Replica of Princess Diana’s Philadelphia Eagles jacket signed by Jason Kelce’s wife Kylie receives $100,000 bid at charity auction after an ‘intense bidding war’

  • Wrexham AFC owner Rob McElhenney, an avid Eagles fan, has put in a bid for it
  • According to sources, the winner of the prestigious item has not yet been announced
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A replica of Princess Diana’s Philadelphia Eagles jacket from the 1990s, signed by Jason Kelce’s wife, Kylie, has sold for as much as $100,000 at auction for the Eagles Autism Foundation.

The Kelly Green Varsity Jacket was the highlight of a two-week charity auction that concluded on Black Friday, resulting in an “intense bidding war.” Philly Voice reported.

Interested parties included actor and Wrexham AFC owner Rob McElhenney, who is also an avid Eagles fan, born and raised in Philadelphia.

He upped the bid to $62,000 last week to pay tribute to Kelce’s jersey No. 62.

A day after Thanksgiving, he said, an offer of $100,000 was made The Philadelphia Inquirer. The winner of the prestigious garment has yet to be announced.

Actor and Wrexham owner Rob McElhanney last week offered $62,000 for the jacket in tribute to Kelce's jersey No. 62

A letterman jacket signed by Jason Kelce’s wife, Kylie, fetched a $100,000 bid at a charity auction

Princess Diana in an Eagles Letterman jacket outside London's Wetherby Prep School in 1991

Princess Diana in an Eagles Letterman jacket outside London’s Wetherby Prep School in 1991

Funds for the jacket have been allocated to the Eagles Autism Foundation, which increases awareness, research and support for those who have been diagnosed.

Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie’s ties to autism stem from his brother Peter’s diagnosis.

He raised more than $22 million in support of the cause through a charity event hosted by the foundation called Eagles Autism Challenge.

Eagles Letterman jackets have been available for purchase at the team’s official retail locations since November 9. The starting price is $400.

Princess Diana’s association with the Eagles goes all the way back to 1982, when she attended Grace Kelly’s funeral, where she met Jack Edelstein, the Eagles’ statistician at the time.

Diana graced the cover of People magazine in 1994 in a custom Eagles jacket

Diana graced the cover of People magazine in 1994 in a custom Eagles jacket

“She thought football looked like soccer,” Edelstein told the Philadelphia Daily News after Diana’s death in 1997. “She asked, ‘What are your colors?’ I said, ‘Green and silver.’

“She said, ‘Those are my favorite colors.’ ”

Shortly after their conversation, “Lady D” received a package containing Eagles t-shirts, training shorts, golf jerseys, hats and the custom jacket, Edelstein said.

Just under a decade later, Princess Diana was seen in Philly’s letterman jacket in January 1991 outside Wetherby Prep School in London, where both her sons were attending.

She wore the jacket again for the June 1994 cover of People magazine.