Björn Borg, one of the greatest sportsmen of all time and the only person to win five consecutive Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship titles, has instructed Bonhams to sell all of his Wimbledon-winning trophies and two racquets from his 1976 and 1980 final matches. No other tennis player has sold a Wimbledon-winning trophy at auction before.
The five silver gilt trophies representing five Wimbledon Championship wins during 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980 will be sold on 21 June at Bonhams’ salerooms in Knightsbridge. They will be sold as one lot and are collectively expected to fetch GBP 200,000-300,000. …