I remember Gordon Banks selling his World Cup winners medal because he had to keep it in the bank and never got to see it. These medals aren't worth that kind of money but they must impact insurance premiums.The insurance can make medals a problem.
No, with all due respect, you were being snidey.Its not a snidey remark and certainly not meant to be. Collectibles and memorobillia is a minefield.
Hence the need for evidence of authencity. A lot of innocent people own fake materials, many don't even know.
For example - What percentage of Nazi memorobilia do you think is fake?
So we've gone from a 1998 Boro cup runners up medal to Nazi war memorabilia? You're trying to tell me someone would go to the trouble of trying to make an exact replica of a 1998 Middlesbrough runners up medal? Not much financial gain in that compared to a Nazi Luftwaffe dagger. Lets start with the tooling costs to make a one off of the medal/enamel down to the exact stamp on the back. Then you'd have to make the box it comes in also - exactly down to every detail.Over 95% of Nazi stuff is fake particularly the very trendy stuff like Nazi Youth Daggers - OK football stuff it will be less but it gives some idea of the counterfeit/copy market for valuable items.
As other posters point out positive written evidence of authencity and past ownership is very important to most serious buyers and does affect value.
I was trying to be helpful.
I always forget it went to extra time.So we've gone from a 1998 Boro cup runners up medal to Nazi war memorabilia? You're trying to tell me someone would go to the trouble of trying to make an exact replica of a 1998 Middlesbrough runners up medal? Not much financial gain in that compared to a Nazi Luftwaffe dagger. Lets start with the tooling costs to make a one off of the medal/enamel down to the exact stamp on the back. Then you'd have to make the box it comes in also - exactly down to every detail.
Its obvious its the real thing. The line up in 1998 was only 14 players plus Robbo as manager - its from one of them.
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Minimum bid $8,000?Found Steve Vickers 1998 medal on an auction site - http://natedsanders.com/middlesbrough_1998_league_cup_runners_up_medal_awa-lot32515.aspx
Gazza gave his to Hignett didn't he?I’d say Merson Townsend or Gazza.
They’ll have just left their rental house with a load of stuff there when they moved on, and the house clearance people may have taken a few things to a charity shop.
Would explain why Rav's medals turned up in a job lot with a load of lightbulbs.I’d say Merson Townsend or Gazza.
They’ll have just left their rental house with a load of stuff there when they moved on, and the house clearance people may have taken a few things to a charity shop.
Fair enough, I just thought the compaison to war memorobilia (multi million pound industry) to be a bit of a stretch. As I said, he got it in good faith, checks out against others we've looked at and must have come from a collector or player. Only shame is, I'd hang onto it but he wants to sell it.Flood - You are getting too touchy I didn't write that anything specific had been copied, just that people and businesses have been known to copy items of value and that authenticity evidence is important and adds value. If only 14 medals are produced for a fairly important Cup Final that makes those 14 medals very rare and thus very valuable. I would imagine cup final blanks can be produced and modified by the same manufacturer as the originals (I stress in theory). It is possible to buy copies of cup final medals in general on E bay.
Anyway good luck to your and your brother with your sale.
Not worth that much really in the grand scheme of things.Fair enough, I just thought the compaison to war memorobilia (multi million pound industry) to be a bit of a stretch. As I said, he got it in good faith, checks out against others we've looked at and must have come from a collector or player. Only shame is, I'd hang onto it but he wants to sell it.