The House of Cards

We have just received details of upcoming ESP NRL releases. Thanks to ESP for passing the details on.

NRL Limited Edition 2013

• Limited to 500 sets (3 different collations)
• Following a similar  design theme to the 2012 release including 2013 NRL All Stars / SOO and NRL Test Games.
• 34 cards in total per set
• 3 signature cards limited to 166 per card, all individually foil numbered and hologram Billy Slater/Michael Jennings/Reece Robinson
• Packaged in a protective acrylic box with header card
• Exclusively available via Ikon Collectibles from the 30^th of October 2013 …continue reading

Slobbythegreat (username on everything and anything) is 33, the same number his favourite player, Scottie Pippen, wore at the Chicago Bulls. Here at Gimko, we are very grateful to talk to one of the most well-known collectors in the world and share his collection with our users.

Slobby first got into trading cards through footy cards as he has always played the sport. Finding NBA trading cards in 1993, he was instantly all over it. Footy was quickly put to the side and basketball took over. These days, Slobby works as an HR Systems Development/Subject Matter Expert. After he pays out all his expenses, pretty much all of it goes into cards.

Current Collection:

I collected whatever I could from every brand. I split my cards up into every NBA team and used the team cards in UD as the first card on the page then a nice looking insert of that teams best player then all the player cards after that. After the teams were …continue reading

Another month has gone by and the Gimko team have rolled out some significant upgrades which our users have requested.

Custom Categories in Store

For our loyal store owners you asked and we have delivered. Now you will be able to create custom categories in your store. Simply go to My Gimko > My Store > Custom Categories.

In this section you can add custom categories as well as order them by simply setting up the order id of all the categories. If you want to add a sub category, simply click on the blue icon that looks like a folder tree next to the category that you wish to add the sub category under.

Once you have created all your custom categories you can …continue reading

Every now and again you get an email that makes you sit up and read. Here is one! It was sent from ESP Sales and Marketing manager, Terry Wilson.

“Sometime ago a collector requested that ESP replace 2 Andrew Johns signature error cards, the error cards in question were card 1 and card 7. The collector allegedly express posted the cards to ESP via the Australia post network. When the express post envelope arrived at ESP it was empty of both cards 1 and 7 and all that was received by ESP was two empty top loader sleeves.

ESP has been in constant contact with the collector over the past few months, ESP is now …continue reading

With thanks to ESP we can exclusively reveal the 2013 ESP V8 Supercars Commemorative Trading Card Collection flyer.

We can confirm that the 2 signers for the set are racing legends Mark Skaife and Dick Johnson. In addition 110 cards make up the set that features all teams from the 2013 season and celebrates 50 years of Bathurst winners.

The set will be released on …continue reading

Select Australia and SE Products have teamed up to release a limited edition Hall of Fame & Immortal Richmond Football Club card set.

Presented in 2 formats, either a Limited Edition Album Collection or A Limited Edition Tin Collection. There are 140 cards in total.

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Select Australia and SE Products have teamed up to release a limited edition 140 years of Essendon Football Club card set.

Presented in 2 formats, either a Limited Edition Album Collection or A Limited Edition Tin Collection. There are 140 cards in total.

Both collections include the following subsets: …continue reading

You may be wondering what the Gimko Team have been doing over the last month? Well we have been listening to feedback from sellers & buyers and have rolled out some significant upgrades.

Bulk Lister

Version 2.5 of the Gimko Bulk Lister has now been released. It is highly recommended you update to this version before creating any new bulk listings via this tool as there was a significant bug fix. We also added some more sports brands. New bulk lister can be found here.

Item Discounting

Want to have a sale on the items you are selling? Sure, no problem! …continue reading

Welcome to our second Featured Collector article. Every month, we will showcase someone in the collecting community and have a talk about them, their collection and the hobby.

This month, we have 34 year old Owen O’Neil from Newcastle, New South Wales. Owen is a member on OzCardTrader under the username ‘ooneil’. He is a Dad, works as a Financial Planner and spends more on collecting than he’d like to think about. …continue reading

Many thanks to  ESP‘s Sales and Marketing manager, Terry Wilson, for sharing this information.

“ESP can confirm the exciting news that there will be another NRL Limited Edition release in October 2013. The 34 card boxed set will continue the theme of the 2012 Limited Edition release.

More details on this 34 card boxed set will be available shortly.”

This is exciting news for collectors. Obviously this release will differ from the 2012 set as it is …continue reading