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Mike: WELCOME TO THE WEIRD WORLD OF "ODDITIES."
YOU'RE A PHOTOGRAPHER?
[ CHUCKLES ]
YEAH.
WELL, WHAT KIND OF STUFF DO YOU SHOOT?
BUT WHAT I DO IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
I CREATE A CAMERA FOR EACH SUBJECT I SHOOT.
THAT'S A LITTLE COMPLEX.
IT'S A CAMERA YOU WON'T FIND AT A PHOTO STORE.
WOW!
OH, MY GOD.
LOOK AT THAT THING.
I'M LOOKING FOR SOMETHING KIND OF PET-LIKE.
WELL, EVERYTHING WE SELL IS DEAD.
SURE, THAT SOUNDS GREAT.
HOW DO YOU LIKE RIBS?
NOT SO MUCH. ACTUALLY, I'M A VEGETARIAN.
NOT THOSE KIND OF RIBS.
I GOT SOMETHING EVEN BETTER.
WHAT THE...
THAT'S AMAZING.
Mike: OBSCURA AIN'T YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S ANTIQUE SHOP.
WHOA!
WELL, UNLESS YOUR GRANDMA'S A BIT OF A KOOK.
IS THAT A STRAITJACKET?
I'M MIKE.
Evan: AND I'M EVAN.
Both: WE'VE SPENT OUR ENTIRE LIVES...
COLLECTING AND DEALING...
HUNTING AND PICKING...
TO GET THIS BUSINESS...
DOWN TO A SCIENCE.
THIS IS "ODDITIES."
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Ryan: HEY!
HEY!
WHAT'S UP, BUDDY?
UH...
I DON'T GET A HANDSHAKE?
[ LAUGHS ]
WHAT'S GOING ON?
I GOT A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOU HERE.
WHAT DO YOU GOT THIS TIME?
I FOUND THIS IN AN ABANDONED BUILDING
WHEN I WAS A YOUNG MAN.
IT SMELLED KIND OF FUNNY.
I'VE KNOWN RYAN SINCE WE WERE ABOUT 16.
HE'S MY BEST BUDDY.
EVER SINCE RYAN STARTED COLLECTING ANTIQUES,
I LIKE TO COME IN WITH SOMETHING HE'S NOT REALLY EXPECTING
EVERY NOW AND AGAIN,
WHICH ISN'T THAT EASY.
HERE, TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
I WAS USING IT AS A VASE FOR YEARS.
[ LAUGHS ]
IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE A VASE.
WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING AT IT?
YOU FOUND IT UPSTATE IN AN ABANDONED BUILDING.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE BUILDING WAS BY CHANCE?
I THINK IT WAS AN OLD DOCTOR'S OFFICE OR SOMETHING.
OKAY, THAT MAKES SENSE, ACTUALLY.
YEAH?
YOU WERE USING IT AS A FLOWER VASE, IS IT?
YEAH, I KIND OF HAD IT UP AGAINST THE WALL LIKE THAT.
[ CHUCKLES ]
SO, WHAT'S YOUR GUESS AS TO WHAT IT MIGHT BE
BESIDES, OBVIOUSLY, A FLOWER VASE?
A TEA KETTLE.
[ LAUGHS ]
I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU TRY TO DO THAT.
YEAH.
IT'S NOT EITHER OF THOSE THINGS, ACTUALLY.
WHAT IS IT?
IT HAS TO DO WITH
SOMETHING THAT COMES OUT OF YOUR BODY.
[ BOTH LAUGH ]
THIS IS A -- THIS IS A VINTAGE BED PAN.
OH!
[ LAUGHS ]
YEAH, SO, IF YOU WERE BEDRIDDEN
FOR WHATEVER REASON IN A HOSPITAL,
YOU WOULD USE SOMETHING LIKE THIS
TO GO TO THE BATHROOM IN.
I COULD USE ONE OF THESE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET OUT OF BED.
YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY, IT'S FOR BEDRIDDEN,
WHETHER THAT BE SOME MEDICAL CONDITION
OR LAZINESS.
[ CHUCKLES ]
BACK BEFORE THE 1800s,
THEY ACTUALLY EXAMINED WHAT'S IN YOUR URINE
TO FIND OUT WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU.
THEY'D BASICALLY DO THINGS LIKE SMELL IT,
THEY WOULD LOOK AT YOUR URINE
TO SEE IF THERE WERE BUBBLES ON THE TOP.
[ LAUGHS ]
IT'S FUNNY, BUT IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW --
WE HAD PRIMITIVE INFORMATION AT THAT POINT.
CHAMBER POTS WERE USED FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS
BEFORE THE INVENTION OF MODERN TOILETS.
OFTEN, THESE POTS WERE EMPTIED OUT THE WINDOW,
SO THIS CREATED REALLY BAD SANITATION
AND IT LED TO ILLNESSES SUCH AS CHOLERA.
THIS CHANGED WITH THE EVOLUTION OF THE SEWER SYSTEM.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M GETTING RID OF THAT.
IT'S, UH...
[ LAUGHS ]
YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT --
THIS THING WILL DEFINITELY COME IN HANDY.
I'M KEEPING THIS GUY.
ALL RIGHT, THAT'S FINE WITH ME, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
I THINK MIKE AND EVAN WOULDN'T REALLY NECESSARILY
WANT THAT THING LINGERING AROUND IN HERE,
SO IT'S YOURS BUDDY.
BUT THANKS FOR BRINGING IT IN.
SEE YOU, TIGER.
ALL RIGHT, BUDDY, UNTIL THE NEXT TIME.
DON'T YOU GO CHANGING.
YOU KEEP FINDING STUFF.
ALL RIGHT, BUDDY.
ALL RIGHT.
HELLO.
HOW YOU DOING?
HI.
YOU'RE A PHOTOGRAPHER?
[ CHUCKLES ]
YEAH, ACTUALLY --
NICE CAMERA YOU GOT THERE.
THANK YOU.
ACTUALLY, THIS CAMERA'S JUST FOR DOCUMENTATION.
WELL, WHAT KIND OF STUFF DO YOU SHOOT?
I SHOOT THINGS THAT I'M INTERESTED IN,
BUT WHAT I DO IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
I CREATE A CAMERA FOR EACH SUBJECT I SHOOT.
YOU MAKE THE CAMERA?
YEAH.
WHAT I DO IS I INCORPORATE
ARTIFACTS FROM THE SUBJECT
IN THE CAMERA ITSELF
TO PHOTOGRAPH THE SUBJECT I WANT TO LEARN ABOUT.
THAT'S A LITTLE COMPLEX.
YEAH. IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
Wayne: I'M A FINE-ART PHOTOGRAPHER.
I MAKE CAMERAS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO
STUDY ONE SUBJECT I'M EXCITED ABOUT.
SO, I CREATE A DEVICE TO BE IN RELATIONSHIP WITH
THE SUBJECT I WANT TO LEARN ABOUT.
A LOT OF IT'S BASED IN MYTHOLOGY,
WHICH IS SOMETHING I'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT.
I DO HAVE ONE OF THE CAMERAS HERE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IT?
OH, YOU BET.
PLEASE. YEAH. ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S A CAMERA YOU WON'T FIND AT A PHOTO STORE.
WOW!
OH, MY GOD.
LOOK AT THAT THING.
HOLY CRAP.
GOODNESS.
THIS IS YAMA.
YAMA IS ACTUALLY THE TIBETAN GOD OF DEATH.
THE WORK IS INCREDIBLE.
AND THIS IS THE SKULL OF...?
SUPPOSEDLY A 500-YEAR-OLD TIBETAN LAMA.
THAT'S -- THAT'S AMAZING.
THAT IS KIND OF GOD-LIKE, REALLY.
SO, HIS EYES -- THEY'RE PURE-GOLD PUPILS.
WOW.
THESE ARE ALL RUBIES, SAPPHIRES --
SAPPHIRES FROM SRI LANKA.
THAT'S AMAZING.
YOU ACTUALLY MAKE THE LENSES AND THE SHUTTER OR DO YOU --
IT'S A PINHOLE CAMERA.
OH, VERY NICE.
IT'S THE VERY FIRST CAMERA.
Evan: PINHOLE PHOTOGRAPHY IS
A VERY BASIC FORM OF PHOTOGRAPHY.
THERE'S NO LENS, AND THERE'S CERTAINLY
NO INSTANTANEOUS ELECTRONIC DOWNLOAD.
BASICALLY, THERE'S A DARKENED CHAMBER.
LIGHT COMES IN THROUGH THE PINHOLE,
AND IT STRIKES FILM THAT'S COATED WITH
EITHER SILVER CHLORIDE OR SILVER BROMIDE,
LEAVING AN IMAGE OF WHATEVER IT'S POINTED AT.
Mike: SO, WHERE IS THE FILM PLATE IN THIS?
THE FILM GOES IN HERE -- RIGHT IN THE SIDE.
WHAT YOU DO IS, THERE'S A LITTLE SWITCH
UNDER HERE, AS YOU CAN SEE.
YOU HIT THE SWITCH.
OH.
AND IT'S PNEUMATIC.
OH, MY --
THAT IS BEAUTIFUL.
THAT IS INSANE.
SO, DO YOU USE ONE PINHOLE PER EYE OR A THIRD EYE?
ACTUALLY IT'S TWO SEPARATE PINHOLES.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE ACTUAL PINHOLE.
IT'S A STEREO-VIEW CAMERA
THROUGH THE EYES OF A 500-YEAR-OLD TIBETAN MONK.
YOU'RE BASICALLY REPLICATING HOW THAT MONK WOULD SEE.
EXACTLY.
THIS STUFF'S JUST INCREDIBLE.
SO, WHAT EXACTLY BROUGHT YOU TO TOWN?
WELL, I HAVE A COUPLE PHOTO SHOOTS SET UP.
BUT ONE OF THE PHOTO SHOOTS I WANT TO DO IS
MODERN INCARNATIONS OF
WHAT I THINK DEITIES WOULD LOOK LIKE TODAY.
AND I WANT TO DO
THE GOD OF ABUNDANCE AND COLLECTING.
THAT'S A HAITIAN VOODOO GOD, ACTUALLY.
AND SO, I THOUGHT IF I NEEDED ARTIFACTS
THAT HAD TO DO WITH ABUNDANCE AND COLLECTING...
YOU CAME TO THE RIGHT PLACE.
THE ARTIFACTS IN HERE ARE REALLY GREAT.
MM-HMM.
BUT I'M THINKING,
AS FAR AS THE CENTERPIECE FOR THIS PHOTOGRAPH,
SOMETHING THAT REALLY REPRESENTS COLLECTING.
AND THAT WOULD BE BOTH OF YOU.
[ GASPS ]
Ryan: THESE ARE SOME OF THE PIECES
THAT I'VE BASICALLY PUT TOGETHER.
THAT'S A VERY UNUSUAL TREPHINE.
I WANT SOMETHING KIND OF PET-LIKE.
WE DO HAVE SOMETHING -- I'LL GO GET IT.
IT'S A LITTLE HEAVY.
[ Straining ] OH, MY GOD.
[ GROANS ]
Mike: THIS IS "ODDITIES."
I'M LOOKING FOR PROPS FOR
A PHOTO SHOOT WITH MY CAMERA, YAMA,
THAT PERTAINS TO COLLECTING AND ABUNDANCE.
THE ARTIFACTS IN HERE ARE REALLY GREAT.
BUT I'M THINKING OF SOMETHING ELSE
AS FAR AS THE CENTERPIECE FOR THIS PHOTOGRAPH,
SOMETHING THAT REALLY REPRESENTS COLLECTING.
AND THAT WOULD BE BOTH OF YOU.
I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TWO
TO BE, ACTUALLY, THE CENTERPIECE OF THIS IMAGE.
AWW.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YEAH, THAT WOULD BE LOVELY.
Wayne: I THOUGHT OF MIKE AND EVAN FOR THE PHOTO SHOOT
BECAUSE I'VE BEEN A COLLECTOR OF THINGS,
AND THEIR STORE BASICALLY LOOKS LIKE MY STUDIO.
AND MIKE AND EVAN LOOK LIKE THEY WOULD FIT PERFECTLY
FOR THE ICON OF COLLECTING AND ABUNDANCE.
YOU'RE IN?
OH, YEAH! ABSOLUTELY.
OH, YOU BET.
TO BE SHOT WITH THAT CAMERA -- ABSOLUTELY.
IS YAMA GONNA LOOK INTO OUR SOUL?
HE WILL. HE WILL.
ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE
A COUPLE OTHER PROPS IN THE IMAGE, TOO,
IF YOU COULD COME UP WITH SOME OTHER THINGS
THAT PERTAIN TO THE THEME OF THE IMAGE.
ABSOLUTELY.
WELL, WE KNOW COLLECTORS OF WEIRD STUFF,
SO IF IT'S SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE UNUSUAL
THAN WHAT WE HAVE HERE,
WE COULD PROBABLY FIND SOMETHING FOR YOU.
GREAT. I WAS HOPING YOU WERE GONNA SAY THAT.
THAT'S PERFECT.
OH, OF COURSE.
HI.
Evan: HELLO.
WELCOME.
THANK YOU.
JUST HAVE A LOOK AROUND,
LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED ANYTHING.
I'M ACTUALLY I'M KIND OF LOOKING FOR
SOMETHING KIND OF SPECIFIC.
I'M NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE PETS IN MY APARTMENT.
AW, I'M SORRY.
YEAH, IT SUCKS.
SO, I'M LOOKING FOR SOMETHING KIND OF PET-LIKE.
LIKE, I ALWAYS WANTED A FISH TANK.
WELL, EVERYTHING WE SELL IS DEAD.
WELL, THAT'S PERFECT, ACTUALLY, 'CAUSE I WORK A LOT.
I'M NOT HOME VERY MUCH,
SO IF I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT DYING,
THEN THAT'S PERFECT.
YEAH, IT'S ALREADY DONE.
EXACTLY.
WE USUALLY HAVE SOME KIND OF DEAD FISH LYING AROUND.
OKAY.
MY NAME IS REINA TERROR.
I'M A PERFORMER IN BURLESQUE
WHERE I DO, YOU KNOW, ODD AND INTERESTING THINGS.
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID, I WAS OBSESSED WITH SHARKS.
I JUST FELT LIKE THEY WERE MISUNDERSTOOD,
AND I GUESS I COULD RELATE TO THAT.
WE HAVE THIS GAR RIGHT HERE.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SPECIMEN WITH BEAUTIFUL TEETH.
KIND OF A REALLY PREHISTORIC-LOOKING THING.
IT COULD MAKE A GOOD PET.
IT'S COOL.
IT'S A LITTLE STIFF, THOUGH.
I'D LIKE SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE LIFELIKE, MAYBE?
I WAS THINKING MAYBE SOMETHING IN, LIKE, A TANK.
SO YOU WANT KIND OF LIKE A FISHY-FISH,
LIKE A WET FISH BUT IT'S NOT ALIVE.
EXACTLY. PERFECT.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE DO HAVE SOMETHING.
IT'S WET, BUT IT'S A LITTLE, UM, VISCERAL.
IT'S A FISH WITH A TWIST.
I'LL GO GET IT.
SOUNDS GREAT.
IT'S A LITTLE HEAVY.
[ Straining ] OH, MY GOD.
[ GRUNTS ]
HOLD ON.
IT'S A VERY HEAVY FISH.
[ LAUGHS ]
WOW!
THAT'S INCREDIBLE!
ISN'T THAT SOMETHING?
THIS LITTLE GUY, HE'S ACTUALLY A DOGFISH SHARK.
THAT'S VERY COOL.
THAT'S FREAKING GREAT.
I LOVE IT.
THEY CALL THESE GUYS DOG SHARKS
'CAUSE THEY ACTUALLY SWIM IN PACKS.
VERY, VERY COMMON -- ACTUALLY THE MOST COMMON SHARK.
THAT'S WHY HE'S IN THIS SPECIMEN JAR.
THEY USE THEM IN CLASSROOMS ALL OVER THE WORLD.
THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
ISN'T IT?
YEAH, IT'S AMAZING.
THIS IS THE DORSAL SIDE.
THEY'RE DARK. THEY HAVE THOSE LITTLE SPOTS.
VERY PRETTY FISH.
THIS GUY, HOWEVER -- HE'S NOT ALL PRETTY.
THERE'S ANOTHER SIDE TO HIM.
REALLY?
THIS IS THE COOLEST THING.
OH, MY GOD.
IT'S MORE SHARK THAN SHARK.
THAT'S AMAZING.
HOW DO YOU LIKE RIBS?
OKAY.
THAT'S AMAZING.
THIS IS THE PLACE.
[ LAUGHS ]
Evan: GEEZ, LOUISE!
CHECK THIS PLACE OUT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT YOU GUYS BROUGHT.
OH, WELL, WE FOUND SOME REALLY AMAZING THINGS.
WOW.
Mike: THIS IS "ODDITIES."
I'M LOOKING FOR SOMETHING KIND OF PET-LIKE.
WELL, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A FISH WITH A TWIST.
HE'S ACTUALLY A DOGFISH SHARK.
HOWEVER, HE'S NOT ALL PRETTY.
THERE'S ANOTHER SIDE TO HIM.
REALLY?
THIS IS THE COOLEST THING.
OH, MY GOD.
IT'S MORE SHARK THAN SHARK.
THAT'S AMAZING.
AWESOME.
IT'S BEEN ANATOMIZED
SO YOU CAN SEE ALL THE INTERNAL ORGANS.
YOU CAN SEE HOW A SHARK ACTUALLY WORKS.
AND IT'S BEEN INJECTED WITH DYE TO SORT OF HIGHLIGHT.
IT'S SO BRIGHT.
ACTUALLY, THESE BRIGHT RED FEATHERY THINGS --
THOSE ARE THE INTERNAL GILLS
WHERE IT TAKES THE OXYGEN OUT OF THE WATER.
THE MOST AMAZING THING ABOUT SHARKS IS
SHARKS ARE KEPT BUOYANT BY THEIR HUGE LIVERS.
A SHARK'S LIVER TAKES UP TO A QUARTER OF ITS BODY WEIGHT,
AND IT SERVES TWO PURPOSES.
ONE, AS IN HUMANS,
IT FILTERS OUT TOXINS FROM THE BLOOD.
AND TWO, AMAZINGLY ENOUGH,
IT ACTUALLY KEEPS THE SHARK AFLOAT
BECAUSE THE OIL IN ITS LIVER IS LIGHTER THAN WATER.
WOW. I REALLY LOVE IT.
I THINK YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD WITH THIS ONE.
WELL, SO YOU FOUND YOUR PET?
IT DEPENDS HOW MUCH YOU'RE ASKING FOR IT.
THE BEST I COULD DO WOULD BE FIVE.
IT'S GONNA BE REALLY HARD TO REPLACE.
ALL RIGHT.
YEAH?
ALL RIGHT, YOU GOT YOURSELF A PET.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS GREAT.
EARLIER THIS WEEK,
A PHOTOGRAPHER STOPPED BY THE SHOP
AND ASKED US TO POSE FOR A COLLECTING-THEMED PHOTO SHOOT.
HE ACTUALLY MAKES CAMERAS OUT OF MATERIALS
THAT REFLECT THE SUBJECTS THAT HE'S SHOOTING.
HE WANTED SOME ADDITIONAL THEMATIC PROPS,
AND WE KNEW JUST WHERE TO LOOK --
RYAN'S PRIVATE COLLECTION.
WOW. YOU'VE REALLY MADE SOME CHANGES IN HERE.
Mike: ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW. IT'S AMAZING.
THAT LOOKS GREAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO, THIS CUSTOMER, HE'S BASICALLY
DOING A PHOTO SHOOT ABOUT COLLECTIONS.
WE'RE INVOLVED WITH THE PHOTO SHOOT AS WELL,
SO WE REALLY WANT TO KIND OF PUNCH IT UP A LITTLE BIT.
SO, WE'RE LOOKING FOR ONE OR TWO PIECES,
MAYBE YOU MADE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL OR STRANGE
THAT WE COULD MAYBE USE.
POSSIBLY.
DO YOU WANT TO LOOK IN THE OTHER ROOM?
I GOT A BUNCH OF NEW STUFF IN THERE.
ABSOLUTELY.
RIGHT THROUGH THERE.
WATCH THE PENGUIN.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE PIECES
I'VE BEEN KIND OF PUTTING TOGETHER
AS MY, YOU KNOW, MY VANITA,
OR MY CABINET OF CURIOSITY.
THIS THING...
THAT IS GORGEOUS.
DID YOU MAKE THIS ONE?
YEAH, THIS IS ONE OF MY COMPILATIONS.
I WOULD STICK THINGS LIKE
DRIED FLOWERS AND BARK AND FEATHERS.
LIKE, I WOULD FIND THIS STUFF
JUST IN THE FOREST WHEN I WAS WALKING AROUND.
NOT SO MUCH HUMAN SKULLS.
NO, NOT THE HUMAN SKULL PART.
WHAT'S ALSO VERY UNIQUE ABOUT THIS PIECE
IS THAT THESE ARE MOTH PODS.
THESE ARE LITTLE COCOONS FROM A SILKWORM.
THIS IS PERFECT.
IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE LIKE THIS,
SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU'RE MAYBE PUTTING TOGETHER?
ACTUALLY, I JUST STARTED MAKING THESE MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS
IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK.
SURE.
IT'S ACTUALLY IN THAT FRONT ROOM THERE.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE PIECES
THAT I'VE BASICALLY PUT TOGETHER.
THAT'S A VERY UNUSUAL TREPHINE.
THE INTERESTING PART ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PIECE
IS I MADE EVERYTHING ON IT.
THE TREPHINE AS WELL?
YEP.
VERY NICE.
Ryan: A TREPHINE IS
A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT THAT'S USED TO
PUT A HOLE IN THE HEAD OF SOMEONE THAT IS STILL ALIVE.
THE REASON THIS WAS DONE WAS
TO RELIEVE PRESSURE IN THE SKULL,
LEADING TO MORE BLOOD GOING TO THE BRAIN.
A LOT OF PATIENTS DID DIE THIS WAY,
BUT THERE ARE STILL ADVOCATES FOR TREPHINATION.
Ryan: MY BASIC PROCESS WAS I FOUND AN OLD MEDICAL DRILL
AND ENDED UP CUTTING IT AND TAKING IT ALL APART
AND CREATING THIS, WHICH IS THE HOMAGE TO
THE MID-19th CENTURY TREPHINES THAT WE'VE SEEN BEFORE.
THAT'S REALLY WELL DONE.
LOOKS A LITTLE LIKE AN EGG ***.
WELL, THIS, I THINK, WOULD WORK PERFECTLY.
WOULD YOU CONSIDER RENTING THESE OBJECTS?
WHAT WE COULD DO IS
IN THE FUTURE, IF THERE'S SOMETHING I WANT,
MAYBE YOU JUST GIVE ME A FANTASTIC DEAL.
I'M SURE WE CAN HOOK YOU UP WITH SOMETHING.
ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY.
WE GOT A DEAL.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, RYAN.
ALWAYS A PLEASURE DOING BUSINESS.
Mike: HEY. HOW ARE YOU DOING?
VERY GOOD. YOURSELF?
NOT BAD.
ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO ASK.
I ACTUALLY BROUGHT SOMETHING
I THINK YOU MIGHT BE TOTALLY INTO.
YEAH. WHAT KIND OF...?
WELL, HOW DO YOU LIKE RIBS?
NOT SO MUCH, ACTUALLY. I'M A VEGETARIAN.
NOT THOSE KIND OF RIBS.
I GOT SOMETHING EVEN BETTER.
OKAY.
YOU MIND IF I BRING IT IN AND SHOW YOU?
PLEASE DO. YOU NEED HELP OR ANYTHING?
NO, I'VE GOT IT ALL BY MYSELF.
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
I'M A FIREFIGHTER ON THE JERSEY SHORE,
AND AFTER A WINTER STORM,
I WAS DOING SOME SURF FISHING ALONG THE BEACH,
AND MY DAUGHTER FOUND SOMETHING TOTALLY AMAZING.
WE CAUGHT SOMETHING THAT DAY.
WHAT THE...?
THAT'S AMAZING.
Mike: THIS IS "ODDITIES."
Jason: I ACTUALLY BROUGHT SOMETHING
I THINK YOU MIGHT BE TOTALLY INTO.
YEAH. WHAT KIND OF...?
WELL, YOU MIND IF I BRING IT IN AND SHOW YOU?
PLEASE DO. YOU NEED HELP OR ANYTHING?
NO, I'VE GOT IT ALL BY MYSELF.
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
WHAT THE...?
[ LAUGHS ]
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
WOW.
IS THAT A RIB?
THAT'S A RIB.
OH, MAN.
I'M THINKING IT'S A WHALE BONE.
I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. MAY I TAKE A LOOK?
ABSOLUTELY.
WHERE ON EARTH DID THAT COME FROM?
ON THE JERSEY SHORE.
MY DAUGHTER LINDSAY CALLED ME OVER,
AND I HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT POSSIBLY COULD'VE BEEN.
IT COULD BE ANYTHING ON THE JERSEY SHORE.
[ LAUGHS ]
SO, THIS WAS JUST ON THE BEACH?
YEAH.
WHEN I PULLED IT OUT, I WAS THINKING
IT MIGHT'VE BEEN SOMETHING FROM A WOOLY MAMMOTH.
DINOSAURS OR SOMETHING.
I HAVE NO IDEA HOW OLD IT IS.
WELL, IT'S QUITE OLD, AS YOU CAN TELL.
IT'S NOT FOSSIL, THOUGH.
IT'S STILL ACTUALLY BONE.
I MEAN, THEY HAVE, LIKE, MAMMOTH BONES THEY FIND,
WHICH ARE 10,000, 15,000, 20,000 YEARS OLD,
THEY'RE STILL BONE.
FOR THINGS TO BE FOSSIL,
YOU'RE GOING BACK MILLIONS OF YEARS.
THE PROCESS OF FOSSILIZATION IS CALLED TAPHONOMY.
BASICALLY, THE WAY IT WORKS,
AN ORGANISM DIES, GETS COVERED OVER.
THE ORGANIC MATERIAL DECOMPOSES
AND GET REPLACED BY MINERALS OR SEDIMENTS
AND THEN HARDENS OVER MILLIONS OF YEARS.
I MEAN, IT'S THAT SIMPLE.
IT'S A MODEL OF A DEAD THING.
IF THIS WAS FOSSIL, IT WOULD BE SO MUCH HEAVIER.
IT WOULD BE ROCK, BASICALLY.
YEAH.
BUT YOU CAN SEE HOW IT'S
ALL WORN-DOWN HERE AND WORN AWAY.
THAT'S JUST THE, YOU KNOW, THE MOTION OF THE --
THE MOTION OF THE OCEAN, AS THEY SAY.
YOU KNOW, THE SAND JUST -- IT'S LIKE SANDPAPER, BASICALLY.
MAKES IT QUITE NICE AND SMOOTH.
WAS THIS HOLE IN IT?
WELL, THE HOLES IN IT ARE FROM ME
BECAUSE I GOT IT FIVE YEARS AGO,
AND I KIND OF HAD IT HANGING UP IN MY HOUSE,
SO I DRILLED THE HOLES IN IT.
SO, YOU WANT TO SELL IT?
I WAS LOOKING TO SELL IT, YES, ABSOLUTELY.
WELL, YOU CAME TO THE RIGHT PLACE.
DID YOU HAVE A PRICE IN MIND OR ANYTHING FOR THIS?
I'M THINKING $800.
I DO LIKE IT A LOT.
PROBABLY WOULD BE MORE INTERESTED
SOMEWHERE IN THE, OH, $400-$500 RANGE.
WOULD $500 WORK?
$500 SOUNDS GOOD.
THAT'S FAIR. THAT'S GOOD.
EXCELLENT.
YOU GOT YOURSELF A DEAL.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
Evan: AN ECCENTRIC PHOTOGRAPHER
STOPPED BY THE SHOP A FEW DAYS AGO
AND ASKED US TO PARTICIPATE IN
A COLLECTING-AND-ABUNDANCE THEMED PHOTO SHOOT.
HE ALSO WANTED SOME UNUSUAL PROPS,
SO, THANKS TO RYAN'S COLLECTION, WE LANDED A FEW GREAT PIECES,
AND WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO THE SHOOT.
Wayne: HELLO.
HEY.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
GOOD SEEING YOU. COME ON IN.
OH, THANK YOU.
Wayne: THIS IS THE PLACE.
Mike: [ LAUGHS ]
GEEZ, LOUISE!
CHECK THIS PLACE OUT.
THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
WE'D HEARD OF THE HOUSE OF COLLECTION
IN WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN, BEFORE,
BUT WE'D NEVER BEEN INSIDE.
WITH ALL THIS AMAZING STUFF,
WE'RE HOPING RYAN'S SKULL CREATIONS
ARE UNIQUE ENOUGH TO STAND OUT FOR THE PICTURE.
BY THE WAY, YOU GUYS LOOK PERFECT.
WE GOT YOUR NOTE.
THANK YOU.
I FEEL LIKE I WORK IN A PIZZA PLACE, BUT OKAY.
THAT'S PERFECT -- PERFECT FOR THE PHOTO SHOOT.
THE END RESULT WILL SHOW.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT YOU GUYS BROUGHT ME.
OH, WELL, WE FOUND SOME REALLY AMAZING THINGS.
WE LOOKED AROUND, MADE A FEW PHONE CALLS,
BUT WE ENDED UP GETTING A COUPLE OF PIECES
FROM OUR FRIEND RYAN.
HE ACTUALLY WORKS WITH US.
HE'S ONE OF OUR BUYERS.
HE DOES REALLY WONDERFUL PREPARATIONS.
WE PICKED OUT TWO ITEMS.
ONE'S MORE NATURAL HISTORY.
THE OTHER ONE'S A BIT MORE MEDICAL.
SOUNDS PERFECT, ACTUALLY.
HERE'S THE FIRST ONE.
WOW.
YEAH.
NOW, THIS IS A VERY OLD SKULL.
AND HE MADE THIS?
HE ACTUALLY DID.
IT'S NOT AN ACTUAL TREPHINE.
IT'S HIS VERSION OF A TREPHINE.
HE ACTUALLY TOOK PART OF AN OLD DRILL,
SO IT'S SORT OF A FANTASY-MEDICAL PIECE.
AND THERE'S ANOTHER ONE.
LET ME GRAB THAT OUT OF HERE.
IT'S A VERY OLD SKULL.
THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN CUT AWAY.
YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS KIND OF WEDGE
HAS BEEN CUT OUT OF THE TOP,
PROBABLY FROM AN AUTOPSY OR MAYBE A CADAVER PREPARATION.
AND THAT WAS MISSING,
SO HE STARTED ADDING ALL THESE DECORATIVE PIECES --
THESE DRIED BERRIES.
AND THEN HE BOUGHT THIS PIECE AND ADDED THAT AS WELL.
I LOVE THE TWO TOGETHER
BECAUSE THERE IS, LIKE, A SOFTNESS
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE METAL.
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT FOR RENTAL FEES?
THIS WHOLE SETUP IS GONNA RUN YOU ABOUT 300 BUCKS.
IT'S DOABLE. LET'S DO IT.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU.
SHOULD WE GO OVER HERE AND I'LL SHOW YOU
WHERE WE'RE GONNA SHOOT?
SURE.
WE'RE REALLY GLAD WAYNE LIKED THE PROPS WE BROUGHT HIM.
YAMA HAS A MESMERIZING STARE.
Wayne: HE DOES.
Mike: AND WE ALSO LEARNED SOMETHING
ABOUT PINHOLE PHOTOGRAPHY AS WELL.
Wayne: EXPOSURE TIME SOMETIMES COULD BE HOURS.
OH!
IT COULD TAKE QUITE A LONG TIME.
Wayne: READY?
FREEZE.
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AND YOU HAVE TO STAY VERY, VERY STILL.
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