1 00:00:05,272 --> 00:00:07,474 JERSEY JON: So listen to this, Robbie. I got a website. 2 00:00:07,641 --> 00:00:09,843 ROB: Yeah? JERSEY JON: And I get a letter 3 00:00:09,943 --> 00:00:12,646 from this woman. She's like, 4 00:00:12,746 --> 00:00:16,383 "Oh, I really like the way you do work." She likes furniture. 5 00:00:16,550 --> 00:00:18,752 She's like saying all these flattering things about me. 6 00:00:18,852 --> 00:00:20,654 She's like, "Oh, I like how you look," because I have some 7 00:00:20,821 --> 00:00:23,257 photos of me in there, you know? And she's like, 8 00:00:23,423 --> 00:00:25,025 "I'd like to meet you," you know? 9 00:00:26,226 --> 00:00:27,995 Here's the thing. 10 00:00:28,095 --> 00:00:30,864 On the return address on the envelope, 11 00:00:31,031 --> 00:00:32,833 it's from a correctional facility. 12 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:34,868 (laughing) 13 00:00:35,035 --> 00:00:36,036 ROB: Jersey... 14 00:00:36,136 --> 00:00:37,304 JERSEY JON: I'm getting jail mail, dude. 15 00:00:37,471 --> 00:00:39,039 (laughing) 16 00:00:49,149 --> 00:00:50,617 (phone rings) 17 00:00:50,784 --> 00:00:52,552 MIKE: Dani D, what's up? 18 00:00:52,719 --> 00:00:55,222 DANIELLE: Mr. Wolfe. MIKE: What's going on, man? 19 00:00:55,389 --> 00:00:56,657 How's the weather back there? 20 00:00:56,823 --> 00:00:58,592 I was talking to my sister the other day. 21 00:00:58,692 --> 00:01:00,460 She said it was five degrees. 22 00:01:00,627 --> 00:01:02,296 DANIELLE: Well, I have the heater sitting under 23 00:01:02,462 --> 00:01:05,098 my desk. And if I'm not sweating, it's not hot enough. 24 00:01:05,265 --> 00:01:07,034 MIKE: So what's this pick you've been talking about 25 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:08,835 for the last few days that's legendary? 26 00:01:08,936 --> 00:01:10,604 DANIELLE: Alright, I'm gonna send you to a guy who's got 27 00:01:10,704 --> 00:01:13,407 movie props, Western film stuff. 28 00:01:13,507 --> 00:01:15,442 MIKE: Like Western stuff from what time period? 29 00:01:15,542 --> 00:01:18,078 DANIELLE: The golden age of Hollywood, baby. 30 00:01:18,245 --> 00:01:19,479 MIKE: Really? DANIELLE: Yeah. 31 00:01:19,580 --> 00:01:22,049 I mean, he's got costumes. He's got wardrobes. 32 00:01:22,149 --> 00:01:24,618 He's also got a few monster things, too. 33 00:01:24,785 --> 00:01:26,687 MIKE: Dang! DANIELLE: On top of that, 34 00:01:26,787 --> 00:01:29,256 he got his start with Elvis back in the day. 35 00:01:29,423 --> 00:01:30,991 This legendary pick is somebody 36 00:01:31,158 --> 00:01:32,793 you're gonna be familiar with. 37 00:01:32,960 --> 00:01:35,629 MIKE: Are you talking about Al Fleming? 38 00:01:35,796 --> 00:01:36,763 DANIELLE: Bingo. 39 00:01:36,863 --> 00:01:38,432 (laughing) DANIELLE: The legendary 40 00:01:38,532 --> 00:01:39,232 Al Fleming. 41 00:01:39,399 --> 00:01:40,233 MIKE: Al was the guy 42 00:01:40,334 --> 00:01:41,501 that we picked a few years back, 43 00:01:41,668 --> 00:01:43,770 and he had an incredible story. 44 00:01:43,870 --> 00:01:45,639 AL: I spent years at MGM Studios. 45 00:01:45,739 --> 00:01:46,873 I loved every minute of it. 46 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:48,475 MIKE: The guy worked in Hollywood 47 00:01:48,642 --> 00:01:51,712 when the Western was still blowing up the box office. 48 00:01:51,878 --> 00:01:54,314 He was a stunt man, a special effects makeup artist, 49 00:01:54,481 --> 00:01:58,885 and then got into wardrobe making costumes. 50 00:01:58,986 --> 00:02:00,787 The guy is a legend. 51 00:02:00,887 --> 00:02:03,156 MIKE: No kidding, I'm going to Al Fleming's today? 52 00:02:03,256 --> 00:02:04,992 DANIELLE: Hey, Hollywood loves a sequel. 53 00:02:05,158 --> 00:02:06,727 MIKE: Oh, man! 54 00:02:06,827 --> 00:02:08,695 DANIELLE: I mean, he's been buying so much more. 55 00:02:08,862 --> 00:02:10,397 MIKE: Really? DANIELLE: Now he's into 56 00:02:10,497 --> 00:02:12,833 an entirely new type of collecting. 57 00:02:12,933 --> 00:02:15,035 He's into World War II memorabilia. 58 00:02:15,202 --> 00:02:16,503 MIKE: Really? DANIELLE: Yeah. 59 00:02:16,670 --> 00:02:18,472 There's just so much stuff there. 60 00:02:18,638 --> 00:02:21,475 MIKE: Oh, my gosh. I can't wait to see. He's such a great dude. 61 00:02:21,642 --> 00:02:23,477 DANIELLE: He's stoked. He's expecting you. 62 00:02:23,577 --> 00:02:25,045 MIKE: Let him know I'm excited to see him. 63 00:02:25,145 --> 00:02:26,313 DANIELLE: You got it. Be safe. 64 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:28,849 MIKE: Talk to you soon. DANIELLE: Bye. 65 00:02:41,061 --> 00:02:44,498 MIKE: Oh man, this is so cool. Oh my gosh. 66 00:02:45,632 --> 00:02:47,234 (knocking) 67 00:02:49,269 --> 00:02:50,504 MIKE: Oh, haha! 68 00:02:50,670 --> 00:02:52,773 AL: Mike! How the hell are you, buddy? Good to see you! 69 00:02:52,873 --> 00:02:54,541 MIKE: It's so good to see you. 70 00:02:54,708 --> 00:02:56,877 Look at it. I'm going to give you one these anyway. 71 00:02:56,977 --> 00:02:58,278 You know, Danielle didn't tell me I was 72 00:02:58,378 --> 00:03:00,881 coming here until today. I think it's been like six years. 73 00:03:00,981 --> 00:03:03,884 AL: When I first met Mike, we had a lot of fun. 74 00:03:03,984 --> 00:03:06,319 And I thought about the time he and Frank were here. 75 00:03:06,420 --> 00:03:08,455 I enjoyed it. The guys were great. 76 00:03:08,622 --> 00:03:09,589 FRANK: We found it! 77 00:03:09,690 --> 00:03:11,358 AL: So I decided to let a few things go, 78 00:03:11,458 --> 00:03:12,659 and I don't feel bad about it. 79 00:03:12,826 --> 00:03:14,761 MIKE: You've been buying more or selling more? 80 00:03:14,861 --> 00:03:15,829 AL: Both. 81 00:03:15,996 --> 00:03:17,898 MIKE: I don't think is ever gonna leave us, is it? 82 00:03:18,065 --> 00:03:19,232 AL: Things are getting harder to find, though. 83 00:03:19,332 --> 00:03:20,300 MIKE: Oh, I know they are. 84 00:03:20,467 --> 00:03:22,069 Hey, I gotta ask about this stuff. 85 00:03:22,235 --> 00:03:24,071 AL: Yeah, this is my Elkhorn graveyard. 86 00:03:24,237 --> 00:03:26,673 Originally what I was going to do, 87 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:28,675 I was saving all these things, I was gonna build 88 00:03:28,842 --> 00:03:30,210 an Elkhorn chair, 89 00:03:30,310 --> 00:03:32,312 and this last summer I got them all laid out there 90 00:03:32,479 --> 00:03:33,880 and figured if I built a chair, 91 00:03:33,980 --> 00:03:35,982 it's gonna weigh about three or four hundred pounds 92 00:03:36,149 --> 00:03:37,184 if this'll stay out here. 93 00:03:37,350 --> 00:03:38,218 MIKE: This one's decent. 94 00:03:38,385 --> 00:03:39,553 MIKE: Al worked in an industry 95 00:03:39,786 --> 00:03:42,823 where they had to make something out of nothing every single day. 96 00:03:42,989 --> 00:03:44,991 You know so when you look at his aesthetic 97 00:03:45,092 --> 00:03:46,726 with this pile of antlers, 98 00:03:46,827 --> 00:03:48,562 all of that is still in his blood. 99 00:03:48,662 --> 00:03:50,697 He wanted to make something out of them. 100 00:03:50,864 --> 00:03:53,834 That's what's great about him, and he has an incredible eye. 101 00:03:53,967 --> 00:03:55,502 MIKE: What are you doing with these? 102 00:03:55,669 --> 00:03:57,404 AL: Oh, gonna sell them to you. 103 00:03:57,504 --> 00:03:59,372 (laughs) Horn is fun to work with. 104 00:03:59,473 --> 00:04:03,276 MIKE: The uses are endless when it comes to these antlers. 105 00:04:03,443 --> 00:04:05,412 I mean, you could mount them just the way they are. 106 00:04:05,512 --> 00:04:07,114 There could be jewelry made out of them. 107 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:08,482 There could be lamps made out of them. 108 00:04:08,582 --> 00:04:11,585 All of a sudden, your home becomes so much more worldly, 109 00:04:11,752 --> 00:04:15,255 lodgey, more traveled. All this stuff is timeless. 110 00:04:15,422 --> 00:04:16,623 MIKE: 500 bucks. 111 00:04:18,625 --> 00:04:20,393 AL: You got it. MIKE: Alright, man 112 00:04:25,699 --> 00:04:27,200 ROB: Alright, send us the coordinates. 113 00:04:27,367 --> 00:04:28,435 DANIELLE: Alright, have fun. 114 00:04:28,602 --> 00:04:30,237 ROB: Dani's got a great lead for us. 115 00:04:30,403 --> 00:04:32,239 She's sending us to see Terry. 116 00:04:32,405 --> 00:04:34,107 Terry was a racing promoter. 117 00:04:34,274 --> 00:04:35,542 And once he retired, 118 00:04:35,709 --> 00:04:37,944 he built himself a complete general store 119 00:04:38,111 --> 00:04:39,613 to house his collection. 120 00:04:39,713 --> 00:04:41,114 ROB: Look what's behind these houses. 121 00:04:41,281 --> 00:04:42,983 JERSEY JON: I don't think you're going the right way, dude. 122 00:04:43,150 --> 00:04:44,951 ROB: This is the directions it's taking me, 123 00:04:45,118 --> 00:04:47,587 right here. Right there. See? 124 00:04:47,754 --> 00:04:49,556 JERSEY JON: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Look at that place. 125 00:04:49,656 --> 00:04:50,790 ROB: See? Look at that. Dude. 126 00:04:50,891 --> 00:04:52,359 JERSEY JON: That's cool. Wow. 127 00:04:52,459 --> 00:04:53,727 ROB: That looks like a freaking general store 128 00:04:53,827 --> 00:04:55,495 from back in the day. JERSEY JON: Dry Pond, 129 00:04:55,662 --> 00:04:57,430 Jot 'Em Down Store. ROB: Check out that freaking 130 00:04:57,531 --> 00:05:00,233 Nova sitting in the driveway. Look at this place! 131 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:01,468 JERSEY JON: Hell yeah. 132 00:05:02,936 --> 00:05:04,437 (laughs) Nice car. 133 00:05:04,538 --> 00:05:05,839 ROB: Yeah! JERSEY JON: Damn. 134 00:05:05,939 --> 00:05:07,474 ROB: You must be Terry. TERRY: I'm Terry. 135 00:05:07,641 --> 00:05:09,142 ROB: How are you doing? Nice to see you. 136 00:05:09,309 --> 00:05:10,510 You talk to Danielle on the phone? 137 00:05:10,677 --> 00:05:11,945 TERRY: Talked to Danielle on the phone. 138 00:05:12,112 --> 00:05:13,280 JERSEY JON: I'm Jon. TERRY: You're Jon. 139 00:05:13,380 --> 00:05:15,248 TERRY: Good to see you, Jon. JERSEY JON: Nice to meet you. 140 00:05:15,348 --> 00:05:16,683 ROB: Man, what's up with the Nova? 141 00:05:16,783 --> 00:05:19,953 TERRY: All original 1973. It was my father's car. 142 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:22,222 ROB: '73? Yeah? JERSEY JON: It's straight. What motor it got? 143 00:05:22,389 --> 00:05:23,757 TERRY: 305. JERSEY JON: It's got the... 144 00:05:23,857 --> 00:05:24,991 TERRY: He loves gas. 145 00:05:25,091 --> 00:05:26,059 (laughing) JERSEY JON: He loves gas? 146 00:05:26,226 --> 00:05:27,594 ROB: Terry is my kind of guy. 147 00:05:27,694 --> 00:05:29,663 He's got a 1970s Nova. 148 00:05:29,830 --> 00:05:31,898 All original paint with a V8 in it. 149 00:05:32,065 --> 00:05:33,834 ROB: My buddy growing up had one of these things. 150 00:05:33,967 --> 00:05:36,269 All souped-up, big fat tires. 151 00:05:36,436 --> 00:05:39,005 JERSEY JON: Let me ask you this, is this car for sale? 152 00:05:39,105 --> 00:05:40,473 TERRY: No one would ever pay 153 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:41,908 for what it would take to buy it. 154 00:05:42,075 --> 00:05:43,276 ROB: I had a hard time selling something 155 00:05:43,443 --> 00:05:45,545 that was my dad's too. JERSEY JON: Yeah, exactly. 156 00:05:45,712 --> 00:05:47,480 TERRY: Since it was my dad's, there's a lot of sentimental 157 00:05:47,614 --> 00:05:50,550 value to it. I'll probably keep it the rest of my life. 158 00:05:50,650 --> 00:05:52,686 ROB: So Dani said you did racing promotions. 159 00:05:52,786 --> 00:05:54,020 TERRY: I've been in that. 160 00:05:54,187 --> 00:05:55,589 JERSEY JON: This is NASCAR country, isn't it? 161 00:05:55,689 --> 00:05:57,224 TERRY: NASCAR country. Yes, it is. 162 00:05:57,390 --> 00:05:58,792 JERSEY JON: Have you ever had any big names? 163 00:05:58,959 --> 00:06:00,026 TERRY: Dale Earnhardt one time. 164 00:06:00,193 --> 00:06:01,428 JERSEY JON: You had Dale Earnhardt?! 165 00:06:01,595 --> 00:06:02,796 You were racing? ROB: On your track? 166 00:06:02,896 --> 00:06:04,397 TERRY: Yeah, on a dirt track. TERRY: Dale Earnhardt 167 00:06:04,497 --> 00:06:07,400 was Rookie of the Year. He raced against the locals for me. 168 00:06:07,500 --> 00:06:08,501 JERSEY JON: Dale Earnhardt. 169 00:06:08,668 --> 00:06:11,438 TERRY: To define a promoter, he's a gambler. 170 00:06:11,538 --> 00:06:14,441 He puts an event together and he gambles 171 00:06:14,541 --> 00:06:16,676 that people show up to pay the bills 172 00:06:16,776 --> 00:06:18,111 as well as the profit. 173 00:06:18,278 --> 00:06:21,114 Mainly it would be dirt track racing cars. 174 00:06:21,281 --> 00:06:24,417 I was the manager of four different dirt tracks. 175 00:06:24,584 --> 00:06:26,987 We would have twelve to fifteen hundred people in attendance 176 00:06:27,153 --> 00:06:29,222 and I was in love with it. 177 00:06:29,389 --> 00:06:31,658 TERRY: I never had a desire to drive a race car. 178 00:06:31,825 --> 00:06:34,027 I had a desire to sell tickets. 179 00:06:34,194 --> 00:06:35,629 (laughing) JERSEY JON: Sure, sure. Right. 180 00:06:35,729 --> 00:06:37,297 JERSEY JON: I love anything to do with speed. 181 00:06:37,464 --> 00:06:38,765 I'm a motorcycle guy. I like mechanics. 182 00:06:38,865 --> 00:06:40,200 I like the way things go fast. 183 00:06:40,300 --> 00:06:42,235 It's so cool to go to a big national race 184 00:06:42,335 --> 00:06:43,670 that's on television, 185 00:06:43,837 --> 00:06:45,872 but it's cooler to go to a regional race 186 00:06:46,039 --> 00:06:47,674 because it's guys who are local. 187 00:06:47,774 --> 00:06:49,910 These are guys who are building cars in their garage 188 00:06:50,076 --> 00:06:51,678 that just want to get out there on Saturday night 189 00:06:51,845 --> 00:06:54,447 and have a good time and show off their skills. 190 00:06:54,547 --> 00:06:57,183 Dale Earnhardt started in the dirt just like these guys. 191 00:06:57,350 --> 00:06:59,552 TERRY: Alright, boys, let me show you the shop here. 192 00:06:59,653 --> 00:07:01,988 We have some racing things in here. 193 00:07:02,155 --> 00:07:03,790 ROB: Engines? TERRY: Photos and so on. 194 00:07:03,890 --> 00:07:05,992 JERSEY JON: Oh, man! 195 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:08,862 MIKE: What's going on with this? What's this? 196 00:07:09,029 --> 00:07:11,398 AL: I don't know for sure. That came off 197 00:07:11,498 --> 00:07:13,400 of Merle Haggard's old railroad car 198 00:07:13,500 --> 00:07:15,902 that he lived in back and forth when he wasn't on the road. 199 00:07:16,069 --> 00:07:17,570 MIKE: Really? AL: But I don't know what 200 00:07:17,671 --> 00:07:19,439 he said was a railroad, I no idea what it was. 201 00:07:19,539 --> 00:07:21,875 MIKE: CRC... So you knew him? AL: Pretty well, yeah. 202 00:07:22,042 --> 00:07:23,410 MIKE: Really? AL: He and Buck Owens. 203 00:07:23,510 --> 00:07:24,711 MIKE: What were those guys like? 204 00:07:24,878 --> 00:07:26,513 AL: Merle, we used to go over... 205 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:28,181 He had a place out in the middle of nowhere. 206 00:07:28,348 --> 00:07:29,916 And we'd take our muzzle-loading rifles and teepees 207 00:07:30,016 --> 00:07:32,218 out there and shoot muzzle-loading rifles all day. 208 00:07:32,385 --> 00:07:34,020 MIKE: No kidding, you guys would just be camping out there? 209 00:07:34,187 --> 00:07:36,122 So he'd bust out the guitar around the fire? 210 00:07:36,222 --> 00:07:38,258 AL: Yeah. MIKE: Would he, really? Wow. 211 00:07:38,425 --> 00:07:40,026 AL: He'd get a couple of drinks and he bust out 212 00:07:40,193 --> 00:07:41,261 all kinds of stuff around the fire. 213 00:07:41,428 --> 00:07:42,195 (Mike laughing) 214 00:07:42,295 --> 00:07:43,396 MIKE: Al's out playing 215 00:07:43,496 --> 00:07:44,698 Lonesome Dove with Merle Haggard. 216 00:07:44,864 --> 00:07:47,801 I mean, come on! What a life this guy's had. 217 00:07:47,901 --> 00:07:51,037 I mean, where do you find stuff like this? Authentic. 218 00:07:51,137 --> 00:07:53,406 MIKE: What do you value that at? Would you sell that? 219 00:07:53,506 --> 00:07:54,841 What are you thinking? AL: You tell me. 220 00:07:54,941 --> 00:07:56,476 MIKE: I don't know. AL: I don't either. 221 00:07:58,345 --> 00:08:00,347 MIKE: I don't know. AL: Reasonable offer. 222 00:08:00,513 --> 00:08:02,282 MIKE: 125! AL: Sold! 223 00:08:02,382 --> 00:08:03,750 MIKE: Alright. 224 00:08:03,950 --> 00:08:05,385 AL: See how easy that was? MIKE: That's so cool. 225 00:08:05,552 --> 00:08:07,087 AL: Let's go inside. It's getting cold out here. 226 00:08:07,187 --> 00:08:08,722 MIKE: Alright. I gotcha, I gotcha. 227 00:08:08,822 --> 00:08:10,623 AL: Welcome to my abode. 228 00:08:10,790 --> 00:08:13,193 MIKE: Oh yeah! AL: My dirty abode. 229 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:15,295 MIKE: Dang, you do have more in here, man. 230 00:08:15,462 --> 00:08:17,263 AL: I look at the walls and this is my life. 231 00:08:17,430 --> 00:08:19,299 And it gives me a warm feeling. I feel like 232 00:08:19,466 --> 00:08:21,201 I've really accomplished something in my life. 233 00:08:21,301 --> 00:08:23,970 MIKE: Look at the energy you exchanged with people on set 234 00:08:24,070 --> 00:08:26,006 and all that. And the fact that you weren't just on set, 235 00:08:26,106 --> 00:08:28,241 you were creating things on set. 236 00:08:28,341 --> 00:08:29,275 AL: That was fun for me. 237 00:08:29,376 --> 00:08:31,010 MIKE: It's so cool to walk around 238 00:08:31,111 --> 00:08:33,747 and see all these photographs on the walls 239 00:08:33,913 --> 00:08:35,715 of all the people that he worked with 240 00:08:35,882 --> 00:08:38,184 and what they're saying when they write something. 241 00:08:38,351 --> 00:08:39,986 They all respected him. 242 00:08:40,153 --> 00:08:41,955 He's got so much to be proud of. 243 00:08:42,055 --> 00:08:44,924 And I'm honored to walk through this stuff with him. 244 00:08:45,024 --> 00:08:47,127 MIKE: Man, what's this movie poster right here? 245 00:08:47,227 --> 00:08:48,795 AL: That came from a trash bin 246 00:08:48,895 --> 00:08:50,830 at MGM Studios back in the '60s. 247 00:08:50,997 --> 00:08:52,999 MIKE: Really? AL: It's hand painted on linen. 248 00:08:53,099 --> 00:08:54,567 1928. 249 00:08:54,667 --> 00:08:57,170 They had thrown it out. I went, "That's pretty cool." 250 00:08:57,270 --> 00:08:59,839 MIKE: No! AL: I was a dumpster diver. 251 00:09:00,006 --> 00:09:02,442 People thought I was crazy dragging all this junk 252 00:09:02,542 --> 00:09:04,110 out of the dumpsters. I was going into 253 00:09:04,277 --> 00:09:06,713 prop departments, looking in the old musty corners 254 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:08,581 and dragging stuff out. And they go, 255 00:09:08,748 --> 00:09:10,717 "What do you want that old crap for?" 256 00:09:10,817 --> 00:09:14,187 To me, it was treasure, just magical stuff. 257 00:09:14,354 --> 00:09:16,122 I was a junk man. (laughs) 258 00:09:16,222 --> 00:09:17,657 MIKE: Is it the artwork for the poster? 259 00:09:17,824 --> 00:09:19,192 AL: No, this is the poster. 260 00:09:19,292 --> 00:09:20,727 MIKE: But how would they reproduce them then? 261 00:09:20,827 --> 00:09:22,195 AL: That's the one of the cards. 262 00:09:22,295 --> 00:09:23,830 MIKE: Oh, that's it? Oh, so this would have been 263 00:09:23,997 --> 00:09:27,500 in a theater specifically for Gary Cooper in Doomsday 264 00:09:27,667 --> 00:09:29,669 with an all-star cast, 265 00:09:29,836 --> 00:09:33,206 acclaimed, one of the greatest movies ever made. 266 00:09:33,306 --> 00:09:35,608 I've never seen one painted like that. Wow. 267 00:09:35,708 --> 00:09:37,510 AL: I just thought it was neat because Coop was on it. 268 00:09:37,677 --> 00:09:39,712 AL: I got to meet and work with Gary Cooper a few years 269 00:09:39,879 --> 00:09:41,915 before he passed away. I got to sit down and talk to him. 270 00:09:42,082 --> 00:09:44,951 As a kid, my heroes were the Western movie stars 271 00:09:45,051 --> 00:09:46,886 you see on the matinee Saturday movies. 272 00:09:46,986 --> 00:09:49,355 I mean, I couldn't imagine meeting these people. 273 00:09:49,456 --> 00:09:50,824 So to me, it's a fairy tale. 274 00:09:50,990 --> 00:09:54,861 I mean, my whole life has been one adventure after the next. 275 00:09:55,028 --> 00:09:56,563 MIKE: Can I make you an offer on it? 276 00:09:56,663 --> 00:09:57,897 AL: Yeah, but I won't take it. 277 00:09:58,064 --> 00:09:59,566 That's my favorite poster for me. 278 00:09:59,666 --> 00:10:01,601 You're making an awful big hole in the wall. 279 00:10:01,701 --> 00:10:03,503 AL: I put a note on it. When I kick the bucket, 280 00:10:03,670 --> 00:10:05,839 I'll have my kid call Mike and I'll give it to him. 281 00:10:06,005 --> 00:10:07,440 He'll own it one day. 282 00:10:07,540 --> 00:10:10,410 MIKE: Alright, alright, alright. Oh my gosh. 283 00:10:10,510 --> 00:10:13,246 MIKE: Walking into Al's place is overwhelming. 284 00:10:13,346 --> 00:10:14,681 It's almost like there was an earthquake 285 00:10:14,781 --> 00:10:18,585 at the Smithsonian and most of it ended up on Al's floor. 286 00:10:18,751 --> 00:10:21,020 There's stuff everywhere. There's Native American stuff. 287 00:10:21,187 --> 00:10:23,823 There's World War I, World War II, cowboy stuff, 288 00:10:23,990 --> 00:10:25,825 jewelry, pottery. 289 00:10:25,992 --> 00:10:27,760 I mean, he lives in his collection. 290 00:10:27,861 --> 00:10:28,995 And I'm that same way. 291 00:10:29,095 --> 00:10:30,463 When you come in my house, 292 00:10:30,630 --> 00:10:32,966 there's probably about two or three different coffee tables. 293 00:10:33,066 --> 00:10:35,068 Well, guess what? You can't see the top of them 294 00:10:35,235 --> 00:10:37,003 because there's a lot of different things. 295 00:10:37,103 --> 00:10:38,505 MIKE: I know you're into World War II stuff. 296 00:10:38,671 --> 00:10:41,040 What about any like patches or anything like that? 297 00:10:41,174 --> 00:10:44,344 AL: Yeah, I do have some patches over here somewhere. 298 00:10:44,511 --> 00:10:45,712 If I can find them. 299 00:10:45,879 --> 00:10:48,481 MIKE: Dang, man. AL: If you're lucky. 300 00:10:48,581 --> 00:10:50,316 MIKE: Oh my god, are you kidding me? 301 00:10:50,416 --> 00:10:52,519 (laughs) No way! 302 00:10:52,619 --> 00:10:54,020 AL: See, I tried to categorize this 303 00:10:54,187 --> 00:10:55,822 as all airborne Army Air Force. 304 00:10:55,989 --> 00:10:57,323 MIKE: Oh my god, it's incredible. 305 00:10:57,423 --> 00:10:58,791 AL: Most of this though is World War II, 306 00:10:58,892 --> 00:11:00,727 or latest, Korea. MIKE: Whoa. 307 00:11:00,827 --> 00:11:03,229 MIKE: Al is a collector's collector. 308 00:11:03,329 --> 00:11:05,265 He's got such elevated things 309 00:11:05,431 --> 00:11:07,567 and such interesting and historical pieces 310 00:11:07,667 --> 00:11:10,370 that it's amazing to be at his home here 311 00:11:10,470 --> 00:11:11,838 at this time in his life when he wants 312 00:11:11,938 --> 00:11:13,172 to sell some of this stuff. 313 00:11:13,273 --> 00:11:14,440 MIKE: What about that one? 314 00:11:14,574 --> 00:11:16,109 AL: This is Flying Tigers 315 00:11:16,276 --> 00:11:18,845 MIKE: This is that lighter I bought off you. That's cool. 316 00:11:18,945 --> 00:11:20,480 AL: This belonged to a fighter pilot 317 00:11:20,647 --> 00:11:22,382 that was a member of the Flying Tigers. 318 00:11:22,549 --> 00:11:24,484 MIKE: Okay. Wow. AL: This is a China, Burma, India sign. 319 00:11:24,584 --> 00:11:27,153 His name was Stevenson. $350 for it. 320 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:28,588 MIKE: Thank you. I love it. 321 00:11:28,688 --> 00:11:31,724 MIKE: During World War II, China was our ally. 322 00:11:31,824 --> 00:11:35,261 The Flying Tigers were basically American pilots 323 00:11:35,428 --> 00:11:37,497 that were volunteers that went to China 324 00:11:37,664 --> 00:11:40,800 to fight against Japan during World War II. 325 00:11:40,900 --> 00:11:43,036 AL: And that's a nice hand painted leather patch too. 326 00:11:43,202 --> 00:11:45,171 MIKE: Yeah. Well, this would go great with that lighter. 327 00:11:45,271 --> 00:11:46,873 Would you take 200 for this one? 328 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:48,341 AL: If you talk to me nice. 329 00:11:48,508 --> 00:11:50,076 (laughs) MIKE: I love you, brother. 330 00:11:50,176 --> 00:11:51,945 AL: Okay, no. MIKE: I've got that lighter. 331 00:11:52,111 --> 00:11:54,047 I've got it right on my coffee table 332 00:11:54,147 --> 00:11:55,982 right next to my incense burner. 333 00:11:56,149 --> 00:11:57,684 So this would be cool. AL: You're the only one 334 00:11:57,784 --> 00:11:59,752 I would've sold that too. MIKE: Oh my gosh. I love it. 335 00:11:59,919 --> 00:12:02,222 This is going to go great with it. Thank you. 336 00:12:02,388 --> 00:12:03,423 AL: He's got the lighter. 337 00:12:03,590 --> 00:12:04,624 He ought to have the patch 338 00:12:04,791 --> 00:12:06,359 because it'd make a great display on it. 339 00:12:06,459 --> 00:12:07,760 It came from the same person. 340 00:12:07,860 --> 00:12:09,762 So it's got a good home. They're back together again. 341 00:12:17,036 --> 00:12:19,606 JERSEY JON: A lot of photos in here, man. Wow! 342 00:12:19,706 --> 00:12:21,908 What's the guy, that a jet car there or something? 343 00:12:22,075 --> 00:12:23,276 What's going on with that? 344 00:12:23,443 --> 00:12:24,811 TERRY: I think it's Art Afron's, isn't it? 345 00:12:24,911 --> 00:12:26,879 JERSEY JON: Well, what the heck's he in? He looks like he's... 346 00:12:27,046 --> 00:12:28,414 TERRY: Bonneville. JERSEY JON: He's on Bonneville. 347 00:12:28,514 --> 00:12:30,316 TERRY: Bonneville. JERSEY JON: That's a pretty cool photo. 348 00:12:30,416 --> 00:12:33,286 World land speed record, the Green Monster. Wow. 349 00:12:33,386 --> 00:12:35,088 You want to sell that photo? TERRY: Yeah. 350 00:12:35,188 --> 00:12:36,422 JERSEY JON: I care about this photo 351 00:12:36,589 --> 00:12:38,024 because it's salt flat racing. 352 00:12:38,191 --> 00:12:40,660 The salt flats is where some of the most amazing 353 00:12:40,827 --> 00:12:43,830 speed records are attained to this day 354 00:12:43,930 --> 00:12:46,399 because it is a flat piece of ground 355 00:12:46,499 --> 00:12:49,235 salt that is dead flat for miles and miles. 356 00:12:49,335 --> 00:12:53,039 And you could run a vehicle as fast as it could possibly go. 357 00:12:53,206 --> 00:12:56,409 It's God's country for racing, for speed. 358 00:12:56,509 --> 00:12:58,011 JERSEY JON: 40 bucks? 359 00:12:58,111 --> 00:12:59,312 TERRY: Alright. JERSEY JON: 40? 360 00:12:59,479 --> 00:13:00,280 TERRY: 40. ROB: 40. 361 00:13:00,446 --> 00:13:01,914 JERSEY JON: Thanks, buddy. 362 00:13:04,384 --> 00:13:06,219 MIKE: This is cool. How about this? 363 00:13:06,386 --> 00:13:07,754 You know what that is, don't you? 364 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:10,523 That's for incense. You put incense. 365 00:13:10,623 --> 00:13:12,125 AL: I think I'd like to keep it. 366 00:13:12,225 --> 00:13:13,793 MIKE: I burn incense every morning while I'm reading. 367 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:15,461 AL: You do? MIKE: Heck yeah, I do. 368 00:13:15,628 --> 00:13:18,564 I do 40 push-ups, burn some incense, 369 00:13:18,665 --> 00:13:21,768 read my book, drink nine cups of coffee, 370 00:13:21,868 --> 00:13:24,270 and then start my day. Sometimes 12. 371 00:13:24,437 --> 00:13:27,073 AL: And you're wound tight. MIKE: Oh, I'm already wound tight. 372 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:28,441 What's up with this guy? Who's that? 373 00:13:28,608 --> 00:13:31,010 AL: That's a wax guy. MIKE: He's got cowboy look to him. 374 00:13:31,110 --> 00:13:32,945 AL: Well, something funny. I would go to buy an oddball 375 00:13:33,112 --> 00:13:35,081 piece that I never bought before and go, 376 00:13:35,181 --> 00:13:38,151 "That's pretty neat." So I branched out into things 377 00:13:38,251 --> 00:13:40,019 that are interesting or different 378 00:13:40,186 --> 00:13:42,155 or just things that I like looking at. 379 00:13:42,255 --> 00:13:45,191 MIKE: How about this Indian? AL: Probably $350 on that. 380 00:13:45,358 --> 00:13:46,993 MIKE: $300. AL: $345. 381 00:13:47,093 --> 00:13:49,829 MIKE: Alright, I got you. What about this, this inkwell? 382 00:13:49,996 --> 00:13:52,165 AL: That's probably from the 20s or 30s. 383 00:13:52,265 --> 00:13:54,434 MIKE: This is an inkwell that's been customized 384 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:57,003 for the gentleman whose name is on it, 385 00:13:57,103 --> 00:14:00,473 Jack Sinclair. Very cool, very interesting item. 386 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:02,208 AL: And that's all hand forged there. 387 00:14:02,308 --> 00:14:04,077 MIKE: I see that. What you thinking on that? 388 00:14:04,243 --> 00:14:06,446 AL: Probably a buck and a half. MIKE: Done. 389 00:14:06,546 --> 00:14:08,881 And then what about these? AL: Seoul, Korea. 390 00:14:08,981 --> 00:14:11,084 MIKE: Yeah, '47 to '49. 391 00:14:11,184 --> 00:14:12,285 MIKE: The skull and crossbones 392 00:14:12,385 --> 00:14:14,287 on these patches are very crude, 393 00:14:14,387 --> 00:14:15,822 but these are very cool. 394 00:14:15,988 --> 00:14:18,591 AL: What do you think? MIKE: For the set, 400 bucks. 395 00:14:18,758 --> 00:14:20,259 AL: You got it. MIKE: Thank you, man. 396 00:14:20,426 --> 00:14:21,961 And then I saw these two, man. 397 00:14:22,061 --> 00:14:23,796 What about the buffaloes? Look at those. 398 00:14:23,896 --> 00:14:25,298 Those were the ones that on the bridle. 399 00:14:25,465 --> 00:14:27,066 The Buffalo Bill Museum's right behind my house. 400 00:14:27,233 --> 00:14:28,835 AL: Oh. MIKE: So I love anything like that. 401 00:14:29,001 --> 00:14:30,603 AL: Those are from the 20s or 30s. 402 00:14:30,703 --> 00:14:32,805 MIKE: Oh, they're amazing. AL: Probably 150 on those. 403 00:14:32,905 --> 00:14:35,641 MIKE: Alright, I'm doing it. I'm gonna put those in my case. 404 00:14:35,742 --> 00:14:36,743 AL: Here's what Hollywood did. 405 00:14:36,909 --> 00:14:38,111 Instead of using flintlock guns... 406 00:14:38,277 --> 00:14:40,880 MIKE: Yeah? AL: They took a trap door Springfield, 407 00:14:40,980 --> 00:14:42,448 which was a cap and ball, 408 00:14:42,548 --> 00:14:43,983 where they could put the blank in there. 409 00:14:44,150 --> 00:14:45,551 MIKE: Oh, okay. AL: And they made these big 410 00:14:45,718 --> 00:14:47,320 brass hammers to go on it. 411 00:14:47,420 --> 00:14:49,589 And so it could fire. They didn't have to keep loading them. 412 00:14:49,689 --> 00:14:51,023 MIKE: Wow, that's cool. 413 00:14:51,190 --> 00:14:52,658 So that was a prop from the movie? 414 00:14:52,825 --> 00:14:55,261 AL: Yeah. The Last Command with Sterling Hayden. 415 00:14:55,428 --> 00:14:56,629 MIKE: Well, where did you get it at? 416 00:14:56,796 --> 00:14:59,966 AL: From a prop man of mine. MIKE: Would you sell this? 417 00:15:00,066 --> 00:15:01,634 AL: Probably about $400. 418 00:15:01,801 --> 00:15:03,236 MIKE: This is such a cool prop. 419 00:15:03,402 --> 00:15:06,305 You know, this movie was based on the Alamo battle. 420 00:15:06,472 --> 00:15:08,808 I want to buy this thing. I mean, this is a big deal. 421 00:15:08,908 --> 00:15:10,143 MIKE: $350. 422 00:15:11,310 --> 00:15:14,113 AL: It's yours. MIKE: Alright, thanks man. I love it. 423 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:16,749 AL: On those days it had no value other than a prop. 424 00:15:16,916 --> 00:15:19,986 To me it had a lot of value because it was a real artifact 425 00:15:20,153 --> 00:15:23,322 from this movie they were gonna destroy. I saved it. 426 00:15:27,426 --> 00:15:30,430 ROB: So Terry, was this building here that you bought 427 00:15:30,530 --> 00:15:32,865 someplace and relocated it over here? 428 00:15:33,032 --> 00:15:34,901 TERRY: No. I constructed it. JERSEY JON: Oh, you built this building? 429 00:15:35,034 --> 00:15:36,636 TERRY: Built the building here. JERSEY JON: It's cool. 430 00:15:36,736 --> 00:15:39,872 TERRY: My love for the General Store was I grew up 431 00:15:40,039 --> 00:15:42,608 next door to my uncle's General Store. 432 00:15:42,708 --> 00:15:45,244 So I was somewhat his adopted son. 433 00:15:45,344 --> 00:15:48,448 And I probably spent more time in the General Store 434 00:15:48,548 --> 00:15:51,350 than I did at home. And I got more education 435 00:15:51,450 --> 00:15:53,419 from the people that were at the General Store 436 00:15:53,586 --> 00:15:56,722 than I did from the school I started too. 437 00:15:56,823 --> 00:15:59,992 Then I bought the Phillips 66 sign because my uncle's store 438 00:16:00,159 --> 00:16:02,195 was a Phillips 66 station. 439 00:16:02,361 --> 00:16:03,763 JERSEY JON: So what's inside this building? 440 00:16:03,863 --> 00:16:07,700 TERRY: It's full. JERSEY JON: Oh my God, Robbie, look at this. Oh man! 441 00:16:07,867 --> 00:16:09,368 ROB: Wow. JERSEY JON: Yeah! 442 00:16:09,468 --> 00:16:12,505 Man, you got it packed in here. ROB: Dude, you got ham cooking. 443 00:16:12,672 --> 00:16:15,041 TERRY: If you're collecting and you find something 444 00:16:15,141 --> 00:16:18,478 that really appeals to you, it sets you on fire. 445 00:16:18,578 --> 00:16:20,880 JERSEY JON: Man... TERRY: The general store 446 00:16:20,980 --> 00:16:23,549 was the information place of the community 447 00:16:23,716 --> 00:16:26,118 in the 50s when I was a kid. 448 00:16:26,219 --> 00:16:28,521 The farmers gathered in there at night. 449 00:16:28,621 --> 00:16:31,157 They played checkers. They gossiped. And of course, 450 00:16:31,257 --> 00:16:34,193 there was a lot of white liquor drinking around there. 451 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:35,661 (laughs) 452 00:16:35,828 --> 00:16:37,430 ROB: It's like stepping back in time. 453 00:16:37,597 --> 00:16:39,465 JERSEY JON: So you're really passionate about doing this. 454 00:16:39,632 --> 00:16:41,000 I mean, this took a long time. 455 00:16:41,100 --> 00:16:42,435 This didn't happen overnight. TERRY: It didn't happen overnight. 456 00:16:42,602 --> 00:16:43,903 ROB: Oh, heck no. 457 00:16:44,070 --> 00:16:45,972 JERSEY JON: The general store is bulging at the seams. 458 00:16:46,072 --> 00:16:49,942 There's things that survive in their original packaging. 459 00:16:50,109 --> 00:16:52,678 There's still Moon Pies in the wrappers. 460 00:16:52,778 --> 00:16:55,147 It is packed like Spam in a can. 461 00:16:55,314 --> 00:16:58,184 All this stuff is extremely well preserved. 462 00:16:58,351 --> 00:17:01,120 I mean, this guy is taking it to a different level. 463 00:17:01,220 --> 00:17:03,456 JERSEY JON: Terry, this thing is cool, man. 464 00:17:03,623 --> 00:17:06,192 Davy Crockett, they're pins. TERRY: They're pins. 465 00:17:06,292 --> 00:17:09,862 JERSEY JON: Davy Crockett was a frontiersman in the 1830s. 466 00:17:10,029 --> 00:17:11,831 He was a real American hero. 467 00:17:11,931 --> 00:17:13,499 He fought in the Alamo. 468 00:17:13,666 --> 00:17:16,235 So anything Davy Crockett is going to appeal 469 00:17:16,402 --> 00:17:19,405 to a kid reading history books, reading about frontier life. 470 00:17:19,505 --> 00:17:22,375 And these pins is something for a kid to really enjoy. 471 00:17:22,475 --> 00:17:25,645 And they're on a nice display with great graphics on it. 472 00:17:25,745 --> 00:17:27,680 ROB: Check this thing out. Just pulled it out of the case. 473 00:17:27,847 --> 00:17:29,982 JERSEY JON: Whoa, Hopalong Cassidy piece. 474 00:17:30,149 --> 00:17:32,151 ROB: Doesn't have the top to it, but that's in there. 475 00:17:32,318 --> 00:17:34,020 JERSEY JON: Hopalong Cassidy watch. 476 00:17:34,186 --> 00:17:37,857 JERSEY JON: Hopalong Cassidy was a fictional cowboy character 477 00:17:38,024 --> 00:17:40,326 from the 30s to the 50s. 478 00:17:40,426 --> 00:17:43,162 Playing on the romance of the Old West, 479 00:17:43,262 --> 00:17:45,965 Hopalong Cassidy is always going to be collectible. 480 00:17:46,065 --> 00:17:48,801 Here is a nice display with a wristwatch. 481 00:17:48,901 --> 00:17:51,470 It's intact, never been worn, never been touched. 482 00:17:51,637 --> 00:17:53,072 JERSEY JON: It's a juvenile watch. 483 00:17:53,239 --> 00:17:54,840 What's the group price for this? 484 00:17:55,007 --> 00:17:56,909 TERRY: 150. JERSEY JON: I was gonna go 125. 485 00:17:57,076 --> 00:17:59,145 TERRY: 150. JERSEY JON: 150? 486 00:17:59,312 --> 00:18:01,814 TERRY: That Hopalong Cassidy is a pretty popular thing. 487 00:18:01,914 --> 00:18:03,115 JERSEY JON: 140. TERRY: Alright. 488 00:18:03,282 --> 00:18:04,817 JERSEY JON: Alright buddy, thank you so much. 489 00:18:04,984 --> 00:18:06,352 TERRY: Yes, sir. JERSEY JON: Man, this is amazing. 490 00:18:06,519 --> 00:18:08,354 What a great opportunity to come in here. 491 00:18:08,454 --> 00:18:09,622 Really appreciate you letting us do this. 492 00:18:09,789 --> 00:18:10,389 You got some great stuff here. 493 00:18:16,829 --> 00:18:18,798 AL: I don't think I showed you this last time, Mike, 494 00:18:18,898 --> 00:18:21,634 but this is another little cove full of junk. 495 00:18:21,801 --> 00:18:22,802 MIKE: Ooh. 496 00:18:22,902 --> 00:18:24,870 AL: I collect a little bit of everything. 497 00:18:25,037 --> 00:18:27,640 I like cowboy and Indian, old weapons, 498 00:18:27,740 --> 00:18:29,275 older military items. 499 00:18:29,442 --> 00:18:31,877 As a kid, I grew up on a horse ranch in Florida, 500 00:18:31,978 --> 00:18:34,547 and in those days, most of the movies were westerns, 501 00:18:34,714 --> 00:18:36,882 and my first heroes were cowboys. 502 00:18:36,983 --> 00:18:39,218 And as I got older, I just thought it was wonderful 503 00:18:39,385 --> 00:18:41,520 to have a piece of the real thing 504 00:18:41,620 --> 00:18:43,622 that I could relate back to my childhood. 505 00:18:43,789 --> 00:18:46,158 And I look at this stuff, and I enjoy it. 506 00:18:46,258 --> 00:18:48,527 MIKE: This is cool, man. Here's more antlers. 507 00:18:48,628 --> 00:18:50,463 Four full hides. 508 00:18:50,630 --> 00:18:51,797 There's a lot of this stuff in here. 509 00:18:51,897 --> 00:18:53,432 You're keeping it to make things. 510 00:18:53,599 --> 00:18:55,401 AL: Well, see, I built the costumes for the studio 511 00:18:55,501 --> 00:18:56,736 for years. MIKE: Yeah. 512 00:18:56,836 --> 00:18:58,771 AL: So I've got boxes of leather everywhere. 513 00:18:58,871 --> 00:19:01,173 AL: When I was a kid, you know, I was working in a small town 514 00:19:01,273 --> 00:19:03,442 in Florida. Then Elvis Presley came to town. 515 00:19:03,609 --> 00:19:05,878 I ended up going to Hollywood with Elvis. 516 00:19:05,978 --> 00:19:08,914 From then, I've been everything from an actor, stunt man, 517 00:19:09,081 --> 00:19:11,484 prop maker, to making costumes. 518 00:19:11,584 --> 00:19:14,120 Spent 57 years in the film industry. 519 00:19:14,220 --> 00:19:15,721 AL: I won an Emmy for the costumes 520 00:19:15,821 --> 00:19:16,889 on Magnificent Seven. 521 00:19:16,989 --> 00:19:18,457 This was a TV series. MIKE: Okay. 522 00:19:18,624 --> 00:19:20,993 AL: Probably '86, '87. MIKE: Wow. 523 00:19:21,093 --> 00:19:22,862 AL: I made all the leather costumes for that, 524 00:19:23,029 --> 00:19:25,598 all the leather costumes for the Wild Bill, Jeff Bridges. 525 00:19:25,698 --> 00:19:27,066 MIKE: No kidding. AL: It was all hand sewn, 526 00:19:27,233 --> 00:19:28,367 was no machining. MIKE: Wow. 527 00:19:28,467 --> 00:19:30,002 AL: I went back and researched Hickok, 528 00:19:30,169 --> 00:19:32,371 his buckskin jackets and all the things, 529 00:19:32,471 --> 00:19:34,640 and made patterns to fit Jeff Bridges 530 00:19:34,807 --> 00:19:37,076 to actually look just like Wild Bill. 531 00:19:37,243 --> 00:19:39,512 MIKE: So you were basically in a lot of these 532 00:19:39,678 --> 00:19:41,547 big actors' and big actresses' personal space. 533 00:19:41,714 --> 00:19:43,049 AL: Oh yeah, yeah. 534 00:19:43,149 --> 00:19:44,950 I don't know if you see that old movie poster. 535 00:19:45,117 --> 00:19:47,686 That's an old, I think, a Roy Rogers poster up there. 536 00:19:47,787 --> 00:19:49,622 MIKE: Look at that. AL: Pretty bad condition. 537 00:19:49,789 --> 00:19:51,257 MIKE: Roy Rogers Trigger, 538 00:19:51,424 --> 00:19:53,125 the smartest horse in the movies. 539 00:19:53,225 --> 00:19:54,794 AL: Trigger! MIKE: Did you ever work with him? 540 00:19:54,894 --> 00:19:57,229 AL: I knew Roy. We used to shoot skeet and trap together. 541 00:19:57,329 --> 00:19:59,031 MIKE: Really? AL: I can tell you a funny story 542 00:19:59,198 --> 00:20:01,033 about Roy Rogers. If you look at all the old 543 00:20:01,133 --> 00:20:04,603 Roy Rogers movies, there was a guy called Black Jack O'Shea. 544 00:20:04,704 --> 00:20:07,606 He played all the bad guys. Well, he was Roy's buddy. 545 00:20:07,706 --> 00:20:10,476 So when Jack retired, Roy bought him a little shack 546 00:20:10,643 --> 00:20:13,079 along the railroad tracks down in Tarzana, California. 547 00:20:13,179 --> 00:20:15,681 They started O'Shea's Trash and Treasures, 548 00:20:15,848 --> 00:20:18,017 which is an antique store. MIKE: Oh! Really? 549 00:20:18,184 --> 00:20:20,352 AL: So when I first came out here I was doing stunt shows 550 00:20:20,519 --> 00:20:22,822 on the weekends and I always stopped by to see Jack 551 00:20:22,988 --> 00:20:24,590 because a lot of the old stuntmen were there, 552 00:20:24,757 --> 00:20:26,992 all the old cowboys, we'd have great stories, good whiskey. 553 00:20:27,093 --> 00:20:29,662 MIKE: I can't even imagine. AL: And so I kept asking Jack, 554 00:20:29,829 --> 00:20:31,630 "I'd like to meet Roy." He said, "When he comes down 555 00:20:31,730 --> 00:20:34,233 next time I will call you." So I get a phone call 556 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:36,802 and he says, "Get your ass over here, Roy's here." 557 00:20:36,969 --> 00:20:40,172 So I got my best cowboy outfit over here, down there. 558 00:20:40,272 --> 00:20:41,307 (Mike laughing) AL: Walked into the little 559 00:20:41,474 --> 00:20:43,943 shack. I'm going, "Did he leave?" He goes, 560 00:20:44,110 --> 00:20:46,045 "No, he's in the back room." Says, "Come on." 561 00:20:46,145 --> 00:20:48,614 So we open the back door, Roy's laying on the bunk bed 562 00:20:48,714 --> 00:20:51,117 back there drunk as a skunk, just passed out. 563 00:20:51,317 --> 00:20:53,886 AL: I said, oh (bleep). Grabbed his feet, 564 00:20:53,986 --> 00:20:55,921 we took him out to Jack's old pickup truck 565 00:20:56,021 --> 00:20:57,389 that had a mattress in the back, 566 00:20:57,490 --> 00:20:59,525 put him in the back of the pickup truck. 567 00:20:59,625 --> 00:21:01,827 We drove him over to the ranch and Dale and all the kids 568 00:21:01,994 --> 00:21:05,364 came up. Years later when I met him again, I said, 569 00:21:05,464 --> 00:21:07,366 "You know, I met you years ago." "You did?" 570 00:21:07,466 --> 00:21:10,169 AL: He says, "Oh God, don't tell anybody that story." 571 00:21:10,269 --> 00:21:11,437 MIKE: Oh my God. 572 00:21:11,537 --> 00:21:12,972 MIKE: Al found his passion 573 00:21:13,072 --> 00:21:16,642 and had the opportunity at the perfect time in his life 574 00:21:16,809 --> 00:21:19,512 because he used to watch these guys as a young man 575 00:21:19,678 --> 00:21:22,715 in the movies and then coming of age being able 576 00:21:22,882 --> 00:21:26,886 to be in the industry and still see them working. 577 00:21:26,986 --> 00:21:30,089 How amazing is that? Behind all of these guys, 578 00:21:30,189 --> 00:21:33,659 there were so many people behind the camera 579 00:21:33,826 --> 00:21:35,995 working really hard to create the scenes, 580 00:21:36,095 --> 00:21:38,631 create the wardrobe, do the makeup, the stunts, 581 00:21:38,798 --> 00:21:42,868 all of that for the camera and the light to shine on them. 582 00:21:43,035 --> 00:21:45,070 There are no self-made men. 583 00:21:45,237 --> 00:21:47,673 There's so many people working so hard. 584 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:50,509 Al was one of those guys for decades. 585 00:21:50,676 --> 00:21:52,878 MIKE: What an honor to know some of these guys. 586 00:21:53,045 --> 00:21:55,447 That's beautiful, man. What do value this at? 587 00:21:55,548 --> 00:21:56,816 AL: 45 bucks. 588 00:21:56,916 --> 00:21:58,350 MIKE: I was gonna give you a 50. 589 00:21:58,517 --> 00:22:00,085 AL: Okay, I'll do that. MIKE: Alright. 590 00:22:00,186 --> 00:22:02,354 (laughs) Thank you, buddy. I love that. 591 00:22:02,454 --> 00:22:05,591 AL: Roy was just a super nice down-to-earth guy 592 00:22:05,758 --> 00:22:08,160 and he loved to get out with the guys and shoot guns 593 00:22:08,260 --> 00:22:10,996 and tell stories, and I loved every minute of it. 594 00:22:11,096 --> 00:22:12,631 AL: How about World War II jackets? 595 00:22:12,798 --> 00:22:14,266 MIKE: Oh wow. AL: And that one, 596 00:22:14,433 --> 00:22:16,368 you can tell that's been worn a lot. 597 00:22:16,468 --> 00:22:17,836 MIKE: This is what I love about Al's collection. 598 00:22:18,003 --> 00:22:21,807 We're jumping from the Wild West to World War II. 599 00:22:21,907 --> 00:22:23,809 MIKE: Oh my god, yeah, look at that patch. 600 00:22:23,909 --> 00:22:26,912 MIKE: The jacket is standard issue. The patch is not. 601 00:22:27,079 --> 00:22:29,682 A lot of artwork like this, or nose art, 602 00:22:29,782 --> 00:22:33,719 was created by somebody on the crew or on the base. 603 00:22:33,819 --> 00:22:36,956 All of this stuff was inspired by a brotherhood 604 00:22:37,056 --> 00:22:39,758 that was spiritual. I mean, when these guys left, 605 00:22:39,858 --> 00:22:42,394 they had no idea if they were gonna come back. 606 00:22:42,561 --> 00:22:44,363 That kind of uncertainty 607 00:22:44,463 --> 00:22:46,866 seeps into the fabric. 608 00:22:47,032 --> 00:22:48,968 There are a lot of collectors out there that care 609 00:22:49,034 --> 00:22:50,836 about the condition of the jacket. 610 00:22:50,936 --> 00:22:52,037 I'm not that guy. 611 00:22:52,204 --> 00:22:53,639 This is an incredible patch. 612 00:22:53,806 --> 00:22:56,442 I'm buying this jacket for this one patch. 613 00:22:56,609 --> 00:22:58,077 MIKE: There's nothing on the back. 614 00:22:58,244 --> 00:22:59,845 So what are you thinking on this? So basically, 615 00:22:59,945 --> 00:23:02,081 what I'm buying here is the coat. 616 00:23:02,181 --> 00:23:04,116 You know, it's rough. AL: It's strictly for display. 617 00:23:04,283 --> 00:23:06,986 MIKE: Yeah. Oh, absolutely. All this stuff I buy like this 618 00:23:07,152 --> 00:23:10,489 is for display, but I've been collecting it for a while now. 619 00:23:10,589 --> 00:23:12,258 Like, I mean, what would you want for this one 620 00:23:12,424 --> 00:23:13,759 in this shape with this patch? 621 00:23:13,859 --> 00:23:15,828 That's the patch. This one... AL: The patch is where the money's at. 622 00:23:15,995 --> 00:23:18,697 MIKE: Yeah, this one's gone. AL: Probably around 350. 623 00:23:18,864 --> 00:23:20,900 MIKE: Yeah? 624 00:23:21,066 --> 00:23:22,434 How about 300? 625 00:23:22,601 --> 00:23:25,070 AL: That's fine. MIKE: Okay. Thank you buddy. 626 00:23:25,237 --> 00:23:26,672 AL: It's just sitting out here in a box. 627 00:23:26,839 --> 00:23:29,108 MIKE: Oh my God. I love it. I love it. I appreciate it. 628 00:23:31,910 --> 00:23:33,312 JERSEY JON: There's a lot of stuff in here. 629 00:23:33,479 --> 00:23:35,147 I mean, it's amazing how well everything is preserved. 630 00:23:35,314 --> 00:23:36,448 Look at this, for example. I mean... 631 00:23:36,548 --> 00:23:38,684 ROB: Dude, I remember buying those when I was a kid. 632 00:23:38,784 --> 00:23:41,520 JERSEY JON: Look at this, Space Master paper kite. 633 00:23:41,620 --> 00:23:43,889 JERSEY JON: This child's kite blows me away. 634 00:23:44,023 --> 00:23:47,393 It's from the 50s. It's made out of tissue paper. 635 00:23:47,493 --> 00:23:51,030 It has all the iconic figures of the space age. 636 00:23:51,196 --> 00:23:53,265 JERSEY JON: That is amazing that it survived. 637 00:23:53,432 --> 00:23:55,567 Because it's so delicate, it's hard to display. 638 00:23:55,668 --> 00:23:58,237 TERRY: Can you do 60? JERSEY JON: Yeah, I'll do 60. 639 00:23:58,337 --> 00:23:59,571 Yeah, thank you, man. I appreciate-- 640 00:23:59,672 --> 00:24:01,407 I mean, this is so unusual. ROB: Terry? 641 00:24:01,507 --> 00:24:03,942 TERRY: Yes, sir. ROB: Look at that, Jersey. Monroe Scent. 642 00:24:04,109 --> 00:24:05,878 JERSEY JON: Car fresheners. ROB: 1954. 643 00:24:05,978 --> 00:24:07,713 Cool thing is it's all intact. 644 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:10,916 And this is the greatest fishing lure ever made. 645 00:24:11,083 --> 00:24:12,518 ROB: The fact that these are spinners, 646 00:24:12,618 --> 00:24:13,819 that's my favorite kind. 647 00:24:13,986 --> 00:24:16,322 Because these things, fish just bite. 648 00:24:16,422 --> 00:24:17,990 They don't make stuff like this anymore. 649 00:24:18,090 --> 00:24:19,792 ROB: 130 for the pair. TERRY: Okay. 650 00:24:19,958 --> 00:24:21,593 ROB: Alright. Appreciate you. Thank you. 651 00:24:21,694 --> 00:24:23,228 JERSEY JON: Thank you, Terry. ROB: Terry, I'm looking 652 00:24:23,395 --> 00:24:24,563 at using these lures. 653 00:24:24,663 --> 00:24:25,964 JERSEY JON: What is up with this? 654 00:24:26,065 --> 00:24:27,466 TERRY: It's an anvil. JERSEY JON: Yeah. 655 00:24:27,633 --> 00:24:28,701 TERRY: But an anvil salesman, 656 00:24:28,867 --> 00:24:31,270 that was his sample he took around to show. 657 00:24:31,437 --> 00:24:32,871 JERSEY JON: It's pop metal. It's very lightweight. 658 00:24:33,038 --> 00:24:34,306 JERSEY JON: I think it's more of a decorative piece. 659 00:24:34,473 --> 00:24:36,208 I think 30 bucks. TERRY: $40. 660 00:24:36,308 --> 00:24:37,643 JERSEY JON: $35. TERRY: Sold 661 00:24:37,743 --> 00:24:39,478 JERSEY JON: Alright, dude. I like this. Alright, good. 662 00:24:39,645 --> 00:24:41,013 So we're buying stuff. I love it. 663 00:24:41,113 --> 00:24:43,649 ROB: Look at that. Harold's smoked sardines. 664 00:24:43,749 --> 00:24:46,151 ROB: These sardine cans were meant to look like 665 00:24:46,251 --> 00:24:48,354 a book on a shelf, but when you opened it up, 666 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:51,123 it had the sardine cans displayed in this. 667 00:24:51,223 --> 00:24:52,992 TERRY: I'd say that's the 30s, wouldn't you? 668 00:24:53,092 --> 00:24:56,595 ROB: Oh, at a minimum. $125. TERRY: Let's go $150. 669 00:24:56,762 --> 00:24:58,464 ROB: $130. TERRY: Alright, sold. 670 00:24:58,630 --> 00:24:59,765 ROB: That's a round number. TERRY: Sold. 671 00:24:59,865 --> 00:25:01,800 ROB: Alright. Takes a special person to buy a sardine can. 672 00:25:01,900 --> 00:25:03,869 You found the special person, that's me. 673 00:25:04,036 --> 00:25:05,804 TERRY: That's you. ROB: Hey, Terry. 674 00:25:05,904 --> 00:25:08,374 TERRY: Yes, sir. ROB: You got this cabinet back here. 675 00:25:08,474 --> 00:25:10,709 Actually, I think I found the automotive section. 676 00:25:10,876 --> 00:25:14,213 There's clamps up here, radiator clamp supports. 677 00:25:14,313 --> 00:25:16,515 You'd be interested in maybe selling this cabinet? 678 00:25:16,682 --> 00:25:19,518 It says Purilator on it. TERRY: I probably would. 679 00:25:19,618 --> 00:25:21,720 ROB: Purilator was an air filter company 680 00:25:21,820 --> 00:25:23,956 that when you saw guys on the NASCAR track, 681 00:25:24,056 --> 00:25:26,625 that was the company that had the air cleaner on their car. 682 00:25:26,792 --> 00:25:28,594 This one is in great shape. 683 00:25:28,694 --> 00:25:31,663 It's got the red, the yellow, and the white, and it's perfect. 684 00:25:31,830 --> 00:25:35,834 ROB: Looks like it's probably from the late 50s, early 60s, 685 00:25:36,001 --> 00:25:38,237 I would say. It looks like it was probably 686 00:25:38,337 --> 00:25:40,439 just for air filters. It's got a bunch of oil filters 687 00:25:40,606 --> 00:25:42,875 and stuff inside it. I don't really want those, 688 00:25:43,042 --> 00:25:45,344 but it's got great color on it, that's for certain. 689 00:25:45,511 --> 00:25:46,879 ROB: I don't care what's inside it. 690 00:25:47,046 --> 00:25:48,547 The cabinet is the advertising piece. 691 00:25:48,714 --> 00:25:50,449 ROB: Would you do 200 on it? 692 00:25:51,350 --> 00:25:54,319 TERRY: Nah, I don't believe I'd do that. I'd do three. 693 00:25:54,420 --> 00:25:56,822 ROB: To find it in this condition? Very unusual. 694 00:25:56,989 --> 00:25:58,824 ROB: How about... Here, I'll do this for you. 695 00:25:58,991 --> 00:26:01,193 How about 300 and you throw in the automobile clamp 696 00:26:01,360 --> 00:26:04,363 thing up top? TERRY: Three and a quarter. 697 00:26:04,463 --> 00:26:05,764 ROB: I'll do that, three and a quarter. 698 00:26:05,864 --> 00:26:07,900 I could use that clamp piece in my shop. 699 00:26:08,066 --> 00:26:09,601 I'm always digging around for a clamp or two. 700 00:26:09,701 --> 00:26:11,203 TERRY: Some of those are old-timey clamps too. 701 00:26:11,303 --> 00:26:13,238 ROB: That's alright, though. They got those cool 702 00:26:13,338 --> 00:26:14,673 old school ones. I like this stuff. 703 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:16,442 TERRY: Yeah, it's the old school clamp. 704 00:26:16,608 --> 00:26:17,443 ROB: Yeah, like 1940s. 705 00:26:24,082 --> 00:26:26,785 MIKE: The whole collection you have is museum quality. 706 00:26:26,952 --> 00:26:28,420 AL: This is one of Graham Greene's shirts 707 00:26:28,587 --> 00:26:30,322 from Dances with Wolves. MIKE: Really? 708 00:26:30,422 --> 00:26:31,990 God, that's one of my favorite movies, man. 709 00:26:32,090 --> 00:26:33,792 AL: I got that directly from Graham. 710 00:26:33,959 --> 00:26:36,728 MIKE: No kidding. So when actors are doing film, 711 00:26:36,829 --> 00:26:39,565 is it unusual for them to acquire things like that? 712 00:26:39,665 --> 00:26:40,966 Like, how do they get that stuff? 713 00:26:41,066 --> 00:26:43,168 AL: You know, some of them, like McQueen, 714 00:26:43,268 --> 00:26:45,237 they always got all the costumes they wore. 715 00:26:45,404 --> 00:26:47,706 MIKE: So did you know McQueen? AL: Yeah. 716 00:26:47,873 --> 00:26:49,675 MIKE: No kidding. Like, what was he like? 717 00:26:49,842 --> 00:26:51,610 AL: I can tell you a little secret story 718 00:26:51,710 --> 00:26:53,479 if you want to hear it. MIKE: I want to hear 719 00:26:53,645 --> 00:26:55,280 any stories about Steve McQueen. 720 00:26:55,380 --> 00:26:57,483 AL: Well, we were doing a film called The Getaway. 721 00:26:57,583 --> 00:26:59,751 Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Sam Peckinpah, director. 722 00:26:59,918 --> 00:27:01,687 We were shooting in San Marcos, Texas. 723 00:27:01,787 --> 00:27:04,556 And I was doing special effects makeup on the show. 724 00:27:04,656 --> 00:27:05,757 And that first morning, he says, 725 00:27:05,858 --> 00:27:07,559 "Hey Al, come along and meet him." 726 00:27:07,659 --> 00:27:09,561 MIKE: So you were going to do Steve McQueen's makeup? 727 00:27:09,661 --> 00:27:11,196 AL: Yeah. So I was all excited, you know? 728 00:27:11,296 --> 00:27:13,098 I go over there, and he's in a motorhome. 729 00:27:13,265 --> 00:27:15,367 He's got his entourage that traveled with him. 730 00:27:15,467 --> 00:27:16,802 And in the motorhome, a lot of people know 731 00:27:16,969 --> 00:27:18,704 he's got two little spotlights over the kitchen table 732 00:27:18,871 --> 00:27:20,405 that barely light it up. MIKE: Yeah. 733 00:27:20,506 --> 00:27:22,174 AL: He goes, "Go ahead and start your makeup." 734 00:27:22,274 --> 00:27:25,611 I said, "Steve, it's too dark in here, I can't do it." 735 00:27:25,711 --> 00:27:28,013 "I want you to do it now." I said, "Well, it's a prosthetic 736 00:27:28,113 --> 00:27:29,915 job where the bullet hit." 737 00:27:30,082 --> 00:27:32,484 I said, "I can't do it because there's no lighting. 738 00:27:32,584 --> 00:27:34,920 If I make one mistake, we got to start all over there." 739 00:27:35,020 --> 00:27:37,022 So I said, "Come on over across the walkway. 740 00:27:37,189 --> 00:27:39,758 Makeup trailers over there, we're all set up, do it." 741 00:27:39,858 --> 00:27:42,828 And I started walking. He grabbed me, he goes, 742 00:27:42,995 --> 00:27:45,697 "I want you to do it now." And I said, "Steve, 743 00:27:45,864 --> 00:27:47,833 you got one more poke." 744 00:27:47,933 --> 00:27:49,368 And he looked at his buddy, they're laughing, 745 00:27:49,468 --> 00:27:50,569 he went like that. 746 00:27:50,669 --> 00:27:53,805 And I open-handed knocked him on his ass. 747 00:27:53,906 --> 00:27:55,240 MIKE: Oh, you just smacked him down? 748 00:27:55,340 --> 00:27:56,808 AL: Yeah, yeah. He fell back into the booth. 749 00:27:56,909 --> 00:27:58,510 MIKE: Yeah! AL: And he said, 750 00:27:58,677 --> 00:28:00,612 "You SOB, you're never going to work again. 751 00:28:00,712 --> 00:28:02,915 Your career's over!" I didn't have a job 752 00:28:03,081 --> 00:28:04,550 when I got this job, so I'm walking over 753 00:28:04,716 --> 00:28:06,752 and I'm packing my stuff away. 754 00:28:06,919 --> 00:28:08,353 And Ali MacGraw comes in. 755 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:10,689 She goes, "Al, what are you doing?!" 756 00:28:10,789 --> 00:28:13,392 I said, "Steve just fired me, so I'm packing all my crap 757 00:28:13,492 --> 00:28:15,060 and I'm out of here." She goes, 758 00:28:15,227 --> 00:28:16,962 "You can't leave. I want you here 759 00:28:17,062 --> 00:28:18,630 to do my effects when it comes up, 760 00:28:18,730 --> 00:28:20,032 and I won't work with anybody else." 761 00:28:20,132 --> 00:28:21,833 And I said, "Well, Steve fired me." 762 00:28:21,967 --> 00:28:23,735 She says, "Don't go any place. 763 00:28:23,835 --> 00:28:25,470 I'll be right back." 764 00:28:25,637 --> 00:28:28,106 So she come back with Sam Peckinpah, the director. 765 00:28:28,273 --> 00:28:30,075 He goes, "Okay, she told me the story." 766 00:28:30,242 --> 00:28:32,477 He says, "I've been wanting to hit that son of a bitch 767 00:28:32,578 --> 00:28:34,246 since the first time I met him." 768 00:28:34,346 --> 00:28:36,448 He says, "You're not fired, stay here. 769 00:28:36,548 --> 00:28:38,750 We'll fly somebody in just to do Steve." 770 00:28:38,917 --> 00:28:41,086 MIKE: Oh my gosh. AL: So time progressed. 771 00:28:41,186 --> 00:28:42,588 And every morning I'd go to work, 772 00:28:42,754 --> 00:28:44,823 I'd stop by and go, "Morning, Mr. Steve McQueen. 773 00:28:44,990 --> 00:28:47,259 How are you, Mr. McQueen?" Just... 774 00:28:47,426 --> 00:28:49,027 MIKE: You were egging him on? AL: Yeah. 775 00:28:49,194 --> 00:28:50,996 And I got to give him credit, though. About halfway 776 00:28:51,096 --> 00:28:53,899 through the film, he goes, "I owe you an apology." 777 00:28:54,066 --> 00:28:55,901 He says, "I was totally out of line. 778 00:28:56,034 --> 00:28:58,804 I was unprofessional. You did what you're supposed to do." 779 00:28:58,904 --> 00:29:00,038 And he said, "Will you shake my hand?" 780 00:29:00,205 --> 00:29:02,441 I said, sure, sure. We became friends after that. 781 00:29:02,608 --> 00:29:03,842 MIKE: Really? AL: I rode Baja with him 782 00:29:04,009 --> 00:29:05,510 and everything. He's a good guy. MIKE: Oh my gosh. 783 00:29:05,677 --> 00:29:06,745 AL: He's a real good guy. 784 00:29:07,512 --> 00:29:08,513 AL: I gotta give him credit. 785 00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:10,048 He manned up and apologized. 786 00:29:10,148 --> 00:29:12,117 So I respect the man totally. 787 00:29:12,217 --> 00:29:15,287 MIKE: This is what happens when you ask a stuntman 788 00:29:15,387 --> 00:29:18,657 to be a makeup artist. I mean, it's just insane. 789 00:29:18,824 --> 00:29:22,127 But it's so cool that he held his ground. He went toe to toe. 790 00:29:22,227 --> 00:29:24,162 I'm in the presence of greatness. 791 00:29:24,262 --> 00:29:26,765 He's a man's man. He's a woman's man. 792 00:29:26,865 --> 00:29:28,100 He's a dog's man. 793 00:29:28,266 --> 00:29:31,336 He's everything a man should be and more. 794 00:29:35,540 --> 00:29:37,242 JERSEY JON: Pretty amazing history here. 795 00:29:37,342 --> 00:29:38,910 ROB: Look at that one. TERRY: Here's some photos 796 00:29:39,077 --> 00:29:41,680 from donkey basketball. JERSEY JON: Donkey basketball? 797 00:29:41,780 --> 00:29:44,916 TERRY: Yeah. I got the book in donkey basketball. 798 00:29:45,117 --> 00:29:46,318 JERSEY JON: So guys riding donkeys... 799 00:29:46,418 --> 00:29:47,986 TERRY: Ride donkeys. JERSEY JON: And try to make baskets. 800 00:29:48,153 --> 00:29:49,388 I think I remember this in high school. 801 00:29:49,554 --> 00:29:50,756 They came to my school one year. 802 00:29:50,856 --> 00:29:53,225 TERRY: And I booked 200 one night events 803 00:29:53,392 --> 00:29:55,560 in 14 different states. 804 00:29:55,661 --> 00:29:56,962 TERRY: What is Donkeyball? 805 00:29:57,062 --> 00:29:58,397 You have eight donkeys, 806 00:29:58,563 --> 00:30:01,566 four donkeys at each end of the court, two teams, 807 00:30:01,667 --> 00:30:05,037 and they have to be riding the donkey when shooting, 808 00:30:05,203 --> 00:30:07,673 but the donkeys are trained to throw them off, 809 00:30:07,839 --> 00:30:09,041 chase them, bite them. 810 00:30:09,141 --> 00:30:11,109 It was a fundraiser for the schools. 811 00:30:11,276 --> 00:30:13,412 Usually, one of the teams had to be made up 812 00:30:13,512 --> 00:30:16,214 of the teachers, and kids would buy a ticket 813 00:30:16,314 --> 00:30:18,583 to see the teacher thrown from the donkey, 814 00:30:18,750 --> 00:30:20,686 and a lot of times, the principal would be 815 00:30:20,786 --> 00:30:22,754 what was referred to as the pooper-scooper, 816 00:30:22,854 --> 00:30:25,991 if the donkeys had an accident on the floor. 817 00:30:26,091 --> 00:30:27,993 They'd pack the gym out every night. 818 00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:30,729 ROB: So I gotta ask a question, because I collect photographs. 819 00:30:30,829 --> 00:30:32,397 TERRY: Oh, you do? ROB: I got a lot of, 820 00:30:32,497 --> 00:30:34,433 I probably have 8,000 photographs of things 821 00:30:34,533 --> 00:30:36,334 that intrigue me. Would you be interested 822 00:30:36,435 --> 00:30:39,204 in selling one of your donkey pictures? 823 00:30:39,304 --> 00:30:41,373 TERRY: Well, you're getting pretty personal now. 824 00:30:41,473 --> 00:30:43,375 ROB: I know. TERRY: That makes it very expensive. 825 00:30:43,475 --> 00:30:45,077 (laughing) ROB: I know. I get it. 826 00:30:45,243 --> 00:30:48,280 I get it. But it's just a cool story to tell. I love that. 827 00:30:48,447 --> 00:30:49,815 TERRY: I don't know. What kind of value 828 00:30:49,915 --> 00:30:51,717 would you place on that? 829 00:30:52,217 --> 00:30:53,485 ROB: $100 bucks. 830 00:30:53,585 --> 00:30:54,953 TERRY: Sold. ROB: There you go. 831 00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:56,221 JERSEY JON: That wasn't too hard. 832 00:30:56,388 --> 00:30:57,789 TERRY: Let me tell you the name of the donkey. 833 00:30:57,956 --> 00:30:59,124 JERSEY JON: You know the names of the donkeys? 834 00:30:59,224 --> 00:30:59,591 TERRY: Oh yeah. 835 00:31:08,533 --> 00:31:09,835 MIKE: What's the deal with the Oscar? 836 00:31:10,001 --> 00:31:11,169 What's the deal with that? 837 00:31:11,269 --> 00:31:13,572 Ah. Oh my god, that's got some weight to it. 838 00:31:13,672 --> 00:31:15,774 AL: Okay, in 1928, 839 00:31:15,874 --> 00:31:19,010 they were trying to get a design for an award to give to actors. 840 00:31:19,111 --> 00:31:22,514 Well, this is one of the prototypes, the Oscar. 841 00:31:22,681 --> 00:31:24,316 MIKE: This is the prototype for the Oscar? 842 00:31:24,483 --> 00:31:25,317 AL: Yeah. 843 00:31:25,417 --> 00:31:26,885 MIKE: Who has a prototype 844 00:31:26,985 --> 00:31:28,754 Oscar in their house? 845 00:31:28,854 --> 00:31:31,089 And on top of that, slapped Steve McQueen 846 00:31:31,189 --> 00:31:33,392 to the ground? Al Flemming! 847 00:31:33,492 --> 00:31:34,559 MIKE: Whoa. 848 00:31:34,659 --> 00:31:36,728 AL: The woman gave that to me as a joke. 849 00:31:36,828 --> 00:31:39,398 She says, "Hahaha, you want an Oscar?" 850 00:31:39,498 --> 00:31:41,566 I went, "Yes." I said, "I'll never win one." 851 00:31:41,666 --> 00:31:42,768 (Mike laughing) AL: And she goes, 852 00:31:42,868 --> 00:31:44,770 "Here, you can have this." And I never realized 853 00:31:44,870 --> 00:31:46,772 it was until I started screwing around with it 854 00:31:46,872 --> 00:31:48,840 and saw that scratching on the bottom of it. 855 00:31:48,940 --> 00:31:51,910 MIKE: Base style, RS number two, 856 00:31:52,077 --> 00:31:54,412 November 27th, '28. 857 00:31:54,513 --> 00:31:56,214 What do you value that at? 858 00:31:56,314 --> 00:31:58,483 AL: That actually should go to the Hollywood Museum 859 00:31:58,617 --> 00:31:59,918 down there, really. Because it's something 860 00:32:00,018 --> 00:32:01,553 that should stay within Hollywood, I think. 861 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:04,489 MIKE: For sure. Look at that. Oh my gosh. 862 00:32:04,589 --> 00:32:07,159 What a piece of history! AL: That is a piece of history. 863 00:32:13,265 --> 00:32:14,499 ROB: So I gotta ask... 864 00:32:14,666 --> 00:32:16,802 there's a couple signs. I'm a huge advertising guy. 865 00:32:16,968 --> 00:32:18,470 The one I like the most is the Borden's. 866 00:32:18,637 --> 00:32:19,871 JERSEY JON: Yeah, it's embossed too, Robbie. 867 00:32:20,038 --> 00:32:21,239 ROB: Yeah, that's why I like it. 868 00:32:21,406 --> 00:32:22,707 TERRY: When it has animal on it, 869 00:32:22,874 --> 00:32:24,309 makes it more valuable, doesn't it? 870 00:32:24,476 --> 00:32:25,877 ROB: 100%. JERSEY JON: Yeah. 871 00:32:26,044 --> 00:32:28,146 ROB: We talk about buying character signs all the time. 872 00:32:28,313 --> 00:32:30,916 The better the character, the more valuable the piece. 873 00:32:31,082 --> 00:32:32,584 ROB: That's painted metal, not porcelain. 874 00:32:32,751 --> 00:32:35,020 TERRY: This sign, actual value-wise, 875 00:32:35,187 --> 00:32:36,888 what would it be, $500? 876 00:32:36,988 --> 00:32:39,324 ROB: I think it's got a value of about $800 to $900. 877 00:32:39,424 --> 00:32:40,659 TERRY: $800 to $900? ROB: Yeah. 878 00:32:40,826 --> 00:32:42,961 I'd be a player at $600. 879 00:32:43,061 --> 00:32:45,997 TERRY: I believe I'll hang on to it. That's a good offer. 880 00:32:46,164 --> 00:32:47,365 ROB: You gotta step up to the plate. 881 00:32:47,466 --> 00:32:48,834 JERSEY JON: Right. We're here to buy. 882 00:32:48,934 --> 00:32:50,569 TERRY: If I was to sell something off of the side 883 00:32:50,669 --> 00:32:53,405 of the store, it'd leave a hole, so to speak. 884 00:32:53,505 --> 00:32:55,674 ROB: What about this Gillette tire sign on the other side? 885 00:32:55,841 --> 00:32:57,476 It's got polar bear on it, right here. 886 00:32:57,642 --> 00:32:59,277 It's got a big whammy right on the bear. 887 00:32:59,444 --> 00:33:01,279 TERRY: I probably let that one go. 888 00:33:01,446 --> 00:33:03,048 TERRY: Being on the rear end of the store, 889 00:33:03,148 --> 00:33:04,316 it's not as visible. 890 00:33:04,482 --> 00:33:06,551 ROB: That's an embossed one, but it's got a great look. 891 00:33:06,718 --> 00:33:08,620 ROB: The Gillette tire sign that's on the back. 892 00:33:08,787 --> 00:33:10,288 It's got a polar bear on it, 893 00:33:10,388 --> 00:33:11,723 and it's not the greatest shape. 894 00:33:11,823 --> 00:33:13,525 But it's a good piece. 895 00:33:13,625 --> 00:33:14,726 JERSEY JON: Little rough here, Robbie. 896 00:33:14,826 --> 00:33:16,461 ROB: That's rougher than a corn cob, isn't it? 897 00:33:16,628 --> 00:33:17,996 JERSEY JON: 1972. ROB: '72, yeah. 898 00:33:18,163 --> 00:33:20,432 Would you do, uh, $325? 899 00:33:21,666 --> 00:33:23,401 TERRY: I'd like to start about 5. 900 00:33:23,502 --> 00:33:24,936 ROB: Yeah. JERSEY JON: Oof. 901 00:33:25,036 --> 00:33:26,805 ROB: It's tough and it's a '70 sign. 902 00:33:26,905 --> 00:33:28,640 TERRY: Yeah, I know that and it's not perfect. 903 00:33:28,740 --> 00:33:31,042 ROB: Yeah. TERRY: Would you go 4? 904 00:33:31,142 --> 00:33:32,644 ROB: 375. 905 00:33:32,811 --> 00:33:34,880 TERRY: I'd like to have 4 out of it. 906 00:33:35,046 --> 00:33:37,082 I just never did like odd numbers like that. 907 00:33:37,182 --> 00:33:39,050 I like those even numbers. 908 00:33:39,150 --> 00:33:41,720 TERRY: I wouldn't have sold it had it been off of the side 909 00:33:41,820 --> 00:33:45,156 of the store, but I was satisfied price-wise. 910 00:33:53,565 --> 00:33:54,900 JERSEY JON: Terry. TERRY: Yes, sir. 911 00:33:55,066 --> 00:33:56,568 JERSEY JON: Look at this. It's got like the clothing 912 00:33:56,668 --> 00:34:00,071 department here. Look at these Lee jeans, size 29 by 31. 913 00:34:00,238 --> 00:34:01,640 That's for somebody really small. 914 00:34:01,740 --> 00:34:04,476 Pointer brand jeans, 34 waist. There you go. 915 00:34:04,643 --> 00:34:07,279 Here's kids' jeans. Mavericks, DC brand. 916 00:34:07,445 --> 00:34:09,147 All this stuff is made in the USA, too. 917 00:34:09,314 --> 00:34:11,650 TERRY: Oh, yeah. JERSEY JON: This is dead stock denim. 918 00:34:11,750 --> 00:34:14,686 Unused inventory from the 70s, 919 00:34:14,786 --> 00:34:17,956 some maybe even to the 60s. You rarely see that. 920 00:34:18,056 --> 00:34:19,558 JERSEY JON: You've got other ones up here, too. 921 00:34:19,658 --> 00:34:21,593 These are overalls. TERRY: Red Camel. 922 00:34:21,693 --> 00:34:23,194 JERSEY JON: Brand new, old stock. 923 00:34:23,295 --> 00:34:24,663 JERSEY JON: You got another set up there, too. 924 00:34:24,829 --> 00:34:27,232 These are Oshkosh 28 by 33. 925 00:34:27,399 --> 00:34:29,067 Here's another set of Lee. Yeah. 926 00:34:29,234 --> 00:34:30,235 JERSEY JON: I love denim. 927 00:34:30,402 --> 00:34:32,003 JERSEY JON: I didn't see these. Whoa. 928 00:34:32,103 --> 00:34:33,672 JERSEY JON: What really intrigues me whenever I see 929 00:34:33,838 --> 00:34:35,640 any work wear or denim 930 00:34:35,807 --> 00:34:38,276 is that designers who are making clothing 931 00:34:38,443 --> 00:34:41,246 use vintage products to inspire them 932 00:34:41,346 --> 00:34:42,647 to make their denim. 933 00:34:42,747 --> 00:34:44,049 JERSEY JON: Let me make you an offer. 934 00:34:44,149 --> 00:34:46,151 One, two, three, 935 00:34:46,318 --> 00:34:48,219 four pairs of overalls right there. 936 00:34:48,386 --> 00:34:50,288 TERRY: Overalls are what, $50 a pair today? 937 00:34:50,388 --> 00:34:52,157 JERSEY JON: Ah, well, because they're kids sizes, 938 00:34:52,324 --> 00:34:54,392 gonna be hard to get that kind of money for them. 939 00:34:54,559 --> 00:34:57,729 One, two, three, four, five. 940 00:34:57,829 --> 00:34:59,464 I'm thinking like 225. 941 00:34:59,631 --> 00:35:00,999 TERRY: Make it 250, take them with you. 942 00:35:01,099 --> 00:35:02,400 JERSEY JON: 250? TERRY: Yeah. 943 00:35:02,500 --> 00:35:04,235 JERSEY JON: You know what? I'm not gonna argue with you, buddy. 944 00:35:04,402 --> 00:35:05,937 Thank you so much, man. I really appreciate it. 945 00:35:06,037 --> 00:35:07,872 JERSEY JON: Woo! There's so much stuff here. 946 00:35:08,039 --> 00:35:09,174 I mean look at this axe, 947 00:35:09,274 --> 00:35:11,676 Estwing, embossed leather case. It's brand new. 948 00:35:11,843 --> 00:35:14,846 JERSEY JON: The Estwing company makes a high-quality product. 949 00:35:14,946 --> 00:35:17,415 They have a beautiful way they use a forged handle 950 00:35:17,515 --> 00:35:19,918 that incorporates the head. It's very strong. 951 00:35:20,018 --> 00:35:21,152 JERSEY JON: Then I found this piece. 952 00:35:21,319 --> 00:35:24,222 Carborundum is a store display advertising thing 953 00:35:24,389 --> 00:35:25,557 for a sharpening stone. 954 00:35:25,657 --> 00:35:27,125 TERRY: People come in and sharpen their knives. 955 00:35:27,225 --> 00:35:28,360 JERSEY JON: Yep. This is used. 956 00:35:28,460 --> 00:35:30,028 TERRY: $75 for both of them. 957 00:35:30,195 --> 00:35:31,796 JERSEY JON: 65 bucks. TERRY: Alright, sold. 958 00:35:31,896 --> 00:35:33,999 JERSEY JON: Alright, I'm not done with you yet. I love this. 959 00:35:34,165 --> 00:35:35,834 TERRY: Oh, the kiddy boots. JERSEY JON: Yeah! 960 00:35:35,934 --> 00:35:37,569 TERRY: That's got to have some age to them. 961 00:35:37,669 --> 00:35:39,070 JERSEY JON: Oh, that is so neat. 962 00:35:39,237 --> 00:35:41,039 Look at it. Play boots, adjustable straps. 963 00:35:41,206 --> 00:35:42,640 So they're plastic boots. 964 00:35:42,807 --> 00:35:44,876 JERSEY JON: The cowboy boot display is so cool 965 00:35:45,043 --> 00:35:46,778 because they're kids' cowboy boots. 966 00:35:46,878 --> 00:35:48,279 I mean, they're just adorable. 967 00:35:48,380 --> 00:35:50,248 JERSEY JON: It's been patched up a little bit with some tape, 968 00:35:50,348 --> 00:35:52,384 but it's still there. TERRY: I believe about $50. 969 00:35:52,550 --> 00:35:53,918 JERSEY JON: You think about 50 bucks? TERRY: Yeah. 970 00:35:54,085 --> 00:35:55,286 JERSEY JON: You know what? That's exactly what 971 00:35:55,387 --> 00:35:57,155 I was thinking, too. Alright, buddy. Thank you so much. 972 00:35:57,322 --> 00:35:59,557 Very, very good. ROB: Check these things out. 973 00:35:59,658 --> 00:36:01,660 JERSEY JON: Ah, cool. That display is nice! 974 00:36:01,826 --> 00:36:02,727 ROB: I know. 975 00:36:02,827 --> 00:36:04,129 ROB: When I walked into a general store 976 00:36:04,229 --> 00:36:06,398 when I was a kid, it was all about the soda, 977 00:36:06,564 --> 00:36:09,801 the lollipops, and the pocket knives. 978 00:36:09,968 --> 00:36:11,770 ROB: There's another one. JERSEY JON: That is great. 979 00:36:11,870 --> 00:36:12,871 ROB: When I was seven years old, 980 00:36:13,038 --> 00:36:15,240 my dad gave me a pocket knife. 981 00:36:15,407 --> 00:36:16,841 It was a rite of passage. 982 00:36:17,008 --> 00:36:18,309 It just takes you back to a time. 983 00:36:18,476 --> 00:36:20,912 When I see these pocket knives, I think about my grandkids. 984 00:36:21,079 --> 00:36:22,247 I think about my children. 985 00:36:22,347 --> 00:36:23,748 JERSEY JON: Is it broken on top, Rob? 986 00:36:23,915 --> 00:36:25,250 ROB: Yeah, this piece got broke. 987 00:36:25,350 --> 00:36:26,584 JERSEY JON: You missing one knife? 988 00:36:26,751 --> 00:36:29,688 TERRY: I wouldn't take less than $300 for both of them. 989 00:36:29,788 --> 00:36:32,190 ROB: $250. TERRY: I'd go 3. 990 00:36:32,357 --> 00:36:36,394 That Barlow, you wouldn't find a complete display like that. 991 00:36:36,494 --> 00:36:38,997 ROB: Shake the man's hand. JERSEY JON: Ah. 992 00:36:39,097 --> 00:36:40,598 Yeah, we got to get them. They're nice, man. 993 00:36:40,765 --> 00:36:42,567 You're right. The Barlow display is awesome. 994 00:36:42,667 --> 00:36:44,436 JERSEY JON: It's pretty amazing this stuff survived. 995 00:36:44,602 --> 00:36:47,138 It's just another example of how well 996 00:36:47,238 --> 00:36:49,007 Terry preserved everything in here. 997 00:36:49,107 --> 00:36:52,811 And this is just a testament to Terry's ambitious project. 998 00:36:52,911 --> 00:36:54,813 ROB: Terry, what a heck of a day. 999 00:36:54,913 --> 00:36:57,449 JERSEY JON: He put this beautiful general store 1000 00:36:57,549 --> 00:36:59,884 all together in a wonderful building 1001 00:36:59,984 --> 00:37:03,288 to help preserve history. It's an amazing accomplishment. 1002 00:37:03,388 --> 00:37:05,190 ROB: Appreciate you, my friend. TERRY: Appreciate you coming by. 1003 00:37:05,356 --> 00:37:06,624 JERSEY JON: Nice meeting you, my friend. 1004 00:37:06,791 --> 00:37:07,792 TERRY: Yes, sir. 1005 00:37:07,892 --> 00:37:10,562 TERRY: I have never sold anything until today. 1006 00:37:10,662 --> 00:37:12,997 When they complimented me on the condition 1007 00:37:13,098 --> 00:37:14,632 of the various items, 1008 00:37:14,799 --> 00:37:17,001 it certainly made me feel good. 1009 00:37:17,168 --> 00:37:20,371 And it was a very enjoyable experience. 1010 00:37:20,472 --> 00:37:22,407 (honking) ROB: Come see us in LeClaire! 1011 00:37:31,182 --> 00:37:33,551 AL: I've got a cowgirl collection over here. 1012 00:37:33,718 --> 00:37:35,220 MIKE: Let me see that. What's going on with that? 1013 00:37:35,386 --> 00:37:37,288 Put it over here. I think this is the only spot 1014 00:37:37,388 --> 00:37:40,024 in the house where we can look at stuff. 1015 00:37:40,191 --> 00:37:42,794 AL: It's a very historical rodeo thing. 1016 00:37:42,961 --> 00:37:44,662 One of the ladies who actually started 1017 00:37:44,829 --> 00:37:47,532 the women's rodeo in the 1880s. 1018 00:37:47,632 --> 00:37:49,667 This is her entire collection. She was the lady 1019 00:37:49,834 --> 00:37:52,570 that started the Rodeo Cowgirls Association 1020 00:37:52,670 --> 00:37:55,273 back in the 1920s. This is her scrapbooks. 1021 00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:56,608 MIKE: Wow. 1022 00:37:56,708 --> 00:37:59,310 AL: Newspaper clippings, first-edition books. 1023 00:37:59,477 --> 00:38:02,480 MIKE: Oh, this is her right here? Bertha Blancett. 1024 00:38:02,580 --> 00:38:05,950 AL: She was actually the first lady in rodeo to ride a Bronco. 1025 00:38:06,117 --> 00:38:07,519 MIKE: To professionally ride in a rodeo? 1026 00:38:07,685 --> 00:38:08,820 AL: To professionally ride in, yeah. 1027 00:38:08,987 --> 00:38:10,622 MIKE: Wow! AL: And that was unheard of in those days. 1028 00:38:10,788 --> 00:38:13,591 MIKE: Oh my gosh, absolutely. AL: So she was a tough old gal. 1029 00:38:13,758 --> 00:38:15,260 MIKE: Wow, look at all this. 1030 00:38:15,426 --> 00:38:16,628 Where'd you get this stuff at? 1031 00:38:16,794 --> 00:38:18,396 AL: A guy bought a storage unit. 1032 00:38:18,496 --> 00:38:19,998 This was in it. And he called me and said, 1033 00:38:20,098 --> 00:38:22,167 "You buy cowboys stuff, do you buy photographs?" 1034 00:38:22,267 --> 00:38:23,968 MIKE: Wow, these are so great. 1035 00:38:24,068 --> 00:38:25,837 You know where I went to and it was the most 1036 00:38:26,004 --> 00:38:27,338 badass thing, man? 1037 00:38:27,438 --> 00:38:29,073 You been to the cowgirl hall of fame? 1038 00:38:29,240 --> 00:38:31,009 AL: Yeah. MIKE: Did you all those outfits in there? 1039 00:38:31,109 --> 00:38:32,577 Did you see Annie Oakley's in there? 1040 00:38:32,677 --> 00:38:33,645 AL: Yeah. 1041 00:38:33,745 --> 00:38:34,646 MIKE: My daughter Charlie and I 1042 00:38:34,746 --> 00:38:36,080 went to the Cowgirl Hall of Fame 1043 00:38:36,181 --> 00:38:38,750 in Fort Worth, Texas, a couple years ago. 1044 00:38:38,917 --> 00:38:41,619 It was a place my daughter wanted to visit. 1045 00:38:41,786 --> 00:38:42,887 It was on her list. 1046 00:38:42,987 --> 00:38:44,522 And I remember seeing 1047 00:38:44,622 --> 00:38:47,392 some of Bertha Blancett's things in there. 1048 00:38:47,559 --> 00:38:48,726 MIKE: Dang, this is incredible. 1049 00:38:48,826 --> 00:38:50,995 And there's so much history here. 1050 00:38:51,095 --> 00:38:52,664 MIKE: Women like Bertha Blanchett 1051 00:38:52,830 --> 00:38:53,798 forged the path, 1052 00:38:53,898 --> 00:38:56,000 struck the iron for so many others. 1053 00:38:56,167 --> 00:38:58,436 If you're a woman in riding and rodeo right now, 1054 00:38:58,603 --> 00:39:01,439 Betha Blancett's history is part of your history. 1055 00:39:01,606 --> 00:39:04,909 So it's so wild to see a box 1056 00:39:05,076 --> 00:39:08,079 of all these personal images of hers. 1057 00:39:08,179 --> 00:39:09,948 AL: A lot of these things are other ladies 1058 00:39:10,114 --> 00:39:12,116 that were in the rodeos and were friends of hers. 1059 00:39:12,283 --> 00:39:13,751 Look at them jumping over that car. 1060 00:39:13,918 --> 00:39:14,919 MIKE: Oh my gosh. 1061 00:39:15,019 --> 00:39:16,354 AL: These were the gals that went out there 1062 00:39:16,521 --> 00:39:18,690 and busted their tail and had to prove themselves 1063 00:39:18,790 --> 00:39:20,758 to the old tough cowboys that they were worthy 1064 00:39:20,858 --> 00:39:23,027 of going out there and becoming rodeo stars. 1065 00:39:23,194 --> 00:39:24,329 MIKE: Yeah. Exactly. 1066 00:39:24,429 --> 00:39:26,197 It is interesting that a lot of these photos 1067 00:39:26,364 --> 00:39:28,466 have the names of the people in the photos. 1068 00:39:28,633 --> 00:39:30,335 AL: Yeah, and some of them have it on the back 1069 00:39:30,435 --> 00:39:31,803 if they don't have it on the front also. 1070 00:39:31,970 --> 00:39:33,872 AL: It's just good early stuff about rodeos. 1071 00:39:34,038 --> 00:39:35,840 MIKE: So what are you going to do with all this stuff? 1072 00:39:36,007 --> 00:39:38,243 I'd be interested in this. Are you interested in selling this? 1073 00:39:38,409 --> 00:39:40,044 AL: I was going to try to get it to somebody. 1074 00:39:40,211 --> 00:39:41,512 Probably you'd be a good one to get it, 1075 00:39:41,679 --> 00:39:43,081 because I thought it should be kept together. 1076 00:39:43,248 --> 00:39:44,649 MIKE: Absolutely. AL: Because this is 1077 00:39:44,749 --> 00:39:46,517 the beginning of certain rodeoing. 1078 00:39:46,684 --> 00:39:48,519 MIKE: Well, absolutely. And I think also, too, 1079 00:39:48,620 --> 00:39:52,190 I look at it, the images and how personal a lot of the stuff is. 1080 00:39:52,357 --> 00:39:54,158 To me, it'd be an amazing book. 1081 00:39:54,325 --> 00:39:55,627 You know what I mean? Do the research. 1082 00:39:55,793 --> 00:39:58,830 AL: I'm too old to be taking on a project like this. 1083 00:39:58,997 --> 00:40:00,598 MIKE: Yeah. AL: But it has to be done 1084 00:40:00,698 --> 00:40:03,401 because I've never found a complete archive 1085 00:40:03,568 --> 00:40:06,871 of early cowboy stuff that hasn't been published. 1086 00:40:07,038 --> 00:40:09,374 MIKE: Absolutely. What are you thinking on this stuff? 1087 00:40:11,075 --> 00:40:13,411 AL: To you, I'd go $1,000 on it. 1088 00:40:14,712 --> 00:40:16,314 I think that's a good price. 1089 00:40:17,448 --> 00:40:19,250 MIKE: I think it is too, and I think there's 1090 00:40:19,350 --> 00:40:21,119 a responsibility that comes with it. 1091 00:40:21,219 --> 00:40:23,288 I'm game for it. I'm up for the task. 1092 00:40:23,388 --> 00:40:24,555 AL: Okay. MIKE: I truly am. 1093 00:40:24,722 --> 00:40:26,624 AL: We're saving a piece of history that otherwise 1094 00:40:26,791 --> 00:40:29,394 would probably be thrown out, burned, lost. 1095 00:40:29,494 --> 00:40:30,595 MIKE: Absolutely. 1096 00:40:30,762 --> 00:40:32,597 AL: Any of this stuff, I feel like I'm preserving 1097 00:40:32,697 --> 00:40:35,033 the history of it for whoever comes next. 1098 00:40:35,199 --> 00:40:36,534 And it's a hell of a book. 1099 00:40:36,634 --> 00:40:38,369 I look forward to see what he does with it. 1100 00:40:38,469 --> 00:40:39,837 MIKE: Well, you've got me excited about it. 1101 00:40:40,004 --> 00:40:42,640 AL: Good. MIKE: This needs to be moved forward. 1102 00:40:42,807 --> 00:40:45,443 I want to be the guy that puts it in its right place. 1103 00:40:45,610 --> 00:40:47,512 So whether that's the Cowgirl Hall of Fame, 1104 00:40:47,679 --> 00:40:50,281 or connecting it with maybe a family member, 1105 00:40:50,448 --> 00:40:53,318 I understand the responsibility of owning it. 1106 00:40:53,418 --> 00:40:55,153 MIKE: Alright, we got the rest of the antlers. 1107 00:40:56,187 --> 00:40:58,556 MIKE: This is one of the things I love about my job, 1108 00:40:58,656 --> 00:41:00,625 you know, circling back with guys 1109 00:41:00,792 --> 00:41:02,727 that over the years have become my mentor. 1110 00:41:02,827 --> 00:41:04,862 You know, every time I come to Al's house, 1111 00:41:05,029 --> 00:41:06,397 I want to stay there for a month. 1112 00:41:06,497 --> 00:41:08,766 You know, it's like I just want to be an apprentice. 1113 00:41:08,866 --> 00:41:10,802 I'm such a sponge. And he's just 1114 00:41:10,902 --> 00:41:13,271 got so much knowledge, and I love that about him. 1115 00:41:13,438 --> 00:41:15,273 If his stuff is going to go somewhere, 1116 00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:16,774 he wants to choose where, 1117 00:41:16,874 --> 00:41:18,643 and I'm honored he chose me. 1118 00:41:18,810 --> 00:41:21,546 MIKE: You have got such an incredible eye. 1119 00:41:21,713 --> 00:41:23,247 Thanks for sharing your stories with me. 1120 00:41:23,348 --> 00:41:24,849 AL: Great seeing you, Mike MIKE: Oh my God, 1121 00:41:24,949 --> 00:41:27,051 I love spending time with you. AL: Come by any time. 1122 00:41:27,151 --> 00:41:29,620 MIKE: The next time I come through, I'm gonna crash here. 1123 00:41:29,787 --> 00:41:30,788 The last time we met, 1124 00:41:30,955 --> 00:41:32,924 I've thought about you so many times since then. 1125 00:41:33,024 --> 00:41:36,594 AL: Mike Wolfe is welcome at my house any time of the day, 1126 00:41:36,761 --> 00:41:40,064 like a brother, because I feel a connection between Mike and I. 1127 00:41:40,231 --> 00:41:42,266 And I think we could have a lot of fun 1128 00:41:42,433 --> 00:41:44,569 BSing each other about adventures in collecting, 1129 00:41:44,669 --> 00:41:46,437 and learn a lot from each other. 1130 00:41:46,604 --> 00:41:49,440 So I hope he stops by as often as he can. 1131 00:41:49,607 --> 00:41:51,175 MIKE: See you down the trail, buddy! 1132 00:41:51,275 --> 00:41:53,378 AL: Have a good one, Mike. Be safe.