Le Fanu
OK, this is a question for those who like to collect, or just buy for sheer love of tarot...
What's your take on incomplete decks as someone who collects?
I know that there is no value in a deck which is missing - let's say - 10 cards, but would you ever buy a deck which wasn't complete even if it was cheap?
Or maybe I'm wrong, maybe there is a certain value in an incomplete deck?
If you had 20 cards from a Pamela A, would it have any (non-monetary) worth to you?
I ask because I have an incomplete Papus deck which I bought for next to nothing and I'm actually quite glad I did. I know that I like it, but I also know that I wouldn't read with a complete Papus deck, but it is enough for me - as a collector - to see and admire the cardstock, the colours, the artwork of the cards which remain. Plus it has a LWB so that's quite interesting to read. I see complete versions on ebay and don't feel the urge to spend all that money.
I have also just bought an incomplete Thompson-Leng from 1935. This is a deck which has always fascinated me, but each time I try to bid on ebay it goes into the hundreds range. I have just bought an incomplete one and I am hugely excited about it, simply because I know it isn't a deck I shall read with regularly (I have so many others I like to read with) but it will be very interesting to hold a deck this old in my hands, feel the cardstock and see the colours & printing up close.
And you don't need the deck to be complete for that, do you?
What's your take on incomplete decks as someone who collects?
I know that there is no value in a deck which is missing - let's say - 10 cards, but would you ever buy a deck which wasn't complete even if it was cheap?
Or maybe I'm wrong, maybe there is a certain value in an incomplete deck?
If you had 20 cards from a Pamela A, would it have any (non-monetary) worth to you?
I ask because I have an incomplete Papus deck which I bought for next to nothing and I'm actually quite glad I did. I know that I like it, but I also know that I wouldn't read with a complete Papus deck, but it is enough for me - as a collector - to see and admire the cardstock, the colours, the artwork of the cards which remain. Plus it has a LWB so that's quite interesting to read. I see complete versions on ebay and don't feel the urge to spend all that money.
I have also just bought an incomplete Thompson-Leng from 1935. This is a deck which has always fascinated me, but each time I try to bid on ebay it goes into the hundreds range. I have just bought an incomplete one and I am hugely excited about it, simply because I know it isn't a deck I shall read with regularly (I have so many others I like to read with) but it will be very interesting to hold a deck this old in my hands, feel the cardstock and see the colours & printing up close.
And you don't need the deck to be complete for that, do you?