Call Cards

agk2007 wrote: »

How much would you ask the following 10 callcards? I have an offer in of €10 on adverts.ie http://www.adverts.ie/other-antiques-collectables/callcards/1274679 but feel the price is too low. How much do you think they are worth, all in excellent condition (I have two of the Eircom St Patrick's Festival 2000), one excellent & one is slighly bent. Thanks!

UCD Belfield D4 16-27 August 1995 (50 unit)
Eircom Dublin Theatre Festival '99 - 4-16th Oct (20 unit)
Eircom St Patrick's Festival 2000 16-19th March (10 unit)
Fleadb Nua 1998 (50 unit)
Telecom ESOP trustee (10 unit)
Kenco (10 unit)
Tina Turner Twenty Four Seven (20 unit)
Plus €1 free Eircom (€7.00)
Bloomsday 1997 (100 unit)
Office Smart - Celebrating 25 yrs service to Irish Business (10 unit)

€10 would be a great deal for those. This is My opinion but for the ones I've bolded above I'd be expecting at least €15 for those 4, if in good condition (Bloomsday sold recently on ebay for €6~ alone, classic Stationary is a rare enough card, so is the ESOP and those simply talk cards are common enough but still seem to go for a few euro, 2-3)

Nick

whippetgood wrote: »

get some pics up would love to see these!!

If you want pictures of callcards check out my site http://callcard.nickrankin.com/ if you like . Its still work in progress but hopefully it will get more interest when I start promoting it. I have talked to several collectors all who think its a good idea

Nick

MatthewWC wrote: »

Nice site Nick and good luck with it. Have recently re-started collecting irish callcards to finish my collection. Let it rot for 10years so any help from anyone on here would be greatly appreicated

A bit the same as myself Matthew, only started again last October. I'd say I stopped collecting around 2001~ time. Best of luck finishing it off

Nick

steveon wrote: »

Nice site Nick and thanks for linking to my own S.C.C.C site which I unfortuently havent much time to update due to work pressures.

http://steveon2.tripod.com

Cheers Steve, no problem on the link. Used your card list to number the cards so the least I could do! I actually didn't know your site had a gallery for a good while, mainly as all the search engines picked up were the card list.
I baught the domain irishcallcards.net and .info today so hopefully the site will be a success when word gets out (neither active yet ). There does seem to be interest out there and there are a fair few people still collecting, only after a few myself, but have the majority of them.
At present the site is "incomplete" as the scans are only my own collection, but I am constently adding to the collection and updating the site

Cheers

Nick

Fiatgirl wrote: »

OMG, my kids dont even know what these are.. LOL.. my mother (rip) used to collect these, i have folders and folders or limtied editions, sets i.e coca cola etc, you name it all in mint condition. there are rare one and very rare one.. they are now all still in orginal wrapper and it album stored away in back of wardrobe. its a shame really,, as she did spend alot of money on these, she was joined the club on dame st, dublin and also have internaional cards and set,.. beautiful sets. Once mobiles came they really went out the window

Hi Fiatgirl,

Callcards were very collectable during the 90s, early 00's and as you say some fantastic cards were produced. I would keep the collection and pass it down to your kids rather than selling, be a nice thing to keep in the family. I have loads of cards myself, mainly ones I found in callboxes as a kid, I nearly have all the Telecom Eireann/eircom cards that were ever made, have around 400+ Irish cards alone!

Nick

L0dgik wrote: »

I have a collection there over over 150... a lot brand new in wrapper <EDIT>? im just not into collection anymore.

Stick them up on www.adverts.ie

Nick

L0dgik wrote: »

would eBay not be better? start a auction @ 1 euro and see how they go?
the mint new ones in the wrapper den 3 euro... could b a few bob in dis lol

Ebay is a gamble, and you have the fees, Adverts is free. You may make more money on ebay, or significantly less. What cards have you got? I'm after all ireland hurling and a few of the world cup ones, put them up on adverts or ebay and sure ill see them there

Nick

steveon wrote: »

I get a lot of emails from people but unfortunetly most are trying to sell, I alike you am a collector who never wanted to make anything from callcard collecting it was simply a hobby for me as a kid and I was lucky enough to work for a dealer for a few yrs which helped me build up my collection enormously. I must try and go through a few boxes and see what I have as doubles and let people have them as I hate seeing them wasted ...

Steve,

If you have any all Ireland Hurling or Simply Talk/World cup cards spare get in touch. You can see the cards I'm looking for here.

Cheers,

Nick

L0dgik wrote: »

I have a few football n gaa there

how much do the limerick trial cards go for?

Around €60-70, maybe less for a full set, that is 5u-100u cards. The lower the cards the less valueable they are obviously, so the 100u alone may get €40 while the 10u may get €4-5. It all depends though.

Nick

Lister1 wrote: »

A few snaps of my rares as I had a look through my collection as someone pm'ed me asking me about the Communications '93 one. I did notice that the older ones that I have haven't aged well at all. Even some of the mint ones in their plastic wrapper appear very faded...

Do you still have the mint JFK 100u with the wallet? That card could be worth a few quid for you mint with wallet. If your interested in selling then put them up on adverts, should be able to get a few quid for each of the mint ones in their folders.
I'm after a different run of the dublin millenium with the white spot on the notch so unfortunately none there I need

Nick

Judgement Day wrote: »

Check eBay http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=irish+phonecard&_sacat=See-All-Categories to see what prices identical ones are fetching? In general they don't appear particularly valuable as there were so many produced. The big interest in callcards seems to have passed and even up to date catalogues seem to have petered out years ago but I could be wrong.

Here's a relatively recent Irish phonecard website but it's still fairly quiet.

http://www.irishcallcards.net/

Thats my site . Its true that Callcards arn't really saught after these days, however I am aware there are more people who have just started out collecting again recently (like myself) so there is some interest in them, especially the private issue cards, trial cards and mint/sealed ones should fetch a few quid.
Ebay is probably your best guide for prices you may expect to get for cards (however a card that could go one week for €30 may go for <€10 the next) so I wouldn't rely on it too much. There are also people who put cards up at ridiculous prices which will never sell, or if they do its to an inexpierienced buyer.
you probably won't make much profit on regular mint ones either, I tend to suggest to people for the common mint wrapped ones you'll probably be looking at around:
10unit~€2
20unit~€3.50
50unit~€8
100unit~€16
~ indicating less or more.
This was the cards face value back in the pounds days, but you'd be lucky to get the euro equivelent for most. I've also noticed ebay has been flooded with many rare private issue cards lately, Eagle Star, Tia Maria pre '96, CAN, Four courts etc so that has made the general price those cards fetch considerably lower. Basically what you get for cards is what customer(s) are willing to pay on ebay, so it is a gamble on what you'll get.
Also there is no current catalogue with reccomended prices that i'm aware of, its mostly supply and demand that drives the price of them up. There are dealers out there but they'll only snatch up bargains, not risk investing huge sums.

Nick

The sleeves I buy for the Callcards are the Ultra Pro "Yu Gi Oh" size for small gaming cards, I'm not sure if loney planet do them, I got them on Ebay along with the pockets.

Nick

cmurph wrote: »

i must root mine out i know i have a sealed one thing it was 50unit of when mary robinson was elected president...wonder would it be worth much ?

What was the design on it? There was one for clintons visit and a EU Presidency (two actually) one, the EC Presidency mint ('90) will fetch a few quid, never came wrapped though so would need a card reader to ensure its mint. The EU Presidency/Clinton one would be around €8-10 mint, possibly less/more. If it is another card than what I described tell us the design/theme of it for more info

Nick

cmurph wrote: »

yoyo your bang on! mind you i still think i have a mary robinson one somewhere but i just pulled out the folder and i have a selaled 50unit card celebrating president clintons historic visit to ireland 1995


also i have a sealed 10 unit tia maria card...not sure why i would have kept this one sealed , must have been a fuss about it or something the square on it to read in the phone is in silver and not gold coloured like most cards ?

Yeah I think I've seen the Clinton one mint going for around 8/10 quid on ebay there not so long ago (can't remember), there was never a TE/Eircom Mary robinson callcard made, that's not to say there wasn't one made by another company, Esat, Swiftcall, Switchcom etc.
The 10 unit Tia Maria cards with the blue bar on top are all low private issue cards. Unfortunately the market has been flooding with mint Tia cards lately, so the value they fetch has considerably lowered, its gone from over a tenner to as low as a euro or 2 now. You can see the print run of all cards on my collectors site btw here in the gallery if it helps. I have most of the Telecom Eireann chip cards up there (excl some trials) and eircom issues. Btw some of the rarer Tia Maria cards came with the Gold gemplus chip, the other one ('94) I think from memory was a silver chip (Schlumberger).
My advice, keep for another while

Nick