(Rick)
You all right? (Corey)
Yeah, dude. Hit a tree doing
50 miles an hour, not a scratch on me. (Chumlee)
What happened? (Corey)
I got in a car accident
with the company truck. (Rick)
So the truck's totaled. Absolutely. (Corey)
I wanted to get
a different truck anyways. (Rick)
I'm not buying you
another truck. (Corey)
Dude, it wasn't my fault. The truck is
three months old. What do you think the insurance
company's gonna do to us? That tree didn't run out
in front of you, Corey. (Corey)
Whatever. I need a new truck,
all right? (Rick)
I have a perfectly good truck
for you to drive around. If you want to drive
a company truck, drive the other
company truck. (Corey)
The one with
your face on it. (Rick)
Yeah. What's your damn
problem, Corey? Drive the damn truck. Would you want to drive a truck
with his face on it? You got a point there,
Corey. (Rick)
At my shop,
family comes first and money comes second... depending on who you ask. But the best part, you never know what's gonna come
through that door. This is<i> Pawn Stars.</i> (Rick)
Hey, how's it going? - Hey, how are you doing?
- Pretty good. I've got a Babe Ruth
baseball card for your consideration. Damn, this thing's
graded a 10? Yeah, it's actually one of
about 1/2 dozen cards that exist from
his playing days in a PSA 10
condition. So it's very rare, very valuable, very cool. Okay, um, well,
I mean, I'm just amazed
that it's graded a 10. It's rare that you see any
baseball card graded a 10. I like it.
It's cool. But, God,
the image sucks. [both laugh] (man)
You're out. (Dan)
I bought it from
another collector. I've been collecting
since I was five years old. just scrounging for baseball
cards anywhere I can get 'em. You know, now
I'm kind of more into finding baseball cards that
I can share with my grandkids and kind of bring
the love of the game and the love of baseball cards
to them as well. (Rick)
I mean, what kind
of card is this? (Dan)
This is actually
a strip card. This was a kind of card
that candy store owners had, and they would
give these to kids as a premium
when they bought candy. Okay, so there was, like,
a roll of them? So it was a long strip,
a long roll of them. And they would just use
scissors and cut them off. All right, you know,
it was the 1920s. I mean, baseball was the biggest
thing in the United States. And what made it so big is that
everyone started getting radios. So suddenly, you didn't read
about a baseball game; you actually got to hear it. It really changed
the whole industry. And Babe Ruth was basically
the guy that saved the game after the whole
1919 Black Sox thing. Right. And in 1923, Babe Ruth
was already big, so I can see why
this one was saved. Yeah. (Rick)
After the Black Sox scandal, Major League Baseball
was really afraid that no fans
were gonna show up. But when Babe Ruth joined
the Yankees in 1920, the fans couldn't help
but come to the stadium. That year, he had
over 50 home runs, and it was the first team to draw in over a million
fans in one year. It's stuff like that that made
the Great Bambino so damn great. That's definitely
impressive. What do you want
to do with it? I'd like to sell it if I could get
the right price. Okay, and... that number is? $60,000. That is a lot of money
for a baseball card. I mean, this is
a one-of-a-kind card. There's not another one
like it anywhere. Um, do you mind if I have
someone look at it? I have a friend
right down the street. - Sure.
- He's a big sports guy. And he buys and sells a lot
of expensive stuff. He will know everything
about this card. Great.
Let's see what he says. Okay, hang out
a few minutes. Maybe shop a little bit. All right, sounds good.
Thanks. (Dan)
I have no problem
with an expert coming in to look at this card, and, in fact,
I welcome it, because it was cut
off a strip in 1923 and kept for 90 years
in perfect condition. Where are you gonna
find that anywhere else? (Rick)
How's it going? Good.
How are you? Pretty good.
This is cool. I thought you
just might like it. I definitely dig it.
Where did you get this thing? I found it
hanging in a barn. Lady was 87. She said she had it
when she was a little girl. It was funny because she had
wanted to sell me tools, and I couldn't take my eyes
off a tricycle. [laughing] [bicycle bell rings] (Bob)
I believe it is, is what they
called a Sky King Tricycle, pretty rare,
if that's what it is. I want to sell it because
even though I'm a picker, I try not to get personally
attached to everything, otherwise my house would
look like the pawn shop. More than anything, I just
enjoy learning about things and being a treasure hunter. Never know what's out there. This is a great piece
of American history I think it's a Junior. Junior Toy Company, they started off
as a stamping company. They stamped out metal parts
for car companies and everything else
like that. So they had all this
great stamping equipment, and they started making
tricycles and bicycles, but most people
could not afford this. This was definitely
a luxury item. And it's rare
to find them anymore. (Rick)
Collectors love this stuff, but only
when it's restored. And this one needs
a lot of work. This is really neat. How much are you looking
to get out of it? I'm looking to get $800. [grunting] This is really
neat-looking and rustic, okay, but most people don't
want to buy a project. Let me get my buddy down here.
I want him to look at it. I want to see how much
it's gonna cost to make this thing
look pretty again. Sure. And if it's a reasonable price,
maybe we can talk. - Okay?
- Great. Sounds fantastic. (Bob)
Well, I'm hoping the expert reinforces that
it's somewhat rare. You just don't see
too many of 'em. You take a chance, though. Sometimes it's good;
sometimes it's not so good. But bring him on. [sighs] - Bob!
- Hey, Rick. (Rick)
A guy came in
with an old tricycle from the 1930s. Vintage toys like this can get
some pretty good money, but this thing has definitely
seen its better days. So I called down Bob
to see what it would take to get this thing
looking right again. ♪ Ahh
[laughs] That is nice.
That is very cool. I'm thinking 1930s
Junior Toy Company. 1930s, but not Junior Toy.
American National. - Okay.
- All right? This looks like
the Sky King, okay, which was made
by Junior Toy, but the Sky King has
a tapered piece in the front and a headlamp. Okay, this was for
a horn at one time. And actually, it's better
than a Junior Toy because they repopped
the Sky King, and it destroyed 'em. If it was the Sky King
and you restored it, it would be worth nothing. This American National,
even restored, you know it's real because
they only made so many of them. The reason why
there's not a lot of 'em, by the '40s,
they had to scrap 'em for scrap metal for the war. That's why this
one's a survivor. - Very cool.
- Okay. (Bob Yuhas)
They thought it was
a Sky King Tricycle, but it actually turned out
to be an American National, which was the leader
of all tricycles back in the day
in the 1930s. Tricycles like this
are really cool because they have the fenders, that real art deco look. Toys nowadays, they just throw
a set of wheels on 'em. This, this had style,
had class. (Rick)
I dig it.
I think it's absolutely amazing. But it needs some work. (Bob Yuhas)
It does need
a lot of work. You've got the emblems here, which look like they
can be saved and re-chromed. You're missing one,
one over here. It'll have to be made, but I have the other side
to copy it. The seat covered in leather, and the teardrop pedals should be chrome
on the end of the pedals. They can probably be saved. Just a nice, nice piece. As your father would say,
this is the cat's meow. [laughter] So how much would it cost
to fix this up? To fix it up
with making the parts and trying to re-chrome these,
leather seat, really nice colors,
some striping on it-- 'cause that's what they
threw on these things to make 'em pop-- you're talking area of
$800 to $900. That's with everything
complete. All right, so what do
these things go for when they're fixed up? Oh, when they're fixed up nice
and right to the original... [sighs] You're talking 1,900,
over 2,000, in that area. Okay. All right, um... Well, I'll call you up
if I get it, man. Okay.
Take care. (Bob Yuhas)
I'm really hoping Rick
buys this, 'cause a little hard work and a little finessing
here and there, and that thing will look like the day
it rolled out of the store. Yeah, it's interesting. We both thought
it was a Sky King. That's why
I called up Bob. [laughs] Doesn't hurt to bring
in the experts. So, you know, what's
the best you can do on it? I don't know.
I could-- I could go down to 6. You just heard Bob. I mean, it's gonna cost me
$800 to $900 to restore it. [sighs] Let me get it for 400 bucks. Well, I came down 2.
You came down 2 more. Let's go up 1 and go 5. Um... Very rare. You know, for 500 bucks,
I can live with it. - Great.
- We got a deal. We got a deal.
Thank you. All right, cool.
I'll meet you right over there. - All right.
- And we'll do some paperwork. This thing's gonna be
cool when it's done. (Bob)
I settled for $500. I think that's a good deal
for both of us, and you just kind of hope
they find a good home. (Rick)
How's that new truck
of yours, son? Great. You get everything
dropped off? Yes, I did. It's a great truck,
ain't it? Does it hurt your ego,
though, when they say, "Who's that good-looking guy
on top of the truck?" [laughs] So you're just gonna sit here
and mess with me, huh? I'm not messing
with you. I'm just saying
it's a great truck. (Chumlee)
I mean, it's like
a piece of art. It's like you're driving
a Picasso. I'm thinking more
Rembrandt-ish. (Corey)
Keep screwing
with me. (Chumlee)
You know, if you
shaved your head, you could just tell people
that's you on the truck. [Rick laughing] - Jeremy, what's up, man?
- Rick, what's going on? (Rick)
A guy came in with
a 1923 Babe Ruth baseball card graded a 10,
perfect. I'm amazed to see
a baseball card like this in this good of condition, but this guy's asking
a ton of money. So I'm bring in Jeremy
to see if we're even
in the same solar system. This is it. This is the Babe Ruth
10 PSA. (Jeremy)
The beautiful strip card,
huh? Yeah, the crème de la crme.
I don't know. I mean, he wants 60 grand
for this thing, okay? But this is literally
the ugliest baseball card I have ever seen
in my life. Yeah, these aren't
certainly by far the most attractive cards,
but make no mistake, I mean, this is one of the
rarest cards of Babe Ruth being that it's graded
a perfect PSA 10. You know, back in the early
1900s, even up to the '20s, they weren't meant
for a long-term collectible. You know, these were
marketing tools. (Jeremy)
Going back to 1923, baseball was in its infancy. I mean, we had emerging stars
like Babe Ruth. We had season veterans
like Ty Cobb. Kids and collectors
really didn't have any long-term outlook
on how to care for these cards, so the fact that this one's
graded a perfect PSA 10, I mean, that's practically
unheard of. (Jeremy)
I mean, the whole history
with these cards, I mean, it's a 1923 W515-1. They were issued
in strips of ten and sold at, you know,
variety stores for a penny
for a strip of ten. And being that they're
called strip cards, they were intended to be cut,
so as you can imagine, they were literally
ripped apart, you know, cut with a rusty
pair of scissors, even chewed off,
I've heard. [laughter] (Rick)
Okay, so the big thing is,
how much is this thing worth? (Jeremy)
Well, I mean, just to put
things into perspective, Babe Ruth, no doubt about it, the most highly touted player
in the history of the game. His earliest card from 1914
in terrible condition, albeit much more scarce, sold for almost
1/2 million bucks. So his cards, they can go
for quite a bit of money. Now, these strip cards,
this is the only 10 I've ever heard of. As a 7 and and 8,
they sell for 1,000 bucks really consistently. As a 10, I would say
it'd be worth about... 12,000, 15,000 bucks. I mean, I know it's not the
60,000 you were hoping for. (Jeremy)
But the one thing
with this series: it just isn't valued
the same way as a lot of other cards
that were circulated in packs. - Okay, thanks, man.
- You got it, man. Sorry I don't have
better news for you, man. All right, well,
that's all right. Thanks. (Jeremy)
Seeing cards like this
is what got me into the hobby. The fact that I have
a chance to see a Babe Ruth card
from his playing days graded a perfect 10, I mean, that's not
an opportunity that comes around every day. (Dan)
I think he's a little low
on his estimate. I mean, I kind of doubted
that I was gonna get the price I wanted for it,
but I thought I'd be able to come a little closer
than that. No, I mean, I'm thinking
I'd give you 8 grand for it. You know, Jeremy
does this for a living. The way I look at it, if he
says that's what it's worth, that's probably
what it's worth. I'm not gonna be able
to come down that far. I mean, probably the lowest,
my bottom-dollar price, would be like 40 grand. Obviously we're not
gonna have a deal, 'cause 8 grand's it. Right. Okay, well, I appreciate you
taking a look at it. And come back in
if you change your mind. - Okay, thanks.
- Thanks, man. (Dan)
I thought the appraisal
was really lower than what true market value
is on this card. I think I'll just hold on to it. I'm confident that I'm gonna get
my price eventually, and if I don't sell it,
I'm happy with, you know, just willing it
to my grandkids someday. (Rick)
Hey, Bob. (Bob Yuhas)
Hey, Rick. Got your ride for you. (Rick)
I picked up a tricycle
from the 1930s. Collectors pay thousands
of dollars for things like this, but it needed
a ton of restoration before I could sell it, so I had Bob work his magic, and he's down here
to show it to me. What do you think? (Rick)
Damn, dude, this is how
a tricycle is supposed to look. [laughs] This thing
is absolutely amazing. Why did they stop
making stuff like this? I mean,
it's absolutely beautiful. It's art. So, I mean, was there a lot
of metalwork you had to do or... (Bob Yuhas)
There was a lot of metalwork. The big problems were,
we were missing the emblems. We were missing the axle caps
in the back, so I had to make those. Got the neckpiece re-chromed, the seat springs re-chromed, redid the seat with a little
cream piping. It's just cool-looking. I wish I could fit on it.
I'd ride it down the road. [both laugh] (Bob Yuhas)
When I picked up the tricycle, the condition looked rough, but I could see,
underneath all that stuff, it had potential in it. There's a lot of collectors
that go after an item like this. Pedal car collectors have 'em,
bicycle collectors, car collectors
who don't have room. This was styled after a car, so they could put this
in their house, and there's no maintenance. I'm really in awe
because, I mean, it's exactly the way
it should be. So... how much was it
to fix it? What I originally
told you: 850. Okay, 850. We'll stick
to that. All right, so 850. I paid 500. And this thing
should go for, like, close to 2,000,
shouldn't it? It's cool-looking. I think you should
be able to get that price
for it. Well, cool, man. Let me go get you
some money. Okay, great. (Rick)
Every time Bob comes in here, he surprises me. This thing looks... Damn, I'm speechless. God, I wish I just
had a museum where I could put
this stuff in. Then I'd go broke. [laughs] (Corey)
Hey, Paul.
What's up, man? What's up, Corey?
How are you? Doing good. I got something cool
for you. All right,
what do we got? I have the invitation
to John F. Kennedy's luncheon the day he died. Oh, wow. Okay. So, and this is the-- That's the actual ID badge
that you would wear inside-- The airport reception where
people were greeting him. - Yeah.
- Okay. People would actually
pay money and be at a little
small reception Kennedy would be in there
for all of maybe 5 or 6 minutes and then walk out,
and these people all got to say that they
had drinks with Kennedy. That's awesome. [laughter] (Paul)
I came down to the pawn shop
today to sell my JFK memorabilia. I kind of like history,
but I'm more interested in, like, the conspiracy theory on all that went on
with it. I want to sell
the JFK memorabilia because every time anybody
comes into my office, they always want to sit there
for hours and talk about
the assassination. Wow, that's not
something you see very often. This right here,
he was actually on his way to. I know.
Isn't that crazy? Definitely looks
original. "At a luncheon in honor of
President and Mrs. Kennedy. "Friday the twenty-second
of November "at twelve noon. The Trade Mart." November 22, 1963,
he was gearing up for his reelection campaign. Right. There was a few places
that he could have gone. I think the day of, they had
changed it to this venue. Yeah, they switched
the location. Which switched
where his car was driving. It's something that
conspiracy theorists have been thinking about. But it was arguably
one of the most significant days of the 20th century. You know, it forever
changed this country. Absolutely. (Corey)
John F. Kennedy is one of the most popular
presidents we've ever had. And collectors love
getting their hands on anything with his name on it, but there's a ton of his stuff
out there, so if you want to get
the big bucks, you really have to know
what you're looking for. So one thing we're
missing here on this is that it's not
addressed to anybody. Yes, I know. Okay, so this is--
this is one of the ones that didn't go out. Because it didn't
go out, doesn't that
make it more rare? It wouldn't be as rare
as if it was addressed to, you know, a really big
political figure or somebody, you know-- Celebrity. Celebrity
or something like that. Right. I mean, we could talk about
this stuff all day, but tell me what you're looking
to do with it, man. I want to sell it. Okay, what are you looking
to get out of it? Both of these things together,
somewhere around 800 bucks. Okay, that's a... That's a very grandiose idea,
my man. I'll be realistic
with you. Okay. You know, I'll offer you
100 bucks for it. Because I've got a few pieces
in my shop that I can put together
with this and make a big thing and make it
actually worth some money. Yeah, but this
is Kennedy. What about 600 bucks? It is in really good shape. I'll go 150. That's the most
I'm gonna pay. It really is. I will go jump
on my computer and find some cooler
Kennedy stuff for less money. What about 300? I'm telling ya, I'm about
to drop down to 125. All right, let's stop
there then. I'll take the 150. 150? Cool.
I'll meet you right over there. - We'll do some paperwork.
- All right, cool. (Paul)
I wish I would have gotten
to see Rick today because he likes
the presidential stuff a little bit more
than Corey does, and maybe I probably could have
got a little bit more. But, you know, 150.
Not too bad. (Rick)
See you tomorrow, guys. (Corey)
See you tomorrow,
Pops. (Chumlee)
All right, later, boss. [engine turns over] You guys
just hanging out? Waiting for someone
to come pick us up. We're going downtown. Okay. See you tomorrow, guys. (Corey)
Later. Watch this. Watch this. Watch this. [Corey laughs] [both laughing] (Chumlee)
That's funny. Yo! Take the long way home. There's traffic
on the freeway. (Rick)
See you, guys. (Corey)
How long do you think it takes before he realizes
that they're there? (Chumlee)
That might be on there
for days. (Corey)
Payback's a bitch, Pops. [Chumlee laughs]
