An IWC watch and a Franck Muller, valued at 6,000 and a couple of,750 euros respectively, have been the very best sellers within the misplaced property public sale promoted by the Madrid City Council, which was held this June.
Thanks to this initiative, which provides a second life to quite a few misplaced belongings, the Madrid City Council has raised 82,192 euros, which it’s going to allocate to the municipal finances.
As reported by the City Council in a notice, these auctioned objects had been within the Lost Property Office for greater than two years, with out being claimed by their house owners. Currently this division continues to protect greater than 120,000 objects ready to be claimed by their house owners.
For this public sale, residents have been in a position to bid for greater than 2,000 objects, divided into 1,359 tons, by way of a web based vote that has lasted for 2 weeks.
In whole, as much as 99.41% of those tons have acquired bids, with a complete beginning worth of 12,891 euros.
From jewels valued at 1,000 euros to a chalice
In this order, after the 2 watches talked about above, there are others that occupy the primary locations of the objects with the very best gross sales worth. The IWC watch and the Franck Muller watch are adopted by two Cartiers, valued at 2,000 and 1,800 euros.
The jewels have additionally had very excessive costs, highlighting a gold ring with sapphire and diamonds awarded for 1,000 euros or a batch of gold bracelets and rings that has reached 700.
Among probably the most repeated objects are digital books which have been awarded from 15 to 180 euros, relying on the mannequin. There are additionally quite a few tablets and cell phones auctioned, with most award costs of 70 and 170 euros respectively.
It has additionally been attainable to bid on actually curious objects. From a cup, misplaced in a sports activities bag on a Municipal Transport Company bus, and awarded for 275 euros, to a digicam and tremendous 8 participant that can have a brand new proprietor for 160 euros, together with vinyl information or a sleeve for golf golf equipment.
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