5 THINGS ABOUT UNCLAIMED BAGS.
Fifty years ago, entrepreneur Doyle Owens started the Unclaimed Baggage Center by buying left-behind bags from airlines and transport companies and selling the best finds to customers. Staff have found a bear pelt packed in salt, an Egyptian burial mask packed in a Gucci suitcase, a live rattlesnake and, yes, a kitchen sink. Before the pandemic, Unclaimed Baggage was processing some 7,000 items daily. Here are some examples:
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LUGGAGE
Not to state the obvious here, but yes, the Unclaimed Baggage store sells a lot of suitcases and other travel essentials such as neck pillows and passport holders. Bag types include, but are not limited to: toiletry, golf-shoe holder, duffel, laptop, crossbody, garment, foldable, wheeled, soft,
leather, hip and more.
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CAROM LIZARD-LEATHER
EMBOSSED POOL CUE Picture this: You’re having friends over for game night and someone motions to your pool table. “Hey, that’s an interesting cue you have there,” your friend says.
You pick up your carom lizard-leather embossed pool cue. “Oh this old thing?” you reply. “That’s my carom lizard-leather embossed pool cue.” This find is the ultimate ice breaker, worth the US$590.99.
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ELECTRONICS AND ACCESSORIES
You can find unlocked iphones and ipads, plus cases to protect them, chargers to charge them and Airpods to lose with them. Other highlights include fitness trackers, camera lenses and noise-cancelling headphones.
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14-KARAT DIAMOND TENNIS BRACELET
This diamond tennis bracelet is one of those timeless pieces of jewelry. One like-new, 14-karat gold-and-diamond find is poised to become a new family heirloom, one you hopefully keep track of better than did its former owner.
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NICK FOUQUET FELT HAT Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Bob Dylan have enjoyed Nick Fouquet hats. The California hatmaker has celebrity clients for his dome apparel, with price tags upward of US$1,000. One unlucky traveller left his or her gently used Nick Fouquet mauve felt hat at an airport, and it’s available for US$335.99, some 70 per cent off its MSRP of US$1,135.