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Hi there,i'm Luca from Italy and i collect only bicycle decks.
I collect decks from just a month,and i'm not informed about how collect cards.
I cannot find any Bicycle catalogs and i don't now how to recognize rare and nice decks...
Someone can help me?Sorry for my bad english!!

First use Google, that can help quite a bit. Even if you don't have a catalog or price guide that's a good start. Portfolio52 and searching here at UC or 52+Joker sitecan also find options for you. WOPC and other sites can also help.

For the Santa ones apparently they are a Merz67 deck, see here - http://www.playingcardforum.com/index.php?topic=3888.0

What a deck is worth is pretty much up to what people are currently paying. The sold search on ebay is a great way for most decks other than super rare.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R4 ... &LH_Sold=1

I'll let you or others research the other ones.

Thank you for helping me!!I give a try with your instructions

ecNate wrote:First use Google, that can help quite a bit. Even if you don't have a catalog or price guide that's a good start. Portfolio52 and searching here at UC or 52+Joker sitecan also find options for you. WOPC and other sites can also help.

For the Santa ones apparently they are a Merz67 deck, see here - http://www.playingcardforum.com/index.php?topic=3888.0

What a deck is worth is pretty much up to what people are currently paying. The sold search on ebay is a great way for most decks other than super rare.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R4 ... &LH_Sold=1

I'll let you or others research the other ones.

Luca, se ti viene piu facile spiegare in Italian, mi puoi trovare nel Facebook e ti posso aiutare un po.

A presto

Sparkz wrote:Luca, se ti viene piu facile spiegare in Italian, mi puoi trovare nel Facebook e ti posso aiutare un po.

A presto

Ti cerco subito!grazie mille!!

Here`s a good site for identifying vintage Bicycle back designs with information about the backs, Ace of spades, Jokers etc. (Just click on the number)
http://www.cypressfilms.com/bicycle/index.html