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The Silver Dollar may have seen its last exotic dance, but if you want a piece of Ottawa’s adult-themed history, now’s your chance.

After four decades in business, the club at 1989 Merivale Rd. closed its doors this month. Now, the contents are being liquidated.

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The bar and restaurant equipment includes everything from tables, stools and a grill, to an ice machine, black lights and the signature brass dance pole, which is available to a new home for $200.

“I don’t think they’ve changed it in 40 years, said Scott Bayne, who runs Ottawa Liquidators. “There are a lot of memories on that pole.”

Bayne makes a living buying chattel from defunct businesses and selling the items off separately. In the case of the Silver Dollar Exotic Club, he held a one-day sale at the location Monday and is now taking appointments for individuals to view the remaining inventory through his ad on Kijiji.

Some of the items that were scooped up quickly include a coin-operated pool table for $2,000 and commercial-grade tables and chairs that sold for a few hundred dollars to area bar and pub owners.

The land and the property is for sale for $1.2 million. The broker Steve Gabellini confirmed the package deal includes a 0.7-acre lot with a 5,000-square-foot building above grade. He says industrial-zoned property is conditionally sold and will not likely include another exotic club.

Gabellini says many potential clients that toured had a story or two about the old haunt.

“Those who I showed the building to made little remarks and comments of them being there for certain stags and parties and bringing their staff there for lunch,” said Gabellini.