The Pele Collection began in 2015, when our founder learned that Pele was attending a sports collectors convention in Chicago.  With less than a month to prepare for this encounter, a swift quest to acquire as many rare Pele trading cards and other unique items of memorabilia as possible ensued.  After arriving at the Chicago airport, it was learned that the greatest soccer player of all time had canceled his appearance at the last minute due to a winter storm.  Disappointed, but undeterred, our founder overnighted all of the items to a promoter in New York who had a Pele signing scheduled for the following week.  Fortunately, that signing was not canceled, and although denied the opportunity to meet Pele, every item was returned beautifully autographed by King Pele himself.  The items signed by Pele at that private signing included Alifabolaget, Rekord Journal, and Editora Aquarela issues from 1958, tickets to Pele's first and last World Cup championship games, and several vintage trading cards.

Since 2015, our founder has continued acquiring Pele autographs when given the opportunity via online auctions, private sales, and on four occasions between 2015 and 2018, by obtaining autographs through the mail directly from Pele.  Over time the collection evolved to include unsigned trading cards and tickets to important matches from Pele's career.  The vast majority of the collection has been authenticated by PSA.  We are always interested in purchasing Pele collectibles, so please feel free to contact us with any inquiries.  We hope that you enjoy viewing this collection as much as we have enjoyed its compilation.