American Pickers (2010–…): Season 2, Episode 8 - One Pony Town - full transcript
This time on American Pickers... Known in his neighborhood as the 'spooky collector', lifelong picker Lester has a series of jam-packed buildings filled with weird and wonderful curios. But is the poker-faced pro ready to cut the guys a deal on his treasures? A hard-core Illinois collector says he wants to downsize but doesn't seem willing to part with anything. And, feeling a little lonely, the guys revisit their 'picking mamma' Judy and have a great time, do great business, and get a little surprise as well.
- I'VE BEEN PICKING FOR
BASICALLY MY WHOLE LIFE
AND I DON'T THINK WE'VE
EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
- THIS IS MY FIRST TIME.
- WE COULD BE SITTING
ON A GOLD MINE HERE.
WOW, LOOK AT THAT.
OH, I LOVE THE ARROW.
- THAT WAS A PIECE
OF AMERICAN HISTORY.
OH, MY GOD, I'VE
GOT TO HAVE THIS!
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.
- I LOVE BEING ON THE ROAD.
I MEAN, I LOVE IT, BUT
SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, I MISS...
I MISS BACK HOME, YOU KNOW,
I MISS WHAT'S GOING ON WITH
EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW?
LIKE, SOMETIMES, I MEAN,
DON'T MAKE FUN OF ME,
SOMETIMES I MISS MY MOM.
I WONDER, YOU KNOW,
WHAT MY MOM'S DOING.
- OH, ME TOO. YOU
KNOW, I MISS MY MOM TOO.
- I KNOW RIGHT NOW, I KNOW
SHE'S AT THE DOG PARK.
SHE CARRIES THAT
LITTLE JACK DOG AROUND
LIKE IT'S HER LITTLE BABY.
- MY MOM, SHE'S PROBABLY
OUT THERE IN THE GARDEN.
- WE'RE BEEN OUT
FOR A FEW WEEKS NOW.
IT GETS A LITTLE OLD ME
AND MIKE HANGING OUT
TOGETHER ALL THE TIME.
- WHAT?
- YOU ANSWER THE PHONE
IN THE SHOP LIKE THAT?
- YES. THAT'S HOW I
ANSWER THE PHONE.
- SHE'S GOT CALLER
ID. SHE KNOWS.
YOU GOT ANY LEADS FOR US?
WE'RE OUT HERE FLOPPING
IN THE WIND WITH NOTHING.
- YEAH.
- WE'RE OUT HERE
WITH OUR ZIPPER DOWN.
- WELL, PULL YOUR ZIPPER UP.
THERE'S A GUY OUT NEAR
YOU. HIS NAME IS LESTER.
THE KIDS AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD
CALL HIM THE SPOOKY COLLECTOR.
- SPOOKY COLLECTOR.
- HE EVEN HAS A TAXIDERMY CHIMP.
- TAXIDERMY CHIMP? WE'RE THERE!
- THIS GUY IS SPOOKY IF
HE'S GOT A STUFFED CHIMP.
- YOU KNOW ME. I LIKE
SPOOKY. I LIKE BIZARRE.
I LIKE FUNKY.
- THIS GUY SOUNDS LIKE
HE'S RIGHT UP YOUR ALLEY.
- THE GUY HAD ME AT
THE MOUNTED MONKEY.
- YEAH.
- WE DON'T KNOW A LOT
ABOUT TAXIDERMIST STUFF, BUT,
HEY, THIS GUY SOUNDS LIKE
AN INTERESTING CHARACTER.
- YES, UH, HERE
IT IS. LET'S HIT IT.
- HELLO!
- HEY, HOW ARE YOU DOING?
- I'M VICKY.
- NICE TO MEET YOU.
- WELCOME TO YOUR
PICKING HEAVEN.
- OH MY GOSH. LOOK
AT THIS PLACE, FRANKIE.
- LESTER AND HIS DAUGHTER VICKY,
SHE HAS BEEN JUNKING WITH
HIM SINCE SHE WAS A LITTLE KID.
- WE WALK INTO THE HOUSE
AND IT'S ALL THESE ANIMALS
STARING AT YA.
- WE'RE TALKING DEER,
FISH, BIRDS, ARMADILLOS.
- LOOK AT THE BEAR.
- YOU NAME IT, LESTER HAD IT.
- WAS YOUR DAD A HUNTER?
- NO, NO, HE JUST HAS ALWAYS
LIKE TAXIDERMY THINGS,
SO HE'S PICKED THEM UP
WHEREVER HE KNOWS IT.
- HE DIDN'T ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY
SHOOT 'EM OR ANYTHING.
- NO, NO, AT GARAGE
SALES AND SO FORTH.
- TAXIDERMY AS FAR
AS I'M CONCERNED,
NEVER BRINGS ANY KIND OF MONEY.
- THIS IS ONE OF THOSE
PLACES IT'S LIKE NO MATTER
WHERE YOU LOOK, YOU'RE GOING
TO SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
I WAS REALLY JACKED
ABOUT ALL THE TAXIDERMY,
I LOVE THAT KIND OF STUFF.
- COME AND MEET MR. LESTER.
- HECK YEAH.
- OF COURSE, YEAH.
LESTER MUST HAVE
EVERY STUFFED VARMINT
FROM HERE TO THE STATE LINE.
- EVERYTHING'S FOR
SALE. HE LOVES TO HAGGLE.
- YOU'VE COME TO
THE RIGHT SPOT THERE.
- HE CREATED THIS LODGE
ATMOSPHERE IN HIS HOUSE.
THERE'S MOUNTS EVERYWHERE.
AND I SEE THIS HORN CHAIR.
- ALL OF US CALL IT
THE ANKLE BANGER.
WHEN WE'VE HAD
TO WALK AROUND IT,
YOU CRACK YOUR ANKLE ON THE...
- CRACK YOUR ANKLE ON THE FRONT?
LOOKS LIKE IT COULD
DO SOME DAMAGE.
- OH. SERIOUS.
DAD, WHERE'D YOU
GET YOUR HORN CHAIR?
- AT A YARD SALE,
HE GOT THAT CHAIR.
- WOW.
- THINK ABOUT THAT.
FINDING SOMETHING
LIKE THAT AT A YARD SALE.
THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
- THAT'S SOMETHING
UNUSUAL TO BE ABLE TO
BUY AT A GARAGE SALE.
- HE'S BEEN TO EVERY YARD SALE
FROM HERE TO CHILLICOTHE, MAN.
WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE
TO HAVE FOR THIS CHAIR?
- COUPLE THOUSAND.
- COUPLE THOUSAND BUCKS?
AS SOON AS HE TOLD ME WHAT
HE WANTED FOR IT THOUGH,
I WAS LIKE DEFINITELY
COULDN'T GO THERE.
HOW ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
WHAT WOULD YOU
HAVE TO HAVE FOR THAT?
- $75.
- $75?
- YEAH.
- THIS BACKPACK,
IT'S FUNCTIONAL,
YOU COULD STILL USE IT.
IT WAS FURRY, THE
LEATHER WAS COOL.
WHERE DID YOU GET THAT AT?
- AT A YARD SALE.
- A YARD SALE?
- THERE'S A LOT OF
MOUNTAIN MEN AROUND
THIS PART OF TOWN.
HE GOT ALL OF THIS
STUFF AT YARD SALES.
- I FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN MONTANA.
- HOW ABOUT 60 BUCKS?
LESTER'S GOT A HELL
OF A POKER FACE, MAN.
- 65.
- 65?
- HE'S BEEN IN OUR SHOES.
HE'S BEEN BUYING, HE'S BEEN
HAGGLING HIS WHOLE LIFE.
SO HE SEES US COMING IN.
HE KNOWS WE WANT TO BARGAIN.
AND HE LIKES THAT.
- ALL RIGHT, YOU GOT
A DEAL, MY FRIEND.
65.
BOOM! THE ICE WAS BROKE.
NOW IT'S TIME TO ROCK.
HEY, I GOT TO KNOW, BECAUSE
I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE BEFORE,
HOW MUCH IS A MOUNTED
MINIATURE HORSE WORTH?
HE HAD A REAL HORSE IN THE
MIDDLE OF HIS LIVING ROOM.
WE SEEN STUFFED DEERS,
WE SEE MOUNTED BEARS,
BUT WE'VE NEVER SEEN
A REAL MOUNTED PONY.
- YOU MIGHT NEVER
FIND ANOTHER ONE.
- I KNOW. THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING.
IT WAS DONE VERY WELL,
IT WAS MISSING THE EARS,
BUT IN OUR BUSINESS, WE'RE
LOOKING FOR ANYTHING DIFFERENT,
ANYTHING BIZARRE, ANYTHING
THAT SPARKS EMOTION.
THIS LITTLE HORSE
DEFINITELY DID THAT.
- ABOUT A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
- A THOUSAND DOLLARS?
- A THOUSAND DOLLARS?
- OH, I BET. AND THAT'S
PROBABLY A DEAL.
- RIGHT.
- I'M NOT SURE ABOUT
THIS MOUNTED PONY.
THIS GUY WANTS A
THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR IT.
IT'S VERY COOL. I'VE
NEVER SEEN ONE BEFORE.
I'M GONNA CRUISE
AROUND A LITTLE BIT,
MAYBE COME BACK
TO IT AND CHECK IT OUT.
- THIS HE HAD WITH A LITTLE
RUMBLE SEAT THAT COMES OFF.
- OH YEAH. LOOK AT THAT.
- WE WALKED OUTSIDE AND
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I SAW
WAS THAT PEDAL CAR.
LOOK AT THIS.
- WHAT IS IT?
- WHEN THIS SLIDES OUT...
- THE FOOT PEDAL.
- THIS IS WHERE
YOU PUT YOUR FEET.
- I'VE HAD PEDAL CARS BEFORE,
BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN A TANDEM.
OH, IT'S MADE BY GENDRON.
- YEAH.
- GENDRON WAS A COMPANY
THAT STARTED IN OHIO
BACK IN THE 1880s.
THESE GUYS MADE PEDAL CARS
ALL THE WAY UP INTO THE '30s.
I MEAN, FOR SOMETHING LIKE
THIS TO EXIST AS LONG AS IT HAS
IN THIS CONDITION IS INCREDIBLE.
IS THIS SOMETHING HE'D SELL?
- YES.
- LESTER DOESN'T GET BACK
HERE TOO MUCH ANYMORE,
SO WE'RE PUTTING
SOME STUFF TOGETHER.
BUT THE FINAL DECISION'S
GOING TO BE WITH LESTER.
- ALL RIGHT.
- I HOPE YOU COME OUT ALIVE.
- ONE OF THE BEST
PLACES THAT VICKY
TOOK US WAS THAT BARN.
OH, YEAH, YOU NEED THAT.
WE'RE DIGGING THROUGH THE
DIRT, PULLING BACK THE LAYERS,
CLIMBING OVER THINGS.
WE'RE HAVING FUN,
MAN. WE'RE PICKING.
IF RACCOON TURDS
WERE WORTH ANYTHING...
- WE'D BE ON IT.
- WE'D BE MILLIONAIRES, FRANKIE.
- THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
THIS FISHING CREOLE IS A
REALLY NICELY MADE ONE.
PEOPLE THAT COLLECT
FISHING STUFF, LOVE THOSE.
THEY CAN BE TURNED
OVER REAL QUICK.
I'LL PUT IT UP HERE.
IT'S EASY TO SHIP. EASY
TO PACK. IT'S A GREAT PIECE.
- LOOK AT THAT.
AH, IT'S BROKEN.
WHAT'S THAT SAY? FOOD, WHAT?
- "GOOD FOOD AT BETTER PRICES."
- I FOUND THE CLOCK.
IT'S GOT A CRACK IN IT.
IT'S GOT NEAT ADVERTISING ON IT.
IT'S REALLY COOL.
PUT THAT OUTSIDE.
I'LL ASK HIM ABOUT THAT.
LET'S SEE IF THERE'S
ANYTHING BACK HERE.
FRANK.
- WHAT?
- HEY, WHAT ABOUT ALL
THAT TAXIDERMY STUFF?
THIS STUFF'S COOL, BUT WHAT
DO YOU THINK OF THAT STUFF?
- I DON'T KNOW ABOUT
THAT STUFF, DUDE.
LET'S HOLD OFF ON IT.
LET'S JUST KEEP LOOKING.
- I WAS REALLY JACKED
ABOUT ALL THE TAXIDERMY.
- DUDE, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT
THAT YET; JUST CALM DOWN.
MIKE JUST KEPT TALKING
ABOUT THAT TAXIDERMY STUFF.
- I COULDN'T CONVINCE FRANK
THAT THIS IS GOOD STUFF.
- IT FEELS PRETTY
STURDY UP HERE.
ALL RIGHT.
- BE CAREFUL. GUYS. DON'T
WANT ANYONE TO FALL THROUGH.
- OKAY.
- DUDE, LOOK AT THIS.
- WHAT YOU GOT?
- LIKE, A METAL DRESSER.
IT ALMOST HAD AN
INDUSTRIAL CHIC LOOK
TO THIS THING.
THERE'S, LIKE,
LITTLE DISHES IN IT.
- REALLY COOL, DUDE.
- OLD DOLL DISHES AND STUFF.
THIS THING HAD A
LOT OF SHARP EDGES.
THERE WAS A LOT OF
DETAILING, A LOT OF SCROLLING.
I'M INTERESTED IN THIS.
- ALL RIGHT, PULL IT OFF.
- I DIDN'T LOOK AT IT
AS A DOLL DRESSER.
I LOOKED AT IT AS A JEWELRY BOX.
I'M GONNA SPIDERMAN
IT OUT OF HERE.
I THINK I'VE DONE MY DUE
DILIGENCE AS A PICKER.
DIGGING THROUGH A
PLACE LIKE THAT, I MEAN,
THOSE PLACES, THEY
ALMOST DON'T EXIST ANYMORE.
MAN, THAT PLACE IS KILLER.
- VICKY WAS SUCH A NICE LADY.
SHE WAS SO GRACIOUS AND
SO NICE TO SHOW US AROUND.
I WISHED SHE WAS THE
ONE MAKING THE DECISIONS
AND PUTTING THE
PRICES ON THINGS.
- HERE WE USED TO, THAT
USED TO BE OUR PLAYHOUSE,
THIS BROWN SHED.
- UH-HUH.
- THIS PLACE WAS
TOTALLY DECEIVING.
WHEN WE FIRST PULLED UP,
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S JUST
A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
THERE'S JUST
HOUSES ON EACH SIDE.
ALL OF A SUDDEN SHE
STARTS TAKING US AROUND.
THIS PLACE IS HUGE!
- I LOVE THE ARROW.
- UH-OH.
- THAT WAS OFF THE ARROW MOTEL.
- OH, YEAH. THIS IS KILLER.
HERE YOU GO. LET'S PULL
IT OUT SO WE CAN SEE IT.
- IT WAS ON ROUTE 66.
- OH, IT WAS?
HISTORICAL ROUTE 66?
- SHE SAID THAT THING
CAME OFF OF ROUTE 66.
ALL THE OLD HOTELS, ALL
THE OLD RESTAURANTS,
YOU KNOW HOW MANY
SONGS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN
ABOUT THAT ROAD, MAN?
- IT WAS A LITTLE
FAMILY OWNED HOTEL
THAT WOULD POINT IN TO
HAVE THE FOLKS COME IN.
- THAT WAS THE MAIN VEIN,
THE ARTERY THROUGH AMERICA.
I MEAN, COME ON,
HOW MANY AMERICANS
EXPLORED THIS
COUNTRY ON ROUTE 66?
THAT IS BAD, MAN. I
ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS.
- I KNEW YOU WOULD.
- LET'S STAND IT UP
LIKE A ROCKET SHIP.
- LET ME COME TO
YOU FIRST. GOT IT?
- YEAH.
OH, YEAH.
THIS WAS FUNKY AND DIFFERENT.
THIS IS THE KIND OF STUFF
THAT GETS ME EXCITED.
- IT'S LARGE...
- AND IN CHARGE!
I GOTTA PUT THAT NEXT TO MY BED.
TO REMIND ME TO GET
UP EVERY MORNING.
OH, MY GOD. I'VE
GOT TO HAVE THIS!
I WOULD ABSOLUTELY
LOVE TO BUY IT.
- DAD'S GOT TO BE THE
FINAL GOER ON THAT ONE.
- ALL RIGHT. MAN, I'M
LOVING THIS THING.
THAT WAS THE PIECE
OF AMERICAN HISTORY.
- THIS IS WHERE WE ALWAYS HAVE
PICNICS AND SLUMBER PARTIES
AND ALL THE NEIGHBOR
BOYS WOULD COME OVER
AND TRY TO SCARE US AND...
- OH, MAN.
- SLUMBER PARTIES WITH
THE NEIGHBOR BOYS?
SAY NOTHING ON IT.
- CAREFUL.
- HEY, BABY!
- LOOK AT THAT.
THAT'S BUDDY "L."
- THAT BIG LARGE
PRESSED STEEL STUFF,
IT'S ALWAYS EASY TO SELL.
AND THEY COMMAND A LOT OF
MONEY, BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT CONDITION.
THIS WAS MADE ABOUT 20
MINUTES FROM OUR HOUSE.
- NO KIDDING?
- IT WAS MISSING
THE WHOLE FENDER.
IT WAS MISSING
THE RUNNING BOARD.
THERE WAS BASICALLY NO
PAINT LEFT ON THIS THING.
WE HAD TO RESCUE IT, BECAUSE
I DIDN'T WANT THAT THING
SITTING THERE AND JUST ROTTING.
- HOLY... YOU'RE A
NIMBLE LITTLE MONKEY.
- WHAT IS THIS THING?
THIS THING IS BIG.
- ALL RIGHT, I GOT A
SITUATION OVER HERE.
- OH, THAT WAS A GOOD
ONE. HERE YOU GO.
THAT'S KIND OF NEAT.
- A LITTLE CRUSTO,
BUT... IT'S KIND OF COOL.
- I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
- I THINK THEY'RE SHIP LIGHTS.
IF IT'S BRASS, THEN IT'S
GOING TO BE FOR A BOAT
THAT'S ON THE OCEAN.
- YEAH.
- ANYTHING GALVANIZED
WOULD BE FOR RIVERS.
- LET'S KEEP THIS
OUT. I'M INTERESTED.
- I'M INTERESTED IN THIS.
LOVE IT. LOVE IT. LOVE IT.
FRANK, IF YOU LOVE THAT ONE,
MAYBE YOU'LL LOVE THIS ONE TOO.
- OH, THAT'S A PAIR.
- THIS PLACE JUST DID NOT STOP.
JUST WHEN I THOUGHT IT WAS OVER,
THERE WAS A WHOLE 'NOTHER
PLACE TO DIG THROUGH.
- THERE'S SO MUCH
STUFF TO COVER HERE.
- CHECK THAT OUT, MIKE.
THE MAN HAD EVERYTHING SET UP.
I SEE A LITTLE BENCH BACK
HERE, SITTING AROUND THE FIRE.
LOOK AT THAT, MIKE.
THAT'S HEAVY DUTY.
- UP HERE IS WHERE
HE HAD HIS HOT TUB.
IT'S AN OLD HORSE TANK,
AND HE HAD A JACUZZI
MOTOR THING IN THERE.
- OH, MY GOD.
- HE PUT THAT UP
HERE SO IT COULD BE...
HAVE A LITTLE TRYST
IF YOU WANTED TO
WITH YOUR WIFE OR WHATEVER.
AND THEN THERE'S THEATRE SEATS
THAT USED TO BE AT THE
BLACKSTONE THEATRE HERE.
- HE HAD THE PLAYBOY
COLLECTION DOWN HERE.
- FRANK, CAN YOU IMAGINE
KICKING IT HERE IN THE '70s?
YOU GOT THE HOT
TUB GOING... THE FIRE...
- ALL MY FRIENDS AROUND.
THE FIRE GOING ON.
- YEAH, HE PARTIED
A LOT... IN HIS OLD...
- I CAN TELL!
- THIS IS SKIPPY.
- HE'S GOT A STUFFED MONKEY!
- LOOK AT THIS. SKIPPY!
SOMETHING ATE SKIPPY'S FACE OFF.
- HE GOT THIS AT A GARAGE
SALE IN A TOWN NORTH OF HERE.
- SKIPPY WAS REALLY FREAKY...
HIS MOUTH WAS ALL GONE;
HIS TEETH WERE OUT OF IT;
HIS HAIR WAS FALLING OFF.
HE'D SEEN BETTER DAYS.
I THINK HE'S GOT
SOME TOOTH DECAY.
- YEAH, NO KIDDING MAN.
- THAT LOOKS LIKE
PLAQUE BUILDUP.
- I'VE BEEN PICKING FOR
BASICALLY MY WHOLE LIFE
AND I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER
SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
- IT'S MY FIRST TIME.
- THERE WAS A REASON
LESTER WAS KNOWN
AS A SPOOKY COLLECTOR.
IMAGINE WALKING BY THE
CHIMP WHEN YOU'RE A LITTLE KID.
WHAT A PLACE TO PLAY.
THIS MONKEY KIND OF INTERESTS ME
JUST BECAUSE IT'S SO WEIRD...
- I WANT YOU TO BE INTERESTED.
- YOU WANT ME TO BE
INTERESTED? I DON'T KNOW...
- SO THAT MY NIECES
WILL COME IN HERE.
THEY WON'T COME IN HERE
BY IT; THEY'RE TOO CREEPED.
- AND THEN I WAS
THINKING TO MYSELF,
NO MORE WONDERING WHAT THIS
OLD TAXIDERMY STUFF MIGHT BE WORTH,
WHICH I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT.
I'M GONNA SPEAK TO
A GUY NAMED MARK.
THIS GUY'S BEEN IN THE
BUSINESS FOR 20-SOME YEARS.
I MEAN, HE IS AN
EXPERT IN THIS FIELD.
- HELLO.
- HEY, MY NAME IS MIKE WOLFE.
I WAS WONDERING IF I COULD
BEND YOUR EAR A LITTLE BIT
ON TAXIDERMY 101.
- YEAH, WHAT ARE
YOU LOOKIN' FOR?
- WELL, I'M A PICKER, AND
I'M ON A PICK RIGHT NOW,
AND WE'VE COME ACROSS A GUY
THAT'S GOT A LOT
OF UNUSUAL STUFF.
I MEAN, THIS GUY'S
GOT A BLACK BEAR.
IT'S A SMALLER ONE.
HE'S STANDIN' UP.
HE'S GOT A LOT OF FISH.
HE DOES HAVE... I
THINK IT'S A CHIMP,
BUT HE'S NOT IN THAT
GOOD CONDITION.
I MEAN, IS IT LIKE EVERYTHING
ELSE... CONDITION'S EVERYTHING?
- YEAH, UNLESS IT'S REALLY OLD
LIKE AN ANTIQUE THAT WAS MAYBE
DONE BY THE JONAS BROTHERS
YEARS AND YEARS AGO,
THAT'S WORTH REAL MONEY
TO SOME COLLECTORS.
BUT IF IT'S POOR
QUALITY TAXIDERMY,
IT'LL JUST GET WORSE AND WORSE.
IT'S NOT WORTH THAT MUCH.
- WHAT ABOUT CERTAIN ANIMALS?
ARE CERTAIN ANIMALS
WORTH MORE THAN OTHERS?
- FISH, IF THEY'RE SUPER NICE
AND THEY LOOK LIKE THEY
JUST CAME OUT OF THE WATER,
THEY'RE WORTH, UH,
BETWEEN 100 AND 200.
- OKAY.
- THE BIG DEER HEADS, YOU
KNOW, THE BIG ANTLERS ON 'EM,
THEY COULD BE WORTH SOME MONEY.
THE ONLY THING YOU
GOTTA WATCH OUT FOR
IS ANY DUCKS OR GEESE,
ANY MIGRATORY BIRDS,
DON'T GET INVOLVED WITH THAT.
YOU CAN'T BUY OR SELL THEM.
- OKAY. THE GUY'S GOT A
MINIATURE PONY. IT'S LITTLE.
- [laughs] UH, SOME PEOPLE
WANT STUFF LIKE THAT.
- HE'S GOT A BLACK
BEAR. WHAT ABOUT THAT?
- YEAH, A BLACK BEAR, THEY
CLEAN UP PRETTY GOOD.
AND IF YOU CAN GET
THAT BEAR FOR 200 BUCKS,
YOU'D PROBABLY DO
REALLY WELL ON IT.
- OKAY.
WHEN MARK TOLD ME THERE
WAS SOME MONEY TO BE MADE
OFF THIS TAXIDERMY STUFF,
I WAS LIKE, "OKAY, WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE TO GO AFTER
THAT STAND-UP BEAR."
- THIS WOULD BE MAYBE A
NICE PIECE FOR AN ENTRYWAY
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
LOOKS PROBABLY EARLIER.
IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE.
- YEAH.
- I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU...
DID A LITTLE CHECKING ON
THEM, WHAT THEY GO FOR,
WHAT THEY COST TO BE REDONE.
- SURE.
- RE-CLEANED, RECONDITIONED.
UM...
I'D BE RIGHT AROUND $200.
- 500.
- 500?
- YEAH.
- THERE'S NO ROOM ON IT THEN.
- 500, I DIDN'T THINK
IT WAS A DEAL.
- WHAT ABOUT THE HORSE?
ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT THAT?
- IT'S REALLY
NEAT. IT'S UNUSUAL.
I LOVE IT, MAN. I CAN SEE
THE BEAUTY IN THAT ITEM.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I DON'T WANT
TO TAKE A CHANCE ON A GRAND.
FOR A THOUSAND DOLLARS,
I'M NOT A PLAYER ON THAT.
- I'D SELL IT ABOUT $200.
- 200?
- 200 FOR THE HORSE?
ALL RIGHT, I'LL TAKE
THE HORSE FOR 200.
ALL RIGHT.
- ALL RIGHT.
- YOU KNOW, LESTER WAS
NOT MESSING AROUND.
HE WOULDN'T SELL US THE
BEAR FOR THE RIGHT PRICE,
BUT WE WERE NOT GOING TO STOP.
I WAS JUST REALLY WONDERING
WHAT HIS PRICES WERE GOING TO BE
ON THE OTHER STUFF WE'D FOUND.
- LESTER'S GOING TO BE
THE JUDGE ON THIS STUFF.
HE'S BEEN DOING THIS
FOR A LIFETIME LONGER
THAN FRANKIE AND I HAVE.
SO WE NEED TO NOT SHOW OUR
CARDS WHEN WE GET UP THERE.
AM I JACKED UP ON THE PEDAL CAR?
HELL, YEAH.
AM I JACKED UP ON
THE ARROW? HELL, YEAH.
AM I JACKED UP ON
THE BUDDY "L" TRACK?
HELL, YEAH.
SO WE'RE GOING TO WALK
INTO THE HAGGLE BOX AND SAY,
"YOU KNOW WHAT,
LESTER? JUDGE LESTER.
PLEASE HAVE MERCY ON OUR SOULS."
IS THIS IT?
I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO GET IN THE HAGGLE BOX
WITH YOUR DAD.
- NO, HE SAID THAT I COULD
HAGGLE WITH YOU GUYS
AND WHEEL AND DEAL.
- WHOO! IT WAS REALLY NICE
TO HAVE TO HAGGLE WITH VICKY
INSTEAD OF HAVING TO
HAGGLE WITH LESTER.
THE BOSS MAN GAVE HER FULL
REIGN OVER ALL HIS TERRITORY.
- IF THERE'S
ANYTHING THAT'S TOO...
WE'RE NOT TOGETHER ON,
THEN I'LL RUN IN
AND ASK THE PRO.
- UM, THIS SIGN,
I'D FEEL COMFORTABLE
ON THIS THING
AT, LIKE, 50 BUCKS.
- THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
- OKAY, THIS, THE
WHOLE THING IS CRACKED
ALL THE WAY DOWN THE CENTRE.
- OH, NO.
- I'M AT 30 BUCKS.
- ALL RIGHT. WE'LL TAKE IT!
- ONCE OUR PRAYERS WERE ANSWERED
AND VICKY TOOK OVER
THE HAGGLING REIGNS,
WE WERE HAVING A HAY DAY.
THIS THING... 25 BUCKS.
- HMM, WOULD YOU DO 30?
- UH...
I'D DO 30. I'D DO 30 ON IT.
- ALL RIGHT.
- DANIELLE AND FRANK
ARE ALWAYS PARKING
IN MY PARKING SPACE.
YOU KNOW, NOW
THEY'RE GOING TO KNOW,
IF YOU PARK IN MY SPACE,
YOU'RE GOING TO DIE.
THIS I ABSOLUTELY LOVE.
I'D PAY 100 BUCKS FOR IT.
- AND I'LL TAKE THAT.
- WE'RE TAKING HER BACK HOME.
THIS... I'M INTERESTED IN IT
FOR, UH, FOR ABOUT 60 BUCKS.
- ALL RIGHT. 60 BUCKS.
- OKAY.
THE BIGGEST THING
THAT I ASKED ABOUT
WHEN WE FIRST GOT
HERE WAS THE PEDAL CAR.
- RIGHT.
- DO YOU KNOW WHAT
HE WANTS FOR IT?
- NO. WE COULD ASK HIM, THOUGH.
- I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT
THE FULL ON RETAIL PRICE
OF THIS THING IS,
BUT IT WAS SOMETHING I WANT
TO LEAVE THIS PROPERTY WITH.
SO I THOUGHT I'D THROW
MY BEST FOOT FORWARD.
- 8, HE SAID.
- HE'S AT 800 BUCKS?
- RIGHT.
- UM... TO BE HONEST WITH YOU,
I THINK IT'S PROBABLY WORTH 8,
SO FOR ME TO THROW
DOWN 600 BUCKS,
I'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO
MAKE AT LEAST 200 BUCKS,
SO I'M, I'M STILL
AT 600 BUCKS ON IT,
YOU KNOW, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
- WE'LL TAKE IT.
- YOU'LL TAKE THAT?
- WE'LL TAKE IT.
- ALL RIGHT. SO WE
GOT THAT ROLLING.
- I WANT SOMEONE TO GET IT,
SO IT DOESN'T KEEP CORRODING
AWAY IN THE BASEMENT.
- IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
ALL RIGHT FRANKIE, WHERE YOU AT?
- ALL RIGHT. ROUND TWO.
YOU KNOW WE WERE HAVING
SO MUCH FUN WITH VICKY,
YOU KNOW, AND I THINK SHE
WAS HAVING A GOOD TIME TOO.
HERE'S A FISHING CREOLE HERE.
UM, IT HAD SOME STUFF...
NOT TOO MUCH STUFF IN IT.
I'M PROBABLY AT
ABOUT $20 ON THIS.
- BUT IT'S GOT ALL
THE GOODS IN IT.
- YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE
GOODS, I'LL STILL TAKE IT.
- ALL RIGHT, I'LL DO IT FOR 20.
- OKAY, THESE LIGHTS HERE, I
DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT THEM.
WE THINK THEY'RE SHIP LIGHTS.
- I THINK SO.
- WE WEREN'T ABLE TO REALLY
GET THE BOTTOM'S OPEN...
THEY'RE SUPPOSED
TO BE BURNERS...
BUT THEY'RE SO CORRODED
THAT I'M THINKING
ABOUT 30 BUCKS A PIECE.
- YUP. THAT'LL DO.
- FRANKIE, DID YOU NOTICE
YOU GOT A THEME GOING HERE?
- I DO, I GOT THE LITTLE
FISHING STUFF GOING ON...
- YOU GOT THE WATER,
FISH THING GOING ON.
- I'M KIND OF HAPPY THERE.
- LAST, IT WAS OUR
CHANCE TO NEGOTIATE
ON THAT ARROW FROM ROUTE 66.
I WANT TO STICK THAT
SUCKER IN THE VAN
AND RIDE OFF INTO THE SUNSET.
I ALREADY TOLD YOU HOW
MUCH I LOVE THIS THING.
- I KNOW, SO I GOT YOU BY THE...
SKINNIES.
- EMOTIONAL VALUE
EXCEEDS RETAIL VALUE.
RIGHT NOW I'M HAVING AN
EMOTIONAL AFFAIR WITH THIS,
OBVIOUSLY, BUT, YOU KNOW, I
HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO, YOU KNOW...
- FALTER.
- BREAK UP RIGHT AWAY.
SO WHAT ARE YOU
THINKING ON THIS?
- NO, I GOTTA ASK YOU.
- I'M MAKING YOU AN OFFER ON IT?
- YES.
- UM... I'M GOING TO
GIVE YOU MY BEST SHOT.
- ALL RIGHT.
- THIS IS THE NOTEPAD PRICE.
I'LL GIVE YOU...
150 BUCKS FOR IT.
- SOLD!
- THAT WAS TOO FAST.
THAT WAS TOO FAST!
[laughter]
ALL RIGHT.
- A SUCKER BORN EVERY MINUTE.
- THAT'S A GOOD PIECE. HE
LOVES THAT. IT'S A GOOD DEAL.
- YEAH. NOW HE CAN
BE IN LOVE AGAIN.
- THAT'S WHERE TWO PEOPLE...
- I THINK BY THE
TIME WE GET IT HOME,
THERE WON'T BE PAINT LEFT.
- WELL, QUIT DOING THAT.
- WHAT IF THERE'S A
RACCOON THAT LIVES IN HERE?
WE'D BE TRANSPORTING
THEM ACROSS COUNTY LINES,
THAT MIGHT BE ILLEGAL.
I LOVE THAT THING.
AHH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- THANK YOU.
IT WAS A FUN PICKING
DAY WITH YOU GUYS.
- YEAH, IT WAS AN HONOR
LOOKING THROUGH THERE.
- SO FUN.
- THIS PICK AT LESTER'S
PLACE WAS INCREDIBLE.
HE HAD A LOT OF DIFFERENT ITEMS.
HE SAW BEAUTY IN EVERYTHING.
- BYE! THANKS FOR COMING!
COME BACK AND BUY
THE CHIMP WHEN YOU CAN.
- DUDE, I WOULD HAVE
TOOK THAT MONKEY
IF IT WOULDN'T
HAVE STANK SO BAD.
I HAD SO MANY PAIRS OF
OLD DENTURES IN THE SHOP,
WE COULD HAVE STUCK
SOME DENTURES IN HIS MOUTH...
- PUT SOME BIG OLD
CHOMPERS IN THERE.
- WE COULD HAVE
GOT SOME MASCARA.
WE COULD HAVE PUT
A COWBOY HAT ON IT.
IT COULD LOOK LIKE
BRETT MICHAELS.
- BUT HE WAS STINKING.
- LET ME ASK YOU A
SERIOUS QUESTION, THOUGH.
WHAT DO YOU THINK
OF THE STUFFED HORSE?
- I THINK IT'S PROBABLY
GOING TO BE GOOD.
WHEN HE SAID 1000, I WAS
LOOKING FOR SOME SMELLING SALTS,
BUT WHEN HE CAME DOWN TO 200...
- I KNOW.
- I THOUGHT, WOW.
- HE'S LIKE MAKING US BUY IT.
- WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO
HAVE DANIELLE HOOK US UP
WITH AN APPRAISER
AND SEE HOW WE DID.
- ALL IN ALL, A GOOD PICK.
- GREAT PICK!
[phone ringing]
- HELLO?
- HEY. I HAVE SOME
INFORMATION FOR YOU IN
REGARDS TO THE APPRAISAL.
THERE IS A GENTLEMAN NAMED ZEFF
THAT I'M GOING TO
TURN YOU ON TO,
AND HE'S GOING TO
APPRAISE THIS HORSE FOR YOU.
- YEAH, SO WHEN YOU WERE
CALLING AROUND TO GET SOMEBODY
TO APPRAISE A MINIATURE
STUFFED HORSE,
WERE YOU GETTING WEIRD...
WERE YOU GETTING
WEIRD REACTIONS?
- YEAH, BUT I'M USED TO
GETTING WEIRD REACTIONS.
- [laughing] THAT'S FUNNY.
- WITH THE WAY YOU
LOOK, I UNDERSTAND.
- THANK YOU AND WE'LL LET
YOU KNOW WHAT THE OUTCOME IS.
- GOOD JOB, DANNY!
- COOL.
- BYE-BYE.
- BYE.
- I'LL BET IT'S WORTH...
I'M JUST GOING TO
SAY HYPOTHETICAL,
I'LL BET IT'S WORTH $450-500.
- I'M GOING TO SAY 700 BUCKS.
- I HOPE YOU'RE
RIGHT AND I'M WRONG.
- FOR ME THOUGH,
IF YOU'RE WRONG,
THEN I'M GOING TO
HAVE A CRAPPY DAY.
- [laughs]
WE'RE GOING TO A GUY NAMED ZEFF.
HE OWNS AN ANTIQUE
SHOP IN THIS AREA.
TAXIDERMY'S REALLY
HOT DOWN HERE.
HE'S GONNA TELL US
WHAT THIS THING'S WORTH.
- HI, MIKE.
- WELCOME, WELCOME.
- NICE TO MEET YOU.
ARE YOU READY FOR THE UNVEILING.
- I'M EXCITED.
- ALL RIGHT.
WE FIGURED SINCE WE
WERE IN HORSE COUNTRY
THAT YOU'D BE THE BEST
PLACE TO APPRAISE A HORSE.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK, ZEFF?
- GREAT LOOKING.
- LET'S BRING HER INSIDE.
- COOL.
- ALL RIGHT.
- THIS IS THE FIRST HORSE
THAT WE'VE EVER PICKED.
- HAVE YOU SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE?
- I HAVE.
IT APPEARS TO BE A
SADDLE REMAKERS' HORSE,
WHERE HE WOULD HAVE USED IT
TO EXHIBIT CHILDREN'S SADDLES,
OR HARNESS, BRIDLES.
- THAT MAKES SENSE.
SAMPLE TO PUT YOUR GEAR ON.
- YEAH.
- AS A PICKER YOU LEARN
SOMETHING EVERY DAY.
WHEN WE CAME ACROSS
THAT LITTLE HORSE AT LESTER'S,
IT NEVER CROSSED MY MIND
THAT THIS WAS USED
BY A LEATHER MAKER
TO DISPLAY HIS SADDLES.
- THE BIGGEST QUESTION IS,
WHAT DO YOU THINK IT'S WORTH?
- IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE THE EARS.
- BUT THAT ONE DOESN'T
LOOK LIKE IT HAS EARS, MIKE.
- MAYBE THEY DIDN'T
HAVE EARS BACK THEN.
HOW OLD DO YOU THINK IT IS?
- I THINK IT'S RIGHT AT
TURN OF THE CENTURY.
AND IT'S PRETTY RARE.
- WHEN HE SAID THE HORSE
WAS OVER 100 YEARS OLD, BOOM!
I'M TALKING TACHYCARDIA.
THIS THING COULD BE
WORTH SOMETHING AFTER ALL.
- WHAT DID YOU PAY, IF
YOU DON'T MIND ME ASKING?
- WE PAID 200 BUCKS FOR IT.
- I THINK IN THE CONDITION IT
IS, WHICH IS ABOVE AVERAGE,
IT'S NOT PERFECT, THIS
HORSE WOULD BRING...
$1,200.
MIKE AND FRANK GOT VERY
LUCKY TO FIND THAT PIECE.
THEY WON'T HAVE ANY
TROUBLE SELLING IT.
AT $200, THEY GOT A GREAT BUY.
- IT'S DEFINITELY FOR SALE.
I'M GLAD WE BROUGHT IT BY,
'CAUSE WE HAD
ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA.
- PLUS IT'S BEEN STARING AT
US IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK.
EVERY TIME WE GET IN
THERE IT'S LOOKING AT US,
AND I WAS LIKE... WE'VE GOT TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
[laughter]
- ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING
TO HOOK THIS OUT OF HERE.
- ALL RIGHT.
- THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- THANK YOU, GUYS.
- THE HORSE IS
PERFECT FOR US TO SELL,
BECAUSE IT'S SO UNIQUE.
IT'S ITEMS LIKE THESE THAT
WE'RE KNOWN FOR FINDING.
PLUS I LEARNED SO MUCH
FROM OUR TAXIDERMY EXPERT.
NEXT TIME I'M IN A HOUSE
WITH EYEBALLS STARING AT ME
FROM ALL ANGLES,
I'M GOING TO KNOW
WHAT TO LOOK FOR.
- SEE, FRANKIE?
YOU'RE GIVING ME A HARD TIME
ABOUT MY OBSESSION
WITH TAXIDERMY.
LOOKS LIKE TODAY PAID OFF.
RIDING HIGH, MY BROTHER.
- I THINK THAT WAS THE
ONLY GOOD PIECE THERE.
[phone ringing]
- DANNY.
- MORNING.
I WANTED TO CALL AND LET
YOU KNOW ABOUT A LEAD.
- A LEAD? I'M LISTENING.
- THERE'S A GUY NAMED KEITH.
HE HAS THIS INSANE
AWESOME BUILDING.
HE'S GOT OLD TOYS, BICYCLES.
HE'S MOVING TO TENNESSEE,
SO EVERYTHING'S GOT TO GO.
- YOU KNOW OLD TOYS, CA-CHING!
- OLD BICYCLES.
- CA-CHING!
- IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE PICKING
GODS ARE SHINING ON US.
THIS IS GONNA COME OUT TO BE
ONE OF THE BIGGEST PICKS
THAT WE'VE HAD IN A LONG TIME.
- WE'LL LET YOU KNOW
HOW IT WORKS OUT.
- CATCH YOU ON THE FLIP-FLOP.
- COOL.
- DUDE, IT'S A GOOD
DAY TO BE A PICKER.
- IT'S A GREAT DAY.
- THAT SOUNDS KILLER.
- WHEN A GUY'S GOTTA MOVE...
- THERE'S THE TOWN.
- I LOVE SMALL TOWNS.
- IT'S, IT'S LIKE A
CLOSED-UP STORE FRONT.
SHE SAID THAT'S WHAT
WE NEED TO LOOK FOR.
- WELL I THINK IT'S
RIGHT... LET'S SEE.
- THIS PLACE LOOKS EMPTY.
- AH, IT'S PROBABLY IT.
- GOOD LUCK.
- GOOD LUCK TO
YOU. I'M BUYING IT ALL.
- I'M GOING TO SPEND
SO MUCH MONEY TODAY
IT'S GOING TO MAKE
YOUR HEAD SPIN.
- HELLO?
- HOLY MOLEY.
- THAT'S A LOT OF STUFF.
- HOW ARE YOU DOING?
NICE TO MEET YOU.
- HEY, KEITH, HOW
ARE YOU DOING? FRANK.
- A LOT OF JUNK IN HERE.
- I SEE. WHAT'S THE
DEAL WITH THIS PLACE?
I MEAN, DID THIS USED TO
BE, LIKE, AN ANTIQUE SHOP?
- NO, IT USED TO BE
A HOME DRUG STORE.
I'VE ALREADY MOVED DOWN SOUTH
AND JUST WANT TO
GET THE BUILDING SOLD.
- WHAT'S THE PLANS
WITH ALL THIS STUFF?
- WELL, SOME OF IT'S
GOING TO HAVE TO BE SOLD.
- ALL RIGHT, IT LOOKS LIKE
THERE'S A LOT TO
LOOK THROUGH HERE.
- FOUR LEVELS TO THIS PLACE.
- KNOCK YOURSELF OUT.
- WHEN SOMEONE IS MOVING, IT
PUTS A REAL FIRE UNDER THEM
TO REALLY CONSIDER
SELLING STUFF.
IT'S A WIN-WIN SITUATION FOR US.
LET'S START IN THE FRONT AND
WORK OUR WAY BACK, FRANKIE.
- THERE YOU GO. A 175.
- THAT'S A 175 BRIDGESTONE.
- YEAH?
- 1965 MODEL.
- HE WAS PRETTY PROUD
OF HIS MOTORCYCLE.
THERE WAS A BRIDGESTONE.
THEY DON'T MAKE PARTS
FOR THEM ANYMORE.
- WHAT DO YOU VALUE
SOMETHING LIKE THAT AT?
- OH, PROBABLY ABOUT 900 BUCKS.
- THE BRIDGESTONE FOR 900?
NOBODY CAN MAKE
ANY MONEY ON THAT.
NO ONE'S BACK IN HERE.
- SEE ANYTHING
OVER THERE, FRANKIE?
- NOTHING FOR ME RIGHT YET.
- MAN, EVERYTHING'S
JUST BURIED, HUH?
- OH, YEAH.
- THAT'S A WIENER MAN.
- YEAH.
- A DANCING HOT
DOG. THAT'S KILLER.
LOOK AT THAT, FRANKIE.
- YOU CAN MAKE IT DANCE.
- IT WORKS, YEAH.
- A MARIONETTE WIENER.
I'VE BEEN AROUND, MAN.
WE'VE BEEN DOING
THIS FOR 20 YEARS.
I'VE NEVER SEEN A DANCING
MARIONETTE WIENER MACHINE.
- I TELL YOU WHAT.
I DO LIKE HOT DOGS.
- IT'S VERY FUNKY,
DIFFERENT, UNUSUAL, BIZARRE.
HOW MUCH IS A WIENER MACHINE?
- I'D TAKE 400 BUCKS FOR IT.
- WOO. ARE YOU
SERIOUS? THIS MACHINE?
- YEP.
- IT WASN'T VERY FUNKY,
DIFFERENT, UNUSUAL,
BIZARRE $400 WORTH.
I TELL YOU WHAT, I
DO LIKE HOT DOGS.
- YOU JUST GOTTA
REALIZE WE'RE PICKERS.
WE CAN'T PAY FULL
RETAIL PRICE, YOU KNOW.
- YEAH.
- I THINK KEITH MIGHT HAVE
THOUGHT HE WAS READY TO SELL,
BUT WHEN ACTUALLY TWO
GUYS ARE STANDING THERE,
WE'RE TRYING TO
BUY STUFF FROM HIM,
I JUST DON'T THINK HE WAS READY.
AND HE'S ONE OF THEM GUYS
THAT IF HE IS READY TO SELL,
HE WANTS TOP DOLLAR FOR IT.
- I COLLECTED A LOT
OF OLD MAYTAG STUFF.
THERE'S AN OLD SALESMAN
SAMPLE FROM THE 1920S.
THEY USED TO TAKE
THEM OUT, AS A DEALER,
TO START SELLING THEIR PRODUCT,
OR THEY WOULD ACTUALLY
TAKE IT TO A PERSON'S HOME
TO GET THE LADY TO WANT
TO BUY A WASHING MACHINE.
- SO THIS WAS JUST A SMALL
REPLICA OF THE ACTUAL ONE
THEY WERE GOING TO SELL YOU?
OKAY.
- YEAH, AND IT HAD TO BE
REALLY DETAILED BACK THEN TOO,
BECAUSE FOR THEM TO
SHOW EVERY LITTLE FEATURE
THAT WAS ON THE MACHINE.
- THE SALESMEN SAMPLE
MAYTAG CAST IRON RINGER
WASHING MACHINE,
GREAT LITTLE PIECE.
WHAT DO YOU VALUE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS AT?
- I'VE SEEN THEM SELL FOR
900, 1100, $1200, YOU KNOW,
DEPENDING ON THE COLLECTOR.
- NICE PAINT, GREAT
PIECE, RETAILS, AT BEST 350.
BASICALLY EVERYTHING
THAT WE ASKED HIM ABOUT,
YOU COULDN'T MAKE
ANY MONEY ON IT.
THIS PLACE IS BIGGER
THAN YOU THINK IT IS.
JUST THINK IF YOU GOT
ALL THE STUFF OUT OF IT,
HOW BIG IT WOULD SEEM,
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
THAT'S '60s AND '70s STUFF.
- OH, YEAH. COOL.
- ALL RIGHT.
- EVEL, BABY.
- WHEN I FIRST PULLED
OUT THAT EVEL KNIEVEL TOY,
I WAS EXCITED.
- OH, THERE HE IS.
TWO EVELS.
- 1977.
- EVEL KNIEVEL WAS
ONE OF THE BEST
DAREDEVIL MOTORCYCLE
STUNTMEN IN THE WORLD.
HIS WORST ACCIDENT
THAT HE EVER HAD
WAS IN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
WHERE HE BROKE EVERY
SINGLE BONE IN HIS BODY,
BUT HIS NECK.
THEY MADE A LOT OF TOYS ON HIM.
IDEAL MADE THEM IN 1977.
- HOW MUCH IS THAT?
- I DON'T KNOW.
I'D HAVE TO HAVE PROBABLY
40 BUCKS FOR IT, YOU KNOW.
- ALL THAT WAS GONE, IT WAS
RIPPED, NOT WORTH BUYING.
- UM, NO THANKS.
- HAVE YOU HAD ANY
BITES ON THE BUILDING?
- UH, WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE
LOOKING AT IT, YOU KNOW.
JUST REAL ESTATE'S
KIND OF SLOW RIGHT NOW.
- HE HADN'T EVEN HAD
THE BUILDING SOLD.
I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN
A LITTLE BIT TOO EARLY ON HIM.
HE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH
PRESSURE ON HIM ALREADY
TO GET STUFF OUT OF THERE.
- NOW ARE YOU STILL BUYING?
- OH, YEAH.
- ARE YOU? SO LET
ME GET THIS STRAIGHT.
YOU'RE TRYING TO DOWNSIZE.
YOU'VE MOVED TO TENNESSEE,
BUT YOU'RE STILL BUYING.
- YUP. YOU CAN'T STOP.
- THE REALITY OF
THE SITUATION WAS,
HE WAS A COLLECTOR,
A PRETTY HARDCORE COLLECTOR,
AND HE WASN'T
WILLING TO LET GO YET.
THIS IS PRETTY SENTIMENTAL?
- YEAH.
- THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF IN HERE
THAT YOU'VE HAD
SINCE YOU WERE A BOY?
- YEP.
WELL, DO I REALLY WANT
TO GET RID OF IT JUST YET?
YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO
HAVE TO HAPPEN SOMETIME.
NOT QUITE AT THAT PLACE YET.
- ALL RIGHTY.
- ALL RIGHT, MAN.
I'LL SEE YOU LATER.
- YUP.
- SEE YA!
[horn honks]
- DANIELLE MADE IT SOUND
LIKE THIS GUY'S IN A RUSH,
LIQUIDATION SALE, YOU
KNOW, HE'S GOT TO SELL IT ALL.
[phone ringing]
- HELLO?
- WE JUST LEFT KEITH'S.
- YEAH? HOW'D IT GO?
- QUOTED US SOME PRICES,
BUT THEY WERE LIKE
FULL-BLOWN RETAIL.
- SO IT SUCKED IS
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
- IT'S SO HARD TO GAUGE PEOPLE
AND YOU REALLY
HAVE TO KIND OF DIG,
LIKE, IS THIS GUY REAL
SERIOUS ABOUT SAYING,
"HEY, I'M LIQUIDATING;
I'VE GOT TO GET OUT OF
THIS PLACE RIGHT AWAY,"
JUST DIVE INTO IT A LITTLE MORE.
GO, "HEY, IS THERE A
CONTRACT ON THE HOUSE?"
- IT TELLS US THE URGENCY
OF WHEN HE NEEDS
TO GET THE STUFF OUT.
- OKAY.
- AND WE'RE GOING TO
KEEP ON TRUCKING FORWARD.
JUST WANTED TO
GIVE YOU THE UPDATE.
- OKAY, THANK YOU.
- THAT WAY YOU CAN FEEL
LIKE YOU'RE THERE WITH US.
- ALL RIGHT.
- YEAH, HONEY.
KEEP PICKING IT UP
AND PUTTING IT DOWN.
- BYE.
MUH.
- WHERE WE AT, FRANKIE?
- WE'RE SOMEWHERE IN THIS AREA.
- SOMEWHERE IN THIS AREA.
- THAT'S THE BEST I CAN DO.
- YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THE
NAVIGATOR, NOT THE AGITATOR.
WHEN WE'RE ON THE ROAD,
FRANKIE AND I, YOU KNOW,
WE PUT A LOT OF MILES IN.
I MEAN, I'M TALKING
MAJOR WINDSHIELD TIME.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT? SOMETIMES
WE GET SICK OF EACH OTHER.
MAYBE WE SHOULD HEAD
OVER TO OUR PICKING MAMA.
THAT'LL EASE THE
PAIN A LITTLE BIT.
- SOMETIMES WHEN YOU SEE
PEOPLE THAT YOU PICKED BEFORE,
IT TAKES THAT HOME
SICKNESS AWAY.
JUDY WAS ONE OF OUR PICKS THAT
WE PICKED ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO.
WE HAD A FANTASTIC TIME
WITH HER THE FIRST TIME.
- THERE WAS A TIME
WHEN VIBRATORS WERE BIG.
- I THINK THEY STILL ARE.
- I WAS GOING TO SAY, WHAT
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, JUDY?
- YEAH, JUDY'S INCREDIBLE.
[phone ringing]
HEY, DANNY. WHAT'S UP?
- SO I CALLED JUDY.
SHE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU.
SHE SAID COME ON OVER.
SHE SAID SHE'D LOVE TO
SEE HER LITTLE PICKERS.
SEE YOU BOYS.
- BYE-BYE.
- GUESS WHAT?
- WHAT?
- WE'RE GOING TO JUDY'S.
HOLD ON HERE, 'CAUSE
I'M TURNING AROUND.
- I'M HOLDING ON.
- HERE WE ARE, MAN.
MAMA, I'M COMING HOME!
- YEAH, HERE WE COME JUDY!
- HERE WE COME JUDY!
Both: WHOO!
- I SEE THE TOWER.
SEE THE TOWER, FRANKIE?
JUDY'S INCREDIBLE.
SHE'S GOT ONE OF THOSE SPACES
THAT'S GOT SO MUCH STUFF IN IT
THAT THERE'S NO WAY WE
COULD COVER IT IN JUST ONE PICK.
LET'S CHECK IT OUT.
- I'D LIKE TO BUY THAT.
- IT'S JUST NICE TO GO BACK
AND SEE PEOPLE THAT YOU
HAD A GOOD EXPERIENCE WITH.
- AFTER YOU.
- HE, GUYS. WELCOME BACK!
- HEY, JUDY.
- HI, HONEY. HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?
- NICE TO SEE YA. HI. HI MIKE.
I HAD SO MUCH FUN WITH THE
GUYS LAST TIME THEY WERE HERE.
HEY, WE MADE A DEAL.
- WE BROKE THE ICE.
- BECAUSE I SEE THINGS IN
THEM THAT I FEEL MYSELF,
SO IT'S LIKE WE'RE
KINDRED SPIRITS.
- YOU JUST BEAT FRANK.
- I JUST BEAT FRANK OUT?
- IT WAS FUN.
- SO HOW HAVE THINGS
BEEN GOING HERE?
- UH, IT'S BEEN OKAY.
MAURY PASSED AWAY
SINCE YOU GUYS WERE HERE.
- I KNOW. WE HEARD
THAT. SORRY TO HEAR THAT.
- YEAH. A COUPLE MONTHS
AFTER YOU WERE HERE.
- MAURY AND I WERE
MARRIED IN 1989
AND WE HAD 22 WONDERFUL
YEARS TOGETHER.
AND I MISS HIM EVERY DAY.
AND IT'S HARD TO GO
THROUGH THE WAREHOUSE
AND SEE ALL THE STUFF HE HAD.
WELL, WHAT I'M GOING TO DO TODAY
IS HAVE, UH, MY
STEP-GRANDSON AL GO WITH US,
BECAUSE HE KNOWS
THE WAREHOUSE BETTER.
- THERE'S LIKE THREE OR
FOUR LEVELS THAT WE CAN PICK.
- NOW THIS WAS
YOUR FAVORITE FLOOR.
- OH, YEAH. I REMEMBER
BEING UP HERE.
THE CHEMISTRY WITH JUDY
WAS INSTANT THE SECOND TIME.
- SHE WELCOMED US LIKE WE
WERE LIKE HER GRANDSONS,
YOU KNOW.
- JUDY'S EXCITEMENT IS
COMPLETELY CONTAGIOUS.
SHE'S LIKE A SUPER BRIGHT LIGHT,
AND I WAS EXCITED
TO GET DIGGIN'.
THIS PLACE IS AWESOME.
A LOT OF STUFF HAD
BEEN CLEANED OUT
SINCE WE'VE BEEN GONE.
- JUST A LICENSE PLATE THING.
- BUT THERE WAS MORE
AREAS TO LOOK NOW
BECAUSE IT WASN'T
QUITE SO CLUTTERED.
- I LOVE THESE WINDOWS.
I SAW THESE HUGE
WAREHOUSE WINDOWS.
- THAT'S COOL.
- MAURY HATED TO
GET RID OF ANYTHING.
- I DON'T BLAME HIM.
ANYTHING ARCHITECTURAL,
THAT'S STUFF'S EXTREMELY
DIFFICULT TO FIND.
- THOSE ARE BRUISERS, MIKE.
- OH, MY GOD. THESE
THINGS WEIGH A TON.
WHEN YOU SEE A WINDOW LIKE THAT
THAT YOU CAN REPURPOSE,
THAT'S REALLY WHAT
RECYCLING AMERICA IS ALL ABOUT.
- THE ONLY DOWNFALL:
BIG, TRIPLE HEAVY,
THEY'RE GOING TO
BREAK ON THE WAY HOME.
REMEMBER THAT BIG
METAL WAGON I BOUGHT?
- YEAH.
- ALL RIGHT, THAT'S GOOD.
I'M MISSING SOME STUFF.
- USUALLY WHEN I TAKE
FRANK TO GOLDEN CORRAL,
ALL YOU CAN EAT,
I PUT THAT IN THE
BACK OF THE VAN,
AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I
CAN GET HIM OUT OF THERE.
WHAT DO YOU SEE FRANKIE?
DID WE LOSE YA?
- NOPE. I THINK WE'RE
GETTING INTO YOUR CART LAND.
- CARTS ARE GREAT.
YOU CAN USE THEM
TO HAUL STUFF AROUND,
BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE USING
THEM FOR COFFEE TABLES NOW,
CLEANED UP, WITH THE CAST
IRON WHEELS AND THE WOOD,
IT'S JUST A GREAT PIECE.
CAN I MAKE YOU AN
OFFER ON THIS ONE?
- SURE.
- LET'S MOVE SOME OF
THIS WOOD OFF OF IT
AND LET ME LOOK
AT THE WOOD ON TOP
AND SEE HOW WHAT SHAPE IT'S IN.
SO WHAT I DO WHEN
I GET THESE THINGS
IS I POWER WASH THE
HELL OUT OF THEM.
- YEAH.
- AND THEN WE WOULD THROW
A COAT OF WAX ON THEM.
HOW ABOUT 100 BUCKS?
- HOW ABOUT 150?
- HERE'S THE
BIGGIE... DOES IT ROLL?
- IT ROLLS.
- IT ROLLS. ALL RIGHT. 150.
- THANK YOU, MIKE.
- ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
- I FOUND SOMETHING
AFTER YOU GUYS WERE HERE.
YOU SEE THAT OLD
SIGN OVER THERE?
"IF YOU'VE GOT IT, A
TRUCK BROUGHT IT."
I'M GOING TO PUT THAT
DOWNSTAIRS WHERE HIS TOOLS WERE.
- SO YOU'RE STILL
DISCOVERING STUFF?
- OH, YEAH. ALL THE TIME.
- JUDY WAS TAKING US PLACES THAT
WE'D NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
- WE WENT TO MAURY'S TOOL ROOM.
- YOU GUYS WEREN'T
IN HERE BEFORE?
- OH, NO.
- OH, MY GOD.
- MAURY'S MAIN LOVE WAS
ANTIQUE WOODWORKING TOOLS.
- HIS COLLECTION WAS INCREDIBLE.
- HE DIDN'T KNOW
HOW TO USE THEM.
HE JUST BOUGHT THEM
CAUSE HE WAS FASCINATED.
TO SEE THE BEAUTIFUL WOODWORK
ON HOMES AND CRAFTSMANSHIP,
IT WAS JUST AWESOME TO HIM.
- WOW, LOOK AT THAT.
LOOK AT THAT, FRANK.
THE GUY HAD EVERYTHING
FROM WOOD LEGS, TO LEVELS.
- SO THIS IS A PHOTO OF MAURY.
HE HAD BEEN TO AN
ANTIQUE TOOL AUCTION
AND WAS DIGGING
THROUGH THE JUNK.
- OH, LOOK AT THAT
SMILE ON HIS FACE.
- YEAH.
WHEN YOU GUYS WERE UPSTAIRS
GOING THROUGH THE WAREHOUSE
AND DIGGING FOR JUNK,
I THOUGHT, THAT'S
JUST LIKE MAURY.
- AND MAURY'S GOT
SOME GUNS ON HIM, MAN.
LOOK AT THAT.
- HE WAS A BIG GUY.
- I LOVE THAT.
EACH ONE OF THOSE
TOOLS THAT HE PICKED,
HE COULD PROBABLY
TELL YOU WHERE HE GOT IT,
THE AUCTION HE GOT
IT, WHAT HE PAID FOR IT.
THAT'S SO COOL, I MEAN,
TO FIND THAT CONNECTION
WITH SOMEBODY,
IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
OOH, SLASHER FILM.
WE'RE CRUISIN' AROUND
IN A LOCKER ROOM,
I SAW A CAST IRON
TABLE SAW PIECE.
YOU SELLING THESE OR WHAT?
- YEAH.
- IT WAS HAND PINSTRIPED
AND BLACK AND RED.
THE LAST PATENT
DATE ON IT WAS 1870.
- WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE TO
HAVE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
- IF THEY'RE COMPLETE,
THEY'RE AROUND $1,200 TO 1$, 500,
SO I THINK WE PROBABLY NEED
A COUPLE HUNDRED FROM IT.
- SO MUCH OF IT MISSING,
AS FAR AS LIKE BEING
AN EARLY TABLE SAW
THAT NO ONE COULD REALLY
REPURPOSE IT IN THAT REGARD.
SO WHEN I SEE IT. I SEE
TABLETOP ON THERE.
- IF YOU KNOCKED
THAT OFF IT'D BE FLAT.
- PUT A PIECE OF WOOD ON IT.
- MM-HMM.
- REALLY COOL LEGS.
ALL RIGHT, 200.
- OKAY. THANKS.
- I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO
WORK YOU ON THAT ONE.
I LIKE IT.
- OKAY AND YOU NEED TO KNOW
THAT IS THE ONLY TOOL
THAT I HAVE SOLD OF MAURY'S.
- EVER?
- CAUSE HE MADE ME SWEAR
"DON'T SELL MY TOOLS,"
BUT THIS ISN'T REALLY A TOOL.
THIS IS PARTS.
- INCREDIBLE PIECE.
THOSE CAST IRON LEGS ARE
GOING TO LOOK BEAUTIFUL
IN SOMEONE'S HOME.
I HAD TO BUY IT. IT'S
GONNA BE EASY TO SELL.
SEE, THESE WOULD BE COOL
TO EVEN UTILIZE THESE AGAIN.
- THERE'S ONE
LONELY LITTLE LOCKER.
- I SEE SOMEONE HAD
BUILT A BASE FOR IT EVEN.
ISN'T THAT CUTE?
I LIKE THE GREEN PAINT.
I LIKE THAT IT WAS
A SINGLE PIECE.
IT'S NOT GOING TO
TAKE UP A LOT OF ROOM.
HOW MUCH IS THAT?
- AL?
- MAKE ME BUY IT, AL.
- $10.
- ALL RIGHT, 10 BUCKS. I'LL POP.
I MEAN, FRANK CAN'T EVEN BUY
A PIZZA AND A BEER FOR THAT,
SO I'M HAPPY FOR THAT PRICE.
FRANKIE, I BOUGHT A LOCKER.
- I LIKE IT.
GWEN MUST HAVE BEEN
A BAD GIRL OR SOMETHING
IF SHE HAD TO BE
ISOLATED ALL BY HERSELF.
- LAST TIME WE WERE HERE,
I SHOWED YOU THIS RACK I
WAS KIND OF INTERESTED IN.
ONE OF THE PIECES WE SAW
WHEN WE WERE WALKING AROUND
WAS THIS HUGE WOODEN
PLANKED IRON LEGGED PIECE
THAT HAD HOOKS ON IT.
- I THOUGHT THAT WAS NEAT.
- ISN'T IT?
- SEE I LOVE TO LOOK AT
STUFF LIKE THAT AND I THINK,
YOU KNOW, GUYS CAME, THEY
MADE THEIR LIVING HERE, YOU KNOW,
EVERY DAY THEY PUT THEIR
COAT OR THEIR HAT ON THAT THING,
IT'S JUST... IT MAKES YOU GULP.
- YEAH, BACK THEN, MAYBE THE
CONVERSATION WASN'T AROUND
THE WATER COOLER... MAYBE
IT WAS AROUND THE COAT RACK.
AND THAT'S HOW I CONNECT
WITH A LOT OF THIS STUFF.
THAT'S COOL THAT
YOU DO THAT TOO.
- WELL THAT'S WHY
YOU LOVE HISTORY.
YOU JUST THINK OF ALL THE
PEOPLE THAT WENT BEFORE YOU.
- JUDY IS A PERFECT
EXAMPLE OF A DOUBLE PICK.
- WE DON'T JUST GO TO
PEOPLE'S HOUSE ONE TIME;
A LOT OF TIMES WE GO BACK.
IT'S NICE TO KEEP RELATIONSHIPS
GOING WITH PEOPLE.
- YEAH, I'M GOING TO
THROW IT OUT THERE:
ON THE SECOND PICK, JUDY'S
DEFINITELY OUR PICKING MAMA.
- WHEN I WAS LOOKING
AROUND, I'M KIND OF SHORT,
BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN I LOOKED UP
AND I COULD SEE
THIS LEATHER CHAIR.
A GREAT PIECE.
NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE.
- OH, THAT'S A
NICE LITTLE CHAIR.
- HAD A LITTLE RIP IN THE
CUSHION. NO BIG DEAL.
- HOW MUCH JUDY?
- 30?
- LET ME TEST IT OUT.
- [laughs]
- I'M IN AT 30.
- OKAY. GOOD.
- ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
SOMETHING I DIDN'T
SEE THE FIRST TIME.
NOW I'M SEEING THE SECOND TIME.
GREAT PIECE.
OH, THAT'S COOL. LOOK AT THAT.
I KEPT NOTICING
THESE TOLEDO SCALES.
- OH, I DON'T WANT TO GO
ANYWHERE NEAR A SCALE.
- THAT'S THE BIG BOY. THAT'S
THE BIGGIE RIGHT THERE.
THESE INDUSTRIAL SIZED ONES,
I'M THINKING SOMEBODY'S STORE
FRONT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
ALL CLEANED UP WITH A NICE
BIG GLASS, NICE BIG TOLEDO,
AND IT'S GOT ALL THE
BEAUTIFUL NUMBERS ON IT.
I THINK IT COULD BE A
GREAT DECORATOR PIECE.
DO YOU WANT ME TO
SEE IF IT WORKS OR NOT?
- YOU GET ON THERE.
AND I WON'T TELL MIKE.
- OKAY. LET ME GET ON IT.
OH, IT LOOKS LIKE
IT'S LOCKED UP.
- THANK GOODNESS.
- TO ME, THAT'S
THE KIND OF SCALE
THAT'S HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER
BECAUSE WHEN I STEPPED
ON IT, I DIDN'T WEIGH ANYTHING.
- GOOD. NOW WE
CAN GET OUT OF HERE.
WE WERE CRUISING
DOWN TO THE FIRST LEVEL,
AND SHE SAYS, "THERE'S
NOT MUCH DOWN HERE."
- WOW.
- OH, MY GOSH.
HERE'S THIS MODEL "T."
- HERE'S MAURY'S
TRUCK. A 1919 MODEL "T."
- UNBELIEVABLE.
- YOU SEE THE BIG FENDERS
ON THE FRONT, FRANKIE?
- I WANT TO DO
SOMETHING WITH IT THOUGH,
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT
IT TO JUST SIT HERE.
- DETERIORATE. SURE.
DON'T HIDE IT; DRIVE IT.
- YEAH.
- GREAT PIECE. WE
LOVED LOOKING AT IT.
- IT'S REALLY COOL, JUDY.
- WE KNEW IT WAS VERY
IMPORTANT TO JUDY
BECAUSE IT BELONGED TO MAURY.
THERE WAS NO WAY WE WERE
GONNA MAKE AN OFFER ON IT.
- I LIKE THIS TRUNK. OH,
MY GOD. IT'S A BRUISER.
THAT'S A REALLY NICE TRUNK.
TRUNKS ARE TRENDY RIGHT NOW.
WHEN I'M OUT LOOKING FOR TRUNKS,
I'M LOOKING FOR CERTAIN THINGS.
DIFFERENT DETAILS,
PATTERNS AND DESIGNS.
IT SAYS "GLENWOOD, IOWA."
OH, IT'S FROM OUR
PART OF THE COUNTRY.
TRUNKS ARE HARD TO
FIND IN GOOD CONDITION.
IT'S GOT A METAL TAG ON IT.
IT'S ACTUALLY GOT THE NAME
OF THE TOWN THAT IT'S FROM.
THE WHOLE THING IS LEATHER.
THE EDGES ARE MADE
OUT OF CAST IRON.
THAT THING IS BEAUTIFUL.
IT SAYS "MANUFACTURED BY
LOUIS VUITTON SERIAL NUMBER 1."
- WOULDN'T THAT BE NICE?
- SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT I'M CHECKING OUT
WHEN I'M LOOKING
AT VINTAGE TRUNKS,
WHETHER IT'S GOT A
STAMP OF A MANUFACTURER
OR A SERIAL NUMBER ON IT.
USUALLY A FOUR LEVER LOCK
IS A LOT HIGHER QUALITY
THAN A THREE LEVER LOCK.
- I'M INTERESTED IN THIS ONE.
- OKAY.
- 50.
- 50. GOTCHA.
- ALL RIGHT, I GOT TWO TRUNKS.
FRANK, CARRY THIS.
- OKAY.
- THAT WAS A REALLY
NEAT PIECE FOR $50.
I HAD TO BUY IT. IT'S
GOING TO BE EASY TO SELL.
- OKAY, I WANT TO
TELL YOU GUYS THOUGH,
I KNOW YOU'RE TIRED
'CAUSE YOU'VE BEEN
TRAVELING THE COUNTRY,
SO I WANT YOU TO
SIT DOWN AND RELAX,
HAVE COFFEE AND COOKIES,
AND OUR GUYS CAN LOAD YOUR VAN.
- WE WALKED OUT IN THE GARAGE
AND SAW THE CHAIRS THERE
AND THEN SHE HAD SOME COOKIES.
- MAURY MUST HAVE
HAD A HELL OF A LIFE.
THIS IS AMAZING.
THOSE 22 YEARS THAT
HE HAD WITH JUDY,
SHE TREATED HIM LIKE GOLD.
- OH, MY GOD. WE
GOT A CARE PACKAGE?
- OH, THAT'S FOR DANIELLE.
AND THE CARD IS A SYMPATHY CARD
FOR WHEN YOU GUYS
GIVE HER A CRAPPY DAY.
- THANK YOU!
- WHOA!
- JUDY GAVE US A
PRESENT FOR DANIELLE.
SHE THINKS WE GIVE
DANIELLE A HARD TIME.
DANIELLE CAN TAKE IT JUST AS
GOOD AS SHE CAN DISH IT OUT.
HOW'S IT WORKING
OUT, AL? PRETTY GOOD?
- MAN, WE DID GET SOME STUFF.
- YOU KNOW, JUDY, I THINK
THIS STOP WORKED OUT.
- I THINK SO TOO.
IT WAS FUN AGAIN.
- THIS IS GOOD.
AWESOME.
- OH, IT WAS WONDERFUL
HAVING YOU GUYS.
DID YOU TRY ONE OF THESE, FRANK?
THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD.
- YEAH, LET ME DIG
IN ON ONE OF THEM
- YOU'RE A GOOD SPORT.
- THANKS, AL.
- PLEASURE HAVING YOU.
- THANKS, HONEY.
ANOTHER REASON
WE'RE GOING TO BE BACK
IS, I TELL YOU WHAT,
I LIKE HER STYLE.
SHE HAS PEOPLE LOAD OUR
STUFF; SHE'S GOT COOKIES;
SHE'S GOT COFFEE; WE'RE THERE.
- SHE'S BEEN GREAT.
- GOOD SEEING YOU GUYS AGAIN.
- SHE IS PROBABLY ONE
OF THE SWEETEST PEOPLE
I'VE EVER MET IN MY LIFE.
GOD, I JUST WANT TO PUT HER IN
MY POCKET AND TAKE HER HOME.
- JUST THINK IF EVERYBODY
TREATED US LIKE THAT.
IT WOULDN'T EVEN BE A JOB.
HEY, MIKE, DO YOU
THINK I SHOULD OPEN UP
THIS PRESENT FOR DANIELLE?
- TEAR IT UP, BROTHER.
- OH, MY GOD. THAT'S AWESOME.
- CAN'T BELIEVE THAT.
- HEY, DANNY. WHAT'S UP?
- HEY, WHAT'S UP?
- DOESN'T SHE LOOK LIKE
SHE'S DOING A GOOD JOB?
- SHE'S WORKING RIGHT NOW.
- SHE IS. SHE'S WORKING HARD.
- WHAT HAVE YOU
GOT? A GIFT? NICE.
- YEAH.
- THIS IS FROM JUDY.
- AWW.
- KNOCK YOURSELF OUT ON THAT,
AND PLEASE DON'T DO
IT ON COMPANY TIME.
- I MEAN, DO IT ON
YOUR 15-MINUTE BREAK.
- I'LL START NOW.
- RIGHT IN MY EYE, THAT HURTS.
- HAVE FUN WITH THAT.
- OOH...
BULL'S-EYE.
OOH...
YES.
I LOVE YOU BOYS.
BASICALLY MY WHOLE LIFE
AND I DON'T THINK WE'VE
EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
- THIS IS MY FIRST TIME.
- WE COULD BE SITTING
ON A GOLD MINE HERE.
WOW, LOOK AT THAT.
OH, I LOVE THE ARROW.
- THAT WAS A PIECE
OF AMERICAN HISTORY.
OH, MY GOD, I'VE
GOT TO HAVE THIS!
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.
- I LOVE BEING ON THE ROAD.
I MEAN, I LOVE IT, BUT
SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, I MISS...
I MISS BACK HOME, YOU KNOW,
I MISS WHAT'S GOING ON WITH
EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW?
LIKE, SOMETIMES, I MEAN,
DON'T MAKE FUN OF ME,
SOMETIMES I MISS MY MOM.
I WONDER, YOU KNOW,
WHAT MY MOM'S DOING.
- OH, ME TOO. YOU
KNOW, I MISS MY MOM TOO.
- I KNOW RIGHT NOW, I KNOW
SHE'S AT THE DOG PARK.
SHE CARRIES THAT
LITTLE JACK DOG AROUND
LIKE IT'S HER LITTLE BABY.
- MY MOM, SHE'S PROBABLY
OUT THERE IN THE GARDEN.
- WE'RE BEEN OUT
FOR A FEW WEEKS NOW.
IT GETS A LITTLE OLD ME
AND MIKE HANGING OUT
TOGETHER ALL THE TIME.
- WHAT?
- YOU ANSWER THE PHONE
IN THE SHOP LIKE THAT?
- YES. THAT'S HOW I
ANSWER THE PHONE.
- SHE'S GOT CALLER
ID. SHE KNOWS.
YOU GOT ANY LEADS FOR US?
WE'RE OUT HERE FLOPPING
IN THE WIND WITH NOTHING.
- YEAH.
- WE'RE OUT HERE
WITH OUR ZIPPER DOWN.
- WELL, PULL YOUR ZIPPER UP.
THERE'S A GUY OUT NEAR
YOU. HIS NAME IS LESTER.
THE KIDS AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD
CALL HIM THE SPOOKY COLLECTOR.
- SPOOKY COLLECTOR.
- HE EVEN HAS A TAXIDERMY CHIMP.
- TAXIDERMY CHIMP? WE'RE THERE!
- THIS GUY IS SPOOKY IF
HE'S GOT A STUFFED CHIMP.
- YOU KNOW ME. I LIKE
SPOOKY. I LIKE BIZARRE.
I LIKE FUNKY.
- THIS GUY SOUNDS LIKE
HE'S RIGHT UP YOUR ALLEY.
- THE GUY HAD ME AT
THE MOUNTED MONKEY.
- YEAH.
- WE DON'T KNOW A LOT
ABOUT TAXIDERMIST STUFF, BUT,
HEY, THIS GUY SOUNDS LIKE
AN INTERESTING CHARACTER.
- YES, UH, HERE
IT IS. LET'S HIT IT.
- HELLO!
- HEY, HOW ARE YOU DOING?
- I'M VICKY.
- NICE TO MEET YOU.
- WELCOME TO YOUR
PICKING HEAVEN.
- OH MY GOSH. LOOK
AT THIS PLACE, FRANKIE.
- LESTER AND HIS DAUGHTER VICKY,
SHE HAS BEEN JUNKING WITH
HIM SINCE SHE WAS A LITTLE KID.
- WE WALK INTO THE HOUSE
AND IT'S ALL THESE ANIMALS
STARING AT YA.
- WE'RE TALKING DEER,
FISH, BIRDS, ARMADILLOS.
- LOOK AT THE BEAR.
- YOU NAME IT, LESTER HAD IT.
- WAS YOUR DAD A HUNTER?
- NO, NO, HE JUST HAS ALWAYS
LIKE TAXIDERMY THINGS,
SO HE'S PICKED THEM UP
WHEREVER HE KNOWS IT.
- HE DIDN'T ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY
SHOOT 'EM OR ANYTHING.
- NO, NO, AT GARAGE
SALES AND SO FORTH.
- TAXIDERMY AS FAR
AS I'M CONCERNED,
NEVER BRINGS ANY KIND OF MONEY.
- THIS IS ONE OF THOSE
PLACES IT'S LIKE NO MATTER
WHERE YOU LOOK, YOU'RE GOING
TO SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
I WAS REALLY JACKED
ABOUT ALL THE TAXIDERMY,
I LOVE THAT KIND OF STUFF.
- COME AND MEET MR. LESTER.
- HECK YEAH.
- OF COURSE, YEAH.
LESTER MUST HAVE
EVERY STUFFED VARMINT
FROM HERE TO THE STATE LINE.
- EVERYTHING'S FOR
SALE. HE LOVES TO HAGGLE.
- YOU'VE COME TO
THE RIGHT SPOT THERE.
- HE CREATED THIS LODGE
ATMOSPHERE IN HIS HOUSE.
THERE'S MOUNTS EVERYWHERE.
AND I SEE THIS HORN CHAIR.
- ALL OF US CALL IT
THE ANKLE BANGER.
WHEN WE'VE HAD
TO WALK AROUND IT,
YOU CRACK YOUR ANKLE ON THE...
- CRACK YOUR ANKLE ON THE FRONT?
LOOKS LIKE IT COULD
DO SOME DAMAGE.
- OH. SERIOUS.
DAD, WHERE'D YOU
GET YOUR HORN CHAIR?
- AT A YARD SALE,
HE GOT THAT CHAIR.
- WOW.
- THINK ABOUT THAT.
FINDING SOMETHING
LIKE THAT AT A YARD SALE.
THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
- THAT'S SOMETHING
UNUSUAL TO BE ABLE TO
BUY AT A GARAGE SALE.
- HE'S BEEN TO EVERY YARD SALE
FROM HERE TO CHILLICOTHE, MAN.
WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE
TO HAVE FOR THIS CHAIR?
- COUPLE THOUSAND.
- COUPLE THOUSAND BUCKS?
AS SOON AS HE TOLD ME WHAT
HE WANTED FOR IT THOUGH,
I WAS LIKE DEFINITELY
COULDN'T GO THERE.
HOW ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
WHAT WOULD YOU
HAVE TO HAVE FOR THAT?
- $75.
- $75?
- YEAH.
- THIS BACKPACK,
IT'S FUNCTIONAL,
YOU COULD STILL USE IT.
IT WAS FURRY, THE
LEATHER WAS COOL.
WHERE DID YOU GET THAT AT?
- AT A YARD SALE.
- A YARD SALE?
- THERE'S A LOT OF
MOUNTAIN MEN AROUND
THIS PART OF TOWN.
HE GOT ALL OF THIS
STUFF AT YARD SALES.
- I FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN MONTANA.
- HOW ABOUT 60 BUCKS?
LESTER'S GOT A HELL
OF A POKER FACE, MAN.
- 65.
- 65?
- HE'S BEEN IN OUR SHOES.
HE'S BEEN BUYING, HE'S BEEN
HAGGLING HIS WHOLE LIFE.
SO HE SEES US COMING IN.
HE KNOWS WE WANT TO BARGAIN.
AND HE LIKES THAT.
- ALL RIGHT, YOU GOT
A DEAL, MY FRIEND.
65.
BOOM! THE ICE WAS BROKE.
NOW IT'S TIME TO ROCK.
HEY, I GOT TO KNOW, BECAUSE
I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE BEFORE,
HOW MUCH IS A MOUNTED
MINIATURE HORSE WORTH?
HE HAD A REAL HORSE IN THE
MIDDLE OF HIS LIVING ROOM.
WE SEEN STUFFED DEERS,
WE SEE MOUNTED BEARS,
BUT WE'VE NEVER SEEN
A REAL MOUNTED PONY.
- YOU MIGHT NEVER
FIND ANOTHER ONE.
- I KNOW. THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING.
IT WAS DONE VERY WELL,
IT WAS MISSING THE EARS,
BUT IN OUR BUSINESS, WE'RE
LOOKING FOR ANYTHING DIFFERENT,
ANYTHING BIZARRE, ANYTHING
THAT SPARKS EMOTION.
THIS LITTLE HORSE
DEFINITELY DID THAT.
- ABOUT A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
- A THOUSAND DOLLARS?
- A THOUSAND DOLLARS?
- OH, I BET. AND THAT'S
PROBABLY A DEAL.
- RIGHT.
- I'M NOT SURE ABOUT
THIS MOUNTED PONY.
THIS GUY WANTS A
THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR IT.
IT'S VERY COOL. I'VE
NEVER SEEN ONE BEFORE.
I'M GONNA CRUISE
AROUND A LITTLE BIT,
MAYBE COME BACK
TO IT AND CHECK IT OUT.
- THIS HE HAD WITH A LITTLE
RUMBLE SEAT THAT COMES OFF.
- OH YEAH. LOOK AT THAT.
- WE WALKED OUTSIDE AND
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I SAW
WAS THAT PEDAL CAR.
LOOK AT THIS.
- WHAT IS IT?
- WHEN THIS SLIDES OUT...
- THE FOOT PEDAL.
- THIS IS WHERE
YOU PUT YOUR FEET.
- I'VE HAD PEDAL CARS BEFORE,
BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN A TANDEM.
OH, IT'S MADE BY GENDRON.
- YEAH.
- GENDRON WAS A COMPANY
THAT STARTED IN OHIO
BACK IN THE 1880s.
THESE GUYS MADE PEDAL CARS
ALL THE WAY UP INTO THE '30s.
I MEAN, FOR SOMETHING LIKE
THIS TO EXIST AS LONG AS IT HAS
IN THIS CONDITION IS INCREDIBLE.
IS THIS SOMETHING HE'D SELL?
- YES.
- LESTER DOESN'T GET BACK
HERE TOO MUCH ANYMORE,
SO WE'RE PUTTING
SOME STUFF TOGETHER.
BUT THE FINAL DECISION'S
GOING TO BE WITH LESTER.
- ALL RIGHT.
- I HOPE YOU COME OUT ALIVE.
- ONE OF THE BEST
PLACES THAT VICKY
TOOK US WAS THAT BARN.
OH, YEAH, YOU NEED THAT.
WE'RE DIGGING THROUGH THE
DIRT, PULLING BACK THE LAYERS,
CLIMBING OVER THINGS.
WE'RE HAVING FUN,
MAN. WE'RE PICKING.
IF RACCOON TURDS
WERE WORTH ANYTHING...
- WE'D BE ON IT.
- WE'D BE MILLIONAIRES, FRANKIE.
- THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
THIS FISHING CREOLE IS A
REALLY NICELY MADE ONE.
PEOPLE THAT COLLECT
FISHING STUFF, LOVE THOSE.
THEY CAN BE TURNED
OVER REAL QUICK.
I'LL PUT IT UP HERE.
IT'S EASY TO SHIP. EASY
TO PACK. IT'S A GREAT PIECE.
- LOOK AT THAT.
AH, IT'S BROKEN.
WHAT'S THAT SAY? FOOD, WHAT?
- "GOOD FOOD AT BETTER PRICES."
- I FOUND THE CLOCK.
IT'S GOT A CRACK IN IT.
IT'S GOT NEAT ADVERTISING ON IT.
IT'S REALLY COOL.
PUT THAT OUTSIDE.
I'LL ASK HIM ABOUT THAT.
LET'S SEE IF THERE'S
ANYTHING BACK HERE.
FRANK.
- WHAT?
- HEY, WHAT ABOUT ALL
THAT TAXIDERMY STUFF?
THIS STUFF'S COOL, BUT WHAT
DO YOU THINK OF THAT STUFF?
- I DON'T KNOW ABOUT
THAT STUFF, DUDE.
LET'S HOLD OFF ON IT.
LET'S JUST KEEP LOOKING.
- I WAS REALLY JACKED
ABOUT ALL THE TAXIDERMY.
- DUDE, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT
THAT YET; JUST CALM DOWN.
MIKE JUST KEPT TALKING
ABOUT THAT TAXIDERMY STUFF.
- I COULDN'T CONVINCE FRANK
THAT THIS IS GOOD STUFF.
- IT FEELS PRETTY
STURDY UP HERE.
ALL RIGHT.
- BE CAREFUL. GUYS. DON'T
WANT ANYONE TO FALL THROUGH.
- OKAY.
- DUDE, LOOK AT THIS.
- WHAT YOU GOT?
- LIKE, A METAL DRESSER.
IT ALMOST HAD AN
INDUSTRIAL CHIC LOOK
TO THIS THING.
THERE'S, LIKE,
LITTLE DISHES IN IT.
- REALLY COOL, DUDE.
- OLD DOLL DISHES AND STUFF.
THIS THING HAD A
LOT OF SHARP EDGES.
THERE WAS A LOT OF
DETAILING, A LOT OF SCROLLING.
I'M INTERESTED IN THIS.
- ALL RIGHT, PULL IT OFF.
- I DIDN'T LOOK AT IT
AS A DOLL DRESSER.
I LOOKED AT IT AS A JEWELRY BOX.
I'M GONNA SPIDERMAN
IT OUT OF HERE.
I THINK I'VE DONE MY DUE
DILIGENCE AS A PICKER.
DIGGING THROUGH A
PLACE LIKE THAT, I MEAN,
THOSE PLACES, THEY
ALMOST DON'T EXIST ANYMORE.
MAN, THAT PLACE IS KILLER.
- VICKY WAS SUCH A NICE LADY.
SHE WAS SO GRACIOUS AND
SO NICE TO SHOW US AROUND.
I WISHED SHE WAS THE
ONE MAKING THE DECISIONS
AND PUTTING THE
PRICES ON THINGS.
- HERE WE USED TO, THAT
USED TO BE OUR PLAYHOUSE,
THIS BROWN SHED.
- UH-HUH.
- THIS PLACE WAS
TOTALLY DECEIVING.
WHEN WE FIRST PULLED UP,
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S JUST
A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
THERE'S JUST
HOUSES ON EACH SIDE.
ALL OF A SUDDEN SHE
STARTS TAKING US AROUND.
THIS PLACE IS HUGE!
- I LOVE THE ARROW.
- UH-OH.
- THAT WAS OFF THE ARROW MOTEL.
- OH, YEAH. THIS IS KILLER.
HERE YOU GO. LET'S PULL
IT OUT SO WE CAN SEE IT.
- IT WAS ON ROUTE 66.
- OH, IT WAS?
HISTORICAL ROUTE 66?
- SHE SAID THAT THING
CAME OFF OF ROUTE 66.
ALL THE OLD HOTELS, ALL
THE OLD RESTAURANTS,
YOU KNOW HOW MANY
SONGS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN
ABOUT THAT ROAD, MAN?
- IT WAS A LITTLE
FAMILY OWNED HOTEL
THAT WOULD POINT IN TO
HAVE THE FOLKS COME IN.
- THAT WAS THE MAIN VEIN,
THE ARTERY THROUGH AMERICA.
I MEAN, COME ON,
HOW MANY AMERICANS
EXPLORED THIS
COUNTRY ON ROUTE 66?
THAT IS BAD, MAN. I
ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS.
- I KNEW YOU WOULD.
- LET'S STAND IT UP
LIKE A ROCKET SHIP.
- LET ME COME TO
YOU FIRST. GOT IT?
- YEAH.
OH, YEAH.
THIS WAS FUNKY AND DIFFERENT.
THIS IS THE KIND OF STUFF
THAT GETS ME EXCITED.
- IT'S LARGE...
- AND IN CHARGE!
I GOTTA PUT THAT NEXT TO MY BED.
TO REMIND ME TO GET
UP EVERY MORNING.
OH, MY GOD. I'VE
GOT TO HAVE THIS!
I WOULD ABSOLUTELY
LOVE TO BUY IT.
- DAD'S GOT TO BE THE
FINAL GOER ON THAT ONE.
- ALL RIGHT. MAN, I'M
LOVING THIS THING.
THAT WAS THE PIECE
OF AMERICAN HISTORY.
- THIS IS WHERE WE ALWAYS HAVE
PICNICS AND SLUMBER PARTIES
AND ALL THE NEIGHBOR
BOYS WOULD COME OVER
AND TRY TO SCARE US AND...
- OH, MAN.
- SLUMBER PARTIES WITH
THE NEIGHBOR BOYS?
SAY NOTHING ON IT.
- CAREFUL.
- HEY, BABY!
- LOOK AT THAT.
THAT'S BUDDY "L."
- THAT BIG LARGE
PRESSED STEEL STUFF,
IT'S ALWAYS EASY TO SELL.
AND THEY COMMAND A LOT OF
MONEY, BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT CONDITION.
THIS WAS MADE ABOUT 20
MINUTES FROM OUR HOUSE.
- NO KIDDING?
- IT WAS MISSING
THE WHOLE FENDER.
IT WAS MISSING
THE RUNNING BOARD.
THERE WAS BASICALLY NO
PAINT LEFT ON THIS THING.
WE HAD TO RESCUE IT, BECAUSE
I DIDN'T WANT THAT THING
SITTING THERE AND JUST ROTTING.
- HOLY... YOU'RE A
NIMBLE LITTLE MONKEY.
- WHAT IS THIS THING?
THIS THING IS BIG.
- ALL RIGHT, I GOT A
SITUATION OVER HERE.
- OH, THAT WAS A GOOD
ONE. HERE YOU GO.
THAT'S KIND OF NEAT.
- A LITTLE CRUSTO,
BUT... IT'S KIND OF COOL.
- I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
- I THINK THEY'RE SHIP LIGHTS.
IF IT'S BRASS, THEN IT'S
GOING TO BE FOR A BOAT
THAT'S ON THE OCEAN.
- YEAH.
- ANYTHING GALVANIZED
WOULD BE FOR RIVERS.
- LET'S KEEP THIS
OUT. I'M INTERESTED.
- I'M INTERESTED IN THIS.
LOVE IT. LOVE IT. LOVE IT.
FRANK, IF YOU LOVE THAT ONE,
MAYBE YOU'LL LOVE THIS ONE TOO.
- OH, THAT'S A PAIR.
- THIS PLACE JUST DID NOT STOP.
JUST WHEN I THOUGHT IT WAS OVER,
THERE WAS A WHOLE 'NOTHER
PLACE TO DIG THROUGH.
- THERE'S SO MUCH
STUFF TO COVER HERE.
- CHECK THAT OUT, MIKE.
THE MAN HAD EVERYTHING SET UP.
I SEE A LITTLE BENCH BACK
HERE, SITTING AROUND THE FIRE.
LOOK AT THAT, MIKE.
THAT'S HEAVY DUTY.
- UP HERE IS WHERE
HE HAD HIS HOT TUB.
IT'S AN OLD HORSE TANK,
AND HE HAD A JACUZZI
MOTOR THING IN THERE.
- OH, MY GOD.
- HE PUT THAT UP
HERE SO IT COULD BE...
HAVE A LITTLE TRYST
IF YOU WANTED TO
WITH YOUR WIFE OR WHATEVER.
AND THEN THERE'S THEATRE SEATS
THAT USED TO BE AT THE
BLACKSTONE THEATRE HERE.
- HE HAD THE PLAYBOY
COLLECTION DOWN HERE.
- FRANK, CAN YOU IMAGINE
KICKING IT HERE IN THE '70s?
YOU GOT THE HOT
TUB GOING... THE FIRE...
- ALL MY FRIENDS AROUND.
THE FIRE GOING ON.
- YEAH, HE PARTIED
A LOT... IN HIS OLD...
- I CAN TELL!
- THIS IS SKIPPY.
- HE'S GOT A STUFFED MONKEY!
- LOOK AT THIS. SKIPPY!
SOMETHING ATE SKIPPY'S FACE OFF.
- HE GOT THIS AT A GARAGE
SALE IN A TOWN NORTH OF HERE.
- SKIPPY WAS REALLY FREAKY...
HIS MOUTH WAS ALL GONE;
HIS TEETH WERE OUT OF IT;
HIS HAIR WAS FALLING OFF.
HE'D SEEN BETTER DAYS.
I THINK HE'S GOT
SOME TOOTH DECAY.
- YEAH, NO KIDDING MAN.
- THAT LOOKS LIKE
PLAQUE BUILDUP.
- I'VE BEEN PICKING FOR
BASICALLY MY WHOLE LIFE
AND I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER
SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
- IT'S MY FIRST TIME.
- THERE WAS A REASON
LESTER WAS KNOWN
AS A SPOOKY COLLECTOR.
IMAGINE WALKING BY THE
CHIMP WHEN YOU'RE A LITTLE KID.
WHAT A PLACE TO PLAY.
THIS MONKEY KIND OF INTERESTS ME
JUST BECAUSE IT'S SO WEIRD...
- I WANT YOU TO BE INTERESTED.
- YOU WANT ME TO BE
INTERESTED? I DON'T KNOW...
- SO THAT MY NIECES
WILL COME IN HERE.
THEY WON'T COME IN HERE
BY IT; THEY'RE TOO CREEPED.
- AND THEN I WAS
THINKING TO MYSELF,
NO MORE WONDERING WHAT THIS
OLD TAXIDERMY STUFF MIGHT BE WORTH,
WHICH I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT.
I'M GONNA SPEAK TO
A GUY NAMED MARK.
THIS GUY'S BEEN IN THE
BUSINESS FOR 20-SOME YEARS.
I MEAN, HE IS AN
EXPERT IN THIS FIELD.
- HELLO.
- HEY, MY NAME IS MIKE WOLFE.
I WAS WONDERING IF I COULD
BEND YOUR EAR A LITTLE BIT
ON TAXIDERMY 101.
- YEAH, WHAT ARE
YOU LOOKIN' FOR?
- WELL, I'M A PICKER, AND
I'M ON A PICK RIGHT NOW,
AND WE'VE COME ACROSS A GUY
THAT'S GOT A LOT
OF UNUSUAL STUFF.
I MEAN, THIS GUY'S
GOT A BLACK BEAR.
IT'S A SMALLER ONE.
HE'S STANDIN' UP.
HE'S GOT A LOT OF FISH.
HE DOES HAVE... I
THINK IT'S A CHIMP,
BUT HE'S NOT IN THAT
GOOD CONDITION.
I MEAN, IS IT LIKE EVERYTHING
ELSE... CONDITION'S EVERYTHING?
- YEAH, UNLESS IT'S REALLY OLD
LIKE AN ANTIQUE THAT WAS MAYBE
DONE BY THE JONAS BROTHERS
YEARS AND YEARS AGO,
THAT'S WORTH REAL MONEY
TO SOME COLLECTORS.
BUT IF IT'S POOR
QUALITY TAXIDERMY,
IT'LL JUST GET WORSE AND WORSE.
IT'S NOT WORTH THAT MUCH.
- WHAT ABOUT CERTAIN ANIMALS?
ARE CERTAIN ANIMALS
WORTH MORE THAN OTHERS?
- FISH, IF THEY'RE SUPER NICE
AND THEY LOOK LIKE THEY
JUST CAME OUT OF THE WATER,
THEY'RE WORTH, UH,
BETWEEN 100 AND 200.
- OKAY.
- THE BIG DEER HEADS, YOU
KNOW, THE BIG ANTLERS ON 'EM,
THEY COULD BE WORTH SOME MONEY.
THE ONLY THING YOU
GOTTA WATCH OUT FOR
IS ANY DUCKS OR GEESE,
ANY MIGRATORY BIRDS,
DON'T GET INVOLVED WITH THAT.
YOU CAN'T BUY OR SELL THEM.
- OKAY. THE GUY'S GOT A
MINIATURE PONY. IT'S LITTLE.
- [laughs] UH, SOME PEOPLE
WANT STUFF LIKE THAT.
- HE'S GOT A BLACK
BEAR. WHAT ABOUT THAT?
- YEAH, A BLACK BEAR, THEY
CLEAN UP PRETTY GOOD.
AND IF YOU CAN GET
THAT BEAR FOR 200 BUCKS,
YOU'D PROBABLY DO
REALLY WELL ON IT.
- OKAY.
WHEN MARK TOLD ME THERE
WAS SOME MONEY TO BE MADE
OFF THIS TAXIDERMY STUFF,
I WAS LIKE, "OKAY, WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE TO GO AFTER
THAT STAND-UP BEAR."
- THIS WOULD BE MAYBE A
NICE PIECE FOR AN ENTRYWAY
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
LOOKS PROBABLY EARLIER.
IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE.
- YEAH.
- I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU...
DID A LITTLE CHECKING ON
THEM, WHAT THEY GO FOR,
WHAT THEY COST TO BE REDONE.
- SURE.
- RE-CLEANED, RECONDITIONED.
UM...
I'D BE RIGHT AROUND $200.
- 500.
- 500?
- YEAH.
- THERE'S NO ROOM ON IT THEN.
- 500, I DIDN'T THINK
IT WAS A DEAL.
- WHAT ABOUT THE HORSE?
ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT THAT?
- IT'S REALLY
NEAT. IT'S UNUSUAL.
I LOVE IT, MAN. I CAN SEE
THE BEAUTY IN THAT ITEM.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I DON'T WANT
TO TAKE A CHANCE ON A GRAND.
FOR A THOUSAND DOLLARS,
I'M NOT A PLAYER ON THAT.
- I'D SELL IT ABOUT $200.
- 200?
- 200 FOR THE HORSE?
ALL RIGHT, I'LL TAKE
THE HORSE FOR 200.
ALL RIGHT.
- ALL RIGHT.
- YOU KNOW, LESTER WAS
NOT MESSING AROUND.
HE WOULDN'T SELL US THE
BEAR FOR THE RIGHT PRICE,
BUT WE WERE NOT GOING TO STOP.
I WAS JUST REALLY WONDERING
WHAT HIS PRICES WERE GOING TO BE
ON THE OTHER STUFF WE'D FOUND.
- LESTER'S GOING TO BE
THE JUDGE ON THIS STUFF.
HE'S BEEN DOING THIS
FOR A LIFETIME LONGER
THAN FRANKIE AND I HAVE.
SO WE NEED TO NOT SHOW OUR
CARDS WHEN WE GET UP THERE.
AM I JACKED UP ON THE PEDAL CAR?
HELL, YEAH.
AM I JACKED UP ON
THE ARROW? HELL, YEAH.
AM I JACKED UP ON
THE BUDDY "L" TRACK?
HELL, YEAH.
SO WE'RE GOING TO WALK
INTO THE HAGGLE BOX AND SAY,
"YOU KNOW WHAT,
LESTER? JUDGE LESTER.
PLEASE HAVE MERCY ON OUR SOULS."
IS THIS IT?
I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO GET IN THE HAGGLE BOX
WITH YOUR DAD.
- NO, HE SAID THAT I COULD
HAGGLE WITH YOU GUYS
AND WHEEL AND DEAL.
- WHOO! IT WAS REALLY NICE
TO HAVE TO HAGGLE WITH VICKY
INSTEAD OF HAVING TO
HAGGLE WITH LESTER.
THE BOSS MAN GAVE HER FULL
REIGN OVER ALL HIS TERRITORY.
- IF THERE'S
ANYTHING THAT'S TOO...
WE'RE NOT TOGETHER ON,
THEN I'LL RUN IN
AND ASK THE PRO.
- UM, THIS SIGN,
I'D FEEL COMFORTABLE
ON THIS THING
AT, LIKE, 50 BUCKS.
- THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
- OKAY, THIS, THE
WHOLE THING IS CRACKED
ALL THE WAY DOWN THE CENTRE.
- OH, NO.
- I'M AT 30 BUCKS.
- ALL RIGHT. WE'LL TAKE IT!
- ONCE OUR PRAYERS WERE ANSWERED
AND VICKY TOOK OVER
THE HAGGLING REIGNS,
WE WERE HAVING A HAY DAY.
THIS THING... 25 BUCKS.
- HMM, WOULD YOU DO 30?
- UH...
I'D DO 30. I'D DO 30 ON IT.
- ALL RIGHT.
- DANIELLE AND FRANK
ARE ALWAYS PARKING
IN MY PARKING SPACE.
YOU KNOW, NOW
THEY'RE GOING TO KNOW,
IF YOU PARK IN MY SPACE,
YOU'RE GOING TO DIE.
THIS I ABSOLUTELY LOVE.
I'D PAY 100 BUCKS FOR IT.
- AND I'LL TAKE THAT.
- WE'RE TAKING HER BACK HOME.
THIS... I'M INTERESTED IN IT
FOR, UH, FOR ABOUT 60 BUCKS.
- ALL RIGHT. 60 BUCKS.
- OKAY.
THE BIGGEST THING
THAT I ASKED ABOUT
WHEN WE FIRST GOT
HERE WAS THE PEDAL CAR.
- RIGHT.
- DO YOU KNOW WHAT
HE WANTS FOR IT?
- NO. WE COULD ASK HIM, THOUGH.
- I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT
THE FULL ON RETAIL PRICE
OF THIS THING IS,
BUT IT WAS SOMETHING I WANT
TO LEAVE THIS PROPERTY WITH.
SO I THOUGHT I'D THROW
MY BEST FOOT FORWARD.
- 8, HE SAID.
- HE'S AT 800 BUCKS?
- RIGHT.
- UM... TO BE HONEST WITH YOU,
I THINK IT'S PROBABLY WORTH 8,
SO FOR ME TO THROW
DOWN 600 BUCKS,
I'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO
MAKE AT LEAST 200 BUCKS,
SO I'M, I'M STILL
AT 600 BUCKS ON IT,
YOU KNOW, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
- WE'LL TAKE IT.
- YOU'LL TAKE THAT?
- WE'LL TAKE IT.
- ALL RIGHT. SO WE
GOT THAT ROLLING.
- I WANT SOMEONE TO GET IT,
SO IT DOESN'T KEEP CORRODING
AWAY IN THE BASEMENT.
- IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
ALL RIGHT FRANKIE, WHERE YOU AT?
- ALL RIGHT. ROUND TWO.
YOU KNOW WE WERE HAVING
SO MUCH FUN WITH VICKY,
YOU KNOW, AND I THINK SHE
WAS HAVING A GOOD TIME TOO.
HERE'S A FISHING CREOLE HERE.
UM, IT HAD SOME STUFF...
NOT TOO MUCH STUFF IN IT.
I'M PROBABLY AT
ABOUT $20 ON THIS.
- BUT IT'S GOT ALL
THE GOODS IN IT.
- YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE
GOODS, I'LL STILL TAKE IT.
- ALL RIGHT, I'LL DO IT FOR 20.
- OKAY, THESE LIGHTS HERE, I
DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT THEM.
WE THINK THEY'RE SHIP LIGHTS.
- I THINK SO.
- WE WEREN'T ABLE TO REALLY
GET THE BOTTOM'S OPEN...
THEY'RE SUPPOSED
TO BE BURNERS...
BUT THEY'RE SO CORRODED
THAT I'M THINKING
ABOUT 30 BUCKS A PIECE.
- YUP. THAT'LL DO.
- FRANKIE, DID YOU NOTICE
YOU GOT A THEME GOING HERE?
- I DO, I GOT THE LITTLE
FISHING STUFF GOING ON...
- YOU GOT THE WATER,
FISH THING GOING ON.
- I'M KIND OF HAPPY THERE.
- LAST, IT WAS OUR
CHANCE TO NEGOTIATE
ON THAT ARROW FROM ROUTE 66.
I WANT TO STICK THAT
SUCKER IN THE VAN
AND RIDE OFF INTO THE SUNSET.
I ALREADY TOLD YOU HOW
MUCH I LOVE THIS THING.
- I KNOW, SO I GOT YOU BY THE...
SKINNIES.
- EMOTIONAL VALUE
EXCEEDS RETAIL VALUE.
RIGHT NOW I'M HAVING AN
EMOTIONAL AFFAIR WITH THIS,
OBVIOUSLY, BUT, YOU KNOW, I
HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO, YOU KNOW...
- FALTER.
- BREAK UP RIGHT AWAY.
SO WHAT ARE YOU
THINKING ON THIS?
- NO, I GOTTA ASK YOU.
- I'M MAKING YOU AN OFFER ON IT?
- YES.
- UM... I'M GOING TO
GIVE YOU MY BEST SHOT.
- ALL RIGHT.
- THIS IS THE NOTEPAD PRICE.
I'LL GIVE YOU...
150 BUCKS FOR IT.
- SOLD!
- THAT WAS TOO FAST.
THAT WAS TOO FAST!
[laughter]
ALL RIGHT.
- A SUCKER BORN EVERY MINUTE.
- THAT'S A GOOD PIECE. HE
LOVES THAT. IT'S A GOOD DEAL.
- YEAH. NOW HE CAN
BE IN LOVE AGAIN.
- THAT'S WHERE TWO PEOPLE...
- I THINK BY THE
TIME WE GET IT HOME,
THERE WON'T BE PAINT LEFT.
- WELL, QUIT DOING THAT.
- WHAT IF THERE'S A
RACCOON THAT LIVES IN HERE?
WE'D BE TRANSPORTING
THEM ACROSS COUNTY LINES,
THAT MIGHT BE ILLEGAL.
I LOVE THAT THING.
AHH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- THANK YOU.
IT WAS A FUN PICKING
DAY WITH YOU GUYS.
- YEAH, IT WAS AN HONOR
LOOKING THROUGH THERE.
- SO FUN.
- THIS PICK AT LESTER'S
PLACE WAS INCREDIBLE.
HE HAD A LOT OF DIFFERENT ITEMS.
HE SAW BEAUTY IN EVERYTHING.
- BYE! THANKS FOR COMING!
COME BACK AND BUY
THE CHIMP WHEN YOU CAN.
- DUDE, I WOULD HAVE
TOOK THAT MONKEY
IF IT WOULDN'T
HAVE STANK SO BAD.
I HAD SO MANY PAIRS OF
OLD DENTURES IN THE SHOP,
WE COULD HAVE STUCK
SOME DENTURES IN HIS MOUTH...
- PUT SOME BIG OLD
CHOMPERS IN THERE.
- WE COULD HAVE
GOT SOME MASCARA.
WE COULD HAVE PUT
A COWBOY HAT ON IT.
IT COULD LOOK LIKE
BRETT MICHAELS.
- BUT HE WAS STINKING.
- LET ME ASK YOU A
SERIOUS QUESTION, THOUGH.
WHAT DO YOU THINK
OF THE STUFFED HORSE?
- I THINK IT'S PROBABLY
GOING TO BE GOOD.
WHEN HE SAID 1000, I WAS
LOOKING FOR SOME SMELLING SALTS,
BUT WHEN HE CAME DOWN TO 200...
- I KNOW.
- I THOUGHT, WOW.
- HE'S LIKE MAKING US BUY IT.
- WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO
HAVE DANIELLE HOOK US UP
WITH AN APPRAISER
AND SEE HOW WE DID.
- ALL IN ALL, A GOOD PICK.
- GREAT PICK!
[phone ringing]
- HELLO?
- HEY. I HAVE SOME
INFORMATION FOR YOU IN
REGARDS TO THE APPRAISAL.
THERE IS A GENTLEMAN NAMED ZEFF
THAT I'M GOING TO
TURN YOU ON TO,
AND HE'S GOING TO
APPRAISE THIS HORSE FOR YOU.
- YEAH, SO WHEN YOU WERE
CALLING AROUND TO GET SOMEBODY
TO APPRAISE A MINIATURE
STUFFED HORSE,
WERE YOU GETTING WEIRD...
WERE YOU GETTING
WEIRD REACTIONS?
- YEAH, BUT I'M USED TO
GETTING WEIRD REACTIONS.
- [laughing] THAT'S FUNNY.
- WITH THE WAY YOU
LOOK, I UNDERSTAND.
- THANK YOU AND WE'LL LET
YOU KNOW WHAT THE OUTCOME IS.
- GOOD JOB, DANNY!
- COOL.
- BYE-BYE.
- BYE.
- I'LL BET IT'S WORTH...
I'M JUST GOING TO
SAY HYPOTHETICAL,
I'LL BET IT'S WORTH $450-500.
- I'M GOING TO SAY 700 BUCKS.
- I HOPE YOU'RE
RIGHT AND I'M WRONG.
- FOR ME THOUGH,
IF YOU'RE WRONG,
THEN I'M GOING TO
HAVE A CRAPPY DAY.
- [laughs]
WE'RE GOING TO A GUY NAMED ZEFF.
HE OWNS AN ANTIQUE
SHOP IN THIS AREA.
TAXIDERMY'S REALLY
HOT DOWN HERE.
HE'S GONNA TELL US
WHAT THIS THING'S WORTH.
- HI, MIKE.
- WELCOME, WELCOME.
- NICE TO MEET YOU.
ARE YOU READY FOR THE UNVEILING.
- I'M EXCITED.
- ALL RIGHT.
WE FIGURED SINCE WE
WERE IN HORSE COUNTRY
THAT YOU'D BE THE BEST
PLACE TO APPRAISE A HORSE.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK, ZEFF?
- GREAT LOOKING.
- LET'S BRING HER INSIDE.
- COOL.
- ALL RIGHT.
- THIS IS THE FIRST HORSE
THAT WE'VE EVER PICKED.
- HAVE YOU SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE?
- I HAVE.
IT APPEARS TO BE A
SADDLE REMAKERS' HORSE,
WHERE HE WOULD HAVE USED IT
TO EXHIBIT CHILDREN'S SADDLES,
OR HARNESS, BRIDLES.
- THAT MAKES SENSE.
SAMPLE TO PUT YOUR GEAR ON.
- YEAH.
- AS A PICKER YOU LEARN
SOMETHING EVERY DAY.
WHEN WE CAME ACROSS
THAT LITTLE HORSE AT LESTER'S,
IT NEVER CROSSED MY MIND
THAT THIS WAS USED
BY A LEATHER MAKER
TO DISPLAY HIS SADDLES.
- THE BIGGEST QUESTION IS,
WHAT DO YOU THINK IT'S WORTH?
- IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE THE EARS.
- BUT THAT ONE DOESN'T
LOOK LIKE IT HAS EARS, MIKE.
- MAYBE THEY DIDN'T
HAVE EARS BACK THEN.
HOW OLD DO YOU THINK IT IS?
- I THINK IT'S RIGHT AT
TURN OF THE CENTURY.
AND IT'S PRETTY RARE.
- WHEN HE SAID THE HORSE
WAS OVER 100 YEARS OLD, BOOM!
I'M TALKING TACHYCARDIA.
THIS THING COULD BE
WORTH SOMETHING AFTER ALL.
- WHAT DID YOU PAY, IF
YOU DON'T MIND ME ASKING?
- WE PAID 200 BUCKS FOR IT.
- I THINK IN THE CONDITION IT
IS, WHICH IS ABOVE AVERAGE,
IT'S NOT PERFECT, THIS
HORSE WOULD BRING...
$1,200.
MIKE AND FRANK GOT VERY
LUCKY TO FIND THAT PIECE.
THEY WON'T HAVE ANY
TROUBLE SELLING IT.
AT $200, THEY GOT A GREAT BUY.
- IT'S DEFINITELY FOR SALE.
I'M GLAD WE BROUGHT IT BY,
'CAUSE WE HAD
ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA.
- PLUS IT'S BEEN STARING AT
US IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK.
EVERY TIME WE GET IN
THERE IT'S LOOKING AT US,
AND I WAS LIKE... WE'VE GOT TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
[laughter]
- ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING
TO HOOK THIS OUT OF HERE.
- ALL RIGHT.
- THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- THANK YOU, GUYS.
- THE HORSE IS
PERFECT FOR US TO SELL,
BECAUSE IT'S SO UNIQUE.
IT'S ITEMS LIKE THESE THAT
WE'RE KNOWN FOR FINDING.
PLUS I LEARNED SO MUCH
FROM OUR TAXIDERMY EXPERT.
NEXT TIME I'M IN A HOUSE
WITH EYEBALLS STARING AT ME
FROM ALL ANGLES,
I'M GOING TO KNOW
WHAT TO LOOK FOR.
- SEE, FRANKIE?
YOU'RE GIVING ME A HARD TIME
ABOUT MY OBSESSION
WITH TAXIDERMY.
LOOKS LIKE TODAY PAID OFF.
RIDING HIGH, MY BROTHER.
- I THINK THAT WAS THE
ONLY GOOD PIECE THERE.
[phone ringing]
- DANNY.
- MORNING.
I WANTED TO CALL AND LET
YOU KNOW ABOUT A LEAD.
- A LEAD? I'M LISTENING.
- THERE'S A GUY NAMED KEITH.
HE HAS THIS INSANE
AWESOME BUILDING.
HE'S GOT OLD TOYS, BICYCLES.
HE'S MOVING TO TENNESSEE,
SO EVERYTHING'S GOT TO GO.
- YOU KNOW OLD TOYS, CA-CHING!
- OLD BICYCLES.
- CA-CHING!
- IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE PICKING
GODS ARE SHINING ON US.
THIS IS GONNA COME OUT TO BE
ONE OF THE BIGGEST PICKS
THAT WE'VE HAD IN A LONG TIME.
- WE'LL LET YOU KNOW
HOW IT WORKS OUT.
- CATCH YOU ON THE FLIP-FLOP.
- COOL.
- DUDE, IT'S A GOOD
DAY TO BE A PICKER.
- IT'S A GREAT DAY.
- THAT SOUNDS KILLER.
- WHEN A GUY'S GOTTA MOVE...
- THERE'S THE TOWN.
- I LOVE SMALL TOWNS.
- IT'S, IT'S LIKE A
CLOSED-UP STORE FRONT.
SHE SAID THAT'S WHAT
WE NEED TO LOOK FOR.
- WELL I THINK IT'S
RIGHT... LET'S SEE.
- THIS PLACE LOOKS EMPTY.
- AH, IT'S PROBABLY IT.
- GOOD LUCK.
- GOOD LUCK TO
YOU. I'M BUYING IT ALL.
- I'M GOING TO SPEND
SO MUCH MONEY TODAY
IT'S GOING TO MAKE
YOUR HEAD SPIN.
- HELLO?
- HOLY MOLEY.
- THAT'S A LOT OF STUFF.
- HOW ARE YOU DOING?
NICE TO MEET YOU.
- HEY, KEITH, HOW
ARE YOU DOING? FRANK.
- A LOT OF JUNK IN HERE.
- I SEE. WHAT'S THE
DEAL WITH THIS PLACE?
I MEAN, DID THIS USED TO
BE, LIKE, AN ANTIQUE SHOP?
- NO, IT USED TO BE
A HOME DRUG STORE.
I'VE ALREADY MOVED DOWN SOUTH
AND JUST WANT TO
GET THE BUILDING SOLD.
- WHAT'S THE PLANS
WITH ALL THIS STUFF?
- WELL, SOME OF IT'S
GOING TO HAVE TO BE SOLD.
- ALL RIGHT, IT LOOKS LIKE
THERE'S A LOT TO
LOOK THROUGH HERE.
- FOUR LEVELS TO THIS PLACE.
- KNOCK YOURSELF OUT.
- WHEN SOMEONE IS MOVING, IT
PUTS A REAL FIRE UNDER THEM
TO REALLY CONSIDER
SELLING STUFF.
IT'S A WIN-WIN SITUATION FOR US.
LET'S START IN THE FRONT AND
WORK OUR WAY BACK, FRANKIE.
- THERE YOU GO. A 175.
- THAT'S A 175 BRIDGESTONE.
- YEAH?
- 1965 MODEL.
- HE WAS PRETTY PROUD
OF HIS MOTORCYCLE.
THERE WAS A BRIDGESTONE.
THEY DON'T MAKE PARTS
FOR THEM ANYMORE.
- WHAT DO YOU VALUE
SOMETHING LIKE THAT AT?
- OH, PROBABLY ABOUT 900 BUCKS.
- THE BRIDGESTONE FOR 900?
NOBODY CAN MAKE
ANY MONEY ON THAT.
NO ONE'S BACK IN HERE.
- SEE ANYTHING
OVER THERE, FRANKIE?
- NOTHING FOR ME RIGHT YET.
- MAN, EVERYTHING'S
JUST BURIED, HUH?
- OH, YEAH.
- THAT'S A WIENER MAN.
- YEAH.
- A DANCING HOT
DOG. THAT'S KILLER.
LOOK AT THAT, FRANKIE.
- YOU CAN MAKE IT DANCE.
- IT WORKS, YEAH.
- A MARIONETTE WIENER.
I'VE BEEN AROUND, MAN.
WE'VE BEEN DOING
THIS FOR 20 YEARS.
I'VE NEVER SEEN A DANCING
MARIONETTE WIENER MACHINE.
- I TELL YOU WHAT.
I DO LIKE HOT DOGS.
- IT'S VERY FUNKY,
DIFFERENT, UNUSUAL, BIZARRE.
HOW MUCH IS A WIENER MACHINE?
- I'D TAKE 400 BUCKS FOR IT.
- WOO. ARE YOU
SERIOUS? THIS MACHINE?
- YEP.
- IT WASN'T VERY FUNKY,
DIFFERENT, UNUSUAL,
BIZARRE $400 WORTH.
I TELL YOU WHAT, I
DO LIKE HOT DOGS.
- YOU JUST GOTTA
REALIZE WE'RE PICKERS.
WE CAN'T PAY FULL
RETAIL PRICE, YOU KNOW.
- YEAH.
- I THINK KEITH MIGHT HAVE
THOUGHT HE WAS READY TO SELL,
BUT WHEN ACTUALLY TWO
GUYS ARE STANDING THERE,
WE'RE TRYING TO
BUY STUFF FROM HIM,
I JUST DON'T THINK HE WAS READY.
AND HE'S ONE OF THEM GUYS
THAT IF HE IS READY TO SELL,
HE WANTS TOP DOLLAR FOR IT.
- I COLLECTED A LOT
OF OLD MAYTAG STUFF.
THERE'S AN OLD SALESMAN
SAMPLE FROM THE 1920S.
THEY USED TO TAKE
THEM OUT, AS A DEALER,
TO START SELLING THEIR PRODUCT,
OR THEY WOULD ACTUALLY
TAKE IT TO A PERSON'S HOME
TO GET THE LADY TO WANT
TO BUY A WASHING MACHINE.
- SO THIS WAS JUST A SMALL
REPLICA OF THE ACTUAL ONE
THEY WERE GOING TO SELL YOU?
OKAY.
- YEAH, AND IT HAD TO BE
REALLY DETAILED BACK THEN TOO,
BECAUSE FOR THEM TO
SHOW EVERY LITTLE FEATURE
THAT WAS ON THE MACHINE.
- THE SALESMEN SAMPLE
MAYTAG CAST IRON RINGER
WASHING MACHINE,
GREAT LITTLE PIECE.
WHAT DO YOU VALUE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS AT?
- I'VE SEEN THEM SELL FOR
900, 1100, $1200, YOU KNOW,
DEPENDING ON THE COLLECTOR.
- NICE PAINT, GREAT
PIECE, RETAILS, AT BEST 350.
BASICALLY EVERYTHING
THAT WE ASKED HIM ABOUT,
YOU COULDN'T MAKE
ANY MONEY ON IT.
THIS PLACE IS BIGGER
THAN YOU THINK IT IS.
JUST THINK IF YOU GOT
ALL THE STUFF OUT OF IT,
HOW BIG IT WOULD SEEM,
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
THAT'S '60s AND '70s STUFF.
- OH, YEAH. COOL.
- ALL RIGHT.
- EVEL, BABY.
- WHEN I FIRST PULLED
OUT THAT EVEL KNIEVEL TOY,
I WAS EXCITED.
- OH, THERE HE IS.
TWO EVELS.
- 1977.
- EVEL KNIEVEL WAS
ONE OF THE BEST
DAREDEVIL MOTORCYCLE
STUNTMEN IN THE WORLD.
HIS WORST ACCIDENT
THAT HE EVER HAD
WAS IN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
WHERE HE BROKE EVERY
SINGLE BONE IN HIS BODY,
BUT HIS NECK.
THEY MADE A LOT OF TOYS ON HIM.
IDEAL MADE THEM IN 1977.
- HOW MUCH IS THAT?
- I DON'T KNOW.
I'D HAVE TO HAVE PROBABLY
40 BUCKS FOR IT, YOU KNOW.
- ALL THAT WAS GONE, IT WAS
RIPPED, NOT WORTH BUYING.
- UM, NO THANKS.
- HAVE YOU HAD ANY
BITES ON THE BUILDING?
- UH, WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE
LOOKING AT IT, YOU KNOW.
JUST REAL ESTATE'S
KIND OF SLOW RIGHT NOW.
- HE HADN'T EVEN HAD
THE BUILDING SOLD.
I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN
A LITTLE BIT TOO EARLY ON HIM.
HE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH
PRESSURE ON HIM ALREADY
TO GET STUFF OUT OF THERE.
- NOW ARE YOU STILL BUYING?
- OH, YEAH.
- ARE YOU? SO LET
ME GET THIS STRAIGHT.
YOU'RE TRYING TO DOWNSIZE.
YOU'VE MOVED TO TENNESSEE,
BUT YOU'RE STILL BUYING.
- YUP. YOU CAN'T STOP.
- THE REALITY OF
THE SITUATION WAS,
HE WAS A COLLECTOR,
A PRETTY HARDCORE COLLECTOR,
AND HE WASN'T
WILLING TO LET GO YET.
THIS IS PRETTY SENTIMENTAL?
- YEAH.
- THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF IN HERE
THAT YOU'VE HAD
SINCE YOU WERE A BOY?
- YEP.
WELL, DO I REALLY WANT
TO GET RID OF IT JUST YET?
YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO
HAVE TO HAPPEN SOMETIME.
NOT QUITE AT THAT PLACE YET.
- ALL RIGHTY.
- ALL RIGHT, MAN.
I'LL SEE YOU LATER.
- YUP.
- SEE YA!
[horn honks]
- DANIELLE MADE IT SOUND
LIKE THIS GUY'S IN A RUSH,
LIQUIDATION SALE, YOU
KNOW, HE'S GOT TO SELL IT ALL.
[phone ringing]
- HELLO?
- WE JUST LEFT KEITH'S.
- YEAH? HOW'D IT GO?
- QUOTED US SOME PRICES,
BUT THEY WERE LIKE
FULL-BLOWN RETAIL.
- SO IT SUCKED IS
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
- IT'S SO HARD TO GAUGE PEOPLE
AND YOU REALLY
HAVE TO KIND OF DIG,
LIKE, IS THIS GUY REAL
SERIOUS ABOUT SAYING,
"HEY, I'M LIQUIDATING;
I'VE GOT TO GET OUT OF
THIS PLACE RIGHT AWAY,"
JUST DIVE INTO IT A LITTLE MORE.
GO, "HEY, IS THERE A
CONTRACT ON THE HOUSE?"
- IT TELLS US THE URGENCY
OF WHEN HE NEEDS
TO GET THE STUFF OUT.
- OKAY.
- AND WE'RE GOING TO
KEEP ON TRUCKING FORWARD.
JUST WANTED TO
GIVE YOU THE UPDATE.
- OKAY, THANK YOU.
- THAT WAY YOU CAN FEEL
LIKE YOU'RE THERE WITH US.
- ALL RIGHT.
- YEAH, HONEY.
KEEP PICKING IT UP
AND PUTTING IT DOWN.
- BYE.
MUH.
- WHERE WE AT, FRANKIE?
- WE'RE SOMEWHERE IN THIS AREA.
- SOMEWHERE IN THIS AREA.
- THAT'S THE BEST I CAN DO.
- YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THE
NAVIGATOR, NOT THE AGITATOR.
WHEN WE'RE ON THE ROAD,
FRANKIE AND I, YOU KNOW,
WE PUT A LOT OF MILES IN.
I MEAN, I'M TALKING
MAJOR WINDSHIELD TIME.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT? SOMETIMES
WE GET SICK OF EACH OTHER.
MAYBE WE SHOULD HEAD
OVER TO OUR PICKING MAMA.
THAT'LL EASE THE
PAIN A LITTLE BIT.
- SOMETIMES WHEN YOU SEE
PEOPLE THAT YOU PICKED BEFORE,
IT TAKES THAT HOME
SICKNESS AWAY.
JUDY WAS ONE OF OUR PICKS THAT
WE PICKED ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO.
WE HAD A FANTASTIC TIME
WITH HER THE FIRST TIME.
- THERE WAS A TIME
WHEN VIBRATORS WERE BIG.
- I THINK THEY STILL ARE.
- I WAS GOING TO SAY, WHAT
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, JUDY?
- YEAH, JUDY'S INCREDIBLE.
[phone ringing]
HEY, DANNY. WHAT'S UP?
- SO I CALLED JUDY.
SHE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU.
SHE SAID COME ON OVER.
SHE SAID SHE'D LOVE TO
SEE HER LITTLE PICKERS.
SEE YOU BOYS.
- BYE-BYE.
- GUESS WHAT?
- WHAT?
- WE'RE GOING TO JUDY'S.
HOLD ON HERE, 'CAUSE
I'M TURNING AROUND.
- I'M HOLDING ON.
- HERE WE ARE, MAN.
MAMA, I'M COMING HOME!
- YEAH, HERE WE COME JUDY!
- HERE WE COME JUDY!
Both: WHOO!
- I SEE THE TOWER.
SEE THE TOWER, FRANKIE?
JUDY'S INCREDIBLE.
SHE'S GOT ONE OF THOSE SPACES
THAT'S GOT SO MUCH STUFF IN IT
THAT THERE'S NO WAY WE
COULD COVER IT IN JUST ONE PICK.
LET'S CHECK IT OUT.
- I'D LIKE TO BUY THAT.
- IT'S JUST NICE TO GO BACK
AND SEE PEOPLE THAT YOU
HAD A GOOD EXPERIENCE WITH.
- AFTER YOU.
- HE, GUYS. WELCOME BACK!
- HEY, JUDY.
- HI, HONEY. HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?
- NICE TO SEE YA. HI. HI MIKE.
I HAD SO MUCH FUN WITH THE
GUYS LAST TIME THEY WERE HERE.
HEY, WE MADE A DEAL.
- WE BROKE THE ICE.
- BECAUSE I SEE THINGS IN
THEM THAT I FEEL MYSELF,
SO IT'S LIKE WE'RE
KINDRED SPIRITS.
- YOU JUST BEAT FRANK.
- I JUST BEAT FRANK OUT?
- IT WAS FUN.
- SO HOW HAVE THINGS
BEEN GOING HERE?
- UH, IT'S BEEN OKAY.
MAURY PASSED AWAY
SINCE YOU GUYS WERE HERE.
- I KNOW. WE HEARD
THAT. SORRY TO HEAR THAT.
- YEAH. A COUPLE MONTHS
AFTER YOU WERE HERE.
- MAURY AND I WERE
MARRIED IN 1989
AND WE HAD 22 WONDERFUL
YEARS TOGETHER.
AND I MISS HIM EVERY DAY.
AND IT'S HARD TO GO
THROUGH THE WAREHOUSE
AND SEE ALL THE STUFF HE HAD.
WELL, WHAT I'M GOING TO DO TODAY
IS HAVE, UH, MY
STEP-GRANDSON AL GO WITH US,
BECAUSE HE KNOWS
THE WAREHOUSE BETTER.
- THERE'S LIKE THREE OR
FOUR LEVELS THAT WE CAN PICK.
- NOW THIS WAS
YOUR FAVORITE FLOOR.
- OH, YEAH. I REMEMBER
BEING UP HERE.
THE CHEMISTRY WITH JUDY
WAS INSTANT THE SECOND TIME.
- SHE WELCOMED US LIKE WE
WERE LIKE HER GRANDSONS,
YOU KNOW.
- JUDY'S EXCITEMENT IS
COMPLETELY CONTAGIOUS.
SHE'S LIKE A SUPER BRIGHT LIGHT,
AND I WAS EXCITED
TO GET DIGGIN'.
THIS PLACE IS AWESOME.
A LOT OF STUFF HAD
BEEN CLEANED OUT
SINCE WE'VE BEEN GONE.
- JUST A LICENSE PLATE THING.
- BUT THERE WAS MORE
AREAS TO LOOK NOW
BECAUSE IT WASN'T
QUITE SO CLUTTERED.
- I LOVE THESE WINDOWS.
I SAW THESE HUGE
WAREHOUSE WINDOWS.
- THAT'S COOL.
- MAURY HATED TO
GET RID OF ANYTHING.
- I DON'T BLAME HIM.
ANYTHING ARCHITECTURAL,
THAT'S STUFF'S EXTREMELY
DIFFICULT TO FIND.
- THOSE ARE BRUISERS, MIKE.
- OH, MY GOD. THESE
THINGS WEIGH A TON.
WHEN YOU SEE A WINDOW LIKE THAT
THAT YOU CAN REPURPOSE,
THAT'S REALLY WHAT
RECYCLING AMERICA IS ALL ABOUT.
- THE ONLY DOWNFALL:
BIG, TRIPLE HEAVY,
THEY'RE GOING TO
BREAK ON THE WAY HOME.
REMEMBER THAT BIG
METAL WAGON I BOUGHT?
- YEAH.
- ALL RIGHT, THAT'S GOOD.
I'M MISSING SOME STUFF.
- USUALLY WHEN I TAKE
FRANK TO GOLDEN CORRAL,
ALL YOU CAN EAT,
I PUT THAT IN THE
BACK OF THE VAN,
AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I
CAN GET HIM OUT OF THERE.
WHAT DO YOU SEE FRANKIE?
DID WE LOSE YA?
- NOPE. I THINK WE'RE
GETTING INTO YOUR CART LAND.
- CARTS ARE GREAT.
YOU CAN USE THEM
TO HAUL STUFF AROUND,
BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE USING
THEM FOR COFFEE TABLES NOW,
CLEANED UP, WITH THE CAST
IRON WHEELS AND THE WOOD,
IT'S JUST A GREAT PIECE.
CAN I MAKE YOU AN
OFFER ON THIS ONE?
- SURE.
- LET'S MOVE SOME OF
THIS WOOD OFF OF IT
AND LET ME LOOK
AT THE WOOD ON TOP
AND SEE HOW WHAT SHAPE IT'S IN.
SO WHAT I DO WHEN
I GET THESE THINGS
IS I POWER WASH THE
HELL OUT OF THEM.
- YEAH.
- AND THEN WE WOULD THROW
A COAT OF WAX ON THEM.
HOW ABOUT 100 BUCKS?
- HOW ABOUT 150?
- HERE'S THE
BIGGIE... DOES IT ROLL?
- IT ROLLS.
- IT ROLLS. ALL RIGHT. 150.
- THANK YOU, MIKE.
- ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
- I FOUND SOMETHING
AFTER YOU GUYS WERE HERE.
YOU SEE THAT OLD
SIGN OVER THERE?
"IF YOU'VE GOT IT, A
TRUCK BROUGHT IT."
I'M GOING TO PUT THAT
DOWNSTAIRS WHERE HIS TOOLS WERE.
- SO YOU'RE STILL
DISCOVERING STUFF?
- OH, YEAH. ALL THE TIME.
- JUDY WAS TAKING US PLACES THAT
WE'D NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
- WE WENT TO MAURY'S TOOL ROOM.
- YOU GUYS WEREN'T
IN HERE BEFORE?
- OH, NO.
- OH, MY GOD.
- MAURY'S MAIN LOVE WAS
ANTIQUE WOODWORKING TOOLS.
- HIS COLLECTION WAS INCREDIBLE.
- HE DIDN'T KNOW
HOW TO USE THEM.
HE JUST BOUGHT THEM
CAUSE HE WAS FASCINATED.
TO SEE THE BEAUTIFUL WOODWORK
ON HOMES AND CRAFTSMANSHIP,
IT WAS JUST AWESOME TO HIM.
- WOW, LOOK AT THAT.
LOOK AT THAT, FRANK.
THE GUY HAD EVERYTHING
FROM WOOD LEGS, TO LEVELS.
- SO THIS IS A PHOTO OF MAURY.
HE HAD BEEN TO AN
ANTIQUE TOOL AUCTION
AND WAS DIGGING
THROUGH THE JUNK.
- OH, LOOK AT THAT
SMILE ON HIS FACE.
- YEAH.
WHEN YOU GUYS WERE UPSTAIRS
GOING THROUGH THE WAREHOUSE
AND DIGGING FOR JUNK,
I THOUGHT, THAT'S
JUST LIKE MAURY.
- AND MAURY'S GOT
SOME GUNS ON HIM, MAN.
LOOK AT THAT.
- HE WAS A BIG GUY.
- I LOVE THAT.
EACH ONE OF THOSE
TOOLS THAT HE PICKED,
HE COULD PROBABLY
TELL YOU WHERE HE GOT IT,
THE AUCTION HE GOT
IT, WHAT HE PAID FOR IT.
THAT'S SO COOL, I MEAN,
TO FIND THAT CONNECTION
WITH SOMEBODY,
IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
OOH, SLASHER FILM.
WE'RE CRUISIN' AROUND
IN A LOCKER ROOM,
I SAW A CAST IRON
TABLE SAW PIECE.
YOU SELLING THESE OR WHAT?
- YEAH.
- IT WAS HAND PINSTRIPED
AND BLACK AND RED.
THE LAST PATENT
DATE ON IT WAS 1870.
- WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE TO
HAVE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
- IF THEY'RE COMPLETE,
THEY'RE AROUND $1,200 TO 1$, 500,
SO I THINK WE PROBABLY NEED
A COUPLE HUNDRED FROM IT.
- SO MUCH OF IT MISSING,
AS FAR AS LIKE BEING
AN EARLY TABLE SAW
THAT NO ONE COULD REALLY
REPURPOSE IT IN THAT REGARD.
SO WHEN I SEE IT. I SEE
TABLETOP ON THERE.
- IF YOU KNOCKED
THAT OFF IT'D BE FLAT.
- PUT A PIECE OF WOOD ON IT.
- MM-HMM.
- REALLY COOL LEGS.
ALL RIGHT, 200.
- OKAY. THANKS.
- I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO
WORK YOU ON THAT ONE.
I LIKE IT.
- OKAY AND YOU NEED TO KNOW
THAT IS THE ONLY TOOL
THAT I HAVE SOLD OF MAURY'S.
- EVER?
- CAUSE HE MADE ME SWEAR
"DON'T SELL MY TOOLS,"
BUT THIS ISN'T REALLY A TOOL.
THIS IS PARTS.
- INCREDIBLE PIECE.
THOSE CAST IRON LEGS ARE
GOING TO LOOK BEAUTIFUL
IN SOMEONE'S HOME.
I HAD TO BUY IT. IT'S
GONNA BE EASY TO SELL.
SEE, THESE WOULD BE COOL
TO EVEN UTILIZE THESE AGAIN.
- THERE'S ONE
LONELY LITTLE LOCKER.
- I SEE SOMEONE HAD
BUILT A BASE FOR IT EVEN.
ISN'T THAT CUTE?
I LIKE THE GREEN PAINT.
I LIKE THAT IT WAS
A SINGLE PIECE.
IT'S NOT GOING TO
TAKE UP A LOT OF ROOM.
HOW MUCH IS THAT?
- AL?
- MAKE ME BUY IT, AL.
- $10.
- ALL RIGHT, 10 BUCKS. I'LL POP.
I MEAN, FRANK CAN'T EVEN BUY
A PIZZA AND A BEER FOR THAT,
SO I'M HAPPY FOR THAT PRICE.
FRANKIE, I BOUGHT A LOCKER.
- I LIKE IT.
GWEN MUST HAVE BEEN
A BAD GIRL OR SOMETHING
IF SHE HAD TO BE
ISOLATED ALL BY HERSELF.
- LAST TIME WE WERE HERE,
I SHOWED YOU THIS RACK I
WAS KIND OF INTERESTED IN.
ONE OF THE PIECES WE SAW
WHEN WE WERE WALKING AROUND
WAS THIS HUGE WOODEN
PLANKED IRON LEGGED PIECE
THAT HAD HOOKS ON IT.
- I THOUGHT THAT WAS NEAT.
- ISN'T IT?
- SEE I LOVE TO LOOK AT
STUFF LIKE THAT AND I THINK,
YOU KNOW, GUYS CAME, THEY
MADE THEIR LIVING HERE, YOU KNOW,
EVERY DAY THEY PUT THEIR
COAT OR THEIR HAT ON THAT THING,
IT'S JUST... IT MAKES YOU GULP.
- YEAH, BACK THEN, MAYBE THE
CONVERSATION WASN'T AROUND
THE WATER COOLER... MAYBE
IT WAS AROUND THE COAT RACK.
AND THAT'S HOW I CONNECT
WITH A LOT OF THIS STUFF.
THAT'S COOL THAT
YOU DO THAT TOO.
- WELL THAT'S WHY
YOU LOVE HISTORY.
YOU JUST THINK OF ALL THE
PEOPLE THAT WENT BEFORE YOU.
- JUDY IS A PERFECT
EXAMPLE OF A DOUBLE PICK.
- WE DON'T JUST GO TO
PEOPLE'S HOUSE ONE TIME;
A LOT OF TIMES WE GO BACK.
IT'S NICE TO KEEP RELATIONSHIPS
GOING WITH PEOPLE.
- YEAH, I'M GOING TO
THROW IT OUT THERE:
ON THE SECOND PICK, JUDY'S
DEFINITELY OUR PICKING MAMA.
- WHEN I WAS LOOKING
AROUND, I'M KIND OF SHORT,
BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN I LOOKED UP
AND I COULD SEE
THIS LEATHER CHAIR.
A GREAT PIECE.
NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE.
- OH, THAT'S A
NICE LITTLE CHAIR.
- HAD A LITTLE RIP IN THE
CUSHION. NO BIG DEAL.
- HOW MUCH JUDY?
- 30?
- LET ME TEST IT OUT.
- [laughs]
- I'M IN AT 30.
- OKAY. GOOD.
- ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
SOMETHING I DIDN'T
SEE THE FIRST TIME.
NOW I'M SEEING THE SECOND TIME.
GREAT PIECE.
OH, THAT'S COOL. LOOK AT THAT.
I KEPT NOTICING
THESE TOLEDO SCALES.
- OH, I DON'T WANT TO GO
ANYWHERE NEAR A SCALE.
- THAT'S THE BIG BOY. THAT'S
THE BIGGIE RIGHT THERE.
THESE INDUSTRIAL SIZED ONES,
I'M THINKING SOMEBODY'S STORE
FRONT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
ALL CLEANED UP WITH A NICE
BIG GLASS, NICE BIG TOLEDO,
AND IT'S GOT ALL THE
BEAUTIFUL NUMBERS ON IT.
I THINK IT COULD BE A
GREAT DECORATOR PIECE.
DO YOU WANT ME TO
SEE IF IT WORKS OR NOT?
- YOU GET ON THERE.
AND I WON'T TELL MIKE.
- OKAY. LET ME GET ON IT.
OH, IT LOOKS LIKE
IT'S LOCKED UP.
- THANK GOODNESS.
- TO ME, THAT'S
THE KIND OF SCALE
THAT'S HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER
BECAUSE WHEN I STEPPED
ON IT, I DIDN'T WEIGH ANYTHING.
- GOOD. NOW WE
CAN GET OUT OF HERE.
WE WERE CRUISING
DOWN TO THE FIRST LEVEL,
AND SHE SAYS, "THERE'S
NOT MUCH DOWN HERE."
- WOW.
- OH, MY GOSH.
HERE'S THIS MODEL "T."
- HERE'S MAURY'S
TRUCK. A 1919 MODEL "T."
- UNBELIEVABLE.
- YOU SEE THE BIG FENDERS
ON THE FRONT, FRANKIE?
- I WANT TO DO
SOMETHING WITH IT THOUGH,
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT
IT TO JUST SIT HERE.
- DETERIORATE. SURE.
DON'T HIDE IT; DRIVE IT.
- YEAH.
- GREAT PIECE. WE
LOVED LOOKING AT IT.
- IT'S REALLY COOL, JUDY.
- WE KNEW IT WAS VERY
IMPORTANT TO JUDY
BECAUSE IT BELONGED TO MAURY.
THERE WAS NO WAY WE WERE
GONNA MAKE AN OFFER ON IT.
- I LIKE THIS TRUNK. OH,
MY GOD. IT'S A BRUISER.
THAT'S A REALLY NICE TRUNK.
TRUNKS ARE TRENDY RIGHT NOW.
WHEN I'M OUT LOOKING FOR TRUNKS,
I'M LOOKING FOR CERTAIN THINGS.
DIFFERENT DETAILS,
PATTERNS AND DESIGNS.
IT SAYS "GLENWOOD, IOWA."
OH, IT'S FROM OUR
PART OF THE COUNTRY.
TRUNKS ARE HARD TO
FIND IN GOOD CONDITION.
IT'S GOT A METAL TAG ON IT.
IT'S ACTUALLY GOT THE NAME
OF THE TOWN THAT IT'S FROM.
THE WHOLE THING IS LEATHER.
THE EDGES ARE MADE
OUT OF CAST IRON.
THAT THING IS BEAUTIFUL.
IT SAYS "MANUFACTURED BY
LOUIS VUITTON SERIAL NUMBER 1."
- WOULDN'T THAT BE NICE?
- SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT I'M CHECKING OUT
WHEN I'M LOOKING
AT VINTAGE TRUNKS,
WHETHER IT'S GOT A
STAMP OF A MANUFACTURER
OR A SERIAL NUMBER ON IT.
USUALLY A FOUR LEVER LOCK
IS A LOT HIGHER QUALITY
THAN A THREE LEVER LOCK.
- I'M INTERESTED IN THIS ONE.
- OKAY.
- 50.
- 50. GOTCHA.
- ALL RIGHT, I GOT TWO TRUNKS.
FRANK, CARRY THIS.
- OKAY.
- THAT WAS A REALLY
NEAT PIECE FOR $50.
I HAD TO BUY IT. IT'S
GOING TO BE EASY TO SELL.
- OKAY, I WANT TO
TELL YOU GUYS THOUGH,
I KNOW YOU'RE TIRED
'CAUSE YOU'VE BEEN
TRAVELING THE COUNTRY,
SO I WANT YOU TO
SIT DOWN AND RELAX,
HAVE COFFEE AND COOKIES,
AND OUR GUYS CAN LOAD YOUR VAN.
- WE WALKED OUT IN THE GARAGE
AND SAW THE CHAIRS THERE
AND THEN SHE HAD SOME COOKIES.
- MAURY MUST HAVE
HAD A HELL OF A LIFE.
THIS IS AMAZING.
THOSE 22 YEARS THAT
HE HAD WITH JUDY,
SHE TREATED HIM LIKE GOLD.
- OH, MY GOD. WE
GOT A CARE PACKAGE?
- OH, THAT'S FOR DANIELLE.
AND THE CARD IS A SYMPATHY CARD
FOR WHEN YOU GUYS
GIVE HER A CRAPPY DAY.
- THANK YOU!
- WHOA!
- JUDY GAVE US A
PRESENT FOR DANIELLE.
SHE THINKS WE GIVE
DANIELLE A HARD TIME.
DANIELLE CAN TAKE IT JUST AS
GOOD AS SHE CAN DISH IT OUT.
HOW'S IT WORKING
OUT, AL? PRETTY GOOD?
- MAN, WE DID GET SOME STUFF.
- YOU KNOW, JUDY, I THINK
THIS STOP WORKED OUT.
- I THINK SO TOO.
IT WAS FUN AGAIN.
- THIS IS GOOD.
AWESOME.
- OH, IT WAS WONDERFUL
HAVING YOU GUYS.
DID YOU TRY ONE OF THESE, FRANK?
THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD.
- YEAH, LET ME DIG
IN ON ONE OF THEM
- YOU'RE A GOOD SPORT.
- THANKS, AL.
- PLEASURE HAVING YOU.
- THANKS, HONEY.
ANOTHER REASON
WE'RE GOING TO BE BACK
IS, I TELL YOU WHAT,
I LIKE HER STYLE.
SHE HAS PEOPLE LOAD OUR
STUFF; SHE'S GOT COOKIES;
SHE'S GOT COFFEE; WE'RE THERE.
- SHE'S BEEN GREAT.
- GOOD SEEING YOU GUYS AGAIN.
- SHE IS PROBABLY ONE
OF THE SWEETEST PEOPLE
I'VE EVER MET IN MY LIFE.
GOD, I JUST WANT TO PUT HER IN
MY POCKET AND TAKE HER HOME.
- JUST THINK IF EVERYBODY
TREATED US LIKE THAT.
IT WOULDN'T EVEN BE A JOB.
HEY, MIKE, DO YOU
THINK I SHOULD OPEN UP
THIS PRESENT FOR DANIELLE?
- TEAR IT UP, BROTHER.
- OH, MY GOD. THAT'S AWESOME.
- CAN'T BELIEVE THAT.
- HEY, DANNY. WHAT'S UP?
- HEY, WHAT'S UP?
- DOESN'T SHE LOOK LIKE
SHE'S DOING A GOOD JOB?
- SHE'S WORKING RIGHT NOW.
- SHE IS. SHE'S WORKING HARD.
- WHAT HAVE YOU
GOT? A GIFT? NICE.
- YEAH.
- THIS IS FROM JUDY.
- AWW.
- KNOCK YOURSELF OUT ON THAT,
AND PLEASE DON'T DO
IT ON COMPANY TIME.
- I MEAN, DO IT ON
YOUR 15-MINUTE BREAK.
- I'LL START NOW.
- RIGHT IN MY EYE, THAT HURTS.
- HAVE FUN WITH THAT.
- OOH...
BULL'S-EYE.
OOH...
YES.
I LOVE YOU BOYS.