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 ...

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 ...

Every year, more than 80,000 storage auctions are held across the U.S., whether at a storage facility or online through an auction site. Auctions present a unique opportunity for buyers to scoop up ...

LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — The dusty, narrow wheel and chrome fender poking out from the blanket inside the cramped storage locker didn’t look like much, stacked underneath the trappings of life left ...

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, ...

Inside an abandoned storage locker he bought at auction, Mark Bushold once snagged circus posters worth $11,000. At another auction, his bid of a few hundred dollars made him the sole winner of a haul ...

Jess Guerra of Stockton had just become the proud owner of three dressers, one lamp, one bed and 15 huge cardboard boxes, the contents of which were a total mystery to him. “It’s a big gamble,” said ...

Ever wonder what's behind those doors at the local self-storage facility? Piles of treasures or cartloads of crap? If you're willing to buy a pig in a poke, you can find out; simply take part in a ...

What started as a simple storage-unit auction quickly turned strange. Inside were random electronics, swords, bike parts, shackles, and piles of mysterious gear that didn’t seem to belong together. As ...