Hey. A rifle, huh? Well, check it out. Oh. It's not a rifle. That's a sword. Yes, sir. What I have is a very old sword. I got this from my grandfather. He-- he recently passed away. He willed it to me. I don't know much
about the sword, just that it's worth
a lot of money. I'm hoping to get
$40,000 from it. I really don't have
much use for it, and I really don't
think he would mind if I used it for a
little bit of personal gain. It looks pretty cool. Do you know what it is? ALEX: I'm actually not too sure. I know my grandfather
got it at an auction. I just know that it's valuable. That's pretty much it. So-- At first glance, it's amazing. It's very ornate. It's got some very cool detail,
like, the head of Medusa, what looks like a lion
right here, a date of 1810 on it with some Russian writing. Let's take it out here. Ooh, that's nice. Careful. It is sharp. Yeah. That's really weird right there. That's Arabic writing. I'm kind of puzzled here. I mean, it's got
Arabic on the blade. It's got Russian
writing right here. It's dressed up
really nice and fancy, almost like a dress piece. You know what I mean? I'm just kind of at a loss here. What are you looking
to do with it? I'm looking to sell it. And how much are
you looking to get? Well, I was
looking for $40,000. [EXHALES] $40,000 seems like
a stretch to me. Do you know how much
grandpa paid for it? I actually don't. My uncle was telling
me, though, that he did pay a pretty penny for it. CHUMLEE: Well, this
blade is so nice, and the sword is so ornate. It's too much going on
here for me to decipher. I'd like to have
someone come in and take a look at it,
especially if you're asking money like $40,000. Of course.
Yeah. I mean--
ALEX: I understand. All right. Let me get my guy
Alex down here. And hopefully he knows something
about this sword, at least more than you or I.
- Yeah. Sounds good.
- All right. Give me a few minutes. I'll be right back. Great. I'm very happy that an expert's
coming in to take a look at it. I think that it would
help me out knowing its value and kind of knowing
a little more of the history. So even if I don't
sell it today, it would help me
out in the future. [CHA-CHING] It's not the holy
grail, but this thing is pretty mysterious. Wow. I know this sword. At least one of us does. [LAUGHS] Well, this is actually--
it's, like, a historically significant sword. Really? - Do you mind if I touch it?
- Go for it. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, my gosh. Yep. So this sword belonged
to a Russian prince. That name, Ivan
Ivanovich Odoevsky-- he was a hussar, and he was
killed at the Battle of Brienne in France in January 1814
by Napoleon's troops. Wow. He was a war hero. And this guy gets killed
with this sword on him. CHUMLEE: Whoa. ALEX CRANMER: So-- [CHUCKLES] That's what I
was confused about. It has an Arabic
mark on the blade. ALEX CRANMER: Yeah. This Arabic writing means
it came out of Persia, which wouldn't be uncommon for this. So this was built with
the intention of being, like, a head of state
sword, because this is about the finest
blade you can put on it. And, I mean, this
thing is massive. And you can hold
it and feel, like-- CHUMLEE: It's got some
weight to it, doesn't it? Yeah.
And it's well balanced. So-- It'll definitely
take an arm off. That's for sure. This was not just
a ceremonial sword. This was also a battle sword. CHUMLEE: But it does have a
ceremonial feel to it, right? Oh, you're completely right. It's about his
fancy as they come. I mean, it's beautiful. I mean, it's-- it's
really second to none. You know, the only-- I've never seen
you speechless. I-- it's-- it's
just, you know, you hear about these things. You never really think
you're gonna, like, walk in and see it. What kind of value
do you think this has? ALEX CRANMER: So
here's the thing. This sword sold at
auction for $30,000. And frankly, the
sword undersold. Now, the funny thing
about the auction is it wasn't the right
auction to put it in. And so the collecting
community didn't actually know that this was out
there until after it was sold. If you take it to
auction today and get it in front of the right buyers,
I would imagine you're talking $75,000, $100,000. CHUMLEE: Well, I think
that's all I needed to hear. All right.
That was a lot. Thanks for coming down. Thank you for
letting me see it. Thank you.
Of course. Of course.
Yeah. CHUMLEE: All right. It's a lot to take in. Mm-hmm. It is. CHUMLEE: So for me to be in
this sword anywhere comfortable, I'd buy it for $20,000. Yeah, I don't know about that. Yeah. The problem is it's
too big of a risk for me. I'd love to offer you 50,000 for
this sword, possibly even more. But it's already sold
once in an open market, and it didn't come anywhere
close to the reserve it was expecting.
- Yeah. Right.
Right. CHUMLEE: So it's just a
dangerous territory for me. Yeah. I don't know if I can
do that, especially after what he just said. I don't blame you, man. You know, because now that
makes me think that I should find the right auction for it. All right. Well, thanks for coming in. - Listen, I appreciate it.
- Have a good day. You too. Thank you. After knowing the actual
value on this sword, I'm kind of glad
I didn't sell it. And I think now I'm going to
try to find the proper auction, and hopefully I can put it
in front of the right people to get a better price for it.
