How much does it cost to get the iconic Mexico jersey at the 1998 World Cup in France

In 1998, the Mexican National Team broke paradigms and entered the World Cup in France with a historical shirt, although at that time they probably did not imagine the impact it would have nationally and internationally.

The sweater that impregnated the Aztec Sun Stone on his chest became one of the most popular over the years and, therefore, one of the most coveted by collectors, who began to look for original pieces of that edition.

The brand in charge of designing and producing the clothing was ABA Sport, a Mexican label owned by Jorge Lankenau and sponsoring other Mexican football teams; however, its future as club clothing did not prosper and eventually disappeared from the limelight, not before leaving an indelible mark with the design of the uniform of Mexico in France 1998.

Success transcended to such a level today, that the company began to take advantage of its design and resell an original reissue to the hundreds of fans who could not get the jersey of the time.

Because the Mexican brand became one of smaller scope and scope, they began selling through the Facebook social network, where they sell several different editions of the Tricolor jersey.

In addition to having the World Cup kits announced at home and visiting white, they also have different types of fabric according to the specifications requested by FIFA at the time and the editions of previous years for the Gold Cup and the Confederations Cup, where the tones and neck underwent notable changes.

How much is the Mexico jersey you wore at the 1998 World Cup in France?

According to the information provided on the page, the reissue of the jersey with the fabric “Tipo Match” has a price of MXN thousand 99 pesos.

This edition has the same price as another version they sell with the fabric “Type ABA”, which has watermarks with the ABA Sport logo on the entire shirt, but that prior to the start of the World Cup, FIFA reported that this was prohibited, so they released a version with the plain fabric.

In the same way they offer the white sweater or with long sleeve editions, although they are produced for certain times and with some names and numbers printed, such as Luis Hernández, Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Jorge Campos or Alberto García Aspe.

Despite these original reissues promoted by the brand, on social networks the original t-shirts of the time have a value above that offered by the brand and very few offers for sale.

MercadoLibre is quoted at more than MXN 4,000 pesos or even an edition autographed by Luis Hernández in more than MXN 15,000 pesos, through the platform for collectors On Field MX.

Likewise, collectors have created a forum on social networks, especially on Twitter, where they share differentiating details of the reissues with vintage t-shirts, because despite being original, the most notable differences are found in the label and the print.

While the reissues have a print on vinyl or other material, those of the time had screen printing, in addition to the fact that the label is completely white with the ABA Sport logo in green.

Nowadays it is extremely difficult to find an original edition from the World Cup era; however, hundreds of fans chose to purchase the reissues worth MXN 1,99 pesos, available on the ABA Sport Facebook page.

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