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New to Storage Auctions? / Re: Flipping a Unit
« on: April 12, 2012, 07:38:37 AM »
Ebay isn't perfect. But it is by far the best value tool out there, especially with wide ranging collectibles. There are exceptions like fine art etc, and bulky items.

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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: Any tips on holding an Auction
« on: April 11, 2012, 08:22:11 PM »
After I read the first- I skipped most everything else  :P But there is a recent auction/ auctioneer up around danbury who is bringing his excess trash / dead inventory/ slow movers to a couple of storage places. He is advertising on auctiozip as a" storage auction". Bidders beware- this seems to be a really ugly trend.
Ps- i'm both a baad spella nd bad smella, and typin' on my ipoop doesn't help.
Yes, I called it an ipoop  ??? ::)

Roger-Danbury, Connecticut ( maybe New Milford & Brookfield too)

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What's it Worth?? / Do you pay for it?
« on: December 29, 2011, 08:21:44 PM »
 :o Does anyone pay for any of the art database services? Any opinions on any of them? Not that I get much art - but its painfully frustrating not knowing if they are known, valuable, or who signed it! Recommendations welcome-tnx-M

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Storage Auctions "In The News" / Re: New show "Real Deal" debuts Sunday, Nov. 27th
« on: December 04, 2011, 09:53:15 PM »
What is with the guy with the sextent? I've seen him I think 2-3 times on pawn stars, I think on hardcore pawn, and I think one of the storage shows. I've got the next show- Storage Actors  ;D

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Storage Auctions "In The News" / Re: Aretha Franklin's old stuff from storage unit in Detroit
« on: November 26, 2011, 11:48:23 AM »
"they still owe you money...fool!"  ;D

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The Treasure Chest / Re: Unit with a car inside.
« on: November 12, 2011, 08:37:44 AM »
I forgot I bought a car in a unit. It was a circa 1990 toyota supra . There were about 6 bidders there. Nothing else in the unit- we asked the  auctioneer if we could walk around it. It looked ok - I didn't know a thing about it. But it looked interesting. I got it for $700+/-. The really good thing- previous owner must've known he was losing it - title was in the car. The bad news was no motor. Hood was closed and we couldn't touch. I got quite lucky that I sold it within a day or so right out of the unit. It could have been a real PITA.

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The Lounge / Re: Excess Federal Properties Auctions
« on: October 26, 2011, 10:33:48 PM »
Maybe a bit off topic- about a year ago on one of the gov auction sites were several 1ton 4x4 vans for sale . Iirc they were around 2004's with 100k miles . I think they all went for over $10k each.

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The Lounge / Re: New England area - Golden Gavel Auctions
« on: October 26, 2011, 10:26:43 PM »
Plus Ralph was an auctioneer on an episode of "cash in the attic"  :D

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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: Anyone have to deal with this?
« on: October 25, 2011, 08:44:07 AM »
Hi Alloro- I usually don't read any of the paperwork. ::) But the busiest storage auctioneer here in Connecticut usually says in his pre auction speech- (something like) previous owner has upto 72 hours to purchase back unit at a "reasonable price" . Weather required or just legal cya-not sure it matters. Iirc - wether here or in Mass I heard a story. It was an auction company sold the wrong unit. The unit that was sold was paid up. I assume the auctioneer tried to get said items back - probably with great difficulty. -M

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What's it Worth?? / Re: Hypothetical find- privately recorded music by known artists- options?
« on: September 14, 2011, 08:04:07 AM »
Thanks Ben, great advice-M

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What's it Worth?? / Hypothetical find- privately recorded music by known artists- options?
« on: September 05, 2011, 10:04:44 PM »
I don't have any lost Elvis tapes ;D But a friend of mine got a unit a while back. I haven't yet gone to see him, but I think he got some stuff from a musician who played with " he thinks" Bob Dylan. In some of the stuff- he has some cds/ dvds. that sounded like they were from a studion session. So the real question is- what legaly could you do with an item like that? Ebay? Auction? I assume that if it was high audio quality- it couldn't be made into record/cd because of copywrite laws. Any input? Thanks-M

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Stories about Storage Auctions / Re: Jackpot ! Jackpot in the Safe ?
« on: August 31, 2011, 09:08:04 PM »
Been out of power here- Movieman- sweet! :o

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The Treasure Chest / Re: Film Production Unit
« on: August 19, 2011, 09:23:29 PM »
I saw a unit like this get auctioned off this spring. From what I could see, it had a good amount of lights and stands.  Iirc- it went between 2000-2500. No idea though if money was made or lost on it.

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Stories about Storage Auctions / Re: Worst Unit?
« on: August 12, 2011, 09:06:06 PM »
The good , the bad, and the ugly. My total cost was about $1800. The large bulk of auction items brought in a bit over 1100. A few other pieces at another auction brought in 200+. Loser  ::) The good was a friend helped me dump a couple trucks for free. The ugly was how public storage acted quite poorly to me. I have called the district and regional managers, with no luck of them honoring the $1 special they announced at the auction. The auctual cost of the one month bill was $520. Not the first ps unit I bought, and I have taken advantage of the special in the past. My worst unit  :-\

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Stories about Storage Auctions / Re: Worst Unit?
« on: July 20, 2011, 04:35:23 PM »
If anyone is interested - search dealer # 2736 at auctionzip.com Next week's auction; the guns, jewelry, coins, nice clocks etc are not mine :P My junk is the rustic bench and table, the duck, and about the last 10 pics. ::) :) Thanks-m

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