Here is a nice lead score ready to Pick

[garbler]

I've got enough but just found this. Auction is tomorrow in La Crosse, WI it's Skipper Liner Boats. The auctioneer is Orbitbid. I hope I'm not breaking any rules here just trying to help out. There are 3 skids of clean lead pigs lots 1441892 thru 94 I've worked in the yard years ago and they always bought and used clean sized lead pigs for internal trim ballast. These guys built USCG certified passenger and casino boats and the lead was used to trim off the hulls once launched. They are shut down for good

Sorry for for short notice but this looks like a major sweet score for the guy(s) who jump on it. Right now I'm guessing only scrappers or shooters will pursue these lots eagerly. i doubt you'll get this for less than scrap but more than once I've done just that. You will I am sure get it very cheap.

Good luck

[wrench]

Zowie! Too bad they don't tell you the weight of the different lots...hard to tell from the pics. I'm about two hours from Lacrosse...road trip??

[mongoose33]

Wow. I've been scouring the photos trying to figure out the volume of lead, and it's tough. I think I have a rough idea so I may take a shot at it. I'll bid on the least amount it appears to be.

[garbler]

Good luck guys. Too bad I didn't find out about this till so late but hopefully somebody will score. When I was in that yard about seven years ago I saw half a dozen pallets of lead. Some were pigs about twice the size of these but the rest were these smaller ones. All the pallets I saw were stacked about 18" high but it is a bit of a **** shoot without inspecting ahead of time

[mongoose33]

Looks like the same bidder is trying to get all three. Bids are up to $427 each, plus of course the 15 percent buyer's fee. That puts each one at near $500.

I was trying to figure out how much lead was in each pallet. The one on which I would have bid had, by my estimation, 54 ingots. The ingots are 3x3x8 inches, or 72 cubic inches, or approximately 29 pounds each. If I'm right on those figures, that means the pallet has about 1566 pounds of lead on it.

Be interesting to see where it ends up.

[MtGun44]

Probably in a scrap yard.

[mongoose33]

Be interesting to see where it ends up.


Probably in a scrap yard.

I don't think so. Of course, some of this depends on the actual amount, and my numbers are probably off to some extent. I was looking online at scrap prices and they seemed to run in the 30 cent range.

At any rate, I think that's moot. :) The prices of all three lots are over $1000.

[garbler]

Well I was a bit surprised by the activity on these lots and of course the three heavy weight bidders. I can tell you no scrap dealer runs up numbers like this. I can also tell you I think the quality of this stuff was quite good and therefore suspect one of the commercial bullet makers or somebody dealing or needing high quality lead owns this stuff now. Anyway I auction quite a bit and frequently with this auctioneer and didn't see this coming considering the selling prices of other lots in this event.

[mongoose33]

Well I was a bit surprised by the activity on these lots and of course the three heavy weight bidders. I can tell you no scrap dealer runs up numbers like this. I can also tell you I think the quality of this stuff was quite good and therefore suspect one of the commercial bullet makers or somebody dealing or needing high quality lead owns this stuff now. Anyway I auction quite a bit and frequently with this auctioneer and didn't see this coming considering the selling prices of other lots in this event.

It's hard to tell without knowing the actual weight of the pallets, but it looks to me like it ran $1 per pound or more. Heck, the current live spot prices for Lead on the Kitco site is 87 cents per pound.

Of course, that lead on auction is local to some people so no shipping other than the cost of hauling it.

[CHeatermk3]

Kitco site?

[MaryB]

went for $1250 to 1295 per pallet. so around $1 pound or less...

[mongoose33]

Kitco site?

http://www.kitcometals.com/

Look on the left-hand side; it's the base-metals quote block.

Click the "charts" link under lead to see where the price has been lately and over the last five years.

[mongoose33]

went for $1250 to 1295 per pallet. so around $1 pound or less...

Plus a 15 percent buyer's fee. So $1295 becomes $1489. I had a pallet figured at 1566 pounds, so yeah, just about $1 a pound.

I can get alloy off Ebay for $1.18 per pound delivered so it's not clear that this is all that great a deal.

[garbler]

The one element about these lots we can all agree on is, unknown weight and quality of this stuff. When you review the bid history one thing is very obvious and that is all three lots were chased hard from the very beginning by three serious buyers. None of them really backed off till the end. My guess is these bidders knew exactly what these lots were to the very pound and what grade or quality they were bidding on. Scrap bidders don't play that way and of course would never run the numbers this high. The hobbyist or even serious shooter is also very unlikely to bid like this and pay so much. Anyway I'm sorry it was a wash out for you guys and stunned pretty much at the numbers but real curious about what was really sold

[runfiverun]

you don't need to go to the kitco site they come to us.
just click in on the lead alloy section here and the kitco price pops right up as part of the banner.

[dragon813gt]

I can get alloy off Ebay for $1.18 per pound delivered so it's not clear that this is all that great a deal.

You can get foundry certified for a little more. You take your chances w/ alloys from eBay. Anything close to $1 a pound is a good deal.

[cal50]

Lots of option and choices if you are paying out $1 a pound.

I am still looking for that "free" sailboat with the all lead keel LOL!