Alright~auctions today with a Phoenix based auctioneer. Relatively large crowd. First facility had 10 units. I've gotten to the point where I say (either to Don or myself) 'gotta get the first unit of the day'.
Stood around shootin' the **** with the regulars and talking about moving the pool table. Lots of talk of what we got for it, as some have said they have to practically give them away. Well auctioneer is ready and away we go......
Doors open and what is the first thing that I see? You guessed it.......an Olhausen pool table. Ugh~
Bidding opened at $25 and I found myself bidding. Well ended up getting it for $225. It was about a 10X10. Really not a lot of value showing~some nice speakers, kids stuff, an iron table base (or something~won't know until we finish unloading tomorrow) and stuff.
We carried on for the next 9 units, but didn't really bid again. Decided we'd forgo the next 2 facilities and unload some of the smaller items. The first box I looked in I found a bit of gold (a 14k chain~very light) and some sterling jewelry. Yeah us!
The speakers are JBL's and in very good shape. There are 5 of those with two being extra-large woofers. We were worried about finding the rails of the table, but did find them stored behind some gnarly dirty micro-fiber sofa~yeah!
We caught up with the auction at another facility where we ended up landing a unit for $675 that looked fantastic.......boy howdy looks can be deceiving. It was full of antique looking furniture including a large wood buffet (it is old and cool) and tons of art~ugh~more art.
There is a lift chair and a hospital bed, but most of the stuff in the unit was either incomplete or junk. I think we'll recoup, but turning a profit will be tough. I think we recoup and the art will be the profit and right now......I don't see much, although some of the frames may have some value~we'll see.
Should have quit while we were ahead~
Oh well.....really sad thing is we needed inventory for the swap meet and really didn't end up with any. Most of the items are going to be the craigslist/ebay stuff.
Oh out of the first unit Don found a large ring that I assumed was a fake, but it says 14K. I ordered a test kit, but it hasn't arrived yet~anxious to test that one as that would make that first unit a HUGE success!!
Took some photos of the first unit~
So to make a long story short~our cheap unit is gonna pay off nicely and our expensive one will be a bear to move~shouldn't have gotten greedy~
So....anybody interested is a 7' Olhausen 3 piece slate pool table?!?!