Jerry is a collector and speculator of antiques. He drives around Toronto looking for garage sales with a fellow collector—a short, bug-eyed alien in a mechanical exoskeleton suit. Jerry teaches his friend the intricacies of the junk dealer's craft: sources of information, trusting one's own intuition and the unwritten Law of professional antique dealers. But an old child's cowboy costume, with all the accessories it requires, becomes the subject of a quarrel.