PORTLAND, Maine — Bankrupt jeweler G.M. Pollack has given customers until Oct. 2 to pick up jewelry still in its possession after it closed stores around the state.
The company’s bankruptcy trustee, Anthony Manhart, announced Friday the pickup period that started Aug. 10 would be extended, allowing customers to collect their items still with the jeweler between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, at the company’s South Portland location, 1 Runway Road.
The notice advises customers to bring photo identification and their repair ticket or other paperwork to prove the repair order.
“If a balance is still owed, please bring cash only for payment,” the company’s notice stated.
It noted any property left beyond the Oct. 2 deadline would be considered abandoned.
The company began closing all of its stores earlier this summer, filing for bankruptcy July 13.
The move confused many customers who had left items with G.M. Pollack locations around the state and were unable to contact the store to retrieve their possessions.
The company initially announced plans to consolidate its stores, but soon after shuttered all 12 locations it operated at the beginning of the year.
Bankruptcy filings show the company’s last inventory was taken in January 2012, when it had $4.9 million in consignment inventory and $718,982 in other merchandise.
The company, owned by Nicholas Kleftis of Beverly Hills, Florida, had been in business for 60 years. It was opened in Portland in 1955 by Gerald M. Pollack and his wife, Perle.