(upbeat music)
(phone ringing)
MIKE: Dani D, what's up?
DANIELLE: Hey, so I got a real good lead for you, ready?
MIKE: What do you got? DANIELLE: So I'm going to actually send you guys
to see Paulette. Now Paulette and her late husband, Alan,
were one of the preeminent photography dealers
in the country for many decades.
MIKE: Wow!
DANIELLE: They dealt with a ton
of early photography equipment,
and they have anything you can imagine,
including cameras, daguerreotypes, I mean,
they have everything. MIKE: Sounds incredible.
JERSEY JON: Sounds great. DANIELLE: So her son, Brady, is who I've been talking to.
He's going to be waiting for you around the back of the house.
I texted you the coordinates,
so you should be able to find your way there.
MIKE: Alright. Thanks for the heads up. We'll let you know how it goes.
DANIELLE: Alright, I'll talk to you later.
You guys have fun. MIKE: Bye.
MIKE: How far are we from Hammondsport, you think?
JERSEY JON: About an hour. MIKE: Gah, we're only an hour from Hammondsport?
JERSEY JON: Yeah. Here we are in Curtiss territory.
MIKE: Oh my God.
MIKE: Glenn Curtiss was a pioneer of aviation,
just like the Wright Brothers.
Another thing they had in common, they were all
from the bicycle business. They owned shops,
they built bicycles, they even raced bikes.
That's why I get jacked up
when we're talking about Curtiss.
MIKE: There's a Curtiss motorcycle somewhere
in a barn around here. JERSEY JON: Yes, that's exactly
what I was thinking. MIKE: Were you just thinking that?
MIKE: Being in Upstate New York near Hammondsport,
I can't help but think about all the Curtiss motorcycles
that roamed these roads, man.
You know, and Curtiss also made motorcycles
under different brands, like I own a motorcycle
called a Marvel, it's a single overhead valve,
gas tank's built into the frame,
really funky front suspension, very cool.
MIKE: I wonder what Glenn Curtiss
thought of the Wright Brothers.
JERSEY JON: They were in legal battles.
The Wright Brothers sued Curtiss for the rights to aviation.
The Wright Brothers were trying to patent flight,
which is ridiculous.
JERSEY JON: Curtiss came out with the ailerons. You know
how today's airplanes have those little flaps?
MIKE: Yeah. JERSEY JON: The ailerons. Curtiss invented that.
That's what controls flight. Yeah, the Wright Brothers
got in the air, but they had warped wing technology
that was really weird. So, they couldn't go very far with that.
MIKE: We need to buy aileron.com, dude.
JERSEY JON: Yeah. MIKE: We're right here.
I'm feeling this little road right here. JERSEY JON: Right in here.
MIKE: Look at that, there's their little antique shop.
JERSEY JON: Aw, that's cool. MIKE: That's super cool.
Maybe she's got photographs of like, early airplanes and stuff.
JERSEY JON: Ooh-hoo...
(honks horn)
MIKE: Hey...
Hey-hey! BRADY: Hi.
MIKE: You Brady? BRADY: Yes.
MIKE: Nice to meet you, I'm Mike.
BRADY: Nice to meet you, Mike. MIKE: This is Jersey.
JERSEY JON: Nice to meet you. MIKE: Here, hand him a flyer.
So, your mom and dad were dealers their whole lives.
BRADY: Yes. MIKE: That's so cool.
MIKE: So what was it like growing up with that?
BRADY: It was great, you know, you grew up with lots and lots
of boxes of things, and...
MIKE: Yeah, did you feel like you were in the moving business?
BRADY: All the time. MIKE: Yeah.
JERSEY JON: Did you go to shows with them?
BRADY: All the time, that was our summer vacation.
JERSEY JON: That was your summer vacation?
MIKE: Ever since I had a daughter, I've been way more
inquisitive with people that grew up with parents
in the antique business,
because Charlie is kind of wandering around with me now,
and I just want to know how that feels to her.
I mean, I know each child is different,
but you know, I'm taking a national poll.
MIKE: Can we look around a little bit?
BRADY: Absolutely. MIKE: Alright.
So do you feel like you're still in the moving business?
BRADY: Uh, yes. It's always like a puzzle,
moving from one place to another. MIKE: Oh, wow!
MIKE: Nice! JERSEY JON: This place is packed.
BRADY: My mom and dad collected
a wide variety of different things.
They would always pick up anything interesting
and unique and they got enjoyment out of it.
BRADY: They would sell mostly smalls at shows,
with my brother and I as workers.
(laughing) MIKE: Yeah.
BRADY: A lot of help.
BRADY: Summers were spent going
from show to show, setting up, packing up.
Every Tuesday and Thursday night was at an auction house.
BRADY: I definitely appreciate the antiques more now
than I did growing up.
JERSEY JON: Look, they got a huge vacuum cleaner collection.
What's up with that? BRADY: Yeah, he--
JERSEY JON: They're all over the place!
BRADY: My dad collected everything.
And vacuum cleaners were one of the things
that he really gravitated towards.
BRADY: I remember moving hundreds of vacuums
from house to house when we moved,
and of the ones that remained,
those were the fun ones that I remember.
JERSEY JON: This one goes back and forth... look at that.
So it's got a bellows on both sides.
JERSEY JON: This is a quiet vacuum cleaner, hand-powered.
You actually pump the bellows, and the suction pulls
the dirt out of the carpet. Very unusual piece,
and it still works. Now your dog's not going
to attack your vacuum every time you plug it into the wall.
JERSEY JON: So it says, V-B-C dust extractor.
And that's where the hose probably went.
This has got to be turn-of-the-century, maybe 1910.
MIKE: Obviously, what Jersey Jon and I are interested in
with these old vacuums is the mechanical aspect.
And they're also really primitive.
An ordinary household item we use every single day,
the vacuum, you don't really think about the origin of that.
Each company had such a complete extreme
different idea of how that would work.
JERSEY JON: Is this something you would sell?
BRADY: Everything's for sale. JERSEY JON: Everything's for sale, I like that.
JERSEY JON: Well, I'll tell you what, for my...
limited vacuum cleaner salesman experience,
I think these things are probably in the neighborhood
of like 75 to $100.
I'd go 50 bucks on this one.
BRADY: How about 60?
JERSEY JON: 60? BRADY: 60.
JERSEY JON: I'll do 60 bucks on that.
MIKE: I wonder if you could reverse-engineer it
to use it for your fireplace.
(laughs) MIKE: For a bellows.
JERSEY JON: I could stick it in there,
and crank up some serious air, it would get your fire going.
MIKE: What about this moose, you want to sell this moose?
BRADY: Absolutely. MIKE: Obviously, you can see the damage here,
but if it's hung up high enough, you would never see that.
BRADY: Right. MIKE: 500 bucks.
BRADY: 600. MIKE: Alright, we're doing it, cool.
Jersey, what are you finding? JERSEY JON: Early electric motor,
probably around 1910.
This is something that drives like a small drill press.
I collect these things, but also I know guys who do as well.
I actually restore these things and make them work.
Thing is seized up. 65 bucks on this thing.
BRADY: 75? JERSEY JON: I'll do the 75 bucks.
BRADY: Alright. MIKE: Jersey, look at this.
I think this is interesting. JERSEY JON: What?
MIKE: It's a vacuum, you hold it here, if you turn that--
JERSEY JON: That is crazy! MIKE: It's like a piece of art, 50 bucks.
BRADY: Yeah, let's do 50 bucks. MIKE: Thank you.
Alright, hey, I got a question on some chairs out front.
They look like a Heywood-Wakefield...
JERSEY JON: Heywood-Wakefield, 1910, 1915.
MIKE: And then you got a couple of barrel-back chairs,
there's two of them here.
MIKE: Full disclosure,
I need dining room table chairs,
and I don't care if they match or not, you know.
It's called the bohemian art house random vibe.
MIKE: This one's broken. This one's split too.
This is cracked here. Seven chairs.
BRADY: 225?
MIKE: We're doing it. Cool. Thank you, my friend.
(upbeat music)
ROBBIE: Thanks, see ya. DANIELLE: Bye.
ROBBIE: I'm on my way to see a guy named Charlie.
Dani says he has a massive collection
of what looked like pedal cars,
but they're not like anything she's ever seen.
I've got an idea of what these things are,
and if I'm right, it could mean big money.
(phone ringing tone)
CHARLIE: Hello? ROBBIE: Hey, is this Charlie?
CHARLIE: Yeah, it's Charlie, yes.
ROBBIE: Hey, it's Rob Wolfe, you talked to Dani on the phone.
CHARLIE: Yes, good to hear from you.
ROBBIE: I'm trying to figure out,
I'm right by like a big warehouse...
I am in the front drive.
CHARLIE: Alright, can you bear left,
and what you're going to do then is come around the back
of the building, right? ROBBIE: Okay.
CHARLIE: And then right at the end,
that's where we'll be. ROBBIE: Okay. I gotcha.
This place is fricken massive.
CHARLIE: Let's push it back... oh!
ROBBIE: Charlie? CHARLIE: Yeah.
ROBBIE: What's going on? CHARLIE: Agh...
ROBBIE: Man, it looks like I showed up at the right time.
CHARLIE: You did, Robbie. ROBBIE: How're you doing?
CHARLIE: Robbie, this is my friend, Dave.
ROBBIE: Dave. Dave: Nice to meet you, Robbie.
ROBBIE: How're you doing? CHARLIE: Dave as you can see is helping out
on putting some things in the warehouse.
ROBBIE: Dani said you have a bunch of--
Well, she described them as pedal cars, I mean...
This is bigger than a pedal car.
CHARLIE: You're exactly right. It's not a pedal car.
What these are, are reproductions,
authorized, by Ford Motor Company,
starting in 1955.
They were put in dealerships.
And the real reason was to have kids
drag their parents in,
so they might buy the real one.
ROBBIE: Okay. CHARLIE: But what was shocking
is that, while the real one might have been around $2,500...
ROBBIE: Yeah. CHARLIE: These were over $500 for kids cars.
So as you can imagine, only kids that have parents
with a little bit of money-- ROBBIE: Money.
CHARLIE: ...could afford something like this.
CHARLIE: A lot of times, people don't know
what the miniature cars are.
In 1955, a company called Mystic Power Car Company
entered into an agreement with Ford Motor Company.
Ford was announcing the Thunderbird,
and Mystic Car Company decided to make
a miniature Thunderbird that would fit a child in it,
and they expanded their product line.
CHARLIE: They made Mercury's, Ford Mustangs,
and they weren't the only manufacturer.
Other people built a DeSoto,
a Pontiac, a Ford.
So there's a lot of different models out there.
ROBBIE: Can I open this? CHARLIE: Of course. Go ahead.
ROBBIE: Oh yeah, look at that.
CHARLIE: This is a Thunderbird Junior.
ROBBIE: Wow. CHARLIE: From 1956.
It's electrically-powered, with a starter motor.
Take a look, this has original wooden bumperettes here.
It's got a continental tire kit on it,
needs a complete restoration, as you can see.
ROBBIE: So this was originally blue,
this is the red paint on it.
CHARLIE: Yep, someone repainted it, but it is complete.
ROBBIE: I've only seen a handful of these in over 30 years.
The level of detail that are in these cars is amazing.
From the dash to the fender sculpting,
to the bumperettes, this is the condition
that you want to find these in.
CHARLIE: And that's got the original interior, as you can see.
ROBBIE: I'm looking at that. CHARLIE: They also sold direct to the public.
They also were a great giveaway at the fairgrounds and whatnot.
ROBBIE: I've seen some of these things before,
not complete, though. CHARLIE: Oh, yeah.
ROBBIE: I mean, usually you go to a flea market,
you find these bodies. CHARLIE: You're exactly correct.
And inside, you're going to see a ton of bodies,
because whenever I see one, I want to pick it up
just in case I can put together a complete car.
ROBBIE: So what's the deal with this one?
CHARLIE: Okay, well, that's something totally different.
That's a tank from a French carousel,
and every once in a while, they become available.
This has nothing to do with this.
ROBBIE: So this is carnival.
CHARLIE: This is carnival, exactly.
CHARLIE: And you'll see some other things inside.
ROBBIE: Wow. Well, hey, I want to go see some of this stuff.
CHARLIE: Why don't we go in? ROBBIE: Alright.
CHARLIE: Dave, can you finish up with this stuff?
CHARLIE: Thanks so much. ROBBIE: Before I start pulling the trigger on these,
I want to see what Charlie's got in this storage unit.
CHARLIE: This building is over 100 years old,
let me open the door here.
ROBBIE: Holy cow!
MIKE: Wow, this is incredible.
BRADY: Would you like to meet my mom and...?
MIKE: Absolutely. JERSEY JON: Love to meet your mom.
MIKE: Love to meet your mom.
MIKE: What year is the house? BRADY: 1840s.
MIKE: Wow.
JERSEY JON: It's a beautiful home.
BRADY: Hey, Mom.
PAULETTE: Yeah.
BRADY: Some guys for you to meet.
MIKE: Hey. Heard a lot about you.
JERSEY JON: Hello. PAULETTE: Uh-oh.
MIKE: Yeah, you talked to Dani on the phone?
PAULETTE: Yes. MIKE: Yeah, and this is my friend, Jon.
JERSEY JON: Hi, I'm Jon, nice to meet you.
MIKE: And he's been showing us around the quonset hut.
Wow, this is neat!
MIKE: Oh my gosh, this is incredible. Wow...
JERSEY JON: Oh, yeah.
MIKE: This is a little bit
out of our wheel house, but I can tell right away,
we're gonna be looking at some pretty
incredible early stuff,
just by looking around on the shelves,
and I want to learn today.
MIKE: This is amazing, look at all these pieces here, Jon.
JERSEY JON: Oh, that's cool.
PAULETTE: Alan and I both loved photography.
During college, we would develop film in the dark room,
and we were very passionate about collecting
photography cameras, other antiques,
and anything esthetically pleasing.
MIKE: I know a lot about you.
He was telling me how he was going with you guys
to the markets and stuff. PAULETTE: Oh, yes.
MIKE: So... PAULETTE: When he was two months old,
he went to his first flea market.
(group laughing) JERSEY JON: That's great.
MIKE: You don't remember that, do you? BRADY: No.
PAULETTE: We really dug deep into history of photography.
We wrote a book of our collection
called Reflecting on Photography.
We won the Top 10 Camera Collectors in the United States.
MIKE: Well, that's great that you guys shared that passion
to the point where you made a business out of it.
PAULETTE: Right.
PAULETTE: Alan died in 2015.
So I finally decided I need to start selling,
because we have a phenomenal collection.
MIKE: Thank you for calling us. I mean, seriously,
this is brilliant. As soon as I walked in the house,
I was like, wow!
MIKE: When we get the call that a life-long collector
wants to sell, we don't take that lightly.
For someone to get to the point where they want to sell,
that's a big step. Paulette and her husband
were both antique dealers, and that's beautiful.
To find someone you love,
that loves the same things that you do,
the travel, the hunt, is amazing.
MIKE: Now this is a neat piece. PAULETTE: Zoetrope.
JERSEY JON: Cool.
BRADY: Brady, would you hand me the zoetrope, please?
JERSEY JON: That thing is fascinating.
MIKE: And you spin it and you see the motion.
PAULETTE: Through the slots. JERSEY JON: Right.
JERSEY JON: A zoetrope is essentially a device
that fools the eye into thinking that a series
of stationary images are moving.
Basically, a shutter revolving
around made whatever images you produced on the strip move.
MIKE: What year is this from? PAULETTE: 1890.
MIKE: You have so many different images. Wow.
MIKE: Oh yeah, there we go.
MIKE: He's jumping from horse to horse.
Wow, it's so cool.
Wow. You got 1,200 bucks on that.
PAULETTE: Mm-hmm.
JERSEY JON: Are you solid on that number?
PAULETTE: Yes. JERSEY JON: 1,200 bucks
is way more than I want to spend on something like this.
I appreciate what it is, but... PAULETTE: No problem.
JERSEY JON: Yeah. PAULETTE: No problem at all.
JERSEY JON: It's a really nice piece,
but it's a later mass-produced zoetrope.
So for me, we're too far apart on this thing
as far as value goes.
BRADY: Well, I'll put that away and then...
I'll go work back out in the barn.
Let you guys go to it. PAULETTE: Thank you.
JERSEY JON: Thank you. Thank you, Brady.
MIKE: I want to ask you about this over here.
This chair here.
I usually don't get into dental chairs
because a lot of them are so archaic that,
it doesn't look like you'd actually use it now.
It was designed to be like... this...
(Paulette laughs) MIKE: ...and that was it.
But this one is very interesting to me,
and I love the iron base. Can I sit in it?
PAULETTE: Yes, you may. MIKE: Okay, let me sit in this,
let me see here, Jersey. Alright.
JERSEY JON: The leather's great. MIKE: This is the biggie.
Ahh... see? Now I can sit in this, I--
JERSEY JON: Open up. (Paulette laughs)
MIKE: Over the years I've seen a lot of dental chairs,
a lot of medical chairs,
but I've never seen one like this.
The iron, the ornamentation, the leather.
I mean, it actually looks very inviting.
This is industrial furniture,
and all of this stuff is hot right now.
MIKE: I love that it's on wheels.
What's the best you can do on this?
Because unfortunately, this is about ready to go.
Eventually in its life, this would have to be recovered.
PAULETTE: Right. MIKE: I think this is pretty stable.
This seems to be intact. A lot of times what happens
with horsehair and such, it breaks down behind it,
and then there's air pockets the leather can collapse into.
I mean, I'd like to be at 500 on it.
I think realistically, it's probably a $700 chair.
PAULETTE: That's fine. MIKE: You want to do that?
PAULETTE: Sure. MIKE: Awesome. Thank you.
ROBBIE: Holy cow!
CHARLIE: So this gives you an idea,
the variety of items that are in here.
And I'd be happy to tell you about anything you're interested in.
ROBBIE: Wow... CHARLIE: It's difficult to say
what I collect, it might be easier to say
what I don't collect. But I collect lots of different things.
My family was in the automobile business
for 54 years.
I started working in my father's dealership
when I was 13 years old.
CHARLIE: I grew up in the '50s,
and the '50s were the time of big cars,
big tail fins, and it was all fascinating.
So I started collecting to recapture some of my youth,
and that's been very exciting.
ROBBIE: How many of these things do you have?
CHARLIE: I don't even want to think about it.
ROBBIE: Wow. CHARLIE: I do restore these for myself,
but I'm selling at this time because I've got a lot
of projects that, at my age,
I'm not going to get to.
So it's time to move those
to someone who will have an opportunity to enjoy them,
because it's something that I don't want to burden my family with.
ROBBIE: I'll tell you what I really want to do,
is this Corvette.
CHARLIE: This blue one? ROBBIE: Yeah.
CHARLIE: It's a good one, it's a good one.
CHARLIE: That's a Yardman Corvette, gas-powered.
CHARLIE: They're rare.
ROBBIE: I know Corvettes.
At any auction across the United States right now,
Corvettes are hot.
Guys want these things.
They have that '58 Corvette,
they want these dream cars here.
They like the fact that it's original paint,
they like the fact that it's a gas motor.
'58, dual headlights...
(exhales) Smoke show, baby.
ROBBIE: How much is the '58?
CHARLIE: I'd say $3,000 for that.
ROBBIE: Okay. And I do want to ask you
about some of these carnival rides.
I love carnival stuff. I see you got a boat.
CHARLIE: Yes, that's a Mangels, that's Coney Island.
ROBBIE: Okay. And you've got a rocket.
CHARLIE: Correct. The rocket's probably made from a belly tank
at one point, is what I'm guessing. ROBBIE: Yep. Yep.
CHARLIE: When I was a kid, I enjoyed going
to the amusement park. We had a wonderful park
in Westchester County called Rye Playland.
And you remember those things, you remember that park
had this particular type of carousel
or this particular type of ride and whatnot.
CHARLIE: And then you see if you can acquire some pieces,
and you know, you enjoy them again
'cause you associate them with a great time from your youth.
ROBBIE: What about these two pieces?
ROBBIE: The boat, it's really nice.
ROBBIE: Rockets are always hot in the stores.
They tend to get hung up and taken down
within the first week.
This Mangels Coney Island boat,
it's Coney Island, do I have to say anything else?
People drool over this stuff.
CHARLIE: The Mangels boat is special.
ROBBIE: Okay. CHARLIE: But I think I could
probably do 1,500 for the two of them.
ROBBIE: Hm-hm-hm-hm...
I'll tell you what, I'll take the Corvette,
the boat, and the rocket, 4,000 bucks.
CHARLIE: Done.
ROBBIE: Okay. CHARLIE: Deal.
ROBBIE: Alright, thank you. CHARLIE: No problem.
ROBBIE: There's so much stuff to look at in here.
MIKE: Oh wow, look at the lion. JERSEY JON: Be careful,
PAULETTE: Let me show you the large cameras,
they're in the next room. MIKE: Okay.
Oh wow, look at that lion. (Jersey Jon laughs)
(laughing)
MIKE: Wow. JERSEY JON: That is a big lion.
MIKE: Where did this guy come out of?
PAULETTE: Massachusetts. One of the museums was...
MIKE: Letting him go. You guys have paperwork for this?
PAULETTE: Yes. MIKE: Alright, that's important.
What are you doing with this? Are you going to sell this?
PAULETTE: Yes, I am. MIKE: What do you value that at?
PAULETTE: I'd like to get 2,000 for it.
MIKE: Yeah. PAULETTE: I have seen them go for 8,000.
MIKE: I think it's a situation where it's about condition.
There's a reason why his legs are wired together back there.
So he's leaned over here. He's supposed to be like that,
but his foot's fallen off over there.
Look at his ribs, man. (Paulette laughs)
PAULETTE: He was definitely in the wild.
MIKE: Nah, I'm going to pass. PAULETTE: No problem.
MIKE: I've bought a lot of fixer-uppers,
and I'm not going to put a lion on my list.
MIKE: So these are those big cameras you're talking about.
PAULETTE: Yes, yes. MIKE: Those are cool.
How about that one, what's the value of that one with the pedestal?
PAULETTE: 1,500. MIKE: Really.
JERSEY JON: These are studio cameras.
PAULETTE: These are studio cameras, yes.
MIKE: Okay, wow.
MIKE: The studio camera itself is just beautiful to look at.
The bellows, the leather.
You look at the lens, it's brass.
It would be great in any setting.
JERSEY JON: You crank this thing,
see how it goes up and down? MIKE: Yeah.
(squeaking)
So this camera's sitting on this pedestal.
This is a separate piece. PAULETTE: Right.
MIKE: So you're at 1,500 on this one.
And then what's the mirror down below that's kind of...?
PAULETTE: Oh, that's from a circus.
MIKE: The fun house? PAULETTE: Yes.
JERSEY JON: Oh, a fun house mirror?
PAULETTE: Mm-hmm. MIKE: There, right there.
I mean, whoa! PAULETTE: Whoa!
MIKE: Woo-hoo-hoo... (laughs)
PAULETTE: Good catch.
(group laughing)
JERSEY JON: That was almost real expensive.
MIKE: They say if you break an ordinary mirror,
it's seven years bad luck.
So I can't even imagine what it would be like
if you broke a circus mirror.
I mean, this thing is cool,
you can see the old silvering in it,
but it's not attached to the frame at all.
MIKE: It was mounted, it's just missing the brackets.
PAULETTE: Sorry about that. MIKE: Wow. How about this?
So 1,500's the retail on this piece,
the camera and the pedestal. PAULETTE: Yes.
MIKE: What's your best on that?
PAULETTE: Um... I'd do 1,250.
MIKE: What do you value the mirror at?
PAULETTE: I, that I... MIKE: I have a personal
connection with this now. (Paulette laughs)
MIKE: It was almost a really bad situation.
JERSEY JON: Yeah. PAULETTE: I... I don't know.
MIKE: How about 1,300 for the pair?
PAULETTE: Okay. MIKE: You want to do that?
PAULETTE: Sure. MIKE: Okay, shake her hand, Jersey.
JERSEY JON: Thank you, sweetie, thank you.
MIKE: Okay. Okay. I'm going to put...
I'm going to put this down. JERSEY JON: Be careful!
Whoa watch it, Mike, it's coming out. MIKE: I know, I got it.
JERSEY JON: I don't know you got it,
I don't think you got it. PAULETTE: Why don't you take it from him?
JERSEY JON: That's what I'm thinking. MIKE: I'm not giving it up.
JERSEY JON: He's not giving it up.
MIKE: This thing's falling out of here.
ROBBIE: There's so much stuff to look at in here.
CHARLIE: This is a T-Bird, about 1960. '56 Thunderbird.
ROBBIE: I've probably only seen like five of these. CHARLIE: Mm-hmm.
ROBBIE: I think you're the guy that has them all.
ROBBIE: In collecting, most guys have a specialty,
for Charlie, it's these junior dream cars.
He's listing off manufacturing dates,
how they were built,
all the accessories that were put in them.
CHARLIE: That's an electric one, 1956 Pontiac.
One of these in better shape
just went for close to $10,000. ROBBIE: Wow.
ROBBIE: Charlie has spent his lifetime
collecting these things.
These junior dream cars,
they are just like a unicorn out there.
The fact that Charlie has a storage unit
full is mind-blowing.
ROBBIE: I want to ask about these bodies
you got here. These are--
CHARLIE: These are all different manufacturers.
ROBBIE: Okay. CHARLIE: And all different rarities.
ROBBIE: I'm gonna pull one of these down.
I want to see what this thing looks like.
ROBBIE: There are the guys that like everything shiny.
I'm the guy that's looking for bodies that are not restored.
I don't care if the paint's faded on it,
I don't care if the seat's got a rip in it.
I just like it to tell a story.
ROBBIE: So, I'm interested in these two. This is a '50...
CHARLIE: I believe this is a '55.
ROBBIE: '55 T-Bird, okay. CHARLIE: It could be a '56.
ROBBIE: And this one here...
CHARLIE: 1956 Pontiac from Silvestre Art Studio.
ROBBIE: Do you have frame that this goes on?
CHARLIE: Yep, right over there. Complete.
ROBBIE: What better thing to have than the complete car?
The engine's there, the frame's there,
the wheels are there.
The fact that the body's a little crusty, so be it.
Guys are going to want this thing.
CHARLIE: With respect to the Thunderbird,
no, I don't have any frames for them.
ROBBIE: These things would be great display pieces,
even if you didn't have the frame with it.
Or you can build a go-kart frame
and put it underneath this thing.
ROBBIE: What are you thinking on the pair?
And this frame right here. CHARLIE: Okay.
I'd say 2,100 for all three pieces.
ROBBIE: 1,600.
CHARLIE: So, we're going to meet at 1,800, is that it?
ROBBIE: 1,700 bucks.
CHARLIE: Done. ROBBIE: That work?
CHARLIE: That'd work. ROBBIE: Alright, I appreciate it.
CHARLIE: Not a problem. ROBBIE: Thank ya.
I got to keep looking in here.
MIKE: Man, I'm fascinated by everything
that you have, really.
PAULETTE: In this room is cameras
that Alan and I collected. MIKE: Oh my gosh.
MIKE: This is one of those once-in-a-lifetime collections
that would be hard to replicate.
When you look at these cameras, they say so much.
The bellows, the cases, the lenses,
they're just beautiful to look at.
PAULETTE: This is called a hump front,
and it's a little more expensive.
MIKE: It's incredible to walk through a collection like this
and pick up any piece,
and for Paulette to tell you every little detail about it.
PAULETTE: That's called a stereo.
MIKE: And that's beautiful, gosh.
PAULETTE: It is, with the red bellows.
MIKE: What are these?
PAULETTE: These are called detective cameras,
because they're supposed to emulate
what toolboxes were back in the 1890s.
MIKE: Oh, are people spying on people?
PAULETTE: Yes. MIKE: No kidding. Wow.
MIKE: This one you're carrying it like this,
and you're looking down... and you're pushing the button.
So that was a thing to the point
where they were actually manufacturing cameras
to take secret pictures of people. PAULETTE: Yes.
MIKE: These are all detective cameras?
PAULETTE: Yes. MIKE: Wow...
So would you sell a detective camera?
PAULETTE: I would.
MIKE: I like the box on this one.
PAULETTE: Yeah. It's pretty. MIKE: Yeah.
What would you have to have for that one?
PAULETTE: Hm... I'd do 450.
MIKE: Okay, I'll do 450 on this one.
PAULETTE: Okay. MIKE: Alright. You see,
I'm glad you're educating me on all this stuff.
PAULETTE: That's great. MIKE: Well, it's so interesting.
I mean, they're just incredibly beautiful.
They're works of art, so many of them. PAULETTE: Yes.
ROBBIE: I cannot believe... I mean, this thing's packed full.
CHARLIE: It is indeed, yes.
ROBBIE: That's a cool piece.
ROBBIE: What's more American than baseball?
A baseball pinball machine!
CHARLIE: There's two of them.
Those are the machines that pitch.
ROBBIE: The players move as you hit the ball
into certain things.
Single, a guy goes up to first,
goes all the way around. CHARLIE: Exactly, yep.
ROBBIE: That's so cool.
CHARLIE: The most important thing on these,
is that the players move in the head.
ROBBIE: Correct. CHARLIE: That's what makes these
more valuable than other ones. ROBBIE: Do they work?
CHARLIE: When they went in here, they worked.
CHARLIE: They've been in here for a while,
so if you're interested in them,
price them from the point of view
that you have to have someone go entirely through them.
ROBBIE: It's baseball, baby. Baseball's hot.
These things are in good shape.
If I can get them working,
they basically will sell themselves.
ROBBIE: The biggest problem with anything that's like
a jukebox, the electronics in here,
the tabs, you know, they move around,
we move it back across country, boom-boom,
we gotta have somebody go through it.
And you have the legs to them.
CHARLIE: They're somewhere here... okay.
Where, I don't know, but they are somewhere here.
ROBBIE: Charlie... CHARLIE: Yes.
ROBBIE: They got to have legs. CHARLIE: They're somewhere--
ROBBIE: I love it when you say that they're somewhere here.
ROBBIE: I'm looking in this building, going, what uh...
Somewhere here. CHARLIE: Correct.
ROBBIE: Wow. CHARLIE: But as you know,
those legs are easily obtainable if you need them.
ROBBIE: Oh, I know. If I take them both...
CHARLIE: Yes. ROBBIE: Big chunk out of here now, Charlie.
CHARLIE: My wife will be thrilled, yes.
ROBBIE: What's the number? CHARLIE: I would sell both of them,
okay, for a total of 4,000, for both of them.
ROBBIE: Yeah, I can't do that,
'cause I think the retail number,
if I was at the Chicago Coin-Op Show...
CHARLIE: Right. ROBBIE: ...and this thing
was sitting there working, maybe 25 to 3.
CHARLIE: Then let's hear your number.
ROBBIE: They're both in about the same condition.
The field on this one's a little bit better, the catcher,
all that where the ball rolls.
This one actually has a little bit of rust.
I mean, you can't even see the catcher on there,
paint's missing on him.
1,800.
CHARLIE: Each? ROBBIE: No, no.
I think I'm putting anywhere from 5 to 800
maybe in each one of these.
CHARLIE: 2,000 it's a deal.
ROBBIE: Alright, I'm doing it. CHARLIE: Done.
JERSEY JON: I saw something on the other side of the room,
which was interesting to me. Mike, look at this.
MIKE: Ohh, that's so cool!
PAULETTE: That was for a magic lantern. Magic lanterns...
JERSEY JON: Mm-hmm. PAULETTE: They would have taken slides...
JERSEY JON: Yeah. PAULETTE: ...and somebody had to put a candle in it.
JERSEY JON: This is the magic lantern slide.
PAULETTE: Yes. JERSEY JON: See, that would make
a very faint image on a wall.
MIKE: Like a mechanical shadow puppet.
PAULETTE: Yes. JERSEY JON: Magic lanterns are fantastic devices,
because they were like an early slide projector.
You could put any kind of image in there,
a painted slide or a silhouette.
The lantern would then project that image onto a wall
using a light source behind it.
These devices date back as far as the 1600s.
PAULETTE: And these are magic lanterns.
MIKE: Wow, those are cool.
So like this one here, that's a candle.
PAULETTE: Yes. MIKE: It's so primitive. Wow.
PAULETTE: And the reason we got that is because we had a monkey.
JERSEY JON: Oh, you guys had a monkey?
PAULETTE: We got her at the Rose Bowl Swap Meet.
JERSEY JON: When? PAULETTE: In '69.
JERSEY JON: Really? They sold monkeys then?
PAULETTE: Yes. MIKE: This is a perfect example
of how wild the antique business used to be back in the '70s.
Now, when you go to the Rose Bowl Flea Market,
you cannot buy an exotic animal there...
I don't think.
Unless somebody's got something in a trunk.
MIKE: How long did she live? PAULETTE: 16 years.
PAULETTE: Since we didn't have any kids,
we sent out a birth announcement
to his grandmother,
and she really thought it was a child.
And wondered why we called it Monk.
MIKE: Look at the monkey opening presents on Christmas.
(Paulette laughs) JERSEY JON: So you got $175 on this.
PAULETTE: That's all. (laughs)
JERSEY JON: Ha! So what do you want on it?
PAULETTE: As close to that as possible.
JERSEY JON: This monkey is entertaining, I mean,
the arms and legs spinning around, it's tin work.
I mean, this was skillfully done
by a professional craftsman.
I've never seen one like this before, ever.
JERSEY JON: $150. PAULETTE: Sounds good.
JERSEY JON: Would that be good for you?
PAULETTE: That's good. JERSEY JON: Thank you. I appreciate that.
JERSEY JON: Thank you so much. This is great.
MIKE: Okay, so I'm sorry, I've been looking at this thing,
I was over by the chicken.
From what I know, this is a candy dispenser, right?
PAULETTE: Correct. MIKE: Okay.
PAULETTE: You put the money in the comb...
And turn this, and it would cluck,
and the eggs would come out in the back. Chocolate eggs.
MIKE: Wow.
MIKE: Talk about German engineering
and taking it to the next level.
This machine is visually stimulating,
and it's very elaborate mechanically.
There's a tremendous amount of paint loss,
but the rarity of the machine outweighs that.
MIKE: And I haven't seen one in a very long time.
We used to go to the Chicago Coin-Op Show...
PAULETTE: Mm-hmm. MIKE: And every once in a while,
you would see something like this.
PAULETTE: Right. MIKE: You know.
JERSEY JON: Does this still work?
PAULETTE: You know, I don't know.
MIKE: There's the coin box.
JERSEY JON: That wasn't very secure.
(laughs)
JERSEY JON: No, it has a lock on it.
MIKE: So what are you thinking on something like that?
PAULETTE: 5,000.
MIKE: Yeah, see in this condition,
it is what it is, this is like three grand,
that's what that is.
I mean, I'm interested in this,
you interested in selling this chicken?
PAULETTE: Of course. MIKE: Okay, um...
And I see you got a love machine here.
This is a nice piece.
PAULETTE: And it still does work.
MIKE: This one works. PAULETTE: It does.
MIKE: Oh, wow. JERSEY JON: Plug it in.
Wow, look at the lights flickering in there, Mike.
MIKE: Okay, so I'm going to put the dime in.
I'm going to hold on... Oh, here I am.
(machine dinging) PAULETTE: There we go.
MIKE: Whoa!
PAULETTE: Shy. MIKE: I'm shy, I'm shy.
PAULETTE: I don't think so. (group laughing)
JERSEY JON: You are not shy.
MIKE: The love tester is cool because it works.
And that's a big thing. It's not missing a coin box,
it's not missing anything.
I mean, the placard on the top,
to me looks like it's reproduction,
but somebody did a really great job
reproducing that piece.
MIKE: What are you thinking on this one?
What do you got on that? PAULETTE: 3,500.
MIKE: 3,500. For this one, and the chicken...
PAULETTE: Hmm.
MIKE: 6,000 bucks.
MIKE: I'm coming in at 6,000 hot.
The reality of it is, the chicken is the rare piece.
The love tester, not so much, but again, it works.
When somebody's looking at it to buy it,
they can grab a hold of it, get excited about it.
Oh my gosh, honey, can you imagine this in the family room?
PAULETTE: Those are two of my favorite pieces.
MIKE: Of course they are! (laughing)
PAULETTE: Of course.
But yes, that would be... MIKE: Are we doing it?
PAULETTE: We're doing it. JERSEY JON: Awesome.
MIKE: Okay, thank you.
MIKE: That's awesome. PAULETTE: Thank you.
MIKE: Paulette and her husband were in the business
of selling anything to do with photography.
These are the pieces that they kept
back in their personal collection in their home.
MIKE: What about something like this?
The lens is so elaborate.
If I had this in my shop,
to someone that just wants something for a shelf piece,
I bet I can get 500 bucks.
PAULETTE: I'd go 300. MIKE: Done.
MIKE: What about that photo, what's up with that?
That's Niagara Falls, right? PAULETTE: That's correct.
MIKE: That is a photograph in its original frame.
Beautiful.
MIKE: What's something like that worth?
PAULETTE: 150? MIKE: Alright, let's do it.
I love it. What's this right here?
PAULETTE: They're putting up a bridge?
MIKE: A bridge. 1900.
MIKE: This is an occupational photo.
The guys building the train trestle.
Very detailed.
MIKE: So you got this priced at 85,
that seems reasonable. PAULETTE: Mm-hmm.
MIKE: Well, I'm going to do it. I'm doing 85.
MIKE: Absolutely. JERSEY JON: I found this little turtle.
It says, "Pull my head but not my leg."
You pull its head, and it's a tailor's tape.
What do you think on something like that?
PAULETTE: 100-and-a-quarter. JERSEY JON: $100?
PAULETTE: Okay. JERSEY JON: Yeah? You'll do 100? Thank you.
(Paulette laughs) JERSEY JON: I love it.
It's a tool. I'll tell you what I did find,
what's really cool. It's an ambrotype...
PAULETTE: From the 1850s. JERSEY JON: Yes, 1850,
it's a beautiful young woman.
PAULETTE: The ambrotype was the beginning of photography.
PAULETTE: An ambrotype came on glass, backed with black,
so that the negative became the positive.
Now before the ambrotype, was a daguerreotype,
which looks like a mirror.
JERSEY JON: Oh, look at that.
PAULETTE: Daguerre started in 1839 in France.
JERSEY JON: And Daguerre was the French photographer
who invented how to transfer a live image
onto a piece of material. PAULETTE: Right.
PAULETTE: A daguerreotype is a negative
that's on a piece copper,
that has been fumed with mercury.
And that didn't do well for the poor photographers
because they went cuckoo, heh, from the mercury fumes.
PAULETTE: So that didn't stay around very long.
And then came ambrotypes,
and that's the kind that Matthew Brady
would take during the Civil War.
He'd set up his developing tank right on the field,
right in the middle of the firing,
and some of these plates were huge.
So he was very passionate about photography.
JERSEY JON: I'm interested in these two.
PAULETTE: Oh, okay. (laughs)
JERSEY JON: I'm definitely interested in these two.
I see you have prices on them. You have 225 on this piece,
it's a little screw cap, I love the geometric design on this.
PAULETTE: Mm-hmm. JERSEY JON: And that kind of reminds me
of early French jewelry.
This is interesting as well. You have 450 on this.
PAULETTE: Yes, and that's because this part comes up.
JERSEY JON: It comes up this way.
PAULETTE: So there are four pictures.
JERSEY JON: And here's the guy's family.
JERSEY JON: That's what I'm imagining.
PAULETTE: Right. JERSEY JON: I mean, there's his wife, maybe father?
Like the whole family picture's right there,
in one small locket.
And it closes up like a pocket watch.
PAULETTE: Exactly. JERSEY JON: Beautiful, really cool.
So I understand why you want 450 for that.
JERSEY JON: These old photos, they're more interesting
than modern day photos.
They captured a piece of history,
you could almost feel like, it's so emotional.
To me, today's digital photography
is really no match for some of the early sharp images
of old wet plate photography.
JERSEY JON: What can you do for me?
(chuckles)
PAULETTE: I know you need to make money on them,
so I'm open to suggestions...
JERSEY JON: Um... for both pieces, I would do 450.
PAULETTE: How about 5? JERSEY JON: 5?
I'll tell you what, I love the story of them,
I'll do the 500 bucks, absolutely.
PAULETTE: Oh, thank you. JERSEY JON: I think that's great,
thank you so much. It means a lot to me.
PAULETTE: You're very welcome.
ROBBIE: I can see you got a lot of garage stuff in here.
CHARLIE: Absolutely. ROBBIE: That's a good one.
CHARLIE: That's a Ford distributor analyzer.
ROBBIE: Yeah, Ford. CHARLIE: Very, very rare, yep.
ROBBIE: That is really cool, wow.
ROBBIE: Do you know what dealership this came out of?
CHARLIE: No. But it's labeled Ford, as opposed to usually,
most of those machines would have the manufacturer's name on it.
But this is really cool, 'cause it's labeled Ford.
CHARLIE: So if someone who's got a Mustang,
the 429 Cobra, would look at that
and would love to have that machine next to it.
ROBBIE: So what kind of number are you throwing on this?
CHARLIE: I don't remember exactly what I paid for it,
so I'm certainly willing to listen to offers on it.
ROBBIE: 800 bucks.
CHARLIE: Done.
ROBBIE: There we go. So now I got a question for you...
CHARLIE: Uh-oh. ROBBIE: ...since you're in such a dealing moment right now.
CHARLIE: This is going to hurt, isn't it?
ROBBIE: You said you wanted to move some stuff.
MIKE: Look at this thing.
Whoa... PAULETTE: That's stanhopes.
MIKE: Stanhopes.
PAULETTE: A stanhope is something that has
a little tiny photograph in it.
MIKE: There's a girl on a bicycle naked.
(Paulette giggles)
PAULETTE: Stanhopes are tiny microphotographs
put on a piece of glass
so when you hold it up to the light,
you could see an image.
And they were souvenirs.
And sometimes a little risqué.
(laughs) MIKE: It's very unusual.
PAULETTE: Yes.
MIKE: I've heard about stanhopes,
I've seen them in books, but I've never actually
held one. And it's pretty incredible
to look into the tiniest hole and see an image
that is so clear.
This is the kind of stuff you just don't see
come up for sale.
MIKE: This is... 185 bucks.
How much is that? 'Cause look at her inside,
she's all busted up in there.
PAULETTE: 135?
MIKE: Here, let me see...
JERSEY JON: It's pretty rough, Mike.
MIKE: Alright, I could ride my bicycle with that on.
(laughing)
MIKE: Okay, it's such a trip, I got to have it.
JERSEY JON: Yeah. MIKE: Thank you.
ROBBIE: So you said you wanted to move some stuff.
CHARLIE: I do, I want to move some stuff, yes.
ROBBIE: The tank is still sitting on the dock.
CHARLIE: It is. ROBBIE: The other car
is still sitting on the dock. CHARLIE: Yes.
ROBBIE: It's complete. CHARLIE: It's complete.
ROBBIE: What's the price on those two?
CHARLIE: What do you think the number is? No, no, no, no.
ROBBIE: Your stuff, your stuff!
You're going to give me a number on that this time.
CHARLIE: What's the price from you?
Because whatever I say, you're gonna change it anyway,
so let's hear it. ROBBIE: But we gotta start somewhere.
CHARLIE: Of course, of course.
ROBBIE: You know what my brother used to always
tell me? I can't buy it and sell it.
CHARLIE: True. That's true.
ROBBIE: Yeah, so let's get a number,
let's start with your number.
CHARLIE: Alright. On the '56, 2,500.
ROBBIE: Okay. CHARLIE: Okay.
And now you want the tank.
The tank is a big of a big-ticket item.
It's been stripped, but it's got all of its parts.
We have all the parts for it,
it's got its treads for the side of the tank.
ROBBIE: Okay. CHARLIE: It's got the barrel
for the turret. It's got all the chrome machine guns,
there's two of them in there. It's got the jump seat,
along with the four seats that are out there.
So this is a unique piece.
ROBBIE: The tank carnival ride is a very rare one.
It's got double seats in it, a huge turret,
a lot of guns on it. And all the pieces
are actually here to this tank.
That makes a huge difference.
This thing done, you're going to be able to sell it easily.
CHARLIE: The good thing is, it's so unique. Yes, yep.
ROBBIE: It is unique, I've seen one of them
in probably the last 15 years, that was complete.
CHARLIE: Just to give you an idea, yes.
ROBBIE: Yeah. I mean, they are cool when they're put together.
Restored it's probably goofy money, but it's... yeah.
CHARLIE: Goofy money, correct, yes.
ROBBIE: It's so far from being restored.
I'm wrapping my brain around this,
to see about putting it back together...
CHARLIE: Hm. ROBBIE: ...just you know,
just to even to be able to display it.
CHARLIE: For this unique piece...
ROBBIE: Yeah. CHARLIE: What if we say,
4,500 for the tank.
ROBBIE: 4,500 just for the tank?
CHARLIE: Yeah, that's what I said, yes.
ROBBIE: We might be too far off.
CHARLIE: We may not-- How are we going to know
until you start? Now you're talking about two,
so that would be...
(clattering)
CHARLIE: Mm-hmm. Maybe I feel like
doing that myself, that's... (Robbie laughs)
ROBBIE: As a picker, you always have this gut feeling down here,
in your plums, you know what I mean?
I'm feeling it because Charlie's prices are kind of high.
I know I can move these,
but I have to get them for the right price.
CHARLIE: What... ROBBIE: Agh!
CHARLIE: So what's your quote on the package?
Come back, let's go.
ROBBIE: I want to be at 3,500 bucks.
CHARLIE: For the two of them? ROBBIE: Yeah.
CHARLIE: Only 1,000 on the tank? ROBBIE: Yeah, I'm just,
the only reason I'm doing it is because I'm going to put
the thing back together, and I'm going to try
and get 25 to 3 grand out of it.
CHARLIE: I'll tell you what we'll do,
and this is far more than I was going to go,
I'll do 4,000 for the two.
And if you pass that up, you'll be silly.
ROBBIE: 3,800 bucks.
CHARLIE: You are really tough.
ROBBIE: Yeah, I got to be,
because I just know this market.
CHARLIE: I got to stick with the 4.
ROBBIE: That's alright. I appreciate it.
CHARLIE: I do as well. ROBBIE: We're going to load up,
I'm going to load up. CHARLIE: Alright, sounds good.
(clattering)
ROBBIE: Okay. CHARLIE: You know you want it.
ROBBIE: I know I want it. But...
CHARLIE: So for 200 you're going to pass that up?
There's just no way. ROBBIE: I just-- I got--
That's, ugh... It's killing me. CHARLIE: It's so unique.
ROBBIE: Gah... CHARLIE: You're going to walk out and regret this,
oh my God, I came down so far, just to move it...
And it's on the loading dock already.
ROBBIE: I'm just thinking of putting it all back together,
doing all these things to it. Let's load up.
CHARLIE: Well, now you're tugging at the heart strings here.
I got to move these things.
So you want to split the difference and be 39 and be done?
ROBBIE: I'm sticking to my gut today, 3,800 bucks.
CHARLIE: Then move it off my loading dock.
(laughing)
ROBBIE: Alright, let's get them loaded then.
CHARLIE: Okay, let's go.
CHARLIE: With respect to the tank,
if it did not go out the door today,
I had to think about, what was I going to do,
from the point of view of if he walks out the door
and I have to put this back in,
assemble it, market it.
It wasn't something I was willing to do
because I've got a lot of other things
that I've got to move on from. So, it was time.
ROBBIE: Charlie, it's been a very interesting day.
ROBBIE: Charlie has spent a lifetime gathering this stuff.
Not just these pieces, but the history,
the knowledge. And today, he actually passed it onto me.
ROBBIE: Thanks, buddy. CHARLIE: Fantastic day, buddy. Thank you.
ROBBIE: Thanks, appreciate ya. Seriously.
CHARLIE: Alright, good luck.
CHARLIE: Selling wasn't anywhere near as difficult
as I thought it was going to be.
It's always good to see someone else getting excited
about what you collect.
It was a good experience in that way.
(honks horn) CHARLIE: Take care, Robbie.
ROBBIE: Keep it on four wheels, buddy.
CHARLIE: Haha, take care! ROBBIE: Thank you!
JERSEY JON: Hey, Paulette. PAULETTE: Yes.
JERSEY JON: I found this thing, looks like a camera but...
PAULETTE: Ah-ha! It's a flask.
JERSEY JON: It's a flask. (laughing)
JERSEY JON: So this is neat because, to me, this looked
like a Prohibition Era camera. PAULETTE: Yes.
JERSEY JON: And they're like, hey, let's get a drink
and nobody's going to see us, okay, right?
JERSEY JON: During Prohibition, people were coming up
with all kinds of creative ways to hide alcohol.
You know, a guy's got a camera around his neck,
but it's a flask. You know, a cop would be
looking the other way while you're taking a hit of alcohol.
PAULETTE: I have another flask too, did you happen to see it?
JERSEY JON: No, I did not see that one.
PAULETTE: Actually, two more flasks.
JERSEY JON: So it's just a brownie camera style camera,
but I had a bottle in there. PAULETTE: Yeah.
And it should have had a...
JERSEY JON: ...a stopper, the stopper's not there.
PAULETTE: Right. JERSEY JON: That's a flask as well?
JERSEY JON: Well, this is ceramic.
PAULETTE: Yes. JERSEY JON: This is easily going to break,
one drop and it's over with. PAULETTE: Mm-hmm.
JERSEY JON: So it's more of a decorator piece than anything.
So what are you thinking on these things here?
PAULETTE: I've seen those go for about 100.
JERSEY JON: And what about the brownie?
PAULETTE: About 50? JERSEY JON: And the candid shot.
PAULETTE: 50.
JERSEY JON: So you're looking around 200 for the package.
PAULETTE: 200. JERSEY JON: Yeah, I think those are good retail numbers.
$150 for the three.
PAULETTE: Okay. JERSEY JON: You'd do that? Thank you so much.
PAULETTE: Yes. JERSEY JON: Alright, alright.
You know, I'm not much of a photographer,
but I know drinkers, you know. (laughing)
JERSEY JON: I was enthralled with Paulette.
She's an amazing person. So knowledgeable, so passionate.
Paulette knows this stuff intimately.
It was a real honor to spend the day with her.
MIKE: Agh! JERSEY JON: Nice.
MIKE: Alright, Jersey, what you got?
JERSEY JON: More chairs, buddy.
MIKE: Paulette and her husband were in the business
of dealing with items that captured moments.
And through that whole journey,
they created a lot of them themselves.
What better way to collect
than with your partner in life,
and along the way, amass a really amazing
collection together.
MIKE: Thank you so much. PAULETTE: Thank you.
PAULETTE: Alan would have loved Mike and Jon.
Having people come in and appreciate the collection,
is wonderful.
It's just fun dealing with those two guys.
(honks horn) JERSEY JON: Sweet picking!
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