Hundreds of bargain hunters showed up Saturday to bid on a bizarre mix of unwanted items from the City of Oak Harbor and other agencies, items that included a school bus, street lights and a jungle of fake potted plants.

All told, bidders spent $80,000 and the city, which hosted the auction, pulled in $37,000, said Sandra Place, the city’s budget and purchasing specialist.

People took some odd things home including 16 docks, 40 cement garbage cans and 12 containers filled with outdated law books.

“We totally thought we were going to be recycling those,” she said.

More than 300 people showed up, one from as far away as Alberta, Canada.

The fast-talking auctioneer got started at 10 a.m. and didn’t wrap up until after 4 p.m. He had to sell four cargo bays worth of stuff and 30 cars and big rigs.

Most of the goods went out the door, although nobody wanted a pile of desks, a dishwasher and some scoreboards.

Whatever isn’t purchased will be recycled when possible or dispatched to that final resting place of unwanted goods — the dump.

Other local agencies participating included the Oak Harbor School District, Island County and North Whidbey Fire and Rescue.