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American Pickers - Season 27 - Episode 18: The Iceman Selleth
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00:01What's the deal, man?
00:02What do you mean?
00:03You're copping my style?
00:04What are you doing here, man?
00:05Are you talking about a black t-shirt?
00:07No.
00:08The glasses, sunglasses?
00:09No.
00:09What are you talking about?
00:11Dude, what the hell is with the ponytail?
00:12What are you doing, man?
00:13What?
00:14Oh, 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, that's a big deal.
00:22Okay, walk me through that.
00:23What is that?
00:23Okay, dude, here.
00:24You gotta have the wisdom nod when, you know,
00:25when the young guys come up to you
00:27and they ask you a question,
00:27and the answer is,
00:28nah, man, like, yeah, it's all good.
00:30Okay.
00:30And that answers the question.
00:31Okay.
00:32Okay, you gotta do gardening.
00:33I already garden.
00:34Okay.
00:35Okay, what else?
00:36Kombucha.
00:37What do you mean?
00:38You gotta make your own kombucha
00:39and you gotta drink it every day.
00:42All right.
00:43You ain't doing it, that's it?
00:45I ain't doing it.
00:45I'm done.
00:45I can't believe that.
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 it.
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.
01:21This is like seeing a wolf in a bow tie.
01:24Like, this doesn't even make sense to my brain.
01:26I know.
01:27All right, listen, I got you boys a lead.
01:28All right.
01:28All right, I'm gonna send you guys to Joe Aveda.
01:31This guy is a big name on the West Coast
01:34when it comes to Italian ice.
01:36Cool.
01:36Nice.
01:37Not 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.
01:43There is no rhyme or reason to this collection.
01:46I 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?
01:55Hey, 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.
02:05So, the collectibles are outrunning the product?
02:07I've never heard it put better.
02:09They need some room.
02:10Hey, you had me at bicycles and signs.
02:12You had me at lawn mowers on Italian ice.
02:15All 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.
02:34Oh, yeah.
02:38Hello.
02:39Huge warehouse.
02:41Great.
02:41Joe.
02:43Hey, Joe.
02:44Over here.
02:46Dang.
02:46You must be doing something right.
02:48This place is huge.
02:49Hello there.
02:50Nice to meet you.
02:51John.
02:51Welcome.
02:52Nice to meet you.
02:52Nice to meet you, guys.
02:53This place smells good, man.
02:55Smells like Italian ice.
02:56It's a lot of Italian ice ingredients.
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.
03:10Got any of this stuff?
03:11Danny says you're ready to unload some stuff.
03:13You got to 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, what 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.
03:30Really?
03:31Yeah.
03:31And what subject matter?
03:33Transportation.
03:34Advertising.
03:34Are you always in transportation?
03:36Yeah.
03:36I started when I was 10 years old.
03:38Wow.
03:38Get out of here.
03:39Wow.
03:39I'm 67 now.
03:40No.
03:40It's been a while.
03:42I 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
03:55is 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.
04:07La 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.
04:14Yeah.
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, I'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.
05:14And 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
05:33school 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.
05:52Joe's in Anaheim, probably 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.
06:14So you guys all wagon trained it out here.
06:15How many kids you got?
06:16I have 10 kids.
06:17What?
06:18Really?
06:19Two 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 employment.
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, passion, family values,
06:39and thinking generationally.
06:41Not 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 this whole shelving rack right here that you got advertising.
06:59Oh, look at that, Jersey.
07:00Oh, there's the lawn mower.
07:01There's a lawn mower.
07:02It's one of those.
07:03Is that an eagle?
07:04That's eagles.
07:05I was not expecting the 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 lawn mower 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.
07:49I mean, it's pretty incredible.
07:50That sounds like a crazy number.
07:52Yeah.
07:52But it's not if you know the market on something like this.
07:56$25,000, that 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 lawn mower?
08:11Yeah.
08:11Dude.
08:11Let me touch it.
08:12You're my hero.
08:13Yeah.
08:14Yeah.
08:14Anybody would be surprised that I would pay $25,000 for a lawn mower.
08:19Especially when you have a gardener.
08:21Yeah.
08:22Jersey, if you're interested and you came up with $30,000, I'd consider selling it.
08:27Wow.
08:28Oof.
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 photo shop in
08:49the
08:4930s, 40s in Pasadena.
08:51Oh, you got that kind of stuff on the wall there?
08:53Yes.
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.
09:01I'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?
09:12I got that out of Arizona.
09:14Okay.
09:15Is 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.
09:21Yes, 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,
09:34have the neon done, build the can, get the transformers, wire the sucker up,
09:39and boom, you got something.
09:41Now, all of that is 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.
09:53$3,000.
09:56I'll do it.
09:57Beautiful.
09:58Thank you, buddy.
09:58Very cool.
09:59Very cool.
10:05One of my favorite parts about collecting.
10:07Early on, I realized that this is a club that is a great group of people.
10:13Yeah.
10:14You know, we just happen to love history.
10:17We like age, we like the good old days.
10:20And we like the thrill of the hunt.
10:21Yes, uh-huh.
10:22I probably have outlets within 35 states that pick for me, that look for me,
10:29that have things that they eventually are willing to part with.
10:31What about this sucker, man?
10:32That looks like it's been through some miles outside.
10:36Now, the reason I picked that up, Mike, is because I have a theme at Joe's.
10:39All dogs eat for free.
10:41Okay.
10:42I also own a Husky.
10:43I have the rarest breed of all Huskies.
10:45It's called a Colu.
10:46And his name is Joey, and he goes with me everywhere, every day.
10:49Can I throw you a number at this?
10:51Go ahead.
10:532,000 bucks.
10:55You saved me the restoration, and so I will go ahead and do it.
10:59Okay, I'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 it.
11:07And 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.
11:17What weight 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, you 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.
11:55Because, 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.
12:08You 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.
12:21Look at that.
12:25I like how you leave the price on everything.
12:27Did you pay $1,800 for this?
12:29I 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.
12:41I love them.
12:41Who doesn't love salesman samples?
12:42I love them.
12:43Look how much effort they put in something.
12:44Who does this anymore?
12:46I know.
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.
12:59This 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.
13:08No.
13:08No.
13:09I'd probably be...
13:14650.
13:16Yeah.
13:18I'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.
13:27I'll make it worth your while and I will...
13:30I'll go 550.
13:34Done.
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?
13:42That 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.
13:54This electric motor.
13:55Yes.
13:55Oh, my God.
13:57It's a heavy one.
13:59The Riker Electric Motor Works 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.
14:11We 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.
14:26I 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.
14:33Okay.
14:33I love electric fans as well.
14:34A nice fan motor.
14:36That'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 that the enamel on it has been redone.
14:52The pinstripes have been redone.
14:53I mean, it's beautifully redone.
14:55Let 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 eight to ten years ago.
15:08I'd like to make $1,000 over the ten 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.
15:23That is a sensational piece.
15:25Yes.
15:25No, I know.
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 didn't make a lot of them.
15:38So when you find one of these, you do what you can to get it.
15:43Whoa!
15:44Look at this room.
15:44So this is like the coin-op room.
15:46You are into just about anything and everything.
15:50So are you buying a lot of this stuff at auction?
15:52Or how are you digging up this much stuff?
15:54I do a lot of traveling.
15:55I do a lot of traveling.
15:55So you're actually on the road.
15:56Yeah.
15:57Okay.
15:58Pennsylvania is a honey hole for me.
15:59I 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 all full.
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.
16:20That's killer, man.
16:22Yeah.
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.
17:03There 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.
17:16You know, it just captures your attention.
17:18You're like a moth to a flame.
17:19That'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.
17:31$3,000.
17:33Um, you're right there.
17:35I'll do that.
17:36They 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 did you like to see my bicycle room?
17:56Whoa!
17:56Cool!
17:57Right off the bat, Victor Seafork.
17:59Oh, 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, Seafork.
18:10They're amazing bikes.
18:11Victor Bikes, they're the Duesenberg of early bikes.
18:14Anything with suspension really takes it over to the next level.
18:17In the late 1880s, 1890s, the industry was huge.
18:20It was the bicycle boom in America.
18:22There were so many patents, and as inventive as you can be and different, you were selling bikes.
18:27This is a cool bike just because it's nickel-plated.
18:30It's from New York, Liberty Cycle.
18:32That's beautiful.
18:33The head tube's super long.
18:34Look at the fork crown, too.
18:35Wow.
18:36The fork crown's interesting.
18:37Wood rims are nice.
18:37Yeah, the wood rims are straight.
18:38Matching pedals, Mike.
18:40I rotate things out at the stores.
18:42They'll go through their season, and then I'll rotate them out and put other bikes.
18:46This is like the alphabet soup of bicycles.
18:48Yeah.
18:48You have every brand in here, man.
18:49It's all mixed up.
18:50Yeah.
18:50The gamut of anything that's cool in the era of bicycling, which is still going on, it's here.
18:57Dude, that's a pierce.
18:58Oh, gosh.
18:58It came off the...
18:59Oh, the wheel came off.
19:00Yeah, that's okay.
19:01But look, it's got the front suspension, probably like 1901.
19:04And the handlebars are adjustable, and then there's a rear shock here, a monoshock.
19:08Uh-huh.
19:08Pierce was an automobile company.
19:10It was a motorcycle company.
19:11It was a bicycle company.
19:13But they were doing it next level.
19:14If you look at the front fork on this thing, it's a leaf spring, shaft drive, rear suspension.
19:19It's got all the bells and whistles, man.
19:21Would you sell this bike, Joe?
19:23Yes.
19:23And what would you want for it?
19:26About 15,000.
19:28Yeah.
19:29You know what?
19:29That used to be a crazy number on these.
19:31Yeah.
19:31But recently, there's been a couple change hands.
19:34Yeah.
19:34You used to be able to buy a bike like this for $5,000.
19:37I was going to say $5,000.
19:39I always loved the pierced stuff.
19:40Yeah.
19:40It's a high-quality, high-grade bicycle.
19:42The only thing I have for this bike is the front fork.
19:47That's it.
19:47That's all I have.
19:48Yeah.
19:48But I do have, I have a pierced single motorcycle.
19:51I have a pierced four-cylinder motorcycle.
19:53The company's amazing.
19:54If you're into this stuff, like Jersey and I, when you see a pierce out of all the bikes
19:58in here, we had to touch this one.
20:00What do you value this safety bike at, this wood rim, since it's nickel-plated?
20:05That's really the shining star about it.
20:07You seem to know more about these bikes than I ever did.
20:10So, hell yeah.
20:11I mean, it's probably $1,200.
20:15I was happy that Mike didn't buy a bike, but I was thrilled that we went through them,
20:19because I got an education.
20:21Ah!
20:22Can we pull this out?
20:23You sure can.
20:24Yeah, that's cool, Mike.
20:24Let's pull this out and take a look at it, man.
20:26Come on, Jersey.
20:27We got to watch.
20:28It's got, yeah, yeah, yeah.
20:29No, it's got the original grip on it.
20:32Oh, yeah.
20:32You got to watch it break off.
20:34Oh, yeah.
20:35Look at that.
20:36Ah!
20:39She's a beauty, man.
20:40So, what is that?
20:41This is first-year Power Plus?
20:42Yeah.
20:43Yeah, this is a 1916 Model G.
20:45Yeah.
20:45What's interesting about this bike is it's got a 1916 engine in it.
20:49Okay.
20:49But it's a rigid rear end, because in 1913, Indian came out with rear suspension.
20:54Full suspension cost more money.
20:55And so, the G model, they got rid of all that.
20:57They're using up old stock from the previous models.
21:00They were making a more economical motorcycle, because there was going to be problem.
21:04We had a war in Europe, and we're joining it.
21:07This is Indian Motorcycles Company reaction to that wartime environment.
21:12This is the first time they're coming out with electric lighting, horn, the rear taillight.
21:16There was a little generator that went on the front that charged a battery.
21:19Yeah.
21:19It just had a battery box.
21:20Pretty amazing.
21:21I mean, Indian, they were the technological champions of motorcycling in the day.
21:25Where'd you get it from?
21:26A friend of mine that's since passed away, but he had an Indian shop in Ventura, California.
21:32Huggy Bear.
21:32Oh, Huggy Bear.
21:33You know Huggy Bear?
21:33Yeah.
21:34Oh, dude, that shop had.
21:35Huggy Bear is a special individual specializing in Indian motorcycles.
21:39It's the only brand that he would touch.
21:41He's a guy that has just devoted his life to it.
21:44So, do you want to sell it?
21:47Do you want to buy it?
21:48I don't know.
21:49I mean, I guess it depends on the number.
21:51I paid 30 from Huggy.
21:53Okay.
21:54You're right there.
21:54Yeah, I mean.
21:55I think you're safe there.
21:56But as far as like us being able to even make an offer, there's nowhere to go.
22:03Yeah.
22:03You know what I mean?
22:03I think to the right person, this bike will always pull 30 just because it's so unique.
22:08Yeah.
22:09You know, it's definitely a bike you don't see all the time.
22:11Yeah.
22:12I just like that it came from Huggy Bear.
22:13Yeah.
22:13I know.
22:14I mean, he's a legend.
22:15In our community, I mean, I hear so many stories about him.
22:18Yeah.
22:18You know, it's just really heartwarming to, you know, see one of his bikes.
22:22The hobby is so small, depending on who owned the bike and how long they had it, you know,
22:26it'll always be their bike.
22:28That's kind of what's cool with this bike.
22:29This will always be Huggy Bears.
22:31Hey, I got two Italian ice in me, bro.
22:34Yeah.
22:35This is great.
22:36Yeah.
22:36I think the Picker community is one of the best fraternities around.
22:41Once the bug hits, you just bond together.
22:45You look together.
22:46You help each other out.
22:48It's a great community.
22:49Thank you, buddy.
22:50My pleasure.
22:51Your story inspires me.
22:52Seriously.
22:53Not that you only have 10 children, but that you're a wrestling coach.
22:58Yeah.
22:59And that you're running your business for so many years on your own.
23:01Oh, thank you very much.
23:02That's the American dream.
23:03It is.
23:03Joe is a smart guy.
23:05Keep picking.
23:06Thanks a lot.
23:06All right, man.
23:07He's got two kinds of legacies.
23:08He's got his kids and he has his business.
23:10So it's never going to end.
23:12All roads lead to Joe's.
23:15Happy picking.
23:16Safe travels.
23:25You're really drinking cold brew and eating a freaking cold hot dog for breakfast?
23:29That's your idea of nutrition?
23:31Dude, my body is a fine-tuned machine.
23:34This is my third hot dog.
23:35This is my second cold brew.
23:37Dude, that is really sad, dude.
23:41Danny D, what's up?
23:42What's up, girl?
23:43Ah, good morning, boys.
23:45How are we?
23:46Danny, he's eating like four cold hot dogs this morning already.
23:50Cold hot dogs?
23:51He's out of control.
23:52The first three weren't cold.
23:54Oh, yeah.
23:54I mean, I remember the routine when you were in your 20s, but I didn't realize that you were carrying
23:58it out into your 50s.
23:59He's eating hot dogs like he's 10 years old.
24:01That's how you stay young, man.
24:03Danny D, you got a lead.
24:04In fact, I do.
24:05Speaking of aging with grace, how would you like to go pick someone who has been picking for almost a
24:11full century?
24:12What?
24:13Wow.
24:14Glenn is 92 years old.
24:17Wow.
24:17And he has been collecting since he was 13 years old.
24:20No way.
24:21Really?
24:22Yeah.
24:23What's he into?
24:24To quote Glenn, I love anything I've never seen before.
24:27That's cool.
24:28Ooh, I like that.
24:29I like that.
24:29Yeah, it's great.
24:30That's a nice approach to things.
24:31His house is packed.
24:33I mean, slammed with vintage and antiques.
24:36If it trips his trigger, he brings it home.
24:38All right.
24:38I love it.
24:39Maybe he's got some hot dogs.
24:40Shut up.
24:41You boys are going to have a blast.
24:43I wish I was going.
24:44All right, honey.
24:45Thanks, Danny.
24:46All right, guys.
24:46Have fun.
24:47Bye.
24:54Wow.
24:5592, man.
24:56I mean, I want to buy some stuff today, but I just want to pick his brain.
25:00Yeah, no kidding.
25:01Oh, dude, look at he's got like something.
25:02Wow.
25:03What is that, a cheetah out front?
25:07Dang.
25:07Wow.
25:08I love all his stuff.
25:10What is bronze cheetahs?
25:11He's got an armament in the front.
25:13This guy's ready for battle.
25:16Cool.
25:17Neat.
25:18Hey.
25:18Hi.
25:18Hey, how are you?
25:19Mike.
25:19What's your name?
25:20Aaron.
25:21Aaron, I'm John.
25:21Nice.
25:23Did you talk to Danny on the phone?
25:25I did.
25:26Very cool.
25:27Would you like to come in and see?
25:28We would love to come in.
25:29Hell yeah.
25:30Sure.
25:31After you.
25:33You're very welcome.
25:34Wow.
25:35Woo.
25:35Oh my gosh.
25:37Man.
25:38This is crazy.
25:39This is amazing.
25:40Wow.
25:42Wow.
25:42The story of Glenn's life is on these walls.
25:46It's on the ceiling.
25:47Did you grow up in this house?
25:48I did.
25:49Was it always like this?
25:50Yes, it's always been like this.
25:52It's like chapter after chapter of a good book that you just can't put down.
25:56Hey, Dad.
25:57There's people here to see you.
25:59Everywhere you look, there is something interesting.
26:02Everywhere you look, there's something very old.
26:06What the hell's going on?
26:07Hey, how are you?
26:10I don't allow this many people to see my stuff.
26:13I'm John.
26:14Nice to meet you.
26:16Hi.
26:16This place is amazing, Glenn.
26:18How are you, John?
26:18This is the stuff we buy.
26:19Yeah, so this is all the stuff we buy.
26:20Looks like you got most of it here.
26:22So did you specialize in guns?
26:24Yes.
26:25Any gun before 1895.
26:28When I was 13, I bought a muzzleloader with a bayonet on it.
26:32And the highest general killed in the Civil War is from Clyde.
26:36His name's McPherson.
26:37They buried him.
26:39They took these guns and stuck them in the ground, hundreds of them.
26:43And then I got one of them.
26:44Really?
26:45But I was only 13, and I screwed up.
26:48I had it chromed.
26:50Wow.
26:50You did?
26:51Why did you do that?
26:52I was stupid.
26:53It just seemed to do.
26:55You wanted a shiny gun.
26:56Yeah, I wanted a shiny gun.
26:57First one I ever had.
26:59Absolutely.
26:59So have you always been interested in local history?
27:02Yes, I know everything about local history.
27:05That's awesome.
27:05You have a lot to be proud of that you've been collecting for this long.
27:09You've managed to keep so much stuff.
27:10And I buy every week.
27:12Do you really?
27:12You're still buying.
27:13Yeah, yesterday I spent $75.
27:16Okay.
27:17I buy what I never seen before.
27:20I couldn't used to afford it.
27:22Now I got money.
27:23I can buy what I want.
27:24And that's my hobby.
27:25The reason she called, all my life I've been buying ever since I was 13 years old.
27:31And I don't want to put it all on her and my wife.
27:34Yeah.
27:35Glenn was born in 1932.
27:37So he was picking during the 1940s when America was at war.
27:41Over the years we've heard incredible stories about all of this stuff that had been scrapped.
27:46And a lot of it really had no value back then.
27:49But that's when Glenn was a young man searching, discovering, and acquiring a lot of the stuff that's in this
27:55house right now.
27:56You live with your collection.
27:58I mean, it's everywhere.
28:00I mean, look at this room.
28:01Can I go in here?
28:02Yeah, go.
28:02Oh my gosh.
28:04This is incredible.
28:05Jersey, look at this.
28:05I know.
28:06Like, where do you start?
28:08This guy's 92 years old.
28:09He's been a picker since he was 13.
28:11He obviously collects more than he sells.
28:13Wow, look at this.
28:14Cigar piece.
28:15Can I take this off the wall?
28:16Yeah.
28:17All right.
28:17Look at that, Jersey.
28:18This is where the rubber hits the road.
28:20Is he going to sell this or not?
28:22It's wood and metal.
28:25This Buck Cigar Tin Litho sign is very cool.
28:28There's white pine in the back.
28:29But on the bottom of it, it usually says King of the Range, which was Buck Cigar's slogan.
28:34This one does not say that, which I find interesting.
28:38Do you buy a lot of tobacco related advertising?
28:40If I never saw it before.
28:42Yeah.
28:42Danny was telling us that.
28:43If you have never seen it before, you're excited about it.
28:45I'm that way too.
28:46Yeah.
28:47That's a great way to collect.
28:48I've never seen this.
28:48If you haven't seen it before.
28:50Yeah.
28:50It means it's rare.
28:51Would you sell this?
28:52Yeah.
28:53What are you thinking on that?
28:56A hundred dollars.
28:57Yeah, they just paid it.
28:58A hundred?
28:58No.
28:58I think you're light on it, buddy.
29:00I paid 90.
29:01No.
29:02I'd do, um, I'd do 200.
29:07Get out of here.
29:08Yeah, you get out of here.
29:10I'll hold you up.
29:10I would.
29:11Hey, I just want to be straight with you.
29:12Anything tobacco related is extremely hot right now, especially cigar.
29:17Look at this.
29:18What is that?
29:19It's a dough boy.
29:20World War One.
29:21This little guy was one of many things made during the war to inspire patriotism and support
29:26the war effort.
29:27That looks like his original hat.
29:29Lead soldiers, toy guns, even children's military uniforms.
29:33Anything to rally the folks at home and honor the soldiers overseas.
29:37It says ideal on the back.
29:39See that?
29:39Yeah.
29:40World War One.
29:41Yep.
29:42What do you think?
29:43A hundred and a quarter.
29:44Okay.
29:46I'd do, uh, I'd do 200.
29:48I'm at 200.
29:49You're light.
29:49I just keep going 200.
29:51You're, you're too light on that.
29:52Where are you going now?
29:53That's worth more than that, buddy.
29:54I bought it at a garage sale for like a dollar.
29:58Yeah.
29:58All right.
29:59Cool, man.
30:00Yeah, dude.
30:00Thank you very much.
30:01That's really cool.
30:01The first two items, he doubled the price.
30:04Well, it shocked the out of me.
30:06I couldn't believe it.
30:07I like that Winchester piece right there, Mike.
30:08Oh, that's cool.
30:09Most people think of guns when they think of Winchester.
30:12I mean, it's a huge brand, but they made other things.
30:14Imagine that guy in the stream with his fly rod.
30:16Yeah.
30:16Hook it onto a steelhead right there.
30:18That's a cool piece.
30:19It has a guy very active.
30:20He's trout fishing with his Winchester reel.
30:22There's no guns in this ad.
30:23This is the way that they diversified and made their company successful.
30:26You can backlight it.
30:27You can see through it.
30:28What are you thinking on this?
30:29Well, I just sold one for $150.
30:33That sounds like a pretty reasonable retail price.
30:36Yeah.
30:37I'm thinking, would you go $100 bucks?
30:40$110.
30:41$110?
30:43You know what?
30:44I'll do $110 on it.
30:45That's great.
30:46This is cool.
30:55Seriously, you have a curator's mind.
30:58Right.
30:58This space is very museum-esque, if that's even a word.
31:01I mean, if it is, this guy nailed it.
31:03I like how you've got, like, some Native American beaded moccasins here,
31:07and you've got some peace pipes, and then you've got some African art.
31:11You look around the room, you think, worldly, well-traveled collection.
31:15Do you travel a lot?
31:16Because you've got so much international art in here.
31:18When I was 18, I joined the Navy.
31:22Oh, cool.
31:23Great Britain had their men in Yugoslavia,
31:26and we went in and rescued them.
31:28I run a boat that the front end of it dropped down and hauled the troops out.
31:33That's where I got my medal.
31:34We were anchored in the Mediterranean, but we could go to Rome, Pompeii.
31:39I went to all the museums.
31:41I was interested in history.
31:43I went every chance I got, and that got me interested.
31:47But I didn't have a lot of money to buy.
31:49You were bringing a museum to your home now.
31:51Yeah.
31:52Because this looks like a museum.
31:53I feel like I walked into the Smithsonian.
31:54Mentors in our lives are there to educate us and inspire us.
31:58I had the biggest spear collection in the United States.
32:01Very impressive.
32:01He had places that were mentors, museums that were mentors.
32:06He was a sponge because he was a collector.
32:08I remember those I bought in Albana, Cuba.
32:12No kidding?
32:13He was already searching for things that were unusual that he'd never seen before.
32:18So imagine walking through a museum and letting all that rush over you,
32:22and then bringing that back to the States and looking through that lens.
32:26What about these pieces right here, these dead hangs that are metal?
32:29Is this something that you would sell?
32:32Take one down off the wall once.
32:34Okay.
32:34This piece is made by Paul Camalera, and he's French.
32:39This one, unfortunately, the wood is cracked all the way through.
32:43But man, they're early.
32:44What's the value of something like this?
32:46350 to 700.
32:47Okay.
32:48I've had them over 50 years.
32:50Really?
32:50But you can't find them anymore.
32:52He's collecting hunting stuff, but it's next level.
32:56Like these dead hangs, we're talking like European art.
32:58And then the time period from the 1850s to the 1880s.
33:02Is it something you'd sell?
33:05Or not?
33:05The price is right.
33:06The price is right?
33:07Yeah.
33:08I mean, obviously, they're a pair.
33:09Let's see here.
33:14Yeah, the wood is separated on this one, too.
33:16Okay.
33:16But still.
33:17What's this?
33:17This says pair 600.
33:19Is that what you paid?
33:21Yeah.
33:21So you were right on the money when you were buying them.
33:23Yeah.
33:23So if you got to make a profit on them, because you said they were worth 350 to 700, what
33:28are
33:28you thinking on the pair?
33:31600.
33:32600.
33:33Well, you don't want to make nothing?
33:34No.
33:35No.
33:36I'll take them for 300 a piece.
33:38You know?
33:39I love them.
33:40I think they're brilliant.
33:41I think he's at the point where he's been looking at them, enjoying them, and he's like,
33:44you know what?
33:45It's time.
33:46I want to buy something new.
33:48Because he's still buying something every week.
33:51That's never going to leave him.
33:53I collected stuff that I used to hunt with.
33:55My dad hunted and fished all the time.
33:59Hunting was my life.
34:01I've shot everything except a grizzly bear.
34:04Okay.
34:05I've shot two bear, 25 mule deer, 25.
34:08Okay, so you were going out west and hunting.
34:09Yeah.
34:10Well, then I went to the Arctic Circle, too.
34:12Did you really?
34:13Yeah.
34:13How old were you when you went to the Arctic Circle to hunt?
34:1665.
34:17No kidding.
34:17Yeah.
34:18Glenn is a badass.
34:19He's just living his life and going for it.
34:22I mean, there's a lot to say about that perspective.
34:29Man.
34:30When I first pulled a gun from the wall, the first thing I noticed is the weight of it.
34:35Extremely heavy.
34:35I mean, this is made like a quality firearm.
34:38Do you remember where you bought this?
34:39No idea.
34:40This Quackenbush air rifle.
34:42Yeah.
34:42I mean, these are harder and harder to find.
34:45That's a BB gun.
34:46Yeah.
34:46This is an air rifle.
34:47Yep.
34:47The patent date on this is 1897.
34:50This is a quality air rifle made for somebody that appreciates firearms.
34:55And the nickel plating is still decent.
34:57If you hold the Daisy BB gun, it feels like a toy.
35:00That is the furthest thing from this rifle.
35:03What do you want for this?
35:04Well, they go between $600 and $1,000.
35:07Yep.
35:08You're spot on.
35:09Would you pay six?
35:13I would.
35:14And I very much appreciate it.
35:16Well, I didn't think I was going to sell any guns.
35:19None.
35:21But why I did, I really don't know, except I liked him.
35:25I don't know.
35:27I wouldn't probably do it again.
35:29Look at these things here, these syrup dispensers.
35:32Mm-hmm.
35:32They're beautiful.
35:33I mean, this orange crush, the dispensers there, the little pottery balls there is not broken.
35:39This orange crush dispenser is an example of art pottery at its finest level.
35:43It's an advertising item for soda fountain syrup, and it's doing it in such a beautiful way.
35:48Back in the day when the soda jerk made your creamsicle float with the orange soda, it's an unforgettable taste
35:54combination.
35:54This is the stuff that made that.
35:56I feel comfortable paying $1,000 for this one.
35:59Well, I think my cutoff is $1,100.
36:02Okay, so you're at $1,100 with that?
36:03I am.
36:05I'm going to take it.
36:06Okay.
36:06Okay?
36:07Okay.
36:09You're welcome.
36:09It's so cool.
36:10I love rapping with you about pottery and glass because I love this stuff.
36:14Thanks.
36:14Me too.
36:14So thank you so much.
36:15You're welcome.
36:16I appreciate you.
36:16Thanks.
36:17All right.
36:26Let's go.
36:30A little knuckle duster.
36:32Look at this guy.
36:33This is a neat piece.
36:34I have no idea what that's worth.
36:37I've had it for 80 years.
36:38Wow.
36:39We've had this.
36:39So this was one of the first things you monkeyed with.
36:42Yeah.
36:42It's a .22 caliber.
36:44They're called knuckle dusters.
36:45A little pocket pistol.
36:47It gets you out of a barroom fight.
36:48This is like your quintessential saloon gun.
36:51This is the one you'd get out of your boot when you're in trouble.
36:53It's got a patent date of 1886.
36:55And the engraving on it is cool.
36:56The eye-catching detail on this firearm is the beautiful engraving.
37:01I think the guy give it to me free.
37:03Oh, no kidding.
37:04That was very generous.
37:05You would sell it?
37:06Yeah.
37:06The condition is everything on these things.
37:08Yeah, but you never see one.
37:10Yeah, I know.
37:11I get you.
37:11I think the value on something like this in really, really nice shape
37:16could be as high as $1,200.
37:18But this has got some condition problems, you know?
37:21And I've got to be realistic about it.
37:22This thing was a nickel-plated gun.
37:24It's all worn out.
37:25And all the engraving is not crisp anymore.
37:28There's some nicks in the bottom of the gun
37:29where they're using it as a hammer.
37:31That all affects condition immensely.
37:33But that being said, this still could be a beginning collector's item.
37:36I think this thing retail is probably worth about maybe $500 to $600.
37:42Can I make you an offer?
37:45$350.
37:48$375.
37:51You know what?
37:52I think that's very cool.
37:54$375, I would definitely do that.
37:55I appreciate you selling it to me.
37:57You've had this for a long time.
37:59Yeah.
37:59This is one of the inspiration pieces for you.
38:01Yeah.
38:01And that means a lot to me.
38:02I'm going to kick myself in the ass for sale through that gun.
38:09Oh, wow.
38:10Glenn, you've been busy.
38:13Oh, my gosh.
38:14This is the big game room.
38:16You got the giraffe.
38:16You got the rhino.
38:18What's this made out of?
38:19Oh, this is fiberglass.
38:20Where'd this come out of?
38:21Miami, Florida.
38:22How long you had it?
38:2325 years.
38:24Have you really?
38:25There are a number of things he's had for 50 years, 25 years, 30 years.
38:29It says a lot about the level of respect and love.
38:32Glenn has for these things.
38:34What would you want for it?
38:35Would you sell it?
38:36$500.
38:37I'm going to do $500.
38:39How often can you buy a fiberglass rhinoceros this big for $500?
38:44I mean, it's cool.
38:45I love it.
38:46I would have never sold that to the president, but sold it to them.
38:51Super surprised by the sale of the rhino because it's been there as long as I can remember.
38:57What about that car right there?
38:59That's a big one.
39:00This had the trailer on the back.
39:02You know, this was hauling that teardrop trailer.
39:04It didn't come with that though.
39:06Without the trailer, $250.
39:08Got it.
39:08What about these owls?
39:11It's wood.
39:12So you got that owl.
39:13That's an inkwell.
39:14What's this one?
39:15This looks like an incense burner is what this is.
39:17This says $110 and that says $100.
39:21That's what I paid.
39:23And that's what I would take.
39:25So you're at $210.
39:26Yeah.
39:27I'm going to do it.
39:29I'm going to do it.
39:30You and I like the same stuff.
39:32Glenn and I love a lot of the same stuff.
39:34We love BB guns.
39:35We love fiberglass rhino heads.
39:37We love old toys.
39:39We love owls.
39:40I feel a kindred spirit here.
39:41I love your eye.
39:43I mean, and I love the way you decorate with stuff.
39:45Like all those guns on the wall.
39:47I mean, it's so well thought out.
39:49You've done such a great job of it.
39:51I love it.
39:51You're walking through this beautifully created museum
39:54and you're being able to touch things for one.
39:58And then you're being able to hear about it
40:01from the person that found it.
40:02And then you're being able to buy it.
40:05You know, that's what's awesome about Glenn.
40:07Crow shooters kit.
40:13It's got an owl in it too.
40:15Look at that.
40:17You get two crows and an owl.
40:21I like this owl.
40:23Let me see.
40:24And he's double sided.
40:25People have been shooting at crows since the beginning of time.
40:28But big game crow hunting started when populations got out of hand
40:32in agricultural communities.
40:34I'm talking crow roosts that would have thousands of birds.
40:38When it comes to crow hunting, there is a lot involved.
40:42Because crows are extremely smart.
40:45It says S&S two faced owl and air crow decoys.
40:49This is basically a crow hunters starting kit.
40:52You know, you got the two crows and you got the owl.
40:54But it's cool that it's in the original box.
40:57Would you sell this?
40:59$150.
41:01I'm doing it.
41:02I've never, I've never, I've seen each one of these pieces separate.
41:05Just found the pieces, but I've never seen it in the box.
41:07Today was way more than just a pick.
41:09It was like stepping into a museum.
41:11Yeah.
41:12It was awesome.
41:12Thank you for putting up with us.
41:14Dude, thank you.
41:15Thank you so much, man.
41:16You guys shocked me.
41:18You're too honest.
41:20We'll see you at a flea market in Ohio.
41:22Yeah.
41:23It was an honor to be there when he decided to let a lot of this stuff go.
41:27Happy picking.
41:28Happy picking.
41:28Yeah.
41:29Happy picking.
41:36How many kids you got?
41:3733.
41:40I have 10 kids.
41:42Okay, wait a second.
41:43I'm going to ask you again.
41:44Ready?
41:44Have all the neon done made.
41:47Have all the neon done made on it.
41:50Don't made it.
41:52Is this Grant or what?
41:56Riker.
41:57Yeah.
41:58What about this leprechaun over here?
42:04I don't have my.
42:05Here, go shoot the mic.
42:07This is great.
42:08Everybody.
42:09Bye.
42:09Let's go.
42:10Here.
42:10Let's go.
42:10Remember the light of this?
42:11We'll make it better.
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