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Oar-some auction: Historic college sports prize up for bid

FILE — Members of Yale crew, left, and Harvard crew, right, greet one another after the four-mile course along the Thames River for the 146th Harvard-Yale Regatta, in New London, Conn., Saturday, May 28, 2011. Harvard defeated Yale in the race. The 170-year-old prize awarded in the first U.S. intercollegiate sports competition is going up for auction next month. Sotheby's estimates the trophy oars from the inaugural Harvard-Yale Regatta will fetch $3-$5 million in online bidding May 17-24, 2022. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File) The Harvard-Yale Regatta 1852 Trophy Oars are displayed before an auction, Thursday, April 21, 2022, at Sotheby's in the Manhattan borough of New York. Sotheby's estimates the oars value between three and five million dollars. The oars were awarded to Harvard's winning crew and represent one of the oldest collegiate athletic competitions in the nation's history. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) The Harvard-Yale Regatta 1852 Trophy Oars are displayed before an auction, Thursday, April 21, 2022, at Sotheby's in the Manhattan borough of New York. Sotheby's estimates the oars value between three and five million dollars. The oars were awarded to Harvard's winning crew and represent one of the oldest collegiate athletic competitions in the nation's history. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) The Harvard-Yale Regatta 1852 Trophy Oars are displayed before an auction, Thursday, April 21, 2022, at Sotheby's in the Manhattan borough of New York. Sotheby's estimates the oars value between three and five million dollars. The oars were awarded to Harvard's winning crew and represent one of the oldest collegiate athletic competitions in the nation's history. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) The Harvard-Yale Regatta 1852 Trophy Oars are displayed before an auction, Thursday, April 21, 2022, at Sotheby's in the Manhattan borough of New York. Sotheby's estimates the oars value between three and five million dollars. The oars were awarded to Harvard's winning crew and represent one of the oldest collegiate athletic competitions in the nation's history. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) The Harvard-Yale Regatta 1852 Trophy Oars are displayed before an auction, Thursday, April 21, 2022, at Sotheby's in the Manhattan borough of New York. Sotheby's estimates the oars value between three and five million dollars. The oars were awarded to Harvard's winning crew and represent one of the oldest collegiate athletic competitions in the nation's history. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) The Harvard-Yale Regatta 1852 Trophy Oars are displayed before an auction, Thursday, April 21, 2022, at Sotheby's in the Manhattan borough of New York. Sotheby's estimates the oars value between three and five million dollars. The oars were awarded to Harvard's winning crew and represent one of the oldest collegiate athletic competitions in the nation's history. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) The Harvard-Yale Regatta 1852 Trophy Oars are displayed before an auction, Thursday, April 21, 2022, at Sotheby's in the Manhattan borough of New York. Sotheby's estimates the oars value between three and five million dollars. The oars were awarded to Harvard's winning crew and represent one of the oldest collegiate athletic competitions in the nation's history. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) The Harvard-Yale Regatta 1852 Trophy Oars are displayed before an auction, Thursday, April 21, 2022, at Sotheby's in the Manhattan borough of New York. Sotheby's estimates the oars value between three and five million dollars. The oars were awarded to Harvard's winning crew and represent one of the oldest collegiate athletic competitions in the nation's history. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Oar-some auction: Historic college sports prize up for bid