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Robbie: Dude, jersey keeps
texting me saying that
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Ever since you took him
down south, he's talking
about moving.
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Mike: He's talking about
moving down south?
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Robbie: Yeah.
Can you imagine the heat,
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What it's going to do
to his hair?
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I mean, he's gonna look like the
straggliest-looking dude ever.
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He's got to man-bun it.
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Mike: There's product.
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Robbie: We're talking
about jersey.
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Product, what are you talking
about? The guy doesn't put...
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He puts grease in his hair.
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(laughing)
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Robbie: I'm pretty sure
jersey's a blonde,
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But all the grease
and stain that he's used
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On furniture over the years,
he just keeps doing this.
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Mike: Oh, you're saying
he's got furniture stain in it?
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Robbie: Yeah, haven't you
ever seen? It's got streaks
that were in...
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Mike: Hey, listen, man,
seriously, if he wants
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To move south, I will
encourage him, because
it's a great place to live.
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I just think he's gonna
have to, you know,
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Convert a little bit, you know.
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Robbie: Georgia jon just does
not fit his motif, man.
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(laughing)
mike: Georgia jon.
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Robbie: Georgia jon.
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Mike: Can you imagine jersey
like, "hey, hey, hey y'all.
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Hey-hey. Hey, hey y'all. Hey!"
(laughing)
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Mike: It would be like an
episode of beavis and butthead.
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Robbie: Yeah.
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(rock music)
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Mike: Dani d, what's up?
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Danielle: How's it
hanging, guys?
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Mike: We're right across the
river from council bluffs, iowa.
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Danielle: Huh, I used to have
a lover in council bluffs.
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Mike: Really?!
Danielle: I did.
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Mike: I'll have
to hear about that.
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Robbie: Yeah.
Mike: That sounds like a story
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For a... A couple of cups
of tea and a fire.
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(laughing)
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(chuckling)
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Mike: So what's going on?
We're downtown omaha.
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Where are we going?
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Danielle: So I've been talking
to this gal, kelly, okay?
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Robbie: Yeah.
Mike: Yeah.
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Danielle: Kelly's boss, larry,
is selling off his collection.
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He's trying to clear out
this entire building.
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Robbie: Okay.
Mike: What kind of stuff?
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Danielle: Now it's like
a warehouse full
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Of pinball machines,
advertising, carnival items.
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He's got dolls.
I mean, it's a picking blowout.
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Robbie: I'm not into
the doll thing, dani.
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(laughing)
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Danielle: You know, hey,
there's this lady that keeps
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Calling the shop about dolls.
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She specifically said
that you were interested
in her dolls, robbie.
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Robbie: Get outta town!
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(laughing)
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Robbie: Man, what is up
with you guys?
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Mike: Alright, man, send
us the coordinates.
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Danielle: Yeah, will do.
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I'll talk to you later.
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Mike: Alright, bye.
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Kelly: Hey, this is kelly.
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Mike: Hey, this is mike
and robbie.
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We're at two double doors
right now on this address.
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Kelly: I think you're on
the corner, just keep walking.
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Mike: Okay.
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Kelly: Uh, when you see
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The big yellow streetcar...
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Robbie: Alright, I see it.
Mike: Alright.
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(laughing)
mike: Sorry.
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Alright, we should have...
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We should have been
a little bit more patient.
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Kelly: Welcome to larry-land!
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Robbie: What'd you say?
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Kelly: I said, welcome
to larry-land!
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Robbie: Holy cow!
Mike: Larry-land?
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Robbie: Larry-land.
Kelly: I'm kelly.
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Robbie: How're you doing?
Rob wolfe.
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Mike: Hey, I'm mike,
nice to meet you.
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Kelly: Thank you for coming.
Come on in, guys.
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Mike: So why do they call
this larry-land?
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Kelly: You'll see.
Mike: Okay.
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Kelly: It's... It's a strange
and wonderful place.
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Robbie: A strange
and wonderful place...
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Kelly: Um... After you.
Robbie: Alright.
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Mike: Okay.
Robbie: Oh wow.
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Kelly: Well, let me see
if I can find him...
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Mike: Wow, this is cool.
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Kelly: ...While you guys
follow me.
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Mike: Okay.
Robbie: Holy cow.
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Mike: Dang.
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Mike: I mean, when you walk
into this place,
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I can see why they call it
larry-land.
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I mean, one whole part
of this huge building
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Is devoted to old carnival
and circus gaffs
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And different things.
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Robbie: What the heck...
Kelly: Larry!
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Larry, I have mike and robbie
here for you.
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Mike: What's going on, buddy?
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(chuckling)
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Mike: Hey, I'm mike.
Larry: Mike, larry.
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Mike: Nice to meet you.
My brother, robbie.
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Larry: Larry, nice to meet you.
Mike: Here's a flyer.
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Kelly: You think we got a few
of these things?
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Mike: Yeah...
Larry: Pretty much all of it.
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Mike: What's going on, man? What
are you doing with the poster?
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Larry: Oh I'm just taking them
off the wall,
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We've got a firehouse
letterpress print shop
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That we're putting together.
Kelly runs it for me, and...
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Mike: Okay.
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Larry: I'm gonna take these
all off to give to the shop.
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Mike: Oh you're making,
you're reproducing this?
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Larry: Well, we're going
to reproduce stuff like this.
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Mike: So where's your...
Where's the print shop at?
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Larry: It's over
in council bluffs, iowa,
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Which is 10 minutes
across the river, so...
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Mike: Oh yeah. Well,
I was telling robbie
on the way here that
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Omaha was a suburb
of council bluffs, isn't it?
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Larry: No.
(laughing)
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Mike: I can say it, I can say
that 'cause I'm from iowa,
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I'm from iowa.
We're from iowa. Okay?
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Robbie: Yeah.
Larry: Okay, yeah.
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Mike: So you got this kind of
vibe with print shop?
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Kelly: We're all old school,
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We use antique letterpress
machines, wood blocks and fonts.
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Mike: Really?
Kelly: We have this huge
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Collection of
advertising plates.
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It's really fantastic.
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Mike: So like, what time period
are the machines from?
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Larry: Oh, they go
all the way back to the early
1900s and before.
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Mike: Wow.
Kelly: Yeah.
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Mike: There's not a lot of
people out there that would
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Actually buy all
the printing press equipment,
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And then start manufacturing
the posters again
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Just strictly
because of passion.
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I mean, yeah there's a dollar
to be made at the end of it,
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But that's a huge journey
to take.
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Mike: That's awesome, man.
So you're doing it.
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Larry: Yep. She's doing it.
Mike: You're living the life.
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Larry: Yep.
Kelly: I'm doing it.
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Larry: And she needs
to get back to work.
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Mike: The really big part of it
is finding someone
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That believes in your passion,
that understands you,
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And that wants to go
on that journey with you.
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And that's kelly.
She is way more than
an employee to him.
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She's like his danielle.
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Mike: These look like they've
got a little bit of age to them.
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So do you remember stuff like
this when you were a kid?
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Larry: Uh, I do from going
to the carnivals and I've
been trying to...
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I just bought these.
I'm putting together a carnival
booth for my grandkids, so...
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Mike: Oh so they could actually
throw the balls,
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Knock these down and everything.
Larry: Right, right.
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So they could experience that.
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Mike: That's super cool, man.
I love that.
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Larry: When I was 12 years old,
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I had a carnival in my backyard
at my house.
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And I employed my brothers and
sisters to help me with that.
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As I got older, I saw things
that I thought would be fun
and I purchased them.
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Mike: So hey, what time period
are these planes from,
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Because you know, they've got...
They look like they're
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A combination between wood
and fiberglass.
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But this stuff's airbrushed.
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Larry: I hung
some of them up top.
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Mike: I see that.
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So how long have you had
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
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Of these things protecting
the air space of larry-land?
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Robbie: Larry-land.
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Larry: They've been
guarding this,
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They've been up there for now,
for two years.
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Robbie: Wow.
Mike: Okay.
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Larry: Yeah.
Robbie: You have the wing?
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Larry: It's inside here.
You know I made the wings.
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Robbie: Oh you made
those wings, okay.
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Larry: Because I wanted
to put them up there
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So they looked like
they were flying.
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Mike: Oh, I see what
you're saying.
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Okay, so... They didn't have
wings on them.
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Robbie: They didn't have wings--
larry: No, they never had wings.
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Robbie: Okay.
Mike: All of these carnival
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Rides are a direct connection
to somebody's past.
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That's why they're so popular.
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So the old motorcycles,
the old boats, the horses,
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The airplanes, connected
with so many people.
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Plus, it's got a great esthetic.
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So the colors on these
are airbrushed, you know,
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I don't think they're super old,
but they've got the look,
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You know, got that
dogfight look.
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Robbie: It's even impressed
on the wing... Who made it.
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Mike: What's it say?
Robbie: What's it say, king?
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King amusement company.
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Larry: Yeah, one of the big
amusement companies.
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I have a train made by them.
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Robbie: You have a train
made by these guys?
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Larry: I do, an outdoor train.
Mike: How heavy are they?
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Robbie: I don't know,
let me pick it up.
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Mike: It's not that heavy.
Robbie: No.
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No, it's wood and fiberglass.
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Mike: Okay, what like,
what do you want for
something like this?
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Larry: Uh, probably 300 apiece.
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Mike: Alright, I'm not even
going to try to talk you down,
I love them.
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Larry: Okay. Thank you.
Mike: Thanks for pricing them.
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I think they're really cool.
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Larry: Yeah, they're
great pieces.
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Mike: I mean, stuff like this,
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I mean, I don't know
if it sounds cheesy or not,
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But it's fun, man.
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Larry: Yeah.
Mike: It's like you look at that
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And then you smile.
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Larry: Right.
Mike: You know,
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They're really fun, you know.
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Larry: People ask me why
I collect different things,
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And I think what really powers
that is the fact
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That I've always enjoyed art,
and I've enjoyed, you know,
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Putting things together.
I call it "painting in my
head with objects".
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Mike: Oh wow!
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You nailed this, man.
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Oh my god, I love this.
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I feel like I'm at
the soda fountain.
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Larry: Yeah.
Robbie: Yeah.
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Mike: Yeah. Where's fonzie?
Larry: I was out and I saw
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A pinball machine.
I thought, "that's really cool."
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'cause that's what I used to
play when I would go to the pool
hall when I was in high school.
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Robbie: I've never
seen that top.
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Larry: That came from a...
Robbie: That's so cool.
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Flipper skill games.
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Larry: They only gave them
to the dealers.
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So then it led to the next piece
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And the next piece
and the next piece.
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Mike: You see the button sign?
The quaker state sign?
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Robbie: Oh yeah.
Larry: That came out of a...
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Robbie: The shield.
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Larry: ...My father's garage
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That fixed his cars
back in the '60s.
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Mike: Okay. Was that like,
the inspiration for all of this?
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Larry: No, I started
buying cars.
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Robbie: Oh.
Mike: Oh okay.
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Robbie: It's like a city built
inside a building.
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Mike: Larry is doing a really
good job of curating
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Each and every one
of these spaces.
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So he's had larry-land
since he was 12 years old.
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He had his own carnival
in his backyard,
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He's employing his brothers
and sisters, I mean,
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Basically that's what he's doing
in this building.
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He's recreated larry-land again.
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Mike: Wow, all these like little
nooks and crannies, man.
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Robbie: You got your own bar
up here too?
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Larry: Yep.
Came out of the storz brewhouse.
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Robbie: Is that a local?
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Mike: There's a brewery
here in omaha?
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Larry: Yeah, all these cans up
on top are all storz cans.
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Mike: Here's a little
storz light.
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Robbie: I see a storz light.
Mike: Oh there's another.
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Larry: Yep.
Robbie: This one too.
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Larry: Yep. Mike?
Mike: Yeah.
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Larry: Smash that
against your head.
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Mike: Don't piss me off!
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(laughing)
mike: This is what happens!
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(laughing)
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Robbie: Larry's got a long road
ahead of him.
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He is getting ready
to sell this stuff,
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But there's 27,000
square feet here.
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Robbie: So what's the deal
here, larry?
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You've created a place to look
at your stuff?
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Larry: Well, I extended
the length of the room,
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So I wanted to do something
with what was above it.
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Those are all duck decoys.
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Robbie: Look at that.
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Larry: It's a great piece,
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Because it's got all
the markings on the box.
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Robbie: Yeah, there's your
goose head right there.
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And then you flip this
open here...
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And it locked
into place on that.
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Put them all over the field,
and then the goose came in.
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Larry: Yep.
Robbie: That was it.
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This is, this is early.
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Larry: In beautiful shape.
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Robbie: Where did it come from?
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Larry: Bought that from
frisco, colorado.
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Robbie: Does it say goose
on this side too? Yeah.
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Mike: It says "dupe-a-goose".
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Robbie: Dupe-a-goose.
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Robbie: I've seen a lot
of hunting pieces,
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But this is in the original
crate that you took out
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Before you went hunting.
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Robbie: How much is
dupe-a-goose today?
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(chuckling)
larry: 275.
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Robbie: I'm doing it.
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I think it's a good deal.
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Larry: Yeah, it is a good deal.
Robbie: Yeah.
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For a hunting lodge or anything,
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To have... The fact
that they're all together.
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Larry: Right. I almost didn't
sell those because I was
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Going to put them up higher
in the place I'm moving into,
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But I thought,
why do I really need them.
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You know what, it's just time
to... To let them go.
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Mike: How about this hotel sign?
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Robbie: I mean, that's sign,
that's an early,
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Looks like an early milk glass.
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It's broken there,
isn't it, mike?
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Mike: Yeah, it's broke.
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Robbie: Yeah, so the "h"
would need to be replaced.
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Mike: But the piece is there.
Robbie: Oh.
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Mike: So it's really hard
to find any milk glass
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Lettered sign that doesn't have
a broken letter.
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I mean, that's just
the way it is, that stuff
is so fragile.
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And when you think about the age
of a sign like this,
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You know, it makes sense.
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Mike: But robbie, isn't there
a guy that makes these letters?
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Robbie: Yeah. At about...
Between 3... $400 apiece now.
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Mike: Really?
Robbie: Yeah.
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Mike: This was probably
a double-sided sign,
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And it had a large can,
a box that separated that.
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And that's what lit it up.
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But you know, any early
advertising is really hard,
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Especially milk glass stuff.
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Mike: What are you
thinking on that?
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Larry: I don't know,
make me an offer on it.
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Mike: Umm... With the broken
letter, and obviously,
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It needs a can built,
so you can light it.
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I don't know, 200 bucks.
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Larry: How about 300?
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Mike: Can I take this tape
off of here?
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Larry: Uh, yes.
Mike: Okay, let me see.
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Robbie: Is it broke, mike?
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Mike: Yeah, heck yeah
it's broke.
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Robbie: Oh it's just got
a crack in the letter.
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There it is.
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Larry: Yeah, it's all there.
Robbie: That's the back piece.
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Robbie: That slides
on a groove in the back.
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Mike: Oh yeah. It's all there.
You know, it's incredible
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That the piece is
still there.
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You might be able to glue it,
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You know, and see what
that looks like.
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But you know, once you actually
glue it and put light behind it,
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That's going to determine
whether or not that's going
to pass the smell test.
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Mike: Alright, 300.
Larry: 300.
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Mike: We're doing it.
Shake his hand, robbie.
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I can't believe
that this is there!
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Robmike: What's upstairs?His?
What's going on up there, larry?
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Robbie: What's up there?
Mike: Come on, larry.
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Robbie: What's he smiling for?
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Larry: You ready to climb?
Robbie: Yeah.
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Larry: Watch your head at the
top, there's a beam there...
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Mike: Okay.
Alright, let's see here.
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Larry: Coolers and picnic
baskets.
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Robbie: What's out there?
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Mike: Oh now this is larry-land.
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Look at this!
(laughing)
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Mike: Wow!
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Robbie: Oh wow.
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Mike: I love what you did
with the skis, man.
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Robbie: I mean, what is this?
Is this your like...
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Larry: It's my yard.
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Mike: It's a great view.
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Larry: Yep.
View's fantastic.
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Robbie: Is this like your...
Guest house?
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Larry: No, that's our
upstairs of our house.
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Robbie: Oh this is the upstairs
of your house.
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Larry: We haven't been
in there yet.
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Mike: This is great.
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Robbie: Crazy.
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Mike: So how'd you get
this up here?
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Larry: With a crane.
Mike: Really!
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A crane from that alley there?
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Larry: Right up front.
Mike: Oh here?
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God-dang, that wasn't cheap.
Robbie: This thing's beautiful.
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Mike: Larry is like
the p.T. Barnum of omaha.
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I mean, everything is about the
experience, it's extravagant,
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It's over the top, there's kind
of a circus theme
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That goes through everything
and anything that he does.
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I mean, you walk up to the
rooftop, there's pink fences,
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There's astro-turf,
there's travel trailers,
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There's greenhouses.
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Larry: I have a tendency
to look at the whole big picture
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And kind of know what I'm doing.
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And then that's why I have
acquired so much stuff.
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Mike: Yeah.
Larry: 'cause then,
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All of a sudden, I'm...
Boom-boom-boom-boom...
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Mike: Yeah.
Robbie: Yeah.
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Larry: ...Trying to put it
all together.
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Mike: But when you started
this journey,
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Was this part of the equation
or was this an afterthought?
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Larry: It was an afterthought,
because that was down
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In the garage where
the carnival is.
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Robbie: Okay.
Mike: Yeah.
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Larry: That was gonna be
my carnival trailer
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That I was going to live out of.
Robbie: Oh...
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Mike: You were gonna
do a carnival!
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Larry: In my head, you know...
Robbie: In his head.
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(laughing)
larry: I was playing carnival.
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Robbie: So I'm starting
to understand why kelly said,
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"welcome to larry-land."
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Larry: Yeah.
Mike: Yeah.
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Robbie: I mean, this is like,
all coming together.
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Mike: Dang, larry.
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Robbie: I mean, this guy
had a vision
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When he bought this building.
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Robbie: So larry, what's up with
that swimming pool sign up here?
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Central city?
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Larry: Came out of
a motel out there.
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Robbie: It looks like '60s,
that was back when the motels
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Would always be like,
"hey, we have a pool."
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These signs were hand-painted
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For a motel that had a pool
and a playground.
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Those were big deals
to families back then.
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Is that for sale?
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Larry: I'd sell them 300 apiece
or 500 for the pair.
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Robbie: I'll take them both
for 500.
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Larry: Okay.
Robbie: Thank you.
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Mike: Robbie's a popeye guy.
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Robbie: Yeah, look at that.
25 bucks.
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Larry: No, I won't do that.
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(laughing)
robbie: Well, come on...
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What do you got to
have for it?
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Larry: 60, 70 bucks.
Robbie: Alright.
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(laughing)
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Robbie: You said 60,
then you said 70.
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Larry: 70 bucks.
Robbie: 70 bucks, I'll take it.
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Mike: What's going on with that?
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Larry: Interesting piece,
isn't it?
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Robbie: Is that off a circus?
Larry: No.
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00:14:00,039 --> 00:14:02,574
My dad's fraternity house
at creighton university.
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00:14:02,642 --> 00:14:03,975
Mike: That was on his house?
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00:14:03,977 --> 00:14:05,242
Robbie: Wow.
Larry: I'm not gonna keep it.
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Mike: Oh you're not. Well, what
do you gotta have for that?
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Larry: $75.
Mike: Alright, 75 bucks.
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00:14:09,849 --> 00:14:11,782
Larry: Okay.
Mike: I love the lights,
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I love the patina,
I love the shape.
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And most of all,
I love the story.
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Robbie: I got to ask you
about this.
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Popcorn machine.
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Larry: You always saw
these in theaters.
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Robbie: Yeah, this thing,
I think this is too big for me.
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Mike: What's going on
with the steam boat, man?
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This has to be super loud.
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Larry: It is very loud.
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There's a company in kansas,
I think it's called minor...
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Mike and robbie: Okay.
Larry: ...That specialized
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In making trucks
and popcorn trucks with this
type of musical equipment.
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Robbie: Oh yeah.
Larry: And I have one of those
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At the candy store that I own
that I just got out of.
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Mike: So wait a second, so you
were in the candy business,
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You're in the printing business,
you're in the...
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Robbie: What is this?
Mike: ...Larry-land business.
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Larry: I started a candy
business because we had some
of these items.
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I had pez dispensers, and
I had candy boxes.
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00:14:56,162 --> 00:14:59,897
Putting those up, it sparked
people to come in the store.
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We get people from
all over the world.
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Mike: How big is it?
Larry: About 12,000 square foot
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Retail candy store.
Robbie: Candy store.
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12,000 square feet.
Mike: Dang!
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Larry: It has a diner, it has
a movie theater, and it has--
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Mike: 12...
Robbie: What?!
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Mike: Oh, okay.
So you do things big, my friend.
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Larry: Yeah, yeah.
Robbie: Yeah.
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Larry: Earlier this year, I sold
the hollywood candy business.
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And at the same time,
the people that came in
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To buy the business also wanted
to buy the building that I'm in.
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At some point in time,
I've got to make a decision
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So I don't leave it on my kids
and my wife to have to deal
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00:15:28,061 --> 00:15:29,994
With all this, 'cause as you
can see, there's lots.
462
00:15:30,063 --> 00:15:32,196
And this is just, you know,
a small portion in here.
463
00:15:32,264 --> 00:15:34,799
Mike: I think it gets to a point
too where you've worked so hard,
464
00:15:34,867 --> 00:15:37,468
You've accumulated
so much stuff, that,
465
00:15:37,537 --> 00:15:38,870
You know, at some point,
466
00:15:38,872 --> 00:15:40,071
You want to enjoy it.
Larry: Right.
467
00:15:40,073 --> 00:15:41,806
Mike: You know, and not
just enjoy your things,
468
00:15:41,874 --> 00:15:44,075
But enjoy family too.
Larry: Right.
469
00:15:44,077 --> 00:15:45,876
Mike: Like my brother now,
we call him daddy-pop.
470
00:15:45,945 --> 00:15:47,745
Robbie: Yeah.
Mike: He's a grandpa now.
471
00:15:47,814 --> 00:15:49,747
Robbie: Yeah.
Larry: So am I.
472
00:15:49,816 --> 00:15:50,682
Mike: Yeah.
Robbie: There you go.
473
00:15:50,750 --> 00:15:51,949
Mike: When you're
an entrepreneur,
474
00:15:52,018 --> 00:15:54,085
You're used to making
something out of nothing.
475
00:15:54,087 --> 00:15:56,754
And larry has done that over
and over and over again.
476
00:15:56,822 --> 00:15:58,822
And on his journey,
he has collected
477
00:15:58,892 --> 00:16:01,892
All these things
for these businesses.
478
00:16:01,961 --> 00:16:04,028
And now all of a sudden
he's realizing,
479
00:16:04,097 --> 00:16:05,296
"I got all this stuff,
what am I going to do with it?
480
00:16:05,298 --> 00:16:08,232
I've got family, I don't want to
leave the burden to them."
481
00:16:08,300 --> 00:16:10,567
You know, it's like, he wants
to get back to the point where,
482
00:16:10,637 --> 00:16:13,170
He's working with less,
483
00:16:13,239 --> 00:16:15,973
Because that's where you have
the most creative thoughts.
484
00:16:16,042 --> 00:16:18,042
Robbie: Did you have all games
set up in here?
485
00:16:18,111 --> 00:16:19,910
Larry: I was just starting
to build the... Thing
486
00:16:19,979 --> 00:16:22,113
To put together
with those knock-downs.
487
00:16:22,115 --> 00:16:24,048
Robbie: Oh this is for the
knock-downs right here.
488
00:16:24,117 --> 00:16:25,316
Larry: I was going to make this
a knock-down booth.
489
00:16:25,318 --> 00:16:27,918
I had to do something to kind
of choreograph it together
490
00:16:27,987 --> 00:16:28,786
With all the pieces
and stuff that I had.
491
00:16:28,788 --> 00:16:30,722
Yeah, that's a great
one there...
492
00:16:30,790 --> 00:16:32,123
Robbie: Freakin' love
these, yeah.
493
00:16:32,125 --> 00:16:34,258
Larry: The chalkware was made
during the wintertime,
494
00:16:34,260 --> 00:16:37,929
When they didn't go out on the
street and have carnivals going.
495
00:16:37,997 --> 00:16:39,797
They would go back
and they'd pour these molds
496
00:16:39,866 --> 00:16:41,932
And they'd make this
cheap chalkware.
497
00:16:42,001 --> 00:16:42,867
Then they'd paint them up
and decorate them.
498
00:16:42,935 --> 00:16:45,870
So there's nothing fancy
about most of them.
499
00:16:45,872 --> 00:16:46,937
I mean, some are better
than others.
500
00:16:47,006 --> 00:16:48,673
Mike: That's one I haven't seen
right there.
501
00:16:48,675 --> 00:16:50,675
Robbie: Is that betty boop?
502
00:16:50,677 --> 00:16:51,876
Larry: I think so. Similar.
503
00:16:51,878 --> 00:16:52,877
Mike: She's sitting
in a horseshoe.
504
00:16:52,945 --> 00:16:55,145
Robbie: Hm.
Mike: What do you value that at?
505
00:16:55,215 --> 00:16:57,615
Larry: Um... Probably 40 bucks.
Mike: Would you sell it?
506
00:16:57,617 --> 00:16:58,816
Larry: Um... I'd sell it.
507
00:16:58,818 --> 00:17:00,885
Mike: Okay, I'll do 40
bucks on it.
508
00:17:00,953 --> 00:17:01,986
Larry: Okay. Perfect.
Mike: I appreciate it.
509
00:17:04,824 --> 00:17:06,357
Mike: What else you got
back here?
510
00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:09,160
These look like old
buster keaton stuff.
511
00:17:09,228 --> 00:17:10,828
Larry: Yeah, they were all...
Robbie: They're really early.
512
00:17:10,896 --> 00:17:12,029
Larry: ...Silent movie.
Robbie: Yeah.
513
00:17:12,031 --> 00:17:14,031
Mike: I love silent movie stuff.
Check that out.
514
00:17:14,100 --> 00:17:15,966
Larry: Stereo-optics.
Mike: I've got a bunch of...
515
00:17:16,035 --> 00:17:17,434
Larry: Do ya?
Mike: ...Stereo-optics cards.
516
00:17:17,504 --> 00:17:18,970
Larry: We do too.
517
00:17:18,972 --> 00:17:20,571
Mike: It looks like
that's what would fit...
518
00:17:20,573 --> 00:17:21,839
Larry: It does, it does.
519
00:17:21,908 --> 00:17:22,639
Mike: ...Your traditional...
Larry: Yep.
520
00:17:22,709 --> 00:17:24,709
Mike: Okay. 99% of the time
521
00:17:24,711 --> 00:17:26,310
When you find a stereo viewer,
522
00:17:26,378 --> 00:17:28,579
They're very simple,
they're made of wood
and they're hand-held.
523
00:17:28,581 --> 00:17:30,782
This one is different.
524
00:17:30,850 --> 00:17:33,117
It's counter-top,
and it's adjustable.
525
00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:36,587
It's almost kind of like on a...
Like a microphone stand,
526
00:17:36,655 --> 00:17:38,255
And then it's cast aluminum.
527
00:17:38,324 --> 00:17:40,991
I think it's missing something,
it might have had a light source
528
00:17:41,060 --> 00:17:42,926
On the back of it,
but I've never seen this piece
529
00:17:42,996 --> 00:17:44,996
And it's very cool,
it's really elaborate.
530
00:17:44,998 --> 00:17:47,999
The much later version of
that would be like,
531
00:17:48,067 --> 00:17:50,868
From when I was a kid,
when you put the round disc
532
00:17:50,870 --> 00:17:52,336
In the top and you looked
through it,
533
00:17:52,404 --> 00:17:55,606
And you flipped through
the pictures of dinosaurs
and tarantulas.
534
00:17:55,675 --> 00:17:57,742
It was called the view-master.
535
00:17:57,810 --> 00:17:59,610
Mike: What are you
thinking on this?
536
00:17:59,679 --> 00:18:01,345
Larry: Make me an offer on it.
537
00:18:01,414 --> 00:18:04,015
Mike: Uh... 125.
538
00:18:05,484 --> 00:18:06,750
Larry: I'd do 125.
539
00:18:06,819 --> 00:18:07,985
Mike: Alright, thank you,
I love it.
540
00:18:13,759 --> 00:18:16,227
Mike: Alright, what else do you
got to show us?
541
00:18:16,295 --> 00:18:17,762
Larry: Show you the rest of the
house, this is where we lived.
542
00:18:17,830 --> 00:18:19,964
Mike: Okay.
Robbie: Those are cool.
543
00:18:19,966 --> 00:18:20,898
Mike: Here, you have
the whole schoenhut...
544
00:18:20,900 --> 00:18:22,766
The whole freakin' circus
right here, man.
545
00:18:22,835 --> 00:18:23,834
Larry: The tent's hard
to come by.
546
00:18:23,836 --> 00:18:26,037
Robbie: Did that all
come together?
547
00:18:26,105 --> 00:18:27,905
Larry: No, I pieced it.
Robbie: I was going to say.
548
00:18:27,974 --> 00:18:29,974
Most of these you find,
you find the pieces,
549
00:18:29,976 --> 00:18:31,309
You never find it all together.
Larry: No.
550
00:18:31,311 --> 00:18:34,378
Mike: Yeah, I've had parts and
pieces over the years of these.
551
00:18:34,446 --> 00:18:36,714
It seems like the elephant
and the horse is the one
you find the most.
552
00:18:36,782 --> 00:18:37,915
Larry: Yeah, they're real
common.
553
00:18:37,984 --> 00:18:39,717
Mike: Schoenhut has been around
since the late 1800s.
554
00:18:39,719 --> 00:18:41,919
They started making toy pianos,
555
00:18:41,988 --> 00:18:43,654
They made dolls, they made
a lot of figures.
556
00:18:43,723 --> 00:18:45,856
This is the schoenhut circus,
557
00:18:45,858 --> 00:18:49,126
And he has anything
and everything.
558
00:18:49,195 --> 00:18:51,195
Actually, to be honest with you,
I've seen these before,
559
00:18:51,197 --> 00:18:55,199
But I've never seen one of these
that has this many pieces.
560
00:18:55,267 --> 00:18:56,800
Robbie: How many years did it
take you to piece that together?
561
00:18:56,869 --> 00:18:59,002
Larry: I still look
for stuff for it.
562
00:18:59,072 --> 00:19:00,404
You know, extra clowns
or something like that.
563
00:19:00,406 --> 00:19:01,872
Mike: Um-hm.
564
00:19:01,941 --> 00:19:02,940
What's the value of something
like that?
565
00:19:02,942 --> 00:19:05,409
I mean, just educate us.
I don't even know.
566
00:19:05,478 --> 00:19:06,810
Larry: Maybe 30.
567
00:19:06,879 --> 00:19:08,746
Mike: 30,000? Really?
Robbie: Yeah.
568
00:19:08,814 --> 00:19:11,081
Mike: Wow.
Larry: The value could be
569
00:19:11,150 --> 00:19:13,083
Even higher than that,
because it's the whole thing.
570
00:19:13,152 --> 00:19:16,020
Mike: From the soda fountain,
to the service station,
571
00:19:16,022 --> 00:19:18,890
To the circus room,
to the schoenhut circus...
572
00:19:18,958 --> 00:19:21,291
I mean, he's a little bit
of a completionist.
573
00:19:21,361 --> 00:19:24,562
I mean, the guy attacks
it head-on, with passion
and hard work.
574
00:19:24,630 --> 00:19:25,763
Mike: Would you sell this?
575
00:19:25,765 --> 00:19:27,431
Larry: Last camel?
Mike: Yeah.
576
00:19:27,500 --> 00:19:29,633
Steak sandwiches.
577
00:19:29,702 --> 00:19:30,901
Larry: Yep.
Mike: Western.
578
00:19:30,970 --> 00:19:33,904
I'd be like 200 on that, I think
it's worth like 3-and-a-quarter.
579
00:19:33,973 --> 00:19:36,707
Larry: I'd do 200.
Mike: You want to do 200?
580
00:19:36,775 --> 00:19:37,708
Larry: I would.
Mike: Thank you.
581
00:19:37,777 --> 00:19:39,110
I appreciate that.
I love it.
582
00:19:39,112 --> 00:19:40,911
Robbie: How do you get the chips
out of here, larry?
583
00:19:40,980 --> 00:19:42,046
Larry: Let me look at this
for a minute.
584
00:19:42,048 --> 00:19:44,382
Robbie: Oh there you go.
Mike: Oh, look at that.
585
00:19:44,450 --> 00:19:45,916
That's cool, man!
586
00:19:45,918 --> 00:19:47,051
Robbie: Yeah, larry's like
I got it now.
587
00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:48,185
Larry: Pretty sharp, isn't it?
Mike: That's pretty cool.
588
00:19:48,254 --> 00:19:50,788
You just needed some wd-40.
Robbie: Yeah. 65 bucks.
589
00:19:50,856 --> 00:19:52,256
Larry: No, I wouldn't go
that low on it.
590
00:19:52,325 --> 00:19:53,057
(laughing)
591
00:19:53,125 --> 00:19:53,791
Robbie: You want to cut
high card?
592
00:19:53,793 --> 00:19:56,193
Larry: Uh... No.
(laughing)
593
00:19:56,195 --> 00:19:59,997
I'd probably be
at 100-and-a-half
on the whole thing.
594
00:20:00,066 --> 00:20:01,666
Robbie: With the wafers.
Larry: With the wafers.
595
00:20:01,668 --> 00:20:01,999
Yeah, I mean that's just...
596
00:20:02,668 --> 00:20:04,668
Robbie: 150.
Larry: 150.
597
00:20:04,737 --> 00:20:06,337
Robbie: Alright.
Larry: Okay.
598
00:20:06,739 --> 00:20:08,072
Mike: Okay, I got to ask, man.
599
00:20:08,140 --> 00:20:10,074
Larry: Put your face in there,
put the coin in there,
600
00:20:10,076 --> 00:20:11,676
It distorts your face
like one of those mirrors.
601
00:20:11,678 --> 00:20:12,542
Robbie: Where's the coin go?
602
00:20:12,612 --> 00:20:13,811
Larry: I can't even...
603
00:20:13,813 --> 00:20:15,079
Mike: It's on the side
over here.
604
00:20:15,147 --> 00:20:17,815
Robbie: Oh. It distorts
your face if you look into it?
605
00:20:17,883 --> 00:20:19,416
Mike: Is this the 1960s?
Larry: Probably.
606
00:20:19,485 --> 00:20:21,819
Mike: When I first look over
in the corner, I'm thinking,
is that a dryer?
607
00:20:21,887 --> 00:20:23,754
Is that a washer?
You get closer to it,
608
00:20:23,823 --> 00:20:26,624
And you realize
that it's a camera,
609
00:20:26,692 --> 00:20:28,893
It's a sea foam green camera.
610
00:20:28,895 --> 00:20:30,961
Very cool.
The best thing about it is,
611
00:20:31,030 --> 00:20:33,630
It's coin-op, and I've never
seen it before.
612
00:20:33,700 --> 00:20:35,032
I have no idea if it works,
613
00:20:35,034 --> 00:20:38,836
It's just such an unusually
large, cool piece.
614
00:20:38,904 --> 00:20:41,772
Mike: All the sides
are the same color.
615
00:20:41,841 --> 00:20:43,708
So it presents
three-dimensional.
616
00:20:43,710 --> 00:20:45,843
Like it's not just... The front.
617
00:20:45,911 --> 00:20:47,511
Larry: Right.
Mike: Wow, that's cool.
618
00:20:48,047 --> 00:20:49,913
What are you thinking
on something like that?
619
00:20:49,982 --> 00:20:51,381
Larry: Why don't you shoot
a price at me?
620
00:20:51,451 --> 00:20:51,983
Mike: Um...
621
00:20:53,453 --> 00:20:54,986
4-and-a-quarter.
622
00:20:56,989 --> 00:20:58,789
Larry: Not what I was thinking.
Mike: Okay.
623
00:20:58,857 --> 00:21:00,992
Well, tell me what
you were thinking.
624
00:21:01,861 --> 00:21:04,996
Larry: My price was 400.
(laughing)
625
00:21:06,399 --> 00:21:07,664
Mike: Thank you!
626
00:21:07,734 --> 00:21:10,000
Robbie: 'cause everything I ask
him about, he seems to go up.
627
00:21:10,002 --> 00:21:11,134
Mike: I know!
Larry: Well, I just, you know...
628
00:21:11,204 --> 00:21:12,736
Mike: It's energy, man.
Larry: I just want to be fair
629
00:21:12,805 --> 00:21:13,937
With what I feel
things are worth.
630
00:21:14,006 --> 00:21:16,073
Mike: Well, you know what,
I'm that way too.
631
00:21:16,142 --> 00:21:18,342
Larry: I had gone through
a transition probably, you know,
632
00:21:18,411 --> 00:21:22,079
15 years ago,
and ended up putting
a lot of things at auction.
633
00:21:22,148 --> 00:21:26,150
So the experience today, I made
the decision that,
634
00:21:26,218 --> 00:21:29,820
I want them to go, and I could
control what I got for them.
635
00:21:29,889 --> 00:21:31,822
It wasn't an auction.
I like to be fair.
636
00:21:31,891 --> 00:21:33,291
Mike: Check out those,
you see these?
637
00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:35,025
King david.
638
00:21:35,094 --> 00:21:37,561
Robbie: Look at the rooster.
Mike: Prairie belle.
639
00:21:37,964 --> 00:21:39,763
Robbie: Larry, how much
are all the apple boxes?
640
00:21:39,832 --> 00:21:42,232
And I'm counting those
over there.
641
00:21:42,301 --> 00:21:43,767
I don't know how many are there.
Mike: There's some over here.
642
00:21:43,836 --> 00:21:45,168
Robbie: And there's more
behind here.
643
00:21:45,238 --> 00:21:47,504
Larry: How about once we got
them down and counted them,
644
00:21:47,573 --> 00:21:48,172
How about 20 a crate?
645
00:21:49,108 --> 00:21:51,709
Mike: I was going to say,
if those were in the store,
646
00:21:51,777 --> 00:21:54,779
They'd be...
Larry: 50, 60 bucks?
647
00:21:54,847 --> 00:21:56,980
Mike: Depending
on the label and...
648
00:21:57,049 --> 00:21:57,915
Depending on the label
and the subject matter.
649
00:21:57,983 --> 00:21:59,317
Larry: I know that's what
I'd sell them for.
650
00:21:59,385 --> 00:22:00,851
Or 80, you know.
651
00:22:00,919 --> 00:22:01,985
Mike: You've gotten
that much for them?
652
00:22:02,054 --> 00:22:03,854
Larry: Oh god, yes.
Mike: Can we get up there?
653
00:22:03,923 --> 00:22:05,723
How do you get up there?
Which way do you go?
654
00:22:05,791 --> 00:22:06,791
Larry: Here.
I don't think you can...
655
00:22:06,859 --> 00:22:09,059
Mike: We can count how many
are behind this stack.
656
00:22:09,128 --> 00:22:11,061
Robbie: The thing that makes
these crates desirable
657
00:22:11,130 --> 00:22:13,998
Are the advertising that are
on the front of them.
658
00:22:14,066 --> 00:22:16,066
The fact that these actually
have all the original
659
00:22:16,068 --> 00:22:18,736
Paper labels on them
and they're in great shape,
660
00:22:18,804 --> 00:22:20,937
There's a million uses
for these.
661
00:22:21,007 --> 00:22:22,873
Mike: From where I'm standing
right here,
662
00:22:22,941 --> 00:22:26,543
I counted like 15 of them...
On the back.
663
00:22:26,612 --> 00:22:27,811
Larry: I counted 40 of--
664
00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:29,346
Mike: Let me see
the condition of them.
665
00:22:29,415 --> 00:22:33,017
Robbie: Larry said there's
a motorcycle engine crate
back there.
666
00:22:33,019 --> 00:22:34,351
Mike: There is?
Shut up, you're full of crap.
667
00:22:34,353 --> 00:22:36,820
(laughing)
668
00:22:36,889 --> 00:22:37,488
Robbie: He's all the way
into the ball...
669
00:22:37,556 --> 00:22:40,291
The jowls of the beast.
670
00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:42,026
Mike: I am.
671
00:22:42,094 --> 00:22:45,095
And there's some pretty
uneventful crates back here.
672
00:22:45,164 --> 00:22:48,232
After being back there,
you could see that larry did
673
00:22:48,300 --> 00:22:50,967
His due diligence
and he put all the killer
ones in the front.
674
00:22:51,037 --> 00:22:53,236
And that's really
what we're looking at here.
675
00:22:53,306 --> 00:22:56,840
I mean, individually, these
crates are not that big a deal.
676
00:22:56,909 --> 00:22:58,975
But when you put them
all together,
677
00:22:59,045 --> 00:23:01,112
It becomes this art
installation, you know.
678
00:23:01,180 --> 00:23:04,515
It'd be really cool to sell them
to one person at one time,
679
00:23:04,583 --> 00:23:09,853
That just appreciates
the colors and the graphics
and the subject matter.
680
00:23:09,922 --> 00:23:11,322
This is larry's big
andy warhol moment,
681
00:23:11,324 --> 00:23:16,059
Looking up at all of the orange
crates, all of that repetition,
682
00:23:16,128 --> 00:23:18,729
Repetition, repetition.
You counting them, robbie?
683
00:23:18,798 --> 00:23:19,997
Robbie: There's 42,
if you count--
684
00:23:20,065 --> 00:23:21,665
Mike: If you count those?
Robbie: Those on the end.
685
00:23:21,734 --> 00:23:23,534
Mike: Yeah.
Robbie: Yeah.
686
00:23:23,602 --> 00:23:24,602
Mike: 42.
Robbie: Yeah.
687
00:23:24,670 --> 00:23:26,403
Mike: So you're thinking what?
688
00:23:26,472 --> 00:23:28,005
Larry: 20 apiece.
689
00:23:29,208 --> 00:23:32,543
Robbie: So there's 42 of them
here, you're at $840.
690
00:23:32,945 --> 00:23:37,014
Why don't we just do...
The 42, 700 bucks.
691
00:23:39,218 --> 00:23:42,553
That's a headache out of your
hair and a headache in ours.
692
00:23:42,555 --> 00:23:43,988
Larry: I'll go to 750.
693
00:23:45,557 --> 00:23:46,991
Mike: You know what...
694
00:23:48,828 --> 00:23:50,761
I'll do 8.
Larry: Okay, thank you.
695
00:23:50,830 --> 00:23:52,762
Robbie: Whoa!
Robbie: It came back.
696
00:23:52,832 --> 00:23:54,698
Larry: It came back to me,
alright.
697
00:23:54,700 --> 00:23:55,499
Mike: See?
Alright, buddy.
698
00:23:55,567 --> 00:23:57,901
Robbie: Dang.
Mike: Larry is an artist.
699
00:23:57,970 --> 00:24:00,638
And the way he's displayed
his collections
700
00:24:00,706 --> 00:24:02,906
Allows him to flex that muscle.
701
00:24:02,975 --> 00:24:04,708
Larry: You want me
to grab one of these?
702
00:24:04,776 --> 00:24:06,110
Robbie: Oh yeah,
grab that, larry.
703
00:24:06,178 --> 00:24:07,645
Mike: The fact that he was able
to share his collection
704
00:24:07,647 --> 00:24:12,115
Through his different
businesses, is really every
collector's dream.
705
00:24:12,184 --> 00:24:14,784
On top of that, he's the coolest
daddy-pop I've ever met.
706
00:24:14,854 --> 00:24:16,720
Love the way
you're living, buddy.
707
00:24:16,722 --> 00:24:18,322
Larry: Yeah.
Mike: Absolutely.
708
00:24:18,324 --> 00:24:19,924
Larry: Change of life here, so.
Mike: God bless you, my friend.
709
00:24:19,926 --> 00:24:21,459
Larry: Appreciate you
coming in, though.
710
00:24:21,527 --> 00:24:22,392
Mike: Thank you so much.
711
00:24:22,461 --> 00:24:23,727
Larry: Okay, you guys have
a good trip.
712
00:24:23,796 --> 00:24:24,862
Mike: We'll see you down
the road.
713
00:24:24,930 --> 00:24:26,396
Come see us in iowa.
Larry: I'll do that.
714
00:24:26,465 --> 00:24:27,264
(horn honking)
715
00:24:27,266 --> 00:24:28,065
Robbie: See you
on the road, larry!
716
00:24:28,133 --> 00:24:28,999
Larry: Okay, take care,
thanks again!
717
00:24:39,945 --> 00:24:41,812
Mike: There you go,
yeah brother, look at that.
(phone ringing)
mike: Here's danielle calling.
718
00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:43,481
Robbie: Yeah.
Mike: Dani d, what's up?
719
00:24:43,549 --> 00:24:45,148
Robbie: Whaddup, dani d?
720
00:24:45,217 --> 00:24:46,950
Danielle: Good morning,
how're you doing, this morning?
721
00:24:47,019 --> 00:24:49,820
Mike: We're in kansas, man,
the great plains.
722
00:24:49,822 --> 00:24:51,688
This is the beginning
of the west.
723
00:24:51,757 --> 00:24:53,290
What do you got?
Danielle: Okay.
724
00:24:53,358 --> 00:24:55,559
So I've been going
back and forth with
this chick named tresa.
725
00:24:55,627 --> 00:25:01,364
Mike's a local veterinarian,
and tresa is fed up with
his collection.
726
00:25:01,434 --> 00:25:02,299
Mike: Okay.
727
00:25:02,368 --> 00:25:03,567
Danielle: He has a house
next door
728
00:25:03,569 --> 00:25:06,770
That he has stuffed full
of furniture, advertising...
729
00:25:06,772 --> 00:25:08,706
Anything and everything
he could get his hands on
over all these years.
730
00:25:08,774 --> 00:25:10,908
Mike: Hey, I like
this guy already.
731
00:25:10,976 --> 00:25:12,576
He's got his own house
for his collection.
732
00:25:12,645 --> 00:25:14,311
So it's like a big man cave?
733
00:25:14,380 --> 00:25:16,981
Danielle: I mean, I would call
it more of a junk maze...
734
00:25:17,049 --> 00:25:20,117
Robbie: A junk maze,
I like that word, junk maze.
735
00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:21,718
Danielle: I mean,
I would think skinny,
736
00:25:21,787 --> 00:25:23,854
Because this place is packed.
737
00:25:23,856 --> 00:25:25,723
Mike: Alright, send us
the coordinates.
738
00:25:25,725 --> 00:25:27,858
Danielle: Yeah, will do,
will do.
739
00:25:27,860 --> 00:25:28,725
Keep me posted, I'll talk
to you soon.
740
00:25:28,794 --> 00:25:30,394
Mike: Bye.
Danielle: Bye.
741
00:25:30,396 --> 00:25:30,995
(rock music)
742
00:25:33,065 --> 00:25:34,998
Mike: Okay yeah, look
at this main street, man.
743
00:25:35,067 --> 00:25:38,735
Robbie: Oh it's amazing.
Mike: This is so awesome!
744
00:25:38,804 --> 00:25:40,470
All of this brick.
Robbie: Wow.
745
00:25:40,539 --> 00:25:42,473
Organized in 1874.
746
00:25:42,541 --> 00:25:45,008
Mike: Wow, super cool.
747
00:25:45,077 --> 00:25:46,610
Oh, this is his house
right here, this is it.
748
00:25:46,679 --> 00:25:47,811
Robbie: This is it right here.
749
00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:48,879
Mike: Yeah, absolutely.
Robbie: Yeah.
750
00:25:48,948 --> 00:25:51,214
Mike: So which way should we go,
go in here?
751
00:25:51,283 --> 00:25:53,984
Robbie: Right here, right here.
Mike: Alright. Get a flyer.
752
00:25:57,623 --> 00:25:59,490
Ah... Great house, man.
753
00:25:59,492 --> 00:26:00,824
Robbie: Beautiful.
754
00:26:00,892 --> 00:26:01,892
Mike: Alright, this guy's
name is mike.
755
00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:04,995
(knocking on door)
robbie: Easy to remember.
756
00:26:05,498 --> 00:26:06,764
Mike: Hey-hey!
757
00:26:06,832 --> 00:26:07,964
Tresa: Hey.
Mike: Hey, how are you?
758
00:26:08,034 --> 00:26:09,366
Tresa: Good, how are you?
Mike: Is mike here?
759
00:26:09,434 --> 00:26:10,834
Tresa: He is.
760
00:26:10,836 --> 00:26:11,702
Mike: Hey, I'm mike.
Tresa: Tresa.
761
00:26:11,770 --> 00:26:13,036
Mike: This is my brother,
robbie.
762
00:26:13,105 --> 00:26:14,838
Tresa: Hi, robbie.
Mike: You talked to danielle?
763
00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:15,839
Tresa: Yeah, I talked
to danielle.
764
00:26:15,908 --> 00:26:17,641
Mike: So you're the one
that called?
765
00:26:17,709 --> 00:26:18,976
Tresa: Yes, yes.
Mike: Okay.
766
00:26:18,978 --> 00:26:20,510
Tresa: He has a whole house
full of stuff.
767
00:26:20,579 --> 00:26:21,912
Mike: I know, right?
768
00:26:21,980 --> 00:26:23,780
Tresa: And it would be
absolutely wonderful
769
00:26:23,849 --> 00:26:24,715
If you could get rid
of the stuff.
770
00:26:24,783 --> 00:26:25,716
(laughing)
robbie: Some of it?
771
00:26:25,784 --> 00:26:27,117
Tresa: Most of it,
would be great.
772
00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:28,719
Mike: So it sounds like you're
a pretty patient person.
773
00:26:28,721 --> 00:26:30,854
Tresa: I would have to be, yes.
774
00:26:30,922 --> 00:26:32,723
Robbie: I was going to say,
definitely.
775
00:26:32,791 --> 00:26:33,924
Tresa: You will do
a lot of digging
776
00:26:33,926 --> 00:26:35,326
And probably need a hard hat.
(laughing)
777
00:26:35,394 --> 00:26:37,127
Mike: Alright.
778
00:26:37,195 --> 00:26:39,263
Tresa: Here, let me go get him.
Mike: Alright. Thank you.
779
00:26:39,265 --> 00:26:40,197
Wow.
780
00:26:40,265 --> 00:26:42,532
Robbie: Maybe you want to deal
with her all day.
781
00:26:42,601 --> 00:26:43,733
Mike: Hey, whoa, hey!
782
00:26:43,803 --> 00:26:44,735
Robbie: Whoa.
How're you doing?
783
00:26:44,737 --> 00:26:45,603
Dr. Mike: That's chester there.
784
00:26:45,671 --> 00:26:47,203
Mike: How're you doing, buddy?
785
00:26:47,273 --> 00:26:49,006
Robbie: Mike, how're you doing,
rob wolfe. Good to see ya.
786
00:26:49,074 --> 00:26:50,607
Dr. Mike: Mike.
Mike: I'm mike, how's it going?
787
00:26:50,609 --> 00:26:51,475
Hey chester, what's up?
788
00:26:51,543 --> 00:26:52,810
What's going on, man?
789
00:26:52,878 --> 00:26:54,678
Dani said you got a house
full of stuff.
790
00:26:54,747 --> 00:26:56,346
Dr. Mike: House full of stuff.
791
00:26:56,348 --> 00:26:57,881
Robbie: Not too many women
are giving their man
a whole house...
792
00:26:57,950 --> 00:26:59,883
Dr. Mike: A whole house
full of stuff.
793
00:26:59,952 --> 00:27:00,550
Robbie: Do you have a bed
over there too?
794
00:27:00,619 --> 00:27:02,352
Dr. Mike: Uh no, not yet.
795
00:27:02,354 --> 00:27:03,887
(laughing)
796
00:27:03,956 --> 00:27:05,221
Mike: So you're the local
doctor in town, huh?
797
00:27:05,291 --> 00:27:06,757
Dr. Mike: Yeah, one of them.
There's another guy, a partner,
798
00:27:06,759 --> 00:27:07,758
There's two of us.
Mike: Okay.
799
00:27:07,826 --> 00:27:09,493
Dr. Mike: I'm a veterinarian
by trade.
800
00:27:09,561 --> 00:27:11,028
I've worked for 40 years.
801
00:27:11,030 --> 00:27:13,697
I collect a little bit
of everything, and I just
802
00:27:13,699 --> 00:27:14,698
Get some enjoyment out of it.
803
00:27:14,767 --> 00:27:16,633
Mike: So what year
is this house?
804
00:27:16,702 --> 00:27:18,168
Dr. Mike: Uh, it's the 1880s.
805
00:27:18,237 --> 00:27:19,970
Mike: Okay yeah, I can see all
the dentil molding on the top.
806
00:27:20,038 --> 00:27:21,772
Dr. Mike: Yeah. It's that
siding put on some time.
807
00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:23,040
Mike: What's up
with the grill, man?
808
00:27:23,042 --> 00:27:24,641
That's a cool grill, look
at this grill, robbie.
809
00:27:24,643 --> 00:27:26,109
All-american picnic grill.
810
00:27:26,178 --> 00:27:30,114
Manufactured by the american
playground device company.
811
00:27:30,116 --> 00:27:31,515
Look, it's got its own flue
on here, look at that.
812
00:27:31,583 --> 00:27:33,516
What do you do with this?
813
00:27:33,586 --> 00:27:34,785
Dr. Mike: It's for sale.
814
00:27:34,853 --> 00:27:35,786
Mike: After the last couple
of years,
815
00:27:35,854 --> 00:27:38,255
People are spending
more time at home,
816
00:27:38,257 --> 00:27:40,057
And they're spending more and
more money on outdoor spaces.
817
00:27:40,125 --> 00:27:42,726
And if you're a collector,
what are you going to want?
818
00:27:42,795 --> 00:27:44,995
You're going to want
a vintage grill.
819
00:27:45,064 --> 00:27:47,998
This is perfect. How hard
is it to get out of there?
820
00:27:48,066 --> 00:27:49,733
Dr. Mike: I don't know
how rooted it is in there.
821
00:27:49,735 --> 00:27:50,667
Mike: How much you want for it?
822
00:27:50,669 --> 00:27:52,069
Dr. Mike: Make me an offer.
823
00:27:52,137 --> 00:27:54,605
Mike: I don't know, what's
the bottom of it look like?
824
00:27:54,673 --> 00:27:56,339
Is it blown out?
Hey, buddy!
825
00:27:56,408 --> 00:27:57,540
(laughing)
826
00:27:57,610 --> 00:27:59,142
Robbie: It's solid cast.
827
00:27:59,211 --> 00:28:01,544
Mike: No, I didn't know if
it was cracked or anything.
828
00:28:01,614 --> 00:28:02,679
It's heavy-duty, dude.
829
00:28:02,681 --> 00:28:04,948
50 bucks.
Dr. Mike: Fine.
830
00:28:05,016 --> 00:28:06,283
Mike: Alright, we're doing it?
Alright, cool!
831
00:28:06,351 --> 00:28:07,885
(laughing)
832
00:28:07,887 --> 00:28:08,952
Dr. Mike: The grill came
with the house,
833
00:28:09,020 --> 00:28:11,955
I was surprised that they were
interested in it.
834
00:28:12,024 --> 00:28:12,689
It's pretty beat up,
but if somebody can get
835
00:28:12,691 --> 00:28:14,825
Some use out of it, that's good.
836
00:28:14,893 --> 00:28:16,493
Mike: Robbie,
look at that sign, man.
837
00:28:16,562 --> 00:28:17,628
Robbie: Yeah, phillips?
838
00:28:17,630 --> 00:28:19,562
It's been chopped to heck.
839
00:28:19,632 --> 00:28:20,630
Mike: Look at this thing.
840
00:28:20,699 --> 00:28:21,965
Robbie: That's the big one.
841
00:28:22,034 --> 00:28:24,100
Mike: What's left of it.
Robbie: Phillips 66. Yeah.
842
00:28:24,170 --> 00:28:26,436
Mike: Look at that thing, man.
Robbie: It's still cool.
843
00:28:26,438 --> 00:28:28,839
Dr. Mike: It came out
of the bottom of the lake
out here, actually.
844
00:28:28,907 --> 00:28:30,574
The boys found it out there,
years ago.
845
00:28:30,642 --> 00:28:31,909
Mike: That's awesome, man.
846
00:28:31,911 --> 00:28:32,776
Robbie: That for sale?
Dr. Mike: Sure.
847
00:28:32,845 --> 00:28:33,977
Robbie: Could make it
into a table.
848
00:28:34,046 --> 00:28:36,847
The condition of the
sign is not the greatest.
849
00:28:36,849 --> 00:28:38,782
One side's completely
sliced off.
850
00:28:38,851 --> 00:28:39,983
That's why you got
to repurpose it.
851
00:28:40,052 --> 00:28:42,920
To me, you can actually
bend them and cut them
852
00:28:42,988 --> 00:28:45,456
And weld the together,
to make a coffee table.
853
00:28:45,524 --> 00:28:49,059
Like that table I have
in the shop, that's what guys
are doing with these.
854
00:28:49,128 --> 00:28:51,595
There's so many guys out there
buying gas and oil stuff.
855
00:28:51,663 --> 00:28:53,197
There's a million uses for this.
856
00:28:53,265 --> 00:28:54,998
$100.
857
00:28:55,467 --> 00:28:57,000
Dr. Mike: 150.
858
00:28:58,470 --> 00:28:59,536
Robbie: Split it.
859
00:28:59,538 --> 00:29:01,337
Dr. Mike: Good. 125.
860
00:29:01,407 --> 00:29:03,339
(laughing)
861
00:29:03,409 --> 00:29:04,208
Thank you.
862
00:29:04,210 --> 00:29:04,941
Mike: Alright, which way
are we going?
863
00:29:05,010 --> 00:29:06,877
Robbie: Hey.
Mike: What you got?
864
00:29:06,945 --> 00:29:08,011
Robbie: Brackets.
There's a bunch of iron
865
00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:10,947
Underneath right here, mike.
A whole pile of them.
866
00:29:11,016 --> 00:29:12,950
Mike: With the wall mounts?
Robbie: Yeah.
867
00:29:13,018 --> 00:29:14,751
Robbie: These are cast iron
mounts for shelves.
868
00:29:14,820 --> 00:29:16,086
Mike: Where did these
come out of?
869
00:29:16,088 --> 00:29:18,088
Dr. Mike: That came out
of an old store somewhere.
870
00:29:18,156 --> 00:29:20,691
Robbie: Early hardware stores
or any department store
871
00:29:20,759 --> 00:29:22,492
Basically had shelving
like this.
872
00:29:22,561 --> 00:29:23,960
These things are huge.
873
00:29:24,029 --> 00:29:26,029
One board or two boards
would have gone on it,
874
00:29:26,098 --> 00:29:28,298
Had little notches that actually
held the shelf in place.
875
00:29:29,168 --> 00:29:33,437
Robbie: So... There's 10,
probably 11 good sets here.
876
00:29:33,439 --> 00:29:35,038
Mike: 200 bucks.
877
00:29:35,106 --> 00:29:36,907
Robbie: You would think
these things being outside
878
00:29:36,975 --> 00:29:38,575
Would be all rusted up,
but they still had
879
00:29:38,644 --> 00:29:39,777
The original paint on them.
880
00:29:39,845 --> 00:29:41,445
They're absolutely
amazing condition.
881
00:29:41,447 --> 00:29:42,012
Dr. Mike: 250.
882
00:29:43,582 --> 00:29:44,648
Mike: 2-and-a-quarter.
883
00:29:44,650 --> 00:29:45,983
Dr. Mike: 2-and-a-quarter.
884
00:29:45,985 --> 00:29:47,917
Mike: Alright, man,
thanks, appreciate it.
885
00:29:47,987 --> 00:29:50,721
I think it's really cool
that mike is seeing
886
00:29:50,789 --> 00:29:53,256
The beauty in
just about anything.
887
00:29:53,325 --> 00:29:56,860
I mean, most people would not
take home the phillips 66 sign,
888
00:29:56,929 --> 00:29:58,862
The brackets and mounts
for shelving.
889
00:29:58,931 --> 00:30:00,864
Most people would not
drag that home.
890
00:30:00,933 --> 00:30:03,399
Mike: Alright.
Robbie: We're going inside?
891
00:30:03,469 --> 00:30:04,201
Mike: Oh wow!
892
00:30:04,269 --> 00:30:05,735
Dang!
893
00:30:05,804 --> 00:30:06,670
Robbie: Wow,
you weren't kidding.
894
00:30:06,672 --> 00:30:07,604
You got some stuff in here.
895
00:30:07,606 --> 00:30:09,206
(laughing)
mike: Woo!
896
00:30:09,208 --> 00:30:12,809
Dr. Mike: I guess I got the
picking bug from my parents,
897
00:30:12,811 --> 00:30:14,210
Especially my dad
years ago here.
898
00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:16,947
He liked to go to farm sales
and he had a little antique shop
899
00:30:16,949 --> 00:30:19,016
For several years
down in central kansas.
900
00:30:19,084 --> 00:30:21,285
Robbie: How the heck are we
getting through here?
901
00:30:21,353 --> 00:30:23,020
Dr. Mike: I've got a lot
of furniture, got a lot
of country things.
902
00:30:23,088 --> 00:30:26,757
Wife and I had an antique shop
downtown for 10 years
903
00:30:26,825 --> 00:30:29,158
And we put it all
in this house here.
904
00:30:29,228 --> 00:30:31,094
The older things, the older
furniture, I just like that,
905
00:30:31,162 --> 00:30:33,429
Because it's so well made
compared to what you get now.
906
00:30:33,499 --> 00:30:34,898
Lasts a lifetime.
907
00:30:34,967 --> 00:30:37,100
Mike: So your store
had to be pretty big
908
00:30:37,102 --> 00:30:38,835
To have this much inventory.
Dr. Mike: Oh not really.
909
00:30:38,904 --> 00:30:39,769
Mike: Not really?
Dr. Mike: It was full
910
00:30:39,838 --> 00:30:41,371
And this was still full.
Mike: Okay.
911
00:30:41,373 --> 00:30:44,174
(laughing)
912
00:30:44,242 --> 00:30:46,843
Mike: Mike's one of those guys
that goes to a farm auction
913
00:30:46,845 --> 00:30:47,977
And stands there
with his number up.
914
00:30:48,047 --> 00:30:50,981
It's like there's 30 random
chairs, you know,
915
00:30:51,049 --> 00:30:52,449
There's not sets of anything,
he's just like,
916
00:30:52,517 --> 00:30:55,185
"I'll take them all!"
but, you know what, that's
the way to make money.
917
00:30:55,254 --> 00:30:59,189
If he had a shop at one time,
he's realizing he's paying $200
918
00:30:59,258 --> 00:31:02,993
For 30 chairs, and he's getting
30, 40 bucks apiece, he's ahead.
919
00:31:02,995 --> 00:31:05,194
Robbie: There's squirrel holes
everywhere here.
920
00:31:05,264 --> 00:31:08,198
Mike: When you walk into this
farm house, it's very dense.
921
00:31:08,266 --> 00:31:12,202
I mean, the paths
are very narrow and stuff
is piled so high.
922
00:31:12,204 --> 00:31:14,871
The first thing I'm thinking
about is, if I see something
923
00:31:14,940 --> 00:31:16,540
In here, how are you going
to get it out?
924
00:31:16,608 --> 00:31:18,675
I mean, it's pretty crazy.
925
00:31:18,744 --> 00:31:19,876
Where'd you get this shelf at?
926
00:31:19,945 --> 00:31:21,078
Do you remember
where this came from?
927
00:31:21,146 --> 00:31:22,612
Dr. Mike: Ah, it came from
somewhere locally, I think.
928
00:31:22,681 --> 00:31:23,747
Mike: That's a piece of it.
929
00:31:23,815 --> 00:31:26,082
So someone's cut
the edge of it off.
930
00:31:26,151 --> 00:31:27,284
Dr. Mike: Yes, I believe...
Mike: On both sides or...
931
00:31:27,352 --> 00:31:30,153
Dr. Mike: No, there's one,
I don't know why they did that.
932
00:31:30,222 --> 00:31:32,222
Mike: Wow. It almost looks
like it came out of a church.
933
00:31:32,224 --> 00:31:34,558
Dr. Mike: I couldn't tell ya.
Mike: It's pretty elaborate.
934
00:31:34,626 --> 00:31:36,093
This is a really neat piece.
935
00:31:36,095 --> 00:31:39,563
It's over-built, it's victorian,
it's gothic looking.
936
00:31:39,565 --> 00:31:40,964
It's got a look to it.
937
00:31:41,033 --> 00:31:44,701
It is bizarre that someone
cut it clean, man.
938
00:31:44,770 --> 00:31:46,436
Took that side off
and stripped it.
939
00:31:46,505 --> 00:31:50,173
Because the rest of it
is like an oxblood red,
which is really cool.
940
00:31:50,242 --> 00:31:53,977
I mean, there are certain colors
in primitives in furniture
941
00:31:53,979 --> 00:31:57,780
That are really hot:
Oxblood reds, greens,
942
00:31:57,850 --> 00:31:59,983
Robin egg blues,
all of that stuff.
943
00:32:00,051 --> 00:32:03,720
I mean, pieces will sell
just because of the color.
944
00:32:03,788 --> 00:32:04,788
Dr. Mike: I think it goes
in there.
945
00:32:04,856 --> 00:32:08,058
Mike: Oh okay, so it slides
in there.
946
00:32:08,126 --> 00:32:10,994
Well, that's interesting,
if they were that thoughtful.
947
00:32:11,063 --> 00:32:12,929
What are you thinking
on something like this?
948
00:32:12,931 --> 00:32:15,332
Dr. Mike: Oh...
I kind of like it, but...
949
00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:19,002
Mike: Yeah. What's the
"I kind of like it" price?
To get rid of it?
950
00:32:19,471 --> 00:32:20,003
Dr. Mike: 250.
951
00:32:21,073 --> 00:32:23,873
Mike: It's so wild that somebody
cut that piece.
952
00:32:23,942 --> 00:32:25,275
Dr. Mike: I don't know why.
Mike: Yeah.
953
00:32:25,344 --> 00:32:27,010
200 bucks.
954
00:32:27,079 --> 00:32:29,479
Dr. Mike: Split the difference,
2-and-a-quarter.
955
00:32:30,082 --> 00:32:31,748
Mike: Alright, I'm doing it.
I mean, I've never seen
956
00:32:31,750 --> 00:32:32,616
One like it.
It's pretty cool.
957
00:32:32,684 --> 00:32:33,816
Dr. Mike: It's an ornate shelf.
958
00:32:33,886 --> 00:32:35,618
Mike: Yeah,
it's incredibly ornate.
959
00:32:35,687 --> 00:32:36,987
Thank you for working with me.
960
00:32:43,428 --> 00:32:44,894
Mikmike: Mike.Ut
the dr. Mike: Yes.Man?
961
00:32:44,963 --> 00:32:46,696
Mike: What about the cuckoo
clock, man?
962
00:32:46,698 --> 00:32:49,232
This thing is very elaborate.
963
00:32:49,234 --> 00:32:51,368
Dr. Mike: It's very elaborate
and it's very easily broken.
964
00:32:51,436 --> 00:32:55,973
Mike: Over the years,
I've seen massive, extravagant
cuckoo clocks.
965
00:32:56,041 --> 00:32:58,241
I mean, believe it or not,
this one's kind of tame.
966
00:32:58,310 --> 00:33:01,912
It looks like it
came out of a castle
in bavaria or something.
967
00:33:01,914 --> 00:33:02,912
Dr. Mike: German, yeah,
bavarian castle.
968
00:33:02,981 --> 00:33:04,113
Mike: Yeah, there you go.
But this is still
969
00:33:04,183 --> 00:33:06,783
One of those clocks where
the old guy brings it home,
970
00:33:06,852 --> 00:33:08,785
And his wife's
looking at him like,
971
00:33:08,854 --> 00:33:09,919
You ain't hanging
that in here, man.
972
00:33:09,988 --> 00:33:13,190
But I mean, it's cool,
and it has its place.
973
00:33:13,258 --> 00:33:14,791
We're just gonna have to figure
out where that's going to be.
974
00:33:14,860 --> 00:33:17,060
It's missing the weights,
I guess, huh.
975
00:33:17,129 --> 00:33:19,596
So you've got a fishing creel,
you've got a rabbit,
976
00:33:19,664 --> 00:33:22,866
A bird, guns crossed at the top.
977
00:33:22,868 --> 00:33:24,868
I can see one of
the antlers is broken.
978
00:33:24,936 --> 00:33:27,004
There's a piece
of the antler right here.
979
00:33:27,605 --> 00:33:28,938
What are you thinking?
980
00:33:29,007 --> 00:33:30,807
Dr. Mike: You make an offer,
I don't know.
981
00:33:30,876 --> 00:33:32,408
Mike: I've been shooting
offers all day.
982
00:33:32,478 --> 00:33:33,543
Dr. Mike: 300.
983
00:33:33,611 --> 00:33:35,345
Mike: I was thinking 200.
984
00:33:35,414 --> 00:33:36,013
Dr. Mike: 250.
985
00:33:37,549 --> 00:33:38,482
Mike: 2-and-a-quarter.
986
00:33:38,484 --> 00:33:39,282
Dr. Mike: Okay.
987
00:33:39,350 --> 00:33:40,617
(laughing)
988
00:33:40,685 --> 00:33:42,085
Mike: Alright, we're doing it.
989
00:33:42,153 --> 00:33:45,222
Being in a house like this
with this type of furniture,
990
00:33:45,290 --> 00:33:50,027
Reminds me of early days
of picking in iowa,
wisconsin, kansas.
991
00:33:50,095 --> 00:33:52,095
You know, a lot of times
when you roll up onto a farm,
992
00:33:52,163 --> 00:33:55,031
A lot of the family furniture
they would usually keep
993
00:33:55,100 --> 00:33:57,768
In the barn, because they
never threw anything away.
994
00:33:57,836 --> 00:34:00,169
Nowadays, especially
younger people,
995
00:34:00,239 --> 00:34:03,840
Are starting to lean into buying
older pieces of furniture.
996
00:34:03,842 --> 00:34:05,975
You know, the big box
store stuff,
997
00:34:06,044 --> 00:34:09,912
They can afford brand new,
are made like crap.
998
00:34:09,982 --> 00:34:12,115
Now, they can walk into
an antique shop
999
00:34:12,117 --> 00:34:16,853
And buy a nice dresser
for 150 to maybe 400 bucks.
1000
00:34:16,922 --> 00:34:19,122
You know, so there's money
to be made.
1001
00:34:19,191 --> 00:34:20,724
Dr. Mike: I don't know if you're
into heywood-wakefield,
1002
00:34:20,792 --> 00:34:22,926
But that's a
heywood-wakefield table.
1003
00:34:22,994 --> 00:34:24,661
Mike: I saw that
heywood-wakefield coffee table
1004
00:34:24,663 --> 00:34:25,728
And then what's that other,
1005
00:34:25,797 --> 00:34:26,863
Like an end table?
Dr. Mike: Yep.
1006
00:34:26,932 --> 00:34:29,266
Mike: I mean, this stuff's
made really well.
1007
00:34:29,334 --> 00:34:31,734
Dr. Mike: Heywood-wakefield,
very famous for well-made
furniture.
1008
00:34:31,803 --> 00:34:34,404
And they're very popular
right now.
1009
00:34:34,406 --> 00:34:36,205
Usually, I like things
that were more primitive
than that as a rule,
1010
00:34:36,275 --> 00:34:39,275
But I bought them just because
they were heywood-wakefield.
1011
00:34:39,344 --> 00:34:42,479
Mike: This still has
the original label
on the bottom of it.
1012
00:34:42,547 --> 00:34:43,746
It's a lazy susan table.
1013
00:34:43,815 --> 00:34:45,949
You can see the legs
rotate here.
1014
00:34:46,017 --> 00:34:46,950
Mike: Heywood-wakefield
is a company that's been
1015
00:34:47,018 --> 00:34:49,685
Making furniture since
the turn-of-the-century.
1016
00:34:49,755 --> 00:34:51,821
And they're still around today.
1017
00:34:51,890 --> 00:34:53,956
But this mid-century
modern furniture,
1018
00:34:54,026 --> 00:34:55,958
It's this stuff that
they're known most for.
1019
00:34:56,028 --> 00:34:58,161
This is the stuff
that people want to collect.
1020
00:34:58,229 --> 00:35:02,966
I mean, I've seen these anywhere
from 400 bucks to 800 bucks.
1021
00:35:02,968 --> 00:35:05,034
This one does have a stain
on the top of it.
1022
00:35:05,103 --> 00:35:07,637
There's another one there,
there's three of them.
1023
00:35:07,639 --> 00:35:08,638
Let me see that end table.
1024
00:35:08,707 --> 00:35:10,773
It's got the boomerang top.
1025
00:35:10,842 --> 00:35:12,308
I mean, neither of them
are mint.
1026
00:35:12,377 --> 00:35:14,844
But they're timeless.
I mean, this is what
a lot of people call
1027
00:35:14,913 --> 00:35:15,645
California furniture.
Dr. Mike: Yeah.
1028
00:35:15,713 --> 00:35:18,715
Mike: So... 500 for the pair.
1029
00:35:18,783 --> 00:35:20,783
I mean, it's good stuff,
you know,
1030
00:35:20,852 --> 00:35:21,784
And it's really
popular right now.
1031
00:35:21,853 --> 00:35:24,054
But people want things
that are perfect
1032
00:35:24,056 --> 00:35:25,589
In a lot of different ways
if they're going to be
1033
00:35:25,657 --> 00:35:26,723
Presenting it in their house.
1034
00:35:26,725 --> 00:35:27,991
Dr. Mike: How about 6 for both?
1035
00:35:30,261 --> 00:35:33,330
Mike: Yeah, I think we're close
with this top the way it is.
1036
00:35:33,398 --> 00:35:34,998
How about 550?
1037
00:35:35,667 --> 00:35:36,866
Dr. Mike: Okay, we'll do it.
1038
00:35:36,868 --> 00:35:37,934
Mike: You want to do it?
Dr. Mike: Yep.
1039
00:35:38,002 --> 00:35:39,602
Mike: Alright, my friend.
Dr. Mike: Thank you.
1040
00:35:39,671 --> 00:35:40,870
Mike: Thank you very much.
1041
00:35:40,939 --> 00:35:42,872
This style of furniture
is the last thing
1042
00:35:42,941 --> 00:35:44,741
I thought I'd find
in this old farmhouse.
1043
00:35:44,743 --> 00:35:46,542
But mike's got a good eye, man.
1044
00:35:46,612 --> 00:35:47,878
He saw the beauty in it,
1045
00:35:47,946 --> 00:35:50,813
And now, it's come around
to where it's hot.
1046
00:35:50,882 --> 00:35:52,816
Robbie: Oh that's neat.
Hey, mike!
1047
00:35:52,884 --> 00:35:55,085
Dr. Mike: Yeah.
Robbie: Yale coffees.
1048
00:35:55,153 --> 00:35:56,886
It's a good piece for a country
store collector, but...
1049
00:35:56,888 --> 00:35:58,955
It's missing some wood
on the top piece.
1050
00:35:59,024 --> 00:36:01,691
But the advertisement's
still good on both sides.
1051
00:36:01,759 --> 00:36:03,826
30 bucks.
Dr. Mike: That's fine.
1052
00:36:03,895 --> 00:36:05,629
Robbie: That work for ya?
Dr. Mike: Yep.
1053
00:36:05,697 --> 00:36:06,997
Robbie: Alright,
I appreciate it.
1054
00:36:08,900 --> 00:36:10,767
Mike: What do you got
on this dude?
1055
00:36:10,835 --> 00:36:12,902
Boy scout, hand-painted,
hand-drawn.
1056
00:36:12,971 --> 00:36:15,038
Dr. Mike: $15.
Mike: Alright, I'll take it.
1057
00:36:15,106 --> 00:36:17,974
Robbie: These are standard
service, off the jackets.
1058
00:36:17,976 --> 00:36:19,643
And then I got a couple
of edgeworth cans.
1059
00:36:19,711 --> 00:36:22,311
And then early water transfers.
1060
00:36:22,381 --> 00:36:26,649
100% the smalls are
the bread-and-butter
of any antique shop.
1061
00:36:26,718 --> 00:36:27,984
And this sinclair
stamp album.
1062
00:36:28,052 --> 00:36:30,787
These are the things that
people are looking for.
1063
00:36:30,855 --> 00:36:31,988
Robbie: Lightning balls?
Dr. Mike: Yep.
1064
00:36:31,990 --> 00:36:34,324
Robbie: They go on top
of the lightning rod.
1065
00:36:34,392 --> 00:36:37,526
But a lot of these pieces
have found themselves
in home decorations.
1066
00:36:37,596 --> 00:36:39,863
All this... 80 bucks.
1067
00:36:39,865 --> 00:36:40,597
Dr. Mike: 90.
Robbie: I'm doing it.
1068
00:36:40,665 --> 00:36:41,998
Dr. Mike: Alright. Thank you.
1069
00:36:51,209 --> 00:36:52,542
Robbie: Look at that.
Mike: Ahh...
1070
00:36:52,610 --> 00:36:53,743
Mike: That's pretty cool.
1071
00:36:53,811 --> 00:36:55,011
Robbie: Hey, can I pull
this out?
1072
00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:57,080
Dr. Mike: Sure.
Robbie: This thermometer is big,
1073
00:36:57,082 --> 00:37:00,016
Intact, and it would have had
advertising in it.
1074
00:37:00,018 --> 00:37:01,417
Mike: Do you remember
that other one we bought?
1075
00:37:01,486 --> 00:37:02,418
Robbie: Holy cow.
1076
00:37:02,487 --> 00:37:03,420
Thermometer freak.
1077
00:37:03,488 --> 00:37:04,487
Man, it's a bruiser.
1078
00:37:04,556 --> 00:37:06,022
I love early advertising.
1079
00:37:06,090 --> 00:37:08,692
3 grand. I'm just...
It's got some water damage...
1080
00:37:08,694 --> 00:37:09,693
Jill: Alright, alright, alright.
1081
00:37:09,761 --> 00:37:10,827
Robbie: I'm hoping I can peel
some of these cards off.
1082
00:37:10,895 --> 00:37:12,295
Jill: Thank you.
Robbie: I appreciate you.
1083
00:37:12,363 --> 00:37:14,030
Thank you.
1084
00:37:14,032 --> 00:37:16,299
Every area here had cards
that were advertising
1085
00:37:16,301 --> 00:37:19,902
And you paid
to actually advertise
your business downtown.
1086
00:37:19,971 --> 00:37:21,570
This would have been
advertising businesses
1087
00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:23,239
In like a town hall area.
1088
00:37:23,308 --> 00:37:25,975
When you came to the town hall,
you would have looked at that,
1089
00:37:26,044 --> 00:37:27,844
It would have advertised
businesses in that town.
1090
00:37:27,912 --> 00:37:29,379
And it would have told you
the temperature.
1091
00:37:29,447 --> 00:37:30,313
Take it apart.
1092
00:37:30,381 --> 00:37:31,781
Mike: Alright here.
Robbie: So this should
1093
00:37:31,849 --> 00:37:32,982
Just pull right out.
Mike: Oh yeah.
1094
00:37:33,051 --> 00:37:34,584
Robbie: See these cards,
they would have slid...
1095
00:37:34,652 --> 00:37:37,053
See these marks right there.
1096
00:37:37,122 --> 00:37:38,788
The glass isn't broken,
the thermometer isn't broken,
1097
00:37:38,857 --> 00:37:41,925
The galvanized metal
is in great shape.
1098
00:37:41,927 --> 00:37:43,926
It's a perfect candidate
for finding little
1099
00:37:43,995 --> 00:37:45,795
Advertising cards
and sticking them in there.
1100
00:37:45,797 --> 00:37:47,464
Is this something
you want to sell?
1101
00:37:47,532 --> 00:37:48,464
Dr. Mike: Uh... Maybe.
1102
00:37:48,533 --> 00:37:50,000
For the right price.
1103
00:37:52,403 --> 00:37:54,004
Robbie: 500.
1104
00:37:54,606 --> 00:37:56,273
Dr. Mike: Sounds great.
1105
00:37:56,341 --> 00:37:57,941
(laughing)
1106
00:37:57,943 --> 00:37:59,008
Mike: There you go.
Dr. Mike: Thank you.
1107
00:37:59,077 --> 00:38:01,010
I moved it around for years
without breaking it.
1108
00:38:01,079 --> 00:38:04,080
I don't remember giving much
of anything for it.
1109
00:38:04,082 --> 00:38:06,149
If I gave $50 for it,
I was probably doing good.
1110
00:38:06,217 --> 00:38:08,685
Just glad to see it go somewhere
else without getting broken.
1111
00:38:08,753 --> 00:38:10,887
Mike: Here, grab this.
Alright...
1112
00:38:10,955 --> 00:38:11,955
Robbie: What is it?
Oh yeah. Pace-setter.
1113
00:38:11,957 --> 00:38:14,023
Mike: Alright.
Robbie: Yeah, look at that.
1114
00:38:14,092 --> 00:38:17,093
Mike: Got these keys,
I got this... It's a bank.
1115
00:38:17,162 --> 00:38:19,496
When you see this, you think
it's like a folk art piece.
1116
00:38:19,564 --> 00:38:21,097
But this is manufactured.
1117
00:38:21,166 --> 00:38:23,833
I love that mike is picking up
anything and everything.
1118
00:38:23,901 --> 00:38:25,835
I can see why he's buying
this much stuff,
1119
00:38:25,837 --> 00:38:26,502
Because he's got
the storage for it.
1120
00:38:26,571 --> 00:38:29,005
This is totally amazing.
1121
00:38:29,708 --> 00:38:30,973
What are you thinking on that?
1122
00:38:31,042 --> 00:38:32,708
Dr. Mike: Make me an offer.
Mike: 70 bucks.
1123
00:38:32,778 --> 00:38:33,910
Dr. Mike: Sure.
Mike: Okay.
1124
00:38:33,978 --> 00:38:35,511
I love those keys.
A lot of people are making
1125
00:38:35,580 --> 00:38:36,579
Jewelry out of them.
1126
00:38:36,648 --> 00:38:38,381
15 bucks.
Dr. Mike: Okay.
1127
00:38:38,449 --> 00:38:40,783
Mike: Alright that,
and then what are you thinking
on the pedal car?
1128
00:38:40,852 --> 00:38:42,786
There's not a lot
of paint left on it.
1129
00:38:42,788 --> 00:38:44,120
But you can still see
the decal.
1130
00:38:44,188 --> 00:38:45,788
What do you think, robbie?
A couple hundred bucks retail?
1131
00:38:45,857 --> 00:38:47,991
Robbie: Yeah.
Mike: How about this
1132
00:38:47,993 --> 00:38:49,658
And the nutcracker?
Dr. Mike: 100-and-a-half.
1133
00:38:49,728 --> 00:38:51,261
Mike: 125.
Dr. Mike: Okay.
1134
00:38:51,329 --> 00:38:52,595
(laughing)
1135
00:38:52,664 --> 00:38:54,664
Mike: Alright, man, thank you.
1136
00:38:54,666 --> 00:38:56,800
God, what a beautiful house.
1137
00:38:56,802 --> 00:38:57,934
How long have you guys
been here?
1138
00:38:58,002 --> 00:39:00,136
Dr. Mike: 40 years.
Mike: I like this molding.
1139
00:39:00,138 --> 00:39:02,805
I got a building in iowa
that's got molding like that.
1140
00:39:02,874 --> 00:39:03,807
Robbie: Yeah,
this house is beautiful.
1141
00:39:03,875 --> 00:39:05,408
Dr. Mike: I got some vet
cabinets up here,
1142
00:39:05,477 --> 00:39:07,810
I don't know if
you're familiar with those,
I've set them up here.
1143
00:39:07,879 --> 00:39:09,078
Robbie: Yeah,
look at this, mike.
1144
00:39:09,147 --> 00:39:11,080
Dr. Mike: This is probably
the earliest one I've got.
1145
00:39:11,149 --> 00:39:12,949
Mike: Oh yeah, that's killer.
Dr. Mike: Probably 1890.
1146
00:39:13,017 --> 00:39:15,485
I've probably
been collecting veterinary items
1147
00:39:15,553 --> 00:39:16,686
For close to 50 years.
1148
00:39:16,688 --> 00:39:19,021
I got veterinary cabinets
that the old patent medicines
1149
00:39:19,090 --> 00:39:21,624
Came in, and they've got
all kinds of little pills,
1150
00:39:21,692 --> 00:39:23,026
Liquids, all kinds of things.
1151
00:39:23,094 --> 00:39:25,762
Mike: Look at that thermometer,
man, that's killer.
1152
00:39:25,830 --> 00:39:26,896
Dr. Mike: This is a killer
one here.
1153
00:39:26,965 --> 00:39:28,631
Mike: Yeah. Would you sell that?
Dr. Mike: No.
1154
00:39:28,700 --> 00:39:29,966
I gave a grand for it, so...
1155
00:39:30,034 --> 00:39:32,101
Mike: Oh I bet.
Dr. Mike: I got the advertising
1156
00:39:32,170 --> 00:39:35,905
Posters and things, they all had
colorful advertising,
1157
00:39:35,973 --> 00:39:37,907
You could see to buy
that particular item.
1158
00:39:37,909 --> 00:39:39,708
Robbie: Look at that one.
That one's cool.
1159
00:39:39,778 --> 00:39:40,843
Mike: Oh wow...
(laughing)
1160
00:39:40,912 --> 00:39:42,245
Robbie: Look at the devil
flying around...
1161
00:39:42,313 --> 00:39:45,714
I mean, look at them all,
all the pigs are sick
and throwing up.
1162
00:39:45,784 --> 00:39:47,250
And these guys are all healthy.
1163
00:39:47,252 --> 00:39:49,719
Dr. Mike: Then if you feed them
this stuff, make a fat pig.
1164
00:39:49,788 --> 00:39:51,321
Robbie: Yeah,
make you a fat pig.
1165
00:39:51,389 --> 00:39:54,857
Dr. Mike: Hog cholera
was a disease that could
kill your whole flock.
1166
00:39:54,926 --> 00:39:57,260
So you will look
at this poster on the wall
1167
00:39:57,262 --> 00:39:59,529
And it kind of put the fear
in you that show all these pigs
1168
00:39:59,597 --> 00:40:00,997
Are dying from cholera.
1169
00:40:00,999 --> 00:40:03,866
But if you fed this
international stock food,
1170
00:40:03,935 --> 00:40:06,001
They'll turn into
nice plump round pigs
1171
00:40:06,071 --> 00:40:07,604
And look at all the money
you're going to make.
1172
00:40:07,672 --> 00:40:09,405
Mike: What year is this from?
1173
00:40:09,474 --> 00:40:10,740
Dr. Mike: 1905.
1174
00:40:10,808 --> 00:40:12,007
A lot of it
was quack medicine.
1175
00:40:12,077 --> 00:40:14,944
Before 1906, you could say
anything you wanted
1176
00:40:15,013 --> 00:40:16,946
And advertise any kind
of claim you wanted.
1177
00:40:17,015 --> 00:40:20,149
But after 1906, the government
came in and says,
1178
00:40:20,218 --> 00:40:21,951
"you cannot say 'cure' anymore,
'cause that's wrong."
1179
00:40:22,019 --> 00:40:25,421
So they later, they take "cure"
off of there.
1180
00:40:25,423 --> 00:40:27,624
Robbie: Is this one
that came out of like,
minnesota or wisconsin?
1181
00:40:27,692 --> 00:40:29,625
This company?
Dr. Mike: Yes.
1182
00:40:29,694 --> 00:40:30,626
They were... International.
1183
00:40:30,695 --> 00:40:31,761
Robbie: It was international.
1184
00:40:31,830 --> 00:40:32,495
Dr. Mike: Everything's
international.
1185
00:40:32,563 --> 00:40:33,830
Robbie: It's just been
1186
00:40:33,898 --> 00:40:34,764
Folded up for so long.
Dr. Mike: Yeah.
1187
00:40:34,832 --> 00:40:35,764
Robbie: Thank god
it's in the frame.
1188
00:40:35,834 --> 00:40:37,767
Dr. Mike: They got creases
in them.
1189
00:40:37,836 --> 00:40:38,835
I had it framed, but...
Robbie: Huh.
1190
00:40:38,903 --> 00:40:40,503
What would you have
to have out of that?
1191
00:40:40,505 --> 00:40:42,005
Dr. Mike: Uh, 300.
1192
00:40:43,441 --> 00:40:44,774
Robbie: 275.
1193
00:40:44,842 --> 00:40:46,042
Dr. Mike: I'm going
to stick to 3.
1194
00:40:46,110 --> 00:40:48,578
Dr. Mike: A lot of those paper
items just disintegrate.
1195
00:40:48,646 --> 00:40:49,846
You got to look for it a lot
1196
00:40:49,914 --> 00:40:51,848
And it's very hard
to find these days.
1197
00:40:51,916 --> 00:40:53,783
I can't find...
I can't replace them.
1198
00:40:53,852 --> 00:40:54,584
Robbie: I've never seen
this one before.
1199
00:40:54,652 --> 00:40:55,384
Dr. Mike: I can't replace it.
1200
00:40:55,453 --> 00:40:56,986
Robbie: Alright.
1201
00:40:57,989 --> 00:40:59,188
Dr. Mike: Thank you.
Robbie: Thanks, mike.
1202
00:40:59,257 --> 00:41:01,524
Robbie: When you have the chance
to buy early-type advertising
1203
00:41:01,593 --> 00:41:03,593
Like this, you buy it.
1204
00:41:03,595 --> 00:41:04,994
Mike: Alright.
(grunts)
1205
00:41:05,997 --> 00:41:07,263
Robbie: Got a few things.
Tresa: Good, good.
1206
00:41:07,332 --> 00:41:10,800
Mike: We barely scratched the
surface, to be honest with you.
1207
00:41:10,868 --> 00:41:11,935
Tresa: Well, you'll have
to come back.
1208
00:41:12,003 --> 00:41:13,870
Mike: A lot of pieces
that we saw in his house,
1209
00:41:13,938 --> 00:41:16,673
Whether it was
a thermometer or ephemera,
1210
00:41:16,675 --> 00:41:18,274
He knew his stuff about it.
1211
00:41:18,276 --> 00:41:20,276
That's the kind of guy you want
to take care of your animal.
1212
00:41:20,278 --> 00:41:24,614
Someone that really, truly cares
that much about what he does,
1213
00:41:24,682 --> 00:41:26,950
And the history of what he does.
1214
00:41:26,952 --> 00:41:28,017
Mike: Thank you, mike.
Dr. Mike: Thank you.
1215
00:41:28,019 --> 00:41:28,885
Mike: I appreciate you.
Robbie: Appreciate it.
1216
00:41:28,953 --> 00:41:31,087
Mike: Thank you so much.
Robbie: Appreciate ya.
1217
00:41:31,089 --> 00:41:32,955
Dr. Mike: I was just happy
for these things to move,
1218
00:41:33,024 --> 00:41:35,224
And he had a good feeling
and onto somebody else
1219
00:41:35,226 --> 00:41:37,694
Appreciates some of that stuff
and somebody else might get
1220
00:41:37,762 --> 00:41:39,495
Some enjoyment out of it.
(honking)
1221
00:41:39,564 --> 00:41:40,763
Robbie: Thanks, mike!
1222
00:41:40,832 --> 00:41:41,998
Dr. Mike: Thank you!
Tresa: Thank you!