I have been going to storage auctions as well as regular auctions of different sorts for years now. I usually don't buy much that I actually don't want but I too like to make some extra $$ flipping the stuff I buy. What I have seen the last couple of years, even before the shows is that people are willing to bid MORE on stuff that is generally worth LESS due to the economy. I wonder how anyone makes a dime after all the work it takes to move, clean and sell all this stuff off.
I have a strategy that I will share with you guys. I am going to buy up all the cheap junk I can, rent a locker for the day and have the auctioneer auction it off. I am bound to make fortunes, right? 

Anyway, I am beginning to think that the storage auctions where they pick through and auction off every single thing separately is a good idea.