1 00:00:02,042 --> 00:00:03,500 - On tonight's episode, 2 00:00:03,583 --> 00:00:05,083 will Corey and I go full tilt on a deal? 3 00:00:05,167 --> 00:00:06,958 That one seems to work pretty good. 4 00:00:07,042 --> 00:00:08,083 And this one right here-- 5 00:00:08,208 --> 00:00:09,667 - He's going to blame the motor. 6 00:00:09,792 --> 00:00:11,125 - Or is it game over? 7 00:00:11,250 --> 00:00:12,667 [ball drain chime] 8 00:00:12,708 --> 00:00:16,167 Then Corey gets jazzed about a super rare guitar. 9 00:00:16,250 --> 00:00:17,500 - That's one hell of a guitar you got here. 10 00:00:17,625 --> 00:00:18,792 - Thank you. 11 00:00:18,875 --> 00:00:19,708 - So what do you think it could be worth? 12 00:00:19,833 --> 00:00:21,208 - They're highly collectible, 13 00:00:21,375 --> 00:00:24,750 but they also only speak to a fairly narrow range of players. 14 00:00:24,875 --> 00:00:29,208 - And later, Chum discovers that some rare tribal gear 15 00:00:29,292 --> 00:00:30,583 is worth fighting over. 16 00:00:30,667 --> 00:00:34,625 - So boar tusks, cowrie shell, cassowary feathers. 17 00:00:34,625 --> 00:00:36,125 - Cassowary. 18 00:00:36,208 --> 00:00:38,292 - This is a bird the size of an ostrich 19 00:00:38,375 --> 00:00:40,083 that will kill you in a heartbeat. 20 00:00:40,208 --> 00:00:41,042 [bird squawks] 21 00:00:41,167 --> 00:00:44,208 [upbeat rock music] 22 00:00:44,333 --> 00:00:51,125 ♪ ♪ 23 00:00:54,667 --> 00:00:56,000 - Oh, I kind of know what you got here, 24 00:00:56,125 --> 00:00:57,375 but tell me what you got here. 25 00:00:57,542 --> 00:01:00,833 - This is a 1959 Chicago Coin "Jet Pilot." 26 00:01:00,917 --> 00:01:03,000 That is Genco "Motorama." 27 00:01:03,042 --> 00:01:04,208 - This is, like, 28 00:01:04,333 --> 00:01:06,167 electromechanical wonderland right here. 29 00:01:06,292 --> 00:01:09,000 - Yeah, this is awesome. Yeah. 30 00:01:09,083 --> 00:01:12,292 I'm here to sell my 1957 Genco "Motorama" 31 00:01:12,375 --> 00:01:16,958 and 1959 Chicago Coin "Jet Pilot" arcade games. 32 00:01:17,042 --> 00:01:18,750 They have been restored professionally. 33 00:01:18,875 --> 00:01:21,167 There are some original parts still in the games, 34 00:01:21,250 --> 00:01:22,833 original graphics. 35 00:01:22,917 --> 00:01:24,667 Acrylic fronts are still original, 36 00:01:24,875 --> 00:01:27,375 so you'll see some markings, scratchings in them like that, 37 00:01:27,500 --> 00:01:30,000 which adds to the value of the machines. 38 00:01:30,125 --> 00:01:33,333 My asking price for both of the games is 24,000. 39 00:01:33,500 --> 00:01:35,083 - This is cool. 40 00:01:35,208 --> 00:01:37,667 Genco was sort of known for odd stuff. 41 00:01:37,792 --> 00:01:40,250 They produced hundreds of different games. 42 00:01:40,375 --> 00:01:42,292 The two you got right here are really cool. 43 00:01:42,375 --> 00:01:44,583 This is like a design they had in the '50s. 44 00:01:44,708 --> 00:01:46,167 - They were probably sitting right next to each other 45 00:01:46,250 --> 00:01:47,708 in an arcade or something, right? 46 00:01:47,833 --> 00:01:48,958 - Pretty much, yeah. 47 00:01:49,042 --> 00:01:50,625 - I really dig the car one, though. 48 00:01:50,708 --> 00:01:51,833 - Yeah, it's pretty cool. 49 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:53,333 - Do you know if that's the original body for the car? 50 00:01:53,458 --> 00:01:54,833 - That is. 51 00:01:54,958 --> 00:01:56,458 - Can I try one? - Absolutely. 52 00:01:56,542 --> 00:01:58,083 - All right. All right, here we go, guys. 53 00:01:58,208 --> 00:02:00,000 [machine clanks] 54 00:02:00,083 --> 00:02:01,458 ♪ ♪ 55 00:02:01,542 --> 00:02:03,250 - Do you have any idea what you're doing, 56 00:02:03,375 --> 00:02:05,500 or are you just driving this thing around aimlessly? 57 00:02:05,625 --> 00:02:07,375 - Ah. 58 00:02:07,500 --> 00:02:08,833 Yeah, there's a few issues with it. 59 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:10,083 - Oh, yeah, they're electromechanical. 60 00:02:10,167 --> 00:02:11,958 If you don't use them, they hang up. 61 00:02:12,042 --> 00:02:15,000 - OK. I'm a pilot, so I can do this. 62 00:02:15,042 --> 00:02:16,000 ♪ ♪ 63 00:02:16,042 --> 00:02:17,083 [machine buzzes] 64 00:02:17,167 --> 00:02:18,792 All right. - There you go. 65 00:02:18,875 --> 00:02:19,708 [machine buzzing] 66 00:02:19,833 --> 00:02:23,083 ♪ ♪ 67 00:02:23,208 --> 00:02:25,917 - I mean, this one seems to kind of work. 68 00:02:25,917 --> 00:02:27,292 - It's operator error. 69 00:02:27,375 --> 00:02:28,333 - There's nothing wrong with it. 70 00:02:28,458 --> 00:02:29,500 You're just not any good at it. 71 00:02:29,583 --> 00:02:31,625 - No, there's some problems with it. 72 00:02:31,708 --> 00:02:33,000 - OK. [machine buzzes] 73 00:02:33,167 --> 00:02:35,958 - Yeah. OK, pretty cool, though. 74 00:02:36,042 --> 00:02:38,250 I like it. How much you want for them? 75 00:02:38,375 --> 00:02:40,333 - Asking 24,000 for the pair. 76 00:02:40,458 --> 00:02:42,667 - 24,000 for the pair? - Yep. 77 00:02:42,750 --> 00:02:44,542 - I'd really like my friend Dani to look at them. 78 00:02:44,667 --> 00:02:46,250 She knows everything there is to know about the-- 79 00:02:46,375 --> 00:02:48,375 - Do you want to have Dani make sure that it was not 80 00:02:48,500 --> 00:02:50,042 operator error and have her-- 81 00:02:50,208 --> 00:02:51,333 - OK, you know what? 82 00:02:51,500 --> 00:02:53,417 Why don't you call Dani, get her down here. 83 00:02:53,542 --> 00:02:56,500 I will inspect these machines some more, all right? 84 00:02:56,625 --> 00:02:58,125 - So go play the games, OK? I'll call Dani. 85 00:02:58,208 --> 00:03:00,833 - All right. Do you mind? - No, go ahead. 86 00:03:00,958 --> 00:03:01,875 - OK. 87 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:08,167 ♪ ♪ 88 00:03:08,375 --> 00:03:10,833 [indistinct chatter] 89 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:12,500 ♪ ♪ 90 00:03:12,583 --> 00:03:14,708 - Hi. I'm Steve. - Chumlee. 91 00:03:14,833 --> 00:03:16,333 How can I help you, Steve? - Chum, pleased to meet you. 92 00:03:16,458 --> 00:03:18,000 I got something that's really kind of cool 93 00:03:18,083 --> 00:03:19,250 and I think you might appreciate. 94 00:03:19,375 --> 00:03:20,417 - All right, what do you got? 95 00:03:20,500 --> 00:03:22,833 - Take a look. - All right, a pen. 96 00:03:22,917 --> 00:03:26,750 - Well, it's actually just a little bit more than a pen. 97 00:03:26,875 --> 00:03:28,375 It's a butterfly knife. 98 00:03:28,542 --> 00:03:30,083 - OK, do you mind if I take a look at it? 99 00:03:30,167 --> 00:03:31,667 - Yes, please. 100 00:03:31,833 --> 00:03:35,875 - All right, so it just swings open right here. 101 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:37,167 That's pretty cool. 102 00:03:37,208 --> 00:03:40,083 And then--oh, there we go. 103 00:03:40,083 --> 00:03:42,875 I actually remember as a young kid going to the swap meet 104 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,500 and buying the butterfly knife that had a dummy blade. 105 00:03:45,667 --> 00:03:46,792 - Mm-hmm. 106 00:03:46,875 --> 00:03:48,000 - And I would just be flipping it around all day, 107 00:03:48,083 --> 00:03:49,667 practicing all this crazy stuff. 108 00:03:49,750 --> 00:03:52,000 I don't want to try those crazy tricks with this, though. 109 00:03:52,125 --> 00:03:53,458 ♪ ♪ 110 00:03:53,542 --> 00:03:54,958 - I'm here at the pawn shop today 111 00:03:55,042 --> 00:03:57,833 to sell a butterfly knife that disguised as a pen. 112 00:03:57,958 --> 00:04:01,792 I've had it for quite a while, maybe about 30 years. 113 00:04:01,875 --> 00:04:03,208 After my dad passed, 114 00:04:03,292 --> 00:04:04,625 I was going through some of his boxes 115 00:04:04,750 --> 00:04:07,875 of other war memorabilia and I found this in there, 116 00:04:08,042 --> 00:04:09,333 just thinking it was a pen. 117 00:04:09,375 --> 00:04:10,750 Wasn't till years later 118 00:04:10,875 --> 00:04:12,667 that I started playing with it, opening it up, 119 00:04:12,875 --> 00:04:15,292 and I was like, ooh, this is some kind of a knife. 120 00:04:15,375 --> 00:04:17,375 I don't know exactly how old it is. 121 00:04:17,458 --> 00:04:20,250 Can't find any markings or indication. 122 00:04:20,375 --> 00:04:22,750 My asking price for the butterfly knife is $100. 123 00:04:22,875 --> 00:04:24,667 - This is pretty cool. 124 00:04:24,792 --> 00:04:27,792 Well, you know, I've seen many a butterfly knife in my day, 125 00:04:27,875 --> 00:04:29,542 but nothing quite like this. 126 00:04:29,667 --> 00:04:32,708 Butterfly knives kind of gained a little bit of popularity 127 00:04:32,792 --> 00:04:36,417 after World War II when they brought some of these home. 128 00:04:36,542 --> 00:04:38,583 They were kind of just cool, little keepsake items. 129 00:04:38,667 --> 00:04:41,667 But somewhere around the 1950s and '60s, 130 00:04:41,750 --> 00:04:44,333 they got really popularized in television 131 00:04:44,500 --> 00:04:46,042 or movies and stuff like that. 132 00:04:46,208 --> 00:04:47,667 And today, they're very popular, 133 00:04:47,792 --> 00:04:49,792 and this is just a very unique one. 134 00:04:49,875 --> 00:04:51,208 It's disguised as a pen, 135 00:04:51,333 --> 00:04:54,167 and they did a really good job at it. 136 00:04:54,292 --> 00:04:56,125 So tell me about it. Where did you get it? 137 00:04:56,208 --> 00:04:58,583 - My father was in the Korean War conflict 138 00:04:58,667 --> 00:05:01,333 back in the day, so after he passed away, 139 00:05:01,458 --> 00:05:03,458 I was going through some more of his boxes 140 00:05:03,583 --> 00:05:06,083 and I had come across that. 141 00:05:06,167 --> 00:05:07,417 - It's definitely pretty cool. 142 00:05:07,542 --> 00:05:10,083 It's much thinner than the typical butterfly knife. 143 00:05:10,208 --> 00:05:12,042 - Mm. - It's very, very light. 144 00:05:12,208 --> 00:05:13,667 And do you have a price in mind? 145 00:05:13,750 --> 00:05:17,167 - I'm thinking maybe $100. - OK. 146 00:05:17,250 --> 00:05:18,667 I actually do have a military expert 147 00:05:18,708 --> 00:05:20,542 I would love to come take a look at this. 148 00:05:20,667 --> 00:05:23,000 So if you have some time, I would love to get him down here 149 00:05:23,125 --> 00:05:24,458 and see what he has to say about it. 150 00:05:24,542 --> 00:05:25,667 - Yeah, that sounds great. 151 00:05:25,792 --> 00:05:27,292 - All right, give me just a moment. 152 00:05:27,375 --> 00:05:28,833 I'll call him and see how fast he can get down here. 153 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:30,000 - Great. 154 00:05:30,125 --> 00:05:32,208 [suspenseful music] 155 00:05:32,333 --> 00:05:35,167 [upbeat rock music] 156 00:05:35,250 --> 00:05:36,583 ♪ ♪ 157 00:05:36,708 --> 00:05:39,250 - A guy came to the shop with two really cool 158 00:05:39,333 --> 00:05:41,792 1950s coin-operated games. 159 00:05:41,875 --> 00:05:43,417 They're both in working condition. 160 00:05:43,542 --> 00:05:46,042 He would like to get $24,000 for the pair, 161 00:05:46,167 --> 00:05:48,125 which is a lot of coinage. 162 00:05:48,208 --> 00:05:51,167 So I have my mechanical game expert, Dani, coming over, 163 00:05:51,333 --> 00:05:52,917 and she's going to let me know 164 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,500 if I should press the start button on this deal or not. 165 00:05:55,625 --> 00:05:56,958 - How's it going? - There she is. 166 00:05:57,083 --> 00:05:58,542 - Good to see you again, Rick. 167 00:05:58,667 --> 00:06:01,333 Wow. Hi. I'm Dani. - Kevin. 168 00:06:01,417 --> 00:06:03,500 Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you. 169 00:06:03,583 --> 00:06:07,333 - We have a Genco and a Genco Chicago Coin. 170 00:06:07,417 --> 00:06:10,125 - So Genco was an arcade company 171 00:06:10,208 --> 00:06:11,500 started in the early '30s. 172 00:06:11,625 --> 00:06:14,292 They produced these types of arcade machines, 173 00:06:14,375 --> 00:06:15,667 not so much the pinballs. 174 00:06:15,792 --> 00:06:18,917 The "Motorama" came out in 1957 and is 175 00:06:19,042 --> 00:06:22,792 the first car-themed game where the car moves freely 176 00:06:22,875 --> 00:06:26,333 around the playfield and doesn't operate on a track 177 00:06:26,458 --> 00:06:28,750 like other car machines of the past. 178 00:06:28,875 --> 00:06:31,625 And then the "Jet Pilot" was produced by Chicago Coin 179 00:06:31,708 --> 00:06:35,083 in 1959 after the Chicago Coin Company 180 00:06:35,208 --> 00:06:37,833 took over the Genco operation. 181 00:06:37,917 --> 00:06:39,833 - That one seems to work pretty good. 182 00:06:39,917 --> 00:06:42,917 I'm just really bad at it. [laughter] 183 00:06:43,042 --> 00:06:44,917 And this one right here-- 184 00:06:45,042 --> 00:06:47,083 - He's really bad at, too, but he's going to blame the motor. 185 00:06:47,208 --> 00:06:50,208 - I think the motor in the car or maybe something 186 00:06:50,333 --> 00:06:52,375 in there needs a little bit of help. 187 00:06:52,458 --> 00:06:54,875 - The "Motorama" looks like it was restored 188 00:06:54,958 --> 00:06:57,167 for a home collector, as you can see 189 00:06:57,292 --> 00:06:59,583 by the wear on the machine. 190 00:06:59,708 --> 00:07:03,583 The "Jet Pilot" does look like it was operated in the field 191 00:07:03,708 --> 00:07:07,333 or maybe is a little bit older of a restoration. 192 00:07:07,458 --> 00:07:08,833 - How collectible are these things? 193 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:10,333 I mean, it has to take up a lot of real estate. 194 00:07:10,458 --> 00:07:12,708 - They are big games, obviously. 195 00:07:12,833 --> 00:07:15,750 However, there was actually three games produced 196 00:07:15,875 --> 00:07:19,250 in this series that all came in the same cabinet. 197 00:07:19,375 --> 00:07:22,000 Genco put out a game called "Space Age." 198 00:07:22,125 --> 00:07:23,167 Usually in a collection, 199 00:07:23,333 --> 00:07:25,750 you'll see all three of those machines. 200 00:07:25,833 --> 00:07:27,833 - OK, so what do you think they're worth? 201 00:07:27,917 --> 00:07:31,125 - The "Motorama" is a much more popular game. 202 00:07:31,250 --> 00:07:32,500 You do see these in the market. 203 00:07:32,583 --> 00:07:34,667 There was one that recently sold on auction 204 00:07:34,792 --> 00:07:36,583 within the past few months. 205 00:07:36,708 --> 00:07:39,583 I would value this machine at $10,000. 206 00:07:39,708 --> 00:07:42,833 The "Jet Pilot," while being more rare of a machine, 207 00:07:42,917 --> 00:07:46,000 is not as fun to play as the "Motorama." 208 00:07:46,042 --> 00:07:48,833 I would put a value on this machine of 8,500. 209 00:07:48,917 --> 00:07:52,125 - 18,500 all together? - For the pair, yep. 210 00:07:52,208 --> 00:07:54,708 - And if I buy them, you can help me fix them up? 211 00:07:54,792 --> 00:07:56,333 - I can definitely help you fix them up, Rick. 212 00:07:56,458 --> 00:07:57,500 - OK. Thanks, Dani. 213 00:07:57,625 --> 00:07:58,542 You're the best. - Thank you. 214 00:07:58,667 --> 00:07:59,708 Good luck. Nice to meet you. 215 00:07:59,833 --> 00:08:00,833 - Thank you. - All right. See you soon. 216 00:08:00,917 --> 00:08:01,833 - Thank you, guys. See you soon. 217 00:08:01,917 --> 00:08:03,167 - Right that way. Appreciate it. 218 00:08:03,250 --> 00:08:04,250 - See you later. - All right. 219 00:08:04,417 --> 00:08:05,667 You might have seen one go for 12,000 220 00:08:05,750 --> 00:08:07,292 unrestored on an auction. 221 00:08:07,375 --> 00:08:08,667 Auctions are a weird thing. 222 00:08:08,833 --> 00:08:09,875 You never know what you're going to get out of them. 223 00:08:10,042 --> 00:08:11,333 - Oh, yeah, they're up and down. Yep. 224 00:08:11,458 --> 00:08:12,875 - Great items, it's just a lot more work 225 00:08:13,042 --> 00:08:14,042 involved in selling it. 226 00:08:14,208 --> 00:08:15,167 - Yeah, makes sense. 227 00:08:15,292 --> 00:08:16,833 - I'd give you 12,000. 228 00:08:16,958 --> 00:08:18,833 - No, I have to pass. - OK. 229 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:21,417 You have any more nickels? - I do not. [laughs] 230 00:08:21,500 --> 00:08:22,667 You're cut off. 231 00:08:22,792 --> 00:08:23,583 - Let me go get someone to help you, OK? 232 00:08:23,667 --> 00:08:25,292 - Appreciate it. 233 00:08:25,417 --> 00:08:27,458 - Ah-ha. 234 00:08:27,583 --> 00:08:29,792 ♪ ♪ 235 00:08:29,875 --> 00:08:32,542 You really should make a deal with me on this thing. 236 00:08:32,667 --> 00:08:34,125 [bell clangs] 237 00:08:34,125 --> 00:08:37,167 ♪ ♪ 238 00:08:37,250 --> 00:08:39,208 - I have a customer in the shop with a butterfly knife 239 00:08:39,333 --> 00:08:41,208 that is disguised as a pen. 240 00:08:41,375 --> 00:08:43,333 The owner would like to get $100, 241 00:08:43,458 --> 00:08:44,875 but doesn't know much about it 242 00:08:44,958 --> 00:08:47,833 and there are no markings to help me determine a value. 243 00:08:47,875 --> 00:08:49,708 I've asked Alex Cranmer to come down 244 00:08:49,792 --> 00:08:54,333 and take a look at it before I sign off on a deal here. 245 00:08:54,375 --> 00:08:55,542 - Hi. I'm Alex. - Steve. 246 00:08:55,667 --> 00:08:57,500 Alex, pleased to meet you. - Nice to meet you. 247 00:08:57,583 --> 00:08:59,708 - Called you in about this pen. - Oh. 248 00:08:59,833 --> 00:09:03,000 - That happens to also be... 249 00:09:03,125 --> 00:09:05,333 a Chum Bond-like spy tool. 250 00:09:05,458 --> 00:09:06,875 - Oh, that's cool. 251 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:08,667 Do you mind if I pick it up, Steve? 252 00:09:08,750 --> 00:09:10,792 - Oh, yeah, please do. - All right. 253 00:09:10,875 --> 00:09:12,667 - Have you ever seen anything like this? 254 00:09:12,792 --> 00:09:15,375 - I mean, I've seen things like this, 255 00:09:15,458 --> 00:09:17,208 but this is a bit different 256 00:09:17,333 --> 00:09:21,917 and mostly because it is, like, precisely built. 257 00:09:22,042 --> 00:09:25,333 And it's quite sturdy in your hand. 258 00:09:25,417 --> 00:09:28,833 Like, if this was some tourist knockoff made overseas, 259 00:09:28,917 --> 00:09:32,042 it doesn't have the same build quality. 260 00:09:32,208 --> 00:09:35,958 So it's got an aluminum body and this is a steel blade. 261 00:09:36,042 --> 00:09:37,167 It's single-edged. 262 00:09:37,292 --> 00:09:42,542 It is razor-sharp with, like, a crazy stiletto tip. 263 00:09:42,625 --> 00:09:47,083 This was made to do really terrible damage. 264 00:09:47,167 --> 00:09:49,208 And it's concealable 265 00:09:49,208 --> 00:09:52,250 because you could easily put this in your front pocket 266 00:09:52,333 --> 00:09:53,667 and nobody would be the wiser 267 00:09:53,833 --> 00:09:56,833 that you actually had a lethal weapon on you. 268 00:09:56,958 --> 00:09:59,875 I mean, I would date this to probably the 1960s, 269 00:09:59,958 --> 00:10:02,083 maybe 1970s. 270 00:10:02,208 --> 00:10:06,625 The absence of any visual markings is telling. 271 00:10:06,708 --> 00:10:08,458 So we would refer to this, 272 00:10:08,542 --> 00:10:12,917 from a military collector's standpoint, as being sterile. 273 00:10:13,042 --> 00:10:14,833 So why would something be sterile? 274 00:10:14,917 --> 00:10:17,083 And the answer is because if you lost this, 275 00:10:17,208 --> 00:10:19,125 you wouldn't want someone who found it 276 00:10:19,250 --> 00:10:20,667 to know where it came from. 277 00:10:20,750 --> 00:10:22,833 Now, why wouldn't you want to know where it came from? 278 00:10:22,917 --> 00:10:27,875 So the idea of concealable, small weapons 279 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:31,500 that are sterile really began, for the Americans, 280 00:10:31,625 --> 00:10:33,583 in World War II, the OSS, 281 00:10:33,708 --> 00:10:35,500 the Office of Strategic Services. 282 00:10:35,625 --> 00:10:38,000 This is the predecessor to the CIA. 283 00:10:38,083 --> 00:10:40,125 So you're talking spy games things. 284 00:10:40,250 --> 00:10:43,000 And so this does become the spy weapon that-- 285 00:10:43,083 --> 00:10:44,500 - I was hoping it was a spy weapon. 286 00:10:44,542 --> 00:10:46,208 - Boom. 287 00:10:46,292 --> 00:10:47,375 - Is this something that 288 00:10:47,458 --> 00:10:49,500 that spy-type collector would collect? 289 00:10:49,583 --> 00:10:50,833 - Yes. 290 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:52,458 So if you were to buy it and put it in the shop, 291 00:10:52,542 --> 00:10:55,167 I think you might get up to $1,000. 292 00:10:55,250 --> 00:10:56,708 - All right, Alex, as always, it's been a pleasure. 293 00:10:56,875 --> 00:10:58,500 - All right. You're welcome. - That's great information. 294 00:10:58,625 --> 00:10:59,750 Thanks, Alex. - All right, good luck. 295 00:10:59,833 --> 00:11:01,500 - You still want 100 bucks? 296 00:11:01,625 --> 00:11:05,292 - Ah, based on this new light of information, 297 00:11:05,375 --> 00:11:07,167 my price has gone closer to 1,000. 298 00:11:07,292 --> 00:11:08,500 - OK. 299 00:11:08,667 --> 00:11:10,333 Alex is saying that's probably top of the market 300 00:11:10,458 --> 00:11:12,458 for a retail situation 301 00:11:12,583 --> 00:11:14,333 like we have here in the pawn shop. 302 00:11:14,375 --> 00:11:15,958 Would you take 400 for it? 303 00:11:16,042 --> 00:11:17,458 - Um... 304 00:11:17,583 --> 00:11:20,333 - How about 800? 305 00:11:20,375 --> 00:11:22,667 - How about 550? 306 00:11:22,708 --> 00:11:25,083 - How about 650? 307 00:11:25,208 --> 00:11:28,000 - I could do 575. That could be my max. 308 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:30,667 - 575. 309 00:11:30,750 --> 00:11:32,208 Tell you what, that's a deal. 310 00:11:32,333 --> 00:11:33,667 - All right, we got a deal. 311 00:11:33,750 --> 00:11:35,167 You go ahead over there to the counter, 312 00:11:35,292 --> 00:11:36,708 and I'll meet you right over there, 313 00:11:36,875 --> 00:11:38,667 and I will write you up and get you paid. 314 00:11:38,708 --> 00:11:40,792 - Thank you much. - I better take this with me. 315 00:11:40,875 --> 00:11:41,958 I don't want to leave a knife on the counter. 316 00:11:42,083 --> 00:11:42,333 - No. 317 00:11:46,458 --> 00:11:47,333 [upbeat rock music] 318 00:11:47,417 --> 00:11:48,708 ♪ ♪ 319 00:11:48,875 --> 00:11:51,583 - How we doing today? - I'm good. How you doing? 320 00:11:51,708 --> 00:11:52,833 - What do you have here? 321 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:54,250 - Couple "Planet of the Apes" items. 322 00:11:54,375 --> 00:11:55,750 - So where did you get these? 323 00:11:55,833 --> 00:11:57,375 - These were found at an estate sale. 324 00:11:57,458 --> 00:11:58,792 - All right. 325 00:11:58,875 --> 00:12:01,583 "Planet of the Apes" is a pretty iconic franchise. 326 00:12:01,750 --> 00:12:03,458 I think they're releasing the tenth movie this year. 327 00:12:03,625 --> 00:12:04,708 - Yep. 328 00:12:04,833 --> 00:12:05,875 - I definitely haven't seen them all, 329 00:12:06,042 --> 00:12:07,792 but I've watched a few of the movies. 330 00:12:07,875 --> 00:12:09,375 Did you ever watch them? 331 00:12:09,500 --> 00:12:11,792 - A few of them. The reboot, I guess. 332 00:12:11,875 --> 00:12:13,250 And then I don't know what's happened 333 00:12:13,375 --> 00:12:14,667 over the last few years. 334 00:12:14,750 --> 00:12:16,000 [monkey chatters] 335 00:12:16,125 --> 00:12:18,750 I have a "Planet of the Apes" Dr. Zaius doll 336 00:12:18,833 --> 00:12:20,667 as well as two sealed "Planet of the Apes," 337 00:12:20,833 --> 00:12:23,708 like, a soldier and a Peter Burke. 338 00:12:23,833 --> 00:12:26,375 The two action figures are men-on-card 339 00:12:26,500 --> 00:12:28,042 and they're unpunched. 340 00:12:28,125 --> 00:12:31,208 And the Dr. Zaius, it's very rare to find the box. 341 00:12:31,375 --> 00:12:33,208 I would like to get $1,375 342 00:12:33,375 --> 00:12:35,542 for the three items that I'm bringing in. 343 00:12:35,625 --> 00:12:37,125 - This is definitely cool. 344 00:12:37,208 --> 00:12:40,417 The basics of the first movie was that, you know, 345 00:12:40,500 --> 00:12:42,000 the apes were from a planet 346 00:12:42,083 --> 00:12:45,125 and this group of astronauts landed on the planet. 347 00:12:45,208 --> 00:12:48,833 And the apes captured them and basically 348 00:12:48,917 --> 00:12:51,167 all captured humans on this planet were slaves 349 00:12:51,292 --> 00:12:52,708 working for the apes. 350 00:12:52,833 --> 00:12:54,667 And obviously, the humans got away 351 00:12:54,750 --> 00:12:56,875 and all kinds of stuff going on in the movie. 352 00:12:57,042 --> 00:12:59,583 But the "Planet of the Apes" was a solid movie. 353 00:12:59,708 --> 00:13:00,792 It had a good following right away. 354 00:13:00,917 --> 00:13:02,667 But when they released the toys, you know, 355 00:13:02,750 --> 00:13:05,458 people took to them really well. 356 00:13:05,542 --> 00:13:06,667 The toys are pretty cool, though. 357 00:13:06,875 --> 00:13:09,750 These look to be kind of older, maybe '70s-ish. 358 00:13:09,833 --> 00:13:12,333 - I believe '74, from what I saw. 359 00:13:12,458 --> 00:13:14,167 These two are unpunched. 360 00:13:14,333 --> 00:13:16,083 Pretty good seals, especially this one. 361 00:13:16,208 --> 00:13:19,500 And then this one was open, obviously, in the original box. 362 00:13:19,667 --> 00:13:20,833 - Yeah, you know, a lot of times 363 00:13:20,875 --> 00:13:22,208 what'll happen with these older toys 364 00:13:22,292 --> 00:13:24,792 is the little film will come apart from here, 365 00:13:24,917 --> 00:13:26,250 and it will start ripping. 366 00:13:26,375 --> 00:13:28,333 You still have the box. That's still good, you know. 367 00:13:28,458 --> 00:13:30,167 People would rather have this in a beat-up box 368 00:13:30,250 --> 00:13:32,500 than just the naked figure without a box. 369 00:13:32,583 --> 00:13:34,125 ♪ ♪ 370 00:13:34,250 --> 00:13:36,708 Now, this green back looks pretty beat up. 371 00:13:36,875 --> 00:13:39,667 But it is unpunched, so that's also pretty cool. 372 00:13:39,750 --> 00:13:43,000 It's cool that you have two unpunched backs right here. 373 00:13:43,083 --> 00:13:45,250 It's possible that these just sat in a box 374 00:13:45,375 --> 00:13:48,375 and never got hung up on a rack or possibly just lined up 375 00:13:48,458 --> 00:13:52,208 on a shelf in a store that didn't have a rack. 376 00:13:52,375 --> 00:13:54,167 How much are you looking to get for this collection? 377 00:13:54,250 --> 00:13:57,167 - 500 each on those, and then, that one, 375. 378 00:13:57,292 --> 00:14:00,875 It's kind of hard to find the box, although it is beat-up. 379 00:14:01,042 --> 00:14:03,333 - Yeah. No, the box is beat-up, but it is a box. 380 00:14:03,458 --> 00:14:07,333 So I have some questions on condition and actual value. 381 00:14:07,375 --> 00:14:08,500 - Sure. 382 00:14:08,667 --> 00:14:09,625 - I don't doubt you did your research 383 00:14:09,792 --> 00:14:10,792 and know how much these are worth, 384 00:14:10,875 --> 00:14:12,375 but I want to have someone come take a look 385 00:14:12,500 --> 00:14:14,750 and just kind of go over the condition 386 00:14:14,875 --> 00:14:16,375 and see if he thinks those conditions 387 00:14:16,458 --> 00:14:18,417 match what you're asking. 388 00:14:18,542 --> 00:14:19,875 - Absolutely. 389 00:14:20,042 --> 00:14:21,167 - Do you have a few minutes to hang out? 390 00:14:21,292 --> 00:14:22,250 I can get someone down to take a look at them. 391 00:14:22,333 --> 00:14:23,458 - Sure. Yeah, I'll look around. 392 00:14:23,542 --> 00:14:25,417 - Thank you. - Thank you. 393 00:14:25,542 --> 00:14:28,375 [upbeat rock music] 394 00:14:28,500 --> 00:14:30,667 ♪ ♪ 395 00:14:30,792 --> 00:14:32,625 - What do we got here? 396 00:14:32,750 --> 00:14:35,292 - A geisha cosmetic traveling box. 397 00:14:35,375 --> 00:14:37,125 - OK. Do you associate with a lot of geishas? 398 00:14:37,250 --> 00:14:39,917 - Not myself, no. - OK. [laughs] 399 00:14:40,042 --> 00:14:41,583 [mysterious music] 400 00:14:41,667 --> 00:14:43,125 - I'm at the pawn shop here today 401 00:14:43,208 --> 00:14:45,833 to try and sell my geisha cosmetic traveling box. 402 00:14:45,958 --> 00:14:49,125 The box itself is handcrafted with rosewood 403 00:14:49,208 --> 00:14:51,042 and inlaid mother of pearl. 404 00:14:51,125 --> 00:14:55,167 The hinges and all the handles are handmade metals. 405 00:14:55,250 --> 00:14:59,708 I'm looking for $1,000 for my geisha cosmetic traveling box. 406 00:14:59,833 --> 00:15:01,458 - Pretty cool. 407 00:15:01,542 --> 00:15:02,875 Where did you find this? 408 00:15:03,042 --> 00:15:04,667 - At an antique mall in Arizona. 409 00:15:04,750 --> 00:15:06,167 - So do you know anything about it? 410 00:15:06,292 --> 00:15:08,000 - I watched the movie "Geisha Girl," 411 00:15:08,042 --> 00:15:10,708 and there's models of that cosmetic box in that movie. 412 00:15:10,833 --> 00:15:14,167 That sort of confirmed that it was a geisha girl cosmetic box. 413 00:15:14,292 --> 00:15:15,375 - All right. 414 00:15:15,542 --> 00:15:17,500 - I thought the craftsmanship was beautiful. 415 00:15:17,625 --> 00:15:20,125 I really liked the hidden compartments in it, too. 416 00:15:20,208 --> 00:15:22,250 ♪ ♪ 417 00:15:22,375 --> 00:15:25,500 - Oh, OK. Not super hidden, but I like it. 418 00:15:25,542 --> 00:15:29,292 I know my girlfriend, her makeup wouldn't fit in it. 419 00:15:29,375 --> 00:15:31,833 [laughter] 420 00:15:31,917 --> 00:15:33,500 Do you have any idea how old it is? 421 00:15:33,625 --> 00:15:36,000 - Well, I believe it's about 300 years old. 422 00:15:36,083 --> 00:15:38,167 - So there's a few things we can look at here 423 00:15:38,333 --> 00:15:39,542 to date it, OK? 424 00:15:39,708 --> 00:15:40,792 First thing is the mirror. 425 00:15:40,875 --> 00:15:43,208 You can tell it's really thick, heavy glass. 426 00:15:43,292 --> 00:15:47,917 That is commercial ground glass with a silvered back. 427 00:15:48,042 --> 00:15:52,250 Late 19th century, early 20th century. 428 00:15:52,333 --> 00:15:58,167 So 1850s, the United States sends some ships to Japan. 429 00:15:58,208 --> 00:16:00,833 And by the late 1860s, 430 00:16:00,875 --> 00:16:05,167 Japan more or less starts its whole modernization process. 431 00:16:05,250 --> 00:16:08,167 And tourists can go over there, and there's a lot more trade. 432 00:16:08,208 --> 00:16:11,167 And this stuff is the rage. 433 00:16:11,292 --> 00:16:14,333 You know, this is definitely not something a GI brought back 434 00:16:14,417 --> 00:16:16,500 that was there in the 1950s or something like that. 435 00:16:16,667 --> 00:16:18,000 This is much earlier. 436 00:16:18,042 --> 00:16:20,292 So this was most likely sold to tourists. 437 00:16:20,375 --> 00:16:22,542 You can just tell the way it's made and everything like that. 438 00:16:22,667 --> 00:16:24,750 The hardware, the glass. 439 00:16:24,750 --> 00:16:26,542 ♪ ♪ 440 00:16:26,708 --> 00:16:28,958 How much do you want for it? - I'd like $1,000. 441 00:16:29,042 --> 00:16:31,708 - OK, too much money. - OK. 442 00:16:31,875 --> 00:16:34,000 - All right. It's kind of a tough sell. 443 00:16:34,083 --> 00:16:36,375 You know what I mean? It's just, who collects these? 444 00:16:36,542 --> 00:16:37,542 Not a lot of people. 445 00:16:37,708 --> 00:16:39,500 You're probably going to absolutely hate my offer. 446 00:16:39,667 --> 00:16:40,875 I'd give you 100 bucks for it. 447 00:16:41,042 --> 00:16:42,750 - Could you do 250? 448 00:16:42,875 --> 00:16:44,375 - I'll give you 150 bucks for it. 449 00:16:44,375 --> 00:16:47,083 - If you throw in a polo shirt, I'll take 150. 450 00:16:47,167 --> 00:16:49,250 - Uh, throw in a polo shirt? 451 00:16:49,333 --> 00:16:51,333 - One of your polo shirts, I'll take 150. 452 00:16:51,417 --> 00:16:53,500 - Well, not one of mine. Maybe one out of the gift shop. 453 00:16:53,667 --> 00:16:54,917 - Yeah, that'd be fine. 454 00:16:55,042 --> 00:16:58,208 - Fine. 150 bucks and a shirt. 455 00:16:58,375 --> 00:17:00,542 I'll meet you right over there, and we'll do some paperwork. 456 00:17:00,667 --> 00:17:01,708 - OK, sounds good. 457 00:17:01,833 --> 00:17:04,167 [upbeat rock music] 458 00:17:04,333 --> 00:17:06,625 - May need to trim this up a little bit. 459 00:17:06,708 --> 00:17:12,750 ♪ ♪ 460 00:17:14,583 --> 00:17:15,917 - A guy came into the shop 461 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,750 with a "Planet of the Apes" Dr. Zaius doll 462 00:17:18,875 --> 00:17:21,417 and two action figures from the 1970s. 463 00:17:21,500 --> 00:17:23,583 All of them are in the original packaging 464 00:17:23,667 --> 00:17:24,875 and in good condition. 465 00:17:24,958 --> 00:17:28,500 But he wants $1,375 for all three. 466 00:17:28,625 --> 00:17:30,583 There are certain "Planet of the Apes" toys 467 00:17:30,750 --> 00:17:33,417 that are collectible, but I'm not sure which ones, 468 00:17:33,500 --> 00:17:35,375 so I've asked Steve Johnston to come over 469 00:17:35,542 --> 00:17:39,333 and take a look before I monkey around with any offers. 470 00:17:39,375 --> 00:17:41,500 I have some "Planet of the Apes" toys here. 471 00:17:41,625 --> 00:17:44,792 And basically, I want to know what you know about these 472 00:17:44,875 --> 00:17:46,167 and go over the condition of them 473 00:17:46,250 --> 00:17:48,167 with me here because these are really cool. 474 00:17:48,208 --> 00:17:49,500 They're unpunched. 475 00:17:49,583 --> 00:17:51,167 But this one looks a little beat-up, 476 00:17:51,375 --> 00:17:53,292 but it's still a nice box. 477 00:17:53,375 --> 00:17:54,958 - Well, you know the "Planet of the Apes" franchise 478 00:17:55,083 --> 00:17:57,542 was and continues to still be really big. 479 00:17:57,708 --> 00:18:00,458 It doesn't have the fanfare as some of those other franchises 480 00:18:00,583 --> 00:18:02,250 that we might know, when you think 481 00:18:02,375 --> 00:18:03,792 of, like, "Star Wars" or some of the stuff that came out. 482 00:18:03,917 --> 00:18:05,708 During this time when these toys 483 00:18:05,875 --> 00:18:06,917 started to be produced, 484 00:18:07,042 --> 00:18:08,292 they were kind of behind the eight ball. 485 00:18:08,417 --> 00:18:10,375 And what you had is you had manufacturers 486 00:18:10,542 --> 00:18:13,500 who are starting to go to their superstars 487 00:18:13,625 --> 00:18:16,667 and start to create, you know, toys around them. 488 00:18:16,875 --> 00:18:18,333 And Mego was one of those companies 489 00:18:18,500 --> 00:18:20,792 that really led the charge for that. 490 00:18:20,875 --> 00:18:24,292 - So what do you think about the condition overall of these? 491 00:18:24,417 --> 00:18:25,958 - Do you mind if I take a look? - Yeah, absolutely. 492 00:18:26,083 --> 00:18:28,167 - This one, really nice condition. 493 00:18:28,292 --> 00:18:30,333 You can see the sticker was removed off of here. 494 00:18:30,458 --> 00:18:31,792 In fact, I can look at this 495 00:18:31,875 --> 00:18:33,000 and I can tell you that this was a Toys "R" Us item. 496 00:18:33,042 --> 00:18:34,583 - [chuckles] 497 00:18:34,667 --> 00:18:36,958 - So this was actually sold or purchased from Toys "R" Us. 498 00:18:37,083 --> 00:18:38,083 Overall, the card is nice. 499 00:18:38,167 --> 00:18:40,542 And yes, the hanger tab is unpunched, 500 00:18:40,667 --> 00:18:41,542 which is really great. 501 00:18:41,708 --> 00:18:44,167 Now the Soldier Ape, this card has gotten 502 00:18:44,292 --> 00:18:46,000 some type of moisture damage at some point. 503 00:18:46,125 --> 00:18:48,208 We can see that from the waviness of it. 504 00:18:48,333 --> 00:18:50,333 The great thing is if you're going to have a card 505 00:18:50,417 --> 00:18:52,000 that's not in the better of conditions, 506 00:18:52,083 --> 00:18:53,458 you'd rather it be the better character. 507 00:18:53,542 --> 00:18:54,833 - Yeah. 508 00:18:54,917 --> 00:18:58,667 - And any of the apes in this line are very desirable. 509 00:18:58,792 --> 00:19:01,000 - OK, and then the Dr. Zaius. 510 00:19:01,125 --> 00:19:02,500 - Yeah, box is in decent condition. 511 00:19:02,667 --> 00:19:04,667 You got some break and separation here. 512 00:19:04,750 --> 00:19:07,000 Just to find this in the box is pretty good. 513 00:19:07,083 --> 00:19:08,917 And it does actually affect the value 514 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:10,250 on this overall quite a bit. 515 00:19:10,417 --> 00:19:12,458 - So what value would you put on these? 516 00:19:12,583 --> 00:19:15,000 - So I'll start with the Dr. Zaius. 517 00:19:15,042 --> 00:19:16,625 In this condition, with that box, 518 00:19:16,708 --> 00:19:18,125 I think that it would be fair for you to expect 519 00:19:18,292 --> 00:19:20,750 to get $300 for that item. - OK. 520 00:19:20,833 --> 00:19:23,000 This one, the Peter Burke this one, I would say you'd 521 00:19:23,042 --> 00:19:25,792 expect to get 175 for as it sits. 522 00:19:25,875 --> 00:19:26,833 I think the Soldier Ape, 523 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:28,500 you would expect to get $400 for it. 524 00:19:28,625 --> 00:19:31,542 So for the three, I think 875 is a fair number. 525 00:19:31,625 --> 00:19:33,375 - All right. Well, I appreciate you, Steve. 526 00:19:33,542 --> 00:19:35,333 - No problem. Good luck. - Thank you. Appreciate it. 527 00:19:35,500 --> 00:19:38,500 - All right, so I know you're valuing them a little more, 528 00:19:38,542 --> 00:19:41,167 but, you know, I do have to take into consideration 529 00:19:41,292 --> 00:19:42,958 what my guy said. 530 00:19:43,042 --> 00:19:47,000 I would go about 500 on the trio of all three of them. 531 00:19:47,083 --> 00:19:48,333 What are you thinking about that? 532 00:19:48,458 --> 00:19:50,708 - May I ask if we just did the two? 533 00:19:50,875 --> 00:19:52,292 - Maybe, like, 400? 534 00:19:52,375 --> 00:19:53,833 - I would do these two at 450. 535 00:19:53,958 --> 00:19:55,917 - Would you go 425? 536 00:19:56,042 --> 00:19:59,583 - I kind of want to stay at 450 on this. 537 00:19:59,667 --> 00:20:01,125 - All right, since you're leaving me 538 00:20:01,250 --> 00:20:03,417 with the most desirable piece, I'll go 450 for you. 539 00:20:03,500 --> 00:20:04,708 - Yeah. - All right. 540 00:20:04,792 --> 00:20:06,167 You can take Peter Burke. 541 00:20:06,292 --> 00:20:07,167 I'll meet you at the counter and we'll get you paid. 542 00:20:07,250 --> 00:20:07,708 - Sounds good. 543 00:20:11,708 --> 00:20:12,417 - What have we got here? 544 00:20:12,833 --> 00:20:14,500 This is a nurse's hat signed by Louise Fletcher 545 00:20:14,500 --> 00:20:17,000 from the movie "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." 546 00:20:17,083 --> 00:20:19,458 And I have a certificate of authentication. 547 00:20:19,583 --> 00:20:22,333 - Nurse Ratched herself? - Yeah. 548 00:20:22,417 --> 00:20:24,333 - I mean, if you collect stuff from villains, 549 00:20:24,375 --> 00:20:27,667 this is the one to have. [laughter] 550 00:20:27,792 --> 00:20:29,708 - I'm here to sell a Nurse Ratched's hat 551 00:20:29,833 --> 00:20:32,208 signed by Louise Fletcher from the movie 552 00:20:32,292 --> 00:20:34,333 "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." 553 00:20:34,458 --> 00:20:35,750 It was an iconic movie, 554 00:20:35,875 --> 00:20:38,875 and everybody understands and knows Nurse Ratched. 555 00:20:38,875 --> 00:20:40,625 After I got it autographed, 556 00:20:40,708 --> 00:20:42,417 I went and got it authenticated 557 00:20:42,542 --> 00:20:44,833 because I knew with the authentication 558 00:20:44,958 --> 00:20:46,625 it would be easier to sell. 559 00:20:46,708 --> 00:20:49,958 I'm asking $125 for my signed Nurse Ratched hat. 560 00:20:50,042 --> 00:20:52,167 If I'm able to get $125 for it, 561 00:20:52,208 --> 00:20:54,042 I'm going to buy my granddaughter Olivia 562 00:20:54,167 --> 00:20:55,958 something here in Vegas. 563 00:20:56,042 --> 00:20:57,292 - Really cool. 564 00:20:57,417 --> 00:20:59,833 I mean, "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest," you know, 565 00:20:59,917 --> 00:21:04,917 I don't think anyone expected it to be such an amazing movie 566 00:21:05,042 --> 00:21:06,292 and do so well. 567 00:21:06,417 --> 00:21:09,000 She actually won an Oscar for this movie. 568 00:21:09,042 --> 00:21:12,500 I mean, she was absolutely scary. 569 00:21:12,542 --> 00:21:14,292 Where did you get it? 570 00:21:14,375 --> 00:21:16,042 - I was at a convention and she was present 571 00:21:16,125 --> 00:21:17,583 and she signed it. 572 00:21:17,708 --> 00:21:20,500 - Yeah, so we got Louise Fletcher, Nurse Ratched. 573 00:21:20,542 --> 00:21:22,000 And this is a nurse's hat. 574 00:21:22,042 --> 00:21:25,708 And I'm assuming it goes together, something like-- 575 00:21:25,708 --> 00:21:27,500 bam. 576 00:21:27,625 --> 00:21:31,542 I'm old enough to remember when nurses wore hats like this. 577 00:21:31,625 --> 00:21:33,208 [laughter] 578 00:21:33,333 --> 00:21:35,333 ♪ ♪ 579 00:21:35,417 --> 00:21:38,417 - It's a good look. [chuckles] 580 00:21:38,500 --> 00:21:40,125 - I think nurses should bring these back. 581 00:21:40,208 --> 00:21:42,583 I think they're kind of cool-looking. 582 00:21:42,667 --> 00:21:45,000 I like it. How much you want for it? 583 00:21:45,083 --> 00:21:46,833 - $125. 584 00:21:46,958 --> 00:21:49,250 - Um, you know what? 585 00:21:49,375 --> 00:21:52,375 That's probably what she charges for it, OK? 586 00:21:52,542 --> 00:21:54,292 So I'd give you 75 bucks for it. 587 00:21:54,375 --> 00:21:56,208 I can't pay you retail. 588 00:21:56,292 --> 00:21:57,833 Cool movie, iconic movie. 589 00:21:57,875 --> 00:22:01,292 If you're a movie guy and you collect movie stuff, 590 00:22:01,417 --> 00:22:02,708 this is the thing to have. 591 00:22:02,792 --> 00:22:05,167 But remember, I got to frame it up 592 00:22:05,375 --> 00:22:06,667 and I got to do a bunch of other stuff. 593 00:22:06,792 --> 00:22:08,125 75 bucks. 594 00:22:08,208 --> 00:22:09,250 - 100 bucks, you got a deal. 595 00:22:09,333 --> 00:22:10,292 - 75 bucks. 596 00:22:10,375 --> 00:22:11,708 - 85, you got a deal. 597 00:22:11,875 --> 00:22:14,125 - 75 bucks and you don't have to take the pills. 598 00:22:14,250 --> 00:22:16,333 - It's an iconic movie. She's an award-winner. 599 00:22:16,458 --> 00:22:19,000 85 bucks. It fit like a glove. 600 00:22:19,125 --> 00:22:20,458 - 85 bucks. We got a deal. 601 00:22:20,583 --> 00:22:22,000 All right, sweet. - All right. 602 00:22:22,083 --> 00:22:23,125 - All right, I will meet you 603 00:22:23,208 --> 00:22:24,000 right over there and get you paid. 604 00:22:24,167 --> 00:22:25,458 - OK, thanks. 605 00:22:25,542 --> 00:22:30,917 - Literally one of the scariest people in movies ever. 606 00:22:31,042 --> 00:22:32,833 Creepy. 607 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:38,750 ♪ ♪ 608 00:22:38,875 --> 00:22:40,042 - What have we got here? 609 00:22:40,125 --> 00:22:42,333 - I have a very special guitar. 610 00:22:42,500 --> 00:22:43,750 - All right, let's put it on this. 611 00:22:43,833 --> 00:22:47,583 - It's a Ribbecke Monterey. - OK. 612 00:22:47,708 --> 00:22:49,500 I know in, like, the early 1970s, 613 00:22:49,583 --> 00:22:51,708 he built his first guitar in his dorm room. 614 00:22:51,833 --> 00:22:53,500 I don't know how college really worked out for him 615 00:22:53,542 --> 00:22:55,375 because he moved to San Francisco 616 00:22:55,500 --> 00:22:57,458 and opened up his first guitar shop. 617 00:22:57,542 --> 00:22:59,250 And the rest is kind of history. 618 00:22:59,333 --> 00:23:02,208 - I am here to sell my Ribbecke Monterey 619 00:23:02,292 --> 00:23:04,125 premium-grade jazz guitar. 620 00:23:04,208 --> 00:23:06,833 This guitar has a number of special features, 621 00:23:06,958 --> 00:23:09,833 including quilted maple back and sides, 622 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:13,125 ebony fretboard, tailpiece, and bridge, 623 00:23:13,208 --> 00:23:15,417 and mother of pearl inlays. 624 00:23:15,500 --> 00:23:17,375 This guitar is special because it is a one-off, 625 00:23:17,500 --> 00:23:19,875 so there's no two guitars exactly the same. 626 00:23:19,958 --> 00:23:22,625 I had open heart surgery a little less than a year ago. 627 00:23:22,708 --> 00:23:26,333 I'm looking to make enough to have a little bit of a profit 628 00:23:26,417 --> 00:23:30,000 and then also to cover my medical costs. 629 00:23:30,125 --> 00:23:31,333 - Definitely really cool. 630 00:23:31,542 --> 00:23:33,583 I mean, he's kind of like almost this mythical guy. 631 00:23:33,583 --> 00:23:35,167 I mean, did he play in any famous rock bands? 632 00:23:35,208 --> 00:23:38,083 Did he ever work for Fender or Gibson or anything like that? 633 00:23:38,208 --> 00:23:39,625 - Not that I'm aware of. 634 00:23:39,750 --> 00:23:42,292 - Kind of a hard market to get into and be one 635 00:23:42,375 --> 00:23:43,667 of the best in the world at. 636 00:23:43,750 --> 00:23:45,250 He's done so well in this business, 637 00:23:45,375 --> 00:23:47,750 and he's such a good luthier. 638 00:23:47,875 --> 00:23:49,375 You just kind of have to know somebody to know somebody 639 00:23:49,458 --> 00:23:51,208 to get a hold of him, right? - Pretty much. 640 00:23:51,292 --> 00:23:52,458 You know, one-off customs 641 00:23:52,542 --> 00:23:54,000 basically for every single one he does. 642 00:23:54,167 --> 00:23:57,333 The archtop guitars are what he's kind of really known for. 643 00:23:57,375 --> 00:23:59,167 And when someone pulls one of these things out, 644 00:23:59,208 --> 00:24:01,667 that guy's probably been working in the music industry 645 00:24:01,792 --> 00:24:04,333 for a very, very long time and has probably made a very, 646 00:24:04,375 --> 00:24:06,292 very large amount of money doing it. 647 00:24:06,458 --> 00:24:07,833 - What do you do for a living? 648 00:24:07,875 --> 00:24:09,625 How do you acquire something like this? 649 00:24:09,708 --> 00:24:10,875 - I'm a retired teacher. 650 00:24:11,042 --> 00:24:13,750 I do a little buying and selling of guitars. 651 00:24:13,875 --> 00:24:17,750 I found this at the estate sale of the original owner. 652 00:24:17,875 --> 00:24:19,500 - Do you have any idea what they would cost new? 653 00:24:19,542 --> 00:24:21,792 - Last time I checked, it was about 30 grand. 654 00:24:21,875 --> 00:24:24,375 - And what's the waiting list like to get one of these? 655 00:24:24,458 --> 00:24:26,250 - It was about two years. 656 00:24:26,375 --> 00:24:27,833 - It's a beautiful guitar. 657 00:24:27,917 --> 00:24:29,750 I have never seen one of these in my life. 658 00:24:29,833 --> 00:24:31,125 So what are you looking to get out of it? 659 00:24:31,208 --> 00:24:33,833 - I'm looking for $15,000. 660 00:24:33,917 --> 00:24:35,500 - I got 20 years in this business, 661 00:24:35,583 --> 00:24:37,500 and I'm just pulling out little things 662 00:24:37,708 --> 00:24:40,625 I've heard over the past 20 years about this thing. 663 00:24:40,708 --> 00:24:42,792 It could be worth 20,000. It could be worth 50,000. 664 00:24:42,875 --> 00:24:45,333 It could be worth 5,000. I have no idea. 665 00:24:45,375 --> 00:24:46,958 My buddy Mike, he's here in town. 666 00:24:46,958 --> 00:24:48,125 He's my guitar guy. 667 00:24:48,250 --> 00:24:49,167 Could I have him take a look at it? 668 00:24:49,208 --> 00:24:50,542 He'll really help me out. 669 00:24:50,625 --> 00:24:52,083 - I would love to have Mike come and look at it. 670 00:24:52,167 --> 00:24:53,208 - Well, hang out for a minute, 671 00:24:53,292 --> 00:24:54,167 and I'm going to go grab him, OK? 672 00:24:54,250 --> 00:24:54,750 - Sounds good. 673 00:24:54,875 --> 00:24:55,125 - Sounds good. 674 00:25:00,542 --> 00:25:01,708 - There's a guy in the shop 675 00:25:01,875 --> 00:25:04,583 with a 1999 Ribbecke Monterey jazz guitar 676 00:25:04,708 --> 00:25:06,583 that he's looking to get $15,000 for. 677 00:25:06,708 --> 00:25:07,917 This thing looks incredible, 678 00:25:08,042 --> 00:25:09,708 but I've never seen a Ribbecke before, 679 00:25:09,833 --> 00:25:12,000 so I called our guitar expert, Mike Ball, 680 00:25:12,083 --> 00:25:14,167 to come down and let me know if this is a good deal 681 00:25:14,250 --> 00:25:16,125 to get jazzed about or not. 682 00:25:16,250 --> 00:25:18,000 Saved by the bell, man. Help me out here, Mike. 683 00:25:18,083 --> 00:25:19,250 - [chuckling] Hey, Corey. 684 00:25:19,375 --> 00:25:20,208 - Thank you very much for coming down. 685 00:25:20,333 --> 00:25:21,500 - What's going on, man? 686 00:25:21,708 --> 00:25:22,750 That's one hell of a guitar you got here. 687 00:25:22,875 --> 00:25:24,708 - Thank you. - It's a Ribbecke archtop 1999. 688 00:25:24,833 --> 00:25:27,000 - You can't really broach the conversation 689 00:25:27,083 --> 00:25:31,000 of archtop luthiery without talking about Tom Ribbecke. 690 00:25:31,083 --> 00:25:34,417 Consummate innovator, 50 years in the game. 691 00:25:34,542 --> 00:25:36,875 You go back to the very first splash 692 00:25:36,958 --> 00:25:39,833 that he made in the 1970s with his Sound Bubble guitar, 693 00:25:39,917 --> 00:25:42,167 I mean, nothing looks like this. 694 00:25:42,292 --> 00:25:43,625 It's a flat-top acoustic guitar 695 00:25:43,750 --> 00:25:45,792 that looks like it just won a hot dog eating contest. 696 00:25:45,875 --> 00:25:48,833 And that would lead him to make his Halfling guitar, 697 00:25:48,917 --> 00:25:51,042 which is really the big Ribbecke guitar 698 00:25:51,167 --> 00:25:52,208 that you hear about. 699 00:25:52,292 --> 00:25:53,417 If you're talking about Ribbecke, 700 00:25:53,417 --> 00:25:54,917 you're talking about the Halfling. 701 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,000 Not only has he made incredible guitars, 702 00:25:57,042 --> 00:25:59,042 but he's brought up another generation 703 00:25:59,167 --> 00:26:01,333 of luthiers under him. 704 00:26:01,458 --> 00:26:02,417 May I pick it up? - Please. 705 00:26:02,542 --> 00:26:04,875 - Let's take a look here. 706 00:26:05,042 --> 00:26:08,542 Beautiful hand-carved, quilted maple back and sides, 707 00:26:08,667 --> 00:26:11,167 some nice birdseye in the neck, 708 00:26:11,208 --> 00:26:14,500 ebony appointments as per usual for Ribbecke, 709 00:26:14,625 --> 00:26:17,333 and graduated, hand-carved spruce top. 710 00:26:17,417 --> 00:26:18,833 Beautiful example you have here. 711 00:26:18,958 --> 00:26:20,750 - Thank you. 712 00:26:20,750 --> 00:26:23,250 - So, Corey, what questions or concerns do you have for me? 713 00:26:23,333 --> 00:26:26,542 - I mean, it's such a rare guitar that every one of them 714 00:26:26,667 --> 00:26:28,083 is basically a one-off guitar. 715 00:26:28,167 --> 00:26:30,458 I have no idea how to price this thing. 716 00:26:30,583 --> 00:26:32,125 - They're highly collectible, 717 00:26:32,208 --> 00:26:35,333 but they also only speak to a fairly narrow range of players. 718 00:26:35,458 --> 00:26:37,500 You're talking professional jazz players 719 00:26:37,625 --> 00:26:40,375 who are seeking a very refined sound. 720 00:26:40,500 --> 00:26:42,667 They're going to go for Ribbecke. 721 00:26:42,750 --> 00:26:44,500 - So what do you think it could be worth? 722 00:26:44,667 --> 00:26:45,667 - There are Montereys on the market 723 00:26:45,792 --> 00:26:48,042 that have roughly this feature set 724 00:26:48,208 --> 00:26:51,333 and around $12,000 would be a comfortable median 725 00:26:51,417 --> 00:26:52,792 for what these go for used. 726 00:26:52,875 --> 00:26:54,458 - I appreciate you coming down. 727 00:26:54,542 --> 00:26:55,833 I'll let you know what happens with it. 728 00:26:55,917 --> 00:26:57,708 - Yeah, absolutely. Anytime. 729 00:26:57,792 --> 00:26:59,750 - Mike, very nice to meet you. - Pleasure. 730 00:26:59,875 --> 00:27:01,792 - OK, so I know you want 15,000. 731 00:27:01,917 --> 00:27:04,125 I'm being told 12,000 is what I could sell it for. 732 00:27:04,208 --> 00:27:06,000 I can't give you 12,000. I've got to pay the bills here. 733 00:27:06,167 --> 00:27:07,208 - I understand. 734 00:27:07,375 --> 00:27:10,167 - I'm feeling 8,000 because as cool as it is, 735 00:27:10,292 --> 00:27:12,125 it's going to take me a minute to sell it. 736 00:27:12,250 --> 00:27:14,458 - I could do 11,000. 737 00:27:14,542 --> 00:27:16,542 - I can offer you 10,000. 738 00:27:16,667 --> 00:27:20,500 - 10,500. Yeah. 739 00:27:20,625 --> 00:27:22,667 - [sighs] 740 00:27:22,750 --> 00:27:23,792 Fine, man. You got a deal. 741 00:27:23,875 --> 00:27:24,833 All right, I'll do 10,500. - Let's it. 742 00:27:24,917 --> 00:27:26,042 - Let's do it. - Thank you. 743 00:27:26,208 --> 00:27:27,583 - Go ahead and pack it up. I'll meet you over there. 744 00:27:27,667 --> 00:27:29,000 We got some paperwork we got to do. 745 00:27:29,167 --> 00:27:31,000 - Very good. 746 00:27:31,125 --> 00:27:35,583 ♪ ♪ 747 00:27:35,708 --> 00:27:36,958 - How's it going, guys? 748 00:27:37,042 --> 00:27:38,333 - Pretty good. How are you doing? 749 00:27:38,458 --> 00:27:39,542 - Good. 750 00:27:39,708 --> 00:27:41,458 - Let's go ahead and throw it up on here. 751 00:27:41,542 --> 00:27:43,500 - Let's do that. - So what do you got here? 752 00:27:43,583 --> 00:27:45,833 - So I have a signed photo of Rin Tin Tin, 753 00:27:45,958 --> 00:27:48,458 and I think Lee Duncan's signature, his owner. 754 00:27:48,583 --> 00:27:50,083 - OK. 755 00:27:50,208 --> 00:27:53,833 Rin Tin Tin was one of the biggest stars in silent movies. 756 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:58,333 Rin Tin Tin would sign stuff. 757 00:27:58,375 --> 00:28:00,167 - Paw print's right there. 758 00:28:00,250 --> 00:28:02,792 - It's not--a paw print is not a signature. 759 00:28:02,875 --> 00:28:05,208 - Tell Pinky that. 760 00:28:05,333 --> 00:28:06,667 - [chuckles] 761 00:28:06,750 --> 00:28:08,500 - I'm here to sell my signed photograph 762 00:28:08,625 --> 00:28:10,292 of Rin Tin Tin and Lee Duncan. 763 00:28:10,458 --> 00:28:12,458 The photo has been in our family for 80 years 764 00:28:12,625 --> 00:28:14,083 and was handed down to me by my father. 765 00:28:14,167 --> 00:28:15,833 The photo is in unbelievable condition. 766 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:17,958 We've taken fantastic care of it. 767 00:28:18,042 --> 00:28:20,833 My uncle even handmade a frame for it. 768 00:28:20,917 --> 00:28:23,625 I'm asking 7,500 for my signed photo of Rin Tin Tin. 769 00:28:23,708 --> 00:28:26,208 - This is pretty cool. 770 00:28:26,292 --> 00:28:29,583 Rin Tin Tin's first movie, blockbuster success. 771 00:28:29,667 --> 00:28:31,750 So then they immediately want Rin Tin Tin 772 00:28:31,875 --> 00:28:33,333 you know, to do a bunch more movies. 773 00:28:33,417 --> 00:28:35,125 He was so popular, 774 00:28:35,208 --> 00:28:37,708 thousands and thousands of people were writing in 775 00:28:37,833 --> 00:28:40,583 for Rin Tin Tin's autograph. - Yeah. 776 00:28:40,708 --> 00:28:43,000 - So Lee Duncan would personally 777 00:28:43,083 --> 00:28:46,750 write out all this stuff on photos of Rin Tin Tin 778 00:28:46,833 --> 00:28:49,083 and put his paw print on it. 779 00:28:49,208 --> 00:28:50,333 - It's unbelievable. 780 00:28:50,500 --> 00:28:52,292 I mean, I think it was, like, a million letters a year 781 00:28:52,375 --> 00:28:53,292 that he received. 782 00:28:53,375 --> 00:28:54,667 - So how did you get this? 783 00:28:54,708 --> 00:28:56,583 - So my great-grandfather was friends 784 00:28:56,708 --> 00:28:57,833 with a bartender in Boston 785 00:28:57,875 --> 00:28:59,875 in a very famous bar that's still around. 786 00:28:59,875 --> 00:29:02,417 And he would ask every famous actor that came in 787 00:29:02,542 --> 00:29:04,708 to give him a signed photo to hang behind the bar. 788 00:29:04,792 --> 00:29:07,833 - So you're telling me Rin Tin Tin was a drinker? 789 00:29:07,917 --> 00:29:09,417 - He was. You never know. 790 00:29:09,542 --> 00:29:10,667 - That's your kind of dog, Rick. 791 00:29:10,750 --> 00:29:12,625 - [laughs] 792 00:29:12,708 --> 00:29:14,000 - OK, it's pretty cool. 793 00:29:14,125 --> 00:29:16,083 And is this signed to your grandfather? 794 00:29:16,167 --> 00:29:17,417 - It's signed to the original bartender. 795 00:29:17,500 --> 00:29:18,750 both: OK. 796 00:29:18,833 --> 00:29:19,958 - So how much you want for it? 797 00:29:20,042 --> 00:29:22,167 - I was going to hopefully get about 7,500. 798 00:29:22,250 --> 00:29:24,625 - Where did you come up with that number? 799 00:29:24,792 --> 00:29:26,208 - It was sort of a random number. 800 00:29:26,292 --> 00:29:28,500 We were just doing research on Rin Tin Tin artifacts, 801 00:29:28,625 --> 00:29:30,000 and they're hard to find. 802 00:29:30,125 --> 00:29:33,833 - Yeah. Super popular back in the day. 803 00:29:33,917 --> 00:29:35,917 Not that many people in the world left know who he is. 804 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:37,750 I mean, I'm sure when you originally got this, 805 00:29:37,875 --> 00:29:39,167 you had no idea who he was, did you? 806 00:29:39,208 --> 00:29:41,000 - My father had always told me the stories, 807 00:29:41,125 --> 00:29:43,750 but I'm sure without that, no. - OK. 808 00:29:43,833 --> 00:29:46,333 Yeah, I mean, I'd give you 200 bucks for it. 809 00:29:46,458 --> 00:29:48,000 It's very, very obscure. 810 00:29:48,125 --> 00:29:51,167 Quite frankly, there's not that many collectors for it left. 811 00:29:51,292 --> 00:29:52,417 - I think we're a little too far apart. 812 00:29:52,542 --> 00:29:54,833 - OK. All right, well, thanks for bringing it in. 813 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:55,917 - I appreciate your time, guys. 814 00:29:56,042 --> 00:29:57,125 Thank you. - Thank you. 815 00:30:01,292 --> 00:30:02,375 [upbeat rock music] 816 00:30:02,500 --> 00:30:03,958 ♪ ♪ 817 00:30:04,042 --> 00:30:07,125 - Hey, I got something really cool for you. 818 00:30:07,208 --> 00:30:09,333 - I'm assuming they're Shania Twain boots 819 00:30:09,500 --> 00:30:11,292 because that's the living legend right there. 820 00:30:11,375 --> 00:30:12,583 - Yes. 821 00:30:12,708 --> 00:30:14,000 - How would the world did you get these? 822 00:30:14,083 --> 00:30:15,958 - It was a know somebody that knows somebody 823 00:30:16,042 --> 00:30:18,208 that got us some amazing seats 824 00:30:18,292 --> 00:30:22,250 and got invited to a private charity event afterwards. 825 00:30:22,417 --> 00:30:25,250 So she signed them right there on the stage. 826 00:30:25,333 --> 00:30:27,667 - I know that it's impossible to get tickets, 827 00:30:27,792 --> 00:30:28,792 but I think I can pull some strings 828 00:30:28,917 --> 00:30:30,750 and get some because I know somebody 829 00:30:30,833 --> 00:30:32,500 who knows somebody who knows somebody. 830 00:30:32,583 --> 00:30:34,500 And I'm known for that. [laughter] 831 00:30:34,625 --> 00:30:35,833 [cash register rings] 832 00:30:35,958 --> 00:30:37,417 - I'm here at the pawn shop today 833 00:30:37,500 --> 00:30:41,375 hoping to sell my Shania Twain stage-worn concert boots. 834 00:30:41,458 --> 00:30:45,042 Shania wore these boots in 2012 835 00:30:45,208 --> 00:30:47,000 and I actually got to see her wear those boots. 836 00:30:47,042 --> 00:30:49,833 And then a year later, I went to a charity event 837 00:30:49,917 --> 00:30:51,667 where I got to buy the boots. 838 00:30:51,750 --> 00:30:53,000 My asking price for the boots 839 00:30:53,083 --> 00:30:54,667 is not nearly what I paid for them, 840 00:30:54,792 --> 00:30:57,625 but I'm asking 1,500 for them. 841 00:30:57,750 --> 00:30:58,958 - Pretty cool. 842 00:30:59,083 --> 00:31:01,667 Shania Twain is the biggest-selling 843 00:31:01,833 --> 00:31:03,792 female country artist ever. 844 00:31:03,917 --> 00:31:05,667 I think she had one album sold over, like, 845 00:31:05,750 --> 00:31:07,750 40 million copies or something like that. 846 00:31:07,833 --> 00:31:10,333 Won a Grammy, nominated for multiple Grammys. 847 00:31:10,417 --> 00:31:12,792 Sort of faded out for a while, comes to Vegas, 848 00:31:12,917 --> 00:31:14,167 the comeback tour, 849 00:31:14,333 --> 00:31:17,083 and Vegas is where you start every comeback tour. 850 00:31:17,167 --> 00:31:18,417 - It was an amazing concert. 851 00:31:18,542 --> 00:31:21,000 I think I did four or five of them with my wife. 852 00:31:21,167 --> 00:31:23,542 It was an amazing moment for me. 853 00:31:23,708 --> 00:31:26,375 - Those are little. - They're size 5. 854 00:31:26,458 --> 00:31:30,000 She looks bigger on camera, but she's very tiny. 855 00:31:30,125 --> 00:31:31,750 - So whose bed they've been under? 856 00:31:31,875 --> 00:31:34,167 - So they-- my wife's worn them. 857 00:31:34,208 --> 00:31:38,083 They've been under our bed for a while. 858 00:31:38,167 --> 00:31:40,167 It's really weird that they have holes drilled in them. 859 00:31:40,292 --> 00:31:41,875 - There's a story behind that. 860 00:31:42,042 --> 00:31:43,833 - OK, what's the story behind the holes in the boots? 861 00:31:43,958 --> 00:31:46,083 - So when she used to fly in on the motorcycle, 862 00:31:46,208 --> 00:31:49,875 they had tassels that would be tied through the boots. 863 00:31:49,958 --> 00:31:51,417 - They did not include the tassels, though? 864 00:31:51,542 --> 00:31:53,667 - No tassels. 865 00:31:53,792 --> 00:31:55,208 - All right. 866 00:31:55,375 --> 00:31:57,375 I don't even really need to call on anybody 867 00:31:57,500 --> 00:31:58,750 to, like, verify it. 868 00:31:58,833 --> 00:32:00,083 I mean, you've got the pictures right here. 869 00:32:00,208 --> 00:32:01,750 We have Shania Twain signing them 870 00:32:01,875 --> 00:32:04,917 and you and Shania Twain with the boots. 871 00:32:05,042 --> 00:32:06,333 - Absolutely amazing moment. 872 00:32:06,500 --> 00:32:09,375 - Now, the big question. How much you want for 'em? 873 00:32:09,500 --> 00:32:12,833 - Well, I paid a lot more than you will ever pay for them, 874 00:32:12,958 --> 00:32:15,792 but I'm asking 1,500 for them. - OK. 875 00:32:15,917 --> 00:32:18,333 You bought them at a charity auction, 876 00:32:18,375 --> 00:32:20,542 so it's not about the price at the charity event. 877 00:32:20,708 --> 00:32:23,417 It's about giving to a good cause. 878 00:32:23,542 --> 00:32:24,583 - Yes. - OK? 879 00:32:24,708 --> 00:32:27,000 And that's why the prices at charity auctions 880 00:32:27,167 --> 00:32:29,167 mean nothing in the real world, OK? 881 00:32:29,250 --> 00:32:30,333 - Yeah, I'm with you. [chuckles] 882 00:32:30,417 --> 00:32:34,000 - OK? I would give you 500 bucks. 883 00:32:34,125 --> 00:32:37,042 - I still would like, like, 650 for them. 884 00:32:37,167 --> 00:32:39,333 - 500 bucks, and I'm being generous at that. 885 00:32:39,417 --> 00:32:40,667 - I got it. - That's what I can do. 886 00:32:40,792 --> 00:32:42,375 - OK, I'll take it. 887 00:32:42,458 --> 00:32:43,458 - All right, sweet. We've got a deal. 888 00:32:43,542 --> 00:32:44,875 - Thank you very much. Appreciate it. 889 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:46,333 - All right. - Thank you very much. 890 00:32:46,417 --> 00:32:48,000 - I'll get you right over there and I'll get you paid. 891 00:32:48,125 --> 00:32:49,083 - All right. Thank you very much. 892 00:32:49,167 --> 00:32:51,167 - All right. OK. - Thank you. 893 00:32:51,250 --> 00:32:55,708 ♪ ♪ 894 00:32:55,875 --> 00:32:58,542 - Hello. - Hello. 895 00:32:58,625 --> 00:33:01,958 I brought you in some Papua New Guinea 896 00:33:02,042 --> 00:33:05,083 unusual breastplates to look at. 897 00:33:05,167 --> 00:33:09,000 - OK. You don't see this very often. 898 00:33:09,167 --> 00:33:10,833 This is obviously a necklace. - That is. 899 00:33:10,917 --> 00:33:15,125 - OK. All right, so maybe this is, like, a headdress, or? 900 00:33:15,292 --> 00:33:18,583 - I was thinking it was a tighter necklace, 901 00:33:18,708 --> 00:33:20,458 but it could be a headdress. 902 00:33:20,542 --> 00:33:24,583 It could even be worn, probably, as a front skirt. 903 00:33:24,583 --> 00:33:25,875 - It could be a front skirt. 904 00:33:26,042 --> 00:33:27,708 I was leaning maybe towards headdress just because, 905 00:33:27,875 --> 00:33:30,542 you know, I don't think you'd want these up in your throat. 906 00:33:30,625 --> 00:33:32,125 - No, not too high. 907 00:33:32,250 --> 00:33:33,333 - No, possibly down here, 908 00:33:33,500 --> 00:33:35,500 if you didn't have quite the tummy that I had. 909 00:33:35,667 --> 00:33:37,208 - [chuckles] 910 00:33:37,292 --> 00:33:41,250 I'm here to sell my two Papua New Guinea breastplates. 911 00:33:41,375 --> 00:33:44,000 I collect unusual jewelry pieces, 912 00:33:44,167 --> 00:33:46,333 and being I can't wear too much of it, 913 00:33:46,542 --> 00:33:49,083 I usually try to decorate my house with it. 914 00:33:49,208 --> 00:33:52,417 I'm willing to part with these because I just downsized 915 00:33:52,542 --> 00:33:56,000 from a much larger townhouse into a smaller condo, 916 00:33:56,042 --> 00:33:58,500 and I'm losing all my wall space. 917 00:33:58,583 --> 00:34:03,625 For the two breast plates, I would like to get $250 each. 918 00:34:03,708 --> 00:34:05,333 - This is interesting. 919 00:34:05,458 --> 00:34:07,208 What can you tell me about this stuff? 920 00:34:07,292 --> 00:34:10,042 - Well, I actually picked them up at a yard sale 921 00:34:10,208 --> 00:34:13,042 here in Las Vegas about eight years ago. 922 00:34:13,125 --> 00:34:14,750 The only thing that was told to me 923 00:34:14,875 --> 00:34:17,625 is that the tusks are pig tusks. 924 00:34:17,792 --> 00:34:21,875 There are some unusual shells, cowrie shells, I understand, 925 00:34:21,958 --> 00:34:23,667 some parrot feathers. 926 00:34:23,833 --> 00:34:27,250 I'm not quite sure what the long, fluffy feathers are. 927 00:34:27,333 --> 00:34:30,500 They're old, but I don't know how old. 928 00:34:30,625 --> 00:34:32,875 - Papua New Guinea's been inhabited for, I think, 929 00:34:33,042 --> 00:34:34,958 you know, something like 50,000 years. 930 00:34:35,083 --> 00:34:38,542 And they still live relatively off the land. 931 00:34:38,625 --> 00:34:41,000 You know, they still would make stuff like this up into, 932 00:34:41,167 --> 00:34:42,500 you know, modern times. 933 00:34:42,583 --> 00:34:44,000 - Mm-hmm. - Maybe even still today. 934 00:34:44,167 --> 00:34:45,667 And it's a small island 935 00:34:45,833 --> 00:34:47,958 and there's a bunch of different languages on there. 936 00:34:48,125 --> 00:34:50,833 So these people would settle in different tribes 937 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:55,125 and they all make really cool tools and, you know, jewelry. 938 00:34:55,208 --> 00:34:58,833 These kinda look like ceremonial-type pieces to me. 939 00:34:58,958 --> 00:35:00,917 - That's a good possibility they were. 940 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:04,833 - Do you have a price in mind? - I was thinking of 250 each. 941 00:35:04,958 --> 00:35:07,042 - I mean, that seems pretty fair to me. 942 00:35:07,167 --> 00:35:09,042 But I do have some questions. 943 00:35:09,208 --> 00:35:10,583 I would like to have someone come down 944 00:35:10,708 --> 00:35:12,042 and take a look at these, if you don't mind. 945 00:35:12,125 --> 00:35:13,042 - I don't mind at all. 946 00:35:13,167 --> 00:35:14,500 I'd love to have more information. 947 00:35:14,667 --> 00:35:16,083 - Perfect. All right, give me a moment. 948 00:35:16,167 --> 00:35:18,375 I'm going to call down a guy named Bob Dodge. 949 00:35:18,542 --> 00:35:21,292 I've had him come down for Papua New Guinea stuff before. 950 00:35:21,417 --> 00:35:23,625 I think he'll be able to help share some information 951 00:35:23,708 --> 00:35:24,792 on these pieces with us. 952 00:35:24,875 --> 00:35:26,000 - Oh, I'm anxious to hear him. 953 00:35:26,083 --> 00:35:27,125 - Well, let me get him down here 954 00:35:27,250 --> 00:35:28,750 and see what he has to say. 955 00:35:28,875 --> 00:35:30,500 - That sounds great. 956 00:35:36,375 --> 00:35:38,458 - A woman came into the shop with what she believes 957 00:35:38,542 --> 00:35:40,833 to be a headdress and a breastplate 958 00:35:40,958 --> 00:35:42,750 from a tribe in Papua New Guinea. 959 00:35:42,875 --> 00:35:45,417 I do think they're authentic, but I'd like more information, 960 00:35:45,542 --> 00:35:47,500 so I'm having Bob Dodge come over. 961 00:35:47,667 --> 00:35:49,792 ♪ ♪ 962 00:35:49,875 --> 00:35:51,208 Hey, Bob. - Chum, how are you? 963 00:35:51,292 --> 00:35:52,333 - Pretty good. How are you doing? 964 00:35:52,500 --> 00:35:54,750 - Hi. Bob. - Hi, Bob. I'm Day. 965 00:35:54,833 --> 00:35:56,000 - Good to meet you. 966 00:35:56,125 --> 00:35:57,792 - So Day has these two pieces here, 967 00:35:57,875 --> 00:36:00,167 which she believes are from PNG. 968 00:36:00,333 --> 00:36:01,917 - May I? - Do you mind, Day? 969 00:36:02,042 --> 00:36:04,167 - No, please, please. 970 00:36:04,292 --> 00:36:08,375 - So definitely Papua New Guinea. 971 00:36:08,458 --> 00:36:13,750 Two very distinct pieces, both from the lowlands. 972 00:36:13,833 --> 00:36:16,500 So Papua New Guinea is perhaps 973 00:36:16,583 --> 00:36:19,333 the most remote area of the world. 974 00:36:19,375 --> 00:36:21,917 There are 700 different tribes. - Wow. 975 00:36:22,042 --> 00:36:23,500 - On any given day, 976 00:36:23,542 --> 00:36:27,833 one tribe will want to kill their next-door neighbor 977 00:36:27,875 --> 00:36:29,125 and the next day, 978 00:36:29,250 --> 00:36:31,333 they may want to trade with their next-door neighbor. 979 00:36:31,500 --> 00:36:35,083 So these are from the Abelam people. 980 00:36:35,208 --> 00:36:37,458 This is called a karahut. 981 00:36:37,542 --> 00:36:40,042 If you're getting ready to fight your neighbor, 982 00:36:40,167 --> 00:36:42,042 it would be worn 983 00:36:42,125 --> 00:36:44,375 in the mouth like this. - Oh. 984 00:36:44,458 --> 00:36:46,542 - And this represents the life, 985 00:36:46,667 --> 00:36:52,292 the tusks representing hanging your enemy off of the tusk. 986 00:36:52,375 --> 00:36:56,167 And then it could be worn as a necklace 987 00:36:56,250 --> 00:36:59,375 when you're in a more peaceful frame of mind. 988 00:36:59,500 --> 00:37:03,250 This guy is a headdress. - Oh, OK. 989 00:37:03,375 --> 00:37:05,250 - It would be worn in the front. 990 00:37:05,375 --> 00:37:09,667 So boar tusks, cowrie shell, cassowary feathers. 991 00:37:09,750 --> 00:37:11,083 - Oh, cassowary. 992 00:37:11,167 --> 00:37:13,333 - This is a bird the size of an ostrich 993 00:37:13,417 --> 00:37:18,125 that will kill you in a heartbeat, just a mean bird. 994 00:37:18,208 --> 00:37:20,083 - So you think they're authentic? 995 00:37:20,208 --> 00:37:22,833 - They are authentic-ish. 996 00:37:22,958 --> 00:37:27,500 I mean, the height of PNG art was pre-1960. 997 00:37:27,583 --> 00:37:30,167 That's when everything was tribally used. 998 00:37:30,292 --> 00:37:32,500 After that, the natives discovered 999 00:37:32,542 --> 00:37:35,333 they could start selling artifacts. 1000 00:37:35,458 --> 00:37:40,375 So this is kind of in that time period, 1960 to 1975. 1001 00:37:40,500 --> 00:37:42,375 You can see that this has been worn, 1002 00:37:42,375 --> 00:37:45,333 so there's nice sweat from being danced, 1003 00:37:45,417 --> 00:37:47,833 but maybe worn once or twice 1004 00:37:47,958 --> 00:37:51,083 and then sold to a missionary or a tourist. 1005 00:37:51,167 --> 00:37:53,750 The headdress shows much less wear. 1006 00:37:53,875 --> 00:37:57,833 You can see the string has probably never been tied. 1007 00:37:57,875 --> 00:38:01,167 You don't see signs of excessive sweat, 1008 00:38:01,250 --> 00:38:05,167 so more likely made for selling. 1009 00:38:05,292 --> 00:38:08,083 - OK. What kind of value do these pieces have? 1010 00:38:08,208 --> 00:38:11,583 - I would price this one at 600 bucks. 1011 00:38:11,708 --> 00:38:12,833 - Wow. 1012 00:38:13,042 --> 00:38:16,250 - And for the headdress, I'd put 400 bucks on that one. 1013 00:38:16,375 --> 00:38:17,625 - Oh, OK. 1014 00:38:17,708 --> 00:38:19,375 - So about 1,000 bucks' worth of value here. 1015 00:38:19,542 --> 00:38:21,125 - About 1,000 bucks. 1016 00:38:21,208 --> 00:38:22,583 - All right, well, appreciate you, Bob. 1017 00:38:22,708 --> 00:38:24,167 Thanks for coming out. - Thank you. 1018 00:38:24,250 --> 00:38:25,333 - [chuckles] Thank you, Bob. - Good luck. 1019 00:38:25,417 --> 00:38:26,292 - Nice meeting you. - You bet. 1020 00:38:26,375 --> 00:38:27,833 - Thank you. 1021 00:38:27,917 --> 00:38:28,833 - Would you still be willing 1022 00:38:28,875 --> 00:38:30,375 to take the 500 you're asking for? 1023 00:38:30,500 --> 00:38:32,458 - I think that's fair. Yes, I would. 1024 00:38:32,542 --> 00:38:34,500 - All right, we got a deal. - That's great. 1025 00:38:34,625 --> 00:38:36,042 - So you can leave these here. 1026 00:38:36,167 --> 00:38:37,125 Come follow me and I'll get you paid. 1027 00:38:37,250 --> 00:38:39,250 - OK. 1028 00:38:39,375 --> 00:38:41,458 [upbeat rock music] 1029 00:38:41,625 --> 00:38:43,500 ♪ ♪ 1030 00:38:43,583 --> 00:38:45,625 - Steve Grad comes into the pawn shop every 1031 00:38:45,708 --> 00:38:48,542 once in a while to authenticate autographs for customers. 1032 00:38:48,667 --> 00:38:50,458 I have some very special signatures 1033 00:38:50,542 --> 00:38:54,250 that I have for him to look at and authenticate for me today. 1034 00:38:54,375 --> 00:38:56,167 - Thank you. - Sure. 1035 00:38:56,292 --> 00:38:58,333 ♪ ♪ 1036 00:38:58,417 --> 00:38:59,542 - Steve. - How are you? 1037 00:38:59,667 --> 00:39:01,000 - I'm good. Say hi, Pinky. 1038 00:39:01,125 --> 00:39:03,250 - Hi, Pinky. Good to see you. 1039 00:39:03,375 --> 00:39:06,208 - So I need your services. 1040 00:39:06,333 --> 00:39:08,292 - Oh, God. 1041 00:39:08,375 --> 00:39:12,250 - I need to get Pinky's autographs authenticated. 1042 00:39:12,333 --> 00:39:14,708 That way, people know it's her paw print. 1043 00:39:14,792 --> 00:39:18,042 - I--I don't really authenticate paw prints. 1044 00:39:18,125 --> 00:39:19,125 You can't. - You're good. 1045 00:39:19,208 --> 00:39:20,500 I know you can do it. 1046 00:39:20,625 --> 00:39:21,833 Look, I have her paw right here. 1047 00:39:21,917 --> 00:39:23,750 You can verify it with your ProScope. 1048 00:39:23,833 --> 00:39:25,542 - Yeah, being good and everything is one thing, 1049 00:39:25,667 --> 00:39:27,667 but, like, you can't really-- 1050 00:39:27,708 --> 00:39:28,875 - All right, what are you guys arguing about? 1051 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:30,458 - Well-- 1052 00:39:30,542 --> 00:39:32,917 - Steve is refusing to authenticate Pinky's autograph. 1053 00:39:33,042 --> 00:39:34,333 [dramatic music] 1054 00:39:34,417 --> 00:39:35,583 I need to get Pinky's paw print authenticated 1055 00:39:35,583 --> 00:39:37,000 so I can sell these things. 1056 00:39:37,125 --> 00:39:39,542 - To be fair, he wouldn't authenticate the Rin Tin Tin 1057 00:39:39,625 --> 00:39:42,000 autograph either because it's not actually an autograph. 1058 00:39:42,083 --> 00:39:44,083 It's a paw print. - Which is her autograph. 1059 00:39:44,208 --> 00:39:46,875 - Did Rin Tin Tin know Rin Tin Tin was doing this? 1060 00:39:46,958 --> 00:39:50,833 - Yeah. Pinky knows she's doing it. 1061 00:39:50,875 --> 00:39:51,833 - I get it. - Yeah. 1062 00:39:51,875 --> 00:39:54,708 - We understand how much you love Pinky. 1063 00:39:54,792 --> 00:39:57,292 But I think you're going to have to have 1064 00:39:57,417 --> 00:39:58,917 just a certificate of authenticity 1065 00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:01,125 not from an autograph person, but maybe from you. 1066 00:40:01,250 --> 00:40:02,292 - I don't think Pinky is leaving 1067 00:40:02,375 --> 00:40:04,833 until she gets the authentication. 1068 00:40:04,917 --> 00:40:06,083 - I think I got to get back to work. 1069 00:40:06,208 --> 00:40:07,542 I'm sorry, Chum. 1070 00:40:07,667 --> 00:40:08,792 This isn't going to work for anybody. 1071 00:40:08,875 --> 00:40:10,542 - Um, Chum, there's people in line. 1072 00:40:10,625 --> 00:40:11,667 - I was going to give you one of these pictures, 1073 00:40:11,750 --> 00:40:13,583 but I don't think so anymore, Steve. 1074 00:40:13,708 --> 00:40:14,417 - Next. 1075 00:40:14,542 --> 00:40:15,458 [upbeat rock music] 1076 00:40:15,542 --> 00:40:17,458 - Are you shooing me? 1077 00:40:17,542 --> 00:40:19,833 - See you, Chum. Thanks, Rick. 1078 00:40:20,042 --> 00:40:23,042 - I've got to get back to work. [laughs]