We're in the process of buying my wife's family's 130 year old farm house/barn/sheds/cribs and a few acres. Hopefully we can close next Monday/Tuesday
during the auction the auctioneer sold the gutter cleaner out of the barn. it wasn't listed but he did anyway.
that was August 7th. it is now 5 months later. I my opinion they are way outside any reasonable timeline to claim their item. The auctioneer wasn't very good and certainly didn't have anything listed for time to remove winning items. As far as i know the bidder has not tried to contact my FIL or wife's uncle to make arrangements. (but that may not be true as dealing with the appraiser for the farm purchase they have been VERY hard for them to get a hold of )
So when it is in my possession i have NO interest in anyone coming in to remove the gutter cleaner. 1, i don't want them damaging the barn or catching anything on fire using torches and 2, more importantly the liability in case they get hurt.
So the question is. without prior announcement at the auction, would they have any leg to stand on if they every came along and wanted to get it? They paid $25 for it if i recall.
Thanks
A local auctioneer here makes you sign a load out agreement before they will let you checkout. they also give a Very short timeline to pick up stuff but will make other arrangements.