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You can walk around inside the movie in your head, play the bogey character you never were, all against an all-too-willing, all-too-genuine backdrop. ordinarily just about the last thing in the world i'd be interested in doing is antiquing. but buried in the network of twisting narrow streets of the old city is boutique majid. owned and operated and personally curated by this man, abdelmajid rais el fenni. hello. >> abdelmajid: how are you? >> anthony: and he's one interesting guy. thank you. >> abdelmajid: come on in. >> anthony: when he was a little kid back in the '60s, majid left his homet...

Wow. it became something of an obsession. now his artifacts from morocco and all across northern africa are bought by collectors from all over the world. carpets, antiques, wood carvings, jewelry and old doors. wow, these are incredibly beautiful. tell me about that. ♪ >> abdelmajid: amber, coral, shells. these used to be currency, these shells. >> anthony: how old is this? >> abdelmajid: this is, uh, early '20s, late 19th. the amber is millions of years old. >> anthony: how much are you selling this piece for? >> abdelmajid: this is priced by, by weight. >> anthony: by weight? >> abdelmajid...

Parties, you know? look at that. >> anthony: ah, now that looks good. tomatoes brushed with local olive oil, garlic and coriander. liver kebobs, beef liver to be exact, grilled over charcoal. oh, now that looks very nice. for fish, a bit of swordfish and some orange roughy. that is just beautiful. mmm. >> abdelmajid: how do you like the tomato? >> anthony: yeah. oh, and the swordfish is amazing. >> abdelmajid: yeah. >> anthony: so, how else have things changed? >> abdelmajid: you saw how many tourists there was today? >> anthony: they were in a hurry. >> abdelmajid: if they come to the shop, t...

Of, uh, things from the sahara. >> anthony: so you travel a lot? >> abdelmajid: little bit. not like you. [ laughter ] >> anthony: oh, this is, uh, for pounding -- >> abdelmajid: yes, yes, this is from the gond tribe from mali. >> anthony: how much will this sell for, do you think? >> abdelmajid: around $300. >> anthony: really? for this? that's very reasonable. >> abdelmajid: yes. >> anthony: i'll be buying that. that's going to be an old friend. >> abdelmajid: also, memory of tangier. >> anthony: and a memory of tangier as well. majid suggests lunch at andalus, a locals-only place nearby. >>...

There's a lot of mediterranean attached to this town. and also the history, people hear a story about tangier that it was. like when i first came in the '60s everybody said to me, you came late. tangier. [ laughter ] >> anthony: it's -- right. >> abdelmajid: now i am saying the same thing as these young now, too. they come and they say "wow." i say, "no." >> anthony: what was better about those days? >> abdelmajid: well, if you see, for me at that time, i was young and it was the boom of hippies. and it was the destination. café baba, you meet bob dylan, you go, you catch dylan, and the parti...