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00:00Coming up on Cards and Collectibles, we get a look at some of the earlier examples of Australian trading cards.
00:12How this master set collector turned his passion into a thriving business.
00:19And an epic Nintendo collection with rare consoles, games and more.
00:24There's hidden treasures all over this country.
00:32Vintage sports cards, they're almost like antiques.
00:35Come on a journey with Cards and Collectibles Australia, where collectors from across the continent unite to showcase their treasures.
00:43It's got to be seven figures, it's got to be a million dollars plus.
00:47Witness the passion, the money and the stories behind Australia's most coveted collectibles.
00:53Back then they were laughing and now they call me a genius.
01:02For years, video gaming struggled to gain mainstream popularity.
01:07Early systems like the Atari and Intellivision laid the groundwork.
01:11But it wasn't until Nintendo entered the picture that everything changed.
01:16Setting the stage for the trillion dollar industry we know today.
01:23My earliest memories of Nintendo is probably my childhood.
01:28Friends would come over, we'd stay up all night, get pizza, get some soft drinks and just, yeah, on the couch multiplayer.
01:35It was the best fun.
01:36It was one Christmas and I opened my present up and there was a Super Nintendo.
01:43And as I got older I just wanted to relive my childhood again.
01:46Why don't I give you a tour of my Nintendo room?
01:49Here is my wall of rare Nintendo consoles.
01:52Over here are my display cabinets and games of all my rare consoles and different games and handhelds.
01:59On this side here we've got all different games from all different Nintendo consoles.
02:04My CRT TV setup where I can play my old retro games.
02:08Now we'll swing around here.
02:10Right here we have a Banjo Kazooie Stanley from 1996.
02:14My Nintendo Power Guide magazines.
02:17All of my Nintendo 64 games on display.
02:20On this room here we have my rare Nintendo kiosk machines that back in the day we go into the store and try all the different new games.
02:27The Nintendo 64 one is very rare.
02:34There's four or five complete ones left in Australia.
02:37One, the arcade machine.
02:39I got it from an indoor mini golf store that was closing down.
02:43I was a little bit cheeky.
02:44I borrowed the work van and said I was doing something else.
02:47Drove the work van all the way out to Penrith.
02:50Picked up this arcade machine.
02:52Drove it to my house.
02:54Chucked it in my house.
02:55Went back to work.
02:57Like nothing happened.
03:00I feel very nostalgic when I'm holding my old Nintendo games.
03:04Especially things I didn't have when I was a kid that I've collected now.
03:08It's all about preserving history.
03:10Before we had YouTube and before we had walkthroughs we had Nintendo Power Guides.
03:15This here is how we solved games back in the day.
03:17Yes you could ring up and go to the Nintendo Hotline.
03:20Five dollars a minute.
03:21How do I solve this?
03:22Or you could go and buy a Nintendo Guide.
03:24And these things saved us.
03:26I'll open this one up for example.
03:28And I've got the persons back in the day.
03:30They wrote on this piece of paper where all the different secret bonus rooms were.
03:34Where all the cheats were.
03:35So now I'm preserving that.
03:36That's 30 years old.
03:37And I'm keeping that in this magazine because it's a cool story to talk about.
03:40As the years go by you get more and more.
03:42So you have to find ways to make the best of the room you have.
03:46I've got glass display cabinets.
03:48Bookcases.
03:49Stands.
03:50One of the first things people see when they come into my room.
03:54Is my display of my Nintendo 64 games.
03:57I've managed to pick these up from a collector.
04:00Who wanted to hand them over to me.
04:01And I've set it up just like a store.
04:03So you know you come in.
04:04You want to buy Mario Kart 64.
04:05Yep.
04:06That one's for that person.
04:07Next person comes in.
04:08Oh there's still one left.
04:09But then the third person will come in.
04:11Oh no.
04:12They're sold out.
04:13So that's how I wanted to do it.
04:14You come in.
04:15It just looks beautiful.
04:16You can enjoy the box art.
04:18And yeah.
04:19I just love it.
04:20In terms of how long I've spent collecting my collection.
04:22In some ways my whole life.
04:24But seriously.
04:25Probably about 10-12 years.
04:32Nintendo over the years have come up with some pretty cool ideas.
04:35But unfortunately when it comes to the Virtual Boy.
04:38This was not one of them.
04:40It didn't sell well.
04:41Because basically.
04:42It just gave you a really bad headache.
04:44You'd get the game.
04:45You'd plug it into your ears.
04:46You have the controller and play away.
04:48But then after about 5 minutes.
04:49You had to take it off.
04:50Because the pixelation.
04:51It would give you a massive headache.
04:53It didn't sell very well.
04:55It came out in 1995.
04:56Because we just weren't ready for virtual reality technology.
04:59But these days.
05:00It's a cool collector's item.
05:01And a great talking piece.
05:03I've got some Nintendo rare standees.
05:09Standees are store displays.
05:10And they're extremely rare.
05:12Because these are bits of cardboard.
05:13That once the game was done.
05:14Stores just threw them in the bin.
05:16And in the 90's.
05:17No one thought we were going to be collecting stuff like that.
05:19One of the rarest games I have in my collection.
05:21Is Conker's Bad Fur Day.
05:22So to have the display standee that goes with that.
05:25Is so hard to get.
05:27I love collecting Nintendo.
05:28I've got awesome things.
05:30But in terms of what I love the most.
05:32You wait till you see.
05:33My Nintendo 64 collection.
05:36It's probably the biggest in the world.
05:44Whether you're looking for singles.
05:46Boxes.
05:47Or card accessories.
05:48Sports Card World has had you covered.
05:50For over 30 years.
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05:54About all things cards and collectibles.
06:05Gaming consoles have been around since the 1970's.
06:08But by the 1980's.
06:09Two brands began to dominate the market.
06:11Sega and Nintendo.
06:17In 1996.
06:18The Nintendo 64 hit the global market.
06:20And spawned some of the most iconic games ever produced.
06:23Including Goldeneye.
06:24The Legend of Zelda.
06:25Ocarina of Time.
06:26Mario Kart 64.
06:27And Super Mario 64.
06:29Since then.
06:30Video game grading has emerged.
06:32As a great way for collectors.
06:33To significantly increase the value.
06:35Of their childhood favorite video games.
06:37Which some of you may still have stored.
06:39In your parents garage.
06:40In July 2021.
06:42During what can only be described.
06:44As a video game bubble.
06:45A high grade version of Super Mario 64.
06:48Sold for 2.4 million dollars.
06:50For more record sales.
06:51Or to see the value of your collectibles.
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06:53When a passion for collecting.
06:54Starts to outgrow the budget.
06:55Many collectors turn their hobby.
06:56Into a business.
06:57That's exactly what Dominic Ziomech did.
06:58Starting as a dedicated.
06:59FLIR Master Set Collector.
07:00He transformed his love for cards.
07:01Into a thriving business.
07:02And a community.
07:03Built for collectors.
07:04Just like him.
07:05My earliest memories is.
07:06Down in Tasmania.
07:07As being a migrant.
07:10starting as a dedicated Fleer Master Set Collector, he transformed his love for cards into a thriving business
07:17and a community built for collectors just like him.
07:26My earliest memories is down in Tasmania, being a migrant and didn't have a lot of money
07:31so Fleer was the most attractive option for me to collect and I started with a few packs
07:38then I bought a few more packs which turned into a few boxes
07:42you look at it all and go hang on I'm getting close to getting a full Master Set here
07:45you know I finished that set and then New Year came round and go let's do it all again and just kept going and going.
07:55Master Set is basically every single card that's officially on the checklist
08:00I like just collecting the base sets it includes every single insert and subset that is produced in that set.
08:09In terms of Master Sets the ones that I know that I've 100% completed is the 86-87 Fleer
08:1594-95, 95-96, 2007-8, 8-9, 2012-13, the other years in between I think I'm between 80-95% complete.
08:27So this is a binder with my 2011-2012 Fleer Retro Set. So let's have a quick look.
08:36What this stuff is is effectively a homage to all the past sets.
08:43You can see they are in a binder. Being a Master Set collector, all my previous old sets, they're all in binders
08:49so I had to continue the tradition. Some of these are from 800 cards to the later ones being about 1200 cards
08:56so imagine trying to top load or one touch full sets of these. To me just they all belong together.
09:02My favourites in this was the Frill Seekers, Raise the Roof, the Autographs and the PMGs.
09:12One of the most iconic sets in the 90s was the Precious Metal Gems and fortunately enough
09:22Upper Deck were able to release these in Fleer Retro. Looking down on the bench here
09:27I've got the full set of Jordans from 1314. So here we've got the black, the red which are numbered 150
09:34which were in the 90s, the blue numbered to 50 which is a new variant and the iconic green numbered to 10.
09:49Lay down on the counter here we've got my whole 1986-87 Fleer Set. As you can see it is all graded
09:56and if you look closely it is all PSA 9.
10:04The 86-87 Fleer Set, it's the first licensed mass-produced product where there's a Jordan rookie in it
10:11and there's six rookie cards from the Dream Team being Jordan, Barkley, Drexler, Mullen, Ewing and Malone.
10:26To get that 9 everything needs to be pristine like you would find in a modern pack today
10:31so you have the perfect corners, almost perfect centering, no blemishes, no sun fading, all that kind of stuff.
10:39I've decided also to get all the stickers which is all the 11 additional stickers
10:43and cherry on top of the whole thing is the PSA 9 sealed pack.
10:48After buying over several years it led me to create the GIMCO website.
10:56The main drivers for that was there wasn't anywhere local that made it easy to buy and sell cards
11:01and I wanted to get to know more local collectors that had similar interests.
11:10It is focused purely on collectibles and the fees are cheaper, it's easy to use, breaks can sell out in minutes.
11:16You've got to be online quick, some people will sit there refreshing all day waiting for new breaks to pop up.
11:21After several years online we ended up opening up the GIMCO Hobby Shop which is a physical store.
11:30Before COVID we used to have trade days and all that kind of stuff and people would get together
11:34and the driver behind the shop was, you know, we'll bring an atmosphere back.
11:38Having that available space for collectors just to be able to sit down, open their boxes, trade and also organise play.
11:50That to me was the thing that I needed not just for them but also for myself.
11:55With a full time job it does actually help you unwind and enjoy your hobby, you know.
12:01When collectors come into the shop I want them to feel welcomed, like it's a safe space for them to basically geek out and go,
12:12this is my world, this is what I collect, you know, I don't have to hide from it.
12:24After the break, century old Australian trading cards.
12:28And if you thought there was only one style of Nintendo 64 console, think again as we get a look at some rare variants.
12:41Originally our promotional item, what were the first trading cards packaged with?
12:46A. Soda bottles, B. Cigarette packs, C. Candy wrappers or D. Movie tickets.
12:54Find out after the break.
12:58Welcome back.
13:03Did you select the right answer?
13:05Let's find out.
13:13Long before modern sports cards took over the spotlight, Australia was already home to a rich history of collectibles,
13:20dating back to the early 1900s.
13:23These vintage cards offer a glimpse into the golden eras of Aussie sport.
13:29Faded, rare and full of stories, they're more than just collectibles, they're pieces of sporting history.
13:35It was obviously a very different time, you know, people were working long hours in their jobs, they weren't getting paid a lot of money.
13:48Times were pretty tough, but a lot of people loved to go to the football games on Saturdays.
13:52And then the cigarette cards just sort of complemented the enjoyment of going to the footy.
13:58I'm not sure what the English history was, they would have had the soccer cards and also cricket cards, and the Americans would have had their baseball cards.
14:05Australia though, we produced the footy cards.
14:07This set here is the 1904 Snyders and Abrahams set, which was also known as Series A.
14:14It is the first Australian produced set of Australian football cards.
14:19These cards were put into cigarette packets.
14:22They were basically there as a filler, as a stiffener of the card, of the packet.
14:27It's distinctive in that it has full body shots of the players.
14:30Just looking at the whole player and their uniform, the long johns they wore, the old boots they wore, which are pretty much work boots.
14:37You've got South Melbourne, you've got Melbourne, you've got Carlton, you've got Collingwood, you've got Essendon.
14:42They're quite thin, but again, so hard to find in really good nick.
14:46I don't think there's many collectors out there that would say have all of the Snyders and Abrahams set of Australian football cards,
14:52because they go from Series A to Series J, however many that is.
14:56Fortunately I do, it's taken me some time to do so.
14:58There's two very rare Western Australian sets in that group, and they're extremely hard to find.
15:05In front of me here is the full set of the 1908 coloured Western Australian set, as I refer to it.
15:15You can just see the history there, it's just a hundred year old card, just feels and even smells different.
15:21We think at this stage the Sepia set is the earlier version, but it is around that vintage.
15:25That's a set of players from the Western Australian league in sepia colours.
15:30Interestingly there's two umpires in that set.
15:32One of them, believe it or not, is called Ivo Crap.
15:35I don't know if he's the reason we have that expression, which I won't repeat on camera,
15:41where you don't agree with the decision.
15:43The oldest style cards, it's a discreet set, you know how many there are.
15:50And I just love the old uniforms and just that history of Australian football.
15:54So we're talking a hundred years plus.
15:56The cigarette packets then are quite small, I think, you know, probably three centimetres wide.
16:00So maybe not even that much.
16:01That's quite thin compared to our modern day trading card.
16:05My favourite set of all my collections, Dungie Ralph, Sweet Nell, South Australian footballers.
16:11That issued in 1906.
16:16They're a South Australian set.
16:18They're so artistic, classical looking.
16:20They're a wider card than what we call Series A, the 1904 Snyder set.
16:24There's 49 in that set.
16:27An interesting mix of teams.
16:29There's about 12 Port, 12 South, about 12 Nord, half a dozen or so West Torrens,
16:35four Sturt and just one West Adelaide player.
16:40Now you'd be very lucky to get one for under $500.
16:43And myself, I've paid closer to $1,000 for some cards.
16:47They are super rare and particularly in that top grade.
16:50I honestly don't know many people who've got a full set.
16:54I'm a preserver of history.
17:00I don't want to damage it.
17:01You know, that's my first thought.
17:03I want to make sure it's preserved.
17:05It is, in most cases, a beautiful work of art.
17:19Who remembers NBA Jam?
17:25The NBA Jam arcade machine, released by Midway in 1993, redefined basketball video games.
17:32With high-flying dunks, outrageous commentary and real NBA rosters, it became an instant hit in arcades worldwide.
17:39Even today, NBA Jam remains one of the most beloved sports games ever.
17:49I remember we had NBA Jam in the shop.
17:51I would play it every day.
17:52I would always be the Chicago Bulls.
17:54And I remember, boom shakalaka, he's on fire!
17:58Head to our socials and tell us what you remember about NBA Jam.
18:03When the Nintendo 64 launched in 1996, it revolutionized how games were played.
18:15At the heart of this shift was GoldenEye, the groundbreaking first-person shooter that redefined the genre.
18:21Because of this pivotal moment in gaming history, the N64 holds a special place in a lot of gamers' hearts.
18:29My rarest Super Nintendo console would have to be my Donkey Kong Country 5-game crate.
18:39Now, this is a large, big box.
18:40But what makes this special, it's not just Donkey Kong Country, one of the best games of all time.
18:45Inside this console, yes, we get this one, but we also get Super Mario All-Stars inside the box.
18:50Really cool, really rare, and extremely valuable.
18:56Things I bought, say, ten years ago, maybe were a couple of hundred dollars.
19:00Now you're looking six, seven, eight hundred dollars for that same item.
19:03Things are just going up and up.
19:05Nostalgia is going up and up.
19:06And people are just looking to buy back their childhood, really.
19:10My all-time favourite console is Nintendo 64.
19:15I'm continually looking for new Nintendo 64s.
19:18I've got almost 60 complete-in-box Nintendo 64 consoles from all over the world.
19:27This is my Nintendo 64 Wall of Fame, I suppose I can put it.
19:31Some really rare Scandinavian Sweden consoles.
19:34This NHL 99 console, the Perfect Dark, the 1080 snowboarding one.
19:39They're from Scandinavia, Sweden.
19:41Worth maybe five thousand dollars each, depending on condition.
19:43I've got a rare Zelda Ocarina of Time one from Belgium.
19:48250 of them, only ever made.
19:50If you're a Nintendo fan, you know that is the best game ever made.
19:53So that is probably the most sought-after console I have in my collection.
19:57So the value is through the roof.
19:59When I first started collecting, I wanted to collect all 16 colour variants of the Nintendo 64.
20:08The jungle green, ice blue, smoke grey, watermelon red, fire orange, a great purple.
20:14The hardest one to find is the Jusco 30th anniversary one.
20:23It's grey with a transparent white.
20:27That was only available in Japan in the Jusco stores.
20:30And for their 30th anniversary, they were doing a Jusco Nintendo 64 console.
20:35But the crazy thing is that once that 30th anniversary was done, they ended up changing their name of the store altogether.
20:42We've got the Star Wars episode one racer sets, the long box from Australia.
20:49When most people think Nintendo 64, the first thing that pops in your head would have to be GoldenEye.
20:54And I have two very rare GoldenEye Nintendo 64.
20:58This one here is from the UK.
21:01Pretty rare.
21:02But the rarest one would have to be the one above it from Scandinavia, Sweden.
21:06250 of these were ever made.
21:07Hard to find.
21:08And because it's GoldenEye, it is extremely popular.
21:11I've got some rare Pokemon consoles down here.
21:13Two from Japan with the blue and the orange.
21:17And a royal blue Toys R Us exclusive from North America console.
21:21My two F1 Grand Prix packs.
21:23One's from the UK and one is from France.
21:26Again, 250 they're made.
21:28Really rare.
21:29I've got a long box Nintendo 64 from Belgium.
21:32It was only sold for a Belgian techno festival.
21:35So if you bought this console, it came with a ticket to the festival.
21:38Again, only 250 of those consoles were made.
21:42And how many of these boxes are left now, I'm not sure.
21:44But I've seen maybe two or three around.
21:48Pokemon Snap took me years to get it.
21:50I'd say there may be between maybe five to ten left around in the whole world.
21:55Which is pretty crazy.
22:00So this is my display case showcasing some of my rare Nintendo 64 individual items.
22:05We've got my four controllers.
22:06Come a set of four.
22:07Really hard to find.
22:08Had to go all the way to America to get this set.
22:10A couple of rare games.
22:12My signed Charles Martinez voice.
22:15Super Mario 64 cart.
22:17A non-for-sale Banjo-Tooie.
22:20Now, non-for-sale basically means this is for stores only.
22:23So you weren't allowed to sell this game.
22:25So that game there is worth actually probably a few thousand dollars.
22:28Believe it or not.
22:29So this is my rare ice blue Nintendo 64.
22:32Sealed.
22:33Brand new.
22:34Graded.
22:35Worth five to ten thousand dollars.
22:36I'm very lucky to have it.
22:38Finding a graded brand new N64 in today's age is almost impossible to find.
22:43It's not a game store.
22:44It's actually my personal collection in my house.
22:46But I do set it up like a game store.
22:49Because to me, going into Toys R Us and other places when we were kids in the nineties,
22:53that was magical.
22:54So I want to bring people back to their childhood when they see this.
22:57And it makes me happy when I see it as well.
23:03Next time on Cards and Collectibles, an episode full of nineties nostalgia.
23:09Don't forget to rewind a VHS collector for the ages.
23:13Matt explains the junk wax era.
23:17Law to ceiling, hot wheels and diecast treasures.
23:23And a Futura flashback with these classic Australian cards.
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