The Cincinnati Post from Cincinnati, Ohio • 8

8A The Cincinnati Post Saturday October 22 2005 Auction: Contents of 5-star Maisonette are being sold private investment firm that had loaned restaurant owner Nat Co-misar about $600000 this year to keep the Maisonette afloat Comisar and Scott Street announced in April that the restaurant would be relocated to a Scott Street development that has been proposed for Kenwood But after Comisar closed the restaurant in late July and later said that he had no plans to reopen Scott Street which held liens on the contents hired Great American to sell the property Reau said Scott Street and Great American have no plans to announce a final tally for the sale In terms of dimensions one of the largest items to sell Friday was the main bar which covered a that was 8 feet wide and 20 feet long The bar was sold for $2000 to a woman who declined to make any comment She was later identified as Val Comisar a member of the family that had owned the kins who is 53 I was a kid everything downtown was booming and you wonder when the cycle will repeat itself andit will came back said Wilkins who had purchased a couple of champagne buckets Friday a keepsake a little bit of Americana Twenty years from now 30 years from now 50 years from now-people are going to be talking about the Maisonette a part of America and a part of Although most of the collectibles and memorabilia will be sold today auctioneer Mark Weitz president of the Great American Group which is handling the liquidation warmed up the crowd by auctioning off menus which went for $175 each Contents of the Maisonette and La Normandie the chop-house that occupied the basement level of its more famous sibling are being sold to pay off a debt to Scott Street Partners a Greater CiNciNNATi ANd MiAMi VaLLey ORchid Societies Present PRCHIDSHOW Registration Information atracedmccom oFmontqomervinnribruncom PLAINT SALE Lectures Sunday at 12 2pm This presentation will be an introduction to the fascinating hobby of growing orchids 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was an institution and you hate to see things like that go away" Macke said as he glanced at the screen that showed huge photos of the items that were being sold and quickly scanned through a hurriedly assembled auction catalog getting some things that I need but at the same time getting a piece of history" Macke said Ed Hatfield who lives in Glendale purchased two banquettes -upholstered seating booths that were situated against the walls -for his parents who plan to incorporate them into their home been going there (to the Maisonette) for every anniversary every birthday for every important business deal for said Hatfield who is in the coal business He said he especially remembers celebrating his 16th birthday at the restaurant and another milestone later in his life-proposing to his wife Scott Schilling whose family had owned the Beverly Hills Supper Club that burned to the ground in a tragic fire in 1977 was bidding Friday on behalf of his brother Rick who is opening a casino in Greenville Miss Schilling said he had purchased a few pieces of restaurant equipment that will be used at the casino although the fact that the equipment was from the Maisonette didn't influence his bidding Schilling said there is a fairly direct correlation between the price paid for used restaurant equipment and its weight Items that were worth $6000 to $7000 new can wind up selling for just a few hundred dollars because so difficult to move Schilling said (the Comisars the family that owned the restaurant) great restaurant people and they served the city of Cincinnati very well for a long Schilling said I'm not much into five- star Golf pro Tim Wilkins who lives in Sharonville showed up at the sale Friday with his aunt Eli-l nor Wilkins who is in her 80s and remembers the restaurant when it was in its heyday exquisite dining When you had a special occasion --an anniversary or a birthday or you wanted to celebrate with a friend it was the place to said Wil- Please Give what matters 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