Proctor Auctions manager Ronnie Proctor before auction of H&J Smith department store chattels and shop fittings in Dunedin. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERYAbout 100 former store mannequins were snapped up at the weekend in a successful department store chattels auction which sold almost everything. The biggest department store auction the firm had handled in at least 40 years was buoyant and the overall outcome, including prices, had "exceeded expectations", Mr Proctor said. Only six of the 565 lots of former H&J Smith store fittings and chattels, comprising more than 5000 items, had not been sold. Before H&J Smith bought the store in 2015, Arthur Barnett Ltd had operated it for 112 years.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 21, 2021 14:26 UTC