Pele will sell his three World Cup winner's
medals as part of a large auction of his
memorabilia from his storied life in June. The Brazil legend will auction off items ranging
from football awards to personal passports to
gifts from dignitaries. The item expected to fetch the highest price is
a replica of the Jules Rimet trophy that was
made for him after Brazil won the 1970 World
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2016 Julien's Auctions, which is handling the event
in London, expects the trophy to go for
between £281,000 and £420,000 ($408,000-
$610,000), while his medals could
fetch £141,000 ($205,000) each. The 75-year-old Pele, who has had surgery on
his back, hip and prostate within the past year,
told the BBC the time had come to let others
maintain his collection. "It was a difficult decision to make but it takes
a lot to properly care for these artefacts,

and I
felt I could do much more good by sharing
these items with the world, as well as helping
my causes that are important to me," he said. Julien's Auctions's Dan Nelles said some of
the proceeds would benefit the Pequeno
Principe paediatric hospital in Brazil. "He had a lot of the property in storage, and it
wasn't seeing the light of day, which this
auction now allows," Nelles told the BBC.
"Also, he wasn't sure what of it his family
wanted to keep, and he didn't want it [the
collection] to fall by the wayside." Among the 1,500 lots up for sale are the ball
with which he scored his 1,000th goal, game-
worn shirts, his NASL championship ring,
and a pair of boots worn in the film "Escape to
Victory."