Will He Escape The Milk Can?

This isn’t a major coup but it is straight from my Top 10 list, the card is the Escape Artist from the 2013 Viceroy Carnival release. As a kid I was fascinated with Harry Houdini and when I saw this card the kid in me had to have it. The Viceroy Carnival base/insert cards just do not show up very often so it was a nice treat when someone put up quite a few Viceroy cards and this was one of them.

This is my fourth card from the Metal Card insert set from the release and was actually the card that got me interested in the Carnival set. It is odd that the front scanned darker than it really is in hand and the back scanned much better than it looks in hand. The backs are really hard to read but the metal cards are all limited to 25 but they are not individually serial numbered.

See Some More Amazing Acts

In my continued effort of hunting down the Artist Cards insert set from the 2013 Viceroy Carnival release I have just added #AC3, the Lion Tamer, and #AC8, Beard of Bees.

I love the Artist Cards, they were created by various artists similar to sketch cards but they are printed on metal and they are limited to #/25 though the individual cards are not numbered. These are the second and third cards I picked up from the insert set, in August I purchased my first one the Barker.

I am not sure if I want to complete the Artist Card checklist or stick to singles, some of the other cards that I know I want to pick up in the 9-card checklist are the Escape Artist and Sword Swallower.. Eventually I would also like to pick up some of the sketch cards.

Hurry... Hurry... Step Right Up

Just a one card post today.

 

I picked up this 2013 Viceroy Carnival Barker Metal Card #AC5 not long ago. Viceroy is one of those fringe card companies that offer an extremely unique and niche card built mostly on sketch cards. Currently there are five different Viceroy Cards release; Carnival, Cryptids, The Deep and Insectae and Space.

Besides the cool sketch cards there are some very interesting base cards, this card is from the Artist Cards checklist and is #/25 each but they are not individually numbered. I guess we just have to trust them.

The card is metal and the red box on the back is actually just a sticker similar to what you would find on a printing plate. The back sticker is difficult to read, even when in hand. There are three lines beneath the “Barker” box. The first line down says “Metal Insert Card AC5”, beneath that “Limited Edition Of 25”. The bottom line (in white) is the Viceroy copyright information.