Airport lost luggage auctions raise thousands of dollars for charity every year

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-09/airport-lost-luggage-auctions/106078890

9 Comments

  1. > Bulgari 18-carat gold diamond necklace valued at $11,000 that started with a reserve of just $1.

    Just casually misplacing your $11k necklace at the airport. You know, normal people things..

  2. I don’t feel that the airport should be getting good publicity for creating a difficult and uncooperative environment and then selling things people lose when they’re under pressure.

  3. Human-Warning-1840 on

    I did go once to one from lost property from the train. Pallets full of umbrellas and I have scarves to last me a lifetime. There was also a fancy violin that people were interest in. Surely you ask for that when you loose it

  4. Articulated_Lorry on

    My luggage was not loaded once for a flight. Adelaide Airport claimed that couldn’t find it. Relatives went to the airport to physically check – it was the only bag there. Yet somehow they couldn’t find it?

    Also, is there a reason lost property isn’t being handed onto the police to be formally logged?

  5. This is not a sign of goodwill, airports being too lazy with lost property then feeling guilty about it, donate the proceeds to charities.

  6. Would be interesting questions around legal ownership, particularly with something like that camera, or Apple devices that can easily be tracked and tied to the original owner.

  7. Amazing really… I bet a large chunk of these “lost” bags still have the barcoded luggage tag on them. Disgusting they are allowed to sell struff.