baseball card was sold for £10.8million, surpassing Maradona’s Argentina shirt donned during his team’s 2-0 win over England at the 1986 World Cup.
The iconic shirt, worn when Maradona scored the ‘Hand of God’ goal, was sold for £7.1m at Sotheby’s in London.A century-old ’T206’ Honus Wagner card sold this month for £6.2m held the previous record for a sports card.
The record-breaking card is from Mantle’s rookie season and was issued by the collectible company Topps in 1952.READ MORE: Fans grossed out as man at baseball game uses hot dog as 'beer straw'“An eight-figure auction result was the stuff of fantasy just a decade ago,” said Chris Ivy, director of sports auctions at Heritage Auctions, the body which conducted the sale. “We always knew this card would shatter records and expectations.
But that doesn't make it any less of a thrill.”The card was owned by Anthony Giordano, a waste management entrepreneur from New Jersey.
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