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Ava Janus of Troy, Mich., the sole surviving heir of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, poses with his "Thanatron" machine, and its carry box, left, in New York Thursday Oct. 27, 2011. It is scheduled to be auctioned as part of his estate, Friday Oct. 28, 2011. Kevorkian's estate is going ahead with plans to auction 17 of his paintings, including one he did with a pint of his blood, even though a suburban Boston museum is refusing to give them up. AP Photo/Richard Drew.
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NEW YORK (AP).- A suicide machine belonging to assisted-suicide advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian has been withdrawn from a New York City auction of his possessions after failing to draw a high enough bid.
Seventeen paintings also failed to sell at the New York Institute of Technology on Friday. One was made in Kevorkian's blood.
The paintings are tied up in a legal dispute between his estate and a suburban Boston museum.
The Armenian Library and Museum of America says Kevorkian donated the paintings and they'll stay put until the dispute is resolved. The estate estimates their value at up to $3.5 million.
Both sides have filed lawsuits.
Kevorkian died in June at age 83. He left his property to a niece in Troy, Mich.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.
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