swap cards

[nutz4dolls]

I was going to start collecting vintage swap cards , and I hope the BUYER  who wins every Auction READS THIS.

Your Bidding ID is easy to find all you do is type in the number at the winning auction and then type into SWAP CARD SELLERS SHOP and you appear

PLEASE STOP YOUR GREED FOR NEW COLLECTORS

BUYERS that prevent new collectors from starting a new collection and THINK that the poor Novice buyer will only buy the scraps that YOU  sell at super Inflated prices HOW GREEDY and sad you are.!!!!!!!

Not ONLY do you turn away new people from starting a collection but you are shooting your self in the foot as eventually no one will buy your cards and you will end up with all the swap cards and no one wanting to collect.

Over the last 3 weeks you have won all the vintage swap card auctions and I and a few others  can not be bothered collecting vintage swap cards because of you .

YOU make the average collector so NO I CAN NOT BE BOTHERED COLLECTING

WELL DONE another Ebay  new vintage swap card collector customer gone gone

[redders_60]

I started my ebay selling years ago selling off an old swap card collection. It has now been years since I've even thought of swap cards! But way back when the swap card community was lovely & very helpful to a new seller. Hence I find your comments a bit harsh; Given my experience; Perhaps you could ask nicely of your sellers & they will help you too?

The best sellers for me were very old blank backed Coles Aussie cards. Some of the oldest I had to sell were playing card backed. As mentioned above; That was how swap cards originated! 

If you want to learn more I believe there are a few books that have been published on the topic. I do know of one that lists & pictures the Coles cards, but am not sure where you'd find such an out of date publication now. Good Luck with assembling your collection.

[zanadoo_56]

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@redders_60 wrote:

I started my ebay selling years ago selling off an old swap card collection. It has now been years since I've even thought of swap cards! But way back when the swap card community was lovely & very helpful to a new seller. Hence I find your comments a bit harsh; Given my experience; Perhaps you could ask nicely of your sellers & they will help you too?

The best sellers for me were very old blank backed Coles Aussie cards. Some of the oldest I had to sell were playing card backed. As mentioned above; That was how swap cards originated! 

If you want to learn more I believe there are a few books that have been published on the topic. I do know of one that lists & pictures the Coles cards, but am not sure where you'd find such an out of date publication now. Good Luck with assembling your collection.

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Do you have any details about the book with the Coles cards pics?  I have some cards on seashells that I think might be Coles cards and I'd love to know if they are and whether I've got the whole set.

When I started collecting swap cards (not until my early 20s as these cards were not available when I was a child) I bought a lot and received a lot of good advice too from the owners of a shop that sold a lot of different things in Melbourne.....I went in to buy hankies and ended up buying swap cards as well.  I lost count of how many times I want back 'just for a look' and would end up buying something.  The shop is long gone from the city but I've never forgotten it.

[imastawka]

I have the Coles catalogue, Zanadoo.

When listed (rarely) a photocopy will usually go for about $40 - $50

I can tell you if they are Coles or not, just by looking at them

Most Coles cards  will either have a half moon on the back that says

'Exclusive Coles Production'  or if you look closely in the

bottom right hand corner, on the picture side, there maybe a small 'C'

 

This is not always the case though.  Sometimes there's no 'C' and sometimes

the back is just blank

The artwork was done by artists at Hudson Industries in Melbourne

(playing card manufacturers)  and is very naive

Here are some examples that sold recently  -

          

I think there are about 6 sea shells in the set. (unsure)

Depending on condition, an excellent one should sell for about $6

But if you want to know whether you have all of the sea shells,

then I will have to look them up

Off the top of my head,  I think they produced just over 2,000 Coles cards

Don't have the catalogue with me ATM     

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    Another long post

  

[imastawka]

Just to further muddy the water.....

As said,  the artwork for Coles cards was done by Hudsons Industries

A manufacturer of playing card decks.

This is where a lot of people get confused by what seems to be Coles cards.

Coles card - produced exclusively for Coles

And a playing card from a deck by Hudsons Industries

Easy to see why a lot of people get confused by the two

[zanadoo_56]

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@imastawka wrote:

I have the Coles catalogue, Zanadoo.

When listed (rarely) a photocopy will usually go for about $40 - $50

I can tell you if they are Coles or not, just by looking at them

Most Coles cards  will either have a half moon on the back that says

'Exclusive Coles Production'  or if you look closely in the

bottom right hand corner, on the picture side, there maybe a small 'C'

 

This is not always the case though.  Sometimes there's no 'C' and sometimes

the back is just blank

The artwork was done by artists at Hudson Industries in Melbourne

(playing card manufacturers)  and is very naive

Here are some examples that sold recently  -

          

I think there are about 6 sea shells in the set. (unsure)

Depending on condition, an excellent one should sell for about $6

But if you want to know whether you have all of the sea shells,

then I will have to look them up

Off the top of my head,  I think they produced just over 2,000 Coles cards

Don't have the catalogue with me ATM     

 

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Those are the cards I have and the backs are completely blank.  I also have two other seashell cards where the central artwork is very very similar but the border design differs.  Also one card is blank, the other is clearly a playing card.

Thanks for the info.

[zanadoo_56]

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@imastawka wrote:

Just to further muddy the water.....

As said,  the artwork for Coles cards was done by Hudsons Industries

A manufacturer of playing card decks.

This is where a lot of people get confused by what seems to be Coles cards.

Coles card - produced exclusively for Coles

And a playing card from a deck by Hudsons Industries

Easy to see why a lot of people get confused by the two

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That makes sense - I am very familiar with Melbourne company Hudson Industries' cards.  I have one of their Aboriginal design backed decks (in its original box) and later I also collected the different designs in singles.  Not sure if I have all of them as I stopped looking for them pre-internet. 

I remember one of the owners of the hanky/cards shop telling me the designer of those cards was not Aboriginal. What a swiz! 🙂  My parents had a Hudson Industries Canasta set.  Just about any stationery or gift shop that sold cards in the 1960s had Hudsons sets.  They were very popular.