Storage Wars Comic book find.

[Jaded Savage]

Anybody catch that Storage show on Tru TV this week? I forget the exact name but it comes on after Hardcore Pawn ( BTW,a guilty pleasure of mine). The show is incredibly bad......and not in a good way.

[MR SigS]

Hulk 1-20 or more

 

Hulk 1-20? Where did #7-#20 come from? Were they actually #102-#115?

 

I thought I saw a Hulk #1

Oh, you meant Hulk #1, 20 or more copies

My bad. I thought you meant you saw #1 through #20

[dupont2005]

No! There was no mention of who bought it from Sheets.

 

I'm calling b.s. - no different than that box of megos planted in the unit to get the geeks talking about the show.

Was that really planted?

I wouldn't doubt it. I know for a fact the repo show and the pawn shop show are fake

 

Which pawn shop show? The repo show has a disclaimer at the beginning.

I don't know which one. I don't watch them. Someone on another website I frequent was selling a car that ended up getting "pawned" for far less than his asking price On the website. He didn't even know the car was on the show but when he found out he clarified that the sale price was much higher than what the show said it was.

[followtheleader]

Love me some Storage Wars.

 

I agree, the Megos episode felt really, really staged.

 

Felt the same way about the episode with the ivory find (Dave).

 

Same with the episode where they find the suitcase with the $17K in jewelry.

 

Main problem is that the storage units look empty and then a magical perfect case shows up.

 

Even the cash behind the picture was pretty ridiculous.

 

All-time worst? The casino chips in a bag. And they were still cashable. Just ridiculous.

 

Pat

[fantastic_four]

I know for a fact the repo show and the pawn shop show are fake

 

On Pawn Stars the meeting between the shop and the customer is always set up ahead of time, which makes sense, but do you have reason to believe the negotiations themselves are fake? It seems easier to just let that part be real.

[telerites]

I found this post on another forum about "Pawn Stars" (sorry for the all caps but that was the way it was posted).

 

"I WAS IN LAS VEGAS WEEK BEFORE LAST, AND WANTED TO VISIT THE PAWN SHOP THAT IS ON TV (PAWN STARS). ANYWAY, AFTER ARRIVING AT THE PAWN SHOP, WE WERE BROWSING AROUND THE STORE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS GIRL WALKED UP TO A GUY NEXT TO US AND ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THE SHOW. HE AGREED AND FILLED OUT LEGAL PAPERWORK. THEN, ANOTHER GUY COMES UP TO HIM AND PULLS HIM TO THE SIDE AND SHOWS HIM SOME OLD MILITARY HELMETS AND GIVES HIM A STORY TO SAY ON HOW HE GOT THEM... HE SCHOOLS HIM A LITTLE ON THE HISTORY OF THE HELMETS... SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, SECURITY CLEARED THE STORE FOR FILMING PURPOSES.. THEY HAD US TO FORM A LINE OUTSIDE UNTILL FILMING WAS COMPLETE. I WAS THE VERY FIRST PERSON IN THE LINE, SO I COULD SOMEWHAT SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE STORE. THAT GUY WALKS UP AND SHOWS RICK THE HELMETS AND TELLS HIM THE STORY AS HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO DO. RICK REVIEWS THE HELMETS AND THEY MAKE THE TRANSACTION.. THE GUY COLLECTS THE CASH AND WALKS OUT OF THE STORE WHILE BEING FILMED. AFTER HE EXITS THE STORE AND THE CAMERAS WERE OFF, HE TURNS BACK AROUND AND RE-ENTERS THE STORE AND GIVES THE CASH BACK...."

 

 

[kryptonitecomics]

I found this post on another forum about "Pawn Stars" (sorry for the all caps but that was the way it was posted).

 

"I WAS IN LAS VEGAS WEEK BEFORE LAST, AND WANTED TO VISIT THE PAWN SHOP THAT IS ON TV (PAWN STARS). ANYWAY, AFTER ARRIVING AT THE PAWN SHOP, WE WERE BROWSING AROUND THE STORE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS GIRL WALKED UP TO A GUY NEXT TO US AND ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THE SHOW. HE AGREED AND FILLED OUT LEGAL PAPERWORK. THEN, ANOTHER GUY COMES UP TO HIM AND PULLS HIM TO THE SIDE AND SHOWS HIM SOME OLD MILITARY HELMETS AND GIVES HIM A STORY TO SAY ON HOW HE GOT THEM... HE SCHOOLS HIM A LITTLE ON THE HISTORY OF THE HELMETS... SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, SECURITY CLEARED THE STORE FOR FILMING PURPOSES.. THEY HAD US TO FORM A LINE OUTSIDE UNTILL FILMING WAS COMPLETE. I WAS THE VERY FIRST PERSON IN THE LINE, SO I COULD SOMEWHAT SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE STORE. THAT GUY WALKS UP AND SHOWS RICK THE HELMETS AND TELLS HIM THE STORY AS HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO DO. RICK REVIEWS THE HELMETS AND THEY MAKE THE TRANSACTION.. THE GUY COLLECTS THE CASH AND WALKS OUT OF THE STORE WHILE BEING FILMED. AFTER HE EXITS THE STORE AND THE CAMERAS WERE OFF, HE TURNS BACK AROUND AND RE-ENTERS THE STORE AND GIVES THE CASH BACK...."

 

 

 

Ouch....I still love the show

[spidrvacc]

I love Pawn Stars but you can tell some of them are "Staged" just a bit. WHen something super strange comes in and Cory starts giving the history of it going back 100 years you just know Cory really does not know any of that. ( i think Rick knows his stuff a bit but even he seems to know everything about everything) . You know they have a chance to research these things before they come in.

 

As for the comic find by Sheets it was supposedly 7 truck loads of comics. Thats a lot. Wish we knew where he sold this collection., Would be awesome to hear more about it.

 

From the web - the top 5 storage finds for Sheets

 

A Hulk-size comic-book collection

Sheets hauled away seven truckloads of titles, including the very first Spider-Man.

 

2. Four Picasso paintings

Says Sheets, "I'm still not sure of their value yet."

 

3. An Abraham Lincoln letter

The self-described "storage addict" says the note sold for 15 grand. Honest!

 

4. Exotic furniture by R&Y Augousti

"It was so good I kept it!" Sheets says.

 

5. The loot of a London runway model

"She put her stuff in storage, moved to the islands and forgot to renew her credit card," he says. "I felt bad, so I sold some of it back to her."

 

 

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/12/22/storage-wars-greatest-finds/#ixzz1QCESJRUH

[EastEnd]

Storage bin finds are very rare... far rarer than those shows depict... but they do occasionally happen. I've been an avid antiquer for about twenty years now and have followed the auction markets for about as long. I also know quite a few people in the industry. There is only one significant storage bin find of comics that I can remember over that period... a great collection of maybe 70 or 80 raw golden age classic covers. A friend of mine who has an auction business was hired by the storage facility to auction the books. Key word here is STORAGE FACILITY. In that instance at least, no treasure hunter was allowed to blind bid on the unit.. the facility had opened the unit, immediately recognized the value that was there, and auctioned it off themselves. My guess is this is what typically happens if anything significant is left in an abandoned unit (though I could be wrong). Anyway, out of that auction, I picked up (and still own) a Gaines Shock Suspenstories #12 (drug cover, probably a 9.4-9.6), Tomb of Terror #15 file copy (exploding head cover, probably a 9.4), and the 9.8 Wonder Comics #13 that I've posted on here before (it's also in the CGC gallery if you want to take a look). There was a VG Suspense #3 in the group, but didn't get that one. Whoever abandoned these books certainly had good taste!

[comicwiz]

I found this post on another forum about "Pawn Stars" (sorry for the all caps but that was the way it was posted).

 

"I WAS IN LAS VEGAS WEEK BEFORE LAST, AND WANTED TO VISIT THE PAWN SHOP THAT IS ON TV (PAWN STARS). ANYWAY, AFTER ARRIVING AT THE PAWN SHOP, WE WERE BROWSING AROUND THE STORE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS GIRL WALKED UP TO A GUY NEXT TO US AND ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THE SHOW. HE AGREED AND FILLED OUT LEGAL PAPERWORK. THEN, ANOTHER GUY COMES UP TO HIM AND PULLS HIM TO THE SIDE AND SHOWS HIM SOME OLD MILITARY HELMETS AND GIVES HIM A STORY TO SAY ON HOW HE GOT THEM... HE SCHOOLS HIM A LITTLE ON THE HISTORY OF THE HELMETS... SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, SECURITY CLEARED THE STORE FOR FILMING PURPOSES.. THEY HAD US TO FORM A LINE OUTSIDE UNTILL FILMING WAS COMPLETE. I WAS THE VERY FIRST PERSON IN THE LINE, SO I COULD SOMEWHAT SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE STORE. THAT GUY WALKS UP AND SHOWS RICK THE HELMETS AND TELLS HIM THE STORY AS HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO DO. RICK REVIEWS THE HELMETS AND THEY MAKE THE TRANSACTION.. THE GUY COLLECTS THE CASH AND WALKS OUT OF THE STORE WHILE BEING FILMED. AFTER HE EXITS THE STORE AND THE CAMERAS WERE OFF, HE TURNS BACK AROUND AND RE-ENTERS THE STORE AND GIVES THE CASH BACK...."

 

 

 

Ouch....I still love the show

 

Yeah, it is a great show. The episode where the guy brings in a double eagle in the store had such a potent air of farce that I picked-up the whiff of it immediately without a smell-o-vision equipped TV.

 

Guy walks in claiming he needs to bail (as in the jail kind) out a friend and needs some obscene amount of money. Walks in with a double eagle. He claims to have no idea of its value. But yet, he doesn't walk in wheeling anything else along with him - just a coin he claims to know nothing about.

 

The coin was immaculate. I mean, if this was something that landed in his lap, the odds are the kind that turn lotteries into wax pack gum prizes in scale and comparison.

 

IIRC, Rick has an expert confirm if its a variant (which it isn't) and gives the guy something like 30K for it. Might have been a little more.

 

But reading the post from the other forum, I'd have to put the bet on it being completed faked over someone having something like a double eagle coin and not having a clue to its value.

[Ringfinger]

That show is tops!

[dicjones]

I like storage wars better, because of the huge ta-ta's. Those things are huge!

[Ringfinger]

Where, where?

[jdjunker]

I have a good friend who has been doing this for a living for years, and does quite well with it. In fact, I first met him about 6 years ago when another friend and I put an ad in a local shopper-type paper looking to buy old comics. He called me and said he had 30,000 old comics. Well, long story short, he didn't have 30,000, it was more like 2,000 and they were all 80s/90s. We didn't buy any. In fact we didn't get anything off that ad, but we made a couple great friends (the guy and his wife), so i consider it the most successful ad we ever ran.

 

On that first visit we got out to his place around 1pm on a Sunday afternoon and I don't think we left until around 7pm, just talking, looking at all the cool stuff they had, and listening to stories of some of their coolest finds. They have basically three different two-car garage sized storage areas that are usually full of stuff when ever we go out to visit. He also has a huge dumpster that is typically full or at least never seems to be empty.

 

On that first visit they had just picked up a locker that was full of 1960s to early 70s vintage model kits. Mostly planes, tanks, etc but also some cars, etc... and as coincedence would have it my friend is expert in that area nad helped them confirm which kits were complete, which weren't, and was able to help them get some pieces back into many kits to complete them. There were literally hundreds of kits, most were complete.

 

They did in fact find an MG in one unit and no one had known it was there, it was buried under piles of boxes. They found a pair of Indian motorcylces in another, I don't think running, but with all the parts, and if I remeber correctly they went for something in the neighborhood of $30k and some drove from montana or something to get them, and was thrilled at the price and bargain.

 

About 6 months ago they bought a unit that was packed with vintage radios. Many of the really old 1920s or so floor standing ones. I think they had about 50 at one time. These things are absolutely beautiful. Most of them work. I know they've sold several in the low 4 figures already.

 

They also picked up a big record collection not too long ago. Guy was probably a dj and there are a lot of rare 80s punk lps mixed in with all the other stuff. I've only looked at the records in a real general way, but i've been able to help them find several that fell in the $50-$150 range in actual ebay sales. There are probably many more.

 

I don't recall what they paid for either of these recent units, but i'm sure they were both under $300.

[comicwiz]

Key word here is STORAGE FACILITY. In that instance at least, no treasure hunter was allowed to blind bid on the unit.. the facility had opened the unit, immediately recognized the value that was there, and auctioned it off themselves. My guess is this is what typically happens if anything significant is left in an abandoned unit (though I could be wrong).

 

A friend of a friend is a caretaker of several storage rental businesses. When we got the idea of going to a few local auctions, he asked his caretaker friend and he pretty much said the same thing your saying. In fact, this caretaker said he helped the storage places clean the units out before auctioning them.

 

While I wouldn't use a broad brushstroke or generalize that all storage rental business engage in such practices, I would caution people to know who you are dealing with before buying into the whole blind bidding sub-culture.

[BlowUpTheMoon]

This was discussed several months ago.

 

You started the thread.

[jdjunker]

Key word here is STORAGE FACILITY. In that instance at least, no treasure hunter was allowed to blind bid on the unit.. the facility had opened the unit, immediately recognized the value that was there, and auctioned it off themselves. My guess is this is what typically happens if anything significant is left in an abandoned unit (though I could be wrong).

 

A friend of a friend is a caretaker of several storage rental businesses. When we got the idea of going to a few local auctions, he asked his caretaker friend and he pretty much said the same thing your saying. In fact, this caretaker said he helped the storage places clean the units out before auctioning them.

 

While I wouldn't use a broad brushstroke or generalize that all storage rental business engage in such practices, I would caution people to know who you are dealing with before buying into the whole blind bidding sub-culture.

 

According to my friend mentioned in the above post, that would not be legal in Wisconsin. To my understanding the owner of the faciltiy (or the business owner) is not allowed to inspect the contents of the unit, nor is anybody else. By law, they are required to do it the way shown in the programs, where they cut off the lock, and the bidders are bidding blind.

 

However, my friend has been doing this for years, and says that often the owners will give him tips on which units contain better stuff. How they know, I have no idea. It could be they just know what their renters do, or it could be they have taken a look. However, I would lean towards them just knowing their renters. Why break the law, etc, if you're just going to let the units go for a couple hundred dollars at most anyway?

[greggy]

I found this post on another forum about "Pawn Stars" (sorry for the all caps but that was the way it was posted).

 

"I WAS IN LAS VEGAS WEEK BEFORE LAST, AND WANTED TO VISIT THE PAWN SHOP THAT IS ON TV (PAWN STARS). ANYWAY, AFTER ARRIVING AT THE PAWN SHOP, WE WERE BROWSING AROUND THE STORE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS GIRL WALKED UP TO A GUY NEXT TO US AND ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THE SHOW. HE AGREED AND FILLED OUT LEGAL PAPERWORK. THEN, ANOTHER GUY COMES UP TO HIM AND PULLS HIM TO THE SIDE AND SHOWS HIM SOME OLD MILITARY HELMETS AND GIVES HIM A STORY TO SAY ON HOW HE GOT THEM... HE SCHOOLS HIM A LITTLE ON THE HISTORY OF THE HELMETS... SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, SECURITY CLEARED THE STORE FOR FILMING PURPOSES.. THEY HAD US TO FORM A LINE OUTSIDE UNTILL FILMING WAS COMPLETE. I WAS THE VERY FIRST PERSON IN THE LINE, SO I COULD SOMEWHAT SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE STORE. THAT GUY WALKS UP AND SHOWS RICK THE HELMETS AND TELLS HIM THE STORY AS HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO DO. RICK REVIEWS THE HELMETS AND THEY MAKE THE TRANSACTION.. THE GUY COLLECTS THE CASH AND WALKS OUT OF THE STORE WHILE BEING FILMED. AFTER HE EXITS THE STORE AND THE CAMERAS WERE OFF, HE TURNS BACK AROUND AND RE-ENTERS THE STORE AND GIVES THE CASH BACK...."

 

 

 

Ouch....I still love the show

 

Yeah, it is a great show. The episode where the guy brings in a double eagle in the store had such a potent air of farce that I picked-up the whiff of it immediately without a smell-o-vision equipped TV.

 

Guy walks in claiming he needs to bail (as in the jail kind) out a friend and needs some obscene amount of money. Walks in with a double eagle. He claims to have no idea of its value. But yet, he doesn't walk in wheeling anything else along with him - just a coin he claims to know nothing about.

 

The coin was immaculate. I mean, if this was something that landed in his lap, the odds are the kind that turn lotteries into wax pack gum prizes in scale and comparison.

 

IIRC, Rick has an expert confirm if its a variant (which it isn't) and gives the guy something like 30K for it. Might have been a little more.

 

But reading the post from the other forum, I'd have to put the bet on it being completed faked over someone having something like a double eagle coin and not having a clue to its value.

He was the bail bondsman and that was the security he took for the bail. The guy jumped bail so he was stuck with it.

[EastEnd]

Key word here is STORAGE FACILITY. In that instance at least, no treasure hunter was allowed to blind bid on the unit.. the facility had opened the unit, immediately recognized the value that was there, and auctioned it off themselves. My guess is this is what typically happens if anything significant is left in an abandoned unit (though I could be wrong).

 

A friend of a friend is a caretaker of several storage rental businesses. When we got the idea of going to a few local auctions, he asked his caretaker friend and he pretty much said the same thing your saying. In fact, this caretaker said he helped the storage places clean the units out before auctioning them.

 

While I wouldn't use a broad brushstroke or generalize that all storage rental business engage in such practices, I would caution people to know who you are dealing with before buying into the whole blind bidding sub-culture.

 

According to my friend mentioned in the above post, that would not be legal in Wisconsin. To my understanding the owner of the faciltiy (or the business owner) is not allowed to inspect the contents of the unit, nor is anybody else. By law, they are required to do it the way shown in the programs, where they cut off the lock, and the bidders are bidding blind.

 

However, my friend has been doing this for years, and says that often the owners will give him tips on which units contain better stuff. How they know, I have no idea. It could be they just know what their renters do, or it could be they have taken a look. However, I would lean towards them just knowing their renters. Why break the law, etc, if you're just going to let the units go for a couple hundred dollars at most anyway?

 

I've never rented a storage unit and am just speculating here, but since the harmed party is the storage facility (they're the ones that didn't get paid) seems to me they have a right to recoup their lost funds by seizing and selling the contents on their own. Maybe they're not allowed to cherry-pick a storage unit and then just leave junk for a blind auction... i.e., once they open it it's theirs and can't auction the unit anymore? If so, then if they have a sense as to which units have items of value (and they probably do from just watching people go in and out or speaking with and getting to know their renters) then they probably use that to their advantage.

[the420kid]

how did this thread get to so many pages without a YAAAAAAPPPPPPPP!!!!