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December 2012

The TV series "Storage Wars" is being sued by a fired star. He claims the show "seeded" the lockers with valuable collectibles to add interest. Finding valuable items in abandoned storage lockers is rare, but it can happen. We did an episode of our show, "Flea Market Finds with the Kovels," with a woman who set up a table because she found a doll collection in an abandoned storage locker. She was selling reproductions alongside very valuable dolls, some from the 19th century, but was guessing at prices. We joined several dealers at the show to help her put appropriate prices on her things. She was delighted with her profit.

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  sugarboy  - seeding storage lockers   |12-19-2012 18:58:18  
Any picker would know the show was
staged.Even at that it is a hoot
to watch!
  tuffdog728  - Storage Locker Treasures   |12-19-2012 23:04:38  
I believe "Storage Wars" & "Texas Storage Wars???" both use a
broad term as far as "finding treasures" and that the main purpose of
the show is to promote "Storage Auctions" in order for the Storage
Companies who have typically lost money on people who abandon lockers and then
their items being auctioned off to recover any funds for their losses have
profitted in the upsurge in people showing up and bidding in a buying frenzy
driving the price up in order to recover or even make a profit. I used to go to
Storage Auctions about 15 years ago and lockers would go in range from $0.50 to
$30.00 and even at those prices sometimes it was marginal as to whether or not
it was profitable when you consider the hours required to dispose of your goods.
I did have ome winners but overall nothing spectacular. Today this is a very
competitive industry thats requires a lot of honest work to benefit.
  fannie90  - Dave the Teletubby You Love to Hate   |12-19-2012 23:05:34  
I'll really miss Dave on Storage Wars because he was both antagonist and comic
relief. But I put no stock in his charges. Absolutely valuable stuff turns up
in abandoned storage units; however there is usually a sad story involved.
Couple of things seemed to have "attachments" and I've sold, given away
or donated them!
  ximora  - The Real Deal   |01-20-2013 00:23:22  
You basically take the same chance when you buy a lottery scratch ticket... it's
a mystery until you scratch the surface... sometimes you win and sometimes you
don't... I do attend some storage auctions now... and have been doing so for
about the past five years... just like anything else you take a chance and being
knowledgeable in the "area" of where the auction is being held helps
too... just like dealing with antiques and collectibles, knowledge is the key to
success. While it's true you cannot enter or touch, you can pretty much
"guestimate" by just looking and observing. Once you've done a few,
it's not too difficult to know when to bid and when to pass them up... I once
won a bid on a locker for $200 that was full of boxes (those are the scariest
since you cannot see what's in them) but the boxes were all in good shape and
sealed so I took a chance and once I opened them they all contained brand new
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