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The fortune they paid in an auction for Diego Armando Maradona's relic jerseys in Italy

By Fredi Roman

After the death of the legend, this is what fans paid on an auction for some of his belongings.

After the death of the legend, this is what fans paid on an auction for some of his belongings.

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Diego Armando Maradona died on November 25 at his 60 years old, after suffering several health issues, in his house at Buenos Aires. The Argentine idol was saluted by millions of fans all over the world, who reunited in the streets and paid tributes from all type to his greatest idol.

While the justice continues working on how the inheritors of the historical no. 10 will divide their belongings, there are some others that he gifted or gave away during his life and are no longer from his property or from his inheritors. Some of them were found at Italy and formed part of a millionaire auction.

The famous auction house Bolaffi, from Turin, Italy, made an event in which five jerseys used and signed by Maradona were auctioned. One of those was from Argentina national team, another one from Boca Juniors, another one from Argentinos Juniors, two more from Napoli and, the most expensive one, from FC Barcelona.

After the event, the auction house confirmed that they sold the jerseys on $30,100 euros in total. Fans from all over the world, but mainly from Italy, and collectors were at the event and formed part of it. Maradona played on six clubs in his professional soccer career as a player: Argentinos Juniors, Boca, Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla and Newell’s Old Boys.

 


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