2023-12-14 18:06:00
The jackets are from the Qatar World Cup
Six shirts that Lionel Messi wore during the World Cup in Qatar in which he won were auctioned at the renowned Sotheby’s house in New York for a figure just over 7.8 million dollars.
The jerseys in the auction were the protagonists of emblematic moments such as the defeat once morest Saudi Arabia and the victory once morest Mexico in the group stage, as well as decisive matches once morest Australia, the Netherlands, Croatia and the final once morest France. All of them show the number 10, synonymous with Messi, and stand out for details of authenticity that certify their use in key matches for Argentina’s conquest of the world title. The jacket once morest Poland, the day the Argentine team used the alternative shirt (purple), was not part of the collection.
“These match-worn shirts are artifacts of Messi’s legacy. They symbolize the culmination of a career full of hard work and an eternal passion for the beautiful game. Messi’s trip to the 2022 World Cup was regarding more than just winning; it was regarding inspiring generations of footballers and fans. For years to come, these jerseys will serve as a reminder of Messi’s greatness and the indelible mark he left on the world of football. Used during the first half of each respective match, they are symbols of triumph and perseverance,” notes the auction portal.
The collection of Messi shirts that was auctioned (Archyde.com)
The record for the most valuable sports collection in history still remains in the figure they paid for a Michael Jordan jersey in September 2022 for $10.1 million. It must be taken into account that at the beginning of 2022, in London, Diego Armando Maradona’s shirt from the 1986 World Cup was sold for a value greater than 9 million dollars.
The Jordan jersey that today is at the top of the most expensive in history is from the 1998 NBA finals with the Chicago Bulls and a collector spent more than 10 million dollars on the New York home. “I think this batch is in that range (that of Jordan and Maradona’s records) and we hope to be able to break the record,” Wachter said.
Sotheby’s New York headquarters, located in a luxurious building on York Avenue on the Upper East Side, is totally used to receiving works by the most sought-following artists, very rare and almost impossible to find pieces, and personal memorabilia from stars of all kinds. For the last two weeks, the big attraction is these six albiceleste jerseys, framed and carefully placed on a wall in the lobby.
But, no auction around Lionel Messi will surpass in singularity the one that occurred in the middle of this year when Christian Gutiérrez Alup, a fanatical fan of Argentinos Juniors, kept the goal of La Pulga’s first goal in the Argentine national team in exchange for 150 A thousand pesos. The goal is one of those that was in the Bicho stadium on June 29, 2004 when the Albiceleste beat Paraguay 8-0 in a friendly in which Leo played with shirt number 17, scored a goal, the seventh, and He provided two assists to Pablo Vitti and Federico Almerares.
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