Pelé 1965 Minas Gerais trophy.
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Enquire nowPelé 1965 Minas Gerais trophy, a trophy presented to Pelé featuring a bronze football player on a two-tiered black marble base with a brass plaque engraved "O Esporte Mineiro - na sua Marcha Para a Prosperidade - Saúda Pelé na sua Visita ao Estádio Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, 9 de Março de 1965" [The Sport of Mineiro - In its March Toward Health and Prosperity - Pelé's Visit to the Minas Gerais Stadium, Belo Horizonte, March 9, 1965], a further inscription in the marble below the plaque reads "José de Magalhães Pinto, Governador do Estado" [José de Magalhães Pinto, State Governor], 21 by 11.4 by 11.5cm.
Provenance: The Pelé Collection, Julien’s Auctions, London, 7th to 9th June 2016, Lot 1019.
The following lots 152 to 228 relate to the career of football legend Pele.