Just had to report - GIANT TAROT CARDS!!

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 25 Sep 2004, and now archived in the Forum Library.

blackroseivy	25 Sep 2004
Tarot Cards for a Giant - they're being sold right now on eBay!!!!!!!! :D These things are GIGANTIC - & so's the *PRICE*!!! Seriously, folks, they are each the size of a small table-top!! Here's the URL: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=19271&item=5522720081&rd=1y.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=19271& item=5522720081&rd=1 Too long for the board, oh well! Any ideas how to *shuffle* those suckers???!!! :joke:

OakDragon	25 Sep 2004
Very interesting, though it says they're playing cards? Side note: why are eBay sellers always such LOUSY photographers?

blackroseivy	25 Sep 2004
Yeah, I looked & they are some kinda Tarocchi cards. I tried to make the link work, but it's just too durn looooong!! Sorry, people!!

OakDragon	25 Sep 2004
It "worked" for me. I just cut n pasted everything after the second http, up until the "/[url]". :)

blackroseivy	25 Sep 2004
Voil`a, it hath been *fixed* by the enchanting Zorya!!! :D

Nevada	25 Sep 2004
Quote: Originally posted by OakDragon Very interesting, though it says they're playing cards? Side note: why are eBay sellers always such LOUSY photographers? LOL. You're right. Some of the worst photos ever posted online appear there. Nevada

jmd	25 Sep 2004
They are certainly not the largest Tarot cards in the world... Have a look at Flornoy's own works: Le Tarot in Switzerland :):):)

Ruby Red Slippers	25 Sep 2004
I was looking for this size card to wear to a Halloween Party! B-U-T price is way out of my range!! HaHa RRS

OakDragon	25 Sep 2004
Quote: Originally posted by jmd They are certainly not the largest Tarot cards in the world... Have a look at Flornoy's own works: Le Tarot in Switzerland :):):) Heh! I knew hurricanes must be good for SOMETHING! (Shuffling).

littlehermit	25 Sep 2004
Just an FYI for anyone posting long URLs: http://makeashorterlink.com/ RRS, if you want to wear a Tarot card for Halloween, who says you can't paint one yourself? :D

rota	25 Sep 2004
"Seriously, folks, they are each the size of a small table-top!!" +++ Come to think of it, those tabletop-sized cards would make an excellent tabletop! I'm envisioning The Empress as part of a dining room ensemble... But perhaps they're not the biggest tarot 'cards' ever. Maybe Italy has that honor: to get a hint of Niki de St. Phalle's several-acre Garden of Tarot: http://www.initaly.com/regions/kids/kid1.htm :)

katie_here	26 Sep 2004
can you imagine what the postage would be?? $4,000!, does anyone want to buy them?

baba-prague	26 Sep 2004
Only just on the subject, but still - Yesterday I came across a jacket made entirely of Czech Taroky cards - stuck into kind of frames of leather and all sewn together, if you can imagine that. Goodness knows who would wear it. Nice for fancy dress maybe. It was very skillfully made and I'd love a photo of it, but don't think I'll be buying it!

blackroseivy	26 Sep 2004
*I'd* wear it, hehee!! :D One other thing: I *think* that these cards are *close* to the size of those Swiss ones. I *think*.

Majecot	26 Sep 2004
Quote: Originally posted by OakDragon Very interesting, though it says they're playing cards? Side note: why are eBay sellers always such LOUSY photographers? Hey now.... I resemble that remark...lol Your right that is a terrible photo.. for $4000.00 I would be wanting a better picture to look at! Can you imagine the house of cards you can build from that deck?? Maybe Ripley's Believe it or Not will want them ;)

HudsonGray	26 Sep 2004
They're big enough to prop in the windows & give the neighbors a look at something weird. Maybe you could put up your 'card of the day' that way & warn everyone in advance? 79 cards would come to, what, 90 pounds weight? Wonder if the shipping cost (and insurance) are reasonable. That'd be some package delivered to a home! I don't personally have $4,000 I'm willing to splurge on them, but it's fun to think I could. They'd make a nice little house of cards for the cats to run through & knock down. Think they come in a box? Should someone email the seller & ask about the condition of the box? LOL

Strange2	26 Sep 2004
And do the cards come with a LWB (LARGE white book)!?

katie_here	26 Sep 2004
you could decorate a whole wall with those cards. Can you imagine your friends faces when they walk in to be confronted by a whole deck of cards in your living room.

shelikes2read	26 Sep 2004
Quote: Originally posted by katie_here can you imagine what the postage would be?? $4,000!, does anyone want to buy them? It might cost less to buy 78 sandwich boards (see http://www.memoriespictures.co.uk/socialhistory/london%20life/Sandwich%20board%20man%20LL40.jpg ) and make one's own set of giant cards. ;) Wow, though -- the cards in the ebay auction and the ones in Switzerland are HUGE. Quote: Originally posted by HudsonGray They're big enough to prop in the windows & give the neighbors a look at something weird. Maybe you could put up your 'card of the day' that way & warn everyone in advance? [/b] HA HA HA :D I like how you think! LOL!

Jeanette	26 Sep 2004
Just think if you covered your ceilings, or someplace unexpected, with them, and then when somebody looked up ~ WOW! What an eyeful! You could do a LOT of fun stuff with them (if you could only afford the exorbitant price & shipping, etc.). Maybe several people could "chip in" on them, and each have a few cards apiece! Then ownership could rotate every few weeks....

blackroseivy	27 Sep 2004
Unless you were next-door neighbors, the *shipping* for "rotating ownership" would put you into the poorhouse!! :D

tmgrl2	27 Sep 2004
Quote: Originally posted by jmd They are certainly not the largest Tarot cards in the world... Have a look at Flornoy's own works: Le Tarot in Switzerland :):):) Whoah! This wins the prize for large, jmd. terri

katie_here	27 Sep 2004
and it was in French and I can't read french very well so.. brainwave... I put the address in google, then (translate this page) then the site opened in English and guess what, it still doesn't make sense! lol

TripleN	27 Sep 2004
You'd sure get in shape laying out spreads with these huge cards everyday, then climbing a tree or going up on your roof to see the whole spread. You'd need your whole driveway to do a celtic cross spread, atleast with Flornoys cards. But It would be cool to to see the Hermit and High Priestess be as tall as you!

Ace	28 Sep 2004
Actually, when I first took a Tarot class in 1986, the teacher had a LARGE Rider Waite major arcana set. Each card about the size of a sheet of paper, but card stock. yes, you could read with them. And they were a lot more interesting looking then these are.

blackroseivy	28 Sep 2004
Oh well, I don't think they are necessarily badly done considering the size! I know that there is a *large*-sized RW deck, but that's only a jumbo-size that's still within the limits, if you know what I mean. I think I'm more interested in minis! (I collect those.)

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