Pawn Stars (2009–…): Season 17, Episode 22 - Wind Beneath My Mill - full transcript
‐ ON TONIGHT'S EPISODE,
A SELLER TEMPTS ME
WITH AN ANCIENT WINE JUG.
THIS IS A GREEK STYLE WINE JUG.
IT CAME OUT RIGHT AROUND
THE SEVENTH CENTURY B. C.
‐ OH.
‐ A RESTORATION
GOES OFF THE GRID.
‐ CHECK OUT THESE
BLADES. IT'S JUNK.
IF IT SPINS WITH THESE,
IT WILL FALL APART.
WE DON'T WANT THAT, RIGHT?
‐ DON'T WANT THAT HAPPENING.
AND LATER, SOMEBODY
GETS A SPANKING.
‐ WHY WOULD YOU PUT
A .32 BLANK IN THERE?
‐ SO WHEN YOU PADDLE SOMEBODY,
THE GUNSHOT GOES OFF
AND SCARES THE HELL OUT OF
THE PERSON YOU'RE PADDLING.
I'M GONNA SHOOT OFF A
BLANK REAL QUICK, SO...
‐ MAKE SURE YOU
HIT THEM IN THE BUTT.
[GUNSHOT, ♪ ♪K LAUGHS]
♪ ♪
‐ I'M ON MY WAY TO RICK
DALE'S BECAUSE A WHILE AGO
A GUY CAME IN TO THE PAWN SHOP
AND SOLD ME ALL THE
PARTS TO A WINDMILL
THAT'S OVER 100 YEARS OLD.
I HAD RICK DALE
CHECK THIS THING OUT,
AND HE THINKS HE
CAN GET THIS THING
COMPLETELY RUNNING TO MAKE POWER
SO I COULD USE IT AT
MY HOUSE IN OREGON.
A COUPLE MONTHS A YEAR
I'M UP IN MY RANCH IN OREGON
THAT'S COMPLETELY OFF THE GRID,
AND I'M ALWAYS TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT NEW WAYS
TO MAKE POWER.
SO THIS IS THE POWERHOUSE.
THIS IS WHAT MAKES US
COMPLETELY OFF THE GRID.
‐ YOU DID ALL THIS? ‐ YEAH.
IT'S JUST BASIC ELECTRONICS.
THIS PIPE RIGHT HERE
GOES TO MY UPPER POND.
WATER GOES THROUGH
THERE, GAINS VELOCITY,
SPINS THIS PULLEY RIGHT HERE,
WHICH EXCITES MY
TWO ALTERNATORS.
THEN THE POWER GOES INTO MY
CHARGE CONTROLLER RIGHT THERE,
WHICH CHARGES THE BATTERIES.
‐ SO BASICALLY, YOU GOT A
MINIATURE HOOVER DAM, RIGHT?
‐ YEAH.
BUT THERE'S, APPARENTLY,
A FEW ISSUES WITH IT,
SO HE'S GIVING ME A CALL
BECAUSE THE THING IS
NOT BEING THE BREEZE
HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.
♪ ♪
‐ HEY, RICK, WHAT'S UP? ‐ HEY.
[LAUGHS] HOW'S IT GOING?
‐ HOW YOU DOING?
‐ OH, SO I SEE
YOU'RE WORKING ON IT.
‐ YEAH, UM...
CHECK OUT THESE BLADES.
NOW THAT I'VE GOT
ALL THE PAINT OFF
AND SORT OF GOT IT
IN MY HANDS, IT'S JUNK.
THEY'RE THERE FOR LOOKS.
IF IT SPINS WITH THESE,
IT WILL FALL APART.
♪ ♪
WE DON'T WANT THAT, RIGHT?
‐ DON'T WANT THAT HAPPENING.
‐ WHEN I SAW IT, IT WAS
BASICALLY ALL IN PIECES,
HAD A LOT OF PAINT ON IT,
AND IT WASN'T UNTIL I
ACTUALLY GOT IT HERE
AND GOT IT RIPPED
APART, SANDBLASTED,
AND STARTED TAKING A
REALLY SERIOUS LOOK AT IT,
TO FIND OUT THAT IT HAD
QUITE A FEW MORE PROBLEMS.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO REDO THESE.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE
TOTALLY HAVE TO REDO THESE.
I BOUGHT SOME WOOD TO TRY
TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER
AND FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH
I'M GONNA HAVE TO CHARGE YOU
TO MAKE ALL NEW BLADES.
THERE'S EIGHT OF
THESE BLADES. ‐ YES.
SO, ARE‐‐ SO IS THE
HARDWARE GONNA WORK?
‐ YEAH, I THINK WE CAN
MAKE THE HARDWARE WORK,
BUT IT'S ANOTHER ISSUE.
♪ ♪
THIS BIG PIPE HERE...
[GRUNTING] FOUND AN ISSUE WITH.
OKAY, SO LET'S LIFT THIS UP.
‐ ALL RIGHT. ‐ LIKE... THAT.
OKAY.
♪ ♪
BASICALLY, THE BLADES
COME STRAIGHT OUT HERE,
SO THIS PIECE IS SITTING
INSIDE THERE, KAY?
‐ OKAY. ‐ NOW, THE
PROBLEM I'VE GOT IS
THIS IS NO LONGER ROUND.
[BOTH LAUGHING]
IT DON'T SPIN, YOU'RE
NOT MAKING NO POWER.
KAY?
OKAY, SO ORIGINALLY I TOLD YOU
IT WAS GONNA BE
BETWEEN 8 AND 10,000
TO DO THIS WHOLE THING‐‐
CONSTRUCT A TOWER, DO ALL THAT‐‐
AND SEEING ALL THE
MACHINING I GOTTA DO,
I'M LOOKING AT PROBABLY 20 NOW.
[DRAMATIC STING]
‐ [SIGHS] ‐ I MEAN,
IT'S A GUESS,
AND IT'S A‐‐IT'S MY HIGH
GUESS, BUT EACH TIME I TOUCH IT,
IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S GOING UP.
SO I JUST DON'T
WANNA SURPRISE YOU.
‐ [SIGHS] UM, I GUESS THAT'S
THE PRICE FOR PRETTY POWER.
[BOTH LAUGHING] ‐ KAY.
‐ I'M GONNA LOSE MONEY, BUT
IT'S GONNA LOOK REALLY NICE.
[LAUGHS]
ALL RIGHT, SEE YOU
SOON. ‐ OKAY, BUDDY.
THANKS VERY MUCH.
♪ ♪
[GRUNTS]
♪ ♪
‐ HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
‐ GOOD. HOW 'BOUT YOURSELF?
‐ ALL RIGHT, WHAT
DO WE GOT HERE?
‐ I'VE GOT AN OLD POCKET WATCH.
‐ OH, WELL, HERE YOU GO.
AH, OKAY.
THIS IS PROBABLY AROUND AN 1860.
BY, LIKE, THE 1890S,
THE BEST WATCHES IN THE
WORLD WERE AMERICAN WATCHES.
‐ INTERESTING.
‐ IT WAS BECAUSE,
LIKE, IN ENGLAND, I THINK,
IT TOOK 17 DIFFERENT
UNIONS TO MAKE A WATCH.
[LAUGHS] [TICKING]
‐ I'M HERE AT THE
PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY ANTIQUE POCKET WATCH.
I BOUGHT A STORAGE
UNIT LAST YEAR.
HAD SOME ANTIQUE
FURNITURE IN THERE
AND TUCKED AWAY IN A
DRAWER WAS THIS WATCH.
♪ ♪
I'M HOPING TO SELL THE
POCKET WATCH FOR $300.
♪ ♪
‐ THIS IS COOL.
SO THIS IS AMERICAN
WALTHAM WATCH COMPANY.
POCKET WATCHES GOT A REALLY
NEAT HISTORY IN THIS COUNTRY.
POCKET WATCHES BASICALLY
STARTED IN EUROPE,
BUT THEY WERE JUST
NOTORIOUSLY INACCURATE.
BY, LIKE, THE 1600S, THEY
HAD PRETTY ACCURATE CLOCKS
THAT HAD A PENDULUM
TO REGULATE THEM,
BUT WATCHES, ON THE OTHER HAND,
THEY COULDN'T HAVE A PENDULUM,
SO THEY TRIED TO MAKE ALL
THESE DIFFERENT MECHANISMS
THAT WOULD MAKE
THEM RUN ON TIME,
BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE
TECHNOLOGY, AND BASICALLY,
AROUND THE 1850S, MACHINE
TOOLS FOR MAKING WATCHES
BEGAN TO GET REALLY INEXPENSIVE
WITH THE WHOLE INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION THING.
SO HERE IN THE STATES, UH,
LITTLE WATCH COMPANIES
STARTED POPPING UP EVERYWHERE.
AND PLAIN AND SIMPLE, WE HAD
THE BEST WATCHES IN THE WORLD.
OUR WATCHES WERE SO MUCH
BETTER THAN, LIKE, EUROPEAN WATCHES,
CONGRESS PASSED A LAW
SAYING YOU HAD TO PUT
THE ORIGIN OF THE WATCH
ON THE FRONT OF THE WATCH
BECAUSE ALL THE
EUROPEAN WATCHMAKERS
WERE MAKING WATCHES WITH
AMERICAN‐SOUNDING NAMES.
BUT, UH, THIS RIGHT
HERE IS PRETTY COOL.
GOT THE KEY FOR IT.
[INTRIGUING MUSIC]
NOT EXACTLY THE EASY
WAY TO SET THESE THINGS
AND WIND THESE THINGS
LIKE A NORMAL WATCH.
UM...
SO LEMME JUST OPEN THIS UP
AND LOOK AT THE MOVEMENT,
♪ ♪
IS IT A LEFT‐HAND WIND?
MOST OF THESE WERE.
‐ I DON'T KNOW.
♪ ♪
‐ AND THEN...
♪ ♪
YUP. IT RUNS.
‐ EXCELLENT.
‐ SO HOW MUCH YOU WANT FOR IT?
‐ I'M ASKING 300.
[TENSE MUSIC]
‐ I'LL GIVE YOU
200 BUCKS FOR IT.
THEY'RE MUCH HARDER
TO SELL NOWADAYS.
THERE'S JUST NOT THAT
MANY COLLECTORS OUT THERE.
BUT, 20 YEARS AGO,
I'D OFFER YOU MORE.
‐ WOULD YOU DO 225?
♪ ♪
‐ SURE.
GREAT.
I'LL MEET YOU RIGHT
AROUND THE CORNER,
AND WE'LL DO SOME
PAPERWORK, OKAY?
‐ SOUNDS GOOD.
I SOLD IT FOR $225.
I FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT.
WITH THAT 225, I'M GONNA
PUT IT BACK IN PETTY CASH
AND BUY ANOTHER STORAGE LOCKER.
[COUNTRY ROCK MUSIC]
♪ ♪
‐ CAN I HELP YOU? ‐ YEAH.
I HAVE A SIGNED
PICTURE OF CY YOUNG.
‐ OH.
[BASEBALL ORGAN MUSIC]
UM, THIS LOOKS LIKE A
PRETTY OLD PICTURE OF HIM.
LOOKS LIKE "CY OLD"
TO ME. ‐ [CHUCKLES]
[ROCK MUSIC]
I HAVE A SIGNED
PHOTO OF CY YOUNG
THAT I'M LOOKING TO SELL TODAY.
I FOUND MY CY YOUNG
PHOTO AT AN ESTATE SALE,
RUMMAGING THROUGH SOME
BOXES OF SPORTS MEMORABILIA.
THE CONDITION OF THE PHOTO
LOOKS PRETTY GOOD FOR ITS AGE.
I'M LOOKING TO GET
$3,000 FOR THE PHOTO.
♪ ♪
‐ THIS IS A GOOD FIND.
CY YOUNG IS PROBABLY ONE OF
THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE NAMES
FROM BASEBALL.
I MEAN, THE CY YOUNG
AWARD WAS NAMED AFTER HIM.
IT'S GIVEN TO THE BEST
PITCHER EVERY YEAR.
CY YOUNG WASN'T
HIS NAME, ACTUALLY.
HE CAME INTO BASEBALL AND THEY
GAVE HIM THE NICKNAME "CYCLONE"
BECAUSE HE THREW
THE BALL SO FAST,
THAT THEY SAID HE WAS
THROWING A CYCLONE.
AND THEN THEY
SHORTENED IT UP TO CY.
CY YOUNG ENDED HIS
CAREER WITH 511 WINS,
AND HE ACTUALLY HOLDS THE RECORD
FOR MOST WINS BY A PITCHER.
IT'S SO FAR AHEAD OF THE PACK,
I DON'T THINK ANYONE
WILL EVER CATCH UP TO HIM.
I MEAN, HE PITCHED
FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
THIS IS JUST A PICTURE,
RIGHT? IT'S NOT A CARD?
‐ YEAH, IT LOOKS
LIKE IT'S A PICTURE.
IT MIGHT'VE BEEN
CUT OUT AT THE SEAM
OF A PAPERBACK
BOOK, IT LOOKS LIKE.
‐ OKAY.
OH, I SEE SOME
CREASING IN IT. YEAH.
IT'S PRETTY COOL, THOUGH.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW
HOW MUCH AN AUTOGRAPHED
PICTURE IS COLLECTIBLE
COMPARED TO SAY, LIKE A
CARD OR A BASEBALL BAT,
BUT IT'S GOOD THAT YOU
GOT IT AUTHENTICATED
BECAUSE IT LETS ME KNOW
THE SIGNATURE'S REAL.
IN GENERAL, ANYTHING CY YOUNG
IS PROBABLY HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE
AND NOT HARD TO SELL.
‐ GREAT. THAT'S GREAT NEWS.
‐ WHAT ARE YOU
LOOKING TO DO WITH THIS?
‐ LOOKING TO SELL
IT, AND SEE IF‐‐
GET AS MUCH AS I CAN FOR IT. ‐
HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT FOR IT?
‐ I'M LOOKING TO
GET $3,000 FOR IT.
‐ MM‐KAY, WELL,
THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
SO FOR THAT KIND OF MONEY,
I'M GONNA NEED SOMEONE TO
COME IN AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
UM, THIS IS AN OLDER CY YOUNG.
IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE
AFTER HE WAS RETIRED.
HE'S WEARING A
CLEVELAND INDIANS JERSEY,
WHICH, I BELIEVE THEY
WERE THE CLEVELAND SPIDERS
WHEN HE ACTUALLY
PLAYED FOR THEM.
SO, I THINK WHEN PEOPLE
COLLECT CY YOUNG STUFF,
THEY WOULD PREFER TO
HAVE YOUNG CY YOUNG
IN A JERSEY THAT HE ACTUALLY
PLAYED FOR THE TEAM, SO...
‐ [LAUGHS]
‐ I JUST NEED SOMEONE TO
COME DOWN AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT
AND GIVE ME THEIR
THOUGHTS ON IT.
‐ SURE. ‐ ALL RIGHT.
GIMME A COUPLE MINUTES.
I'M GONNA GET SOMEONE
DOWN HERE. ‐ SURE.
I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT
AN EXPERT WILL LOOK AT IT
AND REVEAL THAT IS WORTH
THE VALUE THAT I SAY IT IS
OR VERY CLOSE TO IT.
♪ ♪
‐ HEY, WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
‐ WE GOT A 38‐STAR
U. S. NAVY JACK.
‐ OKAY.
THE U. S. NAVY JACK.
SOME PEOPLE CALL
IT A "JACK FLAG."
BUT MOST PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW
THAT THE WORDS JACK AND
FLAG ARE INTERCHANGEABLE,
SO YOU CAN'T CALL
IT A "JACK FLAG"
BECAUSE THAT'S SORT OF
LIKE SAYING "FLAG FLAG."
[BOTH LAUGH]
[PATRIOTIC MUSIC]
‐ I'M HERE AT THE
PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY 1889 U. S. NAVY JACK.
THERE'S 38 STARS ON THE FLAG,
AND IT WAS USED ON THE WARSHIPS
WHEN THEY WERE IN PORT.
THIS FLAG IS IN PRETTY
GOOD CONDITION.
I HAVEN'T SEEN A
LOT OF THESE FLAGS.
I'VE SEEN SOME ONLINE
THAT SELL FOR QUITE A BIT.
I WANNA SELL THE FLAG FOR 3,500.
♪ ♪
‐ PRETTY COOL.
THE U. S. NAVY, UH, ON
THE FRONT OF THE SHIP,
THERE'S ACTUALLY
A POLE THAT GOES UP
THAT'S CALLED A JACK STAFF,
AND THEY FLY THIS
FLAG ON THE FRONT OF IT.
AND BACK 100S OF YEARS AGO,
BEFORE RADIOS AND
EVERYTHING LIKE THAT,
WHEN YOU WENT INTO A HARBOR
YOU WOULD FLY
ONE OF THESE THINGS
SO THEY WOULD KNOW WHICH
COUNTRY'S SHIP WAS COMING IN.
♪ ♪
THE VERY FIRST UNION JACK,
IT WAS JUST 13 RED
AND WHITE STRIPES.
THEN WE ADDED THE SNAKE,
AND THEN WE STARTED
MAKING THEM BLUE
WITH STARS REPRESENTING
ALL THE STATES.
SO THEY WERE CONSTANTLY
CHANGING IN THE 1800S
WHEN WE WERE ADDING STATES.
WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?
‐ UM, ACTUALLY A YARD
SALE IN SAN ANTONIO.
‐ OKAY.
AND THIS ONE IS IN
INCREDIBLE SHAPE.
IT LOOKS LIKE SOME
MOTHS GOT TO IT.
‐ MINOR MOTHING, YEAH. ‐ YEAH.
AND IT'S BEEN REPAIRED.
WE GOT SOME PRINTING HERE.
"UNION NUMBER TWO."
♪ ♪
"JANUARY 1889."
♪ ♪
I'M GUESSING THE "UNION"
MEANS "UNION JACK."
THE "NUMBER TWO,"
I HAVE NO IDEA.
AND...
MAYBE THE MANUFACTURER DATE?
SO YOU KNOW HOW BIG THIS IS?
‐ I THINK IT'S 4X8 FOOT.
‐ OH, IT'S WAY BIGGER THAN THAT.
[INTRIGUING MUSIC]
OKAY, HERE.
THESE SHOWCASES ARE
EXACTLY 5 FEET LONG.
UM, I KNOW THAT 'CAUSE
I'VE GOTTEN GLASS FOR THEM
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES,
AND I'VE MEASURED
THEM EVERY TIME.
SO WE GOT ONE, TWO SHOWCASES,
AND RIGHT AROUND A FOOT.
SO THAT'S 11 FEET LONG.
♪ ♪
I MEAN, IT'S SUPER COOL.
UM, SO HOW MUCH
YOU LOOKING TO GET?
‐ 3,500. ‐ OKAY.
[SIGHS]
SOUNDS A LITTLE HIGH,
BUT I'M JUST NOT AN EXPERT
ON UNION JACKS.
SO BEFORE WE CAN
FIGURE OUT A PRICE,
I WANT SOMEONE TO LOOK AT IT.
UM, I KNOW THE
HISTORY OF THIS FLAG,
I KNOW A LOT ABOUT IT,
BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW
HOW TO DATE THESE THINGS,
IF THEY'RE REPRODUCED, UM...
I KNOW JUST ENOUGH TO
LOSE A LOT OF MONEY ON THEM.
[LAUGHS] OKAY? ‐ IT'S
A RARE COLLECTIBLE.
IT IS. ‐ OKAY.
SO, UM, I HAVE A FRIEND
THAT WAS AROUND
WHEN THIS WOULD MADE... [LAUGHS]
‐ [LAUGHS]
‐ NO, I HAVE A BUDDY WHO WILL
KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS.
UH, SO IF YOU CAN HANG
OUT FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT,
I'LL HAVE A GUY COME DOWN.
I'LL HAVE HIM CHECK IT OUT.
‐ THAT'D BE GREAT. ‐ OKAY.
BE RIGHT BACK.
[COUNTRY ROCK MUSIC]
I'M SO GLAD I'M HERE
AND NOT COREY AND CHUM
BECAUSE THEY DON'T
KNOW JACK ABOUT JACKS.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
‐ EARLIER, I HAD A
CUSTOMER COME IN
WITH A SUPER COOL 1889
38‐STAR U. S. NAVY JACK.
NOW, THIS THING IS
IN GREAT CONDITION,
AND THESE THINGS ARE
DEFINITELY COLLECTIBLE,
BUT I'M JUST NOT
SURE IF IT'S REAL.
SO I CALLED MY GO‐TO HISTORY
BUFF, MARK HALL‐PATTON,
TO CHECK THIS THING OUT
AND TO FLAG ANY PROBLEMS
BEFORE I BUY THIS THING.
♪ ♪
SO THIS IS A UNION JACK.
‐ THIS IS VERY NICE. ALL RIGHT.
THE NAVAL JACK IS ONE
OF THE EARLIEST FLAGS
THAT THE UNITED STATES HAD.
IT WAS THE FIRST ONE
THAT THE NAVY HAD.
IN 1777,
WE DEFINED A JACK, A FLAG,
THAT WAS ALTERNATING
RED AND WHITE STRIPES
OF THE 13 COLONIES.
♪ ♪
‐ I HAVE, LIKE, A
MILLION QUESTIONS.
LIKE, IS IT REAL? WHAT'S
THE "NUMBER TWO" FOR?
‐ OKAY, WELL, LET
ME TAKE A LOOK HERE.
"UNION NUMBER TWO."
"NUMBER TWO" REFERS
TO THE SIZE OF THE FLAG.
A NUMBER TWO
SHOULD BE 7X11‐FEET.
‐ IT'S DEFINITELY 11
FEET LONG. ‐ OKAY.
SO THE SIZE IS CORRECT.
THE DIFFERENT SIZES
WERE BASED ON THE SIZE OF
SHIP THAT THEY WERE PUT ON.
♪ ♪
IF IT'S 1889 IN JANUARY,
IT SHOULD BE 38 STARS.
THIS ONE LOOKS TO BE IN
RELATIVELY GOOD SHAPE.
DO YOU MIND IF WE
UNFOLD IT A LITTLE BIT MORE?
‐ NO. ‐ OKAY.
‐ 'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN
YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING
FROM 1889...
♪ ♪
EH, YOU'VE GOT
SOME MOTHING ON IT.
THAT'S TO BE EXPECTED.
YOU KNOW, BUT THE CONDITION
IS ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW,
NOT BAD AT ALL.
AND PROBABLY THE REASON FOR THAT
IS IT'S NOT USED
WHEN YOU'RE SAILING.
IT'S ONLY USED IN PORT.
‐ OKAY, SO, UM.
SO YOU'RE PRETTY
SURE THIS IS 1889.
IT'S THE REAL
DEAL? ‐ I THINK SO.
‐ UM, WE SHOULD PROBABLY,
JUST TO BE SURE, COUNT THE STARS.
‐ ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.
♪ ♪
FIVE? FIVE ROWS?
‐ YUP. AND...
WE'VE GOT EIGHT.
ALL RIGHT.
‐ THIS ROW IS EIGHT.
SO WE ADD THEM
ALL UP, WE GOT 38.
‐ RIGHT, SO WE'VE GOT THE
CORRECT NUMBER OF STARS.
‐ SO HERE WE GO.
‐ FOLD THIS BACK DOWN,
AND IT'S‐‐YOU KNOW,
WITH A PIECE OF THIS SIZE,
DOESN'T OFTEN SURVIVE.
‐ ALL RIGHT, SO
YOU THINK IT'S LEGIT.
‐ YES, I THINK‐‐ I
THINK THIS IS CORRECT.
‐ AND COLLECTIBLE? ‐ YEAH.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE
GONNA HAVE FLAG PEOPLE
THAT ARE GOING TO
BE INTERESTED IN IT.
‐ OKAY. WELL, THANKS, MAN.
I APPRECIATE IT.
‐ NOT A PROBLEM.
‐ VERY NICE. THANK YOU.
‐ THANK YOU.
‐ ALL RIGHT, SO...
HOW MUCH DID YOU WANT FOR THIS?
‐ 3,500.
[TENSE MUSIC]
‐ OKAY, UM, SOUNDS LIKE
A LOT OF MONEY TO ME.
♪ ♪
UM,
IT'S ONE OF THOSE
RARE SITUATIONS
WHERE SMALLER IS BETTER.
‐ MM‐HMM.
‐ IT'S A BIG UNION JACK.
THERE'S NO WAY YOU
CAN HANG THIS ON A WALL.
UM, UNLESS YOU HAD A REALLY,
REALLY BIG HOUSE OR OFFICE.
UM, I'LL GIVE YOU,
LIKE, 500 BUCKS FOR IT.
♪ ♪
IT'S GONNA BE DIFFICULT TO SELL,
AND THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY
THAT ARE ACTUALLY GONNA
WANT THIS THING IS VERY FEW.
♪ ♪
‐ I'LL PASS, THEN.
‐ OKAY. YOU SURE? ‐ YEAH.
‐ ALL RIGHT. WELL,
HAVE A NICE DAY.
‐ THANK YOU.
NO DEAL WAS MADE TODAY.
I THINK I'M GONNA LIST IT ONLINE
AND WAIT FOR A
COLLECTOR TO PURCHASE IT.
♪ ♪
‐ I HAVE A CUSTOMER
THAT HAS A SIGNED PHOTO
OF CY YOUNG THAT HE'S
ALREADY HAD AUTHENTICATED,
WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE CY
YOUNG IS BASEBALL LEGEND,
AND ANYTHING OF
HIS IS COLLECTIBLE.
BUT THE SELLER
WANTS THREE GRAND,
AND THE PHOTO LOOKS LIKE
IT WAS TORN OUT OF
A BOOK OR SOMETHING.
I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE
WHAT I'M WORKING WITH HERE,
SO MY SPORTS EXPERT
DAN IS COMING IN
TO TELL ME WHAT'S WHAT.
♪ ♪
SO I HAVE A CY YOUNG
AUTOGRAPH RIGHT HERE,
AND IT'S AUTHENTICATED,
WHICH IS GREAT.
BUT I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW,
THE VALUE OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
I MEAN, IT'S CY YOUNG. ‐ SURE.
‐ I IMAGINE EVERYTHING'S
COLLECTIBLE.
‐ NO, ABSOLUTELY.
NO, HE'S A LEGEND.
♪ ♪
TO THIS DAY, HE STILL HOLDS
THE MOST GAMES
PLAYED, STARTED, INNINGS.
HE'S PITCHED OVER 7,500 INNINGS.
HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE
BASEBALL HALL OF FAME IN 1937.
ONE OF THE FIRST BASEBALL
HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES.
SO HE REALLY SET A LOT OF
RECORDS AND THINGS THAT,
YOU KNOW, PITCHERS
CAN'T TOUCH THESE DAYS.
SO CAN I TAKE A
LOOK AT IT? ‐ PLEASE.
‐ I MEAN, THE AUTOGRAPH
LOOKS REALLY CLEAN
COMPARED TO AUTOGRAPHS
THAT ARE OUT THERE.
YOU CAN PERFECTLY
SEE THE SIGNATURE.
IT IS A REAL OLD PHOTO OF HIM,
SO THIS IMAGE WAS
PROBABLY IN THE NEWSPAPER
'CAUSE IT SEEMS TO BE MATTED,
YOU KNOW, ON TOP OF THIS BOARD.
♪ ♪
SO AS FAR AS THE
PICTURE'S CONCERNED,
THE INDIANS UNIFORM‐‐
HE PLAYED FOR THE
CLEVELAND SPIDERS,
HE PLAYED FOR THE
CLEVELAND NAPS,
SO IT'S‐‐IT'S PROBABLY, UH,
GOING BACK TO CLEVELAND
FOR AN OLD‐TIMERS' GAME.
♪ ♪
THE ONLY THING IS THAT,
ITEMS ARE MORE
DESIRABLE WHEN THEY HAVE,
LIKE, A MORE PRESENT
OR PLAYING DAY PHOTO.
AND AS FAR AS THE SIGNATURE,
IT'S DEFINITELY A SIGNATURE
HE SIGNED AFTER HIS CAREER.
THE VALUE'S A LOT HIGHER WHEN
IT'S SIGNED DURING HIS CAREER.
‐ MM‐HMM.
‐ WHAT KIND OF VALUE
DO YOU THINK IT HAS?
‐ YOU KNOW, JUST A PIECE
OF PAPER SIGNED BY HIM,
NOT A PHOTO,
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE PROBABLY
LOOKING AT ABOUT 1,000 BUCKS,
JUST FOR A PIECE OF PAPER.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
FOR THIS, THERE AREN'T TONS
OF PHOTOS OUT THERE OF HIM,
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'D
GIVE A RETAIL VALUE OF $2,500.
‐ OKAY. THANKS FOR
COMING OUT. ‐ YOU GOT IT.
‐ I APPRECIATE IT. ‐ ABSOLUTELY.
‐ THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. ‐ YOU GOT IT.
‐ NOT QUITE WHAT
YOU WERE ASKING FOR.
‐ NOT QUITE WHAT I'M LOOKING
FOR, BUT PRETTY CLOSE.
‐ I'M GONNA HAVE
TO OFFER YOU LESS
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN
SELLING IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
I'LL BE LOOKING TO GET
THAT 2,500 MARK OUT OF IT.
UM, WOULD YOU TAKE 1,500 FOR IT?
[TENSE MUSIC]
THAT'S CASH MONEY, RIGHT NOW.
♪ ♪
‐ 2,000?
♪ ♪
‐ HOW 'BOUT 1,600?
♪ ♪
‐ 1,800.
♪ ♪
‐ UM... YOU KNOW
WHAT? IT'S CY YOUNG.
I DON'T THINK IT'LL
TAKE TOO LONG TO SELL.
I COULD DO 18.
‐ THANK YOU. ‐
LET'S GO WRITE IT UP.
‐ I THINK I'M GONNA
TAKE THE $1,800
AND PERHAPS MAYBE COME ACROSS
SOME MORE VINTAGE
BASEBALL TREASURE.
[COUNTRY ROCK MUSIC]
♪ ♪
‐ HELLO. ‐ HI.
‐ WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
‐ IT AS AN ANTIQUE WINE JUG.
GREEK, I THINK.
‐ OKAY.
WELL, I GUESS IT'S A LITTLE
EARLY TO BE DRINKING, ISN'T IT?
[BOTH LAUGHING]
‐ I'M HERE AT THE
PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY ANTIQUE WINE JUG.
MY HUSBAND AND I PURCHASED
THIS AT A LOCAL SWAP MEET.
THE CONDITION IS EXCELLENT.
THERE'S NO CRACKS,
NO CHIPS, NO CRAZING.
I'VE HAD IT ON DISPLAY
EVER SINCE WE PURCHASED IT,
AND I JUST NEED MORE ROOM.
I HOPE TO GET
$350 FOR THE PIECE.
‐ WELL, IT IS REALLY PRETTY.
THIS IS A GREEK STYLE WINE JUG.
JUST LIKE TODAY, WHEN
YOU HAVE A FANCY DINNER,
YOU PUT EVERYTHING
IN FANCY DISHES.
‐ OKAY. ‐ THAT'S
WHAT THIS WAS FOR.
UM, CAME OUT RIGHT AROUND
THE SEVENTH CENTURY B. C.
‐ MM‐HMM. ‐ AND THAT'S WHEN WINE
REALLY STARTED SPREADING
ALL THROUGHOUT
THE MEDITERRANEAN.
[TRADITIONAL MUSIC]
IT CREATED TRADE,
AND THE OTHER GREAT
THING ABOUT WINE
WAS YOU KNOW, WHEN
YOU LIVED IN A CITY,
SANITATION WASN'T GREAT,
THE WATER SUPPLY WOULD GET BAD.
THE WHOLE CITY
WOULD DIE OUT. ‐ HMM.
‐ BUT ONCE PEOPLE STARTED
DRINKING WINE ALL THE TIME,
THEY DIDN'T GET SICK BECAUSE
THE ALCOHOL IN THE WINE
GETS RID OF ALL
THE BACTERIA. ‐ OKAY.
‐ AND THAT'S WHY WE
HAVE BIG CITIES TODAY,
IS BECAUSE ALCOHOL
MADE THE WORLD GREAT.
[BOTH LAUGHING]
IT WAS ALWAYS,
LIKE, THIS GEOMETRIC,
YOU KNOW, PATTERN
LIKE THIS. ‐ RIGHT.
‐ YOU KNOW, MOST
POPULAR ONE WAS HORSES.
THERE'S SOME REAL
PORNOGRAPHIC ONES.
[BOTH LAUGHING]
AND, UH‐‐ ‐ WE WON'T GO THERE.
[LAUGHS]
‐ DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT?
‐ WELL, I KNOW THERE'S A
SIGNATURE ON THE BOTTOM.
‐ OKAY. ‐ NOT MUCH‐‐
NOT MUCH ELSE OTH‐‐
OTHER THAN THAT.
‐ SEVENTH CENTURY B. C.
AND LOOKS LIKE
SOMEONE'S SIGNATURE
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON IT.
‐ RIGHT.
♪ ♪
‐ [SIGHS]
♪ ♪
SO HOW MUCH YOU WANT FOR IT?
‐ I WAS THINKING 350.
‐ OKAY.
I HATE TO TELL YOU THIS,
BUT THIS IS
COMPLETELY WORTHLESS.
[TENSE MUSIC] ‐ OH!
WORTHLESS? ‐ UM...
‐ IT'S SO PRETTY.
‐ MAYBE IT'S WORTH
A COUPLE BUCKS,
BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S
A MODERN REPRODUCTION.
‐ OH, NO. ‐ YEAH, UM...
♪ ♪
DO YOU SEE THIS
RIGHT HERE? ‐ YES.
‐ IT SAYS, "HANDMADE, GREECE."
‐ OKAY.
‐ AND ON THE OTHER SIDE
IT SAYS, "MUSEUM COPY."
[LAUGHS]
‐ OH, MY GOODNESS.
‐ SO, I COMPLETELY, UM‐‐
‐ I DIDN'T EVEN SEE THAT
LETTERING ON THERE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS
IN TOO GOOD SHAPE,
BUT I HAD HOPES.
‐ I'M SURE IT WILL LOOK GREAT
ON A SHELF SOMEWHERE...
‐ YEAH. ‐ JUST NOT ONE OF MINE.
THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR COMING IN.
‐ THANK YOU. ‐ ALL RIGHT.
‐ THANK YOU FOR
TALKING WITH ME ABOUT IT.
‐ OKAY. ‐ THERE WE GO.
‐ AND IT WASN'T
EVEN FULL OF WINE.
♪ ♪
WHETHER YOU'VE
SIPPED A FINE CABERNET
DURING YOUR BOUGIE
TRIP TO NAPA VALLEY
OR JUST KEPT IT SIMPLE WITH A
GOOD OLE POST‐WORK BOTTLE
OF TWO‐BUCK CHUCK,
MOST OF US HAVE A
RELATIONSHIP WITH WINE.
BUT THE PROCESS OF
MAKING A VINO TRULY SPECIAL
IS MORE THAN JUST
FERMENTING GRAPES.
IT REALLY IS A SCIENCE.
SO WHAT'S BEHIND IT ALL?
WELL, FOR ONE, OXYGEN.
IT'S AS CRUCIAL TO
WINE PRODUCTION
AS IT IS TO HUMAN LIFE.
WHEN O2 MIXES WITH ALCOHOL,
IT PRODUCES VINEGAR,
WHICH MEANS YOU NEED
JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT.
A LITTLE BIT CAN BRING OUT
SOME REALLY GREAT FLAVORS,
BUT TOO MUCH AND YOU GOT
YOURSELF SALAD DRESSING.
[BUZZER]
THEN THERE'S AGING.
ONCE A WINE IS FERMENTED
AND BOTTLED, IT'S STORED,
AND YOU DON'T WANT TO
DRINK IT UNTIL IT FULLY MATURES.
SOME WINES NEED
MORE TIME THAN OTHERS
TO HIT THAT PERFECT SWEET SPOT.
HENCE THE PHRASE,
"AGES LIKE A FINE WINE."
[SWANKY MUSIC]
AS IT AGES, IT CHANGES COLOR.
ITS AROMA MORPHS.
IT BECOMES SMOOTHER
TO THE TASTE.
SO WITH ALL YOUR
SCIENTIFIC ELEMENTS IN PLACE,
WE ARRIVE AT THE BEST
PART OF THE EXPERIENCE:
THE DRINKING.
[GLASSES CLINK]
ME, I JUST LIKE A GOOD GLASS
OF CAB EVERY NOW AND THEN.
[ROCK MUSIC]
YEAH, THESE ELEMENTS ROCK.
[LAUGHS]
♪ ♪
‐ HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
‐ I'M HERE TO SELL MY 1930S
HARLEY‐DAVIDSON RAINSUIT.
‐ OH, THIS IS PRETTY COOL.
LEMME GET MY PARTNER OVER HERE.
HEY, BIG HOSS!
‐ WHAT'S UP? ‐ COME HERE.
I THINK THIS SUITS YOU
BETTER. ‐ WHAT DO WE GOT?
‐ GOT A RAINSUIT FROM THE 1930S.
HARLEY‐DAVIDSON. ‐ OH, OKAY.
‐ HAVE YOU EVER WORN
SOMETHING LIKE THIS
WHILE YOU WERE RIDING?
‐ UM, NO, BUT I'VE BEEN
COLD ENOUGH TO WISH I WAS.
[LAUGHS]
♪ ♪
‐ I HAVE A 1930S
HARLEY‐DAVIDSON RAINSUIT
I'M LOOKING TO SELL TODAY.
THE SUIT'S A LITTLE
SOILED AND WORN,
BUT OVERALL, IT'S
IN GOOD CONDITION.
I'M A BIG HARLEY‐DAVIDSON
FAN AND COLLECTOR,
AND I'M JUST LOOKING
TO ROTATE THE STOCK
AND GET SOMETHING NEW.
VINTAGE HARLEY‐DAVIDSON
STUFF'S COMING BACK,
AND I BELIEVE IT'S WORTH $800.
♪ ♪
‐ THIS IS PRETTY COOL.
WHERE IN THE WORLD
DID YOU GET THIS?
‐ I DID SOME WORK
FOR A GUY ON HIS BIKE
AND THIS IS PART OF HIS PAYMENT.
‐ EVERYBODY KNOWS
HARLEY‐DAVIDSON.
I MEAN, I'VE GOT IT
TATTOOED ON MY ARM.
IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE
ICONIC AMERICAN BRANDS.
YEAH, HARLEY‐DAVIDSON
STARTED MAKING MOTORCYCLES
BACK IN 1903, AND, YOU KNOW,
IT WAS ABOUT 10 YEARS
LATER THEY REALIZED,
"MAN, WE REALLY NEED
TO GET IN THE MARKET
"OF SELLING STUFF
FOR PEOPLE TO RIDE
WHEN THEY'RE ON THESE BIKES."
SO, LIKE, 1912, THEY
STARTED WITH THE JERSEYS,
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, HELMETS
AND JUST SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SOMETHING LIKE THIS, I MEAN,
IT WAS MORE OF A
PRACTICAL THING.
IF YOU WENT TO WORK EVERY
DAY ON YOUR MOTORCYCLE,
THAT WAS YOUR ONLY
FORM OF TRANSPORTATION,
YOU COULDN'T JUST CALL
OUT SICK EVERY TIME IT RAINED.
‐ SO WOULD THIS THING
ACTUALLY KEEP YOU DRY?
‐ PROBABLY NOT ANYMORE.
THEY HAD THIS COATING OR
SOMETHING PUT ON THEM THAT‐‐
I THINK THEY WERE ONLY
GUARANTEED FOR, LIKE, A YEAR.
‐ IT LOOKS LIKE IN
REALLY GOOD CONDITION.
HAS THIS THING EVER
EVEN BEEN USED?
‐ I BELIEVE SO. IF
YOU LOOK INSIDE,
YOU CAN SEE A
LITTLE BIT OF SOILING.
[INTRIGUING MUSIC]
‐ OKAY. ‐ YOU
GOTTA REALIZE, MAN,
THAT WHEN THEY
MADE THESE THINGS,
YOU HAD TO BE ABLE
TO JUMP OFF YOUR BIKE
ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND
THROW THIS ON REALLY QUICK.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S GOT, LIKE,
THE LONG ZIPPER AND, YOU KNOW,
THE ACCESSORY BELT, AND
THEN YOU COULD ACTUALLY
CINCH THOSE UP, AND THEY'D
GO AROUND YOUR BOOTS
SO AIR WOULDN'T FLOW OR RAIN
WOULDN'T FLOW UP YOUR LEGS.
♪ ♪
‐ THERE'S SOME
PAPERWORK OVER HERE.
LOOKS LIKE A FLIER.
♪ ♪
OH, THERE'S THE
SUIT RIGHT THERE.
$9.50.
‐ THAT WAS EXPENSIVE BACK THEN.
‐ SEEMS LIKE A GOOD
DEAL IN TODAY'S MARKET.
[LAUGHTER]
‐ I DEFINITELY KNOW
THERE IS A MARKET FOR IT.
WHAT ARE YOU
LOOKING TO DO WITH IT?
‐ I'D LIKE TO SELL IT, POSSIBLY.
‐ OKAY. ANY IDEA ON WHAT
YOU'RE LOOKING TO GET?
‐ I'D LIKE TO GET AROUND $800.
‐ OKAY. UM...
UNFORTUNATELY, MAN, I
COULDN'T GO ANYWHERE NEAR THAT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT
MAYBE 100 BUCKS HERE.
♪ ♪
I DO HAVE A LITTLE
BIT OF AN ISSUE.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT
SAYS "HARLEY‐DAVIDSON" ON IT.
YOU KNOW, IF IT SAID
"HARLEY‐DAVIDSON"
ON THE BACK OF IT,
I'D PROBABLY BE A
LITTLE BIT MORE INTO IT,
BUT WITH THIS SMALL
LITTLE TAG RIGHT HERE,
I MEAN, MOST PEOPLE AREN'T
GONNA KNOW WHAT IT IS.
‐ I UNDERSTAND.
YEAH, FOR THAT PRICE, I
THINK I'LL JUST HOLD ONTO IT.
‐ OKAY. WELL, I APPRECIATE
YOU COMING DOWN, MAN.
‐ ALL RIGHT, THANK
YOU. ‐ THANKS.
‐ APPRECIATE IT.
♪ ♪
FOR THE $100 THEY OFFERED,
I'D RATHER JUST KEEP IT.
IT'S A GOOD CONVERSATION PIECE,
AND I'LL KEEP IT
IN THE COLLECTION.
♪ ♪
‐ HEY, HOW'S I GOING? ‐
GOOD. HOW YOU DOING?
‐ WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
‐ THAT IS A VINTAGE FRUIT PRESS.
‐ OKAY. WHERE'D YOU GET IT?
‐ ACTUALLY FOUND
IT AT A YARD SALE.
‐ OKAY.
THIS IS THE 1900 EQUIVALENT
OF THE SUPER DYNAMIC
ULTRA FRUIT JUICER
YOU SEE ON INFOMERCIALS
AT 1:00 IN THE MORNING.
‐ YES, IT IS. ‐ [LAUGHS]
‐ I HAVE A VINTAGE FRUIT PRESS
THAT I'M HOPING TO SELL TODAY.
I FOUND THIS FRUIT PRESS
AT A LOCAL YARD SALE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS
AN INTERESTING ITEM.
I KNEW THAT IT'S
ABOUT 100 YEARS OLD,
AND IT'S VERY FUNCTIONAL.
IT WORKS TODAY JUST AS
WELL AS IT DID WHEN IT WAS NEW.
I WOULD LIKE TO GET
$100 FOR THIS FRUIT PRESS.
‐ IT'S ACTUALLY A
PRETTY COOL ITEM.
I LOVE AMERICAN CAST IRON.
IT'S WHAT DROVE THE
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.
AFTER 1850, EVERYTHING WAS
BEING MADE OUT OF CAST IRON.
THERE WERE SO MANY
INVENTIONS COMING OUT.
THEY HAD TO CONSTANTLY
EXPAND THE PATENT OFFICE
'CAUSE SO MANY
PEOPLE WERE COMING UP
WITH NEW ITEMS
AND NEW INVENTIONS,
ALL MADE OUT OF CAST IRON,
AND THIS IS JUST A
CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF IT.
♪ ♪
IF YOU'RE A FARM IN THE
MIDWEST AT RIGHT AROUND 1900,
YOU DIDN'T GO TO THE
STORE AND BUY APPLE JUICE
BECAUSE IT WOULD PROBABLY
SPOIL BY THE TIME YOU GET IT.
WITH THIS RIGHT
HERE, YOU COULD MAKE
FRESH JUICE OUT OF ANYTHING.
IT WAS JUST REALLY,
REALLY PRACTICAL.
OKAY, SO THIS
CAME OUT LIKE THIS.
THIS POPS OUT.
♪ ♪
THERE WE GO. AND PRETTY SIMPLE.
THIS GOES RIGHT HERE.
♪ ♪
THIS WOULD GO UNDER.
THAT'S YOUR STRAINER.
♪ ♪
YOU TAKE THIS THING,
PUT THAT IN THERE.
THIS IS AN IRON‐SCREW PRESS,
SO YOU HAVE TONS OF TORQUE,
AND JUST KEEP ON GOING
AND ALL YOUR JUICE WOULD
FLOW OUT RIGHT HERE.
AND YOU'D HAVE THE
BEVERAGE OF YOUR CHOICE.
‐ NICE.
♪ ♪
‐ SO HOW MUCH YOU WANT FOR IT?
‐ WELL, I'D LIKE
TO GET $100 FOR IT.
‐ I'LL GIVE YOU 50 BUCKS FOR IT.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
‐ CAN YOU DO ANY BETTER?
YOU SAID IT'S IN VERY
GOOD CONDITION.
‐ IT'S IN AMAZING SHAPE,
BUT THERE ARE MUCH
FANCIER ONES OUT THERE.
‐ OKAY.
♪ ♪
WE COULD DO 50.
‐ WE GOT A DEAL, THEN.
‐ GOOD. THANK YOU.
‐ I'LL MEET YOU
RIGHT OVER THERE.
WE'LL DO SOME PAPERWORK.
‐ ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
‐ OKAY.
GREAT DEAL.
AND ACTUALLY, I THINK
HE COULD'VE SQUEEZED
A LITTLE BIT MORE
MONEY OUT OF ME.
[LAUGHS]
IT'S GINORMOUS.
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
♪ ♪
‐ HEY, RICK, WHAT'S
UP? ‐ NOT MUCH.
BEEN WORKING ON
THAT WINDMILL, OKAY?
‐ OKAY. SO HOW'S IT GOING, MAN?
‐ SO IT'S GOING GOOD.
IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A
PAIN WITH SOME OF THE METAL,
SOME OF THE MECHANICS
OF IT, BUT I'M GETTING IT.
IT'S JUST‐‐IT'S BEEN TOUGH.
IT'S BEEN REALLY TOUGH.
IT'S REAL TALL, AND I'VE GOT
SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THAT BIG...
THAT BIG WHITE TAIL RIGHT THERE?
THOSE ARE THE TAILS
ON THE WINDMILL, RIGHT?
THIS PIECE IS ALL
WHITE AND BLACK,
AND IT'S SORT OF PLAIN.
I WANT TO KNOW IF YOU
WANT TO PUT SOMETHING ON IT.
‐ BALD MOUNTAIN POWER COMPANY.
[LAUGHS]
‐ BALD MOUNTAIN
POWER COMPANY. OKAY.
‐ OKAY, THAT'S SORT
OF LIKE THE JOKE
OF MY LITTLE POWER COMPANY,
THAT WE CALL IT BALD
MOUNTAIN POWER COMPANY,
OBVIOUSLY 'CAUSE I'M BALD,
AND BALD MOUNTAIN CREEK
GOES THROUGH MY PROPERTY, SO...
‐ I GOT YOU.
‐ IF YOU COULD PUT A
LITTLE LIGHTNING BOLT
ON THERE SOMEWHERE,
IT'D BE PRETTY COOL.
‐ A LIGHTNING BOLT. ‐ YEAH.
‐ OKAY. COOL. OKAY,
GOOD, GOOD, GOOD.
I LIKE IT. I LIKE IT.
I'LL FIGURE UP SOMETHING COOL.
I THINK WHEN YOU GET HERE,
YOU'RE GONNA BE BLOWN
AWAY HOW BIG THIS THING IS.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA
PUT IT IN YOUR POCKET.
I'LL TELL YOU THAT RIGHT NOW.
‐ OKAY, WON'T FIT IN
THE BACK OF MY CAR,
TRUNK OF MY CAR?
‐ [LAUGHING] NO.
‐ OKAY.
JUST CALL ME WHEN
YOU WANT ME TO COME BY.
‐ I WILL. IT'LL BE SOON.
‐ ALL RIGHT, TALK
TO YOU SOON, MAN.
‐ ALL RIGHT. ‐ ALL
RIGHT, BYE‐BYE.
♪ ♪
‐ WHAT DO YOU GOT HERE?
‐ HAVE A SPANKER FROM THE 1930S.
‐ A SPANKER? ‐ SPANKER.
♪ ♪
‐ I DON'T KNOW IF I'D WANT
TO GET SPANKED WITH THAT.
[LAUGHS] ‐ OUCH!
‐ I'M HERE AT THE
PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY 1930S SPANKER.
I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT,
BUT I DID HIT SOMEBODY WITH IT,
AND HEARD IT SLAP.
I'VE HAD THIS SPANKER FOR
PROBABLY ABOUT A YEAR NOW,
AND I'VE BEEN
KEEPING IT IN MY ROOM,
AND IT WAS TAKING UP SOME SPACE,
SO I FIGURED I'D
BRING IT IN TODAY.
I'M HOPING TO SELL
THE SPANKER FOR $200.
‐ I'M NOT SURE ABOUT
THIS THING HERE.
HEY, RICK?
‐ WHAT'S UP? ‐ CHECK THIS OUT.
‐ WHAT IS THAT?
‐ IT'S A SPANKER.
[INTRIGUING MUSIC]
‐ WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?
‐ MY GRANDMOTHER
PASSED AWAY LAST YEAR,
AND I FOUND IT IN HER ATTIC.
‐ OKAY.
I THINK I KNOW WHAT THIS IS.
♪ ♪
THIS IS PROBABLY FROM
DEMOULIN BROTHERS.
‐ AND WHAT IS THAT?
‐ THE DEMOULIN BROTHERS
STARTED OFF WITH A COMPANY
SELLING STUFF FOR,
LIKE, MARCHING BANDS
AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND RIGHT AROUND 1900‐ISH,
THERE WAS FRATERNAL
ORGANIZATIONS
ALL AROUND THIS COUNTRY.
YOU KNOW, THERE
WAS THE ODD FELLOWS,
THE MASONS, THE WOODSMEN,
AND THEY ALL HAD, LIKE,
THESE WEIRD INITIATION
RITUALS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND MOST OF THEM,
THEY WERE JUST PRANKS.
BUT THERE WAS ENOUGH
FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS
IN THIS COUNTRY TO
ACTUALLY HAVE A CATALOGUE
FULL OF THESE GAG
THINGS FOR INITIATIONS.
[MARCHING BAND MUSIC]
SO THIS HAS TO BE FROM
THOSE GUYS, ALL RIGHT?
BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THE
LITTLE HOLE RIGHT THERE.
‐ MM‐HMM.
‐ AND YOU SEE THE
LITTLE PIECE OF METAL
WITH THE LITTLE PIN COMING OUT?
‐ YEP.
‐ WELL, TO ME, IT LOOKS LIKE
A .32 BLANK GOES IN THERE.
‐ OKAY.
‐ WHY WOULD YOU PUT
A .32 BLANK IN THERE?
‐ SO WHEN YOU PADDLE SOMEBODY,
THE GUNSHOT GOES OFF
AND SCARES THE HELL OUT OF
THE PERSON YOU'RE PADDLING.
‐ AND THEY POOP THEIR SELF.
♪ ♪
‐ SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YES.
‐ SO THERE'S BULLET IN IT?
‐ NOT A BULLET. IT'S A BLANK.
AND I ACTUALLY
THINK WE HAVE SOME
.32 BLANKS HERE IN THE STORE.
THEY MIGHT FIT IN THIS THING.
‐ OKAY. YOU'RE
GONNA TRY THIS OUT.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE
TRYING TO SAY?
‐ YEAH. CAN WE
TRY THIS THING OUT?
‐ ABSOLUTELY.
‐ ALL RIGHT, I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
♪ ♪
‐ THIS IS NOT A COOL
PRACTICAL JOKE. [LAUGHS]
[HORRIFYING MUSIC]
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
‐ SO I HAVE A PERSON IN THE SHOP
WITH A 1930S NOVELTY SPANKER.
THIS THING IS
ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS
BECAUSE WHEN YOU USE IT,
IT IGNITES A .32‐CALIBER BLANK,
SCARING THE CRAP
OUT OF THE PERSON
YOU'RE SPANKING.
BUT BEFORE I MAKE AN
OFFER ON THIS THING,
I WANT TO SEE IF
IT ACTUALLY WORKS,
AND THIS IS GONNA BE
REALLY, REALLY FUNNY.
[CHUCKLING]
VOILA. A .32‐CALIBER BLANK.
‐ YOU REALLY HAD
ONE, HUH? ‐ YES.
ALL RIGHT, SO, CHUM,
ARE YOU VOLUNTEERING?
‐ ANTWAUN'S BEEN A BAD BOY
AND I'VE BEEN REALLY
GOOD THIS WEEK, SO...
‐ COME HERE, ANTWAUN.
‐ WHAT? DON'T CALL
ME TO NO SPANKING.
‐ YOU ARE NO FUN.
♪ ♪
‐ WAIT, WAIT, WAIT,
WAIT, WAIT. ‐ IT'S FINE.
‐ BUT WE GOT A LOT
OF CUSTOMERS IN HERE.
‐ OKAY‐‐HEY,
EVERYBODY IN THE STORE,
CAN YOU GUYS PLEASE, LIKE,
PUT YOUR FINGERS IN YOUR EARS?
I KNOW THIS IS A LITTLE WEIRD,
BUT I'M GONNA SHOOT OFF
A BLANK REAL QUICK, SO...
‐ THAT'S NOT COOL.
‐ OKAY, SO I TAKE THE
BLANK, PUT IT RIGHT IN HERE.
♪ ♪
ALL RIGHT, AND THEN‐‐
SO A GUY WOULD COME UP‐‐
‐ WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. ‐
WILL YOU BE MY GUINEA PIG
ON THIS? ‐ NAH.
NOT THIS TIME, BOSS.
‐ I THINK ANTWAUN
SHOULD SPANK YOU, RICK.
‐ NOW THAT'S A PLAN.
‐ YOU'RE GONNA GET PUT ON
SANTA CLAUS'S NAUGHTY LIST.
‐ ALL RIGHT, I'LL
BE THE GUINEA PIG.
♪ ♪
‐ SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN. ‐ [LAUGHS]
PUT YOUR FINGERS IN YOUR
EARS. ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.
♪ ♪
‐ MAKE SURE YOU
HIT HIM IN THE BUTT.
♪ ♪
‐ TURN A LITTLE.
♪ ♪
[BLANK FIRES]
‐ [LAUGHS]
THAT WAS LOUD.
‐ [LAUGHS]
‐ YOU DIDN'T HAVE
TO HIT ME THAT HARD.
‐ I MEAN‐‐ ‐ [LAUGHS]
‐ I DON'T KNOW MY OWN
STRENGTH SOMETIMES.
♪ ♪
IT WORKS WELL. ‐ YEAH.
♪ ♪
ALL RIGHT, WE NOW KNOW IT WORKS.
♪ ♪
HOW MUCH YOU WANT FOR IT?
‐ SO DID SOME RESEARCH,
AND I WAS THINKING 200.
♪ ♪
‐ WHAT KIND OF
RESEARCH WAS THAT?
‐ IT'S CALLED THE INTERNET.
‐ SEE, 'CAUSE YOU
PROBABLY WENT ONLINE
AND PEOPLE WERE
ASKING $200 FOR THAT,
AND NO ONE WAS BUYING.
I'LL GIVE YOU 50 BUCKS.
‐ YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'LL GIVE YOU 75 FOR IT.
JUST TO SEE THE SMILE
ON HIS FACE AGAIN,
BUT THAT'S THE MOST I CAN DO.
♪ ♪
‐ ALL RIGHT, YOU
GOT A DEAL AT 75.
‐ ALL RIGHT.
‐ ALL RIGHT, THANKS, MAN.
‐ THANK YOU. ‐
WRITE HIM UP, CHUM.
‐ DON'T TOUCH MY SPANKER.
COME ON OVER HERE.
‐ SO I SOLD THE SPANKER FOR $75.
IT'S A LITTLE LESS
THAN WHAT I WANTED.
HOWEVER, I THINK, AT
THE END OF THE DAY,
BOTH OF US WON.
♪ ♪
[CAT MEOWS]
‐ HEY, WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
‐ I GOT SOME ANTIQUE ANDIRONS.
‐ OKAY.
WHERE'D YOU GET THEM?
‐ OFF THE INTERNET.
‐ ALL RIGHT. THERE APPEAR
TO BE FLAMING DRAGONS.
I USED TO GO TO A BAR,
AND THEY HAD A DRINK
CALLED A FLAMING DRAGON.
[LAUGHTER]
‐ I'M COMING TO THE PAWN SHOP
TO SELL MY ANTIQUE ANDIRONS.
THE PAST 12 YEARS,
THEY'VE BEEN IN MY
MOTHER‐IN‐LAW'S HOUSE,
AND NOW INTO STORAGE.
I HAVE NO USE FOR THEM,
SO I'D LIKE TO GET
1,200 FOR MY ANDIRONS.
♪ ♪
‐ THIS IS PRETTY COOL.
WERE YOU IN NEED OF
ANDIRONS OR SOMETHING?
‐ THEY KIND OF CAUGHT MY EYE
FOR THE STYLE AND
THE LOOK OF THEM.
‐ YEAH, MOST PEOPLE TODAY DON'T
EVEN KNOW WHAT ANDIRONS ARE.
IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE
13TH‐CENTURY INVENTION
THAT HELPED HEAT HOUSES.
SO YOU WOULD HAVE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
OKAY, IT WOULD HAVE A "DOG"
COMING OFF THE BACK OF IT.
THAT'S WHAT THEY
CALLED IT, ANYWAY‐‐
BASICALLY JUST AN IRON BAR
THAT CAME DOWN WITH A LEG‐‐
AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE
ANOTHER ONE NEXT TO IT.
SO YOU PUT YOUR LOGS
ON THE FIREPLACE IN IT,
WHICH MADE THE LOGS BURN HOTTER,
BECAUSE OXYGEN COULD
GET UNDERNEATH THEM,
AND THEN THE DOG WOULD
BE ATTACHED TO THE ANDIRON,
AND THAT WOULD GET
REALLY, REALLY HOT.
BUT SINCE IT WAS STICKING
OUTSIDE THE FIREPLACE,
IT WOULD HEAT THE ROOM BETTER
BECAUSE 99% OF THE
HEAT IN A FIREPLACE
JUST GOES STRAIGHT
UP THE CHIMNEY.
IT DOESN'T HEAT THE ROOM.
SO ANDIRONS HELPED HEAT A ROOM,
THEY LOOKED GOOD,
AND IT WAS A PRETTY
COOL INVENTION.
[GONG SOUNDS]
BUT THESE THINGS RIGHT HERE,
I DON'T THINK
THEY'RE ANDIRONS...
BECAUSE THE DOGS THAT COME
OUT THAT ARE MADE OUT OF IRON,
THEY'LL BE WELDED TO
ONE OF THESE THINGS.
AND THESE THINGS WOULDN'T
BE HOLLOW LIKE THIS.
THEY WOULD BE ONE
SOLID PIECE OF METAL,
'CAUSE IT WOULD
RADIATE HEAT BETTER.
PURPOSE WAS TO JUST GET
THAT HEAT OUT OF THE FIREPLACE,
INTO THE HOUSE.
UM, SOMETHING LIKE
THIS WAS PROBABLY
MADE IN ASIA SOMEWHERE,
MOST LIKELY CHINA.
THEY WERE IMPORTED
TO THE UNITED STATES.
‐ MM‐HMM. ‐ YOU
KNOW, PROBABLY 1950S,
1960S DECORATIVE ARTS.
‐ OKAY.
‐ THEY'RE BRONZE.
THEY'RE VERY EXPENSIVE
TO MAKE. THEY'RE DAMAGED.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN
TELL THIS IS BROKEN...
‐ RIGHT. ‐ AND GLUED BACK ON.
THIS ISN'T ATTACHED PROPERLY.
BUT HOW MUCH YOU WANT FOR THEM?
‐ I WAS THINKING 1,200.
‐ AH...
NO.
♪ ♪
IT'S VERY NICE...
MID‐20TH CENTURY
BRONZE CASTINGS.
♪ ♪
I'LL GIVE YOU 300
BUCKS FOR THEM.
♪ ♪
IN THE 1950S,
THESE WOULD'VE BEEN
SUPER COOL IN A HOUSE,
AND NOW, NOT SO MUCH.
‐ THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
♪ ♪
‐ DAMN, THAT WAS
EASY. ‐ I'LL DO 300.
‐ [LAUGHS] OKAY.
ALL RIGHT, I WILL MEET
YOU RIGHT OVER THERE,
WE'LL DO SOME PAPERWORK,
AND I'LL GET YOU PAID.
‐ OKAY, PERFECT. ‐ OKAY.
♪ ♪
WELL, I GOT SOME BRONZE DRAGONS.
♪ ♪
I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GONNA BE
SO BIG. ‐ [IMITATES WHOOSHING]
♪ ♪
TURBULENCE! AH!
[IMITATES CRASHING]
♪ ♪
‐ HELLO. ‐ HOW YOU DOING?
‐ OKAY.
‐ WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?
‐ WELL, I HAVE HERE A HELMET
THAT MY COMPANY REPAIRED
FOR "A POWER RANGERS MOVIE."
‐ OH, "IT'S MORPHIN TIME."
[ELECTRIC GUITAR]
‐ I'M HERE AT THE
PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY HELMET FROM
"TURBO: A POWER RANGERS MOVIE."
MY COMPANY, FOR 24 YEARS,
MADE SPECIALTY COSTUMES.
WE DID CREATURE EFFECTS.
THIS IS ONE OF 15
TO 20 WARRIORS.
WE MADE A LOT OF
THEM FOR THE FILM.
I'M HOPING TO SELL THE
HELMET FOR $1,000 TODAY.
♪ ♪
‐ YEAH, I MEAN,
IT'S PRETTY COOL.
POWER RANGERS WAS
A HUGE FRANCHISE.
I MEAN, THEY'VE BEEN
AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.
‐ LONG TIME. ‐ '93, I THINK,
IS WHEN THEY CAME
TO THE UNITED STATES.
AND THE ORIGINAL
RAN FOR 24 SEASONS.
I REMEMBER WATCHING IT
AFTER SCHOOL, I THINK IT WAS.
PRETTY MUCH EVERY
DAY, I'D COME HOME
AND CATCH THE NEW EPISODE
OF "THE POWER RANGERS."
IT WAS JUST ABOUT BASICALLY
A GROUP OF KIDS
THAT FIGHT MONSTERS,
BUT THEY BAND TOGETHER
AND THEY FORM THIS
BIG, GIANT ROBOT,
AND THEY BASICALLY
TAKE ON THIS BIG MONSTER.
AND JUST A BIG, BIG POP
CULTURE PHENOMENON.
‐ MM.
‐ SO WHAT MOVIE WAS THIS FROM?
‐ THIS IS FROM THE SECOND FILM,
"TURBO: A POWER RANGERS MOVIE."
AND IT WAS WORN BY A STUNTMAN.
‐ YOU HAD MENTIONED IT HAD
BEEN REPAIRED AT ONE POINT.
‐ RIGHT. MY COMPANY REPAIRED
IT BACK DURING THE PRODUCTION.
‐ I MEAN, IT LOOKS IN
REALLY GOOD CONDITION,
BUT IT LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT
THAN THE ONES THAT
WERE SEEN IN THE MOVIE.
‐ IT IS, BECAUSE AFTER
MY COMPANY REPAIRED IT,
WE WERE ASKED TO DEMONSTRATE
WHAT THE GUARD COLOR SCHEME
WAS GONNA LOOK LIKE,
AND THEY SAID GO AHEAD AND
PAINT ONE OF THE WARRIORS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID.
‐ HOW MUCH ARE YOU
LOOKING TO GET FOR IT?
‐ I WAS LOOKING
TO SELL IT FOR 1,000.
‐ OKAY. SO WE HAVE AN
ISSUE HERE WITH THIS HELMET.
IT'S HARD TO SELL
IT AS A MOVIE PROP
FOR SOMEONE TO DISPLAY
THIS AND TELL THEIR FRIENDS,
"HEY, LOOK, THIS IS
PART OF THIS MOVIE,"
AND THEIR FRIENDS
SAY, "UH, NO, IT'S NOT.
"LOOK HOW IT'S
PAINTED. IN THE MOVIE,
THEY WERE PAINTED LIKE THIS."
MAYBE IT WAS SCREEN‐WORN.
I CAN'T REALLY LOOK
AT THIS AND SAY,
"OH, THIS WAS SCREEN‐WORN,"
BECAUSE IT'S BEEN
RE‐FIXED AND REPAINTED.
SO... GIVE IT A REPAINT BACK
TO ITS ORIGINAL CONDITION,
AND MAYBE WE CAN
WORK SOMETHING OUT.
BUT FOR NOW, I'M GONNA
HAVE TO PASS ON IT.
‐ OKAY. I MIGHT EVEN DO THAT.
‐ THANKS FOR COMING IN. ‐
ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU.
♪ ♪
YEAH, I AM DISAPPOINTED I WAS
NOT ABLE TO MAKE A DEAL TODAY.
I MAY TRY TO SELL IT ELSEWHERE.
HONESTLY, HIS
SUGGESTION OF PAINTING IT
TO ITS ORIGINAL LOOK IS
PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA.
♪ ♪
‐ SO I'M HERE AT RICK DALE'S
BECAUSE MY WINDMILL IS DONE.
I PAID $3,100 FOR THIS THING,
HOPING THAT IT WOULD HELP ME
POWER MY OFF‐THE‐GRID PROPERTY.
I WANT THIS THING
TO MAKE ELECTRICITY.
IS IT DOABLE?
‐ IT'S NOT AS EASY AS YOU THINK.
YOU GOTTA BUILD A
TOWER. BUT IT'S DOABLE.
‐ AND I'M HERE TO TAKE A LOOK.
♪ ♪
AND IT LOOKS AMAZING.
♪ ♪
‐ WELL?
‐ I DIDN'T THINK IT
WAS GONNA BE SO BIG.
[LAUGHTER]
‐ IT'S A BIG PROPELLER, RIGHT?
‐ UM, YEAH, THAT'S...
IT'S GINORMOUS.
‐ THAT'S WHAT I ENDED
UP COMING UP WITH,
THE ART ON THAT.
I DID THAT,
AND I PUT A LITTLE
LIGHTNING BOLT IN THERE,
GAVE YOU A LITTLE MOUNTAIN.
YOU LIKE THAT? ‐ OH,
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT
BECAUSE I HAVE A
HYDRO‐ELECTRIC POWER PLANT,
AND IT'S FED BY BALD
MOUNTAIN CREEK.
THAT'S WHY WE'VE ALWAYS
JOKED AROUND AND CALLED IT
BALD MOUNTAIN POWER COMPANY.
[LAUGHS] ‐ OKAY, GOTCHA.
‐ NOT BECAUSE OF THIS. ‐ SO‐‐OH.
[LAUGHTER]
‐ YEAH, IT'S PERFECT,
THEN. ‐ YEAH.
‐ OKAY, SO FIRST THING
THAT WE ACTUALLY BUILT
WAS THE TOWER ITSELF.
SO WE ORDERED ALL
THIS 4X6 ROUGH CUT,
AND THEN THE
OTHERS, 2X6 ROUGH CUT.
AND I WANT TO MAKE IT
LOOK OLD, YOU KNOW?
I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE SHINY
WOOD OR SMOOTH WOOD,
SO I WANTED TO MAKE IT LOOK,
YOU KNOW, LIKE AN OLD WINDMILL.
WE CUT AND SPLICED
THEM ALL TOGETHER,
AND THEN WE PUT
THESE CROSS MEMBERS
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT.
SO THIS THING YOU COULD
HIT OVER WITH A TANK,
AND IT WOULDN'T MOVE, SO
THE TOWER WAS SORT OF‐‐
PROBABLY THE EASIEST PART.
THE HARDEST PART
WAS GETTING THE ANGLES
UP ON THE VERY, VERY TOP
TO HOLD THE CENTER POLE.
THIS POLE GOES RIGHT
THROUGH THE CENTER,
WHICH ACTUALLY
HOLDS THE WINDMILL.
THEN THE OTHER THING
I DID, IS I PUT THESE‐‐
THIS STEEL ON THE BOTTOM.
SO YOU CAN BASICALLY PUT IT
ON A CONCRETE PAD
AND BOLT IT DOWN
INSTEAD OF SINKING IT 6
FOOT INTO THE GROUND.
YOU CAN BASICALLY BOLT IT.
THIS SHOULDN'T GO ANYWHERE.
‐ YEAH, NO, I DON'T THINK
IT'S GONNA GO ANYWHERE.
OH, NO, IT LOOKS AMAZING. I
ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS THING.
I JUST GOTTA FIGURE OUT
HOW TO GET IT TO OREGON NOW.
‐ AIN'T GONNA BE ME. ‐ [LAUGHS]
‐ THANK YOU. ‐ YOU GOT IT, MAN.
‐ APPRECIATE IT. ‐
YOU GOT IT, YOU GOT IT.
‐ ALL RIGHT, YOU GUYS
ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
‐ THANK YOU.
‐ ONE OF THE
COOLEST THINGS I OWN.
IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE
BIGGEST THINGS I WON.
‐ I'M GLAD YOU GOT A NICE‐‐
‐ I MEAN, LOOK AT THAT.
‐ OKAY, YOU GOT A
GREAT WINDMILL, BUD.
‐ YOU JUST DON'T GET IT, DO YOU?
‐ I MEAN, IT'S A WINDMILL.
A SELLER TEMPTS ME
WITH AN ANCIENT WINE JUG.
THIS IS A GREEK STYLE WINE JUG.
IT CAME OUT RIGHT AROUND
THE SEVENTH CENTURY B. C.
‐ OH.
‐ A RESTORATION
GOES OFF THE GRID.
‐ CHECK OUT THESE
BLADES. IT'S JUNK.
IF IT SPINS WITH THESE,
IT WILL FALL APART.
WE DON'T WANT THAT, RIGHT?
‐ DON'T WANT THAT HAPPENING.
AND LATER, SOMEBODY
GETS A SPANKING.
‐ WHY WOULD YOU PUT
A .32 BLANK IN THERE?
‐ SO WHEN YOU PADDLE SOMEBODY,
THE GUNSHOT GOES OFF
AND SCARES THE HELL OUT OF
THE PERSON YOU'RE PADDLING.
I'M GONNA SHOOT OFF A
BLANK REAL QUICK, SO...
‐ MAKE SURE YOU
HIT THEM IN THE BUTT.
[GUNSHOT, ♪ ♪K LAUGHS]
♪ ♪
‐ I'M ON MY WAY TO RICK
DALE'S BECAUSE A WHILE AGO
A GUY CAME IN TO THE PAWN SHOP
AND SOLD ME ALL THE
PARTS TO A WINDMILL
THAT'S OVER 100 YEARS OLD.
I HAD RICK DALE
CHECK THIS THING OUT,
AND HE THINKS HE
CAN GET THIS THING
COMPLETELY RUNNING TO MAKE POWER
SO I COULD USE IT AT
MY HOUSE IN OREGON.
A COUPLE MONTHS A YEAR
I'M UP IN MY RANCH IN OREGON
THAT'S COMPLETELY OFF THE GRID,
AND I'M ALWAYS TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT NEW WAYS
TO MAKE POWER.
SO THIS IS THE POWERHOUSE.
THIS IS WHAT MAKES US
COMPLETELY OFF THE GRID.
‐ YOU DID ALL THIS? ‐ YEAH.
IT'S JUST BASIC ELECTRONICS.
THIS PIPE RIGHT HERE
GOES TO MY UPPER POND.
WATER GOES THROUGH
THERE, GAINS VELOCITY,
SPINS THIS PULLEY RIGHT HERE,
WHICH EXCITES MY
TWO ALTERNATORS.
THEN THE POWER GOES INTO MY
CHARGE CONTROLLER RIGHT THERE,
WHICH CHARGES THE BATTERIES.
‐ SO BASICALLY, YOU GOT A
MINIATURE HOOVER DAM, RIGHT?
‐ YEAH.
BUT THERE'S, APPARENTLY,
A FEW ISSUES WITH IT,
SO HE'S GIVING ME A CALL
BECAUSE THE THING IS
NOT BEING THE BREEZE
HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.
♪ ♪
‐ HEY, RICK, WHAT'S UP? ‐ HEY.
[LAUGHS] HOW'S IT GOING?
‐ HOW YOU DOING?
‐ OH, SO I SEE
YOU'RE WORKING ON IT.
‐ YEAH, UM...
CHECK OUT THESE BLADES.
NOW THAT I'VE GOT
ALL THE PAINT OFF
AND SORT OF GOT IT
IN MY HANDS, IT'S JUNK.
THEY'RE THERE FOR LOOKS.
IF IT SPINS WITH THESE,
IT WILL FALL APART.
♪ ♪
WE DON'T WANT THAT, RIGHT?
‐ DON'T WANT THAT HAPPENING.
‐ WHEN I SAW IT, IT WAS
BASICALLY ALL IN PIECES,
HAD A LOT OF PAINT ON IT,
AND IT WASN'T UNTIL I
ACTUALLY GOT IT HERE
AND GOT IT RIPPED
APART, SANDBLASTED,
AND STARTED TAKING A
REALLY SERIOUS LOOK AT IT,
TO FIND OUT THAT IT HAD
QUITE A FEW MORE PROBLEMS.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO REDO THESE.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE
TOTALLY HAVE TO REDO THESE.
I BOUGHT SOME WOOD TO TRY
TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER
AND FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH
I'M GONNA HAVE TO CHARGE YOU
TO MAKE ALL NEW BLADES.
THERE'S EIGHT OF
THESE BLADES. ‐ YES.
SO, ARE‐‐ SO IS THE
HARDWARE GONNA WORK?
‐ YEAH, I THINK WE CAN
MAKE THE HARDWARE WORK,
BUT IT'S ANOTHER ISSUE.
♪ ♪
THIS BIG PIPE HERE...
[GRUNTING] FOUND AN ISSUE WITH.
OKAY, SO LET'S LIFT THIS UP.
‐ ALL RIGHT. ‐ LIKE... THAT.
OKAY.
♪ ♪
BASICALLY, THE BLADES
COME STRAIGHT OUT HERE,
SO THIS PIECE IS SITTING
INSIDE THERE, KAY?
‐ OKAY. ‐ NOW, THE
PROBLEM I'VE GOT IS
THIS IS NO LONGER ROUND.
[BOTH LAUGHING]
IT DON'T SPIN, YOU'RE
NOT MAKING NO POWER.
KAY?
OKAY, SO ORIGINALLY I TOLD YOU
IT WAS GONNA BE
BETWEEN 8 AND 10,000
TO DO THIS WHOLE THING‐‐
CONSTRUCT A TOWER, DO ALL THAT‐‐
AND SEEING ALL THE
MACHINING I GOTTA DO,
I'M LOOKING AT PROBABLY 20 NOW.
[DRAMATIC STING]
‐ [SIGHS] ‐ I MEAN,
IT'S A GUESS,
AND IT'S A‐‐IT'S MY HIGH
GUESS, BUT EACH TIME I TOUCH IT,
IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S GOING UP.
SO I JUST DON'T
WANNA SURPRISE YOU.
‐ [SIGHS] UM, I GUESS THAT'S
THE PRICE FOR PRETTY POWER.
[BOTH LAUGHING] ‐ KAY.
‐ I'M GONNA LOSE MONEY, BUT
IT'S GONNA LOOK REALLY NICE.
[LAUGHS]
ALL RIGHT, SEE YOU
SOON. ‐ OKAY, BUDDY.
THANKS VERY MUCH.
♪ ♪
[GRUNTS]
♪ ♪
‐ HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
‐ GOOD. HOW 'BOUT YOURSELF?
‐ ALL RIGHT, WHAT
DO WE GOT HERE?
‐ I'VE GOT AN OLD POCKET WATCH.
‐ OH, WELL, HERE YOU GO.
AH, OKAY.
THIS IS PROBABLY AROUND AN 1860.
BY, LIKE, THE 1890S,
THE BEST WATCHES IN THE
WORLD WERE AMERICAN WATCHES.
‐ INTERESTING.
‐ IT WAS BECAUSE,
LIKE, IN ENGLAND, I THINK,
IT TOOK 17 DIFFERENT
UNIONS TO MAKE A WATCH.
[LAUGHS] [TICKING]
‐ I'M HERE AT THE
PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY ANTIQUE POCKET WATCH.
I BOUGHT A STORAGE
UNIT LAST YEAR.
HAD SOME ANTIQUE
FURNITURE IN THERE
AND TUCKED AWAY IN A
DRAWER WAS THIS WATCH.
♪ ♪
I'M HOPING TO SELL THE
POCKET WATCH FOR $300.
♪ ♪
‐ THIS IS COOL.
SO THIS IS AMERICAN
WALTHAM WATCH COMPANY.
POCKET WATCHES GOT A REALLY
NEAT HISTORY IN THIS COUNTRY.
POCKET WATCHES BASICALLY
STARTED IN EUROPE,
BUT THEY WERE JUST
NOTORIOUSLY INACCURATE.
BY, LIKE, THE 1600S, THEY
HAD PRETTY ACCURATE CLOCKS
THAT HAD A PENDULUM
TO REGULATE THEM,
BUT WATCHES, ON THE OTHER HAND,
THEY COULDN'T HAVE A PENDULUM,
SO THEY TRIED TO MAKE ALL
THESE DIFFERENT MECHANISMS
THAT WOULD MAKE
THEM RUN ON TIME,
BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE
TECHNOLOGY, AND BASICALLY,
AROUND THE 1850S, MACHINE
TOOLS FOR MAKING WATCHES
BEGAN TO GET REALLY INEXPENSIVE
WITH THE WHOLE INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION THING.
SO HERE IN THE STATES, UH,
LITTLE WATCH COMPANIES
STARTED POPPING UP EVERYWHERE.
AND PLAIN AND SIMPLE, WE HAD
THE BEST WATCHES IN THE WORLD.
OUR WATCHES WERE SO MUCH
BETTER THAN, LIKE, EUROPEAN WATCHES,
CONGRESS PASSED A LAW
SAYING YOU HAD TO PUT
THE ORIGIN OF THE WATCH
ON THE FRONT OF THE WATCH
BECAUSE ALL THE
EUROPEAN WATCHMAKERS
WERE MAKING WATCHES WITH
AMERICAN‐SOUNDING NAMES.
BUT, UH, THIS RIGHT
HERE IS PRETTY COOL.
GOT THE KEY FOR IT.
[INTRIGUING MUSIC]
NOT EXACTLY THE EASY
WAY TO SET THESE THINGS
AND WIND THESE THINGS
LIKE A NORMAL WATCH.
UM...
SO LEMME JUST OPEN THIS UP
AND LOOK AT THE MOVEMENT,
♪ ♪
IS IT A LEFT‐HAND WIND?
MOST OF THESE WERE.
‐ I DON'T KNOW.
♪ ♪
‐ AND THEN...
♪ ♪
YUP. IT RUNS.
‐ EXCELLENT.
‐ SO HOW MUCH YOU WANT FOR IT?
‐ I'M ASKING 300.
[TENSE MUSIC]
‐ I'LL GIVE YOU
200 BUCKS FOR IT.
THEY'RE MUCH HARDER
TO SELL NOWADAYS.
THERE'S JUST NOT THAT
MANY COLLECTORS OUT THERE.
BUT, 20 YEARS AGO,
I'D OFFER YOU MORE.
‐ WOULD YOU DO 225?
♪ ♪
‐ SURE.
GREAT.
I'LL MEET YOU RIGHT
AROUND THE CORNER,
AND WE'LL DO SOME
PAPERWORK, OKAY?
‐ SOUNDS GOOD.
I SOLD IT FOR $225.
I FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT.
WITH THAT 225, I'M GONNA
PUT IT BACK IN PETTY CASH
AND BUY ANOTHER STORAGE LOCKER.
[COUNTRY ROCK MUSIC]
♪ ♪
‐ CAN I HELP YOU? ‐ YEAH.
I HAVE A SIGNED
PICTURE OF CY YOUNG.
‐ OH.
[BASEBALL ORGAN MUSIC]
UM, THIS LOOKS LIKE A
PRETTY OLD PICTURE OF HIM.
LOOKS LIKE "CY OLD"
TO ME. ‐ [CHUCKLES]
[ROCK MUSIC]
I HAVE A SIGNED
PHOTO OF CY YOUNG
THAT I'M LOOKING TO SELL TODAY.
I FOUND MY CY YOUNG
PHOTO AT AN ESTATE SALE,
RUMMAGING THROUGH SOME
BOXES OF SPORTS MEMORABILIA.
THE CONDITION OF THE PHOTO
LOOKS PRETTY GOOD FOR ITS AGE.
I'M LOOKING TO GET
$3,000 FOR THE PHOTO.
♪ ♪
‐ THIS IS A GOOD FIND.
CY YOUNG IS PROBABLY ONE OF
THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE NAMES
FROM BASEBALL.
I MEAN, THE CY YOUNG
AWARD WAS NAMED AFTER HIM.
IT'S GIVEN TO THE BEST
PITCHER EVERY YEAR.
CY YOUNG WASN'T
HIS NAME, ACTUALLY.
HE CAME INTO BASEBALL AND THEY
GAVE HIM THE NICKNAME "CYCLONE"
BECAUSE HE THREW
THE BALL SO FAST,
THAT THEY SAID HE WAS
THROWING A CYCLONE.
AND THEN THEY
SHORTENED IT UP TO CY.
CY YOUNG ENDED HIS
CAREER WITH 511 WINS,
AND HE ACTUALLY HOLDS THE RECORD
FOR MOST WINS BY A PITCHER.
IT'S SO FAR AHEAD OF THE PACK,
I DON'T THINK ANYONE
WILL EVER CATCH UP TO HIM.
I MEAN, HE PITCHED
FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
THIS IS JUST A PICTURE,
RIGHT? IT'S NOT A CARD?
‐ YEAH, IT LOOKS
LIKE IT'S A PICTURE.
IT MIGHT'VE BEEN
CUT OUT AT THE SEAM
OF A PAPERBACK
BOOK, IT LOOKS LIKE.
‐ OKAY.
OH, I SEE SOME
CREASING IN IT. YEAH.
IT'S PRETTY COOL, THOUGH.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW
HOW MUCH AN AUTOGRAPHED
PICTURE IS COLLECTIBLE
COMPARED TO SAY, LIKE A
CARD OR A BASEBALL BAT,
BUT IT'S GOOD THAT YOU
GOT IT AUTHENTICATED
BECAUSE IT LETS ME KNOW
THE SIGNATURE'S REAL.
IN GENERAL, ANYTHING CY YOUNG
IS PROBABLY HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE
AND NOT HARD TO SELL.
‐ GREAT. THAT'S GREAT NEWS.
‐ WHAT ARE YOU
LOOKING TO DO WITH THIS?
‐ LOOKING TO SELL
IT, AND SEE IF‐‐
GET AS MUCH AS I CAN FOR IT. ‐
HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT FOR IT?
‐ I'M LOOKING TO
GET $3,000 FOR IT.
‐ MM‐KAY, WELL,
THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
SO FOR THAT KIND OF MONEY,
I'M GONNA NEED SOMEONE TO
COME IN AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
UM, THIS IS AN OLDER CY YOUNG.
IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE
AFTER HE WAS RETIRED.
HE'S WEARING A
CLEVELAND INDIANS JERSEY,
WHICH, I BELIEVE THEY
WERE THE CLEVELAND SPIDERS
WHEN HE ACTUALLY
PLAYED FOR THEM.
SO, I THINK WHEN PEOPLE
COLLECT CY YOUNG STUFF,
THEY WOULD PREFER TO
HAVE YOUNG CY YOUNG
IN A JERSEY THAT HE ACTUALLY
PLAYED FOR THE TEAM, SO...
‐ [LAUGHS]
‐ I JUST NEED SOMEONE TO
COME DOWN AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT
AND GIVE ME THEIR
THOUGHTS ON IT.
‐ SURE. ‐ ALL RIGHT.
GIMME A COUPLE MINUTES.
I'M GONNA GET SOMEONE
DOWN HERE. ‐ SURE.
I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT
AN EXPERT WILL LOOK AT IT
AND REVEAL THAT IS WORTH
THE VALUE THAT I SAY IT IS
OR VERY CLOSE TO IT.
♪ ♪
‐ HEY, WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
‐ WE GOT A 38‐STAR
U. S. NAVY JACK.
‐ OKAY.
THE U. S. NAVY JACK.
SOME PEOPLE CALL
IT A "JACK FLAG."
BUT MOST PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW
THAT THE WORDS JACK AND
FLAG ARE INTERCHANGEABLE,
SO YOU CAN'T CALL
IT A "JACK FLAG"
BECAUSE THAT'S SORT OF
LIKE SAYING "FLAG FLAG."
[BOTH LAUGH]
[PATRIOTIC MUSIC]
‐ I'M HERE AT THE
PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY 1889 U. S. NAVY JACK.
THERE'S 38 STARS ON THE FLAG,
AND IT WAS USED ON THE WARSHIPS
WHEN THEY WERE IN PORT.
THIS FLAG IS IN PRETTY
GOOD CONDITION.
I HAVEN'T SEEN A
LOT OF THESE FLAGS.
I'VE SEEN SOME ONLINE
THAT SELL FOR QUITE A BIT.
I WANNA SELL THE FLAG FOR 3,500.
♪ ♪
‐ PRETTY COOL.
THE U. S. NAVY, UH, ON
THE FRONT OF THE SHIP,
THERE'S ACTUALLY
A POLE THAT GOES UP
THAT'S CALLED A JACK STAFF,
AND THEY FLY THIS
FLAG ON THE FRONT OF IT.
AND BACK 100S OF YEARS AGO,
BEFORE RADIOS AND
EVERYTHING LIKE THAT,
WHEN YOU WENT INTO A HARBOR
YOU WOULD FLY
ONE OF THESE THINGS
SO THEY WOULD KNOW WHICH
COUNTRY'S SHIP WAS COMING IN.
♪ ♪
THE VERY FIRST UNION JACK,
IT WAS JUST 13 RED
AND WHITE STRIPES.
THEN WE ADDED THE SNAKE,
AND THEN WE STARTED
MAKING THEM BLUE
WITH STARS REPRESENTING
ALL THE STATES.
SO THEY WERE CONSTANTLY
CHANGING IN THE 1800S
WHEN WE WERE ADDING STATES.
WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?
‐ UM, ACTUALLY A YARD
SALE IN SAN ANTONIO.
‐ OKAY.
AND THIS ONE IS IN
INCREDIBLE SHAPE.
IT LOOKS LIKE SOME
MOTHS GOT TO IT.
‐ MINOR MOTHING, YEAH. ‐ YEAH.
AND IT'S BEEN REPAIRED.
WE GOT SOME PRINTING HERE.
"UNION NUMBER TWO."
♪ ♪
"JANUARY 1889."
♪ ♪
I'M GUESSING THE "UNION"
MEANS "UNION JACK."
THE "NUMBER TWO,"
I HAVE NO IDEA.
AND...
MAYBE THE MANUFACTURER DATE?
SO YOU KNOW HOW BIG THIS IS?
‐ I THINK IT'S 4X8 FOOT.
‐ OH, IT'S WAY BIGGER THAN THAT.
[INTRIGUING MUSIC]
OKAY, HERE.
THESE SHOWCASES ARE
EXACTLY 5 FEET LONG.
UM, I KNOW THAT 'CAUSE
I'VE GOTTEN GLASS FOR THEM
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES,
AND I'VE MEASURED
THEM EVERY TIME.
SO WE GOT ONE, TWO SHOWCASES,
AND RIGHT AROUND A FOOT.
SO THAT'S 11 FEET LONG.
♪ ♪
I MEAN, IT'S SUPER COOL.
UM, SO HOW MUCH
YOU LOOKING TO GET?
‐ 3,500. ‐ OKAY.
[SIGHS]
SOUNDS A LITTLE HIGH,
BUT I'M JUST NOT AN EXPERT
ON UNION JACKS.
SO BEFORE WE CAN
FIGURE OUT A PRICE,
I WANT SOMEONE TO LOOK AT IT.
UM, I KNOW THE
HISTORY OF THIS FLAG,
I KNOW A LOT ABOUT IT,
BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW
HOW TO DATE THESE THINGS,
IF THEY'RE REPRODUCED, UM...
I KNOW JUST ENOUGH TO
LOSE A LOT OF MONEY ON THEM.
[LAUGHS] OKAY? ‐ IT'S
A RARE COLLECTIBLE.
IT IS. ‐ OKAY.
SO, UM, I HAVE A FRIEND
THAT WAS AROUND
WHEN THIS WOULD MADE... [LAUGHS]
‐ [LAUGHS]
‐ NO, I HAVE A BUDDY WHO WILL
KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS.
UH, SO IF YOU CAN HANG
OUT FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT,
I'LL HAVE A GUY COME DOWN.
I'LL HAVE HIM CHECK IT OUT.
‐ THAT'D BE GREAT. ‐ OKAY.
BE RIGHT BACK.
[COUNTRY ROCK MUSIC]
I'M SO GLAD I'M HERE
AND NOT COREY AND CHUM
BECAUSE THEY DON'T
KNOW JACK ABOUT JACKS.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
‐ EARLIER, I HAD A
CUSTOMER COME IN
WITH A SUPER COOL 1889
38‐STAR U. S. NAVY JACK.
NOW, THIS THING IS
IN GREAT CONDITION,
AND THESE THINGS ARE
DEFINITELY COLLECTIBLE,
BUT I'M JUST NOT
SURE IF IT'S REAL.
SO I CALLED MY GO‐TO HISTORY
BUFF, MARK HALL‐PATTON,
TO CHECK THIS THING OUT
AND TO FLAG ANY PROBLEMS
BEFORE I BUY THIS THING.
♪ ♪
SO THIS IS A UNION JACK.
‐ THIS IS VERY NICE. ALL RIGHT.
THE NAVAL JACK IS ONE
OF THE EARLIEST FLAGS
THAT THE UNITED STATES HAD.
IT WAS THE FIRST ONE
THAT THE NAVY HAD.
IN 1777,
WE DEFINED A JACK, A FLAG,
THAT WAS ALTERNATING
RED AND WHITE STRIPES
OF THE 13 COLONIES.
♪ ♪
‐ I HAVE, LIKE, A
MILLION QUESTIONS.
LIKE, IS IT REAL? WHAT'S
THE "NUMBER TWO" FOR?
‐ OKAY, WELL, LET
ME TAKE A LOOK HERE.
"UNION NUMBER TWO."
"NUMBER TWO" REFERS
TO THE SIZE OF THE FLAG.
A NUMBER TWO
SHOULD BE 7X11‐FEET.
‐ IT'S DEFINITELY 11
FEET LONG. ‐ OKAY.
SO THE SIZE IS CORRECT.
THE DIFFERENT SIZES
WERE BASED ON THE SIZE OF
SHIP THAT THEY WERE PUT ON.
♪ ♪
IF IT'S 1889 IN JANUARY,
IT SHOULD BE 38 STARS.
THIS ONE LOOKS TO BE IN
RELATIVELY GOOD SHAPE.
DO YOU MIND IF WE
UNFOLD IT A LITTLE BIT MORE?
‐ NO. ‐ OKAY.
‐ 'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN
YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING
FROM 1889...
♪ ♪
EH, YOU'VE GOT
SOME MOTHING ON IT.
THAT'S TO BE EXPECTED.
YOU KNOW, BUT THE CONDITION
IS ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW,
NOT BAD AT ALL.
AND PROBABLY THE REASON FOR THAT
IS IT'S NOT USED
WHEN YOU'RE SAILING.
IT'S ONLY USED IN PORT.
‐ OKAY, SO, UM.
SO YOU'RE PRETTY
SURE THIS IS 1889.
IT'S THE REAL
DEAL? ‐ I THINK SO.
‐ UM, WE SHOULD PROBABLY,
JUST TO BE SURE, COUNT THE STARS.
‐ ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.
♪ ♪
FIVE? FIVE ROWS?
‐ YUP. AND...
WE'VE GOT EIGHT.
ALL RIGHT.
‐ THIS ROW IS EIGHT.
SO WE ADD THEM
ALL UP, WE GOT 38.
‐ RIGHT, SO WE'VE GOT THE
CORRECT NUMBER OF STARS.
‐ SO HERE WE GO.
‐ FOLD THIS BACK DOWN,
AND IT'S‐‐YOU KNOW,
WITH A PIECE OF THIS SIZE,
DOESN'T OFTEN SURVIVE.
‐ ALL RIGHT, SO
YOU THINK IT'S LEGIT.
‐ YES, I THINK‐‐ I
THINK THIS IS CORRECT.
‐ AND COLLECTIBLE? ‐ YEAH.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE
GONNA HAVE FLAG PEOPLE
THAT ARE GOING TO
BE INTERESTED IN IT.
‐ OKAY. WELL, THANKS, MAN.
I APPRECIATE IT.
‐ NOT A PROBLEM.
‐ VERY NICE. THANK YOU.
‐ THANK YOU.
‐ ALL RIGHT, SO...
HOW MUCH DID YOU WANT FOR THIS?
‐ 3,500.
[TENSE MUSIC]
‐ OKAY, UM, SOUNDS LIKE
A LOT OF MONEY TO ME.
♪ ♪
UM,
IT'S ONE OF THOSE
RARE SITUATIONS
WHERE SMALLER IS BETTER.
‐ MM‐HMM.
‐ IT'S A BIG UNION JACK.
THERE'S NO WAY YOU
CAN HANG THIS ON A WALL.
UM, UNLESS YOU HAD A REALLY,
REALLY BIG HOUSE OR OFFICE.
UM, I'LL GIVE YOU,
LIKE, 500 BUCKS FOR IT.
♪ ♪
IT'S GONNA BE DIFFICULT TO SELL,
AND THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY
THAT ARE ACTUALLY GONNA
WANT THIS THING IS VERY FEW.
♪ ♪
‐ I'LL PASS, THEN.
‐ OKAY. YOU SURE? ‐ YEAH.
‐ ALL RIGHT. WELL,
HAVE A NICE DAY.
‐ THANK YOU.
NO DEAL WAS MADE TODAY.
I THINK I'M GONNA LIST IT ONLINE
AND WAIT FOR A
COLLECTOR TO PURCHASE IT.
♪ ♪
‐ I HAVE A CUSTOMER
THAT HAS A SIGNED PHOTO
OF CY YOUNG THAT HE'S
ALREADY HAD AUTHENTICATED,
WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE CY
YOUNG IS BASEBALL LEGEND,
AND ANYTHING OF
HIS IS COLLECTIBLE.
BUT THE SELLER
WANTS THREE GRAND,
AND THE PHOTO LOOKS LIKE
IT WAS TORN OUT OF
A BOOK OR SOMETHING.
I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE
WHAT I'M WORKING WITH HERE,
SO MY SPORTS EXPERT
DAN IS COMING IN
TO TELL ME WHAT'S WHAT.
♪ ♪
SO I HAVE A CY YOUNG
AUTOGRAPH RIGHT HERE,
AND IT'S AUTHENTICATED,
WHICH IS GREAT.
BUT I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW,
THE VALUE OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
I MEAN, IT'S CY YOUNG. ‐ SURE.
‐ I IMAGINE EVERYTHING'S
COLLECTIBLE.
‐ NO, ABSOLUTELY.
NO, HE'S A LEGEND.
♪ ♪
TO THIS DAY, HE STILL HOLDS
THE MOST GAMES
PLAYED, STARTED, INNINGS.
HE'S PITCHED OVER 7,500 INNINGS.
HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE
BASEBALL HALL OF FAME IN 1937.
ONE OF THE FIRST BASEBALL
HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES.
SO HE REALLY SET A LOT OF
RECORDS AND THINGS THAT,
YOU KNOW, PITCHERS
CAN'T TOUCH THESE DAYS.
SO CAN I TAKE A
LOOK AT IT? ‐ PLEASE.
‐ I MEAN, THE AUTOGRAPH
LOOKS REALLY CLEAN
COMPARED TO AUTOGRAPHS
THAT ARE OUT THERE.
YOU CAN PERFECTLY
SEE THE SIGNATURE.
IT IS A REAL OLD PHOTO OF HIM,
SO THIS IMAGE WAS
PROBABLY IN THE NEWSPAPER
'CAUSE IT SEEMS TO BE MATTED,
YOU KNOW, ON TOP OF THIS BOARD.
♪ ♪
SO AS FAR AS THE
PICTURE'S CONCERNED,
THE INDIANS UNIFORM‐‐
HE PLAYED FOR THE
CLEVELAND SPIDERS,
HE PLAYED FOR THE
CLEVELAND NAPS,
SO IT'S‐‐IT'S PROBABLY, UH,
GOING BACK TO CLEVELAND
FOR AN OLD‐TIMERS' GAME.
♪ ♪
THE ONLY THING IS THAT,
ITEMS ARE MORE
DESIRABLE WHEN THEY HAVE,
LIKE, A MORE PRESENT
OR PLAYING DAY PHOTO.
AND AS FAR AS THE SIGNATURE,
IT'S DEFINITELY A SIGNATURE
HE SIGNED AFTER HIS CAREER.
THE VALUE'S A LOT HIGHER WHEN
IT'S SIGNED DURING HIS CAREER.
‐ MM‐HMM.
‐ WHAT KIND OF VALUE
DO YOU THINK IT HAS?
‐ YOU KNOW, JUST A PIECE
OF PAPER SIGNED BY HIM,
NOT A PHOTO,
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE PROBABLY
LOOKING AT ABOUT 1,000 BUCKS,
JUST FOR A PIECE OF PAPER.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
FOR THIS, THERE AREN'T TONS
OF PHOTOS OUT THERE OF HIM,
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'D
GIVE A RETAIL VALUE OF $2,500.
‐ OKAY. THANKS FOR
COMING OUT. ‐ YOU GOT IT.
‐ I APPRECIATE IT. ‐ ABSOLUTELY.
‐ THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. ‐ YOU GOT IT.
‐ NOT QUITE WHAT
YOU WERE ASKING FOR.
‐ NOT QUITE WHAT I'M LOOKING
FOR, BUT PRETTY CLOSE.
‐ I'M GONNA HAVE
TO OFFER YOU LESS
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN
SELLING IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
I'LL BE LOOKING TO GET
THAT 2,500 MARK OUT OF IT.
UM, WOULD YOU TAKE 1,500 FOR IT?
[TENSE MUSIC]
THAT'S CASH MONEY, RIGHT NOW.
♪ ♪
‐ 2,000?
♪ ♪
‐ HOW 'BOUT 1,600?
♪ ♪
‐ 1,800.
♪ ♪
‐ UM... YOU KNOW
WHAT? IT'S CY YOUNG.
I DON'T THINK IT'LL
TAKE TOO LONG TO SELL.
I COULD DO 18.
‐ THANK YOU. ‐
LET'S GO WRITE IT UP.
‐ I THINK I'M GONNA
TAKE THE $1,800
AND PERHAPS MAYBE COME ACROSS
SOME MORE VINTAGE
BASEBALL TREASURE.
[COUNTRY ROCK MUSIC]
♪ ♪
‐ HELLO. ‐ HI.
‐ WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
‐ IT AS AN ANTIQUE WINE JUG.
GREEK, I THINK.
‐ OKAY.
WELL, I GUESS IT'S A LITTLE
EARLY TO BE DRINKING, ISN'T IT?
[BOTH LAUGHING]
‐ I'M HERE AT THE
PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY ANTIQUE WINE JUG.
MY HUSBAND AND I PURCHASED
THIS AT A LOCAL SWAP MEET.
THE CONDITION IS EXCELLENT.
THERE'S NO CRACKS,
NO CHIPS, NO CRAZING.
I'VE HAD IT ON DISPLAY
EVER SINCE WE PURCHASED IT,
AND I JUST NEED MORE ROOM.
I HOPE TO GET
$350 FOR THE PIECE.
‐ WELL, IT IS REALLY PRETTY.
THIS IS A GREEK STYLE WINE JUG.
JUST LIKE TODAY, WHEN
YOU HAVE A FANCY DINNER,
YOU PUT EVERYTHING
IN FANCY DISHES.
‐ OKAY. ‐ THAT'S
WHAT THIS WAS FOR.
UM, CAME OUT RIGHT AROUND
THE SEVENTH CENTURY B. C.
‐ MM‐HMM. ‐ AND THAT'S WHEN WINE
REALLY STARTED SPREADING
ALL THROUGHOUT
THE MEDITERRANEAN.
[TRADITIONAL MUSIC]
IT CREATED TRADE,
AND THE OTHER GREAT
THING ABOUT WINE
WAS YOU KNOW, WHEN
YOU LIVED IN A CITY,
SANITATION WASN'T GREAT,
THE WATER SUPPLY WOULD GET BAD.
THE WHOLE CITY
WOULD DIE OUT. ‐ HMM.
‐ BUT ONCE PEOPLE STARTED
DRINKING WINE ALL THE TIME,
THEY DIDN'T GET SICK BECAUSE
THE ALCOHOL IN THE WINE
GETS RID OF ALL
THE BACTERIA. ‐ OKAY.
‐ AND THAT'S WHY WE
HAVE BIG CITIES TODAY,
IS BECAUSE ALCOHOL
MADE THE WORLD GREAT.
[BOTH LAUGHING]
IT WAS ALWAYS,
LIKE, THIS GEOMETRIC,
YOU KNOW, PATTERN
LIKE THIS. ‐ RIGHT.
‐ YOU KNOW, MOST
POPULAR ONE WAS HORSES.
THERE'S SOME REAL
PORNOGRAPHIC ONES.
[BOTH LAUGHING]
AND, UH‐‐ ‐ WE WON'T GO THERE.
[LAUGHS]
‐ DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT?
‐ WELL, I KNOW THERE'S A
SIGNATURE ON THE BOTTOM.
‐ OKAY. ‐ NOT MUCH‐‐
NOT MUCH ELSE OTH‐‐
OTHER THAN THAT.
‐ SEVENTH CENTURY B. C.
AND LOOKS LIKE
SOMEONE'S SIGNATURE
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON IT.
‐ RIGHT.
♪ ♪
‐ [SIGHS]
♪ ♪
SO HOW MUCH YOU WANT FOR IT?
‐ I WAS THINKING 350.
‐ OKAY.
I HATE TO TELL YOU THIS,
BUT THIS IS
COMPLETELY WORTHLESS.
[TENSE MUSIC] ‐ OH!
WORTHLESS? ‐ UM...
‐ IT'S SO PRETTY.
‐ MAYBE IT'S WORTH
A COUPLE BUCKS,
BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S
A MODERN REPRODUCTION.
‐ OH, NO. ‐ YEAH, UM...
♪ ♪
DO YOU SEE THIS
RIGHT HERE? ‐ YES.
‐ IT SAYS, "HANDMADE, GREECE."
‐ OKAY.
‐ AND ON THE OTHER SIDE
IT SAYS, "MUSEUM COPY."
[LAUGHS]
‐ OH, MY GOODNESS.
‐ SO, I COMPLETELY, UM‐‐
‐ I DIDN'T EVEN SEE THAT
LETTERING ON THERE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS
IN TOO GOOD SHAPE,
BUT I HAD HOPES.
‐ I'M SURE IT WILL LOOK GREAT
ON A SHELF SOMEWHERE...
‐ YEAH. ‐ JUST NOT ONE OF MINE.
THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR COMING IN.
‐ THANK YOU. ‐ ALL RIGHT.
‐ THANK YOU FOR
TALKING WITH ME ABOUT IT.
‐ OKAY. ‐ THERE WE GO.
‐ AND IT WASN'T
EVEN FULL OF WINE.
♪ ♪
WHETHER YOU'VE
SIPPED A FINE CABERNET
DURING YOUR BOUGIE
TRIP TO NAPA VALLEY
OR JUST KEPT IT SIMPLE WITH A
GOOD OLE POST‐WORK BOTTLE
OF TWO‐BUCK CHUCK,
MOST OF US HAVE A
RELATIONSHIP WITH WINE.
BUT THE PROCESS OF
MAKING A VINO TRULY SPECIAL
IS MORE THAN JUST
FERMENTING GRAPES.
IT REALLY IS A SCIENCE.
SO WHAT'S BEHIND IT ALL?
WELL, FOR ONE, OXYGEN.
IT'S AS CRUCIAL TO
WINE PRODUCTION
AS IT IS TO HUMAN LIFE.
WHEN O2 MIXES WITH ALCOHOL,
IT PRODUCES VINEGAR,
WHICH MEANS YOU NEED
JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT.
A LITTLE BIT CAN BRING OUT
SOME REALLY GREAT FLAVORS,
BUT TOO MUCH AND YOU GOT
YOURSELF SALAD DRESSING.
[BUZZER]
THEN THERE'S AGING.
ONCE A WINE IS FERMENTED
AND BOTTLED, IT'S STORED,
AND YOU DON'T WANT TO
DRINK IT UNTIL IT FULLY MATURES.
SOME WINES NEED
MORE TIME THAN OTHERS
TO HIT THAT PERFECT SWEET SPOT.
HENCE THE PHRASE,
"AGES LIKE A FINE WINE."
[SWANKY MUSIC]
AS IT AGES, IT CHANGES COLOR.
ITS AROMA MORPHS.
IT BECOMES SMOOTHER
TO THE TASTE.
SO WITH ALL YOUR
SCIENTIFIC ELEMENTS IN PLACE,
WE ARRIVE AT THE BEST
PART OF THE EXPERIENCE:
THE DRINKING.
[GLASSES CLINK]
ME, I JUST LIKE A GOOD GLASS
OF CAB EVERY NOW AND THEN.
[ROCK MUSIC]
YEAH, THESE ELEMENTS ROCK.
[LAUGHS]
♪ ♪
‐ HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
‐ I'M HERE TO SELL MY 1930S
HARLEY‐DAVIDSON RAINSUIT.
‐ OH, THIS IS PRETTY COOL.
LEMME GET MY PARTNER OVER HERE.
HEY, BIG HOSS!
‐ WHAT'S UP? ‐ COME HERE.
I THINK THIS SUITS YOU
BETTER. ‐ WHAT DO WE GOT?
‐ GOT A RAINSUIT FROM THE 1930S.
HARLEY‐DAVIDSON. ‐ OH, OKAY.
‐ HAVE YOU EVER WORN
SOMETHING LIKE THIS
WHILE YOU WERE RIDING?
‐ UM, NO, BUT I'VE BEEN
COLD ENOUGH TO WISH I WAS.
[LAUGHS]
♪ ♪
‐ I HAVE A 1930S
HARLEY‐DAVIDSON RAINSUIT
I'M LOOKING TO SELL TODAY.
THE SUIT'S A LITTLE
SOILED AND WORN,
BUT OVERALL, IT'S
IN GOOD CONDITION.
I'M A BIG HARLEY‐DAVIDSON
FAN AND COLLECTOR,
AND I'M JUST LOOKING
TO ROTATE THE STOCK
AND GET SOMETHING NEW.
VINTAGE HARLEY‐DAVIDSON
STUFF'S COMING BACK,
AND I BELIEVE IT'S WORTH $800.
♪ ♪
‐ THIS IS PRETTY COOL.
WHERE IN THE WORLD
DID YOU GET THIS?
‐ I DID SOME WORK
FOR A GUY ON HIS BIKE
AND THIS IS PART OF HIS PAYMENT.
‐ EVERYBODY KNOWS
HARLEY‐DAVIDSON.
I MEAN, I'VE GOT IT
TATTOOED ON MY ARM.
IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE
ICONIC AMERICAN BRANDS.
YEAH, HARLEY‐DAVIDSON
STARTED MAKING MOTORCYCLES
BACK IN 1903, AND, YOU KNOW,
IT WAS ABOUT 10 YEARS
LATER THEY REALIZED,
"MAN, WE REALLY NEED
TO GET IN THE MARKET
"OF SELLING STUFF
FOR PEOPLE TO RIDE
WHEN THEY'RE ON THESE BIKES."
SO, LIKE, 1912, THEY
STARTED WITH THE JERSEYS,
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, HELMETS
AND JUST SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SOMETHING LIKE THIS, I MEAN,
IT WAS MORE OF A
PRACTICAL THING.
IF YOU WENT TO WORK EVERY
DAY ON YOUR MOTORCYCLE,
THAT WAS YOUR ONLY
FORM OF TRANSPORTATION,
YOU COULDN'T JUST CALL
OUT SICK EVERY TIME IT RAINED.
‐ SO WOULD THIS THING
ACTUALLY KEEP YOU DRY?
‐ PROBABLY NOT ANYMORE.
THEY HAD THIS COATING OR
SOMETHING PUT ON THEM THAT‐‐
I THINK THEY WERE ONLY
GUARANTEED FOR, LIKE, A YEAR.
‐ IT LOOKS LIKE IN
REALLY GOOD CONDITION.
HAS THIS THING EVER
EVEN BEEN USED?
‐ I BELIEVE SO. IF
YOU LOOK INSIDE,
YOU CAN SEE A
LITTLE BIT OF SOILING.
[INTRIGUING MUSIC]
‐ OKAY. ‐ YOU
GOTTA REALIZE, MAN,
THAT WHEN THEY
MADE THESE THINGS,
YOU HAD TO BE ABLE
TO JUMP OFF YOUR BIKE
ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND
THROW THIS ON REALLY QUICK.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S GOT, LIKE,
THE LONG ZIPPER AND, YOU KNOW,
THE ACCESSORY BELT, AND
THEN YOU COULD ACTUALLY
CINCH THOSE UP, AND THEY'D
GO AROUND YOUR BOOTS
SO AIR WOULDN'T FLOW OR RAIN
WOULDN'T FLOW UP YOUR LEGS.
♪ ♪
‐ THERE'S SOME
PAPERWORK OVER HERE.
LOOKS LIKE A FLIER.
♪ ♪
OH, THERE'S THE
SUIT RIGHT THERE.
$9.50.
‐ THAT WAS EXPENSIVE BACK THEN.
‐ SEEMS LIKE A GOOD
DEAL IN TODAY'S MARKET.
[LAUGHTER]
‐ I DEFINITELY KNOW
THERE IS A MARKET FOR IT.
WHAT ARE YOU
LOOKING TO DO WITH IT?
‐ I'D LIKE TO SELL IT, POSSIBLY.
‐ OKAY. ANY IDEA ON WHAT
YOU'RE LOOKING TO GET?
‐ I'D LIKE TO GET AROUND $800.
‐ OKAY. UM...
UNFORTUNATELY, MAN, I
COULDN'T GO ANYWHERE NEAR THAT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT
MAYBE 100 BUCKS HERE.
♪ ♪
I DO HAVE A LITTLE
BIT OF AN ISSUE.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT
SAYS "HARLEY‐DAVIDSON" ON IT.
YOU KNOW, IF IT SAID
"HARLEY‐DAVIDSON"
ON THE BACK OF IT,
I'D PROBABLY BE A
LITTLE BIT MORE INTO IT,
BUT WITH THIS SMALL
LITTLE TAG RIGHT HERE,
I MEAN, MOST PEOPLE AREN'T
GONNA KNOW WHAT IT IS.
‐ I UNDERSTAND.
YEAH, FOR THAT PRICE, I
THINK I'LL JUST HOLD ONTO IT.
‐ OKAY. WELL, I APPRECIATE
YOU COMING DOWN, MAN.
‐ ALL RIGHT, THANK
YOU. ‐ THANKS.
‐ APPRECIATE IT.
♪ ♪
FOR THE $100 THEY OFFERED,
I'D RATHER JUST KEEP IT.
IT'S A GOOD CONVERSATION PIECE,
AND I'LL KEEP IT
IN THE COLLECTION.
♪ ♪
‐ HEY, HOW'S I GOING? ‐
GOOD. HOW YOU DOING?
‐ WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
‐ THAT IS A VINTAGE FRUIT PRESS.
‐ OKAY. WHERE'D YOU GET IT?
‐ ACTUALLY FOUND
IT AT A YARD SALE.
‐ OKAY.
THIS IS THE 1900 EQUIVALENT
OF THE SUPER DYNAMIC
ULTRA FRUIT JUICER
YOU SEE ON INFOMERCIALS
AT 1:00 IN THE MORNING.
‐ YES, IT IS. ‐ [LAUGHS]
‐ I HAVE A VINTAGE FRUIT PRESS
THAT I'M HOPING TO SELL TODAY.
I FOUND THIS FRUIT PRESS
AT A LOCAL YARD SALE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS
AN INTERESTING ITEM.
I KNEW THAT IT'S
ABOUT 100 YEARS OLD,
AND IT'S VERY FUNCTIONAL.
IT WORKS TODAY JUST AS
WELL AS IT DID WHEN IT WAS NEW.
I WOULD LIKE TO GET
$100 FOR THIS FRUIT PRESS.
‐ IT'S ACTUALLY A
PRETTY COOL ITEM.
I LOVE AMERICAN CAST IRON.
IT'S WHAT DROVE THE
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.
AFTER 1850, EVERYTHING WAS
BEING MADE OUT OF CAST IRON.
THERE WERE SO MANY
INVENTIONS COMING OUT.
THEY HAD TO CONSTANTLY
EXPAND THE PATENT OFFICE
'CAUSE SO MANY
PEOPLE WERE COMING UP
WITH NEW ITEMS
AND NEW INVENTIONS,
ALL MADE OUT OF CAST IRON,
AND THIS IS JUST A
CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF IT.
♪ ♪
IF YOU'RE A FARM IN THE
MIDWEST AT RIGHT AROUND 1900,
YOU DIDN'T GO TO THE
STORE AND BUY APPLE JUICE
BECAUSE IT WOULD PROBABLY
SPOIL BY THE TIME YOU GET IT.
WITH THIS RIGHT
HERE, YOU COULD MAKE
FRESH JUICE OUT OF ANYTHING.
IT WAS JUST REALLY,
REALLY PRACTICAL.
OKAY, SO THIS
CAME OUT LIKE THIS.
THIS POPS OUT.
♪ ♪
THERE WE GO. AND PRETTY SIMPLE.
THIS GOES RIGHT HERE.
♪ ♪
THIS WOULD GO UNDER.
THAT'S YOUR STRAINER.
♪ ♪
YOU TAKE THIS THING,
PUT THAT IN THERE.
THIS IS AN IRON‐SCREW PRESS,
SO YOU HAVE TONS OF TORQUE,
AND JUST KEEP ON GOING
AND ALL YOUR JUICE WOULD
FLOW OUT RIGHT HERE.
AND YOU'D HAVE THE
BEVERAGE OF YOUR CHOICE.
‐ NICE.
♪ ♪
‐ SO HOW MUCH YOU WANT FOR IT?
‐ WELL, I'D LIKE
TO GET $100 FOR IT.
‐ I'LL GIVE YOU 50 BUCKS FOR IT.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
‐ CAN YOU DO ANY BETTER?
YOU SAID IT'S IN VERY
GOOD CONDITION.
‐ IT'S IN AMAZING SHAPE,
BUT THERE ARE MUCH
FANCIER ONES OUT THERE.
‐ OKAY.
♪ ♪
WE COULD DO 50.
‐ WE GOT A DEAL, THEN.
‐ GOOD. THANK YOU.
‐ I'LL MEET YOU
RIGHT OVER THERE.
WE'LL DO SOME PAPERWORK.
‐ ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
‐ OKAY.
GREAT DEAL.
AND ACTUALLY, I THINK
HE COULD'VE SQUEEZED
A LITTLE BIT MORE
MONEY OUT OF ME.
[LAUGHS]
IT'S GINORMOUS.
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
♪ ♪
‐ HEY, RICK, WHAT'S
UP? ‐ NOT MUCH.
BEEN WORKING ON
THAT WINDMILL, OKAY?
‐ OKAY. SO HOW'S IT GOING, MAN?
‐ SO IT'S GOING GOOD.
IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A
PAIN WITH SOME OF THE METAL,
SOME OF THE MECHANICS
OF IT, BUT I'M GETTING IT.
IT'S JUST‐‐IT'S BEEN TOUGH.
IT'S BEEN REALLY TOUGH.
IT'S REAL TALL, AND I'VE GOT
SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THAT BIG...
THAT BIG WHITE TAIL RIGHT THERE?
THOSE ARE THE TAILS
ON THE WINDMILL, RIGHT?
THIS PIECE IS ALL
WHITE AND BLACK,
AND IT'S SORT OF PLAIN.
I WANT TO KNOW IF YOU
WANT TO PUT SOMETHING ON IT.
‐ BALD MOUNTAIN POWER COMPANY.
[LAUGHS]
‐ BALD MOUNTAIN
POWER COMPANY. OKAY.
‐ OKAY, THAT'S SORT
OF LIKE THE JOKE
OF MY LITTLE POWER COMPANY,
THAT WE CALL IT BALD
MOUNTAIN POWER COMPANY,
OBVIOUSLY 'CAUSE I'M BALD,
AND BALD MOUNTAIN CREEK
GOES THROUGH MY PROPERTY, SO...
‐ I GOT YOU.
‐ IF YOU COULD PUT A
LITTLE LIGHTNING BOLT
ON THERE SOMEWHERE,
IT'D BE PRETTY COOL.
‐ A LIGHTNING BOLT. ‐ YEAH.
‐ OKAY. COOL. OKAY,
GOOD, GOOD, GOOD.
I LIKE IT. I LIKE IT.
I'LL FIGURE UP SOMETHING COOL.
I THINK WHEN YOU GET HERE,
YOU'RE GONNA BE BLOWN
AWAY HOW BIG THIS THING IS.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA
PUT IT IN YOUR POCKET.
I'LL TELL YOU THAT RIGHT NOW.
‐ OKAY, WON'T FIT IN
THE BACK OF MY CAR,
TRUNK OF MY CAR?
‐ [LAUGHING] NO.
‐ OKAY.
JUST CALL ME WHEN
YOU WANT ME TO COME BY.
‐ I WILL. IT'LL BE SOON.
‐ ALL RIGHT, TALK
TO YOU SOON, MAN.
‐ ALL RIGHT. ‐ ALL
RIGHT, BYE‐BYE.
♪ ♪
‐ WHAT DO YOU GOT HERE?
‐ HAVE A SPANKER FROM THE 1930S.
‐ A SPANKER? ‐ SPANKER.
♪ ♪
‐ I DON'T KNOW IF I'D WANT
TO GET SPANKED WITH THAT.
[LAUGHS] ‐ OUCH!
‐ I'M HERE AT THE
PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY 1930S SPANKER.
I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT,
BUT I DID HIT SOMEBODY WITH IT,
AND HEARD IT SLAP.
I'VE HAD THIS SPANKER FOR
PROBABLY ABOUT A YEAR NOW,
AND I'VE BEEN
KEEPING IT IN MY ROOM,
AND IT WAS TAKING UP SOME SPACE,
SO I FIGURED I'D
BRING IT IN TODAY.
I'M HOPING TO SELL
THE SPANKER FOR $200.
‐ I'M NOT SURE ABOUT
THIS THING HERE.
HEY, RICK?
‐ WHAT'S UP? ‐ CHECK THIS OUT.
‐ WHAT IS THAT?
‐ IT'S A SPANKER.
[INTRIGUING MUSIC]
‐ WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?
‐ MY GRANDMOTHER
PASSED AWAY LAST YEAR,
AND I FOUND IT IN HER ATTIC.
‐ OKAY.
I THINK I KNOW WHAT THIS IS.
♪ ♪
THIS IS PROBABLY FROM
DEMOULIN BROTHERS.
‐ AND WHAT IS THAT?
‐ THE DEMOULIN BROTHERS
STARTED OFF WITH A COMPANY
SELLING STUFF FOR,
LIKE, MARCHING BANDS
AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND RIGHT AROUND 1900‐ISH,
THERE WAS FRATERNAL
ORGANIZATIONS
ALL AROUND THIS COUNTRY.
YOU KNOW, THERE
WAS THE ODD FELLOWS,
THE MASONS, THE WOODSMEN,
AND THEY ALL HAD, LIKE,
THESE WEIRD INITIATION
RITUALS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND MOST OF THEM,
THEY WERE JUST PRANKS.
BUT THERE WAS ENOUGH
FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS
IN THIS COUNTRY TO
ACTUALLY HAVE A CATALOGUE
FULL OF THESE GAG
THINGS FOR INITIATIONS.
[MARCHING BAND MUSIC]
SO THIS HAS TO BE FROM
THOSE GUYS, ALL RIGHT?
BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THE
LITTLE HOLE RIGHT THERE.
‐ MM‐HMM.
‐ AND YOU SEE THE
LITTLE PIECE OF METAL
WITH THE LITTLE PIN COMING OUT?
‐ YEP.
‐ WELL, TO ME, IT LOOKS LIKE
A .32 BLANK GOES IN THERE.
‐ OKAY.
‐ WHY WOULD YOU PUT
A .32 BLANK IN THERE?
‐ SO WHEN YOU PADDLE SOMEBODY,
THE GUNSHOT GOES OFF
AND SCARES THE HELL OUT OF
THE PERSON YOU'RE PADDLING.
‐ AND THEY POOP THEIR SELF.
♪ ♪
‐ SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YES.
‐ SO THERE'S BULLET IN IT?
‐ NOT A BULLET. IT'S A BLANK.
AND I ACTUALLY
THINK WE HAVE SOME
.32 BLANKS HERE IN THE STORE.
THEY MIGHT FIT IN THIS THING.
‐ OKAY. YOU'RE
GONNA TRY THIS OUT.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE
TRYING TO SAY?
‐ YEAH. CAN WE
TRY THIS THING OUT?
‐ ABSOLUTELY.
‐ ALL RIGHT, I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
♪ ♪
‐ THIS IS NOT A COOL
PRACTICAL JOKE. [LAUGHS]
[HORRIFYING MUSIC]
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
‐ SO I HAVE A PERSON IN THE SHOP
WITH A 1930S NOVELTY SPANKER.
THIS THING IS
ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS
BECAUSE WHEN YOU USE IT,
IT IGNITES A .32‐CALIBER BLANK,
SCARING THE CRAP
OUT OF THE PERSON
YOU'RE SPANKING.
BUT BEFORE I MAKE AN
OFFER ON THIS THING,
I WANT TO SEE IF
IT ACTUALLY WORKS,
AND THIS IS GONNA BE
REALLY, REALLY FUNNY.
[CHUCKLING]
VOILA. A .32‐CALIBER BLANK.
‐ YOU REALLY HAD
ONE, HUH? ‐ YES.
ALL RIGHT, SO, CHUM,
ARE YOU VOLUNTEERING?
‐ ANTWAUN'S BEEN A BAD BOY
AND I'VE BEEN REALLY
GOOD THIS WEEK, SO...
‐ COME HERE, ANTWAUN.
‐ WHAT? DON'T CALL
ME TO NO SPANKING.
‐ YOU ARE NO FUN.
♪ ♪
‐ WAIT, WAIT, WAIT,
WAIT, WAIT. ‐ IT'S FINE.
‐ BUT WE GOT A LOT
OF CUSTOMERS IN HERE.
‐ OKAY‐‐HEY,
EVERYBODY IN THE STORE,
CAN YOU GUYS PLEASE, LIKE,
PUT YOUR FINGERS IN YOUR EARS?
I KNOW THIS IS A LITTLE WEIRD,
BUT I'M GONNA SHOOT OFF
A BLANK REAL QUICK, SO...
‐ THAT'S NOT COOL.
‐ OKAY, SO I TAKE THE
BLANK, PUT IT RIGHT IN HERE.
♪ ♪
ALL RIGHT, AND THEN‐‐
SO A GUY WOULD COME UP‐‐
‐ WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. ‐
WILL YOU BE MY GUINEA PIG
ON THIS? ‐ NAH.
NOT THIS TIME, BOSS.
‐ I THINK ANTWAUN
SHOULD SPANK YOU, RICK.
‐ NOW THAT'S A PLAN.
‐ YOU'RE GONNA GET PUT ON
SANTA CLAUS'S NAUGHTY LIST.
‐ ALL RIGHT, I'LL
BE THE GUINEA PIG.
♪ ♪
‐ SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN. ‐ [LAUGHS]
PUT YOUR FINGERS IN YOUR
EARS. ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.
♪ ♪
‐ MAKE SURE YOU
HIT HIM IN THE BUTT.
♪ ♪
‐ TURN A LITTLE.
♪ ♪
[BLANK FIRES]
‐ [LAUGHS]
THAT WAS LOUD.
‐ [LAUGHS]
‐ YOU DIDN'T HAVE
TO HIT ME THAT HARD.
‐ I MEAN‐‐ ‐ [LAUGHS]
‐ I DON'T KNOW MY OWN
STRENGTH SOMETIMES.
♪ ♪
IT WORKS WELL. ‐ YEAH.
♪ ♪
ALL RIGHT, WE NOW KNOW IT WORKS.
♪ ♪
HOW MUCH YOU WANT FOR IT?
‐ SO DID SOME RESEARCH,
AND I WAS THINKING 200.
♪ ♪
‐ WHAT KIND OF
RESEARCH WAS THAT?
‐ IT'S CALLED THE INTERNET.
‐ SEE, 'CAUSE YOU
PROBABLY WENT ONLINE
AND PEOPLE WERE
ASKING $200 FOR THAT,
AND NO ONE WAS BUYING.
I'LL GIVE YOU 50 BUCKS.
‐ YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'LL GIVE YOU 75 FOR IT.
JUST TO SEE THE SMILE
ON HIS FACE AGAIN,
BUT THAT'S THE MOST I CAN DO.
♪ ♪
‐ ALL RIGHT, YOU
GOT A DEAL AT 75.
‐ ALL RIGHT.
‐ ALL RIGHT, THANKS, MAN.
‐ THANK YOU. ‐
WRITE HIM UP, CHUM.
‐ DON'T TOUCH MY SPANKER.
COME ON OVER HERE.
‐ SO I SOLD THE SPANKER FOR $75.
IT'S A LITTLE LESS
THAN WHAT I WANTED.
HOWEVER, I THINK, AT
THE END OF THE DAY,
BOTH OF US WON.
♪ ♪
[CAT MEOWS]
‐ HEY, WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
‐ I GOT SOME ANTIQUE ANDIRONS.
‐ OKAY.
WHERE'D YOU GET THEM?
‐ OFF THE INTERNET.
‐ ALL RIGHT. THERE APPEAR
TO BE FLAMING DRAGONS.
I USED TO GO TO A BAR,
AND THEY HAD A DRINK
CALLED A FLAMING DRAGON.
[LAUGHTER]
‐ I'M COMING TO THE PAWN SHOP
TO SELL MY ANTIQUE ANDIRONS.
THE PAST 12 YEARS,
THEY'VE BEEN IN MY
MOTHER‐IN‐LAW'S HOUSE,
AND NOW INTO STORAGE.
I HAVE NO USE FOR THEM,
SO I'D LIKE TO GET
1,200 FOR MY ANDIRONS.
♪ ♪
‐ THIS IS PRETTY COOL.
WERE YOU IN NEED OF
ANDIRONS OR SOMETHING?
‐ THEY KIND OF CAUGHT MY EYE
FOR THE STYLE AND
THE LOOK OF THEM.
‐ YEAH, MOST PEOPLE TODAY DON'T
EVEN KNOW WHAT ANDIRONS ARE.
IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE
13TH‐CENTURY INVENTION
THAT HELPED HEAT HOUSES.
SO YOU WOULD HAVE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
OKAY, IT WOULD HAVE A "DOG"
COMING OFF THE BACK OF IT.
THAT'S WHAT THEY
CALLED IT, ANYWAY‐‐
BASICALLY JUST AN IRON BAR
THAT CAME DOWN WITH A LEG‐‐
AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE
ANOTHER ONE NEXT TO IT.
SO YOU PUT YOUR LOGS
ON THE FIREPLACE IN IT,
WHICH MADE THE LOGS BURN HOTTER,
BECAUSE OXYGEN COULD
GET UNDERNEATH THEM,
AND THEN THE DOG WOULD
BE ATTACHED TO THE ANDIRON,
AND THAT WOULD GET
REALLY, REALLY HOT.
BUT SINCE IT WAS STICKING
OUTSIDE THE FIREPLACE,
IT WOULD HEAT THE ROOM BETTER
BECAUSE 99% OF THE
HEAT IN A FIREPLACE
JUST GOES STRAIGHT
UP THE CHIMNEY.
IT DOESN'T HEAT THE ROOM.
SO ANDIRONS HELPED HEAT A ROOM,
THEY LOOKED GOOD,
AND IT WAS A PRETTY
COOL INVENTION.
[GONG SOUNDS]
BUT THESE THINGS RIGHT HERE,
I DON'T THINK
THEY'RE ANDIRONS...
BECAUSE THE DOGS THAT COME
OUT THAT ARE MADE OUT OF IRON,
THEY'LL BE WELDED TO
ONE OF THESE THINGS.
AND THESE THINGS WOULDN'T
BE HOLLOW LIKE THIS.
THEY WOULD BE ONE
SOLID PIECE OF METAL,
'CAUSE IT WOULD
RADIATE HEAT BETTER.
PURPOSE WAS TO JUST GET
THAT HEAT OUT OF THE FIREPLACE,
INTO THE HOUSE.
UM, SOMETHING LIKE
THIS WAS PROBABLY
MADE IN ASIA SOMEWHERE,
MOST LIKELY CHINA.
THEY WERE IMPORTED
TO THE UNITED STATES.
‐ MM‐HMM. ‐ YOU
KNOW, PROBABLY 1950S,
1960S DECORATIVE ARTS.
‐ OKAY.
‐ THEY'RE BRONZE.
THEY'RE VERY EXPENSIVE
TO MAKE. THEY'RE DAMAGED.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN
TELL THIS IS BROKEN...
‐ RIGHT. ‐ AND GLUED BACK ON.
THIS ISN'T ATTACHED PROPERLY.
BUT HOW MUCH YOU WANT FOR THEM?
‐ I WAS THINKING 1,200.
‐ AH...
NO.
♪ ♪
IT'S VERY NICE...
MID‐20TH CENTURY
BRONZE CASTINGS.
♪ ♪
I'LL GIVE YOU 300
BUCKS FOR THEM.
♪ ♪
IN THE 1950S,
THESE WOULD'VE BEEN
SUPER COOL IN A HOUSE,
AND NOW, NOT SO MUCH.
‐ THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
♪ ♪
‐ DAMN, THAT WAS
EASY. ‐ I'LL DO 300.
‐ [LAUGHS] OKAY.
ALL RIGHT, I WILL MEET
YOU RIGHT OVER THERE,
WE'LL DO SOME PAPERWORK,
AND I'LL GET YOU PAID.
‐ OKAY, PERFECT. ‐ OKAY.
♪ ♪
WELL, I GOT SOME BRONZE DRAGONS.
♪ ♪
I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GONNA BE
SO BIG. ‐ [IMITATES WHOOSHING]
♪ ♪
TURBULENCE! AH!
[IMITATES CRASHING]
♪ ♪
‐ HELLO. ‐ HOW YOU DOING?
‐ OKAY.
‐ WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?
‐ WELL, I HAVE HERE A HELMET
THAT MY COMPANY REPAIRED
FOR "A POWER RANGERS MOVIE."
‐ OH, "IT'S MORPHIN TIME."
[ELECTRIC GUITAR]
‐ I'M HERE AT THE
PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY HELMET FROM
"TURBO: A POWER RANGERS MOVIE."
MY COMPANY, FOR 24 YEARS,
MADE SPECIALTY COSTUMES.
WE DID CREATURE EFFECTS.
THIS IS ONE OF 15
TO 20 WARRIORS.
WE MADE A LOT OF
THEM FOR THE FILM.
I'M HOPING TO SELL THE
HELMET FOR $1,000 TODAY.
♪ ♪
‐ YEAH, I MEAN,
IT'S PRETTY COOL.
POWER RANGERS WAS
A HUGE FRANCHISE.
I MEAN, THEY'VE BEEN
AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.
‐ LONG TIME. ‐ '93, I THINK,
IS WHEN THEY CAME
TO THE UNITED STATES.
AND THE ORIGINAL
RAN FOR 24 SEASONS.
I REMEMBER WATCHING IT
AFTER SCHOOL, I THINK IT WAS.
PRETTY MUCH EVERY
DAY, I'D COME HOME
AND CATCH THE NEW EPISODE
OF "THE POWER RANGERS."
IT WAS JUST ABOUT BASICALLY
A GROUP OF KIDS
THAT FIGHT MONSTERS,
BUT THEY BAND TOGETHER
AND THEY FORM THIS
BIG, GIANT ROBOT,
AND THEY BASICALLY
TAKE ON THIS BIG MONSTER.
AND JUST A BIG, BIG POP
CULTURE PHENOMENON.
‐ MM.
‐ SO WHAT MOVIE WAS THIS FROM?
‐ THIS IS FROM THE SECOND FILM,
"TURBO: A POWER RANGERS MOVIE."
AND IT WAS WORN BY A STUNTMAN.
‐ YOU HAD MENTIONED IT HAD
BEEN REPAIRED AT ONE POINT.
‐ RIGHT. MY COMPANY REPAIRED
IT BACK DURING THE PRODUCTION.
‐ I MEAN, IT LOOKS IN
REALLY GOOD CONDITION,
BUT IT LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT
THAN THE ONES THAT
WERE SEEN IN THE MOVIE.
‐ IT IS, BECAUSE AFTER
MY COMPANY REPAIRED IT,
WE WERE ASKED TO DEMONSTRATE
WHAT THE GUARD COLOR SCHEME
WAS GONNA LOOK LIKE,
AND THEY SAID GO AHEAD AND
PAINT ONE OF THE WARRIORS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID.
‐ HOW MUCH ARE YOU
LOOKING TO GET FOR IT?
‐ I WAS LOOKING
TO SELL IT FOR 1,000.
‐ OKAY. SO WE HAVE AN
ISSUE HERE WITH THIS HELMET.
IT'S HARD TO SELL
IT AS A MOVIE PROP
FOR SOMEONE TO DISPLAY
THIS AND TELL THEIR FRIENDS,
"HEY, LOOK, THIS IS
PART OF THIS MOVIE,"
AND THEIR FRIENDS
SAY, "UH, NO, IT'S NOT.
"LOOK HOW IT'S
PAINTED. IN THE MOVIE,
THEY WERE PAINTED LIKE THIS."
MAYBE IT WAS SCREEN‐WORN.
I CAN'T REALLY LOOK
AT THIS AND SAY,
"OH, THIS WAS SCREEN‐WORN,"
BECAUSE IT'S BEEN
RE‐FIXED AND REPAINTED.
SO... GIVE IT A REPAINT BACK
TO ITS ORIGINAL CONDITION,
AND MAYBE WE CAN
WORK SOMETHING OUT.
BUT FOR NOW, I'M GONNA
HAVE TO PASS ON IT.
‐ OKAY. I MIGHT EVEN DO THAT.
‐ THANKS FOR COMING IN. ‐
ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU.
♪ ♪
YEAH, I AM DISAPPOINTED I WAS
NOT ABLE TO MAKE A DEAL TODAY.
I MAY TRY TO SELL IT ELSEWHERE.
HONESTLY, HIS
SUGGESTION OF PAINTING IT
TO ITS ORIGINAL LOOK IS
PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA.
♪ ♪
‐ SO I'M HERE AT RICK DALE'S
BECAUSE MY WINDMILL IS DONE.
I PAID $3,100 FOR THIS THING,
HOPING THAT IT WOULD HELP ME
POWER MY OFF‐THE‐GRID PROPERTY.
I WANT THIS THING
TO MAKE ELECTRICITY.
IS IT DOABLE?
‐ IT'S NOT AS EASY AS YOU THINK.
YOU GOTTA BUILD A
TOWER. BUT IT'S DOABLE.
‐ AND I'M HERE TO TAKE A LOOK.
♪ ♪
AND IT LOOKS AMAZING.
♪ ♪
‐ WELL?
‐ I DIDN'T THINK IT
WAS GONNA BE SO BIG.
[LAUGHTER]
‐ IT'S A BIG PROPELLER, RIGHT?
‐ UM, YEAH, THAT'S...
IT'S GINORMOUS.
‐ THAT'S WHAT I ENDED
UP COMING UP WITH,
THE ART ON THAT.
I DID THAT,
AND I PUT A LITTLE
LIGHTNING BOLT IN THERE,
GAVE YOU A LITTLE MOUNTAIN.
YOU LIKE THAT? ‐ OH,
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT
BECAUSE I HAVE A
HYDRO‐ELECTRIC POWER PLANT,
AND IT'S FED BY BALD
MOUNTAIN CREEK.
THAT'S WHY WE'VE ALWAYS
JOKED AROUND AND CALLED IT
BALD MOUNTAIN POWER COMPANY.
[LAUGHS] ‐ OKAY, GOTCHA.
‐ NOT BECAUSE OF THIS. ‐ SO‐‐OH.
[LAUGHTER]
‐ YEAH, IT'S PERFECT,
THEN. ‐ YEAH.
‐ OKAY, SO FIRST THING
THAT WE ACTUALLY BUILT
WAS THE TOWER ITSELF.
SO WE ORDERED ALL
THIS 4X6 ROUGH CUT,
AND THEN THE
OTHERS, 2X6 ROUGH CUT.
AND I WANT TO MAKE IT
LOOK OLD, YOU KNOW?
I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE SHINY
WOOD OR SMOOTH WOOD,
SO I WANTED TO MAKE IT LOOK,
YOU KNOW, LIKE AN OLD WINDMILL.
WE CUT AND SPLICED
THEM ALL TOGETHER,
AND THEN WE PUT
THESE CROSS MEMBERS
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT.
SO THIS THING YOU COULD
HIT OVER WITH A TANK,
AND IT WOULDN'T MOVE, SO
THE TOWER WAS SORT OF‐‐
PROBABLY THE EASIEST PART.
THE HARDEST PART
WAS GETTING THE ANGLES
UP ON THE VERY, VERY TOP
TO HOLD THE CENTER POLE.
THIS POLE GOES RIGHT
THROUGH THE CENTER,
WHICH ACTUALLY
HOLDS THE WINDMILL.
THEN THE OTHER THING
I DID, IS I PUT THESE‐‐
THIS STEEL ON THE BOTTOM.
SO YOU CAN BASICALLY PUT IT
ON A CONCRETE PAD
AND BOLT IT DOWN
INSTEAD OF SINKING IT 6
FOOT INTO THE GROUND.
YOU CAN BASICALLY BOLT IT.
THIS SHOULDN'T GO ANYWHERE.
‐ YEAH, NO, I DON'T THINK
IT'S GONNA GO ANYWHERE.
OH, NO, IT LOOKS AMAZING. I
ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS THING.
I JUST GOTTA FIGURE OUT
HOW TO GET IT TO OREGON NOW.
‐ AIN'T GONNA BE ME. ‐ [LAUGHS]
‐ THANK YOU. ‐ YOU GOT IT, MAN.
‐ APPRECIATE IT. ‐
YOU GOT IT, YOU GOT IT.
‐ ALL RIGHT, YOU GUYS
ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
‐ THANK YOU.
‐ ONE OF THE
COOLEST THINGS I OWN.
IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE
BIGGEST THINGS I WON.
‐ I'M GLAD YOU GOT A NICE‐‐
‐ I MEAN, LOOK AT THAT.
‐ OKAY, YOU GOT A
GREAT WINDMILL, BUD.
‐ YOU JUST DON'T GET IT, DO YOU?
‐ I MEAN, IT'S A WINDMILL.