The Orange County Register reports:
The Orange County District Attorney Public Administrator's Office will auction off a unique horde of vehicles Tuesday [September 1] that belonged to a Buena Park plumber who died apparently without leaving any legal heirs.
The 69 vehicles, ranging from 1930s Ford Model A Roadsters to a 1965 Volkswagen van and an experimental aircraft, belonged to Gerald Willits who died in August 2014 at 76 of coronary artery disease.
[...] The vehicles can be viewed Monday [August 31] from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Public Administrator's Office parking lot at 1300 South Grand Ave. in Santa Ana [California]. The auction will be held in the parking lot Tuesday [September 1] at 10 a.m. Gates will open at 8 a.m. [...] If you can't wait, and want a sneak preview [...], check out our slideshow.
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The Orange County Register reports
Gerald Willits was 76 and resided in Buena Park [California] when he died Aug. 14, 2014
[...]It's likely he worked in the plumbing business, according to some of the signage and advertising printed on the sides of some his trucks. He has a daughter, but she lives in another state. [...] Under California law, an original will is needed to transfer assets to the rightful heir and Willits only kept a copy [said Elizabeth Henderson, chief deputy public administrator for Orange County.]
[...]In November, Deputy Public Administrator Investigator Brett Williams found 69 vehicles parked in the front, side, and backyards of the plumber's half-acre Buena Park property [...] Ford Model Ts and Model As, Volkswagen Buses and Beetles, and dozens of other models
Those vehicles were moved to the Public Administrator's lot in Santa Ana, where staff have been attempting to identify them and determine their value ever since.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday August 31 2015, @11:28AM
Sounds like any high schooler's cream. Oh shit, I'm not fixing that typo. Dream, cream, same thing.
(Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Monday August 31 2015, @11:51AM
A lot of nice old iron right there. Plenty of restoration guys are going to love this one. Aside from a few mundane vehicles, I'm betting everything will sell. And it's going to sell cheap.
(Score: 2) by Gravis on Monday August 31 2015, @08:55PM
Aside from a few mundane vehicles, I'm betting everything will sell.
umm... so you're new to the concept of an auction? there wont be a thing left when the auction is over.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 31 2015, @10:43PM
Almost all auto auctions have reserve prices on all vehicles.