$10,000
A pair of black football boots worn by Pelé in the film Escape to Victory (titled Victory in North America) (Lorimar, 1981). In the film, Pelé starred alongside Sylvester Stallone and Michael Caine as Nazi prisoners conscripted to play a propaganda football match during World War II that they would then use as a diversion for their escape. Pelé can been seen near the end of the film wearing these boots to perform one of his famous bicycle kicks to score the winning goal of the match. The black football boots feature white laces with a white tag mounted on the interior tongue of the right shoe that reads “PELE.” The boots are accompanied by a black and white photograph featuring Pelé and the “Allied Forces” team from the film, with facsimile signatures, and a U.S. DVD copy of the film. The cleats have been removed from the bottom of the boots. No size present. $6,000-8,000 £4,200-5,600 Categories: PELÉ
Auctioneer:
Juliens Auctions
Date:
2016-06-07
