Pele’s winners’ medal from the 1958 World Cup is expected to sell for about £500,000 ($670,000) in an auction in England later this month, according to reporting that cites estimates from auctioneer BUDDS. The medal is listed as part of a catalogue of 450 World Cup-related items being sold by sporting memorabilia specialists BUDDS, which values the collection at roughly £2 million in total. The medal was won by the Brazilian forward as a teenager and is associated with Brazil’s 1958 tournament success, when Pele scored two of Brazil’s five goals in the final against host Sweden. The broader auction programme includes other notable football memorabilia, such as a shirt associated with Pele’s 1958 final and items connected to other World Cups, including memorabilia involving England goalkeeper Gordon Banks from 1970 and figures from England’s 1966 triumph. Separately, a Brazil shirt worn by Pele in the 1958 final is also expected to appear in a separate Sotheby’s sale in New York in late June, with dates overlapping the World Cup period. Pele died in December 2022 at age 82.
Pele’s 1958 World Cup winners’ medal expected to fetch £500,000 in England auction
Pele’s winners’ medal from the 1958 World Cup is expected to sell for about £500,000 ($670,000) in an auction in England later this month, according to reporting that cites estimates from auctioneer B...
- Pele’s 1958 World Cup winners’ medal is expected to fetch about £500,000 in an England auction.
- The medal is one lot within a BUDDS catalogue of 450 World Cup-related items, estimated to total about £2 million.
- BUDDS says the medal was won when Pele was 17, and it relates to Brazil’s final win over host Sweden in 1958.
- Other lots mentioned include World Cup memorabilia linked to England’s 1970 and 1966 tournaments.
- A separate Sotheby’s auction in New York is also reported to include a Pele 1958-final Brazil shirt, with timing set for late June.
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13 hours agoThe medal is part of a catalogue of 450 World Cup-related items being sold by sporting memorabilia specialists BUDDS, estimated to fetch £2 million in total.
13 hours agoLONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Pele's 1958 World Cup winners' medal is expected to fetch £500,000 ($670,000) when it is auctioned in England later this month. The medal, won by the Brazilian legend when he was a teenager, is part of a catalogue of 450 World Cup-related items being sold by sporting memorabilia specialists BUDDS, which estimates they will fetch £2 million in total. A Brazil shirt won by Pele in the 1958 final is estimated to sell for more than $6 million in a separate auction at Sotheby's in New York, which runs June 29 to July 16 -- three days before this year's World Cup final. Pele, then just 17 years old, scored two of Brazil's five goals in the 1958 final against host nation Sweden. The victory marked the first of Brazil's record five World Cup titles, three of which were spearheaded by the striker known as "The King". Pele, born Edson Arantes do Nascimento, died in December 2022 at the age of 82 after being diagnosed with colon cancer. Other lots in the British auction include the shirt worn by England goalkeeper Gordon Banks when he made his famous save from Pele at the 1970 World Cup in Mexico. The auction also features memorabilia from England's 1966 World Cup triumph, including Banks' winners' medal and Alan Ball's shirt from the final. "This is the largest collection of World Cup memorabilia ever offered at auction, and it is difficult to imagine many sales that could rival it in terms of historical significance," said David Convery, head of sporting memorabilia at BUDDS. An online auction is running from June 1 to 21 featuring shirts from the nations competing at the 2026 World Cup, before a live sale on June 25 at BUDDS's auction rooms in Wellingborough, central England.
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