Are replica shirts worth keeping?

[SJF73]

I have some replica shirts from 1990's to 2012. They are not matchworn, just replicas. Most of them I never wear anymore but was wondering should I hang onto them in case they could be worth something in years to come?

[Wullie]

I bloody well would. I have seen some of the prices shirts go for from only a few years back, it's amazing. I have no interest in them myself but there definitely is a market for them.

[Tynie Topics]

Definitely. I sold some old Wimbledon replicas I had from late 80's, early 90's and I got over £50 for each, and they weren't in prefect condition either (plenty beer stains )

I doubt many from the last 10 years will appreciate much, but put them in a bag in the loft and you never know.
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[derby1884]

The only one I own is for the Greenland national team. Can't be many of those going about. Never thought of it having collectability value though.

On the subject of replica shirts, anyone know where I could get a San Marino one?

Not their old powder blue coloured shirt but the new dark blue one.
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[cook]

Sunderland replicas seem to be going up in price Wullie. Some prices on eBay are frightening at times.
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[holtie96]

Now here is a tale! When I was 14 in 1984 I went on a football tour to Belgium and watched Beerschot play. As you do I bought a purple football shirt which bizarrely had no badge but was the club's strip. I also bought a scarf and pennant.
Well a few years ago my mum was having a clear out and found some of my teenage items, all bagged up for either the charity shop or recycling. For a laugh I said mum people buy all sorts on ebay I bet I can sell it. I listed the shirt at 99p and mistakenly called it a Germinal Beerschot shirt. Within minutes contact came from Belgium saying Beerschot not Germinal Beerschot went bust some years ago.....
To my mum's amazement this old worn football shirt sold for £102!
Seizing the moment the scarf and pennant went on immediate ebay auction making £50 and £30 respectively.
Not bad for something that was going to the recycling depot!
The buyers in Belgium were thrilled!
Wonders never cease to amaze me

[littlewiggy]

Back around 1989 / 1990 I was last man standing in my mam's old house, after all the family had either died or moved away.

When I left, I hired four skips to empty the place.
The house and loft was full of all the childhood toys and suchlike belonging to my two grown-up sisters and me, all quite well looked after.

Plus my parents had been natural hoarders, so the cupboards were chocker with items and gadgets from the 50s, 60s & 70s, the old man's book collections, boxes of old vinyl, not to mention plenty of items of what would be considered chic retro furniture now, etc etc.

It was long before eBay and the internet, so being a young lad, I just wanted out of there, so everything went into these piled high skips or straight to the nearest rubbish dump.

I can't tell you how much I've regretted my rash behaviour since, seeing what this sort of stuff goes for on eBay and the like.

I'd have made a fortune.



Then a few years later I did exactly the same with my Nan's house as a favour to my mam, after she passed away.
Now that was a treasure trove of what I mistakenly thought was useless, prehistoric old tat.

Never has the saying 'if only I knew then what I know now' been more apt.

[Cercle-Scottie]

holtie96 wrote:

Now here is a tale! When I was 14 in 1984 I went on a football tour to Belgium and watched Beerschot play. As you do I bought a purple football shirt which bizarrely had no badge but was the club's strip. I also bought a scarf and pennant. Well a few years ago my mum was having a clear out and found some of my teenage items, all bagged up for either the charity shop or recycling. For a laugh I said mum people buy all sorts on ebay I bet I can sell it. I listed the shirt at 99p and mistakenly called it a Germinal Beerschot shirt. Within minutes contact came from Belgium saying Beerschot not Germinal Beerschot went bust some years ago..... To my mum's amazement this old worn football shirt sold for £102! Seizing the moment the scarf and pennant went on immediate ebay auction making £50 and £30 respectively. Not bad for something that was going to the recycling depot! The buyers in Belgium were thrilled! Wonders never cease to amaze me

You wouldn't have picked up any stuff from Cercle Brugge on that trip, would you?

[matt blue]

Im sure you wont the last person to do it....im sure some people in the 50s and 60s had programmes from the 20s and 30s who thought the same and just chucked them all out.

If I could go back in time id go back to 24 and buy a wedge of the cup final programme ---especially with the price they are at these days

littlewiggy wrote:

Back around 1989 / 1990 as last man standing in my mam's old house, after all the family had either died or moved away. When I left, I hired four skips to empty the place. The house and loft was full of all the childhood toys and suchlike belonging to my two grown-up sisters and me, all quite well looked after. Plus my parents had been natural hoarders, so the cupboards were chocker with items and gadgets from the 50s, 60s & 70s, the old man's book collections, boxes of old vinyl, not to mention plenty of items of what would be considered chic retro furniture now, etc etc. It was long before eBay and the internet, so being a young lad, I just wanted out of there, so everything went into these piled high skips or straight to the nearest rubbish dump. I can't tell you how much I've regretted my rash behaviour since, seeing what this sort of stuff goes for on eBay and the like. I'd have made a fortune. Then a few years later I did exactly the same with my Nan's house as a favour to my mam, after she passed away. Now that was a treasure trove of what I mistakenly thought was useless, prehistoric old tat. Never has the saying 'if only I knew then what I know now' been more apt.

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