I have a set of autographs collected by my dad in the late 1940's from Notts players including H Adamson, J Sewell, T Johnston, A Southwell, O Hold, TOMMY LAWTON, A Brown.

Some other players as well from same period. Ron George (Crystal Palace), and several others from Palace, Coventry and Exeter (who had just been stuffed 9-0!)

Also NCCC 8 signatures from same period.

They are in a little book with no cover and rusty staples but autographs are excellent (although I am not a collector and cannot grade them).

It breaks my heart to sell them but if someone will pledge £250 to the trust, I will let you have them as soon as payment clears. I will also get the trust to confirm to you that I have deposited the money with them.

Email me at crasmith@tiscali.co.uk if you are interested. I can email photos of the autographs. No timewasters please, time is not on our side!

£250 isn't enough - we should get those on eBay asap.

The we should let fans of the respective clubs know about the auction. We'll get more than £250...

Now listed on e-Bay, item number 2751929510. Please spread the word.

Craig

I think that £250 is not enough for these items.
Please don't close the auction until a proper valuation valuation can be made.

The Ebay page for this item can be found here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2751929510

Craig, everyone on the interim Trust Board was very moved by your message and your tremendous generosity. Thankyou very much.

Nigel King
Notts County Supporters Trust
Secretary

I live in Newcastle so it's hard for me to get a real valuation as I think they will only be of interest to a Notts fan. If anyone can put me in touch with anyone, I will do the leg work.

I was there yesterday and I would like to say on behalf of Magpies everywhere, thank you for everything the trust is doing.

Looking forward to when we arrange fund-raising at St James' Park!

Craig

[This message was edited by Craig Smith on Sun 07 September 2003 at 02:58 PM.]

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Originally posted by Craig Smith:
I live in Newcastle so it's hard for me to get a real valuation as I think they will only be of interest to a Notts fan.

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I think these autographs will be of interest to fans from many other clubs. Tommy Lawton was England's greatest centre-forward, he also payed for Bolton and Brentford and other clubs (Everton and maybe Burnley) as did Jackie Sewell. See http://www.times1190.freeserve.co.uk/lawton.htm and http://www.toffeeweb.com/history/legends/Lawton.asp.

I'm sure that they are woth more that £250. Please hold on to them until there is a proper valuation.

Many, many thanks for your support.

Nigel King
Notts County Supporters Trust
Secretary

Craig,

I've sent the details of your collection to some auctioneers and valuers. Hope you don't mind.

We will see what happens.

Nigel King
Notts County Supporters Trust
Secretary