These decks are going to be getting a lot of attention soon, since Bababarock is publishing one of their own and a restoration of an old deck, as well. And I found a video with card meanings that are basically sound. This is for the Art Deco cards, but that deck is closely related to the Zigeuner Wahrsagekarten and Biedermeier Aufschlagkarten. (Note: they are NOT interchangable with Kippers, French or Italian Sibilla.) So the video is useful for those cards, as well. 

I also want to add that this is not an endorsement of the guy who owns the channel, who is apparently selling Art Deco cards at his etsy shop for $74 (!) Anything more than about $10-12 for a Piatnik deck that is not an antique is a ripoff. So his intentions are not good, obviously. But this video is legit.
 

 

Edited April 20, 20215 yr by katrinka

I love the Art Deco, and in the video what he says is interesting. Thanks for sharing @katrinka

For the price, yes, I checked that because I didn't know that he is selling copies of it on Etsy; expensive indeed!

 

Actually I bought my copy on eBay last year to someone who had a few copies of this Art Deco, it wasn't that cheap too because this deck seems OOP. Apparently a few people have an old stock (I guess limited).

Yes. you can certainly find it for much less than $74 if you bother to look. And while it isn't featured at the Piatnik site, I'm guessing they'll do another print run at some point. They always have. It may not be constantly in print, but it's never been hard to find. It's a mass-produced deck and it certainly doesn't qualify as rare. 

I was pleasantly surprised to find a youtube video by someone who seems to know their deck well and isn't an idiot. Sadly, that's rare. But if the motive for making it was only to generate interest so he can sell his stash of decks at scalper prices, maybe he should consider getting a job. Working for The Man sucks, true enough, but it's important to be able to look at yourself in the mirror.

I don't know where this new crop of youtube readers is coming from, but from what I've seen so far, I'm not impressed.

I noticed that prices increased significantly for 1 year particularly, and decks of cards regarding divination have been already very expensive!
For a regular Piatnik still in print, yes, less than 10 Euros even these days.

By weight, decks of cards will end up costing more than gold! 😁

Edited April 21, 20215 yr by Decan

I looked up my records and I bought the deck from Amazon on June 9, 2016 and I paid $24.00 for the deck.

While I don't currently see the Art Deco cards on ebay, they have other Piatnik decks for about $6. 
That was actually the going price for decks like that in the early 2000's. And Piatnik uses good quality stock. 

I wouldn't expect to see the Art Deco for $6, even if it was currently in print. It has more cards than their other fortunetelling decks. But $24 is more than you should have paid, especially in 2016. Amazon isn't really a good place for decks like this, Book Depository would have had it for a more realistic price (and free shipping.)

$24 is still A LOT better than $74, though. 

This is an interesting variation that's currently listed on ebay. At a hyperinflated $525 I'm NOT buying but I thought I'd post them here so we have a record of them.

 

 

 

Edited January 6, 20224 yr by katrinka

This is a gorgeous deck! Reagrding the price, yes. They should reprint this one!