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00:00Danielle said you want to fend out the herd.
00:02That's correct.
00:04Wow!
00:05This place was insane.
00:07Dale used this horse for the Roy Rogers show.
00:10That's correct.
00:11I've been doing taxidermy since I was 14 years old.
00:15This guy looks like a character right out of a Hemingway novel.
00:18This is an antique hot dog steamer.
00:21I'm trying to hide it, but I'm excited.
00:23I mean, I have never seen anything like this before.
00:25A word around town is that Jack White collects crazy stuff.
00:28Jack White.
00:29I love that guy.
00:31Jack White is a modern-day rock legend.
00:33Oh, here's the crates.
00:34They just got here.
00:35They just got here.
00:36I can't wait to see this thing.
00:38My heart is pounding.
00:39If he doesn't like this thing, I'm going to be out 10 grand.
00:45I'm Mike Wolfe.
00:46And I'm Frank Fritz.
00:48And we're Pickers.
00:50We travel the back roads of America looking to buy rusty gold.
00:56We make a living telling the history of America one piece at a time.
01:09Right, we're going to Maine.
01:11Frankie.
01:11I've never been to Maine.
01:12They're going to go see a buddy of mine, Bill Johnson.
01:15Have some fun.
01:16Eat some seafood.
01:17But remember, I've been working on this for two months, so don't blow it.
01:21Two months on this lead, and I really think that he's about ready to crack.
01:25He is almost there, so I'm going to need some help from you guys.
01:28He's almost there.
01:28He'll be there by the time you get there.
01:30He's almost there.
01:30By the time we do a thousand miles, you better have him locked.
01:32He'll be locked.
01:33He'll be locked when you get there.
01:34But he's got cool stuff, dude.
01:35It's worth checking out.
01:36All right, dude.
01:36Hey, I trust you.
01:38Did you hear that?
01:38I trust you.
01:39Keep the leads coming, girl.
01:40Hey, Frankie.
01:42I'm going to get the lobster.
01:43Frank's going to get some crabs.
01:45Whatever.
01:46Bye.
01:46Bye.
01:47While the guys are heading to Maine, I'm going to go to Nashville.
01:50Because we're opening up a second store there.
01:52And who better to open up the store than yours truly?
02:08All right.
02:09If Daniel's as excited about this guy as I'm getting to be about this guy, this is going
02:13to be a great pick.
02:14Slow your roll, baby.
02:15I already know we have two stores.
02:16We have a lot of pressure.
02:18We've got inventory split between two places.
02:19I feel like I'm starting to get sick.
02:21So if we don't score something, it's going to be a long ride home.
02:23Oh, this is it.
02:24Oh, yeah.
02:26This looks good.
02:27This is it, dude.
02:28This looks good.
02:28I can tell this guy is a real serious collector.
02:31I mean, he's got stuff overload coming out of his house.
02:34This place is awesome, man.
02:36If he's got this much stuff out on the front porch, I know he's got a ton inside.
02:40Hey, you, Bill?
02:42Welcome to Maine, fellas.
02:43When Bill opens the door, I mean, this guy looks like a professor, man.
02:48I mean, he's got the little glasses.
02:49He's got the gray hair.
02:50Here's a flyer.
02:51What?
02:52Wow.
02:52Yeah, right.
02:53Motor scooters.
02:54Motor scooters.
02:55I can tell this guy's a real eccentric, and those are the best collectors.
02:59I can't wait to see what he has.
03:01Can we take a look around?
03:02Why, of course.
03:04Let's go up to the railroad station.
03:06All right, which way is that?
03:07To your left.
03:08To my left?
03:08All right.
03:08Right.
03:09I moved this building in about 10 years ago.
03:12It's the York Beach Railroad Station, built in 1888.
03:16I've gotten about eight buildings here that I've moved in over the years.
03:19My ancestors used to ride out of this when it was the Boston Main Railroad.
03:24The coolest thing about Bill's property was he wasn't just collecting items.
03:28He was collecting buildings.
03:31All of them have historical backgrounds, and I have furnished them with appropriate things.
03:37Danielle said you call yourself the keeper.
03:39Yeah.
03:40Right now, we don't need the keeper.
03:42We need the seller.
03:46Ah, nice pedal car.
03:49Wow.
03:51I see this 1930s child's pedal car that I'm really in love with.
03:5532 Dodge, I believe.
03:57This car is in great condition.
03:58It's all original paint.
04:00You just don't find them like this.
04:01I got it from the man who had it new.
04:04Get out of here, really?
04:05Yeah.
04:06What do you value it at?
04:07Would you sell it?
04:08I haven't looked in the book lately.
04:10Yeah.
04:10Everything goes by what the last one sold for, right?
04:13When a seller tells me he needs to check a price guide, a big red flag goes up.
04:18But I'm sure it's four figures, right?
04:20Four figures?
04:21Right.
04:22Danielle said he's almost there, but I'm not so sure about that.
04:25How about this Keystone bus, this riding toy?
04:29$1,500.
04:31At these prices, I don't think Bill's ready to sell.
04:33All right, well, let's keep on trucking.
04:39Bill has a great eye.
04:40I mean, he has some amazing things.
04:42That's cool, man.
04:43There's got to be something here to buy.
04:45Ooh, look at this one.
04:47I see this really cool punch clock.
04:49What do you find?
04:49This would have hung on the wall in a factory, and somebody would have hit that thing every single day.
04:54It's got an oak case, cast iron front, antiques 101.
04:59Cast iron and wood together always sells.
05:10How much is that?
05:12I don't know, $500?
05:15I can't do that.
05:16I mean, Bill's prices are crazy.
05:19But you know what?
05:19Danielle sent us all the way out here, so we've got to figure this guy out.
05:23Let's talk turkey.
05:24There's got to be some meat on the bone for us.
05:26If Bill wants to talk turkey, he's going to have to get his head out of the clouds on these
05:29prices.
05:30I mean, it's cool, but...
05:31For $300.
05:32Keep going.
05:34What, you want me to get out of $200?
05:37$200.
05:38$200!
05:38All right.
05:39Broke the ice.
05:40I love it.
05:40We got Bill from almost there to there.
05:43Now my hopes are up on the rest of this pick.
05:46Wow.
05:48See anything, Frankie?
05:52Oh, what's this?
05:53I found these monkey legs, and they were really cool.
05:56What do you get for something like this?
05:57These were originally used to repair your snow tires.
06:00Back in the day for Model A's and Model T's.
06:03How much are they worth to you?
06:05The monkey chains are NOS, new old stock.
06:08Stuff that's old, but it's brand new and never been taken out of the box.
06:12I tell you what, Bill, I mean, they're 10 for 15 cents.
06:15How's $100 for a box sound?
06:21100?
06:22That's a good round number.
06:23Take them.
06:24All right.
06:24I got a box of these for $100.
06:27There's 10 of them in there.
06:28Right.
06:29This piece is neat, too.
06:30What does it say?
06:30I think it's Bromo Seltzer.
06:32Bromo Seltzer, right.
06:33Yeah.
06:33This thing is cool.
06:34It's cardboard, and it's a Bromo Seltzer advertising piece that's in the shape of a Victorian woman.
06:40That's killer.
06:41It's from the turn of the last century, and this would have been the item that the storekeeper
06:45set in the window to catch your eye.
07:00This stuff is so hard to find.
07:02What do you value that at?
07:03300.
07:05Look at the pleasant expression on her face.
07:08She looks hot.
07:09Help me out a little bit here.
07:10I'm it.
07:11Well, I guess $275 would probably be.
07:14I was thinking $250.
07:16Make it $260.
07:18All right.
07:19Here.
07:19Stick your hand out.
07:20Very good.
07:21$260.
07:21Very good.
07:22All right.
07:23$260.
07:23The type of person that's going to buy this item is anybody that loves Victorian-era things,
07:28advertising.
07:29This stuff is incredible.
07:32All right.
07:37Oh, my God.
07:39I see something on Bill's property that really grabs my attention.
07:43Inspector's wagon.
07:44A lightweight, man-powered inspection car.
07:47This would have went on the railway, and a gandy dancer, someone that repaired the railway,
07:51would have rode like this, and you're pumping.
07:54And in a rowing motion, he would have propelled himself across the tracks.
08:00Wow.
08:01Damn.
08:01This is cool.
08:02This is a very rare item.
08:03I've only seen a couple of these before.
08:05Where'd this come from?
08:06Same place, the Caboosted, Buckfield, Maine.
08:09The rail rider came from part of a collection.
08:11Whew.
08:12That dated to about 1880 or 1890.
08:15Can I make you an offer on it?
08:17Uh, sure.
08:18Why not?
08:19I love this piece because it has a bicycle look to it.
08:21It's probably made out of white ash, very strong wood.
08:25It's in great condition.
08:26$1,800 bucks.
08:28Well, we're getting close.
08:30How close are we?
08:31It'd be a real rounded off at two, wouldn't it?
08:34This is the reason why I came to Maine.
08:35To find the funky, the different, and the unusual.
08:38And that's exactly what this piece is.
08:40$1,900 bucks.
08:43It's a major piece in my collection.
08:46Rounded off to two.
08:47I gave you that punch clock up on the hill.
08:50This piece alone could make the New England trip a success.
08:54All right, two.
08:55Two.
08:55Don't walk away from me.
08:57Two.
08:57Right.
08:58All right, two.
08:58That thing's killer, man.
09:00This is an amazing piece.
09:02Anyone who's interested in early modes of transportation, this is the item.
09:06Oh, my gosh.
09:08I paid $2,000 for the inspection car.
09:11I'm going to ask $3,000.
09:14This is what you need when you cross chains break.
09:16Buy a package.
09:17I paid $100 for the monkey legs.
09:19They're in mint condition.
09:20I think I can get $300.
09:23You see the tears running down my face as you take that off?
09:25When that goes out.
09:26I got the antique time clock for $200.
09:29I'm going to ask $500.
09:33All right.
09:33It looks like an empty wagon, though.
09:35You've got a lot more room in there.
09:37We tried.
09:38We tried.
09:38Bill showed us a lot of unusual items.
09:40Items that you don't normally see.
09:42At the end of the day, we were able to buy a few things, and that's what it's all about.
09:46We made the trip pay.
09:47Thanks for throwing the hard and stuff.
09:49Yes.
09:49I think everyone was satisfied, and that's the way it should be.
09:53They made the trip pay, and I'm glad they went with something that they enjoyed.
09:58See you, Bill.
10:03Oh, my gosh.
10:04Look at this.
10:05Dang.
10:06There's a piece in here that I'm interested in.
10:08This elephant head right here.
10:09I mean, this thing is really cool.
10:11I've never seen anything.
10:12This is $12,000.
10:14Mmm.
10:15I'm a huge White Stripes fan.
10:17Oh, my God.
10:18This is awesome.
10:19This place is like half record store, half White Stripes museum.
10:23Dex, we're looking for you guys.
10:24Oh, he has?
10:24Yeah.
10:25All right.
10:25Come on back.
10:25Cool, man.
10:32Y'all can just hand it to me, and I'll take it in the store.
10:34Danielle, I'm going to put this inside, okay?
10:35Yeah.
10:36That's awesome.
10:37Please be careful with that.
10:38That's Mike's.
10:39What'd she say?
10:40She said, careful, that's Mike's.
10:41What do you got of Mike's?
10:42What are you doing?
10:43I hired a moving company.
10:44Danielle, just put this in the front?
10:46In the back.
10:46Okay.
10:47Who is that?
10:48Who's in the background?
10:49Who are you talking to?
10:50That's Lauren.
10:50Lauren.
10:50That's the girl you hired in Nashville?
10:52Yeah.
10:53Getting the Nashville store set up has been a ton of work.
10:56But fortunately, I've had Lauren here to help me through it so that I can focus on leads.
11:00I have some great information for you.
11:02Great.
11:02Look it up.
11:03Okay.
11:03This dude's name is Al.
11:05He does taxidermy stuff.
11:06You're sending this to a guy who's got taxidermy?
11:08That's your hot lead?
11:09We really don't do taxidermy.
11:10How often are you at the shop selling stuff?
11:13How often are you talking to the people who come into the shop?
11:16Hey Danielle.
11:16I'm telling you that's the kind of stuff that we need.
11:18I've had a lot of requests for it in the shop lately.
11:20So I kind of figured with the new store opening up, perfect time to pick some taxidermy.
11:25All right.
11:25What kind of taxidermy stuff?
11:26You want a pelkhead?
11:27Pheasant?
11:28Yeah.
11:28What do you want?
11:29I sent you the email already.
11:30So all the information is in there.
11:32He has some pretty exotic animals.
11:33So I think you'll have a lot to choose from.
11:35We're going to let you go.
11:36We'll let you know how the taxidermy guy goes.
11:39Thanks.
11:40Yup.
11:40You're welcome.
11:41Bye.
11:41Later.
11:44In the back of my mind, I'm thinking, you know what?
11:46The last taxidermy stuff we bought was bears.
11:51I like bears.
11:53Oh, man.
11:53I love that one.
11:54I'm not looking for a deer head or a jackalope.
11:57I have to find something unique and unusual.
11:59This guy lives off in the woods.
12:00Go figure.
12:01No doubt.
12:02He looks like he lived back in the taxidermy land.
12:05I see a moose.
12:06I see an elk.
12:07I think we're in the right place.
12:09Wow.
12:10This is the place.
12:15You Al?
12:16Hi.
12:17How's it going, man?
12:18I'm Mike.
12:19You're Mike.
12:19Nice to meet you.
12:19It's Frank.
12:20How you doing?
12:21Danielle said you do some taxidermy.
12:23Yeah, I sure do.
12:24I got kind of a zoo in here.
12:26Well, I've been doing taxidermy since I was 14 years old.
12:29We had a big farm out here in the back years ago.
12:32Oh, you've been on this property that long?
12:33Across the street, my folks had a cattle farm over there, milking cows.
12:36Seeing the way I come from the farm, I liked all the animals.
12:40I filled my mother's house up with birds, wood sharks, and weasels.
12:44It was skinning them out and stuffing them with cotton.
12:47And all my friends would bring their stuff over and I would mount it.
12:51It just kept growing and growing.
12:53Danielle said you want to fend out the herd.
12:55That's correct.
12:56Alright, cool.
12:57Can we look around a little bit?
12:58Yeah.
12:58Do I have to get a safari net on or anything?
13:00Maybe.
13:01I don't know.
13:01You tell me.
13:02Oh my gosh.
13:03Look at this.
13:06Wow.
13:07This place was insane.
13:09Dang.
13:09Check out those lobsters.
13:11He's got a horse in here.
13:12He's got fish.
13:13There's a lot of ears there.
13:15We were hoping for something out of the ordinary here.
13:17But Al's collection is off the chain.
13:19Everything is bizarre.
13:21Look him in the eye.
13:22Whoa.
13:25Look at the sturgeons.
13:27I love this horse.
13:29Buttermilk.
13:30Dale used this horse for the Roy Rogers show.
13:33This is a real horse.
13:34Dale Evans.
13:35Correct.
13:35This is the actual horse that Dale Evans rode in over a hundred movies.
13:51Died in 72.
13:52I bought it in Christie's auction.
13:55Hey.
13:55That's cool, man.
13:56I'm a taxidermist.
13:57But I kind of buy and sell a lot of stuff, too.
14:00It's what I see.
14:01You know, if I like it, I'll buy it.
14:02Then try to make a buck on it down the road.
14:04It takes up too much room.
14:05I need more elbow room here.
14:07Oh, you're looking to sell a horse?
14:08Yes, I am.
14:10It's $45,000.
14:13Wow.
14:13That's cool.
14:14This guy is motivated to sell.
14:16Problem is, at $45,000, I'm not a motivated buyer.
14:25Look at that elephant.
14:26When you talk about the phrase elephant in the room, this guy had two of them.
14:31All right, I got to ask you about these elephants.
14:33Are these real?
14:34That's the real one there.
14:36The real skin.
14:37Okay.
14:37An artificial tusk.
14:39Man, here's a fiberglass.
14:40When Danielle said that Al had exotic animals, she wasn't kidding.
14:44As a picker, I'm always looking for that one-of-a-kind piece.
14:47This elephant head is it.
14:49This is $12,000.
14:51$12,000?
14:52And that one is artificial all the way around.
14:54How much is a fake elephant head?
14:56That's $8,000.
14:57Well, that's not much difference in price, really.
14:59Well, I'd rather have a skin ball than a higher glass.
15:02So this is $12,000?
15:03Yeah.
15:04Wow.
15:05As much as I want the elephant head, $12,000 is way out of my budget.
15:12I like these crows, man.
15:14Those are cool.
15:14Yeah.
15:15Al, what about the muskie up here?
15:17It's been caught in the western part of Mass.
15:19The guy, he gave me the fish.
15:20He said, just give me the meat.
15:22That's how I got it.
15:23Okay.
15:23It was a really nice mount, had nice gloss to it, had the real gills, and I love fish.
15:29Out of everything here, that's one thing I'd like to have.
15:31What would something like that be worth?
15:33It used to go by the inch.
15:35$6 and $7 an inch.
15:37Okay, so it's about 24 inches.
15:4024 times 6, that's 144.
15:44What, you want it?
15:45No, I was just trying to press stop it.
15:47I mean, I'm still looking around.
15:48I'm a bundler.
15:49I like to put things together.
15:53Okay, here's some work in progress stuff.
15:55This is Al's workshop.
15:56He's got all the mannequins in there, all the hides, all the antlers.
16:00Oh, wow, look at that stuff down here.
16:01This is where Dr. Doolittle meets Dr. Frankenstein.
16:05And take a lot of that bulk out of there.
16:08Here you go.
16:08You need your nose hairs trimmed.
16:09So Al starts showing us the tricks of his trade.
16:11He mounts the cape on the mannequin.
16:13Is this freshly just dried out?
16:15This is all tan.
16:15This is what serves as the structure for his taxidermy.
16:18All right, here's his face.
16:20Creepy, a little bit, cool, yeah.
16:23The inner skin is going to come looking at us.
16:25And you push it in.
16:26Then you push it in your hole.
16:27This is a real art form, you know.
16:29I didn't know how they stretched the skin.
16:30I didn't know you bought the mannequin.
16:31This will go in the tear duct and you form your eye around it.
16:34Being a picker, my life's all about learning.
16:37Any kind of day that I can get some knowledge, that's king.
16:39But you don't do this in five minutes.
16:42No, this is skill.
16:43We understand this.
16:44I mean, this is sculpture.
16:45It's great to watch Al work on this deer.
16:47But I'm a picker and I want to do my own hunt.
16:52What is this?
16:53That's a warthog.
16:54Warthog, those are mean.
17:00That's a one-day owl.
17:02This little piggy's got attitude.
17:04Look at his fangs.
17:05Look at his ears.
17:05He's got a hairy spine.
17:07I did that 30 years ago.
17:08You're starting out days.
17:10What's up with the teeth on this pig?
17:12That's how they are.
17:12A day old.
17:13Really?
17:14Imagine that nursing on you.
17:15Ouch.
17:16While Mike's playing with the little baby piglet, I spot something with even sharper teeth.
17:21Al, I like the alligator.
17:22It came up in an auction up in Maine.
17:25How much does it weigh, you think?
17:26200 pounds, anyways.
17:30Is it 200, Frank?
17:31Yeah.
17:31I've had alligator belts.
17:33I've had alligator shoes.
17:34But you know what?
17:34This is a 10-foot-long alligator.
17:36When's the last time you've seen one of those?
17:38This would be something that you'd sell?
17:41Yeah, I'll sell that.
17:43What would you have to have for this?
17:45800 bucks, all right?
17:47800?
17:49At the back of my mind, all I can think about is bundling the muskie.
17:52Remember the muskie when I first came in?
17:55Yeah.
17:55Yeah.
17:55If I combined both of them together, since we already set about 150 on the fishing, I'd
18:02do 700 on the alligator.
18:04That'd be 850.
18:06And you throw in the pig for Mike.
18:08I love the pig.
18:09Look at all the space you're going to get.
18:11Mm-hmm.
18:13All right, I'll do that.
18:15You got a deal.
18:16How is he static?
18:18Thanks, Al.
18:18Yep.
18:19Love the pig, my friend.
18:20That's my new paperweight.
18:21At this point, we've been through Al's entire collection, and there's one thing I can't
18:26get off my mind.
18:27All right, Al.
18:28There's one piece in here that I'm interested in.
18:30This elephant head right here.
18:32$12,000.
18:33That's a lot of money.
18:34I know.
18:34It's a lot of money.
18:35You're right.
18:35Danielle said clients have been coming in the shop looking for taxidermy.
18:39Sure, I can play it safe and buy a couple deer heads, but I've never seen an elephant
18:43head before.
18:43If I don't buy this thing, I'm going to regret it.
18:46All right, so tell me about the paperwork.
18:48Paperwork is right there.
18:49Processed through Gene's taxidermy shop in 1983.
18:52Buying endangered species is very tricky.
18:55You have to have the right paperwork to know that this elephant wasn't poached or smuggled
18:59illegally.
18:59On this African trip to Zimbabwe, Africa, export papers acquired from U.S. Fish and Wildlife
19:05Services.
19:06These are beautiful, majestic creatures, and we want to make sure we're doing the right
19:09thing.
19:21What I'm looking at here is the cape is original.
19:24Yep.
19:24The trunk is original.
19:26The tusks are fake and the ears are fake.
19:28Correct.
19:29Okay.
19:29Is this a repair or is this actually where the cape was?
19:33That's probably where they cut it, to skin it.
19:35Okay.
19:36Collectors will pay top dollar for taxidermy, but it's got to be in great condition.
19:40If I'm going to throw down this kind of cash, I've got to look this piece over and make
19:44sure it's in awesome shape.
19:46I'm interested, but I'm not interested for 12,000 bucks.
19:50I'm going to have to get it down.
19:50I'll have to ship it.
19:52Shipping is probably going to be at least a grand.
19:54I'd like to be in at like nine.
20:00You know, it's cash.
20:01It's not every day that we offer this kind of money on anything.
20:05But when Mike sees something he wants, game on.
20:08You were at 12 grand.
20:09I'm coming in at nine grand.
20:11What are you thinking?
20:13M-O-10.
20:15Mmm.
20:19I'm coming in at nine grand.
20:20What are you thinking?
20:22M-O-10.
20:23Mmm.
20:24It's deals like these that separate the men from the boys.
20:27Well, you know, I'm going out on a limb here.
20:30You know, I've been buying stuff my whole life.
20:31I've never bought an elephant head.
20:33I'm at nine.
20:34You're at ten.
20:34Let's split it.
20:35Let's do 95.
20:39Is that cash?
20:4195 catch.
20:45All right.
20:46An elephant.
20:47I love it when we can pick something we've never seen before, and this is a first.
20:55I won't tell anybody any stories that I caught it right now.
20:58All right.
20:59I paid $150 for the muskie.
21:00I think maybe at least $250.
21:04What, you got two guys on the light end?
21:06Yeah.
21:06I paid $700 for this alligator.
21:09I think I can get at least $1,500.
21:12I'm popping on an elephant head.
21:14I paid $9,500 for the elephant head.
21:17We're going to see if Danny can work her magic.
21:20I had a great day with Mike and Frank.
21:22We had fun.
21:23We had fun.
21:24Thanks for welcoming us, my friend.
21:26Sounds good.
21:26You're welcome.
21:26Seriously.
21:27I'd love them to come back when I'm accumulating more animals, and we'll see what we can do.
21:32It was educational, fun.
21:33It was.
21:34And you're very cool.
21:35I've picked a lot of places.
21:36Frank and I have been coast to coast.
21:38Good to see ya.
21:38But when we walked into Al's place, totally bizarre.
21:42Totally different.
21:43Very unusual.
21:44Take care, Al.
21:45I mean, this thing was a legendary pick.
21:48Have a good ride.
21:54Did you ever used to color on your Barbie doll's faces?
21:57Oh my gosh, yes.
21:58Cut their hair.
21:59Color on their faces.
22:01I used to make my Barbies kiss.
22:03That's what they like to do.
22:04Danielle.
22:05Trying to get the store set up here.
22:07All righty.
22:08Guess what we bought.
22:09Remember you said bring in some taxidermy animals?
22:11Okay.
22:12What'd you get?
22:13Elephant's head.
22:14An elephant's head.
22:15How much did you spend on the elephant's head?
22:17Listen.
22:17He was asking.
22:18I think 12 grand.
22:20Paid 9,500.
22:22Did you fall off a chair?
22:24Oh my God.
22:25We're gonna need you to find a fire.
22:27The elephant head.
22:28Because this thing is not a space saver.
22:30Oh.
22:31Okay.
22:31All right.
22:32When I sent the boys to pick taxidermy stuff, I thought maybe they'd come back with a deer head,
22:36some antlers, squirrel.
22:39No, they come back with an elephant head.
22:40Who buys an elephant head?
22:42Anybody?
22:43I'm a little nauseous, but I'll figure it out.
22:46In the meantime, I've already sent you info for your next week.
22:50Okay.
22:50All right.
22:51You guys go ahead and have your fun.
22:53Thanks.
22:53Later.
22:54Bye.
22:55I've got a lot of work to do, but I've worked miracles before.
22:59It'll happen again.
23:02Danielle's sending us to a guy today.
23:04His name's George.
23:05His family's been in the marina business for four years.
23:07George isn't running some yacht club.
23:09This is a working man's marina.
23:11He's been collecting for a long time and really interested to check that stuff out.
23:17Place looks old, dude.
23:18Old building means old stuff.
23:20I've had enough crab.
23:21I've had enough lobster.
23:23Right now, I'm hungry for a pick.
23:25Here he is.
23:26How you doing?
23:27Hey.
23:28Hey, George.
23:29Mike, nice to meet you.
23:30Frank.
23:31Pleasure.
23:31George is like an old sea captain.
23:33He's got the hat on, the scruffy beard.
23:35I mean, this guy looks like a character right out of a Hemingway novel.
23:38Danielle said your family's been in the business for like 40 years.
23:41Oh, yeah.
23:41My dad and I.
23:42My dad actually started it.
23:43I've been running it now for 32 years.
23:46I've run a boatyard here in a marina.
23:48And I've also been the mayor of my city here.
23:51And I also served two terms in the state legislature.
23:53Dover's the seventh oldest community in the country.
23:56Wow.
23:57Okay.
23:58Eventually, transportation in the country shifted from ships to trains.
24:01And the center of town shifted up.
24:04Up towards the railroad.
24:04Up towards the railroad.
24:05This came in a little sticky hollow.
24:07And this became, yeah, kind of a run-down little waterfront.
24:10We've just been collecting stuff here.
24:12And a few years ago, I got sick.
24:14And I think it's time we have to, you know, we got to clean this stuff out.
24:18And I got to do something with the stuff we have here.
24:20And once I bought this building 30 years ago, it was empty.
24:23And then I started collecting things that had some historical significance.
24:26And now it's just full of stuff.
24:28And I've got to clean it out.
24:29Well, can we look around a little bit?
24:31Yeah.
24:33Show us some good stuff.
24:34Okay.
24:35We love to dig.
24:36This place is massive.
24:37There's piles of junk everywhere.
24:38See anything, Frankie?
24:39I'm loving it.
24:40This is kind of a special rope.
24:42It's off the USS Constitution.
24:44Get out of here.
24:45She had a retrofit about 20 years ago.
24:48A couple of my friends brought me the lines that were used.
25:03Now what's this?
25:04That is a model of the Santa Maria.
25:07That's early 1800s.
25:08That's cool, man.
25:09George has got some really cool stuff here.
25:11Now all we have to do is hone in on something and break the ice.
25:14Hey, what's this?
25:15I see this really cool small rifle with a wire stock.
25:19Now that, my friend, is a bicycle rifle.
25:22A bicycle rifle.
25:23I'm a bicycle collector.
25:25I've been around the block.
25:26But I've never seen one of these bicycle rifles.
25:29You know, years ago, the realm of transportation shifted from horses to bicycles in a lot of these cities.
25:33Okay?
25:34Well, everybody carried a rifle on their horse.
25:37But when they went to bicycles, they started carrying bicycle rifles.
25:40No way.
25:41Apparently, back in the day, you could fasten this .22 caliber rifle to your bike frame and ride around the
25:47block.
25:48Is this something you'd sell?
25:52I'd probably go, I'd probably go a couple hundred bucks on it.
25:58Yeah.
25:59How about, uh, how about 150?
26:02150.
26:03Yeah.
26:06Fine, 150 bucks.
26:07150 bucks.
26:08Alright, we broke the ice here.
26:09There you go.
26:10Alright, we did it.
26:11I love it, man.
26:16What's this?
26:17This thing is out of a submarine.
26:19It's been under the North Pole.
26:21Wow.
26:21George knows the history behind each item.
26:24This guy literally knows his stuff.
26:25I do have a passion for history.
26:27These things can be a reminder of the struggles that those generations went through to make America what it is
26:32today.
26:33It's kind of cool.
26:34What you got, Frankie?
26:35What is that, a Hornet with a Matami gun?
26:37Yeah.
26:37It's the Seabees.
26:38The U.S. Navy Seabees.
26:40That's cool.
26:40I've heard of the Seabees before.
26:42They're part of the Navy construction team.
26:44Not only do they fight, but they build, too.
26:46My stepdad, during the World War, he joined the Navy in 1942.
26:50And then he was involved in the invasion of Saipan.
26:52While he was on Saipan, he befriended a Japanese family there, and they took him in.
26:56And the Japanese family knitted him this.
27:00Wow.
27:01That is so cool.
27:14The fact that this pillow was made by a Japanese family for an American soldier is incredible.
27:19That pillow is cool.
27:20I've got to see if George will part with this amazing piece of history.
27:24What do you got to have for it?
27:26I don't know.
27:30I see George hesitating a little bit because this is a personal family item.
27:34But it's just sitting up here, and no one can see it.
27:36I'm just hoping he'll let it go.
27:42I have awesome news, actually.
27:44I think I may have found a buyer for the elephant head.
27:47Ooh, that's good.
27:47Sweet!
27:48What's working on town is that Jack White collects crazy stuff.
27:52Jack White?
27:53I love that guy!
27:59Uh, well...
28:00George hasn't come up with a price for the Seabees pillow yet, but maybe I can work it into a
28:04bundle and move things along.
28:05Ooh.
28:06What's this light off of?
28:08That's out of an operating room.
28:09This light's industrial.
28:10It's got faded paint.
28:12It's got awesome patina.
28:13You cannot replicate this kind of look.
28:15So I'm interested in a Seabees pillow.
28:17Yeah.
28:18And the light.
28:19The operating light?
28:20I'm thinking, uh...
28:26125.
28:36All right.
28:37Let's do that.
28:37These are two great pieces.
28:39This pillow has a lot of history.
28:41A lot of people collect World War II stuff.
28:43Right now, industrial's hot, and this light is amazing.
28:47Where else can we look?
28:48Well, what you really want to do is go downstairs.
28:51Okay?
28:51I got an area of the building.
28:52We call it the pit.
28:53When George says the pit, I'm game.
28:58Whoa.
28:59Wow.
28:59I can tell why he calls this place the pit.
29:09Check it out.
29:10What you got, Frankie?
29:11Bell.
29:12U.S. Navy Bell.
29:13Yeah.
29:14It's cast iron.
29:15This U.S. Navy Bell is another real solid maritime piece.
29:18This was originally struck to safely guide the ship under foggy conditions.
29:24We don't see too many cast iron ship bells in Iowa,
29:27and I know there'll be a great demand once we leave the coast.
29:40What would you have to have for the bell?
29:44Well, I rang it four times.
29:46So, is that like $15 a ring or something?
29:48Yeah, like $25 a ring.
29:50How about $60?
29:53$60.
29:53That'd be $15 a ring.
29:56It really didn't take that much effort.
29:58Well, I don't know.
29:59I'm getting to be an old man.
30:02Let's go to $80.
30:03That's $20 a ring.
30:05How about $75?
30:08All right.
30:09You beat me up.
30:09$75?
30:10I don't know.
30:10We got to divide that by four.
30:11That was only $5.
30:13Look at all this stuff here.
30:18Ooh, Frank, look at that.
30:20Ooh.
30:21How about that gas pump?
30:22What's up with that?
30:23That's a Flying A gas pump.
30:24Is that from the dock out here?
30:26Yeah, that was our first gas pump.
30:28Up until the 1960s, the winged A of Flying A gas was one of the most iconic logos
30:33and one of the most iconic brands.
30:36So you remember using this thing?
30:37Yeah, that wasn't service used that up until about 1976.
30:42Good pumps with the original advertising on them are getting harder and harder to find.
30:47This thing is so cool because it's got the original Flying A glass-lighted panels in the top.
30:53They're always broke.
30:54They're always chipped.
30:55They're always missing.
30:56I mean, this thing was in great condition.
30:58What are you thinking on this pump here?
31:00Would you be insulted if I said 400 bucks?
31:03Is that delivered into the van?
31:04Yeah, we'll deliver it.
31:05Well, we can deliver it for that.
31:06I'll get the boys to come over here.
31:07I'll get my brothers.
31:09You know what?
31:09I'd do 300 bucks.
31:13Meet me halfway and I'll sell you.
31:15350, how's that?
31:20325.
31:25I'll tell you what.
31:26I'll tell you what, man.
31:27You got yourself a deal for 325.
31:29You got it.
31:29You own it.
31:30All right.
31:30That's delivered, right, to the van?
31:32Yeah, we'll deliver it.
31:32We'll get it out to the van.
31:40George, what's this right here?
31:43Well, okay, Frank, let me tell you what's going on with this.
31:45This is an antique hot dog steamer.
31:49Okay.
31:49Complete with a monkey cup.
31:51Oh, wow.
31:52This is the most elaborate hot dog steamer I've ever seen.
31:55It's big, it's adorned with jewels, and it's got a monkey cup.
31:59The monkey cup here is where you throw your nickel in there for the hot dog.
32:02Okay.
32:04Monkey run around with that.
32:16These opens up, you've got...
32:18Put the hot dog in there?
32:19Yeah, hot dog's on one side and put your rolls in the other.
32:21You put the buns going there, they steam.
32:23Pour the water in there.
32:24I'm trying to hide it, but I'm excited.
32:26I mean, I have never seen anything like this before.
32:28A friend of ours dropped it off to me about 30 years ago and says,
32:32My father used it in the Brooklyn Battery.
32:35No.
32:36Wow, really?
32:37In the Brooklyn Battery selling hot dogs.
32:39Did he say his father had a monkey?
32:41Well, yeah, he told me the father had a monkey.
32:43Wow.
32:43What a cool story, you know?
32:45I've never even seen a piece like this.
32:47I'm definitely interested.
32:48Would this be something you'd be interested in selling?
32:51Well...
32:51I think it's cool, it's unique.
32:53I mean, we're always interested in buying things we haven't seen before.
32:56I'm thinking, you know, probably $650.
32:59$650?
33:00Yeah.
33:01Hmm.
33:04I was thinking more like around $300.
33:07$300?
33:07Yeah.
33:08I mean, because that's...
33:09I mean, I like the portable part.
33:11I love the story.
33:12I like the monkey cup.
33:13I love the story.
33:13How about $450?
33:14How's that?
33:16$450?
33:16I just don't know.
33:17Enough room for it?
33:18I like it.
33:18I don't think so.
33:19But $350, I feel like there's enough room.
33:21I've got to go all the way back to Iowa.
33:23I know you're going to say $400, but...
33:25Alright, $375.
33:26You've got to make me feel good.
33:27$25 between friends.
33:29You've got a deal.
33:30Alright, alright.
33:32The best thing about this pick was meeting George.
33:35George remembered a story about everything he had.
33:38And when you're a picker, to be able to buy something and be able to put a story behind it,
33:42it's priceless.
33:43You want to haul this gas pump out?
33:45I've got my brother to help me.
33:46I know.
33:47You said, hey, remember.
33:48I know, I know.
33:48The price was delivered.
33:49I bought the Flying A gas pump for $325.
33:53I'm going to ask $650.
33:56Watch your step.
33:57Yeah, man.
33:58We don't want you falling down.
33:59I bought the bicycle rifle for $150.
34:02I'm going to ask $250.
34:06One, two, three.
34:08I got the antique hot dog steamer for $375.
34:11I think it's worth at least $700.
34:16Thanks for sharing some of your local history with us.
34:18Very cool.
34:19We really appreciate you.
34:20Thanks for the help.
34:20I appreciate it.
34:21I'm very happy that Mike and Frank stopped in and they have such a love of history themselves.
34:25And it did my heart so good to have them spend the time with me.
34:28I really appreciate you guys coming by.
34:30I really appreciate it.
34:30Today was a good day because they bought some stuff and it was exciting and I enjoyed it.
34:36See you boys.
34:37See you later.
34:44Who's calling?
34:44Your grandma's calling again.
34:46Really?
34:47Hey, Tegini.
34:47What's up?
34:48Hey, how are you boys doing?
34:49We're doing good.
34:50Give us some good news.
34:51I have awesome news actually.
34:53I think I may have found a buyer for the elephant head.
34:56Oh, that's good.
34:56Sweet.
34:57Word around town is that Jack White collects crazy stuff.
35:01Jack White?
35:02I love that guy.
35:03Jack White is a modern day rock legend.
35:05This guy has eight Grammys and he's sold millions of records.
35:08He's been in some amazing bands.
35:10The White Stripes.
35:11The Raconteurs.
35:12Dead Weather.
35:13I'm a huge fan.
35:14Are you kidding me?
35:15Jack White's interested in an elephant head?
35:18Yeah.
35:19He even has an album called Elephant.
35:21He collects taxidermy stuff and he's based right here in Nashville.
35:25How cool is that?
35:26Jack White originally is from Detroit, but he has a recording studio here in Nashville.
35:31Lauren somehow knew that he collected odd taxidermy stuff.
35:35So we got in touch with him.
35:37He might be interested.
35:39I've already shipped it over there.
35:40He's got it.
35:41I want you guys to go over there and meet with him.
35:42Okay, well how much did you tell him on it?
35:44I didn't tell him anything on it yet.
35:45But I'm sure you guys will work out a price that's reasonable.
35:48Hi, I'm totally freaking out here, so.
35:50We're gonna go over there, send us the address.
35:52We'll get back to Nashville and we'll go talk to Jack White about an elephant head.
35:57Okay.
35:57Bye.
35:57Let's hope that this Jack White deal pays off.
36:00Because otherwise, we're gonna have to make room on our wall for an elephant head.
36:07Nashville, here we come.
36:11Hey.
36:13When we open the crate, my heart is pounding.
36:16If he doesn't like this thing, we just blew $1,000 on shipping.
36:22Pack it up, boys.
36:26I can't believe that Danielle found a potential buyer for the elephant head so quickly.
36:31And I can't believe it's Jack White.
36:33If he's really interested in the elephant head, then the huge risk I took is gonna pay off.
36:38If not, I'm gonna be out almost $10,000.
36:44I'm a huge White Stripes fan.
36:46Ever since I heard the song Rag and Bone, that was my band.
36:50Oh my God, this is awesome.
36:52This place is like half record store, half White Stripes museum.
36:56There's cool stuff everywhere.
37:00Hello.
37:01Hi.
37:02Hey, I'm Mike.
37:02Hi, I'm Laura.
37:03Nice to meet you.
37:04Nice to meet you.
37:04I'm Frank.
37:05Hi, nice to meet you.
37:05Pleasure.
37:06Jack's been looking for you guys.
37:07Oh, he has?
37:07Yeah, come on back.
37:08Cool, man.
37:16Hey, Jack.
37:17I'm Mike.
37:18Hey, I'm Mike.
37:19How's it going, man?
37:20Jack, how you doing?
37:20How you doing, Frank?
37:21Good to meet you.
37:22We walk in, and there's Jack.
37:23He's got this girl doing a photo shoot, and she looks just like Ginger from Gilligan's Island.
37:28What do you got going on?
37:29This is Miss Tempest Storm, the oldest burlesque dancer in the world.
37:32Hi, nice to meet you.
37:33Nice to meet you.
37:35Jack's got a lot of cool stuff going on in here, man.
37:37Oh, here's the crate.
37:38They just got here today.
37:39They just got here?
37:40When I heard that there was an elephant that these guys might have, I was pretty excited,
37:44because I've seen a couple around the world, you know, being on tour, and they're not easy to get a
37:48hold of in the first place,
37:49and also not easy to get home.
37:51I can't wait to see this thing.
37:54Hey, dang.
37:56When we open the crate, my heart is pounding.
37:59If he doesn't like this thing, we just blew $1,000 on shipping.
38:03Hey.
38:05Let me see it.
38:06Wow.
38:07It's in one piece.
38:09Look at that thing, man.
38:11Look at the size of that.
38:12Isn't that cool?
38:13I'm falling in love all over again with it.
38:15That is the weirdest looking giraffe I've ever seen.
38:20I've never hunted.
38:21I don't think I ever could, but I really do love animals, and I love the majesty of taxidermy.
38:26Lay it on me, man.
38:27What do you think?
38:28I'm in love with it.
38:29I can't believe it.
38:30Okay.
38:31Well, here's where I'm at.
38:32I got $95 in the elephant.
38:34I've got $1,000 in shipping.
38:36That was $900 plus.
38:38So, I mean, I don't need to get crazy on it, but I got to be a 12-5.
38:45Pack it up, boys.
38:46Yeah.
38:47Wait a second.
38:48Wait a second.
38:49Wait a second.
38:50Wait a second.
38:51Wait a second.
38:51Wait a second.
38:51I mean, and it's delivered.
38:52No, no.
38:53That's actually a good price, man.
38:54But I've been thinking about it.
38:56What do you guys think about doing a little trade on a couple of items so I can bring the
39:00price down a little bit?
39:02Jack White wants to trade with us?
39:04That's fine, man.
39:05Me and Frankie trade every day.
39:07Now all I got to do is seal the deal.
39:09We do trade.
39:10I mean, you know, I saw some cool stuff when we were walking through here.
39:12What are you thinking?
39:13Well, I got a few contraptions.
39:14I mean, I pulled a couple things out and you guys were coming down.
39:16So, I want you guys to take a look at a couple of these things.
39:19Photo booth.
39:20Yeah, one's a black and white photo booth.
39:22I remember there was one of these when I was a little kid in Woolworths, man.
39:25This is from a Woolworths.
39:26It is?
39:26Yeah.
39:27I remember these, man.
39:29Woolworths in Detroit.
39:30Does it work?
39:30You want to see it working, too?
39:31Yeah.
39:32Yeah, let's see it.
39:33Oh, no way.
39:34Look at that.
39:35There it is.
39:36This is your camera right here.
39:39This is my personal one I've had for a long time.
39:42And we've used it in my band The Dead Weathers' video where we all were inside of it.
39:50Our idea was we were going to make 150 hand-painted 45s and we would put a photo booth strip
39:56in each one that was completely unique.
39:57And we made a video just out of that.
39:59And this is the booth from that?
40:01This is the booth from that video.
40:02Wow.
40:03The fact that this thing was used in a dead weather video and it's got a lot of screen
40:07time makes it really valuable.
40:09If it didn't have the Jack White history, these go for like three to five.
40:13Three to five, yeah.
40:14Okay, so we're on the same page.
40:16Well, also I've got this jukebox here too.
40:19This was my first jukebox I ever owned.
40:21I got this when I was in my early 20s.
40:23We had like a little jukebox club up in Detroit.
40:25A lot of the garage rockers, you know, we had like six or seven of us actually own jukeboxes.
40:28If this was sitting in my store and it was just an average jukebox, it'd be like, you know.
40:34800.
40:34Yeah.
40:35The only reason we'd be interested in this is because you owned it.
40:39How about 4,000 on this and a grand on this?
40:42Frank and Mike drive a pretty hard bargain.
40:44It's like a desert nomad sort of haggling going on there.
40:48If you guys could do six total for both items maybe on a trade.
40:55So that's 5K on this and then that's a grand on this.
40:59Six grand is almost full retail on these two items.
41:02But you know what?
41:03Since they're from Jack's personal collection, the price automatically goes up.
41:06Okay.
41:07I'm looking at giving you a full price on this.
41:105,000.
41:121,000 for the jukebox.
41:14All right.
41:15And 6,500 on the elephant.
41:18Let's do six grand.
41:21And that's it.
41:22Then we'll have a deal.
41:23Could you hook Frank up with Tempest?
41:25I can see about that.
41:26Yeah, I'll see about that.
41:27All right.
41:27There you go, dude.
41:27All right.
41:29All right.
41:31Woo!
41:32Man.
41:33All right.
41:33We're walking out of here with some amazing items.
41:36We got some cold hard cash.
41:37He loved the elephant head.
41:39And we've got a new client.
41:41You guys come and move a couple refrigerators at my house after this?
41:43Heck yeah, man.
41:44Are they full of beer?
41:45Mike and Frank, man.
41:46These are pretty interesting guys.
41:47All right.
41:48There you go.
41:48All right.
41:49I love anybody who can pick through someone's garage and find something interesting.
41:53You're a tough negotiator, my friend.
41:55He's a good one, though.
41:56You can take the guy out of Detroit, but you can't take Detroit out of the guy here.
41:59You'll know that when you get out on the road and you realize I siphoned all the gas out of
42:02your tank.
42:04I don't know if I just want to bust out laughing, but they're pretty funny guys, too.
42:07Thanks, buddy.
42:07All right, man.
42:08See you.
42:08See you later.
42:09All right. Take care.
42:12We got Jack White's first jukebox and his photo booth from the Dead Weathers video.
42:17That's going to be good stuff.
42:19Frankie, I cannot wait to see how this Nashville store looks, man.
42:22Well, I'll tell you what.
42:22I mean, she sounds like she's got it going on.
42:30The boys have not even seen the store yet, and I'm just really praying that they love it.
42:35Otherwise, this is not going to be pretty.
42:38All right.
42:39The sign looks killer.
42:42Hold it right there.
42:43Come on, Mike.
42:44This thing's heavier, man.
42:45All right.
42:46Get the door.
42:47I got it.
42:49I got it.
42:49Danielle.
42:49Hey.
42:50How'd it go over there?
42:51Terrible?
42:52How'd it go?
42:53Look at this.
42:53Come on.
42:54Come on.
42:54This is Jack White's photo booth.
42:56Shut up.
43:04Dang, man.
43:05This place is insane.
43:07Do you love it?
43:07You nailed it.
43:09I think this was everything we were looking for.
43:11This looks beautiful.
43:12House of rust.
43:13All of our signatures are on this place.
43:16Who did all of this?
43:17Lauren and I worked together.
43:19You did this?
43:20You're Lauren?
43:21Hey, how's it going?
43:22Nice to meet you.
43:22Nice to meet you.
43:23Hi, Lauren.
43:24Nice to meet you.
43:24Pleasure.
43:24Pleasure.
43:25Yeah.
43:26I did an awesome job.
43:28Location number two, baby.
43:31It's a proud moment for me, Danny, and Frank, and I'm glad we're sharing the ride together.
43:37We need to do a commemorative photo.
43:38Oh, yeah.
43:39Get out of here.
43:40All right.
43:41Ready?
43:41One, two, three.
43:44No!
43:45No!
43:47I wonder where Jack's hanging that elephant head.
43:50Actually, you know what?
43:52Now that I think of it, you can probably put it on the other wall.
43:54Is that easy?
43:57Good thing you guys work for Peanuts.
43:59Thanks, everyone.
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