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Q: Whose tennis racket was sold for £20,000 at auction on London in 1997 ( Answered,   0 Comments )
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Subject: Whose tennis racket was sold for £20,000 at auction on London in 1997
Category: Sports and Recreation > Games
Asked by: qsman-ga
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Posted: 19 Dec 2002 07:50 PST
Expires: 18 Jan 2003 07:50 PST
Question ID: 126888
Whose tennis racket was sold for £20,000 at auction on London in 1997
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Subject: Re: Whose tennis racket was sold for £20,000 at auction on London in 1997
Answered By: leli-ga on 19 Dec 2002 08:09 PST
 
Hello qsman

It belonged to Fred Perry.

"The tennis racquet Perry used to win Wimbledon in 1934 sold to a
private collector for 20,000 pounds."

20 June, 1997, London, England: Tennis Great's Memorabilia Sold at
Auction
http://www.crosscourt.com.au/cgi-bin/cchstory.pl?TD=0869783950

I hope this helps. Please feel free to ask for clarification if you
need further explanation.

Regards - Leli


I tried various searches, including the London Times, without success,
but in the end found it with these search terms on AlltheWeb:
racquet tennis auction london 1997
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