Well first let me say not knocking them because they have the most if not close to the most auctions. They run the whole circuit thing where you can attend their acutiosn all day and they plan them so it goes from one town to the next. They are also the most professional, organized, etc.

That said I still try to stay away from Blair Auction Auctions. Sounds odd right their the best at what they do but I dont wanna go right. Problem is too many people go to the auctions.

Also, this is more personal preference but I used to really like the younger guy they had running the auctions. He left the company and I heard took a lof of their clients so they have less auctions now than they did in the past plus I don't like the other people they have running them as much.

Lately I've been a lil more into police auctions, dea auctions, lost freight, post office, etc.

I love and hate the units with lots of broken and crappy furniture.

Normally the furniture does't really dictate the type of stuff in the unit however many buyers are turned off at the prospect of having to move and dispose of all that stuff.

As long as you have a buddy who's apt dumpsters you can use to toss stuff out your good. Craigslist free section isn't bad either.

You can normally pick these units up for cheap because of this. I think a lot of people assume crap furniture equals crap stuff but I think a lot of people keep the old furniture thinking their son or daughter will bring it to college or the first apt so it doesn't necessarily mean they have crappy stuff.

Thanks for the feedback rogue, good points you made.

People who are itno railroad stuff are die hard about it. I know a guy who's been trying to track down this particular railroad book for years.

I was checking some railroad and even general transportation collectibles sites and was surprirsed to see the prices for some things and even stuff people collect. Things as simple as a deck or cards or cocktail napkin for a cruise ship tht's not even old or historic are going for a good buck and like you said, this isn't something that gets passed out to the general public so probably less common or at least a little more cool.

I guess I'll scan all the pages and put it on ebay in the next day or two. Maybe I'll post some more better quality scanned pics as well, there's some kinda neat stuff in the book.

This isn't very old nor is it of cool places so I don't anticipate it being worth much but I do know there's a lot of railroad and even just general transportation collectors out tehre. Saw some websites with some ridiculous things for sale for really expensive prices.

I found this BNSF Railway storybook. Basically it has photos of diff areas of track and businesses as well as some pics with mapped out thigns like no clearance on this side or here's where runaway trains go, etc.

There's alot more to it than the couple of pics I posted and I actually shoulda posted other ones as these aren't that interesting and there's actually some cool ones but just want to give an idea of what this storybook thing is.

I'll post some pics below so you can see. I guess I'll find out soon enough as I'll probably post on ebay tonight but just curious if anyone thinks this will be of interest to people or not.

I'll prob start the auction at 0.99 cents with like $2 shipping. If I can make 99 cents and add a point to my ebay score its better than just tossing it.

Just found the listing pic from ebay lol

Back when I was 21 used to head to vegas about twice a month, back then you could get flights round trip for not much over $100 if I remember correctly and my buddy had comped hotels and meals everywhere.

Anyhow, fast forward about 6 or 7 years later cleaning out my suitecase and found a piece of stardust hotel stationary with a hooker named bellas phone number and lipstick kiss lol.

Was about to throw it out and then figured hey, I wonder if I can sell it on ebay. Wrote up a listing calling it a piece of vegas history since the stardust was demolished a few years back. What do you know made $5 plus a few bucks for shipping or a piece of paper that was going to go in the trash.

You do foreclosure cleanouts at all? My buddy was doing those for a while.

JRoss, I want them near me, go pass out a few flyers for my site, get one on camera in someone's hand and let the adsense money start flowing in...lol..just kidding.

I dont want them near me either. I did see hwoever the Auction Hunters were in Chicago, I think it aired May 3, and 9 if I'm not mistaken.