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on this episode of Pawn Stars I have a couple bills here we have an 1875 one dollar bill it's got really amazing artwork on it the serial number it's number one really cool and very rare I like that word a paperweight made from the u68 this is really cool this was from a German submarine it sang a lot of ships so it was a pretty big deal when we suck it I got a cannon they can put a projector in there a projector yeah a projector being a projectile I'm Rick Harrison and this is my pawn shop I work here with my old man and my son big Haas everything in here has a story and a price one thing I've learned after 21 years you never know what is going to come through that door hey how you doing hey good how are you today good what do we got well I have some bills that I had in my safe deposit box I'm looking at selling we have an 1875 one dollar bill um this one too this is an 1883 round back five get it it's got the Brown Bag where in the world did you get these my Aunt Margaret gave them to me and my Aunt Margaret was the granddaughter of the treasurer of the United States back in the 1800s and was he allowed us to be handing out money or I decided to come to the pawn shop today to try to sell a 1 dollar U.S note from 1895 and a five dollar brown bag from 1883. I'm looking to get 27 to 29 000 for the one dollar bill and sixteen thousand for the five I figured that I will give them money to my mother for her Mother's Day present so what can you tell me about them well the interesting thing I noticed about this bill is the serial number look at it's number one yeah that's really cool actually and this one because this has a bigger Edge it was the first off the sheet that's not a guarantee it could be a misprint something like that either way it's rare I like that word you know it looks a lot better than today's money does doesn't it it's prettier that's for sure absolutely I mean look at it there's like twice the size it's got actual artwork on it actual printing on it I mean at one point the United States even commissioned like great artists to draw on the bills really yeah we've seen plenty of bills come through the shop before but nothing like these they're so old it's like stepping back in time when did you get them graded um just recently I think it was in November I want to say this one they graded almost new choice about new which means it's almost a new bill and this one's very fine very fine there is a few condition issues you see the holes in the face yeah I think I probably put it on my bulletin board when I was younger that's hilarious so that's what you did these bills are super rare and I love that they're already graded because it saves me the trouble of having to get it done I know currency collectors would be all over these despite the fact that she used them as a freaking dart board well what do you want to do with them I would really like to sell them today so how much are you looking to get I'm looking for 29 000 for the one dollar bill and sixteen thousand for the five dollar bill where'd you come up with that number I talked to a couple people ago who said they thought they were worth between 25 and 50 for the one and eight to ten for the five I mean these bills are really cool and really amazing and you're asking a whole lot of money I'm gonna have to call in somebody who knows a little bit more than I do okay sounds good we'll be right back I expected that they would get an expert it's not something that people see every day nothing else I learn a little bit more about what I have hey how's it going I got a cannon I'd like to take a look at okay this is a real Cannon yes it is so it's not a toy there's a toy yeah it's a toy I think you can put a projector in there a projector yeah projector being a projectile came to the pawn shop today to sell my toy Cannon I'm hoping to walk out here with 300 bucks today I would like to sell because I needed 300 bucks where did you get this at a yard sale 20 years ago this is a big bag it's been a long time since I seen one it's a toy it's a noise maker scares away Birds things like that do you know anything about it they're legal alternative to firecrackers it's a carbide Cannon carbide is when you heat up iron and carbon you create carbide and if you enclose it in a chamber it pan when you add liquid to it it creates a flammable gas and when you light that gas it makes a big explosion and they give them to kids when I was a kid stuff like this was still acceptable these things were awesome kids went crazy for them and herons bought them think about it little kids and explosions how could you go wrong [Laughter] I mean it looks in really good shape do you know how old this is I've always thought it was from the 50s okay so how do you load it well I have the powder that goes inside it's called bang site and you just pour it in man it's very sensitive to moisture like he was saying see that there is the plunger just put a small amount of water in there and this chamber fills up with a settling gas and um push the plunger and there's a charge like that boom not only will this appeal to toy collectors it also has a practical use for someone looking for a noisemaker for the Fourth of July or something I don't think it'll be hard to sell assuming I get it for a realistic price all right so uh what are we looking to do with it I want to sell it okay so how much did you want for it I am asking 300 um I mean I just haven't had one of these things in years and years I don't know what they go for I mean they could be worth some money I just don't know um let me call up a buddy of mine have him take a look at it um he's just right down the street we could have something cool here I don't know it is cool let me go give him a call I'm looking forward to the toy experts to find out what this thing is worth I've never seen another one like it it's the coolest thing man it's just the cool thing what do you have this is a paperweight from the USS Guadalcanal that was given to my uncle commemorating the sinking of the u-68 by the USS Guadalcanal that's pretty cool well he came to the pawn shop because I have a piece of World War II memorabilia that I'd like to sell Michael Frankie gave it to me I would like to get about three thousand dollars I won't go under a thousand it was made from a ballast tank that Rose to the surface after the submarine exploded okay it's really neat this is off a submarine thank you sir um this picture is my uncle and he's on the stern of the USS guadala Canal all right so this is off a U-Boat sucking 10 April 1944 by the USS Guadalcanal that's correct a U-Boat is Navy slang for a German sub these things were Fierce during World War One they caused incredible Havoc just through the fact that world war one we didn't have sonar so they could sneak up in impunity some of the highest casualties the U.S Navy had was the submarine thousands of ships got sucked by U-boats um by 1944 sonar that really Advanced that really changed the War I mean we were sinking U-boats left and right being on a ship wasn't as dangerous and being on a U-Boat was much more dangerous the u68 sank a lot of chips so it was a pretty big deal when we suck it the escort carrier USS Guadalcanal sunk this thing with depth charges and Rockets back in 1944. it was international news only one person out of 57 survived online I finally found a photograph of this piece that verifies the authenticity of it I mean this is a cool heavy chunk of Steel right off the u68 I love things like this especially since it's from such a pivotal moment during World War II I'm sure it will appeal to a lot of collectors so what'd you want to do with it I'd like to sell it how much you want for it I'd like three thousand usually when you try and get prices like this you look for something similar okay and try and figure out a price there well there's nothing similar I just gotta go on what I figure on things like this so I'll give you a thousand bucks so I'd like to balance that in between and that's for 15. can we make it 1200 . how about one more hundred so we can have dinner tonight wow what the hell Rick go for it all right thirteen hundred dollars all right I'll meet you up front waiting to negotiate anything you never really take the first offer we settled for 1300 and I'm very pleased with that earlier a guy came in with an old toy Cannon I'm definitely interested but I'm not sure what it's worth so I called my buddy down to take a look hey Johnny what's up hey what's up guys just check this out oh cool man yeah these are the big bang cannons it looks great the guys usually calm me down when they have a question about vintage toys it's a cool piece I mean these were made well they're American made when these were made they were saved for alternative for kids then gunpowder exactly you know once it's used properly just basically you produce a Flash and a loud bang it does this thing works like a shotgun yeah they're cool toys there's definitely a big market for the cannon being that there's a lot of people who collect a lot of the old toys from the 50s and 60s I've seen some of the original Big Bang candidates go for huge amounts of money so what are your concerns about the piece Rick you know I I've seen the big band cannons before I have no idea how old it is what it's worth okay do you mind if I take a closer look you go right ahead well this version this model here was cast iron this exact model is pretty much being produced today oh man there's corrosion and that's why I thought it was older the patina really doesn't mean a whole lot because the kids put water in here and then you get the calcium buildup and a lot of the other things that would Age this very quickly to give it the look that it's a lot older than what it is so is it from the 50s doesn't have the marks and there's a few other indicators that say this is a little bit later the steel wheels are the first version this is the later one I would have to say this is um probably 70s 80s what's it worth being this is a later version and they're still producing these today this one I would put a price of about um 100 bucks okay thanks Johnny all right the best no problem take care guys this is a later piece this isn't one of the earlier versions and a lot of these survived because they were made so well so unfortunately the value of the piece would only be about 100 bucks so it's a hundred dollar Cannon yep I'll give you 50 bucks for it oh 50. wow I wanted more than that I really really wanted more than that 50 bucks man that's what I could go 120 50 bucks 80. I'll go 50 bucks man yeah okay you got it all right 50 bucks 50 bucks is very low I'm kind of disappointed but what are you gonna do [Music] earlier a woman came in with some rare old bills I'm not exactly sure how much they're worth so I called my buddy to come down and take a look Jay how's it going man hi Corey nice to see you again uh I got a looks like a misprinted or a first print Brownback and this is serial number one it's not misprinted this is just the top of the sheet okay which is nice the guys call me down when they need a knowledgeable opinion on rare stamps Rare Coins or rare currency these are wonderful this is an iconic piece of History this is serial number one this was the beginning years of the United States currency as opposed to all of the banks issuing their own separate currency what are your concerns what do you think they're worth um this one is not worth quite what this one is worth but it's still beautiful and rare it's almost brand new there are serious condition issues on this bill it's got pinholes however those condition issues do not detract from the scarcity and desirability of the bill the fact that this is serial number one is everything as to the value Corey the bill with the number one serial number is in my opinion worth um fifteen thousand dollars retail and the Ashland Brownback is worth um five thousand retail I think his appraised a probably dealer whole appraisal it how badly somebody wants it if I really want it I'm going to pay a little bit more for it you heard what my expert had to say and I'm comfortable offering sixteen thousand dollars well I appreciate your offer I just don't feel that that's enough what is enough well I came in here today saying 29 for the one and 16 for the five that's 45 for both and if we were to split the difference it'd be about 22. no I can't go that high I want you to remember you're probably going to pay a 30 auction fee when you sell them I'm giving you cash right now today walk away with it so that's your final offer 16 for both 16-5 yeah yeah I can't take that you want to sell just the five dollar bill for four thousand I will take your offer of four thousand for the five dollar bill all right cool follow me out great job great thank you I wasn't able to sell the one dollar bill at the price I was comfortable with I did sell the five dollar bill for four thousand and I was happy with that man this thing is loud how do you know it's loud because your dad said how does he know it's loud because you take this carbide right here add some water turns into a settling gas and makes a big boom this is a big bang Cannon you know the Big Bang means really loud either you guys shoot it off no so how would you know it's loud I guarantee you it'll sound like a big gun why could you put toothpaste in there it's not toothpasted you put that stuff in your mouth you'd probably die all right Rick it's not a gun it's a toy I know it's a toy but it does make a very loud bang you guys are stupid it's not gonna be that loud they let kids play with them let's just go prove it to these guys Rick shoot the damn Cannon out back no no if we shoot this out back the cops will show up thinking the gun's going off somewhere I should have known when I bought this thing the guys would get ideas and the last time someone couldn't keep their hands off the merchandise it did not end well so I better hide this thing somewhere hey how's it going fine how are you I'm here to sell my coconut mugs from Gilligan's Island these are off Gilligan's Island yes how'd you get those off the island I came here today to sell my coconut cups from Gilligan's Island I need to sell these because we have twin girls and as they get older it's getting more expensive I'm looking to get a thousand dollars for both the least amount I'm willing to take is about 600. where did you get them well my father actually worked in special effects on Gilligan's Island and he brought these home and here is a picture from the show that shows the mugs so your dad actually worked on the show yes Sherwood Schwartz wrote a book and that's my dad's name right there obviously you got some pretty good proof that they were actually on Gilligan's Island pretty cool I mean it's really an iconic television show very popular in the 60s it was big I mean and the reruns went forever Tom did you ever see the show no the whole premise of the show was that they took some people out on a tour a storm popped up and they ended up washing up on this little island and they can't get rescued you know it was only a three-hour tour it was a three-hour tour how did they bring so many clothes giligence Island only ran for three years but it made a big mark on pop culture pretty much everybody has seen a couple episodes It's been rerunning forever these don't look like real coconuts to me well originally they tried using real coconuts but they leaked so they had to build these kind of mugs okay well I think it's just cool I mean it's just classic the way they made props for television back then they knew it didn't have to be super high detail because quite frankly 1960s television was not really high def so your dad made the giant spider he was part of that yes what's the giant spider one episode there was this giant spider that terrorized them all there was uh different episodes there was Japanese submarines I probably saw every episode there's a big market for TV memorabilia and I'm pretty sure I could find a collector but these things are not as iconic as Gilligan's red shirt or the Skipper's hat so the price has to be right now um what did you want to do with these I want to sell them okay how much did you want for them 500 a piece thousand total they're not that easy to sell it's just plain and simple I mean how often do I have someone walking in here do you have something from Gilligan's Island I give you 500 bucks for them how about 800. this is Iconic TV show 550 I mean I just don't know if they're going to sell or not I really don't 600. I go 550. 575 is the lowest I can go all right it's a deal great thank you so much I go write her up Gilligan and don't break them 575 is a little lower than what I wanted but I'm good with it you ready to do this shall we yeah let's fire it let's see what this thing will do we finally found where Rick's hiding the Big Bang Cannon he's not around so we're gonna go test it out one two three oh that was dope that thing's pretty loud it does the job what do you think Corey hey it's pretty cool I cannot believe you're a part of this you're supposed to be the voice of reason around here maybe I am these two are idiots the last thing I want to do is give these guys the idea it's all right to play with things that blow up at the shop all right all I know is if you guys are gonna do it I'm gonna do it too come on but like who doesn't fire a cannon when they get the chance come on get back to work everybody all right I'll put it away don't play with it put it away oh I'm gonna put it away Chum on this episode of Pawn Stars I got this really old book it looks like it could be handwritten oh that's cool some are worth a lot of money my problem is I don't know what this language is do you mind if I call someone and get them down here I'm kind of in a hurry up you off me right now I have some props from Batman Forever this is one of the riddles this was used on the screen what do you want for it five thousand you can buy fine art for that price which this is to some people I have over 3 000 ounces of silver what do you want to do with it a 115 000 when you're talking this much money there's too much temptation to put up our Steel in the center so you're saying this might not be pure silver I'm Rick Harrison and this is my pawn shop I work here with my old man and my son big cause everything in here has a story the price one thing I've learned after 21 years you never know what is going to come through that door [Music] what do we got here well we have a piece of stained glass art that came out of my cigar shop this right here it's it's different that's about all I can say about it the reason I came to the pawn shop today is I got some stained glass start I want to sell it's a picture of the dogs playing poker the cigar manufacturer added their Joker into it I'm going to ask about five thousand dollars but I'd probably take 1500 Maybe so where'd you get it I used to own a cigar shop and I had a commission for my cigar shop are you familiar with cigars at all uh somewhat Punch Cigars you know the Joker is like their mascot so this would kind of be like a convenience store commissioning a painting a van Gogh drinking a Coke all right it makes sense that you would do it in a cigar shop I think CM Coolidge was the original artist behind it he was actually commissioned by an ad agency to make some kind of a cigar themed print and stir up some Buzz about cigar shops I don't think he ever planned on it being this well known there's 16 paintings in the dogs playing poker series and a couple of The Originals sold for like six hundred thousand dollars people just love these things how long did it take them to make this about four months it's a pretty involved process when you cut the glass you place it and then you put lead strips in between it and then you saw them together and they soaked yeah I mean they've been making stained glass for almost 2 000 years what do you think of stained glass the first thing you think of is the old churches and stuff like that a lot of work obviously went into making this thing and since it's such a famous image I'm sure there's a buyer out there for it somewhere but it's going to be a tough sell because it's really big again really fragile which is going to be hard for me to display store and ship if I'm going to buy it the price has to be right uh give me an idea what you're looking to get out of it about five thousand dollars we have somewhat of a problem here an unknown artist make your version of an iconic piece of art how much is a jump out of you I pay like 1500 bucks for it how many guys in Vegas have the man cave play poker they smoke cigars how about three you know what I think of stained glass it breaks yeah and we got a bunch of idiots working for us but so what's the highest you can go I go like 1700. I don't even want to go there Corey yeah I think we could sell it that's the best I can do though all right all right that'll work still I was kind of taking it back by it because I thought it was worth more being unique and one of a kind but I feel okay [Music] so what do you got here so I got this really old book it looks like it could be handwritten okay a really old book so we have the possibility here this has the whereabouts of the Holy Grail absolutely it could be treasure maps yeah came to pawn shop today to sell a really old book I have I want to sell my book today because I have a baby on the way and I could use money for diapers I'm looking to get 500 for the book today the least I'll take is 300 all right do you know anything about it I bought it an estate sale in Ohio and it looks like it's in a foreign language that's all I know really okay just from the looks of The Binding in the paper I would say it's probably 15 1600s wow it is handwritten early 1400s Gutenberg came out with the printing press but the printing press was slow to catch on because it was one of those new fabric gadgets the movable type printing press is probably one of the most important inventions ever but printed books really didn't become available right away because there just wasn't that many printing presses and even more important literacy rates in Europe were still extremely low it's really cool just do the fact that I've never owned a handwritten book They're rare some are worth a lot of money some aren't Worth next to nothing this right here um it's handwritten but the whole book binding is really really bad condition we got mold and spotting at all the pages and usually a book's got a front page on it I'm thinking some pages are missing I love buying old books because they're easy to store and display and there's a large collector market for them but I have no idea what this language is so it's going to be really tough for me to figure out what to offer what are we looking to get out of it you know I don't know I think if I can get you know five six hundred bucks out of it I'd be happy my problem is I don't know what the content is do you mind if I call someone to get them down here oh actually I'm kind of in a hurry I'm looking you up for me right now I'll tell you what I'll give you my best shot at 250 bucks I need at least 300 bucks it's you know it's from the 1500 just lasted this long it's handwritten you're in a hurry I really believe it's not worth much more than that it's an old handwritten book and I'm taking a shot in the dark at 250 bucks okay I bought it in a box full of other stuff for a hundred dollars so I made out okay [Music] hey what do we got here A whole lot of silver let me help you out real quick the old man is crazy about silver he's gonna be like a kid on Christmas morning when he sees this I've never seen you get up from your desk that quick I always get up son not generally very quickly I came to the pawn shop today to sell my silver I have over 3 000 ounces growing up my dad always taught me to invest and so I'm here today to cash in on that investment if they want less than face value well we'll see what we can work out wow that is a boatload of silver you have right there where did you get all this stuff so I bought about 12 years ago and I held on to it and how I am today so what do you got here I got some nine percent silver dimes over here some quarters got these bars and this thing alone is almost 75 pounds oh that's cool most people don't realize until 1964 all U.S dimes quarters half dollars silver dollars were all made out of silver and all paper money was was a promise to pay you real money right I've been collecting Silversun for the past 30 years silver and gold is a hedge against hyperinflation people have been mining Silver since at least 3000 BC but silver mining really blew up after the discovery of the New World when they found huge amounts of it in South America all right I just got to make sure you know it's all silver coin okay it's really important for me to scan all the edges on these to make sure there's no modern coins in here when you look at an edge of a quarter or a dime today you see copper and nickel 364 all silver no copper um they look right it's the right color it's a all 1964 before uh do you mind if I go away I'm just to make sure they weigh the right amount no problem [Music] so you have 3 372 ounces of silver he bought right at the bottom of the market in the late 1990s silver was down to three dollars an ounce but silver is the best conductor of electricity there is just about every cell phone every computer television they all started needing silver but I think it was last year a half a billion ounces of silver was used just in Industry I hear that there's basically a shortage of silver nowadays I'd love to buy silver all day every day of the week because there's a set profit margin I can sell it on the market immediately uh so what do you want to do with it I want to sell it Ricky this is going to be difficult to buy you know why when you're talking this much money there's too much temptation to put a bar of steel or something in the center and when they make them this big they don't make them in odd weights so you're saying this might not be pure silver what I'm saying is there might be a chunk inside that's not your silver can we test this thing um yeah drill a few holes on it take the shavings out melt them down make sure it's solid silver give me a few minutes do everything checks out I'll pay you it doesn't check out I'll give you an address where you can send it okay okay [Music] I never even imagined this might not be silver I'm really nervous right now earlier today a guy came in with a stockpile of silver most of its U.S silver coins and bars from manufacturers I'm familiar with so I know that stuff is legit but the biggest bar is like 70 pounds and I'm not familiar with the maker sometimes scam artists will drill a bunch of silver out of these and replace it with wet so I have to test it before I'll even think about buying it testing silver is a little work but it's not rocket science first off you have to drill deep enough to make sure there's not a Lead Core or some other metal in the middle of the bar then you melt out all the filings until they liquefy and you create a small button the last step is dropping some nitric acid on it and seeing what color it turns when nitric acid reacts with pure silver it turns a creamy white if it's any other metal it can turn green blue to Gray [Music] here's the deal [Music] yeah it's all right it's fine now that I know it's pure silver I'll be more than happy to buy this humongous bar but I have to factor in the unusual cost when trying to sell something so heavy and odd shaped you got 46 000 for the coins 33 390 for these bars right here 32.39 times 942 equals so we got a total of 110 901 dollars well let's make a deal that is the deal [Music] you can't go like 115 no I mean there's not a lot of profit here on a hundred and ten thousand 901 I'm probably gonna make 1500 bucks talking but can't you just hold all this for six months a year and sell it for 120 or hold on to it for six months and sell it for 50. I am not a Speculator in the silver market I'm a businessman so what's your best price you can give me today um I go 111 000 even I'll go up 99 bucks how about 112. no no no there's no money to be made for it you know you're welcome to check around but most people go a dollar back on everything yeah I mean that's what I can do I can do um 111 000 or if you want to you can tell the stuff around and check some more [Music] well I bought it 12 years ago for way less than that 111 sounds good to me all right still 111. I'm really glad my dad taught me to invest because today I'm walking out with over a hundred thousand dollars I'm gonna take one of these Rick uh no no you're not come on [Music] foreign [Music] memorabilia from Batman Forever what do we got I have one of the batarangs made for the movie itself that's cool this is one of the riddles that Jim Carrey gave to Val Kilmer this was used on the screen there was one of them made this is it okay that is cool God I was probably 12 years old when this movie came out you're making me feel old thank you I came to the pawn shop today to sell two props from the movie Batman Forever the batarang alone I would probably sell that one for about a thousand the riddle prop since it comes with a certificate of authenticity I'm looking for five thousand I'd probably go down to three so how did you come about acquiring this stuff I have a room in my house that I use because at prop Museum I have switched themes so I'm liquidating all the memorabilia from the room oh that's cool so what is this each of the riddles in the movie gave a number and when you put all the numbers together they corresponded to the letters of the alphabet which spelled out Mr E which was Edward nigma who was the Riddler okay this I got at the Warner Brothers Batman store in New York City this was in the movie held by the actors and I have a certificate of authenticity from Warner Brothers okay this I got in an auction online from Warner Brothers themselves there's a good market for movie props and comic related stuff and since these appeal to both kinds of collectors these could go for a lot more but we're not talking about the Batmobile here so the price kind of has to be right what do you want for it uh this one a thousand this one five thousand um I can tell you right now a thousand bucks for that there's nothing I could do with it this right here it's gonna be a long long time before I get to collector in here that just has to have it I mean um more into the two thousand dollar range it's something very unique that nobody else in the world has could you do four no I'll go up to 2 200 bucks but I mean other than that there's nothing else I can do three grand is my bottom price there's a very select few people out there that are willing to spend five figures on a Batman prop it looks like 800 bucks is going to keep us from making a deal I appreciate you coming in thank you but I just can't chill out three grand for a prop from a movie people didn't even like that much Ricky yeah where's that big bar of silver we bought the other day I recently bought a huge stash of silveroffer guy the old man loves silver more than just about anything in the world sometimes he just likes to sit around and stare at it so you just lost a 34 000 bar of silver no I didn't lose it because I hadn't had it now what in the hell did you do with it I brought it back up here and the guys put it away all right here's the guys where's my bar of silver I don't know what to do with it Grandpa I never touched it I'm going in the back look for this damn thing it wasn't me this time how the hell did you guys lose that um don't worry I'm doing something special with it since the old man is so crazy about silver I came up with an idea to do something special for him just to let him know that even though he's as grumpy as well an old man we still love him let him keep on looking he'll look for three days before he gets really bad you better do something more than quicker the old man's gonna have a heart attack don't you have to have a heart to have a heart attack [Laughter] [Music] earlier I bought a really old handwritten book it looked like it was worth picking up but I don't know who wrote it what it's about or even what language it's in so I'm stopping by my friend's shop to get some more info on it hey how's it going Eric nice to see you I have a book that I know nothing about ah so you came to me the guys usually call me from the pawn shop because they've got a book they need an expert to give them a real value whoa what have we got here well it's a handwritten book I don't know how old I'm thinking like 15 1600s you know normally that'd be a good guess given that it's manuscript rather than printed but we've got some odd things going on here you see they're actually spaces in between these words that is something that you only see in printed books manuscripts you would just have the words all kind of scrunched together so what this is doing is it's copying a printed book okay this book is really special because so many hours went into creating it and even after the printing press was created so that's pretty unusual so you know what something like this is worth or the value is really hinging on the content unfortunately I'm not even sure quite frankly what language it's in it could be old Russian it could be church slavonic I'm not sure so I'm actually going to have to talk to a friend of mine and have him tell me what it's about okay um so later today next week next month soon [Laughter] thanks yeah Brooke really surprised me today he brought this book that I wouldn't have expected so in order to figure out what this book is I'm gonna have to take some pictures of it and send it to a friend of mine back east a while back I bought a handwritten book in a language I couldn't recognize it's so unusual that even my book expert Rebecca was kind of stumped by it so she sent it out to a friend of hers to get some more info she's stopping by today to tell me what she learned hey Rick hey what's up I have answers for you well come on our route all right I'm stopping by today because I think we've solved all the Mysteries here and I think that Rick he's gonna be pleased so what exactly is it we have here a book written in Russian Church slavonic Russian Church slobonic yes like slav slavonic okay so when was it written there are papers in here that have watermarks which show where the paper came from that paper was circulated in Russia only during the first third of the 19th century okay so early 1800s yes not nearly as old as I thought it was with a manuscript printed books book thing is that it's the excerpts from the writings of Saint John chrysostom okay St John chrysostom is actually kind of a big deal in the Eastern Christian churches like Byzantine church he was patriarch of Constantinople and in fact his Divine Liturgy is the main one used in Byzantine lurgy today and it's one of the oldest liturgies still in use okay I wonder about the monk who was tasked to do this you think about it they're like okay now spend four months just sitting there writing this script and losing your sight all right so the big question what's it worth overall you're looking at a value of about [Music] 1500. uh well it works out for me because I only paid 250 for it yeah you did well I think Rick's really happy about 1500 value because he purchased it for so much less he got a good deal on this case now all I have to do is figure out who's going to buy a book in Russian Church slavonic slavonic I'm gonna have to write that down I'll send you a memo you're the best thanks I'm glad I went with my gut and bought this thing it might take a little while to find a buyer but when I do it's going to be a Payday hey Pops you know that big silver bar that went missing yeah the old man's been going crazy looking for this massive silver bar we bought a little while ago damn it how do you like this one ounce silver rounds with your face on it it says in the old man we trust that's kind of neat Rick that's really nice man I need to get a stack of those and hit the casino bet I win enough to style my own silver stockpile and the Beautiful Thing is we're going to sell them here in the store for 60 bucks a piece okay that sounds good how many did you get made up I got 500 made up what happened to the rest is silver I sold it damn Rick we don't sell silver specialty coins are one thing but we're not supposed to sell our raw silver the old man has been hoarding precious metals ever since we went off the gold standard but this is a business not a bomb shelter the whole point of buying silver is selling it so I just keep them out of the loop there's no pleasing you is there of course there is go buy me another 100 pounds of silver bye on this episode of Pawn Stars I've got uh four original Warhols seriously some of the highest prices ever paid for Fine Art have been Andy Warhols two shoes look Andy warholish the other ones I've never really seen him paint anything like that you got some glasses huh yes what's so special about these well these are 10 karat gold oh wow now I feel extra classy you look good we're talking five thousand dollars maybe even more I've got an autographed baseball from the 1919 Chicago White Sox okay the ones that threw the World Series they were the lowest paid team in baseball at that time they just wanted to stick it to the owner and get paid more yeah makes it a lot easier to screw over your boss if you said yeah I'm Rick Harrison and this is my pawn shop I work here with my old man and my son because everything in here has a story and a price one thing I've learned after 21 years you never know what is going to come through that door [Music] hey how's it going all right I've got four original uh Warhols you have four original paintings by Warhol that's correct yes this definitely looks like something he would do he was um into shoes so am I you're wondering like ladies shoes are you no but I came to the pawn shop today to try to sell for uh Andy Warhol original paintings they've been sitting in a closet and I heard that uh a Warhol just sold for 36 million so I dusted them off [Music] so where did you get these father was an art historian and he bought these about 25 years ago they were given to a guy actually that worked at the factory what's the Factory The Factory is uh Andy Warhol actually started an art Factory where you have a bunch of people working for making art and since it was Andy warhol's Factory he signed everything and it was there for a Warhol he more or less invented pop art Warhol started off in advertising but he wanted to do his own art according to Legend he was told paint what you like most now his paintings of everyday objects like money and Soup cans are just classics this was done in the 60s I think it was in the 60s I think it was his earlier work yeah okay two shoes look Andy warholish the other ones I've never really seen him paint anything like that oh that's why I'm thinking maybe they're one of a kind I've looked on the internet and I've not found these anywhere really it's definitely different um when did these get damaged [Music] I'm not really sure to be honest with you because you see all the water damage on this that does hurt the value what are we looking to do with them I was looking to sell them okay and I was asking about 8 000 each eight thousand each yeah it's not that I don't trust you right it's just generally I don't trust anybody okay you're the nature of my business let me have someone look at it um because I don't know enough to know that this is actually an Andy Warhol all right thank you so the highest prices ever paid for Fine Art have been Andy Warhols so there's no doubt I'm interested in these I just have to find out if they're legit or not [Music] what do we got there I have a World War II aerial bomber camera and this is a picture of what it looks like inside the aircraft facing down it's mounted down here well it wouldn't do it any good if it was facing up right true very true good one I came to the pawn shop today to sell my World War II aerial bomber camera I bought this camera at a garage sale I'd like to sell it for 500 I could use the money more than the camera sitting in the cabinet I mean it is pretty cool and pretty much what it would be is it'd be kind of mounted into the ground of the plane and the guy would be looking over there that'd be kind of his viewer and he'd be snapping photos exactly yeah it's not a very practical camera to put around your neck and go out and to the woods and Snap photos of birds with was very practical however in World War II as you can imagine I mean it probably took a lot of Recon photos um really really really helpful stuff with the Recon photos this thing took we were able to tell the difference between a school and a weapons Depot over Germany and also what our enemies were hiding during the Cold War definitely some good Intel to have I mean it's pretty big film it is it's been exposed over the years I've had this about 20 years it's five inches wide and there was 20 feet of film inside it makes sense you know bigger film better resolution bigger pictures this camera is pretty cool I think World War II collectors or photography Buffs would both love to have it what were you looking to get out of it I'd like five hundred dollars um you know it's got a cool story it's got some cool history on it I mean I would offer you around 200 bucks for it um I'll do 450. it's the fact it has film in it that's extremely rare for this camera you kind of have to understand my dilemma here it's a big giant decoration it's not a camera that would you would be able to use today I'll do 2 to 15. you can't find these with the cases very often anymore about 370 70. I'm gonna stay at 250. I'm not going to go any higher oh come on you can go higher than that give me 300 and I'll I'll take it and go all right 300 you got a deal okay thanks you offered me the 200 I thought he was really lowballing me and he had no idea who he was dealing with [Music] I got this guy that has sunglasses he wants to bring him in I'm working the night shift again but I don't mind because I get to hang out with Chum he's been training me on all the ins and outs of the shop and he's a lot of fun too it's night time once you have sunglasses for I don't know it's apparently some nice pair of sunglasses Rick doesn't want us to let anyone in the shop at night but sometimes people bring in really expensive stuff and they don't want to flash it around outside on the street you got some glasses huh yes what's so special about these well these are 10 karat gold remember my aunt Edna's so they're ladies glasses yes you wear high heels and a dress that night only when I'm working I came to the pawn shop tonight to sell my vintage 10 carat gold sunglasses really I'll take anything for them just to get them out of the house if I was a movie Starlet I suppose I would want them but I'm not a movie Starlet I'm a schlub they look kind of vintage you should try them on they look your style maybe they're your prescription too now I feel extra classy you look good you're Marilyn Monroe thank you okay well these are definitely gold if they were Cartier or Tiffany we're talking five thousand dollars maybe even more oh wow unfortunately it's just going to be valued in Gold way here that sucks so did you want to test these no because if I buy these I'd rather buy them unscratched I could just look at them until they're gold there's a tin carrot stamp right here that means 10 karat gold okay I want to weigh these and then we'll do the math and see how much they're worth you want to weigh these up and bring a calculator back yeah definitely okay cool the price of gold is pretty high right now but we have to make some money too so the price has to be right if I buy these okay so we got 55 grams there and we're gonna have to take into consideration that the lenses probably weight quite a bit okay so we're working with a 35 grams of gold does it sound about fair to you sounds about right I'm guessing so somewhere around 2000 Maybe I'm gonna pay you about nine bucks a gram and so we'll multiply that comes out to 315 dollars that seems very low for antique gold glasses to me Gold's at an all-time high at 1800 an ounce you know I mean would you be able to come down to like 450 Maybe um could you come up to a thousand or so well let's say I can give you fifteen dollars a gram Max that's coming out to 525 dollars that's going to be my absolute most and I think that's a fair price you're not going to get that much anywhere else in town that's your absolute Max you can't come anywhere near a thousand I'll tell you what I could do an even 500 and we got a deal you were just at 5 25. well I guess I can do 525 then foreign go write them up Olivia all right let's go I've been watching the old man for years and I've picked up a lot of negotiation tricks from them I got these dope glasses for a good price and I look good in front of Olivia wake up Trump and Olivia work the night shift again last night and every morning I go through the pile and see what came into the shop anything cool oh there's some gold glasses in there how much you pay for these 525 did you take the lenses out of them and weigh them no I just you know you guesstimated yeah but I think I did a good job however I think you did all right Chum messes up a lot but one thing he does know pretty well is gold anyone who's worked here as long as him really should I mean they're just scrapped No One's Gonna wear these things what are you talking about those are fly I guarantee the old man I would say they're fresh Cory don't got no style so don't ask the old man would never like these some golden frames like that he's gonna like if the old man likes these I'll wear them for a week oh I bet he thinks they're him the old man doesn't even know what hit means the old man invented hip earlier a guy brought in some artwork that he claims our original Andy Warhols if they're legit they could be worth a ton of money so I asked my Art Expert Brett to come down to the shop and take a look hey Rick how are you oh my gosh what have we got here the gentleman usually call me down here to take a look at paintings that they have some questions on issues about authenticity or value by Andy Warhol really set the Fine Art World on its ear and he took everyday objects and he glorified them what makes Fine Art is a very interesting question and that's something that Andy Warhol tried to challenge with his pop art how certain everyday items that nobody in a million years would have thought of as fine art like Campbell's Soup cans and Coca-Cola bottles he made them Fine Art what I'm looking for is to try to determine exactly what's original and what might be part of a print there's certain things for example these lines here these are actually part of a print which is not surprising he was one of the first artists to really do mass produced originals and that appears to be what these are where the actual image was printed and then he would go in and embellish it with watercolor because you can see that it bleeds in some cases outside the edge so do you think he actually did it or someone from his Factory you know based on knowing the subject matter when they were done the media they were done in foreign I think these are authentic I think these are hand done by Mr warholm so nice and I'll tell you why these are fairly early pieces these were done probably in the mid-1950s and he did a ton of fairies and cherubs so these are really indicative of his early Works before the factory so I think he would be the one that would have done the embellishment on him the signature too as far as I'm concerned looks spot on does that make them valuable it does yes it does and how much has the damage affected the value on them well most of the water damage on this one is confined to the outer edge it hasn't you know permeated into the piece itself same thing on these you know the compositions are still in pretty good shape you know the art Market's soft okay for just about everybody but Andy Warhol okay value-wise I think on all of these you probably start at the auction level at around ten thousand dollars really go up yeah I think so I think these two in the center the the Cherub and the fairy these are a bit more unique I could see these selling at auction even in the fifteen thousand dollar range so wow wow thanks man hey Rick my pleasure as always it was very cool to see these pieces today I don't think Rick will have any problem selling these if he does make an offer on them you have to realize now yeah he told you these are prices that they could bring at auction right okay the commissions at auctions are as high as 50 percent okay what are you thinking twenty thousand that's cash money two days these were worth thirty thousand just for these two so I'm thinking of I'm really thinking more like 32. how about 25 000. I love 27 you gotta do all right 27 000. all right thank you write them up Trump I am thrilled with 27 000 I mean that is more than I expected so uh thrilled what can I help you with oh I've got a couple items here Baseball rule book from 1913 and then I've got an autographed baseball signed by two Hall of Famers from the 1919 Chicago White Sox seriously the Black Sox the ones that threw the World Series okay so how'd they get in the Hall of Fame they weren't in on it yeah sure I came to the pawn shop today to sell an autographed baseball and I also have a rule book there's seven signatures on the baseball but the two main ones are two Hall of Famers from 1919 Chicago White Sox I'm looking to sell both items for a thousand dollars but I'll take you know a few hundred have you had this checked out by anybody I have not it was it was given to me okay anything from the black socks is cool yeah and can be worth a lot of money um got Ray shock the catcher and uh red Faber is a pitcher red Faber didn't pitch in the world series he had the flu okay and rayshock caught the pictures and he was able to determine that there was a fix in because the pitchers were not throwing the pitches he was calling they were the lowest paid team in baseball at that time yeah there was um really really Bizarro contracts Back Then basically you signed your contract and you were stuck for life at that salary they just wanted to stick it to the owner and get paid more yeah makes it a lot easier to screw over your boss if he's yeah it's hard to imagine today a team throwing the World Series but back then they didn't have the giant contracts they do now White Sox owner charles Kaminsky was Notorious for underpaying his players I guess they got tempted and this is the rule book he gave you right there's some cool rules in there that I didn't even know about there's a rule in there that if they soil the ball there's a five dollar fine okay pretty detailed for 1913. all right this is my big concern the same guy who gave you that ball give you a big rule book from 1913. fake how do you know it's fake first off the Staples are wrong modern Staples in it okay um we have paper with zero oxidation after 100 years there would be Browning there would be all sorts of things going on with the paper this paper is brand new we have this stamp right here it looks like it was done with a rubber stamp it's not a rubber stamp it's printed this is not one you would have gotten in 1913. this is reprinted from the original now the ball I have no idea um you know I'd love to have it but you got to realize there's probably 20 fakes for every real one I mean it's that common it's that common right it's that common my God's telling me that it's real do you mind if I have someone come down okay not at all right look forward let me go make a phone call I'll be right back the fact that the rule book as a remake makes me nervous but the ball does look legit it's definitely worth getting checked out hey boss check these out I bought these earlier Rick bent me that if the old man liked these sunglasses Rick would have to wear them for a week at least when he's outside it's real gold pretty sweet for some glasses huh Rick wants to scrap him I think you'll like him and want to sell them I like these are you serious don't try to persuade him I told you he'd like him I mean they got a classic look they look ridiculous they're made out of gold you ain't scrapping them can you please just hand those to Rick because he's got to wear them for a week wear them with style son their class oh you look so great hold on let me take a picture you know I hate you guys I can't get a picture good job family earlier a guy brought in a baseball supposedly signed by two players from the notorious 1919 White Sox he also had an old rule book that turned out to be fake so I'm really concerned over the ball so I asked my buddy Drew to come down and check it out hey Drew what's going on buddy hey guys how you doing good to see you the guys always call me down when they're suspicious about signatures or question documents and they always want me to take a look at it there is two players from uh the 1919 White Sox um supposedly guys who didn't cheat yeah what a scandal probably the biggest one of baseball all the time right yeah well the 1919 White Sox were involved in the big Scandal where they got the nickname The Black Sox uh eight players got together to try to throw the World Series and they actually did it's probably one of the darkest days in baseball history all right well this is concentrating the two main signatures I'm sure some of the other signatures are probably big Leaguers too but not ones I can recognize we have in the middle here appears to be Ray shulk very odd K that he makes he was considered the greatest catcher of his era read favor right below it now he was one of their best pitchers in future Hall of Famer red favors signatures kind of like a printing style it's simplistic well have you taken to count all the other evidence here I can see congratulations you got a good one yes good for you yeah I'm completely shocked I mean I thought for sure it was going to be fake and I just got to figure out what it's worth these guys are huge names in fact because they're tied to the black socks Scandal that's definitely keeps the value ball way up there conditional ball is very good I would have to put a price on it around 2 000 2 000 reasons all right thanks man good to see you again like I said I'm still in shock here all right I'm really glad I called in Drew and didn't let this one get away hopefully I can get this at the right price I'll give you 600 bucks no no way your expert said two thousand I know you need to make money I know that okay so 1900. I'm gonna price it 2 000. and someone's going to beat me up to 1400. I'll go like 800 bucks on it all right fifteen hundred go 800 bucks I'm not gonna do 800. I'll go 1400 that's that's it I can't go no no I it's a baseball and the ones I've had here lately they've been sitting well you come up to a thousand I'll go 900 bucks and remember the risk is all on me foreign that's a deal you want to write them up son I really would have loved to have a thousand but the 900 I thought was a very fair I know gambling is really bad for the sport but in my case it paid off Rick you lost the bet put the glasses on [Music] um I'll take them those look good you should wear those proud they make you look like Bruce Willis on this episode of Pawn Stars 1871 Smith and Wesson revolver this was an incredibly popular gun five bolts went right in and you're ready to go again cool thing I think about is just how old it is it's got scratch marks on it um scratch marks to me aren't a good thing I got this phone I wanted to come show you they were called flag poems that's what they called it in the Navy all the Admiral had to do was pick this up and press this button and just say Nukem yeah it's pretty cool this is a first edition 1955 Chevrolet pickup truck they're classic trucks man they're really cool apparently if you try to stand up on these floors you'd go right through them well if you wait a lot yeah if you looked at me I'm not exactly a skinny guy I'm Rick Harrison and this is my pawn shop I work here with my old man and my son big cause and here has a story and a price one thing I've learned after 21 years you never know what is going to come through that door foreign [Music] son good you got this Flagship Admiral phone I wanted to come show you they were called flag phones and it's pretty cool flag phone that's what they call it the Navy so we actually did something in the Navy besides hustle young Seaman out of their paycheck [Laughter] Flagship Admiral I'd like to sell this item because to be honest I just want the money I'm gonna start off probably at three thousand dollars today and I think anything over five six hundred dollars would be perfect do you know anything about this sir this would have been the phone that would have been on the flagship for the Admiral to use that's correct back then the captain was in charge of his ship when you've got a group a battleship destroyers and cruisers they had an admiral in charge of the whole group diesels brought a board with the Admiral so that he could communicate with his crew with the captain okay Admiral sister the Navy what generals are to the Army an admiral could be in charge of thousands of sailors so a phone like this would be a good way to give orders the one thing that I found the most interesting is an actual spot to the atomic strike room all the Admiral had to do was pick this up and press this button and just say Nukem yeah the Admiral did what he had to do okay I love the design I mean it's definitely 1930s 1940s design and continued using it through the 1950s yeah so so many people have served in the Navy or have family members that have is a pretty healthy market for Navy memorabilia and this thing is definitely easy to display so it should be an easy sell so what do you want to do with this thing well I like to sell it how much you want for it I was thinking three thousand dollars you keep thinking I'm gonna give you a shot if you want it fine if you don't fine I'll give you five hundred dollars for it with your history in the Navy those would be a good piece for you to have I think you should step it up to 700. son I'm 70 years old and all I collect anymore is hundred dollar bills well I'd like to start by collecting six of those on my own you'll get five batteries you can plug it out of here 500 is it my friend well it is pretty heavy I guess 500 to do it all right Rick go ride it up I'll meet you right in front of him all right they were certainly tough negotiators on this and I was probably out of my league in that regard but 500 richer than I was when I came in today [Music] what do we have here I have some Wells Fargo belt buckles made by Tiffany Wells Fargo belt buckle from Tiffany is really rare wow I came to the pawn shop today to sell my Wells Fargo belt buckles made by Tiffany I like collecting antiques it's fun to keep the past alive I was hoping to get you know 500 a piece just so I can get some more money to go buy some more antiques so where did you get these I got them here in town at a flea market the guy I bought them from bought them from a museum in Montana in 1969. okay and this is the marking of Tiffany on the back all three have it okay do you know who these guys are Mr Wells and Mr Fargo that's correct they started Wells Fargo Express company what happened was the gold rush started in California there was nothing out there and there was no rules and regulations so anybody could start a bank anybody could start an Express company they had stage coaches going from town to town I just love the fact that it's from Nevada I mean that would make it extremely rare during the Gold Rush Wells Fargo made a lot of money off a lot of people they would ship gold and other valuables and eventually grow into one of the biggest banks in the world how much you pay for these 100 bucks okay a genuine Wells Fargo and Company belt buckle from Nevada from this time period made by Tiffany and Company would be worth tens of thousands of dollars but these things are often faked I have a letter from Tiffany that says that they're real oh you do your Buckle was indeed made by Tiffany in mid last century for the thousands of employees of Wells Fargo and company thank you for your interest Tiffany and Company CH Johnson service manager let me just show you something right here Tiffany would never make a belt buckle then solder the little latch over their logo anything associated with Tiffany was done perfectly this is not perfectly therefore I know it's not Tiffany's and none of these belt buckles popped up until 1970-ish Tiffany never made a belt buckle for him The Story Goes when these belt buckles first came out around the country someone basically was just driving around the country going from antique store to antique store and apparently made a fortune he got rid of thousands of them but have you seen the letter before if I'm gonna sell you a fake belt buckle I wouldn't have a problem typing up a fake letter makes me feel terrible when this happens at least it was only 100 bucks made a lot worse I'd never buy anything fake no matter what just having it around the shop is risky because an employee might think it's genuine and sell it that could turn into a real nightmare [Music] hey canopia I have an old uh shitty pickup truck I'd like for you to take a look at if you're interested yeah no problem can you bring it around back all right thanks come on Corey we love to buy trucks but lately the ones coming in here just haven't been that cool let's hope our luck has changed [Music] so this is it huh yes sir this is a first edition 1955 Chevrolet pickup truck nice I bought this from the original owner 46 years ago okay you don't believe in trading in cars at all oh no I came to the pawn shop today to try to sell my 1955 first edition Chevrolet pickup the time has just come in my life where I need to sell it and part with it I'm going to ask ten thousand dollars for it I think it's well worth that very lowest I could possibly go is uh 8 500 do you know anything about it this truck is just all Bare Bones there's no airbags no air conditioning no seat belts they're classic trucks I mean it was the Workhorse a Chevy if you needed something strong and tough and Reliable switchbot Chevy is one of the oldest car companies in the U.S it was founded in the early 1900s and it was so popular that GM bought it just a couple years later Chevy's one of those brands with a real loyal following especially when it comes to their trucks look at that is that the original motor blew the original motor Up drag racing this thing this now has a 1968 Chevy 235 in it you know it's reliable it'll keep on going okay apparently if you try to stand up on these floors you'd go right through them well if you wait a lot yeah if you looked at me I'm not exactly a speedy guy you got everything here that's the nice part the good thing about this truck is there's no real body damage but you got to replace the floorboards this thing needs some work but I'm still interested in it because a fully restored 55 Chevy pickup truck is on practically every classic car collector's wish list what exactly you want to do with it I'm a little bit older now it's time to sell it what are you looking to get out of it I'd like to try to get ten thousand dollars for this thing somebody could restore this and probably get 35 40 000 followers for it all right let me get my buddy down here we'll take a look at this thing maybe we can do something yeah okay good all right I'm gonna go give him a call all right thank you I believe the truck is in excellent condition but if somebody who has a lot of expertise wants to come in and take a look at it I welcome that [Music] what do we got here well I've got a couple of collections of Casino gaming tokens presented to my grandfather uh Senator Cannon he was the senator for Nevada you're related to Howard Cannon yeah I'm his grandson oh okay so are you in politics too uh no okay good I can deal with you then I came down to the pawn shop to try and sell a couple collections of Nevada gaming tokens they're doing me no good collecting dust in the storage shed I am hoping for about six thousand my bottom line is probably going to be around 2000 or so yeah Howard Cannon really big guy into Nevada history as a matter of fact at McCarran Airport there's the Howard Cannon Museum yeah the aviation museum there what are these things back in the day when you gambled in Nevada in a slot machine you actually had to put coins in it in the early 60s they were still using the old silver dollars okay but then suddenly those silver dollars became worth more than a dollar so the casino started making their own gaming tokens I just love this stuff because I mean it's just classic Vegas the flamingos in here that one's been around since the 40s or so I love the Golden Nugget that's right downtown these are cool you rarely see slot machines nowadays that actually take gaming tokens instead they use paper receipts that you redeem for cash it's cheaper for the casino because it gets rid of coin handling expenses what do you want to do with these I'd like to sell them how much you want to sell them for uh six thousand these are not silver it was some sort of combination of nickel Chrome and some other things that gave it this color these things book out for like ten dollars a piece how many did we have here 74 of these I'd give you 750 bucks for it these are made out of sterling silver and you can tell they're a different color this is a chrome color this is silver color silver looks a little frostier when it's polished up we have 27 of them I'd give you 40 a coin which comes to a thousand eighty dollars you got eighteen hundred and thirty bucks well uh no way we can just make it an even 2000 with these being two complete sets I'm making it even 18.50 it's my final offer you got a deal all right thanks a lot write them up jump we'll meet you right up front these tokens are pretty cool I'm sure I could find a collector who loves old Vegas stuff and if not I can always melt them down and make a profit I don't think it's gonna work Richard it looks like the cord's been chopped off we'll put a new wire on it I'm an old-fashioned guy and all this new technology bugs the hell out of me so I'm taking manners in my own hands what are you having him do he's hooking up the Admiral foam for me are you serious I'm dead serious okay it's not gonna work dad damn it Trev I don't care what you have to do make the damn thing work Dad we bought it to resell it not for you to keep it and play with it on your desk what kind of power trip are you on you need an admiral Zone on your desk I'm the Admiral of this damn pawn shop and I'll do what I want I want the damn phone fixed try to make it work all right I'll do my best have fun Travis [Music] earlier a guy brought in a classic 1955 Chevy pickup truck collectors love these but this one has issues so I asked my buddy Danny to come on down and help me figure out what it's going to cost to restore it Danny what's going on man what's happening gentlemen the guys usually call me down here to check out something with wheels and an engine this is either a 54 or an early 55. then early 55 first edition 55. it looks like it's a really original truck your gaps Your Body Lines everything look really nice in 1955 the whole body style changed with the Chevy trucks but in early 1955 what they call the first edition it still had that 54 body style which makes it a little bit more unique check that out nice 235 straight six I'm really digging it rick what's your what's your thoughts or concern is it worth fixing up and making money on what I like about it is that it's all here and what is here is really nice so yes it's definitely worth to restore this truck I like the feel of going down the road please I'd like for you to do that sweet foreign see everything's warming up now so now it's really easy to ship I mean it's manual everything I like it sweet so how was it no complaints at all it drives great so what do you think it's worth well it definitely needs a hundred percent restoration I would put this truck in the condition that it's in somewhere around sixty five hundred sixty five hundreds and yeah it's a little a little low that's that's what they're going for right now I appreciate it Hey Brother Rick thank you brother taking these guys okay um I'd give you like five grand for it five uh-huh and we were at six five maybe uh that's basically what they go for is around 65. oh and you're coming down to five if you get double five there's no way no way I'll tell you what I'll go to the 65 Danny said it was worth because I mean it's that nice of a truck but 65 would be it I really need at least 85 for it I just can't let it go yeah 65 would be it for 65 I would just try to keep it in the family all right man I appreciate you coming down when I heard the number 6500 I was shocked I truly believe that the car is worth at least 8 500. 65 was way too low and I just couldn't let it go for that [Music] all right hey how can I help you I would like to sell my 1871 Smith and Wesson revolver okay let's aim it in a different direction all right I came to the pawn shop today to try to sell my 1871 Smith and Wesson revolver I want to sell my gun need money more than I need a gun sitting in my closet I'm looking to hopefully get anywhere between two thousand to three thousand dollars the lease I will take probably about 900. where did you get this thing my grandparents recently passed away and it was given to me okay this was an incredibly popular gun what really sold this gun was the price and how easy it was to load okay not only load to unload you would shoot five rounds and then after you fire them the shell casings would fly on the ground five bolts went right in and you're ready to go again other guns made around the same time period you have to put one bullet in the side one bullet on the side one bullet it's just a pain in the butt but this was great it was a great protection gun accurate I mean you could shoot someone 25 yards away with this thing okay Smith and Wesson started back in the 1850s they did great making and selling guns like these because they're really reliable and affordable they were so reliable that they became standard issue for police forces around the U.S and what year did you say it was possibly 1871 there's a bunch of different years on there all right just because it says 1871 that isn't necessarily the date it was made that's just the date that they filed their patent with the U.S patent office you know they could have been patented in 1871 but they continued making it for 30 or 40 years right okay the fact of the matter is I don't have a federal firearms license so I can't buy a gun made after 1898 basically it was made in 1899 or newer it's a modern firearm uh there's nothing modern about that gun okay but you have to understand the way federal law works you can have two identical guns one of them made on December 31st 1898 and the same exact gun made the very next day one of them has to be registered has to have Federal paperwork the other one none okay it can be really hard to date Gods not everyone can do it you need to be able to look at every piece on the gun to see when it was made because if you're just one day off you could be accidentally breaking the law and that is just bad business I have a friend he's a walking gun encyclopedia he'll know everything there is to know about it so let me call my buddy in here if everything checks out I'll make an offer okay cool right on thank you very much hopefully the expert comes in and lets me know that the gun is from 1871 hopefully they see what I see [Music] the other day a guy came in with a cool old Smith Western revolver I was really interested in buying it but I couldn't tell for sure when it was made since it's only illegal for me to deal in guns produced before 1899 I asked my buddy to come by and help me date it Jameson how's it going how's it going Rick this is it all right I am an antique firearms appraiser and I specialize in antique weapons pre-1900. what can you tell me about this gun it's from 1871 it's a top break Smith and Wesson five shooter revolver okay why do you think it's 1871 just curious uh it has some stamps up here and it has a few years on it and the only one I can really read is says issue 1871. okay an 1871 single action Smith and Wesson 44 was one of the more famous guns of the old west if it's an 1871 top break single action it could be worth a lot of money all of the Smith Wesson's had one thing in common they were all top breaks like this A Smith Wesson single action was used by a lot of gunfighters in the west John Wesley Hardin a famous gunfighter killed Charlie Webb with a Smith Wesson Russian that gun has a lot of Fame and if you get a gun like that that's in really nice condition it could be worth seven or eight thousand dollars or even more oh wow what are your concerns on this little gun first off is it 1898 and back because I don't deal in modern Firearms I only deal on Antiques and um what's it worth come on give me some good news well I'll do the best I can the good news it's got Pearl grips on it and they look to be original which is a premium I look at the patent dates on here and I see the 1871 that you saw right but also see right before that that's what that word is is reissue that means they reissued the patent from 1871. in terms of when this gun was made based on the serial number range it's in the 400 000 range and that makes it a fourth model this fourth model it was made in 1901. oh no so that makes it a modern gun because of that you know it has very low value I would say anywhere from 50 to 150 dollars okay so you know it's more of a relic it would do no good to have it refinished or have anything done to it it is what it is okay sorry it's what one would consider in the trade fair condition which means it still functions but it's pitted it's loose it just doesn't have any collector appeal I guess I'll just have to take it home and let it collect us like I didn't want it to do okay all right have a good one thank you it was very disappointing to hear that he thought it was only worth about 200 but what can you do it's not what I thought it was foreign bought an old phone that he's been trying to hook up at his desk so I thought I'd have a little fun with him oh yeah phone's working boss give me the damn phone hello damn it Channel you're oh gotcha on this episode of Pawn Stars there's a gun from the 15 or 1600s this is a really odd gun I mean I've never actually seen one it's rare this whole firing mechanism is bizarre the mystery of it has me interested LeRoy Neiman huh yeah some of his original paintings are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars I'm a I'm a little concerned that he didn't sign in the picture it looks like Art's not signed a piece of paper is got some vintage pinbacks for sale you got some neat history here the Jackie Robinson stuff is cool back in the day if you wore a suit in the top through this game they actually had ties when you went to games they invented those already oh watch his son I'm Rick Harrison and this is my pawn shop I worked here with my old man and my son big Haas everything in here has a story and a price one thing I've learned after 21 years you never know what is going to come through that door [Music] what do we got there it's a gun from the 15 or 1600s this whole lock mechanism right here has got to be the oddest firing system I have ever seen on a gun you weren't actually going to try and fire this were you well yeah actually I was I thought it'd be pretty neat yeah a little dangerous I came down the pawn shop today to try to sell an old rifle I got a really good deal on the gun and I'd probably take a couple hundred for it I don't have much invested into it so you were in the store before yeah I brought some giant binoculars real big ones all right so this is a really odd gun I mean I've never actually seen one it's rare you know I don't even see how the guys shot these things they're so unbalanced it's unbelievable yeah I mean these old guns like this they put the really long barrels on them just so you could have pressure build up for the projectile as it came out the end yeah this whole firing mechanism is bizarre to say the least so I'm assuming this would go back does that does the trigger work no so this would fly forward with a piece of flint in it yep then it would light this they'd be a small explosion in here and a bigger exploded in here back in the 1500s most guns used a match lock you pulled the trigger a piece of rope with a cherry on it like a cigarette would go into a pan and hit the powder and set the gun off by the 1600s people were using Flint locks which used Flint to create Sparks to ignite the powder but this gun's a little bit of a mystery it's like it's after a match lock but before a Flintlock only thing I know for sure it's really old I can tell you this thing it's in terrible shape yes I'm not sure that it'll fire but trust me it's not likely so did you want to sell it well that's what I was hoping to do yeah all of my gun guys are out of town right now and this thing is uh deeply bizarre yeah that's why I brought it down I thought you'd like it what do you want to do is since we don't have anybody how much do you want for it I'd like to get a thousand dollars for the gun that would be great the last time I bought something from this guy it turned out to be valuable even though this gun is a complete mystery to me it feels like it's worth the gamble I mean I'm gonna make you an offer and it's just I mean it's just just a guess I've never seen this lock before yeah this thing is in terrible condition okay so so 500 bucks I mean I'm only making an offer because it's so old [Music] you okay it's a deal come with me man all right I did good I paid 50 for the gun this gun is so weird looking I just had to have it now all I have to do is do a little research to figure out if 500 was a good deal or not you know what do we got here well I've got some vintage pinbacks for sale they're various sports figures Roy Campanella Pee Wee Reese back in the day when baseball was with these people you wore a suit and a tie to the game they actually had ties when you went to games they invented those already oh watch it's fun I decided to come to the pawn shop today to sell my vintage Pinback collection I purchased a collection from a friend of mine that needed some money and the least I'll take is fifteen hundred dollars I'd like to sell them today because I like to put a bigger down payment on the truck like to buy all right so what do you know about them all I know that most of them are probably 30s and 40s these Jackie Robinson ones really stood out to me people wore these pins in support of Jackie Robinson coming up out of the Negro Leagues into the Major League Baseball along with we want Leo for Leo Satchel Page and Suitcase Simpson these were some of the first players ever to come up Major League Baseball okay that's pretty cool there was all black pro baseball teams as early as the 1880s but Major League Baseball didn't become integrated until 1947. when Jackie Robinson started playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers there's a lot of pan trick I believe there's about 70. you got some neat history here I mean you have the St Louis Browns that don't exist anymore you have the Boston Braves uh the Jackie Robinson stuff is cool yeah my favorite one's the Babe Ruth one though no one threw anything Babe Ruth away so that's why a lot of times just doesn't go for as much as you think it would because it was babe I mean you got a lot of cool pens here I love collections like this because I know I have two possible ways to make money off them I can either sell the entire thing to one collector or I can break it up and probably make more what'd you want to do with them wanted to sell them how much you want for them I like 7 500. damn um I don't see it son you know this is my problem with this stuff they're cool they're neat I don't know the market on them let me call it a buddy of mine there's anybody who'll know about it it'll be up let's try it all right I'm feeling pretty excited that an experts actually to come in here and evaluate these so I really know what they're worth I'm hoping for the stars and hopefully end up there [Music] doing great how are you guys LeRoy Neiman huh yep you got it that's cool 1973 Called Love Story does it bring out any particular emotions in you or no just money I came down the pawn shop today to try and sell a 1973 cereograph of Leroy Neiman's Love Story it doesn't really fit with our house I'm hoping to at least walk out with a thousand dollars where'd you get it my in-laws purchased a horse ranch and there were two of them hanging on the wall at the show bar he's known for taking famous photos of sporting events and doing his spin on it with paint I got a couple hanging in my house need another one no no Libra Neiman is a world-renowned sports artist and he's been popular since the 1940s and some of his original paintings are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars what can you tell me about it well it's a serigraph if it's 168 out of 300. you know what a Sarah graph is I know somewhat it's pretty much screen printing almost an identical way they do on t-shirts so we do the original painting and then you would have a screen print made of it and they would just bust them out and he would go through and he would sign him LeRoy Neiman has always had a big following and a lot of collectors might want to get their hands on this it's a cool piece but I do have some concerns on how much it's actually worth so what do you want to do with it my man I like to sell it all right you have any idea of what it's worth you know we've seen some different galleries for four to five thousand I don't know what they're going for these days I think collectors might be snatching them up I mean the guy is 91 years old is morbid is to say generally after these guys die their art goes up I'm a little concerned that he didn't sign in the picture it's down here on what looks to be another piece of paper okay it just makes me a little leery that the Art's not signed it looks like a piece of paper is so let me get a buddy of mine down here tell me a little bit more about it go from there all right sounds good thanks thank you when they brought up the concern about the authenticity of the signature took me back a little bit I'm hopeful that their expert confirms it is in fact real what are you doing over there trying to figure this rifle out earlier I bought a mysterious old gun for 500 bucks now all I have to do is do a little research and figure out if I paid the right price for it this is Elmer fudd's rifle Sun rabbits just put it down put it down damn it how long you've been have you been researching this gun a few hours I I can't find anything on it though really call Jemison I will get it figured out myself all right make the phone call let's get it done for God's sakes and go on to something else my family wants me to call on our gun guy Jemison I don't see why it's so hard for them to believe I actually know what I'm doing [Music] where are you going I'm gonna go call somebody that's about term and tell me what he said [Music] earlier a guy brought in a cool painting signed by Leroy Neiman I'm not really sure how valuable it is so I called my buddy down to come check it out Brad what's going on man gentlemen how you doing the guys usually call me down here when they have a question about a particular piece either value-wise or authenticity wise or just want to find out a little bit more about its history what can you tell me about it LeRoy Neiman very distinctive style he was kind of the artistic equivalent of Ernest Hemingway you know he's a man's man he depicts a lot of heroic action he used to have a expression fast brush Strokes make for fast Action Real bold bright vibrant colors and a lot of flow and that's really what he was renowned for Leroy name is probably the most famous American Artist living today he became popular in the 60s he was doing work with Playboy he was at all the Super Bowls all the major you know fights and he became almost as famous as the athletes that he drew images of do you have any particular concerns that you wanted me to take a look at for some reason I just feel like it should have been signed up there instead of down below like that at that is a little interesting because usually you'll have the printed signature somewhere within the image however in looking at the the print the signature is not separate it's all one sheet of paper with serographs you'll get kind of a layered look so it almost looks like there's a separate sheet of paper on top of it but it's all part of the same piece you're right so I don't think we have to worry about authenticity or anything like that with this work okay now we do have some issues condition wise you look how discolored the margins are and see how off-white and yellow it is here that's a real concern in determining the value of this particular piece all right just kind of give me an idea of what it's worth I would say based on the condition that it's in I would probably put a value on it around twelve hundred dollars [Music] it's not exactly what I was hoping for it's about as high as I can do on it I think appreciate it my pleasure initially things were sounding very good until he started to get to the condition and just how much that condition affected the cost I got to make money too foreign I would offer you around 800 for it it's not like I'm making a huge amount of money here man the conditions just rough I understand that you've got to make money on it and if 1200 is a value I'm disappointed in the value but I think your your offer is is fair so um all right my man I appreciate it I offered this guy a fair price and he took it even though the condition's not great there's so many Leroy demon fans out there I know I can sell it earlier I bought a really old gun for 500 bucks and I've been trying to figure out what it's worth on my own but my family's given me a hard time so I asked my buddy Jimson to take a look at it hey morning Rick hey how's it going all right the guys call me down here to praise guns that they're not quite sure the value of and there's a lot of exotic weapons so it's understandable that they might need some advice I need your help on this one I have no idea maybe I did good maybe I did bad I have no clue uh this looks like a snap-on's trade gun and used in North Africa okay a what a what stamp down it's a Snap-On basically they were trade guns people in Europe would take the out of date locks and send them to Africa and they would turn them into these guns because the Africans could use them it's not like they're the state of the art at all when they were used by the north Africans they were already out of date the guys in Europe were getting rid of the old guns for the spices and the salts that's right that's right it's basically a gun that was used by African tribes the Europeans would try to bring them to them and trade them for spices Africans use these guns for hunting and defense and worrying each other in tribes they were basically the weapon of choice for that period how old do you think it is well the mechanism probably is mid 1700s this happens precedes a Flintlock and even though it is a Flintlock mechanism it's a little more primitive than your normal Flintlock okay plant here strikes this pan and it casts a spark down in here where the powder is in in the pan that sets off the cards inside the gun very similar to a regular Flintlock which is much more likely to misfire okay but it worked exactly you see them in all different calibers and all different types of construction some of them can be worth some money if they went to an important person so how much is something like this worth this one's in pretty bad condition because it's all rusted and everything probably seen a heck of a lot of use might have even been laying out in the desert for a while one in this kind of condition which I would consider Relic condition probably maybe four or five hundred but that's really as a wall hanger how much do you pay for this thing um I paid 500 bucks for it somebody might want this gun for a decorator you know hang on the wall they're certainly not going to buy it as a collectible foreign all right thanks a lot thanks a lot Rick don't tell my father what I think all right all right I'll do that sometimes it pays to take a risk and sometimes well I'm gonna have to figure out what I'm gonna do with this thing what is this I have a World War II United States Air Force Bombers hat are you sure that's not a football helmet I don't think so definitely a pilot's head I came down to the pawn shop today to try and sell my World War II bombers helmet I'd like to sell it because I could really use the money for an upcoming vacation I'd like to get about 300 out of it where'd you get it I got it in an estate sale I never really fully understood the purpose of this unless it was to keep your head warm because if you crash in an airplane this is not going to be anything that helps probably not it's probably since it's so small imagine it's like maybe a ball turret operator which had to be the smallest guy in the plane I mean he couldn't be any bigger than five foot four and you literally you had to crouch down in this little hole with your knees pressed up against your chest to shoot this gun but what's a ball Tour ball tour it's a gun it looked like it took a tennis ball almost and cut it in half it was a clear Dome that the guy could see out of the Chute okay so his head is literally sticking up above the airplane and if you're a German fighter pilot back then that's the guy you want to shoot that must have been a pretty dangerous job yeah it had to have been flying bomber missions in World War II took some serious guts when the pilots came home they were Heroes and people wanted to be just like them so the demand for bomber jackets and other Airmen stuff exploded after the war I mean it's in pretty good condition I mean considering 70 year old leather you know it's not that bad it's a little beat up but I still think it's an interesting piece yeah absolutely a bomber hat doesn't quite have the same appeal as a bomber jacket but there's still a market for anything that was actually used in combat during World War II so how much are you looking to get for it I should get 400 for it I think it's a really interesting piece and I don't think you'd have a problem selling it I would prefer 100 that's for sure I'd offer you like 100 bucks for it man no I can't do 100 that's too low well if you're gonna go high I'm gonna go low so give me a realistic number how about 300. how about two no I can't do two it's still too low I mean this is a rare piece there's a lot of collectors for for this type of memorabilia 250 man take it or leave it 250 huh yeah all right 250 it is all right show me on them take care yeah I'll meet you up at the counter over here we settled at 250 I was hoping to get 300 but overall I'm really happy earlier a guy brought in a really neat collection of vintage Sports pets I know the collection is worse than dough but I have no idea how much so I asked my buddy Jeremy to come on down to help me out how's it going the guys called me down to the pawn shop anytime they have a rare Unique Piece of sports memorabilia that they're looking for some more information on this is one heck of a collection won't you tell me all about these These are called pm10 stadium pinbacks and these have been sold outside the stadiums probably in the late 40s to the mid part of the 60s okay oh wow look at these two I'm rooting for Jackie Robinson and I'm for Jackie this would have been obviously during the integration of baseball when Jackie broke the color barrier back in the late part of the 40s the integration of baseball was a huge and very controversial topic there's a lot of people who are for it and just about as many who are against it what do you think all this is worth anytime you have old sports collectibles conditions always going to be a factor we have a great amount of rust and wear on these also this one's like missing the pin back now as far as value goes these two right here are really neat as a pair easily about 600 bucks The Babe Ruth pin about another 250. so there's a lot of value in these and as a collection they certainly do add up so what do you think the whole thing's worth as a collection here given the condition and the variety and the Rarity of some of these twenty five hundred dollars all day okay that sounds a little low to me being as rare some of these are it's almost as rare to find a buyer for in these days thanks man hey you betrayed there are quite a bit of pins in this collection but just because there's a lot of them doesn't necessarily mean the values there all right so um are you even still interested in selling them I definitely don't want to leave for anything less than what I purchased for okay what'd you pay for them 1500. um that's the top of the market there's some really good ones over here I mean there's putting out 1500 there better be some good ones in there okay well I can't do it for less than less than what I got it for I really can't I'd rather just keep them all right 1500 bucks all right I think I actually did pretty good considering that I got over 50 of what it's worth I'm gonna go ahead and just put that into my down payment on the truck like to buy so how do you want it at an angle yeah that look good since I'd have to take a loss on selling the African trading gun I figured I might as well keep it what are you doing hanging this gun on my wall I thought I looked good on the wall in my office why do you want to hang it instead of sell it because I thought it would look good on my wall but it's worth money right yeah it's worth money but what's a gun worth a little less that I paid for it my dad knows how to do a lot of things but admitting when he's wrong isn't one of them so you got burned I didn't get burned on it all right could you please go back to work and you're distracting me and Travis here we're trying to figure out where to hang the guy just admit you got burned all right I got screwed with my own money all right can you go back to work now it's not your money it's the shops money don't ever have kids on this episode of Pawn Stars a lusitanian metal yep Germany made this to give to the ranking officers to thunk the Lusitania if a magnet sticks to this it's not an original German one which is worth tens of thousands of dollars this is a Dutch balance scale it's from 1662 but it would be very easy for someone to get one from 1812 and make it 1662. it's not the Maker's name it's got the date what do you have here autobiography by Charles Lindbergh inside the signature of Charles Lindbergh I'm gonna have to take a chance here on this I was thinking 800. I'm Rick Harrison and this is my pawn shop I work here with my old man and my son big cause everything in here has a story and a price one thing I've learned after 21 years you never know what is going to come through that door [Music] what can I help you with I got this medal okay a lusitanian metal yep these things are a little sort of like the Holy Grail in really good condition they could probably go for twenty thirty thousand dollars if it's the real deal it's worth that or maybe even a little bit more I came to the pawn shop to sell my lusitanium metal I'd like to sell it today because I need the money where did you get this my mother found that about 40 years ago okay the sinking of the Lusitania is almost as famous as the sinking of the Titanic it's also what brought the U.S into World War One the Lusitania was a great luxury liner I mean it was right around the same size of the Titanic it was a huge ship you have to remember in 1915 the British were at war with the Germans it's World War One the United States was not in the war yet but we were supplying arms to Britain now the Lusitania was a luxury passenger ship but they were using it to transport arms to England yeah the Germans actually took an ad out in newspapers in New York City and basically said don't get on a Lusitania because if it's carrying arms we are going to sink it obviously a lot of people didn't take them seriously and a U-Boat ended up sinking the ship seeking the Lusitania was a crazy move for Germany yes they warned us but killing 1200 civilian passengers that was unwarranted why would they make a medal about Lusitania Germans were like proud of sinking this when they shouldn't have been I mean they killed 1200 innocent people to see these people in line to buy tickets if you look close it's death selling the tickets this man's reading the newspaper right here that's where the Germans put the ad in the newspaper don't get on the lusitanium because we'll sink you the British copied the medal they made right around 300 000 copies sold them more or less to say this is how barbaric the Germans are it was a PR thing so the question is is this an English one or a German one because the German one is worth a hell of a lot more than the English one the original German coin was made of bronze ones made in England were made out of iron the way you tell them apart is bronze is not magnetic whatsoever and the thing is if a magnet sticks to this it's not an original German one which is worth tens of thousands of dollars so go grab me a magnet whatever someone comes in the store with a metal or a coin I have to be 100 sure it's what they say it is in this case a magnet will prove it uh damn it you know I've never tried to pick that up with the battery before it's not an original German one it's not bronze it's a British copy what do you think this medal's worth I think it's probably worth right around 150 bucks and I will give you a hundred for it [Music] ah yeah I don't know for a hundred dollars I think I would just [Music] put it in a box and let my great grandkids have it well have a nice day then if I'd have pulled out a magnet 35 years ago I probably would not have had that metal today I dranked a lot and I'd have probably traded it for a beer hey how you doing I have an antique voltmeter to show you all original made in Germany this is one of the first ever battery testers that's pretty cool so it tells you if a battery is working or not correct correct I was an electrician for a very short period of time and I wasn't very good at it you ain't good at anything for it I'm here at the pawn shop today to sell my antique voltmeter I like the salad because I don't really have use for it I'm looking to get two thousand dollars for the device the list I'll take is thousand dollars so how'd you get it I was actually found in Barn in Germany there's a date here on the case it says 1916. I can see why it would be an important tool back then I mean it'd be used by just your regular electrician to I mean a guy who was working on planes and it's day this was a very expensive tool being able to measure how much juice you had in the battery was really useful it would keep it from cracking out on you in the middle of something important um so you got a battery let's test it and see if it works let's test it you're familiar with this device right here right yes I am this is a multimeter I know when you put a battery between the two ends of these meters it creates an electrical current the voltmeter then measures the voltage between the two points correct so what we're going to do is we're going to compare the measurement of a modern digital multimeter to this device to see if they compare intestine battery all right [Music] as you can see it shows 1.5 a little you know it's a digital so it will be a little more accurate than this so this [Music] as you can see at 1.5 1.5 volt a lot of care went into making this thing I mean it's almost 100 years later and it's still working but it doesn't have a ton of decorative value and it's not like anybody's ever going to use it so it'll only appeal to hardcore science collectors what'd you want to do with it I want to sell them any idea of what you're looking to get two thousand dollars keep working in a few years going to be 100 years old I won 1200. no come on now let's uh let's be realistic okay so let's give me a real number no let's hear what you have to offer 400 bucks you want it uh no I'll go up to 500 if you don't take it I mean there's nothing else we can do I won't sell it have a good day my man I'm not disappointed I'm sure it will find us home eventually [Music] autobiography by Charles Lindbergh Charles Lindbergh huh he was pretty badass in his time flew solo across the Atlantic I mean he was a rock star I decided to come to the pawn shop today to sell my book by Charles Lindbergh it does seem pretty historical but I have no use for it I'd like to get 800 I probably won't go any lower than maybe five what exactly is this book about do you know it says the famous Flyer's own story of his life and his transatlantic flight pretty much a story of his life huh I'm gonna dig through this for a second if you don't mind no go ahead oh cool there's a picture of him in New York he took off from New York Charles Lindbergh traveled across the Atlantic Ocean from New York to Paris solo became an instant Star Overnight what I found really interesting was it talks about when he actually was coming into Paris when he landed I started to climb out of the cockpit but as soon as one foot appeared through the door I was dragged the rest of the way without any assistance on my part sounds like a moshing at a rock concert or something an actual book itself a signature of looks like Charles Lindbergh and dated okay so I was thinking this book could be a value last time we got a Lindbergh item in the shop Rick made a killing I'll give you a thousand for it all right sweet pay me I know he always wants me to get autographs checked out but I'm gonna go with my gut on this one what do you want to do with this I'm looking to sell it how much you looking for I was thinking 800. okay well [Music] I'm thinking more like about 250. that seems kind of low I mean you've got a signature there anybody could have wrote that I might be able to bump it up to 350 man but I mean you're really pushing me there how about six if you want to get rid of this thing you're gonna have to accept 500 and that's going to be my final offer take it or leave it okay five sounds good all right let's just hope the signature is real for my sake if he was asking for 800 but I talked them all the way down to 500 bucks I'm good at this John White what's up boss I saw you talking to a customer a while ago with a book oh yeah every time I say Chum we buy something I get nervous for it never ends well how much did you pay for the book 500 500 yeah oh my God how do you know you made a good bite well because it was signed and written by Mark Lindberg Mark Lindberg who in the hell is Mark Lindberg the famous pilot are you talking about Charles yeah Charles Lindbergh that's the guy I'm telling you we're about to make some good money so why don't you take it up to Rebecca and find out what it's worth and if it's not worth at least what you paid for it take a few days off pay the days off no I hope that book's worth some money oh go go find out what it's worth I'll be back to show you guys [Music] earlier I paid 500 bucks for a book supposedly signed by Charles Lindbergh it was kind of a Gamble and the guys told me that I might have made a big mistake now I'm going to see Rebecca she's going to tell me if I made the right decision hey what are you doing here um I'm the manager at Bowman rare books we specialize in books manuscripts and documents from the 15th to the 21st century so what do you think Charles Lindbergh he signed it too in there how much did you pay for it I'm paying 500. this could be a really good purchase or it could be a really bad purchase it all depends on the signature so how much is the book worth of the signatures face pretty much nothing I have a book here that actually has Lindbergh's signature so I'm going to grab it and we'll compare it all right let's do it if this thing is fake I'm never gonna hear the end of it plus Rick is gonna make me take some unpaid days off and I'm not gonna know what to do with myself here's the book this is the deluxe signed limited edition this one was signed by Lindbergh so can you give me some good news well let's take a look at the signature the first thing you notice difference here your book has initials CA Lindberg whereas the sign limited authentic one says Charles A Lindbergh right uh-huh people don't necessarily change their signatures and go back and forth between initials and first names in this case however we've got a date here in 1929 1929 he had a lot of people asking for autographs so he shortened his signature all right that makes sense it's a really distinctive signature right look at how the L and the I kind of crisscross over each other there yeah it makes an X and then you've got kind of this H that almost doesn't have a hump it just kind of almost goes straight down take a look at the uh limitation page here to see if it has those so this gets slightly higher and just the tiniest bit of a hump there and you've got the X made with the I and the L so what's the news is the signature it's real how much do you think it's worth it's worth fifteen hundred thought so oh did you I'm glad let me tell you you are lucky you probably saved my job well you can thank me with some chocolate or something I'll send some over turns out I did good I can't wait to rub it in the guy's faces when I get back to the shop [Music] this is a 17th century Dutch balance scale this is definitely an interesting thing I want to sell it because I don't really have much to weigh in my my house and how much my cats weigh so okay I came to the pawn shop today to see if they're interested in buying my 17th century Dutch scale I'd like to sell it today because I want to use the money to buy other things the least I would take is three thousand all right this is cool um where did you get it I buy rare books and sometimes I buy other objects that are in the libraries and this was one of the objects okay they have these little weights and some of them are marked like this is an English Noble I think you have a French coin these weights right here are what the coin should weigh remember all the coinage was in gold now if every time you got a gold coin just filed off a little bit and it went into a box eventually you'd have a box full of gold dust sure and it was a real common practice I'm assuming that this was used by a merchant who dealt a lot of foreign coinage you would take your weight put it right here on this side put your gold coin on that side and if it didn't measure up with a little simple math could figure out how much extra he owed you International Trade really blew up in the 1600s the Dutch were like the biggest player in that game they had trading posts all over the world so having a little portable scale like this to deal with different kinds of foreign money was extremely useful especially if you didn't want to get ripped off these are the mocks I think of the Dutch government at the time that would have assured that these were you know proper weights and everything like that and that's the year 1662. it's very very unusual to find them from the mid 17th century they seem to be very rare it does make it intriguing yeah this thing is really nicely crafted and it's in great shape for being 300 years old if it's truly authentic it's worth some money and would be a great addition to the shop so what do you want to do with it I'd like to sell it okay and what were you looking for um four thousand dollars okay um do you mind if I have someone look at it just to verify the date on it it would be very easy for someone to get one from 1812 and make it 1662. if everything checks out we'll talk about price okay sounds good all right I'll be right back terrific it doesn't seem like the type of object somebody would have faked I can't be 100 sure so it's good that they bring an expert to double check hey guys oh Dead Man Walking what happened earlier Chum blew 500 bucks on a book he knows absolutely nothing about I sent him to our book expert Rebecca to find out its value if Trump screwed up again he's going on vacation unpaid so what happened over at Rebecca's she told me the book is worth a little bit of money okay how much money fifteen hundred well that's good I only paid five for it so it's about time I get a bonus I'll give you a bonus I won't kick you in the ass you guys just need to face it and realize I didn't screw up I made an educated decision and now we're gonna make some profit okay chumway thank you thanks for doing your job my God every dog has its name [Music] earlier today a guy brought in an antique Dutch coin scale if it's real I definitely want it but I've never seen one before so I asked my buddy Mark to come down and take a look at it Mark how's it going the guys normally call me down here when they have some kind of historical artifact that they're curious about so I take a look at it and tell them what I can I have a scale here illness is interesting what we have here is obviously a coin scale you know 17th 18th century there are a lot of different coins that circulated and what you always worried about was that somebody was clipping the coins they were taking off a little bit of the gold on the edge or a little bit of the silver that was a capital offense you could be paying for that you could be drawn and quartered for that so scales like this were extremely important in the 17th century if you were in a position in a business where you were actually handling money you had somebody who had a coin scale so that you could check every single coin that came in what are your concerns on this I just want to make sure it's a scale from 1662. guess is that the strings have been replaced I don't think these are original to the 17th century there would have been a lot more discoloration those have probably been replaced as I look at this as I look at all the parts of it as I look at the Engravings of coins we're all in circulation by 1662 so that is correct okay good the scale type is correct to them and the manufacturing type looks right so this is Abe 1662 coin scale that's good like always man you're the best anything that's collectible can and probably has been faked so it makes perfect sense to check just to be sure all right so it's real let me give you 1500 for it [Music] it's honestly too low I mean I've seen they sell some of these weights you know individually at a lot of money and I really don't want to go Less Than 3 000. I think it's a very rare piece and it's it's very interesting it's it's a rare piece but it's going to take me a long time to find the right customer or the right auction um I'm gonna get it for 2500. uh it's a beautiful piece I'll give you that but it does have a few condition issues [Music] twenty five hundred times I'll go with the 25. all right cool it's a deal I'm really glad this deal worked out the scale is a pretty unique item and it looks cool even though it might take a while to find the right buyer for it in the end it should bring a nice profit everybody knows Chum has a little thing for Rebecca earlier she helped him with a book now he's bringing her some chocolates for hooking him up I just hope he doesn't eat them first hey Tom hey how you doing good do not tell me you have another book no I wouldn't buy one without bringing it to you first good good I actually got something for you wow thank you chum you're welcome it's so nice I hope you like chocolate I love chocolate Rebecca's the smartest person I know and she really saved me this time I hope she enjoys her chocolates because she really deserved them you want one um no I want you to enjoy them all okay thanks Joe all right it's awesome [Music] on this episode of Pawn Stars I have a contract here signed by Elvis Presley that was before he was famous and he was good looking sounds like he had a crush on him oh I did if this contract's legit it's a gold mine came to sell my buttons they belonged to Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette is one of those historical figures people never stop talking about what makes you think they belong to Maria Twitter on the box is the bourbon coat of arms this Winchester rifle it's a 22 long caliber how much you want for it 2500 bucks looks like a peashooter to me man [Music] I'm Rick Harrison and this is my pawn shop I work here with my old man and my son big cause everything in here has a story and a price one thing I've learned after 21 years you never know what is going to come through that door [Music] hey how can I help you I have a contract here signed by Elvis Presley in 1955 and of course this was back when nobody knew anything about him so are you a big fan oh absolutely and he was good looking thank you very much I'm here at the pawn shop today to try and sell my contract that is signed by Elvis Presley I could surely use the extra money I want to sell the contract for eight to ten thousand dollars hopefully where did you get the contract at I have a friend he was in the music industry he said I want you to have this he said I think it's worth something but you'll need to get it checked out okay Elvis He was the king of rock and roll did you ever see him play yes I did I saw him in his early years live and he looked fantastic sounds like he had a crush on him oh I did I loved his music it had a fantastic beat everybody loved to dance to it and he danced wonderfully yeah Elvis is pretty tame by today's standards but in 1955 he was risque he was on several television shows where they would not film him below the waist it was too much for the American public to see gyrating hips my father did not like those gyrations Elvis didn't invent rock and roll but there's no question he invented Rock stardom I think that Justin Bieber's of the world owned some serious props okay we have a contract for Elvis Presley play at the City Auditorium Beaumont Texas June 20th and 21st 1955. and it's signed by Elvis Presley how old was he then he was 20. just a youngster he was getting 225 a night that was a lot of money in 1955. in 1955 that was probably like two grand today so he was making that per night and that was before he was famous imagine how much he made after he became this worldwide Mega Star right um the contract is really neat it's something you don't see there were very few of these out and it is a cool part of History this is exactly what an Elvis collector would want it's on a single page so you can easily frame it it's got Elvis's signature and it's before he was famous my guess it's incredibly rare and valuable so what do you want to do with it I'd like to sell it and how much were you looking to get out of it well I'd like to get eight to ten thousand dollars for it that might be a reasonable figure but we don't know the origins of it anything signed by someone really famous I have to get checked out so let me get someone in here to check the signature out if it's legit we'll talk about a price okay let me go give him a call thank you if this contract's legit it's a gold mine I would have Elvis collectors lining up out the door for this thing what can I help you I brought some old militaria from 1945 from the war against the Japanese and this compass that came with it that's cool I was going to say the same thing I decided to come to the pawn shop today to sell my 1945 Japanese enemy identification card and the compass that came with it I'm trying to sell this to make a little money I'm asking for about a thousand dollars for them where did you get these in a huge collection of military stuff what do you know about them this is a manual to identify the enemy planes and ships and how to sink them yeah I mean it was scary coming across any battleship because um if you were on a U.S Navy ship and all sudden you saw a Japanese ship there was going to be big gun play in the 30s and early 40s Japanese had one of the strongest navies in the world but we put an end to that we were pumping out ships and we were building them bigger stronger faster everything after Midway we halfway destroyed their Navy I mean after Midway they were never really a naval Force against us is that why there's like different names for each uh plane well the reason they put these names on here is because they weren't going to call them by the Japanese names because a guy from the Midwest in the 1940s is not going to be able to pronounce any of those names of those plates if you said here comes some Helens everyone knew what it was if you were a U.S Navy sailor during World War II this manual was an essential part of your training it helped identify Japanese ships and planes so if you saw something coming you would know if they were friendly or hostile these things are really neat when you're on a ship Compass points are everything why did they use a manual Compass versus what would be technology back then which was a manual coupus you'd point this North you use your compass you figure out where North is so say that this is where you saw a plane so then you would have the angle off the ship that they're coming and you would also have the compass bearing it was a lot of math work these items are really cool pieces of World War II history just imagine me as sailor back then and having to memorize all those ships and planes but cool history doesn't always translate into Cash do you want to pawn this or sell this I'd like to sell it okay the problem is just about everybody in the Navy got one of these they're not that rare I mean it's cool I don't think we're going for anything quite frankly I mean can you give me anything for it I mean people do collect documents from World War II but not something like this I'm sorry I wish I could do something but it's just not here all right thanks for coming in thank you so much thank you very much sir thank you now that I couldn't make a deal with the guys I you know I'm gonna go shopping elsewhere they're not the last show in town so [Music] hey guys how you doing hey how you doing man good I've got uh this Winchester rifle that I'm looking to sell looks like a peashooter to me man I came to the pawn shop today to sell my Winchester rifle from the 1800s I'd like to set up just to help out my grandmother I'd like somewhere in the 3 000 range so you're not from around here no a little further south okay so where'd you get this at man it's actually been passed down from generation to generation this has wound up in my hands I'm looking to sell it and get some money for it so what can you tell me about it man it's from the late 1800s that's what I've been told anyway it doesn't surprise me I mean that's kind of when these octagon barrels and stuff are really popular okay I mean one of the cool things about Winchester is they're an American company at one point we're probably one of the greatest gun makers in the world right okay uh they've got a huge huge history one of the most important things about Winchester is this mechanism right here okay they can get however many shots off in a rifle as opposed to the whole dropping the ball down there packing it on you could actually shoot a shot at a guy and by the time he was able to load up his musket you can shoot him five or six times sure Winchester is a huge name in Firearms the Winchester repeater is known as the gun that won the West it played a huge role in the hands of Western settlers now this particular gun on the other hand isn't a repeating rifle this was single shot you'd load the bullet in there shoot the gun kick it back out throw another one in so it's kind of an earlier stage gun but it's still way faster than the old muskets okay um it's a 22 long caliber which is really small I mean it's one of the smallest bullets they make and it's made by Winchester there's just tons of people out there that love them and have to have them it's great so I mean generally it's a pretty easy sale okay that's good any idea of what you're looking to get out of it 2500 bucks all right I got a few concerns man I don't know how old it is I really have no idea what something like this was worth if you don't mind man let me grab my dad real quick and see if he knows anything more I'm sure hey Pops come here real quick I'm not too worried at all if someone's expertise is on the rifle and I'm a better chance of possibly getting more money out of it then that's great earlier a guy came into the shop with an old Winchester rifle I want to make sure it's worth my time so I called my dad over to come give me a hand come look at this gun for me 22 caliber Winchester what do you know about it um sometimes Corey calls me over for a little help especially with guns I've tried teaching him but it just goes in one ear and out the other that right there is in model 1885 Winchester it was designed by John Browning he designed the best hunting rifles in the world the first large machine guns the United States Army had he designed wow odd thing about him this is a million guns named after him but he was never successful in making guns John brownie had over a hundred different gun patents but most of his designs were actually manufactured by different gun companies even though brownie designed this 22 it was built by Winchester so what's up I mean it's a 22 it's such a small caliber I mean what are you going to hunt with it or kill with it it's it's not really a hunting caliber what this is made for is target shooting when your competition's shooting and you're practicing all day long there's two things you want a really Accurate Gun and really cheap ammo how accurate was it with a good shooter and good ammo you could shoot Quarters at 50 yards wow are you sure man yeah this particular rifle extremely Accurate Gun the really super rare thing about this is it has an octagon barrel okay it was more money so hardly anyone bought them like that which makes it a lot rarer and a lot more collectible okay cool and it's in really really good condition I mean it's still the original stock the original butt plates the bluing's really really good I mean it's just in really good shape how old is it they're easy to date it's a low five digit serial number so early 1890s how much is it worth um [Music] three or four thousand dollars we can get out of well all right nice talking to you yeah thanks all right you guys figured out make sure we make money I love Winchester rifles this one's in great shape so I hope Corey makes the right decision so you heard what he said I mean what do you think you want for it yeah I'm looking for twenty five hundred dollars for it I'll go a thousand man your father's just said that it's worth three or four thousand dollars I'm sure you can do better than that you know as far as I'm concerned with Winchester's people want the bigger calibers they want the guns that weigh it or abused 1500 if you wanted me okay I'll take it all right yeah show more right Joe I'm glad my dad was around to look at this gun because I wouldn't have guessed it was worth so much now I'm dying to take it out and fire it to see if it's really as accurate as he says it is [Music] foreign er a woman brought in a contract signed by Elvis in 1955. she's talking big numbers so I called my buddy Drew down to have a closer look at it Drew how's it going Drew Tom is this it yeah looking forward to all day you guys gave me a phone call they said they had an Elvis Presley contract and obviously something like that and you really need to look at the details and see if it's authentic or not uh 1955 this is the year before he really got famous his first hit came out the next year so this thing is pretty early in the day that's for sure Elvis Presley's most desirable signatures there are pretty much something on a contract before he's really famous that can be worth a lot of money if it's real how much do you think it's worth if it's real wow an early vintage contract like this even in this economy we're looking at uh [Music] fifteen thousand dollars all right do your magic all right let's take a closer look one of the things that stands out that makes it look like it may be authentic is it's typed right in the middle of the line usually when a forger does something they want to do it perfect so that's one of the things that kind of makes it look authentic you know okay so let's look at more evidence down here I mean it's got the Epsilon e the shape of the capital P correct we signed it pretty simplistic when he was only 20 years old this is right for the time period all the details seem to be correct one thing we have to do for sure though is to see if it's an original because if it's not an original it's not going to have any value so let's take a closer look here pull out a little bit more power see what we have it's a copy machine xerox machine it's not original ink are you sure positive oh my God disappointing variated support really sorry to give you the bad news but you can tell because the ink for the signatures the same ink there's a typewriter ink and the print ink if this wasn't original you could clearly see you know the track of writing ink okay they would be different with the typewriter because that's a different type of ink and again would be different with the type that is on the contract itself it's a carbon copy and unfortunately not being original it has no real value I see I'm heartbroken completely this makes me feel terrible when this happens someone especially as sweet as you thanks for coming in hun I'm sorry thank you thank you thank you I feel very very sad that it's not worth anything I'm very emotionally upset about it I need the money and I was hoping this was our way out and so I'm just really devastated right now [Music] what can I help you with came to sell my buttons I belong to Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette do you know a lot about Marie Antoinette [Laughter] I came down to the pawn shop today to try and sell my buttons owned by Marie Antoinette I want to sell them because I don't deal in buttons I'd like to get ten thousand dollars I think they're a very rare set and very unusual so where did you get these I'm a rare book dealer where they're sometimes really fine books you find some really interesting objects what makes you think they belong to Marie Antoinette on the box is the bourbon coat of arms which is something Marie Antoinette would have had on all of her possessions yes the Bourbons were a long line of kings and queens in France Bourbons was the family name and after Marie Antoinette was married to Louis XVI she became a bourbon Louis XVI could not have run the government worse the utter Poverty of the people in France and they're looking at people living in Versailles living the life of luxury eventually led to the French Revolution and what are we going to do with the king and queen and they just decided let's just chop their heads off the this woman loved living the high life but the average French person who is basically starving at the time they got sick of her really quick after the French Revolution she was eventually arrested and executed do you mind if I look at him sure of course go ahead these were called paste diamonds they're sort of like glass Diamond paste was a big thing what it basically is this is glass with lead melted in it this is definitely something fancy enough to be worn by a queen from what I understood it's very rare actually that you would have a set of buttons that survive complete that complete set is rare there's a good market for Stuff belonging to Royals and Marie Antoinette is one of those historical figures people never stop talking about but there's a lot of things we have to take into consideration here so what do you want to do with them I want to sell them how much you looking to get out of them 10 grand if they belong to Marie Antoinette we probably have a deal but what happened was is French Revolution Napoleon came to power and later he was defeated and the English put the monarchy back in place in France when the Bourbons reassended the throne they modified their Crest and this necklace right here was added 100 guarantee you this is post Napoleon okay which means it can't be Marie Antoinette's because her head was gone by then that being said though we still have a bourbon coat of arms on the front of this thing I mean we're talking royalty I'll give you two grand for them we do uh 4 500. I'll go three grand there's a royal connection but we don't know how far down the line I really don't want to go Less Than 3 500 I think it's it's fair it's not like this walks in the door every day this stuff always sells I'd say go ahead and do it for 35. all right 3 500. you got it write him up Cory all right come with me my man I'll write you his son was strangely interested in the buttons I'm glad he prodded him along to accept the 3500 because it really was a good deal for him Corey bought this Winchester 22 and he's like questioning how accurate these guns are being over 100 years old so I'm coming out to the range to prove him wrong at 50 yards this gun is just as accurate if not more accurate than your AR-15s and everything else really I'm telling you I can put it within the size of a half dollar anywhere on that Target all right pops you've been talking all day like you're Annie Oakley so I brought an old man coin see if you can hit it we sell those for 60 bucks yeah and I know you're not gonna hit it so that's the point if you do I'll pay for it all right fine hope you got 60 bucks cash on you plus tax come on Rick three shots if you win I'll even buy you lunch but if you miss you're buying me lunch I'm fine with that go put the coin out there [Music] to be able to hit a half dollar at 50 yards that's stuff people do in movies there's no way my dad can do it I mean it isn't like this guy's out practicing with a gun every day dead center no problem I don't think you're gonna be able to hit him pops not from this far away I don't know I just got to sight it in that's all I got to really do strike one all right I'm just getting dialed in I'll get it this time oh strike two I kind of feel bad for you right now pops can't hit with your cool gun watch this foreign [Laughter] damn it you got lucky there there was no luck involved whatsoever 60 bucks and I like Mexican I don't got any money on me you just said you'd buy me lunch if I hit it not today sometimes I can't stand these kids I know I'm not going to get the 60 bucks for Corey and Sean's never gonna buy me lunch on this episode of Pawn Stars my vintage gun smuggling books these were used for smuggling guns yeah well I do run a pawn shop so there you go dude I have a 1918 Buick now that is nice this is the car that you would take out on Sunday afternoon tires are all rotted a little bit paint everywhere look right here I still think I want this car this is a newspaper from the morning after the Titanic sank oh yeah the unsinkable ship yeah and that's why they put hardly any lifeboats on it but for a 1912 newspaper it's in perfect condition I mean perfect yeah I'm Rick Harrison and this is my pawn shop I work here with my old man and my son Big Hoss everything in here has a story and a price one thing I've learned after 21 years you never know what is going to come through that door foreign [Music] 1918 Buick sitting in the parking lot waiting for you to drive it according to 1918 Buick what do you need my help for get your butt in gear come on Corey needs to have a little more appreciation for the classics especially something like this car this thing is almost as old as two of us combined now that is nice what's top speed on one of these things 40 45 quart to get it up to 50 you had to push it off a cliff [Music] I came to the pawn shop today to try to sell my 1918 Buick I like to sell it because we can use some cash and hopefully I can get 24 000 but the least I'll take probably it's 20. this is what is known as a Buick touring car back in 1918 Corey this was a very animated car it's got a six cylinder engine back then 99 of the roads were dirt roads it's high enough off the ground that it can travel those this is a car that you would take out on Sunday afternoon and take a drive who has a car that they only drive on Sunday people with money these old Buicks were the luxury cars of their day and unlike the cars today they were worth every penny this one here is so rare you just got to love it it's definitely not my style but I can appreciate it do you mind if I take a look around absolutely tires are all rotted a little bit yeah I'll drive around will get Tom Corey painting Dash is all you got chips everywhere what's this about over here man I've never seen this back in the days there was not many gas stations so you have to carry gas can water tank is your car overheated and a little bit of oil okay cars like this are definitely a part of American History it's in good shape and the old man's really into it but I'm just not totally sold on it yet so what do you want to do with it pawn it or sell it we'll like to sell it okay how much do you want for it I would like to give 24 000 for it do you mind if I have a buddy of mine come take a look at it tell me what it might be worth yeah absolutely I'm very proud to own this car I want to see an expert that really appreciates history [Music] hey what have we got here uh trying to sell my vintage gun smuggling books these were used for smuggling guns yeah well it looks like it will fit a gun well I do run a pawn shop so [Applause] pawn shop today to sell my World War II gun smuggling books I like to sell them because I just don't really need them anymore I want 600 for these things you're not going to find something like that on the market anywhere really they're pretty pretty hard to find so how did you get this stuff I was helping at a friend do some Recon on the house down this box he didn't want it so your friend's family was into smuggling guns or something like that no it was just in his attic okay and how do you know they were used in World War II for smuggling guns when I found this box it came with this from the government this is to advise you that the following items have been confiscated and turned over to the proper Army authorities for violation of army regulations One pistol P-38 German One pistol stire German three rounds of ammunition for rifle one round pistol ammunition so obviously someone had abscouted with some German pistols and made this and tried to ship it home sounds like it to me you've probably seen movies where people hollow out a book and hide stuff inside this is pretty much the same idea but someone went one step further and made a fake book out of wood seemed like a good idea but it obviously didn't work it's pretty cool but if you think about it wouldn't have been a lot easier and looked a lot more real if you took a real book and cut the pages out or something like that because this was a lot of work and he probably did this by hand most likely all you got to do is take a close look or even touch one and you know it's not a book foreign they're different though I'll tell you that since these are one of a kind there's just no way to know if there's a market for these but the letter that comes with them makes a great story so someone might want these as a curiosity that being said curiosity pieces don't sell for a lot of money so what do you want to do with this sell it just collecting dust it's interesting and I'd like to have it what you want for it I don't know I mean you probably know about more of this stuff than I do I mean name a price 50 bucks come on 50 bucks this is from World War II and so was a gazillion other things yeah but they didn't come with the with a piece of paper that says that somebody got in trouble just give me a hundred bucks and and we grab a deal I'll give you 60 bucks let's just it's a carved box it's it's weird and it's cute but I'm not going to get a lot of money out of it you can't do 75. 60 bucks 60 bucks how about 65. it's if it's Vegas come on I don't know what that has to do with it but yeah I'll go 65 bucks I'll meet you right up front all right thanks 65 bucks this definitely isn't 600 and it really sucks but you know you can only do what you can do [Music] what can I help you with I'm looking to get rid of a tennis racket so what's so cool about your tennis racket I had Arthur Ashe sign this for me all right cool and what do we got here this is a poster Arthur signed this for me all right do you know who author rashes no do you ever watch Tennis all the time and you don't know who Arthur Ashe is I don't pay attention to their names I came to the pawn shop today to sell my autographed Arthur Ashe memorabilia I like to use the money to go towards my Billiards memorabilia collection I'm hoping to get a thousand dollars but it's pretty flexible at that point well tell me a little bit about it this is the first uh of its kind it's the Arthur Ash comp one racket it's a laminated metal racket with internal composites okay young people they don't know who Arthur Ash is he was the first black guy ever to win Wimbledon I think the only black guy ever in Wimbledon right yes he is an incredible man literally he was one of the best tennis players in the world really weird though he um actually had a heart attack in his early 30s and he just was never able to come back from it he ended up getting AIDS from a blood transfusion back in the early 80s before they even know to test for that stuff and he died of AIDS in the early 90s and also it sounds sort of bad and cruel but I mean basically that he died so young his autographs and everything like that are worth more money Arthur Ashe is one of the biggest names in tennis history and the fact that there's not a lot of Arthur Ash autographed stuff out there makes me all the more interested so how much you're looking to get out of them thousand dollars for both in 20 some years in this business I've never had anything signed by him so if I can get my buddy down here to take a look at him and help me out with the price a little bit maybe we can do it maybe we can absolutely all right I'll be right back great I have no problem with him checking it out I saw this with my own two eyes and he signed it in front of me [Music] hey how's it going got something for you all what's that this is a newspaper from the Boston Globe the morning after the Titanic sank hit an iceberg sunk at 2 20 in the morning all right I think just about everybody in the world saw the movie right yeah I came down to the pawn shop today to sell my Boston Globe newspaper that was printed the day after the Titanic sank as a hobby I buy storage units and I paid 80 for the storage unit I wanted to get 800 for it today the least amount maybe five or six hundred Titanic sinks 1500 die our pathia picks up 675 out of 2200 races for New York survivors mostly women and children it was the most famous ship in the world at the time the most luxurious ship in the world everything about it was amazing and it was called the Titanic because it was so damn big it was Titanic proportions right they were trying to make up time get to New York on time the problem was they just ignored the warnings about icebergs there were separate Chambers in the ship that could be sealed off but the problem was when it breaks down a whole bunch of them it's going to sink and it did the Titanic was like a floating skyscraper it wasn't just the largest ship in the world at the time it was the largest man-made machine ever and when it sank it shocked the world for a 1912 newspaper it's in perfect condition I mean perfect but I found it it was wrapped up and okay I mean there's no yellowing in the on the inside papers which is amazing considering this is uh it's 100 years old yeah collectors love old newspapers that have that one great headline they take you back to that exact moment in history a newspaper covering the Titanic disaster is definitely collectible but this one for as good as it looks let's just say it has issues all right well here's my problem it's fake why do you say that oh because the printing's terrible they had much better printing back there this was not going to be in a newspaper praying like this okay um you see right here that's from a copy machine okay so when were they I copied it probably right after the movie came out oh the resale yeah so it's not worth anything no okay you know you never really do get a lot of cool stuff out of the story sheds do you yeah no okay it's a rare deal I know thanks for coming in sure thank you appreciate it buddy thank you after we opened it up I really thought yeah it it was fake and I probably won't get a second opinion I guess I was going to go home and soak in my own misery oh well [Music] earlier a guy brought in a tennis racket and a poster signed by the legendary Arthur rash I really don't know what they're worth or even if the signatures are really legit so I called my buddy down to check them out Jeremy how's it going you guys call me down to the shop anytime they have a piece of sports memorabilia that walks through the door that they have some questions about Arthur Ashe signed tennis racket so where did the racket come from I used to work for uh Head Sports I met with Arthur in my office and he had a poster that he signed for me also very nice so in the 1970s Arthur Ashe was without a doubt one of the most famous if not the most popular tennis player this is a guy who not only won three grand slam championships but he's also the first black guy to win Wimbledon U.S open in the Australian Open aside from the fact Arthur Ashe was a great tennis player the guy broke through the color barrier in tennis and to many as a hero so what are your concerns with the racket in the poster were they signed by Arthur rash and what are they worth all right so let me first make sure these signatures are authentic okay we can see the inscription piece which was in description that Arthur rash typically did write on a lot of his autographed items and the racket right here we do see a sign right on the neck we had the inscription to Mike now when looking at a signature from Arthur Ashe he was pretty consistent over the years with the a it's uh the lowercase a it's usually open right here they are at the end it always curls back this is what we want to see on an arthrash signature now I do have a couple of issues with each item unfortunately those issues have absolutely nothing to do with whether or not these are authentic because they absolutely are I do however have a concern with the racket because it was personalized to Mike anytime you have a personalization it does devalue an item somewhat value-wise what we're looking at we have a poster and a racket the poster itself I'd probably put 50 100 range okay the racket I'd say we're looking at around 500 bucks here thanks man the best the value of the poster 50 to 100 was a little bit low the racket at 500 that's about in the area I thought it was going to be so now that you heard about my buddy I have to say you still want a thousand bucks for it well I'm just seeing on the web and stuff what it's worth uh okay is that what they're asking or that's what they're getting they're asking okay so you can ask anything you want I'm thinking like 250 bucks 450. like you said it's personalized it's hard to sell so I'll tell you what I'll go 350 on it 400. that'll have to be my low ball you know what I'll give it a shot I've never had anything Arthur Ash before so I just like to have it great 400 is less than a thousand dollars I was hoping but I'm still leaving with cash [Music] earlier a guy brought in a 1918 Buick the old man really wants to buy it but when it comes to cars this hold we're just not experts so I called A buddy of mine to come down and take a look hey Donna how you guys doing guys usually give me a jingle and have me come down and check out either a car or a motorcycle or something with wheels and an engine sweet got ourselves an old Buick here today this is always a pleasure for me because you know you get to see Automotive History when this car came out this was a pretty high-end vehicle this was something that your upper class would be cruising around in back in 1918 these cars were selling for about 13 to 1400 MSRP brand new and that was a whole lot of money back then for your everyday man he was dealing with the model T's out of Ford they were probably three or four hundred dollars a car like this Buick you see these cars parked at the polo events do your magic Danny it doesn't look like the car has ever been abused uh at all it looks just absolutely beautiful but she's got paint issues everywhere the upholstery looks beautiful we need tires all the way around but paint that seems to be that seems to be the biggest deal can you open it up can we see the engine please you ready for a treat absolutely look at this that's beautiful can we hear it run sure [Music] yeah you can shut it off it certainly runs just beautifully I think this car is is really beautiful you can get uh you know reproduction tires for this that's not an issue but the whole car needs to be painted you have to disassemble it and repaint everything and put it back together you're going to easily put anywhere from ten to twelve thousand dollars into this car I know to make it to make it that museum quality piece but let's take it let's take this thing for a putt let's see how it runs and drives 10 to 12 Grand is a lot of money for this paint job but I really like this car but before I can pull the trigger there's one more thing I got to check out I can't wait to ride this thing I know this is going to be fun this is class absolutely all right here we go come on Danny crank this damn thing up I'm trying I'm trying my buddy Danny is helping us check out a really old Buick but the test drive part just isn't going that hot I think it's gonna happen let me hop out here and take a peek see what's going on you better fix this damn thing Danny there we go oh goodness foreign [Music] really bad Common problem in these cars it's just one of the personality quirks of old cars like this every once in a while they get in the mood to dump too much fuel and this one has dumped way too much fuel in the canister there in other words we can't drive the damn thing yes sir I still think I want this car but if Danny can't test drive it the price is going to come down a little bit you just weren't my day Danny yeah it's not my fault I can't help it that it just does that okay so what do you think it's worth man you're probably looking at about about ten to twelve thousand dollars worth of restoration to put in this car off the top of my head I I would say uh Seventeen eighteen thousand dollars right now is is where I'm at with it hey thanks a lot Danny yes sir this car is really sweet but it needs major paintwork and the engine just flooded so even though the old man once said I'm really not quite sure on how things are going to turn out obviously I'm not going to pay 24 000 for it give me a better number I think this car can go when it's fully restored it can get close to 40 for it look I'm not going to beat you up I'll go 17-5 and that is it wow I'm not going to argue with you oh for me at least 22. now 17-5 guy or You Haul at home if you go 17-6 you'll haul it home I'm not going over that in the story done deal 75 it was a fair price the economy is now the greatest so 75 product can double that money myself hey Corey tell your old man what we just bought 1918 Buick touring car sweet how did you pay for it 17.5 okay I'm gonna take it for a little spin around the block oh there's a little slight problem [Music] it flooded out Rick it won't start but Danny looks at the car and he said it was okay so it's a good buy well if it's a good working condition that's fine but if it needs Parts we're screwed it don't need parts dum-dum well if the carburetor's flooding out obviously there's a part broken making it flood out Dear crybaby Ricky oh my God

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Length: 168min 41sec (10121 seconds)

Published: Fri Mar 17 2023