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This one just made me laugh.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/125079439057?h ... Sw7YZhkqK6

Stockholm Keymaster joker sticker....$99.

Now, now, there are 12 of them!

12 of them? Now I understand why they tossed on the $5 shipping

Am I missing something here?



These are from Michael Jordan's exclusive country club, Grove XXIII, so maybe just a bunch of rich people spec'ing a deck?

Not my cup of tee

Repeating courts, lel... Just like the sneakers, no style.

A mere $17.632.94

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Strag wrote: ↑Mon Feb 14, 2022 6:06 am A mere $17.632.94
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For posterity: Rare Rapid7 Playing Cards Deck / Original Packaging / Only Copy On Internet

Clickbait strong with this listing, lol. Dunno what is funnier, the listing itself or the seller's eBay name. Dude's funny.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/374285296833

Not sure if seller on crack or I am on crack for thinking this listing is on crack

They are smoking the same stuff the person that certified the election results in occupied Ukraine.

bdawg923 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 02, 2022 4:41 pm https://www.ebay.com/itm/374285296833

Not sure if seller on crack or I am on crack for thinking this listing is on crack

This seller is certainly on something. I get irritated when I see his listings, especially since I've been adamantly searching for Lotrek decks since I started collecting earlier this year and have a keen awareness of how much they are going for in today's market.

When I've completed my collection further in the next month or so, I plan on posting how I've gone about paying for decks where both buyer/seller felt it was a fair deal.

Yup, saw that peach this morning - along with the Arabesque that they figured was underpriced at 800 and bumped to 1000.

I just figured they were from the future - was hoping to ask them how the world turns out…

Well, the starting bid may not belong on this thread, but the Buy it Now certainly qualifies…

Yowza. I do not care who owned this deck previously.

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Dai Vernon’s estate auction in 2010 would likely be where he got them from:

But I do see things of much greater value going for a lot less than that ebay auction (not to mention that for the price the deck could at least have been used by Vernon, not sealed


Buchinger Portrait :: 2800 :: 700-900
Buffum, Richard. Dai Vernon Interview Transcript :: 1400 :: 750-850
Bruce Cervon's private files - magic correspondence :: 2000 :: 500-600
Archive of Roger Klause/Bruce Cervon correspondence :: 1000 :: 250-350
18 packs of playing cards owned/used by Dai Vernon :: 1300 :: 200-300
Archive of 116 letters from Faucett Ross to Bruce Cervon :: 2200 :: 1000-1200
Dai Vernon's Academy of the Art of Magic Medallion :: 6500 :: 5000-6000
Bamberg, David (Fu-Manchu). Sepia-toned length portrait :: 2200 :: 300-400
Archive of Doug Henning/Dai Vernon ephemera. :: 4000 :: 350-550
Hofzinser, Johan Nepomuk. Hofzinser Playing Card :: 3400 :: 1000-1500
Dai Vernon's Address Book and book of routines :: 1100 :: 150-250
Dai Vernon's "Dead List." Handwritten by Vernon :: 2000 :: 300-500
First U.S. Passport of Dai Vernon. Issued in 1958 :: 1700 :: 150-250
Dai Vernon's Prop Case :: 16000 :: 5000-6000
Dai Vernon's personal scrapbook and photo album :: 6500 :: 5000-6000
Scrapbook from Dai Vernon's 82nd Birthday. Compile :: 1100 :: 100-200
Dai Vernon's personal 14K solid gold Spinning Coin :: 5000 :: 2000-3000
Servais Leroy's Magic Wand :: 950 :: 75-150
Mysto Magic Set No. 2010.., ca. 1921 :: 2800 :: 1000-1500
Triangular Production. Okito, circa 1946 :: 1500 :: 300-500
Ganson, Lewis. Dai Vernon's Inner Card Trilogy. :: 1000 :: 250-350
Archive of C. A. George Newmann manuscripts :: 1500 :: 100-200
Nicola's unique antique Chinese embroidered vest :: 3000 :: 500-1000
Contract for Okito's Employment with Thurston :: 3600 :: 400-600
Wallace the Magician 3 sheet poster :: 1300 :: 500-750

More details from the estate auction:

https://forums.geniimagazine.com/viewtopic.php?t=30208

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bdawg923 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 02, 2022 4:41 pm https://www.ebay.com/itm/374285296833

Not sure if seller on crack or I am on crack for thinking this listing is on crack

Seller for sure. You should check his listings. Not only is he selling Lotrek's decks, but also plants and seedling. The most expensive: Nepenthes x Harryana! XLarge specimen in 5" pot!
$4,950.00!

Nepenthes edwardsiana 10x XXS Seedlings! VERY LIMITED!
$3,695.00

I'm no botanist but anyone here know if that plant and seedlings are actually worth that much?

The plants can be had at a much more reasonable price as seed or seedling, takes a long time to grow them large so he is charging mostly for the time they spent in the greenhouse - I would say overcharging, but that I will leave to botanists…

I used to grow orchids and those prices are insane for the orchids. Full stop.

That is not to say that for an astonishing specimen you might pay something like that, but it would be an astonishingly large specimen.

Didn’t look at the orchids - was just looking at the pitcher plants, but I do think its safe to assume that all the prices from that seller are either insane or fell through a wormhole from a distant future.

(Additional ramblings about orchids vs pitcher plants removed due to extreme irrelevance)

I won't be naming who this seller is because I don't think it's helpful to dox someone like that, however my understanding is they put items at a high price and then entertain offers people make. It has led to some crazy listings though and I hope buyers can make informed decisions when they come across such listings.

Nice that they entertain offers - they certainly entertained us

I think my favorite part is that they felt the need to charge for shipping - not that this is the first to do so, but I just noticed and couldn’t help but comment.

For $10 thousand dollars that mf better hand deliver it to me

I *love* that strategy. If I ever decide to part with some of my decks, I might use that approach.

Quite the bargain, in the year 2525

Ultra rare, unless you go to noir arts website, where you can find them for $29 each

I don't usually post in this thread but this one had to be done.
Any takers??