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Ferguson to auction vintage wine collection worth €3.5 million

Sir Alex Feruson's collection of vintage wine will be sold by Christie's at auction in Hong ...
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08.13 17 Apr 2014


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Ferguson to auction vintage wine collection worth €3.5 million

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08.13 17 Apr 2014


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Sir Alex Feruson's collection of vintage wine will be sold by Christie's at auction in Hong Kong in May.

Around 5,000 bottles of wine along with signed memorbilia will be sold for an estimated €3.5 million (or £3 million), the auction house said.

Ferguson's wines span his career in the Old Trafford hot seat, from 1986 to his retirement in 2013.

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Ferguson has declined to be interviewed directly about the auction, but has claimed that he took up wine collecting to relieve the stress of his job.

Ferguson explained:

"Taking an interest in wine allowed me to have an interest outside the game. You have to have outside interests to distract you from the intensity and the pressure you come under as a football manager.

"And all of a sudden, two or three years ago, when I’m going through the portfolio, we realise this has got to be an amazing amount of wine. I retired last year, and I thought this was a good time to, to sell it."

60% of the items will go on sale on 24th May, with 30% on offer in London in June and the final 10% will be sold through Internet sales later that month.


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