West Virginia
Unclaimed items being auctioned at West Virginia State Fair
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Unclaimed property corresponding to uncommon cash, foreign money, jewellery and different collectibles shall be up for public sale at two occasions this week on the State Truthful of West Virginia in Fairlea, the state treasurer’s workplace mentioned.
Two auctions had been held final week, and the ultimate two shall be Friday and Saturday, beginning at 5 p.m. every day. The gadgets are on show all through the honest on the state treasurer’s workplace sales space within the West Virginia Constructing.
Objects up for bid have been turned over to the workplace’s Unclaimed Property Division. Such gadgets usually come from deserted protected deposit bins, Treasurer Riley Moore’s workplace mentioned in a information launch.
The Unclaimed Property Division tries to find the proprietor earlier than promoting gadgets by way of public sale. When the gadgets are offered at public sale, the proceeds stay in a person’s title to be claimed sooner or later, Moore’s workplace mentioned.
Workers from the treasurer’s workplace shall be obtainable in the course of the honest to conduct unclaimed property searches for individuals visiting the workplace’s sales space.