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Prince Memorabilia Up For Auction

prince-1.14680240 INDIO, CA - APRIL 26: Prince performs during day 2 of the Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival held at the Empire Polo Field on April 26, 2008 in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) (Prince, pictured in 2008. Kevin Winter / Getty Images)

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A collection of Prince memorabilia – including a ruffled silk shirt he wore in the 1984 film Purple Rain – is up for auction.

The shirt is expected to fetch $60,000 (all figures U.S.) from RR Auction, as is a Cloud electric guitar custom-made for Prince.

Fans with at least $25,000 to spend can slip into a gold outfit made up of a crop top Prince wore during his 1997-98 Jam of the Year World Tour and high-waisted pants he wore at the American Music Awards in 1995.

Other items in the auction include a notebook with eight pages of Prince’s handwritting, autographed Lovesexy and For You albums, handwritten lyrics for “Face 2 Face” and Versace sunglasses supposedly worn by the singer. A "Prince Nelson" signature clipped from a cheque is expected to go for at least $1,200.

One of the most unusual items is a cassette tape with two voice mail messages from Prince that RR Auction estimates is worth at least $5,000.

Online bids are being accepted until March 10. The auction is not authorized by The Prince Estate. The singer died in 2016 of an accidental fentanyl overdose.