A VIP auction of items belonging to screen legend Greta Garbo hits the high seas today before a larger sell-off of 800 pieces. Garbo great-nephew Derek Reisfield is aboard the Queen Mary 2 and will auction off the items, including a cigarette holder, an ashtray, an umbrella, scarves and a signed check made out to the New York Telephone Company. Yesterday, Reisfield gave a talk aboard the ship en route here from Southampton, England, and introduced her 1936 film “Camille” along with a preview of the items. The seaborne event predates Julien’s Auctions’ sale in LA on Dec. 14 and 15, where lots will include clothing and accessories designed by Valentina, Emilio Pucci, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Salvatore Ferragamo, Lilly Daché, Hubert Givenchy and milliner Mr. John, as well as photos by MGM portrait masters George Hurrell, Clarence Sinclair Bull and Ruth Harriet Louise, and furniture and art from Garbo’s apartment. In New York, Garbo had a close relationship with George Schlee, husband of the designer Valentina, when the three were neighbors at 450 E. 52nd St.