Post Your Collection / Your Newest Acquisitions

[Paul Carpenter]

Hey guys,
I just got back from Hong Kong where I went a bit crazy buying decks because they can't be found in Australia.
Here's a picture of each unique deck in my haul (I also got duplicates of some that I didn't include in the picture).
What do you guys think?

Finding a Tendril deck in a store is quite a rarity. I constantly have people asking me where to get one and there's usually only 1-2 on eBay. Nice haul!

[MrMollusk]

Nice stash there MrMollusk, chach  and Jonathan you did go crazy, lol. Nice additions everyone, Gratrz!

Thanks! I'm still waiting on 3 packages, tho. I guess the sellers have been really bogged down with orders.


Also, I decided to hit Walmart up to see if they had more Streamlines, Don. They only had 3 blue and 2 red left, though,

Evidently, they weren't even supposed to have them. I asked the clerk why they were all mixed in with the Mavericks, and she said it was because the Streamlines and Mavericks were cross-referenced. They only had 2 bricks of them, due to a shipping error. I'm lucky i was able to snag some.

[verloren]

Hey guys,
I just got back from Hong Kong where I went a bit crazy buying decks because they can't be found in Australia.
Here's a picture of each unique deck in my haul (I also got duplicates of some that I didn't include in the picture).
What do you guys think?

Finding a Tendril deck in a store is quite a rarity. I constantly have people asking me where to get one and there's usually only 1-2 on eBay. Nice haul!

I'm still hunting for another Tendril deck in HK. Guess Jonathan found one!

[Jonathan]

Hey Paul and verloren,
Yeah I was so stoked about finding a tendril deck!!!
Verloren I found the tendril in the magicpro shop on the 2nd level of 188. I think they still have one in stock but I think you have to specially ask for it.
Also Paul, I love the encarded decks dunno if you noticed I also picked up an aurum deck that box is just so amazing. I realised I made a mistake when I backed your deck project; I stupidly only backed for one pair XD. Now that they're here in Australia I can't bring myself to open them they're that beautiful haha.
Also Paul, I think it's even rare to see a tendril on eBay!

[verloren]

Just got the Blue Bloods Redux in my mail.

[JacksonRobinson]

Some new tasty treats I just added to my collection. Big thanks to Bill Kalush for a sweet care package he sent me.

[Barry Hurton]

Are those J nugs real?!

[JacksonRobinson]

Are those J nugs real?!

Yep, the Lee Asher Certificate is just above them. But those aren't even close to being the most valuable decks out there. Don't be distracted by the Nugs star dust.

[Barry Hurton]

It is a nice haul

[Curt]

Some new tasty treats I just added to my collection. Big thanks to Bill Kalush for a sweet care package he sent me.

You just made me extremely jealous. Sick collection you got going there Jackson!

[bhong]

I second that jealous ... extremely jealous!  But what are the decks to the extreme top of the photo and the deck to the left of the 505s?

[Jonathan]

Wow yeah that is a very impressive haul indeed!

[Anthony]

Speechless..................Gratz Jackson!

[HandSkillz]

Are those J nugs real?!

Yep, the Lee Asher Certificate is just above them. But those aren't even close to being the most valuable decks out there. Don't be distracted by the Nugs star dust.

Pardon my ignorance, but what decks out there are more valuable..I want to take a look!

[bhong]

Are those J nugs real?!

Yep, the Lee Asher Certificate is just above them. But those aren't even close to being the most valuable decks out there. Don't be distracted by the Nugs star dust.

Pardon my ignorance, but what decks out there are more valuable..I want to take a look!

I don't know my decks as well, but the 2 decks to the right of the Legends V2 and 3 decks at the very top look like some nice vintage deck. I'm guessing 70-100 yrs old. I think a lot of current collectors are so obsessed with the Jerry's Nuggets that they overlook a lot of other cool decks. 

[JacksonRobinson]

Are those J nugs real?!

Yep, the Lee Asher Certificate is just above them. But those aren't even close to being the most valuable decks out there. Don't be distracted by the Nugs star dust.

Pardon my ignorance, but what decks out there are more valuable..I want to take a look!

Don't let the Jerry's fool you my friend. I could list hundreds of decks that are worth more than the nugs. Nugs aren't that rare they are just marketed like ninjas.
There are about 5 or six deck in my above picture that are more valuable than Jerry's Nugs.

There is an incredible world of amazingly beautiful playing cards out there.

Here is a great place to start.
http://www.wopc.co.uk/usa/uspcc/

[Don Boyer]

Some new tasty treats I just added to my collection. Big thanks to Bill Kalush for a sweet care package he sent me.

Sweet care package?  It's more of a "I care enough to send you two lovely ladies for a menage-a-trois" package!  Bill's a really nice guy when it comes to things like that.

[10ofclubs]

How old is that red Bicycle deck next to the Steamboat?

[Anthony]

Not even close to matching Jackson's haul, but I did come across these helping a friend clean out his folks garage. Hadn't seen these Racer Backs before. I know there are 2 versions, but the dating of these decks still seems a bit confusing. I'm guessing not very old, but cool non the less.



Also picked up a buddy for my White deck......

[JacksonRobinson]

How old is that red Bicycle deck next to the Steamboat?

It is US6 Congress #606 from R&M, 1881

Dawson, Tom & Judy: The Hochman Encyclopedia of American Playing Cards, U.S. Games Systems Inc., 2000 p86

[kdklown]

Not even close to matching Jackson's haul, but I did come across these helping a friend clean out his folks garage. Hadn't seen these Racer Backs before. I know there are 2 versions, but the dating of these decks still seems a bit confusing. I'm guessing not very old, but cool non the less.



Also picked up a buddy for my White deck......

See the attached link.  Those should be from 1984 or 2004.  If there's no tax stamp then they shouldn't be earlier than that.  Use the chart in the link provided and match it to the first letter on your AOS.  If you want to dig a little deeper you should be able to find the different time periods that racer backs were printed.  I'd guess these to be 1984 not 2004 but it's just a guess.  Fun game this card collecting.  Nice find regardless!

http://www.cypressfilms.com/Bicycle/USPC_Dates/USPC_Dating_Codes.html

[kdklown]

Sorry for the double post.  The first pic is from Sharpie's cleaning out the closet sale over at UC.  Best black friday deal there was.  Bakers dozen for $25 shipping included.  I did't think my odds were good but did manage to have 1 deck in there that I don't own.  Some other nice scores in that brick as well.  Well done Sharpie!  The second pic is almost everything else I picked up around black friday including some KS deliveries.  The bottom of that pic are the 3 D&D Mystery decks. 

[Anthony]

Thanks kd, I was actually using the same chart. So F has multiple dates and yes, the non-tax stamp rules out the earlier dates. But can you pin point it more accuratley? I assume the chart means that with the letter "F" it was printed between 1984 and 2004....is that correct? Not that it's that important with this deck, just trying to understand how to date things a little better.

[Anthony]

Very nice assortment there kd, looks like you had quite the Black Friday weekend 

[kdklown]

Thanks kd, I was actually using the same chart. So F has multiple dates and yes, the non-tax stamp rules out the earlier dates. But can you pin point it more accuratley? I assume the chart means that with the letter "F" it was printed between 1984 and 2004....is that correct? Not that it's that important with this deck, just trying to understand how to date things a little better.

No, it goes in a rotation so you would read that chart as narrowing it down to 1984 OR 2004 as opposed 1984-2004.  For instance, a deck printed in 1985 would have a G, 86 an H etc.  Gives them a 20+ year rotation.