American Pickers (2010–…): Season 2, Episode 7 - Psychic Pickings - full transcript
This time on American Pickers... The guys visit a Missouri steel yard where they get a high-speed golf cart tour of a father-and-son's sprawling collection. But can they find anything worth buying? While out freestyling the boys come across a family who badly need their help.The guys tour a self-proclaimed psychic picker's mammoth former prison home filled to the rafters with cultural artifacts. But is anything for sale? And, Danielle takes on a made-to-measure challenge.
- LATER, MIKE.
- HEY, MAKE SURE
WE KEEP UP WITH HIM.
- THIS IS THE FAST ONE.
- IT WAS LIKE
NASCAR PICKING, MAN.
- IT WOULD HOUSE UP
TO 100 INMATES IN HERE.
- THIS GUY LIVES IN A PRISON!
- THIS IS THE WORLD'S
FIRST COMPUTER.
[jaunty music]
- SO HE SAID THEY MIGHT HAVE
SOME PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS
FOR THE STUDEBAKER.
- AS OF RIGHT NOW
NO SALE, RIGHT?
- THE WHEELS ARE IN MOTION.
- YOU ARE THE NEW OWNER OF A...
- POLARIMETER.
- POLARIMETER.
- YAY! WHOO!
[CLAPPING, CHEERING]
- 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.
[sustained chord]
♪ ♪
[PHONE RINGS]
- HELLO?
- I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU.
- YES, MA'AM. HIT IT ON.
- HOW MUCH DO YOU
LOVE ME RIGHT NOW?
- I LOVE YOU A LITTLE BIT.
- SO I'M SENDING YOU
SOMEPLACE REALLY BADASS.
- OKAY, WHAT'S,
WHAT WOULD THAT BE?
- THERE'S TWO REALLY
COOL GUYS, FATHER AND SON,
NAMED SAM AND
STAN, AND THEY HAVE
A STEEL YARD KIND
OF A THING GOING ON.
- WELL THAT WOULD BE A FIRST.
WE'VE NEVER HAD ROCK
STAR ACCESS AT A STEEL PLANT.
- I THINK YOU'LL BE HAPPY.
- HASTA.
- TEN FOUR.
- BYE.
- WE'RE GOING TO
PICK A STEEL PLANT.
- YA NEVER KNOW. SHE
PUT US IN A CEMENT LOT.
REMEMBER THE CEMENT LOT?
ONE OF MY BIGGEST SCORES.
- THAT WAS MEGA SCORE.
- WHAT'S COOL ABOUT
DANIELLE IS SHE'S REALLY USED
TO NOW JUST THROWING STUFF AT
THE WALL AND SEEING WHAT STICKS,
SO TODAY A STEEL PLANT STUCK
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.
- I LIKE HER STYLE. I LIKE
HER SPEED THAT WAY.
- I'LL SEE HOW MUCH
I LIKE HER AFTER
WE LEAVE THE PLACE.
- WHEN WE PULLED
INTO THE PROPERTY,
WE SAW ALL THESE BUILDINGS.
IT WAS PRETTY EXCITING.
THERE WAS A LOT OF RUSTY,
JUNKY STUFF OUT FRONT.
I WAS THINKING, "OKAY,
IF THEY'VE GOT THIS
MUCH STUFF OUTSIDE,
THEY GOTTA HAVE SOME
GREAT STUFF INSIDE."
- SEE WHAT THESE
GUYS ARE ALL ABOUT.
- HELLO!
[dog barking] COME HERE, PUPPY!
HI. WHO'S THIS?
- THAT'S PEPPER.
- THAT'S PEPPER, THE MASCOT.
- THAT'S PEPPER? HOW
YA DOING? HEY, I'M MIKE.
- SAM SHAPIRO. HI
MIKE. HOW ARE YA?
- SAM, FRANK FRITZ.
HOW YA DOING SAM?
- HEY, YOU STAN?
- I'M STAN.
- OH, MY GOD.
THESE GUYS ARE THE GOOD
FELLOWS OF THE STEEL BUSINESS.
- I STARTED WITH MY
FATHER, IN PROBABLY 1960.
AND THEN MY SON CAME IN
ABOUT FIFTEEN YEARS AGO,
AND IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE
WORKING WITH HIM.
WE HAVE TWO ACRES OF
GROUND; FIVE BUILDINGS.
- AND 99.9% OF EVERYTHING
HERE IS FOR SALE.
- WITH THE TYPE OF
BUSINESS YOU GUYS HAVE,
HOW DID YOU GET INTO
COLLECTING STUFF?
- I'VE JUST ALWAYS
COLLECTED STUFF.
- JUST, LIKE, I MEAN LIKE
DID YOU GUYS DEMOLISH
BUILDINGS OR JUST
PICKED UP STUFF?
- NO, WE USUALLY BUY A
LOT OF STUFF AT AUCTIONS.
- OKAY.
- ESTATE SALES.
I COLLECTED HOTEL
KEYS WHEN I WAS A KID.
- AS SOON AS I FOUND OUT
THAT THEY WERE COLLECTORS
AND NOT JUST STEEL SELLERS,
I GOT REAL EXCITED TO SEE
WHAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE HERE.
- WE'RE INTERESTED IN
LOOKING AT ANYTHING YOU
GUYS HAVE MAN, ANYTHING.
- WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BLAST.
- HEY, MAKE SURE
WE KEEP UP WITH HIM.
- THIS IS THE FAST ONE.
- AH, THIS IS THE
FAST ONE, FRANK.
- I MEAN, IT WAS LIKE
NASCAR PICKING MAN.
- THEY'D BEEN UP AND DOWN
THOSE CHUTES A FEW TIMES
BEFORE, YOU KNOW?
IT WAS A LITTLE SKETCHY GOING
AROUND SOME OF THEM TURNS.
- WE'RE CRUISING AROUND,
CHECKING THIS PLACE OUT.
THERE'S ROW AFTER
ROW OF STEEL PARTS.
THERE'S SO MUCH
STUFF IN THAT BUILDING,
AND WE'RE GOING BY SO FAST,
IT WAS REALLY HARD
TO DISSECT EVERYTHING
SO WE'RE HOPING THERE'S
SOMETHING IN HERE
THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN.
- I GOT SOMETHING
TO SHOW YOU GUYS.
- ALL RIGHT.
- HERE WE GO.
- OH, WOW.
- OOH, THAT'S COOL.
- OH, YEAH, MAN. YOU
GOT MY JUICES FLOWING.
- THESE ARE, UH, LIGHT
SCONCES OFF BUILDINGS?
- YEAH, THERE'S
TWO OF THEM THERE.
- I'M GETTING KIND OF
SWEATY AND TWITCHY
JUST HOLDING ONTO
IT HERE, FRANKY.
- THIS IS SOMETHING
WE WOULD LIKE.
IT'S ARCHITECTURAL. IT'S PRETTY.
IT'S GOT SOME GREAT
PATINA GOING ON IT.
AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW,
"HEY, WE'D BE IN ON THIS."
- THIS IS GOING ON LIKE THAT.
- AND THEN THIS
IS GOING LIKE THAT.
- AND THEN THERE WOULD
HAVE BEEN LIKE GLASS GLOBES
HANGING OFF IT.
- GLASS GLOBES
AND A BIG POST, YEAH.
- OH, THESE WERE LAMPPOSTS?
- YES.
- SO YOU'RE MISSING
THE WHOLE TOP?
- ON BOTH OF THEM.
- OKAY, I GOT YA.
- THE POST WAS GONE.
THE SHADES WERE GONE.
THE SOCKET LIGHTING.
IT WAS 99% NOT THERE.
- WHAT ARE YOU GUYS THINKING
ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
- UH, WHAT'D YOU THINK, POP?
- $2,500.
- ALL RIGHT.
- WHEN HE SAID $2,500,
WE WERE LIKE "MM."
- I THINK THAT'S A GOOD PRICE
IF THE REST OF IT WAS THERE.
- IF THIS IS GONNA
BE THE FIRST ITEM,
AND IT'S ALL BROKEN
UP AND MISSING PIECES
AND IT'S 2,500 BUCKS,
THIS MIGHT NOT BE A GOOD PICK.
- LATER, MIKE.
- DON'T LET THEM
BEAT US OVER THERE.
- AND WE WERE DRIVING
AROUND ON THE GOLF CART.
IT WAS LIKE, "DID
YOU GUYS SEE THAT?
FRANK, CHECK THIS.
MIKE, LOOK AT THAT."
WE REALLY HAD TO DIG DOWN DEEP
TO SEE THROUGH ALL THE STEEL,
ALL THE DIRT, AND FIND
SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY COOL.
KIND OF A CATCHALL?
- YEAH, EVERYTHING'S A CATCHALL.
- GOD, LOOK AT ALL THIS STUFF.
I THINK WE GOT IN THE
KITCHEN DEPARTMENT.
- THERE WASN'T REALLY ANY RHYME
OR REASON TO THEIR COLLECTION.
BASICALLY THEY LIVED
ANY KIND OF A DEAL.
- IT'S LIKE, "HEY, I GOT
4,700 BALL BEARINGS."
WE'LL TAKE THEM.
- WE'LL SEND A TRUCK.
- YEAH.
- SO I'M LOOKING AROUND.
I'M THINKING TO MYSELF "THERE'S
GOTTA BE SOMETHING HERE
WORTH SOME MONEY.
WHAT ABOUT ANY KIND OF
FUNKY UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE EARLY
INDUSTRIAL LIGHTING
THAT'S LIKE ARTICULATE ARMS
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
MOUNTED ON A BENCH?
- I HAVE ONE OF THEM ON A
PIECE OF MACHINERY WE HAVE.
- THERE IT IS. I SEE IT.
THERE YOU GO MIKE.
- HOW OLD DO YOU
THINK THIS MACHINE IS?
- 40 YEARS OLD.
- I LIKE THIS UTILITARIAN LOOK.
I MEAN, THIS THING'S
PRETTY COOL.
- IT'S MECHANICAL LOOKING.
THEY'RE HOT RIGHT NOW.
PEOPLE USE THEM FOR THEIR DESKS.
- WHAT'D YOU HAVE
TO HAVE FOR THIS?
- MAKE ME AN OFFER.
- UM, HOW ABOUT 50 BUCKS?
- SOLD.
- ALL RIGHT. I'LL
TAKE IT. THANKS.
- WE'LL GET IT UNSCREWED FOR YA.
- OKAY.
- 50 BUCKS, GREAT DEAL,
BECAUSE ANYTIME
YOU FIND THAT STUFF,
THEY WANT $200 FOR IT.
THIS ONE WAS $50. I POPPED.
- I KNOW NOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR.
- STUFF LIKE THIS, IT'S
GOT A NICE LOOK TO IT,
AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY USE IT
AND WHEN YOU CAN
ACTUALLY USE SOMETHING
THEN, YEAH, THEN IT'S
WORTH SOMETHING.
- WE BROKE THE ICE.
WE GOT MONEY FLOWING.
THESE GUYS FINALLY
UNDERSTOOD THE KIND OF THINGS
THAT WE WERE AFTER.
THEN IT WAS GAME ON.
HERE'S THE PURSE I THINK
THAT GOES WITH THAT BELT.
- YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU'RE VERY GOOD AT THAT.
- IT'S CRACKED UP ON THE
CORNER HERE. IT'S BROKE.
- PORCELAIN ONES RIGHT THERE.
- OH, YEAH.
- OH, MAN.
- METAL LETTERS,
PORCELAIN PAINTED,
THOSE ARE REALLY
COOL, REALLY RAD.
I MEAN, IN NEW YORK CITY
THEY'RE GETTING AS MUCH MAYBE
AS $200 A PIECE
FOR THOSE THINGS.
- LET'S SEE WHAT YOU'VE
GOT GOING ON HERE.
- ALL RIGHT.
I KNOW WHERE THE "S" IS.
- WAS THIS REALLY YOUR SIGN?
- IT WAS.
- YES, WE HAD IT ON A
DIFFERENT BUILDING.
- IT WAS PART OF OUR SIGN.
- THERE WERE THREE
GENERATIONS AT THIS BUSINESS.
THIS WAS ACTUALLY
THEIR SIGN THAT THEY HAD
HANGING ON THE
OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING.
SO COOL TO HAVE THE HISTORY
OF A PIECE WHEN YOU BUY IT.
- ALL RIGHT, STAN,
DON'T KICK ME TOO HARD.
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?
- UM...
YEAH.
- 50 BUCKS FOR ALL OF THEM.
- ALL RIGHT, MAN. COOL.
- HEY, GOLF CART PICKING.
THAT WAS SOMETHING
DIFFERENT, HUH?
- IT WAS REALLY COOL. I HAD
NO IDEA THEY WENT SO FAST.
- YEAH, WE SHOULD TRY
DOING THAT MORE OFTEN.
- STAN, THAT WAS A WILD RIDE.
- MAN, THIS PLACE
JUST KEEPS ON GOING.
- DOESN'T IT?
- YEAH, THESE GUYS GOT
SOME STORAGE, DON'T THEY?
- SO WHAT IS IT YOU
WANTED TO SHOW US IN HERE?
- WELL, THIS LITTLE,
UH, GOLF BALL.
- THIS LITTLE BALL.
- OH, MY GOD.
- WHAT IS THIS?
IT'S LIKE LIFTING THE
WORLD OR SOMETHING?
- STAN HAD THIS 5,000
POUND ALUMINUM BALL,
LOOKED LIKE THE EARTH, YOU KNOW,
A BIG ATLAS-TYPE LOOKING THING.
- THIS IS WHAT I FEEL LIKE
EVERY DAY WHEN I'M WITH FRANK.
LIKE THE WORLD'S
ON MY SHOULDERS.
IT'S NOT EASY
TRAVELING WITH THIS GUY.
WHERE'D THIS COME FROM?
- AIRCRAFT
MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
- OKAY, WELL, IT'S MADE
A GOOD HOME THEN.
IT'S IN AN AIRPLANE HANGAR.
- THERE YOU GO.
- YEAH, WHAT IT WAS USED
FOR, I'LL BE DAMNED IF I KNOW.
[laughter]
I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE GOOD
AT A GOLF COURSE SOMEWHERE.
- I DON'T THINK WE CAN
GET THAT IN THE VAN.
YOU INTERESTED?
- I'M NOT INTER...
NO. IT'S TOO BIG.
THAT'S A BIG BOY TOY.
- WHO WOULD I SELL
THAT TO, YOU KNOW?
THIS THING WAS SUPER
HEAVY. WE DECIDED TO PASS.
- ALL RIGHT, GUYS. SOME
PRETTY NEAT STUFF IN HERE.
- WE WALK INTO THE OFFICE,
AND I SEE A SIX BLADE BRASS FAN.
- HOW ABOUT THIS FAN?
WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH THAT?
IS IT OSCILLATING?
- YES.
- THREE SPEED?
- I THINK SO.
- IT'S AN EMERSON.
IT WAS PROBABLY IN
SOME SORT OF A FACTORY
'CAUSE IT'S GOT THIS BIG
METAL SCREEN OVER IT.
MAKES IT LOOK MORE INDUSTRIAL.
- HOW MUCH YOU WANT FOR THAT?
- I'D TAKE 40 BUCKS FOR IT.
- I'M A FAN GUY. THIS IS COOL.
- I KINDA LIKE THAT.
- KINDA SOUNDS GOOD.
- YEAH, IT DOES.
- HE PLUGGED IT IN. IT WORKED.
I WAS LIKE, "I GOTTA
HAVE THIS THING."
- ALL RIGHT.
- DEAL.
- ALL RIGHT. THANKS, MAN.
- YOU'RE WELCOME.
- AS I LOOKED OVER
HERE, I SEEN THIS...
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.
IT WAS KIND OF LIKE A
LITTLE CONTRAPTION.
- WHAT'S THIS THING?
- IS THAT A STOCK TICKER?
- NO.
- I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
THIS GOES BACK AND
FORTH, CLICK, CLICK.
- IT WAS BRASS.
IT HAD ALL KINDS OF
CURVED GLASS ON IT.
- THE GAMEWELL COMPANY.
THE LAST PATENT DATE IS '09.
LET'S PUT IT ON THE TABLE
SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT.
ALL RIGHT. THERE
YOU GO. THERE YOU GO.
- IT'S COOL. IT'S BIG.
- 50 BEANS. 50 BEANS
FOR THE CONTRAPTION.
- IT'S GOTTA PROBABLY
BE WORTH THAT
IF YOU KNEW WHAT IT WAS.
- I THINK THAT PIECE OF
GLASS MIGHT BE WORTH THAT.
- IT'S BRASS.
- THAT'S WHAT'S KINDA
COOL ABOUT IT, FRANKY,
IS THAT WE'VE NEVER
SEEN ONE BEFORE,
AND IT'S NOT A LOT OF
MONEY, IT'S NOT A BIG GAMBLE.
- ALL RIGHT. I'LL TELL YA
WHAT. WE'LL DO IT FOR 50.
- AGREED.
- SOMEBODY WILL BE ABLE
TO TELL ME WHAT THAT IS,
AND I'LL BE THE RICHER FOR IT.
- FRANK, WE HAVEN'T EVEN
LOOKED IN THIS ROOM YET.
- YEAH, I KNOW.
- SO WHEN WE CAME
OUT OF THE OFFICE THERE,
I LOOKED OVER, AND I
SEEN THESE MAILBOXES.
- THIS IS KIND OF COOL.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD THIS?
- OH, PROBABLY TEN YEARS.
- WOW. THIS IS JUST A
GREAT PIECE. IT'S ALL BRASS.
THERE'S PROBABLY 50
LITTLE CUBBYHOLES IN THERE.
WHEN YOU BUY THOSE
LITTLE SINGLE ONES,
PEOPLE ARE MAKING
LITTLE BOXES OUT OF THEM,
THEY GO FOR 15, 20, 25 BUCKS.
- WHAT DO YOU VALUE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS AT?
- UM, I WOULD TAKE
A 100 AND 1/4 FOR IT.
- HOW ABOUT UH...
- NO.
- HOW ABOUT $100?
- ALL RIGHT.
- YOU'LL DO IT?
- YEAH.
- ALL RIGHT. I'M GOOD WITH THAT.
- SOLD.
- GREAT DEAL. I LOVE IT.
IT COULD BE A FOCAL
POINT OF A ROOM.
I THINK IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
- THIS IS OUR OFFICE.
- OKAY, THIS IS WHERE
IT ALL HAPPENS?
- THIS IS WHERE
IT ALL GOES DOWN.
- EVERYTHING GOES DOWN?
- THIS IS IT.
- STARSHIP ENTERPRISE?
- NOW DOES EVERYBODY
GET TO COME IN HERE,
OR THIS IS SPECIAL TREATMENT?
- THIS IS SPECIAL.
- THOSE GUYS FELT COMFORTABLE
ENOUGH WITH FRANKY AND I.
THEY'RE LIKE HEY, LET'S
KICK IT IN THE OFFICE.
- WOW. THERE'S ALL
KINDS OF STUFF IN HERE.
- YEAH, THERE'S QUITE
A BIT OF STUFF IN HERE.
- FIRST THING I SEE IS SPOCK.
- WHO'S THE SPOCK FAN?
- I AM THE SPOCK FAN.
- YOU DO HAVE A WIDE
VARIETY OF INTERESTS.
I SEE YOU'VE GOT
SPOCK OVER HERE,
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT
SCARFACE OVER THERE.
- THAT'S HOW I ROLL.
- I SEE THAT.
- YEAH.
- BEAM ME UP.
- BEAM ME UP SCARFACE.
- CAN I SIT AT STARSHIP
ENTERPRISE HERE?
- YES, YOU CAN.
DON'T PRESS THAT
ONE BUTTON THOUGH.
- [laughing] STAN.
- I'M FEELING LIKE,
"OH, MY GOD, I'M
SITTING IN SAM'S SEAT.
- I'M FEELING THE VIBE.
I'M GONNA KICK YOU HARD.
- I'M FEELING COOL AND
THEN FRANKY, HE'S PICKING.
- THERE'S THIS, LIKE,
WEIRD-LOOKING KIND OF MACHINE.
- TEDDY, DO YOU
KNOW WHAT THIS IS?
- ONE OF HIS WORKERS
CAME OVER AND SAID "HEY.
I KNOW ALL ABOUT THAT."
- IT'S BIG. IT'S GOT
MIRRORS. IT'S GOT BRASS.
IT'S GOT LITTLE DIALS
TO LOOK THROUGH.
- TIME TO BUY.
- HOW ABOUT $60? ALL
YOU GOTTA DO IS SAY YES.
- I'D SAY YES AT 40, AND I'D
TAKE IT OUT OF YOUR AREA.
- WHAT DO YA, WHAT DO
YA, WHAT DO YA THINK?
- YOU'VE HAD IT FOR A LONG TIME.
- SOLD!
- THAT WAS FAST, FRANK.
- YOU OWN IT!
- ALL RIGHT.
- YOU ARE THE NEW OWNER OF A...
- POLARIMETER.
- POLARIMETER.
- YAY! WHOO!
- FRANK AND MIKE WERE FANTASTIC!
THEY ARE SO WELCOME IN
OUR SHOP AND OUR HOME.
THEY'RE JUST TWO WONDERFUL GUYS.
- ALL RIGHT, FRANK, GRAB
YOUR POLARIMETER AND LET'S GO.
- ALL RIGHT. LET'S ROLL.
- YOU KNOW, WE GOT SOME
REAL UNUSUAL ITEMS FROM THEM,
AND AS PROMISED, WE HAD A BLAST.
- I GOT THE POST
OFFICE BOXES FOR $100.
I THINK I CAN GET
TWO FIFTY FOR 'EM.
- I LOVE THOSE LETTERS.
THEY CHARGED ME $50.
I THINK I CAN GET $400 FOR THEM.
- IF WE'RE IN ST. LOUIS AGAIN,
WE'LL PROBABLY POP
BY AND SEE THOSE GUYS,
BECAUSE THEY'RE
ALWAYS OUT BUYING.
THEY'RE ALWAYS AT SALES.
THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING
FOR THAT GOOD DEAL.
- YOU KNOW WHAT?
THAT WAS ONE THING I'VE
NEVER PICKED A STEEL WORKS.
- WE'VE PICKED CEMENT PLACES.
- PICKED A CHURCH.
- PICKED A CHURCH.
WE'VE PICKED A TREE FARM.
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME
WE'VE PICKED A STEEL PLANT.
- SEE, IT WORKED OUT.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK
OF MY THINGAMAJIG?
- I THINK THE BRASS
ONE YOU DID OKAY ON
BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY
WORTH THAT IN SCRAP.
- MAYBE WE SHOULD
GET AN APPRAISER
SO SOMEBODY CAN TELL
US EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE.
- I WONDER WHAT
DANIELLE'S DOING RIGHT NOW.
SHE'S PROBABLY KICKED
BACK DOING NOTHING.
- WE'RE HEADING BACK FROM
MISSOURI, BACK TO THE SHOP,
UNLOAD THE VAN AND REGROUP.
- WHAT UP? WHAT'S GOING ON?
- I WASN'T SURE ABOUT THE
ITEMS I GOT FROM THE SHAPIRO'S
SO WE HAD TO GET AN APPRAISER.
- THIS SAYS GAMEWELL.
YOU THINK THIS IS A GAME?
- NO.
- DANIELLE CALLED IN A
GUY TODAY NAMED GEORGE.
HE'S AN EXPERT IN
SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS.
- HOPEFULLY GEORGE WILL
BE ABLE TO TELL ME THE ERA IT
WAS MADE, WHAT THEY ARE, AND
HOPEFULLY I MADE SOME MONEY.
- HEY WHAT'S UP?
- HEY GEORGE, HOW YA DOING?
- NICE TO MEET YA.
- NICE TO MEET YOU.
- AS SOON AS I
WALKED IN, I THOUGHT,
"NOW, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING
I EXPECT TO SEE OUT HERE."
- IT SAYS GAMEWELL ON IT.
- FIRE ALARMS.
THIS IS A TELEGRAPH RELAY FOR
SENDING A FIRE SIGNAL FROM, SAY,
A STREET FIRE ALARM TO THE
CENTRAL STATION, RECORDING IT.
THIS IS FOR TELEGRAPH TAPE.
- SO THERE HAD TO BE A PERSON
THERE 24 HOURS THEN, RIGHT?
I MEAN, THERE HAD TO BE
SOMEONE SITTING IN THERE.
- BASICALLY, THERE
WAS SOMEBODY...
- THINK OF YOUR 911 PHONE CALL.
THIS WAS BEFORE YOU HAD 911.
- DID YOU HEAR THAT, FRANKY?
VICTORIAN 911.
- I GOT IT.
- IT'S A SERIOUS SITUATION.
- BUT THE BIG QUESTION
NOW. WHAT'S THE VALUE?
- UH, IT DEPENDS, REALLY.
IT WOULD APPEAL TO A SCIENTIFIC
INSTRUMENT COLLECTOR.
IT WOULD APPEAL TO A
TELEGRAPH COLLECTOR.
YOU MIGHT GET...
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
WHAT'S YOUR GUESS?
- I'M THINKING AT LEAST $225.
I WOULD THINK IT'D BE...
- YOU'RE ON THE LOW SIDE.
SOMETIMES I'VE SEEN
THEM GO FOR $300.
- REALLY?
- YEAH.
- THAT'S AWESOME.
- $300'S NOT THAT BAD.
- I SEEN YA
EYEBALLING THIS THING.
- OH, YEAH. IT'S
CALLED A POLARIMETER.
"POLAR," POLARIZATION;
"METER," MEASUREMENT OF
THE POLARIZATION OF LIGHT.
- THE ONES I'VE SEEN
HAVE ALMOST ALWAYS
BEEN IN COLLECTIONS.
- THIS WOULD HAVE
BEEN USED IN A FACTORY
OR A RESEARCH LAB, SOMEWHERE
WHERE THEY WERE HAVING
TO DO QUALITY CONTROL.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN
USED IN OIL REFINERY.
BREWERIES USE THEM.
- OH, YEAH, 'CAUSE
YOU KNOW WHAT?
LOOK AT ALL THE BREWERIES
THAT WERE IN ST. LOUIS.
- OH, MY GOSH, YES.
- NOW YOU PUT A
LIQUID IN THAT THING.
IT'S CALLED THE CELL.
YOU PUT IT IN THERE,
AND THEN THIS ONE
OBVIOUSLY HAD A
BURNER, A GAS BURNER.
WHILE HEATING THE LIQUID,
YOU HAVE A LIGHT SOURCE HERE.
YOU'D BE LOOKING THROUGH
HERE SO YOU JUST USE THIS TO
ANALYZE THE SUBSTANCE AND
THE POLARIZATION OF LIGHT.
- SO THE MILLION-DOLLAR
QUESTION IS WHAT'S IT WORTH?
- NOT $1 MILLION.
- YEAH. YEAH, THE
$300 QUESTION IS...
- I'D EXPECT THIS
TO GET IN THE $300
TO $500 RANGE.
- SO I'M GOOD ON THIS ONE TOO.
- LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE
BUYING LUNCH, MAN.
- YEAH.
- THAT'S A GOOD DAY PICKING.
FRANK THOUGHT OUT
OF THE BOX ON THIS ONE.
HE KICKED IT OUT OF THE PARK.
- YOU INTERESTED?
- I DON'T BUY. I JUST SELL.
[laughter]
- WE'RE HITTING THE ROAD.
WE'RE HEADING TOWARDS MISSOURI,
AND WE'RE GONNA DO
SOME FREESTYLE PICKING.
FREESTYLE PICKING IS
ABSOLUTELY WHAT WE LOVE TO DO.
IT'S THE ONLY PART OF
OUR BUSINESS THAT LETS US
GET BACK TO THE BASICS.
- ALL RIGHT, FRANKY,
HERE'S WHAT I'M THINKING.
THE CAR, THE STUDEBAKER
WE GOT FOR 2,000 BUCKS
HAS BEEN SITTING OUT IN
FRONT OF THE SHOP SO LONG
THAT NOW ALL THE TIRES
ARE FLAT ON IT, DUDE.
- I KNOW. IT'S BEEN TAKING
UP SOME SPACE, I KNOW THAT.
- I MEAN, I THOUGHT IT'D
SELL FASTER THAN THAT,
TO BE HONEST WITH YA.
- WELL, MAYBE WE
SHOULD GET DANIELLE ON IT.
- YOU KNOW WHAT? WE
DID, SHE DID APPRAISE IT.
- YOU HAVE YOURSELF
A PRETTY GOOD CAR.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK
VALUE-WISE THOUGH?
- I WOULD GIVE IT SOMEWHERE
BETWEEN $3,000, $3,200.
- WELL, THAT, THAT'S NOT BAD.
- MAYBE WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS...
YOU KNOW HOW SHE LIKES TO EAT?
- OH, YEAH.
- OH, YEAH, DUDE.
MAYBE WE SHOULD TELL
HER, "HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT?
IF YOU SELL THE CAR
WE'LL BUY YOU DINNER
ANYWHERE THAT YOU WANT."
- ISSUE, LIKE, A
CHALLENGE FOR HER?
- OH, YEAH.
- THAT'S DEFINITELY
SOME INCENTIVE.
- I'M GONNA CALL HER RIGHT
NOW. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
[phone rings]
- YES, LOVE?
- DANNY "D," WHAT'S UP?
- JUST CLEANING UP THE GARAGE.
- FRANKY AND I CAME UP WITH
A LITTLE CHALLENGE FOR YA.
- OKAY.
- IF YOU SELL THE STUDEBAKER,
WE'LL BUY YOU DINNER
ANYWHERE YOU WANT.
- BEST - WHATEVER SHE WANTS.
- OKAY.
HOW ABOUT YOU BUY ME
DINNER ANYWHERE I WANT
AND YOU TAKE ME ON A PICK?
- NO.
- NO.
- NO.
- AND THAT ONLY
INCLUDES THREE COURSES.
- YEAH, THREE COURSES
'CAUSE WE KNOW
HOW YOU LIKE TO CHOW DOWN.
- [laughs]
- YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE'RE JUST TALKING A BUNCH
OF TALK HERE RIGHT NOW 'CAUSE.
- WE'RE ENTERTAINING
OURSELVES AT YOUR EXPENSE.
- I'M GONNA SELL THE CAR
ANYWAY, SO IT DOESN'T MATTER.
I JUST HAVE TO PUT IT IN MOTION.
- SHE HAS TO PUT IT IN MOTION.
- YEAH. PUT IT INTO GEAR.
WE'RE PUTTING IT OUT THERE
TO SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO.
- ALL RIGHT, LET US KNOW
WHEN YOU HAVE THE CASH, MAMA.
- ALL RIGHT, WILL DO.
- ALL RIGHT, BU-BYE.
- BYE.
- SHE'S SO COOKED.
- WHEELS IN THE MOTION.
- YOU THINK I CAN'T
SELL THIS CAR?
YOU THINK I CAN'T SELL THIS CAR?
THIS PLACE WOULDN'T RUN
WITHOUT ME, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
I CAN SELL A CAR.
EASIEST THING IN THE WORLD.
TED! HI, TED.
THIS IS DANIELLE OVER AT ANTIQUE
ARCHAEOLOGY, HOW ARE YOU?
- I'M GOING TO DO THIS.
I WILL SELL THIS CAR,
COME HELL OR HIGH WATER.
- I'VE GOT THIS GREAT
STUDEBAKER SITTING OUTSIDE,
AND YOU ARE THE FIRST
PERSON I THOUGHT OF.
IT'S A '50.
$3,500.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL. COME
DOWN AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
- FRANKY AND I ARE DRIVING
AROUND FREESTYLING,
WHICH WE LOVE TO DO.
- LOOK AT THIS PLACE HERE.
LOOK AT THAT
BUILDING OVER THERE.
CHECK OUT THE MOTORCYCLE!
- OH, YEAH! LOOK AT THAT GUY.
THAT GUY LOOKED GOOD.
THAT GUY LOOKED GOOD.
- HE DID LOOK
GOOD. LOOK AT THIS.
- WE'VE BEEN DOING A
LOT OF WINDSHIELD TIME.
THE MORE MILES WE LAY DOWN,
THAT'S HOW WE'RE
GONNA FIND THIS STUFF.
- LOOK AT THIS.
- CHECK OUT THE CAR.
LET'S GO LOOK AT THIS GUY.
- WE SEE AN OLD CAR OUT
FRONT, AND IT'S A PERFECT EXCUSE
FOR US TO STOP AND SAY, "HEY,
MAN, HOW MUCH IS THE CAR?"
AND THEN, "BY THE WAY,
WHAT DO YOU GOT IN
THE OUTBUILDINGS?"
- THAT'S RIGHT.
- HEY, HOW YOU DOING MAN?
- HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
- DOING GOOD.
- MY NAME'S FRANK.
- HI, FRANK. I'M DALLAS.
- HEY, MIKE WOLFE.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
- NICE TO MEET YOU, MIKE.
- WE THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA
BE SOME OLDER PEOPLE,
OLDER CAR; HERE'S
A GUY IN HIS 20s.
- WE DO HAVE A LITTLE
INTEREST IN THE CAR, BUT WE
WERE WONDERING IF... WE SAW
YOUR OUTBUILDINGS AND STUFF...
IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE?
- WELL, ACTUALLY, YEAH,
THIS WAS ALL MY GRANDMA
AND GRANDPA'S PLACE, BUT
MY GRANDPA PASSED AWAY.
I'M JUST HERE CUTTING THE GRASS.
- ANYTHING THAT YOU MIGHT
CONSIDER SELLING OR ANYTHING?
ARE YOU GUYS AT THE POINT
WHERE YOU'RE GOING
TO GET RID OF STUFF?
- YEAH, I THINK WE'RE
ABOUT AT THAT POINT.
LET ME GET MY UNCLE
AND MY MOM HERE,
AND WE'LL TAKE A
LOOK AT SOME THINGS.
- AWESOME.
- WE MEET A LOT OF PEOPLE
IN THIS SITUATION WHERE
THEY'RE FEELING OVERWHELMED
AFTER A RELATIVE PASSES AWAY.
YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THESE
ITEMS THIS PERSON COLLECTED
THEIR WHOLE LIFE.
- THEY WERE SO GRACIOUS TO
SHOW US AROUND, YOU KNOW?
- YEAH, AND I THINK IT WASN'T
TOO HARD TO GET THEM TO
COME OUT AND SHOW US AROUND
BECAUSE THE ONLY THING HE HAD
TO DO TODAY WAS MOW THE LAWN.
- THIS IS THE
ORIGINAL HOMESTEAD.
GRANDPARENTS LIVED HERE,
AND ALL THE KIDS WERE BORN.
- THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN
ON THIS PROPERTY SINCE 1912.
HIS GRANDFATHER, HIS
GREAT-GRANDFATHER,
ALL OF THESE PEOPLE
WERE COLLECTORS
AND HAD LIVED ON THIS PROPERTY.
- ALL RIGHT, FRANKIE, WE'RE
GETTING THE TOUR, MAN.
- THIS WAS HIS STORAGE SHOP.
- THERE WAS JUST PILES
AND PILES OF STUFF.
- BUT AS A PICKER, YOU
CAN'T LET THAT DETER YOU.
YOU'VE GOT TO DIVE
IN, HOPE FOR THE BEST,
AND HAVE YOUR
EYES DO THE WALKING.
- WE PILED A LOT OF THIS
STUFF IN KIND OF PREPARATION
FOR AN AUCTION.
- YOU KNOW WHEN I HEARD THE
WORD "AUCTION," I THOUGHT "PERFECT.
THIS IS EXCELLENT TIMING.
I'M GONNA GET MY EYES ON IT
BEFORE THE GENERAL
PUBLIC GETS TO SWOOP IN.
- ALL RIGHT, THAT'S WHAT I WANT.
WHAT'S THIS HERE? IT'S
AN OLD MOVIE POSTER.
- I THINK THE WHOLE
TIME WE WERE PICKING,
DALLAS WAS TRYING
TO FEEL US OUT, MAN.
HE WAS LIKE, "WHAT ARE
THESE GUYS GONNA PAY?
HOW SERIOUS ARE THEY?
WHAT IS THEIR KNOWLEDGE?
WHAT ARE THEY
REALLY DOING HERE?"
- I SEE SOMETHING.
I'M JUMPING INTO THE
POSEIDON ADVENTURE.
- OKAY, MIKE. YOU DO THAT.
- HOW ABOUT THIS?
- THAT THING WAS
COOL. NICE COLOR.
STILL HAD NICE GRAPHICS ON IT.
I'D SAY IT WAS FROM
THE LATE '40s, EARLY '50s.
- WHAT WOULD YOU
HAVE TO HAVE FOR THAT?
- TEN BUCKS?
- NO.
[mutters]
UM, I LIKE IT,
SO LET ME SCHOOL
YOU A LITTLE BIT.
I MEAN, THIS THING,
IT'S IN NICE SHAPE,
THE COLORS ARE GOOD ON IT.
THIS IS LIKE 150-DOLLAR
RETAIL PIECE, BUT YOU KNOW,
WE'RE PICKERS, SO
I'D DO LIKE 70 BUCKS?
- I'D SAY, THAT'S A
PRETTY GOOD DEAL.
- WANT TO DO THAT? OKAY.
- I HAD NO IDEA THAT
WAS WORTH THAT MUCH.
- YEAH.
- SO WAS YOUR
GRANDFATHER A COLLECTOR,
OR WAS HE ONE OF
THOSE GUYS THAT JUST,
IF HE SAW A DEAL,
HE HAD TO HAVE IT?
- SOME AUCTIONEER AT
THE END OF THE SALE SAID,
"ALL OF IT FOR A BUCK,"
HE'D SAY, "LOAD IT UP."
- YOU HEAR THAT, FRANKIE?
- I HEARD THAT.
- THIS IS A CLASSIC GUY
AT THE END OF THE
AUCTION SCENARIO,
AND IT'S A HUGE RED FLAG FOR US.
- WHAT'D YOU FIND, BUDDY?
- TWO RUSTY BICYCLE
WHEELS AND SOME CARDBOARD.
GOT ANY OTHER
BUILDINGS WE CAN LOOK AT?
- WE HAVE TO KIND OF
CHANGE GEARS A LITTLE BIT.
I DIDN'T WANT TO BE THE GUY
THAT CHERRY PICKED A
FEW THINGS HERE OR THERE,
AND THEN WHEN THEY
HAVE THEIR AUCTION,
THEN IT'S JUST GOING TO
BE DETRIMENTAL TO THEM,
AND IT'S GONNA HURT
THEM IN THE LONG RUN.
WHEN YOU HAVE AN AUCTION,
THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING IN
THAT LISTING TO
GET PEOPLE TO COME.
- THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF
STUFF HERE THAT'S GONNA GET
PICKED OVER, SO
THERE'S A FEW THINGS
THAT YOU DO HAVE
HERE THAT ARE GOOD,
YOU'RE GONNA WANT TO EMPHASIZE
ON THAT TO GET THE PEOPLE HERE.
- THESE GUYS WANT
TO SELL THEIR STUFF;
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S WORTH.
WE DECIDED THIS WAS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GIVE BACK,
SHARE SOME OF OUR
KNOWLEDGE, AND LET THEM KNOW
WHAT'S HOT FOR THEIR AUCTION.
- THIS IS GONNA BE SOMETHING
THAT YOU'LL
PROBABLY WANT TO LIST.
PEOPLE COLLECT THAT.
IT'S A COFFEE GRINDER.
- IN THIS CONDITION ON HERE,
THIS IS WORTH AT
LEAST $85 TO $150.
- HERE'S A BUNCH OF
MANUALS FOR THE TRACTORS.
CASE. JOHN DEERE
COMBINES. LOOK AT THAT.
- WHEN I FOUND THAT
FARM LITERATURE,
THAT WAS GREAT STUFF.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL
BRING PEOPLE TO AN AUCTION
BECAUSE PEOPLE THAT GO
TO AUCTIONS, THEY COLLECT,
THEY WANT TO INVEST
OR THEY WANT TO FLIP IT.
- THIS WOULD BE AWESOME TO
BRING PEOPLE INTO AN AUCTION.
- THIS IS A GOOD ONE.
CLEANED UP, THAT
WILL BRING YOU $15, $20.
- IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE
THAT INFORMATION TO THEM.
THAT'S SOME INFORMATION
THAT'S TAKEN US A
LONG TIME TO FIND OUT.
I THINK PEOPLE APPRECIATE THAT.
- SEE, THOSE CAST IRON
LEGS, THOSE ARE GOOD, MAN.
I'VE SEEN PEOPLE PAY AS MUCH
AS 100 BUCKS FOR FOUR LEGS,
IF THEY'RE REALLY ORNATE.
- IT WAS GOOD FOR THEM
TO BE HONEST WITH US.
THEY COULD GIVE US THE
TRUE VALUE OF SOMETHING.
THAT MEANT A LOT TO US.
- MADE IN 1948.
I THINK IT WOULD CLEAN UP.
- JUST BEFORE WE
WERE READY TO LEAVE,
THEY THREW US A BONE,
AND THEY TOOK US
TO THE LAST BUILDING.
- WE CALL IT TONY'S MUSEUM.
- THIS IS WHERE THE HONEY IS.
- BOOM, THEY DUMPED A LOAD ON US
WHICH WAS SOME KILLER STUFF.
- FRANK, THESE GUYS GOT LOTS
OF STUFF FOR A GOOD DRAW.
- LITTLE CANDLESTICK PHONE HERE.
- A LOT OF BOXES AND CASES
FILLED TO THE BRIM WITH SMALLS.
- I LOVE ALL THESE
LITTLE SMALL ITEMS.
WHAT IS THIS?
- I FOUND JUST A
FEW LITTLE SMALLS.
HERE'S WHAT WE CALL
SMALLS IN OUR GAME.
THIS IS A LITTLE
FLOOR SIGN SHOE.
IT'S KIND OF A NEAT
LITTLE ADVERTISING THING.
I FOUND A ROYAL CROWN
COLA, LITTLE ADVERTISING PIECE.
THIS IS AN INDUSTRY
BANK. KIND OF NEAT.
- I'M OUT THERE DIGGING
THROUGH SMALLS,
I REALLY FEEL LIKE
I'M IN MY ELEMENT.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF
YOU BUNDLE ALL THAT STUFF
TOGETHER, YOU CAN
REALLY COME OUT AHEAD.
- I'M THINKING $15,
$10, $25, $25 ON THIS,
SO LIKE $50, AND
UH, FIVE... $65.
- SOLD.
- ALL RIGHT.
- I HAVE A DIVERSE CLIENT
BASE THAT REALLY LOVES SMALLS.
I THINK I REALLY DID GOOD
AND I THINK I CAME OUT ON TOP.
- OOH.
HOW MUCH IS THAT?
IT SAYS VELIE.
THAT WAS A CAR THAT
WAS MANUFACTURED
ACROSS THE RIVER FROM US.
IT'S MADE IN MOLINE, ILLINOIS.
- IT'S KIND OF HOMETOWN
HONEY PIECE FOR ME.
YOU NEVER FIND VELIE
CAR STUFF, SO WHEN I SAW
THE VELIE HAT PIN, I WAS
LIKE, "I GOT TO HAVE THIS.
THIS IS A REALLY GREAT PIECE."
- HOW ABOUT TEN
ON THE VELIE PIN?
YOU KNOW THAT WOULD'VE
WENT TO AUCTION,
AND SOMEONE WOULD'VE
BOUGHT THIS WHOLE BOX FOR THAT.
- ALL RIGHT. SINCE IT'S
FROM YOUR HOME AREA.
- IT IS. IT'S RIGHT ACROSS
THE RIVER FROM US.
- THAT'S SO COOL.
- HAVE YOU SEEN THAT BEFORE?
- WHAT IS IT?
- THAT'S A FACE. I
HAVEN'T SEEN THAT PIECE.
- IT'S A PITCHER
WITH A FACE ON IT.
IT'S SO COOL, SO BIZARRE.
I LOVE THAT KIND OF STUFF.
- WHAT WOULD YOU WANT FOR THAT?
- $30.
- I THINK THEIR
NEGOTIATING SKILLS
GOT A LITTLE SHARPER
BY THE END OF THE DAY.
- HOW ABOUT $20?
- $20.
- $20? ALL RIGHT,
FRANKIE? $20 ON THIS, DUDE.
- WHAT ABOUT THIS SIGN?
IS THIS SOMETHING
YOU GUYS WOULD SELL?
- DEFINITELY, YEAH.
- THEY HAD A U.S.L.
BATTERY SIGN.
U.S.L. WAS A BATTERY COMPANY
THAT WAS MADE IN THE '70s
BEFORE THEY WERE BOUGHT
OUT BY A BIGGER COMPANY.
WHENEVER I SEE U.S.L. STUFF, I
GRAVITATE TOWARDS IT BECAUSE
I HAVE CUSTOMERS BACK HOME
THAT JUST LOVE THIS STUFF.
- WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE TO
HAVE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
- $35, STARTING.
- I THINK IT'D BE
WORTH $40 TO ME.
- YOU CAN DO IT.
- OKAY, GOOD ENOUGH.
- I THINK CLEANED
UP, $125 ALL DAY.
- DALLAS SAID HE HAD
A FEW MINUTES FOR US.
I THINK WE'VE
MAXED OUR TIME OUT.
- I KNOW.
- I DON'T THINK I
GOT THE GRASS CUT.
[all talking at once]
- HEY GUYS, THANKS A LOT.
- OH, NO PROBLEM.
- WE HAD FUN.
- YEAH, IT DOES!
- MY SIGN CLEANED UP,
I THINK IT'LL BE GREAT.
- IT WAS AN EYE-OPENER,
BOTTOM LINE.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS FAIR
PRICES, AND WHAT THEY DID FIND,
THEY SEEMED TO BE
HAPPY, AND WE WERE HAPPY,
SO WHAT MORE CAN YOU ASK FOR?
- THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YEAH, IT WAS FUN.
- IT WAS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
- WHEN THE RUBBER
HIT THE ROAD TODAY,
WE DID MAKE A GOOD STOP.
THESE GUYS ARE GONNA HOPEFULLY
HOOK US UP IN THE
FUTURE ON SOME THINGS.
WE DID HAVE FUN
PICKING THROUGH STUFF.
- SEE YOU ALL LATER.
- IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT MONEY.
IT'S ABOUT KARMA AND TREATING
PEOPLE FAIR GOES A LONG WAYS.
- LET'S CHECK DANIELLE'S
ROLE ON THE CAR TO SEE
IF SHE'S GOT IT, WHAT'S
GOING ON WITH HER.
- SEE IF SHE'S GOT
HER WHEELS IN MOTION.
[phone rings]
- YES? THIS IS DANIELLE.
- WHAT YA DOING?
- I'M TRYING TO SELL A DAMN CAR.
- YOU SAID YOU MIGHT HAVE
SOME PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS
FOR THE STUDEBAKER.
YOU SAID YOU GOT THE WHEELS
IN MOTION, WHATEVER THAT MEANS.
- THE WHEELS ARE IN MOTION.
- DANNY, AS OF RIGHT
NOW, NO SALE, RIGHT?
- AS OF RIGHT NOW
THERE'S NO SALE,
BUT THAT WILL CHANGE.
- WHAT'S HER GIBBERISH?
- SHE SAID THAT SHE
HASN'T SOLD IT YET.
ALL RIGHT.
WELL, HEY, IT SOUNDS
LIKE OUR MONEY'S SAFE
WITH NOT PURCHASING DINNER.
- OH, NO, NO.
WE'LL BE, WE'LL DEFINITELY
BE HAVING DINNER.
- THE BET WAS ONLY
THREE COURSES TOO,
NOT LIKE TEN FRIENDS.
- I ROLL WITH MY POSSE.
IF I BRING TEN FRIENDS,
I BRING TEN FRIENDS.
- YOU'RE BREAKING UP. BU-BYE.
- BYE.
[laughter]
- BRAD, HI!
I HAVE THIS AMAZING
STUDEBAKER. IT'S A 1950.
$3,500.
[dial tone]
BRAD?
- THESE GUYS THINK
I CAN'T SELL A CAR?
I CAN SELL A DAMN CAR.
- I HAVE AN AMAZING STUDEBAKER
I THINK THAT YOU
WOULD BE IN LOVE WITH.
I KNOW WHAT A CAR GUY YOU
ARE... HI, IS YOUR MOMMY HOME?
OH, YOU'RE EATING A POPSICLE?
THAT'S SO GREAT...
IS THIS BILL?
NO, NO, NO, NO, HI,
THIS IS BILL'S WIFE.
NO, THIS IS DANIELLE.
OH, YOU DON'T WANT HIM
TO BUY ANYTHING ELSE?
THAT'S FUNNY. OH, NO,
YOU SERIOUSLY DON'T.
OKAY, ALL RIGHT. YOU
KNOW YOU WANT IT.
COME ON, HOW ABOUT
IF I BUY YOU DINNER?
$2,000?
YOU KNOW THAT'S
NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
I SENT YOU ALL THE
INFORMATION, SO PLEASE CALL ME.
IT'S PRETTY BADASS. I THINK
YOU'D LOOK SO HOT IN IT.
- I'M DETERMINED.
I'LL SELL THIS CAR.
- I HAVE ABOUT FOUR OTHER
PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED,
SO COME DOWN AS SOON AS YOU CAN.
ALL RIGHT, THANKS, BYE.
- I'M GONNA SELL THE CAR.
THE POWER OF
POSITIVE THINKING, MAN.
- WE'RE IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI.
WE JUST GOT THE
CALL FROM DANIELLE.
SHE'S GOT THIS FUNKY DUDE.
HIS NAME IS GREG FELARDO,
AND THIS GUY CLAIMS
TO BE A PSYCHIC PICKER.
- HE FOUND LIKE ONE ITEM
SOMEWHERE, AND THEN, LIKE,
FIVE YEARS LATER, HE
FINDS ANOTHER ITEM
THAT ACTUALLY WENT WITH THAT.
SOMEHOW HE THINKS
HE'S TELEPATHETIC.
WHAT'S THAT WORD?
- TELEPATHIC.
- HE'S TELEPATHIC.
- THIS PLACE IS AWESOME.
- THIS PLACE IS HUGE.
IF HE'S GOT A HUGE BUILDING
HE'S GONNA HAVE A LOT OF STUFF.
- HEY, I'M MIKE.
- GLAD TO MEET YOU.
- HOW YA DOING? I'M FRANK.
- THIS USED TO BE AN
OLD POLICE STATION, I SEE.
- YES, IT WOULD HOUSE
UP TO 100 INMATES IN HERE.
- THIS GUY LIVES IN A PRISON!
- I WAS LOOKING FOR A
PLACE TO MOVE TO AND STORE
SOME OF THE THINGS I'VE
COLLECTED OVER A LIFETIME.
- WHEN GREG WAS 26 YEARS OLD,
HE BOUGHT THIS HUGE MANSION
AND FILLED IT WITH
HIS COLLECTION.
THEN FIVE YEARS AGO, HE
RETIRED AS A SCHOOLTEACHER
AND HE MOVED EVERYTHING
TO THIS MASSIVE POLICE STATION.
- I HAVE THE
EQUIVALENT OF ABOUT 40
53-FOOT SEMI LOADS OF STUFF.
- I HAVE A LOT OF
THINGS IN HERE.
I CHOSE THE OLD
POLICE STATION BUILDING
BECAUSE I KNEW I'D
BE HERE YEARS BEFORE
BECAUSE I'M PSYCHIC.
IT'S LIKE A SIXTH SENSE.
I JUST FOLLOW THAT GUT FEELING.
WHEN I SAW THE
BUILDING, THAT WAS IT.
STARTED MOVING IN.
YOU'LL SEE SOME THINGS YOU'VE
PROBABLY NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
- ALL RIGHT. YOU GOT
MY INTERESTS, MAN.
CAN WE LOOK AROUND?
- CERTAINLY.
- WHOA.
- AS WE STARTED TO WALK AROUND,
YOU CAN SEE WHY HE
NEEDED A BIG BUILDING.
- WOW, GREG.
- THIS GUY'S GOT SOME BIG STUFF.
THINGS WERE ALREADY
STACKED TO THE CEILING.
- HOW DO YOU GET UP
THOSE STAIRS GREG?
- WELL, YOU USED TO,
BUT YOU DON'T ANYMORE.
- THERE'S A LITTLE BIT
MORE DISPLAY AREA.
WOW, MIKE. LOOK AT THIS.
- THIS IS THE WORLD'S
FIRST COMPUTER.
REMEMBER THE PUNCH
CARD READERS IN THE 1970s?
- YEAH.
- THIS, GOING BACK TO 1904,
PLAYS A PERFORATED ROLL.
IT WAS LISTED WITH THE
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
AS ONE OF THE EIGHTH GREATEST
INVENTIONS OF THE DECADE.
- WOW.
[whimsical piano
and violin music]
♪ ♪
- GREG BOUGHT THIS
VIOLANO-VIRTUOSO
WHEN HE WAS JUST 20 YEARS OLD.
THESE THINGS ARE
REALLY SPECIAL AND RARE,
ESPECIALLY ONE IN
THIS GOOD A CONDITION.
- I WASHED OVER A MILLION
POTS AND PANS AND DISHES
ALL THE WAY THROUGH HIGH
SCHOOL AND BOUGHT THAT MACHINE.
- 15 YEARS AGO,
I WAS AT A FLEA
MARKET OUT IN CHICAGO
AND BOUGHT ALL THESE PICTURES,
INTERIORS FROM 1910 TO
1925 OF A CANDY STORE.
I DIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL
THREE YEARS AGO,
THIS IS THIS MACHINE IN 1925.
- SO ARE YOU SAYING THIS
IS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS
WHERE SOMETHING FOUND YOU AND...
- I DON'T LIKE TO THROW THE
WORD AROUND "PSYCHIC PICKER,"
BUT I DEFINITELY HAVE SOME
VERY UNEXPLAINED EXPERIENCES
OF FINDING THINGS.
- I'VE ONLY SEEN ONE OTHER
MACHINE WITH THE DECAL WHICH
IS ON HERE WHICH IS ON THE
DOOR WITH A HAND POINTING DOWN
"PLACE NICKEL IN
SLIDE AND PUSH IN."
- THAT'S A MIND-BLOWER.
- SO I'M TUNED INTO SOMETHING.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS,
BUT IT SURE MAKES
LIFE INTERESTING.
- THIS IS THE
PICTURES OF MY HOUSE
THAT I FOUND AT AN ANTIQUE SHOW.
- SO THIS IS A HOUSE THAT
YOU SOLD IN MILWAUKEE.
- THIS IS MY DINING ROOM
OF THE HOUSE THAT I SOLD.
- I WENT TO THAT ANTIQUE
SHOW AND FOUND PICTURES
OF MY INCREDIBLE
HOUSE THAT I HAD,
PHOTOGRAPHED IN 1898.
- LITTLE SITTING
ROOM? LITTLE PARLOR?
- SEE THE TABLE?
YOU JUST LOOKED AT IT.
- YEAH, IT WAS JUST
IN THE OTHER ROOM.
- YEAH.
- THEN FINDING THAT I'D ALREADY,
WITHOUT THESE PICTURES,
FOUND THE OBJECTS THAT
WERE ORIGINALLY IN THE HOUSE...
I FOUND THE PIANO, I FOUND
THE ORIGINAL CHANDELIER.
- I'M AT A THRESHOLD OF
SOMETHING OF SUPER INTELLIGENCE.
- THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
NOW WHERE'D YOU
FIND THE DESK AT?
- BOUGHT IT AT AN AUCTION.
I HAD TO CASH OUT
MY I.R.A. TO BY IT.
- WHOO! WELL, WE'RE NOT
GONNA CASH OUT OUR I.R.A. HERE,
BUT WE'RE INTERESTED
IN BUYING SOMETHING.
- GREG IS LIKE NO OTHER
PERSON WE'VE EVER MET.
HE'S A REALLY KOOKY GUY,
BUT WE'RE LOST IN
HIS WACKY WORLD
AND LOVING IT.
- LOOK AT THIS, FRANK.
- THEY SAY WE ONLY
USE 10% OF OUR MIND.
90% IS NOT EVEN IN USE.
AM I TAPPING INTO THAT?
THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF
UNEXPLAINED QUESTIONS
THAT ARE STILL REMAINED
TO BE ANSWERED.
- I WAS REALLY TRYING TO GET
MY PSYCHIC SENSES IN ORDER
AND GET IN TUNE WITH THIS PLACE.
- DANIELLE HAS PUT US IN THE
RIGHT PLACE, BUT WE NEED TO
BUY SOMETHING THAT WE
CAN MAKE SOME MONEY ON.
- WOW. LOOK AT THIS.
IS THIS, LIKE, A
BACK BAR MIRROR?
- THAT'S THE ONLY ONE
OF THOSE I'VE EVER SEEN.
IT WAS ON A BROTHEL. IT'S
AN ABSOLUTELY COOL PIECE.
- THE MIRROR WAS SUCH A
GORGEOUS, ONE OF A KIND PIECE
WITH A HAND-CARVED FRAME.
THE MIRROR WAS GONE, BUT I
KNOW SO MANY CLIENTS THAT
WOULD LEAP AT A
CHANCE TO BUY THAT.
- WHAT WOULD YOU FEEL
COMFORTABLE SELLING IT AT?
- GOT ME BY THE
TAIL ON THAT ONE.
- AS SOON AS WE START
TALKING PRICES WITH GREG,
HE LOOKED FLUSHED,
CORNERED, ANXIOUS,
JUST LIKE A CAGED CAT.
- THAT'S THE ONLY ONE
OF THOSE I'VE EVER SEEN,
CARVED OUT OF OAK.
- SO PRICE IT, PRICE
IT TO ME THAT WAY.
- THINK ABOUT IT.
- I'LL JUST THINK ABOUT IT.
- IT WAS CLEAR IT WAS
GONNA BE DIFFICULT
TO BUY THINGS FROM GREG.
- MONEY, THAT'S
AN EVIL INFLUENCE.
IF YOU'RE DOING
FOR WHAT'S RIGHT,
REALIZING THAT SOME
VERY GREAT PEOPLE
MADE SOME INCREDIBLY
BEAUTIFUL THINGS.
THOSE OF US WHO
CAN SEE THE BEAUTY
BRING IT TO THE
ATTENTION OF OTHERS
AND SO THE WORLD CAN
REDISCOVER THESE THINGS.
THIS IS WHAT'S TO BE.
- GREG, YOU GOT A CAST
IRON SPITTOON OVER HERE.
- THAT'S A KEEPER.
- WHAT DO YOU VALUE
SOMETHING LIKE THAT AT?
- THAT COSTS SERIOUS MONEY.
- HOW MUCH IS THIS?
- THAT'S JUST TOTALLY WEIRD.
- IS ANYTHING IN
THIS ROOM FOR SALE?
- PROBABLY NOT.
THAT'S THE MASTER MOLD
FOR CHARLES LINDBERGH.
THAT'S A VERY, VERY GOOD PIECE.
- I REALLY WANTED THAT
CHARLES LINDBERGH MOLD.
ANY ICONIC ITEMS REALLY
RESONATE WITH A LOT OF
DIFFERENT COLLECTORS.
EXPLORERS, PRESIDENTS,
THEY MEAN SO MUCH
TO A LARGE RANGE OF CLIENTS.
IT'S HISTORICAL, BUT IT'S
ALSO A PIECE OF POP CULTURE.
- HOW MUCH IS THIS LINDBERGH
HEAD WITH THE BROKEN WING?
- NO IDEA. THAT'S JUST
SOMETHING I'VE KEPT.
- 500 BUCKS?
- DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, SO I
DON'T WANT TO PRICE IT OUT.
IT'S JUST A REAL COOL THING.
- I HAD A FEELING
THIS MIGHT HAPPEN.
WE DON'T BUY
SOMETHING PRETTY SOON,
WE'RE GONNA HAVE
TO HIT THE ROAD.
THE BASEMENT WAS REALLY SPOOKY.
GREG HAD STUFF EVERYWHERE.
YOU COULD JUST SMELL
THE HISTORY DOWN THERE.
GREG EVEN HAD A FAÇADE
OF A THEATER ON THE FLOOR.
- THAT WAS ALL HAMMER AND
CHISEL SO YOU SEE IT'S ALL MINT.
- HOW LONG DID IT
TAKE YOU TO DO THAT?
- I DID THAT IN TEN DAYS.
- OH, LORD.
- A LOT OF THE THINGS I BOUGHT
BECAUSE THEY WERE BEAUTIFUL
AND INCREDIBLY INTERESTING,
AND THEY KIND OF SPOKE TO ME.
I HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOCATE
THESE OBJECTS LOST IN TIME
AND BRING THEM BACK.
- THIS IS A CAST
IRON URN SECTION.
WHAT DO YOU VALUE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS AT?
- THAT ONE'S GOT ALL THE
WHOLE BASE AND EVERYTHING.
- WHEN WE'RE LOOKING
AT ARCHITECTURAL STUFF,
WE'RE LOOKING FOR
LIKE AN ACCENT PIECE,
SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY
CAN TAKE AND PUT INTO A HOME
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT BECOMES
THIS AMAZING ACCENT PIECE,
THIS FOCAL POINT IN A ROOM.
- JUST THROW A NUMBER AT ME.
I'M NOT GONNA BITE YA.
- I DON'T KNOW. THAT
ONE IS PROBABLY...
- HUMOR ME.
- THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD
PIECE OF CAST IRON,
SO I DON'T KNOW.
LIKE $575, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
- WELL, YOU'RE ABOUT
RIGHT ON THE MONEY.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT
WE'D GET FOR THEM TOO.
- THE GUY IS SO IN TUNE
WITH ARCHITECTURAL ITEMS
AND THE PERIODS THEY COME FROM,
SO HE'S RIGHT ON THE
NUMBER WITH A LOT OF STUFF.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE
TO FIND SOMETHING
THAT'S NOT SO NEAR
AND DEAR TO HIS HEART
AND THEN STILL TRYING
TO GET A NUMBER
OUT OF HIM THAT WE CAN LIVE WITH
AND THEN STILL AFTER THAT...
both: TRY TO GET
IT OUT OF THERE.
- WE CAN GO DOWN HERE,
AND YOU CAN TAKE A LEFT
OR A RIGHT IT LOOKS LIKE.
- NOT FOR SALE.
- ALL RIGHT, THIS IS
JUST FOR VIEWING.
- THE WHOLE PLACE
IS FOR VIEWING.
- GREG, HOW MUCH
IS THIS STOP SIGN
WITH THE, UH, MARBLES ON IT?
- OH, MY GOD, THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
- OH, MAN.
THROUGH TRAFFIC.
OH, IT'S GOT A
COUPLE BULLET HOLES.
- UH-OH.
- IT'S BEEN SMASHED. HOW
MUCH IS THAT BAD BOY?
- PROBABLY LIKE $125.
- HOW ABOUT 100 BUCKS?
WE HAVEN'T BEEN
ABLE TO BUY ANYTHING.
THIS COULD BE THE
ICEBREAKER, GREG.
- PUT IT AS A POSSIBLE.
- I'M NOT COMING BACK TO
THIS AREA OF THE KINGDOM.
HOW ABOUT THIS FOR $100?
- YEAH, WE CAN DO THAT.
- YOU WANT TO DO
IT? ALL RIGHT, SKIN ME.
ALL RIGHT. I'M POPPING, FRANKY.
- WOW.
- I DON'T REALLY COLLECT
SIGNS THAT MUCH, SO I SAID
LOOKED LIKE THEY APPRECIATE
IT AND LIKED IT MORE.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S
IMPORTANT AS LIKE A VERY FINELY
SCULPTED PIECE OF TERRACOTTA
FROM A HISTORIC BUILDING.
- IT WAS AN ACHIEVEMENT TO
BUY SOMETHING FROM GREG, BUT
I'M STILL KEEPING MY EYES OPEN
FOR THAT ONE BIG ONE OF A KIND
ITEM THAT WILL MAKE
THIS TRIP WORTHWHILE.
- I COME AROUND THE
CORNER, AND I CATCH A GLIMMER
OF AN ORNATE OIL LAMP.
I HAVE GOT TO HAVE THIS.
I HAVE GOT TO CONVINCE
GREG TO SELL THIS TO ME.
- HOW ABOUT $100?
- YOU SAW THE PRICE TAG.
THAT'S WHAT I PAID, AND THE
GUY WOULD NOT COME DOWN.
- NOW, COME ON, MIKE
WAS AT $125 ON THE SIGN,
AND YOU CAME A
HUNDRED ON THE SIGN.
- DON'T THROW ME INTO THIS.
- WELL I PROBABLY SPENT
MORE ON GAS GOING TO
GET THE DARN THING.
- $100 WON'T GET IT?
- NO. $125?
- $125? ALL RIGHT.
I'M BUYING SOMETHING
HERE. I'LL DO IT $125.
- DANIELLE DID SAY THIS
GUY WOULD BE APT TO MAYBE
SELLING SOME STUFF SO
HE COULD GET SOME CASH.
- HE WANTS TO DO SOME TRIP
TO NEW YORK, AND I'M THINKING
TO MYSELF, "GREG, I WANT
TO BE YOUR TRAVEL AGENT.
COME ON, LET'S DO SOME
BUSINESS HERE, BUDDY."
- THIS IS THE PIANO STOOL AREA.
- THAT'S THE RADIO ROOM.
- RADIO ROOM!
ALL RIGHT.
NOW, HEY! WE'RE
IN THE DIRTY AREA.
- WE WERE JUST ABOUT DONE
SQUEEZING THROUGH THE AISLES
LOOKING FOR STUFF, AND OVER
IN THE CORNER I SEE SOMETHING
THAT COULD MAKE THE
WHOLE TRIP WORTHWHILE.
- IT'S AN OLD SLOT
MACHINE, A COUPLE OF THEM.
- OH, HE'S GOT TWO OF THEM.
- YEAH.
OH, MY GOD. I AM
VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
YOU JUST DON'T FIND THEM
IN THAT KIND OF CONDITION.
I HAD TO HAVE IT.
- WHAT ERA ARE THESE FROM, GREG?
- 1924.
- THAT'S A QUARTER MACHINE.
THAT'S LATER. THIS IS A NICKEL.
- WHAT ABOUT THIS
ONE RIGHT HERE?
- I HOPE THIS ISN'T ONE
OF GREG'S PSYCHIC FINDS,
BECAUSE IF IT IS,
WE'RE ALL OUT OF LUCK.
Both: MAKE HIM
SELL. MAKE HIM SELL.
- PROBABLY CAN'T GO
ANY LESS THAN $1,000.
- I'D FEEL COMFORTABLE
AT ABOUT $800.
- I HAVE TO GET MORE
THAN THAT FOR IT.
- HOW ABOUT IF
WE SPLIT IT, $900?
- I'M PRETTY SURE I
PAID $1,000 OR $1,050.
- I'LL DO $1,000.
- OKAY.
- ALL RIGHT. GOOD ENOUGH.
- GREG SOLD SOMETHING?
- GREG SOLD SOMETHING.
- ALL RIGHT, GREG. ALL RIGHT!
- IT WAS A GREAT ITEM.
I DID NOT EXPECT TO
FIND THAT IN THERE.
I COULDN'T WAIT TO GET IT OUT.
- ALL RIGHT, YOU GOT IT?
- WHOA. YEAH.
- THAT THING IS GONNA SHINE UP.
IT'S GONNA LOOK AS GOOD
AS A BRAND NEW PENNY.
- YOU GOT HER?
- I THINK I DO.
- WE SEEN SOME AMAZING,
AMAZING THINGS HERE TODAY.
- THANK YOU, BUDDY.
- THANK YOU.
- ALL RIGHT.
- THANKS, BUDDY.
- YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S
AROUND THE NEXT CORNER
OR THE NEXT PHONE CALL
OR THE NEXT CHANCE
MEETING OF DESTINY
AND THE FUTURE.
- MEETING GREG
TODAY WAS INCREDIBLE.
- IT TOOK A WHILE FOR US TO
GET THE BALL ROLLING HERE,
BUT ONCE WE DID, WE
GOT SOME KILLER STUFF.
- I SPOKE TO A LOT OF
PEOPLE ABOUT THIS CAR.
DOUG PULLED THROUGH
AND SHOWED UP.
NOW WE JUST HAVE
TO SEAL THE DEAL
AND HOPE HE LEAVES
WITH THE THING.
FINGERS CROSSED.
- WELL, COME ON, DOUG.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
- OKAY.
- THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL CAR.
- YEAH, IT WILL BE.
- I'M GLAD THAT IT'S
FINDING A GOOD HOME.
- IT'S A SWEETHEART.
I'VE ALWAYS LOVED STUDEBAKERS
BECAUSE I ALWAYS THOUGHT
THEY WERE SO UGLY
THEY WERE CUTE.
- YOU'RE GONNA REDO IT?
- OH, YEAH. HAVE ALL THAT
RE-CHROMED, BUMPERS RE-CHROMED.
- $3,500 IS THE PRICE ON IT.
YOU GOOD WITH THAT?
- SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
- WILL YOU BRING ME BACK
PICTURES WHEN IT'S DONE?
- OH, YEAH.
- GOOD.
- I NEED TO HELP YOU
GET THIS LOADED UP.
ALL RIGHT, I THINK THAT'LL WORK.
WE GOT IT, WE GOT IT, WE GOT IT.
KEEP GOING. KEEP GOING.
I CAN'T BELIEVE WE
GOT IT UP THERE.
- ME NEITHER.
- I THINK I HAVE A HERNIA.
- I DO TOO.
- WHAT ARE WE
HOOKING IT ONTO HERE?
- I DON'T KNOW.
I'M TRYING TO SEE.
- WE NEED IT TO HOOK
UP HIGHER ON THAT TIRE.
ALL RIGHT. NOW PULL IT TIGHT.
YOU'RE PROBABLY
GONNA HAVE TO PULL IT...
THERE YOU GO.
ATTABOY. PERFECT.
WHO'S BUYING ME A BEER?
- HERE.
- NO, NO, NO. THANK YOU.
NO. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'LL TOTALLY TAKE
THAT. THANK YOU.
- OKAY.
- THE BOYS CALLED ME
OUT ON A CHALLENGE.
THEY THOUGHT THAT I WOULDN'T
BE ABLE TO SELL THE CAR.
- THANK YOU.
TAKE CARE!
- I PRETTY MUCH CAN
MAKE ANYTHING HAPPEN
IF I PUT MY MIND TO IT,
SO I'M AWESOME LIKE THAT.
[phone rings]
- DANIELLE'S CALLING.
HEY, WHAT'S UP, DANIELLE?
- HEY, SO DO YOU REMEMBER
THE BIG, HUGE SCALLOPS
THEY HAVE AT THE FAITHFUL PILOT,
THE ONES THAT ARE, LIKE,
THE SIZE OF YOUR FACE?
- OH, MY GOD, I LOVE THOSE.
- I WANT THOSE AND THEN
I WANT A FILET AS WELL
UNLESS THEY HAVE NEW YORK STRIP.
IF THEY HAVE A NEW YORK
STRIP, I MIGHT TAKE THAT.
- WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
- I SOLD THE CAR.
- YOU SOLD THE CAR!
- WHAT?
- HOW MUCH?
- $3,500.
- $3,500?
[laughs]
NO WAY!
IT'S NOT ON OUR
PROPERTY ANYMORE?
- IT'S GONE.
I... I LOADED IT.
- THAT'S SOLD IN MY
BOOK, WHEN IT'S GONE.
- THAT'S AWESOME!
- AWESOME, DANIELLE.
- HONEY, I AM SO
PROUD OF YOU. I AM.
I WISH I WAS THERE TO
SEE THAT BIG OLE SMILE
ON YOUR FACE RIGHT NOW.
- I JUST REALLY WANTED
TO MAKE YOU GUYS PROUD.
- OH, MY GOD, YOU HAVE.
- OH, MY GOD, WE ARE.
- YOU DO ALL THE TIME. WE
JUST DON'T TELL YOU ENOUGH.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT,
ENJOY YOURSELF.
- I WAS GONNA SAY
ENJOY THOSE SCALLOPS.
- TAKE YOURSELF OUT TONIGHT.
- OKAY. THANK YOU. BYE.
- OH, MY GOD! I
CAN'T BELIEVE THAT.
MAYBE WE SHOULD BET
DANIELLE MORE OFTEN.
- MAYBE THAT GAVE
HER SOME INCENTIVE.
- SHE'S A TOUGH CHICK.
- WE LIT A FIRE UNDER HER BUTT.
- HOW'D SHE GET FULL PRICE?
SHE'S A WITCHY WOMAN, DUDE.
I'M GLAD SHE'S ON OUR TEAM.
- I WONDER IF THEY'LL
KNOW IF I CLOSE DOWN EARLY.
I'M HUNGRY. I'M DOING IT.
- HI. HOW MAY I HELP
YOU THIS EVENING?
- HI. UM, I'LL TAKE
ONE OF EVERYTHING.
- HEY, MAKE SURE
WE KEEP UP WITH HIM.
- THIS IS THE FAST ONE.
- IT WAS LIKE
NASCAR PICKING, MAN.
- IT WOULD HOUSE UP
TO 100 INMATES IN HERE.
- THIS GUY LIVES IN A PRISON!
- THIS IS THE WORLD'S
FIRST COMPUTER.
[jaunty music]
- SO HE SAID THEY MIGHT HAVE
SOME PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS
FOR THE STUDEBAKER.
- AS OF RIGHT NOW
NO SALE, RIGHT?
- THE WHEELS ARE IN MOTION.
- YOU ARE THE NEW OWNER OF A...
- POLARIMETER.
- POLARIMETER.
- YAY! WHOO!
[CLAPPING, CHEERING]
- 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.
[sustained chord]
♪ ♪
[PHONE RINGS]
- HELLO?
- I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU.
- YES, MA'AM. HIT IT ON.
- HOW MUCH DO YOU
LOVE ME RIGHT NOW?
- I LOVE YOU A LITTLE BIT.
- SO I'M SENDING YOU
SOMEPLACE REALLY BADASS.
- OKAY, WHAT'S,
WHAT WOULD THAT BE?
- THERE'S TWO REALLY
COOL GUYS, FATHER AND SON,
NAMED SAM AND
STAN, AND THEY HAVE
A STEEL YARD KIND
OF A THING GOING ON.
- WELL THAT WOULD BE A FIRST.
WE'VE NEVER HAD ROCK
STAR ACCESS AT A STEEL PLANT.
- I THINK YOU'LL BE HAPPY.
- HASTA.
- TEN FOUR.
- BYE.
- WE'RE GOING TO
PICK A STEEL PLANT.
- YA NEVER KNOW. SHE
PUT US IN A CEMENT LOT.
REMEMBER THE CEMENT LOT?
ONE OF MY BIGGEST SCORES.
- THAT WAS MEGA SCORE.
- WHAT'S COOL ABOUT
DANIELLE IS SHE'S REALLY USED
TO NOW JUST THROWING STUFF AT
THE WALL AND SEEING WHAT STICKS,
SO TODAY A STEEL PLANT STUCK
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.
- I LIKE HER STYLE. I LIKE
HER SPEED THAT WAY.
- I'LL SEE HOW MUCH
I LIKE HER AFTER
WE LEAVE THE PLACE.
- WHEN WE PULLED
INTO THE PROPERTY,
WE SAW ALL THESE BUILDINGS.
IT WAS PRETTY EXCITING.
THERE WAS A LOT OF RUSTY,
JUNKY STUFF OUT FRONT.
I WAS THINKING, "OKAY,
IF THEY'VE GOT THIS
MUCH STUFF OUTSIDE,
THEY GOTTA HAVE SOME
GREAT STUFF INSIDE."
- SEE WHAT THESE
GUYS ARE ALL ABOUT.
- HELLO!
[dog barking] COME HERE, PUPPY!
HI. WHO'S THIS?
- THAT'S PEPPER.
- THAT'S PEPPER, THE MASCOT.
- THAT'S PEPPER? HOW
YA DOING? HEY, I'M MIKE.
- SAM SHAPIRO. HI
MIKE. HOW ARE YA?
- SAM, FRANK FRITZ.
HOW YA DOING SAM?
- HEY, YOU STAN?
- I'M STAN.
- OH, MY GOD.
THESE GUYS ARE THE GOOD
FELLOWS OF THE STEEL BUSINESS.
- I STARTED WITH MY
FATHER, IN PROBABLY 1960.
AND THEN MY SON CAME IN
ABOUT FIFTEEN YEARS AGO,
AND IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE
WORKING WITH HIM.
WE HAVE TWO ACRES OF
GROUND; FIVE BUILDINGS.
- AND 99.9% OF EVERYTHING
HERE IS FOR SALE.
- WITH THE TYPE OF
BUSINESS YOU GUYS HAVE,
HOW DID YOU GET INTO
COLLECTING STUFF?
- I'VE JUST ALWAYS
COLLECTED STUFF.
- JUST, LIKE, I MEAN LIKE
DID YOU GUYS DEMOLISH
BUILDINGS OR JUST
PICKED UP STUFF?
- NO, WE USUALLY BUY A
LOT OF STUFF AT AUCTIONS.
- OKAY.
- ESTATE SALES.
I COLLECTED HOTEL
KEYS WHEN I WAS A KID.
- AS SOON AS I FOUND OUT
THAT THEY WERE COLLECTORS
AND NOT JUST STEEL SELLERS,
I GOT REAL EXCITED TO SEE
WHAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE HERE.
- WE'RE INTERESTED IN
LOOKING AT ANYTHING YOU
GUYS HAVE MAN, ANYTHING.
- WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BLAST.
- HEY, MAKE SURE
WE KEEP UP WITH HIM.
- THIS IS THE FAST ONE.
- AH, THIS IS THE
FAST ONE, FRANK.
- I MEAN, IT WAS LIKE
NASCAR PICKING MAN.
- THEY'D BEEN UP AND DOWN
THOSE CHUTES A FEW TIMES
BEFORE, YOU KNOW?
IT WAS A LITTLE SKETCHY GOING
AROUND SOME OF THEM TURNS.
- WE'RE CRUISING AROUND,
CHECKING THIS PLACE OUT.
THERE'S ROW AFTER
ROW OF STEEL PARTS.
THERE'S SO MUCH
STUFF IN THAT BUILDING,
AND WE'RE GOING BY SO FAST,
IT WAS REALLY HARD
TO DISSECT EVERYTHING
SO WE'RE HOPING THERE'S
SOMETHING IN HERE
THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN.
- I GOT SOMETHING
TO SHOW YOU GUYS.
- ALL RIGHT.
- HERE WE GO.
- OH, WOW.
- OOH, THAT'S COOL.
- OH, YEAH, MAN. YOU
GOT MY JUICES FLOWING.
- THESE ARE, UH, LIGHT
SCONCES OFF BUILDINGS?
- YEAH, THERE'S
TWO OF THEM THERE.
- I'M GETTING KIND OF
SWEATY AND TWITCHY
JUST HOLDING ONTO
IT HERE, FRANKY.
- THIS IS SOMETHING
WE WOULD LIKE.
IT'S ARCHITECTURAL. IT'S PRETTY.
IT'S GOT SOME GREAT
PATINA GOING ON IT.
AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW,
"HEY, WE'D BE IN ON THIS."
- THIS IS GOING ON LIKE THAT.
- AND THEN THIS
IS GOING LIKE THAT.
- AND THEN THERE WOULD
HAVE BEEN LIKE GLASS GLOBES
HANGING OFF IT.
- GLASS GLOBES
AND A BIG POST, YEAH.
- OH, THESE WERE LAMPPOSTS?
- YES.
- SO YOU'RE MISSING
THE WHOLE TOP?
- ON BOTH OF THEM.
- OKAY, I GOT YA.
- THE POST WAS GONE.
THE SHADES WERE GONE.
THE SOCKET LIGHTING.
IT WAS 99% NOT THERE.
- WHAT ARE YOU GUYS THINKING
ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
- UH, WHAT'D YOU THINK, POP?
- $2,500.
- ALL RIGHT.
- WHEN HE SAID $2,500,
WE WERE LIKE "MM."
- I THINK THAT'S A GOOD PRICE
IF THE REST OF IT WAS THERE.
- IF THIS IS GONNA
BE THE FIRST ITEM,
AND IT'S ALL BROKEN
UP AND MISSING PIECES
AND IT'S 2,500 BUCKS,
THIS MIGHT NOT BE A GOOD PICK.
- LATER, MIKE.
- DON'T LET THEM
BEAT US OVER THERE.
- AND WE WERE DRIVING
AROUND ON THE GOLF CART.
IT WAS LIKE, "DID
YOU GUYS SEE THAT?
FRANK, CHECK THIS.
MIKE, LOOK AT THAT."
WE REALLY HAD TO DIG DOWN DEEP
TO SEE THROUGH ALL THE STEEL,
ALL THE DIRT, AND FIND
SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY COOL.
KIND OF A CATCHALL?
- YEAH, EVERYTHING'S A CATCHALL.
- GOD, LOOK AT ALL THIS STUFF.
I THINK WE GOT IN THE
KITCHEN DEPARTMENT.
- THERE WASN'T REALLY ANY RHYME
OR REASON TO THEIR COLLECTION.
BASICALLY THEY LIVED
ANY KIND OF A DEAL.
- IT'S LIKE, "HEY, I GOT
4,700 BALL BEARINGS."
WE'LL TAKE THEM.
- WE'LL SEND A TRUCK.
- YEAH.
- SO I'M LOOKING AROUND.
I'M THINKING TO MYSELF "THERE'S
GOTTA BE SOMETHING HERE
WORTH SOME MONEY.
WHAT ABOUT ANY KIND OF
FUNKY UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE EARLY
INDUSTRIAL LIGHTING
THAT'S LIKE ARTICULATE ARMS
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
MOUNTED ON A BENCH?
- I HAVE ONE OF THEM ON A
PIECE OF MACHINERY WE HAVE.
- THERE IT IS. I SEE IT.
THERE YOU GO MIKE.
- HOW OLD DO YOU
THINK THIS MACHINE IS?
- 40 YEARS OLD.
- I LIKE THIS UTILITARIAN LOOK.
I MEAN, THIS THING'S
PRETTY COOL.
- IT'S MECHANICAL LOOKING.
THEY'RE HOT RIGHT NOW.
PEOPLE USE THEM FOR THEIR DESKS.
- WHAT'D YOU HAVE
TO HAVE FOR THIS?
- MAKE ME AN OFFER.
- UM, HOW ABOUT 50 BUCKS?
- SOLD.
- ALL RIGHT. I'LL
TAKE IT. THANKS.
- WE'LL GET IT UNSCREWED FOR YA.
- OKAY.
- 50 BUCKS, GREAT DEAL,
BECAUSE ANYTIME
YOU FIND THAT STUFF,
THEY WANT $200 FOR IT.
THIS ONE WAS $50. I POPPED.
- I KNOW NOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR.
- STUFF LIKE THIS, IT'S
GOT A NICE LOOK TO IT,
AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY USE IT
AND WHEN YOU CAN
ACTUALLY USE SOMETHING
THEN, YEAH, THEN IT'S
WORTH SOMETHING.
- WE BROKE THE ICE.
WE GOT MONEY FLOWING.
THESE GUYS FINALLY
UNDERSTOOD THE KIND OF THINGS
THAT WE WERE AFTER.
THEN IT WAS GAME ON.
HERE'S THE PURSE I THINK
THAT GOES WITH THAT BELT.
- YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU'RE VERY GOOD AT THAT.
- IT'S CRACKED UP ON THE
CORNER HERE. IT'S BROKE.
- PORCELAIN ONES RIGHT THERE.
- OH, YEAH.
- OH, MAN.
- METAL LETTERS,
PORCELAIN PAINTED,
THOSE ARE REALLY
COOL, REALLY RAD.
I MEAN, IN NEW YORK CITY
THEY'RE GETTING AS MUCH MAYBE
AS $200 A PIECE
FOR THOSE THINGS.
- LET'S SEE WHAT YOU'VE
GOT GOING ON HERE.
- ALL RIGHT.
I KNOW WHERE THE "S" IS.
- WAS THIS REALLY YOUR SIGN?
- IT WAS.
- YES, WE HAD IT ON A
DIFFERENT BUILDING.
- IT WAS PART OF OUR SIGN.
- THERE WERE THREE
GENERATIONS AT THIS BUSINESS.
THIS WAS ACTUALLY
THEIR SIGN THAT THEY HAD
HANGING ON THE
OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING.
SO COOL TO HAVE THE HISTORY
OF A PIECE WHEN YOU BUY IT.
- ALL RIGHT, STAN,
DON'T KICK ME TOO HARD.
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?
- UM...
YEAH.
- 50 BUCKS FOR ALL OF THEM.
- ALL RIGHT, MAN. COOL.
- HEY, GOLF CART PICKING.
THAT WAS SOMETHING
DIFFERENT, HUH?
- IT WAS REALLY COOL. I HAD
NO IDEA THEY WENT SO FAST.
- YEAH, WE SHOULD TRY
DOING THAT MORE OFTEN.
- STAN, THAT WAS A WILD RIDE.
- MAN, THIS PLACE
JUST KEEPS ON GOING.
- DOESN'T IT?
- YEAH, THESE GUYS GOT
SOME STORAGE, DON'T THEY?
- SO WHAT IS IT YOU
WANTED TO SHOW US IN HERE?
- WELL, THIS LITTLE,
UH, GOLF BALL.
- THIS LITTLE BALL.
- OH, MY GOD.
- WHAT IS THIS?
IT'S LIKE LIFTING THE
WORLD OR SOMETHING?
- STAN HAD THIS 5,000
POUND ALUMINUM BALL,
LOOKED LIKE THE EARTH, YOU KNOW,
A BIG ATLAS-TYPE LOOKING THING.
- THIS IS WHAT I FEEL LIKE
EVERY DAY WHEN I'M WITH FRANK.
LIKE THE WORLD'S
ON MY SHOULDERS.
IT'S NOT EASY
TRAVELING WITH THIS GUY.
WHERE'D THIS COME FROM?
- AIRCRAFT
MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
- OKAY, WELL, IT'S MADE
A GOOD HOME THEN.
IT'S IN AN AIRPLANE HANGAR.
- THERE YOU GO.
- YEAH, WHAT IT WAS USED
FOR, I'LL BE DAMNED IF I KNOW.
[laughter]
I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE GOOD
AT A GOLF COURSE SOMEWHERE.
- I DON'T THINK WE CAN
GET THAT IN THE VAN.
YOU INTERESTED?
- I'M NOT INTER...
NO. IT'S TOO BIG.
THAT'S A BIG BOY TOY.
- WHO WOULD I SELL
THAT TO, YOU KNOW?
THIS THING WAS SUPER
HEAVY. WE DECIDED TO PASS.
- ALL RIGHT, GUYS. SOME
PRETTY NEAT STUFF IN HERE.
- WE WALK INTO THE OFFICE,
AND I SEE A SIX BLADE BRASS FAN.
- HOW ABOUT THIS FAN?
WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH THAT?
IS IT OSCILLATING?
- YES.
- THREE SPEED?
- I THINK SO.
- IT'S AN EMERSON.
IT WAS PROBABLY IN
SOME SORT OF A FACTORY
'CAUSE IT'S GOT THIS BIG
METAL SCREEN OVER IT.
MAKES IT LOOK MORE INDUSTRIAL.
- HOW MUCH YOU WANT FOR THAT?
- I'D TAKE 40 BUCKS FOR IT.
- I'M A FAN GUY. THIS IS COOL.
- I KINDA LIKE THAT.
- KINDA SOUNDS GOOD.
- YEAH, IT DOES.
- HE PLUGGED IT IN. IT WORKED.
I WAS LIKE, "I GOTTA
HAVE THIS THING."
- ALL RIGHT.
- DEAL.
- ALL RIGHT. THANKS, MAN.
- YOU'RE WELCOME.
- AS I LOOKED OVER
HERE, I SEEN THIS...
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.
IT WAS KIND OF LIKE A
LITTLE CONTRAPTION.
- WHAT'S THIS THING?
- IS THAT A STOCK TICKER?
- NO.
- I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
THIS GOES BACK AND
FORTH, CLICK, CLICK.
- IT WAS BRASS.
IT HAD ALL KINDS OF
CURVED GLASS ON IT.
- THE GAMEWELL COMPANY.
THE LAST PATENT DATE IS '09.
LET'S PUT IT ON THE TABLE
SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT.
ALL RIGHT. THERE
YOU GO. THERE YOU GO.
- IT'S COOL. IT'S BIG.
- 50 BEANS. 50 BEANS
FOR THE CONTRAPTION.
- IT'S GOTTA PROBABLY
BE WORTH THAT
IF YOU KNEW WHAT IT WAS.
- I THINK THAT PIECE OF
GLASS MIGHT BE WORTH THAT.
- IT'S BRASS.
- THAT'S WHAT'S KINDA
COOL ABOUT IT, FRANKY,
IS THAT WE'VE NEVER
SEEN ONE BEFORE,
AND IT'S NOT A LOT OF
MONEY, IT'S NOT A BIG GAMBLE.
- ALL RIGHT. I'LL TELL YA
WHAT. WE'LL DO IT FOR 50.
- AGREED.
- SOMEBODY WILL BE ABLE
TO TELL ME WHAT THAT IS,
AND I'LL BE THE RICHER FOR IT.
- FRANK, WE HAVEN'T EVEN
LOOKED IN THIS ROOM YET.
- YEAH, I KNOW.
- SO WHEN WE CAME
OUT OF THE OFFICE THERE,
I LOOKED OVER, AND I
SEEN THESE MAILBOXES.
- THIS IS KIND OF COOL.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD THIS?
- OH, PROBABLY TEN YEARS.
- WOW. THIS IS JUST A
GREAT PIECE. IT'S ALL BRASS.
THERE'S PROBABLY 50
LITTLE CUBBYHOLES IN THERE.
WHEN YOU BUY THOSE
LITTLE SINGLE ONES,
PEOPLE ARE MAKING
LITTLE BOXES OUT OF THEM,
THEY GO FOR 15, 20, 25 BUCKS.
- WHAT DO YOU VALUE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS AT?
- UM, I WOULD TAKE
A 100 AND 1/4 FOR IT.
- HOW ABOUT UH...
- NO.
- HOW ABOUT $100?
- ALL RIGHT.
- YOU'LL DO IT?
- YEAH.
- ALL RIGHT. I'M GOOD WITH THAT.
- SOLD.
- GREAT DEAL. I LOVE IT.
IT COULD BE A FOCAL
POINT OF A ROOM.
I THINK IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
- THIS IS OUR OFFICE.
- OKAY, THIS IS WHERE
IT ALL HAPPENS?
- THIS IS WHERE
IT ALL GOES DOWN.
- EVERYTHING GOES DOWN?
- THIS IS IT.
- STARSHIP ENTERPRISE?
- NOW DOES EVERYBODY
GET TO COME IN HERE,
OR THIS IS SPECIAL TREATMENT?
- THIS IS SPECIAL.
- THOSE GUYS FELT COMFORTABLE
ENOUGH WITH FRANKY AND I.
THEY'RE LIKE HEY, LET'S
KICK IT IN THE OFFICE.
- WOW. THERE'S ALL
KINDS OF STUFF IN HERE.
- YEAH, THERE'S QUITE
A BIT OF STUFF IN HERE.
- FIRST THING I SEE IS SPOCK.
- WHO'S THE SPOCK FAN?
- I AM THE SPOCK FAN.
- YOU DO HAVE A WIDE
VARIETY OF INTERESTS.
I SEE YOU'VE GOT
SPOCK OVER HERE,
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT
SCARFACE OVER THERE.
- THAT'S HOW I ROLL.
- I SEE THAT.
- YEAH.
- BEAM ME UP.
- BEAM ME UP SCARFACE.
- CAN I SIT AT STARSHIP
ENTERPRISE HERE?
- YES, YOU CAN.
DON'T PRESS THAT
ONE BUTTON THOUGH.
- [laughing] STAN.
- I'M FEELING LIKE,
"OH, MY GOD, I'M
SITTING IN SAM'S SEAT.
- I'M FEELING THE VIBE.
I'M GONNA KICK YOU HARD.
- I'M FEELING COOL AND
THEN FRANKY, HE'S PICKING.
- THERE'S THIS, LIKE,
WEIRD-LOOKING KIND OF MACHINE.
- TEDDY, DO YOU
KNOW WHAT THIS IS?
- ONE OF HIS WORKERS
CAME OVER AND SAID "HEY.
I KNOW ALL ABOUT THAT."
- IT'S BIG. IT'S GOT
MIRRORS. IT'S GOT BRASS.
IT'S GOT LITTLE DIALS
TO LOOK THROUGH.
- TIME TO BUY.
- HOW ABOUT $60? ALL
YOU GOTTA DO IS SAY YES.
- I'D SAY YES AT 40, AND I'D
TAKE IT OUT OF YOUR AREA.
- WHAT DO YA, WHAT DO
YA, WHAT DO YA THINK?
- YOU'VE HAD IT FOR A LONG TIME.
- SOLD!
- THAT WAS FAST, FRANK.
- YOU OWN IT!
- ALL RIGHT.
- YOU ARE THE NEW OWNER OF A...
- POLARIMETER.
- POLARIMETER.
- YAY! WHOO!
- FRANK AND MIKE WERE FANTASTIC!
THEY ARE SO WELCOME IN
OUR SHOP AND OUR HOME.
THEY'RE JUST TWO WONDERFUL GUYS.
- ALL RIGHT, FRANK, GRAB
YOUR POLARIMETER AND LET'S GO.
- ALL RIGHT. LET'S ROLL.
- YOU KNOW, WE GOT SOME
REAL UNUSUAL ITEMS FROM THEM,
AND AS PROMISED, WE HAD A BLAST.
- I GOT THE POST
OFFICE BOXES FOR $100.
I THINK I CAN GET
TWO FIFTY FOR 'EM.
- I LOVE THOSE LETTERS.
THEY CHARGED ME $50.
I THINK I CAN GET $400 FOR THEM.
- IF WE'RE IN ST. LOUIS AGAIN,
WE'LL PROBABLY POP
BY AND SEE THOSE GUYS,
BECAUSE THEY'RE
ALWAYS OUT BUYING.
THEY'RE ALWAYS AT SALES.
THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING
FOR THAT GOOD DEAL.
- YOU KNOW WHAT?
THAT WAS ONE THING I'VE
NEVER PICKED A STEEL WORKS.
- WE'VE PICKED CEMENT PLACES.
- PICKED A CHURCH.
- PICKED A CHURCH.
WE'VE PICKED A TREE FARM.
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME
WE'VE PICKED A STEEL PLANT.
- SEE, IT WORKED OUT.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK
OF MY THINGAMAJIG?
- I THINK THE BRASS
ONE YOU DID OKAY ON
BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY
WORTH THAT IN SCRAP.
- MAYBE WE SHOULD
GET AN APPRAISER
SO SOMEBODY CAN TELL
US EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE.
- I WONDER WHAT
DANIELLE'S DOING RIGHT NOW.
SHE'S PROBABLY KICKED
BACK DOING NOTHING.
- WE'RE HEADING BACK FROM
MISSOURI, BACK TO THE SHOP,
UNLOAD THE VAN AND REGROUP.
- WHAT UP? WHAT'S GOING ON?
- I WASN'T SURE ABOUT THE
ITEMS I GOT FROM THE SHAPIRO'S
SO WE HAD TO GET AN APPRAISER.
- THIS SAYS GAMEWELL.
YOU THINK THIS IS A GAME?
- NO.
- DANIELLE CALLED IN A
GUY TODAY NAMED GEORGE.
HE'S AN EXPERT IN
SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS.
- HOPEFULLY GEORGE WILL
BE ABLE TO TELL ME THE ERA IT
WAS MADE, WHAT THEY ARE, AND
HOPEFULLY I MADE SOME MONEY.
- HEY WHAT'S UP?
- HEY GEORGE, HOW YA DOING?
- NICE TO MEET YA.
- NICE TO MEET YOU.
- AS SOON AS I
WALKED IN, I THOUGHT,
"NOW, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING
I EXPECT TO SEE OUT HERE."
- IT SAYS GAMEWELL ON IT.
- FIRE ALARMS.
THIS IS A TELEGRAPH RELAY FOR
SENDING A FIRE SIGNAL FROM, SAY,
A STREET FIRE ALARM TO THE
CENTRAL STATION, RECORDING IT.
THIS IS FOR TELEGRAPH TAPE.
- SO THERE HAD TO BE A PERSON
THERE 24 HOURS THEN, RIGHT?
I MEAN, THERE HAD TO BE
SOMEONE SITTING IN THERE.
- BASICALLY, THERE
WAS SOMEBODY...
- THINK OF YOUR 911 PHONE CALL.
THIS WAS BEFORE YOU HAD 911.
- DID YOU HEAR THAT, FRANKY?
VICTORIAN 911.
- I GOT IT.
- IT'S A SERIOUS SITUATION.
- BUT THE BIG QUESTION
NOW. WHAT'S THE VALUE?
- UH, IT DEPENDS, REALLY.
IT WOULD APPEAL TO A SCIENTIFIC
INSTRUMENT COLLECTOR.
IT WOULD APPEAL TO A
TELEGRAPH COLLECTOR.
YOU MIGHT GET...
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
WHAT'S YOUR GUESS?
- I'M THINKING AT LEAST $225.
I WOULD THINK IT'D BE...
- YOU'RE ON THE LOW SIDE.
SOMETIMES I'VE SEEN
THEM GO FOR $300.
- REALLY?
- YEAH.
- THAT'S AWESOME.
- $300'S NOT THAT BAD.
- I SEEN YA
EYEBALLING THIS THING.
- OH, YEAH. IT'S
CALLED A POLARIMETER.
"POLAR," POLARIZATION;
"METER," MEASUREMENT OF
THE POLARIZATION OF LIGHT.
- THE ONES I'VE SEEN
HAVE ALMOST ALWAYS
BEEN IN COLLECTIONS.
- THIS WOULD HAVE
BEEN USED IN A FACTORY
OR A RESEARCH LAB, SOMEWHERE
WHERE THEY WERE HAVING
TO DO QUALITY CONTROL.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN
USED IN OIL REFINERY.
BREWERIES USE THEM.
- OH, YEAH, 'CAUSE
YOU KNOW WHAT?
LOOK AT ALL THE BREWERIES
THAT WERE IN ST. LOUIS.
- OH, MY GOSH, YES.
- NOW YOU PUT A
LIQUID IN THAT THING.
IT'S CALLED THE CELL.
YOU PUT IT IN THERE,
AND THEN THIS ONE
OBVIOUSLY HAD A
BURNER, A GAS BURNER.
WHILE HEATING THE LIQUID,
YOU HAVE A LIGHT SOURCE HERE.
YOU'D BE LOOKING THROUGH
HERE SO YOU JUST USE THIS TO
ANALYZE THE SUBSTANCE AND
THE POLARIZATION OF LIGHT.
- SO THE MILLION-DOLLAR
QUESTION IS WHAT'S IT WORTH?
- NOT $1 MILLION.
- YEAH. YEAH, THE
$300 QUESTION IS...
- I'D EXPECT THIS
TO GET IN THE $300
TO $500 RANGE.
- SO I'M GOOD ON THIS ONE TOO.
- LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE
BUYING LUNCH, MAN.
- YEAH.
- THAT'S A GOOD DAY PICKING.
FRANK THOUGHT OUT
OF THE BOX ON THIS ONE.
HE KICKED IT OUT OF THE PARK.
- YOU INTERESTED?
- I DON'T BUY. I JUST SELL.
[laughter]
- WE'RE HITTING THE ROAD.
WE'RE HEADING TOWARDS MISSOURI,
AND WE'RE GONNA DO
SOME FREESTYLE PICKING.
FREESTYLE PICKING IS
ABSOLUTELY WHAT WE LOVE TO DO.
IT'S THE ONLY PART OF
OUR BUSINESS THAT LETS US
GET BACK TO THE BASICS.
- ALL RIGHT, FRANKY,
HERE'S WHAT I'M THINKING.
THE CAR, THE STUDEBAKER
WE GOT FOR 2,000 BUCKS
HAS BEEN SITTING OUT IN
FRONT OF THE SHOP SO LONG
THAT NOW ALL THE TIRES
ARE FLAT ON IT, DUDE.
- I KNOW. IT'S BEEN TAKING
UP SOME SPACE, I KNOW THAT.
- I MEAN, I THOUGHT IT'D
SELL FASTER THAN THAT,
TO BE HONEST WITH YA.
- WELL, MAYBE WE
SHOULD GET DANIELLE ON IT.
- YOU KNOW WHAT? WE
DID, SHE DID APPRAISE IT.
- YOU HAVE YOURSELF
A PRETTY GOOD CAR.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK
VALUE-WISE THOUGH?
- I WOULD GIVE IT SOMEWHERE
BETWEEN $3,000, $3,200.
- WELL, THAT, THAT'S NOT BAD.
- MAYBE WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS...
YOU KNOW HOW SHE LIKES TO EAT?
- OH, YEAH.
- OH, YEAH, DUDE.
MAYBE WE SHOULD TELL
HER, "HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT?
IF YOU SELL THE CAR
WE'LL BUY YOU DINNER
ANYWHERE THAT YOU WANT."
- ISSUE, LIKE, A
CHALLENGE FOR HER?
- OH, YEAH.
- THAT'S DEFINITELY
SOME INCENTIVE.
- I'M GONNA CALL HER RIGHT
NOW. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
[phone rings]
- YES, LOVE?
- DANNY "D," WHAT'S UP?
- JUST CLEANING UP THE GARAGE.
- FRANKY AND I CAME UP WITH
A LITTLE CHALLENGE FOR YA.
- OKAY.
- IF YOU SELL THE STUDEBAKER,
WE'LL BUY YOU DINNER
ANYWHERE YOU WANT.
- BEST - WHATEVER SHE WANTS.
- OKAY.
HOW ABOUT YOU BUY ME
DINNER ANYWHERE I WANT
AND YOU TAKE ME ON A PICK?
- NO.
- NO.
- NO.
- AND THAT ONLY
INCLUDES THREE COURSES.
- YEAH, THREE COURSES
'CAUSE WE KNOW
HOW YOU LIKE TO CHOW DOWN.
- [laughs]
- YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE'RE JUST TALKING A BUNCH
OF TALK HERE RIGHT NOW 'CAUSE.
- WE'RE ENTERTAINING
OURSELVES AT YOUR EXPENSE.
- I'M GONNA SELL THE CAR
ANYWAY, SO IT DOESN'T MATTER.
I JUST HAVE TO PUT IT IN MOTION.
- SHE HAS TO PUT IT IN MOTION.
- YEAH. PUT IT INTO GEAR.
WE'RE PUTTING IT OUT THERE
TO SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO.
- ALL RIGHT, LET US KNOW
WHEN YOU HAVE THE CASH, MAMA.
- ALL RIGHT, WILL DO.
- ALL RIGHT, BU-BYE.
- BYE.
- SHE'S SO COOKED.
- WHEELS IN THE MOTION.
- YOU THINK I CAN'T
SELL THIS CAR?
YOU THINK I CAN'T SELL THIS CAR?
THIS PLACE WOULDN'T RUN
WITHOUT ME, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
I CAN SELL A CAR.
EASIEST THING IN THE WORLD.
TED! HI, TED.
THIS IS DANIELLE OVER AT ANTIQUE
ARCHAEOLOGY, HOW ARE YOU?
- I'M GOING TO DO THIS.
I WILL SELL THIS CAR,
COME HELL OR HIGH WATER.
- I'VE GOT THIS GREAT
STUDEBAKER SITTING OUTSIDE,
AND YOU ARE THE FIRST
PERSON I THOUGHT OF.
IT'S A '50.
$3,500.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL. COME
DOWN AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
- FRANKY AND I ARE DRIVING
AROUND FREESTYLING,
WHICH WE LOVE TO DO.
- LOOK AT THIS PLACE HERE.
LOOK AT THAT
BUILDING OVER THERE.
CHECK OUT THE MOTORCYCLE!
- OH, YEAH! LOOK AT THAT GUY.
THAT GUY LOOKED GOOD.
THAT GUY LOOKED GOOD.
- HE DID LOOK
GOOD. LOOK AT THIS.
- WE'VE BEEN DOING A
LOT OF WINDSHIELD TIME.
THE MORE MILES WE LAY DOWN,
THAT'S HOW WE'RE
GONNA FIND THIS STUFF.
- LOOK AT THIS.
- CHECK OUT THE CAR.
LET'S GO LOOK AT THIS GUY.
- WE SEE AN OLD CAR OUT
FRONT, AND IT'S A PERFECT EXCUSE
FOR US TO STOP AND SAY, "HEY,
MAN, HOW MUCH IS THE CAR?"
AND THEN, "BY THE WAY,
WHAT DO YOU GOT IN
THE OUTBUILDINGS?"
- THAT'S RIGHT.
- HEY, HOW YOU DOING MAN?
- HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
- DOING GOOD.
- MY NAME'S FRANK.
- HI, FRANK. I'M DALLAS.
- HEY, MIKE WOLFE.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
- NICE TO MEET YOU, MIKE.
- WE THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA
BE SOME OLDER PEOPLE,
OLDER CAR; HERE'S
A GUY IN HIS 20s.
- WE DO HAVE A LITTLE
INTEREST IN THE CAR, BUT WE
WERE WONDERING IF... WE SAW
YOUR OUTBUILDINGS AND STUFF...
IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE?
- WELL, ACTUALLY, YEAH,
THIS WAS ALL MY GRANDMA
AND GRANDPA'S PLACE, BUT
MY GRANDPA PASSED AWAY.
I'M JUST HERE CUTTING THE GRASS.
- ANYTHING THAT YOU MIGHT
CONSIDER SELLING OR ANYTHING?
ARE YOU GUYS AT THE POINT
WHERE YOU'RE GOING
TO GET RID OF STUFF?
- YEAH, I THINK WE'RE
ABOUT AT THAT POINT.
LET ME GET MY UNCLE
AND MY MOM HERE,
AND WE'LL TAKE A
LOOK AT SOME THINGS.
- AWESOME.
- WE MEET A LOT OF PEOPLE
IN THIS SITUATION WHERE
THEY'RE FEELING OVERWHELMED
AFTER A RELATIVE PASSES AWAY.
YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THESE
ITEMS THIS PERSON COLLECTED
THEIR WHOLE LIFE.
- THEY WERE SO GRACIOUS TO
SHOW US AROUND, YOU KNOW?
- YEAH, AND I THINK IT WASN'T
TOO HARD TO GET THEM TO
COME OUT AND SHOW US AROUND
BECAUSE THE ONLY THING HE HAD
TO DO TODAY WAS MOW THE LAWN.
- THIS IS THE
ORIGINAL HOMESTEAD.
GRANDPARENTS LIVED HERE,
AND ALL THE KIDS WERE BORN.
- THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN
ON THIS PROPERTY SINCE 1912.
HIS GRANDFATHER, HIS
GREAT-GRANDFATHER,
ALL OF THESE PEOPLE
WERE COLLECTORS
AND HAD LIVED ON THIS PROPERTY.
- ALL RIGHT, FRANKIE, WE'RE
GETTING THE TOUR, MAN.
- THIS WAS HIS STORAGE SHOP.
- THERE WAS JUST PILES
AND PILES OF STUFF.
- BUT AS A PICKER, YOU
CAN'T LET THAT DETER YOU.
YOU'VE GOT TO DIVE
IN, HOPE FOR THE BEST,
AND HAVE YOUR
EYES DO THE WALKING.
- WE PILED A LOT OF THIS
STUFF IN KIND OF PREPARATION
FOR AN AUCTION.
- YOU KNOW WHEN I HEARD THE
WORD "AUCTION," I THOUGHT "PERFECT.
THIS IS EXCELLENT TIMING.
I'M GONNA GET MY EYES ON IT
BEFORE THE GENERAL
PUBLIC GETS TO SWOOP IN.
- ALL RIGHT, THAT'S WHAT I WANT.
WHAT'S THIS HERE? IT'S
AN OLD MOVIE POSTER.
- I THINK THE WHOLE
TIME WE WERE PICKING,
DALLAS WAS TRYING
TO FEEL US OUT, MAN.
HE WAS LIKE, "WHAT ARE
THESE GUYS GONNA PAY?
HOW SERIOUS ARE THEY?
WHAT IS THEIR KNOWLEDGE?
WHAT ARE THEY
REALLY DOING HERE?"
- I SEE SOMETHING.
I'M JUMPING INTO THE
POSEIDON ADVENTURE.
- OKAY, MIKE. YOU DO THAT.
- HOW ABOUT THIS?
- THAT THING WAS
COOL. NICE COLOR.
STILL HAD NICE GRAPHICS ON IT.
I'D SAY IT WAS FROM
THE LATE '40s, EARLY '50s.
- WHAT WOULD YOU
HAVE TO HAVE FOR THAT?
- TEN BUCKS?
- NO.
[mutters]
UM, I LIKE IT,
SO LET ME SCHOOL
YOU A LITTLE BIT.
I MEAN, THIS THING,
IT'S IN NICE SHAPE,
THE COLORS ARE GOOD ON IT.
THIS IS LIKE 150-DOLLAR
RETAIL PIECE, BUT YOU KNOW,
WE'RE PICKERS, SO
I'D DO LIKE 70 BUCKS?
- I'D SAY, THAT'S A
PRETTY GOOD DEAL.
- WANT TO DO THAT? OKAY.
- I HAD NO IDEA THAT
WAS WORTH THAT MUCH.
- YEAH.
- SO WAS YOUR
GRANDFATHER A COLLECTOR,
OR WAS HE ONE OF
THOSE GUYS THAT JUST,
IF HE SAW A DEAL,
HE HAD TO HAVE IT?
- SOME AUCTIONEER AT
THE END OF THE SALE SAID,
"ALL OF IT FOR A BUCK,"
HE'D SAY, "LOAD IT UP."
- YOU HEAR THAT, FRANKIE?
- I HEARD THAT.
- THIS IS A CLASSIC GUY
AT THE END OF THE
AUCTION SCENARIO,
AND IT'S A HUGE RED FLAG FOR US.
- WHAT'D YOU FIND, BUDDY?
- TWO RUSTY BICYCLE
WHEELS AND SOME CARDBOARD.
GOT ANY OTHER
BUILDINGS WE CAN LOOK AT?
- WE HAVE TO KIND OF
CHANGE GEARS A LITTLE BIT.
I DIDN'T WANT TO BE THE GUY
THAT CHERRY PICKED A
FEW THINGS HERE OR THERE,
AND THEN WHEN THEY
HAVE THEIR AUCTION,
THEN IT'S JUST GOING TO
BE DETRIMENTAL TO THEM,
AND IT'S GONNA HURT
THEM IN THE LONG RUN.
WHEN YOU HAVE AN AUCTION,
THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING IN
THAT LISTING TO
GET PEOPLE TO COME.
- THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF
STUFF HERE THAT'S GONNA GET
PICKED OVER, SO
THERE'S A FEW THINGS
THAT YOU DO HAVE
HERE THAT ARE GOOD,
YOU'RE GONNA WANT TO EMPHASIZE
ON THAT TO GET THE PEOPLE HERE.
- THESE GUYS WANT
TO SELL THEIR STUFF;
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S WORTH.
WE DECIDED THIS WAS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GIVE BACK,
SHARE SOME OF OUR
KNOWLEDGE, AND LET THEM KNOW
WHAT'S HOT FOR THEIR AUCTION.
- THIS IS GONNA BE SOMETHING
THAT YOU'LL
PROBABLY WANT TO LIST.
PEOPLE COLLECT THAT.
IT'S A COFFEE GRINDER.
- IN THIS CONDITION ON HERE,
THIS IS WORTH AT
LEAST $85 TO $150.
- HERE'S A BUNCH OF
MANUALS FOR THE TRACTORS.
CASE. JOHN DEERE
COMBINES. LOOK AT THAT.
- WHEN I FOUND THAT
FARM LITERATURE,
THAT WAS GREAT STUFF.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL
BRING PEOPLE TO AN AUCTION
BECAUSE PEOPLE THAT GO
TO AUCTIONS, THEY COLLECT,
THEY WANT TO INVEST
OR THEY WANT TO FLIP IT.
- THIS WOULD BE AWESOME TO
BRING PEOPLE INTO AN AUCTION.
- THIS IS A GOOD ONE.
CLEANED UP, THAT
WILL BRING YOU $15, $20.
- IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE
THAT INFORMATION TO THEM.
THAT'S SOME INFORMATION
THAT'S TAKEN US A
LONG TIME TO FIND OUT.
I THINK PEOPLE APPRECIATE THAT.
- SEE, THOSE CAST IRON
LEGS, THOSE ARE GOOD, MAN.
I'VE SEEN PEOPLE PAY AS MUCH
AS 100 BUCKS FOR FOUR LEGS,
IF THEY'RE REALLY ORNATE.
- IT WAS GOOD FOR THEM
TO BE HONEST WITH US.
THEY COULD GIVE US THE
TRUE VALUE OF SOMETHING.
THAT MEANT A LOT TO US.
- MADE IN 1948.
I THINK IT WOULD CLEAN UP.
- JUST BEFORE WE
WERE READY TO LEAVE,
THEY THREW US A BONE,
AND THEY TOOK US
TO THE LAST BUILDING.
- WE CALL IT TONY'S MUSEUM.
- THIS IS WHERE THE HONEY IS.
- BOOM, THEY DUMPED A LOAD ON US
WHICH WAS SOME KILLER STUFF.
- FRANK, THESE GUYS GOT LOTS
OF STUFF FOR A GOOD DRAW.
- LITTLE CANDLESTICK PHONE HERE.
- A LOT OF BOXES AND CASES
FILLED TO THE BRIM WITH SMALLS.
- I LOVE ALL THESE
LITTLE SMALL ITEMS.
WHAT IS THIS?
- I FOUND JUST A
FEW LITTLE SMALLS.
HERE'S WHAT WE CALL
SMALLS IN OUR GAME.
THIS IS A LITTLE
FLOOR SIGN SHOE.
IT'S KIND OF A NEAT
LITTLE ADVERTISING THING.
I FOUND A ROYAL CROWN
COLA, LITTLE ADVERTISING PIECE.
THIS IS AN INDUSTRY
BANK. KIND OF NEAT.
- I'M OUT THERE DIGGING
THROUGH SMALLS,
I REALLY FEEL LIKE
I'M IN MY ELEMENT.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF
YOU BUNDLE ALL THAT STUFF
TOGETHER, YOU CAN
REALLY COME OUT AHEAD.
- I'M THINKING $15,
$10, $25, $25 ON THIS,
SO LIKE $50, AND
UH, FIVE... $65.
- SOLD.
- ALL RIGHT.
- I HAVE A DIVERSE CLIENT
BASE THAT REALLY LOVES SMALLS.
I THINK I REALLY DID GOOD
AND I THINK I CAME OUT ON TOP.
- OOH.
HOW MUCH IS THAT?
IT SAYS VELIE.
THAT WAS A CAR THAT
WAS MANUFACTURED
ACROSS THE RIVER FROM US.
IT'S MADE IN MOLINE, ILLINOIS.
- IT'S KIND OF HOMETOWN
HONEY PIECE FOR ME.
YOU NEVER FIND VELIE
CAR STUFF, SO WHEN I SAW
THE VELIE HAT PIN, I WAS
LIKE, "I GOT TO HAVE THIS.
THIS IS A REALLY GREAT PIECE."
- HOW ABOUT TEN
ON THE VELIE PIN?
YOU KNOW THAT WOULD'VE
WENT TO AUCTION,
AND SOMEONE WOULD'VE
BOUGHT THIS WHOLE BOX FOR THAT.
- ALL RIGHT. SINCE IT'S
FROM YOUR HOME AREA.
- IT IS. IT'S RIGHT ACROSS
THE RIVER FROM US.
- THAT'S SO COOL.
- HAVE YOU SEEN THAT BEFORE?
- WHAT IS IT?
- THAT'S A FACE. I
HAVEN'T SEEN THAT PIECE.
- IT'S A PITCHER
WITH A FACE ON IT.
IT'S SO COOL, SO BIZARRE.
I LOVE THAT KIND OF STUFF.
- WHAT WOULD YOU WANT FOR THAT?
- $30.
- I THINK THEIR
NEGOTIATING SKILLS
GOT A LITTLE SHARPER
BY THE END OF THE DAY.
- HOW ABOUT $20?
- $20.
- $20? ALL RIGHT,
FRANKIE? $20 ON THIS, DUDE.
- WHAT ABOUT THIS SIGN?
IS THIS SOMETHING
YOU GUYS WOULD SELL?
- DEFINITELY, YEAH.
- THEY HAD A U.S.L.
BATTERY SIGN.
U.S.L. WAS A BATTERY COMPANY
THAT WAS MADE IN THE '70s
BEFORE THEY WERE BOUGHT
OUT BY A BIGGER COMPANY.
WHENEVER I SEE U.S.L. STUFF, I
GRAVITATE TOWARDS IT BECAUSE
I HAVE CUSTOMERS BACK HOME
THAT JUST LOVE THIS STUFF.
- WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE TO
HAVE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
- $35, STARTING.
- I THINK IT'D BE
WORTH $40 TO ME.
- YOU CAN DO IT.
- OKAY, GOOD ENOUGH.
- I THINK CLEANED
UP, $125 ALL DAY.
- DALLAS SAID HE HAD
A FEW MINUTES FOR US.
I THINK WE'VE
MAXED OUR TIME OUT.
- I KNOW.
- I DON'T THINK I
GOT THE GRASS CUT.
[all talking at once]
- HEY GUYS, THANKS A LOT.
- OH, NO PROBLEM.
- WE HAD FUN.
- YEAH, IT DOES!
- MY SIGN CLEANED UP,
I THINK IT'LL BE GREAT.
- IT WAS AN EYE-OPENER,
BOTTOM LINE.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS FAIR
PRICES, AND WHAT THEY DID FIND,
THEY SEEMED TO BE
HAPPY, AND WE WERE HAPPY,
SO WHAT MORE CAN YOU ASK FOR?
- THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YEAH, IT WAS FUN.
- IT WAS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
- WHEN THE RUBBER
HIT THE ROAD TODAY,
WE DID MAKE A GOOD STOP.
THESE GUYS ARE GONNA HOPEFULLY
HOOK US UP IN THE
FUTURE ON SOME THINGS.
WE DID HAVE FUN
PICKING THROUGH STUFF.
- SEE YOU ALL LATER.
- IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT MONEY.
IT'S ABOUT KARMA AND TREATING
PEOPLE FAIR GOES A LONG WAYS.
- LET'S CHECK DANIELLE'S
ROLE ON THE CAR TO SEE
IF SHE'S GOT IT, WHAT'S
GOING ON WITH HER.
- SEE IF SHE'S GOT
HER WHEELS IN MOTION.
[phone rings]
- YES? THIS IS DANIELLE.
- WHAT YA DOING?
- I'M TRYING TO SELL A DAMN CAR.
- YOU SAID YOU MIGHT HAVE
SOME PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS
FOR THE STUDEBAKER.
YOU SAID YOU GOT THE WHEELS
IN MOTION, WHATEVER THAT MEANS.
- THE WHEELS ARE IN MOTION.
- DANNY, AS OF RIGHT
NOW, NO SALE, RIGHT?
- AS OF RIGHT NOW
THERE'S NO SALE,
BUT THAT WILL CHANGE.
- WHAT'S HER GIBBERISH?
- SHE SAID THAT SHE
HASN'T SOLD IT YET.
ALL RIGHT.
WELL, HEY, IT SOUNDS
LIKE OUR MONEY'S SAFE
WITH NOT PURCHASING DINNER.
- OH, NO, NO.
WE'LL BE, WE'LL DEFINITELY
BE HAVING DINNER.
- THE BET WAS ONLY
THREE COURSES TOO,
NOT LIKE TEN FRIENDS.
- I ROLL WITH MY POSSE.
IF I BRING TEN FRIENDS,
I BRING TEN FRIENDS.
- YOU'RE BREAKING UP. BU-BYE.
- BYE.
[laughter]
- BRAD, HI!
I HAVE THIS AMAZING
STUDEBAKER. IT'S A 1950.
$3,500.
[dial tone]
BRAD?
- THESE GUYS THINK
I CAN'T SELL A CAR?
I CAN SELL A DAMN CAR.
- I HAVE AN AMAZING STUDEBAKER
I THINK THAT YOU
WOULD BE IN LOVE WITH.
I KNOW WHAT A CAR GUY YOU
ARE... HI, IS YOUR MOMMY HOME?
OH, YOU'RE EATING A POPSICLE?
THAT'S SO GREAT...
IS THIS BILL?
NO, NO, NO, NO, HI,
THIS IS BILL'S WIFE.
NO, THIS IS DANIELLE.
OH, YOU DON'T WANT HIM
TO BUY ANYTHING ELSE?
THAT'S FUNNY. OH, NO,
YOU SERIOUSLY DON'T.
OKAY, ALL RIGHT. YOU
KNOW YOU WANT IT.
COME ON, HOW ABOUT
IF I BUY YOU DINNER?
$2,000?
YOU KNOW THAT'S
NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
I SENT YOU ALL THE
INFORMATION, SO PLEASE CALL ME.
IT'S PRETTY BADASS. I THINK
YOU'D LOOK SO HOT IN IT.
- I'M DETERMINED.
I'LL SELL THIS CAR.
- I HAVE ABOUT FOUR OTHER
PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED,
SO COME DOWN AS SOON AS YOU CAN.
ALL RIGHT, THANKS, BYE.
- I'M GONNA SELL THE CAR.
THE POWER OF
POSITIVE THINKING, MAN.
- WE'RE IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI.
WE JUST GOT THE
CALL FROM DANIELLE.
SHE'S GOT THIS FUNKY DUDE.
HIS NAME IS GREG FELARDO,
AND THIS GUY CLAIMS
TO BE A PSYCHIC PICKER.
- HE FOUND LIKE ONE ITEM
SOMEWHERE, AND THEN, LIKE,
FIVE YEARS LATER, HE
FINDS ANOTHER ITEM
THAT ACTUALLY WENT WITH THAT.
SOMEHOW HE THINKS
HE'S TELEPATHETIC.
WHAT'S THAT WORD?
- TELEPATHIC.
- HE'S TELEPATHIC.
- THIS PLACE IS AWESOME.
- THIS PLACE IS HUGE.
IF HE'S GOT A HUGE BUILDING
HE'S GONNA HAVE A LOT OF STUFF.
- HEY, I'M MIKE.
- GLAD TO MEET YOU.
- HOW YA DOING? I'M FRANK.
- THIS USED TO BE AN
OLD POLICE STATION, I SEE.
- YES, IT WOULD HOUSE
UP TO 100 INMATES IN HERE.
- THIS GUY LIVES IN A PRISON!
- I WAS LOOKING FOR A
PLACE TO MOVE TO AND STORE
SOME OF THE THINGS I'VE
COLLECTED OVER A LIFETIME.
- WHEN GREG WAS 26 YEARS OLD,
HE BOUGHT THIS HUGE MANSION
AND FILLED IT WITH
HIS COLLECTION.
THEN FIVE YEARS AGO, HE
RETIRED AS A SCHOOLTEACHER
AND HE MOVED EVERYTHING
TO THIS MASSIVE POLICE STATION.
- I HAVE THE
EQUIVALENT OF ABOUT 40
53-FOOT SEMI LOADS OF STUFF.
- I HAVE A LOT OF
THINGS IN HERE.
I CHOSE THE OLD
POLICE STATION BUILDING
BECAUSE I KNEW I'D
BE HERE YEARS BEFORE
BECAUSE I'M PSYCHIC.
IT'S LIKE A SIXTH SENSE.
I JUST FOLLOW THAT GUT FEELING.
WHEN I SAW THE
BUILDING, THAT WAS IT.
STARTED MOVING IN.
YOU'LL SEE SOME THINGS YOU'VE
PROBABLY NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
- ALL RIGHT. YOU GOT
MY INTERESTS, MAN.
CAN WE LOOK AROUND?
- CERTAINLY.
- WHOA.
- AS WE STARTED TO WALK AROUND,
YOU CAN SEE WHY HE
NEEDED A BIG BUILDING.
- WOW, GREG.
- THIS GUY'S GOT SOME BIG STUFF.
THINGS WERE ALREADY
STACKED TO THE CEILING.
- HOW DO YOU GET UP
THOSE STAIRS GREG?
- WELL, YOU USED TO,
BUT YOU DON'T ANYMORE.
- THERE'S A LITTLE BIT
MORE DISPLAY AREA.
WOW, MIKE. LOOK AT THIS.
- THIS IS THE WORLD'S
FIRST COMPUTER.
REMEMBER THE PUNCH
CARD READERS IN THE 1970s?
- YEAH.
- THIS, GOING BACK TO 1904,
PLAYS A PERFORATED ROLL.
IT WAS LISTED WITH THE
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
AS ONE OF THE EIGHTH GREATEST
INVENTIONS OF THE DECADE.
- WOW.
[whimsical piano
and violin music]
♪ ♪
- GREG BOUGHT THIS
VIOLANO-VIRTUOSO
WHEN HE WAS JUST 20 YEARS OLD.
THESE THINGS ARE
REALLY SPECIAL AND RARE,
ESPECIALLY ONE IN
THIS GOOD A CONDITION.
- I WASHED OVER A MILLION
POTS AND PANS AND DISHES
ALL THE WAY THROUGH HIGH
SCHOOL AND BOUGHT THAT MACHINE.
- 15 YEARS AGO,
I WAS AT A FLEA
MARKET OUT IN CHICAGO
AND BOUGHT ALL THESE PICTURES,
INTERIORS FROM 1910 TO
1925 OF A CANDY STORE.
I DIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL
THREE YEARS AGO,
THIS IS THIS MACHINE IN 1925.
- SO ARE YOU SAYING THIS
IS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS
WHERE SOMETHING FOUND YOU AND...
- I DON'T LIKE TO THROW THE
WORD AROUND "PSYCHIC PICKER,"
BUT I DEFINITELY HAVE SOME
VERY UNEXPLAINED EXPERIENCES
OF FINDING THINGS.
- I'VE ONLY SEEN ONE OTHER
MACHINE WITH THE DECAL WHICH
IS ON HERE WHICH IS ON THE
DOOR WITH A HAND POINTING DOWN
"PLACE NICKEL IN
SLIDE AND PUSH IN."
- THAT'S A MIND-BLOWER.
- SO I'M TUNED INTO SOMETHING.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS,
BUT IT SURE MAKES
LIFE INTERESTING.
- THIS IS THE
PICTURES OF MY HOUSE
THAT I FOUND AT AN ANTIQUE SHOW.
- SO THIS IS A HOUSE THAT
YOU SOLD IN MILWAUKEE.
- THIS IS MY DINING ROOM
OF THE HOUSE THAT I SOLD.
- I WENT TO THAT ANTIQUE
SHOW AND FOUND PICTURES
OF MY INCREDIBLE
HOUSE THAT I HAD,
PHOTOGRAPHED IN 1898.
- LITTLE SITTING
ROOM? LITTLE PARLOR?
- SEE THE TABLE?
YOU JUST LOOKED AT IT.
- YEAH, IT WAS JUST
IN THE OTHER ROOM.
- YEAH.
- THEN FINDING THAT I'D ALREADY,
WITHOUT THESE PICTURES,
FOUND THE OBJECTS THAT
WERE ORIGINALLY IN THE HOUSE...
I FOUND THE PIANO, I FOUND
THE ORIGINAL CHANDELIER.
- I'M AT A THRESHOLD OF
SOMETHING OF SUPER INTELLIGENCE.
- THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
NOW WHERE'D YOU
FIND THE DESK AT?
- BOUGHT IT AT AN AUCTION.
I HAD TO CASH OUT
MY I.R.A. TO BY IT.
- WHOO! WELL, WE'RE NOT
GONNA CASH OUT OUR I.R.A. HERE,
BUT WE'RE INTERESTED
IN BUYING SOMETHING.
- GREG IS LIKE NO OTHER
PERSON WE'VE EVER MET.
HE'S A REALLY KOOKY GUY,
BUT WE'RE LOST IN
HIS WACKY WORLD
AND LOVING IT.
- LOOK AT THIS, FRANK.
- THEY SAY WE ONLY
USE 10% OF OUR MIND.
90% IS NOT EVEN IN USE.
AM I TAPPING INTO THAT?
THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF
UNEXPLAINED QUESTIONS
THAT ARE STILL REMAINED
TO BE ANSWERED.
- I WAS REALLY TRYING TO GET
MY PSYCHIC SENSES IN ORDER
AND GET IN TUNE WITH THIS PLACE.
- DANIELLE HAS PUT US IN THE
RIGHT PLACE, BUT WE NEED TO
BUY SOMETHING THAT WE
CAN MAKE SOME MONEY ON.
- WOW. LOOK AT THIS.
IS THIS, LIKE, A
BACK BAR MIRROR?
- THAT'S THE ONLY ONE
OF THOSE I'VE EVER SEEN.
IT WAS ON A BROTHEL. IT'S
AN ABSOLUTELY COOL PIECE.
- THE MIRROR WAS SUCH A
GORGEOUS, ONE OF A KIND PIECE
WITH A HAND-CARVED FRAME.
THE MIRROR WAS GONE, BUT I
KNOW SO MANY CLIENTS THAT
WOULD LEAP AT A
CHANCE TO BUY THAT.
- WHAT WOULD YOU FEEL
COMFORTABLE SELLING IT AT?
- GOT ME BY THE
TAIL ON THAT ONE.
- AS SOON AS WE START
TALKING PRICES WITH GREG,
HE LOOKED FLUSHED,
CORNERED, ANXIOUS,
JUST LIKE A CAGED CAT.
- THAT'S THE ONLY ONE
OF THOSE I'VE EVER SEEN,
CARVED OUT OF OAK.
- SO PRICE IT, PRICE
IT TO ME THAT WAY.
- THINK ABOUT IT.
- I'LL JUST THINK ABOUT IT.
- IT WAS CLEAR IT WAS
GONNA BE DIFFICULT
TO BUY THINGS FROM GREG.
- MONEY, THAT'S
AN EVIL INFLUENCE.
IF YOU'RE DOING
FOR WHAT'S RIGHT,
REALIZING THAT SOME
VERY GREAT PEOPLE
MADE SOME INCREDIBLY
BEAUTIFUL THINGS.
THOSE OF US WHO
CAN SEE THE BEAUTY
BRING IT TO THE
ATTENTION OF OTHERS
AND SO THE WORLD CAN
REDISCOVER THESE THINGS.
THIS IS WHAT'S TO BE.
- GREG, YOU GOT A CAST
IRON SPITTOON OVER HERE.
- THAT'S A KEEPER.
- WHAT DO YOU VALUE
SOMETHING LIKE THAT AT?
- THAT COSTS SERIOUS MONEY.
- HOW MUCH IS THIS?
- THAT'S JUST TOTALLY WEIRD.
- IS ANYTHING IN
THIS ROOM FOR SALE?
- PROBABLY NOT.
THAT'S THE MASTER MOLD
FOR CHARLES LINDBERGH.
THAT'S A VERY, VERY GOOD PIECE.
- I REALLY WANTED THAT
CHARLES LINDBERGH MOLD.
ANY ICONIC ITEMS REALLY
RESONATE WITH A LOT OF
DIFFERENT COLLECTORS.
EXPLORERS, PRESIDENTS,
THEY MEAN SO MUCH
TO A LARGE RANGE OF CLIENTS.
IT'S HISTORICAL, BUT IT'S
ALSO A PIECE OF POP CULTURE.
- HOW MUCH IS THIS LINDBERGH
HEAD WITH THE BROKEN WING?
- NO IDEA. THAT'S JUST
SOMETHING I'VE KEPT.
- 500 BUCKS?
- DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, SO I
DON'T WANT TO PRICE IT OUT.
IT'S JUST A REAL COOL THING.
- I HAD A FEELING
THIS MIGHT HAPPEN.
WE DON'T BUY
SOMETHING PRETTY SOON,
WE'RE GONNA HAVE
TO HIT THE ROAD.
THE BASEMENT WAS REALLY SPOOKY.
GREG HAD STUFF EVERYWHERE.
YOU COULD JUST SMELL
THE HISTORY DOWN THERE.
GREG EVEN HAD A FAÇADE
OF A THEATER ON THE FLOOR.
- THAT WAS ALL HAMMER AND
CHISEL SO YOU SEE IT'S ALL MINT.
- HOW LONG DID IT
TAKE YOU TO DO THAT?
- I DID THAT IN TEN DAYS.
- OH, LORD.
- A LOT OF THE THINGS I BOUGHT
BECAUSE THEY WERE BEAUTIFUL
AND INCREDIBLY INTERESTING,
AND THEY KIND OF SPOKE TO ME.
I HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOCATE
THESE OBJECTS LOST IN TIME
AND BRING THEM BACK.
- THIS IS A CAST
IRON URN SECTION.
WHAT DO YOU VALUE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS AT?
- THAT ONE'S GOT ALL THE
WHOLE BASE AND EVERYTHING.
- WHEN WE'RE LOOKING
AT ARCHITECTURAL STUFF,
WE'RE LOOKING FOR
LIKE AN ACCENT PIECE,
SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY
CAN TAKE AND PUT INTO A HOME
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT BECOMES
THIS AMAZING ACCENT PIECE,
THIS FOCAL POINT IN A ROOM.
- JUST THROW A NUMBER AT ME.
I'M NOT GONNA BITE YA.
- I DON'T KNOW. THAT
ONE IS PROBABLY...
- HUMOR ME.
- THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD
PIECE OF CAST IRON,
SO I DON'T KNOW.
LIKE $575, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
- WELL, YOU'RE ABOUT
RIGHT ON THE MONEY.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT
WE'D GET FOR THEM TOO.
- THE GUY IS SO IN TUNE
WITH ARCHITECTURAL ITEMS
AND THE PERIODS THEY COME FROM,
SO HE'S RIGHT ON THE
NUMBER WITH A LOT OF STUFF.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE
TO FIND SOMETHING
THAT'S NOT SO NEAR
AND DEAR TO HIS HEART
AND THEN STILL TRYING
TO GET A NUMBER
OUT OF HIM THAT WE CAN LIVE WITH
AND THEN STILL AFTER THAT...
both: TRY TO GET
IT OUT OF THERE.
- WE CAN GO DOWN HERE,
AND YOU CAN TAKE A LEFT
OR A RIGHT IT LOOKS LIKE.
- NOT FOR SALE.
- ALL RIGHT, THIS IS
JUST FOR VIEWING.
- THE WHOLE PLACE
IS FOR VIEWING.
- GREG, HOW MUCH
IS THIS STOP SIGN
WITH THE, UH, MARBLES ON IT?
- OH, MY GOD, THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
- OH, MAN.
THROUGH TRAFFIC.
OH, IT'S GOT A
COUPLE BULLET HOLES.
- UH-OH.
- IT'S BEEN SMASHED. HOW
MUCH IS THAT BAD BOY?
- PROBABLY LIKE $125.
- HOW ABOUT 100 BUCKS?
WE HAVEN'T BEEN
ABLE TO BUY ANYTHING.
THIS COULD BE THE
ICEBREAKER, GREG.
- PUT IT AS A POSSIBLE.
- I'M NOT COMING BACK TO
THIS AREA OF THE KINGDOM.
HOW ABOUT THIS FOR $100?
- YEAH, WE CAN DO THAT.
- YOU WANT TO DO
IT? ALL RIGHT, SKIN ME.
ALL RIGHT. I'M POPPING, FRANKY.
- WOW.
- I DON'T REALLY COLLECT
SIGNS THAT MUCH, SO I SAID
LOOKED LIKE THEY APPRECIATE
IT AND LIKED IT MORE.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S
IMPORTANT AS LIKE A VERY FINELY
SCULPTED PIECE OF TERRACOTTA
FROM A HISTORIC BUILDING.
- IT WAS AN ACHIEVEMENT TO
BUY SOMETHING FROM GREG, BUT
I'M STILL KEEPING MY EYES OPEN
FOR THAT ONE BIG ONE OF A KIND
ITEM THAT WILL MAKE
THIS TRIP WORTHWHILE.
- I COME AROUND THE
CORNER, AND I CATCH A GLIMMER
OF AN ORNATE OIL LAMP.
I HAVE GOT TO HAVE THIS.
I HAVE GOT TO CONVINCE
GREG TO SELL THIS TO ME.
- HOW ABOUT $100?
- YOU SAW THE PRICE TAG.
THAT'S WHAT I PAID, AND THE
GUY WOULD NOT COME DOWN.
- NOW, COME ON, MIKE
WAS AT $125 ON THE SIGN,
AND YOU CAME A
HUNDRED ON THE SIGN.
- DON'T THROW ME INTO THIS.
- WELL I PROBABLY SPENT
MORE ON GAS GOING TO
GET THE DARN THING.
- $100 WON'T GET IT?
- NO. $125?
- $125? ALL RIGHT.
I'M BUYING SOMETHING
HERE. I'LL DO IT $125.
- DANIELLE DID SAY THIS
GUY WOULD BE APT TO MAYBE
SELLING SOME STUFF SO
HE COULD GET SOME CASH.
- HE WANTS TO DO SOME TRIP
TO NEW YORK, AND I'M THINKING
TO MYSELF, "GREG, I WANT
TO BE YOUR TRAVEL AGENT.
COME ON, LET'S DO SOME
BUSINESS HERE, BUDDY."
- THIS IS THE PIANO STOOL AREA.
- THAT'S THE RADIO ROOM.
- RADIO ROOM!
ALL RIGHT.
NOW, HEY! WE'RE
IN THE DIRTY AREA.
- WE WERE JUST ABOUT DONE
SQUEEZING THROUGH THE AISLES
LOOKING FOR STUFF, AND OVER
IN THE CORNER I SEE SOMETHING
THAT COULD MAKE THE
WHOLE TRIP WORTHWHILE.
- IT'S AN OLD SLOT
MACHINE, A COUPLE OF THEM.
- OH, HE'S GOT TWO OF THEM.
- YEAH.
OH, MY GOD. I AM
VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
YOU JUST DON'T FIND THEM
IN THAT KIND OF CONDITION.
I HAD TO HAVE IT.
- WHAT ERA ARE THESE FROM, GREG?
- 1924.
- THAT'S A QUARTER MACHINE.
THAT'S LATER. THIS IS A NICKEL.
- WHAT ABOUT THIS
ONE RIGHT HERE?
- I HOPE THIS ISN'T ONE
OF GREG'S PSYCHIC FINDS,
BECAUSE IF IT IS,
WE'RE ALL OUT OF LUCK.
Both: MAKE HIM
SELL. MAKE HIM SELL.
- PROBABLY CAN'T GO
ANY LESS THAN $1,000.
- I'D FEEL COMFORTABLE
AT ABOUT $800.
- I HAVE TO GET MORE
THAN THAT FOR IT.
- HOW ABOUT IF
WE SPLIT IT, $900?
- I'M PRETTY SURE I
PAID $1,000 OR $1,050.
- I'LL DO $1,000.
- OKAY.
- ALL RIGHT. GOOD ENOUGH.
- GREG SOLD SOMETHING?
- GREG SOLD SOMETHING.
- ALL RIGHT, GREG. ALL RIGHT!
- IT WAS A GREAT ITEM.
I DID NOT EXPECT TO
FIND THAT IN THERE.
I COULDN'T WAIT TO GET IT OUT.
- ALL RIGHT, YOU GOT IT?
- WHOA. YEAH.
- THAT THING IS GONNA SHINE UP.
IT'S GONNA LOOK AS GOOD
AS A BRAND NEW PENNY.
- YOU GOT HER?
- I THINK I DO.
- WE SEEN SOME AMAZING,
AMAZING THINGS HERE TODAY.
- THANK YOU, BUDDY.
- THANK YOU.
- ALL RIGHT.
- THANKS, BUDDY.
- YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S
AROUND THE NEXT CORNER
OR THE NEXT PHONE CALL
OR THE NEXT CHANCE
MEETING OF DESTINY
AND THE FUTURE.
- MEETING GREG
TODAY WAS INCREDIBLE.
- IT TOOK A WHILE FOR US TO
GET THE BALL ROLLING HERE,
BUT ONCE WE DID, WE
GOT SOME KILLER STUFF.
- I SPOKE TO A LOT OF
PEOPLE ABOUT THIS CAR.
DOUG PULLED THROUGH
AND SHOWED UP.
NOW WE JUST HAVE
TO SEAL THE DEAL
AND HOPE HE LEAVES
WITH THE THING.
FINGERS CROSSED.
- WELL, COME ON, DOUG.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
- OKAY.
- THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL CAR.
- YEAH, IT WILL BE.
- I'M GLAD THAT IT'S
FINDING A GOOD HOME.
- IT'S A SWEETHEART.
I'VE ALWAYS LOVED STUDEBAKERS
BECAUSE I ALWAYS THOUGHT
THEY WERE SO UGLY
THEY WERE CUTE.
- YOU'RE GONNA REDO IT?
- OH, YEAH. HAVE ALL THAT
RE-CHROMED, BUMPERS RE-CHROMED.
- $3,500 IS THE PRICE ON IT.
YOU GOOD WITH THAT?
- SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
- WILL YOU BRING ME BACK
PICTURES WHEN IT'S DONE?
- OH, YEAH.
- GOOD.
- I NEED TO HELP YOU
GET THIS LOADED UP.
ALL RIGHT, I THINK THAT'LL WORK.
WE GOT IT, WE GOT IT, WE GOT IT.
KEEP GOING. KEEP GOING.
I CAN'T BELIEVE WE
GOT IT UP THERE.
- ME NEITHER.
- I THINK I HAVE A HERNIA.
- I DO TOO.
- WHAT ARE WE
HOOKING IT ONTO HERE?
- I DON'T KNOW.
I'M TRYING TO SEE.
- WE NEED IT TO HOOK
UP HIGHER ON THAT TIRE.
ALL RIGHT. NOW PULL IT TIGHT.
YOU'RE PROBABLY
GONNA HAVE TO PULL IT...
THERE YOU GO.
ATTABOY. PERFECT.
WHO'S BUYING ME A BEER?
- HERE.
- NO, NO, NO. THANK YOU.
NO. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'LL TOTALLY TAKE
THAT. THANK YOU.
- OKAY.
- THE BOYS CALLED ME
OUT ON A CHALLENGE.
THEY THOUGHT THAT I WOULDN'T
BE ABLE TO SELL THE CAR.
- THANK YOU.
TAKE CARE!
- I PRETTY MUCH CAN
MAKE ANYTHING HAPPEN
IF I PUT MY MIND TO IT,
SO I'M AWESOME LIKE THAT.
[phone rings]
- DANIELLE'S CALLING.
HEY, WHAT'S UP, DANIELLE?
- HEY, SO DO YOU REMEMBER
THE BIG, HUGE SCALLOPS
THEY HAVE AT THE FAITHFUL PILOT,
THE ONES THAT ARE, LIKE,
THE SIZE OF YOUR FACE?
- OH, MY GOD, I LOVE THOSE.
- I WANT THOSE AND THEN
I WANT A FILET AS WELL
UNLESS THEY HAVE NEW YORK STRIP.
IF THEY HAVE A NEW YORK
STRIP, I MIGHT TAKE THAT.
- WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
- I SOLD THE CAR.
- YOU SOLD THE CAR!
- WHAT?
- HOW MUCH?
- $3,500.
- $3,500?
[laughs]
NO WAY!
IT'S NOT ON OUR
PROPERTY ANYMORE?
- IT'S GONE.
I... I LOADED IT.
- THAT'S SOLD IN MY
BOOK, WHEN IT'S GONE.
- THAT'S AWESOME!
- AWESOME, DANIELLE.
- HONEY, I AM SO
PROUD OF YOU. I AM.
I WISH I WAS THERE TO
SEE THAT BIG OLE SMILE
ON YOUR FACE RIGHT NOW.
- I JUST REALLY WANTED
TO MAKE YOU GUYS PROUD.
- OH, MY GOD, YOU HAVE.
- OH, MY GOD, WE ARE.
- YOU DO ALL THE TIME. WE
JUST DON'T TELL YOU ENOUGH.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT,
ENJOY YOURSELF.
- I WAS GONNA SAY
ENJOY THOSE SCALLOPS.
- TAKE YOURSELF OUT TONIGHT.
- OKAY. THANK YOU. BYE.
- OH, MY GOD! I
CAN'T BELIEVE THAT.
MAYBE WE SHOULD BET
DANIELLE MORE OFTEN.
- MAYBE THAT GAVE
HER SOME INCENTIVE.
- SHE'S A TOUGH CHICK.
- WE LIT A FIRE UNDER HER BUTT.
- HOW'D SHE GET FULL PRICE?
SHE'S A WITCHY WOMAN, DUDE.
I'M GLAD SHE'S ON OUR TEAM.
- I WONDER IF THEY'LL
KNOW IF I CLOSE DOWN EARLY.
I'M HUNGRY. I'M DOING IT.
- HI. HOW MAY I HELP
YOU THIS EVENING?
- HI. UM, I'LL TAKE
ONE OF EVERYTHING.