Or maybe you hanker for Xena's chakram (her frisbee-like weapon), or a bust of actor Kevin Smith the size of a small garden shed.

Xena and Hercules are clearing out their cupboards - and it is being billed as the auction event of the year.

There is a memento for everyone among the 7000 costumes and 3700 sq m of props hoarded in the old Avondale set.

Now that Pacific Renaissance Pictures has called it a wrap on all its television shows, the gear collected over eight years has to go in three days of auctions, starting on Friday.

But if you are after a brassy little Xena number, you will be disappointed.

All the leather outfits worn by Lucy Lawless and her sidekick, Renee O'Connor in Xena: Warrior Princess have been sent to Los Angeles.

Xena's chakram and a couple of pairs of her gauntlets have been salvaged, and will be auctioned at the start of the first two sale days. Proceeds will go to Starship hospital.

Fervent Xena fans will be bidding for scraps of leather from the sewing room floor - the material remnants are mulched and made into Xena trading cards.

But you will have more luck if you want to dress up as a wench or a floozie.

A rack of dead bodies (rubber of course) stands next to a row of clay pots.

There are distorted dentists' chairs from the sci-fi Cleopatra 2525, and fake renaissance paintings from the 18th century comedy Jack of All Trades.

Homes must be found for a bed-head covered in skulls, a fleet of medieval carts, a life-size terracotta army and a fascinating selection of bondage tables.

Kevin Smith, who earned worldwide exposure as Ares, God of War, in all of the Hercules spin-offs, features prominently in the auction.

His face appears on coffins and polystyrene busts scattered throughout the huge warehouses.

Mark Wotton, an auctioneer with Turners Auctions, has sorted everything into 3500 lots.

"I doubt if there will be much left at the end of the day," he said.

"We've had inquiries from all around the world. A girl phoned from Houston wanting Gabrielle's outfit from the Legacy episode. But people really need to be here to bid."

Mr Wotton's favourite items are the folding bed of nails, from Jack of All Trades, and a sign declaring "No pets in the pool" with a snake draped over it.

"Something that really impresses me is the talent and energy that has gone into everything here," he said.

"You certainly see why people want to come to New Zealand to make movies and TV shows."

It will be a sad week for the costume designers, artists and carpenters who have worked on the shows over the past eight years.

Designer Jane Holland said her tearful goodbyes to her favourite Xena outfits when they were sent off to the United States. "We've put a huge amount of work into these things - and it's been an incredibly creative environment," she said. "Until you come into these rooms, you won't understand how vast the productions were."

The doors will be opened at the auction site, 550 Rosebank Rd, tomorrow for a public viewing day of the props.

The auction begins at 9.30 am on Friday, and continues on Saturday. The wardrobe auction is on Wednesday, May 16.

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