American Pickers (2010–…): Season 3, Episode 6 - Trading Up - full transcript
This time on American Pickers... The guys challenge themselves to trade a vintage cup dispenser they can't sell for an even better prize. And their first stop is a dilapidated century home that's filled with an auctioneer's incredible collection. Later, an Indiana man's meticulous collection contains over 16,000 items. And finally, after a red-hot pick at Tim's VW village, the guys make a major league discovery in the dugout of the St. Louis Cardinals.
FRANK: You know, one
thing that I notice that was
really cool was this accordion.
[accordion sound]
[applause sound effect]
I used to be able to
play a little bit better.
MIKE: This is the most
expensive cheeseburger
I've ever bought in my life.'
MAN: This is a complete
Dog n Suds, even with the
MIKE: I'm talking
Volkswagen buses.
I'm talking split window stuff.
MIKE: I'm a big Volkswagen guy.
MAN: Yeah.
MIKE: If I could dream
up a pick. I'm in it right now.
MIKE: My God, Franky.
Look at this place, man.
FRANK: We're used
to being in barns.
Today, we're in the dugout
for the St. Louis Cardinals.
This was the World
Series of appraisals.
MIKE: I'm Mike Wolfe.
FRANK: And I'm Frank Fritz.
MIKE: And we're pickers.
FRANK: We travel the back
roads of America looking
for rusty gold.
We're looking for amazing
things buried in people's
garages and barns.
MIKE: What most people see
as junk, we see as dollar signs.
FRANK: We'll buy anything
we think we can make a buck on.
MIKE: 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.
[♪]
FRANK: We're out
here in Ohio today.
I mean, it is so hot.
If we don't find something
soon, we're going to melt.
MIKE: It's so hot today.
I saw an Amish person
buy an air conditioner.
FRANK: Ha, ha, ha, ha!
MIKE: You know what, Franky?
That one piece I bought
down in South Carolina,
that like cup, Dixie
cup dispenser.
FRANK: Yeah.
MIKE: No one's even
looking at that thing, man.
MIKE: Franky and I bought
a drinking cup dispenser
at a Gordon farmer's
place in South Carolina.
This thing is really cool.
But you know what?
We got it back to the shop
and we haven't had any
lip service on this thing.
I mean, no one's even
picked it up and looked at it.
FRANK: I thought
it was really cool.
It came off a train, didn't it?
MIKE: It's cool as hell, so
I brought it with us to trade.
MIKE: Franky and I, when
we're on the road, we got
to amuse ourselves.
So we're going down
the path of trying to trade
this cup vending machine for
something of greater quality.
MIKE: Look at that.
FRANK: Look at that.
Look at that place.
MIKE: Look at that taxi cab.
MIKE: Me and Franky are
kicking down the road and
all of a sudden, we
come on a lime green taxi.
FRANK: Let's look around.
Let's check that place out.
MIKE: When you're out
freestylin' and you see
a lime green taxi, stop.
[♪]
FRANK: You don't see green
cabs every day, now do ya?
FRANK: That's a nice shape.
FRANK: Let's see [inaudible].
I'll just say, hey, I
seen your cab out there,
wondering if you
had anything else?
Look at this guy's house, man.
FRANK: We just start
pulling up this lane and
we see this home and this
was an older place-1800s.
It's kind of got a lean
going to it, you know.
No satellite dish, no
shrubbery, and the grass
hasn't been cut.
Perfect place.
MIKE: Hello!
FRANK: The porch is
falling in, the windows
got the sheets over 'em.
We knock on the door-
WILL: Hey, how're you doing?
FRANK: And here's a
guy that's younger than us
comes to the door.
MIKE: Older place. Younger guy.
FRANK: Hey, we seen the
car from the road out there.
MIKE: It's a cool car,
man. Hey, I'm Mike.
WILL: Hey, how're you doing?
MIKE: Nice to meet you.
FRANK: Frank.
WILL: I'm Will.
FRANK: We're out traveling
America here, buying some stuff.
This is the kind
of stuff we buy.
MIKE: Do you know
what pickers are?
WILL: I believe I'm
familiar with the term.
My dad was an
auctioneer, so, uh...
MIKE: Oh ok. You know
what a picker is then.
WILL: Yeah.
MIKE: He starts tellin'
us that his dad was an
auctioneer,
collected a lot of stuff.
MIKE: Is your dad still around?
WILL: No, no, he, uh, he
passed away about 7 years
and I've spent those 7
years sorting our stuff.
MIKE: You got enough
stuff, it took you 7 years
to sort through it?
WILL: Yeah. I got 7 house, I
got a barn, I got a log cabin,
I got a couple junk sheds.
FRANK: You got any time
you can show us around?
WILL: Oh yeah.
MIKE: I'm not even
going to try on this taxi.
I'm not even going
to make an offer.
I want to get in the
house and start picking.
MIKE: Wow, look at
the woodwork in here.
WILL: Yeah. We got
some nice woodwork.
MIKE: When we
walked into Will's place.
It looked like a
time capsule, man.
I mean, this place was old.
The woodwork, the
items. It was incredible.
MIKE: So is that your
dad there on the wall?
WILL: Yeah.
MIKE: Will's dad was
an auctioneer, so anything
that was really, really cool-
MIKE: I'm talking colossal
cool, Will's dad sold it
to make a living.
So these are all things
that he collected, maybe
from auctions, out of
houses, you know, but he
had a good eye, he
had a lot of different stuff.
FRANK: So I'm digging
around a little bit, you know,
and I see this old,
it looks like a factory
made Harley Davidson helmet.
FRANK: Look at, look
at this. This is factory?
MIKE: Looks like it
to me, man. Yeah.
FRANK: At motorcycle
meets, people collect this stuff.
They love early Harley stuff.
Are they going to wear it? No.
Are they going to put
it on their shelf? Yes.
FRANK: Hey Will, how
about this helmet right here?
WILL: This says
Harley on it, don't it?
FRANK: I ask Will, how much?
He says, I don't know.
What do you think?
FRANK: I'd probably
go about 10 bucks on it.
[♪]
WILL: Oh, I could use 10 bucks.
FRANK: Alright. I'll do it.
FRANK: We're
off to a great start.
FRANK: Alright, we're going up.
MIKE: We're going up.
FRANK: Heading up.
[♪]
MIKE: Will's house
was basically the leaning
tower of Pisa of picking.
FRANK: Every single room, every
single doorway had a lean to it.
It was like walking
through a funhouse.
FRANK: We go upstairs.
There's tons of boxes.
Each box that you don't
open up, you think in the
back of your mind, that's
where the good stuff's at.
WILL: Check this out.
FRANK: I'm checking it.
MIKE: So I'm kicking
it in the attic and all of
a sudden I see it, man.
MIKE: Ooohh! Batman!
Oh it's a Volkswagen!
MIKE: It's no secret,
I'm a Volkswagen guy.
MIKE: I see the
Batman Volkswagen van.
Who knew that Batman drove
a Volkswagen van when the
Batmobile was in the shop.
I never knew that!
MIKE: How much is this, Will?
WILL: I don't know.
It's, it's got some of
the characters in there.
FRANK: Is it all there?
WILL: The penguin's in
there and the Joker, I think.
MIKE: Lots of
graphics on the box.
Has Robin in the driver's seat.
MIKE: How about 20 bucks?
WILL: 25.
MIKE: Alright. It's
so damn hot in here.
I'm not even going to
argue with you. 25's fine.
WILL: Alright.
MIKE: This is a
great item. 1975.
A lot of these guys that
are older now, they want
the toys they had
when they were a kid.
[♪]
FRANK: Tell me about this.
WILL: It's an older
Hohner accordion.
FRANK: You know, one
thing that I noticed that was
really cool was this accordion.
[accordion sound]
[applause sound effect]
FRANK: I used to be able
to play a little bit better.
MIKE: What does
that say right there?
FRANK: It says M.
Hohner. Best Made.
[♪]
FRANK: Accordions
are really cool.
I don't know a lot about
'em, but this one said it
was made in San Francisco.
It had a patent date of 1915.
FRANK: The reason I would
buy this is because it works.
So you tell me and I'll...
[accordion sound]
tell you if I can make it.
WILL: 40?
FRANK: I'm at...
[accordion sound]
30.
WILL: 5?
[accordion sound]
FRANK: 30.
[accordion sound]
WILL: Yeah. We'll do 30.
[accordion sounds]
MIKE: Thank god!
FRANK: Alright. Woo! Thank you.
FRANK: I think once
he heard the soft melody
coming from me.
He was putty in my hand
and I was able to get it
for the price that I wanted.
[accordion sounds]
[♪]
MIKE: Dig it, baby!
FRANK: Oh.
[♪]
MIKE: Oooh, look at that.
WILL: That's a lock blade.
[♪]
MIKE: Are those
trunks full of stuff?
WILL: The middle one's
got some chalk figures.
MIKE: Ooh, chalk
figures? How old? Old?
MIKE: I open this old trunk.
MIKE: Alright,
you ready for this?
MIKE: And there's really
cool old chalk figurines.
MIKE: Man, oh my god!
Look at that!
MIKE: Chalk figures were
an inexpensive Tchotchke
item if you wanted something
to decorate your home with
back then and you wanted
something of symbolism,
you know, this was an
inexpensive way to buy that.
[♪]
MIKE: Uh, Will!
WILL: Yes sir.
MIKE: Uncle Sam and,
uh, Little Soldier Boy.
What are we talking here?
MIKE: Shoot me a number.
WILL: I'm pretty sure
they're expensive.
MIKE: Alright. I'd be
interested in him for 40 bucks.
This guy here. The tip
of his gun's broke off.
You price this one?
WILL: 30.
MIKE: 30 on this
one? 40 on this one?
WILL: Yeah.
MIKE: Oh Frank. What do I do?
FRANK: Cause they go together.
MIKE: Yeah. How about...
FRANK: Can't you just go 30 30?
MIKE: You're at 70. I'm at
60. What can we do here, Will?
WILL: Split it at 65.
MIKE: Alright. 65.
WILL: Alright. MIKE:
Alright. I'm on it.
MIKE: These two chalk
figures are easy to sell
in my shop because
this stuff has great colour.
It's in excellent condition.
MIKE: Ooh.
FRANK: Ooh. I like that.
MIKE: Ooh. Jane Mansfield.
FRANK: I like that.
MIKE: Mm.
MIKE: One of the things
I gravitated towards right
away is the chick in
the bikini water bottle.
I'm thinking it's
Jane Mansfield.
MIKE: I like this. Yeah.
Ooh, she's missing the cap.
FRANK: They always are.
MIKE: This piece is late 1950s.
Whoever came up with this
thing is a marketing genius.
[♪]
MIKE: How much
is this little honey?
WILL: I don't know.
I'm pretty fond of her.
MIKE: You like her?
WILL: I might hang on to her.
MIKE: What would it take
for you to break up with her?
WILL: She is a blond.
MIKE: She is a
blond. But look at her.
Look at the way
she's looking at you.
She's over you, man.
WILL: You think so?
MIKE: Yeah.
WILL: Right. I
should be used to that.
MIKE: 25.
WILL: Let's think about her.
MIKE: 30.
WILL: Alright.
MIKE: 30 bucks.
WILL: Yeah. 30. Ok.
MIKE: Frank, he just broke
up with his girlfriend for
30 bucks! It's just that easy.
[♪]
MIKE: Mmm.
[♪]
WILL: This is
actually the hot room.
MIKE: Woo.
MIKE: It was so hot.
The sweat was pouring
off of Franky and I.
I'm talking Dante's
Inferno here. I'm talking hot.
I'm talking hotter than a
goat's butt in a pepper patch.
It was so hot, the
squirrels were handling
their nuts with pot holders.
MIKE: Oh god.
MIKE: You've got a donkey
that's nodding, a cat...
FRANK: Ooh, that's a
wobbler. That's good.
MIKE: Lucy.
Bobblehead.
MIKE: All these
different unique items.
You nudge 'em and they walked.
These things are really early.
They're plastic. Think
about it. They're very fragile.
MIKE: Little kids
played with these.
They didn't survive.
MIKE: 50 bucks.
WILL: For all that.
MIKE: For all of it.
WILL: The box too.
MIKE: You can have the box.
WILL: Really?
MIKE: Yeah. WILL: Ok.
MIKE: Ok, so 50 bucks
for the contents of this box.
WILL: Yes.
MIKE: It was worth
sweating up in that attic
because that box of toys I
bought, I can sell individually
and get like a hundred
dollars profit out of 'em.
MIKE: This is awesome.
WILL: Oh this was a, the
tool shed, what we always
called it the shop.
FRANK: Man, you've got
all kinds of stuff in here.
MIKE: Oh hey, whoa.
MIKE: Old Predicta TV, Franky.
FRANK: That's cool.
MIKE: This is a pretty
iconic television though,
I mean, this kind of
set the standard for, you
know, what was to come.
[♪]
MIKE: This is something new
that we're trying on this trip.
I mean, basically, what
we're gonna do is we're gonna
see if we can trade up on
items, because you know what?
We gotta entertain
ourselves, man!
MIKE: When we go into
the tool room, and I see the
Predicta, I'm like,
ok, this might be the
opportunity to trade the
item that we have not been
able to sell at my shop.
MIKE: I do have a piece.
It's actually an old vending
machine, but it's this big.
WILL: So you want
to trade for the TV?
MIKE: I mean,
does it, do you think?
WILL: I could look at it.
MIKE: You want to look at it?
WILL: Yeah.
MIKE: Alright.
Let me go grab it.
MIKE: The reason I was
interested in the Predicta
television to trade for
this cup dispenser is
because I feel the
Predicta television is
a lot easier to sell.
People are always coming
in asking for stuff like that.
We've sold things
like that in the past.
I've had this cup
dispenser for months and
not one person has looked at it.
MIKE: Alright.
Check this thing out.
WILL: Oh, here it is, yeah.
MIKE: It's cast iron.
It's nickel plated.
Basically, what this is, it's
like a little vending machine.
MIKE: There would have
been a glass tube on the
top of this and that's what
it would have held the cups.
WILL: Great. So you
want to trade for the TV?
MIKE: Let me think how
I should do this here...
you give me the TV
and 20 bucks for this.
WILL: Hmm. No, I like it.
MIKE: Mm hm.
WILL: But I'm not
20 bucks liking it.
MIKE: Alright, well...
how about, how about even
trade the Predicta TV for this?
Want to do that? I'd
do that. It's smaller.
It's easier to handle.
This is electronic.
WILL: Yeah, that's cool. Yeah.
MIKE: You want to do it?
WILL: Yeah. I've never
seen one of these before.
MIKE: I'd never seen
one either. I think it's cool.
WILL: It is neat,
yeah. Let's do that.
MIKE: Alright.
WILL: Yeah. Great.
MIKE: Thanks. WILL: Thanks.
MIKE: We've traded Will
this cup dispenser we paid
$50 for the Predicta TV
that was worth at least
a minimum of $150 and I
feel I can sell it right away.
FRANK: If I had to sum
this pick up, it's a cold call.
I mean, we just pulled
up to a guy's house.
The guy let us in.
We were able to buy some
pretty decent things here.
MIKE: Yeah. I like
this naked chick.
FRANK: I know.
I like all the stuff.
MIKE: I'll put her on the dash.
MIKE: I paid $30 for this piece.
I'm going to ask 125.
MIKE: The Batman Volkswagen van.
I paid $25 for this piece.
Who knows, it could be
worth as much as 200.
MIKE: The chalk figurines,
I'm excited to own these.
They're really nice
pieces of American history.
I ended up getting
both of 'em for $65.
I think one of them
is worth 65 alone.
MIKE: Alright, Will. Alright,
man, thank you so much.
WILL: Alright, happy trails.
MIKE: We appreciate
it. FRANK: Alright.
WILL: Take care. FRANK: See ya.
FRANK: [playing accordion]
MIKE: Frank, seriously, man.
FRANK: I'm just
starting to get it.
MIKE: Yeah, you're
starting to get something.
You're starting to
get on my nerves.
FRANK: You know what?
At least we got
to make that trade.
MIKE: Yeah. Now I got
to contend with a Predicta
television and you playing
your frickin' squeezebox.
FRANK: Hey, you know
what? Feel this. Feel it.
It's like air conditioning.
MIKE: Dude, that
smells like donkey breath.
MIKE: Frank, you better
sleep with one eye open or
that accordion's going
to disappear tonight.
[♪]
MIKE: You know
what I'm going to do?
If we trade the Predicta for
something of more value...
FRANK: Yeah?
MIKE: You know those,
those, uh, foot pad things
you wanted for your boots?
Those gel things?
FRANK: Oh, the, the,
yeah, oh yeah, yeah, yeah!
MIKE: I could see splurging
for you on a pair of those.
FRANK: You'd get
me a pair of those?
MIKE: If you help
me trade the Predicta.
MIKE: If we do well on
trading these items, then
we're going to splurge on
something for Frankie and me.
MIKE: You know what I'd like?
I'd like to have an
Iowa Hawkeyes snuggie.
FRANK: That, that
sounds really fair.
You get the $89, uh, zip
up pullover and I get an
$8.99, uh, cushion.
[phone rings]
FRANK: Oh, Danielle's
calling here. Hello?
DANIELLE: So how
are you guys doing?
MIKE: Hey Danny, what's up?
We're having an amazing day.
I got a pocket full of cash.
I need somewhere to spend it.
DANIELLE: So, alright, I
think you guys are going
to love this lead.
There's this gentleman,
his name's Ted.
Now Ted comes from a
long line of collectors and
I think Mike, this'll really
resonate with you a whole
lot because Ted's
really into preserving his
community history.
MIKE: Oh, it's like a local guy.
FRANK: Cool.
DANIELLE: He actually
has three buildings on the
main road in his town,
started collecting as a kid,
he has never sold a
thing yet, but his kids
really don't have
any interest in the
collection, so he,
he wants to see this
collection go to somebody
that's going to appreciate it.
FRANK: Alright, thanks.
We'll, uh, touch base later.
MIKE: Hey, sell something!
DANIELLE: Of course
I will. That's my job. Ok.
FRANK: See you, girl.
[♪]
MIKE: Oh look at that building.
That's got to be
it, that's got to be it.
FRANK: I hope that's it.
MIKE: I'm doing a Yuey.
FRANK: Alright, check it.
MIKE: I'm Yuey-ing
this. This has got to be it.
MIKE: Look at this place.
MIKE: Hello!
FRANK: Hello. Ted.
TED: Hey.
FRANK: How are you doing?
TED: I'm doing fine.
FRANK: Good.
MIKE: Hey. You spoke
to Danielle on the phone?
TED: Yes.
MIKE: Alright. We're the guys.
MIKE: This is a cool shop, man.
TED: I restore antiques.
MIKE: How long you
been at this game?
TED: I started when I was
growing up, cause my dad,
uh, that was his hobby.
MIKE: What do you
eventually want to do?
Do you look at this
stuff as an investment?
TED: I am now going to sell.
MIKE: Ok. And that's
why you called us?
TED: Yeah.
MIKE: Alright.
TED: I'm old enough
now that it's time to just
start getting rid
of what you have.
MIKE: Alright.
FRANK: Well, we appreciate
you calling us and we'll, um.
MIKE: Yeah. We'd
love to look around.
TED: And if there's
anything you don't know
what it is for sure,
I might not either.
FRANK: Ok.
MIKE: [laughing] Alright.
[♪]
MIKE: Alright. Let's see
what you've got in here.
TED: This is an
old primitive seeder.
And you just, you open it
right there, and you put it in.
MIKE: Oh yeah,
that is a primitive one.
FRANK: Somebody
made that, didn't they?
TED: That's a primitive.
MIKE: One of the things
Danielle told us too was
that like you've been
logging every single thing
that you've bought.
Like I see this piece right
here has got a number on it.
TED: Yup.
MIKE: So like you've
got that in a book.
FRANK: I mean, this
guy was incredible.
I mean, he spent hours
and hours, days, years,
categorizing every
single thing he bought.
TED: The way it works is
I gave it a number. 0234.
It cost me $75.
MIKE: Is everything
barcoded to where we're
just like checking out?
FRANK: Zip, zip, zip.
TED: No.
MIKE: No?
FRANK: Ted had collected,
viewed, and wrote down
over 16,000 items.
[♪]
MIKE: Album. Fuzzy.
MIKE: You know, when
you're on a pick like that
and there's so much stuff.
FRANK: That's a
cool one. That's cool.
MIKE: You're
looking for anything
that you can connect to.
Then, all of a sudden-
MIKE: Whoa, Ted!
TED: Yes?
MIKE: What about
this cardboard piece?
TED: That's an advertising sign.
MIKE: Dizzy Dean and Paul
Dean are staring me down.
[♪]
MIKE: If this thing
was in minto, mint, mint
condition, because it's
paper and paper didn't survive
very much, it probably might
command as much as $5,000.
That much money, ok?
MIKE: I know right away
sports memorabilia guys
are going to be chomping
at the bit on this item.
I mean, this has got two
of America's greats, man.
This is an awesome piece.
I'm going to try to buy it.
MIKE: I'm interested
in it, but, you know,
I'm not interested
in it for 5 grand.
TED: Oh, I wouldn't...
MIKE: Ok?
TED: think so.
MIKE: Because there's
not much of it here.
If you look at the water
damage here and this.
TED: Cracks.
MIKE: This is about,
this whole piece is about
ready to fall off.
FRANK: A couple more folds.
MIKE: See how they're
kind of standing near a glove.
I think maybe there
would have been more of it.
And this, this was red, ok?
The colour is gone on
the piece, but what I like
about the piece is, it
shows its age, it’s got
personality to it, and
the fact of the matter is,
it's cardboard
and it still exists.
MIKE: I'm the perfect
guy for this piece,
cause I don't care
about the condition.
I love it the way it is.
MIKE: What are you thinking?
TED: Maybe at 500.
MIKE: 500.
TED: And then,
that's pretty good.
MIKE: I'd be, how
about 4 and a quarter?
TED: Um...
MIKE: No?
TED: Okay, it's yours.
MIKE: You want to
do 4 and a quarter?
TED: That's fine. That's fine.
MIKE: Alright, man.
Thank you so much. I love it.
MIKE: Picking 101-if you
see something smoking cool
that sparks your interest,
sparks emotion in you,
that's the kind of thing
that's going to spark
some interest in
your customer too.
MIKE: What have you got Franky?
FRANK: Got a bunch of
holsters, and a bunch of
cap gun stuff, yeah.
TED: That's a Wyatt Earp set.
FRANK: Here's another
Wyatt Earp set here.
MIKE: When we found
the box of Ted's toys, that
was really the diamond
in this pick so far.
I mean, we're going
through this thing and
there's layers of his
life, you know, he's
got his holsters in
there, his cap guns.
FRANK: There's his little chaps.
TED: Those are my chaps.
FRANK: These were yours?
TED: Yup.
MIKE: Here. Hold that.
TED: That's one
of the guns that's-
MIKE: Alright. What'd you
used to say when you had,
when you pulled the gun out?
TED: Bang.
FRANK: Bang?
MIKE: [laughing]
MIKE: I mean, this
guy kept everything!
MIKE: Why have you
gotten to the point where you
want to sell littler
things like this that
you've had since you were a kid?
TED: Well, the main reason
is I have three children.
And, uh, they have
no interest at all in this
way of life or antiques.
MIKE: And they just,
they felt that it's just not
something that they can
use or even display or?
TED: I would have loved to
have these things passed on...
FRANK: Passed on.
MIKE: Ok.
TED: So right now, I
have no reason to keep it.
MIKE: I mean, it
was a really emotional
experience for me to hear
him tell me why he was
going to sell this collection.
It's an incredible
experience to be there
with a collector at that
moment, at that time when
they decide, hey,
you know, this is why I
decided to sell this stuff.
This is the path I need
to take now in my life.
TED: All this stuff that
I sell, if I sell it today or
tomorrow, whenever, I'm
not doing it to make money.
MIKE: You want to see it
to go to someone else that
can cherish it too. And
that's kind of what we do.
FRANK: Not just keep
it in a box, you know.
MIKE: He knew we were
the guys that were going to
buy this stuff, take it
to market, and put it in
place in front of people
that were going to cherish
it just as much as he did.
MIKE: Alright. Let's explore.
FRANK: Keep on moving.
MIKE: other things in here.
FRANK: Alright.
[♪]
FRANK: Oh. My. God!
MIKE: Oh my god. FRANK: Wow.
FRANK: Wow.
MIKE: Ok.
TED: This is a complete Dog
'n Suds, even with the menu.
TED: This is your root
beer, French fries...
MIKE: I saw that.
TED: cheeseburger.
MIKE: That's what I'm thinking.
It's making me hungry here.
And it's got the
Dog 'n Suds paper.
And it's got the
Dog 'n Suds cup.
[♪]
MIKE: I could see this
thing on the window of
someone's car at a car show.
TED: Oh.
FRANK: Oh yeah. People do that.
MIKE: Ok? Yeah.
MIKE: This is an iconic piece.
Back in the day, the drive
in, man, cruisin' in your
car with your lady.
It wasn't just a
plastic hamburger.
This was a piece
of American history.
MIKE: You know, I mean,
it's hard to, um, put a
value on a rubber
hamburger, rubber fries,
but, for me, I'm in it 50 bucks.
TED: You just bought it.
MIKE: Alright.
FRANK: I think you're
satisfied with that.
MIKE: This is the most
expensive cheeseburger
I've ever bought in my life.
$50, but worth
every penny. I love it.
[♪]
MIKE: Alright, what have
we got going on here, Franky?
Is there a crank? Oh yeah!
FRANK: We love
stuff that you crank.
We love anything
with wheels in it.
What's this got? It's got
one wheel? Two wheels?
MIKE: An old music box.
FRANK: Oh, we
love stuff like that.
MIKE: Oh yeah, you
can see down here.
Look. Those are the bellows.
MIKE: One of the items
that Ted had that he said
his father collected
before him was this really
cool music box.
[♪]
TED: It's a hymn.
[♪]
MIKE: This thing was early.
Me and Franky were
cranking it. We were playing it.
And as we were
playing it, I could just see
it in Frankie's eyes.
He's getting really
attached to it.
FRANK: This little music
box is called an organette.
They were first invented
around the 1860s.
This one's kind of on
the smaller side, but it's
a really unique piece
I'd still like to buy.
FRANK: I was looking
at probably around 250.
TED: Nope.
FRANK: Ok.
FRANK: 300?
TED: That sounds alright.
FRANK: Does that sound
ok? Deal. Alright, cool.
TED: No problem.
FRANK: I was really
happy that me and Ted came
to a price that we
both could agree on.
I think I'll have no
problem selling it.
MIKE: What if you play
it backwards, it'll say
something demonic.
FRANK: The devil,
the devil, the devil.
MIKE: Yeah. The
devil made me do it.
[♪]
MIKE: Did you hear that?
FRANK & MIKE: It said, buy
me, buy me, buy me, buy me.
[♪]
FRANK: Well, I felt like
a kid in a candy store.
There's so much stuff in there.
It's everywhere you look,
there was something to buy.
FRANK: You know, I did
see something, but I didn't
bring it down.
I seen a Fonzi pinball machine.
FRANK: Ayyyy.
[♪]
FRANK: The Fonzi pinball
machine was made in 1976.
Not super old. I don't
think a lot of them survived.
FRANK: Does it work? Do
you know anything about that?
FRANK: Well, how
about then $50 for Fonz?
TED: Mm-mm. $80 for Fonz.
FRANK: Sit on it, Ted.
TED: I have to.
FRANK: Come on.
FRANK: I thought Ted
thought that was funny
because, you know, 'sit
on it' was one of Fonzi's big
iconic phrases, you know.
TED: 75. And that's a buy.
FRANK: We're on it.
MIKE: Alright. You're on it?
FRANK: Alright.
MIKE: After, after he
told you to sit on it?
FRANK: Ayyyy.
MIKE: This is all
local Brook stuff?
TED: Brook.
MIKE: This was a
great room to pick.
MIKE: How about, uh, $50?
TED: Ok.
FRANK: 10 bucks?
TED: That's fine.
FRANK: Alright. I'll take it.
MIKE: It was almost like
he was saying yes before
I got the price out of my mouth.
FRANK: 15. TED: That's fine.
MIKE: 5 bucks. TED: That's fine.
FRANK: How about $15? TED: Fine.
MIKE: Look at that, Franky.
TED: Branding iron.
My children aren't really
interested and it's just
time to start moving
some of these things out.
MIKE: What's in here,
Ted? Ah, an old saxophone.
TED: Yes.
MIKE: I opened up this
old case and I found this
really cool saxophone.
And Ted explained to
me that his mother was a
music teacher and that's
probably where that came from.
MIKE: What'd you
got to have for that?
TED: Make, make an offer there.
MIKE: Make an offer? Um...
TED: I think you'd
better go higher.
MIKE: [laughing] Let me think!
TED: Okay.
MIKE: How about 100 bucks?
TED: 110.
MIKE: 110...
MIKE: I thought, you know what?
This is an opportunity to
try to trade the Predicta.
MIKE: I tell you what.
I brought a piece with me
that's pretty neat, very unusual,
it would look great here
in your window, so, um...
TED: What's her name?
MIKE: Her name is Predicta.
Her name is Predicta
and she's beautiful.
She's very elegant,
very futuristic, very sleek.
TED: Oh!
MIKE: Maybe you and I
could maybe do a little swap.
TED: Ok. We can talk about that.
MIKE: Alright.
MIKE: Ted's a collector.
I haven't seen a
Predicta on his property.
I'm thinking to myself,
you know what?
Maybe he's interested in it.
MIKE: Check this situation.
You seen one of these?
TED: Well it's
some kind of a TV.
MIKE: It's a Predicta.
FRANK: It's called a Predicta.
MIKE: This is an
iconic television.
This is an amazing piece.
TED: You know something? I
have problems with my telephone.
MIKE: You have problems
with your cell phone?
FRANK: He can't even
run the cell phone let alone
run something like that.
TED: I, I really have
to say that that is totally
out of my direction.
MIKE: But you, as a
collector, you've got to
be able to appreciate
something like this
though, right?
TED: No. I really don't
think I'm going to have one.
MIKE: Ok. Alright.
Alright. Hey, I gotta try.
MIKE: I'm stuck with
the Predicta for now.
I was really bummed cause I
was hoping to keep on trading
up on this piece, but
Ted wasn't feeling it, man.
He was a really nice guy who
was awesome to look around
at his place, it was our
honor to check out his stuff.
FRANK: Whoa.
FRANK: This is the easiest.
FRANK: This is the
easiest, this is the
easiest pinball machine
we've ever moved.
[♪]
MIKE: I think it's really cool.
I think, uh, you know,
we'll get it out in the
daylight and get it
to a Cardinals fan.
MIKE: I bought the Dean
Brothers tobacco piece for
4 and a quarter.
I'm going to get this
thing appraised and
see what it's worth.
MIKE: You hungry,
Franky? There you go, dude.
FRANK: Yeah.
MIKE: I bought
this piece for $50.
I'm going to ask 150.
MIKE: It was great to share
this time with you. It really was.
TED: And you're
welcome. Anytime.
TED: I had a ball today. They
can come back anytime they want.
MIKE: See ya, Ted!
TED: Be safe.
FRANK: Alright.
MIKE: Ted was a
true gem on this pick.
He loved the stuff
enough to let it go.
We were the guys
there that bought it.
We're going to make
sure that we tell Ted's story
and pass it on to
the next person.
FRANK: Oh, that was good.
MIKE: That was a good pick.
MIKE: You know
what I like you bought?
FRANK: What?
MIKE: The Fonzi machine, dude.
FRANK: That was
awesome, wasn't it?
MIKE: Yeah. Ayyyy!
FRANK: Ayyyy!
MIKE: [laughing]
[♪]
[phone rings]
FRANK: Danielle?
DANIELLE: You're
gonna wanna hear this.
Mikey, check this out.
This gentleman, his
name is Tim Mary.
He lives in a small
town in Illinois.
DANIELLE: Guess what he has?
MIKE: What?
FRANK: Guess. She
wants you to guess.
MIKE: Um, he's got
a 19, uh, 08 Harley.
DANIELLE: No. V-dubs!
MIKE: He's got Volkswagens?
DANIELLE: Yeah. He worked
in the VW racing circuit in Japan.
FRANK: Ooh.
MIKE: He sounds amazing.
FRANK: What else does he have?
Does he have any two
wheels instead of four wheels?
MIKE: Does he
have any green tea?
DANIELLE: Frankie...
FRANK: Yeah, I'm here.
DANIELLE: Tons of
Japanese motorbikes.
FRANK: Yeah!
[♪]
DANIELLE: Mega score!
FRANK: Hey, by the way.
MIKE: We scored at Ted's place.
We got this really cool
sports memorabilia piece.
And we really need someone
that knows their stuff in
regards to Cardinals
sports memorabilia to
appraise this piece.
DANIELLE: Absolutely.
I'll get right on it.
MIKE: Later!
DANIELLE: Bye.
FRANK: This guy
sounds great, man.
MIKE: This sounds
like too good to be true.
FRANK: I know.
MIKE: I'm a major
Volkswagen head.
I'm extremely excited
to visit his property.
FRANK: I mean that
sounds like a great lead and
everything, but we still
have that Predicta television.
We need to get
rid of that to Tim.
FRANK: If you can trade it
for a VW bus or something
like that, you know
what I mean? I mean...
MIKE: I'd be the
man if I could do that.
FRANK: You'd be the man.
Keep your hopes high, you know.
FRANK: We come over
the horizon here and boom!
Here's VW land.
MIKE: Oh, there's
the Volkswagens!
FRANK: This is like
Volkswagen village, dude.
MIKE: Oh my god. I
gotta take lots of pictures.
MIKE: I'm talking
Volkswagen buses...
FRANK: Karmann Ghias.
MIKE: I'm talking
split window stuff.
MIKE: Hey. How are
you doing? I'm Mike.
TIM: Tim. MIKE:
Nice to meet you.
FRANK: Tim, how are you doing?
TIM: Good. MIKE:
Hey, what's your name?
TERRI: Terri.
MIKE: Terri. Nice
to meet you guys.
FRANK: Looks like you got
quite a bit of stuff around here.
MIKE: I know. I'm freaking out.
I can see all the Volkswagen
vans and the bugs.
I'm a big Volkswagen guy too.
TIM: Yeah.
MIKE: But Danielle said you
spent a lot of time in Japan.
TIM: Yup. In '95 I went.
MIKE: So are they heavy duty
into Volkswagens over there?
TIM: All the VWs are
very high dollar over there.
They race VWs heavily.
MIKE: Danielle said you did
some drag racing over there.
Was it in Volkswagens?
TIM: I didn't drive the
car, I was a builder, uh,
working on the engines
out there on 'em.
And our car was third
fastest PRA super stock.
137 miles and a quarter.
Naturally aspirated
2.5 L Beetle.
MIKE: I think I just met
my Volkswagen guru, man.
FRANK: I was going to say, yeah.
MIKE: Tim was my idol when it
came to Volkswagen knowledge.
If I could dream up a
pick, I'm in it right now.
[♪]
FRANK: Mike is Mr. VW. He
cannot even see me anymore.
He is totally bent on VW land.
MIKE: Franky, look at this one.
TIM: The corner glass
model. 23 window.
This is one of the last of
the corner glass model.
FRANK: Oh yeah yeah. Ok.
MIKE: See that?
[♪]
MIKE: What do you value
this van in this condition at?
TIM: $1000.
MIKE: A thousand dollars?
TIM: Cause I got somebody
that'll come from Arizona...
MIKE: Oh I bet.
TIM: Auction value for a good
running one of those is, what?
40,000 now, right?
Something like that?
MIKE: Yeah, if it's done.
But the thing is, on a
$40,000 vehicle, a lot of
times they got 30,000
in the restoration.
TIM: Sometimes in your
40,000 vehicle, you got 60,000.
MIKE: I know.
MIKE: I really want to
spend some money here,
but everything is in
really, really bad condition,
I'm talking Swiss cheese here.
MIKE: I see you got some
VW parts in here that are
kind of cool.
TIM: A lot of this stuff
is just years and years of
hitting the junkyards.
MIKE: All of a sudden, I
discover this really cool
VW badge from an old bus.
MIKE: Is that an
original, uh, badge?
TIM: Yes, it is.
MIKE: Ok.
TIM: That was in
pretty good shape.
MIKE: That's off a deluxe model?
TIM: Yes it is.
MIKE: It's a great item
for somebody that's
actually restoring a car,
you know, to have an
original badge
like that for the car.
MIKE: What do you value that at?
TIM: I'd say $50 on that one.
MIKE: How about 40 bucks?
TIM: It's yours.
MIKE: Thanks man. Alright, I
bought something. Woo hoo!
MIKE: Wear a cape
and have this on.
TIM: [laughing] MIKE: [laughing]
FRANK: It was great
watching Tim and Mike talk
shop about VWs.
But you know what?
Danielle did say that this
guy had a lot of motorcycles.
MIKE: Look at that!
Yeah! There you go.
You know you want it.
FRANK: There's a
1959 BSA motorcycle.
Now we're talking.
TIM: This is the first year C15.
They made the C-15s
from '59 to '67 and it's
original paint on most of it.
And I rode it last night
before I went to bed.
[♪]
FRANK: What do you
value something like this at?
TIM: Um, it's probably
worth about right around
2,000 because you
can get on it and ride it.
FRANK: In the world
of buying and selling,
you always have
to start somewhere.
Tim started at $2,000,
but that $2,000, there just
wasn't any meat
left on the bone.
FRANK: The tires
are weather checked.
One bad thing that's
really not going good is
the side cover.
That's a real kicker.
TIM: It makes it
not look complete.
FRANK: What was the
best you could do on this?
I mean, your best final price.
TIM: I'm going to go by
the offers I've received.
I could have sold it the day I
got it home for 1,200 bucks.
FRANK: Surprisingly,
Tim dropped the price down
from 2,000 very quickly,
but it still wasn't low
enough for the picker in me.
FRANK: Ah. You know, if it
had the original side cover, but,
for me, to be able to make
a little bit of money on it...
TIM: Mm hm.
[♪]
FRANK: I'll tell you what, Tim.
I'll give you $800 cash today.
TIM: President's
pictures, you say?
FRANK: That's it.
8 of 'em. Good deal.
TIM: Thank you.
FRANK: I'm so happy
to have this bike.
MIKE: Ha ha.
FRANK: This here's two
complete rows of motorcycles.
TIM: Yeah, I'm calling
it my living room.
FRANK: This ain't
a bad place to be.
MIKE: I like your style.
FRANK: Right away I
was drawn to a couple more
BSA motorcycles
that really looked great.
MIKE: This one
here, what's that?
TIM: That's
another Starfire 250.
FRANK: I would do 2000 on it.
TIM: I paid 2,000 for it.
FRANK: Well then you
have 2,000 for it now.
TIM: No I wouldn't.
TIM: Where's the
motor work come in?
FRANK: Alright.
FRANK: The bikes that Tim
kept inside were obviously too
close to his heart, because
they were very, very expensive.
But there was other
things inside that
garage besides bikes.
TIM: Have you ever
heard of a vinyl killer?
They've got YouTube videos
of people taking albums that
people hate and they put
this little record player on it.
MIKE: That's a record player?
TIM: It sure is. And this
thing drives in a circle,
plays out the speaker on
the top and they warn ya,
it will scratch your album.
FRANK: Yeah.
TIM: But it's so much fun.
FRANK: Oh my gosh, yeah.
MIKE: Unusual piece.
I've never seen one before.
MIKE: How much
would you sell this for?
TIM: Um, not in the box,
fully operational, good needle...
MIKE: [laughing]
TIM: It's worth 50 bucks.
MIKE: Yeah? I'll take it.
TIM: Awesome.
MIKE: Alright. Thanks.
MIKE: At least now I can
say I bought a VW bus from
the Volkswagen guru.
TIM: I got something else
that a museum might want.
They had something called
fractional currency in the
30s where you could pay
a tax on something that only
cost a penny and they made
up these little quarter cent coins.
MIKE: Tim said that these
were tax tokens that were
given out in the 1930s.
I mean, these things were
supposed to be equivalent
to a fraction of a penny.
TIM: If you do any kind of
research on US currency,
this is probably one of
the rarest currencies that
our country's ever made.
[♪]
MIKE: So Tim doesn't
really know what these
things are worth.
I don't really know what
these things are worth,
you know, I'm thinking
to myself, you know what?
This is the
opportunity for a trade.
MIKE: Let me ask you this.
I mean, I know you're a
connoisseur of the unusual.
TIM: Yes.
MIKE: Would you be
interested in maybe
possibly trading something.
TIM: I'm always
trading something.
MIKE: [laughing].
Alright. I like your style.
MIKE: Or it could be the
place where two fools met.
MIKE: Tim.
FRANK: Tim.
MIKE: Tim.
TIM: Oh man.
MIKE: Tim. This is full on
George Jetson material here.
MIKE: This is a
Predicta, made by Philco.
It's an iconic piece of
American electronics.
You know, look at this.
This was like almost like
a flat screen back then.
FRANK: This was,
this was high tech.
TIM: Oh yeah.
MIKE: This was
extremely high tech.
TIM: And it's tube technology.
MIKE: Yeah. Exactly.
TIM: And I have a tube tester.
MIKE: I knew I had him
when he said, you know what?
I've got a tube tester!
MIKE: Ok, so what
I'm thinking is this
television that I value
at $200 for the coins.
TIM: That would be awesome.
MIKE: Woo! Alright, buddy.
Thank you. Alright. Cool.
FRANK: Alright.
MIKE: So I am the proud
owner of a cigar box full
of fractional currency.
I'm not sure what this
stuff's worth, but I'm
going to have Danny dig into it.
MIKE: I like this
bike. It's cool, man.
I like how sweaty it is.
FRANK: I like how I
can touch the ground.
FRANK: I bought the
motorcycle today for 800.
To the right guy-1300.
MIKE: One of the things
that I did manage to buy
from Tim was that
early bus hood emblem.
For $40 on that piece
I was totally into it.
I can get $80.
MIKE: The vinyl killer
Volkswagen micro bus,
I paid $50 for it.
I think I can get 75.
MIKE: Thank you so much
for letting us look around.
Seriously, I love
looking at the buses.
MIKE: I learned a lot
about Volkswagens.
Tim was a really cool guy
and now him and I are buds!
If I have any questions on
Volkswagens, he's the guy
I'm going to call.
TIM: Drive safe.
FRANK: Alright man.
[♪]
FRANK: We got
rid of the Predicta.
We got rid of the Predicta.
Let's contact Danielle.
See if she can get
some information.
[phone rings]
DANIELLE: Alright.
I'm doing inventory and
you just made me lose count.
FRANK: Danielle.
DANIELLE: Hey.
FRANK: We just left Tim's.
DANIELLE: Cool.
MIKE: And we got rid of
the Predicta and got this
really cool box of
these tax tokens.
DANIELLE: How
many coins are there?
FRANK: We don't know that.
MIKE: There's, there's hundreds.
DANIELLE: So the boys
found this cup dispenser and
they traded the cup dispenser
for a Predicta television.
They traded the Predicta
television for tax tokens.
FRANK: Find out what
the general range of what
those go for and then
just get back to us.
DANIELLE: Ok.
FRANK: So me and Mike
have decided that if we do well
on trading up on
this, we're going to get
something for both
of us in the van.
FRANK: What do you think
we should get for the van?
MIKE: I'm thinking
steering wheel pad.
FRANK: I like the steering
wheel pad. That's good.
MIKE: Carpet for the dashboard.
FRANK: I don't like that idea.
MIKE: I'm thinking
out of the box here.
The van is basically our home.
I want our home to be luxurious.
MIKE: What do you think
about getting me like some
sort of a back massager?
FRANK: Those little
therapeutic ones they sell
like at Radio Shack?
MIKE: And I, and I would
let you use it sometimes.
MIKE: If I break my back
80 mph down the road,
burning diesel with my
buddy, yeah, that's why
I want a back massager.
FRANK: You know what?
I think that can be
something as long as you
don't hog it and take it
up all the time, I would
agree with that.
WOMAN: There really is
one person that you guys
MIKE: Do you get upset
when people call you husky?
FRANK: No, I'd rather
have them call me fat.
MIKE: But what about, has
anyone ever called you voluptuous?
FRANK: No. That's girl terms.
FRANK: Me and Mike are
heading to St. Louis today.
We're trying to get the
straight shot on what this
advertising piece is
worth that we bought.
MIKE: Danny pulled a rabbit
out of her hat with this one.
She has hooked us up
with the curator of the
Cardinal museum at the stadium.
FRANK: I hope this
appraisal is a total homerun.
MIKE: I think it's probably
going to appraise 1,500.
FRANK: No, I think
about half that, about 800.
MIKE: My god, Franky,
look at this place, man.
FRANK: This place is huge.
MIKE: It is huge.
I think I'm more lost
than I was when we got...
FRANK: How are we
going to find that lady at?
MIKE: I think that's her.
MIKE: Oh yeah, I see her.
PAULA: Hey guys. Come on down.
FRANK: We're supposed
to meet the historian,
Paula who knows all about
the Cardinals history there.
She's down on the warning
track down in the middle
of the stadium.
PAULA: Hey how are you?
MIKE: Good to see
you. How are you?
PAULA: Welcome to Busch Stadium.
FRANK: Hi. PAULA: Hi Frank.
MIKE: This is it?
MIKE: Here we are with a
huge piece of Cardinal history
and we're standing right in
the centre of Busch Stadium.
MIKE: This is incredible.
PAULA: Isn't it beautiful?
MIKE: Yeah. Great
view of the arch.
PAULA: So you guys want
to take a little tour of the
field here?
FRANK: Love to.
MIKE: Let me see what
it's like to ride the wood here.
PAULA: Yeah, if you're
going to be professional,
yeah, you got to
get up here more.
MIKE: Is this what we do?
PAULA: Yeah, see the spikes?
FRANK: Is that what I'm doing?
FRANK: These are spikes?
PAULA: See where
the spike marks are.
FRANK: Is this where Dizzy
Dean actually stood right here?
PAULA: No, because
this is the new stadium.
Dizzy and Paul Dean played
across town at Sportsman's Park.
MIKE: Ok.
PAULA: So when do I get
to see this thing you brought?
MIKE: Whenever you
want to. You want to see it?
PAULA: Alright.
Yeah. Absolutely.
MIKE: Let's go check it out.
PAULA: Let's go.
MIKE: We found this
in a very small town.
PAULA: Oh my goodness.
MIKE: What do you think?
PAULA: This piece would
have been displayed in
stores where you would
go in and you would buy your
beechnut tobacco.
PAULA: These guys
were so iconic for the time.
In 1934, Paul and Dizzy
Dean pitched for the
Cardinals and they were amazing.
They were amazing pitchers.
Dizzy Dean won 30
games that season.
Paul, his brother, won
19, so between the two of
those guys, 49 winning
games for the season.
PAULA: I think it was just
amazing that they found an
original Paul and
Dizzy item like that.
MIKE: What do
you think it's worth?
What's the value of it?
PAULA: If you had one
of these in mint condition,
um, we know that one
sold at Nashville in 2001 for
just under $4,000.
A few years later one sold
at Cowen for just over $5,000.
MIKE: Wow.
MIKE: So right then, I start
getting all itchy and sweaty.
PAULA: Based on the
condition that this is in right now,
you're looking at about $800.
MIKE: That's awesome!
FRANK: That's great.
MIKE: When she said
$800, I was blown away.
I basically am going to
double my money on this piece.
MIKE: You know what?
We paid 4 and a quarter.
For you to tell us
that it's worth $800,
that's a great thing.
FRANK: Great.
PAULA: So listen you
guys, before you leave the
stadium, there really is
one more person that you
guys have to talk to.
FRANK: Okay.
PAULA: Are you ready?
FRANK & MIKE: Yeah!
MIKE: We walk into the
office and it's Bill DeWitt,
the President of the Cardinals.
We were blown away.
BILL: So I thought I'd
show you a few things that
may be of interest.
MIKE: We'd love that.
FRANK: We come around
the corner and there's our
advertising piece in a
frame, mint condition.
MIKE: Oh, he's got it!
MIKE: Sitting on the wall
there, right in the middle
of the president of
the Cardinals' office.
If he finds this piece
that significant, I was
even prouder to own mine.
MIKE: This is what we
like to call 'farm fresh'.
BILL: Ok.
MIKE: There we go.
FRANK: Not that
much has changed.
BILL: Yeah.
BILL: Wow, isn't that amazing?
Isn't it though how the
elements changed that?
FRANK: I mean, it's real
though, you know, that's
the, definitely real.
BILL: It's definitely real.
Yeah, you can tell.
MIKE: Don't touch it too
much. It'll break! [laughs]
[♪]
FRANK: Today was a
big day for me and Mike.
I mean, we got to tour
the whole baseball field.
We got to meet the
president of the Cardinals.
This was the World
Series of appraisals.
[phone rings]
DANIELLE: Yup.
FRANK: Danielle!
DANIELLE: Hey.
MIKE: Hey, what's up?
FRANK: Hey, what's up? We
just got back from the appraiser.
DANIELLE: Awesome.
FRANK: They said
it's worth about $800.
So we're making
money. It's all good.
DANIELLE: Cool. Cool. Good.
Hey, I found out about
those tax coins too.
FRANK: What are the coins worth?
DANIELLE: Here's
what I found out.
There's quite a few that
are worth, like, 25, $30.
Some of them are really
not worth a whole lot, but
like all together collectively
I would say 350-400.
MIKE: Ha, ha, ha!
FRANK: Hey. 350-400. We're
making money. We did good.
DANIELLE: Ok,
good. You're smiling.
MIKE: We did great, man.
DANIELLE: Bye.
MIKE: That was sweet.
FRANK: You did good.
[♪]
MIKE: Why are you
using the back massager?
FRANK: Oh yeah.
MIKE: Can you feel it?
FRANK: Yeah, it goes,
let me see. Oh yeah, baby.
MIKE: It's got a remote?
FRANK: Oh yeah, it's
got the up and down.
MIKE: Frank, the whole
trading thing was my idea.
I'm the one who gets
the back massager, dude.
FRANK: You can have it
Mondays and Tuesdays...
MIKE: But why would
you get to use it first?
FRANK: Dude, you're driving.
MIKE: Whatever.
FRANK: I'll tell you what.
This is going to work out.
FRANK: Oh baby.
FRANK: Oh man, why didn't
we get this a long time ago?
Woo!
thing that I notice that was
really cool was this accordion.
[accordion sound]
[applause sound effect]
I used to be able to
play a little bit better.
MIKE: This is the most
expensive cheeseburger
I've ever bought in my life.'
MAN: This is a complete
Dog n Suds, even with the
MIKE: I'm talking
Volkswagen buses.
I'm talking split window stuff.
MIKE: I'm a big Volkswagen guy.
MAN: Yeah.
MIKE: If I could dream
up a pick. I'm in it right now.
MIKE: My God, Franky.
Look at this place, man.
FRANK: We're used
to being in barns.
Today, we're in the dugout
for the St. Louis Cardinals.
This was the World
Series of appraisals.
MIKE: I'm Mike Wolfe.
FRANK: And I'm Frank Fritz.
MIKE: And we're pickers.
FRANK: We travel the back
roads of America looking
for rusty gold.
We're looking for amazing
things buried in people's
garages and barns.
MIKE: What most people see
as junk, we see as dollar signs.
FRANK: We'll buy anything
we think we can make a buck on.
MIKE: 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.
[♪]
FRANK: We're out
here in Ohio today.
I mean, it is so hot.
If we don't find something
soon, we're going to melt.
MIKE: It's so hot today.
I saw an Amish person
buy an air conditioner.
FRANK: Ha, ha, ha, ha!
MIKE: You know what, Franky?
That one piece I bought
down in South Carolina,
that like cup, Dixie
cup dispenser.
FRANK: Yeah.
MIKE: No one's even
looking at that thing, man.
MIKE: Franky and I bought
a drinking cup dispenser
at a Gordon farmer's
place in South Carolina.
This thing is really cool.
But you know what?
We got it back to the shop
and we haven't had any
lip service on this thing.
I mean, no one's even
picked it up and looked at it.
FRANK: I thought
it was really cool.
It came off a train, didn't it?
MIKE: It's cool as hell, so
I brought it with us to trade.
MIKE: Franky and I, when
we're on the road, we got
to amuse ourselves.
So we're going down
the path of trying to trade
this cup vending machine for
something of greater quality.
MIKE: Look at that.
FRANK: Look at that.
Look at that place.
MIKE: Look at that taxi cab.
MIKE: Me and Franky are
kicking down the road and
all of a sudden, we
come on a lime green taxi.
FRANK: Let's look around.
Let's check that place out.
MIKE: When you're out
freestylin' and you see
a lime green taxi, stop.
[♪]
FRANK: You don't see green
cabs every day, now do ya?
FRANK: That's a nice shape.
FRANK: Let's see [inaudible].
I'll just say, hey, I
seen your cab out there,
wondering if you
had anything else?
Look at this guy's house, man.
FRANK: We just start
pulling up this lane and
we see this home and this
was an older place-1800s.
It's kind of got a lean
going to it, you know.
No satellite dish, no
shrubbery, and the grass
hasn't been cut.
Perfect place.
MIKE: Hello!
FRANK: The porch is
falling in, the windows
got the sheets over 'em.
We knock on the door-
WILL: Hey, how're you doing?
FRANK: And here's a
guy that's younger than us
comes to the door.
MIKE: Older place. Younger guy.
FRANK: Hey, we seen the
car from the road out there.
MIKE: It's a cool car,
man. Hey, I'm Mike.
WILL: Hey, how're you doing?
MIKE: Nice to meet you.
FRANK: Frank.
WILL: I'm Will.
FRANK: We're out traveling
America here, buying some stuff.
This is the kind
of stuff we buy.
MIKE: Do you know
what pickers are?
WILL: I believe I'm
familiar with the term.
My dad was an
auctioneer, so, uh...
MIKE: Oh ok. You know
what a picker is then.
WILL: Yeah.
MIKE: He starts tellin'
us that his dad was an
auctioneer,
collected a lot of stuff.
MIKE: Is your dad still around?
WILL: No, no, he, uh, he
passed away about 7 years
and I've spent those 7
years sorting our stuff.
MIKE: You got enough
stuff, it took you 7 years
to sort through it?
WILL: Yeah. I got 7 house, I
got a barn, I got a log cabin,
I got a couple junk sheds.
FRANK: You got any time
you can show us around?
WILL: Oh yeah.
MIKE: I'm not even
going to try on this taxi.
I'm not even going
to make an offer.
I want to get in the
house and start picking.
MIKE: Wow, look at
the woodwork in here.
WILL: Yeah. We got
some nice woodwork.
MIKE: When we
walked into Will's place.
It looked like a
time capsule, man.
I mean, this place was old.
The woodwork, the
items. It was incredible.
MIKE: So is that your
dad there on the wall?
WILL: Yeah.
MIKE: Will's dad was
an auctioneer, so anything
that was really, really cool-
MIKE: I'm talking colossal
cool, Will's dad sold it
to make a living.
So these are all things
that he collected, maybe
from auctions, out of
houses, you know, but he
had a good eye, he
had a lot of different stuff.
FRANK: So I'm digging
around a little bit, you know,
and I see this old,
it looks like a factory
made Harley Davidson helmet.
FRANK: Look at, look
at this. This is factory?
MIKE: Looks like it
to me, man. Yeah.
FRANK: At motorcycle
meets, people collect this stuff.
They love early Harley stuff.
Are they going to wear it? No.
Are they going to put
it on their shelf? Yes.
FRANK: Hey Will, how
about this helmet right here?
WILL: This says
Harley on it, don't it?
FRANK: I ask Will, how much?
He says, I don't know.
What do you think?
FRANK: I'd probably
go about 10 bucks on it.
[♪]
WILL: Oh, I could use 10 bucks.
FRANK: Alright. I'll do it.
FRANK: We're
off to a great start.
FRANK: Alright, we're going up.
MIKE: We're going up.
FRANK: Heading up.
[♪]
MIKE: Will's house
was basically the leaning
tower of Pisa of picking.
FRANK: Every single room, every
single doorway had a lean to it.
It was like walking
through a funhouse.
FRANK: We go upstairs.
There's tons of boxes.
Each box that you don't
open up, you think in the
back of your mind, that's
where the good stuff's at.
WILL: Check this out.
FRANK: I'm checking it.
MIKE: So I'm kicking
it in the attic and all of
a sudden I see it, man.
MIKE: Ooohh! Batman!
Oh it's a Volkswagen!
MIKE: It's no secret,
I'm a Volkswagen guy.
MIKE: I see the
Batman Volkswagen van.
Who knew that Batman drove
a Volkswagen van when the
Batmobile was in the shop.
I never knew that!
MIKE: How much is this, Will?
WILL: I don't know.
It's, it's got some of
the characters in there.
FRANK: Is it all there?
WILL: The penguin's in
there and the Joker, I think.
MIKE: Lots of
graphics on the box.
Has Robin in the driver's seat.
MIKE: How about 20 bucks?
WILL: 25.
MIKE: Alright. It's
so damn hot in here.
I'm not even going to
argue with you. 25's fine.
WILL: Alright.
MIKE: This is a
great item. 1975.
A lot of these guys that
are older now, they want
the toys they had
when they were a kid.
[♪]
FRANK: Tell me about this.
WILL: It's an older
Hohner accordion.
FRANK: You know, one
thing that I noticed that was
really cool was this accordion.
[accordion sound]
[applause sound effect]
FRANK: I used to be able
to play a little bit better.
MIKE: What does
that say right there?
FRANK: It says M.
Hohner. Best Made.
[♪]
FRANK: Accordions
are really cool.
I don't know a lot about
'em, but this one said it
was made in San Francisco.
It had a patent date of 1915.
FRANK: The reason I would
buy this is because it works.
So you tell me and I'll...
[accordion sound]
tell you if I can make it.
WILL: 40?
FRANK: I'm at...
[accordion sound]
30.
WILL: 5?
[accordion sound]
FRANK: 30.
[accordion sound]
WILL: Yeah. We'll do 30.
[accordion sounds]
MIKE: Thank god!
FRANK: Alright. Woo! Thank you.
FRANK: I think once
he heard the soft melody
coming from me.
He was putty in my hand
and I was able to get it
for the price that I wanted.
[accordion sounds]
[♪]
MIKE: Dig it, baby!
FRANK: Oh.
[♪]
MIKE: Oooh, look at that.
WILL: That's a lock blade.
[♪]
MIKE: Are those
trunks full of stuff?
WILL: The middle one's
got some chalk figures.
MIKE: Ooh, chalk
figures? How old? Old?
MIKE: I open this old trunk.
MIKE: Alright,
you ready for this?
MIKE: And there's really
cool old chalk figurines.
MIKE: Man, oh my god!
Look at that!
MIKE: Chalk figures were
an inexpensive Tchotchke
item if you wanted something
to decorate your home with
back then and you wanted
something of symbolism,
you know, this was an
inexpensive way to buy that.
[♪]
MIKE: Uh, Will!
WILL: Yes sir.
MIKE: Uncle Sam and,
uh, Little Soldier Boy.
What are we talking here?
MIKE: Shoot me a number.
WILL: I'm pretty sure
they're expensive.
MIKE: Alright. I'd be
interested in him for 40 bucks.
This guy here. The tip
of his gun's broke off.
You price this one?
WILL: 30.
MIKE: 30 on this
one? 40 on this one?
WILL: Yeah.
MIKE: Oh Frank. What do I do?
FRANK: Cause they go together.
MIKE: Yeah. How about...
FRANK: Can't you just go 30 30?
MIKE: You're at 70. I'm at
60. What can we do here, Will?
WILL: Split it at 65.
MIKE: Alright. 65.
WILL: Alright. MIKE:
Alright. I'm on it.
MIKE: These two chalk
figures are easy to sell
in my shop because
this stuff has great colour.
It's in excellent condition.
MIKE: Ooh.
FRANK: Ooh. I like that.
MIKE: Ooh. Jane Mansfield.
FRANK: I like that.
MIKE: Mm.
MIKE: One of the things
I gravitated towards right
away is the chick in
the bikini water bottle.
I'm thinking it's
Jane Mansfield.
MIKE: I like this. Yeah.
Ooh, she's missing the cap.
FRANK: They always are.
MIKE: This piece is late 1950s.
Whoever came up with this
thing is a marketing genius.
[♪]
MIKE: How much
is this little honey?
WILL: I don't know.
I'm pretty fond of her.
MIKE: You like her?
WILL: I might hang on to her.
MIKE: What would it take
for you to break up with her?
WILL: She is a blond.
MIKE: She is a
blond. But look at her.
Look at the way
she's looking at you.
She's over you, man.
WILL: You think so?
MIKE: Yeah.
WILL: Right. I
should be used to that.
MIKE: 25.
WILL: Let's think about her.
MIKE: 30.
WILL: Alright.
MIKE: 30 bucks.
WILL: Yeah. 30. Ok.
MIKE: Frank, he just broke
up with his girlfriend for
30 bucks! It's just that easy.
[♪]
MIKE: Mmm.
[♪]
WILL: This is
actually the hot room.
MIKE: Woo.
MIKE: It was so hot.
The sweat was pouring
off of Franky and I.
I'm talking Dante's
Inferno here. I'm talking hot.
I'm talking hotter than a
goat's butt in a pepper patch.
It was so hot, the
squirrels were handling
their nuts with pot holders.
MIKE: Oh god.
MIKE: You've got a donkey
that's nodding, a cat...
FRANK: Ooh, that's a
wobbler. That's good.
MIKE: Lucy.
Bobblehead.
MIKE: All these
different unique items.
You nudge 'em and they walked.
These things are really early.
They're plastic. Think
about it. They're very fragile.
MIKE: Little kids
played with these.
They didn't survive.
MIKE: 50 bucks.
WILL: For all that.
MIKE: For all of it.
WILL: The box too.
MIKE: You can have the box.
WILL: Really?
MIKE: Yeah. WILL: Ok.
MIKE: Ok, so 50 bucks
for the contents of this box.
WILL: Yes.
MIKE: It was worth
sweating up in that attic
because that box of toys I
bought, I can sell individually
and get like a hundred
dollars profit out of 'em.
MIKE: This is awesome.
WILL: Oh this was a, the
tool shed, what we always
called it the shop.
FRANK: Man, you've got
all kinds of stuff in here.
MIKE: Oh hey, whoa.
MIKE: Old Predicta TV, Franky.
FRANK: That's cool.
MIKE: This is a pretty
iconic television though,
I mean, this kind of
set the standard for, you
know, what was to come.
[♪]
MIKE: This is something new
that we're trying on this trip.
I mean, basically, what
we're gonna do is we're gonna
see if we can trade up on
items, because you know what?
We gotta entertain
ourselves, man!
MIKE: When we go into
the tool room, and I see the
Predicta, I'm like,
ok, this might be the
opportunity to trade the
item that we have not been
able to sell at my shop.
MIKE: I do have a piece.
It's actually an old vending
machine, but it's this big.
WILL: So you want
to trade for the TV?
MIKE: I mean,
does it, do you think?
WILL: I could look at it.
MIKE: You want to look at it?
WILL: Yeah.
MIKE: Alright.
Let me go grab it.
MIKE: The reason I was
interested in the Predicta
television to trade for
this cup dispenser is
because I feel the
Predicta television is
a lot easier to sell.
People are always coming
in asking for stuff like that.
We've sold things
like that in the past.
I've had this cup
dispenser for months and
not one person has looked at it.
MIKE: Alright.
Check this thing out.
WILL: Oh, here it is, yeah.
MIKE: It's cast iron.
It's nickel plated.
Basically, what this is, it's
like a little vending machine.
MIKE: There would have
been a glass tube on the
top of this and that's what
it would have held the cups.
WILL: Great. So you
want to trade for the TV?
MIKE: Let me think how
I should do this here...
you give me the TV
and 20 bucks for this.
WILL: Hmm. No, I like it.
MIKE: Mm hm.
WILL: But I'm not
20 bucks liking it.
MIKE: Alright, well...
how about, how about even
trade the Predicta TV for this?
Want to do that? I'd
do that. It's smaller.
It's easier to handle.
This is electronic.
WILL: Yeah, that's cool. Yeah.
MIKE: You want to do it?
WILL: Yeah. I've never
seen one of these before.
MIKE: I'd never seen
one either. I think it's cool.
WILL: It is neat,
yeah. Let's do that.
MIKE: Alright.
WILL: Yeah. Great.
MIKE: Thanks. WILL: Thanks.
MIKE: We've traded Will
this cup dispenser we paid
$50 for the Predicta TV
that was worth at least
a minimum of $150 and I
feel I can sell it right away.
FRANK: If I had to sum
this pick up, it's a cold call.
I mean, we just pulled
up to a guy's house.
The guy let us in.
We were able to buy some
pretty decent things here.
MIKE: Yeah. I like
this naked chick.
FRANK: I know.
I like all the stuff.
MIKE: I'll put her on the dash.
MIKE: I paid $30 for this piece.
I'm going to ask 125.
MIKE: The Batman Volkswagen van.
I paid $25 for this piece.
Who knows, it could be
worth as much as 200.
MIKE: The chalk figurines,
I'm excited to own these.
They're really nice
pieces of American history.
I ended up getting
both of 'em for $65.
I think one of them
is worth 65 alone.
MIKE: Alright, Will. Alright,
man, thank you so much.
WILL: Alright, happy trails.
MIKE: We appreciate
it. FRANK: Alright.
WILL: Take care. FRANK: See ya.
FRANK: [playing accordion]
MIKE: Frank, seriously, man.
FRANK: I'm just
starting to get it.
MIKE: Yeah, you're
starting to get something.
You're starting to
get on my nerves.
FRANK: You know what?
At least we got
to make that trade.
MIKE: Yeah. Now I got
to contend with a Predicta
television and you playing
your frickin' squeezebox.
FRANK: Hey, you know
what? Feel this. Feel it.
It's like air conditioning.
MIKE: Dude, that
smells like donkey breath.
MIKE: Frank, you better
sleep with one eye open or
that accordion's going
to disappear tonight.
[♪]
MIKE: You know
what I'm going to do?
If we trade the Predicta for
something of more value...
FRANK: Yeah?
MIKE: You know those,
those, uh, foot pad things
you wanted for your boots?
Those gel things?
FRANK: Oh, the, the,
yeah, oh yeah, yeah, yeah!
MIKE: I could see splurging
for you on a pair of those.
FRANK: You'd get
me a pair of those?
MIKE: If you help
me trade the Predicta.
MIKE: If we do well on
trading these items, then
we're going to splurge on
something for Frankie and me.
MIKE: You know what I'd like?
I'd like to have an
Iowa Hawkeyes snuggie.
FRANK: That, that
sounds really fair.
You get the $89, uh, zip
up pullover and I get an
$8.99, uh, cushion.
[phone rings]
FRANK: Oh, Danielle's
calling here. Hello?
DANIELLE: So how
are you guys doing?
MIKE: Hey Danny, what's up?
We're having an amazing day.
I got a pocket full of cash.
I need somewhere to spend it.
DANIELLE: So, alright, I
think you guys are going
to love this lead.
There's this gentleman,
his name's Ted.
Now Ted comes from a
long line of collectors and
I think Mike, this'll really
resonate with you a whole
lot because Ted's
really into preserving his
community history.
MIKE: Oh, it's like a local guy.
FRANK: Cool.
DANIELLE: He actually
has three buildings on the
main road in his town,
started collecting as a kid,
he has never sold a
thing yet, but his kids
really don't have
any interest in the
collection, so he,
he wants to see this
collection go to somebody
that's going to appreciate it.
FRANK: Alright, thanks.
We'll, uh, touch base later.
MIKE: Hey, sell something!
DANIELLE: Of course
I will. That's my job. Ok.
FRANK: See you, girl.
[♪]
MIKE: Oh look at that building.
That's got to be
it, that's got to be it.
FRANK: I hope that's it.
MIKE: I'm doing a Yuey.
FRANK: Alright, check it.
MIKE: I'm Yuey-ing
this. This has got to be it.
MIKE: Look at this place.
MIKE: Hello!
FRANK: Hello. Ted.
TED: Hey.
FRANK: How are you doing?
TED: I'm doing fine.
FRANK: Good.
MIKE: Hey. You spoke
to Danielle on the phone?
TED: Yes.
MIKE: Alright. We're the guys.
MIKE: This is a cool shop, man.
TED: I restore antiques.
MIKE: How long you
been at this game?
TED: I started when I was
growing up, cause my dad,
uh, that was his hobby.
MIKE: What do you
eventually want to do?
Do you look at this
stuff as an investment?
TED: I am now going to sell.
MIKE: Ok. And that's
why you called us?
TED: Yeah.
MIKE: Alright.
TED: I'm old enough
now that it's time to just
start getting rid
of what you have.
MIKE: Alright.
FRANK: Well, we appreciate
you calling us and we'll, um.
MIKE: Yeah. We'd
love to look around.
TED: And if there's
anything you don't know
what it is for sure,
I might not either.
FRANK: Ok.
MIKE: [laughing] Alright.
[♪]
MIKE: Alright. Let's see
what you've got in here.
TED: This is an
old primitive seeder.
And you just, you open it
right there, and you put it in.
MIKE: Oh yeah,
that is a primitive one.
FRANK: Somebody
made that, didn't they?
TED: That's a primitive.
MIKE: One of the things
Danielle told us too was
that like you've been
logging every single thing
that you've bought.
Like I see this piece right
here has got a number on it.
TED: Yup.
MIKE: So like you've
got that in a book.
FRANK: I mean, this
guy was incredible.
I mean, he spent hours
and hours, days, years,
categorizing every
single thing he bought.
TED: The way it works is
I gave it a number. 0234.
It cost me $75.
MIKE: Is everything
barcoded to where we're
just like checking out?
FRANK: Zip, zip, zip.
TED: No.
MIKE: No?
FRANK: Ted had collected,
viewed, and wrote down
over 16,000 items.
[♪]
MIKE: Album. Fuzzy.
MIKE: You know, when
you're on a pick like that
and there's so much stuff.
FRANK: That's a
cool one. That's cool.
MIKE: You're
looking for anything
that you can connect to.
Then, all of a sudden-
MIKE: Whoa, Ted!
TED: Yes?
MIKE: What about
this cardboard piece?
TED: That's an advertising sign.
MIKE: Dizzy Dean and Paul
Dean are staring me down.
[♪]
MIKE: If this thing
was in minto, mint, mint
condition, because it's
paper and paper didn't survive
very much, it probably might
command as much as $5,000.
That much money, ok?
MIKE: I know right away
sports memorabilia guys
are going to be chomping
at the bit on this item.
I mean, this has got two
of America's greats, man.
This is an awesome piece.
I'm going to try to buy it.
MIKE: I'm interested
in it, but, you know,
I'm not interested
in it for 5 grand.
TED: Oh, I wouldn't...
MIKE: Ok?
TED: think so.
MIKE: Because there's
not much of it here.
If you look at the water
damage here and this.
TED: Cracks.
MIKE: This is about,
this whole piece is about
ready to fall off.
FRANK: A couple more folds.
MIKE: See how they're
kind of standing near a glove.
I think maybe there
would have been more of it.
And this, this was red, ok?
The colour is gone on
the piece, but what I like
about the piece is, it
shows its age, it’s got
personality to it, and
the fact of the matter is,
it's cardboard
and it still exists.
MIKE: I'm the perfect
guy for this piece,
cause I don't care
about the condition.
I love it the way it is.
MIKE: What are you thinking?
TED: Maybe at 500.
MIKE: 500.
TED: And then,
that's pretty good.
MIKE: I'd be, how
about 4 and a quarter?
TED: Um...
MIKE: No?
TED: Okay, it's yours.
MIKE: You want to
do 4 and a quarter?
TED: That's fine. That's fine.
MIKE: Alright, man.
Thank you so much. I love it.
MIKE: Picking 101-if you
see something smoking cool
that sparks your interest,
sparks emotion in you,
that's the kind of thing
that's going to spark
some interest in
your customer too.
MIKE: What have you got Franky?
FRANK: Got a bunch of
holsters, and a bunch of
cap gun stuff, yeah.
TED: That's a Wyatt Earp set.
FRANK: Here's another
Wyatt Earp set here.
MIKE: When we found
the box of Ted's toys, that
was really the diamond
in this pick so far.
I mean, we're going
through this thing and
there's layers of his
life, you know, he's
got his holsters in
there, his cap guns.
FRANK: There's his little chaps.
TED: Those are my chaps.
FRANK: These were yours?
TED: Yup.
MIKE: Here. Hold that.
TED: That's one
of the guns that's-
MIKE: Alright. What'd you
used to say when you had,
when you pulled the gun out?
TED: Bang.
FRANK: Bang?
MIKE: [laughing]
MIKE: I mean, this
guy kept everything!
MIKE: Why have you
gotten to the point where you
want to sell littler
things like this that
you've had since you were a kid?
TED: Well, the main reason
is I have three children.
And, uh, they have
no interest at all in this
way of life or antiques.
MIKE: And they just,
they felt that it's just not
something that they can
use or even display or?
TED: I would have loved to
have these things passed on...
FRANK: Passed on.
MIKE: Ok.
TED: So right now, I
have no reason to keep it.
MIKE: I mean, it
was a really emotional
experience for me to hear
him tell me why he was
going to sell this collection.
It's an incredible
experience to be there
with a collector at that
moment, at that time when
they decide, hey,
you know, this is why I
decided to sell this stuff.
This is the path I need
to take now in my life.
TED: All this stuff that
I sell, if I sell it today or
tomorrow, whenever, I'm
not doing it to make money.
MIKE: You want to see it
to go to someone else that
can cherish it too. And
that's kind of what we do.
FRANK: Not just keep
it in a box, you know.
MIKE: He knew we were
the guys that were going to
buy this stuff, take it
to market, and put it in
place in front of people
that were going to cherish
it just as much as he did.
MIKE: Alright. Let's explore.
FRANK: Keep on moving.
MIKE: other things in here.
FRANK: Alright.
[♪]
FRANK: Oh. My. God!
MIKE: Oh my god. FRANK: Wow.
FRANK: Wow.
MIKE: Ok.
TED: This is a complete Dog
'n Suds, even with the menu.
TED: This is your root
beer, French fries...
MIKE: I saw that.
TED: cheeseburger.
MIKE: That's what I'm thinking.
It's making me hungry here.
And it's got the
Dog 'n Suds paper.
And it's got the
Dog 'n Suds cup.
[♪]
MIKE: I could see this
thing on the window of
someone's car at a car show.
TED: Oh.
FRANK: Oh yeah. People do that.
MIKE: Ok? Yeah.
MIKE: This is an iconic piece.
Back in the day, the drive
in, man, cruisin' in your
car with your lady.
It wasn't just a
plastic hamburger.
This was a piece
of American history.
MIKE: You know, I mean,
it's hard to, um, put a
value on a rubber
hamburger, rubber fries,
but, for me, I'm in it 50 bucks.
TED: You just bought it.
MIKE: Alright.
FRANK: I think you're
satisfied with that.
MIKE: This is the most
expensive cheeseburger
I've ever bought in my life.
$50, but worth
every penny. I love it.
[♪]
MIKE: Alright, what have
we got going on here, Franky?
Is there a crank? Oh yeah!
FRANK: We love
stuff that you crank.
We love anything
with wheels in it.
What's this got? It's got
one wheel? Two wheels?
MIKE: An old music box.
FRANK: Oh, we
love stuff like that.
MIKE: Oh yeah, you
can see down here.
Look. Those are the bellows.
MIKE: One of the items
that Ted had that he said
his father collected
before him was this really
cool music box.
[♪]
TED: It's a hymn.
[♪]
MIKE: This thing was early.
Me and Franky were
cranking it. We were playing it.
And as we were
playing it, I could just see
it in Frankie's eyes.
He's getting really
attached to it.
FRANK: This little music
box is called an organette.
They were first invented
around the 1860s.
This one's kind of on
the smaller side, but it's
a really unique piece
I'd still like to buy.
FRANK: I was looking
at probably around 250.
TED: Nope.
FRANK: Ok.
FRANK: 300?
TED: That sounds alright.
FRANK: Does that sound
ok? Deal. Alright, cool.
TED: No problem.
FRANK: I was really
happy that me and Ted came
to a price that we
both could agree on.
I think I'll have no
problem selling it.
MIKE: What if you play
it backwards, it'll say
something demonic.
FRANK: The devil,
the devil, the devil.
MIKE: Yeah. The
devil made me do it.
[♪]
MIKE: Did you hear that?
FRANK & MIKE: It said, buy
me, buy me, buy me, buy me.
[♪]
FRANK: Well, I felt like
a kid in a candy store.
There's so much stuff in there.
It's everywhere you look,
there was something to buy.
FRANK: You know, I did
see something, but I didn't
bring it down.
I seen a Fonzi pinball machine.
FRANK: Ayyyy.
[♪]
FRANK: The Fonzi pinball
machine was made in 1976.
Not super old. I don't
think a lot of them survived.
FRANK: Does it work? Do
you know anything about that?
FRANK: Well, how
about then $50 for Fonz?
TED: Mm-mm. $80 for Fonz.
FRANK: Sit on it, Ted.
TED: I have to.
FRANK: Come on.
FRANK: I thought Ted
thought that was funny
because, you know, 'sit
on it' was one of Fonzi's big
iconic phrases, you know.
TED: 75. And that's a buy.
FRANK: We're on it.
MIKE: Alright. You're on it?
FRANK: Alright.
MIKE: After, after he
told you to sit on it?
FRANK: Ayyyy.
MIKE: This is all
local Brook stuff?
TED: Brook.
MIKE: This was a
great room to pick.
MIKE: How about, uh, $50?
TED: Ok.
FRANK: 10 bucks?
TED: That's fine.
FRANK: Alright. I'll take it.
MIKE: It was almost like
he was saying yes before
I got the price out of my mouth.
FRANK: 15. TED: That's fine.
MIKE: 5 bucks. TED: That's fine.
FRANK: How about $15? TED: Fine.
MIKE: Look at that, Franky.
TED: Branding iron.
My children aren't really
interested and it's just
time to start moving
some of these things out.
MIKE: What's in here,
Ted? Ah, an old saxophone.
TED: Yes.
MIKE: I opened up this
old case and I found this
really cool saxophone.
And Ted explained to
me that his mother was a
music teacher and that's
probably where that came from.
MIKE: What'd you
got to have for that?
TED: Make, make an offer there.
MIKE: Make an offer? Um...
TED: I think you'd
better go higher.
MIKE: [laughing] Let me think!
TED: Okay.
MIKE: How about 100 bucks?
TED: 110.
MIKE: 110...
MIKE: I thought, you know what?
This is an opportunity to
try to trade the Predicta.
MIKE: I tell you what.
I brought a piece with me
that's pretty neat, very unusual,
it would look great here
in your window, so, um...
TED: What's her name?
MIKE: Her name is Predicta.
Her name is Predicta
and she's beautiful.
She's very elegant,
very futuristic, very sleek.
TED: Oh!
MIKE: Maybe you and I
could maybe do a little swap.
TED: Ok. We can talk about that.
MIKE: Alright.
MIKE: Ted's a collector.
I haven't seen a
Predicta on his property.
I'm thinking to myself,
you know what?
Maybe he's interested in it.
MIKE: Check this situation.
You seen one of these?
TED: Well it's
some kind of a TV.
MIKE: It's a Predicta.
FRANK: It's called a Predicta.
MIKE: This is an
iconic television.
This is an amazing piece.
TED: You know something? I
have problems with my telephone.
MIKE: You have problems
with your cell phone?
FRANK: He can't even
run the cell phone let alone
run something like that.
TED: I, I really have
to say that that is totally
out of my direction.
MIKE: But you, as a
collector, you've got to
be able to appreciate
something like this
though, right?
TED: No. I really don't
think I'm going to have one.
MIKE: Ok. Alright.
Alright. Hey, I gotta try.
MIKE: I'm stuck with
the Predicta for now.
I was really bummed cause I
was hoping to keep on trading
up on this piece, but
Ted wasn't feeling it, man.
He was a really nice guy who
was awesome to look around
at his place, it was our
honor to check out his stuff.
FRANK: Whoa.
FRANK: This is the easiest.
FRANK: This is the
easiest, this is the
easiest pinball machine
we've ever moved.
[♪]
MIKE: I think it's really cool.
I think, uh, you know,
we'll get it out in the
daylight and get it
to a Cardinals fan.
MIKE: I bought the Dean
Brothers tobacco piece for
4 and a quarter.
I'm going to get this
thing appraised and
see what it's worth.
MIKE: You hungry,
Franky? There you go, dude.
FRANK: Yeah.
MIKE: I bought
this piece for $50.
I'm going to ask 150.
MIKE: It was great to share
this time with you. It really was.
TED: And you're
welcome. Anytime.
TED: I had a ball today. They
can come back anytime they want.
MIKE: See ya, Ted!
TED: Be safe.
FRANK: Alright.
MIKE: Ted was a
true gem on this pick.
He loved the stuff
enough to let it go.
We were the guys
there that bought it.
We're going to make
sure that we tell Ted's story
and pass it on to
the next person.
FRANK: Oh, that was good.
MIKE: That was a good pick.
MIKE: You know
what I like you bought?
FRANK: What?
MIKE: The Fonzi machine, dude.
FRANK: That was
awesome, wasn't it?
MIKE: Yeah. Ayyyy!
FRANK: Ayyyy!
MIKE: [laughing]
[♪]
[phone rings]
FRANK: Danielle?
DANIELLE: You're
gonna wanna hear this.
Mikey, check this out.
This gentleman, his
name is Tim Mary.
He lives in a small
town in Illinois.
DANIELLE: Guess what he has?
MIKE: What?
FRANK: Guess. She
wants you to guess.
MIKE: Um, he's got
a 19, uh, 08 Harley.
DANIELLE: No. V-dubs!
MIKE: He's got Volkswagens?
DANIELLE: Yeah. He worked
in the VW racing circuit in Japan.
FRANK: Ooh.
MIKE: He sounds amazing.
FRANK: What else does he have?
Does he have any two
wheels instead of four wheels?
MIKE: Does he
have any green tea?
DANIELLE: Frankie...
FRANK: Yeah, I'm here.
DANIELLE: Tons of
Japanese motorbikes.
FRANK: Yeah!
[♪]
DANIELLE: Mega score!
FRANK: Hey, by the way.
MIKE: We scored at Ted's place.
We got this really cool
sports memorabilia piece.
And we really need someone
that knows their stuff in
regards to Cardinals
sports memorabilia to
appraise this piece.
DANIELLE: Absolutely.
I'll get right on it.
MIKE: Later!
DANIELLE: Bye.
FRANK: This guy
sounds great, man.
MIKE: This sounds
like too good to be true.
FRANK: I know.
MIKE: I'm a major
Volkswagen head.
I'm extremely excited
to visit his property.
FRANK: I mean that
sounds like a great lead and
everything, but we still
have that Predicta television.
We need to get
rid of that to Tim.
FRANK: If you can trade it
for a VW bus or something
like that, you know
what I mean? I mean...
MIKE: I'd be the
man if I could do that.
FRANK: You'd be the man.
Keep your hopes high, you know.
FRANK: We come over
the horizon here and boom!
Here's VW land.
MIKE: Oh, there's
the Volkswagens!
FRANK: This is like
Volkswagen village, dude.
MIKE: Oh my god. I
gotta take lots of pictures.
MIKE: I'm talking
Volkswagen buses...
FRANK: Karmann Ghias.
MIKE: I'm talking
split window stuff.
MIKE: Hey. How are
you doing? I'm Mike.
TIM: Tim. MIKE:
Nice to meet you.
FRANK: Tim, how are you doing?
TIM: Good. MIKE:
Hey, what's your name?
TERRI: Terri.
MIKE: Terri. Nice
to meet you guys.
FRANK: Looks like you got
quite a bit of stuff around here.
MIKE: I know. I'm freaking out.
I can see all the Volkswagen
vans and the bugs.
I'm a big Volkswagen guy too.
TIM: Yeah.
MIKE: But Danielle said you
spent a lot of time in Japan.
TIM: Yup. In '95 I went.
MIKE: So are they heavy duty
into Volkswagens over there?
TIM: All the VWs are
very high dollar over there.
They race VWs heavily.
MIKE: Danielle said you did
some drag racing over there.
Was it in Volkswagens?
TIM: I didn't drive the
car, I was a builder, uh,
working on the engines
out there on 'em.
And our car was third
fastest PRA super stock.
137 miles and a quarter.
Naturally aspirated
2.5 L Beetle.
MIKE: I think I just met
my Volkswagen guru, man.
FRANK: I was going to say, yeah.
MIKE: Tim was my idol when it
came to Volkswagen knowledge.
If I could dream up a
pick, I'm in it right now.
[♪]
FRANK: Mike is Mr. VW. He
cannot even see me anymore.
He is totally bent on VW land.
MIKE: Franky, look at this one.
TIM: The corner glass
model. 23 window.
This is one of the last of
the corner glass model.
FRANK: Oh yeah yeah. Ok.
MIKE: See that?
[♪]
MIKE: What do you value
this van in this condition at?
TIM: $1000.
MIKE: A thousand dollars?
TIM: Cause I got somebody
that'll come from Arizona...
MIKE: Oh I bet.
TIM: Auction value for a good
running one of those is, what?
40,000 now, right?
Something like that?
MIKE: Yeah, if it's done.
But the thing is, on a
$40,000 vehicle, a lot of
times they got 30,000
in the restoration.
TIM: Sometimes in your
40,000 vehicle, you got 60,000.
MIKE: I know.
MIKE: I really want to
spend some money here,
but everything is in
really, really bad condition,
I'm talking Swiss cheese here.
MIKE: I see you got some
VW parts in here that are
kind of cool.
TIM: A lot of this stuff
is just years and years of
hitting the junkyards.
MIKE: All of a sudden, I
discover this really cool
VW badge from an old bus.
MIKE: Is that an
original, uh, badge?
TIM: Yes, it is.
MIKE: Ok.
TIM: That was in
pretty good shape.
MIKE: That's off a deluxe model?
TIM: Yes it is.
MIKE: It's a great item
for somebody that's
actually restoring a car,
you know, to have an
original badge
like that for the car.
MIKE: What do you value that at?
TIM: I'd say $50 on that one.
MIKE: How about 40 bucks?
TIM: It's yours.
MIKE: Thanks man. Alright, I
bought something. Woo hoo!
MIKE: Wear a cape
and have this on.
TIM: [laughing] MIKE: [laughing]
FRANK: It was great
watching Tim and Mike talk
shop about VWs.
But you know what?
Danielle did say that this
guy had a lot of motorcycles.
MIKE: Look at that!
Yeah! There you go.
You know you want it.
FRANK: There's a
1959 BSA motorcycle.
Now we're talking.
TIM: This is the first year C15.
They made the C-15s
from '59 to '67 and it's
original paint on most of it.
And I rode it last night
before I went to bed.
[♪]
FRANK: What do you
value something like this at?
TIM: Um, it's probably
worth about right around
2,000 because you
can get on it and ride it.
FRANK: In the world
of buying and selling,
you always have
to start somewhere.
Tim started at $2,000,
but that $2,000, there just
wasn't any meat
left on the bone.
FRANK: The tires
are weather checked.
One bad thing that's
really not going good is
the side cover.
That's a real kicker.
TIM: It makes it
not look complete.
FRANK: What was the
best you could do on this?
I mean, your best final price.
TIM: I'm going to go by
the offers I've received.
I could have sold it the day I
got it home for 1,200 bucks.
FRANK: Surprisingly,
Tim dropped the price down
from 2,000 very quickly,
but it still wasn't low
enough for the picker in me.
FRANK: Ah. You know, if it
had the original side cover, but,
for me, to be able to make
a little bit of money on it...
TIM: Mm hm.
[♪]
FRANK: I'll tell you what, Tim.
I'll give you $800 cash today.
TIM: President's
pictures, you say?
FRANK: That's it.
8 of 'em. Good deal.
TIM: Thank you.
FRANK: I'm so happy
to have this bike.
MIKE: Ha ha.
FRANK: This here's two
complete rows of motorcycles.
TIM: Yeah, I'm calling
it my living room.
FRANK: This ain't
a bad place to be.
MIKE: I like your style.
FRANK: Right away I
was drawn to a couple more
BSA motorcycles
that really looked great.
MIKE: This one
here, what's that?
TIM: That's
another Starfire 250.
FRANK: I would do 2000 on it.
TIM: I paid 2,000 for it.
FRANK: Well then you
have 2,000 for it now.
TIM: No I wouldn't.
TIM: Where's the
motor work come in?
FRANK: Alright.
FRANK: The bikes that Tim
kept inside were obviously too
close to his heart, because
they were very, very expensive.
But there was other
things inside that
garage besides bikes.
TIM: Have you ever
heard of a vinyl killer?
They've got YouTube videos
of people taking albums that
people hate and they put
this little record player on it.
MIKE: That's a record player?
TIM: It sure is. And this
thing drives in a circle,
plays out the speaker on
the top and they warn ya,
it will scratch your album.
FRANK: Yeah.
TIM: But it's so much fun.
FRANK: Oh my gosh, yeah.
MIKE: Unusual piece.
I've never seen one before.
MIKE: How much
would you sell this for?
TIM: Um, not in the box,
fully operational, good needle...
MIKE: [laughing]
TIM: It's worth 50 bucks.
MIKE: Yeah? I'll take it.
TIM: Awesome.
MIKE: Alright. Thanks.
MIKE: At least now I can
say I bought a VW bus from
the Volkswagen guru.
TIM: I got something else
that a museum might want.
They had something called
fractional currency in the
30s where you could pay
a tax on something that only
cost a penny and they made
up these little quarter cent coins.
MIKE: Tim said that these
were tax tokens that were
given out in the 1930s.
I mean, these things were
supposed to be equivalent
to a fraction of a penny.
TIM: If you do any kind of
research on US currency,
this is probably one of
the rarest currencies that
our country's ever made.
[♪]
MIKE: So Tim doesn't
really know what these
things are worth.
I don't really know what
these things are worth,
you know, I'm thinking
to myself, you know what?
This is the
opportunity for a trade.
MIKE: Let me ask you this.
I mean, I know you're a
connoisseur of the unusual.
TIM: Yes.
MIKE: Would you be
interested in maybe
possibly trading something.
TIM: I'm always
trading something.
MIKE: [laughing].
Alright. I like your style.
MIKE: Or it could be the
place where two fools met.
MIKE: Tim.
FRANK: Tim.
MIKE: Tim.
TIM: Oh man.
MIKE: Tim. This is full on
George Jetson material here.
MIKE: This is a
Predicta, made by Philco.
It's an iconic piece of
American electronics.
You know, look at this.
This was like almost like
a flat screen back then.
FRANK: This was,
this was high tech.
TIM: Oh yeah.
MIKE: This was
extremely high tech.
TIM: And it's tube technology.
MIKE: Yeah. Exactly.
TIM: And I have a tube tester.
MIKE: I knew I had him
when he said, you know what?
I've got a tube tester!
MIKE: Ok, so what
I'm thinking is this
television that I value
at $200 for the coins.
TIM: That would be awesome.
MIKE: Woo! Alright, buddy.
Thank you. Alright. Cool.
FRANK: Alright.
MIKE: So I am the proud
owner of a cigar box full
of fractional currency.
I'm not sure what this
stuff's worth, but I'm
going to have Danny dig into it.
MIKE: I like this
bike. It's cool, man.
I like how sweaty it is.
FRANK: I like how I
can touch the ground.
FRANK: I bought the
motorcycle today for 800.
To the right guy-1300.
MIKE: One of the things
that I did manage to buy
from Tim was that
early bus hood emblem.
For $40 on that piece
I was totally into it.
I can get $80.
MIKE: The vinyl killer
Volkswagen micro bus,
I paid $50 for it.
I think I can get 75.
MIKE: Thank you so much
for letting us look around.
Seriously, I love
looking at the buses.
MIKE: I learned a lot
about Volkswagens.
Tim was a really cool guy
and now him and I are buds!
If I have any questions on
Volkswagens, he's the guy
I'm going to call.
TIM: Drive safe.
FRANK: Alright man.
[♪]
FRANK: We got
rid of the Predicta.
We got rid of the Predicta.
Let's contact Danielle.
See if she can get
some information.
[phone rings]
DANIELLE: Alright.
I'm doing inventory and
you just made me lose count.
FRANK: Danielle.
DANIELLE: Hey.
FRANK: We just left Tim's.
DANIELLE: Cool.
MIKE: And we got rid of
the Predicta and got this
really cool box of
these tax tokens.
DANIELLE: How
many coins are there?
FRANK: We don't know that.
MIKE: There's, there's hundreds.
DANIELLE: So the boys
found this cup dispenser and
they traded the cup dispenser
for a Predicta television.
They traded the Predicta
television for tax tokens.
FRANK: Find out what
the general range of what
those go for and then
just get back to us.
DANIELLE: Ok.
FRANK: So me and Mike
have decided that if we do well
on trading up on
this, we're going to get
something for both
of us in the van.
FRANK: What do you think
we should get for the van?
MIKE: I'm thinking
steering wheel pad.
FRANK: I like the steering
wheel pad. That's good.
MIKE: Carpet for the dashboard.
FRANK: I don't like that idea.
MIKE: I'm thinking
out of the box here.
The van is basically our home.
I want our home to be luxurious.
MIKE: What do you think
about getting me like some
sort of a back massager?
FRANK: Those little
therapeutic ones they sell
like at Radio Shack?
MIKE: And I, and I would
let you use it sometimes.
MIKE: If I break my back
80 mph down the road,
burning diesel with my
buddy, yeah, that's why
I want a back massager.
FRANK: You know what?
I think that can be
something as long as you
don't hog it and take it
up all the time, I would
agree with that.
WOMAN: There really is
one person that you guys
MIKE: Do you get upset
when people call you husky?
FRANK: No, I'd rather
have them call me fat.
MIKE: But what about, has
anyone ever called you voluptuous?
FRANK: No. That's girl terms.
FRANK: Me and Mike are
heading to St. Louis today.
We're trying to get the
straight shot on what this
advertising piece is
worth that we bought.
MIKE: Danny pulled a rabbit
out of her hat with this one.
She has hooked us up
with the curator of the
Cardinal museum at the stadium.
FRANK: I hope this
appraisal is a total homerun.
MIKE: I think it's probably
going to appraise 1,500.
FRANK: No, I think
about half that, about 800.
MIKE: My god, Franky,
look at this place, man.
FRANK: This place is huge.
MIKE: It is huge.
I think I'm more lost
than I was when we got...
FRANK: How are we
going to find that lady at?
MIKE: I think that's her.
MIKE: Oh yeah, I see her.
PAULA: Hey guys. Come on down.
FRANK: We're supposed
to meet the historian,
Paula who knows all about
the Cardinals history there.
She's down on the warning
track down in the middle
of the stadium.
PAULA: Hey how are you?
MIKE: Good to see
you. How are you?
PAULA: Welcome to Busch Stadium.
FRANK: Hi. PAULA: Hi Frank.
MIKE: This is it?
MIKE: Here we are with a
huge piece of Cardinal history
and we're standing right in
the centre of Busch Stadium.
MIKE: This is incredible.
PAULA: Isn't it beautiful?
MIKE: Yeah. Great
view of the arch.
PAULA: So you guys want
to take a little tour of the
field here?
FRANK: Love to.
MIKE: Let me see what
it's like to ride the wood here.
PAULA: Yeah, if you're
going to be professional,
yeah, you got to
get up here more.
MIKE: Is this what we do?
PAULA: Yeah, see the spikes?
FRANK: Is that what I'm doing?
FRANK: These are spikes?
PAULA: See where
the spike marks are.
FRANK: Is this where Dizzy
Dean actually stood right here?
PAULA: No, because
this is the new stadium.
Dizzy and Paul Dean played
across town at Sportsman's Park.
MIKE: Ok.
PAULA: So when do I get
to see this thing you brought?
MIKE: Whenever you
want to. You want to see it?
PAULA: Alright.
Yeah. Absolutely.
MIKE: Let's go check it out.
PAULA: Let's go.
MIKE: We found this
in a very small town.
PAULA: Oh my goodness.
MIKE: What do you think?
PAULA: This piece would
have been displayed in
stores where you would
go in and you would buy your
beechnut tobacco.
PAULA: These guys
were so iconic for the time.
In 1934, Paul and Dizzy
Dean pitched for the
Cardinals and they were amazing.
They were amazing pitchers.
Dizzy Dean won 30
games that season.
Paul, his brother, won
19, so between the two of
those guys, 49 winning
games for the season.
PAULA: I think it was just
amazing that they found an
original Paul and
Dizzy item like that.
MIKE: What do
you think it's worth?
What's the value of it?
PAULA: If you had one
of these in mint condition,
um, we know that one
sold at Nashville in 2001 for
just under $4,000.
A few years later one sold
at Cowen for just over $5,000.
MIKE: Wow.
MIKE: So right then, I start
getting all itchy and sweaty.
PAULA: Based on the
condition that this is in right now,
you're looking at about $800.
MIKE: That's awesome!
FRANK: That's great.
MIKE: When she said
$800, I was blown away.
I basically am going to
double my money on this piece.
MIKE: You know what?
We paid 4 and a quarter.
For you to tell us
that it's worth $800,
that's a great thing.
FRANK: Great.
PAULA: So listen you
guys, before you leave the
stadium, there really is
one more person that you
guys have to talk to.
FRANK: Okay.
PAULA: Are you ready?
FRANK & MIKE: Yeah!
MIKE: We walk into the
office and it's Bill DeWitt,
the President of the Cardinals.
We were blown away.
BILL: So I thought I'd
show you a few things that
may be of interest.
MIKE: We'd love that.
FRANK: We come around
the corner and there's our
advertising piece in a
frame, mint condition.
MIKE: Oh, he's got it!
MIKE: Sitting on the wall
there, right in the middle
of the president of
the Cardinals' office.
If he finds this piece
that significant, I was
even prouder to own mine.
MIKE: This is what we
like to call 'farm fresh'.
BILL: Ok.
MIKE: There we go.
FRANK: Not that
much has changed.
BILL: Yeah.
BILL: Wow, isn't that amazing?
Isn't it though how the
elements changed that?
FRANK: I mean, it's real
though, you know, that's
the, definitely real.
BILL: It's definitely real.
Yeah, you can tell.
MIKE: Don't touch it too
much. It'll break! [laughs]
[♪]
FRANK: Today was a
big day for me and Mike.
I mean, we got to tour
the whole baseball field.
We got to meet the
president of the Cardinals.
This was the World
Series of appraisals.
[phone rings]
DANIELLE: Yup.
FRANK: Danielle!
DANIELLE: Hey.
MIKE: Hey, what's up?
FRANK: Hey, what's up? We
just got back from the appraiser.
DANIELLE: Awesome.
FRANK: They said
it's worth about $800.
So we're making
money. It's all good.
DANIELLE: Cool. Cool. Good.
Hey, I found out about
those tax coins too.
FRANK: What are the coins worth?
DANIELLE: Here's
what I found out.
There's quite a few that
are worth, like, 25, $30.
Some of them are really
not worth a whole lot, but
like all together collectively
I would say 350-400.
MIKE: Ha, ha, ha!
FRANK: Hey. 350-400. We're
making money. We did good.
DANIELLE: Ok,
good. You're smiling.
MIKE: We did great, man.
DANIELLE: Bye.
MIKE: That was sweet.
FRANK: You did good.
[♪]
MIKE: Why are you
using the back massager?
FRANK: Oh yeah.
MIKE: Can you feel it?
FRANK: Yeah, it goes,
let me see. Oh yeah, baby.
MIKE: It's got a remote?
FRANK: Oh yeah, it's
got the up and down.
MIKE: Frank, the whole
trading thing was my idea.
I'm the one who gets
the back massager, dude.
FRANK: You can have it
Mondays and Tuesdays...
MIKE: But why would
you get to use it first?
FRANK: Dude, you're driving.
MIKE: Whatever.
FRANK: I'll tell you what.
This is going to work out.
FRANK: Oh baby.
FRANK: Oh man, why didn't
we get this a long time ago?
Woo!