Storage Wars Got You Hooked? Stop by a Storage Auction in Ventura County!
Saturday, April 20, 2013 at 10:38PM Storage Wars is a popular reality TV show on A&E that premiered in December 2010. It is amusing to watch as the main "characters" try to outsmart and outbid each other for the potential of finding value and treasure in abandoned storage units.
Checking out a large storage unit at an auction at Hollywood Storage in Newbury ParkThe "California Self-Service Storage Facility Act" gives storage facility owners the right to auction off storage units that have gone unpaid for several months. Auction proceeds exceeding the cost of unpaid rent, penalties and auctioneer fees can be claimed by the previous owner of the property.
Storage units can contain pretty much anything, from the contents of a closed book store, an apartment, old furniture, mattresses, household items, a coin collection, you name it. While are convinced that episodes of the show are "staged" to include unbelievably unique and valuable items in some of the lockers, it is fun to watch and dream as the mystery of what is contained in these lockers unfolds.
The show's auctioneer is Dan Dotson of American Auctioneers, based in Riverside, California. Upcoming auctions are listed on his site at www.americanauctioneers.com/events. There was a Simi Valley storage unit auction highlighted on t
