OT? Californiasportscards on Auction Hunters Tues 12/14

[mintacular]

According to the owner of that CA card shop that raw Ex o/c 1960 Yaz RC is worth = $200--pull ur ass out the 1980s and put down your beckett

[prewarsports]

I would never hang out all day to buy someones storage locker (I guess some HUGE number like 20% of storage lockers that are abandoned are just filled with Porn anyways) it just would never be my thing, BUT some amazing Sports items have been pulled out of these in the last few years. ALL the Dud Branom (1920's star) stuff that has been sold lately on ebay and in SCP auctions was found in a storage locker, and 2 years ago I bought a really valuable collection of of a 1905-1920 Boxing Hall of Famer that was in a box in a storage locker labeled "Grandpa".

I think that the really good stuff that is found is either just forgotten or it is not considered to be worth money by the owners. I feel bad for the people whose stuff gets sold sometimes and I think they should give an opportunity to family members to buy the unit for the back rent owed.

[dstudeba]

Originally Posted by prewarsports

I think that the really good stuff that is found is either just forgotten or it is not considered to be worth money by the owners. I feel bad for the people whose stuff gets sold sometimes and I think they should give an opportunity to family members to buy the unit for the back rent owed.

I read an article in a Storage Facility Trade Magazine about the Storage Wars show and the misconceptions that it portrays. Apparently auctions are a real pain to the storage facilities as they usually lose a ton of money from unpaid rent that isn't recouped from the auction and any overage they receive from the auction has to be sent to the owner or the state.

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by dstudeba

I read an article in a Storage Facility Trade Magazine about the Storage Wars show and the misconceptions that it portrays. Apparently auctions are a real pain to the storage facilities as they usually lose a ton of money from unpaid rent that isn't recouped from the auction and any overage they receive from the auction has to be sent to the owner or the state.

Which magazine?

[dstudeba]

Inside Self Storage. Here is the article I read.

[vintagecpa]

I also have my doubts on how legitimate some of these storage finds are. However, I do know that Bobby Fischer (chess) had a whole bunch of his personal materials stored in a storage locker that was auctioned off several years back. Apparently when he was living overseas because of his legal trouble with the state department, a local person he hired to pay the storage fee forgot to pay. Given what a recluse he was his entire life, I would imagine there was some pretty valuable stuff in that auction.

[ctownboy]

A few years ago, I think Paris Hilton had a storage locker sold with some of her stuff in it. An assistant was supposed to pay the bills but didn't and the unit was auctioned off. Inside were some expensive clothes and either nude pictures of Paris or a porn video of Paris and her boyfriend, I can't remember which.

Also, didn't giditgirl, or whatever her name was, earlier this year say she found the group of Star Player cards she was trying to sell in a storage unit in a coffee cup?

David

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by dstudeba

Inside Self Storage. Here is the article I read.

Interesting read. Even the comments section had a lot of informative bits.

Sadly, my urge to attend a storage unit auction has been nipped promptly in the bud.

[Griffins]

Originally Posted by mintacular

According to the owner of that CA card shop that raw Ex o/c 1960 Yaz RC is worth = $200--pull ur ass out the 1980s and put down your beckett

Which is why I don't find it worth the time to go the 6 blocks to that shop. Grossly overgraded and grossly overpriced for the overgrade, let alone the actual one.

[E93]

Originally Posted by Griffins

Which is why I don't find it worth the time to go the 6 blocks to that shop. Grossly overgraded and grossly overpriced for the overgrade, let alone the actual one.

Hi Anthony,
I have actually found Matt's grading to be quite conservative. I bought a raw '59 Topps Gibson rookie there last year that he graded vg/ex to ex. I submitted it to PSA and it came back a PSA 6.
JimB

[cardaholic]

Matt runs Beverly Hills Baseball Cards. Griffins was talking about California Sports Cards.

[E93]

I have known Matt and the shop for close to twenty years. I have done dozens of deals with him over the years, both buying and selling, and consider him to be good guy, an honest person in a hobby/business with a lot of thieves, and a friend. Sure his prices are occasionally high (i.e. retail), but I have also gotten very good deals from him too. And I don't know a full-time dealer who doesn't shoot for the higher price on the right items now and then. It must be getting tougher for dealers these days. They used to be able to get material at 30-60% of book. Now with ebay and big auction houses for higher end items, private sellers want 80-90% of retail routinely. That lowers the profit tremendously. Just adding my .02.
JimB
P.S. He is quite knowledgeable and unlike your average brick and mortar store, he has a lot vintage (pre-WWII) material.

[Wite3]

Just so you all understand...these are recreations of buys that they found. They do not find stuff like this every week and I would certainly venture to say that they have day jobs. These shows are showing highlights of their finds over the years not weekly buys. Very misleading television...

Joshua

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by Wite3

Just so you all understand...these are recreations of buys that they found. They do not find stuff like this every week and I would certainly venture to say that they have day jobs. These shows are showing highlights of their finds over the years not weekly buys. Very misleading television...

Joshua

I don't know. On "Storage Wars" they seem to be recreating a lot of awful buys made by that guy Jarred and his Wife. LOL!!!

[Jayjones82]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

I don't know. On "Storage Wars" they seem to be recreating a lot of awful buys made by that guy Jarred and his Wife. LOL!!!

Have you seen his wife? I'd want to show her, too, if I was one of the show's producers