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Programme collectors

Post by groove » Tue Jan 16, 2024 3:24 pm

Hello
There are 1947 Cup Final programmes on ebay for circa £200. Is that a reasonable price and are they likely to be genuine and not repro"s. Thanks in advance.

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Re: Programme collectors

Post by evensteadiereddie » Tue Jan 16, 2024 3:57 pm

That's quite expensive, tbh.
There do come up in other auctions cheaper than that.
I'd sit back for a few weeks and note the other prices being asked.
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Re: Programme collectors

Post by evensteadiereddie » Tue Jan 16, 2024 4:03 pm

Sign on to the saleroom.com for football programme auction alerts.
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Re: Programme collectors

Post by evensteadiereddie » Tue Jan 16, 2024 4:07 pm

There's one up on eBay at the mo for £109 or offer.
Not mine, I hasten to add.
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Re: Programme collectors

Post by sjb » Tue Jan 16, 2024 4:14 pm

Far too high a price. This programme comes up all the time on eBay and I wouldn't be paying more than £50 for it if I needed it. Much more collectible are the 5 different 'Pirate' programmes issued for the game.
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Re: Programme collectors

Post by groove » Tue Jan 16, 2024 4:23 pm

Great info. Thanks for all your replies.

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Re: Programme collectors

Post by groove » Tue Jan 16, 2024 4:25 pm

sjb wrote:
Tue Jan 16, 2024 4:14 pm
Far too high a price. This programme comes up all the time on eBay and I wouldn't be paying more than £50 for it if I needed it. Much more collectible are the 5 different 'Pirate' programmes issued for the game.
I had no idea there were 'pirate' programmes. Thanks for the info.

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Re: Programme collectors

Post by evensteadiereddie » Tue Jan 16, 2024 4:35 pm

They're on eBay too.
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Re: Programme collectors

Post by FCBurnley » Tue Jan 16, 2024 4:48 pm

Not a rare prog. Was pre eBay but many were flushed out that drove down the price of all but the rarest of programs
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Re: Programme collectors

Post by elwaclaret » Tue Jan 16, 2024 5:27 pm

groove wrote:
Tue Jan 16, 2024 3:24 pm
Hello
There are 1947 Cup Final programmes on ebay for circa £200. Is that a reasonable price and are they likely to be genuine and not repro"s. Thanks in advance.
Was £25 back when I got mine.. in the mid/late 1980’s. I suspect the asking price is not wide of the mark, but you probably can find it cheaper if you look around and take your time.
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Re: Programme collectors

Post by MDWat » Tue Jan 16, 2024 7:43 pm

I have practically every home programme from 1955-2019 and willing to sell the whole collection for a reasonable price. I also have some pre-1955 but not full seasons, just 2-3 per season.

Let me know if anyone is interested.

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Re: Programme collectors

Post by sjb » Tue Jan 16, 2024 9:06 pm

MDWat wrote:
Tue Jan 16, 2024 7:43 pm
I have practically every home programme from 1955-2019 and willing to sell the whole collection for a reasonable price. I also have some pre-1955 but not full seasons, just 2-3 per season.

Let me know if anyone is interested.
Do you have the postponed home game against Huddersfield on 9th December 1972?

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Re: Programme collectors

Post by ClaretTony » Tue Jan 16, 2024 9:37 pm

sjb wrote:
Tue Jan 16, 2024 9:06 pm
Do you have the postponed home game against Huddersfield on 9th December 1972?
I do

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Re: Programme collectors

Post by sjb » Tue Jan 16, 2024 10:17 pm

Probably the most difficult Burnley postwar home to obtain

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Re: Programme collectors

Post by MDWat » Wed Jan 17, 2024 5:31 pm

sjb wrote:
Tue Jan 16, 2024 9:06 pm
Do you have the postponed home game against Huddersfield on 9th December 1972?
I do not!

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Re: Programme collectors

Post by Rosehill Claret » Wed Jan 17, 2024 7:06 pm

sjb wrote:
Tue Jan 16, 2024 10:17 pm
Probably the most difficult Burnley postwar home to obtain
How mang copies do you reckon went into circulation?

Another rare one is v Nottingham Forest, League Cup, January 1961.

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Re: Programme collectors

Post by sjb » Wed Jan 17, 2024 7:48 pm

Rosehill Claret wrote:
Wed Jan 17, 2024 7:06 pm
How mang copies do you reckon went into circulation?

Another rare one is v Nottingham Forest, League Cup, January 1961.
I've only seen about 5 - the last one on eBay went for about £125.

Yes that Forest single sheet is tricky, but the full programme from the postponed game is probably even rarer.

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Re: Programme collectors

Post by BacupClaret » Thu Jan 18, 2024 1:33 pm

Has anyone got any of these 3 home progs for sale please?

1948/49 v Chelsea.
1951/52 v Chelsea.
1952/53 v Tottenham.

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Re: Programme collectors

Post by It Is What It Is » Thu Jan 18, 2024 2:19 pm

What year was our first footy programme....anybody know?

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Re: Programme collectors

Post by sjb » Thu Jan 18, 2024 3:08 pm

BacupClaret wrote:
Thu Jan 18, 2024 1:33 pm
Has anyone got any of these 3 home progs for sale please?

1948/49 v Chelsea.
1951/52 v Chelsea.
1952/53 v Tottenham.
The Tottenham one is very hard to obtain. Without checking my collection I think it's a 4 pager. You'll do well to get it for less than £100.

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Re: Programme collectors

Post by sjb » Thu Jan 18, 2024 3:10 pm

It Is What It Is wrote:
Thu Jan 18, 2024 2:19 pm
What year was our first footy programme....anybody know?
Officially it was the opening game of the 1912/13 season against Glossop North End, but a few years ago some issues from 1909ish appeared - they were produced by the Burnley Express I think, & were bought by a top Burnley collector who lives in the South. I know I was priced out of them!

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Re: Programme collectors

Post by It Is What It Is » Thu Jan 18, 2024 4:23 pm

sjb wrote:
Thu Jan 18, 2024 3:10 pm
Officially it was the opening game of the 1912/13 season against Glossop North End, but a few years ago some issues from 1909ish appeared - they were produced by the Burnley Express I think, & were bought by a top Burnley collector who lives in the South. I know I was priced out of them!
Well interesting that!
There must be a 1914 FA Cup Final programme when we won it v Liverpool 1-0.
Love to just see a picture of it with the teams on.

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Re: Programme collectors

Post by sjb » Thu Jan 18, 2024 4:54 pm

There was indeed a programme for the 1914 Cup Final. It's just a 4 page card issue, black & white, with the team line ups, details of past finals & of the brass band entertainment to be provided for spectators. The last one I saw at auction went for just short of £5000, whilst a Royal Box issue, complete with silk ribbon, fetched £6500. Unfortunately I don't have a copy to show a photo, but if you Google '1914 FA Cup Final Programme' there are several images.

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Re: Programme collectors

Post by RammyClaret61 » Fri Jan 19, 2024 10:22 am

It Is What It Is wrote:
Thu Jan 18, 2024 2:19 pm
What year was our first footy programme....anybody know?
This programme for the first game of the 1905 season is quoted as being the first ever matchday programme. Not sure if that’s true. Or just WBA first programme.
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Re: Programme collectors

Post by Royboyclaret » Fri Jan 19, 2024 10:44 am

That's just a bit special, RammyClaret61.

And for good measure we won 2-1, McFarlane and Murphy the scorers.

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Re: Programme collectors

Post by Spijed » Fri Jan 19, 2024 11:09 am

sjb wrote:
Tue Jan 16, 2024 4:14 pm
Far too high a price. This programme comes up all the time on eBay and I wouldn't be paying more than £50 for it if I needed it. Much more collectible are the 5 different 'Pirate' programmes issued for the game.
I think these are the five
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Re: Programme collectors

Post by sjb » Fri Jan 19, 2024 11:56 am

RammyClaret61 wrote:
Fri Jan 19, 2024 10:22 am
This programme for the first game of the 1905 season is quoted as being the first ever matchday programme. Not sure if that’s true. Or just WBA first programme.

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I presume that's a copy - it comes up quite a lot on eBay. It may be WBA's first programme but its certainly not the first featuring Burnley. Last year I sold our away issue at Sheffield United from November 1899 and I'm pretty sure I've seen a programme from a Burnley friendly at Everton in the late 1880s/early 1890s.

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Re: Programme collectors

Post by sjb » Fri Jan 19, 2024 11:56 am

Spijed wrote:
Fri Jan 19, 2024 11:09 am
I think these are the five
Indeed they are. I have all those.

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Re: Programme collectors

Post by StayingDown4Ever » Fri Jan 19, 2024 1:28 pm

Does anyone remember that newsagents that used to be in Padiham on Burnley Road on the corner of (Milton Street)?

They used to sell loads of old programmes from 40’s onwards I think. I got quite a few from there.

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Re: Programme collectors

Post by RammyClaret61 » Sat Jan 20, 2024 4:53 am

sjb wrote:
Fri Jan 19, 2024 11:56 am
I presume that's a copy - it comes up quite a lot on eBay. It may be WBA's first programme but its certainly not the first featuring Burnley. Last year I sold our away issue at Sheffield United from November 1899 and I'm pretty sure I've seen a programme from a Burnley friendly at Everton in the late 1880s/early 1890s.
I’m sure it is a copy. The quality is way to good. Plus the paper is slightly glossy.

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