Montevideo · July 1930
El Primer Mundial
Montevideo, 1930 — the newly unlocked wing. Laborde’s tournament poster and the Estadio Centenario, published 1930 and public domain in the United States as of January 2026. The newest old thing in the portfolio.
The record, plainly
The 1930 tournament pieces are sold strictly as history — period publications, per-piece verified, carrying the house’s federation-adjacent flag. The 1934 and 1938 tournaments wait on the watch list for their own January mornings (2030 and 2034).
The pieces in El Primer Mundial
Guillermo Laborde · Montevideo, 1930
El Primer Campeonato Mundial de Football
The deco goalkeeper reaching across the sky — the poster of the first World Cup.
Every century’s game has a first morning.
period photograph · Montevideo, 1930
The Estadio Centenario, Opening Year
The stadium Uruguay raised for its centenary and the world’s first cup — concrete still curing as the teams arrived.
Build it before the legend, and the legend moves in.
Los Sports magazine · 1930
The First Final: Uruguay v. Argentina
The 30th of July, 1930 — the world’s first final, from the pages of Los Sports.
The century’s tournament began as a magazine spread.
Agence Rol · 1924
The Olympic Final, Colombes, 9 June 1924
Uruguay against Switzerland for the world title before there was a World Cup.
Won by a country of a million and a half.
Unknown photographer · 1924
Colombes, the Final in Play, 1924
The 1924 final from the terrace side — the match that made Uruguay the game’s teachers.
They came to win a tournament and left having changed the subject.
Unknown photographer · 1924
The Uruguay Eleven, Colombes, 1924
The team photograph of the first world champions, taken on the day.
The same eleven men, twice, six years apart.
Unknown photographer · 1924
The Dutch Eleven Before Uruguay, 1924
A team photographed minutes before the semi-final that ended their tournament.
Half of football history is the photograph taken just before.