Football Club Memorabilia is Appraised at Sotheby’s

On July 14th, Sotheby’s will hold a sale that will include the world’s oldest football club’s historic archive of memorabilia. The Sheffield FC items are estimated at £800,000 – 1,200,000 for the whole lot.

The Contents include: “The 1858 rules promoted a passing game played with the feet, and included the free kick, throw-in, goal kick, restrictions on handling the ball, and the banning of ‘hacking or tripping’. The code built on earlier football rules but developed independently, had a huge impact on the development of the game in the twenty years that followed.”

The lot includes the original handwritten draft rules (1858) and the only copy of the printed Rule, Regulations, & Laws (1859). A true show of British sporting tradition.

Posted by, Lauren Guzniczak.