NARRATOR: On this
episode of "Pawn Stars." I have an 1886 Winchester. This is one sweet piece. This gun is rare
in this caliber. It was called the elephant gun. CHUMLEE: This gun can
take down an elephant? Yes. What have you got? I've got a fork
off the Hindenburg. RICK: Off the Hindenburg? Nice. It's pretty amazing
that it survived. I mean, it was a
really fiery crash. How much do you want for it? 10,000 to 12,000. We have a 1958
Packard Studebaker. OLD MAN: Ricky told
me he was coming out to look at a damn car. This is a piece of scrap metal.
I mean-- RICK: I don't know.
I like it. Yeah, I think we can
do something with it. OLD MAN: No, Rick. Don't be an idiot. Please? RICK (VOICEOVER):
I'm Rick Harrison, and this is my pawn shop. I work here with my old
man and my son, Big Hoss. Everything in here has
a story and a price. One thing I've learned
after 21 years-- you never know what is gonna
come through that door. [rock music playing] RICK: What have you got? I've got a fork
off the Hindenburg. Off the Hindenburg. Where did you get this? My uncle Fuzzy was a
marine that guarded the wreck at Lakehurst, New Jersey. RICK: I mean, that
story is interesting, but I want to know why
they call him Uncle Fuzzy. [laughter] BOB: I came today
to the pawn shop to sell my fork that came off
the Hindenburg when it crashed. I'm hoping to get
10,000 to 12,000 for it. I'd like to sell
it because money. There's things I want to
do before it's too late. RICK: OK, so he ended up picking
up the fork off the ground. BOB: Oh, yeah. The Germans didn't want
anything but the frame. All of this stuff was just
scattered all over the ground. RICK: Yeah, the
Hindenburg was gigantic. I mean, it was over two
football fields long. BOB: Yeah. It did use hydrogen, which
is really, really flammable. It's pretty amazing
that it survived. I mean, it was a
really fiery crash. It burned down in
less than a minute. But they weren't that dangerous. They'd been traveling all around
the world for years and years and years. It had already done
plenty of traffic in between Brazil and Germany,
and that was its regular route. BOB: Right. RICK: The interesting thing
about the Hindenburg disaster was the way it was
covered in the media. It was on newsreels and
radio all around the world. It was one of the first times
people could see and hear a major event like that. Well, it looks in
terrible shape. Whether it was in a fire
or not, I don't know. I see the Zeppelin
symbol right there. That doesn't tell me it
was on the Hindenburg. I mean, it all looks legit. How much do you want for it? 10 to 12. RICK: 10 to 12 what? BOB: Thousand. This is history. RICK: I know that,
but it's still a fork. Yeah. RICK: I mean, the picture
helps a whole lot, but just to ease my
mind, do you mind if I have someone else look at this? Not at all, not at all. RICK: If it's definitely
from the Hindenburg, he'll tell me it's definitely
from the Hindenburg. OK? BOB: That's fine.
RICK: I'll be right back. All right, guy. RICK: If this fork
turns out to be real, I'm sure I could sell
it for top dollar. Because everyone has
heard of the Hindenburg, and it's the kind of thing
collectors will go crazy for. Earlier, I got a call from a guy
selling an old Packard Baker. These cars are super rare. And since the Old Man loves just
about any car made before 1970, I took him along. So what do we got here? We have a 1958
Packard Studebaker. OLD MAN: Oh, my God. RICK: What? OLD MAN: Rick, you told
me we was coming out to look at a damn car. That's junkyard Incorporated. BILL: Today, I'm trying to
sell my 1958 Packard Baker. Picked it up in around 1960. Took it to the drive-in,
picked up a lot of women in it. Enjoyed the ride. RICK: This is all of it? BILL: This is all of it. We have all the upholstery and
the chrome, and all the doors. RICK: OK. BILL: Glass. This car turned heads. It was a bright red,
shiny, real fancy. Chick magnet? BILL: Yes, very. [laughter] OLD MAN: I mean, I
admit back in the day, this was a piece of art. But in this condition here,
you can't pick up a girl in this thing now. [laughter] RICK: Back in the 1950s,
there was two car companies that merged-- Packard and Studebaker. So people started calling
the new cars Packard Bakers. Nowadays, they're really rare. Well, the whole body's straight. I'll give it that much. OLD MAN: Well,
what's left of it. The whole body's here, Pops. We got all the major components. I mean, there's a lot of
spare parts in the back, inside this thing. Doesn't have that much rust. I mean, it's missing
a lot of stuff, but-- OLD MAN: I mean--
RICK: I don't know. I like it. You're the one who usually just
freaks out over the old cars. This ain't a car. Yeah, it is. This is a piece
of scrap metal. RICK: Yeah, I think we
can do something with it. So how much you
want for this thing? 10,000. OLD MAN: No, Rick. Don't be an idiot, please? RICK: I think we can do
something with this car. OLD MAN: No. I'll tell you what. For the shape it's
in, I'm thinking I'll give you $1,500 for it. OLD MAN: My God, you're
spending my money. It's my money, too.
Remember, we're partners. You know that little
piece of paper that says that we are partners? OK. Well, I'll throw that away. Can you come up a
little bit higher? RICK: Yeah, I'm not
gonna go a penny more. I'm really not. OK. Sold. All right. The Old Man's right. This car is a mess. But it's extremely rare. So I could probably flip
it to someone looking to do a project. OLD MAN: What are
you dragging in? I have an 1886
Winchester buffalo gun. Who are you, Buffalo Bill? No, my name is Anthony. I came to the pawn shop today
to sell my Winchester 1886. The gun was handed down from
my grandfather from his father. I collect a few guns. It's just this gun isn't
a gun I could really use. So I wanted to get rid of it
and turn it into some cash. Let me check this puppy out. This is one sweet piece. CHUMLEE: So is this what the
cowboys would have in the Old West, riding around on
the back of their horse? OLD MAN: There were many
variations to many models used in the West, son. And this gun is rare
in this caliber. It's .45-90, a .45 caliber slug
with 90 grams of powder behind it. It was called the elephant gun. It was used for big game. So you're telling me this gun
could take down an elephant? Yes. Wow. Winchester makes some of
the finest guns in the world. This one's so powerful the
kick might break your shoulder if you don't know
what you're doing. This gun's not been
put in a closet. This thing's been used. The bluing's all gone. Other than that, everything
seems to be in good shape. How much are you trying to
get out of the gun, sir? $5,000. Ah. And this caliber is
super rare, but I need to know how the
condition affects the price. So before we can
cut a deal, I would like to get a second
opinion on this. ANTHONY: All right. I'd just like to
get a fair deal. OLD MAN: Sounds like a plan. Hey, Chumlee, give Craig a call. I need to talk to him.
- All right. ANTHONY: I'm concerned about
him calling him in an expert, but I've done my research, and
I know that this gun is worth something, so I'm pretty
sure I'll get my price. OLD MAN: Earlier, a guy
brought in a Winchester rifle. It's a rare gun. So before I make an offer, I
need to have Craig, our expert, look at it. I got dumdum calling him up. Oh, that sucks. Because the Old Man
needs your help. I'll let them know. Thanks. Craig's not available. OLD MAN: What do you mean? What, you need Craig
to look at that gun? Yeah. I can tell you all about it. OLD MAN: It's a
rare caliber, son. I want an expert opinion
before I put out big money. RICK: Craig's not available. So I'll-- just let me look at
it, and I'll tell you about it, and I'll tell you
what it's worth. COREY: Why don't we
just try to skype him? Why don't you just
let me look at the gun? OLD MAN: What in
the hell's a Skype? It's like a telephone
call, but you can actually see the person. So it's like a video chat. OLD MAN: Yeah, do it. Rather have his opinion than the
idiot over here in the corner. COREY: I actually do this
with Craig all the time. Sometimes he's busy at
his shop, and I just need him to take a look
at a gun real quick. All's I have to do is
put in my name here. And I already got
Craig right here. And boom. Now it's calling him. Have a seat. [dialing] RICK: He's not gonna
be able to do this. Hey, Corey. Hey, what's up? Hey, Richard. Hey, what's going on? Not much. Surprising to see
you up on Skype. Yeah, well, I'm learning,
or trying to, anyhow. This guy brought in
this Winchesters. It's a .45-90. My concerns are-- is
the value, naturally. And I want to make
sure it's all original. CRAIG: .45-90 is a great gun
because it's very powerful. They didn't make a lot of them. I think it's probably the rarest
caliber they made on that gun. So that's a plus one in the
direction of it being worth good money. Does the gun function? OLD MAN: Yeah, the gun's
in working order, Craig. CRAIG: OK. Can you read me
the serial number? 67690. CRAIG: 1892. So you've got a
fairly early gun. It's certainly nice
that it's before 1900. Do me a favor. Hold the gun up closely. I want to see the
front of the barrel. So kind of like this? That's not something
I normally like to see, but all right. At least it's
through a computer. Wait a minute. Back at you. [laughter] Hey, guys, have you taken
any pictures of this gun that you might be
able to send me? COREY: Yeah, I took a few. Let me send them over
to you real quick. OLD MAN: This is
pretty neat, Corey. COREY: There you go. They should have just been sent. CRAIG: OK, the pictures are
actually really helpful. The finish on this
gun isn't that great. It looks like it's been
fairly heavily cleaned. The stock also looks like it's
been refinished, refinished poorly. So whoever had this gun
did some major work on it. You guys have a measuring
tape, or a yardstick, or-- COREY: Yup. CRAIG: What I want you to
do is measure the barrel. OLD MAN: 25 inches. CRAIG: You're sure about that? Well, tape
measures don't work. CRAIG: That's true. OK. Barrel's been shortened. You know, if this
gun was not restored, it didn't have a shortened
barrel, because it's a .45-90, it would easily be a
$6,000 to $8,000 gun, maybe even 10 grand or more. I'm gonna guess the gun's
probably worth between $3,000 and $4,500 on the retail market. OLD MAN: OK, well,
thanks, Craig. CRAIG: Hey, by the
way, if you get the gun and you go shoot it, invite me. I'd like to come along. I've not shot a .45-90 before. I'll have you and Rick
go out and play with it. Excellent. COREY: Thanks a lot, Craig. These things are pretty handy. I guess these computers can
do more than just solitaire. What's happening, guys? I talked to my guy. ANTHONY: OK, what did he say? How much can we get for this? The gun's not in
that good a shape. It slipped by me. I didn't realize that the
barrel had been shortened. And that is not an uncommon
practice in these guns. ANTHONY: Oh, and that
really matters in the value? OLD MAN: Yeah, it matters
about $3,000 worth in value. My expert appraised
it 3,000 to 4,500. ANTHONY: I'll take 4,500. OLD MAN: No, you won't. Because that don't
leave nothing for me. I would be a buyer in the
neighborhood of $2,500. Yeah, 25 is really low. I mean, this gun's been in
my family for a lot of years. Yeah, well, I don't
deal in sentimental value. How about 4,000? Can you do 4,000? I'll push it to 3 grand. But the only reason why I'm
doing that is the caliber. I'm giving you a fair deal, sir. I mean, it has
the serial numbers. It's stamped. Is there any way
you can do $3,500? I'll take $3,500. Ah. I shouldn't, but I'll
give you $3,500 for it. OK, that's a deal. Thank you. I was really shocked that two
inches off the barrel made such a huge difference in
the value of the gun, but 3,500 is gonna go a long
way to help me pay my bills. COREY: What do we got? It's a piggy
bank, Ringo Starr. It's from "Yellow Submarine." COREY: Has Ringo done
anything since The Beatles? I mean, he had the Ringo's
jam band or something? Yeah, he's done concerts,
and he's still going. People don't
appreciate drummers. They don't appreciate
musicians today. COREY: Well, they're
generally weird people. Well, there's a reason
why they keep them in a pit. Yeah. MARIA: I came to
the pawn shop today because I'm trying to
sell my Ringo Starr bank. My dad gave it to me
when I was 10 years old. I'm unemployed right now,
and I need the extra money. So I hope I get
something for it today. Do you have the rest of them? No. COREY: Just Ringo? MARIA: Yeah. COREY: I mean, he never really
had the success that Paul had after they split up. MARIA: Well, you know, because
Paul was the front singer. They get all the notoriety. Not the drummer. COREY: Ringo wasn't even
The Beatles first drummer. He replaced a guy named Pete
Best who got booted out. Sucks to be that guy. As far as condition goes,
it's not that great. It looks like someone
tried to pry some money out of the coin slot in it. MARIA: Yeah, I did. When I was a kid. You know, that was my allowance
money used to go in there, and I needed the money, so-- The one thing it
definitely has going for it is, it's The Beatles.
I mean-- MARIA: Right. I'll give you
about $100 for it. $100? I saw it on the
internet, they're selling for a lot more money. I'd like like $500. COREY: If it was in
perfect condition, maybe. CHUMLEE: It's got a giant
hole in the back of his head. COREY: It's just a
little beat-up for me. MARIA: I'm asking five. Can you give me four? COREY: No, I can give you a 150. Two. Hey, come on, man. The Beatles are still famous. Only him and Paul are
the only ones left. Come on. All right, I'll do two. MARIA: All right, thanks. COREY: Do you wanna
go write her up? Thanks. I was really
disappointed with $100, so that's why I was trying to
bargain with him a little bit to get something out of it. RICK: Earlier, a guy
came in with a fork that he claims is
from the Hindenburg. It looks like it
was in a fire, but I don't know if it was
actually from the Hindenburg. So I've called in
Mark to help me out. What do we got? RICK: One Hindenburg fork. OK. [laughter] The guys normally
call me down if they have an unusual artifact,
something that's come in that they need
authentication, whether or not it's real, or a little bit more
understanding of what it is. This particular disaster just
about killed off the Zeppelin. RICK: Yeah. MARK: And the interesting
thing is the way that they were
making money on this wasn't on their passengers. They were actually
making more money by carrying the mail, because
it was faster than sending it by ship. The Hindenburg was a huge,
hard-sided, lighter-than-air vehicle. It used hydrogen, and
there was always a worry that fire could occur. Still to this day, we don't
know exactly what happened to the airship, why it burned. The company had a
specific flatware design they used on all the Zeppelins. It should be the globe
here, the Zeppelin across it, and the
DZR, translates from the German as the "German
Zeppelin Transport Company." Let me see here. Yes. Bruckmann was the
manufacturer that they used. The burn marks on it look right. With what I see as I'm
standing here, I don't know. Because this is
exactly the same fork that would have been
used on other ones. I think it's likely that it
did come off the Hindenburg. You know, because of this. It's about 80% yes. But I cannot tell
you that for sure. All right. I wish I could say thank you. Sorry about that, but I'll
always be honest with you. There wasn't anything
that necessarily said these photographs
and this fork go together. You can't say definitively
that something is or is not the case. BOB: Well, I understand
what the man said, but I know what happened. I know that my uncle was there. So it's up to you as
to what you want to do. RICK: I truly believe
it's from the Hindenburg. BOB: Thank you. RICK: I believe your story. Everything seems right and
everything else like that. It is a piece of history. RICK: And I before I put out
that kind of money for it, I'd have to be 100%. And it's my reputation
on the line when I go to sell this stuff so-- I'd really like to make
you an offer, but I'm not. BOB: OK. RICK: Thanks for bringing it in. This is just the kind
of historical item that sets our shop apart
from all the others. But without stronger
authentication, I think I'm gonna have trouble
selling this down the road. So I had to let it go. Too bad. COREY: Earlier, the old man
bought an 1886 Winchester. Our gun expert Craig was
dying to shoot it with us. So we're taking it out to the
range to see what it can do. I'm ready to show Rick
how to shoot this thing. He's been a little cocky lately. CRAIG: I'm really
excited to shoot this, because it's a piece of history,
and I've never shot a .45-90 before. Got a very powerful round,
so when it goes down range, you hear it, you feel it. If you're a buffalo,
it will kill you. You guys know what
this is, right? Yeah, it blows up. CRAIG: It blows up.
- Yeah. Yeah, it's a lot better
than shooting a paper target. There's two separate
powder substances. You mix them together. We'll put it down range. I've set up a bale of hay. And if we hit the
target, we'll know. RICK: All right, let's do this. CRAIG: One of the risks
of shooting a gun that's over 100 years old is, you
never know what's gonna happen. There could be problems with
the structure of the gun, the action of the gun. And when you're shooting
around this explosive, the gun could blow up. OK, Chum, do you
hate polar bears? No. Do you hate lions? No. Do you hate water buffalo? I hate pigeons. OK, well, you're
gonna shoot a big, like, 2,000-pound pigeon with this. CHUMLEE: I like it. RICK: All right, Elmer Fudd. Let's see if you can hit it. All right, Rick,
Corey, cowards. I'm gonna show
you how it's done. [gunshot] Nope. Here, let me try. All right, Chum, this
is how it's done. [gunshot] Yeah, how it's done. [gunshot] Come on, Rick. [gunshot] Almost. You hit the hay that time. RICK: The sights are off. But the gun works. But the gun works. But the sights are off. No, the sights aren't off. Let's just use the
AR-15 and blow this up. [rock music playing] [gunshot] Woo! [laughter] Woo! That's how you
blow something up! RICK: Oh, God. My heart exploded. [laughter] COREY: Should we run
out of here real quick? I don't know if we were
allowed to do that. Thing shot awesome. RICK: It was fun. Well, if you get far enough
away where people can't find you, it works. Oh, they found me here
over there, too, at times. Is that right? RICK: What are you-- what are you doing? CHUMLEE: Is that,
like, group video call? Shh. Be quiet. COREY: I didn't know you
had that many friends. You don't look
very happy, Richard. I never am. That's the truth. CHUMLEE: You created
a monster, Corey. OLD MAN: Shut up. [chuckling]
