NEW YORK (AP) — As
Bernard Madoff sits in a North Carolina prison serving a 150-year
sentence, remnants of the fallen financier's once lavish lifestyle are
going on the auction block at a Manhattan hotel.
Around 200 items
— ranging from a half-used sticky pad to expensive jewelry — are being
auctioned off Saturday in the grand ballroom at the Sheraton New York
Hotel & Towers.
The items were taken from Madoff's homes on
Manhattan's Upper East Side, in the Hamptons and in Palm Beach, Fla.,
which federal authorities seized after he was convicted of defrauding
investors.
They include dishes, pens and stationary, boogie
boards emblazoned with the 71-year-old's last name, and a Rolex
nicknamed the "Prisoner Watch."
Proceeds from the auction will be divided among Madoff's victims.
On the Net:
Madoff auction catalog: http://www.txauction.com
Madoff auction online: www.proxibid.com