Lionel Messi (39, Inter Miami) also won the jersey showdown with Cristiano Ronaldo.
Golden Auctions, a U.S. auction house, said on the 31st (Korean time) that more than 50 personal items consigned by John Terry were sold for a total of $695,000 including buyer's premium.
The most sought-after items in this auction were game-worn jerseys of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Messi's jersey, worn on Oct. 18, 2006, for Barcelona in a UEFA Champions League group stage match against Chelsea, was offered and sold for $183,000 (about 260 million won).
Ronaldo's jersey was a game-worn, signed Manchester United Premier League jersey from April 26, 2008, and sold for $115,900 (about 170 million won), setting the highest price ever for a Ronaldo jersey at auction.
In addition, Thierry Henry's and Gianluigi Buffon's jerseys also set record prices. Henry's jersey, a game-worn item from Oct. 18, 2003, against Chelsea during Arsenal's "invincible" title season (2003-04), sold for $98,820 (about 143 million won). Buffon's gold-colored jersey, a game-worn item from the second leg of the UEFA Champions League round of 16 between Juventus and Chelsea on March 10, 2009, fetched $22,265 (about 32.3 million won).
In addition to Terry's own England, Chelsea and Aston low-rise apartment-era jerseys, game-worn jerseys of football stars such as Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, Paolo Maldini, Cesc Fàbregas, Ashley Cole, Gianluca Zola, Samuel Eto'o, Rio Ferdinand, Claude Makélélé and Marcel Desailly were also sold in large numbers.
Among the trophies, a replica player trophy presented when winning the 2007 FA Cup achieved the top bid at $26,840 (about 38.94 million won). Part of the proceeds from this auction will be donated to the John Terry Foundation, which supports vulnerable youth in the U.K.
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