I had a friend (God rest his soul) who was a retired criminal defense attorney...he kind of reminded me of the Godfather.
Anyway, he was a hoarder and needed help cleaning out his garage, storage shed, attic and two storage units. We spent a couple weeks sorting through all his crap and then had a giant garage sale and split the profits.
While I was sorting through the stuff in his storage units, the property manager came by on the golf cart and we started up conversation. To make a long story short, she told me about an upcoming auction and I decided to go.
When I got to the facility, it was just me and this other lady. (At the time I didn't realize that 2 people at a storage auction was extremely uncommon.) Anyway, the property manager raises the door to the first unit which contained a really nice microfiber sofa and loveseat and several other pieces of furniture and decorations. The property manager started the bidding at $25, I said yes and the other lady said no.
Went to the next unit which contained a 140 piece socket set, several fishing rods & gear and a 10 person tent.
As soon as the door was raised the other lady walked off. The manager asked if I wanted it for $35, since she had a sealed bid at $25. I was actually in need of a new socket set so I said to her "I wish I knew whether those sockets were in the case." She said "go inside and open the case." So I did, the sockets were there and I bought the unit.
I left that auction thinking "this storage auction thing sure is easy...I need to go to more auctions!"