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Laptops, phones, speakers, cameras, gaming consoles and sunglasses are among the most common items left behind in airports.
Not so common is a Bvlgari 18k gold diamond necklace valued at $11,000.
The star item at this year’s Brisbane Airport auction: a Bvlgari 18k gold diamond necklace valued at $11,000.Credit: Brisbane Airport
Yet, the rare necklace and more than 800 other items are now up for grabs at Brisbane Airport’s lost property auction.
Brisbane Airport holds an auction of lost items once a year, with the proceeds going to children’s charities in Queensland.
Despite efforts to reunite owners with their belongings, many items remain unclaimed well beyond the standard holding period.
“It’s always surprising and even a little bizarre to see what gets left behind by the 70,000 passengers who pass through Brisbane Airport each day,” Brisbane Airport spokesman Peter Doherty said.
Keen bidders can get their hands on a Swarovski watch, two 18k gold diamond rings and three Akubra hats for bargain prices, with bidding starting at $1.
A Swarovski watch, left behind at the airport, which is up for auction. Credit: Brisbane Airport
To mark the airport’s 100th year, this year’s auction also features a collection of heritage aviation items, including a Departures sign from the international terminal and runway lights.
“Where else can you pick up a row of airline seats, a black box, cockpit voice recorder or vintage life jackets with Ansett on them?” Doherty said.
Other lost items up for auction through Lloyds Auctioneers and Valuers include beach cabanas, surfboards, a Nintendo Switch, tool kits, golf clubs, sewing machines, cots, travel prams, a collection of gold, silver and bronze bars, a portable gas fridge and shock absorbers.
Brisbane Airport spokesman Peter Doherty (left) with some of the items up for auction at the 2025 Brisbane Airport auction.Credit: Brisbane Airport
Last year’s auction raised $90,000 for charities including Little Wings, Baby Give Back, Fair Fight Foundation and Cystic Fibrosis Queensland. This year, the airport hopes to raise $100,000.
Special aviation items available
- Runway signs used on the airfield
- Brisbane Airport centenary neon sign
- Departure signage from the International Terminal
- Runway light
- Delta Airlines 777 Model Aircraft
- Private Brisbane Airport Airside Tour
- Exclusive Plane Spotter Package at Pullman Brisbane Airport
- 4 rows of aircraft seating from an F28 jet
- Black box (flight data recorder)
- Cockpit voice recorder
- Airline lifejackets with Ansett livery
Unclaimed items up for auction
- Nintendo Switch, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii
- Laptops, iPads and tablets and so many phones
- Headphones, earbuds and boomboxes
- Computer monitor and printers
- Power banks
- Cameras, tripods, GoPros, DJI Osmo Pocket, RODE wireless microphones & drones
- CPAP machines
- Massive collection of jewellery, perfumes and watchers
- Surfboards, longboards, bodyboards, skateboards, RipStick
- Beach cabanas, umbrellas and hammock
- Musical instruments including guitars and ukelele and keyboard
- Scooters, bikes, toys and Star Wars Leggo, skateboard,
- Fitness equipment, yoga mats, massage guns and scales
- Clothing, shoes, sneakers, hats, belts and buckles
- Travel luggage, wallets, bags and swags
- Makeup, hair dryers, curlers, irons, steamers and shaving equipment
- Tools, drill kits, grinder, socket sets, jumper leads, tool batteries, gardening tools
- Collection of gold, silver and bronze bars
- Sewing machines, blenders and kitchen accessories
- Cots and prams
- Fishing rods, golf clubs, cricket bats
- Art works, decorative vase and whiteboard
- Portable gas fridge, esky, crystals and car shock absorbers
“This is a highly anticipated auction every year, bidders never know what they might find, it is literally like digging through a treasure trove and bidders are guaranteed to find a bargain here with all items listing from $1,” Lloyds’ auctioneer Anthony McLeod said.
Lots will be progressively closed off on Sunday, November 2, with bidding on premium items featured in special livestream from 10am.
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