A bankruptcy court judge yesterday in West Palm Beach approved the auction of hundreds of thousands of dollars in sample wedding dresses and other inventory being held in Alfred Angelo’s warehouse in Deerfield Beach, the Sun Sentinel reported. The auction was sought by court-appointed trustee Margaret Smith “to limit administrative expenses” in the company’s chapter 7 case, according to Patricia Redmond, lawyer for Alfred Angelo. The 84-year-old company closed its stores around the world and filed for bankruptcy in mid-July. Only sample dresses and wholesale inventory stored in the warehouse will be on the auction block — not those sold at retail stores in South Florida, said D. Brett Marks, lawyer for the trustee.
