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David Hanvey"They are 40-60's so post war vintage. He said people give them away down in australia as there is no market for them there."
Not sure who you are talking to, but there is a very strong market for footy cards in Australia. If you happen to be sitting on any 1963 Scanlens cards, they are worth big dollars with "commons" selling for around the $400-500 mark.
Vintage footy cards first started with the "Aussie" N174's back in 1890 manufactured specifically for the Australian market by Goodwin & Co. These cards will set you back $1500+ if you can find one.
As for grading, I know of an American collector that has quite a collection of rare Australian football cards, all slabbed by SGC. Grading however isn't big in Australia at all - I've only seen graded modern basketball cards down here.