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English FA Cup going on the auction block
Auction house Christie's said on Thursday the trophy will be put up for sale on May 19 and is expected to go for between $375,000-565,000.
The FA Cup trophy is going on the auction block.
Auction house Christie's said Thursday the trophy will be put up for sale on May 19 and is expected to go for between £200,000 and £300,000.
Four different FA Cup trophies have been used over the competition's 133-year history.
The first FA Cup competition took place in 1872, but the original trophy was stolen and never recovered.
The second tropy — the one to be auctioned by Christie's — was awarded to the winning team between 1896-1910.
It was retired in 1911 and presented to Lord Kinnaird, the president of the English Football Association. It has remained in his family since then.
A newly designed third trophy was introduced in the 1910-11 season and was in use until the 1990-91 final.
The current trophy, a replica of the third, is still in use and will be presented to the winning team in the May 21 final in Cardiff, Wales.
Christie's has been auctioning soccer items since 1989. Its record sale came in 2002 when Pele's shirt from the 1970 World Cup final sold for £157,750.
