The World Cup remains in full swing, so now’s the ideal time to think about acquiring this Mercedes-Benz as soon as owned by Argentine soccer tale Diego Maradona. The Hand of God wheeled this Signal Red 1980 Mercedes-Benz 450SLC 5.0 available at Bonhams Paris public auction on February 2, 2023 with an estimated price of EUR150,000-200,000 ($157,660– $210,214). Maradona led Argentina to victory at the 1986 World Cup as well as was named the FIFA Player of the 20th Century.
“With the World Cup match in between Argentina and also Mexico taking place this weekend, we are happy to introduce that we will be supplying this exceptional motor automobile– and piece of sporting memorabilia– belonging to Maradona, who led his national group to World Cup success in Mexico in 1986,” Philip Kantor, International Chairman, Bonhams Motoring, stated. “We make certain that the SLC will certainly rack up extremely at the rostrum in Paris.”
After Maradona’s possession, the Mercedes ended up in private collections throughout Argentina and was after that imported to the U.S. It has 62,000 kilometres (38,000 miles) given that new and also was skillfully recovered.
In 2021, Bonhams marketed a 1992 Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Type 964 ‘Works Turbo Look’ Cabriolet possessed by Maradona for EUR483,000 ($592,124).
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