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
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