Another item for my series of peculiar things that turn up at auction. I have conducted over 2,000 auctions, but, thankfully have never come across something like this.
A recently deceased Navy veteran's belongings were ready to be sold at an estate auction on Saturday morning.
Just before the start of the auction, auctioneers opened a padlocked and rusting suitcase and discovered three blocks of military-grade C-4.
The C-4 was estimated to be at least 15 years old, degraded and unstable. Two tubes of a similar explosive, a blasting cap and dynamite were also discovered in the suitcase.
They were placed in a special container and destroyed by the bomb squad.
Faulkner County Sheriff Karl Byrd stressed that owning dynamite or plastic explosives without the proper permissions is "definitely illegal".
No one was injured in the incident.
See also previous postings:
http://auctions-auctioneering.blogspot.com/2008/08/damages-award-for-man-who-bought.html
http://auctions-auctioneering.blogspot.com/2007/05/buying-at-auction-without-viewing-is.html
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