None of the individual bids came close to the $27,500 paid for a coin dating to 1795 at a similar state auction in 2013. Several lots containing jewelry or coins sold for $1,000 to $4,200. Bidders: 500, from almost every state and Canada.Here are highlights from the sale as reported by the department:
Going forward, owners or heirs still have the chance to submit claims for proceeds from the event, which ran Sept. The state Commerce Department conducted the auction, as required by state law, for items left in bank safe deposit boxes where the lease for the box ended many years ago. Minnesota raised just over $140,000 this month from an online auction that listed more than 1,000 items for sale from abandoned safe deposit boxes.
