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00:04Sturgis, the biggest motorcycle classic in the Midwest.
00:07This will be my 30th year, and I'm not missing it.
00:11So there's a dude I've been talking to in South Dakota?
00:13Yeah.
00:13So he is interested in meeting you two.
00:16If this is a mega pick, it's going to be awesome.
00:18Mike, I can't go, dude.
00:20Danny, pack your bags.
00:22We're going picking.
00:22This place is packed.
00:24You name it, I buy it.
00:25Porting, I guess you'd call it.
00:27You pushed?
00:27Yeah.
00:27You got it?
00:28Yeah.
00:28There you go, girl.
00:30Dig in.
00:30Oh, look at that.
00:32This is a Cracker Jack coin-operated machine.
00:35Getting this piece would be like the prize in the box.
00:38Just come on in.
00:39We're not fancy, but we've got stuff.
00:42Ooh, yeah.
00:43This is amazing.
00:44It's handmade, and it's pretty sexy.
00:46It looks like a cycle car on steroids.
00:48Twelve.
00:48I do twelve on this car.
00:50Then how do we get the other $18,000?
00:52We're too far apart.
00:56I'm like Wolf, and I'm Frank Frex.
00:58And we're pickers.
01:01We travel the back roads of America looking to buy rusty gold.
01:06We make a living telling the history of America one piece at a time.
01:17What's up?
01:18Awesome things are up.
01:20You ready?
01:21I'm ready.
01:21I'm ready, girl.
01:22All right.
01:23So there's a dude I've been talking to in South Dakota because he has this awesome, incredible
01:27museum.
01:28Stop.
01:28Just stop.
01:29I didn't say anything.
01:30I've picked museums.
01:31He hasn't sold to any other pickers at all, but I've been talking to him.
01:35We have a really great connection.
01:36Yeah, I know how you do it.
01:37We have a good connection.
01:38Yeah.
01:38So he is interested in meeting you two.
01:41Picking is all about building relationships.
01:44Danielle has done that so far.
01:45Now it's up to me and Frank to be able to buy this stuff.
01:48Do you have any photographs?
01:49Yeah.
01:50Okay, go print off some photographs and let us look at it, and we'll leave either tonight
01:55or tomorrow morning.
01:56All right.
01:56Awesome.
01:59Um.
02:03Mike, I can't go, dude.
02:05What do you mean you can't go?
02:06I got a guy coming in the next couple days that's got a major oil can collection.
02:12Wait a second.
02:12You are interested in staying at the shop instead of going on a mega pick and us making some
02:17money.
02:18I didn't know this was happening.
02:19The real reason I can't go, it's not oil cans, it's Sturgis, South Dakota.
02:24This will be my 30th year.
02:25I'm going with Mike's brother, Robbie.
02:27You know, I don't care about oil cans.
02:28What I care about is motorcycles.
02:30All right.
02:31So I got one word for you.
02:33Priorities.
02:34What are your priorities?
02:35My priorities are an oil can collection.
02:38If I would have told Mike that I'm not going on the pick because I'm going to Sturgis,
02:42I'd have never heard the end of it.
02:43All right.
02:44Danny.
02:45Fine.
02:45Frank's got his oil can fetish.
02:47I go into plan B.
02:48Pack your bags.
02:49We're going picking.
02:50What?
02:51We're going picking.
02:51Let's go.
02:52If this is a mega pick, it's going to be awesome.
02:54And me and Danielle can rub it in Frankie's face.
02:58You got enough luggage?
03:00Yeah.
03:01Dang, girl.
03:01We're just going to South Dakota.
03:03The last time Danielle and I went out picking, we bought a pinball machine.
03:06She cut the deal.
03:07Man, they're tough to bargain with.
03:09How about 90?
03:13That was her freshman pick.
03:15I can't wait to see what she does her sophomore year.
03:21I love picking, but I also love motorcycles.
03:24I can't miss Sturgis.
03:28Going to Sturgis with Frank is like going to the Indy 500 with Kyle Petty.
03:33You ready?
03:34I'm ready.
03:35All right.
03:35Sturgis, biggest motorcycle classic, the biggest gathering of motorcycles in the Midwest.
03:40This will be my 30th year, and I'm not missing it.
03:45This is usually a slow month for the shop anyway.
03:48I mean, nobody's going to notice if I'm closed for a couple days.
03:57I'm so excited to be out on the road with Mike again.
04:00Before we get to the mega pick, there's another lead I've been working on.
04:03It's on the way.
04:04This guy's name is Dollar Dick.
04:08We're on the road together.
04:10You like it?
04:11Yeah.
04:11Heck yeah, I do, of course.
04:13You know what, though?
04:14I'm a little bit worried here because I have not heard back from Frank.
04:22Me and Robbie are having a great time.
04:24The weather's perfect.
04:25The road's smooth.
04:26It doesn't get any better.
04:29I've called the store phone, and if no one's picking up on the store phone, then we kind
04:33of have a bit of an issue.
04:34Yeah, well, that is weird.
04:35He's not picking up the phone at the shop.
04:37Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
04:38Get your mind in the Dollar Dick.
04:40All right.
04:41We'll deal with him later.
04:42All right.
04:43I'm going to pick Dollar Dick.
04:44I'm excited about that.
04:45Aren't you excited about that?
04:46I am.
04:46So this guy we're going to today, he's really into auctions, so it sounds to me like he's
04:51going to have tonnage.
04:52I think we're here.
04:53This guy's got so much stuff that's out in the yard.
04:55There's stuff pouring out of every single building.
04:58This is the kind of property that I love to dig in.
05:01Ooh, you might have done good here, Danny.
05:04Dollar Dick, he's the guy who goes to the auction and buys everything.
05:08Hey, hey.
05:09You Dollar Dick?
05:10You bet.
05:11Hey, I'm Mike.
05:12Glad to meet you.
05:13Talk to this pretty lady on the phone.
05:14Nice to meet you.
05:15Same here.
05:16Man, you've got a lot of stuff out in the yard.
05:18Yeah, there's plenty of stuff around.
05:20Well, I've lived here since 54.
05:22I started collecting 14 years ago when I retired.
05:25Where do you want to start?
05:26Where can we look around at?
05:27Well, you can go in here if you want to.
05:28In this house here?
05:29Yeah.
05:29All right.
05:30My mother would roll over in her grave.
05:32Oh, this was your mom's house?
05:33Yeah.
05:35Holy cow, yes she would.
05:39It's just overloaded.
05:40It's crazy.
05:41I mean, you can barely get through the house.
05:44Stuff everywhere in here, Dick.
05:46I got started with pocket watches.
05:48My grandpa gave me one of the first ones left to me,
05:51so I suppose that might be where I got started.
05:53This is what we like to see.
05:55You name it, I buy it.
05:56Hoarding, I guess you'd call it.
05:58You bought everything in here for a dollar?
06:00No, no, no.
06:02Oh, I thought that's how you got your name.
06:03I start the auctions all the time for a dollar.
06:06Oh, okay, okay, I got you.
06:10One-piece cufflinks.
06:13Oh, yeah.
06:14A little holster, that's cool.
06:16Texas Ranger.
06:17These holsters would have been made for cap guns.
06:20They're made of leather.
06:21They look super old.
06:22They're in great condition.
06:23I'm in love with them.
06:24What would you want for those?
06:26What do you give me?
06:27A dollar.
06:28You're going to have to be higher now.
06:31Come on, dollar dick.
06:33I had to try.
06:34Ten apiece.
06:35This is an earlier one.
06:37This one's cool.
06:37Yeah, this is the one I'm really digging on here.
06:40Even though I'm a novice on the road,
06:42I have been in that shop long enough to know
06:44how much people are willing to pay for what we sell.
06:47How about five bucks for this one,
06:48ten bucks for that one?
06:50Seven and a half.
06:51How about five?
06:52No.
06:53I'll keep it.
06:55Okay, this is going to be a tough nut to crack.
06:58No, I'll keep it.
06:59I'll do seven and a half.
07:00All right, so $17.50.
07:01Very cool.
07:02I would have bought these things myself.
07:04Danielle saw them first.
07:05She's crafting her eye
07:06as she's walking through these pics.
07:08All right, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven.
07:11Seven, Danielle.
07:13Seven, yeah, I just hot, hot, hot, hot.
07:15You ready?
07:17Dang.
07:18This place is packed.
07:20Dollar Dick's dollar store is open for business.
07:28How long ago did you build this building?
07:30Ten years ago.
07:31This is like an avalanche of junk, man.
07:35Whoa!
07:35You all right?
07:36I'm going in.
07:37What about this old guitar here?
07:39Looks like somebody would learn on.
07:41It's got the numbers on the fret.
07:43Oh, this was yours when you were a kid?
07:44Yeah.
07:44There's your name.
07:46Ooh, that's pretty.
07:48This antique clock is really beautiful.
07:50Very sexy piece.
07:51I know somebody back in the shop
07:52who would take this in a heartbeat.
07:53Dick, what do you want for this clock right here?
07:55$100.
07:56I can't do $100, man.
07:58That's, that's...
07:59Make me an offer.
08:00I was thinking $50.
08:01Oh, $80 is the best I can do.
08:03Danny seems a little bit intimidated negotiating with Dollar Dick.
08:09I'll do $80.
08:10I really like it a lot.
08:11Oh, yeah, that's cool.
08:12This guy's definitely a pro,
08:14and it's a good learning experience for her.
08:18Kodak camera.
08:20How much is this horse weather vane?
08:22$100.
08:23Woo!
08:24Here, Danny.
08:24This weather vane is awesome.
08:26It's a rusty piece of Americana.
08:28We'll have to reattach the horse,
08:29but I know I can find a buyer for it.
08:39I was thinking $70, $80.
08:41It's too low.
08:42Well, what do you want for this part?
08:43$10 if you take the horse.
08:46This is a cool piece,
08:48but in my store,
08:49I can only get $150.
08:50Yeah, I really do like it.
08:54Yeah, forget it.
08:55Let's do $110.
08:56Dollar Dick seems a little bit tough for Danny.
08:59I think she paid a little bit too much for the horse,
09:00but you know what?
09:01She loves it.
09:04Look at this place, Danielle.
09:06The whole thing just dropped in the center.
09:07Has that building been here
09:08since you've lived on this property?
09:10Yeah.
09:10When I see a barn like that,
09:12I've got to get deep inside of it, man,
09:14because if a barn's been on the property that long,
09:16it's probably got the oldest stuff in it.
09:18When's the last time you were in here?
09:20Been a while.
09:21Oh, yeah.
09:23Here, I'm going to climb up here.
09:25I don't know if that'll hold you.
09:27You've got a lot more guts than I got to get up there.
09:30Sometimes the most dangerous buildings
09:32that we go into give us the biggest treasures.
09:36Here's kind of a room that people kind of like.
09:40Man, you've got a lot of toys.
09:41More than we can afford.
09:42This guy has blown my mind.
09:44This stuff is extremely hard to find.
09:50One's left.
09:50Oh, yeah.
09:52Woo!
09:53My goodness.
09:54It's just a wall of junk.
09:59Need a push?
10:00Yeah.
10:00You got it?
10:01There you go, girl.
10:02Dig in.
10:04Dang, dick.
10:05Wild, man.
10:07I'm in my element.
10:08I'm waist deep in a collapsed barn.
10:10It's dark in there.
10:11There's a lot of stuff.
10:12I mean, there's a lot of awesome things to dig in.
10:15That's half the sign.
10:16Do you have the other half of this sign?
10:18Nope.
10:19All you got is this part?
10:20Yep.
10:20I found a Goodyear sign, or half of it, this year sign.
10:24It's porcelain, blue color, nice paint,
10:26but it's only half the sign.
10:28This is exactly the kind of piece
10:29that any savvy collector would love to have.
10:31I was there when I moved on the plate.
10:33That was a nice sign, that's for sure.
10:35What do you got on the sign?
10:37100 bucks.
10:40Half the sign should be half price.
10:42That is.
10:43How about 50 bucks?
10:44I'm the only one crazy enough to buy half a sign.
10:48Nope.
10:49$60.
10:50You come up 10 more and it's yours.
10:53I'll come up five more.
10:55Nope, nope.
10:56Let her sit.
10:57I'm going to let her lie.
10:58Let her lie.
10:59Let me think about it.
11:01Got a hard negotiator there.
11:03Yeah, man.
11:03Well, hey, the guy's at three auctions a week.
11:05Yeah, right.
11:06You know?
11:11This place really is actually kind of creepy.
11:14Ah, there's a dead chicken above your head.
11:16There's a dead chicken above your head.
11:18Look at it.
11:19I'm like, so what?
11:21Here, you want a leg?
11:22What's the big deal?
11:23You know, I want her to see that, you know,
11:25this stuff, it's not scary.
11:27I don't want to.
11:28I mean, if you've got to crawl through dead chickens,
11:30raccoon poop, and goat urine to get to something cool,
11:36do it.
11:38That's pretty cool.
11:39What about outside?
11:40What's outside?
11:42Oh, yeah, that's cool.
11:43I love that.
11:43I can see it.
11:45Fisk tires.
11:46Here, I'm going to climb up here.
11:48I don't know that'll hold you.
11:51All right, Danielle.
11:52I know, this is looking sketchy up here, man.
11:54Yeah.
11:56Sometimes the most dangerous buildings that we go into
11:58give us the biggest treasures.
12:00You got a lot more guts than I got to get up there.
12:03I get up in the loft.
12:04It's a little spongy, a little bit sketchy.
12:07I think it's nailed in this corner to this piece of wood.
12:10Ah!
12:16It's still got color.
12:17It's still got graphics.
12:18This is a good piece.
12:19Whoa!
12:20All right.
12:21Grab the frame.
12:22Whoa!
12:23Got it.
12:23All right, Dollar Dick.
12:25Found a sign.
12:26What does it say?
12:27It says, Fisk, cord tires, heavy tubes.
12:31Ooh.
12:41Frames all roached out on it.
12:43Galvanized metal.
12:45Did you know it was in here?
12:47Nope.
12:48It had to be there before 54.
12:50What are you thinking?
12:51100 and a quarter.
12:52Phew!
12:54Dick!
12:55I'm like, whoa, man.
12:56That's like full-on retail on this thing.
12:59Too low.
12:59Do me like that, man.
13:00How about 60 bucks?
13:02It's too low.
13:03It's rough.
13:03It's really rough.
13:05Dollar Dick can see that I love this thing.
13:08I've done the legwork.
13:09I've done the time.
13:10Getting it out of there.
13:11He knows he's got me over a barrel.
13:1275 then.
13:15That's it.
13:16And I remember the half a Goodyear sign that I was dealing on prior to that.
13:20What'd you say on the other one?
13:2175.
13:2275 and 75?
13:24You're at 150.
13:26Let's do this at 140.
13:27I'll haul him out of here.
13:29That porcelain sign's too cheap, so I gotta have a hundred and a half.
13:32Me and Dollar Dick are going at it, man.
13:35Back and forth.
13:36Back and forth.
13:38All right, let's do it.
13:39Man, Dollar Dick really is tough.
13:42I could tell that he really appreciates the negotiation process more than most guys.
13:47I think we'll be able to find a guy that needs the other side of this.
13:49I think it's cool just like this, man.
13:52I bought this half a Goodyear sign for $75.
13:55I'm going to ask 150.
13:59I got the clock for 80.
14:00I think I can sell it for 160.
14:04Tell you what, she's in love with that horn.
14:07I bought the weather vane for 110.
14:09I think I'm going to ask 200 for that.
14:12Thank you, my friend.
14:13I don't even think we put a den in it.
14:15No.
14:16I enjoyed having Mike and Danny here.
14:18Mike was the toughest negotiator, I think.
14:20He wouldn't give up.
14:22All right, we'll be back.
14:23This is the kind of place that as you drive away, you wonder if you dug deep enough.
14:28You wonder what was under the next pile.
14:30You wonder what was in that tall grass.
14:32Bye.
14:34See you, Dollar Dick.
14:37I don't think I've ever gotten so dirty in my life.
14:49What are you doing?
14:50I am calling Frank.
14:52I can't get a hold of Frank.
14:53He's not answering phone calls on his personal phone, on his cell phone, on the shop phone.
14:58He's just falling off the face of the earth.
15:09Danielle and Mike, man, they're busting my chops.
15:12Again?
15:12They're calling like every five minutes.
15:13I kind of feel guilty ignoring Danielle and Mike's calls, but if they find out I'm gone, they're going to
15:19make me turn around, and I can't let that happen.
15:21You're going to have to answer it sooner or later.
15:23Yeah, well, I'm going to answer it later.
15:25I mean, wait until I get in Sturgis.
15:26When I get in Sturgis, if I answer it, what can they do?
15:28I'm already there.
15:30He's not answering.
15:37This has been a great road trip so far.
15:40We're making our way to a huge pick that Danny's been working on.
15:43Here's what I love about South Dakota.
15:45They have these ghost roads out here.
15:47Do you know what a ghost road is?
15:48No.
15:49Ghost roads are like places that we look for that time has completely forgot about.
15:55What's this place up here?
15:56Looks like a ghost road.
15:58No, it looks like a ghost town.
16:04Oh, yeah, that's one of those tourist trap places.
16:06Oh, dude, let's do it.
16:07That'd be so fun.
16:08Are you serious?
16:09We really don't have time to stop.
16:11I want to get to our pick.
16:12They might have hot dogs.
16:14They probably have sarsaparilla and hot dogs.
16:16All right, look, I'm going to give you, I'm going to give you.
16:18Turn it in.
16:19You're turning in.
16:20Listen, I'm going to give you five minutes.
16:22Oh, yes.
16:23You got five minutes.
16:24He said they better have hot dogs.
16:26Mike does not like to stop and have fun.
16:28He is a driven, driven man, which is wonderful.
16:30But he needs a fun guide in his life.
16:33That's this girl right here.
16:361880s ghost town.
16:37It's like John Wayne Disneyland.
16:40Dani did such a good job on our last pick.
16:42I think she deserves a little fun.
16:44And I'm talking a little, like five minutes.
16:47Culpeper Saloon right there.
16:50We're supposed to be picking, not sightseeing.
16:53Tourist-y places are not ripe for picking.
16:55Look at this guy looks like maybe he knows what's going on.
16:57Hey, what are you fixing?
16:59It's hammering nails.
17:01Trying to put the place back together.
17:02Dani, did you see the inside of this place?
17:04Look at that.
17:05It's got the signage and the desk and the trunks.
17:07Oh, look at that sign right there.
17:08Wouldn't that be a cool sign to pick?
17:10We're a picker from Iowa.
17:11So we meet this dude named Scott.
17:12Turns out he runs the whole entire 1880s town.
17:16Would you give us a tour?
17:17Sure.
17:17Because we don't have a whole lot of time.
17:19Yeah.
17:20Do you do like a five-minute tour?
17:21I'll rush you through.
17:23The oldest building here is the post office.
17:26Did you guys move these buildings here?
17:28Yes.
17:29All these buildings were moved from other towns.
17:31Look at that sign, Mike.
17:32Doc Adams.
17:33I started working here in 1979 for a summer job.
17:37And I just never left.
17:39Here's a saloon, Dani.
17:41Whoa.
17:43Oh, my gosh.
17:44Did you do this, too?
17:46I did the interior.
17:47I go to auctions and buy things to put in the buildings
17:51and then arrange items in the buildings.
17:54Who made the light fixture?
17:55That I made out of scraps.
17:57Scott's amazing.
17:58I mean, this guy could make a million dollars in Hollywood
18:01as an art director, but he's content working on the 1880s town.
18:05So if you've been buying stuff, do you guys have anywhere
18:09that you've got, you know, kind of your room of mistakes
18:12or doubles a thing?
18:14Yeah, I've got some stuff stored away.
18:15I'll get waist deep in it.
18:17All right.
18:17There's a time to tour, and then there's a time to pick.
18:20Wow.
18:21So this is the mistakes you were talking about.
18:24Scott's room of mistakes is my honey hole.
18:27Now this is a tour that's worth my time.
18:30Mmm.
18:30Mmm.
18:32Dude, what's this?
18:34Oh, it's an old camera.
18:36Oh, wow.
18:36It's all busted up, but it's still cool.
18:38Even though it's busted up, this camera's really cool.
18:41It's from the turn of the last century.
18:43There's a whole community out there of people that collect
18:46and restore vintage cameras, and they're always looking for parts.
18:49This is a perfect specimen.
19:00How much is something like this?
19:02I'm trying to get a read on Scott.
19:04I don't know how attached he is to this stuff.
19:06I'd really like to make a deal on this camera.
19:08Hopefully we can break the ice.
19:10I'd say about 80 bucks.
19:13It's in pretty rough shape.
19:15The lens is intact.
19:18How about 60 bucks?
19:22All right.
19:24Now that my idea to stop has turned into a pic,
19:27I know I can find something really cool in here.
19:32These books.
19:33Look at that.
19:35How beautiful is that?
19:36I found these really cool old photo albums.
19:39This is 1891.
19:41There's two of them.
19:42They're both beautiful, and the condition is really, really nice.
19:45Some amazing pictures in here.
19:47I can take these photo albums, pull the pictures out, frame them.
19:49They'll be beautiful decorator pieces, and there's dozens of them.
19:54This photo right here.
19:56And to collect these, think of the last memories of your loved ones.
19:59It's really an emotionally packed photograph.
20:04Amongst these beautiful pictures, I find my favorite, which is a post-mortem portrait of a child.
20:09These families, they couldn't afford to have their photographs taken.
20:12So really the only picture that a lot of these families ever had of their children or themselves
20:16were after they were already deceased.
20:30I'm really hoping that these would be for sale, because this is right up my alley.
20:34A hundred dollars a piece.
20:39That's a lot.
20:40I was thinking more along the lines of like $50 a piece.
20:46So that would be two and a half a picture.
20:49Two and a half dollars a picture, about.
20:51What if we do $70 a book?
20:57I'll do that.
20:58Okay, cool.
20:59All right.
20:59Good deal.
21:00Awesome.
21:01I love these photo albums, and now I have a piece of 1880s history for the shop.
21:07Awesome.
21:08Check it out.
21:08There's bikers everywhere.
21:10You can't get enough of the biker scene when you're in Sturgis.
21:13How about 1560?
21:15Well, suddenly I hear this familiar voice.
21:16How about 1846?
21:18How about?
21:18And it's Hippie Tom.
21:20Tom!
21:20Come on here!
21:25He's got two silos full of stuff, and I'm thinking this is the kind of place we love to dig.
21:31Oh, awesome!
21:33This place is filled to the brim with stuff.
21:36Hey.
21:38Right away, I see these 1950s car hop trays.
21:41These are the trays that a car hop would bring out, latch onto your window, so you can enjoy
21:45your burger and fries at the drive-in.
21:54These are new, old stock.
21:56It doesn't even look like they've been used.
21:58What do you got on these trays?
22:00There's four of them in there.
22:01I sell these to guys that do car shows.
22:04These are perfect.
22:05Uh, $10 a tray, and I'll throw in the suitcase.
22:08I'm your guy.
22:09All right.
22:10Thanks.
22:11Now that things are rolling, I'm feeling pretty good about this stock.
22:15Oh, Mike.
22:16What?
22:17Do not fall through there.
22:19I'm good.
22:19I'm good.
22:23Oh, yep.
22:25What about this guy?
22:27That's, uh, U.S.
22:28U.S. Cavalry.
22:29Oh, U.S. Cavalry.
22:30Really?
22:31It's a feed box.
22:32This feed box is really cool.
22:34It's a little beat up, but that's okay.
22:36It has a great patina, and it could make a really cool storage box for anyone.
22:39What do you want for it?
22:41Uh, $40.
22:43$40?
22:44I thought this was the room of mistakes.
22:47Yeah.
22:48Yeah.
22:48This is, this is not so much the room of mistakes, is it?
22:52No.
22:53I'm thinking $10.
22:54It's U.S. Army.
22:56Yeah, I'm thinking $10.
22:58Scott's trying to sell me this thing at a price that I'm not going to be able to turn over,
23:01so I don't think so.
23:03Uh, $15.
23:06I give you $12.
23:09I'm watching Danielle work her magic on Scott.
23:12She's really holding her grounds on negotiations.
23:14It's kind of like watching her make her first picker steps.
23:18Okay.
23:18$12?
23:19Okay.
23:19Solid.
23:20Man, you guys are rocking.
23:21Really cool piece.
23:22I got it for a good price.
23:25Boom.
23:26All of a sudden, I feel the need to buy.
23:29I like this case.
23:30$2.
23:31$17.
23:32$15.
23:33Sold.
23:34That I would be interested in.
23:36$30.
23:37Yep.
23:38I'm watching Dani, and I can't believe my eyes.
23:40Excuse me.
23:41She's speed picking.
23:43Oh, it's a top to a wood stove.
23:44Yeah.
23:45What do you got on this?
23:46Well, you like $10, don't you?
23:50Solid with $10 on it.
23:52I couldn't be prouder.
23:54Oh, look at that.
23:55All of a sudden, I see a familiar face, the iconic Sailor Jack and his dog, Bingo.
24:00What do you got on this?
24:03This is a Cracker Jack coin-operated machine.
24:06Cracker Jack has been around since the turn of the century, and they started putting prizes
24:10in the boxes in 1912.
24:12That's hot.
24:13After scoring some good smalls, getting this piece would be like the icing on the cake,
24:17or the prize in the box.
24:30How about $150?
24:33This is a great piece.
24:34Anybody that collects Cracker Jack, this is something they'd be proud to own.
24:38$185.
24:40I'd come up a little bit.
24:41I'd do $160.
24:45Okay, I can do that.
24:46Sweet!
24:47Between us, and I wouldn't tell Danny this, I'm happy that she drugged me into the 1880s
24:52town.
24:52All right, let's head on out.
24:54I bought the Cracker Jack machine for $160.
24:56I'm going to ask $400.
25:01I paid $140 for two albums full of rare 19th century photographs.
25:06I think I can make $300.
25:08Got it?
25:09Got it.
25:09I paid $60 for the camera.
25:12In the condition it's in, I think it's worth $175.
25:15All right, buddy.
25:16All right, thanks.
25:17Scott was awesome.
25:19He took his time, showed us around.
25:21I'm a happy camper.
25:22Mike's a happy camper.
25:24Hallelujah.
25:25All right, thank you.
25:26Thank you so much.
25:26Thanks.
25:26Bye, take care.
25:27Mike and Danielle, and they were fun to show around.
25:30I had a great time.
25:32Most everything I sold today is just not being used.
25:35See ya.
25:36Bye.
25:36So, I was happy.
25:38See you later.
25:54See you later.
25:57Rock on, Sturges.
26:08You freaking made it, dude.
26:10You got it, brother.
26:11You got it, man.
26:12Check it out.
26:13There's bikers everywhere.
26:14You can't get enough of the biker scene when you're at Sturges.
26:22It's this one right here, Frank.
26:23It's pretty cool.
26:24Yeah.
26:26So, I'm looking at the t-shirts, and all of a sudden, I hear this familiar voice.
26:29How about 1846?
26:31How about Tom?
26:32And it's Hippie Tom.
26:33How about him?
26:3585.
26:36We'll cut it off.
26:3780 bucks, we'll cut it off.
26:3782.50, we'll cut it off.
26:3980 bucks.
26:3980 and 30 cents.
26:41I'll do it.
26:4180, 30 cents.
26:42I'll do it.
26:43What's up, dude?
26:44I was surprised to see, Frank.
26:46Just a coincidence to be here and to run into these guys.
26:50I just love them.
26:51Robbie came out.
26:52Wow, man.
26:53When I first met Hippie Tom, he was exactly how my brother and Frank had described him.
26:58He's just a fun, loving guy down to earth.
27:00I ended up at Sturgis this year because I was picking rock on our farm.
27:07I picked this rock up, and it looked like a motorcycle with a person on top of it.
27:12And I felt this vibration from it.
27:15And 10 hours later, got to Sturgis.
27:18We gotta go.
27:19Come on.
27:19So me and Robbie pulled Tom away from his negotiation.
27:22And you know what?
27:23It's time to party.
27:24Let's go get a beer.
27:31Today's the day we hit our mega pick.
27:32Danielle showed me a couple pictures of this guy's collection, and it's awesome.
27:35But I don't know a lot about this guy.
27:37Okay, this dude's name is Dave, and this is that lead that I told you about that I've been
27:41working on forever, for like almost a year.
27:43This guy, Dave, runs a museum and is finally ready to start selling some of his collection.
27:48I've worked it out that Mike has first dibs here.
27:51All right, here it is.
27:51Normally, I don't like to pick museums.
27:53People are way too attached to their items, and you can't get a good deal.
27:56But Danny's been working on this, so I'm going to give it a chance.
27:59Dave.
28:00Hey.
28:01How's it going?
28:02Danielle, we've been talking for a couple years.
28:04Yeah.
28:04You finally got the burtel.
28:05This is Mike Wolfe.
28:06Nice to finally meet you.
28:08Danny's talked about you a lot.
28:10Danny's a people person.
28:11She's really good at getting her foot in the door.
28:13Obviously, that's worked with Dave.
28:17Just come on in.
28:19Ooh, yeah, look at that.
28:21We're not fancy, but we got stuff.
28:23Hey, this is the way I want to see it.
28:25All dusty, man.
28:26My dad started the place.
28:28It's been a family project since 1954.
28:32We're just middle-class Americans here, and poor country guys.
28:36We have to do what we can do.
28:37It seemed to make sense to share some of these things, get the cash, and pay the bills.
28:45Dave takes us into this secret room that no one's ever seen before.
28:48It's just packed full of really cool stuff he's been collecting over the years.
28:56Oh, yeah.
28:57Gene Autry.
28:58That's good stuff.
28:59Melody Ranch.
29:00Yeah, this radio.
29:02It's a Philco.
29:03It's really in bad condition.
29:05Well, not really.
29:07It looks complete.
29:08I really like the Philco radio.
29:09It still has the tubes in there.
29:11The back is off.
29:12I'm not sure if the tubes work.
29:1340 bucks.
29:14It's a really beautiful piece.
29:15It's rough.
29:16It's real rough.
29:1735.
29:19I'll never argue with a nice, good-looking woman for $5, okay?
29:24I like that.
29:27How you doing, Danny?
29:28Good, good, good.
29:29I'm digging.
29:30He's got some munch boxes, a lot of Western-themed stuff.
29:33I open up one box, and there's some really cool automotive hood ornaments in there.
29:37Look at that.
29:38Now, this is real stuff.
29:40This is real deal.
29:41How much is this?
29:42First of all, a quiz.
29:43All right.
29:44What card does that go on?
29:45Packard?
29:45Yeah.
29:45It's beautiful.
29:46Yes, it is.
29:47A lot of people collect automotive hood ornaments.
29:49This is an awesome piece.
29:50It's Art Deco.
29:51The chrome is nice on it.
29:53What about this one?
29:55That's a Pontiac.
29:56So you got the Pontiac, and you got the Packard.
30:00How much is the Packard?
30:01Well, this should be $275, honestly.
30:05In this condition, and what about this one?
30:07Remember, I'm factoring in your overhead, your travel, your food for Daniel, all of that,
30:13because then you have to make a...
30:14Daniel, he thinks you eat a lot, man.
30:15I have a glandular condition.
30:18$150.
30:19$150 on this and $275 on this?
30:21Yes, sir.
30:21Yep.
30:22Woo.
30:23How about...
30:26$250.
30:27For which one?
30:28For the pair.
30:30$350 in general.
30:33You can't make a mistake on that.
30:35How about $300?
30:36Let's flip to 25 bucks.
30:37All of a sudden, I realize Dave's a gambling man.
30:40I do three or three and a quarter.
30:41I'm like, okay, let's flip.
30:44Oh, notice how good I am at that.
30:46This is it.
30:47Would you be interested in a package deal?
30:48That's entirely possible.
30:50This is when you start to get excited, because you know that something beautiful is going
30:54to happen.
30:55I'd be looking at, like, $20,000.
31:02Oh, notice how good I am at that.
31:03This is it.
31:04This is a $20,000.
31:06Bingo.
31:07Ah, it's tails.
31:08All right, $325,000.
31:10You got it, Reverend.
31:10I lost the coin flip, but my main concern coming into this is, will this guy sell?
31:15Now I know that answer is yes.
31:17Wow.
31:17Look at that big rooster.
31:18So we're going to head upstairs and see if we can dig deep into the good stuff.
31:22Oh, look at this.
31:22This is nice.
31:23Chains and swords.
31:24Wow.
31:25There's a hop-along-castle radio thing.
31:27Oh, yeah, that is nice.
31:28Yeah, I saw that.
31:29Whoa, what the hell is that?
31:31That is Minnie Mouse.
31:34Minnie Mouse in go-go boots and a little mini skirt and fishnets.
31:40Something's wrong with this picture, but so right.
31:43I think it's actually handmade.
31:44I can't imagine this coming out of a factory anywhere.
31:47I've never seen anything like it before.
31:58You know what her ponytail looks like yours?
32:00Well, she's awesome, of course.
32:02This is mini Danny D right here.
32:04This is you right there.
32:04How much do you want for this?
32:06I want $12,000 for it.
32:08I'll take $975,000 because you've been such good people.
32:11Wait, you come off that much for her?
32:13Yes, I did.
32:13Disney memorabilia is very collectible.
32:16Um, $975.
32:18Collectors love to get their hands on rare pieces from different eras.
32:21And this dancing mini is very rare and iconic.
32:24You wouldn't consider going to $800?
32:27I would consider it, but I would hate to do it.
32:30$925 and that's it.
32:33$900.
32:34$900.
32:35I'll do $900.
32:35We're going to flip a coin.
32:36I do not believe in gambling, but this is just a way to get the deal done.
32:40I believe in gambling.
32:41We're good.
32:42Okay, call it and do it right.
32:44Tails.
32:46Okay, let's see what it is.
32:49Okay, all right.
32:50We're good.
32:50$925, Danny.
32:52$925.
32:53She's mine.
32:53I'm taking her home.
32:55Disney collectors are going to get into a catfight over this mouse.
32:59This guy is blowing my mind.
33:01He's actually got a building separate from all the other buildings.
33:04On the front of it, it says bicycles and motorcycles.
33:07Here's kind of a room that people kind of like.
33:10Right away, I felt it home.
33:12I like your hankle.
33:14They're made in Germany, right?
33:15Yep.
33:15He's got some nice bikes.
33:17He's got a military Indian.
33:18He's got a 36 flathead in there.
33:20He's got an Evans motorbike.
33:22I mean, this stuff is amazing.
33:23It's extremely hard to find.
33:25It's got the odometer.
33:26You're only about the fourth or fifth person that ever knew that the odometer, it was more
33:30than the bike.
33:30Man, you got a lot of toys.
33:32More than we can afford.
33:33Man, where'd you find this Indian at?
33:34I believe it was Wisconsin.
33:36Bam.
33:37I see a 1914 Indian twin.
33:40This has got the rare two-speed transmission.
33:42What do you value this at?
33:43It would be, you know, in the middle 20s.
33:46This bike is amazing.
33:47But 20 grand, in the condition that it's in, I had to pass.
33:51What is this?
33:531914 Henderson car.
33:55Somebody made this car.
33:57This is a cycle car.
33:58These were called cycle cars because they were half car, half motorcycle.
34:01This is just beautiful.
34:02They sold these things for just a few hundred bucks, you know?
34:05They were a motorcycle plus, is all they were.
34:07Cycle cars were a British invention that came onto the scene in the late 1890s.
34:11Back then, big cars meant big money tax-wise.
34:14So they came up with the idea of a smaller car, less tax.
34:26What is this?
34:27That is a race car from the big wheel.
34:29This was in the movie?
34:31Mickey Rooney, the big wheel.
34:33Look at that thing.
34:33It looks like a rocket ship, man.
34:35It's beautiful.
34:36That is cool.
34:36Where did you get this at?
34:38Hollywood.
34:38Dave said this car was bought in the 1950s by his father.
34:42And the story is that this car was in the movie.
34:45Damn.
34:46This is amazing.
34:47It's handmade and it's pretty sexy.
34:49It looks like a cycle car on steroids.
34:52I pull off the back hood and I can't believe my eyes.
34:56It's an early 1940s inline four Indian motorcycle engine.
35:00This is how you start it right here.
35:01Anybody that loves motorcycles or cars is going to love this cycle car.
35:05It's one of a kind.
35:07It's an amazing piece.
35:08This is like Buck Rogers meets Indian four.
35:10This thing is so cool.
35:12It's like sitting in a missile, a land rocket.
35:16This is a mind blower.
35:17Let me ask you this.
35:19Would you be interested in a package deal?
35:21That's entirely possible.
35:23Mike gets real quiet when he sees something that he really likes.
35:28And then you can see the glimmer in his eye.
35:31Now, if you know Mike at all and you know his tells, this is when you start to get excited
35:35because you know that something beautiful is going to happen.
35:40I'd be looking at like 20 grand.
35:42Which one?
35:44For the pair.
35:4520 grand for the pair.
35:4710,000 each.
35:48This guy's been cutting deals way before I was alive and he's not gotten rusty.
35:52All of a sudden, I realized my little man Frankie's not here.
35:55He's the bundler.
35:56I need him now.
35:57This one was $21,600 and that one was $21,800.
36:01That was what my appraiser said.
36:03So we're over 40 grand.
36:05That's more than twice what I offered him.
36:07I'm not willing to give up there.
36:08Okay, I'm going to do this.
36:10On the pair, $23,000.
36:14$23,000.
36:17Then how do we get the other $18,000 or whatever it is?
36:20We're too far apart.
36:22That's a big difference.
36:24Which one, if you had a choice, which one do you like best?
36:27If I had a choice, I'd love that thing.
36:30Who wouldn't love the Red Baron cross on there, man?
36:32That's serious.
36:33Can you see $17,500 for that one?
36:35Just for the one?
36:36Yes.
36:37Without a doubt, that race car, I really didn't want to sell it.
36:41I wanted to keep it.
36:42$12,000.
36:42I do $12,000 on this car.
36:44This car is what Megapick dreams are made of.
36:47I'm not going to leave here without it.
36:48$14,500.
36:50I'm watching these negotiations and there's so much back and forth.
36:53It's like watching Wimbledon.
36:54Give me what you feel is your bottom price on this car.
36:57$13,750.
36:59He's getting closer to where I want to be.
37:01$12,500.
37:02$12,500.
37:04Let's flip for $250,000.
37:05$12,500 or $12,750?
37:07$12,750 or $13,000.
37:09Oh, you got me up to $12,750 already?
37:11Yes.
37:12Okay, game on, Dave.
37:13All right, $12,750 or $13,000.
37:15You want me to call it?
37:16Yep.
37:17Dave flips it and all of a sudden it was like in slow motion.
37:20I was watching the quarters spin.
37:22I got to catch it.
37:23It's a big moment.
37:28All right, $12,750 or $13,000.
37:30You want me to call it?
37:32Yep.
37:32Dave flips it and all of a sudden it was like in slow motion.
37:35I was watching the quarters spin.
37:38I got to catch it.
37:39It's a big moment.
37:42Heads.
37:45Ah, it's tails.
37:46I'm trying to tell you.
37:48$13,000?
37:49Yes.
37:49All right.
37:49I can see now why Dave loves the coin toss.
37:52This guy never loses.
37:53All right, this guy's been sitting in here so long.
37:55Does he have a name?
37:56His name is Herman.
37:57He looks like one of my ex-boyfriends.
37:59Get Herman out of there, Danny.
38:00Done.
38:02All right.
38:03This was an amazing day for us to be able to walk into a museum and buy something.
38:07I realized all of a sudden what an honor it was.
38:10From the bowels of the famous auto show, go this.
38:13This is...
38:14We're going to miss it.
38:15Danny nurtured a relationship with Dave.
38:17I've got to admit, if she hadn't done that, I never would have been able to buy this car.
38:21All right.
38:21One, two, three.
38:24Ah!
38:27I bought the cycle car for $13,000.
38:29I'm going to get it appraised before I sell it.
38:31See?
38:32I told you it fit.
38:33I got these hood ornaments for $325,000.
38:35I'm going to ask $650,000.
38:37I got the Minnie Mouse doll for $925,000.
38:39I'm going to ask $2,000 for it.
38:41Dave, thanks.
38:43See you on the book side.
38:43Maybe I'll see you at some of the car shows.
38:44You will.
38:45Take care.
38:46Bye, Dave.
38:47Bye.
38:47Today was a very special day.
38:51Danielle and Michael were very gracious, very real in every way, and very fair, very honest.
38:58All right, buddy, thanks.
38:59Yep.
38:59There they go.
39:06Well, Sturgis Motorcycle Classic, this is a legendary biker event.
39:11There's so many bikes.
39:12There's so many women.
39:13It's just crazy times.
39:14So that's what makes it so much fun to go up there with them.
39:19How's Mike?
39:21They're good.
39:22I mean, Danielle, I mean, they're out doing some picking, I guess.
39:25Oh, yeah?
39:25Yeah.
39:26I'm doing some drinking.
39:28Picking.
39:28Woo!
39:29Awesome.
39:35All right, let's get some pictures of this sucker, man.
39:38I'm freaking out on this car.
39:40I bought this amazing cycle car yesterday.
39:42We got to get photographs to Dave because I want to know exactly what this car is.
39:47And Dave is the best guy to call.
39:48I mean, he's into motorcycles.
39:50He's into cars.
39:51So when he looks at these photos, he's the guy I trust to tell me exactly what it is.
39:55Let's email these pictures to Dave.
39:57They look good.
39:58They look good.
39:58They turned out good.
40:00Hello?
40:01Dave boy.
40:02Hey, Mike.
40:03What's happening?
40:04Nothing, man.
40:04Just chilling with Danny in South Dakota.
40:06Did you get those photographs?
40:08I did.
40:09That thing is, like, crazy cool, man.
40:11I dig it a lot.
40:12It's made out of a belly tank, no doubt.
40:23When you see somebody build a belly tanker back in the day, they used V8 flathead motors.
40:29That's the ones that reach 200 miles an hour.
40:31Where the cycle car was more for tooling around town.
40:34So that's what made this one kind of interesting because it was a belly tank, yet a cycle car.
40:38I love the aerodynamic look of it.
40:41But it's made for the street.
40:43Got headlights, taillight, fenders.
40:45Well, I think the wheels look Indian Scout to me.
40:48The wheels look like they're off an Indian, no doubt about it.
40:51Even the gas cap, it looks like it's off an Indian chief tank.
40:54Yeah, yeah.
40:55Hey, what did you think of the money shot, though, man?
40:57That motor.
40:58I looked at the serial number.
40:59It checked out to be a 1940 inline four-cylinder motor.
41:03That thing would rock and roll down the road if you fired it up, I bet.
41:07They go on this long jaunt about this, and all I want to know is, how much is it worth?
41:11I'm interested in moving it.
41:13That's why I wanted you to look at it.
41:14I mean, what kind of value would you put on it?
41:16You know, it's one of those things I've said to you before.
41:19It's like, it's worth what somebody will pay.
41:22My gut feeling's pretty high on that thing.
41:26Anywhere from $20,000 to $25,000, I think.
41:29I mean, really?
41:31That's a good day, man.
41:37Thanks, buddy.
41:38I appreciate your help.
41:39No problem.
41:39Give Danny a hug for me.
41:40All right, bye.
41:42Yeah, and I came out on top.
41:44All right, let's go get some French toast.
41:49Danny and I decide to celebrate, get something to eat, and her mind is working.
41:53I mean, the way Danny's mind works is amazing.
41:56I mean, she thinks in angles.
41:58What's today's date?
42:03August 7th.
42:04You don't think it's a little strange that on August 7th, we can't get a hold of Frankie?
42:09He's not in the shop.
42:10What happens on August 7th?
42:12I don't know.
42:12Tell me what happens on August 7th.
42:16Sturgis.
42:18Sturgis, where Frank has gone for 30 years.
42:21That's what happens on August 7th.
42:22Dude.
42:23I hope you're wrong, but I think you're right.
42:27We're picking South Dakota anyway.
42:28Sturgis is right down the street.
42:31Let's bust in.
42:32Let's do it.
42:34Let's do it.
42:35We're going to Sturgis, and we're going to bust the little hairy guys.
42:44So we're driving up to Sturgis, and all I see is a sea of motorcycles.
42:50There's motorcycles, hot chicks, leather chaps.
42:53I smell Frankie Fritz.
42:58I know where Frankie's at.
42:59I know what Frankie's favorite movie is.
43:01It's Easy Rider.
43:02Ever since he saw that, he thinks he's Dennis Hopper.
43:05We pull up into the Easy Rider saloon.
43:07I know he's in here.
43:08Listen, you know how to believe we got together again?
43:12Nice!
43:13That's awesome.
43:14What's up, buddy?
43:16Let's call.
43:17I know, it's been a whole year.
43:19It's been a crazy year.
43:21Hello?
43:22Frank, what are you doing, man?
43:24Nothing, dude.
43:24I'm at the shop.
43:25I have been waiting to catch Frank in one of these situations for a very long time.
43:32Hey, what's the register look like?
43:35Hello?
43:40I'm busted.
43:41Hit me, Tom's in on this?
43:43Tom's here.
43:44Slow down, man.
43:45Get your kids out, man.
43:45Robbie's here, too.
43:46Slow down!
43:47When my brother walked in, I was thinking to myself, where am I going to run and hide?
43:51Have a beard, man.
43:52Calm down.
43:53This guy's got peace and love.
43:54Peace and love.
43:55I couldn't stay mad at the little guy.
43:57I've known him since eighth grade.
43:58Frank, all I got to say is, you know how to pick him.
44:03You know how to pick him.
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