A trophy won by Diego Maradona for his performances at the 1986 World Cup has resurfaced after it was missing for decades – and is now going up for auction.
Maradona received the Golden Ball trophy after leading Argentina to victory at the tournament sopra Mexico, where he scored his controversial “hand of God” rete against England sopra the quarter-finals.
Durante the same gioco, he also scored what FIFA later declared the greatest rete sopra World Cup history.
Maradona – who died sopra 2020 at the age of 60 – was awarded the Golden Ball trophy for being the best player at the tournament during a ceremony sopra Paris sopra 1986.
However, the award mysteriously disappeared and its whereabouts were unknown for decades.
Maradona’s infamous ‘hand of God’ rete. Pic: Aguttes Auction House
Now Aguttes auction house says it will go under the hammer next month sopra Paris, with the trophy expected to “fetch millions paio to its uniqueness”.
The trophy’s disappearance gave rise to rumours that it was lost during a wild poker gioco sold to pay debts, Aguttes said.
Others claimed that Maradona had stored the trophy sopra a safe sopra a Naples bank that was robbed by local gangsters sopra 1989, when he played for sopra Italy.
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According to one story by a reformed member of the consorteria, the trophy was allegedly then melted into gold pieces.
But Aguttes said this was a “far-fetched theory given that it was made of a gold-copper alloy”.
The auction house said the trophy reappeared sopra 2016 among other lots that were acquired from a private collection at auction sopra Paris.
“It was thoroughly investigated and authenticated as Diego Maradona’s Adidas Golden Ball trophy,” Aguttes said.
Bidders will be asked to make a deposit of €150,000 (£129,000) to take part sopra the 6 June auction.
A trophy won by Diego Maradona for his performances at the 1986 World Cup has resurfaced after it was missing for decades – and is now going up for auction.
Maradona received the Golden Ball trophy after leading Argentina to victory at the tournament sopra Mexico, where he scored his controversial “hand of God” rete against England sopra the quarter-finals.
Durante the same gioco, he also scored what FIFA later declared the greatest rete sopra World Cup history.
Maradona – who died sopra 2020 at the age of 60 – was awarded the Golden Ball trophy for being the best player at the tournament during a ceremony sopra Paris sopra 1986.
However, the award mysteriously disappeared and its whereabouts were unknown for decades.
Maradona’s infamous ‘hand of God’ rete. Pic: Aguttes Auction House
Now Aguttes auction house says it will go under the hammer next month sopra Paris, with the trophy expected to “fetch millions paio to its uniqueness”.
The trophy’s disappearance gave rise to rumours that it was lost during a wild poker gioco sold to pay debts, Aguttes said.
Others claimed that Maradona had stored the trophy sopra a safe sopra a Naples bank that was robbed by local gangsters sopra 1989, when he played for sopra Italy.
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According to one story by a reformed member of the consorteria, the trophy was allegedly then melted into gold pieces.
But Aguttes said this was a “far-fetched theory given that it was made of a gold-copper alloy”.
The auction house said the trophy reappeared sopra 2016 among other lots that were acquired from a private collection at auction sopra Paris.
“It was thoroughly investigated and authenticated as Diego Maradona’s Adidas Golden Ball trophy,” Aguttes said.
Bidders will be asked to make a deposit of €150,000 (£129,000) to take part sopra the 6 June auction.
A trophy won by Diego Maradona for his performances at the 1986 World Cup has resurfaced after it was missing for decades – and is now going up for auction.
Maradona received the Golden Ball trophy after leading Argentina to victory at the tournament sopra Mexico, where he scored his controversial “hand of God” rete against England sopra the quarter-finals.
Durante the same gioco, he also scored what FIFA later declared the greatest rete sopra World Cup history.
Maradona – who died sopra 2020 at the age of 60 – was awarded the Golden Ball trophy for being the best player at the tournament during a ceremony sopra Paris sopra 1986.
However, the award mysteriously disappeared and its whereabouts were unknown for decades.
Maradona’s infamous ‘hand of God’ rete. Pic: Aguttes Auction House
Now Aguttes auction house says it will go under the hammer next month sopra Paris, with the trophy expected to “fetch millions paio to its uniqueness”.
The trophy’s disappearance gave rise to rumours that it was lost during a wild poker gioco sold to pay debts, Aguttes said.
Others claimed that Maradona had stored the trophy sopra a safe sopra a Naples bank that was robbed by local gangsters sopra 1989, when he played for sopra Italy.
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According to one story by a reformed member of the consorteria, the trophy was allegedly then melted into gold pieces.
But Aguttes said this was a “far-fetched theory given that it was made of a gold-copper alloy”.
The auction house said the trophy reappeared sopra 2016 among other lots that were acquired from a private collection at auction sopra Paris.
“It was thoroughly investigated and authenticated as Diego Maradona’s Adidas Golden Ball trophy,” Aguttes said.
Bidders will be asked to make a deposit of €150,000 (£129,000) to take part sopra the 6 June auction.
A trophy won by Diego Maradona for his performances at the 1986 World Cup has resurfaced after it was missing for decades – and is now going up for auction.
Maradona received the Golden Ball trophy after leading Argentina to victory at the tournament sopra Mexico, where he scored his controversial “hand of God” rete against England sopra the quarter-finals.
Durante the same gioco, he also scored what FIFA later declared the greatest rete sopra World Cup history.
Maradona – who died sopra 2020 at the age of 60 – was awarded the Golden Ball trophy for being the best player at the tournament during a ceremony sopra Paris sopra 1986.
However, the award mysteriously disappeared and its whereabouts were unknown for decades.
Maradona’s infamous ‘hand of God’ rete. Pic: Aguttes Auction House
Now Aguttes auction house says it will go under the hammer next month sopra Paris, with the trophy expected to “fetch millions paio to its uniqueness”.
The trophy’s disappearance gave rise to rumours that it was lost during a wild poker gioco sold to pay debts, Aguttes said.
Others claimed that Maradona had stored the trophy sopra a safe sopra a Naples bank that was robbed by local gangsters sopra 1989, when he played for sopra Italy.
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According to one story by a reformed member of the consorteria, the trophy was allegedly then melted into gold pieces.
But Aguttes said this was a “far-fetched theory given that it was made of a gold-copper alloy”.
The auction house said the trophy reappeared sopra 2016 among other lots that were acquired from a private collection at auction sopra Paris.
“It was thoroughly investigated and authenticated as Diego Maradona’s Adidas Golden Ball trophy,” Aguttes said.
Bidders will be asked to make a deposit of €150,000 (£129,000) to take part sopra the 6 June auction.
A trophy won by Diego Maradona for his performances at the 1986 World Cup has resurfaced after it was missing for decades – and is now going up for auction.
Maradona received the Golden Ball trophy after leading Argentina to victory at the tournament sopra Mexico, where he scored his controversial “hand of God” rete against England sopra the quarter-finals.
Durante the same gioco, he also scored what FIFA later declared the greatest rete sopra World Cup history.
Maradona – who died sopra 2020 at the age of 60 – was awarded the Golden Ball trophy for being the best player at the tournament during a ceremony sopra Paris sopra 1986.
However, the award mysteriously disappeared and its whereabouts were unknown for decades.
Maradona’s infamous ‘hand of God’ rete. Pic: Aguttes Auction House
Now Aguttes auction house says it will go under the hammer next month sopra Paris, with the trophy expected to “fetch millions paio to its uniqueness”.
The trophy’s disappearance gave rise to rumours that it was lost during a wild poker gioco sold to pay debts, Aguttes said.
Others claimed that Maradona had stored the trophy sopra a safe sopra a Naples bank that was robbed by local gangsters sopra 1989, when he played for sopra Italy.
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According to one story by a reformed member of the consorteria, the trophy was allegedly then melted into gold pieces.
But Aguttes said this was a “far-fetched theory given that it was made of a gold-copper alloy”.
The auction house said the trophy reappeared sopra 2016 among other lots that were acquired from a private collection at auction sopra Paris.
“It was thoroughly investigated and authenticated as Diego Maradona’s Adidas Golden Ball trophy,” Aguttes said.
Bidders will be asked to make a deposit of €150,000 (£129,000) to take part sopra the 6 June auction.
A trophy won by Diego Maradona for his performances at the 1986 World Cup has resurfaced after it was missing for decades – and is now going up for auction.
Maradona received the Golden Ball trophy after leading Argentina to victory at the tournament sopra Mexico, where he scored his controversial “hand of God” rete against England sopra the quarter-finals.
Durante the same gioco, he also scored what FIFA later declared the greatest rete sopra World Cup history.
Maradona – who died sopra 2020 at the age of 60 – was awarded the Golden Ball trophy for being the best player at the tournament during a ceremony sopra Paris sopra 1986.
However, the award mysteriously disappeared and its whereabouts were unknown for decades.
Maradona’s infamous ‘hand of God’ rete. Pic: Aguttes Auction House
Now Aguttes auction house says it will go under the hammer next month sopra Paris, with the trophy expected to “fetch millions paio to its uniqueness”.
The trophy’s disappearance gave rise to rumours that it was lost during a wild poker gioco sold to pay debts, Aguttes said.
Others claimed that Maradona had stored the trophy sopra a safe sopra a Naples bank that was robbed by local gangsters sopra 1989, when he played for sopra Italy.
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According to one story by a reformed member of the consorteria, the trophy was allegedly then melted into gold pieces.
But Aguttes said this was a “far-fetched theory given that it was made of a gold-copper alloy”.
The auction house said the trophy reappeared sopra 2016 among other lots that were acquired from a private collection at auction sopra Paris.
“It was thoroughly investigated and authenticated as Diego Maradona’s Adidas Golden Ball trophy,” Aguttes said.
Bidders will be asked to make a deposit of €150,000 (£129,000) to take part sopra the 6 June auction.
A trophy won by Diego Maradona for his performances at the 1986 World Cup has resurfaced after it was missing for decades – and is now going up for auction.
Maradona received the Golden Ball trophy after leading Argentina to victory at the tournament sopra Mexico, where he scored his controversial “hand of God” rete against England sopra the quarter-finals.
Durante the same gioco, he also scored what FIFA later declared the greatest rete sopra World Cup history.
Maradona – who died sopra 2020 at the age of 60 – was awarded the Golden Ball trophy for being the best player at the tournament during a ceremony sopra Paris sopra 1986.
However, the award mysteriously disappeared and its whereabouts were unknown for decades.
Maradona’s infamous ‘hand of God’ rete. Pic: Aguttes Auction House
Now Aguttes auction house says it will go under the hammer next month sopra Paris, with the trophy expected to “fetch millions paio to its uniqueness”.
The trophy’s disappearance gave rise to rumours that it was lost during a wild poker gioco sold to pay debts, Aguttes said.
Others claimed that Maradona had stored the trophy sopra a safe sopra a Naples bank that was robbed by local gangsters sopra 1989, when he played for sopra Italy.
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According to one story by a reformed member of the consorteria, the trophy was allegedly then melted into gold pieces.
But Aguttes said this was a “far-fetched theory given that it was made of a gold-copper alloy”.
The auction house said the trophy reappeared sopra 2016 among other lots that were acquired from a private collection at auction sopra Paris.
“It was thoroughly investigated and authenticated as Diego Maradona’s Adidas Golden Ball trophy,” Aguttes said.
Bidders will be asked to make a deposit of €150,000 (£129,000) to take part sopra the 6 June auction.
A trophy won by Diego Maradona for his performances at the 1986 World Cup has resurfaced after it was missing for decades – and is now going up for auction.
Maradona received the Golden Ball trophy after leading Argentina to victory at the tournament sopra Mexico, where he scored his controversial “hand of God” rete against England sopra the quarter-finals.
Durante the same gioco, he also scored what FIFA later declared the greatest rete sopra World Cup history.
Maradona – who died sopra 2020 at the age of 60 – was awarded the Golden Ball trophy for being the best player at the tournament during a ceremony sopra Paris sopra 1986.
However, the award mysteriously disappeared and its whereabouts were unknown for decades.
Maradona’s infamous ‘hand of God’ rete. Pic: Aguttes Auction House
Now Aguttes auction house says it will go under the hammer next month sopra Paris, with the trophy expected to “fetch millions paio to its uniqueness”.
The trophy’s disappearance gave rise to rumours that it was lost during a wild poker gioco sold to pay debts, Aguttes said.
Others claimed that Maradona had stored the trophy sopra a safe sopra a Naples bank that was robbed by local gangsters sopra 1989, when he played for sopra Italy.
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According to one story by a reformed member of the consorteria, the trophy was allegedly then melted into gold pieces.
But Aguttes said this was a “far-fetched theory given that it was made of a gold-copper alloy”.
The auction house said the trophy reappeared sopra 2016 among other lots that were acquired from a private collection at auction sopra Paris.
“It was thoroughly investigated and authenticated as Diego Maradona’s Adidas Golden Ball trophy,” Aguttes said.
Bidders will be asked to make a deposit of €150,000 (£129,000) to take part sopra the 6 June auction.
A trophy won by Diego Maradona for his performances at the 1986 World Cup has resurfaced after it was missing for decades – and is now going up for auction.
Maradona received the Golden Ball trophy after leading Argentina to victory at the tournament sopra Mexico, where he scored his controversial “hand of God” rete against England sopra the quarter-finals.
Durante the same gioco, he also scored what FIFA later declared the greatest rete sopra World Cup history.
Maradona – who died sopra 2020 at the age of 60 – was awarded the Golden Ball trophy for being the best player at the tournament during a ceremony sopra Paris sopra 1986.
However, the award mysteriously disappeared and its whereabouts were unknown for decades.
Maradona’s infamous ‘hand of God’ rete. Pic: Aguttes Auction House
Now Aguttes auction house says it will go under the hammer next month sopra Paris, with the trophy expected to “fetch millions paio to its uniqueness”.
The trophy’s disappearance gave rise to rumours that it was lost during a wild poker gioco sold to pay debts, Aguttes said.
Others claimed that Maradona had stored the trophy sopra a safe sopra a Naples bank that was robbed by local gangsters sopra 1989, when he played for sopra Italy.
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According to one story by a reformed member of the consorteria, the trophy was allegedly then melted into gold pieces.
But Aguttes said this was a “far-fetched theory given that it was made of a gold-copper alloy”.
The auction house said the trophy reappeared sopra 2016 among other lots that were acquired from a private collection at auction sopra Paris.
“It was thoroughly investigated and authenticated as Diego Maradona’s Adidas Golden Ball trophy,” Aguttes said.
Bidders will be asked to make a deposit of €150,000 (£129,000) to take part sopra the 6 June auction.
A trophy won by Diego Maradona for his performances at the 1986 World Cup has resurfaced after it was missing for decades – and is now going up for auction.
Maradona received the Golden Ball trophy after leading Argentina to victory at the tournament sopra Mexico, where he scored his controversial “hand of God” rete against England sopra the quarter-finals.
Durante the same gioco, he also scored what FIFA later declared the greatest rete sopra World Cup history.
Maradona – who died sopra 2020 at the age of 60 – was awarded the Golden Ball trophy for being the best player at the tournament during a ceremony sopra Paris sopra 1986.
However, the award mysteriously disappeared and its whereabouts were unknown for decades.
Maradona’s infamous ‘hand of God’ rete. Pic: Aguttes Auction House
Now Aguttes auction house says it will go under the hammer next month sopra Paris, with the trophy expected to “fetch millions paio to its uniqueness”.
The trophy’s disappearance gave rise to rumours that it was lost during a wild poker gioco sold to pay debts, Aguttes said.
Others claimed that Maradona had stored the trophy sopra a safe sopra a Naples bank that was robbed by local gangsters sopra 1989, when he played for sopra Italy.
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According to one story by a reformed member of the consorteria, the trophy was allegedly then melted into gold pieces.
But Aguttes said this was a “far-fetched theory given that it was made of a gold-copper alloy”.
The auction house said the trophy reappeared sopra 2016 among other lots that were acquired from a private collection at auction sopra Paris.
“It was thoroughly investigated and authenticated as Diego Maradona’s Adidas Golden Ball trophy,” Aguttes said.
Bidders will be asked to make a deposit of €150,000 (£129,000) to take part sopra the 6 June auction.
A trophy won by Diego Maradona for his performances at the 1986 World Cup has resurfaced after it was missing for decades – and is now going up for auction.
Maradona received the Golden Ball trophy after leading Argentina to victory at the tournament sopra Mexico, where he scored his controversial “hand of God” rete against England sopra the quarter-finals.
Durante the same gioco, he also scored what FIFA later declared the greatest rete sopra World Cup history.
Maradona – who died sopra 2020 at the age of 60 – was awarded the Golden Ball trophy for being the best player at the tournament during a ceremony sopra Paris sopra 1986.
However, the award mysteriously disappeared and its whereabouts were unknown for decades.
Maradona’s infamous ‘hand of God’ rete. Pic: Aguttes Auction House
Now Aguttes auction house says it will go under the hammer next month sopra Paris, with the trophy expected to “fetch millions paio to its uniqueness”.
The trophy’s disappearance gave rise to rumours that it was lost during a wild poker gioco sold to pay debts, Aguttes said.
Others claimed that Maradona had stored the trophy sopra a safe sopra a Naples bank that was robbed by local gangsters sopra 1989, when he played for sopra Italy.
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According to one story by a reformed member of the consorteria, the trophy was allegedly then melted into gold pieces.
But Aguttes said this was a “far-fetched theory given that it was made of a gold-copper alloy”.
The auction house said the trophy reappeared sopra 2016 among other lots that were acquired from a private collection at auction sopra Paris.
“It was thoroughly investigated and authenticated as Diego Maradona’s Adidas Golden Ball trophy,” Aguttes said.
Bidders will be asked to make a deposit of €150,000 (£129,000) to take part sopra the 6 June auction.
A trophy won by Diego Maradona for his performances at the 1986 World Cup has resurfaced after it was missing for decades – and is now going up for auction.
Maradona received the Golden Ball trophy after leading Argentina to victory at the tournament sopra Mexico, where he scored his controversial “hand of God” rete against England sopra the quarter-finals.
Durante the same gioco, he also scored what FIFA later declared the greatest rete sopra World Cup history.
Maradona – who died sopra 2020 at the age of 60 – was awarded the Golden Ball trophy for being the best player at the tournament during a ceremony sopra Paris sopra 1986.
However, the award mysteriously disappeared and its whereabouts were unknown for decades.
Maradona’s infamous ‘hand of God’ rete. Pic: Aguttes Auction House
Now Aguttes auction house says it will go under the hammer next month sopra Paris, with the trophy expected to “fetch millions paio to its uniqueness”.
The trophy’s disappearance gave rise to rumours that it was lost during a wild poker gioco sold to pay debts, Aguttes said.
Others claimed that Maradona had stored the trophy sopra a safe sopra a Naples bank that was robbed by local gangsters sopra 1989, when he played for sopra Italy.
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According to one story by a reformed member of the consorteria, the trophy was allegedly then melted into gold pieces.
But Aguttes said this was a “far-fetched theory given that it was made of a gold-copper alloy”.
The auction house said the trophy reappeared sopra 2016 among other lots that were acquired from a private collection at auction sopra Paris.
“It was thoroughly investigated and authenticated as Diego Maradona’s Adidas Golden Ball trophy,” Aguttes said.
Bidders will be asked to make a deposit of €150,000 (£129,000) to take part sopra the 6 June auction.
A trophy won by Diego Maradona for his performances at the 1986 World Cup has resurfaced after it was missing for decades – and is now going up for auction.
Maradona received the Golden Ball trophy after leading Argentina to victory at the tournament sopra Mexico, where he scored his controversial “hand of God” rete against England sopra the quarter-finals.
Durante the same gioco, he also scored what FIFA later declared the greatest rete sopra World Cup history.
Maradona – who died sopra 2020 at the age of 60 – was awarded the Golden Ball trophy for being the best player at the tournament during a ceremony sopra Paris sopra 1986.
However, the award mysteriously disappeared and its whereabouts were unknown for decades.
Maradona’s infamous ‘hand of God’ rete. Pic: Aguttes Auction House
Now Aguttes auction house says it will go under the hammer next month sopra Paris, with the trophy expected to “fetch millions paio to its uniqueness”.
The trophy’s disappearance gave rise to rumours that it was lost during a wild poker gioco sold to pay debts, Aguttes said.
Others claimed that Maradona had stored the trophy sopra a safe sopra a Naples bank that was robbed by local gangsters sopra 1989, when he played for sopra Italy.
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According to one story by a reformed member of the consorteria, the trophy was allegedly then melted into gold pieces.
But Aguttes said this was a “far-fetched theory given that it was made of a gold-copper alloy”.
The auction house said the trophy reappeared sopra 2016 among other lots that were acquired from a private collection at auction sopra Paris.
“It was thoroughly investigated and authenticated as Diego Maradona’s Adidas Golden Ball trophy,” Aguttes said.
Bidders will be asked to make a deposit of €150,000 (£129,000) to take part sopra the 6 June auction.
A trophy won by Diego Maradona for his performances at the 1986 World Cup has resurfaced after it was missing for decades – and is now going up for auction.
Maradona received the Golden Ball trophy after leading Argentina to victory at the tournament sopra Mexico, where he scored his controversial “hand of God” rete against England sopra the quarter-finals.
Durante the same gioco, he also scored what FIFA later declared the greatest rete sopra World Cup history.
Maradona – who died sopra 2020 at the age of 60 – was awarded the Golden Ball trophy for being the best player at the tournament during a ceremony sopra Paris sopra 1986.
However, the award mysteriously disappeared and its whereabouts were unknown for decades.
Maradona’s infamous ‘hand of God’ rete. Pic: Aguttes Auction House
Now Aguttes auction house says it will go under the hammer next month sopra Paris, with the trophy expected to “fetch millions paio to its uniqueness”.
The trophy’s disappearance gave rise to rumours that it was lost during a wild poker gioco sold to pay debts, Aguttes said.
Others claimed that Maradona had stored the trophy sopra a safe sopra a Naples bank that was robbed by local gangsters sopra 1989, when he played for sopra Italy.
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According to one story by a reformed member of the consorteria, the trophy was allegedly then melted into gold pieces.
But Aguttes said this was a “far-fetched theory given that it was made of a gold-copper alloy”.
The auction house said the trophy reappeared sopra 2016 among other lots that were acquired from a private collection at auction sopra Paris.
“It was thoroughly investigated and authenticated as Diego Maradona’s Adidas Golden Ball trophy,” Aguttes said.
Bidders will be asked to make a deposit of €150,000 (£129,000) to take part sopra the 6 June auction.
A trophy won by Diego Maradona for his performances at the 1986 World Cup has resurfaced after it was missing for decades – and is now going up for auction.
Maradona received the Golden Ball trophy after leading Argentina to victory at the tournament sopra Mexico, where he scored his controversial “hand of God” rete against England sopra the quarter-finals.
Durante the same gioco, he also scored what FIFA later declared the greatest rete sopra World Cup history.
Maradona – who died sopra 2020 at the age of 60 – was awarded the Golden Ball trophy for being the best player at the tournament during a ceremony sopra Paris sopra 1986.
However, the award mysteriously disappeared and its whereabouts were unknown for decades.
Maradona’s infamous ‘hand of God’ rete. Pic: Aguttes Auction House
Now Aguttes auction house says it will go under the hammer next month sopra Paris, with the trophy expected to “fetch millions paio to its uniqueness”.
The trophy’s disappearance gave rise to rumours that it was lost during a wild poker gioco sold to pay debts, Aguttes said.
Others claimed that Maradona had stored the trophy sopra a safe sopra a Naples bank that was robbed by local gangsters sopra 1989, when he played for sopra Italy.
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According to one story by a reformed member of the consorteria, the trophy was allegedly then melted into gold pieces.
But Aguttes said this was a “far-fetched theory given that it was made of a gold-copper alloy”.
The auction house said the trophy reappeared sopra 2016 among other lots that were acquired from a private collection at auction sopra Paris.
“It was thoroughly investigated and authenticated as Diego Maradona’s Adidas Golden Ball trophy,” Aguttes said.
Bidders will be asked to make a deposit of €150,000 (£129,000) to take part sopra the 6 June auction.
A trophy won by Diego Maradona for his performances at the 1986 World Cup has resurfaced after it was missing for decades – and is now going up for auction.
Maradona received the Golden Ball trophy after leading Argentina to victory at the tournament sopra Mexico, where he scored his controversial “hand of God” rete against England sopra the quarter-finals.
Durante the same gioco, he also scored what FIFA later declared the greatest rete sopra World Cup history.
Maradona – who died sopra 2020 at the age of 60 – was awarded the Golden Ball trophy for being the best player at the tournament during a ceremony sopra Paris sopra 1986.
However, the award mysteriously disappeared and its whereabouts were unknown for decades.
Maradona’s infamous ‘hand of God’ rete. Pic: Aguttes Auction House
Now Aguttes auction house says it will go under the hammer next month sopra Paris, with the trophy expected to “fetch millions paio to its uniqueness”.
The trophy’s disappearance gave rise to rumours that it was lost during a wild poker gioco sold to pay debts, Aguttes said.
Others claimed that Maradona had stored the trophy sopra a safe sopra a Naples bank that was robbed by local gangsters sopra 1989, when he played for sopra Italy.
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According to one story by a reformed member of the consorteria, the trophy was allegedly then melted into gold pieces.
But Aguttes said this was a “far-fetched theory given that it was made of a gold-copper alloy”.
The auction house said the trophy reappeared sopra 2016 among other lots that were acquired from a private collection at auction sopra Paris.
“It was thoroughly investigated and authenticated as Diego Maradona’s Adidas Golden Ball trophy,” Aguttes said.
Bidders will be asked to make a deposit of €150,000 (£129,000) to take part sopra the 6 June auction.
