RICK HARRISON: OK. [music playing]

I got this over 50 years ago, and we took it up

to my folks' summer cabin on a lake,

and it used to be our come home call.

Did you have any neighbors?

Yeah.

Did it piss them off?

[laughter]

[fog horn]

It has a pump action and the bellows inside

make an extremely loud noise which would

be good for a boat in the fog.

I would like to get about $3,000.

The minimum I'd take would be a thousand.

RICK HARRISON: This ship is named

after the Battle of Midway-- - Right.

--which was basically the turning point

of World War II in the Pacific. [music playing]

We had broken the Japanese code and we

knew they were preparing to attack somewhere,

but we could figure out where.

So we sent out messages and codes

we knew the Japanese had already broken,

saying our water desalinization system was broken on Midway.

So in the broken Japanese code that we were intercepting,

one of their messages said the code name

for the island they were going to attack,

their water supply is broken.

So we immediately knew that they were going to attack Midway,

and that's why we ended up winning.

So, does it work?

Well, it worked for 50 years, but doesn't work now.

[music playing]

Well, what those things have in them, they have--

RICHARD: Bellows.

Yeah, and they are made with leather.

They rot out.

I mean, leather just does not stand the test of time,

no matter where you're at. - Right.

Foghorns like this are a necessity.

They warn smaller vessels that a large ship is coming their way.

I wish this thing was in working condition,

but hey, it's still cool.

What you want to do with it?

RICHARD: I'd like to sell it.

All right.

And how much do you want for it?

Well, I'd like to get 3,000.

[music playing]

If you buy this thing for 3,000,

I'm going to start making them in the back.

[laughter]

This would have not been on that ship.

[whoosh]

These things were made right around 1900.

And during World War II, the battleships

had the latest technology.

They didn't have one of these.

So how about 1,500?

[laughter]

No.

Quite frankly, I wouldn't buy it.

Who knows what it's from.

I mean, there could have been some town named Midway.

[laughter]

Thanks for coming in.

It's just nothing I could really use, though.

I'm sorry. RICHARD: OK.

Thank you. - All right.

Thanks, man. - Appreciate it, buddy.

RICHARD: Yeah, thanks.

It's neat, but there's no story to go with it.

And therefore, it's too hard to sell.