1000's of programs dating back to the 50s (mostly Leeds)

[IanHornby84]

hi there,
my partners father passed away in March last year and left us with a couple of thousand programs dating back to the 50s. he was a massive Leeds supporter,so would say about 90% of them are from the Yorkshire lot.we are moving soon, and sadly we have no use for (I'm a spurs man and have already came across a few Chelsea numbers from the 50's and 60's which I definitely don't want them in the new house lol). we have no idea what theyre worth,so would be fantastic if any of you guys could help out or maybe have some leads.
thanks again,
ian

[TheMusic]

Hi Ian, there's an eminent and very fair dealer specialising in Leeds United memorabilia called Mick Hewitt who collects Leeds and runs his business with his son Alex. In 20+ years of collecting I've never heard a bad word about him so I'd suggest you contact him (Tel: 07860 192787, email: HEWITTPROG @aol.com) if you want an easy, honest deal.

Your other decent option is putting them into Sportingold's or Sporting Memorys' auctions. f you want to go through the collection in more detail, you'd probably get the most money by selling them in smaller lots (but individually pre-1965 or if they're European aways, friendlies... etc) on eBay, but that will be more time-consuming.

Good luck and if there are any European match tickets in there, I'd be happy to hear about them!

[IanHornby84]

Thank you so much for the reply buddy.
Sadly there's no match stubs in there, but quite a few programmes from European and international games (literally just picked up a Crystal Palace v Real Madrid one from 1961).
i'll drop mick a message now.
Thanks again

[boltfromtheblue]

hi ian...........I have been buying and selling since 1964 that's 54 years,if you don't have any luck selling the collection for the price you were looking for let me know,i am now retired so can normally get to see collections the same or next day especially if you want them out of the way quickly............thanks peter................

[IanHornby84]

hi Peter.
we're genuinely not sure what they're worth buddy. found what looks like a few old gems in there (just came across George Best's debut for Ireland against Wales).
can I ask where you live? we're in Mansfield

[boltfromtheblue]

stoke on trent..............

[IanHornby84]

we're away in Scotland from tomorrow - Monday pal.but could certainly sort something out since we're only 45 minutes away. are you on facebook (I find it much easier to send photos on there than here haha)

[IanHornby84]

Programme list:
Wales v Ireland 15/4/1964 – Vetch field (a young unknown George Best made his debut)
Wales v Scotland 3/10/1964 – Nianan Park
Celtic v valencia 24/10/1962 – celtic park
Rangers v celtic 15/5/1963 (cup final replay) hampden
Arsenal v leeds 2/3/1968 (football league cup final) wembley
Everton v leeds 27/4/1968 (semi final FA Cup)
Leeds v Chelsea 29/4/1967 (semi final FA Cup) villa park
Hendon v Whitby 24/4/1965 (FA Amateur cup)
Motherwell v celtic 27/3/1965 (Scottish cup semi final) hampden
England v Scotland 15/4/1967 (European championship) wembley
England v wales 8/5/1965 (under 18s internationals) Elland road
Leeds united a.f.c – the triumphant year! Official publication of leeds united players 1965
Jules rimet cup championship England 1966 – official souvenir programme
England v argentina 22/5/1974 wembley
Scotland v Portugal 26/3/1980 hampden
Soccer review number 4 (60s)
Tsv munchen 1860 v west ham 19/5/1965 wembley
England v wales 19/3/1966 (youth international) county ground Northampton
Wales v Denmark 1/12/1965 (world cup international match) Wrexham
England v rest of the world 23/10/1963 wembley
England v Switzerland 9/5/1962 wembley
England v wales 18/11/1964 wembley
England v Austria 20/10/1965 wembley
England v Ireland 10/11/1965 wembley
Rangers v internazionale milan of Italy (holders of the world championship) 3/3/1965
Shamrock rovers v Manchester united 14/8/1964 glenmalure park,milltown,Dublin
Europees jeugd-tornooi (eufa nederland 1964)
Sir Stanley Matthews v world stars 28/4/1965 victoria ground stoke
Leeds v Liverpool FA Cup final 1964-65 (The Queen and Philp on the front cover)
England v Czechoslovakia 7/4/1965 (under 23s elland road)
Coleraine v Glenavon 24/4/1965 (irish cup final) Windsor park Belfast
England v Scotland 10/4/1965 wembley
Leeds v Vancouver whitecaps 5/3/1980 (david Harvey testimonial) elland road

[IanHornby84]

[Pete’s Picture Palace]

IanHornby84 wrote:

Thank you so much for the reply buddy. Sadly there's no match stubs in there, but quite a few programmes from European and international games (literally just picked up a Crystal Palace v Real Madrid one from 1961). i'll drop mick a message now. Thanks again

The date was 18th April 1962 and the programme might be worth £1-£2 on a good day.

Good luck with the others, Mick Hewitt is one of the good guys.

[IanHornby84]

cheers Pete

[IanHornby84]

leeds at Elland Road

[IanHornby84]

Leeds – Elland Road

V Birmingham City 1956-1957
V Birmingham city 1958-1959
V Chelsea 1959-1960
V blackburn rovers 59-60
V Newcastle 59-60
V Southampton 60-61
V Scunthorpe 26/12/61
V bury 5/9/62
V derby 6/1/62
V luton 24/3/62
V preston 16/11/63
V Swansea 30/11/63
V sunderland 26/12/63
V Mansfield 25/9/63
V Swindon 14/9/63
V Rotherham 28/6/63
V Charlton 16/4/63
V Huddersfield 11/5/63
V Grimsby 30/3/63
V Swansea 22/10/63
V preston 13/4/63
V man city 11/1/64
V Scunthorpe 15/2/64
V Huddersfield 22/2/64
V Villa 14/10/64
V Nottingham forest 26/9/64
V Fulham 30/9/64
V blackpool 16/9/64
V Leicester 12/9/64
V Liverpool 26/8/64
V wolves 29/8/64
V Sheffield united 31/10/64
V west brom 28/11/64
V villa 12/12/64
V arsenal 11/11/64
V everton 25/1/64
V Juventus 8/4/64
V Plymouth 18/4/64
V Newcastle 30/3/64
V leyton 4/4/64
V Grimsby 32/3/64
V burnley 30/10/65
V Northampton town 16/10/65
V Torino 29/9/65
V west ham 3/4/65
V everton 20/3/65

[Auchinleckian]

Whilst there are no stand out programmes in there that would fetch decent money, there are programmes - that if you have the time and patience - would fect between £2 and £4 each. Collectively, that would be the best way to sell to maximise your profit, but if you're looking to sell quickly Mick would probably be your best bet, but don't expect any kind of huge amount for them he'd have to sit on them himself for long enough.

[IanHornby84]

V burnley 15/3/65
V blackburn 25/9/65
V sheff united 11/9/65
V everton 30/1/65
V Tottenham 15/9/65
V west ham 3/4/65
V sheff wed 20/4/65
V sunderland 21/8/65
V Nottingham forest 4/9/65
V Villa 1/9/65
V Liverpool 28/12/65
V S.C. Leipzig 1/12/65
V sunderland 2/1/65
V southport 9/1/65
V Chelsea 23/1/65
V west brom 11/12/65
V everton 30/1/65
V Grenville hair (testimonial) 15/11/65
V Manchester united 17/4/65
V sunderland 21/8/65
V villa 1/9/65
V stoke 5/4/65
V real Zaragoza 11/5/66
V everton 16/4/66
V Fulham 12/4/66
V Newcastle 30/4/66
V real Zaragoza 27/4/66
V Chelsea 4/4/66
V blackpool 26/3/66
V bury 22/1/66
V Valencia 2/2/66
V Manchester united 12/1/66
V stoke 15/1/66
V Leicester 12/3/66
V west ham 5/2/66
V Ujpesti S.C. 2/3/66
V sheff Wednesday 1/1/66

[IanHornby84]

Auchinleckian wrote:

Whilst there are no stand out programmes in there that would fetch decent money, there are programmes - that if you have the time and patience - would fect between £2 and £4 each. Collectively, that would be the best way to sell to maximise your profit, but if you're looking to sell quickly Mick would probably be your best bet, but don't expect any kind of huge amount for them he'd have to sit on them himself for long enough.

we was thinking about doing them as a job lot due to the 100s of other teams in there too pal.

[TheMusic]

If you can list the games as you just have now and would rather let the market decide the price than take a dealer's offer (such as Mick's or the gentleman's above), then auctioning them all in one lot for 10 days on eBay could be useful to you. Just make sure you describe or photograph any with major faults, e.g. tears, splits, punched holes, writing, parts or pages missing... etc. I'd imagine you'd get three figures for them all. By the way, the George Best debut programme looks to be worth around 20-30 pounds in good condition.