Bjorn Borg to sell his tennis trophies

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Mar 3rd 2006 at 2:04PM

Tennis great Bjorn Borg is selling off the best moments of his career. Borg, the only person to win five consecutive Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship titles will be selling all five Wimbledon trophies and two rackets from his 1976 and 1980 final matches. This is the first time a tennis player has sold a Wimbledon-winning trophy at auction. The trophies will be sold at Bonhams in London on June 21 and will go as one lot and are expected to bring £200,000-300,000. The rackets will be sold as individual lots and should bring in £10,000-15,000. Why the sale? Borg has cited the need for "some long-term financial security for those close to me" as the reason.

[via the Daily Press]

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