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A bid too far?
Ghoulish items up for grabs include rubber gloves, forceps and the clothes hanger used to hold the singer's burial suit.
The tools will be auctioned on 12 August in two sets, expected to fetch up to $9,000 each.
"It's really about owning a piece of the celebrity," said auctioneers spokeswoman Mary Williams. "And how much closer can you get than the actual embalming instruments?"
Well, Mary, the answer to that would appear to be...far TOO close.
Source: BBC News 
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