I brought you one of the
most positive and uplifting books I've ever brought you. OK. "The Dance of Death." It's a book from 1547. It is really cool. This is basically
a bunch of pictures of death coming to call. Back in the 1500s, if you
lived to like 50 years old, you're ancient. [laughs] I came into the
pawn shop again to see Rick to sell my copy
of the famous "The Dance of Death." It's magnificent in the way
that the images and the text sit on the printed page. I mean, it's a book from 1547. For a book as
beautiful as this, I think collectors from
all walks of life are going to be interested. Ah, this is pretty amazing. It's all woodblock
prints, right? Yeah. It's illustrated
by a wood blocks. It's actually done
by Hans Holbein. He was one of the most famous
artists of the Renaissance. He was the court
painter to Henry VIII. It's a very interesting work. Kind of grew out of the Black
Plague from the 14th century. How much do you want? Well, for "The
Dance of Death" I don't want to kill
you over the price, but I'm looking
for $10,000 for it. $10,000. You know what I do
when you come in. I'm going to call up Rebecca
and have her come down. Oh, yeah.
Of course. Let me get her down here
and see what she has to say. Yeah. Have her look at it.
- OK. All right.
Be right back. Thank you so much. I'm really excited that Rick
is going to show Rebecca. She's always reminding
me about condition. And this time I brought
her a beautiful book in beautiful condition. And she's going to be
really excited to see it. I hate to do this, but
something morbid awaits you. [laughs] Ah, yes. That is the book
I told you about. "The Dance of Death." Pretty neat, huh? It's amazing. It's beautiful. And, Rick, this is
officially my favorite book that you've had me look at. It's very, very interesting. And I know a little
bit about it. Well, this comes out of the
14th century in particular. Really bad century for
humanity, at least for Europe. I mean, not only the
Black Death, but famine. And, as a result, you get this
culture that starts looking at their mortality differently. Death is everywhere. We're not getting away from it. But on the other hand,
while we're alive, we still need some amusement. We need to enjoy ourselves. And "The Dance of Death"
kind of rides that line. Some of these scenes
are kind of funny, too. Look, Rick, I found you. [laughs] Look. See the merchant
who is all upset that death's taking his money?
- Yes. Yes.
That would upset me. [laughs] I love this book. It is one of the most
important works in the history of book illustration. The images in here are timeless. They're beautiful. And they speak to
the human condition. I have a few questions. It's been rebound. Yeah. But, obviously, it's
rebound very well. It is. And the original cover
would have probably been wasted anyway, right?
- Yes. Ideally, you would love to have
it in a contemporary binding. But whoever bound it, they
spent money on the binding and I wouldn't consider
that a deal breaker. - OK.
- OK? So what do you
think it's worth? OK. The early 16th century, there
are a number of editions. So this isn't technically
the first edition. That said, today, these
are really hard to come by. Yeah. I think that-- I think you could get
up to 16,000 for this. Cool. You could maybe even
get more, honestly. OK. Impressive price. I like that. I get visitation rights? You have visitation rights. OK. If I buy it. OK. [laughs] I really hope Rick buys this. And, honestly, I don't care
if it's at a good price. He should just buy it. And then I'll have to figure
out some way to get it from him. So would you
take $9,000 for it? Look, I'm not a person
to haggle, really. We do a lot of deals. But I love this book. This is really one
of the finest series of Renaissance illustrations. Let's just go down the middle. To 92? Don't bury me. [laughs] 95 down the middle. It's a fair price. If Rebecca is that
enthusiastic about this book, I can guarantee you're going
to find people who are even more enthusiastic about it. I have bought a
lot of books off you and I have made
money on every one. So you got a deal, bud.
- Done. - OK.
- $9,500 for the book. It's really close
to what I asked for. I'm going to take
this $9,500 and instead of focusing
on death, I'm going to be celebrating life.
