Snub gets a job helping an auctioneer. He’s instructed to sell off a household estate, but goes to the wrong house. After everything is sold, the real owner returns, and forces Snub to track down all the buyers to restore the property.
Watch the official Sold at Auction! 1923 trailer in HD below.
Harry 'Snub' Pollard as The Auctioneer's Helper
Wally Howe as The Man Who Sold
James Finlayson as The Man Who WAS Sold
Marie Mosquini as The Sold Man's Wife
Jack Ackroyd as 'Whiskers'
William Gillespie as Aviator with False Teeth
Charles Stevenson as Auctioneer
Charley Chase as Customer (uncredited)
Noah Young as 'Product' Demonstrator (uncredited)
Charley Chase Director
Hal Roach Producer
Robert Doran Director of Photography
Thomas J. Crizer Editor
United States 26 May 1923
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