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Maradona's Merc

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February 2023

Bonhams, Paris, France 2 February

Maradona's Merc

FOOTBALL LEGEND Diego for his Maradona was well-known love of cars, and this 1980 Mercedes-Benz 450SLC 5.0-litre was one of his earliest. While he was playing for the Club Atlético Boca Juniors of Buenos Aires, it was given as a gift to the soccer star by a group of supporters, and presented to him

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