{"id":302470,"date":"2023-12-15T21:10:27","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T21:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=302470"},"modified":"2023-12-15T21:10:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T21:10:27","slug":"messi-shirt-auction-fails-to-break-record-after-fetching-7-8m-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/messi-shirt-auction-fails-to-break-record-after-fetching-7-8m-in-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"Messi shirt auction FAILS to break record after fetching $7.8m in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Lionel Messi shirt auction FAILS to break record after six match-worn jerseys fetch $7.8m&#8230; well below the\u00a0$10.1m paid for Michael Jordan&#8217;s 1998 finals jersey &#8211; the most valuable memorabilia in sports history<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The record holder for sports memorabilia is Michael Jordan&#8217;s 1998 finals jersey\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Messi scored seven goals to lead Argentina to World Cup glory at Qatar 2022<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lionel Messi\u2019s match-worn World Cup final jersey was among a collection of his Argentina shirts that fetched $7.8million at auction on Thursday &#8211; but the lot failed to break the record for sport&#8217;s most valuable memorabilia.<\/p>\n<p>Six tops from the 2022 World Cup in Qatar &#8211; when\u00a0Argentina beat France on penalties to win the tournament &#8211; were auctioned as a set by Sotheby\u2019s in New York, with a portion of the proceeds going to charity.<\/p>\n<p>Bids closed at 12:01pm ET on Thursday, with the winning bid totalling $7,803,000. With minutes to go before the deadline, there had been only three bids with the highest at $6.5m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The jerseys included Messi&#8217;s shirt from the first half of the World Cup final, the semi-final against Croatia, the quarter-final against Holland, and the round-of 16 match vs. Australia, as well two of the three group-stage games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It was hoped they could fetch at least $10m (\u00a38m), which could have been a record for a \u2018sports memorabilia collection\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/30\/17\/78434711-12810745-A_5_2m_first_bid_was_made_for_Lionel_Messi_s_game_worn_jerseys_f-a-9_1701366464331.jpg\" height=\"485\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Lionel Messi&#8217;s game-worn jerseys from the 2022 World Cup fetched $7.8million at auction\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/30\/17\/78434733-12810745-image-a-3_1701365570106.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Messi amassed seven goals and three assists to lead Argentina to World Cup victory in Qatar<\/p>\n<p>The highest fee paid for an item of sports memorabilia is\u00a0Michael Jordan\u2019s Chicago Bulls jersey from the 1998 NBA Finals Game 1 &#8211; from the famed \u2018Last Dance\u2019 season &#8211; which sold for $10.1m (\u00a38.1m) last September at Sotheby\u2019s New York.<\/p>\n<p>The most expensive piece of music memorabilia, by comparison, is Kurt Cobain\u2019s guitar from an MTV Unplugged performance in 1993 &#8211; just five months before he died. That sold for \u00a34.2m in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Messi&#8217;s shirts are still the most valuable piece of sports memorablia sold at auction this year. The $7.8m bid also ranks among the highest figures ever paid and surpassed the previous record for Messi mementos. Last year, a\u00a0Barcelona shirt he wore in El Clasico in 2017 sold for $450,000.<\/p>\n<p><span>Last month, meanwhile, an eye-watering first bid was made for these jerseys &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span>setting the bar at a whopping $5.2m (rising to $6.3m with buyer&#8217;s premium).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>That first bid topped previous winning bids for game-worn jerseys, such as\u00a0Kobe Bryant&#8217;s 2007-2008 MVP season jersey ($5.8m), Babe Ruth&#8217;s 1928-1930 New York Yankees jersey ($5.6m) and LeBron James&#8217; 2013 NBA Finals Game 7 jersey ($3.6m).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Previously, meanwhile,\u00a0Diego Maradona&#8217;s &#8216;Hand of God&#8217; jersey fetched $9.3m.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/30\/17\/78432843-12810745-image-a-1_1701365416738.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Six of Messi&#8217;s game-worn kits went to auction at Sotheby&#8217;s in New York and ended on Thursday<\/p>\n<p>Messi is considered by many to be the greatest soccer player of all time and World Cup victory in Qatar was the crowning moment of his remarkable career.<\/p>\n<p>Despite losing its opening game to Saudi Arabia, Argentina went all the way, eventually beating France in a dramatic final.<\/p>\n<p>Messi finished the tournament with seven goals and three assists, including two goals in the final.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Following the World Cup, Messi left Europe to join Inter Miami in Major League Soccer. He has since helped the club win its first trophy -Leagues Cup &#8211; and was also awarded his eighth Ballon d&#8217;Or.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12864865\/Lionel-Messi-shirt-auction-FAILS-break-record-World-Cup-Michael-Jordan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lionel Messi shirt auction FAILS to break record after six match-worn jerseys fetch $7.8m&#8230; well below the\u00a0$10.1m paid for Michael <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302469,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Messi shirt auction FAILS to break record after fetching $7.8m in NYC - Sportstons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/messi-shirt-auction-fails-to-break-record-after-fetching-7-8m-in-nyc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Messi shirt auction FAILS to break record after fetching $7.8m in NYC - Sportstons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lionel Messi shirt auction FAILS to break record after six match-worn jerseys fetch $7.8m&#8230; 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