For ordinary people, playing cards are a consumable that can be thrown away after playing, but in the eyes of Chen Binshi, a 32-year-old guy who lives at Yangjiaping, playing cards are treasures that have been cherished for 20 years. Since 1994, Chen Binshi has been collecting poker cards and has so far collected more than 3,000 sets of various poker cards. In his cabin, there are T-shirts and bracelets with poker designs, poker mouse pads on the table, poker murals on the walls, and even a poker version of snuff bottles.

Started collecting poker at the age of 13

At 7 o’clock last night, a reporter from the Chongqing Evening News saw Chen Binshi in a residential building near Ocean Department Store in Yangjiaping. He was wearing a T-shirt printed with a huge spade ace playing card, and slightly excited to lead us into his The world of poker.

"My father loves stamp collecting, probably because of his influence. When I was a child, I liked to collect matchboxes and stickers." Chen Binshi said, he loved playing poker when he was in elementary school and junior high school. From his father's persistence in collecting stamps, Chen Binshi gradually discovered that the colorful playing cards are also very interesting. In 1994, he happened to buy a long strip of poker at the Changjiang Stationery Store. The shape was very special, so he carefully collected this poker and became his first collection.

The most expensive poker spends thousands of dollars

"The commemorative poker for the successful bid for the Olympic Games in 2001 and the commemorative poker for the 109th anniversary of Mao Zedong's birth may be the two most expensive cards for me." Chen Binshi said that his family's financial conditions were not good. He read from a poker magazine in 2001. When I went to Beijing’s Olympic bid limited edition commemorative poker, I found out that a well-known collector in China had it in stock. While still studying, he did not hesitate to use the 1,000 yuan he saved to buy this one close to 1 kilogram. Bronze poker.

I turned my face over because a friend used a collection

Chen Binshi said that there is no unified issuing agency for playing cards, so whether it can increase in value is difficult to determine. For him, it is a reason why a daughter can hardly buy a good heart. Chen Binshi said that he regards poker as a beloved treasure. Once the collection is lost or damaged, he will be very uncomfortable.
"Everyone thinks I have a lot of poker, but many friends come to play cards at home, and I always go to the canteen downstairs to buy them." Chen Binshi said, collections are never allowed to be touched. Once, a friend took advantage of him to go out to buy snacks and opened his poker to play. When he came back, he became angry and immediately confiscated the cards in his hands.