Real Madrid, through the British auction house Sotheby’s, will put up for auction part of the old Santiago Bernabéu locker rooms, including the lockers used by legends such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane and David Beckham and other elements of the stadium.
The part of the locker rooms that will be auctioned will be the lockers, as they were during the 2022 season and will include a certificate of authenticity and a list of which players used them in the past.
Some are sold individually
During the period covered by these pieces, a total of 544 matches were played at the Santiago Bernabéu and twenty titles were won, including six Champions Leagues and six Spanish Leagues.
Individually those of Zinedine Zidane, Sergio Ramos and Luis Figo will also be sold. In addition, a mosaic from the Santiago Bernabéu with the club’s shield, three meters wide, and the metal doors of the stadium, is being auctioned, with a price of 12,000 and 8,000 pounds, respectively.
The benefits, for the Foundation
A part of the profits from the auction will be dedicated to the Real Madrid Foundation, which promotes the education of children and the social inclusion of the most vulnerable.
“Following the historic sale of Kobe Bryant’s Staples Center box office, which sold for $2.9 million last summer, we are thrilled to be able to offer these historic relics that give fans a glimpse into what was going on. behind the scenes of the Santiago Bernabéu,” Brendan Hawkes, sports memorabilia specialist at Sotheby’s, said in a statement.
A spokesperson for the auction house confirmed to Efe that it took ten days to remove the mosaic from the stadium and that it was transported “intact” to London, without risk of being damaged.
The value of the mosaic is estimated between 12,000 and 18,000 pounds.
The auction will begin on December 12 and will last for two weeks. In addition, an exhibition with the pieces will be held from December 20 to 26 at Sotheby’s gallery in central London.
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