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The thread about the stick figure tarot got me wondering. So, if you could buy any OOP, or expensive deck(s), what would it/they be?
I would get Folchi's Carnival deck. I have no idea how much it runs when it's available, but I'm thinking it's quite expensive. But I love his art, and this deck lifts my spirits when I see it.
I would also love an old copy of the RWS, although not so old I'd be nervous about having it in my house. :D
Also the Greenwood, Dali, Pinocchio, and the Marvel, But those I will probably get eventually. And there are still copies available here and there.
No competition for me. I would definitely get the Stick Figure Tarot. It's very me, and I was so frustrated when I found out how hard it is to get a copy now.
Another expensive deck that I really like is the Healing Tarot featured on Tarot Garden right now. I saw the pictures and loved it. But it's $90! I can't afford that on my student budget.
Eh, well.
:) Kes
Rhiannon
26-08-2002, 14:03
I have to agree that the carnival deck is lovely. But right now the one I want is the Norse. I'm hoping it will be re-released by Yule!
R :)
Illuminated Tarot large with the hand painting
Healing Tarot
Blue Rose Tarot
Le Tarot Egyptien d'Esmeralda
Book of T tarot
Hermetic
Stick fiigure
a lot more lol
:THP
ALL OF THEM! :D:D:D
Pick just a few? Must I? Oh, okay. :D
Tarot Universal Dali and (yes) Jennifer Moore's Healing Tarot. :)
There is a Celtic deck by Folchi that I would really want to get ... then again, we all know me, I want them all ;)
toysgirl
26-08-2002, 15:01
Off the top of my head:
i Tarocchi (di Pier Canosa)
http://www.tarotgarden.com/database/dbsearchengine.php?search_type=blob&pageenter=0
Michelle Cohen's Curious Tarot
http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/michellecohen/
Alexandra Genetti's Jumbledance
http://204.189.12.10/b/thewheel/jumbledance.html
Piero Ricca's Venetian Historical Tarot
http://www.tarotgarden.com/database/dbsearchengine.php?search_type=blob&pageenter=0
Anything by Folchi, Cassari, or Laura Tuan.
-Stasia
(visiting from the CT list on yahoo)
WolfSpirit
26-08-2002, 15:08
I would get:
the Norse
stick figure
blue rose
animal tarot (by the same author as the blue rose, but not yet published)
jasniak
Sternenmadchens
rishi tarot (not yet published)
Songs for the Journey Home
tarot polski
and lots and lots more.
Ladyhawke
26-08-2002, 17:34
Oh, ya mean I gotta pick one? ;) The large Illuminated Tarot. One of these days when I get some cash I'll break down and buy the medium one, 'cause I just whimper at the artwork on that deck. But I just can't afford the bigger one. *sigh*
Ladyhawke
Strange2
26-08-2002, 21:21
Some of the high-priced decks on my wish list:
i Tarocchi di Andrea Picini
Tarot de la Rea
(Thanks to the wonderful TarotGarden web site, which tantalizes me with so many wonderful decks to add to my wish list!)
Jeannette
26-08-2002, 22:25
Originally posted by Jewel
There is a Celtic deck by Folchi that I would really want to get ...
Wow -- that's a new one on me. Jewel... do tell! Do you have more details? I didn't know Folchi had done a Celtic-themed deck!!! Cool!
-- Jeannette
http://www.tarotgarden.com
truthsayer
26-08-2002, 22:39
i would get:
dreampower
jumbledance
blue rose
amber
jung
medium illumination tarot w/ the extra sparkle to it
one of the original paintings of the rws decks by pamela colman smith
same for the originals of the thoth by lady freida harris
one of the first published of any tarot deck around the turn of the 20th century
all those italian cats decks at alida
in fact, all cat decks ever published. :)
oh, i want them all and some are in my price range like the miracle deck or stained glass or adrian but i'm cooling my jets for right now. saving my money for the right ones... ;)
I would like the Eclectic Tarot. Unfortunately, it is just a bit out of my price range for a deck.
Jeannette
26-08-2002, 23:00
Originally posted by toysgirl
i Tarocchi (di Pier Canosa)
Piero Ricca's Venetian Historical Tarot
Stasia:
The Canosa Tarocchi is incredible -- you have excellent taste. Not only are the cards lovely, but the set comes with a huuuuuuge hardcover coffee-table book that has beautiful large-size reproductions of all the major arcana illustrations (and somewhat smaller reproductions of the minor arcana illustrations), along with explanatory information about the card symbolism (in Italian). It's one of my favorite collectors' sets.
The Venetian is also a wonderful deck -- small, but with great detail and fascinating historical references.
The URLs that come up in a general deck "quicksearch" on the Tarot Garden site, however, can't be copied-and-pasted as direct links to the found dataset, as the invisible form variable data isn't embedded in those links. I addressed the question of direct links to the Tarot Garden database, and gave complete working link instructions, in a reply to Pollux on another thread, here:
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=70285#post70285
And here are the direct links to the Canosa Tarocchi and Venetian Historical:
http://www.tarotgarden.com/database/dbsearchengine.php?view_title=i+tarocchi+(di+pier+canosa)
http://www.tarotgarden.com/database/dbsearchengine.php?view_title=venetian+historical+tarot
Thanks so very much to everyone who's been kind enough to visit our website and share their comments here! Much appreciated!
-- Jeannette
http://www.tarotgarden.com
the Necromantic Tarot, and the 1001 Nights Tarot...
LOL, it's a sickness, I tell you.
Cerulean
27-08-2002, 02:27
Well, if Amerigo Folchi gets the rights back on his Fererra Tarot, than maybe I can afford it. Last time it was bid upon, it was three figures, bordering on the $300 range.
Mari H.
If money were no object, I'd buy at least 2 copies of every single dck around, aswell as try and find myself an atique deck, like the original RWS edition deck, which sold to Stuart Kplan for $8,200...
And ofcourse, I'dhave to get all the decks around in all their different sizes! Mini MOtherpeace Mini Thoth, Medium Toth, Mini Thth with 3 Mages...
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Kiama
On top of my list are Tarot for cats, Dali tarot and Dreampower apart from all the others I feel I have to add to my list.
If money were no object I would get all of them, starting with Folchi's Felicita. Them there is Minotarot, Tarot de la Rea, Amber,and on and on and on...........
Starfish
27-08-2002, 08:23
Off the top of my head -
1). Folchi's Tarocco delle Felicita
2). Folchi's Tarocco Storico della Citta di Ferrara
3). Nicold's Les Chats d'Evelyn Nicod
:TJUST Starfish
toysgirl
27-08-2002, 09:28
Originally posted by Jeannette and/or Lori
The Canosa Tarocchi is incredible -- you have excellent taste. Not only are the cards lovely, but the set comes with a huuuuuuge *SNIP*
The URLs that come up in a general deck "quicksearch" on the Tarot Garden site, however, can't be copied-and-pasted as direct links to the found dataset, as the invisible form variable data isn't embedded in those links.
Jeanette,
Your flattery will get me in all sorts of trouble...
My imagination runs wild:
Me: "I must buy these five very beautiful decks now. I cannot wait any longer to own them!"
DH: "But dear, that money is needed for my emergency medical procedure. And for the baby's special formula. Plus, we must pay these bills or we will end up homeless!" *
Me: "But, I have excellent taste!"
*DH is fine. There is no medical emergency. Nor is there a baby. And the bills do get paid. :D
I haven't been posting here very long (ok, started yesteday), but have lurked on and off for about a year. Just figured out the whole vB code & [ url ] [ / url ] thing.
Oh, and Jeanette, I am that same 'Stasia' from the CT list & your own mailing lists. Saw you were active over here, came for a visit & pulled up a chair.
-Stasia
Slow to catch on.
Originally posted by Jeannette and/or Lori
Wow -- that's a new one on me. Jewel... do tell! Do you have more details? I didn't know Folchi had done a Celtic-themed deck!!! Cool!
-- Jeannette
http://www.tarotgarden.com
*LOL* perhaps I am dreaming then! I thought I had seen it on your website *LOL*. Well then I guess money would be a major object if I would need for him to create one *ROFLMAO* ... I will go explore what deck it is I am talking about. I thought it was Celtic which threw me for a loop from the get go and made me so curious about it. I will get back to you once I know what the heck I am talking about *ROFLMAO*.
Okies went back and found what the deck I was thinking of Tarocco Storico della Citta di Ferrara ... where ever I got this was Celtic I am clueless! ~shakes head~ ... but it would be cool if he did do a Celtic deck, and I am sure I would want it! ;)
I`d get the medium sized illuminated tarot with the added sparkly bits and the Healing tarot, gorgeous.
Crystalmynx xx
blue_fusion
28-09-2002, 22:24
i agree with holmes. i'd get all of them! :) bot the most pleasure i'd get would be in acquiring the felicita tarot as well as the necromantic tarot (by westgate). :)
Another one I want is the Nefertari Tarot. It is close to $70 CAD here for that one!!
four copies of each. 1 sealed for value. 1 to look at in pristine condition. 1 to use with care. 1 to let others use and not worry about how they were mangled.
grabbing quickly from my notes of deck on wish list
whimsical
osho zen
celtic dragon
infity
tarot de paris
fractal firebird he needed better minors
lengend arthur
elemntal
pomo
power deck 45 cards
wild spirit
Healing
art nouveau/myers
full moon dreams tarot
spiral
herbal
connally
kalevala
in no particluar order.
Ok, I can't find my tarot deck that I want to purchase at money no care..
Brera-Brambilla Visconti and Colleoni Tarot deck
I tried looking all the way to Alida, Trigono, and U.S. games and they don't have it....
I'm not whining but is there any place you could send me to?
I would have a composite Italian deck printed up, with the trumps from the Della Rocca soprafino, the court cards from the Dotti soprafino, and the pips from the Ancient Tarot of Lombardy.
Oh, what the heck -- the Linweave. :D
Actually, there's a bunch of anime-themed decks at Tarot Garden that I fantasize about, but the most beautiful -- and the only one with fully illustrated minors -- is the Clamp X. I presume it's made from various images in color mangas published by Clamp (someone correct me if I'm wrong -- maybe it is all one artist?). The images sometimes only vaguely approximate the meaning/s of the cards, but at least they do approximate them, unlike most "novelty" decks. That's my biggest froufrou drool-deck.
Riversea
10-10-2002, 15:58
I've been daydreaming about the La corte dei Tarocchi and the I Gatti di Menegazzi.
Or there was that early printing of the Rider-Waite that sold on eBay a few months back, for what was it... $8000? That would have been fun! ;)
Cerulean
30-05-2003, 20:28
I saw the mention of Pier Canosa in this thread and here's a way we can feast our eyes on the majors of his Genoa (?) tarot and the lovely art work:
www.ghosttour.it/
If you enter this website in the google search engine or search for "Pier Canosa" in any language, there's an option to do the 'translation'. That way you get the general subject matter and can navigate a bit.
Beautiful paintings. I notice this majors only is much less than the 78 full deck. And one can always dream!
Mari Hoshizaki
Sobeknofret
30-05-2003, 21:22
The Rock and Roll decks one and two! The second one was going for $150 on ebay last week, which is waaaaay beyond my range. Sigh. Someday...
CompassRose
30-05-2003, 21:37
I would find an artist and work with her/him to create MY perfect tarot deck.
silverting
30-05-2003, 22:16
Tarocco Storico della Citta Di Ferrara ...........especially the magician....wheel of fortune.....it was like woah........
truelighth
01-06-2003, 14:16
If money was no issue, I would most of all want a old Rider Waite deck like the one on Ebay. Meaning the original 1910 print. If anyone would even want to part with his or her copy, because I can't image anyone wanting to part with those!
And otherwise, there are so many. The Frown Strong, the Minotarot, Pendragon Mother Tarot.. I could go on forever!!
Saskia
baba-prague
01-06-2003, 14:36
If money was no issue, and if they miraculously became available (okay, okay, this is total fantasy) then I would like the original (not reproduction) Visconti deck please - oh, with any missing cards restored of course.
Or I'd settle for just one card :-)
The Mary el Tarot, without a doubt. I am looking forward to it's completion and when it is finished I will purchase it regardless of the price, but if money were not an issue I would purchase the Majors now while I was waiting!
Mimers
Two of Wands
02-06-2003, 20:23
If money were no object I'd buy the oldest full pack in existence.
Shadow Wolf
02-06-2003, 20:24
I'd start out with the Shapeshifter deck and take it from there.
If money were no object I think I`d go for the Heros Journey Tarot by Arnell Ando, after that it would be the Transformational Tarot by the same author; I think it may be published by US Games soon so hopefully the price won`t be a problem.
Oh, almost forgot, I`d also get the Dreamfire tarot which I`ve been waiting for for ages and ages and ages............
Love and light
Crystalmynx xx
missmezzo
04-06-2003, 12:23
hmmmm, I like these ones, and I don't think they've been mentioned yet:
Mary-el tarot
Samantha's Tarot
Absolutely gorgeous illustrations and pretty pricey
I also like the Karma Tarot.
I recently obtained the Norse Tarot off of ebay after a heated bidding war. This deck is *very* hard to find, but I really wanted it. It was the biggest splurge I've made on a tarot deck so far.
missmezzo
full deck
04-06-2003, 21:36
The costing for commissioning a truely good artist to create a new deck would really be expensive. I would name it "The Small Fortune" deck.
i would really love to have a stick figure tarot, when i saw examples from it i just immediately felt yes..plus i think it would be great for reading for children and adults, it seems to cut through all sorts of cultural/symbolic issues and be just great.
someone mentioned a stick figure thread but i 'm unsure how to find it
mac
Blue Override
10-06-2003, 11:45
I'd start snappin' up Lady Frieda Harris' Thoth deck paintings - the originals!
How many are extant?
purplelady
10-06-2003, 18:21
Fractal Firebird, Tarot of the Crone, Samantha's Tarot, Power Deck (oop)
I would commission Ted Wassmer to create a set of Majors...
baba-prague
13-11-2005, 08:53
I saw the mention of Pier Canosa in this thread and here's a way we can feast our eyes on the majors of his Genoa (?) tarot and the lovely art work:
www.ghosttour.it/
Don't hate me, but I'm fortunate enough to have two Canosa deck/book sets. He shows his work at a gallery in Prague and they sold me the last two they had. It was still expensive, but less so than usual.
The only thing I'd say is that the quality of card printing, while absolutely fine, is a bit ordinary (not as special as I'd expected). However the book more than makes up - great paper and printing and as Jeannette said, it's a HUGE book so you can really see the illustrations well.
I suppose one day I'll sell/trade the second copy (didn't really mean to buy two but it was one of those things where we were offered a tempting discount if we took both) but I'll always keep one - this is a "must have" deck and book for me. If you look at the artwork you'll see why - really, really gorgeous.
______
edited to add - whoooops, just realised I've bumped an absolutely antique thread. Oh well, maybe it's due to come out of hibernation?
jackdaw*
13-11-2005, 09:26
Yes, baba, it is about time this thread came to the present - I just discovered it thanks to you :)
My list would include (but, of course, not be limited to):
- the Butler Tarot
- the Full Moon Dreams Tarot
- the Thompson-Leng Tarot
- an early (I mean REALLY early) Rider-Waite
- everything by Il Meneghello
- the Alchemical Tarot
- the Tarot Swietlistej Drogi
- the Gaian Tarot and the Fine Art Tarot - but if money is no object I'd also commission the artists to create the minors for them as well!
I'd also commission Lo Scarabeo and Mr. Atanassov to create standard-sized and gold-detailed editions of the Cary-Yale Visconti and the Brera-Brambilla deck. I have the US Games Cary-Yale, but it's just too big, and I LOVE what was done with the Visconti-Sforza.
Gotta go check my lottery tickets again ...
QueenofPentacles
Edited to add: Folchi's Ferrara, Mithological and Sissi decks, medium Illuminated with iridescent colours, Jumbledance, Blue Rose, Hero's Journey, Animal, Odyssey, Minchiate di Firenze ...
For me it's the Tarot of Dreams - I go to the website and drool over the images. I'm saving up for it!
Amber Tarot
Le Tarot Ambre
by Florence Magnin
(That's all I want) :(
FantasyWorld
13-11-2005, 12:07
The Illuminated Tarot and probably all the others on her website.
I have The Stick Figure..never even opened it. I ordered another deck a long time ago from The Mystic Eye and they were out of it and I had to pick another deck and picked that one.
I'd get the Sweedish Witch, The Movie Monster Tarot, Swietlistej Drogi Tarot, Book Of Kaos Tarot, Granny Jones, Ansata Tarot, Ananda Tarot, Elephant Tarot, Frog Tarot, Goblin Tarot...yes, I have been going through Tarot Gardens Boutique;)
Grizabella
13-11-2005, 15:43
If money were no object, I'd commission Ciro Marchetti to create a special tarot deck just for me. :D
fyreflye
13-11-2005, 18:40
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First, the 22 Ames Drapees Tatouees deck. I almost bought it the other day until I realized *gasp* how much it cost. I love it though.
Swedish Witch and Greenwood are next though. Fun and lovely respectively.
Emeraldgirl
14-11-2005, 00:40
I would get
Norse Tarot
Blue Rose
Alchemical Tarot
Dumas Tarot
all the Il Meneghello decks :)
Ok what the heck that whole tarotgarden database :D :D :D
baba-prague
14-11-2005, 05:22
- the Thompson-Leng Tarot
- an early (I mean REALLY early) Rider-Waite
- everything by Il Meneghello
Hmm, yes, I'd go for those too - plus a Sheridan (I know it's not everyone's cup of tea and the price for it is ludicrous). I also want a Linweave, but in fact fortunately it tends not to make astronomical prices.
Oh dear, and here was me saying that my wishlist is short!
Chronata
14-11-2005, 11:37
If money were no object and.... I can find a complete deck...
The Rock N' Roll Tarot...no question about it!
Either 1st or 2nd edition...I'm not picky. :D
If I had the money - I would ask Allen Lee (Lord of the Rings - Tolkien artist) to put together a deck from Tolkiens works especially for me, and I'd like to write the book for it!!!
What a dream!!!
Blessings
Elven x
Dante Poggi ... without question!
mythos:)
Blue Rose, even though I am generally not a collage-deck person, this one is stand-out.
Linweave, I saw Rusty Neon's copy and thought it was pretty cool.
I responded to this thread years ago.
These days, I think that if money were no object I'd get Tarot Chesta - lovely :)
http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/chesta/
Love
Sulis xx
I responded to this thread years ago.
These days, I think that if money were no object I'd get Tarot Chesta - lovely :)
http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/chesta/
Love
Sulis xx
mythos adds Tarot Chesta to the list ... superb! :)
le pendu
17-11-2005, 14:47
The Jean Noblet, Jacques Vieville, Jean Dodal, and "Charles VI" from the French National Library.
Only one?... gosh that is SO hard. right now I'll go with the Jacques Vieville.
best,
robert
Fudugazi
17-11-2005, 16:15
The first hand-painted trionfi cards - all 14 or 20 or 22 of them ;)
...now I wonder how many mercenaries I would be able to buy with those......??
;)
Le Ambre Tarot (Amber Tarot) & Tarot of Dreams.
WolfSpirit
18-11-2005, 03:44
These days, I think that if money were no object I'd get Tarot Chesta - lovely :)
http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/chesta/
Oh what a lovely, lovely deck. So expressive - that page of swords is wonderful.
Oh what a lovely, lovely deck. So expressive - that page of swords is wonderful.
Some more of the cards can be seen on the author's website. They're really good.
If only I wasn't so skint .......
Love Sulis xx
FantasyWorld
18-11-2005, 08:55
Oh what a lovely, lovely deck. So expressive - that page of swords is wonderful.
Wow.....what a really awesome deck! The boxes are amazing!
nightillusion
18-11-2005, 19:43
I would track down one of the handmade sets of the Victoria Regina trumps. I also would like the Norse.
I did not know there were handmade sets of the VR trumps. Cool. Is that on the website?
Cerulean
18-11-2005, 20:46
and the Neoclassical 1811 di Gumppenberg was original and beautifully aged, like the Il Meneghello deck that I like so much...
I sometimes use one of my copies of the crisp and brighter out-of-print Il Solleone light yellow decks (the older Ancient Tarots of Lombardy from Lo Scarabeo look like these).
Anyway, the old 1811 was more than I had saved from different things, but I am glad to even to have seen scans of one that old and in relatively good condition.
I can always hope!
Cerulean
nightillusion
19-11-2005, 14:28
I did not know there were handmade sets of the VR trumps. Cool. Is that on the website?
Yes, before Llewellyn released the full deck, there were handmade sets of the VR trumps. They were available on Sarah Ovenalls website. I only found out about them from reading a couple of the reviews on Tarot Passages.
Rebecca