The saga of guys and a few girls bidding to buy storage lockers on which the rent has not been paid was an immediate hit.
Storage wars new york art locker.
Storage wars stylized as storage war was an american reality television series on the a e network that premiered on december 1 2010.
The show follows professional buyers who visit storage facilities throughout the.
Randall s island new york city ny saturday may 11 2013.
At first glance might seem like an unlikely reality tv star to see at a significant ny art world event he almost never appears on.
But the show clearly saved the best for last as the season finale revealed a find no one could have anticipated.
Widow vanessa bryant brokered a deal to reclaim the items from storage wars star rene nezhoda who acquired them from the auction winner for around 13 000 he said.
There are a number of worthy contenders for the top spot on the list of most valuable storage wars locker finds but the winner is darrell sheets discovery of a frank gutierrez art collection.
When rent is not paid on a storage locker for three months in california the contents can be sold by an auctioneer as a single lot of items in the form of a cash only auction.
The gamble paid off big time when it was discovered that darrell had just put in the winning bid on a chamber filled with original art by frank gutierez.
While i was taking my first lap around frieze art fair new york on randall s island today i ran into darrell the gambler sheets one of the principal characters on a e s storage wars.
It was the biggest payout in the history of storage wars darrell sheets invested 3 600 into a storage locker which is a lot of money to take on a gamble.
In this scene from the episode long island city of dreams mike needs help with the heavy lifting when he cleans out his locker.
It s a fascinating testosterone driven california world where the girls tend to be busty and the men wear wife beaters have tattoos and often sport beer bellies.
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