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Do you recognize these? The greatest guitarist of all time, Manny Van Halen.

Oh. Oh.

Yeah, but there's no real proof that he wore them.

$26 ,000 for Lego figures.

Yep. One issue with this figure is there is an extremely large amount of fake. I

have a portrait of Picasso by Salvador Dali. $3 ,000.

Edgar Allan Poe. Nice.

And Abraham Lincoln.

In the same autograph book?

Yeah.

I brought you a shrunken head, man.

If this guy were real, I would pay $10 ,000 for it.

Why does it look like my buddy Chum?

How's it going? Good. I have a couple of Lego minifigures I think you might be

interested in. Okay.

Yoda and Spider -Man. You know, the minifigures are hot right now.

It's kind of weird now they're tied in with Disney, Marvel.

You know, they started off as just little guys that you could put in a car

built with the Legos, right?

Definitely really cool.

Lego was actually kind of in trouble in the 90s, wasn't it?

Yeah, in like the early 2000s.

You know, they were having a rough time. Absolutely. I've got a whole new brand

with the little minifigures, and I'm just about to license for almost

kids like.

Television, movies, toys, theme parks. I mean, Lego's almost a new Disney.

I mean, it just made these things just massively collectible.

Let's start with Spider -Man here.

So this was exclusive minifigure, Lego Comic -Con 2013.

It's the only time Andrew Garfield was in a minifigure form until the recent

movie that just came out. Tell me about Yoda. Where'd you get him? So I was at

the event where they unveiled a life -size X -Wing fighter built out of

in the middle of Times Square.

And this was a free gift with a purchase at Toys R Us. Knew it was in really

good condition, so I sent it out and got the grading of 100%. And as far as I

know, it's the only one that's hit 100%.

Give me an idea of what you're looking to get for them. For the Spider -Man,

looking for $12 ,000.

Okay. And for the Yoda, no one's ever seen one of these, and I'm looking for

,000 for this.

$26 ,000 for Lego figures.

Yep. You know what the crazy thing is?

They might be worth that. I have no idea.

Do you mind if I have a Lego expert come down and take a look at them? That's

fine. I'm going to go give them a call. I'll be right back, okay? Okay. Thanks.

Come. Did I get a package in?

I think you have two packages right here.

What are you expecting?

Something extremely special, supposedly. Hopefully.

Pictures?

Not pictures.

Letters. Letters?

I know they normally come in an envelope, but not this time.

See that name right there?

Albert Einstein.

Yes. The Albert Einstein?

The Albert Einstein.

Is this another one?

Yes. And this one?

Incredible. So, where did you get this?

So, it's kind of an odd deal. I had a guy contact me. He says he represents an

individual that owns these and is interested in selling them.

Really? This is Einstein. This is a guy with an incredible mind.

Sort of became like the first famous physicist.

You know, he came up with the theory of relativity.

He won a Nobel Prize.

And to this day, he's like a pop icon. I mean, people make paintings of him

today. You wish you had hair like Einstein, don't you?

It would be an upgrade.

What are we looking at here?

These are actually letters corresponding with another physicist, which is super,

super cool. This is Professor David Baum.

He was a professor in Brazil, and they were communicating back and forth in the

1950s about Einstein's theory of everything.

This one looks like maybe he signed his name there and it bled away or

something. It looks like it's gotten wet, and it also has some mold damage on

it, which kind of sucks. I don't even know how you would... I'll dedicate the

signature. Let me give the guy a call. There's a company laptop around here

somewhere, right?

Can we get it?

Here it is.

All right.

So... Hello, you must be Joey.

Hello, Rick. How are you? I am doing good. I have the letters.

Can you give me a little history on them and what we're doing here?

I represent a client who collects art history and artifacts.

We knew that you were a bit of a history buff, so that's why we sent you these

letters to see what your thought process on them was.

They're pretty impressive.

One of them, the signature is really messed up. Yes, yes.

But we did send it to you because both letters correlate with each other about

quantum mechanics.

All right. How much does he want for these?

We're asking $15 ,000 for both letters.

I'll tell you what.

Here's the deal. I mean, like, the one that's messed up, that's really, really

difficult because I've never really dealt with an autograph in that bad a

So this is what I'm going to do.

I'm going to get my signature guy to look at these things.

I'm going to get his opinion on the value and everything like that.

And I'm going to get back a hold of you.

And hopefully we can make a deal. All right?

Absolutely, yes.

All right, talk to you soon.

You know any quotes from Einstein?

Yeah. Which one?

E and C equals square.

Close.

A customer brought in two exclusive Lego minifigs.

One is a Times Square Toys R Us New York I Love Yoda, and the other is a 2013

San Diego Comic -Con exclusive Spider -Man. The seller is looking to get $26

,000 for these two figures. So I called my Lego expert, Brandon, to come down

and take a look at these and see if we could put together a deal.

Hey, Corey. How's it going? Good to see you again. Hi, I'm Brandon. Nice to meet

you. Nice to meet you. These are the Lego figures I was talking about. Oh,

These are some exceptional figures.

Lego created the minifigure in 1978.

They pretty much kept it in -house until the late 90s when they acquired the

Star Wars license.

Many things became super collectible. They look great, and people just love

them. They have a sense of nostalgia that just harkens back to everyone's

childhood.

Okay, he wants quite a bit for these. What do you think they might be worth?

we have the NY I Love Yoda. This figure was given out as an exclusive in Times

Square in May of 2013.

It is very rare.

The one issue with this figure is there is an extremely large amount of fakes.

Obviously, it's graded 100%, but I just want to verify myself.

But this looks good.

Check out the color of the heart is correct.

So is it real? I would say this is 100 % real, yes.

Let's talk about Spider -Man over here. Okay. So starting in 2011, Lego issued

the Super Heroes line.

As part of the promotion, they would give away these exclusive minifigures at

San Diego Comic -Con.

This particular figure, I can tell you, is very rare.

I had to get a raffle ticket to get it. It is the first figure that has the

Andrew Garfield costume printing. As far as I know, there are only 350 of these

in existence.

So basically what I'm looking for is the Lego trademark stamped onto the bottom

of the legs, which is there. It's an amazing figure and very rare.

I guess the biggest question of all, what are they worth?

So the New York I Heart Yoda, I would give this a value of $9 ,000.

The Andrew Garfield Spider -Man, extremely rare, extremely hard to get.

I would put a value of that at $12 ,000.

All right. Well, I appreciate you coming down. All right. Thank you. Thank you.

Good luck. Appreciate it. So is that what you wanted to hear?

I think he's right on the Spider -Man. I think he's low on the New York I Love.

Okay. Well, that being said, I'll do 14 for the pair.

Cash money today. You don't have to go find a Lego guy to buy them. Can we do

$19 ,000? $15 ,000 is the most I'm going to have.

We're talking about little tiny toys here, and I'm paying you the price of a

small car.

$16 ,500?

$15 ,500. I won't go anymore.

$16 ,000 it is. No.

$15 ,500. That's going to be the most I do.

All right.

Yep. Okay. Meet me right over there.

Taking these with me.

So recently, I had a customer mail me two signed letters by Albert Einstein.

As a guy who learns out about this stuff, it's a no -brainer. But one of

signatures is not in the best condition. And on top of that, they're asking $15

,000. So I don't know what to think about these.

But my buddy Steve Brad is here. He's going to check them out. And hopefully,

theory is correct that I will have these in due time.

Hey, Rick. Hey, Steve. What's up? Not much. What's happening?

I'm getting a little insight into physics from Albert Einstein.

Is it helping?

No.

So what we got here is two letters written by Albert Einstein to another

physicist. He's literally talking about his life's work.

That's really interesting.

He was well known to correspond with different friends of his, peers,

politicians.

The content is just unbelievable. The problem is...

The signature. Yeah, I'm starting to see that right now. So I'm going to pull

this up or actually just take a closer look and kind of see what we're dealing

with, Rick, because it does look like it's got some real issues here.

This would have been the signature line, obviously.

As they call it, yours, Albert Einstein, he would have signed right there.

But this has suffered some real serious damage.

It's just like a blob almost.

Let's take a look at this one.

This is a little more typical of what I would expect.

Just a beautiful autograph.

He has this A that would slant to the right, and I'm seeing that here.

He dots at the end. He dots after the A. You see the same kind of

characteristics. And he took a lot of pride in this signature when he signed

name. So no doubt, though, about the signature here being good. So you've got

two very fascinating pieces here.

Okay, so value -wise, what are they worth?

Typically, Einstein letters, as you know, you could find them out there. His

autograph is desirable, but it's not difficult to locate. This piece here,

the signature, full intact, the shorter letter, I'd put the value right at $3

,500.

And this one? This one here, aesthetically, it's not too pleasing,

this is a great letter. I don't think you'd care about the signature. You have

his thoughts. He's pouring it out right here. That value, $3 ,000.

So, as a pair,

$6 ,500.

All right. Thanks, man.

I'll call you. Tell you if I get him. All right. Good stuff, man. Thanks

Good seeing you.

Hey, Jerry. How's it going?

Hey, Rick. How are you?

I'm doing great.

Had my guy look at the stuff, and it's not $15 ,000.

Okay. According to him, there's a lot of these out there.

I'll give you $5 ,000.

Wow. That's considerably lower than we thought.

Can you do 9 ,000? No, I can go 5 ,000.

There's a very good track record on what they go for.

6 ,500.

It's Einstein.

There are letters to another physicist that will sell very quickly, but a lot

his letters are out there.

5 ,000.

I think these letters are going to a better place, so I think I'm going to

your offer.

Sweet, we got a deal.

I am going to shoot you over an email.

I need to get some info from you, and I'll get you paid.

Excellent. Okay. And if you have any more of this stuff, let me know.

Absolutely. All right. Have a great day, bud. Bye -bye.

These are so cool.

Hey, how's it going?

It's going good. Thank you. What do we got here?

I have an autograph book from the 1800s.

Autograph book from the 1800s? Yes.

All right.

I don't have a pen on me right now.

I'm here at the pawn shop to sell my 1800s autograph book. This book is full

autographs from well -known poets as well as some presidents.

The condition of this autograph book is very fragile. It's over 170 years old.

It looks pretty amazing.

Do you mind if I take a look? Oh, please. Where did you get it?

It was handed down to me by my great -great -great -great -grandmother. She

lived up in the New England states, and she would have parlor readings at her

house. And it was more or less like a book signing you would have today, but

they would come to the parlor and read excerpts out of their books.

Okay. It was right around 1850s, 1860s, autograph collecting became a really,

really big thing.

Started in England, ended up coming over to the United States.

And if you live in New York City or D .C., people would carry around their

autograph book with them just in case they ran into somebody.

And still to this day, people collect autographs.

So who's all in the book?

I have Edgar Allan Poe's autograph, Victor Hugo's.

I have President Rutherford Hayes, just to name a few.

Okay.

Abraham Lincoln.

This is cool.

I mean, because this is November 19th, 1863.

Yes. That's the day he read the Gettysburg Address. Yes.

Have you ever had it checked out by anybody? I mean, especially the Abraham

Lincoln one. That's the big one. That's the big one. Yes, I understand.

I've never had it checked out.

Okay.

So how much do you want for him? I'm looking to get $20 ,000 out of it. All

right. I mean, that might be possible. I mean, if this was actually signed and

dated by Abraham Lincoln, all the money's there.

That's the big money. I mean, I just need someone to look at it. Okay. Not

I don't trust you.

I just don't trust your grandma.

I didn't know her either, so yeah.

Let me get my autograph guy down here, and if he checks out, he'll probably get

paid. Okay. Thank you very much. All right. I'll be right back. All right.

Thanks.

Now I trust my grandma, but my great -great -great -grandma, not so much.

Hey, how's it going? Hey, not too bad. How are you?

I'm going all right. What do we got here?

Well, I got this knuckle knife. It's from, like, the World War II era, I

All right. Do you mind if I pull it out here? Yeah, sure.

So tell me where you got it. It was my great -grandfather's. My dad said my

great -grandpa, he massacred about 3 ,000 people with that knife.

I got a feeling that story's not really true. Probably not, but, you know.

I'm here at the pawn shop today to sell my World War II era knuckle knife. It

looks really cool because it has like a brass knuckle, but it's pointy. The

condition is really good and it has the sheath with it.

Definitely really cool. I mean, what you got here is the quintessential World

War II basic knife.

You know, I mean, except for they added the knuckle thing to it.

You wanted all the use out of the thing you could get, especially if your gun

stopped working.

You know, punch the guy, stab him, stuff like that.

Can I take a look at it? Sure.

All right. I'm not seeing any names on it or anything like that.

Kind of get the point of why that's on there. I mean, it's pretty self

-explanatory, right?

Right. Definitely cool. Definitely looks to be about from that era.

So how much are you looking to get out of it?

I was thinking about $500.

Okay.

So here's the deal.

I mean, it is pretty cool. I mean, I've seen some of these knives go for just an

exorbitant amount of money, but they're not that uncommon. I mean, it's... Look,

I've got one right here. I mean, they still make them today. So if you don't

mind, if you want to hang out for a little bit, no guarantees, but I could

my antique military weapons expert, Alex, come by and take a look and see if

can get you anywhere close to the 500.

Sounds good.

I have a guy here in the shop with a book filled with autographs and

from the 1800s.

There's a lot of cool names in there, but the greatest one so far is Abraham

Lincoln. He's asking $20 ,000 for it, and if it's legit, it's worth at least

that. So I got Steve Gregg coming down to check all this out.

Steve, how's it going? Good. How are you, Rick? How you doing?

Nice to see you.

This is what I called you about.

It's got some big signatures on it. Edgar Allan Poe. Nice.

And Abraham Lincoln.

In the same autograph book?

Yeah. Okay, so you don't really see that too often. It's from his great -great

-great -grandma, and so...

We don't know how legit she was.

So some of the names you mentioned, Edgar Allen Poe, I really don't see too

of. Just occasionally see his autograph. Abraham Lincoln, you really see him

more on documents or letters.

It looks a little suspect because there's November 19th, 1863, the day he

the Gettysburg Address. That's a big deal. It's one of the most important

in U .S. history. Just imagine what something like that would be worth. You

could be looking just at $200 ,000 alone just for that page. Wow. Wow. So let's

have a look. Let's see what's in here, Rick. I'm going to take a look with the

ProScope and get some magnification on here.

This is Lord Tennyson.

Okay.

Do you mind flipping for me?

Edgar Allan Poe. That's a big one, Rick.

That's pretty interesting.

Do me a favor, Rick.

Show me the Lincoln, please.

That's the meaty one, obviously, Poe is as well.

So this is pretty interesting, guys.

Let's start to magnify this.

Yeah. Okay. Do you see this here?

You don't see this with ink.

It's a skip on there. Now, do me a favor. Go back a few.

And almost the same kind of exact type of thing you're seeing. What this leads

me to believe is that, obviously, it's unique and cool and really neat looking,

but these are just copies.

Oh, jeez.

It doesn't have the characteristics made with a fountain pen or a quill or

something from the period. This was a book that was manufactured with famous

people from the period.

Great collectible, maybe something to talk about with your family history, but

really doesn't have much value.

I understand.

Sure. Well, there goes like $200 ,000 down the drain.

All right. Thanks, Steve. All right. Take care. Nice to see you. And nice

you, too. Thank you very much.

All right. Well, I'm sorry. I thought we might have something there.

I did, too.

But usually when it's too good to be true, it's too good to be true. I

understand. Thank you very much. Have a great day. All right. Thanks.

If you hold on to my autograph for a few years, it might be worth two bucks.

I have a guy in the shop with a knuckle knife that he got from his grandfather.

He was told it was from World War II, but he doesn't really have any more

information on it, so he's asking for $500.

I asked your military expert, Alex Cranmer, to come by and take a look at

and let me know if I should cut a deal on it.

Hey, what's up, Alex? How you doing? Good to see you. I'm Alex.

Nice to meet you, Dan.

You know, a standard World War II knife, I figured it was worth giving me a

call. Yeah, it was worth giving me a call.

What this is, obviously, it's a knuckle knife.

Now, during World War II, there was a cottage industry in the United States of

custom fighting knives, and they came in all variations.

And because it was a cottage industry and they remained in small machine shops

or basements, very few numbers of these were ever produced, and they were

produced regionally.

The purpose of this knife was really close combat.

These American GIs in World War II are getting shipped overseas by the hundreds

of thousands.

They did get issued knives, but you could also bring your own knife. Now,

don't think of World War II as being a close combat event, but in many times,

and for many GIs, it actually was.

What it really is, is a MH Cole knuckle knife. So the guy who made this...

was a police officer in Birmingham, Alabama during World War II, M .H. Cole.

had some kind of medical condition that prevented him from going overseas, and

his way of contributing to the war effort was to make custom fighting

How did you get this?

So it's from my great -grandpa. He was originally from Alabama.

So your great -grandfather is from Alabama and served in World War II?

That makes a lot of sense. So he would have contacted Cole or known that he was

selling these, bought one, and gone off to war with it.

Do you mind if I pick it up? Yeah, sure.

The one thing I do have to check is how many points are on it. One, two, three,

four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.

So it having nine points is really significant.

What's exceptional about this, Cole is known to have made about 300 of these

knives completely.

The first 50 to 75, and no one knows for sure, had nine points.

If it's eight points, it's second model, not as desirable as the first.

So this is one of the most rare and collectible fighting knives in

I can't even tell you how rare it is.

You could spend your whole career and not find one.

Collectors of fighting knives.

This is their holy grail. Not only that, it's in excellent condition.

So would you say it's worth $500?

Yeah, it's worth $500. I would times that by about $20.

Now we're talking.

I think it's worth $10 ,000, maybe even more at the red auction.

Wow, okay.

Well, I appreciate you. All right, good luck. Hey, thank you for sharing that

with me.

So you still want $500 for it?

Uh, no. We'll have to renegotiate that price.

Here's the thing. I would have to pay auction fees, everything like that.

I'll cut right to the chase. I'll do $5 ,000.

Can we do $7 ,000? Nope. No? No, not a shot. If you came in here looking for

$500, you're getting $5 ,000.

All right, $5 ,000.

Sounds good. All right, cool. Meet me right over there.

How you doing?

Here, I'll take this for you. Thank you.

All right.

So what do you have here? I have a portrait of Picasso by Salvador Dali.

see now Dali's signature right there just staring me in the face. Quite an

interesting portrait you have here.

I'm here to sell my portrait of Picasso by Salvador Dali.

It's very foreboding. It has a black frame and these scary eyes peeking out

you. I'm selling this because, to be honest with you, this piece gives me the

heebie -jeebies.

This is cool.

Most people are familiar with the surrealism style that Dali does, but,

know, Dali was trained in the classic form of art. He went to school, and this

is the kind of art that he learned with.

And this point in time, Dali absolutely loved Picasso's art.

So Dali decided to make a portrait of Picasso just to show Picasso, Picasso,

you're really cool. I want to be like you one day. I'm going to paint this

really cool picture of you.

But about 20 years after this, Picasso and Dali didn't see eye to eye for some

reasons, and Dali painted Picasso again.

Dolly didn't like Picasso at the time, so it looks like a monster.

But both Dolly and Picasso are going to have their place in fine art.

So where did you get this?

I got this at a charity auction with my husband.

He was a huge Salvador Dali fan, and so he had to have it.

I'm a fan of both artists myself.

It's hard to choose one, but I guess I would have to choose Dolly. When he

paints, you can just feel every emotion in the strokes of his brush. I agree.

This is obviously a print, numbered 131 out of 200.

What are you looking to do with it today?

I'd love to sell it. And do you have a price in mind?

$3 ,000?

Okay. One of the major concerns I have is whether this is an authorized piece

not. It could be a real Dolly, but was it authorized to be printed and sold

while Dolly was alive himself?

So I think the next step would be for me to go get my art expert, have him come

take a look at it, see what he thinks about it, and give me a value.

Great. All right. Give me just a few minutes. I'll go get him. Thank you.

Hey, how's it going? Good, what's going on?

What do we got here?

Man, I got something. I don't know if you really come across these two often

not. Kind of pull it out here and let you take a look at it. Let me get you

something to put it on.

Well, I brought you a shrunken head, man.

Why does it look like my buddy Chum?

I'm at the pawn shop today to hopefully sell my shrunken head. I acquired this

from a friend of mine who owns the oddity vintage shop in my town. I always

thought it was something really cool, unusual, so I brought it home, put it on

my shelf, and everybody that walked in my house had something to say about it.

think it's the real thing. If I sell the head today, hopefully I can buy me a

couple round -trip tickets to Australia.

I've never seen anything like this before.

The story is there were these tribes in the Amazon rainforest, and what they

would do with these things is they figured out a way to shrink people's

and the whole purpose behind it, I guess, was to show what a tough guy you

Who wants to mess with a guy with a bunch of heads on his neck? That being

I really don't know much about it, and it's kind of one of those things

You know, the myth has just become way bigger than the actual thing.

Do you mind if I take a look at it? Oh, that'd be great.

All right.

I mean, it looks real, but it's really hard to come across an actual shrunken

head. I know somehow, some way, some Europeans came over and the Amazon saw

these things and were like, that's cool, let me buy that. And there's been like

a whole like black market of like making fake ones ever since.

So what are you looking to get out of it?

I'd like to get somewhere around $5 ,000 for it.

Okay.

I'll tell you what. Do you mind if I do a video chat real quick with a buddy of

mine and have him take a look at this? That would be great.

Give me a few minutes. Hang out. I'll be right back, okay? Oh, thanks.

I'm confident that it's a real shrunken head, but we'll leave it up to the

experts and see what they have to say.

There's a woman in the shop right now with a signed and numbered lithograph of

Pablo Picasso done by Salvador Dali. She's asking $3 ,000, but she doesn't

any paperwork that lets me know this is an authorized print.

I've asked our art expert, Patrick, to come take a look so I can get his point

of view.

Hi. Hi.

Nice to meet you. You as well. So I'm sure you're familiar with Dali's

of Picasso.

Yes, I am.

Do you know the name?

I wish I was Picasso.

Pretty much.

I, too, have met the emperor.

Well, I guess that's fitting for the time period, right? Because he kind of

looked up to Picasso in this time.

Yes, Dali did. And in that, if you take a look at the wreaths in his hair and

the dressing, he dressed Picasso like Napoleon.

So they had a pretty strong relationship. And then due to the

both of them being from Spain, They were on opposing sides.

So their relationship soured.

Dali no longer thought that Picasso was the emperor.

And this portrait right here kind of shows his view of Picasso before

they soured.

So do you have any questions or concerns about the piece?

I mean, I just want to know what you think about it. Obviously, I want to

if it was authorized or not.

Yes, there are some subtle differences.

The actual etching prints that were released in 1970, he, in the plate, had

a profile view down here. So that's missing. The stamp line from the etching

missing. This is much darker. And the inscription with the title, I too have

known the emperor, was written on the lapel there of this image of Picasso as

Napoleon.

So all those parts are missing.

So this means that this is just a lithograph. Ah.

All right, well, what kind of value, if any, does it have? Should I try to buy

this for the shop? What do you think?

Based on auction records, a couple hundred dollars.

All right, Patrick, thank you. You're welcome.

Thank you. Not what I wanted to hear. Not what I wanted to hear either.

Unfortunately, I'm going to have to pass on it. That's okay. Like the kids today

say, it's a hard pass.

But thank you for bringing it in. Thank you. My pleasure.

Thank you. Thank you.

Have a good one.

I have a guy in the shop with what he says is a shrunken head.

I have read that these things actually have existed in the Amazon rainforest.

He's asking $5 ,000, but before I get ahead of myself, I'm going to get our

ancient antiquities expert, Bob Dodge, on a video chat, and he can let me know

if it's a tourist piece or if it's real.

Hey, Bob, how's it going?

Good, how are you? I have what looks like a shrunken head here.

So give me an idea, what can you tell me about these things?

Shrunken heads have been around for a long time.

So most of them come from Ecuador.

So you didn't want to be a traveler or an explorer in this part of Ecuador at

the end of the 19th century and end up getting your head shrunk.

And so how would they shrink a head?

How were they able to do it even? It's disgusting.

So these are warriors.

They've taken a head in battle, and they cut up the back of the skull.

remove the face off of the skull.

The flesh then is turned inside out, and then it's heated with hot sand and

rocks, which the heat will cause that skin to shrink.

And the more you do this, the smaller and smaller the head will become. If

you're a really good head shrinker, you can get a head that's about the size of

an orange.

So could you give me an idea on how to tell if this is real or not?

Okay, so about 1930, Ecuador outlawed them.

But at that time, the tribes that were making them discovered that if they sold

them to tourists, they could make a lot of money. They started doing fakes. So

let me take a look.

Look inside the nostril.

No nostril. So the next thing we do, we look at the ears.

I got no ear holes.

Bad sign. I think we got a fake here.

Okay, well, give me an idea of what something like this is worth.

If this guy were real, I would pay $10 ,000 for it.

As a tourist piece, I'd say it's worth $200.

Okay, I appreciate it, and take care, Bob. Bye. Take care.

I'm sure you heard me, but clearly it's not real. Man, I was hoping we had one.

I know you were kind of shooting for the stars when you asked for $5 ,000.

He said it's worth $200. I'll give you $200. It just really reminds me of a

buddy of mine, and I kind of want it for myself.

Oh, man, you know, I think for $200, it's worth bringing back and putting on

shelf. Would you do $300?

No, man, I think I'm just going to hold on to it.

If you change your mind, I'll be here, but I really appreciate you bringing it

in. It was fun.

Great. Thanks, man. Take care.

I'm not going to lose my head over not selling my shrunken head today. So I'm

going to bring it back home, put it back up on the shelf, and enjoy it.

Hello. Hello, good morning.

Good morning. How can I help you today?

I have a Louis Vuitton jacket.

I bought it from a flea market.

It looks real. It feels real.

Well, Louis Vuitton is a very prestigious company, to say the least.

At times, they are trendsetters.

It's nice to see a jacket like this. I mean, it's got your typical Louis look,

maybe kind of early 90s -ish, really, kind of when the hip hop culture really

started kind of taking on to this stuff. Maybe they started a little bit earlier

in the 80s. But this jacket crosses the boundaries between streetwear and

fashion. I think it's a really cool look.

Do you mind if I take a look at it? No, go for it. Have a look.

No, I mean, off first glance, the zipper looks, you know, pretty good.

It's a nice heavy -duty zipper.

Let's take a look here.

It seems like it's a good quality.

Yeah, the stitching looks pretty good. A lot of times knockoff pieces will just

have really, really bad stitching.

It'll be uneven from here to there.

This one looks pretty good, though. And, of course, we'll look at this little

Louis Vuitton tag in here.

Louis Vuitton, Paris, 1854.

So it's got a lot of the stuff that I'm looking for.

The major thing I'm worried about right here is this medium tag is just slightly

off -centered.

And if it was Louis Vuitton, I would expect that to be, you know, dead

-centered.

And how much are you looking to get for it?

$5 .50.

Okay. It does have some really good stuff going for it, but I'm not 100 %

this is authentic.

I really hope it's authentic.

Do you have a few minutes to hang around? I can get someone down here.

Absolutely, yes.

Hello. Hello, lovely to meet you. Likewise.

So this is the jacket she brought in.

I'm not quite sure if it's authentic. It has some nice features to it. So what

do you think about this jacket at first glance?

At first glance, it's beautiful.

But it's not authentic Louis.

It's one of those weird gray area where it's not a bootleg. It's not authentic.

But it's definitely valuable.

What you have here is what we call a Dapper Dan piece.

Now, Dapper Dan, if you don't know who he is, famous designer, early hip hop

stars in the 80s. He used to have a shop in Harlem.

You think about like 85, like LL Cool J, Eric B, and Rakim.

And he figured it out.

He would make beautiful leather jackets, and he would buy these Louis Vuitton

and Gucci purses, cut them up, and, you know, make Louis trim.

He ended up, he called it, it wasn't so much of a knockoff, it was a knockup, to

his words.

And yeah, the medium, that little tag, is slightly off -center, but this is a

telltale sign of what, like, Dapper Dan was doing.

He wanted to bring that touch of Harlem to the rest of the world. Indeed, man.

Eventually, Louis Vuitton and Fendi caught wind of him and shut him down.

So, what kind of value would you put on that?

It's really one of, like, the onsets of urban fashion, of street wear, as we

call it now.

But definitely an iconic piece in hip -hop fashion.

Easily $1 ,000.

That's what I sell them at my shop.

It was a good find.

Indeed. All right, well, thanks for coming in, Marco. My pleasure. I love

You have a gorgeous piece. Thank you so much. Nice meeting you.

All right, well, as cool as it is to have a Dapper Dan in here, even though

Dapper Dan says it's a knock -up, it's still a knock -off, and I'm not allowed

to sell it without getting in trouble. So if it was in my size, maybe I'd make

you an offer because I could wear it, but not today.

That's completely understandable.

Thank you so much. Well, I think you'll get some good money for it. Have a good

day. Thank you. Bye.

Okay, I'm interested.

What do we got here?

Worn and signed Converse Eddie Van Halen.

You're saying that Eddie Van Halen, the man, wore these? Mm -hmm.

That's pretty amazing.

I'm absolutely in love with them. Are you?

This is my youth right here, okay?

All right, so where did you get these?

It was a business transaction with a friend many years ago.

And you believe these are actually Eddie's? I do. The shoes, I mean,

super cool. I mean, if we could prove he wore them, that's the whole problem. I

know.

How much do you want for these?

$10 ,000.

Okay. First, I need someone to take a look at the signature. So let me call in

Steve. He's old like me, so he's probably going to be excited too. I'm

Be right back. Okay.

Steve. What's happening? How are you?

Pretty good. Good to see you. Hi, how are you? I'm good. How are you? Good.

to see you. Nice to meet you.

All right. So do you recognize these?

Oh, yeah. I mean, the greatest guitarist of all time. Correct.

Oh, yeah.

Childhood relived right here.

Everything like literally. I mean, I'm really hoping they're real.

But, you know, there's no real proof that they belong to him and he wore

But let's take a look at the signature first. I mean, obviously that's your big

concern because if you have the signature that's authentic, you start to

things together. Do your magic. I'm going to just get some magnification on

this. Now, I met Eddie many times, and if I look at a couple more of my

that I have on file, the same thing, Rick, right in here.

He's doing it here.

Now look at this. Do you cross your sevens when you write them? No.

A lot of people don't do that.

Very distinct.

Crossed.

Crossed. I've got to tell you, this is a museum -quality piece for sure.

Perfect signatures on both of them. So you're looking at a piece of music

history here. Everything matches out pretty good.

Okay. All right, what do you think they're worth?

Since Eddie Van Halen passed away in 2020, I've seen his values skyrocket

conservatively. Based on what I see here, you're looking at $30 ,000.

You know, Rick, with that said, take these to a professional photo matching

service. These could even go for more.

I could see these going up to 50.

The photo match is the most important thing.

All right.

Thanks, man. Good to see you.

Good luck. Nice to meet you. Thank you. Yep.

All right. You got something special here, okay?

But they're not photo matched yet.

How many photos are there in these shoes? I don't know.

Yes, got it. So I would give you the 10 grand for them.

Are you willing to go a little higher?

I'll go $10 ,500 and not no more.

I don't know if he wore them. It is a gamble. I'll take it.

Okay, we got a deal.

I will meet you right over the counter. I'll get you paid. Thank you.

Here they are. All right, I need to take these up and give

them for sale.

No, I think I'm going to keep them.

Why?

Because they were signed by Eddie Van Halen, the coolest guy on the planet.

I think you paid.

Like $10 ,000 for these, and you're thinking about wearing them?

$10 ,500.

And you're thinking about wearing them? I don't think they'll really fit me, but

I sort of want to keep them. I don't know. And what are you doing there with

that shirt? That looks horrible.

All right, you know how Eddie Van Halen has the Frankenstrat?

Yeah. Those are the Franken -shoes.

And since I own the Franken -shoes, I was going to make the Franken -shirt.

What if I told you these are worth a lot of Franken -money?

What do you mean?

The mail came in today. The letter of authenticity is here in their photo

so you might want to sell them.

Here's their photo match to a concert. On July 30th, 1993 at the World Music

Theater in Tinford Park, Illinois.

Really? And didn't Steve say these would go for a little bit more if they were

photo matched?

He said like $50 ,000.

Why are you so sad, Rick? That's good news.

I mean, I know you like the cool factor, but today, get these framed up.

Go for a lot of money.

I guess I am going to sell them. But I think I still might design a shirt.

Well, have at it. I'm going to go get these out for sale.

Would you wear one?

No, I don't really wear shirts covered in tape.

Guy has no style whatsoever.