( CNN ) -- The largest collection ever of Arthur Ashe memorabilia will be auctioned off next week on the 20th anniversary of the tennis legend 's death , with everything from his trophies to his wisdom teeth up for grabs . A portion of the proceeds from the sale by the Ashe family will go to the Arthur Ashe Learning Center , the non-profit foundation that promotes the tennis great 's legacy as an athlete and activist . `` Arthur Ashe 's life and career is really about the highest highs and lowest lows , '' said Nate D. Sanders , who will hold the online auction on February 6 . Ashe was the first black man to win the U.S. Open in 1968 and Wimbledon in 1975 , and become known in later years for promoting racial tolerance and AIDS awareness . Ashe was forced to disclose he had AIDS in 1992 after being told that USA Today intended to print a story about his illness as soon as it could confirm it . In a televised news conference , Ashe told the world he contracted AIDS through a tainted blood transfusion during heart-bypass surgery in the 1980s . Leading the charge of old men in tennis . `` I am sorry I have been forced to make this revelation now at this time , '' he said at the time . `` After all , I am not running for some office of public trust nor do I have stockholders to account to . It is only that I only fall under the dubious umbrella of 'public figure . ' '' He died at the age of 49 on February 6 , 1993 . Among the more than 300 items up for auction : . -- With a starting bid of $ 2,500 , Ashe 's 1993 day planner that contains `` his own handwritten record of his very last days . '' The entries include reminders to finish a farewell message to his daughter and a note to cancel an Olympics meeting . -- With a starting bid of $ 1,000 , Ashe 's U.S. passport that includes a landmark 1973 entry stamp into South Africa . He was repeatedly denied entry by the then-apartheid nation to play in the South African Open for years . -- With a starting bid of $ 1,000 , the U.S. Open doubles trophy silver plate awarded to Ashe in 1968 . He went on to win the men 's singles . -- With a starting bid of $ 1,000 , Ashe 's day planner from the year he won Wimbledon . Among his handwritten entries are notes about Wimbledon 's start date and his travel plans . -- With a starting bid of $ 100 , 213 programs from Ashe 's funeral . -- With a starting bid of $ 1,000 , `` unique and personal items owned by Arthur Ashe , including two of his wisdom teeth . ''
Wimbledon died of AIDS at the age of 49 in 1993 . He was the 20th black man to win the U.S. Open and Wimbledon . The items up for auction are valued 600,000 and $ 600,000 . A portion of the proceeds will benefit Wimbledon .