The late Truman Capote left behind a prodigious amount of novel drafts, New Journalism, and frenemies when he died in 1984. He also, you might not be surprised to learn, left behind a lot of tchotckes.

This November, you can vie for a piece of the author’s legacy at a public auction of a lifetime’s worth of treasures, officially titled “ The Magpie and the Swans: The Possessions of Truman Capote .”

The items were housed in Capote’s New York apartment and his house in Sagaponack, where Gerald Clarke—Capote’s biographer and confidant—has been their custodian for the past forty years.

According to Clarke, this collection “shows Capote’s magpie eye: he loved glitter, wit and comfort.” To wit, there are highbrow historic finds on display, like early Richard Avedons . There are also dozens and dozens of felt creatures from Capote’s menagerie .

Befitting a famous eccentric, there are also plenty of curveballs.…