Analysis snapshotSnapshot decision:REVIEW

NASA Vibration Shakers / Thrusters / Table Interfaces — Auction Analysis

No bids were observed for this NASA vibration-equipment lot. Its $5,000 modeled intrinsic value does not overcome the remote-reseller rigging, freight, condition, and liquidity burden, so the blind maximum remains $0.

Analysis snapshot · Historical — observed August 25, 2026. The scheduled close date of August 27, 2026 has passed. The price, evidence, economics, and recommendation remain exactly as recorded and are not current.

Decision at a glance

RecommendationREVIEW

Maximum hammer bid: $0

Why this decision

$0 is a conservative remote-reseller bid ceiling, not a statement that the hardware has no intrinsic value.

What to verify before bidding

Rigging and freight burden exceeds blind-case margin.
Ling items are seller-reported salvage.

Review all risks and unknowns

See costs and maximum bid for the displayed assumptions and buyer-premium treatment.

Snapshot auction state: No bid displayed at observation
Bidders: 0
Blind-model resale: $5,000

Snapshot provenance and timing · observed August 25, 2026 · scheduled close August 27, 2026

GSA Auctions sale 3-1-QSC-I-26-516, lot 001 · Houston, Texas
Snapshot observed August 25, 2026
Scheduled close August 27, 2026
Analysis prepared August 25, 2026
Published August 26, 2026 · page updated August 26, 2026

Prepared and published by Oleksii Udod for LotCaliper.

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Auction snapshot

At the August 25, 2026 observation, this NASA Johnson Space Center lot was open with no bids observed. Seller-reported Ling Electronics items are salvage; non-Ling items are reported usable.

Visible specialist vibration hardware can retain intrinsic value while still failing a remote-reseller model because rigging, freight, condition, and liquidity consume the margin.

Review and correction history

Independent review not recorded for this legacy analysis. No corrections recorded.

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Independent review not recorded

Published before the current independent-review gate; no completed independent review is recorded.

How independent review works

How evidence is classified

Seller facts, photo-derived observations, manufacturer context, unknowns, and LotCaliper assumptions remain explicitly separated.

Source Confirmed

Seller-confirmed

Ling Electronics items: salvage.
Other items: usable.
Open auction with no bids observed.

Photo Derived

Photo-derived

Four Unholtz-Dickie shaker heads.
Legacy shaker/thruster and table/interface hardware without exact model or provenance claims.

Not Established

Not established

Lot 009 compatibility or contribution.
Any Building 49 or Apollo-era provenance.

Lotcaliper Assumption

LotCaliper assumptions

$5,000 conservative gross resale.
$0 blind maximum due to $5,200 non-acquisition burden.

Equipment identity

Vibration Test · quantity 4

Unholtz-Dickie Electrodynamic shaker heads (exact model not confirmed)

Identity confidence: Medium High

Identity evidence

Four Unholtz-Dickie shaker heads are photo-derived observations.
GSA Auctions · Image · observed August 25, 2026

Vibration Test · quantity 1

Ling Electronics Legacy shaker/thruster hardware

Identity confidence: Medium

Identity evidence

Seller condition grouping identifies Ling Electronics items as salvage.
GSA Auctions · Source Field · observed August 25, 2026

Vibration Test · quantity 1

Mixed Heavy table and interface hardware

Identity confidence: Medium

Identity evidence

Photo-derived table/interface hardware; exact applications are not established.
GSA Auctions · Image · observed August 25, 2026

Configuration

Separate Lot 009 Power Supplies & Coils (assigned $0 contribution)

Not established · no source evidence establishes presence or absence

Configuration evidence

It is a separate auction lot; compatibility with Lot 001 is not established.
GSA Auctions · Source Field · observed August 25, 2026

Condition

Parts Only

Seller reports Ling Electronics items as salvage; they are not valued as working or repairable equipment.

Evidence confidence: High

Condition evidence

Seller condition split, paraphrased.
GSA Auctions · Source Field · observed August 25, 2026

Seller Reported Operational

Non-Ling items are seller-reported usable, which is not a complete functional test.

Evidence confidence: High

Condition evidence

Seller condition split, paraphrased.
GSA Auctions · Source Field · observed August 25, 2026

Market evidence

Market evidence strength

Medium Low

Public auditability

Limited Legacy

Evidence recency

Not Recorded

No structured comparable-evidence metadata was preserved for this dated snapshot. Public auditability is limited; the numeric resale snapshot cannot be independently audited from comparable records on this page.

Legacy evidence counts were not preserved. Unknown is not reported as zero.

Sensitivity and robustness

Requires Verification

The scenarios show potentially workable economics, but the stated verification gate must be resolved before bidding responsibly.

Zero-hammer thought experiment

Max hammer: $0
Gross resale model: $5,000

Models about negative $950 profit and negative 18.3% ROI even at a $0 hammer.

$8,500 upside case

Max hammer: $350
Gross resale model: $8,500

A stronger resale case could support about a $350 hammer and $1,675 profit at that ceiling.

Costs and maximum bid

Transaction / operating cost	Amount	Basis
Selling Fees	$750	LotCaliper assumption: 15% of modeled conservative resale proceeds.
Shipping	$3,700	LotCaliper pickup, packing, and inbound-logistics reserve; not a GSA or carrier quote.
Testing Repair Reserve	$400	LotCaliper cleaning, diagnostics, and functional-verification reserve.
Risk Buffer	$1,100	LotCaliper reserve for rigging, freight, unloading, storage, testing, condition, and thin specialist liquidity.

Buyer premium

Not modeled

Return requirements

$500 minimum profit · 30% minimum ROI

Computed bid constraints

Profit floor: $0

ROI floor: $0

Binding: Profit and ROI floors

Snapshot blind/as-is max hammer

Modeled result at recorded bid

No bid recorded

This is a reseller ceiling, not a prediction of the auction's closing price. Any buyer premium or other unquoted acquisition charge must be deducted before bidding.

Remote-reseller economics

The blind model reserves $5,200 beyond acquisition. It produces about negative $950 profit even at a $0 hammer.

Lot 009 is separate and contributes $0.
The $8,500 upside scenario supports only about a $350 hammer.

Recommendation and rationale

Snapshot decision

REVIEW

$0 is a conservative remote-reseller bid ceiling, not a statement that the hardware has no intrinsic value.

Confidence

Identity: Medium High
Configuration: Medium High
Condition: Medium High
Market Support: Medium Low
Costs: High

Market support assesses how well the available evidence supports the resale assumption. Exact third-party marketplace records may be omitted when source-use rights are unclear. Each dimension uses the published methodology rubric; a confidence label measures the strength and boundedness of its evidence, not the likelihood of a profitable outcome.

Risks and unknowns

High · Remote Rigging Burden

Rigging and freight burden exceeds blind-case margin.

Standard remote-reseller model; not a GSA quote.

High · Seller Reported Salvage

Ling items are seller-reported salvage.

Seller condition split.

Sources

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GSA Auctions API / Data.gov
Official provenance for the auction facts. The supplied research record did not contain a verified direct item URL, so none is invented here.
Unholtz-Dickie shaker systems
Official product-family context; linked and paraphrased.
NASA JSC vibration and shock context
Public institutional context; not provenance for this lot.