ENID, OK - Fox Business Network Launched its First Reality Show "Strange Inheritance," with Host Jamie Colby. Colby trekked across the heartland of America in search of stories about the rare and sometimes bizarre inheritances that get handed down from one generation to the next. The Enid episode aired on Monday, February 9, 2015.
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After eight months of filming the show has created 26 stories for the new series. Colby had to leave her co-anchor position on Fox Business Network's "America's News Headquarters" to film the series. The shows report on real life situations and are not scripted or staged.
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The show offers a more personal touch to the business of antiques and collectors' items on TV than similar shows such as PBS's "Antiques Roadshow" or History Channel's "American Pickers."
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For the first season, families across 25 states shared stories of their relatives inheritance including the Jordan family from Enid, Oklahoma. Colby came to Enid for the story and filmed parts of the show at the auction and also filmed some scenes in the storage garage of Brad Waken, who is also an avid car collector.
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Other destinations during the series include Ocean City, MD, Nashville, TN, Portalas, NM, and Miles City, MT.
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"Strange Inheritance" focuses on the entire story of inheritance, including the struggle families face in dealing with contested wills, tax burdens and other government or corporation related issues.
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Fox Business Network airs episodes of "Strange Inheritance" each week Monday through Thursday at 8pm CST, with two new episodes debuting back-to-back each Monday and Tuesday.
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The Jordan Vintage Car Collection
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Oliver Jordan is remembered as one tough “Okie”. In 1946, Jordan purchased an existing salvage yard in the town of Enid, Oklahoma that had been in business since the 1920's. He bought and sold parts out of the yard until the City of Enid told Jordan he would have to make changes to his business for zoning reasons. Rather than conform to the City, Jordan shut the doors to the yard in 1953.
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This didn't stop Jordan from buying cars and expanding his collection. After decades of collecting, the property was covered with hundreds of vintage vehicles from the early 1900's to the 1950’s. Over the years Jordan became known as the “man with all the cars”. Jordan always refused to sell any of his collection and kept his privacy.
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Jordan shared his life and cars with his wife Ruby. In 2001, after Ruby fell from a ladder, a grandson came to to help out the family. He worked with his grandparents to help prepare them for their later years. He moved cars, inventoried them, and built a building to protect some of more valuable cars. Many of the original buildings were in disrepair and had started to fall on the cars. One of those cars was Jordan's 1936 Cord, among others.
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Oliver Jordan died in 2004 and left his wife Ruby with the entire collection and parts. The family worked together to try and sell the collection as a whole. There were many visits from several famous people, but there was never a final deal. After Ruby passed away, the family made the decision to offer the amazing collection at auction to the highest bidders.
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THE AUCTION
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VanDerBrink Auctions, LLC offered the amazing collection of approximately 250 vintage cars that ranged in age from the teens to some from the 1950’s. The majority of the collection was from the 1930’s and 1940’s. There were many rare cars in the collection including a 1936 Cord, 1937 Cord, one supercharged, and 1939 all aluminum Lincoln 7 passenger Sedan. There were hundreds of cars and bodies that were purchased for custom rod, restorations, and parts. The collection was not only limited to vehicles, but also hundreds of collector parts primarily from the 1930’s and 1940’s.
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The Auction was held at the Jordan home in Enid, Oklahoma on June 7th, 2014. It had rained earlier in the week and the entire property was covered in mud. There were huge crowds throughout the day causing many people to have to park a mile away. I personally spotted several film crews capturing the auction.
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I hung out at the auction and took advantage of this once in a lifetime opportunity with my camera. I took several hundreds of photos of the cars, parts and the crowd. See just a few pics below...
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