Brazilian football legend Pele’s World Cup shirt sells for $4.9m
- The sale is a record for the Brazilian footballing great, but it is far from the most expensive piece of sporting memorabilia to be touted.
- The shirt worn by Brazil football icon Pele when he scored two goals to bring his team to victory in the World Cup final of 1958 has sold for $4.9m.
- Sotheby’s, the auction house that facilitated the sale, said on Thursday that the shirt has become the most expensive piece of Pele memorabilia ever sold.
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- The sale is a record for the Brazilian footballing great, but it is far from the most expensive piece of sporting memorabilia to be touted.
- The shirt worn by Brazil football icon Pele when he scored two goals to bring his team to victory in the World Cup final of 1958 has sold for $4.9m.
- Sotheby’s, the auction house that facilitated the sale, said on Thursday that the shirt has become the most expensive piece of Pele memorabilia ever sold.
Sources: Al Jazeera