Government officials plan to collect any auction proceeds raised Sunday from property belonging to former Ohio Congressman James E. Traficant Jr. to apply to fines and other costs he has been ordered to pay.

William Edwards, first assistant U.S. attorney in Cleveland, said the government won't attempt to stop Sunday's auction at Anglin's Auction at the rear of Valley View Antique Mall in Brookfield.

However, if any of the items are sold auctioneer Jeff Anglin must maintain the proceeds or hold onto any unsold property until further order of the court, Edwards added.

The government filed a "writ of garnishment" request Monday in U.S. District Court to take proceeds from Traficant's property in the auction, Edwards said.

Anglin said federal officials inspected furniture that might belong to the government.

The House of Representatives determined some of the property belongs to the government and wants Traficant to return some office furniture. The disputed items include a conference table, end table, six chairs and coat rack, the Associated Press reported.

Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Administration Committee that manages the House side of the Capitol, said there was no evidence that Traficant bought the items. Departing members of Congress are allowed to buy their desks and chairs.

"We realize in the haste of moving, certain items could have been transferred," Ney said Tuesday.

At the center of the controversy is a walnut desk with marble top. Government officials are looking into the property, which supposedly brandishes a stamp: "Property of U.S. House of Representatives." Anglin said he was told the desk came out of Washington, D.C.

The government filed liens against Traficant after a jury convicted him last April for accepting bribes, kickbacks, illegal gifts and funds from the public treasury for about two decades. The jury ordered him to forfeit $96,000. He was fined $150,000 by U.S. District Judge Lesley Wells, who presided over the case. He also owes $19,580 in unpaid taxes to the Internal Revenue Service.

Anglins has about 50 items that will go on the auction block. Traficant's family has no use or storage space for the items, Anglin said.

The goods include collectable china, brass kettleware, cast iron, an antique sausage stuffer, painted china closets and a hall seat with a mirror, estimated to be about 100 years old.

The auction starts at 1 p.m. with previews at 11 a.m. A driver's license or identification card must be presented in order to buy.

In addition to auctioning Traficant's goods, Anglin plans to auction an entire other estate the same day. He said it's cost him several thousand dollars in advertising for the other estate, because everyone is focusing on Traficant's items.

"What people don't understand is (Traficant's) things aren't the only part of the auction," he said.

Traficant, 61, was expelled from the U.S. House of Representatives July 24 after serving nine terms. He is currently serving an eight-year sentence in a federal prison in Pennsylvania following an April conviction. Earlier this month, Traficant lost his jailhouse campaign to retake the 17th District congressional seat.