Legend John Terry, who led Chelsea to five Premier League titles, put his personal collection up for auction.
The U.S. auction house Goldin Auctions said on the 31st (Korean time) that more than 50 items consigned by Terry were sold for a total of $695,000 (about 900 million won), including buyers' fees.
The most notable items were match-worn jerseys of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Messi's jersey, worn in the UEFA Champions League group stage match against Chelsea on Oct. 18, 2006, while he was with Barcelona, was offered and sold for $183,000 (about 260 million won).
Ronaldo's jersey was a match-worn signed jersey from the Premier League match on April 26, 2008, when he was with Manchester United. The Ronaldo jersey sold for $115,900 (about 170 million won), setting the highest price ever for a Ronaldo jersey at auction.
In addition, jerseys of Thierry Henry and Gianluigi Buffon also set record prices. Henry's jersey, worn in the Oct. 18, 2003, match against Chelsea during Arsenal's "invincible season (2003-04)," sold for $98,820 (about 143 million won). Buffon's gold-colored jersey, a match-worn item from the second leg of the Champions League round of 16 between Juventus and Chelsea on March 10, 2009, fetched $22,265 (about 32.3 million won).
Terry's own England, Chelsea, and Aston low-rise apartment era jerseys were also sold. Match-worn jerseys of football stars such as Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, Paolo Maldini, Cesc Fàbregas, Ashley Cole, Gianfranco Zola, Samuel Eto'o, Rio Ferdinand, Claude Makélélé, and Marcel Desailly were also sold in large numbers.
Among trophies, the replica player trophy given for the 2007 FA Cup victory recorded the highest bid at $26,840 (about 38.94 million won). Proceeds from this auction were donated to the John Terry Foundation, which supports vulnerable young people in the U.K.
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