Section 207. Sale of unclaimed articles and other property covered by his lien

Any  keeper  of   a   hotel,   motel,   apartment   hotel,   inn,
  boarding-house,  rooming  house  or  lodging-house,  except an immigrant
  lodging-house, who shall have a lien for fare, lodging, accommodation or
  board upon any goods, baggage or other chattel property, or, who, for  a
  period  of  six  months, shall have in custody any unclaimed trunk, box,
  valise, package or parcel, or other chattel property, may, in the manner
  provided by this section, sell the same at public auction to the highest
  bidder for cash, and out of the proceeds of such sale may,  in  case  of
  lien,  retain  the  amount of such lien and the expense of advertisement
  and sale, and the expense of storage, advertisement  and  sale  thereof.
  Not  less  than  fifteen days prior to the time of the sale, a notice of
  the time  and  place  of  holding  the  sale,  and  containing  a  brief
  description  of  the  goods,  baggage  and articles to be sold, shall be
  published in a newspaper published in the city or  town  in  which  such
  hotel,  motel,  apartment  hotel,  inn, boarding-house, rooming-house or
  lodging-house is situated; but if there be none, then in such  newspaper
  published  nearest  such  city  or town; if the name and address of said
  guest, boarder, roomer or owner of such chattel articles  and  property,
  appears  upon  the  records  of  such  keeper, such notice shall also be
  mailed to said guest,  boarder,  roomer  or  owner,  addressed  to  such
  address;  such  notice  shall be mailed in the manner aforesaid at least
  fifteen days prior to the time of the sale.