The Baltimore Contingent has sent me several printer's waste sheets. They are comprised of playing cards. After a tiny bit of research, I have determined that these sheets are cast-offs from Carta Mundi (there's a nice interactive display showing playing card faces for different countries here), a very large playing card manufacturer located in Belgium. I don't know how Belgian waste sheets ended up in a Baltimore dumpster. Perhaps it is the magic ... in the cards! [FX: swirl cape around, look overwrought with seriousness, pay supermodel to be your wife, etc]
The images below link to full page images of a portion of each uncut sheet. Typically there are 182 cards per sheet (14x13). I know, that's 3.3 decks per sheet with the jokers. I don't get it either. Maybe it's more economical, a standard sized sheet, let's say. Yes, let's say that!
