More than 1,000 objects that Heiress Doris Duke collected and had on her 2,700-acre estate, Duke Farms, will be sold at a public auction this weekend as the estate is converted into a public environmental center. Proceeds go to benefit the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

The auction will have 846 lots of eclectic collectibles, including European furniture and decorative objects from the 17th through 20th centuries, silver, fine art, carpets, Asian art, light fixtures and lamps, draperies, statuary and vehicles.

Grabbing your own piece of social history wont cost you much at all. Play your cards right and you could ride off in a 19th-century horse-drawn buggy owned by Doris Duke's father, James Buchanan Duke. The catalog suggests it will go for $300 - $500. And one of the least expensive lots may be a set of sterling silver corn-cob holders, some with mother-of-pearl handles, for which the catalog lists a minimum bid of $20 to $30.

Mark Millea of Millea Brothers is holding the auction which is expected to attract about 600 bidders.