Photos: Municipality of Anchorage guns and evidence auction

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Auctioneer Ron Alleva auctions off a Ruger SR40 pistol at Grubstake Auction in Anchorage on Saturday, July 18, 2015. The lot, evidence seized by the Anchorage Police Department, included over 100 firearms, electronics, and jewelry.

In a high-ceilinged room filled with artwork, furniture and other knick-knacks, 114 firearms sat in metal baskets or leaned against wooden stands.

"MOA (Municipality of Anchorage) gun auction here today," the sign outside the Grubstake Auction warehouse in Northeast Anchorage declared.

Inside, Ron Alleva's voice boomed over the microphone: "Sold it on the net! Three and a quarter."

Every few months, the contents of the Anchorage Police Department's evidence locker and lost-and-found drawers go up for auction. On Saturday, there were Smith & Wesson revolvers, various .22 caliber pistols and what auctioneers described as a collectible 9-caliber German military lugers. Jewelry, sound equipment and electronics were also up for bidding.

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