At a recent auction of sports memorabilia, a staggering $4,415,656 (£2.79 million) was paid for a jersey worn by Babe Ruth, the baseball legend, making it the most expensive piece of sports memorabilia ever sold. So what about sports memorabilia UK? Are items from sporting heroes in the UK worth anything near those of our friends over the pond?
Sports memorabilia UK is a passion for some and an investment for others. And there’s no doubt the collection of sports memorabilia UK is becoming more and more popular. The celebrity status we give to sporting heroes (not to mention the vast sums of money they earn) and the importance we place on major sporting occasions have meant the market for sports memorabilia UK is growing one with plenty of buyers and sellers looking for a slice of the action.
The recent news that Olympic torch bearers were selling their torches on ebay as soon as they’d completed their leg of the journey, shocked many die hard sports enthusiasts but to others it was just a fact of life that sporting memorabilia is worth money and many people want a part of that.
So whether you are after an Olympic dream or a footballing legend, are you prepared to pay the sums for these items of sports memorabilia UK?
- £188,200 in 2007 for Nobby Stiles’ 1996 World Cup Winner’s Medal
- £164,800 in 2005 for Alan Ball’s World Cup Winner’s Medal
- £124,750 in 2001 for Gordan Bank’s World Cup Winner’s Medal
- £478.000 in 1997 for the FA Cup 1896 to 1910
- £254,500 in 1997 for Jules Rimet Trophy replica
- £156,000 in 2010 for George Best’s 1968 Europen Cup Winner’s Medal
Unsurprisingly footballing memorabilia sets the highest prices in Sports Memorabilia UK but in 2010 perhaps someone got too greedy. The football jersey worn by Geoff Hurst in the 1966 World Cup final was put up for sale with a guide price of £2.3m but it was never sold. If you consider the shirt worn by Pele in Brazil’s 1970 World Cup victory went for £157,750 in 2002, perhaps they were asking too much.
So whether you are after sports memorabilia UK or perhaps some baseball memorabilia be prepared to seek hard and part with some cash. And remember if you do invest in sports memorabilia, be sure to look after it and make sure it is properly insured. As for insuring the Babe Ruth Jersey, I can only hazard a guess at what that might cost. I’m sure we could get them a decent quote though!
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