RICK: Hey, how's it going?
SALVATORE: Hey, how you doing?
I've got something here I think you might be interested in.
BUYER: Is that Dick and Jane?
SALVATORE: This is Dick and Jane by Eleanor Campbell,
the early 1930s illustrator.
BUYER: This is deeply cool. - Yeah.
She did a whole series of mock-ups.
This is one of them.
I ran across a guy who had these and I thought it'd
be kind of fun to buy them.
But like a lot of things after a while,
I decided OK, I'm done what this.
BUYER: Or was it that your wife just told you,
you had too much junk?
Yeah, too much junk.
I purchased three of these paintings
from a gentleman in Northern Colorado.
And I sold two of them at auction.
The amount of money I'd like to get for this piece
is about $700.
Dick and Jane taught children how to read.
The classic line being, see Dick run.
Run Dick run.
Or see Spot run.
Run spot run.
BUYER: This is extreme Americana.
Anyone who started school before the early 70s, these
were the very first book you ever read.
It was a great idea for a way to teach children to read.
It was colorful illustrations of exactly
what the kids were doing.
See Dick run.
You saw Dick run.
I just absolutely love them.
What do you want for it?
SALVATORE: Well, given this beautiful, beautiful set
of illustrations with the original artist
notations and mock-up lines and so forth, I'm looking at $700.
BUYER: Normally, something like this would be worthless.
But this is Dick and Jane, so it's got to be worth something.
The problem in my head is what.
And can I give you $500 bucks?
Make it $600.
Let's make it $550.
[sighs]
- OK $550. - All right.
We got a deal, man.
Damn, it's neat.
I don't know how to describe in my head why I love it so much,
but I do.
I'll meet right over there and we'll--
I'll give you some paperwork.
SALVATORE: I think the price of $550 is a fair price.
And I'm very happy with this.
And I am definitely making a profit at $550.