Football Programmes Sold at Auction
Football Programmes sold at Auction
Top Prices for Football Programmes Auction
Oct 2011 : Fairs Cup 1st Round 1964 : Valerengens IF (Norway) Vs Everton Sold for £720.
Oct 2011 : Original 1938 World Cup football programmes : Sold for £1,750.
Jun 2011 : Original 1925 Charity Shield football programmes : Amateur Vs Professional Sold for £1,600.
Feb 2011 : Sold for £1,171 Manchester United v Portsmouth 1946/7 Match NO. 13 POSTPONED
Sold for £2,200 1938 World Cup Programme.
Sept 2010 : The 1927 FA Cup Final between Cardiff City and Arsenal has been in the auctions, first on eBay one copy was sold for £1321 and another just days later sold for £1350.
1938 International Football Programme between Germany and England sold for £830 at auction, one other highlight from this month was a 1937 Division 3 football programmes for the match Exeter City Versus Oldham sold for £411
May 2010 : Quite a few football programmes between foreign teams have been sold recently, an area we do usually cover here, but to give you an idea of the interest we have listed some,
Toulouse against -Spartak Moscow 1986-1987 : 25 bids : Sold £1020.
Spartacus (Norway) - ZDSA Moscow 1955: 25 bids : £870
Benfica - Dnepr USSR 1989-90 : 12 Bids : £623
PRG Club Brugge - Spartak Moscow 1985 : 21 Bids : £620
PRG CLUB BRUGGE v. SPARTAK MOSCOW UEFA 1985
Again the football programmes from a Manchester United postponed has been in great demand, this one was for their home match against Norwich City scheduled for 2nd December 1978, it sold for £253.
March 2010 : Another postponed match football programmes has fetched £696 on eBay, the game was Manchester United Vs Bristol City, which was due to be played on 11th December1976.
It is not always cup finals that attract a high number of bidders at a auction, a friendly fixture in 1975 between Rosenborg and Ipswich attracted bids to a total selling price of £296 and recently a football programme for a postponed match in 1973 for a game between Manchester City and Manchester United was that popular that it was sold for £365.
Due to the the interest for football programmes from postponed, we've now set up its own dedicated page at Postponed Football Programmes
Two copies of the 1921 FA Cup Final football programmes between Tottenham Hotspur and Wolverhampton Wanderers were sold at two different auctions in July 2009 both for a similar price. One was sold on eBay for £1,140, while the other was sold at a specialised auction by Mullock & co. for £1,000. FA Cup Final football programmes are always in demand by collectors and investors alike.
In May a 1902 Sheffield United v Southampton FA Cup final football programmes was sold for £9,400
Graham Budd Auctions recently held an auction of football and sporting memorabilia, under the football programme section some of the highlights included a 1920 England Vs Wales programme that fetched £3000 also for the same price was the programme for Wembley's first international with England contesting against Scotland in 1924. The 1902 FA Cup Final football programme between Southampton and Sheffield United, was actually a match card but nevertheless it fetched £8,000.
A single sheet football programmes, from the first season of the Football League September 22, 1888 which covered the match of Notts County (second ever league game), against Stoke( third ever league match) was sold at auction by Bonhams in February for £8.760.
The ''Munich Air disaster'' which happened in 1957, when Manchester United were returning from Red Star Belgrade, whom they were playing in the European Cup, recently a Football Programme from the match was sold on a eBay auction (September 2008) for £2,750, though in April 2011, one wa sold for £2,300. This is extremely rare programme and is well sought after by many collectors and investors alike.
Football Programmes do sell for very high prices, the current world record for a football programmes stands at £21,850, the sum paid at Graham Budd Auctions in London, in May 2006, for an 1889 Wolves vs Preston single sheet FA Cup Final.
Football Programmes Prices at Auction
| Football Programme | Competition | Value Sold | Date Sold |
| Southampton v Sheffield United | 1902 FA Cup Final | £8,000 | 12/5/2009 |
| England v Scotland | International | £3,000 | 12/5/2009 |
| England V Wales | International | £3,000 | 12/5/2009 |
| Red Star Belgrade v Manchester United | 1957/58 European Cup | £2,750 | 24/9/2008 |
| 1938 World Cup | Programme | £2,200 | 8/9/2008 |
| Augsburg Tournament | 1955 Youth | £2151 | 11/10/2008 |
| Rochdale v Norwich City | League Cup 1962 | £1464 | 15/10/2008 |
| Arsenal v Cardiff City | 1927 FA Cup Final | £1441 | 14/9/2008 |
| Jugoslavija - England | £1249.99 | 26/11/2008 | |
| Torpedo Moscow v Cardiff City | 1967/68 European Cup Winners Cup | £1,205 | 28/02/2010 |
| Manchester United Vs Portsmouth | 1946/47 Postponed League Match | £1,171.00 | Feb 2011 |
| Vojvodina v Rangers | 1968/69 European Cup | £1,000 | 28/9/2008 |
| Bolton Wanderers v West Ham United | 1923 FA Cup Final | £953.00 | 14/9/2008 |
| Bolton v Manchester City | 1926 FA Cup Final | £920.51 | 22/09/2008 |
| Ferencvaros v Leeds United | 1958 Fairs Cup Final | £921.00 | 30/11/2008 |
| Bolton Wanderers v. Portsmouth | 1929 FA Cup Final | £871.51 | 30/11/2008 |
| Birmigham City v WBA | 1932 FA Cup Final | £852.00 | 26/10/2008 |
| Vojvodina V Celtic | European Cup 1966/67 | £850.00 | 9/9/2008 |
| Arsenal v Huddersfield | 1930 FA Cup Final | £841.23 | 22/09/2008 |
| Blackburn v Huddersfield | 1928 FA Cup Final | £820.00 | 22/09/2008 |
| Cardiff City v Sheffield United | 1925 FA Cup Final | £797.00 | 22/09/2008 |
| Arsenal v Newcastle United | 1932 FA Cup Final | £745.00 | 23/10/2008 |
| Arsenal v Newcastle United | 1932 FA Cup Final | £721 | 10/05/2009 |
| Blackburn v Huddersfield | 1928 FA Cup Final | £695.08 | 04/12/2008 |
| Manchester United v Millwall | 1933 Div 1 | £670.00 | 5/10/2008 |
| Rangers v Hearts | 1946 Scottish League Cup Semi-Final | £650.00 | 9/5/2009 |
| Manchester City v Portsmouth | 1934 FA Cup Final | £625.00 | 3/9/2008 |
| Real Madrid v Liverpool | 1981 European Cup Final | £620.00 | 3/10/2008 |
| Manchester United v Newcastle Utd | 1952 Charity Shield | £620.00 | 8/9/2008 |
| Stoke City v Manchester United | 1946 League Division One | £591.00 | 10/05/2009 |
| Grimsby v Manchester United | 1946 Div 1 | £580.00 | 12/10/2008 |
| Inter Milan v Real Madrid | European Cup Final 1964 | £565.76 | 31/8/2008 |
| Manchester United v Newcastle United | 1952 Charity Shield | £550.00 | 29/08/2008 |
| Gillingham v Bournemouth | Friendly | £550.00 | 2/9/2008 |
| Everton V Manchester City | 1933 FA Cup Final | £513.89 | 14/8/2008 |
| Kamraterna V Liverpool | 1951 | £509.99 | 3/12/2008 |
| Ilford Vs Bournemouth Gasworks | 1930 Amateur Cup Final | £489.00 | 17/9/2008 |
Away from football programmes on eBay, during November 2008 at a Northampton auction a 1924 FA Cup Final between Aston Villa and Newcastle fetched £5,750, while at the same time a 1927 FA Cup Final between Arsenal and Cardiff realised £1,712. Above on eBay a copy of the 1962 League Cup Final went for £1464 whereas at this auction it went for £1826.
A recent auction (September 2008) held in Norfolk by auctioneers Keys a 1910 FA Cup Final programmes went under the hammer for £3,000.
Keys Auctioneers, of Norfolk, said the owner did not realise he had the item until it fell out of an old book.
"Most old football programmes we see are in rather poor condition, but this one has nothing more than a slight crease - and the owner didn't even know he had it."
The ''Munich Air disaster'' happened in 1957, when Manchester United were returning from Red Star Belgrade, whom they were playing in the European Cup, recently a Football Programme from the match was sold at auction (September 2008) for £2,750 again football programmes that were for a match of some significant are quite collectable football programmes.
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