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Retired Players Original Signed Photos and Artwork
Along the green sidebar to the left of your screen are a selection of original (one of) signed photos and artwork for sale. Football books and Magazines published in the late 1940's progressing to the early 1960's used a unique photographic process, the photograph was taken on a large format camera the negative (the plate) created an extremely high quality finished print. The print was then hand coloured/tinted giving an innovative effect. In many cases features were added like the crowed in the background sometimes even the ball.
The best known Publisher to use this process was L.T.A Robinson in their Publication The Big Book of Football Champions; Charles Buchan also used the same agency 'Topical Colour Process Syndicate Ltd (London) in the Football Monthly Magazine and the Soccer Gift Book.
Professionally mounted and framed behind non-reflective glass a truly wonderful collectors item that will grace any wall with a football theme. Please telephone for further information and availability.

This Weeks Special Memorabilia
The Two Stanley's, Matthews and Mortensen
The Two Stans Matthews and Mortensen signed photo

The full colour photo above of The Two Stanley's was carefully removed from a 1948 -49 season annual, The photo has been signed as follows: 'Best Wishes Stanley Matthews' and 'Best Regards Stan Mortensen'. The signing of the photo took place between between 1950 - 1951. This is indeed a special piece of football memorabilia probably the only one in existence. Professionally mounted and framed behind non-reflective glass a truly wonderful collector's item that will grace any wall with a football theme. POA
To Buy Sell of Enquire Telephone 0844 3575085

Copies of the above Memorabilia (Limited Edition)
Copies of the above can be purchased for Only £19.95p we are limiting the print run to 100 prints. Professionally mounted and framed behind non-reflective glass it is impossible to tell the difference from the original, a truly wonderful collector's item that will grace any wall with a football theme.
Limited Edition Signed Print of only The Two Stans
Comes in Frame and with Certificate
Buy it Now for £19.95

Aston Villa Team Photo of the 1959-60 English Second Division Champions
Aston Villa

Aston Villa Team Photo of the 1959-60 English Second Division Champions signed by every player in the photo in blue biro some in red biro. The photo was taken from the Topical Times Football Book 1960 edition, mounted on to white artboard and framed. Yours for £275.00
To Buy Sell of Enquire Telephone 0844 3575085

The Arsenal Stadium Mystery by Leonard Gribble 1939
front cover and the famous frontispiece of facsimile autographs of the Arsenal team
Above photo shows book cover and the famous frontispiece of facsimile
autographs of the Arsenal 1939 team. How many can you make out?

The Arsenal Stadium Mystery by Leonard Gribble Published by George Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1939 First edition, first impression. One of Gribble’s famous Inspector Slade stories, memorably filmed, and a notable scarcity in dust jacket. The dustjacket image shows manager George Allison giving a tactical briefing to his team. Allison took over at Arsenal after the untimely death of Herbert Chapman and led the team to three successive championships. He had a speaking part in the film, delivering the line; “It’s one-nil to the Arsenal. That’s the way we like it,” which has remained part of the Arsenal mythos, encapsulated in the famous chant “One-nil to the Arsenal!
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Cliff Jones Tottenham Hotspur and Wales signs for footballbooks.

The vast majority of our memorabilia is from signing sessions that we have carried out with retired players ourselves. All our products come with a Certificate of Authenticity plus photo proof which guarantees your investment beyond any doubt.
Do you have books of memorabilia that you would like to get signed? for our 2010 signing sessions
with Cliff Jones - Nat Lofthouse - Roy Bentley - and many more

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