Vintage Soccer Price Guide
I think you bring up some excellent points. I wondered this myself when i started collecting vintage about 2 years ago. A lot of people had checklists and i even had a guy send a pseudo price guide but nothing substantial and certainly nothing including the top shelf turn of the century players. Inherently, there are many hurdles to this and i am certainly no expert, but many of the sales that i have been a part of are collector to collector. The greater percentage of my collection has been obtained via this method. I have not seen a lot of sales of vintage graded soccer in auctions or at trade shows. Just very difficult to track--also, many of the vintage sets are part of a larger multi-sport set (boxing, cricket, even some olympic players).
Although I am certain it is much smaller than baseball, I am not sure what the collecting base is for vintage soccer. With that being said, i have a tracker that i keep (both checklist and purchases) and would love to see something like this come to fruition. I would be willing to lend a hand in any way possible and if you would like to talk feel free to drop me a line anytime.
Noel
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