Big-ticket Items Go Unsold in Auction of Diego Maradona Assets
A digital public sale of some 90 objects owned by late soccer famous person Diego Maradona on Sunday failed to draw any large bidders, with a seaside condominium, two BMWs and the home he had purchased for his mother and father among the many bigger objects failing to promote.
More than 1,500 potential bidders — in Latin America, Italy, France, England, Russia and Dubai — had signed up to participate, its organizers stated.
But by the top of the three-hour affair, gross sales totaled solely $26,000, with greater than $1.4 million in property unbid on, in accordance with AFP calculations.
The morning’s highest bid went to a portray of the world-class footballer titled “Between Fiorito and the Sky,” by artist Lu Sedova. It sold for $2,150.
It was followed by a photograph of Maradona with late Cuban leader Fidel Castro, purchased for $1,600 by a buyer in Dubai.
“Auctions are like that — one cannot know the result until it is over,” stated organizer Adrian Mercado on the conclusion of the sale. “We anticipated a lot, however the actuality is that it’s all the time unknown.”