Emuva ngekhulu le-19, lapho ukubhema kwakungalethi isixwayiso sempilo, iphakethe ngalinye lalivame ukuba ne-ikhadi likagwayienezithombe ezimibalabala ezihlanganisa abadlali abadumile, izilwane kanye nemikhumbi. Eziningi zapendwa ngesandla ngabaculi noma zanyatheliswa ngamabhulokhi.
Namuhla,amakhadi kagwayi ziyaqoqwa – futhi ngokuvamile ziyigugu – ngobudala, ukungavamile kanye nesimo esithinta intengo yazo. Isibonelo esidumile ikhadi elibonisa inkanyezi yebhola lezinyawo yase-US uHonus Wagner kusukela ekuqaleni kwawo-1900, elinye lazo lathengiswa ngo-$7.25 million (ngaphezu kuka-£5.5 million) ngo-2022.
Kamuva ngalowo nyaka, ikhadi likagwayi elingavamile lomdlali webhola uSteve Bloomer lathengiswa endalini yase-UK ngama-£25,900, futhi imakethe isaqinile nanamuhla.
Ngakho-ke, uma upheqa e-attic yakho bese uthola iqoqo lezintoamakhadi kagwayi, uhleli emgodini wegolide?
Ngokusho kukaSteve Laker, umqondisi weLondon Cigarette Card Company, kunemakethe enkulu yomhlaba wonke yalezi zinto eziqoqwayo.
“Ukuqoqa amakhadi kusachuma njengento yokuzilibazisa ngoba ungathenga amasethi namuhla ngemali encane njenge-£20,” kusho yena. “Udumo lwawo luyakhula ngoba abantu bayaqaphela ukuthi ikhadi abaliphethe lingaba neminyaka engu-120 ubudala futhi amaqiniso nolwazi oluphathelene nalo ngabe lwabhalwa othile ngaleso sikhathi, hhayi isazi-mlando esibheka emuva.”
“Kungenzeka ukuthi uhleli emgodini wegolide,” enezela. “Into ebaluleke kakhulu isethi yama-clown angu-20 asezikhundleni ezahlukene, akhiqizwe yi-Taddy's, angenza imali engaphezu kuka-£1,100 ngekhadi.”
Isikhathi sokuqhakazaamakhadi kagwayi kwakuphakathi kweminyaka yama-1920 no-1940. Ahoxiswa okwesikhashana ukuze kulondolozwe iphepha ngesikhathi seMpi Yezwe Yesibili, futhi awazange abuyele ezingeni elifanayo lokukhiqiza - yize kwadalwa amasethi ambalwa amancane eminyakeni eyalandela.
Kuthiwani ngamanye amakhadi aqoqwayo ayigugu?
“Akuwona amakhadi kagwayi kuphela athengiswayo. Ungase ukhumbule amakhadi etiye kaBrooke Bond noma e-bubblegum avela kumaphakethe amaswidi amnandi kaBarratts noBassetts, futhi amakhadi ebhola lezinyawo okuqala abiza amakhulu amakhilogremu ngesethi,” kusho uLaker.
“Uchungechunge Lwabadlali Bebhola Abadumile A.1 kusukela ngo-1953 lubiza u-£7.50 ngekhadi noma u-£375 ngesethi yama-50. Amanye amasethi e-Brooke Bond Tea ayafunwa, njenge-Wild Flowers Series 1 (iphepha elincane) enenani lika-£500.”
Kungaba nzima ukwazi ukuthi uphethe yini into eyiguguamakhadi kagwayi, njengoba intengo ingahluka kuye ngokuthi ayivamile kangakanani, isimo kanye nenhlanhla yokudonsa endalini - kodwa kunezindlela zokuqala ukuhlolwa kwakho.
“Amanye amasethi amahle asikwe ngesandla futhi siyazi ukuthi kungaba khona amakhophi akopishiwe. Singakubona lokho ngokushesha ngobukhulu bekhadi nokuthi libukeka kanjani. Umkhiqizi ngamunye kagwayi ukhiphe amakhadi anobukhulu obuhlukene,” kusho uLaker.
"Amakhadi aseMelika okuqala ayesebenzisa amabhodi amakhulu kakhulu, kodwa amakhadi amaningi e-WG kanye ne-HO Wills, ngokwesibonelo, ayemancane kakhulu. Inani livela ekungatholakalini - ngokwesibonelo, uWills noJohn Players bakhiqize amakhadi ayizigidi."
"Kungaba khona ukukopishwa kabusha, kodwa sizokwazi ngobukhulu bekhadi nokuthi lisikwe kanjani. Kodwa inani lincike ekutheni ikhadi alitholakali kalula kangakanani."
Ingabe i-UKamakhadi kagwayiyini ebaluleke kakhulu?
Indaba yekhadi elibonisa inkanyezi yebhola lezinyawo yaseMelika uHonus Wagner ethola imali engaphezu kwezigidi ezi-5 zamaRandi ngokuqinisekile yaba yizihloko zezindaba, kodwa kuthiwani ngalawo enziwe e-UK?
Kungase kungabi khona izigidi ezitholakala ngekhadi elilodwa, kodwa imiklamo equkethe abadlali bebhola, ikakhulukazi, ithandwa kakhulu emakethe yaseMelika.
“Kwakukhona isethi yonke yabadlali bebhola beCadet esabathengisa ngo-£17.50, kanti ikhadi elilodwa kuleyo seti elalinoBobby Charlton laya eMelika lathengiswa ngo-$3,000 (cishe u-£2,300),” kusho uLaker.
"Ikhadi likaHonus Wagner elalithengiswa ngezigidi lalingavamile futhi kwenzeka nje ukuthi kwakukhona umthengi ngaleso sikhathi - ukuthi lizophinde lithole leyo ntengo noma cha, isikhathi kuphela esizosho, ngoba lalisekelwe ekufuneni."
Isimo sakho sinjaniamakhadi kagwayiukunquma inani lazo?
Abanyeamakhadi kagwayiingase yonakale ngaphambi kokuba uyibambe, njengoba abantu babevame ukuyicindezela odongeni emdlalweni - futhi kwakukhona isikhathi lapho abanikazi bayo abaziqhenyayo babeyigcina epulasitikini eyayine-asidi, eyayiyiguguleka.
Ungase ucabange ukuthi ukufaka iqoqo lamakhadi akho ku-albhamu kuzosiza ukuwalondoloza, kodwa lokhu kunganciphisa inani kakhulu. Ngakho-ke, uma unesethi futhi ulingeka ukuba uyinamathelise phansi, ungavumeli isifiso.
"Sinezindlela ezahlukene zokugcina [amakhadi kagwayi],” kuchaza uLaker. “Phakathi kweminyaka yawo-1920 no-40, abakhiqizi bakhipha ama-albhamu ngakho amakhadi amaningi azobe ebhajwe, kodwa ngeshwa lokho kuthinta inani kakhulu ngoba ngendlela imakethe eyiyo manje, sithola ukuthi abaqoqi bafuna ukubona ngemuva kwamakhadi kanye nezinhlangothi zawo.
"Kuyathandeka ukubafaka ku-albhamu ukuze uthi usuqedile ukuqoqwa, kodwa intengo iyehla uma bebambeke."
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Okthoba-23-2024