The blue-inked napkin, which led to Lionel Messi joining FC Barcelona, was sold at a Bonhams auction Friday. The winning bid equaled $965,000.

Lionel Messi contract napkin sold at auction for nearly $1 million The handwritten restaurant napkin from the year 2000 was the starting point for an agreement between the then 13-year-old Messi ...

Sport; Football; Lionel Messi; Lionel Messi napkin sells for nearly $1 million in auction - but there's a twist A prized piece of sporting memorabilia has sold for an eye-watering price as a buyer ...

The napkin that then 13-year-old Lionel Messi signed as part of an initial agreement to join FC Barcelona sold for nearly $1 million in an auction Friday, British auction house Bonhams announced.

Item 1 of 3 A guest looks at a napkin, written on by Barcelona's Sporting Director at that time Carles Rexach on December 14, 2000, promising a contract to secure 13-year-old Lionel Messi for FC ...

A napkin — yes, a napkin — sold for nearly $1 million at an auction. It’s no ordinary wipe, though: Inter Miami star and soccer legend Lionel Messi has ties to the napkin sold at a Bonhams ...

The napkin on which Barcelona promised to sign Lionel Messi when he was 13 has been sold for $969,000 (762,400 pounds), auction house Bonhams said on Friday (May 17).

A paper napkin that played a key role in Lionel Messi joining FC Barcelona sold at auction Friday for nearly $1 million. The napkin served as a sort of unofficial agreement to sign a 13-year-old ...