OT? Californiasportscards on Auction Hunters Tues 12/14

[ibuysportsephemera]

@ David- The show is called Storage Wars. I was laughing at the same thing...he found a box of 60's and 70's baseball cards that didn't look all that great and thought he was going to salvage 2k out of them. Amazingly bad for someone who is supposed to be a professional.

[dstudeba]

Yeah, that one cracked me up. Especially since I didn't see any late 60s cards in there. The one he showed to the camera was a 71 Stargell which looked to be in EX. Good luck collecting that 2K.

[cubsfan102003]

I saw the preview for the Auction Hunters episode the OP is referring to. It appears to be early 50's Bowman stuff. They just showed a quick glance at some of the cards, one was a Mays. Couldn't make much else out. I suppose they didn't want to show all the cards to keep somebody interested.

Tom

[Ohio_Collectibles]

I saw this episode last night and the guy who bought the unit was told his stuff was worth $3-4k. It was mostly modern cards from what I saw however there were a few nicer autographed items. Problem is there were no certifications for the autographed items, including a Kobe/Shaq Team signed Lakers Ball. I would be hard pressed to offer him even the $850 he spent on the Storage Locker for it.

[D. Bergin]

"Storage Wars" is fun. Saw the show with the baseball cards, obviously he didn't know much about them but he seemed like he was going to do just fine with the accumulation of all the other material he pulled out of there.

What about the dude who won the locker he didn't really want to win for about $400 bucks and he ended up pulling out about 20+ lbs. worth of silver coins.

Haven't seen "Auction Hunters", but I refuse to watch anything on Spike TV. I swear they have 15 minutes of commercials for every 10 minutes of content they actually show.

[Bilko G]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Saw the show with the baseball cards, obviously he didn't know much about them but he seemed like he was going to do just fine with the accumulation of all the other material he pulled out of there.

if they exaggerate the prices of these Baseball cards you gotta really wonder how much they exaggerate the prices of the other "treasures" they find in these storage units?

I also gotta wonder why so many people just abandon all these high priced, rare items in these storage lockers? Like the episode where they found all the rare coins and silver pieces. Its not like someone couldn't have just kept those in their junk drawer instead of putting them in a storage unit. I can understand people abandoning their "garbage" in these storage units, but why are people leaving all those valuable items in there? I'm thinking a lot of these great "finds" on these shows are more than likely all staged, just to make the show more interesting.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by Bilko G

if they exaggerate the prices of these Baseball cards you gotta really wonder how much they exaggerate the prices of the other "treasures" they find in these storage units?

I also gotta wonder why so many people just abandon all these high priced, rare items in these storage lockers? Like the episode where they found all the rare coins and silver pieces. Its not like someone couldn't have just kept those in their junk drawer instead of putting them in a storage unit. I can understand people abandoning their "garbage" in these storage units, but why are people leaving all those valuable items in there? I'm thinking a lot of these great "finds" on these shows are more than likely all staged, just to make the show more interesting.

Oh, I'm sure most if not all prices are greatly exaggerated. Still, it looks like there's the opportunity for some pretty good turnover. I don't think it's a coincidence most of these guys bidding on these units own consignment and retail shops and the means to move a lot of this type of stuff.

I'm betting a lot of these abandoned storage units belonged to people who are now deceased and the remaining estates either don't know about the units or find out too late. Probably a lot of bankruptcy cases to. You can't pay your bill, maybe the facility cuts off your access to remove stuff from the unit.

It does seem a bit shady that these storage facilities can just sell off your stuff after only three months. Probably written in the fine prints of these contracts.

I'm sure they don't also show that a large majority of these are duds, otherwise it wouldn't make sense that the auction company doesn't let you look through the material before you buy. It probably works out better for them that way.

[Bilko G]

Originally Posted by ibuysportsephemera

@ David- The show is called Storage Wars. I was laughing at the same thing...he found a box of 60's and 70's baseball cards that didn't look all that great and thought he was going to salvage 2k out of them. Amazingly bad for someone who is supposed to be a professional.

I saw that exact episode and got a kick out of it. Looked liked the cards were worth about $40 total but he said that he thought he could get at least $2K, LMAO!!

"A Rod Carew card, you just gotta know that ones worth money" and i liked when he said something like "You can tell what cards are worth the money because they are in plastic holders (Top Loaders)"

[Matthew H]

I live just a couple of minutes away from the Beverly Hills Baseball Card shop; it's a really great store. if you live anywhere near it and have not checked it out, do so.