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When it came to auctioning off the belongings of Frank DiPascali, the disgraced former chief financial officer behind Bernie Madoff's $65 billion Ponzi scheme, the U.S. Marshal's Service did things a little differently. In order to retain as much money to compensate Madoff's victims, the U.S. Marshals Service held the auction themselves, even using Deputy U.S. Marshal Patrick Higgins as the auctioneer. A garage loaned by the Morris County Public Safety Training Academy, in Morris Plains, was a humble storage for DiPascali's gilded ill-gotten gains, but it drew hundreds of people nonetheless. Among the items seized from DiPascali's Bridgewater home and snatched up at the auction: a Lord of the Rings pinball machine and other arcade games, poker tables, a leopard-print chaise longue, and a home cinema set, with reclining leather chairs and a carnival-style popcorn maker. DiPascali , who last year pleaded guilty to conspiracy and fraud, was released on $10 million bail this week. The auction raised $63,850. (Video by Nyier Abdou/The Star-Ledger)