Hi. I'm Emily.
I was gonna say, we never met.
- Hi. - Lupe.
You haven't met? No.
We've never seen you in our neck of the woods.
- No. - Lupe. Dusty. Emily.
So they are a team.
Oh, that's nice to have a team like that.
It is.
Yeah, you know, I do rely on my husband a lot.
Oh, here he comes right now.
My phone has not been working for a month.
I got hacked straight out. - How'd you get hacked?
Somebody from Vietnam and the other one from Russia.
But what'd you click?
Danny did. He--
That is not true.
So I haven't had a phone in a while,
but I did put a message on your phone.
Did you notice it?
"Hi, you've reached Dan and Laura Dotson."
So when your phone-- - You changed my phone--
Yeah.
So basically, he's gonna become your secretary soon.
I have already become her secretary.
Thank you very much.
When storage units are abandoned...
Take a good look at this one.
- Whoo-hoo! - Nice one!
The treasures within...
Ooh!
Are put up for auction.
- Think I scored on this. - Sold it your way!
- Whoo! - 400!
Woof!
♪ Money owns this town ♪
M-O-N-E-Y!
Are you ready?
Fullerton. This is a college town.
Smart people, educated smart people.
OK.
I wonder if these students will make good buyers.
I mean, I can see 'em buying some stuff,
maybe to fill a dorm room or something.
Well, you know what they need.
They need an auction education.
Well, maybe they have one of those classes.
Auction Education 101.
Like a guest speaker. Yeah.
Special professor.
Professor Dotson.
All right. Welcome to Auction 101.
And your the number one rule,
if you're not buying, you'd better be learning.
See, you're smart, too.
I mean, you know, street smart.
Today, I really wanna test something out
'cause I'm a photographer.
And most of the times, I'm looking for lenses and gear,
but in reality, I know I could sell anything.
I can sell jeans. I can sell DVDs.
I can sell whatever.
So this time around, I think I wanna try a mystery locker.
Usually, I buy what I can see, but today,
I'm betting on what I can't.
And what's the worst case?
I wouldn't miss this auction for the world.
Dusty seems to think this is his neighborhood,
and I need to show him that I can show up anytime I want,
take what I want anytime, any place.
You know there's trouble when the young man shows up
in your turf, especially Dusty's.
We all know how this movie ends.
I'm the good, the bad, and he's definitely the ugly.
Do I really have to come today?
Of course you do.
I have a Whatnot show to prep for.
Melody kept me up.
I could just stay home, play with her,
and then continue prepping.
This is Fullerton.
This is where we reside. This is our backyard.
And there is nobody that's gonna take a good room from us.
Come on, Lupe. We've gotta defend our turf.
But you also help me from making bad decisions
when I get wrapped up in bidding.
I'll just pull y'all hand down and be like, stop.
I'll play along with Dusty, but after that,
I'm going straight home.
I have my own auction stream to host later.
Oh, look. There's Dave. Oh, no.
I hope he brought two wallets.
Or we brought three wallets.
Here's my buddy's car.
Dusty's in for a long day.
Don't let the "Yup!" man's oversized truck intimidate you.
Sorry, folks, but--
You bought a big truck for more trash?
No, I bought a big truck 'cause
I had to buy everything today.
Sometimes, I've gotta just show these young kids
who's the boss.
Remember, Dave.
Every bid is a diaper less for sweet little Melody.
She's still in diapers.
It's one less gallon of milk.
That's $8 at the grocery store these days.
Maybe she was born to the wrong person.
If Dusty's looking to save money for groceries,
he came to the wrong place.
Mystery locker.
All right, Em, you got this.
Well, you know, we are in a college town, an educated town.
I'm thinking auction education.
I think I'm getting ready to give him an education.
OK.
I think the only education
you need is when you want something,
you just don't put your hand down.
Oh, god, I like it.
- Are you taking notes? - I am taking notes.
Lesson 1 is if you're not buying, you're learning.
If you're not buying, you're not trying.
- That's 2. - Wait.
Is it you're not learning?
If you're not buying, you're not learning.
That's 3. OK, so we got this.
And if you're not making money,
you just need a bigger truck.
All right, boys and girls, gather 'round.
We're about to have an auction. We're gonna do it right now.
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.
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. can't open any boxes.
And whoever's got the most money in their pocket
can own it today.
Are you ready? Yeah!
Turn it on! Let's go, let's go, let's go!
All right, folks, let's go!
Don't get something too big
'cause I don't wanna be there all day.
I'm probably gonna leave you behind.
No.
Do you wanna do it all by yourself?
- I will if I have to. - Uh-huh.
You know how this works.
I go where the money's at.
I know what a good room looks like.
Uh-oh, OK.
Sparks, baby, sparks. You know what happens.
That should be part of our auction education.
Don't get too close to the sparks, right?
Yeah, that's probably right up there.
You can get burned.
One spark starts a romance,
but the other could start a lawsuit.
All right, I am feeling it. Come on now!
Oh, wow!
Little luggage leaping out, folks.
OK, this is a lot right here.
It looks like somebody's entire house.
We'll get you extra time.
Two air purifiers.
I see microwave.
That bike is really cute. It's my color, too.
It's my favorite color.
Lot of furniture in here, too.
And it looks pretty good.
It's so packed, I can't even see in the back.
That's sort of a mystery, right?
So I see some Christmas boxes here
and some bedroom furniture.
I don't know.
It's a whole houseful, but I can't see
what's in the back, but I'm gonna presume
it looks like the front.
I see blankets and boxes and bedding.
What is that, like, $5 or $10?
It's a lot of swap meet stuff, yeah, but--
This stuff is just dirty.
What's up with you and dirty things, though?
You know we buy dirty rooms.
I don't understand this.
But vintage dirty, not modern, $5 dirty.
Not modern dirty?
I'm here to defend our turf,
but also be the voice of reason.
And the voice says no, please, and thank you.
All right, then, if you're ready to go, I'm ready to go.
And here we go. Got a big old 10x30.
and here we go, how much-- - 10x20.
- We don't have much-- - 10x20.
- I mean, every inch counts.
At least that's what I learned in college.
All right, here we go. Number 20.
What are you gonna pay?
How much, how much, how much money, where?
I got 100 there. And 200 where?
I got 100 and 200. What about 200?
What about 200 and a 300? 300? 300 now? What about 300?
Tell us, folks. What about 400 now?
300, 400, 500, 500.
600, 600, what about 700?
700 now. Yup!
What about 800? 800, 900, 800, 900.
900, where are you, 900?
900 right there to number--
$1,000, 1,000, 1,000, 1,000 where?
Yup! 1,000 there.
1,100, 1,100.
Now 1,200. What about 1,200 now?
What about 1,300? What about 1,400?
Yup! 1,400, 1,500, 1,500.
What about 1,600? 1,600.
What about 1,700? 1,600 and 1,700.
Tell us, folks. What about 1,650?
What about 1,650, where?
1,600, 1,650, going once.
Yup! 1,650.
What about 1,700?
Now 1,700.
What about 1,700? 1,700.
Going once.
1,650, 1,700, 1,750. 1,700.
What about 1,750?
How about that? What about 1,700?
What about 1,750? - We're havin' an auction.
Yup! 1,750. What about 1,800?
What about 1,800, 1,800? What about 1,800?
What about 1,800 now? I've got 1,800. 1,850.
Yup! 1,800, now 1,900. 1,950.
Yup! What about 1,900?
I got 1,850. What about 1,900?
I don't get stuck.
- 1,900. 1,950. - Yup!
1,950, now 2,00. Whoo!
And 2,000, what about 2,000, 2,000, 2,000?
2,000 there. What about 2,050?
Yup! Whoo!
2,050. What about 2,100?
I got 2,050. Now 2,100.
2,000, 2,100 going once, 2,100 going twice.
Last, final call at 2,050, 2,050.
Sold it your way, Dave. Whoo!
He got it for 2,050. 2,050 bucks, Dave.
Lock it up. You got it, Dave!
Don't worry, Dusty.
If there's any diapers in this locker,
I'll set 'em aside for you.
All right, folks.
Next unit, we're going to the third floor inside.
Inside.
Hey, Dan, maybe we need to take the elevator.
I've got, like, clipboard arm or something.
Smart buyers save their energy for the bidding.
This one's a little stuck. Hold on.
All right, baby, let's go! 10x10!
Lot of boxes.
This looks like a huge mystery locker.
I don't like that there's food in here already.
Oh here's some-- OK, I see some furniture.
That's a good sign.
You know what they say.
If it's wrapped in bubble, you won't have trouble.
Ooh. I like that, Dan.
Well, the mattresses tell it all.
Did you see the patina on those?
This is nasty.
All right, this doesn't look too bad.
I mean--
Just looks kind of junky, really.
There's a lot of totes.
How does this look junky,
but the other one did not look junky?
Food, duct tape on the boxes.
Dusty thinks he gets to make all the decisions.
Think again.
All right. I've got a nice little unit here.
And here we go. And how much money? What's your pleasure?
What are you gonna pay today, and how much?
How much? How much money where?
Looking to be 100 bucks right there.
100, 100, what about 200, 200?
What about 200 there? How about 250 now?
Yup.
I've got 250. What about 300, 300?
What about 300 now?
And 300 right there. 300 bucks? 350?
What about 400? 400, sir, 400 now.
Are you 400?
See?
It's not fun when your partner ignores you, is it, Dusty?
400 there, 450. What about 450?
What about 500, 500? What about 500?
500 here. - Whoo!
550 now. 500.
400 there. 450, 450, what about 450?
What about 500?
500 here.
- Whoo! - 550 now. 500.
What about 600 here? What about 600 here?
650. What about 650?
And 600, 650. Going once.
And 650. Going twice.
Last and final call at 650. What about 650 now?
Tell him.
Whoo! Sold that to a Emily.
Emily! $600. Lock it up.
This mystery locker was either genius
or a bad decision.
I'm gonna see if it was worth it.
All right, let's take a quick look here.
We've got a bunch of food and who knows what else.
Will I find value?
We got junk.
I already knew that, though.
Trying to get rid of all the gross stuff right now.
No money.
More food. No money.
Why so much food?
100-aiya.
No.
Ugh, shoot.
Definitely seen something jump.
All right, I don't even wanna touch this box,
but I'm going to.
Gross.
I don't even--I'm not gonna even look in here.
I'm not looking in here. I'm leaving it.
But there's definitely bugs in there.
So gross.
Did I just make a mistake?
Got some tools.
I give this $40.
More tools, wrenches and sockets galore.
$80.
I'm really counting on these nice totes.
Hmm, clothes. Nothing too fancy. 25 bucks.
Tote number two.
Just more clothes. Another $25.
I don't think all this sweating is even worth it.
All right, moment of truth.
More food.
Yay.
I am not buying a locker with food ever again.
I'm gonna need a hot shower
and then another one to process my life choices.
Oh, this is light.
I like that it's wrapped nice.
And it looks like it's in pretty good condition.
Could sell this dresser for 100.
Bunch of gross towels. I'm not touching that, either.
Looks like some kind of divider.
Aw, it's kind of busted, though.
Got some Christmas supplies.
Not much I can sell.
Oh, is this what I think it is?
No avalanche. Please no avalanche.
But look at this bad boy.
It's a unicycle.
I have terrible balance.
I can barely balance on a regular bike,
let alone one of these.
All right, let's keep going.
What is--
what in the w--
All right.
Uh, what?
This looks very interesting, too.
Maybe a training for a unicycle.
Is this for clowns?
Oh, wait, it looks like there's a wheel on that, too.
What? It's heavy, too.
Some kind of, like, hoverboard or something?
Not hoverboard, but, like, electric scooter.
This stuff is a little out of my wheelhouse,
but maybe these can help me pedal my way out of this mess.
I think I'm gonna put this back in my car
and go back to the auction and hopefully snag another one.
Oh, the unit's calling my name.
All right!
Whoo! Packed to the door!
How big is this unit? Whew.
Oh, that is a great question.
I thought that was the back.
No, that's a big old mattress stuffed up there.
Laura, how deep is this unit, babe?
This unit, folks, is a 10x10.
Wow. OK, there's a lot of that unit you don't see.
Mystery units are a gamble.
Roll the dice or pay the price.
I see tools. I see a lot of work, too.
I think maybe I'll leave this one for Dustin,
'cause it's nice and dirty and dusty.
- What are you thinking? - Not for me.
OK.
Well, I'll come back to him.
What's behind this mystery wall of mattress?
These are good tools for the swap meet.
It's too dirty.
There's a lot of good swap meet stuff.
There's a lot of stuff. I can't help you with that.
What do you mean, you can't help me?
- Can't. - Where are you going?
Lupe.
Where are you going?
I see a bunch of tile, a bunch of tools.
Oh, that's cool.
A vintage Hello Kitty-- is this, like, a dresser set?
I know some of those are worth money.
Yeah.
If you get that, I'm sorry. I cannot help you.
- Why? - I'm just saying.
I wanna just tell you ahead of time.
Alrighty. Here we go.
I got a big old nice 10x10 unit started in.
How much money, where? What's your pleasure?
Where are you gonna pay? - 50.
I got 50 there, and I got 100 there.
110. What about 200?
What about 200, 200? What about 200, 250?
What about 300? What about 300, 300, 350?
How about 350? 350.
Now 400. 400, what about 400 there?
450, what about 450? 450.
Now 500, 500, what about 500, 550?
And 600, and 600.
Yup! 600, 650.
At 600-- 650 where?
Dustin thinks he's flying under the radar.
Not on my watch.
At 600, 650. What about 650, where?
And 600. How about 600, 700?
- Yup! - What about 750?
I got 700 here.
700, for 750. What about 800, 800?
What about 800 there? 850, what about 850?
Tell him, folks! - Yup!
800, 850, 850, now 900, 900?
What about 900, 900 there?
At 950 now.
900, 900, 950, what about 1,000?
1,000, 1,000, $1,000 now.
Yup! 1,000 there, and 1,050.
Tell him. 1,050, now 1,050.
1,100 now. I've got 1,050.
1,100 where? I got 1,050, going once, got 1,100, going twice.
Last and final call. Are you at 1,100 bucks?
Gotta go, guess what now.
Sold that way, 1,050. You got it, Dusty.
Whoo! You got it, Dusty.
- You bought that? - Yeah.
Why?
I got 1,050. 1,100 where?
I got 1,050, going once, got 1,100, going twice.
Last one. Time to call.
Are you at 1,100 bucks?
Gotta go to 1,050.
Sold at your way, 1,050.
You got it, Dusty. Whoo!
- You bought that? - Yeah.
Why?
This is the exact opposite of what I told Dusty to do today.
And I'm not helping.
All right, folks, 7.5x10.
Whoa, look at that.
Collectible plates.
The dollhouses--I just sold one recently for 150.
I don't think that one's worth 150.
Well, I see a bunch of kids' stuff.
This one's probably for Dustin.
He's got a little girl. He's close by.
It's not really my cup of tea.
I think I already got enough.
It looks kind of interesting.
There's boxes, there's mystery.
I don't need it. - Well, I might like it.
Come on. Just--
I'm going to prove to Dusty that a packed locker
isn't necessarily a good locker.
I see a lot of little girl stuff in there.
I hope Dusty already went grocery shopping this week.
And here we go, number 20. What's your pleasure?
What are you gonna pay? Saying how much, how much?
- Tell him, folks. - How much money where?
They got 25, 50.
What about 75 now?
100, 100, Lupe, 100--
100, 125 where? - Yup!
125, 150. What about 150, 150.
Yup. 175. Got 200.
And I got you there at 225.
Lupe, you wanna go 250? What about 250?
And 275, I've got 250.
We got 250 and 275. Going once.
250, 275, going twice.
Shaking his head no. What about 275?
Going all through, all through, all in it now.
Sold it to a Lupe. - Yay.
Lock it up. I got it.
What do you mean, you got it?
Why?
Good job, Lupe.
Don't give me that look, Dusty.
You got your locker and I got mine.
And I'm gonna make it home on time for my Whatnot show.
All right, folks, that's the end of the auction.
And don't forget to pay the lady.
Thank you, everyone.
That's it, boys and girls.
Class dismissed.
Another great auction, honey.
Don't you feel good about all of our buyers today?
Oh, yeah.
Lupe thinks that she could ditch me.
I called for backup.
I bought a big locker against Lupe's wishes,
but if I make enough money, I bet she'll change her tune.
I guess we'll start on top.
This looks like a half-working audio speaker. 10 bucks.
There we go. A 10 bucks Husky box.
This is where it pays to be tall.
Oof.
The random chemicals. No value.
Whoa.
Table saw mount. Looks like it's missing pieces.
The stuff just, like, tumbled outta here.
Did any money fall out, at least?
Oh. We got a doorknob. No value.
Oh, not one doorknob, but a whole box of doorknobs.
Hopefully, I'm not the only knob after buying this room.
And-- ope, now-- oh.
Few seconds left. OK.
Ready?
Hi, guys.
All right.
Should we get started? Are you guys ready?
All right, here we go. I'm gonna start it at $15.
And we've got 15 seconds.
There you go. All right, guys, battle it out.
Who wants to wear this to their wedding?
All right. Few seconds left.
Oh, you guys are battle-- you really like this one.
All right, rigid box.
Palm sander.
Tire.
Bike pump.
All this stuff, probably 30 bucks.
Hello Kitty organizer.
I think it builds, like, a full stack of cubicles.
Let's see. What do we keep in it?
Oh, wow. OK.
A little teapot. Hmm.
Looks like some decent pieces, not broken.
Linux.
At least 40 bucks for all that.
But the organizer itself,
I wouldn't be surprised someone would pay 100 bucks for that.
It's, like, the-- mixing your concrete.
Easy $20 bill.
DeWalt.
Working condition. 30 bucks.
Damn table.
Ooh. Ooh.
They have some fancy faucets.
These are actually pretty cool.
This is something that could have some value.
Wow. This is, like--
I mean, if you're gonna stay at a really nice place,
like Beverly Hills Hotel, this is the faucet I wanna see.
I really wanna know more.
How about this beauty?
Now, picture her with some boots.
Mm?
I don't know if they're both your size,
but if they are, there you go.
Oh, wait. You want me to run this one first?
OK, let's run this one first.
Now, this one might be a medium, guys,
but look at the print.
Can you see that calico floral print?
And guys, off the shoulder.
I mean, this mattress is, like--
does this just got, like, an avalanche of crap behind it,
or is he hiding all his special power tools back here?
Watch out. Oh, no.
It's getting uglier, Anthony.
Put the mattress back. Put it back.
What is going on here?
Ta-da!
Take that, Lupe.
Look at all this swap meet stuff.
All right.
At least we have a DeWalt table saw. 50 bucks.
Let's see. What's this withhold?
Nice pipe threading kit. Easily 40 bucks.
All right, don't let me down.
OK, this looks like a usable Sawzall.
50 bucks.
We have two ladders, which I can get 100 bucks for.
A green work light. Could get another 20.
This tile saw is actually a pretty good one.
Used, in the swap meet, you get $250.
I have set of four tires.
The tread actually doesn't look too bad.
Probably $200.
I also see two giant cooking pots, more tools,
work lamp, saw.
There's another $500 in the back of this room.
Sometimes in the auction business,
getting all your money back is a win.
If these faucets are worth anything,
maybe the money will start flowing.
Hopefully enough to make Lupe happy.
Look at these pockets.
Look at the floral print.
$15. Let's go.
Probably size fits all, small, medium, large.
I'm gonna count down.
Five, four, three,
nope, you guys keep going.
You really like it.
Wow. Thank you. $55.
Thank you for shopping kites fly yellow,
and I will see you again next Thursday.
Bye!
You ready, Memo?
Good thing I brought this big truck to the auction.
That way, I can fill it with all my merchandise
and Dusty's tears.
Clothes, jeans.
It's a little chilly out here in California today.
Warm my ears up. $40 worth of clothes.
Come on, Memo, don't make me do all the work.
$20 tires, each tire.
We're gonna just stack 'em on the pallet.
Shoes, 40 bucks there.
Brand-new trousers, tactical brand.
There you go. Be ready, huh? Like, 25 bucks.
Pepper gel with belt clip.
We've got all this outside tactical stuff,
you know, brand-new with the tags.
I love it. 40 bucks.
Hey, Mr. Memo, come here for a second,
and see how lucky you are.
OK?
Money. Oh, look at that.
There we go.
Look at that. I did find some money.
193, 194, 195. $195, we got.
All right.
We're gonna have a good lunch today. 195 bucks.
We're eating steak.
You got that wheelchair-- yeah, let me see.
I like this thing.
I'm gonna say easy 100 bucks on this thing.
We've got about a big $60 on that one, Memo.
Oh, set that outside on the floor.
Is it gonna be full of [bleep]
or is it gonna be full of jewelry?
What's in here, you think?
Ay-ya-yai.
So far, I don't see anything good.
Side door, another empty side door.
I don't see any rings. I see a door handle.
No.
No bueno, no bueno, no bueno.
But the box alone is worth, like, 60 bucks.
Lot of clothes, lot of clothes and jeans.
I'm gonna say that's gonna be, like, 70 bucks right there.
Looks like a bunch of clothes.
It looks like it was hung up at some point.
40 bucks right there.
Some more clothes to hang up. 40 bucks in there.
There you go. Here's another pile for you.
That's, like, $60.
Looks like all clothes here.
40 bucks worth of clothes here, easy.
40, 40, 40, 40.
Piles of clothes, piles of clothes.
It all adds up to dollars at the end of the day.
I'm filling my big truck with over $1,000 worth of clothes.
Hey, Dusty, does Lupe need any of this
for her whatchamacallit show?
See, that looks like a headboard and a footboard.
You've got part of the bed here.
You have the rails.
You have some more of the bed here.
So I'm gonna say, like, 160 bucks.
Let me see.
There's a tub down there and a tub down here
and a tub up there.
I wanna say, like, there's 100 bucks' worth
of stuff here behind the mattresses.
You've got big boxes, so I'm gonna say, like,
40, 40, 40, 40, and 40.
That's $200 worth of big boxes.
Probably another easy $400 of stuff in the bags.
We have this nice lounge chair. That's gonna be like 80 bucks.
More bags and boxes back here.
I'm gonna call 4, 4, $40 boxes there.
Right now, I've made over $1,000 profit.
Piece by piece, this stuff put me right in the profit zone,
one Dusty dollar at a time.
This stuff's adding up, Memo.
At this rate, we'll be rich in about 25 years.
I'm back to check out the locker I bought without Dusty.
And show him that packed lockers ain't all that.
Let's see.
Shoes.
They all look like they're hardly worn.
Well, let's just say 20 bucks for all of 'em.
They're still in good condition.
Now another box.
This one's heavy.
Why are you so heavy?
It does say glass.
But it's good glass, so $20.
All right, this one is what I first saw in here.
This is Harry Potter,
but it looks like a whole set of plates and cups.
Looks like it was never even opened.
OK, $50.
This is why I liked it. Little carriage.
Oh, this is heavy.
Aw, how cute.
I wish I had this as a kid.
Let's see.
One, two, three.
Where's the fourth one?
Maybe it'll appear.
So I think that this goes with it, same color.
Oh, why is everything so heavy?
All right.
Right now, with three wheels, it's not worth anything.
So...
OK, let's get this big box.
Aw, it's light. That's not a good sign.
Looks like...
just regular.
$20.
Let's see.
Blank T-shirt, brand-new tie-dye, more tie-dye.
You know, this would actually be pretty fun to do with Dusty.
Maybe I could do something with my brand, my logos.
So I'm gonna set this aside.
Dusty doesn't know this yet,
but he just volunteered to make tie-dye shirts with me.
All right.
These, I know are expensive, but hard to sell.
20 bucks.
OK, so this swing, $10.
Somebody could wash it
and definitely get some usage out of it.
And they are expensive at the store.
So this looks like a toddler's day bed.
Has a mattress.
$50.
Ooh!
I found it!
Yes.
Tilt you over.
The other one went in.
Oh, there you go.
Ta-da.
You go up here.
And--
Ta-da.
These two are here and here.
So as-is...
150.
All right. Toys, $30.
Bases, cake stand.
All right. Yeah.
So this would probably be the bottom.
And then this would go on here,
and then the next here, and the next here.
40 bucks.
Oh, lots of stuffed animals.
If I show this to my daughter,
she would probably want them all, but she has too many.
30 bucks.
Lupe? Where are you?
Over here.
How did you do?
I did really, really well.
Are you done already? Lots of good stuff.
No. Oh, you can help me with the last two.
What would you price this out at the swap?
- 20 bucks. - OK.
Well, it says smart buys.
Oh. Look, Selena!
I love Selena.
Anything for Selena.
Dang, that's pretty sick.
Micro Machines.
30 bucks.
I think you need to listen to me more.
I didn't quite double my money,
but I got stuff for Melody, so that's a big W for me.
All right, well, I'm gonna go take care of Melody.
Where are you going? This is your stuff.
No, it's now our stuff.
And you're gonna make sure it goes in the truck.
Lupe, no!
Hello? Come back, please.
Sweet. This must be the place for clownin' around.
I'm at Cirque School LA meeting with Chris the unicyclist.
Chris?
Hey. - Hi.
Welcome. - Oh, my gosh.
This place is so cool.
I'm counting on these one-wheelers
to ride my rookie mistake into profit.
I can't afford another wipeout.
Hold on. I've got some more, so I'll be back.
What are you doing?
This is crazy.
I'll be back.
Are you--
Hey.
All right, I'm ready now.
What? - Oh, Whoa. You're ready?
Hup! Hey.
Whoa. That was crazy.
Welcome to Cirque School LA.
This is so cool.
Yeah, well, you've got a lot of cool items here.
Let's see. What do you got here?
Oh, my gosh.
This is a really cool piece here.
This is kind of rare, actually.
This came out in 1972.
Mattel made this.
And this is a unicycle trainer, right?
We can see these sort of training wheels
on the back here.
And the idea was to try to,
you know, market this for children.
Did you start off with this or no?
No, I didn't.
I've never actually tried the training.
So you went straight on to the--
Just put me on the wheel, and they sent me on my way!
Well, moving on to the next piece, I have this.
This is very cool. This is Frank Mossberg, right?
This thing came out in, like, the early 1970s.
And this is exactly what you think about
when you think vintage classic unicycle.
You've got the metal flake seat, banana seat,
chrome rim, 20-inch wheel.
I would actually ride this unicycle for real.
All right. Next one we have here.
Ooh. This is called LeRun.
Came out in the 1980s, by a Malaysian company.
And their catchphrase was "Why walk when you can LeRun?"
OK.
And as you can see, they put these two
sort of skateboard wheels on the front here, right?
And the whole idea of riding this,
you would lean left and right
as you would do that on a skateboard.
All right.
Is this your last item? Yes.
Well, so is this a unicycle?
Yes.
This is the E20 electric self-balancing unicycle.
Oh, OK. For the modern clown.
Nice. That's my kind of unicycle.
So it doesn't have any pedals, of course, right?
And it doesn't have any seats.
So you just step up onto these two pedals here.
And let's see what we've got here.
Ah-ha. We've got power. That's cool.
So yeah, stand on here, little bit of forward pressure,
and off to the races you go.
Backward pressure.
Pretty cool design.
OK, so for all the unicycles,
did I make a big top, or did I make a big flop?
I think for everything here...
let's see.
You've got--
$650.
Nice.
I made my money back at least,
but consider this my last meal with the food locker.
The wild thing about this company
is they actually have a model
that goes up to 90 miles an hour.
Easy. No problem. Yeah, sure.
Yeah, why not?
Oh, there it is.
Today, I'm meeting with Liz Gordon,
the owner of Liz's Antique Hardware.
You have an incredible store here.
Over a million pieces of hardware for doors, windows,
furniture, cabinet hardware, lighting, and bath.
Hopefully, this stuff I got pours in the profit
and puts me back on Lupe's good side.
What you have here are
three different sets of faucets.
Got a couple of towel bars,
and you've got a toilet paper holder.
It's all brass.
This escutcheon right here? Mm-hmm.
- Very common. - I hate that word.
All of them have these koi fish on them.
Super decorative, probably circa about 1960 to '70.
Wow, OK. Yeah.
These are very nice, but they need restoration.
You see that? That's a missing set screw.
And are they hard to get? You bet.
We'll see, visit five Ace Hardwares
and hope for the best.
I have had one of these in my bathroom.
And in all of our parts and pieces,
we can't find the right nut.
And that has to make you go nuts, right?
It does. It really does.
It drives me crazy.
OK. Yeah.
What can you tell me about these other ones?
This is a company called Phylrich,
and they are often confused with this really super high-end
company called Sherle Wagner.
And they are not Sherle Wagner.
They're trying to copy old Sherle.
But you can certainly see the difference
in the quality of the brass here compared to here.
Yeah.
It's like looking at a piece of gold jewelry
versus a piece of gold-plated jewelry.
That's right. And also, this has--
you can see some calcium deposits.
Yes. So that all has to be--
And that'll all clean up, right?
That'll all clean up with CLR.
So with all these pieces I brought you,
what do you think I got here?
I would say that once restored,
you might have a lot here that's worth...
You know, albeit I can't find these nuts,
I don't have those set screws,
the seals are, you know, all dried out.
You know, I think we're looking at about $1,800.
All right.
But that's restored.
Aw.
We would have to do all that work.
And I gotta find my parts.
So if you wanna sell it to me,
I am more than happy to take it off your hands.
For?
So if you wanna sell it to me,
I am more than happy to take it off your hands.
For?
Well, I think, you know,
I would be extremely happy at 250.
That's a long ways from 1,800.
Overall, not the greatest, but I still made my money back.
Thank you for having me here. - Hey, thank you.
Your store is incredible.
My little piece of paradise.
OK, so this is all the stuff that
I found in the storage unit. Nice.
These guys. Yep.
Had those T-shirts made. That's for Dusty.
Whoa.
Dusty was supposed to help me tie-dye shirts today.
But I swapped him out for my sister, Rachel.
Let's begin with your dyeing spray.
There you go.
This feels like we're the ice cream man making ice cones.
Right? It's a perfect canvas.
I would be cheated if the ice cream man did that.
Look at all the white spots of ice cream he left us.
OK, put it in a bag.
All right. Next up, Dusty's.
He has a tattoo?
No. I was wondering why they did that.
Oh. I'm like, when did he get a tattoo?
He got gangster.
And that's why we shouldn't use ChatGPT.
I have an ice method.
So basically, I just put it down like this,
just put the ice.
So now, you just let the colors just drip through.
And this is gonna take time for it to just go.
Are you creating a certain design
or just letting it fall?
You're just letting it do whatever it wants to do.
Now, we're gonna put in the sun and we wait.
Sounds good.
Calling my sister to help
and hang out has been so nice.
Less stress, and we made cute things.
I call that success.
Let's just leave everything for Dusty to clean up.
I like that. You like that idea?
I like that.
He just leaves his dirty laundry on the floor.
Why not? Yeah.
Here. I left this stuff. I dyed you a T-shirt.
He probably won't even notice, to be honest.
Hey. - Hey.
How did it go?
Eh, it was very draining.
Aw, you don't sound excited.
Aw. But look what I did.
Looks like you've been working hard.
Look at this one. - OK.
All right, are you ready for this one?
Wow. How'd you do that?
Can you guess what was used?
A tablecloth?
It was a curtain. Very close.
But doesn't it look cool?
I do.
All right. Look at this one.
Wow, that's really cool.
Ice. As it melts, it makes the colors bleed.
It creates a cool effect, right?
Smart. - Very unique.
It's very unique. Very cool.
This doesn't look like it's making us money, though.
Yes, it is.
This will be, like, a $25 shirt or a $10 shirt.
It adds up.
But I do think we work better as a team.
- A lot better as a team. - Team, together.
You know what they say. Teamwork makes the dream work.
Yes.
Thank you.
And teams that twin win.
Are you ready?
Oh!
Nice. - One for you, one for me.
Wow.
Lesson learned.
Competing against each other just doubles the trouble.
No more splitting up. - No.
Don't forget. - No.
But if you annoy me, then we might have to.
So no more annoying me, please.
I didn't know I was annoying.
A little bit.
Come on.
Graduating at the top of the class
was Dave Hester, who aced his test
with over 1,000 big ones.
Dusty Riach ditched his lab partner, Lupe,
leaking out $650.
Emily Pokoj clowned around,
riding away with 300 smackeroos
while Lupe ended up doing all the extra credit
and barely passed.
First tricks first.
Straight finger, straight finger.
Good. I'm not a good pointer.
Don't move it. Here we go.
Yeah.
You're hired.
That's it right there.
OK, cool.
Cool. And then just-- that's it.
Cool.
Good. Yes.
Try to, like, get off the seat.
Ooh.
And put your weight on the pedals.
That's it. I'm trying.
- Get ready. - I don't think I can let go.
I'm too scared.
You know what?
Let me try the small, little, red one.
This is not for me.
I tried.
All right, you ready to ride off into the sunset?
- After you. - Let's go.
Right behind you.
Whoo.
I'm going so slow compared to you.