Old football programs and books

littlelady_1

Looking to sell collection of football programs and books 

soolin

littlelady_1 said:

Looking to sell collection of football programs and books 

They are a difficult sell now, you might be better off trying Facebook marketplace , the eBay fees might be too high for the sort of prices you are likely to get. 

neverlikedpeas

 The last time I looked at the football programmes market one of the biggest dealers only wanted to buy pre 1955 programmes

walwyn1978

If you go on Facebook and join a supporters group for the team/teams who you have programmes for you are more likely to be in touch with people who are interested in programmes. 

I agree with soolin that they’re a hard sell right now, most stuff from the last 20-30 years unless signed or a very special game will be under £1 - a lot of programmes going back to 1990ish were going on my team’s FB supporters group for £1 for 3 or 50p each, just to give you an idea 

p00hsticks

I had to clear out a load of 30-40 year old programmes from my deceased brothers house. 

I offered them free to the relevant team supporters club but they weren't interested in taken them off my hands and told me only pre-1960's one were in any demand. 

They ended up in the paper recycling. 

soolin

p00hsticks said:

I had to clear out a load of 30-40 year old programmes from my deceased brothers house. 

I offered them free to the relevant team supporters club but they weren't interested in taken them off my hands and told me only pre-1960's one were in any demand. 

They ended up in the paper recycling. 

My son had box loads and we joined a couple of supporter forums only to find about half the posts were people trying to flog, or even give away their football programmes.

I suspect rather than charity shop them, they have ended up back in a box in my storage somewhere !

martindow

soolin said:

I suspect rather than charity shop them, they have ended up back in a box in my storage somewhere !

In a few decades they'll be considered old and have acquired some value!

Grumpelstiltskin

Old football programmes do come up at auction.
Look here there are a few lots coming up this Saturday.

Arthur Johnson & Son | Upcoming Auctions | The Saturday Auctions 1st April 2023

WLM21

A few years ago I picked up 100s for free, thinking I had got a bargain.
I sold a couple individually but not many. After several months I sold the remainder as a job lot for about a tenner