1972–73 Barratt & Co. Soccer Stars — Trevor Francis #23 — Birmingham City
1972–73
The reverse of this teenage Trevor Francis card is wonderfully prophetic: it suggests he might one day command a record transfer fee. A few years later Francis became Britain’s first £1 million footballer, giving that contemporary prediction an accidental historical charge no retrospective card could reproduce.
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- 1972–73
- Set
- Barratt & Co. Soccer Stars — Series of 50
- Subject
- Trevor Francis
- Club shown
- Birmingham City
- Card number
- 23
- Grading
- Light age/handling and edge/corner wear; no numeric grade.
- Condition
- Light age/handling and edge/corner wear; no numeric grade.
- Completeness
- Complete as supplied.
Catalogue note
The reverse of this teenage Trevor Francis card is wonderfully prophetic: it suggests he might one day command a record transfer fee. A few years later Francis became Britain’s first £1 million footballer, giving that contemporary prediction an accidental historical charge no retrospective card could reproduce.
Archive significance: Early-career Trevor Francis card whose period reverse predicts a record transfer fee; unusually strong documentary value supports Gold.
Historical context: Period reverse predicts a record transfer fee for teenage Francis, later Britain's first £1 million footballer.
Why this object matters
The Francis card's contemporary prediction of a record transfer fee gives the object a specific documentary relationship to the later million-pound transfer. That text, rather than hindsight alone, warrants a modest uplift within the teenage-player group.
Evidence limits: No new physical inspection or collation was performed. Copy-specific conclusions remain limited to the retained catalogue and accession evidence.
Historical context
Period reverse predicts a record transfer fee for teenage Francis, later Britain's first £1 million footballer.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 8.9 / 10.
This is a curatorial judgement, not a measurement accurate to one tenth or a market valuation. Read the explanation and its evidence limits together.
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