RICK: So what have we got here? It's a French double-barrel
musket coaching gun. RICK: Damn, this
thing is dangerous. That's just nasty. CHARLES: Cool. [gun shooting] [music playing] Coming into the pawn
shop today to sell my French double-barrel
musket coaching gun. My wife hates guns. She's been begging
me to get rid of it. We just had a baby boy,
so we came up with a deal. I get rid of it, and anything
that I can get from it, I can buy a new guitar. RICK: So how'd you get this gun? CHARLES: It belonged to
my uncle back in Iowa. He collected
weapons and antiques and, about seven years
ago, gave it to me. RICK: OK. I mean, it's an incredible gun. It really is. This is really,
really high-end stuff. It was probably a coach
gun for someone, you know, a duke or an earl or
something like that. In the 18th century,
noblemen traveled by coach across the country. And this is what
had been carried, a double-barrel
flintlock shotgun. It's way more ornate than
anything you would usually see. This is something
really above and beyond your normal flintlock rifle. I get a lot of antique
firearms in the pawn shop, but I have never had
anything like this. It's double-barrel. It's got the
spring-loaded bayonet. It's beautifully engraved. It is just absolutely
incredible. Some sort of
markings along here. Tordu. RICK: I mean, I don't
know if that's a town. I don't know if
that's a gun maker. I don't know if that's
the guy who owned it. But it seems to be
important since it's actually written in gold. It's something that really
needs to be checked out. I've never seen a
gun like this before, and to see it with gold inlay
raises even more questions. So I'm going to call my buddy,
Sean, down here right now so we can get to the bottom of this. Let me have someone
check it out, and he can tell us
how uncommon it is. And we can get a general
idea of what it's worth, and maybe we'll
find something out. CHARLES: That'd be great.
- Thanks for coming in. Really appreciate it.
- Thank you, Rick. Appreciate it.
[cash register chiming] Oh, man. [laughs] This is great. There's a lot of
stuff going on here, and I'm going to try and
explain what I'm seeing. My name is Sean,
and I'm an expert in antique arms and armor. Right off the bat,
examining this gun, I mean, it screamed authenticity
and, plus, being so unique. Having a side-by-side flintlock
is just so cool to begin with. But then to have the
addition of a spring bayonet, that just puts it over the top. Just from the overall
form, I would say that this was made around 1750. There are three proof
marks, one of which is a crown over GP
for Gun maker's Proof. The other one is a
crown over V for Viewed. And the other one
is a crown over F, which means a Foreigner's mark. And what's really,
really intriguing is that these are English
proofs on a French gun. And then you'd go,
well, why is that so? There's some history here. This gun was originally
manufactured in France but modified in England by
having the barrels cut back, and a spring bayonet
was attached to the top. And this added an extra
not only intimidation factor, but a lethal weapon. In that point in history,
it was very, very lucrative for a guy who didn't want a
real job to be a highwayman, to be a guy that
would rob coaches. So in order to defend
their wealthy passengers, they would want to
outfit the coaches with a really good defense gun. And this definitely
would have been it. So if you can imagine a group of
guys trying to hold up a coach, you'd fire both barrels. And let's say another
guy was coming at you. You'd hit this release. [laughs] And that bayonet
would shoot out. And at least you'd have
another form of defense. This thing is
just nasty wicked. If someone was pointing
that thing at me, they wouldn't have to shoot it. I would turn around
and run in a minute. SEAN: This is really
interesting in here too. And you'll notice that
this is in gold overlay. It says "canon tordu." And that meant twisted barrel. OK. Back in the day,
a high-quality barrel was a twisted,
heated steel over a mandrel. They would mark it
with canon tordu so that people
would know that this was above high-quality steel. RICK: OK. Do you know what something
like this then is worth? You know, a good guesstimate
in an auction because this is so unusual, $10,000. Are you serious? SEAN: Absolutely. All right. Thanks for coming in, Sean.
I really appreciate it. Oh, absolutely. RICK (VOICEOVER): I wanted
this thing before Sean came in. And after hearing
what Sean said, I want it even more because
as a guy who loves guns, this is the jackpot. How much you
want for the thing? Realistically. [laughs] Can you do $6,000? I mean, these are auction
prices he's talking about. And-- Well, what are you thinking? I'm thinking
$2,500, cash money. $5,000. I want the gun. [sighs] You want to buy a guitar, right?
CHARLES: Yeah. OK. I want to buy your gun, so I
can give you $4,000 and guitar. Oh, that's an option,
but I don't want a bunch of $50 Fender Squier strats. You got something good? I have the guitar. How about, like, a '78
Les Paul, all original? Give me two minutes. Let's see it. I'm all about
creative solutions. This guitar is beautiful, so
beautiful I don't even want it on the showroom floor
because 50 people a day are going to want to
hold it and play with it. I think someone bought it in
'78 and put it in this case and never picked it up again. Neck straight. It's probably the
original T-Top pickups. RICK: Everything's
absolutely original. There's no belt
buckle scars on it. No, there's no rash, no dings. I mean, there's nothing
wrong with that guitar. Someone bought it, put it in
a case, threw it in the closet for 30 years. CHARLES: Damn,
this is beautiful. It's guitar for the gun. Guitar for the gun. - I think we got a deal.
- OK. Thanks a lot.
- This is beautiful. All right, you grab your
guitar, I'll grab the gun. We'll go do some paperwork.
CHARLES: Right on. He made my day.
He's made my year. This is awesome. I'm really happy. DAVEY DEALS: Rick, Rick,
Rick, I got something for you. RICK: Davey effing Deals. What's up? The oldest samurai sword
that you've had in the shop. Really? The case and the paperwork. It's all in Japanese? Yeah, I couldn't read it. [laughter] Good luck with that. [sword unsheathing] I own a small car dealership,
and I took this crazy samurai sword in on trade. And I need to turn
it into cash ASAP. I went from my heart. I trusted the guy that
I was talking with. He seemed like a
straight shooter. And we're here to find out
if I was right or wrong. RICK: Where did
you get this thing? I took it in trade on
a vehicle, which I hope I didn't hurt myself too bad. Well, the paperwork
looks awfully official. DAVEY DEALS: It's,
like, 1500 era. RICK: OK. DAVEY DEALS: Guy was really
old that traded it in, so I kind of tend
to believe him. But it's a lot of
money, a lot of money. How much you want for it? $18,000. RICK: $18,000? $18,000. RICK: Do you know how
to open this thing? DAVEY DEALS: You got to push a
button of some sort with this. RICK: Because usually
they just slide out. I know the other ones
I have up there do. The pin. You have to push the pin out. The guy showed me, but I didn't
really pay much attention. You didn't pay much
attention, but you gave him a lot of money for it? Well, yeah. [laughter] It's not the
brightest move, but-- Rocco? ROCCO: Yes, sir? How does this thing open? Typical Davey. He did a trade on this sword and
had no idea anything about it. He should've had it
checked out, especially when there's so much
money on the line. Luckily, I have Rocco. He's like my best
weapons guy at the store, and he specializes in swords. Oh, boy. RICK: So what is it? ROCCO: It appears to
be a samurai sword. Find out if it's
real, I actually have to pull the handle off here. [music playing] This is what matters right here. This is the name of the
master here, Yoshitsugu. And then it matches
the signature here. Yep, he was a prominent sword
maker from the late 1500s. Japan's metals
were very limited, so they would pound and
fold and make the strongest blades ever compared
to the poured steel from Medieval Europe. Yoshitsugu is a master
that's pretty well known. He made a really good sword. All right. And big question is this [bleep]
thinks it's worth $18,000 because someone told him that. What's it worth? ROCCO: That's an
actual samurai sword. It's got all the paperwork. It's in excellent condition. It's a $15,000 to $20,000 sword. DAVEY DEALS: Told ya. RICK: [laughs] Thanks, Rocco. I'll deal with it from here.
- Right on, guys. Thanks, Davey. DAVEY DEALS (VOICEOVER):
I am walking out of here with $18,000
today, come hell or high water. This is going to be a
battle of the salesman. He does it all the time. But I am Davey Deals, so we are
definitely going to go at it. DAVEY DEALS: What do you think? So I'll give you
$10,000 for it. $18,000. $10,000. DAVEY DEALS: Can you take it
to an auction or something? Is there some way I can
get $15,000 out of this? Come on.
- Not from me. I mean, even if you bring it
to an auction, you get $15,000, they're still going to
take, like, 15%, 20%. I mean, I'll go,
like, $12,000, man. It's-- I got to resell it. DAVEY DEALS: Well,
let's trade something. RICK: What are you
going to trade for? You got all the tacky
jewelry you need. I know. I do have tacky jewelry. [laughter] I've been eye hustling your
sand rail since you got it. Can we do something
with the sand rail? And then I'll get a good
fuzzy feeling like I didn't get burned on the sword. I took in a four-seater
sand rail about a year ago. I paid a little
over $18,000 for it, had the transmission rebuilt,
and put hours and hours of fun into this thing. Let's go take a look at it. Yeah, let's take a look at it. You better have Rocco put
that thing back together before somebody gets cut. [cash register chiming] I love the cooler
up in the front. Can you get it into reverse? Your son keeps reminding me
about when you broke down, the tranny went out on it. RICK: I had the tranny
completely rebuilt. DAVEY DEALS: Right?
RICK: So-- DAVEY DEALS: Will it idle? It sort of idles,
you know what I mean? It's got a big blower on it
and everything else, so-- DAVEY DEALS: And
it's built, right? So it's going to bah,
bah, bah, bah, bah, bah. Yeah. So when you cruise
around, it's fine. It's in great shape. I've had a blast, and I've
had it for over a year now. Yeah. Should we start it?
RICK: Jump in. All right. RICK: I have a little over
$20,000 invested in this thing. But I know when I
fire this thing up, Davey is going to give
me anything I ask for it. [engine starting] [engine revving] [music playing] Now that I have Davey
hooked on this thing, I got to make sure
I get my money out of it, no matter how
bad I want that sword. DAVEY DEALS: Well, I
definitely want to make a deal, so let's make it happen. OK, so you give me the
samurai sword and $10,000. Samurai sword, $3,000. 15, three, eight-- that
gives you $18,000 for this. RICK: That's what I paid for it. So you've had it for a year. You're break even.
I mean, that's-- - No.
- You'll still have it. No, no no, no. I'm not in business
to break even. What do you mean? This is our deal, not-- No, I know.
DAVEY DEALS: --a money deal. RICK: No. It's like $4,000 to
get the tranny rebuilt. So I'll go 5 Gs. I'll split the half
of the tranny with it. [sighs] DAVEY DEALS: $5,000 samurai
sword puts you at 20 Gs. No, no. I offered you $12,000, so
that means we're at 17 Gs. I'm still losing money. So give me the samurai
sword and $8,000. That's, like, the
best I could do. - All right, you got a deal.
- All right, man. All right.
I appreciate it. It'll stay in the family.
You know that. OK, all right.
Let's do some paperwork, man. All right. DAVEY DEALS (VOICEOVER): So I
walked in here trying to get $18,000 cash in my pocket. I ended up giving them
$8,000 cash out of my pocket. I don't know how they do
this to me, but they do. I guess he is the
better salesman. What do we got here, man? It's a 1750 blunder bust. OK. Blunderbuss, not bust. Oh. RICK: [laughs] [music playing] WILL: To be honest, I don't
know much about the gun. I know it's 250 years old,
and it seems like it's in pretty good condition. I'm looking to
sell the gun today because I need some extra
cash to buy my girlfriend an engagement ring. RICK: So where did
you get this thing? I inherited it from a
family member who picked it up at an auction years ago. OK. CHUMLEE: That thing
looks dangerous. RICK: Well, they were dangerous. This thing didn't
actually shoot bullets. It just shot anything
you could stick down there-- broken up glass. They'd shoot nails, gravel,
anything that would really, really hurt if it was coming at
you, like, a few miles an hour. OK. This gun is a
1750 blunderbuss. And it was
predominantly used just to clear out a deck of a ship,
a street, something like that. Is it possible that
this isn't a real gun? Well, it's a real gun
because it will shoot. How can you tell? It's simple. All you got to do
is pull the trigger. [suspenseful music] [click]
CHUMLEE: [coughs] RICK: It works.
- Sweet. So you're looking
to pawn it or sell it? I'm looking to sell it because
I'm getting engaged soon, and I need to buy
an engagement ring. - We got engagement rings.
- Oh, yeah? Yeah. We can work something out.
- Straight up trade? Yeah. Maybe. Just depends on what you want. OK. And I want to get
it checked out first. Do you think it's a replica? No. There's a difference
between a fake and replica. WILL: OK.
- OK? A replica is-- you go to
a store, and you buy it. You buy it legitimately
and everything. A fake is someone who takes a
replica, OK, will beat it up like this, age the
metal, age the wood, do whatever they can
to make it look old-- OK. --and pass it
off as a 1750 gun. WILL: All right. RICK: There's a proof mark, a
date mark, and a maker mark. WILL: OK. And they're pretty
obscure marks, so you need a guy who knows what they are. Gotcha. RICK: My biggest concern
is this is a fake. I'm 90% sure it's real, but
I'm still not going to put the money out if I'm not sure. I have to have an
expert check it out. [cash register chiming]
- Pleasure. - How's it going?
- How's it going? Good to see you again. I've known Rick and the
boys for quite some time. And any time they have an issue
where they need a little bit of identification, anything
from the 16th century maybe through Civil
War, they call me in, and I help them out. The maker, which is right
here, is hand-engraved, and that says Brander. And Brander, I'm
very familiar with. He was a London gunmaker. All right. And this would date
between 1745 and, say, 1755. And this side plate is the same
as the second-model Brown Bess, which was the workhorse
of the British military, especially during the
American Revolution. Back in the day,
you would have found blunderbusses used
for coach defense, for naval boarding engagements. Here on the barrel, this mark
here, the oval with the crown over V, is for Viewed. WILL: OK. From the Tower of
London, they would usually put four times the
normal amount of powder in here to test the
barrel strength. WILL: All right. SEAN: And if it passed, of
course, they would proof it. Everything looks great
as far as what you want to see in a true antique. After Sean told me
this gun was real, I was thinking two things. I'm happy it's real,
but, damn, it's going to cost me more money. So what do you
think it's worth? In an auction environment,
something like this would be expected
to bring anywhere between $3,500 and $5,500. That's great. In a more local
situation, I would say between $2,500 and $3,000. OK. Is this a local situation here? Yes. [laughter] You think this
thing still fires? A lot of people
have gotten hurt, even killed, not doing
the proper procedures. However, under the
proper circumstances, you could fire it at a
range with a range master. Any other questions? No, I think we got
it from here, man. All right.
RICK: Thanks for coming in. Absolutely.
Anytime. Pleasure.
- Thanks, Sean. - Nice to meet you.
- You, too. OK, good luck. This blunderbuss
is an antique. It's 250 years old. It's really cool. You can shoot anything
you want out of it. Rick would be crazy
not to buy it. So what do you want for it? Man, I'm thinking $3,000. Keep on thinking. Oh, yeah? That's what it's worth
in a nice retail store. Do you have a nice retail store?
WILL: No. We got one. You're not helping. You said you wanted
a ring, right? Yeah, that's what
I'm looking for. OK. I'll go $2,000 cash
or $2,500 trade. Yeah. You know, I'll do
the trade, man. OK, cool.
Deal. All right. I'm really happy with the sale. I have $2,500 trade
at the shop, so I can get my girl a nice ring. And I got rid of the
blunderbuss, so it's good. CHUMLEE: Hey, how you doing? Good. I'm hoping you can help me with
this, a bronze "Madonna" bust. Go ahead.
Put it up here. Oke-doke.
OK. Oh, you're strong.
Pshh. Look at you, man. [laughs] Well, that's not
Madonna the pop singer. (LAUGHING) Not at all. [choir singing] I have an exact cast of
Michelangelo's "Madonna" bust, licensed by the Vatican. They sell for $80,000
if they're legit, and mine is totally legit. If I get what I
want for this, I'm going to let my wife renovate
the kitchen however she wants. CHUMLEE: This is
pretty cool, man. This is supposed to be
the Virgin Mary, right? RICHARD: Correct. It comes from the "Pieta"
made by Michelangelo. The original is in the Vatican. CHUMLEE: It's pretty neat. Michelangelo is
probably recognized as one of the greatest artists
of all time, even today. He's best known for "The
Sistine Chapel" and "David." He was doing just, like,
these masterpieces, which a lot of the times artists
do their masterpieces, and they're not really
noticed until long after they've passed.
- After they're dead. Yeah. He was a rock
star in his time. Yeah, he was a rock star,
you know, great artist. He did sculptures like this. He did paintings. He was a poet. The guy's talents
were just endless. They never--
- Second to none. Yeah. His work is literally priceless. It's worth a fortune, you know? Millions and millions
of dollars sometimes. Why did you pick this up? RICHARD: Well, I
barter for everything. So I had the opportunity
to trade some artwork for this beautiful piece. CHUMLEE: It's really cool. It looks like it's in
really good condition. Does it have any markings
or anything like that on it? It does. It's got the seal, the
license from the Vatican. CHUMLEE: 154 out of 500. RICHARD: That's it. So the mold was relatively
new when they casted this one. You know, sometimes
the earlier the mold, the better the
casting's going to be. So that's good. You got that going
for you there. It's a beautiful piece. I'm just not sure
how sought after they are because Michelangelo himself
didn't actually make this. That being said, I'm sure
it has some type of value. How much were you hoping to get? $80,000. That's what it's valued at. Holy cow. Yeah, I got no idea if-- I know the original
is iconic, but this is just, like, a mold of that. I've got a few
questions about it, so I'm definitely
going to have to have someone come take a look at it.
- Yeah. CHUMLEE: Do you have a
few minutes to hang out? Got all day.
Take your time. All right.
I'll be right back. RICHARD: All right.
Thanks. This is a real piece, and
so I'm happy for anybody to come in and inspect it. They're just going to prove
that it is what it is. [cash register chiming]
CHUMLEE: Hey, Chad. - Hey, Chum.
- How you doing? Looking good, man. Looking slim, man. Hey, you know, I'm trying
to get like "Madonna." Ah. So you have a
"Madonna della Pieta." CHUMLEE: What do
you think about it? It's absolutely fantastic. You don't see these
a lot of times. There's not a ton of them
that come on the market. Michelangelo himself
considered this work and, of course, the "David"
his two greatest works. And it's an exact
reproduction of Michelangelo's "Madonna della Pieta." This is the only piece that
Michelangelo ever signed. And they say the reason he did
it is there were tourists even back in his day that
went to the Vatican, and they identified it
as a different work. And he heard them. And he carved his
name right into it. CHUMLEE: That's pretty cool. The mold for this was the
marble, so the cast is exact. Mm-hmm. So with bronze, what
you want to look at is any rough spots, any
weirdness in the patina, make sure the
markings are right. I see a marking right here. CHAD: Yeah, that's it. CHUMLEE: 154 out of 500. CHAD: Yeah, that's the New
Renaissance right there. So that's what you want to see. Very, very, very
nice patina on it. There's no damage. This is absolutely legitimate. This is the original
New Renaissance that was commissioned by the Vatican. It's fantastic. So what do they want for it? He's asking $80,000. Tell me what you think. I think that's too high. [inhales sharply] Ooh, [inaudible]. This artwork on the
secondary market, in a gallery, it's right around $35,000. But they're
selling for $80,000. If you get it from New
Renaissance, it's $80,000. However, there are some
on the secondary market. The secondary market's
bearing right around $35,000. So it's worth
$80,000, just not today. CHAD: Yeah, not today. RICHARD: OK. SEAN: But the
workmanship is fantastic, and there's no doubt
this is one of the pieces that New Renaissance
issued initially. OK. Well, appreciate
you coming down. Hey, thanks, Chum. Take it easy. [music playing] I'm looking at, like, $20,000. [sucks teeth]
Oh. [inhales sharply] $25,000? $23,000 is where
I feel comfortable. OK, I got a deal for you. I'm like the barter king,
so I trade for everything. I saw you had 100
pounds of silver, and that's about $24,000
if my math is correct. It'll get it out of your way. You'll get this out of my way. Yeah. So long as the math checks
out, I can do that deal. - OK.
- All right. Let's check it. Meet me up at the counter,
and I'll bust the calculator out and figure out where we're at. - Thank you very much.
- Sounds good. All right. RICHARD (VOICEOVER):
I'm thrilled. I made a sale today. Instead of the $23,000
that he offered, I was able to get $24,000
worth of silver, 100 pounds. His cost in it may be a lot
less, and the value to me is a lot more. CHUMLEE: All right.
- Oh, my. Oh, my lily.
- There she is. [laughs] I can't believe it. Nice doing business with you. Thank you very much.
I love it. CHUMLEE (VOICEOVER):
I'm making this deal because I'm going to show
Rick how to buy something with something in the
shop and then turn around and make a profit
bigger than the profit I could have made if I paid cash. Out we go. [laughs] Hey, what do you got here? I got a 1950s Las
Vegas Club $5 chip. I'll give you $5 for it. OLD MAN: You mind I
look at it, Chumlee? CHUMLEE: $5. No. Probably give him
$3 or $4 for it. Chumlee, shut up. [coin clinking] TODD: I decided to
go into the pawn shop today to sell my Las
Vegas Club Casino chip. Supposedly, there's only
eight of them in the world, and I've got one of them. I paid a lot for this chip, but
I'm trying to collect chips. And I'd rather have
40 additional chips from different
casinos as opposed to tie up a lot of
my money in one chip. The Las Vegas Club,
which is still Downtown, was one of the in places to be. In fact, it's one of the
oldest casinos in town. Back in the day,
$5 was a huge bet, and a person that
bet $5 for a hand was classified as a high roller. A lot of the old
school Vegas guys hung out at the Las Vegas Club-- the Gods, Binions, the Stupaks. They were high rollers. And there's a good possibility
they played with this chip. This is one of the
rarest chips available. I'd say one of the top 20. The last time I was
reading the chip book, there was eight of
these available. That's what I understand. Well, I think it's
worth a lot of money. TODD: Yes, it is. OLD MAN: Most of these
chips are in rough condition due to the fact they were
used up until the '50s. This chip here is
as good as it gets. You want to pawn this? You want to sell it? I would like to sell it. So how much you're
trying to get out of it? $6,000. I'd pay you $6,000 for
you to put me in my grave. From what I understand,
back a long time ago, the casino reglued the center
sticker on half of them. And this one hasn't
been reglued, so mine's in a
little better shape than some of the other ones. I was thinking about $3,000. How about $3,000 and a trade? OLD MAN: What do
you want to trade? $3,000 cash for this plus
those three statues right here-- Frank, Sammy, and Dean. We're trying to sell
these statues for $600, but I only paid $100 for them. So if it's what I have to
do to sweeten this deal, that's OK with me. Deal. Ring him up, Chumlee. I was expecting
$6,000, but I got to $3,000 cash plus the statues,
so I'm happy with the trade. I'm going to take my $3,000, and
I'm going to go to the casinos. I'm in Vegas. OLD MAN: Rat Pack collectibles
is always on the market. This chip ain't. And I'm so damn happy, I
might crack a smile today. Hey. What can I help you with? PETER: How's it going? I got this harmonica. My grandfather used to
play it all the time. COREY: It could be kind of
fun to make Chumlee stick his lips up to it and play it. [laughs] Oh, I'd definitely have
to sell it after that. [laughter] [music playing] I came to the pawn
shop today to see what I can get for my old harmonica. It's got some pretty
neat stuff on it. And I don't know
what it's worth. I'm hoping I could
get a Rolex out of it, but I might be reaching
a little high for it. But we'll see. RICK: So did your
grandpa play a lot or-- Yeah. I remember him playing it by
the campfire all the time. He always had in his pocket. Works great. [harmonica playing] [laughs] I don't know
how to play, but-- RICK: OK. Do you know anything about it? Not really. OK, I've actually seen
a few of these before. That right there, that
really seriously ugly dude, is Hohner, the guy who
owned the company-- Wow. --who made the harmonicas. They also made
accordions and just about any instrument with reeds. This harmonica is
beautiful, and it's in amazing condition for
something that's 90 years old. Hohners were some of
the first harmonicas imported into the US. And old ones like this with the
zeppelin on the front of them are highly collectible. And this dude right here
is Baron von Zeppelin. PETER: That would be
the blimp part of it. RICK: No, a zeppelin. There's a difference between a
blimp and a zeppelin because-- - Really?
- Yes. When they talk about a
zeppelin or an airship, it's a rigid frame. A blimp, it does not
have a rigid frame. So if you take all the air
out of a blimp, it will just-- it's just basically a balloon. PETER: So why would the
zeppelin be on the harmonica? RICK: Because this one was
made 1910s to the early '20s. PETER: Yep. RICK: And Zeppelins
were the coolest thing in the world at the time. They really were. Mm-hmm. And they were
really considered the future of flight. They didn't think planes were
going to be circling the world. It was going to be giant
zeppelins going everywhere, and that was the future of
travel throughout the world. Right. RICK: I love the fact
that this harmonica shows a zeppelin on it. It shows how popular
they were at the time. Of course, the Hindenburg
blew up in 1937, and that was the end
of the zeppelins. Do you want to sell it? Yeah, I want to sell it. OK. Basically, if it didn't
have the zeppelin on there, it'd be worth $10, $20. This one, I'd give
you, like, $200 for it. Can you trade for a Rolex? No. [laughs] You can't go $300? No, I'd go $200 on it. $250? I mean, the thing's
worth like $250, $300. I'm going to make $50,
$100 bucks off you. COREY: I'll tell you what, man. I'll do $200 and a fake
Timex I have in the back. [laughs] That'll work.
- All right. Let's go do some paperwork.
PETER: OK. Come on. PETER (VOICEOVER): Yeah, I
only ended up getting $200, but at least I talked
him into a Timex. Someone will get some use out
of that harmonica, I think. OLD MAN: All right, son. What you got? I am here today to sell
my electronic tin toy made by Louis Marx & Company. How'd you acquire this, son? KEN: I found it in a dumpster. Why can't I find stuff
like this in the dumpster? [horns honking] KEN: I'm coming down
to the pawn shop to sell my electronic tin toy. The condition is great. It's from the '40s. I want to sell it today
because it's hanging around in the garage,
and my wife is telling me to get things out. I would like $200. Minimum that I'll
take is probably $80. Basically, you plug it in. These cars go around
the track, and they go in through the tunnel. And this is the toll,
and they bounce around. This is the original box,
but I try to restore it. There's a copyright
date of 1949. OLD MAN: This was
probably made up to the early '60s
due to the fact it's when they made stuff back then. It wasn't a one-year process. They made them till
they ran out of them. This thing was made by Marx. They were one of the
biggest toymakers in America back in the day. I love old toys like this. They come from a time when
kids played with something besides computers. Chumlee, why don't
you plug it in? Let's see if this thing works. KEN: See, there's
already a traffic jam. It seems complete. KEN: So you kind of get
the idea of what happens. They just-- they move
all around there. OLD MAN: It's pretty neat. Turn it off, Chumlee. I'm having fun. OLD MAN: This toy is neat. I'd love to have
it in the store, but I got to pay a price for
it that I can make a profit on. So what are you trying
to get out of it? $200. Ain't no way. $50, $75 retail toy. I'd be a buyer in the
neighborhood of $40. KEN: This is almost
mint condition. You tried to restore it,
but the box is destroyed. How about $75? $40 would be the tops on
something like this, son. How about $40 and
$20 in store credit? We can do that. KEN: All right. Thank you. We settled on $40
with $20 store credit. I think it was worth a
lot more than $50 or $75. I think it was worth about $150.
