High bidders clear out Rhino Bar after auction (Photos)

The last batch of empty kegs being wheeled out of Rhino Bar in Georgetown. (WTOP/Michelle Basch)

This signboard still awaits whoever bought it in the Rhino Bar auction. (WTOP/Michelle Basch)

A worker cuts the downstairs bar at Rhino Bar. (WTOP/Michelle Basch)

A man taking home a TV from Rhino Bar. (WTOP/Michelle Basch)

Downstairs at Rhino Bar, the marble bar is being chopped into pieces @WTOP https://t.co/Ardfq9c4zt
— Michelle Basch (@mbaschWTOP) March 2, 2015

(WTOP/Michelle Basch)

Upstairs at Rhino Bar, those who won auction items are claiming them @WTOP https://t.co/l95DoHUW6o
— Michelle Basch (@mbaschWTOP) March 2, 2015

(WTOP/Michelle Basch)

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WASHINGTON — A Georgetown landmark for 17 years was in the process of being emptied out Monday, March 2.

The owner of the Rhino Bar on M Street decided not to renew his lease, so the bar closed Saturday. Everything inside, from trash cans to beer taps to sports memorabilia was auctioned off to the highest bidder Friday. On Monday, the auction winners began claiming their items.

The plastic rhino head that hung above the bar sold for $1,500, but the marble-covered downstairs bar itself, sold for just $110, likely because the person who bought it has to remove it him or herself.