For bidders, auctions are a chance to find hidden treasures among the trash. GREENBRAE, Calif., May 26, 2009— -- At a storage facility in California's Bay Area, a crowd of onlookers peers into ...

Attendance at storage unit auctions has hit record highs since shows such as Storage Wars, Storage Hunters and Auction Hunters hit the air. Convinced that abandoned storage units are concealing ...

The auctioneer slides the steel door up, and a small crowd at the storage facility steps forward for a peek. They are here to bid on possessions left behind when the people who rented the storage unit ...

Editor’s note: This is the final print installment of local author and art dealer Aaron LaPedis’ four-part column series. LaPedis will continue to respond to ...

At a recent auction at the Quakerbridge Road site of Lackland Self Storage in Hamilton, Janina Friedman and Lester Erbe, both from Bordentown and both unemployed, were two of 20 people looking for a ...

This who-gets-hurt locker turned out to be a treasure chest. A Chelsea gallery owner who blindly plunked down $15,000 for a storage locker only to find it held a trove of fine art made more than ...

On a recent Saturday, Jami Norman scored big at her first storage auction, winning a widescreen TV, high-end power tools and truckloads of other items for $500. "It was an awesome day," said Norman, ...