Well first time for this particular auctioneer. Very large crowd, over 60 with maybe 20 regulars. two facilities and 16 units (combined).
First facility~nothing but trash units. Didn't even consider bidding on any. A buddy of mine got one for $5. Had a safe in it (yep....my first safe) that had the back cut out of it, some crap furniture, a lamp (his $5 investment was covered with that) and a few boxes. He lives right around the corner so no issues with travel. About the only thing of note was I found .70 on the ground~score!?!
Traveled about 20 miles to the next facility, where they had 9 units. picked up another 15 or so. This was an all indoor facility and it was crowded! First unit was a 5X10 packed to the gills with tools, sports equipment and the like. I loved this unit and bid it up to $600. It went for $750. After that the units got worse and the prices higher. 3 units all belonging to the same owner contained art (y'all know how much I love that!) and ended up going for $1200, $1800 and I have no idea on the last as we left. Sad thing is somebody made the comment that it looked like possibly an art teachers unit. You know what.....the more I think about it.....I think he may have been right. Oh well.....wasn't my money.
All in all a bust of a day, but I did talk with our Dave Hester and he confided in me a bit, so that is a plus. Keep your friends close kinda deal~
Big caravan on Thurs and this one isn't listed on Auctionzip or the like, so hopefully crowds will just be us regulars there.