Anyone here go to auctions?

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Like the storage wars type auctions where you buy a unit and bid against others? What kind of coin can you expect to turn?

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Here, they post the names of the lessees of the units. You can pretty well tell who is going to have a storage unit full of junk and who might have a promising stash of stuff.

I went to an estate auction a couple months ago, made some deals. Bought my son a J Loomis carbon flyrod for $8.

Is an estate auction like a garage sale?

I got to these. Mostly to sell, but I will buy if the opportunity presents itself.

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Bought my son a J Loomis carbon flyrod for $8.

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Sounds kind of high for a knockoff G Loomis...

Estate Sale > Garage Sale > Storage Bidding

By the way, if you want to see some great auction items, go to the Morphy Auctions website. They have stupendous stuff. Right now there is a great petroliana auction coming up.

There is the State auction under the new bridge in BR. I think it's the second Saturday of every month everything from office chairs, computers, TV , hospital beds , lawn equipment, cars , trucks etc. some people make a living flipping that stuff.... I don't think it's for me thoughLINK check it out

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Anyone watch Horders? Especially the ones where the Hoards fill the houses and then go into storage units?

I go to Estate Sales 2-6 times on a weekend. It's rare that I go 6 times, but it has happened. Of course, I live in Portland and they have a big recycling mentality. They have no sense of history or history of family like we do in the South. To them, it's just old used trash. They litterally haven't been around as long as us.

In Baton Rouge, you have anywhere from 0-5 estate sales a weekend. 1-2 usually. In Portland, I've never seen less than 8 on a weekend. They can get as high as 35 a week but usually they have around 20. So there are a lot of choices.

Antiquetiger scoffed at the number of Estate sales they have here in Portland. Go to Estatesale-finder.com and check out how many there are. That is a site that is dedicated to Estate sales in the Portland area only. And, that's not all the sales. Some estate sale companies are pissed at the guys who run that site and refuse to advertise there. That site will give you a general idea on the number of estate sales there are.

I have purchased a lot of fantastic things at Estate sales here in Portland. For instance, this week I have listed on ebay a Scrapbook from the 1908 Oregon vs Oregon State(OAC as it was known at that time) game. It has two Pennants, a program from the 1908 game, a ticket stub from the 1908 game, and other stuff. I bought that at an estate sale two weeks ago for $12. I estimate the entire thing will go for $600-$800. If that was an LSU scrapbook with that stuff from 1908 would go for 1,000's if not 10,000's.

If you wish to see those items, go to ebay and type in ebays search engine 1908 OSU. Most of the items will show up. Then hit on the right see other items. All 15 items will pop up. All those items were in the scrapbook.