quote from: ecNate on January 22, 2015, 06:25:23 PM

I really need to get a proper little lighting tent and lights...

Anyhow, I finally picked up that Eagle 5 suit deck from USPCC I've been talking about lately here and at UC. I just love the eagle pips on these, even if this particular deck isn't in the greatest of shape it's pretty good for a 70+ year old deck.

I thought the lighting and composition were just fine. The wood makes an excellent background.

Quote from: Magasaki on January 29, 2015, 05:48:30 AM

I also translated the Montgolfiers deck which reads as a narrative of the early years of the hot air balloon. Some awesome stories in the artwork of these. Transcripts are on my site here http://www.magasaki.com/#!les-montgolfieres/c1grj

Great work. I noticed an abbreviation I wasn't familiar with: a measure of volume abbreviated "mc". As I read a bit more, contextual clues led me to think it was the vogue of the time to abbreviate "mètres cubes," or in English, "meters cubed," more commonly seen as "m³" these days.

Magasaki · « **Reply #226 on:** January 30, 2015, 05:16:58 AM »

Good spot Don! Collective detective work underway

torcams · « **Reply #227 on:** February 05, 2015, 08:25:11 PM »

I have two areas of playing cards gracing my collection. I've been very focused on wide souvenirs lately but recently went back to my first passion - Coca-Cola advertising decks. This latest acquisition a minty 1928 example, I believe made by the Western Playing Card Co. based on the Ace of spades.

goonie · « **Reply #228 on:** February 07, 2015, 06:09:33 PM »

A few from my collection...

goonie · « **Reply #229 on:** February 07, 2015, 06:21:11 PM »

And some more...

goonie · « **Reply #230 on:** February 07, 2015, 07:28:18 PM »

Some shipping related cards my mum found in my dad's garage...

goonie · « **Reply #231 on:** February 07, 2015, 07:31:33 PM »

A few others...

goonie · « **Reply #232 on:** February 07, 2015, 07:34:00 PM »

Another assortment...

torcams · « **Reply #233 on:** February 07, 2015, 07:50:56 PM »

I love that Worshipful Olympics deck!

torcams · « **Reply #234 on:** March 15, 2015, 12:09:21 PM »

Finally completed the trio of SCA 28, 29 & 30 Intercolonial Railway souvenir views decks. These are manufactured by Goodall and have quite a bit of photo variation between SCA28/29 and SCA30. SCA28 and 29 have the same photos, but on slightly different cards on a couple.

52plusjoker · « **Reply #235 on:** March 15, 2015, 03:26:42 PM »

Very nice!
These three, as we lived in the Maritimes, have long been favourites of ours.

torcams · « **Reply #236 on:** March 15, 2015, 05:13:33 PM »

Quote from: 52plusjoker on March 15, 2015, 03:26:42 PM

Very nice!
These three, as we lived in the Maritimes, have long been favourites of ours.

Thanks Tom. Can you tell me - do you know if SCA28 was issued with a blank card? My 29 & 30 have blanks but not my 28. Just curious....

52plusjoker · « **Reply #237 on:** March 16, 2015, 07:53:41 AM »

Quote from: torcams on March 15, 2015, 05:13:33 PM

Quote from: 52plusjoker on March 15, 2015, 03:26:42 PM
Very nice!
These three, as we lived in the Maritimes, have long been favourites of ours.

Thanks Tom. Can you tell me - do you know if SCA28 was issued with a blank card? My 29 & 30 have blanks but not my 28. Just curious....

I'll check ours later but I'm pretty sur it would have had a blank. Common practice with Goodall and most, if not all, of their Canadian souvenirs had one.

52plusjoker · « **Reply #238 on:** March 20, 2015, 09:57:32 AM »

Well checking ours out didn't help. We only have SCA29 and SCA30. Both with blanks. I'd be amazed if SCA 28 did not come with a blank.

torcams · « **Reply #239 on:** March 20, 2015, 06:35:10 PM »

Ok, thanks for looking.

MrVamp · « **Reply #240 on:** April 11, 2015, 10:50:39 AM »

I recently received a deck of Playboy Casino Atlantic City playing cards, solid orange back, as the first in my vintage Playboy collection. I am on the lookout for the solid green as well, in addition to the vintage Playboy Rider backs, which have boxes that are similar to the casino card boxes. In the longer term, I might also collect the Bee Playboy Casino Cards from the same casino. I really like the green and orange monochrome colors for casino cards. However, they will have to be uncancelled and sealed.

The cellophane is wrapped tight around the pack, so there is no prospect of it getting loose, like I have seen on Ebay is pretty common for the Nugget Casino Cards.

Enjoy.

52plusjoker · « **Reply #241 on:** April 12, 2015, 11:18:52 AM »

Nice - don't know much about these. Are they standard courts and Jokers or is there a Playboy element on the cards?

MrVamp · « **Reply #242 on:** April 12, 2015, 11:47:43 AM »

Quote from: 52plusjoker on April 12, 2015, 11:18:52 AM

Nice - don't know much about these. Are they standard courts and Jokers or is there a Playboy element on the cards?

There is no Playboy element to these casino cards; they are standard Bee Courts and Jokers, which I believe is true for all the Bee Playboy Casino cards (solid or diamond backed). However, both the Playboy Rider back and the Fournier Playboy London casino cards have altered Aces and Jokers.

Here is a link to a thread on this forum about some of the variety of Playboy playing cards: http://www.playingcardforum.com/index.php?topic=4224.0

And here is a link to the custom Aces in the Fournier Casino cards set, also seen on this forum: http://www.playingcardforum.com/index.php?topic=1624.0

skinny · « **Reply #243 on:** May 15, 2015, 08:17:25 PM »

This isn't my newest, nor my most prized, but I've always liked this one. I haven't seen another deck with the "Gibson" text on the back instead of USPCC.

(I'm editing this entry to include keywords... I couldn't find this when I searched for
NAT Playing Cards
Thanks)

Don Boyer · « **Reply #244 on:** May 16, 2015, 12:24:45 AM »

Quote from: skinny on May 15, 2015, 08:17:25 PM

This isn't my newest, nor my most recent, but I've always liked this one. I haven't seen another deck with the "Gibson" text on the back instead of USPCC.

Interesting-looking box - kind of Art Deco.

According to this page, Gibson manufactured cards from 1925 until sometime into the 1940s, with locations in Cincinnati and New York City. It doesn't indicate they were purchased by USPC - they may have simply been an independent maker that closed shop before the UnStoppable Playing Card Cabal (hee hee) bought them. If I had to guess, it was probably due to too many of the employees (and perhaps even the company's owner/-s) being drafted for the war effort - but that's strictly a guess.

skinny · « **Reply #245 on:** May 16, 2015, 02:21:21 AM »

I haven't seen anywhere that USPCC bought Gibson either, but this makes it seem a good assumption:

Don Boyer · « **Reply #246 on:** May 16, 2015, 11:51:00 PM »

Quote from: skinny on May 16, 2015, 02:21:21 AM

I haven't seen anywhere that USPCC bought Gibson either, but this makes it seem a good assumption:

Yes, that would seem to be positive proof that at some point, USPC purchased Gibson! I'm assuming that purchase took place in the mid-1940s, since the company ceased to exist after that - USPC probably took whatever intellectual property they deemed worth anything and simply dissolved the company like so many others they've purchased - but not immediately, or this tax stamp cancellation on this tuck box wouldn't exist.

vai777 · « **Reply #247 on:** May 29, 2015, 12:43:52 AM »

Bought these back in 2004 or 2005, forgot what I paid... not much though....

skinny · « **Reply #248 on:** June 28, 2015, 01:29:34 AM »

These are my newest. I'm sure they didn't come this way originally, but they do fit in that box ~perfectly.~

Sealed Triumph and PlayTime (plus 34 interlocking plastic chips).

Lee Asher · « **Reply #249 on:** July 27, 2015, 07:45:49 AM »

I'm the proud new owner of one of the more exotic pieces of USPC ephemera.

Plate graciously gifted to me by Tom & Judy Dawson.

Thank you guys!