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Zsa Zsa Gabor's belongings are up for auction

Zsa Zsa Gabor is seen here between 1950 and 1955.
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April 14, 2018, 12:50 PM

Fans of Zsa Zsa Gabor will soon be able to take home pieces from her estate.

PHOTO: A circa 1966 passport of Zsa Zsa Gabor with the birthday changed to 1928 is displayed at the 'Hello Dal-ling: The Estate of Zsa Zsa Gabor' auction by Heritage Auctions at the late actress residence in Bel Air, Calif., April 12, 2018. — A circa 1966 passport of Zsa Zsa Gabor with the birthday changed to 1928 is displayed at the 'Hello Dal-ling: The Estate of Zsa Zsa Gabor' auction by Heritage Auctions at the late actress residence in Bel Air, Calif., April 12, 2018. The live auction will take place April 14, 2018.
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Heritage Auctions is hosting a sale Saturday of the late actress' belongings, ranging from her jewelry to her luggage to the artwork that hung in her ornately decorated home.

PHOTO: A Steinway Model M Grand Piano used in the movie 'Behind the Candelabra', which belonged to the late Hungarian-American actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, is displayed at the actress' residence in Bel Air, Calif., April 12, 2018. — A Steinway Model M Grand Piano used in the movie 'Behind the Candelabra', which belonged to the late Hungarian-American actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, is displayed along with paintings and pictures at the actress' residence in Bel Air, Calif., April 12, 2018.
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More than 450 pieces will be up for grabs. For Gabor's widower, Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt, however, the sale, which will take place in Beverly Hills, is bittersweet.

A Lembert de Soto portrait of Zsa Zsa Gabor is displayed at the 'Hello Dal-ling: The Estate of Zsa Zsa Gabor' auction by Heritage Auctions at the late actress residence in Bel Air, Calif., April 12, 2018.
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“It’s very emotional, but, you know, I have to do it,” von Anhalt told Yahoo Entertainment. "She wanted her fans to have it and lots of people around the world, I’ve got all the letters, lots of fans she has, and they just want a piece of her.”

Cast stone figural fountain with four-part copper jardinieres belonging to the late Hungarian-American actress Zsa Zsa Gabor around the pool at the actress' residence in Bel Air, Calif., April 12, 2018.
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A fur coat belonging to the late Hungarian-American actress Zsa Zsa Gabor is displayed at the 'Hello Dal-ling: The Estate of Zsa Zsa Gabor' auction by Heritage Auctions at the actress' residence in Bel Air, Calif., April 12, 2018.
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Gabor was 99 years old when she died in December 2016. The Hungarian-born actress, renowned for her lavish lifestyle, had been in poor health in the final years of her life, and in 2011, von Anhalt told the Los Angeles Times that he was forced to put their Bel-Air mansion on the market to raise money to pay for her medical bills.

The living room in Zsa Zsa Gabor's Bel Air estate displays items for auction at the 'Hello Dal-ling: The Estate of Zsa Zsa Gabor' auction by Heritage Auctions at the late actress residence in Bel Air, Calif., April 12, 2018.
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According to Curbed Los Angeles, a real estate mogul purchased the home for $9 million in 2012 and allowed Gabor and von Anhalt to continue living there for an annual fee.