He Nanterre judicial court, on the outskirts of Paris, gave the green light to the sale of the Ballon d’Or that Diego Armando Maradona won for the 1986 World Cup, Therefore, the auction organized by Aguttes on June 6 is maintained.
He lawyer for Maradona’s heirs, Gilles Moreu, explained this Thursday upon receiving the court decision that “they will exercise all possible avenues of appeal.”” until then.
Moreu explained that they have already filed the appeal in the Court of Appeal of Versailles and said that he now hopes to achieve a hearing before the 6th to be able to stop the sale.
“The Ballon d’Or is a unique asset that Diego Maradona’s children want to recover. No compensation can repair the damage suffered if this trophy is sold.”he expressed.
“We are talking,” he added, “about a trophy, not a simple asset that in the end will remain with a very rich collector.”The ruling considers that the seller, Abdelhamid B., acted in “good faith” when he bought the trophy at a second-category auction in 2016 for a ridiculous amount (1.20 euros, according to Moreu).
That is why, for the judge, the sale of the object on June 6 “does not entail an imminent danger.” for the interests of the heirs.
Maradona’s award could exceed 10 million
Maradona’s award could exceed $10,840,800.00 and become the most expensive sports item in history.
“Our customers are both surprised and sad,” assumed the lawyer, who estimates that the auction should have been suspended until the dispute is clarified.
However, according to the legal advice of the collector and the Aguttes house, in addition to the good faith on the part of Abdelhamid B. when he acquired it, after three years without a claim from Maradona’s heirs, the object legally belongs to you.
The family of ‘El Pelusa’ alleges that the ball was stolen
The family of ‘El Pelusa’ alleges that the Ball was stolen from a bank in Naples at the end of the 80s along with other assets of Maradona. Since then, track of it has been lost and it only appeared in 2016, when Abdelhamid B. bought it, who has always claimed to have acquired it without knowing that it was Maradona’s Ballon d’Or.
Parallel to the process of the heirs, the Central Office of Traffic in Cultural Assets of France investigates whether there has been the crime of “concealment of a stolen object” by the collector.
2024-05-30 17:09:56
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