Being a Canadian citizen, I dropped into the local Bank of Nova Scotia and talked with the manager. He indicated that there is not much that they could do as the Bank on St. Maarten is a separate division of their bank. He could not find any information in regards to this auction conducted by the Bank and its rules of the sale. It looks as he stated, you have to deal with the local govt. for any help in this matter. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/duh.gif" alt="" />