As news cameras circled a gated community in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains near Santa Fe, the initial mystery of the February deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife deepened the public’s fascination.

Months later, an auction house is now selling off the legendary actor’s art collection — including some of his own paintings — as well as film scripts, posters and cinematic memorabilia from his library, including two Golden Globes awarded to Hackman for his performances in The Royal Tenenbaums and Unforgiven .

Some of the more mundane pieces of Hackman’s life will also be on offer.

Want a dart board that once hung in Hackman’s game room in the roughly $4 million home where he lived for decades some 800 miles from Hollywood?

Or a steel Seiko Prospex wristwatch he wore?

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