Story highlights Pele to auction off several career items

Most valuable will be Jules Rimet trophy

World Cup medals, worn match shirts also up for sale

(CNN) What price would you pay to lift the football World Cup? How about $600,000?

Brazil soccer legend Pele is auctioning off several items from his glittering career, including his replica of the famous Jules Rimet trophy.

More than 60 years after first signing as a professional footballer, Pele has put everything up for sale, from his World Cup winner's medals to the football boots he wore during the movie Escape to Victory, which also starred Sylvester Stallone and English football hero Sir Bobby Moore.

"It was a difficult decision to make but it takes a lot to properly care for these artefacts," said Pele, who was born Edson Arantes do Nascimento.

"I felt I could do much more good by sharing these items with the world, as well as helping the causes that are important to me."

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