By Ellen Coughlan For Mailonline
Published: 05:07 EDT, 14 May 2024 | Updated: 07:07 EDT, 14 May 2024 Garage Shelving Units
A man bought a $410 abandoned storage unit at auction - and found it contained $70,000 worth of designer clothes.
Wade Venture, 37, from Portland, Oregon, snapped up the storage unit at auction with little idea of what it contained.
The treasure trove contained over 400 pairs of footwear - including brands such as Gucci and Coach.
Along with that, the content creator found $8,000 worth of fur coats and other items still with the tags on.
Wade, who shares his finds online @wadesventures, estimated the haul was worth around $70,000 in total.
Wade Venture, 37, from Portland , Oregon, bought a $410 abandoned storage unit at auction - and found it contained $70,000 worth of designer clothes
He has started re-selling items - with one coat which sold second-hand for $1,500.
He said: 'It's rare to find a unit like that in particular, often you find household stuff or trash.
'It's more than likely she had a shopping problem -people speculated maybe she was keeping it from her husband!'
Wade bought the unit on March 27 for $410 having only seen a few pictures taken of the entrance to the unit - so he didn't know exactly what to expect.
Having bought 400-500 units in the past - much of the contents of which were donated to charity - he said little comes as a shock.
But he said even being as experienced as he is, this one took him by surprise.
He said: 'People think I've been doing this so long I've seen everything, but I've never found a unit like this before.
Wade snapped up the storage unit at auction with little idea of what it contained, but was pleasantly surprised to see boxes of designer shoes
Wade found a pair of Gucci shoes in the storage unit which he bought at auction
Wade believes the previous owner might of had a shopping addiction and maybe was hiding the designer items from her husband
The treasure trove contained over 400 pairs of footwear - including brands such as Gucci and Coach
Wade, who shares his finds online @wadesventures, estimated the haul was worth around $70,000 in total
Many of the designer shoes, coats and clothes still had the tags on them indicating they were never actually worn
Amongst the contents of the auctioned storage unit were boxes of unworn designer shoes
Along with that, the content creator found $8,000 worth of fur coats and other items still with the tags on
He has started re-selling items - with one coat which sold second-hand for $1,500
'Normally I find things 30 percent new and 70 percent used but this was all brand new.
'It was such an awesome experience, I was so shocked. Units like this are really rare and special.
'She wasn't just buying run-of-the-mill stuff, she was shopping at Macy's and JCPenney.'
Because of the storage units being abandoned, it's rare to know anything about its previous owner.
Wade added: 'There were expensive Gucci shoes and purchases - it could be she didn't have the money.
Rivet Boltless Shelving 'Or she could have passed away. Another common one is they move to a different state.'