APPRAISER: You told me that you got these toys just about 55 years ago. You were about 22.
GUEST: Right.
APPRAISER: And you remember this fairly clearly because...
GUEST: Oh, I found them in Germany.
APPRAISER: Uh-huh.
GUEST: Yeah, and I found them in the ruins of this building which we thought might be either a distributor or a store that sells toys or a factory that makes them. We didn't know, because the toys were strewn all over the neighborhood. And some of them were crushed from the machinery, and I managed to see a few. My buddies did also. We saw a few boxes that looked good, so I threw them in the jeep and continued.
APPRAISER: I love stories like this. I love to hear how these things come about. The other thing about this is when I see something I've never, ever seen before.
GUEST: I never have either.
APPRAISER: I've seen this before-- this is a German staff car made from the late '30s. But I've never seen this little bus. It's lithographed tin. It's embossed tin. It's clockwork. And anybody who watches the Roadshow knows we love it in the original box. But what's intriguing is to see what this action is. So let's see if we can get it to work. We click it on and there it goes forward. There it goes... wait a minute, we don't have... oh, look at that! (laughing) It's absolutely amazing. Here's a bus, obviously broken down, and then being towed by a car.
GUEST: Right.
APPRAISER: In its original box with all the graphics right there. I've never seen this toy. I called some people. I said, "Have you ever heard of this toy before?" No one I can find has ever seen it. The value, it's hard to say. But I would say $1,200 to $2,000 on this one.
GUEST: Wow, very good.
APPRAISER: This one is worth about $1,200.
GUEST: Very good.
APPRAISER: So you got two wonderful souvenirs...
GUEST: Yes.
APPRAISER: For going over there and...
GUEST: And they're going to be souvenirs.
