[dramatic music]
- Santa Ana, baby.
- Everybody's always looking for something,
but nobody ever asks us, hey, Dotsons, what do you want?
What do you like?
[Laura] You know, that has crossed my mind, too.
We would like to open up one of these units today.
What would be something that would make you go crazy,
you know, like, motorcycle parts--
[Dan] I don't know.
- --figurines?
If I saw, like, a crushed velvet suit,
maybe the tails in the back.
- What?
[echoing slam]
[country rock music]
[Announcer] When storage units are abandoned...
- Take a good look at this one.
- Whoo-hoo! [Dan] 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]
[Singer] ♪ Money owns this town ♪
- M-O-N-E-Y!
- Are you ready? [people cheering]
[dramatic music]
[Kenny] Oh, yeah, America.
Guess what.
Today, you can call me Santa Ana Claus.
Ha!
I'm gonna give out gifts, whatever I find in the units,
'cause I'm feeling very generous today.
I gotta get me a unit first.
Then we're gonna see who gets blessed
and who gets whatever I find.
Sky's the limit, America.
So they should always feel grateful and special that Kenny
is thinking of them.
- Lately, I've been scoring amazing, huge units,
but I kind of got way in over my head on how many things
and how many things I have to sell.
And it was a lot of work, so I just need to get a unit
that's more manageable for me.
I like to go big, but this time, I want to focus
on quality over quantity.
Less is more.
[upbeat music]
[Lisa] I don't want to get too woo-woo
first thing in the morning.
But between doing all my rescuing,
and fostering, and bottle feeding orphaned puppies,
and walking old ladies across streets,
I'm definitely a one-percenter when it comes to good karma.
Like, I'm up there, in the upper echelon.
Listen up, karma, I have been good, like, annoyingly good.
And I feel like I should be due for something pretty sweet
right about now.
It's time for me to start cashing in on my karma credit,
so, like a locker full of really cute vintage stuff
that I get for a steal, or maybe everyone's
just nice to me for once.
Oh, man, of all the places for there to be that line.
Let's just see how my karma helps me
get in this line of traffic.
Here we go, here we go, here we go.
See? What'd I tell you?
Good karma.
♪ ♪
- Santa Ana, I'm here to give out some gifts.
[laughs] Ho, ho, ho.
- We have 23 units here today.
- Well, I only need one.
- OK.
We're gonna start off-- - Oh my god.
Nothing's big, huh?
They don't have no 10x20s here?
- Oh, my. You know what?
You're absolutely right. - So that's--that's--
I got to get my game plan going, huh?
- Yup, so we don't really have a lot.
- It's OK.
You know, some of my best units have been
5x5s, believe it or not.
- OK.
A little handful of nice--
- Just awesome stuff in a tiny, little room.
- I thought you were gonna hear his special secret.
[Dave] There's no special secret.
- Ooh, here comes a lady.
- Hello, my good people.
- Hey. - Another one.
How are you, Emily? - Hey, nice seeing you.
- Great to see you.
[Lisa] I'm giving out "karma-els."
[Kenny] Oh, for real?
[Lisa] Carmels.
[Kenny] I like caramel.
- A little caramel now, extra karma later.
[Laura] Thank you, doll. Thank you.
- It's a "karma-el." - For good--
- "Karma-el."
- You know this neighborhood better than anybody.
- Oh, man, it's a tough neighborhood.
- This is your neighborhood.
- I mean, I--
- You used to live here. - Right.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I went to elementary school in this town,
junior high, high school.
My 90-year-old mother is still here.
It's good to be back in my old stomping grounds.
And trust me, nobody stomps louder than me.
- Yup!
[laughter]
- I like this guy.
Come over.
I got something for you.
What's your name?
- Chad.
[Lisa] Chad.
[Laura] Chad.
- Chad, it's your lucky day.
I have this for you.
Put that on.
[Kenny] Oh.
- Yup!
[Dave] I love it.
- Chad.
Hey, brother.
I've seen Chad at these auctions.
He's a good kid.
Didn't realize he had such a big fan of Dave's.
I didn't think Dave had any fans.
- We're gonna "Yup" these guys.
We're gonna "Yup" 'em, OK?
- Yup! - Yup!
- [laughs]
- Welcome to the auction.
We're Dan and Laura Dotson.
And before you go through these doors,
you need to know the rules.
They'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 inside the unit.
You can't open any boxes.
And whoever's got the most money in their pocket
can own it today. Are you ready?
[all] Yes! [Dan] Let's go.
Come on!
[Laura] Yes.
Folks, we're gonna go inside here.
[Dave] All right, Chad.
Let's go get 'em.
♪ ♪
[saw whirring]
[Laura] Nice little hallway unit.
♪ ♪
All right, here we go.
Oh, it's almost stacked to the top, folks.
[Dan] Somebody's gonna be pedaling
their ass all over town.
- I see two amazing bikes, and I actually wanted--
oh, it's Paul Frank, too?
You can't really see all the way back there.
I see some big garbage bags.
I see some power tools.
This is a lot.
I said I was not gonna get a lot today,
but I might have to for this one.
This isn't a small locker, but it's too good to pass up.
- Oh, they got two bicycles in here.
They've already got boxes pre-wrapped and stuff.
This would be good for the Santa Claus tree.
I ain't gotta do nothing but put some Christmas paper on it.
Thank you, bruh.
This is the best locker I've seen.
- It was the first one of the day.
- Yeah. - OK.
I don't know what he's talking about, but I support it,
I think.
♪ ♪
- Ooh, I like it.
Let there be light, right?
- Thank you.
Share the light.
I see that boombox thing.
Everyone loves DeWALT tools.
- Well, yeah, and there's a bunch of DeWALT tools
up there at the top right.
[Lisa] Yeah.
[Dave] Oh, Chad, man. [Laura] All right.
- Light it up. What do you see?
[Dan] Oh, he's lighting it up.
- Oh, I like this one.
- It's a good mixture, tubs, bikes, and chairs.
We can sit down while we're working.
[Chad] Yeah. [Dave] Oh, Princess House.
Look at that.
Now I like it even more.
Let's see what happens.
I see Princess House.
And if you've been in the game as long as me,
you know that means money.
I'll let you bid for me, though.
You want to bid for me?
- Yes.
- OK.
[Dan] All righty, we got a big ol' nice bike unit.
And here we go. Number 20. What's your pleasure?
[auctioneering] How much?
How much money?
Where? how about $100 for it? [Dave] Yup!
- Yup!
- I got 100 there, 1 and 1/4 where?
100 and 1/4.
1 and 1/4 100 and 1/2. 175.
[auctioneering]
- Yup! - Yup!
[Dan auctioneering]
[Laura] She's in.
[Dan] 275. Chad, you're asking--
[Chad] Yup!
[Dan auctioneering] 3 and 1/4.
25. 325.
3 and 1/2. 350, where?
I got 3 and 1/4. - Yup!
[Dan] Three 3 and 1/2. [Laura] Yes.
[Dan auctioneering]
- Yup!
[Dan auctioneering]
- Yup!
- [auctioneering]
- Yup!
[Laura] Whoo!
[Dan] OK, At 625.
- Come on, karma.
Don't you fail me now.
- [auctioneering]
- Yup!
[Dan auctioneering]
- Yup!
[Dan auctioneering] I got 7 and 1/4.
[auctioneering]
- Yep.
[Chad] Yup!
[Dan] 775.
[auctioneering]
- that's too much.
Not that good.
- [auctioneering] Sold it your way, Chad, Dave.
You got it for $775.
Dave, Chad, winner.
[cheers and applause]
[Dan] $775. [Lisa] All right!
- All right!
[cash register dings]
[Dave] Chad and I make a great team.
Those other buyers didn't stand a chance.
- All right.
Better luck next time.
- We did a pretty good job, huh?
- Yeah. - Go ahead, close it up.
Lock it up. Let's get-- hurry up.
We gotta get to the next unit.
We don't want to miss anything here at the auction.
All right? [Chad] Yup!
[Dave] Yup!
[saw whirring]
- Open that door.
Here we go, a 5x10.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
- Oh, this is nice.
Oh, they got a banjo in here.
They got two guitars in there, some tennis rackets,
John McEnroe specials, the tote,
and they got a fancy checkerboard in there.
Chess.
Yeah, the chess board.
They make a dad think right 'chere.
That's a good gift for him.
[Lisa] Not much going on in here.
- You just don't have a light.
- I see a guitar, a "gee-tar."
That's nice.
- Most seasoned buyers, they have a light.
- Ring light.
I need a ring light for my Whatnot videos.
Couple of totes.
- I need you to bring a flashlight,
so you can see what you're bidding on.
[Kenny] Look, he put the flashlight.
Oh, stop the coppers.
- I think it'd improve your chances
of seeing good stuff.
- There's an extra light.
- Ugh.
Not the type of karma I was looking for today.
- Chad, what are you-- oh, look at this.
That's a gamer.
There's a guitar back there, a couple of musical items.
All right, Chad, come on.
Don't tell anybody no secrets. Don't tell no secrets.
Come on.
- OK, this is my kind of size.
A little less is more.
And I see a ring light.
I see a guitar.
What are in these totes?
This is my unit.
- All righty.
And if you're almost ready to go, I'm almost ready to go.
- 5x10. Who's taking it home?
- And here we go, number 20. What's your pleasure?
How much? - 2!
[Lisa] 20 [Dan] 20.
20 is good, Chad.
30 would be a bit better. I got 20.
[auctioneering] Where to bid 30?
Now want to bid 30, 30, 30 bucks.
Want to bid 40 bucks.
Want to bid 50 bucks, 60 bucks.
50.
Chad, 60.
You're at 60 bucks, 70 bucks.
- Yep. [Dan] Want to bid 80.
Tell us now. - 90.
Hey, 90.
90 where?
[Laura] She's in. - Right 'chere.
- Yup! [Chad] Yup!
- 120.
110.
Now 20, 120, 110, 120, 120, 120, 120.
Want to bid 20, 120.
130. 120, 130.
130 now. 120, 130.
120. Now 30.
- I don't want it.
- 130 going once, twice. 130 bucks.
Sold it your way.
$120, Emily. 120.
[Laura] You got it, Emily.
[Dan] Lock it up.
[Laura] All right, 120.
[Emily] That's exactly what I came for.
I'm gonna take a break and see what I already got.
I'll start with these nice little totes.
[groans] See what's in this one right here.
Got DeWALT tools.
OK, we got some Frisbees, 5 bucks.
Someone will buy them.
Not too bad.
Compact drill, pretty much brand-new
condition. 50 bucks right here.
And let's keep going.
OK, I like how organized this is.
Let's see.
Ooh, what is--
[echoing slam]
[Emily] What is this?
I don't know what this is.
Wait, let's see on the outside of the box.
Next-Gen Control for Guitarists.
I'd say at least 150 right here.
It looks cool.
Musical instrument.
Those always sell.
I'm liking the start of this.
Some men's T-shirt-- oh, this is cool.
Pizza.
Pizza hoodie.
Nice.
I could wear this to the movies.
I like this.
This is mine.
This is interesting.
Maybe DJ equipment or some kind of audio.
And it's brand-new, sealed.
I'd say 150.
Ooh, la, la.
It looks expensive.
I'm not a gamer.
I know a lot of gamers.
Judging on the graphics card alone it's at least $1,000.
This is custom-built.
Note to self-- you can still make a ton of profit, even
on a small, manageable locker.
This is a cool chair.
Ooh, I like this.
This is nice.
Yeah, this gaming chair, with a good cleaning up,
50 bucks right here.
These are nice cases.
Is this-- wait, I've seen these before.
It's for DJing.
Looks very high-end.
I would say 300.
50 bucks for guitar.
And I got a ring light, 30 bucks.
Looks like a nice case.
Is there-- ooh, there's a guitar in here.
Ooh, I love this color.
The brand is Squire?
$100.
Keep going.
Oh, OK, we got more clothes.
Jeans.
Jeans sell.
Let's see if these are good jeans.
1969, that's a good brand.
Oh, these are brand-new.
Nice.
SugarCane.
These look like Japanese denim.
Denim is very popular in Japan, and some of these jeans
can be very expensive.
I'm not very familiar with the names
and brands of Japanese denim, but this could be a great lot.
These aren't my style, but all I care about is if they
add to my pile of cash.
Whose jeans are cooler, this or this?
These are pretty cool, though.
I'd love to learn more about these
and find out how much these are worth.
Last thing we got here is a nice gaming monitor.
And we got speakers behind it too.
$400 with the monitor and speakers.
OK, I'm gonna put this denim in my car
and get back to the auction.
♪ ♪
[saw whirring]
[Laura] Oh, yeah, that's a good one.
All right, here we go.
5x10.
♪ ♪
- Dan.
- Oh. - All right.
- Whoa.
- OK, I like your style.
Thank you very much. - Wow.
[Dan] Now just gotta hold it still on something.
- Oh, got it.
I found a flashlight in my car.
Now, that is good karma showing up.
This is nice and tidy.
Toy trains, that's really not my jam.
I'll let the universe tell me whether or not I should bid.
- Oh, this is "orgamanized" right 'chere, boy.
[Dan] Right?
[Kenny] Oh, yeah, this is beautiful.
This is my cup of tea.
Merry Christmas.
[laughs]
- Let's go take a look.
Well, we've got tubs.
Oh, there's a little cart.
I like it.
We'll see what it brings.
Come on over here.
This is the "Yup!" section over here.
There's enough mystery in there
that's got me interested.
And Chad seems to like it too.
Bid a little bit on it.
Not too much.
- OK, I actually like this unit.
I see some clothes.
It's super neat.
Oh, and a TV.
I like this.
I already made a bunch of money on my small locker,
but I might not be done just yet.
- Mystery bag and tote unit, start them in and set a bid.
And how much money where?
Bid 100 there.
And 1 and 1/4 where? I got 100.
1 and 1/4, 25. 100.
1 and 1/4 - In the back.
- 1 and 1/2. 125.
100 and 1/2. 175.
- Yup! [Dan] I got 2.
Want to bid 125?
2 and 1/4. And 250.
Chad, you're out. - Yup!
[Dan] Want to bid 250 now.
[Kenny] That and Dave, that's Chad.
[Dan] 2 and 1/2. And 75.
Want to bid 3.
[Dave] Yup! [Dan] 3 and a quarter.
25.
And I got 3.
Want to 350 now. 350 and 75.
And 375.
Want to bid 4.
400, 400.
4 and 1/4. 4 and 1/2.
I got 4 and 1/4.
4 and 1/2.
- Keep going.
- No, no, calm down, Chad.
- [laughs] - 4 and 1/4.
Want to bid 450.
450, 75.
Want to bid 5 and 1/4. 25.
And 525 there. 5 and a 1/2.
575.
Want to bid 600.
- That your friend bidding against you?
- Yeah.
- It's why you don't make friends at the auction.
[Kenny] Watch it, Dave, or you'll
end up on the naughty list.
- 625 going once.
- Yup!
[Dan] 625 and 6 and 1/2. - Yup!
- How about Chad? [Dan] 6 and 1/4.
6 and 1/2. 6 and 1/2.
675.
650, now 75.
Want to bid 6 and 1/2.
675, 675, 675.
Shaking your head no.
I've got the 650, 675.
675 going once, twice.
Want to bid 675 now. Sold it your way.
You got it at $650.
[Laura] Woo, you've got it, Kenny!
[Kenny] Today, I'm in the mood to giving.
And I'm also in the mood to give.
[laughs] Boom town.
[saw whirring]
[Laura] Whoo-hoo!
All right, whoa, yeah, folks.
Lots of goodies.
♪ ♪
[Lisa] I like the sound you made when that door opened.
She went, oh.
[Dan] My honeymoon sound. I remember that.
- I saved the best for last. [laughs]
- And then it was followed up with laughter.
- What kind of laughter?
- Well, you know--
[laughs]
- Have you already looked at this unit?
- But it's so cute. - Come on.
Come on. Suitcases.
Get in there.
- I got a locker to look at here.
[Lisa] It's packed, but clean.
Another Princess House.
This one might not be looking good to others,
but it's not that much work.
And I don't mind that.
♪ ♪
[Kenny] It's a nice, homely unit right 'chere.
What they call that movie with the--
Harry's Potters.
They got a wand back there.
I see a lot of gifts for some people,
but I see some good gifts for Kenny too.
I can't wait.
♪ ♪
- Bales.
- Don't touch. Don't touch.
- Ooh, sorry about that. - Don't touch the bales.
- Oh, look, here's more of that Princess House stuff here.
Boxes, tubs.
It's a mystery unit.
Everything's clean.
There's really nothing not to like about it.
It's just a little bit of work.
- What do you think, Chad?
[Dave] Come on, Chad.
We'll wait here, over here, in the "Yup" section.
- I think this might be clothes.
I can't really tell, but there's bags and bags of stuff.
This will be a lot for me to sort through.
I want to take the risk, but I gotta know when to walk away.
- All right, look at this one.
Who will give me 100 for this unit or 50? 50 bucks.
Want to bid 50 right there.
75 right there.
Want to bid 100 and 150 there.
125. 150.
You're out.
I got 1 and 1/4, 1 and a 1/2.
175. Now 2.
Are you 2? Want to bid 2?
Want to bid 200? [Dave] Yup!
[Dan] 175. Now 2.
Oh, you 2, 2? Want to bid 2, 2?
- Simmer down, you little yupper snapper.
[Dan] Want to bid 200.
2 and 1/4, 25.
And 2 and 1/2.
Want to bid 250 now.
- Yup.
[Dan] Want to bid 3. Want to bid 300.
3 and 1/4, 25.
- Yeah.
[Dan] And 325, yeah, 3 and 1/2.
Want to bid 350. - Sure.
- 350 and 75.
- Sure. [Dan] 375.
You want to go for 400.
[Dave] Yup!
[Dan] 4 and 1/4 there. 450.
450 there. 75 where?
Are you 475?
[Dave] Yup!
[Dan] 5 and 1/4. 25.
- She's in. I got it here.
[Dan] 5 and 1/4 there. 5 and a half.
Want to bid 550?
I got 5 and 1/4, 5 and 1/2, What about 550?
550, going once. 550, going twice.
Are you in? 550.
Sold it. Lisa, winner. [Laura] Whoo!
- Yeah, I didn't know which way that was gonna go.
[Laura] Lisa!
[Lisa] Now, that is the kind of karma I was looking for.
Pretty good deal, right?
- Folks, that's the end of the auction.
And don't forget to pay the lady.
Thank you, everyone!
[Dan] Get out of there.
Lock it up.
♪ ♪
[Dave] Nice to meet you, Chad.
We yupped those fools, didn't we?
[Chad] Yeah. [Dave] Yup!
[Chad] Yup!
[echoing slam]
[upbeat music]
[Dave] All right.
Boy, I'm excited about this one.
Love it. Memo!
[Memo] Yup!
[Dave] Yup!
Time to get some work done.
My number one fan, Chad, had to bid and run.
Apparently, he isn't a fan of hard work.
Anything that says PH, I want to keep right here, OK?
PH.
♪ ♪
Well, while I'm here, why don't I just see
how the day's gonna turn out?
Oh, yes, Princess House.
There you go. 30 bucks.
Ready to ship, baby.
Easy money.
Oh, my gosh, that thing's massive.
Princess House Menudo pot.
Easy 250 bucks.
Oh, look at that.
That's nice, actually.
That's a Princess House. 100 bucks.
It looks like we have a pasta bowl.
45 for that box.
I'm gonna presume this is pretty close to the same thing.
Ah, identical to this one, another $45.
Cups and saucers, 45.
Give me another 45 bucks.
Wow, look at that.
It is a pitcher.
45.
Oh, this is another pan.
It looks like $100.
Another pan. 100 bucks there.
Oh, it's a grilling pan.
Looks like $100.
And I ain't done yet.
I made my money back just on the Princess House.
That's what I call home cooking.
Are you good, Memo?
Did you sign the insurance disclaimer that if you die
in the process of helping me--
- Don't drop it on me, OK?
Don't drop it.
Hey.
[Dave] Hey.
I want to say 45 bucks.
I like this one better.
This is a Huffy.
$60.
What do we got here?
- Oh, it's a fumigator.
Is it a vacuum?
[Dave] I say fumigator.
[Dave] MEGAvac.
I was right again. 40 bucks.
♪ ♪
[Memo] La guija. - La guija?
What the hell's la guija?
Two-legged corner table.
[Memo] Open it?
[Dave] Yeah, open it up.
Oh, check it out.
So what is that? [Memo] I don't know.
We playing a pool table?
[Dave] But it's missing something here.
Is this the tip of it? Nope.
I mean, there's got to be something to hit it with.
What have we got?
Pool stick.
Got to be a pool stick.
So these go on the bottom of these, I think.
Cartier, I like that so far.
It says Cartier.
It's been a lot of years since I played pool.
The balls look interesting, so do all the sticks.
I love this stuff.
I played a lot of pool back in my day,
but I'd never seen a set quite like this.
I need to break it down with someone who knows their cues.
♪ ♪
We only got a few boxes left.
Oh, punch bowl set.
Definitely glass. $40 in punch bowls.
What is that?
A 10x10 canopy.
That's $60 right there.
Now we're talking.
Oh, now we're talking.
Carne asada.
I want to say $100 there, buddy.
I think the rest, I'm going to say about 100 bucks.
Thanks to Princess House, I almost doubled my money.
That's proof that a good eye pays off.
Yup! Yup!
Yup!
Memo, let's go!
[echoing slam]
- All right now, Santa Ana Claus is back right 'chere.
Let's see what we got.
I paid a good 650 for this unit.
And because I'm feeling so jolly,
I gotta find something for my fellow comrades.
We're gonna start with the red bag
because it remind me of Santa Claus.
And what we got here?
Oh, I'll give this to water girl.
It's the wrong holiday, but it's red.
Even water girls like flowers.
What's this?
Look at this.
Oh, we got the diamond ring case.
[gasps] Is it real?
This here is just costume, just in case she thinks
she's going to get married.
Psych-a-like.
I say about $15 for this costume jewelry.
We got black bag.
Oh, look at this, black doctor's bag.
Who is this?
John Peppercoritez.
- Yeah, him too.
I remember him.
That's his cousin.
Pokéman!
The bag itself, look at this.
Nothing but Poké dudes. $45 for some Pokémon.
Oh, look at this.
This is for water girl too.
She going to get all kinds of gifts, huh?
Soak city.
Look, she love it too.
Youth multi-sport helmet.
$20 right 'chere, boy, to keep a kid from getting concussion.
Oh, there's another one.
And another one. And another one.
♪ ♪
I could dunk on this right 'chere.
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪
What we got here?
Oh, we got racing cars.
Oh, Lamborghini.
I promised Dan I was going to get him a nice car someday.
And guess what.
Today is that day.
Look at him.
He even inside it already.
The whole box is, I'd say, about $50 right there.
What do we got here, boy?
Oh, look at the treasure chest.
There you go.
Oh, no.
Stevie Wonders.
Let me see.
[harmonica tooting]
And they got a watch.
It's a his and hers.
These watches here, $40.
And a "harmomica."
♪ ♪
Let's shoot some basketball.
[laughs]
♪ ♪
[grunts]
Ahh!
[laughs]
Boy, you see that?
I'm fly.
I don't think any of the other buyers
will appreciate this gift,
'cause we all know white men can't jump.
Let me see who else I got in here.
Oh, yeah, helicopters.
Brand-new.
I know Laura loves green, so I'm gonna get
her a green car, Lamborghini.
Vroom a zoom, zoom.
Rest of these toys, say about 25 bucks, bruh.
This whole choo, choo train, I say about $40.
Each Pokéman dude is worth about $10 in here.
$60, $70, $80 worth of them Poké dudes.
This is a subwoofer by Samasung.
20 bucks on here right 'chere.
No, this here is not no Poké dudes.
Old-ass blankets and towels.
No money.
[buzzer blares]
Tonic the todge-head.
$25 for these toys, bruh.
Uh-oh, Hot Wheel.
Ooh, they're in organizer too.
There's some Mustangs.
Yeah, I got about $100 in this motorcycle club.
More toys!
Oh, we got a lot of weapons of mass destruction right
'chere, boy.
This bin right here, $50.
What we got here?
It's heavies.
[grunts]
♪ ♪
And the winner is?
[echoing slam]
[Kenny] Oh, don't know.
Atom Records.
See, recording, forward, standing, stop, ending, push.
Recording amplifier.
You can make your own records with this.
This one looks interesting, right 'chere.
I gotta find me a DJ to tell me about all this recording
stuff right 'chere.
Mm.
They only got some purses in here.
Michael Kors. Michael Kors.
$300 worth of designer purses.
And the zippers do work.
Next.
♪ ♪
Ho-ho-ho.
Uh-oh.
Guess what I got.
Pokémon.
♪ ♪
We got some shiny ones.
They say when they glitter, they worth some money
right there, boy.
Charizard!
Y'all don't know nothing about this.
I see I got conservative say-
with all the Pokémon cards, I know I got $500 for all
the cards I got right chere.
The star.
Yeah, I'm gonna give this star to Lisa,
'cause she's a super star.
My boy, Dave, he gonna get this right 'chere.
♪ ♪
Why a tool box for Dave?
'Cause he's the biggest tool I know.
♪ ♪
I made more than double my money on this,
and I still got the record player
to go check out to see if I can make some more
records to make more monies.
♪ ♪
[Lisa] What does karma have in store for Lisa?
Ooh.
I have been stacking karma where I can.
I even shared some caramel candies.
So karma, just saying, feel free to drop
something sweet my way.
Already a fan. $5.
Here we go.
So-- ooh.
Tacky purses.
Yeah, someone will buy these. 40 bucks.
Just the kind of shoes I like to wear to a storage auction.
I'm going to say 80 bucks for the bag of fancy high-heeled
lady shoes.
Oh.
E-waste, although this is a Magnavox DVD player.
Another one.
All right, 25 bucks for the DVD players.
All right.
Dave kept talking about Princess House,
and this stuff is actually kind of expensive.
Yeah, that's, like, a set of bowls.
There's a lot of it in here.
That's a really nice skillet.
Just this freaking pan is 150 bucks.
This is a $400 box of Princess House.
Whoa, there it is.
♪ ♪
OK.
Whoo!
This is a lot.
OK, this one's "fragil-ay."
OK.
Another fancy cooking pan.
We're talking enamel here.
Probably a $250 pan.
I'm gonna say we've got $800 bag
of Princess House.
OK, Princess House is becoming two of my new favorite
words together.
♪ The Princess House is here to stay ♪
So this is what good karma cashing out feels like.
Not bad.
Now it's time for Lisa to travel
around the world with all of her Princess House profits.
This is a decent suitcase.
I've got suitcases for everyone to come.
100 bucks for the suitcases.
Random kitchen stuff. 40 bucks for this box.
This gigantic coffee table, looks like this
probably is the glass top for it.
It's actual wood. 50 bucks.
40 bucks on the Ottoman.
All right, we are cooking with butane.
American Standard propane burner.
All right, it's just for outdoor cooking.
That's what the butane is for.
Oh, hang on.
Look at this thing.
It's like, a paella cooker.
This is cool.
I am a Spaniard.
So you put the cooker down here,
and you got your big, old vat with the burner and the butane.
I'm gonna say, that whole set, $200.
When you know that the universe is taking notice of your karma,
you know.
Yes.
We're back at the Princess House.
Real nice serving dish, $150.
300.
450.
What have we got here?
Christmas decorations.
These are kind of pretty.
These little light-up trees.
Bag of Christmas delight, $60.
These are actually kind of vintage, kitchen decoration.
30 bucks for those.
This whole box of knickknacks and paddywhacks, 50 bucks.
And that's that.
They say karma's a bitch?
That's not the case for me.
She paid me back with interest.
So suck on that, universe.
I mean, actually, universe, thank you.
Now, the trick is, how do I fit all
this good karma into my car--
ma.
Karma.
[echoing slam]
[quirky music]
- This is definitely the spot.
I'm at Triangle Billiards, meeting with co-owner,
Charlene Carder.
Hopefully, she can give me a straight shot on this billiards
set that I found.
- I found this item, and it says Cartier on there.
I don't know if it's a Cartier pool stick,
or what it does, or--
[Charlene] Well, this is a snooker cue.
And you can tell because of the handle on it
and the lines that are here, the points on it.
So this is--
- Oh, so maybe these are snooker balls then.
[Charlene] Yeah, these are snooker balls.
So it's a 22-ball set.
Snooker's different because it's
a bigger table, 10 to 12 feet. [Dave] OK, uh-huh.
- It has smaller pockets, smaller balls.
It's kind of like billiards on, you know, expert mode.
- Wow. [Charlene] So--
[Dave] So these are both snooker cues?
- Yeah, both of these are snooker cues.
And you can tell, because this is an Ashwood.
It helps with the visual pattern of aiming.
- And is this Cartier the jewelry store, like my wife
has a Cartier wedding ring.
Is that what we're talking about?
[Charlene] Yes. - Yes, really?
[Charlene] So in the '80s, Cartier branched out from
the jewelry line and started doing home goods and,
like, sporting equipment.
And I think this was probably one of those pieces
that they were doing.
[Dave] So is this like, a vintage stick?
[Charlene] I would say it's vintage, yeah.
[Dave] Wow. [Charlene] For sure.
- So how do you actually play snooker?
[Charlene] So you'd rack it way differently than billiards,
and it's a point system-based game
instead of stripes or solids.
So you hit the red ball, make it into a pocket,
and then you go to the colored points.
This is the cue ball, but it's very tarnished.
You can tell from over time. [Dave] Yeah.
[Charlene] So you're ready to break?
- No, I don't know, but--
♪ ♪
All them damn balls, and I didn't hit a single ball in.
Oh my gosh.
Looks like a red ball to me.
Now, what do we do?
[Charlene] I got to go for a colored ball.
This isn't going as planned.
Now you still need to hit a red ball.
- Every time?
[Charlene] Every time.
That's why there's so many of them.
[Dave] I don't know if I can even hit this damn thing.
Oh, [bleep].
OK, that's enough table time.
Let's get back to why I'm here.
Charlene, tell me how much money I have here.
- So for the antique ball set and the cues--
[suspenseful music]
They're in very decent condition.
There's no dents.
They're very straight.
I'd say about 1,300.
- Ooh, my gosh.
I like those numbers.
No scratches, just pure profit.
Well, the table may have smaller pockets,
but I'm definitely leaving here with deeper pockets.
I appreciate your help.
- No problem.
- What to finish the game?
[Charlene] Sure.
♪ ♪
- All right.
Today, I'm bringing my fancy denim
to Mik Fontaine, the founder of Brave Star Salvage.
I'm ready to see if these jeans measure up.
Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.
- I love your store. - Thank you.
- This is great.
Well, I got these in a unit, and
I'd love to ask the professional because I have
no idea about Japanese denim.
[Mik] OK, so, yes, we're definitely
looking at denim, but not all of these pairs
are selvage denim, OK, which is a big difference.
- A lot of people get salvage and selvage confused.
Or wait--
- Yeah, no, that's right.
- What's the difference between both of them?
- So salvaged denim, which would be S-A-L-V-A-G-E-D,
essentially means denim salvaged from,
say, a pile of junk.
- Yeah.
[Mik] That has nothing to do with the way it was woven.
- Selvage denim, which is spelled S-E-L-V-A-G-E,
specifically, is referring to the self edge or the self-bound
edge of the denim right here.
So I can actually show you what a roll of selvage denim
looks like.
So here you have a roll of selvage denim.
And how this is woven is, you have
a single yarn that is continuously
woven from side-to-side like this, OK?
And that's how you get a self-bound edge, with one yarn.
Instead of modern production technique, we'll shoot a yarn,
cut it, shoot it back, cut it, shoot it back, cut it.
That compromises the integrity.
[Emily] OK.
Who knew denim could be so technical?
Appreciate the lesson, but let's get back to mine.
[Mik] OK.
So let's quickly go through it.
The pair here on top, as you can see, it's not selvage.
It's got an overlocked edge.
- Mm-kay.
- OK?
Here we have a brand called EVISU, which
were very prominent in reviving selvage denim for the consumer.
However, this pair in particular,
it's not selvage denim.
- OK.
- So this is when they pivoted more to streetwear.
[Emily] I was gonna ask you that.
So this is more on the fashion side, not the collectible side.
- Correct.
Now, this is where we're getting
into the Japanese selvage denim.
So this fabric was woven in Japan.
You can easily see the selvage here, OK?
You should be able to resell these.
- Oh, that's good.
[Mik] Yeah, so now we're getting into SugarCane, one
of the top brands in Japan.
- Awesome.
[Mik] As you can see, selvage denim, great quality hardware.
The rivets are visible only on the inside
and not on the outside.
And that is done for leather upholstery.
So if you sat down, you wouldn't
scratch your car leather.
Last but not least, what we have over here, I would say,
is the king of Japanese reproduction models.
- OK.
[Mik] Joe McCoy specifically produced jeans exactly down
to the stitch count, the fabric, the thread
color, the hardware.
Everything is a reproduction of an older era of jeans making.
And, of course, the selvage edge,
highly collectible in the sense of selvage denim
that is still being produced today.
[Emily] This is all good news to me.
So what are we thinking, you know,
ballpark price altogether?
- OK.
Well, looking at these, I would say you could get--
[suspenseful music]
Ballpark number?
[echoing slam]
[Mik] 700.
- OK, I'm-- I'm happy with that price.
I put my big girl pants on today,
and I scored a sweet locker.
I heard that you can freeze your denim as a way of washing.
Have you ever heard that?
[Mik] Yes, you can.
That does mitigate some of the bacteria,
but it is not the way to actually preserve your denim.
- OK, so that's just a--
[Mik] It's a fun story.
You don't like doing laundry, certainly
go ahead and do that. - Freeze your denim.
Right. [Mik] Freeze your denim, yes.
[funky music]
[Kenny] All right, now, Onyx.
Let's see what my sound sounds like right 'chere.
I dropped my recorder off early to give
to Mayzan, co-owner and musician
at Onyx Record Press and Capsule Labs.
He agreed to show me around to see how records get made.
- So this is our machine.
It's one of the most advanced.
It does a record every 24 seconds.
We're the only ones that have this machine on the West Coast.
- You make a whole album in 24 seconds?
[Gil] Every 24 seconds.
[Kenny] That is crazy, bruh. [Gil] Super precise.
Let me show you how it works.
So the material starts off in pellets.
We have all different colors.
[Kenny] It look like a box of Fruity Pebbles.
- A lot of people think these labels are glued on later.
It all gets pressed into the record.
There's no adhesive.
The paper will go in there with the material,
and it's gonna get squeezed down.
Right now, steam is rushing through the machines.
It's building pressure and temperature,
and we're about to press.
[press hissing]
There we go.
And you'll see it come over here in the trimming station
and do the edges.
- There ain't nothing on, the music.
- Oh, the music's on there.
- Already?
[Gil] Yep, the metal molds are
already on the machine, which pushes
grooves into the material.
This is ready to go.
- Do you press your own music too?
- Absolutely.
We're all musicians here.
- Yeah.
- I've been playing music my whole life.
I play six instruments.
Actually, I just had a release that came out last week.
- You-- you keeping music alive, bruh.
[Gil] You know, we really try.
But, yeah, we should go check out your device you brought.
[Kenny] Yeah, let's do it, bruh. Kumbaya.
[laughs]
[dramatic music]
Yeah, bruh.
- Ooh.
This is an Atom Recorder.
This was a Japanese unit made in the early '80s, but
not super professional grade.
This is a more of a singer-songwriter,
home studio musician kind of person, maybe a DJ.
It doesn't have a playback arm.
This is only a cutter.
To play back the unit, you have to put it on a record player
and listen to it on a separate device.
Let's see if it works.
We have power.
We should throw on a blank disk on here.
And this will clamp down.
All right, so we're gonna bring in the music.
[upbeat music]
[Kenny] It's doing something.
- So you could capture the music right from your phone or
any other digital playback system,
analog playback system, somebody
performing live on stage.
Put a blank on here and just cut right there on the fly.
[Kenny] Ain't that something, bro?
- Ain't that something?
- Yo, can you bring some music to my ears
with the money ting-a-ling
on this here thing right 'chere?
- Such a unique find, so rare, in this condition--
[suspenseful music]
Hmm.
♪ ♪
Kenny, I would say--
$3,000.
- Serious?
Bruh, that sounds like a personal record to me, bruh.
Kumbaya, boy.
Thank you, bruh.
I guess that recorder had just went platinum, America.
I'll see you at the Grammys
Music to my ears, my feet, everything, bruh.
♪ ♪
[Announcer] Kenny Crossley rose to the top of the charts,
recording a profit of 3,700 bucks.
Emily Pokoj found the edge in selvage
and stacked 2,800 big ones.
Dave Hester pocketed 1,900 snookers, while Lisa Delarios
proved that good karma pays.
- "Karma-els."
That's so dumb.
[laughs]
- Let's do it right now.
[funky music]
Yeah.
We're at Capsule Labs right now.
I'm gonna break it down to you like this.
♪ I walked in calm ♪
♪ Read the room ♪
♪ Did the math ♪
♪ Everybody's talking loud ♪
♪ But they didn't see the past ♪
♪ One bid, one shot ♪
♪ No fear in my tone ♪
♪ They laughed at the locker ♪
♪ I laughed all the way home ♪
♪ Cut it open ♪
♪ Jackpot ♪
♪ Silence got loud ♪
♪ Someone's dad was joking ♪
♪ Want to follow me now ♪
♪ They follow me now ♪
♪ They want to follow me now ♪
♪ Want to follow me now ♪
[laughs]
Y'all gon' lose my mind.
[echoing slam]