The Guardian · sport

From Dallaglio’s medals to Cantona’s shorts, sporting memorabilia is big business | Emma John

Like transfer fees and ticket prices, mementoes are one more marker of sport’s rampant self-inflation The auctioneer cradled his gavel in his palm like a pipe, the handle pointing towards him. It gave his patter the air…

If you want the whole piece, that’s at the paper. We only keep the nut graf.