There's this auction house near me that liquidates entire estates, businesses, and extra stock

[ZonkerHarris]

from Los Angeles area companies including the movie studios.
Warner Brothers cleaned out an old closet or something and sent them a bunch of stuff including pallets of DVDs that I avoided but I scored a few cool things and am now The King of Deals:

* a lot of 26 brand new ties of Bandit from the Johnny Quest cartoon that were made exclusively for the Hanna Barbera Employee Store in 1994. They were all still their original packaging.
Got em for a buck a piece. Sold the first one on eBay today for $45.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/363605082338

* a lot of 170 new in their packages plastic "ice cubes" that glow green when you drop them in water. They have The Matrix Reloaded logo on them and apparently were used at the Matrix reloaded movie premiere party
https://www.ebay.com/itm/363605682145

* a box of Johnny Depp Charlie & the Chocolate Factory Fridge Magnets $9.38 - there were 3 styles and a total of 360 magnets, for a grand .02 cents each
https://www.ebay.com/itm/363605049502

* 7 crew/promo hats from the Chadwick Boseman movie 42 about Jackie Robinson, $1.10 each
https://www.ebay.com/itm/363605089881

* 27 of an interesting companion book of fiction and background to the TV series SIX FEET UNDER, retail cover price $30. My cost was .25 cents each
https://www.ebay.com/itm/363605131118

* a piggy bank promoting NIP/TUCK TV series about plastic surgeons on FX from a few years back. only 5 of them but $3 ea.big heavy metal suckers
https://www.ebay.com/itm/154680747696?hash=item2403b0e6b0:g:uV8AAOSwUoZhgOYv

[bucolic_frolic]

1. In your rush to liquidate and recoup your investment

beware underpricing, and sometimes this stuff is worth far more a few years out, so consider warehousing a few for later years if you think an item has potential.

[ZonkerHarris]

6. Good idea and I'm in no rush

[PoliticAverse]

2. You now must show us a picture of your fridge covered in Johnny Depp. n/t

[ZonkerHarris]

8. hahaha

[Vinca]

3. Wow! Those must be fun auctions to go to.

[ZonkerHarris]

5. The auctions are held online

[KS Toronado]

4. Congratulations on your great finds!

This past weekend I bought a 1998 Cadillac Eldorado with 37,400 miles at auction for $1000. Been sitting
in a garage last 10 years after owner passed away. No body damage but will need new tires, belts & hoses
to make it roadworthy. I get that all done I'll flip it, hopefully for some extra pocket change.

[ZonkerHarris]

7. That is awesome

[bucolic_frolic]

10. For sellers, auctions are the place to get scalped

They can be poorly attended, poorly promoted. I suspect many sellers would be better off with a charitable tax deduction.

[KS Toronado]

11. Auction was at a farming community town of less than 200 people

Farmers paid up for just about everything except the Cadillac. What really surprised me was when the auctioneer
started on the car he mentioned everything he thought might be wrong with it from sitting 10 years plus he
never told us bidders it was low mileage. I doubted that car would bring good money at a farm auction is the
reason I went and I'm glad I did. Farmers want pickups and large 4 door cars, not luxury sports cars with
bucket seats that sit low to the ground. This widow would have been better off with a charitable tax deduction.
And we know an auctioneer would never encourage that scenario.

[Trueblue1968]

9. I love auctions. if they were in northern CA, i might be able to go

i can't go way down into CA though.