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Host and avid collector Chris Hardwick gets an insider look at the world of high-dollar auctions as his Gallery owner friends prepare to auction off the largest privately owned Disney Park collection.
Host Chris Hardwick meets with his friends, gallery owners Mike and Janeen Van Eaton to get a sneak peak at the largest privately owned Disney Park memorabilia collection, as the Van Eatons scramble to prep it all for their upcoming auction.
Host Chris Hardwick travels to the heartland of America to meet the owner of huge Disney Park collection and to discover how he amassed it all, why he's selling it all, and what he plans to do with the money once it goes up for auction. Meanwhile, the Van Eatons and their team are working hard to catalog all of the items in time for the auction.
The Van Eatons work quickly to turn an old massive retail store into their new exhibition and auction space. Meanwhile, host Chris Harwick shows off some of his previous auction wins: an extremely rate nine-foot painting from a park attraction and another treasure which has yet to be authenticated... until gallery owner Mike Van Eaton breaks the news.
It's the opening day of the exhibition! The collection owner arrives to say good-bye to his beloved treasures before the auction, and gallery owners Mike and Janeen Van Eaton hope enough fans will attend the grand opening. An original Mousketeer drops by and gallery experts discover an imposter amongst the collection!
Day one of the auction starts off with a bang as host Chris Hardwick meets the auctioneer and gets a crash course in what it takes to get the big bids. Gallery owners Mike and Janeen hope they can get enough buzz going to bring in the bucks needed to cover their investment.
Legendary Disney imaginer Bob Gurr stops by auction day two, offering the insider scoop on his park creations before they go up for auction. The Van Eatons hope all the booty from Pirate's of the Caribbean can boost their sales, before the whole day goes to the birds.
All of the spine-chilling items from the Haunted Mansion go for scary amounts on this eeriest of all auctions. Ghost host Chris Hardwick's stretching portrait is finally revealed and all of bidders get animated over the rarest, and scariest, animatronics from the Park.
It's the third and final day of the auction as gallery staff and auctioneers give all they've got to drive up the bids for the last items left. While a mystery celebrity bidder has his eye on a pink elephant from the Park, host Chris Hardwick gives a VIP tour of the auction items to the person who helped start his devotion to Disney. But will the grand total be in the end?
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Auction Hunters is an American reality television series that premiered on November 9, 2010, on Spike and is produced by Gurney Productions Inc. It also airs internationally. In June 2011, Spike announced that it had ordered a third season of 26 episodes. In August 2012, Spike announced that it had ordered a fourth season of 26 episodes. The fourth season premiered on January 30, 2013.
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 show follows professional buyers who purchase the contents based only on a five-minute inspection of what they can see from the door when it is open. The goal is to turn a profit on the merchandise.
Every year, thousands of properties are sold at auction, ranging from modest two-up, two-downs to multi-million-pound, waterfront mansions. But they often have some nasty surprises hidden beneath the floorboards and need a bit of love and affection to turn them into a dream home. Cue Sarah Beeny. She’s been buying, building and transforming properties for thirty-five years and she’s fascinated by the world of auctions. In this series she’ll be offering a dose of realism as brave new owners try and take their auction buys from derelict to diamond.
