One of Raquel Welch's Iconic Fur Bikinis Goes Up for Auction a Year After Her Death

The 'One Million Years B.C.' star died at age 82 last February

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An iconic fur bikini worn by Raquel Welch will soon be for sale along with hundreds of other items once owned by the late actress, who died last February at age 82.

On Monday, Julien’s Auctions announced Bombshell: The Raquel Welch Collection, a sale set for Friday, April 12 in Los Angeles and online at juliensauctions.com.

Among the items up for bid are a faux fur bikini Welch wore in her 1974 TV special Really Raquel, a replica of the iconic costume from her 1966 breakout film One Million Years B.C.

Other items available include her 1974 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical for her role in The Three Musketeers, a flapper-style dress, designed by Ron Talsky, that she wore in the 1975 musical-comedy The Wild Party and a Bob Mackie halter dress she wore on The Muppet Show in 1978.

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Raquel Welch's fur bikini.

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The auction also features art, shoes, accessories, jewelry and furnishings Welch kept at her home in L.A.’s Beverly Crest neighborhood. That includes her 2018 Mercedes-Benz SL 550 Convertible, a diamond and 14k gold wedding ring (Welch was married four times), a stainless steel and gold Rolex wristwatch and even her diploma from La Jolla High School (printed with her birth name, Jo Raquel Tejada) and her senior year report card.

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Raquel Welch's wedding ring.

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A  La Jolla High School program for a 1958 production of Our Town, starring Welch as Emily Webb, gives a look at her early acting aspirations.

"By age 7 I knew I wanted to be an actress," the star, who moved with her parents from Chicago to California when she was a child, told PEOPLE in 2010.

"My parents enrolled me in a theater program. You could get away from some of the painfulness of real life. I always had flights of fancy," she continued.

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Raquel Welch's Bob Mackie dress.

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She married her high school sweetheart, Jim Welch, when she was 19 and welcomed children Damon and Tahnee shortly after. Within a few years, she was a single mom and a Hollywood star after leaving her husband and breaking out in the campy One Million Years B.C

Over her six-decade career, she made dozens of films, including the 1973 mystery The Last of Sheila and the 2001 smash hit comedy Legally Blonde; starred on TV series like Central Park West; and acted on Broadway.

As she said in 2010, “I’ve gotten a lot of opportunities to do various things I am very proud of.”

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