I’ve hoarded old football boots for years and now my collection is worth £35,000 – you could be sitting on a goldmine

A FOOTY-MAD lad has revealed his unbelievable collection of rare football boots – and they’re worth a massive £35,000.

Cameron Corp has spent the last decade collecting 300 boots, and one pair of them is worth a staggering £5,000.

The 25-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo super fan’s obsession started when he was just a teen, when he decided to keep hold of a bunch of boots that his footballing idols wore in games. 

Years later he found that his small hoarding of football boots had turned into a fully blown collection, and he decided to keep it going. 

Cameron, from Taunton, Somerset, said: “I’ve been collecting for about 10 years. 

“As a kid, I used to hoard all my football boots because some of my favourite players would wear them. 

“I’d probably say, given the nature that some of the stuff I’ve collected is also signed by players, I’d probably estimate the collection is worth around £35,000.” 

Living in a small flat, Cameron had to splash the cash on a large shelf where he holds most of the boots, but admits to still having to find space for his rarest items.

But in honour of his Portuguese idol he has a separate shelf for Cristiano, which holds a treasured collection of CR7 memorabilia and signed collectibles. 

As Cameron’s collection started to grow and gain traction on social media, he found that boot designers would even send him collectors-only boots, so some of his pairs can’t even be picked up by other punters.

Cameron would spend hours trying to source the rarest pairs and has worked closely with collectors, friends and on auctions to try and source the best variations. 

He now has around 300 boots and says that his most expensive one is incredibly rare and personally signed.

The pair are Sergio Aguero PUMA Ones, made to celebrate his Premier League hat-trick record, worth £5,000 according to Cameron. 

His Cristiano collection has around 30 boots that were made in his name with one of them – the CR7 Nike Mercurial Superfly IV ‘Rare Gold’ – being valued by Cameron at £3,000.

Over his 10-year span Cameron has spent thousands, although he says he is “too embarrassed” to work out the total amount.

“It’s a lifelong goal of mine to meet Cristiano Ronaldo

Cameron Corp

On one occasion, he received a message from Arsenal goalkeeper, Aaron Ramsdale, over a rare pair that he saw in one of Cameron’s videos – which came as a “huge shock”.

He said: “I don’t ever plan to buy football boots but something will come out, whether it’s a limited release or a player edition boot, and I’ll think that’ll be really good for the collection.”

He went on to say that his mum and girlfriend keep telling him he has “way too many” and  needs to “get rid” of them.

On average he said a pair of top boots cost around £250, and he’s spent a few thousand on his whole collection.

So, if he decided to sell up he would net a cool profit of at least £32,000.

The knowledgeable collector said he’s “definitely proud” of what he’s collected, and could easily tell any on-looker who pointed out one of his pairs, when they came out, how and where he got them and who wore them.

He said: “With me, it’s always just personal taste and what I’m feeling and what I’m not. I’ve got a bit of a hit list of ones that I would love to own if they appeared and the price is right. 

“Although, I’ve got some pairs that have never been sold, so it’s hard to evaluate them. 

“One pair, which not many people know exist, and that I’ve never seen sold, was a pair of football boots that were made by Puma for Sergio Aguero when he scored his record-breaking hat trick in the Premier League.

“They were never sold to the public, they were only dispatched to collectors and people that are deserving of having them and I met him and got them signed as well. 

“It’s a lifelong goal to meet Cristiano Ronaldo because I am lucky enough to work with football players and he’s on the hit list.

“My plan is to get my most limited pair signed by him if I meet him. They would easily then become the most valuable and expensive pair of boots and the collection.”

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Jeanette Davies and her son Kyle Johns splashed £130 for two of the stuffed toys at a stall in Monmouth, Wales, but made more than twenty times that at auction.

And, a Doctor Who superfan revealed the huge hoard of memorabilia he has built up over 30 years.

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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk