Top 10 Storage Unit Finds That MADE PEOPLE RICH!
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Purchasing a unit at an auction can be risky, but it can also be financially rewarding and
a lot of fun. Sometimes things even take a turn for the stranger. Let’s look at the top 10
storage unit finds that made people rich.
Number 10.) Michael Jordan Recruitment Letters
This is something no one would expect to find in a storage unit. A locker bought by a
man in North Carolina seemed unassuming at first until he found some unique
documents related to basketball legend Michael Jordan hiding in its contents. The
locker contained two of Jordan’s recruitment letters, including one from assistant Bill
Guthridge and another from coach Dean Smith. The documents, which had changed
hands twice, Goldin Auctions founder Ken Goldin says, were some of the personal
items Jordan gave to “Michael Jordan’s 23,” a restaurant that opened in Chapel Hill,
N.C., in 1999. In his previous auction, Goldin sold a game-used jersey formerly owned
by entertainer Penny Marshall for $51,518. Grey Flannel Auctions sold the pair of shoes
Jordan wore in his famous “flu game” for $104,765. Later, they auctioned off and sold
the recruitment documents for more than $50,000. Yes, you heard that right. $50,000
for recruitment letters! We wonder how much we can get for all our rejection letters
number 9.) A Gambler’s gamble
The hit American tv show Storage Wars star Darrell Sheets, also known as “The
Gambler”, took a huge gamble on a locker priced at $3,600. But his bet paid off when
he found the storage unit contained a lot of original art by Frank Gutierrez. Estimates
put the collection of art at $300,000. Many Critics say that the art is not nearly worth that
much. There isn’t even a Wikipedia page for Frank Guttierez, so it’s difficult to say
whether the collection holds that value. However, that storage unit find is still a lot of
money even if you knock a third off from that price. Guttierez’s art is wild and wacky, so
we don’t know if it’s going to be for everyone. But hey, at least Darrell can get into the
art game now. We know he has been trying to get into that for a while.
number 8.) Gold silver and French wine
In the UK in 2017, three friends put some money together to buy a mystery storage
locker in Middlesbrough, England. They didn’t know the treasure they were going to get
their hands on. The container cost $320 and ended up holding some surprising objects.
It included a vintage bottle of French wine, made in 1943 when the Nazis still occupied
the country, a handwritten court log which appears to be from Suffolk in the 1720s, and
a didgeridoo. They found countless other rarities and antiques, including Royal Doulton
and Wedgewood, along with a treasure trove of gold, silver tableware, and brass. In
total, they busted open 16 storage containers using bolt cutters, with around 100 people
bidding at the event at Magnum, Haverton Hill. One even contained a car while others
contained furniture, medical equipment, kitchens, car engines and tools. The eventual
price of the container is actually unknown, but early estimates were in the high tens of
thousands of dollars. Not bad for a $300 container
number 7.) Action Comics 1
Action Comics 1 is the comic in which Superman first appeared and is renowned as the
most expensive comic book of all time. Approximately 100 copies of Action Comics 1
remain in existence, and one of those belonged to Nicholas Cage. That is until it was
stolen from his home in Los Angeles in 2000. Cage bought the comic for 150,000
dollars in 1997 and thought it was lost forever before a lucky storage hunter found the
comic in an abandoned storage locker in Southern California. Cage opted to sell the
found comic in 2011 and netted 2.16 million dollars as a result. Certified Guaranty
Company, the leading grader of the quality of collectible comics, assigned Cage’s copy
a grade of 9.0, making it the highest publicly-graded copy of Action Comics Number 1.
Another copy, however, was sold in 2014 for 3.2m dollars, making it the only comic
book to have sold for more than $3m for a single copy.
number 6.) A Stack of Stolen Identities
A Colorado storage unit buyer was in for an unpleasant surprise when he discovered
that his unit contained something criminal instead of something valuable. The man
found hundreds of personal documents including medical records, social security
numbers, and more. He even found a printer and evidence that the person renting the
unit had been manufacturing fake IDsConcerned by the find, the man approached the
police. Surprisingly, the police department wanted nothing to do with the case and
asked the man to dispose of the sensitive documents himself.