- Hey, boss? What? Looks like we got the
world's first Game Boy. First off, what's a Game Boy? Uh-- Chum can explain it. MATT: I decided to
come to the pawn shop today to try and sell my
ancient pinball machine. My dad gave it to
me as a housewarming present when I bought my place. I should see it selling
for at least five grand, and that's what I
intend to walk out with. RETAILER: What can you
tell me about this? MATT: 1933, original
pinball machine. RETAILER: 1833 to 1933-- a century of progress. This was made to commemorate
the 1934 World's Fair, which was held in Chicago. The World's Fair is where
they used to show all the new and important inventions. I guess they still have 'em,
but nobody cares anymore. About anything. Tell me how it works. Runs off pennies. You hit the bottom
lever, shoots a ball in. Pull the top one back,
swings one around. As it drops in this square here. puzzle pieces flip. You get 10 tries, 10
balls in the game. Object of the game, get the
entire puzzle to show up. So it is broke a
little, because that one didn't come up. MATT: It's got its
character antique flaws. This don't look like
a pinball machine. It don't have the flappers. It shouldn't have any
flappers on it, because flappers didn't come out until the '50s. OK. CHUM: You didn't know that? No. Most of the time,
Chum is a couple fries short of a happy meal. But he does know a few things
about these old pinball machines, and I
hate to admit it. What type of price
are you talking about? Five grand. Ain't no way. MATT: This is a real rarity. I've seen a few of
these go for about $3,000 in top condition. To a collector, this is
considered fair, not perfect. There's rust on the balls,
and on the inside rails. It also doesn't look like
all the mechanics work right. It's character. RETAILER: Character's one
thing, bottom line is another. If you want it, you got $1,000. If not, I really appreciate
you bringing it in. I gotta look for
at least 25 for it. You gotta come up
for me a little. RETAILER: Nope.
Nope. Nope. Nope. $1,000, son. I think it's a bit of
rubbish, but you know what? Let's do it. All right. Thank you. Chum, you want to
do the paperwork? Good job. Chum earned his
keep for a change, but I'm sure he'll do
something to piss me off again before the day is over. RETAILER: Hey, how's it going? Hey, good. How are you doing today, man? I brought in a cow collar. OK. That was owned by President
Dwight D. Eisenhower. So this was owned
by Eisenhower? Yes. And obviously, the cow
wore it, and not him, right? That's correct, yep. [mooing] I came to the pawn
shop today to try to sell my cow collar that
was owned by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. It was given to him
by the Press Corps. I'm hoping to get 3,500,
but I might go to 2,500. RETAILER: Put it right here. Presented to President
Dwight D. Eisenhower by these correspondents. All right. Seriously, how did you get
Eisenhower's cow's necklace? Well, I'm in the--
in the business of buying antiques and
collectibles, and a gentleman sold this to me. RETAILER: All right. Everybody liked Ike. I mean, he not only served
two terms as the commander in chief, he was also the
five star general that engineered the D-day invasion. But I can honestly say this
is one of the weirder items that has come into
the shop lately. I'm intrigued. I know Eisenhower was,
like, a gentleman farmer, and he had show cattle. When he brought the
cattle to different shows, he never put it under his
name, because being President of the United States
might give him a little bit of an advantage. Right. RETAILER: Where in the
world did you get this? This came from the
person that sold it to me, and he obtained it from
the Eisenhower Museum. RETAILER: Presented to President
Eisenhower on his birthday, October 14th, 1954,
by the men who covered the Denver White House. Unquote. The question is, is
how much do you want? Well, I'd like 3,500,
or 2 ounces of gold. It's just weird. Well, half the stuff in
your store here is weird. Yeah, I know, and a lot
of that stuff is so weird, it doesn't sell. I'm afraid everyone's
going to walk in here, and they're gonna go,
god, that is cool. And they just turn
around and walk away. That's what they
do in museums. RETAILER: Well,
this ain't a museum. I'm here to make money. It was presidentially
owned by Eisenhower. Eisenhower actually touched this
piece, held it in his hands. It's priceless. I'll give you $1,000. Man, I can do that. RETAILER: Well, what can you do? 3,250. RETAILER: I'll go,
like, $1,000 on it. That's about it. You're killing me, man. I'm not killing you. I'm just making you an offer. I've got more than that in it. I'm gonna pass. It's a presidential item,
but it's just a little too obscure and weird
to make money on. Have a good one. Well, all right, dude. All right. Thanks for coming in, man. I paid $1,500 for this piece,
hoping to make a good profit off of it, and we
weren't able to make a deal today, so
I'm probably going to try to sell it on online. [mooing]
