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How long have you been collecting sports memorabilia? |
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What sport or sports memorabilia do you collect? |
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Crystal Palace FC programmes, cards and press photos, and photos of all other clubs for my website. |
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Are there items of memorabilia that you specialise in? |
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Football (and to a degree cricket) press photos – all clubs. |
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What started you collecting? |
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I blame it all on my next-door neighbour. |
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What was the first item you collected? |
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Palace home programmes. |
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What has been your best ever purchase? |
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A bundle of mainly 50’s Palace press photos for about £2 each. |
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And your worst ever purchase? |
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Fake press photos, modern reproductions, and “wires”. |
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Is there one item you’re still looking for to add to your collection? |
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An original photo of Palace legend Peter Simpson scoring one of his 166 Palace goals. |
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For anyone thinking of starting to collect sports memorabilia what would be your
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Make sure it’s in good condition but if it’s really rare make do with a tatty one till a good one comes along – if it ever does. |
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What sports memorabilia is worth considering for the future? |
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Football press photos – they’re dying out now with the advent of digital. And they’re so much more real than tickets! |
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