A set of Lionel Messi jerseys has been sold for a jaw-dropping price at auction.
The six striped blue and white
shirts including one jersey worn during the World Cup’s final match—sold for
$7.803 million, according to the New York City-based auction house Sotheby.’
The jerseys were worn in
Argentina's group stage matches against Saudi Arabia and Mexico, the knockout
round clashes with Australia, Croatia, and the Netherlands, and the final
against France. The only jersey missing from the collection is the one from
Argentina's group-stage win over Poland.
Sotheby’s had projected the
jerseys would break a record held by Michael Jordan’s 1998 NBA Finals jersey,
which sold for a record $10.1 million last year, but they didn't.
The second most valuable jersey
sold at auction was Diego Maradona’s “Hand of God” goal jersey worn during the
1986 World Cup, which sold for $9.28 million in May 2022.
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