We had a similar situation. The tenant's ex had cleaned out most of their stuff. He left a table, a couple chairs, a broken tv, and a few garbage cans full of garbage. She didn't care about it anymore so we went through the auction process. We didn't think it'd go for more than $5, if it did $10 at most. One bidder really wanted it, primarily the space itself, and bid $45 for it. You never know how high someone is willing to go for something you would initially deem worthless.