Valpo auction draws crowd

THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Ran A7, Gary edition.

Hundreds of curious bargain hunters packed the streets of downtown Valparaiso on Sunday for the public auction of the contents of Wark's Hardware.(PHOTO - Color) (Photos by E. Jason Wambsgans/Post-Tribune)

Kresha Rippe of Valparaiso had been eyeing a 1950's two-page Revere Ware advertisement displayed in the Wark's Hardware window for two weeks. The window of the store at 15 Lincolnway had seldom been rearranged -- or dusted -- in more than 30 years. But following the death of owner Jim Wark earlier this year at age 86, it was purchased by Pete Jarosak and Paulette Domke, who …