Leeds United Sock Tap

The above sock tag sold recently on eBay for £41.99 but why are they so collectible?
The sock tag, was designed by Spurs fan, former world speed-kissing champ and Roy of the Rovers artist, Paul Trevillion. It was football’s last great fashion innovation. Utterly pointless and enduringly brilliant, numbered sock tags  were adopted by the club for the 1973/74 season in an attempt to shake off the “hard” image of the club. Leeds went on to win the title that season and the sock tag is etched in our hearts forever.

Billy Bremner Diecast Model

A second batch of diecast models were sold this week on ebay by the same seller as before
The models were from a series of hand painted figures sold in the 1960’s and came complete with its original box.
Top priced was once again the legendary Billy Bremner which again went for as much as the next two highest priced models put together
Selling prices were as follows
Billy Bremner        £99.80
George Best        £68.85
Bobby Moore        £31.00
Martin Peters        £30.89
Gordon Banks        £25.00
Francis Lee        £25.00
Alan Ball        £20.00

The prices were somewhat below the prices fetched when the previous batch were sold but it just goes to prove what a legend the great man was.

Billy Bremner Diecast Model

The above rare diecast model of Billy Bremner was sold this week on ebay for £128.95.

The model was one of a series of hand painted figures sold in the 1960’s and came complete with its original box.

On ebay there were 8 different boxed items sold by the same seller as follows:

Billy Bremner £128.95

George Best £83.00

Bobby Charlton £46.00

Bobby Moore £41.00

Gordon Banks £36.00

Martin Peters £25.00

Colin Bell £22.77

Alan Ball £20.00

The wee man worth as much as Charlton and Best combined. No change there then.

Recently Bonham’s in London sold 20 unboxed versions of models similar to these sold for just £90. Just goes to prove the value of packaging

Get in the loft and see if you can find your models stashed away. Remember in future to keep those boxes.

Leeds United Wristband

We have had a request via e-mail as an appeal to see if someone has a set of Leeds United wristbands similar to the ones in the article above. If you have and you are prepare to sell then please contact us by e-mail with the price you will let them go for and we will put you in touch with the potential buyer.

I have not seen anything like these for years.

John Charles international cap

If you have a unique piece of Leeds memorabilia that you want to tell us about or if you wish to sell then contact us and we can promote it for you on the site.

We have had an e-mail from a fan with a picture of some Russian Dolls picked up as a reminder of our European ventures to Russia in 1999. We think they must be in Rolf Harris style – Have you guessed who they are yet? If you think you know who they are e-mail in to us.

Leeds United Dolls

We will put the answers on the blog for the next home game

An auction took place today, 28^th August 2008, in Coleshill, Birmingham, of 934 lots of Sporting memorabilia, much of which was football programmes.

One such lot, was a collection of 6 Leeds home programmes as follows

1947/48 versus Brentford

1948/49 versus Luton Town

1948/49 versus Newport County (FA Cup)

1949/50 versus Brentford

1957/58 versus Arsenal

And one away programme from the 1949/50 season at Bradford Park Avenue

The auctioneers guide price was £60/£80 but the item sold for £160

We are hoping to get some older programmes than we have in our shop very soon so keep an eye out.

Hello sports fans,

This is the first of many posts to this the brand new Leeds United unofficial blog provided by leedsmemorabilia.com.

We are currently on the lookout for new writers so if you think you have got what it takes to become a regular blogger then please drop us an email at blog@leedsmemorabilia.com.

Thanks for reading

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