- [Voiceover] On this
episode of Pawn Stars... - [Man] German currency
from the early 1900s. - Pretty cool. I mean, you've probably got
100 million face value here. (Rick laughs) - An original disintegrator gun from the Buck Rogers series. - [Corey] Yeah, this was
pretty much the start of like modern science
fiction right here. - I'm bringing the
word of God to Sin City in the form of a lunar Bible. This one did go into space. - [Rick] So, how much
do you want for this? - I'm asking 70,000. - Whoa. ♪ gritty blues rock music In my shop, family comes first and money comes second, depending on who you ask. But the best part? You never know what's going
to come through that door. This is Pawn Stars. (Zippo lighter click) (train horn ) (race car zoom) - [Rick] How can I help you? - I have this salesman's sample. It's the Youngstown
steel kitchens from the '50s. - [Rick] Okay. - It's got 30 of
the kitchen pieces. This is a flyer just
for the dishwasher. - The electric sink,
which sounds like really dangerous. (Rick laughs)
- [Woman] Yeah. (laughs) (electric shock) - I'm coming into the shop today to sell my Youngstown
steel kitchens salesman sample kit. It's a little
suitcase filled with 31 modular pieces
of kitchen items. I thought it was really
cool when I bought it but I want to sell it
and make a little money. - That's cool. So it's probably early 1950s and a traveling salesman
would show up at your house and he would be able to lay out your entire new kitchen for you. It sounds like steel kitchen - [Ann] Right.
- [Rick] sounds a little dated but it was like
ultra-modern back then. - [Ann] Sure. - And they touted the
whole steel kitchen as ultra-clean, ultra-sanitary, vermon-proof and you know, wood
kitchens were still very, very expensive. But his company comes along that made these
whole modular systems that the salesman
could set it up for you and literally, they could be in and out
of your house in a day because everything
was just done. - [Ann] Okay. - Back in the 1950s just about everything
was sold door-to-door, including kitchens. There's actually a
pretty big market for antique salesman samples. The problem is they're
pretty damn hard to sell. They're just too new. The 1950s doesn't sound new but this is new. What were you looking
to get out of this? - I mean, you know, it
is Youngstown Steel, it's original. I was thinking like 500. - No, no, no. Your problem with this is it's not really what salesman
sample people collect. It's made out of plastic, it's not the cast-iron ones. I'd give you like $75. - No way. - They're a tough sell and you don't have
everything here. There was an actual little
kitchen that went with this, walls and a floor, so I'm willing to go
all the way up to 80. - All the way to 80? - [Rick] All the way to 80.
- [Ann] Wow. ♪ suspenseful music Yeah, I don't think I can do less than $100 for
it, for sure. No. - [Rick] Okay. Well, thanks for
coming in though, [Rick] I appreciate it.
- [Ann] Thank you. Thanks. I'm disappointed today, I
thought I was going to sell it. I was hoping to get 500, I thought for sure he'd
come back with 300. I guess I'm going to
have to find another way to sell the sample kit. (gun fires) (horse neighs) - What do we got here? - I'm bringing the
word of God to Sin City in the form of a lunar Bible. - So you're saying you have one of the microfiche Bibles
that went to the moon? - I do. It's something I
think you'll find was out of this world but now it's back in this world. - It's a Bible, which
is a book, which is-- but it's microfiche,
it's sort of weird. (both laugh) ♪ angelic music - I'm coming to the shop
today to sell a lunar Bible. It's 1,245 pages on a
single piece of celluloid. I'd like to sell the Bible because it really should
be on public display so that the public can see what a lunar Bible
actually looks like. - [Rick] Really interesting. Where did you get it? - It was given to me approximately 44
and a half years ago by Reverend John Maxwell Stout who was the founder of
the Apollo Prayer League. I had written about the
Apollo Prayer League in 1969 and as a reporter
it was given to me. - Some of them actually
went and landed on the moon and the others ones were
in the Kitty Hawk, right? - Kitty Hawk was
the command module and Antares was
the lunar module. - [Rick] Okay. - And the astronaut Ed Mitchell had 100 in his
personal preference kit but there were a total of 512. This one did not go to
the surface of the moon but it did go into space. - A lunar Bible is really cool but the problem is
no one really knows how many there were up there. If this thing is legitimate I am definitely interested. I always love to make money but you're going to have
to do a lot of proving and show me a lot of facts. So how much do
you want for this? - Well, noting what
they've been selling for in the last three of four years I am asking 70,000. - Whoa. - One sold in May
of 2014 for 75,000. - I mean, do you have
any like paperwork or... - I have an Apollo
Prayer League newsletter and inside you
will find photos of Mitchell returning
it to John Stout. You will also find my story. - But you don't
have any paperwork or a letter from him
saying he gave it to you? - I only have personal letters. - If you don't mind I'd like to call
up a friend of mine and get her down here. She's an expert on
very expensive books and I'm sure she
would know about this and she can give
us some info on it [Rick] and, uh,
- [Preston] Alright. we'll go from there - I would welcome that. - Because that's a lot of money and it's a little odd. So (laughs) give me
a few minutes, okay? - I welcome that. Thank you. If I get the 70,000
for this lunar Bible my wife and I are
going to go to Europe and we're going to spend
a lot more than a week. ♪ rock music ♪ rock music (bell dings) - What do we have here? Looks like something
from Mission: Impossible. (laughs) - I could buy your
house with this. - Oh, now you look like
an old drug dealer. (laughs) (cash register chimes) - Coming into the
pawn shop today because I have German
currency from the early 1900s. It goes from 1,000
marks denomination all the way up to about
one million marks. I'm asking $10,000 but I don't think
I'm going to settle for anything less than $5,000. - Whoa. Pretty cool. I mean, you probably have... I don't know, I mean most
of them are thousands. - Yeah, most of
them are thousands. - Eine million marks. - Yep. - That's a million dollar bill. - Yep. - I mean, you've probably got 100 million face
value here (laughs) and back then it wouldn't
buy a loaf of bread. Basically what happened was is the treaty that
ended World War I was the Treaty of Versailles. We demanded reparations
from Germany. - Right. - We demanded just a
ridiculous amount of gold, everyone in Europe demanded
manufactured goods. Even the United States got
Zeppelins, air ships from them, and it basically
collapsed their economy. They had to borrow money which they really
couldn't pay back so they printed more money. That caused inflation, so
they printed more money. This was how bad it was, in 1919 four marks would
buy you a loaf of bread, by 1923 it was a trillion marks. - That's crazy. - The value of money got so bad that it was written on the
walls in public restrooms use toilet paper,
not the currency, (Josh laughs)
it clogs the toilets. I am not kidding. - I believe that. - After World War I the effects of the
Treaty of Versailles really screwed up
the German economy. It created a massive
economic depression and a gateway for
a guy like Hitler to come into power. The Treaty of Versailles more or less guaranteed
World War II. How much do you want for these? - 10,000. [Josh] Dollars.
- [Rick] Marks? (laughs) - Dollars, dollars. - No. You would think they
would be worth money but it's not rare. I'd give you $100 for the
entire lot if you want it. - Could you do... 2,000? - No. - It's interesting, it's cool, but literally, I know places where I can get these
for 10 cents apiece. - For 10 cents apiece, yeah. - I mean, I'd give
you $100 for them. - Okay. Well, I think I'm going
to have to walk away. - I understand. - [Josh] Pleasure.
- [Rick] You might need to heat your house
one day. (laughs) - I will wallpaper the
house with this stuff. - Yes. Have a good one, man. - Yeah, alright,
you too. Thank you. Well, I think the
money is worth more, considering the prices
collectors were getting online so I'm kind of bummed out that I was kind of low-balled. I was definitely expecting more. ♪ lively blues rock music (catcall whistle) - [Corey] What do we got here? - What I hope I have here is an original disintegrator gun from the Buck Rogers series. - [Corey] Alright,
that's really cool. Where'd you get this? - I won it in a poker game. I took it as part of
a payment for debt. - So what does this gun do? - I'm pretty sure it
disintegrates people. (metallic click) - Doesn't work. (laughs)
- [Corey] Shut up, Chum. (laser fires) - The gun looks like
it's pretty futuristic, it's got all these
swirly things on it and it's metal. It looks definitely like it
could be from the future. I'm hoping to get at least $100 because that's what
the debt was for but I honestly would probably
take just about anything since I don't want to
keep the gun myself. - Yeah, this was pretty
much the start of like modern science
fiction right here. Do you know what
Buck Rogers is about? - Yeah, it's about those kids, they're on a ferris wheel, then they get like time-warped
back to the dinosaurs so they gotta escape, but they gotta find a new
black hole to get out. - That's not it at all. I've never even
heard of that story. I remember he was in a war, he was put into a
coma for 700 years and then somehow wakes
up in another war. Do you know any more or... - I think they were
in some sort of gas and then just put him
in suspended animation and then he wakes
up in the future but doesn't realize
it's the future. - Alright. Obviously I wasn't
around in the '30s but I know Buck Rogers
was one of the most popular characters
from that era. I'm sure any of the merchandise from his show is really valuable but I'm not sure how valuable. - [Corey] So what do
you want to do with it? - I would like to sell it. - [Corey] Any idea of
how much you want or... - Well, if I got $100
for it I'd be ecstatic. - Alright. I have no idea how old it is but I mean, it could
be from the '30s. I'll tell you what, do you mind if I
have a buddy of mine come down and take a look at it? It's not something
I'm that familiar with and he'll come and tell
us what it's worth. - That would be awesome. - [Corey] Alright, let
me go give him a call. - Sounds good. I'm super excited that
they called on the guy to get us a second opinion because I actually don't
know anything about the gun but if they can get an expert
to come in and verify it that would be awesome. - Earlier a customer
brought in a Buck Rogers disintegrator gun. It's really cool, but I need Johnny to come in and tell me how old it is and how much it's worth. - [Johnny] What do we got? - Buck Rogers disintegrator gun. - Cool, cool, cool. - [Corey] I don't know
exactly when it's from, but... - This is from
like the mid-'30s. Back then you had Buck
Rogers, Flash Gordon, I mean, those were the shows
that inspired George Lucas to later create Star Wars, so this is a pretty big deal. - [Corey] Oh, wow. - Buck Rogers came
out in the '20s. People couldn't even imagine space ships and ray guns so every kid you know, when they seen
this gun in the store, I mean, it would have
been a big deal back then. This is really nice. That's all like the
original patina there, too. A lot of these got
repainted over the years. You know, they had cool
names for everything. This was the energy
release lever, and then of course back then this kind of would have lit up. Of course that's
gone, but like I said, this is like over 80 years old. - So how much do you
think it's worth? - Well, you see a lot of
them in this condition. I mean, we have some
engravings here, I guess a little kid
put his initials. That's not very uncommon, but of course that
hurts the value. The fact that it hasn't been
repainted or anything is great. In that condition, I would say the range would be 200 to 250. It would be a quick seller. I mean, there's a lot
of sci-fi fans out there and Buck Rogers is a big name in that world. - Right on, man.
I appreciate it. - Cool, man. Anytime. There's a huge market for
these early sci-fi toys. It would be worth restoring. It wouldn't take much to
bring it up a few notches and you could ask a
premium for this gun. - Alright, so I mean you're the guy who
didn't get screwed by the guy who
didn't have the money to pay you in the poker game. That's not too bad. - Looks like it. I'm-- that's a win for me. - Realistically, what are you
looking to get out the gun? - If the guy said 250 maybe you could go like 175. ♪ suspenseful music Buck Rogers. - Tell you what, I'll do 150. - You got a deal. - Alright. - Alright, sounds good. - Chum, you want
to write him up? - Sure, meet me right up there. - Alright. I was ecstatic to
get $150 for it. The debt I got it for was $100 so I made an extra 50, it's a win for me. (cash register chimes) - Hey, how's it going? What do we have here? - I've got a Beetle
Bailey comic strip by artist Mort Walker. - [Rick] Beetle Bailey? - [Harold] Yes, sir. - [Rick] Where in the
world did you get this? - Believe it or not, I got it
from an old man in Arkansas. I traded a hunting dog for that. (Rick laughs)
I know, right? (dog barks) - I'm coming in
today to sell this Beetle Bailey original
print by Mort Walker. Beetle Bailey was one
of my favorite cartoons that we always read
on Sunday afternoon. I'm going to sell the
Beetle Bailey print today because there's some
collectors out there that I know would
really love it. - I mean, it's cute stuff and it fits the time, 1951. We were just, the whole Korean
War thing was starting up and when it first came out it was about his college life and no one really thought
it was interesting because most people
didn't experience [Rick] college life back then.
[Harold] Sure. - So, thought it
was a great idea with the Korean War starting up to have Beetle
accidentally join the Army and he's been in the Army
for 60-some years. (laughs) So there's more
underneath this plastic? Because it looks like
they're stacked up. - Yes, sir, there's
three more in there. - Do you mind if I
take these out of here? - No, sir. - Yeah, we've got a
lot of them in here. Now, you have Beetle being lazy, and then you have
some very pretty girls talking to the general. This one I really like, because I liked Peanuts
when I was a kid. Never really into Beetle Bailey but into the Peanuts. So how much do you
want for these? - I don't know, I was
thinking probably $400, something like that. - Remember, this was in
thousands of newspapers so they're not worth
a whole lot of money. - Well, to get them all
in one place like this, this is a nice collection. - I give you $75 for them. This isn't the original art, the original art would
go for a lot more money. - Well, true, but surely 250. - It's not there, I mean it's, you know, I'll probably get-- You got four or
five of them here, I'll get $50 apiece for them. - I don't know, man, that dog I know is
worth more than that, at least $100. For my pride and dignity, you've got to give me $100, man. - What the hell. I'm sure I'll make
money off of them somehow or the other. - Let's do it. - Alright, come on over here, I'll do some paperwork with you. - I settled on $100
because as he pointed out there's quite a
few in circulation and 100 is better than nothing. ♪ rock music ♪ rock music (bell dings) - Earlier a guy
brought in a Bible he says went to the moon. His $70,000 asking
price does seem a little bit over the moon so I'm calling in Rebecca to
help me out with this one. Well, there it is, the
tiny, tiny, tiny book. - This is the book
you brought me, huh? (Rick laughs) - [Rick] I have no clue. - It's pretty complicated. Could I take a look at it? - [Preston] Yes. - When the Apollo
missions were started in order to put
a man on the moon there was a league put together that was the Apollo
Prayer League that actually created
little microfiche that they could send with
an astronaut to the moon. There it is. Alright, so you've got
all 1,245 pages here. - Right. - It's the NCR, that's the National
Cash Register Company, they were the ones who created this particular
type of micro-form. Bible number 715, which is the edition that these were purchased from. They actually tried
to get it to the moon three different times before they succeeded in
getting a certain amount. There was Apollo 12, 13, and then finally,
successfully on 14. But normally it's
trimmed very, very close to the edges here. If you're talking about
taking something to the moon and every single tenth
of an ounce counts you can see why they
would trim that. - [Preston] Okay. - That doesn't mean
that some don't exist that were untrimmed but logically, it makes sense that they would only be trimmed and previous copies that
have sold in the past have had serial numbers. This one does not
have a serial number. And in some ways that's too bad because if it did, that would help (laughs) a lot. - And is there even
enough there even to morally sell it as such? - Right (laughs) I find the idea of
this really amazing but if I don't have
something definitive that I can latch onto... - Then I would tell you thousands of newspapers
carried my byline and I wouldn't have written
a story about something that I could not physically see. - Unfortunately,
I'm in a business where I can't just
trust someone's word. There's a lot of ambiguity here that makes this
much more of a risk than your average item. More risk for you as the dealer. - You could expect
some liability if you sell this
as a real thing. - Right. - So, do with that
what you will. I've given you the opinion
from a rare book dealer. - You are the best. - Yep, thanks. - Thank you. - Thanks, take care. There's a lack of comps issue plus there is an issue of exactly what is going on here. Until I feel completely sure I don't feel comfortable stating what kind of value
it would have. - Okay, 70,000. Your story is great
and it's probably true, I don't doubt that. - [Preston] Thank you.
- [Rick] But... I can't sell it to somebody and say I'm pretty
sure it's real. I am going to pass. - [Preston] Okay.
- [Rick] Okay? I appreciate you bringing it in. It's really, really, neat. It is the smallest book I
have ever seen in my life. - And it's a good
read, too. (laughs) - It's pretty damn cool, okay? Thanks for coming in. - Well, thank you for
your consideration. - Alright, no problem. Bye-bye. - I'm really upset that
we couldn't make a deal but I would like to offer
it to a university seminary for display so that the
public can enjoy it. - [Rick] Hey son, what's up? - [Corey] What's up? - Oh nothing, some guy just wanted $70,000 for the
Bible on microfiche. - I can think of way better
ways to spend 70 grand. - [Rick] Yes.
- [Chumlee] Yeah, there's a couple pairs
of Nikes I really want. - You would spend
$70,000 on shoes? - Yeah. There's a couple pairs
for 20 grand each I want. - $20,000 on shoes? - 70. - $70,000 total? - What would you spend it on, (chuckles) something dumb? - Yeah, maybe an investment? - If I was you I'd probably
invest in some hair first, maybe some plugs. - What would you
spend 70 grand on? - I'd just throw a gnarly party. - That's a good idea, I want to change my answer. I'd throw a gnarly party, too. - Just a party that
you're going to remember for the rest of your life. - $70,000 on a party,
and a pair of sneakers? - Yeah. - So, I'm assuming
neither one of you have a retirement plan.
