American Pickers (2010–…): Season 2, Episode 4 - Smooth Operators - full transcript
This time on American Pickers... Danielle sends the guys to a South Carolina warehouse packed with new vintage Harley stock. But can they convince their sentimental owner to sell? Mike and Frank make an incredible discovery guaranteed to impress NASCAR champion Ryan Newman. Michelle is overwhelmed by her late father's extraordinary Hollywood film collection. And, back in Iowa, the guys scour the incredible collection of one of their decorator clients.
- ALL RIGHT, WE'RE
GOING TO A PICK
WITH SOMETHING
THAT WE KNOW ABOUT:
MOTORCYCLES PARTS!
EVERY TIME YOU
OPEN SOMETHING UP,
THERE WAS ANOTHER
JEWEL IN THERE.
IT'S JUST INSANE THE AMOUNT
OF PARTS THAT ARE HERE.
THIS WAS RYAN NEWMAN'S CAR?
WE JUST SAW THE GUY,
WE JUST SOLD HIM A SIGN.
HOW BIZARRE IS THAT?
RYAN WHO?
[laughs]
YOU DON'T WANT TO
SHOW THAT YOUR HEART
IS POUNDING OUT OF YOUR CHEST.
YOU DON'T WANT TO SHOW
THAT YOUR EYEBALLS ARE READY
TO POP OUT OF YOUR HEAD.
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 DON'T HAVE ROADS
LIKE THIS IN IOWA.
I WILL ADMIT, THE ROADS
DOWN HERE ARE NICE.
NICE MAN.
WE'RE GETTING READY TO END
OUR TRIP DOWN HERE IN THE SOUTH.
WE JUST NEED A COUPLE MORE
PICKS TO TOP OUR TRIP OFF.
ALL RIGHT, WHO DO
YOU THINK IS HOTTER,
TAYLOR SWIFT OR LADY GAGA?
- LADY GAGA. SHE'S MEGA HOT.
I BOUGHT HER CD.
ALL RIGHT, WHO DO
YOU THINK'S HOTTER,
ME, OR...
- LISTEN.
KIM KARDASHIAN OR GENE SIMMONS?
- GENE.
- TODAY WE'RE GONNA BE DOING
A LITTLE BIT OF FREESTYLING
HERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
FREESTYLE IS EXCITING.
IT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
THAN A DANIELLE LEAD.
WITH A DANIELLE LEAD,
WE KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.
WITH A FREESTYLE PICK,
WE DON'T KNOW
WHAT'S COMING AT US.
WE JUST HAVE TO ROLL WITH IT.
WE'RE GONNA DO A
LITTLE DOOR-KNOCKING.
- BACK TO THE BASICS.
YEAH, IT'S PACKED.
- LOOK AT ALL THOSE CARS.
- LOOKS GOOD.
WE SAW A BIG PILE OF OLD RUSTY
CARS, SAW SOME OUTBUILDINGS.
- WHO KNOWS WHAT'S INSIDE THAT.
- THAT BIG OLD BUILDING THERE.
THAT LOOKS LIKE ADDAMS
FAMILY MEETS SANFORD AND SON.
- THAT LOOKS GOOD.
WHEN YOU CAN SEE JUST A
LITTLE STUFF FROM THE HIGHWAY,
YOU KNOW THERE'S
A LOT MORE BEHIND IT.
THEY MUST HAVE BEEN RACERS
BECAUSE THEY GOT A
BUNCH OF OLD STOCK CARS.
- DUDE COMING OUT?
- IS ANYBODY HOME?
HELLO?
HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
- ALL RIGHT.
- HEY, WE WERE JUST DRIVING BY.
I'M MIKE.
- DEANA.
WE WERE DRIVING BY, DEANA,
AND WE SAW YOU HAD A BUNCH
OF CARS AND STUFF THERE.
YEAH, WE SAW THAT YOU GUYS
COLLECTED STUFF, AND SO DO WE.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE
INTO THE SAME STUFF WE ARE TOO
AS FAR AS, LIKE, TRANSPORTATION.
- OH, NOT ME. HE IS.
- OH, HE IS?
- STEVE. WE CALL HIM BOO.
- HOW YOU DOING?
- HEY, STEVE. HOW YOU DOING?
WE WERE JUST DRIVING BY.
WE BUY ALL KINDS
OF DIFFERENT STUFF.
IS ANYTHING FOR SALE OR NOT?
- SURE.
- OH, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT.
YOU HAVEN'T SEEN
HALF OF WHAT HE HAS.
YOU WANT TO COME OUT
AND SHOW US SOME STUFF?
- SURE.
- ALL RIGHT, COOL.
- IT'S ALWAYS SUCH A RELIEF
WHEN YOU SPEAK TO SOMEBODY
AT THE DOOR, AND
THEY'RE SUPER NICE.
YOU MAKE A LITTLE CONVERSATION,
AND THEN IT'S LIKE "LET'S
GET DOWN TO BUSINESS."
- THIS USED TO BE MY
GRANDFATHER'S PROPERTY.
MY FATHER SOLD CARS.
WE HAD REPOS AND
JUNKYARD AND I RACED OUT
THE JUNKYARD FOR YEARS.
- WE'RE TRYING TO REMODEL
AND CLEAN UP RIGHT NOW.
- OH, YEAH?
- YEAH.
BOO AND I DATED
TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO,
AND THEN WE RAN INTO EACH
OTHER AGAIN ALMOST A YEAR AGO
AND STARTED
DATING AGAIN, AND UM,
PLAN ON GETTING MARRIED SOON.
BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GET
THE HOUSE FIXED UP FIRST.
- DO YOU HAVE THE SAME TASTE?
- NO.
- ARE YOU BOUNCING
OFF EACH OTHER?
- I'M TRYING TO DO ANTIQUE, OLD
STUFF IN WITH MY MODERN TASTE.
- OH, OKAY.
AND WHAT'S HE TRYING TO DO?
- PILE UP JUNK.
- THAT'S NOT ANYTHING
FOR THE CABINET THERE,
THAT'S STUFF, NOT JUNK.
ONE MAN'S JUNK IS ANOTHER
MAN'S TREASURE, I GUESS.
- MAN, THIS JUST KEEPS ON GOING.
HOW MANY ACRES
YOU GOT HERE, BOO?
YOU STILL BUYING?
[laughs] DEANA!
SHOULD HAVE SEEN DEANA'S FACE.
- SHE WENT, "WHAT?"
- I CHANGED THE
PASSWORD ON HIS EBAY.
- YOU DID?
- A LOT OF TIMES IT'S THE WIFE
THAT WANTS THE STUFF GONE,
AND WE'RE MORE THAN
HAPPY TO HELP HER ALONG.
- YEAH, SELL IT.
I HAVE A HOUSE FULL, A
SHOP FULL, A YARD FULL,
AND A JUNKYARD FULL.
- HEY, BOO, WHAT'S
THIS CAR RIGHT HERE?
THIS WAS RYAN NEWMAN'S CAR?
HOW BIZARRO IS THAT?
WE JUST SAW THE GUY,
WE JUST SOLD HIM A SIGN,
AND THEN HERE WE ARE OUT
IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
IN SOUTH CAROLINA, AND WE
COME ACROSS ONE OF HIS CARS.
- HOW'D YOU PICK THIS UP?
- A FRIEND OF MINE,
HE HAD IT A FEW YEARS,
AND I ENDED UP GETTING IT.
- NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S
BEEN SLAMMED AROUND HERE.
WAS THAT ALL FROM HIM RACING IT?
- TORE THE SIDE OFF OF IT.
- OH, MY GOD.
FRANKIE, LET ME GET A SHOT OF
YOU GOING LIKE THIS NEXT TO IT.
SO WHEN HE SEES IT,
HE'LL BE LIKE FRANK!
RYAN WHO?
THIS IS JUST AMAZING THAT
WE WOULD COME ACROSS
THIS DOWN HERE AT YOUR PLACE.
THAT'S WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT
IS HOW SOME THINGS
ALMOST FIND US.
- THAT'S NEAT THAT
THAT HAPPENED.
I WISH THEY WOULD
TAKE IT WITH THEM.
I THINK I CAN GET IT IN THE VAN.
- WHAT YEAR IS THAT CHEVELLE?
- CORVETTE?
OH, THAT WAS A NICE ONE.
- HIS PASSION'S ALWAYS
BEEN OLD CARS AND RACING.
WHEN WE DATED 25 YEARS AGO,
HE USED TO RACE DIRT CARS.
THAT'S ALL WE DID,
EVERY WEEKEND.
- THIS IS MY PALACE RIGHT HERE.
- AH, I CAN SEE THAT!
- THAT'S YEARS AND
YEARS OF COLLECTION.
- BOO! THIS IS AWESOME!
- OH, MY.
- HAVE YOU BEEN
BACK HERE BEFORE?
- NO.
- I'LL BE DARNED.
SHE'S BEEN HERE A YEAR
AND THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME
THAT SHE'D EVER BEEN IN THERE?
- I KNEW THERE WAS JUNK IN THERE
BUT THERE WAS ACTUALLY PLACES
IN THERE THAT I DIDN'T
KNOW WAS THERE.
THIS ROOM RIGHT HERE'S NOTHING
BUT TIRES AND HUBCAPS OVER HERE.
I MEAN, I DIDN'T KNOW
THERE WAS ALL THESE LITTLE
CUBBYHOLES AND ROOMS.
THE UPSTAIRS, I HAD NO IDEA.
YOU COULD PROBABLY DIG
THROUGH HERE EVERY DAY FOR A WEEK
AND STILL NOT SEE
EVERYTHING HERE.
- I HEAR YOU THERE.
WHEN WE'RE OUT PICKING, IT'S
ALMOST LIKE A GAMBLER'S HIGH.
WHEN WE'RE OPENING THOSE
DRAWERS, LOOKING UNDER BENCHES,
ALL THAT STUFF, WE'RE SEARCHING.
WE'RE ALL ABOUT DISCOVERY.
IT'S A LAMP, IT'S A WAGON.
- THAT'S A BIG TARPON.
- THE ULTIMATE
COSMIC SOUND MACHINE.
WHOA, THAT LOOKS FAST.
STAINLESS STEEL.
WHAT YOU GOT TO HAVE FOR THAT?
ALL RIGHT, I'M DOING IT.
I BOUGHT THE LIME GREEN
PHONE FROM THE SEVENTIES.
DIAL IT UP, THAT THING
IS FULL ON MOD-SQUAD.
BOUGHT IT FOR FIVE BUCKS.
I THINK I CAN AT LEAST
GET 50 BUCKS OUT OF IT.
- BOO, WHAT DO YOU THINK
ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
$15?
ALL RIGHT, I'LL DO IT.
THERE WAS A CLINTON
CHAINSAW SIGN.
CLINTON CHAINSAWS,
THEY WERE MADE IN
MICHOACANA, IOWA.
IF IT WAS BETTER CONDITION,
I WOULD'VE BEEN
ABLE TO GIVE HIM MORE.
STILL A COLLECTIBLE PIECE.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I'VE DONE
REALLY WELL WITH CHAINSAW STUFF.
- WHAT WOULD YOU
HAVE TO HAVE FOR THAT?
ALL RIGHT, I'D DO TEN BUCKS.
- I'LL TAKE IT FOR $20.
- I FOUND YOU A LUNCH BOX
SO I CAN FIX YOU SOME LUNCH.
- YOU MIGHT BE COMING OUT HERE
MORE OFTEN THAN YOU THINK NOW.
- NO, NO, NO.
- AH, YOU NEVER KNOW.
- BOO WITH A GHOST.
- CRANKSHAFTS.
- JUST THE SHEER VOLUME OF
CAR PARTS THAT THIS GUY'S GOT,
AND I'M NOT JUST TALKING
ABOUT EVERYDAY CAR PARTS,
I'M TALKING STUFF
LIKE RACING STUFF.
WHAT ARE THESE TWO?
WHAT'S COOL IS YOU GOT ALL
THIS OLDER RACING STUFF HERE.
I MEAN, STUFF THAT'S OLDER
THAN EVEN WHEN YOU STARTED.
- I STARTED IN '76.
- WOW, THAT'S AWESOME.
- PRETTY COOL.
- I MEAN, THIS GUY,
IT WAS IN HIS BLOOD.
I MEAN COME ON, WE'RE
IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
THESE PEOPLE LIVE, EAT,
SLEEP BREATHE RACING.
YOU COULD TELL THAT IT WAS
STUFF THAT HE WAS VERY PROUD OF.
WHAT'S THAT CLOCK
BACK THERE, BOO?
IS THAT A STOPWATCH?
WHOA.
- DON'T FALL AND GET HURT.
- WE WON'T.
- I DON'T KNOW IF
THE HOMEOWNER'S
IS STILL UP TO DATE RIGHT NOW.
- OKAY.
IT'S A THERMOMETER ON ONE
SIDE AND A CLOCK ON THE OTHER.
THE FONT, THE NUMBERS ON
IT, REALLY AWESOME PIECE.
THIS THING IS GONNA LOOK
REALLY BAD IN MY SHOP,
OR THE SHOP OF A CLIENT'S.
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ON
SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BOO?
- ABOUT 70 BUCKS.
- I'M DIGGING IT FOR $40.
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING, "D"?
- YOU CAN HAVE IT.
- WE NEED TO START ASKING
HER FOR THE PRICES, FRANKIE!
- FIND OUT IF HE
WANTS TO SELL IT.
- ALL RIGHT, I'LL
TAKE IT FOR 40 BUCKS.
FOR 40 BUCKS, I THINK I
CAN DOUBLE DOWN ON IT.
WHAT ARE THESE CARBS
OFF OF RIGHT HERE?
- THREE DEUCES?
- TWO OF THEM THERE.
GOD DANG.
- YEAH, YOU GOT
TO HAVE THE THREE.
I FOUND THESE TWO CARBURETORS,
THEY GO TO A 1958 CORVETTE.
THEY CAME FROM A TRI-POWER
THAT WOULD'VE MEANT
THREE TWO-BARRELS.
THERE'S ONLY TWO OF THEM
THERE, BUT THEY'RE OFF CORVETTES.
THESE ARE VERY, VERY RARE.
FOR SOMEBODY THAT'S
RESTORING A CORVETTE,
HE'S GOT TO HAVE THOSE.
WHAT DO YOU VALUE THESE AT?
YOU KNOW, I'LL DO
FIFTY DOLLARS ON THEM.
- MM, THAT'LL WORK.
- SOUND LIKE A DEAL?
- THAT'LL WORK.
- ALL RIGHT.
I CAN HAVE THREE, BUT TWO
OF THEM ARE JUST AS GOOD.
I'D SAY THEY GOT TO BE
WORTH AT LEAST $150 APIECE.
- LEAD THE WAY, BOO.
WHAT'S THIS STEERING
WHEEL OFF OF?
CHEVY CORVETTE.
YOU GOT THE CAR STILL?
HE GOT MARRIED AND THEN HE...
- WRECKED HIS CAR?
- PUT HIS FOOT IN
THE CORVETTE, BOOM!
AND TOOK OFF AND
WRECKED HIS CORVETTE?
- WOW. THAT'S A MEMORABLE DAY.
- IT CAME OUT OF
A 1966 CORVETTE,
IT'S GOT THE HORN BUTTON IN IT.
NO KIDDING, 100 BUCKS?
THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
- I DON'T KNOW.
I KNOW YOU PROBABLY
DON'T SEE THEM EVERY DAY.
THE MONEY'S PROBABLY RIGHT HERE.
THIS AND THAT?
- YOU KNOW, CAR GUYS, THEY
WANT ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT.
THIS IS AN ORIGINAL
STEERING WHEEL.
SOMEBODY'S GOT TO BE
OUT THERE LOOKING FOR IT.
HOW ABOUT 75 BUCKS?
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?
ALL RIGHT, I'LL
TAKE IT FOR $100.
[laughs] OKAY.
I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN IT'S COOL.
ACTUALLY, YOU
KNOW WHAT, FRANKIE?
DO YOU THINK WE COULD
PULL THE STEERING WHEEL
OUT OF THE VAN
AND PUT THIS ON IT?
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I CAN
GET FOR THAT STEERING WHEEL.
I HOPE I CAN AT LEAST
DOUBLE MY MONEY.
PHEW! THAT WAS
QUITE THE TOUR THERE.
- YEAH, IT WORE ME OUT
FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.
- IT SEEMED LIKE BOO IS LIKE A
REALLY SENTIMENTAL PERSON,
AND HIS LIFE HAS BEEN RACING,
SO FOR US TO COME INTO A PICK
LIKE THAT AND SEE THAT
MUCH STUFF ABOUT IT.
IT WAS REALLY NEAT.
I THINK YOU'RE LUCKY
TO HAVE THIS GAL.
SHE'S STRAIGHTENING YOU OUT.
DEANA IS ACTUALLY HELPING BOO.
I THINK HE IS TO THE POINT
WHERE HE'S GONNA NEED TO START
SELLING SOME STUFF, AND I THINK
DEANA SEES US BUYING THINGS
AND SHE SEES, "HEY, MAYBE
THIS STUFF ISN'T JUNK."
MAYBE THIS ISN'T ALL CRUD HERE.
IT'S GOOD STUFF THOUGH.
WE'LL KEEP IN TOUCH.
YOU GOT A LOT OF
COOL CARS AND STUFF.
WHO KNOWS, MAYBE WE CAN
DO SOME BUSINESS LATER ON.
- I'M SURPRISED AT THE
THINGS THEY BOUGHT.
I GUESS THEY KNOW
WHAT THEY'RE LOOKIN' FOR.
WISH THEY'D HAVE
FOUND SOME MORE.
I'D FEEL A LOT BETTER IF
THEY'D LOAD THAT VAN UP.
- I'M SORRY WE DIDN'T
LEAVE WITH MORE.
- ME TOO.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF CARS.
- WE TRIED.
- I THINK I NEED TO WALK
THEM BACK THROUGH,
MAKE SURE THEY
DIDN'T MISS ANYTHING.
- ALL RIGHT, FRANKIE.
- I PAID $15 FOR A SIGN.
I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA CLEAN
UP THAT WELL, BUT I'M LOOKING
AT $60 TO $75 ALL DAY, I'M SURE.
OVERALL TODAY, I'M
VERY HAPPY WITH THE PICK.
DID WE MAKE ANY
BIG MAJOR SCORES?
NO.
BUT WE DID MAKE A GREAT
CONTACT IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
THAT MAY BE THE BIG PAY OFF.
- ALL RIGHT, SEE YOU
GUYS, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
- SEE YA!
- WE'LL BE BACK.
- THEY'RE PRETTY COOL, I GUESS.
I'M NOT GONNA TAKE ALL THIS
STUFF TO MY GRAVE WITH ME.
I'M GLAD THEY FOUND A
LITTLE SOMETHING TO GET.
- I THINK HE'S LUCKY TO
HAVE HER IN HIS LIFE, MAN.
BIG TIME.
- OH, YEAH.
- WE OFTEN GET A GLIMPSE
INTO PEOPLE'S LIVES THAT WE MET
AND WONDER WHAT WILL HAPPEN.
WHO'S GONNA WIN, DEANA OR BOO?
IS THE BARN GONNA BE EMPTY,
OR IS IT STILL GONNA BE FULL?
- THE BIGGEST, FANCIEST, MOST
IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT I DO
IS FINDING MIKE AND
FRANK THEIR LEADS.
I TRACK PEOPLE DOWN.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE
DETECTIVE WORK.
HI, IS THIS SCOTT?
PRETTY MUCH WHAT I DO IS, I
GET A HOLD OF THE TOWN HUB.
THIS IS DANIELLE.
CAN I PLEASE SPEAK
WITH MAYOR DONOVAN?
I TRY TO TALK TO PEOPLE AND
FIND OUT WHO ARE THE JUNKERS
IN TOWN, OR WHO HAS
INTERESTING STUFF
IN THEIR YARD SITTING AROUND,
WHO HAS CITY
ORDINANCES AGAINST THEM
BECAUSE THEY HAVE CRAP
LAYING ALL OVER THEIR YARDS.
WORD IS THAT YOU HAVE
SOME ANTIQUE MOTORCYCLES
IN YOUR YARD.
I GET HUNG UP ON A LOT, AND
SOMETIMES I GET SHOUTED AT.
OKAY, ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. YOU HAVE
A GREAT DAY. GREAT.
A LOT OF TIMES, IT'S JUST KIND
OF LIKE A WILD GOOSE CHASE.
ONCE I GET THE
LEADS NAILED DOWN,
THEN I KIND OF JUST MAP OUT
A TOUR SCHEDULE FOR THEM
AND HOPE FOR THE BEST.
- HEY, DANIELLE, WHAT'S UP?
- DANNY "D!"
- I JUST TALKED TO SOMEBODY
YOU GUYS ARE GONNA WANT
TO KNOW ABOUT RIGHT AWAY.
- YEAH, WE'RE
LISTENING. KEEP GOING.
THERE'S A GENTLEMAN
WHO WAS TELLING ME ABOUT
AN OLD FACTORY THAT NO
ONE'S BEEN IN FOR A REALLY,
REALLY LONG TIME
AND IT'S JUST PACKED
WITH NEW OLD STOCK FOR HARLEY.
- THAT'S HUGE!
- THAT'S MEGA HUGE!
- THE GUY WHO I ACTUALLY
GOT THE CONTACT FROM
IS NOT THE GUY YOU'RE
GOING TO BE TALKING TO.
OH, IT'S A GUY WHO'S A GUY...
- WHO KNOWS A GUY.
- ALL RIGHT.
- THIS GUY'S COUSIN'S
HAIRDRESSER HAS SOME PARTS.
- I SENT ALL THE
INFORMATION TO YOUR PHONE,
SO JUST CHECK IT OUT.
HE'LL GET YOU IN TOUCH
WITH THE RIGHT GUY.
- LATER.
- MOTORCYCLE STUFF, ORIGINAL...
- NEW OLD STOCK?
THIS COULD BE
DANIELLE'S BIGGEST HIT.
- SO ACCORDING TO THE
GUY THAT GAVE US THE LEAD,
HE KNEW SOME GUY THAT
HAD SOME OLD HARLEY PARTS,
SO WE'RE GONNA SEE IF WE
CAN TRACK THIS GUY DOWN.
SEE WHAT THIS GUY'S GOT.
HEY, THIS IS MIKE WOLFE.
CAN YOU KIND OF
GIVE US A RUNDOWN
OF SOME OF THE
STUFF THAT YOU'VE GOT?
ALL RIGHT, SO
WE'LL CHECK IT OUT.
- THANK YOU.
- BYE-BYE.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING
TO A PICK WITH SOMETHING
THAT WE KNOW ABOUT:
MOTORCYCLE PARTS.
- YEAH.
- THIS IS KILLER!
WE LOVE ANTIQUE MOTORCYCLES,
WE BOTH RIDE BIKES.
- MOTORCYCLES HAVE BEEN
A REAL BIG PART OF MY LIFE.
IF I HAD A BAD DAY AT WORK
OR A BAD DAY AT SCHOOL,
I WAS ABLE TO GET ON MY
MOTORCYCLE AND JUST TAKE A RIDE,
AND BE FREE AS A BIRD,
AND CLEAR MY HEAD.
THIS COULD BE THE BIGGIE.
OUR CONTACT CALLED BILL
AND LET HIM KNOW
THAT WE WERE COMING.
- ONE THING ABOUT
BEING ON THE ROAD IS,
WE NEVER KNOW WHERE
WE'RE GONNA END UP.
WE CAN HAVE A
CONVERSATION WITH SOMEBODY,
AND WE GO THIS WAY, ANOTHER
ONE, AND WE GO THAT WAY.
THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN US, AND NINE-TO-FIVERS.
- NO, THIS IS IT. THIS IS IT.
- HEY, HOW YOU DOING?
- HOW'S IT GOING?
- DOING FINE, GUYS.
HOW ARE YA'LL?
HEY, I'M MIKE.
- MIKE? BILLY.
- NICE TO MEET YOU,
BILLY. MY NAME'S FRANK.
- FRANK? NICE TO MEET YOU.
GOOD TO MEET YOU GUYS.
- PLEASURE.
FROM WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD,
YOU WEREN'T THE GUY THAT STARTED
THE DEALERSHIP, BUT YOU
BOUGHT IT LATER ON OR SOMETHING?
- YEAH, WE BOUGHT OUT MR. GENE
NETTLES WHO STARTED IT IN '46.
- NOW, HOW FAR BACK
DID THE PARTS GO
WHEN YOU BOUGHT THE STORE?
- BACK TO THE LATE '30s.
MOST OF IT'S NEW
OLD STOCK, IN BOX.
- REALLY?
- YEAH.
- HE HAD WHAT WE CALL N.O.S.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE
CALL NEW OLD STOCK STUFF.
THAT STUFF IS SO HARD TO FIND.
THAT IS STUFF THAT'S
ORIGINAL FACTORY EQUIPMENT
SOLD FROM THE DEALERSHIP.
- WHEN WE SOLD THE DEALERSHIP,
WE JUST BOXED IT
UP AND PUT IT AWAY.
THAT'S WHAT'S,
FOR THE MOST PART,
IN THE WAREHOUSE BACK HERE.
- OKAY, SO THAT STUFF
BACK THERE IS FOR SALE?
- YEAH.
- LET US GET BACK THERE, MAN.
WE'RE LIKE DOGS ON A CHAIN.
- BILLY, NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE
GET INTO THIS BACK HERE DO THEY?
- COUNTIN' ME,
YOU'RE THE ONLY TWO.
- OH, LORD.
- WOW.
SO ME AND MIKE ARE VERY
EXCITED TO GET IN THERE
AND SEE SOME UNIQUE STUFF.
SO NO REAL RHYME
OR REASON HERE HUH?
- WELL, THAT'S WHAT IT
WAS SUPPOSED TO BE,
BUT THE GUY I HIRED PUT IT ALL
UNDER MISCELLANEOUS PARTS.
[all laugh]
- ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS INSANE.
- YOU KNOW, I'VE
KNOWN MIKE A LONG TIME.
IT TAKES A LOT TO
GET HIS JUICES GOING,
BUT WHEN YOU SAY
"ANTIQUE MOTORCYCLE PARTS,"
NOBODY'S BEEN IN
THERE FOR TWENTY YEARS,
THIS GUY IS LIKE A
KID IN A CANDY STORE.
- I NEVER GET TO SEE
THIS KIND OF STUFF.
CRAZY TIMES.
ORIGINAL 1930s HARLEY EQUIPMENT
STILL IN THE BOX.
IS THIS SOMETHING
YOU'D CONSIDER SELLING?
I SAW THAT TOOL BOX
AND I WAS LIKE, "OKAY,
THIS IS A NICE OLD PART."
THOSE ARE REALLY HARD TO FIND.
THEY ACTUALLY
REPRODUCE THAT ITEM NOW.
IT WOULD GO ON A
NICE ORIGINAL BIKE.
WHAT WOULD YOU
HAVE TO HAVE FOR IT?
AS A PICKER, I KNEW HE
WAS RELUCTANT TO SELL,
BUT I HAD TO THROW HIM A
NUMBER JUST TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
I'D GIVE YOU 200 BUCKS FOR IT.
- YOU SEE, FROM
THE LOOK ON MY FACE,
YOU KNOW THAT I'M GONNA
BE EASY TODAY, SURE.
- OKAY, I SEE HOW
THIS IS GONNA ROLL.
THIS GUY'S GONNA
SELL ME SOME STUFF.
HOW MUCH FOR THE GAS CAPS?
THEY WERE REALLY EARLY.
THEY WERE PROBABLY
SOLD DURING THE WAR YEARS.
THEY WERE A LITTLE DETAILED
THING THAT'S GONNA MAKE A BIKE.
- WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?
I KNOW. TEN BUCKS, RIGHT?
- NO, NO.
I WAS THINKING 50 APIECE.
- OKAY, WE CAN DO THAT.
- I GOT A TAILLIGHT LENS
HERE, A BEEHIVE TAILLIGHT LENS.
THE REAR TAILLIGHT LENS,
IT'S CALLED A BEEHIVE LENS.
THAT'S ALWAYS CRACKED.
IT'S ALWAYS BROKE.
THESE ACTUALLY SAY
"HARLEY DAVIDSON."
THEY'RE GLASS LENSES.
THEY'RE NOT PLASTIC
REPRODUCTION STUFF.
SOMETHING YOU'D
CONSIDER SELLING?
- YEAH.
- I GOT BOTH THE FRONT AND
REAR LENSES FOR 50 BUCKS EACH.
I'M STOKED TO HAVE THEM.
WHEN YOU BOUGHT THIS
STORE, IN WHAT YEAR?
- WE BOUGHT THE STORE IN '72.
- '72.
THIS STUFF WASN'T
REALLY NOTHING, WAS IT?
- I MEAN, A LOT OF THE GUYS
WERE CASTING THIS STUFF AWAY.
- IT WAS ALREADY OBSOLETE.
- PEOPLE DIDN'T
WANT OLD BIKES THEN.
THEY WANTED THE NEW MODELS.
- WHAT MADE YOU KEEP
IT ALL THESE YEARS?
- I NEVER WANTED
TO REALLY SELL IT.
I GAVE AWAY MORE THAN IS IN HERE
TO PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THE HOBBY
WHO WANTED A PARTICULAR PIECE.
- HE COLLECTED AND HE
STORED IT ALL OF THESE YEARS.
HE SAW VALUE IN IT
WHEN NO ONE ELSE DID.
WE APPRECIATE YOU
LETTING US LOOK UP HERE
BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN LIKE
THE KING TUT OF FINDS, YOU KNOW,
AS FAR AS IN THE CRYPT FOR
ALL THESE MOTORCYCLE PARTS.
EVERY TIME YOU
OPENED SOMETHING UP,
THERE WAS ANOTHER
JEWEL IN THERE.
IT'S JUST INSANE THE
AMOUNT OF PARTS IN HERE.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT NOT
TO GIVE UP ON A PICK LIKE THAT,
BECAUSE THAT ONE BOX, THAT
NEXT BOX YOU OPEN COULD BE
SOMETHING IN THERE THAT'S
LIKE THE TOTAL HONEY HOLE PIECE,
THE PIECE THAT'S GONNA MAKE
THE WHOLE TRIP WORTHWHILE.
- I WAS JUST LOOKING
AT SPARKPLUGS HERE.
- THIS WOULD BE '48 AND LATER.
- AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY
WHEN MOTORS STARTED COMING OUT,
THERE WAS SO MANY COMPANIES
THAT MADE SPARKPLUGS.
THEY HAD DIFFERENT BRANDS,
THERE WAS JUST
THOUSANDS OF THEM.
THEY HARLEY DAVIDSON
ONES ARE VERY COLLECTIBLE,
THEY'RE AIR-COOLED
MOTORCYCLE ONES.
PEOPLE WANT TO PUT
THE ORIGINAL SPARKPLUGS
IN THEIR ORIGINAL OLD BIKES.
VERY HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE ITEM.
BILLY, WHAT DO
YOU GET FOR THESE?
- I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT
TO SELL THOSE OR NOT.
- YOU STILL GOT THE BIKES
YOU MIGHT USE THEM IN?
- YEAH.
- HE WOULD ASK US,
DO YOU NEED THAT
PERSONALLY FOR YOUR OWN BIKE
OR ARE YOU GOING TO SELL
THAT AND MAKE MONEY ON IT?
- YOU GOT THESE
IN THE ORIGINAL BOX.
- IS IF FOR YOUR PERSONAL MOTOR?
- NO.
- OKAY, WELL, THEN
I'M NOT SELLING IT.
- I DON'T BLAME YOU.
BILLY WAS A SENTIMENTAL GUY.
THIS GUY LIVED, EAT, SLEEP,
BREATHED MOTORCYCLES
FOR A LOT OF YEARS, MAN.
WHAT ABOUT THIS FENDER LIGHT?
- OOH.
- [laughs]
HIS FACE.
- I DIDN'T KNOW I HAD THAT.
- WE FIND A LOT OF THINGS THAT
PEOPLE DON'T REMEMBER THEY HAVE.
I HAVE A 34 VL.
- IF YOU'VE GOT A
34, YOU NEED THAT.
- THE HARLEY FENDER
LIGHT THAT I FOUND
WAS ALMOST LIKE A DREAM.
THE THING WAS IN
THE ORIGINAL BOX.
IT HADN'T BEEN TOUCHED.
ALL OF IT WAS THERE.
WHEN WE THINK
ABOUT THINGS WE LOVE,
AND THE REASON WE'RE ON THE
ROAD, AND WHY WE KEEP PICKING,
THIS WAS AN ITEM
OF THAT CALIBER.
HOW MUCH FOR ONE OF THESE?
- I'LL SELL YOU ONE OF THEM.
300 BUCKS.
AND I KNOW IT'S WORTH
MORE THAN THAT.
- I WAS REALLY HAPPY
TO PAY $300 FOR IT.
I MEAN, IT'S AN INCREDIBLE FIND.
IT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT
REALLY GETS YOUR HEART RATE UP
WHEN YOU LOVE WHAT YOU DO.
IT'S A PRETTY BIKE.
HAVE YOU EVER HAD ANYBODY
TRY TO BUY THAT OFF YOU?
- I CAN'T SELL THAT ONE,
AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY.
THAT ONE BELONGED TO A
FRIEND OF MINE WHO PASSED AWAY,
I DID IT FOR HIM.
IF YOU'LL NOTICE ON
THE HANDLEBARS THERE.
THERE'S A CONTAINER.
THAT'S HIS ASHES.
I PROMISED THAT WHEN HIS
GRANDSON, WHO IS NOW FOUR,
TURNS SIXTEEN, THAT I'LL GET
THE MOTORCYCLE RUNNING,
TAKE HIM FOR A RIDE AND
GIVE HIM THE KNUCKLE.
- OH, MY GOD, THAT'S AMAZING.
- OH, THAT'S GREAT.
- SO HE GETS TO RIDE
WITH HIS GRANDDAD.
- OH, THAT'S SO COOL.
YOU MUST BE A HELL OF A GUY
TO DO THAT FOR YOUR FRIEND.
- WELL, THANK YOU.
- YOU JUST DON'T SEE
THIS STUFF ANYWHERE.
NEW OLD STOCK
STUFF, YOU NEVER SEE.
- IF YOU DO HEAR ABOUT
IT, PEOPLE DON'T LET YOU IN
TO LOOK THROUGH IT.
AND WE APPRECIATE
THAT EVER SO MUCH.
- YOU GUYS ARE HAPPY; I'M HAPPY.
- YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SERIOUSLY, IT WAS
A VERY GOOD TIME.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE
WHAT WE GOT HERE.
I BOUGHT THE HARLEY
TOOL BOX FOR $200,
THE LAST ONE I
HAD I SOLD FOR $350,
SO I FELT COMFORTABLE
PAYING THAT MUCH FOR IT.
GOT A COUPLE CAPS
HERE IN THE BOX.
I'VE GOT A FRONT FENDER
GUIDE LIGHT FOR A HARLEY.
OVERALL, THE EXPERIENCE
AT BILLY'S WAS INCREDIBLE.
THIS IS A PERFECT
EXAMPLE OF DANIELLE
KNOCKING IT OUT OF THE PARK.
- GET BACK DOWN HERE,
AND WE'RE GONNA STOP
DOWN HERE AND SEE YOU AGAIN.
- BEING A PICKER'S LIKE
BEING ON A ROLLER COASTER.
THERE'S HIGHS AND THERE'S LOWS.
TODAY WAS A HIGH.
TODAY IS THE KIND OF
DAY YOU DREAM ABOUT.
[phone rings]
- GOOD MORNING, THIS IS FRANK.
- GOOD MORNING,
FRANK. IT'S DANIELLE.
WHAT'S HAPPENIN'?
- I HAVE A COOL LEAD THAT
I THINK YOU'LL REALLY LIKE.
THERE'S A LADY,
HER NAME'S MICHELLE.
HER FATHER JUST PASSED AWAY,
BUT HE USED TO WORK
IN OLD HOLLYWOOD.
HE'S COLLECTED A LOT OF STUFF
LIKE PROJECTIONIST
EQUIPMENT, PROJECTORS.
I THINK IT'S WORTH CHECKING OUT.
- SEND US THE COORDINATES.
AND WE'LL ROCK ON OVER THERE,
SEE WHAT'S GOIN' ON.
THANK YOU, HAVE A GOOD DAY.
- OKAY. BYE, GUYS.
- IF THE GUY'S BEEN IN THE
MOVIE BUSINESS THAT LONG,
HE COULD HAVE
JUST ABOUT ANYTHING.
- MAJOR, YEAH.
- YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
HE COULD HAVE SNACK
BAR STUFF, SOME MILK DUDS
AND SOME JUJUBES, YOU
COULD JUST CHOW DOWN.
- MM, YEAH, SOME PETRIFIED ONES.
SOME MIKE AND IKE'S.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK WE
COULD GET FOR THOSE ON EBAY?
- I'D SAY FOUR BUCKS
A BOX ALL DAY LONG.
- THIS LOOKS LIKE IT'S IT.
HEY, MICHELLE?
- HELLO.
- HEY, I'M MIKE.
- HI, NICE TO MEET YOU.
- HEY, HOW ARE
YOU DOIN'? I'M FRANK.
YOU TALKED TO DANIELLE?
- YES.
- SHE SAID IT WAS LIKE, UH,
PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT,
WHAT IS IT?
- UH, MOVIE PROJECTORS.
- OH, OKAY.
- YOU DAD WAS IN THE BUSINESS?
- YES.
- RIGHT AWAY, WHEN
I MET MICHELLE,
I COULD TELL SHE WAS
COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED.
AS PICKERS, WE COME
ACROSS A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT ARE IN THIS
STAGE OF THEIR LIFE.
ALL RIGHT, YEAH,
WE'D LOVE TO SEE IT
IF YOU'VE GOT SOME TIME.
- SURE.
MY DAD HAD A PASSION AND
AN OBSESSION WITH MOVIES,
AND IF HE WASN'T
WORKING ON A SHOW,
HE WAS ALWAYS BUYING
SOMETHING FOR HIS COLLECTION.
MY DAD PASSED AWAY
ABOUT A YEAR NOW,
AND LEFT A HUGE BUILDING
FULL OF EQUIPMENT,
I WANNA DO THE RIGHT
THING IN SELLING IT.
HE DID CAPE FEAR.
HE DID PET DETECTIVE.
BLOOD AND WINE.
DOC HOLLYWOOD.
- WHEN YOU'RE SAYING HE
DID THAT, LIKE, WHAT DID HE DO?
- HE RAN THE PROJECTORS.
AND HE ACTUALLY DEVISED A WAY
THAT THEY COULD HAVE SOUND
AND THE MOVIE INTERLOCKED,
SO PEOPLE COULD WATCH
DAILIES RIGHT ON SITE.
- SO HE WAS A PIONEER
IN THE INDUSTRY,
AS FAR AS THAT GOES.
- YES.
- THE GUY WAS REALLY, UH...
- HE WAS AHEAD OF HIS TIME.
YEAH, HE WAS AHEAD OF HIS TIME,
HE REALLY LOVED WHAT HE DID.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S CHECK IT OUT.
I COULD TOTALLY SEE WHY
SHE WAS OVERWHELMED,
I MEAN, THERE WAS SO
MUCH STUFF IN THERE.
WHERE DO WE START?
I MEAN, SHE'S GOT BIG,
HEAVY-DUTY PROJECTION STUFF,
AND SHE'S GOT REELS EVERYWHERE,
SHE'S GOT STACKS OF FILM.
- LOTS OF MOVIES.
TO SEE ALL THESE OLD
PROJECTORS IN ONE AREA,
IT WAS LIKE WALKING
AROUND MUSEUM.
"MANUFACTURED IN TOLEDO, OHIO
BY THE STRONG
PROJECTION COMPANY."
- "CENTURY PROJECTOR,
MADE IN NEW YORK CITY."
- I LOOKED OVER, AND I SAW THESE
REELS FROM THE MOVIE CAPE FEAR.
IS THIS THE ORIGINAL
FILM FROM CAPE FEAR?
- PART OF THE DAILIES, CORRECT.
THIS WOULD BE PRIOR
TO THE EDIT, THEN,
THEY'RE WATCHING, LIKE TO...
- YEAH, TO SEE WHAT THEY'VE
DONE OR IF THEY WANNA RESHOOT,
STUFF LIKE THAT.
- AWESOME!
THAT'S INCREDIBLE. THIS
WAS A SCORSESE CLASSIC.
I MEAN, THIS STUFF
HAS GOT TO BE RARE.
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST
AMAZING TO THINK THAT THIS
MADE THE MOVIE, YOU
KNOW, THE REAL DEAL.
I DIDN'T MAKE AN OFFER ON IT.
I COULD TELL THAT THEY
WERE NEAR AND DEAR TO HER.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST AN HONOR
TO LOOK AT THAT STUFF
AND KNOW THAT THEY'RE IN SAFE
HANDS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
THIS IS SOME HEAVY-DUTY STUFF.
THERE'S SO MUCH
OF ONE TYPE OF ITEM,
DO YOU FEEL OVERWHELMED AT
ALL REGARDING THE COLLECTION?
- YES, BECAUSE I HAVE NO
IDEA, UM, WHERE TO START.
- I FELT FOR HER, I REALLY DID.
WE COME ACROSS COLLECTIONS
OF THINGS, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN,
PEOPLE HAVE INHERITED STUFF.
HEY, THERE'S, THERE'S 40 MORE
PROJECTORS UP THERE, MICHELLE.
AND THEY REALLY DON'T
KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT,
SO HOPEFULLY WE
CAN HELP HER OUT.
HERE'S A TRIPOD
FOR AN EARLY ONE.
- THAT'S HEAVY-DUTY.
ATTACHMENTS FOR
PUTTING ALL THAT STUFF ON.
- I SAW THIS REALLY
OLD PROJECTOR.
THAT THING CAUGHT MY EYE.
I MEAN, YOU COULD JUST TELL IT
WAS OLDER THAN ALL THE REST.
- IT'S COOL.
- IT'S REALLY COOL.
IT WASN'T ALL THERE, BUT IT
WAS A GREAT DECORATOR ITEM.
- THAT'S THE ONLY
THING I SEE THAT'S EARLY.
"MOTIOGRAPH DELUXE."
1914'S ON THE PATENT ON THERE.
IF YOU HAD A CAMERA SHOP,
IF YOU HAD SOME TYPE OF...
THIS WOULD BE A FANTASTIC
PIECE IN THE WINDOW, YOU KNOW?
IT HAD SOME NICE
STENCIL GRAPH WRITING,
AND IT WAS KIND
OF UNIQUE LOOKING.
- THIS PROJECTOR WAS OLD,
BUT MY KNOWLEDGE IS
VERY LIMITED ON THIS STUFF.
WE'LL OFTEN TAKE PHOTOS
AND SEND THEM TO OUR NETWORK
OF EXPERTS THAT WE HAVE
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
I NEEDED TO TAKE SOME
ADVICE BEFORE I POPPED ON IT.
MICHELLE, I APPRECIATE
YOU LETTIN' US LOOK AROUND.
CAN YOU GIVE FRANK
AND I JUST A FEW MINUTES?
- SURE.
WE'RE JUST, I WANNA BE ABLE
TO GIVE A FRIEND OF MINE A CALL.
- HEY, BILL.
FRANK AND I RAN ACROSS THIS
LADY, HER NAME'S MICHELLE,
AND HER FATHER WORKED IN
THE FILM INDUSTRY FOR YEARS.
HE'S INTO MOVIE POSTERS, YEAH,
AND HE DOES SOME THINGS NOW
WITH PROJECTORS, BUT HE'S
KNOWLEDGEABLE IN THAT FIELD,
AND HE KNOWS PEOPLE THAT
COLLECT THAT KIND OF STUFF.
THE STUFF THAT HE
WAS MAINLY COLLECTING
WAS LARGE PROJECTORS.
- MOST OF IT'S CENTURY, BILL.
IN ONE OF THOSE
EARLY PROJECTORS,
THE NAME WAS CALLED
"MOTIOGRAPH DELUXE,"
AND IT'S MADE IN
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
- THE THING IS, BILL,
THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING
IN THERE OF VALUE.
WE WERE JUST HOPING
THAT WE COULD MAYBE
PUT HER TOGETHER WITH
SOMEBODY THAT YOU KNEW.
- ALL RIGHT, THANKS
BILL, WE APPRECIATE IT.
WE TALKED TO BILL ON THE PHONE,
AND BASICALLY WHAT HE SAID IS
THAT HE THINKS EARLY'S BETTER.
UM, SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE KIND
OF GRAVITATED TOWARDS THIS.
I LOVE TO LOOK AT
THIS PROJECTOR.
IT SCREAMS HISTORY TO ME.
IT'S OUR DUTY AS A PICKER
TO BRING SOME OF THIS STUFF
OUT OF DARK GARAGES
AND BACK TO MARKET.
- WE WOULD BE
INTERESTED IN THIS FOR...
$200.
- GIVE IT TO US
STRAIGHT, WE'RE BOYS.
- YEAH, YOU WOULDN'T
BE HURTIN' OUR FEELINGS.
- I WASN'T REALLY
EXPECTING TOO MUCH
'CAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT
THEY'RE GONNA BE INTERESTED IN.
THEY FOUND A PROJECTOR
THAT THEY LIKED,
AND I FELT COMFORTABLE WITH IT.
- IS IT A DEAL?
- TAKE IT, YEAH.
- ALL RIGHTY.
THANK YOU.
- LIKE, I WANNA GIVE YOU
BILL'S NUMBER BEFORE I LEAVE
BECAUSE HE'S EXTREMELY
KNOWLEDGEABLE
AND HE'S OUT IN LOS ANGELES,
AND HE KNOWS A LOT OF
DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND A
LOT OF DIFFERENT COLLECTORS.
I WANTED BE ABLE TO
GIVE HER A NUMBER,
SOMEBODY SHE COULD TRUST AND
MAYBE HELP HER DOWN THE PATH
OF TRYING TO GET RID
OF SOME OF THIS STUFF.
- MY DAD WOULD BE VERY, VERY
HAPPY KNOWING THAT SOMEBODY
SHOWED AN INTEREST IN
HIS, HIS UNIQUE COLLECTION.
- THIS PICK WAS COOL.
WE FOUND A REALLY NICE ITEM,
BUT WE GOT A GLIMPSE OF THIS
GUY'S HISTORY, HIS COLLECTION,
MAN, HIS CAPE FEAR
REELS WERE AWESOME.
- SET IT RIGHT THERE FOR US.
- THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- ALRIGHTY.
- I THINK WHAT MIKE AND
FRANK DO IS VERY INTERESTING.
THEY'RE NOT JUST GOING
AND LOOKING AT STUFF,
WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS HELPED
ME TO SEE THAT THERE MIGHT BE
SPECIFIC COLLECTORS
THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED
IN A ROOM FULL OF PROJECTORS.
- I'M GLAD WE STOPPED BY THERE.
- I THINK WE SET HER
DOWN THE RIGHT PART.
- FRANKIE, HOW MANY PEOPLE
HAVE WE MIGHT LIKE THAT,
YOU KNOW, THAT HAVE
BEEN IN THAT SITUATION,
THEIR PARENTS WERE
COLLECTORS, AND IT'S JUST LIKE...
- I'D SAY, 1/3 OF
EVERYBODY WE MEET.
- THEY'RE OVERWHELMED, MAN.
- IT'S LIKE GOIN'
IN MY BASEMENT.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHERE TO START.
- I'LL PROBABLY HAVE
TO DEAL WITH THAT.
- PROBABLY.
YEAH, YOU'D BE DOWN THERE
WITH MY MOM GOIN', "YEAH,
"I REMEMBER WAS WITH
FRANK WHEN WE BOUGHT THAT,
HE ONLY PAID A DOLLAR
FOR IT, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU TWO."
- I'D PROBABLY DO $10.
WE'RE HEADING BACK TO
THE SHOP, UNLOAD THE VAN...
- AND SEE DANIELLE.
- SO WHAT ABOUT YOUR
CAT? YOU MISSING YOUR CAT?
- I WAS BUT I CHECKED
IN WITH MY PET GROOMER.
- PET PSYCHOLOGIST.
- YEAH, MY PET GROOMER SAID
HE WAS ALL RIGHT AND EVERYTHING.
- YOU HAVE A PET GROOMER?
- I HAVE A PET HANDLER.
WELL, IT'S A PET
HANDLER/GIRLFRIEND.
- YOU HAVE A GIRLFRIEND?
- IT'S REALLY FUN WHEN WE GET
BACK, SEEING DANIELLE'S FACE.
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT
SHE GETS TO SEE THE PAY OFF
FOR ALL HER HARD WORK.
- WHAT'D YOU BRING ME?
- GOT ALL KINDS OF
GOOD STUFF, GIRL.
- YES?
- THIS ISN'T ACTUALLY
JUST A CLOCK,
BUT IT'S A THERMOMETER
ON THE OTHER SIDE.
CHECK IT.
- OH, NICE!
DID YOU GUYS ALREADY CLEAN IT?
- A LITTLE BIT.
WHEN WE GET BACK TO THE
OFFICE, IT'S CHAOTIC, MAN.
IT'S ALL HANDS ON DECK.
WE'RE SHIPPING STUFF,
WE'RE PACKING THINGS,
WE'RE CLEANING THINGS.
ALSO, WE'RE TRYING TO ANSWER
ALL THESE CALLS THAT WE GET IN
SO WE CAN GO ON NEW LEADS.
GUESS WHO JUST CALLED.
- WHO?
- STEVE.
THE DESIGNER DUDE THAT'S
ALWAYS LOOKING FOR STUFF TO
HANG ON WALLS AT RESTAURANTS
AND LODGES AND STUFF.
WELL, DIG THIS. HE GOES,
"WE HAVE TOO MUCH
STUFF ON THE WALLS,
THEY'RE JUST PAYING
STORAGE ON ALL THIS STUFF,
SO HE'S GOT LIKE SEVEN,
EIGHT BUILDINGS FULL OF STUFF.
IT'S INSANE.
I THINK WE NEED TO
GET OVER TO THIS PLACE.
I'M GONNA BE KINDA INTERESTED
TO SEE IF WE CAN PULL SOME OF
THAT STUFF BACK FROM
HIM FOR A DECENT PRICE.
I JUST REMEMBER SELLING THE
GUY SOME SMOKING HOT ADVERTISING.
THIS COULD BE REALLY GOOD.
HE USED THE TERM TO ME.
I DIDN'T SAY THE WORD.
HE SAID THE WORD, "LIQUIDATION."
- NOW, LIQUIDATE TO
ME, THAT MEANS CLOSING,
BLOWING OUT SALE, 70% OFF,
THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.
THE BEST PART IS, HE
KNOWS HE'S READY TO SELL,
HE KNOWS WE'RE BUYERS.
- THIS IS A CORPORATION
THAT'S BEEN BUYING
A LOT OF ITEMS.
THERE'S NO SENTIMENTAL
ATTACHMENT TO THESE THINGS.
THIS IS JUST DIRTY INVENTORY
TO HIM WHICH IS PERFECT.
THIS IS IT RIGHT HERE.
OH LOOK, HE'S ALREADY
WAITING FOR US.
BE CHARMING.
- HOW'S IT GOING, GUYS?
- IT'S GOING GOOD.
- YEAH, THANKS FOR CALLING.
THANKS FOR CALLING US.
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOU GUYS?
- I'VE GOT A LOT OF WAREHOUSES
FULL OF MERCHANDISE
THAT I WANT TO GET OUT OF HERE.
- THAT'S OUR SPEED.
JUST BIG PILES OF STUFF.
OH, YEAH.
OH, MY GOD, FRANKIE.
LOOK AT ALL THESE SIGNS.
- WE GOT STRAIGHT INTO PICKING.
FIRST BUILDING WAS FILLED
TO THE RAFTERS WITH STUFF.
- THIS IS THE KIND
OF PLACE WE LOVE.
LAYERS AND LAYERS OF
LAYERS BACK HERE FRANKIE.
I'M JUST TRYING TO
TAKE IT ALL IN HERE.
IT'S INSANE IN HERE.
IS THAT SIGN YOU
NEED A NEW HOME,
"IMPROVED STUD SERVICE?"
HERE'S A BIG JOHN
DEERE SIGN, FRANKIE.
- THIS SIGN YOU WOULDN'T FEEL
SO BAD ABOUT PUTTING OUTSIDE.
IF IT WAS MINT-O-MINT,
YOU DON'T WANT
TO PUT IT OUTSIDE.
- YEAH, ANYTHING JOHN
DEERE IS VERY COLLECTIBLE.
ESPECIALLY THAT
EARLY PORCELAIN STUFF.
HOW ABOUT 200 BUCKS?
- HOW ABOUT $300?
IT'S A BIG SIGN.
- THIS THING HAS
SOME PERSONALITY.
IT HAS SOME AGE. YOU
CAN SEE THE LIFE IN IT.
HOW ABOUT $225?
- HOW ABOUT $250?
- $250. I'M AT $250.
THAT WAS FUN.
I'M THINKING I COULD
GET $500 OUT OF IT.
IT'S COOL AT $250.
- WHAT'S THAT SPELL?
"JOHN DEERE."
THIS ONE'S A LITTLE SMALLER.
- IT'S IN MUCH BETTER CONDITION.
IT'S A THREE-LEGGED DEER.
- THE THREE LEGGED
JOHN DEER LOGO
WAS USED FROM 1912 TO THE 1930s.
THAT'S WHY I KNOW IT'S VALUABLE.
HOW ABOUT $600?
- $650.
- I'LL DO THE ROCK,
PAPER, SCISSORS.
READY?
Both: ONE, TWO, THREE.
SCISSORS CUTS PAPER.
ALL RIGHT.
THANKS, BUDDY.
- FRANKIE AND I LOVE SIGNS.
THE GOOD STUFF
WILL ALWAYS BE GOOD,
THE RARE WILL ALWAYS BE RARE.
STANDARD RED CROWN GAS?
- $25.
- I'D DO THAT.
IF YOU COLLECT TRACTORS,
THERE'S A SIGN FOR THAT,
IF YOU COLLECT CARS,
THERE'S A SIGN FOR THAT.
THAT ADVERTISING
SIGN JUST IS THE CHERRY
ON TOP OF THE SUNDAE.
- HOW ABOUT QUAKER STATE
FORMULA, THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
- NICE GRAPHICS.
- QUAKER STATE SIGN.
IT'S GOT GREAT GRAPHICS.
IT'S GREEN; IT'S DOUBLE-SIDED.
WHAT WOULD YOU ESTIMATE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS FOR?
- 50 BUCKS?
- YEAH, I'LL DO $50.
- ALL RIGHT.
- IT WAS $50.
LEAVES A LITTLE MEAT ON
THE BONE FOR US TO SELL IT.
I THINK IT'S GOING GREAT.
WHAT WOULD YOU
HAVE TO HAVE FOR THIS?
- HOW ABOUT $30?
- $30.
- ALL RIGHT.
- STEVE, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE
TO HAVE FOR THIS SIGN RIGHT HERE,
THE BORDENS.
THE COW HEAD'S COOL.
- ABOUT $75?
I'M GONNA PASS ON THAT.
THAT'S WHAT I'D ASK FOR IT.
I'D HAVE $75 ON
THAT AT THE SHOP.
STEVE IS NORMALLY THE ONE
WHO'S BUYIN' THESE SIGNS,
HE'S LOOKING FOR THE HOT DEALS,
SO THE ROLES HAVE REVERSED HERE,
AND THIS GUY'S RIDIN' US HARD.
- MORE STUFF UP HERE?
- YEP.
- WOW.
IT'S KIND OF COOL.
HATCHERY WITH A CHICK ON IT.
YEAH, IT USED TO HAVE
NEON, DOUBLE-SIDED.
- HOW ABOUT $500 ON IT?
- $500?
- YEAH.
- THAT HATCHERY SIGN.
HE REALLY...
- LOVED THAT.
HOW ABOUT $150?
- NO. NO WAY.
I SEE THE VALUE IN THIS.
IT WAS A GREAT PIECE,
AND I DIDN'T WANT TO BUDGE.
IT'S AN ITEM THAT CAN CREATE A
LARGE STATEMENT ON ONE WALL.
I DIDN'T WANT TO JUST GIVE UP.
- I THINK I SOLD
YOU THIS FOR $50.
- YEAH, RIGHT.
- IT'S REALLY KIND OF FUNNY
BECAUSE SOME OF THE ONES
I THOUGHT WERE GOOD, HE
DIDN'T CHARGE TOO MUCH MONEY.
BUT THE ONES I THOUGHT
WERE JUST MEDIOCRE,
HE THOUGHT WERE GOLD.
- $50 ON THAT.
- I'M GONNA HAVE
TO PASS ON THIS ONE.
HOW ABOUT THAT LITTLE
FLIMSY SIGN THERE?
- I LIKE HOW YOU PHRASE THAT.
HOW ABOUT $125?
- MAN, THE SWEAT CAME
IN MY EYES ON THAT ONE.
Both: THAT'S ELSIE THE COW, MAN.
- THIS COW HAS A
PLUG ATTACHED TO IT.
WHAT DOES IT DO?
- IT'S SUPPOSED TO, LIKE,
LICK THE ICE CREAM CONE.
- DOES IT STILL WORK?
- I DON'T KNOW.
- I THINK IT GOES LIKE THIS.
- ELSIE THE COW.
IT WAS VERY COOL.
WHAT WOULD YOU
HAVE TO HAVE FOR THIS?
FOR THE COW WITH A DRESS ON IT.
- I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE 4 GRAND.
- 4 GRAND?
- YEAH.
- FOR 4 GRAND? NO.
FOR 1 GRAND? MAYBE.
FREAKIN' COW WITH A DRESS ON.
IT SEEMED LIKE STEVE AND
I WERE DRIFTING FURTHER
AND FURTHER APART ON PRICES.
STEVE, HOW ABOUT
THIS LEATHER SUITCASE?
OPEN IT.
IT'S GOT SOME NEAT DETAIL TO IT.
- HOW ABOUT $350?
- ARE YOU SERIOUS?
- YEAH.
THAT'S... YOU PUT A
LITTLE MURPHY'S OIL ON IT...
- WE LIKE THE SAME
STUFF TOO MUCH.
OBVIOUSLY, I CAN'T MAKE
ANY MONEY AT $350 ON THAT.
NO WAY.
WE WERE BUTTING HEADS.
WE WERE LIKE TWO
RAMS IN THE ROOM, MAN.
IT WAS LIKE UFC
CAGE MATCH IN THERE.
I REALIZE THAT IT'S
SO MUCH EASIER
FOR US TO SELL STUFF TO THEM
THAN TO BUY SOMETHING FROM THEM.
HOW ABOUT THIS ROACHED
OUT PEDAL CAR HERE?
IT'S GOT ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE,
AND THE OTHER ON A BANANA PEEL.
JUST FLAT OUT TELL ME
WHAT YOU GOT TO HAVE.
- $500.
- OH, MY GOD.
$100!
COME ON, LOOK AT THIS THING,
IT'S MADE OUT OF A
FREAKING COFFEE CAN.
- $300.
- I CAN'T DO THAT. NO.
I WASN'T HAVING ANY
PROBLEM BUYING SIGNS.
WE WEREN'T TOO FAR
APART ON THE PRICES.
IT WAS LIKE A FIELD DAY.
GOAT MILK.
HOW MUCH, STEVE?
- WHAT ABOUT $150 ON THAT?
PEOPLE THAT COLLECT
SIGNS ARE ALWAYS LOOKING
FOR THE UNUSUAL.
THE GOAT MILK SIGN, IT'S GOT
KIND OF A OBSCURE SUBJECT.
GOAT MILK. I HAD TO HAVE IT.
I'D DO $100.
- I SAY $125.
- I'LL PAY THE $125 ON THIS.
- ALL RIGHT.
- ALL RIGHT.
I THOUGHT I MIGHT
GIVE IN ON THIS SIGN.
YOU GOT TO PICK YOUR BATTLES.
- I NEEDED TO WIN
STEVE OVER AGAIN
SO I COULD GET TO BUY
SOME INCREDIBLE STUFF.
JUST SLOW DOWN, AND
COLLECT YOUR THOUGHTS,
AND THINK, LIQUIDATION.
IT'S LIKE WE'RE BREAKING
UP OR SOMETHING, MAN.
WE'VE KNOWN EACH
OTHER ALL THIS TIME,
AND NOW WE'RE BARELY TALKING.
HOW ABOUT THE COCA-COLA SIGN?
- OH, THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
WHAT ABOUT $500 ON IT?
- I MIGHT BE ABLE TO
GO SOMEWHERE AT $300.
- NO.
- YOU'RE GIVING ME
THIRD COUSIN PRICE.
I NEED FIRST COUSIN PRICES.
300 BUCKS?
- $325.
- ALL RIGHT, $325.
THANK GOD WE GOT BACK ON TRACK.
AND THEN WE SEE THE PHONE BOOTH.
- IT LOOKS LIKE IT
POSSIBLY WOULD WORK.
IT HAD THE CABLES
COMING OUT OF IT.
- THAT'S A REALLY COOL PIECE.
IT'S AN UNUSUAL ITEM.
THE PHONE BOOTH, A
LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE
COULD BE INTERESTED IN THEM.
SOMEBODY'S GOT A
REALLY COOL LOFT.
SOMEONE IN A PROP HOUSE.
WHEN IT'S STANDING THERE,
YOU'RE GONNA NOTICE IT.
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ON
SOMETHING LIKE THIS, STEVE?
- I WAS THINKING
AROUND $800 FOR THIS.
- YOU DON'T WANT TO SHOW
THAT YOU'RE DROOLING.
YOU DON'T WANT TO
SHOW THAT YOUR HEART
IS POUNDING OUT OF YOUR CHEST.
YOU DON'T WANT TO
SHOW THAT YOUR EYEBALLS
ARE READY TO POP
OUT OF YOUR HEAD.
WE'LL DIG IT OUT OF HERE.
WE'LL DO THE BACK WORK.
I'D HAVE TO GET IT FOR 400
BUCKS TO MAKE IT WORTH MY WHILE.
- $400? WHAT ABOUT $525 FOR IT?
- MAKE ME FEEL LIKE I'M
GETTING A GOOD DEAL, $475.
- ALL RIGHT. $475, IT'S YOURS.
- ALL RIGHT, COOL.
HERE'S A CLOCK, FRANKIE.
- WHAT WOULD SOMETHING
LIKE THAT GO FOR, STEVE?
I WANTED THE SEALTEST CLOCK
BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT
PIECE OF ADVERTISING.
IT'S GOT SOME NICE COLOR
TO IT, NEVER SEE THEM,
HAD TO HAVE IT.
- MAKE AN OFFER.
- HOW'S 35 BUCKS?
- $35?
HOW ABOUT 50 BUCKS?
- I'LL DO IT.
- ALL RIGHT.
- THAT IS COOL. I
THINK IT'LL CLEAN UP.
- THIS KIND OF PLACE IS LIKE
A PICKER'S DREAM FOR ME.
AS SOON AS I BOUGHT ONE
SIGN, I FOUND ANOTHER ONE.
HOW ABOUT $100?
- $200.
- GOLDEN SUN FEEDS COMPANY
WAS A COMPANY THAT
FORMED IN IOWA IN 1925,
AND I COULD SEE THIS
SELLING FAST BECAUSE IT GOES
TO A LOT OF
DIFFERENT COLLECTORS.
IT GOES TO FARM PEOPLE.
IT GOES TO SIGN PEOPLE.
IT GOES TO ADVERTISING PEOPLE.
PLUS, IT'S A REALLY COOL PIECE.
$200 ON IT?
I COULDN'T DO IT.
I MEAN, THE PAINT'S KIND
OF PEELING OFF AND STUFF.
$100?
- ALL RIGHT, I'LL
LET IT GO FOR $100.
- YEP, LET'S MOVE IT.
WHAT ABOUT THIS
RENK DEALER HERE.
- OH, HE'S CUTE.
- THE RENK DEALER,
IS A FEED SIGN.
IT'S NOT THE TRADITIONAL
FEED AND SEED SIGN.
IT HAS LETTERS ON
IT OR A LITTLE CHICK
OR A BARN BEHIND IT.
IT HAS A GUY WITH
A CIGAR IN HIS HAND.
I THINK IT'S COOL.
- $35.
- SOLD.
- LET'S START LOADING
THIS STUFF, FRANKIE.
- THIS WAS ONE OF THE BEST
SIGN PICKS WE'VE EVER HAD.
WE HAD TO WORK
A LITTLE HARD AT IT,
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY,
WE WENT HOME WITH A FULL VAN.
FOUR-LEGGED JOHN DEERE
SIGN THAT WE BOUGHT
IS A LITTLE ROUGH,
BUT I THINK WE
SHOULD EASILY BE ABLE
TO GET $500 FOR IT.
- OH MY GOD, THIS THING
WEIGHS A TON, DUDE.
THE THREE-LEGGED JOHN DEERE
SIGN IS IN BETTER CONDITION
AND SHOULD AT LEAST
SELL FOR 1,200 BUCKS.
WE'VE BEEN HAGGLING
BACK AND FORTH ALL DAY.
I MEAN YOU'RE
PROBABLY USED TO THAT
WHEN YOU'RE BUYING
STUFF TOO, YOU KNOW.
HOPEFULLY WE DIDN'T
BEAT YOU UP TOO BAD.
- NOPE, NOT TOO BAD.
- PUSH, PUSH, PUSH!
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO GET
THIS PHONE BOOTH HOME.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT'S
WORTH, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE
AN APPRAISER COME BY THE
SHOP AND LET US KNOW HOW WE DID.
TODAY WAS A GREAT DAY.
WE'RE GONNA KEEP OUR
GAS TANK, AND STOMACHS FULL
FOR HUNDREDS OF MILES TO COME.
- YEAH, THAT WAS
GREAT. TRIPLE PICK.
OH, MY GOD, THAT'S
AT LEAST A TRIPLE PICK.
- BUT THAT PHONE BOOTH
IS PRETTY COOL, DUDE.
I MEAN, IT'S SOLID.
YOU GOT A BLUE
SUIT AND A RED CAPE...
IF YOU'RE A SUPER HERO AND
YOU DON'T HAVE A PHONE BOOTH
TO GO INTO, YOU'RE OUT.
EVERYTHING I ASKED FOR
WAS LIKE SUPER EXPENSIVE,
AND THEN EVERYTHING HE ASKED
FOR WAS LIKE HALF THE PRICE.
YOU KNOW WHO'S GONNA
WANT THIS, DON'T YOU?
- EVERYBODY.
- YOU READY FOR THIS?
LOOK AT THAT!
ONE, TWO, THREE.
GO AHEAD, CHECK
IT OUT. GET IN THERE.
- GET ON IN.
- PUT YOUR CAT-WOMAN SUIT ON.
- YEAH.
BAM.
- [hissing]
- WE'RE GONNA GIVE
KENNY A CALL TODAY,
AND HE'S GONNA TAKE A LOOK
AT THE PHONE BOOTH WE BOUGHT.
KENNY'S A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE.
ANYTHING THAT YOU PUT A
COIN IN, KENNY'S AN EXPERT ON.
WE'RE A LITTLE BIT DANGEROUS
SOMETIMES WITH THE FACT THAT
WE THROW DOWN A LOT CASH,
AND WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY
WHAT IT'S WORTH, BUT
IT'S OUR GUT FEELING
THAT WE KNOW WE CAN
MAKE SOME MONEY ON IT.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK, MAN?
- IT'S OUR NEW DREAM.
- THIS IS YOUR NEW DREAM?
- THIS IS IT!
- IT'S PRETTY NEAT THAT THEY
FOUND THE ORIGINAL PHONE BOOTH
'CAUSE THINGS ARE
GETTING HARD TO FIND.
THEY USED PHONE BOOTHS
LIKE THE IN THE '50s AND '60s,
EVEN INTO THE '70s.
A LOT OF PLACES STILL
HAVE THEM IN THERE.
THIS PHONE BOOTH
DIDN'T COME RED.
THESE PHONE BOOTHS WERE INDOORS.
THESE WEREN'T OUTSIDE.
THEY'D BE IN HOTELS,
MOTELS, STUFF LIKE THAT.
MISSING A COUPLE PIECES ON IT.
IT HAD THE SIGN UP ON TOP HERE.
IT WAS PROBABLY A
LITTLE PORCELAIN SIGN.
THAT'S WHY IT'S GONE.
THAT'S A LITTLE
LATER STYLE PHONE.
MOST OF THE EARLY
ONES WERE ALL BLACK.
- SO YOU THINK IT'S
MAYBE THE WRONG PHONE?
- WELL, IF THEY HAD PROBLEMS
WITH THE OTHER PHONE,
THEY REPLACED IT,
AND PUT THAT ONE IN.
- OH, OKAY.
BUT IT'S FIVE, TEN AND
TWENTY FIVE CENTS,
SO IT'S AN EARLY PHONE.
WHEN YOU SHUT THE DOOR,
THEN THIS LIGHT WOULD CLICK ON.
AND THERE'S ALSO A VENT IN THERE
BECAUSE ONCE YOU SHUT THIS UP,
YOU WANT THAT FAN TO COME ON
'CAUSE IT GETS HOT
IN THERE REAL FAST.
THEY HAD A SEAT
INSIDE THERE TOO.
THERE WAS A LITTLE
ROUND SEAT IN THERE.
- OH, YEAH.
- ON THE INSIDE.
- I CAN KIND OF REMEMBER
THESE WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID.
BUT NOT WOOD ONES THOUGH.
I REMEMBER THE ALUMINUM ONES
LIKE ON THE CORNER AND STUFF.
- I CAN SEE WHAT YOU
MEAN ABOUT THE FAN.
- OH, YEAH, YOU NEED
THE FAN IN THERE.
- I'M ALREADY GETTING HOT.
- DOES IT FEEL LIKE IT'S
WORTH MORE THAN $475?
- I DON'T THINK YOU'D
HAVE ANY TROUBLE
GETTING MINIMUM
OF $850 OUT OF IT.
- WE DID GOOD, FRANKIE.
HEY, THAT'S COOL, MAN.
IF WE'RE MAKING MONEY,
WE'RE DOING GOOD.
- IF IT WASN'T PAINTED RED
AND IT HAD THE
EARLY PHONE IN IT,
I MEAN, IT COULD
BRING $1,500, $1,800.
- ALWAYS GOT TO ASK, KENNY.
YOU INTERESTED?
- WELL, I WOULD'VE BEEN, BUT I
JUST BOUGHT ONE LAST WEEK.
- IT WAS VERY NICE TO HEAR HIM
GIVE US A GREAT ESTIMATE ON IT.
- YOU KNOW WHAT
WE COULD DO, FRANKIE,
WE COULD GET DANIELLE TO MAKE
SOME OF HER PHONE
CALLS FROM HERE.
YOU KNOW?
- CUT DOWN ON THINGS?
- YEAH.
AND SHE COULD BE LIKE THIS,
INSTEAD OF AT A BIG DESK.
- I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
THAT WOULD GET
HER OUT OF OUR HAIR
BECAUSE SHE'D HAVE HER
OWN LITTLE MINI-OFFICE.
HEY KENNY, THANKS
A LOT FOR COMING.
APPRECIATE THE INFO.
- WE GOT TO GET BACK TO WORK.
THANKS, BUDDY.
I MADE A SUGGESTION TO DANIELLE
TO TRY OUT THE PHONE BOOTH,
AND YOU KNOW, WHEN
SHE STARTS GABBIN',
ALL I HAVE TO DO
IS SHUT THE DOOR.
- IT'S DANIELLE WITH
ANTIQUE ARCHAEOLOGY.
HI, IT'S DANIELLE FROM
ANTIQUE ARCHAEOLOGY.
I'M JUST WANTING TO SEE
IF YOU HAD ANY OLD BARNS
THAT WE COULD LOOK THROUGH?
SO NOT RIGHT NOW?
I WAS JUST WONDERING IF
YOU HAD ANY OLD SIGNAGE?
IF YOU HAD ANY OF
THOSE BSA PARTS?
[dial tone beeping] HELLO?
I HATE THIS PHONE.
GOING TO A PICK
WITH SOMETHING
THAT WE KNOW ABOUT:
MOTORCYCLES PARTS!
EVERY TIME YOU
OPEN SOMETHING UP,
THERE WAS ANOTHER
JEWEL IN THERE.
IT'S JUST INSANE THE AMOUNT
OF PARTS THAT ARE HERE.
THIS WAS RYAN NEWMAN'S CAR?
WE JUST SAW THE GUY,
WE JUST SOLD HIM A SIGN.
HOW BIZARRE IS THAT?
RYAN WHO?
[laughs]
YOU DON'T WANT TO
SHOW THAT YOUR HEART
IS POUNDING OUT OF YOUR CHEST.
YOU DON'T WANT TO SHOW
THAT YOUR EYEBALLS ARE READY
TO POP OUT OF YOUR HEAD.
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 DON'T HAVE ROADS
LIKE THIS IN IOWA.
I WILL ADMIT, THE ROADS
DOWN HERE ARE NICE.
NICE MAN.
WE'RE GETTING READY TO END
OUR TRIP DOWN HERE IN THE SOUTH.
WE JUST NEED A COUPLE MORE
PICKS TO TOP OUR TRIP OFF.
ALL RIGHT, WHO DO
YOU THINK IS HOTTER,
TAYLOR SWIFT OR LADY GAGA?
- LADY GAGA. SHE'S MEGA HOT.
I BOUGHT HER CD.
ALL RIGHT, WHO DO
YOU THINK'S HOTTER,
ME, OR...
- LISTEN.
KIM KARDASHIAN OR GENE SIMMONS?
- GENE.
- TODAY WE'RE GONNA BE DOING
A LITTLE BIT OF FREESTYLING
HERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
FREESTYLE IS EXCITING.
IT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
THAN A DANIELLE LEAD.
WITH A DANIELLE LEAD,
WE KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.
WITH A FREESTYLE PICK,
WE DON'T KNOW
WHAT'S COMING AT US.
WE JUST HAVE TO ROLL WITH IT.
WE'RE GONNA DO A
LITTLE DOOR-KNOCKING.
- BACK TO THE BASICS.
YEAH, IT'S PACKED.
- LOOK AT ALL THOSE CARS.
- LOOKS GOOD.
WE SAW A BIG PILE OF OLD RUSTY
CARS, SAW SOME OUTBUILDINGS.
- WHO KNOWS WHAT'S INSIDE THAT.
- THAT BIG OLD BUILDING THERE.
THAT LOOKS LIKE ADDAMS
FAMILY MEETS SANFORD AND SON.
- THAT LOOKS GOOD.
WHEN YOU CAN SEE JUST A
LITTLE STUFF FROM THE HIGHWAY,
YOU KNOW THERE'S
A LOT MORE BEHIND IT.
THEY MUST HAVE BEEN RACERS
BECAUSE THEY GOT A
BUNCH OF OLD STOCK CARS.
- DUDE COMING OUT?
- IS ANYBODY HOME?
HELLO?
HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
- ALL RIGHT.
- HEY, WE WERE JUST DRIVING BY.
I'M MIKE.
- DEANA.
WE WERE DRIVING BY, DEANA,
AND WE SAW YOU HAD A BUNCH
OF CARS AND STUFF THERE.
YEAH, WE SAW THAT YOU GUYS
COLLECTED STUFF, AND SO DO WE.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE
INTO THE SAME STUFF WE ARE TOO
AS FAR AS, LIKE, TRANSPORTATION.
- OH, NOT ME. HE IS.
- OH, HE IS?
- STEVE. WE CALL HIM BOO.
- HOW YOU DOING?
- HEY, STEVE. HOW YOU DOING?
WE WERE JUST DRIVING BY.
WE BUY ALL KINDS
OF DIFFERENT STUFF.
IS ANYTHING FOR SALE OR NOT?
- SURE.
- OH, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT.
YOU HAVEN'T SEEN
HALF OF WHAT HE HAS.
YOU WANT TO COME OUT
AND SHOW US SOME STUFF?
- SURE.
- ALL RIGHT, COOL.
- IT'S ALWAYS SUCH A RELIEF
WHEN YOU SPEAK TO SOMEBODY
AT THE DOOR, AND
THEY'RE SUPER NICE.
YOU MAKE A LITTLE CONVERSATION,
AND THEN IT'S LIKE "LET'S
GET DOWN TO BUSINESS."
- THIS USED TO BE MY
GRANDFATHER'S PROPERTY.
MY FATHER SOLD CARS.
WE HAD REPOS AND
JUNKYARD AND I RACED OUT
THE JUNKYARD FOR YEARS.
- WE'RE TRYING TO REMODEL
AND CLEAN UP RIGHT NOW.
- OH, YEAH?
- YEAH.
BOO AND I DATED
TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO,
AND THEN WE RAN INTO EACH
OTHER AGAIN ALMOST A YEAR AGO
AND STARTED
DATING AGAIN, AND UM,
PLAN ON GETTING MARRIED SOON.
BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GET
THE HOUSE FIXED UP FIRST.
- DO YOU HAVE THE SAME TASTE?
- NO.
- ARE YOU BOUNCING
OFF EACH OTHER?
- I'M TRYING TO DO ANTIQUE, OLD
STUFF IN WITH MY MODERN TASTE.
- OH, OKAY.
AND WHAT'S HE TRYING TO DO?
- PILE UP JUNK.
- THAT'S NOT ANYTHING
FOR THE CABINET THERE,
THAT'S STUFF, NOT JUNK.
ONE MAN'S JUNK IS ANOTHER
MAN'S TREASURE, I GUESS.
- MAN, THIS JUST KEEPS ON GOING.
HOW MANY ACRES
YOU GOT HERE, BOO?
YOU STILL BUYING?
[laughs] DEANA!
SHOULD HAVE SEEN DEANA'S FACE.
- SHE WENT, "WHAT?"
- I CHANGED THE
PASSWORD ON HIS EBAY.
- YOU DID?
- A LOT OF TIMES IT'S THE WIFE
THAT WANTS THE STUFF GONE,
AND WE'RE MORE THAN
HAPPY TO HELP HER ALONG.
- YEAH, SELL IT.
I HAVE A HOUSE FULL, A
SHOP FULL, A YARD FULL,
AND A JUNKYARD FULL.
- HEY, BOO, WHAT'S
THIS CAR RIGHT HERE?
THIS WAS RYAN NEWMAN'S CAR?
HOW BIZARRO IS THAT?
WE JUST SAW THE GUY,
WE JUST SOLD HIM A SIGN,
AND THEN HERE WE ARE OUT
IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
IN SOUTH CAROLINA, AND WE
COME ACROSS ONE OF HIS CARS.
- HOW'D YOU PICK THIS UP?
- A FRIEND OF MINE,
HE HAD IT A FEW YEARS,
AND I ENDED UP GETTING IT.
- NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S
BEEN SLAMMED AROUND HERE.
WAS THAT ALL FROM HIM RACING IT?
- TORE THE SIDE OFF OF IT.
- OH, MY GOD.
FRANKIE, LET ME GET A SHOT OF
YOU GOING LIKE THIS NEXT TO IT.
SO WHEN HE SEES IT,
HE'LL BE LIKE FRANK!
RYAN WHO?
THIS IS JUST AMAZING THAT
WE WOULD COME ACROSS
THIS DOWN HERE AT YOUR PLACE.
THAT'S WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT
IS HOW SOME THINGS
ALMOST FIND US.
- THAT'S NEAT THAT
THAT HAPPENED.
I WISH THEY WOULD
TAKE IT WITH THEM.
I THINK I CAN GET IT IN THE VAN.
- WHAT YEAR IS THAT CHEVELLE?
- CORVETTE?
OH, THAT WAS A NICE ONE.
- HIS PASSION'S ALWAYS
BEEN OLD CARS AND RACING.
WHEN WE DATED 25 YEARS AGO,
HE USED TO RACE DIRT CARS.
THAT'S ALL WE DID,
EVERY WEEKEND.
- THIS IS MY PALACE RIGHT HERE.
- AH, I CAN SEE THAT!
- THAT'S YEARS AND
YEARS OF COLLECTION.
- BOO! THIS IS AWESOME!
- OH, MY.
- HAVE YOU BEEN
BACK HERE BEFORE?
- NO.
- I'LL BE DARNED.
SHE'S BEEN HERE A YEAR
AND THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME
THAT SHE'D EVER BEEN IN THERE?
- I KNEW THERE WAS JUNK IN THERE
BUT THERE WAS ACTUALLY PLACES
IN THERE THAT I DIDN'T
KNOW WAS THERE.
THIS ROOM RIGHT HERE'S NOTHING
BUT TIRES AND HUBCAPS OVER HERE.
I MEAN, I DIDN'T KNOW
THERE WAS ALL THESE LITTLE
CUBBYHOLES AND ROOMS.
THE UPSTAIRS, I HAD NO IDEA.
YOU COULD PROBABLY DIG
THROUGH HERE EVERY DAY FOR A WEEK
AND STILL NOT SEE
EVERYTHING HERE.
- I HEAR YOU THERE.
WHEN WE'RE OUT PICKING, IT'S
ALMOST LIKE A GAMBLER'S HIGH.
WHEN WE'RE OPENING THOSE
DRAWERS, LOOKING UNDER BENCHES,
ALL THAT STUFF, WE'RE SEARCHING.
WE'RE ALL ABOUT DISCOVERY.
IT'S A LAMP, IT'S A WAGON.
- THAT'S A BIG TARPON.
- THE ULTIMATE
COSMIC SOUND MACHINE.
WHOA, THAT LOOKS FAST.
STAINLESS STEEL.
WHAT YOU GOT TO HAVE FOR THAT?
ALL RIGHT, I'M DOING IT.
I BOUGHT THE LIME GREEN
PHONE FROM THE SEVENTIES.
DIAL IT UP, THAT THING
IS FULL ON MOD-SQUAD.
BOUGHT IT FOR FIVE BUCKS.
I THINK I CAN AT LEAST
GET 50 BUCKS OUT OF IT.
- BOO, WHAT DO YOU THINK
ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
$15?
ALL RIGHT, I'LL DO IT.
THERE WAS A CLINTON
CHAINSAW SIGN.
CLINTON CHAINSAWS,
THEY WERE MADE IN
MICHOACANA, IOWA.
IF IT WAS BETTER CONDITION,
I WOULD'VE BEEN
ABLE TO GIVE HIM MORE.
STILL A COLLECTIBLE PIECE.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I'VE DONE
REALLY WELL WITH CHAINSAW STUFF.
- WHAT WOULD YOU
HAVE TO HAVE FOR THAT?
ALL RIGHT, I'D DO TEN BUCKS.
- I'LL TAKE IT FOR $20.
- I FOUND YOU A LUNCH BOX
SO I CAN FIX YOU SOME LUNCH.
- YOU MIGHT BE COMING OUT HERE
MORE OFTEN THAN YOU THINK NOW.
- NO, NO, NO.
- AH, YOU NEVER KNOW.
- BOO WITH A GHOST.
- CRANKSHAFTS.
- JUST THE SHEER VOLUME OF
CAR PARTS THAT THIS GUY'S GOT,
AND I'M NOT JUST TALKING
ABOUT EVERYDAY CAR PARTS,
I'M TALKING STUFF
LIKE RACING STUFF.
WHAT ARE THESE TWO?
WHAT'S COOL IS YOU GOT ALL
THIS OLDER RACING STUFF HERE.
I MEAN, STUFF THAT'S OLDER
THAN EVEN WHEN YOU STARTED.
- I STARTED IN '76.
- WOW, THAT'S AWESOME.
- PRETTY COOL.
- I MEAN, THIS GUY,
IT WAS IN HIS BLOOD.
I MEAN COME ON, WE'RE
IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
THESE PEOPLE LIVE, EAT,
SLEEP BREATHE RACING.
YOU COULD TELL THAT IT WAS
STUFF THAT HE WAS VERY PROUD OF.
WHAT'S THAT CLOCK
BACK THERE, BOO?
IS THAT A STOPWATCH?
WHOA.
- DON'T FALL AND GET HURT.
- WE WON'T.
- I DON'T KNOW IF
THE HOMEOWNER'S
IS STILL UP TO DATE RIGHT NOW.
- OKAY.
IT'S A THERMOMETER ON ONE
SIDE AND A CLOCK ON THE OTHER.
THE FONT, THE NUMBERS ON
IT, REALLY AWESOME PIECE.
THIS THING IS GONNA LOOK
REALLY BAD IN MY SHOP,
OR THE SHOP OF A CLIENT'S.
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ON
SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BOO?
- ABOUT 70 BUCKS.
- I'M DIGGING IT FOR $40.
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING, "D"?
- YOU CAN HAVE IT.
- WE NEED TO START ASKING
HER FOR THE PRICES, FRANKIE!
- FIND OUT IF HE
WANTS TO SELL IT.
- ALL RIGHT, I'LL
TAKE IT FOR 40 BUCKS.
FOR 40 BUCKS, I THINK I
CAN DOUBLE DOWN ON IT.
WHAT ARE THESE CARBS
OFF OF RIGHT HERE?
- THREE DEUCES?
- TWO OF THEM THERE.
GOD DANG.
- YEAH, YOU GOT
TO HAVE THE THREE.
I FOUND THESE TWO CARBURETORS,
THEY GO TO A 1958 CORVETTE.
THEY CAME FROM A TRI-POWER
THAT WOULD'VE MEANT
THREE TWO-BARRELS.
THERE'S ONLY TWO OF THEM
THERE, BUT THEY'RE OFF CORVETTES.
THESE ARE VERY, VERY RARE.
FOR SOMEBODY THAT'S
RESTORING A CORVETTE,
HE'S GOT TO HAVE THOSE.
WHAT DO YOU VALUE THESE AT?
YOU KNOW, I'LL DO
FIFTY DOLLARS ON THEM.
- MM, THAT'LL WORK.
- SOUND LIKE A DEAL?
- THAT'LL WORK.
- ALL RIGHT.
I CAN HAVE THREE, BUT TWO
OF THEM ARE JUST AS GOOD.
I'D SAY THEY GOT TO BE
WORTH AT LEAST $150 APIECE.
- LEAD THE WAY, BOO.
WHAT'S THIS STEERING
WHEEL OFF OF?
CHEVY CORVETTE.
YOU GOT THE CAR STILL?
HE GOT MARRIED AND THEN HE...
- WRECKED HIS CAR?
- PUT HIS FOOT IN
THE CORVETTE, BOOM!
AND TOOK OFF AND
WRECKED HIS CORVETTE?
- WOW. THAT'S A MEMORABLE DAY.
- IT CAME OUT OF
A 1966 CORVETTE,
IT'S GOT THE HORN BUTTON IN IT.
NO KIDDING, 100 BUCKS?
THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
- I DON'T KNOW.
I KNOW YOU PROBABLY
DON'T SEE THEM EVERY DAY.
THE MONEY'S PROBABLY RIGHT HERE.
THIS AND THAT?
- YOU KNOW, CAR GUYS, THEY
WANT ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT.
THIS IS AN ORIGINAL
STEERING WHEEL.
SOMEBODY'S GOT TO BE
OUT THERE LOOKING FOR IT.
HOW ABOUT 75 BUCKS?
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?
ALL RIGHT, I'LL
TAKE IT FOR $100.
[laughs] OKAY.
I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN IT'S COOL.
ACTUALLY, YOU
KNOW WHAT, FRANKIE?
DO YOU THINK WE COULD
PULL THE STEERING WHEEL
OUT OF THE VAN
AND PUT THIS ON IT?
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I CAN
GET FOR THAT STEERING WHEEL.
I HOPE I CAN AT LEAST
DOUBLE MY MONEY.
PHEW! THAT WAS
QUITE THE TOUR THERE.
- YEAH, IT WORE ME OUT
FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.
- IT SEEMED LIKE BOO IS LIKE A
REALLY SENTIMENTAL PERSON,
AND HIS LIFE HAS BEEN RACING,
SO FOR US TO COME INTO A PICK
LIKE THAT AND SEE THAT
MUCH STUFF ABOUT IT.
IT WAS REALLY NEAT.
I THINK YOU'RE LUCKY
TO HAVE THIS GAL.
SHE'S STRAIGHTENING YOU OUT.
DEANA IS ACTUALLY HELPING BOO.
I THINK HE IS TO THE POINT
WHERE HE'S GONNA NEED TO START
SELLING SOME STUFF, AND I THINK
DEANA SEES US BUYING THINGS
AND SHE SEES, "HEY, MAYBE
THIS STUFF ISN'T JUNK."
MAYBE THIS ISN'T ALL CRUD HERE.
IT'S GOOD STUFF THOUGH.
WE'LL KEEP IN TOUCH.
YOU GOT A LOT OF
COOL CARS AND STUFF.
WHO KNOWS, MAYBE WE CAN
DO SOME BUSINESS LATER ON.
- I'M SURPRISED AT THE
THINGS THEY BOUGHT.
I GUESS THEY KNOW
WHAT THEY'RE LOOKIN' FOR.
WISH THEY'D HAVE
FOUND SOME MORE.
I'D FEEL A LOT BETTER IF
THEY'D LOAD THAT VAN UP.
- I'M SORRY WE DIDN'T
LEAVE WITH MORE.
- ME TOO.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF CARS.
- WE TRIED.
- I THINK I NEED TO WALK
THEM BACK THROUGH,
MAKE SURE THEY
DIDN'T MISS ANYTHING.
- ALL RIGHT, FRANKIE.
- I PAID $15 FOR A SIGN.
I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA CLEAN
UP THAT WELL, BUT I'M LOOKING
AT $60 TO $75 ALL DAY, I'M SURE.
OVERALL TODAY, I'M
VERY HAPPY WITH THE PICK.
DID WE MAKE ANY
BIG MAJOR SCORES?
NO.
BUT WE DID MAKE A GREAT
CONTACT IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
THAT MAY BE THE BIG PAY OFF.
- ALL RIGHT, SEE YOU
GUYS, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
- SEE YA!
- WE'LL BE BACK.
- THEY'RE PRETTY COOL, I GUESS.
I'M NOT GONNA TAKE ALL THIS
STUFF TO MY GRAVE WITH ME.
I'M GLAD THEY FOUND A
LITTLE SOMETHING TO GET.
- I THINK HE'S LUCKY TO
HAVE HER IN HIS LIFE, MAN.
BIG TIME.
- OH, YEAH.
- WE OFTEN GET A GLIMPSE
INTO PEOPLE'S LIVES THAT WE MET
AND WONDER WHAT WILL HAPPEN.
WHO'S GONNA WIN, DEANA OR BOO?
IS THE BARN GONNA BE EMPTY,
OR IS IT STILL GONNA BE FULL?
- THE BIGGEST, FANCIEST, MOST
IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT I DO
IS FINDING MIKE AND
FRANK THEIR LEADS.
I TRACK PEOPLE DOWN.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE
DETECTIVE WORK.
HI, IS THIS SCOTT?
PRETTY MUCH WHAT I DO IS, I
GET A HOLD OF THE TOWN HUB.
THIS IS DANIELLE.
CAN I PLEASE SPEAK
WITH MAYOR DONOVAN?
I TRY TO TALK TO PEOPLE AND
FIND OUT WHO ARE THE JUNKERS
IN TOWN, OR WHO HAS
INTERESTING STUFF
IN THEIR YARD SITTING AROUND,
WHO HAS CITY
ORDINANCES AGAINST THEM
BECAUSE THEY HAVE CRAP
LAYING ALL OVER THEIR YARDS.
WORD IS THAT YOU HAVE
SOME ANTIQUE MOTORCYCLES
IN YOUR YARD.
I GET HUNG UP ON A LOT, AND
SOMETIMES I GET SHOUTED AT.
OKAY, ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. YOU HAVE
A GREAT DAY. GREAT.
A LOT OF TIMES, IT'S JUST KIND
OF LIKE A WILD GOOSE CHASE.
ONCE I GET THE
LEADS NAILED DOWN,
THEN I KIND OF JUST MAP OUT
A TOUR SCHEDULE FOR THEM
AND HOPE FOR THE BEST.
- HEY, DANIELLE, WHAT'S UP?
- DANNY "D!"
- I JUST TALKED TO SOMEBODY
YOU GUYS ARE GONNA WANT
TO KNOW ABOUT RIGHT AWAY.
- YEAH, WE'RE
LISTENING. KEEP GOING.
THERE'S A GENTLEMAN
WHO WAS TELLING ME ABOUT
AN OLD FACTORY THAT NO
ONE'S BEEN IN FOR A REALLY,
REALLY LONG TIME
AND IT'S JUST PACKED
WITH NEW OLD STOCK FOR HARLEY.
- THAT'S HUGE!
- THAT'S MEGA HUGE!
- THE GUY WHO I ACTUALLY
GOT THE CONTACT FROM
IS NOT THE GUY YOU'RE
GOING TO BE TALKING TO.
OH, IT'S A GUY WHO'S A GUY...
- WHO KNOWS A GUY.
- ALL RIGHT.
- THIS GUY'S COUSIN'S
HAIRDRESSER HAS SOME PARTS.
- I SENT ALL THE
INFORMATION TO YOUR PHONE,
SO JUST CHECK IT OUT.
HE'LL GET YOU IN TOUCH
WITH THE RIGHT GUY.
- LATER.
- MOTORCYCLE STUFF, ORIGINAL...
- NEW OLD STOCK?
THIS COULD BE
DANIELLE'S BIGGEST HIT.
- SO ACCORDING TO THE
GUY THAT GAVE US THE LEAD,
HE KNEW SOME GUY THAT
HAD SOME OLD HARLEY PARTS,
SO WE'RE GONNA SEE IF WE
CAN TRACK THIS GUY DOWN.
SEE WHAT THIS GUY'S GOT.
HEY, THIS IS MIKE WOLFE.
CAN YOU KIND OF
GIVE US A RUNDOWN
OF SOME OF THE
STUFF THAT YOU'VE GOT?
ALL RIGHT, SO
WE'LL CHECK IT OUT.
- THANK YOU.
- BYE-BYE.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING
TO A PICK WITH SOMETHING
THAT WE KNOW ABOUT:
MOTORCYCLE PARTS.
- YEAH.
- THIS IS KILLER!
WE LOVE ANTIQUE MOTORCYCLES,
WE BOTH RIDE BIKES.
- MOTORCYCLES HAVE BEEN
A REAL BIG PART OF MY LIFE.
IF I HAD A BAD DAY AT WORK
OR A BAD DAY AT SCHOOL,
I WAS ABLE TO GET ON MY
MOTORCYCLE AND JUST TAKE A RIDE,
AND BE FREE AS A BIRD,
AND CLEAR MY HEAD.
THIS COULD BE THE BIGGIE.
OUR CONTACT CALLED BILL
AND LET HIM KNOW
THAT WE WERE COMING.
- ONE THING ABOUT
BEING ON THE ROAD IS,
WE NEVER KNOW WHERE
WE'RE GONNA END UP.
WE CAN HAVE A
CONVERSATION WITH SOMEBODY,
AND WE GO THIS WAY, ANOTHER
ONE, AND WE GO THAT WAY.
THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN US, AND NINE-TO-FIVERS.
- NO, THIS IS IT. THIS IS IT.
- HEY, HOW YOU DOING?
- HOW'S IT GOING?
- DOING FINE, GUYS.
HOW ARE YA'LL?
HEY, I'M MIKE.
- MIKE? BILLY.
- NICE TO MEET YOU,
BILLY. MY NAME'S FRANK.
- FRANK? NICE TO MEET YOU.
GOOD TO MEET YOU GUYS.
- PLEASURE.
FROM WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD,
YOU WEREN'T THE GUY THAT STARTED
THE DEALERSHIP, BUT YOU
BOUGHT IT LATER ON OR SOMETHING?
- YEAH, WE BOUGHT OUT MR. GENE
NETTLES WHO STARTED IT IN '46.
- NOW, HOW FAR BACK
DID THE PARTS GO
WHEN YOU BOUGHT THE STORE?
- BACK TO THE LATE '30s.
MOST OF IT'S NEW
OLD STOCK, IN BOX.
- REALLY?
- YEAH.
- HE HAD WHAT WE CALL N.O.S.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE
CALL NEW OLD STOCK STUFF.
THAT STUFF IS SO HARD TO FIND.
THAT IS STUFF THAT'S
ORIGINAL FACTORY EQUIPMENT
SOLD FROM THE DEALERSHIP.
- WHEN WE SOLD THE DEALERSHIP,
WE JUST BOXED IT
UP AND PUT IT AWAY.
THAT'S WHAT'S,
FOR THE MOST PART,
IN THE WAREHOUSE BACK HERE.
- OKAY, SO THAT STUFF
BACK THERE IS FOR SALE?
- YEAH.
- LET US GET BACK THERE, MAN.
WE'RE LIKE DOGS ON A CHAIN.
- BILLY, NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE
GET INTO THIS BACK HERE DO THEY?
- COUNTIN' ME,
YOU'RE THE ONLY TWO.
- OH, LORD.
- WOW.
SO ME AND MIKE ARE VERY
EXCITED TO GET IN THERE
AND SEE SOME UNIQUE STUFF.
SO NO REAL RHYME
OR REASON HERE HUH?
- WELL, THAT'S WHAT IT
WAS SUPPOSED TO BE,
BUT THE GUY I HIRED PUT IT ALL
UNDER MISCELLANEOUS PARTS.
[all laugh]
- ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS INSANE.
- YOU KNOW, I'VE
KNOWN MIKE A LONG TIME.
IT TAKES A LOT TO
GET HIS JUICES GOING,
BUT WHEN YOU SAY
"ANTIQUE MOTORCYCLE PARTS,"
NOBODY'S BEEN IN
THERE FOR TWENTY YEARS,
THIS GUY IS LIKE A
KID IN A CANDY STORE.
- I NEVER GET TO SEE
THIS KIND OF STUFF.
CRAZY TIMES.
ORIGINAL 1930s HARLEY EQUIPMENT
STILL IN THE BOX.
IS THIS SOMETHING
YOU'D CONSIDER SELLING?
I SAW THAT TOOL BOX
AND I WAS LIKE, "OKAY,
THIS IS A NICE OLD PART."
THOSE ARE REALLY HARD TO FIND.
THEY ACTUALLY
REPRODUCE THAT ITEM NOW.
IT WOULD GO ON A
NICE ORIGINAL BIKE.
WHAT WOULD YOU
HAVE TO HAVE FOR IT?
AS A PICKER, I KNEW HE
WAS RELUCTANT TO SELL,
BUT I HAD TO THROW HIM A
NUMBER JUST TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
I'D GIVE YOU 200 BUCKS FOR IT.
- YOU SEE, FROM
THE LOOK ON MY FACE,
YOU KNOW THAT I'M GONNA
BE EASY TODAY, SURE.
- OKAY, I SEE HOW
THIS IS GONNA ROLL.
THIS GUY'S GONNA
SELL ME SOME STUFF.
HOW MUCH FOR THE GAS CAPS?
THEY WERE REALLY EARLY.
THEY WERE PROBABLY
SOLD DURING THE WAR YEARS.
THEY WERE A LITTLE DETAILED
THING THAT'S GONNA MAKE A BIKE.
- WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?
I KNOW. TEN BUCKS, RIGHT?
- NO, NO.
I WAS THINKING 50 APIECE.
- OKAY, WE CAN DO THAT.
- I GOT A TAILLIGHT LENS
HERE, A BEEHIVE TAILLIGHT LENS.
THE REAR TAILLIGHT LENS,
IT'S CALLED A BEEHIVE LENS.
THAT'S ALWAYS CRACKED.
IT'S ALWAYS BROKE.
THESE ACTUALLY SAY
"HARLEY DAVIDSON."
THEY'RE GLASS LENSES.
THEY'RE NOT PLASTIC
REPRODUCTION STUFF.
SOMETHING YOU'D
CONSIDER SELLING?
- YEAH.
- I GOT BOTH THE FRONT AND
REAR LENSES FOR 50 BUCKS EACH.
I'M STOKED TO HAVE THEM.
WHEN YOU BOUGHT THIS
STORE, IN WHAT YEAR?
- WE BOUGHT THE STORE IN '72.
- '72.
THIS STUFF WASN'T
REALLY NOTHING, WAS IT?
- I MEAN, A LOT OF THE GUYS
WERE CASTING THIS STUFF AWAY.
- IT WAS ALREADY OBSOLETE.
- PEOPLE DIDN'T
WANT OLD BIKES THEN.
THEY WANTED THE NEW MODELS.
- WHAT MADE YOU KEEP
IT ALL THESE YEARS?
- I NEVER WANTED
TO REALLY SELL IT.
I GAVE AWAY MORE THAN IS IN HERE
TO PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THE HOBBY
WHO WANTED A PARTICULAR PIECE.
- HE COLLECTED AND HE
STORED IT ALL OF THESE YEARS.
HE SAW VALUE IN IT
WHEN NO ONE ELSE DID.
WE APPRECIATE YOU
LETTING US LOOK UP HERE
BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN LIKE
THE KING TUT OF FINDS, YOU KNOW,
AS FAR AS IN THE CRYPT FOR
ALL THESE MOTORCYCLE PARTS.
EVERY TIME YOU
OPENED SOMETHING UP,
THERE WAS ANOTHER
JEWEL IN THERE.
IT'S JUST INSANE THE
AMOUNT OF PARTS IN HERE.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT NOT
TO GIVE UP ON A PICK LIKE THAT,
BECAUSE THAT ONE BOX, THAT
NEXT BOX YOU OPEN COULD BE
SOMETHING IN THERE THAT'S
LIKE THE TOTAL HONEY HOLE PIECE,
THE PIECE THAT'S GONNA MAKE
THE WHOLE TRIP WORTHWHILE.
- I WAS JUST LOOKING
AT SPARKPLUGS HERE.
- THIS WOULD BE '48 AND LATER.
- AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY
WHEN MOTORS STARTED COMING OUT,
THERE WAS SO MANY COMPANIES
THAT MADE SPARKPLUGS.
THEY HAD DIFFERENT BRANDS,
THERE WAS JUST
THOUSANDS OF THEM.
THEY HARLEY DAVIDSON
ONES ARE VERY COLLECTIBLE,
THEY'RE AIR-COOLED
MOTORCYCLE ONES.
PEOPLE WANT TO PUT
THE ORIGINAL SPARKPLUGS
IN THEIR ORIGINAL OLD BIKES.
VERY HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE ITEM.
BILLY, WHAT DO
YOU GET FOR THESE?
- I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT
TO SELL THOSE OR NOT.
- YOU STILL GOT THE BIKES
YOU MIGHT USE THEM IN?
- YEAH.
- HE WOULD ASK US,
DO YOU NEED THAT
PERSONALLY FOR YOUR OWN BIKE
OR ARE YOU GOING TO SELL
THAT AND MAKE MONEY ON IT?
- YOU GOT THESE
IN THE ORIGINAL BOX.
- IS IF FOR YOUR PERSONAL MOTOR?
- NO.
- OKAY, WELL, THEN
I'M NOT SELLING IT.
- I DON'T BLAME YOU.
BILLY WAS A SENTIMENTAL GUY.
THIS GUY LIVED, EAT, SLEEP,
BREATHED MOTORCYCLES
FOR A LOT OF YEARS, MAN.
WHAT ABOUT THIS FENDER LIGHT?
- OOH.
- [laughs]
HIS FACE.
- I DIDN'T KNOW I HAD THAT.
- WE FIND A LOT OF THINGS THAT
PEOPLE DON'T REMEMBER THEY HAVE.
I HAVE A 34 VL.
- IF YOU'VE GOT A
34, YOU NEED THAT.
- THE HARLEY FENDER
LIGHT THAT I FOUND
WAS ALMOST LIKE A DREAM.
THE THING WAS IN
THE ORIGINAL BOX.
IT HADN'T BEEN TOUCHED.
ALL OF IT WAS THERE.
WHEN WE THINK
ABOUT THINGS WE LOVE,
AND THE REASON WE'RE ON THE
ROAD, AND WHY WE KEEP PICKING,
THIS WAS AN ITEM
OF THAT CALIBER.
HOW MUCH FOR ONE OF THESE?
- I'LL SELL YOU ONE OF THEM.
300 BUCKS.
AND I KNOW IT'S WORTH
MORE THAN THAT.
- I WAS REALLY HAPPY
TO PAY $300 FOR IT.
I MEAN, IT'S AN INCREDIBLE FIND.
IT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT
REALLY GETS YOUR HEART RATE UP
WHEN YOU LOVE WHAT YOU DO.
IT'S A PRETTY BIKE.
HAVE YOU EVER HAD ANYBODY
TRY TO BUY THAT OFF YOU?
- I CAN'T SELL THAT ONE,
AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY.
THAT ONE BELONGED TO A
FRIEND OF MINE WHO PASSED AWAY,
I DID IT FOR HIM.
IF YOU'LL NOTICE ON
THE HANDLEBARS THERE.
THERE'S A CONTAINER.
THAT'S HIS ASHES.
I PROMISED THAT WHEN HIS
GRANDSON, WHO IS NOW FOUR,
TURNS SIXTEEN, THAT I'LL GET
THE MOTORCYCLE RUNNING,
TAKE HIM FOR A RIDE AND
GIVE HIM THE KNUCKLE.
- OH, MY GOD, THAT'S AMAZING.
- OH, THAT'S GREAT.
- SO HE GETS TO RIDE
WITH HIS GRANDDAD.
- OH, THAT'S SO COOL.
YOU MUST BE A HELL OF A GUY
TO DO THAT FOR YOUR FRIEND.
- WELL, THANK YOU.
- YOU JUST DON'T SEE
THIS STUFF ANYWHERE.
NEW OLD STOCK
STUFF, YOU NEVER SEE.
- IF YOU DO HEAR ABOUT
IT, PEOPLE DON'T LET YOU IN
TO LOOK THROUGH IT.
AND WE APPRECIATE
THAT EVER SO MUCH.
- YOU GUYS ARE HAPPY; I'M HAPPY.
- YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SERIOUSLY, IT WAS
A VERY GOOD TIME.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE
WHAT WE GOT HERE.
I BOUGHT THE HARLEY
TOOL BOX FOR $200,
THE LAST ONE I
HAD I SOLD FOR $350,
SO I FELT COMFORTABLE
PAYING THAT MUCH FOR IT.
GOT A COUPLE CAPS
HERE IN THE BOX.
I'VE GOT A FRONT FENDER
GUIDE LIGHT FOR A HARLEY.
OVERALL, THE EXPERIENCE
AT BILLY'S WAS INCREDIBLE.
THIS IS A PERFECT
EXAMPLE OF DANIELLE
KNOCKING IT OUT OF THE PARK.
- GET BACK DOWN HERE,
AND WE'RE GONNA STOP
DOWN HERE AND SEE YOU AGAIN.
- BEING A PICKER'S LIKE
BEING ON A ROLLER COASTER.
THERE'S HIGHS AND THERE'S LOWS.
TODAY WAS A HIGH.
TODAY IS THE KIND OF
DAY YOU DREAM ABOUT.
[phone rings]
- GOOD MORNING, THIS IS FRANK.
- GOOD MORNING,
FRANK. IT'S DANIELLE.
WHAT'S HAPPENIN'?
- I HAVE A COOL LEAD THAT
I THINK YOU'LL REALLY LIKE.
THERE'S A LADY,
HER NAME'S MICHELLE.
HER FATHER JUST PASSED AWAY,
BUT HE USED TO WORK
IN OLD HOLLYWOOD.
HE'S COLLECTED A LOT OF STUFF
LIKE PROJECTIONIST
EQUIPMENT, PROJECTORS.
I THINK IT'S WORTH CHECKING OUT.
- SEND US THE COORDINATES.
AND WE'LL ROCK ON OVER THERE,
SEE WHAT'S GOIN' ON.
THANK YOU, HAVE A GOOD DAY.
- OKAY. BYE, GUYS.
- IF THE GUY'S BEEN IN THE
MOVIE BUSINESS THAT LONG,
HE COULD HAVE
JUST ABOUT ANYTHING.
- MAJOR, YEAH.
- YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
HE COULD HAVE SNACK
BAR STUFF, SOME MILK DUDS
AND SOME JUJUBES, YOU
COULD JUST CHOW DOWN.
- MM, YEAH, SOME PETRIFIED ONES.
SOME MIKE AND IKE'S.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK WE
COULD GET FOR THOSE ON EBAY?
- I'D SAY FOUR BUCKS
A BOX ALL DAY LONG.
- THIS LOOKS LIKE IT'S IT.
HEY, MICHELLE?
- HELLO.
- HEY, I'M MIKE.
- HI, NICE TO MEET YOU.
- HEY, HOW ARE
YOU DOIN'? I'M FRANK.
YOU TALKED TO DANIELLE?
- YES.
- SHE SAID IT WAS LIKE, UH,
PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT,
WHAT IS IT?
- UH, MOVIE PROJECTORS.
- OH, OKAY.
- YOU DAD WAS IN THE BUSINESS?
- YES.
- RIGHT AWAY, WHEN
I MET MICHELLE,
I COULD TELL SHE WAS
COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED.
AS PICKERS, WE COME
ACROSS A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT ARE IN THIS
STAGE OF THEIR LIFE.
ALL RIGHT, YEAH,
WE'D LOVE TO SEE IT
IF YOU'VE GOT SOME TIME.
- SURE.
MY DAD HAD A PASSION AND
AN OBSESSION WITH MOVIES,
AND IF HE WASN'T
WORKING ON A SHOW,
HE WAS ALWAYS BUYING
SOMETHING FOR HIS COLLECTION.
MY DAD PASSED AWAY
ABOUT A YEAR NOW,
AND LEFT A HUGE BUILDING
FULL OF EQUIPMENT,
I WANNA DO THE RIGHT
THING IN SELLING IT.
HE DID CAPE FEAR.
HE DID PET DETECTIVE.
BLOOD AND WINE.
DOC HOLLYWOOD.
- WHEN YOU'RE SAYING HE
DID THAT, LIKE, WHAT DID HE DO?
- HE RAN THE PROJECTORS.
AND HE ACTUALLY DEVISED A WAY
THAT THEY COULD HAVE SOUND
AND THE MOVIE INTERLOCKED,
SO PEOPLE COULD WATCH
DAILIES RIGHT ON SITE.
- SO HE WAS A PIONEER
IN THE INDUSTRY,
AS FAR AS THAT GOES.
- YES.
- THE GUY WAS REALLY, UH...
- HE WAS AHEAD OF HIS TIME.
YEAH, HE WAS AHEAD OF HIS TIME,
HE REALLY LOVED WHAT HE DID.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S CHECK IT OUT.
I COULD TOTALLY SEE WHY
SHE WAS OVERWHELMED,
I MEAN, THERE WAS SO
MUCH STUFF IN THERE.
WHERE DO WE START?
I MEAN, SHE'S GOT BIG,
HEAVY-DUTY PROJECTION STUFF,
AND SHE'S GOT REELS EVERYWHERE,
SHE'S GOT STACKS OF FILM.
- LOTS OF MOVIES.
TO SEE ALL THESE OLD
PROJECTORS IN ONE AREA,
IT WAS LIKE WALKING
AROUND MUSEUM.
"MANUFACTURED IN TOLEDO, OHIO
BY THE STRONG
PROJECTION COMPANY."
- "CENTURY PROJECTOR,
MADE IN NEW YORK CITY."
- I LOOKED OVER, AND I SAW THESE
REELS FROM THE MOVIE CAPE FEAR.
IS THIS THE ORIGINAL
FILM FROM CAPE FEAR?
- PART OF THE DAILIES, CORRECT.
THIS WOULD BE PRIOR
TO THE EDIT, THEN,
THEY'RE WATCHING, LIKE TO...
- YEAH, TO SEE WHAT THEY'VE
DONE OR IF THEY WANNA RESHOOT,
STUFF LIKE THAT.
- AWESOME!
THAT'S INCREDIBLE. THIS
WAS A SCORSESE CLASSIC.
I MEAN, THIS STUFF
HAS GOT TO BE RARE.
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST
AMAZING TO THINK THAT THIS
MADE THE MOVIE, YOU
KNOW, THE REAL DEAL.
I DIDN'T MAKE AN OFFER ON IT.
I COULD TELL THAT THEY
WERE NEAR AND DEAR TO HER.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST AN HONOR
TO LOOK AT THAT STUFF
AND KNOW THAT THEY'RE IN SAFE
HANDS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
THIS IS SOME HEAVY-DUTY STUFF.
THERE'S SO MUCH
OF ONE TYPE OF ITEM,
DO YOU FEEL OVERWHELMED AT
ALL REGARDING THE COLLECTION?
- YES, BECAUSE I HAVE NO
IDEA, UM, WHERE TO START.
- I FELT FOR HER, I REALLY DID.
WE COME ACROSS COLLECTIONS
OF THINGS, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN,
PEOPLE HAVE INHERITED STUFF.
HEY, THERE'S, THERE'S 40 MORE
PROJECTORS UP THERE, MICHELLE.
AND THEY REALLY DON'T
KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT,
SO HOPEFULLY WE
CAN HELP HER OUT.
HERE'S A TRIPOD
FOR AN EARLY ONE.
- THAT'S HEAVY-DUTY.
ATTACHMENTS FOR
PUTTING ALL THAT STUFF ON.
- I SAW THIS REALLY
OLD PROJECTOR.
THAT THING CAUGHT MY EYE.
I MEAN, YOU COULD JUST TELL IT
WAS OLDER THAN ALL THE REST.
- IT'S COOL.
- IT'S REALLY COOL.
IT WASN'T ALL THERE, BUT IT
WAS A GREAT DECORATOR ITEM.
- THAT'S THE ONLY
THING I SEE THAT'S EARLY.
"MOTIOGRAPH DELUXE."
1914'S ON THE PATENT ON THERE.
IF YOU HAD A CAMERA SHOP,
IF YOU HAD SOME TYPE OF...
THIS WOULD BE A FANTASTIC
PIECE IN THE WINDOW, YOU KNOW?
IT HAD SOME NICE
STENCIL GRAPH WRITING,
AND IT WAS KIND
OF UNIQUE LOOKING.
- THIS PROJECTOR WAS OLD,
BUT MY KNOWLEDGE IS
VERY LIMITED ON THIS STUFF.
WE'LL OFTEN TAKE PHOTOS
AND SEND THEM TO OUR NETWORK
OF EXPERTS THAT WE HAVE
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
I NEEDED TO TAKE SOME
ADVICE BEFORE I POPPED ON IT.
MICHELLE, I APPRECIATE
YOU LETTIN' US LOOK AROUND.
CAN YOU GIVE FRANK
AND I JUST A FEW MINUTES?
- SURE.
WE'RE JUST, I WANNA BE ABLE
TO GIVE A FRIEND OF MINE A CALL.
- HEY, BILL.
FRANK AND I RAN ACROSS THIS
LADY, HER NAME'S MICHELLE,
AND HER FATHER WORKED IN
THE FILM INDUSTRY FOR YEARS.
HE'S INTO MOVIE POSTERS, YEAH,
AND HE DOES SOME THINGS NOW
WITH PROJECTORS, BUT HE'S
KNOWLEDGEABLE IN THAT FIELD,
AND HE KNOWS PEOPLE THAT
COLLECT THAT KIND OF STUFF.
THE STUFF THAT HE
WAS MAINLY COLLECTING
WAS LARGE PROJECTORS.
- MOST OF IT'S CENTURY, BILL.
IN ONE OF THOSE
EARLY PROJECTORS,
THE NAME WAS CALLED
"MOTIOGRAPH DELUXE,"
AND IT'S MADE IN
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
- THE THING IS, BILL,
THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING
IN THERE OF VALUE.
WE WERE JUST HOPING
THAT WE COULD MAYBE
PUT HER TOGETHER WITH
SOMEBODY THAT YOU KNEW.
- ALL RIGHT, THANKS
BILL, WE APPRECIATE IT.
WE TALKED TO BILL ON THE PHONE,
AND BASICALLY WHAT HE SAID IS
THAT HE THINKS EARLY'S BETTER.
UM, SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE KIND
OF GRAVITATED TOWARDS THIS.
I LOVE TO LOOK AT
THIS PROJECTOR.
IT SCREAMS HISTORY TO ME.
IT'S OUR DUTY AS A PICKER
TO BRING SOME OF THIS STUFF
OUT OF DARK GARAGES
AND BACK TO MARKET.
- WE WOULD BE
INTERESTED IN THIS FOR...
$200.
- GIVE IT TO US
STRAIGHT, WE'RE BOYS.
- YEAH, YOU WOULDN'T
BE HURTIN' OUR FEELINGS.
- I WASN'T REALLY
EXPECTING TOO MUCH
'CAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT
THEY'RE GONNA BE INTERESTED IN.
THEY FOUND A PROJECTOR
THAT THEY LIKED,
AND I FELT COMFORTABLE WITH IT.
- IS IT A DEAL?
- TAKE IT, YEAH.
- ALL RIGHTY.
THANK YOU.
- LIKE, I WANNA GIVE YOU
BILL'S NUMBER BEFORE I LEAVE
BECAUSE HE'S EXTREMELY
KNOWLEDGEABLE
AND HE'S OUT IN LOS ANGELES,
AND HE KNOWS A LOT OF
DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND A
LOT OF DIFFERENT COLLECTORS.
I WANTED BE ABLE TO
GIVE HER A NUMBER,
SOMEBODY SHE COULD TRUST AND
MAYBE HELP HER DOWN THE PATH
OF TRYING TO GET RID
OF SOME OF THIS STUFF.
- MY DAD WOULD BE VERY, VERY
HAPPY KNOWING THAT SOMEBODY
SHOWED AN INTEREST IN
HIS, HIS UNIQUE COLLECTION.
- THIS PICK WAS COOL.
WE FOUND A REALLY NICE ITEM,
BUT WE GOT A GLIMPSE OF THIS
GUY'S HISTORY, HIS COLLECTION,
MAN, HIS CAPE FEAR
REELS WERE AWESOME.
- SET IT RIGHT THERE FOR US.
- THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- ALRIGHTY.
- I THINK WHAT MIKE AND
FRANK DO IS VERY INTERESTING.
THEY'RE NOT JUST GOING
AND LOOKING AT STUFF,
WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS HELPED
ME TO SEE THAT THERE MIGHT BE
SPECIFIC COLLECTORS
THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED
IN A ROOM FULL OF PROJECTORS.
- I'M GLAD WE STOPPED BY THERE.
- I THINK WE SET HER
DOWN THE RIGHT PART.
- FRANKIE, HOW MANY PEOPLE
HAVE WE MIGHT LIKE THAT,
YOU KNOW, THAT HAVE
BEEN IN THAT SITUATION,
THEIR PARENTS WERE
COLLECTORS, AND IT'S JUST LIKE...
- I'D SAY, 1/3 OF
EVERYBODY WE MEET.
- THEY'RE OVERWHELMED, MAN.
- IT'S LIKE GOIN'
IN MY BASEMENT.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHERE TO START.
- I'LL PROBABLY HAVE
TO DEAL WITH THAT.
- PROBABLY.
YEAH, YOU'D BE DOWN THERE
WITH MY MOM GOIN', "YEAH,
"I REMEMBER WAS WITH
FRANK WHEN WE BOUGHT THAT,
HE ONLY PAID A DOLLAR
FOR IT, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU TWO."
- I'D PROBABLY DO $10.
WE'RE HEADING BACK TO
THE SHOP, UNLOAD THE VAN...
- AND SEE DANIELLE.
- SO WHAT ABOUT YOUR
CAT? YOU MISSING YOUR CAT?
- I WAS BUT I CHECKED
IN WITH MY PET GROOMER.
- PET PSYCHOLOGIST.
- YEAH, MY PET GROOMER SAID
HE WAS ALL RIGHT AND EVERYTHING.
- YOU HAVE A PET GROOMER?
- I HAVE A PET HANDLER.
WELL, IT'S A PET
HANDLER/GIRLFRIEND.
- YOU HAVE A GIRLFRIEND?
- IT'S REALLY FUN WHEN WE GET
BACK, SEEING DANIELLE'S FACE.
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT
SHE GETS TO SEE THE PAY OFF
FOR ALL HER HARD WORK.
- WHAT'D YOU BRING ME?
- GOT ALL KINDS OF
GOOD STUFF, GIRL.
- YES?
- THIS ISN'T ACTUALLY
JUST A CLOCK,
BUT IT'S A THERMOMETER
ON THE OTHER SIDE.
CHECK IT.
- OH, NICE!
DID YOU GUYS ALREADY CLEAN IT?
- A LITTLE BIT.
WHEN WE GET BACK TO THE
OFFICE, IT'S CHAOTIC, MAN.
IT'S ALL HANDS ON DECK.
WE'RE SHIPPING STUFF,
WE'RE PACKING THINGS,
WE'RE CLEANING THINGS.
ALSO, WE'RE TRYING TO ANSWER
ALL THESE CALLS THAT WE GET IN
SO WE CAN GO ON NEW LEADS.
GUESS WHO JUST CALLED.
- WHO?
- STEVE.
THE DESIGNER DUDE THAT'S
ALWAYS LOOKING FOR STUFF TO
HANG ON WALLS AT RESTAURANTS
AND LODGES AND STUFF.
WELL, DIG THIS. HE GOES,
"WE HAVE TOO MUCH
STUFF ON THE WALLS,
THEY'RE JUST PAYING
STORAGE ON ALL THIS STUFF,
SO HE'S GOT LIKE SEVEN,
EIGHT BUILDINGS FULL OF STUFF.
IT'S INSANE.
I THINK WE NEED TO
GET OVER TO THIS PLACE.
I'M GONNA BE KINDA INTERESTED
TO SEE IF WE CAN PULL SOME OF
THAT STUFF BACK FROM
HIM FOR A DECENT PRICE.
I JUST REMEMBER SELLING THE
GUY SOME SMOKING HOT ADVERTISING.
THIS COULD BE REALLY GOOD.
HE USED THE TERM TO ME.
I DIDN'T SAY THE WORD.
HE SAID THE WORD, "LIQUIDATION."
- NOW, LIQUIDATE TO
ME, THAT MEANS CLOSING,
BLOWING OUT SALE, 70% OFF,
THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.
THE BEST PART IS, HE
KNOWS HE'S READY TO SELL,
HE KNOWS WE'RE BUYERS.
- THIS IS A CORPORATION
THAT'S BEEN BUYING
A LOT OF ITEMS.
THERE'S NO SENTIMENTAL
ATTACHMENT TO THESE THINGS.
THIS IS JUST DIRTY INVENTORY
TO HIM WHICH IS PERFECT.
THIS IS IT RIGHT HERE.
OH LOOK, HE'S ALREADY
WAITING FOR US.
BE CHARMING.
- HOW'S IT GOING, GUYS?
- IT'S GOING GOOD.
- YEAH, THANKS FOR CALLING.
THANKS FOR CALLING US.
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOU GUYS?
- I'VE GOT A LOT OF WAREHOUSES
FULL OF MERCHANDISE
THAT I WANT TO GET OUT OF HERE.
- THAT'S OUR SPEED.
JUST BIG PILES OF STUFF.
OH, YEAH.
OH, MY GOD, FRANKIE.
LOOK AT ALL THESE SIGNS.
- WE GOT STRAIGHT INTO PICKING.
FIRST BUILDING WAS FILLED
TO THE RAFTERS WITH STUFF.
- THIS IS THE KIND
OF PLACE WE LOVE.
LAYERS AND LAYERS OF
LAYERS BACK HERE FRANKIE.
I'M JUST TRYING TO
TAKE IT ALL IN HERE.
IT'S INSANE IN HERE.
IS THAT SIGN YOU
NEED A NEW HOME,
"IMPROVED STUD SERVICE?"
HERE'S A BIG JOHN
DEERE SIGN, FRANKIE.
- THIS SIGN YOU WOULDN'T FEEL
SO BAD ABOUT PUTTING OUTSIDE.
IF IT WAS MINT-O-MINT,
YOU DON'T WANT
TO PUT IT OUTSIDE.
- YEAH, ANYTHING JOHN
DEERE IS VERY COLLECTIBLE.
ESPECIALLY THAT
EARLY PORCELAIN STUFF.
HOW ABOUT 200 BUCKS?
- HOW ABOUT $300?
IT'S A BIG SIGN.
- THIS THING HAS
SOME PERSONALITY.
IT HAS SOME AGE. YOU
CAN SEE THE LIFE IN IT.
HOW ABOUT $225?
- HOW ABOUT $250?
- $250. I'M AT $250.
THAT WAS FUN.
I'M THINKING I COULD
GET $500 OUT OF IT.
IT'S COOL AT $250.
- WHAT'S THAT SPELL?
"JOHN DEERE."
THIS ONE'S A LITTLE SMALLER.
- IT'S IN MUCH BETTER CONDITION.
IT'S A THREE-LEGGED DEER.
- THE THREE LEGGED
JOHN DEER LOGO
WAS USED FROM 1912 TO THE 1930s.
THAT'S WHY I KNOW IT'S VALUABLE.
HOW ABOUT $600?
- $650.
- I'LL DO THE ROCK,
PAPER, SCISSORS.
READY?
Both: ONE, TWO, THREE.
SCISSORS CUTS PAPER.
ALL RIGHT.
THANKS, BUDDY.
- FRANKIE AND I LOVE SIGNS.
THE GOOD STUFF
WILL ALWAYS BE GOOD,
THE RARE WILL ALWAYS BE RARE.
STANDARD RED CROWN GAS?
- $25.
- I'D DO THAT.
IF YOU COLLECT TRACTORS,
THERE'S A SIGN FOR THAT,
IF YOU COLLECT CARS,
THERE'S A SIGN FOR THAT.
THAT ADVERTISING
SIGN JUST IS THE CHERRY
ON TOP OF THE SUNDAE.
- HOW ABOUT QUAKER STATE
FORMULA, THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
- NICE GRAPHICS.
- QUAKER STATE SIGN.
IT'S GOT GREAT GRAPHICS.
IT'S GREEN; IT'S DOUBLE-SIDED.
WHAT WOULD YOU ESTIMATE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS FOR?
- 50 BUCKS?
- YEAH, I'LL DO $50.
- ALL RIGHT.
- IT WAS $50.
LEAVES A LITTLE MEAT ON
THE BONE FOR US TO SELL IT.
I THINK IT'S GOING GREAT.
WHAT WOULD YOU
HAVE TO HAVE FOR THIS?
- HOW ABOUT $30?
- $30.
- ALL RIGHT.
- STEVE, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE
TO HAVE FOR THIS SIGN RIGHT HERE,
THE BORDENS.
THE COW HEAD'S COOL.
- ABOUT $75?
I'M GONNA PASS ON THAT.
THAT'S WHAT I'D ASK FOR IT.
I'D HAVE $75 ON
THAT AT THE SHOP.
STEVE IS NORMALLY THE ONE
WHO'S BUYIN' THESE SIGNS,
HE'S LOOKING FOR THE HOT DEALS,
SO THE ROLES HAVE REVERSED HERE,
AND THIS GUY'S RIDIN' US HARD.
- MORE STUFF UP HERE?
- YEP.
- WOW.
IT'S KIND OF COOL.
HATCHERY WITH A CHICK ON IT.
YEAH, IT USED TO HAVE
NEON, DOUBLE-SIDED.
- HOW ABOUT $500 ON IT?
- $500?
- YEAH.
- THAT HATCHERY SIGN.
HE REALLY...
- LOVED THAT.
HOW ABOUT $150?
- NO. NO WAY.
I SEE THE VALUE IN THIS.
IT WAS A GREAT PIECE,
AND I DIDN'T WANT TO BUDGE.
IT'S AN ITEM THAT CAN CREATE A
LARGE STATEMENT ON ONE WALL.
I DIDN'T WANT TO JUST GIVE UP.
- I THINK I SOLD
YOU THIS FOR $50.
- YEAH, RIGHT.
- IT'S REALLY KIND OF FUNNY
BECAUSE SOME OF THE ONES
I THOUGHT WERE GOOD, HE
DIDN'T CHARGE TOO MUCH MONEY.
BUT THE ONES I THOUGHT
WERE JUST MEDIOCRE,
HE THOUGHT WERE GOLD.
- $50 ON THAT.
- I'M GONNA HAVE
TO PASS ON THIS ONE.
HOW ABOUT THAT LITTLE
FLIMSY SIGN THERE?
- I LIKE HOW YOU PHRASE THAT.
HOW ABOUT $125?
- MAN, THE SWEAT CAME
IN MY EYES ON THAT ONE.
Both: THAT'S ELSIE THE COW, MAN.
- THIS COW HAS A
PLUG ATTACHED TO IT.
WHAT DOES IT DO?
- IT'S SUPPOSED TO, LIKE,
LICK THE ICE CREAM CONE.
- DOES IT STILL WORK?
- I DON'T KNOW.
- I THINK IT GOES LIKE THIS.
- ELSIE THE COW.
IT WAS VERY COOL.
WHAT WOULD YOU
HAVE TO HAVE FOR THIS?
FOR THE COW WITH A DRESS ON IT.
- I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE 4 GRAND.
- 4 GRAND?
- YEAH.
- FOR 4 GRAND? NO.
FOR 1 GRAND? MAYBE.
FREAKIN' COW WITH A DRESS ON.
IT SEEMED LIKE STEVE AND
I WERE DRIFTING FURTHER
AND FURTHER APART ON PRICES.
STEVE, HOW ABOUT
THIS LEATHER SUITCASE?
OPEN IT.
IT'S GOT SOME NEAT DETAIL TO IT.
- HOW ABOUT $350?
- ARE YOU SERIOUS?
- YEAH.
THAT'S... YOU PUT A
LITTLE MURPHY'S OIL ON IT...
- WE LIKE THE SAME
STUFF TOO MUCH.
OBVIOUSLY, I CAN'T MAKE
ANY MONEY AT $350 ON THAT.
NO WAY.
WE WERE BUTTING HEADS.
WE WERE LIKE TWO
RAMS IN THE ROOM, MAN.
IT WAS LIKE UFC
CAGE MATCH IN THERE.
I REALIZE THAT IT'S
SO MUCH EASIER
FOR US TO SELL STUFF TO THEM
THAN TO BUY SOMETHING FROM THEM.
HOW ABOUT THIS ROACHED
OUT PEDAL CAR HERE?
IT'S GOT ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE,
AND THE OTHER ON A BANANA PEEL.
JUST FLAT OUT TELL ME
WHAT YOU GOT TO HAVE.
- $500.
- OH, MY GOD.
$100!
COME ON, LOOK AT THIS THING,
IT'S MADE OUT OF A
FREAKING COFFEE CAN.
- $300.
- I CAN'T DO THAT. NO.
I WASN'T HAVING ANY
PROBLEM BUYING SIGNS.
WE WEREN'T TOO FAR
APART ON THE PRICES.
IT WAS LIKE A FIELD DAY.
GOAT MILK.
HOW MUCH, STEVE?
- WHAT ABOUT $150 ON THAT?
PEOPLE THAT COLLECT
SIGNS ARE ALWAYS LOOKING
FOR THE UNUSUAL.
THE GOAT MILK SIGN, IT'S GOT
KIND OF A OBSCURE SUBJECT.
GOAT MILK. I HAD TO HAVE IT.
I'D DO $100.
- I SAY $125.
- I'LL PAY THE $125 ON THIS.
- ALL RIGHT.
- ALL RIGHT.
I THOUGHT I MIGHT
GIVE IN ON THIS SIGN.
YOU GOT TO PICK YOUR BATTLES.
- I NEEDED TO WIN
STEVE OVER AGAIN
SO I COULD GET TO BUY
SOME INCREDIBLE STUFF.
JUST SLOW DOWN, AND
COLLECT YOUR THOUGHTS,
AND THINK, LIQUIDATION.
IT'S LIKE WE'RE BREAKING
UP OR SOMETHING, MAN.
WE'VE KNOWN EACH
OTHER ALL THIS TIME,
AND NOW WE'RE BARELY TALKING.
HOW ABOUT THE COCA-COLA SIGN?
- OH, THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
WHAT ABOUT $500 ON IT?
- I MIGHT BE ABLE TO
GO SOMEWHERE AT $300.
- NO.
- YOU'RE GIVING ME
THIRD COUSIN PRICE.
I NEED FIRST COUSIN PRICES.
300 BUCKS?
- $325.
- ALL RIGHT, $325.
THANK GOD WE GOT BACK ON TRACK.
AND THEN WE SEE THE PHONE BOOTH.
- IT LOOKS LIKE IT
POSSIBLY WOULD WORK.
IT HAD THE CABLES
COMING OUT OF IT.
- THAT'S A REALLY COOL PIECE.
IT'S AN UNUSUAL ITEM.
THE PHONE BOOTH, A
LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE
COULD BE INTERESTED IN THEM.
SOMEBODY'S GOT A
REALLY COOL LOFT.
SOMEONE IN A PROP HOUSE.
WHEN IT'S STANDING THERE,
YOU'RE GONNA NOTICE IT.
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ON
SOMETHING LIKE THIS, STEVE?
- I WAS THINKING
AROUND $800 FOR THIS.
- YOU DON'T WANT TO SHOW
THAT YOU'RE DROOLING.
YOU DON'T WANT TO
SHOW THAT YOUR HEART
IS POUNDING OUT OF YOUR CHEST.
YOU DON'T WANT TO
SHOW THAT YOUR EYEBALLS
ARE READY TO POP
OUT OF YOUR HEAD.
WE'LL DIG IT OUT OF HERE.
WE'LL DO THE BACK WORK.
I'D HAVE TO GET IT FOR 400
BUCKS TO MAKE IT WORTH MY WHILE.
- $400? WHAT ABOUT $525 FOR IT?
- MAKE ME FEEL LIKE I'M
GETTING A GOOD DEAL, $475.
- ALL RIGHT. $475, IT'S YOURS.
- ALL RIGHT, COOL.
HERE'S A CLOCK, FRANKIE.
- WHAT WOULD SOMETHING
LIKE THAT GO FOR, STEVE?
I WANTED THE SEALTEST CLOCK
BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT
PIECE OF ADVERTISING.
IT'S GOT SOME NICE COLOR
TO IT, NEVER SEE THEM,
HAD TO HAVE IT.
- MAKE AN OFFER.
- HOW'S 35 BUCKS?
- $35?
HOW ABOUT 50 BUCKS?
- I'LL DO IT.
- ALL RIGHT.
- THAT IS COOL. I
THINK IT'LL CLEAN UP.
- THIS KIND OF PLACE IS LIKE
A PICKER'S DREAM FOR ME.
AS SOON AS I BOUGHT ONE
SIGN, I FOUND ANOTHER ONE.
HOW ABOUT $100?
- $200.
- GOLDEN SUN FEEDS COMPANY
WAS A COMPANY THAT
FORMED IN IOWA IN 1925,
AND I COULD SEE THIS
SELLING FAST BECAUSE IT GOES
TO A LOT OF
DIFFERENT COLLECTORS.
IT GOES TO FARM PEOPLE.
IT GOES TO SIGN PEOPLE.
IT GOES TO ADVERTISING PEOPLE.
PLUS, IT'S A REALLY COOL PIECE.
$200 ON IT?
I COULDN'T DO IT.
I MEAN, THE PAINT'S KIND
OF PEELING OFF AND STUFF.
$100?
- ALL RIGHT, I'LL
LET IT GO FOR $100.
- YEP, LET'S MOVE IT.
WHAT ABOUT THIS
RENK DEALER HERE.
- OH, HE'S CUTE.
- THE RENK DEALER,
IS A FEED SIGN.
IT'S NOT THE TRADITIONAL
FEED AND SEED SIGN.
IT HAS LETTERS ON
IT OR A LITTLE CHICK
OR A BARN BEHIND IT.
IT HAS A GUY WITH
A CIGAR IN HIS HAND.
I THINK IT'S COOL.
- $35.
- SOLD.
- LET'S START LOADING
THIS STUFF, FRANKIE.
- THIS WAS ONE OF THE BEST
SIGN PICKS WE'VE EVER HAD.
WE HAD TO WORK
A LITTLE HARD AT IT,
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY,
WE WENT HOME WITH A FULL VAN.
FOUR-LEGGED JOHN DEERE
SIGN THAT WE BOUGHT
IS A LITTLE ROUGH,
BUT I THINK WE
SHOULD EASILY BE ABLE
TO GET $500 FOR IT.
- OH MY GOD, THIS THING
WEIGHS A TON, DUDE.
THE THREE-LEGGED JOHN DEERE
SIGN IS IN BETTER CONDITION
AND SHOULD AT LEAST
SELL FOR 1,200 BUCKS.
WE'VE BEEN HAGGLING
BACK AND FORTH ALL DAY.
I MEAN YOU'RE
PROBABLY USED TO THAT
WHEN YOU'RE BUYING
STUFF TOO, YOU KNOW.
HOPEFULLY WE DIDN'T
BEAT YOU UP TOO BAD.
- NOPE, NOT TOO BAD.
- PUSH, PUSH, PUSH!
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO GET
THIS PHONE BOOTH HOME.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT'S
WORTH, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE
AN APPRAISER COME BY THE
SHOP AND LET US KNOW HOW WE DID.
TODAY WAS A GREAT DAY.
WE'RE GONNA KEEP OUR
GAS TANK, AND STOMACHS FULL
FOR HUNDREDS OF MILES TO COME.
- YEAH, THAT WAS
GREAT. TRIPLE PICK.
OH, MY GOD, THAT'S
AT LEAST A TRIPLE PICK.
- BUT THAT PHONE BOOTH
IS PRETTY COOL, DUDE.
I MEAN, IT'S SOLID.
YOU GOT A BLUE
SUIT AND A RED CAPE...
IF YOU'RE A SUPER HERO AND
YOU DON'T HAVE A PHONE BOOTH
TO GO INTO, YOU'RE OUT.
EVERYTHING I ASKED FOR
WAS LIKE SUPER EXPENSIVE,
AND THEN EVERYTHING HE ASKED
FOR WAS LIKE HALF THE PRICE.
YOU KNOW WHO'S GONNA
WANT THIS, DON'T YOU?
- EVERYBODY.
- YOU READY FOR THIS?
LOOK AT THAT!
ONE, TWO, THREE.
GO AHEAD, CHECK
IT OUT. GET IN THERE.
- GET ON IN.
- PUT YOUR CAT-WOMAN SUIT ON.
- YEAH.
BAM.
- [hissing]
- WE'RE GONNA GIVE
KENNY A CALL TODAY,
AND HE'S GONNA TAKE A LOOK
AT THE PHONE BOOTH WE BOUGHT.
KENNY'S A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE.
ANYTHING THAT YOU PUT A
COIN IN, KENNY'S AN EXPERT ON.
WE'RE A LITTLE BIT DANGEROUS
SOMETIMES WITH THE FACT THAT
WE THROW DOWN A LOT CASH,
AND WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY
WHAT IT'S WORTH, BUT
IT'S OUR GUT FEELING
THAT WE KNOW WE CAN
MAKE SOME MONEY ON IT.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK, MAN?
- IT'S OUR NEW DREAM.
- THIS IS YOUR NEW DREAM?
- THIS IS IT!
- IT'S PRETTY NEAT THAT THEY
FOUND THE ORIGINAL PHONE BOOTH
'CAUSE THINGS ARE
GETTING HARD TO FIND.
THEY USED PHONE BOOTHS
LIKE THE IN THE '50s AND '60s,
EVEN INTO THE '70s.
A LOT OF PLACES STILL
HAVE THEM IN THERE.
THIS PHONE BOOTH
DIDN'T COME RED.
THESE PHONE BOOTHS WERE INDOORS.
THESE WEREN'T OUTSIDE.
THEY'D BE IN HOTELS,
MOTELS, STUFF LIKE THAT.
MISSING A COUPLE PIECES ON IT.
IT HAD THE SIGN UP ON TOP HERE.
IT WAS PROBABLY A
LITTLE PORCELAIN SIGN.
THAT'S WHY IT'S GONE.
THAT'S A LITTLE
LATER STYLE PHONE.
MOST OF THE EARLY
ONES WERE ALL BLACK.
- SO YOU THINK IT'S
MAYBE THE WRONG PHONE?
- WELL, IF THEY HAD PROBLEMS
WITH THE OTHER PHONE,
THEY REPLACED IT,
AND PUT THAT ONE IN.
- OH, OKAY.
BUT IT'S FIVE, TEN AND
TWENTY FIVE CENTS,
SO IT'S AN EARLY PHONE.
WHEN YOU SHUT THE DOOR,
THEN THIS LIGHT WOULD CLICK ON.
AND THERE'S ALSO A VENT IN THERE
BECAUSE ONCE YOU SHUT THIS UP,
YOU WANT THAT FAN TO COME ON
'CAUSE IT GETS HOT
IN THERE REAL FAST.
THEY HAD A SEAT
INSIDE THERE TOO.
THERE WAS A LITTLE
ROUND SEAT IN THERE.
- OH, YEAH.
- ON THE INSIDE.
- I CAN KIND OF REMEMBER
THESE WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID.
BUT NOT WOOD ONES THOUGH.
I REMEMBER THE ALUMINUM ONES
LIKE ON THE CORNER AND STUFF.
- I CAN SEE WHAT YOU
MEAN ABOUT THE FAN.
- OH, YEAH, YOU NEED
THE FAN IN THERE.
- I'M ALREADY GETTING HOT.
- DOES IT FEEL LIKE IT'S
WORTH MORE THAN $475?
- I DON'T THINK YOU'D
HAVE ANY TROUBLE
GETTING MINIMUM
OF $850 OUT OF IT.
- WE DID GOOD, FRANKIE.
HEY, THAT'S COOL, MAN.
IF WE'RE MAKING MONEY,
WE'RE DOING GOOD.
- IF IT WASN'T PAINTED RED
AND IT HAD THE
EARLY PHONE IN IT,
I MEAN, IT COULD
BRING $1,500, $1,800.
- ALWAYS GOT TO ASK, KENNY.
YOU INTERESTED?
- WELL, I WOULD'VE BEEN, BUT I
JUST BOUGHT ONE LAST WEEK.
- IT WAS VERY NICE TO HEAR HIM
GIVE US A GREAT ESTIMATE ON IT.
- YOU KNOW WHAT
WE COULD DO, FRANKIE,
WE COULD GET DANIELLE TO MAKE
SOME OF HER PHONE
CALLS FROM HERE.
YOU KNOW?
- CUT DOWN ON THINGS?
- YEAH.
AND SHE COULD BE LIKE THIS,
INSTEAD OF AT A BIG DESK.
- I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
THAT WOULD GET
HER OUT OF OUR HAIR
BECAUSE SHE'D HAVE HER
OWN LITTLE MINI-OFFICE.
HEY KENNY, THANKS
A LOT FOR COMING.
APPRECIATE THE INFO.
- WE GOT TO GET BACK TO WORK.
THANKS, BUDDY.
I MADE A SUGGESTION TO DANIELLE
TO TRY OUT THE PHONE BOOTH,
AND YOU KNOW, WHEN
SHE STARTS GABBIN',
ALL I HAVE TO DO
IS SHUT THE DOOR.
- IT'S DANIELLE WITH
ANTIQUE ARCHAEOLOGY.
HI, IT'S DANIELLE FROM
ANTIQUE ARCHAEOLOGY.
I'M JUST WANTING TO SEE
IF YOU HAD ANY OLD BARNS
THAT WE COULD LOOK THROUGH?
SO NOT RIGHT NOW?
I WAS JUST WONDERING IF
YOU HAD ANY OLD SIGNAGE?
IF YOU HAD ANY OF
THOSE BSA PARTS?
[dial tone beeping] HELLO?
I HATE THIS PHONE.