I came across a page called Dan's Cards which showed a 1982 Scanlens set which included Wally Lewis, Meninga, and Belcher. I don't know much about early Rugby League cards as the 1994 Dynamic set was the first time I laid eyes on League cards.
A few questions. Are those the earliest cards of those players? And if so, they'd have to be some of the most valuable cards in the hobby presumably. Again, I don't know NRL well as I grew up in Victoria and didn't start watching Rugby League until 1989 and was instantly hooked( the only matches shown in Victoria prior to the late 80's was the Grand Final on the ABC according to my ma).
I collected the Scanlens VFL 1981 and 1982 sets which I'm now trying to slowly put together. I'd love to try and do the same with the others. NSWRL cards from 1982 you can find. But more difficult are the Scanlens cards from the WAFL and SANFL and also the QRL cards it appears.
Back to the QRL cards. Do the Lewis, Meninga, Belcher cards ever come up for sale? I can't see any on ebay. And if they do come up for sale once in a while what kind of money would they fetch even in average condition?
The examples on Dan's cards had $150 for the Lewis and Meninga but I'm guessing that was a while ago and they would be 4 figure cards these days?
Any info would be much appreciated.
Finally, it would be great if someone made a website that had information about the various sets Scanlens produced across the country in the early 1980's. I think we are very unique in that regard as the states were almost like different countries back then. There were no national comps for AFL or NRL which from a historical card collecting perspective makes it, again, very unique.
Edit: I can't seem to find any QRL cards on ebay other than the 82 set. Is that the only one they made?
A few questions. Are those the earliest cards of those players? And if so, they'd have to be some of the most valuable cards in the hobby presumably. Again, I don't know NRL well as I grew up in Victoria and didn't start watching Rugby League until 1989 and was instantly hooked( the only matches shown in Victoria prior to the late 80's was the Grand Final on the ABC according to my ma).
I collected the Scanlens VFL 1981 and 1982 sets which I'm now trying to slowly put together. I'd love to try and do the same with the others. NSWRL cards from 1982 you can find. But more difficult are the Scanlens cards from the WAFL and SANFL and also the QRL cards it appears.
Back to the QRL cards. Do the Lewis, Meninga, Belcher cards ever come up for sale? I can't see any on ebay. And if they do come up for sale once in a while what kind of money would they fetch even in average condition?
The examples on Dan's cards had $150 for the Lewis and Meninga but I'm guessing that was a while ago and they would be 4 figure cards these days?
Any info would be much appreciated.
Finally, it would be great if someone made a website that had information about the various sets Scanlens produced across the country in the early 1980's. I think we are very unique in that regard as the states were almost like different countries back then. There were no national comps for AFL or NRL which from a historical card collecting perspective makes it, again, very unique.
Edit: I can't seem to find any QRL cards on ebay other than the 82 set. Is that the only one they made?
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