WHAT PEOPLE FORGOT IS BEING SOLD TODAY

It's time again for the State of Florida's annual Unclaimed Property Auction, which will be held today in Fort Lauderdale. Each year the Florida Department of Financial Services (Yes, Tom Gallagher's department) holds this auction to sell off unclaimed items from safe deposit boxes whose rental is not paid and the person was not located after attempts by the financial institution and the Financial Services department. The proceeds from this sale go into the Principal State School Trust Fund to benefit Florida's public schools. The auction will be Webcast live at Fisher Auction's Web site.

It's interesting what people just forget or die and forget to inform their families they have. Jewelry, stock certificates, coin and bill collections, baseball and football cards, and a number of other items will be sold to the highest bidder.

And there are a lot of people out there that have valuables just waiting to be claimed. You can check for your name or that of a relative through the FDFS' Property Search site. Sadly, nothing for me out there.