American Pickers (2010–…): Season 2, Episode 3 - Gordon's Gold Mine - full transcript
This time on American Pickers... In aptly named Pickens, South Carolina, the guys scour the sprawling inventory of a father-and-son picking duo. They meet Mary who has a 300-acre property, home to a huge untouched collection. And, Danielle leads the guys to an inconspicuous cement factory. It's the Holy Grail of picking - a multi-building collection of unbelievable retro treasures.
- THIS IS AMAZING.
- THIS IS THE FIRST
HONEY HOLE OF THE SOUTH.
THIS IS THE HOLY GRAIL.
- I'M BLOWN AWAY.
- SO MANY PEOPLE THINK
CLOWNS ARE SCARY, MAN.
- I MEAN IT WAS JUST
STARING RIGHT BACK AT ME.
- OH, MY GOD!
WE GOTTA BUY THIS THING.
[laughter]
- YOU'RE IN THE WOMAN'S SECTION.
- I KNOW I WAS ALMOST THERE.
- WHOA. TODAY IS A GOOD
DAY TO BE A PICKER, FRANKIE.
- DARN RIGHT.
- 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.
[upbeat rock music]
[cell phone ringing]
- DANIELLE CALLING.
- HERE WE GO.
- IT'S GOOD SHE'S
CALLING THOUGH.
THAT MEANS SHE'S GOT
SOMETHING GOING ON.
- AT LEAST SHE'S AWAKE.
- YES, MOM.
- HEY. I WANTED TO CALL
AND LET YOU KNOW ABOUT
THERE'S THIS GUY NAMED NATHAN,
AND HE HAS A SON NAMED DAKOTA.
DAKOTA, ACTUALLY,
HE'S LIKE A LITTLE PICKER
WHICH I THINK IS REALLY CUTE.
HE REMINDS ME OF A LITTLE MIKE.
- THAT'S SCARY.
- WHAT'S THE SCOOP ON HIM?
- I MEAN, HE'S GOT EVERYTHING.
THREE BUILDINGS
ON THEIR PROPERTY,
AND THEY HAVE SO
MUCH COOL STUFF.
THEY COME FROM A TOWN...
GET THIS... CALLED PICKENS.
- WOO! HEEHAW!
LET'S GO TO PICKENS.
MAYBE THEY'LL HAVE
A PARADE FOR US.
- MAYBE THEY WILL.
- ALL RIGHT. COOL, MAN.
ALL RIGHT, SEND US
THE COORDINATES,
AND WE'LL GET RIGHT ON IT.
- OKAY.
- LATER.
- SEE YA.
- WHOO!
- BEST MEAL OF THE SOUTH.
I THINK I'M GONNA GO FOR
THE CATFISH AND HUSH PUPPIES.
- I THINK MY BEST MEAL
WAS WHEN WE HAD THAT
RICE AND BELL PEPPER SOUP.
- OH, YEAH. THAT WAS GOOD.
YOU KNOW WHAT I
LIKED ABOUT THAT?
IT WAS FREE.
- IT WAS FREE. THAT WAS MY BEST.
- WE'RE IN PICKENS
COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA.
HOW PERFECT IS THAT FOR US?
WE'RE GONNA SWING BY
AND CHECK OUT NATHAN
AND HIS SON DAKOTA.
THESE GUYS ARE BOTH PICKERS.
IT'S FASCINATING TO ME
THAT THIS KID IS SO YOUNG,
AND HE'S A PICKER.
- WE USUALLY DON'T PICK PICKERS,
BUT ALL PICKERS DON'T
PICK THE SAME STUFF,
SO HOPEFULLY THIS GUY'S
GOT SOME DIFFERENT STUFF
WE MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN.
- HOW'S IT GOING?
- I'M MIKE.
- NATHAN GAMBLE.
- NATHAN, MY NAME
IS FRANK FRTIZ.
- YOU GOT A GRIP ON YOU, MAN.
- I KNOW. JESUS. YOU'VE
BEEN WORKING OUT.
- HOLY CRAP! DAKOTA'S
BIGGER THAN I AM!
WE HEARD THAT YOU'RE CALLED
DAKOTA THE KID AROUND HERE
BECAUSE YOU GOT A FAST DRAW
WHEN IT COMES TO
FINDING SOMETHING COOL.
- UH, I GUESS SO.
- HOW LONG YOU
GUYS BEEN DOING THIS?
- UH, I'VE BEEN DOING IT...
I WAS ABOUT 19, I
STARTED DUMPSTER DIVING
AND AFTER THAT IT WAS ON, SO...
- YOU GET HOOKED.
- I MEAN THE GUY STARTED
OUT JUST LIKE FRANKIE AND I,
DUMPSTER DIVING FOR A LIVING,
SO I'M REALLY INTERESTED
TO SEE WHAT A YOUNGER GUY
AND HIS SON IS GONNA
FIND COLLECTIBLE.
- THERE'S JUST STUFF EVERYWHERE.
YOU JUST REALLY GOTTA
GET IN THERE AND DIG.
SOME OF IT'S VINTAGE.
SOME OF IT'S NEWER.
I LOOK FOR ANYTHING
THAT'S A DEAL.
- YOU GOT A GOOD EYE.
- WE'RE GONNA DO A
BIG OLD CANNONBALL
RIGHT IN THE CENTER
OF A BIG JUNK PILE
AND SEE IF WE CAN COME OUT OF
THERE WITH SOMETHING RUSTY GOLD.
- THERE'S STUFF
EVERYWHERE... ON SHELVES.
SOME TIN TOYS OVER HERE.
- THIS IS LIKE THE
HONEY HOLE PORCH.
- YEAH, KINDA.
- ALL RIGHT.
YOU KNOW ONE THING I
WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
WAS THAT HE WAS LIKE,
"LOOK AROUND, GUYS."
EVERYTHING HERE'S FOR SALE."
- HOW ABOUT YOUR
CREATURE FEATURE MAN?
- I'LL TAKE TEN ON IT.
- HOW ABOUT FIVE BUCKS?
- MAN, HOW ABOUT TEN?
- I DON'T KNOW. I'M
ALMOST... I'M ALMOST OVER IT.
I'M ALMOST PUTTING IT BACK.
- ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
- ALL RIGHT. I'M AT FIVE.
- HEY, WHAT DO
YOU THINK THIS IS?
LIKE A LITTLE TOOTHPICK HOLDER
OR AN EYEGLASS
WASHER OR SOMETHING?
- I THINK IT'S A
TOOTHPICK HOLDER.
I'D TAKE TEN ON IT.
- I'D DO FIVE ON IT.
- ALL RIGHT. FIVE DOLLARS.
- IT'S GOT AN INDIAN
ON THE FRONT.
IT'S MADE OF SWIRL GLASS.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE A MILK GLASS.
IT WAS REALLY COOL, AND I
ONLY PAID FIVE DOLLARS FOR IT.
- A LOT OF THE TIMES,
YOU CAN'T BUY STUFF
FROM THESE PEOPLE
BECAUSE THEIR PRICES ARE HIGH
AND THEY DON'T WANT TO BUDGE,
BUT THIS GUY WAS DIFFERENT.
- WHAT DO YOU GET ON
YOUR COCA COLA BUTTON?
- 25.
- 25.
- ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS LIKE A DEAL.
- THE REASON HE LIKES TO SELL
IS 'CAUSE IT GIVES HIM MORE FUEL
SO HE CAN BUY MORE STUFF.
- HOW ABOUT THIS VOLKSWAGEN CAR?
- I'LL LET YOU HAVE IT FOR 15.
- HOW ABOUT TEN?
- ALL RIGHT. YOU GOT YOU A DEAL.
- ALL RIGHT.
- THE GUY UNDERSTANDS
THE BUSINESS.
HE'S JUST LIKE US.
HE'S NOT HOLDING ONTO SOMETHING
FOR THE LAST DOLLAR OUT OF IT.
WHEN I SAW THAT
BIKE SITTING THERE
I WAS LIKE, "OH MY GOD, IS
THAT REALLY A MOULTON?"
THIS MOULTON'S KIND OF COOL.
- YEAH, I THOUGHT
THAT WAS KIND OF NEAT.
I AIN'T NEVER SEEN ONE LIKE IT.
- AND MOULTON BICYCLES
ARE HIGH DOLLAR BIKES.
THIS IS AN INTERESTING BIKE.
MOULTON BICYCLE
COMPANY STARTED IN 1963.
THEY'RE STILL IN BUSINESS TODAY.
THEY'RE HANDMADE IN ENGLAND.
MOULTON WAS KIND OF A PIONEER
OF FRONT AND REAR
SUSPENSION BIKES.
JUST REALLY FUNKY
FRONT REAR RACKS.
THIS COMPANY'S
ACTUALLY STILL IN BUSINESS.
I KNEW I HAD TO HAVE IT.
THIS IS A REALLY NICE BIKE.
- I'LL TAKE...
$60.
- I DON'T KNOW.
WOULD YOU DO $40?
- HOW ABOUT $45?
- ALL RIGHT. I'D DO $45. $45.
- SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
- DAMN, THIS KID'S
GOT A GRIP ON HIM.
- I KNOW HE DOES. MY
HAND'S STILL HURTING.
- IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE BUY.
I'M THINKING IT'S AT
LEAST WORTH $200.
I WANT TO SEE WHAT DAKOTA
THE KID'S BEEN BUYING.
SEE IF HE'S LIVING UP
TO HIS REPUTATION.
- THERE'S SOME OF
DAKOTA'S FINDS RIGHT THERE.
- CAMERAS.
- DAKOTA THE KID. THIS IS IT.
ARE YOU MAKING MONEY PICKING?
- UH, YEAH.
- YEAH? SO, I MEAN,
DO YOU KEEP TRACK?
YOU HAVE A MONTHLY INCOME GOING?
- I TRY.
- DO YA?
- THAT'S GOOD.
- I MEAN THIS
KID'S 14 YEARS OLD.
HE'S ALREADY MAKING
MONEY AT HIS AGE DOING THIS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT HIM
FOLLOWING IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS?
- I LIKE IT.
HE'S ALWAYS OUT THERE
LIKE, "DAD, DAD, COME HERE.
LOOK AT THIS," YOU KNOW?
- TO BE A GOOD PICKER,
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT
SENSE OF CURIOSITY,
THAT SENSE OF ADVENTURE,
THAT SENSE OF EVERY DAY THINKING
YOU CAN DISCOVER SOMETHING,
AND WHEN YOU SEE A
KID THAT'S AT THAT AGE,
IT KIND OF REMINDS
US A LITTLE BIT
OF HOW WE FEEL WHEN
WE'RE DOING OUR JOB NOW.
- I THINK WHAT'S NEAT IS,
YOU GUYS ARE
DOING THIS TOGETHER.
IT'S HARD TO FIND SOME
CONNECTION, YOU KNOW,
SOMEBODY'S LIKE, "HEY, YOU
KNOW, LET'S GO PLAY SOCCER."
I HAVE THAT
CONNECTION WITH MY KID,
OR FISHING OR WHATEVER IT IS.
I MEAN, IT'S REALLY
COOL FOR US TO SEE THIS
'CAUSE YOU GUYS
ARE PICKING TOGETHER.
WHO'S THIS? THAT'S A HOT CHICK.
- THAT'S... IT'S AN
AUTOGRAPHED PICTURE OF...
LILY ST. CYR, OR
WHATEVER HER NAME WAS.
YOU KNOW, SHE DID LIKE
EROTIC PICTURES AND ALL THAT.
SHE'D BE NAKED ALL THE TIME.
[laughter]
[old-timey jazz music]
♪ ♪
- HOW ABOUT $15?
- HMMM. YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU GOT YOU YOURSELF
A DEAL ON THAT ONE.
- ALL RIGHT.
FOR $15, AND I'VE
GOT HER SIGNATURE,
THAT'S A SMOKING HOT ITEM.
- THAT LOOKS LIKE YOU.
WHY DON'T YOU BUY THAT?
- ACTUALLY I WOULD NEED
THAT FOR WHEN YOU GET TACOS.
THE NEXT DAY IN THE
VAN, IT'S PRETTY BAD.
- I ALSO GOT THIS BUILDING HERE.
- I SAW THE CLOWN HEAD AND
WHAT IT WAS CONNECTED TO.
I WAS LIKE, "WOW.
THIS IS REALLY WEIRD."
- YEAH, LET'S BRING IT OUT.
- SET HER DOWN HERE.
I THINK THE CLOWN
TOY VENDING MACHINE
IS FROM THE LATE
'70s, MAYBE MID-'70s.
- I MEAN IT WAS JUST
STARING RIGHT BACK AT ME.
IT HAD ALL THE TOYS INSIDE.
IT LOOKED IN GREAT CONDITION.
WE GOTTA GET THIS.
- I'M KIND OF DIGGING ON IT
BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE
THINK CLOWNS ARE SCARY, MAN.
OH, MY GOD!
THINGS THAT FREAK
OTHER PEOPLE OUT
GET MY JUICES FLOWING.
IT'S UNUSUAL. IT'S DIFFERENT.
DOES IT WORK?
- YEAH.
- YEAH, LET'S USE YOUR
QUARTER IN CASE WE BUY IT,
AND THAT'S 25¢ OFF.
- THERE IT GOES.
- WHAT'D YOU GET?
- BASKETBALL.
IS THAT A MONKEY?
- IT'S A BASKETBALL
WITH A DEVIL BABY.
- WHEN THE DEVIL
BABY POPPED OUT,
IT'S LIKE, "WE'VE GOT
TO BUY THIS THING."
HOW ABOUT $125?
- HOW ABOUT $160?
- HOW ABOUT $140?
- HOW ABOUT $158?
- I HAD TO KICK HIM A LITTLE BIT
BECAUSE I'M A PICKER.
$148.
- $155.
- HOW ABOUT $150?
- ALL RIGHT.
- ALL RIGHT.
[laughter]
- AS SOON AS DANIELLE KNOWS
THERE'S A DEVIL
BABY TOY IN HERE...
- SHE'LL START
SPENDING HER MONEY.
- OH, MY GOD.
SHE'S GONNA THROW FIVE
BUCKS IN THIS THING SO FAST.
ALL RIGHT. I'M
EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
DID YOU EVER THINK
YOU'D SELL THAT?
- NO, ACTUALLY I DIDN'T.
THERE'S A SUCKER
BORN EVERY MINUTE.
- THAT'S RIGHT.
- THAT'S WHAT BARNUM
AND BAILEY SAID.
- MIKE AND FRANK, THEY SEEMED
LIKE SOME GOOD OLD FELLAS.
THEY SEEM TO KNOW
WHAT THEY'RE DOING,
AND I LIKE THEM.
- THAT'S OUR BABY.
- FOR 150 BUCKS,
THAT'S $300 WORTH
OF FUN ALL DAY LONG.
- I PAID $25 FOR
THE COKE BUTTON,
THOUGHT THAT WAS
A REAL FAIR PRICE.
IT'S GOTTA BE WORTH
$70 BACK WHERE I LIVE.
- I BOUGHT A MOULTON
BICYCLE MADE IN ENGLAND
IN THE HILLS OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
I MEAN, COME ON.
THIS WAS A GOOD DAY.
DAKOTA, GET UP EVERY DAY, MAN,
AND BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN DO IT.
BELIEVE YOU'RE GONNA FIND
SOMETHING AND YOU WILL,
BELIEVE ME.
SOMETIMES THE STUFF
WILL END UP FINDING YOU.
- THAT'S RIGHT.
- THE PICK WAS REALLY GOOD.
I MEAN, THE GUY HAD AN
ECLECTIC MIX OF THINGS.
HE REALLY DID HAVE A GOOD
EYE, AND IT WAS REALLY NEAT
THAT HE WAS TEACHING
HIS SON HOW TO DO THIS TOO.
- WITH YOUNG GUYS LIKE THAT,
THE ART OF PICKING
WILL NEVER DIE.
IT'S NICE TO SEE SOME YOUNG
KIDS SHOWING SOME INTEREST.
- ALL RIGHT. LET'S
CALL DANIELLE.
[phone ringing]
- WHAT'S UP?
- DANIELLE, WHAT'S GOING ON?
- DOING INVENTORY.
- SOUNDS LIKE YOU
GOT IT UNDER CONTROL.
LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE
DOING A GREAT JOB.
- SOUNDS LIKE WE NEVER
NEED TO COME HOME THEN.
- I WAS GONNA TALK TO
YOU ABOUT THAT ANYWAY
'CAUSE I FEEL LEFT OUT.
I WANTED TO SEE IF I
MIGHT BE ABLE TO GO
ON THE NEXT PICK WITH YOU GUYS.
- YOU'RE BREAKING
UP. WHAT'D YOU SAY?
- ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
'CAUSE I CAN HEAR YOU JUST FINE.
HEARD YOU SAY SOMETHING
ABOUT YOU WERE DREAMING
THAT YOU COULD
GO ON A PICK WITH US.
IS THAT CORRECT?
- JUST ONE. THAT'S IT.
- I DON'T THINK YOU REALIZE
HOW IMPORTANT AND
VITAL YOUR POSITION IS.
- YEAH, YOU'RE IMPORTANT.
- AT ANTIQUE ARCHEOLOGY.
- I'M SORRY. YOU'RE,
YOU'RE BREAKING UP.
- I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
THIS IS WHAT I'M
GONNA DO FOR YOU.
I'LL TAKE YOU TO A GARAGE SALE.
I'LL SEE HOW YOU PERFORM THERE,
AND WE'LL JUST GO FROM THERE.
HOW DOES THAT SOUND?
- WELL WE'RE GONNA USE YOUR
MONEY AT THE GARAGE SALE, RIGHT?
- THAT'S FINE. THAT'S FINE.
- OKAY.
- GO SELL SOMETHING.
- SELL SOMETHING.
WE'LL TOUCH BASE.
- GARAGE SALE.
WASTED TALENT. THAT'S WHAT I AM.
- TODAY WE'RE GOING TO A PLACE
WE GOT A LEAD FROM DANIELLE.
GOING TO A LADY.
HER NAME'S MARY, AND WE'RE
GONNA BE WITH HER SON JONATHON.
THEY GOT A LOT OF OUTBUILDINGS.
THEY INHERITED ALL THIS
STUFF FROM THEIR UNCLE,
AND THEY JUST DON'T KNOW
WHAT THEY'RE GONNA
DO WITH THIS STUFF,
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN,
YOU KNOW, HELP THEM OUT.
300 ACRES OF STUFF.
WE BETTER BE ABLE TO
FIND SOMETHING THERE.
WHAT DO THEY GOT? A
JOHN DEERE TRACTOR.
MAN, THEY'RE ON TOP OF
IT. THEY'RE WAITING FOR US.
- HEY, HOW YA DOING?
- WELCOME TO THE FARM.
- YEAH, I SEE YOU GOT
A LOT OF OUTBUILDINGS.
WE LIKE THAT.
- YES, WE DO.
- YOUR UNCLE, WAS
HE A COLLECTOR OR...
- IF ANYBODY THREW
ANYTHING AWAY, HE WANTED IT.
- HE WAS ONE OF THE
FOREFATHER PICKERS.
- RIGHT, RIGHT.
HE DIDN'T BUY ANYTHING, THOUGH,
BUT HE'S GOT QUITE A
COLLECTION OF THIS AND THAT.
- MY GREAT GRANDFATHER
OWNED THIS FARM,
AND HE WAS IN 1861,
AND IT WAS ORIGINALLY 800 ACRES.
- LOVE THESE OLD BUILDINGS.
- I KNOW. THEY'RE NEAT.
- I'M EXCITED TODAY BECAUSE
ALL THESE OUTBUILDINGS...
AND, I MEAN, THESE
ARE OLD OUTBUILDINGS,
NOT JUST OUTBUILDINGS.
I'M LIKE, "WOW!"
- THIS IS THE TACK ROOM,
OR WHAT WAS THE TACK ROOM.
THIS IS THE LAWNMOWER
SHED OVER HERE.
- THIS IS ME AND
FRANKIE'S FIRST TIME
PICKING A SMOKE HOUSE.
WHEN YOU GET ONTO A PROPERTY
AND THERE'S THIS
MANY OUTBUILDINGS
WITH THIS MUCH STUFF THAT'S
BEEN HERE FOR THIS LONG...
SO HAVE YOU GUYS
EVER BEEN IN HERE?
- NO.
- THEN I'M LIKE, "OKAY.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
"WE HAVE A CHANCE DOWN HERE.
"WE ARE NOT GONNA BLOW THIS.
"WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH
EVERY CRACK, EVERY PANEL.
"I'M GONNA CRAWL OVER EVERYTHING
AND UNDERNEATH EVERYTHING
TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND
SOMETHING IN THIS PLACE."
- IF YOU LIKE RUSTY METAL,
YOU'RE IN RUSTY METAL HEAVEN.
- HOW ABOUT THIS OLD
LICENSE PLATE PLACARD?
HOW ABOUT TEN BUCKS, MARY?
- THAT SOUNDS LIKE A DEAL.
- FOR WHO? ME OR YOU?
- FOR ME.
- OKAY.
HEY, MARY, WHAT
ABOUT THIS RADIO HERE?
HOW ABOUT 20 BUCKS?
- SOLD!
- WOULD YOU DO TEN?
- 15 SINCE YOU LIKE IT SO MUCH.
- I DO LIKE IT. I'M GONNA DO 15.
I LOVE THAT.
I BOUGHT THE OLD LAWN CHAIR
BECAUSE IT KIND OF REMINDED
ME OF LIKE A KNOLL STRAP CHAIR.
IT HAD REALLY THICK WEBBING.
LAWN CHAIRS AS A WHOLE ARE
NOT WORTH A TON OF MONEY,
BUT I DIDN'T PAY A
LOT OF MONEY FOR IT.
IT WAS JUST A REALLY
COOL, FUNKY PIECE.
IT WAS AN IMPULSE BUY.
- MY GRANDFATHER
WASN'T A VETERINARIAN
BUT THEY CALLED HIM DOC
AND EVERYBODY WOULD
BRING THEIR HORSES.
- OH, OKAY.
WELL, MAYBE THIS
WAS HIS BAG THEN.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'D SELL?
- OH, I PROBABLY WOULD.
- I LIKE THE DOCTOR
BAG. I LIKE THE STORY.
HOW ABOUT TEN BUCKS?
- SURE.
- AND IT WAS LEATHER.
IT WAS REALLY THICK.
IT WAS MADE WELL.
IT WAS TEN BUCKS. IT WAS COOL.
- MY GRANDMOTHER
HAD A CHICKEN HOUSE
AND FIRST THING I DID WAS GO
OUT THERE AND GET THE EGGS
BEFORE I'D GO IN
THERE TO SEE HER.
- WHAT'S COOL ABOUT
WALKING AROUND A PROPERTY
WITH A RELATIVE IS YOU
START SEEING THINGS
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
- YOU SEE THAT CHAIN UP THERE?
- I SEE... I SAW THAT.
- THEY... WHERE
THE DAIRY FARM WAS,
THEY WOULD GO AND GET
A COW AND BUTCHER IT,
AND THEY'D HANG IT
UP FROM THAT LIMB.
- WE JUST FELT REALLY
CONNECTED WITH EVERYTHING
BECAUSE EACH PLACE WE
WENT TO, THEY HAD A STORY.
- THEY USED TO HANG A BUNCH
OF DEERSKINS BACK HERE.
- THERE'S SOME STILL
LAYING ON THE FLOOR.
- OH, YEAH.
- IT'S ALMOST LIKE
READING A BOOK,
AND YOU'RE TURNING EACH PAGE.
- I SEEN THIS SCHOOL BELL.
IT WAS PROBABLY
MADE IN THE LATE 1800s.
- WHAT IS THAT?
- THIS IS THE BRACKET
THAT GOES ON.
YOU MOUNT IT JUST LIKE THAT.
- THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING IS THE "Y" BRACKET.
IF IT'S CRACKED, THEN IT'S JUNK.
THIS ONE WASN'T BROKEN.
PEOPLE USE THEM FOR DECORATIVE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE
THEM OUTSIDE THEIR SHOPS.
THEY'RE JUST AN
OLD PIECE OF HISTORY,
AND THEY'RE REALLY COOL.
- WOULD THIS BE
SOMETHING YOU WOULD SELL?
- YEAH. WHAT DO YOU
FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH?
- $50 WOULD BE
COMFORTABLE FOR ME.
- $50?
- MM-HMM.
$50, I THINK I'M REAL GOOD.
NOT TOO MUCH ORNATE ON IT,
BUT I THINK IT'S
WORTH $100 ALL DAY.
- $50 WILL DO IT.
- ALL RIGHTY. THANKS.
- ARE THESE OLD CHURCH LIGHTS?
- YEAH, THEY RENOVATED
THE CHURCH DOWN THE STREET
SO HE BROUGHT
THOSE HOME WITH HIM.
- OH, MY GOD. I
CAN'T BELIEVE THAT.
- I WAS LIKE, "WOW.
THESE ARE REALLY COOL."
SO WAS THIS A CHURCH
THAT HE WENT TO?
- MY GRANDFATHER
HELPED BUILD THAT CHURCH.
- REALLY?
- YES.
THE CHURCH IS
OVER 100 YEARS OLD.
- THEY WERE IN GREAT SHAPE.
THEY HAD KIND OF A
CRINKLE GLASS IN THEM.
THERE WAS A COOL
STORY BEHIND THEM.
THEY DIDN'T LOOK TOO CHURCHY.
THEY COULD GO IN,
LIKE, ANYBODY'S BUILDING
THAT THEY'RE GONNA RESTORE.
- IS THIS SOMETHING YOU'D SELL?
- THEY WERE REALLY NEAT PIECES.
YOU DO NOT SEE STUFF LIKE THAT.
I MEAN GO OUT, SHOP
FOR LIGHTING RIGHT NOW.
THESE THINGS ARE AMAZING.
I HAD TO OWN THEM.
IF IT'S SOMETHING
YOU WANT TO KEEP
I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND.
YOUR FAMILY HAS A LOT
OF HISTORY WITH THEM.
- BUT I THINK IT
DESERVES A GOOD HOME
OTHER THAN OUT HERE.
- OKAY.
- THAT'S WHAT WE'D RATHER DO
THAN SIT OUT HERE
AND GO TO WASTE.
- RIGHT.
WOULD YOU DO $100
APIECE ON THEM?
- OKAY.
- WANNA DO THAT? I'D DO THAT.
MARY, IT TAKES A LOT
TO GET ME EXCITED.
AND YOU JUST GOT ME EXCITED.
- ALL RIGHT.
- THEY COULD GO
BACK INTO A CHURCH
THAT'S SOMEONE'S GONNA RESTORE.
THEY COULD GO INTO A
FOYER IN SOMEONE'S HOME.
THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS
YOU CAN USE ARCHITECTURAL STUFF.
IT'S ALL ABOUT HOW
CREATIVE YOU'RE GONNA BE.
I BEEN PICKING ALL DAY,
BUT I'M STILL LOOKING
FOR THAT SPECIAL PIECE,
SOMETHING UNUSUAL,
TO MAKE IT WORTH IT.
I'M DIGGING THROUGH THE
BOTTOM OF THIS HUGER CABINET,
AND I LOOK OVER WITH
THE CORNER OF MY EYE
AND I SEE SOMETHING
REALLY SPECIAL.
STONEWARE POTTERY IS
IN REALLY HIGH DEMAND.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO FIND.
I WAS AMAZED TO FIND IT
IN AN OLD HUGER CABINET
IN A SHED IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
THERE'S SOME OTHER
PIECES DOWN IN HERE.
- OH, WOW.
- SEE THAT HANDLE'S BUSTED OFF?
IT'S STILL A NEAT PIECE,
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING
THAT WAS PROBABLY MADE
BACK IN THE '30s OR '40s.
- AS A PICKER, WHEN I COME
ACROSS A PIECE OF POTTERY,
I'M LOOKING AT
THE GLAZING ON IT.
I'M LOOKING AT THE DESIGN ON IT.
I'M LOOKING AT THE BOTTOM
TO SEE IF THERE'S
ANY WEAR EDGE TO IT.
- THIS WOULD BE LIKE AN
EARLY, EARLY MASON JAR
YOU KNOW, MADE OUT OF STONEWARE.
THAT'S KIND OF COOL.
- I'M LOOKING FOR THE
QUALITY OF THE PIECE.
I'M LOOKING FOR ANY
KIND OF ADVERTISING,
ANY KIND OF DESIGN
ON THE PIECE AT ALL.
- THIS PIECE RIGHT HERE
IS MARKED PENNSYLVANIA.
IT'S MARKED GREENSBORO,
PA, HAMILTON AND JONES.
IT'S GOT ONE LITTLE,
LITTLE WINGO HERE,
LITTLE CHIP ON THE END OF IT.
THIS ONE HERE LOOKS LIKE
ABOUT FROM THE SAME TIME PERIOD,
BUT THERE'S NO
ADVERTISING ON IT.
IS THIS A PIECE THAT
YOU'D CONSIDER SELLING?
I LIKE THIS ONE.
I LIKE THE WAY THE HANDLE'S
GOT SOME DETAIL TO IT.
IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO FIND
ANY OF THIS SALT GLAZED
POTTERY FROM THE 1800s,
ESPECIALLY WITH THE
COBALT BLUE DESIGN ON IT,
THE ADVERTISING.
MOST OF IT DIDN'T SURVIVE.
IT WAS BROKEN. IT WAS CHIPPED.
THIS WAS AN INCREDIBLE
PIECE IN AMAZING CONDITION.
- YOU KNOW, I'D DO
A 100 BUCKS ON IT.
I MEAN, IF THAT DOES
ANYTHING FOR YA.
I THINK IT'S PRETTY COOL.
- OKAY.
- WHAT'S NEAT ABOUT
IT IS THAT, YOU KNOW,
I DISCOVERED IT HERE, AND YOU
DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT WAS HERE.
- NO, I DIDN'T, AND IT
REALLY IS BEAUTIFUL.
- IT IS. IT'S REALLY COOL.
I LIKE IT A LOT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
- THANK YOU.
- THANK YOU.
WHEN I'M HUNTING FOR POTTERY,
THE SALT GLAZE
COBALT BLUE STUFF,
THAT'S THE STUFF THAT IS
ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND.
WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOU
LETTING US LOOK AROUND, REALLY.
- WELL, I APPRECIATE
BOTH OF YOU COMING.
IT WAS AN HONOR FOR
MY UNCLE'S MEMORY
FOR Y'ALL TO COME OUT HERE
AND LOOK AT ALL OF HIS TREASURES.
- NO, IT WAS MORE OUR HONOR.
IT WAS MORE OUR HONOR, REALLY.
- MY UNCLE WOULD HAVE
BEEN, AS WE SAY IN THE SOUTH,
IN HOG HEAVEN OUT HERE
WITH THEM SHOWING THEM ALL
THESE TREASURES OF DAYS GONE BY.
HE'D HAVE LOVED IT.
- JONATHON AND MARY
EPITOMIZED SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY.
THEY ARE SO NICE, SO GRACIOUS.
[bell rings]
- WHOA! HURRY UP.
- GONNA LISTEN TO THAT
ALL THE WAY TO IOWA.
- HOPE YOU FIND A GOOD HOME.
- I'M JUST GONNA HAVE
THIS LIKE EMOTIONAL AFFAIR
WITH THIS BABY RIGHT
HERE RIGHT NOW,
AND JUST KINDA HOLD IT TIGHT.
- IT NEEDS TO GO HOME WITH YOU.
- THE STONEWARE
JUG THAT I FOUND,
I BOUGHT FOR $100,
I'M GONNA ASK $300.
- MARY, SHE WAS SUCH A
SWEET, NICE SOUTHERN BELLE.
GREAT HOSPITALITY.
THANK YOU EVER SO MUCH.
- THANK YOU.
- I'M HAPPY ABOUT
THOSE SCHOOL BELLS.
MAN, I'M FIRED UP.
THOSE THINGS ARE COOL.
- YOU ARE A DING-DONG.
- DWING, DWING, DWING, DWING.
I'M FIRED UP ON THOSE.
[phone ringing]
- DANNY'S CALLING.
- ALL RIGHT.
- HEY, GIRL. WHAT'S UP?
- I HAVE A GOLDMINE.
SO LET'S JUST SHORT HAND THIS,
AND YOU CAN START
KISSING MY FEET RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE I'M A GODDESS.
- [laughs] OKAY.
WHAT THE HELL IS IT?
- ALL RIGHT, SO DON'T
JUDGE UNTIL I'M DONE.
THERE'S THIS GUY WHOSE
NAME IS GORDON FARMER,
SO YOU'RE GONNA THINK I'M CRAZY.
HE OWNS A CEMENT FACTORY.
- IT'S IN THE MIDDLE
OF A CEMENT PLANT?
- SO HE'S PROBABLY
GOT SOME MONEY,
PROBABLY BOUGHT GOOD STUFF.
- YEAH, THAT MEANS HE
DOESN'T NEED OUR MONEY.
- WELL, YEAH.
- HE'S A BITCHIN' DUDE.
YOU GOTTA GO CHECK HIM OUT.
HE'S GOT TONS OF
ONE-OF-A-KIND ITEMS,
LIKE ANTIQUE ART, SIGNS,
PAINTINGS, JUKEBOXES.
I'M TELLING YA.
YOU'RE GONNA WANT TO
PUT AWAY YOUR DOLLAR BILLS
AND BREAK OUT YOUR CHECK BOOKS,
'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF
IN THERE YOU'RE GONNA LIKE.
- OH, I'M EXCITED THAT
THE GUY'S WILLING TO SELL.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT
THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO WAY
WE'RE EVER TAKING
DANNY ON A PICK.
- THERE'S NO WAY.
CAN YOU IMAGINE?
YOU'RE AN OLDER LADY.
WE'RE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR
AND, BAM, DANIELLE'S THERE
WITH ALL OF HER
TATTOOS AND EVERYTHING.
THAT AIN'T GONNA...
THAT AIN'T GONNA WORK.
- CAN YOU SEE HER GOING
THROUGH LIKE HORSE CRAP
AND DIGGING AROUND?
- SHE WOULDN'T DO IT.
- THE ONLY WAY I THINK WE
COULD REALLY UTILIZE HER
TO OUR BENEFIT WOULD
BE IF WE PULLED UP
AND THERE WAS A BIG
DOG OR SOMETHING.
WE COULD LET HER OUT OF THE VAN.
- USE HER AS MEAT.
- AND THE DOG COULD
RUN AND CHASE HER,
AND THEN WE COULD
GO KNOCK ON THE DOOR.
- THAT'D WORK.
I'M KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
FIRST TIME WE'VE PICKED A
CONCRETE PLANT, YOU KNOW?
- [laughing] YEAH.
HERE IT IS RIGHT HERE.
- OH, WOW. THIS
PLACE LOOKS HUGE.
- THIS PLACE IS MEGA-HUGE.
- SO HE'S NOT JUST, LIKE,
POURING A COUPLE DRIVEWAYS
OR NOTHING LIKE THAT,
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
- HEY, GORDON.
- HEY, HOW YA DOING?
- MY FIRST IMPRESSION OF GORDON
WAS HE HAD THE HAT ON,
THE CUSTOM-MADE CANE.
- HE'S A CLASSIC
SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN.
- WE KNOW YOU TALKED
TO DANIELLE ON THE PHONE.
YOU HAD TWO REQUIREMENTS:
YOU HAVE TO LIKE OLD STUFF,
AND YOU HAVE TO
HAVE A LOT OF MONEY.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE
HAVE BOTH THOSE THINGS.
- YOU DO?
- YEAH.
- WELL, I'M GLAD TO SEE YA.
[laughter]
MY BROTHER AND
I BUILT IT IN 1965,
BUT I'VE COLLECTED AND
PUT MY COLLECTION IN HERE,
AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT I'VE GOT.
I'VE BEEN COLLECTING
FOR 84 YEARS.
Both: WOW.
- I STARTED WHEN I
WAS ABOUT 5 YEARS OLD,
COLLECTING MARBLES,
GLASS MARBLES,
AND INDIAN ARROWHEADS.
- LET'S TAKE A LOOK
GORDON. SEE WHAT YOU GOT.
WHOA.
GORDON, YOU WEREN'T KIDDING.
- THERE'S A LOT TO TAKE IN HERE.
- YOU GOT ME EXCITED NOW.
WHEN YOU'RE A PICKER OR
A COLLECTOR OF ANY SORT,
THIS IS THE KIND OF PLACE
THAT YOU DREAM ABOUT.
- HE'S GOT A LITTLE BIT
OF EVERYTHING IN HERE.
- YOU'VE GOT A GOOD EYE.
YOU GOT GOOD TASTE.
I'M SURE A LOT OF THIS
STUFF WE SEE IN HERE
YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO
TELL US QUITE A BIT ABOUT IT,
AND THAT'S WHAT WE LIKE
ABOUT OUR JOB WITH THE HISTORY.
HERE'S AN OLD WORLD WAR
II PILOT'S LEATHER SKULL CAP.
LET ME SEE IF IT FITS.
- I WAS IN WORLD WAR II.
- YOU WERE IN WORLD WAR II?
- YEAH.
- THANK YOU.
- I WAS IN THE 8TH AIR FORCE
FLYING ON A B-17
IN THE AIR CORPS.
THAT'S A GOOD ITEM RIGHT THERE.
YOU DON'T SEE THOSE
FOR SALE ANYMORE.
- IT FITS GOOD.
WHAT WOULD YOU
HAVE TO HAVE FOR THAT?
- MAKE ME AN OFFER.
- HOW ABOUT $60?
- I'LL DO THAT.
- ALL RIGHT. I LIKE IT.
I BOUGHT THE LEATHER
PILOT'S SKULL CAP
BECAUSE IT'S A
WORLD WAR II ITEM,
AND IT'S REALLY SOFT.
I MEAN, IT'S STILL
PLUSH LEATHER.
A LOT OF THOSE
WHEN YOU FIND THOSE,
THEY'RE SO DRIED OUT,
AND IF YOU TOUCH THEM,
THEY'RE JUST BRITTLE,
AND THEY'LL BREAK APART.
THIS ONE WAS IN
REALLY NICE CONDITION.
IT STILL HAD A LITTLE BIT
OF THE HEADSET GEAR IN IT.
YOU KNOW, FOR $60, I
THINK IT'S AN AMAZING ITEM.
THANK YOU.
- OKAY. YOU'RE WELCOME.
- I APPRECIATE THAT.
- FINE.
- WHAT ABOUT
SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
JAMES BOND CAR.
THE EARLY JAMES BOND
TIN TOYS ARE HOT ITEMS.
EVERY TIME A NEW JAMES
BOND MOVIE COMES OUT,
THE INTEREST COMES BACK.
- BULLETPROOF.
- YEAH, IT'S GOT THE LITTLE
BULLETPROOF THING IN THE BACK.
IF I WOULD HAVE FOUND
THAT WITH THE BOX,
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE
GREATEST FIND OF ALL TIME.
- HOW MUCH?
- UM, $40?
- YOU CAN'T BUY A
NICE COLLECTIBLE CAR
NOW FOR $40.
THEY'RE MORE THAN THAT.
- HOW ABOUT $60? YOU TELL ME.
- I'D TAKE $75 FOR IT.
- $75?
- YEAH.
- YOU COULDN'T BUY
THAT TO SAVE YOUR LIFE
FOR LESS THAN $125.
IT'S IN GOOD CONDITION.
- LET'S DO $75 ON IT THEN.
- I'LL DO THAT.
- OKAY.
- THIS IS AMAZING,
GORDON. I MEAN IT REALLY IS.
- HIGH QUALITY STUFF.
WE COULD GO TO 25 PLACES
AND NOT SEE THE MULTITUDE
OF GOOD STUFF LIKE YOU HAVE.
- THIS IS THE FIRST
HONEY HOLE OF THE SOUTH.
THIS IS THE HOLY GRAIL.
- IT'S A LOT TO TAKE
IN HERE, GORDON.
- THIS IS THE PLACE THAT
WE'RE TOTALLY SEARCHING FOR.
THIS IS THE PLACE WE'RE
GONNA BE ABLE TO GET SOME
OF THE BIG TICKET ITEMS.
MIKE, WE'RE ONLY JUST, LIKE,
CRUSTING ON THE SURFACE HERE.
- SOMETIMES WHEN THE
WEATHER'S BAD, YOU KNOW,
AND I CAN'T GO OUT ANTIQUING,
I JUST COME DOWN HERE
AND OPEN THE DOOR AND LOOK.
- YEAH, YOU GOT YOUR OWN STUFF.
- I VISIT MY OWN SHOP.
- GOD, FRANK. LOOK AT THIS.
THIS IS AMAZING, ISN'T IT?
IT WAS THE KIND OF GENERAL STORE
THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM
MOST GENERAL STORES
BECAUSE HE JUST HAD A
MULTITUDE OF EVERYTHING,
AND IT WASN'T ALL
TOTALLY DISPLAYED.
A LOT OF IT'S JUST SITTING
ON THE GROUND TOO.
I'M BLOWN AWAY.
- GORDON, IS THIS
GUMBALL OR PEANUT?
- NO, THAT'S PEANUT MACHINE.
- OKAY. WHAT YEAR IS
SOMETHING LIKE THAT FROM?
- OH, I'D SAY IT'S THE 1930s.
- IT'S GOT THE KEY.
THE KEY IS THE KEY TO THAT
BECAUSE WITHOUT THE
KEY, YOU CAN'T REFILL IT.
PEANUT MACHINES WERE AS
POPULAR AS GUM MACHINES.
THEY BOTH MADE THEIR FIRST
APPEARANCE IN TRAIN STATIONS.
THIS PIECE IS REAL SPECIAL
BECAUSE OF THE PEANUT SHAPE.
- WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR THIS?
- WELL, MAKE ME AN OFFER.
LET'S SEE WHAT I SAY.
- 100 BUCKS.
- I'LL DO THAT, YEAH.
- I BOUGHT THE PEANUT DISPENSER
BECAUSE IT WAS IN
REALLY AMAZING CONDITION.
A LOT OF PEOPLE COLLECT
THAT KIND OF STUFF
FOR SODA FOUNTAINS
THAT THEY'RE DOING.
IT WASN'T A LOT OF
MONEY, 100 DOLLARS.
I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO GET IT.
WHAT'S THAT, FRANKIE?
- WELL IT'S A CHEWING GUM...
IT'S A CHEWING GUM THING HERE.
IT'S GOT A NICE GRAPHIC
ON THE FRONT HERE.
IT'S KIND OF RUSTY ON THE THING.
WOULD THIS BE SOMETHING
YOU'D BE INTERESTED
IN SELLING, GORDON?
- YEAH I'D SELL IT.
MAKE ME AN OFFER.
- OKAY, I'M GONNA SAY $100.
I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF
RUSTY. IF IT WAS IN...
- I SEE THAT. YOU KNOW?
I'LL SELL IT TO YOU FOR $100.
I THINK IT'S WORTH MORE
THAN $100, BUT I'LL DO THAT.
- OKAY. IF YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE,
THAT'S WHERE I'M COMFORTABLE.
- YEAH. OKAY.
- IF I DIDN'T WANT TO GET
RID OF SOME OF THIS STUFF,
I WOULDN'T DO IT.
- GORDON IS READY
TO SELL AT THIS POINT
BECAUSE HE'S ALREADY TALKED
TO HIS KIDS ABOUT THIS STUFF.
THEY DON'T HAVE
ANY INTEREST IN IT,
AND HE DOESN'T WANT IT
TO BE A BURDEN TO THEM.
- I JUST REALIZED I'M NOT
DOING ANYTHING WITH IT,
AND YOU CAN SEE
JUST SITS IN HERE
AND AT THIS TIME THERE'S
NOBODY ESPECIALLY ENJOYING IT
EXCEPT ME.
- NOW IT'S TIME TO PASS
IT ON TO SOMEONE ELSE.
- YOU HAVE GOT SOME
INCREDIBLE STUFF HERE, GORDON.
- YEAH.
- AS WE WERE SEARCHING AROUND,
I SPOTTED THIS
LARGE GRIP MACHINE.
THIS WAS A REAL BEAUTY.
THIS COULD BE SOLD TO PEOPLE
THAT COLLECT
COIN-OPERATED ITEMS.
YOU KNOW WHAT'S COOL
ABOUT THIS MACHINE?
IT'S GOT WORDS YOU WOULDN'T
DARE SEE ON STUFF TODAY.
IT HAS WORDS LIKE
"SISSY," "WOMAN."
HECK, I KNOW WOMEN THAT
COULD BEAT ME AT ARM WRESTLING.
- GORDON, I'M NOTICING ON
THESE SHELVES BEHIND HERE,
THERE'S A PIECE OF CAST IRON.
IT'S LIKE A BLACK BANJO
PLAYER OR SOMETHING.
- CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THAT?
- YEAH, I BELIEVE THEY USED IT
FOR PEOPLE TO PUT THE MAIL IN.
- DOES IT HAVE SOME AGE TO IT?
- OH, YEAH. IT'S REAL OLD.
- IT WAS AN UNUSUAL PIECE.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN
ONE OF THOSE BEFORE.
IT WAS CAST IRON.
IT WAS VERY LARGE.
IT WAS DIFFERENT.
WOULD YOU DO $300 ON IT?
- I'D TAKE $300 FOR IT.
- OKAY, I'LL TAKE IT.
THAT CAST IRON
BLACK BANJO PLAYER
IS VERY UNUSUAL PIECE,
REAL EARLY PIECE OF AMERICANA.
I HAD TO HAVE IT. IT'S
AN INCREDIBLE PIECE.
YOU GOT A GOOD EYE.
YOU BUY QUALITY STUFF,
AND THE STUFF'S IN
AMAZING CONDITION.
YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT.
- I STUDIED ENGINEERING
AT GEORGIA TECH.
- OKAY.
- MECHANICAL ENGINEERING,
SO I LIKE MECHANICAL ITEMS.
- SO HOW DID YOU GET
IN THE CEMENT BUSINESS
FROM ENGINEERING?
- WELL, I WAS IN WORLD WAR II.
WHEN I GOT HOME, I
HAD $5,000 DOLLARS.
MY SISTER-IN-LAW HEARD
PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT
ALL THESE SOLDIERS COMING HOME
AND THEY'RE GONNA NEED
HOUSING, YOU KNOW, AND BUSINESSES.
SHE SAYS, "WHY DON'T YOU GO IN
THE CONCRETE BLOCK BUSINESS?"
- I MEAN, YOU KNEW NOTHING
ABOUT THE CONCRETE BUSINESS.
- NO, I DIDN'T.
I HAD A FRIEND IN ATLANTA
THAT HAD A BIG BLOCK PLANT,
SO I WENT TO TALK TO HIM.
HE SAYS, "YOU CAN'T EVEN START
PAYING INVENTORY FOR $5,000,"
BUT I DIDN'T PAY ANY
ATTENTION TO HIM.
- WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING
AROUND THROUGH THIS PLACE
AND YOU REALIZE THAT
NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE
HAVE WALKED IN THERE OTHER
THAN HIM AND HIS RELATIVES,
REALLY, AS A PICKER,
YOU FEEL BLESSED.
THAT CHERRY THING'S
COOL. CHERRY SMASH.
- IT WAS MADE IN ARLINGTON.
IT WAS SOLD AS A SYRUP
AND DISPENSED IN
STORES WITH SODA WATER.
THE FLAVOR VANISHED IN 1933,
BUT THE SYRUP
CONTAINER, IF NOT DAMAGED,
COULD BE WORTH UP TO
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
- OOH. HOO. HOO.
[laughter]
- GORDON, USUALLY
IF I PICK SOMETHING UP
AND SOMEBODY
GOES, "OOH, HOO-HOO,"
THAT MEANS IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE.
- IT IS EXPENSIVE.
- HOW MUCH IS
SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
- $1,400.
- $1,400. I BET.
I MEAN, THE GRAPHICS
ARE BEAUTIFUL.
- THEY SOLD ONE AT
AUCTION FOR $2,800.
- $2,800. RECENTLY?
- YEAH.
- THAT'S GOTTA MAKE YOU
FEEL GOOD, DOESN'T IT?
WHEN YOU GOT SOMETHING LIKE THAT
AND YOU BOUGHT
IT, AND YOU'RE LIKE,
"HEY, THAT'S BRINGING
A LOT MORE THAN I PAID."
- I BOUGHT IT FROM A DEALER,
AND BEFORE I GOT HOME,
I HAD OTHER DEALERS CALLING
ME UP TO CHECK THAT OUT,
SAYS, "I KNOW WHAT
YOU PAID FOR IT.
I'LL DOUBLE YOUR MONEY."
- HEY, GORDON.
I BOUGHT THE ONE CHEWING
GUM DISPENSER OVER HERE.
HERE'S ANOTHER
CHEWING GUM DISPENSER.
- I BOUGHT THAT FROM
AN ANTIQUE DEALER
IN ATLANTA AT THE ANTIQUE MALL.
- IT'S GOT GREAT
ADVERTISING ON IT.
YOU CAN SEE THE ACTUAL
CHEWING GUM COME DOWN TO YOU.
YOU JUST DON'T SEE
THOSE VERY OFTEN.
IT'S A GREAT PIECE.
WHAT WOULD YOU LET
SOMETHING LIKE THAT GO FOR?
- OOH. UH...
- HE DID THE "OOH."
- THAT'S ALL RIGHT. I MEAN...
- WELL, I...
- I LIKE CHEWING GUM STUFF.
- I DO TOO.
$600.
- PRETTY COOL.
- I TELL YOU WHAT I WOULD DO.
I WOULD DO $400 ON IT.
- I DON'T THINK I'D DO
THAT. THAT'S RARE.
I COLLECT THIS STUFF AND
LOOK FOR IT ALL THE TIME.
I HAVEN'T SEEN ONE
OF THOSE FOR SALE
IN ALL THE ANTIQUE
SHOWS ANYWHERE.
- HE'S PRICING THINGS. THIS
GUY IS KNOWLEDGEABLE.
I MEAN, HE'S NOT
GIVING THIS STUFF AWAY.
IF I THOUGHT ABOUT
IT FOR A LITTLE WHILE,
MAYBE WE'D COME TO
TERMS MAYBE... SPLIT IT SIX?
I'M AT FOUR; YOU'RE AT FIVE?
- I DON'T THINK I'M GONNA
COME OFF OF SIX TOO MUCH.
- OKAY.
- HEY, YOU GOT GREAT STUFF.
THIS IS... HEY WE
APPRECIATE YOU LETTING US
LOOKING THROUGH HERE.
- ONE THING THAT'S IN
THE BACK OF MY MIND
WHILE WE'RE LOOKING THROUGH
ALL THIS INCREDIBLE STUFF
IS HE JUST KEEPS TELLING
US ABOUT MORE BUILDINGS.
- CAN WE WANDER AROUND
A LITTLE BIT THROUGH HERE?
- HELP YOURSELF.
- HE SAID HE'S GOT
TONS AND TONS MORE.
WHO KNOWS WHAT COULD BE THERE?
[door creaks]
- AH.
- [laughing] THE CRYPT.
- WE LIKE TO HEAR THAT,
BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN
OPENED FOR A WHILE.
- THAT MEANS WE'RE
GOING TO THE CRYPT.
- RIGHT NOW I'M RIDING
ABOUT 80 MILE PER HOUR, MAN.
I'M AT LIKE 4,000 RPMs,
AND I'M TRYING NOT
TO BLOW MY WAD
BEFORE WE GET INTO
THESE OTHER ROOMS
BECAUSE I COULD DROP
TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE GRAND
IN THE FIRST ROOM,
AND THEN I SEE SOMETHING
SMOKING IN THE THIRD ROOM,
AND I'M LIKE, "CRAP. I DON'T
HAVE ANY MONEY LEFT."
GORDON, I CAN'T BELIEVE THE TOUR
JUST KEEPS ON GOING.
- [whistles]
OOH, THOSE ARE NEAT.
- THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.
- I JUST BOUGHT THIS
FROM A FRIEND OF MINE.
- THAT IS BEAUTIFUL.
- I'M A MEMBER OF THE
ANTIQUE CAR CLUB OF AMERICA,
AND I'VE GOT FOUR OR FIVE
REAL CLASSIC AUTOMOBILES.
- LET ME CHECK OUT THIS
TRIUMPH SIGN OVER HERE.
- GORDON, WHAT ABOUT
THIS BSA MOTORCYCLE SIGN?
- YEAH, I'D SAY
MAKE ME AN OFFER.
- BIRMINGHAM SMALL ARMS COMPANY
WAS ACTUALLY STARTED BY 14
GUYS THAT WERE GUNSMITHS.
THEY OUTFITTED THE BRITISH ARMY
WITH AIR SHOTGUNS
FOR THE CRIMEAN WAR.
WHEN THE WAR
BUSINESS DROPPED OFF,
THESE GUYS WERE
ON THE FRONT LINES
OF THIS NEW FANDANGLED
BUSINESS CALLED DICYCLES.
BSA WAS ONE OF THE
BIGGEST MANUFACTURERS
OF MOTORCYCLES ON THE PLANET,
BUT THESE GUYS SKIDDED
OUT OF BUSINESS IN 1972.
- HOW ABOUT $100?
- I'D TAKE A HUNDRED
DOLLARS FOR ONE OF THEM.
- OKAY.
THEY ARE SO RARE BECAUSE
THERE ARE SO MANY COLLECTORS
THAT COLLECT THAT STUFF...
ANYTHING MOTORCYCLE RELATED.
WHEN YOU DO FIND IT, BUY IT.
- GORDON, YOU GOT THIS.
YOU GOT THE TRIUMPH
MOTORCYCLE SIGN.
THIS IS A LOT BIGGER
THAN I THOUGHT IT WAS.
I THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY TO HERE.
- IT'S PRETTY BIG.
- IT'S A BIG SIGN.
THIS SIGN RIGHT
HERE I REALLY LIKE,
AND I LIKE THE BOTTOM
OF IT WITH THE GRAPHICS.
- TRIUMPH MOTORCYCLES ARE THE
HARLEY OF ENGLISH MOTORCYCLES.
THEY ARE THE OLDEST
PRODUCTION MOTORCYCLE COMPANY,
EVEN OLDER THAN HARLEY
DAVIDSON BY FOUR YEARS.
- WOULD YOU DO $500?
- YEAH.
- OKAY.
I'LL TAKE THIS ONE FOR $500.
- OKAY. GOOD.
- I BOUGHT THE TRIUMPH SIGN
BECAUSE I'M A MOTORCYCLE GUY.
THAT THING WAS LARGE AND IN
CHARGE, DOUBLED SIDED, LIGHTED.
IT WAS A SMART BUY FOR HIM,
AND IT'S A SMARTER
BUY FOR ME NOW.
- I'LL SELL YOU THIS CHEAP.
- CHEAP?
- WHAT'S A CAR LIKE THIS WORTH?
- YEAH, WHAT'S
CHEAP? EDUCATE US.
- IT'LL TAKE $10,000
TO HAVE IT PAINTED.
- AND WHAT YEAR IS THIS THING?
- IT'S A '54 SILVER WRAITH.
- CAN I OPEN THIS DOOR?
- SURE. HELP YOURSELF.
- HELP MYSELF. THIS
IS GONNA BE AWESOME.
I WANT TO SIT IN HERE.
CAN I SIT IN HERE?
- YEAH.
- HOLY CRAP. THIS IS AWESOME!
OH, YEAH.
IT'D BE LIKE DRIVING MISS
DAISY WITH FRANK IN THE BACK.
- I LIKE IT BACK THERE.
- THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE
EVER SAT IN A ROLLS ROYCE.
- I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT.
FIRST TIME I'VE EVER... ME TOO.
- WHAT'S A CAR LIKE THIS WORTH?
- I'D SELL IT FOR $35,000.
- $35,000, FRANKIE.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CAR.
- IT IS. IT'S REAL NICE.
- WOW! THIS THING WAS
OUT OF OUR PRICE RANGE,
BUT IT WAS REALLY SWEET
TO SIT IN A KING'S COACH.
- HEY, LOOK AT THIS FRANKIE.
- OH, THAT'S ANOTHER BSA ITEM.
HOW ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
IT'S A CHART FOR DECARBONIZING,
LIKE, WHEN YOU DO AN OVERALL.
THERE'S A BROCHURE.
SEE, THERE'S A
LITTLE THING THERE.
YOU PROBABLY OPENED
IT UP. HOW ABOUT $40?
- $50.
- I'LL DO $50.
- OKAY, GOOD.
- ALL RIGHT.
- THERE YOU GO.
THAT WAS A QUICK ONE.
SOME OF THE FIRST STOP SIGNS
WERE ACTUALLY INVENTED
IN THE EARLY 1900s
IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN.
THEY WERE WHITE OR
YELLOW WITH BLACK LETTERS
AND THEY WERE EITHER
ROUND OR SQUARE.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK
YOU'D GIVE ME FOR IT?
- I'D GIVE YOU $100 FOR IT.
- GET IT OUT.
- HOW ABOUT THIS IRON POLE HERE?
A POLE WITH A CROSS ON THE TOP.
- $100 - $100?
- YEAH.
- ALL RIGHT. I'LL DO THAT.
THE TYPE OF CLIENT
I'M GONNA HAVE
TO BUY THAT IRON POLE
WITH THE CROSS ON TOP
IS PROBABLY GONNA
BE A DECORATOR.
IT PROBABLY CAME OUT OF A
GRAVEYARD OR SOMETHING.
REALLY SPOOKY. REALLY
GOTHIC. REALLY UNUSUAL.
REALLY COOL.
- WOW.
WHEN I THOUGHT THE
BUDGET WAS BLOWN TO BITS,
SOMETHING COOL CAUGHT MY EYE.
IT WAS A CLASSIC PIECE OF WORK.
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT GOING HERE?
- THIS THING IS COOL, DUDE.
I MEAN, LOOK AT THE PATINA
ON THE INSIDE OF THE WOOD.
- LOOK AT THESE DIAMOND
THINGS AND STUFF.
- I KNOW. THE WAY IT'S MADE.
IT'S PEGGED TOGETHER.
IT'S A CEDAR STRIP
CANOE. IT'S LIKE CANVAS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS?
I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S
BIG, BUT IT'S BAD.
- IT'S BIG.
- AT THIS POINT, THE
CASH WAS FLOWING.
I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, "I BETTER
CALL DANIELLE TO WIRE MORE CASH.
- IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS,
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT
I'M THINKING ABOUT.
I'M THINKING ABOUT THAT STRENGTH
TENSONIZER THING OVER THERE...
THAT LITTLE STRENGTH GAME?
YOU KNOW, IT'S BIG.
YOU PUT THE
PENNY IN AND PULL IT.
THE BIG STAND-UP ONE.
THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER ITEMS
MAYBE ONCE I GOT HIM GOING,
I'M GONNA ASK HIM ABOUT.
- YOU SEE MY FACE?
- YOU'RE HAPPY.
- I'M HAPPY.
- ME TOO.
THIS MAKES UP FOR SOME
OF THOSE GASOLINE TRIPS
WE'VE BEEN MAKING.
- GOD BLESS THE SOUTH.
- NO DOUBT.
- THIS IS OUR FIRST LICK OF
HONEY IN THE HONEY HOLE,
AND, MAN, IT WAS SWEET.
HEY, GORDON.
- HEY GORDON.
- WE ARE WORN OUT.
I'M SURE YOU ARE TOO.
- I'M DOING PRETTY GOOD.
- THANKS FOR GIVING
US SOME TIME TODAY.
- I'VE ENJOYED IT.
ENJOYING SEEING YA.
- LET ME SEE WHERE
WE'RE AT HERE.
I'M LIKING THAT OLD CANOE.
- YEAH, NEEDS A LITTLE
WORK, BUT IT'LL BE REAL NICE.
- IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
CAN YOU GIVE US AN
IDEA OF THE AGE OF IT?
- I'D SAY IT'S FROM THE '40s.
I'D NEED ABOUT FOUR.
- 400 BUCKS?
- YEAH.
- I'LL TAKE IT FOR 400 BUCKS.
- OKAY GOOD. THANK YOU.
- ALL RIGHT. I LIKE IT.
- AS LONG AS WE'RE DEALING HERE,
YOU HAD THAT STRENGTH
TESTER OVER THERE.
THE ONE YOU STAND
UP, THE BIG BOY.
WHAT WOULD YOU WANT FOR THAT?
- $200?
- YES.
- I'LL TELL YOU WHAT,
I'LL TAKE THAT FOR $200.
- OKAY, GOOD.
- AND AS LONG AS WE'RE
SHAKING HANDS AND EVERYTHING,
I REALLY, REALLY WANT THAT
GUM DISPENSER OVER THERE.
- I WOULDN'T TAKE LESS
THAN $500 FOR THAT.
- $500 IS WHERE I WANTED TO BE.
I'LL TAKE IT.
- WHAT DID I SAY? $600?
- YOU SAID... I WAS AT $400,
YOU TOLD ME $600,
AND I SAID I WANTED
TO DO IT FOR $500.
- I'LL DO $500
- $500 I'M HAPPY.
- WE KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK
AS FAR AS BUYING
SOME AMAZING THINGS,
BUT IT WAS ALSO AN
INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE FOR US
JUST FOR OUR
BOOSTING OUR MORALE.
WAIT A SECOND.
I THOUGHT YOU SAID
THIS WASN'T HEAVY.
- I'LL GET THAT END.
- I'VE ENJOYED SHOWING
IT AND SELLING A FEW ITEMS
AND EVERYTHING
AND GET PEOPLE WHO
APPRECIATE STUFF LIKE I DO.
- ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
NOW HERE'S WHAT WE DO.
WHOEVER GETS THE STRONGEST GRIP,
OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE
GONNA BE THE GRIP MASTER,
AND THE GRIP MASTER
DOESN'T HAVE TO DRIVE
FOR THE NEXT 500 MILES.
ALL RIGHT.
I JUST RUINED MY
GRIP ON THAT FRIGGIN'...
[bell dings]
- I GOT A BAD ONE!
I GOT A BAD ONE!
- YOU'RE IN THE WOMAN SECTION.
- I KNOW. I WAS ALMOST THERE.
- YOU'RE RIGHT
ABOVE THE "SISSY."
- SO WHAT? I SLIPPED.
- ALL RIGHT. YOU SLIPPED.
REALLY GRIP MASTER.
- WATCH OUT.
- OH, YEAH. I GOTTA DO THAT.
- I'LL DO IT FOR
YOU LIKE ALWAYS.
- ALL RIGHT.
YOU'RE LUCKY YOU DIDN'T
GET THE SEE A DOCTOR.
[bell dings]
WHOA.
- THAT'S NOTHING.
- I'M ON THE BORDER OF
"GOOD" AND "EXCELLENT."
I AM THE GRIP MASTER!
TODAY'S A GOOD DAY
TO BE A PICKER, FRANKIE.
- DARN RIGHT. KEEP LOADING.
- DANIELLE DID GOOD ON THIS ONE.
- SHE SURE DID.
THAT'S SO AWESOME.
THAT IS SMOKING.
THIS IS AMAZING.
- THAT'S COOL, MAN.
JUST WAIT TILL YOU
GET IT ALL CLEANED UP.
- I KNOW.
- LOOK AT ALL THAT
GOOD STUFF YOU GOT.
- YEAH, WE HAD A GOOD
TIME. WE REALLY DID.
- WE HAD A GREAT TIME.
- GORDON HAS SUCH AN
ECLECTIC COLLECTION.
THERE WAS SO MANY
DIFFERENT THINGS THERE
THAT WE BOUGHT, WE JUST
DECIDED TO TAKE A CHANCE ON THEM.
- WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GET
DANIELLE TO HOOK US UP
WITH AN APPRAISER
AND SEE HOW WE DID.
- YOU'VE BEEN VERY COOL.
- IF WE GOT BACK INTO THIS TOWN,
WE GOT BACK DOWN THIS AREA,
WOULD WE BE WELCOME
TO STOP BACK AGAIN?
- SURE. YEAH, YOU NEED
TO GO TO MY HOUSE.
- WE'D LOVE TO DO THAT SOMETIME.
- LOVE TO.
- I'VE GOT TOYS AT MY HOUSE.
- DON'T SAY THAT 'CAUSE
I'LL NEVER WANT TO LEAVE.
- ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, GORDON.
- THANKS, GORDON. THANKS
FOR YOUR HOSPITALITY.
I APPRECIATE IT EVER SO MUCH.
- GOOD LUCK TO YOU.
- YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN.
- SWEET PICKING.
- ALL RIGHT. THANKS, BUDDY.
- OKAY, BYE.
- BYE, NOW.
- GOOD-BYE.
- OH, MY GOD, DUDE.
- THAT WAS AWESOME, DUDE.
- THAT WAS SMOKING.
WE GOTTA CELEBRATE, MAN.
- YEAH, WE GOTTA HAVE SOME
BEERS OR SOMETHING MAYBE.
I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE
ONE OF THE BEST LEADS
DANIELLE GAVE US.
IT'S TOO BAD SHE'S NOT HERE
TO CELEBRATE WITH US, BUT...
- YEAH. SHOULD WE TELL HER THAT?
- HELL NO.
[laughter]
- I THINK THE GUM MACHINE'S
GONNA BE ALL RIGHT.
I THINK THERE'S GOTTA BE
SOME MONEY TO BE MADE ON IT.
I HOPE THE APPRAISER CAN
SHOW ME HOW IT WORKS.
- YOU DIDN'T SEE IF IT WORKED
BEFORE YOU PAID THAT MUCH?
- UH-UH. I JUST...
- OH, MY GOD.
- WE ARE GOING TO TAKE
THIS GUM DISPENSING MACHINE
TO AN APPRAISER AND
SEE WHAT THEY THINK.
- HERE'S THE MOMENT
OF TRUTH, DUDE.
- THIS GUM DISPENSER,
I FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT.
I HOPE I DID GOOD.
[doorbell dings]
- HI, COME ON IN.
DEBORAH FREER. NICE TO MEET YOU.
- NICE TO MEET YOU TOO.
- AH, I SEE.
LET'S SEE WHAT
TREASURES YOU'VE FOUND.
- ALL RIGHTY. HOPEFULLY
IT IS A TREASURE.
- OH, GREAT.
- IN OUR BUSINESS,
WE CALL FARM FRESH.
- THIS IS A GREAT
PIECE, OBVIOUSLY,
FROM RIGHT AT THE
TURN OF THE CENTURY,
TO HAVE SURVIVED IN GLASS.
I WAS JUST LOOKING
AT THE PATENT DATE
HERE ON THE BOTTOM.
- IT'S REALLY NEAT BECAUSE,
ONE, IT WAS MADE 1902,
AND IT'S INTACT.
THE INSIDES ARE COMPLETE
AND THE GLASS SIDES
AND THE ETCHED FRONT
ARE STILL COMPLETE.
- I DON'T KNOW WHAT
THE BELL SITUATION IS.
- IT WOULD ACTUALLY
RING THE BELL
WHEN THE PURCHASE WAS...
WHEN THE COIN WENT IN.
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HOW
THE COIN HITS THE CHUTE
AND THE BELL AND... YEAH.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
I THINK YOU WOULD HEAR.
- THE MANSFIELD
PEPSIN GUM MACHINE
IS PRETTY RARE IN ITS OWN RIGHT.
I DO KNOW THAT ONE CAME
TO MARKET A FEW MONTHS AGO,
BUT THEY DON'T COME
TO MARKET THAT OFTEN.
IT WAS HEIGHT OF THE
INDUSTRY AT THE TIME.
IT WAS QUITE A
FANCY LITTLE MACHINE.
- THE QUESTION IS,
WHAT'S IT WORTH?
- I CAN TELL YOU THAT
ONE SOLD RECENTLY
FOR $900.
- THAT SOUNDS GOOD,
'CAUSE WE PAID LESS
THAN THAT FOR IT, SO...
- CONGRATULATIONS.
- IT'S HARD TO
FIND GREAT THINGS.
I MADE A GOOD PURCHASE.
I HAD A GREAT DAY.
- GOOD FIND.
- I'M GONNA SLEEP A
LITTLE BIT BETTER TONIGHT
KNOWING THAT I DID GOOD IT.
- I FIGURED WE'D
GO AHEAD AND SEE
IF DEBORAH CAN APPRAISE
THIS BANJO PLAYER
THAT I FOUND AT GORDON'S
AND SEE IF SHE KNOWS
HOW MUCH IT'S WORTH.
SEE MY BABY I JUST PICKED UP.
- WE ARE EXCITED.
- SO TELL ME A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.
- I BOUGHT IT FROM A
GUY WHO'S 89 YEARS OLD.
HE'D BEEN COLLECTING
FOR A WHILE.
HE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW
THE APPLICATION OF IT,
BUT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I
KNOW BLACK AMERICANA'S HOT
AND, YOU KNOW, I
STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE.
- YOU STEPPED UP ON IT.
I MEAN, I WAS LIKE, "WHOA.
YOU MUST KNOW
SOMETHING I DON'T."
- BLACK AMERICANA
IS A NICHE MARKET.
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO
FIND IT POLITICALLY INCORRECT,
AND THERE ARE OTHER
PEOPLE WHO ACTIVELY SEEK IT,
AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS
AN INTERESTING AND UNIQUE
PLACE IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
- THIS HAS REALLY
GOT A LOT GOING ON,
AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA
BELIEVE WHAT THIS IS.
HERE, LET ME...
- NO. TELL ME
WHAT IT IS. PLEASE!
- SHOULD I HOLD ONTO HIM, OR...
- OKAY. SO IMAGINE
THIS IS SITTING UP.
IMAGINE IT'S BOLTED
ONTO SOMETHING
AND THERE ARE TWO OF THEM,
AND THEY'RE SITTING
IN YOUR FIREPLACE.
- THAT'S WHAT WE THOUGHT.
HE HAD TWO OR THREE
OTHER FIREPLACE THINGS.
- THE OTHER THING IS,
LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE IN
THE OXIDATION IN THE BACK.
SEE HOW HEAVY THE RUST IS
DOWN HERE AND... YES, EXACTLY.
BUT WHAT'S REALLY FUN
AND UNIQUE ABOUT THIS
BECAUSE YOU SENT THAT PIC,
I COULD NOT FIND THIS FORM
IN ANY OF THE ONLINE BASES
OR ANY OF THE RESEARCH
THAT I GOT TO DO,
SO I THINK YOU'VE GOT A
REALLY RARE IMAGE HERE.
- WHEN DEBORAH SAID THE
BLACK BANJO PIECE WAS RARE,
I HAD CASH REGISTERS
RINGING IN MY HEAD, MAN.
- WHEN YOU WERE DOING
YOUR RESEARCH, THOUGH,
YOU FOUND OTHER BLACK MINSTREL
PIECES THAT WERE ANDIRONS?
- YES.
BUT THEY'RE NOT AS NICE AS THIS.
THIS IS REALLY WELL ARTICULATED.
THE CASTING IS GOOD.
YOU KNOW, THE PITTING'S NOT BAD.
IT'S, YOU KNOW...
- A PRETTY SOLID PIECE.
- IT IS. IT IS.
- AT THE END OF THE DAY, I
NEED TO MAKE SOME MONEY,
SO WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME...
WHAT THE VALUE OF IT IS?
- AND WHEN HE POPPED
ON IT, I WENT, "WHOA."
- ACTUALLY... BASED ON
THE RESEARCH THAT I DID,
I THINK IF YOU WERE TO
SELL IT TO A COLLECTOR,
YOU COULD PROBABLY
GET $600 TO $800 FOR IT.
- ALL RIGHT, FRANKIE.
- GOOD DEAL.
- SO AT $300,
AND I TURNED THAT INTO $600,
THAT'S A GOOD WEEK FOR ME.
- THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- THANKS AGAIN.
- ALL RIGHT. WE'LL
GET OUT OF YOUR HAIR.
- ALL RIGHTY.
- GREAT MEETING YOU.
- THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
- WE KNOW DANIELLE
IS TRIPLE EXCITED
ABOUT COMING OUT
WITH US SOMETIME,
BUT IN ALL REALITY,
I THINK WE NEED DANIELLE
BACK AT HOME BASE,
HOLDING THE FORT DOWN.
- YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK
DANIELLE UNDERSTANDS
THE IMPORTANCE OF HER POSITION.
WE COULDN'T EAT,
SLEEP, OR EVEN BREATHE
IF IT WASN'T FOR HER.
- THE BEST THING
I THINK WE CAN DO
IS MAYBE JUST SEND
HER SOME PHOTOS
WHEN WE'RE HAVING FUN
AND JUST RUB IT IN A LITTLE BIT.
- WE DON'T WANT TO
UPSET HER TOO MUCH
BECAUSE DANIELLE'S
OUR PICKING MAMA.
- WE HAVE FUN TEASING DANIELLE.
SHE'S A GOOD SPORT ABOUT IT.
- I HAVEN'T HAD FUN WITH YOU
SINCE CLINTON WAS IN OFFICE.
- THAT'S FINE.
- OOH. EMAIL.
OH. LOOK WHO GETS TO HAVE FUN.
OOH.
ALL RIGHT. RUB IT IN.
YOU GUYS ARE HAVING
AN AWESOME TIME.
THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
I'LL GET YOU NEXT TIME.
- THIS IS THE FIRST
HONEY HOLE OF THE SOUTH.
THIS IS THE HOLY GRAIL.
- I'M BLOWN AWAY.
- SO MANY PEOPLE THINK
CLOWNS ARE SCARY, MAN.
- I MEAN IT WAS JUST
STARING RIGHT BACK AT ME.
- OH, MY GOD!
WE GOTTA BUY THIS THING.
[laughter]
- YOU'RE IN THE WOMAN'S SECTION.
- I KNOW I WAS ALMOST THERE.
- WHOA. TODAY IS A GOOD
DAY TO BE A PICKER, FRANKIE.
- DARN RIGHT.
- 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.
[upbeat rock music]
[cell phone ringing]
- DANIELLE CALLING.
- HERE WE GO.
- IT'S GOOD SHE'S
CALLING THOUGH.
THAT MEANS SHE'S GOT
SOMETHING GOING ON.
- AT LEAST SHE'S AWAKE.
- YES, MOM.
- HEY. I WANTED TO CALL
AND LET YOU KNOW ABOUT
THERE'S THIS GUY NAMED NATHAN,
AND HE HAS A SON NAMED DAKOTA.
DAKOTA, ACTUALLY,
HE'S LIKE A LITTLE PICKER
WHICH I THINK IS REALLY CUTE.
HE REMINDS ME OF A LITTLE MIKE.
- THAT'S SCARY.
- WHAT'S THE SCOOP ON HIM?
- I MEAN, HE'S GOT EVERYTHING.
THREE BUILDINGS
ON THEIR PROPERTY,
AND THEY HAVE SO
MUCH COOL STUFF.
THEY COME FROM A TOWN...
GET THIS... CALLED PICKENS.
- WOO! HEEHAW!
LET'S GO TO PICKENS.
MAYBE THEY'LL HAVE
A PARADE FOR US.
- MAYBE THEY WILL.
- ALL RIGHT. COOL, MAN.
ALL RIGHT, SEND US
THE COORDINATES,
AND WE'LL GET RIGHT ON IT.
- OKAY.
- LATER.
- SEE YA.
- WHOO!
- BEST MEAL OF THE SOUTH.
I THINK I'M GONNA GO FOR
THE CATFISH AND HUSH PUPPIES.
- I THINK MY BEST MEAL
WAS WHEN WE HAD THAT
RICE AND BELL PEPPER SOUP.
- OH, YEAH. THAT WAS GOOD.
YOU KNOW WHAT I
LIKED ABOUT THAT?
IT WAS FREE.
- IT WAS FREE. THAT WAS MY BEST.
- WE'RE IN PICKENS
COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA.
HOW PERFECT IS THAT FOR US?
WE'RE GONNA SWING BY
AND CHECK OUT NATHAN
AND HIS SON DAKOTA.
THESE GUYS ARE BOTH PICKERS.
IT'S FASCINATING TO ME
THAT THIS KID IS SO YOUNG,
AND HE'S A PICKER.
- WE USUALLY DON'T PICK PICKERS,
BUT ALL PICKERS DON'T
PICK THE SAME STUFF,
SO HOPEFULLY THIS GUY'S
GOT SOME DIFFERENT STUFF
WE MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN.
- HOW'S IT GOING?
- I'M MIKE.
- NATHAN GAMBLE.
- NATHAN, MY NAME
IS FRANK FRTIZ.
- YOU GOT A GRIP ON YOU, MAN.
- I KNOW. JESUS. YOU'VE
BEEN WORKING OUT.
- HOLY CRAP! DAKOTA'S
BIGGER THAN I AM!
WE HEARD THAT YOU'RE CALLED
DAKOTA THE KID AROUND HERE
BECAUSE YOU GOT A FAST DRAW
WHEN IT COMES TO
FINDING SOMETHING COOL.
- UH, I GUESS SO.
- HOW LONG YOU
GUYS BEEN DOING THIS?
- UH, I'VE BEEN DOING IT...
I WAS ABOUT 19, I
STARTED DUMPSTER DIVING
AND AFTER THAT IT WAS ON, SO...
- YOU GET HOOKED.
- I MEAN THE GUY STARTED
OUT JUST LIKE FRANKIE AND I,
DUMPSTER DIVING FOR A LIVING,
SO I'M REALLY INTERESTED
TO SEE WHAT A YOUNGER GUY
AND HIS SON IS GONNA
FIND COLLECTIBLE.
- THERE'S JUST STUFF EVERYWHERE.
YOU JUST REALLY GOTTA
GET IN THERE AND DIG.
SOME OF IT'S VINTAGE.
SOME OF IT'S NEWER.
I LOOK FOR ANYTHING
THAT'S A DEAL.
- YOU GOT A GOOD EYE.
- WE'RE GONNA DO A
BIG OLD CANNONBALL
RIGHT IN THE CENTER
OF A BIG JUNK PILE
AND SEE IF WE CAN COME OUT OF
THERE WITH SOMETHING RUSTY GOLD.
- THERE'S STUFF
EVERYWHERE... ON SHELVES.
SOME TIN TOYS OVER HERE.
- THIS IS LIKE THE
HONEY HOLE PORCH.
- YEAH, KINDA.
- ALL RIGHT.
YOU KNOW ONE THING I
WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
WAS THAT HE WAS LIKE,
"LOOK AROUND, GUYS."
EVERYTHING HERE'S FOR SALE."
- HOW ABOUT YOUR
CREATURE FEATURE MAN?
- I'LL TAKE TEN ON IT.
- HOW ABOUT FIVE BUCKS?
- MAN, HOW ABOUT TEN?
- I DON'T KNOW. I'M
ALMOST... I'M ALMOST OVER IT.
I'M ALMOST PUTTING IT BACK.
- ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
- ALL RIGHT. I'M AT FIVE.
- HEY, WHAT DO
YOU THINK THIS IS?
LIKE A LITTLE TOOTHPICK HOLDER
OR AN EYEGLASS
WASHER OR SOMETHING?
- I THINK IT'S A
TOOTHPICK HOLDER.
I'D TAKE TEN ON IT.
- I'D DO FIVE ON IT.
- ALL RIGHT. FIVE DOLLARS.
- IT'S GOT AN INDIAN
ON THE FRONT.
IT'S MADE OF SWIRL GLASS.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE A MILK GLASS.
IT WAS REALLY COOL, AND I
ONLY PAID FIVE DOLLARS FOR IT.
- A LOT OF THE TIMES,
YOU CAN'T BUY STUFF
FROM THESE PEOPLE
BECAUSE THEIR PRICES ARE HIGH
AND THEY DON'T WANT TO BUDGE,
BUT THIS GUY WAS DIFFERENT.
- WHAT DO YOU GET ON
YOUR COCA COLA BUTTON?
- 25.
- 25.
- ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS LIKE A DEAL.
- THE REASON HE LIKES TO SELL
IS 'CAUSE IT GIVES HIM MORE FUEL
SO HE CAN BUY MORE STUFF.
- HOW ABOUT THIS VOLKSWAGEN CAR?
- I'LL LET YOU HAVE IT FOR 15.
- HOW ABOUT TEN?
- ALL RIGHT. YOU GOT YOU A DEAL.
- ALL RIGHT.
- THE GUY UNDERSTANDS
THE BUSINESS.
HE'S JUST LIKE US.
HE'S NOT HOLDING ONTO SOMETHING
FOR THE LAST DOLLAR OUT OF IT.
WHEN I SAW THAT
BIKE SITTING THERE
I WAS LIKE, "OH MY GOD, IS
THAT REALLY A MOULTON?"
THIS MOULTON'S KIND OF COOL.
- YEAH, I THOUGHT
THAT WAS KIND OF NEAT.
I AIN'T NEVER SEEN ONE LIKE IT.
- AND MOULTON BICYCLES
ARE HIGH DOLLAR BIKES.
THIS IS AN INTERESTING BIKE.
MOULTON BICYCLE
COMPANY STARTED IN 1963.
THEY'RE STILL IN BUSINESS TODAY.
THEY'RE HANDMADE IN ENGLAND.
MOULTON WAS KIND OF A PIONEER
OF FRONT AND REAR
SUSPENSION BIKES.
JUST REALLY FUNKY
FRONT REAR RACKS.
THIS COMPANY'S
ACTUALLY STILL IN BUSINESS.
I KNEW I HAD TO HAVE IT.
THIS IS A REALLY NICE BIKE.
- I'LL TAKE...
$60.
- I DON'T KNOW.
WOULD YOU DO $40?
- HOW ABOUT $45?
- ALL RIGHT. I'D DO $45. $45.
- SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
- DAMN, THIS KID'S
GOT A GRIP ON HIM.
- I KNOW HE DOES. MY
HAND'S STILL HURTING.
- IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE BUY.
I'M THINKING IT'S AT
LEAST WORTH $200.
I WANT TO SEE WHAT DAKOTA
THE KID'S BEEN BUYING.
SEE IF HE'S LIVING UP
TO HIS REPUTATION.
- THERE'S SOME OF
DAKOTA'S FINDS RIGHT THERE.
- CAMERAS.
- DAKOTA THE KID. THIS IS IT.
ARE YOU MAKING MONEY PICKING?
- UH, YEAH.
- YEAH? SO, I MEAN,
DO YOU KEEP TRACK?
YOU HAVE A MONTHLY INCOME GOING?
- I TRY.
- DO YA?
- THAT'S GOOD.
- I MEAN THIS
KID'S 14 YEARS OLD.
HE'S ALREADY MAKING
MONEY AT HIS AGE DOING THIS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT HIM
FOLLOWING IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS?
- I LIKE IT.
HE'S ALWAYS OUT THERE
LIKE, "DAD, DAD, COME HERE.
LOOK AT THIS," YOU KNOW?
- TO BE A GOOD PICKER,
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT
SENSE OF CURIOSITY,
THAT SENSE OF ADVENTURE,
THAT SENSE OF EVERY DAY THINKING
YOU CAN DISCOVER SOMETHING,
AND WHEN YOU SEE A
KID THAT'S AT THAT AGE,
IT KIND OF REMINDS
US A LITTLE BIT
OF HOW WE FEEL WHEN
WE'RE DOING OUR JOB NOW.
- I THINK WHAT'S NEAT IS,
YOU GUYS ARE
DOING THIS TOGETHER.
IT'S HARD TO FIND SOME
CONNECTION, YOU KNOW,
SOMEBODY'S LIKE, "HEY, YOU
KNOW, LET'S GO PLAY SOCCER."
I HAVE THAT
CONNECTION WITH MY KID,
OR FISHING OR WHATEVER IT IS.
I MEAN, IT'S REALLY
COOL FOR US TO SEE THIS
'CAUSE YOU GUYS
ARE PICKING TOGETHER.
WHO'S THIS? THAT'S A HOT CHICK.
- THAT'S... IT'S AN
AUTOGRAPHED PICTURE OF...
LILY ST. CYR, OR
WHATEVER HER NAME WAS.
YOU KNOW, SHE DID LIKE
EROTIC PICTURES AND ALL THAT.
SHE'D BE NAKED ALL THE TIME.
[laughter]
[old-timey jazz music]
♪ ♪
- HOW ABOUT $15?
- HMMM. YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU GOT YOU YOURSELF
A DEAL ON THAT ONE.
- ALL RIGHT.
FOR $15, AND I'VE
GOT HER SIGNATURE,
THAT'S A SMOKING HOT ITEM.
- THAT LOOKS LIKE YOU.
WHY DON'T YOU BUY THAT?
- ACTUALLY I WOULD NEED
THAT FOR WHEN YOU GET TACOS.
THE NEXT DAY IN THE
VAN, IT'S PRETTY BAD.
- I ALSO GOT THIS BUILDING HERE.
- I SAW THE CLOWN HEAD AND
WHAT IT WAS CONNECTED TO.
I WAS LIKE, "WOW.
THIS IS REALLY WEIRD."
- YEAH, LET'S BRING IT OUT.
- SET HER DOWN HERE.
I THINK THE CLOWN
TOY VENDING MACHINE
IS FROM THE LATE
'70s, MAYBE MID-'70s.
- I MEAN IT WAS JUST
STARING RIGHT BACK AT ME.
IT HAD ALL THE TOYS INSIDE.
IT LOOKED IN GREAT CONDITION.
WE GOTTA GET THIS.
- I'M KIND OF DIGGING ON IT
BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE
THINK CLOWNS ARE SCARY, MAN.
OH, MY GOD!
THINGS THAT FREAK
OTHER PEOPLE OUT
GET MY JUICES FLOWING.
IT'S UNUSUAL. IT'S DIFFERENT.
DOES IT WORK?
- YEAH.
- YEAH, LET'S USE YOUR
QUARTER IN CASE WE BUY IT,
AND THAT'S 25¢ OFF.
- THERE IT GOES.
- WHAT'D YOU GET?
- BASKETBALL.
IS THAT A MONKEY?
- IT'S A BASKETBALL
WITH A DEVIL BABY.
- WHEN THE DEVIL
BABY POPPED OUT,
IT'S LIKE, "WE'VE GOT
TO BUY THIS THING."
HOW ABOUT $125?
- HOW ABOUT $160?
- HOW ABOUT $140?
- HOW ABOUT $158?
- I HAD TO KICK HIM A LITTLE BIT
BECAUSE I'M A PICKER.
$148.
- $155.
- HOW ABOUT $150?
- ALL RIGHT.
- ALL RIGHT.
[laughter]
- AS SOON AS DANIELLE KNOWS
THERE'S A DEVIL
BABY TOY IN HERE...
- SHE'LL START
SPENDING HER MONEY.
- OH, MY GOD.
SHE'S GONNA THROW FIVE
BUCKS IN THIS THING SO FAST.
ALL RIGHT. I'M
EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
DID YOU EVER THINK
YOU'D SELL THAT?
- NO, ACTUALLY I DIDN'T.
THERE'S A SUCKER
BORN EVERY MINUTE.
- THAT'S RIGHT.
- THAT'S WHAT BARNUM
AND BAILEY SAID.
- MIKE AND FRANK, THEY SEEMED
LIKE SOME GOOD OLD FELLAS.
THEY SEEM TO KNOW
WHAT THEY'RE DOING,
AND I LIKE THEM.
- THAT'S OUR BABY.
- FOR 150 BUCKS,
THAT'S $300 WORTH
OF FUN ALL DAY LONG.
- I PAID $25 FOR
THE COKE BUTTON,
THOUGHT THAT WAS
A REAL FAIR PRICE.
IT'S GOTTA BE WORTH
$70 BACK WHERE I LIVE.
- I BOUGHT A MOULTON
BICYCLE MADE IN ENGLAND
IN THE HILLS OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
I MEAN, COME ON.
THIS WAS A GOOD DAY.
DAKOTA, GET UP EVERY DAY, MAN,
AND BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN DO IT.
BELIEVE YOU'RE GONNA FIND
SOMETHING AND YOU WILL,
BELIEVE ME.
SOMETIMES THE STUFF
WILL END UP FINDING YOU.
- THAT'S RIGHT.
- THE PICK WAS REALLY GOOD.
I MEAN, THE GUY HAD AN
ECLECTIC MIX OF THINGS.
HE REALLY DID HAVE A GOOD
EYE, AND IT WAS REALLY NEAT
THAT HE WAS TEACHING
HIS SON HOW TO DO THIS TOO.
- WITH YOUNG GUYS LIKE THAT,
THE ART OF PICKING
WILL NEVER DIE.
IT'S NICE TO SEE SOME YOUNG
KIDS SHOWING SOME INTEREST.
- ALL RIGHT. LET'S
CALL DANIELLE.
[phone ringing]
- WHAT'S UP?
- DANIELLE, WHAT'S GOING ON?
- DOING INVENTORY.
- SOUNDS LIKE YOU
GOT IT UNDER CONTROL.
LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE
DOING A GREAT JOB.
- SOUNDS LIKE WE NEVER
NEED TO COME HOME THEN.
- I WAS GONNA TALK TO
YOU ABOUT THAT ANYWAY
'CAUSE I FEEL LEFT OUT.
I WANTED TO SEE IF I
MIGHT BE ABLE TO GO
ON THE NEXT PICK WITH YOU GUYS.
- YOU'RE BREAKING
UP. WHAT'D YOU SAY?
- ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
'CAUSE I CAN HEAR YOU JUST FINE.
HEARD YOU SAY SOMETHING
ABOUT YOU WERE DREAMING
THAT YOU COULD
GO ON A PICK WITH US.
IS THAT CORRECT?
- JUST ONE. THAT'S IT.
- I DON'T THINK YOU REALIZE
HOW IMPORTANT AND
VITAL YOUR POSITION IS.
- YEAH, YOU'RE IMPORTANT.
- AT ANTIQUE ARCHEOLOGY.
- I'M SORRY. YOU'RE,
YOU'RE BREAKING UP.
- I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
THIS IS WHAT I'M
GONNA DO FOR YOU.
I'LL TAKE YOU TO A GARAGE SALE.
I'LL SEE HOW YOU PERFORM THERE,
AND WE'LL JUST GO FROM THERE.
HOW DOES THAT SOUND?
- WELL WE'RE GONNA USE YOUR
MONEY AT THE GARAGE SALE, RIGHT?
- THAT'S FINE. THAT'S FINE.
- OKAY.
- GO SELL SOMETHING.
- SELL SOMETHING.
WE'LL TOUCH BASE.
- GARAGE SALE.
WASTED TALENT. THAT'S WHAT I AM.
- TODAY WE'RE GOING TO A PLACE
WE GOT A LEAD FROM DANIELLE.
GOING TO A LADY.
HER NAME'S MARY, AND WE'RE
GONNA BE WITH HER SON JONATHON.
THEY GOT A LOT OF OUTBUILDINGS.
THEY INHERITED ALL THIS
STUFF FROM THEIR UNCLE,
AND THEY JUST DON'T KNOW
WHAT THEY'RE GONNA
DO WITH THIS STUFF,
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN,
YOU KNOW, HELP THEM OUT.
300 ACRES OF STUFF.
WE BETTER BE ABLE TO
FIND SOMETHING THERE.
WHAT DO THEY GOT? A
JOHN DEERE TRACTOR.
MAN, THEY'RE ON TOP OF
IT. THEY'RE WAITING FOR US.
- HEY, HOW YA DOING?
- WELCOME TO THE FARM.
- YEAH, I SEE YOU GOT
A LOT OF OUTBUILDINGS.
WE LIKE THAT.
- YES, WE DO.
- YOUR UNCLE, WAS
HE A COLLECTOR OR...
- IF ANYBODY THREW
ANYTHING AWAY, HE WANTED IT.
- HE WAS ONE OF THE
FOREFATHER PICKERS.
- RIGHT, RIGHT.
HE DIDN'T BUY ANYTHING, THOUGH,
BUT HE'S GOT QUITE A
COLLECTION OF THIS AND THAT.
- MY GREAT GRANDFATHER
OWNED THIS FARM,
AND HE WAS IN 1861,
AND IT WAS ORIGINALLY 800 ACRES.
- LOVE THESE OLD BUILDINGS.
- I KNOW. THEY'RE NEAT.
- I'M EXCITED TODAY BECAUSE
ALL THESE OUTBUILDINGS...
AND, I MEAN, THESE
ARE OLD OUTBUILDINGS,
NOT JUST OUTBUILDINGS.
I'M LIKE, "WOW!"
- THIS IS THE TACK ROOM,
OR WHAT WAS THE TACK ROOM.
THIS IS THE LAWNMOWER
SHED OVER HERE.
- THIS IS ME AND
FRANKIE'S FIRST TIME
PICKING A SMOKE HOUSE.
WHEN YOU GET ONTO A PROPERTY
AND THERE'S THIS
MANY OUTBUILDINGS
WITH THIS MUCH STUFF THAT'S
BEEN HERE FOR THIS LONG...
SO HAVE YOU GUYS
EVER BEEN IN HERE?
- NO.
- THEN I'M LIKE, "OKAY.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
"WE HAVE A CHANCE DOWN HERE.
"WE ARE NOT GONNA BLOW THIS.
"WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH
EVERY CRACK, EVERY PANEL.
"I'M GONNA CRAWL OVER EVERYTHING
AND UNDERNEATH EVERYTHING
TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND
SOMETHING IN THIS PLACE."
- IF YOU LIKE RUSTY METAL,
YOU'RE IN RUSTY METAL HEAVEN.
- HOW ABOUT THIS OLD
LICENSE PLATE PLACARD?
HOW ABOUT TEN BUCKS, MARY?
- THAT SOUNDS LIKE A DEAL.
- FOR WHO? ME OR YOU?
- FOR ME.
- OKAY.
HEY, MARY, WHAT
ABOUT THIS RADIO HERE?
HOW ABOUT 20 BUCKS?
- SOLD!
- WOULD YOU DO TEN?
- 15 SINCE YOU LIKE IT SO MUCH.
- I DO LIKE IT. I'M GONNA DO 15.
I LOVE THAT.
I BOUGHT THE OLD LAWN CHAIR
BECAUSE IT KIND OF REMINDED
ME OF LIKE A KNOLL STRAP CHAIR.
IT HAD REALLY THICK WEBBING.
LAWN CHAIRS AS A WHOLE ARE
NOT WORTH A TON OF MONEY,
BUT I DIDN'T PAY A
LOT OF MONEY FOR IT.
IT WAS JUST A REALLY
COOL, FUNKY PIECE.
IT WAS AN IMPULSE BUY.
- MY GRANDFATHER
WASN'T A VETERINARIAN
BUT THEY CALLED HIM DOC
AND EVERYBODY WOULD
BRING THEIR HORSES.
- OH, OKAY.
WELL, MAYBE THIS
WAS HIS BAG THEN.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'D SELL?
- OH, I PROBABLY WOULD.
- I LIKE THE DOCTOR
BAG. I LIKE THE STORY.
HOW ABOUT TEN BUCKS?
- SURE.
- AND IT WAS LEATHER.
IT WAS REALLY THICK.
IT WAS MADE WELL.
IT WAS TEN BUCKS. IT WAS COOL.
- MY GRANDMOTHER
HAD A CHICKEN HOUSE
AND FIRST THING I DID WAS GO
OUT THERE AND GET THE EGGS
BEFORE I'D GO IN
THERE TO SEE HER.
- WHAT'S COOL ABOUT
WALKING AROUND A PROPERTY
WITH A RELATIVE IS YOU
START SEEING THINGS
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
- YOU SEE THAT CHAIN UP THERE?
- I SEE... I SAW THAT.
- THEY... WHERE
THE DAIRY FARM WAS,
THEY WOULD GO AND GET
A COW AND BUTCHER IT,
AND THEY'D HANG IT
UP FROM THAT LIMB.
- WE JUST FELT REALLY
CONNECTED WITH EVERYTHING
BECAUSE EACH PLACE WE
WENT TO, THEY HAD A STORY.
- THEY USED TO HANG A BUNCH
OF DEERSKINS BACK HERE.
- THERE'S SOME STILL
LAYING ON THE FLOOR.
- OH, YEAH.
- IT'S ALMOST LIKE
READING A BOOK,
AND YOU'RE TURNING EACH PAGE.
- I SEEN THIS SCHOOL BELL.
IT WAS PROBABLY
MADE IN THE LATE 1800s.
- WHAT IS THAT?
- THIS IS THE BRACKET
THAT GOES ON.
YOU MOUNT IT JUST LIKE THAT.
- THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING IS THE "Y" BRACKET.
IF IT'S CRACKED, THEN IT'S JUNK.
THIS ONE WASN'T BROKEN.
PEOPLE USE THEM FOR DECORATIVE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE
THEM OUTSIDE THEIR SHOPS.
THEY'RE JUST AN
OLD PIECE OF HISTORY,
AND THEY'RE REALLY COOL.
- WOULD THIS BE
SOMETHING YOU WOULD SELL?
- YEAH. WHAT DO YOU
FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH?
- $50 WOULD BE
COMFORTABLE FOR ME.
- $50?
- MM-HMM.
$50, I THINK I'M REAL GOOD.
NOT TOO MUCH ORNATE ON IT,
BUT I THINK IT'S
WORTH $100 ALL DAY.
- $50 WILL DO IT.
- ALL RIGHTY. THANKS.
- ARE THESE OLD CHURCH LIGHTS?
- YEAH, THEY RENOVATED
THE CHURCH DOWN THE STREET
SO HE BROUGHT
THOSE HOME WITH HIM.
- OH, MY GOD. I
CAN'T BELIEVE THAT.
- I WAS LIKE, "WOW.
THESE ARE REALLY COOL."
SO WAS THIS A CHURCH
THAT HE WENT TO?
- MY GRANDFATHER
HELPED BUILD THAT CHURCH.
- REALLY?
- YES.
THE CHURCH IS
OVER 100 YEARS OLD.
- THEY WERE IN GREAT SHAPE.
THEY HAD KIND OF A
CRINKLE GLASS IN THEM.
THERE WAS A COOL
STORY BEHIND THEM.
THEY DIDN'T LOOK TOO CHURCHY.
THEY COULD GO IN,
LIKE, ANYBODY'S BUILDING
THAT THEY'RE GONNA RESTORE.
- IS THIS SOMETHING YOU'D SELL?
- THEY WERE REALLY NEAT PIECES.
YOU DO NOT SEE STUFF LIKE THAT.
I MEAN GO OUT, SHOP
FOR LIGHTING RIGHT NOW.
THESE THINGS ARE AMAZING.
I HAD TO OWN THEM.
IF IT'S SOMETHING
YOU WANT TO KEEP
I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND.
YOUR FAMILY HAS A LOT
OF HISTORY WITH THEM.
- BUT I THINK IT
DESERVES A GOOD HOME
OTHER THAN OUT HERE.
- OKAY.
- THAT'S WHAT WE'D RATHER DO
THAN SIT OUT HERE
AND GO TO WASTE.
- RIGHT.
WOULD YOU DO $100
APIECE ON THEM?
- OKAY.
- WANNA DO THAT? I'D DO THAT.
MARY, IT TAKES A LOT
TO GET ME EXCITED.
AND YOU JUST GOT ME EXCITED.
- ALL RIGHT.
- THEY COULD GO
BACK INTO A CHURCH
THAT'S SOMEONE'S GONNA RESTORE.
THEY COULD GO INTO A
FOYER IN SOMEONE'S HOME.
THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS
YOU CAN USE ARCHITECTURAL STUFF.
IT'S ALL ABOUT HOW
CREATIVE YOU'RE GONNA BE.
I BEEN PICKING ALL DAY,
BUT I'M STILL LOOKING
FOR THAT SPECIAL PIECE,
SOMETHING UNUSUAL,
TO MAKE IT WORTH IT.
I'M DIGGING THROUGH THE
BOTTOM OF THIS HUGER CABINET,
AND I LOOK OVER WITH
THE CORNER OF MY EYE
AND I SEE SOMETHING
REALLY SPECIAL.
STONEWARE POTTERY IS
IN REALLY HIGH DEMAND.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO FIND.
I WAS AMAZED TO FIND IT
IN AN OLD HUGER CABINET
IN A SHED IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
THERE'S SOME OTHER
PIECES DOWN IN HERE.
- OH, WOW.
- SEE THAT HANDLE'S BUSTED OFF?
IT'S STILL A NEAT PIECE,
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING
THAT WAS PROBABLY MADE
BACK IN THE '30s OR '40s.
- AS A PICKER, WHEN I COME
ACROSS A PIECE OF POTTERY,
I'M LOOKING AT
THE GLAZING ON IT.
I'M LOOKING AT THE DESIGN ON IT.
I'M LOOKING AT THE BOTTOM
TO SEE IF THERE'S
ANY WEAR EDGE TO IT.
- THIS WOULD BE LIKE AN
EARLY, EARLY MASON JAR
YOU KNOW, MADE OUT OF STONEWARE.
THAT'S KIND OF COOL.
- I'M LOOKING FOR THE
QUALITY OF THE PIECE.
I'M LOOKING FOR ANY
KIND OF ADVERTISING,
ANY KIND OF DESIGN
ON THE PIECE AT ALL.
- THIS PIECE RIGHT HERE
IS MARKED PENNSYLVANIA.
IT'S MARKED GREENSBORO,
PA, HAMILTON AND JONES.
IT'S GOT ONE LITTLE,
LITTLE WINGO HERE,
LITTLE CHIP ON THE END OF IT.
THIS ONE HERE LOOKS LIKE
ABOUT FROM THE SAME TIME PERIOD,
BUT THERE'S NO
ADVERTISING ON IT.
IS THIS A PIECE THAT
YOU'D CONSIDER SELLING?
I LIKE THIS ONE.
I LIKE THE WAY THE HANDLE'S
GOT SOME DETAIL TO IT.
IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO FIND
ANY OF THIS SALT GLAZED
POTTERY FROM THE 1800s,
ESPECIALLY WITH THE
COBALT BLUE DESIGN ON IT,
THE ADVERTISING.
MOST OF IT DIDN'T SURVIVE.
IT WAS BROKEN. IT WAS CHIPPED.
THIS WAS AN INCREDIBLE
PIECE IN AMAZING CONDITION.
- YOU KNOW, I'D DO
A 100 BUCKS ON IT.
I MEAN, IF THAT DOES
ANYTHING FOR YA.
I THINK IT'S PRETTY COOL.
- OKAY.
- WHAT'S NEAT ABOUT
IT IS THAT, YOU KNOW,
I DISCOVERED IT HERE, AND YOU
DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT WAS HERE.
- NO, I DIDN'T, AND IT
REALLY IS BEAUTIFUL.
- IT IS. IT'S REALLY COOL.
I LIKE IT A LOT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
- THANK YOU.
- THANK YOU.
WHEN I'M HUNTING FOR POTTERY,
THE SALT GLAZE
COBALT BLUE STUFF,
THAT'S THE STUFF THAT IS
ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND.
WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOU
LETTING US LOOK AROUND, REALLY.
- WELL, I APPRECIATE
BOTH OF YOU COMING.
IT WAS AN HONOR FOR
MY UNCLE'S MEMORY
FOR Y'ALL TO COME OUT HERE
AND LOOK AT ALL OF HIS TREASURES.
- NO, IT WAS MORE OUR HONOR.
IT WAS MORE OUR HONOR, REALLY.
- MY UNCLE WOULD HAVE
BEEN, AS WE SAY IN THE SOUTH,
IN HOG HEAVEN OUT HERE
WITH THEM SHOWING THEM ALL
THESE TREASURES OF DAYS GONE BY.
HE'D HAVE LOVED IT.
- JONATHON AND MARY
EPITOMIZED SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY.
THEY ARE SO NICE, SO GRACIOUS.
[bell rings]
- WHOA! HURRY UP.
- GONNA LISTEN TO THAT
ALL THE WAY TO IOWA.
- HOPE YOU FIND A GOOD HOME.
- I'M JUST GONNA HAVE
THIS LIKE EMOTIONAL AFFAIR
WITH THIS BABY RIGHT
HERE RIGHT NOW,
AND JUST KINDA HOLD IT TIGHT.
- IT NEEDS TO GO HOME WITH YOU.
- THE STONEWARE
JUG THAT I FOUND,
I BOUGHT FOR $100,
I'M GONNA ASK $300.
- MARY, SHE WAS SUCH A
SWEET, NICE SOUTHERN BELLE.
GREAT HOSPITALITY.
THANK YOU EVER SO MUCH.
- THANK YOU.
- I'M HAPPY ABOUT
THOSE SCHOOL BELLS.
MAN, I'M FIRED UP.
THOSE THINGS ARE COOL.
- YOU ARE A DING-DONG.
- DWING, DWING, DWING, DWING.
I'M FIRED UP ON THOSE.
[phone ringing]
- DANNY'S CALLING.
- ALL RIGHT.
- HEY, GIRL. WHAT'S UP?
- I HAVE A GOLDMINE.
SO LET'S JUST SHORT HAND THIS,
AND YOU CAN START
KISSING MY FEET RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE I'M A GODDESS.
- [laughs] OKAY.
WHAT THE HELL IS IT?
- ALL RIGHT, SO DON'T
JUDGE UNTIL I'M DONE.
THERE'S THIS GUY WHOSE
NAME IS GORDON FARMER,
SO YOU'RE GONNA THINK I'M CRAZY.
HE OWNS A CEMENT FACTORY.
- IT'S IN THE MIDDLE
OF A CEMENT PLANT?
- SO HE'S PROBABLY
GOT SOME MONEY,
PROBABLY BOUGHT GOOD STUFF.
- YEAH, THAT MEANS HE
DOESN'T NEED OUR MONEY.
- WELL, YEAH.
- HE'S A BITCHIN' DUDE.
YOU GOTTA GO CHECK HIM OUT.
HE'S GOT TONS OF
ONE-OF-A-KIND ITEMS,
LIKE ANTIQUE ART, SIGNS,
PAINTINGS, JUKEBOXES.
I'M TELLING YA.
YOU'RE GONNA WANT TO
PUT AWAY YOUR DOLLAR BILLS
AND BREAK OUT YOUR CHECK BOOKS,
'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF
IN THERE YOU'RE GONNA LIKE.
- OH, I'M EXCITED THAT
THE GUY'S WILLING TO SELL.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT
THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO WAY
WE'RE EVER TAKING
DANNY ON A PICK.
- THERE'S NO WAY.
CAN YOU IMAGINE?
YOU'RE AN OLDER LADY.
WE'RE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR
AND, BAM, DANIELLE'S THERE
WITH ALL OF HER
TATTOOS AND EVERYTHING.
THAT AIN'T GONNA...
THAT AIN'T GONNA WORK.
- CAN YOU SEE HER GOING
THROUGH LIKE HORSE CRAP
AND DIGGING AROUND?
- SHE WOULDN'T DO IT.
- THE ONLY WAY I THINK WE
COULD REALLY UTILIZE HER
TO OUR BENEFIT WOULD
BE IF WE PULLED UP
AND THERE WAS A BIG
DOG OR SOMETHING.
WE COULD LET HER OUT OF THE VAN.
- USE HER AS MEAT.
- AND THE DOG COULD
RUN AND CHASE HER,
AND THEN WE COULD
GO KNOCK ON THE DOOR.
- THAT'D WORK.
I'M KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
FIRST TIME WE'VE PICKED A
CONCRETE PLANT, YOU KNOW?
- [laughing] YEAH.
HERE IT IS RIGHT HERE.
- OH, WOW. THIS
PLACE LOOKS HUGE.
- THIS PLACE IS MEGA-HUGE.
- SO HE'S NOT JUST, LIKE,
POURING A COUPLE DRIVEWAYS
OR NOTHING LIKE THAT,
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
- HEY, GORDON.
- HEY, HOW YA DOING?
- MY FIRST IMPRESSION OF GORDON
WAS HE HAD THE HAT ON,
THE CUSTOM-MADE CANE.
- HE'S A CLASSIC
SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN.
- WE KNOW YOU TALKED
TO DANIELLE ON THE PHONE.
YOU HAD TWO REQUIREMENTS:
YOU HAVE TO LIKE OLD STUFF,
AND YOU HAVE TO
HAVE A LOT OF MONEY.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE
HAVE BOTH THOSE THINGS.
- YOU DO?
- YEAH.
- WELL, I'M GLAD TO SEE YA.
[laughter]
MY BROTHER AND
I BUILT IT IN 1965,
BUT I'VE COLLECTED AND
PUT MY COLLECTION IN HERE,
AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT I'VE GOT.
I'VE BEEN COLLECTING
FOR 84 YEARS.
Both: WOW.
- I STARTED WHEN I
WAS ABOUT 5 YEARS OLD,
COLLECTING MARBLES,
GLASS MARBLES,
AND INDIAN ARROWHEADS.
- LET'S TAKE A LOOK
GORDON. SEE WHAT YOU GOT.
WHOA.
GORDON, YOU WEREN'T KIDDING.
- THERE'S A LOT TO TAKE IN HERE.
- YOU GOT ME EXCITED NOW.
WHEN YOU'RE A PICKER OR
A COLLECTOR OF ANY SORT,
THIS IS THE KIND OF PLACE
THAT YOU DREAM ABOUT.
- HE'S GOT A LITTLE BIT
OF EVERYTHING IN HERE.
- YOU'VE GOT A GOOD EYE.
YOU GOT GOOD TASTE.
I'M SURE A LOT OF THIS
STUFF WE SEE IN HERE
YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO
TELL US QUITE A BIT ABOUT IT,
AND THAT'S WHAT WE LIKE
ABOUT OUR JOB WITH THE HISTORY.
HERE'S AN OLD WORLD WAR
II PILOT'S LEATHER SKULL CAP.
LET ME SEE IF IT FITS.
- I WAS IN WORLD WAR II.
- YOU WERE IN WORLD WAR II?
- YEAH.
- THANK YOU.
- I WAS IN THE 8TH AIR FORCE
FLYING ON A B-17
IN THE AIR CORPS.
THAT'S A GOOD ITEM RIGHT THERE.
YOU DON'T SEE THOSE
FOR SALE ANYMORE.
- IT FITS GOOD.
WHAT WOULD YOU
HAVE TO HAVE FOR THAT?
- MAKE ME AN OFFER.
- HOW ABOUT $60?
- I'LL DO THAT.
- ALL RIGHT. I LIKE IT.
I BOUGHT THE LEATHER
PILOT'S SKULL CAP
BECAUSE IT'S A
WORLD WAR II ITEM,
AND IT'S REALLY SOFT.
I MEAN, IT'S STILL
PLUSH LEATHER.
A LOT OF THOSE
WHEN YOU FIND THOSE,
THEY'RE SO DRIED OUT,
AND IF YOU TOUCH THEM,
THEY'RE JUST BRITTLE,
AND THEY'LL BREAK APART.
THIS ONE WAS IN
REALLY NICE CONDITION.
IT STILL HAD A LITTLE BIT
OF THE HEADSET GEAR IN IT.
YOU KNOW, FOR $60, I
THINK IT'S AN AMAZING ITEM.
THANK YOU.
- OKAY. YOU'RE WELCOME.
- I APPRECIATE THAT.
- FINE.
- WHAT ABOUT
SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
JAMES BOND CAR.
THE EARLY JAMES BOND
TIN TOYS ARE HOT ITEMS.
EVERY TIME A NEW JAMES
BOND MOVIE COMES OUT,
THE INTEREST COMES BACK.
- BULLETPROOF.
- YEAH, IT'S GOT THE LITTLE
BULLETPROOF THING IN THE BACK.
IF I WOULD HAVE FOUND
THAT WITH THE BOX,
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE
GREATEST FIND OF ALL TIME.
- HOW MUCH?
- UM, $40?
- YOU CAN'T BUY A
NICE COLLECTIBLE CAR
NOW FOR $40.
THEY'RE MORE THAN THAT.
- HOW ABOUT $60? YOU TELL ME.
- I'D TAKE $75 FOR IT.
- $75?
- YEAH.
- YOU COULDN'T BUY
THAT TO SAVE YOUR LIFE
FOR LESS THAN $125.
IT'S IN GOOD CONDITION.
- LET'S DO $75 ON IT THEN.
- I'LL DO THAT.
- OKAY.
- THIS IS AMAZING,
GORDON. I MEAN IT REALLY IS.
- HIGH QUALITY STUFF.
WE COULD GO TO 25 PLACES
AND NOT SEE THE MULTITUDE
OF GOOD STUFF LIKE YOU HAVE.
- THIS IS THE FIRST
HONEY HOLE OF THE SOUTH.
THIS IS THE HOLY GRAIL.
- IT'S A LOT TO TAKE
IN HERE, GORDON.
- THIS IS THE PLACE THAT
WE'RE TOTALLY SEARCHING FOR.
THIS IS THE PLACE WE'RE
GONNA BE ABLE TO GET SOME
OF THE BIG TICKET ITEMS.
MIKE, WE'RE ONLY JUST, LIKE,
CRUSTING ON THE SURFACE HERE.
- SOMETIMES WHEN THE
WEATHER'S BAD, YOU KNOW,
AND I CAN'T GO OUT ANTIQUING,
I JUST COME DOWN HERE
AND OPEN THE DOOR AND LOOK.
- YEAH, YOU GOT YOUR OWN STUFF.
- I VISIT MY OWN SHOP.
- GOD, FRANK. LOOK AT THIS.
THIS IS AMAZING, ISN'T IT?
IT WAS THE KIND OF GENERAL STORE
THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM
MOST GENERAL STORES
BECAUSE HE JUST HAD A
MULTITUDE OF EVERYTHING,
AND IT WASN'T ALL
TOTALLY DISPLAYED.
A LOT OF IT'S JUST SITTING
ON THE GROUND TOO.
I'M BLOWN AWAY.
- GORDON, IS THIS
GUMBALL OR PEANUT?
- NO, THAT'S PEANUT MACHINE.
- OKAY. WHAT YEAR IS
SOMETHING LIKE THAT FROM?
- OH, I'D SAY IT'S THE 1930s.
- IT'S GOT THE KEY.
THE KEY IS THE KEY TO THAT
BECAUSE WITHOUT THE
KEY, YOU CAN'T REFILL IT.
PEANUT MACHINES WERE AS
POPULAR AS GUM MACHINES.
THEY BOTH MADE THEIR FIRST
APPEARANCE IN TRAIN STATIONS.
THIS PIECE IS REAL SPECIAL
BECAUSE OF THE PEANUT SHAPE.
- WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR THIS?
- WELL, MAKE ME AN OFFER.
LET'S SEE WHAT I SAY.
- 100 BUCKS.
- I'LL DO THAT, YEAH.
- I BOUGHT THE PEANUT DISPENSER
BECAUSE IT WAS IN
REALLY AMAZING CONDITION.
A LOT OF PEOPLE COLLECT
THAT KIND OF STUFF
FOR SODA FOUNTAINS
THAT THEY'RE DOING.
IT WASN'T A LOT OF
MONEY, 100 DOLLARS.
I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO GET IT.
WHAT'S THAT, FRANKIE?
- WELL IT'S A CHEWING GUM...
IT'S A CHEWING GUM THING HERE.
IT'S GOT A NICE GRAPHIC
ON THE FRONT HERE.
IT'S KIND OF RUSTY ON THE THING.
WOULD THIS BE SOMETHING
YOU'D BE INTERESTED
IN SELLING, GORDON?
- YEAH I'D SELL IT.
MAKE ME AN OFFER.
- OKAY, I'M GONNA SAY $100.
I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF
RUSTY. IF IT WAS IN...
- I SEE THAT. YOU KNOW?
I'LL SELL IT TO YOU FOR $100.
I THINK IT'S WORTH MORE
THAN $100, BUT I'LL DO THAT.
- OKAY. IF YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE,
THAT'S WHERE I'M COMFORTABLE.
- YEAH. OKAY.
- IF I DIDN'T WANT TO GET
RID OF SOME OF THIS STUFF,
I WOULDN'T DO IT.
- GORDON IS READY
TO SELL AT THIS POINT
BECAUSE HE'S ALREADY TALKED
TO HIS KIDS ABOUT THIS STUFF.
THEY DON'T HAVE
ANY INTEREST IN IT,
AND HE DOESN'T WANT IT
TO BE A BURDEN TO THEM.
- I JUST REALIZED I'M NOT
DOING ANYTHING WITH IT,
AND YOU CAN SEE
JUST SITS IN HERE
AND AT THIS TIME THERE'S
NOBODY ESPECIALLY ENJOYING IT
EXCEPT ME.
- NOW IT'S TIME TO PASS
IT ON TO SOMEONE ELSE.
- YOU HAVE GOT SOME
INCREDIBLE STUFF HERE, GORDON.
- YEAH.
- AS WE WERE SEARCHING AROUND,
I SPOTTED THIS
LARGE GRIP MACHINE.
THIS WAS A REAL BEAUTY.
THIS COULD BE SOLD TO PEOPLE
THAT COLLECT
COIN-OPERATED ITEMS.
YOU KNOW WHAT'S COOL
ABOUT THIS MACHINE?
IT'S GOT WORDS YOU WOULDN'T
DARE SEE ON STUFF TODAY.
IT HAS WORDS LIKE
"SISSY," "WOMAN."
HECK, I KNOW WOMEN THAT
COULD BEAT ME AT ARM WRESTLING.
- GORDON, I'M NOTICING ON
THESE SHELVES BEHIND HERE,
THERE'S A PIECE OF CAST IRON.
IT'S LIKE A BLACK BANJO
PLAYER OR SOMETHING.
- CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THAT?
- YEAH, I BELIEVE THEY USED IT
FOR PEOPLE TO PUT THE MAIL IN.
- DOES IT HAVE SOME AGE TO IT?
- OH, YEAH. IT'S REAL OLD.
- IT WAS AN UNUSUAL PIECE.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN
ONE OF THOSE BEFORE.
IT WAS CAST IRON.
IT WAS VERY LARGE.
IT WAS DIFFERENT.
WOULD YOU DO $300 ON IT?
- I'D TAKE $300 FOR IT.
- OKAY, I'LL TAKE IT.
THAT CAST IRON
BLACK BANJO PLAYER
IS VERY UNUSUAL PIECE,
REAL EARLY PIECE OF AMERICANA.
I HAD TO HAVE IT. IT'S
AN INCREDIBLE PIECE.
YOU GOT A GOOD EYE.
YOU BUY QUALITY STUFF,
AND THE STUFF'S IN
AMAZING CONDITION.
YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT.
- I STUDIED ENGINEERING
AT GEORGIA TECH.
- OKAY.
- MECHANICAL ENGINEERING,
SO I LIKE MECHANICAL ITEMS.
- SO HOW DID YOU GET
IN THE CEMENT BUSINESS
FROM ENGINEERING?
- WELL, I WAS IN WORLD WAR II.
WHEN I GOT HOME, I
HAD $5,000 DOLLARS.
MY SISTER-IN-LAW HEARD
PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT
ALL THESE SOLDIERS COMING HOME
AND THEY'RE GONNA NEED
HOUSING, YOU KNOW, AND BUSINESSES.
SHE SAYS, "WHY DON'T YOU GO IN
THE CONCRETE BLOCK BUSINESS?"
- I MEAN, YOU KNEW NOTHING
ABOUT THE CONCRETE BUSINESS.
- NO, I DIDN'T.
I HAD A FRIEND IN ATLANTA
THAT HAD A BIG BLOCK PLANT,
SO I WENT TO TALK TO HIM.
HE SAYS, "YOU CAN'T EVEN START
PAYING INVENTORY FOR $5,000,"
BUT I DIDN'T PAY ANY
ATTENTION TO HIM.
- WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING
AROUND THROUGH THIS PLACE
AND YOU REALIZE THAT
NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE
HAVE WALKED IN THERE OTHER
THAN HIM AND HIS RELATIVES,
REALLY, AS A PICKER,
YOU FEEL BLESSED.
THAT CHERRY THING'S
COOL. CHERRY SMASH.
- IT WAS MADE IN ARLINGTON.
IT WAS SOLD AS A SYRUP
AND DISPENSED IN
STORES WITH SODA WATER.
THE FLAVOR VANISHED IN 1933,
BUT THE SYRUP
CONTAINER, IF NOT DAMAGED,
COULD BE WORTH UP TO
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
- OOH. HOO. HOO.
[laughter]
- GORDON, USUALLY
IF I PICK SOMETHING UP
AND SOMEBODY
GOES, "OOH, HOO-HOO,"
THAT MEANS IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE.
- IT IS EXPENSIVE.
- HOW MUCH IS
SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
- $1,400.
- $1,400. I BET.
I MEAN, THE GRAPHICS
ARE BEAUTIFUL.
- THEY SOLD ONE AT
AUCTION FOR $2,800.
- $2,800. RECENTLY?
- YEAH.
- THAT'S GOTTA MAKE YOU
FEEL GOOD, DOESN'T IT?
WHEN YOU GOT SOMETHING LIKE THAT
AND YOU BOUGHT
IT, AND YOU'RE LIKE,
"HEY, THAT'S BRINGING
A LOT MORE THAN I PAID."
- I BOUGHT IT FROM A DEALER,
AND BEFORE I GOT HOME,
I HAD OTHER DEALERS CALLING
ME UP TO CHECK THAT OUT,
SAYS, "I KNOW WHAT
YOU PAID FOR IT.
I'LL DOUBLE YOUR MONEY."
- HEY, GORDON.
I BOUGHT THE ONE CHEWING
GUM DISPENSER OVER HERE.
HERE'S ANOTHER
CHEWING GUM DISPENSER.
- I BOUGHT THAT FROM
AN ANTIQUE DEALER
IN ATLANTA AT THE ANTIQUE MALL.
- IT'S GOT GREAT
ADVERTISING ON IT.
YOU CAN SEE THE ACTUAL
CHEWING GUM COME DOWN TO YOU.
YOU JUST DON'T SEE
THOSE VERY OFTEN.
IT'S A GREAT PIECE.
WHAT WOULD YOU LET
SOMETHING LIKE THAT GO FOR?
- OOH. UH...
- HE DID THE "OOH."
- THAT'S ALL RIGHT. I MEAN...
- WELL, I...
- I LIKE CHEWING GUM STUFF.
- I DO TOO.
$600.
- PRETTY COOL.
- I TELL YOU WHAT I WOULD DO.
I WOULD DO $400 ON IT.
- I DON'T THINK I'D DO
THAT. THAT'S RARE.
I COLLECT THIS STUFF AND
LOOK FOR IT ALL THE TIME.
I HAVEN'T SEEN ONE
OF THOSE FOR SALE
IN ALL THE ANTIQUE
SHOWS ANYWHERE.
- HE'S PRICING THINGS. THIS
GUY IS KNOWLEDGEABLE.
I MEAN, HE'S NOT
GIVING THIS STUFF AWAY.
IF I THOUGHT ABOUT
IT FOR A LITTLE WHILE,
MAYBE WE'D COME TO
TERMS MAYBE... SPLIT IT SIX?
I'M AT FOUR; YOU'RE AT FIVE?
- I DON'T THINK I'M GONNA
COME OFF OF SIX TOO MUCH.
- OKAY.
- HEY, YOU GOT GREAT STUFF.
THIS IS... HEY WE
APPRECIATE YOU LETTING US
LOOKING THROUGH HERE.
- ONE THING THAT'S IN
THE BACK OF MY MIND
WHILE WE'RE LOOKING THROUGH
ALL THIS INCREDIBLE STUFF
IS HE JUST KEEPS TELLING
US ABOUT MORE BUILDINGS.
- CAN WE WANDER AROUND
A LITTLE BIT THROUGH HERE?
- HELP YOURSELF.
- HE SAID HE'S GOT
TONS AND TONS MORE.
WHO KNOWS WHAT COULD BE THERE?
[door creaks]
- AH.
- [laughing] THE CRYPT.
- WE LIKE TO HEAR THAT,
BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN
OPENED FOR A WHILE.
- THAT MEANS WE'RE
GOING TO THE CRYPT.
- RIGHT NOW I'M RIDING
ABOUT 80 MILE PER HOUR, MAN.
I'M AT LIKE 4,000 RPMs,
AND I'M TRYING NOT
TO BLOW MY WAD
BEFORE WE GET INTO
THESE OTHER ROOMS
BECAUSE I COULD DROP
TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE GRAND
IN THE FIRST ROOM,
AND THEN I SEE SOMETHING
SMOKING IN THE THIRD ROOM,
AND I'M LIKE, "CRAP. I DON'T
HAVE ANY MONEY LEFT."
GORDON, I CAN'T BELIEVE THE TOUR
JUST KEEPS ON GOING.
- [whistles]
OOH, THOSE ARE NEAT.
- THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.
- I JUST BOUGHT THIS
FROM A FRIEND OF MINE.
- THAT IS BEAUTIFUL.
- I'M A MEMBER OF THE
ANTIQUE CAR CLUB OF AMERICA,
AND I'VE GOT FOUR OR FIVE
REAL CLASSIC AUTOMOBILES.
- LET ME CHECK OUT THIS
TRIUMPH SIGN OVER HERE.
- GORDON, WHAT ABOUT
THIS BSA MOTORCYCLE SIGN?
- YEAH, I'D SAY
MAKE ME AN OFFER.
- BIRMINGHAM SMALL ARMS COMPANY
WAS ACTUALLY STARTED BY 14
GUYS THAT WERE GUNSMITHS.
THEY OUTFITTED THE BRITISH ARMY
WITH AIR SHOTGUNS
FOR THE CRIMEAN WAR.
WHEN THE WAR
BUSINESS DROPPED OFF,
THESE GUYS WERE
ON THE FRONT LINES
OF THIS NEW FANDANGLED
BUSINESS CALLED DICYCLES.
BSA WAS ONE OF THE
BIGGEST MANUFACTURERS
OF MOTORCYCLES ON THE PLANET,
BUT THESE GUYS SKIDDED
OUT OF BUSINESS IN 1972.
- HOW ABOUT $100?
- I'D TAKE A HUNDRED
DOLLARS FOR ONE OF THEM.
- OKAY.
THEY ARE SO RARE BECAUSE
THERE ARE SO MANY COLLECTORS
THAT COLLECT THAT STUFF...
ANYTHING MOTORCYCLE RELATED.
WHEN YOU DO FIND IT, BUY IT.
- GORDON, YOU GOT THIS.
YOU GOT THE TRIUMPH
MOTORCYCLE SIGN.
THIS IS A LOT BIGGER
THAN I THOUGHT IT WAS.
I THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY TO HERE.
- IT'S PRETTY BIG.
- IT'S A BIG SIGN.
THIS SIGN RIGHT
HERE I REALLY LIKE,
AND I LIKE THE BOTTOM
OF IT WITH THE GRAPHICS.
- TRIUMPH MOTORCYCLES ARE THE
HARLEY OF ENGLISH MOTORCYCLES.
THEY ARE THE OLDEST
PRODUCTION MOTORCYCLE COMPANY,
EVEN OLDER THAN HARLEY
DAVIDSON BY FOUR YEARS.
- WOULD YOU DO $500?
- YEAH.
- OKAY.
I'LL TAKE THIS ONE FOR $500.
- OKAY. GOOD.
- I BOUGHT THE TRIUMPH SIGN
BECAUSE I'M A MOTORCYCLE GUY.
THAT THING WAS LARGE AND IN
CHARGE, DOUBLED SIDED, LIGHTED.
IT WAS A SMART BUY FOR HIM,
AND IT'S A SMARTER
BUY FOR ME NOW.
- I'LL SELL YOU THIS CHEAP.
- CHEAP?
- WHAT'S A CAR LIKE THIS WORTH?
- YEAH, WHAT'S
CHEAP? EDUCATE US.
- IT'LL TAKE $10,000
TO HAVE IT PAINTED.
- AND WHAT YEAR IS THIS THING?
- IT'S A '54 SILVER WRAITH.
- CAN I OPEN THIS DOOR?
- SURE. HELP YOURSELF.
- HELP MYSELF. THIS
IS GONNA BE AWESOME.
I WANT TO SIT IN HERE.
CAN I SIT IN HERE?
- YEAH.
- HOLY CRAP. THIS IS AWESOME!
OH, YEAH.
IT'D BE LIKE DRIVING MISS
DAISY WITH FRANK IN THE BACK.
- I LIKE IT BACK THERE.
- THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE
EVER SAT IN A ROLLS ROYCE.
- I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT.
FIRST TIME I'VE EVER... ME TOO.
- WHAT'S A CAR LIKE THIS WORTH?
- I'D SELL IT FOR $35,000.
- $35,000, FRANKIE.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CAR.
- IT IS. IT'S REAL NICE.
- WOW! THIS THING WAS
OUT OF OUR PRICE RANGE,
BUT IT WAS REALLY SWEET
TO SIT IN A KING'S COACH.
- HEY, LOOK AT THIS FRANKIE.
- OH, THAT'S ANOTHER BSA ITEM.
HOW ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
IT'S A CHART FOR DECARBONIZING,
LIKE, WHEN YOU DO AN OVERALL.
THERE'S A BROCHURE.
SEE, THERE'S A
LITTLE THING THERE.
YOU PROBABLY OPENED
IT UP. HOW ABOUT $40?
- $50.
- I'LL DO $50.
- OKAY, GOOD.
- ALL RIGHT.
- THERE YOU GO.
THAT WAS A QUICK ONE.
SOME OF THE FIRST STOP SIGNS
WERE ACTUALLY INVENTED
IN THE EARLY 1900s
IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN.
THEY WERE WHITE OR
YELLOW WITH BLACK LETTERS
AND THEY WERE EITHER
ROUND OR SQUARE.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK
YOU'D GIVE ME FOR IT?
- I'D GIVE YOU $100 FOR IT.
- GET IT OUT.
- HOW ABOUT THIS IRON POLE HERE?
A POLE WITH A CROSS ON THE TOP.
- $100 - $100?
- YEAH.
- ALL RIGHT. I'LL DO THAT.
THE TYPE OF CLIENT
I'M GONNA HAVE
TO BUY THAT IRON POLE
WITH THE CROSS ON TOP
IS PROBABLY GONNA
BE A DECORATOR.
IT PROBABLY CAME OUT OF A
GRAVEYARD OR SOMETHING.
REALLY SPOOKY. REALLY
GOTHIC. REALLY UNUSUAL.
REALLY COOL.
- WOW.
WHEN I THOUGHT THE
BUDGET WAS BLOWN TO BITS,
SOMETHING COOL CAUGHT MY EYE.
IT WAS A CLASSIC PIECE OF WORK.
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT GOING HERE?
- THIS THING IS COOL, DUDE.
I MEAN, LOOK AT THE PATINA
ON THE INSIDE OF THE WOOD.
- LOOK AT THESE DIAMOND
THINGS AND STUFF.
- I KNOW. THE WAY IT'S MADE.
IT'S PEGGED TOGETHER.
IT'S A CEDAR STRIP
CANOE. IT'S LIKE CANVAS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS?
I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S
BIG, BUT IT'S BAD.
- IT'S BIG.
- AT THIS POINT, THE
CASH WAS FLOWING.
I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, "I BETTER
CALL DANIELLE TO WIRE MORE CASH.
- IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS,
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT
I'M THINKING ABOUT.
I'M THINKING ABOUT THAT STRENGTH
TENSONIZER THING OVER THERE...
THAT LITTLE STRENGTH GAME?
YOU KNOW, IT'S BIG.
YOU PUT THE
PENNY IN AND PULL IT.
THE BIG STAND-UP ONE.
THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER ITEMS
MAYBE ONCE I GOT HIM GOING,
I'M GONNA ASK HIM ABOUT.
- YOU SEE MY FACE?
- YOU'RE HAPPY.
- I'M HAPPY.
- ME TOO.
THIS MAKES UP FOR SOME
OF THOSE GASOLINE TRIPS
WE'VE BEEN MAKING.
- GOD BLESS THE SOUTH.
- NO DOUBT.
- THIS IS OUR FIRST LICK OF
HONEY IN THE HONEY HOLE,
AND, MAN, IT WAS SWEET.
HEY, GORDON.
- HEY GORDON.
- WE ARE WORN OUT.
I'M SURE YOU ARE TOO.
- I'M DOING PRETTY GOOD.
- THANKS FOR GIVING
US SOME TIME TODAY.
- I'VE ENJOYED IT.
ENJOYING SEEING YA.
- LET ME SEE WHERE
WE'RE AT HERE.
I'M LIKING THAT OLD CANOE.
- YEAH, NEEDS A LITTLE
WORK, BUT IT'LL BE REAL NICE.
- IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
CAN YOU GIVE US AN
IDEA OF THE AGE OF IT?
- I'D SAY IT'S FROM THE '40s.
I'D NEED ABOUT FOUR.
- 400 BUCKS?
- YEAH.
- I'LL TAKE IT FOR 400 BUCKS.
- OKAY GOOD. THANK YOU.
- ALL RIGHT. I LIKE IT.
- AS LONG AS WE'RE DEALING HERE,
YOU HAD THAT STRENGTH
TESTER OVER THERE.
THE ONE YOU STAND
UP, THE BIG BOY.
WHAT WOULD YOU WANT FOR THAT?
- $200?
- YES.
- I'LL TELL YOU WHAT,
I'LL TAKE THAT FOR $200.
- OKAY, GOOD.
- AND AS LONG AS WE'RE
SHAKING HANDS AND EVERYTHING,
I REALLY, REALLY WANT THAT
GUM DISPENSER OVER THERE.
- I WOULDN'T TAKE LESS
THAN $500 FOR THAT.
- $500 IS WHERE I WANTED TO BE.
I'LL TAKE IT.
- WHAT DID I SAY? $600?
- YOU SAID... I WAS AT $400,
YOU TOLD ME $600,
AND I SAID I WANTED
TO DO IT FOR $500.
- I'LL DO $500
- $500 I'M HAPPY.
- WE KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK
AS FAR AS BUYING
SOME AMAZING THINGS,
BUT IT WAS ALSO AN
INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE FOR US
JUST FOR OUR
BOOSTING OUR MORALE.
WAIT A SECOND.
I THOUGHT YOU SAID
THIS WASN'T HEAVY.
- I'LL GET THAT END.
- I'VE ENJOYED SHOWING
IT AND SELLING A FEW ITEMS
AND EVERYTHING
AND GET PEOPLE WHO
APPRECIATE STUFF LIKE I DO.
- ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
NOW HERE'S WHAT WE DO.
WHOEVER GETS THE STRONGEST GRIP,
OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE
GONNA BE THE GRIP MASTER,
AND THE GRIP MASTER
DOESN'T HAVE TO DRIVE
FOR THE NEXT 500 MILES.
ALL RIGHT.
I JUST RUINED MY
GRIP ON THAT FRIGGIN'...
[bell dings]
- I GOT A BAD ONE!
I GOT A BAD ONE!
- YOU'RE IN THE WOMAN SECTION.
- I KNOW. I WAS ALMOST THERE.
- YOU'RE RIGHT
ABOVE THE "SISSY."
- SO WHAT? I SLIPPED.
- ALL RIGHT. YOU SLIPPED.
REALLY GRIP MASTER.
- WATCH OUT.
- OH, YEAH. I GOTTA DO THAT.
- I'LL DO IT FOR
YOU LIKE ALWAYS.
- ALL RIGHT.
YOU'RE LUCKY YOU DIDN'T
GET THE SEE A DOCTOR.
[bell dings]
WHOA.
- THAT'S NOTHING.
- I'M ON THE BORDER OF
"GOOD" AND "EXCELLENT."
I AM THE GRIP MASTER!
TODAY'S A GOOD DAY
TO BE A PICKER, FRANKIE.
- DARN RIGHT. KEEP LOADING.
- DANIELLE DID GOOD ON THIS ONE.
- SHE SURE DID.
THAT'S SO AWESOME.
THAT IS SMOKING.
THIS IS AMAZING.
- THAT'S COOL, MAN.
JUST WAIT TILL YOU
GET IT ALL CLEANED UP.
- I KNOW.
- LOOK AT ALL THAT
GOOD STUFF YOU GOT.
- YEAH, WE HAD A GOOD
TIME. WE REALLY DID.
- WE HAD A GREAT TIME.
- GORDON HAS SUCH AN
ECLECTIC COLLECTION.
THERE WAS SO MANY
DIFFERENT THINGS THERE
THAT WE BOUGHT, WE JUST
DECIDED TO TAKE A CHANCE ON THEM.
- WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GET
DANIELLE TO HOOK US UP
WITH AN APPRAISER
AND SEE HOW WE DID.
- YOU'VE BEEN VERY COOL.
- IF WE GOT BACK INTO THIS TOWN,
WE GOT BACK DOWN THIS AREA,
WOULD WE BE WELCOME
TO STOP BACK AGAIN?
- SURE. YEAH, YOU NEED
TO GO TO MY HOUSE.
- WE'D LOVE TO DO THAT SOMETIME.
- LOVE TO.
- I'VE GOT TOYS AT MY HOUSE.
- DON'T SAY THAT 'CAUSE
I'LL NEVER WANT TO LEAVE.
- ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, GORDON.
- THANKS, GORDON. THANKS
FOR YOUR HOSPITALITY.
I APPRECIATE IT EVER SO MUCH.
- GOOD LUCK TO YOU.
- YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN.
- SWEET PICKING.
- ALL RIGHT. THANKS, BUDDY.
- OKAY, BYE.
- BYE, NOW.
- GOOD-BYE.
- OH, MY GOD, DUDE.
- THAT WAS AWESOME, DUDE.
- THAT WAS SMOKING.
WE GOTTA CELEBRATE, MAN.
- YEAH, WE GOTTA HAVE SOME
BEERS OR SOMETHING MAYBE.
I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE
ONE OF THE BEST LEADS
DANIELLE GAVE US.
IT'S TOO BAD SHE'S NOT HERE
TO CELEBRATE WITH US, BUT...
- YEAH. SHOULD WE TELL HER THAT?
- HELL NO.
[laughter]
- I THINK THE GUM MACHINE'S
GONNA BE ALL RIGHT.
I THINK THERE'S GOTTA BE
SOME MONEY TO BE MADE ON IT.
I HOPE THE APPRAISER CAN
SHOW ME HOW IT WORKS.
- YOU DIDN'T SEE IF IT WORKED
BEFORE YOU PAID THAT MUCH?
- UH-UH. I JUST...
- OH, MY GOD.
- WE ARE GOING TO TAKE
THIS GUM DISPENSING MACHINE
TO AN APPRAISER AND
SEE WHAT THEY THINK.
- HERE'S THE MOMENT
OF TRUTH, DUDE.
- THIS GUM DISPENSER,
I FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT.
I HOPE I DID GOOD.
[doorbell dings]
- HI, COME ON IN.
DEBORAH FREER. NICE TO MEET YOU.
- NICE TO MEET YOU TOO.
- AH, I SEE.
LET'S SEE WHAT
TREASURES YOU'VE FOUND.
- ALL RIGHTY. HOPEFULLY
IT IS A TREASURE.
- OH, GREAT.
- IN OUR BUSINESS,
WE CALL FARM FRESH.
- THIS IS A GREAT
PIECE, OBVIOUSLY,
FROM RIGHT AT THE
TURN OF THE CENTURY,
TO HAVE SURVIVED IN GLASS.
I WAS JUST LOOKING
AT THE PATENT DATE
HERE ON THE BOTTOM.
- IT'S REALLY NEAT BECAUSE,
ONE, IT WAS MADE 1902,
AND IT'S INTACT.
THE INSIDES ARE COMPLETE
AND THE GLASS SIDES
AND THE ETCHED FRONT
ARE STILL COMPLETE.
- I DON'T KNOW WHAT
THE BELL SITUATION IS.
- IT WOULD ACTUALLY
RING THE BELL
WHEN THE PURCHASE WAS...
WHEN THE COIN WENT IN.
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HOW
THE COIN HITS THE CHUTE
AND THE BELL AND... YEAH.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
I THINK YOU WOULD HEAR.
- THE MANSFIELD
PEPSIN GUM MACHINE
IS PRETTY RARE IN ITS OWN RIGHT.
I DO KNOW THAT ONE CAME
TO MARKET A FEW MONTHS AGO,
BUT THEY DON'T COME
TO MARKET THAT OFTEN.
IT WAS HEIGHT OF THE
INDUSTRY AT THE TIME.
IT WAS QUITE A
FANCY LITTLE MACHINE.
- THE QUESTION IS,
WHAT'S IT WORTH?
- I CAN TELL YOU THAT
ONE SOLD RECENTLY
FOR $900.
- THAT SOUNDS GOOD,
'CAUSE WE PAID LESS
THAN THAT FOR IT, SO...
- CONGRATULATIONS.
- IT'S HARD TO
FIND GREAT THINGS.
I MADE A GOOD PURCHASE.
I HAD A GREAT DAY.
- GOOD FIND.
- I'M GONNA SLEEP A
LITTLE BIT BETTER TONIGHT
KNOWING THAT I DID GOOD IT.
- I FIGURED WE'D
GO AHEAD AND SEE
IF DEBORAH CAN APPRAISE
THIS BANJO PLAYER
THAT I FOUND AT GORDON'S
AND SEE IF SHE KNOWS
HOW MUCH IT'S WORTH.
SEE MY BABY I JUST PICKED UP.
- WE ARE EXCITED.
- SO TELL ME A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.
- I BOUGHT IT FROM A
GUY WHO'S 89 YEARS OLD.
HE'D BEEN COLLECTING
FOR A WHILE.
HE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW
THE APPLICATION OF IT,
BUT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I
KNOW BLACK AMERICANA'S HOT
AND, YOU KNOW, I
STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE.
- YOU STEPPED UP ON IT.
I MEAN, I WAS LIKE, "WHOA.
YOU MUST KNOW
SOMETHING I DON'T."
- BLACK AMERICANA
IS A NICHE MARKET.
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO
FIND IT POLITICALLY INCORRECT,
AND THERE ARE OTHER
PEOPLE WHO ACTIVELY SEEK IT,
AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS
AN INTERESTING AND UNIQUE
PLACE IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
- THIS HAS REALLY
GOT A LOT GOING ON,
AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA
BELIEVE WHAT THIS IS.
HERE, LET ME...
- NO. TELL ME
WHAT IT IS. PLEASE!
- SHOULD I HOLD ONTO HIM, OR...
- OKAY. SO IMAGINE
THIS IS SITTING UP.
IMAGINE IT'S BOLTED
ONTO SOMETHING
AND THERE ARE TWO OF THEM,
AND THEY'RE SITTING
IN YOUR FIREPLACE.
- THAT'S WHAT WE THOUGHT.
HE HAD TWO OR THREE
OTHER FIREPLACE THINGS.
- THE OTHER THING IS,
LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE IN
THE OXIDATION IN THE BACK.
SEE HOW HEAVY THE RUST IS
DOWN HERE AND... YES, EXACTLY.
BUT WHAT'S REALLY FUN
AND UNIQUE ABOUT THIS
BECAUSE YOU SENT THAT PIC,
I COULD NOT FIND THIS FORM
IN ANY OF THE ONLINE BASES
OR ANY OF THE RESEARCH
THAT I GOT TO DO,
SO I THINK YOU'VE GOT A
REALLY RARE IMAGE HERE.
- WHEN DEBORAH SAID THE
BLACK BANJO PIECE WAS RARE,
I HAD CASH REGISTERS
RINGING IN MY HEAD, MAN.
- WHEN YOU WERE DOING
YOUR RESEARCH, THOUGH,
YOU FOUND OTHER BLACK MINSTREL
PIECES THAT WERE ANDIRONS?
- YES.
BUT THEY'RE NOT AS NICE AS THIS.
THIS IS REALLY WELL ARTICULATED.
THE CASTING IS GOOD.
YOU KNOW, THE PITTING'S NOT BAD.
IT'S, YOU KNOW...
- A PRETTY SOLID PIECE.
- IT IS. IT IS.
- AT THE END OF THE DAY, I
NEED TO MAKE SOME MONEY,
SO WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME...
WHAT THE VALUE OF IT IS?
- AND WHEN HE POPPED
ON IT, I WENT, "WHOA."
- ACTUALLY... BASED ON
THE RESEARCH THAT I DID,
I THINK IF YOU WERE TO
SELL IT TO A COLLECTOR,
YOU COULD PROBABLY
GET $600 TO $800 FOR IT.
- ALL RIGHT, FRANKIE.
- GOOD DEAL.
- SO AT $300,
AND I TURNED THAT INTO $600,
THAT'S A GOOD WEEK FOR ME.
- THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- THANKS AGAIN.
- ALL RIGHT. WE'LL
GET OUT OF YOUR HAIR.
- ALL RIGHTY.
- GREAT MEETING YOU.
- THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
- WE KNOW DANIELLE
IS TRIPLE EXCITED
ABOUT COMING OUT
WITH US SOMETIME,
BUT IN ALL REALITY,
I THINK WE NEED DANIELLE
BACK AT HOME BASE,
HOLDING THE FORT DOWN.
- YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK
DANIELLE UNDERSTANDS
THE IMPORTANCE OF HER POSITION.
WE COULDN'T EAT,
SLEEP, OR EVEN BREATHE
IF IT WASN'T FOR HER.
- THE BEST THING
I THINK WE CAN DO
IS MAYBE JUST SEND
HER SOME PHOTOS
WHEN WE'RE HAVING FUN
AND JUST RUB IT IN A LITTLE BIT.
- WE DON'T WANT TO
UPSET HER TOO MUCH
BECAUSE DANIELLE'S
OUR PICKING MAMA.
- WE HAVE FUN TEASING DANIELLE.
SHE'S A GOOD SPORT ABOUT IT.
- I HAVEN'T HAD FUN WITH YOU
SINCE CLINTON WAS IN OFFICE.
- THAT'S FINE.
- OOH. EMAIL.
OH. LOOK WHO GETS TO HAVE FUN.
OOH.
ALL RIGHT. RUB IT IN.
YOU GUYS ARE HAVING
AN AWESOME TIME.
THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
I'LL GET YOU NEXT TIME.