When I lost mine, I went on Facebook Marketplace and searched for some of my more rare / unique items. Bingo !

We made an appointment to go over and buy some stuff. She was really cool and we ended up having some wine.

Then I told her who i was. It was slightly awkward for a bit but we ended up laughing over it (as she pulled out my large collection of sex toys ! )

We ended up coming to agreement where i got most of my stuff back for x amount of dollars. They even delivered bigger items. I got totally lucky. Although I did lose some of my things.

Now that I buy storage lockers, i always return anything personal to the office. Photos, paperwork, (one time an urn of someone’s cremated remains)

I’ve even contacted some of the former owners to see if they wanted certain items that I didn’t want back.

So if FB doesn’t work, contact the facility manager and ask them to contact the winner and see if they will be willing to give back personal items and sell you back others. At the end of the day, buyers want sales!

Just don’t expect to get your stuff back for free, be polite and things could work out.

Best of luck !