Eric Voskill running Amazing Before Mario (and wrote a wonderful book of the same name), has one of the world’s finest collections of Nintendo merchandise.recently He managed to get something special even by his standards. A packet of Nintendo playing cards from the 1950s, depicting the company’s hometown of Kyoto.
“Words cannot describe the excitement I felt when I found a 70-year-old Nintendo card depicting 1950s Kyoto.” Voskuil excitedly wrote on August 7th“I’ve been collecting over the years and these are the only copies I’ve come across”. writes on his blog Voskuil adds that this is the first time. so far Saw the card — printed entirely in English —After spending, it will be put up for sale.”Over 20 years of searching for vintage Nintendo items.
Having publicly aired his reluctance to open the packets, these are valuable and if leftned closed retains its value —Voskuil decided to open one of them and keep the other.that’s because you can show him what the cards actually look like while keeping the second set sealed.
Sadly, hThe initial excitement didn’t last long.
“However, when I carefully removed some of the wrapper, I quickly found that all the cards were perfectly fused together. ” he writes.They had been pressed together for so long, probably under hot and humid conditions, that the ink on all the cards had stuck them together perfectly. changed to Photographic prints on cards with relatively large amounts of ink may also contribute to this. ”
These cards are Yeartherefore there was none of the plastic or laminate normally associated with playing cards produced in recent decades. is no longer a deck of cards, but an expensive paper block.
Upon reviewing the second pack, Voskuil discovered that those cards suffered a similar fate. Some suggest “putting the pack in the freezer for a while” or “putting it in the ‘sweat box’ used by philatelists”. he says sharply that “Unfortunately, these packs have outgrown these methods and will remain fused forever.
disappointing! The only consolation is that even the box is nice and One of the two decks had a removable sample card attached to the back, so Voskuil got at least one card.
You can see more pictures of the cards and learn more about why they were so important. Before Mario.
