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Maradona's 'Hand of God' ball set to fetch millions - CtrlF.XYZ

Maradona's 'Hand of God' ball set to fetch millions

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Six months aft his "Hand of God" garment broke auction records, different portion of memorabilia connected with Diego Maradona's astir celebrated lucifer is expected to merchantability for millions.

The shot utilized successful the 1986 World Cup quarterfinal betwixt Argentina and England is up for auction successful London connected November 16 and has been valued astatine betwixt $4.2 and $5.3 million.

With that ball, Maradona scored 2 iconic goals - the archetypal erstwhile helium controversially utilized his manus and punched the shot into the net, and the 2nd erstwhile helium dribbled past aggregate England players and rounded goalkeeper Peter Shilton.S

Argentina would spell connected to triumph the lucifer - and the tourney a week later.

In May, the garment Maradona wore against England sold for $14.7 cardinal successful an online auction - astatine the clip the astir ever paid for an point of sports memorabilia.

But successful a blockbuster twelvemonth for the sports memorabilia market, that fig was eclipsed 3 months aboriginal erstwhile a Mickey Mantle shot paper fetched $20 million, portion Michael Jordan's 1998 NBA Finals jersey sold for $16 cardinal successful September.

The 1986 World Cup 4th last shot is presently owned by Ali Bin Nasser, the Tunisian referee who oversaw the lucifer and allowed Maradona's arguable archetypal extremity to stand.

"This shot is portion of planetary shot past - it feels similar the close clip to beryllium sharing it with the world," said Bin Nasser.

When aboriginal asked astir his archetypal extremity against England, Maradona, who passed distant 2 years ago, famously said it was scored "a small with the caput of Maradona and a small with the manus of God."

London-based institution Graham Budd Auctions is overseeing the merchantability of the shot arsenic portion of its World Cup Special auction adjacent month.

"2022 has been an astonishing twelvemonth successful the sports memorabilia marketplace with records breached connected 3 occasions," said Graham Budd, the auction location chairman.

"It's an breathtaking clip successful the marketplace and we're wondering whether this celebrated shot volition interruption records arsenic well."

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