Can I help you? Hi. Yeah, I found this. I was cleaning out
some drawers and stuff. My mother gave it
to me years ago, and I was wanting to find
out how much it was worth. CHUMLEE: Seems crazy. What is it? RICK: It's a black widow. CHUMLEE: Is it poisonous? [scream] PEGGY: I just came
to the pawn shop today to try to sell
my grandmother's brooch that was given to me years ago. It's just a spider brooch. It's got a lot of
crystals and stuff on it. I don't like spiders, so I
just wanted to get rid of it. Do you know what
you have here? PEGGY: No, not at all. RICK: This is Fabergé. Fabergé was one of the most
famous jewelry designers in the world. He was the jeweler
to the Russian court. This is something right here. When people say Fabergé,
they mean Peter Fabergé, one of the greatest
jewelers of all time. This guy became famous
for his Fabergé eggs, but he actually made everything
from silverware to necklaces to rings. And just about
anything he touched is considered a masterpiece. What you have here is
pre-Revolution Russian imperial jewelry. That's onyx underneath there. This white metal right
here, that is all platinum. Those are diamonds. There's sapphires in the feet. Those are rubies in the eyes. This is the kind of
stuff that royalty wears. It's absolutely beautiful. I can't believe this woman had
a Fabergé brooch sitting around in a drawer somewhere. This is the one thing everyone
hopes they'll stumble across when they're going
through grandma's stuff. What did you
want to do with it? I want to get rid of it. And how much were you
looking to get out of it? Couple thousand. OK. Um. I would really, really
like to give you, like, 2,000 bucks for it. But unfortunately,
I have a conscience. All right, I'll
cut to the chase. I'll give you $15,000 for it. [laugh] Oh my god. You gotta be [bleep] me. No, I'm not. This is stuff you do
not see every day. How about 17? A man that's willing to
pay 15 will definitely pay 17 for that. No, he won't. I mean, literally-- All right, how about 16? I will give you 15. That's more than a
fair offer on this. How about 15-5? This is why I hate
having a conscience. This is Vegas. And I just told this
woman she hit the jackpot. And now she wants another spin. I can pay you 15 grand. That's more than a
fair offer on this. This is not something
that's gonna sell overnight. All right. You're a good man.
- OK. PEGGY: Thank you. Oh my god. I'm so shocked. I mean, I couldn't believe
it was worth $15,000. I hit the jackpot today. - Hello.
How can I help you? - Hi.
Looking to see if maybe you'd be interested
in purchasing this sword. - Oh, wow. - Are you a closet samurai
or something like that? - No. <i> I'm here at the pawn shop
today, hopefully to sell</i> <i> my 16th century
katana ceremonial sword.</i> <i> My father-in-law brought it
back from World War II</i> <i> when he was stationed
in Japan.</i> <i> I think this sword
is really cool,</i> and I'm looking to get 10,000. - It's a great piece
of history. During World War II,
there was this whole thing called the spoils of war
and war prizes. Might sound
a little strange now, but it just goes back from
thousands of years. I mean, that was
part of the soldier's pay. If you went to battle, you
got to take a few prizes home. Generally out of Europe,
they would take flutes, I've seen Lugers, I've
seen all these other things. One of the big things guys
brought back from Japan
was Samurai swords. - Wow. - Can you tell me
what this says right here? - Well, he actually did
ask a Japanese kid to tell him what the writings
meant. The kid said it was a sword used for beheading Christians. - Um, I mean,
I have never heard of the Japanese
beheading Christians. - Can we see the blade
on this thing? - Do you mind if I take it
apart, take a look at it? - Absolutely.
- Please. See a little
excitement in here. Ooh, check out
the blade on that sword. Don't be touching that, Rick.
You know better than that. What have I taught
you over the years? - What have you taught me?
- Yeah. Not to touch
that with your hands. - So what can you
tell me about this, Chum? Humor him.
What do you know about it? - Uh, let's see here. It's pretty old. Looks pretty nice. Definitely
looks like it was used. Probably beheaded,
you know, an out-of-line boss
once or twice in its time. <i> ♪ </i> - I definitely
find it interesting. What were you
looking to do with it? - Sell it.
- Okay. How much you want for it? - 10,000.
- Okay. To be perfectly honest,
I have no idea what it's worth. It's in need
of some reconditioning, I'll tell you that.
- Yes. - With these things,
I have a friend who knows everything
about them. Like, when these come in,
that's who I call. So, if you don't mind hanging
out for a little bit, I'll give him a call,
have him come down and check it out, and... - Great, excellent. - He'll give us a much
better idea what it's worth. Can you entertain
this young lady? - It's what I do, Rick. - I'm really looking forward
to Rick having the expert come in and tell us
all about the sword. Here it is.
So, what do you think? - Well, let me take a look
at the handle, with your permission. - Absolutely. <i> ♪ </i> That was slick. - That's got some
writing on the blade, huh? Seeing anything good
down there? - So, this blade is
actually very interesting, because during the 1800s, there was a great rebellion,
a civil war going on. And many factions were
trying to take over Japan. This blade was made in 1863
by Nagahiro, and was given
to the Lord of Choshu, to protect Japan
against enemies of the Emperor, the Imperial family,
and especially against the Tokugawa
or the military leader. So this is quite an important
sword historically. - She was told a story
that it was used for beheading Christians,
which I said, probably not. - There is a term called joyi,
that's written on the tang, which means protecting, or reverence
to the Imperial family. So, not literally beheading
Christians, but just anybody who was considered an enemy
of the Emperor at the time. - Okay, so, the question,
what's it worth? - Well, in
its present condition, and the fact that it has
very high historical value, I'd say this sword
is probably worth about... $10,000. - Wow. - All right, thanks, man.
- Okay. This sword is a very good buy
for the shop, because
it's a very unique item. <i> Any time you get a sword that
was actually owned personally</i> by the lord, that's got
to be something special. - All right, so, what are
you willing to take for it? I have to make money on it.
- Oh, I realize that. Five?
Can you make money with that? - Yeah, I can. I'd make a little
too much money at that. The fact of the matter is,
I don't want to, I don't take advantage
of people. 5,000 is just too low. I will give you $6,000 for it. I would go more,
but this is a multi-year project here,
most likely. So, I'm assuming 6,000
is fine, since you wanted five. - Yeah, 6,000 is great. - Okay, all right.
- Thank you. - Chum, will you write her up? - I'm gonna write
this ticket up, and then I might behead
you with the sword, Rick. - Uh-oh. <i> I'm amazed.</i> I asked for $5,000
for the sword, and Rick cut me some slack
and actually gave me six. That's awesome. that are very valuable
that I'm trying to get rid of at this point in time. - All right, where in the world
did you get these? - Well, my dear aunt Mary, she passed away,
and she turned them over to me. She left them to me
in her will. Now, these were originally
my grandfather's coins. So these coins go way back. - All right, these are
really interesting. So 1878, they started making
the Morgan silver dollar. - What do you got? It's the most collectible
of all the United States coins. There's tons
of different mint marks. There's a lot of variations
and everything. And generally,
with coin collecting, everyone wants the
highest grade coin possible. I mean, the higher the grade,
the more it's worth. But then a few years ago,
this craze happened where people wanted
to collect the lowest grade. They wanted to be able
to get ones. That's where the coin
is completely worn out from natural wear, not from any damage
or anything like that, where you can still
see the mint mark and still figure out the year. That's what these are
right here. And they're called lowballs. It's, like, graded
a one, two, three, or four. Everyone wants the ones. And these are all ones,
which is amazing. It's sort of crazy.
The price keeps on going down the lower the grade gets. Highest grade,
start going down. You get to, like, a four,
it gets down here. And then it goes back up.
It's crazy. - Okay, all right.
That sounds crazy, but hey. - We got some really good dates
in here too. - Yes, sir.
- These are all amazing. I mean, how much do you want
for them? - $200 for each one. That's 2,400
for the whole batch. How about that?
Now, that's a deal. Let's make a deal.
- That is a heck of a deal. It really, really is.
- Okay. - Okay?
- All right. - But I sort of have
a conscience. And they're worth
more than that. They really are.
- Okay. All right. - Okay, I mean,
these two right here, I could probably get 600,
700 bucks a piece out of. - Really? - I'd give you $4,000
for the lot. That is more of a fair price.
It really is. - Really?
- [laughs] - Can your conscience go up
even higher to 5,000 for the whole lot?
- No, no. $4,000, I think,
is a really reasonable price for these things right here. - I appreciate that. I'll take it. - Sweet.
- Thank you. I appreciate it. - Okay.
- I appreciate it. - If you go right over there... - All right.
- They'll get you paid. - I knew there was something
I liked about you. - [laughs]
- Take care, Rick. Thank you. - All right.
- All righty. TOM: I have a 1929 Cubs
World Series press pin The Cubbies! RICK: I think it's the only
team ever to go over 100 years without winning a World Series. I guess people just
feel sorry for the Cubs. Sure they do.
Sure they do. [laughs] TOM: I come to the pawn shop
today to sell my 1929 Chicago Cubs World Series press pin. I could use the money. I'd like to get at
least $1,000 for it. The least amount of money
I probably will take is about $800. RICK: Where in the
world did you get this? My mom passed a
few years ago and we found that in her jewelry box. RICK: You needed one of these
things to get in the press box. For the World Series, they
gave these out instead of credentials. And the reason they
probably did that-- a lot harder to fake. Sure. You put it right through
your lapel on your jacket. That's when everyone
wore a jacket. Being a sports
reporter in the 1920s was a pretty cool job to have. Baseball was more
popular than ever, thanks to guys like
Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb. So having a pin like this
would make you a big deal. The amazing thing is it's
in really good condition. There's not one chip in
the enamel that I can see. It's a good thing it's
from the Cubs, too. Because, you know, if you get
something from the Yankees, they're always going
the World Series. So it's not quite as big a deal. It really does mark
the end of an era. We're talking October 1929-- that was the height
of the Roaring '20s. Literally a few weeks after
this pin was given out, the stock market crashes. The whole world
went crashing down. Since this is from what
a lot of historians consider the Golden
Age of Baseball and it's in great shape, I can
definitely see some real value in it. Now tell me, what you
want to do with this? TOM: I'd like to sell it.
- How much you want for it? I'd like $1,000 for it. It's a seldom seen piece. RICK: I know it's a
seldom seen piece. And it's going to
be a quick seller. And, quite frankly, it's
a little-- actually, a little cheap, $1,000 bucks. OK. I was thinking, like, $1,200. I always want to maximize
my profit on anything I buy. But I also believe it's
really important to be fair. So when I see a customer
with a rare expensive item and making a big mistake,
I flag it when I can. Getting $1,000 for it it
just a little too cheap. TOM: Well, you know,
I appreciate that and I'll take 12.
RICK: OK. That's absolutely no problem.
I appreciate your honesty. That's now how you negotiate. RICK: Just go take the
item, go write him up. TOM: When He offered me $1,200,
I was a little surprised. I would have been
happy with $1,000. But he just wanted to be fair
with me, and I appreciate that. - So what have we got here? - I have some
Napoleonic-era medals. - Okay, we all know
how important Napoleon was in France
and during the 1800s. Pretty much conquered
most of Europe. Everybody knows about the whole
Napoleon-complex thing, which, believe it or not,
is actually not true. He was actually average height. I think that was just something
that his enemies just kind of-- a rumor that they made up, and it just kind of
stuck with him. So tell me where you got them. - I was in Europe
at an auction, and I accidentally won them. - How did we
accidentally win them? - So I wrote down
the wrong lot number, and this is what they gave me. - And what'd you
accidentally pay for them? - I accidentally paid $1,000
for them. - Okay. I am 99% confident that
these are Andrieu medals. When people say medals,
they typically think of military medals, gold medals
that you wear around your neck. The first Olympic medals
that they presented were just like this. These are actually
able to cast. They could be mass-produced. Okay, so we have
"Siege de La Bastille." I'm pretty sure
kind of translates into the "Storming
of Bastille." If you wanted to decorate
your house in the 1850s, this is the kind of stuff
you would hang on the wall. Give me an idea of what you're
looking to get out of it. - So I really just want to get
my money back, so I'd say $1,000. - Okay, you know, for something
that's close to 200 years old, it is in really,
really good condition. You know, it's not like
somebody used these as hockey pucks
or something like that. I mean, they've pretty much
stayed in the box the entire time. The condition is really good. Today is your lucky day. You have doubled
your money on these. I will give you 2,000 bucks. - Nice. Great.
I'll take it. - All right, sounds good to me. Meet my guys over there.
They'll write you up, okay? - Great. Thank you.
- Have a good day. RICK: I've been driving
for a couple hours now, and with no one to bug
me, it has been the best. Just crossed into
Utah, and I pulled into a little town
named Hurricane to look for some food. What do we have here? And I noticed a little antique
shop with a weird trailer out front, so I'm going to go
inside and see what they got. OWNER: Hello.
RICK: Hey. How's it going? OWNER: Good. How are you? RICK: All right. Just looking around. OWNER: Sure. Unfortunately, even
when I'm on vacation, I can't help myself. I'm always looking for deals. One of the weird things
about a random antique shop, you'll never know
what you'll find. It might just be
completely full of junk. It might be full of treasures. Might be overpriced. Might be underpriced. Is the player piano for sale? OWNER: Well, everything
has its price. What year is it? It's 110 years old. And it works and
everything like that? Here, try it. It's the hit of the store. RICK: OK. [piano playing] OWNER: What do you think? RICK: So what would
you take for it? It would have to
be more than $10,000. RICK: That's a little
more than I want to pay. OWNER: Well, I'd be in
trouble if I sold it. I gave it to my wife
for her birthday. How much do you
love your wife? [laughs] A lot. OK. What this place has got going
for it, it's pretty damn big. So there might be that one
little treasure stashed in the corner somewhere. This is definitely pretty cool. Excuse me. RICK: Yeah, do you know
anything about this? OWNER: It's on consignment. I don't know anything about it. Looks like some sort of helmet. RICK: Samurai helmet
it looks like. You're asking $300 for it. I probably shouldn't
tell you this, but you're not asking nearly
enough for this thing-- He had it priced for $300. I have a conscience. I believe in karma. I had to tell him
what it was worth. --because it could retail
for as much as $2,500. Really? RICK: Yeah. Wow. I own the Ugly Trailer
Antiques in Hurricane, Utah. With the samurai helmet,
I was really surprised that it was worth that much. That blew me away. I think the customer that
has it on consignment will be thrilled. RICK: This is
actually really cool. This is a samurai helmet
from late Edo period. FRED: When is that? Early 1600s to basically
1868, I believe, somewhere right around in there. You know, you had the emperor,
who was like the king, and then you had the
samurai which was sort of like the world court. They were basically the
equivalent of, like, dukes and earls in England. Over the years, I've seen
a few samurai helmets. I've seen a lot
of samurai swords. So when you get those
things in your store, you try and do a lot
of research on them. That way you know next time
they come in what to look for. I mean, everything on
this thing looks right. So how much would
you take for it? What will you give me? $1,250. I got to do a little
better than that. You only wanted
$300 to start with. [laughs] So what
will you take for it? Well, I think after what
I've learned about it today, I think we've got to have
at least $2,000 for it. $1,500? FRED: Come on. You can do better
than that. $1,700. I'll go $1,600. $1,650. All right, $1650. All right. Let's go write it up. Usually I say that. [laughs] Just goes to show when you
go into an antique store in a small town, every once in
a while you can find something. I think I can sell it quick. Sturgis, here I come. COREY: Hey, how are you doing? RANDY: Pretty good. I bought some magazines
at a garage sale, and these were tucked
in between the pages. They say Playboy on them. COREY: Shopping for
used Playboys, huh? RANDY: I came down
to the pawn shop today to sell my 1955
Playboy comic prints. I think these things can
be worth some big money, just because they're old
and they're from Playboy. I basically got them for free,
and I'm ready to cash in. COREY: So you got these
at a yard sale, huh? RANDY: Yes, sir. COREY: All right. You know much about them, or-- This one says October '55,
this one's December '55. OK. Yeah, this is not very long
after Playboy got started. I think Hefner worked
for Esquire magazine and asked for a $5 a year raise. And they told him to go pound
salt, so he got a $1,000 loan and went out and
started Playboy. Almost 65 years later, we're
still here talking about him. Multi-million. COREY: Yeah. Hugh Hefner knew how
to add a touch of class to his magazines. He had articles
from famous writers, and he hired some of the
best known cartoonists to draw his cartoons. It definitely separated Playboy
from the typical smut magazine. What they are is the
cartoonists would illustrate something,
draw it out, then he'd have to
get approval for it. And they would fly back and
forth like that over and over again, until they finally
put it in the magazine. This one's kind of funny. It's a cocktail waitress telling
the bartender to cut Benson off because he just pinched her. This one doesn't have
a caption, but I'm assuming the humor is is the guy
that's laying in bed is looking up at his own picture
as the attorney advertising in the hospital. These cartoons are
definitely a bit dated, but it is original
signed artwork. And 1950s Playboy stuff has
gotten real collectible. So what do you want to
do with them, my man? RANDY: I'd like to sell them. COREY: Any idea of
what you want for them? RANDY: I'd like $100 a piece. $100 a piece. [tense music] Be honest with
you, man, they're worth a lot more than that. RANDY: They're-- COREY: Yeah, they are
worth more than that. Me and my big mouth,
but how about this, I'll give you $500
a piece for them. That works for me. Well, I appreciate you
being honest with me. COREY: It sounds good, man.
- Sounds good. COREY: Let's go write it up. I couldn't believe they
were worth that much money. I got $1,000 in my pocket,
and I'm a happy man.
