Filed November 3, 2026

About Uncle Sold

You're the newest clerk at a forgotten office where everything the government ever sold ends up in one enormous steel filing cabinet. Each day, 5 case files come up. Your job is to appraise them.

Uncle Sold is a two-minute daily game. Every lot is a real thing that a US government agency sold at a public surplus auction: Coast Guard boats, Forest Service dump trucks, old Jeeps, aircraft, office furniture, and things nobody can quite explain. You guess the winning bid. The closer you are, the farther the drawer flies, up to 700 feet of files on a perfect day.

It started from a simple fact: the government sells a remarkable amount of stuff, the prices are public, and almost nobody knows what any of it goes for. Guessing turns out to be very fun and very humbling.

Not a government website

Uncle Sold is an independent game made by a small independent team. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to the U.S. General Services Administration, GSA Auctions or any other government agency. The office, the cabinet and the clerks are made up; the lots and prices are real. We don't use any agency's seal or logo, and we don't sell anything.

Where the lots come from

Every lot comes from public results on GSA Auctions, the government's site for selling surplus federal property. Themethodology page explains how lots are picked, how prices are recorded and how scoring works. For a taste of the strangest end of the cabinet, see every lighthouse the government has auctioned.

Contact

Questions, ideas, press, or a lot you think belongs in the cabinet: hello@unclesold.com.

Corrections and removals

If something on the site is wrong, or a photo or listing shows something it shouldn't (a person, a home address, a license plate, a name), email us with the date and lot and we'll fix or remove it. If you took a photo that appears here and want it taken down or credited differently, tell us and we'll do it.

Credits

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