male announcer: On this episode
of <i> Pawn Stars...</i> I have an interesting
old rare book, but what's special about this is this is Thomas Jefferson's
personal copy. Whoa. This is absolutely great. Have a 1762
Grice Brown Bess musket captured at the Battle
of Saratoga in 1777. (Rick)
So you're saying this belonged
to a Revolutionary War guy. Yes. It's amazing.
I'll tell you that. (Sean)
All right, Rick,
you ready? 4, 3, 2... (Sean)
Oh, yeah! (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> [upbeat rock music] ♪ (Corey)
Hey, how's it going, man? All right.
How's it going? What do we got? I got these 1940s, 1950s
vintage ice cream signs, depicting Donald Duck. Donald Duck Fudgi-Frost and Ducky Dubble. You had to make me choose
a Disney character, it would be Donald Duck. There's so many different
variations of Donald Duck. I mean, there's Huey, Dewey,
and Louie, Scrooge McDuck,
Daisy Duck. Mickey just seemed like
a weird kid. [laughs] (Jaime)
I wanted to sell my signs today because I sold 'em at auction
before, but it takes a little long time and you have to pay
auction fees. If I was a kid, it would entice
me to buy the orange popsicle, because I liked
orange popsicles. So what do you know
about 'em? They used to be distributed
to ice cream customers, and they would sit
on the countertop, and you would take
the ice cream wrapper and put it on the pop-out, and then it had a standee
so it could stand up on top of the counter, so when people came
to buy ice cream, they would see the wrapper with whatever ice cream
they were selling. I mean, it'd make sense
to use Donald Duck to promote ice cream. I mean, who buys ice cream?
Kids. Most popular Disney character.
Goes hand-in-hand. Do you know why he always
dressed like a sailor? I have no idea. 'Cause Walt Disney said, "He's a duck, so he has
to dress like a sailor because he's in the water." Ah. Makes sense.
Makes sense. So what are you looking
to get out of 'em? I was looking to get 700
for each one. Uh, where'd you get
that number? I sold this one at auction
for 899, and I sold this one
for 7-something. Okay. So I figured I'd average out
that 700 each. Buddy, I would run as fast
as I can back to that auction and throw these in it. I'll go 250 total. They're not Picassos. They're Fudgi-Frost
Donald Duck signs. Um, I mean, I could take,
like, 500. 250 is gonna be the most
I can do, man. That's it? That's absolutely the best
I'm gonna do on it. Um... All right, I'll sell 'em
to you for 250. - Deal?
- Deal. All right, I'll meet you
over there. All right, thank you. I was hoping to get 700 apiece, but I know the market's down
a little bit, so I was happy
just to get rid of 'em. Now I'm gonna take that $250 and buy some orange popsicles. (Rick)
Hey, how's it going? (Jack)
Pretty good. I have an interesting
old rare book I'd like to sell. Okay. This is the Treaty of Amity,
Commerce, and Navigation, otherwise known
as "Jay's Treaty." But what's special about this is this is Thomas Jefferson's
personal copy. Whoa. Um... This is absolutely amazing. Anything out
of Jefferson's library is really rare because
his original library he sold to
the Library of Congress, and then he went home
one day and says, "Damn, I ain't got no books." [laughs] (Jack)
My great-great-grandfather amassed a fairly formidable
collection of rare books. The book is mine entirely. I had actually offered it
to the Library of Congress, but they already had a copy, so I felt free to do
with it as I wished. This is really, really great. Thomas Jefferson, he was
a person who loved his books. He loved to read every night. Incredibly educated.
He was an inventor. Where in the heck
did you get this? My great-great-grandfather
worked in the Senate, and he bid
at the estate auction of Jefferson's
retirement library. He bought that along with
a number of other books. This all the books he bought
or... These are all books
he bought. This is the only one that's
still left in the family. And you can that he paid
15¢ for it. Really?
[laughs] I'm gonna ask a little bit
more than that. Okay. That is pretty damn amazing. I mean, you got the receipt. You can't really get better
proof than this right here. [laughter] Jay's Treaty was a very
unpopular piece of legislation, but it was really significant because it was our first major
treaty with another country. So if this book actually
belonged to Thomas Jefferson, we're talking a lot of money. So the treaty was probably
only a few pages long, so the rest of this
is commentary on it? - Yeah.
- Okay. And there's actually
something else very interesting
about this book. I believe that this written
in here "by John Beckley" is in Thomas Jefferson's
handwriting. This is super exciting. I'm assuming you want
to sell it. Is that why you're here? - Yes.
- Okay. And how much are you looking
to get out of it? I'm looking for 75,000
for this. Okay.
Um... I'm gonna call a friend
of mine. I think he'll actually pee
himself over this thing. [laughter] Hang on a few minutes. I'm gonna go give him a call,
if that's all right. That's fine. And hopefully
we can make a deal. - Good.
- Okay? Thank you. I'm maybe a little concerned that the expert might not know exactly what this book is, and if he expresses an opinion
with which I disagree, I won't hesitate
to set him straight. (Corey)
The game was fun last night. That's what I'm saying; we
should go to more games, dude. You know, the Aztecs came up with, like, the first
kind of basketball. (Corey)
Why? I was having a perfectly decent
conversation with Chum, and you had to come
nerd it up. Why?
What was the purpose? (Chumlee)
You always nerd it up. You know, some people
enjoy learning. (Chumlee)
"Hold on, guys. I've got another fact that's
gonna make this really boring." Chum, you think everything
is boring. You really need to expand
your horizons. Anyways, you see that video
on YouTube where the guy walked
for the first time? I did, dude.
That was pretty epic. (Rick)
Benjamin Franklin tried
to help out a guy who was paralyzed
with electricity and almost killed him. (Rick)
Do you guys know when clapping
first became popular? (Corey)
Stop. (Rick)
Hey, what's up? I have a 1762
Grice Brown Bess musket. It's British. Whoa. It's amazing.
I'll tell you that. - You ever fire it?
- I've never fired it, no. It is definitely
a weird thing, firing one of these. This thing's a .75 caliber. Yes. But the the thing is, the old movies where they go, "Ready, aim, fire," they never said that, because there was no
aiming this gun. So what the English officers
would say, would say, "Ready, level, fire." Because they would get down
there somewhere. [laughter] (Thom)
I came down to the pawn shop to sell my 1762
Grice Brown Bess musket. The gun is in excellent
condition considering its age. I was told that I could get
around $65,000 at auction with all the pedigree
that I have with it. The least I'll take is $50,000
for it. The neat thing about
the Brown Bess is it was like the first
standard issue rifle for an army. They standardized
gunpowder manufacturing. Before this gun, you brought
your own gun with you. I mean, this is why
the English government were so successful militarily. So where did you get
this thing? I actually came across it
at a yard sale. The story that I have behind it was that it was captured
by Nicholas Veeder at the Battle of Saratoga
in 1777. So you're saying this belonged
to a Revolutionary War guy. - Yes.
- Interesting. This is him at 99 years old. And what was neat
that we found was his initials NV
for Nicholas Veeder are in the brass plate
right here. Okay, do you have
provenance on it? Like a letter
from the family? This was the bill of sale. Okay. How much do you want
for this? I was asking 65,000
for it. [sighs] I mean, the fact that
you have a Brown Bess in the United States
in this great of condition is pretty amazing. If this guy's story is true, and this gun really did belong
to Nicholas Veeder during the war, then this is a very rare and
sought-after piece of history. What I need to do right now is, I really want someone
to look at the gun. You know, I can tell you
the history of the Brown Bess and everything like that, but I can't tell you
exactly which model it is, how much it's worth
and everything like that. And I want him to look
at all your paperwork too. Absolutely. Okay, so hang out
a little bit and maybe shop something. - Be right back.
- Okay. I think it's great
that an expert get called into verify
that it is authentic and it hasn't been
monkeyed with. I think my provenance
is excellent for the pedigree. (Rick)
A guy came in with a musket that he says was owned
by a soldier during the Revolutionary War. If his story checks out, this could be
a very sought-after piece of American history, so I asked Sean to come down to help me get
to the bottom of this. Um, I got this gem: a Brown Bess that's
in really great shape. You know, I'm gonna start
shaking here in a minute, because you just don't
see these things. This is wonderfully untouched, as we call "out of the attic"
condition. And why I think it's original is because this is aged,
you know, rusted appearance has not been altered. Now, back in the day,
in the heat of battle, you could actually
load and fire this without using the ramrod, and that would save
a lot of time. If you had your enemy
really rushing you, and you had to reload
that much faster, with a smaller caliber ball, it would roll all the way down. To seat the ball,
they would slam the musket down on the ground. Now, when you were to then
fire the musket, they would have to have it
up at the ready position, and then slightly get
right to level, and then pull the trigger, because if you go
any further down, the ball's gonna roll out. Right. Right.
Okay. You know what, I'm liking
this more and more. You have any concerns
about it? Oh, yeah. He has paperwork here saying that it's from Nicholas Veeder, who served in
the Revolutionary War, then it was passed down
through his family, but is this the one
that Nicholas Veeder got during
the Revolutionary War, and how much does that
really add to it? It does add
something to it. What concerns me is that there's lots of other guns
in this picture, and how many guns
did this family sell that may or may not have
belonged to that one guy? If they were to have said that, you know, the one
that's marked Grice 1762 with the initials
on the escutcheon, then it'd be hard
to argue. Well, the bill of sale
I have has that. Well, okay, but that means going and getting
a statement notarized, which holds some credibility. (Rick)
So what do you think
it's worth? Retail these would sell
anywhere from 15,000 to 20,000, just by itself. Okay. Thanks for all the info, dude. Absolutely. He's really almost there as having 100% provenance, but without
a notarized document, it's just a story. It's a great gun.
I absolutely love this thing. But you need more. - Okay.
- You just do. I mean, the way it sits
right now, I'd give you 15,000 for it. Which is not there.
I'm just not there. Okay, well, all right. If you change your mind... I thought 15,000 was low, considering the condition
of the musket, the rarity of the musket, and the history that comes
with the musket. (Rick)
Actually sweeping up with
no one telling you to do it. That's sort of shocking. Chum, let's do this. Perfect. A little bit of air
taken out of it. - Yeah.
- All right. I'll drop it, and we'll go. What are you doing? A little broom ball. What is broom ball? It's a cheap man's
version of hockey. Chum,
why are you doing this? This is a boring job. I mean, you got to come to work
in the same stupid shirt every single day. Most people
love their job here because it's so interesting. Just let us worry about
not being bored, and you just go worry
about the work. This is not what you do
on your break. You do not play broom ball
in my warehouse. Ooh, Debbie Downer came. There's a break room
upstairs. We should play up there? No! (Corey)
What do we got? I have got something
that's going to astonish you. It's a World War I
horse respirator, better known
as a horse gas mask. It's pretty interesting, man. A guy's riding his horse, they find out
they're being gassed, and, just like in a plane, put your mask on, then help
the person next to you. Put your mask on before
you put the horse's on. (Kevin)
This item was used back
in World War I. They did use lots of horses, as they did not have
a whole lot of wheel vehicles back in the days. I'm looking to get $1,000
for this. Anybody that's into the wars would appreciate
this horse gas mask. So where did you get this,
man? I found it
in former Yugoslavia when the war did start up
in '92. Okay. The way this would work,
pretty much, is these things would
filter the air, same way as a painting mask
does today, pretty much. Absolutely. This--almost like a sock,
you would roll this over the horse's head,
and that's for his ears. And this would be
on his snout. During World War I, poisonous
gases like mustard and tear gas were used as chemical weapons. But even though they were using
planes and tanks, horses were still being used
in the field too, so these gas masks
were really important in order to protect 'em. So what are you looking
to do with it? I'm looking to sell it. Any idea of what you want
to get out of it? Um, I'm looking at about
1,000 bucks. I think you're about right
for retail at 1,000. I got to make money too,
though. I'll give you 500 bucks
for it. Being the condition
that it is, would you kind of go 7? I'm gonna hang around
closer to 5. It's not like this is a highly,
highly sought-after thing that, you know, people
are gonna walk in here and just have to buy
when they see it. Wouldn't go 6? You found it in a hole. [laughs] - I'll go 550, man.
- 550? Fair enough. All right, my man,
come with me. - I'll write you up.
- Okay. I was hoping to get
at least $800, but it didn't cost me nothing, so basically it's 100% profit
for me. (Rick)
I guy came in with a book
on Jay's Treaty that he says was owned by
Thomas Jefferson himself. If this book was really
in Thomas Jefferson's library, it's an incredible find. So I called Stuart in because I'm really gonna
need help on this one. ♪ Ah If this is what you said it is, I'm gonna be very excited,
personally. Well, no, this is
the great thing. He's got the receipt. That's pretty amazing. [laughs] After the British
burned Washington during the War of 1812, all the books
went up in smoke, so Jefferson sold
his private library to the Library of Congress. If this is truly from
Jefferson's Library, it really could be
an American treasure. So let me get this straight. So after he sold
all of his books to the Library of Congress, he started buying up new books
to fill his library again. Yes. He really hated the idea of Monticello being empty, and that was the called
the Retirement Library which was sold in 1829
after he died and was in debt. If I can just flip through
the book a little bit more... Jefferson had a secret way
of marking his books. He would go and he'd find
the I page, and he put a T,
his first initial T, in front of the I page. So... That is what they should
look like there. Thomas Jefferson was one
of the most important founding fathers. There are very few of his authentically owned books
out there, so when one comes up,
it really is a special time. There's also a name
written right here. We don't know if it's in
Jefferson's hand or not. John Beckley was actually
important in Jefferson's life. He was one of his early
campaign managers and a friend of Jefferson
and an early ally. I've sold a lot of Jefferson
materials and seen a lot, and that... looks like Jefferson's
delicate handwriting. Okay.
Good to know. Yeah, that's kind of neat. That is an awesome piece
of American history. Okay, now
the big question is, what do you think
this would go for? Jefferson to this day
remains very popular among autograph collectors,
book collectors. If I were offering this
one of my good clients, I'd probably put a price of $75,000 on it, so... Um, okay. It has inflated from 15¢. That's good. Thanks, man.
I appreciate it. All right, thanks a lot.
Nice to meet you. Good luck with it. Thomas Jefferson is really high
among collectors. He's one of the blue chip
American names, along with George Washington
and Abraham Lincoln, so if Rick does buy the book, I don't think it'll be that hard
for him to find a buyer for it. ♪ Ah It's a book on Jay's Treaty from Thomas Jefferson's house. That is an awesome piece
of American history. Thomas Jefferson,
there are very few of his authentically owned
books out there. I'd probably put a price
at $75,000 on it. Thanks, man
I appreciate it. All right, thanks a lot. - Good luck with it.
- Thank you. Okay. [exhales sharply] What's your best price? Well, 75,000
is my asking price. Okay. I'm a buyer at $40,000. I know that seems
a big stretch from 75, but I have to make
some money off it. I don't know if I'm gonna
sit on it for a week. I don't know if I'm gonna sit
on it for five years. Okay. I could take it down
to 60,000. I couldn't do that. I will go 47, and I am
skittish at that, because there's so
few people in this world that have that kind of money
to spend on a book. And there are so few books
in the world like this. Yes. 50,000.
That's it. 50,000. You can have it for 50,000. I'll walk out of here. Let me have it for 48. No, it's got to be 50. It's got to be 50. Oh, my God. I can't let go below 50. - Deal.
- Sold. Okay.
All right. Um, I own
a really expensive book. You do.
Congratulations. All right, let's go do
some paperwork. - Okay.
- All right. - All right.
- Cool. It's hard to see how
my great-great-grandfather could be anything but pleased. I'm very pleased to have gotten
$50,000 for it. I would have sold it
for less than 50 grand. [dog barks] (Corey)
What do we got here? You won't believe it, but we've got a speedometer basically from a spy plane. Oh, that's awesome, man. Let me take a look at it. That'd be the SR-71 Blackbird. (Chumlee)
Not some kind of double agent,
are you? Yeah. The SR-71 was badass. It was the fastest plane
that America ever had. I'm thinking at least 500
would be what I need for it, and the least I want to take
is probably 2 1/2. (Corey)
Real, real interesting plane. So what do you know
about it, man? There was only about 30
of these plans built. You can tell it's frozen
at over 1,000 miles an hour at Mach 1.4. - Wow.
- That's really fast. (Corey)
It's really cool that it has,
like, the Mach setting inside there. The plane has just been
so shrouded in mystery since the day it came out. Talking about a plane that
would do 2,200 miles an hour. Right. The G forces are so gnarly that they have to wear
these special suits to squeeze the guys
so they don't black out. Mm-hmm. Apparently they decommissioned
all of them. Okay. Know what you want
out of it? 500. It's interesting,
it's cool, but at 100 bucks it's something
that I feel comfortable with. Oh, no. Not something I have,
you know, people lining up out
the door to buy. True, true, true, but it's got to be worth
more than 100 bucks. It is absolutely worth
more than 100 bucks. I'll probably put
a $300 price tag on it and take the first 200
that comes along. Well, I really got to have
at least 2 1/2. Ain't gonna happen. Tell you what,
I'm comfortable around 150. It's just got to be
worth 2 1/2. Well, man, I'm gonna go ahead
and let you deal with Chum. Chum, don't pay more
than 150, and you can sit here and argue
with this guy, all right? - All right.
- Have a good day, man. Is that the best you can do? You heard the man. All right, let's take it. All right, come on.
Let's write it up. I ended up selling it
at 150. I think it's a little bit low, but still tripled my money, so it's all good. (Rick)
So how are your guys' day going? (Corey)
Same as always. Boring. (Rick)
So why are you bored? There's tons of interesting
stuff around here if you know the stories
behind them. Um... Yeah, I do know
the boring stories behind most of this stuff. It's just a museum of boring,
stupid, plain [bleep]. So what about
the 1650 matchlock? That's a cool piece
of history. (Chumlee)
Yeah, let's go shoot it. Well, that one
we really can't shoot. Boring. Chum, if you have
a little patience, things can get exciting
around here. (Richard)
You think that talking to you and putting up with your ass is not boring? (Rick)
It's irritating. (Richard)
Both. [laughing] [lively rock music] (Rick)
A guy called me and he told me he's got a tiny house for sale. They're hot items right now. I mean, it's no longer
a fad. It's a lifestyle. So you built this thing? Yep. Took a while, but it came out
pretty nice, I think. It's interesting. Well, it's unique. It's a kind of handmade thing. It's like a piece
of craft furniture. Okay. I can see going a little
retro like this. You know what I mean? I can't imagine living in one
of these things with kids, 'cause, you know,
I got six kids, and usually I want them
far away. [laughs] (Jim)
This tiny house I have, it's designed to have
everything you need to live. The house is made from sustainable and recycled
materials in a nontoxic manner. I want to sell this tiny house because I put a little bit
too much into it, and I've learned
a lot of lessons. This is neat. What exactly does it have
in it? Well, the siding is cedar,
which is a wood,; it's sustainable. Has the ability to use
this little solar panel, to take the lighting
off the grid, a separate circuit. The trailer has recycled
metal parts, windows are the highest
argon, rated low E, so it's very well insulated. The idea is to make this
as Earth-friendly as possible every step of the way. Can I go inside
and take a look? Yeah, sure.
Do. Yeah. Hope you like it. The tiny house movement
started in, like, the late '90s. Sort of a cool thing,
you know what I mean? Just a little less stuff, and I think a lot of people
need less stuff. My wife tells me that
all the time. [laughs] So this is it, huh? This is it. It's cool. It actually looks
a lot roomier inside than you would think. That's the sleeping quarters
up there? That's right. Everything is here
that you need to live. You got a shower.
You got the toilet. You got the stove. And it's all sustainable or as green as possible. Well, there's definitely
possibilities here. This is... You know what, I mean,
if you lived a simple life, you could live here. It's not that bad. You could think about guests
from out of town. You can have the mother-in-law
here and not in the house. [laughs] If I can get this thing
for a good price, I think I can resell it. Basically you can park
this thing anywhere and you're living. So you want to sell it? I want to sell it. How much you want for it? 38,000. Okay. Um, gosh. The thing's definitely
got possibilities. But there's a lot
of problems with it. Okay? I'm assuming you're not
a finish carpenter. - No.
- Okay. All the finishes inside are really bad, okay? Okay. You're definitely not
a roofer either. See, you have metal
right next to wood? Yeah. That will rot that out, and that will start leaking
in no time. I dig it, but, you know, the way it sits, I'd give you 20 grand. No.
[laughs] 20 is just not gonna do it. I mean, that'd be way
upside-down. My bottom would be 28. No, I mean... All I can do. I'm just looking at all
the work I gotta do on it. I think you're kind of
exaggerating. Well, no, I mean,
even if it's a tiny house, okay, you want it looking
really nice. [sighs] I mean, I would go 22 on it. That's what I can do. [sighs] I'm just gonna have to wait. Okay, if you change your mind,
give me a call. All right, thank you
very much for coming. Appreciate it. Cool, man. The criticism I got
seemed rather extreme. Had a lot of icky-dicky
picky things I think to drive the price down. With the cost of materials
and time and labor, 22,000 is just not gonna work
for me. I need to get a higher number that I can get my money
out of this project. (Corey)
Hey, how's it going, man? What do we got? I have a 1970s
Gibson Marauder guitar that I would like to show you. My man, what am I supposed
to do with this? It's busted in half. It is busted in half, but this was actually used
in a KISS concert in 1979, and this is the guitar
that Paul Stanley used at the end of the show, where he swings it,
tries to break it. This one, however,
stayed mostly whole. Wow, that's really interesting. Most of those people left
the concert with a t-shirt. You got a piece of history. [laughs] (Casey)
I came down
to the pawn shop today to sell my
Gibson Marauder guitar that Paul Stanley handed me
during one of the concerts. I want to sell the guitar today because my wife wanted to go
see the pope, I wanted to go see KISS, so 35 years later with
the dollars I make from this, I can do some things and ask for a little bit of forgiveness
from her. Yeah, Paul Stanley, he was one of
the founding members. Him and Gene Simmons, they were actually
in a band together, and then ended up
forming KISS. How did you end up getting this? Well, in the late '70s, actually saw the band, pulled out my camera, the bodyguards
kind of grabbed me and said there's no pictures. Paul Stanley who came
kind of to my aid, we talked for a couple minutes, told him I was a fan,
just there for the show. At the end of the show, he grabbed the guitar. He swung this one
several times. It just wouldn't break. And then he handed me
the guitar. Oh, wow,
that's awesome, man. Yeah, and I actually got-- I ended up keeping
the whole ticket, and I got the second part
of the ticket, and I also got a pick
from Paul Stanley, which is pretty cool. And that is a picture of me
with the guitar in 1979, right after I got the guitar. Okay, you got a really cool
story here, man, and you got a really cool
piece of KISS memorabilia. KISS is one of the biggest bands
in the '70s, and they've got some
really devoted fans. They literally call themselves
the KISS Army, so there's a huge fan base
for KISS, and anything connected with them
generally sells. What are you looking to do
with it? I'd like to sell it. Any idea of what you're
looking to get? I would like to get $7,000
for it. Do we have any, like,
solid proof that this is the guitar
from the show? You know, I looked through
all my pictures, and I don't have any pictures
of them playing this guitar. I know he played
a Gibson Marauder. I know he did this, you know,
in a bunch of shows. I just... I don't know if it's worth
$7,000 or not. Do you mind if I have
a friend come down and take a look at it? Okay, that'd be great. Just go ahead and hang out. I got some guitars
hanging around the store if you're interested in 'em, and I'll be right back, okay? Excellent. I'm glad they're calling in
and asking for a second opinion. I've seen what some of these
guitars go for online, and I'd love to get
this opinion. (Corey)
A guy came in with
a broken guitar that he claims was smashed
by Paul Stanley from KISS. I really want to believe
this guy's story, but I trusted everybody that
walked through this door, I'd be out of business. So I called in Jesse to see
if he can authenticate it. Wow. I'm assuming it's from a KISS concert by the ticket. Yeah. [laughs] Apparently it's one of the ones Paul Stanley broke onstage. That's pretty cool. He's kind of known for that. There's actually a whole website dedicated to the guitars
he smashed. The guy that does the website estimates, like, 1,596
or something crazy like that that he smashed. KISS memorabilia
is extremely collectible. There is a huge market
for KISS stuff, from memorabilia down
to the dolls and action figures and stuff
that they made of the band. So seeing a guitar that
was smashed in the heyday is pretty awesome. What year?
What year did you see 'em? 1979. Dynasty tour. We--it was a fun show. Yeah, Paul actually did this quite a bit. This was his thing, and the Gibson Marauder
was usually the victim. [laughs] You mind if I take a look
at it real quick? No, please. Yep. It's a '79 for sure, so that's right. Look at that. They probably wanted it
to explode when it hit the ground. They pre-cut the guitar so the neck would break,
and it didn't. [laughs] Wow, that's very rock star
of him. So here's my deal, he's got pictures
of the concert, him holding
the broken guitar... Oh, wow. We go the concert ticket
and a pick. Feels like something's missing to kind of guarantee it here. What are you thinking? You know, there's no doubt
in my mind that this was Paul Stanley's, and it was broken
and stuff like that, but you got to look it from
when you're selling stuff that's memorabilia
and collectibles, these guys want everything,
all the ducks in a row. So, you know, if you
got it framed up and put in a cool
presentation box and all that stuff, and factored in all those costs, you might be able to pull... $7,000, $8,000. Jesse, I appreciate
you coming down, man. No problem. I'll give you a call
a little bit later. Yeah, yeah.
Cool. Let me know if you
end up with it. All right.
Catch you later. It's got a good story. You know, the guy was there, and it's a cool guitar. I don't think he'll have
too much of a problem selling it if
he ends up with it. So with that, I'm feeling
pretty good about the 7,000. Unless you think
it's worth more. [chuckles] Would you go 5? Uh... That is a good offer. No, I'm gonna stick to my guns, and based on what I heard
from the expert, I think this was worth 7. And that's gonna require
a custom frame and mounting. What about 5,500? You know,
I think I'm gonna pass. All right, well, if you're gonna
pass on it, my man, that's your prerogative, and I'm always here. If you change your mind, please bring it back. All right. Very good.
Thank you. I walked in here
with the least amount that I would take is 5,000, but after I heard the opinion
of the expert, something told me I could
probably do better. I can only hope that my wife
will forgive me. (Rick)
It's you again. Well, woke up this morning, and thought, well, why not go
down to the pawn shop and let those guys beat up
on me for a while. So got a gun off the rack
and brought it in. Marlin 1881.
You familiar with that gun? Yes, obviously you like me, because you keep on
coming back. Yeah, like a bad penny. [laughs] (Rob)
Today I brought in
a Marlin model 1881 octagon barrel rifle. The gun's in much better
than average condition. I think realistically
the gun should sell between 3,000 to 4,000, and I'm gonna hold
pretty firm to that. For the guy that's
an ardent cowboy shooter, this is a kind of gun
he's looking for. This is really cool. This is the gun
that Winchester feared would put them out
of business. That's right. In in the 1880s,
powder was evolving, and so suddenly they had
modern-day powder, but they didn't have guns
that would shoot it. And Marlin came out with
a first gun with a heavy enough frame that they could accommodate
the big cartridges with the modern powder. Well, actually the giant
leap forward with this gun wasn't really the cartridge. - It was the steal.
- Mm-hmm. Suddenly you could
have a barrel that didn't weigh
a gazillion pounds that could handle these
big rounds of powder. So this was arguably the best gun in the world
when it came out. - It really was.
- Yeah, yeah. The amazing thing is,
you have, like, double set triggers on there. I've never-- Very, very rare in this gun, and very desirable. The guy who bought this planned on shooting game
very, very far away. You know,
at 500 or 600 yards, pulling a trigger
can get your aim off, so you click that back, and then you breathe
on this one, and it fires. Breathe,
sometimes breathe hard, but breathe is all it takes. The 1881 Marlin is a unique
part of firearm history. At the time, it was one
of the most expensive rifles on the market. I missed out on a great musket
this morning. I'd hate to miss out
on this one too. Now, um,
the double set trigger is a really odd thing. I know what they go for
on Winchesters. How much you want for it? I'm looking for 3,000 bucks. Okay. You know, I'd really like
Sean to take a look at it, 'cause he's gonna help me
with the price. I can call him up and he can
meet us at the shooting range. I can fire it. I can check out this
double set trigger, get his opinion, and maybe we'll come
to a understanding. Or maybe not. Sometimes it's very difficult
with you. [laughs] Just grab your gun. We'll jump in our cars, and we'll go out there. You bet. Once Rick shoots this gun, I won't have to say
another word. The gun's gonna sell itself. [sighs] Does he spend every lunch
like this? Absolutely. He said things were boring
around here, so I was gonna ask Chum
if you want to go shoot some guns, but obviously
that's not gonna happen. Want to go with me? I ain't doing nothing.
What are we shooting? 1800s 45-70. Sounds fun to me.
Let's do it. It'll be fun.
Slow day anyway. (Rick)
Hey, Sean. Two times in one day. How's it going? One of my regular customers brought in a model 1881
Marlin rifle with double set triggers. The gun still fires,
but I really want to check out how these double triggers work. So I'd really like to get
Sean's opinion before we go forward. All right,
you brought the toy. (Rob)
Brought it. Here we go. Yeah, Marlin 45-70. (Sean)
Love it. What I wanted to point out, the set trigger on this gun. You can actually set up
with a bench rest, so I'll paint a picture of sitting, you know,
a couple hundred yards away on a mound of rocks and actually rest this,
you know, in the yolk of a saddle
or what have you, and when you set that trigger, that forward trigger
is a hair trigger, so it's gonna minimize
the risk of moving when you pull that trigger. All right, Rick.
You ready? Yeah, I'll shoot
the thing. [dramatic music] ♪ 4, 3, 2... [gunshot] (Sean)
Oh, yeah! [laughter] (Rick)
I get it? (Sean)
Yeah, you did. (Corey)
All right, let me try. (Sean)
Once you set that trigger, it is the slightest amount
of pressure that's gonna make it go off. [gunshot] [bleep] [laughter] (Sean)
But once you know and you are
proficient with the weapon, you can be deadly accurate. All right,
so that's either you, or that's you. (Corey)
I would clearly aiming
for the head, so... [laughter] Marlin captivated audiences all over the country when they unveiled this gun, and in fact, this gun
was made as good, if not better, than
the Winchester at the time. Well, it obviously
shoots straight. So, I mean, I have a good idea
what it's worth. What do you think? I'm gonna say
realistically between... say, 3,500 and 4,500. (Rick)
Okay. (Sean)
And it's all because of the set triggers. Everything else I love. You know, it hasn't been
monkeyed with. You know, the mechanics
are great. I think it's a great gun. Now, when it comes
to Marlin collectors, they're gonna zero in
on a gun like this, because of the feature
of the set triggers and the fact that
the condition is great; it's nice and original. Now, I'm gonna leave it
to you guys to figure out if there's
a deal to be made. Bye. I agree with what he said
price wise. That's about what
I'd figured on it. So that's what he thinks
I could sell it for. I'll give you 2,200 bucks
for it. That's more than fair. I can't do 2,200. I just can't. A set trigger and the caliber both premier as far as from
the collector's standpoint. Anybody looking for those guns, that's the first two things
they're looking for. I mean,
what can you really do? I mean, can you do
2,500 bucks? You buy and sell guns
all the time. You know I do. It's not feasible for me
to pay anything more than 2,500. How about 2,700? All right, I'll give you
2,600 bucks. I mean, that's the best
I'm gonna do. [sighs] This is my baby. All right, 2,600. Okay.
Cool, man. I'll meet you back
at the shop. All right,
we'll see you then. All right, cool, man. (Rob)
I had some second thoughts
about selling it, but it was a fair price. The next time I come, I hope that Rick's
a little easier on me, realize that I gave him
a pretty good deal here. (Richard)
Chum. Yes? Did you clean
the bathrooms? Yep. Did you-- Yep. You don't even know what
I'm asking, damn it. I did it, though. - Chumlee.
- Yes? (Rick)
Hey, guys. What's up? Went out to the gun range, shooting guns. You were complaining how work
is not fun, so we were gonna go shoot
a historical gun, but apparently your entire
lunch break is sleeping, and we didn't want to disturb
your beauty sleep. I told you fun stuff
happens around here. You just have to be patient. I'm right here.
We could go shoot it now. No, we've already shot it. You were sleeping. You know what, Rick? This is all your fault. If you didn't want me sleeping, you would plan more stuff
for me to do; you'd have more stuff
around here going on. But you don't. Therefore it's basically
an invitation to sleep. (Corey)
Go find something to do. Jeez, you guys are so boring. (Rick)
Are those house slippers? (Corey)
Yes. [laughing]
