35+38 FA Cup final Programme, Ticket+songsheet

[ForestMick]

What would be a reasonable price to pay for these? They both came up at my local auction house today, and I bid on both, but not that familiar with programmes and prices from this era, probably stopped short. The '35 final wasn't in great condition, it had a fold which had caused a lot of damage to the cover, but it did come with a good condition ticket and songsheet. I stopped bidding at £200, so the guy got it for £210. The '38 final programme was in better condition, and also had a good condition ticket and song sheet. I stopped bidding at around £250, and the guy got it for £280. Part of me wanted to keep on bidding for this one, as it was in good condition, but didnt want to take too big a gamble, but I was quite happy not to get the '35 final, as the co9ndition was so poor.

There was also a 1935 Arsenal v Derby programme that I bid up to £40, which went for £45, again I wasn't sure of value so didnt want to go too far.

So, any advice on value of the above would be appreciated. I would point out that I haven't bought these, so I'm not going to run to ebay with them as soon as I've got rough ideas of value, I just want to learn a bit more about values of programmes from this era as a collector.
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[Wullie]

Looking at the photos, the 1935 programme appears terrible, i wouldn't want to bid for that. I guess the prices are about right if you going to include comission fees on top.

[ForestMick]

That's what I thought about the '35 final, but the guy that bought them was over the moon with both of them!
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[goonerboy]

for the arsenal one (bearing in mind commission) you stopped at the right price...not worth anymore that £50 top whack

[Wullie]

goonerboy wrote:

for the arsenal one (bearing in mind commission) you stopped at the right price...not worth anymore that £50 top whack

you're right about the Arsenal programme, but it did look in top condition. That's the problem i find with pre war Arsenal programmes, so many have horrible rust marks and whilst there are plenty about, very few are in excellent condtion.

[ForestMick]

Thanks for the advice guys, I think a lot of the time you just have to trust your instincts. It was very tempting to bid higher though!!
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