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AUCTIONEER 1: 220, 220, 220.

Going twice. Got a [inaudible]

Dead man walking!

AUCTIONEER 1: [inaudible] Sell it to Darrell.

You got it for 210.

DARRELL: I took a gamble on this art locker.

Hopefully, it'll paint a pretty picture.

This is pretty cool.

Just by the materials, it looks like this is all hand-sewn.

That's a $100 bill.

Dude, this locker just keeps [bleep] the presents,

a whole Royal Doulton tea set.

MAN: You're kidding me.

You know, this could be worth 150 bucks right here.

When you use Grandma's crochets to wrap your art,

your art might be pretty good.

MAN: Yeah

DARRELL: Yep.

This is an advertising poster right here.

Look at his work.

That is absolutely bitchin'.

That's a $100 bill.

MAN: It's some kind of print.

I want to see that.

Set it right here.

Ah, [bleep] yeah.

Holy [bleep]!

Yeah, a Western scene!

MAN: And they're signed.

Oh, yeah, baby!

Looks like they're signed in pencil.

If we've got 50 prints with signatures, we could

be talking a [bleep] fortune.

Once again, we got a butt-load of art.

Don't touch them with your hands.

You never know where you're going

to hit anything, any place, at any time, anywhere.

We're taking our art print to Out West Boutique

to see if it's our meal ticket.

WOMAN 1: This is lovely, really, really, lovely.

This piece is called "Riding the Chuck Line."

Duane Bryers started his career in art as an illustrator.

He was a master of the Western art.

Part of why he's so popular with his fan base

is because of the details.

And the hat design, the shading on the shirt

coming on down to his strap is all very authentically done.

But the bottom line is, there's 50 pieces here.

WOMAN 1: You have-- DARRELL: Oh, yeah.

MAN: We have a whole run of them, yeah.

WOMAN 1: Oh, OK. And they're numbered?

MAN: 51 through 100.

What's it worth?

What's it worth?

That big question everybody wants to know, right?

Oh, yeah, absolutely!

OK, so all together, for all 50 prints signed by the artist,

you have a total of $20,500.

[laughs]

DARRELL: Woo!

20 grand!

Sometimes, I even amaze myself.

First unit of the day.

And it's a good one.

Somebody give me 800.

Somebody give me 900.

[inaudible] And 1,100.

[inaudible] 11. JUSTIN: Yeah.

AUCTIONEER 2: We got 11. Now 12.

[inaudible] - Yeah.

Rene, don't you have to save that money to go eat?

13. Can I get 13?

13.

I've got 12 and 13. And 13 now.

14? - Yeah.

AUCTIONEER 2: Then we make it 15.

Jesus Christ. AUCTIONEER 2: 14.

And then we got 1,500. And then we need 16.

Yeah. AUCTIONEER 2: 16.

1,700.

And then I got 17 And 18. 17 already.

Can it get up to 1,800? - Yeah.

AUCTIONEER 2: And 18. Now 19.

JUSTIN: That's it, Mary? No more?

You do the talking.

I do the buying.

Simple rule. AUCTIONEER 2: Take another look.

We have 18. 1,900.

We had 18.

Oh, he got quiet.

AUCTIONEER 2: And now 1,900.

Sold it to you, Rene, your way. $1,800 wins it.

All righty, guys, second unit.

Can I get 13? Can we make it 14?

14. And we're looking at 15.

Can we get 15? We have 15.

15. 16.

And 15. - Yeah.

AUCTIONEER 2: Now 16. 16.

17. 1,700.

Are you sure? Do you want back in?

1,700.

Sold it to you at 1,600.

Rene gets it again for 1,600.

Oh, I got it all right.

Thirsty?

Nah.

I'm hungry-- for the next locker.

All righty, guys.

Here we go, the last of the three

of the ones we've sold today. 7, I'm going to make it 7.

I'm going to make it 37. Do we have 38?

3,800?

Let him have it.

AUCTIONEER 2: 38.

Let him have it.

Sold it to you.

Rene gets it again, the last one of the day

there on the three that went together.

3,700!

[cash register dings]

GUNTER: Oh, I can't wait to see this one.

How many lockers was that?

Three lockers.

I paid $7,100.

Killer merchandise.

I got a whole army of my relatives

here, including my dad, Gunter.

Just start stacking it down there.

Oh, here.

Aw!

Murano.

That's a city in Italy, Murano.

And it's world famous for the glassware.

I mean, they make the best.

Oh, wow, this is all beautiful art glass.

This is all mid-century art glass.

Wow.

Italia Opalino.

Murano, Rosaleen Pink.

The asking price is $250.

Oh, wow.

That's beautiful.

WOMAN 2: Oh, yeah.

Look.

Right here, there's at least 100 pieces of Murano glass.

You know, some pieces will be 75 bucks.

Some pieces will be 400, 500 bucks.

Wow.

RENE: So let's be conservative.

Let's say 150 bucks apiece.

That's $15,000.

WOMAN 2: Oh, my god!

That's more than double what I paid for the whole truck.

WOMAN 2: Unbelievable.

So this one's 15,000.

How much is the other shelf?

RENE: These big vases, you're looking at 300,

400, 500 bucks with Murano.

Conservatively, there's at least another $10,000 there.

So between the two shelves, that's $25,000.

That's 4 times my investment.

There better not be an earthquake right now.

Let's price some of the furniture.

We've got lots of mid-century stuff here.

This is 400 for that row.

I want to $700 for this row.

There's another $600 in this row.

Let's say another 700 bucks for this row right here.

200 bucks for this row.

So these two rows right here, at least $1,000.

And all this furniture right here, at least another $4,500.

I know we have this wooden crate here somewhere, right?

I've been dying to see this.

WOMAN 2: Careful.

Don't crack-- OK.

OK.

Just don't touch me.

OK, I'm sorry.

OK.

Put it down.

[grunts]

That's at least 200 pounds.

Wow.

You're strong.

RENE: [grunting]

WOMAN 2: Oh, please don't hurt yourself.

[grunting] I gotta look up online.

I mean, this is--

I don't know how to price it.

Let me just type in large crystal.

[chuckles]

That can't be right.

WOMAN 2: What?

RENE: This is 26 inches.

It has the point, which is important.

There's one at 16 inches, which is half of the size, 60 pounds.

This is twice the size, 200 pounds.

$15,000.

That's that for half.

This one right here, a third of the size with less stones

and only, like, 20 pounds, $6,000.

So I'm going to say conservatively

for the two, $25,000.

WOMAN 2: Yeah, if not more.

And I couldn't even find any that big.

This is amazing.

There's another 280 boxes in this truck.

Easily.

Plus 20, 30 right here.

Let's be conservative.

Let's say 75 bucks a box.

The way this is going, it's probably

going to be a lot more.

But let's just say 75 bucks a box.

That's another 22,500.

Unbelievable.

I am good!

Rene!

It's past 3 o'clock.

I've got to be home, take a shower.

I have a dinner date tonight.

Well, I got bad news.

We're working all night tonight.

What do you mean "bad news?"

Guess how much we made on this locker.

How much?

80,500.

Oh, my god.

All right, here we go.

All boxes from China.

We're going to bid at 7,000. You're up.

This is a showdown.

AUCTIONEER 1: Can I get a bid at 8,000?

- Yes. - I'm looking for 9,000 now.

- Yep. - 87.

I have it against you. $9,000 to you.

$9,000.

Shaking his head no.

9,000. 92.

50.

9,250 going once.

$9,000.

9,250 going twice. Gotta go.

Guess what, Mac. You get it for 9,000 bucks.

Woo!

[cheering]

DAVE: I took a gamble on this unit and paid 9 grand.

Well, this could be a very good sign.

This looks like some kind of light display or something.

I got butterflies, man.

I can't wait to find out how much money I'm going to make.

It looks like there's over 100 boxes here.

It could be just an assortment of so many different things.

I've never seen anything like it in my life.

If I wouldn't have showed up today and called in sick,

this new guy would have owned this unit.

That's not acceptable in my mind.

I'll get my crew out here first thing in the morning

as fast as I can to separate what we have

and start doing our homework.

I did some research and I found this company called Stage-Tech.

They're a professional lighting company.

And I think this is going to be the best place to get

my lighting systems appraised.

Cue music.

That's it.

You got it-- OK.

Wow.

Look at that.

You got beams and everything.

I guess this just works off of sound then, right?

Yeah.

We have about 25 of these and about 75 of this model here.

If I wanted to sell them quickly,

what do you think a fair market price to turn

them and burn them basically?

Um, uh, I'd say you're looking at about 300, 400 bucks a unit.

Staying home sick would have cost me at least $30,000.

I don't think I'm ever going to have a sick day

again as long as I live.