Storage Wars: Canada: Season 1, Episode 11: “The Thrilla in Clairevilla.” Okay. There were a few unprecedented underhanded maneuvers pulled off by the people you wouldn’t expect. So please pay attention. This got crazy. Bogart had apparently cleaned up in a poker game the night previous. Paul asked if Bogart felt lucky about the day’s…
Storage Wars: Canada: Season 1, Episode 7: “Wanna Smell My Hair?” Roy may not have been himself last episode, but this time, he completely morphed into something else entirely: Fake hair, false teeth, and sunglasses? Meet ‘Cousin Ray’. This got weird. Paul felt the auction location (Scarborough) was fairly foolproof, so he put Bogart…
Storage Wars: Canada: Season 1, Episode 3, “You Just Got “Roy’d”!” Paul hankered for Bogart to understand the business. Had his son take notes. Pick knowledge over material things. Bogart not interested. He hankered for cash. Ursula hankered for luxury items. Cindy and Rick didn’t hanker at all. Their daughter Terra drove them to the…
Storage Wars: Canada: Season 1, Episode: “Northern Lights. Northern Fights.” Storage Wars’ first international spin-off landed in Canada. Huge country north of the US where nothing, ever, happens… except for storage auctions with trash-talking buyers. Maybe we rubbed off on the foreigners. Players: Roy Dirnbeck – “The Instigator” – He owns a successful courier business….
Storage Wars: Season 5, Episode 10: “Zen Masters of the Universe.” Darrell was all about Zen. Kimber taught him the Yoga tree pose. She asked him how he felt. He said, “I need to poop.” Dan and Laura Dotson lost on the way to auction. Not according to Laura. Dan just needed to make a…
Storage Wars: Season 4, Episode 21: “Battle of the Brows.” Brandi was frumpy. Rene was grumpy. Darrell was happy. Barry was dopey. I was waiting for Snow White to appear until The Gambler snapped me back to reality. Darrell: I’ve got to show Karma a kinder a more “self-defecating” Darrell. You know you want to…
A storage auction in New Zealand recently uncovered a rare musical instrument worth thousands of dollars hidden amongst a pile of otherwise worthless junk. The instrument in question is a 36-string lute made in 1926. Lutes are relatively obscure instruments resembling mandolins, and they have not been in favor since ancient times. This one, however,…
Auction Hunters: Season 3, Episode 15: “Dead Aim.” Ton and Allen made their way to Riverside, CA. Fact: The CA citrus industry began with two orange trees planted in Riverside in 1873. A city which Ton declared was full of M-O-N-E-Y. Fact: In 1910, the booming citrus industry made Riverside the nation’s wealthiest city. Hope…
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…
