Tour of Hoarders Machine shop and Auctions coming up for the next year or 2

[Ischgl99]

I live nearby. stuff went WAY TOO HIGH the first auction.

Maybe third auction or so, after the attention dies down. I will say I only take deals at auction. You are still buying a pig in a poke, taking a risk that is.

I'm the same as you, if I am buying at auction, it needs to be a really good deal. There was an auction of a technical school here a month or so ago, a set of Vermont gage pins went for new price before you added in the auction premium. It is insane what some people are willing to spend on used items. A lot of the other items there went for a lot more than I expected, needless to say I did not get anything at that one.

 

[C-Bag]

Auctions especially when the internet is involved aren’t anything I can afford. People just go crazy.

 

[Karl_T]

Deals can be had, but FAR more rare than the old days when 10% of new was the norm. I just scored a quincy 5hp compressor for $110 all in. My son just got a bunch of lista tool cabinets cheap - $200 for a $3000 new set.

at least its easy with on-line. Just take a break and watch 99% of the things you could use go too high.

 

[C-Bag]

I’ve had much more consistent luck with CL, yard sales and estate sales. For me it seems the more off the beaten track the better the deal. Patience is the main tactic.

 

[Russman]

I helped clean out another hoarder's place in Minneapolis last week. Not nearly as big nor as high end items as the Russel Garens auction but I hauled at least 12 tons of machine shop related stuff to Premier Machinery Auctions.
It will be sold in their November in-house auction. I'm Not affiliated with Premier in any way but like and trust those guys and have bought and sold a bunch of things there in the last few years.
Funny thing about the hoarder's house I just helped with. It is a typical 1930s, 2 story, 3 BR house with small attached garage in the city. In the basement is about a 3 ton 1930s Monarch lathe.
It got down there through about a 36"x36" window - 6' above the basement floor and has to go out the same way. It will be a hell of a rigging job to get it out of there.
A flipper bought the house as is with the lathe in place. Think of an episode on Flipping Houses . "Man Cave complete with 3 ton Monarch lathe in the basement."
Premier didn't have room for the guy's metal stock so I bought it from the Executor. If any of you guys in the Twin Cities need metal stock, I hauled at least 1K lbs of steel plate, angle iron, round stock, drill rod, bronze, brass and aluminum stuff home this week. I hope to resell most of it.
Here's a photo of a small portion of it.
That big aluminum round is 14" dia x 10" long.

Got any thoughts on shipping some stuff?

 

[Ischgl99]

I've been watching a site called Auction Ninja recently. It's mostly auctions for housewares and such, but sometimes decent tools come up. I bought a Lincoln tombstone welder on there for $75, I think it came with twice that in welding rods.