1 00:00:02,402 --> 00:00:07,806 ♪ ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:07,875 --> 00:00:08,406 MIKE: Look at that, look at that view! 3 00:00:08,475 --> 00:00:09,541 ROBBIE: Holy... 4 00:00:09,610 --> 00:00:10,408 MIKE: There's Alcatraz! 5 00:00:10,477 --> 00:00:11,609 [phone ringing] 6 00:00:11,678 --> 00:00:12,744 MIKE: Dani D, what's up? 7 00:00:12,813 --> 00:00:14,546 DANIELLE: Hey, so what do you think of Frisco, guys? 8 00:00:14,748 --> 00:00:15,680 MIKE: Loving the oysters! 9 00:00:15,750 --> 00:00:17,549 DANIELLE: Oh, well that's good. 10 00:00:17,617 --> 00:00:18,016 MIKE: So what you got? 11 00:00:18,085 --> 00:00:18,483 What's going on? 12 00:00:18,552 --> 00:00:19,618 DANIELLE: Alright. 13 00:00:19,820 --> 00:00:20,552 Today is going to be a good one, 14 00:00:20,754 --> 00:00:21,487 so hold onto your britches, 15 00:00:21,689 --> 00:00:23,354 'cause I am sending you to meet Robert. 16 00:00:23,424 --> 00:00:24,422 ROBBIE: Okay. 17 00:00:24,491 --> 00:00:25,958 DANIELLE: Okay, so Robbie grew up in San Francisco. 18 00:00:26,026 --> 00:00:28,494 So like 50 years ago, he and his brother bought 19 00:00:28,562 --> 00:00:29,894 the San Remo Hotel. 20 00:00:29,963 --> 00:00:32,364 This place has been in business since 1906. 21 00:00:32,433 --> 00:00:33,165 ROBBIE: Really? 22 00:00:33,233 --> 00:00:34,366 DANIELLE: It's a beautiful hotel. 23 00:00:34,435 --> 00:00:37,569 Not only that, but out back is where they keep all the cars. 24 00:00:37,638 --> 00:00:38,904 MIKE: What kind of cars? 25 00:00:38,972 --> 00:00:40,439 DANIELLE: Mini Coops, Crosleys, Woodies. 26 00:00:40,641 --> 00:00:41,639 I mean, the guy's got- 27 00:00:41,708 --> 00:00:42,974 ROBBIE: Guy's got Woodies? 28 00:00:43,043 --> 00:00:43,642 MIKE: They've got that much room for that many 29 00:00:43,844 --> 00:00:47,245 cars downtown San Francisco? 30 00:00:47,314 --> 00:00:49,715 DANIELLE: So it's not just the hotel, it's also the warehouse. 31 00:00:49,783 --> 00:00:50,849 MIKE: Man, it sounds killer. 32 00:00:51,051 --> 00:00:52,784 DANIELLE: These brothers are ready to retire. 33 00:00:52,853 --> 00:00:54,519 They're ready to just enjoy their life. 34 00:00:54,588 --> 00:00:55,988 MIKE: Yeah, heck yeah. 35 00:00:56,056 --> 00:00:57,322 DANIELLE: So I've sent you guys the coordinates. 36 00:00:57,391 --> 00:00:59,124 MIKE: Thank you. 37 00:00:59,193 --> 00:01:01,326 DANIELLE: Hey, you guys have a super rad time out there. 38 00:01:01,394 --> 00:01:09,394 ♪ ♪ ♪ 39 00:01:12,272 --> 00:01:13,872 MIKE: So you know what, every time I come to San Francisco, 40 00:01:13,940 --> 00:01:15,808 dude, and start climbing these hills, 41 00:01:16,010 --> 00:01:18,410 I think about Steve McQueen in Bullitt. 42 00:01:18,478 --> 00:01:18,744 Remember that? 43 00:01:18,946 --> 00:01:19,944 Uurr-aarrghhh! 44 00:01:20,013 --> 00:01:20,612 ROBBIE: freakin' ramping off this, yeah. 45 00:01:20,681 --> 00:01:21,746 MIKE & ROBBIE: [laughing] 46 00:01:21,816 --> 00:01:23,749 MIKE: Alright, we're getting close. 47 00:01:23,817 --> 00:01:24,683 So look at these buildings, man. 48 00:01:24,751 --> 00:01:25,884 ROBBIE: Look at, look at that. 49 00:01:25,953 --> 00:01:26,351 MIKE: The architecture here drives me crazy. 50 00:01:26,420 --> 00:01:27,418 It's amazing. 51 00:01:27,488 --> 00:01:28,620 Wow, look at this. 52 00:01:28,689 --> 00:01:30,622 ROBBIE: Look at this alley. 53 00:01:30,691 --> 00:01:31,557 MIKE: Look at that Woodie! 54 00:01:31,759 --> 00:01:34,359 That's like a '47. Yeeeah! 55 00:01:34,428 --> 00:01:34,759 ROBBIE: Dang! 56 00:01:34,828 --> 00:01:35,994 [honks horn] 57 00:01:37,764 --> 00:01:41,233 MIKE: Hey-hey! Man, nice wheels! 58 00:01:41,302 --> 00:01:42,500 TIM: Hey. 59 00:01:42,569 --> 00:01:43,702 MIKE: How's it going? I'm Mike, that's my brother, Robbie. 60 00:01:43,904 --> 00:01:45,570 TIM: Tim... Nice to meet you, Hey. 61 00:01:45,639 --> 00:01:45,970 ROBBIE: What's going on? 62 00:01:46,039 --> 00:01:46,772 ROBBIE: Tim. 63 00:01:46,974 --> 00:01:47,239 MIKE: Hey, what's going on, my friend? 64 00:01:47,308 --> 00:01:48,173 TIM: Hey. 65 00:01:48,242 --> 00:01:48,707 MIKE: This guy looks like he's important. 66 00:01:48,775 --> 00:01:49,775 PAUL: I'm Paul. 67 00:01:49,843 --> 00:01:50,509 MIKE: He's the one with the hood. 68 00:01:50,711 --> 00:01:51,109 ROBBIE: Is this Robert? 69 00:01:51,178 --> 00:01:51,510 TIM: No, that's Paul. 70 00:01:51,579 --> 00:01:52,244 PAUL: Yeah. 71 00:01:52,446 --> 00:01:53,111 ROBBIE: Hey, can we go in there? 72 00:01:53,180 --> 00:01:54,245 I see all these cars in there. 73 00:01:54,314 --> 00:01:55,647 PAUL: Yeah, then go up to Robert. Tim can take you to him. 74 00:01:55,716 --> 00:01:57,249 MIKE: Can you introduce us? 75 00:01:57,318 --> 00:01:57,983 TIM: Sure. 76 00:01:58,185 --> 00:01:58,516 MIKE: Hey man, good to meet you. 77 00:01:58,585 --> 00:01:59,918 ROBBIE: Thanks. 78 00:01:59,986 --> 00:02:01,586 MIKE: So do you help keep the cars running? 79 00:02:01,655 --> 00:02:02,254 TIM: Oh yes. Everything. 80 00:02:02,456 --> 00:02:02,854 MIKE: Okay. 81 00:02:02,923 --> 00:02:03,789 TIM: But I have help. 82 00:02:03,857 --> 00:02:05,324 And it's like a family experience. 83 00:02:05,526 --> 00:02:06,858 MIKE: Absolutely. 84 00:02:06,927 --> 00:02:07,459 ROBBIE: I'm going to let you lead the way. 85 00:02:07,661 --> 00:02:08,927 TIM: Let's go upstairs. 86 00:02:08,996 --> 00:02:10,595 MIKE: Man, this place has a cool vibe already. 87 00:02:10,664 --> 00:02:11,597 TIM: So much has happened. 88 00:02:11,799 --> 00:02:12,331 ROBBIE: Wow, I love the photos. 89 00:02:12,399 --> 00:02:13,865 MIKE: Wow. 90 00:02:13,934 --> 00:02:15,733 TIM: A lot of history in this staircase. 91 00:02:15,802 --> 00:02:16,401 Everyone comes up these stairs... 92 00:02:16,604 --> 00:02:18,003 MIKE: No kidding... 93 00:02:18,205 --> 00:02:19,137 I like all these little transom windows everywhere. 94 00:02:19,206 --> 00:02:21,206 So was this like an exterior staircase at one time? 95 00:02:21,275 --> 00:02:23,474 'Cause like, why is that window there, that's kind of cool. 96 00:02:23,544 --> 00:02:24,409 TIM: We don't know. 97 00:02:24,478 --> 00:02:25,344 MIKE: When you walk into a place like this, 98 00:02:25,546 --> 00:02:27,679 you're trying to understand what the original 99 00:02:27,747 --> 00:02:28,814 idea of the building was. 100 00:02:29,016 --> 00:02:30,682 MIKE: Look at that skylight! That's cool. 101 00:02:30,884 --> 00:02:32,751 ROBBIE: That's cool. [rings bell] 102 00:02:32,819 --> 00:02:34,486 TIM: Sitlally(?), we've got guests. 103 00:02:34,555 --> 00:02:35,420 RECEPTIONIST: Hey. Hi. 104 00:02:35,489 --> 00:02:36,488 MIKE: Hey, I'm Mike. 105 00:02:36,556 --> 00:02:37,689 RECEPTIONIST: Mike. 106 00:02:37,757 --> 00:02:38,824 MIKE: This is my brother, Robbie. 107 00:02:39,026 --> 00:02:39,625 ROBBIE: How are you doing, nice to meet you. 108 00:02:39,827 --> 00:02:40,358 RECEPTIONIST: Nice to meet you. 109 00:02:40,427 --> 00:02:41,560 MIKE: Here, give her a flyer. 110 00:02:41,628 --> 00:02:42,027 We've been trying to give this flyer away for a while. 111 00:02:42,229 --> 00:02:42,827 RECEPTIONIST: Alright. 112 00:02:42,896 --> 00:02:43,495 ROBBIE: Looking for Robert? 113 00:02:43,697 --> 00:02:44,696 RECEPTIONIST: Well... 114 00:02:44,765 --> 00:02:45,430 TIM: Going back to the garage. 115 00:02:45,498 --> 00:02:46,164 You guys are in good hands. 116 00:02:46,233 --> 00:02:46,632 ROBBIE: Alright. Appreciate you. 117 00:02:46,700 --> 00:02:47,498 TIM: Alright. 118 00:02:47,568 --> 00:02:48,500 ROBBIE: Thank, buddy. 119 00:02:48,569 --> 00:02:48,967 MIKE: Man, thanks, thanks for the introduction. 120 00:02:49,036 --> 00:02:49,902 TIM: Alright. 121 00:02:50,104 --> 00:02:50,835 RECEPTIONIST: Alright, let's... find Robert. 122 00:02:50,904 --> 00:02:51,570 MIKE: Okay. This is interesting, man. 123 00:02:51,638 --> 00:02:52,437 RECEPTIONIST: Yeah, this- 124 00:02:52,640 --> 00:02:53,505 MIKE: The way this whole thing's laid out. 125 00:02:53,707 --> 00:02:55,040 RECEPTIONIST: This building was built in 1906 by 126 00:02:55,108 --> 00:02:58,710 A. P. Giannini, the founder of Bank of America. 127 00:02:58,779 --> 00:03:00,979 It's a little bit like a pensione, 128 00:03:01,048 --> 00:03:03,649 so you have bathrooms in both halls, and then... 129 00:03:03,851 --> 00:03:05,651 MIKE: Okay, so each room have- 130 00:03:05,853 --> 00:03:06,851 they have shared bathrooms in here. 131 00:03:06,920 --> 00:03:07,652 RECEPTIONIST: They have shared bathrooms. 132 00:03:07,721 --> 00:03:08,720 MIKE: Oh that's interesting. 133 00:03:08,922 --> 00:03:09,521 RECEPTIONIST: Yeah, because lifestyle 134 00:03:09,723 --> 00:03:10,789 was different back then. 135 00:03:10,858 --> 00:03:12,524 MIKE: The building does have a presence, 136 00:03:12,593 --> 00:03:13,925 and you feel something. 137 00:03:13,994 --> 00:03:15,394 I mean, buildings have personalities, to me, 138 00:03:15,596 --> 00:03:17,795 just like people do. 139 00:03:17,864 --> 00:03:18,530 MIKE: Oh wow. I can't believe how much 140 00:03:18,599 --> 00:03:19,865 history's on the walls. 141 00:03:19,933 --> 00:03:20,732 RECEPTIONIST: There's a lot of history. 142 00:03:20,801 --> 00:03:21,733 MIKE: Who decorated this place? 143 00:03:21,801 --> 00:03:22,534 RECEPTIONIST: Basically Robert. 144 00:03:22,602 --> 00:03:23,802 MIKE: Did he really? 145 00:03:24,004 --> 00:03:24,736 RECEPTIONIST: Yeah, every single piece. 146 00:03:24,805 --> 00:03:25,670 MIKE: So he's got that kind of eye? 147 00:03:25,739 --> 00:03:26,404 RECEPTIONIST: Yeah. Robert! 148 00:03:26,473 --> 00:03:27,739 ROBERT: Yeah? Hey. 149 00:03:27,807 --> 00:03:30,409 MIKE: Hey, man! We finally meet! 150 00:03:30,477 --> 00:03:30,942 Hey I'm Mike. 151 00:03:31,011 --> 00:03:31,676 ROBERT: How are ya? 152 00:03:31,745 --> 00:03:32,677 ROBBIE: How are you doing? 153 00:03:32,746 --> 00:03:33,211 MIKE: That's my brother, Robbie. 154 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:33,811 ROBERT: Robbie. 155 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:34,413 ROBBIE: Good to see ya. 156 00:03:34,481 --> 00:03:35,080 ROBERT: Good. 157 00:03:35,148 --> 00:03:35,681 MIKE: And a flyer yeah. 158 00:03:35,883 --> 00:03:37,015 RECEPTIONIST: Here'sa flyer. 159 00:03:37,084 --> 00:03:37,816 MIKE: Actually, walking down the hallways here, 160 00:03:38,018 --> 00:03:38,349 I've seen a few items on the walls. 161 00:03:38,418 --> 00:03:39,217 ROBBIE: Oh yeah. 162 00:03:39,286 --> 00:03:39,818 ROBERT: A little bit of everything, ah. 163 00:03:40,020 --> 00:03:40,352 MIKE: I could see that. 164 00:03:40,554 --> 00:03:41,486 ROBBIE: Amazing. 165 00:03:41,554 --> 00:03:42,554 MIKE: She told me that you decorated this place. 166 00:03:42,622 --> 00:03:43,755 ROBERT: Every inch of it, my brother, Tom, and I. 167 00:03:43,823 --> 00:03:45,557 Renovation is what I love to do. 168 00:03:45,759 --> 00:03:47,292 I like saving properties. 169 00:03:47,494 --> 00:03:48,560 ROBBIE: Yeah. 170 00:03:48,628 --> 00:03:49,560 MIKE: Yeah, well you've done a great job with this one. 171 00:03:49,630 --> 00:03:50,495 ROBERT: Well thank you. 172 00:03:50,564 --> 00:03:51,562 ROBBIE: It's amazing. 173 00:03:51,632 --> 00:03:52,698 MIKE: I mean, I've done a few buildings myself, 174 00:03:52,766 --> 00:03:53,899 I'm walking around here and everything's meticulous. 175 00:03:53,967 --> 00:03:54,699 ROBERT: My brother, Tom, and I, we're in 176 00:03:54,768 --> 00:03:55,767 the renovation property business. 177 00:03:55,835 --> 00:03:57,769 And 50 years we've been partners. 178 00:03:57,837 --> 00:03:58,704 ROBERT: We actually started our- 179 00:03:58,772 --> 00:04:00,439 our knowledge of renovations 180 00:04:00,507 --> 00:04:01,373 through my dad. 181 00:04:01,441 --> 00:04:02,774 My parents came here after World War II. 182 00:04:02,976 --> 00:04:04,175 My dad was a hard worker and he studied, 183 00:04:04,245 --> 00:04:07,646 he got his real estate license, and became very successful. 184 00:04:07,714 --> 00:04:08,847 Truly the American Dream. 185 00:04:08,916 --> 00:04:09,581 ROBERT: The hotel's gone through several 186 00:04:09,783 --> 00:04:11,049 phases since we bought it. 187 00:04:11,118 --> 00:04:13,318 Initially it was a, kind of like a men's hotel only. 188 00:04:13,387 --> 00:04:15,120 MIKE: Okay. 189 00:04:15,188 --> 00:04:16,187 ROBERT: They only had one shower where the laundry room 190 00:04:16,257 --> 00:04:18,256 is now in the downstairs where the vending machine is. 191 00:04:18,325 --> 00:04:20,658 MIKE: So every other-there are no bathrooms in-in rooms here. 192 00:04:20,727 --> 00:04:22,394 ROBERT: No. What do we call it? 193 00:04:22,596 --> 00:04:23,395 A European pension? 194 00:04:23,463 --> 00:04:24,596 MIKE: [laughs] 195 00:04:24,664 --> 00:04:25,063 RECEPTIONIST: Pensione. 196 00:04:25,265 --> 00:04:26,331 That's what it is, yeah. 197 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:26,798 MIKE: Yeah, you use that word, I didn't know what it meant. 198 00:04:26,867 --> 00:04:27,666 ROBBIE: Yeah. 199 00:04:27,735 --> 00:04:28,333 ROBERT: We call down the hall. 200 00:04:28,402 --> 00:04:29,401 MIKE: Yeah okay. 201 00:04:29,469 --> 00:04:30,535 ROBERT: The Americans seem to not understand 202 00:04:30,604 --> 00:04:31,403 the concept too well. 203 00:04:31,471 --> 00:04:31,803 ROBBIE: Yeah? 204 00:04:31,871 --> 00:04:32,203 MIKE: Yeah. 205 00:04:32,273 --> 00:04:33,004 [laughs] 206 00:04:33,073 --> 00:04:34,205 ROBERT: Europeans totally do. 207 00:04:34,275 --> 00:04:35,340 MIKE: At the end of the day, man, if you're willing to share 208 00:04:35,542 --> 00:04:38,076 a bathroom with the couple down the hall from Nebraska, 209 00:04:38,144 --> 00:04:40,745 you know, that ate too much lasagne the night bfore, 210 00:04:40,814 --> 00:04:41,813 you're looking for the experience, 211 00:04:41,881 --> 00:04:42,680 you're not looking for just a hotel. 212 00:04:42,883 --> 00:04:43,682 ROBERT: We can across this building, 213 00:04:43,750 --> 00:04:45,883 which was in condemnation, 214 00:04:45,952 --> 00:04:47,352 and it was about to be torn down actually. 215 00:04:47,421 --> 00:04:48,086 MIKE: Really? 216 00:04:48,155 --> 00:04:49,087 ROBBIE: That's how bad this was? 217 00:04:49,289 --> 00:04:51,089 ROBERT: It was in violation of so many things, 218 00:04:51,158 --> 00:04:52,757 there was a question whether I tear it down, keep it... 219 00:04:52,826 --> 00:04:54,826 ROBERT: We did not know in 1971 that 220 00:04:55,028 --> 00:04:56,895 we were going to turn this old junky building 221 00:04:56,964 --> 00:04:59,164 that needed so much work, into a trophy hotel. 222 00:04:59,232 --> 00:05:01,433 RECEPTIONIST: It seems like you guys are in good hands, 223 00:05:01,502 --> 00:05:02,167 so I'm going to go. 224 00:05:02,369 --> 00:05:03,501 MIKE: Alright hey, thank you. 225 00:05:03,570 --> 00:05:04,569 ROBBIE: Thank you. 226 00:05:04,638 --> 00:05:05,303 MIKE: Nice to meet you. 227 00:05:05,372 --> 00:05:05,771 RECEPTIONIST: Nice meeting you. 228 00:05:05,973 --> 00:05:06,772 ROBBIE: Thank you. 229 00:05:06,840 --> 00:05:07,639 MIKE: Thanks for showing us around. 230 00:05:07,841 --> 00:05:08,006 RECEPTIONIST: You're welcome. 231 00:05:08,775 --> 00:05:09,307 ROBERT: Let's pgo this way. ne! 232 00:05:09,376 --> 00:05:10,642 MIKE: Okay. 233 00:05:10,710 --> 00:05:11,909 MIKE: Robert has given us free rein to walk around this place 234 00:05:11,978 --> 00:05:13,311 and just kind of experience it on our own. 235 00:05:13,380 --> 00:05:18,850 And each room has a theme, it's very bohemian, it's very artsy. 236 00:05:18,919 --> 00:05:20,585 You know, there's no consistency because 237 00:05:20,788 --> 00:05:21,919 every room is so different. 238 00:05:21,988 --> 00:05:23,855 You know, until you head into the hallways, 239 00:05:23,924 --> 00:05:26,725 and you start noticing the concert posters. 240 00:05:26,927 --> 00:05:27,726 When you look at one of these posters, 241 00:05:27,795 --> 00:05:29,928 you're looking at a piece of art. 242 00:05:30,130 --> 00:05:31,863 To me, these posters were less about advertising, 243 00:05:31,931 --> 00:05:34,933 and more about the essence of the band. 244 00:05:35,001 --> 00:05:37,736 And the condition of them is unbelievable. 245 00:05:37,804 --> 00:05:39,937 And I'm like, are these real? 246 00:05:40,006 --> 00:05:41,606 You know, because he just has them hanging on 247 00:05:41,675 --> 00:05:42,607 the walls in the hallways. 248 00:05:42,810 --> 00:05:44,076 These things are blowing my mind. 249 00:05:44,278 --> 00:05:47,546 MIKE: You know, this being such a cutting edge key area, 250 00:05:47,748 --> 00:05:49,947 that was amazing for music. 251 00:05:50,016 --> 00:05:51,949 I'm understanding your- your vision, really. 252 00:05:52,018 --> 00:05:54,619 ROBERT: This hotel, after being here for 50 years, 253 00:05:54,688 --> 00:05:57,088 really resembles... my life. 254 00:05:57,157 --> 00:06:00,224 I grew up in the '60s when the whole rock world started. 255 00:06:00,293 --> 00:06:02,493 I was very blessed to be here for so many different events... 256 00:06:02,562 --> 00:06:03,961 Jefferson Airplane... 257 00:06:04,030 --> 00:06:04,830 MIKE: So the posters that you have on the walls... 258 00:06:04,898 --> 00:06:06,364 are they from the shows you went to? 259 00:06:06,433 --> 00:06:07,766 ROBERT: Yeah. 260 00:06:07,835 --> 00:06:09,301 Bill Graham's nephew worked for him. 261 00:06:09,503 --> 00:06:10,769 MIKE: Uh-huh. 262 00:06:10,971 --> 00:06:11,969 ROBERT: And he went to my high school. 263 00:06:12,038 --> 00:06:12,904 MIKE: Bill Graham was one of the most famous and 264 00:06:13,106 --> 00:06:15,774 influential concert promoters in the world. 265 00:06:15,843 --> 00:06:18,844 And Bill Graham owned The Fillmore - 266 00:06:18,912 --> 00:06:20,712 one of the coolest music venues ever. 267 00:06:21,047 --> 00:06:22,781 ROBERT: Bill Graham's nephew would bring in 268 00:06:22,983 --> 00:06:24,649 posters fresh off the press every week. 269 00:06:24,852 --> 00:06:27,919 I saw value in them even in 1968. 270 00:06:27,988 --> 00:06:29,921 So I wound up getting a large poster collection, 271 00:06:29,990 --> 00:06:32,924 which I still have. I have never sold a poster. 272 00:06:33,126 --> 00:06:34,659 MIKE: This is one of the posters I'm interested in. 273 00:06:34,862 --> 00:06:37,128 Love the colors, love the graphics. 274 00:06:37,197 --> 00:06:38,663 And one of the things I think that's really cool about it 275 00:06:38,866 --> 00:06:41,066 too, to me, is it's easy to read. 276 00:06:41,268 --> 00:06:44,269 Is this one of the posters that you got from his nephew? 277 00:06:44,471 --> 00:06:45,670 ROBERT: No. 278 00:06:45,738 --> 00:06:47,272 This was from Avalon Ballroom. The Fillmore Auditorium started 279 00:06:47,340 --> 00:06:50,742 first, and then Avalon Ballroom started some time later. So... 280 00:06:50,811 --> 00:06:52,410 MIKE: Okay. I love that, and then... 281 00:06:52,479 --> 00:06:54,145 ROBERT: Uh-huh. 282 00:06:54,214 --> 00:06:54,946 MIKE: I also love this Howlin' Wolf poster right here. 283 00:06:55,148 --> 00:06:55,614 ROBERT: Yeah, that's really something. 284 00:06:55,816 --> 00:06:57,415 MIKE: That thing's awesome. 285 00:06:57,484 --> 00:06:59,017 ROBERT: It is. 286 00:06:59,086 --> 00:06:59,951 That's a Bill Graham one, I saw this concert too, so. 287 00:07:00,020 --> 00:07:01,419 MIKE: So this would have been Fillmore? 288 00:07:01,488 --> 00:07:01,820 ROBERT: Fillmore. 289 00:07:01,888 --> 00:07:02,954 MIKE: Okay. 290 00:07:03,023 --> 00:07:04,555 ROBERT: So many groups developed and got their 291 00:07:04,624 --> 00:07:05,557 start by Bill Graham. 292 00:07:05,626 --> 00:07:06,825 He put them on the map. 293 00:07:07,027 --> 00:07:07,826 He brought the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, 294 00:07:07,894 --> 00:07:09,627 Jimi Hendrix came here, Janis Joplin. 295 00:07:09,696 --> 00:07:12,230 I saw them all in the '60s. 296 00:07:12,298 --> 00:07:14,632 MIKE: What was it like, seeing Janis Joplin in a small venue, 297 00:07:14,701 --> 00:07:16,435 man, when you were that young? 298 00:07:16,637 --> 00:07:17,636 I can't even imagine. 299 00:07:17,838 --> 00:07:18,703 ROBERT: It just, yeah it was just, 300 00:07:18,906 --> 00:07:20,772 to have gone through that was just... 301 00:07:20,841 --> 00:07:22,974 MIKE: I mean, he's... he's speechless! 302 00:07:23,176 --> 00:07:25,844 You know, it's-it's... how do you put into words 303 00:07:25,912 --> 00:07:28,780 seeing Janis Joplin belting it out, 304 00:07:28,848 --> 00:07:31,583 or Hendrix play with his teeth. 305 00:07:31,651 --> 00:07:32,784 MIKE: And then I love... 306 00:07:32,852 --> 00:07:34,852 I'm a huge fan of Big Mama Thornton. 307 00:07:35,188 --> 00:07:37,388 Ain't Nothing But a Hound Dog, she cut that before Elvis. 308 00:07:37,457 --> 00:07:38,990 ROBERT: Really. 309 00:07:39,059 --> 00:07:40,057 MIKE: You know, but that was a big hit for her too. 310 00:07:40,126 --> 00:07:41,927 MIKE: Big Mama Thornton's sound is something that 311 00:07:42,129 --> 00:07:44,996 was straight out of the Americana Music Triangle. 312 00:07:45,198 --> 00:07:47,732 When you look at Memphis, Nashville, and New Orleans, 313 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:49,934 that small piece of real estate, 314 00:07:50,003 --> 00:07:52,537 and what it delivered to the world musically - 315 00:07:52,606 --> 00:07:54,138 it changed everything. 316 00:07:54,208 --> 00:07:55,340 MIKE: Okay, so these are the post- and this Grateful Dead, 317 00:07:55,408 --> 00:07:56,674 obviously. 318 00:07:56,743 --> 00:07:57,942 ROBERT: That's a good one, yeah. 319 00:07:58,011 --> 00:07:58,410 MIKE: I mean, I'm interested in that as well. 320 00:07:58,478 --> 00:07:59,477 ROBERT: Um-hm. 321 00:07:59,546 --> 00:08:00,878 MIKE: So this guy named Mike, he's from Colorado, 322 00:08:00,947 --> 00:08:03,214 he specializes in... like classic postrs. 323 00:08:03,283 --> 00:08:06,951 If I could call him and talk to him about this one, this one, 324 00:08:07,020 --> 00:08:09,354 that one, and the Holding Company one down there... 325 00:08:09,423 --> 00:08:10,956 ROBERT: Uh-huh. 326 00:08:11,024 --> 00:08:11,756 MIKE: I wanted to ask you first if you would 327 00:08:11,825 --> 00:08:13,625 even entertain selling any of these? 328 00:08:13,694 --> 00:08:15,293 ROBERT: I-I would, I would. 329 00:08:15,495 --> 00:08:16,428 Yeah I would- 330 00:08:16,496 --> 00:08:17,295 MIKE: Alright, then why don't I give him a call? 331 00:08:17,497 --> 00:08:17,896 ROBERT: Sure. 332 00:08:17,965 --> 00:08:20,165 [taking photo clicks] 333 00:08:20,233 --> 00:08:21,299 ROBBIE: I got a piece in here I wanted to ask you about. 334 00:08:21,501 --> 00:08:23,034 ROBERT: Sure. 335 00:08:23,103 --> 00:08:24,236 ROBBIE: Every room is like a theme room around here, 336 00:08:24,438 --> 00:08:25,637 I noticed. 337 00:08:25,706 --> 00:08:26,637 ROBERT: That was my having fun. 338 00:08:26,706 --> 00:08:28,773 I created 65 rooms of themes. 339 00:08:28,976 --> 00:08:30,509 Usually I gather a bunch of items that 340 00:08:30,711 --> 00:08:31,776 I think are one theme. 341 00:08:31,845 --> 00:08:32,844 ROBBIE: are going to work together. 342 00:08:32,912 --> 00:08:34,111 ROBERT: And I create a room out of it. 343 00:08:34,180 --> 00:08:36,781 I don't like new items, I don't like reproduction items. 344 00:08:36,984 --> 00:08:38,916 Everything's got to be old and unique. 345 00:08:38,985 --> 00:08:40,519 Some are old fishing things, some of the rooms 346 00:08:40,721 --> 00:08:42,187 are themed San Francisco. 347 00:08:42,255 --> 00:08:43,989 I did each one by myself and I have a great time doing it. 348 00:08:44,191 --> 00:08:47,659 ROBBIE: This is all World's Fair in here, 1939, 1940, 349 00:08:47,728 --> 00:08:49,460 it says on some of these pieces. 350 00:08:49,529 --> 00:08:50,328 ROBERT: Yeah, yeah. 351 00:08:50,396 --> 00:08:51,796 ROBBIE: But license plate topper. 352 00:08:51,864 --> 00:08:52,930 ROBERT: Pretty neat, huh. Uh -huh. 353 00:08:52,999 --> 00:08:54,399 ROBBIE: Yeah, I've been collecting those for probably 354 00:08:54,601 --> 00:08:55,400 about 10 years now. 355 00:08:55,469 --> 00:08:56,735 I probably have... 356 00:08:56,803 --> 00:08:59,337 a little over, maybe 500 to 750. 357 00:08:59,539 --> 00:09:00,805 ROBERT: Really? 358 00:09:01,008 --> 00:09:01,873 ROBBIE: So the World's Fair I don't have. 359 00:09:02,075 --> 00:09:03,474 ROBERT: Oh so if you're interested in that, 360 00:09:03,543 --> 00:09:04,475 I would, you know... 361 00:09:04,545 --> 00:09:05,610 it'd be nice for you to have in your collection. 362 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:06,677 ROBBIE: With the... yeah. 363 00:09:06,746 --> 00:09:08,346 The '39 plate with that topper, I'd want to go... 364 00:09:08,414 --> 00:09:11,983 175 bucks. 365 00:09:14,687 --> 00:09:15,987 ROBERT: 2-and- a-quarter? 366 00:09:17,357 --> 00:09:20,759 ROBBIE: 200. 367 00:09:20,827 --> 00:09:22,093 ROBERT: You need it more than I do. 368 00:09:22,161 --> 00:09:24,029 ROBBIE: One thing that I collect license plate toppers. 369 00:09:24,231 --> 00:09:28,366 And a '39 World's Fair license plate, I got to buy them. 370 00:09:28,435 --> 00:09:30,769 [phone ringing] 371 00:09:30,837 --> 00:09:31,703 MIKE S.(ON PHONE): This is Mike. 372 00:09:31,771 --> 00:09:32,703 MIKE: Mike, this is Mike Wolfe. 373 00:09:32,772 --> 00:09:33,638 MIKE S.(ON PHONE): How are you? 374 00:09:33,707 --> 00:09:34,972 MIKE: I'm doing well, man. 375 00:09:35,041 --> 00:09:36,641 Did you get any of those photographs I sent you? 376 00:09:36,709 --> 00:09:37,842 MIKE S.(ON PHONE): I did. 377 00:09:37,910 --> 00:09:39,044 MIKE: They're mounted to the walls. 378 00:09:39,112 --> 00:09:40,712 MIKE S.(ON PHONE): The only thing I can't tell is 379 00:09:40,914 --> 00:09:42,647 if they're glued to a backing board, 380 00:09:42,716 --> 00:09:43,581 which would affect the value? 381 00:09:43,917 --> 00:09:44,916 ROBERT: Honestly, I can't say for sure. 382 00:09:44,984 --> 00:09:47,652 MIKE: Mike Storeim's encyclopedic knowledge 383 00:09:47,854 --> 00:09:49,654 of concert posters is unbelievable. 384 00:09:49,923 --> 00:09:51,589 MIKE: The first one I'm looking at is the 385 00:09:51,658 --> 00:09:53,191 Big Mama Thornton piece. 386 00:09:53,260 --> 00:09:54,859 MIKE S.(ON PHONE): The artist for this poster was Wes Wilson. 387 00:09:55,062 --> 00:09:57,662 He's considered to be like, the grandfather 388 00:09:57,731 --> 00:09:59,264 of psychedelic poster design. 389 00:09:59,466 --> 00:10:00,998 MIKE: Okay. 390 00:10:01,067 --> 00:10:01,666 MIKE S.(ON PHONE): It's in pretty nice condition, 391 00:10:01,735 --> 00:10:02,934 what we call 'near mint'. 392 00:10:03,002 --> 00:10:05,470 It's number 31 in the Bill Graham series, 393 00:10:05,539 --> 00:10:06,805 so it's pretty early. 394 00:10:06,873 --> 00:10:09,874 It's a first print, and you can tell that by the silver ink. 395 00:10:09,943 --> 00:10:11,676 MIKE: So, what do you think the value is? 396 00:10:11,878 --> 00:10:13,278 MIKE S.(ON PHONE): Right at $300. 397 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:14,078 MIKE: Okay. 398 00:10:14,147 --> 00:10:16,014 So we've got the Big Mama at 300. 399 00:10:16,083 --> 00:10:20,485 And then the Grateful Dead, the-it's a yellow fade. 400 00:10:20,687 --> 00:10:22,153 MIKE S.(ON PHONE): Yep. 401 00:10:22,221 --> 00:10:23,822 These posters normally have a little more pink in them. 402 00:10:24,024 --> 00:10:26,891 This one is what we call a 'yellow variant'. 403 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:28,559 It's actually a little bit scarcer variety, 404 00:10:28,629 --> 00:10:29,494 because it's more yellow. 405 00:10:29,563 --> 00:10:31,962 Value about 5 to 600. 406 00:10:32,032 --> 00:10:34,632 MIKE: Okay, so the next poster I'm looking at, 407 00:10:34,701 --> 00:10:35,967 Howlin' Wolf with the nude. 408 00:10:36,169 --> 00:10:38,636 MIKE S.(ON PHONE): Well, it's a pretty common poster, 409 00:10:38,705 --> 00:10:41,306 retail value is about $100. 410 00:10:41,508 --> 00:10:42,306 MIKE: Really! 411 00:10:42,376 --> 00:10:44,175 ROBERT: Oh! 412 00:10:44,243 --> 00:10:44,776 MIKE S.(ON PHONE): Yep. You know, there's a fair number 413 00:10:44,978 --> 00:10:45,777 of them out there, you know. 414 00:10:45,845 --> 00:10:47,645 I always have this poster in stock, 415 00:10:47,714 --> 00:10:49,447 and I do sell them for $100. 416 00:10:49,649 --> 00:10:51,249 MIKE: Alright, well... 417 00:10:51,317 --> 00:10:51,983 [laughs] 418 00:10:52,185 --> 00:10:52,984 ROBERT: I'm surprised on this one. 419 00:10:53,053 --> 00:10:54,185 ROBERT: He gave some pretty good information. 420 00:10:54,253 --> 00:10:57,255 I was kind of surprised at some of the prices though, 421 00:10:57,323 --> 00:10:59,924 I thought he was way low, but he deals with this every single 422 00:10:59,993 --> 00:11:02,126 day, so I'm not going to question his knowledge. 423 00:11:02,195 --> 00:11:04,195 MIKE: This is one of my favorite ones that I've seen so 424 00:11:04,263 --> 00:11:07,532 far - the Oxford Circle, Big Brother & The Holding Company. 425 00:11:08,001 --> 00:11:09,934 MIKE S.(ON PHONE): It's a very popular poster. 426 00:11:10,002 --> 00:11:11,936 Popular enough that it was printed 3 times. 427 00:11:12,005 --> 00:11:13,938 The one you're looking at is an original printing. 428 00:11:14,006 --> 00:11:16,741 It's a very popular, not a super rare poster, 429 00:11:16,810 --> 00:11:19,010 but it commands a pretty good price. 430 00:11:19,078 --> 00:11:21,479 Somewhere around 750 and possibly as much as 1,000 431 00:11:21,548 --> 00:11:22,813 if it's really nice. 432 00:11:23,082 --> 00:11:24,549 MIKE: Alright, buddy, you have been more than 433 00:11:24,751 --> 00:11:25,683 gracious with your time. 434 00:11:25,752 --> 00:11:27,885 I appreciate your knowledge. 435 00:11:27,954 --> 00:11:28,686 MIKE S.(ON PHONE): You bet, happy to help. 436 00:11:28,755 --> 00:11:29,687 MIKE: Alright, buddy, thank you. 437 00:11:29,756 --> 00:11:31,222 MIKE S.(ON PHONE): Okay, thank you. 438 00:11:31,424 --> 00:11:32,156 MIKE: Bye. 439 00:11:32,225 --> 00:11:33,224 MIKE S.(ON PHONE): Alrighty, bye-bye. 440 00:11:33,426 --> 00:11:34,492 MIKE: What would you feel comfortable selling this at? 441 00:11:34,561 --> 00:11:35,493 He said 750 to 1,000. 442 00:11:35,695 --> 00:11:36,361 ROBERT: Retail, right? 443 00:11:36,429 --> 00:11:37,428 MIKE: Yeah. 444 00:11:37,497 --> 00:11:40,632 ROBERT: 550, 6? 445 00:11:40,700 --> 00:11:41,699 MIKE: I'd do 550 on this. 446 00:11:41,768 --> 00:11:42,367 ROBERT: Let's do that, that's fine. 447 00:11:42,435 --> 00:11:43,968 MIKE: Okay. 448 00:11:44,036 --> 00:11:44,369 ROBERT: I-I know you have to make some money. 449 00:11:44,437 --> 00:11:45,236 MIKE: Yeah. 450 00:11:45,305 --> 00:11:46,104 ROBERT: I've got so many of these posters. 451 00:11:46,172 --> 00:11:47,705 Once they're off the walls and gone, 452 00:11:47,774 --> 00:11:49,040 I'm not going to miss them, no. 453 00:11:49,109 --> 00:11:50,842 MIKE: So I know you weren't happy with this number. 454 00:11:51,044 --> 00:11:52,777 He said it was a smaller number just because 455 00:11:52,845 --> 00:11:53,912 there's so many of them around. 456 00:11:54,114 --> 00:11:57,048 But I'm with you, I mean, you've got it framed, 457 00:11:57,116 --> 00:11:59,717 you've got it matted, and then obviously, you know, 458 00:11:59,786 --> 00:12:00,785 Howlin' Wolf, man, I mean come on. 459 00:12:00,854 --> 00:12:02,520 Can you even-did you see Howlin' Wolf? 460 00:12:02,589 --> 00:12:03,454 ROBERT: A couple of times. 461 00:12:03,523 --> 00:12:04,321 MIKE: Did you really! 462 00:12:04,390 --> 00:12:04,989 ROBERT: Hm. 463 00:12:05,058 --> 00:12:05,523 MIKE: What was that like? 464 00:12:05,592 --> 00:12:06,724 What was that like? 465 00:12:06,793 --> 00:12:07,392 ROBERT: I saw them all, it was... 466 00:12:07,594 --> 00:12:08,325 I can't remember! 467 00:12:08,394 --> 00:12:10,729 MIKE: [laughs] Would you do 200 on it? 468 00:12:10,931 --> 00:12:13,464 I mean, that's 100 over what he said. 469 00:12:13,533 --> 00:12:13,865 ROBERT: I'll do that. 470 00:12:13,934 --> 00:12:14,799 MIKE: Okay. 471 00:12:14,868 --> 00:12:18,069 MIKE: So he said on this one 5 to 600. 472 00:12:18,271 --> 00:12:20,605 But he did say this was the rarer color, the yellow one. 473 00:12:20,807 --> 00:12:22,607 ROBERT: 450, I think. It's... 474 00:12:22,809 --> 00:12:24,876 MIKE: Okay, 450. Alright, so 450. 475 00:12:25,078 --> 00:12:28,079 And then, you know, Mike said on this one 300. 476 00:12:28,281 --> 00:12:30,482 ROBERT: You shouldn't have told me how much you like it. 477 00:12:30,684 --> 00:12:32,016 MIKE & ROBERT: [laughs] 478 00:12:32,085 --> 00:12:34,952 MIKE: How, okay how about if he said it was worth 300, 479 00:12:35,021 --> 00:12:38,489 it's framed, it's matted... 2 -and -a -quarter. 480 00:12:38,558 --> 00:12:40,625 That's 875 for the 3. 481 00:12:40,827 --> 00:12:43,494 ROBERT: I'll do that. Okay... 482 00:12:43,563 --> 00:12:44,495 MIKE: Alright, man. 483 00:12:44,564 --> 00:12:45,964 I can't-I can't believe, to be honest with you, 484 00:12:46,166 --> 00:12:48,099 I can't believe these have never left Frisco, man. 485 00:12:48,301 --> 00:12:51,035 MIKE: Robert isn't just honoring the original history of the 486 00:12:51,104 --> 00:12:55,039 hotel, he's also created a tribute to San Francisco, 487 00:12:55,108 --> 00:12:57,909 and the eye of storm it was when it came to music, 488 00:12:57,977 --> 00:13:00,845 culture, and politics in the '60s and '70s. 489 00:13:00,913 --> 00:13:02,013 MIKE: Let's catch up with my brother. 490 00:13:06,385 --> 00:13:12,656 ♪ ♪ ♪ 491 00:13:12,725 --> 00:13:13,591 MIKE: What the heck is that? 492 00:13:13,793 --> 00:13:15,459 ROBERT: That's a... Volkswagen. 493 00:13:15,528 --> 00:13:16,795 MIKE: So it's a kit? 494 00:13:16,997 --> 00:13:18,329 ROBERT: It's looks like a Bentley, but... 495 00:13:18,398 --> 00:13:19,063 ROBBIE: Bentley! 496 00:13:19,266 --> 00:13:19,530 ROBERT: It's a VW in the back. 497 00:13:19,599 --> 00:13:20,732 ROBBIE: Yeah. 498 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:21,399 MIKE: Wow. Have you driven this? 499 00:13:21,467 --> 00:13:22,801 ROBERT: Never. 500 00:13:23,003 --> 00:13:23,601 I don't have time, I'm working too hard. 501 00:13:23,803 --> 00:13:24,669 ROBERT: I've got so many cars, 502 00:13:24,871 --> 00:13:26,737 I can't drive them, I never did. 503 00:13:26,807 --> 00:13:27,739 You know, you have one favorite car, 504 00:13:27,941 --> 00:13:29,340 you get in it and drive it on Sundays. 505 00:13:29,542 --> 00:13:30,408 [engine starts] 506 00:13:30,610 --> 00:13:32,610 MIKE: Oh yeah. Woo! 507 00:13:32,679 --> 00:13:33,411 Let's see it outside, man. 508 00:13:33,479 --> 00:13:34,345 Robert: [laughs] 509 00:13:34,414 --> 00:13:36,014 ROBBIE: You have pretty good steering on it. 510 00:13:38,485 --> 00:13:39,751 MIKE: [laughing] 511 00:13:39,953 --> 00:13:41,218 PAUL: He can rob a bank with that one. 512 00:13:41,287 --> 00:13:43,154 [laughs] 513 00:13:43,222 --> 00:13:44,755 ROBBIE: This is a reproduction car, it's on a VW chassis, 514 00:13:44,825 --> 00:13:47,892 but whoever built it did a great job. 515 00:13:47,961 --> 00:13:49,827 ROBBIE: I had to make sure it had brakes. 516 00:13:49,896 --> 00:13:51,829 MIKE: What, you interested in this? 517 00:13:51,898 --> 00:13:53,564 ROBBIE: I'm not interested in this. 518 00:13:53,633 --> 00:13:54,299 MIKE: Back in here then. 519 00:13:54,501 --> 00:13:55,232 [ahooga horn] 520 00:13:55,301 --> 00:13:56,634 MIKE: My brother takes off in this car, 521 00:13:56,702 --> 00:13:58,769 and he's ready to buy it! 522 00:13:58,839 --> 00:14:01,639 I'm like, 'are you interested?' 'No.' 523 00:14:01,708 --> 00:14:02,707 MIKE: I love Volkswagens too. 524 00:14:02,909 --> 00:14:04,642 And they make so many different kits, 525 00:14:04,711 --> 00:14:05,710 but I've never seen this one. 526 00:14:05,779 --> 00:14:06,911 ROBERT: That's why it's rare, yeah. 527 00:14:06,979 --> 00:14:09,780 MIKE: Wow. I mean, this is nuts in here! 528 00:14:09,849 --> 00:14:11,048 So looking around here, immediately, 529 00:14:11,117 --> 00:14:13,651 you're way into European cars more than American cars. 530 00:14:13,853 --> 00:14:15,186 ROBERT: I decided I want more cars. 531 00:14:15,254 --> 00:14:17,922 So I sold most of the big ones, so I could get small ones. 532 00:14:18,124 --> 00:14:19,924 ROBERT: I didn't want to burden my 2 daughters with 533 00:14:20,126 --> 00:14:21,926 the task of selling all these cars if something 534 00:14:22,128 --> 00:14:24,662 happens to me, so and then I keep my few favorites, 535 00:14:24,730 --> 00:14:25,797 and sell the rest of them. 536 00:14:25,999 --> 00:14:27,932 MIKE: This is nice. That's a solid ride. 537 00:14:28,001 --> 00:14:29,800 ROBERT: I bought that from the original owner. 538 00:14:29,869 --> 00:14:31,802 MIKE: What about the Mini Cooper, man. 539 00:14:31,871 --> 00:14:32,604 ROBERT: Well, you picked another one that 540 00:14:32,806 --> 00:14:33,537 I have would consider keeping. 541 00:14:33,606 --> 00:14:34,672 MIKE: How does it run? 542 00:14:34,740 --> 00:14:35,339 ROBERT: I've never driven it. 543 00:14:35,408 --> 00:14:37,007 MIKE: [laughs] 544 00:14:37,076 --> 00:14:38,676 MIKE: It does not surprise me that Robert hasn't 545 00:14:38,744 --> 00:14:39,944 driven a lot of these cars. 546 00:14:40,013 --> 00:14:40,478 ROBERT: Honestly, I don't think I've driven... 547 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:43,214 9 out of 10 of these. 548 00:14:43,282 --> 00:14:44,682 That's my problem, I want to retire so I can enjoy my cars, 549 00:14:44,750 --> 00:14:46,017 the ones I'm going to keep. 550 00:14:46,085 --> 00:14:48,686 MIKE: It takes a tremendous amount of hard work 551 00:14:48,754 --> 00:14:49,954 to acquire this much stuff. 552 00:14:50,156 --> 00:14:52,690 MIKE: What about the truck here with the canvas top? 553 00:14:52,759 --> 00:14:53,624 ROBERT: Oh that's a Morris Minor. 554 00:14:53,693 --> 00:14:54,292 MIKE: Have you driven this one? 555 00:14:54,361 --> 00:14:54,758 ROBERT: No. 556 00:14:54,827 --> 00:14:56,160 MIKE: [laughs] 557 00:14:56,229 --> 00:14:58,762 MIKE: And then once you acquire it, you have to maintain it. 558 00:14:58,831 --> 00:15:00,698 And that doesn't leave a lot of time. 559 00:15:00,766 --> 00:15:02,433 MIKE: What about the Motorette? 560 00:15:02,501 --> 00:15:03,568 ROBERT: Well... 561 00:15:03,770 --> 00:15:04,568 MIKE: Does this thing run? 562 00:15:04,638 --> 00:15:05,903 ROBERT: It did run, does run, should run. 563 00:15:05,972 --> 00:15:07,572 MIKE: If we start it up, it'll just drive right out of here? 564 00:15:07,774 --> 00:15:08,306 ROBERT: Well it just might... 565 00:15:08,375 --> 00:15:09,440 MIKE: Ugh... 566 00:15:09,642 --> 00:15:10,441 ROBBIE: Push on it... 567 00:15:10,510 --> 00:15:10,975 ROBERT: We can-we can get Paul over here. 568 00:15:11,044 --> 00:15:15,013 [engine turns over] 569 00:15:15,515 --> 00:15:16,848 [engine starts] 570 00:15:16,916 --> 00:15:18,716 ROBBIE: There you go, hold on, Mike. 571 00:15:18,785 --> 00:15:22,453 There you go, hold on. Keep going... 572 00:15:22,522 --> 00:15:23,521 ROBBIE: Keep going... 573 00:15:23,590 --> 00:15:25,123 MIKE: brake, why do I want to step on the brake? 574 00:15:25,191 --> 00:15:26,791 ROBBIE: Keep going, I'm pushing you out, keep going... 575 00:15:26,993 --> 00:15:30,794 keep going, I'm pushing you out. There... 576 00:15:30,863 --> 00:15:31,396 what are you doing, go the other way. 577 00:15:31,464 --> 00:15:32,663 MIKE: [laughs] 578 00:15:32,732 --> 00:15:34,131 ROBBIE: Where are you going? 579 00:15:35,268 --> 00:15:37,001 MIKE: If someone's going to let me drive something that 580 00:15:37,069 --> 00:15:40,672 I've never driven before, I'm going to drive it. 581 00:15:40,874 --> 00:15:42,273 I mean, this thing is cool, man. 582 00:15:42,475 --> 00:15:43,408 MIKE: Whoa! 583 00:15:43,476 --> 00:15:44,942 [group laughing] 584 00:15:45,011 --> 00:15:47,011 MIKE: It's interesting, until you drive it, 585 00:15:47,079 --> 00:15:49,347 and like the left turn, I mean, this... [laughs] 586 00:15:49,549 --> 00:15:50,614 I rolled it, man. 587 00:15:50,684 --> 00:15:52,283 It was just to a dead stop. 588 00:15:52,485 --> 00:15:53,884 MIKE: [laughing] 589 00:15:53,953 --> 00:15:55,686 ROBBIE: That looks like it's a lot of fun, 590 00:15:55,755 --> 00:15:56,287 I should drive that one day. 591 00:15:56,489 --> 00:15:59,356 MIKE: [laughing] 592 00:15:59,425 --> 00:16:00,290 ROBBIE: Yeah. 593 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:01,959 MIKE: Woo! 594 00:16:02,028 --> 00:16:03,494 MIKE: You got this massive turtle shell back end, 595 00:16:03,563 --> 00:16:05,630 and you open it up... 596 00:16:05,832 --> 00:16:07,364 ROBERT: It's a lawnmower engine. 597 00:16:07,433 --> 00:16:08,165 ROBBIE: Yeah. 598 00:16:08,234 --> 00:16:08,833 MIKE: Yeah. There ain't much to it. 599 00:16:09,035 --> 00:16:09,634 ROBBIE: Ain't much to that. 600 00:16:09,836 --> 00:16:10,368 MIKE: Engine's about this big. 601 00:16:10,436 --> 00:16:11,302 [honks horn] 602 00:16:11,371 --> 00:16:12,303 MIKE: Whoa! 603 00:16:12,505 --> 00:16:13,370 Robert: [laughs] 604 00:16:13,439 --> 00:16:14,372 MIKE: It was cool but it was-it wasn't for me. 605 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:15,973 MIKE: So what about the Woodie here then? 606 00:16:16,042 --> 00:16:17,441 Paul, you were trying to get this running when 607 00:16:17,510 --> 00:16:18,509 we rolled up on it. 608 00:16:18,578 --> 00:16:19,710 What was wrong with it? 609 00:16:19,779 --> 00:16:22,113 PAUL: It needs a manual choke on. 610 00:16:22,181 --> 00:16:23,514 When I start it up, they forget to put the choke in it, 611 00:16:23,583 --> 00:16:24,448 fouled the plugs out. 612 00:16:24,517 --> 00:16:25,716 ROBBIE: Right. Oh. 613 00:16:25,785 --> 00:16:26,651 So you think it had a fouled plug. 614 00:16:26,719 --> 00:16:28,386 PAUL: Yeah, it does, yeah. 615 00:16:28,454 --> 00:16:29,320 ROBBIE: Yeah. 616 00:16:29,388 --> 00:16:30,588 ROBERT: This blue wagon has been the logo 617 00:16:30,790 --> 00:16:32,056 for this hotel for 35 years. 618 00:16:32,125 --> 00:16:34,058 It's been part of the history of the hotel as well. 619 00:16:34,127 --> 00:16:36,727 ROBBIE: Did you guys do any work to the wood on this? 620 00:16:36,796 --> 00:16:37,662 ROBERT: A couple of spots replaced, 621 00:16:37,864 --> 00:16:39,930 but it was just really varnished. 622 00:16:39,999 --> 00:16:40,931 ROBBIE: Any time you're looking at a Woodie, 623 00:16:41,001 --> 00:16:43,200 you have to look at the condition of the wood. 624 00:16:43,269 --> 00:16:46,070 ROBBIE: And you look at all the gaps that are in these doors. 625 00:16:46,272 --> 00:16:47,938 ROBBIE: How the doors open and close, do they sag at all, 626 00:16:48,007 --> 00:16:50,808 and these were notorious for all those things. 627 00:16:50,877 --> 00:16:52,677 ROBBIE: Here right there, look at this. 628 00:16:52,745 --> 00:16:54,078 MIKE: I know, I saw that. 629 00:16:54,147 --> 00:16:55,947 ROBBIE: The rest of the body, that can be played with. 630 00:16:56,149 --> 00:16:58,949 But the wood itself, condition means everything, 631 00:16:59,019 --> 00:17:01,419 'cause you could end up dumping 50 to 100 grand 632 00:17:01,621 --> 00:17:02,219 in trying to fix wood. 633 00:17:02,288 --> 00:17:03,821 Yeah. 634 00:17:04,023 --> 00:17:05,089 ROBBIE: Was this something you want to sell? 635 00:17:05,158 --> 00:17:07,892 ROBERT: One car that I thought I would never sell, but... 636 00:17:07,961 --> 00:17:09,894 getting older, it's time to make the break. 637 00:17:09,962 --> 00:17:12,997 It's not perfect, but it's in good shape. 638 00:17:13,366 --> 00:17:13,998 35,000. 639 00:17:14,767 --> 00:17:16,768 ROBBIE: Not in this shape. 640 00:17:16,970 --> 00:17:17,768 The guys that want these Woodies, man, 641 00:17:17,837 --> 00:17:19,036 they want them nice, nice, nice, nice. 642 00:17:19,105 --> 00:17:21,906 And to put this back to what it'd be and not-I mean, 643 00:17:21,975 --> 00:17:24,708 you've already used 25 years of advertising, 644 00:17:24,778 --> 00:17:26,577 so it's already been written off. 645 00:17:26,646 --> 00:17:27,778 MIKE & ROBERT: [chuckles] 646 00:17:27,847 --> 00:17:29,013 ROBBIE: So what, what's the buy-it-now price on it? 647 00:17:34,454 --> 00:17:35,586 ROBERT: 30. 648 00:17:36,055 --> 00:17:36,320 ROBERT: Whatever they picked apart on the car, 649 00:17:36,389 --> 00:17:38,589 they were right. 650 00:17:38,658 --> 00:17:39,857 ROBBIE: It's got some issues. 651 00:17:40,059 --> 00:17:42,326 ROBERT: It's not perfect, I-I'll admit that. 652 00:17:42,395 --> 00:17:43,461 ROBBIE: Yeah. 653 00:17:43,663 --> 00:17:44,929 MIKE: My brother is totally interested in this Woodie. 654 00:17:45,131 --> 00:17:46,930 MIKE: Look at this, Robbie. Here's a situation. 655 00:17:46,999 --> 00:17:48,599 ROBBIE: That's why it's moving, right there, 656 00:17:48,667 --> 00:17:49,734 there's no bolt in it. 657 00:17:49,936 --> 00:17:50,667 MIKE: So I'm just trying to help him out, 658 00:17:50,736 --> 00:17:52,402 by looking over the vehicle. 659 00:17:52,472 --> 00:17:55,472 [starting engine] 660 00:17:55,541 --> 00:17:57,008 ROBBIE: There it is. 661 00:17:58,545 --> 00:17:59,810 MIKE: What's that noise? 662 00:17:59,879 --> 00:18:01,679 MIKE: If I see something that I need to point out, then I will. 663 00:18:01,747 --> 00:18:05,349 [loud clunky engine noises] 664 00:18:05,418 --> 00:18:06,751 MIKE: Here it? 665 00:18:06,819 --> 00:18:07,551 ROBBIE: Back here. You hear that? 666 00:18:07,620 --> 00:18:09,019 MIKE: Hear that clacking? 667 00:18:09,089 --> 00:18:11,689 PAUL: A little, a little squirt will do ya, a little... 668 00:18:11,757 --> 00:18:13,758 MIKE: A little squirt where? 669 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:15,426 PAUL: On the belt. See what happens... 670 00:18:15,495 --> 00:18:16,760 ROBBIE: the belt. 671 00:18:16,830 --> 00:18:17,695 MIKE: It's definitely not the belt. 672 00:18:17,764 --> 00:18:18,763 ROBBIE: Paul thinks it's a belt. 673 00:18:18,831 --> 00:18:19,830 ROBBIE: Stand back here and listen. 674 00:18:19,899 --> 00:18:23,033 Run that throttle and you'll hear it. 675 00:18:23,303 --> 00:18:26,003 ROBBIE: I think the engine needs to be rebuilt on this thing. 676 00:18:33,446 --> 00:18:41,446 ♪ ♪ ♪ 677 00:18:44,723 --> 00:18:46,790 [loud clunky engine noises] 678 00:18:46,860 --> 00:18:47,925 MIKE: What do you think, is it a valve? 679 00:18:48,127 --> 00:18:49,994 PAUL: If it was a valve, it'd be a steady staccato. 680 00:18:50,063 --> 00:18:52,796 ROBBIE: Even if it's a valve job, it's still money. 681 00:18:52,866 --> 00:18:53,664 MIKE: I'm going to let my brother and 682 00:18:53,733 --> 00:18:54,799 Paul sort it out whether or not 683 00:18:54,867 --> 00:18:57,201 it's a belt or a knock in the engine. 684 00:18:57,270 --> 00:18:58,202 [laughs] 685 00:18:58,404 --> 00:18:59,002 MIKE: What about, I saw you had a really solid 686 00:18:59,071 --> 00:19:01,338 '65 Volkswagen Bug over here. 687 00:19:01,407 --> 00:19:02,339 ROBERT: Yeah. 688 00:19:02,408 --> 00:19:03,073 MIKE: I'm more interested in the Volkswagen. 689 00:19:03,143 --> 00:19:04,008 MIKE: That thing's solid, man. 690 00:19:04,077 --> 00:19:05,409 ROBBIE: How long have you had this, Rob? 691 00:19:05,612 --> 00:19:06,743 ROBERT: 7, 8 years. 692 00:19:06,812 --> 00:19:08,946 MIKE: It's getting to the point that any car from the 1960s 693 00:19:09,015 --> 00:19:11,682 in this good a shape, is basically a unicorn. 694 00:19:11,751 --> 00:19:13,016 MIKE: Pretty solid car, man. 695 00:19:13,085 --> 00:19:16,554 MIKE: Underneath the spare tire, it is rock solid. 696 00:19:16,623 --> 00:19:17,688 The pans are rock solid. 697 00:19:17,757 --> 00:19:19,690 The car has not been painted. 698 00:19:19,759 --> 00:19:21,993 This is what they call a survivor. 699 00:19:25,898 --> 00:19:26,998 PAUL: Let me try to pull it by hand. 700 00:19:30,370 --> 00:19:31,235 C'mon, baby! 701 00:19:31,637 --> 00:19:33,237 Don't step on the gas! 702 00:19:33,306 --> 00:19:35,006 Crank it! 703 00:19:35,775 --> 00:19:36,307 MIKE: Here, you got sparks. 704 00:19:36,376 --> 00:19:37,374 PAUL: Okay. 705 00:19:37,443 --> 00:19:39,376 [engine starts] 706 00:19:39,445 --> 00:19:40,244 MIKE: Yeah, baby! 707 00:19:40,313 --> 00:19:44,015 [laughs] 708 00:19:45,117 --> 00:19:46,984 MIKE: I'm telling you, if you've ever driven a Bug, 709 00:19:47,052 --> 00:19:50,521 there's just that certain smell when you get in, 710 00:19:50,723 --> 00:19:51,922 and then it's the sound. 711 00:19:51,991 --> 00:19:54,191 And then it's being so close to the dash. 712 00:19:54,260 --> 00:19:56,927 MIKE: I'll never get tired of the sound of these things, man. 713 00:19:56,996 --> 00:19:57,595 ROBBIE: Hey, you want to take it out, Mike? 714 00:19:57,797 --> 00:19:59,129 MIKE: Yeah, let's take it out. 715 00:19:59,199 --> 00:20:00,331 MIKE: This is a sun roof car, it's an original paint car, 716 00:20:00,399 --> 00:20:02,733 it's a California car, it's been here its whole life. 717 00:20:02,801 --> 00:20:05,002 This is a car I'm interested in. 718 00:20:12,412 --> 00:20:13,411 ROBBIE: Dang. 719 00:20:13,479 --> 00:20:14,345 MIKE: [GIGGLING] 720 00:20:14,413 --> 00:20:15,813 ROBBIE: He's driving it like he stole it. 721 00:20:15,881 --> 00:20:16,680 ROBERT: Let him steal in. In fact, 722 00:20:16,749 --> 00:20:17,815 why don't you steal 6 of them? 723 00:20:17,950 --> 00:20:18,883 ROBBIE: Let's go talk about that Woodie, 724 00:20:18,951 --> 00:20:20,284 since we ain't got any distractions here. 725 00:20:20,486 --> 00:20:21,752 ROBERT: Alright. 726 00:20:21,821 --> 00:20:22,620 MIKE: I love driving these cars, man. 727 00:20:22,689 --> 00:20:24,956 This is like, my whole life. 728 00:20:25,224 --> 00:20:27,024 ROBBIE: The problem is that, Paul, he's a great mechanic, 729 00:20:27,092 --> 00:20:30,027 but he's only putting it to the front of the hotel. 730 00:20:30,229 --> 00:20:31,696 I mean, this thing's never even really been heated up. 731 00:20:31,764 --> 00:20:33,363 ROBERT: Not for a long time. 732 00:20:33,432 --> 00:20:34,999 ROBBIE: Yeah. 733 00:20:36,102 --> 00:20:37,501 MIKE: Feels like it needs shocks or something. 734 00:20:37,770 --> 00:20:38,369 Driving straight down the road. 735 00:20:38,705 --> 00:20:40,237 ROBERT: I'm thinking... 28. 736 00:20:40,306 --> 00:20:43,841 I'm not wanting to ever sell it to bottom line 35 to now to 28. 737 00:20:44,110 --> 00:20:46,243 ROBBIE: But you keep telling me you're retired. 738 00:20:46,312 --> 00:20:48,446 ROBERT: You know, and I should- I should listen to my own... 739 00:20:48,648 --> 00:20:50,047 ROBBIE: And that's... 740 00:20:50,116 --> 00:20:50,981 I look around here and I'm thinking to myself, okay, 741 00:20:51,050 --> 00:20:52,583 at what point are you going to be there? 742 00:20:52,785 --> 00:20:53,651 ROBERT: It's time to retire. 743 00:20:53,853 --> 00:20:55,252 I want to be with my 2 daughters. 744 00:20:55,321 --> 00:20:57,989 My goal is to make life easier, to get rid of things, you know. 745 00:20:59,792 --> 00:21:01,925 MIKE: I mean... I'm barely... 746 00:21:02,061 --> 00:21:03,527 something wrong with the synchronizer or something... 747 00:21:03,729 --> 00:21:05,396 PAUL: Take it up a steep hill. 748 00:21:05,598 --> 00:21:06,397 MIKE: Which way? 749 00:21:06,466 --> 00:21:06,998 PAUL: Go to the right a couple of blocks. 750 00:21:09,002 --> 00:21:12,202 ROBBIE: I still think you got to be at 26-mark, 751 00:21:12,271 --> 00:21:13,537 and I'm just trying to figure out how to get it down there. 752 00:21:14,006 --> 00:21:18,009 ROBERT: Keep coming down a bit but... 27,5. 753 00:21:21,214 --> 00:21:22,813 ROBBIE: I think we just got to stick to our number. 754 00:21:22,882 --> 00:21:23,881 ROBBIE: I got to get it across country, 755 00:21:23,949 --> 00:21:25,816 and then I got to get it in the shop. 756 00:21:26,018 --> 00:21:28,752 I got to stick to my number - 26,000's it. 757 00:21:28,821 --> 00:21:29,754 ROBERT: Well, almost there, but... 758 00:21:29,822 --> 00:21:30,988 ROBBIE: I know. We're so close. 759 00:21:32,825 --> 00:21:33,490 MIKE: Alright, here's the steep... 760 00:21:33,559 --> 00:21:34,624 PAUL: There you go. 761 00:21:34,694 --> 00:21:35,993 MIKE: Here's the steep one. 762 00:21:39,098 --> 00:21:41,299 We're like going straight up this friggin' hill... 763 00:21:41,501 --> 00:21:42,366 PAUL: [laughing] 764 00:21:42,568 --> 00:21:43,501 MIKE: Holy ! 765 00:21:43,569 --> 00:21:47,171 [laughs] This thing is popping a wheelie, man. 766 00:21:47,373 --> 00:21:48,905 [laughs] 767 00:21:48,974 --> 00:21:50,040 MIKE: There is no better place to test drive 768 00:21:50,109 --> 00:21:51,775 a car than in San Francisco, because you're going 769 00:21:51,844 --> 00:21:52,977 to find out real fast how much power 770 00:21:53,045 --> 00:21:56,447 it's got, how the brakes work, and how it shifts. 771 00:21:56,716 --> 00:21:58,782 MIKE: Holy crap! [giggles] 772 00:21:58,851 --> 00:21:59,650 ROBBIE: We're only 1,500 bucks apart. 773 00:21:59,718 --> 00:22:01,652 What's that among friends? 774 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:04,054 ROBERT: Not much anymore. 775 00:22:04,123 --> 00:22:05,523 ROBBIE: Yeah, it's a cup of coffee in San Francisco. 776 00:22:05,792 --> 00:22:07,658 MIKE: Get the horn working. 777 00:22:07,727 --> 00:22:08,726 Oh it's got to have a horn, man. 778 00:22:08,795 --> 00:22:09,593 In an old car, you got to be on... 779 00:22:09,796 --> 00:22:10,461 PAUL: Well the horn might be... 780 00:22:10,530 --> 00:22:11,996 MIKE: Beep, beep! 781 00:22:15,468 --> 00:22:21,339 MIKE: Woo! Whoa... 782 00:22:21,874 --> 00:22:23,073 ROBBIE: Where the hell've you guys been? 783 00:22:23,142 --> 00:22:25,743 MIKE: This thing brings back some memories, brother. 784 00:22:25,945 --> 00:22:28,612 I went over one hill, it was like... 785 00:22:28,681 --> 00:22:30,481 it was like this. [laughing] 786 00:22:30,549 --> 00:22:31,481 It's awesome, man! 787 00:22:31,550 --> 00:22:33,150 It's really awesome. 788 00:22:33,219 --> 00:22:34,418 ROBBIE: I imagine Paul's face when he was going over the hill. 789 00:22:34,487 --> 00:22:35,886 PAUL: I, listen... 790 00:22:35,955 --> 00:22:37,020 MIKE: What are you thinking on this thing? 791 00:22:37,090 --> 00:22:37,955 ROBERT: You know, I hadn't thought about it too much. 792 00:22:38,024 --> 00:22:39,756 Give me an idea of what you're thinking. 793 00:22:39,825 --> 00:22:40,891 MIKE: The cool thing about this is, 794 00:22:40,959 --> 00:22:43,828 is that it's California car, salad car, 795 00:22:43,896 --> 00:22:46,764 it's got a sun roof, it's presentable. 796 00:22:46,832 --> 00:22:49,633 Um... straight up, synchro's out. 797 00:22:49,836 --> 00:22:50,634 It's kind of a big deal to do. 798 00:22:50,703 --> 00:22:51,902 ROBERT: Take the engine out. 799 00:22:52,104 --> 00:22:53,370 MIKE: Oh yeah, you got to take the engine out. 800 00:22:53,439 --> 00:22:58,008 [sighs] 6,500. 801 00:22:58,845 --> 00:23:00,043 Where are you guys at on the Woodie? 802 00:23:00,112 --> 00:23:02,012 ROBBIE: I told him I wouldn't do any more than 26. 803 00:23:03,983 --> 00:23:04,581 MIKE: And What'd you guys come up with? 804 00:23:04,650 --> 00:23:05,783 ROBBIE: He was at 27,5. 805 00:23:06,118 --> 00:23:07,985 ROBERT: What I'm thinking on this is 35 for both. 806 00:23:09,722 --> 00:23:10,988 And I'll buy you a beer. 807 00:23:11,457 --> 00:23:12,923 ROBBIE: [laughs] 808 00:23:12,992 --> 00:23:15,192 MIKE: So you're talking 8 grand on this thing. 809 00:23:15,527 --> 00:23:16,860 ROBERT: Well we... 810 00:23:16,929 --> 00:23:18,395 ROBBIE: I'm not coming off the 26 number. 811 00:23:18,464 --> 00:23:19,730 I think 26 is... 812 00:23:19,798 --> 00:23:20,464 MIKE: I would do-I would do, 813 00:23:20,666 --> 00:23:22,399 I would do 7,000 bucks on this thing. 814 00:23:22,468 --> 00:23:23,200 ROBBIE: Right. 815 00:23:23,269 --> 00:23:23,934 ROBERT: And where does that put you... 816 00:23:24,136 --> 00:23:25,335 ROBBIE: 26. That puts you at 33... 817 00:23:25,405 --> 00:23:26,736 where you're at. 818 00:23:26,806 --> 00:23:29,006 You're at 35, we're at 33. Done? 819 00:23:29,541 --> 00:23:32,610 MIKE: Aarrgghh! 820 00:23:32,812 --> 00:23:33,343 ROBERT: 'Cause I like you guys. 821 00:23:33,413 --> 00:23:34,344 MIKE: [laughs] 822 00:23:34,413 --> 00:23:35,546 ROBERT: You just cannot not make this deal 823 00:23:35,748 --> 00:23:36,880 when you're only $2,000 824 00:23:36,949 --> 00:23:39,617 apart. I'm not going to fix this car up. 825 00:23:39,685 --> 00:23:40,551 I'm never going to do it. 826 00:23:40,620 --> 00:23:42,686 It's only going to go to someone like these guys. 827 00:23:42,754 --> 00:23:43,687 I want this car to be saved. 828 00:23:43,756 --> 00:23:45,689 It was not a hard decision then. 829 00:23:45,892 --> 00:23:47,491 MIKE: Is this the San Francisco Bug? 830 00:23:47,559 --> 00:23:48,225 ROBERT: Pretty much. 831 00:23:48,294 --> 00:23:49,025 MIKE: Alright. ROBBIE: Well... 832 00:23:49,094 --> 00:23:49,559 ROBERT: California car, for sure. 833 00:23:49,628 --> 00:23:50,494 MIKE: My first one. 834 00:23:50,696 --> 00:23:50,895 ROBBIE: Thank you, man. 835 00:23:51,097 --> 00:23:51,629 PAUL: Okay. 836 00:23:51,697 --> 00:23:52,763 ROBBIE: Appreciate ya. 837 00:23:52,965 --> 00:23:53,764 MIKE: His brother and him have done a 838 00:23:53,832 --> 00:23:54,764 great job of being the caretakers 839 00:23:54,834 --> 00:23:57,701 of this building for over 50 years. 840 00:23:57,904 --> 00:23:58,635 MIKE: So Danielle will get a hold of 841 00:23:58,704 --> 00:23:59,703 you on shipping both cars. 842 00:23:59,906 --> 00:24:02,639 Let's load some rock posters, man. 843 00:24:02,708 --> 00:24:03,573 Head down the road, baby! 844 00:24:03,642 --> 00:24:04,642 ROBBIE: Appreciate it. 845 00:24:04,844 --> 00:24:05,309 ROBERT: Real San Francisco coming. 846 00:24:05,511 --> 00:24:05,910 MIKE: Alright. 847 00:24:05,978 --> 00:24:06,844 ROBBIE: Thank you. 848 00:24:06,913 --> 00:24:07,778 MIKE: Their passion has been shared over 849 00:24:07,846 --> 00:24:10,848 and over and over again, not just 850 00:24:10,916 --> 00:24:11,982 by the people that have stayed here, 851 00:24:12,051 --> 00:24:14,918 but the community, the neighborhood, the city. 852 00:24:14,987 --> 00:24:17,588 The impact this place has had and hopefully 853 00:24:17,790 --> 00:24:19,990 will continue to have, is huge. 854 00:24:25,531 --> 00:24:30,400 ♪ ♪ ♪ 855 00:24:30,469 --> 00:24:32,336 [phone ringing] 856 00:24:32,405 --> 00:24:33,537 ROBBIE: Hello. 857 00:24:33,606 --> 00:24:34,605 DANIELLE: Good morning. 858 00:24:34,673 --> 00:24:35,605 ROBBIE: What's going on? 859 00:24:35,674 --> 00:24:36,674 MIKE: Dani D, what's up? 860 00:24:36,876 --> 00:24:38,942 DANIELLE: I'm sending you to meet Brian this morning. 861 00:24:39,011 --> 00:24:40,744 Say, I don't know if you boys are familiar with a 862 00:24:40,812 --> 00:24:43,413 little item called the ShamWow. 863 00:24:43,483 --> 00:24:45,015 ROBBIE: ShamWow? 864 00:24:45,083 --> 00:24:45,882 MIKE: What, the guy-the guy's got old ShamWows? 865 00:24:45,951 --> 00:24:47,017 DANIELLE: Haha... no, but you're close. 866 00:24:47,086 --> 00:24:50,421 He was actually the original pitchman for the ShamWow. 867 00:24:50,623 --> 00:24:51,889 MIKE: Get outta here! 868 00:24:52,091 --> 00:24:53,357 You're talking about like late-night television 869 00:24:53,559 --> 00:24:55,025 infomercial stuff? 870 00:24:55,093 --> 00:24:57,027 DANIELLE: So way before it was on the infomercials, 871 00:24:57,095 --> 00:24:59,630 Brian would travel around to these car meets and 872 00:24:59,832 --> 00:25:02,299 have these guys buy the ShamWow. 873 00:25:02,501 --> 00:25:02,900 ROBBIE: Yeah. 874 00:25:02,969 --> 00:25:04,034 MIKE: I remember that! 875 00:25:04,103 --> 00:25:05,101 ROBBIE: Oh yeah, I know what you're talking about. 876 00:25:05,170 --> 00:25:05,769 MIKE: I remember going to swap meets and the guy, 877 00:25:05,972 --> 00:25:06,303 the ShamWow dude was there. 878 00:25:06,505 --> 00:25:07,504 ROBBIE: Yeah. 879 00:25:07,573 --> 00:25:08,972 DANIELLE: So while he was out selling these ShamWows, 880 00:25:09,041 --> 00:25:11,975 he developed a bit of an addiction for antiques. 881 00:25:12,044 --> 00:25:14,912 He'd leave his house with a van full of ShamWows, 882 00:25:14,981 --> 00:25:16,513 and he would come back with a van full of junk. 883 00:25:16,782 --> 00:25:18,983 MIKE: [laughs] That's awesome. 884 00:25:19,185 --> 00:25:20,784 DANIELLE: Okay, Brian's been sending me these photos. 885 00:25:20,852 --> 00:25:22,786 He has this massive storage unit, 886 00:25:22,854 --> 00:25:24,788 and it is just box -on-box-on-box, 887 00:25:24,857 --> 00:25:27,123 like stack-stack- stack to the ceiling. 888 00:25:27,192 --> 00:25:30,728 But then listen, on top of that, his mom's a collector too. 889 00:25:30,930 --> 00:25:32,396 So he's got all of her stuff as well. 890 00:25:32,464 --> 00:25:33,330 MIKE: Perfect. 891 00:25:33,399 --> 00:25:34,865 ROBBIE: Alright. 892 00:25:35,067 --> 00:25:35,866 MIKE: So this, this is all in a storage unit? 893 00:25:35,934 --> 00:25:37,668 DANIELLE: Yeah, it's like a huge place, 894 00:25:37,870 --> 00:25:38,669 you can just drive right on inside. 895 00:25:38,737 --> 00:25:39,803 MIKE: Wow. Front row service. 896 00:25:39,872 --> 00:25:42,406 DANIELLE: So he will be in unit A10. 897 00:25:42,474 --> 00:25:43,340 ROBBIE: Alright. 898 00:25:43,409 --> 00:25:44,207 MIKE: Alright. 899 00:25:44,276 --> 00:25:44,742 DANIELLE: Hey, have fun out there. 900 00:25:44,944 --> 00:25:45,675 I'll talk to you later. 901 00:25:45,744 --> 00:25:46,543 ROBBIE: Thanks, coordinates. 902 00:25:46,612 --> 00:25:47,344 MIKE: Bye. ROBBIE: Bye. 903 00:25:47,412 --> 00:25:54,751 ♪ ♪ ♪ 904 00:25:54,820 --> 00:25:56,954 MIKE: Alright. Drive right in here. 905 00:25:57,022 --> 00:26:00,624 ROBBIE: Yep. A, right here, it's coming up. 906 00:26:00,826 --> 00:26:01,358 MIKE: A10. ROBBIE: Yeah, right here. 907 00:26:01,426 --> 00:26:02,760 [honks horn] 908 00:26:02,962 --> 00:26:03,360 MIKE: Oh check out the Polly Gas sign. 909 00:26:03,428 --> 00:26:04,428 ROBBIE: Ha! 910 00:26:04,496 --> 00:26:05,762 MIKE: Hey, Brian! 911 00:26:05,831 --> 00:26:07,565 BRIAN: Hey-hey-hey, how're you doing? 912 00:26:07,767 --> 00:26:08,765 MIKE: What's going on, man? 913 00:26:08,834 --> 00:26:09,300 I like this, you can just pull right up to your door. 914 00:26:09,502 --> 00:26:10,701 ROBBIE: Yeah. 915 00:26:10,769 --> 00:26:11,435 BRIAN: That's it, that's it. 916 00:26:11,637 --> 00:26:11,968 ROBBIE: It's really nice and easy. 917 00:26:12,037 --> 00:26:12,503 How're you doing? 918 00:26:12,705 --> 00:26:13,437 BRIAN: Nice, easy run. 919 00:26:13,639 --> 00:26:14,238 MIKE: My brother, Robbie. Give him a flyer. 920 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:15,639 BRIAN: I collct a myriad of things. 921 00:26:15,707 --> 00:26:18,041 I'm a real history buff. 922 00:26:18,110 --> 00:26:21,978 I like old things and grew up in a house of antiques. 923 00:26:22,047 --> 00:26:24,715 So for me, it was natural to collect what I did, 924 00:26:24,784 --> 00:26:26,784 because that's the way I grew up. 925 00:26:26,986 --> 00:26:28,385 ROBBIE: Dani talked to you about a couple 926 00:26:28,587 --> 00:26:29,253 of things on there? 927 00:26:29,321 --> 00:26:30,253 BRIAN: She did, she did, yeah. 928 00:26:30,322 --> 00:26:32,990 MIKE: She said that your collecting blossomed when 929 00:26:33,058 --> 00:26:36,460 you were doing ShamWows at swap meets and stuff? 930 00:26:36,529 --> 00:26:38,061 ROBBIE: Car shows. 931 00:26:38,130 --> 00:26:39,396 BRIAN: I make 80 bucks, and I'd buy 2 or 3 Coke signs. 932 00:26:39,464 --> 00:26:40,664 MIKE: [laughs] 933 00:26:40,733 --> 00:26:41,865 BRIAN: That was my 80 bucks. 934 00:26:41,934 --> 00:26:43,400 I'd make another 100 bucks, I'd buy 4... 935 00:26:43,469 --> 00:26:44,534 MIKE: I love that. 936 00:26:44,603 --> 00:26:45,535 BRIAN: 4 more signs. 937 00:26:45,605 --> 00:26:46,670 MIKE: So you're just re- you were reinvesting in 938 00:26:46,739 --> 00:26:47,671 your business and yourself. 939 00:26:47,739 --> 00:26:48,672 BRIAN: Yeah, we worked a lot of car swaps. 940 00:26:48,741 --> 00:26:49,339 You know, we'd do Model A... 941 00:26:49,408 --> 00:26:50,674 MIKE: Yeah. 942 00:26:50,743 --> 00:26:51,075 BRIAN: We'd do Auburn shows. 943 00:26:51,277 --> 00:26:52,075 MIKE: Yeah, yeah. 944 00:26:52,144 --> 00:26:52,876 BRIAN: Because they were all specific, but... 945 00:26:52,945 --> 00:26:53,343 ROBBIE: The Pomona hot-rod show? 946 00:26:53,412 --> 00:26:54,411 MIKE: Man... 947 00:26:54,613 --> 00:26:55,012 BRIAN: I did Pomona. 948 00:26:55,081 --> 00:26:56,012 MIKE: What's going on? 949 00:26:56,081 --> 00:26:57,214 ROBBIE: What do you got going on in here? 950 00:26:57,416 --> 00:26:58,282 BRIAN: Well, you know, I've got a little bit of everything. 951 00:26:58,484 --> 00:27:00,751 MIKE: So Dani said you had a huge wareouse space. 952 00:27:00,819 --> 00:27:02,619 BRIAN: This is my space right here. 953 00:27:02,688 --> 00:27:03,420 MIKE: Oh this is it right here. 954 00:27:03,489 --> 00:27:04,154 ROBBIE: This is it. 955 00:27:04,356 --> 00:27:04,621 BRIAN: This is it, right here. 956 00:27:04,690 --> 00:27:05,288 MIKE: Oh okay. 957 00:27:05,358 --> 00:27:05,990 ROBBIE: Oh. 958 00:27:07,826 --> 00:27:08,692 BRIAN: I knew that the location that 959 00:27:08,761 --> 00:27:11,828 I was at was very underwhelming. 960 00:27:11,897 --> 00:27:13,764 BRIAN: Big things come in small packages. 961 00:27:13,966 --> 00:27:14,765 MIKE: When you're a collector in a major 962 00:27:14,834 --> 00:27:17,701 metropolitan area, space is a luxury. 963 00:27:17,770 --> 00:27:19,970 So it's a lot harder to collect. 964 00:27:20,039 --> 00:27:22,506 MIKE: I saw the Polly Gas sign when we walked in. 965 00:27:22,574 --> 00:27:23,574 BRIAN: Right, right. 966 00:27:23,642 --> 00:27:24,775 It's 2-sided and it's, the chalkboard on the bottom 967 00:27:24,844 --> 00:27:25,775 where they could write the price on it. 968 00:27:25,844 --> 00:27:28,779 MIKE: Yeah, yeah. Wow, look at that. 969 00:27:28,847 --> 00:27:30,047 ROBBIE: It was hanging on a wall. 970 00:27:30,249 --> 00:27:32,115 MIKE: So did you find this on one of the ShamWow trips? 971 00:27:32,184 --> 00:27:34,718 BRIAN: No, that one was part of my brother's collection, 972 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:36,386 and he's had that since the late '60s. 973 00:27:36,455 --> 00:27:37,721 MIKE: Really! 974 00:27:37,789 --> 00:27:38,855 BRIAN: So I know it's not a repop. 975 00:27:38,924 --> 00:27:39,322 MIKE: So your brother's collecting too? 976 00:27:39,392 --> 00:27:39,990 ROBBIE: Yeah. 977 00:27:40,059 --> 00:27:41,058 BRIAN: Yeah, this, yeah. 978 00:27:41,127 --> 00:27:42,192 MIKE: 'Cause Dani said, your-your mom collected. 979 00:27:42,261 --> 00:27:42,593 BRIAN: Oh yeah, she was the original picker, yeah. 980 00:27:42,795 --> 00:27:43,460 MIKE: No kidding. 981 00:27:43,529 --> 00:27:44,862 BRIAN: Yeah, oh yeah. 982 00:27:45,064 --> 00:27:45,862 I- I grew up in the back of the station wagon 983 00:27:45,931 --> 00:27:47,597 going from antique store to antique store. 984 00:27:47,667 --> 00:27:49,199 MIKE: [laughs] I love that. 985 00:27:49,268 --> 00:27:51,669 BRIAN: She gladly would run and pick the church rummage sale. 986 00:27:51,871 --> 00:27:52,936 ROBBIE: As I said, the church is... 987 00:27:53,005 --> 00:27:53,937 BRIAN: Always a volunteer to run the rummage sale. 988 00:27:54,006 --> 00:27:54,337 MIKE: Oh yeah, the church ones are the best. 989 00:27:54,406 --> 00:27:56,072 BRIAN: Yeah. 990 00:27:56,141 --> 00:27:56,940 MIKE: Brian was lucky at a young age to have a mentor 991 00:27:57,009 --> 00:27:59,943 when it came to junking and collecting - 992 00:28:00,012 --> 00:28:03,080 and that was his mom. Junking was a part of 993 00:28:03,149 --> 00:28:05,683 their family's life, to the point where it's something 994 00:28:05,885 --> 00:28:07,884 that you feel so powerful about it, 995 00:28:07,953 --> 00:28:09,687 that you want to do it the rest of your life. 996 00:28:09,889 --> 00:28:11,621 MIKE: What are you thinking on that? 997 00:28:11,691 --> 00:28:12,623 BRIAN: You know, I don't know. 998 00:28:12,825 --> 00:28:13,757 Polly Gas stuff, I've never seen anything but 999 00:28:13,826 --> 00:28:15,893 reproductions, I've never actually... 1000 00:28:15,961 --> 00:28:16,894 ROBBIE: Yeah, Polly Gas stuff is, is... 1001 00:28:17,096 --> 00:28:18,161 BRIAN: That's the only original piece I've seen. 1002 00:28:18,230 --> 00:28:19,296 ROBBIE: I was going to say, Polly Gas stuff is very hard. 1003 00:28:19,498 --> 00:28:21,365 The West Coast is where you're going to find this stuff. 1004 00:28:21,433 --> 00:28:22,032 BRIAN: Yeah. 1005 00:28:22,101 --> 00:28:23,233 ROBBIE: We're in California. 1006 00:28:23,301 --> 00:28:25,969 Polly Gas is one of the rarest companies out there. 1007 00:28:26,172 --> 00:28:27,637 When you find their advertising, you try and buy it. 1008 00:28:27,707 --> 00:28:29,306 ROBBIE: This is... masonite. 1009 00:28:29,508 --> 00:28:30,106 BRIAN: Right. 1010 00:28:30,175 --> 00:28:30,507 ROBBIE: So this is pre-War. 1011 00:28:30,576 --> 00:28:32,175 BRIAN: Yeah. 1012 00:28:32,244 --> 00:28:33,310 MIKE: What do you think the retail number on it is, Robbie? 1013 00:28:33,512 --> 00:28:34,911 ROBBIE: 5 grand. 1014 00:28:34,980 --> 00:28:36,379 BRIAN: Yeah, I knew it's a-it's a rare bird. 1015 00:28:36,448 --> 00:28:36,913 ROBBIE: Yeah. 1016 00:28:36,982 --> 00:28:37,448 BRIAN: So to speak. 1017 00:28:37,650 --> 00:28:38,515 ROBBIE: Yeah, it's rare. 1018 00:28:38,584 --> 00:28:39,650 MIKE & BRIAN: [laughs] 1019 00:28:39,718 --> 00:28:41,718 MIKE: Starting around 1901, there were over 1,000 1020 00:28:41,787 --> 00:28:43,921 small gas companies in America. 1021 00:28:43,989 --> 00:28:46,990 A lot of these companies went away real fast, 1022 00:28:47,058 --> 00:28:49,460 others stuck around and got bought out later on. 1023 00:28:49,662 --> 00:28:50,794 MIKE: It's cool, man. 1024 00:28:50,863 --> 00:28:52,395 ROBBIE: Yeah. I love the look of it. 1025 00:28:52,464 --> 00:28:53,197 MIKE: I do too. 1026 00:28:53,399 --> 00:28:54,731 MIKE: But Polly is one of those brands, 1027 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:56,867 it's regional to the West Coast, 1028 00:28:56,936 --> 00:28:58,735 and it's extremely sought after because they 1029 00:28:58,804 --> 00:29:00,403 weren't around for a very long time. 1030 00:29:00,472 --> 00:29:02,072 MIKE: Okay, so... 1031 00:29:02,140 --> 00:29:04,674 what-what would you feel comfortable selling it at? 1032 00:29:04,743 --> 00:29:05,676 BRIAN: Boy, I don't know... 1033 00:29:05,744 --> 00:29:07,744 You know, my wife's real... 1034 00:29:07,813 --> 00:29:10,347 she's not fond of much of my stuff. 1035 00:29:10,416 --> 00:29:11,414 MIKE: Uh-huh. 1036 00:29:11,484 --> 00:29:12,816 BRIAN: But she really likes that particular-her 1037 00:29:13,018 --> 00:29:13,817 grandmother had a parrot when she was a kid. 1038 00:29:13,886 --> 00:29:15,285 MIKE: Ohh okay. So that's the connection. 1039 00:29:15,354 --> 00:29:16,753 BRIAN: So... 1040 00:29:16,822 --> 00:29:18,088 MIKE: You want to think about it? 1041 00:29:18,156 --> 00:29:19,556 BRIAN: Yeah, let-that- that one I can think about. 1042 00:29:19,624 --> 00:29:20,490 ROBBIE: Yeah, alright. 1043 00:29:20,559 --> 00:29:21,425 BRIAN: But to tell you the truth, Robbie, 1044 00:29:21,493 --> 00:29:22,292 that's more than I thought it was worth. 1045 00:29:22,494 --> 00:29:24,094 ROBBIE: Yeah. 1046 00:29:24,163 --> 00:29:25,428 MIKE: Alright, there's the little man himself, right there. 1047 00:29:25,498 --> 00:29:26,563 BRIAN: There he is. 1048 00:29:26,632 --> 00:29:27,964 MIKE: When I first see this piece across the room, 1049 00:29:28,033 --> 00:29:30,834 I'm looking at like a deranged Johnny Roventini, 1050 00:29:30,903 --> 00:29:32,569 because he's got a bellhop uniform on. 1051 00:29:32,771 --> 00:29:33,303 MIKE: Can we pull them out? 1052 00:29:33,372 --> 00:29:35,038 BRIAN: Yeah. 1053 00:29:35,106 --> 00:29:36,106 MIKE: But as you get closer, and if you know what 1054 00:29:36,174 --> 00:29:38,709 you're looking at, then you know it's a Brownie. 1055 00:29:38,911 --> 00:29:40,043 BRIAN: It's a Palmer Cox Brownie. 1056 00:29:40,112 --> 00:29:41,845 MIKE: Brownies were characters in children's books. 1057 00:29:41,913 --> 00:29:44,848 They were like... little toad goblins. 1058 00:29:44,917 --> 00:29:46,650 They were known for being mischievous, 1059 00:29:46,718 --> 00:29:48,785 but also doing good deeds. 1060 00:29:48,854 --> 00:29:50,120 MIKE: Wow, look at his face, Robbie. 1061 00:29:50,189 --> 00:29:52,656 MIKE: At the end of the day, they're like downright scary. 1062 00:29:52,725 --> 00:29:53,790 But that's what's cool about them. 1063 00:29:53,859 --> 00:29:55,592 MIKE: Is this something you'd sell? 1064 00:29:55,661 --> 00:29:56,726 BRIAN: That I would sell. 1065 00:29:56,795 --> 00:29:59,930 My mom bought that in late '60s. 1066 00:30:00,132 --> 00:30:01,799 There's a place in San Francisco called the Cliff 1067 00:30:02,001 --> 00:30:03,867 House, which has been there since 1800s. 1068 00:30:03,936 --> 00:30:05,536 And at one point, they had a collection of 1069 00:30:05,738 --> 00:30:06,937 these tall Brownie figures. 1070 00:30:07,006 --> 00:30:10,007 BRIAN: Mine was made by a company named Shoenhaut. 1071 00:30:10,075 --> 00:30:11,341 MIKE: Look at him, he's anatomically correct. 1072 00:30:11,410 --> 00:30:12,542 [group laughing] 1073 00:30:12,611 --> 00:30:13,676 ROBBIE: He's got knees! 1074 00:30:13,745 --> 00:30:14,811 MIKE: Look at his little legs. 1075 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:16,346 BRIAN: And they made large Brownies for storefronts. 1076 00:30:16,548 --> 00:30:18,081 Extremely rare. 1077 00:30:18,284 --> 00:30:19,950 MIKE: I look at a lot of this early store display stuff, 1078 00:30:20,152 --> 00:30:22,752 and it's amazing that this exists. It's-it's art. 1079 00:30:22,821 --> 00:30:23,954 BRIAN: Right. My mom had a great eye. 1080 00:30:24,156 --> 00:30:25,889 MIKE: That's killer. So what are you thinking on him? 1081 00:30:25,957 --> 00:30:28,291 Sounds like you've given it some thought. 1082 00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:29,425 BRIAN: Uh... 1083 00:30:29,494 --> 00:30:32,762 I've seen him go at auction for 6 grand and over. 1084 00:30:32,831 --> 00:30:34,231 So... they're super- they're super... 1085 00:30:34,433 --> 00:30:35,832 MIKE: Wow. 1086 00:30:35,901 --> 00:30:36,633 So if they're 6 grand, are you talking 1087 00:30:36,835 --> 00:30:37,301 like super clean, super perfect? 1088 00:30:37,503 --> 00:30:38,435 ROBBIE: Yeah. 1089 00:30:38,503 --> 00:30:39,436 BRIAN: Well, all he's- he's pretty much there. 1090 00:30:39,638 --> 00:30:41,571 He's dirty, but... there's not much wrong with him. 1091 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:42,639 MIKE: No, I know that. 1092 00:30:42,841 --> 00:30:44,374 Well, his clothing's definitely faded tremendously. 1093 00:30:44,576 --> 00:30:45,575 BRIAN: Yeah, yeah. 1094 00:30:45,644 --> 00:30:47,311 MIKE: If you look at the, just this coloration here... 1095 00:30:47,513 --> 00:30:48,178 BRIAN: Right. 1096 00:30:48,246 --> 00:30:49,246 MIKE: and then the top of it. 1097 00:30:49,315 --> 00:30:50,914 You know, I'm just saying that if something's going to 1098 00:30:51,116 --> 00:30:53,317 warrant that kind of money, it's going to be... 1099 00:30:53,519 --> 00:30:54,651 pretty damn nice. 1100 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:56,186 And what year is this from? 1101 00:30:56,255 --> 00:30:58,255 BRIAN: From what I can see, it looks like turn-of-the-century. 1102 00:30:58,457 --> 00:30:58,855 MIKE: Um-hm. 1103 00:30:58,924 --> 00:30:59,923 BRIAN: Late 1800s. 1104 00:30:59,992 --> 00:31:02,793 You know, I think he's at least 3 grand or so. 1105 00:31:02,995 --> 00:31:07,397 MIKE: Yeah. 2,500. I mean, it's not mint. 1106 00:31:07,465 --> 00:31:08,064 BRIAN: Right. 1107 00:31:08,133 --> 00:31:08,798 MIKE: Mint is, mint is mint. 1108 00:31:08,867 --> 00:31:10,133 BRIAN: Yeah. ROBBIE: Yeah. 1109 00:31:10,336 --> 00:31:12,536 MIKE: But here's, here's where this falls into the category. 1110 00:31:12,738 --> 00:31:13,604 Good stuff's always good. 1111 00:31:13,806 --> 00:31:14,604 BRIAN: Right. ROBBIE: Yeah. 1112 00:31:14,673 --> 00:31:15,739 MIKE: This is good stuff. 1113 00:31:15,941 --> 00:31:17,740 So what's the bottom number on this? 1114 00:31:17,809 --> 00:31:19,877 BRIAN: You know, I-I, like I said, 1115 00:31:20,079 --> 00:31:22,278 I think the bottom number really is 3 on this. 1116 00:31:22,548 --> 00:31:24,081 MIKE: Alright well... 1117 00:31:24,149 --> 00:31:25,983 make me feel like I'm getting a good deal - 2,900. 1118 00:31:27,753 --> 00:31:29,752 BRIAN: You got it. MIKE: Alright. 1119 00:31:29,821 --> 00:31:30,820 BRIAN: There you go. MIKE: Okay, man. 1120 00:31:30,889 --> 00:31:32,556 MIKE: This wasn't made for the consumer. 1121 00:31:32,758 --> 00:31:34,157 This was made for display. 1122 00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:38,095 The fact that it still exists, is such a large and is in great 1123 00:31:38,163 --> 00:31:42,499 condition - all of those things make it extremely rare. 1124 00:31:42,568 --> 00:31:43,000 MIKE: It's brilliant. 1125 00:31:48,373 --> 00:31:56,373 ♪ ♪ ♪ 1126 00:31:58,784 --> 00:32:00,584 MIKE: What are these from? 1127 00:32:00,786 --> 00:32:02,118 Where are these clowns from? 1128 00:32:02,187 --> 00:32:05,855 BRIAN: Those clowns were from a defunct amusement park in 1129 00:32:05,925 --> 00:32:07,858 San Francisco called Playland at the Beach. 1130 00:32:08,059 --> 00:32:09,993 BRIAN: Playland at the Beach was San Francisco's 1131 00:32:10,061 --> 00:32:11,594 version of Coney Island, they actually called it 1132 00:32:11,664 --> 00:32:14,064 the Coney Island of the West. 1133 00:32:14,266 --> 00:32:15,399 ROBBIE: You would put the ball in his mouth or something? 1134 00:32:15,601 --> 00:32:17,400 Is that what it was? 1135 00:32:17,469 --> 00:32:18,602 BRIAN: Exactly. 1136 00:32:18,804 --> 00:32:19,336 The head would turn, and you'd throw ping-pong balls in them. 1137 00:32:19,405 --> 00:32:20,270 ROBBIE: Yeah. 1138 00:32:20,339 --> 00:32:21,071 BRIAN: That's something that my brother 1139 00:32:21,139 --> 00:32:22,205 picked when he was really... 1140 00:32:22,274 --> 00:32:22,739 MIKE: Like what time period do you thnk they're from? 1141 00:32:22,941 --> 00:32:23,539 BRIAN: Probably '40s. 1142 00:32:23,608 --> 00:32:24,674 ROBBIE: '40s, more. 1143 00:32:24,743 --> 00:32:25,541 MIKE: God, these are killer. 1144 00:32:25,610 --> 00:32:27,144 BRIAN: They're unusual. 1145 00:32:27,346 --> 00:32:28,478 MIKE: They're a slice of America that we all romanticize about, 1146 00:32:28,547 --> 00:32:29,879 that's gone forever. 1147 00:32:29,949 --> 00:32:33,950 The American carnival, the American circus. 1148 00:32:34,019 --> 00:32:34,951 ROBBIE: How long ago did your brother buy these? 1149 00:32:35,020 --> 00:32:38,622 BRIAN: He got those when Playland closed down... 1150 00:32:38,824 --> 00:32:39,957 that would have been early '70s. 1151 00:32:40,159 --> 00:32:41,892 MIKE: The remnants of what's left of that is really a 1152 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:44,627 shadow of what that industry used to be. 1153 00:32:44,696 --> 00:32:46,029 MIKE: Look at those guys. 1154 00:32:46,098 --> 00:32:48,898 MIKE: So when you find artifacts from that time period in 1155 00:32:48,967 --> 00:32:51,567 it's hey-day, especially scary spooky clowns, 1156 00:32:51,636 --> 00:32:54,103 you got to buy them up. 1157 00:32:54,172 --> 00:32:56,706 You know, this is the kind of stuff that's always good. 1158 00:32:56,775 --> 00:32:57,573 MIKE: What are you thinking? 1159 00:32:57,642 --> 00:32:58,308 Just throw me a number. 1160 00:32:58,377 --> 00:33:00,710 I mean, all I can do is say no. 1161 00:33:00,779 --> 00:33:05,782 BRIAN: Ah man... I would say... 1162 00:33:05,851 --> 00:33:07,651 probably I mean I think they got to be 1163 00:33:07,719 --> 00:33:09,186 worth about 1,200 apiece. 1164 00:33:09,921 --> 00:33:10,653 MIKE: Yeah, see I was thinking they were 1165 00:33:10,722 --> 00:33:12,255 worth about a grand a piece. 1166 00:33:12,458 --> 00:33:13,790 BRIAN: Yeah. 1167 00:33:13,858 --> 00:33:14,124 MIKE: So we're not that far apart. 1168 00:33:14,326 --> 00:33:14,992 BRIAN: Right. 1169 00:33:16,061 --> 00:33:19,529 MIKE: 14 for the pair. If they're 2,000 bucks. 1170 00:33:19,598 --> 00:33:21,464 Gives me a little room. 1171 00:33:21,533 --> 00:33:23,133 BRIAN: Right. Um... 1172 00:33:24,002 --> 00:33:25,736 what if I kept one and sold you one for 8? 1173 00:33:25,938 --> 00:33:27,804 MIKE: Ugh, they got to be together! 1174 00:33:27,873 --> 00:33:29,672 Brian: [chuckles] They got to be a pair? 1175 00:33:29,742 --> 00:33:30,540 MIKE: They got to be together. 1176 00:33:30,742 --> 00:33:31,741 BRIAN: B... I can't separate B from E? 1177 00:33:31,810 --> 00:33:32,609 ROBBIE: I wouldn't separate them. 1178 00:33:32,678 --> 00:33:34,011 BRIAN: Yeah. ROBBIE: Yeah. 1179 00:33:34,813 --> 00:33:37,681 MIKE: 2,000. BRIAN: I'd do that. 1180 00:33:37,749 --> 00:33:38,415 MIKE: Made it easy for ya. 1181 00:33:38,617 --> 00:33:39,216 BRIAN: I'd do that. 1182 00:33:39,418 --> 00:33:39,750 MIKE: See? Making it easy for ya. 1183 00:33:39,952 --> 00:33:40,951 BRIAN: I'd do that. 1184 00:33:41,153 --> 00:33:42,352 MIKE: I got to, I got to... these things are nuts. 1185 00:33:42,420 --> 00:33:43,420 BRIAN: Yeah. 1186 00:33:43,489 --> 00:33:44,354 BRIAN: With all the things I already have in my house, 1187 00:33:44,423 --> 00:33:45,955 there was really just no place for them. 1188 00:33:46,025 --> 00:33:47,824 I think they're better off in somebody's collection 1189 00:33:47,893 --> 00:33:50,760 that can really appreciate items like that. 1190 00:33:50,829 --> 00:33:51,762 ROBBIE: Make sure the lever's down. 1191 00:33:51,964 --> 00:33:52,629 MIKE: It's been a while since I've been 1192 00:33:52,697 --> 00:33:53,563 at the meatpacking house. 1193 00:33:53,631 --> 00:33:54,364 ROBBIE: Yeah, exactly. 1194 00:33:54,433 --> 00:33:55,165 BRIAN: Can I see your license on this? 1195 00:33:55,233 --> 00:33:56,499 BRIAN: I have so many items and 1196 00:33:56,568 --> 00:33:57,968 I have so many things, 1197 00:33:58,036 --> 00:33:59,770 that I just don't want to see them continue to 1198 00:33:59,972 --> 00:34:01,972 be in cardboard boxes, packed on pallets 1199 00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:04,707 in my warehouse. They need to be displayed. 1200 00:34:04,776 --> 00:34:05,909 MIKE: Hey, slow down there, bro. 1201 00:34:06,111 --> 00:34:07,376 ROBBIE: No, no, no, this has got to come out here. 1202 00:34:07,446 --> 00:34:08,645 MIKE: [laughs] 1203 00:34:08,714 --> 00:34:09,179 ROBBIE: We got to get this out. 1204 00:34:09,248 --> 00:34:09,846 MIKE: Whoa, hey! 1205 00:34:09,914 --> 00:34:13,583 Whoa... easy, easy. 1206 00:34:13,651 --> 00:34:14,317 There, here's the base. 1207 00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:15,519 BRIAN: There it is. Red Goose Shoes. 1208 00:34:15,721 --> 00:34:16,653 MIKE: Yeah, there we go. 1209 00:34:16,721 --> 00:34:19,589 ROBBIE: Oh yeah. That's cool. 1210 00:34:19,657 --> 00:34:20,323 This is Red Goose too. 1211 00:34:20,392 --> 00:34:21,524 MIKE: Yeah. 1212 00:34:21,593 --> 00:34:21,924 ROBBIE: Right here. 1213 00:34:21,993 --> 00:34:22,926 BRIAN: Yep. 1214 00:34:22,994 --> 00:34:24,127 MIKE: I know, here's another piece Red Goose. 1215 00:34:24,195 --> 00:34:25,862 ROBBIE: Red Goose began selling shoes in the late 1800s. 1216 00:34:25,931 --> 00:34:26,329 MIKE: Red Goose stuff's hard to find, man. 1217 00:34:26,398 --> 00:34:27,797 BRIAN: Yeah. 1218 00:34:27,866 --> 00:34:28,732 ROBBIE: Character advertising has been 1219 00:34:28,934 --> 00:34:30,067 around since the turn -of-the-century. 1220 00:34:30,269 --> 00:34:33,136 This was Red Gosse, and its competitor was Buster Brown. 1221 00:34:33,205 --> 00:34:35,738 You saw the Red Goose, you knew they were quality shoes, 1222 00:34:35,808 --> 00:34:37,073 and you always wanted to wear them. 1223 00:34:37,142 --> 00:34:39,008 ROBBIE: What are you thinking on the Red Goose stuff? 1224 00:34:39,077 --> 00:34:41,544 BRIAN: Uhh... I was thinking maybe 60 for all 3. 1225 00:34:41,613 --> 00:34:43,480 ROBBIE: I can do that. 1226 00:34:43,549 --> 00:34:44,748 BRIAN: Okay, great. 1227 00:34:44,950 --> 00:34:46,282 ROBBIE: I'll do that. Appreciate it. 1228 00:34:46,351 --> 00:34:46,983 BRIAN: Yeah. 1229 00:34:49,488 --> 00:34:50,753 ROBBIE: Whoa! 1230 00:34:51,156 --> 00:34:53,422 MIKE: So what's the deal with all the Tom Thumb stuff? 1231 00:34:53,492 --> 00:34:54,958 BRIAN: He was P.T. 1232 00:34:55,026 --> 00:34:56,359 Barnum's biggest, probably his biggest sus... 1233 00:34:56,562 --> 00:34:57,093 MIKE: Or smallest. 1234 00:34:57,162 --> 00:34:57,894 BRIAN: Smallest, yeah right. 1235 00:34:57,962 --> 00:34:58,428 ROBBIE: Biggest, but smallest. 1236 00:34:58,496 --> 00:34:59,296 MIKE: Yeah, yeah. 1237 00:34:59,498 --> 00:35:00,897 ROBBIE: Yeah. 1238 00:35:00,966 --> 00:35:01,698 BRIAN: His biggest smallest success story. 1239 00:35:01,900 --> 00:35:02,699 BRIAN: As we all know, P.T. Barnum 1240 00:35:02,768 --> 00:35:04,033 was the world's greatest showman. 1241 00:35:04,103 --> 00:35:07,837 He decided to make a character from a gentleman named 1242 00:35:07,906 --> 00:35:10,707 Charles Stratton, who at the time was 1243 00:35:10,775 --> 00:35:12,776 the smallest man in the world. 1244 00:35:13,111 --> 00:35:15,912 Well, Charles Stratton was soon renamed Tom Thumb, 1245 00:35:15,981 --> 00:35:19,448 and traveled the world as a goodwill ambassador 1246 00:35:19,518 --> 00:35:20,783 for P. T. Barnum. 1247 00:35:20,986 --> 00:35:22,719 MIKE: 'Born in Middleborough, Massachusetts, 1248 00:35:22,788 --> 00:35:25,655 Mrs. Tom Thumb taught school there. 1249 00:35:25,724 --> 00:35:26,990 She was only 30 inches tall.' 1250 00:35:27,526 --> 00:35:28,591 BRIAN: Right. 1251 00:35:28,660 --> 00:35:29,860 MIKE: These are her shoes? 1252 00:35:30,062 --> 00:35:30,460 BRIAN: Yeah, those were the shoes that she, 1253 00:35:30,528 --> 00:35:31,861 that fit her feet. 1254 00:35:31,930 --> 00:35:33,530 I have a whole box full of her clothing. 1255 00:35:33,599 --> 00:35:34,731 ROBBIE: What about him? 1256 00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:36,466 BRIAN: Most of the stuff I have for him is photo-related. 1257 00:35:36,535 --> 00:35:38,134 ROBBIE: Photo-related. 1258 00:35:38,203 --> 00:35:39,069 BRIAN: But I have a piece of their wedding cake in there. 1259 00:35:39,271 --> 00:35:39,870 MIKE: This is a piece of their wedding cake? 1260 00:35:40,072 --> 00:35:41,071 BRIAN: They put it in a wooden box, 1261 00:35:41,273 --> 00:35:43,806 and they sent it out to dignitaries all over the world. 1262 00:35:43,876 --> 00:35:44,340 ROBBIE: Wow. What was it, a fruit cake? 1263 00:35:44,409 --> 00:35:45,942 [group laughing] 1264 00:35:46,010 --> 00:35:48,078 BRIAN: The Tom Thumb collection came to me 1265 00:35:48,146 --> 00:35:50,747 from an advertisement that I had seen for somebody 1266 00:35:50,815 --> 00:35:53,016 selling items from Sutro Baths. 1267 00:35:53,084 --> 00:35:55,885 You know, late 1800s, they built these pools, 1268 00:35:55,954 --> 00:35:56,953 people would come in, rent a bathing suit. 1269 00:35:57,022 --> 00:35:58,755 MIKE: Tom Thumb's stuff was on display there? 1270 00:35:58,823 --> 00:36:00,890 BRIAN: Yeah, there was an atrium, 1271 00:36:00,959 --> 00:36:02,559 and just this incredible museum collection. 1272 00:36:02,761 --> 00:36:03,293 And it was, it was very... 1273 00:36:03,362 --> 00:36:05,094 MIKE: Wow... 1274 00:36:05,163 --> 00:36:05,562 so it was almost like a roadside attraction bathhouse. 1275 00:36:05,630 --> 00:36:06,963 BRIAN: It was. 1276 00:36:07,165 --> 00:36:08,698 BRIAN: And unfortunately, it burnt down in the 1960s. 1277 00:36:08,767 --> 00:36:10,633 MIKE: Is this her wedding dress? 1278 00:36:10,702 --> 00:36:11,568 BRIAN: Yeah, her wedding veil. 1279 00:36:11,636 --> 00:36:12,369 MIKE: Her wedding veil. 1280 00:36:12,437 --> 00:36:14,170 ROBBIE: Wow. 1281 00:36:14,239 --> 00:36:15,906 MIKE: The research has been done, the provenance is there. 1282 00:36:16,108 --> 00:36:18,908 But unfortunately, there's no Tom Thumb items. 1283 00:36:18,977 --> 00:36:20,644 MIKE: I haven't seen anything Tom Thumb, 1284 00:36:20,712 --> 00:36:21,377 this is all Mrs. Thumb. 1285 00:36:21,446 --> 00:36:23,179 BRIAN: Right. 1286 00:36:23,248 --> 00:36:25,048 MIKE: So how do you judge the value of something like this? 1287 00:36:25,116 --> 00:36:26,783 BRIAN: It's been difficult because I've talked to a 1288 00:36:26,851 --> 00:36:27,784 few dealers about the collection, 1289 00:36:27,986 --> 00:36:31,921 and... it-there's just no comparables. 1290 00:36:31,990 --> 00:36:34,924 The value is really in the historical value. 1291 00:36:34,993 --> 00:36:37,127 MIKE: To hold some of these pieces in my hand, 1292 00:36:37,329 --> 00:36:39,929 and to see the documentation, and then to think about where 1293 00:36:39,998 --> 00:36:42,332 they were on display, it's pretty heavy stuff, 1294 00:36:42,534 --> 00:36:43,799 it's very cool. 1295 00:36:43,868 --> 00:36:45,401 MIKE: This is extremely significant. 1296 00:36:45,470 --> 00:36:46,670 ROBBIE: Oh, 100%. 1297 00:36:46,738 --> 00:36:47,737 MIKE: You know, I don't even know what to offer you on it. 1298 00:36:47,805 --> 00:36:48,938 Would you consider selling it? 1299 00:36:49,007 --> 00:36:50,940 BRIAN: No, I think it doesn't make any sense. 1300 00:36:51,009 --> 00:36:52,809 I would like to see this end up in a museum. 1301 00:36:52,877 --> 00:36:53,943 MIKE: I think you're right on it. 1302 00:36:54,012 --> 00:36:55,345 I would want to research the heck out of it... 1303 00:36:55,414 --> 00:36:56,946 ROBBIE: Yeah. 1304 00:36:57,015 --> 00:36:57,546 MIKE: and make sure it went to the right place. 1305 00:36:57,616 --> 00:36:58,748 BRIAN: Yeah, exactly. 1306 00:36:58,817 --> 00:37:00,883 BRIAN: This is a collection that deserves to be seen by 1307 00:37:00,952 --> 00:37:04,020 people in more of a museum -type setting. 1308 00:37:04,088 --> 00:37:07,691 MIKE: This is all museum quality, next level stuff. 1309 00:37:07,893 --> 00:37:08,758 MIKE: I mean, to be honest with you, 1310 00:37:08,827 --> 00:37:09,959 I just like handling it for a second. 1311 00:37:10,028 --> 00:37:11,995 BRIAN: Yeah, they were the Beatles of their day. 1312 00:37:16,101 --> 00:37:20,503 ♪ ♪ ♪ 1313 00:37:20,572 --> 00:37:22,906 MIKE: Look at this... 1314 00:37:23,108 --> 00:37:25,574 MIKE: Alright, let me see, let me get up here 1315 00:37:25,644 --> 00:37:26,910 and see what's going on. 1316 00:37:27,112 --> 00:37:27,911 ROBBIE: He's going to get the forklift, Mike. 1317 00:37:27,979 --> 00:37:30,112 ROBBIE: This is a little different pick. 1318 00:37:30,181 --> 00:37:32,916 Normally we're in a barn with stuff scattered all over. 1319 00:37:33,118 --> 00:37:35,851 This stuff's all stacked in boxes, all on racking. 1320 00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:39,522 ROBBIE: Oh yeah. Your fortune, 10 -cent. 1321 00:37:39,591 --> 00:37:40,523 Push coin, pull chute. 1322 00:37:40,726 --> 00:37:43,393 MIKE: That's cool, dude! 1323 00:37:43,462 --> 00:37:46,529 Here he comes! 1324 00:37:46,732 --> 00:37:47,597 BRIAN: comes the lift. 1325 00:37:47,799 --> 00:37:48,265 ROBBIE: Tilt those forks back. 1326 00:37:48,467 --> 00:37:49,666 BRIAN: Yep. 1327 00:37:49,734 --> 00:37:51,867 ROBBIE: Up... right there. 1328 00:37:51,936 --> 00:37:55,005 Up, up, a little bit more, there you go. 1329 00:37:55,340 --> 00:37:56,673 [beeping] 1330 00:37:56,875 --> 00:37:57,807 MIKE: Yep you got it, you got it. 1331 00:37:57,875 --> 00:37:58,875 ROBBIE: Keep going... right there. 1332 00:37:58,944 --> 00:37:59,809 MIKE: Be easy on it though, because the only 1333 00:37:59,878 --> 00:38:01,411 thing's holding it is this shrink-wrap. 1334 00:38:01,479 --> 00:38:01,811 ROBBIE: Yeah. 1335 00:38:01,879 --> 00:38:02,746 You're good. 1336 00:38:02,814 --> 00:38:03,813 MIKE: Yeah, so be real cautious. 1337 00:38:03,882 --> 00:38:05,482 ROBBIE: Keep go-ho, ho -ho... ho, stop. 1338 00:38:05,684 --> 00:38:07,283 Side shift it that way. 1339 00:38:07,352 --> 00:38:08,084 BRIAN: Yeah. 1340 00:38:08,152 --> 00:38:08,885 ROBBIE: Keep going, there... 1341 00:38:08,953 --> 00:38:10,019 MIKE: There you go, you got it. 1342 00:38:10,088 --> 00:38:12,355 ROBBIE: Right there. You got about 8 inches, right... 1343 00:38:12,423 --> 00:38:13,423 right there. 1344 00:38:13,491 --> 00:38:14,624 BRIAN: I'm clear? 1345 00:38:14,693 --> 00:38:15,158 ROBBIE: Start coming down... 1346 00:38:15,226 --> 00:38:15,892 BRIAN: I'm clear? 1347 00:38:16,094 --> 00:38:16,426 ROBBIE: Yeah, you're clear. Yeah. 1348 00:38:16,628 --> 00:38:19,562 Clear on the floor. 1349 00:38:19,831 --> 00:38:20,430 MIKE: Yeah, she is kind of cool. 1350 00:38:20,632 --> 00:38:21,998 BRIAN: She's a beaut. 1351 00:38:24,369 --> 00:38:25,435 MIKE: Wow. 1352 00:38:26,104 --> 00:38:28,971 Let's see what it looks like there, there we go. 1353 00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:30,040 What do you know about the history of the piece? 1354 00:38:30,242 --> 00:38:31,908 BRIAN: Madam Ruby's another one of those items that 1355 00:38:32,110 --> 00:38:34,377 just been knocking around the family for 40 years. 1356 00:38:34,445 --> 00:38:36,112 MIKE: Okay. 1357 00:38:36,181 --> 00:38:37,046 BRIAN: We think it's a San Francisco piece of some sort. 1358 00:38:37,115 --> 00:38:38,782 BRIAN: Madam Ruby always kind of had a 1359 00:38:38,850 --> 00:38:41,184 special place as one of the family. 1360 00:38:41,252 --> 00:38:42,785 You couldn't have anyone come in to my brother's house or 1361 00:38:42,854 --> 00:38:46,789 my house and not be wow, what is this? 1362 00:38:46,858 --> 00:38:47,590 MIKE: She's got my attention right now. 1363 00:38:47,658 --> 00:38:48,925 BRIAN: She's beautiful. 1364 00:38:48,994 --> 00:38:50,527 MIKE: Her hands aren't cracked, fingers are... 1365 00:38:50,595 --> 00:38:51,260 BRIAN: She's pristine. 1366 00:38:51,329 --> 00:38:52,461 MIKE: case is not cracked. 1367 00:38:52,530 --> 00:38:55,198 You know, and you can obviously see the age of the piece. 1368 00:38:55,266 --> 00:38:58,668 It's a 10-cent machine, but it's a very simple cabinet for 1369 00:38:58,737 --> 00:39:00,403 a very elaborate subject matter. 1370 00:39:00,471 --> 00:39:02,138 BRIAN: Right. 1371 00:39:02,206 --> 00:39:04,407 MIKE: You know, I mean, the only detail in it is here. 1372 00:39:04,475 --> 00:39:05,275 BRIAN: Right. 1373 00:39:05,477 --> 00:39:06,543 MIKE: It's a Chevette of fortune tellers, 1374 00:39:06,611 --> 00:39:07,343 it's not the Cadillac. 1375 00:39:07,412 --> 00:39:09,212 BRIAN: Right. 1376 00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:10,346 MIKE: But it's-it's still amazing, it's still incredible. 1377 00:39:10,415 --> 00:39:12,082 BRIAN: Yes. 1378 00:39:12,284 --> 00:39:14,284 MIKE: What would you feel comfortable at on it, you know? 1379 00:39:14,352 --> 00:39:15,618 BRIAN: 3? 1380 00:39:15,686 --> 00:39:16,752 Just from the condition? 1381 00:39:16,821 --> 00:39:18,888 I mean, she's- she's in fine shape. 1382 00:39:18,957 --> 00:39:20,757 MIKE: Here, why don't we do this, Robbie? 1383 00:39:20,959 --> 00:39:22,158 ROBBIE: Yeah, I'll pull it out of here. 1384 00:39:22,227 --> 00:39:23,092 MIKE: Yeah that's, let me-let me-get, let me get on one side. 1385 00:39:23,161 --> 00:39:24,828 BRIAN: It's not- it's not super heavy. 1386 00:39:24,896 --> 00:39:25,628 ROBBIE: It's right there, we're good. 1387 00:39:25,696 --> 00:39:27,497 We're good, right there. 1388 00:39:27,566 --> 00:39:28,230 MIKE: Come over here. 1389 00:39:28,299 --> 00:39:29,098 ROBBIE: Yeah, right here. 1390 00:39:29,167 --> 00:39:32,769 Alright there, put it down. There. 1391 00:39:32,971 --> 00:39:35,772 Look at this coin mechanism on here, Mike. 1392 00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:37,640 So when it comes in, what's it hit? 1393 00:39:37,709 --> 00:39:39,108 MIKE: Is there a card in there? 1394 00:39:39,177 --> 00:39:40,242 ROBBIE: No, 'cause I'm-that's why I'm looking at the 1395 00:39:40,311 --> 00:39:43,379 coin mechanism. So what it did, shine it right here... 1396 00:39:43,448 --> 00:39:44,247 right there. 1397 00:39:44,449 --> 00:39:46,582 What it did was hit this, and that pushed... 1398 00:39:46,651 --> 00:39:47,716 BRIAN: Coins were in here. 1399 00:39:47,786 --> 00:39:48,985 ROBBIE: And the card dropped out. 1400 00:39:49,054 --> 00:39:50,787 MIKE: What I'm trying to do now, is establish how 1401 00:39:50,989 --> 00:39:53,256 much of the coin-op mechanism is there. 1402 00:39:53,324 --> 00:39:56,058 Because if it works, it's going to take it to a whole new level. 1403 00:39:56,128 --> 00:39:58,595 ROBBIE: I mean, the cord looks like it's in great shape, 1404 00:39:58,663 --> 00:40:00,196 have you got any power? 1405 00:40:00,264 --> 00:40:01,864 BRIAN: Yeah, I do have some power in here, I can get a cord. 1406 00:40:01,933 --> 00:40:03,600 ROBBIE: Yeah, let's plug this thing in. 1407 00:40:03,802 --> 00:40:04,800 BRIAN: Okay. Let me get one. 1408 00:40:04,869 --> 00:40:05,935 MIKE: You know, it almost looks like, 1409 00:40:06,004 --> 00:40:07,069 it looks like it was knocked around a carnival. 1410 00:40:07,138 --> 00:40:08,538 It looks like a carnival piece, you know what I mean? 1411 00:40:08,740 --> 00:40:09,873 ROBBIE: It could have been. 1412 00:40:10,075 --> 00:40:11,741 MIKE: Some of these are extremely elaborate. 1413 00:40:11,943 --> 00:40:14,010 You know, they're very, very detailed. 1414 00:40:14,212 --> 00:40:16,612 And the movement of the piece itself, the automaton, 1415 00:40:16,681 --> 00:40:18,748 is much more sophisticated. 1416 00:40:18,816 --> 00:40:19,748 They are a moving piece of art. 1417 00:40:19,818 --> 00:40:21,985 MIKE: Alright, here we go, man... 1418 00:40:26,958 --> 00:40:29,993 There it goes, she's got the bulbs going. 1419 00:40:30,429 --> 00:40:31,828 Here's a dime. 1420 00:40:31,897 --> 00:40:32,628 ROBBIE: Let's put it in, see if it works. 1421 00:40:33,031 --> 00:40:34,697 MIKE: The beauty of it is, which is remarkable, 1422 00:40:34,766 --> 00:40:36,766 is that she's not all busted up. 1423 00:40:36,835 --> 00:40:38,100 You know, the silk that's around her, 1424 00:40:38,170 --> 00:40:41,103 the clothes that are on her, her hands aren't chipped and 1425 00:40:41,172 --> 00:40:44,374 cracked, her face is still intact and looked beautiful. 1426 00:40:44,442 --> 00:40:46,910 ROBBIE: No. 1427 00:40:46,978 --> 00:40:48,978 Yeah, you don't want to touch that thing. 1428 00:40:49,047 --> 00:40:50,313 MIKE: Oh you can-it's- it's all locked up, man. 1429 00:40:50,515 --> 00:40:51,914 ROBBIE: Yeah. 1430 00:40:51,983 --> 00:40:52,515 BRIAN: If you move that arm, is there like 1431 00:40:52,584 --> 00:40:53,249 an arm connected to that? 1432 00:40:53,451 --> 00:40:54,650 MIKE: Yeah. 1433 00:40:54,719 --> 00:40:56,519 ROBBIE: Oh yeah. Oh there it is. 1434 00:40:56,588 --> 00:40:57,587 MIKE: What's she doing? 1435 00:40:57,655 --> 00:40:58,455 ROBBIE: Lowering her head. 1436 00:40:58,657 --> 00:40:59,722 BRIAN: Her head and her hand. There it is. 1437 00:40:59,791 --> 00:41:00,456 ROBBIE: Yeah, so that motor must have spun somehow, there. 1438 00:41:00,525 --> 00:41:01,257 BRIAN: There, yeah. 1439 00:41:01,459 --> 00:41:01,658 MIKE: Wait. 1440 00:41:01,860 --> 00:41:02,659 ROBBIE: Yah. 1441 00:41:02,727 --> 00:41:03,993 BRIAN: There it is, easy fix. 1442 00:41:04,061 --> 00:41:05,194 MIKE: Well, there's a little bit of life there. 1443 00:41:05,263 --> 00:41:06,529 With a little bit of life means more money on the back end. 1444 00:41:06,597 --> 00:41:08,464 ROBBIE: Look at the front case, Mike, it's completely brokn. 1445 00:41:08,533 --> 00:41:09,666 Someone kicked this. 1446 00:41:09,868 --> 00:41:10,867 MIKE: No, I know. Someone's been... 1447 00:41:11,069 --> 00:41:11,334 ROBBIE: They weren't happy with their fortune. 1448 00:41:11,403 --> 00:41:13,069 MIKE: Well yeah. 1449 00:41:13,137 --> 00:41:14,204 MIKE: The cabinet being very simple and busted up, 1450 00:41:14,406 --> 00:41:16,939 painted blue the way it is, really echoes the environment 1451 00:41:17,008 --> 00:41:19,609 that it would have been in, which was, you know, 1452 00:41:19,677 --> 00:41:20,944 maybe a circus sideshow. 1453 00:41:21,012 --> 00:41:23,946 MIKE: I don't know, I think 3 grand is... 1454 00:41:24,015 --> 00:41:25,214 BRIAN: I'd be comfortable somewhere in the 2s. 1455 00:41:25,283 --> 00:41:28,218 MIKE: With the cabinet the way it is and it doesn't work... 1456 00:41:28,486 --> 00:41:30,286 I'd do like 27. 1457 00:41:30,822 --> 00:41:32,489 BRIAN: Will you give her a good home? 1458 00:41:32,691 --> 00:41:33,556 MIKE: Oh absolutely, yeah. 1459 00:41:33,758 --> 00:41:34,423 BRIAN: Okay, I-I would do 27. 1460 00:41:34,493 --> 00:41:35,358 MIKE: Alright, man. 1461 00:41:35,426 --> 00:41:35,892 BRIAN: Yeah. 1462 00:41:35,961 --> 00:41:36,759 MIKE: I appreciate you. 1463 00:41:36,962 --> 00:41:37,694 MIKE: This collection wasn't curated, 1464 00:41:37,896 --> 00:41:40,430 and it was not planned in any way. 1465 00:41:40,498 --> 00:41:41,631 MIKE: So awesome! 1466 00:41:41,700 --> 00:41:42,431 BRIAN: You got B and I got E. 1467 00:41:42,501 --> 00:41:43,900 MIKE: I love these. 1468 00:41:43,969 --> 00:41:45,835 MIKE: Brian and his family's passion is the 1469 00:41:46,037 --> 00:41:49,038 reason why all of this stuff is here today. 1470 00:41:49,240 --> 00:41:50,707 MIKE: Thanks for sharing some Frisco history with us... 1471 00:41:50,775 --> 00:41:51,774 BRIAN: Thank you, thank you. 1472 00:41:51,842 --> 00:41:52,374 MIKE: and your family's history. 1473 00:41:52,443 --> 00:41:53,376 ROBBIE: Ahh... 1474 00:41:53,445 --> 00:41:54,176 BRIAN: Thank you. 1475 00:41:54,246 --> 00:41:55,177 ROBBIE: Appreciate ya. Thank you. 1476 00:41:55,246 --> 00:41:55,778 MIKE: I'll tell you what, when we walked in, 1477 00:41:55,847 --> 00:41:56,713 it wasn't a big space. 1478 00:41:56,781 --> 00:41:57,313 ROBBIE: I was like... yeah. 1479 00:41:57,515 --> 00:41:58,114 BRIAN: Right. 1480 00:41:58,316 --> 00:41:58,581 MIKE: But you got a great eye, man. 1481 00:41:58,650 --> 00:41:59,515 You really do. 1482 00:41:59,584 --> 00:42:00,650 BRIAN: Big things come in small packages. 1483 00:42:00,852 --> 00:42:02,985 BRIAN: I think that the overall prices were very fair. 1484 00:42:03,054 --> 00:42:05,588 They offered on some of the items to pa more than 1485 00:42:05,790 --> 00:42:07,323 I thought they were even worth. 1486 00:42:07,392 --> 00:42:08,390 [honks horn] 1487 00:42:08,459 --> 00:42:09,125 BRIAN: Alright! 1488 00:42:09,193 --> 00:42:09,926 ROBBIE: See ya, Briaaannn! 1489 00:42:09,994 --> 00:42:10,994 BRIAN: We'll see you down the road!