Los Angeles illustrated cards, each card face is a different landmark
This deck is custom illustrated by Portland, Oregon based artist, Aaron Voronoff Trotter. Each face card is a different illustration of landmarks in Los Angeles. Each deck is numbered and signed by the artist, with a limited run per printing. This deck is 34 of 40, 4th printing, dated 2013, and is still in its original wrapping.
Vaudeville playing cards front of box
Made by United States Playing Card Company for The Blue Crown, the Vaudeville deck was made for magicians. The back design is ideal for flourishes and throws. The front and back of this deck is all custom artwork by illustrator/artist Fracturize.
The box on this deck is a bit tattered, but not torn, and the edges are worn. The cards inside did not come sealed, but they are unused and still in their original packing order.
Ocean to Ocean Service
United Airlines branded playing cards touting “Ocean to Ocean Service.” This deck is from the 1970’s and is unopened with intact the U. S. Playing Card Company sticker. The box is in excellent condition. Very slight wear and only the sticker shows some discoloration. Back in the day, some airlines handed out decks of cards to people on flights. Now you are lucky if they don’t run out of pretzels.
“It’s the real thing”
Until the 1980’s, Coca-Cola® only issued between two and four sets of cards a year. This deck is circa 1971 (though I found one source saying 1973), with the famous tagline, “it’s the real thing.”
This deck is new, still in its box and wrapped in plastic, and was acquired in a lot purchase at an antique store in Ridgecrest in April of 2016.
Coca-Cola® Mini Deck
This deck of Coca-Cola® cards has the trademarked curve bottle with bottle caps on it. Stars and circles (or bubbles) float around the bottle. This mini deck is 1.75″ X 2.5″. This deck was printed by the United States Playing Card Company (USPPC). As best as I can find, this design dates to the early to mid 1990’s. This deck is unopened.
You can find standard size copies of this deck, printed by Bicycle® (a USPCC company) sold online, but other than a couple copies on eBay, or specialty shops, I found the most copies in France and Japan. I only found one seller on eBay selling the mini deck.
