PAUL: Hey. How you doing? I'm good. How are you doing? What is this? 17th century padlock key gun. CHUMLEE: A key gun and a lock? Let's take a look
at the lock here. It's pretty freaking heavy. Wow. Yeah, it's its own weapon. [LAUGHS] PAUL: I'm at the pawn
shop today trying to sell my padlock key gun. The gun, it's a key
lock, and it looks fun. I believe it's worth $5,000. And I want to sell
it now because I would like to infuse my
businesses with some capital. This is pretty freaking cool. Does it work? PAUL: Yes, it works. There we go. And then you take it off. OK. How much are you
looking to get for this? $5,000. Whew. Um, the condition looks amazing. It looks really good. It's got a nice patina on it. But it's not, like,
rusted or anything. It almost looks
too good, you know? So I'd like to get someone in to
take a look at it because stuff like this is faked. And I'm going to need to
make sure it's authentic and put a real
solid value on it. I'm very cool with that. All right, wait right here. Give me just a few minutes, and
I'll have someone right down. Cool. I feel great about
an expert coming in. In my eyes, I'm pretty
certain that this is a wonderful piece of armory. ALEX CRANMER: That is cool. So collectors refer
to these as key guns. And they're actually
really rare. You don't find them very often. This dates somewhere
from about 1680 to 1720. It's difficult to
pin down exactly. What's amazing about this is
that it has the actual lock. Do you know if the
key works in it? Yeah, it actually works. It really does? Yes, sir. ALEX CRANMER: So there is a
little marking behind the lock. You see that? So it looks like a coat
of arms, or if it's German, a [INAUDIBLE]. And I can see sort
of the outline of the side of an
eagle, and then there's a letter N on the top. So it's definitely German. I think that's the city of
Nuremberg's coat of arms. I'm just going to pull
the hammer back, OK? Oh, that's good. So it's also got what
we call a dog lock. So this would allow
it to be safe. This is essentially a safety. And that would allow the user
to actually have it loaded, carry it around, without it
going off by accidentally pulling the trigger. I mean, this is a really
nicely designed key gun. Usually these are very crude. I would be curious to see if
it actually still functions. Like, if we could fire it. Is that something
you'd be open to? Yes, sir.
Sounds like fun. All right. CHUMLEE: He's asking quite
a bit of money for it. What kind of price
range could we put this in if it actually fires? I've seen key guns
go as cheap as $500. But those are the
very crude ones. Like I said, I've never seen
one with its original lock. So if it functions well, also
with the coat of arms on it, I think you're
approaching $10,000. Ooh. ALEX CRANMER: Has
Rick seen this yet? No. And if we're going to go
to the range and fire this, I'm definitely going to get him
down there, because you know how he is with guns and toys. ALEX CRANMER: Yeah, I think
he's going to like this. Maybe we can meet at the
gun range in a couple hours. That'll give me enough time
to get Rick on the phone and have him meet up there.
ALEX CRANMER: Sure. PAUL: Sure. See you guys there. Make sure you bring that. Absolutely. Can't wait to go to the gun
range and see it fire and get it sold. Based off what I just
heard from the expert, I think I can get
more than $5,000. CHUMLEE: Hey! Hey, gentlemen. How are you doing today?
- Very good. How are you?
What's up? See it for yourself. So we've got an
actual [INAUDIBLE] and correct padlock. And then here is
the actual key gun. And you can see-- Oh, that is cool. Let me take a look at it. And it works? ALEX CRANMER: It does work. Give it a test. So that. Yeah. And then this lifts up. Yep. And OK. CHUMLEE: All right, Alex.
What do you think? You want to get it loaded up? I brought a couple of
plates I'm going to go set up we can fire at.
ALEX CRANMER: Yeah, sounds good. All right. Where did you get the plates? Well, I got them from
the kitchen upstairs. Don't worry. There's more where
they came from, Rick. It's about a 35 caliber. So I have some
balls, some patches. And we're going to do a light
load of FFF black powder. This is really collectible
because it's odd. Key guns are out there, but
usually they're pretty crude and they don't work. All right, go for it, Chum. So the trigger is
just right down there. OK. You ready? All right. I'm going to show
you how this is done. 3, 2, 1. [GUN FIRES] Oh, yeah, boy! [LAUGHTER] Whoo! [SHATTERS] I'm pretty impressed. I mean, because usually with,
like, fun locks like that, they only work a third of the time. Yeah, exactly. But that one, you can tell by
the way in which it's built, it's a really quality piece. It's sort of the top of
key guns for its time. I mean, so what do
you think it's worth? This has a padlock,
and it functions as both a key and a gun, which is key. And the Nuremberg coat of
arms on it, that-- that really helps the value and
gives it some provenance. So based on all those things,
I think in an auction, you'd get about 10,000 for it. Damn. OK. I'll tell you if I get it, man.
- All right. Good luck.
- All right. - Thank you.
- Take care. So how much did
you want for it? Let's go 7 and 1/2. But you said 5 before
we came out here. Yeah, but it was
valued at 10,000 now versus what I wanted for it. OK, well, you have
to understand, OK. It's like this. You can put this in an auction
and after all the fees, you get eight grand,
but that might be two, three years from now. And if it goes in auction,
you're never really sure what you're going to get for it. You might get four grand. Hmm. So I'm offering five grand. It's more than a fair offer. I'm thinking 5,500. You know, I'm really
thinking the five. Well, let's meet somewhere
in the middle, like, you know, maybe 53? 52, and you've got a deal. 52 it is. Great. I'll take it. How did that just happen? That's how you close a deal. I'll take that. All right. I'll meet you back at
the shop and write it up. I got 5,200 locked
in, and I'm super happy with the transaction. It couldn't have
been a better day. Collect his gun. I'm going to go catch Alex. He forgot his stuff. Chum. Don't forget the lock, Rick.
