Irish Programme Fair 2005

[NY Hoop]

Any idea when this on? Last year last sunday of may.............

KOH

[fbtn]

We won the First Division Program Award for last season and the email I got said

"The club will be presented with their award at the Irish Programme Club's Annual Programme Fair in Dublin at the end of May."

[blutil]

never been to one before but have loads of programmes, whats the story with selling programmes there or is it possible ?

[gspain]

Sunday May 29th St Andrews Resource Centre Pearse St. 11am Start.

The Northern Ireland Fair is on Saturday May 28th Georges Market Belfast at 10.30am

[Dodge]

never been to one before but have loads of programmes, whats the story with selling programmes there or is it possible ?
Well you'd have to take out a stand there as there's usually dealers from across Irealdn and the UK but I'd guess if you had any thing of real worth someone would take it off your hands...

[blutil]

Well you'd have to take out a stand there as there's usually dealers from across Irealdn and the UK but I'd guess if you had any thing of real worth someone would take it off your hands...


Anywhere on the net where i could find out what programmes would be worth something ? One i do have is the Liverpool v Man Utd 1996 cup final which i've seen go for £150 on ebay, but think i'll hold onto that for now. I'm presuming that most eL ones are worth sweet FAI. Is this including rugby programmes ?

[gspain]

Anywhere on the net where i could find out what programmes would be worth something ? One i do have is the Liverpool v Man Utd 1996 cup final which i've seen go for £150 on ebay, but think i'll hold onto that for now. I'm presuming that most eL ones are worth sweet FAI. Is this including rugby programmes ?

It is football only although a couple of the rugby collectors and one GAA collector normally attend.

Very few Irish programmes in the last 30 years are worth much more than cover price. Normally it is the friendlies v the bigger British teams that can be snapped up. A few of the Internationals are hard - mainly Portugal 2001.

Pre 1975 stuff can be very good - Cup finals and Internationals from 70-76 are all pretty scarce. Waterford v Omonia 1972 just sold for £50 on ebay and Finn Harps v Bursaspor 74 would fetch a multiple of that. Note however that waterford v Man Utd 68 would only fetch a couple of quid so don't assume you have a goldmine.

BTW although the 96 FA Cup final has sold for STG£100+ it does seem to turn up quite a bit. TRhe 1967 European Cup final programme rocketed in value in recent years too but is steadily dropping in value recently.

[blutil]

A few of the Internationals are hard - mainly Portugal 2001.


whats that one worth !

[Dodge]

try searching for it in Ebay (particularly the completed auctions). For a general guide stick "football programmes" into Google and follow the links. A good few Uk dealers have websites with prices. One I really want (not saying what it it either) is available on one for GB£75. I'm waiting for it to drop (to about a quarter of that)

[gspain]

Portugal is hard because not only was it a sellout but the UK dealer who ordered them for all the other dealers didn't get them (2 very different explanations here). So you have 100 programme collectors missing out as opposed to a couple of thousand fans at a game (like Brazil) where the programmes sold out early.

Some of the recent International aways are very difficult - Andorra in particular but this was VIP only. Cyprus sold out over an hour before kickoff but is easy to get as the UK dealers had pre-ordered copies. Portugal 2000 was VIP only and I didn't see anyone else with the official programme on the night (there wa s a blue pirate issue) but again the UK dealers got them so it is not rare. Croatia 98 is very rare and yugoslavia and Macedonia away are also difficult