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Author: Derek Green

A TIGER DREAM, REALISED

July 5, 2009 Derek Green Uncategorized

When I was a kid growing up in the 1970’s version of Melbourne’s Eastern Suburbs, you either barracked for the[…]

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A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY…

July 5, 2008 Derek Green Uncategorized

There have been a few instances over the years of players being named incorrectly on their football card. But everyone[…]

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FROM THE SCANLENS ARCHIVES

December 5, 2007 Derek Green Uncategorized

Here is some information about the Scanlens Archives series which was released as a modern take on a vintage classic.[…]

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DESIGN OF THE TIMES

October 5, 2007 Derek Green Uncategorized

Long before the “Coalition of the Willing”, there was synergy of a different kind between the United States and Australia[…]

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“ROOKIE” CARDS – DON’T BELIEVE THE HYPE!

July 5, 2007 Derek Green Uncategorized

As Australians, we do have a tendency to blindly adopt all things American – and as Tim Watson might say[…]

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BOOM AND BUST – WHY THE SPORTS CARD PHENOMENA IS A TALE OF TWO CONTINENTS

July 5, 2006 Derek Green Uncategorized

The 80’s is often regarded as a shameful decade of greed, a modern-day “age of excess”. Millionaires, even Billionaires were[…]

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FOOTBALL CHANGES ARE ON THE CARDS

July 5, 2005 Derek Green Uncategorized

Unbelievable article from the Age in 1993 that notes the 30th Anniversary of the famous Scanlens 1963 set, which apart[…]

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  • FROM THE SCANLENS ARCHIVES
  • DESIGN OF THE TIMES
  • “ROOKIE” CARDS – DON’T BELIEVE THE HYPE!
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