Sporting Memorabilia & Equipment
This sector of the art and antiques market often generates big headlines in the general media – not least when an auction record for 1966 World Cup is set for example. But the market is extremely wide and varied. Here there really is something for everyone at every price level, whether a buyer focuses on football programmes, historic golf clubs or fishing tackle.
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Panini Mexico 70 stickers are the pick of the bunch
19 December 2022The Panini company, founded by two brothers in Modena in 1961, began life producing football cards of Serie A teams.
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Scottish football shirt bought by a Texas Ranger
19 December 2022A happy football fan in Texas – quite possibly with Caledonian roots – is now the proud owner of the first jersey to come to auction from Rangers’ 1972 European Cup Winners’ Cup triumph over Dynamo Moscow.
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Olympic swimmer Rose set a gold standard
19 December 2022Murray Rose (1939-2012) became the youngest Olympian to win three gold medals during one Games, aged just 17 in 1956.
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Olympic Games collection comes up in Cardiff saleroom
19 December 2022Anthemion (20% buyer’s premium) in Cardiff offered an extensive selection of Olympic Games memorabilia at auction.
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Ascot Gold Cups gallop in on same day
19 December 2022While Ascot Gold Cups are not uncommon, the sight of two heading down the home straight to a rostrum finish on the same day was definitely rare.
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Famed E&J Burke baseball and beer poster emerges in Berkshire auction
19 December 2022The authorities in Qatar may not think so, but beer and sport can perform rather well together.
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Super-rare cigarette card of legendary football star Steve Bloomer fuels five-figure bid
05 December 2022A rare cigarette card featuring one of England’s top goal-scorers sold for a spectacular £25,900.
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Splash out on a boating trophy
14 November 2022The sale of maritime antiques at Charles Miller (24% buyer’s premium) in London on November 1 included a number of silver boating trophies from the Royal Naval Club & Royal Albert Yacht Club, Portsmouth – most of them well received by the collecting audience.
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News in Brief – including Alan Ball’s 1966 World Cup winner's medal up at auction
14 November 2022A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the 1966 World Cup winner’s medal won by England’s Alan Ball being offered next month.
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Letter: Reel was really an Allcocks
07 November 2022Re: Bid Barometer, ATG No 2565. As the successful purchaser of the fishing reel sold by Mitchells of Cockermouth on October 14 which was illustrated within Bid Barometer I feel I must drop you a line regarding this.
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The Swede sell of success at fishing tackle fair
07 November 2022A dealer who acquired a long-closed angling shop is bringing a Swedish touch via Suffolk to the annual National Vintage Fishing Tackle Fair.
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Hugh got his skates on in Edinburgh 221 years ago
24 October 2022The sale at The Auction Centre (20% buyer’s premium) in Runcorn, Cheshire, on September 30 included this rare George III Scottish silver member’s badge for The Edinburgh Skating Club – the world’s first figure skating organisation.
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News in Brief – including the Maradona ‘Hand of God’ football coming to auction
17 October 2022A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the football from the infamous Argentina v England match coming to auction.
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Sports medals: FA Cup hero and a show-jumping legend
10 October 2022The game between Arsenal v Manchester United in 1979 provided one of the greatest finishes in FA Cup final history.
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Rare autograph of England’s first-ever football captain emerges at auction
29 August 2022Two sporting ‘firsts’ are being marked by lots coming up in separate auctions this month.
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‘Lisbon Lions’ link makes the difference to result
22 August 2022In its catalogue notes for the July 22 Scottish Greats: Football, Golf, Fishing and more sale, McTear’s (24% buyer’s premium) was careful to say regarding a football shirt on offer that it could give no guarantee it was exactly as billed.
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I’ll definitely swap for a Billy Meredith…
22 August 2022The appetite for early Manchester United memorabilia is strong – even for a player who started out at their arch-rivals
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ATG letter: My cricket bat now has a hint of royalty
18 July 2022I was enjoying reading the article on the queen’s brooch, which sold recently (ATG No 2550), when I was surprised to come across the name of Ray Lindwall, the scourge of English cricket in the 1950s.
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Brothers brought South American magic via Barnsley
13 June 2022Long before Mirandinha, Faustino Asprilla and Nolberto Solano graced the hallowed turf of Newcastle United’s St James’ Park, two brothers paved the way for South American footballers to play professionally in England.
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Ideas to get into the swing of it
06 June 2022With Wimbledon on the way at the end of the month we look at options for memorabilia
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