HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHP) — The City of Harrisburg is preparing to auction off more than 5,000 artifacts collected by former Mayor Stephen Reed, who had hoped to open museums in Harrisburg but was later hit with hundreds of charges and accused of misusing public funds to acquire the items.
CBS 21 got the opportunity Friday to look through tables of items, which included artifacts from the wild west, signed baseballs and packs of cards, a suit of armor, items from carnival games, old firearms and mounted skulls—in addition to many, many other things.
Before he was sentenced in 2017 on charges of receiving stolen property, Reed spent around $7 million on his collection, the city said.
In the city’s previous three auctions of Reed’s items, it was able to make around $1.7 million of those funds back…