Mike: Ahhh! Woo! Incredible!
Robbie: Wow.
Danielle: Alright then!
Robbie: Man, you got some stuff in here.
[goat bleating]
robbie: You... What?
Mike: Jersey, you ready to be here for a week?
Beth: It's pre -revolutionary.
Mike: Alright, this thing's... Wait!
Beth: It's a monster.
Robbie: Holy cow!
Beth: You guys like the weirdest things.
Jersey jon: If larry the cable guy and martha stewart
had a love-child - mike wolfe.
Mike: Did they?
Jersey jon: Spider-monkey.
Beth: Mike, you're crazy up there.
Jersey jon: Yeah.
Mike: Ah !
Beth: Oh my god!
♪♪
[phone ringing]
jersey jon: Hello... Yeah?...
This is jon... Yeah...
What do you got?...
Yeah?...
Okay.
[phone ringing]
jersey jon: Hello? Yeah. Send me some photos,
I'll get back to you with a price.
[phone ringing]
jersey jon: Yeah. We're booked up 2-3 months.
[phone ringing]
jersey jon: Yeah. We're on the road right now,
I'll give you a price when I see a photo of what's going on.
Okay, yep, thanks for calling, bye.
Mike: Okay alright, thanks for calling.
That's like the fourth call you've had in the
last half-an-hour.
Jersey jon: Dude, this is my reality still.
I've got to still take care of business on
the road a little bit, so.
Mike: Alright... Okay.
So here's the deal, it's like the reason I came out here
and I picked you up is because you were
going to jump into my reality.
Mike: Dani's been hitting the east coast hard,
getting us a lot of leads, and she always knocks it out
of the park when it comes to doing research.
So there's a lot of leads that are time-sensitive,
on top of the sheer volume.
Since frankie's down with a bad back,
jersey jon and I are taking half the leads,
and dani and robbie are going to take half the leads.
I've known jersey for 20 years, he's a perfect wingman.
He's got a great eye, and he specializes in
a lot of stuff I don't.
Mike: Okay, let's- let's get into this situation here.
We're already up here.
Jersey jon: Alright.
Mike: Here, take this. Okay?
Jersey jon: [sighs] yeah.
Mike: Alright, put your hands together,
rub them together.
Jersey jon: Yeah, yeah, yeah...
Mike: Okay and now, you can touch this...
Which is my phone.
Jersey jon: Ugh.
Mike: Alright.
Jersey jon: Yeah. Ugh!
Mike: So now, look at the emails, open the emails,
you got to it?
Jersey jon: Yep.
Mike: Danielle sent an email.
Jersey jon: Yep. I'm on it.
Mike: Alright?
Mike: Okay, you got it ? Jersey jon: Yep.
Mike: Alright, so read that to me, what does that say?
Jersey jon: We're going to see elizabeth...
She's got 110 acre farm...
Uh, inherited from her father...
Revolutionary war-era farm.
So it was created during the revolutionary war,
imagine that.
Mike: Okay.
Jersey jon: So george washington's horses
probably ate the hay off this farm.
Mike: That's what it says?
Jersey jon: No, I'm just assuming that.
Mike: [laughs]
jersey jon: Doesn't that make sense? Think about it.
Mike: Dude, I don't want you to assume something,
I want you to read the email!
Like what kind of stuff they got?
Jersey jon: Alright well...
Mike: Open the pictures.
Jersey jon: Alright.
Mike: Alright, let's start with that.
♪♪
jersey jon: I can't open the pictures.
We got no internet up here.
So...
Mike: This is so much easier when danielle does it.
Mike: Dani and I have gone over all the leads.
But I want jersey to give me the lead every day,
just so he can feel like he's part of the process.
[chuckles] and I also want to mess with him.
Mike: Frank can usually open the pictures.
Jersey jon: [laughs]
mike: I'm just saying that, you know what I'm saying?
Jersey jon: Well, I'm sorry I'm not as tech-savvy as frank.
Mike: [laughs]
jersey jon: That's like bs, man, you know.
Mike: [laughing]
♪♪
jersey jon: Wow, look at this.
Mike: I have to say it, jersey, this might be a little
bit more beautiful than new jersey.
Jersey jon: Dude.
Oh I think it's right here.
Look at the farm stand.
Ha!
Chickens.
[bawks like a chicken]
mike: Alright, open that glove box and grab a flyer.
Come on, get with the program, dude.
Alright, frank's usually out of the van by now...
Jersey jon: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Don't scare her.
Mike: Hey, you beth?
Beth: Yeah, hi.
Mike: How are you?
Beth: I'm good.
Mike: You talked to danielle on the phone?
Beth: Yes I did.
Mike: I'm mike, this is jersey jon.
Jersey jon: Hey, how are ya?
Beth: Hi.
Mike: He's just south of ya.
Jersey jon: This is our flyer.
Mike: I'm from iowa.
Nice to meet you, I'm mike.
Good to see ya.
Beth: Hi. Nice to meet you.
Jersey jon: Jon. Nice to meet you.
Beth: Nice to see you.
Mike: She probably talked about some of this stuff.
Beth: Yeah.
Mike: But I wanted to hand you the flyer
anyway just in case it...
Kind of shakes something loose.
Beth: I was raised on this property.
I have a very strong attachment to it.
Growing up here, I feel like I was one
of the luckiest kids ever.
We decided to conserve the land and we put an easement
on the land, which means it can never be developed.
It can be used for agricultural purposes,
but there will never be condos on this property.
Mike: Is this still a working farm?
Beth: Oh yeah.
Beth: We decided to sell things, because we need to make more
room, and we could use a little money to help restore the farm.
I believe we need to save our land for the next generations.
Mike: Dani was saying that the property's like what,
6 generations?
Beth: It's pre -revolutionary.
Jersey jon: Wow.
Mike: Really.
Beth: Yeah.
Mike: In your family?
Beth: So my dad- no, not in my family.
There's been 4 families here that I know of.
Mike: Okay.
Jersey jon: What an amazing property.
Beth: Yeah.
Mike: How long has your family been here?
Beth: Since '67.
Beth: This property was built by captain stevens.
He was a lieutenant under george washington.
Beth: His wife ran a school out of this house at one point.
It's pretty amazing.
Beth: So...
The thing that's cool about this property...
Jersey jon: What a nice old barn...
Beth: ...Is that every family that was here left things
behind, from the beginning of this farm's life.
Mike: Really.
Jersey jon: Wow.
Mike: Where I'm from in iowa, if you come across a century farm,
it's a pretty big deal.
This is almost 3 centuries.
Beth: As you can see, we have a lot of stuff in here.
Mike: When you walk into a barn like this,
your senses come alive!
The light, the smell, the energy - all of it is engaging.
Beth: Honestly, we have so much, and it's so scattered throughout
this property, I mean, you could literally be here for a week.
Mike: Alright.
Jersey, you ready to be here for a week?
Mike: Once you get past the initial rush,
then you start to assess the space.
Mike: Look at all this tack.
Mike: And you realize, this is not a collection,
this is an accumulation.
Mike: Look at that old football shoe.
Mike: And just because something is old,
doesn't mean that it has value.
Mike: Have you been in these trunks?
Beth: I have not.
Jersey jon: Oh more tools.
Mike: And I'm looking at things not so much from
an antiquity value, but more of a décor value.
Mike: Alright, that's cool. Look at this.
Jersey jon: What do you got there, mike?
Mike: I'm looking at these rakes - that's décor.
Mike: People will use those wood rakes,
they'll hang them on the wall.
Jersey jon: Yeah.
Mike: It's seasonal, I'm looking at the rakes,
I think harvest.
Mike: Ugh...
Beth: Oh the old child sled.
Mike: I'm looking at the sled, I'm thinking christmas.
Mike: Look at the detail on that.
Mike: All of that, to me, is décor.
Mike: Give me a number on these.
Beth: A few months back, I sold one for 25.
Mike: Is that what you'd take for these, then?
Beth: I think that's fair.
Mike: I'll do that.
What do you think you want for that?
Beth: 50.
Mike: We'll do 50. Beth: Alright.
Mike: It's a moment in time that connects to people.
When they come in the shop and they see that wooden rake,
or they see that wooden sled, all of that in
one way or another, resonates.
Mike: Hey beth!
♪♪
robbie: Where's this place at?
It's got to be right here, gps is showing that there's a dot.
Robbie: Dani and I are heading to see denny.
This guy collects petroliana, wrestling memorabilia,
and he's looking to sell.
Robbie: Right here where this mustang is right here.
Danielle: That's it, that's it robbie: Yeah.
Danielle: That's it. That's some great signage already.
Robbie: There you go. That's a good sign.
[honks horn] robbie: Get a flyer?
Danielle: Got to have some fun stuff.
Denny: How's it going?
Robbie: You denny?
Denny: Yeah, that's me.
Robbie: How're you doing? Rob wolfe.
Denny: How're you doing? Nice to meet you.
Robbie: Yeah, danielle, she's been talking to you.
Danielle: Nice to see you finally, how are ya?
Denny: Danielle hi, how are you? Really good.
Danielle: Hey, I brought this 'cause this is a list of all
the stuff that we kind of went over.
But I'll give you that to hold onto.
Denny: Alright. Yeah.
Danielle: So this is your place, this is great.
Robbie: Yeah.
Denny: Yeah, thanks.
Danielle: Got some fun little signs going
on out here, huh.
Denny: Yeah.
Robbie: Yeah.
Denny: Yeah, that's my baby there.
Danielle: [laughs] robbie: It looks like it.
Denny: Yeah.
I've been working on it and trying to get some more
stuff done to the motor to make it a little faster.
Robbie: Holy cow.
Denny: Oh I was in high school.
I had a older mustang, you know, '65 fastback.
You know, you'd always race your buddies down the boulevard or
whatever and of course I blew the motor.
Then I had to pull it out and I started replacing parts,
then one thing just led to the other,
I'd buy something for the car and then I'd see something else,
you know like, I might not need it and all,
but I'll just buy it, you know, and I just can't help it.
Denny: I put the motor in it and the wheels and tires,
put some chrome on it.
What I'm trying to do is get rid of some stuff to make room,
and then I want to get a cowl induction hood
and maybe get a super charger put on it.
Get a...
Robbie: [chuckles] you want to go real fast, real fast.
Danielle: Trip it out.
Denny: ...Oh yeah, about 600 horsepower, yeah.
It's pushing about 450 now.
Denny: I do have the project with my car,
I want to make it a little faster and if it'll help me get
to my goal, you know, I would sell stuff just for the parts
that I need to put on my car, you know.
I know what they're going to cost.
Robbie: What's in the garage?
Denny: Uh we got some goodies in here...
Robbie: Yeah.
Denny: ...Have been hanging onto for quite a while.
Whatever you want, it's in here.
Robbie: All the good stuff.
Denny: All the good stuff's in here.
Robbie: Wow.
Danielle: Alright then!
Robbie: Man, you got some stuff in here.
Holy cow.
Denny: It's packed.
Got to hang it from the ceiling 'cause I'm
running out of wall space.
Denny: I collect everything.
Anything that suits my fancy.
Doesn't matter if it's an oil can,
a gas pump, an old pair of shoes,
whatever, you know, as long as it's old and appealing to me,
I'll buy it.
Robbie: Love it.
Robbie: Denny's garage isn't big,
but man it's dense.
There's a lot of stuff in here.
Denny: They don't produce things like they used to do.
The quality of the work, the craftsmanship they put
into the product years ago, they don't do that anymore.
Robbie: This is incredible.
♪♪
mike: Check this out. Hey beth!
Beth: Oh you found my dad's boat.
Mike: Your dad made this?
Beth: No, he found it somewhere and
he salvaged it and put it up there.
It's been up there for years and years.
Mike: Yeah, I could tell.
Mike: When I look up and I see that boat,
I'm hoping this is as old as I think it is.
Mike: Ooh, pond boat.
Mike: Man, it is exactly the way I wanted it to look.
Jersey jon: It's a wooden boat?
Mike: It's, yeah, it's wood, it's all like cedar strip.
I mean, is it something you'd even consider selling?
Beth: You know, I think I would.
Mike: And then immediately that transitions into...
Okay, am I going to be able to lower this down...
[chuckles] to beth and jersey?
Jersey jon: Spider-monkey.
Beth: Mike, you're crazy up there.
Jersey jon: Yeah.
Mike: Alright, now you're going to be crazy, jersey.
Jersey jon: A little bit.
Beth: Is that thing coming at me?
Jersey jon: Whoa, this thing is cool.
Mike: Here, get down on the ground,
I'll hand it to ya. [laughs]
jersey jon: Really?
Mike: Alright. Here's the demise of jersey jon.
Beth: Watch out, that board's about to fall on your head.
Oh my god...
Jersey jon: Beth, watch out.
Mike: Oh [beep]!
Oh whoa whoa!
Ha...
Dude, seriously.
Alright, this thing's wait...
Beth: It's a monster.
Jersey jon: Wait...
Beth: Alright, wait a minute, it's going to come
down crashing, go to the front.
Mike: Okay, so pull it towards the door of the barn.
Beth: You go to the front end.
Mike: Alright.
You should- you should be able to...Watch out...
Beth: Go okay, I got it.
Mike: Alright.
Now set it on the ground...
Beth: Oh my god!
Mike: Ha, there you go!
See that wasn't so bad, was it?
Jersey jon: Look at this thing.
Beth: Looks like a viking boat.
Mike: It's a pond boat.
Jersey jon: I think this is really cool.
Mike: [laughs]
jersey jon: Alright, brother?
Mike: Alright. Uuuggggh! Woo!
Jersey jon: Nice job, man. Beth: Wow.
Mike: Alright. So!
Mike: I'm having the ultimate moment with this boat because
I found it in the rafters of a barn,
not in an estate sale, not at a flea market,
not at an auction - I've got the best moment with this piece.
Mike: You can see right here where there was
an outboard motor clamp to it.
It's a pond boat.
Jersey jon: Yeah it's- it's got a stern.
Mike: It's in really good shape.
Beth: It's a cool old boat.
Beth: Ooh there's some poo in there!
Mike: [laughs]
beth: I know it was a special boat to my dad,
and I'm glad that he found it, because really all
it was doing was catching bat poop.
Mike: And look it, jersey, look at the
old green paint on it, man.
Jersey jon: Yeah, yeah look at that paint.
Mike: Look at the old green paint, dude.
Jersey jon: It's neat.
Look it's got red gunnels.
It's nice.
Mike: No, I know, dude.
It's cool.
Jersey jon: It's, it's like, this thing cleaned up...
Mike: You know again, something that somebody could use
for décor, you know what I mean?
So this could be turned upside down where
you're looking up at it.
Beth: Ahh... Um -hm...
Mike: If this is all cleaned, you can really see
the craftsmanship of it...
Jersey jon: Lights in it.
Mike: ...Or a lot of guys, since this is a flat back end,
you could pick it up and use it as a shelf,
I've seen guys put shelves in as well.
Jersey jon: Yeah.
Mike: Do you know where your dad found it?
Beth: We moved here in 1967, and it's been here
for as long as I can remember.
Mike: Yeah?
Beth: I- I have no idea where he got it,
but he valued it.
He knew it was a piece that was worthy.
Mike: This thing isn't going to fit in the van,
jersey, we're going to have to ship this thing.
Jersey jon: No, whatever man,
we'll tie it to the roof, whatever.
Mike: [laughs]
jersey jon: It's cool, it's got to come home with us.
Mike: 600 bucks.
♪♪
beth: I'll do it.
Mike: You're going to do it?
Beth: I'm going to do it.
Jersey jon: Awesome.
Beth: Yeah. Mike: Alright.
Beth: I'm going to do it. Mike: Cool.
I appreciate ya.
Beth: I'm going to do it.
Mike: Alright, what else you got over here?
Well this is cool.
Mike: I'm looking for things on this pick that are functional,
that have a great look.
Beth: That old sink?
Mike: Like this metal sink in a wood box.
To me, immediately when I see it,
I'm thinking cooler.
Mike: 60.
Beth: 65.
Mike: Shake her hand, jersey.
Beth: Alright, alright.
Jersey jon: Thanks.
Mike: 65, alright.
And then I'm also interested in this metal box.
Mike: Galvanized metal toolbox - the silvering, the grey
- it's function and décor at the same time,
it's perfect.
Mike: I'm at the 100-dollar number.
Beth: How about 125?
Mike: Jersey, you want this tap wrench?
Jersey jon: Yep.
Mike: Alright, 125 with the tap wrench.
Beth: Alright.
Perfect.
Jersey jon: Thank you.
Mike: There you go, jersey.
Hey beth!
You got a serious bucket situation going on in here.
Mike: These buckets are what I call 'primitive'.
And a lot of people will collect these in different sizes or
colors, they're very cool.
Beth: To my knowledge, they're old sop buckets.
Mike: 300 bucks for all of them.
Beth: 325.
Mike: A lot of them are split though,
see like look at this one, see that?
There's no metal band on it.
Beth: Alright, I'll do 3.
Mike & jersey jon: Ahh! [laughing]
mike: I saw that, I was like, what am I
doing here for a second,
she saw that slipping away.
Beth: [laughs]
mike: You saw that slipping away.
♪♪
robbie: Man, you got some stuff in here.
How long have you been collecting?
Denny: When I was a kid I used to up the mountains at my
grandmother's house up near altoona and tyrone.
Robbie: Yeah.
Denny: And the people out there didn't have
garbage pickup then, you know.
Robbie: Yeah.
Denny: They would take stuff out in the mountains
and just drop it off in these certain spots.
Danielle: Sure.
Denny: Well my uncle would get in a truck and we'd jump
in the back and ride through the mountains,
you know...
Robbie: Yeah.
Denny: ...And stop here, stop there and pick up copper
and brass, I'd pick up toys and...
Robbie: Yeah.
Denny: ...Games or whatever, baseball bats,
and then you know, as I got older,
I started buying and buying and buying.
I just enjoy the heck out of it, you know, and...
Danielle: Love it.
Robbie: It's kind of chasing down that special piece...
Denny: Yep.
Robbie: Dani!
Danielle: Yeah.
Robbie: Check this out.
This is incredible.
Like...
Danielle: The wrestling posters!
Yes...
Robbie: Pre-wwe, check that out.
Danielle: Agh!
Danielle: I've always loved professional wrestling,
because it's fun to watch, just like roller derby.
They're both contact sports, but they're both kind of an art
because there is an artistic showmanship to both.
Danielle: Look at that. Man...
Danielle: Contact sports are so important,
because they teach you about yourself,
how to control your anger, about sportsman-like conduct,
and camaraderie; how to maintain friendships
and boundaries within that competition.
Danielle: And being able to play a game,
and walk away high -fiving, still being able to
drink a beer afterwards... Together. [laughs]
danielle: Dominic denucci...
You've got a lot of his stuff in here.
Denny: Yeah.
Danielle: ...Is he like your dude,
that's your main wrestler?
Denny: Dominic denucci is a good friend of mine.
Robbie: Huh.
Danielle: What!
Denny: Yeah.
He was a professional wrestler.
Danielle: I don't know him.
Denny: Yeah, he was a legend back in the '60s and '70s.
He wrestled on tv, he's in the hall of fame.
He was a champion, he had numerous belts.
He was one of the wrestlers that wore the white hat
instead of the black hat, you know.
One heck of a nice guy.
He had these out in a barn and I said,
"dominic, what are you going to do with these?"
danielle: Wow.
Denny: He says, "nothing."
I said, "well let me have them."
I said, "they're going to get ruined out here in the barn."
you know, so he gave me all these original posters and...
Danielle: Look at this...
Robbie: I mean, look at the guy's face.
Danielle: Ha-ha-ha!
That's incredible.
Denny: Yeah, he got crunched.
Robbie: He got crunched.
Danielle: Wrestling from the past and modern day
wrestling are two different worlds.
Danielle: Von raschke?
Robbie: He was the hand guy, wasn't he?
Baron von raschke, he was 'the claw."
danielle: You got your cm punk now,
and that's a great story, then you got your
dominic denucci of the past, and that's a great story.
Denny: Killer kowalski.
Robbie: I remember...
Danielle: And the sheik!
Denny: The iron sheik.
Robbie: The sheik, I remember that guy.
Danielle: So being in that space with dominic denucci's stuff,
seeing him next to andre the giant,
the sheik, was an incredible experience.
Danielle: So are these items that you would want to sell,
or are you holding onto these?
Denny: I'd probably let them go.
I mean, I have, you know, all I could do is go over
to his house, get some more.
[laughs]
danielle: Alright. Love that answer!
Um... I feel like I could do 200 on these 3 posters.
Denny: That's just what I was thinking.
Yeah.
Danielle: [laughs] robbie: [laughs]
danielle: Okay. Good. I'm so excited.
These are beautiful, they'll find incredible homes,
I promise.
♪♪
beth: My dad took a lot of pride in the history of this place.
There's a lot of stuff here.
Jersey jon: What's cool about this whole barn is,
you could see the self-sufficiency
of this homestead.
A self-sustaining farm had to have the right tools to
manufacture what they needed.
The tools are all still in place.
There's a blacksmith area, there's a woodworking area,
there's a horseshoeing area.
This is the connective tissue that created our country.
These small farms made it all work.
Jersey jon: What's with the forge?
Jersey jon: There's this small coal forge.
Beth: There was a blacksmith on premises.
Jersey jon: Okay.
Mike: Yeah, and the blower's still on it.
Jersey jon: Blacksmith stuff is cool. Um...
I like blacksmith stuff, I use it in the shop a lot.
Jersey jon: In my shop where I restore antique motorcycles,
sometimes you have like, just a bracket or a piece of metal,
a piece of tubing needs to be bent.
We crank this thing up, get the forge going,
stick the piece of iron in there,
get it out, bend it around the form - done.
Jersey jon: It's smaller, it's used for probably
horseshoeing, especially on this farm situation.
This is probably around turn-of-the- century
with these kind of legs on it.
It's got tube legs, maybe 1910.
You know, blowing air out of it, you see that? Watch.
Beth: Oh yeah, yeah.
Jersey jon: So that air would go up into the bed of coal,
make it hotter...
Beth: Um-hm.
Jersey jon: And...
You could heat a piece of metal up and beat it on the anvil.
Well, what are you thinking on this?
Beth: Make me an offer.
Jersey jon: Uh...
It's probably worth 200, 250.
So I'm thinking maybe 100 bucks.
Beth: Will you do 125?
Jersey jon: Um...
Yeah, I'd do 125, yeah.
Thank you.
That's cool.
Beth: Thank you.
Jersey jon: I still use these things.
Beth: Yeah.
Jersey jon: So it's a cool piece for me to have.
Beth: Cool.
We also have an anvil.
Jersey jon: Oh I want to see that.
Beth: Are you interested in that?
Jersey jon: Oh yeah. Let's go check it out.
Beth: Alright.
Jersey jon: Cool, anvil.
Jersey jon: It's a well-worn anvil.
Jersey jon: It's pretty cool.
I definitely like it.
You see the top base is a little swayed out,
you got some chips on the corner.
Beth: Oh yeah.
Jersey jon: And that's just part of the deal.
Jersey jon: Right now, there's a big movement
towards blacksmithing.
Guys who are creating cutlery, tools,
decorative elements.
These kind of tools are timeless.
Jersey jon: Maker's mark is hard to find
on these things sometimes.
They're real subtle.
Beth: I see something right here...
Jersey jon: Yeah, that's stone weight.
You know, the anvil manufacturer,
just from the looks of it, how the legs are,
how the horn is, where the pitcher holes are,
I believe it's a hay budden, which was manufactured,
I think around 1870-1880, which was probably when this was made.
Um, you have any idea what you might want for this thing,
or...?
Beth: So, I did have some people interested in this,
and I did do a little research.
And I thought it was worth about 650...?
Jersey jon: Um-hm.
Um, you were smart to research this piece,
I'm glad that you did that.
You know, retail, on a really perfect anvil,
yeah 650 would be it, but it's got condition issues.
It's not in the best of condition because
the edges are really chipped up bad.
Beth: Yeah.
Jersey jon: It has a big sway on the working surface.
So...
I'm saying 350?
Beth: 4.
Jersey jon: Uhh... How about 375?
Beth: Alright.
Jersey jon: Heh -heh, thank you.
That's awesome.
♪♪
robbie: You got some good stuff in here.
Look at that.
Is that something that's for sale?
Denny: Yeah, that'll clear out a little bit spot out there.
Robbie: The skull piece is absolutely amazing.
Robbie: Back then they wanted to scare you enough to say,
"hey, be safe."
robbie: What's it saying?
If you don't drive right, you're going to die!
They don't make advertising like this anymore.
They were trying to freak people out back then.
Robbie: 200 bucks.
Denny: That'll work.
Thank you.
Robbie: Alright.
I appreciate it.
Denny: Yeah.
Robbie: I saw this auto light battery sign over here.
650.
Denny: 675.
Robbie: Deal.
Denny: Okay.
Robbie: Thank you.
Denny: Alright thank you.
Danielle: What's the story with the wicker bench over here?
Danielle: Wicker furniture is timeless and so beautiful.
Denny: Yeah, an old porch swing, I think.
Robbie: I love the color of it.
Danielle: It looks real good, doesn't it?
Robbie: Everything on it looks solid.
Danielle: 3-and-a-half, I would do.
Denny: Yeah, I think we could do that.
Danielle: Yah!
Robbie: So then denny tells us he's got a trailer out front
with a motorcycle on it.
Denny: It actually happens to be a '36 harley.
It's a vl.
Robbie: You... What?
Denny: Yeah.
Friend of mine had no room up at his house.
He had all kinds of sailboats and...
Danielle: Oh it's not yours then.
Denny: No.
Robbie: Thir- thirties...
Danielle: It's a '36 harley but it's not yours.
Denny: Right.
Danielle: It's pretty incredible to me that we came out here
and didn't know there was a motorcycle on site.
Robbie: Is it for sale?
Can I see it?
Denny: I think, I think it is. I...
Robbie: Can we see it?
Denny: Yeah, you can see it.
Robbie: Okay let's- alright.
Denny: I'd have to call my buddy though to,
you know...
Danielle: Hold on, I'll help.
Robbie: As we're peeling it back,
he must think that this thing is gold,
because there's 15 or 20 tarps on here!
Danielle: Oh there she is.
Robbie: Whoa -ho-ho...
Look at this!
Danielle: Ooh, she's dirty, just how you like 'em.
Robbie: This is a 1936 vlh.
This is the last year of the side valve.
This is a 1 -year-only bike.
It's not a 74, this is an 80-cubic-inch.
That means more power.
This bike is pretty rare.
Robbie: Look at this.
Oh my god... Ahhh...
Danielle: Oh stop it!
Whoa...
Denny: Pretty cool, huh.
Robbie: Holy cow!
Can you call your friend and see if I can look through this?
Denny: Sure.
Robbie: Alright, 'cause I don't want to pull it out of here and,
at least if he says I can look through it,
it'd be better.
Denny: Yeah okay.
Danielle: Yeah, don't pull it out without consent first.
Denny: Alright, yeah, let me give him a call here...
Robbie: Ahhhh...
Danielle: It was sitting here the whole time [laughing]
and neither of you looked.
I mean...
Robbie: You know, this was mike's first bike.
I'm going to take some pictures here for mike.
Danielle: Yeah.
Robbie: This is exactly how you want to find these bikes.
It looks like it just got yanked out of the barn.
It's got great bones to it.
This thing looks like I could put it back together
and ride it.
Robbie: I think my brother's going to be like calling me
the minute I send him these pictures so then...
Denny: Hey guys, I just talked to my buddy,
ken, he's on his way down, he said he'll sell it so if you
want to go through it...
Danielle: Ohh really. Aha!
It's a new game now.
Denny: You want to put a number or whatever.
Robbie: Alright.
Pull some of this stuff out.
Robbie: I'm looking through the base of the trailer,
and there are so many parts there.
Way more parts than this bike would ever take.
Robbie: Let's see what we got here,
I mean, to know what we're doing, I can't...
Danielle: We're laying out all parts?
Robbie: ...We can't make an offer unless you...
Danielle: Here.
Robbie: ...Know what the heck you're dealing with.
Danielle: Let me grab the saddle bags.
Robbie: Those are military.
Hey denny, is- there's a lot of extra parts here.
Denny: Yeah, there's a couple of transmissions and...
Robbie: Yeah, I mean these are just,
these are leg shrouds right there,
that's- it's not a military bike.
Robbie: So now my job is to figure out what goes to the
bike, and what everything else is here.
Robbie: That was a spare, for a sidecar.
Denny: Yeah, yeah.
Robbie: So was he restoring this?
Denny: I think he had intentions on it one day.
Robbie: Huh.
Danielle: Parts are painted, parts aren't. Ohh!
Look at these ones!
Robbie: Oh yeah.
Danielle: Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho...
Robbie: Wow... Man...
[phone rings]
robbie: Hey, you get those photos?
♪♪
[phone ringing]
robbie: Hey, you get those photos?
Robbie: I'm at that pick, dude.
There's this guy like, he was holding out all day,
there's a '36 vlh sitting on a trailer here.
Robbie: I know enough about that bike to be dangerous.
Robbie: I know.
Robbie: I will when I get, you know,
there's a ton of parts here, like there's
parts for extra bikes here.
Robbie: It looks like it all is.
Robbie: Yes.
It's got the correct front end too,
that girder front end on it.
Robbie: The- I've not seen the toolbox yet,
but there's 2 more boxes of stuff to go through.
Robbie: He hasn't come here yet.
So I don't know.
Robbie: No, it's his friend's from down the street.
He said he's willing to sell it.
Robbie: So it sounds promising, I just don't know
'cause the guy's not here yet.
Robbie: The engine's together and it's in the bike.
Robbie: Oh yeah, yeah but they're flat.
Robbie: Yeah, I- I think I can get it out and roll it around,
it's on a trailer right now.
Robbie: Right.
Robbie: There's 2 seat pans there.
I mean, there's a lot of extra parts here.
Did you see the 6-inch air cleaner?
Robbie: Yeah.
Robbie: Yep.
Robbie: It's in good shape.
I'm looking for the speedo too.
Robbie: Okay. It was cable-mounted,
I know what you're talking about.
Robbie: No, I haven't looked through the rest of the boxes.
I know that's a huge piece 'cause that's like very,
very hard to find for that bike.
Robbie: The serial number looks good,
but I know I have to look at the- I'm going to try
and see if I can look at the belly numbers on it too.
Robbie: Okay.
Robbie: Alright, I'll call you- I'll call you back.
Robbie: Agh!
Robbie: I'm looking through these parts,
I'm trying to find one part in particular - that toolbox.
It was on the side, it's a 1-year-only piece,
and it's big money.
Robbie: Look at that rack. Heh!
Danielle: Yep.
Robbie: Oh yeah... Look at that.
Robbie: I find the toolbox.
Robbie: There's the toolbox for it,
which is very hard to find.
Danielle: Yeah... Look at that.
Robbie: Very, very, very hard to find.
Robbie: So I shoot my brother a text to share the good news.
Robbie: Immediately he texts me back.
Robbie: That's not the toolbox.
Robbie: It's square.
It's not in any of the boxes?
Danielle: Uh... No.
Robbie: How far away is this guy?
Denny: Uh probably 10 miles or less,
a little bit less.
Robbie: Oh alright.
He just dropped it off and said he found it somewhere,
what's the story behind it?
Denny: No, no. It was...
It was his dad's.
His mom and dad used to ride...
Danielle: Oh really.
Denny: ...When they were younger.
Robbie: So his dad must have been a pretty big rider,
because there's a lot of extra parts to...
Denny: Yeah, yep.
Robbie: ...Other bikes in here. Alright.
Robbie: So the toolbox, it's not there.
But everything else is there, the sheet metal is there,
the headlight is there, the dash is there,
and the speedo is there.
That's the kicker!
Robbie: How long before this guy gets here?
Denny: Uh he'll be here in a while.
Robbie: Alright.
I'll keep looking through this stuff.
♪♪
beth: My dad never threw out anything
he thought might be of worth.
Mike: If you truly love history, then you love it to the marrow.
And this is as close to the bone as it gets.
Being on a homestead almost 300 years old,
you're seeing pieces and parts that tell
the story of generations.
This is one of those places so steeped in history,
you think it only could exist in the pages of a book.
Jersey jon: Fishing floats are cool.
Um, I'm interested in some of these things.
Beth: My parents picked those up in alaska,
back in the '60s.
Mike: Yeah, you're right on the water in barnegat, dude.
Jersey jon: They are cool, they're very decorative and you
could see they got a hand-blown...
Beth: Um-hm.
Mike: I'm imagining like, a harvest table...
In your dining room, a big wooden like dough bowl,
and in that wooden dough bowl, there are glass floats,
and maybe some dried flowers and potpourri.
Jersey jon: If larry the cable guy and martha stewart
had a love-child, it'd be mike wolfe.
Beth: Oh my.
I don't even know what to say to that.
Mike: Did they?
Are they together?
Jersey jon: You got 10 floats here,
I'll do 75 for all of them.
Beth: How about 80?
Jersey jon: Alright, I'll do that.
Beth: Alright.
Jersey jon: Thank you.
Good room.
Mike: [laughs]
beth: [laughs] good room.
This- I didn't even think you guys would
find anything in here.
Mike: Are these antlers old, or is this something
you guys recently...?
Beth: My mom and dad, I think, got them up in canada.
Mike: Oh yeah, they're pretty broken up.
But you could still use them outside.
50 bucks.
Beth: Sure.
Mike: You'll do that?
Beth: Yes.
Jersey jon: What do you got on this thing,
a railroad sign?
Beth: Make me an offer.
Jersey jon: I mean, it's in tough shape, 60 bucks?
Beth: Sure, we'll do that.
Jersey jon: Cool.
Thank you.
Mike: Here, look at this.
Look at that trashcan right there.
Mike: This trashcan has attitude, personality.
When you look at it, it looks like a fluted roman column.
Iron strapping, the riveting, I mean,
this thing is over-built, so simple,
but so cool.
Mike: This is awesome.
65 bucks!
Beth: Well you said how awesome it was.
Mike: 70 awesome.
Beth: Alright.
Mike: Oh my god, this is like my favorite thing
I've bought here so far.
Beth: [laughing]
mike: It is, it's so cool. Beth: [laughing]
beth: He likes the darndest things.
Beth: So this is the old part of the house.
Mike: Ah!
[birds chirping]
♪♪
[goats bleating]
jersey jon: Whoa! This is nice.
Early piece of furniture.
Mike: What year is that, jersey?
Jersey jon: 1790, 1810...
Mike: Wow.
Jersey jon: The piece is definitely american.
It looks like it's maple.
These are all hand-cut, hand-cut dovetails.
This is 1790, think about that.
Mike: Wow...
Incredible...
Beth: Wow.
Jersey jon: I mean, you're going into like a really early part of
america, where there wasn't many cabinet makers even existed.
I like it.
I have a restoration business in barnegat, new jersey.
Beth: Hm.
Jersey jon: And I build furniture, cabinet work,
and also I restore furniture.
Beth: After your telling me all about this,
I think I might want to hang onto it.
Jersey jon: Yeah, it's a cool piece.
Mike: Oh man...
Jersey jon: It- it belongs in this house.
Beth: Yeah.
Jersey jon: This piece was probably here
when it was first built.
It's a neat thing.
Mike: Here's what I got to ask about, okay.
All of these license plates...
See here.
Beth: Right.
Mike: What do you know about these?
Beth: Um, what I was told is that city folk would come up
and spend the summer up here.
And they would provide them with plates for the cars.
So they were legal to drive around.
Mike: They actually rented rooms here.
Beth: Yeah, yeah.
Mike: Oh okay.
Mike: Beth nailed it.
These are non -residence plates.
They're extremely hard to find, 1913 - all the same year,
all the same color.
Mike: Obviously condition with all of them is very important.
Beth: Um-hm.
Mike: So if you look at not just the porcelain that's chipped
off, but also the edging, all of this is taken into consideration
with the plate collector.
Mike: Considering how rare these plates are,
you would think they would have a tremendous amount of value,
like a really super nice one, pristine,
clean, never ever mounted, might bring as much as $800.
But there's not one plate in this pile that
doesn't have some sort of issue.
Mike: Look at that, that's a big rust chunk on there.
Jersey jon: Yeah.
Mike: Most of them have a lot of damage.
But the fact that they're damaged brings them
down to a price point where people can afford them.
Mike: This one for example, with the edging missing in the
corners and everything, like on the internet
would probably bring about 150 bucks.
When you start talking about going down from there,
then they get a little bit lower.
Jersey jon: Yeah, like that plate was not going
to bring much of anything for...
Mike: Some of those things are going to be like,
you know...
Jersey jon: 25 bucks.
Mike: ...I was going to say, 25 bucks, yeah.
800 bucks for all of them.
Beth: 850.
Alright, thank you.
Mike: Thank you.
Mike: This deal is all about the long game.
To get rid of this many plates is going to take some time.
But we've got 2 stores, and I want to do that.
Robbie: You probably got 14 screwdrivers around here.
Denny: Oh at least, yeah. Robbie: All flatheads.
Denny: Hey guys, I think ken's here.
Robbie: Alright.
Robbie: Finally, denny's friend,
the owner of the '36 vlh is here.
Danielle: Ah, there he is.
Denny: There he is.
Robbie: He's selling it, and I'm hoping we can
come to an understanding.
Robbie: Ken.
Denny: Ken, this is robbie.
Ken: Hi robbie.
Robbie: Denny's been holding out on us all day.
Denny: Danielle.
Danielle: How are you doing, ken?
Nice to meet you.
Ken: Yeah, nice meeting you.
Danielle: Thanks for coming out.
Ken: Looks like you had a little hurricane here.
Danielle: Hurricane of awesomeness...
Robbie: We had to dig it out to see what was all here.
Ken: Yeah, there's a lot of stuff here.
Danielle: Yeah.
Robbie: In addition to the bike and parts to the bike,
there are a lot of parts to other bikes here as well.
Robbie: So what's the story behind the bike?
Ken: Well, it was my dad's bike.
He had it since before the war.
Denny: Wow. Robbie: Okay.
Ken: He had the fair oaks motorcycle club.
Robbie: Okay.
Ken: We have pictures of him and his jacket,
I mean, he used to hill climb with this bike,
he used to...
Robbie: He used to hill climb with this bike?
Robbie: Like ride it to work and then be like,
hey I'm going to hill climb?
Ken: Yes.
Ken: My dad was a mechanic that could fix just
about anything back in the day.
And he loved riding motorcycles.
Danielle: Would he take you hill climbing?
What about your mom?
Did your mom, did she ride too?
Ken: My mom would go, I remember riding in
between them on this bike.
Well actually...
Danielle: No way.
Ken: ...Even when I was younger, this bike came with a sidecar.
And there's some sidecar parts...
Robbie: I was going to say, there's some
sidecar pieces I found...
Ken: Yeah.
Robbie: ...They cut out of the frame.
Ken: Yeah, the rest of it just...
Disintegrated over the years, but...
Robbie: Yeah.
Danielle: So you rode in the sidecar?
Or your mom was in there?
Ken: I rode in the sidecar, they rode on the bike.
Ken: I remember riding as a kid, and I was hanging
on the bike and my dad, it was amazing.
I grew up with motorcycles, the whole family rode.
My son's a motorcycle mechanic, so yeah.
It's in the blood.
Robbie: Denny said he thought the bike is for sale.
Is it for sale?
Ken: Yes.
Robbie: Okay.
Ken: I have another one that's a little bit more together,
not as old but that's going to be my attachment to my dad.
Robbie: Okay.
So with everything that's on the trailer,
what I see here, and everything that's on the ground out there,
what's the price to own all of it?
I mean, you're not picking stuff out of here
that you want to keep, are ya?
Ken: Nah, nah.
Robbie: Okay.
Ken: Everything that go on the trailer out there's for sale.
Robbie: Okay.
Ken: I would like...
Maybe 17.
If this is together, you could get a whole lot more.
Robbie: Man...
It's missing a few parts.
The toolbox is not the right one.
They're very rare to find that toolbox.
Robbie: I can't pay 17 for this bike.
It's got great bones here, but we're going to
have to do a whole mechanical on it.
We've been down this road so many times.
I've got to get that number down.
Ken: I know it's been painted a few times, but...
Robbie: Well yeah, that's what I was going to ask you about,
the restoration side of it.
Ken: Yeah.
Robbie: Were you guys restoring it or...?
Ken: Yeah.
Well that was my mistake, yeah.
Robbie: Okay.
Ken: I was too young, but...
Robbie: My brother and I always like to find things
in their original setting.
Ken painted the tanks and painted the
fenders on this bike.
Had they been original paint, I wouldn't have
had a problem paying 17 for it.
Robbie: You know, I understand what this is,
and I understand how much work is going to have to go into it.
And I- I mean, I even- just to even have an
opportunity to buy the bike is a big plus.
Uhh...
Um...
How about everything here...
13,000?
♪♪
robbie: How about everything here, 13,000?
Ken: I don't know.
I was hoping for a little bit more than that.
Robbie: Do you have a clear title on this?
Ken: I do.
Robbie: You have a title.
Pennsylvania?
Ken: Yes.
Robbie: Yeah.
13,5.
Ken: 14 and we have- make a deal.
Danielle: He's getting out.
See that, getting out.
Ken: What's that mean?
Danielle: Well it means he's standing real close to ya,
I think something's about to happen.
Robbie: 13,750.
Ken: [laughs] what's a few more hundred bucks?
Please, please.
Danielle: Look at, look at the man,
give him the 14, let's go.
You know you're going to do it.
Robbie: 14.
Ken: Thank you.
Danielle: See, look at that...
Robbie: Hey...
Danielle: ...Look at his face, look how handsome
he is when he smiles, I love it.
Robbie: Listen, this is the key to this.
I appreciate you selling this to us,
because I know it's part of your family.
Ken: Yeah, I was attached to it for a long time.
Like I said, I have another one.
I would rather see this go to somebody who's going to
work on it, is going to run it, and take care of it.
I think my dad would...
Really... Enjoy that, and I mean, he's watching,
he's looking at that bike, he's watching what's going on today.
Robbie: Alright, let's get this stuff loaded.
We got a lot of stuff to box up.
Danielle: This is pretty exciting.
Robbie: I can't wait to see this bike back on the road again.
Robbie: Been a heck of a day.
Danielle: I absolutely loved hanging out with denny.
I absolutely loved ken's excitement where he
was able to visit a moment with his dad.
So beautiful.
Robbie: Thank ya.
Denny: Okay robbie, thanks.
Robbie: Appreciate it.
Denny: Yep.
Robbie: Appreciate all the good deals and I want to
get that bike back on the road.
Denny: Okay, we'll see you...
Danielle: I'm going to miss you.
Denny: I got rid of a lot of stuff here today,
but it's like, yeah now I got room, you know.
Denny: Alright, see ya dani.
Bye-bye.
Danielle: Take care guys, thank you so much for everything.
Denny: I'll probably go buy something this week,
because I got some openings on the wall and on the shelves,
you know.
[chuckles] I just can't help it.
[honks horn]
danielle: Bye guys!
Denny: See ya.
Beth: I have one more thing to I want to show you.
Mike: Ahh!
Jersey jon: Woo!
Beth: I'll get the light.
Mike: Jersey!
Jersey jon: Nice, man.
Mike: Iver johnson, baby.
Beth: We found this in the barn way back.
Mike: This was in the barn that we were digging in?
Beth: Yeah, but we brought it into the house to protect it,
'cause the barn had some leaks.
Mike: Yeah.
Mike: From the mid-1800s through the turn-of-the-century,
was the bicycle boom of america.
And there were so many manufacturers that when you
start to collect, there are certain brands
that resonate with you.
Iver johnson has always been one of those brands for me.
Jersey jon: Iver johnson was in fitchburg, I think.
Mass., yeah.
Beth: Yes.
Mike: Jersey and I are big bike guys because
we love early motorcycles...
Beth: Um-hm.
Mike: And iver johnson was a motorcycle company as well.
Mike: It was a motorcycle company,
it was a bicycle company, it was a firearms company.
The innovation, the attention to detail,
the engineering, they were just so ahead of their time.
Mike: If you look at the red scalloping on the frame,
that straight down-tube, the rake of the fork,
the rat-trap pedals, those kelly bars that open and close
from the racing position to a touring position,
it's incredible.
I mean, every part and piece is a piece of art.
Mike: I love this chain-ring.
Jersey jon: Yeah, the chain-ring is cool.
What do you think...
19...'3? '5?
Mike: Yeah, it's right at the turn-of-the-century.
Beth: It' missing the seat, but...
Mike: Yeah, that's not that big a deal.
Is the rear wheel straight?
Jersey jon: Yeah, it's- the wheel is straight.
It's just the rubber has been sitting in the weather.
Mike: Look at this plug they put in the tire right there.
Beth: [laughs] jersey jon: Yeah, look at that.
Mike: Yeah, back in the day.
Um... You want to sell it?
Beth: You know, I moved it out of the barn,
I was all excited about it.
It just seems like I'm moving it around the house,
it's in the way.
Definitely.
Mike: Yeah?
Beth: Yeah.
Mike: Uh...
The value really depends on how much color
we can get out of the frame.
You know, there's a lot of pitting and stuff,
and obviously there's no nickel left on the bike.
So it's really about the paint scheme on the bike
and how much color we can get out of it.
In this shape, I'd pay um...
500 bucks.
I'd pay a little bit more if it had a seat,
but it is what it is.
Beth: 800.
Mike: Yeah, I can't do that.
I think that...
If the paint comes out really nice on it,
I mean, as nice as it can be,
I think that's probably where the number is on it.
Beth: Um-hm.
Mike: I don't think it would crack a grand,
just because...
Beth: Really?
Jersey jon: Nah, it's not going to go over 1,000 bucks, no.
Mike: No, because the seats going to,
if you want to buy a nice seat for it that's presentable,
you spend a couple hundred bucks right there.
So there's 5, 6, 7...
Beth: Will you do 6?
Mike: Jersey, what do you think?
Jersey jon: Yeah no, I think you're
like really stretching it.
You're giving all the money, mike.
Mike: I'd do 5 -and-a-quarter.
Beth: Alright, 5 -and-a-quarter.
Mike: 5-and- a-quarter?
Beth: I'll do 5 -and-a-quarter.
Mike: Alright, we're doing it.
Jersey jon: That's cool.
Mike: Thank you.
Jersey jon: Alright.
Mike: I appreciate it, I love it,
absolutely love it.
Beth: I'm glad it's going to go get a new home,
get a new life, be its beautiful glory again, hopefully.
Mike: Don't forget my trashcan, baby.
Jersey jon: Yeah.
Jersey jon: Today was awesome, I mean,
beth is cool, and being out here with my buddy,
mike on the east coast again, man,
is like, is like old-school, you know,
it's like we're back in our element again...
Like damn.
Mike: Thank you!
Beth: Thank you.
Mike: Thank you.
Beth: I loved it.
I feel like they opened my eyes to a lot of things
that I overlook.
Mike: If you come to nashville, I'll buy you a beer.
Beth: Knowing these things are going to put back in
circulation, makes me feel good.
Mike: We'll go honky-tonking.
Beth: I wish they could stay a week.
[honks horn]
jersey jon: See ya down the road!
Beth: Later on!