Hundreds of items which could not be delivered by An Post to go under the hammer.
Teddy bears, Rolex watches and bottles of whiskey are just a few of the items which will go for sale at an auction in Dublin this evening.
These are all goods which have been purchased online but did not reach their intended destination says Anna MacHugh from An Post,
Wrongly addressed or the person it's addressed to has gone away.
Where there is no return address parcels cannot be returned to the sender.
Herman and Wilkinson Auction House in Rathmines have been handling sales of undeliverable products for An Post for two decades. Who is interested in this random selection?
According to auctioneer David Herman,
It’ll be bought by a mixture of traders and private individuals.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 4 November 2009. The reporter is Philip Bromwell.
