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Originally Posted by steve B
That's so incredibly wrong it's hard to even respond.
Collecting Tobacco and other cards was big enough in England that they had a national society in 1938, And had excellent and fairly comprehensive catalogs by the 1940's. Lots of catalogs some detailing the issues of a single manufacturer. Wills produced their first cards in 1896, and continued at least into the 1960's. (And may still produce cards? I'm not up on their modern stuff)
Their collecting culture is geared towards complete sets in very nice condition. Not difficult, as the sets are generally small, 50 cards.
And they were saved in huge quantities.
That's why they're inexpensive, there are still loads of very nice complete sets around.
The collecting seems to be more of a "collect everything" type like Burdick.
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With all due respect, what has any of this to do with vintage English SPORTS CARD collectors, and how many there are now?
Please try and stay in context...
And no.... they're affordable because very few collect them. It's simple.
.... I googled "vintage sports card shop London England" and three retailers came up, NONE of which sell vintage sports cards.
Additionally, checking eBay and entering "vintage soccer card" and then checking the sold listings.... not one single pre-1950 English card showed up as sold, just a couple small SETS selling in the extremely modest $8 to $20 range.
No surprise here...