Late Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner’s cashmere sport coat and Playboy covers shirt are displayed beside his personal complete set of every Playboy magazine from 1954 to 2013 on Nov. 26, 2018, in Beverly Hills as part of Julien’s Auctions upcoming sale of his belongings. (Credit: Robyn Beck / AFP / Getty Images)

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A silky red robe. A Playboy magazine with Marilyn Monroe on the cover. A gold ring with a hidden compartment containing a Viagra pill. These treasures belonging to Hugh Hefner were among items that bidders walked away with over the weekend.

Fans, celebrities, universities and museums paid more than $3 million in a live auction for some of the late media magnate’s possessions, said Martin Nolan, executive director of Julien’s Auctions.

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The top-selling item was Hefner’s college typewriter, which he used in 1953 when he began building the Playboy empire. It sold for $162,500.

Hefner’s own collection of Playboy magazines, including his copy of the first edition, sold for between $35 and $40,000 each.

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