Yep, may be time for a change of title.

I'm suggesting something simple that might reflect the whole auction scene to include, crowds, prices, general antics, therefore here's my suggestion, feel free to add your own to Money's thread and we'll go from there once Jan, 2012 arrives.

A simple suggestion would be "Auction Scene #1....January, 2012", "Auction Scene #2.....February, 2012", etc.

Here we go again. This will be the 12th month I've started a thread with Lookey Loos in the title.

Come January, 2012 will have to figure out the numbering system for that year.

Anyway, I'll come back here Thursday, Dec, 1, 2011 in the afternoon after going to a flea in the morning (for buying) and then 3 or 4 auctions out of 7 possible hoping to get a lkr.

Just watching a show on rattlesnake collectors in Texas. This is on Animal Planet on Wednesday nights.

I do a fair amount of hiking and over the years have seen a dozen or so rattlesnakes. I always take pics of them, but that's as close as I get (10 x lens). All my sightings have been off-trail on cross-country hikes. Last ones I saw were in southern California near Blythe when doing some geode collecting.

The guys on this show are just plain crazy but have been doing it all their lives. The first group shown was going out in hopes of getting 20 snakes for which they would get $20 each..."You're looking down at $20 bills on the ground."

Think I'll stick with storage lockers, estate sales and flea markets. 

Many old regulars are not showing up consistently to auctions, and when they do, they are not bidding to win many units. We might be witnessing a "changing of the guard" in this industry where many of the old timers can no longer compete and are retiring or moving to other ventures.

Another good assessment Cobia.  In my area the regulars are still showing up pretty consistently, but some are going futher afield and ALL are picking and choosing more carefully those lockers they DO buy. I don't go further away, but I am being more picky about lkr buys. I am also buying more single items at fleas, estate sales, etc. 

The day I can't compete won't come, but certainly adapting to the times is a reality.

Whoops !  In several places in the post just above I used more than the prescribed number of periods for an ellipsis.

Sorry !


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And for those who are interested (and even for those who are not)....



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Don't know if this was my best one, but it's right up there.

A 5 x 10 had a mattress in ok shape and some piece of biz machine on the floor facing away from us..it was about 3' x 2' x 1.5' high. No logo showing from the back. Couldn't tell what it was.

Guy bid $10; I bid $20 and got it.  The biz item was a "12-up" biz card cutter. Print shops print out biz cards either 8 up or 12 up and this machine cuts the cards in two directions separating all the cards (12 at a time) and they fall into bins.

Sold it on eBay for $1600...an 80 to 1 payoff and at high value....not like getting $80 for a $1 investment. Yep I was a happy camper. (gave the mattress to someone...not the guy who first bid !)

Tonight's (11 29 2011) episode of Storage Wars contained promos for SW Dallas which comes on next Tuesday night !

The pecking order is SW for first half hour follwed by the "yee-haw" crew the 2nd half hour.

Meanwhile, Auction Hunters is going on at the same time over on Spike.