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Rhode Island is auctioning thousands of unclaimed items from safe deposit boxes and other sources.

The auction includes jewelry, gold coins, silver bars, and other valuables left unclaimed for years.

Original owners or their heirs can claim the proceeds from the sale of their items.

An elderly woman stashes her diamonds in a bank safe deposit box but forgets to tell her children, so no heirs come forward to claim the jewels after she dies.

A man removes his gold watch before undergoing emergency surgery, but forgets to retrieve it when he leaves the hospital in a fog.

An ex-convict never reclaims the silver belt buckle he was wearing when he entered prison, opting to make a fresh start and abandon any reminders of his old life.

Eventually, all that unclaimed pr

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