I'm an old school lurker who had returned and decided to go under my real name. If you want I have a pic of me on my website (have yet to master the avatar technology before me). I work a lot of the Imo's in St. Louis and Edwardsville area and the owner would like to have custom printed cards (as in whole decks) for me to do magic with and give away. Besides the ads that are in the linking ring for cards any other suggestions or directions to where I might head and find a supplier for a large quantity?

You might check out Kardwell International. They have a 48 deck minimum.

http://www.kardwell.com or http://www.customplayingcards.com

Good luck. Mark.

Must have been a really bad picture!

Cheers!

I will second Kardwell. They make a quality product. As with any print job, additional colors add to the price. I always ask my client to pay for these when I work trade shows.

My only suggestion is to make sure that you order cards with a white border (like bicycles). You can also order cards with a white back with a logo. Do not get printing to the edge like Bees. Printing to the edge makes it very difficult to perform tricks where there are reversed cards secretly in the deck.

Good luck.

Just wondering what the finish on these cards is like. I'm looking to order a couple thousand decks for my Bar but would also like to have cards close to or equal to bikes.

Hi Jeff,

You can contact them and they can send you samples of their work, especially if your considering such a large order.

Mark.

Yeah time a bit of an issue. I just don't want to have to chase a tone of leads and am hoping someone here has an Idea of good places to go.
Already contacted Kardell will see what they have to offer.

Good luck with your search Jeff. Please keep us posted as to what you find out.

Mark.