This George Best shirt, with Bukta and Athletic Stores labels, was recently put up for auction, with interest unsurprisingly high, and a closing bid of £8,000. Best played, most famously, for Manchester United, and while he never appeared on the World...
United - Sir Robert Charlton - and the aforementioned number features his autograph. Reaching a whopping £17,000 at auction, this shouldn’t be a great surprise considering Charlton’s legendary status and the fact that the shirt is from an era when he...
was no more important than its design and general significance in bringing about its sale price. Selling for £6,500 by auction - after an estimate of £1,200-1,500 - the adidas article, complete with Trefoil-incorporating manufacturer’s logo,...
is part of footballing folklore, perhaps partly explaining the hefty sale price of this Juventus shirt. Made available via auction and eventually selling for £12,000, the blue change article was worn by Juve legend Giuseppe Furino and swapped with Leeds...
the global game on the international scene, a ball used in that match was always bound to do well should it go on sale at auction. This example of the gold-tinted “Al Hilm” (“The Dream”) creation that was used in the last four games of the tournament -...
pessimistic estimate of £400-600, this Celtic shirt match-worn by club legend Tommy Gemmell was recently made available at auction. The association with a veritable “Lisbon Lion” in around 1970, and the significance of the specific article combined with...
Recently reaching a closing bid of £22,000 at auction, this Argentina shirt from the (in)famous 1986 World Cup quarter-final win over England is a footballing artefact with few equals. The high price - making a mockery of the £2,600-3,000 estimate - is...
hero from four years earlier claiming the number 10 once again. The closing bid when this vintage item was put up for auction was £8,500 - substantially higher than its £2,000-3,000 estimate. This item was sold by Graham Budd Auctions, a specialist in...
Away shirt, with “SPAIN WORLD CUP FINALS 1982” embroidery below the fully embroidered crest, recently went on sale at auction. Carrying the number 16 of record-breakingly young Spain ‘82 squad member Norman Whiteside, the white design with green...
This Northern Ireland shirt was recently put on sale by Graham Budd Auctions. The green Northern Ireland No.7 international jersey, reputed to have been worn by George Best in his first year of international football in 1964, has Bukta and Athletic...
