Before he discovered the "Peau Doux" deck, Cardini used a "Park Avenue" brand deck. I found one for sale on the Net and purchased it. I'm hoping the link below will take you to a jpeg photo of the deck that I posted on the IBM Ring 103 facebook page. If the link doesn't work and you'd like to see it, PM me with your email address and I'll be happy to send you the jpeg as an attachment.

A black-and-white photo of a single card fromthe "Park Avenue" deck can be seen on page 245 of the John Fisher biography of Cardini. One of the links below will hopefully take you to color photos of the deck fanned to show the possible designs.

There are photos of Cardini using the Peau Doux deck, but I don't recall seeing any photos of him making a fan with the "Park Avenue" deck. Does anyone know of any such photos?

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=......&theater

https://www.facebook.com/338764602812514......&theater

----- Amado "Sonny" Narvaez

That is a sweet "art deco" design! Worthy of M. Poirot!

That was fun to see... congratulations on 'snagging' that gem!

Here's a similar treasure I picked up recently:

http://throwingcards.blogspot.com/2017/0......html?m=1

Gary

Thanks for sharing that interesting link Gary! It adds yet more to the fascinating history of Cardini's fanning deck.