HARRISON - With no buyer so far for The Darboy Club, the property and its contents have been split up and put up for auction.

The 57-year-old facility closed June 30 at N9695 County N because of lack of business. It was initially marketed for sale for $1.75 million as a turnkey restaurant and banquet facility, but it appears that will not be the building’s fate.

“All of the interested operators have dropped out,” said Stuart Beduhn, broker/owner of Beduhn Properties. “The only interested parties right now are redevelopment people.”

Lack of a restaurant operator triggered the current online auction at beduhnsales.hibid.com. It includes furniture, kitchen equipment, bar mirrors, artwork, plates and glasses in 649 separate lots.

The property itself, lot No. 3, has a $1 million minimum bid and an undisclosed reserve.

The online auction will close at 6 p.m. on Sept. 23.

Goods can also be seen in person during two open houses, 1-6 p.m. Thursday (Sept. 12), and 8 a.m.-noon Saturday (Sept. 14).

Beduhn said the goods were split into lots that could attract both commercial and non-commercial buyers.

“We try to break it down into lots so that people who have a rec room in their basements can bid. There are a lot of wildlife prints. There are tools and shelving that could be used in a shop,” said Beduhn. “Anyone can bid. All they need is a credit card.”

Successful bidders will pay a 15% premium to the auction house on top of the purchase price and 5.5% Calumet County tax. The pick-up date for items will be a few days after the auction ends.

If the property itself doesn’t sell during the auction, it will again be marketed as commercial property for sale for $1.5 million. The 4-acre site at County N and County KK includes a 27,000-square-foot building.

As for those brides and grooms still waiting to get deposits returned, The Darboy Club’s attorney said the business doesn’t have enough in its checkbook to pay them back right now.

“We’re hopeful that if the auction goes well, we can take care of a lot, if not all, of the trade debt,” said attorney Paul Swanson.

Debts include secured creditors like the bank, he said, plus other creditors including suppliers and those who’d put down deposits for weddings.

“The goal is to get all the creditors paid,” Swanson said. “Unfortunately, people are going to have to be patient.”

Contact Maureen Wallenfang at 920-993-7116 or mwallenfang@postcrescent.com. Follow her on Twitter at @wallenfang.