🎙️ Bodnar’s Bids and Banter Podcast - Episode 11: Pirate Coins, Dumpster Mayhem, and Auction Crashes

2025-05-08

This episode brings the madness! Joe Bodnar and the team share the highs and lows of auction life, including scoring a suitcase of silver coins, surviving a bedpan fight, and dealing with the rollercoaster of post-pandemic antique and art sales. You’ll hear the real, behind-the-scenes stories of how auctions survive when the market shifts, what happens when customers lose their minds, and the most outrageous dumpster finds we've ever had. 🔥 Topics Covered: Selling a Blue Comet Lionel train set and rare coin...

This episode brings the madness! Joe Bodnar and the team share the highs and lows of auction life, including scoring a suitcase of silver coins, surviving a bedpan fight, and dealing with the rollercoaster of post-pandemic antique and art sales.

You’ll hear the real, behind-the-scenes stories of how auctions survive when the market shifts, what happens when customers lose their minds, and the most outrageous dumpster finds we've ever had.

🔥 Topics Covered:

Selling a Blue Comet Lionel train set and rare coins
How a suitcase of pirate silver made it to auction
The time a bedpan became a weapon during an auction fight 🤯
Why art and antiques are a totally different game post-pandemic
Tips on how to avoid losing money on collectibles

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