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Standard Loan Jewelry Store and Pawn Shop closes doors

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An assortment of camera lenses a tripod, and other related items in a case at the pawn shop.

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Auctioneer Tim Wolf shortly before the auction is to begin.

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Mitchell Johns, of Findlay, in front of cardboard box, auctioning some large items outside of Standard Loan.

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Board games at Standard Loan.

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Artist Jeff Kennedy, left, who had apprenticed with metalsmith Dave Grocki, right, tries on a ring. Second from left is Sherry Veith, holding her granddaughter Mia Mae Veith, 2; all of Toledo. The jewelry, especially the diamonds, were of high interest among would-be bidders.

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Auction items available at the Standard Loan auction included almost everything from jewelry, glassware, and tools to comic books.

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Metalsmith Dave Grocki, left, speaking at the jewelry counter with Sherry Veith, fourth from right, holding her granddaughter Mia Mae Veith, 2; Shawna Dickman, and artist Jeff Kennedy, all of Toledo.

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Standard Loan shortly before the beginning of the auction.

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Kathy Cornelison, a Toledo business owner, making a bid. At left is Robert Thrush; at right, Jack Lawrence, helping with the proceedings.

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A hat box from the Joseph Horne Co., a department store of Pittsburgh, Pa.

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Kathy Cornelison, a Toledo business owner, wins the bid on stacks of comic books.

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Jack Lawrence, a friend of owner Nick Koka, holds stacks of comic books for sale as the auction opens.

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Nick Koka holds a Standard Loan T-shirt he had signed that was auctioned for $25.00.

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