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The Portland Expo is the largest and most diversified Antique & Collectible Show in the country. The October and March shows feature 1,000 booths and the July extravaganza offers more than 1,300 booths. These shows are one of the country's best resources for finding vintage items from every era. If you're a dealer, you'll soon discover that our exhibitors save their best and freshest 'finds' for Expo. If you've over-collected, it's a great place to sell to a knowledgable crowd.
We are on the go with Joe and he is checking out a show where some unique collections can bring in some big bucks. Joe joins us live from the Clark County Event Center with a look at t And So this is Dick Kork How long have you been collecting what we're seeing right here? I've been collecting these for about 40 years. Okay. And so walk me through some of these items. You were telling me they go back to your c Yeah. Right? A craze When I was with my dad in grade school he actually bought the real one. The big one. Back in the 1950s, 1953. And then when I was in So it's got just great feeling for me. So where do you find all of these? Just out of curiosity. Well I was a sales manager for a company so I traveled around the country and every time that I would stop for a lunch break I'd go into antique store and find a toy truck or a piece of mac So you were telling me about some of the unique items here. Yes. T And that was 1950. T Incredible. And then the oldest piece here is right here. Tell me about t Okay. T It has all the parts. The treads go around and the boom goes up and down. So and how old is that? That is from the mid-30s so it's over 80 years old. Incredible. And it still works. 80s years old. Un I'm in my 40s and not everyt So you can see Dick's collection again right here at the Cork County events center. The antique and collectible show is gonna run through Saturday and Sunday. Now Kim a little interesting tidbit about Dick. Now t Your wife had bought you one of these toys about 40 years ago. She bought me a store mixer 40 years ago. It became somet It did. Yes. You filled buildings with your collection. That's right. Yes. And so tell us why you're here today. Well here's the sad part is that these are kind of My wife said either the toys go or I go. And since I have heard on the ads on the radio about how much money it costs to dissolve a marriage the toys are going. T So come check it out right here at the Cork. Please come help me save a marriage. My man. Thank you very much. You appreciate it guys. More to come in just a bit. If that's not a set of to buy I don't know what it is. I love What a character. And Look at all the And then finally their wife will get upset and fed up and then they get to sell it on the line. Maybe it's just an investment. That's funny.
