Frank, you should see all the globes over here.
It's crazy, man.
Globes?
This.
Wow.
This, right here.
I see a bunch of plastic tubs.
And with a Sharpie, somebody had written what's in there.
Whoa.
Now, here we go.
Look at this, Frank.
FRANK: Whoa.
It's a Red Hat globe.
Beautiful condition.
This is an extremely rare globe.
And I'm looking at it.
It all checks off.
And I'm like, man, this is it.
It's mint.
JAY: Right.
The small independent distributors are the globes
that are the most sought after.
And globes have skyrocketed in price over the last five years.
When you saw the Red Hat, whether it
was on a globe or a sign, you were
buying product from the Independent
Oilmens Association of Chicago.
One of the reasons this globe is so rare
is because in 1932, Standard Oil sued
the Independent Oilmens Association
for logo infringement, Red Hat, Red Crown.
I mean, the inside of it, you can look.
There's no fading, and there's no chips anywhere.
I mean, I can't believe how mint it is.
JAY: The Red Hat globe was special to dad.
He took special care of that.
And nobody was probably to touch that except for him.
Would you sell it if you got the right number?
Got the right number.
All right.
$9,000.
JAY: [whistles] [sighs] I was thinking 10.
Now I know that's one that dad had at home.
And it was one of his favorites, Mike.
You've been around it enough to know how special it is.
JAY: Right.
I feel like 10 would probably be doing him justice.
Yeah.
I've seen these globes, but I've never actually
had a chance to buy one.
Why don't we squeak by at 98, just so I feel like I'm--
Tell you what, let's squeak by at 99.
Make me feel like I got as close as I could.
I'm doing it.
I'm going to do it.
It's not like I'm going to have another chance.
- Right. - Thank you.
I appreciate you. - OK, you're welcome.
I appreciate it.
It's a very, very rare globe.
It's probably one of the rarest globes I've--
I've ever come across.
You know, finding it in a box and opening the lid was--
Yeah.
You know, be still my heart, my friend.
JAY: Glad you enjoyed that.
You know?
I think we're to the point now where this stuff
sat for five, six, seven years.
It's collecting dust.
It's just time to downsize, time to clean up a little,
and let somebody else enjoy it like my dad did.
Hey, Jay?
JAY: Yeah?
I found another globe in here I'm interested in.
JAY: OK.
Got the rooster on it, Wake Up 99.
I've never seen this globe before.
I've heard about them.
I've seen a photograph in a book.
I know they were out of Indianapolis.
But, man, to hold one in my hands, even with the damage
that it has, is insane.
The globe itself, the base is chipped.
JAY: Right.
Obviously, that's not that big a deal
because these faces come off.
You know?
You've got another one down there, another globe.
But this one's too small.
Right.
The globes are around, the faces aren't.
The face-- [exhales].
This is a great globe.
I mean, for one, it reminds me of my logo.
JAY: Oh, it does, doesn't it?
This is amazing.
JAY: My mother was into collecting
roosters-- rooster household goods,
rooster glass, rooster towels.
And my dad, he decided he would buy her a rooster globe,
but under the guise knowing that the globe actually
was going to go in his collection and display.
I found this flange sign, the Polarine flange,
and then that globe there, the Whitestar.
You know, you can just see that, like, it was found outside.
JAY: Right. - I mean, look.
You see what I'm talking about here?
And then you can see the rot here from all
the water running down into it.
But, man, that's a really good one, too.
For the three pieces--
11,000.
[sighs] This globe, I've seen before.
This globe, I've seen pictures of these globes.
I haven't actually seen a lot of them change hands.
I feel good at 11,000.
I feel good at 11.
JAY: All right, 11. Let's do it.
All right.
We're doing it.
All right.
Very cool.
All these small independents, these distributors, they got
bought up by the big guys.
It's like, these globes, you know,
they were just around for a very short amount of time.
You know?
And especially if you add an animal to the logo on a globe,
it adds money.
All right.
I'm going to put this back in its little bubble wrap manger.
Jay's father was a savvy collector.
He bought the good stuff.
He had the opportunity to get into places
that most people couldn't.
And you know, for him to have this globe and to keep it,
I know it's something special.
See you, Jay!
See you, guys!