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Twenty-five-year-old medical student Roger Bannister hits the tape at an athletics meet in Oxford to run the world鈥檚 first four-minute mile. (Photo: PA Wire/Press Association Images)

Bannister鈥檚 4-Minute Mile Watch Sold at Auction

Sells for more than $30,000

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(Photo: PA Wire/Press Association Images)

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The watch used during聽Sir Roger Bannister鈥檚 record-breaking聽four-minute聽mile sold to an anonymous buyer聽for 20,000 British pounds (roughly $31,084) earlier this week, Tuesday. The watch was expected to sell for between $7,500 and $12,500.聽Bannister鈥檚 shoes will聽聽in September and are expected to sell for approximately $80,000.聽

*This story has been revised from the version first published on May 20, 2015, because it inadvertently used similar language to what was published on聽OxfordMail.co.uk.聽国产吃瓜黑料聽apologizes for the error and is investigating all previous work of the writer.

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