But every piece of salvage tells a story. Hurricanes strike, trains derail, trucks tip over. Movers chip dining-room sets, businesses declare bankruptcy, inspection seals get broken. In California, someone stopped paying rent on a warehouse containing 270,000 bars of Nivea soap. In Florida, someone ordered too many truckloads of mayonnaise.
Bad things happen, and people try to recover what they can.
Salvage is about redemption. This is the story of SalvageSale Lot S6923-140. At Blount, Curry and Roel, as at most funeral homes, the display-room caskets stayed open. Naturally, the caskets were open on the night of December 10, when a vandal set fire to a nearby shed. By the time firefighters arrived, the blaze had spread to the funeral home's attic.