One city’s trash is another man’s treasure. The soon-to-be-demolished Mobile Civic Center this week held a going-out-of-business sale of sorts.
Between the online auction that included Thursday and an earlier round a few weeks ago, the city put about 200 lots up for sale. City procurement officer Don Rose said he expects to fetch about $150,000, which will go toward aIt’s a pittance toward a $300 million project. But as Rose said: “Every little bit helps, right? And its taxpayer money, so we want to be good stewards.”
Rose said buyers range from businesses and nonprofit organizations looking for deals on used equipment to people searching for souvenirs. Before the auction even began, he added, city departments had an opportunity to claim office furniture or other items they may need. “I mean, this is this is heavy stuff,” he said. “The wonderful thing is the Civic Center, you can drive, drive right in to pick up some things.”
“We’ve been finding stuff that’s been here since 1964,” he said. “The carbon arc spotlights we sold before were 1964 models. And we find all kinds of other stuff in here that apparently were regional embellishments or equipment for the place.”
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