| Cigarette cards are very popular collectibles on eBay | | | | * Another solitary card, this time from Murad Baseball |
| but a little work is involved in compiling sets, checking | | | | Series 'Pennsylvania Sports' went for $159.50. NOTE: |
| all come from the same specific set, even replacing | | | | Baseball cards of most kinds - cigarette, postcard, |
| damaged cards with perfect specimens. Being | | | | trading, bubble gum - fetch fantastic prices. |
| successful involves WORK, which is almost certainly | | | | TIPS TO HELP YOU MAKE BIG PROFITS SELLING |
| the reason few people take time to sell these highly | | | | CIGARETTE CARDS ON EBAY |
| prized, highly priced collectibles on eBay. | | | | * Work hard at completing sets even if it takes quite |
| Cigarette cards have a long history, being first used | | | | some time. The work will almost always be |
| as stiffeners in packages of cigarettes in the day | | | | worthwhile. Continuously search for missing cards for |
| before slide packets. Cigarette cards probably | | | | potentially valuable sets. Certain dealers sell cigarette |
| appeared first in the United States, most likely in the | | | | cards individually making this a good place to turn for |
| mid 1850s. Most cigarette cards were printed in sets | | | | one or two elusive specimens in an otherwise |
| and today, although some individual cards sell at high | | | | valuable set. |
| prices, it is sets which generate really high prices at | | | | * At auctions, boot sales and flea markets consider |
| specialist auctions, including eBay. Some collections, | | | | buying bundles of cards often found in biscuit tins and |
| issued with albums, are worth significantly more than | | | | plastic bags. These are usually part collections from |
| the set itself, but not if cards are glued in place. | | | | original collectors and not unsold business stock so |
| Cigarette packets, though a specialty in their own | | | | the potential for resale profits is relatively high. |
| right, can also command high prices, especially where | | | | * Avoid albums with cigarette cards stuck into place |
| condition is good where several hundred dollars a set | | | | with strong adhesive as this reduces their value to |
| is not uncommon. | | | | almost nothing except for really rare cards. Cards |
| EBAY REASON PRICES | | | | slotted loose into special hinges in special collectors' |
| * One card, just one, from Millhoff Famous Golfers | | | | albums are usually in good condition and fetch a |
| series of 1928 fetched £112.00 (around | | | | premium over cards kept separate in tins and boxes |
| $225.00). | | | | and allowed to bump together and become damaged. |