You Can Buy Unclaimed Items, Just Not the Teeth-- Part 2

Among the 252 items at auction:  a signed 1983 Ryne Sandberg baseball card, coins from a  1622 shipwreck, Chicago World's Fair souvenirs and a six-sided "paddle wheel" harmonica.  Never heard of that last one.

But for those of a ghoulish bent, they don't auction ff hair or teeth.

The state is sitting on about $2 billion in unclaimed funds despite sending out about $220 million to companies and families over the last several years.  Among these beneficiaries were the children of a family that had left $1 million worth of Walgreen stock for over sixty years.

The safe deposit box items, worth an estimated $113,500, have been sitting in the state treasurers vault for a decade and will be sold to make room for more items.  Any items sold will help fix some of the state's budgetary problems.

A paddlewheel harmonica is one where three or more harmonicas are arrangedlike the paddle wheel of a steamboat where you can quickly switch from one harmonica to another.  E-Bay has several for sale.

No Teeth, Though.  --CooTeeth