The great pearl of the auction offered by the North American house Julien’s it was the shirt that Diego Armando Maradona would have used in the final of the World Cup in Mexico 86 against Germany. Although the Argentine collector Marcelo Ordas assured that it was a protocol jacket and not used in the game, 11 offers were made for the garment that was sold for 50 thousand dollars (more than 6 million pesos at the official price).
In parallel, other 31 related articles with the life of the Argentine star that corresponded to the same lot. At the beginning of the bidding there were 34 in total, but a pair of boots from the 70s and an alternative white short-sleeved Napoli shirt signed by the Ten. However, for the rest of the objects, an amount that exceeded 170 thousand dollars (more than 21 million pesos) was collected.
Among the highlights -and what was paid the most- was a T-shirt from Argentine Juniors of the beginnings of Fluff dedicated to the Sergeant of the Air Artillery Regiment 101 (dating from his time in La Colimba), a couple of ankle boots used in the 80s, a ball signed by him and part of the Napoli squad in Serie A, jerseys from the Italian team and an alternative long-sleeved shirt from the Argentine national team which he used in the 1987 Copa América.
It should be remembered that in May of this year the Sothebys auction house Auctioned for more than USD 9 million the mythical shirt that Maradona wore when he scored both goals against England in the 1986 World Cup. In the previous one, in Great Britain they speculated that it could end up being acquired for a figure that oscillated between five and eight million dollars.
The number broke an absolute record. To have an idea of the amount that was paid, the current brand was from a New York Yankees jersey that had belonged to the legendary baseball player Babe Ruth and used in the period 1928-1930: it had been sold for USD 5.64 million in a auction on June 15, 2019, which had made it the most expensive sports collectible ever sold. While the value of Maradona’s was more than USD 9 million.
For years, the garment was in the possession of former English soccer player Steve Hodge, who played in that historic 1986 World Cup match. That exchange marked his career and his life, so much so that he titled his biography “The Man in Maradona’s Shirt.” The garment was on display at the Manchester Football Museum. “I had offers to sell it but I did not want to do it: it is the great moment of my career and a memory of the best footballer who played this sport”, he had assured in the book “El Partido”, by Andrés Burgo. But something made him change his mind.
ALL AUCTIONED ITEMS: TOTAL USD 170,522
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