California is holding a garage sale of sorts. The novel move to unload the cash strapped state's unnecessary items begins on Friday with deals galore for savvy shoppers looking to aid the Grizzly bear state.

The event, being held in the capital at a Sacramento warehouse, is being called the Great California Garage Sale, and according to state officials is the largest surplus sale since the state last rolled out its surplus of governmental goods shortly after Schwarzenegger was elected in 2004.

The State and Consumer Services Agency reveals close to 6,000 items are up for grabs. Reportedly furniture, computers, office equipment, government cars, police motorcycles and more are waiting to be scooped up by Californians.

Governor Schwarzenegger in July during a budget crunch, ordered the sale as a way for the state's agencies to clean out closets, drawers, garages and back rooms.

Some of the hot ticket items include a grand piano from 1862, complete with ivory keys and decades' of dust, which is offered by the Department of Parks and Recreation and cars with the "Governator's" signature on the visor.

However, if you're not in the market for a piano or signed Chevy Cavalier, the state has put out an assortment of laptops, ranging in price from $75 to $275, alongside numerous desktop computers. BlackBerrys, Palm Pilots and cellphones can be had at the bargain-basement price of $5.

If you're a golder you may even find a reported women's 8-iron for 50 cents. There is no clear estimate as to how much the sale will bring in. However, it's inception and pending commencement highlight the need California needs to borrow $10.5 billion to get through the current fiscal year. According to some financial analysts, California's $85 billion budget crisis has a deficit of $26 billion and the state being forced it issue nearly 2 billion in i.o.u's.