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By Dean Murray
Football legend Gordon Banks’ 1966 World Cup winner’s medal could fetch £300,000 ($405,000) at auction.
The goalkeeper received the award after England beat West Germany 4-2 at Wembley on July 30, 1966.
It comes in its original fitted case and was last sold at Christie’s in March 2001 as part of the Gordon Banks Collection.
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Estimated to fetch £220,000-£300,000 ($295,000-$405,000), the medal is among 164 lots in the Spink and Budds sale spanning more than three centuries of sporting history.
David Convery of Budds said: “This sale tells the story of sport through objects that mean something far beyond their material value. Gordon Banks’ medal takes us straight back to Wembley in 1966.”
The Spink and Budds auction will take place in London on Nov. 25.
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