A fan finds a rare statue of Lionel Messi in the World Cup in Qatar and sells it for 739,000 Brazilian riyals

Chrome has a black frame for printing and was in a fan-bought bundle in the US

run / golden.coThe Lionel Messi statue is the only one printed with a black frame

sticker from Lionel Messifor an album Qatar World Cupwas sold for £115,000 (739 thousand Brazilian riyalsat current price) by fan. The chrome features an image of Messi in the blue and white uniform of the Argentinabut it was the only one printed with a black frame by Panini. American Henry Barrios bought 300 packs of posters to complete his album and found the scarcity among them. The poster was sold at Golden Auctions in New Jersey. According to the auction company, Panini printed a different version of the original Messi poster and this is the first time they’ve gotten a 1 of 1, which means it’s a truly one-of-a-kind piece. The selling price is due to the fact that Messi is widely considered one of the best players ever and won the World Cup last year. However, timing is everything and timing benefits a sale since the product is new and desirable at the moment, but that doesn’t mean this card won’t increase in value in the future. “It was a very fortunate find by our shipper,” a Goldin spokesperson told the portal. daily Mail. Despite the exorbitant amount, this is not the most expensive statue ever sold. sticker from Diego Maradonafrom 1980, sold for R$ 3 million at auction in 2021. Before that, it was the record holder for a statuette leather From 1958 sold for R$1.5 million in 2020.