steve mcqueen. ronald reagan. >> ronald reagan? is that angelina jolie? >> ...thousands of them!> it really became an obsession and a drug. >> an obsession that fathered this man's strange inheritance. >> i basically got hundreds and hundreds of boxes. >> this is truly unbelievable. what was your reaction when you saw the magnitude of what he had? >> i was blown away. >> but does the heir really know what he's signing up for? >> $4,250. now $4,500. on the phone. make it $4,500. last call. >> yep! >> $4,500. now $4,750. >> it's what makes an auction so exciting. >> yep! >> and it is sold! [ door creaks ] [ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] ♪ >> i'm jamie colby, and today i'm outside seattle, washington, headed to meet a man whose star-struck family left him a massive inheritance. next came a scramble to turn celebrity ink into cold, hard cash. >> my name is david kuflik. my father and aunt were both rabid autograph hounds. their hobby took over their lives, now it's taking over mine. >> david asks me to meet him here at his home office. this is where he says he's been

steve mcqueen. ronald reagan. >> ronald reagan? is that angelina jolie? >> ...thousands of them!became an obsession and a drug. >> an obsession that fathered this man's strange inheritance. >> i basically got hundreds and hundreds of boxes. >> this is truly unbelievable. what was your reaction when you saw the magnitude of what he had? >> i was blown away. >> but does the heir really know what he's signing up for? >> $4,250. now $4,500.

> it was built as stephen mc queen like last time that happened, after that he was going to be steve mcqueen. >> reporter: tonight blob fest will kick off with the re-creation of that classic scene. event sold out in 16 minutes. >> classic horror film community is rabid, fanatical about that stuff so they flock to it. each year it gets bigger and bigger, kind of like the blob. >> the run out at colonial theater happens tonight at 9:00 p.m. sold out crowd and variety for use will be reinacting the run out scene from the blob and we will bring it all tonight on "eyewitness news" at is 11:00. >> i'm looking forward to that >> yes, you do. >> sometimes when we come out on these summer fest friday these stories just fine us. some stories are totally unique to the community. >> unexpected but everybody has that person in the community that everybody knows , right. here everyone knows a special guy named jack. here they say, if you don't know jack, you don't know about phoenixville. when you really want to get to know awe new place it is helpful to bum in to someone who knows the neighborhood and a

. ♪ you've got steve mcqueen ♪ all i need is ♪ and i'm going to make it >> reporter: in 2006, at agecer, but the end of her engagement to cyclist lance armstrong. the whole saga unfolding publicly. >> it can work so long and have big selling record. when your life falls apart you become like an a celebrity. there was a convergence of people being interested in my private life that for me was such an intrusion. >> she had 33 radiation treatments. >> every morning i had the opportunity to lay there with my arm above my head. and reassess my life. >> reporter: when she got a clean bill of health, she decided to take her mom's advice and not wait for marriage to have children. >> she just said, adopt. get a surrogate. your life doesn't have to look like the life you were born into. and that's what i did. i just thought, you know what, life is so short. >> reporter: she doets on her two adopted sons. >> action! beautiful. >> reporter: and also found time to launch a new line of clothing. >> i love when you look off. >> peddling on hsn. >> slender. >> working from her converted barn in nas

it's the actor steve mcqueen., his ford gt40 sold for $11 million. >> stuart piontek is racing to auction off his strange inheritance -- hundreds of vintage cars. his grandfather's lifelong obsession has become stuart's own. he's invested 13 years and $400,000 in the collection. ♪ i catch up with him at the hot rod association rally in oklahoma city. >> hi, my name is stuart. did you know my grandfather? >> while stuart works the crowd, i'm gonna see if i can get behind the wheel of one of these souped-up automobiles. >> how are you doing? hey, i'm jamie. >> hello, jamie. >> how are you? >> hello, i'm steven. >> tell me about this car. >> well it's a '37 chevrolet, so it's 77 years old. so, i've had it quite a bit of it's life. >> part of the family. >> yes, it is. >> oh, my. i've just gotten the keys. >> we can do that. >> let's go. >> all right. >> you have this thing insured? >> yes, i do. >> oh, good thing, because there's a tree right there. >> all right. hold on. whoo-hoo! now we're talking! [ tires screech

. >> i just learned something new today, steve motorcycle zero mcqueen, really first leading role. >>was the star, really small, but his was his first real like break through. >> so talk about the run out. how does that work? >> we have a stage show, 7:30, the particular rhett sun out, but you can watch the run out. the run out is the actual run out. 9:00 or thereabouts we line folks up. we do it in waves. so that it isn't -- >> safer? >> exactly like the movie, there is is something that -- somebody that goes down hard in. that will so we have folks kind of block off around here to keep everybody on track when they run out. >> sure. >> people come in costumes. >> really? >> people really are screaming their heads offer. yes, every year there is always something different at the run out. >> okay, so, tonight, is the runoff festival. it is sold out? you can come out shall watch it? >> yes, plenty to do in phoenix elavil. come out, quarter to 9:00 or so, come out, line up, get a spot. watch the craziness. >> if you want to see the movie? >> yes, tomorrow street fair start at 11:00 then

>> steve: yeah. [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: this next sign was sent in by nate mcqueen in cageis sign in a a visitor's center. "please do not lick the walls." [ laughter and applause ] i've said it once, i've said it 1,000 times. >> steve: don't lick the walls. >> jimmy: don't lick the walls. >> steve: don't lick it. guys, this next one was sent in by jesse hoksra, in rochester, minnesota. he spotted a sign that pointed out where the nearest fire hydrant was located. >> steve: always good to know. >> jimmy: yeah. yeah, yeah, yeah. that's sign's helpful. that sign -- that sign is helpful. [ laughter and applause ] >> steve: where is it? >> jimmy: i would have never noticed -- >> steve: where is it? >> jimmy: the fire hydrant there had it not been for that sign. this next one was sent in by steven lucas in springfield, illinois. he was shopping at a sam's club and saw this right here. smirnoff ice and this is -- in small print, it says, "promotes healthy sleep." [ laughter and applause ] >> steve: again -- gets the most sleep -- >> i don't think that's true. >> steve: yeah. >> ji