Will Messi's World Cup Final shirt break the all-time sporting auction record?
A set of six shirts that Lionel Messi wore during Argentina's victorious 2022 World Cup run will be auctioned in December, with Sotheby's estimating their value at more than $10 million (€9.2m).
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00:00 Within these jerseys, there are a lot of stories.
00:17 But I think obviously most people kind of gravitate towards the match against France
00:21 and obviously the faceoff between Messi and Mbappe.
00:26 Ultimately that match went into penalty kicks and was decided after overtime in penalty
00:32 kicks.
00:33 But we have the shirt from the first half right here and it's truly amazing to have
00:37 that piece of history here.
00:42 The reach and audience of match-worn or game-worn collectibles has grown.
00:49 Last year we sold Diego Maradona's Hand of God shirt for $9.3 million and we also sold
00:54 Michael Jordan's jersey from Game 1 of the 1998 NBA Finals for $10.1 million.
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