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00:00This is all toys. I had all this stuff when I was a kid.
00:03Would you sell these motors?
00:04No.
00:04What about these cars here? Is this something you'd sell or no?
00:07No.
00:07I take it, this isn't for sale either.
00:09No, it's all right.
00:10Found this over there. It's a Lehman zigzag.
00:12There's no way you played with this. This is way before your time.
00:14I finally find a piece that Max didn't play with as a kid.
00:17What are you thinking on this?
00:18Let's get down and dirty here. Let's do the deal.
00:21I got a couple little things over here.
00:23They're Dino Sinclair stand-up gasoline advertisements for displays that have never been put up.
00:28This one has a football player on it.
00:31They're made of cardboard, which is hard to find because cardboard gets wrecked.
00:34What would you have to have for these?
00:36What do you want for it?
00:38I don't know.
00:39This is such a one-of-a-kind piece.
00:41All right, well, give me the one-of-a-kind price.
00:42Okay, $500.
00:44For such a sweet-looking woman, she sure is tough on her prices.
00:47Is there a little bit of wiggle room there? Can I make you an offer?
00:50Sure.
00:51How about $450?
00:53$20.
00:54What about $30?
00:55$100?
00:56$40?
00:57$90.
00:57How about $50?
00:59$75.
01:00If you're going to kick me, you might as well hold that.
01:01Use that.
01:02Yeah.
01:02I'm Mike Wolf.
01:03And I'm Frank Fress.
01:05And we're pickers.
01:08We travel the back roads of America looking to buy rusty gold.
01:13We make a living telling the history of America one piece at a time.
01:25This morning, we're freestyling on the back roads of PA, and I can tell Frankie's got something
01:29on his mind.
01:30You know what?
01:30Last night, when we stayed at the room, it was like...
01:34It was like...
01:35It was like...
01:35It was like all kinds of different noises.
01:37Like, I woke up, and it was like creaking noise.
01:39Like, somebody was...
01:40Well, it was a cheap hotel.
01:41No, no, no, no.
01:42No, this was just like...
01:43All of a sudden, I hear somebody opened up my bathroom door.
01:45It was just...
01:46What are you saying?
01:46It was haunted?
01:47There was something going on.
01:49And I'll tell you what.
01:49Here's the big thing.
01:50What?
01:51I looked out the window, because I didn't know what was going on, so I took the drapes,
01:54and I looked out the window.
01:55Yeah.
01:55And I was like, oh, I don't see nothing.
01:56The van's out there.
01:57Everything's cool.
01:58But when I got up this morning, the drapes were shut.
02:01So you're saying that you opened them up, and then they were shut?
02:04Yeah, when I woke up this morning.
02:05You know what I think?
02:07I think you must have just had gas.
02:09You could seriously blow curtains open.
02:11They were shut, though, Mike.
02:12Do you believe in ghosts?
02:13I do believe in ghosts.
02:14Between me talking in my sleep, my mouth guard that I got a bite down on every time, and then
02:19snoring,
02:20I'm a wreck, dude.
02:21Hey, get back on the freestyling, man.
02:23You know what I'm saying?
02:25This place looks old right here.
02:26Here's a place that's...
02:27Look at it.
02:28It's kind of old.
02:29It's empty.
02:29It's got a bunch of junk stuff in there.
02:31It's empty.
02:32It's empty.
02:32Hey, there's an old motorcycle right there.
02:34Oh, yeah, yeah.
02:34It's not that old.
02:35That's you, dude.
02:35That's full-on you.
02:36Let's just swing in here real quick.
02:37Look at this place looks old.
02:38Oh, yeah.
02:38Yeah, this is killer.
02:39Good eye.
02:41This place looks promising.
02:42It's a lot more promising than sitting in a van listening to Frank's ghost stories.
02:46We notice there's padlocks on the doors of these buildings.
02:50So if there's padlocks on them, maybe there's something of value.
02:52Let's go across the street over there.
02:54They might know.
02:55Who knows what could be inside these barns?
02:57These things look like turn of the century.
03:00Hello.
03:01Hello.
03:02Hey, how's it going?
03:03How you doing?
03:04Hey, good.
03:04How are you?
03:05Is that your building across the street?
03:06Yeah, both of them are mine.
03:07Hey, I'm Mike.
03:08I'm Tim.
03:09Tim, how you doing?
03:09Frank Fritz.
03:10We've seen that building there.
03:11It looks like it's closed up for a while.
03:13It's packed to the gills with stuff.
03:15Really?
03:16What kind of stuff?
03:16You name it, it's in there.
03:18People stop here all the time and want to see what's in that old building, but I don't
03:21let too many people in there.
03:22I saw the Saab sign.
03:24I know.
03:24Were you guys selling new Saabs here?
03:25Yeah, we're the oldest Saab dealer in the United States.
03:28Really?
03:29Yeah.
03:29Hey, if you got some time, we'd love to look around.
03:31Mike and Frank were kind of nice.
03:32I thought, well, I'll let them take a look.
03:35Oh, yeah.
03:36This is our speed.
03:36So this was your grandpa's?
03:37Yeah.
03:38I worked here washing cars when I was like 10 years old.
03:41My grandfather and I were pretty close because we spent every day together.
03:45So your grandparents lived upstairs here?
03:47Yeah, right upstairs.
03:48The attic up there is full.
03:49Oh, I'd love to see that stuff.
03:50Anything that ever came here, my grandfather kept.
03:53Watch your step.
03:54All right.
03:55Didn't matter whether it was broke, ruined, brand new, it didn't leave.
04:00Yeah.
04:00I don't know what's in them boxes there.
04:02Let's find out.
04:04This is awesome.
04:07Yeah, what's in this?
04:08Piston rings.
04:11Plates.
04:15God dang.
04:16Why'd you guys pull this pole up here?
04:18I stored it.
04:20That's from our old gas pumps from the Sinclair pumps.
04:23That's the center post.
04:24Oh, yeah.
04:24Look at the light on it.
04:25I see this big cast iron fluted post.
04:27They sit in the middle of the island in the service station with gas pumps on the side.
04:31The bottom had lights in it, and then the three spotlights turned on separate.
04:36So both sides of the glass are intact?
04:37Yeah.
04:38It looks different.
04:39It almost looks like a really skinny, visible pump.
04:41It's glass on the top, and I can see that it's lit up.
04:45Have you ever had this opened up?
04:46What kind of bulbs does it take?
04:47Regular fluorescent bulbs.
04:49Look at that.
04:50They're all the way around.
04:51Cast iron fluted base on the top, completely lit up like a tower of light, like a saber.
04:57And then the very top, three different lights with porcelain shades.
05:01How much is this?
05:03When I sold the pumps, I think I sold them for $300 a piece.
05:06So that's what you're saying you want for this?
05:08Yep.
05:09How about $230?
05:12Um, no, no.
05:15How about two and a half?
05:18$275.
05:18Oh, you have three lights on the top.
05:19$275.
05:20Yeah.
05:21It does need some work, and that cuts into any profit I can make on it.
05:25I'm going to hang in there at $250, man.
05:27Well.
05:27I mean, the whole thing needs to be completely rewired.
05:32Well, $250.
05:33$250.
05:34Okay.
05:35You're going to help me carry it down, though?
05:36Oh, yeah.
05:37It's $250 delivered to the van.
05:39This pick just got exciting.
05:41Tim's got some quality pieces here.
05:42Even though he's a tough negotiator, he's willing to sell.
05:46Game on.
05:50Right there.
05:51What's this?
05:51What's this got?
05:53That's a heater box.
05:55Yeah, brand new.
05:56I got a couple little things over here.
05:58What'd you find?
05:59These are advertisements.
06:03Oh, cool.
06:03From Dino the Dinosaur.
06:05They're Dino Sinclair gasoline advertising signs, and they've never been put up.
06:27Dino regular gasoline.
06:28And this one's the same thing?
06:30I believe that's the same one.
06:31And then you've got this one here.
06:33This one has a football player on it.
06:36They're cardboard.
06:37I'm thinking $50 a piece.
06:40You want all four of them, or?
06:42I'll take all four of them for $200.
06:45Cardboard stuff from that era is hard to find because it gets wrecked over time.
06:49$200?
06:50You think you're ever going to put them up?
06:51No.
06:52Probably not.
06:53Okay.
06:53You got it.
06:54I'm starting to dig in.
06:59I got to look in every box.
07:02Every single box.
07:03You got to go through a lot of crap to smell a rose.
07:06Oh.
07:08I've lied with him.
07:10Pristine.
07:11Probably never been outside.
07:12$30.
07:13Okay.
07:14All right.
07:15$30.
07:15It's time to get this pick into high gear and get some cash flowing.
07:18I think on these.
07:19Because the rings are just boxes.
07:21There's six of them.
07:22Six of them?
07:23Oh, $5 a piece.
07:24Yep.
07:24All right.
07:25Oh, yeah.
07:27For genuine tractor and implement parts.
07:30It's crossover piece.
07:31I'd do $60 on it.
07:32That sounds like a deal.
07:34I found a Buick Model 40 Barbator.
07:37$25?
07:38How about $20?
07:40Yeah, deal.
07:41So far, this pick's been pretty cool.
07:42But I'm dying to get into that old gristmill.
07:45So this has been like in your family forever?
07:47Yeah.
07:47When we get to the door, my mind is racing because you're standing at a door of a guy's place
07:53that he's been storing stuff in for over 60 years.
07:56And not just any guy, a guy that loves transportation.
08:00Whoa.
08:01Whoa.
08:03Watch your step.
08:05Oh, yeah.
08:07Yeah.
08:07Anything that was around got stuck in here.
08:11My grandmother would say, throw it out.
08:13My grandfather would say, put it in here.
08:15What about these glass panels?
08:17They were from our old gas pumps.
08:20These are awesome.
08:21They're new old stock.
08:22They've never even been out of the paper.
08:24Do you have the globe for this?
08:26The metal ring?
08:26No, no.
08:27Would you sell these?
08:31Um...
08:32Looks like they've been here for a while.
08:34Yeah, I'd sell them.
08:35I'd pay $120.
08:38$60 apiece.
08:40$60 apiece?
08:41Yeah.
08:41They're not worth more than that?
08:42Well, they are worth more than that.
08:44I mean, I've got to make a little bit of money, too.
08:46A lot of times the people we visit price things at market value.
08:49They forget that that's the number I need to sell it at.
08:52Now, I'm there.
08:52I come to them.
08:53I have cash.
08:54I pull it out.
08:55If I had these in my store, I'd sell them for $125.
08:58A piece?
08:59Yeah.
09:03I should get maybe $100 and a half for both of them.
09:07$150 for both of them?
09:09How about $140?
09:11Okay, that's a deal.
09:12All right.
09:12You can make some money off of it.
09:14So $140.
09:14Finding glass panels like this new old stock in the original paper is almost impossible.
09:22I see a fender there.
09:24I know.
09:24What's that off of?
09:27Let me see the taillight hole there.
09:29I think that's off a real old Saab, like a 57.
09:33Knowledge in our business is everything.
09:35I'm standing in the middle of a bunch of Saab parts, but I'm not versed in this stuff.
09:40This guy is.
09:41There's a lot of people that be looking for these parts.
09:44You know, even the smallest thing.
09:46Have you guys thought about putting anything online?
09:48Well, once in a while.
09:49Because the thing is, with stuff like that, I mean, no one's just going to walk into my
09:52store and go, hey, you got a 1954 Saab vendor.
09:54But if I had it online, it would sell right away.
09:56Yeah.
09:56I'm trying to get him to understand.
09:58You could make a bunch of money instead of letting it just sit here and rot.
10:09Here, look at this.
10:10It's 1955.
10:13Yeah, this is from the Ford tractor stuff.
10:16I can drive three minutes from my shop, and I'm in the middle of a cornfield.
10:20There is a tractor in every barn in Iowa.
10:33Here we go.
10:34Combines.
10:35All Ford?
10:36Yeah.
10:36That whole box is probably full of Ford tractor stuff.
10:40This is Ford tractor literature for every product that they made from the 1950s.
10:45How much is a box of Ford tractor literature that if I don't buy it, it's going to be...
10:50Going to be the same way.
10:52...grown by this window here.
10:53Make me a good offer.
10:5550 bucks.
10:58Yeah, they're yours.
10:59All right.
11:01When I take it to Iowa, it's easy to sell.
11:03What's this sign here?
11:05Frosty Dog.
11:06So they made ice cream to look like a hot dog.
11:10Yes.
11:10It's probably only worth...
11:13Like a hundred bucks now, isn't it?
11:14A hundred bucks?
11:16I'm in the Big Apple.
11:18I'm so excited.
11:20But...
11:21Hello?
11:22Mike keeps interrupting me non-stop.
11:24Have you ever been in Times Square?
11:26Well, guess what?
11:27This is my first time.
11:28So I'm hanging up now and I'm going to enjoy it.
11:31So I'm looking around a little bit more.
11:36I can see the backside of some signs.
11:39So I get over there and I flip them around.
11:40They're Coca-Cola signs.
11:42Everyone in America can identify in some way with the Coca-Cola brand.
11:47Now where did these come from?
11:49They were probably bolted on the outside of the building over there at one time.
11:53I can't believe my luck.
11:54They're not porcelain, but they're made in 1952.
11:57And anything that old Coca-Cola flies out of the shop.
12:01Are these something you sell?
12:03Yeah.
12:03Maybe a couple of them or...
12:05Well, I'd like to keep one.
12:07Yeah.
12:07What'd you have to have for a couple of them?
12:10You name the price.
12:11You know more about them.
12:12A hundred apiece.
12:14Can you come up?
12:17I mean, I can come up a little bit.
12:18I'd come up with...
12:19I mean, what are you talking?
12:20Like a hundred and a quarter apiece or something?
12:23Yeah, $250 for...
12:25For a pair?
12:26For a pair.
12:26Which ones you want?
12:27It doesn't matter.
12:29All right, I'll take two for $250.
12:30You pick two.
12:30All right.
12:31Good deal.
12:31Deal.
12:32These signs were the score I was looking for.
12:34This made the freestyle worth the stop.
12:36There you go, Frankie.
12:37I bought the Coca-Cola signs for $125.
12:40I think they're worth at least $200 apiece.
12:43I bought the gas pump light post for $250.
12:46I'm going to get it rewired, make it look all cool.
12:49I'm going to ask $600.
12:51I bought the tractor and literature for $50.
12:53I'm going to ask $25 apiece.
12:56It was great to visit Planet Saab.
12:58I had a good time.
12:59Can you tell us a good pick when we look like this?
13:01My favorite part of the day, I think, was probably when Frank found those old Dino the
13:05dinosaur cardboard posters.
13:07I haven't been up there since my grandfather passed away, so I didn't know they were up
13:12there.
13:12See you, Tim!
13:13It was a great pick, and the best part of today was he was willing to pass a few things
13:18on to a couple guys from Iowa.
13:24Pennsylvania's been a great state for us.
13:26There's lots of townships, lots of little places to check out.
13:30Row houses are freaking gold mines of stuff.
13:33People have lived in them forever.
13:34There's a lot of history out here, man.
13:36Hey, hello.
13:36Hey, where are you guys at?
13:37Hey, we're in central Pennsylvania.
13:39What are you doing?
13:40I'm heading out.
13:40Don't you remember?
13:41I'm going to New York City.
13:43Who's covering the shop?
13:44I got the shop covered.
13:45Robbie's going to come in.
13:46I got it.
13:47Danielle, the famous Alice in Wonderland statue is in Central Park.
13:51Take the cat.
13:52Take the cat with you that we bought.
13:55Go try to sell that cat.
13:56Are you seriously going to put me to work on my vacation?
13:59The artist that made that piece, his wife still lives in New York.
14:02You can hunt her down.
14:04Yeah, his wife's name's Lori Goulet.
14:05And I know she lives there, but this is my vacation.
14:08She might have some people that might be interested in buying it.
14:10Exactly.
14:12Hello?
14:13Hello?
14:14All right, fine, fine.
14:15I'll take the cat with me.
14:16Woo!
14:17All right.
14:18Maybe, Lori, you'll have a couple suggestions on where to sell it.
14:20I hope it'll help.
14:21Mike and Frank gave me the go-ahead to pursue any opportunity I can with this cat, which is
14:25awesome.
14:26But I will get my vacation in.
14:28Dani, practice your New York accent.
14:31Can you do one?
14:32I'm walking here.
14:33I'm walking here.
14:35That's pretty good.
14:35That's pretty good.
14:36I was almost scared.
14:37Forget about it.
14:38Forget about it.
14:39Forget about it.
14:41Forget about it, but don't forget the cat.
14:42Number one priority, cat.
14:44That's on my list of things to do.
14:45Trust me.
14:46Do you have any leads for us, by the way?
14:47I'm sending you some leads before I head out, but just so you know, the area you're in
14:51is just perfect for freestyling.
14:53So definitely check that out, too.
14:55Thanks for taking the cat.
14:57Ah, forget about it.
14:58Pew!
14:59Pew!
15:00All right, keep your eyes peeled, brother.
15:02I am.
15:02There's warehouse space in here that no one's been in in years.
15:05We need to dig up some history out here, Frankie.
15:07I hear you.
15:08I can't tell you how many times I've dug stuff out of warehouses out here in Pennsylvania.
15:13It looks good around here.
15:14It's crazy.
15:14There's a small signage here.
15:15It is, definitely.
15:16There's a small wood here.
15:17Oh, yeah.
15:18There's a little car.
15:18He's got some car bodies.
15:20Car bodies.
15:21Look at the size of that building.
15:23Oh, that's huge.
15:24I just got a business here that says welding.
15:26Welding?
15:26Oh, man.
15:27You never know.
15:27There's an old stew baker right there.
15:29You know what I always think about people like this?
15:30People bring stuff to them.
15:31They never come pick them back up.
15:33There it is.
15:34See?
15:34This is what I'm talking about.
15:35You know what I mean?
15:35They don't have any money.
15:36Old warehouse.
15:37All right, let's check it out.
15:39I mean, if the guy's got this much stuff out, you never know what he's got inside.
15:42Uh-huh.
15:43Should we knock or what?
15:44I knock.
15:46It says entrance.
15:47It's open.
15:48See?
15:50Hello.
15:51Hello.
15:52Hey, how you doing?
15:53Okay.
15:53Saw the old cars outside.
15:55Yeah.
15:56And then we saw the service sign.
15:57And trucks.
15:58And then we saw the big, huge building.
16:00Hey, if we buy and sell stuff, I saw you had a stew baker outside, and I see you got
16:04a lot of stew baker signs.
16:05Well, I bought out a couple dealerships.
16:06A couple?
16:07A couple.
16:07Looks like more than a couple.
16:09This is not what we expected.
16:10I mean, everywhere you look, it's stew baker, stew baker, stew baker.
16:13This is incredible.
16:14My dad was a stew baker dealer back in the 40s.
16:17I was just going to ask you why he ended a stew baker.
16:19Do you have any of this kind of stuff that's on here?
16:20I mean, old signs, shell boxes, pedal cars?
16:23I've got signs, yes.
16:24Can you show us around a little bit?
16:25Sure, sure.
16:26Sure.
16:26Let's start in here.
16:28This is stew baker's sacred stomping grounds.
16:30I don't know if anybody needs a part, even a piece of door trim, a piece of window trim, all
16:34that stuff they can get here, huh?
16:35If I don't have it, I know where they can get it.
16:37Max grew up with stew baker's his whole life.
16:40I mean, it's in his veins.
16:41It's in his blood.
16:42It's in his DNA.
16:44Well, not really.
16:45But I mean, you get the point.
16:46If you see a box and you want to root, make yourself a home.
16:49Dig in, Frankie.
16:50My dad and his brothers were a stew baker dealer in the 40s.
16:55What are your restorations going on?
16:57Yeah, we're just putting the finishing touches to this.
16:59Oh, that's nice.
17:00In 69, I bought a 52 stew baker that he owned new.
17:04One thing led to another, and then I had 70 or 80.
17:08That is beautiful.
17:09You're doing this for a client?
17:10From Baltimore.
17:11So what's this one?
17:13This is a 52 stew baker commander convertible.
17:16I've never seen a convertible.
17:18I haven't yet.
17:18No, I haven't seen it.
17:19This is your personal car?
17:20We've run across a few stew bakers, but not a lot.
17:22The stew baker company started out making horse-drawn carriages.
17:25Then in the early 1900s, switched to automobiles.
17:28They created iconic cars and trucks until they closed their last plant in 1966.
17:32How much is that stew baker sign?
17:34Is that something you'd consider selling?
17:36I don't think, Mike.
17:37No?
17:38I have a family member that offered me $3,000 for it.
17:41Really?
17:42Yeah.
17:42Being a picker, this is torture.
17:44All these great stew baker parts, and all of them are NFS.
17:48Not for sale.
17:56Hey, you know, I kind of like this Prestone thermometer.
17:58Yeah, that's in decent shape.
18:00The thermometer, it has nothing to do with stew debakers.
18:03Thermometer's still inside.
18:04It's got some great color.
18:05I think it's a good piece.
18:06This is a good item to break the ice with Max.
18:09I was thinking like around 40.
18:11Yeah, I don't know.
18:12How about 75?
18:16How about 50?
18:2050.
18:21If Max can't even let go of the thermometer, Mike and I may as well pack it up and hit
18:25the road.
18:2650.
18:29All right.
18:30You got it?
18:31All right.
18:32Hell yes.
18:33I've broke the ice.
18:40Whoa, Avalanche.
18:41Yeah, you break it, you buy it.
18:43I know.
18:44What's this sign say?
18:45Square Deal Garage.
18:48Curryville, Pennsylvania.
18:49Empire and Grant.
18:51Six cars.
18:52This sign is incredible.
18:53The paint is faded just enough to give it some awesome character.
18:57That was in the back of this truck when I bought it.
18:59What year is that truck?
19:011917.
19:02So what do you got to have for this sign?
19:0350 bucks.
19:05Oh man, it's worth more than that to me.
19:07Well then give me more.
19:08Start putting $100 bills here in the pile.
19:11Sometimes people don't know what their stuff is worth and they throw out prices that are way too low.
19:15It's automobile related.
19:17It's got tire advertising on it.
19:19It's wood.
19:20It's hand painted.
19:20I'd do $125.
19:22Okay.
19:23All right, you want to do that?
19:25All right, thank you, my friend.
19:26I thought that was very generous of them.
19:29Oh, that's pretty cool.
19:30What about the BF Goodrich?
19:32Double-sided neon.
19:33What, it had neon that went all the way around these, right?
19:34Yeah, yeah.
19:35Mm-hmm.
19:35A hundred bucks?
19:36A hundred bucks on it?
19:37I'll do a hundred on the Goodrich.
19:38Okay.
19:39We're here with cash.
19:40We got a truck we're ready to buy.
19:42Cash and carry.
19:43Bam.
19:46What's something like a clock like this go for?
19:49$25.
19:51Ticket.
19:52How about $20?
19:53Okay.
19:53You got a deal.
19:54I like this one.
19:55What do you got on your chainsaw signs over here?
19:57What do you get for something like the top one?
19:59I'd sooner sell a clock.
20:00How about $75?
20:02All right.
20:03$75?
20:04You got a deal.
20:06What's this sign here?
20:07It says, America's newest taste treat.
20:10Frosty dog.
20:11Ooh, frosty dog.
20:12Oh, yeah, look.
20:13It's got a long wiener dog on there.
20:14Yeah, it was a round cylinder of ice cream rolled in chocolate and peanut dust.
20:19This is a funky sign.
20:20It's a really cool regional piece.
20:22So they made ice cream to look like a hot dog.
20:25Yes.
20:38I like the dog on there.
20:40I'm a hot dog guy.
20:41What's the other side look like?
20:42Let's put it this way.
20:43It's been up there since 1987.
20:44A lot of people collect diner stuff, cafe stuff.
20:47It's an awesome piece.
20:48That's got to be old.
20:49Look, it's 10 cents for a frosty dog.
20:51What about signs from the 60s?
20:53How about signs of somebody's little store?
20:55It's all metal?
20:56It's not yours?
20:57Yeah.
20:58You sold it?
20:58You sold it?
20:59You sold the frosty dog?
21:00Yeah.
21:00How many of those frosty dogs did you eat?
21:03Too many.
21:04You had a couple?
21:04My dad owned Corkin's restaurant from 1949 to 1982.
21:09I bought the restaurant from him in 82.
21:11They were very good, and they sold a lot.
21:15How much?
21:17A hundred and a half.
21:20Man, 10 cents a piece.
21:23Let me put it to you this way.
21:24You've already made hundreds of thousands of dollars off of that sign.
21:30Yeah, right.
21:31It's probably only worth like 100 bucks now, isn't it?
21:35100 bucks?
21:36Max is a sentimental guy that's held on to things that have shaped his past,
21:40like the Studebakers.
21:41I really like this sign.
21:42Hopefully, he can let it go.
21:44Hey, it's kind of faded.
21:46You know, I can barely see the little wiener dog on it.
21:48Let me stop here for a second.
21:49It's had no damage.
21:50Would you care if I bought an ice cream sign?
21:53We're partners.
21:54We travel the road together.
21:55Every once in a while, you got to compromise.
21:57I mean, you know, I'm a hot dog guy, right?
22:00It's all right with me.
22:00All right.
22:01So, 100 bucks?
22:03Is it all right with you?
22:05Yeah, yeah, yeah.
22:07100 bucks.
22:08All right.
22:08100 bucks.
22:09Normally, I'm the ice cream guy.
22:11But today, Mike's driving a good humor truck.
22:13Hey, Max, do you got any other places we can look at while we're here?
22:16Go over to my house.
22:17Even though Max has 20,000 square feet of stuff in this building, a lot of it's not
22:21for sale or it's just cars.
22:23Hopefully, we're going to find something really cool in the house, and that will make this
22:26stop worthwhile.
22:27All right.
22:28So, this is like your little bachelor pad.
22:30This is it.
22:30This is all toys.
22:32Oh!
22:34As soon as I walk into the room, I'm like, holy moly.
22:37Wow.
22:38Vintage Toys R Us.
22:39I've died and went to toy heaven.
22:43Frankie, look at that.
22:43The whole thing's made out of wood.
22:45That is incredible.
22:45I've always been fascinated with folk art.
22:47And the fact that they can make it to where it actually looks like it's a real gun.
22:51Well, it breaks down and everything.
22:52One of the most appealing things about folk art is the story behind the piece, and this
22:56one has got a great one.
22:59This is it.
23:00This is all toys.
23:01As soon as I walk into the room, I'm like, holy moly.
23:04Wow.
23:04Vintage Toys R Us.
23:05I've died and went to toy heaven.
23:07Oh, wow.
23:08Mike, look at that.
23:09Oh, yeah.
23:10In the box.
23:10Max had all of his toys still in the original boxes.
23:14My heart is racing.
23:15Ooh.
23:16Ooh.
23:16Wow.
23:19A robot bus where the door opens and closes.
23:24Is this something you'd sell?
23:25No.
23:26Damn.
23:26It's a beauty.
23:27How about these?
23:28These motors?
23:28I put a lot of miles on them puppies.
23:30Oh, you had these when you were a kid?
23:32I had all this stuff when I was a kid.
23:33They were my mother's elderly aunts when every Saturday afternoon spent the night, and every
23:39time I went up, they had two paper bags of toys, and each bag had the identical toys
23:47in them.
23:47One for me to take home, and one to let there.
23:51And it's all here now.
23:52It's all here now.
23:53This guy continues to blow my mind.
23:55The question is, will he sell?
23:58How about these?
23:58Would you sell these motors?
24:28No.
24:30Yeah, they're made in Germany.
24:32Mm-hmm.
24:32Would it be something you'd sell or no?
24:33I'd, no.
24:34You're killing me here.
24:38Oh, Minto Mint and the Minties.
24:41Not so many.
24:42How much is that?
24:44Uh-oh.
24:45We're in a room that I don't want to sell.
24:47This is the NFS room.
24:51This is like drive-the-pickers crazy room.
24:53His connection with these toys is amazing.
24:55He really, really loves everything in this room, and that's beautiful.
24:59But for me, being a picker, I feel like, darn, because I'm powerless here to buy anything.
25:04Let's move to another room.
25:05Okay.
25:06I can't take it in here any longer.
25:07I can't take it.
25:08I can't take it.
25:09Frank's a toy guy, man.
25:10Look at it.
25:10He's getting a fever.
25:12Okay.
25:13All right, so this is your catch-all?
25:15Well, this is, yeah, a storage room.
25:17Max had some amazing toys in the last room, but none were for sale.
25:21I am determined to find something to buy in this room.
25:25How much are all the glasses?
25:26There are a bunch of different glasses.
25:28Some of them might be 24 karat gold.
25:30What do you give me?
25:31How about 75 bucks?
25:33No, sorry.
25:36100 bucks.
25:39Done.
25:40Done?
25:41This is what I live for, digging up the gold.
25:51I found this over there.
25:52It's a Lehman zigzag.
25:53It's German.
25:54There's no way you played with this.
25:56This is way before your time.
25:57Well, actually, these ants that I keep talking about had a brother who died before 1917, so
26:04that would date the toy.
26:05I finally find a piece that Max didn't play with as a kid.
26:08The craftsmanship is incredible.
26:10I haven't seen one of these in a long time.
26:26What are you thinking on this?
26:28400.
26:29Whoa.
26:31I'll tell you what.
26:32I'd step up to the plate.
26:33I'd do 300 on it.
26:39What are you thinking?
26:40Halfway.
26:41Halfway.
26:42Yeah.
26:43It's missing the arm, and that hurts it a lot.
26:45Even though it's about 100 years old, in the end, it's all about condition, condition,
26:49condition.
26:50It's missing an arm.
26:51That's a big deal.
26:52You keep saying that.
26:53Well, the thing is, I mean, you can buy the arm.
26:54You can have a guy make the arm and paint the arm and all that couple hundred bucks.
26:58Yeah.
26:59Look at the paint here.
27:00Yeah.
27:00And look at, there's no paint here.
27:02I know.
27:02That's why I wear the paint there.
27:04Okay.
27:06Okay.
27:12Three hundred.
27:13All right.
27:15All right.
27:17Cool.
27:18And that is the first toy I've ever sold.
27:21Really?
27:22Really.
27:22You broke the ice, but it's the only toy that he probably owns that he didn't play with
27:26himself.
27:27Yes.
27:29That's why you got it.
27:31You had to find the one special toy.
27:33Max was an incredibly nice guy.
27:35I mean, he took time out of his day to show us all around.
27:38And at the end of the day, me and Mike were able to find some great items.
27:41The Lehman toy is going up front.
27:43I bought the Lehman zigzag toy for $300.
27:45I'm going to ask $650.
27:47I bought the glasses for $100.
27:49I think there's probably $50 or $60 there.
27:51And I think that's worth $300.
27:54Actually, it's not too heavy.
27:55I bought the Penn Supreme ice cream sign for $100.
27:58I'm going to ask $400.
28:01Great to meet you.
28:02Thanks for having me.
28:03It was fun.
28:03If you don't think the front end of a Studebaker is sexy, you better check your pulse.
28:08Thanks, Max.
28:08Great to meet you.
28:10Take care now.
28:10All right.
28:11Have a safe trip.
28:12Thank you very much.
28:13Thanks for your hospitality.
28:14I enjoyed myself with the Mike and Frank.
28:15I told him to be sure to come back anytime.
28:17See you, Max.
28:18See ya.
28:27I'm in the Big Apple.
28:29This is a huge, big deal for me.
28:31I'm so excited.
28:33But...
28:36Hello?
28:37Mike keeps interrupting me nonstop.
28:40He wants to know everything from Leeds to what's going on with the cat.
28:43Go try to sell that cat.
28:44The artist that made that piece, his wife still lives in New York.
28:48You can hunt her down.
28:49But this is my vacation.
28:50Have you ever been in Times Square?
28:53Well, guess what?
28:53This is my first time.
28:54So I'm hanging up now and I'm going to enjoy it.
28:57Nope.
28:57Bye.
29:04I'm going to take care of the cat, okay?
29:10Oh, this is beautiful.
29:12But it's going to be on my time frame.
29:14Let me have me time and I will take care of the cat.
29:16Bye.
29:21So we're heading to the Museum of Appalachia to talk to a woman named Elaine.
29:25They have a ton of folk art, which I love.
29:27Folk art, which is also known as outsider art, is made by people with no formal training at all.
29:32Frank, I think it's coming up here.
29:33All right.
29:34This is art that reflects their regional culture or subculture.
29:37All right.
29:37Here it is.
29:38All right.
29:38This is it.
29:39This is it.
29:39We missed it.
29:40Watch out.
29:44Did you see how I saved that turn there?
29:46I'm glad I have my belt on.
29:47This place is killer.
29:49Wow.
29:49Look how old this is.
29:50Look how big it is.
29:52When it comes to barns, I'm going to say it.
29:54Bigger is better.
29:55That's right.
29:59This place is huge.
30:01Apparently, these guys have a whole separate building full of overstocked items.
30:05Hey.
30:06Hello.
30:07Yes.
30:08How you doing?
30:08I'm Mike.
30:09Hi, Mike.
30:10Nice to meet you.
30:10Nice to meet you.
30:11How you doing?
30:11I'm Frank.
30:12Hi, Frank.
30:13Talked to Danielle?
30:14Yes, I did.
30:15She told me you were coming.
30:15Sounds like you guys have some really cool history.
30:17We do.
30:18Can we come in?
30:19Sure.
30:19Come on in.
30:21Now, this is a storage area.
30:24Okay.
30:24We love storage areas.
30:26Okay.
30:27And then we've got two other floors full of stuff.
30:29Show us the way.
30:30You want to look up here?
30:30You want to look up on every level?
30:32I feel like it's a little bit selfish of us to keep all the things that we really are
30:37not going to be able to use and let somebody else enjoy them.
30:40So there's a few things up here.
30:41Okay.
30:42Looks like quite a few.
30:43Yeah.
30:44Wow.
30:44Wow.
30:45We have a lot of excess.
30:47Oh, yeah.
30:49So most of this stuff all came within this region.
30:53It absolutely did.
30:54John, my father, he did not travel outside the region.
30:57He wanted to get things that were indicative of this area.
30:59This is the area that our people are from.
31:01And he sort of wanted to save the history of this area.
31:04Yeah, that is so cool.
31:05It's cool.
31:05Everything in here is from a 200-mile radius.
31:07Who knows what kind of crazy Appalachian stuff we're going to find.
31:11Look at that.
31:19Is that Lincoln head made out of wood?
31:22I don't know.
31:24No, that's iron.
31:25Cast iron.
31:26Oh, my God.
31:26I wonder where that came off of.
31:28Abraham Lincoln was one of the most iconic presidents ever.
31:31Wow.
31:31And the fact that his image is on this cast iron architectural piece, I had to have it.
31:35Can I pull this off the wall?
31:37Let me ask you this.
31:38What do you want for it?
31:39I don't know.
31:40This is such a one-of-a-kind piece.
31:42All right.
31:42Well, give me the one-of-a-kind price.
31:44Okay.
31:44$500.
31:46Okay.
31:47That's a one-of-a-kind price.
31:48What do you got on this?
31:49A hundred.
31:50Forty.
31:51Ninety.
31:52Forty-five.
31:53Negotiation?
31:54It's like a dance.
31:55But all she was doing was stepping on my feet.
31:57Stepping back.
32:01All right.
32:02What do you want for it?
32:03This is such a one-of-a-kind piece.
32:05All right.
32:05Well, give me the one-of-a-kind price.
32:06Okay.
32:07$500.
32:08Okay.
32:09That's one-of-a-kind price.
32:10For such a sweet-looking woman, she sure is starting out tough on her prices.
32:14Can I look at the back of it?
32:15Can I pull it off the wall?
32:16Okay.
32:16Yeah, let's do that.
32:17I'm sure it weighs, like, a freaking ton here.
32:19I was surprised at the Lincoln head.
32:22Oh, you did good.
32:23I had never taken it off and looked at it, so I was kind of excited.
32:28$500, huh?
32:30Is there a little bit of wiggle room there?
32:33Can I make you an offer?
32:34Sure.
32:36How about $450?
32:39I don't know.
32:41Okay.
32:44You're at $500.
32:47I'm at $450.
32:51We're not that far apart.
32:58Okay, we'll do it.
32:59Okay.
32:59$450?
33:01All right.
33:01I love it.
33:02Now that we've been here for a while, I'm dying to get my hands on some folk art.
33:06I'm like, take me to it.
33:08Most of these things are made by James Bunch, who's also in the museum.
33:12He sat by his wife's bedside for years and carved things from his life that he remembered it.
33:31Did he do this stuff, too?
33:32He did.
33:34Frankie, look at that.
33:34The whole thing's made out of wood.
33:36I know.
33:36That's intricate.
33:37That took a long time.
33:38Look at those little triggers.
33:39God, that's amazing.
33:41James Bunch made the shotgun so realistic-looking.
33:45I think they weren't even sure when they first looked at it that it wasn't the real thing.
33:50That is incredible.
33:51I've always been fascinated with folk art.
33:53One of the most appealing things about folk art is the story behind the piece, and this
33:57one has got a great one.
33:59I'm sure there's a collector out there somewhere that's going to love to have this item.
34:03Elaine, what would you have to have for this?
34:08How about $75?
34:12Are we really going to agree on the price the first time out?
34:15All right.
34:16Great minds think alike.
34:18I'm just not really seeing anything that's catching my eye.
34:20That's one good thing about having a partner, and Mike's going to town.
34:23$20.
34:24What about $30?
34:25$25.
34:26All right.
34:27Okay, thank you.
34:28How about $50?
34:29I'm thinking $75.
34:32Here.
34:32If you're going to kick me, you might as well hold that.
34:34Use that.
34:34Yeah.
34:35How about $60?
34:37Okay.
34:37What are you thinking?
34:39$120.
34:40$30.
34:40$118.
34:44$120?
34:49I've got to get it going, or this pic's going to be a bust for me.
35:00Wow.
35:01I'm seeing a piece of folk art made out of stationery that I'm attracted to.
35:05And these have got all pencils in here.
35:08They're from all over.
35:09They're from Indiana.
35:10They're from Columbus, Ohio.
35:12Apparently, it was this man's collection that he put on this board, and the intentions were
35:17to put it in the museum.
35:18But my goodness, we have so many things in the museum, and we're just not always going
35:22to be able to put everything out.
35:23What would you have to have for this pencil collection?
35:25A dollar a pencil.
35:27Okay.
35:28That's a lot of money.
35:29Well, not so much.
35:30There's probably about 300 of them over there or so.
35:33I'd do that.
35:34Would you really?
35:34On the average, some of those are $5 a piece.
35:36Some of the veterans are actually, you know, to the right person, could be $10.
35:40Lots of people collect pencils and pens with signage on them.
35:43This display will actually bring me more money if I disassemble it and sell the pens and pencils
35:47individually.
35:48You know what?
35:49Maybe I do like folk art.
35:51$300?
35:55You haven't bought anything yet.
35:57Is this your first buy?
35:59In my lifetime?
36:01No!
36:01For the day!
36:02This is an exciting moment!
36:03Yay!
36:04Okay, we'll do it!
36:05All right, $300.
36:06Yay!
36:07Okay, good.
36:07Frankie finally decides to buy a piece of folk art so he can disassemble it and then sell
36:12it for parts.
36:14This guy is a kook!
36:19Rat trap.
36:20That's a rat trap.
36:21That's a big rat.
36:22Yeah, that's how you set it up.
36:24Now that we're upstairs, it's a whole new ballgame.
36:27I know I'm going to find something here.
36:31All right, Elaine, I found something.
36:33Looks like somebody made it here, you know?
36:35It's kind of cool.
36:35It's got metal here.
36:36This is wood.
36:37It's a little coil down there where it drips in.
36:39It's a sculpture of a miniature moonshine still.
36:42I mean, this dates back from the bootlegging days without the big metal contraption.
36:46That's cool.
36:46With this piece, you get the same effect, but it fits on your desk.
36:50What do you got on this?
36:51A hundred.
36:53Forty.
36:56Ninety.
36:57Forty-five.
36:58Well, you're not going up as much as I'm coming down.
37:01I know, because you went up so high the first shot.
37:03You took such a big leap there, you were on like a rocket.
37:06Negotiation, it's like a dance.
37:08Elaine was trying to lead, but all she was doing was stepping on my feet.
37:12Eighty-five.
37:13I'm at fifty.
37:15Eighty.
37:17Fifty-five, and I'm out.
37:18I'm stepping back.
37:22When he said, that's my final, I was like, is it really your final, or can I get a little
37:27five more out of you?
37:30Sixty.
37:32I'll step in at sixty.
37:35She tried to do the two-step, but I hung in there with the hokey pokey.
37:39That'd be something that I can remember you by.
37:42Oh, that's nice.
37:43Alcohol.
37:44Oh, that's something nice.
37:47Well, alcohol's good.
37:48What are these?
37:49That's Harrison Mays.
37:50He did those concrete signs that go along the interstate.
37:53So he was going to throw these in the water, and whoever found it, that's how he was getting
37:56the message out.
37:57Harrison Mays was an evangelical and folk art legend.
38:01He put a message of salvation into a vessel of sin.
38:04I love the contrast.
38:12Even though I'm on vacation, I'm still going to do Micah Solid.
38:15I'm going to take that cat over to Lori Goulet.
38:17She is Jose de Cref's widow.
38:19I reached out to Lori, and I'm meeting her at the DeMana Children's Museum at the New York
38:23Historical Society.
38:25Hi.
38:25Hi, Danielle.
38:26Yeah.
38:27Laura Washington, New York Historical Society.
38:29Hi, Laura.
38:30Welcome.
38:30Thanks.
38:31I'm actually here to meet Lori Goulet.
38:33Let me take you down to her.
38:34Awesome.
38:35Hi.
38:36I'm so glad you came.
38:37You're Lori?
38:38Yes, Lori.
38:39I'm Lori Goulet, and my husband was Jose de Cref.
38:43Jose de Cref did the Alice in Wonderland runs in Central Park.
38:48One of the most important pieces he ever did.
38:50I brought my cat, too.
38:52The cat that I brought was a half-sized cat in plaster that we used in the enlargement.
38:57This is much more gentle-looking than this cat.
39:01I have to see him.
39:02Okay.
39:03You ready?
39:04Yep.
39:05Oh, yeah.
39:06That's wonderful.
39:08That's really de Cref.
39:09That's a very unique piece.
39:11It's the only one that's in existence of the papier-mâché and the armature.
39:15This is one of Jose's studies.
39:17He made the studies before he finally ended up with this cat.
39:21It would have added a little clay for the surface, and then it would get into plaster when they finally
39:27made the cast.
39:28The reason I want you to come here is because I've got on exhibition a big, beautiful head of Alice,
39:34the original head.
39:35Really?
39:36It's Alice with her beautiful face.
39:38Wow.
39:39It's the half-sized model in plaster.
39:41It's beautiful.
39:43Look how childlike her expression is.
39:45Who did he model this after?
39:47We have our daughter, Donna Maria.
39:49What an amazing story that that Alice sculpture is modeled after Jose and Lori's daughter.
39:54The whole family vibe is so strong.
39:57He worked so hard at everything he did.
39:59The Alice head and Lori's cat are from the process of making that statue.
40:03So they kind of just belong together.
40:05It's neat to see Jose's process.
40:08Yes.
40:08I love it.
40:09Actually, that's a really good point.
40:11It is neat to see it all together.
40:13Mike always says, part of what we do as pickers is find an object and put it where it belongs.
40:20Frankie's finding some good stuff at the end, but I just need one more item to make this pick go
40:24from good to great.
40:26What are these?
40:27That's Harrison Mays.
40:28He was a coal miner, and he almost died in the mines, and he told God that if he rescued
40:34him from the mines,
40:35that he would serve him every day of his life.
40:37And we have a whole display on him downstairs.
40:39He did those concrete signs that go along the interstate.
40:42And he had on every sign where it was to be erected.
40:45Harrison Mays was an evangelical and folk art legend.
40:49He was like a real Johnny Appleseed, planting the seeds of his faith all over America's roadsides.
41:06So he was going to throw these in the water, and whoever found it, that's how he was getting the
41:10message out.
41:11Harrison Mays has put a message of salvation into a vessel of sin.
41:15I love the contrast.
41:16How about like six of them?
41:17What would you do with them?
41:19Would you throw them in the water?
41:21No, I mean, if he's a prominent folk artist, that's why I'm interested in them, you know.
41:25Okay.
41:26What would you have to have for six?
41:28Well, what are you offering?
41:29I'd do ten a piece.
41:38Okay.
41:39Ten a piece on six?
41:41Okay.
41:42All right.
41:43This was a great day.
41:44I found some amazing things here.
41:46And even though Frankie struggled a little bit at first, he brought it in at the end and found some
41:50great stuff.
41:51I bought the Harrison Mays bottles for $60.
41:54I'm going to ask $25 a piece for them.
41:56I bought the pen and pencil art piece for $300.
41:59When it's all said and done, I think I can get at least $1,000.
42:02Abraham Lincoln coming through.
42:04I shelled out $450 for the cast iron Lincoln plaque.
42:07I'm going to ask $1,000.
42:10I had a good time.
42:11It was awesome.
42:12Thanks, honey.
42:12Thanks for doing some great things there.
42:14Thanks for giving us all that information, too.
42:15I learned a lot today.
42:16All right, honey.
42:17Thank you so much.
42:18Their enthusiasm for buying something and telling the story of it reminded me of my father.
42:25See you, Lane.
42:26Bye.
42:36Me and Frankie are on the road like, what, seven months of the year?
42:39Yep.
42:40Dane D!
42:41What's up?
42:42It's so good to see her.
42:44It's so good to be home.
42:45So tell us, what happened with the cat?
42:47It's being seen by thousands of people in New York.
42:50I put it on loan to the Children's Museum.
42:53That's cool.
42:54I like that.
42:55What a great idea.
42:56I mean, to put the cat on display in a Children's Museum?
42:59It's getting exposure because it wasn't in any here.
43:01All right.
43:02So what did you bring us back from New York?
43:04Yeah.
43:04What did you get us?
43:07Gift.
43:09Gift, gift, gift, gift, gift, gift.
43:11Go grab it.
43:12It's in my car, so I'll be back.
43:14All right.
43:20You know what?
43:23I'll just get a change later.
43:33New York bagels?
43:35I've never even had one before.
43:37Yeah, they smell really good.
43:38I'll get you cream cheese.
43:39I'll get them.
43:40Frank and I are kind of foodies, man.
43:42They're good.
43:43These are great.
43:44I first took my first bite.
43:47I mean, this is fresh.
43:48It was good.
43:49It was really good.
43:50I can see why people say New York cheesecake and New York bagels.
43:54I'm a bad person.
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