Okay, now this is interesting/weird: I just found a copy of the "Palestine Play-card" deck listed on eBay, with a Starting Bid set at $1,200: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-c1920-Palestine-Playing-Cards-Bezalel-Jewish-Israel-Bible-Art-Nouveau-/" onclick="window.open(this.href);r...

MagikFingerz wrote:Where did you find cheap Virginia Slims? They're well-known in the cardistry world, thin but good stock and great finish.

They're not cheap any more?

I have four or five of them which I bought between 1996 - 2001, and never paid more than $5 for any of them.

No more, eh?

Thank goodness that there was no "camel toe" in that photograph!

Eoghann wrote:I remembered you mentioning you the x men tarot deck a while ago. Which I envy you for.

You must be remembering this:

Eoghann, I love both of those Tarot decks!

I have probably eight or ten Tarot decks in my collection, my favorite being "Tarot for Cats".

Okay, this is a little involved... Here is an email I sent to my friend "Venka" about it: Venka: Here's the rest of what I was chatting with you about the other day when Mr. Venka had the audacity to interrupt us (chattus interruptus?) The nerve of some people! :D I was telling you that I ...

framegod wrote:The Blonde kid would be Dennis the Menace.

I'm pretty sure it's not, but "Thanks for playing our game!"

Eoghann wrote:Cool! Sucks we couldn't figure out who the blonde kid was.

I haven't given up hope!

I finally got the uncut of that Argentine miniature Spanish-suited deck with the comic-strip characters: ==========[ Billiken_Minicartas_Nancy ]========== http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/u570/RSLancastr/uncut_1_zpsf94e6413.gif http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/u570/RSLancastr/uncut_2_zpscb3c70...

Here's the second of two custom Dutch decks from my friend "Venka" in the Netherlands: ==========[ DEEN80Jaar ]========== http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/u570/RSLancastr/DEEN80Jaar_zps0ee905e6.jpg An advertising deck for DEEN Supermarkten, a Dutch chain of Supermarkets, celebrating the...

$200 out of Australia - basically mint condition, opened but never played. Quite nice, and a deck I have been looking for for a while! How many times must you make me hate you, Mike? Ah, and by the way: how to tell if you have an OG (1933) version of Dondorf #1000 "Centennial" (Hundertjah...

An, and I never came back and answered my question about the elaborate unnamed deck. It iź USPCC "New Era #46".(1896) I was going to guess USPCC, since it looked very much in the same style as New Era #46. I didn't know that is was New Era #46!! ETA: In my defense I will say that the card...

Yesterday I received a gift of two custom Dutch decks from my friend "Venka" in the Netherlands. "Venka" (Not her real name - it's my nickname for her (she calls me "Robaire")) is a professional player and teacher of Bridge. We met on an online forum (non-card-related)....

CBJ wrote:

RSLancastr wrote:
Nice! Did you get the belt buckle? That would be cool...

No, I never did... not really a belt buckle kind of guy

Yeah, me neither (except for those which came already attached to a belt I'd purchased, anyway...).

It's actually a belt buckle pic that I stumbled upon one day, and I saved it. Then when I joined UC.net... I used it. Here's the original pic/site it's from http://charpkustoms.com/proddetail.php?prod=BELKTFS" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(t...

I used to play a lot of 2 man beach volleyball, so I was a huge fan of Sinjin Smith (he and Karch Kiraly are probably the two greatest of all time), that's why I go by sinjin7. I grew up in southern California and am a die hard Dodgers fan. Thanks for the explanation, Sinjin! I have a dear friend w...

RickardSmith wrote:My name... but I prefer to go by Rick

Thanks for the explanation, Rick!

So your first name is actually "Rickard"? I don't think I've ever heard of that before.

And the reason behind your invisible (or perhaps microscopic) avatar?

For those who haven't looked in my featured collector thread.. here it is... "CBJ" Well, it has nothing to do with hockey or the Columbus Blue Jackets. Let me start by saying that I’ve worked in the chocolate industry for over 20 years… In my early 20s, I started hanging out with a new gr...

UtterFool wrote:All right, here you go "BOB"

Thanks for the explanation, UF!

Both your avatar and user name have always seemed familiar to me. Did/do you post over at the JREF Forums?

Yup, it is still going. There is a pretty big following both competitive and casually. If they still have any of their stuff laying around, let me know. I still play at 28, although not nearly as much as I used to. A few days after you posted this, I had a visit from my son (29 years old) and my el...

Did this come through? I have been looking for better frames. I currently get poster frames from "Michael's" craft store for my uncuts. They do the job, but, I don't care for them. One sided, flimsy, and pretty expensive when looking at 20 uncuts and counting. Yes and no. Still working on...

Wow, those are pretty neat, but actually quite creepy looking! Yeah, I agree. Those decks look pretty cool, but a bit creepy. Reminds me of Tim Burton. They are whimsical, while also being mildly disturbing. (and yes, this odd juxtaposition of styles is something which Tim Burton is also known for ...

I play a card game called Magic: The Gathering. In the game there are several different ways to play and colors that are associated with them. In this game, I normally play in Green and Red. This combo is often called Gruul due to a tribe of savages associated with these colors. The Avatar pic is t...

MagikFingerz wrote:Robert, it's the one that's in 80% of the pictures in your google image search.

That seemed likely Tom, but I did not want to make that assumption unwarranted by anything other than the number of times it came up on a search. (Darn my lack of psychic powers!)

Robert, there are TONS of pics of the Absolut deck available on the web. Google (hint, hint...) Surely that's easier than asking someone to take pics and post them for you. Objection - Assumes facts not in evidence! Strag, I have Googled "Absolut vodka playing cards", and found images of ...

SwissArmyTenor wrote:I've heard they are interesting and different, handle well, so I thought I would try them out

Fair enough, thanks for the reply!

If they are interesting visually, some pics might be nice (hint, hint...)

Scored an Absolut Vodka deck from ebay - along with 5 other decks that are of little value to me - for $16.99. I was the only bidder. Think the Absolut deck, which I have been wanting, got lost along the other decks ("Absolut" was not in the title of the description, but "vodka"...

Thanks, Eoghann! I googled "el mono relojero" and found tons of pages where he is mentioned or shown, such as: http://costalito.blogspot.com/2012/05/el-mono-relojero-i.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ......

Here's an unusual deck I received in today's mail: ==========[ Billiken_Minicartas_Nancy ]========== http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/u570/RSLancastr/Billiken_Minicartas_Nancy_zpsec969d1b.jpg Published ~1963 by Billiken (an Argentine children's magazine), the deck is unusual in several ways: It i...

As I've stated before: this is always your topic, you've owned it for two full months, feel free to keep it up as long as you please, and never leave us out in the dark when new things come to light in the "Robert S Lancaster Collection!". We all sincerely appreciate your time and dedicat...