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====1895 replica==== [[File:1896 FA Cup.jpg|thumb|upright|The second FA Cup trophy, used between 1896 and 1910]] After the theft, a replica of the trophy was made, which was used until a redesign of the trophy in 1911. The 1895 replica was then presented to the FA's long-serving president [[Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird|Lord Kinnaird]].<ref name=":3" /> Kinnaird died in 1923, and his family kept it in their possession, out of view, until putting it up for auction in 2005.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|date=20 April 2006|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/4925362.stm|title=Oldest FA Cup presented to museum|newspaper=BBC|access-date=29 March 2016|archive-date=9 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009071208/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/4925362.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> It was sold at [[Christie's]] auction house on 19 May 2005 for [[Pound sterling|Β£]]420,000 (Β£478,400 including auction fees and taxes).<ref name=":3" /> The sale price set a new world record for a piece of football [[Souvenir|memorabilia]], surpassing the Β£254,000 paid for the [[FIFA World Cup Trophy|Jules Rimet World Cup Trophy]] in 1997.<ref name=":4" /> The successful bidder was [[David Gold (businessman)|David Gold]], the then joint chairman of [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]]; claiming the FA and government were doing nothing proactive to ensure the trophy remained in the country, Gold stated his purchase was motivated by wanting to save it for the nation.<ref name=":4" /> Accordingly, Gold presented the trophy to the [[National Football Museum]] in Preston on 20 April 2006, where it went on immediate public display.<ref name=":5" /> It later moved with the museum to its new location in Manchester.<ref name=":3" /> In November 2012, it was ceremonially presented to [[Royal Engineers A.F.C.|Royal Engineers]], after they beat [[Wanderers F.C.|Wanderers]] 7β1 in a charity replay of the [[1872 FA Cup Final|first FA Cup final]]. In September 2020, Gold sold the replica trophy for Β£760,000 through the [[Bonhams]] auction house.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/fa-league-cups/fa-cup-david-gold-auction-sold-west-ham-price-cost-news-b694842.html|title=West Ham co-owner David Gold sells historic FA Cup for Β£760,000 at auction|date=29 September 2020|website=The Independent|access-date=29 September 2020|archive-date=14 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014012229/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/fa-league-cups/fa-cup-david-gold-auction-sold-west-ham-price-cost-news-b694842.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2021, it was revealed that the trophy had been purchased by [[Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan|Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan]], the owner of [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]], who stated that it would be returned on loan to the National Football Museum.<ref>{{cite web|date=8 January 2021|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55586021|title=Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour buys oldest surviving FA Cup trophy|website=BBC Sport|access-date=8 January 2021|archive-date=8 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108103530/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55586021|url-status=live}}</ref>
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