FOR
FOR SEVERAL REASONS...SOME FOR PROFIT...SOME FOR
PLEASURE...BUT MOSTLY
FOR SOME SENTIMENTAL
CONNECTION TO WHAT IS
BEING COLLECTED.
COLLECTIONS, HOWEVER,
AREN'T ALWAYS KEPT
FOREVER...AND AS BRIAN
HOLMES SHOWS US IN
TONIGHT'S IDAHO
TONIGHT'S IDAHO
LIFE...THERE'S ALSO A SENTIMENTAL SIDE TO LETTING IT GO.
5115 NATS BIRDS
WHAT IS A LIFE WORTH?
OR, RATHER, WHAT IS A
LIFE'S STUFF WORTH?
IT'S A QUESTION OFTEN
ASKED
ASKED OF
ASKED OF LISA SHACKELFORD...WHO'S MADE A 20-YEAR
CAREER...OUT OF SORTING
THROUGH STUFF...
4048 NATS TABLE
...AND SETTING UP ESTATE
SALES.
5433 JUST WALK
THROUGH, KIND OF
FIGURE OUT WHAT WE
HAVE THE MOST OF, WHAT
WE CAN CAPITALIZE ON,
MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S
ORGANIZED
WHAT SOMETIMES TOOK
DECADES TO AMASS...LISA
CAN ARRANGE IN ABOUT
THREE DAYS.
4150 SETTING STAR TREK
DOLLS ON TABLE
4152 EVERYBODY NEEDS 2
OF THOSE
FROM TOYS...TO
TOWELS...TO VHS
TAPES...ALL OF
IT...UNREALIZED REVENUE.
5711 ABSOLUTELY,
ABSOLUTELY
AND EVERY ONCE IN A
WHILE...LISA COMES
ACROSS SOMETHING
ACROSS SOMETHING
KINDA
KINDA COOL. 5922 YEAH, VERY COOL OH, SHE'S SEEN
COLLECTIONS BEFORE...
5832 EVERYBODY
COLLECTS SOMETHING,
NOT EVERYBODY, BUT
THERE'S A COLLECTOR FOR
EVERYTHING
BUT NOT QUITE...LIKE
WHAT'S INSIDE THIS
MID-CENTURY HOUSE IN
MERIDIAN.
5113 WIDE OUTSIDE
131 COME ON THIS WAY
IN WHAT USED TO BE THE
GARAGE...ROBERT BROBST
HAS PARKED A
PLETHORA...
748 CREAK NATS, BOB
OPENS LID
...OF OLD RECORD
PLAYERS.
240 THIS ONE HERE'S A
GOOD ONE BECAUSE IT
PLAYS WELL
406 THIS IS ANOTHER
ONE, THIS IS THE
WORKHORSE OF THE
BUNCH
325 ORIGINAL PRICE $35..
..AND THAT PLAYS
CYLINDERS
BUT THEY'RE NOT JUST
RECORD PLAYERS...THEY'RE
VICTROLAS
AND EDISONS...AND
BRUNSWICKS
415 THIS ONE'S ITS BIGGER
BROTHER
AND THEY'RE NOT JUST
OLD.
345 THIS ONE SHOULD
ABOUT 1904..
SOME OF THE NEARLY
TWO DOZEN HE'S
DISPLAYED IN HERE...DATE
BACK TO THE TURN OF
LAST CENTURY
..1906, I MISSED IT
AND A COUPLE OF THEM...
804 LOW ANGLE TURNING
CRANK
...CAN STILL CRANK OUT
THE TURNTABLE TUNES.
804 LOW ANGLE TURNING
CRANK
ROBERT SAYS HE'S ALWAYS
BEEN A TINKERER...
3536 OH YEAH, ALL MY
LIFE
AND THIS WAS JUST
ANOTHER WAY FOR THE
FORMER MECHANIC...TO
KEEP HIS HANDS BUSY.
AN INTEREST THAT
TURNED TO INFATUATION
IN THE LATE 80S
2554 I JUST FELT LIKE
IT..2556 I ALWAYS LIKED
THE MUSIC
MORE THAN 30 YEARS
AND 30 MUSIC MACHINES
IN...HE NEVER IMAGINED
PUTTING A PRICETAG ON
IT.
3055 I HAVEN'T PAID THAT
MUCH ATTENTION, I
WASN'T PLANNING ON
THEM GOING ANYWHERE,
SO I WAS JUST GOING TO
KEEP THEM AROUND
THOSE PLANS CHANGED
ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO
WHEN LINDA, HIS WIFE OF
49 YEARS, PASSED AWAY.
AND BEING HOME
ALONE...WASN'T GOING TO
WORK.
4657 WE DON'T WANT
HIM TO LEAVE HERE BUT
IT'S SCARY THAT HE WAS
HERE ALONE AND HE'D
FALL
SO SIX WEEKS AGO HE
MOVED
MOVED INTO A RETIREMENT HOME...ONE WITHOUT A RENOVATED
GARAGE...WHICH MEANS
ROBERT'S RECORD-
PLAYING RELICS...
918 BEGINNING OF SLOW
DOWN
...WILL HAVE TO RELOCATE
TOO.
930 SLOW TO A STOP
3741 YEAH, HAVEN'T GOT
ANY CHOICE NOW
3144 YEAH, IT'S A...IT
HASN'T BEEN A LOT OF
FUN THINKING ABOUT
MAKING IT GO AWAY
THERE WERE DAYS WHEN
THE 73 YEAR-OLD WOULD
LOSE HIMSELF FOR HOURS
IN HERE.
IN HERE.
4940
4940 SWEEPING NATS THIS DAY...IT'S ABOUT FINDING SOMEONE
ELSE...WITH THE SAME
OLD-FASHIONED
PHONOGRAPH
OLD-FASHIONED PHONOGRAPH FASCINATION.
PHONOGRAPH FASCINATION. 5150 BOB AND WIFE WALK
IN
5155 FAIRLY DARK, ISN'T
IT?
THERE IS SOMETIMES A
FEELING OF FINALITY TO
ESTATE SALES...A
RUMMAGING THROUGH
WHAT REMAINS.
5403 IT'S PRETTY THOUGH
BUT THERE IS ALSO A
SENSE OF SUCCESSION.
5617 OH WOW...ISN'T
THAT SOMETHING?..
..ALL UNDER THERE, LOOK
WHAT ONCE FILLED SO
MUCH OF OUR LIFE...
USUALLY LIVES ON
WITHOUT US
4616 IT'S KIND OF SAD
THAT HE HAS TO LET THIS
GO,
THIS HAS BEEN A BIG
PART OF HIS LIFE AND
NOW IT'S...SOMEBODY
ELSE WILL GET TO ENJOY IT
5644 HERE;S OLDER YET,
LOOK
AND THAT IS ULTIMATELY
WHAT YOUR LIFE'S
STUFF...IS WORTH.
4906 EVEN IF THEY JUST
TAKE ONE LITTLE PIECE
HOME THAT THEY LOVE IT
...CAUSE HE LOVES EM
BRIAN HOLMES...IDAHO'S
NEWSCHANNEL 7.
ROBERT PLANS TO USE
THE MONEY FROM HIS
ESTATE
ESTATE SALE TO HELP PAY FOR HIS CARE AT A SENIOR LIVING FACILITY.
ANY PHONOGRAPHS HE
DOESN'T SELL, HE HOPES
TO DONATE TO A
MUSEUM.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO STOP BY
THE ESTATE SALE -- IT'S
TAKING PLACE THROUGH
SATURDAY.
WE HAVE A LINK TO THE
ADDRESS IN THIS STORY
AT