Mod, I've worked hard trying to write a response that you won't be offended by, and that you might gain something from. Please read it in that light.
Your title for this thread is "$3,000.00+/- Lab Setup Bought For Cheap....". I can only assume that you feel the things you bought are worth around $3,000, and you bought it all for less. Great! I'm happy for you. It's always great to get a good deal, whether you're buying, scrap, equipment, or anything else.
Your opening post invited us to tell you what we thought the items in your picture were worth. You specifically asked "What do you think this portion is worth with out the equipment part?" I gave you an answer you didn't like. kernels and autumnwillow have given you responses as well, and you don't seem to like them either.
We have all responded to your original question about the items in the pictures. Based on your pictures I see a half dozen glass stoppered bottles, about three 300 and 500 ml. erlenmeyer flasks, a 50 ml volumetric flask, a graduated cylinder (100 ml?), three more plastic stoppered bottles, and some syringes. Those are the only things I see in your pictures that I might use in refining, so they're the only ones that I would place a value on if I were bidding on a lot at an auction. When I bid at an auction, I don't bid retail price. I expect to get a bargain, so if I had bid on just the items you showed us, I wouldn't have bid over $50.00. Looking back at the list above, I probably would have stopped at around $25.00.
Then there's a lot of other stuff! I recognize some things. Others I don't. But I would be hard pressed to find a use for any of them in refining. They may be of value to someone who needs wood applicators, or wecprep blades, or electron microscope film, or anything else in the pictures. I guess I could make a mini sulfuric stripping cell from one of the square glass containers, but I bought one like them at the dollar store for a dollar.
Now you've asked autumnwillow
"Let me ask you this then, if you think the glassware is worth $100,but you know that just one of those pieces can and will help you produce 47.7grams of .9999%pure gold.What does that do for the value and also keep in mind that most of the glassware is made with the original glass recipe not this cheap crap that you can buy for cheap on fleebay."
If I refine ten ounces of gold in a mason jar, it doesn't make the mason jar any more valuable. It's just a tool. A carpenter can build a house with a hammer and a circular saw, but that doesn't make those tools worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. They're just tools.
Now you're telling us about a Corning stirrer hot plate, and an Ohaus balance, etc. But those weren't what you asked about in your opening post. You asked about the items in your pictures.
I'm not trying to be mean or argumentative. Everyone answered your original questions. Don't get your feelings hurt because we didn't guess as high as you would have liked. And please don't resort to false logic to justify a higher value than what members have guessed.
If you want to share deals you've found, great! But when you start threads, as you have several times, by asking what members think your purchases are worth, you set yourself up for disappointment. Just show us what you bought and, if you choose to, tell us what you paid. I don't believe you've done that yet, so it just becomes frustrating for everyone to give you their opinions and have you criticize and insult them by saying "Do you even know how or what they can be used for in refining."
OK, I know you may feel my comments were harsh. They are not meant to be. I'm just trying to offer my observations on a problem I've seen you run into several times here. I wish you well.
Dave