Stan wrote: When I returned the next day with my 55 foot trailer behind
a Diesel truck to load up someone had switched the auction tags on about
four pieces..........
Stan, in common law when the autioneer agreed to alow you to pick the
itmes up later a bailment was established.  This means that they were in
fact responsible for the items.  In addition there would be an implied
duty on the autioneer to assure that any other buyers picked up only
what they had bid on, an implied responsibility for the security and to
assure that no one switched tags.  Talk to your lawyer and at the very
least file a theft report with the local police.  The very least you can
do is put some official pressure on the aution house.