A Beverly, Massachusetts church is selling its collection of silver drinking vessels and other items that are more than a century old to finance an ongoing restoration project, the Associated Press reports today.
The 11 tankards, dishes, mugs, and urns belonging to the First Parish Church -- some nearly 200 years old -- are estimated to be worth $500,000 and are scheduled to be auctioned at Christie's in New York on January 21, 2010.
Church historian Charles Wainwright said it came down to the fact that people would rather have a church with no silver, than silver with no church.
The church was founded in 1667, and the current building that dates to 1770 is in dire need of modernization.
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