As far as I know accounts don't clear anymore and when they did, the items just vanished.

I'm not entirely sure but as far as I know the account items do not get donated.

The accounts don't clear as they used to. The names and pet names just become available, even with a frozen user. But no, the items don't go anywhere.

I'm 900% positive the items used to get purged along with the account, back when accounts got purged, regardless of account status when purged (frozen or inactive). These days frozen accounts rot too, alongside inactive ones (I used to think those should be purged, too, if they were frozen by staff and wouldn't be returned-- but likewise, it's good record keeping for users who might come back too early or something), so I don't see why the items would go anywhere.

Part of me kinda wishes otherwise (only because haha think of all those privates and pretties!) but equally, those items deserve to go down with the ship. It's not like we get the entire pet/account if we do grab a name after all.

when they did account clearings YEARS ago at first they used to hoard up the items then have a big giveaway in the DC. That changed to items being deleted along with the account, and now to just names opening up when an account "clears". Though I do wish they would manually delete out all those frozen accounts, I mean if they didn't get the account back after say a year after being frozen what good does it do to have those items sitting there adding to server strains? After a year a person can come back so odds are strong two things happen, they make a new account or they leave the site.

What CW is it?

No, the items donated in the DC did not belong to other users.

they were brand new items generated by the site.

There were items that were selected by staff to be in the giveaway and had absolutely nothing to do with cleared accounts.