Evening star., 1902-08-26
UNCLAIMED PROPERTY 2
MIXED CROWD AT THE POLICE
SALE TODAY.
Almost Every Known Article Put Up
at Auction and Knocked Down
to Highest Bidder.

The police sale Of unclaimed and ahan-
doned property took place this morning at
Ratclife's auction rooms in Pennsylvania
avenue. With the exception Of the bicycles
and few of the larger articles the prop
erty was tied in bundles and placed on the
shelves behind the counter in the auction
room.
There was the usual large attendance. The
presence Of many dealers in second hand
property had the effect Of running up the
prices. There were about thirty bicycles
OF all makes and sizes, and the prices they
brought ranged from a to So. Clothing Of
various kinds and a hundred straw hats
were knocked down to the lowest bidders
One bottle Of whisky was also sold Chief
Clerk Kemp disposed Of the property at this
time on account of police headquarters be-
ing moved from the Harper building to
Louisiana avenue.
A Mixed Crowd.
1t was heterogeneous crowd that gath
cred In the auction rooms There were
comparatively few women present, but
those who were there bid with the same In
terest as the men. Auctioneer Radcliffe
conducted the work with precision and the
big assortment of articles was disposed of
without any undue delay.
AhteratiVeiy. there were saws and
satchels BICYCLES and booze. pig iron and
pants. Everybody seemed to be out for
something he didn't want And it is need
less to say he got 1t. woman who will
never see sixty again became the happy
possessor OF a safety razor.
wash boiler brought ten cents, but not
Without spirited contest, and there was
tendency to renig on the part Of the pur
chaser The auctioneer was relentless, and
the bulksome article was finally awarded
to young man who lives in the north
eastern part of the city.
On the second shelf, and near the end, was
bottle OF whisky. The interest seemed
to quicken as the young colored man who
brought the articles to the auctioneer con-
tinued his labors. Bicycles and travelling
bags, many things that can be utilized in
the ordinary living, went at prices that
were surprising
A gentleman employed in the Anacestia
brlck yards had an attack of vertigo when
ne saw pair of outcast razors escape
from his grasp at 80 cents, when he la cked
an even nickel to make good Umbrel-
las were much in evidence Some of them
had elaborate limitations of real wooden
handles.
An Eton Jacket and Camphor Balls.
A lady's moth Eton jacket was knocked
down at low figure, together with a half
pound package of camphor balls, to a
young man from Alexandria, A pair of
hoopskirts of the vintage of 1867 was pur-
chased by a gentleman who said confiden-
tally that he wanted to cage recently
purchased poll parrot.
There were travelling bags of every de-
scription One of them a delicate article
of the papier mache variety, went to O
young man who is to take his vacation next
week and will likely cut a big swath at
Atlantic City.
Lingerie, women's apparel of every de-
scription, in fact, helped make up the big
Auctioneer Ratcliffe 1t was noticed that he
gave the long sound of "a in starting 1t al
a dollar and a half" The young woman
who purchased it for s1.63 was as proud
a If 1t had been creation of Redfern
man who operates cane stand at a sum-
mer resort. In the box were forty-two
cigars and the price paid was % cents.
permit from the board of health accompa-
MED the box, and the purchaser departed
with a mingled feeling of pride and content,
The police sale being held several
months earlier this year is said to
have caused considerable uneasiness or
companies, whicn have always large COL
lection of articles picked up in the cars
and which are not called for.
The street railroad companies are said to
have In their possession some rare tiaras
and other Jewels that will be sold in time
to participate features in the early win
ter social functions.
Taken as a whole, today's sale was
success. Many of the articles, particularly
the bicycles, went for figures that were way
below the cost of manufacture. The man
who bought the quart bottle of whisky,
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