Maradona Hand of God shirt sold for over

Maradona Hand of God shirt sold for over

The shirt worn by Diego Maradona when hescored the Hand of God goalhas fetched over7million at auction, the highest price ever paid for a piece of sports memorabilia.Maradona scored two of the most memorable goals in World Vin Baker Jersey Cup history to knock England out at the quarter-final stage in the1986 tournament in Mexico.The late, great former Argentina Matthew Dellavedova Jersey captain rose above Peter Shilton to knock the first in with his fistat theAzteca Stadium, with the officials failingto spot the infringement.Moments later, hebeat a series of England players with a sublime dribble on the way toscoring a magnificent solo goal as Argentinawon 2-1 and went on to be crowned world champions. England midfielder Steve Hodge ended up with the shirtafter swapping Spencer Hawes Jersey with Maradona who pa sed away in November 2020 followingthe match.The shirt has been on loan to theNational Football Museum in Manchester, but was put up for auction at Sothebys in London for a Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Jersey bidding period between April20 to May 4, with estimatorsexpecting it to collect around 4m.However, the succe sful bid ended up being significantly higher, with Sothebys confirming on Wednesday that the shirtwent for a whopping7,142,500.That eye-watering total makes it the most expensive piece Rashad Vaughn Jersey of sporting attire in history, with a 1928-30 road jersey ofbaseball icon Babe Ruth settingthe previousrecord in 2019, going for 4.4m($5.6m).

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