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A | A | A If you're in the market for a diamond-studded gold gorilla pendant, the North Carolina Department of Revenue may have just what you're looking for thanks to busted drug dealers. The department hopes to auction hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry, including a $38,000 watch and a $23,000 gold pendant depicting Jesus, confiscated during drug busts over the past year by the department's unauthorized substances division. Necklaces, rings and bracelets will be available alongside more unique items, such as a $29,500 Jacob & Co. five time zone watch with a face of sparkling yellow, pink and blue forming the continents on a world map. A silver-colored men's Breitling 1884 chronometre watch is listed at $38,000. The diamond gorilla has a stone missing, but is still appraised at $21,600. "You'd be surprised who buys this stuff," Department of Revenue spokeswoman Kim Brooks said. New owners won't get the stories behind the jewelry, though some collectors have bought pieces in the past because they knew their history. The public auction, scheduled for Thursday, November 13th at the State Fairgrounds in Raliegh, will be the first of its kind in nine years. Three-quarters of the profits will go to law enforcement agencies responsible for the arrests. The rest will go to the state's general fund.

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