Diego Armado Maradona’s asset auction is far from expectations. Although it attracted the attention of about 1,500 potential online shoppers on Sunday, the initiative ended up generating only $ 26,000 (roughly € 23,000), and AFP estimates that lots with a global value of 1 went unnoticed. buyer .42 million dollars, something like 1.2 million euros.
The auctioneer who organized the event, Adrian Mercado, decided to extend the deadline for applications, which can be submitted from anywhere in the world, by another 10 days.
The painting “Between Fiorito and the Sky” by Argentine artist Lu Sedov, depicting the former glory of world football with the Argentine flag, was the most expensive painting put up for auction, totaling 1,910 euros. The first of Maradona’s personal items to be auctioned was a straw hat with a blue ribbon for $ 320 (284 euros). Within this category, a cap in the colors of Venezuela was sold for 460 euros, which was used and proposed by Nicolas Maduro. Marilyn Monroe’s painting and Maradona’s painting with Fidel Castro were also sold at auction, in contrast to luxury villas, apartments and cars.
The auctions organized by the court concern property selected by the heirs of Maradona, which does not have great emotional or intimate value. The profits will be used to pay debts and other expenses left by the player who died on November 25, 2020 at the age of 60.
