1 00:00:04,137 --> 00:00:06,373 (upbeat music) 2 00:00:07,241 --> 00:00:08,675 (phone ringing) 3 00:00:08,775 --> 00:00:10,077 MIKE: Dani D, what's up? 4 00:00:10,244 --> 00:00:12,546 DANIELLE: Hey, so I got a real good lead for you, ready? 5 00:00:12,713 --> 00:00:14,848 MIKE: What do you got? DANIELLE: So I'm going to actually send you guys 6 00:00:14,948 --> 00:00:17,684 to see Paulette. Now Paulette and her late husband, Alan, 7 00:00:17,784 --> 00:00:20,087 were one of the preeminent photography dealers 8 00:00:20,187 --> 00:00:22,256 in the country for many decades. 9 00:00:22,422 --> 00:00:23,390 MIKE: Wow! 10 00:00:23,490 --> 00:00:24,591 DANIELLE: They dealt with a ton 11 00:00:24,758 --> 00:00:26,393 of early photography equipment, 12 00:00:26,493 --> 00:00:28,295 and they have anything you can imagine, 13 00:00:28,462 --> 00:00:30,631 including cameras, daguerreotypes, I mean, 14 00:00:30,731 --> 00:00:32,432 they have everything. MIKE: Sounds incredible. 15 00:00:32,599 --> 00:00:35,235 JERSEY JON: Sounds great. DANIELLE: So her son, Brady, is who I've been talking to. 16 00:00:35,402 --> 00:00:37,804 He's going to be waiting for you around the back of the house. 17 00:00:37,905 --> 00:00:39,006 I texted you the coordinates, 18 00:00:39,106 --> 00:00:40,607 so you should be able to find your way there. 19 00:00:40,707 --> 00:00:43,243 MIKE: Alright. Thanks for the heads up. We'll let you know how it goes. 20 00:00:43,343 --> 00:00:44,478 DANIELLE: Alright, I'll talk to you later. 21 00:00:44,645 --> 00:00:46,413 You guys have fun. MIKE: Bye. 22 00:00:55,789 --> 00:00:57,658 MIKE: How far are we from Hammondsport, you think? 23 00:00:57,824 --> 00:01:00,594 JERSEY JON: About an hour. MIKE: Gah, we're only an hour from Hammondsport? 24 00:01:00,694 --> 00:01:03,163 JERSEY JON: Yeah. Here we are in Curtiss territory. 25 00:01:03,263 --> 00:01:04,364 MIKE: Oh my God. 26 00:01:04,464 --> 00:01:07,601 MIKE: Glenn Curtiss was a pioneer of aviation, 27 00:01:07,701 --> 00:01:08,969 just like the Wright Brothers. 28 00:01:09,069 --> 00:01:11,038 Another thing they had in common, they were all 29 00:01:11,204 --> 00:01:13,240 from the bicycle business. They owned shops, 30 00:01:13,340 --> 00:01:15,742 they built bicycles, they even raced bikes. 31 00:01:15,909 --> 00:01:18,011 That's why I get jacked up 32 00:01:18,111 --> 00:01:19,713 when we're talking about Curtiss. 33 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:21,181 MIKE: There's a Curtiss motorcycle somewhere 34 00:01:21,348 --> 00:01:22,783 in a barn around here. JERSEY JON: Yes, that's exactly 35 00:01:22,950 --> 00:01:24,551 what I was thinking. MIKE: Were you just thinking that? 36 00:01:24,651 --> 00:01:27,187 MIKE: Being in Upstate New York near Hammondsport, 37 00:01:27,354 --> 00:01:29,623 I can't help but think about all the Curtiss motorcycles 38 00:01:29,790 --> 00:01:31,558 that roamed these roads, man. 39 00:01:31,658 --> 00:01:33,460 You know, and Curtiss also made motorcycles 40 00:01:33,627 --> 00:01:35,596 under different brands, like I own a motorcycle 41 00:01:35,696 --> 00:01:38,632 called a Marvel, it's a single overhead valve, 42 00:01:38,799 --> 00:01:40,367 gas tank's built into the frame, 43 00:01:40,467 --> 00:01:43,036 really funky front suspension, very cool. 44 00:01:43,136 --> 00:01:44,237 MIKE: I wonder what Glenn Curtiss 45 00:01:44,404 --> 00:01:46,306 thought of the Wright Brothers. 46 00:01:46,473 --> 00:01:48,208 JERSEY JON: They were in legal battles. 47 00:01:48,308 --> 00:01:51,478 The Wright Brothers sued Curtiss for the rights to aviation. 48 00:01:51,645 --> 00:01:53,847 The Wright Brothers were trying to patent flight, 49 00:01:53,947 --> 00:01:55,148 which is ridiculous. 50 00:01:55,315 --> 00:01:57,084 JERSEY JON: Curtiss came out with the ailerons. You know 51 00:01:57,184 --> 00:01:58,685 how today's airplanes have those little flaps? 52 00:01:58,785 --> 00:02:01,321 MIKE: Yeah. JERSEY JON: The ailerons. Curtiss invented that. 53 00:02:01,421 --> 00:02:02,923 That's what controls flight. Yeah, the Wright Brothers 54 00:02:03,023 --> 00:02:05,525 got in the air, but they had warped wing technology 55 00:02:05,626 --> 00:02:08,395 that was really weird. So, they couldn't go very far with that. 56 00:02:08,495 --> 00:02:10,497 MIKE: We need to buy aileron.com, dude. 57 00:02:10,664 --> 00:02:12,232 JERSEY JON: Yeah. MIKE: We're right here. 58 00:02:12,332 --> 00:02:14,301 I'm feeling this little road right here. JERSEY JON: Right in here. 59 00:02:14,468 --> 00:02:16,203 MIKE: Look at that, there's their little antique shop. 60 00:02:16,303 --> 00:02:18,472 JERSEY JON: Aw, that's cool. MIKE: That's super cool. 61 00:02:18,638 --> 00:02:21,475 Maybe she's got photographs of like, early airplanes and stuff. 62 00:02:21,575 --> 00:02:22,876 JERSEY JON: Ooh-hoo... 63 00:02:23,043 --> 00:02:24,444 (honks horn) 64 00:02:24,945 --> 00:02:26,413 MIKE: Hey... 65 00:02:26,513 --> 00:02:28,081 Hey-hey! BRADY: Hi. 66 00:02:28,181 --> 00:02:29,149 MIKE: You Brady? BRADY: Yes. 67 00:02:29,316 --> 00:02:30,517 MIKE: Nice to meet you, I'm Mike. 68 00:02:30,617 --> 00:02:32,219 BRADY: Nice to meet you, Mike. MIKE: This is Jersey. 69 00:02:32,386 --> 00:02:34,154 JERSEY JON: Nice to meet you. MIKE: Here, hand him a flyer. 70 00:02:34,254 --> 00:02:36,823 So, your mom and dad were dealers their whole lives. 71 00:02:36,990 --> 00:02:38,792 BRADY: Yes. MIKE: That's so cool. 72 00:02:38,892 --> 00:02:40,594 MIKE: So what was it like growing up with that? 73 00:02:40,694 --> 00:02:42,763 BRADY: It was great, you know, you grew up with lots and lots 74 00:02:42,863 --> 00:02:44,631 of boxes of things, and... 75 00:02:44,731 --> 00:02:46,600 MIKE: Yeah, did you feel like you were in the moving business? 76 00:02:46,700 --> 00:02:47,801 BRADY: All the time. MIKE: Yeah. 77 00:02:47,901 --> 00:02:49,236 JERSEY JON: Did you go to shows with them? 78 00:02:49,403 --> 00:02:51,004 BRADY: All the time, that was our summer vacation. 79 00:02:51,104 --> 00:02:52,606 JERSEY JON: That was your summer vacation? 80 00:02:52,706 --> 00:02:54,341 MIKE: Ever since I had a daughter, I've been way more 81 00:02:54,508 --> 00:02:56,943 inquisitive with people that grew up with parents 82 00:02:57,110 --> 00:02:58,745 in the antique business, 83 00:02:58,912 --> 00:03:01,581 because Charlie is kind of wandering around with me now, 84 00:03:01,748 --> 00:03:03,950 and I just want to know how that feels to her. 85 00:03:04,117 --> 00:03:06,219 I mean, I know each child is different, 86 00:03:06,386 --> 00:03:08,221 but you know, I'm taking a national poll. 87 00:03:08,388 --> 00:03:09,790 MIKE: Can we look around a little bit? 88 00:03:09,956 --> 00:03:11,358 BRADY: Absolutely. MIKE: Alright. 89 00:03:11,458 --> 00:03:13,560 So do you feel like you're still in the moving business? 90 00:03:13,660 --> 00:03:15,896 BRADY: Uh, yes. It's always like a puzzle, 91 00:03:16,063 --> 00:03:17,497 moving from one place to another. MIKE: Oh, wow! 92 00:03:17,664 --> 00:03:19,032 MIKE: Nice! JERSEY JON: This place is packed. 93 00:03:19,199 --> 00:03:20,901 BRADY: My mom and dad collected 94 00:03:21,034 --> 00:03:22,903 a wide variety of different things. 95 00:03:23,070 --> 00:03:24,704 They would always pick up anything interesting 96 00:03:24,871 --> 00:03:26,773 and unique and they got enjoyment out of it. 97 00:03:26,873 --> 00:03:29,476 BRADY: They would sell mostly smalls at shows, 98 00:03:29,576 --> 00:03:31,878 with my brother and I as workers. 99 00:03:32,045 --> 00:03:33,880 (laughing) MIKE: Yeah. 100 00:03:33,980 --> 00:03:34,915 BRADY: A lot of help. 101 00:03:35,082 --> 00:03:36,316 BRADY: Summers were spent going 102 00:03:36,483 --> 00:03:38,718 from show to show, setting up, packing up. 103 00:03:38,819 --> 00:03:41,955 Every Tuesday and Thursday night was at an auction house. 104 00:03:42,055 --> 00:03:44,391 BRADY: I definitely appreciate the antiques more now 105 00:03:44,491 --> 00:03:46,259 than I did growing up. 106 00:03:46,426 --> 00:03:48,028 JERSEY JON: Look, they got a huge vacuum cleaner collection. 107 00:03:48,128 --> 00:03:49,796 What's up with that? BRADY: Yeah, he-- 108 00:03:49,896 --> 00:03:51,231 JERSEY JON: They're all over the place! 109 00:03:51,331 --> 00:03:52,632 BRADY: My dad collected everything. 110 00:03:52,799 --> 00:03:54,301 And vacuum cleaners were one of the things 111 00:03:54,468 --> 00:03:56,103 that he really gravitated towards. 112 00:03:56,269 --> 00:03:58,105 BRADY: I remember moving hundreds of vacuums 113 00:03:58,271 --> 00:04:00,240 from house to house when we moved, 114 00:04:00,340 --> 00:04:01,942 and of the ones that remained, 115 00:04:02,109 --> 00:04:04,811 those were the fun ones that I remember. 116 00:04:04,911 --> 00:04:07,013 JERSEY JON: This one goes back and forth... look at that. 117 00:04:07,114 --> 00:04:08,715 So it's got a bellows on both sides. 118 00:04:08,815 --> 00:04:11,585 JERSEY JON: This is a quiet vacuum cleaner, hand-powered. 119 00:04:11,752 --> 00:04:13,720 You actually pump the bellows, and the suction pulls 120 00:04:13,820 --> 00:04:15,989 the dirt out of the carpet. Very unusual piece, 121 00:04:16,089 --> 00:04:18,158 and it still works. Now your dog's not going 122 00:04:18,258 --> 00:04:20,160 to attack your vacuum every time you plug it into the wall. 123 00:04:20,260 --> 00:04:24,030 JERSEY JON: So it says, V-B-C dust extractor. 124 00:04:24,131 --> 00:04:25,699 And that's where the hose probably went. 125 00:04:25,866 --> 00:04:28,635 This has got to be turn-of-the-century, maybe 1910. 126 00:04:28,735 --> 00:04:31,037 MIKE: Obviously, what Jersey Jon and I are interested in 127 00:04:31,204 --> 00:04:33,840 with these old vacuums is the mechanical aspect. 128 00:04:34,007 --> 00:04:35,842 And they're also really primitive. 129 00:04:35,942 --> 00:04:38,478 An ordinary household item we use every single day, 130 00:04:38,645 --> 00:04:41,314 the vacuum, you don't really think about the origin of that. 131 00:04:41,481 --> 00:04:44,151 Each company had such a complete extreme 132 00:04:44,251 --> 00:04:46,753 different idea of how that would work. 133 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:48,522 JERSEY JON: Is this something you would sell? 134 00:04:48,622 --> 00:04:50,524 BRADY: Everything's for sale. JERSEY JON: Everything's for sale, I like that. 135 00:04:50,624 --> 00:04:52,425 JERSEY JON: Well, I'll tell you what, for my... 136 00:04:52,592 --> 00:04:55,228 limited vacuum cleaner salesman experience, 137 00:04:55,395 --> 00:04:57,998 I think these things are probably in the neighborhood 138 00:04:58,098 --> 00:04:59,866 of like 75 to $100. 139 00:05:00,033 --> 00:05:01,434 I'd go 50 bucks on this one. 140 00:05:01,601 --> 00:05:02,702 BRADY: How about 60? 141 00:05:02,869 --> 00:05:04,171 JERSEY JON: 60? BRADY: 60. 142 00:05:04,271 --> 00:05:05,605 JERSEY JON: I'll do 60 bucks on that. 143 00:05:05,705 --> 00:05:07,908 MIKE: I wonder if you could reverse-engineer it 144 00:05:08,074 --> 00:05:09,276 to use it for your fireplace. 145 00:05:09,376 --> 00:05:10,677 (laughs) MIKE: For a bellows. 146 00:05:10,844 --> 00:05:12,045 JERSEY JON: I could stick it in there, 147 00:05:12,145 --> 00:05:14,748 and crank up some serious air, it would get your fire going. 148 00:05:14,915 --> 00:05:16,917 MIKE: What about this moose, you want to sell this moose? 149 00:05:17,117 --> 00:05:19,553 BRADY: Absolutely. MIKE: Obviously, you can see the damage here, 150 00:05:19,653 --> 00:05:21,755 but if it's hung up high enough, you would never see that. 151 00:05:21,855 --> 00:05:23,623 BRADY: Right. MIKE: 500 bucks. 152 00:05:23,790 --> 00:05:26,059 BRADY: 600. MIKE: Alright, we're doing it, cool. 153 00:05:26,226 --> 00:05:28,228 Jersey, what are you finding? JERSEY JON: Early electric motor, 154 00:05:28,395 --> 00:05:30,030 probably around 1910. 155 00:05:30,197 --> 00:05:32,599 This is something that drives like a small drill press. 156 00:05:32,699 --> 00:05:34,968 I collect these things, but also I know guys who do as well. 157 00:05:35,068 --> 00:05:36,836 I actually restore these things and make them work. 158 00:05:36,937 --> 00:05:39,206 Thing is seized up. 65 bucks on this thing. 159 00:05:39,306 --> 00:05:41,041 BRADY: 75? JERSEY JON: I'll do the 75 bucks. 160 00:05:41,141 --> 00:05:42,709 BRADY: Alright. MIKE: Jersey, look at this. 161 00:05:42,876 --> 00:05:44,311 I think this is interesting. JERSEY JON: What? 162 00:05:44,477 --> 00:05:46,546 MIKE: It's a vacuum, you hold it here, if you turn that-- 163 00:05:46,713 --> 00:05:49,049 JERSEY JON: That is crazy! MIKE: It's like a piece of art, 50 bucks. 164 00:05:49,149 --> 00:05:51,084 BRADY: Yeah, let's do 50 bucks. MIKE: Thank you. 165 00:05:51,184 --> 00:05:53,620 Alright, hey, I got a question on some chairs out front. 166 00:05:53,787 --> 00:05:55,455 They look like a Heywood-Wakefield... 167 00:05:55,622 --> 00:05:57,357 JERSEY JON: Heywood-Wakefield, 1910, 1915. 168 00:05:57,457 --> 00:05:59,125 MIKE: And then you got a couple of barrel-back chairs, 169 00:05:59,226 --> 00:06:00,193 there's two of them here. 170 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:01,261 MIKE: Full disclosure, 171 00:06:01,428 --> 00:06:02,762 I need dining room table chairs, 172 00:06:02,862 --> 00:06:05,465 and I don't care if they match or not, you know. 173 00:06:05,632 --> 00:06:08,668 It's called the bohemian art house random vibe. 174 00:06:08,835 --> 00:06:11,071 MIKE: This one's broken. This one's split too. 175 00:06:11,238 --> 00:06:13,373 This is cracked here. Seven chairs. 176 00:06:13,473 --> 00:06:14,307 BRADY: 225? 177 00:06:15,642 --> 00:06:17,744 MIKE: We're doing it. Cool. Thank you, my friend. 178 00:06:17,911 --> 00:06:19,646 (upbeat music) 179 00:06:25,318 --> 00:06:27,220 ROBBIE: Thanks, see ya. DANIELLE: Bye. 180 00:06:27,387 --> 00:06:29,222 ROBBIE: I'm on my way to see a guy named Charlie. 181 00:06:29,389 --> 00:06:31,458 Dani says he has a massive collection 182 00:06:31,625 --> 00:06:32,959 of what looked like pedal cars, 183 00:06:33,059 --> 00:06:35,462 but they're not like anything she's ever seen. 184 00:06:35,629 --> 00:06:37,430 I've got an idea of what these things are, 185 00:06:37,597 --> 00:06:40,500 and if I'm right, it could mean big money. 186 00:06:40,667 --> 00:06:42,035 (phone ringing tone) 187 00:06:42,135 --> 00:06:44,237 CHARLIE: Hello? ROBBIE: Hey, is this Charlie? 188 00:06:44,337 --> 00:06:45,505 CHARLIE: Yeah, it's Charlie, yes. 189 00:06:45,672 --> 00:06:48,408 ROBBIE: Hey, it's Rob Wolfe, you talked to Dani on the phone. 190 00:06:48,508 --> 00:06:50,010 CHARLIE: Yes, good to hear from you. 191 00:06:50,110 --> 00:06:51,544 ROBBIE: I'm trying to figure out, 192 00:06:51,711 --> 00:06:53,880 I'm right by like a big warehouse... 193 00:06:54,047 --> 00:06:55,949 I am in the front drive. 194 00:06:56,116 --> 00:06:57,517 CHARLIE: Alright, can you bear left, 195 00:06:57,617 --> 00:06:59,686 and what you're going to do then is come around the back 196 00:06:59,786 --> 00:07:01,621 of the building, right? ROBBIE: Okay. 197 00:07:01,788 --> 00:07:03,423 CHARLIE: And then right at the end, 198 00:07:03,590 --> 00:07:06,459 that's where we'll be. ROBBIE: Okay. I gotcha. 199 00:07:06,626 --> 00:07:08,395 This place is fricken massive. 200 00:07:10,630 --> 00:07:12,866 CHARLIE: Let's push it back... oh! 201 00:07:13,033 --> 00:07:14,067 ROBBIE: Charlie? CHARLIE: Yeah. 202 00:07:14,234 --> 00:07:16,236 ROBBIE: What's going on? CHARLIE: Agh... 203 00:07:16,403 --> 00:07:18,471 ROBBIE: Man, it looks like I showed up at the right time. 204 00:07:18,638 --> 00:07:19,839 CHARLIE: You did, Robbie. ROBBIE: How're you doing? 205 00:07:19,940 --> 00:07:21,274 CHARLIE: Robbie, this is my friend, Dave. 206 00:07:21,441 --> 00:07:22,942 ROBBIE: Dave. Dave: Nice to meet you, Robbie. 207 00:07:23,109 --> 00:07:25,111 ROBBIE: How're you doing? CHARLIE: Dave as you can see is helping out 208 00:07:25,278 --> 00:07:26,246 on putting some things in the warehouse. 209 00:07:26,346 --> 00:07:28,148 ROBBIE: Dani said you have a bunch of-- 210 00:07:28,315 --> 00:07:30,083 Well, she described them as pedal cars, I mean... 211 00:07:30,183 --> 00:07:31,718 This is bigger than a pedal car. 212 00:07:31,818 --> 00:07:33,286 CHARLIE: You're exactly right. It's not a pedal car. 213 00:07:33,386 --> 00:07:35,989 What these are, are reproductions, 214 00:07:36,089 --> 00:07:37,991 authorized, by Ford Motor Company, 215 00:07:38,091 --> 00:07:39,459 starting in 1955. 216 00:07:39,626 --> 00:07:41,261 They were put in dealerships. 217 00:07:41,428 --> 00:07:43,863 And the real reason was to have kids 218 00:07:44,030 --> 00:07:45,832 drag their parents in, 219 00:07:45,932 --> 00:07:47,467 so they might buy the real one. 220 00:07:47,634 --> 00:07:48,802 ROBBIE: Okay. CHARLIE: But what was shocking 221 00:07:48,902 --> 00:07:51,871 is that, while the real one might have been around $2,500... 222 00:07:52,038 --> 00:07:55,675 ROBBIE: Yeah. CHARLIE: These were over $500 for kids cars. 223 00:07:55,842 --> 00:07:58,311 So as you can imagine, only kids that have parents 224 00:07:58,478 --> 00:07:59,879 with a little bit of money-- ROBBIE: Money. 225 00:08:00,046 --> 00:08:01,114 CHARLIE: ...could afford something like this. 226 00:08:01,214 --> 00:08:03,116 CHARLIE: A lot of times, people don't know 227 00:08:03,283 --> 00:08:04,951 what the miniature cars are. 228 00:08:05,118 --> 00:08:08,788 In 1955, a company called Mystic Power Car Company 229 00:08:08,888 --> 00:08:11,324 entered into an agreement with Ford Motor Company. 230 00:08:11,424 --> 00:08:13,593 Ford was announcing the Thunderbird, 231 00:08:13,693 --> 00:08:16,029 and Mystic Car Company decided to make 232 00:08:16,196 --> 00:08:18,898 a miniature Thunderbird that would fit a child in it, 233 00:08:19,065 --> 00:08:20,500 and they expanded their product line. 234 00:08:20,667 --> 00:08:22,702 CHARLIE: They made Mercury's, Ford Mustangs, 235 00:08:22,869 --> 00:08:24,771 and they weren't the only manufacturer. 236 00:08:24,871 --> 00:08:26,673 Other people built a DeSoto, 237 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:28,208 a Pontiac, a Ford. 238 00:08:28,308 --> 00:08:30,610 So there's a lot of different models out there. 239 00:08:30,710 --> 00:08:32,679 ROBBIE: Can I open this? CHARLIE: Of course. Go ahead. 240 00:08:32,779 --> 00:08:33,913 ROBBIE: Oh yeah, look at that. 241 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:35,515 CHARLIE: This is a Thunderbird Junior. 242 00:08:35,615 --> 00:08:37,317 ROBBIE: Wow. CHARLIE: From 1956. 243 00:08:37,417 --> 00:08:39,686 It's electrically-powered, with a starter motor. 244 00:08:39,786 --> 00:08:43,423 Take a look, this has original wooden bumperettes here. 245 00:08:43,590 --> 00:08:45,158 It's got a continental tire kit on it, 246 00:08:45,258 --> 00:08:47,394 needs a complete restoration, as you can see. 247 00:08:47,560 --> 00:08:49,462 ROBBIE: So this was originally blue, 248 00:08:49,629 --> 00:08:50,997 this is the red paint on it. 249 00:08:51,097 --> 00:08:53,099 CHARLIE: Yep, someone repainted it, but it is complete. 250 00:08:53,266 --> 00:08:56,069 ROBBIE: I've only seen a handful of these in over 30 years. 251 00:08:56,236 --> 00:08:59,239 The level of detail that are in these cars is amazing. 252 00:08:59,339 --> 00:09:01,875 From the dash to the fender sculpting, 253 00:09:02,042 --> 00:09:04,010 to the bumperettes, this is the condition 254 00:09:04,110 --> 00:09:05,678 that you want to find these in. 255 00:09:05,845 --> 00:09:07,914 CHARLIE: And that's got the original interior, as you can see. 256 00:09:08,014 --> 00:09:10,483 ROBBIE: I'm looking at that. CHARLIE: They also sold direct to the public. 257 00:09:10,617 --> 00:09:13,787 They also were a great giveaway at the fairgrounds and whatnot. 258 00:09:13,953 --> 00:09:15,789 ROBBIE: I've seen some of these things before, 259 00:09:15,955 --> 00:09:17,390 not complete, though. CHARLIE: Oh, yeah. 260 00:09:17,490 --> 00:09:18,992 ROBBIE: I mean, usually you go to a flea market, 261 00:09:19,159 --> 00:09:20,960 you find these bodies. CHARLIE: You're exactly correct. 262 00:09:21,060 --> 00:09:23,296 And inside, you're going to see a ton of bodies, 263 00:09:23,463 --> 00:09:25,865 because whenever I see one, I want to pick it up 264 00:09:26,032 --> 00:09:28,635 just in case I can put together a complete car. 265 00:09:28,735 --> 00:09:30,203 ROBBIE: So what's the deal with this one? 266 00:09:30,303 --> 00:09:31,805 CHARLIE: Okay, well, that's something totally different. 267 00:09:31,905 --> 00:09:34,808 That's a tank from a French carousel, 268 00:09:34,908 --> 00:09:36,876 and every once in a while, they become available. 269 00:09:37,043 --> 00:09:38,144 This has nothing to do with this. 270 00:09:38,311 --> 00:09:39,446 ROBBIE: So this is carnival. 271 00:09:39,546 --> 00:09:40,747 CHARLIE: This is carnival, exactly. 272 00:09:40,914 --> 00:09:42,515 CHARLIE: And you'll see some other things inside. 273 00:09:42,615 --> 00:09:44,751 ROBBIE: Wow. Well, hey, I want to go see some of this stuff. 274 00:09:44,851 --> 00:09:46,152 CHARLIE: Why don't we go in? ROBBIE: Alright. 275 00:09:46,319 --> 00:09:47,987 CHARLIE: Dave, can you finish up with this stuff? 276 00:09:48,088 --> 00:09:50,423 CHARLIE: Thanks so much. ROBBIE: Before I start pulling the trigger on these, 277 00:09:50,590 --> 00:09:52,792 I want to see what Charlie's got in this storage unit. 278 00:09:52,959 --> 00:09:55,261 CHARLIE: This building is over 100 years old, 279 00:09:55,428 --> 00:09:56,796 let me open the door here. 280 00:09:58,131 --> 00:09:59,632 ROBBIE: Holy cow! 281 00:09:59,799 --> 00:10:04,737 MIKE: Wow, this is incredible. 282 00:10:04,737 --> 00:10:06,473 BRADY: Would you like to meet my mom and...? 283 00:10:06,639 --> 00:10:08,241 MIKE: Absolutely. JERSEY JON: Love to meet your mom. 284 00:10:08,341 --> 00:10:09,642 MIKE: Love to meet your mom. 285 00:10:09,742 --> 00:10:11,778 MIKE: What year is the house? BRADY: 1840s. 286 00:10:11,945 --> 00:10:12,712 MIKE: Wow. 287 00:10:12,812 --> 00:10:13,713 JERSEY JON: It's a beautiful home. 288 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:14,714 BRADY: Hey, Mom. 289 00:10:14,881 --> 00:10:15,748 PAULETTE: Yeah. 290 00:10:15,915 --> 00:10:17,150 BRADY: Some guys for you to meet. 291 00:10:17,350 --> 00:10:19,185 MIKE: Hey. Heard a lot about you. 292 00:10:19,285 --> 00:10:20,587 JERSEY JON: Hello. PAULETTE: Uh-oh. 293 00:10:20,687 --> 00:10:22,055 MIKE: Yeah, you talked to Dani on the phone? 294 00:10:22,222 --> 00:10:24,023 PAULETTE: Yes. MIKE: Yeah, and this is my friend, Jon. 295 00:10:24,124 --> 00:10:25,492 JERSEY JON: Hi, I'm Jon, nice to meet you. 296 00:10:25,658 --> 00:10:27,994 MIKE: And he's been showing us around the quonset hut. 297 00:10:28,094 --> 00:10:29,229 Wow, this is neat! 298 00:10:29,329 --> 00:10:32,866 MIKE: Oh my gosh, this is incredible. Wow... 299 00:10:32,966 --> 00:10:33,967 JERSEY JON: Oh, yeah. 300 00:10:34,067 --> 00:10:35,201 MIKE: This is a little bit 301 00:10:35,301 --> 00:10:37,003 out of our wheel house, but I can tell right away, 302 00:10:37,103 --> 00:10:38,538 we're gonna be looking at some pretty 303 00:10:38,705 --> 00:10:39,873 incredible early stuff, 304 00:10:39,973 --> 00:10:41,708 just by looking around on the shelves, 305 00:10:41,875 --> 00:10:43,443 and I want to learn today. 306 00:10:43,543 --> 00:10:45,845 MIKE: This is amazing, look at all these pieces here, Jon. 307 00:10:45,945 --> 00:10:47,113 JERSEY JON: Oh, that's cool. 308 00:10:47,213 --> 00:10:49,616 PAULETTE: Alan and I both loved photography. 309 00:10:49,782 --> 00:10:52,986 During college, we would develop film in the dark room, 310 00:10:53,086 --> 00:10:55,622 and we were very passionate about collecting 311 00:10:55,788 --> 00:10:59,058 photography cameras, other antiques, 312 00:10:59,225 --> 00:11:01,628 and anything esthetically pleasing. 313 00:11:01,728 --> 00:11:03,062 MIKE: I know a lot about you. 314 00:11:03,229 --> 00:11:05,198 He was telling me how he was going with you guys 315 00:11:05,298 --> 00:11:06,933 to the markets and stuff. PAULETTE: Oh, yes. 316 00:11:07,100 --> 00:11:09,702 MIKE: So... PAULETTE: When he was two months old, 317 00:11:09,869 --> 00:11:11,404 he went to his first flea market. 318 00:11:11,504 --> 00:11:12,839 (group laughing) JERSEY JON: That's great. 319 00:11:12,939 --> 00:11:14,541 MIKE: You don't remember that, do you? BRADY: No. 320 00:11:14,707 --> 00:11:17,911 PAULETTE: We really dug deep into history of photography. 321 00:11:18,011 --> 00:11:20,313 We wrote a book of our collection 322 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:22,182 called Reflecting on Photography. 323 00:11:22,348 --> 00:11:26,719 We won the Top 10 Camera Collectors in the United States. 324 00:11:26,819 --> 00:11:28,788 MIKE: Well, that's great that you guys shared that passion 325 00:11:28,955 --> 00:11:30,590 to the point where you made a business out of it. 326 00:11:30,690 --> 00:11:31,824 PAULETTE: Right. 327 00:11:31,925 --> 00:11:34,961 PAULETTE: Alan died in 2015. 328 00:11:35,061 --> 00:11:39,232 So I finally decided I need to start selling, 329 00:11:39,332 --> 00:11:41,834 because we have a phenomenal collection. 330 00:11:42,001 --> 00:11:43,736 MIKE: Thank you for calling us. I mean, seriously, 331 00:11:43,903 --> 00:11:45,872 this is brilliant. As soon as I walked in the house, 332 00:11:45,972 --> 00:11:47,240 I was like, wow! 333 00:11:47,340 --> 00:11:49,475 MIKE: When we get the call that a life-long collector 334 00:11:49,576 --> 00:11:52,512 wants to sell, we don't take that lightly. 335 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:54,948 For someone to get to the point where they want to sell, 336 00:11:55,114 --> 00:11:57,717 that's a big step. Paulette and her husband 337 00:11:57,817 --> 00:12:00,653 were both antique dealers, and that's beautiful. 338 00:12:00,820 --> 00:12:02,622 To find someone you love, 339 00:12:02,722 --> 00:12:04,991 that loves the same things that you do, 340 00:12:05,091 --> 00:12:08,161 the travel, the hunt, is amazing. 341 00:12:08,261 --> 00:12:10,230 MIKE: Now this is a neat piece. PAULETTE: Zoetrope. 342 00:12:10,330 --> 00:12:11,464 JERSEY JON: Cool. 343 00:12:11,564 --> 00:12:13,666 BRADY: Brady, would you hand me the zoetrope, please? 344 00:12:13,766 --> 00:12:15,201 JERSEY JON: That thing is fascinating. 345 00:12:15,301 --> 00:12:17,470 MIKE: And you spin it and you see the motion. 346 00:12:17,637 --> 00:12:19,672 PAULETTE: Through the slots. JERSEY JON: Right. 347 00:12:19,772 --> 00:12:21,474 JERSEY JON: A zoetrope is essentially a device 348 00:12:21,641 --> 00:12:24,043 that fools the eye into thinking that a series 349 00:12:24,143 --> 00:12:26,246 of stationary images are moving. 350 00:12:26,346 --> 00:12:27,714 Basically, a shutter revolving 351 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:31,718 around made whatever images you produced on the strip move. 352 00:12:42,695 --> 00:12:44,731 MIKE: What year is this from? PAULETTE: 1890. 353 00:12:44,897 --> 00:12:47,667 MIKE: You have so many different images. Wow. 354 00:12:47,767 --> 00:12:49,268 MIKE: Oh yeah, there we go. 355 00:12:49,435 --> 00:12:52,405 MIKE: He's jumping from horse to horse. 356 00:12:52,505 --> 00:12:54,040 Wow, it's so cool. 357 00:12:54,140 --> 00:12:56,709 Wow. You got 1,200 bucks on that. 358 00:12:56,876 --> 00:12:57,777 PAULETTE: Mm-hmm. 359 00:12:57,944 --> 00:12:59,345 JERSEY JON: Are you solid on that number? 360 00:12:59,512 --> 00:13:01,080 PAULETTE: Yes. JERSEY JON: 1,200 bucks 361 00:13:01,180 --> 00:13:03,082 is way more than I want to spend on something like this. 362 00:13:03,182 --> 00:13:05,184 I appreciate what it is, but... PAULETTE: No problem. 363 00:13:05,351 --> 00:13:06,619 JERSEY JON: Yeah. PAULETTE: No problem at all. 364 00:13:06,786 --> 00:13:07,787 JERSEY JON: It's a really nice piece, 365 00:13:07,887 --> 00:13:09,989 but it's a later mass-produced zoetrope. 366 00:13:10,089 --> 00:13:11,824 So for me, we're too far apart on this thing 367 00:13:11,924 --> 00:13:13,026 as far as value goes. 368 00:13:13,126 --> 00:13:14,560 BRADY: Well, I'll put that away and then... 369 00:13:14,661 --> 00:13:16,262 I'll go work back out in the barn. 370 00:13:16,362 --> 00:13:17,697 Let you guys go to it. PAULETTE: Thank you. 371 00:13:17,864 --> 00:13:19,298 JERSEY JON: Thank you. Thank you, Brady. 372 00:13:19,465 --> 00:13:20,900 MIKE: I want to ask you about this over here. 373 00:13:21,034 --> 00:13:22,168 This chair here. 374 00:13:22,268 --> 00:13:24,270 I usually don't get into dental chairs 375 00:13:24,437 --> 00:13:27,206 because a lot of them are so archaic that, 376 00:13:27,306 --> 00:13:29,175 it doesn't look like you'd actually use it now. 377 00:13:29,342 --> 00:13:31,377 It was designed to be like... this... 378 00:13:31,544 --> 00:13:32,912 (Paulette laughs) MIKE: ...and that was it. 379 00:13:33,079 --> 00:13:35,948 But this one is very interesting to me, 380 00:13:36,115 --> 00:13:38,751 and I love the iron base. Can I sit in it? 381 00:13:38,851 --> 00:13:40,453 PAULETTE: Yes, you may. MIKE: Okay, let me sit in this, 382 00:13:40,620 --> 00:13:42,021 let me see here, Jersey. Alright. 383 00:13:42,188 --> 00:13:44,190 JERSEY JON: The leather's great. MIKE: This is the biggie. 384 00:13:44,290 --> 00:13:46,759 Ahh... see? Now I can sit in this, I-- 385 00:13:46,859 --> 00:13:49,262 JERSEY JON: Open up. (Paulette laughs) 386 00:13:49,362 --> 00:13:51,097 MIKE: Over the years I've seen a lot of dental chairs, 387 00:13:51,264 --> 00:13:52,799 a lot of medical chairs, 388 00:13:52,899 --> 00:13:55,234 but I've never seen one like this. 389 00:13:55,334 --> 00:13:57,804 The iron, the ornamentation, the leather. 390 00:13:57,904 --> 00:13:59,639 I mean, it actually looks very inviting. 391 00:13:59,739 --> 00:14:01,274 This is industrial furniture, 392 00:14:01,374 --> 00:14:03,910 and all of this stuff is hot right now. 393 00:14:04,010 --> 00:14:05,545 MIKE: I love that it's on wheels. 394 00:14:05,712 --> 00:14:07,447 What's the best you can do on this? 395 00:14:07,547 --> 00:14:10,350 Because unfortunately, this is about ready to go. 396 00:14:10,516 --> 00:14:12,985 Eventually in its life, this would have to be recovered. 397 00:14:13,086 --> 00:14:14,987 PAULETTE: Right. MIKE: I think this is pretty stable. 398 00:14:15,088 --> 00:14:17,490 This seems to be intact. A lot of times what happens 399 00:14:17,657 --> 00:14:20,593 with horsehair and such, it breaks down behind it, 400 00:14:20,693 --> 00:14:24,697 and then there's air pockets the leather can collapse into. 401 00:14:24,864 --> 00:14:26,532 I mean, I'd like to be at 500 on it. 402 00:14:26,699 --> 00:14:29,635 I think realistically, it's probably a $700 chair. 403 00:14:30,870 --> 00:14:32,238 PAULETTE: That's fine. MIKE: You want to do that? 404 00:14:32,338 --> 00:14:34,340 PAULETTE: Sure. MIKE: Awesome. Thank you. 405 00:14:40,947 --> 00:14:42,715 ROBBIE: Holy cow! 406 00:14:42,815 --> 00:14:44,317 CHARLIE: So this gives you an idea, 407 00:14:44,417 --> 00:14:46,719 the variety of items that are in here. 408 00:14:46,819 --> 00:14:49,222 And I'd be happy to tell you about anything you're interested in. 409 00:14:49,388 --> 00:14:51,624 ROBBIE: Wow... CHARLIE: It's difficult to say 410 00:14:51,724 --> 00:14:53,626 what I collect, it might be easier to say 411 00:14:53,793 --> 00:14:56,396 what I don't collect. But I collect lots of different things. 412 00:14:56,496 --> 00:14:58,798 My family was in the automobile business 413 00:14:58,898 --> 00:15:00,433 for 54 years. 414 00:15:00,533 --> 00:15:02,435 I started working in my father's dealership 415 00:15:02,535 --> 00:15:04,203 when I was 13 years old. 416 00:15:04,303 --> 00:15:05,671 CHARLIE: I grew up in the '50s, 417 00:15:05,772 --> 00:15:08,274 and the '50s were the time of big cars, 418 00:15:08,441 --> 00:15:11,110 big tail fins, and it was all fascinating. 419 00:15:11,277 --> 00:15:14,847 So I started collecting to recapture some of my youth, 420 00:15:14,947 --> 00:15:17,150 and that's been very exciting. 421 00:15:17,316 --> 00:15:18,985 ROBBIE: How many of these things do you have? 422 00:15:19,152 --> 00:15:20,653 CHARLIE: I don't even want to think about it. 423 00:15:20,820 --> 00:15:24,257 ROBBIE: Wow. CHARLIE: I do restore these for myself, 424 00:15:24,424 --> 00:15:26,459 but I'm selling at this time because I've got a lot 425 00:15:26,626 --> 00:15:28,161 of projects that, at my age, 426 00:15:28,261 --> 00:15:29,462 I'm not going to get to. 427 00:15:29,629 --> 00:15:31,664 So it's time to move those 428 00:15:31,831 --> 00:15:34,000 to someone who will have an opportunity to enjoy them, 429 00:15:34,100 --> 00:15:36,669 because it's something that I don't want to burden my family with. 430 00:15:36,836 --> 00:15:38,604 ROBBIE: I'll tell you what I really want to do, 431 00:15:38,704 --> 00:15:39,806 is this Corvette. 432 00:15:39,906 --> 00:15:41,007 CHARLIE: This blue one? ROBBIE: Yeah. 433 00:15:41,107 --> 00:15:42,508 CHARLIE: It's a good one, it's a good one. 434 00:15:42,608 --> 00:15:44,277 CHARLIE: That's a Yardman Corvette, gas-powered. 435 00:15:44,377 --> 00:15:45,711 CHARLIE: They're rare. 436 00:15:45,878 --> 00:15:47,180 ROBBIE: I know Corvettes. 437 00:15:47,346 --> 00:15:49,916 At any auction across the United States right now, 438 00:15:50,016 --> 00:15:51,784 Corvettes are hot. 439 00:15:51,951 --> 00:15:53,586 Guys want these things. 440 00:15:53,686 --> 00:15:55,321 They have that '58 Corvette, 441 00:15:55,421 --> 00:15:57,023 they want these dream cars here. 442 00:15:57,190 --> 00:15:58,958 They like the fact that it's original paint, 443 00:15:59,058 --> 00:16:00,660 they like the fact that it's a gas motor. 444 00:16:00,827 --> 00:16:02,462 '58, dual headlights... 445 00:16:02,628 --> 00:16:04,197 (exhales) Smoke show, baby. 446 00:16:04,297 --> 00:16:05,665 ROBBIE: How much is the '58? 447 00:16:05,832 --> 00:16:08,234 CHARLIE: I'd say $3,000 for that. 448 00:16:08,334 --> 00:16:10,336 ROBBIE: Okay. And I do want to ask you 449 00:16:10,503 --> 00:16:11,704 about some of these carnival rides. 450 00:16:11,871 --> 00:16:14,674 I love carnival stuff. I see you got a boat. 451 00:16:14,774 --> 00:16:17,143 CHARLIE: Yes, that's a Mangels, that's Coney Island. 452 00:16:17,310 --> 00:16:18,978 ROBBIE: Okay. And you've got a rocket. 453 00:16:19,145 --> 00:16:21,113 CHARLIE: Correct. The rocket's probably made from a belly tank 454 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:23,149 at one point, is what I'm guessing. ROBBIE: Yep. Yep. 455 00:16:23,316 --> 00:16:25,218 CHARLIE: When I was a kid, I enjoyed going 456 00:16:25,384 --> 00:16:27,620 to the amusement park. We had a wonderful park 457 00:16:27,787 --> 00:16:29,889 in Westchester County called Rye Playland. 458 00:16:30,056 --> 00:16:32,592 And you remember those things, you remember that park 459 00:16:32,692 --> 00:16:35,061 had this particular type of carousel 460 00:16:35,228 --> 00:16:37,330 or this particular type of ride and whatnot. 461 00:16:37,496 --> 00:16:40,333 CHARLIE: And then you see if you can acquire some pieces, 462 00:16:40,500 --> 00:16:42,435 and you know, you enjoy them again 463 00:16:42,568 --> 00:16:45,471 'cause you associate them with a great time from your youth. 464 00:16:45,638 --> 00:16:47,073 ROBBIE: What about these two pieces? 465 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:49,008 ROBBIE: The boat, it's really nice. 466 00:16:49,108 --> 00:16:51,477 ROBBIE: Rockets are always hot in the stores. 467 00:16:51,577 --> 00:16:53,279 They tend to get hung up and taken down 468 00:16:53,379 --> 00:16:54,580 within the first week. 469 00:16:54,747 --> 00:16:56,949 This Mangels Coney Island boat, 470 00:16:57,049 --> 00:16:59,185 it's Coney Island, do I have to say anything else? 471 00:16:59,352 --> 00:17:01,954 People drool over this stuff. 472 00:17:02,054 --> 00:17:03,556 CHARLIE: The Mangels boat is special. 473 00:17:03,656 --> 00:17:05,424 ROBBIE: Okay. CHARLIE: But I think I could 474 00:17:05,524 --> 00:17:07,193 probably do 1,500 for the two of them. 475 00:17:07,293 --> 00:17:09,161 ROBBIE: Hm-hm-hm-hm... 476 00:17:09,262 --> 00:17:11,797 I'll tell you what, I'll take the Corvette, 477 00:17:11,898 --> 00:17:15,234 the boat, and the rocket, 4,000 bucks. 478 00:17:18,304 --> 00:17:19,238 CHARLIE: Done. 479 00:17:19,238 --> 00:17:20,273 ROBBIE: Okay. CHARLIE: Deal. 480 00:17:20,907 --> 00:17:22,475 ROBBIE: Alright, thank you. CHARLIE: No problem. 481 00:17:23,009 --> 00:17:24,944 ROBBIE: There's so much stuff to look at in here. 482 00:17:25,177 --> 00:17:30,182 MIKE: Oh wow, look at the lion. JERSEY JON: Be careful, 483 00:17:30,182 --> 00:17:31,617 PAULETTE: Let me show you the large cameras, 484 00:17:31,717 --> 00:17:32,852 they're in the next room. MIKE: Okay. 485 00:17:33,019 --> 00:17:35,154 Oh wow, look at that lion. (Jersey Jon laughs) 486 00:17:35,254 --> 00:17:36,589 (laughing) 487 00:17:36,689 --> 00:17:38,190 MIKE: Wow. JERSEY JON: That is a big lion. 488 00:17:38,291 --> 00:17:40,192 MIKE: Where did this guy come out of? 489 00:17:40,293 --> 00:17:43,262 PAULETTE: Massachusetts. One of the museums was... 490 00:17:43,429 --> 00:17:45,731 MIKE: Letting him go. You guys have paperwork for this? 491 00:17:45,898 --> 00:17:47,667 PAULETTE: Yes. MIKE: Alright, that's important. 492 00:17:47,767 --> 00:17:49,669 What are you doing with this? Are you going to sell this? 493 00:17:49,835 --> 00:17:52,071 PAULETTE: Yes, I am. MIKE: What do you value that at? 494 00:17:52,171 --> 00:17:54,140 PAULETTE: I'd like to get 2,000 for it. 495 00:17:54,307 --> 00:17:57,209 MIKE: Yeah. PAULETTE: I have seen them go for 8,000. 496 00:17:57,376 --> 00:18:00,313 MIKE: I think it's a situation where it's about condition. 497 00:18:00,413 --> 00:18:03,082 There's a reason why his legs are wired together back there. 498 00:18:03,182 --> 00:18:06,085 So he's leaned over here. He's supposed to be like that, 499 00:18:06,252 --> 00:18:08,020 but his foot's fallen off over there. 500 00:18:08,187 --> 00:18:09,822 Look at his ribs, man. (Paulette laughs) 501 00:18:09,989 --> 00:18:11,657 PAULETTE: He was definitely in the wild. 502 00:18:11,824 --> 00:18:13,993 MIKE: Nah, I'm going to pass. PAULETTE: No problem. 503 00:18:14,093 --> 00:18:15,461 MIKE: I've bought a lot of fixer-uppers, 504 00:18:15,561 --> 00:18:18,097 and I'm not going to put a lion on my list. 505 00:18:18,264 --> 00:18:20,032 MIKE: So these are those big cameras you're talking about. 506 00:18:20,132 --> 00:18:22,001 PAULETTE: Yes, yes. MIKE: Those are cool. 507 00:18:22,101 --> 00:18:24,503 How about that one, what's the value of that one with the pedestal? 508 00:18:24,604 --> 00:18:26,138 PAULETTE: 1,500. MIKE: Really. 509 00:18:26,305 --> 00:18:27,506 JERSEY JON: These are studio cameras. 510 00:18:27,606 --> 00:18:29,175 PAULETTE: These are studio cameras, yes. 511 00:18:29,342 --> 00:18:30,943 MIKE: Okay, wow. 512 00:18:31,110 --> 00:18:33,946 MIKE: The studio camera itself is just beautiful to look at. 513 00:18:34,113 --> 00:18:35,681 The bellows, the leather. 514 00:18:35,781 --> 00:18:37,616 You look at the lens, it's brass. 515 00:18:37,817 --> 00:18:39,785 It would be great in any setting. 516 00:18:39,885 --> 00:18:40,987 JERSEY JON: You crank this thing, 517 00:18:41,087 --> 00:18:43,022 see how it goes up and down? MIKE: Yeah. 518 00:18:43,122 --> 00:18:44,457 (squeaking) 519 00:18:44,557 --> 00:18:46,626 So this camera's sitting on this pedestal. 520 00:18:46,726 --> 00:18:48,294 This is a separate piece. PAULETTE: Right. 521 00:18:48,461 --> 00:18:50,463 MIKE: So you're at 1,500 on this one. 522 00:18:50,563 --> 00:18:52,965 And then what's the mirror down below that's kind of...? 523 00:18:53,132 --> 00:18:55,267 PAULETTE: Oh, that's from a circus. 524 00:18:55,434 --> 00:18:56,669 MIKE: The fun house? PAULETTE: Yes. 525 00:18:56,836 --> 00:18:57,837 JERSEY JON: Oh, a fun house mirror? 526 00:18:57,937 --> 00:18:59,772 PAULETTE: Mm-hmm. MIKE: There, right there. 527 00:18:59,939 --> 00:19:01,374 I mean, whoa! PAULETTE: Whoa! 528 00:19:01,540 --> 00:19:03,442 MIKE: Woo-hoo-hoo... (laughs) 529 00:19:03,542 --> 00:19:04,577 PAULETTE: Good catch. 530 00:19:04,744 --> 00:19:06,479 (group laughing) 531 00:19:06,579 --> 00:19:08,481 JERSEY JON: That was almost real expensive. 532 00:19:08,581 --> 00:19:10,383 MIKE: They say if you break an ordinary mirror, 533 00:19:10,549 --> 00:19:11,817 it's seven years bad luck. 534 00:19:11,984 --> 00:19:14,020 So I can't even imagine what it would be like 535 00:19:14,186 --> 00:19:15,488 if you broke a circus mirror. 536 00:19:15,654 --> 00:19:17,490 I mean, this thing is cool, 537 00:19:17,656 --> 00:19:19,492 you can see the old silvering in it, 538 00:19:19,658 --> 00:19:22,228 but it's not attached to the frame at all. 539 00:19:22,328 --> 00:19:24,897 MIKE: It was mounted, it's just missing the brackets. 540 00:19:25,064 --> 00:19:27,867 PAULETTE: Sorry about that. MIKE: Wow. How about this? 541 00:19:27,967 --> 00:19:30,069 So 1,500's the retail on this piece, 542 00:19:30,169 --> 00:19:31,871 the camera and the pedestal. PAULETTE: Yes. 543 00:19:31,971 --> 00:19:33,272 MIKE: What's your best on that? 544 00:19:33,372 --> 00:19:35,341 PAULETTE: Um... I'd do 1,250. 545 00:19:35,508 --> 00:19:36,842 MIKE: What do you value the mirror at? 546 00:19:36,942 --> 00:19:38,678 PAULETTE: I, that I... MIKE: I have a personal 547 00:19:38,778 --> 00:19:40,680 connection with this now. (Paulette laughs) 548 00:19:40,780 --> 00:19:43,382 MIKE: It was almost a really bad situation. 549 00:19:43,549 --> 00:19:46,052 JERSEY JON: Yeah. PAULETTE: I... I don't know. 550 00:19:46,218 --> 00:19:48,254 MIKE: How about 1,300 for the pair? 551 00:19:48,421 --> 00:19:49,755 PAULETTE: Okay. MIKE: You want to do that? 552 00:19:49,855 --> 00:19:51,290 PAULETTE: Sure. MIKE: Okay, shake her hand, Jersey. 553 00:19:51,457 --> 00:19:53,025 JERSEY JON: Thank you, sweetie, thank you. 554 00:19:53,125 --> 00:19:54,894 MIKE: Okay. Okay. I'm going to put... 555 00:19:55,061 --> 00:19:56,529 I'm going to put this down. JERSEY JON: Be careful! 556 00:19:56,696 --> 00:19:58,698 Whoa watch it, Mike, it's coming out. MIKE: I know, I got it. 557 00:19:58,864 --> 00:20:00,166 JERSEY JON: I don't know you got it, 558 00:20:00,332 --> 00:20:02,435 I don't think you got it. PAULETTE: Why don't you take it from him? 559 00:20:02,535 --> 00:20:04,370 JERSEY JON: That's what I'm thinking. MIKE: I'm not giving it up. 560 00:20:04,537 --> 00:20:05,704 JERSEY JON: He's not giving it up. 561 00:20:05,805 --> 00:20:07,440 MIKE: This thing's falling out of here. 562 00:20:11,911 --> 00:20:13,946 ROBBIE: There's so much stuff to look at in here. 563 00:20:14,046 --> 00:20:17,783 CHARLIE: This is a T-Bird, about 1960. '56 Thunderbird. 564 00:20:17,983 --> 00:20:19,852 ROBBIE: I've probably only seen like five of these. CHARLIE: Mm-hmm. 565 00:20:20,019 --> 00:20:22,221 ROBBIE: I think you're the guy that has them all. 566 00:20:22,321 --> 00:20:24,423 ROBBIE: In collecting, most guys have a specialty, 567 00:20:24,523 --> 00:20:26,859 for Charlie, it's these junior dream cars. 568 00:20:27,026 --> 00:20:28,994 He's listing off manufacturing dates, 569 00:20:29,095 --> 00:20:30,196 how they were built, 570 00:20:30,296 --> 00:20:31,730 all the accessories that were put in them. 571 00:20:31,897 --> 00:20:34,500 CHARLIE: That's an electric one, 1956 Pontiac. 572 00:20:34,667 --> 00:20:36,302 One of these in better shape 573 00:20:36,469 --> 00:20:39,071 just went for close to $10,000. ROBBIE: Wow. 574 00:20:39,171 --> 00:20:40,773 ROBBIE: Charlie has spent his lifetime 575 00:20:40,940 --> 00:20:42,308 collecting these things. 576 00:20:42,475 --> 00:20:43,943 These junior dream cars, 577 00:20:44,043 --> 00:20:46,178 they are just like a unicorn out there. 578 00:20:46,345 --> 00:20:48,714 The fact that Charlie has a storage unit 579 00:20:48,814 --> 00:20:50,649 full is mind-blowing. 580 00:20:50,816 --> 00:20:52,017 ROBBIE: I want to ask about these bodies 581 00:20:52,118 --> 00:20:53,385 you got here. These are-- 582 00:20:53,486 --> 00:20:55,454 CHARLIE: These are all different manufacturers. 583 00:20:55,621 --> 00:20:57,022 ROBBIE: Okay. CHARLIE: And all different rarities. 584 00:20:57,123 --> 00:20:58,324 ROBBIE: I'm gonna pull one of these down. 585 00:20:58,491 --> 00:20:59,925 I want to see what this thing looks like. 586 00:21:00,092 --> 00:21:02,294 ROBBIE: There are the guys that like everything shiny. 587 00:21:02,461 --> 00:21:05,698 I'm the guy that's looking for bodies that are not restored. 588 00:21:05,865 --> 00:21:07,299 I don't care if the paint's faded on it, 589 00:21:07,399 --> 00:21:09,301 I don't care if the seat's got a rip in it. 590 00:21:09,468 --> 00:21:10,970 I just like it to tell a story. 591 00:21:11,137 --> 00:21:14,440 ROBBIE: So, I'm interested in these two. This is a '50... 592 00:21:14,540 --> 00:21:16,375 CHARLIE: I believe this is a '55. 593 00:21:16,542 --> 00:21:19,078 ROBBIE: '55 T-Bird, okay. CHARLIE: It could be a '56. 594 00:21:19,178 --> 00:21:20,679 ROBBIE: And this one here... 595 00:21:20,780 --> 00:21:23,382 CHARLIE: 1956 Pontiac from Silvestre Art Studio. 596 00:21:23,549 --> 00:21:25,951 ROBBIE: Do you have frame that this goes on? 597 00:21:26,051 --> 00:21:28,053 CHARLIE: Yep, right over there. Complete. 598 00:21:28,220 --> 00:21:30,489 ROBBIE: What better thing to have than the complete car? 599 00:21:30,656 --> 00:21:31,924 The engine's there, the frame's there, 600 00:21:32,091 --> 00:21:33,125 the wheels are there. 601 00:21:33,292 --> 00:21:35,861 The fact that the body's a little crusty, so be it. 602 00:21:35,961 --> 00:21:37,730 Guys are going to want this thing. 603 00:21:37,897 --> 00:21:39,131 CHARLIE: With respect to the Thunderbird, 604 00:21:39,298 --> 00:21:41,300 no, I don't have any frames for them. 605 00:21:41,467 --> 00:21:43,469 ROBBIE: These things would be great display pieces, 606 00:21:43,569 --> 00:21:45,638 even if you didn't have the frame with it. 607 00:21:45,738 --> 00:21:47,773 Or you can build a go-kart frame 608 00:21:47,940 --> 00:21:49,375 and put it underneath this thing. 609 00:21:49,542 --> 00:21:50,743 ROBBIE: What are you thinking on the pair? 610 00:21:50,843 --> 00:21:52,578 And this frame right here. CHARLIE: Okay. 611 00:21:52,745 --> 00:21:55,214 I'd say 2,100 for all three pieces. 612 00:21:55,381 --> 00:21:56,549 ROBBIE: 1,600. 613 00:21:57,883 --> 00:22:00,686 CHARLIE: So, we're going to meet at 1,800, is that it? 614 00:22:02,688 --> 00:22:04,256 ROBBIE: 1,700 bucks. 615 00:22:07,693 --> 00:22:09,061 CHARLIE: Done. ROBBIE: That work? 616 00:22:09,228 --> 00:22:10,896 CHARLIE: That'd work. ROBBIE: Alright, I appreciate it. 617 00:22:10,996 --> 00:22:12,464 CHARLIE: Not a problem. ROBBIE: Thank ya. 618 00:22:12,565 --> 00:22:14,099 I got to keep looking in here. 619 00:22:14,266 --> 00:22:15,668 MIKE: Man, I'm fascinated by everything 620 00:22:15,768 --> 00:22:17,069 that you have, really. 621 00:22:17,169 --> 00:22:18,871 PAULETTE: In this room is cameras 622 00:22:18,971 --> 00:22:21,707 that Alan and I collected. MIKE: Oh my gosh. 623 00:22:21,874 --> 00:22:23,943 MIKE: This is one of those once-in-a-lifetime collections 624 00:22:24,043 --> 00:22:25,978 that would be hard to replicate. 625 00:22:26,145 --> 00:22:28,547 When you look at these cameras, they say so much. 626 00:22:28,714 --> 00:22:31,217 The bellows, the cases, the lenses, 627 00:22:31,417 --> 00:22:32,852 they're just beautiful to look at. 628 00:22:33,018 --> 00:22:34,186 PAULETTE: This is called a hump front, 629 00:22:34,286 --> 00:22:36,188 and it's a little more expensive. 630 00:22:36,288 --> 00:22:38,290 MIKE: It's incredible to walk through a collection like this 631 00:22:38,457 --> 00:22:39,792 and pick up any piece, 632 00:22:39,892 --> 00:22:43,696 and for Paulette to tell you every little detail about it. 633 00:22:43,862 --> 00:22:45,064 PAULETTE: That's called a stereo. 634 00:22:45,164 --> 00:22:46,532 MIKE: And that's beautiful, gosh. 635 00:22:46,699 --> 00:22:47,933 PAULETTE: It is, with the red bellows. 636 00:22:48,100 --> 00:22:49,034 MIKE: What are these? 637 00:22:49,134 --> 00:22:51,070 PAULETTE: These are called detective cameras, 638 00:22:51,170 --> 00:22:52,671 because they're supposed to emulate 639 00:22:52,771 --> 00:22:54,573 what toolboxes were back in the 1890s. 640 00:22:54,740 --> 00:22:56,275 MIKE: Oh, are people spying on people? 641 00:22:56,375 --> 00:22:58,777 PAULETTE: Yes. MIKE: No kidding. Wow. 642 00:22:58,944 --> 00:23:01,113 MIKE: This one you're carrying it like this, 643 00:23:01,213 --> 00:23:03,949 and you're looking down... and you're pushing the button. 644 00:23:04,049 --> 00:23:05,818 So that was a thing to the point 645 00:23:05,918 --> 00:23:07,886 where they were actually manufacturing cameras 646 00:23:08,053 --> 00:23:09,888 to take secret pictures of people. PAULETTE: Yes. 647 00:23:10,055 --> 00:23:11,457 MIKE: These are all detective cameras? 648 00:23:11,557 --> 00:23:13,058 PAULETTE: Yes. MIKE: Wow... 649 00:23:13,225 --> 00:23:15,060 So would you sell a detective camera? 650 00:23:15,227 --> 00:23:16,262 PAULETTE: I would. 651 00:23:16,362 --> 00:23:17,896 MIKE: I like the box on this one. 652 00:23:18,063 --> 00:23:19,098 PAULETTE: Yeah. It's pretty. MIKE: Yeah. 653 00:23:19,265 --> 00:23:20,566 What would you have to have for that one? 654 00:23:20,733 --> 00:23:22,701 PAULETTE: Hm... I'd do 450. 655 00:23:22,868 --> 00:23:24,336 MIKE: Okay, I'll do 450 on this one. 656 00:23:24,503 --> 00:23:25,537 PAULETTE: Okay. MIKE: Alright. You see, 657 00:23:25,704 --> 00:23:27,506 I'm glad you're educating me on all this stuff. 658 00:23:27,673 --> 00:23:29,174 PAULETTE: That's great. MIKE: Well, it's so interesting. 659 00:23:29,341 --> 00:23:31,410 I mean, they're just incredibly beautiful. 660 00:23:31,577 --> 00:23:33,946 They're works of art, so many of them. PAULETTE: Yes. 661 00:23:39,685 --> 00:23:42,721 ROBBIE: I cannot believe... I mean, this thing's packed full. 662 00:23:42,888 --> 00:23:44,423 CHARLIE: It is indeed, yes. 663 00:23:44,523 --> 00:23:45,691 ROBBIE: That's a cool piece. 664 00:23:45,791 --> 00:23:47,493 ROBBIE: What's more American than baseball? 665 00:23:47,660 --> 00:23:50,129 A baseball pinball machine! 666 00:23:50,296 --> 00:23:51,163 CHARLIE: There's two of them. 667 00:23:51,330 --> 00:23:53,299 Those are the machines that pitch. 668 00:23:53,399 --> 00:23:55,100 ROBBIE: The players move as you hit the ball 669 00:23:55,267 --> 00:23:56,168 into certain things. 670 00:23:56,335 --> 00:23:57,736 Single, a guy goes up to first, 671 00:23:57,903 --> 00:23:59,204 goes all the way around. CHARLIE: Exactly, yep. 672 00:23:59,371 --> 00:24:00,940 ROBBIE: That's so cool. 673 00:24:10,382 --> 00:24:12,017 CHARLIE: The most important thing on these, 674 00:24:12,117 --> 00:24:14,253 is that the players move in the head. 675 00:24:14,353 --> 00:24:15,688 ROBBIE: Correct. CHARLIE: That's what makes these 676 00:24:15,854 --> 00:24:17,723 more valuable than other ones. ROBBIE: Do they work? 677 00:24:17,890 --> 00:24:19,425 CHARLIE: When they went in here, they worked. 678 00:24:19,525 --> 00:24:21,026 CHARLIE: They've been in here for a while, 679 00:24:21,126 --> 00:24:22,294 so if you're interested in them, 680 00:24:22,394 --> 00:24:23,696 price them from the point of view 681 00:24:23,796 --> 00:24:25,664 that you have to have someone go entirely through them. 682 00:24:25,764 --> 00:24:28,267 ROBBIE: It's baseball, baby. Baseball's hot. 683 00:24:28,367 --> 00:24:29,902 These things are in good shape. 684 00:24:30,069 --> 00:24:31,303 If I can get them working, 685 00:24:31,403 --> 00:24:33,539 they basically will sell themselves. 686 00:24:33,706 --> 00:24:35,140 ROBBIE: The biggest problem with anything that's like 687 00:24:35,307 --> 00:24:37,276 a jukebox, the electronics in here, 688 00:24:37,376 --> 00:24:38,777 the tabs, you know, they move around, 689 00:24:38,944 --> 00:24:40,946 we move it back across country, boom-boom, 690 00:24:41,046 --> 00:24:42,114 we gotta have somebody go through it. 691 00:24:42,214 --> 00:24:43,415 And you have the legs to them. 692 00:24:43,582 --> 00:24:46,652 CHARLIE: They're somewhere here... okay. 693 00:24:46,819 --> 00:24:48,854 Where, I don't know, but they are somewhere here. 694 00:24:48,954 --> 00:24:50,089 ROBBIE: Charlie... CHARLIE: Yes. 695 00:24:50,255 --> 00:24:51,590 ROBBIE: They got to have legs. CHARLIE: They're somewhere-- 696 00:24:51,690 --> 00:24:53,325 ROBBIE: I love it when you say that they're somewhere here. 697 00:24:53,492 --> 00:24:55,094 ROBBIE: I'm looking in this building, going, what uh... 698 00:24:55,260 --> 00:24:56,695 Somewhere here. CHARLIE: Correct. 699 00:24:56,862 --> 00:24:58,263 ROBBIE: Wow. CHARLIE: But as you know, 700 00:24:58,364 --> 00:25:00,332 those legs are easily obtainable if you need them. 701 00:25:00,499 --> 00:25:02,101 ROBBIE: Oh, I know. If I take them both... 702 00:25:02,201 --> 00:25:04,336 CHARLIE: Yes. ROBBIE: Big chunk out of here now, Charlie. 703 00:25:04,503 --> 00:25:05,938 CHARLIE: My wife will be thrilled, yes. 704 00:25:06,105 --> 00:25:08,374 ROBBIE: What's the number? CHARLIE: I would sell both of them, 705 00:25:08,540 --> 00:25:10,909 okay, for a total of 4,000, for both of them. 706 00:25:12,778 --> 00:25:13,712 ROBBIE: Yeah, I can't do that, 707 00:25:13,812 --> 00:25:15,180 'cause I think the retail number, 708 00:25:15,347 --> 00:25:16,715 if I was at the Chicago Coin-Op Show... 709 00:25:16,815 --> 00:25:17,783 CHARLIE: Right. ROBBIE: ...and this thing 710 00:25:17,883 --> 00:25:21,053 was sitting there working, maybe 25 to 3. 711 00:25:21,153 --> 00:25:22,488 CHARLIE: Then let's hear your number. 712 00:25:22,654 --> 00:25:24,523 ROBBIE: They're both in about the same condition. 713 00:25:24,690 --> 00:25:26,725 The field on this one's a little bit better, the catcher, 714 00:25:26,892 --> 00:25:28,360 all that where the ball rolls. 715 00:25:28,527 --> 00:25:30,429 This one actually has a little bit of rust. 716 00:25:30,529 --> 00:25:32,064 I mean, you can't even see the catcher on there, 717 00:25:32,164 --> 00:25:33,799 paint's missing on him. 718 00:25:33,966 --> 00:25:35,300 1,800. 719 00:25:35,467 --> 00:25:37,903 CHARLIE: Each? ROBBIE: No, no. 720 00:25:38,003 --> 00:25:41,273 I think I'm putting anywhere from 5 to 800 721 00:25:41,373 --> 00:25:43,208 maybe in each one of these. 722 00:25:43,375 --> 00:25:45,010 CHARLIE: 2,000 it's a deal. 723 00:25:46,445 --> 00:25:48,180 ROBBIE: Alright, I'm doing it. CHARLIE: Done. 724 00:25:54,453 --> 00:25:56,221 JERSEY JON: I saw something on the other side of the room, 725 00:25:56,321 --> 00:25:58,924 which was interesting to me. Mike, look at this. 726 00:25:59,091 --> 00:26:00,692 MIKE: Ohh, that's so cool! 727 00:26:00,859 --> 00:26:04,363 PAULETTE: That was for a magic lantern. Magic lanterns... 728 00:26:04,530 --> 00:26:06,932 JERSEY JON: Mm-hmm. PAULETTE: They would have taken slides... 729 00:26:07,032 --> 00:26:09,701 JERSEY JON: Yeah. PAULETTE: ...and somebody had to put a candle in it. 730 00:26:09,868 --> 00:26:11,303 JERSEY JON: This is the magic lantern slide. 731 00:26:11,470 --> 00:26:12,671 PAULETTE: Yes. JERSEY JON: See, that would make 732 00:26:12,771 --> 00:26:13,906 a very faint image on a wall. 733 00:26:14,006 --> 00:26:15,541 MIKE: Like a mechanical shadow puppet. 734 00:26:15,641 --> 00:26:18,310 PAULETTE: Yes. JERSEY JON: Magic lanterns are fantastic devices, 735 00:26:18,410 --> 00:26:20,379 because they were like an early slide projector. 736 00:26:20,479 --> 00:26:22,181 You could put any kind of image in there, 737 00:26:22,347 --> 00:26:24,383 a painted slide or a silhouette. 738 00:26:24,550 --> 00:26:27,252 The lantern would then project that image onto a wall 739 00:26:27,352 --> 00:26:28,887 using a light source behind it. 740 00:26:29,054 --> 00:26:32,224 These devices date back as far as the 1600s. 741 00:26:32,324 --> 00:26:34,460 PAULETTE: And these are magic lanterns. 742 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:36,295 MIKE: Wow, those are cool. 743 00:26:36,462 --> 00:26:38,564 So like this one here, that's a candle. 744 00:26:38,730 --> 00:26:41,867 PAULETTE: Yes. MIKE: It's so primitive. Wow. 745 00:26:41,967 --> 00:26:45,537 PAULETTE: And the reason we got that is because we had a monkey. 746 00:26:45,637 --> 00:26:47,072 JERSEY JON: Oh, you guys had a monkey? 747 00:26:47,172 --> 00:26:49,341 PAULETTE: We got her at the Rose Bowl Swap Meet. 748 00:26:49,508 --> 00:26:51,076 JERSEY JON: When? PAULETTE: In '69. 749 00:26:51,176 --> 00:26:52,911 JERSEY JON: Really? They sold monkeys then? 750 00:26:53,011 --> 00:26:55,247 PAULETTE: Yes. MIKE: This is a perfect example 751 00:26:55,414 --> 00:26:58,851 of how wild the antique business used to be back in the '70s. 752 00:26:59,017 --> 00:27:01,453 Now, when you go to the Rose Bowl Flea Market, 753 00:27:01,620 --> 00:27:04,056 you cannot buy an exotic animal there... 754 00:27:04,156 --> 00:27:05,357 I don't think. 755 00:27:05,524 --> 00:27:07,559 Unless somebody's got something in a trunk. 756 00:27:07,726 --> 00:27:10,028 MIKE: How long did she live? PAULETTE: 16 years. 757 00:27:10,128 --> 00:27:12,331 PAULETTE: Since we didn't have any kids, 758 00:27:12,498 --> 00:27:14,933 we sent out a birth announcement 759 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:16,902 to his grandmother, 760 00:27:17,069 --> 00:27:19,404 and she really thought it was a child. 761 00:27:19,571 --> 00:27:21,974 And wondered why we called it Monk. 762 00:27:22,140 --> 00:27:24,476 MIKE: Look at the monkey opening presents on Christmas. 763 00:27:24,576 --> 00:27:26,945 (Paulette laughs) JERSEY JON: So you got $175 on this. 764 00:27:27,045 --> 00:27:29,181 PAULETTE: That's all. (laughs) 765 00:27:29,348 --> 00:27:30,949 JERSEY JON: Ha! So what do you want on it? 766 00:27:31,049 --> 00:27:32,718 PAULETTE: As close to that as possible. 767 00:27:32,885 --> 00:27:34,586 JERSEY JON: This monkey is entertaining, I mean, 768 00:27:34,686 --> 00:27:37,022 the arms and legs spinning around, it's tin work. 769 00:27:37,122 --> 00:27:38,290 I mean, this was skillfully done 770 00:27:38,457 --> 00:27:39,825 by a professional craftsman. 771 00:27:39,925 --> 00:27:42,294 I've never seen one like this before, ever. 772 00:27:42,394 --> 00:27:43,695 JERSEY JON: $150. PAULETTE: Sounds good. 773 00:27:43,862 --> 00:27:45,130 JERSEY JON: Would that be good for you? 774 00:27:45,297 --> 00:27:46,798 PAULETTE: That's good. JERSEY JON: Thank you. I appreciate that. 775 00:27:46,965 --> 00:27:49,034 JERSEY JON: Thank you so much. This is great. 776 00:27:56,475 --> 00:27:58,744 MIKE: Okay, so I'm sorry, I've been looking at this thing, 777 00:27:58,844 --> 00:28:00,078 I was over by the chicken. 778 00:28:00,245 --> 00:28:02,748 From what I know, this is a candy dispenser, right? 779 00:28:02,848 --> 00:28:04,182 PAULETTE: Correct. MIKE: Okay. 780 00:28:04,283 --> 00:28:06,251 PAULETTE: You put the money in the comb... 781 00:28:06,385 --> 00:28:08,086 And turn this, and it would cluck, 782 00:28:08,253 --> 00:28:10,689 and the eggs would come out in the back. Chocolate eggs. 783 00:28:10,856 --> 00:28:12,024 MIKE: Wow. 784 00:28:12,124 --> 00:28:13,392 MIKE: Talk about German engineering 785 00:28:13,559 --> 00:28:15,294 and taking it to the next level. 786 00:28:15,394 --> 00:28:18,196 This machine is visually stimulating, 787 00:28:18,363 --> 00:28:21,400 and it's very elaborate mechanically. 788 00:28:21,567 --> 00:28:23,468 There's a tremendous amount of paint loss, 789 00:28:23,569 --> 00:28:26,538 but the rarity of the machine outweighs that. 790 00:28:26,638 --> 00:28:28,774 MIKE: And I haven't seen one in a very long time. 791 00:28:28,874 --> 00:28:30,375 We used to go to the Chicago Coin-Op Show... 792 00:28:30,542 --> 00:28:31,910 PAULETTE: Mm-hmm. MIKE: And every once in a while, 793 00:28:32,010 --> 00:28:32,978 you would see something like this. 794 00:28:33,078 --> 00:28:34,012 PAULETTE: Right. MIKE: You know. 795 00:28:34,179 --> 00:28:35,547 JERSEY JON: Does this still work? 796 00:28:35,647 --> 00:28:36,848 PAULETTE: You know, I don't know. 797 00:28:37,015 --> 00:28:38,216 MIKE: There's the coin box. 798 00:28:38,317 --> 00:28:39,518 JERSEY JON: That wasn't very secure. 799 00:28:39,685 --> 00:28:40,752 (laughs) 800 00:28:40,919 --> 00:28:42,287 JERSEY JON: No, it has a lock on it. 801 00:28:42,387 --> 00:28:44,122 MIKE: So what are you thinking on something like that? 802 00:28:44,289 --> 00:28:45,290 PAULETTE: 5,000. 803 00:28:45,390 --> 00:28:47,726 MIKE: Yeah, see in this condition, 804 00:28:47,893 --> 00:28:50,128 it is what it is, this is like three grand, 805 00:28:50,228 --> 00:28:51,563 that's what that is. 806 00:28:51,730 --> 00:28:52,798 I mean, I'm interested in this, 807 00:28:52,965 --> 00:28:54,333 you interested in selling this chicken? 808 00:28:54,433 --> 00:28:55,801 PAULETTE: Of course. MIKE: Okay, um... 809 00:28:55,968 --> 00:28:57,769 And I see you got a love machine here. 810 00:28:57,936 --> 00:28:59,271 This is a nice piece. 811 00:28:59,371 --> 00:29:00,839 PAULETTE: And it still does work. 812 00:29:01,006 --> 00:29:02,808 MIKE: This one works. PAULETTE: It does. 813 00:29:02,975 --> 00:29:04,776 MIKE: Oh, wow. JERSEY JON: Plug it in. 814 00:29:06,044 --> 00:29:09,181 Wow, look at the lights flickering in there, Mike. 815 00:29:09,281 --> 00:29:11,550 MIKE: Okay, so I'm going to put the dime in. 816 00:29:11,650 --> 00:29:14,052 I'm going to hold on... Oh, here I am. 817 00:29:14,152 --> 00:29:15,320 (machine dinging) PAULETTE: There we go. 818 00:29:15,487 --> 00:29:16,922 MIKE: Whoa! 819 00:29:19,458 --> 00:29:20,959 PAULETTE: Shy. MIKE: I'm shy, I'm shy. 820 00:29:21,126 --> 00:29:22,928 PAULETTE: I don't think so. (group laughing) 821 00:29:23,028 --> 00:29:24,329 JERSEY JON: You are not shy. 822 00:29:25,330 --> 00:29:27,966 MIKE: The love tester is cool because it works. 823 00:29:28,066 --> 00:29:30,302 And that's a big thing. It's not missing a coin box, 824 00:29:30,402 --> 00:29:31,470 it's not missing anything. 825 00:29:31,570 --> 00:29:33,071 I mean, the placard on the top, 826 00:29:33,205 --> 00:29:34,706 to me looks like it's reproduction, 827 00:29:34,806 --> 00:29:36,208 but somebody did a really great job 828 00:29:36,375 --> 00:29:37,509 reproducing that piece. 829 00:29:37,609 --> 00:29:38,977 MIKE: What are you thinking on this one? 830 00:29:39,144 --> 00:29:40,479 What do you got on that? PAULETTE: 3,500. 831 00:29:40,646 --> 00:29:44,349 MIKE: 3,500. For this one, and the chicken... 832 00:29:44,449 --> 00:29:45,617 PAULETTE: Hmm. 833 00:29:45,717 --> 00:29:47,419 MIKE: 6,000 bucks. 834 00:29:48,854 --> 00:29:50,255 MIKE: I'm coming in at 6,000 hot. 835 00:29:50,355 --> 00:29:53,058 The reality of it is, the chicken is the rare piece. 836 00:29:53,158 --> 00:29:56,328 The love tester, not so much, but again, it works. 837 00:29:56,495 --> 00:29:57,963 When somebody's looking at it to buy it, 838 00:29:58,130 --> 00:30:00,298 they can grab a hold of it, get excited about it. 839 00:30:00,399 --> 00:30:02,868 Oh my gosh, honey, can you imagine this in the family room? 840 00:30:02,968 --> 00:30:04,536 PAULETTE: Those are two of my favorite pieces. 841 00:30:04,703 --> 00:30:06,571 MIKE: Of course they are! (laughing) 842 00:30:06,672 --> 00:30:08,140 PAULETTE: Of course. 843 00:30:09,741 --> 00:30:11,510 But yes, that would be... MIKE: Are we doing it? 844 00:30:11,610 --> 00:30:12,811 PAULETTE: We're doing it. JERSEY JON: Awesome. 845 00:30:12,978 --> 00:30:13,979 MIKE: Okay, thank you. 846 00:30:14,846 --> 00:30:15,881 MIKE: That's awesome. PAULETTE: Thank you. 847 00:30:16,048 --> 00:30:17,683 MIKE: Paulette and her husband were in the business 848 00:30:17,849 --> 00:30:20,085 of selling anything to do with photography. 849 00:30:20,252 --> 00:30:21,853 These are the pieces that they kept 850 00:30:21,953 --> 00:30:24,523 back in their personal collection in their home. 851 00:30:24,690 --> 00:30:25,724 MIKE: What about something like this? 852 00:30:25,891 --> 00:30:27,159 The lens is so elaborate. 853 00:30:27,326 --> 00:30:28,660 If I had this in my shop, 854 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:31,063 to someone that just wants something for a shelf piece, 855 00:30:31,163 --> 00:30:32,597 I bet I can get 500 bucks. 856 00:30:32,764 --> 00:30:34,366 PAULETTE: I'd go 300. MIKE: Done. 857 00:30:34,466 --> 00:30:35,967 MIKE: What about that photo, what's up with that? 858 00:30:36,034 --> 00:30:37,536 That's Niagara Falls, right? PAULETTE: That's correct. 859 00:30:37,703 --> 00:30:40,706 MIKE: That is a photograph in its original frame. 860 00:30:40,806 --> 00:30:41,640 Beautiful. 861 00:30:41,807 --> 00:30:42,741 MIKE: What's something like that worth? 862 00:30:42,841 --> 00:30:44,543 PAULETTE: 150? MIKE: Alright, let's do it. 863 00:30:44,643 --> 00:30:46,144 I love it. What's this right here? 864 00:30:46,244 --> 00:30:47,612 PAULETTE: They're putting up a bridge? 865 00:30:47,713 --> 00:30:49,748 MIKE: A bridge. 1900. 866 00:30:49,848 --> 00:30:51,216 MIKE: This is an occupational photo. 867 00:30:51,383 --> 00:30:53,418 The guys building the train trestle. 868 00:30:53,518 --> 00:30:54,453 Very detailed. 869 00:30:54,553 --> 00:30:56,088 MIKE: So you got this priced at 85, 870 00:30:56,188 --> 00:30:57,856 that seems reasonable. PAULETTE: Mm-hmm. 871 00:30:57,956 --> 00:30:59,758 MIKE: Well, I'm going to do it. I'm doing 85. 872 00:30:59,925 --> 00:31:02,360 MIKE: Absolutely. JERSEY JON: I found this little turtle. 873 00:31:02,527 --> 00:31:05,330 It says, "Pull my head but not my leg." 874 00:31:05,497 --> 00:31:07,399 You pull its head, and it's a tailor's tape. 875 00:31:07,566 --> 00:31:08,800 What do you think on something like that? 876 00:31:08,967 --> 00:31:10,869 PAULETTE: 100-and-a-quarter. JERSEY JON: $100? 877 00:31:10,969 --> 00:31:13,138 PAULETTE: Okay. JERSEY JON: Yeah? You'll do 100? Thank you. 878 00:31:13,271 --> 00:31:14,740 (Paulette laughs) JERSEY JON: I love it. 879 00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:17,109 It's a tool. I'll tell you what I did find, 880 00:31:17,209 --> 00:31:19,411 what's really cool. It's an ambrotype... 881 00:31:19,578 --> 00:31:21,780 PAULETTE: From the 1850s. JERSEY JON: Yes, 1850, 882 00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:23,148 it's a beautiful young woman. 883 00:31:23,248 --> 00:31:27,018 PAULETTE: The ambrotype was the beginning of photography. 884 00:31:27,119 --> 00:31:30,822 PAULETTE: An ambrotype came on glass, backed with black, 885 00:31:30,922 --> 00:31:33,725 so that the negative became the positive. 886 00:31:33,825 --> 00:31:36,995 Now before the ambrotype, was a daguerreotype, 887 00:31:37,162 --> 00:31:38,797 which looks like a mirror. 888 00:31:38,964 --> 00:31:39,898 JERSEY JON: Oh, look at that. 889 00:31:39,998 --> 00:31:43,335 PAULETTE: Daguerre started in 1839 in France. 890 00:31:43,502 --> 00:31:45,337 JERSEY JON: And Daguerre was the French photographer 891 00:31:45,437 --> 00:31:47,506 who invented how to transfer a live image 892 00:31:47,606 --> 00:31:50,575 onto a piece of material. PAULETTE: Right. 893 00:31:50,742 --> 00:31:52,811 PAULETTE: A daguerreotype is a negative 894 00:31:52,978 --> 00:31:54,946 that's on a piece copper, 895 00:31:55,046 --> 00:31:57,215 that has been fumed with mercury. 896 00:31:57,382 --> 00:31:59,851 And that didn't do well for the poor photographers 897 00:31:59,985 --> 00:32:03,722 because they went cuckoo, heh, from the mercury fumes. 898 00:32:03,889 --> 00:32:05,891 PAULETTE: So that didn't stay around very long. 899 00:32:06,057 --> 00:32:07,726 And then came ambrotypes, 900 00:32:07,893 --> 00:32:09,795 and that's the kind that Matthew Brady 901 00:32:09,961 --> 00:32:11,897 would take during the Civil War. 902 00:32:11,997 --> 00:32:14,900 He'd set up his developing tank right on the field, 903 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:16,802 right in the middle of the firing, 904 00:32:16,968 --> 00:32:19,538 and some of these plates were huge. 905 00:32:19,638 --> 00:32:22,507 So he was very passionate about photography. 906 00:32:22,607 --> 00:32:23,842 JERSEY JON: I'm interested in these two. 907 00:32:24,009 --> 00:32:25,310 PAULETTE: Oh, okay. (laughs) 908 00:32:25,410 --> 00:32:26,611 JERSEY JON: I'm definitely interested in these two. 909 00:32:26,711 --> 00:32:29,181 I see you have prices on them. You have 225 on this piece, 910 00:32:29,281 --> 00:32:32,384 it's a little screw cap, I love the geometric design on this. 911 00:32:32,484 --> 00:32:34,152 PAULETTE: Mm-hmm. JERSEY JON: And that kind of reminds me 912 00:32:34,319 --> 00:32:35,954 of early French jewelry. 913 00:32:36,121 --> 00:32:39,024 This is interesting as well. You have 450 on this. 914 00:32:39,124 --> 00:32:41,760 PAULETTE: Yes, and that's because this part comes up. 915 00:32:41,927 --> 00:32:43,128 JERSEY JON: It comes up this way. 916 00:32:43,295 --> 00:32:44,529 PAULETTE: So there are four pictures. 917 00:32:44,696 --> 00:32:45,764 JERSEY JON: And here's the guy's family. 918 00:32:45,931 --> 00:32:47,332 JERSEY JON: That's what I'm imagining. 919 00:32:47,432 --> 00:32:49,768 PAULETTE: Right. JERSEY JON: I mean, there's his wife, maybe father? 920 00:32:49,935 --> 00:32:51,670 Like the whole family picture's right there, 921 00:32:51,770 --> 00:32:53,438 in one small locket. 922 00:32:53,605 --> 00:32:55,106 And it closes up like a pocket watch. 923 00:32:55,207 --> 00:32:57,142 PAULETTE: Exactly. JERSEY JON: Beautiful, really cool. 924 00:32:57,242 --> 00:32:58,977 So I understand why you want 450 for that. 925 00:32:59,144 --> 00:33:01,046 JERSEY JON: These old photos, they're more interesting 926 00:33:01,213 --> 00:33:02,447 than modern day photos. 927 00:33:02,614 --> 00:33:04,416 They captured a piece of history, 928 00:33:04,583 --> 00:33:07,285 you could almost feel like, it's so emotional. 929 00:33:07,452 --> 00:33:09,221 To me, today's digital photography 930 00:33:09,321 --> 00:33:12,457 is really no match for some of the early sharp images 931 00:33:12,557 --> 00:33:14,359 of old wet plate photography. 932 00:33:14,526 --> 00:33:15,694 JERSEY JON: What can you do for me? 933 00:33:15,794 --> 00:33:17,529 (chuckles) 934 00:33:17,629 --> 00:33:20,432 PAULETTE: I know you need to make money on them, 935 00:33:20,599 --> 00:33:22,534 so I'm open to suggestions... 936 00:33:22,634 --> 00:33:25,604 JERSEY JON: Um... for both pieces, I would do 450. 937 00:33:26,504 --> 00:33:28,406 PAULETTE: How about 5? JERSEY JON: 5? 938 00:33:29,441 --> 00:33:31,343 I'll tell you what, I love the story of them, 939 00:33:31,443 --> 00:33:33,011 I'll do the 500 bucks, absolutely. 940 00:33:33,178 --> 00:33:34,613 PAULETTE: Oh, thank you. JERSEY JON: I think that's great, 941 00:33:34,779 --> 00:33:36,348 thank you so much. It means a lot to me. 942 00:33:36,448 --> 00:33:37,682 PAULETTE: You're very welcome. 943 00:33:39,484 --> 00:33:42,487 ROBBIE: I can see you got a lot of garage stuff in here. 944 00:33:42,587 --> 00:33:44,089 CHARLIE: Absolutely. ROBBIE: That's a good one. 945 00:33:44,189 --> 00:33:45,690 CHARLIE: That's a Ford distributor analyzer. 946 00:33:45,857 --> 00:33:47,292 ROBBIE: Yeah, Ford. CHARLIE: Very, very rare, yep. 947 00:33:47,392 --> 00:33:49,728 ROBBIE: That is really cool, wow. 948 00:34:01,039 --> 00:34:02,941 ROBBIE: Do you know what dealership this came out of? 949 00:34:03,041 --> 00:34:04,976 CHARLIE: No. But it's labeled Ford, as opposed to usually, 950 00:34:05,143 --> 00:34:08,413 most of those machines would have the manufacturer's name on it. 951 00:34:08,580 --> 00:34:11,082 But this is really cool, 'cause it's labeled Ford. 952 00:34:11,249 --> 00:34:12,784 CHARLIE: So if someone who's got a Mustang, 953 00:34:12,884 --> 00:34:14,886 the 429 Cobra, would look at that 954 00:34:15,053 --> 00:34:17,656 and would love to have that machine next to it. 955 00:34:17,756 --> 00:34:19,457 ROBBIE: So what kind of number are you throwing on this? 956 00:34:19,558 --> 00:34:21,560 CHARLIE: I don't remember exactly what I paid for it, 957 00:34:21,726 --> 00:34:24,562 so I'm certainly willing to listen to offers on it. 958 00:34:24,729 --> 00:34:25,897 ROBBIE: 800 bucks. 959 00:34:29,334 --> 00:34:30,302 CHARLIE: Done. 960 00:34:31,503 --> 00:34:33,638 ROBBIE: There we go. So now I got a question for you... 961 00:34:33,805 --> 00:34:36,341 CHARLIE: Uh-oh. ROBBIE: ...since you're in such a dealing moment right now. 962 00:34:36,441 --> 00:34:37,742 CHARLIE: This is going to hurt, isn't it? 963 00:34:37,842 --> 00:34:44,449 ROBBIE: You said you wanted to move some stuff. 964 00:34:44,449 --> 00:34:45,517 MIKE: Look at this thing. 965 00:34:45,684 --> 00:34:47,085 Whoa... PAULETTE: That's stanhopes. 966 00:34:47,185 --> 00:34:48,320 MIKE: Stanhopes. 967 00:34:48,486 --> 00:34:49,988 PAULETTE: A stanhope is something that has 968 00:34:50,155 --> 00:34:51,990 a little tiny photograph in it. 969 00:34:52,157 --> 00:34:54,159 MIKE: There's a girl on a bicycle naked. 970 00:34:54,326 --> 00:34:55,493 (Paulette giggles) 971 00:34:55,594 --> 00:34:58,430 PAULETTE: Stanhopes are tiny microphotographs 972 00:34:58,596 --> 00:35:00,031 put on a piece of glass 973 00:35:00,198 --> 00:35:02,000 so when you hold it up to the light, 974 00:35:02,167 --> 00:35:03,335 you could see an image. 975 00:35:03,435 --> 00:35:04,769 And they were souvenirs. 976 00:35:04,869 --> 00:35:07,005 And sometimes a little risqué. 977 00:35:07,172 --> 00:35:08,740 (laughs) MIKE: It's very unusual. 978 00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:09,774 PAULETTE: Yes. 979 00:35:09,874 --> 00:35:10,942 MIKE: I've heard about stanhopes, 980 00:35:11,042 --> 00:35:12,644 I've seen them in books, but I've never actually 981 00:35:12,811 --> 00:35:15,046 held one. And it's pretty incredible 982 00:35:15,146 --> 00:35:18,316 to look into the tiniest hole and see an image 983 00:35:18,483 --> 00:35:20,285 that is so clear. 984 00:35:20,385 --> 00:35:22,487 This is the kind of stuff you just don't see 985 00:35:22,587 --> 00:35:23,688 come up for sale. 986 00:35:23,788 --> 00:35:26,091 MIKE: This is... 185 bucks. 987 00:35:26,191 --> 00:35:28,026 How much is that? 'Cause look at her inside, 988 00:35:28,193 --> 00:35:29,594 she's all busted up in there. 989 00:35:29,761 --> 00:35:30,895 PAULETTE: 135? 990 00:35:30,996 --> 00:35:32,297 MIKE: Here, let me see... 991 00:35:32,397 --> 00:35:33,565 JERSEY JON: It's pretty rough, Mike. 992 00:35:33,732 --> 00:35:35,400 MIKE: Alright, I could ride my bicycle with that on. 993 00:35:35,567 --> 00:35:36,601 (laughing) 994 00:35:36,768 --> 00:35:38,403 MIKE: Okay, it's such a trip, I got to have it. 995 00:35:38,570 --> 00:35:39,904 JERSEY JON: Yeah. MIKE: Thank you. 996 00:35:42,841 --> 00:35:44,376 ROBBIE: So you said you wanted to move some stuff. 997 00:35:44,476 --> 00:35:46,144 CHARLIE: I do, I want to move some stuff, yes. 998 00:35:46,244 --> 00:35:47,912 ROBBIE: The tank is still sitting on the dock. 999 00:35:48,079 --> 00:35:49,447 CHARLIE: It is. ROBBIE: The other car 1000 00:35:49,614 --> 00:35:50,915 is still sitting on the dock. CHARLIE: Yes. 1001 00:35:51,082 --> 00:35:52,717 ROBBIE: It's complete. CHARLIE: It's complete. 1002 00:35:53,485 --> 00:35:55,120 ROBBIE: What's the price on those two? 1003 00:35:55,220 --> 00:35:57,722 CHARLIE: What do you think the number is? No, no, no, no. 1004 00:35:57,822 --> 00:35:59,958 ROBBIE: Your stuff, your stuff! 1005 00:36:00,125 --> 00:36:01,960 You're going to give me a number on that this time. 1006 00:36:02,060 --> 00:36:03,428 CHARLIE: What's the price from you? 1007 00:36:03,595 --> 00:36:05,196 Because whatever I say, you're gonna change it anyway, 1008 00:36:05,363 --> 00:36:06,998 so let's hear it. ROBBIE: But we gotta start somewhere. 1009 00:36:07,165 --> 00:36:08,133 CHARLIE: Of course, of course. 1010 00:36:08,233 --> 00:36:09,601 ROBBIE: You know what my brother used to always 1011 00:36:09,768 --> 00:36:11,569 tell me? I can't buy it and sell it. 1012 00:36:11,736 --> 00:36:12,937 CHARLIE: True. That's true. 1013 00:36:13,038 --> 00:36:14,105 ROBBIE: Yeah, so let's get a number, 1014 00:36:14,205 --> 00:36:15,674 let's start with your number. 1015 00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:17,742 CHARLIE: Alright. On the '56, 2,500. 1016 00:36:17,842 --> 00:36:19,044 ROBBIE: Okay. CHARLIE: Okay. 1017 00:36:19,210 --> 00:36:20,378 And now you want the tank. 1018 00:36:20,478 --> 00:36:22,480 The tank is a big of a big-ticket item. 1019 00:36:22,647 --> 00:36:26,151 It's been stripped, but it's got all of its parts. 1020 00:36:26,317 --> 00:36:27,652 We have all the parts for it, 1021 00:36:27,752 --> 00:36:29,721 it's got its treads for the side of the tank. 1022 00:36:29,888 --> 00:36:31,556 ROBBIE: Okay. CHARLIE: It's got the barrel 1023 00:36:31,723 --> 00:36:34,893 for the turret. It's got all the chrome machine guns, 1024 00:36:34,993 --> 00:36:37,595 there's two of them in there. It's got the jump seat, 1025 00:36:37,762 --> 00:36:39,397 along with the four seats that are out there. 1026 00:36:39,564 --> 00:36:41,332 So this is a unique piece. 1027 00:36:41,433 --> 00:36:44,636 ROBBIE: The tank carnival ride is a very rare one. 1028 00:36:44,803 --> 00:36:47,372 It's got double seats in it, a huge turret, 1029 00:36:47,472 --> 00:36:49,841 a lot of guns on it. And all the pieces 1030 00:36:50,008 --> 00:36:51,409 are actually here to this tank. 1031 00:36:51,576 --> 00:36:53,411 That makes a huge difference. 1032 00:36:53,511 --> 00:36:55,914 This thing done, you're going to be able to sell it easily. 1033 00:36:56,081 --> 00:36:58,183 CHARLIE: The good thing is, it's so unique. Yes, yep. 1034 00:36:58,283 --> 00:36:59,684 ROBBIE: It is unique, I've seen one of them 1035 00:36:59,851 --> 00:37:02,487 in probably the last 15 years, that was complete. 1036 00:37:02,587 --> 00:37:03,922 CHARLIE: Just to give you an idea, yes. 1037 00:37:04,089 --> 00:37:05,924 ROBBIE: Yeah. I mean, they are cool when they're put together. 1038 00:37:06,024 --> 00:37:08,359 Restored it's probably goofy money, but it's... yeah. 1039 00:37:08,460 --> 00:37:09,527 CHARLIE: Goofy money, correct, yes. 1040 00:37:09,627 --> 00:37:10,962 ROBBIE: It's so far from being restored. 1041 00:37:11,129 --> 00:37:13,131 I'm wrapping my brain around this, 1042 00:37:13,231 --> 00:37:15,200 to see about putting it back together... 1043 00:37:15,300 --> 00:37:16,534 CHARLIE: Hm. ROBBIE: ...just you know, 1044 00:37:16,634 --> 00:37:18,169 just to even to be able to display it. 1045 00:37:18,336 --> 00:37:19,537 CHARLIE: For this unique piece... 1046 00:37:19,637 --> 00:37:21,606 ROBBIE: Yeah. CHARLIE: What if we say, 1047 00:37:21,773 --> 00:37:23,441 4,500 for the tank. 1048 00:37:23,608 --> 00:37:25,477 ROBBIE: 4,500 just for the tank? 1049 00:37:25,643 --> 00:37:26,878 CHARLIE: Yeah, that's what I said, yes. 1050 00:37:27,045 --> 00:37:28,446 ROBBIE: We might be too far off. 1051 00:37:28,546 --> 00:37:30,048 CHARLIE: We may not-- How are we going to know 1052 00:37:30,215 --> 00:37:31,816 until you start? Now you're talking about two, 1053 00:37:31,916 --> 00:37:33,118 so that would be... 1054 00:37:33,284 --> 00:37:34,853 (clattering) 1055 00:37:35,553 --> 00:37:36,955 CHARLIE: Mm-hmm. Maybe I feel like 1056 00:37:37,122 --> 00:37:39,691 doing that myself, that's... (Robbie laughs) 1057 00:37:39,791 --> 00:37:42,827 ROBBIE: As a picker, you always have this gut feeling down here, 1058 00:37:42,994 --> 00:37:44,529 in your plums, you know what I mean? 1059 00:37:44,629 --> 00:37:48,433 I'm feeling it because Charlie's prices are kind of high. 1060 00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:49,801 I know I can move these, 1061 00:37:49,968 --> 00:37:51,970 but I have to get them for the right price. 1062 00:37:52,070 --> 00:37:53,204 CHARLIE: What... ROBBIE: Agh! 1063 00:37:53,371 --> 00:37:54,572 CHARLIE: So what's your quote on the package? 1064 00:37:54,706 --> 00:37:56,274 Come back, let's go. 1065 00:37:57,575 --> 00:37:59,811 ROBBIE: I want to be at 3,500 bucks. 1066 00:37:59,911 --> 00:38:01,179 CHARLIE: For the two of them? ROBBIE: Yeah. 1067 00:38:01,279 --> 00:38:02,881 CHARLIE: Only 1,000 on the tank? ROBBIE: Yeah, I'm just, 1068 00:38:03,047 --> 00:38:04,916 the only reason I'm doing it is because I'm going to put 1069 00:38:05,083 --> 00:38:07,018 the thing back together, and I'm going to try 1070 00:38:07,118 --> 00:38:08,786 and get 25 to 3 grand out of it. 1071 00:38:08,953 --> 00:38:10,555 CHARLIE: I'll tell you what we'll do, 1072 00:38:10,722 --> 00:38:13,591 and this is far more than I was going to go, 1073 00:38:13,758 --> 00:38:16,161 I'll do 4,000 for the two. 1074 00:38:16,327 --> 00:38:17,996 And if you pass that up, you'll be silly. 1075 00:38:18,163 --> 00:38:19,764 ROBBIE: 3,800 bucks. 1076 00:38:19,864 --> 00:38:20,965 CHARLIE: You are really tough. 1077 00:38:21,065 --> 00:38:22,333 ROBBIE: Yeah, I got to be, 1078 00:38:22,433 --> 00:38:24,002 because I just know this market. 1079 00:38:24,169 --> 00:38:25,436 CHARLIE: I got to stick with the 4. 1080 00:38:26,838 --> 00:38:28,673 ROBBIE: That's alright. I appreciate it. 1081 00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:30,441 CHARLIE: I do as well. ROBBIE: We're going to load up, 1082 00:38:30,608 --> 00:38:32,477 I'm going to load up. CHARLIE: Alright, sounds good. 1083 00:38:32,644 --> 00:38:34,679 (clattering) 1084 00:38:34,846 --> 00:38:36,381 ROBBIE: Okay. CHARLIE: You know you want it. 1085 00:38:36,481 --> 00:38:38,249 ROBBIE: I know I want it. But... 1086 00:38:38,416 --> 00:38:41,085 CHARLIE: So for 200 you're going to pass that up? 1087 00:38:41,252 --> 00:38:42,587 There's just no way. ROBBIE: I just-- I got-- 1088 00:38:42,754 --> 00:38:45,256 That's, ugh... It's killing me. CHARLIE: It's so unique. 1089 00:38:45,356 --> 00:38:47,926 ROBBIE: Gah... CHARLIE: You're going to walk out and regret this, 1090 00:38:48,059 --> 00:38:50,161 oh my God, I came down so far, just to move it... 1091 00:38:50,261 --> 00:38:52,964 And it's on the loading dock already. 1092 00:38:53,064 --> 00:38:54,599 ROBBIE: I'm just thinking of putting it all back together, 1093 00:38:54,766 --> 00:38:56,935 doing all these things to it. Let's load up. 1094 00:38:57,869 --> 00:38:59,971 CHARLIE: Well, now you're tugging at the heart strings here. 1095 00:39:00,071 --> 00:39:01,239 I got to move these things. 1096 00:39:01,406 --> 00:39:04,175 So you want to split the difference and be 39 and be done? 1097 00:39:06,511 --> 00:39:09,981 ROBBIE: I'm sticking to my gut today, 3,800 bucks. 1098 00:39:10,081 --> 00:39:12,183 CHARLIE: Then move it off my loading dock. 1099 00:39:12,283 --> 00:39:13,885 (laughing) 1100 00:39:13,985 --> 00:39:15,386 ROBBIE: Alright, let's get them loaded then. 1101 00:39:15,553 --> 00:39:16,454 CHARLIE: Okay, let's go. 1102 00:39:16,554 --> 00:39:17,655 CHARLIE: With respect to the tank, 1103 00:39:17,755 --> 00:39:20,124 if it did not go out the door today, 1104 00:39:20,225 --> 00:39:22,493 I had to think about, what was I going to do, 1105 00:39:22,594 --> 00:39:25,230 from the point of view of if he walks out the door 1106 00:39:25,396 --> 00:39:27,165 and I have to put this back in, 1107 00:39:27,265 --> 00:39:28,800 assemble it, market it. 1108 00:39:28,900 --> 00:39:30,535 It wasn't something I was willing to do 1109 00:39:30,635 --> 00:39:32,337 because I've got a lot of other things 1110 00:39:32,437 --> 00:39:35,540 that I've got to move on from. So, it was time. 1111 00:39:35,640 --> 00:39:38,810 ROBBIE: Charlie, it's been a very interesting day. 1112 00:39:38,910 --> 00:39:41,446 ROBBIE: Charlie has spent a lifetime gathering this stuff. 1113 00:39:41,546 --> 00:39:44,249 Not just these pieces, but the history, 1114 00:39:44,349 --> 00:39:47,685 the knowledge. And today, he actually passed it onto me. 1115 00:39:47,852 --> 00:39:49,454 ROBBIE: Thanks, buddy. CHARLIE: Fantastic day, buddy. Thank you. 1116 00:39:49,554 --> 00:39:50,521 ROBBIE: Thanks, appreciate ya. Seriously. 1117 00:39:50,622 --> 00:39:51,589 CHARLIE: Alright, good luck. 1118 00:39:51,756 --> 00:39:53,324 CHARLIE: Selling wasn't anywhere near as difficult 1119 00:39:53,424 --> 00:39:55,426 as I thought it was going to be. 1120 00:39:55,593 --> 00:39:58,196 It's always good to see someone else getting excited 1121 00:39:58,363 --> 00:40:00,231 about what you collect. 1122 00:40:00,398 --> 00:40:02,200 It was a good experience in that way. 1123 00:40:02,367 --> 00:40:03,568 (honks horn) CHARLIE: Take care, Robbie. 1124 00:40:03,735 --> 00:40:04,769 ROBBIE: Keep it on four wheels, buddy. 1125 00:40:04,936 --> 00:40:06,371 CHARLIE: Haha, take care! ROBBIE: Thank you! 1126 00:40:13,044 --> 00:40:14,579 JERSEY JON: Hey, Paulette. PAULETTE: Yes. 1127 00:40:14,679 --> 00:40:16,648 JERSEY JON: I found this thing, looks like a camera but... 1128 00:40:16,814 --> 00:40:18,249 PAULETTE: Ah-ha! It's a flask. 1129 00:40:18,416 --> 00:40:20,084 JERSEY JON: It's a flask. (laughing) 1130 00:40:20,251 --> 00:40:22,086 JERSEY JON: So this is neat because, to me, this looked 1131 00:40:22,186 --> 00:40:24,389 like a Prohibition Era camera. PAULETTE: Yes. 1132 00:40:24,555 --> 00:40:26,157 JERSEY JON: And they're like, hey, let's get a drink 1133 00:40:26,324 --> 00:40:28,493 and nobody's going to see us, okay, right? 1134 00:40:28,593 --> 00:40:30,161 JERSEY JON: During Prohibition, people were coming up 1135 00:40:30,261 --> 00:40:33,164 with all kinds of creative ways to hide alcohol. 1136 00:40:33,264 --> 00:40:34,966 You know, a guy's got a camera around his neck, 1137 00:40:35,066 --> 00:40:36,768 but it's a flask. You know, a cop would be 1138 00:40:36,868 --> 00:40:39,337 looking the other way while you're taking a hit of alcohol. 1139 00:40:39,437 --> 00:40:41,806 PAULETTE: I have another flask too, did you happen to see it? 1140 00:40:41,973 --> 00:40:43,341 JERSEY JON: No, I did not see that one. 1141 00:40:43,441 --> 00:40:44,742 PAULETTE: Actually, two more flasks. 1142 00:40:44,842 --> 00:40:47,278 JERSEY JON: So it's just a brownie camera style camera, 1143 00:40:47,445 --> 00:40:49,580 but I had a bottle in there. PAULETTE: Yeah. 1144 00:40:49,681 --> 00:40:51,115 And it should have had a... 1145 00:40:51,282 --> 00:40:52,684 JERSEY JON: ...a stopper, the stopper's not there. 1146 00:40:52,784 --> 00:40:54,686 PAULETTE: Right. JERSEY JON: That's a flask as well? 1147 00:40:54,852 --> 00:40:56,387 JERSEY JON: Well, this is ceramic. 1148 00:40:56,554 --> 00:40:57,989 PAULETTE: Yes. JERSEY JON: This is easily going to break, 1149 00:40:58,156 --> 00:40:59,724 one drop and it's over with. PAULETTE: Mm-hmm. 1150 00:40:59,824 --> 00:41:02,026 JERSEY JON: So it's more of a decorator piece than anything. 1151 00:41:02,193 --> 00:41:04,395 So what are you thinking on these things here? 1152 00:41:04,562 --> 00:41:06,564 PAULETTE: I've seen those go for about 100. 1153 00:41:06,731 --> 00:41:08,032 JERSEY JON: And what about the brownie? 1154 00:41:08,199 --> 00:41:10,234 PAULETTE: About 50? JERSEY JON: And the candid shot. 1155 00:41:10,401 --> 00:41:11,536 PAULETTE: 50. 1156 00:41:11,636 --> 00:41:13,438 JERSEY JON: So you're looking around 200 for the package. 1157 00:41:13,604 --> 00:41:15,840 PAULETTE: 200. JERSEY JON: Yeah, I think those are good retail numbers. 1158 00:41:16,007 --> 00:41:18,676 $150 for the three. 1159 00:41:18,843 --> 00:41:20,778 PAULETTE: Okay. JERSEY JON: You'd do that? Thank you so much. 1160 00:41:20,878 --> 00:41:22,647 PAULETTE: Yes. JERSEY JON: Alright, alright. 1161 00:41:22,747 --> 00:41:24,449 You know, I'm not much of a photographer, 1162 00:41:24,549 --> 00:41:27,685 but I know drinkers, you know. (laughing) 1163 00:41:27,852 --> 00:41:29,153 JERSEY JON: I was enthralled with Paulette. 1164 00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:32,457 She's an amazing person. So knowledgeable, so passionate. 1165 00:41:32,557 --> 00:41:34,926 Paulette knows this stuff intimately. 1166 00:41:35,026 --> 00:41:36,794 It was a real honor to spend the day with her. 1167 00:41:36,961 --> 00:41:38,196 MIKE: Agh! JERSEY JON: Nice. 1168 00:41:38,363 --> 00:41:39,564 MIKE: Alright, Jersey, what you got? 1169 00:41:39,731 --> 00:41:40,765 JERSEY JON: More chairs, buddy. 1170 00:41:40,932 --> 00:41:42,367 MIKE: Paulette and her husband were in the business 1171 00:41:42,467 --> 00:41:45,370 of dealing with items that captured moments. 1172 00:41:45,470 --> 00:41:46,938 And through that whole journey, 1173 00:41:47,038 --> 00:41:49,073 they created a lot of them themselves. 1174 00:41:49,240 --> 00:41:50,775 What better way to collect 1175 00:41:50,875 --> 00:41:52,610 than with your partner in life, 1176 00:41:52,777 --> 00:41:55,446 and along the way, amass a really amazing 1177 00:41:55,546 --> 00:41:56,848 collection together. 1178 00:41:57,014 --> 00:41:58,716 MIKE: Thank you so much. PAULETTE: Thank you. 1179 00:41:58,883 --> 00:42:01,419 PAULETTE: Alan would have loved Mike and Jon. 1180 00:42:01,519 --> 00:42:05,757 Having people come in and appreciate the collection, 1181 00:42:05,923 --> 00:42:07,191 is wonderful. 1182 00:42:07,358 --> 00:42:10,361 It's just fun dealing with those two guys. 1183 00:42:10,461 --> 00:42:12,630 (honks horn) JERSEY JON: Sweet picking! 1184 00:42:13,798 --> 00:42:15,433 Subtitling: difuze