this is part of the reason I've been quiet, sorry it's cards but it's a start and I have more to list yet andthen the coins :winkextra: http://ausjack.weebly.com/
Well I neva ya lazy bugger.:dodgy:
Everyone else has been working thier bums off and there you are Playing cards all day.:angel:
No wonder this country is going down the gurgler:tease::diablo::laugh2:
I know what I'd much rather be doin and it ain't sittin here playin cards :to_pick_ones_nose_eat:
Mate I'm just lucky you have broad shoulders to carry me :cray:
and I have had jobs where playing cards must be in your resume :cards:
And one last thing..I think you can blame a lot of other people for the state of the bloody country before blaming me :blum3: I'm just along for the ride now :laugh2:
Just takin the Micky AJ :laugh2:
Took you ages to "bite" mate:angel:
No phonecards Ausjack.!?
Nah sorry Rob, can only collect so many things and they already call me a hoarder :mocking: What are you after 'cause I can keep an eye out because I seen some the other day..might have been at the markets :scratch_one-s_head:
I know ya were trout and funny how ya knew I'd have a little nibble :friends: I'm sort of like you and can't help it..I'm just much better looking and ya know it..come on i can dream :laughingneqw:
I had a job once upon a time which dealt entirely with cards. DBZ promo cards anyone? I'm sure I still have a pile someplace... ;)
:welcome: Fulvio, did/do you collect or just work at a place that sold cards and did ya suss me site..I have 1 or 2 in my collection and a few DBZ things, cards and tazos.
I started with Magic back around third edition. That led to selling/trading cards in my shops, which was ultimately a bad thing once the fad ended. I do have a few nice items from that period though, the highlight being a six-card set from Futura's 1995 Cricket series... Mark Waugh missed three cards when he was signing them. The other two were returned/exchanged. I opted to keep mine, and add another one to make the set, signed and unsigned. When I closed the shops, everything went into storage and most of it since vanished thanks to some sticky fingered ex's, family members and friends.
Then in 2000, I ended up as director of organised play for Aust/NZ for just about every CCG except Magic and Pokemon. That gig ended badly when the company's owner robbed me to the tune of thirty grand, then had the cheek to accuse ME of theft. Even after that was conclusively proven to be a false accusation, he still refused to cough up, and it kind of soured the whole scene for me. Guess that's why he's a multimillionairre and I'm not. The guy has no morals.
Still, it did result in me getting into coins afterwards, so perhaps there was a silver lining there someplace, eh? ;)
Very interesting, thanks for sharing Fulvio. I might have to dump some of my cards soon but see what happens :)
Nice job on your site AJ. I have many thousands of phonecards from my time as a payphone tech. Twelve months ago I catalogued each and every one of them knowing fully well I had lost thousands of Dollars when the market died.!
However,like all hobbies the fun was in the discoveries and I am sure somebody somewhere will appreciate all the hard work I put in to it.!
At the same time I joined a phonecard forum which I revisited last month- the last entry was by me 6 months ago.!
More power to you and I hope you reap some rewards from all your hard work.! Best Wishes.!!
Thanks Rob :good: sorry to hear it didn't work with the phonecards mate as I know it's a lot of work, time and don't forget money to be let down :( I had the same with chaotic..the bum fell out of the market, some take off and others are duds but like ya said it's all good fun at the time :good:
yeah
the guys around the coin biz here often lament about the phone cards and the big bust that happened as many bought up real big at the time
though, some cards are picking up again
hey young Jack - i like your website
i bought a folder of 'Olivia' chromium cards at an auction recently
i have had 2 cards for years and when i saw a whole album with 342 cards - well, couldn't help myself
i only want about 15 of the cards
so i'd have some Olivia left over if you are after that sort of stock
i asked the hubby of he wants to put them on his table at the local coin show - we'll have to mark it 'over 18 years' or 'if over 50 then permission must be obtained from the wife'!! ha ha
Thanks Robbie, hehehe yeah I know what you mean as i got some old footy cards at the markets not long ago pretty cheap so that was ok. I don't have any naughty cards LOL so yeah I suppose it's something to think about..have a think what you'd like for them and see what happens :good:
:laugh2: "if you are after that sort of stock" you make it sound like I have a shop, this is just my personal collection that I've been thinking about selling some so I have more for coins :blush2: I got into cards as I like to flutter but couldn't aford to like I like to so I looked at it as a gamble as to what come out of the packet and some are winners and some are flops but I figured at the end of the day between pokies and them I at least have a bit of paper at the end even if it's only worth 5 cents :good:
If anyone is interested in any cards please feel free to hit me up..they could make an ok gift for the kids or grandkids and help me as well and I'm happy to do bulk deals if anyone want to sell at the markets or what ever :good:
If there any Poms here. My mums brother passed away several months ago.
I know he had a very early set of cricketer cards, football cards etc and other full sets from pre 1955. I believe they were all tobacco cards of some sort.
Not sure what has happened to them but will contact his daughter and find out.
Could be talkin big buck for the right cards GS..old cards in good nick=$$$$ :good: don't know about current poms but yes there are a few ex-poms here..no I'm not one :)
i often see the cigarette cards listed in auctions
i am not a card collector but i like the Olivia cards because of the artwork
i think that men see them differently
i also paint at times, so I appreciate the work that goes into a painting or drawing - hence my interest in her work
but the ones that I have are only topless ones and artfully portrayed
her hubby takes the photograph of the model and then Olivia paints the model from the photo or over it or something like that
apparently her cards are copies of her paintings that in some cases are 7 foot high
the ones of Pamela Anderson are great as it looks as if she hadn't had quite as much plastic surgery (late & early 1990's) as she has now
like many other cards I think they aren't worth all that much
in fact i think that I may have paid a tad too much for them at the auction
they reckon that any more than 3 is a collection so it looks as if I am now a bona fide Olivia card collector!! (only ever had 2 that I bought off a teenager at the markets 14 years ago!)
Goldy, cigarette cards are about the only things in the field with any sort of intrinsic value, so definitely chase them up. Look at it this way.... they're the predecimals of the card world, whereas most of what's out there is overproduced NCLT, and pretty much worthless.
Case in point: We were bringing out two of the voice actors from Dragonball-Z for a convention. We did a deal with K-Zone magazine for a tie-in, and went to the card publishers for promo cards. The cards which were picked were very limited edition, and were selling for upwards of $20 each. We imported a pallet of them, well over a million cards, and completely destroyed the market. I argued against this, but was outvoted by the money men who had zero understanding or interest in collectibles. I feel sorry for people who had bought them before we flooded the market.
This kind of story happened over and over. We had a similar outcome with Tazos which were in Smiths chip packets, and with other cards and games. Bottom line is stay right away from anything aimed at the collector market, just as you would stay away from any of the mints (Franklin, Perth, etc) producing junk.
I don't, I like the art, especially dragons :good: and what sort of painting do you do Robbie, I hacked for rehab but have done any in ages as I don't really like it..it's harder than it looks :( So after playing I have no respect for modern crap but truly appreciate the skill of someone that can look at something and paint EXACTLY what's there not some BS "interpretation". I believe anyone can pain but there's only a few true artists :good: More than three..I'm an addict :mocking:
Sorry to disagree Fulvio but some still pull ok $$ and I hope this one keeps going up but I do agree that most are just slash in the pan fads, this card I have on my home page http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=2012+esp+double+signature&_sacat=0&_from=R40 and I have got $100 for a few other like yugioh, depends on the need and things like yugioh the prices go up and down due to band cards but then they make them legal again so off they go again it's pretty funny really :)
Tazo's are ok to put away..$1 for a packet of chips for smoke-o and 10 years later some I see sell for $20 so that's sort of ok for just chuckin a bit of rubbish in the draw in steat of in the bin :good:
But yeah very risky, sort of like coins and knowing what to hold :)
aj , did you get the email i sent you of the guy painting on stage , took him 1 and a 1/2 min to finish it .. very good ??? ,, kel ,,
Quote from: 'keldaw' pid='10794' dateline='1364337424'aj , did you get the email i sent you of the guy painting on stage , took him 1 and a 1/2 min to finish it .. very good ??? ,, kel ,,
While I was up in Darwin there used to be a street artist that used simple spray cans on paper and created some outstanding pieces in minuets :good:
yea , thoses guys used to do that in brisbane in the mall , but the council stopped it , the paint was blowing on to the tiles ..
not this guy he does it with brushes and an in front of an audience.
if i can find it i will email it to you again .. it is worth watching ..
,, kel ,,
Talking street artist. This came up recently on my Fbook. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=422813927812157
I know I'm total crap but here's a few i've done after rehab, anyone laughs and :diablo:
I try and do things as easy as I can these days, the first pic was done with a bit of cardboard so I didn't have to wash a brush :mocking: some of the others are finger painted some just spray can and wave or flick a stick over it or what ever comes to mind. I'd love to be able to be an artist and not just a painter...to me there's a really big difference as one takes real skill :winkextra:
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I'll have to take all this crap out the back one day and burn it :laugh2:
Yeah I got it thank mate :good: I had this with my last but it said I had to much to load so here's a link if anyone wants a look..this blokes pretty bloody good :good:
http://www.baba-mail.com/Content.aspx?emailid=3438&memberid=745603
cool paintings, I used to do that kind of stuff when I studied art and design, we even had an art exhibition and people seem to like the simple paintings, I remember my friend sold a painting that I had nicknamed bird poop on a stain glass window, within a few minutes for $500 so its worth something to someone. my favourite are the Pollock type where you just throw paint at the canvas its simple and you can make it be anything you want to interpret it as.
While I was in the hospital, I went for a wander, and tripped over their art collection in the executive wing. Only saw maybe 4 or 5 I wouldn't burn. Trust me, your efforts are a *LOT* better than most of the crap they paid good money for!
Many years ago ( about 35 ) the local schoool that my sons went to, had an art exhibition at their annual fete. My wife and I almost bought a painting, by a little known artist of the time. The $250 price tag was just a little bit over budget for that week so we reluctantly gave it a miss. The upcoming artist was named Pro Hart.
Thanks team :good:
Here's some other things I use to do and will do again one day :)
started with this solid chunk
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and finished with this
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this one was too small to make a table out of so I made a mirror for a friends 50th..I took them to a shop to see what they'd be worth and I got offered $50 so I just give them away as gifts :)
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and this was the detail stuff I done and these are the first lot as I haven't taken any pic's of the one's that I made special motors for or cut down as drag cars :mocking: and I still have a few to do and the shelby cobra should look ok (if I ever get it done).
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My favourite Australian artist is John Shirlow. He helped to introduce the art of Copper Etchings in this country. Perhaps it is the relationship with Copper coins that is the attraction.!
Some of his etchings of landmark buildings in Sydney and Melbourne are amazing.! I can sit and study them for hours.
My father was also a talented sketcher and I still have a few of his early efforts of his Motorcycles.!
Ausjack, I will add you to my list of talented artists I know.!:angel:
WOW thank you so very much Rob I feel truly honered :thank_you: but I just googled Shirlow and he was a true artist and totally agree with you that he's stuff is bloody good :good:
I'd much prefer one-off artwork to reproduced churned-out rubbish. The wood looks amazing Ausjack.
Thanks PP, they're called burls and they're normally a disease in the tree but other things can cause them and this is a perla to show what fence wire can do to a tree..all those burls :winkextra: (http://i47.tinypic.com/20jsqdc.jpg)
You are a real gem in the rough AJ mate , with many diferant facets.
Good on ya :yahoo:
A J ,
with all that talent , watch out for the yanks , they will probably want to pay you to go and live over there , they like to have the best of everything , dont they .. ,, kel ,,
Hi young Jack
I haven't painted for years
A few years ago i decided to try to start painting again so I painted this little set
I have a small babuska doll collection so I used them as my models
I was trying to practice using the acrylics and also to stay with in my lines
So the eyes lips etc are all coins (ie 5 cents, ten cents, twenty cents) that I drew the circle with - the head area, well, i used my tupperware bowls for that!
I do have some charcoal drawing somewhere in the cupboard that i also did years - charlie chaplin - stuff like that
i like to draw people & faces - eyes are the hardest to do (for me anyways)
My mother was a very good painter and drawer so I get the interest from her
Hope you like my little paintings
I really like your paintings and woodwork as well
cheers Robbie
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I keep tellin ya trout..I'm not just a pretty face :mocking:
Kel, I'm an aussie mate so there's not much chance..and I still have to much to try and look at here :good: The only thing that does apeal to me about the US and that's hawaii as I've heard that it's around 25 degrees all year so that would be great being temperature sensitive..but besides that I'm here mate..wish I could find somewhere like that in oz but the closest I've noticed is darwin and how it's alway 30 to 33 near all year :)
Now Robbie, WOW mate, yes very impressed. I like'em and ya done a really good job :good: I like russian dolls :) I think I'd have to have some sort of training to do faces and that..I can do an abstract face..eye on the nose and ear on top of the head type of thing :mocking: And my are free hand 'cause I can't keep in the lines :mocking: but I recon what ever you can use as long as it does the job and the coins and bowls worked a treat :)
There are some real hidden talents around here, well done team :good: