Pele cards

[Peter_Spaeth]

I love the private label. Al you were certainly ahead of your time on soccer. Incidentally when was the 1957 issue discovered or dated?

[aljurgela]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I love the private label. Al you were certainly ahead of your time on soccer. Incidentally when was the 1957 issue discovered or dated?

I have known about the 1957 since the WC in Brazil. I saw an interview from the largest collector in Brazil. There are a few different ones, but still super hard to find.... I think that less than 5 have found their way into holders at this point.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by aljurgela

I have known about the 1957 since the WC in Brazil. I saw an interview from the largest collector in Brazil. There are a few different ones, but still super hard to find.... I think that less than 5 have found their way into holders at this point.

That's great that you were able to get your hands on one, it must be a thrill.

[NiceDocter]

Great cards sorry I’m late to the party!!

[mrreality68]

Great looking cards

Sadly I never even thought about buying these kinds of cards ago and even if I did think of it I have no experience with them

[Seven]

For the uninformed, because I do not collect vintage soccer, What were Pele Cards going for 5-10 years ago?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Seven

For the uninformed, because I do not collect vintage soccer, What were Pele Cards going for 5-10 years ago?

Well that's an awfully broad question. My equally broad answer: significantly less.

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by Seven

For the uninformed, because I do not collect vintage soccer, What were Pele Cards going for 5-10 years ago?

Well, it varies. Here are samples of some of the higher pop, more widely collected cards:

The 1958 Alifabolaget 'rookie': a PSA 5 was $4100 in 2019 and $48,000 a month ago.

1958 Rekord 'rookie': in 2016 a 4 was under $300. Last week a 3 went for $1899.

1959 Heinerle: 2018, 4.5 $460; 12/22 a 3 went for $1425

1964 Panini Calciatore: 4/17 $78 for a 7; 1/22 $830 for a 6

1971 Barratt: 2017 $25-30 for an 8; 10/22 $327 for an 8

Some cards and some higher grades have gone up even more as a % but this gives you some idea. Suffice it to say that if you bought Pele cards several years ago, you are a very happy camper today.

[aljurgela]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

That's great that you were able to get your hands on one, it must be a thrill.

Absolutely was a thrill... one of my highlights of my collecting career

[jh691626]

Hi--I am late to the thread here, and you all have amazing Pele cards. All of the great rookie cards and quasi-rookie cards I think have already been posted (and I only have the Swedish Rekord), but I wanted to share some of my favorite Pele cards/stickers. There are so many, and they all have a story.

1. 1965 Perfetti Candy PSA 4. These were dropped in boxes of Perfetti Gum in Italy (and the UK), by the Dutch Monty Gum company. They included soccer stars and a few other sports stars too. I love how simple they are. They are really hard to find (PSA has graded 10, this is pop 2 and none higher...as a lowly 4!)

2. 1961-1962 WS-Verlag PSA 6. These are cool B&W cards. There are two Peles in the set. I love this one showing him holding the WC trophy. Not a ton of these graded either (17 total, 2 PSA 6s, 1 PSA 7).

3. 1968 Tuttosport PSA 8. The Tuttosport set was a multiport set with some actually quite popular non soccer cards, with more Dimaggio and Sugar Ray Robinson and Wilt cards graded than the 19 Peles graded by PSA. This one is pop 3, none higher.

4. On top, the upside down pair of cards is from the Tempo set, Tempo is a magazine like Time Magazine, in Italy, and they included a little set of 6 soccer star cards with the magazine in 1966 (there were more than 6 in the set). The white ones are the ones included in the magazine (20 graded) and the gold ones are from a promo set (even rarer, 5 graded). The PSA 9 regular is one of the two highest graded, and my PSA 2 promo is the lowest graded out of the 5!

Anyway--there are loads of these from all over, and I have postcards, teeny tiny stickers, drawings, and so forth, and every one tells a story. Hope you don't mind my sharing a few of my favs!

[Peter_Spaeth]

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[Jeff1970Red]

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60’s

First 62’ Benassi graded by PSA
Tenth 67’ Verao graded
Third 62 Campos graded, pop 2 highest graded