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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 because I could feel the missing of him, you know, I mean, you and Nora
01:24have so much in common.
01:25The last time we were there, I was like, I felt like we were picking you.
01:29I keep feeling the same thing myself every time I talk to her on the phone or, like, exchange
01:33emails with her.
01:34I feel like I'm emailing myself.
01:36It's very bohemian.
01:37Very bohemian.
01:38She's super creative.
01:41I'm excited to see her again, and I'm excited for Dani to finally meet her.
01:45They're both artists.
01:46They both have great energy.
01:48It's just going to be really cool to see these two worlds collide.
01:54Here it is, right here.
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.
02:09So is it everything you dreamed it would be?
02:11I think it's going to be.
02:14Oh, my gosh.
02:17Goodness.
02:17There she is.
02:19Yes.
02:20Let me stand back.
02:21Oh, I've been waiting for that hug.
02:25How you doing?
02:26Real good.
02:27Real good.
02:28Hanging 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 to.
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.
02:49Hey, where do you guys want to start?
02:51Here.
02:52I don't know.
02:52It's a mess.
02:52Well, let's just open up this door.
02:54Okay, we'll do that.
02:55And we'll just pull it out.
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.
03:17I mean, we were married 43 years.
03:19We were best friends.
03:21What do you got?
03:22Do you got something to stick up here?
03:23Yeah, we do.
03:24Yeah, let me know, Danielle.
03:24I'm going to launch this thing.
03:26Here we go, guys.
03:2612, not so.
03:30Whoa, first try.
03:32Yeah.
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 wasn't
03:44ready to sell it.
03:45Look at those white bottle cap grips with the red glass jewels.
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 that little jingle bells.
04:14Uh-huh.
04:14Is it for sale now?
04:15Well, let me think about that.
04:18Okay, well, you mow it over.
04:21What about this up here?
04:22This is amazing.
04:23Did you paint that?
04:25I told you, you're going to love her stuff.
04:26It's got a nice red palm with an eye in the center.
04:29Oh, I love it.
04:30Oh, this is just overstimulating because there's so much unique things.
04:37I'm going to 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 catho ray tubes that gave off an extremely harsh glare when you watched
05:00it in a dark room.
05:02So 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.
05:16Look at that guy.
05:17It'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.
05:33Look 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.
05:57Just 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!
06:23I 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.
06:46It can be spoons.
06:48Oh, yes.
06:49And you got 100 spoons, and then all of a sudden you got something, you 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, and some can be $25.
07:07Yes.
07:08Okay.
07:08What do we got here?
07:08We're in the front.
07:091, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 15, 15, 16, 17.
07:14I got 18.
07:15Where are you at?
07:16Oh, 19, 20.
07:17All right.
07:17600 for all of them.
07:18Yes, sir.
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, little house.
07:38And 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.
08:13I found his bicycle stash.
08:16Yeah.
08:16He's got the Firestone tank.
08:18Mm-hmm.
08:19He's got the rear rack.
08:21And then he's got the fender braces and, like, a rear reflector.
08:26And then this is cool.
08:28He's a built.
08:29I know.
08:29But isn't it awesome?
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.
08:37So we got that.
08:37It did save all that.
08:38Yes.
08:38That.
08:39Yeah, that's good.
08:39And then these are great.
08:40Yeah.
08:41These Goodrich Silvertown safety leagues.
08:44Yeah, wow.
08:45Okay, that would have went on a bicycle.
08:47Yeah, that was bad.
08:47Obviously.
08:48Yeah.
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.
08:56The 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, uh, it's 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, well, 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 it?
09:32Let's just do 30 on that.
09:34Okay.
09:35All right.
09:36I know you love this stuff.
09:37I know it, but yeah.
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?
09:42So to buy a little leather Western belt from her that's hand-tooled, that's not an easy
09:47feat.
09:53Ooh, there you go.
09:55Okay, I found two amazing pieces.
09:58Oh, those are cool.
09:59Look at this.
10:01Oh, yeah.
10:03Someone has chrome this, and then look at this.
10:06Carnival chalk King Kong.
10:08Yes, yes, yes, yes.
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, and then they were just running the cord through there.
10:23So that was the start of a lamp.
10:25And then this, I'm like all jacked up on King Kong, man.
10:29The thing that sells the most is the thing that when you walk into a store, it just grabs
10:34you.
10:35So what are you thinking on these two?
10:36Oh, wow.
10:37Let's just, let me say 50 on him.
10:40Yeah, that's what I was thinking.
10:42And let's do, let'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.
10:54But somehow I find it 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, whoa.
11:08Whoa.
11:09What are you doing?
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 around here.
11:22You 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.
11:35Okay.
11:35So I'm going to hit you with a price.
11:37Okay.
11:3930.
11:41Oh, my.
11:41I know, right?
11:43That's crazy.
11:43I'm getting crazy over here.
11:45The light's gone.
11:47You know?
11:48But no, for you, baby.
11:49For you, baby.
11:51For you.
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?
12:04I feel the same way.
12:05Petrified cactus.
12:07If you think about the pieces that I've been finding in this little corner,
12:10all of them were made by artists.
12:13I mean, someone took a cactus.
12:14They 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.
12:24And then you've got the two shell pieces that were handmade.
12:27You've got two souvenir pieces here.
12:29Yeah, yeah.
12:30We are so connected with the things that we both love.
12:3430?
12:34Yeah.
12:34There's so much energy in this barn, I don't even have to walk to pick.
12:40Tramp art, spray-painted gold.
12:42I'm just grabbing stuff from this little area right here, you 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.
12:54No.
12:54And you wear it in a light stop.
12:56Oh, wow.
12:5720 bucks.
12:59Okay.
12:59I'm just being so easy.
13:00I'm having a blast just buying this inexpensive stuff from her.
13:08This rain is like, this is crazy freaking rain, dude.
13:12I know.
13:13I mean, look.
13:13Everything is like crazy.
13:14I 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.
13:25Great, 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, I'm John.
13:34How you doing?
13:34Talk to Danny?
13:35Yeah.
13:36Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
13:37Nice to see you.
13:37I wasn't expecting you guys.
13:38Hey, how you doing, man?
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 make
13:50anymore, 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.
13:58Uh, this 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, yep.
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, and it was kind of hard
14:30for me to get rid of stuff.
14:33I mean, especially at first, when my dad first passed, I was like, I just felt like I couldn't
14:37get rid of anything yet.
14:38After some time had passed, I was able to start thinking, well, I can let this go, I can
14:42let that go.
14:42There's a battery charge up there caught my eye, Robbie.
14:45Can you hand that down to me?
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, the gauges
14:53on it could be more desirable than the battery charger.
14:57That'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.
15:06So I've got to pay attention to these things.
15:07It says King Systems.
15:10That's cool.
15:11Yeah.
15:12That's a new charger.
15:13Yeah.
15:13This one, unfortunately, doesn't have the gauge on it.
15:15Is that going to 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 a lead top shell.
15:30Yeah, lead top?
15:31Yep.
15:32There's a Hudson.
15:32Here'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 Preston?
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.
15:52You know, look at that.
15:53Look at the funnel.
15:54Oh, somebody did a nice job.
15:55They did a great job.
15:56It was a clean top beer and they soldered some tin onto it.
15:59There's what, seven 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.
16:06So 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?
16:16With the car stuff, they do have a little bit more value to me.
16:19I mean, would you both split the difference?
16:20Maybe do $330 or $35?
16:22I'll take all the little cans.
16:23You get the thing.
16:24$335.
16:24You're getting that for $35, Jersey.
16:26Yeah, let's do that.
16:27All right.
16:27All right.
16:27Cool.
16:27Sounds 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 Anarco 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.
16:41Oh.
16:42The 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, but it's in good shape.
16:52Pretty damn nice.
16:53It's got the cap.
16:54Plus, it's unusual.
16:55Anarco 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 Anarco guy is what everybody wants.
17:05That's the advertising piece.
17:07Mm-hmm.
17:08400 bucks.
17:10Hmm.
17:11425?
17:12I think we need that.
17:13425.
17:13Thanks, buddy.
17:14All right.
17:15So that golf piece, before we even take it down, is it for sale?
17:18Depends on the offer.
17:19I'd be at like two and a quarter.
17:21I'll probably keep that one for that.
17:23That's right.
17:23Yeah, that's cool, dude.
17:24It's cool that you like it.
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.
17:35Yeah.
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.
17:41Oh, stairway 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?
17:48I'm like, oh, my God.
17:49Ooh.
17:50Ooh.
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.
18:19It'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.
18:34I 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 think?
18:45I know you told me 100 on that one.
18:46Yeah, and let's just do this.
18:48Let's just do this for 50 more.
18:51Okay, so 150.
18:53Yeah, I mean, and, you know, I'm just...
18:55I've got other bottle caps.
18:58Okay, look at this.
19:00I've got a question for you.
19:01Oh, boy, you've got some great lighting in here.
19:05Ah, yes, we love our lamps.
19:07Don't we?
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.
19:17So 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.
19:43So much alike that it was kind of hard to help the other because we both have the same kind
19:50of problem.
19:51But visually, we really like the same things.
19:56That's going to be kind of pricey because we love, though.
20:01Yeah, makes sense.
20:02I'm going to say 300 on it.
20:04I know.
20:05I love that you and JP picked this together.
20:08Yeah, but I want to ask you a question before I answer.
20:11Sure.
20:12Because you have another beautiful lamp right here.
20:15Yeah.
20:15And that's a zigzag.
20:17That's a zigzag with the gold balls.
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.
20:29I'm so excited about it.
20:31Oh, good.
20:31Yes.
20:32All right.
20:32I'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.
20:51She was 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 Mary's.
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.
21:08Well, 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,
21:15coming in and out and stuff.
21:17Yeah.
21:18That's wild.
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.
21:31Thurman.
21:31Mary Louise Thurman.
21:32Anytime I pick a costume, what I'm really interested in is the name of the person
21:38who wore the costume or the shoes, because then I can do the research and I can put the
21:43pieces together.
21:44Are these something you're going to let go of?
21:46They do need to be where they'll be loved.
21:49I love that Danielle caressed them and loved them because she piece of mine.
21:54She would love it.
21:56Yeah.
21:56You 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.
22:07Shuffleball change.
22:09Still is, really, if you ask anybody who knows me.
22:15What do you got to get for these?
22:16Well, let's just cut them loose at $40 today.
22:20$40.
22:21Okay, let's just do that.
22:22I'm in.
22:23I'm in.
22:23$40.
22:24The story alone is amazing.
22:30Stairway to heaven.
22:31Stairway 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.
22:40Yep.
22:41I mean, this is cool.
22:43Whoa.
22:43Now I'm starting to get the idea of 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.
22:56Say anything you like?
22:57Yeah.
22:58Early stuff.
22:59Yeah.
22:59Percussion cap stuff.
23:00You got a decorated, probably Native American gun here.
23:04This model 1861 Colt.
23:06It was made for the Civil War.
23:08And 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 were 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.
23:23You 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, a lot of guys made them up.
23:44You know, you could take it, you know, a Colt 1861 and anybody could throw tacks in it and make
23:49it look good.
23:50It'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, that we just found that piece of furniture from
24:001740 that was made in Newport, Rhode Island.
24:03We want to believe that this is a Native American decorated gun.
24:06I 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.
24:17But 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.
24:26But 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 $100 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.
24:48What's cool about it is the decoration.
24:50I'd do a grand before you got here.
24:54Uh, can 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, mash 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?
25:28You get stuck with that.
25:29That's a wound that doesn't close back up.
25:31Yeah.
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 $13 for all of them?
25:44Yeah, you got a deal.
25:45Thanks.
25:53These are pretty cool.
25:55Pet Boys.
25:56Pet Boys started in Philly in the early 1920s.
25:59And it was basically an automotive store.
26:01Did you take these?
26:02No.
26:04Mark, I'd have to be how old.
26:07Each one of these photographs gets into such detail of all the different displays, whether it was tools or oil
26:15or car parts, whatever.
26:17Pet Boys was really light years ahead of anyone else in regards to the way they merchandise their stores and
26:23the way they marketed them.
26:25This is 1938 Keystone Hollywood store.
26:28Oh, my God, and the cans.
26:30Oh, my God, the cans.
26:32Oh, my God, the cans.
26:32Oh, this looks like hardware store photographs.
26:35Yeah.
26:35And Pet Boys, big wigs there.
26:38Yeah.
26:38Grand opening.
26:39Mm-hmm.
26:39If I were to guess, these were taken by the company to show other stores the way they are set
26:44up.
26:45Feel that on your lap.
26:46Oh, my God, that's heavy.
26:47I know, it is heavy.
26:48It's very heavy.
26:48It is.
26:49I mean, it's a lot of history.
26:51Oh, my God.
26:52It is.
26:53It is.
26:53I'm thinking on that.
26:59Two hundred dollars.
27:02Two hundred dollars?
27:03Come on.
27:05Come on, sell them.
27:06Look, you don't have to talk me into it.
27:08I'm doing it.
27:10I'm doing it.
27:12Okay.
27:12Okay.
27:13All right.
27:14I'm doing it.
27:15Speaking of stimulating the mind.
27:18Oh.
27:18Oh.
27:19Oh.
27:21It's a black psychedelic Jesus.
27:23Yes, it is.
27:25Psychedelic Jesus.
27:26What can I say about it that it doesn't already say about itself?
27:29Is it actually glow in the dark?
27:31Yes.
27:32I'm in love.
27:32I'm sold on it.
27:33Let's just say 125.
27:35125?
27:36Ma'am.
27:36Perfect.
27:37All right.
27:37Let's just do that.
27:38I'm happy for 125.
27:40Thank you so much.
27:42Good.
27:42I have a question for you, though.
27:43Yes, ma'am.
27:45What about that?
27:47Oh, wow.
27:47Yeah, now that's a little bigger.
27:49You know, do you mind if I pull it down and take a closer look at it?
27:52Sure.
27:53And then we can talk a little bit more about that one.
27:55You sit tight, Jesus.
27:57What's that old saying?
27:59Art is in the eye of the beholder.
28:01And so we're all different.
28:03And we're all attracted to different things and different colors.
28:08So when Danielle loved the banner, I thought, wow, this girl, she's got it going on.
28:15Look at this.
28:16It's got your signature right here.
28:17Sister Nora.
28:18Uh-huh.
28:19What year did you paint this?
28:21I'm going to say 1992.
28:24Ooh.
28:25What inspired you?
28:26I just loved the old circus banners.
28:29Snap Wyatt and all that.
28:31And I mean, we had a few original back in the day.
28:36I'm definitely interested in this piece if you're ready to sell it.
28:40You spend so much time and you put so much of yourself, as all artists do, into their work that
28:46it's hard to tack a number on there.
28:50Today, I'd sell it for $7.50.
28:51$7.50.
28:53Yes, man.
28:53We're in it.
28:54We're in it.
29:19We're in it.
29:19We've got a Langley.
29:20We've got a SilverStream.
29:22If I can try and buy maybe 10 or 15 of them, they would look great as a display in
29:26the store and they'd be easy to sell.
29:28I'm going to put a couple out here.
29:29This one's in the box.
29:30Some of these are in the boxes.
29:32Those will sell well.
29:33I love the Bakelite handle.
29:34Look at that Bakelite handle on the body.
29:36That was one of the things my dad really liked about those, too, the Bakelite handles.
29:39You know, I like these that I have on the ground right here.
29:42Okay.
29:42You're probably looking at, you know, retail number of $40 a piece on these.
29:46Okay.
29:46What about this?
29:47What if I just kept maybe five that I liked and then I could just sell you the whole thing?
29:54All of them?
29:55Yeah.
29:56Anytime you can buy a collection, any kind of collection, oil cans, oilers, fishing reels, lures, whatever it is,
30:02all that does is keep the hobby breathing.
30:05Well, you said these would go about $40 a piece.
30:09Yeah.
30:09Yeah.
30:10Some of these are only going to bring $20 a piece.
30:12I don't even know how many are in there.
30:13By the time I take pictures of each little one to sell online and have to mail them and all
30:18that kind of stuff,
30:19I'm like, well, eliminate them all quickly right now.
30:22There are like $75 in here.
30:24Plus the...
30:25Is that included these?
30:25Nope.
30:26That didn't include these.
30:26So it's $85?
30:27Yeah.
30:27It's like $85.
30:29Let's see.
30:29What did you do?
30:30$25 a piece on average?
30:33I can't do that.
30:34I can't do that.
30:34There's no way.
30:35I'll tell you what I'll do.
30:37Throw the lures in.
30:38This thing of lures and this box of lures right here, I'll do $1,000.
30:43And would you consider like $1,150?
30:46$1,100.
30:47$1,125.
30:48All right.
30:48I'm doing it.
30:49All right.
30:49All right.
30:50This was my dad's biggest passion was the trains, obviously.
30:54Man, you weren't kidding around.
30:55Mike going to Guinness Book rule records.
30:57I'm not sure yet.
30:58Is this like 50 years of collecting down here?
31:00Yeah.
31:01Your dad was into the trains before you were born.
31:03Yeah, he was.
31:09Here, look at this here.
31:10I just found that.
31:11Oh, yes.
31:12That's missing the brim.
31:13Yes, yes.
31:14Someone could utilize the patch off of it, probably.
31:16Oh, yeah.
31:17Back then, kids wore a lot of things that were directly connected to their imagination.
31:21If 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 with goggles.
31:30This would have been somebody that rode their bicycle with a winged wheel, a symbol of transportation.
31:35So it's basically just a patch now.
31:38Yeah, I know.
31:38Ten bucks.
31:39Perfect.
31:41Okay.
31:42All right, thank you.
31:43This looks like curtains or something.
31:45Oh, gotcha.
31:46I love this kind of stuff.
31:47Uh-oh.
31:47Yeah.
31:48Let me see.
31:48Let me see what's going on here.
31:50Oh, the fabric.
31:53Oh, my God.
31:54Oh, my God.
31:55See?
31:55These remind me of some old curtains I got out of an old motor inn on Route 66.
32:00They were tearing this place down, and I was walking around it, and these old Western curtains,
32:06just like these, were hanging in there.
32:08I ripped them out and had them framed.
32:11I mean, would you even turn them loose?
32:13Let me just think about these.
32:14You want to digest this a little bit?
32:15Because the fabric, y'all, is.
32:17Yeah.
32:17Oh, God, you got a great eye, Mike.
32:19Oh, thank you.
32:20I mean, you just got it going on.
32:20Well, you know what?
32:21I mean, we're just tender spirits, you know?
32:23Check this out.
32:24What?
32:25Where you at?
32:26Ah!
32:27It's an original Betty Boop t-shirt.
32:29What is that?
32:30Like 1980, maybe something?
32:3470s or 80s.
32:34When I was in high school, my girlfriends and I would go to the thrift stores, and we would
32:42buy leopard coats from the 50s.
32:47It was great.
32:48That's pretty much when I really started collecting, was clothing.
32:53Let's do $20 today.
32:55I was thinking more like $10.
32:56Could we meet in the middle and do $15?
32:58Sure!
32:58All right!
32:59Let's do it!
33:00Okay, I did see this also, since I have your attention.
33:03Yes!
33:03It says, lovely Dottie Mamel.
33:06Who is she?
33:08I don't remember.
33:09I mean, it says, featuring lovely Dottie Mamel.
33:11When you see the words, featuring, on a poster, it means that that person's the headliner.
33:16Headliners were a big deal, still are.
33:19This means I need to do some research, because I don't know her name yet, and I need to.
33:23Let's do $75.
33:25It's got a lot of water damage.
33:27Yes, ma'am.
33:28You know what?
33:28I'm thinking $75 is okay.
33:30I'm going to take little Miss Dottie Mamel, too.
33:32Danielle's got a great eye, and she goes right to it, and doesn't hold back.
33:36I love it.
33:37Let it out.
33:38All right.
33:39Let me take you guys downstairs to the train collection.
33:41Wow.
33:42All right.
33:42Check it out.
33:43Look at this.
33:44Dang.
33:45This was my dad's biggest passion, was the trains, obviously.
33:48The amount of trains I see in this basement, it's overwhelming.
33:52Wow.
33:52So, Christmas morning was extra special for around here, right?
33:55Oh, yeah.
33:55We always had a train going around the Christmas tree.
33:57That is so cool.
33:58And he was a nationally known train auctioneer.
34:01Like, Jim Eastwood Auctions, if you looked up his name, everybody would want to go to his auction.
34:05That's so cool.
34:06Yeah, I'm in Cleveland.
34:07That whole section over there is just American Flyer, and then all the rest of these are all Lionel.
34:14So much here.
34:15Yeah.
34:15It's crazy.
34:16Freaking nuts.
34:17A lot of the trains I'm seeing down here are contemporary.
34:19They're not the ones that I'm really after.
34:21I like that 1920s, almost the golden age of Lionel trains.
34:27I like those because they're very, very nicely made.
34:31There's no plastic parts on them.
34:33It's all stamped metal.
34:35There's beautiful details.
34:37That looks like you found the good stuff, huh?
34:38This is the kind of stuff I do like.
34:40Yeah.
34:41This Lionel box.
34:42I mean, this is the ones I'm really excited to see.
34:45This is like the error that I'm...
34:47I don't know.
34:48It just does something for me.
34:49Uh-huh.
34:50But look at the graphics on this box.
34:52Still in pretty good condition.
34:54I mean, it's just...
34:54I just loved it.
34:55I mean, look at this kid.
34:55He's got a collar.
34:56Very, very cool.
34:58And all the boxes are got the same kind of decoration.
35:00It's so neat that you guys have stuff in boxes.
35:03Wow.
35:03I mean, look how beautiful it is.
35:05You know, that's the observation car.
35:07It looks like it's in nice condition.
35:09It looks like it's original paint.
35:10That's a big deal.
35:11The windows aren't broken.
35:12There's the Pullman car.
35:14Oh, no.
35:14That one's a little bit.
35:15Yeah, the moisture got to this baby.
35:17That one's a little bit.
35:18Yeah.
35:18This one, though, I think is the engine.
35:19That's the engine?
35:21It's in really good condition.
35:22Oh, let me see that.
35:23Yeah.
35:24That's nice.
35:25Oh, man.
35:26It's just about beautiful.
35:27Yeah, about as good as it gets.
35:28The level of detail.
35:29You see how they did all the lights on here?
35:32Yeah.
35:32The little screw-in bulbs.
35:33I mean, oh, my God.
35:34Yeah.
35:35It just...
35:35They might have been handmade, actually.
35:37Yes, exactly.
35:38So, these are more like factory-made.
35:40Right.
35:40This is made 1920, 25.
35:42The roaring 20s.
35:43World War I's over.
35:45Everybody's celebrating.
35:46People are making money.
35:47This was an expensive toy.
35:49This is the toy you wanted to give your kid.
35:51Wow, this one's...
35:52So, condition is everything, as you know, man.
35:54Yeah.
35:55This one is in much better condition, though.
35:58Yeah.
35:58That one's almost in perfect condition.
35:59I mean, the condition of those two cars are horrible, of course.
36:04They're good parts cars.
36:05I like the condition of the locomotive.
36:07We have an observation car and a good Pullman.
36:09And we've got great boxes.
36:11Mm-hmm.
36:11Trains, they are tricky.
36:12You've got to be really careful about what trains you're buying.
36:15Some sets just weren't produced as much.
36:18Those are the ones that are worth more money.
36:20This is not one of those sets.
36:21I think I've got to be at, like, 200 bucks for what you've got here.
36:24What about, like, 240?
36:26Can you...
36:27You're about to go up a little bit more on that?
36:31How about...
36:31I'll do two and a quarter.
36:33All right, that's fine.
36:34We can do it.
36:34Yep.
36:34All right.
36:34All right.
36:45This is neat.
36:46Is this from man oil manufacturing?
36:48I have had loads of these.
36:51I sell them all the time.
36:52I bring them to Hershey, bring them to the antique meats.
36:55These man oil pieces are...
36:56I love them.
36:57I see them all the time, but I find one or two pieces, and they're easy to sell.
37:01You know, they're like 10 bucks a piece, five bucks a piece, whatever.
37:04You've got 60 pieces.
37:06Mm-hmm.
37:06What I like about it is it's a whole collection.
37:08This has got some great pieces.
37:09You've got guys with machine guns.
37:11You've got guys with bazookas here.
37:13A guy with a gas mask.
37:14Mm-hmm.
37:14You've got a little medic over here.
37:16You've got a little radio guy here.
37:17It's so neat.
37:18The antenna's still there.
37:20You've got fencing, and you've got these tents, which are cool.
37:23Here's the soldier's tent, and here's the medical tent.
37:26You've got some unusual guys in here, which we get a little bit more money for.
37:30I love the guy with the flag.
37:31I think the retail number on this as a display is, you know, $500 to $600.
37:36I'd like to be at, like, $275.
37:40Oof.
37:41Man, that's a little low.
37:42Well...
37:42I remember my dad paying about $400 for him.
37:44I know.
37:45He paid a retail number for him.
37:46James and I are having a little difficulty putting a deal together.
37:50I like the decoys.
37:51Okay.
37:52I like that.
37:53So, I have decided to put the decoys into this deal.
37:56I'll do, like, $75 a piece for the decoys.
37:59I love duck decoys.
38:00I'm from the Jersey Shore.
38:01I don't know who manufactured these, but they got glass eyes, and they got really cool paint.
38:05These are nice folk art pieces.
38:07I'll do $425 for the decoys and the tin toy set, the tin army guys.
38:13Okay.
38:14Can you do, like, $475?
38:16How about $450?
38:19$450.
38:20Yeah, we can do that.
38:21All right.
38:22I appreciate you, man.
38:23Yeah, yeah.
38:23That is so great.
38:24I love this stuff.
38:25Yeah.
38:25My dad was a big character.
38:27Man.
38:28All right.
38:29Woo!
38:29Camp.
38:29You know, he could tell stories for days about history, about things he experienced.
38:34Yeah.
38:35I wish I made him.
38:35I wish I could have, too.
38:37Yeah.
38:37He's a better storyteller than I am.
38:39We'd probably be here till tomorrow talking to him about stories.
38:42You know what I mean?
38:42He could tell you stories for days.
38:44Yeah.
38:44Just constantly stories that you guys would love.
38:46I got to deal with him every day.
38:47Yeah.
38:48All right, dude.
38:49Catch you later, man.
38:49All right, all right.
38:49See you guys.
38:50It's obvious that James is really respectful of his father, and he's respectful of his father's
38:56collection.
38:57He's keeping a few pieces.
38:58He's going to make it his own.
38:59But also, his father, his energy is always going to be there with him through that collection.
39:05Come see us in Iowa.
39:07All right.
39:08See you later.
39:16Are you ready to see the inner sanctum here?
39:18Yes.
39:19All right.
39:20Come on in.
39:20Noorah and JP were artists, but they were also visual merchandisers.
39:25So they were looking at things through a completely different lens or a number of lenses.
39:30Hell, even a kaleidoscope.
39:32Right?
39:32This is where the magic happens.
39:33Yeah.
39:34It's nice and warm in here.
39:35Nice and warm.
39:36You've been in here, man.
39:38I remember this.
39:38Come on in.
39:38This is so cool.
39:40Hasn't changed a bit.
39:42Oh my gosh.
39:43Look at this piece.
39:44You got to feel so proud to be in here.
39:46I know.
39:47I mean, seriously.
39:47You just do.
39:48It's just like everything is here.
39:50You've created your own little world, you know?
39:52So last time we were here, didn't you have...
39:54Didn't this work on both sides?
39:56It does.
39:56Well, the glass itself is all intact.
39:59Okay.
40:00But you had to take it off?
40:01It's inside the whole box.
40:03How come you didn't ever get this wired over?
40:05I don't know why we never connected it.
40:07I remember one side of it worked when we were here a long time ago.
40:10And it does work.
40:10It still does?
40:11The center one on the wall, the light switch over there, Mike.
40:14The last time we were here, this sign was in the exact same place.
40:18And it's not a huge sign, but it is very impactful with the colors, the fact that it's got that
40:24streamer piece on the bottom of it with the stripes,
40:27and the bull nose on it that says, eat.
40:30It's a very unique piece.
40:32I can see why they bought it.
40:33Have you ever thought about letting loose of this?
40:35I would.
40:36So the other glass you have...
40:38Yeah, it's inside.
40:39And like I said, it's...
40:41But it's not broke or anything?
40:43No.
40:43Really?
40:44Yeah.
40:45What are you thinking on it?
40:46You tell me.
40:47It sounds like you know.
40:48I'm thinking close to three grand.
40:51Well, I was going to pay you $3,500.
40:53Yeah.
40:54Yes.
40:55Yes.
40:56Yes.
40:57Sold.
40:57I know they're up there.
40:59I know they're up there.
41:00I know they're up there, Mike.
41:01I know it.
41:02She's such a beautiful person, you know.
41:05And I love spending time with her because she reminds you of what life should be.
41:11Life should be beautiful and life should be giving and simple.
41:15She has all of that coming out of her when you're near her.
41:19And I just want more of that.
41:21I think I love my Panthers.
41:23Great.
41:24Oh, the Panthers are so good.
41:26I know they are.
41:27I know they are.
41:27I mean really.
41:27Say goodbye to your mommy.
41:29Bye mommy.
41:30Say hello to your daddy.
41:32Hi now.
41:32Hi daddy.
41:33I've had a ball with y'all and I'm just excited that everybody's so excited about everything
41:40and visually they're just right on and they gravitate to what they do.
41:47It's just interesting to learn and figure it all out.
41:51And, you know, we can do it again.
41:53Thanks for putting up with us.
41:55Oh no, it's great.
41:56I'll see you.
41:56I'll see you.
41:57I'll see you in Kiwani.
41:58Kiwani.
41:59I love Kiwani.
42:00She's from Kiwani.
42:01I fully intend to come back, sleep in one of these trailers and just have some coffee
42:06with Nora in the morning, look through her stuff, maybe help her organize a bit.
42:10All right, listen.
42:11We'll be in touch.
42:11We'll talk soon.
42:12I feel like I need to nest here for a second.
42:15I'll see if she'll let me do it.
42:17Bye, sister Nora.
42:18Come back.
42:19Come back and see us.
42:20Oh yeah.
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