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This image released by Heritage Auctions shows H.R. Giger's original art created for an unproduced science fiction script, an item up for auction from the collection of filmmaker Guillermo del Toro. (Heritage Auctions via AP)

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, ic

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