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00:09It's weird that you and Jersey have the same morning routine.
00:12Oh, he uses lip gloss too?
00:14No, he uses a lot of chapstick.
00:19He's constantly applying chapstick.
00:21The problem really isn't the chapstick.
00:23It's the eye contact while he applies it.
00:25Like, he'll look at me while he's applying it.
00:27It's kind of weird.
00:28Like that?
00:29Do you think that's kind of weird?
00:30He wants to hear you say, hey, Jersey, you got some nice lips.
00:46You know, there's nobody that I can imagine coming back to this place with more than you.
00:51Today, we're going to go see Nora.
00:53We actually picked her back in 2018.
00:55Hello.
00:57Hello.
00:57Hi, welcome.
00:58You must be Nora.
00:59Yes, I am.
01:00How you doing, Frank?
01:01Hi, Frank.
01:01Nice to meet you.
01:02Nice to meet you.
01:03And this is JP.
01:03JP, how you doing, Frank?
01:05Nice to meet you, sir.
01:06Sadly, her husband, JP, passed away, and she's feeling a little bit overwhelmed.
01:10You know, when she reached out and she told me that JP had passed, I felt such a deep well
01:16of sadness in my heart.
01:18They were together forever.
01:19I could just feel the missing of him, you know?
01:22Yeah.
01:23Yeah.
01:23Yeah.
01:51I mean, you and Nora have so much in common.
01:54There it is, right here.
01:55There it is.
01:55That's like...
01:56This is what you tell right here.
01:56See the Coke sign?
01:57Oh, got it.
01:58Check it out.
01:59Johnny's paradise.
02:00I actually get to meet Nora.
02:02I know.
02:03Look at it.
02:04It kind of just explodes right here.
02:05Check this out.
02:06Here we go.
02:07Here we go.
02:07Yeah.
02:09So is it everything you dreamed it would be?
02:11I think it's going to be.
02:14Oh, my gosh.
02:16It's good to see you.
02:17There she is.
02:18Yes.
02:20Let me stand back.
02:22I've been waiting for that hug.
02:25How you doing?
02:26Real good, real good.
02:27Good.
02:27Hanging in there, aren't we?
02:29Good to see you.
02:30You're looking great.
02:30Yes.
02:31Well, thanks.
02:31Y'all are, too.
02:32My name is Nora Massengill, and I'm from Beautiful Poetry, Texas.
02:38I would consider myself both an artist and a collector.
02:42You look the same.
02:43Yeah.
02:44Well, let's hope so.
02:45Yeah, you do.
02:46You haven't aged a bit.
02:47We're not doing that.
02:48You got your whole life ahead of you.
02:49Yeah.
02:50Hey, where do you guys want to start here?
02:51I don't know.
02:52In this mess.
02:52Well, let's just open up this door.
02:54Okay, we'll do that.
02:55Let's just get in here, and we'll just, you know, pull it out.
02:58All right.
02:58When I met JP, he was wearing a Hawaiian shirt and cowboy boots with one cuff in the cowboy
03:07boot and curly hair.
03:09Curly hair.
03:10Yeah.
03:11Oh, my gosh.
03:12And I just thought, this is a one of a kind.
03:15That's what he was.
03:16I mean, we were married 43 years.
03:19We were best friends.
03:21What do you got?
03:22You got something to stick up here?
03:23Yeah, we do.
03:23Yeah, let me know, Danielle.
03:24I'm going to launch this thing.
03:26It's tricky, tricky.
03:26Here we go, guys.
03:2612, nine, seven.
03:30Whoa!
03:31First try!
03:32Yeah!
03:32Yeah!
03:33Yeah!
03:33Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
03:34See, I told you she was awesome.
03:36Yes, she is.
03:37You guys still got this bike?
03:38The last time I was here, I tried to buy this Schwinn cycle truck from JP, and he just
03:44wasn't ready to sell it.
03:45Look at those white bottle cap grips with the red glass jewels.
03:49Mm-hmm.
03:50A Schwinn cycle truck is basically the ultimate delivery vehicle on two wheels.
03:56It's got a large basket on the front.
03:58It could have been used by a municipality or any other kind of business that would deliver
04:03something.
04:04It's just a really neat workhorse bike that was overbuilt, very utilitarian.
04:11Ding, ding, ding, ding.
04:12And the little jingle bells.
04:14Uh-huh.
04:14Is it for sale now?
04:15Well, let me think about that.
04:17Yeah.
04:18Okay, well, you mow it over.
04:21What about this up here?
04:22Oh, sure.
04:23This is amazing.
04:23Did you paint that?
04:25I told you you're gonna love her stuff.
04:26It's got a nice red palm with an eye in the center.
04:29Oh, I love it.
04:31Oh, this is just overstimulating because there's so much unique things.
04:37I'm gonna get myself locked up in here.
04:39I just know it.
04:39You know, it's just like an overabundance of so much badassery in here.
04:44Danny!
04:46Danielle!
04:46Yeah!
04:48Hey, I need some help.
04:49Uh-oh.
04:50I found a whole collection of Black Panther TV lamps.
04:54Early televisions had cathode ray tubes that gave off an extremely harsh glare when you
05:00watched it in a dark room.
05:01So someone came up with the idea, hey, let's put a TV lamp on top.
05:06It was made of pottery in different colors.
05:08We can make it into a little kitty cat or a bunny rabbit.
05:11And the panther was the king of them all.
05:13Look at this one.
05:14That's like the ultimate.
05:15Feel the weight of that.
05:16It's got a name on the back of it.
05:18Look at all the muscles.
05:20This one's dated 53.
05:24Unfortunately, a lot of these TV lamps are missing the lamp part.
05:27You know, there's just a few of them that have the light that's still in them.
05:31This one looks more like an otter.
05:32Look at this beast.
05:34Oh, look at the necklace on him.
05:37I know.
05:38Here's the good news.
05:39A lot of these aren't chipped or cracked.
05:40Nora, I was deep, man.
05:42Uh-huh.
05:43I got into the back of the building.
05:45Yes.
05:45And I saw the one Black Panther, and then I saw another, and another, and another.
05:49And I'm like, you guys collected so many TV lamps.
05:53We have collected panther lamps everywhere we go.
05:56Just because they would scream 1950s and the cool kind of beatnik.
06:03Just the 50s kind of happy-go-lucky, good times.
06:08This is the King Daddy set.
06:09I bet, upstairs in Graceland, you know these are somewhere.
06:15Oh, sure.
06:16They just spoke to us, and so we collected them one by one all these years.
06:22Woo!
06:24I got to stand back.
06:26Oh, my gosh.
06:27Yeah.
06:27I think what's cool about them is that you have so many of them.
06:31I think about how long it would take to acquire a collection like this.
06:35So, if I can get these and put them in my store, I want to line them all up together.
06:41You know as well as I do how impactful it is when you put one of the smallest thing.
06:46Yeah.
06:46It can be spoons.
06:48Oh, yes.
06:48And you got a hundred spoons, and then all of a sudden you got something.
06:51Yes.
06:52You know?
06:52People go, wow, I like this.
06:56If it's possible, you know, if we can come up with a number, then I would like to buy them
07:00all.
07:01Okay.
07:01Some of them can be $100 with the light fixture in it.
07:05Yes.
07:06And some can be $25.
07:07Yes.
07:08Okay, what do we got here?
07:091, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17.
07:14I got 18.
07:15Where you at?
07:16Oh, 19, 20.
07:17All right.
07:17600 for all of them.
07:18Yes, sir!
07:20Yeah!
07:23I'm motivated now to sell at this point in my life and move on.
07:28I've got dreams of a one-story, mid-century modern Palm Springs, you know, little, little,
07:37little house.
07:39And I've got pieces here that would make it all happen.
07:43I don't want to go home.
07:45I want to stay here.
07:47I want to stay for like a week.
07:48I just want to look around every little nook and cranny.
07:51I want to see what's hiding behind every tree.
07:53It's like one of those optical illusions that you look at and it sucks you in.
07:56And the more you look at it, the more things jump out at you.
08:00That's this joint.
08:02Oh, yeah.
08:12All right.
08:13Uh-huh.
08:14I found his bicycle stash.
08:16Yeah.
08:16He's got the Firestone tank.
08:19Mmm.
08:19He's got the rear rack.
08:20Yeah.
08:21And then he's got the fender braces and like a rear reflector.
08:26And then this is cool.
08:28He's a belt.
08:29I know.
08:29But isn't it awesome?
08:30Yes.
08:30I love the way it's joined together.
08:31I think it was an inexpensive piece in its day.
08:34But it's still, it's still really cool.
08:36That's great.
08:37So we got that.
08:39Yeah, that's good.
08:39And then these are great.
08:40Yeah.
08:41These Goodrich Silvertown safety leagues.
08:44Wow.
08:45Okay, that would have went on a bicycle.
08:47Yeah.
08:47Obviously.
08:48So here's a siren that rubbed on the tire.
08:50Yeah.
08:50It's missing part of the mounting bracket, but it's still cool.
08:53These are bicycle parts made after World War II.
08:56This stuff is in rough shape, but a lot of guys are just building what they call clunkers
09:00or just cruisers, kind of almost like a rat rod bicycle.
09:04The bicycle parts are like 60 bucks.
09:09Oh my.
09:10None of this stuff is rare, but I can't walk past old bicycle parts without buying them.
09:15What are you thinking?
09:17I mean, I would think a little more, but you know what?
09:19Okay, tell me.
09:20What are you thinking?
09:21What are you thinking?
09:22No, would you tell me?
09:22What do you feel comfortable at?
09:2480 or something?
09:26How about we do 70?
09:27Okay, let's do it.
09:27All right, then what are you thinking on this?
09:28This is more your speed.
09:30It'd just be a cool display piece.
09:31Yeah, it is.
09:32Can we do, let's just do 30 on that.
09:34Okay.
09:35All right.
09:36I know you love this stuff.
09:37I know it.
09:38So it's a big deal for you to turn this loose.
09:40Nora's a Texas girl.
09:41She was born and bred in Texas, okay?
09:43So to buy a little leather western belt from her that's hand tooled, that's not an easy feat.
09:54There you go.
09:55Okay, I found two amazing pieces.
09:58Oh, those are cool.
09:59Look at this.
10:01Oh, yeah.
10:03That's...
10:03Someone has chrome this and then look at this.
10:06Carnival chalk King Kong.
10:08Yes, yes, yes, yes.
10:10That's great.
10:10So it was pretty common after the war for the GIs to bring home stuff like this and make
10:16it into a lamp.
10:16You can see that's what somebody was doing here.
10:18See how this is threaded on top?
10:20So they were...
10:21And then they were just running the cord through there.
10:23So that was the start of a lamp.
10:25And then this.
10:26Yeah.
10:26I'm like all jacked up on King Kong, man.
10:28The thing that sells the most is the thing that when you walk into a store, it just grabs
10:34you.
10:34Yes.
10:35So what are you thinking on these two?
10:36Oh, wow.
10:37Let's just...
10:38Let me say 50 on him.
10:40Yeah.
10:41That's what I was thinking.
10:42And let's do...
10:43Let's do 75.
10:46Okay.
10:46People always say, what are you looking for?
10:48And I'm like, I don't know.
10:49Hopefully it's something I've never seen before.
10:51The last thing that I ever thought I'd buy today is a mortar round, but somehow I find
10:56it fascinating.
10:58You know?
10:59I'm going to tell you over and over today that you have an incredible eye.
11:03Oh, gosh.
11:04And you do too.
11:05Well, I tell you what.
11:06I mean, I kind of feel like I'm...
11:07Whoa.
11:09Whoa.
11:10Look at that.
11:11What are you doing?
11:12I know it.
11:12I was looking for that.
11:13I had that in my hand thinking, oh, Mike's going to want this.
11:18And then I put it down and you know, you can't put anything down round here.
11:23You know, you're going to lose it.
11:24But he found it.
11:26See?
11:27So this is a runner light, like an accessory light.
11:29I knew.
11:29But it's got a rocket ship, red.
11:31I knew you.
11:32And it's got the clear glass.
11:34Yes.
11:35Okay.
11:35So I'm going to hit you with a price.
11:37Okay.
11:4030.
11:41Oh, my.
11:42I know.
11:42Right?
11:43That's crazy.
11:43I'm getting crazy over here.
11:45The light.
11:45The light's gone.
11:47You know?
11:48But no, for you, baby.
11:49For you.
11:50Oh.
11:51All right.
11:52For you, baby.
11:55I knew it, Andrew.
11:56Look at all this goodness.
11:57I mean, look at this.
11:58Oh, yeah.
12:00Oh.
12:02I know, right?
12:03Yep.
12:04I feel the same way.
12:05Petrified cactus.
12:07If you think about the pieces that I've been finding in this little corner, all of them
12:12were made by artists.
12:13I mean, someone took a cactus, they hand painted a shade for a lamp.
12:17A 125 on that.
12:19All right.
12:21I love it.
12:22Then there was the trench art piece, and then you've got the two shell pieces that were
12:27handmade.
12:27You've got two souvenir pieces here.
12:29Yeah.
12:29Yeah.
12:30We are so connected with the things that we both love.
12:3430?
12:34Yeah.
12:34Yeah.
12:35There's so much energy in this barn, I don't even have to walk to pick.
12:40Oh.
12:40Tramp art.
12:41Spray painted gold.
12:43I'm just grabbing stuff from this little area right here.
12:46You know, from her stool.
12:47That's where the energy is radiating from.
12:50What is that?
12:51That is a bow tie with a battery pack?
12:53Yes.
12:53Yes.
12:54No.
12:54And you wear it in a light stop.
12:56Oh, wow.
12:5820 bucks.
12:59Okay.
12:59I'm just being so easy.
13:01I'm having a blast just buying this inexpensive stuff from her.
13:08This rain.
13:09Rain.
13:09Crazy.
13:10This is crazy freaking rain, dude.
13:12I know.
13:13I mean, look.
13:13I literally feel like we're in Seattle.
13:15Underwater.
13:16Yeah.
13:16Look at the fields.
13:17Yeah.
13:18I guess it's going to be okay for the farmers.
13:20Hope it is.
13:20But the grass looks green.
13:23It's right there.
13:24Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
13:24Great, great.
13:25All right.
13:26Right here.
13:28The door's open.
13:29Let's go check it out.
13:30This looks good.
13:32Hey.
13:33I'm John.
13:34How you doing?
13:34Talk to Danny?
13:35Yeah.
13:35Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
13:37I wasn't expecting you guys.
13:38Hey, how you doing, man?
13:39Sure.
13:39My name is James Eastwood.
13:41I'm from Central Ohio.
13:42Come on inside.
13:43Let's get out of the rain.
13:44My dad was a major collector.
13:46Vintage everything, you know, fishing lures, reels, old time pens and pencils they don't
13:50make anymore, you know?
13:51Danielle said your dad was into trains, but there's a lot of gas and oil stuff in here.
13:56Yeah.
13:56Yeah, well, all the trains, we'll get to that later.
13:59This is one of the prized possessions.
14:01I'm really big into the cars, like my dad.
14:03My mom and dad actually got married in this car.
14:06No kidding.
14:07Yeah.
14:07That's a 37?
14:08Yeah, it's a 37 Ford Coupe, yeah.
14:10My dad passed a little over a year ago now.
14:12I'm definitely a car guy like him, and then so I'm keeping the Ford Coupe, the one that
14:17my mom and dad got married in.
14:18That's what I got the most memories in.
14:19You and your dad were both right into it, like really close with him.
14:23Yeah, my dad and I was very close.
14:25Him and I were like friends and stuff too, not just my father.
14:27He was just, you know, we could talk to each other about anything.
14:29And it was kind of hard for me to get rid of stuff.
14:33I mean, especially at first.
14:34When my dad first passed, I was like, I just felt like I couldn't get rid of anything yet.
14:38After some time had passed, I was able to start thinking, well, I can let this go, I can let
14:42that go.
14:42There's a battery charger up there caught my eye, Robbie.
14:45Can you hand that down to me?
14:46Can you get in there?
14:46I don't know if I can get in there or not, dude.
14:48I mean, I'm curious to see what gauges are on there because the gauges mean-
14:51I don't know, dude.
14:52Some could be more, the gauges on it could be more desirable than the battery charger.
14:56That's my initial instinct to look at every battery charger I get.
15:00Sometimes they use the same gauges that they used on Henderson and Ace motorcycles.
15:05So I've got to pay attention to these things.
15:07It says King Systems.
15:10That's cool.
15:11Yeah.
15:11That's a new charger.
15:13Yeah.
15:13This one, unfortunately, doesn't have the gauge on it.
15:16It doesn't have the right gauge for the motorcycle.
15:18But I don't care.
15:18It's still a cool piece.
15:20What would you say?
15:20That one maybe is 1930s?
15:23Yeah.
15:24I'm thinking like 25 bucks.
15:26There's a couple cans up here I wouldn't mind buying.
15:29There's the lead top shell.
15:30Yeah, lead top?
15:31Yep.
15:32There's a Hudson.
15:33Here's another one, the B6 right here.
15:35The Pendrake right here.
15:37It's grease.
15:39Everybody wants a wolf's head.
15:40What about that ever ready press stone?
15:43That's pretty cool.
15:43It's got a cool can.
15:44That's a good looking can.
15:45And this one right here.
15:46What's this thing, Jersey?
15:47This one right here.
15:48Oh, it's a beer can that somebody made a funnel out of.
15:51Oh, that's so cool.
15:52Look at that.
15:53Look at the funnel.
15:54It's a beer can.
15:54Oh, somebody did a nice job.
15:55They did a great job.
15:56It was a cone top beer and they soldered some tin onto it.
15:59There's what?
15:59Seven cans there?
16:00Yeah.
16:01These cans are what we call starter cans.
16:03Guys that are just getting into the hobby, this is the kind of stuff they're looking for.
16:07So what do you think, Robbie?
16:08I'm offering you $25 for this thing.
16:10Okay.
16:10$300 on the cans.
16:12So we're at $325.
16:13I'd like to get at least $50 out of that.
16:14Can you do $350?
16:15Yeah.
16:16With the car stuff, they do have a little bit more value to me.
16:19I mean, would you both split the difference and maybe do $330?
16:22I'll take all the little cans, you get the thing.
16:24$335.
16:24You're getting that for $35, Jersey.
16:26Yeah, let's do that.
16:27All right.
16:27Cool.
16:27Let's do it.
16:28Sounds good.
16:28Sounds great.
16:29Look at that, Jersey.
16:29Yeah.
16:30I'm always helping you out.
16:32I got to ask about that Anarko can right there and that golf tire piece.
16:36Oh, yeah.
16:37Look at that.
16:37Yeah.
16:38Let me go get that.
16:38Yeah.
16:38I do like the golf tires sign.
16:41Ah.
16:41The oil of a million tests.
16:44Yeah.
16:45Ooh, it's nice, Robbie.
16:46I see.
16:46Calm down.
16:47Hand it over.
16:48Calm down.
16:49Yeah.
16:50It needs to be cleaned up and it's in good shape.
16:52Pretty damn nice.
16:53It's got the cap.
16:54Plus, it's unusual.
16:55Anarko is cool.
16:55This sat next to the gas pump and the attendant actually put the oil in the car for you.
17:00It never tipped over.
17:01That's why it was called a tipper can.
17:03The Anarko guy is what everybody wants.
17:05That's the, you know, the advertising piece.
17:07Mm-hmm.
17:08400 bucks.
17:10Hmm.
17:11425?
17:12I think we need that.
17:13425.
17:13Thanks, buddy.
17:14Bye.
17:14So, that golf piece, before we even take it down, is it for sale?
17:18Depends on the offer.
17:19I'd be at like, I'd be at like two and a quarter.
17:21I'll probably keep that one for that.
17:23That's really?
17:23Yeah, that's cool, dude.
17:24Oh, yeah.
17:24It's cool that you like it.
17:25Yeah.
17:25James, what's up there?
17:28Oh, you don't want to go up there.
17:29Yes, I do.
17:30You don't want to go up there.
17:31Yeah, it's your cool stuff up there?
17:32Yeah, it's your play land up there, actually.
17:35Really?
17:35Yeah.
17:35Oh, yeah.
17:36Yeah, you got it.
17:37When he pulled down the attic, I was just laughing, like, you're going to be in heaven up there.
17:41You're going to love it.
17:42Stairway to heaven, man.
17:43Yeah.
17:44So, I already knew his reaction up there was going to be, whoa, look at this stuff, you know?
17:48Oh, my God.
17:49Ooh.
17:56Over here, would you sell any of this bottle cap art?
18:00How much do you want for this?
18:02I'm going to have to say 100 bucks, and I know that might sound like a lot.
18:05You have that one, and then you have this one.
18:08These could have been made by a child or an adult, but obviously, it took a tremendous amount of work
18:13to make these chains.
18:15This one's in pieces.
18:16JP and I always bought bottle cap art.
18:20It's just another kind of, like, sculpture.
18:24I love all this folk art stuff.
18:25Sure, sure, sure.
18:26Whatever they call it, outsider art, whatever, but I mean, it's cool.
18:29I love the fact that Nora and I can just geek out about bottle cap art.
18:33I mean, we are kindred souls, and she's just a keep-on-truckin', groovy, free spirit, and it's contagious, and
18:42I love being around her.
18:43What are you thinking?
18:44How much do you get?
18:45I know you told me 100 on that one.
18:46Yeah, and let's just do this.
18:49Let's just do this for 50 more.
18:51Okay, so 150.
18:52Yeah, I mean, and you know, I'm just, I've got other bottle caps.
18:58Okay, look at this.
18:59I've got a question for you.
19:01Boy, you've got some great lighting in here.
19:05Ah, yes, we love our lamps.
19:07Don't we?
19:08Look at this.
19:09It's got the zebra standing there, looking up, and then you see the lampshade, which has stars on it.
19:15Look at the way that the stars blend in with the fiberglass.
19:18So it looks like the zebra is leading you up to this beautiful African night sky with the stars in
19:24it.
19:24It makes you wonder, okay, am I looking at a mid-century modern lamp, or am I actually being told
19:30a story?
19:31So what about this?
19:32Is this something you picked?
19:33Did JP pick this?
19:35We picked it.
19:36We've never taken it to sell because we love it so much.
19:40Yeah.
19:40We were very much alike, so much alike, that it was kind of hard to help the other because we
19:49both have the same kind of problem.
19:51But visually, we really like the same things.
19:56That's gonna be kind of pricey because we love those.
20:01Yeah, makes sense.
20:02I'm gonna say 300 on it.
20:04I know.
20:05I love that you and JP picked this together and...
20:09Yeah, but I want to ask you a question before I answer.
20:11Sure.
20:12Because you have another beautiful lamp right here.
20:14Yeah.
20:15And that's a zigzag.
20:17That's a zigzag with the gold balls.
20:18Yeah.
20:18How do you feel?
20:20250 on this one and 200 on that one.
20:23450.
20:24All day for these two.
20:26Yeah, let's just do that.
20:28All right.
20:29Yes, we can do it.
20:30I'm so excited about it.
20:31Oh, good.
20:31Yes.
20:32All right, I'll take both of them.
20:33Great.
20:44Oh, my gosh.
20:45Look at these tap shoes.
20:47Those were JP's mothers.
20:49Oh, my God.
20:50Look at these.
20:50There's a dancer for Casa Manana.
20:53She was Little Miss, Texas when she was seven years old.
20:56Oh, my goodness.
20:57Oh, my gosh.
20:58Look at that.
20:59Those were his mama's marriage.
21:01She has some tiny little feet.
21:03She went up to New York and did all that and danced.
21:06So she was pretty young.
21:07Yeah.
21:07Well, when she went up there, she was probably in her teens.
21:10She'd tell me stories about being in an apartment with Frank Sinatra coming in and out and stuff.
21:17Yeah.
21:18She was really groomed by her mother to be the next Shirley Temple.
21:25What was her name?
21:26Mary.
21:26Mary Louise.
21:28Mary Louise.
21:29What's her last name?
21:30Thurman.
21:30Thurman.
21:31Mary Louise Thurman.
21:32Any time I pick a costume, what I'm really interested in is the name of the person who wore the
21:39costume or the shoes.
21:40Because then I can do the research and I can put the pieces together.
21:44Are these something you're going to let go of?
21:45They do need to be where they'll be loved.
21:49I love that Danielle caressed them and loved them because JP's mom, she would love it.
21:56Yeah, you know, I used to tap dance.
21:57Well, there you go.
21:58I did tap, ballet, jazz.
22:01What was your nickname back then?
22:02Shuffleball change.
22:03Shuffleball change.
22:05That was it.
22:06Shuffleball flip.
22:07Shuffleball change.
22:09Still is, really, if you ask anybody who knows me.
22:12Yeah.
22:15What do you got to get for these?
22:16Well, let's just cut them loose at 40 bucks today.
22:2040 bucks.
22:21Okay, let's just do that.
22:22I'm in.
22:23I'm in.
22:2340 bucks.
22:24The story alone is amazing.
22:30Stairway to heaven, man.
22:31Yeah.
22:32Yeah.
22:33This looks good, man.
22:34Wow.
22:35Oh, yeah, baby.
22:36I'm seeing some rifle stuff.
22:38Yeah.
22:38And swords and.
22:40Yep, yep.
22:41I mean, this is cool.
22:43Whoa.
22:43Now I'm starting to get the idea what's going on with James's father.
22:46His father was a gun collector.
22:49And when I find a guy who's a gun collector, I know he's a student of history.
22:54And I love that.
22:56See anything you like?
22:57Yeah.
22:57Early stuff.
22:59Yeah.
22:59Percussion cap stuff.
23:00You got a decorated, probably Native American gun here.
23:04There's a model 1861 Colt.
23:06It was made for the Civil War and they made 100,000 of them.
23:10And then the war ends.
23:11And what happens with surplus?
23:12It goes on the civilian market.
23:14And you had frontiersmen who are going out west and bringing these guns.
23:19And a lot of Native Americans bought them.
23:21What'd you find here?
23:21This Colt is cool.
23:23This is, you see the tacks on this?
23:25See all these, these are actually like furniture tacks.
23:28Got an arrow right here.
23:30The Native Americans would do this.
23:32They would decorate them like this.
23:34They'd bring the spirit into them, you know?
23:36Yeah.
23:36Because these 1861 Native American decorated weapons are so valuable, if they're real,
23:42a lot of guys made them up.
23:44You know, just think about it.
23:45You could take it, you know, a Colt 1861 and anybody could throw tacks in it and make it look
23:50good.
23:50That's so weird about human nature too, because we always want to think that it's the coolest thing.
23:55It's real deal.
23:56We want to know that we just found the Mona Lisa.
23:58That we just found that piece of furniture from 1740 that was made in Newport, Rhode Island.
24:03We want to believe that this is a Native American decorated gun.
24:05And I really want this to be that, because it's just natural to feel that way.
24:11But I'm pretty sure it's not real.
24:13I think that it was created a long time ago to fill a collection out, but it's still cool.
24:18The rest of these guns here, they're all black powder, but we call them wall hangers.
24:23You know, it's just like, oh my God.
24:24More like something over the fireplace or something, right?
24:25Yeah, something over the fireplace.
24:26Yeah.
24:26But I'd like to make an offer on these guns.
24:28I like the long arms.
24:29All this flintlock stuff is really cool.
24:31One, two, three, and four I'm interested in.
24:34But these are literally just a hundred bucks a piece.
24:36It's no big deal.
24:38This one here is severely pitted, really bad shape.
24:42I think the retail on that gun is probably $550, $600 bucks.
24:48What's cool about it is the decoration.
24:50I'd do a grand before you got here.
24:57Can you do more like $1,300?
25:00I mean, I think I'm pushing it at a grand, dude.
25:02Wait, wait.
25:02Hold on a second.
25:03I spotted something up here.
25:05Let me just grab it real quick.
25:06Maybe we can make another deal.
25:08Yeah, this is cool.
25:09This is an interesting piece.
25:12This is a World War I trench knife.
25:15Pretty badass.
25:16Yeah.
25:16Mash him in the face.
25:17Oh, yeah.
25:18During World War I, there was a lot of battle in the trenches.
25:21Hand-to-hand combat, close and personal.
25:23And this was the weapon of choice.
25:25See that triangular dagger?
25:27Mm-hmm.
25:28You get stuck with that.
25:29That's a wound that doesn't close back up.
25:32Yeah.
25:32That's cool.
25:33I would do, with this pile here, I'd do $1,200.
25:40Uh, do you think we can do $1,300 for all of them?
25:44Yeah, you got a deal.
25:45Thanks.
25:48Yeah.
25:53Let's get it.
25:54Let's go for it.
25:56Let's get it.
25:58Thanks.
26:01All right.
26:05All right.
26:07All right.
26:07We'll be back.
26:08One of the first.
26:10One.
26:10Two.
26:12Two.
26:12Two.
26:12Two.
26:12Two.
26:12Two.
26:12Two.
26:13different displays whether it was tools or oil or car parts whatever pep boys was really light years
26:19ahead of anyone else in regards to the way they merchandise their stores and the way they marketed
26:25them this is 1938 keystone hollywood store oh my god and the cans oh look at those cans this looks
26:32like hardware store photographs yeah and pep boys big wigs there grand opening if i were to guess
26:40these were taken by the company to show other stores the way they are set up feel that on your
26:45lap oh my god that's heavy i know it's very heavy i mean it's a lot of history oh my
26:51god what are you
26:53thinking on that two hundred dollars two hundred dollars come on come on sell them look you don't
27:07don't have to talk me into it i'm doing i'm doing it okay okay all right i'm doing uh speaking
27:16of
27:16stimulating the mind it's a black psychedelic jesus yes it is psychedelic jesus what can i say about it
27:27that it doesn't already say about itself is it actually glow in the dark yes i'm in love i'm
27:33sold on it let's just say 125 125. perfect all right let's just do that happy for 125. thank you
27:41so much good i have a question for you yes ma'am what about that oh wow yeah now that's
27:48a that's a
27:49little bigger you know do you mind if i pull it down and take a closer look at it and
27:53then we can
27:53talk a little bit more about that one exactly you sit tight jesus what's that old saying art is in
27:59the
28:00eye of the beholder and so we're all different and we're all attracted to different things and
28:06different colors so when danielle loved the banner i thought wow this girl she's got it going on look at
28:16this it's got your signature right here sister nora what year did you did you paint this i'm gonna say
28:241992 what inspired you i just love the old circus banners snap wyatt and all that and i mean we
28:32had
28:32a few original back in the day i'm definitely interested in this piece if you're ready to sell
28:39it you spend so much time and you put so much of yourself as all artists do into their work
28:46that it's
28:47hard to tack a number on there today i'd sell it for 750. 750. yes we're in it we're in
28:54it
29:00so behold wow a whole bunch of reels fishing reels old vintage reels lures so my dad got into
29:08fishing about when i was around the age of 10 to 12 years old i remember taking my boys the
29:13same thing
29:14do you still get out and fish i do yeah oh yeah it's like meditation oh yeah a hundred percent
29:19shakespeare a langley we've got a silver stream if i can try and buy maybe 10 or 15 of them
29:24they would
29:25look great as a display in the store and they'd be easy to sell i'm gonna put a couple out
29:29here this
29:29one's in the box some of these are in the boxes those will sell well i love the bakelite handle
29:34look
29:34at that bakelite handle yeah those are body that was one of the things my dad really liked about those
29:38two the bakelite handles you know i like these that i have on the ground right here okay you're probably
29:43looking at you know retail number of 40 bucks a piece on these okay what about this what if uh
29:48what if i just kept maybe five that i liked and then you can i can just sell you the
29:53whole the whole
29:54thing all of them yeah anytime you can buy a collection any kind of collection oil cans oilers
30:00fishing reels lures whatever it is all that does is keep the hobby breathing well you said these would
30:07go about 40 a piece yep yeah some of these are only going to bring 20 a piece um i
30:12don't even know
30:12how many are in there by the time i take pictures of each little one to sell online and have
30:17to mail
30:18them and all that kind of stuff i'm like well eliminate them all quickly right now they're like
30:2275 in here plus the is that coming there nope that didn't include 85 yeah it's like 85. uh let's
30:29see
30:29would you do 25 a piece on average i can't do that i can't do that there's no way i'll
30:36tell you what
30:36i'll do throw the lures in this this thing of lures and this box of lures right here i'll do
30:42a thousand
30:43and would you consider like 1150 1100 1125 i'm doing it all right all right this was my dad's biggest
30:52passion was the trains obviously man you weren't kidding around mike going against book rule records i'm not
30:57sure yeah is this like 50 years of collecting down here yeah your dad was into the trains before
31:02you were born yeah he was here look at this here i just found that oh yeah that's missing the
31:13brim
31:14someone could utilize the patch off of it probably oh yeah back then kids wore a lot of things that
31:18were
31:18directly connected to their imagination if they were watching a western movie they were wearing a cowboy hat
31:24if they were watching something with aviation they actually had little leather aviation skull caps
31:29with goggles this would have been somebody that rode their bicycle with a winged wheel a symbol of
31:35transportation so it's basically just a patch yeah i know 10 bucks perfect okay all right thank you
31:43this look like curtains or something oh god i love this kind of stuff oh yeah let me see let
31:48me see what's
31:49what's going on here i got oh yeah oh that's beautiful see these remind me of some old curtains
31:57i got out of an old motor in on route 66 they were tearing this place down and i was
32:03walking around it
32:04and these old western curtains just like these were hanging in there i ripped them out and um had them
32:11framed i mean would you even turn them loose let me just think about you want to digest this a
32:15little
32:15bit fabric y'all is yeah oh god you got a great eye mike i mean you just got it
32:20going on well you
32:21know what i mean we're just kindred spirits you know check this out what where are you at
32:26ah it's an original betty blue t-shirt what is that like 1980 maybe 70s or 80s when i was
32:35in high
32:35school my girlfriends and i would go to the thrift stores and we would buy leopard coats from the 50s
32:47it was great that's pretty much when i really started collecting was clothing let's do 20 20 20.
32:55i was thinking more like 10. could we meet in the middle do 15. sure all right perfect okay i
33:01did see
33:01this also since i have your attention yes it says lovely dotty mamel who was she i don't remember
33:08i mean it says featuring lovely dotty mamel when you see the words featuring on a poster it means
33:14that that person's the headliner headliners were a big deal still are this means i need to do some
33:20research because i don't know her name yet and i need to let's do 75. it's got a lot of
33:26water damage
33:27yes ma'am you know what i'm thinking 75 is okay i'm gonna take little miss daddy mamel too danielle's
33:32got a great eye and she goes right to it and doesn't hold back i love it let it out
33:38all right let me take you guys downstairs to the train collection wow all right check it out look at
33:43this dang the this was my dad's biggest passion was the trains obviously the amount of trains i see in
33:50this basement it's overwhelming wow so christmas morning was extra special for around here right oh yeah
33:55we always had a train going around the christmas tree that is so cool and he was a nationally known
33:59train auctioneer like jim eastwood auctions if you looked up his name everybody would want to go to his
34:05auction that's so cool he'd usually have him in cleveland that whole section over there is just
34:09american flyer and then all the rest of these are all lionel so much here yeah freaking nuts a lot
34:17of the
34:17trains i'm seeing down here are contemporary they're not the ones that i'm really after i like that
34:231920s almost the golden age of lionel trains i like those because they're very very nicely made
34:31there's no plastic parts on them it's all stamped metal there's beautiful details that looks like
34:37you found the good stuff huh this is the kind of stuff i do like yeah this lionel box i
34:42mean this is
34:42the ones i'm really excited to see this is like the error that i'm i don't know it just does
34:48something
34:48for me yeah huh but look at the graphics on this box it's still in pretty good i mean it's
34:54just i just
34:54loved it i mean look at this kid he's got a collar very very cool and all the boxes are
34:59got this the
35:00same kind of decoration it's so neat you guys have stuff in boxes wow i mean look how beautiful it
35:04is
35:05you know the that's the observation car it looks like it's a nice condition looks like it's original
35:09paint that's that's a big deal the windows aren't broken there's no there's the pullman car oh that
35:14one's a little bit yeah the moisture got to this baby that one's a little bit yeah this one though
35:19i think is that this is the engine that's the engine really good condition oh let me see that
35:23yeah that's nice oh man it's just about beautiful yeah about as good as it gets the level of detail
35:29you see how they did all the lights on here yeah the little screw-in bulbs i mean oh my
35:34god yeah
35:34it just they might have been handmade actually yes exactly these are more like factory made right
35:40this made 1920 25 the roaring 20s world war one's over everybody's celebrating people are making
35:47money this was an expensive toy this is the toy you wanted to give your kid wow this one's yeah
35:52so
35:52condition is everything as you know man yeah this one is a much better condition though that one's
35:58almost in perfect condition i mean the condition of those two cars are horrible of course just the good
36:04parts cars i like the condition of the locomotive we have an observation car and a good pullman
36:09and we've got great boxes trains they are tricky you've got to be really careful about what trains
36:15you're buying some sets just weren't produced as much those are the ones that are worth more money
36:20this is not one of those sets i think i got to be at like 200 bucks for what you
36:24got here what about
36:25like 240 can you you better go up a little a little bit a little bit more on that how
36:31about i'll do two
36:32and a quarter all right that's fine all right yep all right all right
36:45this is neat this is for man oil manufacturing i have had loads of these i sell all the time
36:52i bring
36:53them to hershey bring them to the antique meats these manual pieces are i love them i see them all
36:57the time but i find one or two pieces and they're easy to sell you know they're like 10 bucks
37:02a piece
37:03five bucks a piece whatever you got 60 pieces what i like about it is it's a whole collection
37:08this has got some great pieces you got guys with machine guns you got guys with bazookas here guy
37:13with a gas mask you got a little medic over here a little radio guy here it's so neat the
37:18antenna is
37:19still there got fencing and you got these tents which are cool here's a soldier's tent and here's
37:25the medical tent you got some unusual guys in here which we get a little bit more money for i
37:30love the
37:30guy with the flag i think the retail number on this as it displays you know five to six hundred
37:35dollars i'd like to be at like 275. man that's a little low well i remember my dad paying about
37:44400
37:44for i know he paid a retail number for him james and i are having a little difficulty putting a
37:49deal
37:49together i like the decoys okay i like that so i have decided to put the decoys into this deal
37:56i do
37:57like 75 bucks a piece for the decoys i love duck decoys i'm from the jersey shore i don't know
38:01who
38:01manufactured these but they got glass eyes and they got really cool paint these are nice folk art
38:07pieces i'll do 425 for the decoys and the tin toy set the tim's army guys okay can you do
38:15like 475.
38:16how about 450. 450 yeah we'll do that all right thank you man all right i appreciate you yeah it's
38:23so
38:24great i love this stuff yeah my dad was a big character man all right you know he could tell
38:30stories for days about history about things he experienced yeah i wish i made a collection i wish
38:36you could have too yeah he's a better storyteller than i am we'd probably be here till tomorrow
38:40talking to him about stories you know i mean he could tell you stories for days it's constant with
38:45stories so you guys i got to deal with them every day yeah all right dude catch you later all
38:49right see
38:50guys it's obvious that james is really respectful of his father and he's respectful of his father's
38:56collection he's keeping a few pieces he's gonna make it his own but also his father his energy is
39:02always going to be there with him through that collection come see us in iowa all right see you later
39:16are you ready to see the inner sanctum here yes all right come on in nora and jp were artists
39:22but
39:22they were also visual merchandisers so they were looking at things through a completely different
39:27lens or a number of lenses hell even a kaleidoscope this is where the magic happens yeah it's nice and
39:34warm
39:34in here i remember this is so cool hasn't changed a bit oh my gosh look at this piece you
39:44gotta feel
39:44you gotta feel so proud to be in here i mean seriously you just do it's like it's just like
39:49everything is here you've created your own little world you know so last time we were here didn't you
39:53have well didn't this work on both sides well the glass itself is all intact cafe but you had to
40:00take
40:00it off it's inside the whole box how come you didn't ever get this wired up i don't know why
40:06i remember one one side of it worked yeah a long time and it does work it still does center
40:11one on
40:12the wall the light switch over there mike the last time we were here this sign was in the exact
40:17same
40:17place and it's not a huge sign but is very impactful with the colors the fact that it's got that
40:24streamer
40:25piece on the bottom of it with the stripes and the bull nose on it that says eat it's a
40:30it's a very
40:31unique piece i can see why they bought it have you ever thought about letting loose of this i i
40:36would
40:36so the other glass you have yeah it's inside and like i said it's but it's not broke or anything
40:42no
40:43really yeah what are you thinking on it you tell me it sounds like i'm thinking close to uh three
40:50grand
40:51well i was going to pay you 3 500 yeah yes yes yes okay sold i know they're up there
40:59i know they're
41:00up there mike i know it she's such a beautiful person you know and i love spending time with her
41:06because she reminds you of what life should be life should be beautiful and life should be giving
41:14and simple she has all of that coming out of her when you're near her and i just want more
41:20of that
41:20i think i love my panthers great oh the panthers are so good i mean say goodbye to your mommy
41:29bye mommy say hello to your daddy hi daddy i've had a ball with y'all and uh i'm just
41:36excited that
41:37that that everybody's so excited about everything and and and visually they're just right on and they
41:44go gravitate to what they do it's just interesting to to learn and figure it all out and um you
41:52know
41:52we can do it again thanks for putting up with us oh no it's great i'll see i'll see i'll
41:57see i'll see
41:57in kiwani kiwani i fully intend to come back sleep in one of these trailers and just have some
42:06coffee with nora in the morning look through her stuff maybe help her organize a bit all right listen
42:10we'll be in touch we'll talk soon i feel like i need to nest here for a second i'll see
42:15if she'll
42:16let me do it bye sister come back come back and see us oh yeah
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