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American Pickers - Season 27 - Episode 07: Buying Bonanza
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00:06Danny D, what's up?
00:07Oh, good morning, boys.
00:09How you doing?
00:10Doing good.
00:11It's hotter than we're doing around here.
00:12No, really good, man.
00:13It's super hot in Kansas, but I love me some Kansas.
00:15You're getting out into the Western Plains.
00:18Oh, I love it.
00:18You guys are homesteading some picking, aren't you?
00:20Yeah.
00:21Well, I've got a blast from the past for you guys.
00:23Are you ready for this?
00:24I'm talking 14 years back.
00:25What?
00:26Whoa.
00:27Do you remember a fellow by the name of Johnny Walker?
00:30Oh, the guy I got the boot from.
00:32The last time I was on Johnny's property, Frankie and I took our lives into our own hands,
00:37trying to make a couple hundred bucks on a big fiberglass boot.
00:40Here you go.
00:41Here it goes.
00:41I got it.
00:42I got it.
00:42You got it.
00:43All right, here it goes.
00:46Piece of cake.
00:47Wow.
00:48Piece of cake.
00:48And we had these ropes that look like they've been around since the Roman days, you know?
00:53Man, it was so fun.
00:54Johnny and Frankie and I made some memories on that property.
00:58That's pretty cool.
01:00The big boot.
01:01That big, gigantic boot.
01:03Robbie, you remember that boot?
01:04It was like 300 pounds.
01:06You remember me having you move it around the shop like 12 times?
01:09Yeah, you had me out there moving that thing all over the place.
01:12Hey, man.
01:13The days of the boot.
01:14Chapters in life.
01:16That guy's still collecting?
01:17Yeah, not only is he still collecting, this man has doubled his collection.
01:22Robbie, you should see this guy's place because he had a ton of stuff back then.
01:24Robbie, Johnny, he's a demo guy.
01:26He's one of those guys that goes in and tears it down, but he saves all the good stuff.
01:31But like most collectors, he's realizing he has more than he can ever get rid of.
01:35Okay.
01:36Listen, this old boy is 77.
01:38And he's saying the same thing that he said last time, and that's that he's going to retire soon.
01:42He's going to retire on what Robbie's going to spend with him?
01:44Yep, there's your plan.
01:45He's got lots of architectural salvage, signage.
01:48My kind of guy.
01:49All right, send us the address.
01:51All right, bye-bye.
01:52All right, thanks, Danny.
01:53All right, peace.
02:05This is it right here.
02:06Look at that.
02:07See, I think that's an old gas station.
02:09It's amazing to think that it's been 14 years since we've been on this property,
02:13but I love going back to places we picked in the past because as collectors, we're always evolving.
02:19I know my tastes have changed over the last 14 years, and I'm sure Johnny's has as well.
02:27What the heck?
02:29Hey.
02:30Well, look at this group.
02:32How you doing, buddy?
02:33How you doing?
02:34I'm doing good.
02:35You been all right?
02:35Looks like you've been busy here.
02:37I don't remember all this even being here like this.
02:39Yeah, it's kind of weird.
02:40This is my brother, Robbie.
02:41How you doing?
02:41Robbie!
02:42Nice to meet you, buddy.
02:43How you doing, buddy?
02:43Good to see you.
02:44That's a flyer.
02:45It's the same exact flyer from 14 years ago.
02:47So you're into the same stuff.
02:49Well, we were young men.
02:49I know.
02:50I didn't have any of this gray.
02:51Yeah.
02:51I think you had the gray, though.
02:53Yeah.
02:53Yeah, it is.
02:54So was this all here last time we were here?
02:56I built this about 10 years ago, I guess.
02:59I tear down buildings around town, and, you know, I've got five acres that's covered here.
03:04And there's 30-some structures that's full of stuff.
03:07And I have three children.
03:09They don't seem like they'd be interested.
03:11So it's going to be a major deal just getting rid of all this stuff.
03:15That building, when we came in, we think it's like a gas station.
03:19Yeah, was that a gas station?
03:20It was.
03:20It was an old gas station from the 20s and 30s.
03:24How long have you been on this property?
03:25Almost 50 years.
03:27So was that closed when you moved in here?
03:29Yeah.
03:29I remember as a young man going in there and getting soda pots.
03:33Okay, that's what I was going to ask you.
03:34But, yeah, this was old 69 Highway, but this was the main route from Kansas City, Clear End, Oklahoma.
03:41Well, it's wild because, obviously, you're collecting gas and oil stuff, and then you got a gas station in the
03:44front yard.
03:45Yeah, yeah.
03:45Yeah.
03:46Johnny is living the American dream.
03:47He has literally built his own world.
03:50I mean, it's like this guy has his own zip code out here.
03:52You know, there's more buildings popping up.
03:54But the one that he greets us from looks like it's been there forever.
03:58But it's something that he's built out of salvage.
04:01It's like I'm on a set of Lonesome Dove, and I'm talking to Gus, and I can just imagine Ricky
04:06Schroeder walking out of one of the sheds.
04:08You know, I mean, this place is authentic.
04:10You want to come in?
04:11Yes, of course I do.
04:12Yeah.
04:13Of course I do.
04:14Well.
04:14So you never asked me about the boot, man.
04:17Well, you know.
04:18What happened to that boot?
04:20I think I sold it to a guy in Texas.
04:22I'm not sure.
04:23Wow.
04:23Wow.
04:24Look at this.
04:24So this wasn't here at all last time we were here.
04:26No, no.
04:27I built it completely out of used lumber and stuff.
04:29Uh-huh.
04:30You always had a great eye.
04:31I'm kind of an old pack rat.
04:33If I see something that's got a little bit of value to it, whatever it is, a door, window, whatever
04:39out of an old building, I save it.
04:41What about the big canoe here, the cedar canoe?
04:43That canoe's got a little problem on the end of it that you can't see.
04:48Oh, wow.
04:49If that was in good shape, that canoe would bring $300 or $400.
04:54Pieces like this canoe are an aesthetic.
04:56When you place them in your home, it feels worldly, traveled, rugged.
05:00We're on the plains of Kansas.
05:02This is where the West begins.
05:05This is beautiful, man.
05:06And it makes you want to have this piece.
05:08It makes you want to take the feeling home with you.
05:12I see what you're saying.
05:13Yeah, something ate the back end of it.
05:15Just been roughed up a little bit.
05:17What do you want in this condition?
05:20Oh, $75.
05:22It's got some problems here on this part of the nose, too.
05:24Yeah, it's...
05:24$65.
05:26Oh.
05:29The cool thing about it is you don't see them this big.
05:31Well, how about $70?
05:33All right.
05:33I'll do $70.
05:34Okay.
05:34Thank you, man.
05:35I love it.
05:36Johnny's buying everything.
05:38There's really cool pieces of furniture.
05:40There's some Native American stuff.
05:42There's taxidermy.
05:43Very eclectic, very bohemian.
05:45Tell me about these signs.
05:47Are they connected to this photograph?
05:49Yeah.
05:49If you look close, you'll see on the front, it was a hotel and restaurant.
05:54So you're saying these are the signs on each side of that?
05:58That was on the front of that.
05:59It doesn't say where it's at.
06:01It doesn't, no.
06:02In the antique industry, advertising has really stepped to the forefront.
06:07It seems like lately, no matter what the economy is doing, advertising prices always maintain
06:12or they're climbing.
06:13These are great.
06:14I love the color on them.
06:15They're kind of a robin egg blue and a little bit of silver.
06:18Obviously, they're early.
06:19The photo doesn't say where it's at, but the photo is key because it shows them placed
06:24on the building.
06:26These are awesome.
06:27That one's got a crack all the way down the center.
06:29Yeah.
06:30So if you take it off the wall, will it separate?
06:32No, I think it'd be fine because it's got a...
06:34Yeah, the frame.
06:34I think it would hold it together.
06:36That one doesn't have that, though.
06:38And it looks like on that one, it's been touched up.
06:40And see, there's like a symbol.
06:42It's not a signature, but it's like a symbol.
06:44It may be.
06:45I don't know.
06:46What are you thinking on them?
06:47I mean, would you even consider selling them?
06:49If I sold it, I'd probably want $500 for it.
06:53I think you're right.
06:55Advertising's gone crazy right now.
06:57$700.
06:59Oh, my.
07:00Well, my gosh, you got it there, buddy.
07:02All right.
07:03Thank you, my friend.
07:04Okay, Mike.
07:07And then I'm interested.
07:08I saw this earlier.
07:10Oh, yeah.
07:12Look at that.
07:12Little Santa.
07:12Oh, yeah.
07:13That is a Fort Scott item.
07:15So it was in Galvin's Drugstore right in the front window.
07:18You know, I'd say he's got to be 70.
07:21The condition of this piece isn't that great.
07:23But what's unique about it is this was for a commercial setting.
07:26This wasn't something that you would put in your home.
07:29What do you think you need for this?
07:30Would you sell that or is it sentimental?
07:31Yeah.
07:33Oh, I'd like to have $100 for him, I think.
07:36Because he's...
07:36I mean, obviously, it needs a lot of work.
07:38But you know as well as I do, anything Christmas, anything Halloween, all this stuff's always hot.
07:42And then if the fact that this moves, it's like an inexpensive version of an automaton.
07:47Yeah.
07:48You know, I'd do that.
07:49Okay.
07:49So we're doing it.
07:50You know, and if the guy spent a couple hundred restoring him, you know, he might...
07:54I mean, I think a lot of it's just cosmetic.
07:56Yeah.
07:56All right.
07:57I appreciate it.
07:57Come on, guys.
07:58Let's get out of here.
07:59It's too hot.
08:00Was this building here last time we were here?
08:02No, I built this for the wife's studio.
08:04Okay.
08:05My wife's an artist, and she would do some painting in here.
08:09This is a creative space.
08:11It's earthy, bohemian.
08:13I mean, his wife wanted a vibe, and she got it, man.
08:17What are you thinking on this?
08:18The Mammoth Trees of California.
08:20It looks like it's in the original frame.
08:22It's a color print.
08:23That would have cleaned up good.
08:24What are you thinking on it?
08:25I'd take $20 for it.
08:27I'll give you $50.
08:28Sounds good to me.
08:30I doubt you guys are good to deal with.
08:32This is cool, too.
08:33Look at these guys.
08:34That is a Remington print.
08:36I would probably need $40 for this one.
08:39All right.
08:39That one's cool with a bear on it, Mike.
08:41Yeah.
08:42So how about $40 for this one?
08:44I suppose so.
08:45This is the perfect storm, man.
08:46Him and his wife, they're at the point in their lives where they want to sell a lot of this
08:50stuff, and I'm at the point in my life where I'm looking to acquire, and we both are aligned
08:55with what we think is cool.
08:57How long have you guys had this?
08:59I bought all these chairs down in old Mexico about 30 years ago.
09:04This is that table you said right here?
09:06Yeah.
09:07You know, sometimes I believe that a lot of this stuff actually finds me at certain times
09:12in my life.
09:12I'm trying to create a space right now.
09:14I bought an old house, and I'm thinking about maybe doing like an Airbnb or a guest house
09:19or something, and I've been struggling with what it should look like.
09:22And then all of a sudden, walking onto Johnny's property, it's all just coming together.
09:26So much artwork, the chairs and tables, it's all just like falling into my lap.
09:32This is just an inexpensive table that's got a good look for like a lodge.
09:35Yeah.
09:36You know, I'd do 50 bucks on it.
09:40Okay.
09:40You want to do that?
09:41Okay, so we'll do that.
09:42And then let me look at the other furniture in there and see.
09:45Is there anything you want to pull out, Robbie?
09:47Johnny's taste is inspiring my taste.
09:49If Ralph Lauren and Jeremiah Johnson had a baby, it would be Johnny Walker.
09:54That lamp, I want to check out that lamp.
09:56That big head.
09:57All right, look at this.
09:59See how many glued shells all over.
10:01It's like a mid-century lamp.
10:02So we got the lamp, the lamp, and the candle holder.
10:06For these three pieces, 100 bucks.
10:09Up a little bit more.
10:11How about 150?
10:13175 and you got a deal.
10:14160.
10:16Oh.
10:18Okay.
10:20Okay.
10:20All right, we're going to get each other on different stuff.
10:23Oh, yeah.
10:23All right, cool.
10:24We're okay.
10:25All right, they got them coming out again.
10:26There's one more, isn't there?
10:27Yeah, there's two more, but one's busted.
10:29All right.
10:30What do we got here?
10:30So you got four.
10:31Here, bring it over here.
10:32Woo!
10:32I mean, they definitely have the look.
10:34How about I pay 50 bucks a piece for these?
10:37There's another one in there that's all busted up.
10:40Would you throw that one in for parts?
10:41Yes, I would.
10:42Okay.
10:43I think that's great.
10:44All right, we're doing it.
10:45Okay.
10:45We used them for 20, 25 years or so, and it clicked in my head.
10:50Well, I need to get rid of some of this stuff.
10:52So anyway, I thought, well, you know, I can get a couple hundred dollars out of it.
10:55I'm just going to sell that to him.
10:57What's in here?
10:58There's a reproduction pedal car.
11:00You got barbed wire in that box right here.
11:03You got the barbed wire board.
11:05Yeah.
11:05So what do you get for a barbed wire collection?
11:07I'd make you a deal on them.
11:08I'd take $500 for all of them.
11:11Yeah.
11:11You just set up at the school.
11:13Boom.
11:13Hey, youngins.
11:14It tells the story of ranching in America, you know, and the evolution of the barbed wire
11:18and their different types of barbed wire.
11:20Barbed wire has been around this country ever since somebody could say, this is mine and
11:25that's yours.
11:25Where'd you get this stuff at?
11:27Buddy of mine down the road had these.
11:29We pushed out west in the late 1700s, and it wasn't until the 1800s that barbed wire came
11:34into effect to help people stake their land and keep their animals in place.
11:38And this board is the history of that.
11:41Well, they're all numbered, too.
11:42Do you have the information on the numbers?
11:44No.
11:45The guys that want these are the hit and miss guys.
11:48Oh, yeah.
11:49The tractor guys.
11:50And a lot of times, it's the older guys.
11:52What's great about this is just the installation of it.
11:55I mean, someone took a lot of time to individually mount each piece.
12:00There's a bunch right there and a box right there.
12:02How many pieces are in that box, Mike?
12:04Probably a hundred or so.
12:06Throw that in, too.
12:07What is it?
12:08I don't know.
12:08We'll see.
12:10It is a...
12:11Green River whiskey.
12:13Oh, my.
12:15Yeah.
12:15Good.
12:16Gosh, I didn't realize I had all that.
12:18Yeah.
12:18See, you got a whole other...
12:19Yeah.
12:20Another hundred...
12:20With the daubers in there.
12:22Another hundred dollars worth there, anyway.
12:24Oh, jeez.
12:25$4.25.
12:27With the Green River coin.
12:29You got a deal.
12:30All right.
12:31All right.
12:31Thanks.
12:32Thanks, buddy.
12:33All right.
12:34We're in the barbed wire business.
12:44There is some stuff in there.
12:46If you guys want to go in, it's hot.
12:48Wow.
12:49Look at this.
12:49This is cool.
12:50I love the way all this paint's just alligatoring.
12:53Oh, yeah.
12:53It's cool looking inside, though.
12:55Oh, dude.
12:55The paint on this is freaking incredible.
12:58Yeah.
12:58This has got a little bit of age to it, obviously.
13:00Probably 30s.
13:01But you got one here, and you got one there that's kind of chewed up.
13:05That's pretty rough.
13:06So what are you thinking?
13:07You're interested in those?
13:08At the end of World War II, when America's highway systems opened up, there was a flood
13:12of people traveling west, and they wanted something authentic from the west to bring back home.
13:19These were all handcrafted items the local tribes could make and sell to bring money into
13:25the community.
13:25These are beautiful.
13:27This one's kind of cool.
13:28But it's still got holes in it, so.
13:30How about $30 for the pair of them?
13:32All right.
13:33I appreciate you.
13:34Beaded purses, woven baskets, pottery, blankets, all of that stuff was part of the Native American
13:41souvenir trade.
13:42Well, here's this bicycle over here.
13:44This one is kind of cool.
13:45That's early.
13:46This is turn of the century.
13:47It's got a women's frame on the front and a men's on the back.
13:50This is a tandem.
13:52The turn of the century was a heyday for American cycling.
13:54Coming off of the High Wheeler was the creation of the safety bike.
13:58That's when cycling really started to grow in the 1880s and 1890s.
14:03Safety, affordability, leisure.
14:05There was a growing middle class, and suddenly families had leisure time.
14:10There were cycling clubs.
14:11This bicycle was basically designed for a man and woman to enjoy cycling together.
14:17But someone obviously has replaced the wheels, and then they put this on.
14:20This is later.
14:21But have you ever seen one where you can steer the front wheel from the back seat?
14:26In this time period of tandems, it's actually pretty common.
14:29It's a Vicks, Mike, from New York.
14:32So these are actually the original handlebars.
14:34Obviously, these aren't the grips.
14:35Both of these.
14:36So this is actually a cork grip.
14:37See, the grip is cork here.
14:38So those might be original.
14:39Those are original handlebars.
14:41The biggie is the rear wheel and the front wheel.
14:43This had wood rims on it.
14:44Oh, yeah.
14:44Oh, it had wood rims at one time.
14:45It had wood rims on it, and some of them were a little bit wider, you know, and a little
14:49bit thicker because it was a tandem.
14:51All the pedals are correct.
14:52This has the wrong seat on it.
14:54Well, would you sell this?
14:56Yeah, I'd like $600 for it.
14:59Hmm.
15:00It's missing the seats, and it's missing the wheels.
15:03I'd be a player at, like, three.
15:05Oh, my goodness.
15:06No, I'm not kidding you.
15:08If you put the seats on it, which are going to run you probably about $300 apiece for a
15:12nice seat.
15:13Oh, my God.
15:13Oh, yeah.
15:14Seats aren't inexpensive anymore.
15:16The front wheel's not that big a deal.
15:18The rear wheel was a little bit of a bigger deal.
15:20That pedal's broke.
15:21Here, lean it over some, Robbie.
15:23Let me see what you see.
15:24These two holes right here, it had a chain guard on it.
15:27There's a crack right there.
15:29The frame is cracked right there.
15:31Water got down inside that post and probably froze.
15:34Three and a quarter.
15:35Three and a quarter.
15:37Well, how about three and a half?
15:38I'm going to flip a coin.
15:40You give me three and a quarter and three and a half.
15:41And the crack in the frame.
15:42How about that?
15:43I think it should be three and a half.
15:44Here's what I'm going to do.
15:44I'm not even going to flip the coin.
15:46I'm just going to give you three and a half because I lose every time.
15:49I lose every time, man.
15:51Okay.
15:52That's all right.
15:52So we'll do three and a half on it.
15:54Okay.
15:54This is a middleweight.
15:56This is 1960s.
15:57This is rare.
15:58This is a U.S. spring cycle.
16:00Yeah.
16:00So right here, the part of the badge is gone that said spring cycle on it.
16:04This is made in L.A.
16:05A scooter?
16:06This is a very rare piece.
16:08This was a scooter that stood alone from anything else.
16:11Because basically, you're sitting on a continuous in-loop spring.
16:17If you think about the way the scooter frame has been manufactured, it's a very unique, innovative
16:22way to do it.
16:23Which within itself is marketing genius.
16:26But it's just the carcass.
16:27It's not even a rolling chassis.
16:29It's just the bones.
16:30But they're getting extremely hard to find.
16:33I think I've only seen maybe two or three of these ever.
16:36The engine was actually mounted right there on the side of it.
16:40And then the shroud that went over the engine, it was either encompassing just the engine
16:44or it went over this whole area.
16:47Some of them were perforated where you could see into it.
16:50And then others were like solid panels of metal.
16:53That fork might have been replaced, though.
16:55I've seen them with different fork crowns where it comes out flatter here and down.
16:59Oh, yeah.
16:59That almost looks like a Schwinn fork on the front of it.
17:01Yeah.
17:02These are the correct handlebars, though.
17:03See this slot here with the cable going through this?
17:05So the handlebars are correct.
17:07But look at this.
17:07So this is a leaf spring.
17:08And this is a leaf spring.
17:10Right here.
17:10So this whole thing is a continuous leaf spring right here.
17:14Unfortunately, half that badge is gone.
17:16But there's enough of it there to where you can.
17:18You guys got to have this now.
17:20What are you thinking?
17:20What are you thinking?
17:21I'm going to let you make me an offer on it.
17:22All right.
17:24$250.
17:25He's being generous.
17:26I was at $175.
17:28You were going to be at $100?
17:30Well, I would have came up for you anyway.
17:33You know, here's the deal.
17:34We'll take this to the antique motorcycle meet.
17:36And there's guys out there.
17:38All they do are scooters.
17:39They're going to lose their minds on this.
17:41I actually gave it to a friend of mine one day.
17:44And he said, oh, I don't know if I want that old thing or not.
17:47Well, I'm going to tell him how much money I got for it.
17:50And then let him think about that.
17:53What about any of the other buildings back here?
17:55Like, I see those over there.
17:56Yeah.
17:57The more we walk through this property, the more outbuildings there are.
18:00And they're all full.
18:02There's stuff in here, but...
18:03Right here.
18:04That's neat.
18:04Here, grab that.
18:05Oh, yeah.
18:06That's gingerbread.
18:07I know where this goes, Mike.
18:08Oh, yeah.
18:09Nobody works harder in the antique industry than the architectural salvage guys.
18:14They have to pull all the windows out, pull the flooring out, the ceiling out, the walls.
18:18That's what I love about guys like Johnny Walker, man.
18:21I tell you what, all these keys, we'll sell keys to people that will make art out of them.
18:26They'll bend them as rings.
18:27An old key, three bucks, five bucks, 12 bucks.
18:30This is something easy to sell.
18:32Then you got these.
18:33He's just going to keep going in there.
18:34He's still got more in there.
18:35There is nothing that drives my brother crazier than not being able to get to the back of a building.
18:40He is like a junkyard dog in there.
18:42Oh, that's in books.
18:43Williamson Motor Company, Ford.
18:45That's early.
18:46Waverly, Kansas.
18:47That's the early logo.
18:48See what the V8 on the bottom of it?
18:50Oh, yeah.
18:50I could sell these individually to Ford guys if they want to put one of these on their desk in
18:54the garage.
18:55They got a whole box of these.
18:56These are all the invoice receipts from a dealership.
18:59If I sold these for $3 to $5 a piece, that's money.
19:02I'm going to ask $200 for all of these things here.
19:06Done.
19:07I appreciate it.
19:08Appreciate it.
19:08This is the first place I rolled up to you last time.
19:11Okay.
19:11Whoa.
19:11What about these terracotta blocks here?
19:14Well, there should be three of them.
19:16Three roses.
19:17Is that what they are, Mike?
19:18Yeah.
19:18There should be three of these.
19:19One long one.
19:20Yep.
19:21That's what it is.
19:21It's a long one.
19:23Yeah, you guys can move that stuff out of the way.
19:26Yep.
19:26Oh, that's the heavy one there.
19:28Yeah.
19:28That one.
19:29And then there's one more.
19:30Yeah, there.
19:31Here it is right here.
19:32The cartouche.
19:33Like that?
19:34Yeah.
19:35We got something going on here now, right now.
19:36Good eye, Robbie.
19:37There you go.
19:38Yeah, there you go.
19:39We're now reassembling what Johnny disassembled years ago.
19:44This is the cartouche.
19:45Three pieces put together.
19:48Brilliant, elegant, majestic.
19:50What town is this come out of?
19:52Ken City.
19:52It was an old, old building.
19:54These things were terracotta glazed, and you could see on the backside how they had been
20:00made by hand because they had the handprint still in the terracotta.
20:04Really neat.
20:06400 bucks.
20:08$4.50.
20:11How about four and a quarter?
20:14Okay.
20:15All right.
20:16I love it.
20:17Imagine pulling this off the wall of an old building like he did.
20:21Just how delicate you would have to be with chipping away at it and pulling it off.
20:26I mean, it's an honor to buy stuff like this from him because of the hard work he put forward.
20:32This is a really cool piece.
20:34What you got, Robbie?
20:36Pull him.
20:36I'm going to try to get that fish sign down.
20:39The marble reflecting type fish sign.
20:42Is it for sale?
20:43Let me see it.
20:43$1,500.
20:44Don't bend it too hard.
20:46Oh.
20:47Pop it out.
20:48Watch it.
20:48Pop it out.
20:49That must have had it fastened on the wall pretty good in there.
20:52There.
20:52I got it.
20:53Bring it this way.
20:54Dude, I love that.
20:55This is early right here.
20:57Look at that out in the daylight.
20:59It looks better, doesn't it, out in the daylight?
21:01This is incredible because it almost looked fantasy when it was hanging up.
21:05But now that it's out here, I mean, I'm looking at how it was made under the mouth itself.
21:09I still find these marbles all the time.
21:11This piece, it looks like it could have been in front of an old gas station or an old shed
21:16out on a dirt road somewhere.
21:17You went up to it, had a Coke machine out front, and this was the place that sold you the
21:22bait.
21:22This thing is the real deal.
21:25I mean, you don't find them.
21:26How long has that been hanging up in there?
21:2835 years.
21:29What's the price on it?
21:30$1,500.
21:31In a way, I don't want to sell it, but it's time for somebody else doing it, I think, so.
21:37It's got a great look to it.
21:38You know, $1,500, I'm going to be firm on that.
21:41$1,200 won't buy it?
21:42Nope.
21:43$1,250?
21:44Nope.
21:46Nope.
21:47$13?
21:47Nope.
21:48Nope.
21:49Is it real?
21:50Yeah, I think it is.
21:51I mean, looking at all the, that's factory done.
21:54A sign company made that.
21:55You reckon?
21:56Oh, yeah.
21:57Well, you got to remember, sign companies back in those days, they were commissioned to build whatever the design was.
22:02I mean, looking at how this, this is done here on the metal work.
22:06This probably had some type of a wood around it that was actually on here.
22:10I wonder.
22:10All the way around, because that's what, those are small nail holes.
22:13I had so many guys want to buy it.
22:16You know, it's so cool.
22:17What do you got on it?
22:18$1,500.
22:19It'll be $1,500, or you can hang it back up on the wall in there.
22:23$1,500.
22:24$1,500.
22:25Shake his hand.
22:25All right.
22:26I was going to say, the man's putting a price on something that rare that he has had for so
22:30long.
22:30Johnny knows the deal.
22:32You got to ask for a lower price.
22:33Yeah.
22:34Well, yeah, don't blame me at all.
22:35I kind of hated to see it go, but I had enjoyed it for 30 years, so I took the
22:40money.
22:42I'm going to hate myself in the morning.
22:44I was looking for a bigger boot, but I don't know.
22:45I guess we got some smaller stuff.
22:47Let's load her up.
22:48Today, it wasn't the one that got away.
22:50It's going home with us.
22:52Here, grab it back in there.
22:53Johnny's like the picking grandpa we never had.
22:56I mean, he's like family to us.
22:57He's more than just somebody that we buy something from.
23:00You know, we've gotten to know each other over the years.
23:02We've made a lot of memories together, and I'm just so glad that we were able to spend time together
23:08again.
23:09You and me get better with age.
23:11Well, one of us gets better looking.
23:12Yeah.
23:13I'll tell you what you want.
23:14You know, the world would be a better place if things were recycled a little more.
23:19I've just pretty well done my duty to the world by recycling, and I just get enjoyment out of saving
23:27this old stuff.
23:28Sweet picking, buddy!
23:30Hey, yeah, buddy!
23:47Danny D, what's up?
23:49Good morning, fellas.
23:50How's the heat treating you?
23:52Oh, man, that's nothing.
23:53We're putting mustard in there to eat that stuff.
23:54That's right.
23:55So what's shaking?
23:56What you got?
23:56All right, listen.
23:57I'm going to send you guys to meet Jay and Rod.
23:59These guys are brothers who have inherited their father's lifelong collection.
24:04Their father, James, was an engineer.
24:06But not only that, he was a woodworker.
24:08And not only that, he was also a plumber.
24:10This dude loved a project.
24:12Dang!
24:13Jack of all trades.
24:14Talking to these guys, it's like he didn't even realize that he was a collector.
24:17He just liked to bring things in so that he could work on it, he could sell it.
24:21It got to the point where people in the community were just bringing him stuff.
24:24Literally, they have a working and running duck.
24:28What do you mean a duck?
24:29You mean like a Wisconsin duck?
24:30No, no, no.
24:31No, she's talking about, you're talking about like a World War II vehicle?
24:34Yeah, that's it.
24:34Really?
24:35Those are huge.
24:36Apparently, Jay took his wife on their first date in that thing.
24:40Get out of here.
24:40A date?
24:41I mean, those things are massive.
24:43All right, all right.
24:44I like it.
24:45All right, you guys have fun.
24:46I'm going to get back to work here.
24:47All right.
24:48Bye.
24:48See you, Danny.
24:59Right here.
25:00Yeah, right here.
25:01Oh, yeah, this is cool.
25:02Go here?
25:03Where should we go?
25:04There's a duck right there.
25:05There's a duck.
25:07Oh, wow, look at that.
25:08There you go.
25:09Oh, look at the sign.
25:10Whoa.
25:11You've got the whoa sign and the duck.
25:13Look at that thing.
25:14Dude.
25:16Hey, guys.
25:17Hey, how are you doing?
25:17Hey, I'm Mike.
25:18Jay.
25:19Jay, nice to meet you.
25:19That's my brother, Robbie.
25:20How are you doing?
25:20Hey, Ron, how's going on, man?
25:22Good to see you.
25:23OK, Danny said you guys had the duck.
25:25Yeah, we have a lot of these.
25:27This is definitely not on this list.
25:29Yeah.
25:29OK.
25:30The duck was an amphibious transport vehicle.
25:33It was used to carry supplies across rivers in Europe or from ships to land.
25:38It could drive up the sand.
25:39And they would even use it in the Pacific to load wounded soldiers on there, drive it back
25:44to the ship and lift the entire duck up onto the ship.
25:47How long have you guys had this?
25:4940 years.
25:50Daniel said you went on a first date in this or something?
25:53I went on a date with my current wife down the Schuylkill River.
25:56Oh, you took it in the water?
25:58Yeah.
25:58So did you just freak her out and, like, drive off the boat dock into it?
26:02Yeah, you pull up and you just jam in.
26:05The water rolls up the windshield.
26:06Yeah.
26:07And then, all of a sudden, the nose pops up.
26:09Oh, my gosh.
26:10She had to be freaking.
26:11Bring the back wheels in and you keep going.
26:12I like your style.
26:13That's pretty cool.
26:14I've always had a colossal amount of respect for anybody that collects really big stuff.
26:21I'm talking locomotives, passenger boats, tanks, because there's so much that goes into
26:27it.
26:28Moving this piece and then storing and maintaining it is on an Olympic level.
26:34So where would you guys buy something like this at?
26:36It was found behind a gas station outside of Philadelphia.
26:40It was painted blue.
26:42It was a civil defense vehicle that got stuck during one of the big floods back in the 70s.
26:48My father talked to the civil defense people and they agreed they would give it to us if
26:53we could restore it.
26:54And if ever there was a civil emergency, we had to use it.
26:57Hey, are you the captain?
26:59I am captain.
27:00Permission to board?
27:01Yeah.
27:01Okay.
27:01Very cool.
27:02So what's the motor in this thing?
27:04270 GMC six-cylinder.
27:06Look at this.
27:07Was this on it?
27:08No, that's a simulator.
27:10That's a propane and oxygen simulator.
27:12So it just makes noise.
27:14Really?
27:15Is it pretty loud?
27:16Very loud.
27:17I'm working on it right now to try to get it going again.
27:19If you want to hear it, we can make it work.
27:21I definitely want to hear it.
27:22Yeah.
27:22Heck yeah.
27:23He's working on that.
27:24Why don't we go inside and I'll show you around.
27:26Oh yeah.
27:26Absolutely.
27:27Lead the way, Jay.
27:39So did he build this building specifically for that?
27:42Yes.
27:42Did he really?
27:43Mm-hmm.
27:43That's cool.
27:44My father was someone who just had to be busy.
27:47The property here was a farm field.
27:49They built their own house, he and his wife.
27:51My father built this shop and he was always involved in mechanical stuff, cars, bulldozers.
27:57He slowly built this up over the years and went crazy after he retired with collection stuff.
28:03We were Chevy people.
28:04So we have the 51 Chevy here and this is special because this is part of the Guinness Book of
28:09World Records.
28:10Oldest vehicle to own from new.
28:11Really?
28:12My father bought this in 1951 at 20 years old and kept it.
28:17And when he was in his 80s, he ended up getting the Guinness Book of World Records.
28:21Oh, that's awesome.
28:22Is this what I think it is?
28:24It is.
28:25It's a funny car.
28:26Yeah, basically.
28:27A funny car.
28:28Wheelie car, whatever you want to call it.
28:29You can see this on the drag strip.
28:31My father built it.
28:32It's a Model A up to the windshield.
28:34The frame is I-beams.
28:37Whoa!
28:38We call it a badunkadunk in the rear.
28:40No way!
28:40You can spin it around.
28:42Does this thing still run?
28:43Yeah, we can push it out and get a better look at it outside.
28:46Here, push it.
28:47There it goes.
28:50Hey, you gonna get that thing out of there?
28:52Yeah, I wanna hear it run, man.
28:54Oh, wow.
28:54I wanna pop some wheelies.
28:56So cool.
28:57This car says a lot about Rod and Jay's dad's character.
29:00This is crazy.
29:02So why did you guys build it?
29:03I mean, other than to just blow people's minds.
29:06My parents were in charge of a church bazaar.
29:08They needed to have a ride.
29:10My father liked the old-time cars from the silent movies, breaking down or spinning around.
29:16So he built a car that would pull wheelies and spin for the church bazaar.
29:21He had a little power there so you could lock up one wheel and spin around the other.
29:25There's a crank handle to move the concrete back and forth.
29:28Then you can turn.
29:29There's a weight carriage underneath.
29:30Oh, he's actually like a...
29:32You can plug the crank in and...
29:33You can move the carriage of the weight back and forth underneath?
29:36Yeah.
29:36Oh, depending on how much weight was in there.
29:38Yeah.
29:38When you look at this thing, you think, man, that's shade tree mechanic type stuff.
29:42But when you really dive into it, you can see how well-engineered it is.
29:47Let me get the electricity turned on here.
29:57I can imagine how much joy this brought to people just listening to it and seeing it.
30:03Look at this one, Robbie.
30:12What, you want to take a ride in it?
30:14Yeah.
30:15Absolutely.
30:16This ride's in the back.
30:17All right, I want to be in the back too then.
30:18Are you saying we literally got to seat belt in?
30:22You got to belt in, yep.
30:23Yeah.
30:23Look at this.
30:24Hey, it already came off the ground.
30:26Okay, slide the belt over.
30:27Hang on, I'll get it.
30:28How do you even steer this thing?
30:29Are you ready?
30:37Where's he going?
30:39How's he steering it?
30:41There's brakes on each side.
30:42Oh, okay.
30:43So that makes it turn.
30:44Oh, my God.
30:44Once you get the front end off the ground, you lock one of the wheels and you spin around
30:48the other one.
30:48What?
30:49What are you doing?
30:50What the hell?
30:52Holy f***.
30:54Okay.
30:56F***.
30:57Whoa!
30:59What the?
30:59Stop.
31:03Stop, dude.
31:04You're making me puke on the back of your brother's head.
31:07Seriously.
31:11I hate this.
31:13That's it.
31:14You're running out of gas.
31:16Frickin' oh my God.
31:18I tapped out way before Rod ever let off the gas.
31:22He did that on purpose.
31:24He knew what he was doing.
31:25Mike and Robbie wanted a real ride on that funny car and I made sure I was going to give
31:30it to them and not stop until I had to.
31:33Holy s***.
31:33So, obviously, the more someone says stop, the more you want to do it.
31:37Woo!
31:38Whoa!
31:39Holy crap, man.
31:41That makes me definitely not want to buy that.
31:43Oh, my God.
31:44Seriously, how many kids have puked on this thing?
31:46If you have this at the...
31:48I can remember two pukes.
31:49What the heck?
31:51I'm like, whoa.
31:52Why would somebody build something so cruel?
31:55My son, he's getting the funny car.
31:57We're going to pass that on to him.
31:58I don't know that he wants it, but he's going to get it.
32:00What else you guys got to show us?
32:07Hey, what's going on with the air?
32:09Air meter.
32:09Air meter.
32:10That's a canister.
32:11Canister probably had a setting on it with the handle.
32:14Yep.
32:14But that's been taken off.
32:16It's a Model 40.
32:17Eco air meters were made in Oskaloosa, Iowa.
32:20And then they transferred ownership over to Conchahokan, Pennsylvania around the 1940s.
32:26When you look at air meter models, this is probably the most highly desirable one because of the drum on
32:31the bottom.
32:32These were produced in the golden age of America.
32:35We're talking about full-service gas stations.
32:38Everything about this thing screams sexy.
32:41It's a rare piece.
32:42Very rarely do you see these.
32:45That's plastic.
32:46This original?
32:46That's not original.
32:47Does this hose work?
32:49Yes.
32:49Oh, it does work.
32:50Okay.
32:50We just pipe it in from the shop so you can fill your car tires up with it.
32:54Very cool.
32:55Do you know where your dad got it?
32:56And how long has this been sitting here?
32:58Been here for 25 years.
33:00At least.
33:01I don't remember where he got it.
33:02Looks like it was made locally in Conchahokan, Pennsylvania.
33:05Would you sell this?
33:06Yeah.
33:07I think so.
33:08Yeah.
33:08Do you have a number on it?
33:13$350.
33:14No, you're way, way low on this thing.
33:16That is crazy.
33:18Way low.
33:19What are you thinking?
33:20$5,000 is what they're worth fixed up.
33:22Way up there.
33:23This pump in this shape.
33:25It's got a crack in there.
33:26It's missing the face.
33:27This is fake.
33:28And to me, original paint means everything in the world.
33:32I don't mind the baby blue, but they could have been green.
33:35They could have been yellow.
33:36In this shape, $3,500.
33:40How about $3,800?
33:42I'm good with that.
33:43You guys both good with that?
33:44Yeah.
33:45All right.
33:45I'll shake his hand.
33:46You shake his.
33:48Works.
33:49Yeah.
33:49What's going on with the green truck here?
33:50Who's restoring that?
33:52My son.
33:53Wow.
33:53That was a hand-me-down from his great-grandfather.
33:57Really?
33:58Yeah.
33:58Oh, that's cool.
33:59He got it when he was two, and it was just held in storage.
34:02And when he was in his 20s, he started restoring it.
34:05Wow.
34:05And he got close.
34:07There's still no side windows.
34:08And then when he was going to get married, his future wife said, the truck is done because
34:11it's in the wedding pictures.
34:12Oh, really?
34:13Oh, so she's the one who said, I want you to finish it.
34:16It's not completely finished.
34:16So he married the right gal?
34:17Yes.
34:18I tell you, your pops would have been pretty proud.
34:20Yeah.
34:20That's so cool.
34:21Jay and Rod's father is basically in my ear right now.
34:24He taught these boys they had to carry this on all the way through their family.
34:28Now his son is carrying that on with his son.
34:31How cool is that?
34:32That's what makes the world go round, the heritage that you pass down to your family.
34:37Check that out.
34:38Oh, it's a clock.
34:39Oh, yeah.
34:41Pontiac service.
34:42That's way cool.
34:43Was this from a local dealership?
34:45Do you know anything about it?
34:46It was a dealer in New Jersey.
34:48That closed.
34:48Did you guys ever have it hanging in here?
34:50I did.
34:51This is a late 1950s plastic Pontiac clock.
34:55The cool thing about it is that it's a dealer clock.
34:58The condition is really rough, but anything advertising, automotive-related, dealer-related
35:04has a market.
35:06If this was in really nice shape, it'd bring between $350 and $400.
35:11If it's something you'd sell, I'd pay $150.
35:14How about a $175?
35:17How about, I'm going to do it.
35:19I'm going to do it, guys.
35:20I appreciate it.
35:21It's absolutely cool.
35:23Look at that.
35:24I want to ask about these two, looks like old machinist signs.
35:27This one's for Morse cutting tools, and this one is for, it looks like drill bit sizes.
35:32They're made of metal.
35:33They have a cardboard backing on them.
35:35They're pretty early, though.
35:36I would say they're probably from the 50s.
35:37Something you guys want to sell?
35:39Sure.
35:41$40 a piece.
35:44$80 for the pair?
35:46Yep.
35:46That worked for you?
35:47Yeah.
35:47Sounds good.
35:48Awesome.
35:48There you go, right there.
35:56Up here is what my father called the museum.
35:59He has a lot of oddities in car memorabilia and advertising.
36:04I've seen that one before.
36:05Have you?
36:05Okay.
36:06He's got massive amounts of bottle openers.
36:08This place is cool.
36:09When he built the building, my father put in a room that he could display things.
36:14There's trinkets and advertising pieces and pictures, and there's knick-knack things.
36:19He just couldn't be stopped.
36:20What's going on with this stuff?
36:22This one, obviously, is the best one.
36:25That's original paint.
36:26Arcade.
36:27Arcade Manufacturing Company was one of the largest cast-iron toy manufacturers.
36:32This car was made in the late 1920s.
36:35This is a great piece.
36:37Is that a Chevy?
36:38That's a Chevy.
36:38That's a Chevy.
36:39Yeah, there's a Chevy brand right there on it.
36:41Yep.
36:41It's got a Wingo on it.
36:43That's my professional term.
36:44See how that fender finishes off?
36:46Mm-hmm.
36:47And this one's chipped?
36:48Oh, okay, yes.
36:48You've got to remember, this car is made of cast-iron.
36:51It was given to a child.
36:52If it was dropped, it would crack, it'd chip, it'd break.
36:56But you can still see the nickel plating on the wheels and on the spare.
37:00It's just so clean.
37:02A lot of these cars, when you find them, have been repainted over the years.
37:06It's amazing to me that this thing still has original paint.
37:09It's such a great-looking car.
37:11What about something like that?
37:14400.
37:14I was going to say 300.
37:17350.
37:19325.
37:20Okay.
37:21All right, thank you.
37:23To be in this condition is pretty incredible, but the break hurts it a lot.
37:27What about anything in here?
37:29We had a fire here years ago, and some of the stuff here is marred.
37:33Soon after the building was built, my father was working on the roof, and a fire started
37:39in the rafters and burned the upper floor.
37:41So a lot of things were damaged and lost.
37:44And that room has a lot of the damaged things that survived the fire.
37:48But a lot of them are scarred or stained.
37:51There's some toys.
37:52A lot of tools.
37:53Your dad was one of those guys.
37:54Look at that.
37:54He couldn't throw anything away.
37:56Back in the 1990s, I had a fire in one of my businesses where I held my bicycle collection.
38:01So I can understand why he held on to a lot of this stuff.
38:06Because there's an emotional attachment.
38:08Or just thinking, hey, I might use this again.
38:11All right, I found a few things.
38:14Okay, what do you have here?
38:15One is this incredible denim bag.
38:18Look at that.
38:19Isn't that amazing?
38:20Laugh if you want.
38:21This is an incredible denim bag because of the repairs and the staining and the damage.
38:28This was probably made out of some sort of work wear.
38:31And I think it can be repurposed into some work wear clothing where it's cut up as patches.
38:37Everything is cool about it because it was made out of necessity.
38:40There were so many repairs to it.
38:41And obviously there has to be another repair made here.
38:44In the disposable society that we live in, it's difficult for us to understand why someone
38:50would repair this sack over and over again.
38:53This speaks to me because this tells a story of working with what you've got.
38:58I mean, it's nothing big money.
38:59It's nothing crazy, but, you know, 30 bucks.
39:02That'll do it.
39:03Okay.
39:03All right, man.
39:05I think it's really cool.
39:06I love it.
39:07I love vintage work wear.
39:08I could see this being a donor piece to so many different projects for people.
39:13And then we got this.
39:15Funeral, no parking sign, cast iron base.
39:19Shrines, masks, altars.
39:20All of these things are what funerary collectors look for.
39:24To some people, it might seem morbid to collect stuff like this.
39:28But collecting funerary from all different time periods can provide insight into society
39:34at that time.
39:36Is that something you'd sell?
39:37Yeah, we'll sell that.
39:39Okay.
39:40I'd do $150 on this.
39:43That's good.
39:44Okay.
39:44We're good on that.
39:45The funeral parking sign.
39:46That's always been a curiosity, but it's hard to display.
39:50And then we got this.
39:52That's called a rocker oil can.
39:54Independent oil company out of Philadelphia.
39:56Five-gallon round cans like this are referred to as rocker cans because of the tipping action.
40:02They made these from the 1920s to the 1930s.
40:05The money shot on this can is the advertising on the side.
40:10This is a brand that I've never heard of, which doesn't surprise me because there were
40:14so many different oil brands in the early 1900s.
40:17When people think about oil in this country, they think of the great state of Texas.
40:22But long before that, Pennsylvania was one of the largest oil-producing states in America.
40:28Double-sided.
40:29I think some of this will come off, so we just have to kind of play with that.
40:35$650.
40:37Let's go $700.
40:39Okay.
40:40Thank you, buddy.
40:41I appreciate it.
40:42Very cool.
40:43I love it.
40:44The fact that this is a brand that I've never heard of before makes it more valuable.
40:49I think Rod should be ready now.
40:51You think you got the gun ready?
40:52It's all ready now.
40:54All right.
40:54All right.
40:55Remember when you said I could try it?
40:57You may try it.
40:58The big duck gun is a 50-caliber machine gun simulator.
41:02It uses gas, propane, and oxygen to make it rapid fire.
41:06I don't know if you put the gun in the right person's hands.
41:08Why don't I down here?
41:09Push the...
41:10Push that down?
41:11Yep.
41:11Typically, we only shoot it down the river.
41:13Shooting it around the neighborhood, the neighbors get a little upset.
41:31I think you got them.
41:31Your neighbors got them.
41:32I think you got them.
41:33I don't know.
41:34I think the neighbors are like, what the heck's going on over there?
41:36Let me give this thing a whirl.
41:45Hell yeah.
41:46I could see growing up with this.
41:48I don't think there's anything that I'm going to really miss.
41:51Playtime's over.
41:51We got to load that van.
41:52They found some oddities that I didn't even remember they were around.
41:57All right, buddy.
41:58Thank you, guys.
41:58Take it easy.
41:59I'll set you down the road.
42:00There's most likely an auction in the future, so we're probably going to go with that now
42:04and figuring out what to do next.
42:06See you, buddy!
42:08See you!
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