Whitney Houston has barely been dead for a week, and already several of her belongings — including a pair of earrings and a vest* that she wore in the 1992 movie “The Bodyguard” — will go on the auction block next month.

    The items, which celebrity auctioneer* Darren Julien obtained following the singer’s February 11 death, will be included in the Hollywood Legends auction, which will be held at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills on March 31 and April 1.

    Also among the Houston items that will go on the auction block: several dresses, including a floor-length, black velvet dress owned by the singer and valued at US$1,000-2,000. The vest and faux-pearl earrings that Houston wore in her breakthrough film “The Bodyguard” are valued at US$400-600 and US$600-800, respectively.

    The Hollywood Legends auction will also include memorabilia* such as Charlie Chaplin’s cane, the jacket that Clark Gable wore in “Gone With the Wind,” and the stuff that Charlton Heston used in the 1956 epic “The Ten Commandments.”

    Houston died at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills on February 11, prior to Clive Davis’ annual pre-Grammys party. The singer was found submerged in her bathtub by a member of her personal staff, and emergency responders were unable to revive her. Houston was 48.

    The singer was buried at the Fairview Cemetery in Westfield, New Jersey on Sunday.

    A cause of death has yet been announced, pending the results of a toxicology test.

    (SD-Agencies)