Deland’s Automatic Playing Cards (S. S. Adams)

Description

This came from an old magic shop buy-out. The cards are new. The case has been opened. The cards have never been used or played with. There are some marks and a scratch on the front of the card case from some previous price stickers that were removed.

With this very special deck of playing cards you can name the location of any card in the deck! Immediately name the top and bottom card after the cut! Produce any pre-selected card from the center of the deck! Name the location of any card your audience requests! Once you learn the secret marking system and arrangement of the cards, you’ll be able to perform unbelievable effects that seem totally impossible.

This set is the earlier incredibly made set that was printed in Belgium that is no longer available!

The “Dollar Deck” or “Automatic Deck” or “Automatic Playing Cards” was developed by Theodore DeLand  in 1913. It is a combination Marked deck, Stacked Deck, and Stripper Deck. He followed this deck up, a few years later, with the Wonder Deck.

DeLand’s Dollar Deck appeared on the market in May 1914 until the end of 1918. When S.S. Adams first put it out in early 1919, they did so with the title, “Automatic Playing Cards” (the cards you see here). It was under that title that it has been sold until sometime in 2009, when Magic Makers bought S. S. Adams and changed the title to “DeLand’s 100 Dollar Deck”.