Kevin: Yeah, that's the Vincent. Mike: Oh yeah...
Kevin: This is, was his car. Mike: No way!
Mike: These are artifacts from his life
that are directly connected to his fondest memories.
Mike: Woo-wee!
Robbie: Oh yeah... oh yeah...
Jersey Jon: Yeah, you got it piled in here alright.
Robbie: Yeah. Jersey Jon: Darn.
Jersey Jon: It's dirty, it's nasty -
we don't know what we're going to find in there.
[thunder sounds]
Mike: Hey Ryan, what's up?
Ryan (on phone): Hey Mike.
The Kevin Olson family, the kids - Kevin and Katie,
they're wanting to know how far out you are.
Mike: My GPS says I'm an hour out.
How long did you know Kevin Olson?
Ryan (on phone): Kevin Olson was a mentor to myself,
Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart,
and guys that wanted to race, just to move up.
So I'm 45 right now,
I met him when I was 16 years old,
driving midgets.
And I knew about him long before that
because he was a national champion,
USAC Midgets and Badger Midgets.
I grew up watching him race,
and then eventually when I got a chance to drive midgets,
I got a chance to compete against him.
So I've always had a lot of respect for him
on and off the racetrack.
Ryan (on phone): Yeah so sadly, last year, he lost his life,
and I know the family's going through some tough times.
And they were trying to thin out,
thin out some of his collection.
And I heard about that motorcycle,
so I thought about you, so...
I hope it, I hope it's something that you're interested in.
Mike: Alright bud, hey listen man,
I appreciate you thinking of me.
And I'll let you know how it goes today.
Ryan (on phone): Alright buddy, have a good one.
Mike: Bye.
[rock music]
Mike: Hey-hey!
You Kevin?
Kevin: Yeah.
Mike: I'm Mike. Talked to Ryan.
Kevin: Ryan...? Mike: Ryan Newman.
Kevin: Oh, Ryan, yeah.
Mike: Yeah man, how's it going? I want to give you that,
I knew Ryan told you I was into motorcycles,
but this is a list of a lot of different things.
You know, anything from fishing lures, pedal cars,
bicycles - I see, I saw one of those when I walked in.
Kevin: Oh yeah, he um... Katie: Hi.
Kevin: He's been... collecting.
Mike: Hey. Katie: Hi, I'm Katie.
Mike: You Katie? Katie: Yeah, I'm Kevin's oldest.
Mike: Hi, nice to meet you, nice to meet you.
Katie: How are you? Mike: Good.
I- listen, I knew who your father was...
Katie: Yeah.
Mike: But I had no idea the impact he had
on guys like Ryan and Jeff Gordon...
Kevin: Oh yeah. Mike: ...and Tony Stewart.
Kevin: Tony Stewart, Ryan Newman, Kyle Larson
came from there, Christopher Bell -
all these guys, you know,
cut their teeth in midget racing,
because midgets are very short wheel base,
they teach you how to drive.
It's not an easy thing to do.
Katie: Tony did the foreword for my dad's book that he wrote.
Mike: Okay. Katie: And like he says,
everyone knows about this character...
Mike: Yeah.
Katie: ...with- with Kevin Olson,
but until you experience,
you kind of think it's so outrageous
that it can't be true, you know!
Mike: [laughs]
Katie: And so he... Mike: He's a bright light, man.
Kevin: My father started racing midgets,
is what they were called,
and they're still called to this day.
They're open cockpit, open wheel cars.
And he won multiple championships in the '70s.
He moved up to driving for people
in the late '70s and early '80s,
and he won two National Championships,
which is a pretty big deal.
Katie: Dad started racing when he was,
I think like 6, 7 years old.
Mike: Okay.
I can't imagine like my kid racing at 6 or 7 years old...
Katie: Yeah, yeah...
Mike: ...you know, turning them loose to go out there.
What was he driving?
Kevin: Oh he was driving, actually right here...
Katie: Yeah.
Kevin: ...this... this is, was his car.
Him an his brother were teammates, him and Lorne.
Mike: No way!
Mike: Imagine having a car like this at 6 years old.
It's obvious that his family saw his passion, his potential,
and the skill that he had at such a young age,
to give him the tools that he needed to succeed.
Kevin: There it is.
Mike: Oh wow...
Kevin: It's just a little single-cylinder, probably...
Mike: Yeah, Continental Motor Corporation.
Mike: When we were kids, we had like a stick,
a piece of dirt, some lawnmower wheels,
a couple of 2-by-4s and a rope, that was our go-kart.
Kevin: It's funny because our first go-kart was that one.
Katie: Yeah. Mike: Oh wow!
Katie: My name is on one side...
Mike: Yeah, I see your name on there.
Kevin: Yeah, and my-
Katie: ...his name is on the other, so.
Mike: Yeah yeah.
Katie: What you see in this barn
is a collection of 70 years of my father's life.
Katie: His collection is extensive.
Kevin: It's time to get,
definitely thin it out a little bit.
Katie: There's just so much to go through. So...
Mike: I understand.
I mean, I'm just- I just walked in and I'm looking at a...
so- so many small different things...
Kevin: Yeah I mean even- Katie: Yeah.
Mike: ...the smallest thing can mean so much.
Kevin: Right, right.
Katie: Well, you haven't even seen upstairs yet, so.
Kevin: Yeah, yeah.
Katie: He just built this barn a few years ago.
Mike: Yeah.
Katie: So I mean, if it's here right now,
it's here for a reason.
Kevin: It's what he cherished.
Mike: So he had a few years to enjoy this.
Kevin: You know, it's kind of a museum to him, or...
a Hall of Fame to himself, you know.
Katie: Yeah. Mike: Yeah.
Kevin: It's kind of funny, but...
Mike: Well your dad, I mean,
obviously I don't need to tell you guys
how much your dad meant to so many people.
Kevin: Yeah, let me show you the bike that, you know,
you came here to probably see... Mike: Yeah.
Kevin: ...I'm sure Ryan's... told you a little bit about it,
you know, this is...
Mike: Oh you know what, there's so much stuff in here,
I didn't even- I didn't even see it.
Kevin: ...well you know,
I mean he was pretty organized as you can tell here, you know.
[rock music]
Robbie: Man, look at this... yeah...Its beautiful.
[phone ringing]
Robbie: Whaddup, Dani D?
Jersey Jon: Whaddup, girl?
Danielle: Good morning, fellas. How're you doing?
Jersey Jon: Doing well. Robbie: Doing good.
Minnesota's treating us nice.
Danielle: Okay, so I'm sending you guys
to meet Jim and Rebecca.
Now Rebecca and Jim got married 14 years ago.
They've been building their dream house cabin and like,
filling it with all of his collectibles.
But they definitely got to a point
where they have nowhere left to put all the excess.
Robbie: Okay.
Danielle: So right now, they're just stashed
in all these outbuildings,
but they're trying to clear out space
so he can have room for his other projects.
Robbie: What kind of collectibles?
I mean, what's he collect?
Danielle: I mean, the dude's a retired carpenter.
So he would go out to all these properties
and just find stuff and bring it back.
Jersey Jon: Oh cool. Robbie: Yeah.
Danielle: He's got porcelain signs,
brewery stuff, weather vanes.
I mean, he's just got a little of everything.
Robbie: Just anything that appealed to him.
Jersey Jon: Sounds great. Danielle: Exactly.
Jersey Jon: He's a carpenter, I like that.
Robbie: Yeah. Jersey Jon: We could talk wood.
Danielle: Jersey, he's got tons of wood,
plenty of wood in that place.
Jersey Jon: Cool.
Let's get it done, man. Let's go!
Robbie: Alright, send it to us. Jersey Jon: Thank you!
Robbie: Thanks, Dani. Danielle: Alright guys, bye.
Jersey Jon: Watch, there's a snake in the road.
Robbie: Ah.
Jersey Jon: There's a sign for it.
Robbie: [scoffs]
Jersey Jon: There they are. Let me grab a flyer.
Robbie: Was it Jim and... Jersey Jon: Jim and Rebecca.
Robbie: Yeah. Jersey Jon: Unloading wood.
My kind of people.
Ooh, there's great wood in there, whoa, it's nice stuff!
Alright...
Robbie: How're you doing?
Jim: Hey. Rebecca: Hi.
Robbie: You Jim? Jim: Yeah.
Robbie: You talked to Danielle on the phone?
Jim: Yep.
Robbie: I'm Rob. Jim: How are you, Rob?
Robbie: Good to see ya. Jersey Jon: Hey.
Jim: Howdy. Jersey Jon: Jon.
Jim: Howdy, Jon. Rebecca: Rebecca.
Jersey Jon: Rebecca. Jim: Jim.
Robbie: Rebecca, nice to meet ya.
Rebecca: Nice to meet you.
Jersey Jon: I like all this wood, man.
This is wonderful stuff.
You got a whole pile in here, huh?
Jim: Yep.
Jersey Jon: I love wood also, man, I-
Jim: Oh.
Jersey Jon: I mean, I'm a wood guy.
I've been like, woodworking since I was a little boy.
Jim: Me too.
Jersey Jon: You know I've been doing furniture restoration,
I've been doing it since 1980. Jim: Yeah.
Jersey Jon: And I love like old timber.
This is great stuff. I also love old stuff.
Jim: Oh. Robbie: Yeah.
Jersey Jon: We both are looking for stuff like this.
You got stuff like that on the flyer?
Robbie: Notice that it doesn't say wood on here anywhere.
Rebecca: [laughs]
Jersey Jon: It says furniture, doesn't it?
Robbie: Right, Jersey?
Jim: We have some of this type stuff.
Jim: I'm a self-employed carpenter contractor.
I've built a lot of homes on the lake we live on,
and due to my age I'm kind of shying away
from whole home construction now,
but still remodels and siding and pretty much everything.
Jersey Jon: You selling any of this stuff?
Jim: No, that's redwood from a- Jersey Jon: Is this redwood?
Jim: Yep, this is redwood from there down. 20 feet long.
Jersey Jon: Man, redwood's hard to find nowadays. Old stuff.
Jim: Um-hm. So I saved it from a deck job I tore down.
Jersey Jon: Redwood is like these huge trees
that grow on the West Coast.
They're so big they built a lot of America.
It's a wood that doesn't rot away very easily.
So it was harvested for a long time, with no control.
And a lot of the redwood forests were decimated
because of it, unfortunately.
So it's nice to reuse and recycle the wood from back then.
Jersey Jon: What's going on here?
Jim: We just have too much stuff.
Rebecca: I try to respect his collecting
as much as possible, it's gotten to the point...
Jim: Good lady.
Rebecca: ...where we can't even walk through
some of these buildings.
Jim: So... you want to look around, or...?
Robbie & Jersey Jon: Yeah!
Jersey Jon: Let's go have some fun.
Jim: Okay here we go.
Rebecca: Alright. Jersey Jon: Show us the way.
Rebecca: The goal of selling
is to make things be organized and manageable.
Jim: One big full mess,
but you can dive in there as deep as you want to go.
Jersey Jon: This place is packed.
Rebecca: Jimmy probably has 50 projects going on at one time.
But there's also maybe 150 more projects
that haven't been started that twirl around in his mind.
[laughs]
Jim: [chuckles] Yep.
Jersey Jon: Just pull it, pull it outta there. Wow.
Got the, got the little feet on it. Cast iron.
Rebecca: Yep.
Jersey Jon: It's a rendering kettle. It's nice.
Jersey Jon: The rendering kettle is for making tallow
out of beef or pork.
It's probably 1810, 1820.
That's how early this thing is.
Jersey Jon: It's not broken except for this part here.
Rebecca: Right. Jim: Yep.
Jersey Jon: Which is a shame.
I got one like this at my place, I use it for, you know,
burning wood.
Like an outdoor fireplace.
Jim: Oh. Jersey Jon: Beautiful.
Do 75 bucks?
Jim: Sure.
Jersey Jon: You'll do it? Jim: Yep. I'll do it.
Jersey Jon: Haha. See that, we're lightening your load.
Jim: There we go. Jersey Jon: Are you happy?
Rebecca: That was like an incredible deal, yeah,
'cause I would have given that to you for free.
Jersey Jon: Ohh!
Rebecca & Jim: [laughs]
Robbie: I like her, Jersey.
Jersey Jon: Okay... you go away, you come with us.
Jim: It's something I've had and moved around for 8 or 10 years.
And no problem getting rid of it.
Robbie: Ooh I like that.
Jersey Jon: What is it? Robbie: It's brick tin.
Jersey Jon: What? Rebecca: Ohh...
Robbie: It's brick tin.
Jersey Jon: Oh that's cool. So what is that, like siding?
Robbie: Yeah, but there's only one piece - oh there's more!
Jersey Jon: These are brand new sheets.
Robbie: Yeah.
Be careful, they'll cut your hand off.
Jersey Jon: Ouch!
Jersey Jon: It's really cool to see a brick mold design on tin.
It's rare.
Robbie: Jim, did you take a building down?
Jim: No, them came off a friend's barn.
We used them for things in our house.
Rebecca: In our house, the new house.
Robbie: You could use it as a backsplash,
you could do it in front of a bar.
There's a million different options here.
This brick tin, they don't make it anymore.
So when you find it, you have to grab it.
Jersey Jon: You know you-
Robbie: Looks like there's two full sheets here,
plus that piece.
Jersey Jon: Well, do you want to sell it?
Jim: Sure. Rebecca: Yeah.
Jersey Jon: What do you think, Robbie?
Robbie: I say 35 bucks if I got to dig all that out.
Jersey Jon: What do you think, Jim?
Jim: Yep, I'll do- Jersey Jon: You'll do it?
Jim: Yeah, I'll do that. Robbie: 35, alright.
Jersey Jon: Alright, awesome. Thank you.
Robbie: Okay, I'm going to let you dig it out.
Jersey Jon: [laughs]
Well, I'll put it back up here for now.
Jim: Easy.
Jersey Jon: See what else he's got in here.
Robbie: There's stuff everywhere.
Jersey Jon: What about this chair?
Oh, this thing's cool.
Rebecca: It's for sale. Jersey Jon: Yes?
Jersey Jon: This is like a 1930s chair.
It was made during the Great Depression
when we weren't selling a lot of cars.
But the captains of industry had to keep their mills working,
and this was one way they did it.
This is a steel pressed piece.
They used the same machines that made the fenders
to make these chairs.
Jersey Jon: How much?
Rebecca: I'm horrible with prices.
Jersey Jon: Oh come on.
Jersey Jon: This chair's got that art deco, flowing lines.
It's a design piece.
It's not just something they slapped together.
Jim: 40- $45!
Jersey Jon: 45?
Enh... It's got a big ol' crease in the front.
You see this crease?
Jim: Yeah. How about we go 30?
Jersey Jon: How about 20?
Rebecca: [laughs]
Jim: I'll meet ya at 25.
Jersey Jon: I'll take it for 25, buddy.
Kevin: Yeah, that's the Vincent. Mike: Yeah.
The Vincent was the fastest bike in the world.
Look at the face on that.
Kevin: Right. Right, I mean it's...
Mike: If you look at the paint job on this thing, it's sick.
Jersey Jon: Here you go, phone home, dude.
Whoa, that's good looking.
Rebecca: Wow, we thought that was lost!
Kevin: This was his pride and joy right here.
Mike: Let me see what you got going on...
Kevin: Yeah, that's the Vincent.
Mike: Oh yeah... Kevin: Yeah.
Mike: It's a Rapide and it's a sport model,
not a touring model.
Mike: Vincent Motorcycles were made from 1928 to 1955.
The very beginning of Vincent Motorcycle Company
started with HRD Motors,
they were a well-respected British motorcycle manufacturer
that were known for their engineering and speed.
In 1928, Philip Vincent bought that company,
and took it to the next level.
The Vincent Rapide and Black Shadow,
both 1000cc motorcycles,
would run up to 125 miles-an-hour.
Mike: Yeah...
Kevin: It's like a '52 or something like that?
Mike: '52? Yeah, '52. Kevin: '52, '53, yeah.
Kevin: He graduated high school in 1969
and he bought it in 1970.
And it was in milk crates, and...
Mike: So no kidding, this was in pieces.
Kevin: Yeah, yeah. Mike: Wow.
Kevin: And he put it together,
or him and his buddy put it together.
And they got it running like once or twice
and he rode it, or some odd deal like that.
Mike: Uh-huh. Yeah, I mean it looks like
it has the original seat on it.
That's almost like never happening.
And then what shape's the exhaust in?
Mike: When he found the Vincent,
I'm sure his father knew how legendary this bike was.
His relationship with this motorcycle runs deep.
He's the one who found it,
he's the one who had to put it together,
and he is the one that kept it all of his life.
Mike: This was never a cookie-cutter bike.
I mean, this was nothing that you,
you didn't see one of these on the road a lot.
Kevin: I... yeah, I think he,
I think he really wanted something that no one else had.
Mike: A Vincent was the fastest bike in the world
until the Z1-900 came out.
Mike: In 1948, Rollie Free proved that the Vincent
was the fastest standard motorcycle in the world.
And it wasn't until 1972 that it was dethroned
by what a lot of people call Japan's first super-bike,
the Kawasaki Z1-900.
A standard motorcycle, but that was the King Kong of the time.
The fastest bike in the world out of the crate.
Mike: So when's the last time it ran?
Like when was the last time-
Kevin: [exhales] Probably 1970, probably.
Katie: It was always definitely
one of his most prized possessions.
Everything matches up on it.
Mike: That's great, because when you buy something
that's in pieces, it-
Kevin: Yeah right, well right, right.
Mike: -there's so much randomness, yeah, exactly.
You guys given any thought
to what you're going to do with it?
Kevin: Man, yeah and no.
Um, you know I'm a motorcycle guy,
but I have 4 sisters.
So we're all kind of in it together.
It's not something I can say...
Mike: So you guys all, you guys all gotta talk.
Mike: I really just got here, I saw the motorcycle.
There's a lot of stuff here.
I want to look around and take it all in
before I make a decision on anything.
Mike: I've noticed since we've been in the garage
this Pabst helmet.
Um, what year is that from?
Kevin: That's from early to late '80s.
He drove for the Wilkie family for a long time.
They were really good friends with Augie Pabst,
so Pabst was a, a pretty good sponsor of theirs
for a long time.
Mike: Yeah...
Kevin: Yep so...
Katie: Like I don't even have a helmet of his.
Kevin: Um-hm. Mike: Yeah.
Katie: So you know...
there's not a lot left, like he would donate to charities.
Mike: This is probably one of the first things they ask for.
Okay, unhook this guy...
Kevin: So it's got, you know, I mean...
Mike: Look at, look at the, look at the face on that,
how small that is.
Kevin: Yep, and you know, and you'd have tear-offs here
for when the dirt comes at you, tear them off, so you can see.
Mike: Yeah. I noticed this.
Katie: Yeah, it's on a lot of...
Kevin: It'll say it on his uniforms too,
because it's something you would need to know.
Mike: So blood type.
I mean, I saw it 'cause it said 'Pabst'...
Kevin: Right, right.
Mike: If you look at the paint job on this thing, it's sick.
Kevin: ...that's '80s, you know I mean, right.
Mike: To me, a driver's helmet
is one of the most personal things
that you can have from them.
So I can completely understand
why they don't want to get rid of any of these.
Mike: What about this hat?
Ooh, ooh...
Kevin: Yeah, that could be on,
that could be on the chopping block yeah.
Yeah, you can look at cool as me, Mike, you know.
Mike: Oh yeah...
Kevin: Yeah, now you look like it.
Kevin: That's another one of those things
where it's kind of priceless
because there's not very many left, you know,
that's kind of what he is known for, you know,
he was, he was sponsored by Pabst, you know,
that was a big deal at the time.
Kevin: Man, that's a sought after piece, everybody that's-
Mike: I know, look at you, it's turned around so no one sees it.
Kevin: There's very few and far between, but you know...
Mike: Yeah.
Kevin: See, mine's not even, like that one's like brand new,
this one's got some...
Mike: Oh yeah. Yours has got a little stank on it.
Kevin: It's got a little sweat, yeah.
Mike: But that's cool.
Kevin: Right. Mike: I mean, I don't know.
Kevin: You know, what's it worth it to ya, you know?
Mike: Hooh... I don't- I mean, at the end of the day,
it's a trucker hat.
Got the scrambled eggs.
Katie: What...
Mike: What would you guys feel comfortable
selling this hat for?
Kevin: Well, what can you live with,
what do you think it's worth?
Mike: I'll tell you what, I'll give 100 bucks for it.
Kevin: Take it.
Mike: Alright, man. Thank you.
Kevin: Man. Listen...
Mike: Listen, I know the smallest thing
can mean the most.
Mike: This hat was a very personal,
important piece in his life.
That's why he kept it.
Katie: Mike felt a connection with it, and that meant a lot.
Kevin: This is the cream of his collection here, so...
Katie: Yeah.
Kevin: ...I hope you got a little time on your hands.
Robbie: Jersey, look at this.
Jersey Jon: What you got?
Whoa... that's good looking.
Rebecca: Wow, we thought that was lost.
Jim: Stolen. Robbie: Wow.
Rebecca: Yeah, stolen actually.
Robbie: You thought it was lost, I found it though.
Jim: When he pulled that up, I just went [gasp],
like I saw a ghost.
Robbie: So now that I found it, is it for sale?
Jim: No, that has sentimental value to me.
I got it off a barn of one of my favorite aunts
and she was killed in a car accident...
Robbie: Oh man...
Jim: ...not long after, so I... don't want to sell it.
Robbie: Yeah, you need to put that...
Jim: We couldn't find it for years.
Rebecca: We were going to put it in the new house
we just built, but we thought someone stole it.
So thank you!
Jim: That's why we're selling stuff,
because we get so much stuff,
it's so buried back in there, you don't know what you have.
Jersey Jon: Got some hay. Robbie: Alright...
Jersey Jon: Ooh. Robbie: Look at this.
Jersey Jon: Yeah, that thing is cool.
Robbie: 'Telephone'.
Jersey Jon: That's early plastic, Robbie.
Robbie: Well, it's Lexan. Jersey Jon: Great color.
Robbie: I know, but it's faded out.
See you can see inside...
Jim: The white... Rebecca: Um-hm.
Robbie: See, it's actually pigment
that they put inside the Lexan.
Robbie: It's a Lexan double-sided sign.
It lit up and said, this is where the telephone was.
Robbie: It's probably late '50s, early '60s.
I mean, Lexan came out in '47, '46.
Jim: I got two phones to go with it.
Jersey Jon: Here you go.
Phone home, dude.
Yeah, they're definitely from that time period.
Robbie: Yeah, they're actually in good shape.
Robbie: The telephone was on every street corner
in America, they're gone now.
Robbie: Both phones and the telephone sign - 450.
Jim: 5.
Robbie: 475.
Jim: I'll do that. Jersey Jon: Awesome.
Thanks, buddy.
Robbie: Or do I want to say to her...
'cause I know what's she's going to say.
Rebecca: [laughs] I would, I would have said yes.
Jersey Jon: She was going to give it to us.
Rebecca: I was like yes! [laughs]
Robbie: Yeah, get rid of it.
Jersey Jon: Look at these things, these are cool.
Robbie: Those are for...
Jersey Jon: For moving heavy equipment.
Moving heavy stuff. Yeah.
Jersey Jon: The Hilman rollers, they are fantastic.
They look like little tanks,
but what they do is they move heavy objects.
10,000-pound items you're going to move with this.
Jersey Jon: I want to bring them home!
Jim: Yep. Jersey Jon: How much?
Jim: I don't know, there's 8 of them.
Jersey Jon: 8. Rebecca: It's okay.
Jersey Jon: And you want to sell these too?
Jim: Yeah, because then there's 2 more in here.
Jersey Jon: So... oh you got 1, 2...
Jim: Yep.
A set of, 2 sets of 4.
Jersey Jon: Yeah, those are nice.
Jersey Jon: These orange rollers
are contemporary versions of the Hilman rollers.
Jersey Jon: There are probably from the '40s.
This style.
Jim: Uh-huh.
Jersey Jon: Not only are they functional,
but they're decorative.
This really needs to have one on a shelf somewhere,
you know, in your shop.
Jim: Yep.
Jersey Jon: You want to sell them altogether?
Jim: Yeah, all 8 of them.
Jersey Jon: 200 bucks.
Jim: Sold.
Jersey Jon: Beautiful. I like it, man.
He's easy to get along with.
I thought we were going to have a problem here.
Rebecca: Most of the time.
Jersey Jon: Obviously, this is going to be
working out just fine today.
Jim: [laughs]
Jersey Jon: I love it.
Kevin: Yeah, he's got quite the collection up here.
So it's a hinchman suit from the early '70s.
Mike: This is him and Ali? Where were these taken at?
Robbie: Yeah, Shellubrication.
Jim: That's for sale.
Robbie: Actually, it's in good shape.
Where did this come from?
Kevin: Yeah, he's got quite the collection up here.
Katie: Yeah, if you thought downstairs was a lot,
this is... quite extensive up here.
Mike: He built the building,
he curated the space that was representative
of the life that he lived.
Mike: This is him and Ali? Where were these taken at?
Kevin: That's in Ali's, um, living room.
Mike: Really!
Kevin: And then this is like upstairs
in his little trophy room,
which you know he...
Katie: There's a guest house
at his farm out in Marion Springs, Michigan, and...
Mike: No way.
Kevin: You wouldn't think-
Mike: So your dad got invited into that?
Kevin: No, we were... Katie: [chuckles]
Kevin: I was about 6 or 7 years old,
and we just basically rolled up to his house,
he pressed the button on the- on the buzzer,
and my dad had this Koran that he had gotten from his mom...
Mike: Okay.
Kevin: It was super old.
And he said, you know I know Mr. Ali is Muslim
and I have this Koran and I, you know, I'm a big fan,
I'd really like him to have it.
Mike: Yeah.
Kevin: And... you know, next thing you know,
the gates opened.
Mike: No way! Ali had no idea who your dad was?
Kevin: No, no.
These people just probably felt like...
Mike: Wow!
Kevin: ...who the heck is here?
Mike: Kevin's approach was so innocent.
I mean, really it was like, if you believe in yourself,
you can do anything.
And so he's like hey, Muhammad Ali is my hero,
I'm going to go meet him.
So two men, open hearts, open minds,
right place, right time,
whatever you want to say, but it was meant to happen.
And it says a lot about both of them.
Kevin: Yeah, Muhammad, I think was probably his first hero.
Mike: Did he hang all this stuff up?
Kevin: Yeah, he would come up here every day.
He'd make sure everything fit and he-
Mike: It's almost kind of like a little museum.
Kevin: Right.
Mike: These are artifacts from his life
that are directly connected to his fondest memories.
Mike: Wow, this is so cool.
This is great that he created this space
and was able to enjoy it before he passed, you know.
He put this here?
Kevin: He put everything that you see, he put it where it is.
Mike: Okay.
Kevin: You know. Mike: Everything that's here.
Kevin: Everything that's here, hung up, everything,
he's put it there.
Mike: Have you guys gone through any of these?
Kevin: Yeah.
Mike: And kind of figured out what you're keeping,
what you're not?
Is this all stuff that you're keeping?
Kevin: Uh... I'd say maybe a couple of them are for sale...
Mike: Here like look at that, that's I mean, look at that man.
I mean that's it.
That's his Championship coat.
Kevin: Right.
Yeah, and it's got his name, and...
Mike: Got his name on it.
Kevin: That's old, you know, that's an oldie.
Mike: The back say anything?
Kevin: But it doesn't really say anything,
you know what I mean...
Mike: Yeah, it doesn't say anything other than his name.
Kevin: Right, and that's probably maybe
one of his first uniforms.
So it's a hinchman suit.
It's probably from the early '70s.
Katie: Yeah. Mike: Yeah.
Kevin: You know, again there's, you know,
there ain't no Kevlar in that thing like...
Mike: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Katie: It would have been one of his first suits.
Kevin: Even this one is from the '90s, but I mean,
you can see, you know I mean... Mike: Yeah absolutely.
Kevin: There's a lot more fire retardant in it.
That's just basically, if you start on fire,
you know, good luck.
Mike: Yeah.
What are you guys thinking on it?
You guys have been around this stuff
a lot longer than I have.
Kevin: Yeah. I don't know, 700 bucks.
I mean, I guess...
Mike: I'd do 5.
Kevin: 5 kids, 500 bucks.
Mike: [laughs]
Mike: Kevin Olson was famous for a lot of different reasons.
His achievements on the track,
the fact that he was a mentor to so many drivers.
Katie: See I told you you're about the same height.
Mike: He meant so much to so many different people;
he touched so many lives.
To have some of his personal pieces,
to bring that stuff out into the world,
to allow someone to be able to celebrate his life by owning it,
is a big deal.
I'm not taking any of this lightly.
Katie: ...this anymore, that's wood,
they don't make them like that anymore.
[rock music]
Rebecca: Alright you guys, this is a great piece of property.
This was the original lake cabin.
Robbie: Okay.
Rebecca: This is a garage that we added later.
Jersey Jon: Yeah. Jim: The sign.
Robbie: Yeah. Shellubrication.
Jim: That's for sale. Robbie: Yeah?
Jim: I found 2 of those sunk in the lake.
Jersey Jon: What?
Jim: There was a big spot where nothing grew
for a couple of years,
and I'm like, there's got to be something down there.
So I put on some waders and a stick and...
started poking - clink, clink, clink -
and I found out exactly how big it was.
And I scraped the muck off and I- I picked up one corner,
and all's I could see was a little bit of red and yellow,
and right away I'm like... it's got to be Shell
and it's porcelain enamel 'cause it ain't rusty.
And that's what it was.
So I went down and did it again and found another one.
Jersey Jon: That's a good looking sign, Robbie, how-
how old is that one?
Robbie: Burdick Signs is, that- that's a '33...
Jersey Jon: '33. Jim: '33, yep.
Jersey Jon: Man, that's a good-looking sign.
Robbie: When you look at a sign that says 'Shellubrication'
on it, this is the beginning of an oil change shop, basically.
Robbie: Condition's not the greatest on it,
it's got some big holes in it.
But it's still...
Jersey Jon: It's got the look.
Jim: It's pretty good. Robbie: It's got the look.
I think to the right person,
that sign's probably worth about 1,300.
I'd want to be at 700 bucks.
Jim: I'd do that.
Robbie: That work? Jim: Yep, 700.
Jersey Jon: Alright cool. Jim: Works for me.
Robbie: Shell was the yellow-and-red sign,
everybody knew it.
And when it said 'Shellubrication',
you knew quality products were going into your car.
Robbie: Oh, oh yeah heck yeah!
Jersey Jon: Yeah, that's cool.
Robbie: Actually it's in good shape.
Where did this come from?
Jersey Jon: The other side's better.
Jim: This came from another small town north of here,
Emily or Outing.
Robbie: Yeah.
Jim: I bought it, and then when I got it,
it had white round porcelain enamel light on each side.
Robbie: Yeah. Jim: With a glass globe.
Robbie: They were shining up at it.
Jim: Yep. Robbie: Yep.
Jim: The point, and then a base plate to cover that, covers...
Robbie: That goes over the, yeah... the nut cover.
Jim: And I have all that too, so it would all go with it.
But... I'm not sure I really want to sell this.
I've always wanted to put it in front of my shop,
that I haven't built yet.
Robbie: This is just what they call a saw-tooth sign.
It's 6 foot, but the cool thing is that it's complete.
He's got the lights, he's got the sign, and he's got the pole.
Robbie: 5,500.
Jim: Um...
Robbie: Five thousand, five hundred.
Robbie: When these pole signs are laying next to a building,
that's when you want to buy them.
The fact that Jim held onto it all these years
means he might put it up,
but if I don't throw an offer at him,
then I'm going to regret it.
Jim: Not quite there.
Robbie: I think this sign, standing,
in the right location, to the right person,
might be 6,500.
Jim: Um-hm.
Robbie: If it didn't have the pole,
you're probably looking at...
cleaned up, nice shape, probably three grand.
The pole's worth two grand.
I'm giving 55.
I'm standing tall.
Rebecca: Do you want to think about it?
Jim: Yeah, let's- let's look around and come back to it.
Robbie: Well, at least I got you to think about it.
Jersey Jon: Yep. Rebecca: Yeah.
Jersey Jon: That's half the battle.
Robbie: You want to leave for a little bit and her and I can...
[group laughing]
Jersey Jon: Yeah, yeah, yeah, why don't you got over there,
Rebecca's going to show us around.
Rebecca: Just be careful
'cause there's probably rodents in there.
Jersey Jon: Alright. Wow, hooh.
It's kind of rough in here, Rob.
30 bucks?
Robbie: 125. Rebecca: $100?
[country music]
Mike: This says '1987 Illinois State Fair,
Governor James R. Thompson,
Rex East In Memorial Midget Feature.'
This doesn't have his name on it.
Katie: Start date... Mike: What about this one?
Katie: Um...
Mike: 'Kevin Olson, 1974 6th place.'
Would this be around the same time as that suit?
Katie: Yeah, definitely. Mike: Okay.
What are you thinking on that?
Katie: It's a nice heavy trophy, for one.
So it wasn't like even a feature winning a trophy,
but it does have significance, you know, having his name.
Katie: I don't know, 100?
Mike: I'll give you 200.
Okay.
Katie: Thank you. Mike: Thank you.
Rebecca: Just be careful
'cause there's probably rodents in there.
Jersey Jon: Alright.
Rebecca: Jimmy went through the floor.
Robbie: You went through the floor?
Jersey Jon: Okay. Katie: Yep.
Jim: Yeah. Robbie: Alright.
Jersey Jon: Wow. Wooh.
It's just of rough in here, Rob.
Is that the light?
Robbie: No that's a, that's a transformer piece, isn't it?
Jersey Jon: Insulator? Jim: That's an insulator.
Robbie: It's cool as heck.
Jersey Jon: Yeah. Hey Jim? Jim: Yeah.
Jersey Jon: You want to sell this insulator?
Jim: Yeah. Robbie: Yeah.
Jersey Jon: So this is like for high voltage,
but it's got a great color.
Jim: It's like a baby blue, it's...
Robbie: Wow.
Jim: I've never seen nothing like that before.
Jersey Jon: Yeah. Jim: It's pretty cool.
Jersey Jon: Pretty amazing piece of technology, actually,
but it's decorative too.
Jersey Jon: So an insulator just takes a wire
and insulates it from the rest of the world.
And it keeps it protected.
This is a high voltage electricity insulator.
That's why it's so big, that's why it's so meaty,
that's why it's so heavy.
It gives us the ability to transmit
electricity over a great distance.
Jersey Jon: 30 bucks?
Jim: I want 35.
Jersey Jon: Yeah, I'll do 35, that thing-
Jim: Okay.
Jersey Jon: That thing is cool. Alright.
Robbie: Jim, I'm looking at a shelf here.
Jersey Jon: Yeah, that shelf is awesome.
Jim: Yep, it's out of a railroad car.
Robbie: Yes. There we go, grab that side.
Jersey Jon: Yep.
Robbie: These train car shelves came out of train cars
from like the 1920s into the 1940s.
They don't build stuff like this anymore.
They're very ornamental and they look fantastic in a home.
Robbie: 125.
Jim: Sure.
Jersey Jon: Cool. Jim: Yep, that works.
Jersey Jon: Yeah, that's great.
Robbie: I'd like to pull that bed out...
Jim: Okay.
Robbie: I don't even know if that's possible.
Jim: We're just going to pass them all out.
Robbie: Yep. I'll put that over here.
Jim: So we can figure it out.
Robbie: Watch yourself there, Jersey.
Jim: Got it?
Robbie: Okay, we got it we got it.
Jim: There, that's all we should need.
Robbie: Alright, alright, let's see
if we can put one of these together.
This goes on here.
Rebecca: I'm going to hand that out.
Robbie: Like that.
Jersey Jon: Yep. Jim: Uh-oh.
Jim: '9-30-42, Butler Specialty Company.'
So '42.
Robbie: But you see what I'm saying, Jersey?
It's got, it's got a bolt... Jim: And they-
and they did bolt, and I said there's no bolts, but yeah.
Robbie: There's a bolt because this to that.
Jersey Jon: Oh both sides.
Jim: Oh both, on each... Robbie: On each side,
and then you got another one that would sit on top of that.
How much are 2 military beds?
Rebecca: $100?
Jersey Jon: I'm a furniture guy. I think $100 is very reasonable.
If you had to build this, Robbie, think about that.
Jim: It has historical value. Robbie: I'll take it.
Rebecca: Alright. It's a deal.
Jersey Jon: Yeah, that's great. Rebecca: Perfect.
Jersey Jon: And I love it that Robbie's buying furniture.
Jersey Jon: I think I'm rubbing off on Robbie.
He's actually seeing the value in furniture.
I love that.
Robbie: I usually stay away from all this stuff.
Jersey Jon: Yeah, Robbie's buying furniture, this is great.
[rock music]
Kevin: Yeah, we got some bikes and parts back here in his...
shipping container.
Mike: Okay, oh wow. Kevin: Also his deck.
Mike: I see... okay... [laughs]
Kevin: His party deck.
His big deal was he was going to have a party
for all of his friends and this and that...
Mike: Yeah. Yeah.
Kevin: ...and you know, and he...
he had that and then yeah so...
but yeah there's a lot of race car parts,
motorcycle parts, uh, mini bike parts...
You know, seats...
I think there, you know, there's some old noses.
There's an old hood.
Mike: Um-hm.
Kevin: Um...
Mike: Here's a Kawasaki Triple. Kevin: Um-hm.
Mike: Okay, so this has got expansion chambers on it,
doesn't have the original exhaust.
You know, which to me doesn't hurt it.
I mean, a lot of guys that are purists...
Kevin: Yeah. Right. Right.
Mike: ...when they buy these bikes, they want them-
they want them bone stock
if they're going to alter it after that.
Kevin: Um-hm.
Mike: But like, just the pipes on these things
can bring crazy money,
because so many of, they just rotted out.
Kevin: Right.
Mike: Is this something that you would sell?
Kevin: I would, yes. Mike: Okay.
We could probably, just between the two of us,
roll it out the... Kevin: Yeah.
Mike: ...roll it out the door here.
Mike: Kawasaki introduced the H1, which was a 500 in 1969.
Then in 1972, they came out with the H2-750.
It doesn't surprise me
that a guy that made speed his career
would have a bike like this.
Kevin: He loved saving old belts too,
which I never understood...
Mike: You're hooked on...
Hehe... alright.
There we go.
Kevin: The stove ain't light. Mike: Hooh.
Woo-wee!
Kevin: Yeah...
Mike: We're going to thread the needle.
Kevin: Yeah.
Mike: We're almost...
There she is!
Mike: Look at that thing, man, it looks so friggin' mean, dude.
Yeah, this is the Mad Max bike, man.
Plus it's still got the key in the ignition.
Robbie: Oh...
Jersey Jon: Yeah, you got piled in here, alright.
Robbie: Yeah. Jersey Jon: Darn.
Jersey Jon: It's dirty, it's nasty,
we don't know what we're going to find in there.
[rock music]
Mike: You got something to put underneath this kick stand?
Mike: It's an H2, it's a Kawasaki 750.
Look at that thing, man, it looks so friggin' mean, dude.
Kevin: Shoot, the tire looks brand new...
Mike: [making loud motorcycle engine noises]
Kevin: Yeah.
Mike: I love the sound of these expansion chambers.
Yeah, this is the Mad Max bike, man.
Mike: Think about this -
750 two stroke,
three cylinder street bike.
The rear end was short, it was heavy.
So it was way too easy to pull wheelies.
The frame couldn't even contain the power of the engine.
So it would flex and twist,
which made it nearly impossible to ride at high speeds.
Even a seasoned rider would be intimidated
by the power band of this bike.
Mike: That phone, the phone is collapsing.
Kevin: Yeah hold on, let me get something. Yeah.
Mike: You got wood?
Here we go, okay.
There we go.
Alright, so it's missing this side panel, obviously.
Kevin: Um-hm.
Mike: Missing this cover.
Kevin: Turns over.
Mike: Yeah. Ugh. God.
These things are so mean, man.
I mean, I think...
it's probably worth, in this condition,
I mean to me...
like between 25 and 3.
Kevin: Okay. Um...
Yeah I...
Uh, I probably agree with you on that.
I'm thinking, you know, you're saying 25,
I'd say 28.
Mike: If you're willing to sell this for 28...
And we've kind of knocked around the idea
of the Vincent in there.
Kevin: Um-hm. Mike: You know.
I'd do, I'd do $30,000 on the Vincent Rapide,
and 2,800 for this.
What- what is that, what is... what are you thinking on that?
Kevin: Yeah I mean... yeah... I... I think we're,
I think we're good on this, you know, 28.
But I... I just... I can't sell the Vincent, man.
That was my dad's pride-and-joy. And...
Mike: Listen, I- I kind of had that feeling
you were going to say that.
Kevin: Yeah, yeah. Mike: But I got to ask.
Kevin: Yeah, no yeah yeah, right.
Mike: And to be honest with ya,
I'm- I'm glad that you're keeping it.
Kevin: Yeah. Mike: I really am,
because there's not a lot of things in life...
Kevin: Right.
Mike: ...that you keep through a few different marriages,
raising 5 kids... Kevin: Right, right.
Mike: ...you know, trying to build and-
and have a crazy wild career.
For him to have that all of these years...
Kevin: Yeah right, I mean, you know,
I'd love to sell it to you, but it's just, yeah right.
Mike: ...that, this is, this is what was holding it.
Kevin: So I don't know why he was always...
Mike: I'll do the 28 on this.
Kevin: Yeah, I appreciate it, man, thank you.
Mike: Right, I appreciate it too.
Kevin: You know, it's been in that shed for 20 years,
and you know, Mike really wanted it,
I know he'll treat it right and get it back on the road.
That's all we're looking for, you know,
it's- it's really not money, it's mostly
just to see his collection go on down the road, you know,
for the next generation to clean out of their dad's garage,
you know.
Mike: Thank you guys for showing me around, and...
Kevin: Yeah thanks for-
Mike: ...to be honest with ya,
letting me buy something with your father's name on it too,
I mean, that's... that-
that's the stuff right there, you know.
Katie: Yeah, we're happy to have you, glad you stopped.
Mike: It was an honor today to walk
side-by-side with his kids through this collection.
And to hear so many stories first-hand.
I know he meant so much to so many, but in the end,
it was obvious that his family mattered most to him.
Mike: Thank you guys for sharing your family's history with me.
And I'm glad, I'm glad you ended up with the Vincent.
Kevin: Yeah, man. Mike: It's cool.
Kevin: Yeah, yeah. I appreciate you coming in.
Mike: If you- hey if you need any help finding parts,
let me know. Kevin: Oh for sure.
[honks horn]
Mike: See you down the road! Kevin: See ya, bye!
Katie: Bye! Kevin: Drive fast, take chances!
Mike: [laughs]
[rock music]
Rebecca: Alright you guys,
this is the pole barn, and this is sort of the catch-all
for all of our building projects and all of our stuff.
Jim: Junk. Rebecca: Junk.
Jersey Jon: [laughs] Jim: Our stuff, I mean, stuff,
it's good stuff.
Robbie: It went in as junk, comes out as an antique.
Jim: It's good, yeah.
Jersey Jon: Oh yeah. Wooh!
Robbie: Oh yeah. Oh yeah.
Jersey Jon: Yeah, you got it piled in here, alright. Darn.
Robbie: Yeah. Yeah. Jersey Jon: Yeah, look at that.
Jersey Jon: This building is really cool.
I mean, it's packed full of junk,
it's like full of hay, there's like cobwebs
all over the place, it's dirty, it's nasty,
we don't know what we're going to find in there,
and I love that.
Jersey Jon: Ooh! What about this refrigerator?
Wow.
Jim: That came out of a friend's flower shop
in Sharon Springs, New York.
Jersey Jon: Uh-huh.
Jim: She actually used it, she'd cut flowers
and put them in there till they got delivered.
There's no cord, but it did work.
Jersey Jon: They call it a monitor top refrigerator.
And this kind of looked like the old steel-clad warship,
the Monitor, from the Civil War.
Jersey Jon: This is like the first time
they're getting into refrigeration.
Jim: Um-hm.
Jersey Jon: Then you got an ice box with a compressor on it.
Rebecca: Yeah.
Jersey Jon: And no more carrying ice.
So it kind of revolutionized the way the kitchen was run.
Jim: Oh yeah. Rebecca: Um-hm.
Jersey Jon: It's pretty cool.
This is ammonia-based.
This is a, this is not Freon, there's ammonia in here.
They do work forever.
I bet you, if you plug that thing in, it's going to work.
Jim: Um-hm.
Jersey Jon: Inside looks pretty good.
Porcelain's nice in here, which is a big deal.
You got a bread box that's...
got to come out of there.
Got the shelf.
Ice cube trays are still in there.
Huh.
What I like about it also, was this old hardware.
Jim: Yeah, it's cool.
Jersey Jon: Let me see if I can get this thing to close.
Yeah, look at the art deco styling.
You want to sell this?
Jim: Sure.
Jersey Jon: You got an old extension cord?
Jim: Yep.
Jersey Jon: Alright, let's do something.
Jim: Okay.
I got cords right here.
Jersey Jon: If it works, that's great.
Jim: Here we go, Jersey. Jersey Jon: Alright good.
Jersey Jon: And a lot of times
these old ammonia-based refrigerators, they do work.
They'll work for like 100 years. There's not much to them.
Jersey Jon: I'm going to cut this.
Don't plug it in.
Jim: So you want me to plug this in now?
Jersey Jon: No!
Jim: [laughs]
Jersey Jon: Ready?
I'm going to hook it up, don't plug it in.
Jim: Okay.
Okay here goes!
Jersey Jon: No! Rebecca: No!
[laughs]
Jersey Jon: Is he alright?
I'm going to smack him with a piece of wood.
Look I'll tell you when.
Don't do anything yet.
Rebecca: Just think, I'm married to him.
Jersey Jon: I know.
Jersey Jon: It's a refrigerator, if it works;
if it doesn't work, it's a tin box.
Jersey Jon: Alright, you ready?
Jim: Ready.
Jersey Jon: Go ahead, plug it in.
Jim: Okay, here goes.
Jersey Jon: Yep, plug it in. Jim: It's in.
Jersey Jon: No, I'm making contact,
I'm not getting anything.
Jim: Aww.
Jersey Jon: No, it's dead.
Jim: Oh, and I thought it'd work.
Rebecca: Oh, that's a bummer.
Jersey Jon: Alright. Unplug it.
Jim: Unplugged.
Jim: I was really bummed that it didn't work.
Rebecca: I couldn't believe the fridge didn't work.
Jim: Because when we got it, it worked, it did work.
Jersey Jon: Alright, so it doesn't work,
needs a lot of work.
150 bucks.
Rebecca: Take it.
Jersey Jon: Hahaha!
[group laughing]
Jersey Jon: 150.
Jim: 175.
Robbie: 75 bucks.
Jim: Go 80.
Robbie: 6,500 bucks for the pair.
Jim: 7.
Robbie: Now we're getting serious.
Watch yourself, Jersey, I'll set that down.
[rock music]
Robbie: That looked good at Barnegat, New Jersey.
Jersey Jon: This is a port light.
Jim: Yep.
Jersey Jon: Port and starboard,
port's red, starboard's blue or green.
Jim: Yep. Jersey Jon: And it's bronze.
It really is something special, isn't it.
Jersey Jon: This is a very high-quality nautical light.
The top's all bronze, the sides are bronze,
the back door is bronze.
It's got a nice Fresnel lens. It happens to be red.
It's really cool.
Jersey Jon: 150.
Jim: 175.
Jersey Jon: 160.
Jim: Okay, I'll do it.
Jersey Jon: Yeah. Jim: Yep.
Jersey Jon: Thank you, buddy. Jim: Yep.
Jersey Jon: Alright, yeah that's great.
Jersey Jon: Nautical antiques are super hot,
super collectable, and this is a really high-quality piece.
This piece is a homerun.
Robbie: There's some cool stuff up here.
Jersey Jon: I'm coming up.
Robbie: Jim's smiling at me.
He knows I found the stash.
Jim & Rebecca: [laughs]
Jersey Jon: I'm coming up, brother.
Robbie: Check that out.
Jim: It's a little bent, but it's super cool.
Robbie: It's actually not in bad shape.
It's a sign bracket, it's got, it's curved here.
It takes a rounded sign, could have been a Coca-Cola,
there's a million different signs
that could have gone in that.
75 bucks.
Jim: Sure.
Robbie: Does that work?
Rebecca: Oh, I was going to say 80.
Jim: Go 80.
Robbie: Alright, 80.
Jersey Jon: [laughs]
Robbie: Above my head,
you got to tell me what the story is on this.
The grocer, neat grocer.
Jim: That's... that's from the last
neighborhood grocery store in Brainerd.
Rebecca: It was Inwards, Inwards Grocery Store.
Jim: They closed, and we bought the sign.
And it worked when we bought it.
It was hanging on our old house that we sold.
And we lit it almost every night.
But around the 4th of July one year, it just quit.
Robbie: Yeah. Probably a transformer.
Jim: And we knew we were moving on August 15th,
so we had to take it down anyway.
So we didn't get it fixed.
Robbie: This has got to be like 10-feet long.
There's a seam right here, so that's 8...
10.
Jersey Jon: Yeah. Jim: Yep.
And it's not rotten at all.
Robbie: I'm trying to see how heavy it is,
and see how much is in it.
Jim: And that's not heavy. Robbie: Yeah, it's not that bad.
Jim: Two guys can put it up there easy.
Robbie: Yeah.
It doesn't have the greatest subject matter on it,
that's the problem.
Jim: True. Robbie: But it is neon.
Jim: It's cool.
And it's red, so it's bright.
Robbie: Yeah. Jim: It looks neat.
Robbie: Yeah. Um...
wow... wow.
Were we- where were we on that Pure sign?
Jim: We were at 8 grand.
Jersey Jon: [laughs]
Rebecca: [laughs]
Jersey Jon: I like this guy.
Robbie: We were at 5,500. Jim: Yeah.
Robbie: 5,500 is what I offered and I stood tall on that.
6,500 bucks for the pair.
Jim: 7.
Robbie: [sighs] $6,700.
Jim: 68.
Robbie: There's one thing that's up here
I just noticed in the back corner.
Maybe we can get this whole package deal.
Jim: There we go. Okay. Robbie: Okay?
Well let me grab it.
Jersey Jon: What are we getting, Robbie?
Oh yes.
Robbie: Alright, Jersey.
Rebecca: This is getting serious.
Robbie: You got it? You alright?
Jim: Now we're getting serious.
Robbie: Now we're getting serious, watch yourself,
Jersey, I'll set that down.
Set her... ugh!
Another one of those Lexan signs.
Looks like a BB hole right here.
Jersey Jon: Yep.
Robbie: Another one right here.
See how that's like...
Jersey Jon: Yeah, that's kind of weird, a burn mark.
Jim: That's where the transformer blew up at one time.
Robbie: Burn mark here. Yeah.
And then the backside's got a crack right down here.
Jersey Jon: Yeah, you got a big crack on that side.
Robbie: A big crack on the back side.
Jim: And that one works.
That'll plug right in and light up.
Robbie: Lexan signs, you know,
they were made in the 1940s, up until the 1960s.
It was a cheap way of doing things.
This is a Hamm's beer sign from Minnesota.
Every street corner had one of these.
It's got the big beer on it, it's embossed.
15 years ago, I would have walked right by these.
But the collecting field has changed.
There's newer collectors coming into it
that remember these signs growing up.
Jim: So now where are we at, Rob?
Rebecca: He's thinking.
Robbie: $7,200.
Jim: What do you think?
Robbie: You were at 68.
I was at 66.
Rebecca: Yeah.
I'm good with it, but it has to be good with you.
Jim: I'll have seller's remorse forever for the Pure Oil sign,
but those two was easy.
How about just those two, what would you do?
Robbie: He wants that Pure sign, he wants to hold onto it.
And I understand why, it's a cool sign.
But that changes the deal altogether.
So now, all I have is a grocery sign and a Hamm's beer sign.
Robbie: 1,500.
Jim: I'll do that.
Robbie: Now I'm going to have buyer's remorse
'cause I didn't press hard enough to get the Pure sign.
[group laughing]
Robbie: That's alright!
Jim: If he would have sent 200 bucks more,
he would have left with the Pure Oil sign.
But if he would have, I'd still be bummed.
Robbie: Man, what a day. What a day.
Jersey Jon: Yep.
Rebecca: They helped us feel comfortable selling, for sure.
Jim: I know they appreciate the stuff.
Rebecca: Um-hm.
Jim: It'd be hard to do what they do if you didn't.
Jim: [grunts]
Robbie: Oh. Rebecca: Good job.
Jersey Jon: [laughs] Robbie: Man...
Jersey Jon: Rebecca and Jim are an amazing couple.
They're like the dovetails in the joint of the box.
They go together and they stuck together,
and they make it stronger.
Rebecca: Thank you.
Jersey Jon: It's been a pleasure.
Jim: Thank you. Robbie: Seriously, man.
Jim: You lighten, you lightened it up a little.
Jersey Jon: Real, real pleasure.
Rebecca: I had a great day today.
Jim: Yep, it was lots of fun.
[honks horn] Jersey Jon: So long!
Jim: See you guys later!
Rebecca: Bye guys! Jersey Jon: Happy picking!