1 00:00:07,307 --> 00:00:08,842 ROBBIE: Jersey, check this rabbit out! 2 00:00:08,942 --> 00:00:10,277 JERSEY JON: Oh, that's cool. 3 00:00:10,377 --> 00:00:12,079 ROBBIE: What's up with that? I went to the gas station 4 00:00:12,246 --> 00:00:13,747 to fill up this morning. JERSEY JON: Yeah? 5 00:00:13,914 --> 00:00:17,484 ROBBIE: The guy had the most majestic mullet I've never seen. 6 00:00:17,584 --> 00:00:19,686 (laughs) ROBBIE: And then there's another guy coming out 7 00:00:19,786 --> 00:00:21,522 of the gas station with a mullet. 8 00:00:21,622 --> 00:00:23,190 JERSEY JON: So it's all business in the front... 9 00:00:23,290 --> 00:00:24,725 JERSEY JON: Party in the back. 10 00:00:24,825 --> 00:00:26,526 ROBBIE: Oh yeah, heck yeah. I mean, this is Portland. 11 00:00:26,627 --> 00:00:28,161 Mullets are coming back! 12 00:00:28,262 --> 00:00:29,496 JERSEY JON: That's what I was gonna say, 13 00:00:29,663 --> 00:00:31,431 mullets are coming back, I think up here, you know? 14 00:00:31,598 --> 00:00:33,000 JERSEY JON: And I think they're fancier now, 15 00:00:33,100 --> 00:00:34,434 they're called "mullés". 16 00:00:36,270 --> 00:00:38,405 ROBBIE: A-a mullé, what the hell is that? 17 00:00:38,505 --> 00:00:40,207 JERSEY JON: It's like a French mullet. 18 00:00:40,307 --> 00:00:42,809 It's like "au jus", it's like a-a mullé. 19 00:00:43,844 --> 00:00:46,113 ROBBIE: What do you call yours? JERSEY JON: I don't know, it's like... crazy hair, 20 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:48,916 I guess, you know, it's like... Grow it out. (laughs) 21 00:00:57,791 --> 00:00:58,659 (phone ringing) 22 00:00:58,825 --> 00:01:01,028 MIKE: Dani D, what's up? 23 00:01:01,128 --> 00:01:02,496 DANIELLE: Well good morning, how're you doing? 24 00:01:02,663 --> 00:01:06,466 MIKE: I'm doing good, man, just driving on a 2-lane road, 25 00:01:06,633 --> 00:01:11,238 the smell of cedar, I can see a lake off in the distance. 26 00:01:11,405 --> 00:01:13,440 DANIELLE: Wow, you sound really chipper. 27 00:01:13,540 --> 00:01:14,741 (laughs) 28 00:01:14,908 --> 00:01:16,343 DANIELLE: Okay, so I've been going back and forth with 29 00:01:16,510 --> 00:01:19,513 this chick named Cara. Cara is Victor's wife. 30 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:23,083 Now Victor opened up a scooter shop called Big People Scooters. 31 00:01:23,183 --> 00:01:24,751 MIKE: I know Big People Scooters! That was one 32 00:01:24,851 --> 00:01:27,020 of the biggest scooter shops on the West Coast. 33 00:01:27,187 --> 00:01:30,324 I mean, this guy's like... scooter royalty, dude. 34 00:01:30,424 --> 00:01:32,960 DANIELLE: Yeah. Well, I'm sending you to his... 35 00:01:33,060 --> 00:01:35,095 royal castle today, into his home. 36 00:01:35,262 --> 00:01:37,230 She's going to be meeting you right out front, 37 00:01:37,331 --> 00:01:38,699 and she's gonna lead you around to the back. 38 00:01:38,865 --> 00:01:40,233 MIKE: Send me the coordinates. 39 00:01:40,334 --> 00:01:41,802 DANIELLE: Yeah, will do, will do. 40 00:01:41,902 --> 00:01:43,236 Keep me posted, I'll talk to you soon. 41 00:01:43,403 --> 00:01:44,404 MIKE: Bye. DANIELLE: Bye. 42 00:01:45,806 --> 00:01:46,640 (honks horn) 43 00:01:49,776 --> 00:01:51,445 CARA: Oh hey, how's it going? 44 00:01:51,545 --> 00:01:52,479 MIKE: You Cara? 45 00:01:52,579 --> 00:01:53,981 CARA: I am. What can I do for you? 46 00:01:54,147 --> 00:01:55,315 MIKE: Hi, I'm Mike. CARA: Hi Mike. 47 00:01:55,482 --> 00:01:56,650 MIKE: You talked to Dani on the phone? 48 00:01:56,750 --> 00:01:58,485 CARA: Yeah, nice to meet you. MIKE: Nice to meet you. 49 00:01:58,585 --> 00:01:59,686 What's going on? CARA: Not much. 50 00:01:59,786 --> 00:02:01,188 MIKE: Here you go. Look at the top thing, 51 00:02:01,288 --> 00:02:02,522 the number one thing. 52 00:02:02,622 --> 00:02:04,358 CARA: And we have most... MIKE: Vespa, Lambretta, 53 00:02:04,458 --> 00:02:05,759 motor scooters. 54 00:02:05,859 --> 00:02:06,994 CARA: Got 'em, got 'em, got 'em. 55 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:09,029 MIKE: I'm from Iowa, and I was a fan 56 00:02:09,196 --> 00:02:10,630 of Big People Scooters. 57 00:02:10,731 --> 00:02:11,898 (laughs) CARA: I'm sorry. 58 00:02:12,065 --> 00:02:13,233 MIKE: Seriously, I never walked in the door... 59 00:02:13,333 --> 00:02:14,634 CARA: Right. MIKE: You pull the shop up 60 00:02:14,801 --> 00:02:18,839 on the internet and all the models he had listed, and... 61 00:02:18,939 --> 00:02:20,440 CARA: I think he's down in the bone yard. 62 00:02:20,607 --> 00:02:22,209 MIKE: Oh, you guys got a bone yard? 63 00:02:22,309 --> 00:02:24,244 Like a, like a Vespa junkyard? CARA: Yep. 64 00:02:24,344 --> 00:02:26,847 MIKE: Anybody that was paying attention to the Vespa market, 65 00:02:26,947 --> 00:02:30,283 whether you were a dealer or just an enthusiast, 66 00:02:30,384 --> 00:02:31,752 knew who Victor Vespa was. 67 00:02:31,918 --> 00:02:34,121 He had one of the biggest vintage scooter shops 68 00:02:34,221 --> 00:02:36,023 on the West Coast. 69 00:02:36,189 --> 00:02:38,191 MIKE: As far as I'm concerned, Victor Vespa 70 00:02:38,358 --> 00:02:40,394 is like the Godfather of Vespa. 71 00:02:40,494 --> 00:02:42,496 The guy's a pioneer, he's a legend. 72 00:02:43,697 --> 00:02:45,098 CARA: Hey, Victor. VICTOR: Hey. 73 00:02:45,265 --> 00:02:47,367 MIKE: Hey, buddy. Hey, I'm Mike. 74 00:02:47,467 --> 00:02:49,302 VICTOR: Hi, nice to meet you. MIKE: Nice to meet you. 75 00:02:49,469 --> 00:02:51,905 So she's got a flyer, she talked to Dani on the phone. 76 00:02:52,072 --> 00:02:53,607 Do you know... VICTOR: Ohh... 77 00:02:53,707 --> 00:02:54,941 MIKE: You know about all this stuff, obviously, 78 00:02:55,108 --> 00:02:56,710 because you're moving some scoots around. 79 00:02:56,877 --> 00:02:58,945 VICTOR: Yeah, I remember that. MIKE: Look at that, 80 00:02:59,112 --> 00:03:00,280 look at the first thing, Vespa. 81 00:03:00,447 --> 00:03:02,049 VICTOR: Don't have any (indistinct), sorry. 82 00:03:02,149 --> 00:03:02,883 MIKE: Yeah. (group laughing) 83 00:03:02,983 --> 00:03:04,117 VICTOR: I collect because 84 00:03:04,217 --> 00:03:06,119 my father was a collector. 85 00:03:06,219 --> 00:03:08,755 And my father ran an antique store when I was younger, 86 00:03:08,855 --> 00:03:11,725 and it gave me something to do when I was traveling with him. 87 00:03:11,825 --> 00:03:14,895 VICTOR: I started going to Italy back in the '80s. 88 00:03:15,062 --> 00:03:17,164 MIKE: Did you really? VICTOR: I closed and sold 89 00:03:17,264 --> 00:03:19,633 my Vespa store, you know, seven years ago now 90 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:22,035 or something, and I still love and collect Vespas. 91 00:03:22,202 --> 00:03:24,004 MIKE: How many bodies are buried back here? 92 00:03:24,104 --> 00:03:26,573 VICTOR: Oh God, there really, honestly, there must be 93 00:03:26,673 --> 00:03:29,342 60 or 70, maybe more, I-I don't know, this is... 94 00:03:29,509 --> 00:03:31,278 MIKE: Wow... VICTOR: ...kind of a graveyard, 95 00:03:31,378 --> 00:03:34,347 but anything from old LD Lambrettas all the way up 96 00:03:34,514 --> 00:03:36,683 through GSs and up to the newer P-series ones. 97 00:03:36,783 --> 00:03:38,518 MIKE: No kidding, there's GS bodies in here. 98 00:03:38,618 --> 00:03:40,287 So who stripped all these? VICTOR: Back when we were 99 00:03:40,387 --> 00:03:42,322 in business in the '80s and '90s, 100 00:03:42,422 --> 00:03:43,590 you couldn't order parts. 101 00:03:43,690 --> 00:03:45,859 The only way to do it was to take apart a bike. 102 00:03:46,026 --> 00:03:47,761 MIKE: So there were certain scooters that you had 103 00:03:47,861 --> 00:03:49,830 to sacrifice to put 10 more on the road. 104 00:03:49,996 --> 00:03:52,165 VICTOR: Correct. One scooter would make 10 or 12. 105 00:03:52,265 --> 00:03:54,468 And then what do you do with the body? Well, I can't scrap it. 106 00:03:54,634 --> 00:03:55,902 MIKE: Yeah, you can't get rid of the body. 107 00:03:56,069 --> 00:03:57,637 VICTOR: I was a Vespa franchise dealer. 108 00:03:57,804 --> 00:04:00,040 I was one of the first, I think I was dealer number six 109 00:04:00,207 --> 00:04:02,109 when they came back in 2000. 110 00:04:02,275 --> 00:04:05,412 VICTOR: And I did that 'til 2017 and it finally just became 111 00:04:05,512 --> 00:04:07,447 too much for me. I had a stroke, and... 112 00:04:07,547 --> 00:04:10,383 it was time to close down and think of other things, so... 113 00:04:10,550 --> 00:04:12,719 MIKE: So is there still a Vespa dealer in Seattle? 114 00:04:12,819 --> 00:04:14,821 VICTOR: No, actually, no. MIKE: No okay, wow. 115 00:04:14,988 --> 00:04:16,923 VICTOR: When I tell people what I did for a living, 116 00:04:17,023 --> 00:04:19,926 I told them that I was a motor scooter mechanic. 117 00:04:20,026 --> 00:04:22,429 That ended up being the true passion in my life. 118 00:04:22,529 --> 00:04:24,965 MIKE: Here's a GS 150. (Cara laughs) 119 00:04:25,065 --> 00:04:27,701 VICTOR: Yeah? MIKE: Damn! 120 00:04:27,868 --> 00:04:29,302 CARA: Yeah. MIKE: If somebody bought them all, 121 00:04:29,469 --> 00:04:30,871 how much would they be apiece? 122 00:04:33,473 --> 00:04:34,875 VICTOR: You know, if you took them all, 123 00:04:35,041 --> 00:04:37,711 and you did something good with them? 75 bucks a piece. 124 00:04:37,878 --> 00:04:39,212 MIKE: Dang! 125 00:04:39,312 --> 00:04:40,480 VICTOR: Hey, you know that's good. 126 00:04:40,647 --> 00:04:42,949 MIKE: You're like making... ah! 127 00:04:43,750 --> 00:04:45,418 VICTOR: They're not all scrap, but... 128 00:04:45,585 --> 00:04:46,953 MIKE: I know that, dang, I know, man. 129 00:04:47,053 --> 00:04:48,188 VICTOR: Yeah. 130 00:04:54,261 --> 00:04:55,462 JERSEY JON: Right up here, buddy. 131 00:04:55,629 --> 00:04:57,030 ROBBIE: Right here? JERSEY JON: Drive right here. 132 00:04:57,130 --> 00:04:58,632 ROBBIE: Oh, look at the size of that garage, dude. 133 00:04:58,798 --> 00:05:01,234 JERSEY JON: Yeah, it goes back. ROBBIE: Get a flyer, Jersey. 134 00:05:01,401 --> 00:05:02,702 JERSEY JON: Yeah, yeah, yeah. ROBBIE: Get the flyer. 135 00:05:02,869 --> 00:05:03,904 JERSEY JON: I got you, bro. 136 00:05:04,070 --> 00:05:05,238 (honks horn) 137 00:05:07,474 --> 00:05:09,843 JERSEY JON: Hello! Hello, hello, hello! 138 00:05:09,943 --> 00:05:11,244 SANDEI: Hello. ROBBIE: Are you Sandei? 139 00:05:11,344 --> 00:05:13,513 SANDEI: I'm Sandei. JERSEY JON: Sandei, hi, I'm Jon. 140 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:14,781 SANDEI: Hi, Jon. JERSEY JON: Hi. 141 00:05:14,948 --> 00:05:16,249 ROBBIE: I'm Rob. Nice to meet you. 142 00:05:16,349 --> 00:05:17,551 You talked to Dani on the phone? 143 00:05:17,717 --> 00:05:19,386 SANDEI: I did. JERSEY JON: This is stuff we're looking for. 144 00:05:19,553 --> 00:05:20,921 ROBBIE: She said you got 10 of everything here? 145 00:05:21,021 --> 00:05:22,322 JERSEY JON: Anything like that? SANDEI: I do. 146 00:05:22,422 --> 00:05:24,991 SANDEI: Don and I met when he walked into my office 147 00:05:25,091 --> 00:05:28,395 one day, and I took one look at him and I said, 148 00:05:28,495 --> 00:05:30,096 I love that man. 149 00:05:30,263 --> 00:05:33,166 SANDEI: We drove clear across country antiquing. 150 00:05:33,266 --> 00:05:35,402 We went up to Canada antiquing. 151 00:05:35,502 --> 00:05:36,670 It was his life. 152 00:05:36,836 --> 00:05:38,271 SANDEI: Okay. 153 00:05:38,438 --> 00:05:40,207 I don't want to freak you out. 154 00:05:40,307 --> 00:05:42,042 JERSEY JON: Whoa, whoa! ROBBIE: Holy cow. 155 00:05:42,142 --> 00:05:44,477 This place is... JERSEY JON: Whoa you guys are not fooling around. 156 00:05:44,644 --> 00:05:46,479 SANDEI: This is only part. JERSEY JON: Man, this 157 00:05:46,580 --> 00:05:48,315 is stacked to the ceiling. 158 00:05:48,481 --> 00:05:50,584 ROBBIE: How long did it take him to fill this place up 159 00:05:50,750 --> 00:05:53,987 like this? I mean, how long were you and Don together? 160 00:05:54,154 --> 00:05:55,021 SANDEI: 47 years. 161 00:05:55,188 --> 00:05:56,957 Robbie & JERSEY JON: 47 years! 162 00:05:57,057 --> 00:05:59,926 SANDEI: Don passed away almost a year ago. 163 00:06:00,026 --> 00:06:02,829 It was too hard to hang onto this house, 164 00:06:02,996 --> 00:06:05,232 so I'm looking to sell everything. 165 00:06:05,932 --> 00:06:07,434 JERSEY JON: This little First National Bank thing 166 00:06:07,534 --> 00:06:08,568 is neat, it's a little dime bank. 167 00:06:08,668 --> 00:06:10,003 I was actually living in an old bank building. 168 00:06:10,103 --> 00:06:11,238 SANDEI: Really? JERSEY JON: Yeah. 169 00:06:11,338 --> 00:06:13,106 JERSEY JON: I bought it when I was 17 years old, 170 00:06:13,273 --> 00:06:14,708 an old bank building on the Jersey shore. 171 00:06:14,874 --> 00:06:16,476 SANDEI: Oh, what a dream. JERSEY JON: We have little 172 00:06:16,576 --> 00:06:18,278 dime banks like this from my bank. 173 00:06:18,378 --> 00:06:20,680 This one's from Eugene, Oregon, but the same idea. 174 00:06:20,847 --> 00:06:24,184 This is probably around 1915 or 1920. 175 00:06:24,351 --> 00:06:26,353 SANDEI: Wow. JERSEY JON: I'm interested in this. 176 00:06:26,453 --> 00:06:27,621 SANDEI: Okay. JERSEY JON: Um... 177 00:06:27,787 --> 00:06:29,356 SANDEI: Make me offer. JERSEY JON: Like 20 bucks. 178 00:06:29,456 --> 00:06:31,591 SANDEI: You know what, I-I... 20 bucks is good. 179 00:06:31,758 --> 00:06:32,826 JERSEY JON: Yeah? Okay. SANDEI: Yeah. 180 00:06:32,993 --> 00:06:34,861 JERSEY JON: I'll take it for 20 bucks, thank you so much. 181 00:06:35,028 --> 00:06:36,429 JERSEY JON: Obviously, there's a lot of stuff here, 182 00:06:36,596 --> 00:06:37,631 there's no organization at all. It's just 183 00:06:37,731 --> 00:06:39,232 like thrown in there, it's like big stuff on top 184 00:06:39,399 --> 00:06:40,900 of little stuff, little stuff on top of big stuff, 185 00:06:41,034 --> 00:06:43,670 and it's piles and piles and piles, all over the place. 186 00:06:43,837 --> 00:06:46,072 ROBBIE: Hey, if I end up going in this hole, okay, 187 00:06:46,239 --> 00:06:47,474 and I don't come back out... 188 00:06:47,641 --> 00:06:49,910 JERSEY JON: Let me tie a string onto you, so I don't lose you. 189 00:06:50,076 --> 00:06:51,511 Do you have a piece of rope around here? 190 00:06:51,678 --> 00:06:54,347 ROBBIE: Yeah. SANDEI: No, we want a notarized will. 191 00:06:54,514 --> 00:06:55,649 (laughs) ROBBIE: A notarized will. 192 00:06:55,749 --> 00:06:57,050 JERSEY JON: If he doesn't come out, Robbie, 193 00:06:57,183 --> 00:06:58,752 I get your cars. SANDEI: Yeah. 194 00:06:58,852 --> 00:07:00,787 ROBBIE: This table right here... Alright, I'm going up. 195 00:07:00,954 --> 00:07:02,188 I'm going up. (grunts) 196 00:07:02,289 --> 00:07:04,457 ROBBIE: Right here, I got it, I'm up, okay? 197 00:07:04,624 --> 00:07:06,993 ROBBIE: You know, I get on top of the pile, I got one foot 198 00:07:07,093 --> 00:07:09,596 on top of a chair leg, the other foot is like, 199 00:07:09,696 --> 00:07:12,432 I'm like balancing on top of a milk crate. 200 00:07:12,599 --> 00:07:13,967 SANDEI: Wow, you're way up there. 201 00:07:14,067 --> 00:07:15,869 ROBBIE: Well, you could see things from up here 202 00:07:16,036 --> 00:07:17,270 that you can't normally see down there. 203 00:07:17,437 --> 00:07:19,839 SANDEI: I know. ROBBIE: That's... that's kind of interesting. 204 00:07:21,308 --> 00:07:22,742 I'm trying to figure out... SANDEI: Don probably climbed up 205 00:07:22,909 --> 00:07:24,678 there and just looked around at his prizes. 206 00:07:24,844 --> 00:07:26,079 ROBBIE: Yeah? 207 00:07:28,548 --> 00:07:31,284 Sandei, I found a mason jar full of marbles. 208 00:07:31,384 --> 00:07:33,753 I can't tell, some of them might be clay in here. 209 00:07:33,853 --> 00:07:35,789 There's a bunch of them in here. 210 00:07:35,889 --> 00:07:36,823 $30. 211 00:07:36,990 --> 00:07:38,425 SANDEI: Those for 30, yes. 212 00:07:38,591 --> 00:07:40,060 ROBBIE: You know, this is one of those picks 213 00:07:40,226 --> 00:07:41,361 that you gotta get on top of it. 214 00:07:41,461 --> 00:07:44,030 You want to see from the top looking down in. 215 00:07:44,130 --> 00:07:45,498 ROBBIE: I see some... SANDEI: And you know, 216 00:07:45,665 --> 00:07:48,034 he put that all up there by himself. 217 00:07:48,134 --> 00:07:50,070 ROBBIE: Ugh! Wow... JERSEY JON: I'll tell you what, 218 00:07:50,236 --> 00:07:52,972 I see something I love right now. This filing cabinet. 219 00:07:53,073 --> 00:07:55,075 SANDEI: I know! JERSEY JON: I love this thing. 220 00:07:55,175 --> 00:07:57,477 This is so cool. Robbie, look at this thing. 221 00:07:57,577 --> 00:07:59,679 ROBBIE: Oh, I love the top. JERSEY JON: It's Globe-Wernicke. 222 00:07:59,846 --> 00:08:01,514 ROBBIE: Yeah? JERSEY JON: It's all quarter-sawn oak, 223 00:08:01,614 --> 00:08:04,351 you see all the quarter sawn in here? See the brass fittings. 224 00:08:04,517 --> 00:08:07,287 SANDEI: Nobody could refinish furniture like Don. 225 00:08:07,387 --> 00:08:10,924 And he would bring me the most beautiful oak pieces. 226 00:08:11,024 --> 00:08:12,592 JERSEY JON: Retail on something like this, like years ago, 227 00:08:12,692 --> 00:08:14,627 oak furniture was a lot more popular, as you know. 228 00:08:14,728 --> 00:08:16,663 SANDEI: In the '80s. JERSEY JON: In the '80s it was great. 229 00:08:16,830 --> 00:08:18,231 A ton of money on oak furniture. 230 00:08:18,398 --> 00:08:20,266 SANDEI: Country Living Magazine. JERSEY JON: But this is a little different, 231 00:08:20,433 --> 00:08:22,268 it's office furniture, it's kind of cool, it's still relevant. 232 00:08:22,435 --> 00:08:23,703 JERSEY JON: Globe-Wernicke was a company that made 233 00:08:23,870 --> 00:08:27,374 office furniture from about 1880 to about 1950 or so, 234 00:08:27,474 --> 00:08:29,542 but their early stuff is really cool 235 00:08:29,709 --> 00:08:31,911 because it's quarter-sawn oak and it's modular. 236 00:08:32,078 --> 00:08:34,247 So like you could stack different pieces up on it, 237 00:08:34,347 --> 00:08:36,116 and you can make a tall cabinet, low cabinet. 238 00:08:36,216 --> 00:08:37,984 And this is a really nice, high-quality piece. 239 00:08:38,151 --> 00:08:39,953 JERSEY JON: This is sitting on a table, 240 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:42,222 so you could see it's not really a huge piece. 241 00:08:42,389 --> 00:08:43,790 So it's gonna fit in a lot of places. 242 00:08:43,957 --> 00:08:45,191 SANDEI: Yeah. JERSEY JON: Retail on this 243 00:08:45,358 --> 00:08:46,760 is probably like 275, 300 bucks. 244 00:08:46,860 --> 00:08:49,295 Okay. I'd be in it for like $150. 245 00:08:52,065 --> 00:08:53,700 SANDEI: I think 175, you got a deal. 246 00:08:55,335 --> 00:08:56,970 JERSEY JON: I will do 175, that's more than fair. 247 00:08:57,070 --> 00:08:58,671 SANDEI: Alright. JERSEY JON: Thank you, sweetheart, okay. 248 00:08:58,838 --> 00:09:00,106 SANDEI: Thank you. JERSEY JON: Very cool. 249 00:09:03,243 --> 00:09:04,711 MIKE: There's a Mark 1 right there. 250 00:09:04,878 --> 00:09:06,713 VICTOR: Yep. MIKE: And it has the round tail on it, man. 251 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:07,981 VICTOR: Yeah, that's the very first one, 252 00:09:08,148 --> 00:09:10,250 those are the rare ones. MIKE: Oh my gosh, look at that. 253 00:09:10,350 --> 00:09:12,085 VICTOR: And it's got a couple of extra holes on it 254 00:09:12,185 --> 00:09:13,553 so it either had a cool license plate... 255 00:09:13,653 --> 00:09:15,455 MIKE: I saw the extra hole in the floor board here 256 00:09:15,622 --> 00:09:17,724 to run some cable. VICTOR: Oh yeah, 257 00:09:17,824 --> 00:09:19,426 that's the little stick up farm-styled. 258 00:09:19,592 --> 00:09:21,561 MIKE: Oh yeah. VICTOR: Things happen every once in a while. 259 00:09:21,661 --> 00:09:22,829 MIKE: And this thing's pretty solid, man. 260 00:09:22,996 --> 00:09:23,897 VICTOR: Yeah. 261 00:09:24,064 --> 00:09:26,599 MIKE: I'm freaking, because I'm in the woods, 262 00:09:26,699 --> 00:09:29,068 and I'm talking to Victor Vespa. 263 00:09:29,235 --> 00:09:30,837 MIKE: Do you have, like, all the parts and pieces 264 00:09:31,004 --> 00:09:32,439 for most of these, or no? 265 00:09:32,539 --> 00:09:33,840 VICTOR: Yeah, actually, I probably do have the forks 266 00:09:34,007 --> 00:09:35,842 and probably have the motor for that. 267 00:09:35,942 --> 00:09:37,844 MIKE: I've always heard about this guy. 268 00:09:37,944 --> 00:09:40,914 And now I'm sitting in his bone yard, 269 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:42,982 swapping Vespa stories, man. 270 00:09:43,149 --> 00:09:45,118 This is like, scooter folklore... 271 00:09:45,218 --> 00:09:46,686 except it's real. 272 00:09:46,786 --> 00:09:48,521 VICTOR: For a long time, these were all sitting 273 00:09:48,621 --> 00:09:50,156 in pallets up in the warehouse. 274 00:09:50,256 --> 00:09:51,958 MIKE: Yeah. VICTOR: Now they are what they are. 275 00:09:52,058 --> 00:09:53,593 MIKE: Now, now they're an art installation. 276 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:54,627 (laughs) VICTOR: Well, you know, 277 00:09:54,794 --> 00:09:56,029 VICTOR: I thought someone might... 278 00:09:56,196 --> 00:09:57,630 I just can't get rid of them... 279 00:09:57,730 --> 00:09:59,799 MIKE: No way! VICTOR: ...'cause they're worth more money than scrap. 280 00:09:59,899 --> 00:10:01,167 VICTOR: Someone's going to want them. 281 00:10:01,267 --> 00:10:03,670 VICTOR: One of the things that makes Vespas what they are, 282 00:10:03,837 --> 00:10:05,271 is that they're made of steel. 283 00:10:05,438 --> 00:10:08,408 That's why you can find a Vespa from the 1940s 284 00:10:08,508 --> 00:10:10,443 and it's still alive and running, 285 00:10:10,543 --> 00:10:14,280 and you can't find a Honda Elite from 1980 286 00:10:14,447 --> 00:10:17,116 that's in that same... it just doesn't happen. 287 00:10:17,217 --> 00:10:19,152 CARA: Mike, I have literally had dreams about 288 00:10:19,252 --> 00:10:20,887 being crushed by Victor's stuff. 289 00:10:20,987 --> 00:10:22,822 (laughs) CARA: I'm not even kidding. 290 00:10:22,989 --> 00:10:24,324 MIKE: Like a Vespa falling on ya? 291 00:10:24,424 --> 00:10:26,259 CARA: Just stuff, like yes... VICTOR: And other stuff! 292 00:10:26,426 --> 00:10:28,228 CARA: ...piles of stuff... VICTOR: Just not Vespas. 293 00:10:28,394 --> 00:10:30,230 MIKE: Yeah. Don't you sometimes, 294 00:10:30,396 --> 00:10:32,198 when you have this much stuff, like for me, 295 00:10:32,298 --> 00:10:34,434 sometimes I feel like I'm in the moving business. 296 00:10:34,601 --> 00:10:37,237 VICTOR: Yeah, but sometimes you feel like you're under a weight. 297 00:10:37,403 --> 00:10:39,272 VICTOR: A month ago, I... was attacked 298 00:10:39,439 --> 00:10:42,142 by a swarm of hornets. Put me into the ICU. 299 00:10:42,308 --> 00:10:44,511 My wife had to bring me back to life. 300 00:10:44,677 --> 00:10:46,079 CARA: When this happened, the whole thing happened 301 00:10:46,179 --> 00:10:47,547 with the hornets and he was dead, I mean, 302 00:10:47,714 --> 00:10:49,883 I literally punched him in the chest and revived him. 303 00:10:49,983 --> 00:10:52,152 VICTOR: I don't want to leave this pile that crushes, 304 00:10:52,252 --> 00:10:53,720 feels like it's crushing me, 305 00:10:53,820 --> 00:10:56,556 I don't want this to be a problem for my wife. 306 00:10:56,656 --> 00:10:59,125 VICTOR: But yeah, you just, this could be cut off. 307 00:10:59,225 --> 00:11:01,294 Just throw this away, this isn't a scooter anymore... 308 00:11:01,461 --> 00:11:03,029 VICTOR: But the front of it could be something 309 00:11:03,129 --> 00:11:04,797 you hang on the wall, or... 310 00:11:04,898 --> 00:11:06,966 the back could be a seat, an interesting seat 311 00:11:07,066 --> 00:11:09,435 if you put a frame on it. Um... 312 00:11:09,602 --> 00:11:11,604 MIKE: Yeah, no, I love the way your mind works. 313 00:11:11,704 --> 00:11:14,073 I'm just think- VICTOR: Cutting them in half and hanging them on the wall... 314 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:15,875 MIKE: I mean, to ship 60 of these things. 315 00:11:16,042 --> 00:11:17,844 MIKE: Victor and I have a lot in common, 316 00:11:17,944 --> 00:11:21,514 and one of those things is the idea of too much stuff. 317 00:11:21,681 --> 00:11:23,883 You know, it's like all of these things come into 318 00:11:23,983 --> 00:11:26,553 our lives, we want to rescue them, we want to covet them. 319 00:11:26,653 --> 00:11:28,855 And then all of a sudden, you just can't breathe, 320 00:11:29,022 --> 00:11:31,024 it's like coming down around you, you know. 321 00:11:31,190 --> 00:11:32,859 If he would have asked me 10 years ago, 322 00:11:33,026 --> 00:11:35,628 to buy the pile for $75 apiece, 323 00:11:35,795 --> 00:11:38,464 I would have been on it, so fast. 324 00:11:38,631 --> 00:11:42,068 But now, I'm thinking about, okay, shipping all of these, 325 00:11:42,235 --> 00:11:44,637 storing all of them, finding the right home 326 00:11:44,737 --> 00:11:46,372 for each one of these bodies. 327 00:11:46,472 --> 00:11:48,341 MIKE: Okay, let me ask you this: 328 00:11:48,508 --> 00:11:51,277 Do you have anything that's a little bit more complete? 329 00:11:51,444 --> 00:11:52,612 VICTOR: More? CARA: Oh yeah. 330 00:11:52,712 --> 00:11:53,680 MIKE: Like complete, like do you have a complete scooter? 331 00:11:53,913 --> 00:11:54,581 MIKE: Like complete, like do you have a complete scooter? 332 00:11:54,747 --> 00:11:56,482 VICTOR: Yeah, I have a few. 333 00:11:56,583 --> 00:11:57,817 I wouldn't mind showing you around. 334 00:11:57,984 --> 00:12:01,254 MIKE: Yeah, let me look at some scoots that are more complete. 335 00:12:01,421 --> 00:12:03,222 VICTOR: Okay. MIKE: And kind of give this 336 00:12:03,222 --> 00:12:05,191 a little bit more thought. VICTOR: Alright. 337 00:12:10,263 --> 00:12:12,699 ROBBIE: Hey, I got to ask, 338 00:12:12,865 --> 00:12:15,001 Harlem Globetrotters. I'm a big fan. 339 00:12:15,101 --> 00:12:17,236 I mean, I love it-- JERSEY JON: Oh, that's cool, Robbie. 340 00:12:17,337 --> 00:12:17,870 ROBBIE: It's actually got the players on it. 341 00:12:18,338 --> 00:12:18,705 ROBBIE: It's actually got the players on it. 342 00:12:19,172 --> 00:12:20,273 Can you imagine that all framed up? 343 00:12:20,506 --> 00:12:22,442 JERSEY JON: I didn't even see that up there. ROBBIE: It's cool. 344 00:12:22,542 --> 00:12:24,244 ROBBIE: The Harlem Globetrotters have been around 345 00:12:24,344 --> 00:12:26,479 since the late '20s. And the showmanship that they 346 00:12:26,579 --> 00:12:27,947 were known for, the fast break, 347 00:12:28,114 --> 00:12:30,149 the slam dunk, the figure eight, 348 00:12:30,316 --> 00:12:33,086 is part of the game that we watch today. 349 00:12:34,020 --> 00:12:35,622 ROBBIE: 20 bucks. 350 00:12:35,788 --> 00:12:37,657 SANDEI: I have to sell it for 20. 351 00:12:37,824 --> 00:12:38,925 ROBBIE: You have to? SANDEI: Yeah. 352 00:12:39,025 --> 00:12:40,560 SANDEI: Yeah. Yeah. ROBBIE: Alright, I appreciate ya. 353 00:12:40,660 --> 00:12:43,062 Thank you. I love the piece, I'm going to have it framed up. 354 00:12:43,229 --> 00:12:44,697 SANDEI: Now don't expect that every time, though. 355 00:12:44,864 --> 00:12:46,766 ROBBIE: No? (laughs) 356 00:12:46,866 --> 00:12:48,001 ROBBIE: Jersey, what are you finding? 357 00:12:48,167 --> 00:12:49,702 JERSEY JON: All kinds of stuff in here. 358 00:12:49,869 --> 00:12:52,472 SANDEI: Don retired when he was 50 years old, 359 00:12:52,639 --> 00:12:56,109 after putting 31 years into the military. 360 00:12:56,276 --> 00:12:58,911 After that, it was antiques. 361 00:12:59,078 --> 00:13:02,382 JERSEY JON: Wow... you and Don were going to garage sales 362 00:13:02,548 --> 00:13:04,550 when it was like, there was stuff out there 363 00:13:04,717 --> 00:13:06,953 that you could find really great stuff at garage sales, 364 00:13:07,053 --> 00:13:08,955 old house garage sales, like people who were getting rid 365 00:13:09,088 --> 00:13:10,456 of their really cool stuff. 366 00:13:10,623 --> 00:13:12,525 That's not so easy to do anymore. 367 00:13:12,625 --> 00:13:14,727 SANDEI: I know, I know. ROBBIE: People are holding onto stuff longer. 368 00:13:14,827 --> 00:13:16,696 JERSEY JON: He was doing garage sales when garage sales 369 00:13:16,863 --> 00:13:19,098 were really hot, before the internet was out. 370 00:13:19,265 --> 00:13:22,135 I'm talking about in the '60s, the '70s, the '80s, 371 00:13:22,235 --> 00:13:24,270 when stuff was like raw. 372 00:13:24,437 --> 00:13:26,406 You know, nowadays, a lot of the items that are good, 373 00:13:26,506 --> 00:13:27,974 they don't even hit the garage sales. 374 00:13:28,074 --> 00:13:30,643 It was bought before the internet transformed 375 00:13:30,743 --> 00:13:33,112 the retail environment for antiques. 376 00:13:34,113 --> 00:13:36,049 JERSEY JON: Damn... ROBBIE: Whoa. 377 00:13:36,149 --> 00:13:38,551 JERSEY JON: Sandei, I got these soldiers here. 378 00:13:38,718 --> 00:13:41,354 These are like composite ones. They're still cool, 379 00:13:41,521 --> 00:13:43,523 they're not broken up too badly, they're World War I. 380 00:13:43,623 --> 00:13:45,425 I'm thinking like 20 bucks, 5 bucks apiece. 381 00:13:45,591 --> 00:13:47,994 SANDEI: 30. JERSEY JON: I'll go to 25. 382 00:13:48,161 --> 00:13:50,663 SANDEI: 26. JERSEY JON: 26 I'll do, thank you. 383 00:13:50,830 --> 00:13:52,165 SANDEI: Okay. JERSEY JON: Oh Robbie, Robbie. 384 00:13:52,265 --> 00:13:53,966 Double dot Pepsi. ROBBIE: That's a double dot Pepsi. 385 00:13:54,067 --> 00:13:56,035 SANDEI: What are you thinking? ROBBIE: Doesn't have any of the bottles. 386 00:13:56,202 --> 00:13:57,870 30 bucks. 387 00:13:58,037 --> 00:13:59,605 SANDEI: Yes. ROBBIE: Alright. 388 00:13:59,706 --> 00:14:01,607 SANDEI: If we find the bottles, the price is going way up. 389 00:14:01,708 --> 00:14:02,809 (laughs) 390 00:14:02,909 --> 00:14:04,711 JERSEY JON: Man, that's really nice artwork. 391 00:14:04,877 --> 00:14:07,847 SANDEI: Jersey Mike has a one-track mind, 392 00:14:07,947 --> 00:14:09,682 I'm just saying... JERSEY JON: No, Jon. Jon. 393 00:14:09,782 --> 00:14:11,417 SANDEI: Jersey Jon, I'm just saying. 394 00:14:11,584 --> 00:14:13,586 JERSEY JON: I love the graphics on it. It's a really cool piece. 395 00:14:13,753 --> 00:14:16,322 It's got to be reframed. You know, like 10 bucks. 396 00:14:16,422 --> 00:14:18,524 SANDEI: 15. JERSEY JON: 12. 397 00:14:18,624 --> 00:14:21,127 SANDEI: 12.50. JERSEY JON: Alright, 12.50. 398 00:14:21,227 --> 00:14:22,362 Robbie, shake her hand. SANDEI: Okay. 399 00:14:22,462 --> 00:14:23,563 ROBBIE: Yeah. 400 00:14:23,663 --> 00:14:25,598 ROBBIE: It's not the big-ticket item. It's the smalls 401 00:14:25,698 --> 00:14:27,233 that are going to make the money here today. 402 00:14:27,333 --> 00:14:29,869 There's hundreds of thousands of them 403 00:14:30,036 --> 00:14:31,504 in every one of these drawers, 404 00:14:31,671 --> 00:14:33,706 on the shelves, in the boxes. 405 00:14:33,873 --> 00:14:36,442 ROBBIE: I'm thinking $20. SANDEI: Oh, I was thinking 30. 406 00:14:36,542 --> 00:14:39,512 How about 25? ROBBIE: How about 22? 407 00:14:39,679 --> 00:14:41,280 SANDEI: Okay. JERSEY JON: 22.50? 408 00:14:41,380 --> 00:14:43,449 (laughs) ROBBIE: No, no, I don't want the 50, 22. 409 00:14:43,549 --> 00:14:46,552 ROBBIE: Alright, thank you. SANDEI: Oh you guys are good. 410 00:14:51,591 --> 00:14:53,726 VICTOR: Hey, you got to see this. So this is a... 411 00:14:53,826 --> 00:14:55,895 MIKE: Okay. VICTOR: ...this is a TI 500. 412 00:14:56,062 --> 00:14:57,630 You ever seen one of these? MIKE: Yeah, no. 413 00:14:57,730 --> 00:14:59,232 VICTOR: It holds nine people. 414 00:14:59,332 --> 00:15:00,767 MIKE: Okay, what was it, a taxi? 415 00:15:00,867 --> 00:15:02,368 VICTOR: They were Italian taxis 416 00:15:02,468 --> 00:15:03,636 was what they were mostly-- 417 00:15:03,803 --> 00:15:05,037 MIKE: Is that the engine back there? 418 00:15:05,204 --> 00:15:06,406 VICTOR: That's the engine for it. 419 00:15:06,506 --> 00:15:08,908 MIKE: Okay. What's the value of it? 420 00:15:09,075 --> 00:15:10,476 I mean, school me, school me. 421 00:15:10,576 --> 00:15:12,044 VICTOR: Well, I could tell you what, restored... 422 00:15:12,145 --> 00:15:13,546 MIKE: Okay, restored. VICTOR: 50 grand. 423 00:15:13,713 --> 00:15:14,814 MIKE: Really? VICTOR: Yeah. 424 00:15:14,914 --> 00:15:16,282 MIKE: I can understand why you have it. 425 00:15:16,382 --> 00:15:17,950 VICTOR: Right. MIKE: I mean, its European, 426 00:15:18,117 --> 00:15:19,719 it's Italian. VICTOR: Right, it goes along. 427 00:15:19,819 --> 00:15:21,154 MIKE: It's interesting, it's different. 428 00:15:21,254 --> 00:15:22,355 VICTOR: It's small, it's 500ccs. MIKE: Yeah. 429 00:15:22,488 --> 00:15:24,524 MIKE: What about the clock, what's going on with that? 430 00:15:24,624 --> 00:15:26,392 VICTOR: It's a Pepsi clock. MIKE: What color's the neon? 431 00:15:26,492 --> 00:15:28,561 VICTOR: I believe it's pink when it lights up. 432 00:15:28,661 --> 00:15:30,830 VICTOR: I love that clock, I love neon clocks. 433 00:15:30,997 --> 00:15:33,232 They're kind of a rare thing to find. 434 00:15:33,332 --> 00:15:35,535 That one just had a really great color. 435 00:15:35,635 --> 00:15:37,436 MIKE: If this was rocking and rolling the way 436 00:15:37,537 --> 00:15:40,440 it is right now, I'd think it's... 437 00:15:41,507 --> 00:15:42,875 15, $1,600 clock... 438 00:15:43,042 --> 00:15:44,510 VICTOR: Right. MIKE: ...is what I think. 439 00:15:44,677 --> 00:15:47,313 VICTOR: A grand? MIKE: Uh... 440 00:15:49,749 --> 00:15:51,350 CARA: It does work, I promise. 441 00:15:51,450 --> 00:15:53,019 MIKE: Yeah, it just needs to be rewired. 442 00:15:53,186 --> 00:15:55,521 VICTOR: It just needs a plug, it doesn't even need to be rewired. 443 00:15:55,621 --> 00:15:56,656 MIKE: The neon all works? 444 00:15:56,823 --> 00:15:57,657 CARA: Yes. VICTOR: Yeah. 445 00:15:57,824 --> 00:15:59,225 MIKE: It doesn't hum and make weird noises. 446 00:15:59,392 --> 00:16:00,993 VICTOR: It's got a little buzz to it, but not bad. 447 00:16:01,093 --> 00:16:02,328 MIKE: Little bit of a buzz to it? 448 00:16:02,428 --> 00:16:04,564 VICTOR: I really do have a thing for clocks, wow crazy. 449 00:16:04,664 --> 00:16:05,598 VICTOR: When I had my shop 450 00:16:05,698 --> 00:16:07,967 in Seattle, I put in this clock on the wall 451 00:16:08,034 --> 00:16:10,236 that was 10 feet across. 452 00:16:10,336 --> 00:16:12,205 I've talked to so many people that were like, 453 00:16:12,305 --> 00:16:14,106 I love it that you have a clock in there, 454 00:16:14,273 --> 00:16:15,875 'cause when I'm going to work, I can see if 455 00:16:16,042 --> 00:16:17,210 I'm gonna make it in time. (laughs) 456 00:16:17,310 --> 00:16:19,312 VICTOR: You can always put a solid-state transformer in it 457 00:16:19,478 --> 00:16:20,880 and they won't buzz. I went to neon school... 458 00:16:20,980 --> 00:16:22,582 in all of the things that I've done in my life. 459 00:16:22,748 --> 00:16:23,716 MIKE: 900. 460 00:16:23,883 --> 00:16:25,318 VICTOR: Ah Jesus Christ... 461 00:16:26,786 --> 00:16:28,554 CARA: It's up to you, it's your clock. 462 00:16:28,721 --> 00:16:30,823 VICTOR: Yeah, I'll do nine for it. 463 00:16:30,990 --> 00:16:32,225 MIKE: You want to do nine? VICTOR: Yeah. 464 00:16:32,391 --> 00:16:33,593 MIKE: Alright, I'm doing it. 465 00:16:36,662 --> 00:16:38,164 ROBBIE: Jersey. JERSEY JON: What do you got? 466 00:16:38,264 --> 00:16:39,599 ROBBIE: I don't know, I'm just like on top 467 00:16:39,699 --> 00:16:42,068 of the world over here. JERSEY JON: Ooh... 468 00:16:42,235 --> 00:16:43,402 Yeah, there's all kinds of stuff in here. 469 00:16:43,502 --> 00:16:45,037 Wait a second... ROBBIE: Why am I stuck up here 470 00:16:45,137 --> 00:16:46,472 and you're down there, Jersey? What's up? 471 00:16:46,639 --> 00:16:48,174 JERSEY JON: Because I'm working the low road, dude, 472 00:16:48,274 --> 00:16:50,076 you're working the high road, what do I got to tell ya. 473 00:16:50,176 --> 00:16:51,510 ROBBIE: I'm coming out of the high road, 474 00:16:51,677 --> 00:16:53,613 I'll tell you that. JERSEY JON: Ooh I found something, this is cool. 475 00:16:53,713 --> 00:16:55,348 Agh! Sandei, ooh... 476 00:16:55,514 --> 00:16:56,649 SANDEI: I haven't heard that much moaning 477 00:16:56,749 --> 00:16:59,018 since my sister had her baby. 478 00:16:59,185 --> 00:17:00,520 (laughs) 479 00:17:00,620 --> 00:17:03,055 JERSEY JON: This is great. It's the top of a toilet tank 480 00:17:03,222 --> 00:17:05,524 for a high flush toilet. It's oak. 481 00:17:06,225 --> 00:17:08,127 SANDEI: Oh yeah. JERSEY JON: Yeah, it's cool. 482 00:17:08,227 --> 00:17:09,562 It's in nice condition too. 483 00:17:09,662 --> 00:17:11,664 JERSEY JON: It's for a high flush toilet. 484 00:17:11,831 --> 00:17:14,600 The water tank is high above the toilet bowl. 485 00:17:14,700 --> 00:17:18,404 They stopped using these things probably around 1910, 1915. 486 00:17:26,479 --> 00:17:28,714 JERSEY JON: Looks like it would hold water, which is... 487 00:17:28,881 --> 00:17:30,650 super important. You don't want water leaking 488 00:17:30,750 --> 00:17:33,986 all over your floor. Got the pull chain. 75 bucks. 489 00:17:34,153 --> 00:17:36,522 SANDEI: Okay, I can't even argue with that, yeah. 490 00:17:36,622 --> 00:17:38,925 JERSEY JON: Okay, cool. Alright, we're at the good flushing deal. 491 00:17:39,025 --> 00:17:40,593 SANDEI: But the next one. 492 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:42,361 JERSEY JON: Okay, you'll get the next one. 493 00:17:42,461 --> 00:17:43,863 SANDEI: The next one. JERSEY JON: Alright, alright, 494 00:17:44,030 --> 00:17:45,765 we're working our way up the path here. 495 00:17:46,732 --> 00:17:50,236 SANDEI: Don and Jersey liked the same things. 496 00:17:50,336 --> 00:17:52,905 They get excited about the same things. 497 00:17:53,072 --> 00:17:54,874 It was almost bizarre, 498 00:17:55,041 --> 00:17:57,109 that they were so much alike. 499 00:17:57,276 --> 00:17:58,811 JERSEY JON: Exhaust whistles, two of them. 500 00:17:58,911 --> 00:18:00,346 SANDEI: Jersey. JERSEY JON: Yeah? 501 00:18:00,513 --> 00:18:02,315 SANDEI: How much? JERSEY JON: Uh... 502 00:18:02,481 --> 00:18:04,283 Well, they're car whistles, not motorcycle, 503 00:18:04,417 --> 00:18:06,185 but they're still cool. They're probably 504 00:18:06,352 --> 00:18:09,522 Trinity whistles, uh well no, one's Ermoyer. 505 00:18:09,622 --> 00:18:11,223 JERSEY JON: The exhaust would blow through the whistle, 506 00:18:11,390 --> 00:18:12,792 it would sound like a locomotive. 507 00:18:12,892 --> 00:18:14,727 So it was just a neat piece you had for your car. 508 00:18:14,827 --> 00:18:18,798 You know, 1910 to probably 1925, that time period. 509 00:18:18,898 --> 00:18:21,233 JERSEY JON: I'd do 40 bucks apiece. 510 00:18:22,435 --> 00:18:24,303 (blows into whistle) 511 00:18:25,404 --> 00:18:27,840 SANDEI: Okay, that right there should put it 50. 512 00:18:28,007 --> 00:18:29,742 (Jersey Jon laughs) JERSEY JON: You want 50 bucks apiece? 513 00:18:29,909 --> 00:18:30,876 SANDEI: Yep. 514 00:18:31,043 --> 00:18:32,244 JERSEY JON: I'll take your 50 bucks apiece. 515 00:18:32,345 --> 00:18:33,679 SANDEI: Alright. 516 00:18:33,779 --> 00:18:35,681 SANDEI: I remember him bringing them into the garage, 517 00:18:35,781 --> 00:18:37,950 and I remember that noise. 518 00:18:38,050 --> 00:18:40,553 (blows into whistle) 519 00:18:40,653 --> 00:18:43,055 SANDEI: Oh, your wife is going to hate you. 520 00:18:43,222 --> 00:18:44,256 JERSEY JON: I don't have a wife. 521 00:18:44,423 --> 00:18:46,392 SANDEI: Oh, good. (Jersey Jon laughs) 522 00:18:46,559 --> 00:18:48,361 SANDEI: Your neighbors are going to hate you. 523 00:18:48,461 --> 00:18:50,029 JERSEY JON: My neighbors already hate me. 524 00:18:50,196 --> 00:18:51,497 SANDEI: Robbie? ROBBIE: Yeah. 525 00:18:51,664 --> 00:18:52,698 SANDEI: You break it, you buy it. 526 00:18:52,865 --> 00:18:54,100 ROBBIE: Alright... 527 00:18:54,667 --> 00:18:55,735 SANDEI: Just saying. 528 00:18:55,835 --> 00:18:57,269 JERSEY JON: Sandei's hilarious, she's having a lot 529 00:18:57,436 --> 00:18:59,405 of fun with us, we're having a lot of fun with her. 530 00:18:59,505 --> 00:19:01,173 We're joking around, we're getting back and forth. She's a blast. 531 00:19:01,273 --> 00:19:03,542 SANDEI: How old are you, Jersey Mike? 532 00:19:03,709 --> 00:19:04,944 JERSEY JON: Heh, I'm Jon. 533 00:19:05,111 --> 00:19:07,446 SANDEI: I mean, Jer... why do I keep doing that? 534 00:19:07,546 --> 00:19:10,516 To me, you're Mike. Are you in the market? 535 00:19:11,183 --> 00:19:12,485 (laughs) 536 00:19:12,585 --> 00:19:13,786 JERSEY JON: Well, sure... 537 00:19:13,953 --> 00:19:15,988 (laughing) 538 00:19:16,155 --> 00:19:19,058 JERSEY JON: You got all this cool stuff in here, I'm looking for a sugar mama. 539 00:19:19,225 --> 00:19:20,793 SANDEI: Yeah, well... hello, here it is. 540 00:19:20,893 --> 00:19:22,194 (laughs) JERSEY JON: Yeah, I see it. 541 00:19:22,361 --> 00:19:23,696 SANDEI: Here she is. JERSEY JON: Yep. 542 00:19:23,863 --> 00:19:25,698 ROBBIE: There's something going on here. Jersey's got 543 00:19:25,865 --> 00:19:27,099 a connection with Sandei. 544 00:19:27,266 --> 00:19:29,035 I don't know what it is, but... 545 00:19:29,201 --> 00:19:29,802 (blows into whistle) 546 00:19:29,802 --> 00:19:30,302 (blows into whistle) 547 00:19:30,469 --> 00:19:31,637 (laughs) 548 00:19:31,804 --> 00:19:33,039 SANDEI: Yeah, we know you bought it. 549 00:19:33,139 --> 00:19:33,606 JERSEY JON: Yep. 550 00:19:39,512 --> 00:19:40,880 MIKE: Oh you still got the Vespa sign. 551 00:19:40,980 --> 00:19:42,515 VICTOR: Yeah, that came off my store. 552 00:19:42,682 --> 00:19:44,316 Actually, there's two of them. 553 00:19:44,417 --> 00:19:45,918 MIKE: Alright. VICTOR: So here's... 554 00:19:46,018 --> 00:19:47,553 MIKE: This is the wood shop. VICTOR: Yeah. 555 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:48,988 MIKE: Who's the woodworker? 556 00:19:49,155 --> 00:19:51,190 VICTOR: That was me and my father, so... 557 00:19:51,290 --> 00:19:53,025 MIKE: Okay. VICTOR: Yep. This is... 558 00:19:53,192 --> 00:19:54,960 MIKE: It's a great shop. God-dang, you guys got 559 00:19:55,061 --> 00:19:56,729 a lot of stuff, huh? VICTOR: Yeah. 560 00:19:56,829 --> 00:19:58,230 MIKE: What year is the Ariel? 561 00:19:58,330 --> 00:20:00,633 VICTOR: You know, Mike, I think that was like a '58. 562 00:20:00,733 --> 00:20:02,635 They made those to compete with the scooters, 563 00:20:02,802 --> 00:20:04,303 so the, a lady could drive into work, 564 00:20:04,470 --> 00:20:05,871 or a guy could drive them... 565 00:20:06,038 --> 00:20:07,573 MIKE: So did you get this Ariel running? 566 00:20:07,673 --> 00:20:11,210 VICTOR: No, the Ariel came in five-gallon buckets. 567 00:20:11,310 --> 00:20:13,813 MIKE: Okay. VICTOR: And it was completely taken apart. 568 00:20:13,913 --> 00:20:16,048 It was quite interesting to put back together. 569 00:20:16,148 --> 00:20:17,783 MIKE: So who was your mentor that taught you 570 00:20:17,983 --> 00:20:18,951 how to work on scooters? 571 00:20:19,051 --> 00:20:20,953 VICTOR: There was a guy in Seattle named Howard. 572 00:20:21,120 --> 00:20:23,722 And he was the original Vespa dealer that survived 573 00:20:23,823 --> 00:20:25,991 all through the '60s and '70s. 574 00:20:26,092 --> 00:20:28,060 You couldn't buy a new Vespa anymore. 575 00:20:28,227 --> 00:20:29,795 MIKE: Yeah, of course. VICTOR: But he still had his parts, 576 00:20:29,962 --> 00:20:31,430 and he'd still help his people out. 577 00:20:31,530 --> 00:20:35,234 MIKE: It's wild to hear from someone that I considered 578 00:20:35,401 --> 00:20:37,436 one of my mentors, you know, 579 00:20:37,603 --> 00:20:38,838 talking about theirs. 580 00:20:39,004 --> 00:20:40,473 I mean, I've never met Victor, 581 00:20:40,639 --> 00:20:43,042 but I've heard so much about his story over the years. 582 00:20:43,209 --> 00:20:44,910 I mean, think about it, going to Europe 583 00:20:45,077 --> 00:20:47,480 when you're 16 years old with your father. 584 00:20:47,580 --> 00:20:50,049 It's just mind-boggling to me, because you're growing up 585 00:20:50,149 --> 00:20:52,752 looking at things in a different way, you know, 586 00:20:52,918 --> 00:20:54,987 from a different perspective. Not so much from an antiquity 587 00:20:55,154 --> 00:20:56,889 value, more of an esthetic. 588 00:20:56,989 --> 00:21:00,392 So to see some of this stuff in his barn, 589 00:21:00,559 --> 00:21:03,362 looking at posters on the walls and just little mementos 590 00:21:03,462 --> 00:21:06,098 from his life and all the places that he's been. 591 00:21:06,265 --> 00:21:08,601 VICTOR: My father owned a 4-storey building 592 00:21:08,701 --> 00:21:11,203 in downtown Seattle where every floor 593 00:21:11,303 --> 00:21:12,772 was a different type of antique, 594 00:21:12,872 --> 00:21:14,106 and was kind of like a commune. 595 00:21:14,273 --> 00:21:15,975 MIKE: He probably loved that you are doing this. 596 00:21:16,075 --> 00:21:18,077 VICTOR: Yeah, yeah, he started me, 597 00:21:18,177 --> 00:21:19,545 he very much helped me. 598 00:21:19,712 --> 00:21:21,680 MIKE: Yeah, he's like here kid, here's some inventory. 599 00:21:21,780 --> 00:21:22,848 VICTOR: Yeah, yeah. MIKE: Yeah. 600 00:21:22,948 --> 00:21:24,116 (laughs) I love it. 601 00:21:24,216 --> 00:21:25,384 VICTOR: Yep. 602 00:21:25,551 --> 00:21:27,186 VICTOR: Yeah, in a way, I still was an antique dealer. 603 00:21:27,353 --> 00:21:29,155 I was just dealing in antique Vespas 604 00:21:29,321 --> 00:21:31,457 instead of antique toys or antique furniture, 605 00:21:31,624 --> 00:21:34,226 you know, and this top of this railing right here, 606 00:21:34,393 --> 00:21:38,063 is the gymnasium floor from a private school 607 00:21:38,230 --> 00:21:39,365 in Singapore. 608 00:21:39,465 --> 00:21:41,233 MIKE: What the hell is that? VICTOR: That's Vespa poster. 609 00:21:41,333 --> 00:21:42,635 MIKE: This is? VICTOR: Yeah. You want 610 00:21:42,802 --> 00:21:44,170 psychedelic, that's the poster. MIKE: Really? 611 00:21:44,270 --> 00:21:45,838 That's a Vespa poster. 612 00:21:46,005 --> 00:21:48,040 (laughing) What the hell... 613 00:21:48,207 --> 00:21:50,042 Fish on 4 wheels. VICTOR: Yeah. 614 00:21:50,142 --> 00:21:52,611 MIKE: And this guy, look, he's got some wheat in his mouth. 615 00:21:52,711 --> 00:21:55,080 VICTOR: Mostly the posters that I always liked, 616 00:21:55,181 --> 00:21:57,917 the ones that I really like were because they had great graphics. 617 00:21:58,117 --> 00:21:59,351 MIKE: Yeah, yeah, no, I hear ya. 618 00:21:59,451 --> 00:22:01,353 MIKE: These are the things that he's kept. 619 00:22:01,453 --> 00:22:04,023 Imagine how much stuff has gone through his hands. 620 00:22:04,190 --> 00:22:06,058 These are the things that... 621 00:22:06,225 --> 00:22:07,593 he's brought close to him. 622 00:22:08,427 --> 00:22:10,229 VICTOR: Pearl Jam. MIKE: This is Pearl Jam? 623 00:22:10,396 --> 00:22:11,630 VICTOR: Yeah. MIKE: What year? 624 00:22:11,797 --> 00:22:12,898 VICTOR: You're probably not going to... 625 00:22:13,065 --> 00:22:14,667 My wife will shoot me if I sell you that. 626 00:22:16,101 --> 00:22:17,570 MIKE: Oh my God... 627 00:22:18,671 --> 00:22:20,773 VICTOR: Oh, that's from an art show he did in Seattle, 628 00:22:20,873 --> 00:22:22,074 a long time ago. 629 00:22:22,241 --> 00:22:24,276 MIKE: There's a huge picture of Von Dutch, 630 00:22:24,443 --> 00:22:26,478 another one of Ed Roth. 631 00:22:26,645 --> 00:22:28,814 You know, Von Dutch passed away in '92, 632 00:22:28,914 --> 00:22:30,916 Ed Roth passed away in 2001. 633 00:22:31,016 --> 00:22:33,719 Ed Roth was still alive at this show. 634 00:22:33,819 --> 00:22:35,120 This is in the '90s. 635 00:22:35,221 --> 00:22:37,189 You know, imagine being able to go to a show 636 00:22:37,356 --> 00:22:40,860 and meet someone that changed your life. 637 00:22:41,026 --> 00:22:42,995 MIKE: I mean, these guys are icons, they're legends. 638 00:22:43,095 --> 00:22:46,465 And it was something that was collected by Victor Vespa. 639 00:22:46,632 --> 00:22:48,634 You know, which rolls it all into one for me. 640 00:22:48,801 --> 00:22:50,836 VICTOR: Give me a low-ball on it. 641 00:22:51,003 --> 00:22:52,471 MIKE: I mean, it would have to be a low-ball. 642 00:22:52,638 --> 00:22:54,874 I mean, Von Dutch wasn't there, he died two years before. 643 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:56,976 VICTOR: Yeah. MIKE: I mean, when Roth... 644 00:22:57,076 --> 00:22:58,410 You were here, so Roth was there. 645 00:22:58,510 --> 00:22:59,645 VICTOR: Yes. MIKE: Okay. 646 00:22:59,745 --> 00:23:01,714 VICTOR: Yeah, I had Ed Roth sign a model kit. 647 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:03,649 MIKE: 50 bucks. 648 00:23:03,749 --> 00:23:05,484 VICTOR: How about 40? 649 00:23:05,584 --> 00:23:08,387 MIKE: Alright, I like, I like that better. 650 00:23:08,554 --> 00:23:09,822 It's worthy, man. 651 00:23:09,989 --> 00:23:11,991 It's worthy of framing, for sure. 652 00:23:16,228 --> 00:23:17,630 SANDEI: You see all of this? ROBBIE: Yeah. 653 00:23:17,796 --> 00:23:20,199 SANDEI: Don started this in 1975. 654 00:23:20,299 --> 00:23:22,268 ROBBIE: So he filled up a first building, 655 00:23:22,434 --> 00:23:23,902 and then built this second one? 656 00:23:24,069 --> 00:23:25,070 SANDEI: And the third. 657 00:23:25,237 --> 00:23:27,006 SANDEI: When Don moved into this house, 658 00:23:27,106 --> 00:23:29,375 of course he started filling it up right away. 659 00:23:29,475 --> 00:23:32,244 SANDEI: So he asked me one day after I bought my house, 660 00:23:32,344 --> 00:23:35,547 "Could I just use a little bit of your garage?" 661 00:23:35,714 --> 00:23:38,050 ROBBIE: A small section, want to put a box in it, right? 662 00:23:38,183 --> 00:23:39,985 JERSEY JON: And you being the good girlfriend, you're like... 663 00:23:40,152 --> 00:23:41,353 ROBBIE: Yeah. SANDEI: Absolutely. 664 00:23:41,453 --> 00:23:42,955 SANDEI: That was the last time I ever saw 665 00:23:43,122 --> 00:23:44,356 the back of my garage. 666 00:23:44,456 --> 00:23:45,591 (laughs) ROBBIE: Yeah. 667 00:23:45,758 --> 00:23:46,859 I like the back entrance here. 668 00:23:47,026 --> 00:23:48,627 JERSEY JON: Oh nice. SANDEI: And here we go. 669 00:23:48,794 --> 00:23:50,329 ROBBIE: Holy cow, what are you talking about? 670 00:23:50,429 --> 00:23:51,230 JERSEY JON: Hoo! 671 00:23:51,330 --> 00:23:52,398 ROBBIE: Don is one of those guys 672 00:23:52,498 --> 00:23:53,832 that I can relate to. 673 00:23:53,999 --> 00:23:57,202 He gets the garage, he fills it up to the top. 674 00:23:57,303 --> 00:23:59,471 What's he do? He builds another garage. 675 00:23:59,638 --> 00:24:02,908 He starts dating a girl. She's got an empty garage. 676 00:24:03,075 --> 00:24:05,144 ROBBIE: Now here's some cool chairs back here, dude. 677 00:24:05,311 --> 00:24:06,612 JERSEY JON: This is nice. Cast iron. 678 00:24:06,712 --> 00:24:08,681 SANDEI: Wow. ROBBIE: This one's got porcelain. 679 00:24:08,781 --> 00:24:11,083 This is a soda fountain seat. JERSEY JON: Yeah, but this is taller. 680 00:24:11,183 --> 00:24:12,718 ROBBIE: That could be a bar. You never find these 681 00:24:12,818 --> 00:24:14,720 where they're all intact, you know. I love that 682 00:24:14,820 --> 00:24:16,588 style right there. It's in good shape. 683 00:24:16,755 --> 00:24:17,790 SANDEI: I got to say, you guys, 684 00:24:17,890 --> 00:24:20,993 this is the best fun I've had since I bungee jumped. 685 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:22,594 (laughs) ROBBIE: Since you bungee jumped? 686 00:24:22,761 --> 00:24:23,962 SANDEI: Yeah. JERSEY JON: You went bungee jumping? 687 00:24:24,063 --> 00:24:25,664 SANDEI: Twice. JERSEY JON: I tell you what, 688 00:24:25,831 --> 00:24:27,166 I gotta hand it to you, that's pretty good, 689 00:24:27,266 --> 00:24:28,434 I don't think I'd be bungee jumping. 690 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:29,535 SANDEI: Are we getting closer to marriage? 691 00:24:29,635 --> 00:24:32,271 (group laughing) 692 00:24:33,105 --> 00:24:36,608 JERSEY JON: I like your style. That's cool, though. 693 00:24:36,709 --> 00:24:38,110 ROBBIE: $80 for the pair. 694 00:24:39,478 --> 00:24:41,080 SANDEI: Only because I like you. 695 00:24:41,246 --> 00:24:42,481 (Jersey Jon laughs) 696 00:24:42,581 --> 00:24:44,717 SANDEI: Alright. ROBBIE: Let me see what else you got in there. 697 00:24:49,822 --> 00:24:51,123 VICTOR: You know, when you retire, 698 00:24:51,223 --> 00:24:52,391 and you're a Vespa guy, 699 00:24:52,558 --> 00:24:52,658 you end up with some stuff leftover. 700 00:24:53,392 --> 00:24:54,460 you end up with some stuff leftover. 701 00:24:54,626 --> 00:24:56,528 MIKE: Yeah, yeah, yeah. VICTOR: Sometimes it has to-- 702 00:24:56,628 --> 00:24:56,662 MIKE: Ooh, what's going on with that? What's that? 703 00:24:57,730 --> 00:24:58,697 MIKE: Ooh, what's going on with that? What's that? 704 00:24:58,864 --> 00:25:01,100 VICTOR: That is a very rare Aprilia race bike. 705 00:25:01,266 --> 00:25:03,202 MIKE: Yeah? VICTOR: This got stolen when I got broken into. 706 00:25:03,369 --> 00:25:04,970 CARA: We got a phone call from the police at like 707 00:25:05,070 --> 00:25:07,406 3 o'clock in the morning. "This is Police Officer 708 00:25:07,506 --> 00:25:09,641 Blah-blah-blah from Kent." MIKE: Uh-huh. 709 00:25:09,742 --> 00:25:12,077 CARA: "Just found some kid on your stolen motorcycle." 710 00:25:12,177 --> 00:25:14,446 MIKE: What's the value of it? VICTOR: 10 grand? 711 00:25:14,546 --> 00:25:17,116 MIKE: Here's a, okay, so what do you got going here? You got a Lambretta. 712 00:25:17,282 --> 00:25:18,751 VICTOR: This is an electric start Lambretta. 713 00:25:18,851 --> 00:25:22,354 MIKE: What the hell, really. VICTOR: It's like '57 or 8. 714 00:25:22,521 --> 00:25:25,324 MIKE: There's always been a vintage scooter scene 715 00:25:25,424 --> 00:25:26,592 in the United States. 716 00:25:26,759 --> 00:25:29,261 But when Vespa left in '81, 717 00:25:29,428 --> 00:25:31,530 there was that hole all of a sudden in the US market 718 00:25:31,630 --> 00:25:33,499 for new scooters, for like people that wanted 719 00:25:33,665 --> 00:25:35,968 to buy a new scooter, they couldn't buy anything European. 720 00:25:36,068 --> 00:25:37,803 Shops like Scooterworks in Chicago, 721 00:25:37,903 --> 00:25:40,005 Big People Scooters in Seattle, 722 00:25:40,105 --> 00:25:41,640 they were doing vintage Vespa, 723 00:25:41,740 --> 00:25:42,975 they were restoring them. 724 00:25:43,075 --> 00:25:46,278 Those are the shops that kept that flame alive. 725 00:25:46,445 --> 00:25:48,881 VICTOR: When I became a Vespa dealer with new Vespas, 726 00:25:49,048 --> 00:25:52,718 I just got too busy selling new Vespas. 727 00:25:52,818 --> 00:25:54,887 MIKE: So Vespa pulled out in what, like '83, 728 00:25:54,987 --> 00:25:57,356 pulled out of the market. VICTOR: Yeah, '83, '84 they left the United States. 729 00:25:57,456 --> 00:25:58,791 MIKE: Then they came back in 2000. 730 00:25:58,891 --> 00:26:01,160 VICTOR: Yep, 2000, 2001. MIKE: I was dealing with 731 00:26:01,260 --> 00:26:03,028 a Vespa dealer in Chicago. 732 00:26:03,195 --> 00:26:04,563 VICTOR: Okay. MIKE: And they were turning 733 00:26:04,663 --> 00:26:05,898 me onto all their trades. 734 00:26:06,064 --> 00:26:07,599 MIKE: They didn't want old Vespas. 735 00:26:07,699 --> 00:26:09,201 MIKE: You know, because they were all "boutiques". 736 00:26:09,301 --> 00:26:10,269 VICTOR: Right. 737 00:26:10,436 --> 00:26:13,238 MIKE: When Vespa came back to the US in 2001, 738 00:26:13,405 --> 00:26:15,207 with the internet and you know, 739 00:26:15,307 --> 00:26:18,510 Vespa being romanticized in advertising again, 740 00:26:18,677 --> 00:26:21,213 it literally threw gas on that flame. 741 00:26:21,313 --> 00:26:22,714 MIKE: Because everybody that walked in there 742 00:26:22,881 --> 00:26:24,650 or reminisced about Vespa, 743 00:26:24,750 --> 00:26:27,286 all of a sudden wanted a vintage scooter. 744 00:26:27,386 --> 00:26:31,757 I was probably selling 8 to 12 vintage Vespas a month, 745 00:26:31,857 --> 00:26:35,260 out of Iowa. As fast as I would put them up online, 746 00:26:35,427 --> 00:26:37,262 they were gone, they were gone. 747 00:26:37,429 --> 00:26:39,431 MIKE: It was just such an exciting time. 748 00:26:39,598 --> 00:26:43,135 And what even made it cooler, was riding some of this stuff, 749 00:26:43,235 --> 00:26:47,973 you know, it's two-stroke, it's 125, 150, 200 cc, 750 00:26:48,073 --> 00:26:48,874 two-stroke scooters. 751 00:26:49,041 --> 00:26:50,809 MIKE: Oh, here's a Faro Basso, 752 00:26:50,909 --> 00:26:51,877 a Lamp Down. 753 00:26:52,044 --> 00:26:54,646 VICTOR: Yeah. MIKE: What year is that one? 754 00:26:54,746 --> 00:26:56,682 The handlebar... VICTOR: That'd have to be about '54? 755 00:26:56,849 --> 00:26:58,817 MIKE: Okay. Yeah. That's cool. 756 00:26:58,984 --> 00:27:00,385 VICTOR: And I have the sidecar for that. 757 00:27:00,552 --> 00:27:02,221 MIKE: Do you really? In the original paint? 758 00:27:02,387 --> 00:27:03,822 This looks like original paint. VICTOR: Yes. Right. 759 00:27:03,989 --> 00:27:05,390 VICTOR: He calls it a Faro Basso. 760 00:27:05,557 --> 00:27:08,393 Basically, the Faro Basso translates to "low light". 761 00:27:08,494 --> 00:27:10,729 And it's because the headlights on the front fender. 762 00:27:10,829 --> 00:27:12,865 MIKE: So how long have you had this scooter? 763 00:27:13,031 --> 00:27:14,967 The Lamp Down, the Faro Basso. 764 00:27:15,033 --> 00:27:17,769 VICTOR: 25, 30 years. MIKE: No kidding. 765 00:27:17,870 --> 00:27:19,104 VICTOR: Well I found that here. 766 00:27:19,271 --> 00:27:20,239 MIKE: You found that in the US? 767 00:27:20,405 --> 00:27:21,640 VICTOR: Yeah, yeah. MIKE: Really. 768 00:27:21,740 --> 00:27:24,843 MIKE: You know, when you stand back, they're just works of art. 769 00:27:24,943 --> 00:27:28,080 You know, I'm just imagining Gregory Peck 770 00:27:28,247 --> 00:27:31,416 and Audrey Hepburn cruising around on a Vespa 771 00:27:31,517 --> 00:27:33,552 just like this in that movie, Roman Holiday. 772 00:27:33,719 --> 00:27:37,422 Right then, boom, it was part of American culture. 773 00:27:37,589 --> 00:27:38,624 MIKE: What about the Faro Basso, 774 00:27:38,790 --> 00:27:40,626 what are you thinking on something like this? 775 00:27:41,493 --> 00:27:43,061 VICTOR: Uhh... 776 00:27:43,228 --> 00:27:44,396 Well, you'd have to see the sidecar, 777 00:27:44,563 --> 00:27:46,231 so you know-- MIKE: Is the sidecar 778 00:27:46,331 --> 00:27:47,833 original paint as well? VICTOR: Yes. 779 00:27:47,933 --> 00:27:49,801 MIKE: Okay, and did it come with this scooter? 780 00:27:49,968 --> 00:27:51,770 VICTOR: No, I got them separately, but they would go together, 781 00:27:51,870 --> 00:27:54,039 it's the proper vintage. MIKE: Did you ever have it bolted on here? 782 00:27:54,206 --> 00:27:55,207 VICTOR: Nope. MIKE: Okay. 783 00:27:55,307 --> 00:27:56,608 Do you have the seat with it? 784 00:27:56,708 --> 00:27:58,410 VICTOR: We'd have to find a seat for it, 785 00:27:58,510 --> 00:27:59,878 but they reproduce those. MIKE: Okay. 786 00:28:00,045 --> 00:28:01,046 Where's the sidecar at? 787 00:28:01,146 --> 00:28:02,314 VICTOR: Just right up in the loft. 788 00:28:02,481 --> 00:28:04,149 MIKE: Can we look at that? VICTOR: Sure. Come on up. 789 00:28:04,316 --> 00:28:05,384 MIKE: Alright. 790 00:28:05,551 --> 00:28:06,818 MIKE: Now we're starting to crack the nut here. 791 00:28:06,985 --> 00:28:09,354 I knew that he had to have this caliber 792 00:28:09,454 --> 00:28:11,757 of Vespa scooters in here. There's just no way, 793 00:28:11,857 --> 00:28:14,393 with his passion and his background, 794 00:28:14,493 --> 00:28:16,528 that he wasn't going to. 795 00:28:20,699 --> 00:28:23,035 ROBBIE: At any minute, I think there's going to be an avalanche... 796 00:28:23,202 --> 00:28:25,437 You're the one who's going to cause it. 797 00:28:25,604 --> 00:28:26,605 JERSEY JON: Probably. SANDEI: Whoa... 798 00:28:26,705 --> 00:28:28,307 SANDEI: Whoa... JERSEY JON: Yeah. 799 00:28:29,508 --> 00:28:31,777 SANDEI: Joisey, are you okay? 800 00:28:31,877 --> 00:28:33,445 (clanging) 801 00:28:33,545 --> 00:28:35,113 ROBBIE: Dude, you're knocking stuff over here. 802 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:36,949 JERSEY JON: I don't know, I'm just looking at stuff, Robbie. 803 00:28:37,115 --> 00:28:38,984 (laughs) JERSEY JON: What do you want me to tell you, buddy? 804 00:28:39,151 --> 00:28:40,552 ROBBIE: Listen, don't pull the feather out 805 00:28:40,719 --> 00:28:42,688 from underneath the bottom of the pile, okay? 806 00:28:42,788 --> 00:28:43,956 ROBBIE: That's all I'm trying to tell ya. 807 00:28:44,122 --> 00:28:44,923 JERSEY JON: Yeah. 808 00:28:45,023 --> 00:28:46,191 Sandei, I got a railroad 809 00:28:46,291 --> 00:28:47,326 lantern I want to buy from ya. 810 00:28:47,426 --> 00:28:50,662 It's... it's got a nice lens on it, 811 00:28:50,829 --> 00:28:52,831 and it's actually marked from a railroad, 812 00:28:52,931 --> 00:28:55,701 CN&W Railroad. 813 00:28:55,867 --> 00:28:57,002 So that's kind of cool. 814 00:28:57,169 --> 00:28:58,971 And it's kind of got a red lens on it. 815 00:28:59,071 --> 00:29:00,839 You see this thing? SANDEI: Yeah. 816 00:29:00,939 --> 00:29:02,674 JERSEY JON: Pretty cool. Um... SANDEI: Yeah. 817 00:29:04,076 --> 00:29:05,010 (sighs) 818 00:29:05,110 --> 00:29:07,079 JERSEY JON: I'd go 50 bucks on it. 819 00:29:07,179 --> 00:29:09,081 SANDEI: 52. 820 00:29:09,181 --> 00:29:10,716 JERSEY JON: I'm not going to argue with $52. 821 00:29:10,882 --> 00:29:12,150 I mean, that's pretty cool. 822 00:29:12,250 --> 00:29:13,485 ROBBIE: Don had a great eye. 823 00:29:13,585 --> 00:29:15,587 He wasn't just buying junk out there. 824 00:29:15,754 --> 00:29:17,923 The guy was pulling the best stuff 825 00:29:18,023 --> 00:29:20,859 out of the garage sales. And he was piling it up. 826 00:29:23,762 --> 00:29:25,197 SANDEI: Is it a Toby? 827 00:29:25,330 --> 00:29:26,999 ROBBIE: No. SANDEI: Oh okay. 828 00:29:27,099 --> 00:29:28,433 ROBBIE: No it's not. It is marked, 829 00:29:28,533 --> 00:29:29,635 it is British marked, though. 830 00:29:29,801 --> 00:29:32,804 SANDEI: A Toby mug normally is a face of a sailor, 831 00:29:32,904 --> 00:29:36,642 an older man. They come in different sizes. 832 00:29:36,742 --> 00:29:39,678 They're fascinating to look at. 833 00:29:39,778 --> 00:29:40,879 ROBBIE: It is British marked, 834 00:29:41,046 --> 00:29:42,414 but it doesn't have those initials on it. 835 00:29:42,514 --> 00:29:45,684 SANDEI: Does it have any cracks, scrapes, nicks? 836 00:29:45,784 --> 00:29:48,186 ROBBIE: There are no, no there's no cracks in it. 837 00:29:48,353 --> 00:29:50,122 SANDEI: Okay. ROBBIE: Got a good look to it. Nothing broke, 838 00:29:50,222 --> 00:29:52,357 nothing glued back on. SANDEI: That just upped the price. 839 00:29:52,457 --> 00:29:54,660 ROBBIE: What's the special price? Let's hear it today. 840 00:29:54,826 --> 00:29:57,396 SANDEI: You tell me. ROBBIE: Nope, this is one of those ones. 841 00:29:57,562 --> 00:30:00,232 You knew exactly what it was, so tell me what you need. 842 00:30:00,899 --> 00:30:02,634 SANDEI: 2. ROBBIE: 2 what? 843 00:30:02,801 --> 00:30:04,136 SANDEI: Hundred. 844 00:30:04,236 --> 00:30:05,804 ROBBIE: $200 on this mug? 845 00:30:05,904 --> 00:30:08,240 (Jersey Jon laughs) SANDEI: Okay, then you counter offer. 846 00:30:08,340 --> 00:30:11,843 ROBBIE: I think the retail on this like $125. 847 00:30:11,943 --> 00:30:13,345 SANDEI: 150. 848 00:30:13,512 --> 00:30:16,081 ROBBIE: Well, I can't pay 150 if it's only 125, come on, 849 00:30:16,181 --> 00:30:19,084 Sandei, work with me! SANDEI: Come on, you're rich. 850 00:30:19,184 --> 00:30:20,152 ROBBIE: No, I'm not. 851 00:30:20,318 --> 00:30:22,287 If I was rich, I wouldn't be picking. 852 00:30:24,122 --> 00:30:25,524 ROBBIE: $65. 853 00:30:26,692 --> 00:30:27,626 SANDEI: 75, and it's yours. 854 00:30:27,626 --> 00:30:29,027 SANDEI: 75, and it's yours. 855 00:30:29,194 --> 00:30:30,629 ROBBIE: Done. Done. SANDEI: Come on. 856 00:30:30,796 --> 00:30:31,330 SANDEI: Yay. ROBBIE: Done. 857 00:30:37,969 --> 00:30:38,069 VICTOR: Here's a sidecar. 858 00:30:38,603 --> 00:30:39,705 VICTOR: Here's a sidecar. 859 00:30:39,871 --> 00:30:41,039 MIKE: Whoa... VICTOR: So... 860 00:30:41,139 --> 00:30:42,841 MIKE: Wait. Oh my gosh, yeah, 861 00:30:42,941 --> 00:30:43,041 there you go. 862 00:30:43,375 --> 00:30:43,875 there you go. 863 00:30:44,042 --> 00:30:45,310 And that's original paint? 864 00:30:45,477 --> 00:30:46,611 VICTOR: Yep. 865 00:30:46,712 --> 00:30:48,046 MIKE: Ooh, what's this? 866 00:30:48,146 --> 00:30:51,216 VICTOR: This is a rod model. This is the... 867 00:30:51,316 --> 00:30:53,752 basically the first Vespa that got mass-produced. 868 00:30:53,919 --> 00:30:55,554 MIKE: Really. VICTOR: This is called a rod model 869 00:30:55,654 --> 00:30:56,955 because it doesn't use cables. 870 00:30:57,055 --> 00:30:58,690 MIKE: Yeah, no-- VICTOR: It uses a metal linkage 871 00:30:58,790 --> 00:31:02,360 like an old American motorcycle. MIKE: Yeah, because the '47, 872 00:31:02,461 --> 00:31:04,796 the 98, doesn't have the... 873 00:31:04,896 --> 00:31:07,032 Under the-- What do you call it? VICTOR: The stand underneath. 874 00:31:07,199 --> 00:31:08,800 MIKE: It doesn't have the stand, it just literally, 875 00:31:08,900 --> 00:31:10,202 you lay a bike over on its side. 876 00:31:10,368 --> 00:31:11,403 VICTOR: Correct. MIKE: Wow. 877 00:31:11,503 --> 00:31:12,838 VICTOR: And a little bit different with the cowls, 878 00:31:13,004 --> 00:31:14,106 the way the engines were cut. 879 00:31:14,272 --> 00:31:16,441 MIKE: Vespa was a company that was really born 880 00:31:16,608 --> 00:31:20,145 out of the devastation of World War II. 881 00:31:20,312 --> 00:31:21,646 It helped jump-start Italy's economy, 882 00:31:21,747 --> 00:31:24,950 and fill the desperate need for transportation. 883 00:31:25,117 --> 00:31:28,120 So they started making scooters, and by 1947, 884 00:31:28,220 --> 00:31:29,755 they're getting their legs underneath them. 885 00:31:29,855 --> 00:31:34,192 By 1948, they were making like 10,000 scooters a year. 886 00:31:34,292 --> 00:31:39,598 So this, is a 1948 original paint rod model Vespa. 887 00:31:39,765 --> 00:31:42,200 It was never exported to the US. 888 00:31:42,367 --> 00:31:46,004 These scooters are extremely rare in Italy. 889 00:31:46,171 --> 00:31:49,374 It's unbelievable that this scooter is in the US, 890 00:31:49,474 --> 00:31:52,110 and that it's in the condition that it's in. 891 00:31:52,277 --> 00:31:54,012 VICTOR: But this also has original... 892 00:31:54,112 --> 00:31:55,914 period-correct accessories on there. 893 00:31:56,081 --> 00:31:59,785 MIKE: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. VICTOR: And then if you see the shock absorber down below, 894 00:31:59,951 --> 00:32:01,353 I don't know if you remember how Vespas bounce. 895 00:32:01,453 --> 00:32:02,621 MIKE: Oh yeah. VICTOR: So that's an original. 896 00:32:02,788 --> 00:32:03,989 MIKE: And that's a dampener? 897 00:32:04,156 --> 00:32:05,757 VICTOR: That's a dampener for it so it doesn't bounce. 898 00:32:05,924 --> 00:32:07,392 MIKE: Oh my gosh... wow. 899 00:32:11,763 --> 00:32:13,965 ROBBIE: I got this, Sandei, it's a monogram stamp. 900 00:32:14,065 --> 00:32:15,867 Probably used in government agency 901 00:32:16,001 --> 00:32:19,471 or could have been in a post office or something. 25 bucks. 902 00:32:19,638 --> 00:32:21,873 SANDEI: 27. ROBBIE: $2 adds up 903 00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:23,275 when you do it to every item, though. 904 00:32:23,442 --> 00:32:25,243 SANDEI: I know, that's why I'm doing it. 905 00:32:25,343 --> 00:32:26,678 ROBBIE: Alright. 27, I'm in on that. 906 00:32:26,845 --> 00:32:27,913 SANDEI: Okay. 907 00:32:28,079 --> 00:32:29,748 JERSEY JON: I found another toilet top tank. 908 00:32:29,915 --> 00:32:33,351 This one's nicer. And... I found a toilet seat. 909 00:32:33,452 --> 00:32:35,720 SANDEI: How much did you pay for the last one? 910 00:32:35,821 --> 00:32:37,556 JERSEY JON: I forget, 75? 911 00:32:37,656 --> 00:32:39,090 SANDEI: Okay, we better double that. 912 00:32:39,191 --> 00:32:41,526 JERSEY JON: We ain't gonna double it, but tell you what. 913 00:32:41,626 --> 00:32:44,196 JERSEY JON: For the seat and the tank, 914 00:32:44,362 --> 00:32:45,430 I'd go 100-and-a-quarter. 915 00:32:45,597 --> 00:32:46,832 SANDEI: 150. 916 00:32:46,998 --> 00:32:48,200 JERSEY JON: 130. 917 00:32:48,300 --> 00:32:49,568 SANDEI: Sold. JERSEY JON: Alright. 918 00:32:49,668 --> 00:32:51,002 ROBBIE: McDonald's stuff in the last few years 919 00:32:51,169 --> 00:32:53,071 is starting to go up in value. 920 00:32:53,238 --> 00:32:54,239 SANDEI: 45. 921 00:32:54,339 --> 00:32:55,607 ROBBIE: 35. 922 00:32:55,707 --> 00:32:57,309 SANDEI: 40. ROBBIE: 37. 923 00:32:57,476 --> 00:32:58,677 I'm doing your $2 thing. 924 00:32:58,844 --> 00:33:00,312 SANDEI: 38. ROBBIE: Done. 925 00:33:00,478 --> 00:33:04,115 These are, look like circus chalkware pieces. 926 00:33:04,282 --> 00:33:06,151 $45 for the pair. 927 00:33:06,318 --> 00:33:07,953 SANDEI: Yeah, I'm good, I'm good. 928 00:33:08,119 --> 00:33:09,621 ROBBIE: Alright. Thank you. 929 00:33:09,788 --> 00:33:11,523 SANDEI: They gave me what it was worth. 930 00:33:11,623 --> 00:33:14,593 And that made me feel really, really good. 931 00:33:17,229 --> 00:33:20,232 JERSEY JON: I got a really killer oil can here. Ugh. 932 00:33:20,398 --> 00:33:22,000 SANDEI: Ohh. JERSEY JON: See that? 933 00:33:22,100 --> 00:33:24,603 It's a Mobiline Pennsylvania rocker can. 934 00:33:25,370 --> 00:33:26,671 It actually got oil in it. 935 00:33:26,838 --> 00:33:28,440 The oil is probably worth more than the can right now. 936 00:33:28,540 --> 00:33:30,375 SANDEI: Well, that adds to the price. 937 00:33:30,475 --> 00:33:32,177 (laughs) JERSEY JON: Yeah, I know. 938 00:33:32,277 --> 00:33:34,479 It's still got pretty decent paint on it. 939 00:33:34,646 --> 00:33:37,616 It's dusty and dirty, but yeah, it's got oil in it. 940 00:33:37,716 --> 00:33:39,317 JERSEY JON: This is what I mean about layers. 941 00:33:39,484 --> 00:33:41,086 Here it is, I'm in the back of this pick. 942 00:33:41,186 --> 00:33:44,289 I'm like where the stuff first went in the garage. 943 00:33:44,389 --> 00:33:46,992 And here's this Mobiline rocker oil can 944 00:33:47,158 --> 00:33:49,594 in really nice condition. Like, you see the graphics side, 945 00:33:49,761 --> 00:33:51,530 it's not rotted out, it's a great rocker can, 946 00:33:51,630 --> 00:33:53,431 and an amazing piece of petroliana. 947 00:33:53,532 --> 00:33:54,432 (sighs) 948 00:33:54,532 --> 00:33:56,201 JERSEY JON: I'd do 200 on the rocker can. 949 00:33:57,302 --> 00:33:59,204 SANDEI: Okay. The rocker can's a good item. 950 00:34:00,305 --> 00:34:01,506 JERSEY JON: Yeah, I know it is. 951 00:34:01,673 --> 00:34:02,908 SANDEI: 225. 952 00:34:03,074 --> 00:34:04,643 JERSEY JON: I'll take it for 225. 953 00:34:04,743 --> 00:34:06,244 SANDEI: You damn straight, you will. 954 00:34:06,411 --> 00:34:08,546 (Jersey Jon and Robbie laugh) 955 00:34:09,548 --> 00:34:11,483 JERSEY JON: Alright, thank you. 956 00:34:13,652 --> 00:34:15,120 VICTOR: A long time ago, as a member 957 00:34:15,220 --> 00:34:16,588 of the Antique Motorcycle Club, 958 00:34:16,755 --> 00:34:19,024 all my friends had old vintage Harleys. 959 00:34:19,190 --> 00:34:21,459 This counted as an antique motorcycle, 960 00:34:21,626 --> 00:34:23,762 and I rode it up Mount St. Helen's. 961 00:34:23,862 --> 00:34:25,530 When the Antique Motorcycle Club 962 00:34:25,630 --> 00:34:27,032 came and had their national meeting here. 963 00:34:27,198 --> 00:34:31,069 MIKE: Wow. This is the earliest Vespa that I've seen in the US. 964 00:34:31,236 --> 00:34:34,773 I think at one time, the most I ever had was... 965 00:34:34,873 --> 00:34:36,241 I think 14 Vespas. 966 00:34:36,408 --> 00:34:38,376 VICTOR: At one time, the most that I ever had 967 00:34:38,476 --> 00:34:40,845 was well over 300. 968 00:34:40,946 --> 00:34:42,847 (laughs) VICTOR: So... 969 00:34:42,948 --> 00:34:44,282 And that's not counting what was supposed 970 00:34:44,382 --> 00:34:46,151 to be for sale in the store. 971 00:34:46,318 --> 00:34:48,219 VICTOR: Which at one time was like 200. 972 00:34:48,386 --> 00:34:51,790 So altogether, at one point in my life, I had 500-- 973 00:34:51,957 --> 00:34:53,625 MIKE: That's why you're the Marlon Brando of the Vespa world. 974 00:34:53,792 --> 00:34:54,993 (Cara laughs) VICTOR: Yes. Uh-huh. 975 00:34:55,093 --> 00:34:56,561 MIKE: What's going on with this scooter? 976 00:34:56,661 --> 00:34:59,764 What is happening? Is it fitting into the dream still, or...? 977 00:34:59,864 --> 00:35:01,833 VICTOR: Well, you know that one, I kind of have a... 978 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:03,234 a soft spot for it. 979 00:35:03,401 --> 00:35:05,570 MIKE: What would it take to buy this? 980 00:35:06,604 --> 00:35:07,973 VICTOR: 20,000. 981 00:35:09,841 --> 00:35:12,177 MIKE: I mean, it's... VICTOR: That's a fair number, by the way. 982 00:35:12,277 --> 00:35:13,745 MIKE: No, I know, I mean, I know. I mean... 983 00:35:13,912 --> 00:35:15,513 I mean, I just... 984 00:35:16,715 --> 00:35:18,350 It's a pretty amazing scooter, man. 985 00:35:18,516 --> 00:35:20,952 VICTOR: This came from Portland. Mario, who was the last 986 00:35:21,052 --> 00:35:24,756 factory-trained Vespa mechanic alive in America 987 00:35:24,856 --> 00:35:28,259 at the time, he rebuilt it with the original parts. 988 00:35:28,426 --> 00:35:30,662 MIKE: Ohh... look at that little peanut. 989 00:35:30,829 --> 00:35:31,930 Powah, feel the powah! 990 00:35:32,030 --> 00:35:33,331 VICTOR: Mm-hmm. 991 00:35:33,465 --> 00:35:35,400 VICTOR: The rod model was the first Vespa 992 00:35:35,500 --> 00:35:38,436 that was really designed for like real mass production. 993 00:35:38,603 --> 00:35:41,806 It used a metal linkage that it creates a bunch 994 00:35:41,906 --> 00:35:44,776 of wear points, and it's not the most practical thing. 995 00:35:44,876 --> 00:35:46,444 MIKE: So the guy rebuilt the engine on it. 996 00:35:46,544 --> 00:35:47,879 VICTOR: Yeah, Mario's Italian Motorworks 997 00:35:48,046 --> 00:35:49,881 down in Portland, Oregon. MIKE: What are you thinking 998 00:35:49,981 --> 00:35:51,816 on the other Faro Basso down there? 999 00:35:51,916 --> 00:35:53,251 The one there that's sitting there. 1000 00:35:53,351 --> 00:35:54,319 What are you thinking on that? 1001 00:35:54,419 --> 00:35:55,620 VICTOR: Uh... 1002 00:35:55,787 --> 00:35:56,921 MIKE: Because to be honest with you, 1003 00:35:57,022 --> 00:35:58,623 that color does not match that. 1004 00:35:58,790 --> 00:36:00,625 VICTOR: Right. I know that. MIKE: Yeah. So it's like, 1005 00:36:00,792 --> 00:36:02,360 that doesn't have to be sold with that then. 1006 00:36:02,460 --> 00:36:04,596 VICTOR: Just the scooter. MIKE: Yeah. 1007 00:36:04,763 --> 00:36:07,098 VICTOR: I know you have to make some money on it. 1008 00:36:08,867 --> 00:36:09,934 8,000. 1009 00:36:12,170 --> 00:36:14,172 (sighs) 1010 00:36:18,243 --> 00:36:19,611 MIKE: Hmm... 1011 00:36:21,112 --> 00:36:23,682 What are your chances you think you got a seat for that? 1012 00:36:23,848 --> 00:36:24,883 VICTOR: 90%. 1013 00:36:24,983 --> 00:36:26,284 MIKE: Okay. CARA: Yeah. 1014 00:36:26,384 --> 00:36:27,986 MIKE: So that... VICTOR: It's just finding it. Yeah. 1015 00:36:28,153 --> 00:36:30,955 MIKE: 17,000 for this. 1016 00:36:33,058 --> 00:36:35,026 7,000 for that. 1017 00:36:38,163 --> 00:36:40,165 VICTOR: 24,000? MIKE: With the seat. With the seat. 1018 00:36:52,010 --> 00:36:52,944 JERSEY JON: Wait, wait, wait, ugh. 1019 00:36:52,944 --> 00:36:54,846 JERSEY JON: Wait, wait, wait, ugh. 1020 00:36:54,946 --> 00:36:57,682 I found something pretty cool. Argh! 1021 00:36:57,782 --> 00:37:00,185 Looks like an old lap steel. 1022 00:37:00,351 --> 00:37:01,786 Supro 60. 1023 00:37:01,953 --> 00:37:03,555 Man, this thing's got to be from the '50s. 1024 00:37:03,655 --> 00:37:06,524 Look at it, it's a lap, like lap steel, Robbie. 1025 00:37:06,624 --> 00:37:09,427 ROBBIE: Oh, that's cool. JERSEY JON: Country and western piece. 1026 00:37:10,428 --> 00:37:12,831 JERSEY JON: Very cool. So in good condition, 1027 00:37:12,997 --> 00:37:15,967 I mean, this thing is probably like, with the case 1028 00:37:16,034 --> 00:37:18,603 and cleaned up nice, it's probably about, you know, 1029 00:37:18,770 --> 00:37:20,205 a $300 item, actually. 1030 00:37:20,305 --> 00:37:21,973 This is, this is a lap steel, 1031 00:37:22,073 --> 00:37:24,242 you know. It'd have a slide that went on it, 1032 00:37:24,409 --> 00:37:25,977 and you played it like a, you know, 1033 00:37:26,077 --> 00:37:28,079 like a steel guitar. ROBBIE: It sat on your lap, yep. 1034 00:37:28,246 --> 00:37:29,881 JERSEY JON: Yeah, it sat on your lap, but the electric-- 1035 00:37:29,981 --> 00:37:32,083 SANDEI: Does it have a case? JERSEY JON: But the-- No case. 1036 00:37:32,283 --> 00:37:33,785 JERSEY JON: What makes a lap steel guitar cool 1037 00:37:33,952 --> 00:37:35,286 is the sound it creates. 1038 00:37:35,386 --> 00:37:37,088 It has that whiny melody, 1039 00:37:37,188 --> 00:37:39,924 used a lot in country music and Hawaiian music. 1040 00:37:40,024 --> 00:37:41,760 This is a great piece for the Nashville store. 1041 00:37:41,860 --> 00:37:43,361 We have so many musicians down there, 1042 00:37:43,461 --> 00:37:44,729 somebody's going to snap this thing right up. 1043 00:37:44,829 --> 00:37:47,365 SANDEI: Joisey, 2. 1044 00:37:48,233 --> 00:37:50,435 JERSEY JON: Hey wait a second, wait a second now, I told ya 1045 00:37:50,602 --> 00:37:53,605 in perfect condition, this thing is probably worth $300. 1046 00:37:53,705 --> 00:37:55,039 SANDEI: Right. JERSEY JON: I mean, with the case, 1047 00:37:55,206 --> 00:37:57,175 and everything like that. But it's you know... 1048 00:37:57,275 --> 00:37:59,010 ROBBIE: It's beat up. JERSEY JON: It's pretty beat up. 1049 00:37:59,110 --> 00:38:00,879 JERSEY JON: You know. It's missing a lot of... 1050 00:38:01,045 --> 00:38:02,647 a lot of decoration that was on it. 1051 00:38:02,747 --> 00:38:04,916 SANDEI: Do you think 150 is fair? 1052 00:38:05,083 --> 00:38:07,552 JERSEY JON: I was thinking more like 125. 1053 00:38:08,119 --> 00:38:09,487 SANDEI: 130. 1054 00:38:09,587 --> 00:38:11,756 JERSEY JON: 130... hmm... 1055 00:38:11,856 --> 00:38:13,758 SANDEI: Come on, Joisey, you can do it. 1056 00:38:13,925 --> 00:38:15,927 (Jersey Jon laughs) JERSEY JON: You're a sweetheart. 1057 00:38:16,027 --> 00:38:18,062 You know what, 130, right? 1058 00:38:18,229 --> 00:38:20,331 SANDEI: 130. JERSEY JON: Yeah, I'll do that for you. 1059 00:38:20,431 --> 00:38:21,766 SANDEI: Oh, I love you, Joisey. 1060 00:38:21,866 --> 00:38:23,468 JERSEY JON: I love you too, thank you, sweetie. 1061 00:38:23,635 --> 00:38:25,270 (laughing) 1062 00:38:25,436 --> 00:38:26,437 JERSEY JON: Alright. 1063 00:38:26,604 --> 00:38:27,839 SANDEI: I was shocked that they knew 1064 00:38:27,939 --> 00:38:29,040 as much as they did. 1065 00:38:29,140 --> 00:38:30,842 The fact that Robbie and Jersey came over 1066 00:38:30,942 --> 00:38:34,412 did such honor to Don. 1067 00:38:35,847 --> 00:38:37,415 ROBBIE: You know, it's definitely a memorable day. 1068 00:38:37,515 --> 00:38:39,450 JERSEY JON: Yeah. ROBBIE: And I was talking to Jersey, 1069 00:38:39,551 --> 00:38:41,152 he said he'd love to stay here tonight. 1070 00:38:41,319 --> 00:38:43,154 SANDEI: And I'd love to have him stay. 1071 00:38:43,321 --> 00:38:46,324 ROBBIE: I know. He'd love to hang out here with you tonight. 1072 00:38:46,424 --> 00:38:47,759 JERSEY JON: You're such a sweetheart. 1073 00:38:47,859 --> 00:38:50,228 ROBBIE: He said he'd get some great picking going, and... 1074 00:38:50,395 --> 00:38:52,630 Hey, you know what, we put a dent in it today, just a little. 1075 00:38:52,797 --> 00:38:54,399 SANDEI: You did. Thank you. 1076 00:38:54,566 --> 00:38:56,201 ROBBIE: Thank you so much. Thank you, thank you. 1077 00:38:56,301 --> 00:38:57,936 ROBBIE: I mean, Don had a great eye, and Sandei 1078 00:38:58,036 --> 00:38:59,838 is doing him right by putting this stuff 1079 00:39:00,004 --> 00:39:01,639 back out to the masses. 1080 00:39:01,806 --> 00:39:04,842 SANDEI: Oh my God, muah! 1081 00:39:04,943 --> 00:39:06,811 We're getting married. 1082 00:39:06,911 --> 00:39:08,346 ROBBIE: He needs the extra garage space. 1083 00:39:08,513 --> 00:39:09,948 We'll see you soon. SANDEI: Thank you. 1084 00:39:10,114 --> 00:39:11,950 JERSEY JON: See you later. SANDEI: Thank you, thank you, thank you. 1085 00:39:12,116 --> 00:39:13,117 (honks horn) 1086 00:39:13,218 --> 00:39:14,919 SANDEI: I love you guys! 1087 00:39:18,623 --> 00:39:21,226 VICTOR: When I bought this, as far as I know, 1088 00:39:21,392 --> 00:39:23,561 there was no other rod model had been found yet. 1089 00:39:23,661 --> 00:39:24,996 MIKE: How many years ago was that? 1090 00:39:25,096 --> 00:39:27,198 VICTOR: I probably had this scooter since... 1091 00:39:28,299 --> 00:39:30,568 ...'94. MIKE: Wow. 1092 00:39:30,668 --> 00:39:31,769 VICTOR: Maybe older, actually. 1093 00:39:31,870 --> 00:39:33,972 MIKE: And it's so wild, all those trips to Europe. 1094 00:39:34,072 --> 00:39:35,006 VICTOR: Yeah. 1095 00:39:35,106 --> 00:39:36,841 MIKE: You find one of your oldest scooters... 1096 00:39:37,008 --> 00:39:38,209 here in the United States. 1097 00:39:38,309 --> 00:39:41,246 VICTOR: Yeah. This bike is very, very rare in Europe too. 1098 00:39:41,346 --> 00:39:42,447 MIKE: Oh yeah. VICTOR: You know, 1099 00:39:42,547 --> 00:39:44,482 the thing is the original paint. 1100 00:39:44,649 --> 00:39:46,284 MIKE: Yes. VICTOR: You know. 1101 00:39:46,384 --> 00:39:47,518 Original tool kit. 1102 00:39:47,685 --> 00:39:48,720 MIKE: Is it? VICTOR: Yep. 1103 00:39:48,820 --> 00:39:52,590 MIKE: Original paint rod model, 1948 Vespa. 1104 00:39:52,757 --> 00:39:54,425 Faro Basso, 1952. 1105 00:39:54,592 --> 00:39:56,995 If anybody is going to have something like this, 1106 00:39:57,161 --> 00:40:00,131 it makes sense that it's Victor Vespa. 1107 00:40:00,231 --> 00:40:02,867 MIKE: If you have a seat, it sounds like you have a seat. 1108 00:40:03,001 --> 00:40:05,169 VICTOR: And like I say, if I didn't, they're reproduced. 1109 00:40:05,270 --> 00:40:07,171 MIKE: It sounds-- I know... CARA: But you want a seat. 1110 00:40:07,272 --> 00:40:08,773 MIKE: I mean, that's an original scooter... 1111 00:40:08,873 --> 00:40:10,441 MIKE: ...but you have to get something sweaty on there. 1112 00:40:10,541 --> 00:40:11,676 VICTOR: Right. MIKE: You know what I mean. 1113 00:40:11,843 --> 00:40:13,211 VICTOR: Oh yeah. CARA: Where were you at, 24? 1114 00:40:13,311 --> 00:40:14,846 VICTOR: Yeah, we're at 24. MIKE: 24,000. 1115 00:40:15,914 --> 00:40:17,482 MIKE: Where are you at? 1116 00:40:20,518 --> 00:40:21,552 CARA: Let it go. 1117 00:40:21,719 --> 00:40:23,688 (laughing) VICTOR: No, okay, that's what you're... 1118 00:40:23,788 --> 00:40:26,157 CARA: Lighten the load, remember? What's the mantra? 1119 00:40:26,324 --> 00:40:28,059 MIKE: Why don't we do this, why don't we do this? 1120 00:40:28,226 --> 00:40:29,961 Why don't we do this... 1121 00:40:30,061 --> 00:40:31,763 25,000 for the pair. 1122 00:40:36,234 --> 00:40:37,602 Alright, man. 1123 00:40:37,702 --> 00:40:39,337 MIKE: Oh my gosh. I love it, 1124 00:40:39,437 --> 00:40:41,472 I absolutely love it, love it, love it. 1125 00:40:41,639 --> 00:40:43,107 VICTOR: Mike, I'm so happy for you. 1126 00:40:44,342 --> 00:40:46,077 MIKE: Thank you, man. VICTOR: Okay. 1127 00:40:46,244 --> 00:40:48,346 CARA: Do you know what a giant step that is for him... 1128 00:40:48,513 --> 00:40:50,448 to do that? MIKE: Oh, I can't even imagine. 1129 00:40:50,548 --> 00:40:54,319 I mean-- CARA: Like I'm crying because... 1130 00:40:54,419 --> 00:40:56,287 this is huge for him to do this. 1131 00:40:56,387 --> 00:40:58,423 MIKE: Victor put me back on my heels. 1132 00:40:58,589 --> 00:41:00,425 As soon as he said to me, when we did the deal, 1133 00:41:00,591 --> 00:41:03,861 he goes, I'm so happy for you, Mike. 1134 00:41:04,028 --> 00:41:08,166 That says so much about who he is as a person. 1135 00:41:08,266 --> 00:41:11,002 Something that he loves so much and had for so many years, 1136 00:41:11,102 --> 00:41:13,805 and really made a living from that industry. 1137 00:41:13,905 --> 00:41:16,874 MIKE: And after a little bit of negotiation, 1138 00:41:17,041 --> 00:41:18,309 "I'm so happy for you." 1139 00:41:18,476 --> 00:41:20,511 What a day, what a moment. 1140 00:41:20,678 --> 00:41:22,480 MIKE: Argh... 1141 00:41:23,514 --> 00:41:24,749 VICTOR: There you go. 1142 00:41:25,583 --> 00:41:27,952 MIKE: Wait, I want to love on this thing for a second. 1143 00:41:28,119 --> 00:41:31,422 VICTOR: I was so surprised that Mike was so into Vespas 1144 00:41:31,589 --> 00:41:33,157 and knew so much about them. 1145 00:41:33,257 --> 00:41:34,992 CARA: There you go. Up. 1146 00:41:35,093 --> 00:41:37,662 CARA: He just has this, you know, a love for that bike. 1147 00:41:37,829 --> 00:41:40,465 And it was the first thing that he's really sold. 1148 00:41:40,631 --> 00:41:42,967 It was a huge deal. 1149 00:41:43,034 --> 00:41:47,472 And I was so proud of him to let that go. 1150 00:41:47,638 --> 00:41:49,874 MIKE: I had a good time. VICTOR: You make sure you enjoy that scooter. 1151 00:41:50,041 --> 00:41:51,976 MIKE: I'm glad to meet the legend that I finally been 1152 00:41:52,076 --> 00:41:54,245 hearing about for so many years. Alright? 1153 00:41:54,345 --> 00:41:55,446 VICTOR: Nice meeting you too. MIKE: Alright. 1154 00:41:55,546 --> 00:41:57,081 CARA: Drive safe. 1155 00:41:57,248 --> 00:41:58,416 (honks horn) 1156 00:41:58,516 --> 00:42:00,284 MIKE: Roll along, buddy! CARA: Take care! 1157 00:42:00,385 --> 00:42:02,320 VICTOR: Okay, see ya, Mike. (laughs) 1158 00:42:02,420 --> 00:42:03,721 CARA: Thanks!