Sold at Auction!

May 26, 1923

0h 22m

★ 5.8

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Hal Roach Studios

Sold at Auction! Trailers

Cast

The Auctioneer's Helper

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

The Man Who Sold

Wally Howe

The Man Who WAS Sold

James Finlayson

The Sold Man's Wife

Marie Mosquini

'Whiskers'

Jack Ackroyd

Aviator with False Teeth

William Gillespie

Auctioneer

Charles Stevenson

Customer (uncredited)

Charley Chase

'Product' Demonstrator (uncredited)

Noah Young

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