she reaches out to auctioneer brian witherell in sacramento. >> he called me back, and he said, "wellthis collection -- will it fit in a s.u.v.?" and i go, "no." >> so you checked it out. >> yeah. it was overwhelming! it was just falling out of closets and cupboards, and you'd open up a trunk, and there'd just be guns wrapped in newspaper from the 1950s. we were on to one of those finds that you get once in a lifetime. >> how much work went into preparing for this auction? >> we catalogued probably 12 to 14 hours a day for 5 straight days, and then we photographed for probably another week or two after that and then put everything together. >> i wonder if you could walk me through some of the special pieces you got. >> this was a nice example of a kepi that would have been worn by a union soldier with its original label inside, from new york. hello! hello. hello. call me "officer." >> [ laughs ] you can see the tag that was written by mr. crego -- "confederate carbine, serial number 85, by bilharz, hall & co., pittsylvania court house, virginia." >> this is the carbine that art paid a