American Pickers (2010–…): Season 2, Episode 2 - Buddy's Booby Trap - full transcript

- THERE'S A YARD SALE SIGN.

- THIS IS COOL.

- NOW WE'RE COMPETING
WITH JESSICA PICKING, FRANKY.

REALLY FREAKING OUT THEN.

I GOTTA FIND SOMETHING.

- THE DOG'S EVEN PICKING.

- OH YEAH.

- WHAT ABOUT SOMETHING
LIKE THIS DIANE? FOUR HUNDRED.

- OH COME ON.

- I WOULD BE WILLING TO BET
THAT IT'S NOT A BOOBY TRAP.

I'LL DO A HUNDRED RIGHT NOW.



- I'M MIKE WOLFE.

- AND I'M FRANK FRITZ.

- AND WE'RE PICKERS.

- WE TRAVEL THE BACK
ROADS OF AMERICA LOOKING

FOR RUSTY GOLD.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR AMAZING
THINGS BURIED IN PEOPLE'S

GARAGES AND BARNS.

- WHAT MOST PEOPLE SEE AS
JUNK, WE SEE AS DOLLAR SIGNS.

- WE'LL BUY ANYTHING WE
THINK WE CAN MAKE A BUCK ON.

- EACH ITEM WE PICK HAS
A HISTORY ALL ITS OWN

AND THE PEOPLE WE MEET, WELL
THEY'RE A BREED ALL THEIR OWN.

[♪]

WE MAKE A LIVING TELLING
THE HISTORY OF AMERICA

ONE PIECE AT A TIME.



- WE'VE BEEN TRAVELING
MILES AND MILES

AND MILES AND HAVEN'T
SEEN ANYTHING OUT HERE.

I HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN A DEAD
ANIMAL ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

WE ARE WAY, WAY OFF
THE BEATEN TRACK HERE.

- I DON'T EVEN THINK
THERE'S A TRACK.

[PHONE RINGS]

- HELLO?

- ALL RIGHT, WHAT
DO YA GOT FOR US?

- YOU'LL LIKE THIS GUY.

UM, HE'S A LOT LIKE YOU GUYS.

HE'S BEEN COLLECTING
HIS WHOLE LIFE.

HIS NAME IS BUDDY.

- WHAT'S HE GOT?

- HE'S GOT CAST
IRON STUFF, LAMPS,

FURNITURE, GUNS, BOTTLES.

OH AND MY FAVOURITE,
BOOBY TRAPS.

- BOOBY TRAPS?

- LITTLE TRAPS OR
BIG BOOBY TRAPS?

- WE'RE TALKING DANNY
D FULL SIZE BOOBY TRAPS.

- THAT'S MEDIUMS.

- ALL RIGHT SO YOU'RE
TALKING LITTLE TINY THINGS.

- MEDIUMS.

- OH MY GOD!

[laughter] [horn honks]

- I GUESS THIS GUY'S GOT
SOME REALLY COOL STUFF.

THIS GUY COLLECTS BOOBY
TRAPS AND HE MAKES BOOBY TRAPS.

HE DIGS BOOBY
TRAPS SO I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T WANT TO WALK
INTO A BOOBY TRAP.

- I DON'T WANT ANYTHING
POURED ON MY HEAD OR ANYTHING.

THERE'S A CERTAIN LEVEL
OF FUN THAT I CAN DEAL WITH.

HOPEFULLY HE DOESN'T
EXCEED MY LEVEL.

- MAN, HE'S GOT
STUFF EVERYWHERE.

WE LIKE DIRTY.
WE LIKE SUN BAKED.

WE LIKE RUSTY.

I'M COMPLETELY OPTIMISTIC.

- I'M PUMPED. I'M READY.

- WHEN I FIRST SAW
BUDDY SITTING IN THE CHAIR

HE LOOKED KIND OF TOUGH.

HE HAD THE HAT
DOWN OVER ONE EYE.

- HOW YOU ALL
YOUNG PEOPLE DOING?

WHERE Y'ALL FROM?

- WE'RE FROM IOWA.

- OKAY.

- THAT'S WHAT WE CALL A
NORTH CAROLINA WELCOME.

THANK YOU.

- WELL, MY NAME IS BUDDY.

[cross-talk]

- I TRY TO BE A
BUDDY TO EVERYBODY.

- I'M A JUNK BOY FROM
THE WEST, DIFFERENT FROM

ALL THE REST.

- I THOUGHT BUDDY WAS
HILARIOUS AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

THE COOL THING ABOUT
IT WAS BUDDY THOUGHT

HE WAS HILARIOUS TOO.

- AIN'T NOBODY TAKING MY PLACE.

- DO ME A FAVOR.

CAN YOU PUT A KNOT IN A
ROPE WITHOUT TURNING THE

ENDS LOOSE?

- OKAY SO...

- YOU AIN'T GONNA DO IT.

- THAT'S A KNOT, ISN'T IT?

- THAT AINT...

- LET ME TRY. BUDDY, LET ME TRY.

- HERE. HAND IT TO
ME. HAND IT TO ME.

- HOLD THAT. HOLD
THAT RIGHT THERE.

HOLD TO IT NOW.

TAKE YOUR ARMS APART.

THE TWO ENDS ARE LOOSE.

- THERE YOU GO DUDE.

- HEY, HOW MUCH YOU
WANT FOR THE BELT?

- I AIN'T GOING TO
GET RID OF MY BELT.

I GOTTA WEAR IT.

- YOU KNOW, RIGHT OFF
THE BAT I MEAN HE SEEMED

LIKE A FUN GUY.

HE WAS PLAYING JOKES.

I THOUGHT MAN THIS IS
GONNA BE A FUN AFTERNOON.

- GO AHEAD AND LOOK
AROUND ALL YOU WANT TO.

- OKAY.

- I AIN'T GOT A THING TO HIDE.

GO ON IN THE BUS.

- BUDDY'S COLLECTION
HAD REALLY NO RHYME OR

REASON TO IT.

BASICALLY THE GUY BOUGHT
EVERYTHING THAT HE FOUND.

- I GOT SOME OLD
FOREIGN PAPER MONEY.

- OLD MONEY HUH?

- YEAH.

- I LIKE NEW MONEY.

- WHAT'S THIS ONE
YOU GOT? WHAT'S THAT?

- YOU LOOK AT IT.

- THOUSAND DOLLAR BILL?

- I AIN'T GOT
NOTHING TO HIDE SIR.

- I NEVER SEEN A
THOUSAND DOLLAR BILL.

- COLLECTIBLE MONEY HAS
ALWAYS BEEN A HOT TICKET ITEM.

FRANKY AND I, WE'VE
NEVER BOUGHT ANY OF IT.

ALL OF A SUDDEN SOMEONE
BUSTS OUT A THOUSAND DOLLAR BILL.

WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S REAL
OR NOT SO WE DIDN'T POP ON IT.

- OLD MONEY CAN BE
WORTH A LOT AND OVER THE

YEARS THE TREASURY
DEPARTMENT MADE DIFFERENT

MODELS, DIFFERENT STYLES,
CHANGED IT UP, USUALLY

BURNED ALL THE OLD STUFF
SO THERE'S NOT MUCH OF IT

THAT SURVIVED.

- HOW LONG YOU BEEN
ON THIS PROPERTY?

- I'VE BEEN HERE ALL MY LIFE.

- YOU'VE BEEN
HERE ALL YOUR LIFE.

- YES SIR.

- HAVE YOU BEEN
BUYING AND SELLING?

THAT'S HOW YOU MADE A LIVING?

- NO I DON'T MAKE A
LIVING DOING THAT.

I JUST PILE IT UP.

- IF I DIDN'T HAVE A HOBBY I
COULDN'T SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC.

- I SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING, MIKE.

I SEE IT ALREADY.

MAN, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT
OF EVERYTHING IN HERE MIKE.

OH BOY. YEAH.

- IT WAS WILD GOING
THROUGH HIS LITTLE HOUSE.

HE JUST USED IT FOR STORAGE.

- GOT SOME COOL
STUFF IN HERE BUDDY.

- WELL THERE AIN'T NO HARM
IN YOU TAKING TIME TO LOOK.

- IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME.

- WE'RE GONNA DIG.

- MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME.

- IT WAS SO MUCH STUFF
IN THERE, YOU COULD WALK

INTO THAT ROOM TEN TIMES
AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE A

DIFFERENT THING EACH TIME.

- ARE THESE YOUR HATS AND STUFF?

- WHAT YOU DOING, BOY?

- ALMOST LOOKS LIKE YOU. GEEZ.

I'M LOOKING IN THE MIRROR.

- BUDDY, HOW MUCH YOU
WANT FOR THAT LAMP?

I LIKE THE COLOR OF
THE BASE, THAT GREEN.

IT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL.

- IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PIECE.

- FOUR HUNDRED.

- AN OIL LAMP THAT HE HAD
LOOKED PRETTY DECENT.

THOSE ARE A DIME A DOZEN.

SIXTY-FIVE DOLLARS
WOULD BE THE TOP ON THAT.

I THINK IT'S WORTH
MAYBE A HUNDRED.

- BUDDY, IT'S A LOT
TO TAKE IN HERE.

I MEAN IT'S JUST...

- LOOK GOOD IN THERE NOW.

- HERE'S A NINETEEN
SEVENTY-NINE PINTO SALES AWARD.

- THE AWARD WAS COOL.

IT WAS FOR LIKE PINTO FORD
CARS FROM NINETEEN SEVENTY-NINE.

IT SPUN AROUND, WAS
ON A MARBLE BASE.

IT WAS AN UNUSUAL PIECE.

I MEAN I KNOW A PINTO'S
A PIECE OF CRAP BUT I WAS

LIKE I GOTTA BUY THIS.

- LOOKS GOOD.

- HOW ABOUT TEN BUCKS?

- OKAY.
- ALL RIGHT.

- BELIEVE IT OR NOT,
THERE'S PROBABLY SOMEONE

OUT THERE THAT COLLECTS PINTOS.

I'M JUST GONNA PUT THAT
ON THE INTERNET AND LET IT

RIDE AND SEE WHERE IT LANDS.

- I'M KINDA DIGGING
THIS DUDE RIGHT HERE.

I THINK THIS IS ANDRE THE GIANT.

I CAN REMEMBER WHEN I
WAS A LITTLE KID SITTING

IN MY UNDERWEAR ABOUT
TWO INCHES FROM THE SCREEN

WATCHING ANDRÉ THE GIANT
AND BARON VON RASCHKE,

THE CLAW, GO AT
IT WITH EACH OTHER.

IT WAS KILLER.

HOW MUCH IS THIS DUDE?

- HOW MUCH IS IT WORTH?

- FIVE BUCKS.

- I'LL TAKE TEN FOR IT.

- I CAN'T DO IT.

- I'LL TAKE FIVE FOR IT.

- YOU BETTER TAKE FIVE.

I DON'T THINK
THERE'S A BIG MARKET.

- IT'S ANDRE THE GIANT.

ANDRE THE GIANT FOR
FIVE BUCKS? COME ON.

I'LL BUY THAT ALL DAY LONG.

- I FOUND A DUCK.

IT'S KIND OF ROUGH
BUT IT'S KIND OF NEAT.

- EXCUSE ME SIR.

DIDN'T YOU HEAR WHAT HE SAID?

- WHAT?

- HE SAID HE WAS ONLY
WORTH TWO BUCKS.

- NO HE DIDN'T SAY THAT!

- THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.

HE GOES I'M ONLY
WORTH TWO BUCKS.

HE GOES I'M ONLY
WORTH TWO BUCKS.

- HOW MUCH IS THIS?

- WHAT? WHAT WOULD
YOU GIVE FOR IT?

- FIVE DOLLARS.

- I'LL TAKE TEN.

- HE WAS A WHEELER DEALER.

HE KNOWS WHAT THE ART OF
DANCING AROUND THE PRICE IS.

- I ALREADY SAID
FIVE. I'M IN IT AT FIVE.

- TOYS FROM THE
SEVENTIES CAN BE VERY

COLLECTIBLE NOW.

THIS WAS A NINETEEN
SEVENTIES DONALD DUCK TOY.

THE PULL STRING WORKED ON IT.

GREAT CONDITION.

HAD TO HAVE IT.

- WHAT DO YOU WANT
FOR THAT STAIRCASE?

- I WANT FIFTY DOLLARS FOR IT.

- FIFTY DOLLARS.

I NEED TO CHECK
THE STAIRCASE OUT,

SEE IF IT CAN HANDLE MY WEIGHT.

FRANK, ACTUALLY YOU KNOW WHAT?

YOU'RE GONNA
NEED TO TEST IT OUT.

- I'M SCARED OF HEIGHTS.

- ALL RIGHT.

- LOOKS LIKE IT'S STURDY.

- ALL RIGHT BUDDY, I'LL TAKE IT.

- OKAY.

- I BOUGHT THE
STAIRWAY BECAUSE WE'RE

ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT FOR THE SHOP.

I DON'T WANT DANIELLE TO GET
UP ON A LITTLE RICKETY LADDER.

- THROW ME THAT GUN THERE!

- WHAT GUN? TRIPLE A WARNING.

HANDLE THE SAME CARE
AS YOU WOULD A GUN.

YOU GOT MY ATTENTION.

- YOU HANG THAT OVER YOUR DOOR.

- OKAY.

- AND YOU COCK IT.

- OH YEAH.

- AND YOU PUT A BULLET IN HERE.

AND YOU PUT IT AROUND A NAIL.

AND IF SOMEBODY BREAKS
IN IT SHOOTS STRAIGHT DOWN.

- WOW. THAT'S COOL MAN.

- THIS IS SOME SORT OF
EARLY BURGLAR ALARM SYSTEM.

- I DON'T THINK
IT'S A BOOBY TRAP.

I DON'T THINK IT'S
AN ALARM SYSTEM.

WHY WOULD IT HAVE
TRIPLE A ON THE BACK?

- I SHOWED IT TO THE
MAGISTRATE OFFICE

AND THEY NEVER
SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT.

- AND I LEARNED A LONG
TIME AGO THE TIME TO BUY

SOMETHING UNUSUAL IS WHEN
YOU SEE IT AND THAT THING

I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

- WHAT'S SOMETHING
LIKE THAT WORTH?

- I'D TAKE TWO HUNDRED FOR IT.

- TWO HUNDRED?

- I'VE NEVER SEEN
NOTHING LIKE IT.

- WHAT'S YOUR
BOTTOM DOLLAR ON IT?

- I'LL TAKE ONE HUNDRED
AND FIFTY FOR IT.

THAT'S THE BEST I CAN DO.

- MONEY TALKS, RIGHT?

- YEAH AND BULL [beep] WALKS.

- THAT'S RIGHT.

- THAT'S RIGHT,
FRANK. TAKE A WALK.

- DON'T GET MAD WITH ME.

I AIN'T SAID NOTHING NOW.

- ONE TWENTY-FIVE.

- I'LL TAKE A HUNDRED AND FIFTY.

- HE KNEW HEY
I'VE GOT THIS ITEM.

I'M NEVER GONNA BE
ABLE TO REPLACE IT.

I GOTTA GET TOP
DOLLAR OUT OF IT.

- I'M STILL AT ONE TWENTY-FIVE.

WHERE YOU AT?

- I'M AT ONE HUNDRED FIFTY.

- I JUST COULDN'T GET
THE GUY ANY LOWER.

IT WAS EITHER ONE
FIFTY OR THE HIGHWAY.

- TELL YA WHAT.
- WHAT'S THAT?

- WE'LL DO ONE FIFTY ON IT.

- OKAY.
- ALL RIGHT.

- IS THAT A DEAL?

DOUBLE SHAKE. DOUBLE
SHAKE. ALL RIGHT.

- WELL YOU'VE GOT
SOMETHING YOU WON'T NEVER

SEE NO MORE LIKE.

- WE'LL TAKE A CHANCE.

- I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE.

- I HOPE BUDDY'S RIGHT
AND THIS THING IS A BOOBY

TRAP BUT WHO KNOWS?

HE COULD BE HAVING
THE LAST LAUGH HERE.

- HEY, THANKS FOR
LETTING US LOOK AROUND.

- HEY WE HAD FUN.

- I'M GOING TO SEND
YOU ON YOUR WAY.

- THANKS A LOT.

- IT WAS A GOOD TIME.
- YES SIR.

- THIS AIN'T A SPACE SAVER.

- WELL THAT'S ALL ON YOUR
SIDE SO IT DON'T MATTER.

THAT IS YOUR WHOLE SIDE.

- OH HE SAYS
SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

- MM-HMM. DON'T
BREAK THE STRING!

YOU'RE GONNA BREAK MY TOY.

- VERY HAPPY TO GET IT.

I GOT IT FOR FIVE DOLLARS.

I THINK IT'S WORTH AT
LEAST THIRTY-FIVE DOLLARS.

- BYE.

- SEE Y'ALL LATER.

- BUDDY WAS REALLY COOL.

- BYE-BYE NOW Y'ALL.

- HE WAS THE GEM OUT
OF ALL THE TRASH HERE.

[horn honks]

- MAN!

DUDE, I SCORED ON
THAT BOOBY TRAP THING.

- YOU THINK THAT'S A BOOBY TRAP?

- HELL YEAH!

- I DON'T.
- BUDDY SAID IT WAS.

HE SAID HE SHOT IT WITH
A GUN, PISTOL, TWO-BY,

I DON'T KNOW. HE
SAID HE SHOT IT.

- I'M ON THE FENCE.

I DON'T, I DON'T THINK
IT'S A BOOBY TRAP.

- YOU CAN NEVER BE HAPPY
FOR ME WHEN I SCORE.

- I'M ALWAYS HAPPY FOR YA.

- NO YOU'RE NOT.

- I'M JUST TELLING YOU MY...

- NO YOU'RE NOT.

YOU'RE ALWAYS, YOU'RE
LIKE JEALOUS THAT I FOUND IT.

- I WOULD BE WILLING TO BET
THAT IT'S NOT A BOOBY TRAP.

I'LL DO A HUNDRED RIGHT NOW.

- I GOT ONE RIGHT HERE.

YO, FRANK, WHAT'S UP?

- AND THEN WE'LL HAVE
AN ARBITRATOR COME IN,

WHICH IS BETTER
KNOWN AS AN APPRAISER.

- ALL RIGHT.
- SHAKE.

GIVE ME SOME PURELL.
WHERE'S THE PURELL?

- A LOT OF LITTLE
STUFF IN THIS TOWN.

- WE LOVE THE SOUTH, MAN.

EVERYBODY'S GOT ALL THEIR
STUFF OUT IN THE FRONT YARD.

IT'S REALLY EASY TO SEE.

THAT LOOKS GOOD, DUDE.

- THAT DOES LOOK GOOD
'CAUSE WHO KNOWS WHAT'S

INSIDE THAT.

- SO WE'RE GONNA DO A
LITTLE DOOR KNOCKING, A

LITTLE FREE RANGE PICKING.

THERE'S NO FENCES.

THERE'S NO BOUNDARIES.
WE'RE READY TO ROCK.

- HE'S GOT SOME STUFF.

LET'S WHIP IN HERE.

HEY DUDES. THEIR
TAILS ARE WAGGING.

- YEAH THAT'S A GOOD SIGN.

- THAT'S A GOOD SIGN.

- ALL RIGHT. WHOSE
TURN IS IT TO KNOCK?

- I DON'T CARE. I'LL KNOCK.

- YOU KNOCKING?

- YEAH THAT'S FINE.

- WE NEVER GET NERVOUS
WHEN WE WALK UP TO THE

DOOR FOR THE FIRST TIME
BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT?

ME AND FRANKY GOT
EACH OTHER'S BACKS HERE.

- LOOKS LIKE A NICE PAD HERE.

- TWO-LEGGED PEOPLE
DON'T SCARE ME.

WHAT DOES SCARE
ME IS FOUR-LEGGED.

- PEOPLE?

- NO, DOGS.

- HIPPIES USE SIDE DOOR.

- [laughs]

- HEY, HOW YA DOING?

- GOOD.

- THAT'S ONE OF OUR
FLIERS. HEY I'M MIKE.

- HI, I'M PATTY.

- HI. NICE TO MEET YOU PATTY.

- PATTY, HOW YA
DOING? MY NAME'S FRANK.

- WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

- JESSICA.
- JESSICA? NICE TO MEET YOU.

- CAN WE LOOK
AROUND A LITTLE BIT?

- YEAH.
- WELL YOU CAN.

- ALL RIGHT. COOL.

- I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT
YOU'RE GOING TO FIND.

- OKAY.
- I THINK IT'S...

- HEY THAT'S, THAT'S ALL
PART OF THE ADVENTURE

FOR US MAN.

WE LIKE, WE LIKE TO
LOOK AT ANYTHING.

YOU GUYS ARE WILING TO
SHOW US, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK.

- IT'S THIS WAY
AROUND THE HOUSE.

- I'M PATTY AND THIS IS
MY DAUGHTER JESSICA.

THIS IS MY HOME PLACE.

THIS IS WHERE I WAS BORN
AND MY FATHER AND MOTHER

BUILT THIS HOUSE.

- PATTY AND JESSICA
ARE REALLY COOL.

WHAT'S AWESOME ABOUT THEM
IS THEY'RE LETTING US LOOK

ANYWHERE WE WANT TO LOOK.

- HER GRANDFATHER WAS
LIKE THE ACE MECHANIC

AROUND HERE, THIS
LITTLE SMALL TOWN.

WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY COULD HAVE.

- EVERYTHING'S BEEN LIKE...

- WELCOME.

- WOW. ALL RIGHT!

- HAVE AT IT.

- WE'RE LIKING IT.

- DADDY LIVED THROUGH
THE DEPRESSION.

IT WASN'T THAT HE
WAS A JUNK COLLECTOR.

I KNOW THAT'S WHAT IT
LOOKS LIKE BUT EVERYTHING

TO HIM HAD A PURPOSE.

- WE INHERITED ALL OF
HIS STUFF, ALL OF HIS

CAR PARTS, YOU NAME IT.

- IT WAS SO
OVERWHELMING TO ME, UM,

BECAUSE IT REALLY
NEEDS TO BE CLEANED OUT.

- WE MEET PEOPLE ALL
THE TIME THAT ARE LEFT

WITH THESE GREAT
BIG HUGE COLLECTIONS.

A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE
JUST VERY OVERWHELMED.

IT'S NICE FOR US TO BE
ABLE TO PICK THROUGH

THINGS AND HELP
THEM GET RID OF STUFF.

- THIS IS KILLER.

- THAT'S UH FOR A...
- POLICE CAR.

- IT SAYS STOP.
- OH IT DOES.

- WHEN I'M LOOKING AT
THE STOP LIGHT, OLD THINGS

LIKE THAT, OLD TAILLIGHTS, I'M
LOOKING TO SEE THE AGE OF IT.

IF IT'S GOT A GLASS LENS
THEN I'M JACKED UP ABOUT IT.

IF IT'S PLASTIC I PUT
THE THING DOWN.

THAT WOULD BE AWESOME IF
SOMEBODY WANTS TO PUT IT

ON LIKE AN OLD TRAILER.

THEY COULD PUT IT ON
A RAT ROD, A HOT ROD.

IT'S A REALLY COOL
PIECE. I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT.

- IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'D SELL?

- I DIDN'T EVEN
KNOW IT WAS THERE.

- HERE IT COMES.
I'M COMING AT YA.

I'D DO TWENTY.

- WHAT'S IT WORTH?

YOU'RE NOT GONNA
REALLY TELL ME THAT.

- WHAT'S IT WORTH?

WHAT, WHAT AM I
GONNA SELL THIS FOR?

I'M GONNA ASK FIFTY
DOLLARS FOR THIS.

- PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND
THAT WE'RE PICKERS.

WE BUY AND SELL
THINGS FOR A LIVING.

WHEN WE'RE ON THE
ROAD WE'VE GOTTA AT LEAST

DOUBLE OUR MONEY.

- YOU BETTER SELL IT
OR I'LL TAKE IT AND USE

IT IN THE HOUSE.

- I DON'T THINK I'LL
USE IT NEXT WEEK SO

I'LL SELL IT FOR TWENTY.

- ALRIGHT.

- LOOK AT THAT, FRANKY.

SERVICE MANUAL FOR
JOHN DEERE DEALERS.

WHAT YEAR IS THIS THING?

- JOHN DEERE STUFF'S HOT.

ORIGINAL BINDER,
ORIGINAL DEALER'S MANUAL

NINETEEN FIFTY-SIX.

IF YOU'RE COLLECTING
SOMETHING LIKE TRACTORS, CARS,

MOTORCYCLES, YOU WANT
THAT ORIGINAL SERVICE MANUAL.

THAT STUFF'S ALMOST
IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND BECAUSE

IT'S PAPER AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

PAPER NEVER LASTED.

I'M WILLING TO GO CRAZY
ON THIS THING AND DO

TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS.

- THAT'S CRAZY?

- THAT'S, THAT'S INSANE.

- TWENTY-FIVE FOR PAPER?

- YEAH BUT IT'S
WHAT'S ON THE PAPER.

- I THINK THAT'S GOOD.

WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT WAS HERE.

- YEAH. ALRIGHT.

- ALRIGHT. LAY IT ON ME.

- LAY SOME SKIN.
- THANK YOU. ALRIGHT.

- HEY BE CAREFUL
BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW

WHAT'S COVERED UP BY THE LEAVES.

- OKAY. A COUPLE LANDMINES?

- WHERE'S FRANK?

- HE FELL DOWN A RABBIT HOLE.

- I'M RIGHT HERE.

WE'RE LIKE LITTLE GROUNDHOGS.

WE CAN BURY ON THROUGH.

- I'M GONNA TRY TO
SQUEEZE THROUGH HERE.

YOU THINK I CAN?

- USUALLY, YOU KNOW,
IT'S A BUNCH OF GUYS

LOOKING AT STUFF AND
THIS TIME IT WAS A COUPLE

LADIES, YOU KNOW.

- EASY ON THE EYES.

- AND YEAH THEY WERE
EASY ON THE EYES.

I MEAN THEY'RE HAVING FUN TOO.

I MEAN THEY WERE
ACTUALLY PICKING WITH US.

- I LOVE THIS.

- THERE'S A YARD SALE SIGN.

- THIS IS COOL.

- NOW WE'RE COMPETING WITH,
WITH JESSICA PICKING FRANKY.

- JESSICA, BE CAREFUL. REALLY.

- I'M GOOD.

- OH BOY.

- OH THERE'S A DOG UNDER THERE.

- IS ROCKY DOWN THERE?

- YEAH.

- YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS
FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LITTLE

BIT OF COMPETITION WITH
FRANKY AND THEN ALL OF A

SUDDEN I TURN AROUND - BOOM.

I GOT JESSICA ON THE RIGHT,
I GOT FRANKY ON THE LEFT.

I'M REALLY FREAKING OUT THEN.

I GOTTA FIND SOMETHING.

- YOU EVEN HAD THE DOG ON YA.

THE DOG WAS EVEN PICKING.

- OH YEAH.

- MAN THIS DOG'S GOING FOR IT.

WHAT'S UP DUDE?

- WHAT ABOUT THAT
PIECE RIGHT THERE?

WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT IT?

LOOKS LIKE IT'S OFF A GATE
OR A DOOR OR SOMETHING.

IT'S KIND OF UNUSUAL.

- IT WOULD LOOK COOL IN A GARDEN

- THERE WAS THAT
REALLY NICE PIECE OF IRON.

IT'S A DECORATIVE ITEM.

- THIS WAS ACTUALLY
IN THE SCREEN DOOR.

ISN'T THAT NEAT?

- I THOUGHT IT WAS
JUST A REALLY NEAT

PIECE OF ORNAMENTAL
IRON, YOU KNOW?

- IT IS.

- PATTY ACTUALLY
REMEMBERED THAT ON HER

DAD'S FRONT DOOR WHEN
SHE WAS GROWING UP AS A KID.

- I REMEMBER SEEING
THIS EVERY DAY.

- ARE YOU READY FOR THIS?

I'M THINKING TWENTY-FIVE.

- UH HUH. NO, REALLY.

REALLY? TWENTY-FIVE?

- REALLY. THAT'S
WHAT I'M THINKING.

- TWENTY-FIVE?

- YOU WENT TO A LOT OF WORK
TO GET THIS OUT OF THERE.

- WHAT DO YOU THINK JESSICA?

WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?

WHAT ARE YOU GUYS THINKING?

- I'M THINKING IT WOULD
LOOK GOOD IN THE GARDEN.

- I'M THINKING SHE
NEEDS, YEAH SEE?

SHE'S WANTING TO
KEEP EVERYTHING.

NO, WE'VE GOT YOU
HERE FOR A REASON.

UM, I'M THINKING MORE
THAN TWENTY-FIVE

IS WHAT I'M THINKING.

- YOU KNOW, THINGS
COULD BE SITTING THERE FOR

TWENTY YEARS, THEY
DON'T EVEN CARE.

THEY WALK RIGHT BY IT BUT
ALL OF A SUDDEN A COUPLE

GUYS FROM IOWA START TO
SHOW INTEREST AND THEY'RE

LIKE WOW THIS IS REALLY COOL.

ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT
SPARKS A NEW INTEREST

AND THAT THING ALL
OF A SUDDEN BAM!

NOW IT'S LIKE GOLD.

- LET'S DO THIRTY-FIVE.

- THIRTY-FIVE?

- YOU THINK THAT'S YOUR TOP?

- SHE WAS WORKING
US A LITTLE BIT.

SHE WAS TRYING.

SHE WAS, SHE WAS PUTTING
ON HER SOUTHERN CHARM.

- THIRTY.

- WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON?

- I DON'T KNOW.

[laughter]

- I TELL YA WHAT.

- DO YOU WANT TO
GO TO WORK FOR HIM?

- I FEEL, I FEEL COMFORTABLE
DOING THIRTY-FIVE

'CAUSE I'LL PROBABLY CATCH
YOU UP ON SOMETHING ELSE.

- WELL I JUST SHOOK ON THAT.

- THERE YOU GO.

- CATCH ME UP ON SOMETHING ELSE.

- THAT'S DONE.
THAT'S A NEAT PIECE.

I SEE WHERE HE'S COMING FROM.

HE'S MORE OF A DECORATOR STUFF.

I'M MORE OF A
TRANSPORTATION, MORE OF

AN ADVERTISING STUFF.

THAT'S WHY WE WORK GOOD
TOGETHER 'CAUSE HE BUYS

DIFFERENT THINGS THAN I DO.

- I THOUGHT YOU SAID
THAT YOU GUYS HAVE A

RAMBLER TOO.

- THIS IS REALLY A WASTE.

- THE INTERIOR'S REALLY NICE.

- IT'S ALL SMASHED IN.

- A TREE HAD FELL
OVER THE TOP OF IT.

WHEN WE LOOK AT OLD CARS
TO BUY, THE CAR NEEDS TO

BE IN PRETTY DECENT
CONDITION AND BE COMPLETE.

WE DIDN'T BUY THE RAMBLER
BECAUSE IT WAS JUST

TOO FAR GONE.

- YOU KNOW WHAT I'D DO?

HIRE A TOW TRUCK, FIFTY BUCKS.

HAUL THIS THING RIGHT UP
HERE AND STICK IT ON THE

FRONT LAWN AND SAY
THREE HUNDRED BUCKS.

I GUARANTEE YA,
SOMEBODY WOULD WANT THIS.

- HI. WHERE WE GOING NEXT?

- WELL MY COUSIN'S
HOUSE IS NEXT DOOR AND

THEY HAVE FOUND ALL
SORTS OF COOL STUFF.

- NEAT STUFF? GREAT.

- WELL WE THINK IT'S NEAT.

- IF ANYBODY'S WILLING
TO SHOW US ANYTHING,

WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

- ANYTHING.

SHE SAYS HEY I GOT
A COUSIN THAT'S GOT A

BUNCH OF STUFF DOWN HERE.

WE'RE LIKE HELL YES!

LET'S GO LOOK.

- THERE'S A TOILET.
YOU CAN BUY THAT.

I THINK THAT THE STUFF
THAT YOU'LL BE MOST

INTERESTED IN IS HERE
AND BEHIND THERE.

- WE WALK AROUND THE BACK
OF THE CHICKEN COOP - BOOM.

WE SEE A COUPLE REALLY NICE
PORCELAIN FIRESTONE SIGNS.

- WOULD YOU DO
SEVENTY-FIVE ON IT?

- FOR THE ONE?
- YEAH.

- YEAH. SEVENTY-FIVE.

DO YOU WANT THE
OTHER ONE THOUGH?

- YEAH WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE
GONNA LOOK AT THAT ONE TOO.

LET'S DO A LITTLE
COMPARABLE HERE.

- WITH ADVERTISING SIGNS
IT'S ALL ABOUT SUBJECT MATTER.

GAS, OIL, SERVICE STATION
STUFF, THAT'S ALWAYS HOT.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR MAN-TIQUES.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR STUFF
THAT WE CAN SELL OUR

CLIENTS THAT A LOT OF GUYS BUY.

THOSE SIGNS ARE REALLY COOL.

- HERE'S WHERE I'M AT.

I'D BE AT PROBABLY
FIFTY ON THAT ONE.

- THESE THINGS WEREN'T REALLY
NICE AND THEY WERE HUGE.

- BECAUSE IT'S NOT QUITE AS.

- THAT'S GOOD.

- THAT IS GOOD.

- ALL RIGHT, COOL.

- I THINK WE DID REALLY
GOOD; THEY'RE NICE PIECES.

HEY, THANKS FOR
LETTING US LOOK AROUND.

THAT WAS REALLY COOL.

- NOT A PROBLEM.
THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.

- THE SIGNS WERE VERY COOL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- THANK YOU.

- IT WAS NO HONEY HOLE.

IT WAS NO MEGA PICK, NONE
OF THAT BUT AS A PICKER

WE'RE NOT DOING OUR JOB
UNLESS WE DIG AND WE WALKED

OUT OF THERE WITH A FEW
PIECES AND WE DID OUR JOB.

- DON'T FORGET YOUR STOP LIGHT.

- THE SERVICE MANUALS
ARE GREAT BECAUSE THEY'RE

A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE.

THEY'VE GOT PART
NUMBERS IN THEM.

THEY'VE GOT GRAPHICS.

THEY'RE EASIER TO
STORE THAN A TRACTOR.

- JESSICA, ARE YOU
INTERESTED FOR FIFTY?

[laughter]

- THESE THINGS ARE BRUISERS,
MAN. ARE YOU HELPING?

- YEAH.

- FEELS LIKE IT WAS DRAGGING.

- IT AIN'T DRAGGING.

- MIKE AND FRANK ARE HILARIOUS.

- THEY'RE REALLY A GREAT
TEAM, THEY REALLY ARE.

- IT WAS FUN. IT WAS
FUN PICKING WITH YOU.

- PICKERS AS A JOB
IS AMAZING, LIKE...

- SHE WOULD LIKE IT.

- I COULD DO THAT.

- BYE. SO NICE TO MEET YOU.

YOU KNOW WHAT? FOR
ME, THE PICK WAS SWEET.

SWEET JESSICA AND
PATTY, AWESOME.

- I HAD FUN, MET SOME
REALLY COOL PEOPLE, AND I DID

END UP WITH SOME, YOU
KNOW, SOME KINDA COOL STUFF.

[horn honks]

[rooster calls]

- ON A SCALE OF ONE TO
TEN, I WOULD GIVE YOU...

- I'M A SEVEN DUDE. I
DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAY.

- I'D GIVE YOU A SIX.

- WHATEVER.

- THE ONLY REASON I
GIVE YOU A SIX IS BECAUSE

YOU GOT THAT, YOU GOT
THAT COWBOY SWAGGER.

- THE OLDER I'M
GETTING IT SEEMS LIKE UH

I'M JUST I GET
TIRED ALL THE TIME.

YOU KNOW WHAT I
DID FOR MY BIRTHDAY?

- WHAT?

- ME AND THIS LADY FRIEND,
WE STAYED HOME AND

WATCHED SEX AND THE
CITY FOR MY BIRTHDAY.

- WAS IT GOOD?

- I FELL ASLEEP.

- TODAY WE'RE GOING
TO AN ANTIQUE SHOP THAT

CLOSED DOWN.

- LIFE IS ALWAYS ABOUT TIMING.

IF SOMEONE'S CLOSING A
BUSINESS, SELLING THEIR

HOUSE, THEY'RE MOVING,
THAT'S A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY

FOR US TO STEP IN AND
SAY HEY, WE'RE HERE.

WE'VE GOT SOME CASH. WE
WANT TO BUY SOME STUFF.

- GOT COCA COLA STUFF.

- MAYBE HE'LL SELL
ME THESE DOORS.

I LIKE THESE DOORS.

- YEAH.

- HEY, HOW YA DOING? YOU ROBIN?

- YEAH, I'M ROBIN.
GOOD TO SEE YA.

- SO DANIELLE SAID SO
YOU'RE TRYING TO LIKE

CLEAN OUT A LITTLE BIT?

- WE STARTED THE
STORE IN ABOUT 2002 AND

RAN IT FOR SEVEN YEARS
AND THEN ON DECEMBER THE

TWENTY-FOURTH WE
FINALLY CLOSED IT.

IT JUST DIDN'T, YOU KNOW,
DIDN'T MAKE ANY MONEY DUE

TO THE ECONOMY.

- YEAH.

- RIGHT NOW WITH THE
WAY THE ECONOMY IS,

BUSINESSES ARE
SUFFERING IN AMERICA.

- WHAT DO YOU HAVE ON
THE BORDEN'S DAIRY CLOCK?

- UH THAT'S NOT FOR SALE.

- WHAT ABOUT THAT
ROYAL CROWN ONE THERE?

- NO THAT'S A, I CAN'T
PART WITH THAT ONE.

- I'D DO TWO HUNDRED CASH ON IT.

- I'M GONNA KEEP
THAT ONE I THINK.

- OKAY.

- AND UH REALLY DON'T
WANT TO SELL THE PHALANGE.

- THAT MOTOROLA SIGN'S COOL.

- IT'S REALLY NEAT.

- YEAH. THERE ARE
THINGS LIKE THAT THAT

I'LL PROBABLY KEEP, YOU
KNOW, IN MY COLLECTION.

- AHH OKAY.

- IT'S BECOMING REALLY
CLEAR TO ME WHY ROBIN

WASN'T SUCCESSFUL.

HE'S GOT SOME KILLER
STUFF IN HERE BUT HE'S

SO EMOTIONALLY ATTACHED TO IT.

TO BE A PROFESSIONAL
IN THIS BUSINESS,

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
TO BUY AND SELL.

- YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE
GUYS THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE

IN THIS BECAUSE YOU
LOVE IT AND YOU'RE IN THIS

'CAUSE YOU COLLECT STUFF
TOO SO WHEN WE WALK AROUND

IN HERE, I'M LIKE
HOW MUCH IS THAT?

THAT'S MINE. I DON'T
WANT TO SELL IT.

HOW MUCH IS THAT? THAT'S
MINE, I DON'T WANT TO SELL IT.

- BUT TO BE ALL HONEST
WITH YOU AT THE END

OF THE DAY THOUGH IF WE
FIND TOO MANY THINGS THAT

YOU WANT TO COLLECT THEN
WE HAVE TO REALIZE WHAT

WE'RE DOING HERE, YOU KNOW?

I MEAN 'CAUSE WE'RE A LONG
WAYS AWAY FROM HOME AND WE

ARE HERE TO BUY.

AFTER CHATTING A
LITTLE BIT WITH ROBIN

I THINK HE FELT A LITTLE BIT
MORE COMFORTABLE AND THE

FLOODGATES WERE OPENING.

- HOW ABOUT A HUNDRED DOLLARS?

- I'LL SELL IT TO YOU FOR THAT.

YOU CAME A LONG WAY.

- WHAT ABOUT THE WEST END CLOCK?

- MAKE ME AN OFFER.

- HOW'S SEVENTY-FIVE
DOLLARS SOUND?

- DEAL.

- WHAT'S THE STORY ON
THESE SMOKING ONES?

- I'D SELL THAT SIGN
PROBABLY FOR ABOUT

ONE SEVENTY-FIVE.

- CIGARETTE STUFF WAS
REALLY HOT IN THE FIFTIES.

NOW CIGARETTE SMOKING
IS KIND OF OUT BUT STILL

VERY COLLECTIBLE PIECE.

- I'D DO A HUNDRED AND
TWENTY-FIVE ON IT CASH.

- HOW ABOUT ONE THIRTY-FIVE?

- ONE THIRTY.

- IT'S A DEAL.

- WE'LL CUT IT IN HALF.
WE'LL CUT IT IN HALF.

- IT'S A DEAL.

- ONE THIRTY?

ALL RIGHT. YOU HAD ME GOING.

YOU MUST HAVE SEEN THE
GLIMMER IN MY EYE ON THAT.

I MUST HAVE REALLY LIKED IT.

- FRANKY WAS BUYING
STUFF LIKE CRAZY.

I WAS SAYING TO
MYSELF YOU KNOW WHAT?

IT'S MY TURN NOW.

LET'S GET BACK OVER TO THE
MOTOROLA SIGN SO I CAN DO

A DEAL ON IT.

- I'M STILL, I'M STILL
HAVING THIS LIKE HUGE

EMOTIONAL AFFAIR WITH
YOUR MOTOROLA SIGN MAN.

- IT'S A NICE SIGN.

- I KNOW. I LOVE IT.

- I LIKE THE FACT THAT
IT MENTIONED CARS.

I LIKE THE FACT THAT
IT MENTIONED RADIOS.

THERE'S PEOPLE THAT
COLLECT BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS.

- YOU'RE INTO IT FOR THREE?

- THREE BILLS, YEAH.

I'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE
TRY TO BUY THAT SIGN AND

I'VE BEEN REALLY RELUCTANT
TO PART WITH THAT SIGN.

- YOU'RE WORKING WITH FRANK
HERE, YOU WON'T WORK WITH ME?

- YOU REALLY WANT THAT
MOTOROLA SIGN, DON'T YOU?

- I LIKE IT. I MEAN
I DON'T KNOW.

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED I
WOULD DO WHAT, I'D DO WHAT

YOU PAID, THREE
HUNDRED BUCKS FOR IT.

I MEAN SINCE YOU, SINCE
YOU WORKED WITH FRANKY.

- YEAH I DID. WELL
YOU KNOW WHAT?

I'LL SELL YOU THAT
SIGN FOR THREE.

- ALL RIGHT. YOU WILL?

- YEAH.

- ALL RIGHT, COOL.
ALL RIGHT, AWESOME.

- FOR THREE HUNDRED
DOLLARS I STILL BELIEVE

I CAN EKE OUT
ANOTHER TWO HUNDRED.

- WE GOT SOME
GREAT, AMAZING SIGNS.

- LET'S SLIDE THE BIG
BOY IN FIRST, THEN WE'LL

SLIDE THOSE NEXT TO IT.

- FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
ON A THREE HUNDRED DOLLAR

INVESTMENT?

THAT'S WHY I'M IN BUSINESS.

- I DON'T WANT TO
GET NO TETANUS SHOT.

- THIS THING, THAT SHOULD
BE IN PROTECTIVE CUSTODY.

- I'M GONNA, I'LL TAKE THIS.

I'M GONNA PUT THAT UP FRONT.

- CAN YOU THINK OF
ANY LEADS AT ALL?

I MEAN, I MEAN I'M TALKING LIKE
TOTALLY OFF THE CUFF STUFF.

- YOU KNOW, THERE'S A
PLACE DOWN THE ROAD HERE

I THINK THAT YOU GUYS
WOULD REALLY LIKE.

IT'S THE HARMON'S TREE FARM.

I THINK YOU'LL REALLY,
REALLY LIKE THIS GIRL.

SHE'S VERY COLOURFUL.

- ALL RIGHT, COOL.

- LET'S DO IT.

- WHAT'S COLOURFUL MEAN?

- UH MEANS SHE AIN'T
GONNA TAKE NO CRAP.

- THAT'S IT. YEAH.

- ANYTIME WE CAN GO
SOMEWHERE WITH SOMEBODY THAT'S

ALREADY BEEN THERE, THEY
KIND OF GET US IN, YOU KNOW?

WE'RE JUST NOT
LIKE COLD CALLING.

- YOU'LL REALLY LIKE THIS LADY.

- YEAH? HERE YOU GO FRANKY.

- THANK YOU SIR.
- THANK YOU.

- HI, I'M MIKE.

- OH HEY MIKE. HOW YA DOING?

- HI. NICE TO MEET YOU.
- HI DIANE. I'M FRANK.

- HI FRANK.

- HOW'S THE CHRISTMAS
TREE BUSINESS?

- IT'S SLOW NOW.
YOU WANNA BUY ONE?

GOT A DEAL. GOT A DEAL ON IT.

- CAN WE LOOK
AROUND A LITTLE BIT?

- YEAH Y'ALL GO AHEAD
AND LOOK AROUND.

EVERYTHING'S FOR SALE.

HEY, I'D EVEN SELL
THIS MAN RIGHT HERE.

[laughter]

- MY FIRST IMPRESSION
OF DIANE WAS A LOT OF LIFE

IN THIS GAL.

I COULD TELL RIGHT AWAY IT
WAS GONNA BE A REALLY FUN

AFTERNOON.

- HAS ANYBODY EVER
TOLD YOU BEFORE THAT YOU

LOOK LIKE DOLLY PARTON?

- UH YEAH.

- I AIN'T GOT HER
MONEY NOR HER BOOBS.

[laughs]

Y'ALL COME ON IN.

- OOH LOOK AT THE CARS.

- WE'RE LOOKING
AROUND A LITTLE BIT AND

I WAS PRETTY MUCH JUST
SEEING A BUNCH OF FARM

IMPLEMENT STUFF
WHICH I SEE ALL THE TIME.

- THEN I GOT BACK TO
THE BACK AREA AND I SEEN

THE CASH REGISTER.

NATIONAL CASH REGISTERS,
THEY'RE VERY COMMON BUT

I DON'T SEE A LOT OF
THEM THIS GOOD A SHAPE.

- WHAT ABOUT SOMETHING
LIKE THIS DIANE?

DOES IT WORK?

- YEAH.

- WHEN I LOOK AT A CASH
REGISTER, FIRST THING

I'M LOOKING AT IS
HOW ORNATE IT IS.

SECOND THING I LOOK FOR
IS LIKE BRASS AND COPPER,

WHAT'S IT MADE OF.

SOME OF THE EARLY
CASH REGISTERS FROM THE

EIGHTEEN HUNDREDS ARE
REALLY WORTH A LOT OF MONEY.

THEY'RE THE ONES THAT
SURVIVED THE BIG METAL

DRIVES FOR WORLD WAR ONE.

IF YOU CAN FIND THOSE,
YOU'VE GOT A HOT TICKET.

- WHAT DO YOU ESTIMATE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS ON?

- UH WHEN WE BOUGHT
THE THING WE PAID ABOUT

SEVEN HUNDRED AND
TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS.

- REALLY?

- I DON'T KNOW SEVEN
FIFTY BUT I, YOU KNOW,

I MIGHT BE A PLAYER
FOR FOUR HUNDRED.

- OH, COME ON.

- WELL YOU GOTTA
START SOMEWHERE.

- YOU GOT, YOU GOTTA
DO BETTER THAN THAT NOW.

- YOU KNOW DIANE, I MEAN
SHE WAS A TOUGH NEGOTIATOR.

I SAID FOUR HUNDRED.
SHE SAID SEVEN HUNDRED.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN THERE'S A
BIG WINDOW IN BETWEEN THERE.

- HOW ABOUT FIVE?
[laughs]

- I'LL TELL YA WHAT.
- WHAT?

- I'D SPLIT IT WITH
YA FOR FOUR FIFTY.

- I WANT FOUR SEVENTY-FIVE.

- FOUR SEVENTY-FIVE?

- LET'S LOOK
AROUND A LITTLE BIT.

- ALRIGHT.

- LET'S COME BACK TO IT.

- OKAY. WE'LL SEE
IF WE CAN'T GET A,

MOVE IT INTO ANOTHER DEAL.

- ALRIGHT.

- DOES THIS THING WORK?

- YES IT WORKS.

- IT'S STILL GOT THE BEER IN IT?

- I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAS.

- IT'S ICE COLD FRANKY.

- OOH.

- THE MOMENT I SAW
THAT MONITOR TOPPED

GE FRIDGE I KNEW
I HAD TO HAVE IT.

I LOVE THOSE THINGS.
THEY LOOK LIKE ROBOTS.

THEY LOOK LIKE SPACEMEN.

- SOME OF THEM EVEN
HAVE A LEVER HERE SO IF

YOU HAD THE GROCERIES IN
YOUR HAND YOU COULD OPEN

THE DOOR WITHOUT
GRABBING THE HANDLE.

- THEY'RE SO COOL.
IT'S AN EARLY PIECE.

SHE SAID IT WORKED.
I HAD TO HAVE IT.

- WHAT ARE YOU THINKING
ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS?

- I DON'T KNOW. WHAT?
ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED.

- FOUR HUNDRED?

- MMM HMM.

- HOW ABOUT TWO HUNDRED BUCKS?

- HOW ABOUT TWO TWENTY-FIVE?

- WE'LL DO THIS. ROCK,
PAPER, SCISSORS.

YOU WIN.

- OH I'M BAD AT THAT.

- YOU WIN, I'LL DO
THE TWO TWENTY-FIVE.

- YOU DON'T PLAY POKER?
[laughs]

- NO YOU READY?

ONE, TWO, THREE.

OKAY.

- THAT'S DYNAMITE.

- THAT'S DYNAMITE.

- WHAT THE HELL'S DYNAMITE?

- DYNAMITE. THAT'S
A SOUTHERN THING.

[laughs]

WE BLOW UP EVERYTHING.

- OKAY, ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS.

- YOU DON'T WANT ME
TO GET THE COIN OUT.

- ONE, TWO, THREE.

- ROCK SMASHES
SCISSORS. YOU'RE DONE.

- ALRIGHT. TWO TWENTY-FIVE.

- ALRIGHT.
[laughs]

- I DON'T SUPPOSE YOU
WANT TO DO THAT ON THE

CASH REGISTER.

- I WILL.

- SO IF I WIN IT'S FOUR FIFTY?

- YEAH.

- ALL RIGHT.

- HEY, I DON'T GET NONE OF THAT.

WHY IS HE SPECIAL?

- COME ON FRANKY.

DO IT, YOU CAN DO IT MAN.

WE'RE DOWN TWENTY-FIVE.

- ONE, TWO, THREE.

ONE, TWO, THREE.

- PAPER COVERS ROCK.

- PAPER COVERS ROCKS.

IT DOES, IT DOES
WHERE WE COME FROM.

WE HAVE FOUR FIFTY?

- YEAH.

- ALRIGHT.

[laughter]

- IT WAS TOUCH AND
GO THERE FOR A WHILE.

- IT WAS, FOR A SECOND.

- DIANE, SHE WAS JUST SO FUNNY.

IT WAS A PERFECT DAY.

- WE'RE BACK IN CHURCH FRANKY.

- ALRIGHT.

- WE'RE ON DIANE'S PROPERTY.

SHE'S GOT A CHURCH.
WHAT THE HECK?

- SO YOU HAVE LIKE
WEDDINGS AND STUFF IN HERE?

- YEAH AND CHURCH.

- I'VE PICKED A LOT OF
PLACES BUT I'VE NEVER

PICKED A CHURCH.

- THIS IS WHERE YOU
GOT THE STAGE AT HUH?

- YEAH, YOU WANT
TO SING US A TUNE?

- SO YOU LIKE ELVIS OBVIOUSLY.

- OH YEAH.

I TOLD MY HUSBAND THAT WAS
THE ONLY MAN I'D LEAVE HIM FOR.

THE DAY HE DIED MY
BROTHER-IN-LAW COME OVER

AND SAID GERALD, YOU
THE MOST UNLUCKIEST MAN

I KNOW ON EARTH
AND GERALD SAID WHY?

HE SAID THE ONLY MAN
THAT DIANE SAID SHE'D EVER

LEAVE YOU FOR JUST DIED.

- JUST DIED.

[laughter]

- WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT
THIS GAS PUMP RIGHT HERE?

HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD THAT?

- OH GOSH, I THINK
WE'VE HAD IT PROBABLY

ABOUT FIFTEEN YEARS.

- THAT GAS PUMP.

I HAD TO WALK OVER
THERE, CHECK IT OUT.

I NEED TO MAKE IT MINE.
THIS THING'S GOT PATINA.

YOU CAN SEE THE AGE,
YOU CAN SEE THE LIFE IN IT.

IT'S GOT THE ORIGINAL
ESSO ON TOP OF IT.

IT'S A CLOCK FACE
PUMP. IT'S A KILLER ITEM.

IT'S GONNA BE EASY TO SELL.

- WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE TO
HAVE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

- UH I DON'T KNOW.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?

- I'M THINKING LIKE SIX FIFTY.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

- SIX SEVENTY-FIVE.

- SIX SEVENTY-FIVE.

- SEE YOU SHOULD HAVE
STARTED AT SIX 'CAUSE YOU

KNOW SHE'D HAVE WENT UP.

DAMN, DIDN'T YOU GET THE GAME?

- HOW ABOUT THIS?

I DO, I DO THE SIX SEVENTY-FIVE
IF YOU THROW IN TWO HOTDOGS.

- ALRIGHT. I'LL DO THAT.

- IS THAT TWO A PIECE?

- ALRIGHT. TWO A PIECE.

- AND WE'LL DO DYNAMITE
AGAIN NEXT TIME.

[laughing]

- WHO'S GONNA BUY IT?

GUYS THAT ARE INTO
TRANSPORTATION ANYTHING.

WHATEVER IT IS, IF YOU'RE
DOING AN OLD SERVICE

STATION YOU'RE GONNA
HAVE TO HAVE THIS PUMP.

- ALRIGHT.

- HERE YOU GO. YOU WANT ONE?

- YEAH.
- ALRIGHT.

- IT'S ABOUT TIME.

OH THAT'S GOOD.

- AT THE END OF THE DAY
WE MADE A GOOD DECISION

BY GOING FIVE MINUTES
DOWN THE ROAD WITH ROBIN.

WE NEVER WOULD
HAVE FOUND THAT PLACE.

IT WAS A CHRISTMAS TREE FARM.

WE WOULDN'T HAVE STOPPED
BUT DANIELLE PUT US IN

TOUCH WITH ROBIN THAT
LED THAT CHAIN OF EVENTS TO

THAT GREAT PICK THAT DAY.

IT WAS AN AWESOME DAY.

WE MADE SOME MONEY.

I'M HAPPY TO BE IN THE SOUTH.

- LET'S HIGH FIVE IT.

- I HAVE NO IDEA HOW
MUCH THE CASH REGISTER'S

GONNA BE BUT I THINK DOWN IN
MY HEART I MADE A GREAT DEAL.

- THAT'S PRETTY COOL MAN.

[together] ONE, TWO, THREE!

- YOU TAKE CARE.
Y'ALL HAVE A SAFE TRIP.

- ALRIGHT, THANK YOU
FOR YOUR HOSPITALITY.

- COME DOWN THIS WAY
AGAIN. COME BACK AND SEE US.

- BYE ROBIN. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

- BE SAFE.

- THANK YOU.

- BYE-BYE. Y'ALL
COME SEE US AGAIN.

- OH MY GOD.

- WHAT?

- HAVE YOU EVER SEEN
DYNAMITE BEFORE IN

ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS?

- NO, SHE BUSTED US OUT ON THAT.

- SHE BUSTED ME HARD ON THAT.

- THAT'S FUNNY.

- DIANE WAS EASY ON
THE EYES, WASN'T SHE?

- YEAH, SHE WAS NICE.

- OH YEAH MAN.

I COULD SEE HER DANCING
TO SOME ELVIS, KICKING BACK.

- I DON'T KNOW.

SHE WAS A TOUGH
NEGOTIATOR THOUGH.

- WHAT'S UP WITH THAT
CASH REGISTER DUDE?

I HOPE THAT THING'S WORTH
WAY MORE THAN IT WEIGHS.

- I THINK IT'S A GOOD MODEL.

- I THINK YOU JUST
BOUGHT IT 'CAUSE IT'S ALL

SHINY AND SPARKLY.

- I'M WONDERING WHAT THIS
CASH REGISTER'S WORTH.

DID WE MAKE A GOOD DEAL?

- WHAT'S GOING ON TODAY
IS WE'RE IN NORTH CAROLINA.

WE'RE DOING SOME PICKING.

- DID YOU SEE THAT GAS
PUMP? DID YOU SEE THAT?

- I DID. THE BIG ESSO?

- DID YOU SEE -
AND THE GAS PUMP?

OH MY GOD, DUDE.

[phone rings]

- HELLO?

- HEY, I HAVE SOMETHING FOR YA.

THERE'S THIS REALLY
COOL SWEET LITTLE LADY.

HER NAME'S BONNIE.

- BONNIE? OKAY.

- SHE'S GOT THIS GREAT
LITTLE FARM THAT'S

CALLED AW SHUCKS.

- AW SHUCKS.

- AW SHUCKS.

- SHE'S GOT ANTIQUE
TOYS, LOTS AND

LOTS OF OLD SIGNAGE.

- WAS SHE SELLING?

- YEAH, YEAH. SHE'S UP,
SHE'S UP FOR SELLING.

- I'LL LET YOU KNOW
HOW IT TURNS OUT.

THANKS DANIELLE. GAS PUMP.

- HE HAS A GAS PUMP.

- BYE-BYE.

THIS IS LIKE A GOOD ROAD
WE'RE ON RIGHT HERE.

AW SHUCKS, MAN, YOU CAN SEE IT.

STOP.

- GRAB A FLIER.

- ALL RIGHT, LET'S HIT IT.

- THIS PLACE LOOKS COOL MAN.

HEY, HOW YA DOING?

- HEY GUYS.
- HOWDY.

- HOW ARE Y'ALL?

- THIS PLACE HAS GOT
THE SOUTHERN CHARM.

- WELL THANKS.

- HEY, I'M MIKE.

- WELCOME TO NORTH CAROLINA.

- NAME'S FRANK.
- FRANK, GOOD TO SEE YA.

- NICE TO MEET YA. HI.

- HOW YA DOING? PLEASURE.

- BUTCH IS, BUTCH IS A BIG GUY.

- HE IS.

- YOU GOT HIM HERE TO
ROUGH US UP A LITTLE BIT?

- MAYBE HE CAN HELP,
MAYBE HE CAN HELP LIFT

SOME STUFF HUH?

- YEAH, EXACTLY.

- WHAT HAVE YOU
GOT GOING ON HERE?

I MEAN IS THIS A MUSEUM?
WHAT IS IT EXACTLY?

- NO, YOU KNOW,
WE CATER TO KIDS.

I USED TO BE A SCHOOLTEACHER.

QUIT TEACHING TO UH RUN A FARM.

- WERE YOU A HISTORY
BUFF WHEN YOU WERE A KID?

- NO BUT I LOVE IT NOW.

- TELL ME THE STORY
OF THIS TRAIN CAR.

- THE TRAIN WAS BUILT
IN EIGHTEEN SIXTY

AND WE WERE TOLD IT'S THE
OLDEST WOODEN PASSENGER

CAR ON THE EAST COAST.

- AND WHEN WE GOT IT, IT
DON'T LOOK NOTHING LIKE THAT.

IT WAS, WE'VE GOT
PICTURES OF IT IN THERE.

- IT WAS ROUGH. I MEAN IT
WAS NOT ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

WE DO KNOW IT WAS OFF
OF A SEABOARD TRAIN LINE.

- THE DETAIL IS AMAZING.

- WE ARE ACTUALLY STILL IN
THE PROCESS OF RESTORING IT.

- THIS IS STUFF
YOU FOUND INSIDE?

- THIS WALL HERE WOULD COME OUT.

- THIS IS AN OLD MAIL HOOK.

AND HE'D PUSH THE LEVER
AND THE HOOK WOULD COME UP

LIKE THIS AND THIS, YOU
KNOW, DRIVING BY THE MAIL

WOULD GET CAUGHT ON
THIS, WOULD COME IN HERE AND

HOLD ONTO IT AND THEN THEY'D
TAKE IT ON INTO CHARLOTTE.

THIS IS ACTUALLY KIND OF A
MAKESHIFT FILLING STATION,

OBVIOUSLY NOT A REAL ONE.

- USUALLY YOU SEE GUYS
ARE INTO GAS AND OIL STUFF.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

I MEAN REALLY.

YOU'RE THE FIRST, ISN'T
SHE, I THINK YOU'RE THE

FIRST GIRL WE'VE MET.

- ARE YOU SERIOUS?

- YEAH, THAT'S HEAVY INTO IT.

- I JUST LOVE IT. I
JUST LOVE THE LOOK.

- THIS IS A REALLY COOL PLACE.

I SAW SOME GREAT STUFF.

- SO YOU SELL STUFF HERE?

- YEAH ALL OF IT'S FOR SALE.

I'M NOT EMOTIONALLY
ATTACHED TO ANYTHING

EXCEPT FOR MAYBE
ONE OR TWO ITEMS.

- BAM! GAME ON.

- GOT SOME FAN BELT THINGS HERE.

- STAMP MACHINE.

- A BUNCH OF CAMERA
STUFF BACK THERE.

CUTE LITTLE TRAYS.

- OH YEAH DUDE. SPIDERMAN, HULK.

- NINETEEN SEVENTY-NINE.
THAT DIFFERENT.

- AUTHORIZED AGENT,
MCKEWEN MUTUAL BURIAL

ASSOCIATION INC.

THAT'S KIND OF SPOOKY.

IT A PHALANGE SIGN,
IT'S REALLY NEAT.

HOW MUCH IS THIS BONNIE?

- FIVE DOLLARS.

- FIVE DOLLARS? THAT'S IT?

- YOU KNOW, I POPPED
ON THE BURIAL SIGN.

I THOUGHT IT WAS COOL.

I MEAN OBVIOUSLY THE
SUBJECT MATTER IS A LITTLE

BIT FUNKY SO THAT'S
WHY I BOUGHT IT.

- FRANKY.

- OH THAT'S DIFFERENT.

- YOU HAVEN'T SEEN
THAT ONE, HAVE YOU?

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. FRANKY.

- THAT'S COOL.

- COKE TRAY.

- HERSHEY'S, FIRST IN
FAVOUR AND FLAVOUR.

- OH THERE'S US FRANK.
LAUREL AND HARDY.

- OH THAT IS US.

- IT KIND OF REMINDS
ME OF LITTLE FRANKY AND

I WHEN WE'RE DRIVING
DOWN THE ROAD WITH THE

WINDSHIELD AND THE
WIPERS GOING AND STUFF.

- WHICH ONE DO YOU
THINK'S ME AND WHICH ONE

DO YOU THINK'S FRANK?

HOW ABOUT TWENTY BUCKS?

- SURE.

- ONE OF THE REASONS
MOVIE MEMORABILIA IS SO

COLLECTIBLE IS BECAUSE SO
MANY PEOPLE CONNECT TO IT

ON SOME MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS.

PEOPLE REMEMBER
SEEING THOSE MOVIES.

THEY REMEMBER GOING TO
THE THEATER, THE SMELL OF THE

POPCORN, YOU KNOW, SITTING
IN THE BACK ROW, YOU KNOW

WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?

- BONNIE, HOW ABOUT
THIS ONE OVER HERE?

THEY MAKE A LOT OF STUFF LIKE
THIS THAT SOMEBODY PAINTED THIS.

SOMEBODY PHYSICALLY
PAINTED THAT, YOU CAN, YOU

KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

- EXACTLY.

- ANYTHING DATING
BACK TO THE FIFTIES OR

SIXTIES ON SMOKING WHEN IT
WAS HOT IS VERY COLLECTIBLE.

- FORTY MAYBE.

- FORTY DOLLARS?

- WHAT DO YOU THINK?
IS THAT TOO MUCH?

- NO, FORTY DOLLARS IS FINE.

- OKAY.
- I ALREADY LIKE IT.

- YEAH.

- WHAT ABOUT THIS THING?

JUST TO, JUST TO HANG
OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW?

- ABSOLUTELY. YEAH TEN BUCKS.

- WOULD YOU THROW
THE LITTLE CAN IN ON IT?

- OH ABSOLUTELY.

- ALL RIGHT. WE'LL
TAKE THAT TOO.

- I KNEW WE WEREN'T
LEAVING THIS TRAILER

WITHOUT THAT OIL CAN.

- EXACTLY.

- I COULD SEE HIS TEETH
WERE CHATTERING.

I COULD SEE HE HAD SWEAT
BEADING ON HIS FOREHEAD.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE A
LINUS BLANKET FOR HIM.

SOMETIMES HE'LL BUY ONE
FOR JUST A COUPLE BUCKS SO

HE CAN HOLD ON TO
IT DOWN THE ROAD.

- YEAH, IT'S GOT KIND OF A
NEAT LITTLE HANGER THERE.

- FRANK I PURPOSELY
HUNG THAT REALLY LOW JUST

IN CASE, YOU KNOW.

- JUST FOR ME?

- YOU CAME BY AND YOU LIKED IT.

- FRANK HAD BUILT A
REALLY GOOD RAPPORT FIRST

I NOTICED WITH ME AND
THEN HE STARTED DEALING AND

THAT'S, YOU KNOW,
THAT WAS GREAT.

- I WOULD OFFER
SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS FOR IT.

- REALLY? WOW. SURE.

- SHE SAID I'LL SELL
ANY OF THOSE SIGNS YOU

WANT SO I KIND OF WENT LIKE
CRAZY, SAID HOW MUCH FOR

THAT ONE, HOW MUCH FOR THAT
ONE, HOW MUCH FOR THAT ONE.

- WHAT ARE YOU
THINKING ON THIS BONNIE?

- DON'T GET TOO CRAZY.

- THIRTY, THIRTY-FIVE.

- I'D DO THIRTY
DOLLARS ON THAT ONE.

- OKAY.

- THE REASON I BOUGHT
THE BARBERSHOP SIGN WAS

THEY'RE KIND OF HARD TO FIND.

A LOT OF THEM GOT THROWN
AWAY, A LOT OF THEM GOT STOLEN.

A LOT OF THEM JUST GOT RUINED.

YOU KNOW, KIDS WOULD
COME BY AND STEAL THEM OR HIT

THEM WITH BASEBALL BATS
OR SHOOT BB GUNS AT THEM OR

SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

- YOU KNOW, TWENTY-FIVE.

- TWENTY-FIVE?

- YEAH.
- OKAY.

- SHE WAS PRICING
STUFF AND FRANK WAS LIKE

I'LL TAKE IT, I'LL TAKE IT,
I'LL TAKE IT, I'LL TAKE IT.

- HOW ABOUT YOUR GOLDEN COLA?

- YOU LIKE THAT?

- YEAH. ANOTHER THIRTY?

- SURE. MM HMM.

- I'LL TAKE THAT ONE TOO.

- THAT SOUNDS FAIR.
- OKAY.

- I SAW ALL THESE SIGNS.

I WAS BUYING SIGNS.
I WAS GOING CRAZY.

- THE BF GOODRICH ONE?

IT'S NOT THE BEST SHAPE
OR ANYTHING, BUT IT'S STILL

VERY COLLECTIBLE.

- IT HAS A LITTLE BIT OF
RUST TO IT BUT PEOPLE

THAT COLLECT SIGNS
HAVE ALL LEVELS.

IT WILL BE EASILY SOLD.

- THE WESTERN UNION.
THAT'S KIND OF A COOL SIGN.

THAT'S NOT REAL...

- IT'S REALLY HEAVY.

- BUT IT'S PORCELAIN,
IT'S KINDA NEAT.

- IT JUST FITS SO MANY
DIFFERENT AREAS, YOU KNOW,

AND IT'S NOT A PETROLEUM
THING SO IT FITS A

DIFFERENT COLLECTOR.

THE GREAT THING ABOUT
PORCELAIN SIGNS COMPARED

TO LIKE ENAMEL OR METAL
SIGNS, PORCELAIN IS A

BAKED ON ENAMEL.

IT STANDS THE TEST OF TIME.

METAL SIGNS, PAINTED SIGNS,
THEY GET SCRATCHED, THEY RUST.

- WHAT WOULD YOU THINK
ON THE WESTERN UNION

AND THE BF GOODRICH?

- WHAT ARE YOU THINKING, BUTCH?

- YOU GUYS CAN BOTH,
YEAH YOU GUYS CAN HIT ME.

IT DOESN'T MATTER.

I LIKE TO BE DOUBLE TEAMED.

[laughter]

I WAS THINKING A
HUNDRED FOR THE PAIR.

THAT'S FIFTY A PIECE.

- THAT'S VERY FAIR. VERY.

- OKAY.

- THERE'S NOT ANYTHING
THAT I LET GO OF TODAY

THAT I'M GONNA
REGRET. DEFINITELY.

- WE'LL GET SOME OF
THAT STUFF LOADED UP.

BUTCH, YOU'RE
TALL. YOU CAN REACH.

CAN YOU HELP US OUT?

- I'LL GET YOU.

- I USED TO HAVE
A BUNCH OF THOSE.

I HAVE SOLD THEM OVER THE
LAST TWENTY-SOME YEARS AND

I ALWAYS DO WELL ON THEM.

- THIS IS REALLY COOL.

MAN WHEN YOU SPOTTED
THAT, I WAS LIKE WOW.

LOOKS JUST LIKE ME.

- THAT DOES LOOK LIKE YOU.

- IT DOES.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A
LITTLE ROUGH BUT...

- THAT'S MY FAVOURITE ONE.

- IS IT?
- I LIKE THE COLOUR.

- DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE
GONNA HAVE TO DO ALL

THIS WORK, DID YOU?

- I WOULD SAY JUST
ABOUT EVERY SIGN THAT

I BOUGHT WOULD DOUBLE MY MONEY.

I THINK THERE WAS MAYBE
TWO SIGNS OUT THERE

I COULD DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

- THAT WAS A GOOD PICK FOR ME.

I MEAN I HAD FUN THERE.

I WAS ON AND FORTUNATELY
I WAS ABLE TO BUY.

- THANKS FOR VISITING UH,

- THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

- NORTH CAROLINA.

HERE'S A LITTLE SOMETHING
FROM AW SHUCKS.

- OH ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

- SOMETHING FOR YOU TO HAVE
FUN WITH ON THE WAY HOME.

- AW THANK YOU.

- BONNIE AND BUTCH, I
MEAN WHAT CAN I SAY?

I MEAN THESE GUYS HAD A REAL
BIG ZEST OF LIFE, YOU KNOW?

HAD A GREAT TIME,
GREAT EXPERIENCE.

- THAT WAS A GOOD STOP FOR ME.

I HAD A GOOD TIME.

- TON OF SIGNS. AW SHUCKS.

- HATS OFF TO THEM PEOPLE.

- AW SHUCKS, FRANKY.

AND I'LL TELL YOU
ANOTHER THING TOO MAN.

SHE WAS EASY ON
THE EYES, WASN'T SHE?

- SHE WAS EASY ON THE EYES.

- BIG DUDE.

- HE WAS A BIG GUY.

- HOW, HOW TALL DO YOU
THINK HE WAS? SIX SIX?

- I DON'T KNOW LIKE SEVEN FOUR.

- I WAS GONNA SAY
HE WAS BIG MAN.

- FRANK AND I HAVE
BEEN DRIVING EACH OTHER

NUTS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT THIS BOOBY TRAP THING IS.

- I WOULD BE WILLING TO BET
THAT'S IT'S NOT A BOOBY TRAP.

I'LL DO A HUNDRED RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T THINK IT'S A BOOBY TRAP.

I DON'T THINK IT'S A FIRE ALARM.

WHY WOULD IT HAVE
TRIPLE A ON THE BACK OF IT?

- I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN
WHAT DO YOU EVEN CALL IT?

WHAT DO YOU CALL IT?

- I DON'T KNOW.

SINCE IT'S THE A, TRIPLE A
YOU WOULD THINK IT'S SOME

KIND OF UH...

- AUTOMOTIVE THING?

- WE'RE LUCKY.

WE GOT A HOLD OF A GUY ON
THE INTERNET NAMED JERRY.

WE'RE GONNA SEE WHAT
HE CAN TELL US ABOUT IT.

BASICALLY HE'S GONNA
GIVE US AN APPRAISAL ON IT.

- WHAT DO YOU BET THIS GUY
SAYS THIS IS A MOUSE TRAP?

- HE AINT GONNA SAY
IT'S A MOUSE TRAP.

- I THINK HE'S GONNA
SAY IT'S LIKE A RAT TRAP.

- I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE
WE'LL PICK HIS BRAIN.

- HEY, HOW YA DOING?

- HEY. HOW ARE YOU? JERRY BRUCE.

- JERRY, FRANK FRITZ.

- MIKE WOLFE. I'M DOING GOOD.

THIS THING IS UH IT'S BEEN
HAUNTING US ALL THESE MILES.

WE JUST WANTED TO KNOW
WHAT THE HELL IT WAS.

- THE GUY THAT WE
BOUGHT IT FROM, THE WAY HE

DESCRIBED IT TO US WAS
THIS HUNG ON A WINDOW AND

THEN UH THIS STRING
HOOKED TO SOMETHING.

WHEN SOMEBODY CAME IN
IT BLASTED YOU IN THE HEAD.

IT WAS LIKE AN OLD
BURGLAR ALARM.

- Y'ALL SENT ME
PICTURES IN ADVANCE AND

I LOOKED IT UP THROUGH
THE US PATENT OFFICE...

- OH HE'S GOT THE
SCHEMATIC AND EVERYTHING.

- YEAH THAT'S IT.

- IT WAS PATENTED IN
NINETEEN THIRTY-EIGHT AND

IT'S NOT A KILLER OR RAT KILLER.

IT'S A DEVICE FOR CHECKING
BRAKES ON AUTOMOBILES.

- MAN, TALK ABOUT
A COUPLE SUCKERS.

BUDDY HAD US REELED IN FROM,
FROM WAY, FROM THE GET-GO.

- YOU CAN'T WIN THEM ALL.

- I HATED TO BUST
THEIR BUBBLE BUT I DID.

- WHAT DO YOU THINK IT'S WORTH?

- I'M GONNA SAY UH IT'S
WORTH IN SEVENTY-FIVE

TO A HUNDRED DOLLAR RANGE
IF YOU FIND A COLLECTOR.

- I'M SURE THEY'RE
PROBABLY STILL TALKING

ABOUT US IN NORTH CAROLINA.

- THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING...

[laughing]

- IT'S A GOOD
CONVERSATION PIECE.

- THAT'S AN EXPENSIVE
CONVERSATION

I DON'T WANT TO HAVE.

- YOU SHOULD SEE THE
CONVERSATION WE HAD ON IT

BEFORE WE GOT IT.

- HEY WE GOT A CASH REGISTER
TOO THAT UH WE BOUGHT.

YOU KNOW, SINCE WE'RE HERE
WE THOUGHT WE COULD MAYBE

SHOW IT TO YOU AND SEE
WHAT YOU THOUGHT OF IT.

- I'D BE GLAD TO LOOK AT IT.

- WE PAID FOUR FIFTY FOR
THE CASH REGISTER AND

HE'S GONNA BE ABLE TO TELL US
IF WE MADE A GOOD DEAL OR NOT.

- THAT'S MY FINGER.
YOU SET IT DOWN.

OOH BABY. OOH I FELT THAT.

- DID YOU BUY THIS BY THE POUND?

- YEAH I FELT THAT.
THAT'S FOR SURE.

- IT'S BRASS.
THAT'S A GOOD SIGN.

IT'S A NATIONAL REGISTER.

IT'S GOT SO MUCH GOING FOR IT.

IT'S GOT BEAUTIFUL PATINA.

THE WOOD WAS GREAT, ALL
THE LETTERING WAS GREAT.

- YOU THINK THERE'S STILL A
STRONG MARKET FOR THESE?

- OH ABSOLUTELY.

THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY
COLLECT NATIONAL CASH

REGISTERS, EACH
REGISTER HAS A NUMBER.

THIS WOULD BE THE MODEL NUMBER.

- OH RIGHT THERE. FORTY-FIVE
AND THREE QUARTER.

- FORTY-FIVE AND THREE QUARTER.

THE SMALL ONES, LIKE
THEY'LL BE A TWENTY-EIGHT

AND A TWENTY-NINE AND IF
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY

SERIOUS ABOUT COLLECTING
THEM WANT ONE OF EVERYTHING.

I'M GONNA SAY IT'S
BEEN RESTORED.

- OKAY. DOES THAT HURT IT?

- NO. IT PROBABLY HELPS IT.

- WHAT DO YOU THINK
SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE SPENT

TO RESTORE A REGISTER LIKE THIS?

- EASILY FIVE TO SEVEN
HUNDRED DOLLARS.

- REALLY?

- I'M GONNA SAY
IT'S WORTH BETWEEN

EIGHT HUNDRED AND
A THOUSAND DOLLARS.

- YEAH.

- GREAT!

- WELL THAT EASES THE PAIN A
LITTLE BIT ON THE BOOBY TRAP.

- IT WAS GREAT TO FIND
OUT THAT WE MADE A

GOOD DECISION ON
THE CASH REGISTER.

YOU WIN SOME, YOU LOSE SOME.

IN THIS GAME AS LONG AS
WE'RE HITTING MORE HOME

RUNS THAN WE ARE STRIKEOUTS,
WE'RE STILL DOING GOOD.

- THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR LETTING US COME IN ON

SUCH SHORT NOTICE AND
CHECK THAT THING OUT.

- YOU'RE TOTALLY
WELCOME. GLAD TO HAVE YOU.

- FRANK JUST GOT A
HUNDRED DOLLARS FROM ME.

THAT SUCKS BECAUSE NOW I
GOTTA LISTEN TO THE LITTLE

FAT HAIRY DUDE GIVE ME
CRAP THE REST OF THE RIDE.

- [laughs]

WHERE'S MY HUN?

YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK I'M
GONNA DO WITH THE MONEY?

- PUT, PUT IT IN THE GAS TANK?

- NO. I WANT TO PUT IT IN
LIKE A LITTLE EIGHT BY TEN

THING, YOU KNOW, LIKE AT
THE BAR IT'S GOT THIS IS THE

FIRST DOLLAR EVER SPENT.

I WANT TO PUT IT IN ONE OF
THOSE THINGS SAYING THIS

IS THE FIRST HUN I
EVER MADE FROM YOU.

- WHY DON'T YOU
PUT THIS IN THERE?

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
IN THIRTY YEARS THAT

I'VE EVER BEEN RIGHT?

WHY DON'T YOU PUT THAT?

- I COULD DO THAT.