The blue jersey used to be offered to an nameless purchaser for £7,142,500 ($9,284,536), stated Sotheby’s.
It had prior to now been within the ownership of former England midfielder Steve Hodge, who exchanged shirts with Maradona after Argentina’s 2-1 quarterfinal victory.
Right through the sport, Hodge by accident flicked the ball into the air for Maradona to attain the notorious ‘Hand of God’ purpose.
A couple of mins later, Maradona scored the “Purpose of the Century” — because it used to be later voted in a FIFA ballot — receiving a move close to the midway line, earlier than weaving his method in opposition to purpose, evading a chain of England avid gamers and tackles after which slotting the ball previous Peter Shilton.
“This ancient blouse is a tangible reminder of crucial second now not simplest within the historical past of sports activities, however within the historical past of the twentieth century,” Brahm Wachter, Sotheby’s Head of Streetwear and Fashionable Collectables, stated in a commentary.
“Within the weeks since we introduced the public sale we’ve been inundated by means of sports activities fanatics and creditors alike, with a palpable pleasure within the air all through the general public exhibition — and this unfiltered enthusiasm used to be echoed within the bidding.
“That is arguably essentially the most coveted soccer blouse to ever come to public sale, and so it’s becoming that it now holds the public sale checklist for any object of its type.”
In line with Sotheby’s, the former public sale checklist for an merchandise of sports activities memorabilia used to be the unique autograph manuscript of the Olympic Manifesto from 1892, which offered for $8.8 million in December 2019.
The former checklist for a match-worn blouse used to be held by means of Babe Ruth’s Yankees highway jersey, which offered for $5.64 million in 2019.
Previous to the public sale, Maradona’s blouse have been estimated to fetch between £4 million ($5.25 million) and £6 million ($7.5 million).
*Individualization of the Sotheby’s blouse to the blouse worn on the time Maradona scored the notorious purpose used to be undertaken by means of the pre-eminent sports activities memorabilia photo-matching company, Solution Photomatching and used to be therefore reviewed by means of Sotheby’s Leader Science Officer, who bodily tested the blouse to substantiate the matched options,” added the public sale space in its commentary.
