A federal judge on Thursday, having grown exasperated with Rudy Giuliani, said he had heard enough excuses.

“What can be delivered right now?” Judge Lewis J. Liman asked, after peppering lawyers for Mr. Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City, with questions about some of his most prized possessions, among them a signed Joe DiMaggio jersey; 26 designer watches; and a vintage Mercedes-Benz.

Those items, and more, were supposed to be handed over last week to begin paying off a $148 million judgment to two former Georgia election workers whom Mr. Giuliani had defamed. The deadline came and went, and still nothing was turned over.

On Thursday, the judge set the latest “final” deadline, brushing aside repeated arguments that the possessions should remain with Mr. Giuliani while the case was under appeal. By the end of next week, he said, Mr. Giuliani had to either hand over all the items, or he could face civil contempt, a charge that could carry severe penalties, including possible jail time.

The testy exchange was the latest twist in a wild-goose chase that has sent the plaintiffs’ lawyers searching for assets at a luxury co-op on the Upper East Side, a condo in Palm Beach and a remote storage unit in Ronkonkoma, a hamlet on Long Island two hours outside of Manhattan.

Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Shaye Moss, the former election workers, sued Mr. Giuliani for defamation in 2021, after he claimed, without evidence and on several occasions, that they had tried to steal the presidential election four years ago from Donald Trump. The women, who are Black, faced racist smears and death threats.