I've been collecting and trading in cigarette cards for 22 years now and started trading on eBay in 2000. As well as the cards, I've also been collecting a vast treasure trove of data and scans of the rare and unusual cards that I've been trading on eBay. This information was of great use when many of my customers' asked me to locate cards depicting their famous ancestors: movie stars, soccer players and war heroes. I've decided to open the doors to my archives to create the very first eBay Picture Card Museum, helping collectors and people interested in history. I hope you enjoy exploring the vast range of topics as much as I have.

One of my online video clips was recently featured on the BBC news. Please double click on the video image below to find out more:

Why not share your collecting passion with the world. I've had a phenomenal response from collectors on YouTube already. Please double left-click on the YouTube screen below and watch my video clip and see other peoples' collecting clips.

These days, video cameras quite often come as standard on mobile phones and digital video cameras are reasonably cheap. Your video clip doesn't have to be well polished and professionally produced, in fact corporate looking videos on YouTube are generally frowned upon by the community. It's all about being creative and sharing your ideas and passion with the world and learning from others in the new media Wild West.

Please watch my YouTube video clip on famous ancestors by double clicking the image below:

Card Search Service: Please let me know if there are any card sets you would like me to search for. Maybe you have seen sets in past eBay auctions that you missed and would like me to put on again. I will try my best to search for them and put them on eBay. Simply click on the link below, then on the grey Contact Member button, enter your requests into the text box and finally click the grey Send Message button. Click Here To Request-A-Set!

What Do You Collect? Collecting cards has many advantages over other types of collecting hobbies. They probably cover the widest range of subjects - even collecting itself - and so there is literally something for everyone. Let me know what interests you and I will search for cards on them and put them on eBay. Simply click on the link below, then on the grey Contact Member button, enter your requests into the text box and finally click the grey Send Message button. Click Here To Request-A-Set!

If you are located in the UK you can save money by making Paypal payments in UK Pounds Sterling.

To pay in UK Pounds Sterling, please follow the steps below and contact me if you have any questions:

• go directly to the Paypal website and log in (www.paypal.com).
• select the Send Money option.
• enter my email address which I will send to you when the sale finishes. Contact me if you don't get this.
• enter the total amount in your chosen currency.
• select a currency.
• select Goods (Other) or Service in the Type field. Don't select Ebay since this will probably convert to US Dollars.
• click on continue and follow the Paypal instructions.

Mint: Exactly as issued.
Excellent: Clean back and front, including edges, sharp edges and sharp corners.
Very Good: Clean back and front, may have dirty and softened edges and rounded corners. No creases.
Good: Soiled on back or front. Blemished edges, rounded corners and possibly one slight crease.
Fair: Creased, dirty or with mount damage to backs and possibly some picture surface missing.
Poor: Badly creased, dirty or with mount damage to backs and surface damage on backs and fronts.