1 00:00:02,083 --> 00:00:03,458 - On tonight's episode, my mind is bent 2 00:00:03,583 --> 00:00:06,208 when I check out a rare set of guitars. 3 00:00:06,292 --> 00:00:08,500 - This is a B-bender, right? 4 00:00:08,625 --> 00:00:11,250 - Yes, as far as I know, the only B-bender that Gibson made. 5 00:00:11,333 --> 00:00:12,667 - I mean, I've heard of these things. 6 00:00:12,792 --> 00:00:14,208 I've never actually seen one. 7 00:00:14,333 --> 00:00:16,917 And will Corey be ready to fork over the cash 8 00:00:17,042 --> 00:00:18,583 for a set of flatware? 9 00:00:18,667 --> 00:00:21,958 - In 1950, you were really, really cool if you had this. 10 00:00:22,042 --> 00:00:24,750 And the more elaborate your flatware set was, 11 00:00:24,875 --> 00:00:27,000 the bigger status symbol that you had. 12 00:00:27,125 --> 00:00:29,917 - While later, Chum squawks at the chance to make 13 00:00:30,042 --> 00:00:31,750 a deal on a rare cannon. 14 00:00:31,875 --> 00:00:34,333 - I have a Civil War Parrott cannon. 15 00:00:34,458 --> 00:00:36,125 - One of the things that jumps out to me, 16 00:00:36,250 --> 00:00:37,917 I see a little bit of a line. 17 00:00:38,042 --> 00:00:40,333 This was cast as two halves. 18 00:00:40,417 --> 00:00:47,292 ♪ ♪ 19 00:00:50,625 --> 00:00:52,125 - What have we got? 20 00:00:52,208 --> 00:00:56,000 - We've got a sled from the movie "Citizen Kane." 21 00:00:56,167 --> 00:00:58,083 - Rosebud. - That's right. 22 00:00:58,167 --> 00:01:00,292 This is the ultimate prop of all time. 23 00:01:00,417 --> 00:01:02,125 - Some people consider this the greatest movie ever. 24 00:01:02,208 --> 00:01:03,500 That's so arguable because 25 00:01:03,625 --> 00:01:05,833 I believe it's either "Godfather Part II" 26 00:01:05,917 --> 00:01:07,000 or "Anchorman." 27 00:01:07,083 --> 00:01:09,500 [laughter] 28 00:01:09,583 --> 00:01:12,792 - I'm at the pawn shop today to sell my Rosebud sled 29 00:01:12,917 --> 00:01:14,375 from movie "Citizen Kane." 30 00:01:14,500 --> 00:01:16,625 About 10 years ago, I was at an estate sale 31 00:01:16,708 --> 00:01:19,458 in Beverly Hills when I saw the sled. 32 00:01:19,542 --> 00:01:21,458 And what made me curious about this particular sled 33 00:01:21,542 --> 00:01:23,792 is there was a famous auction house that 34 00:01:23,875 --> 00:01:26,333 I saw that sold one in 1996. 35 00:01:26,417 --> 00:01:28,250 And this one looked similar to that one 36 00:01:28,375 --> 00:01:29,667 that I saw in that auction. 37 00:01:29,750 --> 00:01:31,917 I would like to get $100,000 38 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:33,167 for this particular Rosebud sled. 39 00:01:33,292 --> 00:01:35,667 - This is interesting. 40 00:01:35,708 --> 00:01:37,250 You know Rosebud, right? 41 00:01:37,375 --> 00:01:39,167 - I think I pretty much know what the movie's about. 42 00:01:39,292 --> 00:01:42,625 - It was a really good movie for its time. 43 00:01:42,708 --> 00:01:46,208 It was directed and produced by Orson Welles, 1941. 44 00:01:46,292 --> 00:01:48,833 So the movie was about Charles Foster Kane, 45 00:01:48,958 --> 00:01:51,125 gazillionaire and everything, 46 00:01:51,250 --> 00:01:54,000 and his dying words were "Rosebud." 47 00:01:54,125 --> 00:01:56,583 In the end of the movie, you realize the one time 48 00:01:56,708 --> 00:02:02,542 he was really happy when he was a child with his sled, Rosebud. 49 00:02:02,667 --> 00:02:04,458 - OK, I get it. 50 00:02:04,542 --> 00:02:07,375 You got the Holy Grail of movie props here. 51 00:02:07,458 --> 00:02:09,125 You got to tell me how you got it. 52 00:02:09,208 --> 00:02:11,583 - I did get it at an estate sale in Beverly Hills. 53 00:02:11,750 --> 00:02:14,958 It was from a high-end executive from a movie studio. 54 00:02:15,042 --> 00:02:17,125 And from what I researched, 55 00:02:17,208 --> 00:02:18,958 there's three of these that exist. 56 00:02:19,042 --> 00:02:21,000 There's one in the Academy Museum 57 00:02:21,125 --> 00:02:23,000 that Steven Spielberg donated. 58 00:02:23,083 --> 00:02:25,333 There's one that sold at Christie's, 59 00:02:25,500 --> 00:02:27,542 which I believe this one to be that one. 60 00:02:27,667 --> 00:02:31,375 About 30 years ago, it sold for over $200,000. 61 00:02:31,500 --> 00:02:32,625 And then there's another one, 62 00:02:32,708 --> 00:02:34,333 which I have no idea where that one is. 63 00:02:34,417 --> 00:02:36,250 - So you're saying this was the one 64 00:02:36,333 --> 00:02:38,208 that sold at Christie's for over $200,000? 65 00:02:38,333 --> 00:02:40,958 - There is a reason that I say that because 66 00:02:41,042 --> 00:02:43,208 this is a picture of the one 67 00:02:43,333 --> 00:02:44,833 that sold at the Christie's auction. 68 00:02:44,917 --> 00:02:47,542 And if you notice, there's a broken 69 00:02:47,667 --> 00:02:51,083 right tip that matches exactly this one 70 00:02:51,208 --> 00:02:53,000 that you have in front of you. 71 00:02:53,083 --> 00:02:54,333 - OK. 72 00:02:54,417 --> 00:02:56,083 So how much are you looking to get? 73 00:02:56,167 --> 00:02:58,458 - I'm looking to get $100,000. 74 00:02:58,542 --> 00:03:00,083 - All right, I'm just letting you know, 75 00:03:00,208 --> 00:03:01,583 if this is the real Rosebud, it would go 76 00:03:01,708 --> 00:03:04,125 for probably a couple million dollars. 77 00:03:04,208 --> 00:03:07,833 But here's the big problem. 78 00:03:07,958 --> 00:03:10,208 This is different than the picture you showed me. 79 00:03:10,333 --> 00:03:13,042 Pull that out. I'll show you real quick. 80 00:03:13,167 --> 00:03:16,167 No pin striping on the side. 81 00:03:16,250 --> 00:03:17,833 It's different. 82 00:03:17,875 --> 00:03:20,792 - I just thought it was real because of where I got it. 83 00:03:20,875 --> 00:03:23,000 - I wish it was real. We would make a deal. 84 00:03:23,125 --> 00:03:24,958 We'd both get rich off this thing. 85 00:03:25,125 --> 00:03:26,625 But, like, it's-- it's not the one. 86 00:03:26,708 --> 00:03:28,333 I appreciate you bringing it down, though. 87 00:03:28,375 --> 00:03:29,625 It was really cool. - Have a good day, man. 88 00:03:29,750 --> 00:03:31,167 - All right, have a good one, man. 89 00:03:31,208 --> 00:03:32,750 - Thank you. 90 00:03:32,875 --> 00:03:38,125 ♪ ♪ 91 00:03:38,208 --> 00:03:39,500 - Hello. - How are you? 92 00:03:39,667 --> 00:03:41,458 - I'm pretty good. Hold on a second here. 93 00:03:41,583 --> 00:03:43,708 That looks heavy. - It's heavy. 94 00:03:43,833 --> 00:03:45,042 - There you go. 95 00:03:45,125 --> 00:03:46,833 Well, you don't have to be a genius 96 00:03:46,958 --> 00:03:47,917 to know this is a cannon. 97 00:03:48,042 --> 00:03:49,333 But tell me what you have here. 98 00:03:49,458 --> 00:03:53,375 - I have a Civil War era Parrott cannon. 99 00:03:53,458 --> 00:03:54,583 - Parrott cannon? 100 00:03:54,708 --> 00:03:56,042 I don't know exactly what it is, 101 00:03:56,125 --> 00:03:58,000 but I'm not an expert on cannons. 102 00:03:58,042 --> 00:04:01,125 Are you like a cannon guy or do you just like all cool stuff? 103 00:04:01,208 --> 00:04:02,500 - I like all cool stuff. 104 00:04:02,625 --> 00:04:04,917 I'm an impulse buyer. [laughter] 105 00:04:05,042 --> 00:04:06,833 - Aren't we all? 106 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:10,000 - I'm here to sell a Civil War Parrott cannon. 107 00:04:10,125 --> 00:04:14,875 The cannon weighs roughly between 45 to 55 pounds. 108 00:04:14,958 --> 00:04:16,458 It's solid bronze. 109 00:04:16,583 --> 00:04:20,125 I purchased the cannon about seven years ago at an auction. 110 00:04:20,208 --> 00:04:23,125 My asking price is $10,000. 111 00:04:23,208 --> 00:04:24,750 - OK, that's pretty cool. 112 00:04:24,833 --> 00:04:26,833 So, I mean, cannons are definitely 113 00:04:26,917 --> 00:04:28,167 an important part of history. 114 00:04:28,250 --> 00:04:30,458 They served many different purposes. 115 00:04:30,583 --> 00:04:33,167 This one looks like it was probably mounted up somewhere, 116 00:04:33,292 --> 00:04:36,167 like right here by this and on a swivel mount 117 00:04:36,292 --> 00:04:38,833 so you could project it the way you wanted to. 118 00:04:38,917 --> 00:04:41,333 At first glance, I would think it's maybe a little bit 119 00:04:41,500 --> 00:04:46,125 older than Civil War, you know, maybe 1700s, instead of 1800s. 120 00:04:46,208 --> 00:04:48,625 So it's definitely got some good weight to it. 121 00:04:48,708 --> 00:04:52,708 I do have a few concerns about it, mostly the patina, 122 00:04:52,792 --> 00:04:54,625 that it's very patinaed on this side, 123 00:04:54,708 --> 00:04:57,250 and it's very, very shiny on this side. 124 00:04:57,333 --> 00:04:58,625 When you get an old cannon like this, 125 00:04:58,708 --> 00:05:00,500 you really want to see the patina on it. 126 00:05:00,583 --> 00:05:03,417 Especially if this is, you know, several hundred years old, 127 00:05:03,542 --> 00:05:06,375 I want to look at it and know it's several hundred years old. 128 00:05:06,500 --> 00:05:08,208 So when you bought this, 129 00:05:08,292 --> 00:05:10,375 what information did you get about it? 130 00:05:10,542 --> 00:05:13,667 - Basically, they just said it was in the Civil War era. 131 00:05:13,750 --> 00:05:15,500 - OK. And have you ever fired it? 132 00:05:15,583 --> 00:05:17,500 - Never have. - OK. 133 00:05:17,583 --> 00:05:19,333 I would love to know if it fired. 134 00:05:19,417 --> 00:05:20,500 - I would too. 135 00:05:20,625 --> 00:05:22,042 - So do you have a price in mind? 136 00:05:22,167 --> 00:05:24,417 - I have a price of $10,000. 137 00:05:24,542 --> 00:05:26,667 - Well, I don't know if that's a good price or a bad price. 138 00:05:26,792 --> 00:05:28,875 I've definitely seen cannons sell for less than that 139 00:05:29,042 --> 00:05:30,708 and much, much more than that. 140 00:05:30,833 --> 00:05:34,792 If you have time, I'd love to have my antique firearm expert, 141 00:05:34,958 --> 00:05:38,917 Alex, come down, take a look at it, and after he evaluates it, 142 00:05:39,042 --> 00:05:40,708 he's going to be able to give us a price. 143 00:05:40,875 --> 00:05:42,125 - Sounds great. 144 00:05:42,208 --> 00:05:43,500 - All right, give me a few minutes. 145 00:05:43,542 --> 00:05:44,667 I'm going to call him, and I'm sure he 146 00:05:44,792 --> 00:05:46,958 can be down here pretty quick. - Thank you. 147 00:05:47,042 --> 00:05:53,000 ♪ ♪ 148 00:05:53,125 --> 00:05:55,000 - Hello. 149 00:05:55,167 --> 00:05:56,625 What are those? 150 00:05:56,708 --> 00:05:58,500 These are the biggest shoes I've ever seen. 151 00:05:58,625 --> 00:06:00,667 - Those were worn by Shaquille O'Neal 152 00:06:00,833 --> 00:06:03,625 in the 2002 finals against the New Jersey Nets, 153 00:06:03,708 --> 00:06:06,000 where he won MVP, highest average, 154 00:06:06,083 --> 00:06:08,167 almost 40 points per game. 155 00:06:08,250 --> 00:06:10,167 He dominated. - This is really cool. 156 00:06:10,250 --> 00:06:15,500 I just never realized that he would have shoes that big. 157 00:06:15,500 --> 00:06:17,667 This is where little Mother Hubbard lived. 158 00:06:17,792 --> 00:06:20,000 [laughter] 159 00:06:20,083 --> 00:06:24,417 - I'm here at the pawn shop to sell my 2002 finals 160 00:06:24,500 --> 00:06:26,833 game-worn shoes by Shaquille O'Neal. 161 00:06:26,958 --> 00:06:28,167 They're size 22. 162 00:06:28,208 --> 00:06:29,625 They're huge. 163 00:06:29,708 --> 00:06:31,167 They must weigh close to five pounds each. 164 00:06:31,292 --> 00:06:33,417 I've had the shoes for over 20 years now. 165 00:06:33,500 --> 00:06:36,000 And they're in a glass case when you walk 166 00:06:36,083 --> 00:06:38,500 into the entry in my door so everybody can see them. 167 00:06:38,583 --> 00:06:40,333 My asking price for the Shaquille O'Neal shoes 168 00:06:40,458 --> 00:06:42,500 is $15,000. 169 00:06:42,583 --> 00:06:44,708 - This is pretty cool, man, Shaquille O'Neal. 170 00:06:44,833 --> 00:06:47,542 I mean, like, the guy is the GOAT, yeah, 171 00:06:47,667 --> 00:06:51,500 just incredible businessman, incredible basketball player, 172 00:06:51,625 --> 00:06:54,000 MVP multiple times. 173 00:06:54,125 --> 00:06:56,000 He was on the Lakers, won the National Championship 174 00:06:56,125 --> 00:06:57,875 three times. 175 00:06:58,000 --> 00:06:59,917 You can just go on and on about this guy, 176 00:07:00,042 --> 00:07:02,000 I mean, like storied life. 177 00:07:02,125 --> 00:07:03,875 I mean, and I've never met him, 178 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:05,500 but I know people who have met him and said 179 00:07:05,583 --> 00:07:07,167 he's like the sweetest guy in the world. 180 00:07:07,208 --> 00:07:13,000 And I'm still absolutely amazed at the size of these shoes. 181 00:07:13,083 --> 00:07:14,708 And what size? 182 00:07:14,875 --> 00:07:17,833 Are they just--is it just size ginormous at this point? 183 00:07:17,917 --> 00:07:19,083 - Size 22. 184 00:07:19,208 --> 00:07:20,833 - And what brand are they? 185 00:07:20,917 --> 00:07:22,500 - I believe they're made by Reebok. 186 00:07:22,625 --> 00:07:24,042 - They're kind of epic. 187 00:07:24,125 --> 00:07:26,250 - To me, it's like the eighth wonder of the world. 188 00:07:26,375 --> 00:07:27,583 I've never seen anything like it. 189 00:07:27,583 --> 00:07:28,583 I had to have them. 190 00:07:28,708 --> 00:07:30,250 - Where did you get these? 191 00:07:30,375 --> 00:07:32,917 - I got these at a memorabilia show in LA. 192 00:07:33,083 --> 00:07:34,958 - And this is the paperwork you have on them? 193 00:07:35,042 --> 00:07:36,750 - Yes, sir. - Can I take a look at it? 194 00:07:36,875 --> 00:07:39,417 - Absolutely. 195 00:07:39,542 --> 00:07:41,833 - I mean, you have paperwork here saying that they've 196 00:07:41,958 --> 00:07:43,333 been photo matched. 197 00:07:43,375 --> 00:07:45,000 I'm not real big on photo matching shoes, 198 00:07:45,083 --> 00:07:46,708 just due to the fact that, you know, 199 00:07:46,833 --> 00:07:48,083 how do you really photo match shoes 200 00:07:48,208 --> 00:07:49,292 when all shoes look alike? 201 00:07:49,375 --> 00:07:50,667 You know what I mean? 202 00:07:50,792 --> 00:07:52,167 I mean, the amazing thing is there's-- 203 00:07:52,250 --> 00:07:53,917 I mean, how many pairs did they make in this size? 204 00:07:54,042 --> 00:07:55,875 Which I'm assuming, like, next to none. 205 00:07:56,042 --> 00:07:59,083 And so how much do you want for them? 206 00:07:59,208 --> 00:08:00,333 - $15,000. 207 00:08:00,417 --> 00:08:01,792 - OK. 208 00:08:01,875 --> 00:08:02,833 All right, let me call up my sports guy 209 00:08:02,917 --> 00:08:04,833 to take a look at them, all right? 210 00:08:04,917 --> 00:08:06,625 I just want to make sure everything is legit, you know? 211 00:08:06,708 --> 00:08:08,417 And also, size matters. 212 00:08:08,542 --> 00:08:12,417 [chuckles] All right, give me like five minutes. 213 00:08:12,500 --> 00:08:13,417 I'm going to go call my guy. 214 00:08:13,542 --> 00:08:16,250 And we'll get this figured out. 215 00:08:16,375 --> 00:08:18,458 - OK. Sounds good. 216 00:08:18,542 --> 00:08:20,833 ♪ ♪ 217 00:08:20,917 --> 00:08:22,667 - There's a guy in the shop with what 218 00:08:22,708 --> 00:08:25,000 he claims is a Civil War Parrott cannon, 219 00:08:25,083 --> 00:08:26,875 and he's asking $10,000. 220 00:08:26,958 --> 00:08:28,500 I don't know exactly what it is. 221 00:08:28,583 --> 00:08:30,500 So Alex Cranmer is heading over to help me 222 00:08:30,625 --> 00:08:32,333 gather some more information before 223 00:08:32,417 --> 00:08:34,500 I think about making an offer. 224 00:08:34,625 --> 00:08:36,667 Here we go, Alex. 225 00:08:36,750 --> 00:08:38,250 - I'm Alex. - I'm Jim. 226 00:08:38,375 --> 00:08:39,833 Nice to meet you. - My pleasure. 227 00:08:39,917 --> 00:08:41,833 - So, Jim, why don't you tell Alex what you have here? 228 00:08:41,958 --> 00:08:45,333 - I have a Civil War Parrott cannon. 229 00:08:45,458 --> 00:08:46,542 - OK. 230 00:08:46,667 --> 00:08:47,833 - A little bit of concerns I had 231 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:50,208 was the different color on the top and the bottom. 232 00:08:50,333 --> 00:08:53,000 But other than that, Alex, I got nothing for you. 233 00:08:53,125 --> 00:08:54,500 - Where did you get it? 234 00:08:54,542 --> 00:08:56,000 - I bought it at an auction. 235 00:08:56,042 --> 00:08:59,042 - OK, so during the Civil War, there was 236 00:08:59,125 --> 00:09:01,833 an American officer named Parrott who developed 237 00:09:01,875 --> 00:09:04,167 a type of cannon that was rifled. 238 00:09:04,208 --> 00:09:07,292 So inside the bore, there's literally a channel. 239 00:09:07,417 --> 00:09:10,667 And when the projectiles move through it, they start to spin. 240 00:09:10,792 --> 00:09:13,125 A projectile that's spinning will tend to go straighter. 241 00:09:13,208 --> 00:09:15,625 So Parrott developed the Parrott rifle, 242 00:09:15,708 --> 00:09:18,250 which was really a cannon in 1860 243 00:09:18,375 --> 00:09:20,083 and patented in 1861. 244 00:09:20,208 --> 00:09:23,000 And it became more or less the standard cannon 245 00:09:23,125 --> 00:09:25,167 of the American Civil War. 246 00:09:25,333 --> 00:09:29,458 But this has nothing to do with the Parrott gun. 247 00:09:29,542 --> 00:09:32,125 So a Parrott gun would be much larger. 248 00:09:32,208 --> 00:09:33,917 It would be made of iron. 249 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:37,333 And this is made of bronze, from its appearance, 250 00:09:37,458 --> 00:09:39,500 and it's much older. 251 00:09:39,625 --> 00:09:41,708 So the style of this cannon is really 252 00:09:41,833 --> 00:09:43,750 much more of an 18th century cannon 253 00:09:43,875 --> 00:09:45,917 from the Revolutionary War. 254 00:09:46,042 --> 00:09:48,083 The question is, is it authentic? 255 00:09:48,208 --> 00:09:49,208 It's OK to pick it up? 256 00:09:49,333 --> 00:09:50,542 - Yes, sir. 257 00:09:50,625 --> 00:09:53,000 - I just want to get an idea of the weight. 258 00:09:53,125 --> 00:09:55,542 - So one of the things that jumps out to me about 259 00:09:55,667 --> 00:09:59,208 this piece is if I look from the breech, 260 00:09:59,333 --> 00:10:02,250 which means the back, I see a little bit of a line 261 00:10:02,375 --> 00:10:03,833 right across the breech. 262 00:10:03,917 --> 00:10:05,917 And then that line continues. 263 00:10:06,042 --> 00:10:08,667 And you can see it here at the first reinforcement ring. 264 00:10:08,750 --> 00:10:10,417 And then I can see it again here. 265 00:10:10,542 --> 00:10:13,458 So what this is indicating is this was cast as two halves. 266 00:10:13,542 --> 00:10:16,708 You've got the lower half, and I slap the top half on top. 267 00:10:16,833 --> 00:10:19,125 And that's not how cannons were made. 268 00:10:19,208 --> 00:10:22,125 A real cannon would have been made solidly. 269 00:10:22,208 --> 00:10:24,750 And then they would have drilled out the bore 270 00:10:24,875 --> 00:10:26,792 and then drilled in the touch hole. 271 00:10:26,958 --> 00:10:28,667 - Right. - It would make it stronger. 272 00:10:28,792 --> 00:10:30,875 If you tried to fire this with 273 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:33,167 two pieces being fused together, 274 00:10:33,167 --> 00:10:35,083 chances are it would blow right apart. 275 00:10:35,208 --> 00:10:39,750 So what we have here is a reproduction cannon. 276 00:10:39,875 --> 00:10:41,875 This could have been made from the late 19th century 277 00:10:41,958 --> 00:10:45,333 all the way up into the 1980s. 278 00:10:45,417 --> 00:10:47,000 I'm sorry to break that news to you. 279 00:10:47,042 --> 00:10:48,500 - Yeah. 280 00:10:48,542 --> 00:10:50,000 - All right, if this was a, you know, 281 00:10:50,042 --> 00:10:52,250 authentic time period cannon, what do they go for? 282 00:10:52,375 --> 00:10:55,125 - You're certainly in the many thousands of dollars range. 283 00:10:55,208 --> 00:10:57,292 As it is, it's a few hundred dollars. 284 00:10:57,375 --> 00:10:58,667 - All right, thanks, Alex. 285 00:10:58,750 --> 00:11:00,333 - All right. Nice to meet you. 286 00:11:00,375 --> 00:11:01,708 - Thank you. - Good luck. 287 00:11:01,875 --> 00:11:04,833 - All right, well, I'm going to have to pass on it today. 288 00:11:04,958 --> 00:11:07,292 And if you like it, keep it and display it at your home. 289 00:11:07,375 --> 00:11:08,792 But thanks for coming out today. 290 00:11:08,958 --> 00:11:10,292 - Well, thank you very much. - My pleasure. 291 00:11:14,333 --> 00:11:15,375 [lively music] 292 00:11:15,500 --> 00:11:17,042 ♪ ♪ 293 00:11:17,125 --> 00:11:20,667 - A guy came to the shop with a pair of size 22 sneakers 294 00:11:20,750 --> 00:11:23,208 that he says was worn by Shaquille O'Neal 295 00:11:23,333 --> 00:11:26,250 during the 2002 NBA Finals. 296 00:11:26,375 --> 00:11:29,833 And the seller is asking for $15,000. 297 00:11:29,875 --> 00:11:31,750 I have my sports expert, David Kohler, 298 00:11:31,875 --> 00:11:33,083 coming down to take a look. 299 00:11:33,208 --> 00:11:34,833 And he's going to let me know if this deal 300 00:11:34,958 --> 00:11:38,417 is a slam dunk or a foul. 301 00:11:38,542 --> 00:11:40,333 - Hello, hello. How are you, Rick? 302 00:11:40,417 --> 00:11:41,583 - Doing fabulous. 303 00:11:41,708 --> 00:11:42,792 Hello, I'm David. - Hi. 304 00:11:42,875 --> 00:11:44,500 Rich. - Nice to meet you. 305 00:11:44,542 --> 00:11:46,542 - Just so you know, these are not the Jolly Green Giants. 306 00:11:46,625 --> 00:11:48,250 [laughter] 307 00:11:48,333 --> 00:11:50,333 He says they're Shaq shoes. 308 00:11:50,500 --> 00:11:52,708 - They're very large. 309 00:11:52,792 --> 00:11:55,000 What a player-- four-time champion, 310 00:11:55,167 --> 00:11:57,000 three times with the Lakers in the three-peat, 311 00:11:57,042 --> 00:11:58,667 that team with Kobe Bryant and Derek Fisher. 312 00:11:58,833 --> 00:12:01,833 They won in 2000, and 2001, and 2002, 313 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:04,042 probably one of the best big men 314 00:12:04,125 --> 00:12:06,000 in the game that's ever played, without a doubt. 315 00:12:06,125 --> 00:12:08,625 - OK. So are these his shoes? 316 00:12:08,750 --> 00:12:09,667 - Can I touch them? - Absolutely. 317 00:12:09,833 --> 00:12:12,167 - Can I look at them? - Yeah. 318 00:12:12,208 --> 00:12:13,500 - These are his-- 319 00:12:13,667 --> 00:12:16,167 yes, these are his shoes, like we said, 320 00:12:16,208 --> 00:12:18,833 very large, size 23, probably, 22. 321 00:12:18,917 --> 00:12:20,833 This is his line, which we call Dunk. 322 00:12:20,917 --> 00:12:24,042 So he had his own line that was getting made, Shaq did. 323 00:12:24,208 --> 00:12:25,917 A lot of times, he'd have his number on the bottom, 324 00:12:26,042 --> 00:12:27,625 number 34, which he was. 325 00:12:27,708 --> 00:12:30,083 They don't make replicas and things like that. 326 00:12:30,208 --> 00:12:32,542 So examining these, definitely, 327 00:12:32,625 --> 00:12:35,833 those are game-worn, game-used Shaquille O'Neal shoes. 328 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:37,375 - Yeah, I mean, he's got paperwork. 329 00:12:37,458 --> 00:12:38,875 It's a photo match paperwork, 330 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:40,292 not real confident on photo matching on shoes, 331 00:12:40,375 --> 00:12:42,917 but like, he does have some paperwork there. 332 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:45,708 - The one thing that does hit me here, it does say here, 333 00:12:45,875 --> 00:12:47,750 attribution to the finals. 334 00:12:47,833 --> 00:12:50,875 You know, that's not 100% guaranteed. 335 00:12:50,958 --> 00:12:52,625 These could have been worn in the finals. 336 00:12:52,708 --> 00:12:53,750 I wouldn't bet my life on that. 337 00:12:53,833 --> 00:12:55,542 But at a minimum, they're real. 338 00:12:55,625 --> 00:12:57,042 They're authentic. 339 00:12:57,125 --> 00:12:59,125 But I could not say 100% confidence 340 00:12:59,208 --> 00:13:02,500 that these were actually worn in the finals. 341 00:13:02,583 --> 00:13:03,875 - So what do you think they're worth? 342 00:13:04,042 --> 00:13:07,500 - I think these are worth probably about $5,000. 343 00:13:07,667 --> 00:13:10,833 If you had a conclusive photo match, 344 00:13:10,958 --> 00:13:12,917 I would say the values would be, you know, north of that. 345 00:13:13,042 --> 00:13:15,333 But in my opinion, they're worth about $5,000. 346 00:13:15,500 --> 00:13:16,625 - I don't-- [laughs] 347 00:13:16,708 --> 00:13:18,375 I'm just blown away because I have 348 00:13:18,500 --> 00:13:22,125 hundreds of pictures from the finals with him in those shoes. 349 00:13:22,208 --> 00:13:25,375 When I bought them from the Lakers directly, 350 00:13:25,542 --> 00:13:27,750 they wrote in the finals on the certificate. 351 00:13:27,833 --> 00:13:29,333 There's no question. 352 00:13:29,458 --> 00:13:31,125 - So do you have any paperwork from the Lakers with you? 353 00:13:31,208 --> 00:13:32,500 - No. 354 00:13:32,542 --> 00:13:34,667 The group that was selling them had the Lakers banner 355 00:13:34,833 --> 00:13:36,833 and they said they were contracted or whatever. 356 00:13:36,917 --> 00:13:38,833 They had a lot of Lakers memorabilia in there. 357 00:13:38,917 --> 00:13:41,167 - I haven't seen any paperwork from the Lakers 358 00:13:41,333 --> 00:13:43,000 and all that, too. 359 00:13:43,042 --> 00:13:45,167 So if there is that paperwork, then that obviously would help 360 00:13:45,250 --> 00:13:47,417 with a lot of this evaluation. 361 00:13:47,500 --> 00:13:48,542 - All right. Thanks, Dave. 362 00:13:48,708 --> 00:13:50,167 - All right. Thanks, Rick. 363 00:13:50,333 --> 00:13:51,583 All the best. - All right, thanks. 364 00:13:51,667 --> 00:13:53,042 - Thank you. 365 00:13:53,208 --> 00:13:55,125 - It's a third party saying that it happened. 366 00:13:55,208 --> 00:13:57,917 So, I mean, unless you have something directly 367 00:13:58,000 --> 00:13:59,542 from the Lakers, it's going to be 368 00:13:59,667 --> 00:14:04,000 really hard to prove that these were worn in the playoffs. 369 00:14:04,042 --> 00:14:05,583 And I'll give you, like, $3,000 for them. 370 00:14:05,667 --> 00:14:07,708 - Wow. I'm speechless. 371 00:14:07,792 --> 00:14:09,708 I mean, there's hundreds and hundreds of pictures 372 00:14:09,792 --> 00:14:12,875 that they're identical to what's in the finals. 373 00:14:12,958 --> 00:14:14,792 Photo Match is one of the biggest companies out there 374 00:14:14,875 --> 00:14:16,125 that do this. 375 00:14:16,250 --> 00:14:17,750 - Right here, they're saying attributed. 376 00:14:17,833 --> 00:14:19,375 - Mm-hmm. - They're saying most likely. 377 00:14:19,542 --> 00:14:20,917 They're not saying 100%. - Right. 378 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:22,833 - There's a difference. 379 00:14:22,917 --> 00:14:24,500 We're talking-- we're talking maybe 380 00:14:24,625 --> 00:14:26,333 a thousand-dollar difference if they were in the finals. 381 00:14:26,458 --> 00:14:27,708 Obviously, we're not going to make a deal. 382 00:14:27,833 --> 00:14:29,042 But thanks for bringing them in. 383 00:14:29,125 --> 00:14:31,750 - Sure. 384 00:14:31,833 --> 00:14:33,625 I'm very disappointed we weren't able to make 385 00:14:33,708 --> 00:14:35,667 an offer or a deal. 386 00:14:35,792 --> 00:14:38,000 It wasn't even close to what I know 387 00:14:38,042 --> 00:14:40,833 they're really, truly worth. 388 00:14:40,958 --> 00:14:45,500 ♪ ♪ 389 00:14:45,667 --> 00:14:47,208 - Hello. - Hi. 390 00:14:47,292 --> 00:14:49,042 - How can I help you today? 391 00:14:49,125 --> 00:14:51,750 - Well, I don't know what I'm looking at here. 392 00:14:51,833 --> 00:14:53,375 I bought these at a antique store. 393 00:14:53,458 --> 00:14:55,208 And I just thought I'd make, like, a really cool 394 00:14:55,292 --> 00:14:57,000 art installation with them-- and you know how that goes. 395 00:14:57,125 --> 00:14:58,125 You never get around to it. 396 00:14:58,208 --> 00:14:59,875 - Well, I agree with you. 397 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,417 They would make a really cool art installation here. 398 00:15:02,500 --> 00:15:04,833 These are tsubas. 399 00:15:04,875 --> 00:15:07,458 And they would go on, like, a Japanese sword. 400 00:15:07,583 --> 00:15:09,917 - A what-a? - So basically, 401 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:11,583 it's a piece that would go between the handle 402 00:15:11,667 --> 00:15:12,833 and the blade. 403 00:15:12,958 --> 00:15:14,458 And it would have a few different functions. 404 00:15:14,542 --> 00:15:16,125 One would be it would protect your hand 405 00:15:16,208 --> 00:15:18,167 from someone else's sword. 406 00:15:18,208 --> 00:15:20,500 And also it was kind of a connection point 407 00:15:20,542 --> 00:15:22,958 to make everything secure and just keep it, 408 00:15:23,083 --> 00:15:25,167 you know, put together without moving around. 409 00:15:25,250 --> 00:15:27,750 But these ones are actually pretty cool. 410 00:15:27,875 --> 00:15:30,083 These all look to be made out of iron, 411 00:15:30,167 --> 00:15:33,917 which is what you'd expect. 412 00:15:34,042 --> 00:15:35,458 You've got some really interesting stuff 413 00:15:35,583 --> 00:15:37,083 going on here. 414 00:15:37,208 --> 00:15:39,167 A typical motif you'd see on these 415 00:15:39,250 --> 00:15:43,000 would be animals, religious figures, 416 00:15:43,042 --> 00:15:45,500 or mythological creatures, 417 00:15:45,583 --> 00:15:50,042 which I see kind of some mythological creatures here-- 418 00:15:50,167 --> 00:15:52,250 some really cool stuff going on here. 419 00:15:52,333 --> 00:15:53,958 What are you looking to do with these? 420 00:15:54,083 --> 00:15:55,500 - I mean, I have no use for them. 421 00:15:55,667 --> 00:15:58,667 - Do you have an idea what you're looking to get for them? 422 00:15:58,750 --> 00:16:03,375 - You know, I was kind of hoping around, like, $350. 423 00:16:03,458 --> 00:16:04,833 - $350? 424 00:16:04,875 --> 00:16:06,250 - Yeah. 425 00:16:06,250 --> 00:16:08,792 - All right, I'll be honest with you. 426 00:16:08,917 --> 00:16:11,167 There's a possibility at $350, 427 00:16:11,250 --> 00:16:13,542 I'd be ripping you off just a little too much. 428 00:16:13,625 --> 00:16:15,000 - Really? 429 00:16:15,042 --> 00:16:16,375 - I think you have some good stuff here. 430 00:16:16,500 --> 00:16:18,042 With that being said, I could be wrong, 431 00:16:18,208 --> 00:16:19,833 but I would like to have someone come down 432 00:16:19,875 --> 00:16:21,542 and take a look at them. - OK. 433 00:16:21,625 --> 00:16:22,833 - Give me a few minutes. 434 00:16:22,958 --> 00:16:24,083 I'm going to make a phone call, 435 00:16:24,167 --> 00:16:25,500 see if I can have Mike Yamasaki come down. 436 00:16:25,583 --> 00:16:27,167 He's basically my samurai sword expert. 437 00:16:27,292 --> 00:16:28,833 - OK. That'd be awesome. 438 00:16:28,917 --> 00:16:30,333 - All right, I'm going to give him a call, 439 00:16:30,375 --> 00:16:33,333 and I'll be right back. - Sounds good. Thank you. 440 00:16:33,500 --> 00:16:36,125 ♪ ♪ 441 00:16:36,208 --> 00:16:38,417 - There's a guy in town with what he calls 442 00:16:38,500 --> 00:16:40,667 his music man cave, and it's near the shop. 443 00:16:40,750 --> 00:16:43,208 He said he has a few guitars he would like to sell, 444 00:16:43,375 --> 00:16:46,167 so I'm swinging by to see what he has 445 00:16:46,292 --> 00:16:48,167 and hopefully strum up a deal. 446 00:16:48,250 --> 00:16:52,167 [door bell jingles] 447 00:16:52,250 --> 00:16:53,292 Larry? 448 00:16:53,375 --> 00:16:54,250 - Hey, Rick. 449 00:16:54,375 --> 00:16:55,375 - So these are the guitars? 450 00:16:55,542 --> 00:16:56,708 - Yeah. 451 00:16:56,792 --> 00:16:59,083 Welcome to my little slice of heaven. 452 00:16:59,208 --> 00:17:02,333 This is my studio and workshop, where all the magic happens. 453 00:17:02,375 --> 00:17:04,542 - Yeah, I got a pawn shop that's sort of like that. 454 00:17:04,625 --> 00:17:06,167 - Yeah. [laughter] 455 00:17:06,250 --> 00:17:08,333 I reached out to the guys at the pawn shop 456 00:17:08,458 --> 00:17:10,542 because I have three guitars that I think they'll 457 00:17:10,625 --> 00:17:12,083 really be interested in. 458 00:17:12,208 --> 00:17:15,333 The Gibson B-bender is one of only 400 ever made. 459 00:17:15,500 --> 00:17:19,333 The Mosrite Celebrity is 50-something years old. 460 00:17:19,375 --> 00:17:21,625 It's hard to find them in this kind of shape. 461 00:17:21,750 --> 00:17:24,583 And a custom-painted Fender Stratocaster, 462 00:17:24,708 --> 00:17:27,125 there's only three of them in the entire world. 463 00:17:27,208 --> 00:17:30,333 I'd love to walk away with $24,000 for the three. 464 00:17:30,375 --> 00:17:32,167 If I'm able to sell these guitars, 465 00:17:32,208 --> 00:17:34,167 I will immediately start building 466 00:17:34,292 --> 00:17:36,958 my dream recording studio. 467 00:17:37,042 --> 00:17:38,333 - These are really cool. 468 00:17:38,500 --> 00:17:41,250 I mean, like-- this is a B-bender, right? 469 00:17:41,333 --> 00:17:43,375 - Yes, and as far as I know, 470 00:17:43,542 --> 00:17:45,125 the only B-bender that Gibson made. 471 00:17:45,292 --> 00:17:50,625 A B-bender mechanism actually pulls the B string tighter, 472 00:17:50,750 --> 00:17:52,167 raising the pitch, 473 00:17:52,250 --> 00:17:54,750 most likely used in country music. 474 00:17:54,833 --> 00:17:57,333 However, Gibson guitars were mostly used in rock and roll. 475 00:17:57,417 --> 00:17:58,667 - I mean, I've heard of these things. 476 00:17:58,792 --> 00:18:00,208 I've never actually seen one. 477 00:18:00,375 --> 00:18:02,458 - Yeah, so the Gibson is a 2013. 478 00:18:02,542 --> 00:18:04,292 - And that was done by the factory? 479 00:18:04,417 --> 00:18:07,333 - Yes, that's a--that's a factory Gibson mechanism. 480 00:18:07,417 --> 00:18:11,750 Then we have this 1967 Mosrite Celebrity here. 481 00:18:11,833 --> 00:18:14,000 - That is a cool brand. 482 00:18:14,125 --> 00:18:16,667 It was started by a guy named Moseley, 483 00:18:16,875 --> 00:18:18,500 and then he got financial backing 484 00:18:18,542 --> 00:18:22,000 from a guy named Boatright, so they made Mosrite. 485 00:18:22,125 --> 00:18:23,333 - You know, I did not know that. 486 00:18:23,542 --> 00:18:25,250 - Yeah. That's how they got together. 487 00:18:25,333 --> 00:18:28,583 I mean, the company was just jamming in the 1960s. 488 00:18:28,667 --> 00:18:30,625 I mean, like they were making a thousand guitars a month. 489 00:18:30,750 --> 00:18:32,042 - No kidding. 490 00:18:32,208 --> 00:18:33,833 - And the way I understood it was this 491 00:18:33,958 --> 00:18:37,583 is the guitar of the Ventures and even into the Ramones. 492 00:18:37,667 --> 00:18:40,167 They love that heavy reverb dripping, 493 00:18:40,292 --> 00:18:42,833 like made you feel like you're hanging 10 on a longboard. 494 00:18:42,917 --> 00:18:45,292 - OK. 495 00:18:45,417 --> 00:18:48,875 - And then this is a guitar commissioned by Fender. 496 00:18:49,042 --> 00:18:50,250 - I mean, everybody knows about Fender, 497 00:18:50,333 --> 00:18:52,083 I mean, started by Leo Fender. 498 00:18:52,208 --> 00:18:53,375 First guitar was the Broadcaster 499 00:18:53,458 --> 00:18:55,250 and then the Stratocaster, you know. 500 00:18:55,375 --> 00:18:56,708 - Yep. 501 00:18:56,875 --> 00:18:59,208 - The original rock and roll guitar, you know, Jimi Hendrix. 502 00:18:59,292 --> 00:19:00,542 It's cool, but like-- 503 00:19:00,708 --> 00:19:02,458 but that's a factory Gibson paint job? 504 00:19:02,542 --> 00:19:03,875 - No, no. 505 00:19:03,958 --> 00:19:07,208 This is a custom hand-painted paint job by Justin Bower. 506 00:19:07,292 --> 00:19:09,667 So Fender found Justin's art. 507 00:19:09,750 --> 00:19:12,042 He paints paintings and actually pottery. 508 00:19:12,208 --> 00:19:14,708 And they commissioned him to do three guitars. 509 00:19:14,792 --> 00:19:16,167 One belongs to Axl Rose. 510 00:19:16,333 --> 00:19:18,417 The other one is in a gallery in Japan. 511 00:19:18,500 --> 00:19:20,375 And we have the third one right here. 512 00:19:20,458 --> 00:19:21,875 - Interesting. - I thought so. 513 00:19:21,958 --> 00:19:23,458 - Yeah. 514 00:19:23,542 --> 00:19:24,875 All right, the big question-- 515 00:19:24,958 --> 00:19:25,958 what do you want for these things? 516 00:19:26,042 --> 00:19:28,125 - The Gibson's $2,500. 517 00:19:28,250 --> 00:19:30,667 The Mosrite's only $1,500. 518 00:19:30,750 --> 00:19:33,542 But the Fender is $20,000. 519 00:19:33,625 --> 00:19:35,125 - All right, I'm going to get a hold 520 00:19:35,208 --> 00:19:37,125 of my guitar guy because you have 521 00:19:37,250 --> 00:19:40,000 some very non-standard guitars. 522 00:19:40,042 --> 00:19:41,667 - I specialize in it. 523 00:19:41,792 --> 00:19:43,083 - Let me get him down here, and let's get his opinion, 524 00:19:43,167 --> 00:19:44,500 and then we'll go from there. 525 00:19:44,542 --> 00:19:45,667 - Sounds great. 526 00:19:45,833 --> 00:19:47,792 ♪ ♪ 527 00:19:51,875 --> 00:19:52,667 [rock music] 528 00:19:53,042 --> 00:19:53,875 - I'm at a guitar workshop here in town 529 00:19:54,542 --> 00:19:56,958 where the owner has three guitars he's looking to sell. 530 00:19:57,042 --> 00:20:00,000 He wants $24,000 for them. 531 00:20:00,083 --> 00:20:02,583 And I do not know if that's a good price. 532 00:20:02,667 --> 00:20:05,333 So I've called in Mike Ball, my guitar expert, 533 00:20:05,417 --> 00:20:08,167 and he's going to tell me if it's a rocking deal or not. 534 00:20:08,292 --> 00:20:09,667 So what do you think? 535 00:20:09,792 --> 00:20:11,625 - It's not often you get to see one of these-- 536 00:20:11,708 --> 00:20:13,333 - Yeah. 537 00:20:13,458 --> 00:20:16,000 - --a Gibson B-bender with a Joe Glaser B-bender setup. 538 00:20:16,083 --> 00:20:17,792 They only made 400 of these. 539 00:20:17,958 --> 00:20:19,542 This guitar is so weird. 540 00:20:19,708 --> 00:20:23,208 Looks like some-- some natural patina. 541 00:20:23,333 --> 00:20:25,125 This would have had a satin finish. 542 00:20:25,250 --> 00:20:26,417 We can still have a lot of it on the back, 543 00:20:26,542 --> 00:20:28,833 but a whole bunch of it's missing 544 00:20:28,917 --> 00:20:29,958 on the face of the guitar. 545 00:20:30,042 --> 00:20:31,375 But that's rock and roll. 546 00:20:31,542 --> 00:20:33,292 What are you going to do? 547 00:20:33,417 --> 00:20:35,208 - And then we got the Mosrite. 548 00:20:35,333 --> 00:20:37,792 - This is an oddball in the Mosrite pantheon. 549 00:20:37,875 --> 00:20:40,250 I mean, it's not the solid-body like the Ventures played 550 00:20:40,375 --> 00:20:42,708 or the Mark II, like Johnny Ramon played, 551 00:20:42,792 --> 00:20:46,417 a much more limited appeal, but has all the ingredients-- 552 00:20:46,542 --> 00:20:48,625 has the Moseley tailpiece, 553 00:20:48,708 --> 00:20:51,500 has the hotly wound single coil pickups, has the roller bridge. 554 00:20:51,625 --> 00:20:54,333 I'm into it, man. I love it. 555 00:20:54,417 --> 00:20:55,958 - Good. That's what I like to hear. 556 00:20:56,042 --> 00:20:57,333 - Yeah. 557 00:20:57,417 --> 00:20:59,500 And you don't see that every day. 558 00:20:59,625 --> 00:21:00,417 - No. 559 00:21:00,542 --> 00:21:02,208 - Well, I mean, the Stratocaster 560 00:21:02,292 --> 00:21:04,667 has been such an enticing platform for artwork. 561 00:21:04,750 --> 00:21:07,167 You've got, you know, Jimi Hendrix, Monterey Pop. 562 00:21:07,250 --> 00:21:10,083 And then in the '90s you have Crash, 563 00:21:10,208 --> 00:21:12,250 the artist that made those really evocative 564 00:21:12,333 --> 00:21:13,917 art guitars for Eric Clapton. 565 00:21:14,042 --> 00:21:17,667 So there's a good lineage of make your Stratocaster 566 00:21:17,708 --> 00:21:19,667 as weird and as wild as possible. 567 00:21:19,792 --> 00:21:21,500 - Sure. 568 00:21:21,583 --> 00:21:23,375 - What do you think these two would go for? 569 00:21:23,500 --> 00:21:25,667 - Well, on the Gibson, in its current condition, 570 00:21:25,833 --> 00:21:27,542 around $1,800. 571 00:21:27,667 --> 00:21:29,500 And on the Mosrite Celebrity, I feel really good 572 00:21:29,542 --> 00:21:31,292 about $1,500 for that one. 573 00:21:31,375 --> 00:21:35,542 And this--what was the asking price on this guitar? 574 00:21:35,625 --> 00:21:37,042 - $20,000. 575 00:21:37,167 --> 00:21:39,792 - I can tell you that if the only thing I can index this off 576 00:21:39,875 --> 00:21:42,292 of is the Eric Clapton Crash Stratocasters, 577 00:21:42,375 --> 00:21:44,208 which were played out by Clapton, 578 00:21:44,333 --> 00:21:47,500 so there's a whole extra layer attached to that-- 579 00:21:47,583 --> 00:21:50,167 but those I've seen priced at around $30,000. 580 00:21:50,292 --> 00:21:51,875 - So can you even put a number on it? 581 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:55,458 - Rick, I can't confidently put a number on that. 582 00:21:55,542 --> 00:21:57,125 - Thanks, man. You're the best. 583 00:21:57,208 --> 00:21:58,000 - Absolutely. Any time. 584 00:21:58,083 --> 00:21:59,042 - Thanks, man. 585 00:21:59,167 --> 00:22:01,333 - Larry, pleasure. 586 00:22:01,417 --> 00:22:04,167 - All right, so refresh my memory 587 00:22:04,250 --> 00:22:05,625 on what you wanted for these. 588 00:22:05,708 --> 00:22:08,583 - So if we're taking the Stratocaster 589 00:22:08,708 --> 00:22:12,458 out of the equation, I wanted $1,500 for the Mosrite, 590 00:22:12,542 --> 00:22:15,125 $2,500 for the B-bender Les Paul. 591 00:22:15,208 --> 00:22:17,583 - I'm thinking like $2,000. 592 00:22:17,667 --> 00:22:19,500 - $2,500. 593 00:22:19,625 --> 00:22:23,083 - I'm thinking $2,000. 594 00:22:23,208 --> 00:22:25,583 - $2,350. 595 00:22:25,667 --> 00:22:27,292 - $2,200. 596 00:22:27,375 --> 00:22:29,583 Sweet. We got a deal. 597 00:22:29,708 --> 00:22:31,125 Bring the to the shop. I'll get you paid. 598 00:22:31,208 --> 00:22:32,042 - You got it. - Thanks, bro. 599 00:22:32,167 --> 00:22:33,458 - See ya. 600 00:22:34,875 --> 00:22:37,667 ♪ ♪ 601 00:22:37,792 --> 00:22:39,792 - There's a woman in the shop with a collection 602 00:22:39,875 --> 00:22:43,042 of tsubas, which are mountings for Japanese swords. 603 00:22:43,167 --> 00:22:45,417 She's asking $350 for the lot. 604 00:22:45,542 --> 00:22:46,958 But I want to make sure they're authentic. 605 00:22:47,042 --> 00:22:49,500 I've asked Mike Yamasaki to come take a look 606 00:22:49,542 --> 00:22:52,625 and give me his opinion on them. 607 00:22:52,708 --> 00:22:54,833 Why don't you tell Mike how you got this stuff? 608 00:22:54,917 --> 00:22:57,208 - I was antiquing and came across these 609 00:22:57,333 --> 00:22:59,000 and thought I could make a really cool 610 00:22:59,125 --> 00:23:00,500 art installation piece with them, 611 00:23:00,625 --> 00:23:02,000 but I never really got around to it. 612 00:23:02,083 --> 00:23:04,042 And honestly, I didn't know what they were. 613 00:23:04,167 --> 00:23:05,458 - Can you take a look at them and let 614 00:23:05,542 --> 00:23:06,667 me know what you're seeing? 615 00:23:06,792 --> 00:23:09,000 - Well, at least you made the right choice. 616 00:23:09,083 --> 00:23:12,833 These are what look to be genuine Japanese tsubas, 617 00:23:12,917 --> 00:23:15,167 not Chinese reproductions or anything like that. 618 00:23:15,250 --> 00:23:18,083 With your permission, I'd like to take a look at them. 619 00:23:18,208 --> 00:23:19,917 - Absolutely, please. 620 00:23:20,042 --> 00:23:21,542 - This piece is very nice. 621 00:23:21,667 --> 00:23:24,750 It's a classic piece, and it's of a Japanese flower. 622 00:23:24,750 --> 00:23:28,000 This was actually a solid plate like this. 623 00:23:28,083 --> 00:23:31,250 But then they carved away and left the design. 624 00:23:31,333 --> 00:23:32,625 So that's a lot of work. 625 00:23:32,708 --> 00:23:36,542 So this is actually one of the nicer pieces. 626 00:23:36,625 --> 00:23:40,000 And you can see how heavy this piece is here. 627 00:23:40,042 --> 00:23:41,125 - I did hold that one. 628 00:23:41,208 --> 00:23:42,167 [dings] 629 00:23:42,292 --> 00:23:43,167 It's got a good-- 630 00:23:43,292 --> 00:23:44,458 - A nice ring to it. 631 00:23:44,542 --> 00:23:46,833 So this is a very well-made piece. 632 00:23:46,958 --> 00:23:48,792 - OK. - And-- 633 00:23:48,875 --> 00:23:52,250 it also--did you notice the writing on it? 634 00:23:52,333 --> 00:23:54,333 - I did. A couple of them have-- 635 00:23:54,500 --> 00:23:56,000 - Right. 636 00:23:56,167 --> 00:23:58,833 And that tells us where it was made and who it was made by. 637 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:00,208 - Are you familiar with that name? 638 00:24:00,375 --> 00:24:01,333 Yes. 639 00:24:01,458 --> 00:24:02,667 I actually know this maker. 640 00:24:02,792 --> 00:24:05,167 He worked quite often in the 1800s. 641 00:24:05,375 --> 00:24:07,458 It's Namitoshi. 642 00:24:07,542 --> 00:24:12,708 And he's actually a well-known tsuba maker. 643 00:24:12,875 --> 00:24:16,792 And then the rest of these have condition issues, 644 00:24:16,917 --> 00:24:20,583 like this has damage on the back right here. 645 00:24:20,708 --> 00:24:24,500 So unfortunately, that kind of degrades the value. 646 00:24:24,625 --> 00:24:26,875 - How much do you think this collection is worth? 647 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:29,958 - Well, you have quite a varying bit 648 00:24:30,042 --> 00:24:32,667 of quality and condition, 649 00:24:32,750 --> 00:24:36,167 but I would say $5,000 would be-- 650 00:24:36,250 --> 00:24:37,833 - What? - Yeah. 651 00:24:37,917 --> 00:24:39,958 - Are you serious? - Yeah. 652 00:24:40,042 --> 00:24:42,125 - I change my offer. 653 00:24:42,250 --> 00:24:44,333 - All right, well, I appreciate you coming out, Mike. 654 00:24:44,417 --> 00:24:45,708 - Hey, anytime. - All right, thank you. 655 00:24:45,875 --> 00:24:46,875 - Thank you. - I'll see you. 656 00:24:47,042 --> 00:24:48,042 - Nice to meet you. 657 00:24:48,167 --> 00:24:50,042 - All right, so $350 it is. 658 00:24:50,208 --> 00:24:53,458 - I think we could do a little better than that. 659 00:24:53,542 --> 00:24:55,625 - How about I add a 0 to it and give you $3,500. 660 00:24:55,750 --> 00:24:57,625 I think that seems pretty fair. 661 00:24:57,708 --> 00:25:00,167 - Would you go to $4,000? 662 00:25:00,292 --> 00:25:01,708 - I'll go 4,000 on them. 663 00:25:01,833 --> 00:25:03,958 We got a deal. - Awesome. Thank you. 664 00:25:03,958 --> 00:25:05,167 - You can just come up here, and I'll get you paid. 665 00:25:05,167 --> 00:25:05,542 - OK. 666 00:25:09,375 --> 00:25:10,750 [rock music] 667 00:25:10,917 --> 00:25:13,667 ♪ ♪ 668 00:25:13,750 --> 00:25:15,333 [ding] 669 00:25:15,458 --> 00:25:21,833 ♪ ♪ 670 00:25:23,208 --> 00:25:27,375 ♪ ♪ 671 00:25:27,542 --> 00:25:29,500 - Hey, how's it going? - Hi. Good. 672 00:25:29,667 --> 00:25:31,667 - Well, we have flatware here. 673 00:25:31,792 --> 00:25:33,542 Is it silver? - Stainless steel. 674 00:25:33,667 --> 00:25:35,417 - Stainless steel. - Japanese stainless steel. 675 00:25:35,542 --> 00:25:38,833 - This was the set of flatware that you bought 676 00:25:38,917 --> 00:25:40,500 because you didn't want to be like your parents. 677 00:25:40,542 --> 00:25:42,833 - Which I can relate to. - [laughs] 678 00:25:42,958 --> 00:25:45,667 - I'm at the pawn shop today to sell 679 00:25:45,750 --> 00:25:48,875 my 1950s Carl Aubock flatware. 680 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:52,333 I found my set of flatware at a thrift store in my area 681 00:25:52,417 --> 00:25:53,708 in Southern California. 682 00:25:53,875 --> 00:25:55,917 They look great, but actually using them 683 00:25:56,042 --> 00:25:58,042 wasn't the most functional, so I figured, 684 00:25:58,125 --> 00:26:00,083 why not try to get some money for them? 685 00:26:00,083 --> 00:26:03,667 Based on my research, I would like to maybe get 686 00:26:03,750 --> 00:26:06,000 around five grand for the set. 687 00:26:06,125 --> 00:26:07,500 - This is pretty cool. 688 00:26:07,667 --> 00:26:10,167 I mean, in 1950, you were really, 689 00:26:10,292 --> 00:26:11,667 really cool if you had this. 690 00:26:11,792 --> 00:26:13,458 You know, people didn't have cell phones 691 00:26:13,583 --> 00:26:15,042 and app stores and stuff like that 692 00:26:15,167 --> 00:26:16,042 to waste their money on. 693 00:26:16,167 --> 00:26:17,625 They had dinner parties. 694 00:26:17,750 --> 00:26:20,625 And the more elaborate your flatware set was, 695 00:26:20,708 --> 00:26:22,708 was the bigger status symbol that you had. 696 00:26:22,708 --> 00:26:24,250 I mean, I've seen it all the way down to the onion 697 00:26:24,375 --> 00:26:27,667 and the pickle fork, you know, the salt spoons and everything 698 00:26:27,708 --> 00:26:29,625 like that, where, I mean, it just goes on and on and on, 699 00:26:29,750 --> 00:26:32,292 to where you got, you know, 27, 37 pieces 700 00:26:32,375 --> 00:26:34,458 in an entire dinner set. 701 00:26:34,542 --> 00:26:36,083 Do you mind if I pick a piece up and take a look at it? 702 00:26:36,208 --> 00:26:37,792 - No. Go for it. 703 00:26:37,875 --> 00:26:39,667 - And they're Aubock, right? 704 00:26:39,792 --> 00:26:41,875 - Carl Aubock is the designer. 705 00:26:41,958 --> 00:26:45,375 - Stainless steel from Japan, definitely 1950s, 706 00:26:45,458 --> 00:26:46,625 mid-century modern. 707 00:26:46,708 --> 00:26:48,375 So how many pieces total? 708 00:26:48,500 --> 00:26:49,833 - 46 total. 709 00:26:49,875 --> 00:26:51,000 - OK. 710 00:26:51,083 --> 00:26:52,542 What are you trying to get out of this? 711 00:26:52,667 --> 00:26:54,542 - Well, I did a little bit of research 712 00:26:54,667 --> 00:26:56,500 to figure out what they were. 713 00:26:56,667 --> 00:26:59,708 And I did find a couple listings for a full set 714 00:26:59,792 --> 00:27:01,417 going for around five grand. 715 00:27:01,542 --> 00:27:02,917 - All right. 716 00:27:03,042 --> 00:27:05,250 It doesn't look like a full set because there's 717 00:27:05,333 --> 00:27:06,750 no serving spoons. 718 00:27:06,875 --> 00:27:08,708 I mean, I've seen full sets go for around $1,200 719 00:27:08,792 --> 00:27:10,167 and actually sell for that. 720 00:27:10,250 --> 00:27:12,125 That being said, if I'm going to sell flatware, 721 00:27:12,208 --> 00:27:13,667 it's going to have to be the silver stuff 722 00:27:13,792 --> 00:27:14,833 because that's the only stuff I've ever 723 00:27:14,958 --> 00:27:16,375 been able to sell in my life. 724 00:27:16,542 --> 00:27:19,667 It's just way too much of a niche market. 725 00:27:19,875 --> 00:27:21,500 I do appreciate you bringing it in, though. 726 00:27:21,667 --> 00:27:22,917 - Yeah. - Well, have a good day. 727 00:27:23,042 --> 00:27:25,292 - Thank you. - Take care. 728 00:27:25,417 --> 00:27:30,375 ♪ ♪ 729 00:27:30,458 --> 00:27:32,333 - Hi. How are you doing today? 730 00:27:32,375 --> 00:27:33,208 - Pretty good. 731 00:27:33,292 --> 00:27:34,875 - Good. 732 00:27:34,875 --> 00:27:37,125 - It looks like a definitely old pair of golf clubs. 733 00:27:37,250 --> 00:27:39,667 - Yeah, just an old pair of golf clubs sitting around. 734 00:27:39,750 --> 00:27:41,500 - OK, all right. 735 00:27:41,583 --> 00:27:43,083 I see the name. 736 00:27:43,167 --> 00:27:44,667 Tell me about them. 737 00:27:44,833 --> 00:27:48,125 - This right here is a set of General Eisenhower's clubs 738 00:27:48,250 --> 00:27:50,250 that my father-in-law got from him. 739 00:27:50,333 --> 00:27:53,167 My father-in-law was a golf pro at Fort Meade, 740 00:27:53,250 --> 00:27:56,292 where President Eisenhower came and golfed several times. 741 00:27:56,417 --> 00:27:57,667 - You know, my dad once told me, 742 00:27:57,708 --> 00:27:59,333 find out what you're not good at in this life 743 00:27:59,500 --> 00:28:00,625 and don't do that. 744 00:28:00,708 --> 00:28:03,333 So I just stopped playing golf. [laughter] 745 00:28:03,375 --> 00:28:05,000 Really cool. 746 00:28:05,083 --> 00:28:06,542 I mean, it's Dwight D. Eisenhower. 747 00:28:06,708 --> 00:28:08,750 A five-star general is the highest rank you can get. 748 00:28:08,875 --> 00:28:10,833 And that rank only exists during wartime. 749 00:28:10,917 --> 00:28:13,125 I mean, he was the supreme commander. 750 00:28:13,250 --> 00:28:15,875 This is the guy who defeated Germany in World War II. 751 00:28:15,875 --> 00:28:18,042 And he was a pretty amazing president. 752 00:28:18,208 --> 00:28:21,000 I mean, we have the interstate highway system because of him. 753 00:28:21,042 --> 00:28:24,000 He's definitely in the top 10 presidents we ever had. 754 00:28:24,042 --> 00:28:27,667 The clubs are even cast with his signature 755 00:28:27,708 --> 00:28:29,833 in it and the five stars. 756 00:28:29,958 --> 00:28:31,333 - Yeah. 757 00:28:31,458 --> 00:28:34,250 - Now, tell me exactly how your father-in-law got these. 758 00:28:34,375 --> 00:28:37,167 - My father-in-law was a golf pro at Fort Meade in Maryland. 759 00:28:37,333 --> 00:28:40,083 President Eisenhower used to go there and golf quite a bit, 760 00:28:40,208 --> 00:28:42,292 got to know my father-in-law, and turned around 761 00:28:42,375 --> 00:28:43,750 and gave it to him as a gift. 762 00:28:43,875 --> 00:28:46,750 - So this is your father-in-law? 763 00:28:46,875 --> 00:28:47,917 - That's my father-in-law. 764 00:28:48,042 --> 00:28:49,667 There's President Eisenhower. 765 00:28:49,792 --> 00:28:52,583 And that right there is retired General Parks. 766 00:28:52,667 --> 00:28:54,667 - OK. I believe they're his. 767 00:28:54,750 --> 00:28:56,083 - Yeah. 768 00:28:56,292 --> 00:28:58,000 - I wish we had some more documentation and the history 769 00:28:58,083 --> 00:28:59,583 on them and things like that. 770 00:28:59,708 --> 00:29:01,000 - How much do you want for them? 771 00:29:01,042 --> 00:29:02,542 - $100,000. - $100,000. 772 00:29:02,708 --> 00:29:05,000 That'd be tough. 773 00:29:05,208 --> 00:29:08,667 He had one set that sold for over $100,000. 774 00:29:08,833 --> 00:29:12,875 But that was his custom-made set that was at Augusta. 775 00:29:13,042 --> 00:29:16,708 And there's all this documentation on it. 776 00:29:16,875 --> 00:29:18,917 This is not that set. - No. 777 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:21,000 - When you have something like this, it's one-of-a-kind. 778 00:29:21,167 --> 00:29:23,292 - It is. - People buy the story. 779 00:29:23,375 --> 00:29:24,750 And I got to have the story. 780 00:29:24,833 --> 00:29:26,250 And I got to prove the story. 781 00:29:26,375 --> 00:29:27,750 I mean, if there was a letter or something like that, 782 00:29:27,833 --> 00:29:28,917 it'd be kind of a game-changer. 783 00:29:29,042 --> 00:29:30,417 - Yeah. - But my number is, like, 784 00:29:30,500 --> 00:29:32,000 $20,000. - OK. 785 00:29:32,167 --> 00:29:33,875 Rick, I'll have to pass on that. 786 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:36,625 But I definitely appreciate the offer. 787 00:29:36,750 --> 00:29:37,875 - Thank you for coming in. 788 00:29:38,042 --> 00:29:40,583 - Thank you. - I really appreciate it. 789 00:29:40,708 --> 00:29:42,833 There you go. - Thank you. 790 00:29:42,958 --> 00:29:45,375 - Presidents are people just like the rest of us. 791 00:29:45,500 --> 00:29:47,917 And at the end of a long day of running the free world, 792 00:29:48,042 --> 00:29:49,750 they need to kick back and clear 793 00:29:49,833 --> 00:29:51,458 their heads as much as anyone. 794 00:29:51,542 --> 00:29:53,167 Since the dawn of the presidency, 795 00:29:53,333 --> 00:29:55,375 these guys have each managed to squeeze 796 00:29:55,542 --> 00:29:59,167 in time for their secret or not-so-secret hobbies. 797 00:29:59,250 --> 00:30:02,375 For instance, the OG, George Washington, 798 00:30:02,458 --> 00:30:05,875 when he wasn't putting in place the pieces of a new democracy, 799 00:30:05,958 --> 00:30:09,083 he was probably busy cutting some serious rug. 800 00:30:09,083 --> 00:30:11,083 Firsthand accounts claim he was 801 00:30:11,208 --> 00:30:13,750 "Dancing With the Stars" level good, 802 00:30:13,875 --> 00:30:16,833 always the center of attention at a party. 803 00:30:16,958 --> 00:30:19,833 Since childhood, FDR was a serious 804 00:30:19,917 --> 00:30:21,083 stamp-collecting addict. 805 00:30:21,208 --> 00:30:23,167 And when he fell ill with polio, 806 00:30:23,292 --> 00:30:25,917 working on his stamp collection helped pass 807 00:30:26,042 --> 00:30:27,833 the lonely hours spent by himself. 808 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,083 As president, he spent up to an hour a day 809 00:30:30,208 --> 00:30:33,000 looking at and adding to his collection. 810 00:30:33,167 --> 00:30:36,000 Richard and First Lady Pat Nixon 811 00:30:36,083 --> 00:30:38,708 loved bowling so much that they had 812 00:30:38,792 --> 00:30:41,000 a one-lane bowling alley installed in the 813 00:30:41,125 --> 00:30:43,667 White House basement in 1969. 814 00:30:43,792 --> 00:30:46,917 Tricky Dick sported an average of 170 815 00:30:47,042 --> 00:30:50,000 and would roll up to eight games a night, 816 00:30:50,083 --> 00:30:53,417 a number that would make the Big Lebowski proud. 817 00:30:53,500 --> 00:30:56,875 President Barack Obama was a serious hooper. 818 00:30:56,958 --> 00:31:00,792 He regularly scheduled pick-up games at 1600 Penn, 819 00:31:00,875 --> 00:31:04,667 including a game at his 50th birthday celebration 820 00:31:04,750 --> 00:31:07,792 that included WNBA player Maya Moore 821 00:31:07,875 --> 00:31:09,917 and NBA players Chauncey Billups 822 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:11,333 and Chris Paul. 823 00:31:11,458 --> 00:31:13,708 Talk about a star-studded affair. 824 00:31:13,792 --> 00:31:15,833 You know, I look pretty presidential. 825 00:31:15,958 --> 00:31:17,792 I don't think there's ever been a motorcycle riding, 826 00:31:17,917 --> 00:31:19,833 avid collector, 827 00:31:19,917 --> 00:31:23,625 Oregon mountain man, prodigious pawnbroker. 828 00:31:23,750 --> 00:31:25,958 Harrison, 2024. [laughs] 829 00:31:30,208 --> 00:31:31,167 [rock music] 830 00:31:31,250 --> 00:31:33,583 ♪ ♪ 831 00:31:33,750 --> 00:31:35,708 Kind of impressed. - Thanks. 832 00:31:35,875 --> 00:31:37,000 - Tell me about it. 833 00:31:37,083 --> 00:31:40,292 - It's a 1955 Mutoscope KO Champ. 834 00:31:40,417 --> 00:31:41,625 - OK. 835 00:31:41,750 --> 00:31:43,833 You know, this is a boxing town. 836 00:31:43,958 --> 00:31:46,125 - I'm in trouble. [laughter] 837 00:31:46,250 --> 00:31:50,333 I'm here to sell a 1955 Mutoscope KO Champ. 838 00:31:50,458 --> 00:31:52,292 This game is two fighters in there, 839 00:31:52,375 --> 00:31:54,500 and you're basically trying to hit the other under the chin 840 00:31:54,625 --> 00:31:56,292 to knock him down. 841 00:31:56,375 --> 00:32:00,333 My asking price is $14,000 for my 1955 Mutoscope KO Champ. 842 00:32:00,375 --> 00:32:02,625 - This is cool. 843 00:32:02,708 --> 00:32:04,333 Mutoscope, the name is called scope 844 00:32:04,417 --> 00:32:06,167 because they used to make short films 845 00:32:06,250 --> 00:32:08,333 for the coin-operated machines they used. 846 00:32:08,417 --> 00:32:10,333 A lot of old fairs and stuff used to have them. 847 00:32:10,458 --> 00:32:11,917 Basically, it's they're all cast iron. 848 00:32:12,042 --> 00:32:13,167 You put your face into it. 849 00:32:13,208 --> 00:32:14,458 You turn the crank. [imitates clicking] 850 00:32:14,542 --> 00:32:16,833 And the pictures move, and you see a little movie. 851 00:32:16,958 --> 00:32:18,333 It's like a minute or two minutes long. 852 00:32:18,375 --> 00:32:21,542 And the company saw the writing on the wall 853 00:32:21,625 --> 00:32:24,458 and said, like, you know, this short little movie thing 854 00:32:24,542 --> 00:32:25,958 is not going to last. 855 00:32:26,042 --> 00:32:29,000 And they started making different mechanical games. 856 00:32:29,042 --> 00:32:32,917 And this was one of their cooler games. 857 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:34,500 What year is this one? 858 00:32:34,583 --> 00:32:35,833 - 1955. 859 00:32:35,875 --> 00:32:37,583 It's sort of like Rock'Em Sock'Em Robots-- 860 00:32:37,708 --> 00:32:38,667 - That's what I've heard. 861 00:32:38,708 --> 00:32:40,125 - --but way before that. 862 00:32:40,208 --> 00:32:41,667 Where did you get this? 863 00:32:41,708 --> 00:32:44,167 - Well, I purchased this from a dear friend of mine. 864 00:32:44,208 --> 00:32:46,167 - I mean, did you just fall in love with the game, or? 865 00:32:46,250 --> 00:32:47,500 - Yeah, I mean, look at it. 866 00:32:47,542 --> 00:32:48,750 How can you not fall in love with that? 867 00:32:48,833 --> 00:32:50,083 - OK. Does it work? 868 00:32:50,208 --> 00:32:51,875 - It does. It works great. 869 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,208 - All right, can we play it? 870 00:32:54,292 --> 00:32:56,333 - Absolutely. [bell dings] 871 00:32:56,458 --> 00:33:02,792 ♪ ♪ 872 00:33:02,917 --> 00:33:06,833 [dinging] 873 00:33:06,917 --> 00:33:08,500 - Aww! 874 00:33:08,625 --> 00:33:14,458 ♪ ♪ 875 00:33:14,542 --> 00:33:15,917 Ah-ha! 876 00:33:16,042 --> 00:33:18,542 - And the timer just ran out, so you're good. 877 00:33:18,625 --> 00:33:20,375 - I cheated a little bit. I used to box. 878 00:33:20,458 --> 00:33:22,167 [laughter] 879 00:33:22,208 --> 00:33:23,542 - Well, that's got to be what it is. 880 00:33:23,625 --> 00:33:26,333 - All right, so how much you want for this thing? 881 00:33:26,458 --> 00:33:28,208 - $14,000. 882 00:33:28,333 --> 00:33:30,333 - OK, that sounds like a lot of money. 883 00:33:30,333 --> 00:33:32,167 How did you come up with that number? 884 00:33:32,250 --> 00:33:33,333 - Just going off what they've sold 885 00:33:33,500 --> 00:33:36,083 at auctions for unrestored machines 886 00:33:36,208 --> 00:33:38,250 and the cost of the restoration work. 887 00:33:38,375 --> 00:33:39,125 - OK. 888 00:33:39,250 --> 00:33:40,833 Let me call in a friend of mine. 889 00:33:40,917 --> 00:33:43,000 She will way more about this game than I do 890 00:33:43,083 --> 00:33:45,667 and she'll know what it's worth, OK? 891 00:33:45,792 --> 00:33:47,375 - Yep. 892 00:33:47,458 --> 00:33:51,083 ♪ ♪ 893 00:33:51,167 --> 00:33:52,125 - Hey, how's it going? 894 00:33:52,208 --> 00:33:53,125 - Hey, how are you? 895 00:33:53,208 --> 00:33:54,667 - What do we got here? 896 00:33:54,708 --> 00:33:57,458 - So I have a Rarities Mint metal Snow White coin. 897 00:33:57,583 --> 00:33:59,833 It has a mint error designation-- 898 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:01,875 - OK. - --and a Congo coin. 899 00:34:01,958 --> 00:34:03,542 - Who's on the Snow White coin here? 900 00:34:03,708 --> 00:34:04,833 We have-- - Happy. 901 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:06,167 - Happy, OK. 902 00:34:06,333 --> 00:34:09,167 So there's Happy, Sleepy, Dopey, 903 00:34:09,250 --> 00:34:12,167 Grumpy, Bashful, Sneezy-- 904 00:34:12,250 --> 00:34:13,792 - And Doc. - Doc, OK. 905 00:34:13,958 --> 00:34:15,917 I'm really impressed that I know that still. 906 00:34:16,042 --> 00:34:17,667 - That's pretty good. 907 00:34:17,833 --> 00:34:21,333 I'm here at the pawn shop to sell a Rarities Mint 908 00:34:21,375 --> 00:34:24,167 Snow White coin and a Congo coin. 909 00:34:24,333 --> 00:34:26,375 The Snow White is extremely rare. 910 00:34:26,542 --> 00:34:28,000 It's the only one in the world. 911 00:34:28,083 --> 00:34:30,500 The Congo coin has a 50-year calendar, 912 00:34:30,583 --> 00:34:33,125 which is very interesting because the coin rotates. 913 00:34:33,208 --> 00:34:34,333 It has a functionality. 914 00:34:34,500 --> 00:34:37,042 The Snow White, I'm asking $10,000, 915 00:34:37,125 --> 00:34:40,000 and the Congo is $3,000. 916 00:34:40,208 --> 00:34:41,625 - This is interesting. 917 00:34:41,750 --> 00:34:43,625 Basically, this was a commemorative coin. 918 00:34:43,750 --> 00:34:44,833 It's commemorating, what, 919 00:34:44,875 --> 00:34:47,167 the 50th anniversary of "Snow White." 920 00:34:47,250 --> 00:34:49,500 It's like, what, it was their first feature film, right? 921 00:34:49,583 --> 00:34:50,500 - That's right. 922 00:34:50,667 --> 00:34:51,667 - Disney loves a good collectible. 923 00:34:51,750 --> 00:34:52,875 - That's right. 924 00:34:53,042 --> 00:34:54,333 - OK, so where'd you get them? 925 00:34:54,375 --> 00:34:56,000 - From another dealer. 926 00:34:56,125 --> 00:34:57,333 - Anything particular about these ones that 927 00:34:57,375 --> 00:34:58,500 made you have to have them? 928 00:34:58,542 --> 00:35:00,000 - Absolutely. 929 00:35:00,167 --> 00:35:03,000 The Rarities Mint Snow White metal has a mint error-- 930 00:35:03,083 --> 00:35:06,167 a wire struck into the metal, into the silver. 931 00:35:06,292 --> 00:35:07,917 It's between the letters A and the N. 932 00:35:08,042 --> 00:35:09,833 And the Congo coin, there's only 933 00:35:09,917 --> 00:35:11,833 three of those in the world. 934 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:15,875 - And so your Congo one is a 50-year calendar coin. OK. 935 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:18,375 So, yeah, what I'm assuming here 936 00:35:18,500 --> 00:35:20,708 is, you know, you got to have some kind of mechanics in here 937 00:35:20,792 --> 00:35:23,667 to make this thing spin so you can change the calendar around, 938 00:35:23,792 --> 00:35:25,333 different dates and whatnot-- 939 00:35:25,458 --> 00:35:27,208 obviously, 50 years after they got their independence. 940 00:35:27,292 --> 00:35:29,083 And it's 10 francs. 941 00:35:29,167 --> 00:35:30,375 OK, definitely pretty cool. 942 00:35:30,458 --> 00:35:32,167 I mean, I haven't seen one before, 943 00:35:32,333 --> 00:35:33,667 but you said there's only three in the world, 944 00:35:33,708 --> 00:35:35,458 so why would I, right? 945 00:35:35,583 --> 00:35:37,917 So I'm assuming you brought them down here to sell them 946 00:35:38,042 --> 00:35:39,208 to me, right? - Yes, sir. 947 00:35:39,375 --> 00:35:40,458 - What are you looking to get out of them? 948 00:35:40,583 --> 00:35:42,833 - I'm looking to get $3,000 on the Congo coin 949 00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:44,667 and $10,000 on the Snow White. 950 00:35:44,750 --> 00:35:46,667 - You are mighty proud of these things, man. 951 00:35:46,708 --> 00:35:48,000 - That's right. 952 00:35:48,042 --> 00:35:50,458 - OK, so I don't know if there's 953 00:35:50,583 --> 00:35:54,125 anybody out there really collecting Snow White coins. 954 00:35:54,250 --> 00:35:56,208 And I get it's got a mint error, 955 00:35:56,333 --> 00:35:58,417 but a mint error really only matters to me 956 00:35:58,500 --> 00:36:00,708 if it's on American currency. 957 00:36:00,833 --> 00:36:02,250 You know, now, this Congo one, 958 00:36:02,333 --> 00:36:03,833 I get the fact that it's functional, 959 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:05,583 it's cool, it's super rare. 960 00:36:05,708 --> 00:36:08,125 But once again, it's a commemorative coin. 961 00:36:08,208 --> 00:36:09,458 I hate to say it, man. 962 00:36:09,583 --> 00:36:10,667 I mean, I'd give you silver weight on it, 963 00:36:10,750 --> 00:36:12,500 about $25 a piece. 964 00:36:12,625 --> 00:36:14,792 - I can't do it. - I mean, what you got is cool. 965 00:36:14,917 --> 00:36:17,000 And I know they're really rare, 966 00:36:17,083 --> 00:36:18,333 but just because they're rare doesn't mean 967 00:36:18,375 --> 00:36:20,125 they're worth a lot of money to me. 968 00:36:20,250 --> 00:36:21,500 But I do appreciate you bringing them down, man. 969 00:36:21,667 --> 00:36:22,792 - Thank you. 970 00:36:22,875 --> 00:36:23,875 - So you don't want to sell them for $50 total? 971 00:36:23,958 --> 00:36:25,208 - No. 972 00:36:25,375 --> 00:36:26,292 - OK, well, I have to thank you very much. 973 00:36:26,375 --> 00:36:26,792 - Thank you so much. - Take care. 974 00:36:30,792 --> 00:36:32,000 ♪ ♪ 975 00:36:32,708 --> 00:36:34,292 - A customer brought in the shop 976 00:36:34,417 --> 00:36:38,458 a 1955 Mutoscope KO Champ coin-operated boxing game. 977 00:36:38,542 --> 00:36:40,667 The seller is asking for $14,000. 978 00:36:40,708 --> 00:36:43,625 And it works and is in excellent condition. 979 00:36:43,708 --> 00:36:46,500 But I don't know what something like this is worth. 980 00:36:46,625 --> 00:36:48,958 So I've called in Dani, our pinball expert. 981 00:36:49,042 --> 00:36:53,000 And she's going to tell me if this is a knockout deal or not. 982 00:36:53,167 --> 00:36:54,583 Dani. - Hey, Rick. 983 00:36:54,708 --> 00:36:56,333 Thanks for having me. 984 00:36:56,333 --> 00:36:57,333 Hi, there. - Hi. 985 00:36:57,500 --> 00:36:58,583 - I'm Dani. Nice to meet you. 986 00:36:58,667 --> 00:37:00,375 - Kevin. Nice to meet you. 987 00:37:00,458 --> 00:37:01,542 - This is a really fancy machine you have here, Kevin. 988 00:37:01,708 --> 00:37:03,167 - Thank you. 989 00:37:03,250 --> 00:37:04,292 - Rick, what can I tell you about the machine? 990 00:37:04,375 --> 00:37:05,458 - Everything. 991 00:37:05,583 --> 00:37:06,667 - Everything? 992 00:37:06,792 --> 00:37:08,667 Well, this company, International Mutoscope, 993 00:37:08,833 --> 00:37:10,708 started in the early 1900s. 994 00:37:10,833 --> 00:37:14,375 Towards the end of their run in the late 1950s, 995 00:37:14,542 --> 00:37:16,583 they were mostly just doing arcade machines. 996 00:37:16,708 --> 00:37:19,208 This was one of the last games that they produced. 997 00:37:19,292 --> 00:37:21,417 So how long have you owned this machine for? 998 00:37:21,542 --> 00:37:23,083 - A couple of years now. 999 00:37:23,167 --> 00:37:24,375 - And then did you buy the machine restored 1000 00:37:24,542 --> 00:37:26,083 or did you have it restored yourself? 1001 00:37:26,167 --> 00:37:27,667 - I bought it restored. - OK. 1002 00:37:27,750 --> 00:37:29,708 Well, it looks like it's in really great shape. 1003 00:37:29,708 --> 00:37:32,333 So can I take a little bit of a closer look at the machine? 1004 00:37:32,417 --> 00:37:33,875 - Absolutely. - OK, great. 1005 00:37:34,042 --> 00:37:37,375 So I can see just a couple things 1006 00:37:37,500 --> 00:37:41,750 on the graphics here that obviously have been redone. 1007 00:37:41,833 --> 00:37:45,708 The "KO" that's in the boxing gloves, slightly smaller font 1008 00:37:45,875 --> 00:37:48,292 than the original version, and then the "champ" 1009 00:37:48,417 --> 00:37:51,417 is also a little bit fatter, more bubbly. 1010 00:37:51,500 --> 00:37:54,083 The biggest thing that I'm noticing on this machine, 1011 00:37:54,208 --> 00:37:56,375 however, is the domed top. 1012 00:37:56,542 --> 00:38:00,958 So the original machines came with a circular dome. 1013 00:38:01,042 --> 00:38:04,000 So a lot of times when you do find these machines, 1014 00:38:04,167 --> 00:38:06,375 the original dome tops will be broken, 1015 00:38:06,500 --> 00:38:08,292 cracked, yellowed with age. 1016 00:38:08,375 --> 00:38:10,833 This machine is close to 75 years old. 1017 00:38:10,917 --> 00:38:13,833 So they obviously reproduced this top for this one. 1018 00:38:13,958 --> 00:38:15,000 - OK. 1019 00:38:15,167 --> 00:38:16,833 So what do you think it's worth? 1020 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:21,042 - Looks like everything's, you know, in very clean shape. 1021 00:38:21,208 --> 00:38:23,167 I would put the value of this machine 1022 00:38:23,250 --> 00:38:26,292 in today's market at $11,500. 1023 00:38:26,375 --> 00:38:29,333 A collector is going to want that original bubble. 1024 00:38:29,375 --> 00:38:31,917 - OK. Thanks, Dani. You're the best. 1025 00:38:32,042 --> 00:38:33,583 - Thank you so much. Good luck. 1026 00:38:33,667 --> 00:38:34,667 - Thanks. Nice to meet you. 1027 00:38:34,792 --> 00:38:36,333 - Nice to meet you. 1028 00:38:36,458 --> 00:38:38,208 - All right, you heard Dani. 1029 00:38:38,292 --> 00:38:42,125 And I'll give you $7,000. 1030 00:38:42,208 --> 00:38:44,292 It's very small market. 1031 00:38:44,375 --> 00:38:45,917 It's tough selling this stuff. 1032 00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:48,167 When I do sell it, I got to pay guys to make a crate. 1033 00:38:48,250 --> 00:38:51,000 There's a lot of money involved in selling one of these things. 1034 00:38:51,125 --> 00:38:53,542 $7,000. 1035 00:38:53,667 --> 00:38:54,833 - $10,000. 1036 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:56,333 - I'd go $7,500. 1037 00:38:56,500 --> 00:38:57,583 I mean, hopefully, they'll sell right away. 1038 00:38:57,667 --> 00:38:59,333 But if it doesn't sell right away, 1039 00:38:59,417 --> 00:39:01,042 I might run into problems a year from now, so... 1040 00:39:01,167 --> 00:39:03,292 - I'd probably do $8,000. That's about as low as I'll go. 1041 00:39:03,417 --> 00:39:06,875 - $7,700. 1042 00:39:06,958 --> 00:39:08,333 - $7,800. 1043 00:39:08,458 --> 00:39:10,208 - $7,800. - Deal. 1044 00:39:10,292 --> 00:39:11,917 - Sweet. 1045 00:39:12,042 --> 00:39:14,292 I will meet you right up front and I'll get you paid. 1046 00:39:14,417 --> 00:39:16,958 - All right. Thank you, sir. 1047 00:39:17,042 --> 00:39:18,958 - This is my new boxing workout. 1048 00:39:19,083 --> 00:39:21,000 [chuckles] 1049 00:39:21,042 --> 00:39:26,417 ♪ ♪ 1050 00:39:26,542 --> 00:39:28,958 Earlier at the shop, I looked at a set of golf clubs 1051 00:39:29,083 --> 00:39:31,333 that may have been owned by President Eisenhower. 1052 00:39:31,417 --> 00:39:33,625 They actually made me reminisce about me 1053 00:39:33,750 --> 00:39:36,458 trying to play the game in my younger years. 1054 00:39:36,542 --> 00:39:38,500 So I've asked Corey and Chum to meet me here 1055 00:39:38,667 --> 00:39:41,917 to tee off my reintroduction to the game of golf. 1056 00:39:42,083 --> 00:39:43,583 - There's your pops. 1057 00:39:43,667 --> 00:39:45,417 - Hey, guys. What do you think? 1058 00:39:45,542 --> 00:39:47,417 - What's going on here? 1059 00:39:47,542 --> 00:39:49,167 So we had President Eisenhower's golf clubs 1060 00:39:49,208 --> 00:39:50,500 in the shop. 1061 00:39:50,583 --> 00:39:52,167 I started thinking about this place. 1062 00:39:52,250 --> 00:39:53,333 It's right down the street from the shop. 1063 00:39:53,500 --> 00:39:55,375 We have drinks. We have golf. 1064 00:39:55,542 --> 00:39:57,833 It's brand new. They have amazing food. 1065 00:39:57,917 --> 00:40:01,042 We can relax, hit some balls, and we can have a blast. 1066 00:40:01,208 --> 00:40:03,083 - All right. - OK? 1067 00:40:03,208 --> 00:40:04,167 - So how long have you been here 1068 00:40:04,333 --> 00:40:05,667 practicing before we got here? 1069 00:40:05,750 --> 00:40:06,958 - I haven't practiced at all. 1070 00:40:07,083 --> 00:40:08,500 This is not a competition. 1071 00:40:08,583 --> 00:40:09,875 We're just here to have fun. 1072 00:40:10,042 --> 00:40:12,875 - I heard it's a competition. - All right, so I'm up. 1073 00:40:12,958 --> 00:40:14,875 ♪ ♪ 1074 00:40:15,042 --> 00:40:16,167 God! 1075 00:40:16,250 --> 00:40:17,708 - Just swing slower, Rick. 1076 00:40:17,792 --> 00:40:18,917 Take a baby step forward, though, I promise. 1077 00:40:19,042 --> 00:40:20,375 - You know what? 1078 00:40:20,500 --> 00:40:21,542 I will do great, if you guys could just 1079 00:40:21,708 --> 00:40:23,167 be quiet for a minute, OK? - All right. 1080 00:40:23,292 --> 00:40:26,167 ♪ ♪ 1081 00:40:26,250 --> 00:40:28,292 - Whoa. There you go. 1082 00:40:28,375 --> 00:40:30,958 - All right, here you go, Chum. You're up. 1083 00:40:31,083 --> 00:40:35,792 ♪ ♪ 1084 00:40:35,875 --> 00:40:37,417 Good job, Chum. - Look at that. 1085 00:40:37,542 --> 00:40:39,292 I beat you with an 8-iron, Rick. 1086 00:40:39,417 --> 00:40:41,083 - I just need to practice more. 1087 00:40:41,208 --> 00:40:42,167 - All right, Big Hoss, you're up. 1088 00:40:42,333 --> 00:40:43,833 - All right. 1089 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:45,958 All right, son. 1090 00:40:46,083 --> 00:40:48,500 [club thwacks] 1091 00:40:48,625 --> 00:40:50,167 See right past-- that goes shade. 1092 00:40:50,333 --> 00:40:52,542 - Oh, Corey beat you! [laughs] 1093 00:40:52,708 --> 00:40:54,458 - But that was a massive slice. 1094 00:40:54,542 --> 00:40:57,125 - All right, Big Hoss. Good job. 1095 00:40:57,208 --> 00:40:59,250 - You've never heard of Harrison, the great golfer? 1096 00:40:59,375 --> 00:41:00,667 - You did come in last place. 1097 00:41:00,750 --> 00:41:02,167 - You know, I just need a little practice. 1098 00:41:02,208 --> 00:41:03,333 It's been a long time. 1099 00:41:03,458 --> 00:41:05,167 - You know what? I think you did good. 1100 00:41:05,250 --> 00:41:07,167 But you're definitely better at eating tacos than golf. 1101 00:41:07,250 --> 00:41:10,000 So why don't you stick to that, and I'll take your turn? 1102 00:41:10,042 --> 00:41:12,667 - OK. [laughs]