[Honeybee] Honeybees and other favourites

[atzenhofer]

Does anybody know anything about the book? I cannot find it anywhere

This should be the one you're looking for:

https://www.piatnik-individual.com/prod ... e-piatnik/

"Only available with an Austrian postal address" :-/

[Honeybee]

Thanks atz Looking at the WOPC link, there must also be an English edition somewhere

Edit: WRONG if you look at the Index you will see 'English Version' listed at pg 124 and the WOPC english index pic can be seen to be half way through the book (pg 127)

[Honeybee]

I tried to make a display of these Randy Aces, I mean Randy Butterfield Aces of course, but they don't really stay in place in their acrylic frame - a carat x 3 case might be the solution

[Honeybee]

I am not really into typography and I do not buy mystery decks but every now and then I will add a deck that I know very little about to a large order and that is the case with with this 2012 deck still available from X-Decks. They are Piatnik so they are not a deck that you buy for their handling.

[Honeybee]

Westerns are my first, second and third favourite movie genre
So when I saw this framed swapcard (single) on Etsy, I had to investigate

I quickly got my own single (Oz is a good source of swapcards) which I will also frame
And I have a whole deck on the way

The cowboys are part of a 1933 Waddington series.
I know it comes in gold too and I have seen a bedouin on a camel in Ken Lodge's collection on WOPC - the border and metallic look are the distinguishing features

[Honeybee]

I am wanting to tap into the many knowledgeable ones that frequent our forum
My above 'Cowboy' deck arrived (the name is my choosing as I have little info on the deck)
It came in a Duty wrapper (no tuck) - sealed and still enclosed in some yellowed cellophane.
Do you think this was its original wrapping?
Maybe Waddington's are not highly regarded but I find it surprising that I could buy a 93yo deck in original condition for just £18

The wrapper fits in with those shown at the bottom of this WOPC link which correspond to the most probable time of printing - 1933

https://www.wopc.co.uk/playing-cards/wr ... be%20kept.

ps I slit open the wrapper and removed the brittle cellophane and you can tell that these gilded cards have never been open

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[atzenhofer]

I'd say the cello was indeed its original wrapping.

This set here also has cellophane in better condition below the duty wrapper (for a decent price as well): https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256415453019

Something interesting I came across but didn't check any further; Ken Lodge mentions, that the bedouin on a camel is made by Waddington for Wills, so probably part of the Wills/Waddington gift scheme. He hasn't listed that design in any of the other articles around that topic, but I think it's very likely that the cowboy is also part of this scheme. The leather box from the offer above also seems to fit those in the advertisements.

https://www.wopc.co.uk/uk/mardon/wills-scheme
https://www.wopc.co.uk/uk/mardon/wills-scheme-page-2
https://www.wopc.co.uk/members/ken-lodg ... ift-scheme

[Honeybee]

Atz, thank you so much for doing the research and those fantastic links
Reading them it would seem likely that there were 50,000 decks produced!

[Honeybee]

I bought another Ravn X deck to deconstruct but I may still put it back to the original as I think I prefer it

[Honeybee]

Here are some recent pick-ups in one of the card holders I bought from a local woodworker
I have displayed the joker by Elettra as for once it was not the back that compelled me to buy the Bicycle Bold
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[Honeybee]

I bought a couple of these Nicky Bird 2008 Piatnik decks, still available from WOPC's Roddy Somerville for < £6ea. I thought they could go alongside my Chet Phillips matchbox decks. They are only Piatniks but for this price so long after release, I am pretty happy with them.

[Honeybee]

I mentioned in the Bloom Alice deck thread that I thought the back was a mix of styles.
I decided to use my freebie cards (mostly Thank You singles) to make a mix myself
I think I could break into the Asian market with my 'Bicycle Beijing Opera'
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[Honeybee]

I mentioned in Sinecure's current drafting thread that tucks can influence my buying decisions.
I thought I would scan a few favourites.
They cannot simply be a representation of the card backs, which I think most of us like to see on the back of the tucks
I would still have bought at least half of these regardless of their tucks
I have shown the back of the Muffins tuck as I like the gimmick - you can guess what the front looks like

[Honeybee]

Recently I added Ace Fulton's Casino Cowboy Denim because I like the Typography on the back and I have a couple of others
But you can see by comparing these to my Ace Fulton's Casino Femme Fatale that they are different faces in so many ways

[Honeybee]

Lately I am in a nostalgic mood
I bought this deck because it was Cartamundi, only $7us delivered and had my favourite Bond poster for its back

The tuck and card back look great
Unfortunately few of the posters come up as well as the card back but that is no doubt due to the fact that they are meant to be viewed poster size
Combining this card back with the character photograph faces from another one of their decks: 007 Films 11-19, would probably be better

Well at least I have over 50 minis of a favourite poster
I tried to photograph the tuck (with limited success) to show you how Kara's/Maryam's dress is iridescent

[Honeybee]

Continuing the 'Bargain' theme. I recently added this $8us deck to an order to qualify for free shipping
I already had it in yellow but it is stunning in this aquamarine? colour - I don't think I have seen this colour on any other deck
Once again selected for its Back
NB This Mandala V1 is also printed by USPC

[Honeybee]

Fulton Street appealed to me for the simple graphic design of its back which is an exact replica of the NY Subway Map of 1958 (which I also have and show below)
The artist of that map, George Salomon probably deserves as mush credit as anybody for this deck
The Burnt Orange colour also caught my eye but is unfortunately showing up as red in my scans so I am using stock photos here too.

Other positives for this deck are:
The tucks which feature the card back on the front of the box with nice title typography
The AoS - on theme
The Jokers which look like NY Transit Authority emblems/stickers, the image is also used as the tuck seal which is clever
There is an extra card of the Brooklyn Rail Map

This is a typographic deck for the courts, the indices are small and the faces are not white but rather a pale peach colour

I think the backs would make an excellent uncut sheet

The burnt orange colour of the backs (and pips) is closer to the orange of the joker which is right next to it in the first scan - weird

[Honeybee]

Stockholm 17's unbranded No.17 is one of the few decks which I did not buy for its Back even if it is a nice pattern
The faces are near perfect, the number cards are very interesting and you get 3 jokers plus a Gaff Queen