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00:00God, this keeps on going and going.
00:02This is exactly the kind of place that we love.
00:04Want me to hit you with a number?
00:05Yeah.
00:06Ten bucks.
00:08Oh, God, he hit me right in the heart.
00:10Oh, God.
00:10You all right?
00:11Terry comes from the Fred Sanford School of Negotiation.
00:14Oh, right in the heart.
00:15I got you.
00:16This guy is a trip.
00:18Let's start in the back here.
00:19I'm like a kid in a candy shop.
00:21Wow, check it out.
00:22Everywhere you look, cars, cars, cars.
00:25They've got a 76 Econoline van.
00:27Woo!
00:28We had a lot of parties in this thing.
00:30Right now, it doubles as my brother's bedroom.
00:33His twin pops out.
00:35This is your crib?
00:36This is my crib.
00:39Back in the day, these were huge money makers.
00:41And today, there's tons of collectors who'd love to get their hands on these machines.
00:45You got to put a penny in it.
00:46You got to look quick, otherwise you might miss it.
00:48I missed it.
00:49Dang.
00:50I'm Mike Wolfe.
00:51And I'm Frank Frese.
00:53And we're Pickers.
00:55We travel the back roads of America looking to buy rusty gold.
01:01We make a living telling the history of America one piece at a time.
01:12All right.
01:13What about this place right here?
01:14It's going to look good.
01:15How about this place right here?
01:17Too new.
01:18Frank and I are freestyling in Minnesota.
01:20We're going to drive until we run out of highway, lose ourselves into the landscape, and do some down-home
01:24picking.
01:25We need to get on a road we've never been on.
01:26We've been down here before.
01:28Me and Mike have learned over the years of freestyling, the rougher the road, the better the pick.
01:33This is what I'm talking about.
01:34This is where the pavement gives way to the gravel.
01:36We're looking for stuff laying outside.
01:38Stuff we can see that might be worth a stop.
01:41Frank, look at this.
01:43School buses.
01:44You know as well as I do.
01:46School buses mean storage.
01:48Yeah, this is worth a swing in.
01:49Oh, look at that barn right there.
01:50It's totally fell to the ground.
01:51All right, I'm whipping it.
01:52You can see iron through the weeds.
01:55And when you can see that much iron, you know it's going to be a good pick.
01:59All right, let me grab a fire.
02:03This place looks good.
02:05Oh.
02:06Hello!
02:10I love freestyling.
02:12I mean, it's like a blind date.
02:13You never know what you're going to get.
02:16Hey, how's it going?
02:17Oh, hi.
02:19Hey, saw all your rust from the road, man.
02:21Oh, yeah.
02:22All your piles.
02:22So this guy introduces himself to us.
02:25Turns out his name is Terry, and he owns this scrapyard here.
02:27We demolish buildings, so we scrap and that all, yes.
02:31Oh, you do some demolition?
02:32Oh, yeah.
02:33All right, well, you got our attention on that.
02:34We're pickers.
02:35We're from Iowa.
02:36But we buy and sell a lot of stuff.
02:38And we stopped here because we saw all your roadside relics.
02:41I do about anything that anybody wants done.
02:43I demolish buildings.
02:44We do building salvage.
02:46Well, we've cleaned out old gas stations and stuff like that.
02:48I started with my brother 47 years ago, and then I bought him out.
02:53Okay.
02:53And I've owned it ever since.
02:55That's cool, man.
02:56I consider myself a salvage operator.
02:59If I see something out there that is value to it, I bring it home.
03:04Well, we're looking for the rusty gold.
03:06If you got some time, we'd love to look around.
03:07Well, if you want to get dirty, and you'll get funky, then let's go do this thing.
03:13All right, let's do it.
03:16There's junk as far as the eye can see.
03:18I'm getting excited.
03:19So do you collect anything?
03:21I mean, is any of this stuff so near and dear to you that you can't live without it?
03:24No, there's nothing other than my lady and my kids.
03:27You don't touch them.
03:29Anything that I have here is up for sale.
03:33The price is right.
03:34We move it.
03:35God, this keeps on going and going.
03:36The sheer volume of what this guy's got is staggering.
03:39That's overwhelming here.
03:40Yeah.
03:42All right, what have we got in here?
03:44Well, you just go ahead and take a look.
03:46See, and you find something that trips your trigger, you'll let me know, and we'll work something out.
03:51So Frankie and I are going to the back barn.
03:53It's leaning to the side.
03:55This is the leaning tower of junk.
03:58Uh-oh.
03:59It's like a Jenga situation.
04:00This looks like if one, yeah.
04:03This whole building, it's like a house of cards.
04:05Ooh, this is, that's like part of the-
04:07That's jam.
04:08That's part of the barn.
04:09I mean, you pull the wrong one out, you could be a picker pancake.
04:13Man.
04:15Ooh.
04:16Right away, I see this Polarine sign over in the corner, and right away, I'm bird-dogging on it.
04:22Wow, what'd you find here, man?
04:23That's hot.
04:24It's porcelain.
04:25It's got bright colors.
04:26A few chips, but it's in really nice condition.
04:29I want it.
04:39Is this something you'd sell?
04:41Try me.
04:43What do you got to have for it?
04:46A couple hundred?
04:47A couple hundred?
04:49I think that's what it's worth.
04:51I'd be into it for a hundred.
04:54Hmm.
04:56I think that's a fair price because it's only single-sided.
04:59If it was double-sided, you know, maybe then I would, maybe I'd go 200 on it then, but since
05:04it's only single, I think that's a fair price.
05:06Well, sometimes me and Mike help each other out a little bit when a seller's on the fence like this
05:10one.
05:10If I'm able to buy this for a hundred, man, then we're like family.
05:17Well, if we're going to be family, you all got to get some face hair then, man, because, I mean,
05:20you know, you're not part of it.
05:21Frankie's got the face hair.
05:23Frankie's got it.
05:25You'd do a hundred and a quarter?
05:26I'd do a hundred and fifteen.
05:29All right.
05:30Let me shake your hand before I fall through the floor.
05:33I love this sign.
05:35I feel like I just made a three-point shot, and Frankie gets the assist.
05:38This farm was my great-uncle's farm.
05:40He never owned a tractor.
05:42They all had horses.
05:43Terry starts telling us the story of his family farm.
05:45I mean, if you had a bottle of pop, mom opened that, you know it was written split between your
05:51brother and your sister and yourself.
05:53Terry's family, I mean, they were very resourceful.
05:55They had to be.
05:56I mean, it just makes sense that he has a passion for scrapping.
05:59I'm glad we came across you.
06:02This is exactly the kind of place that we love, man.
06:05We love getting waist-deep in this stuff.
06:08Whoa!
06:11Rusty double barrel.
06:13Yeah.
06:14And pull out this double barrel shotgun, exposed hammer.
06:18Wall hanger?
06:19Yeah, wall hanger.
06:20It's in really rough condition, but a lot of guys want the rough guns for statement pieces.
06:26How much for the gun?
06:27Now, you know, all of us rednecks had to have one of them for a wedding, you know, every once
06:31in a while.
06:33Yeah, it's going to take some cleanup work, ain't it?
06:35But you know what?
06:36I like the rust.
06:37I like to rock the rust.
06:38Okay.
06:39How about 50 bucks?
06:41You got it.
06:42We'll do it, Frank.
06:43Watch out.
06:44Don't be mouthing off the rest of the day.
06:46All right.
06:46What else you got?
06:55What's this?
06:57Cast iron.
06:58Oh.
06:58It's got an ornate cast iron base, faded paint.
07:01I mean, people are always looking for inexpensive vintage lighting to put in their home.
07:06This is one of those pieces.
07:07You want me to hit you with a number?
07:08Yeah.
07:1010 bucks.
07:11Oh, God, he hit me right in the heart.
07:13Oh, God.
07:14You all right?
07:15Are you okay?
07:16Oh.
07:17Terry comes from the Fred Sanford School of Negotiation.
07:19I can see I'm going to have to sweeten this deal.
07:22Actually, I was thinking 15, but 15, you know.
07:26I would do 12.
07:2713?
07:2812 bucks.
07:29Did I hear 13?
07:30We're going at it over a dollar, man.
07:32All right, 13.
07:33That evens it out.
07:34No, I'll even do it with 12.
07:35All right.
07:37This guy is a trip.
07:41All right.
07:42Let me see here.
07:48Wow, look at that.
07:49Oh, those are killer.
07:50There's a stack of these three-dimensional signs from the AC company.
07:53These things are really cool.
07:55Terry, what do you want for these AC spark plug signs?
07:57They're made of plastic.
07:58They're, like, vacuum-filled.
08:00Back in the day, AC was one of the most well-known names for aftermarket parts.
08:04They merged with General Motors, and eventually they changed their name.
08:07I mean, you just can't get these signs anymore.
08:19How many are there?
08:20There's three of them together.
08:22All right.
08:23A couple of them are broken.
08:23The one in the back looks good.
08:25The other ones are cracked up in the corner here.
08:27How about 40 for the three?
08:29About 35.
08:35Yeah, I think you can do that.
08:37All right.
08:3835.
08:39It's done.
08:40All right.
08:40Frankie and I have got some great stuff out here, but it's time to get out of this old dusty
08:43barn and see what Terry's got outside.
08:49Back in here, you've got some of the bigger stuff.
08:52Oh.
08:53Ah.
08:54Terry's got a huge scrapyard here.
08:56I mean, he's got old cars.
08:57This place is a monument to rusty metal.
08:59Wow, look at that.
09:00Yeah.
09:01Sure, I like to have things.
09:02Who don't?
09:03But now I'd rather see people happy and have the stuff used again rather than stack it all
09:08up here and hoard it.
09:10Oh, yeah.
09:11Man.
09:12Hey, what about this?
09:14Woo!
09:15I found this giant industrial hook.
09:17It's metal.
09:18It's rusty.
09:18It's my style.
09:21Now, what are your plans for that pre-kill?
09:23Well, I just hang it up and then, you know, hang something from it.
09:27This had a practical application, but now I'm going to use it as a statement piece.
09:31That's why the harder you pull, the more tighter it grips.
09:35Well, just what do you got?
09:36What?
09:37I don't think I get big enough for you to make.
09:39No, that's what I was thinking, you know.
09:40What do you want for something like that?
09:43Talk to me.
09:44Ten bucks.
09:46Oh, right in the heart.
09:47I got you.
09:48I got you.
09:48It didn't seem like Terry took the mics off her too well.
09:51What do you want for that?
09:52Forty bucks?
09:53Forty bucks?
09:53When he said 40 bucks, I thought I was going to have a heart attack.
09:57That's too high.
09:58That's too high.
09:58All these dollars add up.
10:00If you're talking $5 here, $3 there, $10 there, at the end of the year, you're talking
10:05thousands of dollars.
10:07Ooh.
10:07I see this cast iron screen.
10:09I think if I can line up a bundle, I could cure Terry's chest pains.
10:12You know what that is?
10:13I'm at 15.
10:14It actually was in the front grill out of a race car.
10:18I like it even more.
10:19I wouldn't get in.
10:20It was up in the front grill for it.
10:22See, when I see that, I see a shelf.
10:25Oh, I never thought of it that way.
10:27You can put it on the wall.
10:28You could.
10:29Yep.
10:29Sometimes when you're looking at a pile of junk, you have to think out of the box.
10:32This shelf would look great in someone's home or office.
10:35Here's where I'm at.
10:3715.
10:38I'm at 20.
10:40Done.
10:40Done?
10:41That's two great pieces for 20 bucks.
10:43I love them both.
10:44Oh, here we go.
10:46This room is packed with all kinds of nice, coin-operated machines from All Airs.
10:50And the best thing about it, they all look fully functional.
10:53Oh, yeah.
10:56Let's take a look in here one.
10:57See what we got.
10:59Nothing.
11:00All right.
11:00Well, let's keep on trucking.
11:02I don't see anything there.
11:03I can't live without.
11:04Okay.
11:04What's in here, Terry?
11:06Ah.
11:07Old chainsaws.
11:08Lots of old chainsaws.
11:09Wow.
11:17Ooh, Frankie.
11:18Double trouble.
11:19Whoa.
11:20Whoa.
11:20Right away, I see these whistle, soda pop signs.
11:24Thirsty, just whistle.
11:26Boy, I can see my retirement coming in now.
11:28This looks like...
11:29I don't know about Terry's retirement, but I love these whistle signs.
11:33Look at the nice, bright color on that puppy.
11:35The graphics are great.
11:36They've got little elves carrying a bottle of whistle soda.
11:39The paint is not the best, but the subject matter is awesome.
11:53How much do you want for this?
11:54You want one or you want two?
11:56I want two, but that one's way more toasty than this one.
12:00Anything soda pop related is very collectible.
12:03Someone is going to love to have these signs.
12:05That's $200.
12:08I'll tell you what.
12:09I'd do $60 a piece.
12:11All right.
12:13Well, you know what?
12:14I mean, for somebody that doesn't collect signs, you've got a lot of signs around here.
12:17You have to understand, for years I hung signs locally.
12:20Oh, you did?
12:21Yeah.
12:21I had scaffolding in that, and I wasn't scared to go up in heights.
12:24So Terry tells us about this mother load he has.
12:27We've put a lot of signs in this building.
12:29Terry has a whole bunch of signs left over from his sign-hanging days.
12:32But these are indoors, and they're in great condition.
12:35Come on up.
12:37Oh, wow.
12:38Ooh, fraggy.
12:39Man.
12:40Tons of signs, and they're all up on the ceiling.
12:43Whoa.
12:44And there it is.
12:45Right away, I find this Evinrude sign.
12:48Remember if this one lit up, this Evinrude right here?
12:50I did not see it light up, but I do believe there's lights in it.
12:54Evinrude has been making boat motors for over 100 years.
12:57I mean, they're a great name in the boating world, and I'm in love with this sign.
13:01Gotcha.
13:01This sign is older, it lights up, it's in great condition, and it's hard to find.
13:06Boating enthusiasts, they'll lose their mind for this.
13:09I've got to have it.
13:21What would you have to have for something like that?
13:23If I see 75 bucks, it goes bye-bye.
13:26What would you charge me if I bought two of them?
13:27On the other side of the room, I spot this other Evinrude sign.
13:31This thing has got great graphics, it's huge, and it's made of metal.
13:35That one's a lot bigger.
13:37I'd like to see 100 and a half out of the pair.
13:41That's 75 a piece?
13:4275 a piece.
13:43I can do that.
13:44Mike was killing it today.
13:46He got a lot of great stuff.
13:47But at the end of the day, I think I'm the one that walked away with the gems.
13:52I got the two Evinrude signs for $150.
13:55I think I'm going to get at least $600 for both.
13:58Oh, I love that.
13:59I bought the double barrel shotgun for 50 bucks.
14:02I'm going to ask $100.
14:05All right.
14:06I bought the Whistle Soda Pop signs for $60 a piece.
14:09I'm going to ask $120 each.
14:12Hey.
14:13Hey, man.
14:14This has been awesome.
14:15I don't even think we scratched the surface, man.
14:17This freestyle was awesome.
14:18Terry's been amazing.
14:19We got some great stuff.
14:21What more could you ask for?
14:22Thanks for sharing those stories with us.
14:24This is what it's about.
14:25I would invite Mike and Frank back in a heartbeat.
14:27They treated me fair.
14:29They treated me well.
14:30All right.
14:30We'll catch you on the flip side.
14:32We don't sign contracts here.
14:33We look a man in the eye.
14:35We shake his hand.
14:37Thanks, Terry.
14:38That's simple as that.
14:39That's the way we do business.
14:42Down the road, man.
14:44That was awesome.
14:45I mean, just for a cold call, stop by.
14:47When we got up in that loft, I was like, dang.
14:50We got some pretty decent stuff there.
14:52That was a great freestyle.
14:53That was a great stop.
14:53A couple Iowa guys rolling into Minnesota.
14:56I'm talking about it.
14:57Tearing it up.
15:00We love picking in Minnesota because it's so rural.
15:03People have big properties with lots of space for their collections.
15:06We need a big ticket item.
15:07I know.
15:08I mean, all these little stuff we got in the van here is just not cutting it.
15:10My eyes are peeled.
15:12You know what I'm saying?
15:13That's all I can do.
15:14Here she's calling.
15:16Hey, Danny D.
15:17What's up?
15:17What's up, homeboys?
15:18Hey, Danielle.
15:19We're keeping our eyes peeled.
15:21We're just wondering if you're keeping up with your end of the bargain and finding us some leads.
15:25All leads.
15:26All leads.
15:27So I'm sending you to see Gary.
15:28And he works with his brother, John.
15:30They've both been collecting since they were kids.
15:32We started doing coin-op concessions at carnivals.
15:35And now these guys are the coin-op kings.
15:37That's what I like to hear.
15:38There are some super old, really rare coin-op machines that even you guys are going to be impressed with.
15:44Wow.
15:44A lot of people collect coin-op, but the old stuff is really hard to find.
15:47I'm talking pre-video game, pre-pinball.
15:50That's the kind of stuff we love.
15:51All right.
15:52Thanks, honey.
15:52See ya.
15:53All right.
15:53Have fun.
15:57This guy's supposed to be off the beaten track.
15:59This is off the beaten track.
16:01Is this a road?
16:02Oh, yeah.
16:03Look how much stuff goes back there.
16:04Oh, yeah.
16:04I see it now.
16:05They got tons of stuff back here.
16:06Yeah.
16:07First thing I noticed when we pull in is they've got some big stuff here.
16:10I mean, I've seen a bunch of big rides.
16:12I see a lot of iron, a lot of old stuff.
16:16How you doing?
16:19You found the place.
16:20No problem.
16:20Yeah.
16:21A little hard off the beaten track there.
16:22Well, we try to keep in as much as possible.
16:24Hey, how you doing?
16:25John, what's your name?
16:26It's Gary.
16:26Gary.
16:26Nice to meet you.
16:27Yep.
16:27Over the years, these guys have bought entire coin-op collections and fixed them up, but
16:31now it's time for them to sell some stuff so they can buy some more.
16:34Danielle said you guys were the coin-op kings.
16:36Yep.
16:37That stuff accumulates.
16:38It starts with one pinball game, and then it escalates.
16:42We collect arcade games, you know, carnival equipment, and we collect old coin-op equipment.
16:48Which one of you worked in the carnival?
16:49I did.
16:50Did you?
16:50Yeah.
16:50What'd you do?
16:51Well, I owned a whole show at one time.
16:53Oh, you had your own show?
16:54Yeah.
16:55He said if you're interested in coin-op, if you're interested in carnival stuff, I'm your
16:59guy.
16:59Well, you know what?
16:59I got a pocket full of money.
17:01Well, I like that idea.
17:02We'll show you what you need.
17:03You can just start counting out bills, and we'll tell you when to stop.
17:10These guys have been collecting stuff their entire lives, so I know we're in for some
17:14good picking.
17:16Yeah, see, that's crispy, man.
17:18They're toasted.
17:19This thing's massive.
17:20Yeah, it is.
17:22Roller coaster toboggan.
17:23This is a roller coaster?
17:24Yep.
17:25Okay.
17:26Sometimes we buy smalls, sometimes we buy bigs.
17:28But we don't buy gigantics.
17:30I'm more interested in, like, parts and pieces.
17:33We're looking for smaller items.
17:35I'm trying to steer Gary and John into stuff like that.
17:38What do you get for the early bumper cars?
17:40Depends on the condition.
17:42Pretty cool.
17:43Like that one there?
17:44We're looking at about 800.
17:46Okay.
17:47How about, would you sell these or no?
17:48Are you going to repurpose this ride?
17:49Well, it's an ideal one of these days.
17:51I'm going to probably do something with this, but.
17:53Okay.
17:54Oh, I like these rocket ships, man.
17:56There you go.
17:57What year are these from?
18:0060s, 70s.
18:01Something like that.
18:02They hang from teens.
18:03I love these.
18:04These rocket ships look like they're straight out of a cartoon.
18:08The kind of bluish one's cool.
18:12All right.
18:13It's all about the subject matter for me.
18:15I mean, these guys have a great look to them.
18:17Anything space-related is really red hot.
18:21It's always been and it always will be.
18:23How much are these?
18:24$350 a piece.
18:26$350 a piece.
18:27Well, how much would you do on two of them?
18:30$700?
18:31And that's because we like that.
18:32Just for you.
18:33Appreciate that.
18:34Usually I expect the price to go down, but I plan on winning this game.
18:38$800 then.
18:39All right.
18:39Hit me.
18:40I mean, I'm serious.
18:40I'm interested in it.
18:41You are.
18:42$350 a piece.
18:43You're at $350.
18:43$350 a piece.
18:44That's $7.
18:45You give me $6.50 for a pair.
18:50How about $600 for a pair?
18:52I think you bought two.
18:54All right.
18:54There you go.
18:55All right.
18:56Somebody that digs sci-fi stuff would love this, or it could still be used as a kid's toy.
19:02What else you got to show us?
19:03Where at?
19:04Well, we can start with the coin-op.
19:05Okay.
19:06What I'm looking for today is old machines that are ready to play.
19:10That's the most desirable if they're in working condition.
19:13Well, we have a few more inside here.
19:14All right.
19:14Let's look in here.
19:18Oh, here we go.
19:20That was a few little questions.
19:21That is more my speed.
19:22Yeah.
19:23Definitely.
19:24This room is packed with all kinds of nice coin-operated machines from all areas.
19:28And the best thing about it, they all look fully functional.
19:31Let's look around here a little bit.
19:33All right.
19:33There's a little bit of everything.
19:34I specialize in repairing pinballs and arcade games.
19:38Just love old machines, you know?
19:40Oh, I remember this game.
19:42It's addictive.
19:43You get a machine you like, you want to play it.
19:45And you always think you can play it a little bit better.
19:49I'll try this one.
19:49I'll try that one.
19:50What I really like are these games of skill.
19:55Did you get all those?
19:56Yeah.
19:56How'd you get all those in two shots?
19:57I'm a man.
19:59I'm not going to face him in a gunfight.
20:02What can I say?
20:03I'm a natural.
20:04What do we got here?
20:05You got a Genco Motorama.
20:07What year is it?
20:09Mid-50s.
20:10Some of the games he's got here are really cool.
20:12I mean, they're older than me.
20:13I've never seen them before.
20:15Steering wheel and throttle.
20:16Try reverse.
20:17Pull out.
20:18How many of these things you want me to run over, Frank?
20:20I got a hand on it.
20:31Now, what do you value something like this?
20:33Well, there's six unknown to exist.
20:35That's it?
20:36Yep.
20:36Mike, there's only six of these.
20:37Don't break it.
20:38Because you're probably looking at about $20,000.
20:42$20,000 this is?
20:43Yeah.
20:43Oh, man.
20:44I wouldn't even play this.
20:45That's what I was talking about.
20:47Where am I at this?
20:48What's your best of this?
20:49Gary's one of the toughest negotiators that I've came across in a long while.
20:53Well, my best would be $900.
20:55That's easy to figure out.
20:56Oh, that would be the best, yeah.
20:56My best.
20:57My best or your best.
20:59I'm going to have to stay on my ground.
21:01Here you go.
21:01You got it?
21:03There you go.
21:04There you go.
21:04There you go.
21:04There you go, baby.
21:05When you can go to a place and see something you've never seen before,
21:07or there might only be a dozen or half dozen of them left in the world,
21:11this is what really gets my blood flowing.
21:13Oh, my gosh.
21:14Nice 1920s football game.
21:16Man, that is so cool.
21:18I mean, this thing was early, man.
21:21The wood cabinet had patina on it.
21:23I love this game.
21:24Oh, look at it.
21:25They got uniforms on, even.
21:26Back in the roaring 20s, this game was state-of-the-art entertainment.
21:29It was either speakeasies, silent films, or this.
21:32Here, kick it.
21:33See if there's more.
21:36This game was like a predecessor to foosball.
21:40Oh, yeah.
21:43Where'd you find something like this at?
21:44That's part of that arcade I bought that sat on the truck since 51.
21:48Why would somebody put it on a truck in the 50s and not touching it?
21:50Well, the thing was, it was a portable arcade.
21:52Traveled to carnival.
21:53Oh, okay.
21:54This is picking folklore.
21:56These guys got a call to buy an entire traveling arcade
21:59that's been in storage since 1951.
22:01That's unheard of.
22:02How many games were in it?
22:05It's 30, 40.
22:06Oh, wow.
22:07He says, this was my lifetime honey hole.
22:10That was in there.
22:10That was in there, yeah.
22:11Oh, my God.
22:12This was the big piece that was in there.
22:15That's like somebody calling us that's got a barn full.
22:17Motorcycles.
22:18Harley's pre-1920.
22:20Yeah.
22:20Like a dream.
22:21That was like a dream, huh?
22:23Yeah.
22:23Now, what do you value something like this?
22:25About eight grand.
22:27Eight grand?
22:27That might be what the game's worth,
22:29but at that price, there's nothing in it for me.
22:36This one's probably got some of the best graphics.
22:39Peak show.
22:40Ooh, look at that.
22:41You cannot find this stuff anymore.
22:43It only exists in people's collections,
22:45and that's why I'm so excited to look through this stuff.
22:48Here, you ask him something, Frank.
22:50All right, what are you going to say?
22:51Am I a liar?
22:55I knew that.
22:58One thing I noticed when I first came in here is a strength tester.
23:03The face is faded out,
23:05and there's barely any nickel left on the machine,
23:07but this is exactly the way I love them.
23:19All right, can I try it?
23:20You got a penny?
23:20Sure.
23:20We can find you a penny.
23:21Is this a loan?
23:22Well, it might be.
23:24All right, let me try this thing.
23:27Oh, there you go.
23:29There you go.
23:29A lot of people want to buy this stuff
23:31because it's perfect for the man room.
23:34Well, what are you thinking on this?
23:35Is this something you'd sell?
23:36$450, and it's yours.
23:39Oh.
23:40At $450, I knew we were in the ballpark,
23:42but I'm not jumping on this thing just yet.
23:44Let's look around a little bit.
23:45Yeah, I was going to say, let me think about that.
23:49Oh, wow.
23:50I played this before, the sky jump.
23:52Yep.
23:52Wow.
23:53Look at this baseball game, Frank.
23:54It's big.
23:55It's a biggie.
23:56All this stuff's really cool,
23:57but I still haven't bought anything today.
23:59I need to change that.
24:01Dude, what's the very naughty?
24:02Strip poker.
24:04What are these?
24:05Bubble dance?
24:06Naughty peak?
24:07Naughty peak.
24:08Back in the day when these peep shows were popular,
24:10even Betty Page was considered risque.
24:12So guys would pay a penny just to see a little bit more skin.
24:15Just look inside there.
24:16You got to put a penny in it.
24:18There's a penny on top right there.
24:19There's a penny right there.
24:20Penny's laying there.
24:21You push it in, you got to look quick,
24:22otherwise you might miss it.
24:23I missed it.
24:25Dang, it was a penny.
24:26It was like, one second.
24:29I can just imagine sailors and kids spending their pennies
24:32just to see a little peak of something naughty.
24:35Oh, man, these are cool.
24:38Playing some strip poker in there.
24:40Turns out, a penny only buys a funny little scene.
24:44Nothing dirty at all.
24:45Oh, this is so cool.
24:46That was really cool.
24:48I think I remember in the 1940s,
24:50there wasn't really too much out there.
24:52Right.
24:52And it was more suggestive than anything.
24:54Back in the day, these were huge money makers.
24:57And today, there's tons of collectors who'd love to get their hands on these machines.
25:01What do you value these at?
25:02Uh, right around about $900 a piece.
25:06$900 a piece?
25:07Yep.
25:08Man, they're very cool.
25:09He's got some great stuff here.
25:11But if I don't start getting some better prices, today's going to be a total bust.
25:15What's your bottom on that?
25:17Make me an offer.
25:19I was thinking about $5.50.
25:21It's a little low there.
25:26You know, I might go down to $7.00.
25:29$7.00.
25:29I really like this machine, but I've got to get the price down.
25:32I need to bulk these together and get the price I need.
25:35What would you do on two of them?
25:37Two of them?
25:37Mm-hmm.
25:39Well, I guess if you brought a pair of them, I guess I'd let them, you know, go for about
25:44$6.75 for a pair of a piece.
25:46That's not coming down too far.
25:48I was thinking about $600 on this one, because this one's, the graphics is a little bit better.
25:55I do like this one, too, and I was thinking about maybe $450,000, $500 on that one.
25:59No, not on that one.
26:00No, no.
26:03It's not going anywhere with Gary.
26:05I mean, he's stalled out.
26:09Would it help?
26:09Okay, if he's interested in that one, I'm interested in the strength tester.
26:13Yeah.
26:13We'll do a big, big cuddle puddle.
26:15Here you go.
26:16I'm just trying to get some money rolling so Frankie can break the ice.
26:20$300 on a strength tester, $6 on that, and Frankie's at $5 on that.
26:30I guess for $3,000, you can have the strength tester.
26:34All right, I'd do that.
26:35Okay, so Mike got his deal done here.
26:37Where am I at?
26:38I'm still at $600 here.
26:39Where am I at this?
26:40What's your best on this?
26:41Well, my best would be $900.
26:43Well, that's easy to figure out.
26:44Oh, that would be the best, yeah.
26:45My best.
26:46My best or your best.
26:47Gary's one of the toughest negotiators that I've came across in a long while.
26:51I'm going to have to stay on my ground.
26:52What's my best bundle them together?
26:55I guess I'd sell you the other one for $6.
26:57I guess $6 is where I'm at with those.
27:01Let me look one more time.
27:02Yeah.
27:04You know, I look inside, and the people that are playing strip poker are smiling at me.
27:08It's like they want a new home.
27:11I'll take them.
27:12You'll take them?
27:13$600 a piece.
27:27$600 a piece.
27:30Yeah, there you go, baby.
27:33I got the strength tester for $300.
27:35I'm going to ask $575.
27:39There we go.
27:39Okay.
27:40Full service.
27:40Yeah.
27:41Thanks, John.
27:42No extra charge.
27:43I bought the two peat machines for $600 each.
27:46I cannot wait to get them appraised to see how I did.
27:49All right.
27:50Yeah.
27:51John, thanks for the education today.
27:52Gary and John, they were great guys.
27:54Nice doing business with you.
27:56They had some very interesting things.
27:57I got to play some cool amusement games.
28:00And you know what?
28:01At the end of the day, I think I walked away with a couple gems.
28:07That was good.
28:08Oh, my gosh.
28:08That was awesome.
28:19Dude, that's all right.
28:20I like you driving now because I can eat more.
28:23Every time I look over, you're eating.
28:25Frankie and I are on the road, and we eat a lot of junk food.
28:27We've got to get really creative in order to stay healthy.
28:30You should do the steering wheel crunches.
28:34No, a crunch is just a, like, you're not even, like, I shouldn't even be able to see you bobbing.
28:39Like, just kind of, uh, uh.
28:40Frankie is practicing the Mike Wolfe Vansercise exercise plan.
28:44And then while you're doing that, do the butt squeeze, butt crunch.
28:46Oh, I'm always squeezing.
28:47Yeah, man.
28:48Yeah, it's kind of cool.
28:50This is incredible.
28:51These guys are into four wheels.
28:53Look to the left.
28:54There's nothing but cases full of cars.
28:56Look to the right.
28:57There's cars.
28:57Look over.
28:58I'm way up on the top.
28:59Here I can see a three-wheel motorcycle.
29:02Here I go.
29:04Today we're going on a Danielle lead.
29:06This guy's name is Steve Morgan.
29:07He's been collecting automobile-related stuff since he was a little boy.
29:10This is, like, your whole pick.
29:12This is your universe.
29:13Supposedly, this guy has 5,500 toy trucks and cars.
29:17Who knows what else this guy's going to have?
29:19Oh, look at this.
29:20Oh, yeah.
29:21That's it right there?
29:22Yeah, a big pool barn full of toys.
29:24Me and Frankie roll up to this huge Morton building, and when you roll up to a building
29:28that big, all you can think about in your mind is how much stuff's going to be in there.
29:32Get ready, baby.
29:33I'm ready.
29:33Let me see how many toys I can get you for a good deal.
29:35Let's work it.
29:36There's an address there, but there's no house.
29:39It's just a big, long pool building.
29:41I'm thinking, this must be the place.
29:42Hello.
29:44Whoa.
29:45Hello.
29:46Hey, how you doing?
29:46Hello.
29:47Are you Steve?
29:48I'm Steve.
29:49Hey, Steve.
29:49How you doing?
29:50My name's Frank.
29:51Talk to Danielle on the phone.
29:52Yep.
29:52She said you got 5,500 toys.
29:55Toys and old cars.
29:56Old cars?
29:57Toys and old cars.
29:57All right, killer.
29:58Exactly like us.
29:59But we're transportation guys, too.
30:00So Steve tells us he's running out of room, and he wants to get rid of some stuff so he
30:04can make room for more.
30:05We'd love to look around.
30:06He immediately invites us in.
30:08Okay, let's start in the back here.
30:15And we go around the corner, and I'm like a kid in a candy shop.
30:18Wow, check it out.
30:18I start gazing around the room, man.
30:21I'm like, oh my God.
30:22This is going to be amazing.
30:24I'm basically going to the back of the garage.
30:26I've got a 70-60 Conline van, 338,000 miles on it.
30:31Woo!
30:32We had a lot of parties in this thing.
30:34Right now, it doubles as my brother's bedroom.
30:38Huh?
30:39He walks over to the van, knocks on the door, and his twin pops out.
30:47This your brother?
30:48How you doing?
30:49Very good.
30:50My name's Tom.
30:51Tom?
30:52How about you?
30:52I'm Frank.
30:52How bizarre is that?
30:54This is your crib?
30:55This is my crib.
30:57I've got the bathroom.
30:59I've got the microwave.
31:01I've got everything that a house would have.
31:05So, to me, there's no problem whatsoever.
31:08It's with the stuff I love.
31:09Oh, yeah.
31:10I see that.
31:10You surrounded yourself with everything.
31:12You guys are twins.
31:13Yep.
31:14So, which one's older?
31:15Me.
31:16I see that.
31:16He's got the beard.
31:17By three minutes.
31:18I was born in 930, and Tom was born in 933.
31:23Have you guys always lived here in this town?
31:25Yep.
31:25Born and raised, and I spent 40 years as a programmer.
31:27I'm a retired school teacher.
31:29What'd you teach?
31:29Math and computers.
31:31Frankie's a math guy, too.
31:32I like that.
31:32Throw these numbers at this guy, boom.
31:34I'm a percentage and number guy.
31:35That's what I like, too.
31:37All right.
31:37You guys are weird.
31:38Enough chatter.
31:39It's time to pick.
31:43This is incredible.
31:44Japanese 10.
31:45Japanese 10, 50s.
31:47These guys are into four wheels.
31:49Ah.
31:50That's cool, man.
31:52Look to the left.
31:52There's nothing but cases full of cars.
31:54Look to the right.
31:55There's cars.
31:56Everywhere you look, cars, cars, cars.
31:5844 and convertible.
32:00I know, man.
32:00And then look at the gas pump, too.
32:02These guys love it to the core.
32:03We go to Dyersville every year.
32:05You go to the toy show?
32:06I've been there almost 15 years.
32:08The more I got to know these gentlemen, I started realizing we've got a lot in common.
32:12You guys all go to the Dyersville toy show.
32:14Right.
32:15You collect toys.
32:15And you all go to the Oktoberfest.
32:17It turns out that Frank goes to every single event every year that these guys do.
32:23Have you ever been near or in Sturgis, South Dakota?
32:26Yes.
32:27I go to Sturgis, South Dakota for a motorcycle classic.
32:29They've been there.
32:30I go to Clear Lake, Iowa to the surf ballroom for the Buddy Holly reunion.
32:33Have you ever been to the winter dance party up in Clear Lake, Iowa?
32:37Oh, yeah.
32:37They've been there.
32:38Ah.
32:39I think you guys are all family.
32:41These guys basically are Frank.
32:44What do you think about this little old-style clock up here?
32:46I look up, and here's an early old-style clock.
32:49It's really small.
32:50I probably went in a bar.
32:51It's got a guy and a girl on each side.
32:53Oh, yeah.
32:54Immediately, I'm interested.
33:06That probably came from a promotion for Oktoberfest, I would guess.
33:10You know, it's like an Oktoberfest piece, and I go every year.
33:13What would you have to have for something like that?
33:15I'd go maybe 25.
33:17Okay.
33:17I'm more at, like, 20.
33:18How's that sound?
33:20Well, I'd consider it.
33:21You'd consider it?
33:22He's a mathematician.
33:24I'm a math guy.
33:25What's my percentage on buying that?
33:2650-50 or?
33:27I would go 100%.
33:29100% of 25.
33:32100% of 20?
33:34And 80% of 20.
33:3680% to me means I'm buying it.
33:3880% of 20, so 80%.
33:39I would say that's good odds for me.
33:41I'll take it for 20.
33:42All of a sudden, I realized that Frankie was picking himself.
33:46The monster was eating itself.
33:48Okay, I got to ask.
33:49I'm reading a sign over here.
33:51It said, Morgan Dome.
33:53We call them buying the Morgan Dome.
33:54Based on the place where the Vikings and the Twins used to play, called the Metrodome.
33:59They built a dome, so so did we.
34:01Any of these albums for sale?
34:03Yeah.
34:03Yeah, baby.
34:04There's a lot of possibilities here.
34:06I hit one side of the building.
34:07Frankie hits the other.
34:08That's kind of cool.
34:09How much is Hank?
34:10I'd go $5.
34:11All right, I'll take it.
34:12What would you do on this one?
34:14I'd go $20.
34:15$20?
34:16I'll take it.
34:17How about that?
34:18I'd probably go about $10 on that one.
34:20All right, $10.
34:21All right, I'll take it.
34:22These guys are throwing decent prices at me.
34:24I'm setting the Morgan Dome on fire.
34:26You got two Volkswagen Vans.
34:28You got a salmon-colored one and a white one.
34:29How much for the white one?
34:30$50.
34:31How about $35?
34:33Sold.
34:33All right, that was easy.
34:35All right, my friend.
34:36$35.
34:36Yeah, look at all this stuff here.
34:38It looks like nobody's been up here for a long time.
34:40I mean, it's two inches of dust on everything.
34:43Let's see what's going on up here.
34:45So, you know, I'm looking around, and all he's got is trucks and cars here.
34:48And I look over, I'm way up in the top.
34:50Here, I can see a three-wheel motorcycle.
34:53There's one that looks like it's complete, one that looks like it's parts.
34:57Here I go.
34:58Steve, what about these?
35:00Let me look a minute.
35:01Here's one right here.
35:02I didn't even know I had these.
35:04They were too high for him to see.
35:05This one right here, just missing the guy.
35:08This one's kind of not too bad a condition.
35:11I'm going to definitely need to get the dirt off.
35:13Yeah.
35:13They're battery-operated toys.
35:15They're made in Japan.
35:16They're in pretty rough condition.
35:17Look, these can be great collector pieces.
35:19What would you have to have for this one?
35:21$45.
35:22$45.
35:22How about this one here with the guy missing, just in case I need a part?
35:26$25.
35:27How about $60 for the pair?
35:29$60 for the pair.
35:32That sounds fair to me.
35:33All right, partner.
35:36So me and Frankie split off, and we start digging around, and I'm not finding anything on all
35:40the shelves, and I'm looking for anything I can connect to, anything that sparks the imagination.
35:46I start looking in the cars.
35:49Right away, in front of me, I see an original Car Club plaque.
35:53Tom.
35:56It was like I was in the Pharaoh's tomb.
35:58I found the ancient Car Club artifact.
36:02What do we have here?
36:04Naughty Peak.
36:05Yeah.
36:06The artwork is nice.
36:07This is very clean.
36:08They're probably from the late 40s to early 50s.
36:11Fantastic.
36:12So the burning question, how much does it worth?
36:18It's the original plaque, right?
36:19It's the original plaque from Nicklin, Minnesota.
36:21The reason I love these plaques is because they're part of the car culture, the car history,
36:26the car lifestyle.
36:27When you look at these plaques, they tell a story.
36:30Where'd you get this at?
36:31I bought it from one of the original pacemakers.
36:33Oh, you did?
36:34At a garage sale.
36:35No way.
36:36You bought this from the original guy?
36:37Yep.
36:38Oh, that's cool.
36:39These things remind me of American Graffiti.
36:41It's all about lifestyle, those guys cruising together, and car culture.
36:45Was it a big club?
36:47No.
36:47Nicklin's a small town.
36:49There were probably 20 members.
36:50A small town, a large town.
36:52It didn't matter.
36:53If you had a car and you were riding with your buddies, you were in a car club.
37:06So the pacemakers, 500.
37:09Does this have sentimental value?
37:11It actually does have a lot of sentimental value to me.
37:14Well, um, how about 45 bucks?
37:19I'm going to have to learn that.
37:21So Tom and I start going toe-to-toe on the price of this car club plaque.
37:26Every little town in southern Minnesota had their own car club store.
37:29Really?
37:30How about, um, how about 60 bucks?
37:35Coming up a little bit.
37:37Come up a little bit, yeah.
37:38You want me to come up a little bit?
37:40Yeah.
37:40Well, all right, uh.
37:43Tom's not giving me any numbers.
37:45He's not giving me any feeling, man.
37:46Any emotion.
37:47He's got that poker face.
37:49You give me the number.
37:50I've already come at you twice.
37:5275?
37:5470.
37:545.
37:57All right, 75.
37:58They're on.
37:59All right, that's cool.
38:00I love these things, man.
38:01This plaque is for me.
38:03It's going in my personal collection.
38:05Frankie, I bought something.
38:06What'd you buy?
38:07Bought a car club plaque, a real one.
38:09Oh, you'd love those.
38:12This was kind of an odd pick.
38:14They didn't have a lot of amazing things, but their passion was really contagious.
38:18I don't really care what you collect.
38:20If you collect Mickey Mouse watches, Apple peelers, cars, if you like to collect, you're
38:24in the same boat as me.
38:25I love you.
38:26I bought the clock for $20, to the right person's $70.
38:30I like these.
38:31They're pretty cool.
38:32I bought the tin battery motorcycle toy for $45.
38:35I think if I get it cleaned up, maybe $85.
38:38Oh, that's so cool.
38:39I bought the car club plaque for $75.
38:42To me, it's priceless.
38:45Was it real?
38:46Very cool.
38:46It was fun, man.
38:47We'll have to come back.
38:48We're ever in the area.
38:49We have a saying in the Morgandome, you're a stranger here but once.
38:52Mike and Frank left with a smile.
38:54All right.
38:55Oh, yeah.
38:56I definitely enjoyed the entire game.
38:58All right, guys.
38:59See you later.
39:03So do you think me and you will end up like Tom and Steve someday?
39:06That's kind of a dream of mine.
39:07For me to live in the van?
39:08I mean, you basically do live in a van now.
39:10Yeah, you're right.
39:17So the guys are out on the road and they send me these awesome peep show machines, which
39:21look so cool.
39:23I call Marvin from Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum.
39:27He's going to tell me what these machines are worth.
39:30Hey.
39:30Hey, babe.
39:31Hello.
39:32You must be Marvin.
39:34You must be Danielle.
39:34Oh, Danielle.
39:35Nice to meet you, Marvin.
39:36Nice to meet you, ma'am.
39:37I got some cool stuff for you to look at.
39:39Oh, good.
39:39I'm glad.
39:41What do we have here?
39:43Lottie Peak.
39:44Yeah.
39:44Aren't they nice?
39:45Look at that.
39:46The little coin-op machines here.
39:47That's what I love, coin-op.
39:49Yeah, I really like coin-op because it's a combination of a lot of arts.
39:53You've got talented artists, inventors, woodworkers, and metal workers, and they put out some beautiful
39:59machines.
40:00I don't really know much about them other than the fact that they're super awesome, so I really
40:05need as much information as I can possibly get from you.
40:08Okay.
40:09Okay, well, these are like a series of what they call peek-a-boo machines, and they have
40:13many, many different scenes like this.
40:15I have never seen anything just like this in the shop.
40:18This is something new.
40:19The artwork is nice.
40:20This is very clean.
40:21They look to be, I'd say, in medium shape.
40:23It's got the original back glass.
40:26ESCO, that's Exhibit Supply Company.
40:29It's a company in Chicago that made a lot of arcade games.
40:43So when would you say they're from?
40:45What would be the date on them?
40:46Well, looking at the wood and the plastic and the way these back glass were made, they're
40:51probably from the late 40s to early 50s.
40:54Fantastic.
40:55There were never any pornographic type things.
40:57It was just suggestive, and it went just so far, and that was it.
41:03Frank paid $600 each for these machines, so I know he's eager to see how he made out.
41:08So the burning question, how much is it worth?
41:15Well, these cost originally somewhere around $120, $130 a piece.
41:21In this condition, they're worth $500 each.
41:27Frank's not going to be happy about this.
41:29Frank bought the Naughty Peak machines for $600 each, plus the price of shipping.
41:34They're valued at $500 a piece.
41:36So that's a loss of over $200.
41:40Well, goodbye.
41:41Nice to meet you.
41:42Here, try another shot, and we'll see you again.
41:45If you ever need me again, call me.
41:46I will.
41:47I will.
41:47Thank you so much.
41:48Bye.
41:49Take care.
41:49Bye-bye.
41:50I got to call the boys, let them know about the appraisal, and really hope that they take
41:55it well.
41:56Wish me luck.
42:02Somebody's calling there.
42:03I've seen anything good for a while.
42:04Be honest with you.
42:05Danielle.
42:06Danny D.
42:07Hello?
42:08Hi.
42:08How are my boys?
42:09We're doing all right.
42:10How are you today?
42:11I'm doing pretty good.
42:12So how's your day been?
42:14Doing a little freestyling, girl.
42:16Awesome.
42:17Freestyling.
42:17Sweet.
42:18Sweet.
42:19Well, I'm calling because I actually did get the peekaboo machines appraised.
42:24All right, killer.
42:25Hit us.
42:25This is the call we've been waiting for.
42:27I can't wait to see how good these peekaboo machines are doing.
42:31He says that they're worth $500 each.
42:37All right, well.
42:39It was a little bit of a gamble, so.
42:41I didn't do so hot on those.
42:43What'd you pay?
42:44I paid $600 apiece for them.
42:46Hey, check it out.
42:47We can always stick them in the shop and just make a crap ton of pennies.
42:51And a penny apiece.
42:53All we need is 200,000 people to come in.
42:55100,000 per machine.
42:57That'd be $1,000, right, each?
42:59Yeah, they're penny machines, so.
43:01I hate to lose money on an item, but I still think I can come out on top on this
43:05one.
43:06Yeah, get them hooked up.
43:07Plug them in.
43:07I mean, if we can make a little bit of money on the pennies that's coming in.
43:10Maybe we can convert it to a dime.
43:12Oh, we can convert it.
43:13Yeah, see if, hey, see if you can talk to somebody about converting it to a dime.
43:16We're going to hear me not.
43:18Yeah, if we can convert it for a dime, that'll only take 10,000 people.
43:21Great minds think alike.
43:22Oh, I'm glad we're on the same page about it.
43:24They weren't the biggest money makers, but we're still making money.
43:26You're still making money, Frankie.
43:28We're still making money as long as we're not going backwards and we're still swinging.
43:31That sounds all right.
43:31You got the touch of gold.
43:33Okay, well, you guys have a great day.
43:34All right, honey, you too.
43:35Keep the leads coming.
43:36Bye.
43:37Bye.
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