If you’ve seen shows like Storage Wars or Auction Hunters, you are familiar with the blind-auction format: abandoned storage units go up for a blind auction where generic terms are – or in some cases are not – listed. Bidders strategize on what they hope will be a profitable investment of their time, effort and money. While not all auctions are televised, some interesting finds have been made in the purchase of these units.

In 1989, a winning bidder was surprised to find a strange looking car among the contents of his storage unit. The sleek white, wheel-less automobile was later identified as the Lotus Submarine from the 1977 James Bond movie Spy Who Loved Me. The car was dented, but relatively undamaged. The anonymous new owner, who had never seen a James Bond movie, had the car appraised and it sold at auction to Elon Musk for $997,000. Not bad for the $100 investment the Long Island man paid for the storage unit’s contents!

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