Samler du glansbilder?

Disse sidene er laget som en hjelp til alle glansbildesamlere. Jeg har selv samlet på glans gjennom en del år. Egentlig samlet jeg kun glans tegnet av Harald Damsleth. Men underveis kom jeg over mye annet også. Disse arkene byttet jeg bort eller ble solgt på QXL. Jeg har fikk mange spørsmål angående produsenter og opplag. Noe jeg hadde lite greie på da.

Alle ønsket seg et oppslagsverk. Da kom ideen med å prøve å lage en oversikt. Den blir nok aldri komplett, men oversikten håper jeg er til litt hjelp for dere som samler. Jeg har selvfølgelig ikke alle disse arkene, men samlere er hjelpesomme og sender scan av de arkene som mangler. Så tusen takk til alle dere. Uten denne hjelpen hadde ikke disse sidene vært så "komplette".

Glansbilder har forskjellig betegnelser i de forskjellige land. I Tyskland heter de "Oblaten" eller "Glanzbilder", i England "Scraps", i USA "Die cut", i Frankrike "Chromos", i Spania "Cromos", i Danmark "Glansbilleder" og i Sverige "Bokmärken".

En stor takk til alle bidragsyterne, uten dere hadde ikke denne siden blitt til!

Do you collect scraps/die cuts?

These pages are a result of my own collecting activities, and they have been published on a non-commercial basis as free reference material available to scrap collectors everywhere.

I myself have collected scraps for many years. In the beginning, I only collected scraps drawn by the Norwegian artist Harald Damsleth. In doing so, I often came accross a lot of other interesting items. Most of these I have traded off, or have sold on QXL, and this led to me being asked questions by other collectors about things I knew very little about, such as publishers, print volumes, artist names etc.

It soon became clear that many collectors were, in fact, searching for a 'world catalog' of scraps, and this inspired me to start my own directory – online. My catalog will for certain never be complete, but I hope that it nevertheless will be of interest and prove useful to my fellow collectors.

Naturally, not all the scraps I have indexed belong to me. Other collectors have been extremely helpful and have sent me many scans of sheets that they saw were missing in my listings. My sincere thanks to those of you who have assisted me. Without your help these catalog pages would have been nearly as 'complete' as they are.

Collecting scraps is a world-wide hobby, and the term for "Scraps" – naturally – varies from country to country. For instance, in my home country of Norway they are called "Glansbilder". In Germany they are called "Oblaten" or "Glanzbilder", in England "Scraps", in the US "Die cut", in France "Chromos", in Spain "Cromos", in Denmark "Glansbilleder" and in Sweden "Bokmärken". Useful to know when surfing international sites.

Again, many thanks to those of you whom have contributed with scans, facts and comments. Without your assistance these pages would not have come to be.