An enormous monument recording the scoreline of every England national football team defeat is expected to sell for £600,000 at auction . Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan created the untitled piece in 1999 to celebrate the England national side 's regular disappointments . Etched into black granite was every occasion the England side lost , from their 2-1 defeat to Scotland in 1874 up until Romania 's 2-1 victory at the 1998 World Cup . The enormous granite piece of art ( pictured ) is expected to sell for £600,000 at auction . The artwork begins with a 2-1 defeat to Scotland in 1874 and ends with 1998 's World Cup loss to Romania . The artwork , which is made of black granite set in MDF and steel , is 7.2ft high , 10ft wide and 2ft deep . The piece starts with England 's 1874 loss to Scotland and ends with its 1998 World Cup loss against Romania . If continued until today , it would also incorporate Britain 's losses to Uruguay and Italy in last year 's World Cup . Also etched onto the granite would be the team 's 4-1 humiliation at the hands of Germany in 2010 and the 2006 exit on penalties against Portugal . The piece of art will be auctioned off next week at Sotheby 's New Bond Street gallery in London . The monument is being offered with a guide price of £400,000 - £600,000 , which the average England footballer could pay for with one months ' salary . CNN reported Cattelan as explaining it was ' a piece which talks about pride , missed opportunities and death ' . Cattelan is notorious for his often satirical and biting art displays . Perhaps his best known piece is an effigy of Pope John Paul II being crushed by a meteor . Stuart Pierce 's spot kick against West Germany is saved in the 1990 World Cup semi-final match , as England crashed out of the competition on penalties . Sol Campbell and David Seaman scramble as Romania 's Viorel Moldovan scores a goal in England 's 1998 2-1 defeat . Pictured is the moment David Beckham is red-carded in England 's second-round match against Argentina in 1998 , as his teammate Paul Scholes watches on in dismay . They went on to lose the game on penalties . And two years ago he made headlines when he placed a statue of Adolf Hitler praying on his knees in the former Warsaw Ghetto . Jewish groups expressed fury at the 'senseless ' decision to install the provocative artwork in the area where thousands of Jews were forced to live during the rule of the Nazi regime . In total , around 300,000 Jews from the Ghetto died or were sent to their death in concentration camps . The statue , entitled 'HIM ' , attracted a large number of visitors when it was first installed in November 2012 . The work was visible only from a distance , and the artist did not initially say what he intended viewers to read into Hitler 's pose . Organisers of the exhibition of which the statue was a part said its point was to make people reflect on the nature of evil - but others were furious by its placement in such a sensitive site . Had the artwork continued to the current day , it would include England 's 2006 World Cup loss to Portugal . Pictured is Wayne Rooney receiving a red card in the quarter final .
Huge granite monument created by Italian artist rose to sell for £ ##500 . Maurizio Cattelan , known for his satirical cartoons , created the piece in 1999 . Etched in the rock is the scene of every national football league loss . It starts with a 1874 defeat to Scotland and ends in Romania 's 1998 victory . It is up for sale next year at Sotheby 's New Bond St gallery in London .