1897 F A Cup Final ticket

[sydenham hill]

Just been contacted by a good friend of mine about an 1897 F A Cup Final ticket that has been found in some papers from a person that has recently passed away.
He has asked me for a valuation, which I will happily give to him once I have got some advice.
I have never seen a ticket from this final before but will be meeting up with the new owner of the ticket in the next couple of weeks to take a look at it.
A year or two ago I would have happily quoted a figure of between 2-3 thousand pounds for it, but I am not so sure that is the case now.
I would love to have some guidance from someone on the forum that may be able to give me a current valuation for it
many thanks

[holtie96]

A tricky one for sure,surely it's a straight case if one of the local sports auction houses and protection for all?

[seand]

Strangely enough this is the second time the 1897 FA Cup final has come up on the forum this week.

http://www.footballprogrammece.....light=1897

I wonder if there's the possibility that the ticket is also a reproduction (I'm not casting aspersions, but we all know how hard it can be to be certain, particularly with very old tickets)

[sydenham hill]

Hi Seand, Totally understand your comments regarding the authenticity of the ticket, I too was following the 1897 Cup Final programme, wondering if it was genuine or not, and as I had never heard of the Jackdaw reproduction in 1971, was considering taking a chance on buying it myself, glad I never now. I have been sent a scan of the 1897 ticket, I am pretty sure it is genuine, it has the raised embossed motif on it, which is very difficult to fake, I have got a meeting next month at the Crystal Palace, the guy who`s family own the ticket live around the Crystal Palace area, and is coming to the meeting to show me it.
Obviously I will contact an auction house for a valuation as well but was just wondering if there were anybody on here who specialises in collecting tickets and could give me their valued opinion.

[Dorking]

Not a collector of these myself, but if you could find the results (price realised) for these, it might be a starting point

https://www.grahambuddauctions.co.uk/index.php?keyword=CRYSTAL+PALACE+TICKET&task=search&option=com_bidders&x=0&y=0

[sydenham hill]

Hi Dorking I have checked the past prices these tickets have sold for and they consistently sold for around the 2 thousand pound mark.
Unfortunately the most recent sold ticket which was from from the 1895 final went for just 800 pounds, so is 800 pounds now a more accurate valuation, it probably is as prices for high end tickets and programmes have dropped considerably over the past couple of years.

[Dorking]

I would agree, 800-1000 probably most accurate on recent evidence.

1895 was also a Villa Final

Some of the sports auctioneers who post on here might have an experienced opinion.

[sydenham hill]

Thanks again Dorking, The Guy who owns the ticket might want to sell it, so I would like to give him my honest opinion,, I will probably recommend that he sends it to auction and puts a decent reserve on it to cover himself.