Lionel Messi: World Cup winning shirts could break sports memorabilia auction record
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Messi wore these shirts in Argentina's victorious 2022 World Cup in Qatar
Six of Lionel Messi's 2022 World Cup shirts are being auctioned next month.
An auction is a type of sale where people try out-bid each other on an item by offering more and more money.
Experts say that these shirts are currently worth over $10 million.
If they sell for over $10.1 million in the auction, it will be the most expensive sports memorabilia auction ever.
Where are the shirts from?
These shirts are going to be worth a lot of money...
The set of six shirts are from different games during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
It includes a shirt Messi wore during Argentina's epic World Cup final against France.
Lionel Messi had played in four World Cup tournaments before that one without taking the crown, and it was a huge victory for his team when they finally won.
Valuable Messi memorabilia
Sotheby's, the company in charge of the auction, said this could be the most expensive auction for a set of sports memorabilia ever.
They say that the shirt collection is worth over $10 million.
Part of the money from the shirts will be going towards a project in Barcelona that helps children with rare diseases.
The most expensive individual sports shirt was Michael Jordan's basketball jersey from 1998, which sold for $10.1 million last year.