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 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 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….
Storage Wars: Texas: Season 1, Episode 1: “Texas Sold ‘Em.” Bubba and Ricky Smith came a long way from Lampass, Texas. Country boys plan to not leave empty handed. New York transport, Victor Rjesnjansky, prides himself on being smarter and more refined than the locals. That could be his undoing. Lesa Lewis opened her own…
Auction Hunters: Season 2, Episode 21: “Battle Bought.” Haff-Ton team drove to Whittier, California for a shipping container auction. Container were shipped from all over the world; thought a few originated from the states. Fact: Container auctions move quickly to avoid affecting the facility’s shipping schedule. Allen spotted an old partner at the auction, Big…
Auction Hunters: Season 2, Episode 16: “Knuckle Dust.” The Haff-Ton team drove to Hollywood, CA. Duo looked for a big Hollywood dream storage unit. They were not the only ones though who sought a Hollywood dream locker. Competition would be tough. Fact: Hollywood’s historic Walk of Fame has over 2,400 stars. Antique Bed Unit Antique…
Auction Hunters: Season 2, Episode 13: “Beantown Bidders.” The Haff-Ton team headed to Boston. The city is home to one of the country’s oldest storage units, which has been in business since 1886, and that’s exactly where the guys were headed. Fact: Boston is the birthplace of the American Revolution. They were impressed by the…
Auction Hunters: Season 2, Episode 10: “Everything’s Bigger in Texas.” The Haff-Ton team drove to North Texas and the biggest auction in the country where a major worldwide shipping hub was auctioning off 800 containers. Fact: Some ranches in Texas are bigger than Rhode Island. Since there were so many containers to get through, the…
Auction Hunters: Season 2, Episode 9: “Animal Instincts.” Allen and Ton drove down to Orange County, California. What used to be all orange groves is now a very wealthy neighborhood where storage auctions promise big ticket items and a large crowd of bidders. Fact: Orange County is 35 miles south of Los Angeles. There were…
