This Saturday was organized in Paris an auction presented by the Million house on the initiative of Frédéric Michel, Team Manager of AS Saint-Etienne and son of the former intendant of the Blues Henri Michel. With no less than 200 lots for sale from the Michel family collection but not only.
Private collectors have also fed this auction centered on the French football team. Like this jersey of the 1998 World Cup final of Zinedine Zidane – an unreal tunic that still gave up at 52,000 euros. “” It was not the one he worn during the meeting. Zinedine Zidane carried two different, in the first and second half. This is one of the additional jerseys that was available to the player for the final “, Dixit Jean-Marc Leynet, the expert who authenticated all the lots.
730,000 euros collected for a good cause
Among the beautiful auctions, a jersey by Michel Platini prepared for the final of the Intercontinental Cup against Uruguay in 1985 sold 30,000 euros. Another worn by Kylian Mbappé in the group match of the 2022 World Cup against Denmark found takers for 12,000 euros. The official pennant of the French team during the 2018 World Cup final won by the Blues in front of Croatia, having also been sold for 10,000 euros.
In total, 730,000 euros were thus harvested, blows Henri Michel at the team. “” After payment of the costs, the sum will be donated by Frédéric to the association “France 98” for a charitable actionspecifies the historic intendant of the French team (from 1984 to 2004, then from 2010 to 2012). (…)
We will meet for a day of sharing in Aix-en-Provence, on July 12. This day around Padel and Pétanque in particular will end with a private dinner with partners. We will then decide who will benefit from this money. »»
