“Miami airport auctions off abandoned items”

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Miami airport auctions off abandoned items Posted: 12 Mar 2011 07:02 AM PST Associated Press - March 12, 2011 9:44 AM ET MIAMI (AP) - Miami International Airport is auctioning off thousands of abandoned items. From DVD players and cell phones to a piano keyboard, everything will be on the auction block Saturday. The contents in the suitcases will be sold to the highest bidder, but must remain a secret until a sale is final. Property owners usually have 60 days to claim their missing items before it goes into the auction pool. Past auctions have brought in $50,000. All the money goes into the airport's general fund. One year, a bidder bought a suitcase for $150 and inside was approximately 25,000 British pounds. This year's big draw may be a collection of abandoned bicycles. Information from: The Miami Herald, http://www.herald.com Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php Five Filters featured article: Comment Is Free But Freedom Is Slavery - An Exchange With The Guardian's Economics Editor.

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