Pele's medal is at the forefront of a list of 450 World Cup-related items being put up for sale by sports memorabilia specialist BUDDS.
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Pele's 1958 World Cup winning medal is expected to be auctioned in England this month for $670,000. Pele was a teenager when Brazil won the World Cup.
Pele's medal is at the top of a list of 450 World Cup-related items being auctioned by sports memorabilia specialist BUDDS. The total sale is expected to raise £20m.
Another auction at Sotheby's in New York is expected to sell Pele's 1958 World Cup final T-shirt for $6m. The auction will run from June 29 to July 16, three days before the final. Pele played in the 1958 final at the age of 17. Pele scored two of Brazil's five goals against Sweden.
It was only then that Brazil won its first World Cup. Pele, nicknamed ‘The King’, played a key role in Brazil winning the World Cup twice more. Brazil have won the World Cup five times in total. Pele, born Edson Arantes do Nascimento, died of cancer in 2022 at the age of 82.
The British auction also includes a T-shirt belonging to England goalkeeper Gordon Bangs. It is from the moment he famously saved Pele’s shot at the 1970 World Cup in Mexico. The auction also includes items from England’s 1966 World Cup victory, including Bangs’s victory medal and Alan Ball’s T-shirt.
“This is the largest collection of World Cup memorabilia ever offered at auction and it is difficult to imagine a sale that can match its historical significance,” said David Convery, head of sports memorabilia at BUDDS.
