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Pillar of the Community
United States
593 Posts |
To all my collector or Investor friends.  I wish I had a lot of extra money.  Time to get in the bidding mode.  Washington State bank unclaimed safe deposit box contents up for bids. These have been held for close to 10yrs and not claimed of ASE 1oz, to 20oz and lots of them. Canadian Sets also 733 lots to bid on. There is a web page for them. Go online for info and pics. Date of Nov 19th and 20th James G Murphy Auction Co. Bothell Wa Including a supposed Picasso paintings and drawings. I have bought cars and different things from them and they seem reputable. If close to Bothell there is a preview for 2 days prior. I might drive up just to drool at some of the items. I'm surprised how many people left items in boxes and not retrive or tell an heir or ? about the box. Good Luck Gary *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
593 Posts |
They do have a online bidding that I forgot to add. Also if I put this in the wrong area.  Feel free to move it for the best coverage. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2764 Posts |
Very interesting info.
Too bad I don't live in Washington state.
May be I can find one in Southern California......
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Pillar of the Community
United States
593 Posts |
Also I went through all 733 lots for day one and the 600+ 2nd day has all the gold coins from 1$ to 20$ plus Seated coins to modern lincolns etc a bunch of morgan cc`s and peace etc |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7375 Posts |
Whoa, that's a lot of stuff! Too bad you can't zoom in better on the pictures. There has to be a half mil worth there.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
593 Posts |
I thought the same thing. That would be nice to get a closer look at the lots. I cant believe the folks left all this stuff and had no one to leave it to. I may go on a sight seeing tour. I'm not to far from there
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
17884 Posts |
Typically the coins in these unclaimed item auctions sell for well more that they are worth.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
919 Posts |
That is incredible. So much stuff left behind. I feel sorry for the families that should have inherited this stuff. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1512 Posts |
Quote:I feel sorry for the families that should have inherited this stuff. Don't feel too bad, the heirs can still claim the proceeds of the sales. |
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New Member
United States
2 Posts |
I guess if I lived by there I would check it out but people love over paying for silver at a live auction. I still see eagles selling at $22 per and thats like $6 over right now. People just get that auction fever, though I will admit from suffering from that.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Don't feel too bad, the heirs can still claim the proceeds of the sales. True but family heirlooms or important documents, family photos etc are gone for good. And if for some reason they sell for less than the market value they lose there too. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Never could figure out how so many people have safe deposit boxes or those storage lockers and no member of their family knows. By me too once a year the State has a massive sale in the lobby of the State Building for that stuff that has been abandoned. And there is a listing in a newspaper with all the names that were listed as owners. That list too is sometimes thousands of names long. At that sale there is almost anything possible. Usually coins, stamps and other collectibles are grabbed by dealers fast.
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Valued Member
New Zealand
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We get a show on TV here about people going and looking at storage sheds and then auctioning for what's in them, kind of a lucky dip thing. Its very Hollywood and I do wonder about its authenticity but entertaining nonetheless, some amazing stuff is just sitting there abandoned. if I had spare money I would certainly give it a go, the closest I come is buying up coin collections and hoping I will get some nice rare coins in the mix.
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Posted 11/04/2014 5:28 pm
