luxury cars, high-end jewelry and expensive toys will be sold to the highest bidders to help pay thousands of creditors owed money by bankrupt US Fidelis,

luxury cars, high-end jewelry and expensive toys will be sold to the highest bidders to help pay thousands of creditors owed money by bankrupt US Fidelis, which once led the nation in the sale of extended auto-service contracts.
The auction, which will include hundreds of items belonging to US Fidelis and the millionaire brothers who owned it, will be spread over three dates: March 26, April 2 and April 3. The public can inspect the spoils at a preview on March 25. The auction and the preview will be held at the US Fidelis headquarters, the former Belz Factory Outlet Mall at Interstate 70 and Highway 40 in Wentzville.
David Warfield, a bankruptcy lawyer representing US Fidelis creditors, said the estate isn't sure how much money the auction will raise. "Obviously there's hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of stuff — the vehicles alone are worth that much," he said.
Warfield has organized many liquidation auctions, but he said this one might end up being the most complicated he's seen — if only because of the strange variety of what's for sale.
Warfield has invited reporters to inspect the auction lots today, and he's warning them that it takes about two hours to get a sense of what's being offered.
US Fidelis collapsed in late 2009 amid allegations of widespread consumer fraud. Its owners — Darain and Cory Atkinson — were sued last year for stripping more than $101 million from the firm at the expense of creditors and hundreds of thousands of customers. To settle that suit, the brothers surrendered virtually their entire fortunes to the US Fidelis bankruptcy estate.