we'd love to hear it! send me an e-mail or go to our website -- strangeinheritance.com. >> an 8-year-old gets a very strange inheritance. >> when my dad died, everyone was heartbroken. >> but what does a boy do with a winery? >> the funniest thing is when i would tell my friends' parents, and they would totally freak out. >> talk about getting your feet wet in a new business. >> drink it. it's grape juice. >> that is really good. >> but how does the family keep it from dying on the vine? >> i didn't know anything about wine except that i like to drink it. >> so what's the heir going to do when he grows up? >> i'm trying to prove that i'm not the owner's kid who just gets handed these things. [ cork pops ] [ door creaks ] [ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] ♪

>> i'm jamie colby, and today i'm traveling through the willamette valley of oregon -- wine country. in fact, this area is home to around 400 wineries. so you can probably guess what this episode of "strange inheritance" is all about. but it's one that was passed down far too soon, and to a most improbable heir. >> my name is pascal brooks. when i was 8 years old, i inherited something that is pretty special and still blows my mind. ♪ >> thank you so much for having me, pascal. wow, it is an honor to meet you. how unusual is it for somebody your age to be in charge of all this? >> i'm not the one that does the work. i simply own it. >> the 18-year-old may own this winery, but he can't legally drink its product. however, he does pitch in, every so often, to get a good feel for his strange inheritance. nice to see you helping out

the family winery. very nice. the story of how pascal became the world's youngest owner of a winery begins with his father, jimi brooks. janie heuck is pascal's aunt. she and pascal's dad, jimi, grew up in portland. >> as we got older and got out of high school, we both took very, very different paths. >> janie zips through a degree in accounting, while jimi goes on the five-year plan, finally gets his b.a., but then decides to find himself by traveling through europe. >> so he moved over there, took a few jobs, would go spend his money travelling, and find another job. >> for one job, jimi harvests grapes in the beaujolais region of france. at another, he teaches english as a second language in krakow, poland, a position he takes after setting eyes on 20-year-old waitress bozena kutyba. romance leads to marriage in september 1995.

soon baby pascal arrives, and jimi moves his young family back to portland. >> i remember the first time when we drove from the airport into portland. i've never seen anything like that -- this beautiful river and then the lights. >> jimi gets a gig as a vineyard manager, and in his spare time starts his own brand of wine. he enlists the help of a friend, chris williams, who until that point was not a winemaker, but a motorcycle mechanic. >> jimi's whole goal was to be able to make wines that people enjoyed, make wines that we enjoyed. >> but while jimi's focused on his career, his marriage to bozena turns bitter. in 2000, they divorce. they agree that pascal will spend every other weekend with his dad. on many a saturday, jimi takes pascal to work. your dad tried to pull you into this as a kid, right?

he wanted you around? >> whenever i was with him, it was more for the fact that i was with him and he was happy that i was there. >> what do you remember about your dad? >> i remember waking up, and it'd be cold and early, and we'd get into this dilapidated truck, and we'd stop for coffee and a cinnamon roll early in the morning. >> by 2001, jimi is head winemaker for one winery, and as a perk, he's allowed to make thousands of cases of his own brooks wine on the side. jimi starts buying grapes from other farmers, then leases a 20-acre plot planted with old vines. he hopes to buy it one day. jimi becomes a pioneer in oregon of a farming method he learned in france called biodynamics. it uses no chemicals or additives, but focuses on soil fertility and even the phases of the moon. >> so the fruit comes in... >> chris gives me a little backstage tour and shows me how they make their pinot noir. they're beautiful grapes.

may i taste one? >> of course. >> mmm. >> nice and ripe, sweet, but not too sweet. >> amazing. >> the idea behind pinot is to have whole berries, which lets the fermentation happen inside the berry. >> this is a pretty big bucket of grapes. how many bottles of wine am i looking at? >> about a 120 gallons, which would be roughly 50 cases. >> by december 2003, jimi's wines are getting noticed throughout oregon and beyond. he tells the atlantic monthly magazine he hopes that one day his winery will be his son's inheritance. >> he stated in that very clearly that he wanted his winery to be a legacy for pascal. >> then one saturday morning in september 2004, jimi is arguing with his ex-wife about whose turn it is to be with pascal. after that call, jimi makes another one, to his girlfriend.

>> he was on the phone with his girlfriend when he mentioned that his chest was hurting and could she come over. >> before jimi's girlfriend can arrive, jimi dies of an aortic aneurysm. he's 38 years old. pascal is 8. >> i think when my dad died, everyone was heartbroken. kids soak up the atmosphere, and it wasn't that i readily wanted to do that, but you just don't know how to rationalize it. >> jimi's sister, janie, is at home in northern california with her husband and two young children when she gets the call. she immediately begins the long trek up to oregon. she arrives to a find a crowd of people she barely knows in her brother's house. what happens next will not only turn janie's life upside down, but determine whether her nephew's strange inheritance is anything but a crop of grapes about to wither on the vine. >> one of the few things you can do for someone who's died

is help their family take care of their unfinished business. >> that's next. and later... how deep is it? >> oh, about up to your knees. >> you know, i failed gymnastics. ahhh. ooh! >> but first, our "strange inheritance" quiz question... is it because...? the answer in a moment.

[ wind howls ] [ bird caws ] >> so what's the reason some winemakers crush their grapes with their feet? it's, "c," flavor. the human foot is said to be ideally suited to crushing grapes without breaking open the grape seeds that give wine a bitter taste. >> it's september 2004, the middle of harvest season for oregon winemakers. this year, however, shock permeates this beautiful landscape after up-and-coming winemaker jimi brooks dies unexpectedly. the 38-year-old leaves behind a wine label that's won critical acclaim, and his only heir, an 8-year-old son, pascal. there are also loose ends. jimi has no will and zero savings. he's left pascal's mom, bozena, with few options. >> he was a known winemaker,

but when pascal inherited the winery, it was more like a label -- really not much behind it. i said the only thing i can try is to raise pascal. >> but there's another pressing issue. jimi left several tons of grapes still on the vine. his sister, janie, arrives in oregon to settle his affairs. what did the other growers tell you about the importance of jimi's work continuing? >> he was blazing new trails, and they didn't want to see the brand go away, and they all stepped up and offered to take his fruit that year and make his wine for free if i would help them on the business side. >> tad seestedt is one of those other growers and a longtime friend of jimi's. >> one of the few things you can do for someone who's died is help their family take care of their unfinished business. jimi had told me at least a handful of times he didn't feel like he had much of

a legacy for pascal besides his winery. >> so tad and the other growers harvest jimi's crop, make it into wine, and keep brooks winery alive. and janie begins the legal paperwork of transferring ownership of brooks winery to her nephew, pascal. she agrees to be his financial guardian and manager of the winery without pay, but there's one big problem. >> i didn't know anything about wine at all except that i like to drink it. >> so janie bones up on viticulture, the study of grapes for winemaking, and she asks chris williams to be head winemaker. was it important to you to talk him into taking the role? >> he was the only one that had worked for jimi, and that's where he had learned everything he knew about making wine. >> this sounds like a recipe for disaster -- an 8-year-old kid and his accountant aunt get together with a former motorcycle mechanic to make wine?

but let me sit down and taste that pinot before passing judgment. so, aerate? why? >> it blends oxygen with the wine, and it brings out more of the aromatics. >> smell because? >> it gives your senses a feeling of what you're actually gonna get. >> wow. i'm speechless. normally i would come up with tobacco and wood tree and mold, but in a good way, but it's none of those things. okay, delicious wine. not a bad start. but selling wine is a hyper-competitive business, and i've learned getting those first bottles sold while you're making your next vintage can require big bucks. all of this doesn't come cheap. >> and trying to keep the demand side equivalent to our supply was a big learning curve for me. >> so while janie goes on the road to entice distributors, pascal trolleys off to grade school, able to brag about being the youngest winery owner in the world. >> i think the funniest thing

with that is when i would tell my friends' parents, and they would totally freak out. >> soon, several stores in the high-end supermarket chain whole foods agree to stock brooks wines, as do other retailers in nine states and japan. on a roll in 2005, janie re-negotiates a lease for the same vineyard where jimi had been growing his grapes. she also develops a 2,500-square-foot sales and tasting room in amity, oregon, in anticipation of exponential growth... which doesn't happen. >> it did get to a point where i had to really get ahold of how to add more markets so that we could sell more wine. >> faced with losing momentum and losing her brother's only legacy to his son, janie searches for her next move. that is, until affairs of state intervene. >> lo and behold, i got a phone call from the white house. >> that and the future of

brooks wines' young heir next on "strange inheritance." >> here's another quiz question for you... the answer when we return. [ wind howls ] [ bird caws ]

i want some more what's he doin? but, he can't look at him! it's just not done! please sir. i want some more more? more? more? more? please sir

he has asked for... thank you what? well he did say please sir yes he did and, thank you yeah. and thank you he's a wonderful boy (laugh) a delightful boy (all boys): thank you, thank you, thank you. some people say that's ridiculous. i dress how i feel. yesterday i felt bold with boundless energy. this morning i woke up calm and unbreakable. tomorrow? who knows. age is just an illusion. how you show up for the world, that's what's real. what's your idea? i put it out there with a godaddy website.

make the world you want. [ bird caws ] >> so which of these states produces the most wine? the answer is, "c." pennsylvania is america's fifth biggest wine-producing state, behind california, new york, washington, and oregon. ♪ >> it's 2009, and 13-year-old pascal brooks remains the

world's youngest winery owner, following the untimely death of his father, jimi brooks. his aunt, janie heuck, volunteered to oversee brooks wines until its young heir comes of age. but she's struggling to keep her brother's legacy afloat. that is, until she gets a phone call from a wine steward in chicago. >> he called me and told me he was catering a dinner and wanted to serve our riesling, and, lo and behold, the next day i got a phone call and an e-mail from the white house. >> brooks' 2006 ara riesling is selected for president barack obama's first state dinner, honoring the prime minister of india. >> when the white house calls and places an order for wine for a state dinner, does that wine sell out? >> well, in this case, because there was so much hype around it being his first dinner, it made it even more sought-after. >> even though brooks wines is now riding high, things aren't going as well for pascal.

>> i think there's the age when their dad should be at their games, and they know that they will never get that. i think that was the most difficult time for pascal. >> add to that, pascal and his mom have relocated across the country from portland to pittsburgh so that she could take a new job. >> when i left oregon, i was heartbroken. i think, for me, i was still in shock. >> pascal spends summers in oregon, but the trips remind him of what's missing in his life -- his father. what is it like to not be able to turn to your dad and say, "hey, dad?" >> the older you get, you realize there's a shadow of something that should be there, and so you're constantly clinging for something like that. >> during his summer visits, pascal gets hands-on experience in the winery he owns. does it bring you any comfort then to have this be a part of your life? >> it's more for the fact of making those people's lives easier and trying to prove that

i'm not the owner's kid who just gets handed these things. >> it's finally time for me to get some hands-on experience of my own. well, not hands-on, but feet-on. it's the time-honored practice of stomping grapes. >> jamie, come on in. join me. >> all right, where's my stunt double when i need her? how deep is it? >> oh, about up to your knees. >> you know, i failed gymnastics. ahhh. ooh! >> it feels good. >> grapes feel good. i hear they're anti-aging. so what are we doing exactly? >> we want a little bit of separation before we make it into rosé. we're separating the berry itself from its juice. >> wow, what an awesome feeling. they still make wine this way? >> some places they do. drink it. it's grape juice. [ slurps ] >> whoa. >> it's good, isn't it? >> that is really good. now, brooks has become too big to make its wine this way.

you might say it's on more solid footing. [ rim shot ] they're making pinot noirs and rieslings in jimi's style -- at least 12,000 cases a year -- and now selling in 14 states, japan, and the u.k. >> we have a great distribution network right now, so plenty of demand for our product throughout the country, and i feel like we're really solid and really stable. >> solid enough for janie to realize it's time for a big step. a plot of land that was very special to her brother comes up for sale -- a 20-acre vineyard he had always wanted to buy. >> we thought, okay, it's time for us to acquire the vineyard. >> but what about the 18-year-old owner of brooks winery? what does any of this mean for him and his strange inheritance? what if you go to college and you decide, "i want to be an architect"? that's next. music in

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"strange inheritance." [ bird caws ] >> 2014 marks the 10th anniversary of jimi brooks' death, a winemaker whose passion and innovative techniques live on through the dedication of his sister, janie, his best friend, chris, and his only child, pascal, now 18 years old, and the heir to this strange inheritance. since jimi died in 2004, janie has been running the business and growing it by leaps and bounds. >> we grew from jimi making 2,500 cases, and now we make between 12,000 and 14,000, which is really the sweet spot in terms of keeping our wines affordable. >> janie knew that when her brother started the winery, he wanted it to have a permanent vineyard on a special plot of land -- the one he was leasing when he grew his last crop of grapes in 2004.

when it comes up for sale, brooks wines is not able to swing the deal by itself, but aunt janie decides now is the time. did you have to put any of your own money in? >> yeah. my husband and i personally own the vineyard, and pascal leases it from us. >> in april 2014, the brooks winery you see here today broke ground. the business is still 100% owned by pascal. it's no longer the fledgling label his father left behind, but a big enterprise with long-term commitments. so how does all of that sit with a young man headed off to college? will he follow in his dad's footsteps? what if you go to college and you decide, "i want to be an architect"? >> then that's what i'm gonna do. i'll still own it, but i'll be an architect. >> before pascal heads off... [ cork pops ] ...janie throws a party to celebrate the new winery and their loving memory of

jimi brooks. >> so that was your dad's europe backpack, and this is a draft book -- a collection of stories and pictures from your dad's friends. i didn't have time to finish it, but... [ applause ] >> one of my favorite things he left me was his library. i've gone through and found his notes scrawled in the margins or found something that he says there. it's like having a conversation with him. >> i think he's right now at this very good point in his life when he is looking forward to honor his dad's memory, but he is so set on making his own path, and that is exactly like his dad. >> he's my rainbow. the day we broke ground here, there was a double rainbow over the vineyard. i'm not a super spiritual person that way, but i do feel when things might need to be a little bit brighter,

something good will happen, and i attribute that to him. >> the brooks wines label comes from a tattoo that jimi had on his left arm. it's the mythical serpent known as ouroboros, swallowing its own tail. in cultures around the world, it represents the never-ending cycle of life, death, and renewal. when he chose it, jimi could not have known just how appropriate a symbol it would become for the winery that he founded, that his sister rescued and built into a success, and that his son, pascal, has inherited. and now pascal tells me he's going to get that same tattoo. so here's to all that. i'm jamie colby for "strange inheritance." thanks so much for watching. and remember -- you can't take it with you. do you have a "strange inheritance" story you'd like to share with us?

we'd love to hear it. send me an e-mail or or go to our website, strangeinheritance.com >> a texas family inherits a houseful of history worth millions. >> bam! >> bob davis was a world-class collector. >> [ imitates sword whooshing ] >> he had a love affair with these items. >> that's smart. >> and speaking of love affairs... >> what's this gun? >> this is a sawed-off shotgun that was carried by the barrow gang. >> the barrows? like bonnie and clyde barrow? >> like bonnie and clyde. >> their violent exploits spawned a legend... >> those images of these young outlaws shooting up the highways of america... [ gunshots ] ...somehow touches people. >> ...that may yield a fortune. >> the place is packed. people on the telephones are bidding. there's intense interest in the bonnie and clyde story. >> it was a mind-blower to watch. [ door creaks ] [ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ]

[ bird caws ] >> i'm jamie colby, and i'm headed into waco, texas, where i'll meet a man who inherited a massive collection of artifacts and documents and weapons that he says tell the story of the lone star state from the days of the alamo all the way to the legendary and bloody crime sprees of the 1920s and '30s. >> i'm earl davis. my father, robert e. davis, died in march 2003 and left us a vast and eclectic collection. and we were at odds in a dilemma of what to do with these items. >> i meet earl davis at his mother's house, where he keeps his strange inheritance. hi, earl. >> how you doing? are you jamie? >> i'm jamie. great to meet you. >> good to meet you. glad you're here. >> earl tells me his father built a mom-and-pop printing business into a multimillion-dollar operation, successful enough to bankroll his real passion -- texana artifacts.

>> well, there's a lot of stuff in here. >> this is a very nice autographed letter signed by sam houston in 1840, and you can see how nice his... >> beautiful signature. >> ...signature was. >> in the process, the family's home becomes a shrine to texas history -- the alamo, the battle of zacatecas. there's even stuff going back to the spanish conquistadors. >> this is conquistador's helmet, all metal. i don't know how they wore it without a liner, but you can feel it's quite heavy. >> oh, my goodness. >> can you imagine carting that on your head all day long? >> yeah. if you're having a bad hair day, it takes care of it. >> it would take care of your bad hair day. >> [ laughs ] >> no doubt. there's more stuff. come and look. let me show you. >> more than this? >> more than this. we got several rooms. >> there are weapons everywhere. >> this is what i was talking about. >> whoa. you promised guns. you got a lot of guns. >> guns galore. >> what's this gun? >> this is a sawed-off shotgun that was carried by the barrow gang. >> the barrows? like bonnie and clyde barrow? >> like bonnie and clyde.

you want to hold a piece of history? >> whoa. it's heavy. unbelievable. >> earl explains that the barrow gang accidentally left this weapon on the side of the road while changing a tire on their getaway car. dad loved the whole bonnie and clyde story, didn't he? >> loved the story -- as we all do. it still holds up to today. >> and you have to wonder why. they killed a lot of people. >> fascination with the americana and the gangsters. [ up-tempo banjo music plays ] >> 1930 -- bonnie parker, an unemployed waitress, meets clyde barrow in west dallas. she's 19. clyde's a year older and on the run from burglary charges. >> they are these mythical characters who did nothing but cause trouble and pain in their lifetime. it's a young boy and a young girl who went against the system. and by all accounts, it was love at first sight. the only thing that separated them was that police arrested him and hauled him off to jail.

>> bonnie sneaks a revolver into the jail, and clyde makes a run for it, but is recaptured, jailed, and beaten by the guards. he's released in 1932 a hardened criminal. he and bonnie go on a rampage, robbing banks and killing a dozen people. but all along, clyde is consumed by one idea -- revenge against the guards who beat him at eastham prison. >> "let's raid this place. let's turn everybody loose, and i'd like to shoot every damn one of these guards." >> clyde leads the raid in january 1934. >> five convicts are released from prison, and one prison guard is killed. >> state prison chief lee simmons is humiliated. he calls on a retired texas ranger named frank hamer. >> he said, "i told frank hamer, 'put clyde and bonnie on the spot and then shoot everyone in sight.'" those are his own words. [ tires screech ]

>> hamer develops an informant who reveals the duo's location. [ dramatic music plays ] the posse sets up an ambush. clyde appears over a hill, bonnie at his side. [ round chambers ] [ rapid gunfire ] the lawmen open up with a deafening fusillade. bonnie and clyde are dead before they can return a single shot. in the death car, posse members uncover an arsenal. >> the inevitable end. here is bonnie parker and clyde barrow, who died as they lived -- by the gun. >> to augment their meager pay, the officers take the weapons and other personal items. >> frank hamer wound up with all of the weaponry that was recovered in that car. >> it's no surprise to earl that an avid collector like his father would covet these macabre trophies. >> bonnie and clyde -- you can

ask a 3-year-old kid, and they know who bonnie and clyde is. >> through sales, auctions, and trades, robert adds that shotgun from the barrow gang to his houseful of texana artifacts, as well as clyde's pocket watch and bonnie's makeup case. but it's not enough. robert eyes two more objects to cap off his gangster collection. >> a gun, .45, that was in clyde's waistband. another thing was a .38 taped to bonnie's leg. frank hamer wrote a note that bonnie was squatting on this gun. the smaller guns... >> it takes patience, luck, and some quick thinking, but those two weapons will end up in earl's strange inheritance. so -- wow. he obviously got what he wanted. >> yes. he always got what he wanted. [ both laugh ] >> but this time, he almost blows it. up next, mrs. davis's white-knuckle moment. >> let's take it up a notch. >> what'd she pay? [ gunshots ]

>> and now our "strange inheritance" quiz question. what was clyde borrow first arrested for? stealing a case of beer, failing to return a rental car, or stabbing a high-school classmate? the answer in a moment.

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barrow was a few days late in returning a rental car. >> you know, clyde was quite a dapper guy, really, when you look at it. >> no way! >> yes. >> this is clyde? >> that's clyde. >> this photo of clyde barrow is part of the huge cache of texas memorabilia that earl davis' father, robert, amassed over several decades. through shrewd purchases and trades, he acquires the barrow gang's shotgun, clyde's watch, and bonnie parker's makeup case. even 80 years after they died in a hail of gunfire, almost anything associated with these notorious criminals is valuable. by far the most valuable are their guns, snatched from the death car by lead bounty hunter frank hamer. >> they were able to take these things as souvenirs. >> i track one of those weapons here, to the texas prison museum in huntsville. >> okay, jamie, let me show you a little artifact. >> jim willett, who runs the

museum, explains that frank hamer gave bonnie's pistol to texas prison chief lee simmons, who had ordered the ambush. >> this is the pistol that bonnie parker had in her lap when they killed bonnie and clyde. >> really? >> mm-hmm. >> how did you get it? >> the family of lee simmons loaned all this stuff to us. >> love to see it. >> sure. let me get that for you. this gun was in her lap with a magazine over it. probably heavier than you think it is. >> so, from bonnie's lap to jamie's hands. it is heavy, and it's beautiful. look at that handle. it's been decades since her death, but still it gives me a shiver to be holding one of the bonnie parker weapons. you better put it back 'cause i would like to take it home. >> i bet you would. >> i really would. >> yeah. >> add it to the collection. i'm starting to see why collectors would want to own pieces of texas history like this. >> you look back at these people who were ruthless, but it's a piece of americana.

you know, my dad always said, "even though history may be bad, history's history." >> in 1986, earl's father, robert, learns that frank hamer's family is about to auction off two spectacular pieces of bonnie and clyde memorabilia -- the ill-fated duo's most personal weapons, a .45 that was in clyde's waistband and a .38 that bonnie had taped to her thigh. he sets his sights on adding them to his treasure trove. >> when the opportunity came up of history, holding a gun that he knew clyde probably used and had on his person -- this is his top joy. >> robert and his wife, maryanne, drive to austin for the sale. >> other texas history buffs -- robert's friends and competitors -- fill the hall. >> it's kind of funny. my dad apparently got up to converse with somebody, go get a drink, and the guns came up for auction. he wasn't in the crowd.

>> robert's golden opportunity is slipping away. maryanne looks around -- no sign of her husband. the hammer's about to go down, so she takes matters into her own hands. >> my mom, knowing my dad wanted them, you know, at whatever price -- she was the one that actually purchased the two guns. [ applause ] >> so, she did the bidding because he was nowhere to be found? >> absolutely, absolutely. and he was very happy that she did that. >> what'd she pay? >> it was under $40,000 for the two guns. >> earl's dad keeps on collecting texas history. but in 2003, beset by health problems and depression, he takes his own life at the age of 69. >> he decided that was it, and like most of us control our life, he controlled his death, if you want to look at it that way. but it was a traumatic event for the family. >> earl takes over his father's role as head of the family's printing business. and it falls on him to decide

what to do with his dad's enormous collection. it turns out to be worth a texas-sized fortune. one estimate -- $4 million. >> wow. dad leave a will? >> he did, and we have a family trust. so, everything basically went into a trust. >> did he give you any specific instructions on what to do? >> the instruction was, "do not dismantle my collection." my mom didn't have the passion that my dad did. you know, i love it, but didn't have the passion he did. >> so earl decides it's time to sell off at least some of his dad's stuff. he figures he'll start with a few alamo documents. he begins working with new hampshire auction company exec bobby livingston, who had dealt with earl's father, but had never seen his entire collection. when livingston comes to texas and steps into the davis home for the first time, his jaw drops. >> i was there to pick up these alamo documents. and we know how much bob davis loved these things.

we really didn't understand how much bob davis collected. >> or the variety of what he collected. >> i looked, and he goes, "well there's bonnie parker's gun." and i'm like, "what?" [ gunshots ] and my eyes lit up. >> that's next on "strange inheritance." >> here's another quiz question for you. though clyde barrow never served in the military, he did tattoo his arm with the insignia of which branch? the navy, the army, or the marines? the answer when we return. [ dramatic music ]

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found him medically unfit. >> any more guns? you have a lot of drawers. all ammunition? after his father's death in 2003, earl davis ponders what to do with his strange inheritance, a stockpile of texas memorabilia that includes everything from alamo artifacts to guns owned by bonnie and clyde. what should he sell first? earl settles on some letters from the legendary william b. travis, commander of the alamo garrison. but the moment auction company exec bobby livingston steps into the davis home, he locks on to something else. >> this was bonnie parker's pistol coming right from frank hamer, the bounty hunter that hunted down bonnie and clyde. [ gunshots ] i knew this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our auction house. we had to get this collection. >> though bonnie and clyde last rampaged through the dusty roads and small towns of the south and midwest 80 years ago, livingston

knows their story still strikes a chord. >> those images of these young outlaws shooting up the highways of america somehow touches people. >> he groups the bonnie and clyde guns with other notorious artifacts and prepares a video to advertise the sale. [ dramatic music plays ] >> the name of the auction is gangsters, outlaws, and lawmen." >> but there's a problem, one that puts livingston's big event in jeopardy. >> the very first gun that earl davis sends us up is the bonnie parker .38 detective special. and we go to look for the serial number, and the serial number has been scratched off. we can't sell the gun because it's felonious just to have it in our offices. >> oh, my gosh. he faces a quandary -- should he call the federal bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms, fess up, and hope they'll make an exception? >> there is a big, big chance, if we tell them we have this gun, they could seize it, melt

it down. it's gone, and there's nothing you can do. one of the biggest challenges we faced to hold this auction was picking up the phone and calling the atf. >> livingston decides to make the call and set up a meeting at their boston office to present his case. >> we showed them the gun. we had the letter from frank hamer saying that he had taken this gun from bonnie parker. and it did have a good case to not be destroyed because of its historical significance. >> the fate of earl davis' strange inheritance... [ gunshots ] ...hangs in the balance. that's next.

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>> two guns found on the bodies of bonnie and clyde. almost immediately, the plan hits a snag. >> we realized that bonnie's gun -- the serial number had been scratched off. and that being the case, it doesn't hold too well with the atf. >> davis and livingston anxiously await word from federal authorities. will they allow the sale to go through or seize the gun? >> graciously, they decided that this was a historic artifact, it needed to be saved, and they went ahead and reissued a serial number and stamped it on the gun. [ metal clangs ] >> five months later, earl davis's bonnie and clyde collection, including bonnie's .38 and clyde's .45, are the centerpiece of r.r.'s "gangsters, outlaws, and lawmen" auction. >> my wife and i went to new hampshire for the live auction. [ auctioneer calling ] and we had some anxiety and some anticipation. >> we had media come in from

russia, from japan, all over europe. these two young people on the roads of america somehow resonates with the world, and it was incredible. yeah, i was nervous. >> what's happening to your heart as you're watching it all unfold? and what was the actual bidding going back and forth? >> the place is packed. the people on the telephones are bidding. the internet bids are coming on. so the bidding's getting up to $60,000, $70,000, $80,000 $100,000. [ auctioneer calling ] >> at $140,000, the bidding seems to stall. >> your heart's sinking that the bidding's gonna stop. [ auctioneer calling ] ♪ but all of a sudden, the two main bidders -- both on the telephone -- began to bid again. >> $150,000, $200,000. two anonymous phone bidders battle it out. >> it finally hammered at $262,000. it was amazing. [ cash register dings ] >> a record price for a bonnie

and clyde gun. >> it was a mind-blower to watch what we thought wouldn't go for what it did, did. [ applause ] >> there was a lot of cheers, but then we had to sell the next gun. this was clyde barrow's 1911 colt .45. >> again, the top bids come over the phone. >> it got up to $100,000, $150,000, $160,000. >> then past $180,000, $200,000, $220,000. >> and a phone bidder hammered it, and it sold for $240,000. [ cash register dings ] >> it goes to the same anonymous bidder who bought bonnie's gun. back in 1986, earl davis's mother had paid less than $40,000 for the guns. now just two of the many items in the davis family's strange inheritance sell for more than $500,000. >> to watch these two items in a 25-year period increase 1,000% -- that was exciting, very exciting. >> you know who bought the bonnie and clyde guns?

>> i really don't. the person was anonymous. i know he's a texas individual, but i do not know. >> bobby livingston can't reveal the buyer's name, but he does share the surprisingly personal reason the mysterious buyer valued the two weapons so highly. seems that his family had crossed paths with bonnie's. >> he told me, "after bonnie parker passed away, my mother took pity on the parker family and would naturally just bring them food and help them out through this tough time in their lives." i said, "well, why'd you buy the clyde barrow?" and he told me, "well, i felt they should stay together." >> the sale of the bonnie and clyde guns suggests to earl that his father's collection is worth every bit of the $4 million he's been told. he plans to gradually sell off most of it. and so robert davis's 50-year love affair with texas memorabilia certainly has paid

off. still, earl has his regrets. >> even though we may get a good monetary reward for it, you know, it's like a piece of my dad. so, you know, as i see things that aren't there that were there, hey, maybe a tear comes to my eye, and then i'll just -- you know, "good old dad -- i wonder what he's thinking." he would have never sold. >> earl describes his father, robert, as especially proud to own the map that mexican general santa ana used in 1835 at the battle of zacatecas. but in the 1960s, business was slow, and robert was forced to sell it. but every time robert looked at the bare spot on the wall where the map had hung, he wished he had it back. it took him years and quite a few dollars, but robert davis restored that map to its place on his wall. i'm jamie colby for "strange inheritance." thank you so much for watching. and remember -- you can't take it with you. do you have a "strange inheritance" story

you'd like to share with us? we'd love to hear it. send me an e-mail or go to our website -- strangeinheritance.com liz: got to go. congressman, thanks for coming in. >> thank you. lou: good evening everyone. president trump heading to florida tonight after getting more work done in two weeks than the entire democratic party this year. house speaker pelosi, the enigmatic figure in the three-year effort by her party to overthrow president trump, today she couldn't -- well, she couldn't imagine moving those two articles of impeachment over to the senate, trying to overthrow the greatest president in our history, but then she shocked every creature in the swamp. she refused to send over those articles to the senate. thereby, raising lots of questions. for example, if those artics