Similar to garages, storage units provide ideal places for storing your belongings and possessions and to keep them safe. Many people buy storage units at auctions and, when they open them, what they find inside is often surprising. From vintage to very rare items, storage units can hide fantastic items that the world has been looking for for decades.
These are only a few examples of rare items found in storage units:
The First Superman Comic
Actor Nicholas Cage had his vintage comic book, “Action Comic No. 1” stolen 11 years before it was found in a storage unit in Southern California. Worth approximately $1 million, the comic is the first Superman one. A man contacted Mark Balelo, a collectables expert, saying how he’d bought a storage locker and found the comic inside.
A Rocket
There are a few shows focusing on storage unit auctions and what people can find in them. Auction Hunters is another of those shows, and Allen Haff and Clinton “Ton” Jones were at auctions throughout Miami and Fort Lauderdale while filming their season in 2011.
What they found was a NASA countdown clock and a rocket in Miami, which they paid $1,500 for the storage unit. Often, rare and strange items such as these can be found in the thousands of abandoned storage units around the world.
James Bond’s Submarine Car
For less than $100 in 1989, a man bought the contents of a storage unit in Long Island. After he and his brother opened the unit the next time, they found a white sports car missing wheels and with a dented roof. Dough Redenius, co-founder of the Ian Fleming Foundation, stated that the brothers had no idea how valuable their discovery was.
The car was the famous submarine car used by James Bond in the film The Spy Who Loved Me, from 1977. Eight versions of this car appear in the film but only seven had been accounted for until this discovery. The car was later sold to Tesla founder Elon Musk for $1 million.
Burt Reynolds’ Possessions
The actor acquired and collected both artefacts and memorabilia throughout his acting career and stored his possessions in storage units. He defaulted on his payment in 1999 and the units went up for auction. A group of people got together, however, and bought a lot of the items to found the Burt Reynolds and Friends Museum. These items included letters from other celebrities, Roy Rogers’ saddle, and honorary sheriff’s badges.
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