Hey, Kenny.
- Laura, what's up, girl? - Welcome.
- Thank you. - So glad to see you, honey.
Thank you for letting me spend the night.
Oh, you're welcome.
That auction early in the mornings, you know?
Bright and early.
This way, you know, early bird will catch the worm.
Yeah.
Want me to show you to the room?
Yes, please.
You know, it's been a while since I've been tucked in.
Oh, really?
Yeah, girl.
'Twas the night before auction,
and all through the storage facility's house,
not a unit was stirring, except for that one with the mouse.
From the top of the locker, from the hall to the wall,
Now bid away, bid away,
bid away all.
When storage units are abandoned...
Take a good look at this one.
- Whoo-hoo! - Nice one!
The treasures within...
Ooh!
Are put up for auction.
- Think I scored on this. - Sold it your way!
- Whoo! - 400!
Woof!
♪ Money owns this town ♪
M-O-N-E-Y!
Are you ready?
Mm.
Nice. Real nice.
Kenny, is that you?
What up, Dan?
What are you doing here, man?
I spent the night last night.
Ain't Laura tell you?
Nope.
I think we had some bears last night.
Did you see them?
Bears?
Yeah, they get in the trash.
Oh, no, bruh, I better get to the auction, boy.
Kumbaya!
Come back here, coffee.
Today, I got on my lucky slides.
I wore them all the way from Las Vegas, Nevada, to here.
They should be double lucky by now.
My slides collection is flawless.
And these right here are the luckiest.
I'ma slide into Riverslide, California,
get me a unit, and slide right out of here.
I'm a little bit hurt today.
I'm having a nerve issue with sciatica problem.
Pain just sharpens the senses.
I've taken bigger hits and still walked away with a win.
They're gonna think I'm weak 'cause
I'm using a little bit of a cane today,
but we'll see who's weak.
I had a really busy day yesterday.
I did three photo shoots.
I had a merch drop, a maternity photo shoot,
and then I also did a photo shoot for a DJ.
I'm really hoping to find some good camera gear.
You know, lenses aren't cheap.
And it's crazy 'cause whenever I need something,
I speak about it and I always end up
finding it in those units.
I just say what I want and I get it.
That's the secret.
I'm so excited.
I'm going to another auction.
I forgot how fun these are.
Babe, when you have people
spend the night, you need to--
You need to let me know.
Right, right, right.
I suppose I should have told Dan a man slept over, again.
By the time I got him to sleep, you were fast asleep.
What do you mean by the time you got him to sleep?
I just gave him a little motivation
about today's auction.
Next time, I will let you know we have a houseguest.
Yeah.
Water girl.
I think she doing Jazzercise.
Ah, jeez.
I thought you forgot about that already.
Never. - Never.
Shark, whale.
I love 'em. - Huh?
I love 'em. I chase 'em.
I take photos of 'em. - In the water?
In the water.
I go on a little dinghy boat, and chase, and take photos.
Hey, who got this girl?
She dangerous.
She playing with them monsters in the water.
Straight up with you, homie.
You guys right here?
Yeah.
Are those magic Chucks like magic slides?
Yeah, they are.
I love Chucks. Me too.
You ain't old enough to know about them, though.
He'll give you $5 if you can tell me the last name of Chuck.
Oh.
I will give her $5.
Yeah.
So if I know the last name, who's gonna give me $5?
She is.
Taylor.
You owe him $5.
You ain't got no pockets.
No pockets.
Chuck Taylor? I knew that.
But you know what? No shakesies, no takeses.
I got Dave coming.
Oh, what up, Dave?
Uh-oh.
The GOAT's a little bit hurt today.
It gonna be all right, but it ain't stopping, yup!
It ain't stopping me, though.
How are you, young lady? - Emily.
Nice to meet you. - Emily?
- Emily. - Emily.
David.
David, nice to meet you.
Yeah, oh, most people just call me the GOAT.
Oh. Hi, folks.
How you doing, roomie?
Hey, hello, roomie. - How you doing?
Let me say hello. Good morning.
Hi. - How you doing, man?
I'm good. How are you doing?
I'm all right. I'm all right.
Oh, he got that look. Something up.
- He's a little jealous. - Oh, [bleep].
I won't mention it.
No, that's all right.
It's done now.
You know, I'm not jealous,
but a little heads-up would be nice.
So she's here buying up again today.
Yeah, we know.
This thing ain't got no pockets.
Oh, well, a woman's trick is, you know,
the brassiere or the sock. - Uh-huh.
Yeah. The shoe.
Hey, Laura. Yes?
Do you slide in them?
Yeah, oh, you mean like, slide like this?
No, like-- - Move up?
- Slide in, slide on. - Oh.
Oh, yes, I can.
Slide in and slide out?
Oh, sort of. There we go.
That was more like a kick.
Sorta. Are those lucky?
No, them Calvin Klein's.
These right here?
Rabbit feet got nothing on these.
So you're sliding in and out today.
- Lucky slide. - [bleep].
Slides. - In the Riverslide.
Riverslide.
Welcome to the auction!
We're Dan and Laura Dotson.
Before you go through these gates,
you need to know the rules.
We're gonna go to the unit, remove the lock, open the door,
and give you five minutes to take a look around.
You can't go in the unit, can't open any boxes,
and whoever's got the most money in their pocket
can own it today. Are you ready?
- Yeah! - Whoo!
Let's go, let's go, let's go!
All right, let's go, folks!
We're gonna go all the way down here to the D building.
Laura made a bomb ass macchiato, bruh.
I feel so emergized right now.
There's only about four big hitters.
I watch those four.
The rest, I'm gonna ignore.
You don't know that, though.
I know everybody here.
Dave can hit. I can hit.
- Emily. - Oh, I don't know yet.
You gotta-- - Emily.
Are you a hitter?
I am. Oh, OK.
I'll be the judge for myself.
Here we go!
All right, a 10 by 20.
Damn.
Whoo!
I need that chair.
A bunch of wooden pieces of furniture.
Looks like a lot of dust and dirt.
This looks like it hasn't been touched in a while,
so that's always a good sign.
Is it kind of hard to see in a locker room
like that when you're short?
I think so.
'Cause she's kind of, like, behind.
I know she'll see nothing but backbones.
It's kinda like when you go up the escalator and somebody's
tall in front of you. You just look in their ass.
Yeah, especially with their dress on, huh?
Oh.
You been staying at Laura's house too long.
It's got a lot of potential.
You know, I see some antiques.
I see some artwork.
This could be silver, a little plated dish.
Kind of like it. I'ma see what happens.
This a whole house unit right here.
They got a suitcase.
They got a bow and arrow.
Daniel Boone was a man, you know?
He jumped in the bushes and ran.
This is-- ooh, that coffee you made me this morning's got me--
- Got you going? - Oh, I'm going, man.
A little bit of that caffeine.
I see [bleep] they don't see.
Calculate your bid because I'm trying to get that
coffee money back, all right?
Wait, wasn't that coffee "macchiaco" free?
All right.
I got a fish light right there, which I like.
A nice briefcase that's already opened.
Canopies.
I see a nice older compound bow right there.
So gotta decide how hard I wanna try.
Look at they got the dog. Oh, that's so cute.
That's Princess.
Hey, Mija.
What you doing?
Whoa. Ooh, ooh. Piranha.
He's got that bolt detector.
Just like these other buyers, all bark and no bite.
Yi, yi, yi, yi, yi.
All right, and if you're ready to go, I'm ready to go.
And here we go, number 20, what's your pleasure?
What are you gonna pay? Say it.
Come on. 100.
I got 1, 2, 2. Where?
2, 2. Wanna bid 2, 2, 2.
Wanna bid 2 right there. Wanna bid 3.
I got 2, 2, 3, 3. 3.
Number 300 and a 4.
Wanna bid 4.
$400!
I got 4, 5, 5, 6.
Wanna bid 600. Bid 600 there.
Bid $700 now.
Bid.
I've got 7, 7, 800. Bid 800.
800.
What about 9?
1,000. Now 11.
1,100. Now 12.
12. Bid 1,300.
1,400. From 14.
14!
I got 1,400. 14, 14, 15.
15, 15. That's 16.
Ivy coming up with 16.
Wanna bid 1,600. Going once.
How about 1,550?
Yup!
1,550. At 1,600.
15 counting.
Out of the blue, he comes out of the ocean.
Going once. Thank you for him.
And I got 1,600 going twice.
Final call at 1,600.
$1,550.
Yup! Dave, winner.
$1,550!
Sold it your way, Dave.
Walked in hurt and still walked out a winner.
All right, here we go.
10 by 12 and a half.
Nice. Big unit.
Nice unit. Here we go.
Look at that. - I like this unit.
Careful. Pilgrim basket.
You got boogie boards in that [bleep].
You know I ain't fooling with that water, bro.
Water girl gonna bid on that one.
She like that water stuff. Look out.
I need the surfboard.
I need these bike tires.
Oh, skateboard decks too.
I wish I was, like, a little bit taller.
I'm like--
I got short girl problems, but I see enough in this locker
to know it's gonna be mine.
I know you were gonna bid on this.
I know. You see the surfboard?
- Yeah. - I'm like, I need it.
Oh, they got too many of them, bro.
That's a death trap.
Nothing but surfboard.
And they got a Cobra basket.
I don't need them no more.
I'm a free man.
Four surfboards that you can see.
Goodoo, luxury, comfort.
It's not a bad looking unit.
See at least four surfboards.
I don't know what those white boxes are.
One bed.
I'm gonna go for it.
This might fit all in one or two--
oh, another board right there.
Uh-huh.
See, when he walk back like that,
he thinking, "calcumalating."
All right, here we go. Number 20.
And what's your pleasure?
What are you gonna pay on this big, old, nice unit?
Tell us, folks. How much money?
A little beachcomber unit.
I got $100.
I'll give you $200.
I got 1 and 2. Yes.
500 around, would bid 6, 7.
Would have been 8, 9, 9.
1,000 there. 11.
Now 12.
I get 1,100 here and 1,200 where?
11 and 12. 12.
Wanna bid 12. You're 11.
Now 12. Now 12.
Wanna bid 1,200. Going once.
Water girl going crazy.
1,200 going twice.
Here!
Oh, [bleep]!
Blindsided by the gun.
Emily claims to be a big hitter.
It's time we find out.
I got 12, 12. Wanna bid 13?
Here. Now 15.
I got 14, 15. What about 15 there?
Wanna bid 16 now. - Here!
17 now.
Wanna bid 17.
17.
There she goes.
Here!
What about 19? We're at about 1,800 now.
1,900, yeah.
1,900 now too. And 2, 2.
Wanna bid 2.
Wanna bid 2,000. And 2,000 now.
Wanna bid 2. - Wow.
2,000. Going once, twice.
Wanna bid 2,000 now.
You did it.
What was that?
Oh, there was a fly, fly.
Sold it your way for $1,900.
I told you, water girl.
Come on with your bad self.
Ivy, you let that little girl beat you up like that?
All right, I see you, Emily.
Ivy thought he was gonna take this from me,
but I got it.
All right, feeling it.
Let's go!
Here we go.
10 by 12 and a half.
Clean unit.
Look at that leather couch.
Y'all don't want that.
That's the place for Xbox in there.
Buckets. Pipe bender.
I like them totes.
♪ I hear him calling ♪
Toolbox, mattress.
Oh, DJI, that might be a drone.
I'm always on the hunt for camera equipment.
I just wish I could tell if that drone box was empty.
See, you can't really see it too much 'cause people
be listening and [bleep]?
And they try to bid you up.
See how they be looking?
Oh, I see them looking at you.
How are you feeling about this locker?
I like this one here.
If I get this unit, I might go play in the water with you.
All right, deal.
Yeah, we be in the bathtub.
If you get a little sleepy.
I know you're kind of getting up in age.
Little cushy bed there for you. I love it.
Got a few tools, a few tubs.
And it got a neck thing for your neck back there too.
I know. I'm gonna be here.
So if it's cheap, I might bid on it.
Real cheap, like super cheap.
Super, super. What's super cheap?
$10 or less.
All right, I don't know that bed,
but I bet you it's very expensive right there.
A lot of tools, two pipe benders, tool chests,
a couple of saws, a sander, a grinder.
Those are always good stuff in those white boxes.
It's not a bad unit.
All right, here we go.
Number 20, what're you gonna pay?
And how much? How much?
How much money where?
Give me 100 form.
1 and a quarter where?
Got 100.
150.
1 and a half there. 175.
150. 175.
I get you right there. At 2 and a quarter.
2 and a half at 250.
At 250 and 75.
And 75.
$400. And 400 now.
Put up a 4 there. 4 and a quarter.
425. 425.
4 and a half.
I got four and a quarter.
4 and a half at 450.
$500. Five and a quarter.
525. I got 500.
5 and a quarter. 5 and a half.
550.
575. 550 here.
575.
Y'all undercover.
Sneak bidding, mother[bleep]. 600. 600.
I told you, America, them people out here to get me.
575. Y'all cold-blooded.
600. 600 there.
Who said that? 6 and a quarter.
At 625, 650.
Would have been 650 and 675.
650 and 675.
675. Would have been 7.
Work with 700. How about that?
700. 7 and a quarter.
725. Wanna bid 750?
I got 7 and a quarter.
7 and a half. Bid 750.
750 going once, twice.
That's a bid call at 7, 759, 725, 725.
Sold it your way. 725, there's Kenny.
You got it, Kenny.
I got y'all mother[bleep], yeah.
That sneak attack almost got me.
But that "macchiaco" had me locked in like a tiger.
We got a lot of pipe benders right 'chere, boy.
I got two of them.
And that's $40 big ones.
So let's see what's in here.
Really nice.
OK. Phillips connected.
This is for slicing pizza.
What have we got?
Number of tools, America.
Tools.
We got all kind of old-fashioned ass hammers here.
This old fancy ass tool kit right 'chere, $50.
OK, we got a handsaw.
It's about $25 right 'chere.
What we got?
Oh, oh, this one here is a--
it's like something they find on [bleep] Ghostbusters.
I ain't scared of no ghost [bleep].
They would have never hired me.
One stage vacuum pump, about $35 right 'chere.
Black and Deckums, 3 and five-eights planer.
Another $25.
This one here is a Wayne WaterBUG.
This looks like in pretty good condition.
It's still got the tags on it.
Another $25.
Oh, this one of these sandpaper things.
Craftsman, $50.
Another Craftsman.
Belt/disc sander.
This is a bigger version of this one here version.
This one here gonna be $75.
What we got right 'chere?
I paid $725 for
this here bull[bleep].
I've been bamboozled by them.
I think they all was in it.
I want everybody name that was at the auction.
And I'ma take them to court, just 'cause it's sabotaging.
Oh, I'ma get them.
Next burritos I bring them,
they gonna have to bring some toilet paper.
Girl, you drive me crazy for the PlayStation.
Gas, break, shift.
I'd say about a good $200 right 'chere, boy.
We got some containers right 'chere.
Another Craftsman file cabinet.
More tools. $15 worth of tools.
Oh, this is kind of heavies.
All right, what is this?
Another hacksaw, Jim Duggan. $25 big ones.
What do they call these?
Jack.
This is $25 for the both.
No monies.
Boy, you just got gypped, Kenny bug.
Guess what this is?
Empty.
Oh, no, this is full.
I don't wanna know what's in here.
We know what they do back in the mafia days.
No monies.
I hope you all stay where y'all at.
Have your family inside of there.
Don't go to nobody else house.
Kumbaya.
But you know it's time to get back to the auction
because some people done bid me up.
You know what I mean?
I mean, they conspired against me.
I was all hopped up on caffeine and got too excited.
Bull honky.
Now they done really unleashed the dragons.
I'm going get their ass, bruh.
All right, folks, 10 by 10!
Oh, another nice unit here.
There's a lot of bags to go through in this one.
Those hoverboards are, like, $25.
Christmas trees always sell. I see potential.
I don't see any trash, really.
Just a whole lot of usable stuff.
Weights, weights have been selling for crazy money.
It's got a nice flat screen.
Everything here is sellable.
That's what I deal with, sellable.
I don't love black bags, but I love the rest of it.
This is the unit I should have got right 'chere, bro.
You got all this stuff to make you big
like Arnold Schwarzenegger around here.
There's some cool stuff in there.
That's cool right there, Le Creuset there.
Get all that dust out of there, it'll look better.
Got a lot of iron.
A lot of-- there's some stuff in there.
Injured or not, I still know how to raise the stakes
when it's time to play.
All righty, and here we go.
Number 20, what are you gonna pay on this one again?
How much? How much?
How much money where? - $200.
I got 200 there. Wanna bid 3.
3 down. Bid 3.
Tell him, folks! $400.
400.
I got 4, 5, 5, 6.
Wanna bid 600? At 6 there.
Wanna bid 7. 7 where?
I got 700 there. Yup!
Wanna bid 9.
900. $900.
1,000. Yup!
1,000. How about that?
1,000. 1,100.
Now 12, 12. Wanna bid 1,200?
- Yup! - Wanna bid 1,300 now.
I got 12, 12.
Wanna bid 13, 14.
I got 13, 14.
Wanna bid 1,400 there.
13 and a half, how about that?
I got 1,300.
1,350 going once, twice.
Wanna bid 1,359?
Sold it your way. Ivy got it for 1,300.
Ivy.
All right, you got it, Ivy.
Dave can be relentless,
but nothing beats the taste of victory.
Thank you, lucky slides.
Congratulations. All right, whoo!
Folks, that's the end of the auction.
And don't forget to pay the lady.
Thank you, everyone.
Storage buying is a dangerous sport, man.
Y'all might think this here's a joke, but you get jumped, bruh.
All right.
Going against Ivy for this locker was a piece of cake.
A $1,900 piece of cake, but still.
Got some luxury, comfort, style.
Huh.
They're luxury shoes. Look at this.
Wow.
My pimp friends are gonna love these.
These shoes can go anywhere between $50 to $100.
And it looks like there's 12 of them in here.
All right, it's already $500.
We're off to a good start.
What is this?
Oh, wow.
These handles are really nice.
Looks like an old vintage wicker basket.
I'd put this on my store for $50.
A bunch of crystal right here.
Wow.
Oh, nice, jewelry.
Looks like it's all real silver and could be real diamond
right there. $300.
This is why I got this unit right here.
It's for surfboards.
It's in pretty decent condition,
and I know I can sell it for at least $100.
Got another surfboard.
Another $100.
And we got another $100.
And another $100.
I'm loving this unit already.
All right, let's keep going.
Ah!
Oh, my God, I'm so happy already.
Look what we got.
I talked about it earlier.
I said, please let me find some camera gear.
And guess what we got?
I could sell this for $100, but I'm gonna keep it.
Great day.
And it's more lenses.
Now, that's manifesting at its finest.
I need to get all the way up here.
Whoa.
This unit is stacked to the brim.
Careful.
Please, no avalanche.
So embarrassing.
You would think this is my first
or second time doing this.
I knew that avalanche was coming.
Ah, we got outdoor string lights.
I've sold them before for $20 a piece.
Looks like we got about 20 in here. $400 box.
Got a table saw right here for $75 bucks.
Wow.
All right.
Tote full of clothes.
Tool bag right here.
Ooh, actually, it's a Carhartt.
It looks like it's new in the bag.
Wow, this one's really distressed.
It's vintage as well.
Is it a jacket too? Oh, no, another jacket.
Got two Carhartt jackets right here.
Oh, wait, this is Stussy.
Wow, so it looks like a collab.
I sell clothing, but I'm not really familiar
on how much this might cost.
But more Carhartt.
I'd say '90s.
It looks really unique too.
This could definitely be worth something.
I think I need to do some research
and see if somebody can tell me more about these.
What have we got here?
Is this a backpack?
Hey, brand new.
Wait, is this a hiking bag?
OutdoorMaster.
That's a name brand.
$40 right here.
We got five more hiking bags. $200.
Wow.
Shoes galore.
I'm gonna have to see how much I have here.
More shoes.
This is crazy.
Ah, everyone in my apartment complex gets one of these.
You get a shoe. You get a shoe.
This is amazing.
I have 175 pairs of shoes.
Even if I sell them for $20, we got $3,500 right here.
Hey, we got DVDs, Blu-rays.
Some of these look sealed. $40 right here.
OK, we got another box full of DVDs, $30.
Crate full of vinyls, $60.
I think this is about 500 pieces of comic books.
$500.
Boom.
This fresh face proved to be a big hitter.
Plus, I still have those Carhartt jackets
that need to be looked at.
I might be the new kid on the block,
but I'm the best buyer today.
Wow, $1,300, hoping it's a good one.
Dave had me spending more than I wanted to.
My lucky slides are working overtime today.
Ooh.
Ooh, got some electronics, I see.
Believe it or not, these old timers, they work.
This is a great condition one here. $30.
Ooh, I knew this locker was good money.
Look at the flops coming up.
Ooh, another computer almost identical as that one.
$40.
All right, let's put all these weights together.
We get a total price.
Get my workout on.
Ooh.
That right there is a good $200 worth of weights.
Now, this is a big old speaker right here.
That's a pretty good brand.
Wanna say a good $75 bucks.
Ooh, coolers.
You cannot live without one of these,
especially in Southern California. $50.
And if it's really hot that day, $70.
Sell them on the hottest day of the year,
you get the most money.
I think this is an Xbox.
Yep, Xbox 360.
This is an older model.
They actually still sell real good.
It looks like all the cords and everything are in here.
This is a good $60.
Samsung, 42 incher,
flat with a stand.
$70.
Some DVDs.
Ooh, these sell good.
These are Sega Genesis.
Sega Genesis got to be at least 40 years old.
Here's the controller,
the Genesis itself.
This whole entire box? $200.
So many video games.
This unit is a teenage nerd's dream come true.
All that's missing is the ninja stars.
Got some video games, PS5, PS4, PS5.
Whoo, a lot of stuff in this room.
Bam.
Two Nintendo Wiis,
Sony PlayStation 2 with a memory card.
PSP, PSP, PSP.
All these video games and consoles,
I'ma say $400.
Ooh, this must be a speaker for a car.
Rockford Fosgate, one of the best brands there is.
$150 used.
Ooh.
Oh, man, it's a fake.
Ooh.
Afro samur-Ivy.
Did I say ninja stars? I meant samurai swords.
Hey, this bike, neon colors, three piece cranks,
$100 'cause it's aluminum.
So right here we have a dresser with a bed.
$150, all combined.
Oh, we got some more stuff back here.
We got-- oh, this is--
I'm gonna assume this is some kind of weapon.
And it looks like old wrapping.
And it definitely feels like this would be a handle
or that would be a handle.
Heck, I guess you hit with both sides.
You know my motto.
If I don't know something, find somebody who do.
Made a couple hundred.
But if this wooden stick's magic kicks in,
might slide me into a bigger payday.
Lucky slides. Lucky slides.
Don't fail me now.
Ah.
Hand smells weird.
Come on, ladies.
I paid $1,550 for this locker.
It's time to see if it was worth the gamble.
Henry, can you grab me that--
OK.
Yeah, right here.
Give me all the boxes over here.
Open them up.
What is this?
Oh, this is some kind of LEGOs.
Look at that.
This is the bases, I think.
Probably 25 in each box.
I'm gonna say, conservatively, $1 each.
So $1 apiece, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, $120.
There we go.
Just like the checkout stand. $60.
Love it. $60 all day long.
Another $60.
There you go.
Come on, man. Faster, faster, faster.
Another $60.
Open these up for me.
I gotta see what's in them.
It's a hell of a cushion.
Are these dog beds for my dogs or what?
Pregnancy pillows? $10 each.
I guess I'm gonna be in the pregnancy pillow business.
$10. $10.
Another $20 for pregnancy pillows.
There's at least 50 pregnancy pillows in this unit.
That's $500, baby.
Get it?
So what have we got in here?
Oh, look at that. Beautiful.
OK, so that sits like that.
You put your lemonade.
That's $100 right there.
Here we go. Nice dish set.
It is made in Japan.
I'm gonna say, like, $100 on this set, at least.
OK, Kemper wood chest, open it up.
Surprise.
What do we got here?
Oh, it's a little bit of porcelain and stuff in here.
Look at this, inlaid jewelry box.
This is gonna be, like, a six-panel screen,
all inlaid, mother of pearl.
So I'm gonna say there's probably $100
worth of collectibles in here.
And then the chest alone, feeling's right,
probably out of the '60s or '70s.
Easily, $100 bill.
An antique table here.
What do they call those, lighthouses or windmills?
That's a $40 bill.
I like it.
1940s Duncan Phyfe mahogany.
$60.
All right, Henry, just let it roll.
I'm still hoping for the gold strike.
Oh, look at that.
It's kind of a really cool lamp here.
I don't know if it's mid-century,
but it does have an older looking tag.
I think that writing may be Russian.
We have an old antique phone here.
Yeah, I think this is definitely Russian.
I don't know.
I may have to take this box to get an estimate on it.
Put this over there, Henry.
All right,
this is a headboard turned sideways, black lacquer.
This is probably the dresser.
Black lacquer is pretty popular.
That's gonna be about $200.
This old dresser cleaned up, $150.
And another $100 worth of miscellaneous.
So, all in all, I think I got my money back so far.
Now, I got to phone a comrade
to tell me more about these items.
I don't know about you guys, but I'm exhausted.
I'm getting out of here. I'll see you later.
Oh, here we go.
I'm meeting with weapons expert
and owner of Collectors Armoury, Joseph Bell.
I figured he might know a thing or two
about this wooden stick.
Hopefully, it doesn't leave me stumped.
Joseph.
Joseph!
- Yes, sir. - How are you doing today? -
Doing pretty good today. - I brought something here.
To me, it looks like some type of club or--
Well, that's obvious. Yeah, it is a club.
What you have there is commonly known in the West
as a rifle stock club.
These are from Fiji.
This particular style is used as a status symbol.
A chief or an esteemed warrior
would carry these around the village,
showing his power as a warrior and a leader.
What kind of wood is that?
Tropical hardwood of some sort,
usually from a root cluster
on a very serious, heavy tree.
And they carve this area here from the joint
at the ground level.
They still make them for the tourist trade,
but this one has some actual patina and age look to it.
So it's probably 19th century.
It's amazing how thick it is. Yeah.
It's like the end of a baseball bat,
not the beginning.
Well, Fijians are like a lot of Pacific Islanders.
They have a very large stature.
Like the big Tongans.
Big, heavy guys, 6' foot, 6", 350 pounds.
Yeah.
They're serious people as far as being able to, uh, fight.
Well, I think I've got big enough
that I can carry that thing.
Yeah, you could intimidate me with it, that's for sure.
That depends on your answer to my next question, Joe.
Well, I made a long drive here to see you
for the most important question.
You already know what that is.
Yeah, I bet you wanna know what it's worth.
Yeah, I really wanna know what it's worth.
Well, let's take a look.
Fijian stuff is relatively rare,
particularly any that have any natural age or patina.
Good weight.
No serious damage.
I think its value would be--
yeah.
I'd say, uh,
yeah, about $900.
What a find.
Now I can celebrate and go clubbing.
So you know what?
I think I'ma go to Fiji.
I'ma take that, so they'll think
I'm like a king or something.
They might.
We don't know him, but he got the stick,
so he got the power.
Wow, this place is great.
This is my kind of shop.
Today, I'm meeting with the owner of Gator's Vintage.
I'm curious if he can tell me more
about these jackets I found.
Hello.
- Hey, so good to meet you. - Nice meeting you.
Yeah.
I got some vintage Carhartt jackets.
I don't know much about them, so I'm hoping you can
kind of give me some answers. - Yeah.
Maybe, let's start on the just simple J97.
Someone did a lot of work in this thing.
So for the first a hundred years of Carhartt's history,
it was a workwear brand.
They ran through both World Wars, producing uniforms.
They produced clothing for American workers
on the railways.
But around the 1980s, jackets like this
began to be fashionable.
This is a pretty good example of a Carhartt jacket,
and it's not too shredded.
Does that add to the character?
Or is it more like they want them
in pristine mint condition?
So even though it's really distressed,
it doesn't really take away from the value that much.
And there's gonna be a certain subset
of vintage buyers who are really interested
in having a piece that was this original
and this distressed.
That's one fun little detail, if you wanna see
what the original color looks like.
This was snapped for the entire time it was worn.
So that's the real color.
That's the original-- yeah,
the original color underneath.
You can add that as, what, a sun--
Sun faded. - Yeah, OK.
See? I know the lingo.
And then from the late '80s to the 1990s,
Carhartt made these, like, Aztec-style jackets,
a little bit more fashionable than utilitarian.
A lot of rappers wore them, like Wu-Tang Clan, Eazy-E.
But you know, it's still duck canvas.
It's still solid.
Condition seems really good on this guy.
A couple holes.
All the elastic seems really good.
Yeah, this is in, actually, really,
really good shape for the era. - Awesome.
Great. Cool. Yeah.
That's their jacket.
Whoa, Stussy collaboration jacket.
These are exceedingly rare.
Like, really, really rare.
So in the like early 1990s, just for a couple years,
Stussy would buy Carhartt blanks
and embroider their name on them.
This was not, like, actual official collaboration
between the two brands, but he did sell these at his shop.
OK.
I've seen this exact jacket
on eBay sell
around $4,000.
So you're telling me, I have a $4,000 jacket right here?
Unfortunately, I might have some bad news for you, though.
I believe this jacket is a reproduction.
Wow. Sorry. Sorry about that.
That sucks.
Yeah, if you look at the buttons right here,
do you see how clean that looks?
Yeah.
25 years of wear tends to make
a button look like this, a little bit of fading
on it, oxidization.
Yeah, it's a huge difference.
The zipper feels a little bit cheaper.
And from what I understand about Carhartt,
this sort of, like, polyester size label
would be really, really non-traditional.
I thought I struck gold with this jacket.
Looks like I got duped by a dupe.
All right, so how much do I have in all three jackets?
In terms of the J97,
in my shop, I would probably value this around--
$200. - Great.
Yeah. - Cool.
And then in terms of the Aztec jacket,
this is gonna be the most valuable piece in the lot.
I would probably put a value of around--
I'd say you have around, like, $450 on it.
OK, awesome.
So sorry again about the Stussy jacket.
It's OK.
It'll be good for those cold auction mornings.
It's cool.
Yeah, it's nice looking, you know?
And maybe from a distance,
someone will think you have a $4,000 jacket on.
Exactly. So...
I guess this is the place.
I'm bringing my Russian antiques to Charles Phoenix
at Sunbeam Vintage.
Apparently, he's the king of kitsch.
We've never met before. I'm Charles.
David. - Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you. This place is beautiful.
Yeah, Sunbeam Vintage. Love it.
Let's see if this stuff will be "Putin"
some more money in my pocket.
Let's start with this.
OK.
Oh, wait, what is this?
I thought this was a television, but I'm wrong.
Well, this doesn't go with this 'cause this isn't this.
Oh, oh, oh, wait a minute now.
It's a radio on top.
I better wake up and smell the radio and the television.
And this is it right here.
Can we read anything on it? No.
And, unfortunately, I never studied Russian.
And then what's this?
Look it, that's for a-- Oh, wait.
- car now. It is for the car.
Oh, and that-- OK, the plot just thickened.
This will work in the car. - Damn.
You plug that into the cigarette lighter.
Cars don't even have cigarette lighters anymore.
But, you know, old cars had
four cigarette lighters, one for everybody.
And ashtrays.
So you could drive around and just smoke and drive around.
Just smoke and drive around, yeah.
And now we have a telephone.
It looks like a telephone had a baby with a piano.
These probably light up.
And, yeah, these are all the different lines.
So, like, if, you know,
the president is calling you, remember dialing?
Hello? - I do.
I'm old enough for that.
Remember, like, prank phone calls?
You'd just dial a liquor store.
And do you have Prince Albert in a can?
And they'd say, yes, we do.
And then-- then you'd say, you better let him out.
And then you slam the phone down.
Prank phone calls have been lost--
Forever. Forever.
OK, so last but not least,
where do we begin to behold the glory
of how much we all seriously--
no matter where in the world you are,
everybody loves a Sputnik fixture.
So this could go on a wall.
It could go on a ceiling.
It could go on a table.
It could go on the whatever.
It could go on your head.
This is a superstar.
Why do you call it Sputnik?
Well, it's the classic term for the "Sputnik,"
which is the satellite that the Russians sent in to outer space
in 1957 in the race for space.
But, you know, we won because we landed on the moon--
ha-ha-- and they didn't.
There's so much going for this.
Obviously, it's missing a couple light bulbs.
No big deal.
And then these decorative knobs.
Needs a little polish.
Needs a little detail.
Easy breezy.
Not to mention the fact that it is on a turquoise base.
And turquoise is absolutely 100% classic
in the realm of the space age era.
Mid-century modern.
I mean, this is a little more, like,
streamlined, "mo-dern" kind of art deco-ey,
but still fits into the mid-century aesthetic.
"Mo-dern." I never heard that word.
Mid-century "mo-dern."
If it's "mo-dern," is it more expensive?
"Mo-dern" does not make it more expensive.
"Mo-dern" makes it more like 1940s or '30s.
Gotcha.
Mid-century modern is more like '50s, and '60s, and '70s.
Well, what do you think all this fine quality merchandise
is worth?
You've got three Russian pieces here.
They are, you know, curiosity pieces, more or less.
And they're a little dirty. They need detailing.
I'd say on a good day, all cleaned up--
I'd say you're about in the--
$500 range.
$500 makes my day.
Mission accomplished.
Good thing I didn't Russian to judgment
and throw this stuff away.
Well, thank you so much for the info.
I'm gonna pack this stuff and get out of your way.
My pleasure, Dave.
Emily Pokoj kicked the competition in Riverside,
walking away with nearly $5,000.
Ivy Calvin clubbed up $1,100.
Dave Hester limped his way to $800 rubles,
while Kenny Crossley regrettably fell short,
but pushed his luck one more time.
Guess who's back?
Family. - Kenny.
Guess who's back?
What are you doing here?
I brought some gifts 'cause since you made
that bomb ass caramel "macchiaco" last time.
Right on. So what you doing?
Oh, my God, I love it.
I thought I'd come spend about
three weeks with y'all since the doors are open.
You know what? Your timing couldn't be better.
Laura's got me doing Honeydew Weekend.
You're not afraid of heights, right?
Hell, yeah.
Well, you're not gonna be after today 'cause
I'ma put you up on that ladder,
and we're gonna switch out all those bulbs.
And then we're gonna put some Christmas lights up.
And that loose tile. Don't forget that.
If you'd fix that, that'd be great.
And you know what else?
You could sit on bear watch tonight with Danny.
Oh, my God, you guys could take turns.
- Bears? - So come on in.
Oh, you know what, bruh?
I just remember, today is the wrong time and wrong day.
I'll see y'all in about two weeks.
I'll be back.
Watch yourself. - Thanks, Kenny.
We'll see you next week.
Yeah, I'll be back.
Glad we got out of that.
The hell are they talking about, bear watch?
What kind of bull[bleep]?
Man, I ain't got time to be fooling with no damn bears.