This is a rare, 100% original vintage Spanish 1987 Panini ASTERIX TRADING CARDS ALBUM.


I have recently been told that placing trading cards in albums is a European thing only (this has come as quite a suprise to me), so here is a brief explanation that you can totally skip if you are familiar with this kind of item.

In Spain, and in some other European countries like for example France and Italy, we have always had what can be translated as "trading card albums".

That is, soft cover, stapled books (like comic-books but generally thicker and bigger) related to a series, cartoon, movie or topic, where trading cards are literally stuck (in Spain they are called "cromos", and they have always been very popular).

This trading cards are always numbered, and they have to be placed in their specific, numbered spot in the album.

They have always been bought where albums are sold, and they always come in small packages of 5 to 8 random -and always different- cromos (older trading cards were made of cardboard and had to be stuck with a glue bar, whereas modern ones are adhesive).

Whatever cromos were repeated are/were added to a pile, brought to school and exchanged there with other kids.

Ultimately, in case of not finding the ones you were missing, you could order them by writting to the manufacturer.

Sorry about the long explanation, hahahah... I like that my customers know exactly what they are getting. ^_^

DESCRIPTION: 

Considering what I have just explained, you can now appreciate that what you are seeing here is a real treasure: an original ASTERIX album back from 1980 in very nice condition, with all it's 240 cards nevertheless, well stuck in their right places (please remember that this is a kid's product, and kid are not always very crafty when applying cards to their albums!).

Since kids took their albums to the school, finding a brand new album from so long ago, is quite a feat.

YEAR: 1.987.


SIZE: 

CLOSED: 27 x 23 cm. ( 10.5" x 9" ) 

OPEN: 27 X 46 cm. ( 10.5" x 18" )

approx.


CONDITION: Very good. All pages are extremely well preserved, have no scribbling and are factory new.


Even so, since the cover was white, it is not in perfect shape.


Also, as you can see in picture #3, there is a small rip on the lower part of the cover (the toy arrow used as a pointer is NOT included in the sale, of course).


COVER: Soft cover.


SPINE: Very good (stapled).


NUMBERED PAGES: 32.


LANGUAGE: Spanish only.


All in all, this is a rare and exceptional album, and I believe you will be extremely happy whether you are an Asterix fan or a collector with a taste for rare and unseen material. 


THE PICTURES SHOW THE EXACT ITEM YOU ARE GETTING HOME. I DON'T USE STOCK PHOTOS!!!


ADDITIONALLY:

If you like this item and would like to see more rare import merchandise (posters, puzzles, figures, lapel pins, toys, action figures, books, merchandise, sticker sheets, trading cards...), you are welcome to visit my store and, also, click on the link that reads "Save this seller", right underneath my store's main header.

Thanks for dropping by another one of my sales!!! 

Click HERE to see more RARE ASTERIX ITEMS in my store!


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