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00:01What's the deal, man?
00:02What do you mean?
00:03You're copying my style?
00:04What are you doing here, man?
00:05What are you talking about?
00:06Black t-shirt?
00:06No.
00:07The glasses? Sunglasses?
00:09No.
00:09What are you talking about?
00:10Dude, what the hell is with the ponytail?
00:12What are you doing, man?
00:13What?
00:13Oh, this old thing?
00:15Yeah, right, this old thing.
00:16This old thing?
00:17Dude, you are not ready for the responsibility
00:18of a ponytail after 40 years old.
00:20You know what?
00:21That's a big deal.
00:22Okay, walk me through that.
00:23What is that?
00:23Okay, dude, here.
00:24You got to have the wisdom nod when, you know,
00:25when the young guys come up to you
00:26and they ask you a question,
00:27and you don't answer your answer,
00:28you're just going to nod, man.
00:29Like, yeah, it's all good.
00:30Okay.
00:30And that answers the question.
00:31Okay.
00:32Okay.
00:32You got to do gardening.
00:33I already garden.
00:34Okay.
00:35Okay.
00:35What else?
00:36Kombucha.
00:37What do you mean?
00:38You got to make your own kombucha,
00:39and you got to drink it every day.
00:42All right.
00:43Dude.
00:43You ain't doing it?
00:44That's it?
00:45I ain't doing it.
00:45I'm done.
00:45I can't believe that.
00:46I don't even...
00:46Dude, the scoby scares me.
00:57Danny, Danny, what's up?
00:58Danny, what's up?
00:59Good morning.
01:00Well, you got a couple little western boys today, huh?
01:03Hey, listen to this, Danny.
01:04Mike is wearing a ponytail today.
01:05No, I'm not.
01:06You were.
01:07I was wearing...
01:08He was imitating my style.
01:09He was copping my style, Danny.
01:10I was messing with him.
01:12Shut up.
01:13I don't even believe that's true.
01:15Mike does not, absolutely does not have a ponytail.
01:19He did.
01:19You're right, I don't.
01:20I can't even imagine.
01:22This is like seeing a wolf in a bow tie.
01:24Like, this doesn't even make sense to my brain.
01:26I know.
01:26All right, listen.
01:27I got you boys a lead.
01:28All right.
01:28All right, I'm gonna send you guys to Joe Abeyta.
01:31This guy is a big name on the west coast
01:34when it comes to Italian ice.
01:36Cool.
01:36Nice.
01:36Not only that, the dude's a junker.
01:39He loves stuff.
01:41What kind of stuff does he collect?
01:42So, Joe sent me pictures.
01:44There is no rhyme or reason to this collection.
01:45I mean, he's got everything from lawn mowers
01:48to motorcycles to signs.
01:50I will say it's all pretty high end, though.
01:51He's got lawn mowers?
01:52I mean, they're cool lawn mowers.
01:54Really?
01:54Hey, man.
01:55I want to see a cool lawn mower.
01:56Why is he getting rid of stuff?
01:57Honestly, his kids are pushing him
01:59because he's stashing his entire collection
02:01in the warehouses that are meant for the business.
02:04No kidding.
02:04So, the collectibles are outrunning the product?
02:07I've never heard it put better.
02:09But they need some room.
02:10Hey, you had me at bicycles and signs.
02:12You had me at lawn mowers on Italian ice.
02:14All right, guys.
02:15Have fun.
02:16Be good.
02:25Wow.
02:25Looks like an industrial park here, man.
02:28Joe's ice.
02:29Is that a suburban?
02:30That's kind of cool.
02:31That's cool.
02:32Check it out.
02:33All right.
02:33How are you?
02:38Hello.
02:39Huge warehouse.
02:41Great.
02:42Joe.
02:43Hey, Joe.
02:44Over here.
02:45Dang.
02:46You must be doing something right.
02:48This place is huge.
02:49Hello there.
02:50Nice to meet you.
02:50Nice to meet you.
02:51Welcome.
02:52Nice to meet you.
02:52Nice to meet you, guys.
02:53This place smells good, man.
02:55It smells like Italian ice.
02:56It's a lot of Italian ice ingredients right here.
02:58Is that what this syrup is?
02:59Yeah.
02:59When Danny said Italian ice, I was picturing a mom and pop shop on a main street somewhere.
03:04Not a massive warehouse.
03:06I mean, this guy's got, like, an Italian ice empire.
03:09Got any of this stuff?
03:11Danny says you're ready to unload some stuff.
03:13You gotta make some room in here.
03:14Yeah, I've got plenty of it.
03:16Good.
03:16Well, our truck is empty.
03:18Danielle said you had, um...
03:20What would she say?
03:21Everything from bicycles to lawnmowers to signs.
03:26And telephones and a lot more, yes.
03:28Really?
03:28So what's your main passion, though?
03:29What'd you start out with?
03:30Signs.
03:31Really?
03:31Yeah.
03:31And what subject matter?
03:33Transportation.
03:34You were always in transportation.
03:36Yeah.
03:36I started when I was 10 years old.
03:37Wow.
03:38Get out of here.
03:39Wow.
03:39I'm 67 now, so it's been a while.
03:41I have a great deal of appreciation for the Industrial Revolution.
03:45So, heavy, industrial, mechanical, I'm all over it.
03:50Maybe a complaint of my family and friends and staff that have to help me move things
03:54is that I collect heavy.
03:57Where are you from?
03:58You were picking out here?
03:59At the time that I was introduced to antiques, I lived in Pennsylvania.
04:03I'm from Wisconsin.
04:05Get out!
04:05La Crosse, Wisconsin.
04:06Oh, man.
04:06La Crosse is a great town.
04:08Cool.
04:08Oktoberfest, man.
04:09To go to that all the time.
04:11And then Fountain City is right north of there.
04:13It's a beautiful state.
04:13Yeah.
04:14So, what do you got going on?
04:15What's going on with you selling stuff?
04:17Well, I've got a lot of things, and I use the warehouse for my products from my store,
04:24Joe's Italian Ice, and then I need a little more space.
04:26The connection to my collection and Joe's is that the theme at Joe's is all roads lead
04:31to Joe's.
04:31So, that covers everything from motorcycles, cars, pogo sticks, skateboards.
04:37So, I'm all over the place with transportation because of that theme.
04:41I'm looking at this vehicle here.
04:43I'm like, wow.
04:44What year is that?
04:4563.
04:46Uh-huh.
04:47These were never sold in the U.S.
04:48Did you have to import this?
04:49Yeah, they're made in Germany.
04:51Yeah.
04:51And I got this from somebody in Canada.
04:53Oh, it's right-hand drive.
04:55I learned that they are actually made in Germany primarily for African safaris.
05:00Did you buy it restored?
05:02Yes.
05:03This thing's beautiful.
05:05I mean, it's amazing.
05:06I just love it and turned it into a Joe's vehicle.
05:09It's a beautiful restoration.
05:11That will deliver product to hotels.
05:13It's going to be a novelty thing, and who else has a safari bus?
05:16We will take this out and serve Joe's out of it.
05:19Other people do food trucks.
05:21Yeah.
05:21They take it to another level.
05:23Yes.
05:24After 25 years in the apparel industry, I decided that I wanted to open up my own business,
05:28and I wanted to do it in a way that can really inspire and allow me to teach young people
05:33old-school values.
05:34Okay.
05:34My business plan was all about that and less about Italian ice and making money.
05:39I'm an out-of-the-box thinker.
05:41I wanted to be the best in the industry.
05:43I make flavors with ingredients that nobody else uses.
05:47I was told that you can't make money that way.
05:49I said, I don't care.
05:50You make it, they will come.
05:51Joe's in Anaheim.
05:53Probably the average customer drives 35 miles to get there.
05:57And we draw from all over the country and all over the world.
06:00How long you been doing the ice?
06:01I started in 2002.
06:03I moved out here to California in 1979.
06:06My parents and siblings decided they wanted to join me out this direction.
06:11Wow.
06:12Everybody moved here.
06:13So it's a long line of stuff.
06:14You guys all wagon-trained it out here.
06:15How many kids you got?
06:16I have 10 kids.
06:17What?
06:18Really?
06:18Two step kids.
06:19Wow.
06:20How many grandkids you got?
06:2133.
06:23Whoa, man.
06:24No wonder you have a business with family values.
06:26Yeah.
06:27That's awesome, man.
06:28Yeah.
06:28That's so cool.
06:29Dude, you got your own deployment.
06:30Every one of the kids has worked at Joe's.
06:32That's great.
06:33Very cool.
06:33Joe's approach to business is a direct reflection of his approach to life.
06:37passion, family values, and thinking generationally.
06:40Not just for his own family, but for all kids in general.
06:44I called you guys because I need to make room for some other Joe's products.
06:48Okay.
06:48So you're going to help me sift through and clear out a few shelves.
06:53All right, show us around.
06:54Yeah.
06:54I mean, I saw right away on this whole shelving rack right here that you got advertising.
06:59Oh, look at that, Jersey.
07:00Oh, there's the lawnmower.
07:01There's a lawnmower.
07:03One of those.
07:03Is that an eagle?
07:04That's an eagle's.
07:05I was not expecting an 1899 push motor with a big cast iron eagle on both sides of it
07:10in polychrome decoration.
07:11It says, manufactured by Eagle Lawn Mower Company, Syracuse, New York.
07:17The patent date's 1888.
07:18Right in the middle of the Victorian era.
07:20Did you see this here?
07:21Right here it says, oil often.
07:23So it's reminding you on the handle to oil the machine itself.
07:26It's blowing my mind how incredible this lawnmower is.
07:30This should be in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
07:32I bought it from a very good collector.
07:34I have a lot of faith in them.
07:35This was the only one that they have known about.
07:39I paid up for it.
07:40You did?
07:41Yes.
07:41What'd you have to throw down for it?
07:43$25,000.
07:44No kidding.
07:45I've never seen anything like this.
07:47Jersey's never seen anything like this.
07:48I mean, it's pretty incredible.
07:50That sounds like a crazy number, but it's not if you know the market on something like this.
07:56$25,000.
07:57That sounds like a crazy number.
07:59But guess what?
08:00He just set the bar for it.
08:02Nobody knows of another one.
08:04So it's one of those.
08:05Yeah.
08:05It's like, where do you judge it?
08:06Yes.
08:07Trust a dealer like that.
08:08Yeah.
08:08And to throw down $25,000 on a lawnmower?
08:10Yeah.
08:11Dude, let me touch it.
08:12You're my hero.
08:13Yeah.
08:14Anybody would be surprised that I would pay $25,000 for a lawnmower.
08:19Especially when you have a gardener.
08:22Jersey, if you're interested and you came up with $30,000, I'd consider selling it.
08:27Wow.
08:28Hey, he's putting a number on a jersey.
08:30Yeah.
08:30I would have to mow a lot of lawns to come up with that kind of cash.
08:32So you know what?
08:33I think I got a pass, man.
08:34Did you see this jersey?
08:36Oh, man.
08:36This is cool.
08:39Dixie's Caramel Corn Shop.
08:40Instead of Dixie's, though, it will say Joe's.
08:43Oh, cool.
08:43So this is much like a sign I have over at Joe's that came out of a Photoshop in the
08:4930s, 40s in Pasadena.
08:51Oh, you got that kind of stuff on the wall there?
08:52Yes.
08:53Uh-huh.
08:53Really?
08:54Yeah.
08:54So that's part of your brand, huh?
08:56Right.
08:56Oh, wow.
08:56That's awesome.
08:57The customers that know about signs are thrilled.
09:00I've got a lot of them displayed.
09:02It's a constant conversation piece.
09:05There's a sign right there, man, that Ford.
09:07Now, this would have had neon on it, obviously, too.
09:10Where'd this come out of?
09:11I got that out of Arizona.
09:14Okay.
09:14Is this something you've had for a while?
09:16It came out of a dealership.
09:18I honestly just don't know where and when.
09:21Yeah.
09:21Yes, I have had it for a while.
09:23This is the bones to a great sign.
09:25Porcelain, you can see that it was already neon.
09:27Is that something you'd consider selling?
09:29Yes, I would.
09:30Obviously, there needs to be a can built with it, but once you build that, have the neon
09:35done, build the can, get the transformers, wire the sucker up, and boom, you got something.
09:41Now, all of that's probably going to cost, I don't know, six, eight grand.
09:45Is there a manufacturer anywhere on the neon?
09:47Yeah, there it is right there.
09:48Kalamazoo, Michigan.
09:49But the payoff on the end is awesome.
09:53Three thousand bucks.
09:56I'll do it.
09:57Beautiful.
09:57Thank you, buddy.
09:58Very cool.
09:59Very cool.
10:05One of my favorite parts about collecting, early on I realized that this is a club that
10:11is a great group of people.
10:13Yeah.
10:13You know, we just happen to love history.
10:17We like age.
10:18We like the good old days.
10:20And we like the thrill of the hunt.
10:21Yes.
10:22Uh-huh.
10:22I probably have outlets within 35 states that pick for me, that look for me, that have
10:29things that they eventually are willing to part with.
10:31What about this sucker, man?
10:33That looks like it's been through some miles outside.
10:35Now, the reason I picked that up, Mike, is because I have a theme at Joe's, all dogs eat
10:41for free.
10:41Okay.
10:42I also own a Husky.
10:43I have the rarest breed of all Huskies.
10:45It's called a Colu, and his name is Joey, and he goes with me everywhere, every day.
10:49Can I throw you a number at this?
10:51Go ahead.
10:53Two thousand bucks.
10:54You saved me the restoration, and so I will go ahead and do it.
10:59Okay.
11:00I'm doing it.
11:01All right, thank you.
11:02Oh, you're welcome.
11:02I appreciate it.
11:03It's just going to keep me from having to go through the time and trouble to restore
11:06it, and it was going to a good home.
11:09This is kind of cool.
11:11This is what you guys were using for a wrestling dummy?
11:13Yes.
11:13This looks like it's got some age to it, man.
11:15Did you wrestle?
11:16Yes, I did.
11:16What weight did you wrestle?
11:17From 98 pounds to 126.
11:21Okay, I was in high school.
11:22I was a freshman.
11:23I wrestled at 90.
11:25I was 4'11", and I weighed 87, and I had to weigh in with my clothes on.
11:30And then my sophomore year, I was a 105, junior year 119, senior year 132.
11:37Okay.
11:37So the University of Iowa wrestlers, they were like superheroes to us.
11:41I've got one of my kids traveling there today.
11:43Okay.
11:44Are you coaching?
11:45Yes.
11:46Oh, really?
11:46I coached high school.
11:48That's awesome, man.
11:48I mean, my coach, Frank Freeman, he was the first adult male that I ever respected.
11:54Because, you know, my dad left when I was two.
11:57And so when he came into my life, I just wanted to aspire to be like him, you know?
12:02I always attributed wrestling to who I became and my drive.
12:07Yeah.
12:07You know, there's so much discipline involved in it.
12:10Coaching wrestling, just like coaching at Joe's Italian Ice, we're constantly coaching life skills.
12:17Weird, it's got a fish on it.
12:18Oh, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
12:22Look at that.
12:25I like how you leave the price on everything.
12:27Did you pay $1,800 for this?
12:28I did.
12:29Whew, man, it's cool.
12:30I tried to get it for less.
12:33Joe, look at this.
12:34Salesman sample of a page-woven wire fence.
12:38I'm sure you also love salesman samples.
12:40Absolutely.
12:40I love them.
12:41Who doesn't love salesman samples?
12:42I love them.
12:42Look how much effort they put in.
12:44Who does this anymore?
12:46This is a very well-made salesman sample.
12:48It's cast aluminum.
12:49It's selling fencing.
12:51Is this something you want to sell?
12:52I've never seen another one.
12:54And neither have I.
12:54That's why I'm asking this question.
12:56These salesman samples are rare and unique.
12:58This thing's 100 years old.
13:00A lot of them didn't survive.
13:01A lot of them got tossed, got scrapped.
13:03They didn't think they were that important.
13:04Can I hit you with a number?
13:05Go ahead.
13:06400.
13:07No.
13:08No.
13:09I'd probably be...
13:14650.
13:16Yeah.
13:17I've never seen another one.
13:20It's a very desirable thing.
13:21Any salesman sample, people will just go nuts for them.
13:25500.
13:26I'll make it worth your while and I will...
13:30I'll go 550.
13:33Done.
13:35Okay.
13:37Cool.
13:38All right.
13:39I didn't realize it was going to hurt so much.
13:40Why did I sell that salesman sample?
13:43That long-haired, gruff, little fuzzy guy just weakened me at the moment and I gave in.
13:49Something's grabbing my attention over here, which is really kind of blowing my mind.
13:53This electric motor.
13:55Yes.
13:56Oh, my God.
13:57It's a heavy one.
13:58The Riker Electric Motorworks from New York.
14:01Type A, number nine power horse.
14:04In the late 1800s, there's a race to get to the top of the power chain.
14:09We had steam.
14:10We had internal combustion motors.
14:12And now there's electric.
14:14Riker is one of the very first companies to produce a viable electric motor.
14:18This is one of the companies that was a competitor to Edison.
14:21It says New York.
14:22But I happen to know a little bit about Riker.
14:24They're from New Jersey.
14:25Okay.
14:25I like to bring things that were made in New Jersey back home to New Jersey.
14:29And this is in connection with fans.
14:32Yes.
14:33I love electric fans as well.
14:34A nice fan motor.
14:35That's what this thing is.
14:37There's a fan that went attached to this thing and it would cool down a room.
14:40This is before air conditioning and it was a very expensive product in the day.
14:45Looks like it's been restored.
14:46I'd say because it's polished brass.
14:48It's lacquered.
14:49You can see the enamel on it has been redone.
14:51The pinstriping has been redone.
14:53I mean, it's beautifully redone.
14:54Let me hit you with a number.
14:56Okay.
14:57Yes.
15:00I'll give you $5,000 for this motor.
15:04That's exactly what I paid for it about 8 to 10 years ago.
15:08I'd like to make $1,000 over the 10 years.
15:12So you're looking at $6,000 bucks.
15:19I'm going to do it.
15:20Six grand, dude.
15:20Okay.
15:21You got it.
15:22Appreciate you.
15:22That is amazing.
15:23Woo!
15:23That is a sensational piece.
15:25Yes.
15:25No, I know.
15:26I know what it is.
15:27It's fantastic.
15:28It's probably the best electric motor that I've ever bought.
15:33Yeah!
15:34These motors are extremely rare.
15:37Riker did make a lot of them.
15:38So when you find one of these, you do what you can to get it.
15:43Whoa!
15:43Look at this room.
15:44So this is like the coin-op room.
15:46You are into just about anything and everything.
15:49So are you buying a lot of this stuff at auction or how are you digging up this much stuff?
15:54I do a lot of traveling.
15:55So you're actually on the road?
15:56Yeah.
15:57Okay.
15:57Pennsylvania is a honey hole for me.
16:00I know.
16:00America's attic.
16:01Yeah.
16:02I happen to have four storage units in Round Top.
16:05Oh my gosh!
16:06That's crazy!
16:08And they're awful.
16:10He's buying so much stuff at Round Top that he's got four containers sitting there waiting
16:16for him to load them.
16:17Once they're loaded, then they're trucked to California.
16:20Yeah.
16:20That's killer, man.
16:21Yeah.
16:22What are you thinking on that?
16:24Probably close to what they were asking.
16:26Yeah.
16:26So you got 950 was on it.
16:28Yeah.
16:28But such a good piece.
16:30All the things that I'm seeing in this room on these shelves, it's high test stuff.
16:34I think you're right on the money there, but man, that's so neat.
16:37This guy's a massive player, not just in the Italian ice business, but in the antique world.
16:43I'm surprised we haven't met him before.
16:45Well, you know, when you initially look at this, it looks like a clock, but it's not.
16:49It's just a spinner.
16:50It's a piece of advertising.
16:51It's like a sign.
16:52It's not a clock.
16:53It looks like it's been rewired.
16:54So I'm assuming it works.
16:56We can try it out too.
16:57I was going to say, can I plug it in?
16:58All right.
16:59Let me see.
16:59Let me see.
17:00Let me see.
17:02There it is.
17:04Looks good on your wall, huh?
17:05Yeah.
17:06I mean, there's a tremendous amount of paint loss.
17:08One for the age, and then two, this got pretty hot.
17:11But you can still read everything.
17:13Imagine walking into a dealership and seeing this, you know?
17:16It just captures your attention.
17:18You're like a moth to a flame.
17:19It's what the person that designed this wanted you to do.
17:22And it's still doing the same thing today.
17:24This is a great piece.
17:25I like stuff that shows its age.
17:27Throw me a price on that, Mike.
17:29I mean, with the paint loss that's on it, $3,000.
17:34You're right there.
17:35I'll do that.
17:36You offered me a fair price, and I'd already had it up at Joe's.
17:40So it served its purpose.
17:42All right.
17:42Thank you, buddy.
17:43Pleasure doing business with you.
17:44All right.
17:45Very cool.
17:53Guys, how would you like to see my bicycle room?
17:55Whoa!
17:56Cool!
17:56Right off the bat, Victor Seaport.
17:58Oh, yeah, man.
17:59Dang, dude.
18:00You're good.
18:00Wow.
18:01That's heavy duty.
18:02When I walk into somebody's collection and I see something of that quality, I'm like,
18:06okay, this person's serious about collecting bicycles.
18:09So, obviously, the significance of this bike is the front suspension or Seafork.
18:13They're amazing bikes.
18:14Victor Bikes, they're the Duesenberg of early bikes.
18:17Anything with suspension really takes it over to the next level.
18:20In the late 1880s, 1890s, the industry was huge.
18:23It was the bicycle boom in America.
18:25There were so many patents, and as inventive as you can be and different, you were selling bikes.
18:30This is a cool bike just because it's nickel-plated.
18:33It's from New York.
18:34Liberty Cycle.
18:35That's beautiful.
18:36The head tube's super long.
18:37Look at the fork crown, too.
18:38The fork crown's interesting.
18:39Wood rims are nice.
18:40Yeah, the wood rims are straight.
18:41Matching pedals, Mike.
18:43I rotate things out at the stores.
18:45They'll go through their season, and then I'll rotate them out and put other bikes.
18:49This is like the alphabet soup of bicycles.
18:51Yeah.
18:51Every brand in here, man.
18:52It's all mixed up.
18:53Yeah.
18:53The gamut of anything that's cool in the era of bicycling, which is still going on, it's here.
19:00Dude, that's a Pierce.
19:01Oh, gosh.
19:01It came off the...
19:02Oh, the wheel came off.
19:03Yeah, that's okay.
19:04But look, it's got the front suspension, probably like 1901.
19:07And the handlebars are adjustable, and then there's a rear shock here, a monoshock.
19:11Uh-huh.
19:11Pierce was an automobile company.
19:13It was a motorcycle company.
19:14It was a bicycle company.
19:16But they were doing it next level.
19:17If you look at the front fork on this thing, it's a leaf spring, shaft drive, rear suspension.
19:22It's got all the bells and whistles, man.
19:24Would you sell this bike, Joe?
19:26Yes.
19:26And what would you want for it?
19:29About 15,000.
19:31Yeah.
19:32You know what?
19:32That used to be a crazy number on these, but recently there's been a couple change hands.
19:37You used to be able to buy a bike like this for $5,000.
19:40I was going to say $5,000.
19:42I always loved the Pierce stuff.
19:43Yeah.
19:43It's a high-quality, high-grade bicycle.
19:45The only thing I have for this bike is the front fork.
19:49That's it.
19:50That's all I have.
19:51Yeah.
19:51But I do have, I have a Pierce single motorcycle.
19:54I have a Pierce four-cylinder motorcycle.
19:56Yeah.
19:56The company's amazing.
19:57If you're into this stuff, like Jersey and I, when you see a Pierce out of all the bikes
20:01in here, we had to touch this one.
20:03What do you value this safety bike at, this wood rim, since it's nickel-plated?
20:08That's really the shiny star about it.
20:10You seem to know more about these bikes than I ever did, so.
20:14I mean, it's probably $1,200.
20:18I was happy that Mike didn't buy a bike, but I was thrilled that we went through them,
20:22because I got an education.
20:24Ah!
20:25Can we pull this out?
20:26You sure can.
20:26Yeah, that's cool, Mike.
20:27Let's pull this out and take a look at it, man.
20:28Come on, Jersey.
20:30We got to watch.
20:31It's got the original grip on it.
20:35Oh, yeah.
20:35You got to watch it break off.
20:37Oh, yeah.
20:38Look at that.
20:39Ah!
20:42She's a beauty, man.
20:43So what is that?
20:44This is first-year Power Plus?
20:45Yeah.
20:46Yeah, this is a 1916 Model G.
20:48Yeah.
20:48What's interesting about this bike is it's got a 1916 engine in it.
20:52Okay.
20:52But it's a rigid rear end, because in 1913, Indian came out with rear suspension.
20:56Full suspension cost more money.
20:58And so the G model, they got rid of all that.
21:00They're using up old stock from the previous models.
21:03They were making a more economical motorcycle, because there was going to be a problem.
21:07We had a war in Europe, and we're joining it.
21:10This is Indian Motorcycles Company's reaction to that wartime environment.
21:14This is the first time they're coming out with electric lighting, horn, the rear tail light.
21:19There was a little generator that went on the front that charged a battery.
21:22It just had a battery box.
21:23Pretty amazing.
21:23I mean, Indian, they were the technological champions of motorcycling in the day.
21:28Where'd you get it from?
21:29A friend of mine that's since passed away, but he had an Indian shop in Ventura, California.
21:35Huggy Bear.
21:35Oh, you knew Huggy Bear?
21:36Yeah.
21:37Oh, dude, that shop had.
21:38Huggy Bear is a special individual specializing in Indian motorcycles.
21:42It's the only brand that he would touch.
21:44He's a guy that has just devoted his life to it.
21:47So do you want to sell it?
21:50Do you want to buy it?
21:51I don't know.
21:52I mean, I guess it depends on the number.
21:54I paid 30 from Huggy.
21:56Okay.
21:56You're right there.
21:57I think you're safe there.
21:59But as far as like us being able to even make an offer, there's nowhere to go.
22:05You know what I mean?
22:06I think to the right person, this bike will always pull 30 just because it's so unique.
22:11You know, it's definitely a bike you don't see all the time.
22:14Yeah.
22:14I just like that it came from Huggy Bear.
22:16Yeah.
22:16I know.
22:17I mean, he's a legend.
22:18In our community, I mean, I hear so many stories about him.
22:21Yeah.
22:21You know, it's just really heartwarming to, you know, see one of his bikes.
22:25The hobby is so small, depending on who owned the bike and how long they had it, you know,
22:29it'll always be their bike.
22:30That's kind of what's cool with this bike is to always be Huggy Bear's.
22:33Hey, I got two Italian ice in me, bro.
22:37Yeah.
22:38This is great.
22:39I think the Picker community is one of the best fraternities around.
22:44Once the bug hits, you just bond together.
22:47You look together.
22:49You help each other out.
22:50It's a great community.
22:52Thank you, buddy.
22:53My pleasure.
22:54Your story inspires me.
22:55Seriously.
22:56Not that you only have 10 children, but that you're a wrestling coach.
23:01Yeah.
23:01And that you're running your business for so many years on your own.
23:04Oh, thank you very much.
23:05That's American dream.
23:06It is.
23:07Joe is a smart guy.
23:08Keep picking.
23:08Thanks a lot.
23:09Bye, man.
23:09He's got two kinds of legacies.
23:11He's got his kids and he has his business.
23:13So it's never going to end.
23:15All roads lead to Joe's.
23:17Happy picking.
23:19Safe travels.
23:28You're really drinking cold brew and eating a freaking cold hot dog for breakfast?
23:32That's your idea of nutrition?
23:34Dude, my body is a fine-tuned machine.
23:37This is my third hot dog.
23:38This is my second cold brew.
23:40Dude, that is really sad, dude.
23:43Danny D, what's up?
23:45What's up, girl?
23:46Ah, good morning, boys.
23:48How are we?
23:49Danny, he's eating like four cold hot dogs this morning already.
23:53Cold hot dogs?
23:54He's out of control.
23:55The first three weren't cold.
23:57Oh, yeah.
23:57I mean, I remember the routine when you were in your 20s, but I didn't realize that you
24:00were carrying it out into your 50s.
24:03He's eating hot dogs like he's 10 years old.
24:04That's how you stay young, man.
24:06Danny D, you got a lead?
24:07In fact, I do.
24:08Speaking of aging with grays, how would you like to go pick someone who has been picking
24:13for almost a full century?
24:15What?
24:16Wow.
24:17Glenn is 92 years old.
24:19Wow.
24:20And he has been collecting since he was 13 years old.
24:23No way.
24:24Really?
24:25Yeah.
24:25What's he into?
24:26To quote Glenn, I love anything I've never seen before.
24:30That's cool.
24:31Ooh, I like that.
24:32I like that.
24:32Yeah, that's great.
24:33That's a nice approach to things.
24:34His house is packed.
24:36I mean, slammed with vintage and antiques.
24:39If it trips his trigger, he brings it home.
24:40All right, I love it.
24:42Maybe he's got some hot dogs.
24:43Shut up.
24:44You boys are going to have a blast.
24:45I wish I was going.
24:46All right, honey.
24:48Thanks, Danny.
24:49All right, guys.
24:49Have fun.
24:50Bye.
24:57Wow.
24:5892, man.
24:59I mean, I want to buy some stuff today, but I just want to pick his brain.
25:03Yeah, no kidding.
25:04Oh, dude, look at he's got like some...
25:05Wow.
25:06What is that, a cheetah out front?
25:10Wow.
25:11I love all his stuff.
25:13One of those bronze cheetahs.
25:14They've got arm mitt in the front.
25:16This guy's ready for battle.
25:19Cool.
25:20Neat.
25:20Hey.
25:21Hey, how are you?
25:22Mike.
25:22What's your name?
25:23Aaron.
25:23Aaron, I'm John.
25:24Nice to meet you.
25:25Nice to meet you.
25:26Hey, did you talk to Danny on the phone?
25:28I did.
25:29Very cool.
25:30Would you like to come in and see?
25:31We would love to come in.
25:32This place looks great.
25:33Sure.
25:34Oh, my gosh.
25:34Let's do it.
25:36You're very welcome.
25:37Wow.
25:38Whoo!
25:38Oh, my gosh.
25:40Man.
25:41This is crazy.
25:42This is amazing.
25:43Wow.
25:44Wow.
25:45The story of Glenn's life is on these walls.
25:49It's on the ceiling.
25:50Did you grow up in this house?
25:51I did.
25:52Was it always like this?
25:53Yes, it's always been like this.
25:55It's like chapter after chapter of a good book that you just can't put down.
25:59Hey, Dad.
26:00There's people here to see you.
26:02Everywhere you look, there is something interesting.
26:05Everywhere you look, there's something very old.
26:09What the hell's going on?
26:10Hey, how are you?
26:13I don't allow this many people to see my stuff.
26:16I'm John.
26:17Nice to meet you.
26:19This place is amazing, Glenn.
26:21That's the stuff we buy.
26:22Yeah, so this is all the stuff we buy.
26:23Looks like you've got most of it here.
26:25So did you specialize in guns?
26:27Yes.
26:28Any gun before 1895.
26:31When I was 13, I bought a muzzleloader with a bayonet on it.
26:35And the highest general killed in the Civil War is from Clyde.
26:39His name's McPherson.
26:40They buried him.
26:42They took these guns and stuck them in the ground, hundreds of them.
26:45And then I got one of them.
26:47Really?
26:48But I was only 13.
26:49And I screwed up.
26:51I had it chromed.
26:53Wow.
26:53You did?
26:53Why did you do that?
26:55It was stupid.
26:56It just seemed to do.
26:58You wanted a shiny gun.
26:59Yeah, I wanted a shiny gun.
27:00First one I ever had.
27:02Absolutely.
27:02So have you always been interested in local history?
27:05Yes, I know everything about local history.
27:07That's awesome.
27:08You have a lot to be proud of that you've been collecting for this long.
27:12You've managed to keep so much stuff.
27:13And I buy every week.
27:15Do you really?
27:15You're still buying.
27:16Yeah, yesterday I spent $75.
27:19Okay.
27:20I buy what I never seen before.
27:22I couldn't used to afford it.
27:24Now I got money.
27:26I can buy what I want.
27:27And that's my hobby.
27:28The reason she called, all my life I've been buying ever since I was 13 years old.
27:34And I don't want to put it all on her and my wife.
27:37Yeah.
27:38Glenn was born in 1932.
27:40So he was picking during the 1940s when America was at war.
27:44Over the years we've heard incredible stories about all of this stuff that had been scrapped.
27:49And a lot of it really had no value back then.
27:52But that's when Glenn was a young man searching, discovering, and acquiring a lot of the stuff that's in this
27:58house right now.
27:59You live with your collection.
28:01I mean, it's everywhere.
28:03I mean, look at this room.
28:04Can I go in here?
28:05Yeah, go.
28:06Oh my gosh.
28:07This is incredible.
28:08Jersey, look at this.
28:09I know.
28:09Like, where do you start?
28:10This guy's 92 years old.
28:12He's been a picker since he was 13.
28:14He obviously collects more than he sells.
28:16Wow, look at this.
28:17Cigar piece.
28:18Can I take this off the wall?
28:19Yeah.
28:20All right.
28:20Look at that, Jersey.
28:21This is where the rubber hits the road.
28:23Is he going to sell this or not?
28:25It's wood and metal.
28:28This Buck Cigar tin litho sign is very cool.
28:31There's white pine in the back.
28:32But on the bottom of it, it usually says King of the Range, which was Buck Cigar's slogan.
28:37This one does not say that, which I find interesting.
28:41Do you buy a lot of tobacco-related advertising?
28:43If I never saw it before.
28:45Yeah, Danny was telling us that.
28:46If you have never seen it before, you're excited about it.
28:48I'm that way too.
28:49Yeah.
28:50That's a great way to collect.
28:51I've never seen this.
28:51If you haven't seen it before, that means it's rare.
28:54Would you sell this?
28:55Yeah.
28:56What are you thinking on that?
28:59A hundred dollars.
29:00Yeah, they just paid it.
29:01A hundred?
29:01No.
29:01I think you're light on it, buddy.
29:03I paid 90.
29:04No.
29:05I'd do 200.
29:10Get out of here.
29:11Yeah, you get out of here.
29:13I'll hold you up.
29:13I would.
29:13Hey, I just want to be straight with you.
29:15Anything tobacco-related is extremely hot right now, especially cigar.
29:20Look at this.
29:21What is that?
29:22It's a doughboy.
29:22World War I.
29:24This little guy was one of many things made during the war to inspire patriotism and support
29:29the war effort.
29:30That looks like his original hat.
29:32Lead soldiers, toy guns, even children's military uniforms.
29:36Anything to rally the folks at home and honor the soldiers overseas.
29:40It says ideal on the back.
29:42See that?
29:42Yeah.
29:43World War I.
29:44Yep.
29:45What do you think?
29:46A hundred and a quarter.
29:47Okay.
29:48I'd do 200.
29:51I'm at 200.
29:52You're light.
29:52I just keep going 200.
29:53You're too light on that.
29:55Where are you going now?
29:56That's worth more than that, buddy.
29:57I bought it at a garage sale for like a dollar.
30:01All right.
30:02Cool, man.
30:03Yeah, dude.
30:03Thank you very much.
30:04That's really cool.
30:04The first two items, he doubled the price.
30:07Well, it shocked the out of me.
30:09I couldn't believe it.
30:10I like that Winchester piece right there, Mike.
30:11Oh, that's cool.
30:12Most people think of guns when they think of Winchester.
30:15I mean, it's a huge brand, but they made other things.
30:17Imagine that guy in the stream with his fly rod hooking onto a steelhead right there.
30:20That's a cool piece.
30:21It has a guy very active.
30:23He's trout fishing with his Winchester reel.
30:25There's no guns in this ad.
30:26This is the way that they diversified and made their company successful.
30:29You can backlight it.
30:30You can see through it.
30:31What are you thinking on this?
30:32Well, I just sold one for $150.
30:36That sounds like a pretty reasonable retail price.
30:39Yeah.
30:40I'm thinking, would you go $100?
30:43$110.
30:44$110?
30:46You know what?
30:47I'll do $110 on it.
30:48That's great.
30:49This is cool.
30:57Seriously, you have a curator's mind.
31:01Right.
31:01This space is very museum-esque, if that's even a word.
31:04I mean, if it is, this guy nailed it.
31:06I like how you've got some Native American beaded moccasins here.
31:10And you've got some peace pipes.
31:12And then you've got some African art.
31:14You look around the room, you think, worldly, well-traveled collection.
31:18Do you travel a lot?
31:19Because you've got so much international art in here.
31:21When I was 18, I joined the Navy.
31:25Okay.
31:25Oh, cool.
31:26Great Britain had their men in Yugoslavia, and we went in and rescued them.
31:31I run a boat that the front end of it dropped down and hauled the troops out.
31:36That's where I got my medal.
31:37We were anchored in the Mediterranean, but we could go to Rome, Pompeii.
31:42I went to all the museums.
31:44I was interested in history.
31:46I went every chance I got, and that got me interested.
31:50But I didn't have a lot of money to buy.
31:52You're bringing a museum to your home now.
31:54Yeah.
31:55Because this looks like a museum.
31:56I feel like I walked into the Smithsonian.
31:57Mentors in our lives are there to educate us and inspire us.
32:01I had the biggest spear collection in the United States.
32:04Very impressive.
32:05He had places that were mentors, museums that were mentors.
32:08He was a sponge because he was a collector.
32:11I remember those I bought in Havana, Cuba.
32:15No kidding?
32:16He was already searching for things that were unusual that he'd never seen before.
32:21So imagine walking through a museum and letting all that rush over you,
32:25and then bringing that back to the States and looking through that lens.
32:29What about these pieces right here, these dead hangs that are metal?
32:32Is this something that you would sell?
32:35Take one down off the wall once.
32:36Okay.
32:37This piece is made by Paul Camalera, and he's French.
32:42This one, unfortunately, the wood is cracked all the way through.
32:46But man, they're early.
32:47What's the value of something like this?
32:49350 to 700.
32:50Okay.
32:51I've had them over 50 years.
32:53Really?
32:53But you can't find them anymore.
32:55He's collecting hunting stuff, but it's next level.
32:58Like these dead hangs, we're talking like European art.
33:01And then the time period from the 1850s to the 1880s.
33:05Is it something you'd sell?
33:07Or not?
33:08Price is right.
33:09If the price is right?
33:10Yeah.
33:10I mean, obviously they're a pair.
33:12Let's see here.
33:17Yeah, the wood is separated on this one too.
33:19But still.
33:19What's this say?
33:20This says pair 600.
33:22Is that what you paid?
33:23Yeah.
33:24So you were right on the money when you were buying them.
33:26Yeah.
33:26So if you got to make a profit on them, because you said they were worth 350 to 700, what
33:31are
33:31you thinking on the pair?
33:34600.
33:35600.
33:36Well, you don't want to make nothing?
33:37No.
33:38No.
33:39I'll take them for 300 a piece.
33:41You know?
33:42I love them.
33:43I think they're brilliant.
33:44I think he's at the point where he's been looking at them, enjoying them, and he's like,
33:47you know what?
33:48It's time.
33:49I want to buy something new.
33:51Because he's still buying something every week.
33:54That's never going to leave him.
33:55I collected stuff that I used to hunt with.
33:58My dad hunted and fished all the time.
34:02Hunting was my life.
34:04I've shot everything except a grizzly bear.
34:07Okay.
34:08I've shot two bear, 25 mule deer, 25.
34:11Okay, so you were going out west and hunting.
34:12Yeah.
34:13Well, then I went to the Arctic Circle too.
34:15Did you really?
34:16Yeah.
34:16How old were you when you went to the Arctic Circle to hunt?
34:1965.
34:20No kidding.
34:20Yeah.
34:21Glenn is a badass.
34:22He's just living his life and going for it.
34:25I mean, there's a lot to say about that perspective.
34:29Oh, man.
34:33When I first pulled a gun from the wall, the first thing I noticed is the weight of it.
34:37Extremely heavy.
34:38I mean, this is made like a quality firearm.
34:41Do you remember where you bought this?
34:42No idea.
34:43This Quackenbush air rifle.
34:45Yeah.
34:45I mean, these are harder and harder to find.
34:48That's a BB gun.
34:49Yeah, this is an air rifle.
34:50Yep.
34:50Patent date on this is 1897.
34:53This is a quality air rifle made for somebody that appreciates firearms.
34:58And the nickel plating is still decent.
35:00If you hold the Daisy BB gun, it feels like a toy.
35:03That is the furthest thing from this rifle.
35:06What do you want for this?
35:07Well, they go between $600 and $1,000.
35:10Yep.
35:11You're spot on.
35:12Would you pay six?
35:16I would.
35:17And I very much appreciate it.
35:19Well, I didn't think I was going to sell any guns.
35:22None.
35:23But why I did, I really don't know, except I liked him.
35:28I don't know.
35:29I wouldn't probably do it again.
35:32Look at these things here, these syrup dispensers.
35:35They're beautiful.
35:36I mean, this orange crush, the dispensers there, the little pottery balls there, it's not broken.
35:41This orange crush dispenser is an example of art pottery at its finest level.
35:46It's an advertising item for soda fountain syrup, and it's doing it in such a beautiful way.
35:51Back in the day when the soda jerk made your creamsicle float with the orange soda,
35:55it's an unforgettable taste combination.
35:57This is the stuff that made that.
35:59I feel comfortable paying $1,000 for this one.
36:02Well, I think my cutoff is $1,100.
36:05Okay, so you're at $1,100 with that?
36:06I am.
36:08I'm going to take it.
36:09Okay.
36:09Okay?
36:10Okay.
36:12You're welcome.
36:12It's so cool.
36:13I love rapping with you about pottery and glass because I love this stuff.
36:17Thanks.
36:17Me too.
36:17So thank you so much.
36:18You're welcome.
36:18I appreciate you.
36:19Thanks.
36:20All right.
36:33You're welcome.
36:34Look at this guy.
36:36This is a neat piece.
36:37I have no idea what that's worth.
36:39I've had it for 80 years.
36:41Wow.
36:42We've had this.
36:42So this was one of the first things you monkeyed with.
36:45Yeah.
36:45It's a .22 caliber.
36:47They're called knuckle dusters.
36:48A little pocket pistol.
36:50It gets you out of a bar room fight.
36:51This is like your quintessential saloon gun.
36:53This is the one you get out of your boot when you're in trouble.
36:56It's got a patent date of 1886.
36:58And the engraving on it is cool.
36:59The eye-catching detail on this firearm is the beautiful engraving.
37:03I think the guy give it to me free.
37:06Oh, no kidding.
37:06That was very generous.
37:07You would sell it?
37:08Yeah.
37:09The condition is everything on these things.
37:11Yeah, but you never see one.
37:13Yeah, I know.
37:13I get you.
37:14I think the value on something like this in really, really nice shape could be as high
37:20as $1,200.
37:21But this has got some condition problems, you know?
37:24And I've got to be realistic about it.
37:25This thing was a nickel-plated gun.
37:27It's all worn out.
37:28And all the engraving is not crisp anymore.
37:31There's some nicks in the bottom of the gun where they're using it as a hammer.
37:34That all affects condition immensely.
37:36But that being said, this still could be a beginning collector's item.
37:39I think this thing retail is probably worth about maybe $500 to $600.
37:45Can I make you an offer?
37:48$350.
37:51$375.
37:54You know what?
37:55I think that's very cool.
37:57$375, I would definitely do that.
37:58I appreciate you selling it to me.
38:00You've had this for a long time.
38:02Yeah.
38:02This is one of the inspiration pieces for you.
38:04Yeah.
38:04And that means a lot to me.
38:05I'm gonna kick myself in the ass for $375.
38:11Oh, wow.
38:13Glenn, you've been busy.
38:16Oh, my gosh.
38:17This is the big game room.
38:19You got the giraffe.
38:19You got the rhino.
38:21What's this made out of?
38:22Oh, this is fiberglass.
38:23Where'd this come out of?
38:24Miami, Florida.
38:25How long you had it?
38:2625 years.
38:27Have you really?
38:28There are a number of things he's had for 50 years, 25 years, 30 years.
38:32It says a lot about the level of respect and love.
38:35Glenn has for these things.
38:37What would you want for it?
38:38Would you sell it?
38:39$500.
38:40I'm gonna do $500.
38:42How often can you buy a fiberglass rhinoceros this big for $500?
38:47I mean, it's cool.
38:48I love it.
38:49I would have never sold that to the president, but sold it to them.
38:54Super surprised by the sale of the rhino because it's been there as long as I can remember.
39:00What about that car right there?
39:02That's a big one.
39:03This had the trailer on the back.
39:05You know, this was hauling that teardrop trailer.
39:07It didn't come with that though.
39:09Without the trailer, $250.
39:11Got it.
39:11What about these owls?
39:14Wood.
39:15So you got that owl.
39:16That's an inkwell.
39:17What's this one?
39:18This looks like an incense burner is what this is.
39:20This says $110 and that says $100.
39:24That's what I paid.
39:26And that's what I would take.
39:27So you're at $210.
39:29Yeah.
39:30I'm going to do it.
39:32I'm going to do it.
39:33You and I like the same stuff.
39:35Glenn and I love a lot of the same stuff.
39:37We love BB guns.
39:38We love fiberglass rhino heads.
39:40We love old toys.
39:42We love owls.
39:43I feel a kindred spirit here.
39:44I love your eye.
39:46I mean, and I love the way you decorate with stuff.
39:48Like all those guns on the wall.
39:50I mean, it's so well thought out.
39:52You've done such a great job of it.
39:54I love it.
39:54You're walking through this beautifully created museum
39:57and you're being able to touch things for one.
40:01And then you're being able to hear about it from the person
40:04that found it.
40:05And then you're being able to buy it.
40:08You know, that's what's awesome about Glenn.
40:10Crow shooters kit.
40:16It's got an owl in it too.
40:18Look at that.
40:19You get two crows and an owl.
40:24I like this owl.
40:26Let me see.
40:27And he's double sided.
40:28People have been shooting at crows since the beginning of time.
40:31But big game crow hunting started when populations got out of hand
40:35in agricultural communities.
40:37I'm talking crow roosts that would have thousands of birds.
40:41When it comes to crow hunting, there is a lot involved.
40:45Because crows are extremely smart.
40:48It says S&S two faced owl and air crow decoys.
40:52This is basically a crow hunters starting kit.
40:55You know, you got the two crows and you got the owl.
40:57But it's cool that it's in the original box.
41:00Would you sell this?
41:02$150.
41:04I'm doing it.
41:05I've never, I've never, I've seen each one of these pieces separate.
41:08Just found the pieces, but I've never seen it in the box.
41:10Today was way more than just a pick.
41:12It was like stepping into a museum.
41:14Yeah.
41:15It was awesome.
41:15Thank you for putting up with us.
41:17Yeah, you're so very welcome.
41:17Dude, thank you.
41:18Thank you so much, man.
41:19You guys shocked me.
41:21You're too honest.
41:23We'll see you at a flea market in Ohio.
41:25Yeah.
41:26It was an honor to be there when he decided to let a lot of this stuff go.
41:30Happy picking.
41:31Happy picking.
41:31Yeah.
41:32Happy picking.
41:39How many kids you got?
41:4033.
41:41Oh.
41:44I have 10 kids.
41:45Okay, wait a second.
41:46I'm going to ask you again.
41:47Ready?
41:47Have all the neon done made.
41:49Have all the neon done made on it.
41:52Don't, don't, don't made it.
41:54Ugh.
41:55Is this Grant or what?
41:59Riker.
42:00Yeah.
42:01What about this leprechaun over here?
42:07I don't have my, here, go, go shoot the mic.
42:10This is great.
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