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CHIGAGO — Business is booming in the sale of belongings that owners can no longer afford to keep at the nation’s storage units. For buyers, it’s a grab bag that can yield either junk or the luxuries of a life left behind.
The troubled economy is reflected in the items being sold — trendy clothes, high-end appliances, indicators that the owners were well-off.
“What we are selling now is indicative of higher-income people than what we were selling in the past,” said Rich Schur of Schur Success Auction Services in Colorado Springs. “Clearly these are people who fell on hard times.” Auctioneers say they are busier than ever.
