Another opportunity to make a fresh start and the best buying/selling decisions we can come up with !

It's only 7:40 am on December 31, 2013 in California, but New Zealand and other places are already celebrating, so

Happy New Year !



May 2014 bring nothing but good lockers, good picks, no garbage runs, no strained backs and plenty of green to spend on whatever you want or need !

I'm pretty sure all of you have monikers or pet names for other buyers (and they for you).

Here are some from my area; add yours.

Monikers for auction buyers:
Cigarette John
Richie Rich
Stinky Joe
Boston Blackie
Cardroom Bob
Cowboy
The Korean
      
Etc, etc

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I first have to say that I haven't watched any of the storage auctions shows in about a year, and I had never watched Baggage Battles or similar shows.

Anyway, I recently started watching "bulk" tv shows (binge watching) on a free tv service via computer, and discovered Baggage Battles.

I've watched one episode of I think three seasons worth and already the old familiar format from Storage Wars is setting in.

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I couldn't believe these buyers ("professionals" for the most part who have stores, etc) were paying huge prices for something like a single piece of luggage.

First, they had flown in from across the ountry to Miami where they had a one hour preview of the auction items. They each found a piece of luggage they liked (or a bag of jewelry) and away they went.

One youngish guy bought several bags of jewelry and cleared $10,000 or something. One couple bought a MonteBlanc piece of luggage for I think $1200 and it had a couple of old books...one first edition "valued" at $7,500 by a dealer.

Another guy bought a heavy bag (70's vintage...which he noted) but why he thought it would contain 70's vintage stuff is beyond me.  He lost about $700 on his three or four purchases.

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Bottom line, there were hundreds of people in the room. The professional buyers got the screen time. There was a fantastic find, a few medium finds and a loss.

I may watch a few more episodes, but the enjoyment factor is in the disbelief at what they would spend on "weighing" a bag or viewing a 3 pound plastic bag of jewelry.

I know when I fly I never put anything valuable in checked luggage...it goes on board with me and stays at my feet; cameras, laptop, etc.

So, another buying/selling show...this one only lasted 3 seasons...and I think I know why.

I did a search for stories about the Storage Wars Series and couldn't find much of anything after May or so of 2013.

The furor from Hester news was dying down about then and apparently the Dotson's and Darryl were being shorthanged at that time to in terms of "screen time".

Anyone find anything new about the original series from August through Decemember, 2013?

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The exception of course might be reviews posted on Travis' blog area....I used to do those here, but I haven't watched any of the shows since the first 4 or so episodes of the New York brand came to be.

Over the years I have found a few old black albums with photos from the 1930's or so and sometimes those would
have pre-1900 photos as well that had been passed down through the family.

Anyone else?  And if so, what luck did you have selling them?

Both replies #9 and #10 above pretty much sum up the scene as I see it today.

While great lockers still sell for big bucks in my area there are more opportunities in the lower priced lockers.

Meanwhile, of the 10 or so regular buyers in my area a good 4 or 5 out of 10 are moving along in new directions.