Lord Ian Botham Hand Signed Cricket Ball With Coa

This is a 100% authentic item which comes with its own CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY.

•Please note the signature position and size may vary slightly from the one shown in the picture.

ABOUT A1 SPORTING SPEAKERS SIGNED ITEMS

We have been responsible for the sale of over 600,000 items in the past 30 years. Every single one of them handsigned by mainly Sports super stars and all with an A1 Certificate of Authenticity signed by one of our directors Terry or Freda Baker. THERE ARE MANY NEW FORMS OF CERTIFICATES OF AUTHENTICITY . In every case the buyer needs to trust the seller. There are so many people operating scam systems and sometimes the more fussy. They make their COA’s, the more likely they are to not be authentic . As an example there used to be a supposed British system of trusted dealers known as AFTAL. AS IN ALL OF THESE ORGANISATIONS THEY NO LONGER EXIST. A FORMER PRESIDENT PASSED AWAY A LONG TIME AGO AND WE HAD PURCHASED A SET OF BEATLES SIGNATURES, A SET OF ROLLING STONES SIGNATURES AND SOME VERY FAMOUS FILM STARs FROM THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE WHOLE ORGANISATION

Everything we bought turned out to be fake so even we were fooled by the organisation . The only way to trust a signature is to trust the person that is selling . We were the first people as far as we know to pay footballers for signatures. We did this because back in the 60s and 70s the players never received huge amount of money and we felt it was only fair to include them in any profit being made from the sale of their signatures . We have continued only to sell items where the signer has been paid for their Services . that way we know they are real and so do you as a customer

Originally we were known as A1 Sporting Memorabilia but in 2015 , we sold the stock and name to another company who continue to trade with the name A1 Sporting Memorabilia.

At the time we started to sell in a smaller but still significant way under our original trading name of A1 Sporting Speakers.

We have been solely responsible for almost every genuine signature in the market place signed by the following stars with whom we have held long time agreements for their autographs.

PELE, STEVEN GERRARD, WAYNE ROONEY, SIR GEOFF HURST , SIR BOBBY CHARLTON , JIMMY GREAVES , ENGLAND 1966 WORLD CUP WINNING TEAM & more. We have conducted non exclusive deals with 100s of others including MARADONA, FRANK BRUNO, SIR HENRY COOPER, OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER , TEDDY SHERINGHAM, LUIS SUAREZ, ALAN SHEARER, CRISTIANO RONALDO , RONALDINHO, ERIC CANTONA , PAUL GASCOIGNE (we were his agents for almost eight years and conducted over 100 signing sessions) OSSIE ARDILES & RICKY VILLA, RICKY HATTON, JOE CALZAGHE , PAULO DI CANIO, WEST HAM 1980 SQUAD , SIR TREVOR BROOKING , LORD IAN BOTHAM , KEVIN KEEGAN etc.

When you buy from us we try and sell at the price that is fairest in the market place. You will have peace of mind that you are getting a genuine hand signed autograph . Included in our price is vat and the overheads that come with running a big business and not an Unregistered business that may disappear at any time. Our delivery methods are Royal Mail tracked 48 hour deliveries for small items. Courier for framed items and our postal charges reflect the cost of materials and handling and delivery charges. On an average £5 charge we have average actual costs of £7.15 so we subsidise these costs. On a £14.50 delivery charge for larger framed item we have actual costs of £24 delivery and £3.75 packaging materials so again we subsidise the actual costs.

Please be aware that if an item is for sale on eBay , we will not accept deals and payments outside of Ebay even if you contact us asking us to do so. We adhere strictly to eBay guidelines. Our preferred payment method is always directly

Through ebay wherever possible . Queries regarding items are welcome either by message or call 07973287294 if it’s urgent. We endeavour to answer all sensible enquires as soon as possible but our touring schedule with theatre shows with people such as Harry Redknapp, Sir Geoff and others occasionally means we can be marginally slower than some companies whilst we are on the road. We dont respond to messages making low offers. We pay for the item, we pay the players to sign, we pay tax and VAT and ebay commission and ad fees and work on very small margins. So there is rarely margin for further discount. However you can be assured that every item , including our OCCASIONAL range of great music items, is genuinely handsigned and sourced either directly from the signee or from a trusted and genuine source within a small coterie of people of high integrity. Thanks for reading this. We look forward to selling to you now or very soon.

Terry & Freda

FTT EVENTS LTD t/a A1 Sporting Speakers

12/11/20. Updated 19.2.25. And 15.9.26