Diego Maradona's luxury vehicles and homes to be auctioned

Handfuls of God: Diego Maradona’s luxury vehicles and home he bought for his parents are among items on auction block to pay off late Argentine soccer legend’s debts

• An auction has been set for December 19 in which bidders will be able to purchase two homes and three vehicles once owned by Diego Maradona 
• A judge overseeing Maradona’s estate granted his five surviving children permission to sell off the items, including trophies, balls and clothing 
• Proceeds from the auction will be used to pay for the expenses incurred by Maradona’s children for the management of a warehouse holding his items

Luxury items that include homes and cars, along with other less pricey memorabilia, once owned by soccer legend Diego Maradona will be put up for auction in Argentina next month.

The decision to sell a portion of the Argentine great’s estate was made by his surviving children – Diego, Giannina, Dalma, Jana and Diego Fernando – after their famous father died from a heart attack last year.

Maradona, who earned about $43 million between 1984 and 1991 while leading Napoli to the Serie A crown and helping Argentina capture the World Cup – with his infamous Hand of God goal against England in the 1986 quarterfinals- had barely $100,000 when he died, according to Express.co.uk.

The auction’s top attraction will be a house located in the Buenos Aires upscale neighborhood of Villa Devoto that Maradona gifted his parents in the 1980s after joining the famed Argentine soccer club Boca Juniors.

A house located in the Buenos Aires upscale neighborhood of Villa Devoto that Diego Maradona gifted his parents in the 1980s after joining the famed Argentine soccer club Boca Juniors will have a starting bid of $900,000 at an auction that will take place December 19

Maradona’s old home in Atlantic resort city of Mar de Plata, Argentina, will be listed for auction December 19 by the Buenos Aires-based Adrián Mercado Auctions. The starting bid is set $65,000. The house has two bedrooms

A BMW M4 once owned by Argentina soccer legend Diego Maradona will be among the property from his estate that will be auctioned December 19 in Buenos Aires. It is customized with special lighting and a police siren will have a starting auction price of $165,000

Fans of Maradona can bid on a 2020 BMW 750I that is listed at $225,000

Diego Maradona, who led Argentina to the World Cup in 1986, holds trophy at awards ceremony in Switzerland in 2017

Bidding will start at $900,000 for a residence that has six bedrooms on the first floor, two bedrooms in the attic, a basement area, and a swimming pool in the backyard. The garage holds three vehicles.

Another home located in the resort city of Mar de Plata will have an auction price of $65,000. The two-story house features a swimming pool in the patio area.

The auction is set to take place December 19 and will be streamed online. It will be managed by Buenos Aires-based Adrián Mercado Auctions. 

Fans also will be able to bid on a 2020 BMW 750I that is listed at $225,000. 

According to media outlets, the luxury vehicle reportedly is one of five that exist in Argentina. 

Maradona’s fans will be able to place a bid on a poster signed by the legend himself that was part of the promotion for a documentary released by Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport in 2006

Replica jerseys from Maradona’s time with Napoli (left) and Boca Juniors (right), the first club Maradona played for, will also be available via an auction that is going to be streamed December 19 from Buenos Aires, Argentina

A BMW M4 customized with special lighting and a police siren will have a starting auction price of $165,000. A third vehicle, a 2018 Hyundai H1 that was routinely used by Maradona to get around Buenos Aires has been listed at $38,000.

Also available for auction is a framed poster signed by Maradona that was part of the promotion for a documentary released by Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport in 2006. 

The auction house also lists clothing, balls, cleats, trophies and musical instruments that will arrive on a container that was shipped from Dubai. 

Civil and commercial judge Luciana Tedesco del Rivero granted Maradona’s children  permission to move forward with the estate auction in October. 

A framed photo of Diego Maradona, taken in 1981 upon joining Boca Juniors will be auctioned December 19. The starting bid price has not been announced yet

Tedesco del Rivero instructed that all proceeds will go toward covering the debt that they have incurred with the warehouse where Maradona’s belongings are being stored in two freight containers.    

‘The auction is carried out because both the houses and the cars generated expenses that the heirs had to face out of their own pockets,’ Tedesco del Rivero said in a court document. ‘Then this idea came up with the aim of converting everything into money so that it does not generate debts. … Different things are going to be auctioned so that, instead of paying for two storage boxes, between everything in one.’

Maradona, who also starred for Napoli and Barcelona, died on November 25, 2020 from a heart attack.

Maradona would travel around Buenos Aires in a 2016 Hyundai H1. The mini van is being auctioned at $38,000

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