Welcome back for part II of the truth about storage unit auctions.

If you haven’t already, please take a moment to read part I.

So to continue my story, I bought what looked like a pretty crappy unit for $510. In the unit there was a couch that was turned up on its side. I am pretty tall, this couch was 75 inches long, so I was able to see the edge of what appeared to be a vintage guitar case up on top of the couch. So I bid up on the unit to see what was in that case. I had a feeling that if there actually was a guitar in that old vintage looking case then there was a good chance it would be valuable.

Turns out my hunch was correct; there was an old guitar in the old case. Here’s a photo of it. It’s a 1975 Fender Mustang. The guitar is all original, it had the original switches, pick-ups, the original everything.

The truth about storage unit auctions is that treasure is usually found amongst a whole lot of trash.

So, I bid on the unit for $510 and found a really cool vintage Fender guitar. And, I also processed a ton of garbage. The couch that I found that I saw that guitar on top of was a piece of crap and I gave it away. There was a lot of shitty old clothes, put those into Good Will bins. There were even a couple bags of rancid food.

I also dug around through a lot of boxes of paper and crappola and I wanted to show you some of the things that I found.

And keep in mind that what you’re about to read and see illustrates the truth about storage unit auctions. It’s all about digging for the treasure.

I found this 1939 Playbill. It sold on eBay for $247.

And I also found this scrapbook and inside the front cover of this scrapbook, somebody wrote their name and the date, 1939. Inside of this scrapbook are a number of really interesting things. Boxing tickets and boxing promotion posters and whatnot from the Golden Age of boxing. 1939 and 1940.

These items – the old Play Bill and the scrapbook – are 2 additional treasures found, in addition to the guitar, amongst a garbage filled unit.

So the point I’d like to make to you regarding the truth about storage unit auctions is to go through everything you pull out of a storage unit. It’s a lot of work and it is time consuming but if you don’t go through everything you will run the risk of potentially throwing out some real treasure.

So that’s it for part II. In the third and final part of the truth about storage unit auctions I’ll discuss a bit about selling your treasures.

If you would like to become a storage auction treasure hunter, I would encourage you to go and check out my training materials.