[Laura giggles]
I love a spooky season.
- What are you doing?
- What do you think?
Halloween's right around the corner, babe.
I thought that I could just bring
a little bit of costumes, a little extra fun, festive cheer
to the season.
And they might want to wear it at auction.
- Who? - Our buyers.
- Oh, come on.
These buyers aren't gonna wear that.
It's ridiculous.
They're not gonna wear this stuff.
- I bet you they will.
- Bet you 100 bucks you can't get people to wear
that whole basketful of hats.
- OK, you're on. You know what?
I got one just for you.
- I'm not wearing it.
- OK?
Get on over here.
Lookit.
Winner, winner, chicken dinner.
Don't you feel good?
- No, it feels like it's gonna fall off.
- [cackles]
[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! - 400!
- Woof! - [laughs]
[Person] ♪ Money owns this town ♪
- M-O-N-E-Y!
- Are you ready? [people cheering]
[quirky music]
[Brandi] I get to go to Huntington Beach today.
I'm really excited.
It's not far from me.
It's, like, a half hour, but I grew up here.
I went to high school in Huntington Beach,
which is literally right down the street from this facility.
[camera shutter clicks]
Yeah, I'm not putting my yearbook picture on TV.
Even if I don't get something good today,
I'm excited to be here.
And I'm just gonna, like, hang out.
It's a good spot, nostalgic.
I'm excited.
[Ivy] Huntington Beach, where they've got
lots of water, which is what my wife keeps texting me to drink
over and over and over again.
You need ice? You need ice?
No, woman.
Water is ice.
Leave me alone!
If I drink any more water, I'm gonna float to the auction.
But if I get a good locker, I can
celebrate with a nice cold glass of soda.
I don't need nothing but units.
Hydration is for the hydro-fools.
[Mary] Brandi told me about this auction
in Huntington Beach, because I can't
come to California without going to a beach auction.
I mean, hello.
So I'm hoping to find some little grandma,
little coastal trinkets.
Little wicker bowls and seagull figurines--
I need you in my life, like, yesterday.
Hopefully, this is the ticket.
- Ooh, my god.
It's almost Halloween, America.
And today, I'm gonna scare my way to success.
[Laura] Hello. How are you?
- What's up, girl? - Good.
Good to see you.
- I see you got your turkey, huh?
- Can I talk you into a little bit of festive fun?
You're a captain.
- All day, every day.
My ship--
- It's All Hallows' Eve.
- What's up, Mary? - Hey, Kenny.
- What's up, girl?
[Dan] You can tell her no.
Don't do it. - Don't do it?
- No. - Yes, no, put it on.
Let me see how cute you are.
Oh!
- Yeah, I got my own outfit right here, Danny boy.
[Laura] Ooh, OK.
- [laughs]
[laughter]
I've got a costume for you.
[Laura] Oh, really? - Oh, yeah.
- Right on.
Put that right back in the basket.
- Look at that.
Oh, my god, you're so cute.
So? - What?
[Laura] Here.
Put another hat on your head.
- [laughs]
[Laura] Just stick this on for two seconds.
[Mary] What do you think, Kenny?
- Danny, get a picture of us.
Come on, now.
[camera shutter clicks]
[Laura] You look so cute, Kenny.
[cackles]
- Ooh. [Laura] Brandi.
- Oh, you guys look ridiculous.
[laughter]
[Dan] Right?
- What is happening here?
- I've got a gift for you.
Are you festive?
Are you fun?
Do you feel a little witchy?
- Don't do it, Brandi. - Oh, my god.
You look so cute.
- What the hell is going on here?
[Laura] Ivy.
[Mary] What's up, Ivy?
- Happy Hallows' Eve.
- Where the candy? - I got candy.
Danny, get the candy. - I'm not gonna get candy.
[Laura] I got candy.
[Dan] Don't wear any of that [bleep], Ivy.
- These sunglasses ain't working too good.
I need the replacements.
- Those are awesome.
- Sweep the deck, mateys.
[laughter]
[Laura] Oh, OK. [Ivy] Ooh, the sailor.
I could boss you around, then.
[Dan] Change in the wind.
[Laura] Changing it up.
Ooh.
[Ivy] Ooh, that actually looks good on you,
to tell you the truth.
- I don't need this here butterfly head.
- [laughs]
- I feel-- I just feel a bee was gonna land on me
and sting me with all this--
- 'Cause you're so sweet, Kenny.
- Oh, no.
I got too much sugar in me.
That's the problem.
I'll be back.
- Oh, he's taking his off.
- I'll be back.
I'm coming with my real costume right 'chere.
Laura's got all these little hats.
That's not scary.
I brought my own Halloween costume.
Let's just say I call him Dual Persona.
[ominous music]
You wanna see something really scary, America?
♪ ♪
- Oh.
There's something to that way of thinking, though.
- Ooh-hoo.
- My god.
- [screams] My god.
- My god.
- Now, that's a costume.
[Laura] What the heck?
- [cackles]
[Brandi] I think that might be Kenny.
Actually, that better be Kenny.
You've never looked better.
- [wails]
- So scary.
- All right, welcome to the auction.
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,
and give you five minutes to take a look around.
You can't go in the unit, can't open any boxes,
and whoever's got the most money in their pocket
can own it today. Are you ready?
[all shouting]
Let's go, let's go, let's go!
- All right, let's go, folks!
Come on!
We're gonna go down and around and up inside.
Let's do it. [Dan] Whoa, I like that.
- [laughs]
- Brandi.
[Laura] All right, upstairs, folks.
[Kenny] Upstairs. [Laura] Going up.
- Yeah, how many apple fritters did you eat today?
- Hey, that's the problem. I ain't had none.
- Oh, is that what's wrong?
- Yeah. Where's the elevators
when you need 'em?
[laughter]
[saw whirring]
All right, let's get a good look.
Here we go!
All right.
It's 7x12, folks.
[Dan] Mystery box unit.
[mysterious music]
- Oh, yeah.
- [chuckles]
- [mumbles gibberish]
- [laughs]
♪ ♪
OK, there's a couple of interesting items in here.
Looks like some camera stands and some--
- I'm good, I'm good.
I see in the dark, like a cat.
- Meow.
- Like one of them sailor cats.
- [giggles] You know, those old sailor cats.
[Dan] Yeah.
- [laughs] There's some unique items in here.
I could probably bid on it.
- What do we have here?
No, thank you.
Even I know that lock is cursed.
[cackles]
[Mary] Oh, there's a little radio.
I think that's some art back there that looks
like a vintage wooden frame.
Oh, I see an easel back there.
There's some nicely stacked boxes right here.
There might be some trinkets in here.
This doesn't look too shabby.
[Ivy] All righty.
Sealed boxes, which is not a bad sign.
Strollers.
Clothes, I hate.
Looks like a cool little case back there maybe.
[Dan] All right.
We've got a big 'ol nice unit here, here we go.
And how much money?
You're 500, you're 550, 550, how about 6 here?
What about 600?
6 in the back, how about 650?
650.
Quarter to 7, and 700, 700. How about 750?
750. How about 800?
800. 850, how about 850?
850. How about 9?
9 there. 950 now.
950.
Now 1, $1,000, $1,000, $1,000.
I got 950, going once, and $1,000, going twice.
Last and final call.
1,000.
$1,000 tonight.
Sold it to a Brandi.
You got it for $950, Brandi. - Whoo!
[cash register dings]
[Brandi] Boom.
[Kenny] Trick or treat.
- That's right.
This is my town.
There's a few good items in here.
I'm definitely gonna make some money on this.
[saw whirring]
- All right, here we go!
Get a good look, folks.
Oh, nice.
Nice, clean unit.
♪ ♪
- Oh, yeah.
This is what I'm talking about.
PSMT.
I want this right 'chere.
- You look like that rocker, Slash, with the hat.
- Oh, yeah, from the "Roses of Guns."
Thank you.
- Ooh, clean, tidy.
Buzz Lightyear in here, dragon, some nice luggage.
I don't know.
I mean, it's clean.
Worth a couple of bucks.
- There are some boxes neatly stacked.
They could have little trinkets in here.
This could be what I'm looking for,
so I'm gonna bid on this one.
- I like that little case right there.
It's a young person's room--
PS4, Vans.
Ooh, toys.
There's money to be made. I'm in.
[Dan] All right.
And if you're ready to go, I'm ready to go.
And here we go.
And we've got a big 'ol nice mystery tote unit.
I got a 100 right there. Give me 2 there?
200 in the back. What about 3?
3 now. What about 4, 400?
4 there. Now, 5, 500 there.
Now, 6, and 600 behind you. Now 7.
I've got 7 here.
How about 8, 800? 8 there.
850. How about 850?
I've got 850.
What about 9, 9, 900?
9 here, 950, 950.
Now, 1, $1,000, 1,000, $1,000.
Going once, and $1,000, going twice.
Last and final call.
$1,000 tonight.
Sold it to a $950 Ivy.
- Ooh. [Dan] The captain.
[cash register dings]
[Ivy] I think I'm overboard!
Maybe water is good for you.
Nah.
Let's see if it's a trick or treat.
Ugh.
All right, let's get-- free hand it.
Lock over here, water over here, glasses over here.
It's time to get to work.
I had enough water for the day.
Come on, start me off good.
Oh, lord.
K'Nex Ball Buster.
Yeah, that's pretty much what this is.
Well, anything with "Ball Buster" on it's gotta
be worth at least 5 bucks a bag.
And there's about 15 bags in there.
Let's say 45 bucks. [cash register dings]
All righty. Ugh.
Ope, this one's light.
What do we got here?
OK, K'Nex.
They had cushioned y'all up in these nice coats.
That's gotta be worth at least 25 bucks.
We're gonna use that as a table.
And this says "Shoes."
And it's K'Nex and shoes, but not ordinary shoes-- cleats.
Hoo, maybe I'll get some traction on this locker.
The shoes definitely aren't worth anything.
More K'Nex ball busting bags.
Another 25 bucks.
[cash register dings]
Ooh, nice dishes, though.
I see some Pyrex already.
10 bucks.
[cash register dings]
All righty.
Oop, feels like bills.
Ooh! Wow.
Skate shoes-- that's probably my best find of the day.
75 bucks.
[cash register dings]
You stay.
OK, be another collab. Bam.
Ooh, hoo!
Doubles-- they look the same, but a little bit more worn
right here.
Still say at least 40 bucks.
[cash register dings]
Come on, be some jewelry or something.
All right, another $4, $5 in quarters, some cheap jewelry.
That's all silver, so that's nice.
That's silver.
All right. $20 on this purse.
I need to get going quick, or daddy
ain't getting no caddy today.
Ooh, nice-looking little camping backpack.
Maybe a hike around the world with this bad boy.
Or hike down the street and ask for a loan.
Blankies, no money.
[buzzer blares]
This is a nice backpack-- heavy-duty, at least 25 bucks.
[cash register dings]
$10 on a suitcase.
Let's go to this suitcase.
Big ol' bag of nothing, probably.
Come on, baby.
Ooh!
We got a little better.
All righty.
What a good little suitcase we have here.
Ooh.
Remote control, off-road Jeep.
Ooh, like, almost, like, a LEGOs-type set thing here.
Ooh.
Now, that's the best thing already.
Well, that's the biggest Tech Deck thing I've ever seen.
Everything in this suitcase-- $135.
[cash register dings]
OK.
Very little money, but all money is good money. $25.
[cash register dings] Ooh.
Looky here.
And it's empty. No money.
[buzzer blares] Ooh!
These are kind of nice buckets.
I can put all the money that I didn't make in them. $10.
This locker ain't a trick or treat.
It's more like a burning bag of poop on my doorstep.
Ugh.
[sighs]
- That locker was full of doom.
Now, it's time to sing my tune.
[ominous music]
♪ There's no way ♪
♪ ♪
♪ They would have an auction ♪
Without me.
[cackles]
[saw whirring]
- Come on and take a peek.
Let's go!
[Dan] Oh, there it is.
[Laura] All right, folks.
9x10.
♪ ♪
[Mary] Ooh.
There are old boxes.
They're stacked nicely.
There's some books.
You can tell they're vintage.
There's a bunch of furniture in here.
This is looking like my kind of locker.
- Ooh, very old boxes, drawers, some old Crestwood furniture.
Could be something.
[Ivy] Ooh, it's deep.
Schoolbooks, old boxes, and shelves.
I might buy it 'cause it's a library.
[Kenny] They've got records in here--
DJ.
It's so beautiful in here.
My type of unit.
They've got, like, a mystery to it.
It's a lot of wood burning right 'chere.
You could do a lot of bonfire-- what they call that [bleep]
on the beach?
- Yeah, bonfire.
- We're gonna do that on the beach.
Nightmare stories.
I know they've got a scary book in there,
probably about my relatives.
- This guy [bleep] coming out of his cloth mouth.
When he throws up, he just throws up straw.
- Blech.
- [giggles] Kenny, you're freaking me out.
- I love you, too.
- [laughs]
All right, I've got a nice little book unit.
Here we go, number 20, what's your pleasure?
What are you gonna pay? 100, where?
I got 1, 1 there, now 2, 2, how about 3?
3 to the back. What about 4, 400?
What about 5, 500?
500, Mary. 600?
600, 7. 7 where?
I've got 7 here. 800 now?
800. What about 9?
I've got 900 here.
Now, 1, $1,000, 1,000 bucks.
11, 1,100. I get 11 here.
Now, 12.
I've got 1,200.
Get 13, what about 13, 1,300, 1,350, 1,300, 1,350.
I've got 1,350.
1,350, going once, 1,350, going twice.
Another going 1,350 bucks, and that--
sold it your way. $1,300, burlap face.
[Laura] Woo!
[Dan] You got it, 1,300.
- Ahh!
[cash register dings]
[cackles]
Yes!
[giggles] I've won a locker.
Welcome, America.
[giggles] I done did it.
[saw whirring]
- This thing's gonna bust right open.
Look at it go. I told you.
Watch out!
Here we go!
All right.
[Dan] Don't overlook anything about this one.
- Don't look a like a like, don't look a like this one.
♪ ♪
[Mary] There's a vintage little toolbox
right there, some school supplies,
Christmas stuff I see.
And there's lots of big bins over here, nicely stacked.
So I'm gonna bid on it.
Why not?
Um--
[Brandi] Oh, a couple of dolls right here.
- [screams] - And I'm out.
[sighs]
[Ivy] Ooh, I actually really like this room.
Got some poker chips right there.
I got some tools here, old lady stuff there.
That tin is probably 150 bucks right there.
Jewelry with some boxes.
Best room of the day right there.
Damn, I'm one early.
- A nice, organized unit right here.
Each tote is like a coffin waiting to be opened.
Very mysterious, just like me right 'chere.
[Dan] All righty.
Here we go, and how much money.
What are you going to pay for this one?
[Laura] Tell us, tell us. [Dan] Getting 1, 1 where?
I got 1 there. What about 2?
Can I get to 2? Now 3.
I got 3 in the back, back.
What about 400? 4 there.
What about 5? Got 5 here.
600? 600 for Raymundo.
What about 7? - Trick or treat.
- Ooh, hoo, hoo! - No more!
No more! That's it, that's it.
I'm OK. [Dan] 700.
How about 8, 800? I get 800.
Mary.
850 where?
8, 850, 850, going once, twice.
What about 8, 8?
What about 8, 9?
What about 850, 9? Sold it to a Mary.
You got it for $800.
- You got it, Mary!
[cash register dings]
[Kenny] Ding, dong, kumbaya.
- I don't know what was going on back there,
but I won my locker.
- All right, folks, that's the end of the auction.
And don't forget to pay the lady.
See you in the office, everyone.
God bless you.
Happy Halloween.
[twangy music]
[Mary] Stacked boxes, hopefully trinkets--
let's hope for the best.
- OK.
Let's see what we got here.
I spent 950 on this locker.
And now, I wanna win most likely to succeed.
All right, let's see what we've got here.
Ugh.
♪ ♪
Let's get this party started.
Ooh.
Oh.
Oh, costume jewelry.
Say, like, $20.
[cash register dings] All right.
Perhaps a body.
I don't know.
Oh, well, there's some macaroni.
Oh, that's cute, though.
$20 for that.
[cash register dings] This should right me out.
It's Halloween.
Jack and Sally, little noodle bowl, 5 bucks for that.
[cash register dings]
Hold on, hold on.
It's a ghost waffle maker.
It's a fa-boo-lous 5 bucks.
[cash register dings]
[gasps] The handbook for the recently deceased.
5 bucks.
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice.
Don't say it a third time.
I have got a solid, I'm gonna say, $150 in Disney
stuff right here.
[cash register dings]
Little jukebox, but it's Bluetooth,
so it's just a big speaker, basically.
It still has a little remote and everything.
Somebody is gonna love this. $45 for it.
[cash register dings]
Ah, let's see what's in here.
Little collectible Disney characters,
some little Disney molds.
Ah, Jack Skellington, another Disney mug.
Lots of collectible Disney stuff here.
Another 100 bucks here in Disney collectibles.
♪ ♪
[clattering]
[bleep]. Don't break the merchandise.
♪ ♪
Oh!
[exciting music]
Oh, my goodness.
Holy [bleep].
It's my lucky day, folks.
Look at this.
Collectible Barbies.
I think I have at least $250 in this box.
Yeah, I don't like dolls, but I don't mind the Barbies.
Let's see what we've got in here.
A little green screen, some stands-- $75 in here.
[cash register dings]
More stands, more photography equipment, $40.
[cash register dings]
Oh, a little ring light.
I'd say another 30 bucks right there.
[cash register dings]
Whoa.
$15 for the chair.
[cash register dings]
That's an interesting jewelry box.
Oh.
Mm-hmm, some costume jewelry.
I'd say, like, $30 for all of it.
[cash register dings]
♪ ♪
Oh, it's a Fender.
I've got 100 bucks here.
These are, like, fun little costume-y jackets.
I'd say $100 in there.
Look at this.
Bunch of costume-y hats to marry Beetlejuice.
$50. [cash register dings]
OK, hold on.
Bunch of bags.
Is that Steve Madden?
There is quite a few, at least $200 in bags in here.
[cash register dings]
♪ ♪
Tritech Forensics?
What is this?
Interesting.
♪ ♪
Are those crickets?
Yeah, those are bugs.
Mm-kay.
This is unique.
Evidence, security tape-- it all says "forensics,"
like CSI [bleep].
I don't know why there's bugs in here.
That's upsetting, but I'm gonna find somebody
to tell me if this is worth any money
because this is very unique.
OK, I'll take this, find somebody.
Let's go solve a crime.
Oh, my god, it's so hot.
[chuckles]
Don't judge.
This is not a cute amount of sweat.
♪ ♪
Ooh.
Oh, crafty thingamajiggers.
These are actually really expensive.
All the parts are in here. $150.
Uh-oh.
What's in the bag, Julius?
Got it.
Huh, more forensic stuff.
There's lots of different little Maglites.
Ooh, green.
I guess you can see different kinds of bodily fluids
with different colors.
♪ ♪
It's a microscope.
This is definitely probably worth some money.
And I'm gonna find somebody to tell me about this CSI stuff,
see if there's more in here.
This dress form is super cute.
I can use this for staging.
I'm gonna say $40.
[cash register dings]
This is cool.
Microphone, $50.
[cash register dings]
Ultimately, this was a pretty good day.
I mean, I came back to Nostalgia Town,
and I found a lot of good stuff,
and I'm gonna investigate that CSI equipment.
I'm pretty excited.
- [sighs] OK.
I sunk 800 bucks in this locker, so it'd better
be full of coastal trinkets.
OK, let's get after it, start at the top.
This is a promising little keepsake box.
Oh, perfect.
So my treasure boxes are about 65 bucks,
and I just put one-of-a-kind cool vintage finds in there.
Anything little and trinket-y and collectible,
I put in my boxes.
So this is about 30 bucks worth of treasure box items.
[cash register dings]
Oh.
Oh, god.
Ew!
Toilet paper rolls-- disgusting.
Crusty flush. Trash.
[buzzer blares]
A skateboard-- cool.
I mean, it's motorized.
65 bucks.
[cash register dings]
Little poker set-- 20 bucks.
What is this?
Mustang survival immerse kit?
What?
Oh, it's U.S. Coast Guard.
An immersion kit?
You put yourself in, and then it inflates.
Maybe they use this as a flotation device
when they're saving people.
I'm gonna set this thing aside, because it looks pretty cool.
And I don't come across these often.
Putting this thing aside.
Here is a basket full of earphones.
That's 5 bucks, 10 bucks, $15, $20, $25, 30 bucks.
OK.
♪ ♪
Ooh, it's an autograph of Eddie Vedder.
50 bucks for this thing.
Electric fireplace-- looks like it's all in here.
50 bucks. [cash register dings]
Some of these tools are worth some money.
I'm gonna say 45 bucks.
[cash register dings]
Little tea, little saucer set-- 20 bucks.
[cash register dings]
OK, this is cute. 10 bucks.
And then musical little books-- 10 bucks.
Oh, bin is marked "Keep."
Ooh.
This is cool.
A little plaque, has a little stamp on it.
That's good.
There's a lot of little cute things
I can use for my trinket boxes, so this is good.
I'm gonna say this box is 65 bucks.
[cash register dings]
OK, labeled "Fall Decorations."
♪ ♪
We have some little ribbon stuff for Christmas.
Oh, that doll looks old.
So these are some good ornaments I can use.
Santa figurines-- this box is 75 bucks.
♪ ♪
Some costume stuff.
This could be a perfect witch.
[cackles]
There's a little cape, some hats, some Disney stuff.
So I'm gonna say 30 bucks for this box.
Oh, it's a CD, little record player-- 50 bucks.
[cash register dings]
♪ ♪
Is that real?
♪ ♪
I think maybe-- yeah, I think it's real.
OK, 50 bucks.
OK, and some of these pins and these patches are great--
30 bucks.
[cash register dings]
OK, here's another immersion suit to go with the other one,
so that's perfect.
So we'll put this aside with the other one.
♪ ♪
OK.
Wrap a ditch.
Does this go with the other stuff?
I don't know.
Oh, yep.
There's a first aid kit in here.
It all looks like safety equipment for under the water.
I'm gonna put this aside.
I mean, I was looking for a coastal grandma unit,
but I think I found a coastal marine man unit.
I hope he's cute.
[chuckles] Ooh.
These look old.
Little trains-- for the set, 45 bucks.
[cash register dings]
This is cool.
It's a trampoline.
That's where all these poles are for.
So 100 bucks.
[cash register dings]
OK, some little Santa trinkets.
This box of ornaments.
I'm gonna say 20 bucks.
[cash register dings]
Some Christmas ornaments-- 10 bucks for the ornaments.
This is cool.
It's a compact disk cabinet.
Totally '80s, '90s-- 20 bucks.
OK, these totes-- there's a few trinkets
that could be worth some money, so 15 bucks.
on each of these, so 45 bucks for these three.
[cash register dings]
OK, this is cool, this old little vintage Schoenhut piano.
[piano notes clanking]
[laughs] I'm gonna say 50 bucks for it.
[cash register dings]
OK, well, I barely broke even here, so I'm really hoping
that these survival suits--
they rescue me, 'cause I need rescuing.
♪ ♪
- Let me see what this boy Dual Persona
got me involved in right 'chere.
You know he ain't got a mind like a normal person.
There's a method to my madness.
[cackles]
The hell this boy done got in here?
Let's get busy right 'chere.
Let's pull this out the way right 'chere.
It's on wheels.
Ain't this something, America?
It's an entertainment set.
A little wood finish-- what they call it?
Old English probably could set him up to shine him again,
but $15 right 'chere, boy.
[cash register dings]
Look at this.
Look at this right 'chere.
Oh, newspapers.
This is all newspapers right 'chere.
No money.
[buzzer blares]
Oh, my god, my favorite box in the world.
This is heaven.
Mayonnaise!
I found it!
Jackpot!
[twangy music]
♪ ♪
Check this book out.
♪ ♪
[laughs] I found him.
Ain't this is [bleep]?
Dan, I got your ass right 'chere.
Look what it says.
[auctioneering] 20.
I think I'm gonna keep this one for my own "edu-ma-cation."
♪ ♪
Nice mirror-- about $25.
Oh, I can see Dual Persona.
[laughs] Hey, do you like mayonnaise, too?
Mayonnaise-- so delicious.
♪ ♪
These shelves ain't worth nothing--
[buzzer blares]
--but firewood.
All right 'chere's nothing but books,
but this is old, dusty-ass books.
Dozens.
More books.
You got more books, boxes of books,
books, books in the drawers, books in my drawers,
more books.
This is crazy.
All these boxes are full of books,
man-- books, books, books on top of books,
books, more books, bro.
Look at that.
"Getting the Best Out of Yourself and Others."
"Formation of Men's Abatude."
Boy, I always got a attitude.
I know why he got a attitude-- 'cause somebody made a sandwich
and ain't put enough mayonnaise on it.
You can't judge a book by its cover,
but I gotta find somebody who could judge
this locker by its books.
I gotta find me a book broker
to see how much these books is gonna bank me or break me.
Where you at, Book Man?
[cackles]
Shh.
I'm in the library right now.
I'm sorry.
[giggles]
[mysterious music]
[Kenny] I'll take my books over to Greg Schwabe
owner of Schwabe Books.
He gonna show me how to make some money out
of all this paper.
[Greg] Hey, Kenny.
- Yeah, boy.
- Hey, welcome.
- That is me.
You got my shipment? - Yeah, I do.
- Yeah. - Nice to meet you.
Come on back. - Unbelievable, bruh.
Look at this. - Look at all these books.
Yeah. This is-- come on back.
And I'll show you more.
You can see we've got books here
that are all ready to be received
into our e-commerce system.
They're all queued up, ready to go.
And you can see back here, this is--
[Kenny] Wow, bruh.
[Greg] These are all books that are all online,
currently for sale around the world.
- What?
How many books you sell a day?
[Greg] 500 to 1,000. [Kenny] Wow.
- Back in here is where we ship our books.
This is our state-of-the-art scanning machine.
This machine will do everything but make
a turkey sandwich for you. - [bleep].
You've gotta get rid of that machine, bruh.
- No, we need it.
- If you can't make a turkey sammich--
- Anything that has a barcode, we can scan.
- Uh-huh.
- If it doesn't have a barcode, we have to manually do it--
[Kenny] Uh-huh. - --which is basically--
I've gotta look at it--
[Kenny] Huh.
- --and evaluate it based upon 10 different things in my head.
- You got one of the Microsoft glasses on or something?
- Yeah, there you go, something like that.
Unfortunately, your books are-- no barcodes on 'em.
[Kenny] Mm-hmm.
- We've gotta do it manually.
- [bleep].
[Greg] So we got these all here arranged.
And before we start, I don't want you to get
paper cuts on your hands.
- Oh, yeah.
It'd be hard to pick up hot wings with the cut fingers.
- So we've gotta give you a set of those.
Everybody wears those.
- ♪ Black on black ♪
[Greg] OK, first box of books-- the first thing I'm looking for
is interesting titles, authors, publishers.
[Kenny] Mm-hmm.
[Greg] And I could just tell these
are all book club editions. How do I know?
- Yeah, how do you know?
- I've been doing this too long, since you were born.
So what do we do then--
off it goes.
Pull out a "Mad Magazine."
That's a couple of bucks.
So we're gonna save that.
I'm just thumbing through these magazines.
[Kenny] Mm-hmm.
- I just see they're just magazines
that nobody cares about.
"Reader's Digest," old "Legal Guide."
- So that's no money?
[Greg] That's no money.
That's recycle.
- So you get money on the recyclable books, too?
- $10 a ton.
- Ain't that-- boy.
- I could just tell.
Just the look and feel of this stuff-- it's--
[Kenny] It's money.
- No, it's not money.
[Kenny] It's heavy. [Greg] It's heavy.
[Kenny] [laughs]
[Greg] And we go--we're gonna go through it quickly.
These are dated business books, political books.
- How can you tell what's a good book?
'Cause you go through 'em so fast.
- Well, a good book is a book that somebody's gonna buy.
- What's the number one category y'all sell for books?
- It's generally hardback nonfiction.
We're looking for art, history, academics, scholarly, things
on guns, knives, weaponry.
Those are all good titles.
- So are you telling me you can judge a book by its cover?
[Greg] Absolutely.
So here this box is the best one I've seen so far.
These are all vintage role-playing games
from the '60s or the '70s.
There's 10 of 'em.
So you've got some money here.
That goes over here with the good stuff.
- All right, now. - This is an interesting book--
"The Caveman Within Us."
- [grunting]
[Greg] [chuckles] Gonna hold on to that.
There's a book on the Beatles. We'll keep that.
- Oh, yeah. Yoka Yongo.
- These are computer reference books.
This is vintage Apple stuff.
These are probably 20 bucks apiece.
"Short American Stories"-- we'll keep that.
Pull out these fashion magazines.
These can be 15, 20 bucks apiece,
depending on who the cover is. [Kenny] Uh-huh.
- These, we'll save, too.
These are rock magazines from the '80s.
All this stuff-- just dated and obsolete.
All this here-- you can just get rid of it for me.
No wonder you've got them big old shoulders, boy.
You be flippin' boxes and books everywhere around here, boy.
- All day long.
♪ ♪
- Look at that, boy.
- You've gotta go faster, my friend.
- Oh.
Oh, yeah. Look at that, boy.
All right, Greg.
So can you tell me how much my little collection is worth?
- I would say--
[suspenseful music]
--right around 700 bucks.
- 700?
[Greg] 700 for everything.
- I'm kind of--
I think I paid about 1,300 for all this.
Can we go back through this again and see if we can--
- You're gonna have to do that yourself.
[laughter]
[Kenny] I didn't flip the books.
These damn books done flipped me.
♪ ♪
[Brandi] I found a bona fide entomologist,
Dr. Kyle Risser,
AKA Dr. K.
Dr. K.
- Brandi.
- Hi.
I'm gonna bug him about those cases I found in my locker.
- Thanks for coming.
[Brandi] Thanks for having me. - Yeah, of course.
- What are you doing over there?
- Oh, just, you know, looking for bugs.
- OK. - Yeah.
We can head on into the Bug Cave.
- All right, let's go to the Bug Cave.
[Kyle] Yeah, absolutely.
♪ ♪
Welcome to the Bug Cave.
- Thank you, Dr. K. All right, I've got--
[Kyle] See what you've got.
- --a lot of stuff here. - Awesome.
[Brandi] You excited?
- Yeah, absolutely.
- Me, too.
Look at all your critters.
And none of these can get out, right?
- No, they should all be pretty secure.
None of 'em can hurt you, even if they did, so--
- Yeah.
I'm not really afraid of the bugs.
I have other phobias. - OK.
Well, the microscope's an easy place to start.
This is a pretty standard Fisher Scientific
from the '90s, early 2000s.
10 to 30 times magnification.
There we go.
So this is a forensic light kit.
- So they're all different colors?
Are they-- - Exactly.
So you can actually look at each one.
And it has the wavelength of the light
that's coming out of it.
And all of those can illuminate different things.
So--
- Different things such as?
- So bruises, blood, bugs, hair, bodily fluids.
- So who would use this?
Just a CSI agent or--
[Kyle] Yeah, someone that's actually
investigating crime scenes.
- All right.
So what made you wanna be an entomologist?
I mean, did you like critters when you were a kid, or--
- Always.
My mom likes to tell stories about having to keep fish tank
nets at the washer, 'cause as a toddler,
I'd put roly-polies in my pockets.
- Oh, everybody did that.
- Yeah.
- I love roly-polies.
- Yeah, I just never quite grew out of it.
So--
- Oh, my god.
[laughs] You certainly did not.
- Yeah.
[Brandi] All right.
I'm not even gonna ask what's in his other pockets.
Let's see what we've got here.
- All right.
Well, immediately, there-- - Whew.
That's an odor.
- Yeah, you've got some entomology stuff here.
These are, it looks like, insects in alcohol.
[Brandi] That's a good bark. [Kyle] --some beetles.
Yeah, yeah.
And these are good entomology collection tools.
As we get deeper in here--
yeah, these are sort of classic, some glass files.
This is a kill jar.
- A what? [Kyle] A kill jar.
Yeah.
So this is ethyl acetate.
- OK.
- This is what we use to kill the bugs.
And that's what this is for.
- OK.
- So this substrate here at the bottom of this jar is porous.
And you pour a little bit of this in here,
and it soaks into this, keeps the bugs dry.
And then you can put the bugs in here, put the lid on,
and they die. - OK.
[Kyle] So that's what the ethyl acetate is for.
You've got the alcohol, the ethyl alcohol.
That's most likely what's in these.
And then we've got kerosene alcohol acid.
- Oh.
- It's basically a fixing agent.
So a lot of times, if you take larva-- so like, caterpillars,
fly maggots, beetle grubs-- if you
put them straight into alcohol, it destroys their color.
They turn black, they shrink, they change shape.
It can really mess them up.
This does not do that.
The kerosene preserves them intact, keeps the color intact.
- So the really colorful ones--
- Exactly.
You wanna put on some gloves, open one up?
- Sure.
All right, I'm ready.
I'm gloved up.
♪ ♪
- Everything from dragonflies--
- Cool.
- This is a little water scorpion.
It's a predator. - Oh.
[Kyle] Actually, this is a fun one.
This is a dobsonfly.
- Did you say Dotson? [Dan] All right!
- Dobson. Yeah, yeah.
- [chuckles]
- The dragonflies are actually delicious.
They just kind of taste like fish.
They're delicious. - OK.
[Kyle] Yeah. - Hmm.
[Brandi] What else we got in there?
- Yeah. [Brandi] Anything good?
- Well, this is vermiculite.
We use that because when you're pulling
fly maggots out of a body, they're
very juicy and covered in goo.
And so you put them in some vermiculite.
It sucks up the moisture, keeps the maggots alive for you.
- What do you mean?
You mean, like, a human body? [Kyle] Sure.
That's what forensics is all about, right?
- OK.
- So you can calculate time of death
based on the insects on the corpse.
- I miss 10 seconds ago when I didn't know that.
All right, so OK.
I need value here 'cause--
[Kyle] Great.
- --I'm probably not gonna take up this hobby.
- Sure.
- How much do you think that I have
for all of this stuff-- the microscope,
the light kit, the tools?
- All of that combined?
♪ ♪
[suspenseful music]
Probably an easy $1,200.
[cash register dings]
- That's fantastic.
That's awesome.
- I'm glad you enjoyed it.
- Thanks for having me, Dr. K. - Yeah, any time.
Thanks for coming to the Bug Cave.
- I mean, can I just come over and hang
out and play with your bugs? - Any time.
Cook you up some cricket cookies.
- I don't know if-- I'm not that adventurous.
Cricket cookies?
Is that what you just said?
- Yeah, that's an easy one for beginners.
Nice, crispy cricket in a chocolate chip cookie
is delicious. - Delicious?
[Kyle] Good stepping stone.
Yeah, but the average American eats about 2 pounds of bugs
that's just in their processed foods
'cause, like, if a company is making loaves of bread
and a roach falls into the machine,
they're not stopping and cleaning that machine.
It's just going into the breads.
So yeah.
- Cool.
- And honestly, the bugs are the least of your concern.
You should see how much rat poop's allowed in your food.
[laughter]
♪ ♪
[Mary] I found U.S. Coast Guard Chief Boatswain Carter
McGuire online, and he agreed to help me with the gear
I found.
He sounded kind of cute.
Carter? - Oh, hey, Mary.
- Hey! - How's it going?
Welcome to Station Los Angeles Long Beach.
- Yeah. - Nice to meet you.
[giggles]
Oh, my ears didn't deceive me.
This place is freakin' awesome.
So tell me a little bit about what goes on here.
- In the Coast Guard here at LA,
we've got-- obviously, you can see
these fast-response cutters.
We have the small boats, the lifeguards.
We've got some Border Patrol and some aids
in navigation units. - Nice.
Yeah, we primarily do search and rescue,
federal law enforcement, port security, aids in navigation.
- Have you saved anyone?
- I have, yes. - Wow.
That's so awesome.
How many people have you saved?
- The past year, we've probably saved over 200 lives.
- Oh, my god, that's amazing.
That's so cool.
I'm so, like, honored to be here.
- Welcome aboard.
[Mary] Well, I found all this stuff
in a storage unit, so I'm hoping you
can tell me what it is and--
- We'll see what we got.
A pretty nice bag.
So this is a first aid kit and a dry bag.
If you go in the water, you have first aid equipment,
and it keeps it dry.
♪ ♪
This is a full kit.
Everything looks in, like, in really good condition.
- Nice.
- See what else we got.
Here, do you wanna hold that one?
- Yeah.
What is this?
- So these are automatic inflating life jackets.
These are actually really, really nice.
You can see that they're not armed right here.
They still has the tag on it.
And normally, whenever you install the CO2 cartridge,
you'll see this red right here in this little glass
window go green.
And that means it's armed.
So if you enter the water, there's
a dissolvable pill in there that-- whenever
that pill dissolves, it'll automatically inflate.
- Oh, wow.
- If that doesn't work, then you have a pull handle
here that acts as a secondary.
Here's the CO2 cartridge, which is still in the wrapper.
It's in perfect condition.
- Yeah, I'm kind of listening, but mostly looking.
Who would normally use these?
- We use these in the Coast Guard--
[Mary] Yeah. - --every time we go out.
- They're pretty heavy.
[Carter] Great find.
What else do we got? So these are--
[Mary] Pretty cool.
- --emergency.
So these things have been around since the 1930s.
[Mary] Wow.
[Carter] So they're commonly called Gumby suits.
Did you ever watch the show "Gumby,"
whenever, like, back in from-- - Yeah.
[Carter] --the '50s or whatever?
Like, that's what you're gonna look like whenever
you put this thing on. - [laughs] That's hilarious.
[Carter] They're pretty goofy, but
they're essential for preventing
hypothermia in the water.
They're required on commercial vessels.
We carry 'em on Coast Guard vessels.
And basically, if your boat is sinking, and it's, like,
worst-case scenario-- think of Alaska and the Bering Sea.
- Yeah.
[Carter] You have three minutes-- you've
gotta put this thing on-- from the time
the captain says we're abandoning ship.
You run up, you throw this thing out, you don it,
you check each other, make sure that you're good to go.
And then you enter the water.
You should be able to put this thing on in 60 seconds or less.
- Yeah, OK.
I'm up for the challenge.
I've got skills. - All right, cool.
So this is whenever you'd run up to the ship,
and you'd grab this thing, and then you'd
just pop it out, like that.
[Mary] OK.
- You roll it out. [Mary] Oh, wow.
That is like Gumby.
That thing's huge.
- And these things are so big 'cause you're not
supposed to take your shoes off or anything.
You wear your shoes.
You wear everything whenever you put this thing on.
These are cool.
If there's multiple people, so let's say, like, 10 of--
[Mary] Oh.
- --you jump in the water, you tether to each other.
- That's cute. [laughs]
Should we put these things on?
- Let's put 'em on.
- OK, well, you go first so I can watch you.
[Carter] All right, let's do it.
You ready to sweat?
- Am I gonna sweat in this?
Is it that hot? - It's pretty warm.
[Mary] Ooh, yeah.
Um, things are heating up around here.
♪ ♪
- It's kind of like a balancing act.
So you've just gotta wiggle, wiggle, wiggle.
- OK.
Yeah, this looks kind of hard.
- Then you've gotta find all your finger holes.
[Mary] [giggles]
- And then the hardest part's is the zipper.
That's pretty much-- - OK.
- Off you go.
- I've gotta put my hair up for this.
- And then you just check each other out.
My feet are too big for this.
- I never would've guessed I'd think Gumby was hot,
but here we are.
♪ ♪
OK.
[Carter] Let's see what you've got, Mary.
- [giggles]
♪ ♪
Whoops.
♪ ♪
Jeez.
[giggles]
[Carter] How long do you think this is taking you?
- [laughs]
[Carter] [chuckles] The ship's sinking.
[Mary] I need a practice round.
- The ship's sinking.
[Mary] For sure, I'm dead.
I'm, like, out of breath.
- [chuckles] There you go.
Pretty good.
Your feet are not in the holes, but
this is why you're supposed to have buddies, like, assist you.
So I can just--
[Mary] I'm for sure gonna drown in the Bering Sea.
- Well, the good thing is this thing will keep you afloat.
Yeah, nice. There you go.
You're ready to go.
[Mary] [laughs] OK, so the real rescuing
I need is financially.
So how much is all this stuff worth, you think?
- You know, really, if you're in distress,
all this stuff will be priceless because it's all
life-saving equipment, but I think with
everything you've got here--
♪ ♪
--I think you'd easily get $1,800 for it.
- Awesome.
That's keeping me afloat.
- What do you think about going out on the boat
and doing it in the water?
We'll buddy-check each other.
We'll jump in the water.
And we can tether to each other.
- OK.
[Carter] We'll look like sea otters.
Sick. - Yes.
♪ ♪
[announcer] Mary Padian led the fleet with
a handsome profit of $1,900.
♪ ♪
Brandi Passante netted 1,700 bugs.
A hydrated Ivy Calvin left the auction underwater--
[buzzer blares]
--while Kenny Crossley's Dual Persona slashed his dreams
of a Halloween treat.
♪ ♪
[Carter] All right, Mary, so here we are, out on a boat.
So are you ready to do this? [Mary] Yeah, I'm ready.
Let's do it.
- All right, we've gotta go hood up.
You ready for this? [Mary] I'm ready.
- All right, we're going up. You ready?
- Wah!
[laughs]
- Is that too claustrophobic?
- No, it's OK.
[laughter]
- [muffled] All right, what do you think?
- Ready for the sea.
- We're gonna do 3, 2, 1, and then
we're gonna step off, cross and cover in the water,
just like we talked about. You ready?
All right.
So cross and cover, 3, 2, 1, and then step.
[water splashing]
[chuckles]
- [laughs]
- All right, try to put your feet down.
- [laughs]
[Carter] OK, tether together.
[Mary] OK.
Well, I did it.
I'm not drowning, but how do I get it out of here?
Save me.
[echoing slam]