( CNN ) If you enjoy laughing at the England football team -- calling all Germans and Scots -- and you have a spare $ 900,000 , then Sotheby 's has the very thing for you . The auction house is offering an untitled work by Italian sculptor Maurizio Cattelan that chronicles -- in painstaking and painful detail if you are English -- every defeat suffered by the England team between 1874 and 1998 . Cattelan has carved all the defeats into a large ( and it would have to be , would n't it ? ) piece of black granite , meaning the lucky buyer can be constantly reminded of a succession of ignominious afternoons and evenings . The artist says of his memorial stone-style work simply : `` I guess it 's a piece which talks about pride , missed opportunities and death . '' Known for his humorous and satirical art , Cattelan had plenty to work with as he recorded defeats starting with a 2-1 loss to Scotland in Glasgow in 1874 and ending with another 2-1 setback against Romania at the 1998 World Cup . Since then , of course , he 'd have had a fair few more to immortalize , including the two to Italy and Uruguay in Brazil last summer that were part of the worst-ever England display at a World Cup . The artist , whose other works include La Nona Ora ( The Ninth Hour ) , which depicts Pope John Paul II being struck down by a meteorite , first put his football piece on display at an exhibition in London in 1999 . It 's not known whether any England managers and players , past or present , came along to have a sneaky look . Current England boss Roy Hodgson is known to be a bit of an Italophile , but the former Inter Milan coach needs to be quick if he wants catch a glimpse -- Cattelan 's work is on public exhibition at Sotheby 's New Bond Street galleries until Tuesday 10 March . It will then be offered as part of the single-owner 'Bear Witness ' sale .
A monument to England 's football failure is set to go on auction in London . Maurizio Cattelan 's sculpture chronicles every England defeat last summer . The black granite artwork is expected to fetch up to $ 900,000 .