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Joe Montana jersey, Pele rookie card highlight summer auction at Lelands
One of the highest graded Pele rookie cards in existence and a 1989 signed and game-worn Joe Montana jersey highlight the Summer Classic Auction at Lelands.
Pele’s 1958 Alifabolaget #635 Brazil National Team rookie card, which was issued when Pele led Brazil to the World Cup title as a 17-year-old star, is graded PSA NM+ 7.5. According to the PSA population report, it is one of 120 Pele rookie cards that have been graded with only 15 attaining a higher grade.
The Montana jersey was worn by the Hall of Fame quarterback on Dec. 11, 1989 when he threw for three touchdowns and 458 yards, the second-highest total of his career, during a comeback win against the Rams. The photo-matched jersey is signed on the number 1 on the back.
Also featured in the auction, which runs through Aug. 5, is a 1952 Topps Baseball Mickey Mantle card graded PSA 6. According to PSA, 122 examples of the card have been graded a 6, with only 121 receiving a higher grade.
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Other centerpieces of the auction include:
• A 1954 Hank Aaron MLB debut ticket stub (PSA EX5).
• A 1960 Ernie Davis Syracuse University game-worn, photo-matched jersey.
• A pair of game-worn Steph Curry sneakers from Jan. 12, 2011 when the Warriors superstar notched his first career double-double.
• Documents related to the 1919 sale of Babe Ruth to the Red Sox, including two cancelled promissory notes, one connected to the Ruth sale and the financing of Yankee Stadium and the other from the Yankees to the Red Sox.
• A circa 1951 Jackie Robinson signed original photograph used for his 1953 Topps card.
• 1954 Jackie Robinson handwritten letters to an obsessed female fan.
• A 1948 Johnny Mize New York Giants game-worn jersey.
• A Thurman Munson single-signed baseball (PSA 8.5).
• A signed 1989 Ken Griffey Jr. Mariners game-worn jersey and signed game-used bat.
• A game-used, photo-matched Barry Bonds bat from his 2001 73 home run season (PSA GU 9.5).
• A pair of 1991 Michael Jordan personally worn and signed Nike Air Jordan sneakers.
• A 1981 Michael Jordan-signed high school yearbook.
• A lock of hair from Secretariat.
• 2000 Tom Brady rookie Patriots practice-worn shorts (the earliest known Brady NFL-worn relic).
