The shirt of Alexandre PATO, worn during the (first half?) of Milan-Napoli (5-2), played at San Siro 13 January 2008 is up for auction at the Official milan store .
Pato made his first ever goal in this first official match for AC Milan at San Siro. The highest bid at this moment is € 16.027,00
We missed out on this auction that was held a few weeks ago. Lots of rare vintage matchworn football shirts went under the hammer at Convery Auction House.
Convery Auctions Ltd is a new auction house established by David Convery, the former Head of Sporting Memorabilia at Christies. He brings over 19 years of experience from the auction world and has dealt with some of the most prestigious memorabilia collections in the world of sport such as the Bobby Moore and Geoff Hurst Collections. Convery Auctions Ltd specialises in Sporting Memorabilia including football, cricket, tennis, golf, boxing and the majority of other popular and traditional sports. At present two sales will be held each year
With soccer's share of great teams, superb athletes, exceptional events, and its recent rise in popularity State-side, the American market for Soccer memorabilia has a bright future.
Today American soccer collectors will spend up to $250 for a Freddy Adu signed ball and possibly up to $1,000 for a ball autographed by members of the 1999 U.S. Women’s World Cup winning team. Since the American market is still in its infancy though, American collectors would be wise to follow trends set across the pond.
Today, Christie's auction house auctioned around 140 match worn football shirts in South Kensington .The shirt worn by Pele in the First-Half of the 1970 World Cup Final, (Estimated at 50,000 - 80,000 British pounds) went up for auction again. The shirt worn by Mario Zagallo in the 1958 World Cup Final, and one worn by Mario Zagallo in the 1962 World Cup Final were estimated at 10,000 - 15,000 and 8,000 - 12,000 British pounds.
Lot 0090 will show you a match worn Germany national team shirt made by Umbro, and Holland collectors can have a serious laugh at the holland home shirt from 1974 (Lot 0087) ...
This is a simple but effective guide as to how to not get fleeced on eBay when buying football shirts. Follow these simple rules and you should be ok! Remember that for this example, I will be looking at Arsenal Nike tops as they are the most commonly featured. This is the same for Chelsea, Man U, Liverpool etc.
Emmanuel Adebayor may not have shown Derby County much charity at the weekend in scoring three goals againt them, but he shirt he was wearing has raised a small fortune for charity.
The shirt worn by Arsenal's Emmanuel Adebayor when he scored the first hat-trick at the Emirates Stadium has been sold for a cool £50,000, reports The Sun. The Gunners' Togolese striker scored three of Arsenal's goals in their 5-0 victory over Derby County on Saturday, taking his tally to six in his last three Premier League games.
