Football Programmes

[TheDon69]

Is it still the case that there is very little or no demand for Football Programmes? I can see that this matter was raised some months ago, and the responses were not very positive, but no doubt honest opinions. I need to sell my collection of programmes, which cover the seasons 1970/71 through to 2015/16. All home programmes in good to excellent condition. There is over 1200 home programmes in 62 STFC official binders (the binders are in excellent condition). I also have a number of away programmes that I would include in the deal. I have seen STFC programmes for sale in charity shops at 30p each and the latest binders were £12 each from the club shop. So, I was thinking 1200 programmes at 20p each = £240 plus, say, 60 binders at £5 each = £300. I would take £500 for the whole collection. It really is a superb collection created over decades.
The collection is very heavy, so buyer would need to collect (I live in Swindon). I would not want to "break up" the collection, so sold as a job lot only.  I have been reading this forum for years, but this is my first posting, so please be gentle with your responses and thank you for taking the time to read this.   

[Batch]

Hi, thanks for posting.

Its not for me but wish you well in finding them a suitable new home.

[Lardy Cake]

I’m in exactly the same boat as you Don69. I have a collection of home and away Swindon programmes from the early seventies up to the late eighties plus numerous older and I guess more collectable programmes. I have tried previously to pass them on to someone who might want them but had no luck.
It’s a shame really but there seems to be next to no interest in football programmes these days. Mine will end up in the recycling bin before much longer. At least the Mrs will be pleased when they are gone. 

[Bedford Red]

I think you will find it hard to get a buyer unfortunately.

I've got Swindon programmes back to the 2nd world war and just a few before, and anything 60's onwards is not worth anything really (apart from the odd rare one) and even some 50's ones go for peanuts on e-bay.

As and when i peg it (hopefully not for a long time) i've left instructions to see if the supporters club want them, and if not to try an auction house for the rarer ones and the rest to go in the recycling bin. None of my family would want them, or waste years listing them all on e-bay, and making nothing on 90% of them.

[Ƭ̵̬̊: The Artist Formerly Known as CWIG]

10 to 15 years ago there was virtually no demand for old football shirts either and now they go for loads. I suspect if you hold on to them they'll be a different value to them in future.

[TheDon69]

Just a message to say "Many thanks" to the people that kindly responded to my original posting. I think I read somewhere that there are now more than twelve EFL clubs that no longer print a matchday programme. I find that very sad, but I guess technology is driving the "ways of the world" (how long before cash disappears I wonder?). As for me holding onto the programmes for, say, fifteen years, I suspect I might be having a long rest in a box as I will be nearly 85 years old by then.

Many thanks again.

[adje]

Just a message to say "Many thanks" to the people that kindly responded to my original posting. I think I read somewhere that there are now more than twelve EFL clubs that no longer print a matchday programme. I find that very sad, but I guess technology is driving the "ways of the world" (how long before cash disappears I wonder?). As for me holding onto the programmes for, say, fifteen years, I suspect I might be having a long rest in a box as I will be nearly 85 years old by then.

Many thanks again.

I'm a similar age and I,too, find the decline of the match day programme sad. I guess it's a childhood memory thing, the fact that as a kid I knew I was actually going to the game when my dad bought the programme and also getting it signed by as many players as possible after the game, a tradition carried on by my lads when they were kids. I still have them from 1968 to the present day and still feel the disappointment when clubs( e.g. Stevenage) no longer produce them. As for getting rid of em, I'll leave that to the kids!

[Legends-Lounge]

I have also got boxes of STFC progs. 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, 00’s, 10’s & 20’s in varying amounts. Other clubs, too. Anglo Italian, League Cup Final. Had hoped that some day that they’d be worth something to hand onto the DNA. 🙄