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                     There were many 'relics of the Glenrowan Inn' taken as
souvenirs after the Inn was destroyed.

                    At a Ned Kelly exhibition, a table was proudly displayed.
This table still had the bullet holes inflicted during the siege. It had been
carried out of the Glenrowan Inn to make room for dancing amongst the
prisoners. A photo taken after the destruction of the Inn showed the table
sitting near the railway gates. Seems someone was smart enough to take
it away as a souvenir.

At an auction by Charles Leski, the original cash box from the Inn went
under the hammer. A price of $1,800 was realised:

                    NED KELLY: Brass Cash Box, engraved "Ann Jones, Glenrowan Inn,
                    Glenrowan, 1876".
                    Provenance: The cash box was recovered 6 days after the fire by a farm
                    worker from Greta, and about 1890 was given to the Great Grand-mother
                    of Mrs H. Wilson of Taggerty, and has been in her family ever since.

Above image from the Leski site.
The auction (CLA 188) took place on October 31, 2001.

NOTE: The box above has the year 1876 on it.
The Inn was built in 1878, therefore this date is an odd one.
It is also worth noting that Ann makes no mention of this item in her
list for compensation.
Also interesting is the fact that it remained unfound for days when the
area was picked clean by souvenir hunters. Food for thought.

The Age Tue 29th June 1880

With the view of gathering any fresh
particulars obtainable concerning
Monday’s encounter I revisited Glenrowan
to-day.
I found the débris of Jones’s Hotel still
smouldering, and a crowd of people fossicking
among the ruins for mementoes of the gang.
The wrecks of two iron-bedsteads and of a
sewing-machine and a few tin cans, some of
which contained shot marks, were the only
recognisable objects in the débris.

The Maitland Mercury & Hunter 20 July 1880

The Glenrowan Inn- The correspondent of the
North-Eastern Ensign writes:--"I have nothing of
any great importance to communicate: everything
is so quiet here since the capture still continues to
be visited by persons curious to see what remains
of the Glenrowan Inn, and also to inspect the trees,
rails, and logs in search of bullet marks; also the debris
where the bodies of Dan Kelly and Hart were found
has been carefully 'raked up' with the hope of discovering
some relic of either of them. I have been told that as
much as 20s was offered and refused for a 6d with
10 holes in it, supposed to have been one of the four
sixpences which were sown on the back of Dan Kelly's coat."