A vintage fire truck. A coin-operated camel ride. Golf carts. Neon signs. A 9-foot fiberglass shark.
They could all be yours in the final auction for the now-closed The Shell Factory & Nature Park. The online auction went live Tuesday and continues through Tuesday Feb. 18.
It’s the last in a series of three auctions liquidating the signs, décor and everything else at the former North Fort Myers tourist attraction.
The Shell Factory closed Sept. 29 and has been put up for sale. The Old Florida-style attraction was home to a restaurant, a zip line, a 4.5-acre nature park and a sprawling, more than 50,000-square-foot gift shop.
Shell Factory auction: What you can bid on
Hundreds of lots are available for bidding in the online auction. Those items include:
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A Maxim vintage fire truck (at one time the most-photographed item at the Shell Factory),
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A working, animatronic Zoltar fortune-telling game,
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Golf carts (some working, some parts only),
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A coin-operated camel ride,
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A 9-foot-long fiberglass shark and many more fiberglass statues,
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And a 14-foot by 7-foot tandem fiberglass concession trailer.
More details about The Shell Factory auctions
The first and second online auctions happened in November, December and January. This will be the last one planned for The Shell Factory.
“While the decision to close was incredibly hard, in the process, we have had many moments of joy with residents and visitors to this beloved attraction,” owner Pam Cronin said in a November news release announcing the auctions.
“We are confident this last sale of remaining items will result in some Shell Factory assets being used in restaurants and attractions that will continue to delight others as they have at the Shell Factory.”
The Shell Factory closed in September 2024 in North Fort Myers.
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You must register to view and bid on the items at ShellFactoryAuction.com. Items will be sold as-is, and buyers must pick them up by appointment. All three auctions are being hosted by Fort Myers Auction.
Learn more at ShellFactoryAuction.com.
Charles Runnells is an arts and entertainment reporter for The News-Press and the Naples Daily News. To reach him, call 239-335-0368 or email him [email protected]. Follow or message him on social media (facebook.com/charles.runnells.7) and Instagram (@crunnells1).
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