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I did not post this under the shirts as it is different.
A few years back my dad bought me Harold Flemings 1910-11 southern league winners medal at auction. Sadly now I am selling it. Does anybody know of anyone who may want to purchase it? Please note it was bought for £2,000+. Not looking to profit money back will suffice

the club don't want to purchase, just wondered it anybody knew of anyone. I wanted to offer it amongst fans first before private memorabilia collectors

Not interested in buying but would really like to see a pic of it if possible ??

Why not just slap it on e-bay? far wider audience...

of course no problem. Let me find the auction link and post it on here, they took some good closeups. It really is a beautiful piece 

Found the link.

http://www.bonhams.com/eur/auction/11871/lot/331/

 I know the trust got together and tried to buy the whole lot of his medal but a private collector bid stupid prices and won most of the best medals - but not this one  :toocool: The old man did bid for the other league one but got outbid.

I dearly love it, but as you know I have moved abroad, and my father suggested selling it to help fund things. I would have kept it but as he gave me his blessing to sale I will try and do so.

Quality piece of Town nostalgia that. Bit out of my price range unfortunately but nice to see a link to one of the club's real greats.

Email the football league museum in Preston....they may be very interested.

Would love it myself.

It was moved last year to Manchester, but you make a very valid point, I imagine they would be very interested.

Didn't know that Robin......cheers.

Why do the club not want it??!!??

Maybe they think they're in for another Southern league medal in a couple of years

just a bump to say I am moving flats & need every penny I can acquire, and the medal is still  available

Given the pennies rolling in from the Wembley trip, the club may now be more interested. It'd be a shame to see them go to a generic collector.

Agreed, email the club directly but without being pushy at all, hint that you are selling it and they MAY be interested in buying it. Nowt to lose, the PR at the club now is top rate so they will answer.

this is awesome. would make a decent medallion.

I email Nick Watkins a while ago & he said they were not interested in purchasing it - but would happily put it on display for me

Email the supporters club - they may be interested in things like this or know of people that might be interested

Still got it if anybody knows of any interested parties let me know

It's a nice bit of history & all that but.. If you had that valued on the antiques roadshow I doubt they'd say it's worth anywhere near £2k

The only way to determin the true value of an item like this is by auction, I suspect you may be well down on the £2k valuation unfortunately

Would love that Fleming medal.

Having it in a display cabinet somewhere like the club shop for a few home games may get someone interested and would also give fans the chance to have a look. Most fans like to see old memorabilia from their own club.

Real strange that the club will not buy it in my opinion,a real shame.

Not sure when the quoted 2K was paid out for Flemmings medal, but I suspect it was pre 2008.

The world has changed since then. Trinkets like an old England medal have dropped in price as there is little money around for everyday stuff, let alone for an item that would be considered an indulgent purchase by most peoples standards.

I'll give you £500 in cash for it if you're desperate to get some money back on it. Genuine offer.

Raffle it....£20 a ticket,selling a hundred will net you two grande.....and the item will almost certainly stay with a Town Fan.
Selling 75 would get you £1,500.
Of course i am not sure if that is legal....but i reckon with the clubs progress this season you would get a decent response.....i will have 2.........just 98 to go :D

i doubt he'd sell 10 tickets at £20. A non starter

I think he would sell ten on here alone.........though selling 100 would be tough that is granted.

For sure, the price of football memorabilia has not quite collapsed, but damn near so.
I appreciate the offer, however I wouldnt sell it for that

Have you contacted any members of his family? Might sound like a daft question as I presume they sold it in the first place? Apologise if i've missed something.

I would love to have this to go along with my other medals, would look nice indeed. For what it's worth I respect what you are doing those are you and your dads wishes, let's just hope it gets in the hands of a town fan, id love to have it.

Maybe we could all pay £10 each and buy it off the fella then we could give it to the club where it would stay forever, not a bad idea hey?

 :D :D :D :D

I still feel guilty even trying to sale it, in the sense that my boy man bought it and gave it as a present for my 18th.
But I have my life over here now & in order to build it, the money becomes of more use

I'd feel guilty about selling such a thoughtful 18th birthday present too. Are you really that desperate for some extra money? Are you not going to regret this in a few years? I always think in these situations that the money would come in handy but there are ways around that, and in years to come if you still had this possession and perhaps gave it to a grandson for his 18th that'd make you a lot happier than getting your mitts on some extra cash right now.  Just a thought, of a stranger poking his nose in where it's probably not wanted. No offence intended skip!

No, no not at all jan its nice to hear the opinion, not offended in the slightest.
Well the grandson part might be pushing it (not sure any woman would put up with me :-) but my thoughts are exactly that - it was a a gift and although my dad suggested I sell if needed, I wouldnt want to hurt him in doing so. If we got our money back (or there abouts) I'd sale. But for less I'd find a  way to get by (there's always working the Reeperbahn of a weekend :-)

bump.

I'm pretty broke, so if anybody knows of any interested people let me know

Stick it on eBay - you'll get what collectors value it at...

ebay is no good for memorabilia anymore. The ebay market has collapsed, but then to be honest so has the market generally for football memorabilia

Sign of the times no doubt. Not a lot different to houses though. Sounds like you'll either need to sell at a loss or sit tight.

I doubt my gaff is worth what i paid for it 5 years ago so i won't sympathise.

I would however love the medal if i win the lottery.

for sure, the economy has gone to pot, so people don't buy 'treats' which is understandable.
The price of memorabilia was always artificially high for many years. I would even argue that now the prices of such items are at their real value

Quite by coincidence, this story is up on the BBC News website at the moment.

Ex-Manchester United Footballer's Medal Found at Shropshire school (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-18629111)

I appreciate you're not talking like for like (not least because STFC > MUFC), but the £500 valuation mentioned in this piece may well be nearer what the market is now paying for medals like this.  In which case, I would probably buy it off you myself and give it to the club.   :)

(Personally, I'd hold on to it, though.)

Its sad for me that the money is needed more than the medal, but thats life I suppose

I've been selling off my football card collection recently and have been getting very good prices. It's all about supply and demand and if you've got something someone wants then they will pay for it.

Maybe take it to one of the auction houses, they'll likely get the best price selling it in a football specific auction.

Or wait for one of the free listing days on eBay and put it up on buy it now and best offer, to see what interest there is.

Will try my luck on ebay, with best offer & see how it goes.

Now on auction (please note I am open to sensible offers)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Swindon-Town-Southern-Football-League-Winners-Medal-1910-11-Harold-Fleming-/280916651524?pt=UK_SportsMemorabilia_Football_Memorabilia_ET&hash=item4167efee04

Considering the starting bid I wish you good luck.

more in hope that somebody might make an offer.

2.5k for a starting bid probably isnt the best way to go about it. Just have a reserve on it

Matchworn shirts in overvalued memorabilia shocker

it was free listing, so thought I'd give it a go.
Next option is between buy now with best offer, or reserve.

thats because matchwornshirts overpays in the first place :-)

If anyone is seriously interested in it they'll send you a message and make an offer. People watching it is a good sign of interest as well, I watch stuff that I thinks over priced in case it's relished lower.

I don't pay too much attention to people watching figures. Had 25 people watching a really (I mean 5 gbp) item & no bids.
I figured anybody interested would make an offer, so just put it on for what was paid & see. Nothing ventured, nothing gained

Still available and open to (sensible) offers

I think it's time to give up.

2.5k  :girlgiggle: no chance mate. Your asking for sensible offers maybe you should put it at a sensible price.

I always hoped that within the  re-development that Town would have created a museum, and this would have been ideal for it.

the club did have interest in displaying it, but only if it was available on a Bosman.
And given its value. I can't afford to do that

What fucking value?! You're the only person in the world that actually wants the fucking thing. It's basically worthless in a financial sense.

Here's a Man U treble winners medal for £110.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MANCHESTER-UNITED-TREBLE-WINNERS-MEDAL-SET-WITH-COA-/130729887878?pt=UK_SportsMemorabilia_Football_Memorabilia_ET&hash=item1e701bc886

Not strictly true.  At £110, or anything up to £500 maybe, you'd have quite a few takers I would imagine.  The value of anything is, basically, the value that a potential buyer is willing to pay.  Given that no one - and not even the Club - is willing to pay £2,500 tells you that, simply put, the medal is not worth £2,500.

This is a harsh reality, the chance of making back what you paid is pretty unlikely it would seem.

Fair play to you for trying though but your valuation (or value to you) is obviously higher than the actual value to other people.

my local captain cash pawn brokers do a buy back scheme if thats any help? :D

Bought for £2486 in 2005.

I could give 2500 greek drachma.

I wouldn't part with more than £50.

If you were going to accept £250, I'd send you the cash today.  Not what you want to hear, I appreciate.

I can offer you one million Zimbabwe dollars.

I can offer this too, I can pay by Western Union and ill throw in broadbandings too

I better send you my debit card number so you can pay me

I would pay what you are asking if i had the money...i would love to own it.

Do not sell it for peanuts.....you will always regret it.