The Fergus Reid Collection of Irish Football Programmes will be a feature at Whyte’s Eclectic Collector sale in Dublin on September 9. A devoted Bohemians supporters he was a lifelong collector of football programmes. The collection follows the story of Irish football from the 1930’s to the new millennium. The earliest international programme is for Ireland v Hungary in Dalymount Park in December 1936. Some of the most sought after are for matches between domestic teams and the giants of European football like the game between Manchester United and a Home Farm selection at Dalymount Park in 1956 less than two years before the Munich air disaster. The match programme is signed by teams and managers.
Collectibles including historical documents and artefacts, sporting memorabilia, militaria, coins, banknotes, rare books, silverware and curios will all feature in this sale. The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection:
Busby’s Babes v Home Farm Selection, 1956 UPDATE: THIS MADE 210 EURO
IRELAND V. HUNGARY 1936 UPDATE: THIS MADE 420 AT HAMMER
19TH CENTURY SOUTHERN AFRICAN SPEARS UPDATE: THESE MADE 170 AT HAMMER
AN EDWARD VII GOLD SOVEREIGN UPDATE: THIS MADE 240 EURO
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