Ex-Pelé Collection: a very early football winner’s medal presented to the 15-year-old Pelé at the first Indoor Football Championship held in Bauru in
£1,200 - £1,600
Ex-Pelé Collection: a very early football winner’s medal presented to the 15-year-old Pelé at the first Indoor Football Championship held in Bauru in 1955, silvered, maker's stamp for Montini, with green ribbon, depicting a raised image of a footballer below laurel, engraved to reverse "I Camp. Fut. Salão Campeão 1955" [First Indoor Football Championship 1955], 33 by 30mm., areas of marks and wear to silver toning Pelé played for a team called Radium FC, the eventual winners, and advertised his huge talent by scoring 40 goals in the 12 games tournament held in Bauru, where Pelé lived on Rua Rubens Arruda. Less than a year later Pelé had joined professional club Santos. Provenance: The Pelé Collection. Julien’s Auctions, London, 7th to 9th June 2016, as lot 1320.