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Originally Posted by mrreality68
Thanks appreciate the info and education. There are some great cards out there of Pele. Now with his passing a renewed interest and a spike in prices.
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A type of item that has recently being seeing a spike in prices are photos of Pele.
PWCC sold a snapshot of Pele for over $2k recently and another auction house has another photo of his at around a similar price already with quite a few days left to run, alongside a Type II photo from the 1970s which is already over $400.
These may not seem like large prices compared to what high quality vintage baseball photos can attract but the increase in value is very significant. Less than a decade ago, it was possible to buy original photos of Pele from the late 1950s for very low sums (maybe $10 to $30).
I bought various items from the Pele estate sale that was held by Juliens Auctions in 2016. His entire collection was sold, including his 1958, 1962 and 1970 World Cup medals. In hindsight, the prices appear low. For example, his 1958 World Cup winner medal sold for £187.5k (less than $230k).