Buenos Aires: The auction house assigned to the sale of around 90 items owned by the Football icon at Diego Maradona announced on Monday expand the deadline to bid after the most expensive pieces were not sold.
Virtual week auction failed to attract large bidders with the biggest single offer of $ 2,150 for the painting of the former World Cup winner by Lu Sedova artist.
But Buenos Aires House former Barcelona star and Napoli gave his parents, put up a minimum of $ 900,000, was one of the many items that did not find buyers.
Two BMW cars, registered at a combined $ 390,000 and the seafront apartment in Mar del Plata ($ 65,000) also remain without an offer.
The three-hour auction produced only $ 26,000 with more than $ 1.4 million bound assets, according to AFP calculations.
The Auction House Adrian Mercado Group decided to extend the offer time “because of the number of national and international bidders who did not succeed in registering by the deadline” on Saturday.
It is said that the new bidder will have 10 more days to register bids for the remaining items.
The auction Sunday attracted bidder from several Latin American countries, Italy, France, England, Russia and Dubai.
The second most expensive piece of memorabilia sold on Sunday was Maradona’s photo with the Cuban Leader Fidel Castro, which was bought for $ 1,600 by buyers in Dubai.
Other items sold are Napoli team jackets, training pants, and Cuban cigars.
Sales have been ordered by Judge Luciana Tedesco to pay debts and costs obtained by the estate of Maradona, who died of a heart attack on November 25, 2020.
The auction house expanded sales of Diego Maradona after a lack of offer
