The jersey offered by Victor Wembanyama to a young fan sold 70,000 euros at auction listen (2min)

The French star of the NBA had exchanged her jersey with that of a young boy at the end of a match last December. The sale of this gift had divided Internet users.

“The best exchange in history!”had commented on the club of San Antonio (Texas). On December 27, 2024, after a match between Spurs and Brooklyn Nets, a little boy managed to capture the attention of the French star of the NBA. He was holding a sign, on which we could read: “Victor Wembanyama, could you exchange your jersey with mine?” Result: the child left with the jersey, an almost higher limited edition than him, and the basketball player with a tiny version.

But less than a month later, on January 14, the US auction company Goldin Announcement to have recovered The jersey and put it auction at a starting price of $ 10,000. An announcement that disappointed Wemby, who said it by posting an emoji that cries on the social network X.

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– Wemby (@wemby) January 15, 2025

The auction ended on February 23, and the jersey left for $ 73,200 with a buyer whose identity has not been revealed. An amount that may seem high but which is still very far from certain historical sales of objects that belonged to athletes. In 2022, a jersey from Diego Maradona was sold more than $ 9 million, the auctions went up to more than 10 million for the one worn by Michael Jordan in the NBA final in 1998.

The jersey having been offered to a fan, many Internet users were moved to see him put up for sale. They see in these auctions a sad conclusion after a moment of generosity as only sport can create it. “Each family makes their choices”replied Ken Goldin, the boss of the sales house, who rather sees it there for the family a means of facilitating the little boy's access to university.