PAPA can’t get a brand-new bag at Christie’s, but James Brown fans might wake up in a cold sweat when they see the venerable auction house is making it funky with today’s sale from the estate of the Godfather of Soul.

PHOTO GALLERY: James Brown Auction

From the mundane (a J.B.-used table setting that includes a half-filled salt shaker and Morton salt substitute) to the marvelous (a Hammond B-3 organ, handwritten lyrics) to the sartorially splendid (jumpsuits, furs, caps and capes), you can see that more than just the pants are hot.

Following are a few of the items up for auction. So please, please, please get up offa that thing – the bidding begins at 10 a.m. (For more info, go to christies.com.)