BUENOS AIRES, Dec 21 — An auction house tasked with selling some 90 items owned by the late football icon Diego Maradona announced on Monday it was extending the deadline to submit bids after the most expensive pieces were unsold.
But the Buenos Aires house the former Barcelona and Napoli star gave to his parents, put up for a minimum US$900,000, was one of many items that did not find a buyer. The three-hour auction brought in just US$26,000 with more than US$1.4 million in assets unbid on, according to AFP calculations.
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