Thursday, May 16, 2013
1882 FA Cup final programme sells for world record price
A programme from the 1882 FA Cup final has sold at auction for a new world record of £35,250.
The document, marking the tie between Blackburn Rovers and Old Etonians, was found in a box of papers bought as a job lot at a previous auction.
Old Etonians, an amateur side, beat the Blackburn professionals 1-0 at the Kennington Oval - the site now occupied by Surrey County Cricket Club.
The item, sold at Sotheby's in London, had an estimate of up to £25,000.
It was originally owned by lawyer Sir Thomas Berry Cusack-Smith.
A scan of a diary entry from the then 25-year-old was offered with the programme.
Dated March 25 1882, he said he "saw the Etonians win the cup after a most exciting match in the presence of 5,000 persons".