RECORD PRICE SPORTS CARD for GB! £33,500.00 Pounds Sterling was paid, hammer £27k plus about 30% on top in auction commission and tax, for this sports card of Arthur Wharton, the very 1st soccer player to appear on a card! In fact it is a copy of the First soccer card ever - yes this is a COPY albeit from 1886 - by Briggs of Leeds, a copy of the even older Baines card, also Pop 1. Baines of Bradford made its card (not seen here) in fall 1886, Briggs copied it by early 1887, maybe by the end of 1886. These cards were once opened out of blind packets much like Topps or Panini cards today - the first Million Pound soccer card, The Scotsman announced in 2020, when this was valued at £500. Not far off. Next step the million! Arthur Wharton, Preston North End goalie 1887, here for Darlington CFC in 1886 soon after winning the world record sprint time!
