AUCTION NEWS PAGE

Every so often I will be listing City items of memorabilia and programmes that have been sold at auction or similar bidding outlets and the value as to what they sold for.

AUGUST - SKY SPORTS INTERACTIVE LIVE AUCTION

In the middle of July Sky Sports held a live interactive auction at the "Hall of Fame". There was only one item of interest there which was the 1934 Cup Final programme for the game between City and Portsmouth. The highest offer fetched around £240 which is about right for this programme.

JULY - CAPES DUNN AUCTION IN MANCHESTER

In late July an auction of 21 items of City memorabilia was sold at the above auction house. The collection belonged to Ian Niven a former director of the club who had acumulated the items over the period of his directorship at the club. The 21 items are listed below and bar 1 item they all reached there reserve price netting Ian nearly £8,500. The price each item went for is listed after the item. I'm sure that the buyer of lot 14 could not have checked what he was buying considering what was paid for it!!

LOT 1 - A MANCHESTER CITY COMMEMORATIVE BRONZE PLAQUE FOR THE OPENING OF MAINE ROAD ON AUG 25TH 1923 MOUNTED ON OAK WALL MOUNTING PLAQUE - £6,000.

LOT 2 - MANCHESTER LINERS S.S "MANCHESTER CITY" SHIPS BELL NAMED IN HONOUR OF THE 1937 CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING TEAM WITH FRAMED SCROLL OF THE SHIPS HISTORY AND A FRAMED PHOTO OF THE LINER - £2,200 - THIS DID NOT REACH RESERVE AND WAS UNSOLD.

LOT 3 - "MALCOLM ALLISON ROOM" ILLUMINATED BOX SIGN - £40.

LOT 4 - A.SCOTT, FRAMED OIL PAINTING ON PANEL OF MALCOLM ALLISON PLUS A FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH OF ALLISON - £70.

LOT 5 - 3 SIGNS ORIGINALLY IN USE AT MAINE ROAD ON INTERNALITE BRONZED METAL AND PAINTED GLASS SIGN - "DIRECTORS PRIVATE LOUNGE", "BOARDROOM" AND "JUNIOR BLUES OFFICE" - £120.

LOT 6 - C.S.COOPER, SIGNED LIMITED EDITION COLOUR PRINT OF LNER 2871 MANCHESTER CITY TRAIN ABOUT TO LEAVE CENTRAL STATION, NO 112 OF 500 FRAMED AND GLAZED - £100.

LOT 7 - 4 FRAMED BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOS OF CITY V UNITED 3-1 VICTORY FOR CITY IN 1967/68 AT OLD TRAFFORD AND THE PROGRAMME OF THE GAME - £50.

LOT 8 - A FRAMED PHOTO OF THE VISIT OF KING GEORGE VI TO MAINE ROAD FRAMED AND GLAZED - £120.

LOT 9 - MANCHESTER CITY TEAM PHOTO OF THE 1903/04 CUP WINNING TEAM FRAMED AND GLAZED PLUS A SIMILAR ONE FOR 1933/34 AND 1955/56 TEAMS PLUS A QUANTITY OF FRAMED AND UNFRAMED PHOTOS RELATING TO THE 1956 AND 1969 TEAMS - £210.

LOT 10 - 12 FRAMED ACTION PHOTOS FEATURING CITY IN 1954/55 AND 1968/69 WHICH SHOWED CUP FINALS AND SEMI FINAL GAMES/TROPHIES ETC - £150.

LOT 11 - MANCHESTER CITY TEAM PHOTO PRINTED ON LINEN FROM 1914/15 TEAM FRAMED AND GLAZED AND A REPRODUCTION PRINT OF THE 1896 TEAM FRAMED - £70.

LOT 12 - A QUANTITY OF FRAMED AND UNFRAMED PHOTOS MAINLY RELATING TO 1954/55 AND 1968/69 SEASONS INCLUDING 3 AUTOGRAPHED ITEMS - £160.

LOT 13 - 9 ISSUES OF "OUT OF THE BLUES" MAGAZINE PUBLISHED FOR THE 1968/69 SEASON - £85

LOT 14 - THE FIRST EVER MANCHESTER CITY PROGRAMME FOR A GAME AT MAINE ROAD AGAINST SHEFF UTD ON AUG 25TH 1923 (sellotaped and dirty) AND A FRAMED COPY OF MIKE SUMMERBEE'S FIRST MANCHESTER CITY CONTRACT - £280!!

LOT 15 - A FRAMED PHOTO OF THE 1968/69 TEAM WITH THEIR 3 TROPHIES AND 6 OTHER VARIOUS PHOTOS MAINLY UNFRAMED - £95.

LOT 16 - 7 PAINTED COMPOSITION MANCHESTER CITY REPLICA FIGURES THE BASE OF EACH INSCRIBED WITH DETAILS OF TROPHY WINS, EACH AROUND 12" HIGH - £220.

LOT 17 - CIRCA 1972 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR DRAWING IN POSTER FORM OF FRANCIS LEE IN ACTION SIGNED BY THE ARTIST AND AUTOGRAPHED BY THE PLAYER - £150.

LOT 18 - AS ABOVE BUT PLAYER FEATURED IS RODNEY MARSH - £130.

LOT 19 - AS ABOVE BUT PLAYER FEATURED IS COLIN BELL - £150.

LOT 20 - AS ABOVE BUT PLAYER FERATURED IS MIKE SUMMERBEE - £140.

LOT 21 - AS ABOVE BUT A JOINT PICTURE OF WYN DAVIES AND TONY TOWERS - £150.