1 00:00:01,235 --> 00:00:03,002 ♪♪ 2 00:00:03,104 --> 00:00:05,304 robbie: Did you hire somebody else to do mom's snow? 3 00:00:05,406 --> 00:00:06,739 Mike: No why? 4 00:00:06,841 --> 00:00:08,107 Isn't what's-his-name, tim, doing it? 5 00:00:08,209 --> 00:00:10,776 Robbie: He said he went over there and it was already done. 6 00:00:10,878 --> 00:00:11,944 Mike: Call her up and ask her about it. 7 00:00:12,046 --> 00:00:13,612 Robbie: I tried to call her this morning 3 times. 8 00:00:13,714 --> 00:00:14,713 She doesn't answer the phone. 9 00:00:14,815 --> 00:00:16,415 Mike: Here, call her from my phone... 10 00:00:16,517 --> 00:00:18,517 Top one right there. 11 00:00:18,619 --> 00:00:19,118 Robbie: Oh, hold on here... 12 00:00:19,220 --> 00:00:20,319 Mom, right there, got it. 13 00:00:20,421 --> 00:00:20,953 [phone ringing] 14 00:00:21,055 --> 00:00:21,320 mom (on phone): Hello. 15 00:00:21,422 --> 00:00:22,054 Mike: Mom! 16 00:00:22,156 --> 00:00:22,588 Robbie: What's going on, mom? 17 00:00:22,690 --> 00:00:23,989 Mom (on phone): Hi. 18 00:00:24,091 --> 00:00:24,890 Mike: Robbie said that tim went over to your house to 19 00:00:24,992 --> 00:00:26,525 do all the snow and it was already done. 20 00:00:26,627 --> 00:00:28,394 So did you hire somebody? 21 00:00:28,496 --> 00:00:29,294 Mom (on phone): No. 22 00:00:29,397 --> 00:00:30,662 I did it myself. 23 00:00:30,765 --> 00:00:32,197 Robbie: What are you talking about? 24 00:00:32,299 --> 00:00:34,833 Mom (on phone): I was expecting bernie or her boyfriend to come 25 00:00:34,935 --> 00:00:36,969 over and I went out and before I knew it, 26 00:00:37,071 --> 00:00:39,671 I had the whole driveway done and the sidewalks done. 27 00:00:39,774 --> 00:00:40,506 Mike: You shoveled the driveway? 28 00:00:40,608 --> 00:00:41,740 Robbie: And the sidewalks? 29 00:00:41,842 --> 00:00:43,609 Mom (on phone): Don't interrupt me. 30 00:00:43,711 --> 00:00:45,677 You know I'm tough as nails. 31 00:00:45,780 --> 00:00:47,046 Mike: Mom, it's not about that. 32 00:00:47,148 --> 00:00:49,148 It's about you falling and breaking a hip or something. 33 00:00:49,250 --> 00:00:51,784 Mom (on phone): I got a brand new hip and I'm going to get a 34 00:00:51,886 --> 00:00:53,886 brand new knee, I'm going to be bionic. 35 00:00:53,988 --> 00:00:56,688 Robbie: Mom, we have a contract with this guy, 36 00:00:56,791 --> 00:00:58,657 we have to pay him no matter what. 37 00:00:58,759 --> 00:00:59,958 Mom (on phone): The hell you are! 38 00:01:00,061 --> 00:01:02,628 We're not going to pay for something he didn't do. 39 00:01:02,730 --> 00:01:04,229 I'm going to call him right now. 40 00:01:04,331 --> 00:01:04,630 Mike: Mom. 41 00:01:04,732 --> 00:01:05,597 Robbie: Mom. 42 00:01:05,699 --> 00:01:06,265 Mike: Don't call him right now. 43 00:01:06,367 --> 00:01:07,232 Robbie: Mom! 44 00:01:07,334 --> 00:01:08,600 Mike: Mom! 45 00:01:08,702 --> 00:01:11,537 Robbie: Mom... What the heck! 46 00:01:12,039 --> 00:01:13,172 Mike: Did you notice how she answers my phone call? 47 00:01:13,274 --> 00:01:22,347 ♪♪ 48 00:01:22,450 --> 00:01:24,416 [phone ringing] 49 00:01:24,518 --> 00:01:25,384 mike: Dani d, what's up? 50 00:01:25,486 --> 00:01:26,919 Robbie: 'sup, girl? 51 00:01:27,021 --> 00:01:28,454 Danielle: Hey boys, how're you doing this fine day? 52 00:01:28,556 --> 00:01:29,555 Mike: Hanging in there. 53 00:01:29,657 --> 00:01:30,923 What do you got going on? 54 00:01:31,025 --> 00:01:33,425 Danielle: Boy howdy, I got you guys the best pick - 55 00:01:33,527 --> 00:01:35,461 the pick of all picks. 56 00:01:35,563 --> 00:01:36,295 Mike: Never heard that. 57 00:01:36,397 --> 00:01:38,197 Robbie: Yeah. 58 00:01:38,299 --> 00:01:39,665 Danielle: No, I really mean it, and I really mean it this time. 59 00:01:39,767 --> 00:01:41,433 I'm sending you to a gal named kim. 60 00:01:41,535 --> 00:01:43,035 Mike: What's she got? 61 00:01:43,137 --> 00:01:44,903 Danielle: Okay, so here's the thing - her late husband, 62 00:01:45,005 --> 00:01:47,406 bill, was the collector to end all collectors. 63 00:01:47,508 --> 00:01:49,007 This man had it all. 64 00:01:49,110 --> 00:01:51,143 You know how sometimes we'll go out on a pick and they 65 00:01:51,245 --> 00:01:54,346 have like these little towns or whatever behind their house? 66 00:01:54,448 --> 00:01:55,314 Mike: Yeah, yeah. 67 00:01:55,416 --> 00:01:56,281 Robbie: Yeah. 68 00:01:56,383 --> 00:01:58,317 Danielle: Bill built one of those towns... 69 00:01:58,419 --> 00:02:00,252 Inside his house! 70 00:02:00,354 --> 00:02:01,653 Mike: Dang! 71 00:02:01,755 --> 00:02:02,921 Danielle: He's got a train depot, 72 00:02:03,023 --> 00:02:04,790 he's got a gas station, he's got a general store. 73 00:02:04,892 --> 00:02:07,493 I mean, he- he's got so much, it's crazy. 74 00:02:07,595 --> 00:02:08,694 Mike: [chuckles] god dang! 75 00:02:08,796 --> 00:02:10,529 Robbie: Freakin'... Mike: [laughs] 76 00:02:10,631 --> 00:02:11,697 danielle: You're excited! 77 00:02:11,799 --> 00:02:12,798 Robbie: This house has to be huge! 78 00:02:12,900 --> 00:02:14,466 Danielle: I mean, it's something alright. 79 00:02:14,568 --> 00:02:16,068 Mike: [chuckles] wooh! 80 00:02:16,170 --> 00:02:18,937 Danielle: So unfortunately, bill passed away last year. 81 00:02:19,039 --> 00:02:22,107 And as you can imagine, kim's pretty overwhelmed. 82 00:02:22,209 --> 00:02:24,910 But she did her research, and from being with bill for so 83 00:02:25,012 --> 00:02:27,312 long, she really already knew quite a bit of it. 84 00:02:27,414 --> 00:02:29,081 Mike: Awesome. 85 00:02:29,183 --> 00:02:30,482 Danielle: I think you guys are going to have a great day. 86 00:02:30,584 --> 00:02:31,283 Mike: Thanks, honey. 87 00:02:31,385 --> 00:02:32,217 Danielle: Bye. 88 00:02:32,319 --> 00:02:32,985 Mike: Bye. 89 00:02:33,254 --> 00:02:37,956 ♪♪ 90 00:02:38,058 --> 00:02:39,158 mike: This is the house, look at the addition on it. 91 00:02:39,260 --> 00:02:42,227 Robbie: Looks like the guy built a house on top of a house. 92 00:02:42,663 --> 00:02:43,896 Mike: That's what I'm saying. 93 00:02:43,998 --> 00:02:45,230 Oh they already got stuff out in the driveway. 94 00:02:45,332 --> 00:02:47,166 Mike: You know it's going to be a good day when there's so much 95 00:02:47,268 --> 00:02:50,102 stuff in the house, that it's spilling out into the driveway. 96 00:02:50,971 --> 00:02:52,271 Mike: Look at that van, that's awesome, man. 97 00:02:52,373 --> 00:02:53,505 I love that. 98 00:02:53,607 --> 00:02:54,239 Robbie: That thing's cool. 99 00:02:54,341 --> 00:02:54,973 Mike: Hey! 100 00:02:55,075 --> 00:02:55,741 Robbie: Hey, how're you doing? 101 00:02:55,843 --> 00:02:56,508 Richard: Hey, how's it going? 102 00:02:56,610 --> 00:02:57,176 Mike: Hey man, I'm mike. 103 00:02:57,278 --> 00:02:57,743 This is my brother, robbie. 104 00:02:57,845 --> 00:02:58,577 Richard: I'm richard. 105 00:02:58,679 --> 00:02:59,278 Mike: Hey, how's it going? 106 00:02:59,380 --> 00:03:00,379 Richard: Nice to meet you. 107 00:03:00,481 --> 00:03:01,046 Robbie: Look like you're cleaning stuff out already. 108 00:03:01,148 --> 00:03:01,914 Richard: Yeah a little bit. 109 00:03:02,016 --> 00:03:02,681 Mike: You guys getting this running? 110 00:03:02,783 --> 00:03:03,649 I see the battery charger on it. 111 00:03:03,751 --> 00:03:04,650 Richard: Trying to get it going. 112 00:03:04,752 --> 00:03:05,551 It's been a minute since it ran. 113 00:03:05,653 --> 00:03:07,186 Mike: Hey, you must be kim. 114 00:03:07,288 --> 00:03:07,719 Kim: Yes. 115 00:03:07,821 --> 00:03:09,288 Mike: Hey I'm mike. 116 00:03:09,390 --> 00:03:10,189 Kim: Hi mike. 117 00:03:10,291 --> 00:03:10,522 Mike: You talked to dani on the phone? 118 00:03:10,624 --> 00:03:11,590 Kim: Yes. 119 00:03:11,692 --> 00:03:12,057 Mike: This is my brother, robbie. 120 00:03:12,159 --> 00:03:12,724 Kim: Hi robbie. 121 00:03:12,826 --> 00:03:13,292 Robbie: How're you doing? 122 00:03:13,394 --> 00:03:13,892 Nice to see you. 123 00:03:13,994 --> 00:03:14,893 Kim: Fine, how are you? 124 00:03:14,995 --> 00:03:15,460 Mike: I'm giving you a flyer just to kind of... 125 00:03:15,563 --> 00:03:16,495 Break something loose. 126 00:03:16,597 --> 00:03:18,030 I know she kind of went over some of this stuff. 127 00:03:18,132 --> 00:03:20,299 Kim: You know what, I think I have everything on here. 128 00:03:20,401 --> 00:03:21,400 [group laughing] 129 00:03:21,502 --> 00:03:24,403 kim: Bill bragg was my husband of almost 20 years. 130 00:03:24,505 --> 00:03:25,437 A big kid at heart. 131 00:03:25,539 --> 00:03:27,873 I think he was born old. 132 00:03:27,975 --> 00:03:30,342 Bill loved anything from the '30s, '40s, '50s, 133 00:03:30,444 --> 00:03:32,311 especially music. 134 00:03:32,413 --> 00:03:32,844 Kim: Come on in. 135 00:03:32,947 --> 00:03:33,278 Mike: Alright cool. 136 00:03:33,380 --> 00:03:34,379 Robbie: Wow! 137 00:03:34,481 --> 00:03:36,081 Mike: Oh wow yeah! 138 00:03:36,183 --> 00:03:37,883 Mike: This is like no other garage we've been in before. 139 00:03:37,985 --> 00:03:39,685 Most guys hang a couple of signs on the wall, 140 00:03:39,787 --> 00:03:41,386 park their old car in the garage - 141 00:03:41,488 --> 00:03:42,621 boom, they're done. 142 00:03:42,723 --> 00:03:43,689 That's not what happened here. 143 00:03:43,791 --> 00:03:45,991 He's taken this to the next level. 144 00:03:46,093 --> 00:03:47,359 Kim: Doesn't everybody want to put a truck on a wall? 145 00:03:47,461 --> 00:03:48,293 Mike: Is that you? 146 00:03:48,395 --> 00:03:49,561 Robbie: Oh yeah. 147 00:03:49,663 --> 00:03:51,296 Kim: Yeah, that's me, and that's my grandmother, and that's bill. 148 00:03:51,398 --> 00:03:51,863 [group laughing] 149 00:03:51,966 --> 00:03:52,931 mike: That's awesome. 150 00:03:53,033 --> 00:03:55,500 Mike: He actually customized the house to create 151 00:03:55,603 --> 00:03:56,702 these moments inside. 152 00:03:56,804 --> 00:03:58,737 So from the exterior of the house, 153 00:03:58,839 --> 00:03:59,771 you're looking at it and you're like, 154 00:03:59,873 --> 00:04:01,373 that looks like a house on top of a house, 155 00:04:01,475 --> 00:04:03,041 and it's very odd. 156 00:04:03,143 --> 00:04:05,611 But when you walk inside, from a collector's standpoint, 157 00:04:05,713 --> 00:04:07,045 I'm like, this is brilliant! 158 00:04:07,147 --> 00:04:09,214 Mike: He was outside at a gas station inside the garage. 159 00:04:09,316 --> 00:04:10,782 Kim: Yep. 160 00:04:10,884 --> 00:04:12,050 Mike: You're surrounded by petroliana. 161 00:04:12,152 --> 00:04:14,886 And then your eyes cast up, and he's got a display window 162 00:04:14,989 --> 00:04:18,090 from like a general store with appliances in it. 163 00:04:18,192 --> 00:04:20,425 Mike: What's the significance of "kimbill general store"? 164 00:04:20,527 --> 00:04:21,293 What was that to him? 165 00:04:21,395 --> 00:04:22,594 Kim: That was my first name and his name. 166 00:04:22,696 --> 00:04:24,429 So he made it for our town. 167 00:04:24,531 --> 00:04:25,297 Robbie: Kim and bill. 168 00:04:25,399 --> 00:04:26,231 Mike: Oh okay. 169 00:04:26,333 --> 00:04:27,232 Kim: Yeah. 170 00:04:27,334 --> 00:04:28,133 Mike: Now how often would he change this out? 171 00:04:28,235 --> 00:04:29,401 Richard: He wanted a christmas display, 172 00:04:29,503 --> 00:04:31,003 was what he wanted. 173 00:04:31,105 --> 00:04:31,737 Kim: Got it up there, and it- and it stayed that way. 174 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:32,237 Mike: Oh so always christmas. 175 00:04:32,339 --> 00:04:32,938 Kim: Yeah. 176 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:33,372 Mike: Ooh I like this guy. 177 00:04:33,474 --> 00:04:34,139 Robbie: Yeah. 178 00:04:34,241 --> 00:04:34,640 Richard: [laughs] kim: Yeah, yeah. 179 00:04:34,742 --> 00:04:35,774 Mike: That's cool. 180 00:04:35,876 --> 00:04:36,642 Mike: We just walked into the garage. 181 00:04:36,744 --> 00:04:37,309 And all of this is happening. 182 00:04:37,411 --> 00:04:38,377 I mean it's... 183 00:04:38,479 --> 00:04:39,711 It's overwhelming. 184 00:04:39,813 --> 00:04:41,046 Mike: So where would he buy stuff, 185 00:04:41,148 --> 00:04:43,081 was he buying everything local or would you guys travel? 186 00:04:43,183 --> 00:04:44,583 Kim: A lot of it bill collected since he was a kid. He- 187 00:04:44,685 --> 00:04:46,184 mike: Did he grow up in texas? 188 00:04:46,287 --> 00:04:46,585 Kim: Yes. 189 00:04:46,687 --> 00:04:47,719 Mike: Okay. 190 00:04:47,821 --> 00:04:48,987 Kim: Yeah, born and raised in dallas. 191 00:04:49,089 --> 00:04:50,088 He used to get his toys and trade them for antiques. 192 00:04:50,190 --> 00:04:53,325 His first antique, I still have, a little telegraph, 193 00:04:53,427 --> 00:04:54,626 sending messages. 194 00:04:54,728 --> 00:04:55,894 Mike: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 195 00:04:55,996 --> 00:04:56,595 Kim: How many kids do you know that would trade 196 00:04:56,697 --> 00:04:58,297 their toys for an antique? 197 00:04:58,399 --> 00:04:59,698 Kim: Exactly. 198 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:00,599 Mike: I was doing that. I would buy, 199 00:05:00,701 --> 00:05:02,000 I would buy new comic books, 200 00:05:02,102 --> 00:05:03,302 and I had one friend, he must have had- remember adam? 201 00:05:03,404 --> 00:05:05,137 Robbie: Oh yeah. 202 00:05:05,239 --> 00:05:06,405 Mike: And- and he must had have an older brother and I would 203 00:05:06,507 --> 00:05:09,775 trade my brand new comic books for his brother's old, old ones. 204 00:05:09,877 --> 00:05:11,910 They were all ripped up, missing pages, 205 00:05:12,012 --> 00:05:13,812 no cover, but I wanted the old ones, you know. 206 00:05:13,914 --> 00:05:15,480 I think a lot of us are just, you know, 207 00:05:15,582 --> 00:05:17,582 born with an old soul. 208 00:05:17,685 --> 00:05:18,717 Robbie: Yeah. Kim: Exactly. 209 00:05:18,819 --> 00:05:20,852 Kim: He started out as a radio dj on a country station, 210 00:05:20,954 --> 00:05:23,722 and then he went into television and he ran 211 00:05:23,824 --> 00:05:25,424 the master control at the tv station. 212 00:05:25,526 --> 00:05:26,758 He did that for years. 213 00:05:26,860 --> 00:05:28,560 Kim: And he had a museum, national museum. 214 00:05:28,662 --> 00:05:29,861 Mike: Oh he had a museum. 215 00:05:29,963 --> 00:05:30,729 Kim: Yeah, national museum of communications. 216 00:05:30,831 --> 00:05:32,631 And they had even filmed movies there. 217 00:05:32,733 --> 00:05:34,733 Silkwood, and there was um... 218 00:05:34,835 --> 00:05:35,467 Mike: I've seen that movie, I think. 219 00:05:35,569 --> 00:05:36,635 Was that meryl streep? 220 00:05:36,737 --> 00:05:37,302 Kim: Yeah cher, meryl streep. 221 00:05:37,404 --> 00:05:38,937 Robbie: Yeah. 222 00:05:39,039 --> 00:05:40,172 Kim: And then he got to meet cher and all them, 223 00:05:40,274 --> 00:05:41,006 they had you know, just had nice parties and stuff, you know. 224 00:05:41,108 --> 00:05:41,707 Mike: That's cool. Richard: [laughs] 225 00:05:41,809 --> 00:05:42,774 mike: Wow yeah. Kim: Yeah. 226 00:05:42,876 --> 00:05:43,575 Mike: So were you around in those days? 227 00:05:43,677 --> 00:05:45,277 Kim: No. I wasn't born then! 228 00:05:45,379 --> 00:05:45,711 Mike: Okay. 229 00:05:45,813 --> 00:05:46,712 [group laughing] 230 00:05:46,814 --> 00:05:48,180 mike: Well I don't know, I mean... 231 00:05:48,282 --> 00:05:49,014 Kim: No. 232 00:05:49,116 --> 00:05:49,781 I was 20 years younger than he was. 233 00:05:49,883 --> 00:05:50,415 Mike: Okay hey, good for him. 234 00:05:50,517 --> 00:05:51,283 Robbie: Yeah, yeah. 235 00:05:51,385 --> 00:05:52,984 Kim: Yeah. So. 236 00:05:53,087 --> 00:05:55,287 He started the museum, and then he had gotten cancer, 237 00:05:55,389 --> 00:05:56,288 colon cancer. 238 00:05:56,390 --> 00:05:57,322 Then he beat it. 239 00:05:57,424 --> 00:05:58,690 And then he decided just to bring everything home. 240 00:05:58,792 --> 00:06:00,592 That's why we have a house upstairs. 241 00:06:00,694 --> 00:06:02,294 This collection ran us out. 242 00:06:02,396 --> 00:06:04,096 Robbie: Okay. 243 00:06:04,198 --> 00:06:05,564 Kim: So we built on and then built one to do some remodeling. 244 00:06:05,666 --> 00:06:07,132 Mike: Yeah. Robbie: Yeah. 245 00:06:07,234 --> 00:06:09,301 Kim: And he called richard in to do something real minor... 246 00:06:09,403 --> 00:06:10,335 Richard: Yes. 247 00:06:10,437 --> 00:06:11,603 Kim: And 6 years later, richard's still here. 248 00:06:11,705 --> 00:06:12,604 Mike: Oh you built this place. 249 00:06:12,706 --> 00:06:13,939 Richard: Yes. Most of it, yes. 250 00:06:14,041 --> 00:06:14,506 Kim: Yeah, all- most of the stuff down here, yes. 251 00:06:14,608 --> 00:06:15,874 Mike: Wow. No kidding. 252 00:06:15,976 --> 00:06:17,642 Richard: I'm helping kim sorting everything, 253 00:06:17,745 --> 00:06:19,344 so I've got a lot of things to do, 254 00:06:19,446 --> 00:06:20,312 I'm going to... 255 00:06:20,414 --> 00:06:21,179 Robbie: Yeah. 256 00:06:21,281 --> 00:06:22,047 Richard: ...Go ahead and get started. 257 00:06:22,149 --> 00:06:23,014 Y'all can do what you're going to do. 258 00:06:23,117 --> 00:06:24,383 Mike: Well hey, it was so nice to meet you, 259 00:06:24,485 --> 00:06:25,150 man, appreciate you. 260 00:06:25,252 --> 00:06:25,617 Richard: Very nice to meet you. 261 00:06:25,719 --> 00:06:26,385 Good to meet you. 262 00:06:26,487 --> 00:06:27,652 Mike: Yeah, awesome. 263 00:06:27,755 --> 00:06:28,854 Kim: Bill passed away last year, and I'm just selling because the 264 00:06:28,956 --> 00:06:31,690 house and the collection is just too much for me. 265 00:06:31,792 --> 00:06:32,858 Kim: This house is too big for me, 266 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:34,593 and I don't need to move with a bunch of stuff 267 00:06:34,695 --> 00:06:35,727 and have this anywhere else. 268 00:06:35,829 --> 00:06:36,628 Mike: Oh so you're selling the house. 269 00:06:36,730 --> 00:06:37,529 Kim: Yeah, I'm going to, yeah. 270 00:06:37,631 --> 00:06:38,363 Robbie: Wow. Mike: Okay. 271 00:06:38,465 --> 00:06:39,331 Kim: Yeah, I don't know when, but... 272 00:06:39,433 --> 00:06:40,499 Mike: So you're downsizing to do that, okay. 273 00:06:40,601 --> 00:06:41,900 Kim: Yeah. Definitely. 274 00:06:42,002 --> 00:06:42,968 Kim: I'd love to find everything a good home. 275 00:06:43,070 --> 00:06:44,770 We don't have any children to leave anything to. 276 00:06:44,872 --> 00:06:46,605 I have 2 cats but they could care less. 277 00:06:46,707 --> 00:06:47,439 Kim: There are a few reproduction 278 00:06:47,541 --> 00:06:48,440 things in here, but... 279 00:06:48,542 --> 00:06:49,474 Most of the stuff's... 280 00:06:49,576 --> 00:06:50,409 Robbie: Yeah, I say that. 281 00:06:50,511 --> 00:06:51,176 Mike: Yeah, I saw... 282 00:06:51,278 --> 00:06:51,943 Was this has got a pinto engine? 283 00:06:52,045 --> 00:06:53,578 Kim: Yeah. It's a 1929 model. 284 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:54,579 Robbie: Yeah. Mike: Yeah. 285 00:06:54,681 --> 00:06:55,580 Kim: Yeah. I think it's a '74 and he's had it 286 00:06:55,682 --> 00:06:56,915 since way before I got here. 287 00:06:57,017 --> 00:07:00,085 Mike: This car is from the mind of harry shay. 288 00:07:00,187 --> 00:07:03,455 He built a reproduction model a that was licensed by ford, 289 00:07:03,557 --> 00:07:05,657 sold by ford dealerships. 290 00:07:05,759 --> 00:07:06,425 Mike: Here robbie, look at that. 291 00:07:06,527 --> 00:07:07,692 Pinto engine in there. 292 00:07:07,795 --> 00:07:09,861 Mike: This was a 1974 pinto chassis, 293 00:07:09,963 --> 00:07:12,464 engine, everything, boom drops a fiberglass 294 00:07:12,566 --> 00:07:13,799 model a body on there. 295 00:07:13,901 --> 00:07:16,768 So you've got the luxury of a modern car, 296 00:07:16,870 --> 00:07:18,737 but driving something that looks old. 297 00:07:18,839 --> 00:07:19,504 Mike: Wow, how fast will this cruise? 298 00:07:19,606 --> 00:07:20,839 Kim: Oh I think a '74... 299 00:07:20,941 --> 00:07:21,706 Mike: Have you guys had this on the highway? 300 00:07:21,809 --> 00:07:22,307 Kim: Yeah, like 65 miles-per-hour. 301 00:07:22,409 --> 00:07:24,142 Robbie: Oh yeah. 302 00:07:24,244 --> 00:07:25,310 Mike: Really, and were like, how is that keeping up with us? 303 00:07:25,412 --> 00:07:26,144 Robbie: Yeah. 304 00:07:26,246 --> 00:07:26,845 Kim: Oh you should see the looks. 305 00:07:26,947 --> 00:07:27,245 Mike: This is the sleeper. 306 00:07:27,347 --> 00:07:28,547 Kim: Yeah. 307 00:07:28,649 --> 00:07:30,315 And he was 6'5", and he could climb into that thing to drive. 308 00:07:30,417 --> 00:07:31,216 Mike: Really! 309 00:07:31,318 --> 00:07:32,317 Kim: Yeah. 310 00:07:32,419 --> 00:07:32,684 Robbie: He could still drive it with the top on it? 311 00:07:32,786 --> 00:07:34,085 Kim: Yeah. 312 00:07:34,188 --> 00:07:36,888 He would get in and- and like a snake to get inside there. 313 00:07:36,990 --> 00:07:37,255 Mike: I'm going to see if I can climb in here. 314 00:07:37,357 --> 00:07:38,423 Kim: Yeah. 315 00:07:38,525 --> 00:07:39,191 Mike: I'm 6-foot. Ugh! 316 00:07:39,293 --> 00:07:39,624 Robbie: See, look at your head. 317 00:07:39,726 --> 00:07:40,759 Mike: I know. 318 00:07:40,861 --> 00:07:42,694 Kim: And he'd have to drive like this. 319 00:07:42,796 --> 00:07:43,929 That's why we have these mirrors, 320 00:07:44,031 --> 00:07:45,297 'cause he couldn't see with that little mirror... 321 00:07:45,399 --> 00:07:46,097 Mike: [laughs] 322 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:46,998 robbie: Your head is on the wood. 323 00:07:47,100 --> 00:07:48,266 Mike: Well I know, but my knees are... 324 00:07:48,368 --> 00:07:49,901 Mike: Every once in a while, we'll come across one of these, 325 00:07:50,003 --> 00:07:52,037 and if you don't know what you're looking at, 326 00:07:52,139 --> 00:07:53,338 you know, you're like ooh that's cool that's a model a, 327 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:55,006 is that restored? 328 00:07:55,108 --> 00:07:56,575 But then you, then you really get into and you're like, 329 00:07:56,677 --> 00:07:58,243 no this is a shay model a. 330 00:07:58,345 --> 00:07:58,977 Kim: Yeah. 331 00:07:59,079 --> 00:07:59,711 Mike: What about the air station, 332 00:07:59,813 --> 00:08:00,212 is that something you'd sell? 333 00:08:00,314 --> 00:08:01,513 Kim: Yes. 334 00:08:01,615 --> 00:08:02,547 Mike: Okay so basically... 335 00:08:02,649 --> 00:08:05,417 This piece, the base has been marriaged to this. 336 00:08:05,519 --> 00:08:07,252 This- this- this head... 337 00:08:07,354 --> 00:08:08,053 Kim: Um-hm. 338 00:08:08,155 --> 00:08:09,721 Mike: ...Was- was put on this base. 339 00:08:09,823 --> 00:08:12,290 It wasn't designed to go on the base. 340 00:08:12,392 --> 00:08:12,724 Kim: Oh okay. 341 00:08:12,826 --> 00:08:13,959 Robbie: Yeah. 342 00:08:14,061 --> 00:08:14,893 Mike: So you can see how they've done that over here. 343 00:08:14,995 --> 00:08:16,628 Mike: The fluted post was probably for a 344 00:08:16,730 --> 00:08:17,829 light pole at a service station. 345 00:08:17,931 --> 00:08:20,432 And then someone had ingeniously marriaged 346 00:08:20,534 --> 00:08:21,867 these 2 pieces together. 347 00:08:21,969 --> 00:08:23,735 They've welded a metal plate on the bottom of 348 00:08:23,837 --> 00:08:26,104 the air box to join it to the pole. 349 00:08:26,206 --> 00:08:27,973 Mike: This could be a wall mount or it could be on a base. 350 00:08:28,075 --> 00:08:30,909 I mean, the nice thing is, is that this is fluted, 351 00:08:31,011 --> 00:08:32,911 you know, so it- it has a good appearance to it. 352 00:08:33,013 --> 00:08:35,247 But the head itself is really the value of it. 353 00:08:35,349 --> 00:08:36,181 Kim: Okay. 354 00:08:36,283 --> 00:08:37,449 Mike: Retail on this head is 1,200 bucks. 355 00:08:37,551 --> 00:08:40,185 I'd be interested for... 356 00:08:40,287 --> 00:08:42,120 Like 750. 357 00:08:42,222 --> 00:08:46,324 You know, I think that- that the head is the benefit on it all. 358 00:08:46,426 --> 00:08:47,492 Kim: How about 8? 359 00:08:47,594 --> 00:08:48,293 Mike: Alright, I'll do it. 360 00:08:48,395 --> 00:08:49,594 Kim: Alright. 361 00:08:49,696 --> 00:08:50,395 Mike: Thank you, I appreciate it. 362 00:08:50,497 --> 00:08:51,429 Kim: You're welcome. 363 00:08:51,532 --> 00:08:52,097 Robbie: Hey, let me see that battery sign you 364 00:08:52,199 --> 00:08:52,531 got back in there, mike. 365 00:08:52,633 --> 00:08:53,298 Mike: Oh this? 366 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:54,566 Robbie: Yeah. 367 00:08:54,668 --> 00:08:55,467 Robbie: This sidewalk sign is one of the earliest interstate 368 00:08:55,569 --> 00:08:57,068 battery signs produced. 369 00:08:57,170 --> 00:09:00,772 I've never seen one before, I've only seen photos of it. 370 00:09:00,874 --> 00:09:01,606 Mike: I like- I like the little dude. 371 00:09:01,708 --> 00:09:02,607 Robbie: It's got a great look. 372 00:09:02,709 --> 00:09:03,808 It's got the little guy on it. 373 00:09:03,911 --> 00:09:05,744 Robbie: "ibsa" - interstate battery systems of america. 374 00:09:05,846 --> 00:09:09,014 They started in 1952 here in texas. 375 00:09:09,116 --> 00:09:11,283 Robbie: Based out of dallas if I remember correctly. 376 00:09:11,385 --> 00:09:11,716 Kim: I think so. 377 00:09:11,818 --> 00:09:12,450 Robbie: Yeah. 378 00:09:12,553 --> 00:09:13,752 Kim: I think it's dallas. 379 00:09:13,854 --> 00:09:15,053 Funny story about that, bill had it out on the driveway one day, 380 00:09:15,155 --> 00:09:18,290 and there's an interstate shop way down the road from us. 381 00:09:18,392 --> 00:09:19,824 Robbie: Yeah. 382 00:09:19,927 --> 00:09:20,825 Kim: And the owner saw it in the driveway, 383 00:09:20,928 --> 00:09:21,593 stopped, came back and tried to buy it from 384 00:09:21,695 --> 00:09:23,628 bill and bill said, "uh-uh." 385 00:09:23,730 --> 00:09:24,729 robbie: No, I'm keeping that. 386 00:09:24,831 --> 00:09:25,330 Kim: Bill didn't like to sell anything. 387 00:09:25,432 --> 00:09:26,064 Yeah... Unless... 388 00:09:26,166 --> 00:09:26,431 Mike: He never sold anything. 389 00:09:26,533 --> 00:09:27,465 Kim: Nope. 390 00:09:27,568 --> 00:09:28,600 Unless he had doubles. 391 00:09:28,702 --> 00:09:30,268 Then he would trade or sell. 392 00:09:30,370 --> 00:09:31,403 Mike: Okay. 393 00:09:31,505 --> 00:09:32,304 Kim: And then he would keep the best of what he had. 394 00:09:32,406 --> 00:09:33,672 Mike: Of course. 395 00:09:33,774 --> 00:09:34,873 Kim: He knew how to wheel and deal. 396 00:09:34,975 --> 00:09:35,974 Kim: Bill can talk the pants off of anybody. 397 00:09:36,076 --> 00:09:38,543 Something that you know, you may never want to sell, 398 00:09:38,645 --> 00:09:39,477 he'd talk you out of it. 399 00:09:39,580 --> 00:09:40,812 He was so persuasive. 400 00:09:40,914 --> 00:09:44,215 Robbie: It's probably about a $650 sign. 401 00:09:44,318 --> 00:09:44,749 Kim: Okay. 402 00:09:44,851 --> 00:09:45,250 Robbie: Retail-wise. 403 00:09:45,352 --> 00:09:45,684 Kim: Um-hm. 404 00:09:45,786 --> 00:09:46,718 Robbie: Uh... 405 00:09:46,820 --> 00:09:49,387 I'd like to be into it for about 400. 406 00:09:49,489 --> 00:09:51,323 Kim: How about 425? 407 00:09:51,425 --> 00:09:52,724 I like the 25s. 408 00:09:52,826 --> 00:09:55,493 Mike: [chuckles] robbie: You like 25s? 409 00:09:55,596 --> 00:09:56,461 Kim: Yeah. Robbie: Oh. 410 00:09:56,563 --> 00:09:57,395 Kim: So I'm going to add 25 to everything you 411 00:09:57,497 --> 00:09:57,829 tell me if not more. 412 00:09:57,931 --> 00:09:58,930 [group laughing] 413 00:09:59,032 --> 00:10:00,899 robbie: I like that. That's- that's pretty good. 414 00:10:01,001 --> 00:10:02,701 Kim: I don't know where the 25 number came from, 415 00:10:02,803 --> 00:10:05,270 maybe bill sent it to me, who knows. 416 00:10:05,372 --> 00:10:05,704 Robbie: 425. 417 00:10:05,806 --> 00:10:06,371 Kim: Alright. 418 00:10:06,473 --> 00:10:07,405 Robbie: Thank you. 419 00:10:07,507 --> 00:10:08,373 Kim: You're welcome. 420 00:10:08,475 --> 00:10:09,507 Robbie: Thank you. 421 00:10:09,610 --> 00:10:10,175 Mike: Have- have you sold anything since bill passed? 422 00:10:10,277 --> 00:10:11,977 Kim: No. 423 00:10:12,079 --> 00:10:13,445 Kim: Some of the stuff hit me hard because it was... 424 00:10:13,547 --> 00:10:17,983 [starts to cry] sorry. 425 00:10:18,919 --> 00:10:23,088 There... For somebody who loses somebody, 426 00:10:23,190 --> 00:10:24,856 you don't think of something and then you'll see something 427 00:10:24,958 --> 00:10:28,259 and- and it'll just jar memories, you know. 428 00:10:28,362 --> 00:10:30,161 It's just... 429 00:10:30,263 --> 00:10:32,297 Kim: It's just hard, because he always wanted to keep things. 430 00:10:32,399 --> 00:10:33,531 Robbie: Yeah. 431 00:10:33,634 --> 00:10:34,899 Kim: And I just want to make sure that I'm going to sell it 432 00:10:35,002 --> 00:10:36,434 to somebody who's going to appreciate it, and... 433 00:10:36,536 --> 00:10:37,736 Robbie: ...Yeah. 100%. 434 00:10:37,838 --> 00:10:38,603 Kim: ...You know, and take care of it, 435 00:10:38,705 --> 00:10:39,270 and go to find somebody else... 436 00:10:39,373 --> 00:10:40,605 Mike: Yeah. 437 00:10:40,707 --> 00:10:41,873 Kim: ...I know you guys sell. 438 00:10:41,975 --> 00:10:43,174 Mike: Well a lot of times, when there's big collections like 439 00:10:43,276 --> 00:10:45,110 this, all of these things gets pushed back out into the hobby. 440 00:10:45,212 --> 00:10:48,313 Remember how excited bill was about finding that or this. 441 00:10:48,415 --> 00:10:48,880 Robbie: Yeah. 442 00:10:48,982 --> 00:10:50,015 Kim: Yeah, yeah exactly. 443 00:10:50,117 --> 00:10:51,182 Mike: Well, there's going to be hundreds of people... 444 00:10:51,284 --> 00:10:52,784 Kim: Yes. 445 00:10:52,886 --> 00:10:53,385 Mike: ...Now they're getting that excited 446 00:10:53,487 --> 00:10:54,452 because he saved it. 447 00:10:54,554 --> 00:10:55,253 Kim: Yes exactly. Yeah. 448 00:10:55,355 --> 00:10:55,820 Mike: You know, and I- and I... 449 00:10:55,922 --> 00:10:57,422 And I understand that. 450 00:10:57,524 --> 00:10:59,124 I understand completely. 451 00:10:59,226 --> 00:11:01,893 Mike: I feel like I need to just put my arms around kim with my 452 00:11:01,995 --> 00:11:05,930 words and just remind her how excited bill was. 453 00:11:06,033 --> 00:11:07,999 Kim: This is a good beginning to get me moving, 454 00:11:08,101 --> 00:11:11,970 to get me motivated, to see that there is value in- 455 00:11:12,072 --> 00:11:14,039 in these items, and that other people will want them. 456 00:11:14,141 --> 00:11:16,741 It's like the dam, like I think like the dam broke so 457 00:11:16,843 --> 00:11:19,010 now I can get the stuff another life. 458 00:11:19,112 --> 00:11:22,080 Robbie: This was a curb sign, it's missing the base, 459 00:11:22,182 --> 00:11:25,250 but it still has the frame which is even harder to find. 460 00:11:25,352 --> 00:11:26,017 Kim: Um-hm. 461 00:11:26,119 --> 00:11:27,118 Robbie: I'd want to be around 900. 462 00:11:27,487 --> 00:11:28,286 Kim: Give me 1,000? 463 00:11:28,388 --> 00:11:29,587 Robbie: Alright. 464 00:11:29,690 --> 00:11:30,388 Mike: Ooh... See this, robbie? 465 00:11:30,490 --> 00:11:31,389 Robbie: The battery. 466 00:11:31,491 --> 00:11:32,791 Mike: Magic marxie. 467 00:11:32,893 --> 00:11:33,825 Robbie: Look at the cars that are on it. 468 00:11:33,927 --> 00:11:34,726 Mike: Oh it's marx- it's a marx toy battery. 469 00:11:34,828 --> 00:11:35,894 Robbie: The graphics are mind-blowing. 470 00:11:35,996 --> 00:11:37,328 That's what people want for their collections. 471 00:11:37,431 --> 00:11:38,463 Robbie: 60 bucks. 472 00:11:38,565 --> 00:11:40,298 Kim: I'll keep it for 60. 473 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:41,599 How about 100? 474 00:11:41,702 --> 00:11:42,667 Robbie: I'll do the hundred. 475 00:11:42,769 --> 00:11:43,668 Robbie: For any collector, this is going to be an 476 00:11:43,770 --> 00:11:45,770 awesome piece to put up on a shelf. 477 00:11:45,872 --> 00:11:46,871 Mike: The delco sign's basically mint, 478 00:11:46,973 --> 00:11:48,740 other than one little whammy inside the "o". 479 00:11:48,842 --> 00:11:50,809 I'd be interested in the delco for... 480 00:11:50,911 --> 00:11:56,247 Like 7 and the coke button for a grand. 481 00:11:56,349 --> 00:11:56,848 Kim: Okay. 482 00:11:56,950 --> 00:11:57,348 Mike: So 17 for the pair. 483 00:11:57,451 --> 00:11:58,249 Kim: How about... 484 00:11:58,351 --> 00:11:59,551 11 for that. 485 00:11:59,653 --> 00:12:01,219 Mike: I'll do 11 for that. 486 00:12:01,321 --> 00:12:02,120 Kim: Okay. 487 00:12:02,222 --> 00:12:03,221 Mike: And then I know you like the 25... 488 00:12:03,323 --> 00:12:03,655 Kim: Yeah. 489 00:12:03,757 --> 00:12:04,222 Mike: ...So 725. 490 00:12:04,324 --> 00:12:05,457 Kim: Okay. 491 00:12:05,559 --> 00:12:06,291 Mike: [laughs] alright. 492 00:12:06,393 --> 00:12:07,258 Kim: [laughs] 493 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:08,560 mike: I can tell that she is enjoying the 494 00:12:08,662 --> 00:12:10,729 process of the negotiation. 495 00:12:10,831 --> 00:12:12,597 Robbie: Well I'm anxious to see what's 496 00:12:12,699 --> 00:12:13,798 behind those doors over there. 497 00:12:13,900 --> 00:12:15,300 Kim: Well good, I'm anxious to show you. 498 00:12:15,402 --> 00:12:16,267 Robbie: Alright. 499 00:12:16,369 --> 00:12:17,268 Mike: You'll have to keep up with me, robbie. 500 00:12:17,370 --> 00:12:19,304 Oh my gosh! 501 00:12:19,406 --> 00:12:20,004 Robbie: What!? 502 00:12:23,677 --> 00:12:26,010 Robbie: ♪♪ aboard! What, wh 503 00:12:26,113 --> 00:12:27,345 robbie: Well I'm anxious to see what's behind those 504 00:12:27,447 --> 00:12:28,279 doors over there. 505 00:12:28,381 --> 00:12:29,314 Kim: Well good, I'm anxious to show you. 506 00:12:29,416 --> 00:12:30,849 Robbie: Alright. 507 00:12:30,951 --> 00:12:31,983 Mike: You'll have to keep up with me, robbie. 508 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:34,285 Oh my gosh! 509 00:12:34,387 --> 00:12:35,220 Robbie: What! 510 00:12:35,322 --> 00:12:36,287 Mike: Wow! 511 00:12:36,389 --> 00:12:37,222 Kim: Yeah the- 512 00:12:37,324 --> 00:12:39,224 robbie: You have a train inside your house! 513 00:12:39,326 --> 00:12:39,991 Kim: Yeah. 514 00:12:40,093 --> 00:12:41,493 Doesn't everybody have a train? 515 00:12:41,595 --> 00:12:42,727 Mike: [laughing] no way. 516 00:12:42,829 --> 00:12:43,628 Mike: I thought the garage was wild, 517 00:12:43,730 --> 00:12:45,663 but walking into this next room, 518 00:12:45,766 --> 00:12:47,398 it takes it to the next level of... 519 00:12:47,501 --> 00:12:49,601 Wow, this is crazy! 520 00:12:49,703 --> 00:12:50,235 Mike: What do you fit in this? 521 00:12:50,337 --> 00:12:51,369 Kim: Yeah. 522 00:12:51,471 --> 00:12:53,404 Mike: I'm pretty sure bill was willy wonka, [laughing] 523 00:12:53,507 --> 00:12:54,439 in a previous life. 524 00:12:54,541 --> 00:12:55,907 Mike: Robbie's 6-foot. 525 00:12:56,009 --> 00:12:58,343 Kim: Yeah it can hold 6 adults or 12 children. 526 00:12:58,445 --> 00:13:00,111 Robbie: 6 adults. 527 00:13:00,213 --> 00:13:02,046 Robbie: Listen, when somebody has a train in their house, 528 00:13:02,149 --> 00:13:04,449 you definitely want to see where the tracks are going. 529 00:13:04,551 --> 00:13:05,583 Mike & kim: [laughs] 530 00:13:05,685 --> 00:13:06,551 robbie: What's up! Choo-choo! 531 00:13:06,653 --> 00:13:07,585 I mean, look at this thing. 532 00:13:07,687 --> 00:13:08,353 Kim: And pull- pull the cord. 533 00:13:08,455 --> 00:13:09,220 Robbie: Pull this? 534 00:13:09,322 --> 00:13:10,255 Kim: Yeah. 535 00:13:10,357 --> 00:13:11,289 [bell rings] 536 00:13:11,391 --> 00:13:12,290 mike: How, how does he get it to go, will it go? 537 00:13:12,392 --> 00:13:13,458 Kim: Oh yeah. 538 00:13:13,560 --> 00:13:14,292 Keep hands and feet and head in the door at all time... 539 00:13:14,394 --> 00:13:15,827 Robbie: Okay. 540 00:13:15,929 --> 00:13:16,661 Kim: ...Because if not you're going to get 541 00:13:16,763 --> 00:13:17,295 your head knocked off on the shelf. 542 00:13:17,397 --> 00:13:18,029 Mike: [laughs] 543 00:13:18,131 --> 00:13:22,000 robbie: Okay... All aboard! 544 00:13:22,369 --> 00:13:24,002 What, whoa! 545 00:13:24,671 --> 00:13:29,641 [laughing & ringing bell] 546 00:13:29,743 --> 00:13:32,310 whoa, whoa, whoa! What the heck! 547 00:13:32,412 --> 00:13:33,578 Mike: [laughs] 548 00:13:33,680 --> 00:13:35,079 robbie: Hands and feet in! 549 00:13:35,182 --> 00:13:37,849 Robbie: This is like taking a ride through bill's mind. 550 00:13:37,951 --> 00:13:40,718 Kim: Ha! Robbie was funny riding the train 551 00:13:40,821 --> 00:13:42,620 and hitting the bell and he wore the hat. 552 00:13:42,722 --> 00:13:45,990 Robbie: Coming into the station! 553 00:13:46,092 --> 00:13:48,126 Mike: This is one of those moments that reminds me of 554 00:13:48,228 --> 00:13:51,663 him as a little boy, man, and how he has not changed at all. 555 00:13:51,765 --> 00:13:52,597 Robbie: How do you stop this thing? 556 00:13:52,699 --> 00:13:53,598 Kim: You mean stop it here? 557 00:13:53,700 --> 00:13:54,432 Robbie: Are you kidding me? 558 00:13:54,534 --> 00:13:55,466 Mike: No, keep going. 559 00:13:55,569 --> 00:13:56,768 Kim: Let it go? Okay. 560 00:13:56,870 --> 00:13:58,303 Robbie: So do you say stop and it stops? 561 00:13:58,405 --> 00:14:00,772 Mike: [laughs] 562 00:14:00,874 --> 00:14:02,674 robbie: How do you get off this thing? 563 00:14:02,776 --> 00:14:04,642 Mike: You getting dizzy? [laughs] 564 00:14:04,744 --> 00:14:05,510 robbie: Hey, stop this thing! 565 00:14:05,612 --> 00:14:06,711 Mike: This is awesome! 566 00:14:06,813 --> 00:14:09,647 Robbie: Hello! Can you guys hear me? 567 00:14:09,749 --> 00:14:10,882 Hey, you got to stop this thing! 568 00:14:10,984 --> 00:14:12,717 Kim: Do you think I should let him out yet? 569 00:14:12,819 --> 00:14:14,619 Mike: No, no, leave him... [laughing] 570 00:14:14,721 --> 00:14:15,720 robbie: Hey! How do you get off? 571 00:14:15,822 --> 00:14:17,422 Mike: Kim, what do you want for this? 572 00:14:17,524 --> 00:14:19,290 Kim, how much is this? 573 00:14:19,392 --> 00:14:20,091 Kim: [laughs] 574 00:14:20,193 --> 00:14:21,326 robbie: You got to be kidding me. 575 00:14:21,428 --> 00:14:22,627 Kim: I don't know how many times we sent poor robbie around. 576 00:14:22,729 --> 00:14:24,429 Robbie: What are you guys doing? 577 00:14:24,531 --> 00:14:26,965 Mike & kim: [laughing] 578 00:14:27,067 --> 00:14:29,133 mike: I'm totally having a frankie flashback because 579 00:14:29,236 --> 00:14:32,637 this is exactly the kind of stuff that I used to do to him. 580 00:14:32,739 --> 00:14:33,271 Mike: Let me help you out here. 581 00:14:33,373 --> 00:14:34,606 Now grab it. 582 00:14:34,708 --> 00:14:35,073 Frank: I don't want to grab. 583 00:14:35,175 --> 00:14:35,673 Mike: No grab it! 584 00:14:35,775 --> 00:14:36,574 Frank: How do I look? 585 00:14:36,676 --> 00:14:37,942 Mike: You look really good. 586 00:14:38,044 --> 00:14:39,844 Frank: How do you open it up, I'm sweating in here! 587 00:14:39,946 --> 00:14:40,445 Mike: Let me see if he can figure it out. 588 00:14:40,547 --> 00:14:41,312 Contributor: [laughs] 589 00:14:41,414 --> 00:14:41,946 mike: Seriously. 590 00:14:42,048 --> 00:14:42,380 Frank: I'm not doing that! 591 00:14:42,482 --> 00:14:43,248 Mike: You ready? 592 00:14:43,350 --> 00:14:44,015 Frank: No! 593 00:14:44,117 --> 00:14:44,749 Contributor2: ...For your back. 594 00:14:44,851 --> 00:14:47,752 Mike: [laughing] frank: No, no! 595 00:14:47,854 --> 00:14:49,888 Frank: I'm sweating... I'm dying here. 596 00:14:49,990 --> 00:14:51,522 Contributor: Oh actually, you locked the door. 597 00:14:51,625 --> 00:14:52,891 Frank: Alright, how's that? 598 00:14:52,993 --> 00:14:54,325 Contributor: You locked, you locked yourself in. 599 00:14:54,427 --> 00:14:55,560 Frank: I'm dying. 600 00:14:55,662 --> 00:14:57,295 Robbie: Hey, stop this train! 601 00:14:57,397 --> 00:14:58,863 Kim: Say please! 602 00:14:58,965 --> 00:15:00,331 Robbie: Oh please! Oh is that the magic word? 603 00:15:00,433 --> 00:15:01,399 Kim: Yes, please. 604 00:15:01,501 --> 00:15:03,001 Robbie: Please stop. 605 00:15:03,703 --> 00:15:05,403 Mike: [laughs] robbie: Alright. 606 00:15:05,505 --> 00:15:05,803 Mike: Are you dizzy? 607 00:15:05,906 --> 00:15:07,171 Robbie: No. 608 00:15:07,274 --> 00:15:08,973 Mike: The fact that they didn't have any kids and he wanted to 609 00:15:09,075 --> 00:15:12,810 create a room like this, speaks volumes to his heart. 610 00:15:12,913 --> 00:15:14,345 Kim: Everything kind of fell into place. 611 00:15:14,447 --> 00:15:15,380 Mike: Yeah, yeah. 612 00:15:15,482 --> 00:15:17,315 Kim: You know, like these display areas up here... 613 00:15:17,417 --> 00:15:18,383 Mike: Uh-huh. 614 00:15:18,485 --> 00:15:19,450 Kim: They just thought one day, why don't we just 615 00:15:19,552 --> 00:15:20,318 open it up for display. 616 00:15:20,420 --> 00:15:21,185 Mike: I saw that. 617 00:15:21,288 --> 00:15:21,986 Kim: Everything just kind of just... 618 00:15:22,088 --> 00:15:22,954 Mike: I saw the clothing, yeah. 619 00:15:23,056 --> 00:15:24,389 Kim: That was bill's hat when he did big tex, 620 00:15:24,491 --> 00:15:25,290 a big 5-gallon hat. 621 00:15:25,392 --> 00:15:26,591 Robbie: Big tex. 622 00:15:26,693 --> 00:15:27,225 Mike: Okay I'm going to ask ya. 623 00:15:27,327 --> 00:15:29,093 Kim: Yeah. 624 00:15:29,195 --> 00:15:29,494 Mike: Because we're- you got to remember, we're from iowa. 625 00:15:29,596 --> 00:15:30,428 Kim: Um-hm. 626 00:15:30,530 --> 00:15:32,030 Mike: Who was big tex? 627 00:15:32,132 --> 00:15:34,799 Kim: Big tex is the mascot of the state fair of texas. 628 00:15:34,901 --> 00:15:38,269 I describe him as mickey mouse for texas. 629 00:15:38,371 --> 00:15:39,404 Mike: Okay. 630 00:15:39,506 --> 00:15:40,705 Kim: Anybody outside of texas like a northerner like 631 00:15:40,807 --> 00:15:42,674 me had no idea what a big tex was. 632 00:15:42,776 --> 00:15:45,910 In texas everybody knows big tex. 633 00:15:46,012 --> 00:15:47,946 Mike: Dani said that he was the voice for him? 634 00:15:48,048 --> 00:15:50,048 Kim: Yes, he did the voice, he did it every day, 635 00:15:50,150 --> 00:15:52,617 10 to 7, every half-hour he spoke for about 2 minutes. 636 00:15:52,719 --> 00:15:53,351 Mike: Like what would he say? 637 00:15:53,453 --> 00:15:54,719 Kim: "howdy folks! 638 00:15:54,821 --> 00:15:57,088 Welcome to the state fair of texas." 639 00:15:57,190 --> 00:15:59,824 kim: He always looked up to tex and always wanted to be him, 640 00:15:59,926 --> 00:16:02,560 and I never thought much about it because 641 00:16:02,662 --> 00:16:03,828 I didn't know what it was. 642 00:16:03,930 --> 00:16:06,064 And it was such a big deal, I had no idea. 643 00:16:06,166 --> 00:16:08,266 Kim: Then he would give what was going on for the day... 644 00:16:08,368 --> 00:16:09,367 Mike: Yeah. 645 00:16:09,469 --> 00:16:09,934 Kim: ...And if there was like concerts and all that. 646 00:16:10,036 --> 00:16:10,702 Mike: Oh that's cool. 647 00:16:10,804 --> 00:16:11,836 Kim: And he always did it live. 648 00:16:11,938 --> 00:16:13,838 They don't do it live now, it's recorded, 649 00:16:13,940 --> 00:16:15,673 but he was so proud that it was always live. 650 00:16:15,775 --> 00:16:18,276 Kim: The statue was 52-feet tall. 651 00:16:18,378 --> 00:16:19,277 Mike: Okay. 652 00:16:19,379 --> 00:16:20,445 Kim: And he burned down in 2000-and-... 12... 653 00:16:20,547 --> 00:16:21,546 Mike: He burned down? 654 00:16:21,648 --> 00:16:22,880 What was he made out of? 655 00:16:22,983 --> 00:16:23,281 Kim: Most of it was just like chicken wire... 656 00:16:23,383 --> 00:16:24,315 Mike: Okay. 657 00:16:24,417 --> 00:16:25,183 Robbie: Okay. 658 00:16:25,285 --> 00:16:26,217 Kim: Just think of that 52-feet high. 659 00:16:26,319 --> 00:16:27,785 People see the statue, they always assume that 660 00:16:27,887 --> 00:16:30,021 the person is inside the statue talking. 661 00:16:30,123 --> 00:16:32,290 But he wasn't, he was in a building away from the fair, 662 00:16:32,392 --> 00:16:33,591 from the statue. 663 00:16:33,693 --> 00:16:35,126 Mike: Oh okay. Robbie: [laughs] 664 00:16:35,228 --> 00:16:35,960 mike: I thought it was like a trojan horse thing or something. 665 00:16:36,062 --> 00:16:37,295 Kim: Yeah, so when it was burning... 666 00:16:37,397 --> 00:16:38,363 Robbie: Yeah. 667 00:16:38,465 --> 00:16:39,364 Kim: Bill didn't know it, so he was talking, and... 668 00:16:39,466 --> 00:16:40,531 Robbie: He's talk- 669 00:16:40,633 --> 00:16:42,033 robbie & mike: [laughing] 670 00:16:42,135 --> 00:16:44,736 kim: In 2012, it was like first thing in the morning, 671 00:16:44,838 --> 00:16:46,104 and somebody was pounding on the door, 672 00:16:46,206 --> 00:16:48,773 and he thought maybe it was the lady from the corndog stand. 673 00:16:48,875 --> 00:16:50,775 He finally heard, "big tex is on fire!" 674 00:16:50,877 --> 00:16:52,910 he looked out and saw all these flames. 675 00:16:53,013 --> 00:16:54,445 Bill would say, he was burning as I was talking, 676 00:16:54,547 --> 00:16:55,546 he went down talking. 677 00:16:55,648 --> 00:16:56,948 Mike: [laughs] kim: Yeah. 678 00:16:57,050 --> 00:16:58,983 Mike: So was this guy from the state fair too then? 679 00:16:59,085 --> 00:17:02,854 Kim: Yeah, that was for the 50th birthday of big tex, 680 00:17:02,956 --> 00:17:03,988 of course the fair was much older than that. 681 00:17:19,906 --> 00:17:20,738 Kim: Every night, they would have a parade 682 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:22,573 that would go through the fairgrounds. 683 00:17:22,675 --> 00:17:23,641 And he was in the parade. 684 00:17:23,743 --> 00:17:25,209 Mike: This guy was on a float. 685 00:17:25,311 --> 00:17:25,610 Kim: Yes. 686 00:17:25,712 --> 00:17:26,911 Mike: Okay. 687 00:17:27,013 --> 00:17:27,645 Kim: I never ar- well I would argue sometimes 688 00:17:27,747 --> 00:17:29,147 when he would buy something. 689 00:17:29,249 --> 00:17:31,682 No matter what I said or did, it was still coming into the house. 690 00:17:31,785 --> 00:17:33,351 Mike: Would you sell this dude? 691 00:17:33,453 --> 00:17:34,385 Kim: Yes. [laughs] 692 00:17:34,487 --> 00:17:35,353 mike: How old is it? 693 00:17:35,455 --> 00:17:36,621 Kim: 18 years old. 694 00:17:36,723 --> 00:17:37,789 Mike: Okay, he's all chicken wire. 695 00:17:37,891 --> 00:17:39,991 Mike: This is a piece of art, you know, 696 00:17:40,093 --> 00:17:41,826 this is like a 12-foot piece of art with dickies on. 697 00:17:41,928 --> 00:17:43,494 Kim: I think the base is heavier than it. 698 00:17:43,596 --> 00:17:44,729 Mike: It's heavy, dude. 699 00:17:44,831 --> 00:17:45,763 Mike: It's unusual, it's different, 700 00:17:45,865 --> 00:17:46,631 and there's also a couple of different 701 00:17:46,733 --> 00:17:48,733 heritage brands going on here. 702 00:17:48,835 --> 00:17:49,967 You got dickies, been in texas forever. 703 00:17:50,070 --> 00:17:52,270 Mike: These boots are, they've got weight in them. 704 00:17:52,372 --> 00:17:53,304 Robbie: Huh. 705 00:17:53,406 --> 00:17:54,138 Mike: It's cool. 706 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:55,073 Mike: And then you've got big tex, 707 00:17:55,175 --> 00:17:56,841 which is obviously a heritage brand too. 708 00:17:56,943 --> 00:17:57,775 Mike: I see how they put the pants on him, 709 00:17:57,877 --> 00:17:59,277 look it they're velcro-ed right here. 710 00:17:59,379 --> 00:18:00,311 Kim: Um-hm. 711 00:18:00,413 --> 00:18:01,412 Yeah, that's how they did the big statue too, 712 00:18:01,514 --> 00:18:03,414 the 52-foot statue. 713 00:18:03,516 --> 00:18:04,115 Mike: He's so cool. 714 00:18:04,217 --> 00:18:05,516 What are you thinking on him? 715 00:18:05,618 --> 00:18:06,884 Have you had any offers? 716 00:18:06,986 --> 00:18:09,253 Kim: I had a guy want to get him for like 5, $600. 717 00:18:09,355 --> 00:18:10,655 Mike: Yeah? 718 00:18:10,757 --> 00:18:11,789 Kim: And bill wouldn't sell him. 719 00:18:11,891 --> 00:18:12,857 Mike: I love him, man, I think he's cool. 720 00:18:12,959 --> 00:18:15,293 Mike: If you look at the genealogy of texas, 721 00:18:15,395 --> 00:18:16,694 the family tree. 722 00:18:16,796 --> 00:18:17,795 You've got, you know, roy orbison, 723 00:18:17,897 --> 00:18:21,732 yosemite sam, deputy dawg, billy gibbons, 724 00:18:21,835 --> 00:18:24,769 uh beavis and butthead, j.R. Ewing, 725 00:18:24,871 --> 00:18:27,772 walker texas ranger, buford t. Justice, 726 00:18:27,874 --> 00:18:30,942 leatherface, hank hill, the lone ranger, 727 00:18:31,044 --> 00:18:34,846 pecos bill, jimmy neutron, and obviously big tex. 728 00:18:34,948 --> 00:18:37,281 I mean, all of these guys, it's texas, baby! 729 00:18:37,383 --> 00:18:38,983 Mike: $600. 730 00:18:40,253 --> 00:18:41,986 Kim: 650. 731 00:18:43,356 --> 00:18:44,555 Mike: Alright. 732 00:18:44,657 --> 00:18:45,490 Robbie: Man, she's moving up. 733 00:18:45,592 --> 00:18:47,258 She went from 25s, then she went to 50s. 734 00:18:47,360 --> 00:18:48,459 Kim: I know. 735 00:18:48,561 --> 00:18:49,560 Kim: I'm thinking, what am I going to do with this thing? 736 00:18:49,662 --> 00:18:50,695 Who's going to want this? 737 00:18:50,797 --> 00:18:52,997 Mike: I love it, absolutely love it. 738 00:18:53,099 --> 00:18:55,600 Kim: Little did I know that mike wolfe would want it. 739 00:18:55,702 --> 00:18:59,003 And he'd pay for it too! [laughs] 740 00:19:03,243 --> 00:19:04,775 ♪♪ 741 00:19:04,878 --> 00:19:06,244 mike: Can we go in this room and look? 742 00:19:06,346 --> 00:19:07,145 Kim: Sure. 743 00:19:07,247 --> 00:19:08,412 We have the window of the general store 744 00:19:08,515 --> 00:19:09,280 up in the garage... 745 00:19:09,382 --> 00:19:11,015 Mike: Okay. 746 00:19:11,117 --> 00:19:11,482 Kim: And then we have the general store in the house. 747 00:19:11,584 --> 00:19:13,451 Robbie: Holy cow! 748 00:19:13,553 --> 00:19:14,218 Mike: This is incredible! 749 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:15,686 Kim: Yeah. 750 00:19:15,788 --> 00:19:17,188 Mike: So he's got the post office... 751 00:19:17,290 --> 00:19:17,889 Kim: Yes. 752 00:19:17,991 --> 00:19:18,389 Mike: ...The general store... 753 00:19:18,491 --> 00:19:18,923 Robbie: The diner. 754 00:19:19,025 --> 00:19:19,323 Mike: ...The diner. 755 00:19:19,425 --> 00:19:20,625 Kim: Diner. 756 00:19:20,727 --> 00:19:21,392 Mike: Is this where you cook? 757 00:19:21,494 --> 00:19:22,193 Kim: Not anymore, but I used to. 758 00:19:22,295 --> 00:19:23,995 Mike: Oh. 759 00:19:24,097 --> 00:19:25,830 Mike: The house and the collection really seemed to 760 00:19:25,932 --> 00:19:27,732 reflect bill's personality, because there 761 00:19:27,834 --> 00:19:29,534 are so many different layers to it. 762 00:19:29,636 --> 00:19:30,735 Robbie: This is awesome. 763 00:19:30,837 --> 00:19:32,870 Kim: In our house, which you can't tell from the outside, 764 00:19:32,972 --> 00:19:35,873 we have a 1940s gas station, a train depot, 765 00:19:35,975 --> 00:19:39,410 general store and post office, a 1950s diner, 766 00:19:39,512 --> 00:19:40,478 a music room, um... 767 00:19:40,580 --> 00:19:42,813 Is that all the rooms...? 768 00:19:42,916 --> 00:19:43,848 Trying to think if there's anything else. 769 00:19:43,950 --> 00:19:45,816 Kim: As each section of the house was done, 770 00:19:45,919 --> 00:19:48,152 he'd end up spending tons of time in there, 771 00:19:48,254 --> 00:19:50,321 sometimes I'd sit in there too, it's like a new experience... 772 00:19:50,423 --> 00:19:51,155 Mike: Yeah, yeah. 773 00:19:51,257 --> 00:19:52,390 Kim: ...Every time you go around. 774 00:19:52,492 --> 00:19:53,958 Mike: The objects, the people, the stories - these are the 775 00:19:54,060 --> 00:19:57,929 things that fed his desire, but only for the moment. 776 00:19:58,031 --> 00:19:59,931 And then he went on to the next thing and the next. 777 00:20:00,033 --> 00:20:02,733 It was always a quest, it was always a discovery, 778 00:20:02,835 --> 00:20:04,068 it was always being somewhere else. 779 00:20:04,170 --> 00:20:07,838 That's the mind of a collector, welcome to it. [laughs] 780 00:20:07,941 --> 00:20:08,773 kim: I know it probably might sound funny, 781 00:20:08,875 --> 00:20:09,640 but all these different rooms could be 782 00:20:09,742 --> 00:20:11,943 considered like his children. 783 00:20:12,045 --> 00:20:13,978 You know, he's so proud of everything in each room. 784 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:14,979 Mike: So he was a romantic, because he was always 785 00:20:15,081 --> 00:20:17,715 romanticizing about a different time period. 786 00:20:17,817 --> 00:20:18,816 Kim: Yeah, exactly. Robbie: Yeah. 787 00:20:18,918 --> 00:20:19,784 Mike: Some of it is the life that he led, 788 00:20:19,886 --> 00:20:21,652 the others are the life that he imagined. 789 00:20:21,754 --> 00:20:23,788 Kim: Bill's idol was thomas edison. 790 00:20:23,890 --> 00:20:25,623 That's why he had so many little odds and 791 00:20:25,725 --> 00:20:27,325 ends of edison things in here. 792 00:20:27,427 --> 00:20:28,292 Mike: Yeah, yeah. 793 00:20:28,394 --> 00:20:29,594 Mike: Now we're starting to get back into the 794 00:20:29,696 --> 00:20:30,428 catacombs of the collection. 795 00:20:30,530 --> 00:20:31,862 Mike: Uh... Too bad. 796 00:20:31,965 --> 00:20:35,700 Mike: The roots of why bill did what he did. 797 00:20:35,802 --> 00:20:36,667 Kim: I mean, when it came to edison, 798 00:20:36,769 --> 00:20:37,602 he didn't care if it worked or not. 799 00:20:37,704 --> 00:20:38,736 He wanted to put them, yeah. 800 00:20:38,838 --> 00:20:39,370 Mike: Yeah. He just wanted to own it. 801 00:20:39,472 --> 00:20:40,238 I don't blame him. 802 00:20:40,340 --> 00:20:41,606 Kim: Yeah. 803 00:20:41,708 --> 00:20:42,707 Mike: So this is a great piece. 804 00:20:42,809 --> 00:20:44,408 This would have been like a general store display 805 00:20:44,510 --> 00:20:45,142 or a feeler display. 806 00:20:45,245 --> 00:20:46,877 And the base is really neat. 807 00:20:46,980 --> 00:20:48,946 This is something that grabs your attention, 808 00:20:49,048 --> 00:20:51,782 all the bulbs lit up, you can turn them on and off, 809 00:20:51,884 --> 00:20:52,883 you know, a lot of them aren't working, 810 00:20:52,986 --> 00:20:56,254 but still it doesn't distract from the graphic. 811 00:20:56,356 --> 00:20:57,288 Kim: Um-hm. 812 00:20:57,390 --> 00:20:57,822 Mike: Which is really the cool- which was designed 813 00:20:57,924 --> 00:20:59,257 by maxfield parrish. 814 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:00,358 Kim: Um-hm. 815 00:21:00,460 --> 00:21:01,592 Mike: Maxfield parrish was an american artist that 816 00:21:01,694 --> 00:21:03,728 had a very distinctive style. 817 00:21:03,830 --> 00:21:05,763 When you see his work, you know it's his. 818 00:21:05,865 --> 00:21:07,632 His work was mass -produced and his most 819 00:21:07,734 --> 00:21:10,001 famous painting was daybreak. 820 00:21:25,718 --> 00:21:26,717 Mike: The colors are still vibrant, 821 00:21:26,819 --> 00:21:29,220 the retail on that's around 700 bucks. 822 00:21:29,322 --> 00:21:30,521 Kim: Okay. 823 00:21:30,623 --> 00:21:31,989 Mike: Would you do 450? 824 00:21:32,292 --> 00:21:33,224 Kim: 475. 825 00:21:33,326 --> 00:21:35,226 Mike: I knew you were going to do that. [laughs] 826 00:21:35,328 --> 00:21:36,294 thank you. 827 00:21:36,396 --> 00:21:37,895 Kim: [laughs] 828 00:21:37,997 --> 00:21:38,429 mike: Alright. I love it, I absolutely love it. 829 00:21:38,531 --> 00:21:39,664 Mike: Look at these. 830 00:21:39,766 --> 00:21:41,265 Kim: Edison standard phonograph. 831 00:21:41,367 --> 00:21:41,732 Mike: Yeah. 832 00:21:41,834 --> 00:21:43,267 Kim: This is 900. 833 00:21:43,369 --> 00:21:43,668 Mike: Okay. 834 00:21:43,770 --> 00:21:44,268 Kim: 1,100. 835 00:21:44,370 --> 00:21:45,403 Mike: Okay. 836 00:21:45,505 --> 00:21:46,504 Kim: And 850 retail. 837 00:21:46,606 --> 00:21:49,907 Mike: This is early american radio and music history. 838 00:21:50,009 --> 00:21:52,009 Mike: What do you know about these 2 right here? 839 00:21:52,111 --> 00:21:54,545 Kim: Okay, this is a victor 3 and that's a victor 5. 840 00:21:54,647 --> 00:21:56,213 Mike: With the blue horn. 841 00:21:56,316 --> 00:21:57,281 Kim: Yes. 842 00:21:57,383 --> 00:21:57,982 Kim: Sometimes you know, you don't realize you pick 843 00:21:58,084 --> 00:21:58,816 up so much over the years. 844 00:21:58,918 --> 00:22:01,419 Kim: Retail I know is about 1,250. 845 00:22:01,521 --> 00:22:03,754 And that is... 1,650. 846 00:22:03,856 --> 00:22:04,822 Kim: You don't think you know anything, 847 00:22:04,924 --> 00:22:06,724 but then when somebody asks you, it's like, 848 00:22:06,826 --> 00:22:07,425 I know that, I didn't realize like... 849 00:22:07,527 --> 00:22:08,826 Back of your mind. 850 00:22:08,928 --> 00:22:10,728 Mike: Do you know anything about this piece? 851 00:22:10,830 --> 00:22:13,864 Kim: This is a model 206 maestrophone. 852 00:22:13,966 --> 00:22:15,566 Mike: It's like the evolution of all of it, 853 00:22:15,668 --> 00:22:16,701 and she wants to sell it. 854 00:22:16,803 --> 00:22:17,568 Kim: The neat thing about this is, 855 00:22:17,670 --> 00:22:19,303 it's a hot air fired motor. 856 00:22:19,405 --> 00:22:20,237 Mike: Really! 857 00:22:20,340 --> 00:22:21,272 Kim: Yeah. 858 00:22:21,374 --> 00:22:22,773 Mike: To be honest with you, she's educating me. 859 00:22:22,875 --> 00:22:24,041 Because she was with bill for so long, 860 00:22:24,143 --> 00:22:26,977 and this was his passion, and she was paying attention. 861 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:28,512 Mike: And what's the value of something like that? 862 00:22:28,614 --> 00:22:29,547 Kim: Uh, 12 to 15,000. 863 00:22:29,649 --> 00:22:30,815 Mike: Really. Kim: Yeah. 864 00:22:30,917 --> 00:22:31,649 Mike: So that was like his pride and joy, 865 00:22:31,751 --> 00:22:32,316 that was like the one, right? 866 00:22:32,418 --> 00:22:32,883 Kim: Oh yes, yes. 867 00:22:32,985 --> 00:22:33,718 Mike: Can I touch it? 868 00:22:33,820 --> 00:22:34,685 Kim: Sure, but don't breathe on it. 869 00:22:34,787 --> 00:22:35,886 Mike: [laughs] alright, let's see. 870 00:22:35,988 --> 00:22:38,022 Mike: This is where the rubber hits the road, 871 00:22:38,124 --> 00:22:40,891 and all that knowledge becomes really relevant because 872 00:22:40,993 --> 00:22:43,928 she knows prices as well, which is really smart. 873 00:22:44,030 --> 00:22:45,396 Mike: Yeah, I can at least say I've touched one. 874 00:22:45,498 --> 00:22:46,664 Kim: Yeah... Get it. 875 00:22:46,766 --> 00:22:47,865 Mike: That's out of my price range. 876 00:22:47,967 --> 00:22:49,300 This wall I think is more in my price range. 877 00:22:49,402 --> 00:22:50,501 Kim: Alright. 878 00:22:50,603 --> 00:22:51,769 Mike: I'm getting away from the super high-end stuff and 879 00:22:51,871 --> 00:22:54,772 the victrolas, and moving over here to the off-brand models. 880 00:22:54,874 --> 00:22:55,606 Mike: So since these aren't victrolas, 881 00:22:55,708 --> 00:22:57,808 they don't bring as much money. 882 00:22:57,910 --> 00:23:01,278 Something like this, to me, is 5 to 700. 883 00:23:01,381 --> 00:23:02,313 Kim: Um-hm. 884 00:23:02,415 --> 00:23:03,013 How about 375? 885 00:23:03,116 --> 00:23:03,881 Mike: I was going to do 4. 886 00:23:03,983 --> 00:23:05,449 Kim: Okay well I'll do 4, thank you. 887 00:23:05,551 --> 00:23:05,916 Mike: [chuckles] alright. 888 00:23:06,018 --> 00:23:06,650 Kim: Thank you. 889 00:23:06,753 --> 00:23:07,418 Mike: Guess I hit you with 25. 890 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:09,253 Kim: Yeah, there you go. 891 00:23:09,355 --> 00:23:10,221 Mike: Yeah. 892 00:23:10,323 --> 00:23:11,355 Since they're going to be used for décor, 893 00:23:11,457 --> 00:23:13,791 I want something that's bright, interesting looking. 894 00:23:13,893 --> 00:23:15,259 Like this one here, here's another one. 895 00:23:15,361 --> 00:23:16,026 Kim: Um-hm. 896 00:23:16,129 --> 00:23:17,561 Mike: That's a standard model a. 897 00:23:17,663 --> 00:23:18,229 400 bucks on that one too. 898 00:23:18,331 --> 00:23:19,864 Kim: Sure. 899 00:23:19,966 --> 00:23:21,265 Mike: This one's kind of got a good look to it. 900 00:23:21,367 --> 00:23:22,266 The harmony. 901 00:23:22,368 --> 00:23:23,434 Kim: Um-hm. 902 00:23:23,536 --> 00:23:24,001 Mike: Listen to that. 903 00:23:24,103 --> 00:23:24,969 Kim: That sounds like... 904 00:23:25,071 --> 00:23:26,837 Mike: It's got parts floating around in it. 905 00:23:26,939 --> 00:23:27,772 Kim: I don't know what the heck's in there. 906 00:23:27,874 --> 00:23:30,241 Mike: Okay, how about 375 on that one? 907 00:23:30,343 --> 00:23:30,641 Kim: Okay. 908 00:23:30,743 --> 00:23:32,410 Mike: Okay. 909 00:23:32,512 --> 00:23:33,144 Alright. Very cool. 910 00:23:33,246 --> 00:23:33,577 Kim: See I didn't even add 25. 911 00:23:33,679 --> 00:23:34,745 Mike: I know. 912 00:23:34,847 --> 00:23:35,880 Mike: Every time I look at something, 913 00:23:35,982 --> 00:23:38,616 every time I buy something, I'm reminded that 914 00:23:38,718 --> 00:23:40,651 this is one man's life's work. 915 00:23:40,753 --> 00:23:41,719 Mike: I've bought a lot of nippers, 916 00:23:41,821 --> 00:23:43,287 but I've never bought one this size. 917 00:23:43,389 --> 00:23:45,356 4-and-a-quarter. 918 00:23:45,458 --> 00:23:46,257 Kim: Add 25 to it. 919 00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:47,124 Mike: Okay. 920 00:23:47,226 --> 00:23:49,059 Mike: This was his life's collection, 921 00:23:49,162 --> 00:23:51,896 and the ripple effect that this is all going to have when 922 00:23:51,998 --> 00:23:54,899 this is released to the hobby is a big thing. 923 00:23:55,001 --> 00:23:56,367 Mike: The chair, what are you thinking on that? 924 00:23:56,469 --> 00:23:57,535 Kim: Definite 400. 925 00:23:57,637 --> 00:23:59,236 Mike: Alright, I'll do 400. 926 00:23:59,338 --> 00:23:59,904 Kim: Okay. 927 00:24:00,006 --> 00:24:01,172 Mike: I'll do it, I love it. 928 00:24:01,274 --> 00:24:03,808 Mike: So much of this stuff is going to go out and feed other 929 00:24:03,910 --> 00:24:06,777 collectors, younger collectors' passion. 930 00:24:06,879 --> 00:24:08,212 Mike: I absolutely love these curtains. 931 00:24:08,314 --> 00:24:09,747 Kim: Yes. 932 00:24:09,849 --> 00:24:10,981 Mike: You know, they're incredible. 933 00:24:11,083 --> 00:24:13,083 Kim: One of bill's wives put it out for a yard sale. 934 00:24:13,186 --> 00:24:14,885 I thought, he thought he was going to have a heart attack. 935 00:24:14,987 --> 00:24:16,520 Mike: One of them, how many wives did he have? 936 00:24:16,622 --> 00:24:17,288 Kim: 3, I'm the fourth one. 937 00:24:17,390 --> 00:24:17,621 Mike: Oh really. 938 00:24:17,723 --> 00:24:18,789 Kim: Yes. 939 00:24:18,891 --> 00:24:19,423 Mike: Well you got the best of him, girl. 940 00:24:19,525 --> 00:24:20,391 Kim: Yeah. [laughing] 941 00:24:20,493 --> 00:24:22,393 yeah I stuck it out. 942 00:24:22,495 --> 00:24:23,727 Mike: [laughs] yeah. 943 00:24:23,830 --> 00:24:24,361 Man, that- how many of these you got? 944 00:24:24,464 --> 00:24:25,596 Kim: Just these 2. 945 00:24:25,698 --> 00:24:26,263 Mike: You got just these 2. 946 00:24:26,365 --> 00:24:26,997 Kim: Um-hm. 947 00:24:27,099 --> 00:24:27,331 Mike: Would you sell these? 948 00:24:27,433 --> 00:24:28,232 Kim: Yes. 949 00:24:28,334 --> 00:24:29,533 Mike: Alright, I mean, I've never bought 950 00:24:29,635 --> 00:24:30,668 any rca curtains, uh... 951 00:24:30,770 --> 00:24:31,869 Kim: You don't see them very often. 952 00:24:31,971 --> 00:24:33,404 Mike: Would these have been like in a listening 953 00:24:33,506 --> 00:24:34,205 booth or something? 954 00:24:34,307 --> 00:24:34,772 Kim: Yes. 955 00:24:34,874 --> 00:24:35,973 They'd be on the wall. 956 00:24:36,075 --> 00:24:37,808 Used to be they'd have the padding and eggshell kind 957 00:24:37,910 --> 00:24:38,576 of things, that was in the '70s and '80s. 958 00:24:38,678 --> 00:24:40,277 Before that, they had this. 959 00:24:40,379 --> 00:24:41,779 Mike: Yeah. 960 00:24:41,881 --> 00:24:43,147 Kim: Hang it up to catch all the sound. 961 00:24:43,249 --> 00:24:45,015 Record stores, I don't even know if there are record stores 962 00:24:45,117 --> 00:24:46,784 anymore, but you used to be able to test your records 963 00:24:46,886 --> 00:24:48,919 out to see if you liked the music or not. 964 00:24:49,021 --> 00:24:50,688 And you'd sit on the chair and it would all be like 965 00:24:50,790 --> 00:24:52,256 in a room like this, all together. 966 00:24:52,358 --> 00:24:53,824 Mike: Yeah. 967 00:24:53,926 --> 00:24:55,059 Mike: Imagine if these curtains could talk. 968 00:24:55,161 --> 00:24:57,895 I mean, these were there for that intimate moment you had 969 00:24:57,997 --> 00:24:59,964 with the artist, when you went into the booth to 970 00:25:00,066 --> 00:25:01,699 listen to the record to see if you wanted to buy it. 971 00:25:01,801 --> 00:25:04,401 This is what you were surrounded by. 972 00:25:04,504 --> 00:25:05,569 These are very cool. 973 00:25:05,671 --> 00:25:08,372 Mike: What would you feel comfortable selling them for? 974 00:25:08,474 --> 00:25:11,442 Kim: I'd say uh... 975 00:25:11,544 --> 00:25:13,644 250 each, maybe 500? 976 00:25:13,746 --> 00:25:14,478 Mike: Yeah... Wouldn't do that. 977 00:25:14,580 --> 00:25:15,346 Kim: Is that too much? 978 00:25:15,448 --> 00:25:16,480 Mike: I just... 979 00:25:16,582 --> 00:25:17,214 I mean, for me it is. 980 00:25:17,316 --> 00:25:18,215 I have a store in nashville. 981 00:25:18,317 --> 00:25:18,682 Kim: Yes. 982 00:25:18,784 --> 00:25:19,316 Mike: Music city. 983 00:25:19,418 --> 00:25:20,918 Kim: Oh I know. 984 00:25:21,020 --> 00:25:22,219 Mike: You know, so someone could utilize these... 985 00:25:22,321 --> 00:25:23,320 Kim: Yeah. 986 00:25:23,422 --> 00:25:24,388 Mike: ...And- and do something really cool with them. 987 00:25:24,490 --> 00:25:25,289 Kim: Truthfully, I don't even- I don't even know... 988 00:25:25,391 --> 00:25:26,991 Mike: 300 bucks. 989 00:25:27,293 --> 00:25:28,092 Kim: 325. 990 00:25:28,194 --> 00:25:30,494 Mike: [laughs] alright. Kim: [laughs] 991 00:25:30,596 --> 00:25:32,129 mike: Alright, alright. 992 00:25:32,231 --> 00:25:35,032 Mike: Being in nashville, the first place I think of for these 993 00:25:35,134 --> 00:25:38,903 curtains is rca studio a or rca studio b on music row. 994 00:25:39,005 --> 00:25:42,306 These are 2 very historic studios that these would 995 00:25:42,408 --> 00:25:42,973 probably just... 996 00:25:43,075 --> 00:25:45,009 Dovetail right into, man. 997 00:25:49,248 --> 00:25:51,615 ♪♪ 998 00:25:51,717 --> 00:25:52,616 mike: Ahh... Johnny roventini. 999 00:25:52,718 --> 00:25:54,151 Kim: Oh yeah. Robbie: Johnny. 1000 00:25:54,253 --> 00:25:58,255 Mike: This is unusual. This guy in real life was 4-foot tall. 1001 00:25:58,357 --> 00:25:59,490 Kim: Um-hm. 1002 00:25:59,592 --> 00:26:01,258 Mike: Alright, he was discovered in a new york city hotel... 1003 00:26:01,360 --> 00:26:02,893 Kim: Right. 1004 00:26:02,995 --> 00:26:03,994 Mike: And it was always, call for philip morris... 1005 00:26:04,096 --> 00:26:04,862 Kim: Philip morris. Mike: ...Call for philip morris. 1006 00:26:04,964 --> 00:26:06,297 And he was the only living trademark. 1007 00:26:06,399 --> 00:26:07,031 Robbie: Correct. 1008 00:26:07,133 --> 00:26:08,232 Mike: I've never seen this piece. 1009 00:26:08,334 --> 00:26:08,999 Kim: Good. 1010 00:26:09,101 --> 00:26:10,100 Mike: It's really, really cool. 1011 00:26:10,202 --> 00:26:13,737 I mean, we bought a 10-foot tall johnny roventini... 1012 00:26:13,839 --> 00:26:14,238 Robbie: He's at least 10 foot tall. 1013 00:26:14,340 --> 00:26:14,972 Kim: Yeah. 1014 00:26:15,074 --> 00:26:15,272 Mike: ...That waves like this. 1015 00:26:15,374 --> 00:26:16,607 Kim: Ah! 1016 00:26:16,709 --> 00:26:19,043 Frank: My arm's hurting now. 1017 00:26:20,079 --> 00:26:21,378 Mike: I think this thing's worth like 1,200 bucks. 1018 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:24,248 I really do. Um... 1019 00:26:24,350 --> 00:26:26,216 700 bucks. 1020 00:26:26,319 --> 00:26:26,984 I love it. 1021 00:26:27,086 --> 00:26:27,818 I'm going to give him a good home. 1022 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:29,720 I'll put him right next to my bed. 1023 00:26:29,822 --> 00:26:30,621 It's going to be the first thing I see 1024 00:26:30,723 --> 00:26:32,890 when I wake up in the morning, 1025 00:26:32,992 --> 00:26:35,359 last thing I see... When I go to bed at night. 1026 00:26:35,461 --> 00:26:36,226 Kim: [laughs] 750. 1027 00:26:36,329 --> 00:26:37,828 Mike: 750? 1028 00:26:37,930 --> 00:26:38,796 Kim: In case you're trying to cut me down 1029 00:26:38,898 --> 00:26:40,331 25 bucks since I've been higher than 25. 1030 00:26:40,433 --> 00:26:41,131 Mike: Okay 750? 1031 00:26:41,233 --> 00:26:41,498 725. 1032 00:26:41,601 --> 00:26:42,366 Kim: Okay. 1033 00:26:42,468 --> 00:26:43,300 Yeah we'll do 725. 1034 00:26:43,402 --> 00:26:44,268 Mike: Alright! 1035 00:26:44,370 --> 00:26:46,070 Mike: Sounds like bill is my kind of crazy. 1036 00:26:46,172 --> 00:26:48,005 I mean, he's lying awake at night figuring out different 1037 00:26:48,107 --> 00:26:49,873 things he can do in the house, handing new plans out 1038 00:26:49,976 --> 00:26:51,875 on napkins, you know, constantly just being 1039 00:26:51,978 --> 00:26:54,878 driven by your instant, immediate thoughts. 1040 00:26:54,981 --> 00:26:56,280 You know, it's like, there's- there's no um... 1041 00:26:56,382 --> 00:26:57,915 It's like... 1042 00:26:58,017 --> 00:26:59,550 It's like right now I'm trying to find the words 1043 00:26:59,652 --> 00:27:01,518 to like even like, like... 1044 00:27:01,621 --> 00:27:02,586 Describe myself, I can't... 1045 00:27:02,688 --> 00:27:03,921 [laughs] you know it's like... 1046 00:27:04,023 --> 00:27:06,624 I'm just driven by passion, fueled by you know, 1047 00:27:06,726 --> 00:27:08,092 just an abundant amount of energy. 1048 00:27:08,194 --> 00:27:12,129 And you're just so focused on your collection and- and how 1049 00:27:12,231 --> 00:27:15,466 that connects with your life and how you want to live with it, 1050 00:27:15,568 --> 00:27:16,533 and how it, you know... 1051 00:27:16,636 --> 00:27:20,104 Is um you know consistent throughout your thoughts. 1052 00:27:20,206 --> 00:27:21,305 It's maybe one of the only thing that's consistent throughout 1053 00:27:21,407 --> 00:27:22,740 your thoughts, 1054 00:27:22,842 --> 00:27:23,474 I'm... Rambling on, I'm probably... 1055 00:27:23,576 --> 00:27:24,908 [laughs] it's all like... 1056 00:27:25,011 --> 00:27:27,111 I can't even imagine bill and I talking, you know. 1057 00:27:27,213 --> 00:27:29,713 I just, all I know is, I feel like we're kindred spirits. 1058 00:27:30,249 --> 00:27:31,949 Robbie: Kim, this is a catalin radio I found up on the shelf. 1059 00:27:32,051 --> 00:27:34,852 Catalin was made in the early '30s into the '40s. 1060 00:27:34,954 --> 00:27:37,821 These things demand some pretty good money. 1061 00:27:37,923 --> 00:27:40,457 Robbie: Catalin radios were the top echelon 1062 00:27:40,559 --> 00:27:42,126 when it came to radios. 1063 00:27:42,228 --> 00:27:44,862 Robbie: A lot of them did not last because what happened is, 1064 00:27:44,964 --> 00:27:46,296 the tubes would actually heat up inside here... 1065 00:27:46,399 --> 00:27:47,798 Kim: Oh yeah. 1066 00:27:47,900 --> 00:27:49,233 Robbie: And then it cracked the catalin. 1067 00:27:49,335 --> 00:27:50,200 Kim: Okay. 1068 00:27:50,302 --> 00:27:51,468 It's like a maroon, isn't it, and then...? 1069 00:27:51,570 --> 00:27:53,237 Robbie: Well that's maroon and then butterscotch, I call it. 1070 00:27:53,339 --> 00:27:54,138 Kim: Okay. 1071 00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:55,239 Robbie: With a waterfall front grille. 1072 00:27:55,341 --> 00:27:56,006 Kim: Okay. 1073 00:27:56,108 --> 00:27:57,207 Robbie: I'd want to be around 750. 1074 00:27:57,309 --> 00:27:59,610 Kim: 775. 1075 00:27:59,712 --> 00:28:01,311 Robbie: [laughs] I'll do that. 1076 00:28:01,414 --> 00:28:02,546 Kim: Alright. 1077 00:28:02,648 --> 00:28:03,447 Robbie: Alright, thank you. 1078 00:28:03,549 --> 00:28:05,416 Mike: Oh nice! Did you ask about that? 1079 00:28:05,518 --> 00:28:06,650 That's the sparton. 1080 00:28:06,752 --> 00:28:07,284 Kim: Bill loved that one, yeah. 1081 00:28:07,386 --> 00:28:08,786 Mike: Let's see. 1082 00:28:08,888 --> 00:28:09,586 Kim: It's a sled, I think is the model. 1083 00:28:09,689 --> 00:28:11,188 Robbie: They called it a sled? 1084 00:28:11,290 --> 00:28:12,189 Kim: Yes. 1085 00:28:12,291 --> 00:28:13,590 'cause if you look, it has rungs like a sled 1086 00:28:13,693 --> 00:28:14,258 going up the front, it's wood. 1087 00:28:14,360 --> 00:28:15,292 Mike: Yeah. 1088 00:28:15,394 --> 00:28:15,859 Robbie: Yeah. 1089 00:28:15,961 --> 00:28:16,293 Mike: In the back of it. 1090 00:28:16,395 --> 00:28:16,994 Robbie: Yeah. 1091 00:28:17,096 --> 00:28:17,861 Kim: Bill absolutely loved it. 1092 00:28:17,963 --> 00:28:18,495 It was one of the most beautiful radios 1093 00:28:18,597 --> 00:28:19,897 you could get, still is. 1094 00:28:19,999 --> 00:28:22,766 Another one of his crown jewels of the collection. 1095 00:28:22,868 --> 00:28:25,235 Mike: This radio is made in like, '35... 1096 00:28:25,337 --> 00:28:25,636 Kim: Okay. 1097 00:28:25,738 --> 00:28:27,037 Mike: 1935. 1098 00:28:27,139 --> 00:28:27,771 Kim: It sounded wonderful 'cause I know when we had it, 1099 00:28:27,873 --> 00:28:28,839 he played it, and it's just... 1100 00:28:28,941 --> 00:28:31,809 Something so old it still sounded so pretty. 1101 00:28:31,911 --> 00:28:32,910 Kim: I believe it's called blue mirror. 1102 00:28:33,012 --> 00:28:35,212 Mike: Extremely, extremely sought after radio. 1103 00:28:35,314 --> 00:28:36,346 Kim: Yes. 1104 00:28:36,449 --> 00:28:38,215 Mike: In mint condition, this thing's like 6,500 bucks. 1105 00:28:38,317 --> 00:28:38,982 Kim: Wow. 1106 00:28:39,085 --> 00:28:40,184 Mike: I'm talking really nice... 1107 00:28:40,286 --> 00:28:41,218 Kim: Yes. 1108 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:41,652 Mike: ...Like, you know, pull it out of the box. 1109 00:28:41,754 --> 00:28:42,586 Kim: Oh yeah. 1110 00:28:42,688 --> 00:28:43,754 Mike: But I mean this one's... 1111 00:28:43,856 --> 00:28:45,622 You know, you can see some wear in the, 1112 00:28:45,725 --> 00:28:48,258 the mirror of the radio itself. 1113 00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:49,426 Kim: Um-hm. 1114 00:28:49,528 --> 00:28:50,961 Mike: A lot of these radio companies in the 1930s were 1115 00:28:51,063 --> 00:28:54,932 hiring industrial designers to design their product. 1116 00:28:55,034 --> 00:28:56,366 They're so sought after that they reproduce them. 1117 00:28:56,469 --> 00:28:57,735 Take a look at it. 1118 00:28:57,837 --> 00:28:58,502 Robbie: Holy cow, that thing's heavy. 1119 00:28:58,604 --> 00:28:59,603 Mike: I know, isn't it? 1120 00:28:59,705 --> 00:29:00,738 I mean, it's made really well. 1121 00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:01,305 Kim: Yeah, you can see why this is... 1122 00:29:01,407 --> 00:29:03,006 Robbie: Wow... 1123 00:29:03,109 --> 00:29:04,274 Kim: Ah he loved that, that was another crown jewel. 1124 00:29:04,376 --> 00:29:05,476 Mike: I can't remember the guy's name that designed this radio, 1125 00:29:05,578 --> 00:29:06,677 but I know he did uh... 1126 00:29:06,779 --> 00:29:10,514 He also did a lot of work for um... 1127 00:29:10,616 --> 00:29:11,982 [snaps fingers] kodak! 1128 00:29:21,894 --> 00:29:23,627 Mike: This is my opinion, in this condition, 1129 00:29:23,729 --> 00:29:25,662 this thing's 3,000 bucks, okay? 1130 00:29:25,765 --> 00:29:27,197 In the condition it's in right now. 1131 00:29:27,299 --> 00:29:28,766 But um... 1132 00:29:28,868 --> 00:29:30,234 You know, if it's something you'd sell, 1133 00:29:30,336 --> 00:29:31,435 I'd pay... 1134 00:29:31,537 --> 00:29:33,003 I'd pay 2,400 for it. 1135 00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:36,640 Kim: You know, I kind of... 1136 00:29:36,742 --> 00:29:38,842 And I had this thought like... 1137 00:29:38,944 --> 00:29:41,078 I don't know 'cause bill really liked it. 1138 00:29:41,180 --> 00:29:43,914 And at wouldn't take, it- it wouldn't take up much room. 1139 00:29:44,016 --> 00:29:48,252 And then I saw how much mike really liked it. 1140 00:29:48,354 --> 00:29:49,987 Kim: 2,425. 1141 00:29:51,490 --> 00:29:53,323 Mike: I would do that. 1142 00:29:53,425 --> 00:29:54,625 Kim: Thank you. 1143 00:29:54,727 --> 00:29:55,793 Mike: You know, I know how- I know how special it was to him. 1144 00:29:55,895 --> 00:29:57,694 Kim: Yeah, oh yeah, it's going to make me tear up, yeah. 1145 00:29:57,797 --> 00:29:58,562 Mike: Okay, and it's very special, 1146 00:29:58,664 --> 00:29:59,229 it's very special to me too. 1147 00:29:59,331 --> 00:30:00,764 Kim: Yeah. 1148 00:30:00,866 --> 00:30:01,765 Kim: And I just loved these 2 radios. 1149 00:30:01,867 --> 00:30:03,400 Oh I got a tube radio in the other room, 1150 00:30:03,502 --> 00:30:04,568 it's called a scott. 1151 00:30:04,670 --> 00:30:06,436 It's under that cover, I don't know if you looked at it. 1152 00:30:06,539 --> 00:30:08,438 [piano starts to play] 1153 00:30:08,541 --> 00:30:09,640 you look at, you turn it 1154 00:30:09,742 --> 00:30:10,607 around, they're encased in... 1155 00:30:10,709 --> 00:30:11,608 Mike: Did you just do that? 1156 00:30:11,710 --> 00:30:12,075 Robbie: Did you start that? 1157 00:30:12,178 --> 00:30:12,509 Kim: Um-um. No. 1158 00:30:12,611 --> 00:30:14,645 Mike: Did you? 1159 00:30:14,747 --> 00:30:16,246 Robbie: I didn't touch anything! 1160 00:30:16,348 --> 00:30:17,447 Mike: Wow. 1161 00:30:17,550 --> 00:30:18,315 Kim: No. Maybe the... 1162 00:30:18,417 --> 00:30:21,585 It got tired of sitting, maybe. Here, no. 1163 00:30:21,687 --> 00:30:22,719 There we go. It's right there. 1164 00:30:22,822 --> 00:30:24,788 Kim: The dang piano started playing. 1165 00:30:24,890 --> 00:30:26,490 And everybody looked at each other like, 1166 00:30:26,592 --> 00:30:27,758 "who's playing the piano?" 1167 00:30:27,860 --> 00:30:29,426 kim: You know what this song is called? 1168 00:30:29,528 --> 00:30:30,294 "ghost in the house." 1169 00:30:30,396 --> 00:30:31,662 robbie: [laughs] 1170 00:30:31,764 --> 00:30:32,663 mike: Really. Kim: Swear to god. 1171 00:30:32,765 --> 00:30:33,297 Mike: That's what the name of that song is. 1172 00:30:33,399 --> 00:30:34,565 Kim: Yes, yep. 1173 00:30:34,667 --> 00:30:35,966 Look, "ghost in the house." 1174 00:30:36,068 --> 00:30:36,533 robbie: Says it right on there, "ghost in the house." 1175 00:30:36,635 --> 00:30:37,334 kim: Maybe it's bill. 1176 00:30:37,436 --> 00:30:37,968 Mike: Did you turn that on, robbie? 1177 00:30:38,070 --> 00:30:38,702 Robbie: I didn't touch it. 1178 00:30:38,804 --> 00:30:39,670 Mike: You- you stepped on that. 1179 00:30:39,772 --> 00:30:40,737 Kim: No, no that's just the lights. 1180 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:41,572 Robbie: This doesn't touch anything. 1181 00:30:41,674 --> 00:30:42,139 Kim: That's just the lights. 1182 00:30:42,241 --> 00:30:43,273 Robbie: It's the lights. 1183 00:30:43,375 --> 00:30:44,441 Kim: Robbie's standing beside the piano and he said, 1184 00:30:44,543 --> 00:30:45,742 "I'm not touching it!" 1185 00:30:45,845 --> 00:30:46,610 and we all looked at each other like, 1186 00:30:46,712 --> 00:30:48,712 "holy heck, what's going on?" 1187 00:30:48,814 --> 00:30:50,614 it's like bill is saying, it's okay. 1188 00:30:50,716 --> 00:30:52,783 It was just perfect timing. 1189 00:30:52,885 --> 00:30:54,618 Mike: If I wasn't there and experienced it, 1190 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:55,886 I would think it wasn't real. 1191 00:30:55,988 --> 00:30:56,920 Kim: I don't think he could have staged that. 1192 00:30:57,022 --> 00:30:58,655 I mean, it wasn't staged, I don't think anybody 1193 00:30:58,757 --> 00:31:00,324 could have staged that like that. 1194 00:31:00,426 --> 00:31:01,692 Mike: Okay wow. 1195 00:31:01,794 --> 00:31:04,461 Mike: I totally believe in energy. 1196 00:31:04,563 --> 00:31:05,896 It was a moment for me. 1197 00:31:05,998 --> 00:31:08,465 Kim: Ghost in the house, we're talking about one 1198 00:31:08,567 --> 00:31:09,967 of bill's prized objects. 1199 00:31:10,069 --> 00:31:11,668 Mike: I'd like to think that that was bill saying, 1200 00:31:11,770 --> 00:31:13,704 "you understand me. My passion, 1201 00:31:13,806 --> 00:31:15,305 you understand what this radio is. 1202 00:31:15,407 --> 00:31:16,740 Roll with it." 1203 00:31:16,842 --> 00:31:18,642 kim: I mean, it gave me goosebumps. 1204 00:31:18,744 --> 00:31:20,577 And it's doing it now, you know. 1205 00:31:20,679 --> 00:31:22,012 It's just... Wow. [laughs] 1206 00:31:26,986 --> 00:31:28,619 mike: There's a nice battery display down there, 1207 00:31:28,721 --> 00:31:29,419 robbie, did you see that one? 1208 00:31:29,521 --> 00:31:30,220 It's got a nice color. 1209 00:31:30,322 --> 00:31:31,288 Robbie: Never seen this one before. 1210 00:31:31,390 --> 00:31:32,356 Mike: Kim is like a lot of people that we meet. 1211 00:31:32,458 --> 00:31:33,523 She's overwhelmed. 1212 00:31:33,626 --> 00:31:34,892 Robbie: The front of this, kim, would have flipped up, 1213 00:31:34,994 --> 00:31:36,827 and inside would have been all the batteries. 1214 00:31:36,929 --> 00:31:37,628 Mike: I mean, this was someone else's life, 1215 00:31:37,730 --> 00:31:39,663 this was someone else's passion, 1216 00:31:39,765 --> 00:31:41,632 this was someone else's collection. 1217 00:31:41,734 --> 00:31:42,299 Mike: Here kim, hand him that. 1218 00:31:42,401 --> 00:31:43,634 Kim: Oh here. 1219 00:31:43,736 --> 00:31:44,434 Robbie: Oh does that go with it? 1220 00:31:44,536 --> 00:31:45,903 Oh look at that, yeah. 1221 00:31:46,005 --> 00:31:48,538 Mike: She was living in it, she was enjoying it. 1222 00:31:48,641 --> 00:31:50,841 Now that he's passed on, 1223 00:31:50,943 --> 00:31:52,042 she wants to move the collection forward. 1224 00:31:52,144 --> 00:31:55,212 Robbie: Kim, these 2 pieces together, 3-and-a-quarter. 1225 00:31:55,314 --> 00:31:56,480 Kim: 350. 1226 00:31:56,582 --> 00:31:58,315 Robbie: God, I added the quarter in there just for you, the 25... 1227 00:31:58,417 --> 00:31:59,383 Mike: [laughs] 1228 00:31:59,485 --> 00:32:00,317 kim: I know, but I figured you were being slick, 1229 00:32:00,419 --> 00:32:01,251 so I added to it. 1230 00:32:01,353 --> 00:32:01,685 Robbie: Oh. 1231 00:32:01,787 --> 00:32:02,619 Kim: [laughs] 1232 00:32:02,721 --> 00:32:04,388 robbie: I'll do it. Thank you. 1233 00:32:04,490 --> 00:32:05,789 Kim: I got to learn. 1234 00:32:05,891 --> 00:32:08,792 Kim: After he died, he died in- in June. 1235 00:32:08,894 --> 00:32:10,027 And in November I went out to california, 1236 00:32:10,129 --> 00:32:12,663 I was gone for a month, I drove out and came back home, 1237 00:32:12,765 --> 00:32:14,564 and I thought I needed a break. 1238 00:32:14,667 --> 00:32:15,933 So I thought it would help. 1239 00:32:16,035 --> 00:32:18,402 And then when I came home, it just kind of like, 1240 00:32:18,504 --> 00:32:19,937 all closed in on me. 1241 00:32:20,039 --> 00:32:21,738 I was kind of like, didn't want to deal with it. 1242 00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:24,608 And now the light is on and you know, 1243 00:32:24,710 --> 00:32:25,676 I'm just getting things moving. 1244 00:32:25,978 --> 00:32:27,978 Robbie: 10, 2, and 4 were time for dr. Pepper. 1245 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:30,814 Probably one of the best dr. Pepper signs ever made. 1246 00:32:30,916 --> 00:32:32,049 Robbie: If you drink a dr. Pepper at 10, 1247 00:32:32,151 --> 00:32:35,585 one at 2, and one at 4, you'll have energy all day long. 1248 00:32:35,688 --> 00:32:36,787 That's what their slogan meant. 1249 00:32:36,889 --> 00:32:38,989 Robbie: Whistle flange, the dr. Pepper, 1250 00:32:39,091 --> 00:32:42,726 the grapette, the lemon-lime - $1,000 even on all 4. 1251 00:32:42,828 --> 00:32:43,694 Kim: You know I'm going to say 1,025. 1252 00:32:43,796 --> 00:32:45,395 Robbie: Then throw the bubble up in. 1253 00:32:45,497 --> 00:32:47,230 This one right here. 1254 00:32:47,333 --> 00:32:48,365 Kim: Sure. 1255 00:32:48,467 --> 00:32:49,566 Robbie: Ah thanks. 1256 00:32:49,668 --> 00:32:51,068 Mike: Kim cares enough about this collection to find the 1257 00:32:51,170 --> 00:32:54,604 right person for each piece, which is not going to be any 1258 00:32:54,707 --> 00:32:56,907 small task given the volume here. 1259 00:32:57,009 --> 00:32:59,142 Mike: What kind of damage that's done in the past? 1260 00:32:59,244 --> 00:33:01,078 Kim: I didn't feel guilty at all selling to mike and robbie, 1261 00:33:01,180 --> 00:33:03,914 'cause I know if they don't want the stuff their-selves, 1262 00:33:04,016 --> 00:33:05,749 they'll find somebody who will appreciate it, 1263 00:33:05,851 --> 00:33:08,318 and to take care of it, and enjoy it. 1264 00:33:08,420 --> 00:33:09,219 Mike: I'd do 100. 1265 00:33:09,321 --> 00:33:09,886 Kim: Yeah. 1266 00:33:09,989 --> 00:33:10,887 Mike: Alright, very cool. 1267 00:33:10,990 --> 00:33:13,824 Kim: So I don't have any seller's remorse at all. 1268 00:33:13,926 --> 00:33:15,926 Mike: He had a wide variety of interests. 1269 00:33:16,028 --> 00:33:18,929 This is a perfect example of the eye that bill had. 1270 00:33:19,031 --> 00:33:21,798 I mean, all collectors are focused or specialize in 1271 00:33:21,900 --> 00:33:23,900 something, and they do that really well. 1272 00:33:24,003 --> 00:33:26,503 But his eye, his mind was all over the place. 1273 00:33:26,605 --> 00:33:28,538 Robbie: Hey kim. Kim: Yes. 1274 00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:29,773 Robbie: Blue bell gasoline. 1275 00:33:29,875 --> 00:33:31,708 Kim: Yeah. I was afraid I threw it away, 1276 00:33:31,810 --> 00:33:32,242 I thought everything was thrown away. 1277 00:33:32,344 --> 00:33:33,710 [laughing] 1278 00:33:33,812 --> 00:33:35,012 mike: He had incredible instincts. 1279 00:33:35,114 --> 00:33:39,082 He was very good at focusing on buying the good stuff. 1280 00:33:39,184 --> 00:33:41,251 Meaning like, the good stuff is always going to be good. 1281 00:33:41,353 --> 00:33:42,452 Robbie: 675. 1282 00:33:42,554 --> 00:33:43,420 Kim: Haven't you learned? 1283 00:33:43,522 --> 00:33:44,588 Robbie: No because I can't figured out magic! 1284 00:33:44,690 --> 00:33:46,523 Kim: Mike's figured that out. 1285 00:33:46,625 --> 00:33:47,190 Robbie: So we're at 700. 1286 00:33:47,292 --> 00:33:47,624 Kim: Yes. 1287 00:33:47,726 --> 00:33:49,626 Robbie: Okay. 1288 00:33:49,728 --> 00:33:50,694 Mike: I mean, yes there's rooms 1289 00:33:50,796 --> 00:33:52,996 where there's volume, tons of it. 1290 00:33:53,098 --> 00:33:56,967 But there's way more quality than there is quantity. 1291 00:33:57,069 --> 00:33:58,502 Mike: Let me show you these amps I found earlier. 1292 00:33:58,604 --> 00:33:59,569 So these are mc-30s and 1293 00:33:59,671 --> 00:34:03,607 mc-40 mono blocks. Mcintosh. 1294 00:34:03,709 --> 00:34:05,809 These are really sought after. 1295 00:34:05,911 --> 00:34:07,677 I mean, if this was completely restored, 1296 00:34:07,780 --> 00:34:09,079 this would bring a couple of grand. 1297 00:34:09,181 --> 00:34:10,847 But we're talking about rechroming everything and going 1298 00:34:10,949 --> 00:34:12,783 through every single piece that's electronic. 1299 00:34:12,885 --> 00:34:14,718 He kept them back obviously, because he 1300 00:34:14,820 --> 00:34:17,254 understood the significance of them. 1301 00:34:17,356 --> 00:34:18,055 Kim: Right. 1302 00:34:18,157 --> 00:34:18,889 Kim: When bill put them up there, 1303 00:34:18,991 --> 00:34:21,491 he said, don't ever throw them away, 1304 00:34:21,593 --> 00:34:22,826 'cause they're valuable. 1305 00:34:22,928 --> 00:34:24,428 I don't know why he thought I was going to 1306 00:34:24,530 --> 00:34:26,163 throw his stuff away. 1307 00:34:26,265 --> 00:34:29,199 Mike: They're so beautiful, but they're just all so, so rough. 1308 00:34:29,301 --> 00:34:30,934 Kim: Yes. 1309 00:34:31,036 --> 00:34:31,935 Mike: You know I mean I know what it takes to go 1310 00:34:32,037 --> 00:34:32,669 through these and what guys charge for that. 1311 00:34:32,771 --> 00:34:34,271 I mean, it's not cheap, you know. 1312 00:34:34,373 --> 00:34:35,539 Kim: Um-hm. 1313 00:34:35,641 --> 00:34:38,008 Mike: All of these need to be restored to command the money. 1314 00:34:38,110 --> 00:34:42,112 On top of that, just to repair them, is $100-an-hour. 1315 00:34:42,214 --> 00:34:43,313 Mike: I'm at 500-a-piece on these and 3-a-piece on these. 1316 00:34:43,415 --> 00:34:46,283 Kim: Add $25. 1317 00:34:46,385 --> 00:34:47,117 Mike: Alright. 1318 00:34:47,219 --> 00:34:47,551 Kim: I get- I can't break my streak. 1319 00:34:47,653 --> 00:34:48,885 Mike: Alright. 1320 00:34:48,987 --> 00:34:50,454 Mike: Having a shop in music city has definitely 1321 00:34:50,556 --> 00:34:51,621 broadened my horizons. 1322 00:34:51,723 --> 00:34:53,423 Mike: Who's white suit is that? 1323 00:34:53,525 --> 00:34:54,524 Kim: That's bill mack. 1324 00:34:54,626 --> 00:34:56,560 Mike: It's made me pay more attention to wardrobe, 1325 00:34:56,662 --> 00:34:58,695 equipment, and instruments. 1326 00:34:58,797 --> 00:35:00,564 I have an outlet for this stuff now, 1327 00:35:00,666 --> 00:35:02,833 and I'm constantly learning. 1328 00:35:02,935 --> 00:35:04,534 Mike: And then you've got the red corduroy 1329 00:35:04,636 --> 00:35:05,302 bell bottoms suit there. 1330 00:35:05,404 --> 00:35:06,203 Hank thompson. 1331 00:35:06,305 --> 00:35:07,838 Kim: Yep. 1332 00:35:07,940 --> 00:35:08,772 And the jacket, yeah it was hank thompson. 1333 00:35:08,874 --> 00:35:09,973 Mike: Okay yeah, I know hank thompson. 1334 00:35:10,075 --> 00:35:10,907 Kim: Including the boots, oh and that's his hat too. 1335 00:35:11,009 --> 00:35:11,541 Mike: Do you remember where he got that? 1336 00:35:11,643 --> 00:35:12,509 Kim: From hank thompson. 1337 00:35:12,611 --> 00:35:13,243 Mike: Oh he- he knew him, he was a friend? 1338 00:35:13,345 --> 00:35:13,977 Kim: Yeah. 1339 00:35:14,079 --> 00:35:15,178 Mike: I'm a hank thompson fan. 1340 00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:17,547 "hangover heart," "six pack to go," "wild side of life," 1341 00:35:17,649 --> 00:35:19,015 I love all those old tunes. 1342 00:35:19,118 --> 00:35:21,785 I mean, that's the stuff that's playing on the jukebox 1343 00:35:21,887 --> 00:35:23,720 when you walk into tootsies on broadway. 1344 00:35:23,822 --> 00:35:25,188 Mike: Is that something you'd sell? 1345 00:35:25,290 --> 00:35:25,889 Kim: Yes. 1346 00:35:25,991 --> 00:35:26,256 Mike: Do you have a ladder? 1347 00:35:26,358 --> 00:35:27,991 Kim: Yeah. 1348 00:35:28,393 --> 00:35:32,496 Mike: Alright... 1349 00:35:32,598 --> 00:35:34,798 Oh yeah there you go. 1350 00:35:34,900 --> 00:35:35,599 Robbie: Oh look at the inside of that. Woo! 1351 00:35:35,701 --> 00:35:36,967 Kim: Oh, look at the colors! 1352 00:35:37,069 --> 00:35:38,735 Robbie: [wolf whistles] kim: Is that sexy or what? 1353 00:35:38,837 --> 00:35:40,604 Mike: Yeah this thing is cool, man. 1354 00:35:40,706 --> 00:35:42,339 Mike: It's hank thompson's! 1355 00:35:42,441 --> 00:35:43,240 It's very cool. 1356 00:35:43,342 --> 00:35:44,374 The boots are there, the hat's there. 1357 00:35:44,476 --> 00:35:45,709 This is real deal. 1358 00:35:45,811 --> 00:35:47,377 Mike: What are you thinking on that? 1359 00:35:47,479 --> 00:35:48,111 Kim: I don't know. 1360 00:35:48,213 --> 00:35:49,479 Mike: I was going to say 250. 1361 00:35:49,581 --> 00:35:50,413 Kim: Sounds good to me. 1362 00:35:50,516 --> 00:35:51,748 Mike: Is that cool? 1363 00:35:51,850 --> 00:35:52,415 Kim: Yeah, 'cause I was thinking 100. 1364 00:35:52,518 --> 00:35:54,784 [laughs] seriously! 1365 00:35:54,887 --> 00:35:58,121 Mike: This will look great in music city. 1366 00:35:58,223 --> 00:35:59,589 Mike: Alright, robbie, thanks for holding this ladder, man. 1367 00:35:59,691 --> 00:36:01,291 Robbie: Yeah, appreciate ya. 1368 00:36:01,393 --> 00:36:02,692 Mike: [laughs] 1369 00:36:02,794 --> 00:36:03,360 robbie: When you fall, I'll catch ya. 1370 00:36:03,462 --> 00:36:04,928 I'll just grab ya. 1371 00:36:05,030 --> 00:36:07,697 Mike: How about the... The ronald mcdonald shoes? 1372 00:36:07,799 --> 00:36:08,565 Robbie: Mcdonald, oh those are cool. 1373 00:36:08,667 --> 00:36:09,299 Mike: Can I stand on this? 1374 00:36:09,401 --> 00:36:10,300 Kim: Yeah, should be alright. 1375 00:36:10,402 --> 00:36:10,901 Robbie: Is that a picture of bill right there, 1376 00:36:11,003 --> 00:36:11,234 with ronald mcdonald? 1377 00:36:11,336 --> 00:36:11,935 Kim: Yes. 1378 00:36:12,037 --> 00:36:13,470 Mike: Here, look at this. 1379 00:36:13,572 --> 00:36:14,404 Robbie: That's so cool. 1380 00:36:14,506 --> 00:36:17,474 "custom-made by willie's of hollywood." 1381 00:36:17,576 --> 00:36:18,341 mike: What's this here? 1382 00:36:18,443 --> 00:36:19,342 Kim: That was jimmy dean's briefcase. 1383 00:36:19,444 --> 00:36:20,310 That's a nudie. 1384 00:36:20,412 --> 00:36:21,711 Mike: A nudie? 1385 00:36:21,813 --> 00:36:23,280 Oh the guy that made the clothing? 1386 00:36:23,382 --> 00:36:23,947 Kim: Uh-huh. 1387 00:36:24,049 --> 00:36:24,281 Mike: He made this case? 1388 00:36:24,383 --> 00:36:26,049 Kim: Yes. 1389 00:36:26,151 --> 00:36:27,217 Mike: So he was friends with jimmy dean too, I take it? 1390 00:36:27,319 --> 00:36:28,952 Kim: Yeah. 1391 00:36:29,054 --> 00:36:30,420 Mike: Nowadays when you say the name "jimmy dean", 1392 00:36:30,522 --> 00:36:31,288 what do you think of? 1393 00:36:31,390 --> 00:36:32,822 Sausage king. 1394 00:36:32,925 --> 00:36:34,824 But before that, he was a huge country star. 1395 00:36:34,927 --> 00:36:38,762 "big bad john," "cajun queen," "steelmen," 1396 00:36:38,864 --> 00:36:40,864 those were all huge hits for jimmy dean. 1397 00:36:40,966 --> 00:36:43,266 Mike: There's some big deals made in this baby. 1398 00:36:43,368 --> 00:36:43,967 Kim: I know. 1399 00:36:44,069 --> 00:36:44,367 Robbie: Jimmy dean's case? 1400 00:36:44,469 --> 00:36:45,068 Mike: Yeah. 1401 00:36:45,170 --> 00:36:45,969 When jimmy dean walked in. 1402 00:36:46,071 --> 00:36:47,837 Mike: This briefcase was made by nudie. 1403 00:36:47,940 --> 00:36:49,773 Nudie was an american tailor that was the 1404 00:36:49,875 --> 00:36:51,841 designer to the country western stars. 1405 00:36:51,944 --> 00:36:54,611 Elvis presley, hank williams, porter wagner, 1406 00:36:54,713 --> 00:36:56,980 gene autry - everybody, man. 1407 00:36:57,082 --> 00:37:00,784 Bright colors, rhinestones, chain stitching, fringe. 1408 00:37:00,886 --> 00:37:02,519 Nudie basically married the western style 1409 00:37:02,621 --> 00:37:05,522 with that liberace flair. 1410 00:37:05,924 --> 00:37:08,625 Mike: I'd do... 60 bucks on the clown shoes, 1411 00:37:08,727 --> 00:37:12,195 and 75 on this, the briefcase. 1412 00:37:12,297 --> 00:37:13,330 Kim: 100. 1413 00:37:13,432 --> 00:37:13,763 Mike: I'll do it. 1414 00:37:13,865 --> 00:37:13,997 Kim: Alright. 1415 00:37:19,571 --> 00:37:20,303 Mike: Alright, you got it? 1416 00:37:20,405 --> 00:37:22,239 Robbie: I got it! Whoa, whoa! Ooh! 1417 00:37:22,341 --> 00:37:23,907 Kim: Woof. 1418 00:37:24,009 --> 00:37:25,442 Robbie: Got it, boots are coming off. I got it. 1419 00:37:25,544 --> 00:37:26,409 Mike: Sure you got it? 1420 00:37:26,511 --> 00:37:27,811 Robbie: I- I got it! 1421 00:37:27,913 --> 00:37:28,778 Mike: Okay, you got it. Robbie: I got it. 1422 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:30,347 Mike: I kind of like that suit there. 1423 00:37:30,449 --> 00:37:31,248 Kim: Bill mack. 1424 00:37:31,350 --> 00:37:32,482 Mike: Look at that back of that, dude. 1425 00:37:32,584 --> 00:37:33,250 How much for this one? 1426 00:37:33,352 --> 00:37:34,117 The whole shooting match there. 1427 00:37:34,219 --> 00:37:35,418 125? 1428 00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:36,286 Kim: Yeah that's fine. 1429 00:37:36,388 --> 00:37:37,654 Mike: Alright. 1430 00:37:37,756 --> 00:37:38,521 I got to ask about this microphone. 1431 00:37:38,624 --> 00:37:39,289 Are you familiar with this? 1432 00:37:39,391 --> 00:37:40,156 Kim: Alright. 1433 00:37:40,259 --> 00:37:41,658 Mike: This is 1932, this is a super, 1434 00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:45,295 super, super, that's 3 supers... 1435 00:37:45,397 --> 00:37:47,330 Rare microphone. 1436 00:37:47,432 --> 00:37:48,598 Kim: Rare, yes. 1437 00:37:48,700 --> 00:37:49,799 Mike: [wolf whistles] you know, it's so simple it looks like 1438 00:37:49,901 --> 00:37:53,370 someone crammed a pill into a coffee can. 1439 00:37:53,472 --> 00:37:54,104 Kim: Yeah exactly. 1440 00:37:54,206 --> 00:37:56,139 Don't know if it works or not. 1441 00:37:56,241 --> 00:37:58,942 Mike: These mics from the 1930s are very iconic microphones. 1442 00:37:59,044 --> 00:38:02,579 Mike: The retail on this mic, think about it, 1932, 1443 00:38:02,681 --> 00:38:03,380 what comes to mind for me? 1444 00:38:03,482 --> 00:38:04,581 '32 ford roadster. 1445 00:38:04,683 --> 00:38:05,415 Robbie: '32 ford roadster. 1446 00:38:05,517 --> 00:38:07,284 Mike: '32 harley vl. 1447 00:38:07,386 --> 00:38:07,884 Robbie: Yeah. 1448 00:38:07,986 --> 00:38:08,818 Mike: And the biggie - 1449 00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:10,787 an iowa man was president - herbert hoover. 1450 00:38:10,889 --> 00:38:12,956 Kim: So you should offer a very good price. 1451 00:38:13,058 --> 00:38:14,824 Kim: Bill told me those microphones were valuable. 1452 00:38:14,926 --> 00:38:17,827 But I didn't know how valuable they were. 1453 00:38:17,929 --> 00:38:24,000 Mike: Retail if it works - 6 grand. 6,500. 1454 00:38:25,337 --> 00:38:27,904 Kim: $6,500. 1455 00:38:28,006 --> 00:38:31,007 I- I... I was shocked. You know I had no idea. 1456 00:38:31,109 --> 00:38:31,808 Mike: You know, there's not a lot of people that will 1457 00:38:31,910 --> 00:38:33,576 throw down that much for a mic. 1458 00:38:33,679 --> 00:38:34,511 Kim: Right. Robbie: Yeah. 1459 00:38:34,613 --> 00:38:36,713 Mike: But being in nashville, I feel like 1460 00:38:36,815 --> 00:38:37,247 I got a good chance of finding them. 1461 00:38:37,349 --> 00:38:38,615 Kim: Yeah. 1462 00:38:38,717 --> 00:38:39,816 Mike: You've got the audiophiles, 1463 00:38:39,918 --> 00:38:41,851 the guys that still use them, that will rebuild them and 1464 00:38:41,953 --> 00:38:44,788 use them because they want a certain sound; 1465 00:38:44,890 --> 00:38:47,424 or using an old microphone inspires them. 1466 00:38:47,526 --> 00:38:49,426 Mike: Would you sell it? 1467 00:38:49,528 --> 00:38:51,561 Kim: For a good price. 1468 00:38:51,663 --> 00:38:53,229 Mike: What's a good price? 1469 00:38:53,332 --> 00:38:55,265 Kim: Um... 1470 00:38:56,034 --> 00:39:00,904 I'd say... At least 5,000, because that's something 1471 00:39:01,006 --> 00:39:04,741 I can easily pack up and sell out in california. 1472 00:39:04,843 --> 00:39:06,109 I plan on moving out there, hopefully. 1473 00:39:06,378 --> 00:39:07,610 Mike: Yeah. 1474 00:39:07,713 --> 00:39:09,713 Kim: But I'd say at least 5. 1475 00:39:09,815 --> 00:39:11,581 I know you need to make money too, 1476 00:39:11,683 --> 00:39:13,850 so I know how, you know... 1477 00:39:13,952 --> 00:39:16,086 Mike: The only thing that snags me up on it, 1478 00:39:16,188 --> 00:39:19,756 is if it works, you know, having it gone through and rebuilt, 1479 00:39:19,858 --> 00:39:21,257 to realize that kind of money you know. 1480 00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:22,225 Kim: Right. 1481 00:39:22,327 --> 00:39:23,893 Kim: Anything antique is a leap of faith. 1482 00:39:23,995 --> 00:39:24,861 He didn't know for sure if it was going to work, 1483 00:39:24,963 --> 00:39:27,997 and I didn't know it wasn't going to work. 1484 00:39:32,671 --> 00:39:35,305 Kim: Cue the jeopardy music. 1485 00:39:35,407 --> 00:39:37,240 [group laughing] 1486 00:39:37,342 --> 00:39:38,141 kim: Um... 1487 00:39:38,243 --> 00:39:39,642 Robbie: There's a bead of sweat, actually, 1488 00:39:39,745 --> 00:39:40,310 starting to form on your forehead. 1489 00:39:40,412 --> 00:39:41,444 Kim: Is there? 1490 00:39:41,546 --> 00:39:42,312 I wouldn't be surprised. 1491 00:39:42,414 --> 00:39:43,413 Robbie: [laughs] 1492 00:39:43,515 --> 00:39:46,182 mike: The level of rarity of this microphone is huge. 1493 00:39:46,284 --> 00:39:49,853 I mean, usually you see stuff like this in a book or a museum 1494 00:39:49,955 --> 00:39:53,456 or it's in the dark catacombs of a collection 1495 00:39:53,558 --> 00:39:54,290 and it's not for sale. 1496 00:39:54,393 --> 00:39:55,792 So when I see something like this, 1497 00:39:55,894 --> 00:39:57,827 I want to get on it, because it's such a 1498 00:39:57,929 --> 00:40:00,830 unique opportunity to be able to buy one. 1499 00:40:00,932 --> 00:40:03,166 Mike: Mike me feel like I got a good deal. 1500 00:40:03,268 --> 00:40:07,003 4,975. 1501 00:40:10,308 --> 00:40:11,674 Kim: Okay. 1502 00:40:11,777 --> 00:40:12,642 Mike: We're doing that? Kim: Yes. 1503 00:40:12,744 --> 00:40:13,309 Mike: Shake her hand, robbie. 1504 00:40:13,412 --> 00:40:14,244 Robbie: Alright. 1505 00:40:14,346 --> 00:40:14,778 Kim: Yeah. 1506 00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:15,845 Mike: Alright, man. 1507 00:40:15,947 --> 00:40:18,581 Mike: Kim wanted to make today about bill. 1508 00:40:18,683 --> 00:40:19,682 And today was about bill. 1509 00:40:19,785 --> 00:40:22,585 But to me, it was also about kim. 1510 00:40:22,687 --> 00:40:23,653 Mike: Hand it over, robbie. 1511 00:40:23,755 --> 00:40:25,021 Robbie: Yeah, there you go, bro. 1512 00:40:25,123 --> 00:40:27,857 Mike: She was his partner throughout the whole crazy ride. 1513 00:40:27,959 --> 00:40:31,594 His passions, his collecting, his remodeling, 1514 00:40:31,696 --> 00:40:33,296 she was there for all of it. 1515 00:40:33,398 --> 00:40:34,130 Mike: We did it! 1516 00:40:34,232 --> 00:40:35,698 Mike: Bill has passed her the ball, 1517 00:40:35,801 --> 00:40:37,500 but she is the one who is running it 1518 00:40:37,602 --> 00:40:38,535 across the finish line. 1519 00:40:38,637 --> 00:40:40,336 Mike: Thank you, honey. 1520 00:40:40,439 --> 00:40:41,438 Kim: Thank you. 1521 00:40:41,540 --> 00:40:42,071 Mike: Appreciate you. 1522 00:40:42,174 --> 00:40:43,072 Kim: Thank you so much. 1523 00:40:43,175 --> 00:40:45,341 Mike: Good luck with everything and the house. 1524 00:40:45,444 --> 00:40:46,509 And california! 1525 00:40:46,611 --> 00:40:47,277 Kim: Oh I know, I know. 1526 00:40:47,379 --> 00:40:48,244 Mike: Yeah. 1527 00:40:48,346 --> 00:40:50,847 Kim: Everything I sold today, I'm so happy, 1528 00:40:50,949 --> 00:40:53,016 and I say it from the bottom of my heart, 1529 00:40:53,118 --> 00:40:55,752 I am so happy that they're the ones that I sold it to 1530 00:40:55,854 --> 00:40:56,686 and they bought it and they wanted it. 1531 00:40:56,788 --> 00:40:59,022 'cause I know bill would be happy. 1532 00:40:59,124 --> 00:41:00,523 It's like letting him live longer or still live in some 1533 00:41:00,625 --> 00:41:03,760 place, if that makes sense. 1534 00:41:03,862 --> 00:41:05,695 I think he's probably smiling about it. 1535 00:41:05,797 --> 00:41:06,296 Robbie: Thank you. Kim: Thank you. 1536 00:41:06,398 --> 00:41:07,931 Mike: Alright. 1537 00:41:08,033 --> 00:41:08,364 Robbie: It's been a good day, it's been a good day. 1538 00:41:08,467 --> 00:41:09,866 Kim: You too. 1539 00:41:09,968 --> 00:41:10,600 Good, I'm glad, I'm glad you guys are going 1540 00:41:10,702 --> 00:41:11,468 to get homes for this stuff. 1541 00:41:11,570 --> 00:41:11,868 And you know, it's going to a good... 1542 00:41:11,970 --> 00:41:12,702 Mike: Yeah. 1543 00:41:12,804 --> 00:41:13,369 Robbie: It's going to a good home. 1544 00:41:13,472 --> 00:41:14,170 Mike: Come here... 1545 00:41:14,272 --> 00:41:15,305 Kim: Yeah. Mike & kim: [chuckles] 1546 00:41:15,407 --> 00:41:17,140 mike: Alright. 1547 00:41:17,242 --> 00:41:18,641 Kim: That was fun, it was fun the dickering back and forth. 1548 00:41:18,743 --> 00:41:19,676 Maybe I got the collecting bug 1549 00:41:19,778 --> 00:41:20,410 and I'll start collecting things. 1550 00:41:20,512 --> 00:41:24,280 Who knows. [laughs] 1551 00:41:24,382 --> 00:41:25,482 [honks horn] 1552 00:41:25,584 --> 00:41:26,516 mike: See ya out west! 1553 00:41:26,618 --> 00:41:28,985 Kim: Alright! Thank you. 1554 00:41:33,425 --> 00:41:34,290 Robbie: Pull this? 1555 00:41:34,392 --> 00:41:35,225 [bell ringing] 1556 00:41:35,327 --> 00:41:36,259 kim: Yeah. 1557 00:41:36,361 --> 00:41:36,960 Mike: How, how does he get it to go? Will it go? 1558 00:41:37,062 --> 00:41:37,727 Kim: Oh yeah. Mike: Yeah? 1559 00:41:37,829 --> 00:41:38,695 Kim: You want to get in too, mike? 1560 00:41:38,797 --> 00:41:39,295 Mike: No, I'm good, I'm good, no. 1561 00:41:39,397 --> 00:41:40,029 Kim: Alright. 1562 00:41:40,131 --> 00:41:40,797 Robbie: Are you kidding me? 1563 00:41:40,899 --> 00:41:42,599 Mike: [laughing hysterically] 1564 00:41:42,701 --> 00:41:43,933 mike: What do you know about 1565 00:41:44,035 --> 00:41:45,235 these 2, what can you tell me about these 2 pieces? 1566 00:41:45,337 --> 00:41:46,836 Kim: That- 1567 00:41:46,938 --> 00:41:47,437 mike: Okay, what the hell was that? Alright. 1568 00:41:47,539 --> 00:41:48,304 Kim & mike: [chuckles] 1569 00:41:48,406 --> 00:41:49,672 [bell ringing] 1570 00:41:49,774 --> 00:41:51,307 robbie: What's up! Watch your feet! 1571 00:41:51,409 --> 00:41:53,376 Mike: [laughs] 1572 00:41:53,478 --> 00:41:55,011 robbie: [laughing]