[western music]
- I like Canyon Country.
I'm excited about today's estate sale.
- You know, I am too.
And Red, I'm proud of you, man.
You've done a brunt of the work.
We have everything we need?
- I know what I'm doing, yeah. - Calculator?
- I got it all, man. I got it all.
- Clear sheets? - Yeah.
- Bar carts? - Yeah.
- Sharpies? - I got 'em.
- Tape? - Yeah.
- Tags? - Don't worry.
- I got change, I got-- - He's got it.
- I got everything. - He's got it.
- Your mom's clipboard?
- Oh. - I got it.
- Oh, thank you!
[laughs] See?
Nothing to worry about.
- Today we're doing an estate auction,
and it's a little bit different than storage units.
People can see and touch
just about everything they're gonna bid on.
I want it to go well.
Everything to worry about.
- We taught him well.
Thank you, Red.
Our son Garrett took charge on this one
and he set up the sale,
and I think that put Danny on edge.
I think I've always waited for this day.
- For what day? For what day?
- For my son to, I don't know, handle it and be in charge.
- Oh, he ain't in charge.
- What? - I said, he ain't in charge.
[echoing slam]
[country rock music]
announcer: When storage units are abandoned...
- Take a good look at this one.
- Whoo-hoo! - Nice one!
announcer: The treasures within...
- [laughs] - Ooh!
announcer: Are put up for auction.
- Think I scored on this. - Sold it your way!
- Whoo! - I'm in the green!
- Look at this. - Money, baby!
- ♪ Money owns this town ♪
- M-O-N-E-Y!
- Are you ready? [people cheering]
[country music]
- Look at these houses.
Look how pretty these are.
Ready to go to Canyon Country?
- I ain't never been. - No?
- I ain't never been to "Camyon Country"
or an "ex-state."
Ex-- [stammers]
- Estate. - Yeah, him too.
Escape. - Estate.
- Yeah, estate.
- Escape sale.
- Yeah, escape sale. - Estate, estate.
Kenny and I don't know what to expect
from an estate sale auction.
I thought it'd be best if we stick together.
It sounds like they got a lot of cool stuff, so...
- Yeah.
- We gotta buy something.
I'm not leaving there without something.
- Yeah, let's do that, man, 'cause that's a long-ass trip.
- We're not gonna let them run us over, right?
We're not gonna let 'em run us over.
- Yeah, I hate bullies.
- I don't like bullies either.
♪ ♪
- Estate sales can be really good for flea market-type buys,
where you can buy stuff and take it and resell it.
I hear this is an older guy's collection
that he's been keeping for years.
That could be good or bad.
It could be just stuff that's out of style.
You don't know until you get there.
You gotta do the work.
The real mystery is
who I'm gonna have to fight for the good stuff.
I don't know who I'm gonna run into.
Dusty's been kind of my shadow lately.
Don't wanna beat him up too bad,
but I might just have to spank him today.
[off-key guitar riff]
[relaxing music]
[birds chirping]
♪ ♪
- This is different than storage, right?
- Yeah. - Estate, baby.
- I like it. I like it.
- You see all that stuff? - Hey, Kenny.
- Huh?
- I want you to get this number in your head.
- 202?
- Yeah, just remember it. - [laughs]
- You're gonna-- you're gonna hear it a lot.
- You gotta-- you go, 202, and then for 400.
- He says, Lot A sold to 202.
Lot B sold to 202.
Lot C sold to 202.
And then it says, lot of heavy engine blocks sold to Kenny.
- Nah. [laughter]
Kenny already got a [bleep] "hermia."
- "Herm--"
- Trying to kill me, boy?
- Here we are. You got your buyer card?
- Oh, my God.
- Well, today's an estate sale.
- What, did they-- did they put a coupon in the Sunday paper?
- Yeah. - I can finagle one for you.
We'll get it over here.
- Hey, are we gonna make a bet today?
Gentleman's bet? - What kind of bet?
- Who's got the best return on investment?
- Y'all, that's between y'all two.
I ain't got that kind of Monokoly money.
- No. How about you?
- Oh, yeah. - How much?
How much you want?
How much you got? - You say it.
- I know whatever I buy will make me
way more money than whatever garbage Dave chooses.
$500?
- It's a bet. - $500?
What, y'all lost your mind?
- Brandi, are you in the bet?
- Nah, I don't have to [bleep] with you.
- It's how the young dog teaches the old dog new tricks.
- Dan, you know why you never see a wise young man?
- Uh-- - 'Cause there ain't any.
- Right.
- This will be like taking profit from a baby.
- It looks scary.
- Ah.
- Addams Family house.
I like the horses.
- Yeah? You ride horses?
- I'm gonna memorize-- - No?
- I ain't never rode a horse. - No?
- They gonna auction off the horsies?
I want a horsey.
Give me a "pomy."
- Welcome to the auction!
We're Dan, Laura, and Garrett Dotson
with American Auctioneers.
Before you go through these gates,
you need to know the rules.
We're gonna pull the tarps up and let you take a look.
Take all the time you need.
And because today is an estate auction,
you can touch and open any boxes.
As soon as you're done, we're gonna sell it
to who's ever got the most money in their pocket.
Are you ready? - Yeah!
- Whoo! - Right on, man.
Let's go, let's go, let's go!
- All right, folks, through the gates we go.
All right, folks, welcome to the estate auction.
We're gonna start down here.
- All them little bitty-ass cars,
they're for leprechauns, huh?
- No, for Europeans.
- What's the difference?
- It's a 1937 Austin.
It's registered in California.
Got a bill of sale ready to go.
- Looks like it has low mileage.
- Uh, very low mileage.
All right, here we go.
Number 20, what's your pleasure?
How much? How much? How much money where?
- This is your chance to win the bet.
- I don't know. - $1,000.
1,000, Carlos. 1,000.
Carlos, you bought it.
What's your number?
- 207. - 207.
- All right, what do we have here?
- 1966 white MG.
Has the Borrani wire wheels.
- [auctioneering]
Sold it your way, sir. You got it for 700.
What's your number? 212.
Thank you, sir.
- Man, dude, I don't wanna watch.
I'm getting tempted. It's too cheap.
- Tell you what, you're gonna get all three of these cars.
You're gonna get the Jag and both the MGs.
One money, one prize, one thing.
Look at me. 300 bucks for all of them.
Your way, Mark. You got all three of 'em.
♪ ♪
- If these were clean, so much money.
- Yeah? - Oh, yeah.
I really like what I'm seeing.
I just don't have a use for old cars.
- And we're gonna go right here.
We're gonna unveil the big D right now.
- Lot D, folks.
Oh, we got some old tech.
Get a good look.
Old telephones.
- Low-key record player.
I bet you wasn't scratching on them.
I like that little telephone.
- There's a couple of them.
Super unique items.
- Maybe, like, older antique mall merchandise.
The only thing that's really cool is the brass whistle set.
I think that could be worth some money.
- What's your auction number, buddy?
[trombone blares]
Huh?
Don't ignore me.
No more Kibbles 'n Bits for you.
- All right, Kenny.
- How are we doing?
- You're on your own, girl.
My monies don't go that high.
- Uh, it's kind of interesting.
There's a lot of stuff that I don't know what it is, but--
- Don't bid on it, then. Don't-- don't say nothing.
You're no yuppie. [laughter]
- You ain't no yuppie.
[laughter]
- Oh, yup, he better.
- But one man's junk is another man's treasure.
- Alrighty, here we go.
Number 20, what are you gonna pay for this one?
I got a bunch of old ship stuff
and communication stuff and foghorns
and all kinds of stuff.
Give me $1,000 for this pallet.
- 300. - Yup!
- [auctioneering] I got 300, 400, 500.
What about 500? 600.
600, 700. - Yup.
- 700, 800. What about 800?
There. 900, 900, 900 where? What about 900?
- Yup. - 1,100.
I got 1,000 there. 1,100.
What about 1,200? What about 1,200?
- Yup. - What about 1,300?
Now 1,400. Now 1,500.
I got 1,400. - Yes.
- 1,500, 1,600, 1,600.
1,500, 1,600, 1,600.
1,600 there. 1,700 now.
1,700. 1,800.
1,700. What about 1,800?
1,900.
1,800, 1,900. What about 1,900?
1,800 there. Now 1,900 where?
Now 1,900.
Now 2,000. 2,000 bucks.
What about 2,100?
I get 2,000.
2,100, what about 2,100?
Going once, twice.
What about 2,100 bucks?
And I've sold it your way.
You got it for 2,000 bucks, Dusty.
2,000.
- If they're all this good, I might buy a few more.
And then I could put up the best one to beat Dave.
- All right, here we go, folks.
Next lot.
Oh, vending machines.
Look at that.
- They got fresh hot nuts in here.
- Sold it your way, $2,100.
Dusty, 2,100.
- Whoo-hoo!
- I'm just getting warmed up.
- Come on, here we go.
Nautical lights.
Look at that, folks.
- Sold it your way. - Yeah.
- You got yourself a deal, Dusty.
4,000 bucks. $4,000.
- This is kind of some manly, manly stuff.
- Sold it your way, $400, Dusty.
- All right, Dusty.
I know your number, 202.
- That boy gone crazy, bro.
Y'all better save that boy.
This place must be haunted, 'cause Dustums, he's possessed.
[guitar riff]
- All right, here we go.
Do it, do it.
Oh, raise your sights.
- Oh, man, audio.
We got audio stuff.
- Change your tune. - Audio stuff and other stuff.
- Who wants to get in the groove?
[buzzing]
- I mean, they are collectible, absolutely.
And there's some unique items that I haven't seen before,
but this is not easy to sell.
I wouldn't go too much on this.
All I'm saying is, video killed the radio star for a reason.
- A lot of those radios are made by Atwater Kent.
They used to sell really well maybe 15 years ago.
You know, a lot of them would have been $200, $300, $500.
But the last few I had are hard to sell, so...
Anybody who buys this better love radios,
because you're not gonna be able to sell them.
- Well, you know,
it's all about the price.
Older-style stuff that was very popular
back even into the '80s and '90s.
But the boys are hungry today.
I'm trying to buy cheap and make a profit.
I'm also trying to win a bet.
- I memorized your number. 202.
- OK. - I could just go, 202.
- Yeah, just write-- yeah, I got you.
- [laughs] - Write 202, 100 bucks.
[laughter]
- All right, here we go.
Number 20, what are you gonna pay, the little radio lot?
What are you gonna pay?
Saying how much, how much money where?
All the radios. - 100.
- I got 100 there. 200 where?
I got 100. What about 200?
- Yup! - To 300. What about 300?
400. What about 400?
What about 500? What about 500?
- Yup. - 500.
500, 600. 500.
What about 600 where? At 600 now.
At 600. Now 700.
What about 700? - 650.
- Great idea. I wish I'd thought of that.
6 and 1/2. What about 700?
700. What about 700?
[auctioneering] 7 and 1/2 now.
- Yup. - I got 7 and 1/2.
What about 800? What about 800, where?
800, 800, 800. Going once, twice.
Gonna be 800 bucks, and I--
- Whoo-hoo! - Yup!
- Sold it your way at $750, Dave.
- You got it, Dave.
What's your number?
- Uh, pick one. Number one.
- We didn't give you one? OK.
- Double one. - Double zero.
- 007. - Double zero.
All right, let's cover it up and move on.
- All right, what's under the tarp?
Kitschy kitchenware.
Here we go.
- There's a lot of silver, I see.
Milk glass. - Oh, look at that.
- Carnival glass.
- Cruets, folks.
- Who? - Cruets.
- Says, uh,
sterling silver, 925.
- There's all [bleep] in here.
- Got the plates. - Yeah.
Hopefully Dumb and Dumber are done swinging their--
[record scratches]
--dollars around, so that maybe Kenny and I can get one.
- Rosebud.
Somebody loved Rosebud.
That's a big-ass set, actually.
- I mean, to me, this looks like
an antique mall that closed down.
All this stuff used to be really good stuff.
I mean, it still sells,
but just not quite for the money that it used to.
We might see what it goes for.
- All right, here we go.
Number 20, what's your pleasure?
What are you gonna pay? Say how much.
- 250. - I got 250.
What about 300? What about 300?
In the back, 300. 300, 400, 400, 500, 500.
500, 600, 600, 700.
Are you 700? - No, I'm with her.
- What? 600, 700.
What about 700, where? 600, 700.
What about 700? How about 6 and 1/2?
650 going once.
650, now 700.
700, 700.
How about 750?
750, how about that? I got 700 there.
700, how about 750? Going once.
700, 700. How about 750?
Going twice. Last and final call at 700.
How about 750?
And I've sold it your way. $700, Brandi and Kenny.
- Yes!
- I may not have a lot of experience with estate sales,
but I still know good stuff when I see it.
- Whoo! That's the end of the auction, folks,
and don't forget to pay the lady.
Thank you, everyone!
- All right now, girl.
- 862.
I am gonna have to get some change for you.
- How much do you need, Laura?
- Um, like 40 bucks, 38 bucks.
- You remember when they said not to worry,
we've got everything we need?
Do you have everything we need? - I know what I'm doing.
- Don't worry. - I got change, I got--
- He's got it.
- Well, that was a frigging lie.
- Well, he's the first one paying
and I haven't collected cash from all the buyers yet, so...
- Who's next? Step up.
Who's next? Step up.
Dusty, you're next.
- All right. Big buyer today.
[spring boings]
- All right. Hi. - Hi, doll.
Uh, your total is 883.
- Mm. Let me see if I have 3.
- You know what? - I might.
- If you don't, it'll be our gift.
- Ain't that something?
- What do you mean? - I'm gonna take it right here.
- That's just giving it away.
Just giving it away.
- There you go, you stingy mother[bleep].
- Thank you. Appreciate you.
[door slams]
[western music]
♪ ♪
- Yesterday was good.
- Yes, indeed.
- It was like, the best first time ever.
- I learned a lot, man.
- That creepy-ass house.
- Who you telling, brother? - So haunted.
- My big-ass eyes was looking everywhere.
- [laughing] I know.
- The estate sale stuff wasn't quite what I wanted.
I like to eat, but I don't need all that "chima."
So today, me and Brandi are going to a storage auction
to get me something more my style.
- You gonna use your skills today in Stanton?
- Yeah.
I learned a lot from you, homeboy.
- Oh, homeboy?
- Homegirl. - Damn.
Do I have the 5:00 shadow?
Is my mustache showing?
- My bad.
♪ ♪
- I had such a great day at the estate sale yesterday.
My van is completely packed,
loaded full to the gills.
I always say you can never have enough merchandise,
but I am definitely testing my limits this week.
You know what they say-- A-B-B, always be buying.
♪ ♪
- Partnerships never work out in this game.
- Not with-- well--
- They start off working out great.
- Eh, I don't know. I've had, you know, luck.
I-- - Yeah?
What's your last partner?
Where are they at?
- Kenny's right here.
- Partnerships are done.
- Be negative. - I'm gonna-- I'm gonna--
- Yeah, you gotta get better friends.
- [laughs] Thank you.
- You're right.
- Yeah. - I do need better friends.
- Well, you can stop right there.
- No, I pointed-- - I'm, like, your best friend.
I'm, like, your only friend.
- That's true. - OK?
I tell you--
- She's, like, my only damn friend.
- --when his breath stinks.
I tell you when things are good,
and I tell you when they're bad.
Sorry, Brandi.
[laughs]
- No.
And with you, I always tell you when you're all gassy.
- When is that happening?
- You know, usually when you're gassy--
- Oh, my God.
- Like, I must be asleep or something.
- I'm just gonna go over here.
- I mean-- sorry, Brandi.
- Don't bring me into this.
- Welcome to InStorage in Stanton.
We're Dan and Laura Dotson with American Auctioneers,
and before you go through these gates,
you need to know the rules.
We're gonna go to the unit, remove the lock, open the door,
give you five minutes to take a look around.
You can't go inside the unit, you can't open any boxes,
and who's ever got the most money in their pocket
can own it today. Are you ready?
- Yeah! - Whoo!
- Right on! Let's go, let's go, let's go!
- Come on, folks, let's go!
All right.
- Right this way.
- We're gonna go up here to the right, folks,
indoors and upstairs.
[buzzing]
All right.
Nice little hallway unit here, folks, in the corner,
ready to go.
♪ ♪
- What you see there?
- Uh, it's like a sectional-- - We got a fan.
- --sectional couch. - Let me get this right here.
- OK.
- This doesn't look like Annabelle's spooky ass
about to pop out of a box.
I'ma go for this one.
- Black bags and black boxes.
I like it.
I might have to buy this one. - All right.
Good choice.
♪ ♪
- It's kind of curious.
You know, you got some priority boxes,
some appliances, mystery bags.
Looks like there's a couple sofas.
I mean, you know, there's-- there's stuff here.
So for any, you know, good price, it's OK.
I don't know where any of this stuff's gonna fit right now,
but I'm tempted.
- All right, I got a nice 5x15 unit.
Here we go. And how much money?
What's your pleasure? - $10.
- What are you saying? How much?
I got 10. What about 20?
Now 30 to get. 20, 30, 40, 40.
What about 40? Now 50.
What about 50? - Right here.
- 50 there, and 60 there, and 70 there, and 70 there,
and 80 now. What about 80?
70 here. What about 80?
What about 90?
[auctioneering] What about 100?
- Yup!
- What about 110?
100 bucks, 110, 120, how about that?
130's there. 120, 130.
How's that sound? - Don't go over there.
- 120, 130.
- Yup! - 130, 140.
140, 150. 140, 150.
100 and a 1/2.
100 and a 1/2 and more 50.
Shake and said no.
You're at 140. - You can have it.
- 150 going once. 150.
150 going twice.
Last and final call at 150 bucks and 1/2,
sold it your way.
You got yourself a deal. $140, Kenny.
- Kenny!
- I'm gonna go through this right now.
I don't wanna buy nothing else today.
Let's start with the Toastmaster.
This one caught my eye. - The Toastmaster?
- Yeah, see? This is-- - Oh, yeah.
- --like what we had--
- My mom used to cook pork chops in those.
♪ ♪
[laughs]
- Don't you talk dirty to me.
- She had like the fresh green beans and the red potatoes,
and then the pork chops on the top, and then--
it was good. This is brand-new.
- I love your mama. I love your mama.
- It's brand-new. 10 bucks.
- Ooh, [bleep].
- It's not that heavy. Calm down.
- But I got a "hermia."
[drum boings]
Books.
Nope.
- Hmm. All kinds of stuff.
I like that they put everything in a plastic bag
and then in the box.
Here, let's just-- let's just do this.
How about this?
♪ ♪
- It's Kobe's. Money.
- There you go. - There you go.
25 big ones right there, eh?
Let's call Rene.
He-- he be into the [bleep] cards.
- Are you gonna be Rene?
- [high-pitched voice] Well, you know--
[speaking gibberish] - [laughs]
- [posh voice] You never throw away sports cards, Kenny.
♪ ♪
[normal voice] Who that is, America?
[laughs]
♪ ♪
Oh.
Oh, yeah!
Oh, my God, America, we done hit the jackpot.
- It's hidden in a-- it's hidden in this calendar.
- I'm so lonely. - [laughs]
- I am so lonely. - Nobody will see it in here.
- Yeah, escapes.
I would never forget another birthday with that calendar.
Mm.
- It's hot. I--
- Go on. Rating just went up 12.
- [laughs] Oh, my God.
- I bet y'all wish y'all was me about right now,
ain't you, boy?
- Nail gun. Hell, yeah.
- Don't shoot.
- It's a Craftsman, so it's a good one.
It's got the chargers, got two chargers.
- Talk to me, Brandi. - Couple of staples.
- Talk to me, Brandi.
- You could get 40 bucks for that.
- Man, what kind of bull[bleep] is this?
- Wait, it's a-- it's a--
- An "armo-wok."
- A what?
- You know, that [bleep] they be putting
on the edge of the bed. - An ottoman?
- Him too, yeah.
- Is there stuff inside of it?
- It feels good.
- Oh, careful, careful.
Oh, my God.
Is there anything in it?
Nothing, huh? - Look, America.
- It's kind of sturdy.
I could use that for staging.
- Oh, yeah? - Yeah.
I'll give you 15 bucks for that.
- All right.
- Ooh, that's a nice ladder. - It's a nice one.
You can go all the way to heaven with this one.
- Yeah, I need that.
- As soon as you fall off that bastard.
25 big ones right here.
- You know what this is? What is that?
- Another "armo-wok."
- It's another "armo-wok."
- This one here is empty too,
'cause see how easy I lifted it up?
This here is about $15 right here.
- This sofa is nice, Kenny.
- It is?
- Ready?
- [grunts] Man, your hands are strong.
Put it over here.
[grunts]
- All right, you can probably get 200 bucks for this couch.
This is nice. It's a big sectional.
There we go.
What is it?
- Man, this is some strong-ass plastic bags, bro.
That's what's up.
Look at that, you using all your knives.
That's what I'm talking-- - Is that a-- is that a TV?
It sure is.
- Third-grade-ass TV, bro.
- How much do you get for that?
Say 50 bucks. - OK.
- Yeah. You don't think so?
- I don't know, but this little third--
- You wanna fight about it? - Nope.
- Oh, damn.
- My insurance don't cover that.
- Why'd you do that?
All right, this is nice.
- That's cool. Look at that.
- $20. - Look at this.
It's nice. - Yeah.
Ooh. Hold on.
We could be twins.
Matching headlights. - Oh, yeah.
You put it on your forehead.
You'd be like them, um, the "Minjins."
- [snorts]
- [speaking gibberish]
- Mine's broken.
- What is this?
- I don't know. What is it?
- It's kind of heavy.
- Hmm.
- Man, these people done stole signs.
- Oh.
These are cool.
- See, "Arizony," "Oklahomy."
- These are cool. - Man, it's heavy.
They got more. - What else is in here?
- What other state we done went to?
- What else-- oh.
- What other state we done robbed?
- [grunts]
- Where'd they go?
"Californy," "Missourick."
- This is all Route 66.
- Yeah. New Mexico and "Kanbas."
We could go check Route 66 out.
- We going on a road trip? - Let's do it.
You drive fast, bro. - Yeah.
- The head blow through my wind.
- I'm driving. - Please give--
- Come on, let's clean this up. - You got an extra parachute?
- Let's clean this up. Get in the car.
- Folks, that's the end of the auction,
and don't forget to pay the lady.
See you in the office, everyone.
- That was pretty bad.
I hope Kenny and his sugar mama have some good luck.
That was terrible units, man.
- Yeah, horrible.
- Anyways, I'll see you tomorrow at 11:00
so you can-- - 11:00.
- Get ready to lose your bet, OK?
- Oh, yeah, yeah. Don't worry.
I'll bring $500 in $1 bills.
- I don't care how he brings it,
Dusty better have my money ready tomorrow.
What a cheese [bleep].
See ya, kid.
[doors clattering]
[western music]
♪ ♪
- This stuff always looks better unwrapped.
I chose my best lot from the estate sale
to put up against Dave's radios.
We're setting up so somebody can price what we have
and make my victory official.
This thing's cooler than everything Dave bought.
♪ ♪
Oh.
It's about time.
This is fine merchandise.
Don't even say it.
- Is there a dump close by or what?
Bang for your buck, that's the bet.
- Oh, yeah, bang for the buck.
It's about profit, making money.
- Bang for the buck.
- Not who could buy the biggest pile of garbage.
♪ ♪
What'd you do?
You sat at home and washed all this stuff?
- Oh, are you trying to see how the pros do it?
- I just don't know how you shined all this up so quick.
It looks like you put Pledge on everything already.
- It's not Pledge, it's oil.
Furniture oil.
- I'm not gonna lie, it's a pretty good idea.
Looks like you already got auction tags
on it for it to be sold.
- No, those are just my inventory tags.
I just take care of business professionally.
These are called-- what you call comps.
- Oh, OK.
- My father always taught me if you're gonna
do things, do them right.
- I think it's more of an insult for the appraiser.
- No, I think when the appraiser gets here,
he's gonna go, damn, I've never seen somebody
so, so smart enough to help me guide me
through all this process.
- OK.
- I've been trying to pass some of my knowledge on to you,
but you don't wanna learn.
[whimsical music]
Making it look good.
That's what my, uh, mentor taught me.
♪ ♪
You want me to help you do yours the right way, too?
- Yeah, why don't you pull up comps from 20 years ago
when people actually cared about this stuff?
- OK, this is for sale.
What's the-- what's the paperwork say in front of it?
How come I don't have a paper in front of that?
- [laughs]
- Damn, what did I do there?
- I think you forgot to print that one up, Dave.
- Uh-oh, I might have.
Are they flying off?
- [whistling]
- You stealing my papers, young man?
- No, I think you forgot to put them on.
- Come on. Don't be a sore loser.
- I didn't take nothing.
- Yeah, you can be a sore loser.
- I think you just forgot to put them there.
- Bull[bleep]. Put it all back.
Let me have them.
Dusty is about to learn the old-school way
of handling somebody who messes with your work.
Where's all the papers at? Let me have them.
- I don't have no paper. I don't have nothing.
- Dustin, I'm telling you, put my damn papers back.
Don't get me upset.
Put them back right here.
I'm not [bleep] around.
[door slams]
You're messing with my work, man.
Now it's gonna be all crumbled up
and look like spit-wads, all your sloppy-ass [bleep] paper.
- I feel like I've won already just by pissing Dave off.
- 22.
I think the pile is gonna appraise for at least $6,000.
- I've got 35 pieces at $20 on each item.
I wanna sell them for $100 each.
I'm gonna estimate this lot at $3,500.
- All right, Dave, we'll just wait
for the appraiser to get here.
- Hey, I'll tell you what-- while we're waiting for him,
let's go get lunch. What do you think?
My guy will stand here and watch.
[doors clattering]
♪ ♪
- I'ma put this right "chere," girl.
- Perfect.
- I like this right here.
- You like it?
[laughter]
After my estate sale win,
I needed a lot of space to unload.
- What are we doing, putting it on the tables and stuff?
- So Kenny's helping me get ready to meet an appraiser
at my boyfriend's bar.
- That's fancy. - Yeah, it is.
- Say that's a jewelry box?
- No, it says it's a serving dish.
- Kind of food you gonna put in that?
- It's bone china. - Oh, it is?
- Look at that. Says $100.
- Oh, my God, that's special.
- I know, look at that.
It's like a whole little set right here.
Look at that. That's pretty.
- Oh, that's money.
- Does that say 800 or 8? I don't know.
- I think it's 800, bro.
That's some fancy [bleep].
- If these prices are accurate,
this could be one of my biggest scores in a long time.
♪ ♪
It's like a gravy boat with feet.
- Look at this.
Hello!
- One of them says it's $110, and these are all the same.
There's one, two, three, four.
- Oh, I got another one with feet.
- What is with the feet?
- I need to know what this [bleep] is for, man.
They got three of them.
- Oh, yeah.
There's-- there's, like, glasses that go in those.
I remember putting those away.
- If you had to price every item,
take you about 50 years, bro.
- I know.
There's so much stuff.
- Oh, my God.
- Hi! Oh, my God, thank God you're here.
- Looks like a Burbank antique shop threw up in here.
- So good to see you.
Thank God for world-renowned antique expert
and owner of PROSPR on La Brea, Randy Esada.
Let's start over here. - OK.
- Let's start here.
- History lesson has begun.
- So I didn't unwrap all of these,
because this is just completely full of--
- 132 coffee cups.
- Yeah, in here. - That is impressive.
- What a tea party, huh? - 38 butter pats.
So Spode Rosebud is a chintz pattern.
This is one of the most impressive sets of, uh,
Spode Rosebud chintz I've ever seen.
- Really? - Really.
- Most impressive?
- It's a lot of pieces, and it dates between 1890 and 1936.
This set would probably be in the neighborhood
of $1,800 to $2,000.
- Yeah!
- And that's because of the number of serving pieces.
- Mm-mm-mm.
- Do you wanna move over to this table?
- Let's go. I like this table.
- I like this table, too.
So, uh, but what you generally have here on this side
are a bunch of Toby mugs. - Tobys, yeah.
- Toby!
- Some old, some new.
About 750 in Toby mugs.
- That's how much I spent on the unit,
so you just killed it right here.
- OK.
So on this table, this is Carlton Ware.
You can spot it from across the room.
It's different colors, but you can see
the vibrance in the pieces.
I absolutely love these.
These are good quality with a great look.
About 675 in Carlton Ware.
- Damn. - All right.
This is just a hodgepodge of stuff.
- Wow, yeah.
- We've got these candelabras, and then--
- This is one of the most unusual things
you have in your collection.
It's called a Fukuoku.
- "Fuh-cuckoo." - Easy.
Fukuoku, I think is how it's pronounced.
It's a Fukuoku 9,000.
And you see--
- What is this called?
Fukuoku.
- Oh, that's a vibrator for the finger.
[imitates buzzing]
- [laughs]
- Yeah, look, you put it right there.
[imitates buzzing]
[laughter]
- I play with the man in the boat.
♪ ♪
[chuckles]
- These things are kind of impressive.
This is a bun warmer.
- Oh, I thought you put meatballs in there.
- Yeah, you could.
It's actually an entree dish, so you could put
serving things in there.
19th century, with its, uh, nice chasing
and the original finial here.
I would say around 400 for this one.
And even though this one is half the size,
because it's 19th century and good condition,
you could still get $300 for this.
- Mm-mm-mm.
- And so this one, this is, uh, on the higher end.
And so this alone would be a $600 bun warmer.
- Lord have mercies. - What?
- Yeah.
- What about that little flashlight,
the rose, uh, this here?
- Oh, yeah.
That is a-- well, it's-- it's impressive-looking.
- Uh-huh. - It's not terribly valuable,
but as a table lamp, even with the couple of broken shades,
I would say 325.
- [bleep], that's good monies.
Damn, Brandi, even the broken stuff got value.
- These are cruet sets.
What heathen put these together?
- Uh, I think I did that right there.
- Ugh. - Damn it, Kenny,
- I'm sorry. - You had one job.
[door slams]
Well, first thing we need to do--
- Did he do it wrong? - Here, let's fix this.
We might as well do it right.
This would go with that one.
Put all the cranberry in a nicer cruet.
And so these would be for, uh, setting a table.
When people entertained a lot,
they would have these fancy sets,
and you would have oil and vinegar and dressing.
And the cranberry glass ones impress me
as 19th century and are probably the most valuable.
You've got another $1,000 in cruet sets.
- Ain't that some [bleep]? - OK.
But wait, there's more.
You see all of these funny-looking pots,
and they're laughable-- - They are.
- --with the feet.
But it's called Walking Ware, and those things,
believe it or not, each piece,
those teapots are around $100 each.
And you have so many.
Just in these walking pieces--
- Yeah.
- --I would say $1,200.
- [bleep] damn!
[whip cracks]
- So we have more Carlton Ware,
but it's in this wonderful, uh, yellow pattern.
- It's cute. - And the pattern is called--
because these are little buttercups--
you might be surprised to hear that each little buttercup--
- Uh-huh. - --$100 each.
- Shut up. Just for those? - Yep.
And you've got one, two, three, four of those.
- Got $400 right there.
- These are easily $100 each.
And then you have these miscellaneous
buttercup pieces, $1,200.
- Shut your-- - Oh, my God.
- Shut your mouth. - [laughs]
- So this is called an epergne in French,
and this is a decorative piece for the center of a table,
and people use these for flowers.
- OK.
- As it stands, it's in the $500 range.
- [bleep], I'll take it.
- This is my first estate sale auction.
Definitely won't be my last.
- I think we've done it.
- Oh, we made it through.
- Let me take a minute to, uh,
add up what we're looking at, so--
- Do the mathematicals here, sir.
- Uh-huh.
All of the bar.
♪ ♪
And then the silver.
I see your grand total--
[suspenseful music]
--$15,000.
- What? - What?
- [laughs] Oh, my God.
- It's all for $700?
- I'm sorry.
- Yeah, that is pretty impressive.
- All for $700. - I didn't mean to hit you.
- Yeah, you have to kiss a lot of frogs in this business
until you meet your prince, but you definitely--
- Oh, you're telling me.
- --have met your prince on this acquisition.
- I am him. - I like that.
I like that.
[door clattering]
[intriguing music]
♪ ♪
- Oh, my God, look how clean this is.
- This is all fine stuff.
I don't even have to wipe the crap off of it.
I don't even care.
- Look at the condition of these tubes.
- Are you Phil? - I am.
- Here we go. The man's here.
- Hey, Phil, how are you?
- Hey, guys, nice to meet you.
- Ivy put me in touch with Phil Fabian,
from King Richard's Antiques, so Dave and I can have
someone neutral to value our stuff.
- Why don't we just start with Dusty's first?
- Yeah, please.
- So these are, uh, Ericsson phones.
They have that, like, great old-fashioned 1890s look.
The more compact ones, they're, like, half the size.
Those are the more popular ones these days.
- 'Cause nobody has space. - Exactly.
In this condition, they're really only about $125 each.
This is an interesting one.
It's not in great condition.
German, cool as heck.
So, but yeah, about 80 bucks for this one.
Um, this is, uh, THX sound, so it's a movie theater speaker.
People like these vintage, not-too-old electronics.
This one goes for about 800 bucks.
- OK. - These are very cool.
OK, so the company, Siebe Gorman & Company Ltd,
they created-- what you don't have here
is, you know those old diver's helmets?
- Yeah.
- Those actually started out as actually
smoke helmets for firemen.
- Oh, wow. - So that's--
[honks]
--you're intaking air--
[honks]
--as you do that, and that's pushing air
into the helmet with the aid of some hoses and stuff.
These are very, very cool.
Unfortunately, they're not worth
a whole heck of a lot of money.
♪ ♪
About 200 each for 'em.
- Of course, that's all Dave wants to hear.
- My mama said, if you don't have nothing nice to say,
don't say nothing at all. - Never stopped you before.
- I'm not saying anything. - Mm-hmm.
- You have these lovely knife boxes here.
These are really nice. I don't see these a lot.
This one could even be as old as the 18th century.
- And this one does have a minor imperfection.
- It is, but it's older. - OK.
- This one's older. Um--
- Don't worry. Wait till we get to your stuff.
I'll point out some defects. - Some minor imperfection.
- Probably about 300 for this one,
and maybe about 350 for this one.
♪ ♪
OK. - It works.
You gotta give it a little crank.
- Gotta give it more of a crank.
- Yeah, give it some juice.
♪ ♪
[upbeat jazzy music plays]
♪ ♪
- This is an old Victor Victrola.
Beautiful oak case.
It still works, obviously.
We've got about 400 bucks here. - OK.
- So here, we have a lot of rat crap
that you could have cleaned.
[laughs]
- Well, that's how he operates.
Getting it appraised, you'd think you'd have
the decency to clean it up for the man.
- Anyway.
So obviously, these are old steam whistles, um,
from fire engines, what have you.
Somebody created this whole brass
concoction to display them.
Pretty cool. Pretty unique.
Uh, especially the way they did it.
I do believe there's somebody out there who will love this.
I think a fair market value price for this piece
would be about 1,200. - OK.
- Now let's come over and take a look at some real stuff.
- Yeah.
- I think Phil has seen enough crap today.
Let's get serious.
- Looks like a used car lot here.
- Well, you know what? I like to shine, buddy.
- His daddy always told him, detail for retail.
- What about these, though? What are these?
These are--
- Just some research I did.
- They look like eBay listings to me.
- That's exactly what they are.
- People can ask whatever they want for an eBay listing.
That doesn't mean that's actually what they're worth.
What I give you is a fair market value.
- Fair enough.
- These are a bunch of Atwater Kent tabletop radios.
Atwater Kent was a great company.
These are all about the same.
These are all based on the Model 20.
They go for about 75 bucks each.
- What's the chance of maybe you thinking
I could get $80 apiece for them?
- They sell for right around 75 bucks.
- [laughs] - OK.
So we have one, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight of those.
- This one's a little later.
I could see this one, maybe 100 bucks.
- Not 120?
- Dave has to worry about every last cent
to have a chance at winning this bet.
- I think a solid $100 bill.
I'd feel more comfortable with that.
- Where's my calculator?
- You've got some bigger Model 20s over here.
- Oh, that's it for the big boys now.
- I'd do 125 each on these big ones.
- 125 on those three. - Yeah.
- Damn, I like your bid. I like your prices.
- Trying to turn a lemon into lemonade.
- Was I badmouthing your stuff when you were--
- A little bit. - No, I don't think so.
- A little bit.
- And this one does have a minor imperfection.
- It is, but it's older. - OK.
- This one's older.
- Minor imperfection.
I was not badmouthing your stuff.
- This one's cool because it's got-- it's got a metal casing.
I would do about 125 each on these metal ones.
- $125 on-- on three of those.
- Three, yeah.
- Now we're getting into the cat's meow here now.
- Yeah, this is beautiful.
Another 1920s radio.
Oh, wow.
OK, this is cool.
It looks like it's been refinished.
300 bucks on it. - $300.
I like it.
- So there we go.
- Now it's time for the moment of truth.
- So Dave, how much did you pay?
- I paid $750 for everything.
- You paid $750.
Dusty?
- 2,000. - Oh.
That's more than Dave.
That's a lot more than Dave.
So, ROI, return on investment.
By my calculations--
wow.
Dave made more money overall.
- That makes me the king of the ROI.
Yup!
[western music]
With age comes winning.
- You have a lot more items, though.
- Yes.
- You got more items for less money, so--
- That's 'cause I can do math.
[laughter]
- Return investment percentages is complete bull[bleep].
- I'll take my 500, Dusty.
- I didn't bring no money with me.
[doors clattering]
[upbeat jazzy music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ Going down the route ♪
- Don't drop one of those. - Come on, let's go.
- Injure yourself. - You'll cut all your feet off.
- [laughs]
- Brandi is coming with me to meet Charles Phoenix--
What up, dog? - You guys look great.
I love your style. - Thank you.
- You've got the retro vibe going on.
- Yeah, we do.
- --to see if we can kick up some more money
with my road signs.
[grunts] I think--
- Oh, they're heavy, too.
- They are.
- Good sign number one, heavy.
So have you been on Route 66?
Have you ever driven on Route 66?
- I have. - I heard of it.
- You have? - I have.
- Actually, you're on it right now.
We're at the Fair Oaks Pharmacy,
where they have been serving it up in style for 110 years.
This is history.
- Damn, I didn't even know.
- We're there.
- From Chicago to Los Angeles, you know,
Route 66 is America's...
[shouting] Iconic--
- OK. - I'm sorry.
I just get excited because this is deep.
This is real American history.
It does not get more Americana than this.
Before the interstates, before freeways, the legendary road,
the Mother Road, that's it.
It was, it will always be.
Started in '26, was decommissioned in 1985.
- Mm.
- And the song first came out in 1946!
- '46? - What?
- Nat King Cole, the legendary Nat King Cole.
- Oh, he did? - His is the classic version.
- I ain't never heard that one. - Yeah, you have.
Yes, you have. - You have.
- I promise. - You just forgot right now.
You've definitely heard it. It's good.
- [gruff vocalizing] - That's Louis Armstrong.
- Oh, my bad.
- You're good, though. - [gruff vocalizing]
- We could hear more of that.
- I would sing more, but we ain't got no music rights.
- I mean, these are the signs that, of course,
were up on the road.
I mean, imagine all of the cars that these signs saw pass by.
- Oh, yeah.
- I mean, and look at this one. This is--
- Oklahoma. - Yeah, Oklahoma.
- It's got all the patina, doesn't it?
- It's got the patina, the patina we love.
These are porcelain signs.
So basically what it is, it's metal that's die-cut,
and then they put this, like, glass powder on it,
and then they bake it.
It's very durable, and they are fantastic decor items.
People collect them. - So many buzzwords.
I love it. I'm loving every one of these.
- The highway goes through eight states.
And everything's wonderful and great and fine and dandy,
sugar candy, except one thing.
- What is that? - You are missing two states.
You are missing Texas and you're missing Illinois.
- Hmm.
[groaning]
So can you let us know what all these 66 mean in mathematicals?
- I would say as a set--
- Mm-hmm. - --not having every state--
also, it would be better if the patina was all matching,
'cause then you really would have a matched set.
- Mm. - Ugh.
- But this collection, I'd say you're looking at about--
♪ ♪
Easy $750.
- Mm! Now we talking, girl.
- Whoo!
- Sounds like we should take a road trip to get the other two.
♪ ♪
We need to go to Texas and "Em-illnois."
- Well, that's gonna be a long road trip.
- You think so?
- Are you grouchy on road trips?
'Cause I am. - Oh, no.
- No, I'm not, I'm--
- We just gonna have a problem with
a lot of fast food wrappers in the car.
- [laughs]
♪ ♪
announcer: Brandi Passante was in a winning "estate" of mind,
dishing up $14,000 big ones.
Dusty Riach may have lost a bet,
but whistled his way to a nice payday.
[record scratches]
- Wait a minute! I bought three more.
announcer: Sorry, Dusty. Let's fix that.
[cash register dings]
Where was I?
Dave Hester had a victorious return on investment
and was finally paid by Dusty,
while Kenny Crossley got his kicks
thanks to Route 66.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- What's your favorite road snack?
- Ooh, I got a lot.
Beef jerky. - Beef jerkies?
- Beef jerky.
- I wish they would put some gravy inside them beef jerkies.
- Oh, put gravy on anything, I'll eat it.
What else? Uh--
- Empanada.
- [laughing] Empanadas.
OK.
I just meant, like, convenience store snacks, but I mean, OK.
- Oh, you're talking about-- grits.
- Gum-- gummy bears. Grits?
What the hell are you talking about?
- Caramel apple.
- Those are messy.
You can't eat a caramel apple on a road trip.
- Dodger Dogs.
If you pay by the stadium, you can make a pit stop.
[laughs]
- [laughs]
- What's that road game y'all used to play?
I spy, seen some [bleep].
What's that called?
- Oh, oh, oh.
Uh, I spy with my little eye--
uh. - Nothing.
- Not much to look at.
- I spy with my little eye, tumbleweeds.
I see a restaurant.
Let's eat. - [laughs]
[groans, sighs]
- Oh, [bleep] yeah.
Kumbaya, America.
[laughter]