--unit. Here we go, number 20.
Who'll give $500? - $500, Dan.
$500 there. 500 and 1/2?
Who'll give me $550 there? - Tick.
I got 7 now.
I get $600.
$650.
I got 6 and 1/2. How about $700, ladies.
How about that? - Mmm.
$700. I have $700.
How about 7 and 1/2 now? - 7 and 1/2.
7 and 1/2? I got 7 and /12.
I got 7 and 1/2.
How about $800 there? $800 there.
Woo! [inaudible]
$800 there.
How about $900?
Who'll give me $900? $950.
$950. I've got $900.
- $950. - $950.
$975. - Hello, folks.
- $975. - Yeah, folks.
- Who'll give me $1,000. $1,000. - Yes.
$1,025.
I got a 1,000 and 1/4.
1,000 and 1/2. $1,050. $1,075, ladies.
$1,075 where?
$1,050.
You want it.
$1,100 there.
I got $1,075 at 11. $1,100 where?
She could say no. $1,100 going once.
$1,100 going twice.
Welcome to California, ladies. $1,075, ladies!
Woo!
Oh, my gosh.
I'm kind of excited.
We bought this locker because it's full of everything
we're looking for--
new vintage.
You know, the stuff that's just
now coming back into style.
Oh, my gosh.
What is it?
Oh, what the crap?
Damn, it is heavy.
Is this is a fire alarm?
Pull handle down once.
Let go.
I'd love to see how old this is.
Oh, look, there's a date.
1924!
What?
Oh, my god.
This is where we shine.
When people see unwanted, we see must have.
Gina, look at this.
It's like a collectible.
Maybe she was into fire.
This is weird.
Oh, my gosh.
Buddy L Quality Toys.
Look how they spelled Illinois with two L's.
Oh, yeah.
I think these two go together. I'm gonna put them together.
OK. OK.
This is something we might have to get checked out.
Oh, my gosh.
Is this the whole kit, the fire kit?
Elkhart Brass MFG code, manufactured in Elkhart.
For fires.
This is the shabby chic dream home.
Yes.
Look at this, girl.
We are on fire?
Get it?
I said it.
I get it.
Oh, my gosh.
Look at this.
I know.
We are getting our vintage fire stuff checked out
by David Steinetz at the Los Angeles
Fire Department Historical Society Museum and Memorial.
That was a mouthful.
So let's see what you've brought
for us to take a look at.
[clattering]
OK, well, hopefully it's still worth the value.
[laughs]
Oops.
This particular model was built by a company
called Buddy L. They made--
Oh, yeah, that's right.
We saw it on the front there.
They made fire truck toys for a long time.
This unit's probably 1930s.
These toys are rare because they were pre-war.
A lot of them were used as scrap.
And you're very lucky to have the bell on board
because the bells are usually missing.
It also has steerable wheels.
Oh, I didn't see that.
That's so cool.
Which actually works.
I cannot wait to see what you think of our other
goodies we brought.
Let's take a look.
This is a soda acid fire extinguisher.
If you needed it, you would turn it upside down.
That mixed the chemicals.
And then you would fight the fire.
This one feels like steel.
Yeah.
It's not like it's a copper.
So if this was cleaned up or polished,
it's not going to come out looking as sexy or as beautiful
as--
As us?
As some of the ones we have, yeah.
So this is a fire pull box.
These were the way you called for the fire department
in the very, very early years of this country.
And where would they be found?
Like, on the street?
This would be on a street.
It would be on a corner within a certain range of houses.
The way this works is you pull this lever down.
And a gearbox inside--
yay, you've got the guts.
We have the guts!
This winds up.
[gasps] It still works?
What it's doing is it's turning a little wheel
that has teeth on it.
OK.
And the teeth are broken off in such a way as
to produce a number.
The wires that come out of this would go down into the street
and to a building that would have tape machines.
So the operator pulls the paper out and reads.
It goes over to a file, pulls out a card that matches
that number.
And it says, this box is located at the corner
of Cohuenga and Sunset.
OK, David, what is everything worth?
The pull box, which is in really good shape--
it's got the door, it's got the glass,
and it's got all the guts--
OK.
This is worth $175.
Oh, OK.
The fire extinguisher, because of its commonality,
because it's a steel body, $50.
That's fine.
OK.
Now, for the best and last piece, the toy truck--
an excellent example of Buddy L product,
it's in really good shape.
This truck is easily worth $500.
That's amazing.
That's a lot more than I think we thought.
- It's saved by the bell. - Yeah.
You know who's on fire?
Us.
Uh, uh.