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Good Tuesday. Another from the stash.

Name: Palace Club
Date: 6.23.2009

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Ebay find. 8$, I’d imagine these decks would fluctuate back and forth. Last set I was bidding on went for 35$,,,,unfortunately not to me. Buh.

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Vintage casino. And its white bordered. Quite a bit difficult to come across I guess.

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One of my favorite finish/stock combination. Long lasting,,,still has snap after all these years. I find it amusing that I’m using playing cards which are older than me by probably twice my age. Finish….uhh …hm… it’s the ‘good’ casino stock. In addition, these take fanning powder really really really well.

Faro: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ○ ○ ○ ○

Above average. Nothing to note else.

Back Design: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ○ ○

Once again, I personally like it. A white border casino stock. A solid color backdrop. A casino ’emblem’ logo. All check +,

Spring ‘Russian‘ Shuffle: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ○ ○ ○
“Because the cards go rushin’ by”. or something. Theres enough snap to make a card spring look good,,,as well as ??sound?? Good.

Comments

-Palace Club. What an excellent styled box. Blue cards coming in a red box. Didn’t see any jokers. Oh well. These cards take fanning powder very well. Makes fans and spreads awesome. Probably wouldn’t use these for magic purposes due to ’old’ doubles, so you get splitting doubles and bad other sleights. But Xcm gets a good boost. Blah blah blah. What else. Good for collecting, difficult to come by. Good crisp snap. I wish I had more of these.

–Kudos ♪♫

a late night post. summer’s getting a lot better at the moment. shorter post. since . this deck is uninteresting to use.

Name: Broadway 288
Date: 6.22.2009

Front : Broadway Playing Cards Russel Playing Card Co. New York U.S.A.

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Ebay find. 5$. Not bad for stuff from the past.

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As such. They’re only good for collecting purposes.

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I like the ad card that comes with it. “how long should a pack of cards last?” Haha. But. Standards were different back then. How long ago? I… don’t know. Long enough to have tax stamps on it. And a statue of liberty thing for a joker. Neat. Unfortunately, its lacking a useable finish to this day. Oh well. Not a usable deck.

Faro: ♥ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
Oh dear. No faro for you here. Unless you like faro-ing clumps. And possibly splitting cards.

Back Design: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
Kinda. Un. Interesting. It seems to be the Aviator brands ancestor of sorts. Quite. Now we know where Aviator gets it shoddy quality from. The past.

Being vintage : ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ○ ○ ○ ○

No way you’re using these for any sleights. Please don’t. But these do age well. They even have that yellowing stain. And water-like marks. Unfortunately, this specific deck I have some scratches and paper tears. But that’s fine.

Comments

-Broadway playing cards. They look like Aviators if you didn’t know any better. Not to be confused with say….Broadway seconds. Created apparently by the Russell Playing Card company, the one with that neat Ace of Spades with the R in the middle. It also was made in New York , says the Ace of Spades. Uhm. No good for XCM, magic, and the like. No good at all. I just like…random ‘treasure hunting’… haha…hunting. that’s what it is.

–Kudos ♪♫

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