Michael Brown's Houston possessions to be sold at four January auctions

Items up for auction from the Michael Brown estate. (Webster Auction Palace photos.) Items up for auction from the Michael Brown estate. (Webster Auction Palace photos.) Image 1 of / 57 Caption Close Michael Brown's Houston possessions to be sold at four January auctions 1 / 57 Back to Gallery

Recently discovered animal skulls and hides left by Michael Brown at a taxidermy shop are among items to be auctioned next month as part of the late hand surgeon's continuing bankruptcy case.

Brown, who died Nov. 8 in Miami, filed for bankruptcy in January of this year. He withdrew the filing soon after, but the case was reinstated in September.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Jeff Bohm in Houston has approved four Sunday auctions next month to accommodate the long list of Brown's possessions, ranging from two boxes of Ralph Lauren pillows to a Winchester 12-gauge repeating shotgun.

Auctions are scheduled for 1-4 p.m. Jan. 5, 12, 19 and 26 at Webster's Auction Palace, 14463 Luthe Road in north Houston.

The Jan. 5 auction will include furniture, large statues, jewelry, artwork, home décor items and clothing, among other items, according to the Webster Auction Palace website.

http://webstersauction.com/ai1ec_event/auction-4/?instance_id=1748

On Jan. 12, items to be auctioned include vehicles, tools, machinery, restaurant equipment and a trailer-mounted generator.

The Jan. 19 sale will include more than 100 guns, ammunition, gun accessories, a barbecue trailer and taxidermy items.

According to court records, the animal hides, skins and skulls are to be auctioned Jan. 19.

Attorney Ronald Sommers, the bankruptcy trustee, said he had been informed that Brown intended to ask a taxidermy shop in Conroe to mount these items but had not done so before his death.

The last auction, on Jan. 26, will include furniture, home décor items, clothing and artwork.

Most of the auction pieces came from Brown's Memorial Drive home, where an October appraisal listed the value of the items at about $584,000.

Perhaps the most striking piece was a 12-foot mounted American Grizzly bear on a custom base in the home's entry, valued at $5,000.