Zidane jersey from 1998 final auctioned for over $ 100,000

One of the jerseys made for Zinédine Zidane for the 1998 World Cup final was sold for over $ 100,000 (around 85,000 euros) in Los Angeles. It is however much less than an old jersey of LeBron James, left for half a million dollars, as announced by the house Julien’s Auctions.

Even though the jersey has been authenticated by FIFA and Adidas, the auction house, contacted by Agence France-Presse (AFP), was unable to say whether or not it had been worn by the French playmaker during the meeting (which saw France win against Brazil by 3 goals to 0), especially during the first half, during which he scored two goals.

In October 2018, a Parisian auction company, Coutau-Bégarie, had to withdraw, a few days before the sale, a jersey presented as being the one worn by Zidane during the final due to doubts about its authenticity. The model put on sale Sunday, July 18, for its part was bought for 108,800 dollars by Julien’s Auctions, which estimated it between 80,000 and 120,000 dollars. It was not the most expensive piece in the collection.

LeBron James superstar

For this sale, which was held all weekend in Beverly Hills and online, Julien’s Auctions estimated at an amount ranging from $ 400,000 to $ 600,000 the value of a very old basketball star LeBron James jersey. , which he wore the day he first made the front cover of the magazine Sports Illustrated, in 2002, when he was still a high school student.

Said jersey finally left for 512,000 dollars (434,000 euros), beating by far the previous record of the amount paid for a high school jersey – in this case the one worn, during his senior year, the former president Barack Obama, and who had flirted with the $ 200,000.

Two Los Angeles Lakers outfits worn by Kobe Bryant, who disappeared in a helicopter crash in January 2020, were sold for $ 96,000 and $ 75,000. They dated back to his rookie season (1996-1997).

Zinédine Zidane’s jersey, on the chest of which is embroidered the mention Brazil France 12-07-98 ”, was exhibited in Zurich (Switzerland), at the FIFA museum, which had received it on loan, in 2017, from its owner (a collector), before owing it to him. restore, just recently.

“During this period, the object was re-examined by the museum’s collection team, who concluded that it was indeed an authentic jersey of the final”, FIFA told AFP, adding however that“During this new examination, the FIFA Museum did not[vait] no proof was found that the jersey was worn during the match “. According to Julien’s Auctions, the number of jerseys having been prepared for the meeting would amount to three.

The World with AFP

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