Southern Oregon residents will have an opportunity to purchase jewelry, collectible coins, baseball cards, pocket watches and other valuables from hundreds of abandoned safe deposit boxes when the Oregon State Treasury opens its statewide online auction November 27. The sale comes as Oregon continues managing more than $1 billion in unclaimed property, including forgotten financial accounts, uncashed checks and other assets that may still belong to residents throughout the state.
The auction, announced by State Treasurer Elizabeth Steiner, will feature approximately 650 individual lots containing property recovered from more than 400 abandoned safe deposit boxes. Residents of Josephine, Jackson, Douglas and Klamath counties can participate directly from their homes or businesses, with no requirement to travel to Salem or another auction location.
Capitol Auction & Estate Services, based in Salem, will conduct the sale through the online bidding platform Proxibid. Participants can register electronically, examine photographs and descriptions of available merchandise, submit bids and arrange shipping for successful purchases…