An album of 161 football postcards, comprising team-groups of non-famous local amateur or youth teams of the day and mostly anonymous line-ups, those
Hammer:
£300
Estimate:
£350 - £450
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An album of 161 football postcards, comprising team-groups of non-famous local amateur or youth teams of the day and mostly anonymous line-ups, those occasionally identified comprise: Kingswood, Regent, Highgate School, Fenny Stratford Rovers & Silverside Rovers; together with portrait cards of unidentified footballers, or small groups of players, of which some look well-kitted and athletic enough to have been professionals, others clearly aren't !; season dates are sometimes painted onto the football at the front centre of the composition and mostly date from the 1900s and 1910s