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American Pickers - Season 27 - Episode 14: Southern Charm
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00:06Oxford, Mississippi, ooh, Clarksdale's that way.
00:08How far are we from Clarksdale?
00:10I don't know.
00:10What's in Clarksdale?
00:12Clarksdale is where the crossroads are, man.
00:14Where Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devils.
00:16How much did he get?
00:22He got the gift of playing blues, playing the guitar.
00:26He didn't get any money.
00:28I'd want a lot of money for my soul.
00:29A lot.
00:30You didn't know that in Clarksdale, Mississippi, that's where the crossroads are, man.
00:33It's not just Mississippi folklore, it's blues folklore.
00:36I know, but I'm from New Jersey, man.
00:38I don't think the blues up there.
00:40I'm in southern New Jersey.
00:42That counts for something, right?
00:53Andy D, what's up?
00:55What's up, girl?
00:56How's the South treating you?
00:57Good food, good music, and good people.
00:59That's right.
01:00What you got?
01:01I've got a treat for you.
01:02I'm going to send you to the unofficial, official historian of Panola County.
01:07What county?
01:08Panola County, Mississippi.
01:10Panola?
01:11Panola.
01:12Okay, Panola County, Mississippi.
01:14Yeah.
01:14This guy's a historian?
01:16No, he's just a really passionate guy.
01:18He's not the official historian.
01:19Okay, so he's a collector that collects local historical pieces?
01:23Harvey loves it all.
01:24Anything that is specific to his town, specific to Mississippi.
01:28He's got pottery, firearms, local signage, Civil War memorabilia, a lot of folk art.
01:34That's so cool.
01:35A lot of his collection is rooted in, like, Southern culture, Southern heritage, lessons learned from the South, that kind
01:42of stuff.
01:42Oh, cool, man.
01:43Nice.
01:44That sounds awesome.
01:45Let me know if you need anything.
01:46I'll send you the details.
01:47All right.
01:47Thanks, honey.
01:48Have fun.
01:50Southerners hold on to their history tighter and more deeply than other parts of the country.
01:56Some of the most incredible authors, painters, musicians come from the South.
02:02They have such a capacity for creativity and wit that really speaks to me.
02:09Hey.
02:10Hey, how you doing?
02:11Hey, I'm Mike, man.
02:12This is Jersey John.
02:13Nice to meet you.
02:13Nice to meet you, man.
02:13You talking to Danny on the phone?
02:14Yeah, that was my grandmother.
02:16Yeah.
02:16So your grandpa's is looking to sell a few things?
02:18Yeah, he is.
02:19All right.
02:20He's got quite a big collection out back.
02:21Yeah.
02:22We'd like to meet him.
02:23You collect stuff, too?
02:24Yes, sir.
02:24I kind of grew up picking.
02:26Oh, you were going out with him?
02:27Yes, sir.
02:28No kidding.
02:28Ever since I was a little kid.
02:30Really?
02:31What's your first memory of it?
02:33Being at a gun show when I was barely taller than a table.
02:37So he was bringing at the gun shows that early, huh?
02:39Yes, sir.
02:40That must be cool.
02:40Papa.
02:43Hey.
02:44How are you?
02:45I heard you are the local historian.
02:48I collect anything that's old, and the older, the better.
02:52Civil War, Revolutionary War, French and Indian War, primitives, folk art, and not to offend
02:59anybody, but in the history, I collect the good, the bad, and the ugly.
03:03But local history is where I'm at, and it's basically in the town of Panola.
03:07Maybe it'd just be easy for me to show you something.
03:09Yeah, no, I'd love to see it.
03:10Hey, I'm going to get out of here, guys.
03:11Hey, man.
03:12Nice to meet you.
03:12Nice to meet you.
03:13Nice to meet you.
03:13See you later.
03:14Tyler, if you need you, y'all come on in.
03:16Holy crap.
03:17Oh, man.
03:18Look at this place.
03:19Walking into this small garage in this tiny town, you're not expecting to see a collection
03:25of this magnitude.
03:26I'm looking around here.
03:27I'm seeing all these little pieces, these heads, and all this stuff, and I'm like,
03:30okay, well.
03:31You got Native American stuff in here?
03:32Yeah.
03:32Jersey, John, and I are both completely blown away at the quality displays, and oh, my
03:39gosh, it's like I'm just overwhelmed here.
03:41It's amazing.
03:42The guns usually go from World War II to like this one right here.
03:46That's a Scottish Highlander.
03:47It would have been used in American Revolutionary War.
03:50Wow.
03:50Whoa.
03:51That's an early gun.
03:521780s, somewhere in that area.
03:53When people hear terms like preservationist, curator, historian, they think of big museums and
03:59PhDs, but on the other side of that coin, it's the everyday collector like Harvey that's
04:04driven by his passion to keep stories of his community alive and want to dig deep into
04:11finding pieces.
04:12I mean, I'm talking hands-on history.
04:15Jersey, look at that Uncle Sam.
04:16Where'd that dude come from?
04:17Whoa, that's cool.
04:18Can I pick this up?
04:19Oh, yeah.
04:20Go ahead.
04:20This is actually better than a museum because some of it's for sale, and we can actually
04:24touch this stuff.
04:26So where did you find this at?
04:27I got that out of an old gin, closed-down gin, and a fella made a, had a sort of
04:31a junk
04:32shop there in Coffeeville, Mississippi.
04:35No kidding.
04:36Like, how long have you had this?
04:37I just bought it probably several months ago.
04:39So the guy took a cotton gin and he turned it into a junk shop?
04:42Exactly.
04:42No kidding.
04:43That's cotton balls.
04:44So this is cotton from the cotton gin, probably.
04:46Oh, yeah.
04:47When Mike saw it, it was just like me seeing it the first time.
04:50You know, he said, man, he said, what about that Uncle Sam there?
04:53You know, they have all the good stuff around.
04:55He picks out that one piece.
04:57You understand what this man's thinking.
04:59I think this piece is incredible.
05:01I mean, look at the work that they did on this.
05:03Look, they've got his shirt with the collar folded over, and then they've got two different
05:08types of material here.
05:09I mean, a lot of this stuff, like these thumbtacks, you know, I mean, it's not like it's super,
05:13super early, but it's early enough to be interesting.
05:16Folk art can be extremely varied based on region, but it's the southern folk art that
05:22has always spoke to me most.
05:24Whether it's pottery, wood carving, or paintings, it's just steeped in so much local history.
05:31Is this something you'd consider selling?
05:33Yeah, yeah.
05:35I probably need to liquidate everything.
05:38Probably that would be the best thing to do, but I don't always do the best thing.
05:43I never have.
05:45I mean, what would you have to have for this?
05:48What would you think?
05:49Probably around 900.
05:53I thought I would price it cheap, but, you know.
05:56No, I mean, here's the deal.
05:57It's like, it's art.
06:00Yeah.
06:00So, you know, to take the temperature of it, you know, in regards to, like, the value
06:04of it, it really depends on, like, how much you appreciate the piece.
06:08Obviously, subject matter, all of that.
06:10The fact that you found it here in Mississippi.
06:12Was this the only piece that he had like this, or did he have a lot?
06:16The only reason I'm asking that is, do you think he was the gentleman that made it?
06:20Hmm, I don't think he made it.
06:21Now, I got to, see that saw filing?
06:24Yeah.
06:25It came out, I got it at the same time I got this.
06:27Really?
06:27I love that.
06:28It's all wood.
06:29I don't think there's a nail in it.
06:31So, you're asking 900 for this.
06:32What about the saw filing, if both pieces are out of the same place?
06:36Well, I figured a saw, just being a trade sign, I'd say 750.
06:41Yeah, I was going to say it's up there.
06:42Is it double-sided?
06:44He can take it down, but I believe so.
06:45Let me go get it.
06:46Yeah, Jersey, check it out.
06:47This is an amazing folk art sign.
06:49In the shape of a saw.
06:51Look at this, Mike.
06:52It's double-sided?
06:53Yeah, it's double-sided.
06:54It's beautiful, man.
06:55So, you can see the ghost letters in here, Mike.
06:56There was something else in here.
06:57What's the other side of it look like, though?
06:59Look at the patina on this thing.
07:00They're the same thing.
07:01Like, this was, this was an...
07:02It paints all alligator.
07:04Yeah, yeah, it's all alligator, plus you can see the earlier sign, and somebody like refreshed it.
07:08Yeah, yeah, yeah.
07:08You know, like later on.
07:09Yeah.
07:09But it's beautiful.
07:10I mean, the handle is cool, nicely done.
07:12It feels right.
07:14Think about a guy who's starting a business, and he can't afford to buy a sign made by a sign
07:19painter.
07:19So, he goes at it himself.
07:20I mean, obviously, the guy's got skills.
07:22He's a saw sharpener.
07:22So, he makes his own sign.
07:23And that's the beautiful part about folk art.
07:36I'll tell you what.
07:37You're at nine on this, and you said how much on that?
07:39$7.50.
07:40Okay, I'm just going to pay you what you're asking.
07:43Yeah, I do.
07:43Because I feel like you're more than fair.
07:45Yeah.
07:45And that's where I wanted to be, too.
07:47Yeah, well, if you wanted to offer more, that's fine.
07:51All right, very cool.
07:52They paid pretty good.
07:54They paid pretty good for it.
07:56So, you and me, what they paid for the Uncle Sam, I paid that for both of them.
08:01So, what's the story with this?
08:02They got some canes in here, I see.
08:03I pick them up every now and then.
08:05Most of these canes came out of Mississippi.
08:07These are so cool because guys spend so much time carving these things up.
08:11Look how early that one is.
08:12But that tip on that, Mike, look at that.
08:13It's a hand forged.
08:14Look at that.
08:15Look at this one.
08:16This is like a goat horn or something?
08:18I like that hanging stuff.
08:19Look at that jersey.
08:19Whoa.
08:20With that hand.
08:21Look at that, dude.
08:22Dude, that one's sick.
08:23The hand is so nicely carved.
08:25Whoever did this, very skillful.
08:27So, do you think most of your canes came from the south?
08:30This one here, I know it came out of right out of Pernod County.
08:33That is cool, dude.
08:34Oh, my God.
08:35Hold on a second.
08:35It's a snake coiled around here, and he's after something here.
08:40That's a fish.
08:40After that fish.
08:41It was after a baby gar.
08:42Oh, it's a gar.
08:43Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
08:45Being from a fellow here that lived about 90-something years of age and worked for the Amarco station
08:50down here, and I bought it from his grandson, and it's just one of the pieces that I really
08:54sort of attached to.
08:55Well, it's found the right home.
08:56This cane is a perfect example of why Harvey collects, because it's not just the cane.
09:02It's the story behind it, and that it came from this community.
09:06This whole building is full of pieces like this.
09:09This is a really nice piece, and you have so many beautiful canes in here.
09:12I mean, Mike.
09:12Oh, an Oddfellow's one.
09:14Oh, dude.
09:15Wow.
09:16No.
09:16Just gorgeous.
09:17It's got the chain in it, the three links, the chain of the Oddfellow, the symbol for
09:22their haul.
09:23Do you know what the three rings means?
09:25Friendship, brotherly love, and truth.
09:27Oddfellows.
09:27This guy was a master carver.
09:29These fraternal organizations, they're chock full of skilled people.
09:33Oh, it's painted.
09:34It's like polychrome, man.
09:35It's cool.
09:36It's not just a piece of wood.
09:37It's such a piece of folk art.
09:39It's like a gorgeous thing.
09:40I'm a wood carver, too.
09:41I know how to use a knife.
09:42I mean, I know how to carve a piece of wood.
09:44I know how difficult it is to fight that grain, to get all those little knobs in between
09:48that snake, to make everything so it stays together.
09:51One bad chisel move can ruin a whole carving.
09:55I never get tired of listening to Jersey John talk about wood.
09:57Wood?
09:58Yeah, but the more he talks, you know, it seems like the price goes up.
10:03I should shut up.
10:05Do you want to sell these things?
10:07Is this stuff for sale?
10:07I'll sell some of them.
10:08I'd be interested in this one, for sure.
10:10I mean, does this mean something to you personally?
10:12Not really.
10:13If you want to know a price on it, I would say like $600.
10:16Yeah, I was going to offer you a five.
10:18You're close.
10:19So, you're thinking six?
10:21Mm-hmm.
10:22You know what, man?
10:23For $600, I'm not even going to argue.
10:25What do you value that one at?
10:26$300.
10:27Anything with a hand.
10:27$250.
10:29That was fast.
10:31That was fast, my friend.
10:32No, you didn't beat me up on the other ones.
10:35I remember that.
10:37To be able to buy pieces from someone that knows so much of the history and the story about
10:43it is epic.
10:44That's what we're all longing for.
10:46I mean, as collectors, yes, the piece is interesting, but when the story's connected to it, man, it
10:51explodes in your mind every time you look at it.
10:53It's an honor to buy things from you, because I know this was a lot of work.
10:58This didn't happen overnight.
10:59No.
10:59And Danny said you're 76 years old.
11:02Yeah.
11:02And we're sponges.
11:04Yeah.
11:04Because you've been down the road.
11:05We are.
11:06I'm still learning.
11:07Yeah.
11:13Wow, Mike, look at this in here.
11:15Whoa.
11:16It just goes on and on and on.
11:18Can you imagine loving the place you live so much?
11:21You want to collect all of these things that make it what it is.
11:25To be honest with you, the way I grew up in the fields, picking cotton, chiming cotton,
11:29that's what I did until I was that old enough to leave home.
11:32Your father was a farmer?
11:33He was a sharecropper, yeah.
11:34Okay.
11:34That's what we did.
11:35We raised everything.
11:36Wow.
11:36I don't say this for sympathy at all, even though my family didn't have any money and
11:41I grew up in the sharecropper's family.
11:43I think that's the reason that we could have just buying and selling, that I just wanted
11:47to keep everything.
11:48What's that?
11:49Yeah, I was looking at this right here.
11:50This looks like a shoeshine box, but look how it's adorned.
11:54Look at this, this blown glass, the old hinges.
11:57And it's got repoussé work on here.
11:59Look at this piece.
11:59This shoeshine box wasn't on a street corner.
12:01This was probably a guy that was maybe in a depot or a really nice hotel lobby.
12:08The way it's adorned, the craftsmanship, the gilding, all of this stuff, man.
12:12He took pride in his work when he was popping and snapping that rag, getting people to come
12:16over.
12:17This box, I'm sure, had wingtips on it, not work boots.
12:21It's homemade.
12:21This is all ornamentation from different pieces of furniture.
12:25That's part of a bed.
12:25Yeah.
12:26That's supposed to a bed.
12:26That's a soap dish from inside a house.
12:29This is part of a bed as well.
12:31This piece was built to be utilitarian.
12:34But after the creativity and the adornments and the gilding and all of the things that
12:39are going on with it that have been added to it, now it takes on the role of folk art.
12:43Again, an untrained artist working with what he had in the moment.
12:47It's just such a beautiful piece.
12:49Probably bought it local because we had a lot of those photos down on the square back
12:53in the 50s and stuff.
12:54What do you value that at?
12:55Probably around $200.
12:57Really?
12:57I think you're a little light.
12:59I mean, I think it's, you know, I mean, I really do.
13:01You can always go with more, right?
13:03You can always go with more, aren't you?
13:05$250.
13:05Okay.
13:06We doing it?
13:07All right, my friend.
13:08I couldn't turn it, man.
13:09That's awesome.
13:10I love it.
13:10I love the soap dish on the end.
13:11That's cool.
13:11I guess that's where he put his-
13:13Polish.
13:13His shoeshine polish.
13:14Yeah, right there.
13:14Well, looking around here, I mean, you've got an incredible eye because you're buying historical
13:18pieces.
13:19Did you have a mentor?
13:21Oh, I had a- I paid for my education.
13:23I started off in the Civil War and there was a lot of fakes.
13:26Yes.
13:27And that's where I learned my lesson.
13:29Sometimes you go to college and you pay tuition.
13:31And sometimes you go to the swap meet and pay too much.
13:34Oh, my God.
13:36These are all steam whistles.
13:38Woo!
13:40Woo!
13:42This is cool.
13:44Literally, we got all the bells and whistles.
13:47All the bells and whistles.
13:48Yeah.
13:49How does $2,500 sound to you?
13:51For all of it?
13:52Mm-hmm.
13:54Um.
13:54Sounds like I'm giving it away?
13:56No.
13:57You're kind of above retail on it.
13:58You know, I'm starting to get to know him really well and I can see that he's just throwing
14:01stuff at the wall sometimes to see if it sticks.
14:04Realistically, I think retail on this stuff is maybe $1,500.
14:07Yeah.
14:07I'd have to be at like $800.
14:09Oh, my God.
14:12Let's do $1,000.
14:14I'll do $1,000.
14:15I think that's cool.
14:16It'd be good to me.
14:17It was really good to me.
14:18And so, you know, I got to be good back.
14:20One thing Jersey and I don't have today is a poker face.
14:24Oh, yeah.
14:24You got cannons in there.
14:26Oh, wow.
14:27We're picking up and seeing so many things that are so incredible.
14:30And we're very verbal about it.
14:32And Harvey loves that.
14:34Whoa.
14:35That's a signal cannon.
14:36Wow.
14:36I would probably get rid of those at around $800.
14:40I feel, I was going to ask for, oh, if you're $500 for the pair.
14:44I think the big one is worth $8,000 to $1,000 and the little one is worth at least
14:47$300.
14:47You're going to find one of those even on eBay.
14:50Yeah, yeah, yeah.
14:51You're going to find one under $300 or $400.
14:52Well, how about $600?
14:54Does that do anything for you?
14:56I just, I'll be honest.
14:57If I could do it, I would.
15:00Does $700 do it for you?
15:01Huh?
15:01Are we getting closer at $700?
15:03No, but you know, $850 would be better.
15:06You go the other way.
15:07All right.
15:07You got me.
15:08$800.
15:09I love dealing with guys like Harvey.
15:11It's not just their eye.
15:12It's not just how long they've been doing it with their knowledge.
15:15It's also the art of the deal and what you learn from them about that as well.
15:21Harvey, what about this vest?
15:24You're interested in the vest?
15:25I'm interested in it just because the subject matter on it.
15:28It's got the ace of spades.
15:29He's doing some rope tricks.
15:31Most of the Native Americans that made this stuff at that time, obviously they were on reservations.
15:35Yeah, they were on reservations and they made a lot of it back in the 20s or teens for tourists.
15:40Yes, exactly.
15:41These are souvenir pieces.
15:42When you look at a piece like this, the first thing you notice is how it's aged.
15:47And then you start looking at the stitching, the subject matter.
15:49This could have been from a Wild West show or maybe a circus in the early 1900s.
15:56You know, you got to remember a lot of this stuff was made by Native Americans to sell to tourists
16:01that were traveling through the Southwest.
16:03Do you remember where you bought this piece at all?
16:05I bought it in Memphis.
16:06A brother that collected that stuff and I traded him some pistols for a whole collection.
16:11I love that you're buying the clothing.
16:14A lot of guys stay away from it.
16:15What do you think about $350?
16:16We're not too far off.
16:17I was going to say $300.
16:18Okay, be fine.
16:20All right, we're doing it, buddy.
16:21Thank you, man.
16:22I appreciate it.
16:22What do you value the one next to it at?
16:24Well, you know, it's got the beadwork and I'm going to say around four.
16:28Yeah.
16:29That's one of my favorites right there.
16:30That's one of your favorites?
16:31That's the real brain tan buckskin.
16:33What'd you say, brain tan?
16:34Yeah, they say every animal has their brains will tan their hide.
16:39Native Americans always tan brain tan.
16:42Really?
16:43So they would take the brain of the animal and tan the hide with that?
16:47But that's what you look for when you're looking for clothing in a Native American land, for the brain tan
16:52buckskin.
16:53I've always appreciated the craftsmanship, the time period, and that it's handmade.
16:58Yeah, you know, they do those beads one at a time.
17:00Yeah, I think it's probably 20s or 30s.
17:03To me, it's more than a souvenir piece.
17:05It's more of an elevated piece.
17:07It could have been theatrical.
17:08It could have been for someone in a rodeo.
17:10I love the way it's aged.
17:11It speaks volumes to me.
17:13I'd do three on it.
17:17Well, you know, I feel like you're roughing me up a little bit.
17:21Three and a quarter.
17:22You already said you thought it was worth four.
17:24What about $3.50?
17:25I tell you.
17:26I'm doing it.
17:26I'm doing it.
17:27I love it.
17:28I probably wouldn't have sold somebody else some of the stuff I sold Mike because they wouldn't have appreciated it.
17:34But it's like a bond, you know.
17:36It's like the stuff bonds you together.
17:38You know, I normally don't sell anything.
17:40That's been my thing.
17:41I just wouldn't.
17:42But it's 76, three years of fighting cancer.
17:46Oh, yeah.
17:47And so it's time for me to move some stuff and let it go to other people that can enjoy
17:53it as much as I have.
17:54Yeah.
17:55Because this has been a problem.
18:02Dude.
18:03Probably what, you know, it's helped me go through years in fighting cancer.
18:07It's having this to do.
18:09Yeah.
18:09You know, to go out every day and put the cancer on the back burner, get the good Lord food
18:15with it.
18:16You know, he knows what to do with it and I don't.
18:18Yeah.
18:18And I go out and do my thing.
18:20And more than likely, what I sell today, I will take that money and fill up the holes and I'll
18:26create it.
18:26Yeah.
18:27What a blessing to be able to do it with your grandson.
18:29And it's a blessing to me that he's picking it up and running with it.
18:31That's what keeps me percolating.
18:33I appreciate the Lord, man.
18:34It's 76 and at 80, I'm going to be doing the same thing.
18:38So excited.
18:39I really thank you so much for letting us hear.
18:41It means a lot to me.
18:42I've learned so much from you.
18:43I can't pay for that kind of education.
18:46And I so much love looking at the world through your eyes.
18:51Harvey's story is just as powerful and impactful as the pieces that he's collected.
18:57He has a lot to be proud of.
19:04Do you remember where you got this memory jug from?
19:07I think I got that at Yellowbush County.
19:10That's in Mississippi here?
19:11Yeah.
19:11Memory jugs are a Southern folk art piece that have African roots.
19:15Their original use were as grave markers with mementos of a person's life,
19:20decorating the exterior of a piece of pottery.
19:23This tradition traveled to America through the slave trade.
19:27Over time, the tradition evolved from grave marker to Southern folk art.
19:32It's interesting how they put the two bands on it,
19:34and they didn't fill the space here at all.
19:36I haven't seen that too much.
19:38Usually, they're just filling the whole space.
19:40Yeah.
19:41And you can see that there's some pieces missing.
19:43Something significant there is missing.
19:44Right up here is another one, I think.
19:46Yeah.
19:46It might be maybe something similar.
19:48I'm always fascinated with these.
19:50Yeah, you hardly ever see them anymore.
19:52You know, obviously, it's outsider art,
19:53but it's easy to romanticize about all of these pieces maybe being from one individual,
19:59and it's just kind of memorializing them in a way, you know.
20:02You can tell the age of one of these pieces by the items that are stuck on the jug,
20:07whether it's a small Cracker Jack toy, a shard of glass, a piece of china, a key.
20:12I've even seen teeth on these things.
20:14I mean, they're very unique, and they're very different, and they're very, very interesting.
20:19What do you value this at?
20:21Probably 200.
20:22Would you take 125?
20:24Well, I would hate to, but I might take 150.
20:27Would you 130?
20:29Yeah, and I hate to do that, because I think you can get a little about 250 for that one.
20:32You think I can get 250 for this one?
20:34Yeah, I think you can.
20:34Just because of the size of it?
20:36135.
20:37I guess I'm going to mess around and break the handle off of it one day,
20:40so I guess I'll go ahead and let you have it.
20:42All right, man.
20:43What's going on with these knives?
20:45Nice bone folders.
20:46This marlin spike is cool.
20:48And here's another marlin spike one.
20:49That one's earlier.
20:50For these three knives, I was going to get you for 400 bucks.
20:53400 bucks?
20:54Yep.
20:54Jersey John, can't help but love the fella, but he was tight for...
21:00He was tight.
21:01I probably started around 600.
21:03For these three?
21:04I mean, I think that's a deal.
21:06So you're thinking like 200 a piece?
21:07No, I really would like 250 a piece.
21:10And I think that's a good retail number.
21:11What about 500 for those three?
21:13What do you think about that?
21:15I don't really think too much about it, but that would probably be all right.
21:20Let's do it.
21:21500 bucks.
21:22Thank you, sir.
21:22He's an expert in the art of the deal.
21:25This is an interesting piece to me.
21:27It is.
21:27Because there's motorcycles.
21:29I'm going to set it to you cheap.
21:30250.
21:31That's cheap?
21:33I tell you what, I'd feel much better at 200.
21:35Okay.
21:35We're doing it?
21:36Yeah.
21:37All right.
21:37I like this chair.
21:38It's older than everybody here put together.
21:40Most people who would look at this, they would think maybe it was an infant's chair.
21:43Maybe you sat in your pet raccoon on it or something.
21:46Dude.
21:46I know.
21:47It's great.
21:47I love it.
21:47The pet raccoon.
21:48My friend had a pet raccoon.
21:49And she sat in a chair just like it.
21:51I think they'd miss you the raccoon.
21:53Okay.
21:53So anyway, how much you want for this?
21:55I'm going to let you have that for 150.
21:57100 and a half.
21:58You got it, buddy.
21:59Thanks, man.
22:00What are you thinking on this clock right here?
22:02It's got the little pie crust trim.
22:04500.
22:05500.
22:06Whoa.
22:06Hey, you're going to bring twice there.
22:08Really?
22:08No.
22:09Not in this condition.
22:10400.
22:10Okay.
22:11We'll do that.
22:12All right.
22:12Bam.
22:13Okay.
22:14What are you thinking?
22:15100.
22:1675.
22:17Okay.
22:18Love it.
22:18It was in the whole heaven or something.
22:20You know, it was just one piece right after nothing.
22:22Bam, bam, bam, bam, you know.
22:25Advertising plate.
22:26$50.
22:27I was going to do 55.
22:28Okay.
22:30Harvey, what are you thinking?
22:31What about 200?
22:32What about 160?
22:34All right.
22:34Bam.
22:35Whatever money is made today, we'll go right back in there.
22:39I promise you.
22:40These pieces are really interesting to me.
22:42You got Tennessee.
22:43You got Memphis.
22:44Yeah.
22:44And there's a Beale Street one up there.
22:46Oh, there is a Beale Street one?
22:48Yeah.
22:49That's Beale Street.
22:49I see that one.
22:50Yeah.
22:51Fine liquors.
22:52Beale Street.
22:52The markings on this jug connect it to Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee.
22:57Beale Street is considered by many the home of the blues because of the people that played
23:02on it.
23:03Anyone from W.C. Handy to Howlin' Wolf.
23:06Memphis is steeped in so much history, whether it's civil rights, rock and roll, the blues,
23:12or just being the home of Beale Street.
23:15Beale Street started as a commercial district in the mid-1800s and then quickly became a
23:21hub for black culture after the Civil War.
23:24The reason I want this jug is because of all of that history, and Harvey knows it.
23:30Oh, man.
23:30Everything on that jug is worth money.
23:32The Beale Street.
23:33Yeah.
23:33What time period am I looking at here?
23:37That tiered shape, probably 1890s, 1910.
23:40Okay.
23:40Yeah.
23:41What's this worth?
23:41That's cool, man.
23:42But that badge, you know, anything with a badge on it is crazy.
23:45What's crazy?
23:46$800 or $900 range.
23:49$700.
23:52$700.
23:55I don't know where you'd find another one, really.
23:58I just don't know.
24:00It's a...
24:02I may do that, being just a gallon jug.
24:06Okay.
24:07I may do that, too.
24:09As collectors, we value time differently than most because we dip in and out of different
24:15parts of history.
24:16So it's a big deal when someone like Harvey says, hey, it's just time to let go of a few
24:21pieces.
24:21Even though he's excited about going out to buy more, he knows a lot of the things that
24:26he's selling, he can never find again.
24:29Hey, Mike.
24:30Yeah.
24:31Man, I see you looking at this nice...
24:33What?
24:34...feeling hat.
24:35Bimpy Tennessee.
24:36I'm gonna give it to you.
24:37Really?
24:38Ah, that's cool, man.
24:38I was looking at this.
24:40Thank you, buddy.
24:41Really?
24:42That's cool.
24:42Yeah, fits me.
24:44That's right.
24:45You're the rock star with that thing on.
24:47Yeah, baby.
24:49Thank you, my friend.
24:50Man.
24:51It's amazing, you know, to see people with their knowledge, you know, to get excited
24:57about something that you got excited about years ago.
25:00Thank you for the hat.
25:02You're welcome.
25:02All right.
25:04See you, buddy.
25:05Hey, man.
25:14Danny D, what's going on?
25:16What's up?
25:17I'm good.
25:17I'm holding it down.
25:18Things are pretty busy, but I'm doing good.
25:20How are you?
25:21Listen, I need a lead so I can get out of the van.
25:25This guy's freaking driving me nuts.
25:27Okay, listen.
25:27I do have a lead for you.
25:28I'm gonna send you to meet Cindy and her husband, Scott.
25:30Now, Cindy's mother, Mildred, was a heck of a collector.
25:33Okay.
25:34Mildred even owned an antique shop at one point, and now her personal collection is piled high
25:40in a 4,500-square-foot house.
25:43That's a lot of stuff.
25:44They didn't want her mother living alone, so they've moved her out.
25:47Okay, okay.
25:48Now, listen, her mom was a lady, so you're gonna find a lot of femmy-type things in there,
25:52but go with it, because I think this sounds really good.
25:55All right.
25:55Sounds cool.
25:56Send us the coordinates.
25:57Sounds great.
25:58Thanks, Danny.
25:58Meet them in the backyard.
26:00All right.
26:00Peace and hair grease.
26:01Yeah.
26:02Bye, boys.
26:02I'll talk to you later.
26:03Bye.
26:03Bye.
26:0499.9% of the people that opened up an antique shop were collectors first.
26:09Say our, in the back, I see him.
26:10Oh, there you go.
26:11Whoa.
26:12Sorry.
26:13It's always cool to pick somebody that had a shop, because they were casting a wider net.
26:18They had to buy more variety to appeal to more people.
26:21Hey, hey.
26:22Hey.
26:23How you doing?
26:24Good.
26:24How are you?
26:25I'm Mike.
26:25You guys talked to Danny on the phone?
26:27Scott.
26:27Yeah.
26:28Hey, this is Jersey John.
26:29Hey, John.
26:29How we doing?
26:30Hey, you Cindy?
26:31Hey, yeah.
26:32Hi, Cindy.
26:32Hi, nice to meet you.
26:33You guys talked to Danny on the phone?
26:34Yes, we sure did.
26:35Very cool, yeah.
26:36Oh, I'm John.
26:36This is Jersey John.
26:37Nice to meet you.
26:38My mom was one of 13 kids growing up.
26:42They lived in Guymon, Oklahoma at the Dust Bowl times.
26:45There wasn't much that they had.
26:48That probably set her up to surround herself with things later on.
26:53Danny said your mom had an antique shop.
26:55Yes, we did.
26:56So did you used to work at the shop?
26:58I helped her out a lot.
26:59Okay.
26:59She was a little older.
27:01She was in her 70s.
27:02Wow.
27:02When she started the shop, she was in her 70s?
27:04Yes.
27:05That's great.
27:05Talk about a late bloomer.
27:06I mean, that's pretty amazing.
27:08Well, that's cool.
27:09I mean, she wanted to start a new business at that age.
27:11I know.
27:12I kind of wanted her, too, because I wanted her to start selling some stuff in the house.
27:16Oh, that was the motivation?
27:18Yeah, she used to kind of move some stuff.
27:19To be honest with you, that's the motivation of a lot of people to get the antique business.
27:23We had an auction when it was time to close, and so the items that she didn't want to sell,
27:29she brought home.
27:30We really have to downsize.
27:32We really have to think about selling the house.
27:35The house is huge.
27:36The house is huge.
27:37It's beautiful.
27:37It is beautiful.
27:38And she's enjoyed it.
27:39Feel free to take a look around.
27:42As collectors, we are big dreamers, and we live in and out of different time periods through the pieces that
27:47we find.
27:48But sometimes, we have a hard time understanding that everyone doesn't feel that way.
27:53When we first opened the garage doors, you couldn't even step into it.
27:57The sheer quantity and the variety of the things that we leave behind can be extremely overwhelming and intimidating.
28:06And you can hear that in Cindy's voice.
28:09We should look at that table with the hairpin legs in the back.
28:11It's very interesting.
28:13Is there a different way to go around?
28:15It's sticking out of this pile like a shark fin in the ocean.
28:18And of course, I'm going to dive in.
28:20To say that Jersey John was bird-dogging this would be an understatement.
28:24And it was more like one of those South American armadillos digging up an acre in 30 seconds.
28:30I pride myself on getting to the bottom of anything.
28:33But I do it a little bit more gingerly than Jersey John.
28:37You guys.
28:38You guys are scaring me.
28:39Gotcha.
28:40All right.
28:41Now we got it.
28:43Oh, my gosh.
28:45$500.
28:47At least.
28:48When Jersey John sees a piece of furniture or a piece of wood, he's like in the ring.
28:52He just comes out swinging.
28:54I can hear the announcer now.
28:56Jersey John, the Hungarian oak.
28:58The wizard of wood.
29:00The sorcerer of sycamore.
29:02The professor of pine.
29:06I'm glad you like it.
29:07I love the finish on it.
29:08But what really intrigued me is those legs.
29:11The legs.
29:12The hairpin legs.
29:14That is one design element that just screams mid-century modern.
29:18$150.
29:19You know, you did so much work to get it out.
29:21Yeah.
29:22Absolutely.
29:23$150?
29:23Yes.
29:26Everybody's looking for really high-quality mid-century modern furniture.
29:30Look at that.
29:30Oh.
29:31So this would be considered architectural salvage.
29:33Yes.
29:33It's a door handle.
29:35How about $75?
29:36How about $65?
29:37Okay.
29:38This is exactly what I'm talking about when you're dealing with somebody that used to be in the antique business.
29:43There's the collection and then there's the inventory.
29:46So we're finding architectural salvage in here.
29:48We're finding furniture in here.
29:49We're finding pedal toys in here.
29:51What do you think about $300?
29:53All right.
29:53Perfect.
29:54All right.
29:54Let's go upstairs.
29:55All right.
29:55And that's what we need.
29:56I have two stores.
29:58I need this kind of inventory.
30:00What about this stand, Mike?
30:01Yeah, that's awesome.
30:01Yeah, you put candles in there.
30:03There's an engine stand on that, man.
30:04It's got great green paint on it.
30:06Yeah, the paint on it is awesome.
30:07You stick a big candle in here.
30:08That's cool.
30:08This is a Gothic-style candle stand.
30:11It looks like it could have come out of a Transylvanian church, you know, back in the 15th century.
30:15It just has the look.
30:17I'd do a hundred and a quarter.
30:18I would do a hundred and a quarter.
30:19Yeah.
30:19I'll take that from a hundred and a quarter.
30:20Yeah.
30:21That is cool.
30:27This house was built in 1926.
30:30It's a historical landmark.
30:33And my mom and dad moved here in 94.
30:37Okay.
30:37I love craftsman-style homes.
30:40That is my favorite time period.
30:41They're overbuilt.
30:42They're strong.
30:43They're bold.
30:44The simplicity of it.
30:46To me, they're elegant in a very masculine way, like the exact opposite of a Victorian home.
30:52Look at that porch.
30:53Yeah, look at the overhang on the gables.
30:55Yeah.
30:55It's killer.
30:56You got to remember, in the early 1800s, America was coming out of the Industrial Revolution.
31:01Everything was being mass-produced.
31:03Cookie cutter.
31:04I mean, everybody's kitchen table looked the same.
31:06The arts and crafts movement was a reaction to that.
31:09It was a celebration of any individual craftsman and their thumbprint on any given piece.
31:15Gustav Stickley actually had a magazine in the early 1900s called The Craftsman, which
31:20is what the movement was named after.
31:22You guys are emptying this out to sell it?
31:24We are, and there's a lot to do because it's full.
31:28Come on in.
31:29Oh, my God, Jersey.
31:30Look at these doors.
31:31Oh, yeah.
31:31That's beautiful.
31:32God dang, she did fill this place up.
31:34There's so much stuff in this house.
31:36It is packed full.
31:37It's really overwhelming, and I just kind of have to look at everything and just take some
31:44emotion out of it and decide, can I just let this go?
31:48Yeah, yeah.
31:48Well, I can see why you're overwhelmed if the whole house is filled like this.
31:51Right.
31:52But to be honest with you, I mean, this is what you want to do.
31:54You want to surround yourself with your treasures.
31:55When most people walk into a house like this, it would seem very chaotic and very stressful.
32:00But when a collector is surrounded by all of the things that they love, that they found,
32:06that they've discovered, and so much history, it's like a cocoon.
32:10Just looking right here, I can see she was into perfume bottles.
32:13You got the lamp.
32:14You've got the little chase there.
32:16Right.
32:16Everything was set there purposely.
32:18It's curated.
32:19There's an organization to it.
32:21It's not chaotic.
32:22It's cathartic.
32:23These are cool.
32:24Look at these.
32:25Oh, wow.
32:25Wow, they have like a whole set of them.
32:27Yeah, there are.
32:28They're wooden.
32:29Right.
32:29I really don't know.
32:30Somebody's done a great job carving them.
32:32These aren't carved.
32:33They're whittled, okay?
32:34Just a knife and a piece of wood on the porch, rocking back and forth.
32:38But they're done really well.
32:40It's folk art.
32:41Obviously all from the same artist.
32:43Your mom, I would assume, bought these as a collection.
32:46This says SK86.
32:48Whoa.
32:49So that was carved in...
32:50Whoa.
32:51Jumping out of there.
32:52That was carved in 86.
32:53They have a character to them that's almost like a Western style.
32:57Does she travel like down south at Southwest at all?
33:01You know when...
33:02Yes, because her sister lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
33:07Oh, cool.
33:07And that's what I was going to say.
33:08It just looks New Mexican.
33:099, 10, 11, 12.
33:11There's 12 of them.
33:12Oh, good.
33:12A dozen.
33:13There's a dozen of them.
33:16180.
33:18How about 200?
33:19Okay.
33:20Cool.
33:21Perfect.
33:21Yeah.
33:21Yeah.
33:22Love it.
33:22So this was my dad's office and my mom kind of took it over.
33:26No matter what room you walk into, there is stuff everywhere.
33:29I like this thing.
33:30Oh.
33:31All right.
33:32What is it?
33:33It's a teaching tool.
33:34This is a galvanometer.
33:35It measures electric current.
33:38You know, this rotated somehow.
33:39Yeah, like that.
33:40Okay.
33:41So it measured like really small amounts of electricity.
33:44It's from Central Scientific, and they were the preeminent manufacturers of teaching tools
33:48for universities, colleges, and high schools.
33:51Anything mad scientists, I just like, I buy it all the time.
33:54I like it.
33:55It's got all the elements that I look for in a nerdy scientific piece of equipment, which
33:59I love.
34:00It's got a glass dome.
34:01It's not broken.
34:02It's got the mahogany base.
34:03It's well protected.
34:04It's early.
34:05It's probably from the very beginning of the century, the 20th century.
34:08So it's like 1910, 1911.
34:10It kind of looks like a ticker tape machine when you first see it.
34:12Yeah, that's what I thought it was.
34:12It's got a lot of impact.
34:13It's got that Thomas Edison ticker tape machine look with the mahogany base and the glass dome.
34:18And that's as far as I got to go with it, because I know I can sell this just because
34:22it has the look.
34:2475 bucks.
34:26That was a big speech for a little number.
34:29That's good.
34:31That was, John.
34:31That was pretty big.
34:32I thought I was at Science Fair in eighth grade.
34:35What about 100?
34:37All right.
34:38I'll do 100.
34:39Okay.
34:39You got me.
34:40I love this stuff.
34:41When we lived up in Iowa, she started going to garage sales, and she started on a bicycle.
34:46Oh, really?
34:47Oh, God, I love this.
34:48It's interesting, though.
34:49You know, she's declining physically and mentally, but you can bring up an item.
34:54She'll know exactly where it is in this house.
34:56It was funny.
34:57Not funny.
34:58My parents got divorced after 60 years of marriage.
35:02Wow.
35:02And I think that kind of had an impact on her, too, and she became more active in her body.
35:09She threw herself more into this.
35:11I do believe so, yes.
35:12Her mom had been collecting for as long as she'd been married.
35:15So when she had that big life change, and there was more room in the house, she started throwing
35:20herself into something that she was passionate about.
35:24It becomes more about the social aspect, and then a little bit about the art of the deal.
35:28Just getting a great deal on something, that feeling of euphoria.
35:31And then you got to do that over and over and over again to fulfill that part in you.
35:36I like these prints, the Maxfield Parish prints.
35:38Right.
35:38This one here, and that one there.
35:41These two prints are examples of Maxfield Parish's most iconic work, Daybreak and Evening.
35:47Look at the light, these things.
35:48It's a certain time of the day, that golden hour light.
35:50The way Maxfield Parish interpreted light, the way that he brought light to his canvas,
35:55was very special.
35:57He used these oversaturated blues and these different hues of gold and yellow to bring
36:02that golden hour to life.
36:04Think about it.
36:05We didn't have color photography back then.
36:07He captured that.
36:09It just puts you in the moment.
36:10That's what always was striking to me about Parish.
36:13You almost get goosebumps looking at it sometimes, you know?
36:15It's so beautiful.
36:16And everybody loved the style of Maxfield Parish.
36:19Daybreak was one of the most iconic prints that he put out.
36:22And also like Mazda light bulbs hired him to do calendars.
36:25Oh really?
36:26Yeah, Edison.
36:26Oh, I didn't know that.
36:27So that was pretty cool within that time period.
36:29This is a great piece.
36:30This would have been like a general store display or a dealer display.
36:33The graphic was designed by Maxfield Parish.
36:36Maxfield Parish's artwork was so iconic and so useful to advertise.
36:40They used it in children's books, calendars.
36:42He was a well-renowned commercial artist.
36:46Yeah, these two I'd be interested in.
36:47I mean, I'd feel good at a hundred and a quarter for the both.
36:50Yeah.
36:50Yeah, we'll do that.
36:51Yeah.
36:52No worries.
36:52Thank you so much.
36:59You know, I've got something in the dining room I'd like to show you guys.
37:02This is like it, man.
37:04Oh, wow.
37:05Yeah.
37:05Yeah.
37:06That's cool.
37:07Yeah, what do you think?
37:08I think it's amazing.
37:10These are like the dinosaurs that still roam the earth from the music industry from different
37:14decades.
37:14You know, if you look at the 20s, the 30s, the 40s, the 50s, the 60s, 70s, 80s, the only
37:19thing more iconic than the music from the era are the jukeboxes, the chrome, the grills,
37:25the lighting, the bubbles, the bumpers, the wood.
37:29I mean, they're just so beautiful to look at.
37:32There's certain machines in their lineup that are iconic to the brand.
37:37This is definitely one of the world's that people want.
37:40This world's here, 1080 is one of the sexiest, most exciting, iconic jukeboxes from the golden
37:46age of jukeboxes right after World War II.
37:49This had to be one of her prized possessions.
37:52I mean, this is a hard jukebox to find.
37:53Is it really?
37:54I mean, it's a model 1080 or what a lot of people just call it the harp because of its
37:58shape,
37:59you know?
38:00It's 1947.
38:00So think about that.
38:02Everybody was coming home from the war.
38:04America was celebrating.
38:06People were working, buying homes and cars, and music was amazing.
38:11That's pretty cool.
38:12Jukeboxes from this time period were functional works of art.
38:15They didn't just set the mood in the room with the music.
38:18They set the mood in the room with the aesthetic.
38:21Imagine this thing in a tavern, lit up at night in all its glory, playing some Perry Como,
38:28Frank Sinatra, the ink spots.
38:30Oh, we got a little veneer damage here, Mike.
38:32Oh, wow.
38:33Look at what's going on in there.
38:34No doubt, dude.
38:36She got it from her younger brother, Uncle Fred.
38:39It's been around a couple different houses.
38:42Yeah.
38:43Here's some veneer.
38:44There's a veneer issue here.
38:46And up here, too, Mike.
38:46Right in your face, too.
38:48Yeah.
38:48This chip is bad.
38:49And then through here, right here.
38:51But I mean, here's the deal.
38:52Overall, it's in great shape.
38:53All of this stuff is usually cracked or faded.
38:57I mean, you can see a little bit of peeling on the backside of that.
39:02But man, I mean, it's just so striking.
39:06It is.
39:06You know?
39:07It really is.
39:07It's just unbelievable.
39:08This machine, totally restored, rocking and rolling, perfect, is $10,000.
39:13Wow.
39:14Yeah.
39:15Oh, they're expensive.
39:15They're not.
39:16I mean, and that's with the jukebox market the way it is now.
39:19I mean, the jukebox market.
39:20It should be a lot hotter.
39:21Yeah.
39:21In this shape, unrestored, if it works really well, it's $4,000 to $5,000.
39:28Okay.
39:28You know, because this is a very extensive machine to restore.
39:33Here she's got.
39:34Look at this.
39:34They've got.
39:35Here's service instructions.
39:37They've got a page marked.
39:38The guy's given a quote on restoring it back then.
39:41So, in 1994, $2,300 plus parts in chrome.
39:46So, at $2,300 labor to restore it back then in 94.
39:49And I think.
39:50Yeah, so here, mechanical rebuild.
39:52In 1994, they had it mechanically rebuilt for $800.
39:55Okay.
39:56Do you want to try to plug it in?
39:58Oh, my God.
39:58I'd love to see it light up.
40:00Oh, boy.
40:01It's lighting up.
40:02Okay.
40:02There you go.
40:03I got a quarter.
40:05Thanks, honey.
40:10Yeah, I was just going to say, maybe they.
40:12But, see, it's almost like you don't.
40:13The gallery's not lit up, though.
40:14I know.
40:15The gallery's not.
40:16Why is that not working?
40:17There's no records in there.
40:18Could you turn it on right there?
40:19They must have taken the records out when they moved it.
40:22Here's the deal.
40:23I'm sure it's going to need some work.
40:24I don't know what it's going to take to get it rocking and rolling.
40:27So, what are you thinking?
40:29Because I'd like to sell it to you.
40:31I'd be a player at, uh, like, $3,200.
40:40So, like, $3,200.
40:41Throughout the day, he's just proved that he's been so knowledgeable on so many items.
40:48You know, it's hard to find people to work on them, you know?
40:51And the work you have to do on them is very expensive.
40:55So, I had to keep that in mind, too.
40:59So, what do you think about 35?
41:02Imagine falling in love to your favorite song on the radio and then be able to walk into
41:08a place and play it on something this beautiful.
41:11It was a time that will never come again.
41:13If you feel comfortable at 35, I would do 35.
41:17Are you okay with 35?
41:19Okay.
41:19All right.
41:20All right.
41:21Cindy's mom was a collector, a decorator, and an entrepreneur at 70.
41:27She surrounded herself with so much history.
41:30Anything from art to fashion to architectural salvage, she was living the American dream.
41:36I'll send you a video of the jukebox when it's rolling.
41:39That's right.
41:40Okay.
41:40It'll be great.
41:41All right.
41:41Yeah.
41:42Okay.
41:42Thanks for coming.
41:43See you guys.
41:44It was a big step, but it felt good.
41:46Yeah.
41:46It was a big step today.
41:48Sweet picking!
41:50Bye, guys.
41:50Bye, guys.
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