Do U.K. people collect American baseball cards?

[zljones]

Originally Posted by HOF Auto Rookies

WOW! What a gorgeous card! That whole set, the artwork, is unbelievable...

I am in full agreement, I am nuts about N162, once I get this card I will have all four HOFers in the set. In my opinion N162 is the most beautiful set of cards ever made (baseball anyway). These are like little paintings on cardboard victorian style.

[Fred]

They have a tobacco/collector card show in London monthly or every couple of months at the Royal National Hotel in London. I went to a few of them but I was never able to locate many baseball cards that were reasonably priced. They thought they were worth more than they actually were worth and there weren't many to choose from. A few of the larger dealers "understood" that there was potential value in some of the cards and with the internet there's really nothing to hide (not much of a chance of finding a good deal unless the person is a total recluse).

The shows they had were pretty nice if you didn't mind non-sport or at least non-baseball related material.

Overall, I don't think that many Brits collect "baseball" cards. One shoppe that I used to check out was Murray's, unfortunately I believe they just closed a few months ago after a long time of being in business.

[Fred]

Just wanted to add...

I picked up (5 or 6) N162s about 8 years+ ago on ebay from a dealer in Australia of all places.

[HOF Auto Rookies]

Originally Posted by zljones

I am in full agreement, I am nuts about N162, once I get this card I will have all four HOFers in the set. In my opinion N162 is the most beautiful set of cards ever made (baseball anyway). These are like little paintings on cardboard victorian style.

Yes they are, I hope I can pick some up. Now if only to find one signed... :P

[zljones]

Originally Posted by HOF Auto Rookies

Yes they are, I hope I can pick some up. Now if only to find one signed... :P

Then the question is, does a signed one exist?

[saltire]

Zach,

Congrats on a great pick up. That really is an outstanding card.

I'm new to Net54, but I think I can speak on this topic with a little authority. I live in Glasgow, Scotland and have been actively collecting baseball cards since the late 1980s. I'm originally from Detroit, collected as a kid in the late 60s/early 70s, and got the bug again after a visit Stateside in 1988.

Baseball card collectors - never mind vintage - are definitely few and far between here in Scotland. I suspect there may be a few more per capita down in England. I would LOVE to find a fellow collector or two here to be able to buy/sell/trade with and compare notes. So if you're out there and reading this, drop me a message!!

Cards (new or old) are not readily available in Scotland. Hobby shops specialise mainly in non-sport and football (soccer). Even cig cards are hard to come by now, since the only dealer in town closed his doors several years back. However, cig card collecting is still a fairly popular hobby, and I can easily see how cig cards issued in the States could make their way over here and into the hands of UK based collectors.

I do most of my buying these days on ebay and through the usual auction sites and web dealers. I can be frustrating when a card I've been chasing comes up, but the dealer has set preferences to exclude bidders from outwith the USA.

Again, congrats on the Kelly card. Enjoy it!!

Glenn

[zljones]

[QUOTE=saltire;979233]Zach,

Congrats on a great pick up. That really is an outstanding card.

I'm new to Net54, but I think I can speak on this topic with a little authority. I live in Glasgow, Scotland and have been actively collecting baseball cards since the late 1980s. I'm originally from Detroit, collected as a kid in the late 60s/early 70s, and got the bug again after a visit Stateside in 1988.

Thanks, and welcome to the board! I am still excited I got this for what I paid, it was well worth the majority of my tax return. I still can not believe it was priced the way it was. I keep measuring it over and over and it measures up so I do not think it's an AUTH. If so it is a once in a lifetime deal that I am very lucky to have got. It goes into my ebay Hall Of Fame purchases for sure.
Scotland is a great country, I wish I could visit someday. Maybe I will be able to. I could see how there are mainly non-sports cards out that way. Seems like out there they collected all sports or all cards just like in America but they did not have access to baseball cards or to N28, N162, N300 etc...I know there were special European cards for European interests, hence how we saw the birth of the first Hockey cards in 1910.