Question: 720 Casino Card Decks. What are they worth?

FetishGirl · #1 (**permalink**) 09-02-2005, 04:09 PM

I have 720 Fournier card decks from a real casino. They are plastic coated paper cards, poker sized and with jumbo index. All decks are unused and wrapped in factory plastic and have the casino's name printed on the back of each card. What are they worth?

I was thinking $2 plus shipping per deck. I see that normal Bee cards are sold for $4 each at holdempokerchips.com so maybe that would be a decent price for someone interested in selling these in their turn? Let me know what you think they are worth. Thanks!

Edited to say, it seems each card deck came with a full return guarantee, see picture below:

FetishGirl · #2 (**permalink**) 09-02-2005, 04:50 PM

I think I found them here: http://www.akspiele.de/akspiele/eng/...&Auswahl=Suche

They are sold for €3.90 ($4.89) each. Would you say these could be worth more since they are customized cards from a real Casino?

Fins · #3 (**permalink**) 09-02-2005, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by FetishGirl

I think I found them here: http://www.akspiele.de/akspiele/eng/...&Auswahl=Suche

They are sold for €3.90 ($4.89) each. Would you say these could be worth more since they are customized cards from a real Casino?

Are the from an offensive casino? Why no pics of the backs??

warewulf · #4 (**permalink**) 09-02-2005, 06:20 PM

How does the quality compare with Bees? I know the decks casinos in vegas use usually sell for $1 each in the gift shop. If they're anywhere close to the quality of Bee's, I would say $2 a deck is about right.

FetishGirl · #5 (**permalink**) 09-02-2005, 06:41 PM

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How does the quality compare with Bees? I know the decks casinos in vegas use usually sell for $1 each in the gift shop. If they're anywhere close to the quality of Bee's, I would say $2 a deck is about right.

Fournier is the leading playing card manufacturer in Europe and, like the Bee's, a part of The United States Playing Card Company. These are the cards you will find in casinos in Europe and they are top of the line paper cards. Just like the Bee's the Fournier 818 is one of the world's absolute foremost casino playing card for poker and black jack.
Please note that these are un-used unlike the typical casino cards you can find (which are second hand and with two cut off corners). These decks have never been used or even opened. So they should atleast be worth what ever the non-customized "Fournier Vitoria 818 Gigante" cards are sold for new? The lowest prices I've found in Sweden are between $3.38 and $4.73 depending on how many you buy at a time (the exact same price as Bee's).

warewulf · #6 (**permalink**) 09-02-2005, 06:45 PM

By all means start them at $4 or whatever you think they're worth. However, in order to make it worth it you would probably have to sell at least a dozen at a time to make up for shipping cost.

FetishGirl · #7 (**permalink**) 09-02-2005, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by warewulf

By all means start them at $4 or whatever you think they're worth. However, in order to make it worth it you would probably have to sell at least a dozen at a time to make up for shipping cost.

I was thinking about selling them for $2 plus shipping or perhaps $2.50 depending on how much the buyer will be able to sell them for in his turn. Should be able to sell them for $4 but that's just a guess on my part.

warewulf · #8 (**permalink**) 09-02-2005, 06:56 PM

You might be able to get $4, but I would imagine they would move much slower at that price. At $2 or $2.50 I think they will move fast. You could even try $3 and see how it goes.

FetishGirl · #9 (**permalink**) 09-02-2005, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by warewulf

You might be able to get $4, but I would imagine they would move much slower at that price. At $2 or $2.50 I think they will move fast. You could even try $3 and see how it goes.

No, I'm not going to sell them for $4 I'm just trying to figure out what they are worth. I want to sell all 700 of them to one and the same buyer at perhaps $2 each plus shipping... I don't have time to sell these in small quantities...

PocketRocket · #10 (**permalink**) 09-02-2005, 08:11 PM

Perhaps this could help as a guideline. Bicycle and Bee cards sell for anywhere from $1.12 to $3 per deck in the U.S, with the average single pack prices being between $2-2.50. Fournier was recently acquired by USPC, however they may have still been an independent company when those cards were made. Insofar as whether or not they might be worth more because they were made for a casino, that would depend on whom you can get to believe what. Personally it makes no difference to me, unless the casino has my name on it

. But I do like the print job on the Fourniers.

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Originally Posted by FetishGirl

No, I'm not going to sell them for $4 I'm just trying to figure out what they are worth. I want to sell all 700 of them to one and the same buyer at perhaps $2 each plus shipping... I don't have time to sell these in small quantities...