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So no one even came close, no prizes this time !!
So there was a total of 120 decks !

Haha I will post more pictures over the week end

Christ almighty. What was the shipping like?

Holy Moly! Thats a huge pack

Started reading this and thought a gross. That is one heck big haul Kai. Is that about 4 months build-up?

Recent arrivals

Mike Ratledge wrote:Oh, darn - a decent pix!

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Strag wrote:Recent arrivals

Some great looking additions to your collection. What's the deck middle row next to aves?

phil

That's the dragon tome from albino dragon. It was a kickstarter project last year but you can buy it on their website right now

philmyer92 wrote:

Strag wrote:Recent arrivals

Some great looking additions to your collection. What's the deck middle row next to aves?

Quick draw badpete69, but here's the link too
http://www.albinodragon.com/dragon-tome/

Edit: Damn you guys are fast! [MURRAY]

Speaking of Dragon Tome, I decided to follow Jase's idea and take a stab at painting the little dragon that came with the crate. I think it turned out pretty decent.

volantangel wrote:So no one even came close, no prizes this time !!

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So there was a total of 120 decks !

Haha I will post more pictures over the week end

I recused myself from guessing since I had inside knowledge.

Haha i was gonna ban you, but then again i doubt you really knew how many decks you packed in for me

To someone who asked, the shipping was $151. That puts me at about $1.25 per deck for shipping

volantangel wrote:Haha i was gonna ban you, but then again i doubt you really knew how many decks you packed in for me

To someone who asked, the shipping was $151. That puts me at about $1.25 per deck for shipping

Not bad. Is that counting shipping to necro? Booya.

Nice one! The USPCC presentation set given out at a banquet in Cincinnati for their Centennial Jubilee in 1981. I got several, and will post a link to one in Buy/Sell/Trade soon.

Never even taken out of the cardboard sleeve (not shown). The pix of the cards are from Hochman's - I sure would not open one!

US3b & US4b both in a satin lined leatherette case. Reprints of the 1881 decks with a new back so they can't be passed off as the original. Still worth $100 each at least, they were worth $50 each in 2004 without the box and OG insert.

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Hochman's encyclopedia numbers US3b & US4b.

volantangel wrote:Haha i was gonna ban you, but then again i doubt you really knew how many decks you packed in for me

To someone who asked, the shipping was $151. That puts me at about $1.25 per deck for shipping

Thats actually i nice shipping rate!
Haven´t had such a good int. shipping rate since BMPokerworld (16 decks in a priority flat rate envelope for $17)

Those old prices....

Yep, smallest as $23.50 now - if you print postage, $24.75 at the post office. Big box is $65, I think - never used one international

Mike Ratledge wrote:Nice one! The USPCC presentation set given out at a banquet in Cincinnati for their Centennial Jubilee in 1981. I got several, and will post a link to one in Buy/Sell/Trade soon.

Never even taken out of the cardboard sleeve (not shown). The pix of the cards are from Hochman's - I sure would not open one!

US3b & US4b both in a satin lined leatherette case. Reprints of the 1881 decks with a new back so they can't be passed off as the original. Still worth $100 each at least, they were worth $50 each in 2004 without the box and OG insert.

Yeah, I drooled over those the whole time up until they went into the box. Had to wear a bib the whole time. Something to look for when I do my thrift shop runs...

Mike Ratledge wrote:Nice one! The USPCC presentation set given out at a banquet in Cincinnati for their Centennial Jubilee in 1981. I got several, and will post a link to one in Buy/Sell/Trade soon.

Didn't they have one of these at the 52+ joker silent auction?

Cbkimble wrote:Didn't they have one of these at the 52+ joker silent auction?

Somebody had one, but I don't think it went into the silent auction. I am pretty certain that I looked at everything, even the unusual and downright odd ones in that. It's possible, people added things right up to the last few minutes this year.

Ive never seen one of these opened, which is odd. You would think that some 5 year old kid ended up playing with a deck no matter what, and even the fold-over insert talks about "when you are playing" with them.

I figure these particular sets were not used due to attendance, because someone who was there stated that the outside cardboard case was discarded before they put them out on the banquet tables for each attendee.

Back on topic, I wondered just what might be wrong with this 1896 Andrew Dougherty "Indicator #50" listed for $8 "Buy it Now" on eBay. Nothing, in fact maybe the cleanest example of this I have seen: (people - start watching newly listed items!) "Indicators " were amongst the first decks with modern day indices, shortly after Triplicates.

Good news everyone!

Had these on my list for a while but was waiting until I found them at a decent price. $6 for the Duff tin (not too shabby!) The Futurama double deck tins are available very easily but I think the Slurm can has much more character.

Awesome, I too have had that Simpsons one on my list for a while. My primary concern was the beer can 'tuck' as it doesn't fit into my display scheme. Good find though, that futurama one is an amazing match for it too.

@Necro: I got it for $6 so not too bad considering how much they actually sold for back then.

@Nate: I hear yah, I keep a small cabinet reserved exclusively for oddball shaped, oversized and double deck sets while I figure out how to fill the entire place with display shelves.

Soo this might be a few posts, heres a complete breakdown of my massive haul..
So brick 1 is an assortment of christmas presents from Necro, thanks buddy !
Brick 2 is the Kings Wild Halloween Brick, really good deal on this one, since i have an extra Bike Black reserve now, im letting go of my sealed one, anyone interested pm me.
Brick 3: Hotcakes modesty was a gift from uusi, viking i got off ebay really cheap
Sawdust + T11 (some of these for sale if anyone is interested =))
KW + Obsidian Ornates

Part Two:
So the following decks came from D&D,
2x Hollingworth
1x Deckstarter
2x Prime
1x Ultimate
1x Flesh & Bones
1x October v2
2x Broadwalk Papers
1x S&M Reprint
MANA V1 !! And that Muertos coin is really really nice.
Hotcakes brick 50/100 no less
Green Gators (some for sale) + Tax stamped New Fan Back + Streamboats + Signed Clipped Wings
Haha guess who else got one of those yummy cards mike was posting


Soooo 10 bricks in total, thatttsss all folks !!

Love the Indicator deck, Mike.

I want those Simpsons and Futurama decks!

All those sweet decks at once! Enjoy!

A few more including some eBay finds. Been after one of the Clare Mackie decks for a while.

Got me some awesome prototypes from a good friend
Pics taken with my phone (and one hand, obviously), sorry for the poor quality.

I've got a few of them there Anniversary types myself (of course, with one opened). The last sealed set I bought on eBay last December for $3.25 (+$4.50 ship).

hikeeba wrote:I've got a few of them there Anniversary types myself (of course, with one opened). The last sealed set I bought on eBay last December for $3.25 (+$4.50 ship).

Seriously? It really helps when people are giving their parents & grandparents decks away for less than 10% of value. These are shown in Hochman's for $50+$50 value "as issued" in 2004. Oh, well - I have several still in the outer cardboard slipcase.

Are the Jokers in the open decks? (it would be nice to have an opened set)

Hochman has never been really good about pricing. Fullboatdealer had a good stock of these a few years back for either $29 IIRC. I still have the cardboard slipcases, but they weren't very photogenic.
The Jokers do come with the deck: (Open one up - enjoy them, except they don't handle really well.)