A desk where former Prime Minister George Borg Olivier spent hours poring over papers will be among 300 or so of his belongings going under the hammer on Sunday.
"I remember him sitting at the desk, looking at documents," one of his sons, Peter, recalled.
Opening the drawers of the portable desk, dating back to about 1800, Mr Borg Olivier points to documents still tucked inside. His father's spectacles were in one of the drawers, almost 30 years after he died.
In the same way, almost every drawer in the Sliema home is packed with documents. Christmas cards, cheques, which had not been cashed, and election posters have been stored away for years.
"Almost nothing has been moved. A camera, which was on that chair when papa died, was still there," Mr Borg Olivier said, pointing to a chair in the corner of a room.
Just like almost everything in the 19th century house, built by Mr Borg Olivier's grandfather, the chair is decades old. Mr Borg Olivier said his father was a keen art lover.
"He used to go to auctions whenever he went to London and would always bring something back with him. He loved looking for a good bargain," he said, walking around the house that looks just like a museum.
Opening the small drawers of a secretaire in the corner of the drawing room where Dr Borg Olivier used to entertain, his son remembers how, as a child, he used to love hiding things in there. The circa 1800 piece of furniture is still full of treasures, including an uncashed Lm5 cheque dating back decades.
Also going under the hammer is one of the former's Prime Minister's favourite possessions: an early 18th century painting of the Last Supper, which auctioneer Pierre Grech Pillow, from Obelisk, said was painted by an old Italian master.
Among the treasures to be auctioned is a piece of the heat shield of Apollo 13, which had failed to make it to the moon, encased in glass. The memento was given to Dr Borg Olivier by the astronauts who had visited Malta as part of a world tour.
Viewing for the auction will take place between tomorrow and Saturday, between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. with the auction kicking off on Sunday at 10 a.m.