A portion of filmmaker Guillermo del Toro’s prized horror memorabilia collection was auctioned off Friday, with the highest-ticket item selling for $325,000.

Del Toro , one of the industry’s most respected filmmakers and long-time horror buff , auctioned over 100 of the 5,000 items in his collection. The other two parts of the auction series, in partnership with Heritage Auctions in Dallas, are set to go live next year.

The items were part of del Toro’s Bleak House — two and a half Santa Monica properties that house thousands of ghoulish creatures, iconic comic drawings and paintings, books and movie props. The filmmaker said he felt compelled to let some of his sprawling collection go following a close brush with the Los Angeles wildfires this year.

“This one hurts. The next on

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