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Lionel Messi: World Cup winning shirts could break sports memorabilia auction record
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Six of Lionel Messi's 2022 World Cup shirts are being auctioned next month.
An auction is a type of sale where people try out-bid each other on an item by offering more and more money.
Experts say that these shirts are currently worth over $10 million.
If they sell for over $10.1 million in the auction, it will be the most expensive sports memorabilia auction ever.
Where are the shirts from?
Image source, Sotheby's
The set of six shirts are from different games during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
It includes a shirt Messi wore during Argentina's epic World Cup final against France.
Lionel Messi had played in four World Cup tournaments before that one without taking the crown, and it was a huge victory for his team when they finally won.
Valuable Messi memorabilia
Image source, Michael Regan - FIFA
Sotheby's, the company in charge of the auction, said this could be the most expensive auction for a set of sports memorabilia ever.
They say that the shirt collection is worth over $10 million.
Part of the money from the shirts will be going towards a project in Barcelona that helps children with rare diseases.
The most expensive individual sports shirt was Michael Jordan's basketball jersey from 1998, which sold for $10.1 million last year.