" Annie, this is like a treasure house. Where do you get all these things?"

" Thank you. Uhm, mostly from commercial and residential demolitions that we travel throughout the US. We go to Europe, weekend auctions, we----"

" Probably not as easy as it would seem, right?"

" Yeah, there's nothing of sorts."

" I don't know what to look at first. What about these cupboards here."

" Oh, these here----"

" They look great. They're looking----"

" These are really----they're a pair of English 1760 corner cabinet?"

" Yeah."

" Ahh, that were bought here to the US by Colonel Robert McCormick ahh----"

" Who was?"

" The founder of the Tribune and International Harvester."

" Yeah."

" Ahh, they're quite magnificent because of the detailing of the carving. It's such a high relief and it is all----."

" Yeah. That's wood carving."

" It is all wood."

" Not plaster."

" It's not plaster; it's just ahh----"

" Whoohh. And what's the price tag on it?"

" These are 30,000 with a pair. So they're a little on the high-end."

" For the pair?"

" Yeah."

" We wouldn't have room for them."

" Oh, maybe next----next time."

" What about something like this mantle, where did you get it?"

" This is from Southern Illinois."

" Yeah."

" It's one of 12,000 mantles we have in stock."

" Hmm."

" It's maple and it's really in great shape. Unfortunately, the house was on a fire, but it came out great."

" You've salvage it, yeah."

" Oh."

" So, you've got stained glass and----"

" Stained glass, terra-cotta, and----"

" Stone, yeah."

" Urn."

" And what about these doors over here?"

" Also from Mr. McCormick's house, also English 1760."

" Uhm."

" Edwardian doors, bathtubs, and corbels and stained glass."

" Well, I tell you. What we're really interested in is finding some sort of simple rod iron railing that we could use along the front of our house."

" Okay. We have 85,000 square feet here and all of our irons are on the fourth floor. So, let me show you what we have."

" Lead the way."

" Okay. Use the elevator?"

" Yes."

" Let's go up. [unk] and was going up. Oh! This is [unk]."

" Annie, I've never seen so many door knobs."

" Isn't it amazing? They've really been working hard try to store it through it, but ahh----people will come in and pull out a front door knob or match under their interior knobs and----"

" Yeah. That's a beauty."

" It's really fun. It makes us a statement."

" Can folks shop by mail?"

" Of course, they can send us photographs and we'll try to be as helpful as possible."

" Quite a collection of ahh----well, are they bench posts?"

" Well, they're iron newel post and railing post, which you know, one would be as a start of this handrail----"

" Uhm."

" And the others would be, you know, connecting the"

" dollars a piece depending on the condition and----"

" Uhm."

" you know, we'll go up to about 150 for something really fancy."

" Where are the fences and gates?"

" Start over to our right here."

" Boy, you have got a lot of rod iron up here."

" Well, this is it."

" And cast ironed too?"

" Uhm."

" Now, this is the kind of stuff you've gotta find nearby, right? It's heavy to move."

" Yeah. Well, we found it all over, but yeah there are a couple of things to look at when you're trying to find some iron."

" Yeah."

" Uhm. This rod piece here is an average okay-kind of piece. The one that's up here is a little bit better in quality."

" How do you judge?"

" By the thickness of the bar it self."

" Yeah."

" And the intricacy of design."

" Yes."

" And whether it's complete, you know a little separation there."

" And damage."

" And this is a, you know, a much sturdier piece."

" This is very nice, yeah."

" Well, the gates are hanging off the ceiling up here."

" Ahh, doesn't it make you giggle?"

" They all look Victorian, yeah."

" They are well, you know, variations also about the same time. The variations on the same sort of----of theme and----"

" Uhm."

" We thought it was kind of fun."

" Now, what----what would you pay for little gates like that?"

" Little gates will range usually from about 125 to you know, in the 700 to 1500, if it's from, you know, a well-known building or site and----"

" But do you have any----"

" Significant architect."

" Any big as state gates?"

" Sure, we have driveway gates. Ahh, some really great gates are coming in from Paris and----"

" Oh, look at this----."

" Yeah, yeah."

" Now, I like this."

" Okay."

" This is the kind of the stuff I'm thinking about."

" Sure."

" For the garden fence."

" Yeah, I think it'd work very well."

" But I'm not crazy about the color green, it's a little bit----"

" Well, I like it."

" Yes? It's okay. Ahh, you've got what? 3 to 4----4 foot section here? And other big section over here?"

" Sure."

" So, what would I have to pay for something like this?"

" Well, you know, this is just on a little bit on the lighter side. So, it's probably about 10 dollars of running foot, but then you got----"

" That's not bad."

" some expenses, you know, to put in it."

" So, if I need it, let's say 16 feet, I could buy it 160 dollars?"

" Uhm."

" And then what would I have to do to get in shape?"

" Uhm. Get it sandblasted, you know. Get this sort of patch-up. Install it and then repaint it."

" Uhm."

" So, you know, there's a little bit more work. Usually that's what you paid for you'll have to put back into it."

" And you double the price?"

" Yeah."

" But it's still a bargain because it's a beauty."