Town Handbooks Up for Auction - Ipswich Town News
A seven-strong sequence of 1940s and 1950s Ipswich Town Supporters Association Handbooks will go under the hammer at Martlesham auctioneers Lockdales on September 17th.
The sequence starts with season 1946/47 and ends at the 1952/53 campaign.
Auction manager James Sadler, a Portman Road season ticket holder, said: "These handbooks are getting more and more popular and it’s not often we get a consecutive run like this one. There has already been considerable interest in them.”
The seven handbooks along with a number of other Town-related items are up for sale as one lot with a £30 to £35 catalogue guide price.
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