Auction Hunters: Season 3, Episode 8: “Bowling Pin Payday.” Haff-Ton team drove to Moreno Valley, California. Rain, rain, go away… but the duo have an auction to go to today. Fact: The U.S. military trained fighter pilots in this Southern California valley during WWI. Moreno Valley was Ton’s old haunt. He learned the tricks of…
Auction Hunters: Season 3, Episode 7: “Drumming Up Cash.” Haff-Ton team drove to Glendale, California. Town full of car dealerships and shopping centers. Fact: Hollywood legend John Wayne graduated from Glendale H.S. in 1925. Blatan Brothers, men of few words, attended the auction. Competition stiff for our guys. Contractor’s Unit Tool box, flashlight, frame, hedge…
Auction Hunters: Season 3, Episode 6: “High Flying Ton.” Haff-Ton team drove to Ventura Country, California. Town of recreation, tourism, and wineries. Ooh, wine? Cheers to a successful auction hunt. Fact: Ventura County is the wealthiest county in Southern California. Allen and Ton attended a thirty containers auction. Units opened ten at a time. Crowd…
Auction Hunters: Season 3, Episode 5: “Big Easy Money.” Haff-Ton team drove to New Orleans, Louisiana; city rich in history, music, food, and culture. Fact: New Orleans has a population of over 1.3 million residents. Dixieland thrived with possibilities. Fact: The New Orleans port has been one of the busiest in the U.S. for almost 300…
Auction Hunters: Season 3, Episode 4: “Auction Hunter Shuffle.” Haff-Ton team drove to Burbank, California, hub of motion pictures. Storage units a mixed bag; from expensive media equipment to old clothes. Fact: Walt Disney originally wanted Disneyland to be built next to his Burbank studios. CJ attended auction. Duo dropped a locker on him not…
Auction Hunters: Season 3, Episode 3: “Hidden Hot Wheels.” Haff-Ton drove to Covina, California. Home to one of the biggest auction whales in SoCal; El Diablo. El Diablo paid high price to win all of the storage units. Six units up for auction. Haff-Ton team had to step up their game to beat this champion….
Auction Hunters: Season 3, Episode 2: “Ton’s Driller Instinct.” Haff-Ton drove to Wasilla, Alaska. Small town origins supply stop for gold miners and fur trappers. Allen and Ton expected to find mining equipment to historical pieces. Fact: 2008 Republican V.P. nominee Sarah Palin was mayor of Wasilla from 1996-2002. The crowd at the auction was…
Auction Hunters: Season 3, Episode 1: “Cold Hard Cash.” The Haff-Ton team arrived in Anchorage, Alaska. The show would have us believe they drove from California to Alaska; but I’m not buying it. Fact: Anchorage, Alaska is 3,401 miles from Los Angeles, California. Duo atteneded a Conex container (as big as 38 feet long) auction….
Auction Hunters: Season 3: Bonus Episode, “LIVE.” Welcome to the first ever LIVE Show of Auction Hunters. Four vaults up for auction. One hour to buy, sort, and sell items to a select group of buyers. Every dollar the Haff-Ton team made would be matched for a donation to the Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan….
Auction Hunters: Season 2, Episode 26: “Reel Money.” Haff-Ton team drove to San Diego, California, for a container auction. Allen called it storage container heaven. Duo expected to find anything from brand new clothes to foreign auto parts. Fact: The Port of San Diego imports up to 500,000 new vehicles every year. Big time auctions…
