Maradona’s auction continues: despite failure on the first date, they will continue with the Argentine’s event

The house in charge of the auction of goods of the deceased Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona, Grupo Adrián Mercado Subastas, announced this Monday the extension of the deadline for submitting offers.

As he explained in a statement, the decision was resolved “in view of the number of national and international bidders who have failed to comply with the due registration before the agreed date” for the closing scheduled for last Saturday.

Among the goods offered were left vacant in Sunday’s auction, the house that Maradona gave to his parents in the city of Buenos Aires, two BMW cars and an apartment on the Argentine Atlantic coast.

1,500 bidders from various Latin American countries, from Italy, France, England, Russia and the United Arab Emirates participated in the auction, broadcast from a hotel in Buenos Aires.

Sales totaled about $ 26,000 according to calculations by the AFP agency that followed the auction online, while there were no bidders for goods valued at $ 1,420,000.

The auctioneer announced that “for the next ten business days any entity, person, company that wishes to bid for the vacant lots will be authorized to do so.”

Among the goods that were sold are a painting by the plastic artist Lu Sedova with the image of Maradona, a photograph of the Argentine star next to the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro and personal items such as ties, caps, sneakers, booties (soccer shoes) and sportswear.

The auction had been ordered by the courts to pay debts and expenses of the succession of the world champion in Mexico-1986.

The auction had the agreement of the five children of Maradona, who died on November 25, 2020.