EXHIBIT 23.1

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS



         We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption  "Experts" in
the  Registration   Statement  (Form  S-8)  and  related   prospectus  of  Sirco
International  Corp. for the  registration of 100,000 shares of its common stock
and to the  incorporation by reference  therein of our report dated February 17,
1995,  with respect to the  consolidated  financial  statements  and schedule of
Sirco International Corp. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year
ended November 30, 1994, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


                                                 /s/Ernst & Young LLP

                                                 ERNST & YOUNG LLP

New York, New York
January 25, 1996