I just participated in an auction this past week of a medium size shop gone bankrupt. I bought 2 pallets of offset ink. Maybe 75 cans of 5lbs and 300 or so of 1 lb cans. I paid $65 total and got a cool office chair for $5.
Lots of the ink was 5 years old plus but plenty of new unopened new cans. I can see why this place went under. MANY duplicate cans of ink such as three 5 lb. opened cans of process blue and 2 not yet opened. I can only imagine what else they blew money on.
They had an 2003 HP Indigo 3000 go for $5180. That must be a good price. The cases of electoink went for $155 each. I saw the service techs dismantling it when I picked up the ink and it looked beautiful.
In 1992 I bought two AB Dick 360's that were in beautiful shape for $35 total at an auction that was an estate auction and I got wind of the owner being a printer (no internet then really). That was very good back then.
Anyway, I'm curious of how others do at auctions. Got a good story?
Lots of the ink was 5 years old plus but plenty of new unopened new cans. I can see why this place went under. MANY duplicate cans of ink such as three 5 lb. opened cans of process blue and 2 not yet opened. I can only imagine what else they blew money on.
They had an 2003 HP Indigo 3000 go for $5180. That must be a good price. The cases of electoink went for $155 each. I saw the service techs dismantling it when I picked up the ink and it looked beautiful.
In 1992 I bought two AB Dick 360's that were in beautiful shape for $35 total at an auction that was an estate auction and I got wind of the owner being a printer (no internet then really). That was very good back then.
Anyway, I'm curious of how others do at auctions. Got a good story?