Pawn Stars (2009–…): Season 3, Episode 22 - Put Up Your Dukes - full transcript
A book so rare the Pawn Shop has two experts look at it, a room full of memorabilia for John Wyane fans, and a 100 year old army uniform all have stories to tell.
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Male announcer: ON THIS
EPISODE OF PAWN STARS...
- THIS IS A BOOK THAT
WAS PRINTED IN 1546.
- THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
- IT BELONGED TO ISAAC NEWTON.
- SWEET.
- IF THIS IS BOOK IS REAL,
IT'S WORTH A LOT OF MONEY.
- THIS IS THE WAY TO
THE JOHN WAYNE MUSEUM.
I HAVE BUSTS,
MEDALLIONS, PLATES.
- THERE'S SOMETHING NOT
RIGHT ABOUT JOHN WAYNE
WEARING A PINK SCARF.
- I HAVE MY
GRANDFATHER'S ARMY COAT.
HE WAS 101 IN 1986.
- THAT WOULD HAVE
MADE HIM AWFULLY YOUNG
FOR THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
- YOU LYING TO ME, DUDE?
- I'M RICK HARRISON, AND
THIS IS MY PAWN SHOP.
I WORK HERE WITH MY OLD
MAN AND MY SON, BIG HOSS.
EVERYTHING IN HERE
HAS A STORY AND A PRICE.
ONE THING I'VE
LEARNED AFTER 21 YEARS,
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IS
GONNA COME THROUGH THAT DOOR.
- WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
- WELL, I HAVE MY
GRANDFATHER'S OLD ARMY COAT
FROM THE
PHILIPPINE-AMERICAN WAR.
- WELL, THERE WAS
NO PHILIPPINE WAR.
- AMERICAN-PHILIPPINE WAR?
- NO.
- THERE WAS THE
SPANISH-AMERICA WAR,
WHERE WE TOOK THE
PHILIPPINES FROM SPAIN.
- YEAH, THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT.
I'M COMING DOWN TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO TRY TO SELL MY
GRANDFATHER'S ARMY COAT.
I INHERITED IT
THROUGH THE FAMILY
AND HAVE HAD IT HANGING
IN A CLOSET FOR YEARS.
I'M NOT QUITE SURE
WHAT ERA IT WAS FROM.
ALL THAT WAS EVER
MENTIONED WAS THE PHILIPPINES.
I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT PRICE.
I'M JUST HOPING TO
GET SOME MONEY FOR IT,
A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY.
- SO YOU THINK IT'S FROM THE
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR OR WHAT?
- WHEN WAS THE
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR?
- 1890s.
WE WERE MUCH MORE
POWERFUL THAN SPAIN.
IT ONLY LASTED TEN WEEKS.
THE UNITED STATES ENDED
UP ACQUIRING PUERTO RICO,
GUAM, AND THE PHILIPPINES.
DO YOU KNOW
ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT IT?
- YEAH, I'VE HAD IT SINCE MY
GRANDFATHER PASSED AWAY.
- HOW OLD WAS YOUR GRANDFATHER?
- HE WAS 101 IN 1986.
- THAT WOULD HAVE
MADE HIM AWFULLY YOUNG
FOR THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
I DOUBT IF HE WOULD BE
A SERGEANT AT THE TIME.
HE WOULD HAVE BEEN,
LIKE, 12, 13 YEARS OLD.
- YOU LYING TO ME, DUDE?
- NO, I'M NOT LYING TO YOU, MAN.
- OKAY, IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
LIKE, FACTS GET
CONFUSED WITH THE FAMILY.
- OH, ABSOLUTELY.
- THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
STARTED AND ENDED IN 1898,
SO THIS GUY'S EITHER
GOT HIS STORY CONFUSED,
OR HIS GRANDFATHER FOUGHT
IN A WAR WHEN HE WAS AGE 13.
I'M IN A QUANDARY HERE MYSELF.
IT COULD BE WORLD WAR I.
IT'S GOT A REALLY WEIRD COLOR.
- THESE MUST REPRESENT
ARTILLERY SHELLS, DON'T THEY?
- YES, THEY DO.
SOMETIMES THESE CAN BE
WORTH MONEY RIGHT HERE.
THE 92, I'M
ASSUMING, IS THE UNIT,
BUT THERE'S NOTHING
IN THIS THING TO DATE IT.
YOU KNOW, I'M JUST NOT FAMILIAR
WITH THESE THINGS
AS I SHOULD BE.
THERE'S A HUGE MARKET
FOR OLD MILITARY ITEMS,
BUT YOU HAVE TO KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE GETTING INTO.
EVEN THOUGH THIS
JACKET IS INTERESTING,
I GOT TO KNOW
WHAT WAR IT'S FROM.
ONLY THEN WILL I HAVE A
CLUE ON WHAT IT'S WORTH.
SO WHY'D YOU WANT TO SELL IT?
- I CAN'T TAKE CARE OF IT LIKE
IT SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF.
IF IT'S A MUSEUM PIECE, IT
DESERVES TO BE IN A MUSEUM.
- OKAY, I UNDERSTAND.
DO YOU MIND IF I BRING
SOMEONE IN TO LOOK AT IT
SO HE CAN TELL ME WHAT IT IS?
- NO, I'M WITH YOU ON THAT ONE.
- WE'LL KNOW WHICH
WAR IT'S FROM.
WE'LL KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT IT,
AND THEN WE CAN
FIGURE OUT A PRICE.
- GREAT, SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
- THANKS, MAN.
- THANK YOU.
WHEN THE GUYS TOLD ME AN
EXPERT WAS GONNA COME IN,
I FELT QUITE HAPPY ABOUT THAT,
BECAUSE I'M SURE THAT HE
WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION
THAN I'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIND.
- GOOD MORNING.
- HOW ARE YOU DOING, SON?
- FINE.
- WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
- THIS IS A BOOK THAT
BELONGED TO ISAAC NEWTON.
IT WAS PRINTED IN 1546.
- SWEET.
- THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
DID YOU KNOW WHO
ISAAC NEWTON WAS?
- HE SAID, "EVERYTHING THAT
GOES UP MUST COME DOWN."
- THAT'S ONE WAY OF
PUTTING IT, I GUESS.
- I DECIDED TO COME INTO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO TRY AND SELL MY
BOOK THAT BELONGED
TO ISAAC NEWTON'S LIBRARY.
AMAZINGLY ENOUGH, I FOUND IT
WRAPPED UP IN A
BOX IN BUBBLE WRAP
THAT WAS IN WITH
MY FATHER'S THINGS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT
THE BOOK IS WORTH,
BUT IF IT DID BELONG
TO ISAAC NEWTON,
IT SHOULD BE WORTH THOUSANDS.
- EVERYONE HAS HEARD THE STORY
ABOUT THE APPLE
FALLING ON NEWTON'S HEAD,
AND THAT'S THE WAY
HE FIGURED OUT GRAVITY.
THAT NEVER HAPPENED.
ALL HE SAW WAS AN
APPLE FALL OFF THE TREE.
SOMEHOW THE STORY GOT
CHANGED OVER THE YEARS.
- SO WHAT'S THE BOOK ABOUT?
- IT'S ABOUT GEOLOGY AND MINING
THAT NEWTON WAS VERY MUCH INTO.
- IT DOESN'T LOOK
LIKE IT'S IN ENGLISH.
- NO, IT'S IN LATIN.
- IT'S A VERY INTERESTING PIECE.
ISAAC NEWTON WAS ONE OF THE
GREATEST THINKERS OF ALL TIME.
HE FIGURED OUT GRAVITY,
IMPROVED THE TELESCOPE,
FIGURED OUT A FUNNY TYPE OF
MATH THAT WE CALL CALCULUS.
THE MAN DEFINITELY
KNEW A THING OR TWO.
HOW COME YOU THINK ISAAC
NEWTOWN OWNED THIS BOOK?
- WELL, IF WE OPEN
UP THE FRONT COVER,
THIS IS THE BOOKPLATE
FOR ISAAC NEWTON,
AND IT SHOWS THE CASE
LOCATION AND BARNSLEY PARK,
WHICH WAS IN ENGLAND,
WHERE THE BOOK WAS STORED,
AND THESE TURNED
CORNERS ARE A THING
THAT ISAAC NEWTON DID
TO A LOT OF HIS BOOKS
WHEN HE WANTED TO SAVE A PAGE.
- I IMAGINE A BOOK THIS
OLD IS PRETTY VALUABLE,
BUT IF ISAAC NEWTOWN
OWNED IT, THE SKY IS THE LIMIT.
DO YOU WANT TO PAWN IT, SELL IT?
- I WOULD LIKE TO SELL IT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
WHAT IT WOULD BE WORTH?
- I HAVEN'T A CLUE.
I CAN ASSUME THAT IT'S REAL,
BUT I'M NOT THAT
KNOWLEDGEABLE ON BOOKS.
- WHAT'S YOUR GUT
TELL YOU, BOSS?
- WHAT MY GUT
TELLS ME DON'T COUNT
WHEN IT COMES TO
SOMETHING LIKE THIS, CHUMLEE,
SO I'M GONNA CALL AN EXPERT
IN, AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE,
FOR IF THIS BOOK IS REAL,
IT'S WORTH A LOT OF MONEY.
- THAT'LL WORK.
- ALL RIGHT, THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
- THANK YOU.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR
WHAT THE APPRAISER SAYS
TO FIND OUT WHAT THIS
BOOK COULD BE WORTH.
- HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON, MAN?
- OH, NOT MUCH.
- WHAT DO WE HAVE?
- I WAS JUST CLEANING
OUT A CAR THAT I BOUGHT.
IT'S, LIKE, THE OLDEST
CELL PHONE I'VE EVER SEEN.
- THAT IS DEFINITELY THE
O.G. CELL PHONE, MAN.
- DOESN'T FIT IN YOUR POCKET.
- I'M GOING TO THE
PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO TRY TO CELL MY
CAPEHART CELL PHONE.
IT'S THE OLDEST CELL
PHONE I'VE EVER SEEN.
I FOUND IT IN THE TRUNK
OF A CAR I JUST BOUGHT,
SO I'M BRINGING IT
DOWN TO THE PAWN SHOP
TO FIND OUT WHAT IT'S WORTH.
- I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT
THE HISTORY OF CELL PHONES.
I KNOW THEY WERE
AROUND IN THE '50, '60s,
BUT IT WAS AN ARMY THING.
I THINK TOKYO HAD THE
FIRST, LIKE, CELL SYSTEM.
- HOW DOES THE PHONE WORK?
- IT WOULD ALL BE
INSIDE THAT BAG,
AND IT HAD A CAR CHARGER,
BUT YOU WOULD STROLL
AROUND WITH THAT THING
LIKE IT WAS A PURSE, YOU KNOW,
AND MAKE YOUR
PHONE CALLS WITH IT.
25 YEARS AGO,
YOU WERE THE MAN IF
YOU HAD ONE OF THESE.
THEY WERE SO EXPENSIVE,
YOU HAD TO BE REALLY
RICH TO OWN ONE OF THEM.
- WHAT KIND OF
FEATURES DID IT HAVE?
- IT MADE PHONE CALLS.
- WHAT GAMES DOES IT HAVE?
- THAT WAS IT. IT JUST
MADE PHONE CALLS.
UP UNTIL ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO,
IF YOU HAD ONE OF THESE,
THEY WERE $500, $600 EASY
ALL DAY LONG, REASON BEING,
BACK IN 1986, WHEN
THESE CAME OUT,
THEY HAD SUCH A POWERFUL SIGNAL
GOING OUT TO ALL
THOSE CELL TOWERS,
YOU COULD LITERALLY
STAND OUT IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE LAS VEGAS
DESERT WITH, YOU KNOW,
THE BEST CELL PHONE
THEY MAKE TODAY
AND NOT BE ABLE TO GET A CALL.
THIS THING WOULD PICK
UP A SIGNAL NO PROBLEM.
- SO IT WOULDN'T DROP CALLS
LIKE MY PHONE DOES NOW?
- IT WOULDN'T DROP CALLS,
BUT SATELLITE CELL
PHONE COMPANIES
DIDN'T WANT IT TO CATCH ON,
AND THEY FOUND A
WAY TO BLOCK THEM
FROM EVER BEING
TURNED ON OR USED AGAIN.
SO PRETTY MUCH
WHAT YOU HAVE HERE
IS A REAL FANCY BOAT ANCHOR.
SINCE THIS THING DOESN'T WORK,
THE MARKET OF PEOPLE I CAN
SELL IT TO IS PRETTY LIMITED.
I MEAN, THERE ARE
PEOPLE OUT THERE
THAT LOVE THOSE
CLASSIC '80s GADGETS,
BUT THEY DON'T LIKE
TO PAY A LOT FOR THEM.
SO WHAT DO YOU
WANT TO DO WITH IT?
YOU WANT TO PAWN IT OR SELL IT?
- IS THIS THING EVEN
WORTH ANYTHING?
- FIVE BUCKS.
- WELL, I'LL TAKE IT.
- ALL RIGHT, BUDDY. CHUM,
YOU WANT TO WRITE HIM UP?
- YUP. I'LL MEET YOU
AT THE COUNTER.
- I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT IT WAS WORTH.
HE OFFERED ME FIVE BUCKS.
IT WAS MORE THAN I
WALKED IN THE SHOP WITH,
SO I'M HAPPY WITH IT.
- THE INTERESTING
THING ON IT IS,
- EARLIER, A GUY
BROUGHT IN A BOOK
THAT HE CLAIMED
BELONGED TO ISAAC NEWTON.
IF HE'S RIGHT, IT'S
AN INCREDIBLE PIECE,
SO I INVITED MY FRIEND GARY
TO COME DOWN AND TAKE A LOOK.
WHAT'S GOING ON, GARY?
- I OWN ACADEMY FINE
BOOKS HERE IN LAS VEGAS.
I'VE BEEN IN THE BOOK
BUSINESS FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
WELL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE
TO KNOW ABOUT THIS BOOK?
- I NEED AUTHENTICATION.
AND DID IT BELONG TO NEWTON?
- WELL, WE CAN SEE THE
BOOK WAS PUBLISHED IN 1546
BY GEORG AGRICOLA, A SCIENTIST.
HE'S KNOWN AS THE
FATHER OF MINERALOGY.
IN THIS DAY, THEY
WERE VERY INTERESTED
IN CHANGING DIFFERENT
MINERALS INTO GOLD.
- ALCHEMY, RIGHT?
- YES, ISAAC NEWTOWN WAS
VERY INTERESTED IN ALCHEMY.
- BACK WHEN THIS
BOOK WAS WRITTEN,
PEOPLE THOUGHT
ALCHEMY WAS WITCHCRAFT,
SO ONLY THE
HIGHER-EDUCATED PEOPLE
KNEW ABOUT THIS BOOK.
- NOW, THERE'S A
LITTLE BIT OF BAD NEWS.
THIS IS NOT THE
ORIGINAL BINDING.
THIS BOOK WAS RESTORED.
IT WAS REBACKED.
THIS WAS REPAIRED,
PROBABLY DONE IN THE 1700s.
THE BOOKPLATE IS
FROM NEWTON'S LIBRARY.
THIS NUMBER HERE, J9-S7,
IS NEWTON'S SHELF NUMBER,
WHERE HE WOULD
HAVE STORED THE BOOK.
SO THIS BOOK...
WAS OWNED BY ISAAC NEWTON.
- AH.
- GREAT.
- THAT'S GOOD NEWS.
- THAT'S JUST PHENOMENAL.
- YOU DO NOT SEE
THIS BOOK EVERY DAY.
THIS IS A CLASSIC.
- THAT'S ALL GREAT,
BUT WHAT KIND OF VALUE
DO WE HAVE ON THIS THING?
- WELL, I THINK THIS
BOOK WOULD RETAIL...
IT HAS A VALUE OF $20,000.
- WOW.
- WOW.
- YES, A VERY NICE FIND.
YOUR FATHER HAD VERY GOOD TASTE.
- YES, HE DID.
- WELL, THANK YOU A
LOT, GARY, FOR COMING IN.
- THIS BOOK WAS
OWNED BY ISAAC NEWTON.
WHAT MORE CAN I SAY?
ONE OF THE GREATEST
SCIENTISTS OF ALL TIME.
- SO WHAT ARE YOU TRYING
TO GET OUT OF IT, SON?
- HOW ABOUT $15,000?
- AIN'T NO WAY.
IF YOU COULD LIVE WITH $5,000,
THAT'S WHAT I'LL PAY.
- OH, THAT'S TOO LOW.
YOU CAN'T DO $10,000?
- NO, $5,000 IS WHERE
I'D WANT TO BE IN THIS.
- COULD YOU DO $7,000?
- I'LL SPLIT IT WITH
YOU AT $6,000.
- WOW.
I CAN'T TAKE LESS THAN $7,000.
- YOU KNOW, IF I GIVE
YOU $7,000 FOR IT,
I WON'T HAVE MONEY
FOR DINNER TONIGHT.
- IF YOU GIVE ME $7,000
FOR IT, I'LL BUY YOU DINNER.
- SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN.
- THANK YOU, SIR.
- COME ON OVER.
I'LL GET SOMEBODY
TO WRITE IT UP.
- I MADE $7,000 ON THE BOOK.
I THINK IT COULD BE WORTH
MORE, BUT IT'S A GREAT PRICE.
I'M GLAD THAT THEY'RE
GONNA ENJOY IT.
- EARLIER, A GUY BROUGHT IN
HIS GRANDFATHER'S ARMY COAT,
BUT HE DOESN'T
KNOW A LOT ABOUT IT,
SO I INVITED MY BUDDY MARK
TO HELP US FIGURE IT OUT.
- RICK, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
- MARK.
- WHAT DO YOU GOT?
- I DON'T KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT I HAVE.
I THINK IT'S FROM THE
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
- I'M MARK.
I'M THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
CLARK COUNTY MUSEUM SYSTEM.
WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THE COAT,
I'M LOOKING FOR THE
TYPE OF COAT IT IS,
WHAT KIND OF INSIGNIA IS ON IT,
IF THE INSIGNIA IS
CORRECT TO THE COAT
IN ORDER TO KIND OF
NARROW DOWN WHAT IT IS
THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
WHAT YOU HAVE IS A MODEL
1902 DRESS UNIFORM COAT.
IT'S U.S. ARMY.
THIS PARTICULAR
ONE IS ARTILLERY,
BECAUSE YOU'VE
GOT THE RED ON IT.
THAT'S ARTILLERY.
THE INTERESTING THING ON
IT IS THESE TWO STRIPES HERE.
THE RED ONE IS TIME
IN SERVICE STRIPE.
THE WHITE STRIPE
MEANS HE WAS IN WAR.
HE WAS IN BATTLE.
THE 92ND COAST ARTILLERY
WAS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
WHEN WAS YOUR GRANDFATHER BORN?
- 1885.
- SO, WELL, IT'S NOT THE
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
THAT'S 1898.
COULD HAVE BEEN THE
PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION.
THE PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION
WAS A WAR THAT WE FOUGHT
AGAINST INSURRECTION FORCES
AFTER WE TOOK
OVER THE PHILIPPINES
AT THE END OF THE
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
IT'S MISSING THE U.S. INSIGNIA
THAT SHOULD BE RIGHT HERE.
YOU'D ALSO HAVE A BELT.
OTHERWISE, THOUGH,
IT'S FAIRLY COMPLETE.
- IS IT RARE?
- COAST ARTILLERY AT THAT TIME
WAS A VERY LARGE
PART OF THE ARMY
BUT STILL UNUSUAL.
YOU DON'T SEE MANY FROM 1902.
- IT'S NEAT THAT IT'S
PRE-WORLD WAR I, THEN, SO...
- MM-HMM, ABSOLUTELY.
- OKAY.
YOU'RE THE BEST, MAN.
- THANKS A LOT.
THIS IS A WONDERFUL PIECE.
IT'S IN VERY NICE SHAPE.
I SUSPECT THAT COLLECTORS
WILL BE QUITE INTERESTED.
- SO HOW MUCH DO
YOU WANT FOR IT?
- YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU'D BE
WILLING TO OFFER RIGHT NOW.
- 200 BUCKS.
- YOU CAN COME UP MORE
THAN THAT, CAN'T YOU?
- NOT REALLY. I MEAN,
IT'S PRE-WORLD WAR I.
IT'S GOT THE
INTERESTING INSIGNIAS,
BUT YOU ARE MISSING INSIGNIAS.
YOU'RE MISSING THE BELT.
I'M ASSUMING I CAN GET, LIKE,
300 BUCKS FOR THIS THING.
I MEAN, YOU CAN GET $300.
ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS
OPEN UP YOUR OWN SHOP,
GET BUSINESS LICENSE,
ALL THAT OTHER STUFF,
AND THEN YOU COULD PRICE
IT FOR $300 IN YOUR STORE.
- YOU SHOP IT, BUDDY.
- ALL RIGHT, YOU WANT TO
GO WRITE HIM UP, COREY?
- LET'S GO DO SOME PAPERWORK.
- I DECIDED TO SETTLE ON $200,
BUT I KNOW THEY'RE
GONNA FIND A COLLECTOR
THAT'S GONNA PRESERVE
IT, PUT THE MEDALS ON IT,
AND MAKE IT PERFECT.
- HEY, POPS.
- WHAT'S GOING ON, BOY?
- OH, NOTHING.
- I JUST SPENT 7
GRAND FOR A BOOK.
- WHAT KIND OF BOOK?
- AN OLD BOOK.
- WELL, IT BETTER BE REALLY
DAMN OLD FOR 7,000 BUCKS.
I WANT TO SEE IT.
- BE CAREFUL.
- THIS BOOK WAS OWNED
BY ISAAC NEWTON HIMSELF.
- OOH.
WHAT KIND OF BOOK'S
WORTH 7 GRAND?
- THIS BOOK.
- THIS BOOK.
- THIS IS A COOL BOOK, COREY.
- ANY BOOK THAT ISAAC NEWTON
HAD WOULD BE WORTH A LOT.
AND YOU GOT PAPERWORK
SAYING THIS WAS PART
OF ISAAC NEWTON'S LIBRARY?
- I HAD AN EXPERT
COME IN AND CONFIRM IT.
THE OLD MAN HASN'T
LOST IT YET, SON.
- WHOA, LET'S NOT GET
AHEAD OF OURSELVES HERE.
- ALL RIGHT, YOU GOT
TO GIVE THE OLD MAN
SOME CREDIT FOR THIS.
THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE.
THIS WOULD BE REALLY
IMPORTANT IF THIS RIGHT HERE
IS IN NEWTON'S HANDWRITING,
BECAUSE IT'S ALCHEMY SCRIPT.
HE WAS A CLOSET ALCHEMIST.
HE WAS ALWAYS TRYING TO
TURN BASE METALS INTO GOLD.
- SO PRETTY MUCH
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS,
ISAAC NEWTON BELIEVED IN MAGIC?
- A LITTLE BIT,
BUT THERE WAS REASONING TO
BELIEVE THAT ALCHEMY COULD WORK.
BUT BECAUSE OF ALCHEMISTS,
A LOT OF THINGS WERE LEARNED.
A LOT OF PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT
GUNPOWDER CAME TO THE WEST
BECAUSE OF ALCHEMY.
- LET'S GET DREW DOWN HERE,
BECAUSE I'M GETTING A
LITTLE EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
- YEAH, WE'LL GET HIM DOWN HERE.
I DEFINITELY WANT TO
HAVE THIS CHECKED OUT.
- IF THAT'S ISAAC
NEWTON'S HANDWRITING,
I HIT A BIG HOME RUN.
- EARLIER, I GOT A
CALL FROM A GUY
WANTING TO SELL HIS COLLECTION
OF JOHN WAYNE MEMORABILIA,
SO CHUM AND I ARE ON OUR
WAY TO GO SEE WHAT HE'S GOT.
- THIS IS THE WAY, GENTLEMEN,
TO THE JOHN WAYNE MUSEUM.
- HOLY COW, THIS IS A LOT OF
JOHN WAYNE STUFF, PILGRIM.
- IT CERTAINLY IS.
I CALLED THE FOLKS
AT THE PAWN SHOP
BECAUSE I HAVE A
32-YEAR-OLD COLLECTION
OF JOHN WAYNE MEMORABILIA.
THE CONDITION OF THE
ITEMS ARE EXCELLENT.
I'D LIKE TO GET ANYWHERE
BETWEEN $12,000 AND $15,000.
- HOW MANY ITEMS
DO YOU HAVE HERE?
- THERE'S OVER 80 PIECES
IN THIS FULL COLLECTION.
I HAVE BUSTS OF JOHN WAYNE.
I HAVE MEDALLIONS, PLATES,
STAMPS, PLUS OTHER
PIECES OF ONE-TIME ART.
I ALWAYS RESPECTED THE FACT
THAT HE WAS AS PATRIOTIC AS HE WAS.
- YEAH, HE WAS A NEAT GUY.
HE GOT A FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIP
DOWN IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA, DIDN'T HE?
- HE DID.
- AND HURT HIMSELF, SO
HE LOST THE SCHOLARSHIP,
AND THAT'S WHEN HE STARTED
WORKING FOR THE STUDIOS.
- RIGHT.
- JOHN WAYNE IS THE MAN.
HE STILL HOLDS THE RECORD
FOR BEING THE LEADING MAN
IN MORE ROLES THAN
ANYBODY ELSE, 142 IN TOTAL.
HE'S AN AMERICAN ICON.
ANYTHING HE SIGNED
OR USED IN A MOVIE
IS REALLY COLLECTIBLE.
- SO WHICH IS YOUR
FAVORITE PIECE?
- WELL, THE PIECE
THAT REALLY STARTED IT
WAS THIS PIECE
HERE BY PAUL HENRY.
I HAD IT APPRAISED
ABOUT 14 YEARS AGO,
AND THEY SAID AT THAT TIME,
IT WAS PROBABLY WORTH $6,000.
- THE ONLY ARTIST PAUL HENRY
I KNOW OF DIED IN THE 1950s,
SO HE WOULDN'T HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS.
THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN CONFUSING
HIM WITH THAT PAUL HENRY.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S
SOMETHING NOT RIGHT
ABOUT JOHN WAYNE
WEARING A PINK SCARF.
- THAT LOOKS LIKE THAT DAY
YOU WORE THE PINK SHIRT.
- I NEVER WORE A PINK SHIRT.
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SALMON.
IT WASN'T PINK.
IT SEEMS LIKE THIS GUY'S
GOT 30 YEARS' WORTH
OF JOHN WAYNE MERCHANDISE,
WHICH ISN'T QUITE THE
SAME AS MEMORABILIA.
AND JOHN WAYNE DEFINITELY
KNEW HOW TO SELL HIS BRAND.
THEY CAME UP WITH
CLOCKS, PLATES, ART,
JUST ABOUT ANYTHING THEY
COULD SLAP HIS FACE ON,
BUT VALUE DEPENDS ON RARITY,
AND THAT MAKES DEALING IN
MERCHANDISE REALLY TRICKY.
- WOULDN'T BE INTERESTING IF
YOU BOUGHT THE WHOLE COLLECTION
AND MADE A ROOM OF WAYNE
AND HAD ALL OF THIS IN THERE?
- UM...
IT'S NEAT STUFF. I
LOVE JOHN WAYNE.
MY DAD REALLY LOVES JOHN WAYNE.
BUT IT'S NOTHING I
CAN REALLY RESELL.
THE PROBLEM WE HAVE
WITH A LOT OF THIS STUFF,
LIKE THE POSTERS, THE CLOCKS,
AND EVERYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT
IS, IT'S NOT A LIMITED EDITION.
THEY'RE NOT ON ARCHIVAL PAPER.
IT'S NOT REALLY EXPENSIVE ART.
YOU KNOW, SOMETHING
LIKE THIS TAKES UP
A LOT OF REAL ESTATE ON MY WALL.
IF I HAVE SOMETHING THAT
BIG ON THE WALL OF MY SHOP,
IT'S GOT TO HAVE
A FEW-THOUSAND-DOLLAR
PRICE TAG ON IT.
IT'S THAT SIMPLE
WHEN IT COMES TO ART.
I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING
YOU HAVE HERE,
BUT THERE'S NOTHING FOR ME.
I'M SORRY. I WISH WE COULD
HAVE DONE SOMETHING.
- OKAY, THANK YOU.
- ALL RIGHT. COME ON, CHUM.
- I AM SORRY, OF COURSE,
THAT THEY DIDN'T BUY IT.
I'LL JUST KEEP TRYING TO SEE
IF SOMEBODY OUT THERE FEELS
THAT THIS WOULD BE A COLLECTION
THEY WOULD LIKE TO
HAVE OWNERSHIP OF.
THANKS A LOT, GUYS.
- SO LONG, PILGRIM.
- EARLIER, MY OLD
MAN BOUGHT A BOOK
THAT WAS OWNED
BY SIR ISAAC NEWTON.
IT HAS SOME WRITINGS
IN THE MARGINS.
IF I CAN PROVE IT'S NEWTON'S,
THAT MEANS HE'S MADE
THE DEAL OF THE CENTURY,
SO I INVITED MY BUDDY
DREW TO TAKE A LOOK.
- WHAT'S GOING ON, DREW?
- DOING GREAT, OLD
MAN. HOW ARE YOU?
- I'M HERE.
- EXCELLENT.
THIS IS THAT BOOK YOU
WERE TALKING ABOUT?
I DREW WITH AUTHENTIC
AUTOGRAPHS UNLIMITED,
AND I'M A FORENSIC
DOCUMENT EXAMINER.
- THIS IS THE ISAAC NEWTON BOOK.
WE'VE HAD IT CONFIRMED.
IT WAS IN NEWTON'S LIBRARY.
WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS,
ARE THESE NOTES IN THE
MARGINS IN THE HAND OF NEWTON?
- WELL, LET'S TAKE
A CLOSE LOOK AT IT
AND SEE WHAT WE HAVE.
- OKAY.
- ALL RIGHT.
WELL, I'VE STUDIED
ISAAC NEWTON'S
HANDWRITING QUITE A BIT.
IF THIS BOOK HAS ACTUALLY GOT
HANDWRITING FROM ISAAC NEWTON,
IT COULD PRACTICALLY
BE PRICELESS.
THIS IS ROMAN NUMERALS.
"M" MEANS "1,000."
"D" MEANS "500."
"XL," THAT'S "40," AND
THEN "VI" IS "6," SO 1546.
THIS BOOK IS OLD.
- YEAH, IT'S ALMOST
AS OLD AS THE OLD MAN.
- WATCH IT.
COME ON, DREW. I
NEED A HOME RUN HERE.
THIS IS THE SMALLEST
HANDWRITING I'VE EVER SEEN
IN MY ENTIRE CAREER.
I MEAN, THAT IS, LIKE,
UNBELIEVABLY SMALL.
THEY DID THIS WITH A QUILL PEN.
WHAT A STEADY HAND.
- THIS IS WHAT
REALLY INTRIGUED ME,
BECAUSE IT'S A
BOOK ON MINERALOGY,
BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THAT
THIS IS ALCHEMIST SUBSCRIPT.
- RIGHT.
- SO WHAT DO YOU THINK, DREW?
WELL, THE BOOK IS
CLEARLY LEGITIMATE.
IT IS FROM THE TIME PERIOD.
IT IS LATIN.
EVERYTHING IS CORRECT.
WELL, UNFORTUNATELY,
IT'S NOT HIS HANDWRITING.
ISAAC NEWTON DID
NOT WRITE THAT SMALL.
- OH, DAMN.
- YOU MISSED THE NUMBER
ON THE LOTTERY, BUDDY.
- YEAH, WELL...
- HEY, THE BOOK'S STILL
GOT A LOT OF VALUE
BECAUSE OF WHAT IT IS,
BUT IT'S JUST NOT
WORTH A MILLION DOLLARS.
- ALL RIGHT, WELL, IT
WAS WORTH A SHOT.
THANKS FOR COMING
DOWN, MAN. I APPRECIATE IT.
- HEY, THANKS, DREW.
- SORRY TO GIVE YOU BAD NEWS.
- NEXT TIME, HAVE SOME
GOOD NEWS FOR ME, PLEASE?
- I'LL TRY.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S NOT
ISAAC NEWTON'S HANDWRITING,
BUT IT'S CLEARLY AN
EXTREMELY VALUABLE BOOK.
IT'S ALL WRITTEN IN LATIN.
THE HANDWRITING IS FANTASTIC.
AND IT'S FROM THE 16TH
CENTURY. IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE.
- HEY, HOW COME YOU
TWO KNUCKLE BUSTERS
ARE STILL STANDING HERE?
GO FIND SOMETHING TO
DO. MAKE SOME MONEY.
---
Male announcer: ON THIS
EPISODE OF PAWN STARS...
- THIS IS A BOOK THAT
WAS PRINTED IN 1546.
- THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
- IT BELONGED TO ISAAC NEWTON.
- SWEET.
- IF THIS IS BOOK IS REAL,
IT'S WORTH A LOT OF MONEY.
- THIS IS THE WAY TO
THE JOHN WAYNE MUSEUM.
I HAVE BUSTS,
MEDALLIONS, PLATES.
- THERE'S SOMETHING NOT
RIGHT ABOUT JOHN WAYNE
WEARING A PINK SCARF.
- I HAVE MY
GRANDFATHER'S ARMY COAT.
HE WAS 101 IN 1986.
- THAT WOULD HAVE
MADE HIM AWFULLY YOUNG
FOR THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
- YOU LYING TO ME, DUDE?
- I'M RICK HARRISON, AND
THIS IS MY PAWN SHOP.
I WORK HERE WITH MY OLD
MAN AND MY SON, BIG HOSS.
EVERYTHING IN HERE
HAS A STORY AND A PRICE.
ONE THING I'VE
LEARNED AFTER 21 YEARS,
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IS
GONNA COME THROUGH THAT DOOR.
- WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
- WELL, I HAVE MY
GRANDFATHER'S OLD ARMY COAT
FROM THE
PHILIPPINE-AMERICAN WAR.
- WELL, THERE WAS
NO PHILIPPINE WAR.
- AMERICAN-PHILIPPINE WAR?
- NO.
- THERE WAS THE
SPANISH-AMERICA WAR,
WHERE WE TOOK THE
PHILIPPINES FROM SPAIN.
- YEAH, THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT.
I'M COMING DOWN TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO TRY TO SELL MY
GRANDFATHER'S ARMY COAT.
I INHERITED IT
THROUGH THE FAMILY
AND HAVE HAD IT HANGING
IN A CLOSET FOR YEARS.
I'M NOT QUITE SURE
WHAT ERA IT WAS FROM.
ALL THAT WAS EVER
MENTIONED WAS THE PHILIPPINES.
I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT PRICE.
I'M JUST HOPING TO
GET SOME MONEY FOR IT,
A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY.
- SO YOU THINK IT'S FROM THE
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR OR WHAT?
- WHEN WAS THE
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR?
- 1890s.
WE WERE MUCH MORE
POWERFUL THAN SPAIN.
IT ONLY LASTED TEN WEEKS.
THE UNITED STATES ENDED
UP ACQUIRING PUERTO RICO,
GUAM, AND THE PHILIPPINES.
DO YOU KNOW
ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT IT?
- YEAH, I'VE HAD IT SINCE MY
GRANDFATHER PASSED AWAY.
- HOW OLD WAS YOUR GRANDFATHER?
- HE WAS 101 IN 1986.
- THAT WOULD HAVE
MADE HIM AWFULLY YOUNG
FOR THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
I DOUBT IF HE WOULD BE
A SERGEANT AT THE TIME.
HE WOULD HAVE BEEN,
LIKE, 12, 13 YEARS OLD.
- YOU LYING TO ME, DUDE?
- NO, I'M NOT LYING TO YOU, MAN.
- OKAY, IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
LIKE, FACTS GET
CONFUSED WITH THE FAMILY.
- OH, ABSOLUTELY.
- THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
STARTED AND ENDED IN 1898,
SO THIS GUY'S EITHER
GOT HIS STORY CONFUSED,
OR HIS GRANDFATHER FOUGHT
IN A WAR WHEN HE WAS AGE 13.
I'M IN A QUANDARY HERE MYSELF.
IT COULD BE WORLD WAR I.
IT'S GOT A REALLY WEIRD COLOR.
- THESE MUST REPRESENT
ARTILLERY SHELLS, DON'T THEY?
- YES, THEY DO.
SOMETIMES THESE CAN BE
WORTH MONEY RIGHT HERE.
THE 92, I'M
ASSUMING, IS THE UNIT,
BUT THERE'S NOTHING
IN THIS THING TO DATE IT.
YOU KNOW, I'M JUST NOT FAMILIAR
WITH THESE THINGS
AS I SHOULD BE.
THERE'S A HUGE MARKET
FOR OLD MILITARY ITEMS,
BUT YOU HAVE TO KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE GETTING INTO.
EVEN THOUGH THIS
JACKET IS INTERESTING,
I GOT TO KNOW
WHAT WAR IT'S FROM.
ONLY THEN WILL I HAVE A
CLUE ON WHAT IT'S WORTH.
SO WHY'D YOU WANT TO SELL IT?
- I CAN'T TAKE CARE OF IT LIKE
IT SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF.
IF IT'S A MUSEUM PIECE, IT
DESERVES TO BE IN A MUSEUM.
- OKAY, I UNDERSTAND.
DO YOU MIND IF I BRING
SOMEONE IN TO LOOK AT IT
SO HE CAN TELL ME WHAT IT IS?
- NO, I'M WITH YOU ON THAT ONE.
- WE'LL KNOW WHICH
WAR IT'S FROM.
WE'LL KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT IT,
AND THEN WE CAN
FIGURE OUT A PRICE.
- GREAT, SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
- THANKS, MAN.
- THANK YOU.
WHEN THE GUYS TOLD ME AN
EXPERT WAS GONNA COME IN,
I FELT QUITE HAPPY ABOUT THAT,
BECAUSE I'M SURE THAT HE
WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION
THAN I'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIND.
- GOOD MORNING.
- HOW ARE YOU DOING, SON?
- FINE.
- WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
- THIS IS A BOOK THAT
BELONGED TO ISAAC NEWTON.
IT WAS PRINTED IN 1546.
- SWEET.
- THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
DID YOU KNOW WHO
ISAAC NEWTON WAS?
- HE SAID, "EVERYTHING THAT
GOES UP MUST COME DOWN."
- THAT'S ONE WAY OF
PUTTING IT, I GUESS.
- I DECIDED TO COME INTO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO TRY AND SELL MY
BOOK THAT BELONGED
TO ISAAC NEWTON'S LIBRARY.
AMAZINGLY ENOUGH, I FOUND IT
WRAPPED UP IN A
BOX IN BUBBLE WRAP
THAT WAS IN WITH
MY FATHER'S THINGS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT
THE BOOK IS WORTH,
BUT IF IT DID BELONG
TO ISAAC NEWTON,
IT SHOULD BE WORTH THOUSANDS.
- EVERYONE HAS HEARD THE STORY
ABOUT THE APPLE
FALLING ON NEWTON'S HEAD,
AND THAT'S THE WAY
HE FIGURED OUT GRAVITY.
THAT NEVER HAPPENED.
ALL HE SAW WAS AN
APPLE FALL OFF THE TREE.
SOMEHOW THE STORY GOT
CHANGED OVER THE YEARS.
- SO WHAT'S THE BOOK ABOUT?
- IT'S ABOUT GEOLOGY AND MINING
THAT NEWTON WAS VERY MUCH INTO.
- IT DOESN'T LOOK
LIKE IT'S IN ENGLISH.
- NO, IT'S IN LATIN.
- IT'S A VERY INTERESTING PIECE.
ISAAC NEWTON WAS ONE OF THE
GREATEST THINKERS OF ALL TIME.
HE FIGURED OUT GRAVITY,
IMPROVED THE TELESCOPE,
FIGURED OUT A FUNNY TYPE OF
MATH THAT WE CALL CALCULUS.
THE MAN DEFINITELY
KNEW A THING OR TWO.
HOW COME YOU THINK ISAAC
NEWTOWN OWNED THIS BOOK?
- WELL, IF WE OPEN
UP THE FRONT COVER,
THIS IS THE BOOKPLATE
FOR ISAAC NEWTON,
AND IT SHOWS THE CASE
LOCATION AND BARNSLEY PARK,
WHICH WAS IN ENGLAND,
WHERE THE BOOK WAS STORED,
AND THESE TURNED
CORNERS ARE A THING
THAT ISAAC NEWTON DID
TO A LOT OF HIS BOOKS
WHEN HE WANTED TO SAVE A PAGE.
- I IMAGINE A BOOK THIS
OLD IS PRETTY VALUABLE,
BUT IF ISAAC NEWTOWN
OWNED IT, THE SKY IS THE LIMIT.
DO YOU WANT TO PAWN IT, SELL IT?
- I WOULD LIKE TO SELL IT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
WHAT IT WOULD BE WORTH?
- I HAVEN'T A CLUE.
I CAN ASSUME THAT IT'S REAL,
BUT I'M NOT THAT
KNOWLEDGEABLE ON BOOKS.
- WHAT'S YOUR GUT
TELL YOU, BOSS?
- WHAT MY GUT
TELLS ME DON'T COUNT
WHEN IT COMES TO
SOMETHING LIKE THIS, CHUMLEE,
SO I'M GONNA CALL AN EXPERT
IN, AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE,
FOR IF THIS BOOK IS REAL,
IT'S WORTH A LOT OF MONEY.
- THAT'LL WORK.
- ALL RIGHT, THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
- THANK YOU.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR
WHAT THE APPRAISER SAYS
TO FIND OUT WHAT THIS
BOOK COULD BE WORTH.
- HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON, MAN?
- OH, NOT MUCH.
- WHAT DO WE HAVE?
- I WAS JUST CLEANING
OUT A CAR THAT I BOUGHT.
IT'S, LIKE, THE OLDEST
CELL PHONE I'VE EVER SEEN.
- THAT IS DEFINITELY THE
O.G. CELL PHONE, MAN.
- DOESN'T FIT IN YOUR POCKET.
- I'M GOING TO THE
PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO TRY TO CELL MY
CAPEHART CELL PHONE.
IT'S THE OLDEST CELL
PHONE I'VE EVER SEEN.
I FOUND IT IN THE TRUNK
OF A CAR I JUST BOUGHT,
SO I'M BRINGING IT
DOWN TO THE PAWN SHOP
TO FIND OUT WHAT IT'S WORTH.
- I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT
THE HISTORY OF CELL PHONES.
I KNOW THEY WERE
AROUND IN THE '50, '60s,
BUT IT WAS AN ARMY THING.
I THINK TOKYO HAD THE
FIRST, LIKE, CELL SYSTEM.
- HOW DOES THE PHONE WORK?
- IT WOULD ALL BE
INSIDE THAT BAG,
AND IT HAD A CAR CHARGER,
BUT YOU WOULD STROLL
AROUND WITH THAT THING
LIKE IT WAS A PURSE, YOU KNOW,
AND MAKE YOUR
PHONE CALLS WITH IT.
25 YEARS AGO,
YOU WERE THE MAN IF
YOU HAD ONE OF THESE.
THEY WERE SO EXPENSIVE,
YOU HAD TO BE REALLY
RICH TO OWN ONE OF THEM.
- WHAT KIND OF
FEATURES DID IT HAVE?
- IT MADE PHONE CALLS.
- WHAT GAMES DOES IT HAVE?
- THAT WAS IT. IT JUST
MADE PHONE CALLS.
UP UNTIL ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO,
IF YOU HAD ONE OF THESE,
THEY WERE $500, $600 EASY
ALL DAY LONG, REASON BEING,
BACK IN 1986, WHEN
THESE CAME OUT,
THEY HAD SUCH A POWERFUL SIGNAL
GOING OUT TO ALL
THOSE CELL TOWERS,
YOU COULD LITERALLY
STAND OUT IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE LAS VEGAS
DESERT WITH, YOU KNOW,
THE BEST CELL PHONE
THEY MAKE TODAY
AND NOT BE ABLE TO GET A CALL.
THIS THING WOULD PICK
UP A SIGNAL NO PROBLEM.
- SO IT WOULDN'T DROP CALLS
LIKE MY PHONE DOES NOW?
- IT WOULDN'T DROP CALLS,
BUT SATELLITE CELL
PHONE COMPANIES
DIDN'T WANT IT TO CATCH ON,
AND THEY FOUND A
WAY TO BLOCK THEM
FROM EVER BEING
TURNED ON OR USED AGAIN.
SO PRETTY MUCH
WHAT YOU HAVE HERE
IS A REAL FANCY BOAT ANCHOR.
SINCE THIS THING DOESN'T WORK,
THE MARKET OF PEOPLE I CAN
SELL IT TO IS PRETTY LIMITED.
I MEAN, THERE ARE
PEOPLE OUT THERE
THAT LOVE THOSE
CLASSIC '80s GADGETS,
BUT THEY DON'T LIKE
TO PAY A LOT FOR THEM.
SO WHAT DO YOU
WANT TO DO WITH IT?
YOU WANT TO PAWN IT OR SELL IT?
- IS THIS THING EVEN
WORTH ANYTHING?
- FIVE BUCKS.
- WELL, I'LL TAKE IT.
- ALL RIGHT, BUDDY. CHUM,
YOU WANT TO WRITE HIM UP?
- YUP. I'LL MEET YOU
AT THE COUNTER.
- I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT IT WAS WORTH.
HE OFFERED ME FIVE BUCKS.
IT WAS MORE THAN I
WALKED IN THE SHOP WITH,
SO I'M HAPPY WITH IT.
- THE INTERESTING
THING ON IT IS,
- EARLIER, A GUY
BROUGHT IN A BOOK
THAT HE CLAIMED
BELONGED TO ISAAC NEWTON.
IF HE'S RIGHT, IT'S
AN INCREDIBLE PIECE,
SO I INVITED MY FRIEND GARY
TO COME DOWN AND TAKE A LOOK.
WHAT'S GOING ON, GARY?
- I OWN ACADEMY FINE
BOOKS HERE IN LAS VEGAS.
I'VE BEEN IN THE BOOK
BUSINESS FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
WELL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE
TO KNOW ABOUT THIS BOOK?
- I NEED AUTHENTICATION.
AND DID IT BELONG TO NEWTON?
- WELL, WE CAN SEE THE
BOOK WAS PUBLISHED IN 1546
BY GEORG AGRICOLA, A SCIENTIST.
HE'S KNOWN AS THE
FATHER OF MINERALOGY.
IN THIS DAY, THEY
WERE VERY INTERESTED
IN CHANGING DIFFERENT
MINERALS INTO GOLD.
- ALCHEMY, RIGHT?
- YES, ISAAC NEWTOWN WAS
VERY INTERESTED IN ALCHEMY.
- BACK WHEN THIS
BOOK WAS WRITTEN,
PEOPLE THOUGHT
ALCHEMY WAS WITCHCRAFT,
SO ONLY THE
HIGHER-EDUCATED PEOPLE
KNEW ABOUT THIS BOOK.
- NOW, THERE'S A
LITTLE BIT OF BAD NEWS.
THIS IS NOT THE
ORIGINAL BINDING.
THIS BOOK WAS RESTORED.
IT WAS REBACKED.
THIS WAS REPAIRED,
PROBABLY DONE IN THE 1700s.
THE BOOKPLATE IS
FROM NEWTON'S LIBRARY.
THIS NUMBER HERE, J9-S7,
IS NEWTON'S SHELF NUMBER,
WHERE HE WOULD
HAVE STORED THE BOOK.
SO THIS BOOK...
WAS OWNED BY ISAAC NEWTON.
- AH.
- GREAT.
- THAT'S GOOD NEWS.
- THAT'S JUST PHENOMENAL.
- YOU DO NOT SEE
THIS BOOK EVERY DAY.
THIS IS A CLASSIC.
- THAT'S ALL GREAT,
BUT WHAT KIND OF VALUE
DO WE HAVE ON THIS THING?
- WELL, I THINK THIS
BOOK WOULD RETAIL...
IT HAS A VALUE OF $20,000.
- WOW.
- WOW.
- YES, A VERY NICE FIND.
YOUR FATHER HAD VERY GOOD TASTE.
- YES, HE DID.
- WELL, THANK YOU A
LOT, GARY, FOR COMING IN.
- THIS BOOK WAS
OWNED BY ISAAC NEWTON.
WHAT MORE CAN I SAY?
ONE OF THE GREATEST
SCIENTISTS OF ALL TIME.
- SO WHAT ARE YOU TRYING
TO GET OUT OF IT, SON?
- HOW ABOUT $15,000?
- AIN'T NO WAY.
IF YOU COULD LIVE WITH $5,000,
THAT'S WHAT I'LL PAY.
- OH, THAT'S TOO LOW.
YOU CAN'T DO $10,000?
- NO, $5,000 IS WHERE
I'D WANT TO BE IN THIS.
- COULD YOU DO $7,000?
- I'LL SPLIT IT WITH
YOU AT $6,000.
- WOW.
I CAN'T TAKE LESS THAN $7,000.
- YOU KNOW, IF I GIVE
YOU $7,000 FOR IT,
I WON'T HAVE MONEY
FOR DINNER TONIGHT.
- IF YOU GIVE ME $7,000
FOR IT, I'LL BUY YOU DINNER.
- SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN.
- THANK YOU, SIR.
- COME ON OVER.
I'LL GET SOMEBODY
TO WRITE IT UP.
- I MADE $7,000 ON THE BOOK.
I THINK IT COULD BE WORTH
MORE, BUT IT'S A GREAT PRICE.
I'M GLAD THAT THEY'RE
GONNA ENJOY IT.
- EARLIER, A GUY BROUGHT IN
HIS GRANDFATHER'S ARMY COAT,
BUT HE DOESN'T
KNOW A LOT ABOUT IT,
SO I INVITED MY BUDDY MARK
TO HELP US FIGURE IT OUT.
- RICK, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
- MARK.
- WHAT DO YOU GOT?
- I DON'T KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT I HAVE.
I THINK IT'S FROM THE
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
- I'M MARK.
I'M THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
CLARK COUNTY MUSEUM SYSTEM.
WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THE COAT,
I'M LOOKING FOR THE
TYPE OF COAT IT IS,
WHAT KIND OF INSIGNIA IS ON IT,
IF THE INSIGNIA IS
CORRECT TO THE COAT
IN ORDER TO KIND OF
NARROW DOWN WHAT IT IS
THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
WHAT YOU HAVE IS A MODEL
1902 DRESS UNIFORM COAT.
IT'S U.S. ARMY.
THIS PARTICULAR
ONE IS ARTILLERY,
BECAUSE YOU'VE
GOT THE RED ON IT.
THAT'S ARTILLERY.
THE INTERESTING THING ON
IT IS THESE TWO STRIPES HERE.
THE RED ONE IS TIME
IN SERVICE STRIPE.
THE WHITE STRIPE
MEANS HE WAS IN WAR.
HE WAS IN BATTLE.
THE 92ND COAST ARTILLERY
WAS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
WHEN WAS YOUR GRANDFATHER BORN?
- 1885.
- SO, WELL, IT'S NOT THE
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
THAT'S 1898.
COULD HAVE BEEN THE
PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION.
THE PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION
WAS A WAR THAT WE FOUGHT
AGAINST INSURRECTION FORCES
AFTER WE TOOK
OVER THE PHILIPPINES
AT THE END OF THE
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
IT'S MISSING THE U.S. INSIGNIA
THAT SHOULD BE RIGHT HERE.
YOU'D ALSO HAVE A BELT.
OTHERWISE, THOUGH,
IT'S FAIRLY COMPLETE.
- IS IT RARE?
- COAST ARTILLERY AT THAT TIME
WAS A VERY LARGE
PART OF THE ARMY
BUT STILL UNUSUAL.
YOU DON'T SEE MANY FROM 1902.
- IT'S NEAT THAT IT'S
PRE-WORLD WAR I, THEN, SO...
- MM-HMM, ABSOLUTELY.
- OKAY.
YOU'RE THE BEST, MAN.
- THANKS A LOT.
THIS IS A WONDERFUL PIECE.
IT'S IN VERY NICE SHAPE.
I SUSPECT THAT COLLECTORS
WILL BE QUITE INTERESTED.
- SO HOW MUCH DO
YOU WANT FOR IT?
- YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU'D BE
WILLING TO OFFER RIGHT NOW.
- 200 BUCKS.
- YOU CAN COME UP MORE
THAN THAT, CAN'T YOU?
- NOT REALLY. I MEAN,
IT'S PRE-WORLD WAR I.
IT'S GOT THE
INTERESTING INSIGNIAS,
BUT YOU ARE MISSING INSIGNIAS.
YOU'RE MISSING THE BELT.
I'M ASSUMING I CAN GET, LIKE,
300 BUCKS FOR THIS THING.
I MEAN, YOU CAN GET $300.
ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS
OPEN UP YOUR OWN SHOP,
GET BUSINESS LICENSE,
ALL THAT OTHER STUFF,
AND THEN YOU COULD PRICE
IT FOR $300 IN YOUR STORE.
- YOU SHOP IT, BUDDY.
- ALL RIGHT, YOU WANT TO
GO WRITE HIM UP, COREY?
- LET'S GO DO SOME PAPERWORK.
- I DECIDED TO SETTLE ON $200,
BUT I KNOW THEY'RE
GONNA FIND A COLLECTOR
THAT'S GONNA PRESERVE
IT, PUT THE MEDALS ON IT,
AND MAKE IT PERFECT.
- HEY, POPS.
- WHAT'S GOING ON, BOY?
- OH, NOTHING.
- I JUST SPENT 7
GRAND FOR A BOOK.
- WHAT KIND OF BOOK?
- AN OLD BOOK.
- WELL, IT BETTER BE REALLY
DAMN OLD FOR 7,000 BUCKS.
I WANT TO SEE IT.
- BE CAREFUL.
- THIS BOOK WAS OWNED
BY ISAAC NEWTON HIMSELF.
- OOH.
WHAT KIND OF BOOK'S
WORTH 7 GRAND?
- THIS BOOK.
- THIS BOOK.
- THIS IS A COOL BOOK, COREY.
- ANY BOOK THAT ISAAC NEWTON
HAD WOULD BE WORTH A LOT.
AND YOU GOT PAPERWORK
SAYING THIS WAS PART
OF ISAAC NEWTON'S LIBRARY?
- I HAD AN EXPERT
COME IN AND CONFIRM IT.
THE OLD MAN HASN'T
LOST IT YET, SON.
- WHOA, LET'S NOT GET
AHEAD OF OURSELVES HERE.
- ALL RIGHT, YOU GOT
TO GIVE THE OLD MAN
SOME CREDIT FOR THIS.
THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE.
THIS WOULD BE REALLY
IMPORTANT IF THIS RIGHT HERE
IS IN NEWTON'S HANDWRITING,
BECAUSE IT'S ALCHEMY SCRIPT.
HE WAS A CLOSET ALCHEMIST.
HE WAS ALWAYS TRYING TO
TURN BASE METALS INTO GOLD.
- SO PRETTY MUCH
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS,
ISAAC NEWTON BELIEVED IN MAGIC?
- A LITTLE BIT,
BUT THERE WAS REASONING TO
BELIEVE THAT ALCHEMY COULD WORK.
BUT BECAUSE OF ALCHEMISTS,
A LOT OF THINGS WERE LEARNED.
A LOT OF PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT
GUNPOWDER CAME TO THE WEST
BECAUSE OF ALCHEMY.
- LET'S GET DREW DOWN HERE,
BECAUSE I'M GETTING A
LITTLE EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
- YEAH, WE'LL GET HIM DOWN HERE.
I DEFINITELY WANT TO
HAVE THIS CHECKED OUT.
- IF THAT'S ISAAC
NEWTON'S HANDWRITING,
I HIT A BIG HOME RUN.
- EARLIER, I GOT A
CALL FROM A GUY
WANTING TO SELL HIS COLLECTION
OF JOHN WAYNE MEMORABILIA,
SO CHUM AND I ARE ON OUR
WAY TO GO SEE WHAT HE'S GOT.
- THIS IS THE WAY, GENTLEMEN,
TO THE JOHN WAYNE MUSEUM.
- HOLY COW, THIS IS A LOT OF
JOHN WAYNE STUFF, PILGRIM.
- IT CERTAINLY IS.
I CALLED THE FOLKS
AT THE PAWN SHOP
BECAUSE I HAVE A
32-YEAR-OLD COLLECTION
OF JOHN WAYNE MEMORABILIA.
THE CONDITION OF THE
ITEMS ARE EXCELLENT.
I'D LIKE TO GET ANYWHERE
BETWEEN $12,000 AND $15,000.
- HOW MANY ITEMS
DO YOU HAVE HERE?
- THERE'S OVER 80 PIECES
IN THIS FULL COLLECTION.
I HAVE BUSTS OF JOHN WAYNE.
I HAVE MEDALLIONS, PLATES,
STAMPS, PLUS OTHER
PIECES OF ONE-TIME ART.
I ALWAYS RESPECTED THE FACT
THAT HE WAS AS PATRIOTIC AS HE WAS.
- YEAH, HE WAS A NEAT GUY.
HE GOT A FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIP
DOWN IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA, DIDN'T HE?
- HE DID.
- AND HURT HIMSELF, SO
HE LOST THE SCHOLARSHIP,
AND THAT'S WHEN HE STARTED
WORKING FOR THE STUDIOS.
- RIGHT.
- JOHN WAYNE IS THE MAN.
HE STILL HOLDS THE RECORD
FOR BEING THE LEADING MAN
IN MORE ROLES THAN
ANYBODY ELSE, 142 IN TOTAL.
HE'S AN AMERICAN ICON.
ANYTHING HE SIGNED
OR USED IN A MOVIE
IS REALLY COLLECTIBLE.
- SO WHICH IS YOUR
FAVORITE PIECE?
- WELL, THE PIECE
THAT REALLY STARTED IT
WAS THIS PIECE
HERE BY PAUL HENRY.
I HAD IT APPRAISED
ABOUT 14 YEARS AGO,
AND THEY SAID AT THAT TIME,
IT WAS PROBABLY WORTH $6,000.
- THE ONLY ARTIST PAUL HENRY
I KNOW OF DIED IN THE 1950s,
SO HE WOULDN'T HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS.
THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN CONFUSING
HIM WITH THAT PAUL HENRY.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S
SOMETHING NOT RIGHT
ABOUT JOHN WAYNE
WEARING A PINK SCARF.
- THAT LOOKS LIKE THAT DAY
YOU WORE THE PINK SHIRT.
- I NEVER WORE A PINK SHIRT.
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SALMON.
IT WASN'T PINK.
IT SEEMS LIKE THIS GUY'S
GOT 30 YEARS' WORTH
OF JOHN WAYNE MERCHANDISE,
WHICH ISN'T QUITE THE
SAME AS MEMORABILIA.
AND JOHN WAYNE DEFINITELY
KNEW HOW TO SELL HIS BRAND.
THEY CAME UP WITH
CLOCKS, PLATES, ART,
JUST ABOUT ANYTHING THEY
COULD SLAP HIS FACE ON,
BUT VALUE DEPENDS ON RARITY,
AND THAT MAKES DEALING IN
MERCHANDISE REALLY TRICKY.
- WOULDN'T BE INTERESTING IF
YOU BOUGHT THE WHOLE COLLECTION
AND MADE A ROOM OF WAYNE
AND HAD ALL OF THIS IN THERE?
- UM...
IT'S NEAT STUFF. I
LOVE JOHN WAYNE.
MY DAD REALLY LOVES JOHN WAYNE.
BUT IT'S NOTHING I
CAN REALLY RESELL.
THE PROBLEM WE HAVE
WITH A LOT OF THIS STUFF,
LIKE THE POSTERS, THE CLOCKS,
AND EVERYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT
IS, IT'S NOT A LIMITED EDITION.
THEY'RE NOT ON ARCHIVAL PAPER.
IT'S NOT REALLY EXPENSIVE ART.
YOU KNOW, SOMETHING
LIKE THIS TAKES UP
A LOT OF REAL ESTATE ON MY WALL.
IF I HAVE SOMETHING THAT
BIG ON THE WALL OF MY SHOP,
IT'S GOT TO HAVE
A FEW-THOUSAND-DOLLAR
PRICE TAG ON IT.
IT'S THAT SIMPLE
WHEN IT COMES TO ART.
I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING
YOU HAVE HERE,
BUT THERE'S NOTHING FOR ME.
I'M SORRY. I WISH WE COULD
HAVE DONE SOMETHING.
- OKAY, THANK YOU.
- ALL RIGHT. COME ON, CHUM.
- I AM SORRY, OF COURSE,
THAT THEY DIDN'T BUY IT.
I'LL JUST KEEP TRYING TO SEE
IF SOMEBODY OUT THERE FEELS
THAT THIS WOULD BE A COLLECTION
THEY WOULD LIKE TO
HAVE OWNERSHIP OF.
THANKS A LOT, GUYS.
- SO LONG, PILGRIM.
- EARLIER, MY OLD
MAN BOUGHT A BOOK
THAT WAS OWNED
BY SIR ISAAC NEWTON.
IT HAS SOME WRITINGS
IN THE MARGINS.
IF I CAN PROVE IT'S NEWTON'S,
THAT MEANS HE'S MADE
THE DEAL OF THE CENTURY,
SO I INVITED MY BUDDY
DREW TO TAKE A LOOK.
- WHAT'S GOING ON, DREW?
- DOING GREAT, OLD
MAN. HOW ARE YOU?
- I'M HERE.
- EXCELLENT.
THIS IS THAT BOOK YOU
WERE TALKING ABOUT?
I DREW WITH AUTHENTIC
AUTOGRAPHS UNLIMITED,
AND I'M A FORENSIC
DOCUMENT EXAMINER.
- THIS IS THE ISAAC NEWTON BOOK.
WE'VE HAD IT CONFIRMED.
IT WAS IN NEWTON'S LIBRARY.
WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS,
ARE THESE NOTES IN THE
MARGINS IN THE HAND OF NEWTON?
- WELL, LET'S TAKE
A CLOSE LOOK AT IT
AND SEE WHAT WE HAVE.
- OKAY.
- ALL RIGHT.
WELL, I'VE STUDIED
ISAAC NEWTON'S
HANDWRITING QUITE A BIT.
IF THIS BOOK HAS ACTUALLY GOT
HANDWRITING FROM ISAAC NEWTON,
IT COULD PRACTICALLY
BE PRICELESS.
THIS IS ROMAN NUMERALS.
"M" MEANS "1,000."
"D" MEANS "500."
"XL," THAT'S "40," AND
THEN "VI" IS "6," SO 1546.
THIS BOOK IS OLD.
- YEAH, IT'S ALMOST
AS OLD AS THE OLD MAN.
- WATCH IT.
COME ON, DREW. I
NEED A HOME RUN HERE.
THIS IS THE SMALLEST
HANDWRITING I'VE EVER SEEN
IN MY ENTIRE CAREER.
I MEAN, THAT IS, LIKE,
UNBELIEVABLY SMALL.
THEY DID THIS WITH A QUILL PEN.
WHAT A STEADY HAND.
- THIS IS WHAT
REALLY INTRIGUED ME,
BECAUSE IT'S A
BOOK ON MINERALOGY,
BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THAT
THIS IS ALCHEMIST SUBSCRIPT.
- RIGHT.
- SO WHAT DO YOU THINK, DREW?
WELL, THE BOOK IS
CLEARLY LEGITIMATE.
IT IS FROM THE TIME PERIOD.
IT IS LATIN.
EVERYTHING IS CORRECT.
WELL, UNFORTUNATELY,
IT'S NOT HIS HANDWRITING.
ISAAC NEWTON DID
NOT WRITE THAT SMALL.
- OH, DAMN.
- YOU MISSED THE NUMBER
ON THE LOTTERY, BUDDY.
- YEAH, WELL...
- HEY, THE BOOK'S STILL
GOT A LOT OF VALUE
BECAUSE OF WHAT IT IS,
BUT IT'S JUST NOT
WORTH A MILLION DOLLARS.
- ALL RIGHT, WELL, IT
WAS WORTH A SHOT.
THANKS FOR COMING
DOWN, MAN. I APPRECIATE IT.
- HEY, THANKS, DREW.
- SORRY TO GIVE YOU BAD NEWS.
- NEXT TIME, HAVE SOME
GOOD NEWS FOR ME, PLEASE?
- I'LL TRY.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S NOT
ISAAC NEWTON'S HANDWRITING,
BUT IT'S CLEARLY AN
EXTREMELY VALUABLE BOOK.
IT'S ALL WRITTEN IN LATIN.
THE HANDWRITING IS FANTASTIC.
AND IT'S FROM THE 16TH
CENTURY. IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE.
- HEY, HOW COME YOU
TWO KNUCKLE BUSTERS
ARE STILL STANDING HERE?
GO FIND SOMETHING TO
DO. MAKE SOME MONEY.