The rare programme
A Surrey FA Cup final programme dating back to 1882 has sold at auction for a new world record of more than £35,000.
The programme, found in a box of papers and scrapbooks bought as a job lot at an auction, looks forward to the final between the Old Etonians and Blackburn Rovers at the Kennington Oval on March 25, 1882. The site is now Surrey's County Cricket Ground.
The document, which had an estimate of £20,000-£25,000, sold at Sotheby's in central London for £35,250, which includes the buyer's premium, a spokeswoman for specialist sporting memorabilia auctioneers Graham Budd Ltd said.
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