Canada anyone?

[goonie]

Hi everyone.

I am Mat, 37, from Victoria, BC. Although not a card collector myself, my late father was. He collected cards, dice and professional magic tricks for many years.

I am looking to sell my collection without having to part it all out on ebay. I have probably a hundred decks or more (Worshipful etc.). Lots of table magic...Coins, hold-outs etc. And maybe 150 nice dice.

If anyone knows of a collector in Western Canada who might be interested in taking a look at the whole lot please let me know.

Many thanks in advance for any help.

Mat

**EDIT** Getting hooked already. Might just slim down my vintage collection and start collecting modern. Anyone know if there is such thing as card collectors anonymous? lol

[Don Boyer]

Hi everyone.

I am Mat, 37, from Victoria, BC. Although not a card collector myself, my late father was. He collected cards, dice and professional magic tricks for many years.

I am looking to sell my collection without having to part it all out on ebay. I have probably a hundred decks or more (Worshipful etc.). Lots of table magic...Coins, hold-outs etc. And maybe 150 nice dice.

If anyone knows of a collector in Western Canada who might be interested in taking a look at the whole lot please let me know.

Many thanks in advance for any help.

Mat

You actually might have the makings of a good collection for an auction house, or a local university.  EBay's a hassle, to be sure, but see if you'd make out better with someone like Potter & Potter of Chicago.  There's also a good chance that similar auction houses exist in Western Canada, but it seems that P&P gets a healthy share of the playing cards and magic items that go for auction.

No, I'm not shilling for P&P!  I know of them only by reputation.

Hopefully, you'll find someone here who's interested.  Be advised that we have certain prerequisites for posting sales in our two sales, trades and "in search of" (STISO) boards - the Pasteboard Bazaar for modern decks and Aces and Eights for vintage and antique.  Check the Rules topic of each board to learn more.

Let us know if you need any assistance.

[goonie]

Thanks for the advice Don. I will have a gander through the boards.

I have tried searching the web for Canadian auction houses or collector's forums related to cards and magic, but to no avail.

The Magic circle here in Victoria were no use either...They told me I had fantastic stuff but could not sell it at their annual auction because I was not a member.

Hopefully someone here is interested. I will familiarize myself with the boards and go from there.

Thanks again Don.

[CBJ]

Hi everyone.

I am Mat, 37, from Victoria, BC. Although not a card collector myself, my late father was. He collected cards, dice and professional magic tricks for many years.

I am looking to sell my collection without having to part it all out on ebay. I have probably a hundred decks or more (Worshipful etc.). Lots of table magic...Coins, hold-outs etc. And maybe 150 nice dice.

If anyone knows of a collector in Western Canada who might be interested in taking a look at the whole lot please let me know.

Many thanks in advance for any help.

Mat

hey there Mat.

I'm from Canada.

Add me on Facebook, so we can chat about the decks you have available
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008881182285

Thanks

Jay

[52plusjoker]

Hi Mat
52 Plus Joker, the North American Playing Card Collectors Club has an annual mail auction and auctions at its annual convention. We actually run the auction from here in Toronto. Send me a private message or email at tom.dawson@sympatico.ca and I can provide details.
Cheers
Tom

[meteor]

hey - used to live outside of Vancouver, now in Cali but I miss it... new to the forums!

[Don Boyer]

hey - used to live outside of Vancouver, now in Cali but I miss it... new to the forums!

You should make a new topic for yourself and tell us all about you.  This way we can give you a proper welcome!