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00:00So listen to this, Robbie. I got a website, and I'm getting a letter from this woman.
00:11She's like, oh, I really like the way you do work. She likes furniture. She's like saying all these
00:16flattering things about me. She's like, oh, I like how you look because I have some photos of me in
00:20there, you know? And she's like, I'd like to meet you, you know? Here's the thing. On the return
00:27address on the envelope, it's from a correctional facility. I'm getting jail mail, dude.
00:49Nanny D, what's up? Mr. Wolf. What's going on, man? How's the weather back there? I was talking to my
00:56sister the other day. She said it was five degrees. Well, I have the heater sitting under
01:01my desk, and if I'm not sweating, it's not hot enough. So what's this pic you've been talking
01:05about for the last few days that's legendary? All right, I'm going to send you to a guy who's
01:09got movie props, western film stuff. Like western stuff from what time period? The golden age of
01:15Hollywood, baby. Really? Yeah. I mean, he's got costumes. He's got wardrobes. He's also got a
01:21few monster things, too. Dang. On top of that, he got his start with Elvis back in the day.
01:28This legendary pic is somebody you're going to be familiar with. Are you talking about Al
01:33Fleming? Bingo. The legendary Al Fleming. Al was the guy that we picked a few years back,
01:40and he had an incredible story. I spent years at MGM Studios. I loved every minute of it. The guy
01:46worked in Hollywood when the western was still blowing up the box office. He was a stuntman,
01:52a special effects makeup artist, and then got into wardrobe making costumes. The guy is a legend.
01:59No kidding? I'm going to Al Fleming's today? Hey, Hollywood loves a sequel. Oh, man. I mean,
02:06he's been buying so much more. Really? Now he's into an entirely new type of collecting. He's into
02:12World War II memorabilia. Really? Yeah. There's just so much stuff there. Oh, my gosh. I can't
02:18wait to see. He's such a great dude. He's stoked. He's expecting you. Let him know I'm excited to see
02:23him. You got it. Be safe. Talk to you soon. Bye.
02:26Oh, man. This is so cool. Oh, my gosh.
02:49It's so good to see you. Look at it. I'm going to give you one of these anyway. You know what
02:56Danielle didn't tell me I was coming here until today? I think it's been like six years.
03:00When I first met Mike, we had a lot of fun, and I thought about the time he and Frank were here.
03:05I enjoyed it. The guys were great. We found it. So I decided to let a few things go,
03:10and I don't feel bad about it. You've been buying more or selling more?
03:14Both. You know what? I don't think it's ever going to leave us, is it?
03:16Things are getting harder to find, though. Oh, I know they are. Hey, I got to ask about this stuff.
03:20Yeah, this is my Elkhorn graveyard. Originally, what I was going to do, I was saving all these
03:26things. I was going to build an Elkhorn chair, and this last summer, I got them all laid out there
03:31and figured if I built a chair, it's going to weigh about 300 or 400 pounds of that to stay out
03:35here. This one's decent. Al worked in an industry where they had to make something out of nothing
03:40every single day. You know, so when you look at his aesthetic with this pile of antlers,
03:45all of that is still in his blood. He wanted to make something out of them. That's what's great
03:50about him, and he has an incredible eye. What are you doing with these? Oh, I'm going to sell them
03:55to you. The horn is fun to work with. The uses are endless when it comes to these antlers. I mean,
04:02you could mount them just the way they are. There could be jewelry made out of them. There could be
04:06lamps made out of them. All of a sudden, your home becomes so much more worldly, lodgy, more traveled.
04:12All this stuff is timeless. 500 bucks. All right, man.
04:20All right, send us a coordinate. All right, have fun. Danny's got a great lead for us. She's sending
04:29us to see Terry. Terry was a racing promoter, and once he retired, he built himself a complete
04:35general store to house his collection. Look what's behind these houses. I don't think you're going
04:40right away, dude. This is the direction just taking me right here, right there. See? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
04:47See? Look at that. Look at that. Dude. That's cool. Wow. That looks like a freaking general store from back in the day.
04:53Drive-Con Johnham Downs store. Check out that freaking Nova sitting in the driveway. Look at this place.
04:59Hell yeah. Nice car, man. You must be Terry. I'm Terry. How you doing? Nice to see you. You talked to Danielle on the phone?
05:09Talked to Danielle on the phone. I'm John. You're John. Yeah. Nice to meet you. Man, what's up with the Nova?
05:15All original 1973. It was my father's car. 73. Yeah? It's straight. What motor got in it? 305. Got the V8. He loves gas.
05:23He loves gas. Terry is my kind of guy. He's got a 1970s Nova, all original paint with a V8 in it.
05:31My buddy growing up had one of these things, all souped up, big fat tires. Let me ask you this. Is this car for sale?
05:38No one would ever pay for what it would take to buy it. I'd have a hard time selling something that was my dad's too.
05:43Yeah, exactly. Since it was my dad's, there's a lot of sentimental value to it. I'll probably keep it the rest of my life.
05:49So Danny said you did racing promotions? I've been in there.
05:52This is NASCAR country, isn't it? NASCAR country. Yes, it is.
05:56Have you ever had any big names? Dale Earnhardt one time.
05:59You had Dale Earnhardt? You were racing? On your track?
06:01Yeah, on the dirt track. Dale Earnhardt was rookie of the year. He raced against the locals for me.
06:06Dale Earnhardt. To define a promoter, he's a gambler. He puts an event together and he gambles that people show up to pay the bills as well as a profit.
06:16Mainly it would be dirt track racing cars. I was the manager of four different dirt tracks.
06:23We would have 1,200, 1,500 people in attendance and I was in love with it.
06:28I never had a desire to drive a race car. I had a desire to sell tickets.
06:33Sure, sure. Right.
06:34I love anything to do with speed. I'm a motorcycle guy. I like mechanics. I like the way things go fast.
06:39It's so cool to go to a big national race that's on television, but it's cooler to go to a regional race because it's guys who are local.
06:46These are guys who are building cars in their garage that just want to get out there on Saturday night and have a good time and to show off their skills.
06:53Dale Earnhardt started in the dirt just like these guys.
06:55All right, boys, let me show you the shop here. We have some racing planes in here, photos and so on.
07:02Oh, man.
07:06What's going on with this? What's this?
07:07I don't know for sure. That came off of Merle Haggard's old railroad car that he lived in back and forth when he was on the road.
07:15Really?
07:15But I don't know what that he said was railroad, but I have no idea what it was.
07:18So you knew him?
07:20Pretty well, yeah.
07:20Really?
07:21He had Buck Owens.
07:22What were those guys like?
07:23Merle, we used to go over to he had a place out in the middle of nowhere, and we'd take our buzzer-loading rifles and teepees out there and shoot buzzer-loading rifles.
07:30No kidding? You guys would just be camping out there?
07:32So would he bust out the guitar around the fire?
07:35Yeah.
07:35Would he really?
07:36Wow.
07:37We had a couple of drinks and he'd bust out all kinds of stuff around the fire.
07:41Al's out playing Lonesome Dove with Merle Haggard.
07:43I mean, come on. What a life this guy's had.
07:46I mean, where do you find stuff like this? Authentic.
07:50What do you value that at? Would you sell that?
07:52What do you think?
07:52Are you telling me?
07:53I don't know.
07:54I mean...
07:54I don't either. I'd be sick.
07:57I don't know.
07:58Reasonable offer.
07:59$1.25.
08:00Sold.
08:01All right.
08:02Still easy.
08:03That's so cool.
08:04Let's go on the side. It's getting cold out here.
08:06All right. I got you. I got you.
08:08Welcome to my abode.
08:09Oh, yeah.
08:10My 30 abode-y.
08:12Yeah, you do have more in here, man.
08:13I look at the walls and this is my life, and it gives me a warm feeling. I feel like I really accomplish something in my life.
08:20Look at the energy you exchanged with people on set and all that. And the fact that you weren't just on set, you were creating things on set.
08:27That was fun for me.
08:28It's so cool to walk around and see all these photographs on the walls of all the people that he worked with and what they're saying when they write something.
08:37They all respected him.
08:38He's got so much to be proud of, and I'm honored to walk through this stuff with him.
08:43Man, what's this movie poster right here?
08:45That came from a trash bin at Indian Studios back in the 60s.
08:50Really?
08:50It's hand-painted on linen, 1928. They had thrown it out, and I went, that's pretty cool.
08:56No.
08:56I was a dumpster diver. People thought I was crazy dragging all this junk out of the dumpsters.
09:02I was going into prop departments looking at the old musty corner and dragging stuff out, and they go, what do you want that old crap for?
09:09To me, it was treasure, just magical stuff. I was a junk man.
09:14Is it the artwork for the poster?
09:16No, this is the poster.
09:18But how would they reproduce them then?
09:19They didn't. That's the one of the copies.
09:20Oh, that's it?
09:21Oh, so this would have been in a theater specifically for Gary Cooper in Doomsday with an all-star cast, acclaimed one of the greatest movies ever made.
09:32I've never seen one painted like that. Wow.
09:34I just thought it was neat because Coop was in it.
09:36I got to meet Gary Cooper a few years before he passed, and I got to sit down and talk to him.
09:40As a kid, my heroes were the Western movie stars you see in the Batman and Saturday movies.
09:45I mean, I couldn't imagine meeting these people.
09:48So to me, it's a fairy tale.
09:49I mean, my whole life has been one adventure after the next.
09:53Can I make you an offer on it?
09:55Yeah, but I won't take it.
09:56That's my favorite poster.
09:58You make an awful big hole in the wall.
10:00I'll put a note on it.
10:01When I kick the buck, I'll have my kid call Mike, and I'll give it to him.
10:04He'll own it one day.
10:06All right, all right, all right.
10:07Oh, my gosh.
10:09Walking into Al's place is overwhelming.
10:12It's almost like there was an earthquake at the Smithsonian, and most of it ended up on Al's floor.
10:17There's stuff everywhere.
10:18There's Native American stuff.
10:19There's World War I, World War II, cowboy stuff, jewelry, pottery.
10:24I mean, he lives in his collection, and I'm that same way.
10:28When you come in my house, there's probably about two or three different coffee tables.
10:31Well, guess what?
10:32You can't see the top of them because there's a lot of different things.
10:35I know you're into World War II stuff.
10:37What about any, like, patches or anything like that?
10:40Yeah, I do have some patches over here somewhere.
10:43If I can find them.
10:44Dang, man.
10:45If you're lucky.
10:47Oh, my God.
10:48Are you kidding me?
10:50No way.
10:51See, I tried to categorize.
10:52This is all Airborne, Army, Air Force.
10:54Oh, my God.
10:55It's incredible.
10:56Most of this, though, is World War II or latest Korea.
10:58Whoa.
10:59Al is a collector's collector.
11:01He's got such elevated things and such interesting and historical pieces that it's amazing to be at his home here at this time in his life when he wants to sell some of this stuff.
11:12What about that one?
11:13This is Flying Tigers.
11:15This is like that lighter I bought off you.
11:17That's cool.
11:17This belonged to a fighter pilot that was a member of the Flying Tigers.
11:21Okay.
11:21This is a China-Burban-India sign.
11:23His name is Stevenson.
11:24354.
11:25All right, man.
11:26I love it.
11:27During World War II, China was our ally.
11:30The Flying Tigers were basically American pilots that were volunteers that went to China to fight against Japan during World War II.
11:39And that's a nice hand-painted leather patch, too.
11:41Yeah.
11:42Well, this would go great with that lighter.
11:43Would you take 200 for this one?
11:45If you talk to me nice.
11:47I love you, brother.
11:49Okay, now go.
11:49I've got that lighter.
11:51I've got it right on my coffee table, right next to my incense burner.
11:55So this would be cool with that.
11:56I would have sold that to you.
11:57Oh, my gosh.
11:57I love it.
11:58This is going to go great with it.
12:01He's got the lighter.
12:02He ought to have the patch because I would make a great display on it.
12:05It came from the same person.
12:06So it's got a good home.
12:07They're back together again.
12:15A lot of photos in here, man.
12:16Wow.
12:17What's the guy?
12:18Is that a jet car there or something?
12:20What's going on with that?
12:20I think it's R-Affron, isn't it?
12:22Well, what the heck's he in?
12:23It looks like he's in Bonneville.
12:25He's in Bonneville.
12:26Bonneville.
12:26That's a pretty cool photo.
12:28World land speed record.
12:29The green monster.
12:30Wow.
12:31You want to sell that photo?
12:32Yeah.
12:32I care about this photo because it's salt flat racing.
12:35The salt flats is where some of the most amazing speed records are attained to this day
12:41because it is a flat piece of ground salt that is dead flat for miles and miles, and you could run a vehicle as fast as it can possibly go.
12:50It's God's country for racing, for speed.
12:54Forty bucks?
12:56All right.
12:56Forty?
12:57Forty.
12:57Forty.
12:58Thank you, buddy.
13:02This is cool.
13:03How about this?
13:04You know what that is, don't you?
13:05That's for incense.
13:07Yeah.
13:07You put incense.
13:08I think I like to keep it.
13:09I burn incense every morning while I'm reading.
13:11You do?
13:12Yeah, I do.
13:13I do 40 push-ups, burn some incense, read my book, drink nine cups of coffee, and then start my day.
13:21Sometimes 12.
13:22And you're wound tight.
13:23Oh, I'm already wound tight.
13:24What's up with this guy?
13:25Who's that?
13:26That's a wax guy.
13:27He's got cowboy look, Tom.
13:29Well, I'm funny.
13:29I'll go to buy an oddball piece that I've never bought before and go, that's pretty neat.
13:34So I've branched out into things that are interesting or different or just things that I like looking at.
13:40How about this Indian?
13:41Probably 350 on that.
13:43300?
13:44345.
13:44All right.
13:45I got you.
13:46What about this?
13:47This inkwell?
13:48That's probably from the 20s or 30s.
13:49This is an inkwell that's been customized for the gentleman.
13:53His name is on it.
13:55Jack Sinclair.
13:56Very cool.
13:57Very interesting item.
13:58And that's all hand forged that it's been painted.
14:00I see that.
14:00What are you thinking on that?
14:02Probably a buck and a half.
14:03Done.
14:04And then what about these?
14:05Seoul, Korea.
14:06Yeah, 47 to 49.
14:09The skull and crossbones on these patches are very crude, but these are very cool.
14:13What do you think?
14:14For the set?
14:15400 bucks.
14:16You got it.
14:17Thank you, man.
14:18And then I saw these too, man.
14:19And what about the Buffaloes?
14:21Look at those.
14:21Those would have went on the bridle.
14:23The Buffalo Bill Museum is right behind the house.
14:25Oh.
14:25So I love anything like that.
14:26Those are from the 20s or 30s.
14:28Ah, they're amazing.
14:29Probably 150 on those.
14:30All right.
14:31I'm doing it.
14:31I'm going to put those in my case.
14:33Here's what Hollywood did.
14:34Instead of using flint walk guns, they took a trapdoor Springfield, which was a cap and
14:39ball, where they could put the blank in there.
14:41Oh, okay.
14:42And they made these big brass hammers that go on it, and so it could fire and they didn't
14:46have to keep loading them.
14:47Wow, that's cool.
14:48So that was a prop from a movie?
14:50Yeah.
14:50The Last Command with Sterling Hayden.
14:53Well, where did you get it at?
14:54From a prop man of mine.
14:56Would you sell this?
14:57Probably about 400.
14:59This is such a cool prop.
15:01You know, this movie was based on the Alamo battle.
15:04I want to buy this thing.
15:05I mean, this is a big deal.
15:06350.
15:09Cheers.
15:09All right.
15:10Thanks, man.
15:11I love it.
15:11On those days, it had no value other than a prop.
15:14To me, it had a lot of value because it was a real artifact from this movie.
15:19They were going to destroy it.
15:20I saved it.
15:21So, Terry, was this a building here that you bought someplace and then relocated it over
15:30here?
15:30I constructed it.
15:31Oh, you built a building?
15:32Built a building here.
15:33Yeah.
15:33It's cool.
15:34My love for the general store was I grew up next door to my uncle's general store.
15:40So, I was somewhat his adopted son.
15:43And I probably spent more time in the general store than I did at home.
15:47And I got more education from the people that were at the general store than I did from
15:52the school I started to.
15:54Then I bought the Phillips 66 sign because my uncle's store was the Phillips 66 station.
16:00So, what's inside this building?
16:01It's full.
16:02Oh, my God.
16:03And, Robbie, look at this.
16:04Oh, man.
16:06Wow.
16:06Yeah.
16:07Man, you got it packed in here.
16:08Dude, you got ham cooking.
16:10If you're collecting and you find something that really appeals to you, it sets you on fire.
16:16Man.
16:17The general store was the information place of the community in the 50s when I was a kid.
16:24The farmers gathered in there at night.
16:26They played checkers.
16:27They gossiped.
16:28And, of course, there was a lot of white liquor drinking around there.
16:31It's like stepping back in time.
16:35So, you're really passionate about doing this.
16:37I mean, this took a long time.
16:38This didn't happen overnight, Terry.
16:39It didn't happen overnight.
16:40Oh, heck no.
16:41The general store is bulging at the seams.
16:44There's things that survived in their original packaging.
16:48There's still moon pies in the wrappers.
16:50It is packed like spam in a can.
16:53All this stuff is extremely well preserved.
16:56I mean, this guy is taking it to a different level.
16:59Terry, this thing is cool, man.
17:01Davy Crockett.
17:02They're pins.
17:03They're pins.
17:03Davy Crockett was a frontiersman in the 1830s.
17:07He was a real American hero.
17:09He fought in the Alamo.
17:11So, anything Davy Crockett is going to appeal to a kid reading history books, reading about frontier life.
17:17And these pins, it's something for a kid to really enjoy.
17:20And they're on a nice display with great graphics on it.
17:23Check this thing out.
17:24Let's pull out a case.
17:25Whoa.
17:26Hopalong Cassidy piece.
17:27Doesn't have the top to it, but that's in here.
17:30Hopalong Cassidy watch.
17:32Hopalong Cassidy was a fictional cowboy character from the 30s to the 50s,
17:37playing on the romance of the Old West.
17:40The Hopalong Cassidy is always going to be collectible.
17:43And here is a nice display.
17:45It's a wristwatch.
17:46It's intact.
17:47Never been worn.
17:48Never been touched.
17:49It's a juvenile watch.
17:51What's the group price for this?
17:52$150.
17:53How's it going to go?
17:54$125.
17:55$150.
17:56$150?
17:56The Hopalong Cassidy is a pretty popular thing.
17:59$140.
18:00All right.
18:01All right, buddy.
18:01Thank you so much.
18:02Yes, sir.
18:02Man, this is amazing.
18:03What a great opportunity to come in here.
18:05We really appreciate you letting us do this.
18:07You've got some great stuff here.
18:10I don't think I showed you this last time, Mike, but this is another little coal full
18:18of junk.
18:18Dude.
18:19I collect a little bit of everything.
18:21I like cowboy, Indian, old weapons, older military items.
18:26As a kid, I grew up on a horse ranch in Florida.
18:28And in those days, most of the movies were Westerns.
18:31And my first heroes were cowboys.
18:33And as I got older, I just thought it was wonderful to have a piece of the real thing
18:38that I could relate back to my childhood.
18:40And I look at this stuff and I enjoy it.
18:42This is cool, man.
18:43Here's some more antlers.
18:45Four full hides.
18:47There's a lot of this stuff in here.
18:48You're keeping it to make things.
18:50Well, see, I built the costumes for the studio for years.
18:53Yeah.
18:53So I've got boxes of leather everywhere.
18:55When I was a kid, you know, I was working in a small town in Florida.
18:58Elvis Presley came to town and I ended up going to Hollywood with Elvis.
19:02From then, I've bettered everything from an actor, stuntman, prop maker to making costumes.
19:08Spent 57 years in the film industry.
19:10I won an Emmy for the costumes on Magnificent Seven.
19:13This is a TV series.
19:15Probably 86, 87.
19:17Wow.
19:18I made all the leather costumes for that.
19:19All the leather costumes for Wild Bill, Jeff Bridges.
19:22No kidding.
19:22It was all hand-sewn.
19:23It was no machine.
19:24I went back and researched Hickok, his buckskin jackets and all the things, and made patterns
19:30to fit Jeff Bridges to actually look just like Wild Bill.
19:34So you were basically in a lot of these big actors and big actresses' personal space.
19:38Oh, yuck, yuck, yuck.
19:39I don't know if you bought a movie poster.
19:41That's an old, I think, a Roy Rogers poster up there.
19:44Look at that.
19:45Pretty bad condition.
19:47Roy Rogers, Trigger, the smartest horse in the movies.
19:50Trigger.
19:50Did you ever work with him?
19:51I knew Roy.
19:52We used to shoot Skeet and Trap together.
19:54Really?
19:55I can tell you a funny story about Roy Rogers.
19:57If you look at all the old Roy Rogers movies, there was a guy in there called Black Jack O'Shea.
20:01He played all the bad guys.
20:02Well, he was Roy's buddy.
20:04So when Jack retired, Roy bought him a little shack along the railroad tracks down to Tarzana, California.
20:10They started O'Shea's Trash and Treasures, which was an antique store.
20:14Really?
20:14So when I first came out here, I was doing stunt shows on the weekends.
20:18And I always stopped by and see Jack because a lot of the old stuntmen were there, all the old cowboys.
20:22Oh, my God.
20:23I can't even imagine.
20:23So I kept asking Jack, I'd like to meet Roy.
20:27He says, when he comes down next time, I will call you.
20:29So I get a phone call.
20:31He says, get your ass over here.
20:33Roy's here.
20:33So I got my best cowboy outfit.
20:35I'm wearing down there.
20:37Walked into the little shack.
20:38I'm going, did he leave?
20:40He goes, no, he's in the back room.
20:42He says, come on.
20:43So we opened the back door.
20:44Roy's laying on the bunk bed back there, drunk as a skunk, just passed out.
20:48I said, oh, s***.
20:49Grab his feet.
20:50We took him out to Jack's old pickup truck that had a mattress in the back, put him in the back of the pickup truck.
20:56We drove him over to the ranch, and Dale and all the kids came up and loaded.
21:00Years later, when I met him again, I said, you know, I met you years ago.
21:03You did?
21:04I said, oh, God, don't tell me about that story.
21:07Oh, my God.
21:08Al found his passion and had the opportunity at the perfect time in his life because he used to watch these guys as a young man.
21:16The movies, and then, coming of age, being able to be in the industry and still see them working.
21:23How amazing is that?
21:25Behind all of these guys, there were so many people behind the camera working really hard to create the scenes, create the wardrobe, do the makeup, the stunts, all of that for the camera and the light to shine on them.
21:39There are no self-made men.
21:42There are so many people working so hard.
21:44Al was one of those guys for decades.
21:47What an honor to know some of these guys.
21:49That's beautiful, man.
21:51What do you value this at?
21:52$25.
21:53I was going to give you a $50.
21:55Okay, I'll do that.
21:56All right.
21:57Thank you, buddy.
21:58I love that.
21:59And Roy was just a super nice, down-to-earth guy, and he loved to get out with the guys and shoot the guns and tell the stories, and I loved every minute of it.
22:07How about World War II jackets?
22:09Oh, wow.
22:10You can tell that's been worn a lot.
22:13This is what I love about Al's collection.
22:15We're jumping from the Wild West to World War II.
22:18Oh, my God.
22:19Look at that patch.
22:20The jacket is standard issue.
22:22The patch is not.
22:23A lot of artwork like this or nose art was created by somebody on the crew or on the base.
22:30All of this stuff was inspired by a brotherhood that was spiritual.
22:34I mean, when these guys left, they had no idea if they were going to come back.
22:38That kind of uncertainty seeps into the fabric.
22:43There are a lot of collectors out there that care about the condition of the jacket.
22:47I'm not that guy.
22:48This is an incredible patch.
22:50I'm buying this jacket for this one patch.
22:53There's nothing on the back.
22:55So what are you thinking on this?
22:56So basically what I'm buying here is the coat that's, you know, it's rough.
23:00It's strictly for display.
23:01Yeah.
23:01But, yeah.
23:01Oh, absolutely.
23:02All this stuff I buy like this is for display, but I've been collecting it for a while now.
23:07Like, I mean, what would you want for this one in this shape with this patch?
23:10That's the patch.
23:11Yeah, the price is the money that.
23:12Yeah, this one's gone.
23:13Probably around $350.
23:15Yeah.
23:17How about $300?
23:18It's just sitting out here in the box.
23:22Oh, my God.
23:23I love it.
23:23I love it.
23:24I appreciate it.
23:28There's a lot of stuff in here.
23:30I mean, it's amazing how well everything is preserved.
23:32Look at this, for example.
23:33I mean, dude, I remember buying those when I was a kid.
23:35Look at this, a Space Master paper kite.
23:38This child's kite blows me away.
23:40It's from the 50s.
23:42It's made out of tissue paper.
23:44It has all the iconic figures of the space age.
23:47That is amazing that it survived.
23:50Because it's so delicate, it's hard to display.
23:52Can you do 60?
23:54Yeah, I'll do 60.
23:55Yeah, thank you, man.
23:56I mean, it's just so unusual.
23:57Terry?
23:58Yes, sir?
23:59Look at that, Jersey.
24:00Monroe sent car fresheners.
24:021954.
24:03Cool thing is, it's all intact, and this is the greatest fishing lure I ever made.
24:08The fact that these are spinners, that's my favorite kind, because these things, fish just bite.
24:13They don't make stuff like this anymore.
24:15130 for the pair.
24:16Okay.
24:16All right, appreciate you.
24:17Yeah, thank you, Terry.
24:19Terry, I'm looking at using these lures.
24:21What is up with this?
24:22It's an anvil.
24:23Yeah.
24:24But an anvil salesman, that was his sample he took around to show.
24:28It's pot metal.
24:29It's very lightweight.
24:29I think it's more of a decorative piece.
24:31I think it's 30 bucks.
24:3240.
24:3335.
24:33Sold.
24:34All right, dude.
24:35I like this.
24:35All right, good.
24:36So we're buying stuff.
24:37I love it.
24:37Look at that.
24:38Harold's smoked sardines.
24:40These sardine cans were meant to look like a book on a shelf, but when you opened it up,
24:45it had the sardine cans displayed in this.
24:48I'd say that's the 30s, wouldn't you?
24:50Oh, a minimum.
24:50125.
24:51Let's go 150.
24:53130.
24:54That's a round number.
24:55Sold.
24:56All right.
24:56It takes a special person to buy sardine cans.
24:58And you found a special person.
25:00That's me.
25:01That's you.
25:02Hey, Terry.
25:02Yes, sir.
25:03You got this cabinet back here.
25:05Actually, I think I found the automotive section.
25:07There's clamps up here, radiator clamps, the pores.
25:11You'd be interested in maybe selling this cabinet?
25:13It says Purolator on it.
25:15I probably would.
25:16Purolator was an air filter company that when you saw guys on the NASCAR track, that was
25:21the company that had the air cleaner on their car.
25:23This one is in great shape.
25:25It's got the red, the yellow, and the white, and it's perfect.
25:28Looks like it's probably from the late 50s, early 60s, I would say.
25:33It looks like it was probably just for air filters.
25:36It's got a bunch of oil filters and stuff inside it.
25:38I don't really want those, but it's got great color on it.
25:41That's for certain.
25:42I don't care what's inside it.
25:43The cabinet is the advertising piece.
25:45Would you do 200 on it?
25:48No, I don't believe I'd do three.
25:50To find it in this condition?
25:52Very unusual.
25:54How about here?
25:54I'll do this for you.
25:55How about 300 and you throw in the automobile clamp thing up top?
25:59Three and a quarter.
26:01I'll do that.
26:02Three and a quarter.
26:02I could use that.
26:04I'm always digging around for a clamp or two.
26:06Some of those are old-timey clamps, too.
26:08That's all right, though.
26:09They've got those cool old-school ones.
26:11I like this stuff.
26:11Yeah, this is the old-school clamps.
26:12Yeah, like 1940s.
26:14The whole collection you have is museum quality.
26:22This is one of Graham Greene's shirts from Dances with Wolves.
26:25Really?
26:26God, that's one of my favorite movies, man.
26:28I got that directly from Graham.
26:29No kidding.
26:30So when actors are doing film, is it unusual for them to acquire things like that?
26:35Like, how do they get that stuff?
26:36You know, some of them, like McQueen, they always got all the costumes they wore.
26:41So did you know McQueen?
26:43Yeah.
26:43No kidding.
26:44Like, what was he like?
26:45I can tell you a little secret story if you want to hear it.
26:48I want to hear any stories about Steve McQueen.
26:51Well, we were doing a film called The Getaway.
26:53Steve McQueen, Ali McGrath, Sam Peckinpah directing, we're shooting in San Marcos, Texas.
26:57And I was doing special effects makeup on the show.
27:00And that first morning, he says, how about I'll come over?
27:02I want to meet him.
27:03So you were going to do Steve McQueen's makeup?
27:05Yeah.
27:05So I was all excited, you know?
27:06I go over there, and he's in a motorhome.
27:09He's got his entourage that's traveling with him.
27:11And in the motorhome, a lot of people know, it's got two little spotlights on with a kitchen
27:14table that barely lighted up.
27:15Yeah.
27:16And he goes, go ahead and start your makeup.
27:18I said, Steve, it's too dark in here.
27:20I can't do it.
27:21I want you to do it now.
27:22I said, well, it's a prosthetic job with a bullet hit.
27:25I said, I can't do it because there's no lighting.
27:28If I make one mistake, we've got to start all over there.
27:30I said, come on over, cross the walkway.
27:33I had makeup trailers over there.
27:34Everything all set up, lit, do it.
27:35And I started walking, and he grabbed me, and he goes, I want you to do it now.
27:41And I said, Steve, you've got one more poke.
27:43And he looked at his buddy there and laughed.
27:45He went like that.
27:46And I open-handed knocked him on his ass.
27:49Oh, you just smacked him down.
27:51Yeah.
27:51He fell back into the booth.
27:53Yeah.
27:53And he said, U.S.O.B., you're never going to work again.
27:56Your career's over.
27:58I didn't have a job, but I got this job.
28:00So I'm walking over, and I'm packing my stuff away.
28:02And Ali McGraw comes in.
28:04She goes, Al, what are you doing?
28:06I said, well, Steve just fired me, so I'm packing all my crap, and I'm out of here.
28:10She goes, you can't leave.
28:12I want you here to do my effects when it comes up, and I won't work with anybody else.
28:16And I said, well, Steve fired me.
28:18She says, don't go anyplace.
28:19I'll be right back.
28:21So she comes back with Sam Peckinpah, the director.
28:24He goes, okay, she told me the story.
28:26He says, I've been wanting to hit that son of a bitch since the first time I met him.
28:30He says, you're not fired.
28:31Stay here.
28:32You'll fly somebody in just to do Steve.
28:34Oh, my gosh.
28:35Time progressed, and every morning I'd go to work, and I'd stop by and go, morning, Mr. Steve McQueen.
28:40How are you, Mr. McQueen?
28:43You were egging him on.
28:44Yeah.
28:45And I've got to give him credit, though.
28:46About halfway through the film, he goes, I owe you an apology.
28:50He says, I was totally out of line.
28:51I was unprofessional.
28:53You did what you were supposed to do.
28:54And he said, well, you shake my hand.
28:56I said, sure, sure.
28:56We became friends after that.
28:58Really?
28:58I rode Baja with him every day.
29:00He's a good guy.
29:00Oh, my gosh.
29:01Turned up to a real good guy.
29:03I've got to give him credit.
29:04He manned up and apologized.
29:05I respect the man totally.
29:08This is what happens when you ask a stuntman to be a makeup artist.
29:12I mean, it's just insane.
29:14But it's so cool that he held his ground.
29:16He went toe to toe.
29:18I'm in the presence of greatness.
29:20He's a man's man.
29:21He's a woman's man.
29:22He's a dog's man.
29:24He's everything a man should be and more.
29:26Pretty amazing history here.
29:33Look at that one.
29:34Here's some photos from a donkey basketball.
29:36Donkey basketball?
29:38Yeah.
29:38I got the book in donkey basketball.
29:41So guys ride on donkeys.
29:42Ride donkeys.
29:42And try to make baskets.
29:43I think I remember this in high school.
29:45They came to my school one year.
29:46And I booked 200 one-night events in 14 different states.
29:51What is donkey ball?
29:52You have eight donkeys, four donkeys at each end of the court, two teams.
29:57And they have to be riding the donkey when shooting.
30:01But the donkeys are trained to throw them off, chase them, bite them.
30:05It was a fundraiser for the schools.
30:07Usually one of the teams had to be made up of the teachers.
30:10And kids would buy a ticket to see the teacher thrown from the donkey.
30:14And a lot of times the principal would be what was referred to as a pooper scooper.
30:19If the donkeys had an accident on the floor, they'd pack the gym out every night.
30:24So I got to ask a question because I collect photographs.
30:26Oh, you do?
30:27I got a lot of photos.
30:28I probably have 8,000 photographs of things that intrigue me.
30:31Would you be interested in selling one of your donkey pictures?
30:35Well, you're getting pretty personal now.
30:37I know.
30:37That makes it very expensive.
30:39I know.
30:39I get it.
30:40I get it, but it's just a cool story to tell.
30:43I love that.
30:44I don't know.
30:44What kind of value would you place on that?
30:48A hundred bucks.
30:49Sold.
30:50There you go.
30:51Mike, tell you the name of the donkeys.
30:53Oh, you know the names of the donkeys?
30:55Oh, yeah.
31:03What's the deal with the Oscar?
31:04What's the deal with that?
31:06Oh, my God.
31:07That's got some weight to it.
31:08Well, in 1928,
31:10they were trying to get a design for an award to give to actors.
31:14Well, this is one of the prototypes for the Oscar.
31:17This is the prototype for the Oscar?
31:19Yeah.
31:20Who has a prototype Oscar in their house?
31:23And on top of that,
31:24slapped Steve McQueen to the ground.
31:27Al Fleming.
31:28Whoa.
31:29The woman came back to me as a joke.
31:31She says,
31:32You want an Oscar?
31:34I went, yes.
31:35I said, I'll never win one.
31:36And she goes,
31:37Here, you can have this.
31:38And I never realized it was
31:40until I started screwing around with it
31:41and it's all about scratching on the bottom of it.
31:44Base style,
31:45RS number two,
31:47November 27th,
31:4828th.
31:49What do you value that at?
31:51That actually should go to the Hollywood Museum down there, really.
31:54Because it's something that should stay with the Hollywood, I think.
31:56For sure.
31:57Look at that.
31:57Oh, my gosh.
31:59What a piece of history.
32:01That is a piece of history.
32:08So, I gotta ask.
32:09There's a couple signs.
32:10I'm a huge advertising guy.
32:11The one I like the most is the Borden.
32:13Yeah.
32:13It's embossed, too, Robbie.
32:14Yeah, that's why I like it.
32:15When it has an animal on it,
32:17it makes it more valuable, doesn't it?
32:19A hundred percent.
32:20Yeah.
32:20We talk about buying character signs all the time.
32:22The better the character,
32:24the more valuable the piece.
32:25That's painted metal, not porcelain.
32:27Fine.
32:28Actual value-wise,
32:29what would it be?
32:30$500?
32:31I think it's got a value of about $800 to $900.
32:34$800 to $900.
32:34Yeah.
32:35I'd be a player at $600.
32:37I believe I'll hang on to it.
32:39That's a good offer.
32:41You gotta step up to the plate.
32:42Right.
32:42We're here to buy.
32:43If I would sell something off at the side of the store,
32:46it'd leave a hole, so to speak.
32:48What about this Gillette tire sign on the other side?
32:50It's got a polar bear on it.
32:51Right here.
32:52It's got a big whammy right on the bear.
32:54I'll probably let that and go.
32:56Being on the rear end of the store,
32:58it's not as visible.
32:59That's an embossed one,
33:00but it's got a great look.
33:01The Gillette tire sign that's on the back,
33:03it's got a polar bear on it.
33:05And it's not the greatest shape,
33:06but it's a good piece.
33:08A little rough here, Robbie.
33:09It's rougher than a corn cob, isn't it?
33:111972.
33:111972.
33:12Yeah.
33:12Did you do $325?
33:16I'd like to start about $5.
33:18Yeah.
33:19Oof.
33:20It's tough.
33:20And it's a 70 sign.
33:21I know that and it's not perfect.
33:23Yeah.
33:24Would you go $4?
33:25$375.
33:27I'd like to have $4 out of it.
33:29I just never did like odd numbers like that.
33:32I like those even hundred.
33:34I wouldn't have sold it
33:35had it been off of the side of the store,
33:37but I was satisfied price-wise.
33:47Harry.
33:48Yeah, sir.
33:48Look at this.
33:49It's got like the clothing department here.
33:51Look at these.
33:51Lee jeans.
33:52Size 29 by 31.
33:54That's for somebody really small.
33:55Pointer brand jeans.
33:5734 waist.
33:57There you go.
33:58Here's kids jeans.
33:59Mavericks.
34:00DC brand.
34:01All this stuff is made in the USA, too.
34:03Oh, yeah.
34:03This is dead stock denim.
34:05Unused inventory.
34:07From the 70s, some maybe even to the 60s.
34:10You rarely see that.
34:11You've got other ones up here, too.
34:13And these are overalls.
34:14Red camel.
34:15Brand new.
34:16Old stock.
34:17You've got another set up there, too.
34:18These are Oshkosh.
34:1928 by 33.
34:21Here's another set of Lee.
34:22Yeah.
34:22I love denim.
34:24I didn't see these.
34:25Whoa.
34:25What really intrigues me whenever I see any workwear or denim is that designers who are making clothing
34:31use vintage products to inspire them to make their denim.
34:36Let me make the offer.
34:38One, two, three, four pairs of overalls.
34:41Right there.
34:42Overalls, what, $50 a pair today?
34:44Well, because they're kid size, it's going to be hard to get that kind of money for them.
34:48One, two, three, four.
34:50Five.
34:51I'm thinking, like, $225.
34:53Make it $250 and take them with you.
34:55$250?
34:56Yeah.
34:56You know what?
34:56I'm not going to argue with it, buddy.
34:58Thank you so much, man.
34:59I really appreciate it.
35:00Woo!
35:00There's so much stuff here.
35:01I mean, look at this axe.
35:03S-Wing embossed leather case.
35:04It's brand new.
35:05The S-Wing company makes a high-quality product.
35:08They have a beautiful way they use a forged handle that incorporates the head.
35:12It's very strong.
35:13Then I found this piece, Carborundum.
35:15It's a store display, an advertising thing for a sharpening stone.
35:19People come in and sharpen their eyes.
35:20Yep.
35:21This is used.
35:22$75 for both of them.
35:23$65.
35:24All right.
35:25Sold.
35:25All right.
35:26I'm not done with you yet.
35:27I love this.
35:28Oh, the kiddie boots?
35:29Yeah.
35:30That's got to have some age in it.
35:31Oh, that is so neat.
35:33Look at it.
35:33Play boots, adjustable straps.
35:35So they're plastic boots.
35:36The cowboy boot display is so cool because they're kids' cowboy boots.
35:40I mean, they're just adorable.
35:42It's been patched up a little bit with some tape, but it's still there.
35:44I believe about $50.
35:46You think about $50?
35:47Yeah.
35:47You know what?
35:48That's exactly what I was thinking, too.
35:49All right, buddy.
35:50Thank you so much.
35:51Very, very good.
35:52Check these things out.
35:53Ah, cool.
35:54That display is nice.
35:56I know.
35:56When I walked into a general store when I was a kid, it was all about the soda, the
36:00lollipops, and the pocket knives.
36:03Another one.
36:04That is great.
36:05When I was seven years old, my dad gave me a pocket knife.
36:09It was a rite of passage.
36:10It just takes you back to a time.
36:12When I see these pocket knives, I think about my grandkids.
36:15I think about my children.
36:16Is it broken as hot, Rob?
36:17Yeah.
36:18This piece got broke.
36:19You're missing one knife?
36:20I wouldn't take less than $300 for both of them.
36:23$250.
36:24Ah, I gave three.
36:25That Barlow, you wouldn't find a complete display like that.
36:30Shake the man's hand.
36:31Ha-ha.
36:32All right.
36:32Yeah, we got to get them.
36:33They're nice, man.
36:34You're right.
36:34The Barlow display is awesome.
36:36It's pretty amazing this stuff survived.
36:38It's just another example of how well Terry preserved everything in here.
36:42And this is just a testament to Terry's ambitious project.
36:46Terry, it's been a heck of a day.
36:48He put this beautiful general store all together in a wonderful building to help preserve history.
36:55It's an amazing accomplishment.
36:57Appreciate you, my friend.
36:57Appreciate you coming by.
36:58You come see us in Iowa.
36:59Nice meeting you, my friend.
37:00Yes, sir.
37:01I have never sold anything until today.
37:04When they complimented me on the condition of the various items, it certainly made me feel good.
37:11And it was a very enjoyable experience.
37:14Come see us in LeClair.
37:16I've got a cowgirl collection over here.
37:27Let me see that.
37:28What's going on with that?
37:29Put it over here.
37:30I think this is the only spot in the house where we can look at stuff.
37:33It's a very historical rodeo thing.
37:36One of the ladies who actually started the women's rodeo in the 1880s.
37:41This is her entire collection.
37:43She was a lady that started the Rodeo Cowgirls Association back in the 1920s.
37:47This is her scrapbooks.
37:49Wow.
37:50Blue feather clippings, first-dition books.
37:53Oh, this is her right here.
37:55Bertha Blanchett.
37:56She was actually the first lady in rodeo to ride a bronco.
38:00To professionally ride in a rodeo?
38:01Professional rodeo, yeah.
38:02Wow.
38:03And that was unheard of in those days.
38:04Oh my gosh, absolutely.
38:06So she was a tough old gal.
38:07Oh, look at all this.
38:09Where'd you get this stuff at?
38:10A guy bought a storage unit.
38:12This was in it.
38:13And he called me and said,
38:13you buy cowgirl stuff, do you buy photographs?
38:16Wow, these are so great.
38:17You know where I went to and it was the most badass thing, man?
38:21You've been to the Cowgirl Hall of Fame?
38:23Yeah.
38:23Did you see all those outfits in there?
38:25Did you see Annie Oakley's in there?
38:26Yeah.
38:26My daughter Charlie and I went to the Cowgirl Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, Texas a couple years ago.
38:32It was a place my daughter wanted to visit.
38:35It was on her list.
38:36And I remember seeing some of Bertha Blanchett's things in there.
38:41Dang, this is incredible.
38:42I mean, there's so much history here.
38:44Women like Bertha Blanchett forged the past, struck the iron for so many others.
38:49If you're a woman in riding and rodeo right now, Bertha Blanchett's history is part of your history.
38:55So it's so wild to see a box of all these personal images of hers.
39:02A lot of these things, there were other ladies that were in the rodeos that were friends of hers.
39:06Look at them jumping over that car.
39:07Oh my gosh.
39:08These were the gals that went out there and busted their tail and had to prove themselves as the old tough cowboys
39:14that they were worthy of going out there and becoming rodeo stars.
39:17Exactly.
39:18It is interesting that a lot of these photos have the names of the people in the photos.
39:23Yeah, and some of them have it on the back if they don't have it on the front.
39:25It's just good early stuff with the rodeos.
39:28So what are you going to do with all this stuff?
39:29I'd be interested in this.
39:30Are you interested in selling this?
39:32I was going to try to get it to somebody.
39:33Probably you'd be a good one to get it because I thought it should be kept together.
39:37Absolutely.
39:37Because this is the beginning of certain rodeoing.
39:40Well, absolutely.
39:41And I think also, too, I look at it, the images and how personal a lot of the stuff is.
39:46To me, it'd be an amazing book.
39:48You know what I mean?
39:48Do the research.
39:49I'm too old to be taken on a project like this.
39:52Yeah.
39:53But it has to be done because I've never found a complete archive of early cowboy stuff that hasn't been published.
40:01Absolutely.
40:02What are you thinking on this stuff?
40:04To you, I'd go $1,000 on it.
40:08I think that's a good price.
40:11I think it is, too, and I think there's a responsibility that comes with it.
40:15I'm game for it.
40:16I'm up for the task.
40:17Okay.
40:17I truly am.
40:18We're saving a piece of history that otherwise would probably be thrown out, burned, lost.
40:23Absolutely.
40:24Any of this stuff, I feel like I'm preserving the history of it for whoever comes next.
40:29And it's a hell of a book, and I look forward to see what he does with it.
40:32Well, you've got me excited about it.
40:33Good.
40:34This needs to be moved forward.
40:36I want to be the guy that puts it in its right place.
40:39So whether that's the Cowgirl Hall of Fame or connecting it with maybe a family member, I understand the responsibility of owning it.
40:47All right.
40:47We got the rest of the antlers.
40:48This is one of the things I love about my job, circling back with guys that over the years have become my mentor.
40:56You know, every time I come to Al's house, I want to stay there for a month.
41:00You know, it's like I just want to be an apprentice.
41:02I'm such a sponge.
41:04And he's just got so much knowledge, and I love that about him.
41:07If his stuff is going to go somewhere, he wants to choose where.
41:10And I'm honored he chose me.
41:12You've got such an incredible eye.
41:15Thanks for sharing your stories with me.
41:17Oh, my God.
41:18I love spending time with you.
41:20Come by anytime.
41:20The next time I come through, I'm going to crash here.
41:23The last time we met, I've thought about you so many times since then.
41:26Mike Wolfe is welcome at my house any time of the day, like a brother, because I feel a connection between Mike and I.
41:34And I think we could have a lot of fun BSing each other about adventures and collections.
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