Pawn Stars (2009–…): Season 17, Episode 15 - Pawnsplosion - full transcript
‐ RICK, CHECK IT OUT! ‐ WHOA!
‐ OH, MY GOD! ‐ [LAUGHING]
‐ ON TONIGHT'S EPISODE...
‐ THIS IS A 1955
SCHWINN TRIPLET.
‐ THE BOYS AND I
FIGURE OUT... WHOA!
NOT EVERYTHING IS
JUST LIKE RIDING A BIKE.
DON'T HAVE VERY GOOD BALANCE.
‐ WE'RE GONNA ALL CRASH AND DIE.
‐ A SET OF HAUNTED PRINTS
LEAVES COREY SPOOKED...
‐ THESE ARE TWO
PROTOTYPE PICTURES
FROM THE HAUNTED
MANSION AT DISNEYLAND.
‐ WEREN'T WE STRANDED IN
THE HAUNTED HOUSE ONCE?
‐ THAT WAS THE MOST
TERRIFYING THING
I'VE EVER
EXPERIENCED IN MY LIFE.
‐ AND WE HEAD
OUT TO THE DESERT...
‐ YOO‐HOO!
‐ TO FLEX SOME MILITARY MUSCLE.
[GUNSHOT]
[LAUGHTER]
‐ WHOO‐HOO‐HOO!
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
♪ ♪
‐ OKAY.
I'M DEFINITELY
INTRIGUED. [LAUGHS]
WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
‐ THIS IS A 1955
SCHWINN TRIPLET.
IT'S OVER 9 FEET LONG,
AND IT TOOK TWO PEOPLE
TO GET IT IN THE TRUCK.
‐ HAVE YOU RIDDEN IT?
‐ I WOULDN'T RIDE THIS BICYCLE.
I HAVE KIDS.
[LAUGHTER]
[BELL RINGS, CASH
REGISTER RATTLES]
I'M COMING INTO THE
PAWN SHOP TODAY TO SELL
MY SCHWINN 1955 TRIPLET BICYCLE.
THIS IS THE ONLY ONE
KNOWN IN EXISTENCE
TO HAVE THE THREE‐SPEED SETUP.
THE BIKE IS IN
FABULOUS CONDITION.
IT HAS NOT BEEN RIDDEN
IN OVER 20 OR 30 YEARS.
I'D LIKE TO SELL
THE BIKE FOR 7,500.
♪ ♪
‐ I'M JUST SORT OF,
LIKE, SPEECHLESS.
I MEAN, IT'S REALLY COOL.
I MEAN, IT'S A
SCHWINN, WHICH IS, LIKE,
THE QUINTESSENTIAL
AMERICAN BICYCLE COMPANY.
‐ NOW, THEY MADE A FEW IN '55,
BUT THEN THEY REALIZED
IT'S TOO DIFFICULT TO RIDE,
SO THEY CANCELED THE ORDER.
THIS IS THE ONLY '55
WITH THE ITALIAN CAMPAGNOLO
DERAILLEUR AND GEAR SET.
‐ WHAT IS A CAMPAGNOLO? ‐
CAMPAGNOLO WAS THE FATHER
OF BICYCLE RACING:
LIGHTWEIGHT FRAMES,
LIGHTWEIGHT SEAT POST,
MULTIPLE SPEEDS ON BICYCLES.
THAT'S THE SUPER HIGH‐END STUFF.
THIS IS SUPER, SUPER COOL.
I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE
THE BICYCLE LICENSES ON THEM.
‐ WHAT IS A BICYCLE LICENSE?
‐ OKAY, SO WHEN I WAS A KID,
YOU COULD GET A TICKET FOR NOT
HAVING A BICYCLE LICENSE, OKAY?
SO WHENEVER YOU
GOT A NEW BICYCLE,
YOU HAD TO GO DOWN
TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
AND GIVE THEM $2,
AND THEY GAVE YOU
A BICYCLE LICENSE.
SO HOW MUCH YOU
WANT FOR THIS THING?
‐ I'D LIKE TO GET 7,500 FOR IT.
‐ $7,500.
‐ YOU KNOW, WHY DON'T
YOU TAKE IT FOR A SPIN?
‐ YOU KNOW WHAT? I'LL
TAKE YOU UP ON THAT.
‐ YOU COMING WITH
ME? ‐ LET'S GO, ANTWAUN.
‐ I'M NOT GETTING ON THAT THING.
‐ YOU'RE RIDING THIS BIKE IF
YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR JOB.
[LAUGHTER]
‐ I HAVE NO DOUBT THESE GUYS
ARE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF FUN
RIDING THIS BIKE.
IT'S MORE FUN THAN A
BARREL OF MONKEYS.
♪ ♪
‐ I'M DRIVING, RICK.
‐ NO, I'M STEERING.
‐ HELL NO. ‐ ALL RIGHT.
LET ME GET ON FIRST, GUYS.
GOT TO LEAN IT A LITTLE BIT.
‐ WELL, I'M ON THE
BACK. ‐ NO, MAN.
‐ NO, ANTWAUN'S ON THE
BACK. ALL RIGHT. COME ON, GUYS.
‐ ALL RIGHT. DON'T SIT
ON MY HANDS, CHUM.
‐ ALL RIGHT. YOU
GUYS READY? ‐ YEAH.
‐ FEET OFF THE PEDALS, GUYS.
GOING TO RAISE THE LEFT PEDAL.
SO WE'RE IN STARTING
POSITION. COAST IS CLEAR.
ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO, GUYS.
[CAREFREE MUSIC]
WHOA!
♪ ♪
[LAUGHING]
‐ RIGHT, WHO'S
ACTUALLY PEDALING?
'CAUSE I'M NOT.
♪ ♪
‐ YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE
VERY GOOD BALANCE.
‐ NO, NOT AT ALL BECAUSE
Y'ALL KEEP LEANING.
I'M DOING ALL THE
WORK. ‐ LEFT HERE.
‐ WE'RE GONNA ALL CRASH AND DIE.
‐ [LAUGHS]
♪ ♪
‐ HEY, HOW'D IT GO?
‐ UM...
FUN AND A LITTLE BIT OF DANGER.
[LAUGHTER]
SO WHAT'S YOUR BEST PRICE ON IT?
‐ I'D LIKE TO GET 7,500 FOR IT.
‐ I'LL GIVE YOU 5 GRAND FOR IT.
‐ HOW ABOUT 7? ‐ OKAY.
IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE
BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO SELL.
IT'S A MUCH THINNER MARKET.
LET ME GIVE YOU 5,500 FOR IT.
‐ HOW ABOUT SPLITTING
THE DIFFERENCE WITH ME?
GIVE ME 6.
‐ SO MEET IN THE MIDDLE AT 57?
‐ 5,750?
‐ 57.
‐ YOU KNOW, I REALLY ENJOYED
THAT SMILE ON YOUR
FACE WHEN YOU CAME BACK.
5,700 WILL DO IT.
‐ ALL RIGHT, SWEET. DEAL.
JUST GO WITH HIM, AND HE WILL
WRITE YOU UP AND GET YOU PAID.
‐ OKAY.
WE SETTLED ON 5,700.
I'M GONNA TAKE MY
MONEY AND GIVE MY WIFE
THE FENCE IN THE
BACKYARD THAT SHE WANTS.
[ROCK MUSIC]
♪ ♪
‐ WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THIS?
‐ THESE ARE TWO
PROTOTYPE PICTURES
FROM THE HAUNTED
MANSION AT DISNEYLAND.
♪ ♪
‐ WEREN'T WE STRANDED IN THE
HAUNTED HOUSE ONCE FOR A WHILE?
OUR CHAIR WAS STUCK?
‐ I THINK THAT WAS
MR. TOAD'S WILD RIDE.
[LAUGHTER]
[BELL RINGS, PERSON SCREAMS]
‐ I'M HERE TODAY
AT THE PAWN SHOP
TO TRY AND SELL MY
DISNEYLAND HAUNTED MANSION
PROTOTYPE PICTURES.
I PICKED UP THESE
PROTOTYPES AT AN ESTATE SALE
FOR A GENTLEMAN WHO
WORKED FOR DISNEY MANY YEARS.
I'M HOPING TO SELL THE
MEN IN QUICKSAND FOR 150
AND THE WOMAN SITTING
ON THE TOMBSTONE FOR 200.
‐ THESE ARE AMAZING. THE
HAUNTED MANSION, IT WAS‐‐
LIKE EVERYTHING DISNEY, IT
WAS JUST WAY OVER‐THE‐TOP.
♪ ♪
THEY HAD THE ANIMATRONICS IN IT,
THE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING
SPECIAL EFFECTS IN IT.
‐ EVERYBODY KIND OF
GOT FREAKED OUT THE END
WHEN THERE WAS A GHOST
SITTING IN THE CHAIR NEXT TO YOU.
[LAUGHTER]
WALT DISNEY JUST
CONSTANTLY WOULD COME UP
WITH THESE WILD IDEAS
FOR THE HAUNTED MANSION,
MR. TOAD'S WILD RIDE,
FRONTIERLAND, TOM
SAWYER'S ISLAND,
TOMORROWLAND, YOU KNOW,
ALL THESE THINGS THAT WERE
JUST BASICALLY UNTHINKABLE.
‐ SO WHAT'S THE STORY
WITH THEM BEING FROM
THE HAUNTED MANSION?
‐ A GENTLEMAN THAT
WORKED FOR DISNEY
FOR A LONG TIME IN THEIR
MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT,
HE SAW THEM IN A WAREHOUSE
AND ASKED HIS BOSS IF HE COULD
TAKE THEM, AND THEY SAID YES.
‐ OKAY.
‐ SO YOU'RE SAYING THESE
WERE PROTOTYPES OF ART
THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO
BE ON THE WALLS IN THERE?
‐ CORRECT, YEAH.
THESE ARE, LIKE, THE PROTOTYPES
THAT WERE SHOWN TO WALT
BEFORE THEY WERE ACTUALLY
MADE INTO THE ACTUAL THINGS
THAT ARE IN THE ELEVATOR ROOM.
‐ OKAY.
♪ ♪
SO HOW MUCH YOU WANT FOR THESE?
‐ FOR THE MEN IN THE
QUICKSAND, I'D LIKE 150,
AND FOR THE BIG
PICTURE WITH THE LADY
SITTING ON THE
HEADSTONE, I'D LIKE 200.
‐ OKAY.
ANY PROP FROM
DISNEYLAND IS WORTH MONEY.
I MEAN, SOME OF THE
ORIGINAL PAINTINGS
THAT WERE IN THE HAUNTED HOUSE
HAVE GONE AS‐‐FOR AS
HIGH AS MUCH AS $300,000.
YEAH. OKAY.
THEY'VE‐‐THEY'VE SOLD
FOR AUCTION AT THAT PRICE.
‐ ALL RIGHT. ‐ BUT, LIKE,
THERE'S A LOT OF WEIRD
THINGS GOING ON HERE.
IT'S REALLY WEIRD THAT THEY'RE
PASTED TOGETHER LIKE THIS.
PERSONALLY, I DON'T THINK
THESE ARE PROTOTYPES.
‐ OKAY. ‐ BUT I COULD BE WRONG,
SO LET ME CALL UP A GUY.
HE KNOWS ALL THINGS DISNEY.
LET ME GET HIM DOWN HERE,
AND HOPEFULLY HE
CAN PROVE ME WRONG.
‐ GREAT, THANK YOU. ‐ ALL RIGHT.
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK. ‐ ALL RIGHT.
‐ AND THE HAUNTED
HOUSE EVEN TERRIFIED ME
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID.
‐ EVERYTHING TERRIFIED
HIM WHEN HE WAS A KID.
♪ ♪
‐ HEY. HOW'S IT GOING?
‐ GOOD. HOW ARE YOU TODAY?
‐ WHAT HAVE WE GOT HERE?
‐ I HAVE A SPY
COIN AND A SPY PEN.
♪ ♪
‐ OKAY. WHERE DID YOU GET THESE?
‐ FROM MY FATHER.
‐ SO YOUR DAD...
WAS A SPY?
[LAUGHTER]
♪ ♪
‐ I HAVE A SPY
PEN AND A SPY COIN
THAT I'M HOPING TO SELL TODAY.
THE COIN IS FROM
ABOUT THE 1800S,
AND THE PEN, I BELIEVE,
IS FROM THE 1920S,
AND THEY SEEM TO BE IN VERY
GOOD SHAPE FOR THEIR AGE.
I'M HOPING TO SELL THE
PEN AND THE COIN FOR $500.
‐ ALL RIGHT, SO TELL
ME ABOUT THESE THINGS.
‐ IT LOOKS JUST
LIKE A SILVER DOLLAR,
AND YET IT HAS A DOUBLE‐HINGE
OPENING, AND IT OPENS UP,
AND YOU CAN PUT YOUR
MICROFILM OR WHATEVER.
‐ THAT'S REALLY, REALLY CUTE.
THESE WERE REALLY POPULAR,
ESPECIALLY AFTER
WORLD WAR II WITH, WELL,
THE RUSSIANS AND THE COLD
WAR AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT,
YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THE SPY
MOVIES OUT AND EVERYTHING.
I THINK THEY WERE SOLD AS, LIKE,
SOME SORT OF SPY
GADGET IN WASHINGTON, D. C.
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
IN NOVELTY SHOPS THERE
ALL DURING THE COLD WAR
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD,
WHAT, OVER 45
YEARS OF A COLD WAR,
AND THAT'S ALL WE TALKED
ABOUT WAS RUSSIAN SPIES?
[LAUGHTER]
IF YOU LOOK RIGHT HERE,
YOU TAKE ONE SILVER DOLLAR,
AND YOU PUT IT IN A LATHE,
AND YOU CUT OUT THE
WHOLE SIDE OF IT LIKE THAT,
AND THEN YOU TAKE
ANOTHER SILVER DOLLAR.
YOU PUT IT ON A MILL
AND JUST FACE IT DOWN
SO YOU JUST HAVE
THIS FLAT LITTLE DISK.
TRIM THE EDGES, AND THEN
YOU PUT IN A BEZEL LIKE THAT,
AND YOU MAKE THE HINGE
AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT,
AND YOU HAVE YOUR LITTLE
HIDDEN COMPARTMENT RIGHT HERE
FOR MICROFICHE OR A
PICTURE OF YOUR SWEETHEART.
WHEN IT COMES TOGETHER,
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S
JUST A SILVER DOLLAR.
THIS THING, ON THE OTHER HAND,
HAS A WHOLE DIFFERENT STORY.
IT HAS A TEAR GAS
CANISTER, RIGHT?
‐ THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN
TOLD, TEAR GAS PEN.
‐ THESE ARE REALLY,
REALLY INTERESTING.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS THE
PEPPER SPRAY OF ITS DAY.
ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS COCK IT
AND PRESS THAT BUTTON, OKAY,
AND YOUR TEAR GAS
WOULD FLY OUT THE END
AND, LIKE, REALLY GET
IN SOMEONE'S FACE.
OKAY, HERE'S THE PROBLEM
WITH THIS RIGHT HERE‐‐
OKAY, AND THERE'S SORT OF
A BIG PROBLEM WITH IT, OKAY?
THIS IS A GUN. SEE
THIS RIGHT HERE?
THAT'S A .38 CALIBER
BULLET, NOT TEAR GAS.
OKAY, THEY SOLD THEM
AS TEAR GAS THINGS,
BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A HANDGUN.
OKAY, AND HERE'S THE
OTHER BIG PROBLEM.
THAT THING RIGHT THERE,
YOU'RE REALLY NOT
ALLOWED TO HAVE THEM.
‐ OKAY. ‐ THE PROBLEM IS,
EVEN WHEN IT'S NOT
HIDING IN YOUR POCKET
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THEY CONSIDER IT
STILL A CONCEALED GUN
BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE A PEN,
SO YOU SORT OF HAVE
TO TURN THIS INTO THE ATF.
YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING?
‐ I'M AFRAID I MIGHT
BE SEEING THAT, YEAH.
‐ YES. SO THAT RIGHT THERE‐‐
I'M GOING TO WIPE MY
FINGERPRINTS OFF‐‐
NO. [LAUGHS]
THIS PARTICULAR
THING RIGHT HERE,
YOU NEED TO TURN IT
IN TO THE GOVERNMENT.
IT'S‐‐YOU'RE NOT
ALLOWED TO HAVE THEM.
YEAH, THERE'S CAMERAS IN HERE.
‐ OH, NO. ‐ ALL RIGHT.
SO THE TEAR GAS GUN SLASH
.38‐CALIBER CONCEALED WEAPON,
THAT'S LIKE, NO,
NO, NO, NO FOR ME.
THIS RIGHT HERE, I WOULD
GIVE YOU, LIKE, 20 BUCKS FOR IT.
I JUST DON'T THINK
IT'LL SELL WELL.
‐ REALLY? WELL, I THINK I
WILL PROBABLY TAKE THIS HOME
AND PUT A PICTURE
OF MY WIFE IN IT.
‐ AND YOU NEED TO CALL UP, LIKE,
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
AND GET RID OF THAT.
‐ AND WE‐‐ YOU
HAVEN'T SEEN THIS.
WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS.
‐ WELL, UNFORTUNATELY,
I HAVE. [LAUGHS]
‐ MY NAME IS ALFRED SCHMUTZ,
AND I'M FROM POLAND.
‐ OKAY. THANKS FOR COMING IN.
‐ THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE
THE INFORMATION.
‐ ALL RIGHT.
‐ THANK YOU. ‐
YEAH, THAT'S SCARY.
‐ SO I HAVE A GUY IN THE
SHOP WITH WHAT HE SAYS
IS THE ORIGINAL PROTOTYPE ART
FOR THE HAUNTED
MANSION IN DISNEYLAND,
SO I'M BRINGING IN MIKE,
WHO'S AN EXPERT
IN ALL THINGS DISNEY,
TO SEE IF THESE THINGS
ARE REAL OR JUST AN ILLUSION.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? ‐
WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU CALL ME
ABOUT HAUNTED MANSION,
I COME RIGHT AWAY.
I GOT TO TELL YOU, IT'S
ONE OF THE HOTTEST
COLLECTIBLES THERE
IS IN DISNEYANA,
AND THESE LOOK A LOT
LIKE THE STRETCH PAINTINGS
THAT ARE IN THE ELEVATOR
IN THE HAUNTED MANSION.
♪ ♪
THESE PAINTINGS WERE DESIGNED
BY A GENTLEMAN NAMED MARC DAVIS
WHO WAS AN
IMAGINEER AT THE PARK,
AND HE WAS AN ANIMATOR
BEFORE THAT, ANIMATED "BAMBI,"
WAS ONE OF HIS MORE
FAMOUS FEATURES.
AND THESE PAINTINGS ARE ICONIC
PARTS OF THE HAUNTED MANSION.
WHEN YOU'RE IN THAT ELEVATOR
AND THESE PAINTINGS
START TO STRETCH,
THIS IS THE MOST
MEMORABLE PART OF THE RIDE.
WHEN THE ELEVATOR STARTED,
YOU WOULD SEE JUST HER,
YOU KNOW, AND AS THE
ELEVATOR WENT DOWN,
YOU'D GET THE STORY OF WHAT
HAPPENED TO HER HUSBAND
OR WHAT HAPPENED TO
THIS GUY IN THE QUICKSAND.
GREAT ICONIC IMAGES
FROM THE PARK.
REALLY, REALLY FUN.
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE,
YOU'RE SAYING THEY
WERE USED FOR...
‐ THEY WERE PROTOTYPES
TO SHOW WALT.
‐ OKAY.
DAVIS WOULD PAINT THE ORIGINALS,
WHICH ARE ABOUT
THIS BIG AND THIS WIDE.
PAINTERS OR IMAGINEERS
WOULD LOOK AT DAVIS' IMAGES
AND THEN PAINT A REPLICA
OF THEM ON CANVAS
THAT WOULD GO INTO THE RIDE,
BUT THERE'S NO REASON
TO DO A PROTOTYPE
THAT HAS A MAN'S HEAD
ON THE TOP OF THE FRAME
BECAUSE THAT'S NOT
HOW THE GAG WORKS,
SO THAT WOULDN'T BE
THE PROTOTYPE FOR IT.
AND WHEN WE LOOK
AT THIS, WE WOULD SAY,
"WELL, WHY WOULD THEY CUT
THIS OUT AND PUT THIS TOGETHER
LIKE A PUZZLE WHEN
THEY COULD JUST PAINT IT?"
WHAT I CAN TELL YOU
BY LOOKING AT THESE
AND KNOWING THEIR
HISTORY, UNFORTUNATELY,
THE QUALITY OF THE ARTWORK
IS NOT THAT OF MARC DAVIS,
AND IT'S NOT THAT OF DISNEY.
THE MATERIALS THEY USED AND
THE WAY THEY PUT IT TOGETHER
IS NOT THE WAY THEY
WOULD HAVE DONE IT
THERE AT IMAGINEERING.
MY GUESS WITH
SOMETHING LIKE THIS,
AND THE REASON IT WOULD
BE IN A DISNEY WAREHOUSE,
MAYBE THESE WERE A
DECORATION FOR A PARTY.
MAYBE THESE WERE USED AT SOME
SORT OF EVENT THERE AT THE PARK
AND THEN JUST PUT INTO STORAGE.
‐ SO I'M ASSUMING IT'S
NOT WORTH ANYTHING?
‐ UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T SEE
THESE BEING WORTH ANYTHING,
ESPECIALLY IN THE
CONDITION THEY'RE IN.
‐ OKAY. ‐ I APPRECIATE
YOU COMING DOWN.
‐ THANK YOU, MAN. THANKS,
MAN. ‐ ALL RIGHT. THANKS, MAN.
‐ YOU GUYS TAKE CARE. ‐ OKAY.
UNFORTUNATELY, I'M JUST NOT
GONNA BE ABLE TO GIVE
YOU ANYTHING FOR THEM.
‐ I UNDERSTAND.
‐ HAVE A GOOD ONE. ‐ YOU TOO.
♪ ♪
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
♪ ♪
‐ HEY. HOW'S IT GOING?
‐ HEY. PRETTY GOOD.
‐ SO WHAT DO WE GOT?
‐ GOT SOME OLD WORLD
WAR II TOY SOLDIERS.
‐ ALL RIGHT.
OLD METAL TOY SOLDIERS.
THEY STILL SELL ARMY MEN TODAY.
THEY JUST MAKE
THEM OUT OF PLASTIC.
‐ TRUE. ‐ I GREW UP IN THE ERA
OF THE PLASTIC ARMY MEN.
[CANNONS BOOMING]
‐ I AM HERE AT THE
PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO TRY AND SELL MY WORLD
WAR II VINTAGE TOY SOLDIERS.
I GOT THESE TOY SOLDIERS
FROM MY GRANDFATHER,
WHO WAS ACTUALLY THE
OWNER OF THE COMPANY.
I DO HAVE SEVERAL OF
THEM IN MINT CONDITION
STILL IN THE BOXES THAT
HAVE NEVER BEEN TAKEN OUT.
I WAS HOPING TO
SELL THEM FOR 10,000.
‐ THIS IS COOL.
TOY SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN AROUND
FOR HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS
AND HUNDREDS OF YEARS.
THEY HAVE STOOD THE TEST OF TIME
'CAUSE THEY STILL
MAKE ARMY MEN TODAY.
‐ DEFINITELY. ‐ I
KNOW TRU‐CRAFT.
I KNOW THEY WERE A BIG COMPANY.
I KNOW THEY WEREN'T THE BIGGEST,
BUT THEY WERE
RELATIVELY POPULAR.
THE WHOLE PLASTICS THING
KIND OF TOOK A LOT OF COMPANIES
LIKE THIS OUT OF BUSINESS.
‐ ACTUALLY, MY GRANDFATHER
SAID IT WENT DOWN MAINLY
BECAUSE WORLD WAR II HAD
JUST ENDED AND PEOPLE DIDN'T‐‐
NO ONE WANTED CHARACTERS OF
THEIR HUSBANDS, BROTHERS, SONS
THAT HAD GONE OFF TO WAR, SO‐‐
‐ THAT COULD HAVE BEEN IT TOO.
SO THESE ARE METAL.
ARE THEY HAND‐PAINTED?
‐ THEY'RE ALL
HAND‐PAINTED, EACH ONE.
‐ THIS GUY SEEMS
PRETTY INTERESTING.
‐ THAT PIECE IS ACTUALLY
A JAPANESE SOLDIER
SURRENDERING‐‐
‐ OKAY. ‐ NOT
SAYING "TOUCHDOWN."
‐ OKAY. THIS ONE'S PRETTY COOL.
YOU GOT THE GUY ON
THE HORSE, THE NURSES.
‐ SOME VERY RARE PIECES.
‐ HOW MANY PIECES
TOTAL DO YOU HAVE?
‐ SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
80 AND 100, I'D SAY.
‐ OKAY.
I KNOW THESE CAN BE
REALLY, REALLY COLLECTIBLE.
I MEAN, I KNOW THERE'S
GUYS WHOSE ENTIRE GARAGES
ARE SET UP WITH THIS
THINGS‐‐ ‐ OH, YEAH.
‐ YOU KNOW, SIMILAR TO
PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY,
REALLY INTO TRAIN SETS.
ANY IDEA ON HOW MUCH
YOU'RE LOOKING TO GET?
‐ 10,000. ‐ OKAY.
YOU KNOW, WHEN IT
COMES TO STUFF LIKE THIS,
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
COLLECTOR MARKET IS.
I KNOW SOME OF THESE THINGS
CAN GO FOR A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY.
LET ME BRING IN SOMEBODY
WHO WOULD KNOW
A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
THESE THAN I WOULD, OKAY?
‐ SURE. ‐ HANG OUT.
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
LET ME SEE IF I CAN
GET HIM DOWN HERE.
‐ OKAY, GREAT.
I'M HAPPY THAT AN
EXPERT'S COMING IN.
THEY CAN TELL ME MORE ABOUT
THEM, WHAT THEY'RE WORTH,
AND I HOPE THE EXPERT
AGREES WITH ME ON THE PRICE.
♪ ♪
‐ FOR YEARS, I'VE PLAYED
AROUND WITH THE IDEA
OF GETTING A TANK,
SOMETHING EYE‐CATCHING
TO PUT OUTSIDE THE SHOP,
SO WHEN ALEX, MY
MILITARY EXPERT,
TOLD ME OF A USED TANK LOT,
I HAD TO JUMP AT THE CHANCE
TO FINALLY GET MY OWN.
♪ ♪
OH, MAN, THIS IS SICK.
‐ [LAUGHS]
♪ ♪
‐ ALL RIGHT. ‐ WOW.
‐ CHECK THIS OUT.
‐ HOW MUCH DOES
THIS THING WEIGH?
‐ WEIGHS ENOUGH TO CRUSH A CAR.
‐ [LAUGHS] ‐ I MEAN,
IF YOU LOOK AT THE
TREADS DOWN HERE,
IT'S TAKEN AN ENTIRE CAR THAT
WOULD PROBABLY BE UP TO HERE
AND PUT IT DOWN
TO, LIKE, 8 INCHES.
‐ HEY, ALEX. ‐ HEY, RON.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, MAN.
‐ GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO. YOU TOO.
‐ YEAH.
‐ SO THIS IS YOUR
TANK USED CAR LOT?
‐ PRETTY MUCH, YES, SIR.
[LAUGHTER]
‐ MY WIFE AND I ARE OWNERS
OF BATTLEFIELD VEGAS,
AND IT'S A RANGE
WHERE YOU CAN COME IN,
SHOOT WEAPONS FROM WORLD
WAR I TO CURRENT OPERATIONS.
WE HAVE EVERYTHING
FROM WORLD WAR II TANKS
TO MODERN ERA TANKS AND
PRICED FROM 85,000 TO 1.5 MILLION.
♪ ♪
‐ WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
‐ IT'S A SEXTON
MARK II FROM 1943,
AND WHAT IT WAS IS
BASICALLY A MOBILE ARTILLERY.
♪ ♪
THE BOTTOM DESIGN IS
AMERICAN TECHNOLOGY SHERMAN,
BUT IT WAS ALL BUILT IN CANADA
TO HELP WITH THE WAR PRODUCTION
BECAUSE WE COULDN'T
PUMP THEM OUT FAST ENOUGH.
‐ SO IS THIS TECHNICALLY A TANK?
‐ NO, IT'S MORE OF A
SELF‐PROPELLED GUN.
IT WASN'T MADE TO GET
CLOSE TO THE FRONT.
‐ BUT IT IS WORLD
WAR II? ‐ YES, SIR.
IT WAS DEFINITELY
USED IN WORLD WAR II.
‐ AND HOW MUCH DOES
SOMETHING LIKE THIS RUN?
‐ IT'S 85,000.
‐ THAT'S FAIRLY REASONABLE
FOR A WORLD WAR II‐‐
‐ TANK‐ISH THING. ‐
TANK‐ISH THING, YEAH.
‐ I KNOW, BUT IT'S STILL
TANK‐ISH AND NOT TANK.
IT'S LIKE GIVING YOUR WIFE
SOMETHING THAT'S DIAMOND‐ISH.
[LAUGHTER]
‐ ALL RIGHT, YOU WANT A TANK.
‐ I'M THINKING ABOUT
GETTING A TANK.
‐ WELL, IF YOU WANT SOMETHING
NEWER, WE HAVE A LEOPARD 1A5.
THAT'S A MODERN COMBAT TANK,
OR WE HAVE SOME
EARLY VIETNAM ERA TANKS.
‐ I'M THINKING MORE
WORLD WAR II, AMERICAN.
‐ WE DO HAVE A WORLD WAR II
M4A3 THAT WAS USED IN IWO JIMA.
‐ [SCOFFS] WOW.
‐ A SHERMAN TANK? ‐
IT'S A SHERMAN TANK.
‐ USED IN IWO JIMA? ‐
IT WAS USED IN IWO JIMA.
WE TRACKED THE
HISTORY DOWN TO IT,
AND IT'S THE ONLY ONE WE KNOW OF
IN PRIVATELY OWNED FROM
HANDS FROM THE PACIFIC THEATER.
‐ HOW MANY TANKS
WERE IN AT IWO JIMA?
THERE WASN'T A LOT, WAS THERE?
‐ UM, THERE WAS FIVE
MARINE BATTALIONS,
AND THEY WERE ALL DUMPED
IN THE OCEAN AFTERWARDS,
SO I DON'T KNOW
HOW MANY ARE LEFT.
‐ IT WORKS? ‐ IT
WORKS. IT FIRES.
IT SHOOTS. YOU NAME IT.
‐ SO WHICH ONE IS
THAT? ‐ IT'S NOT HERE.
IT'S AT OUR OUTDOOR BASE.
‐ YOUR WHAT? ‐ OUTDOOR BASE.
WE HAVE A BASE
OUTDOORS FOR OPERATIONS.
‐ AND SO IT'S FULLY OPERATIONAL
IN THE SENSE THAT IT DRIVES,
OR DOES IT ALSO
FIRE? ‐ IT DRIVES.
THE MAIN GUN FIRES. THE
COAX MACHINE GUNS WORK.
‐ NOW, IF YOU WANTED TO BUY
IT, RICK, WE COULD, YOU KNOW,
DEACTIVATE THE MACHINE GUNS,
AND WE COULD REMOVE THOSE.
‐ WE WOULD HAVE TO HOLD
THOSE‐‐TAKE THOSE OFF.
‐ OR AT LEAST TAKE
THE RECEIVERS OUT.
‐ OKAY.
I MEAN, SO IT'S OUT IN
THE DESERT SOMEWHERE?
‐ IT'S OUT IN THE DESERT. ‐
COULD WE, LIKE, TRY IT OUT?
‐ WE CAN. ‐ BUT IT
WOULD BE LEGAL TO OWN
WITHOUT ANY KIND OF LICENSES
BECAUSE THE GUNS WOULDN'T WORK.
‐ OKAY. SO HOW DO WE GET THERE?
‐ WE CAN TAKE A HUMVEE OUT TO
THE DESERT AND GO CHECK IT OUT.
‐ RICK! CHECK IT OUT! ‐ STOP!
‐ IT'S A FLAMETHROWER, I THINK.
‐ OH, MY GOD.
♪ ♪
‐ RICK! CHECK IT OUT!
‐ STOP! IS IT LOADED?
‐ I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S A FLAMETHROWER, I THINK.
‐ IT IS A FLAMETHROWER.
‐ IT'S AN M9A1
FLAMETHROWER FROM VIETNAM,
AND IT'S OPERATIONAL.
‐ OH, MY GOD.
♪ ♪
‐ THE FLAMETHROWER IS AN M9A1
FLAMETHROWER FROM VIETNAM.
THIS IS LATE '60S.
IT'S BEEN CIVILIANIZED TO
MAKE IT SAFER SO CUSTOMERS
CAN GO OUT IN THE
DESERT AND SHOOT IT.
THE FLAMETHROWERS
SELL FOR ABOUT $4,500.
‐ DIDN'T THE SOLDIERS
HATE CARRYING THIS
'CAUSE IT WAS LIKE
WALKING AROUND
WITH, LIKE, A BOMB ON YOUR BACK?
‐ THE EARLY ONES WERE,
BUT THE LATER MODELS,
WASN'T MUCH OF AN ISSUE. ‐
YOU ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER,
LIKE, PLACES LIKE IWO JIMA
IN THE PACIFIC CAMPAIGN,
MARINES USED FLAMETHROWERS
TO PRETTY GOOD SUCCESS
BECAUSE THE JAPANESE WERE
ENTRENCHED MANY TIMES IN CAVES.
MANY TIMES YOU COULDN'T GET
THEM OUT OF HOLES AND THINGS,
AND SO THE FLAMETHROWER
OPERATORS WOULD WALK UP,
FIND THE ENTRANCE AND SHOOT
THE FLAMETHROWER INSIDE,
AND IT WOULD CLEAR IT.
‐ WHAT WERE THESE
THINGS FILLED WITH?
‐ NAPALM.
IT WAS A MIXTURE OF DIESEL,
GASOLINE AND A THICKENER.
‐ DAMN. ‐ FLAMETHROWERS
ARE REALLY FUN.
THEY'RE CERTAINLY
DANGEROUS AND THEY'RE NOT
TO MESS AROUND WITH, BUT
WORLD WAR II FLAMETHROWERS
ARE SORT OF WHERE YOU
WANT TO BE AS A COLLECTOR,
BUT THEY'RE EXPENSIVE AND
THEY'RE HARD TO MAINTAIN,
BUT A GOOD VIETNAM ONE,
IT'S STILL WORTHWHILE
TO A COLLECTOR.
‐ DOES THIS THING
WORK? ‐ IT DOES WORK.
‐ OKAY.
‐ NOW, THERE'S
LEGAL ISSUES HERE,
AND I'LL ADDRESS THEM.
MOST STATES IN
THE US ALLOW THESE,
ESPECIALLY HEAVY AGRICULTURE
STATES LIKE THE MIDWEST
BECAUSE THE FARMERS STILL
USE THEM TO CLEAR OLD CROP,
BUT TYPICALLY THEY'RE
FILLED WITH DIESEL FUEL,
SOMETHING MORE
STABLE THAN NAPALM,
AND THEY'RE CONSIDERED
FARM EQUIPMENT.
‐ OKAY.
‐ HOW MUCH IS
SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
‐ THIS IS ABOUT $4,500.
‐ SO CAN WE TAKE THAT
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE TANK?
‐ WE SURE CAN, IF
YOU WANT TO USE IT.
‐ I'D LOVE... FOR
HIM TO SHOOT IT.
[LAUGHING]
‐ HELL YEAH, I WANT
TO SHOOT THAT THING.
‐ A FLAMETHROWER?
NOW, THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
BUT A TANK ACTUALLY USED
IN THE BATTLE OF IWO JIMA?
THAT'S BEYOND INCREDIBLE.
OWNING SUCH A BADASS
PIECE OF AMERICAN HISTORY
WOULD BE A DREAM COME TRUE,
SO WE'RE GOING TO HEAD
OVER THERE IN A COUPLE DAYS
AND CHECK IT OUT. WHAT IS THIS?
‐ A MISSILE, DUH. ‐ [LAUGHS]
I JUST HOPE THAT AFTER CHUM
SHOOTS THE FLAMETHROWER,
I'LL STILL BE ALIVE
TO MAKE THE DEAL.
[LAUGHS]
♪ ♪
‐ THERE'S A GUY IN
THE SHOP RIGHT NOW
WHO'S LOOKING TO GET $10,000
FOR SOME VINTAGE TOY SOLDIERS.
SOME COLLECTIBLE TOYS ARE
DEFINITELY WORTH THAT MUCH,
BUT BEFORE I SHELL
OUT THAT KIND OF CASH,
STEVE'S COMING IN TO
TELL ME MORE ABOUT THEM.
‐ TRU‐CRAFT TOY SOLDIERS,
THESE ARE REALLY COOL.
THE FOUNDER OF TRU‐CRAFT
WAS INTO MODEL TRAINS,
AND SO AS HE GOT
INTO MODEL TRAINS,
WAS PRODUCING FIGURES
FOR HIS TRAIN SETS,
AND IT BECAME A BUSINESS.
SO IN THE LATE 1930S,
MOST OF THESE FIGURES
WERE STARTING TO HAVE BEEN,
YOU KNOW, CREATED AND
SCULPTED AND PRODUCED.
SOME OF THE DIFFERENT
THINGS THAT TRU‐CRAFT MADE
WERE, LIKE, THE
FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION.
THEY MADE, LIKE, THE
THREE MUSKETEERS,
AND THEY'RE REALLY
UNIQUE; THEY'RE REALLY COOL.
LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE
A LOT OF PIECES HERE.
‐ OH, YES.
‐ SO I SEE YOU
HAVE THE SKI PATROL,
LOOKS LIKE HOSPITAL,
THE US CALVARY.
THIS IS A REALLY HEAVY
BOX. HOW DID YOU GET THEM?
‐ I GOT THESE FROM MY AUNT
WHO ORIGINALLY GOT THEM
FROM MY GRANDFATHER THAT WAS
THE FINAL OWNER OF THE COMPANY.
‐ OKAY, SO I KNOW THAT
IN THE '30S, CECIL JACKSON,
WHO IS THE
CREATOR OF IT... ‐ YES.
‐ HE SOLD THE COMPANY,
AND THEN FROM THERE,
THAT PAPER TRAIL TRAILS OFF,
SO MY GUESS IS, YOUR GRANDPA
PROBABLY BOUGHT
IT AS A LIQUIDATION.
‐ MM‐HMM. ‐ HE MAY HAVE OWNED
ALL THE PRODUCT, BUT HE
MAY NOT HAVE NECESSARILY
OWNED AND OPERATED
THE COMPANY AT THAT POINT.
‐ I ACTUALLY KNOW FOR A
FACT THAT HE WOULD TAKE THESE
AND GO DOOR‐TO‐DOOR
SALESMAN WITH THEM.
‐ WELL, SO WHAT'S A
COLLECTION LIKE THIS WORTH?
‐ WHEN IT'S NEVER BEEN
TOUCHED, NEVER BEEN USED,
IT ALWAYS DEMANDS A
PREMIUM IN THE MARKETPLACE
'CAUSE YOU JUST DON'T SEE THEM,
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT STUFF FROM THE 1940S.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN
I LOOK IN THE BOXES,
LIKE, I'M SEEING, YOU
KNOW, STANDARD PLAY WEAR.
YOU CAN SEE, LIKE, HIS
HANDS HAVE SOME WEAR.
ANYWHERE THAT YOU MIGHT TOUCH
TO ACTUALLY PLAY WITH THE TOY
IS GOING TO HAVE HEAVY WEAR.
THE BOXES ARE REALLY NICE,
AND HAVING THE BOXES, I THINK,
IS REALLY, REALLY UNIQUE.
HOWEVER, I'LL CAUTION
YOU A LITTLE BIT AND SAY
TRU‐CRAFT WASN'T THE
MOST POPULAR OF COMPANIES.
THIS COLLECTION IS GONNA
TAKE YOU SOME TIME TO SELL,
BUT OVERALL, LOOKS LIKE
IT'S IN REALLY NICE SHAPE.
I THINK YOU'RE GONNA
HAVE NO PROBLEM
GETTING ABOUT $3,000
OUT OF THIS COLLECTION.
‐ MM. THAT'S A BIT LOW.
‐ WELL, I APPRECIATE
YOU COMING DOWN.
‐ NO PROBLEM, THANK YOU.
‐ IS IT EVEN WORTH ME
MAKING YOU AN OFFER?
‐ I'M SORRY, NO.
ESPECIALLY SENTIMENTAL
REASONS, I'D RATHER KEEP THEM.
‐ I UNDERSTAND. ‐ OKAY.
‐ TAKE CARE. ‐ THANK YOU.
WELL, I THINK NOW I'M
GONNA ACTUALLY GO AND TRY
AND FIND A FEW MORE
OF THE COLLECTORS,
SEE WHAT THEY THINK OF THE
PIECES AND GO FROM THERE.
‐ MOST OF US ARE FAMILIAR
WITH THE BATTLE OF IWO JIMA
FROM AP PHOTOGRAPHER
JOE ROSENTHAL'S FAMOUS
IMAGE OF OUR BRAVE SOLDIERS
PLANTING AN AMERICAN
FLAG ON JAPANESE SOIL.
IT WAS A CRUCIAL
WORLD WAR II VICTORY,
AND THE IMAGE HAS
SUSTAINED LEGENDARY STATUS
FOR OVER 75 YEARS.
BUT THAT W LIKELY WOULDN'T
HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED
WITHOUT SOME SERIOUS
MOBILE ARTILLERY.
I'M TALKING THE BIG
GUYS HERE, TANKS.
IT WAS LIKE BRINGING A
GUN TO A SWORD FIGHT,
SO GAME‐CHANGING THAT
THE OBJECTIVE WAS CLEAR:
YOU CREATE THE BIGGEST
AND BADDEST WAR VEHICLES,
YOU WIN.
THE FIRST BATTLE TANKS AS
WE KNOW THEM WERE USED
BY THE BRITISH DURING
WORLD WAR I IN 1916.
THESE EARLY TANKS
WERE SUPER SLOW,
AND THEY WERE BASICALLY
JUST MEANT TO CLEAR A PATH
SO THE INFANTRY COULD
GET IN THERE AND FIGHT.
THEN WORLD WAR II CAME ALONG,
AND WE REALIZED WE NEEDED
A LOT OF THESE THINGS,
AND WHERE COULD WE GO TO
MASS‐PRODUCE THEM AT THE TIME?
DETROIT, OF COURSE.
CHRYSLER TOOK THE
CHALLENGE HEAD‐ON.
BY THE END OF THE WAR,
THE CHRYSLER PLANT ALONE
HAD MANUFACTURED
MORE TANKS THAN THE NAZIS.
SINCE WORLD WAR II,
TANKS HAVE BECOME THE DOMINANT
VEHICLE USED IN LAND WARFARE.
TODAY'S TANKS ARE FASTER THAN
EVER AND PACK A HEAVIER PUNCH.
I THINK THE LESSON
HERE IS CLEAR.
IF YOU'RE EVER ON
THE BATTLEFIELD
AND YOU SEE ONE
ROLLING YOUR WAY, RUN.
♪ ♪
‐ HELLO. WHAT DO YOU GOT HERE?
‐ WELL, I'VE GOT A UNIQUE PIECE
OF SPORTS MEMORABILIA
THAT'S BEEN SIGNED
BY A LOT OF PRO ATHLETES,
NBA PLAYERS PRIMARILY.
‐ OKAY. ‐ BUT THERE
ARE SOME NOTABLES:
MICHAEL JORDAN, SCOTTIE PIPPEN.
‐ SWEET. ‐ PATRICK EWING.
‐ FROM "DALLAS"? ‐ NO, NO, NO.
[BUZZER BUZZES]
I'M HERE AT THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY UNIQUE JACKET.
SO I GOT THE JACKET AT A
CELEBRITY CHARITY GALA.
IT'S NEVER BEEN WORN.
IT'S BEEN SITTING IN A GARMENT
BAG IN MY CLOSET FOR 15 YEARS.
I'M HOPING TO GET $500 FOR IT.
‐ THIS IS INTERESTING.
WHAT IS HOOPOLOGY?
‐ I CAN'T TELL YOU FOR SURE.
‐ HOLD ON A SECOND. CHUM?
‐ YES? ‐ I NEED YOUR HELP, OKAY?
‐ I'M HOLDING THE
FLOOR UP, RICK.
‐ HOLDING THE FLOOR DOWN.
‐ THAT'S WHAT YOU DO
BECAUSE YOU WEIGH SO MUCH.
I'M LIGHT AS A FEATHER.
‐ DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT HOOPOLOGY?
‐ UH, A LITTLE BIT,
BUT YOU KNOW MY
SPECIALTY IS FASHION, RICK.
I SEE TRENT TUCKER, AND
THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE
BECAUSE HOOPOLOGY IS
ACTUALLY A CLOTHING LINE
MADE BY TRENT TUCKER.
HE PLAYED WITH THE KNICKS,
AND HE ALSO PLAYED
WITH THE BULLS.
AFTER HIS TIME IN THE
NBA, HE, YOU KNOW,
MADE THIS CLOTHING BRAND
AND TRIED TO, YOU KNOW,
GET IT POPULAR AND HAD ALL
THESE BASKETBALL FRIENDS,
AND THEY WOULD WEAR IT,
BUT IT NEVER REALLY
QUITE CAUGHT ON.
‐ SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?
‐ WELL, YOU GOT SOME
GREAT SIGNATURES HERE, RICK.
I KNOW YOU KNOW
WHO MICHAEL JORDAN IS.
YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW
WHO, LIKE, PATRICK EWING,
BUT HE'S RIGHT UP THERE
WITH THEM AND SCOTTIE PIPPEN.
I MEAN‐‐
‐ RON HARPER.
‐ OH, YEAH, RON HARPER
IS ANOTHER GREAT.
I MEAN, THESE GUYS ARE ALL
MEMBERS OF CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS,
AND IT'S A LITTLE UNUSUAL
TO HAVE ALL THESE NAMES
ON A JACKET,
BUT YOU GOT SOME
ALL‐STARS ON HERE.
‐ OKAY. HOW MUCH
YOU WANT FOR THIS?
‐ WELL, I WAS HOPING
TO GET ABOUT $500 FOR IT.
‐ OKAY.
LET ME JUST MAKE SURE THEY'RE
ALL LEGIT AUTOGRAPHS, OKAY?
I HATE TO TELL YOU THIS, BUT,
LIKE, A VERY LARGE PORTION
OF THE STUFF YOU BUY
AT, LIKE, CHARITY AUCTIONS
AREN'T EXACTLY VETTED VERY WELL,
AND ALSO BEING A PAWNBROKER,
I DON'T TRUST PEOPLE. [LAUGHS]
‐ I WILL SAY THAT I DID
WATCH THIS BEING SIGNED.
‐ ALL RIGHT, I'M
GOING TO GO CALL UP
MY AUTOGRAPH GUY.
HE'LL LOOK AT THEM.
‐ LET'S DO IT. ‐
WAIT RIGHT HERE.
I GOT TO GET SOME WATER
ANYWAYS. I'LL GO CALL STEVE.
‐ I HAVE NO CONCERNS
WITH AN EXPERT COMING IN
JUST BECAUSE I WAS AT THE GALA.
I WATCHED THESE PRO
ATHLETES SIGN THE JACKET,
SO I KNOW THEY'RE REAL,
AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT.
♪ ♪
‐ HOW YOU DOING? ‐
I'M GOOD. HOW ARE YOU?
‐ PRETTY GOOD. WHAT
CAN I DO FOR YOU TODAY?
‐ WELL, I'VE GOT SOME
OLD VALENTINE'S DAY CARDS.
‐ HEY, BIG HOSS.
YOU WANT TO BE MY
VALENTINE? ‐ I'LL PASS.
‐ CHECK THESE OUT.
NOT A BIG VALENTINE'S GUY, HUH?
‐ THINK THE LAST TIME
I BOUGHT A VALENTINE'S
PRESENT FOR A GIRL,
I GRABBED A NINTENDO OFF THE
SHELF HERE AND GAVE IT TO HER.
‐ OH, YOU ARE A LADIES' MAN.
[VIDEO GAME CHIMING]
‐ I'M COMING IN TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL EIGHT VINTAGE
VALENTINE'S DAY CARDS.
I THINK THE CARDS
ARE FROM THE 1920S.
THEY'RE IN PRETTY GOOD CONDITION
WITH ONLY A LITTLE BIT OF WEAR.
WHAT MAKES THEM UNUSUAL
IS A NUMBER OF THEM
ARE WHAT THEY CALL ARTICULATED.
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT CARDS
HAD ANYTHING ON THEM THAT MOVED.
I'M HOPING TO GET
$100 FOR THE SET.
‐ THESE ARE
ACTUALLY PRETTY COOL.
WHERE'D YOU GET THESE?
‐ THESE WERE PART OF
MY GRANDMOTHER'S STUFF.
WHAT I CAN TELL IS
THEY'RE FROM THE '20S.
WHAT MAKES THEM UNUSUAL
IS THAT THEY ARE WHAT
THEY CALLED ARTICULATED,
SOME OF THE FIRST CARDS
THAT ACTUALLY DID SOMETHING.
THIS GUY'S ARMS
MOVE ON THE CELLO.
‐ ALL RIGHT. PRETTY COOL.
‐ YOU KNOW, IT ALL
STARTED FROM ST. VALENTINE.
HE WAS THE PATRON
SAINT OF LOVERS,
AND AS FAR AS THE HOLIDAY GOES,
IT STARTED OFF BY
WRITING A LOVE LETTER,
AND THEN IT TURNED TO CARDS.
THEN IT WENT TO ROSES,
AND THEN IT WENT TO JEWELRY,
AND JUST NOW PEOPLE
SPEND ABOUT $2 BILLION A YEAR
JUST ON VALENTINE'S DAY.
‐ ISN'T VALENTINE'S DAY
SUPPOSED TO BE THE DAY
THAT YOU TELL
SOMEONE YOU LOVE THEM?
‐ WHICH IS WEIRD TO ME
BECAUSE IF YOU LOVE SOMEONE,
SHOULDN'T YOU TELL THEM
MORE THAN JUST ONE DAY A YEAR?
‐ I LOVE YOU, BIG HOSS.
‐ I LOVE YOU, TOO, CHUM.
I MEAN, THEY'RE
INTERESTING. THEY'RE NEAT.
‐ DO THEY ALL STILL
MOVE PRETTY GOOD?
‐ YEAH, THEY ALL STILL
MOVE PRETTY GOOD.
‐ THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE
IN GOOD CONDITION.
THEY'RE ALL WORKING,
HUH? SHE'S A LITTLE GOLFER.
"MY SHOTS GO WILD
FROM TEE TO TEE,
BUT YOU COULD NEVER
GET TOO WILD FOR ME."
THAT'S YOUR KIND
OF LADY, BIG HOSS.
‐ [LAUGHS]
‐ I MEAN, THEY'RE IN
REALLY GOOD CONDITION
FOR BEING AS OLD AS THEY ARE,
ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY
ALL STILL WORK AND MOVE.
‐ EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A
COUPLE RIPS HERE AND THERE,
IT'S NOT ON THE MAJOR
PART OF THE CARD.
‐ RIGHT.
‐ YOU CAN STILL MAKE
OUT ALL THE WORDS
AND THE PICTURE AND EVERYTHING.
‐ HOW MUCH YOU LOOKING TO GET?
‐ WELL, I'D LIKE TO GET
$100 FOR THEM IF I CAN.
‐ I DON'T KNOW, CHUM.
I DON'T SEE PAYING
100 BUCKS FOR IT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
‐ I MEAN, IT SEEMS
A LITTLE STEEP.
THEY'RE PRETTY COOL.
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN
SELLING THEM FOR LOWER?
‐ I WOULD DISCUSS IT, SURE.
‐ WHAT DO YOU THINK, BIG HOSS?
‐ I'M THINKING, LIKE, 30
BUCKS. I JUST DON'T‐‐
THEY'RE DELICATE.
THEY'RE FRAGILE.
I DON'T REALLY SEE BEING
ABLE TO DISPLAY THEM
AND ACTUALLY BEING
ABLE TO SELL THEM.
‐ OKAY. ‐ SOUND LIKE A PLAN?
‐ SURE. ‐ ALL RIGHT. DEAL.
‐ ALL RIGHT. ‐ CHUM
WILL WRITE YOU UP.
ALL RIGHT. THANKS, MAN.
‐ MEET ME AT THE
COUNTER OVER HERE.
‐ WILL DO. ‐ ALL RIGHT.
WHERE YOU GOING, VALENTINE?
WE GOT LUNCH PLANS.
‐ I'M HAPPY WITH THE $30.
I REALLY HAD NO IDEA
WHAT THEY WERE WORTH,
AND I'M JUST GONNA GO
AND SPEND IT ON A
REALLY GOOD LUNCH.
‐ LET'S JUST LOOK ‐ I GOT
A CUSTOMER IN THE SHOP
WHO'S GOT A JACKET SIGNED
BY A TON OF BASKETBALL STARS.
SHE WANTS 500 BUCKS FOR
IT, SO BEFORE I TAKE A SHOT,
I'VE CALLED IN STEVE
GRAD TO CHECK IT OUT.
HOPEFULLY THIS
THING IS A SLAM DUNK.
HOW'S IT GOING, MAN?
‐ GOOD. HOW ARE YOU?
‐ SO WHAT DO YOU
THINK OF THE JACKET?
A GAZILLION SIGNATURES,
IT'S ON A JACKET,
WHICH MAKES IT A
LITTLE WEIRD, AND‐‐
‐ RIGHT. IT WAS
KIND OF A BIG TREND
TO GET JACKETS SIGNED LIKE
THIS FOR A LONG TIME, ACTUALLY,
STARTING IN THE '90S.
IT WAS ALWAYS A LEATHER JACKET.
IT ALWAYS KIND OF PERTAINED
TO BASKETBALL PLAYERS,
FROM WHAT I REMEMBER.
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY,
LET'S JUST LOOK AT THE
FIRST BIG SIGNATURE,
THAT'S JORDAN, AND THAT'S
THE KEY TO THIS WHOLE THING.
ANYTIME I HEAR ABOUT A
MICHAEL JORDAN SIGNED PIECE,
I'M KIND OF LEERY.
MICHAEL JORDAN IS ONE OF
THE MOST HEAVILY FORGED
ATHLETES IN MODERN HISTORY,
SO THE CHANCES OF BEING
REAL ARE PRETTY SLIM.
JORDAN HAD THIS BEAUTIFUL
SIGNATURE, AS YOU COULD SEE.
STARTS OFF HERE, DROPS DOWN,
AND HIS NAME JUST KIND OF
FLOWS INTO HIS LAST NAME.
NOW, YOU DON'T GET MUCH
OUT OF THE LAST NAME.
DOWN HERE, IN THIS ONE IS
HIS TEAMMATE WITH THE BULLS,
SCOTTIE PIPPEN,
BIG S, THE BIG P.
AND THEN THE OTHER KEY
SIGNATURE WAS PATRICK EWING.
HE DIDN'T LIKE SIGNING
AUTOGRAPHS TOO MUCH.
COULD BE A TOUGH
AUTOGRAPH AT TIMES,
BUT I'M SEEING JUST A REALLY
NICE SIGNATURE OUT OF HIM,
AND THIS HE FINISHES
OFF WITH A NICE 33 HERE.
‐ OKAY. ‐ YOU KNOW,
IT'S AN ECLECTIC BUNCH FOR SURE.
YOU KNOW, I SEE DARRELL
GREEN, PLAYED IN THE NFL,
HALL OF FAMER, BYRON SCOTT
WHO PLAYED FOR THE LAKERS,
FLIP SAUNDERS WHO
WAS AN NBA HEAD COACH,
SO YOU HAVE KIND OF
LIKE A NICE BLEND HERE,
BUT YOU DO HAVE
THE EARLY MAKINGS OF THE
BULLS CHAMPIONSHIP RUNS.
SO TRENT TUCKER
PLAYED FOR THE BULLS,
SO HIM AND JORDAN GOT CLOSE.
THAT'S KIND OF COOL.
YOU HAVE TO FIGURE
JORDAN, HE'S, LIKE,
THE LINCHPIN TO IT ALL.
JORDAN ON ANYTHING,
JUST BARE BONES, HE'S $800.
‐ SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?
‐ IT'S DEFINITELY AUTHENTIC.
THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.
I'D PUT THE VALUE RIGHT
AT ABOUT $1,200, RICK.
‐ OKAY. THANKS, MAN.
‐ GOOD TO SEE YOU.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, CHUM.
‐ ALL RIGHT. ‐ THANK YOU.
‐ YEP. ‐ ALL RIGHT.
‐ WELL, I'M PRETTY
HAPPY. ‐ OKAY.
I COULD ACTUALLY GIVE
YOU, LIKE 600 BUCKS FOR IT.
♪ ♪
‐ CONSIDER IT DONE. ‐ OKAY.
SO OBVIOUSLY YOU REALLY
WANT THIS OUT OF YOUR CLOSET.
‐ I REALLY DO BECAUSE THERE'S
MANY MORE BEAUTIFUL THINGS
THAT ARE WAITING TO ENTER.
‐ ALL RIGHT. YOU WANT
TO GO WRITE HER UP?
‐ YEAH, LET'S GO
WRITE IT UP. COME ON.
‐ THANKS SO MUCH.
I'M HAPPY TO TAKE COME $600.
I GOT MY FULL
ASKING PRICE AND ONE.
[WIND HOWLING]
[LOW RUMBLING]
[METALLIC CREAK]
[ENGINE RUMBLING]
‐ SO I'M IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE DESERT
IN SEARCH OF A TANK
FOR THE SHOP'S LOT.
APPARENTLY, THERE'S AN AUTHENTIC
SHERMAN TANK FOR SALE
THAT WAS USED‐‐GET THIS‐‐
IN IWO JIMA DURING WORLD WAR II.
IT DOESN'T GET MUCH
BETTER THAN THAT.
WITH THAT AND THE FLAMETHROWER,
IT'S GOING TO BE
AN EXPLOSIVE DAY.
SO ARE WE CLOSE?
‐ ALMOST THERE.
ABOUT FIVE MORE MINUTES OUT.
[ENGINE RUMBLING]
[HELICOPTER ROTORS WHIRRING]
THAT'S IT RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S THE SHERMAN.
‐ WOW.
‐ ALL RIGHT! WE'RE HERE!
‐ LOOK AT THAT TANK!
‐ HOLY [BLEEP]. THAT IS AMAZING.
[CANNON BOOMS]
‐ THE TANK THE GUYS
ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW
IS AN M4A3 SHERMAN.
WHAT MAKES THIS TANK SPECIAL,
IT'S THE ONLY SHERMAN
TANK IN PRIVATE HANDS
THAT WAS ACTUALLY USED
IN THE PACIFIC THEATER
THAT REAL MARINES JUMPED
INTO DURING IWO JIMA,
AND THEY CAN RELIVE
THAT HISTORY AS WELL.
‐ THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
SO THIS THING ACTUALLY
SAW ACTION IN IWO JIMA?
‐ THIS ONE DID.
IT DID SEE ACTION.
IT WAS KNOCKED OFF THREE
TIMES IN THE FIRST 24 HOURS.
IT WAS FINALLY
TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE
WHEN THEY HIT THE TURRET
AT THE TURRET BEARING,
AND WE MET THE GENTLEMAN
WHO HAD TO BACK IT OUT.
HE'S STILL ALIVE TODAY.
‐ I LOOK AT IT, JUST
FIND IT INCREDIBLE
BECAUSE, I MEAN,
IT'S FROM IWO JIMA.
I MEAN, IT'S LIKE, WHEN
THEY RAISED THE FLAG
ON MOUNT SURIBACHI, IT'S
PROBABLY THE MOST ICONIC PHOTO
OF ALL OF WORLD WAR II.
‐ WELL, GUYS, THERE'S A
MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THIS TANK.
IT'S MADE OUT OF WOOD.
‐ YOU KNOW WHAT THAT'S FOR?
THE JAPANESE HAD
MAGNETIC MINES, STICKY MINES
THAT THEY WOULD RUN UP
AND STICK TO THE SIDE OF A TANK,
SO THE MARINES HAD TO
IMPROVISE AND PUT WOOD PANELING
ON THE SIDE AND ON THE
WHEELS OF THE TRACK.
SO THESE GUYS WERE
FIGURING THIS OUT
AND IMPROVISING AS BEST THEY
COULD TO PROTECT THEMSELVES.
‐ OKAY.
AND EVERYTHING
WORKS INSIDE, EVERY‐‐
‐ EVERYTHING WORKS.
‐ HOW MUCH YOU
WANT FOR THIS THING?
‐ [SIGHS] UM...
I'M LOOKING TO GET 1.5 MILLION.
♪ ♪
‐ OKAY. WILL WE GET TO DRIVE IT?
‐ YOU CAN DRIVE IT,
AND YOU CAN SHOOT IT.
‐ IT'S PRETTY DAMN COOL.
‐ YOU NEED TO GO CALL COREY.
TELL HIM TO COME DOWN HERE.
HE'S NOT GONNA WANT
TO MISS THIS. OKAY?
‐ ALL RIGHT. ‐ CAN YOU, LIKE,
POINT IT TO A DIRECTION
SO I'M IN A STRAIGHT LINE?
‐ WE CAN DO THAT TOO.
‐ THE GUY IS
ASKING $1.5 MILLION,
AND THAT KIND OF MONEY,
I'M THINKING ABOUT IT,
BUT BEFORE I DO ANYTHING,
I'M GONNA HAVE TO DRIVE IT,
AND I'M GONNA HAVE TO FIRE IT.
‐ OKAY, HERE WE GO.
[ENGINE RUMBLING,
TREAD SQUEAKING]
♪ ♪
‐ YOO‐HOO!
YEAH, RICK!
WHOO!
‐ WORLD WAR II TANKS ARE ALWAYS
GOING TO HAVE AN ICONIC PLACE
IN A COLLECTOR'S MIND,
AND WHEN THINKING
ABOUT WORLD WAR II TANKS,
YOU THINK "SHERMAN TANK."
BUT THE SHERMANS WERE RELIABLE.
THEY WERE QUICK,
THEY WERE EASY TO FIX,
AND THEY HAD GOOD FIREPOWER,
SO IF YOU WANT A
WORLD WAR II TANK,
YOU WANT A SHERMAN.
‐ YOO‐HOO!
‐ NICE, MAN.
‐ WHAT'S UP, GUYS?
I DROVE A TANK.
[LAUGHS]
‐ NOW LET'S SEE YOU
GET OUT OF A TANK.
‐ UGH!
‐ YOU NEED A SHOEHORN OR‐‐
‐ NO! I DON'T NEED A SHOEHORN.
‐ YOU NEED A STEPLADDER?
‐ I JUST WANT YOU TO
BASK IN THIS FOR A MINUTE.
♪ ♪
‐ WELL, IF YOU GUYS
WANT, WE CAN DO IS,
I'LL HAVE THE STAFF GO SET
THE TANK UP SO WE CAN FIRE IT,
AND THEN WE'LL LET YOU
SHOOT THE FLAMETHROWERS.
‐ LET'S DO IT. ‐ YEAH.
LET'S GO STRAP THAT
BOMB TO YOUR BACK.
COME ON. LET'S GO. [LAUGHTER]
‐ THE SELLER'S ASKING $4,500,
SO IT'S TIME TO SEE
WHAT THIS THING CAN DO.
I'M GONNA SET
THIS PARTY ON FIRE.
‐ OKAY, HERE HE COMES.
‐ WHAT'S UP, LADIES?
‐ HOW YOU DOING? [LAUGHS]
‐ ALL RIGHT. ‐ AND
SO HE'S ALREADY
BRIEFED YOU ON
EVERYTHING? YOU GOT IT?
‐ YEP. ‐ GOOD?
‐ YEP. ‐ ALL RIGHT.
HE'S GOING TO GET YOU HOT, OKAY?
‐ ALL RIGHT. ‐ ALL RIGHT.
‐ ALL RIGHT. ‐ ALL RIGHT.
‐ READY? ‐ WHOA!
‐ OH, MY GOD! ‐ OH!
‐ IT'S HOT! IT'S HOT!
‐ OH, MY GOD, IT'S HOT!
[LAUGHTER]
‐ CHUM, THAT'S
ENOUGH! CHUM, STOP!
‐ PRETTY BADASS.
[HEAVY METAL MUSIC]
♪ ♪
‐ THAT WAS OVER
TOO SOON. ‐ IS THAT IT?
‐ THAT WAS THE MOST
TERRIFYING THING
I'VE EVER
EXPERIENCED IN MY LIFE.
‐ WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
‐ WELL DONE, CHUM. ‐
LET ME TELL YOU WHAT‐‐
‐ OH, MY GOSH. ‐ IT
WAS WARM OVER HERE.
[LAUGHTER]
LET'S TAKE THIS THING OFF
'CAUSE WE'RE DEFINITELY
GONNA HAVE TO BUY THIS BAD BOY.
‐ [LAUGHING]
‐ ALEX, I LOVE IT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
‐ I MEAN, IT WORKS GREAT.
‐ IT WORKS GREAT?
NO, IT'S BADASS.
‐ IT IS BADASS, AND IT'S WHY
THEY DON'T MAKE THEM ANYMORE.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS TERRIFYING.
IT WAS FAIRLY EFFICIENT.
IT WAS PRETTY
USEFUL IN WORLD WAR II.
BY THE TIME VIETNAM CAME
ALONG, YOU KNOW, AFTER THAT,
THE US MILITARY
STOPPED MAKING THEM
AND DECOMMISSIONED ALL
THE ONES THAT WERE THERE.
SO IT'S A MODEL
M9. IT'S VIETNAM ERA.
IT IS, MORE OR LESS,
ORIGINAL PARTS.
THE PARTS THAT
NEED TO BE REPLACED
BECAUSE OF FUNCTION
AND SAFETY HAVE BEEN.
THE WAND IS REPRODUCTION,
WHICH IS COMMON
FOR FLAMETHROWERS
THAT ARE ACTUALLY BEING USED
BECAUSE THE VIETNAM WANDS
ARE VERY RARE AND HARD TO FIND.
RON, I KNOW WHEN YOU
TOLD US ABOUT THE VALUE,
YOU SAID 4,500, AND I'M GONNA
DO SOMETHING I RARELY DO,
IS ACTUALLY SAY, "I
THINK YOU'RE WRONG."
I THINK THE VALUE IS QUITE A
BIT HIGHER, ALMOST DOUBLE.
I'VE SEEN THESE
SELL IN THIS CONDITION
AND THIS FUNCTIONALITY
FOR, I WOULD SAY,
A MINIMUM OF 8 GRAND
AND SOMETIMES MORE,
SO I THINK YOU'RE
BEING REALLY GENEROUS.
[CHUCKLES]
‐ ALL RIGHT. SO, UM...
YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU SAID 4,500.
HE SAID IT'S WORTH,
LIKE, 8 GRAND.
CAN WE JUST SETTLE AT 5 GRAND?
‐ YOU BEING A VEGAS GUY,
FOR SURE, WE CAN DO IT.
‐ ALL RIGHT. SWEET, 5 GRAND.
‐ WELL, I DIDN'T COME
OUT TO THE DESERT
TO WATCH A WEENIE
ROAST AND ALL THIS.
LET'S GO FIRE THIS
TANK. ‐ [LAUGHS]
‐ IT'S READY. THE GUYS
GOT IT ALL PREPPED.
♪ ♪
[FLAGS FLAPPING]
♪ ♪
‐ HERE WE GO! WISH ME LUCK.
‐ YOU GOT IT. NO WORRIES.
♪ ♪
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
[MILITARISTIC MUSIC]
♪ ♪
[CANNON BOOMS]
[LAUGHTER]
‐ OH, MY GOD.
‐ OH.
‐ WHOO‐HOO‐HOO!
[EXPLOSIONS, LAUGHTER]
[HEAVY METAL MUSIC]
♪ ♪
‐ [LAUGHING]
THAT WAS AMAZING!
‐ THAT WAS AWESOME, MAN.
[LAUGHTER]
‐ NICE JOB, RICK.
‐ THE DOOR OF THAT CAR
WAS UP FOR, LIKE, 4 SECONDS!
‐ AH, MAN, THIS HAS BEEN
THE GREATEST DAY OF MY LIFE,
BY THE WAY.
[CANNON BOOMS, EXPLOSION]
NOT WHEN YOU WERE
BORN, COREY. NO.
[LAUGHS]
‐ THIS IS MUCH BETTER
THAN THAT, I'M SURE.
‐ YOU DID A GOOD JOB, POPS.
‐ OH, LOOK AT THAT CAR.
♪ ♪
‐ WHAT DO YOU THINK, ALEX?
‐ I MEAN, IT IS WHAT IT IS.
IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
SHERMANS ARE THE MOST DESIRED
AMERICAN TANK FROM WORLD WAR II.
IT RUNS WELL. IT FIRES WELL.
IT'S GOT HISTORICAL
PROVENANCE FROM IWO JIMA.
THERE IS ONE THAT WE KNOW
OF THAT SOLD IN THE LAST YEAR
THAT WASN'T DOCUMENTED
TO BEING AT ANY MAJOR BATTLE
IN WORLD WAR II,
AND IT WAS SOLD FOR 1.2 MILLION.
SO AT 1.5 MILLION, I
THINK THAT'S A FAIR PRICE.
‐ OKAY. ‐ LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.
I'LL MEET YOU AT THE HUMVEE.
‐ [SIGHS] YOU KNOW, I MEAN,
WHEN ME AND ALEX
STARTED DISCUSSING ME
BUYING A TANK,
I WAS THINKING I COULD GET
INTO SOMETHING LIKE THIS
FOR A COUPLE HUNDRED GRAND
BECAUSE THEY MADE, LIKE,
50,000 OF THESE, RIGHT?
‐ A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT.
‐ YEAH, AND IT'S AMAZING.
IT'S GOT AMAZING HISTORY.
EVERYTHING ABOUT
IT'S ABSOLUTELY GREAT,
BUT, UM...
THAT'S SO OUT OF THE
BALLPARK FOR ME, MAN. [LAUGHS]
BUT I REALLY, REALLY
APPRECIATE THE DAY.
IT'S BEEN AN UNBELIEVABLE DAY.
AT LEAST I GOT A
FLAMETHROWER OUT OF YOU.
‐ YES, SIR. ‐ OKAY?
THANKS, MAN, AMAZING DAY.
THIS IS, LIKE, ONE OF THE
GREATEST DAYS OF MY LIFE, DUDE.
I DROVE A TANK, AND I BLEW
SOMETHING UP WITH A TANK.
[CANNON BOOMS]
[EXPLOSION]
‐ OH! [LAUGHING]
‐ OH, MY GOD! ‐
LOOK AT THE FLAME!
♪ ♪
[METALLIC CLATTERING]
‐ OH, MY GOD! ‐ [LAUGHING]
‐ ON TONIGHT'S EPISODE...
‐ THIS IS A 1955
SCHWINN TRIPLET.
‐ THE BOYS AND I
FIGURE OUT... WHOA!
NOT EVERYTHING IS
JUST LIKE RIDING A BIKE.
DON'T HAVE VERY GOOD BALANCE.
‐ WE'RE GONNA ALL CRASH AND DIE.
‐ A SET OF HAUNTED PRINTS
LEAVES COREY SPOOKED...
‐ THESE ARE TWO
PROTOTYPE PICTURES
FROM THE HAUNTED
MANSION AT DISNEYLAND.
‐ WEREN'T WE STRANDED IN
THE HAUNTED HOUSE ONCE?
‐ THAT WAS THE MOST
TERRIFYING THING
I'VE EVER
EXPERIENCED IN MY LIFE.
‐ AND WE HEAD
OUT TO THE DESERT...
‐ YOO‐HOO!
‐ TO FLEX SOME MILITARY MUSCLE.
[GUNSHOT]
[LAUGHTER]
‐ WHOO‐HOO‐HOO!
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
♪ ♪
‐ OKAY.
I'M DEFINITELY
INTRIGUED. [LAUGHS]
WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
‐ THIS IS A 1955
SCHWINN TRIPLET.
IT'S OVER 9 FEET LONG,
AND IT TOOK TWO PEOPLE
TO GET IT IN THE TRUCK.
‐ HAVE YOU RIDDEN IT?
‐ I WOULDN'T RIDE THIS BICYCLE.
I HAVE KIDS.
[LAUGHTER]
[BELL RINGS, CASH
REGISTER RATTLES]
I'M COMING INTO THE
PAWN SHOP TODAY TO SELL
MY SCHWINN 1955 TRIPLET BICYCLE.
THIS IS THE ONLY ONE
KNOWN IN EXISTENCE
TO HAVE THE THREE‐SPEED SETUP.
THE BIKE IS IN
FABULOUS CONDITION.
IT HAS NOT BEEN RIDDEN
IN OVER 20 OR 30 YEARS.
I'D LIKE TO SELL
THE BIKE FOR 7,500.
♪ ♪
‐ I'M JUST SORT OF,
LIKE, SPEECHLESS.
I MEAN, IT'S REALLY COOL.
I MEAN, IT'S A
SCHWINN, WHICH IS, LIKE,
THE QUINTESSENTIAL
AMERICAN BICYCLE COMPANY.
‐ NOW, THEY MADE A FEW IN '55,
BUT THEN THEY REALIZED
IT'S TOO DIFFICULT TO RIDE,
SO THEY CANCELED THE ORDER.
THIS IS THE ONLY '55
WITH THE ITALIAN CAMPAGNOLO
DERAILLEUR AND GEAR SET.
‐ WHAT IS A CAMPAGNOLO? ‐
CAMPAGNOLO WAS THE FATHER
OF BICYCLE RACING:
LIGHTWEIGHT FRAMES,
LIGHTWEIGHT SEAT POST,
MULTIPLE SPEEDS ON BICYCLES.
THAT'S THE SUPER HIGH‐END STUFF.
THIS IS SUPER, SUPER COOL.
I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE
THE BICYCLE LICENSES ON THEM.
‐ WHAT IS A BICYCLE LICENSE?
‐ OKAY, SO WHEN I WAS A KID,
YOU COULD GET A TICKET FOR NOT
HAVING A BICYCLE LICENSE, OKAY?
SO WHENEVER YOU
GOT A NEW BICYCLE,
YOU HAD TO GO DOWN
TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
AND GIVE THEM $2,
AND THEY GAVE YOU
A BICYCLE LICENSE.
SO HOW MUCH YOU
WANT FOR THIS THING?
‐ I'D LIKE TO GET 7,500 FOR IT.
‐ $7,500.
‐ YOU KNOW, WHY DON'T
YOU TAKE IT FOR A SPIN?
‐ YOU KNOW WHAT? I'LL
TAKE YOU UP ON THAT.
‐ YOU COMING WITH
ME? ‐ LET'S GO, ANTWAUN.
‐ I'M NOT GETTING ON THAT THING.
‐ YOU'RE RIDING THIS BIKE IF
YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR JOB.
[LAUGHTER]
‐ I HAVE NO DOUBT THESE GUYS
ARE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF FUN
RIDING THIS BIKE.
IT'S MORE FUN THAN A
BARREL OF MONKEYS.
♪ ♪
‐ I'M DRIVING, RICK.
‐ NO, I'M STEERING.
‐ HELL NO. ‐ ALL RIGHT.
LET ME GET ON FIRST, GUYS.
GOT TO LEAN IT A LITTLE BIT.
‐ WELL, I'M ON THE
BACK. ‐ NO, MAN.
‐ NO, ANTWAUN'S ON THE
BACK. ALL RIGHT. COME ON, GUYS.
‐ ALL RIGHT. DON'T SIT
ON MY HANDS, CHUM.
‐ ALL RIGHT. YOU
GUYS READY? ‐ YEAH.
‐ FEET OFF THE PEDALS, GUYS.
GOING TO RAISE THE LEFT PEDAL.
SO WE'RE IN STARTING
POSITION. COAST IS CLEAR.
ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO, GUYS.
[CAREFREE MUSIC]
WHOA!
♪ ♪
[LAUGHING]
‐ RIGHT, WHO'S
ACTUALLY PEDALING?
'CAUSE I'M NOT.
♪ ♪
‐ YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE
VERY GOOD BALANCE.
‐ NO, NOT AT ALL BECAUSE
Y'ALL KEEP LEANING.
I'M DOING ALL THE
WORK. ‐ LEFT HERE.
‐ WE'RE GONNA ALL CRASH AND DIE.
‐ [LAUGHS]
♪ ♪
‐ HEY, HOW'D IT GO?
‐ UM...
FUN AND A LITTLE BIT OF DANGER.
[LAUGHTER]
SO WHAT'S YOUR BEST PRICE ON IT?
‐ I'D LIKE TO GET 7,500 FOR IT.
‐ I'LL GIVE YOU 5 GRAND FOR IT.
‐ HOW ABOUT 7? ‐ OKAY.
IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE
BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO SELL.
IT'S A MUCH THINNER MARKET.
LET ME GIVE YOU 5,500 FOR IT.
‐ HOW ABOUT SPLITTING
THE DIFFERENCE WITH ME?
GIVE ME 6.
‐ SO MEET IN THE MIDDLE AT 57?
‐ 5,750?
‐ 57.
‐ YOU KNOW, I REALLY ENJOYED
THAT SMILE ON YOUR
FACE WHEN YOU CAME BACK.
5,700 WILL DO IT.
‐ ALL RIGHT, SWEET. DEAL.
JUST GO WITH HIM, AND HE WILL
WRITE YOU UP AND GET YOU PAID.
‐ OKAY.
WE SETTLED ON 5,700.
I'M GONNA TAKE MY
MONEY AND GIVE MY WIFE
THE FENCE IN THE
BACKYARD THAT SHE WANTS.
[ROCK MUSIC]
♪ ♪
‐ WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THIS?
‐ THESE ARE TWO
PROTOTYPE PICTURES
FROM THE HAUNTED
MANSION AT DISNEYLAND.
♪ ♪
‐ WEREN'T WE STRANDED IN THE
HAUNTED HOUSE ONCE FOR A WHILE?
OUR CHAIR WAS STUCK?
‐ I THINK THAT WAS
MR. TOAD'S WILD RIDE.
[LAUGHTER]
[BELL RINGS, PERSON SCREAMS]
‐ I'M HERE TODAY
AT THE PAWN SHOP
TO TRY AND SELL MY
DISNEYLAND HAUNTED MANSION
PROTOTYPE PICTURES.
I PICKED UP THESE
PROTOTYPES AT AN ESTATE SALE
FOR A GENTLEMAN WHO
WORKED FOR DISNEY MANY YEARS.
I'M HOPING TO SELL THE
MEN IN QUICKSAND FOR 150
AND THE WOMAN SITTING
ON THE TOMBSTONE FOR 200.
‐ THESE ARE AMAZING. THE
HAUNTED MANSION, IT WAS‐‐
LIKE EVERYTHING DISNEY, IT
WAS JUST WAY OVER‐THE‐TOP.
♪ ♪
THEY HAD THE ANIMATRONICS IN IT,
THE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING
SPECIAL EFFECTS IN IT.
‐ EVERYBODY KIND OF
GOT FREAKED OUT THE END
WHEN THERE WAS A GHOST
SITTING IN THE CHAIR NEXT TO YOU.
[LAUGHTER]
WALT DISNEY JUST
CONSTANTLY WOULD COME UP
WITH THESE WILD IDEAS
FOR THE HAUNTED MANSION,
MR. TOAD'S WILD RIDE,
FRONTIERLAND, TOM
SAWYER'S ISLAND,
TOMORROWLAND, YOU KNOW,
ALL THESE THINGS THAT WERE
JUST BASICALLY UNTHINKABLE.
‐ SO WHAT'S THE STORY
WITH THEM BEING FROM
THE HAUNTED MANSION?
‐ A GENTLEMAN THAT
WORKED FOR DISNEY
FOR A LONG TIME IN THEIR
MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT,
HE SAW THEM IN A WAREHOUSE
AND ASKED HIS BOSS IF HE COULD
TAKE THEM, AND THEY SAID YES.
‐ OKAY.
‐ SO YOU'RE SAYING THESE
WERE PROTOTYPES OF ART
THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO
BE ON THE WALLS IN THERE?
‐ CORRECT, YEAH.
THESE ARE, LIKE, THE PROTOTYPES
THAT WERE SHOWN TO WALT
BEFORE THEY WERE ACTUALLY
MADE INTO THE ACTUAL THINGS
THAT ARE IN THE ELEVATOR ROOM.
‐ OKAY.
♪ ♪
SO HOW MUCH YOU WANT FOR THESE?
‐ FOR THE MEN IN THE
QUICKSAND, I'D LIKE 150,
AND FOR THE BIG
PICTURE WITH THE LADY
SITTING ON THE
HEADSTONE, I'D LIKE 200.
‐ OKAY.
ANY PROP FROM
DISNEYLAND IS WORTH MONEY.
I MEAN, SOME OF THE
ORIGINAL PAINTINGS
THAT WERE IN THE HAUNTED HOUSE
HAVE GONE AS‐‐FOR AS
HIGH AS MUCH AS $300,000.
YEAH. OKAY.
THEY'VE‐‐THEY'VE SOLD
FOR AUCTION AT THAT PRICE.
‐ ALL RIGHT. ‐ BUT, LIKE,
THERE'S A LOT OF WEIRD
THINGS GOING ON HERE.
IT'S REALLY WEIRD THAT THEY'RE
PASTED TOGETHER LIKE THIS.
PERSONALLY, I DON'T THINK
THESE ARE PROTOTYPES.
‐ OKAY. ‐ BUT I COULD BE WRONG,
SO LET ME CALL UP A GUY.
HE KNOWS ALL THINGS DISNEY.
LET ME GET HIM DOWN HERE,
AND HOPEFULLY HE
CAN PROVE ME WRONG.
‐ GREAT, THANK YOU. ‐ ALL RIGHT.
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK. ‐ ALL RIGHT.
‐ AND THE HAUNTED
HOUSE EVEN TERRIFIED ME
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID.
‐ EVERYTHING TERRIFIED
HIM WHEN HE WAS A KID.
♪ ♪
‐ HEY. HOW'S IT GOING?
‐ GOOD. HOW ARE YOU TODAY?
‐ WHAT HAVE WE GOT HERE?
‐ I HAVE A SPY
COIN AND A SPY PEN.
♪ ♪
‐ OKAY. WHERE DID YOU GET THESE?
‐ FROM MY FATHER.
‐ SO YOUR DAD...
WAS A SPY?
[LAUGHTER]
♪ ♪
‐ I HAVE A SPY
PEN AND A SPY COIN
THAT I'M HOPING TO SELL TODAY.
THE COIN IS FROM
ABOUT THE 1800S,
AND THE PEN, I BELIEVE,
IS FROM THE 1920S,
AND THEY SEEM TO BE IN VERY
GOOD SHAPE FOR THEIR AGE.
I'M HOPING TO SELL THE
PEN AND THE COIN FOR $500.
‐ ALL RIGHT, SO TELL
ME ABOUT THESE THINGS.
‐ IT LOOKS JUST
LIKE A SILVER DOLLAR,
AND YET IT HAS A DOUBLE‐HINGE
OPENING, AND IT OPENS UP,
AND YOU CAN PUT YOUR
MICROFILM OR WHATEVER.
‐ THAT'S REALLY, REALLY CUTE.
THESE WERE REALLY POPULAR,
ESPECIALLY AFTER
WORLD WAR II WITH, WELL,
THE RUSSIANS AND THE COLD
WAR AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT,
YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THE SPY
MOVIES OUT AND EVERYTHING.
I THINK THEY WERE SOLD AS, LIKE,
SOME SORT OF SPY
GADGET IN WASHINGTON, D. C.
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
IN NOVELTY SHOPS THERE
ALL DURING THE COLD WAR
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD,
WHAT, OVER 45
YEARS OF A COLD WAR,
AND THAT'S ALL WE TALKED
ABOUT WAS RUSSIAN SPIES?
[LAUGHTER]
IF YOU LOOK RIGHT HERE,
YOU TAKE ONE SILVER DOLLAR,
AND YOU PUT IT IN A LATHE,
AND YOU CUT OUT THE
WHOLE SIDE OF IT LIKE THAT,
AND THEN YOU TAKE
ANOTHER SILVER DOLLAR.
YOU PUT IT ON A MILL
AND JUST FACE IT DOWN
SO YOU JUST HAVE
THIS FLAT LITTLE DISK.
TRIM THE EDGES, AND THEN
YOU PUT IN A BEZEL LIKE THAT,
AND YOU MAKE THE HINGE
AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT,
AND YOU HAVE YOUR LITTLE
HIDDEN COMPARTMENT RIGHT HERE
FOR MICROFICHE OR A
PICTURE OF YOUR SWEETHEART.
WHEN IT COMES TOGETHER,
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S
JUST A SILVER DOLLAR.
THIS THING, ON THE OTHER HAND,
HAS A WHOLE DIFFERENT STORY.
IT HAS A TEAR GAS
CANISTER, RIGHT?
‐ THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN
TOLD, TEAR GAS PEN.
‐ THESE ARE REALLY,
REALLY INTERESTING.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS THE
PEPPER SPRAY OF ITS DAY.
ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS COCK IT
AND PRESS THAT BUTTON, OKAY,
AND YOUR TEAR GAS
WOULD FLY OUT THE END
AND, LIKE, REALLY GET
IN SOMEONE'S FACE.
OKAY, HERE'S THE PROBLEM
WITH THIS RIGHT HERE‐‐
OKAY, AND THERE'S SORT OF
A BIG PROBLEM WITH IT, OKAY?
THIS IS A GUN. SEE
THIS RIGHT HERE?
THAT'S A .38 CALIBER
BULLET, NOT TEAR GAS.
OKAY, THEY SOLD THEM
AS TEAR GAS THINGS,
BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A HANDGUN.
OKAY, AND HERE'S THE
OTHER BIG PROBLEM.
THAT THING RIGHT THERE,
YOU'RE REALLY NOT
ALLOWED TO HAVE THEM.
‐ OKAY. ‐ THE PROBLEM IS,
EVEN WHEN IT'S NOT
HIDING IN YOUR POCKET
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THEY CONSIDER IT
STILL A CONCEALED GUN
BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE A PEN,
SO YOU SORT OF HAVE
TO TURN THIS INTO THE ATF.
YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING?
‐ I'M AFRAID I MIGHT
BE SEEING THAT, YEAH.
‐ YES. SO THAT RIGHT THERE‐‐
I'M GOING TO WIPE MY
FINGERPRINTS OFF‐‐
NO. [LAUGHS]
THIS PARTICULAR
THING RIGHT HERE,
YOU NEED TO TURN IT
IN TO THE GOVERNMENT.
IT'S‐‐YOU'RE NOT
ALLOWED TO HAVE THEM.
YEAH, THERE'S CAMERAS IN HERE.
‐ OH, NO. ‐ ALL RIGHT.
SO THE TEAR GAS GUN SLASH
.38‐CALIBER CONCEALED WEAPON,
THAT'S LIKE, NO,
NO, NO, NO FOR ME.
THIS RIGHT HERE, I WOULD
GIVE YOU, LIKE, 20 BUCKS FOR IT.
I JUST DON'T THINK
IT'LL SELL WELL.
‐ REALLY? WELL, I THINK I
WILL PROBABLY TAKE THIS HOME
AND PUT A PICTURE
OF MY WIFE IN IT.
‐ AND YOU NEED TO CALL UP, LIKE,
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
AND GET RID OF THAT.
‐ AND WE‐‐ YOU
HAVEN'T SEEN THIS.
WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS.
‐ WELL, UNFORTUNATELY,
I HAVE. [LAUGHS]
‐ MY NAME IS ALFRED SCHMUTZ,
AND I'M FROM POLAND.
‐ OKAY. THANKS FOR COMING IN.
‐ THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE
THE INFORMATION.
‐ ALL RIGHT.
‐ THANK YOU. ‐
YEAH, THAT'S SCARY.
‐ SO I HAVE A GUY IN THE
SHOP WITH WHAT HE SAYS
IS THE ORIGINAL PROTOTYPE ART
FOR THE HAUNTED
MANSION IN DISNEYLAND,
SO I'M BRINGING IN MIKE,
WHO'S AN EXPERT
IN ALL THINGS DISNEY,
TO SEE IF THESE THINGS
ARE REAL OR JUST AN ILLUSION.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? ‐
WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU CALL ME
ABOUT HAUNTED MANSION,
I COME RIGHT AWAY.
I GOT TO TELL YOU, IT'S
ONE OF THE HOTTEST
COLLECTIBLES THERE
IS IN DISNEYANA,
AND THESE LOOK A LOT
LIKE THE STRETCH PAINTINGS
THAT ARE IN THE ELEVATOR
IN THE HAUNTED MANSION.
♪ ♪
THESE PAINTINGS WERE DESIGNED
BY A GENTLEMAN NAMED MARC DAVIS
WHO WAS AN
IMAGINEER AT THE PARK,
AND HE WAS AN ANIMATOR
BEFORE THAT, ANIMATED "BAMBI,"
WAS ONE OF HIS MORE
FAMOUS FEATURES.
AND THESE PAINTINGS ARE ICONIC
PARTS OF THE HAUNTED MANSION.
WHEN YOU'RE IN THAT ELEVATOR
AND THESE PAINTINGS
START TO STRETCH,
THIS IS THE MOST
MEMORABLE PART OF THE RIDE.
WHEN THE ELEVATOR STARTED,
YOU WOULD SEE JUST HER,
YOU KNOW, AND AS THE
ELEVATOR WENT DOWN,
YOU'D GET THE STORY OF WHAT
HAPPENED TO HER HUSBAND
OR WHAT HAPPENED TO
THIS GUY IN THE QUICKSAND.
GREAT ICONIC IMAGES
FROM THE PARK.
REALLY, REALLY FUN.
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE,
YOU'RE SAYING THEY
WERE USED FOR...
‐ THEY WERE PROTOTYPES
TO SHOW WALT.
‐ OKAY.
DAVIS WOULD PAINT THE ORIGINALS,
WHICH ARE ABOUT
THIS BIG AND THIS WIDE.
PAINTERS OR IMAGINEERS
WOULD LOOK AT DAVIS' IMAGES
AND THEN PAINT A REPLICA
OF THEM ON CANVAS
THAT WOULD GO INTO THE RIDE,
BUT THERE'S NO REASON
TO DO A PROTOTYPE
THAT HAS A MAN'S HEAD
ON THE TOP OF THE FRAME
BECAUSE THAT'S NOT
HOW THE GAG WORKS,
SO THAT WOULDN'T BE
THE PROTOTYPE FOR IT.
AND WHEN WE LOOK
AT THIS, WE WOULD SAY,
"WELL, WHY WOULD THEY CUT
THIS OUT AND PUT THIS TOGETHER
LIKE A PUZZLE WHEN
THEY COULD JUST PAINT IT?"
WHAT I CAN TELL YOU
BY LOOKING AT THESE
AND KNOWING THEIR
HISTORY, UNFORTUNATELY,
THE QUALITY OF THE ARTWORK
IS NOT THAT OF MARC DAVIS,
AND IT'S NOT THAT OF DISNEY.
THE MATERIALS THEY USED AND
THE WAY THEY PUT IT TOGETHER
IS NOT THE WAY THEY
WOULD HAVE DONE IT
THERE AT IMAGINEERING.
MY GUESS WITH
SOMETHING LIKE THIS,
AND THE REASON IT WOULD
BE IN A DISNEY WAREHOUSE,
MAYBE THESE WERE A
DECORATION FOR A PARTY.
MAYBE THESE WERE USED AT SOME
SORT OF EVENT THERE AT THE PARK
AND THEN JUST PUT INTO STORAGE.
‐ SO I'M ASSUMING IT'S
NOT WORTH ANYTHING?
‐ UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T SEE
THESE BEING WORTH ANYTHING,
ESPECIALLY IN THE
CONDITION THEY'RE IN.
‐ OKAY. ‐ I APPRECIATE
YOU COMING DOWN.
‐ THANK YOU, MAN. THANKS,
MAN. ‐ ALL RIGHT. THANKS, MAN.
‐ YOU GUYS TAKE CARE. ‐ OKAY.
UNFORTUNATELY, I'M JUST NOT
GONNA BE ABLE TO GIVE
YOU ANYTHING FOR THEM.
‐ I UNDERSTAND.
‐ HAVE A GOOD ONE. ‐ YOU TOO.
♪ ♪
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
♪ ♪
‐ HEY. HOW'S IT GOING?
‐ HEY. PRETTY GOOD.
‐ SO WHAT DO WE GOT?
‐ GOT SOME OLD WORLD
WAR II TOY SOLDIERS.
‐ ALL RIGHT.
OLD METAL TOY SOLDIERS.
THEY STILL SELL ARMY MEN TODAY.
THEY JUST MAKE
THEM OUT OF PLASTIC.
‐ TRUE. ‐ I GREW UP IN THE ERA
OF THE PLASTIC ARMY MEN.
[CANNONS BOOMING]
‐ I AM HERE AT THE
PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO TRY AND SELL MY WORLD
WAR II VINTAGE TOY SOLDIERS.
I GOT THESE TOY SOLDIERS
FROM MY GRANDFATHER,
WHO WAS ACTUALLY THE
OWNER OF THE COMPANY.
I DO HAVE SEVERAL OF
THEM IN MINT CONDITION
STILL IN THE BOXES THAT
HAVE NEVER BEEN TAKEN OUT.
I WAS HOPING TO
SELL THEM FOR 10,000.
‐ THIS IS COOL.
TOY SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN AROUND
FOR HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS
AND HUNDREDS OF YEARS.
THEY HAVE STOOD THE TEST OF TIME
'CAUSE THEY STILL
MAKE ARMY MEN TODAY.
‐ DEFINITELY. ‐ I
KNOW TRU‐CRAFT.
I KNOW THEY WERE A BIG COMPANY.
I KNOW THEY WEREN'T THE BIGGEST,
BUT THEY WERE
RELATIVELY POPULAR.
THE WHOLE PLASTICS THING
KIND OF TOOK A LOT OF COMPANIES
LIKE THIS OUT OF BUSINESS.
‐ ACTUALLY, MY GRANDFATHER
SAID IT WENT DOWN MAINLY
BECAUSE WORLD WAR II HAD
JUST ENDED AND PEOPLE DIDN'T‐‐
NO ONE WANTED CHARACTERS OF
THEIR HUSBANDS, BROTHERS, SONS
THAT HAD GONE OFF TO WAR, SO‐‐
‐ THAT COULD HAVE BEEN IT TOO.
SO THESE ARE METAL.
ARE THEY HAND‐PAINTED?
‐ THEY'RE ALL
HAND‐PAINTED, EACH ONE.
‐ THIS GUY SEEMS
PRETTY INTERESTING.
‐ THAT PIECE IS ACTUALLY
A JAPANESE SOLDIER
SURRENDERING‐‐
‐ OKAY. ‐ NOT
SAYING "TOUCHDOWN."
‐ OKAY. THIS ONE'S PRETTY COOL.
YOU GOT THE GUY ON
THE HORSE, THE NURSES.
‐ SOME VERY RARE PIECES.
‐ HOW MANY PIECES
TOTAL DO YOU HAVE?
‐ SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
80 AND 100, I'D SAY.
‐ OKAY.
I KNOW THESE CAN BE
REALLY, REALLY COLLECTIBLE.
I MEAN, I KNOW THERE'S
GUYS WHOSE ENTIRE GARAGES
ARE SET UP WITH THIS
THINGS‐‐ ‐ OH, YEAH.
‐ YOU KNOW, SIMILAR TO
PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY,
REALLY INTO TRAIN SETS.
ANY IDEA ON HOW MUCH
YOU'RE LOOKING TO GET?
‐ 10,000. ‐ OKAY.
YOU KNOW, WHEN IT
COMES TO STUFF LIKE THIS,
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
COLLECTOR MARKET IS.
I KNOW SOME OF THESE THINGS
CAN GO FOR A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY.
LET ME BRING IN SOMEBODY
WHO WOULD KNOW
A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
THESE THAN I WOULD, OKAY?
‐ SURE. ‐ HANG OUT.
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
LET ME SEE IF I CAN
GET HIM DOWN HERE.
‐ OKAY, GREAT.
I'M HAPPY THAT AN
EXPERT'S COMING IN.
THEY CAN TELL ME MORE ABOUT
THEM, WHAT THEY'RE WORTH,
AND I HOPE THE EXPERT
AGREES WITH ME ON THE PRICE.
♪ ♪
‐ FOR YEARS, I'VE PLAYED
AROUND WITH THE IDEA
OF GETTING A TANK,
SOMETHING EYE‐CATCHING
TO PUT OUTSIDE THE SHOP,
SO WHEN ALEX, MY
MILITARY EXPERT,
TOLD ME OF A USED TANK LOT,
I HAD TO JUMP AT THE CHANCE
TO FINALLY GET MY OWN.
♪ ♪
OH, MAN, THIS IS SICK.
‐ [LAUGHS]
♪ ♪
‐ ALL RIGHT. ‐ WOW.
‐ CHECK THIS OUT.
‐ HOW MUCH DOES
THIS THING WEIGH?
‐ WEIGHS ENOUGH TO CRUSH A CAR.
‐ [LAUGHS] ‐ I MEAN,
IF YOU LOOK AT THE
TREADS DOWN HERE,
IT'S TAKEN AN ENTIRE CAR THAT
WOULD PROBABLY BE UP TO HERE
AND PUT IT DOWN
TO, LIKE, 8 INCHES.
‐ HEY, ALEX. ‐ HEY, RON.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, MAN.
‐ GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO. YOU TOO.
‐ YEAH.
‐ SO THIS IS YOUR
TANK USED CAR LOT?
‐ PRETTY MUCH, YES, SIR.
[LAUGHTER]
‐ MY WIFE AND I ARE OWNERS
OF BATTLEFIELD VEGAS,
AND IT'S A RANGE
WHERE YOU CAN COME IN,
SHOOT WEAPONS FROM WORLD
WAR I TO CURRENT OPERATIONS.
WE HAVE EVERYTHING
FROM WORLD WAR II TANKS
TO MODERN ERA TANKS AND
PRICED FROM 85,000 TO 1.5 MILLION.
♪ ♪
‐ WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
‐ IT'S A SEXTON
MARK II FROM 1943,
AND WHAT IT WAS IS
BASICALLY A MOBILE ARTILLERY.
♪ ♪
THE BOTTOM DESIGN IS
AMERICAN TECHNOLOGY SHERMAN,
BUT IT WAS ALL BUILT IN CANADA
TO HELP WITH THE WAR PRODUCTION
BECAUSE WE COULDN'T
PUMP THEM OUT FAST ENOUGH.
‐ SO IS THIS TECHNICALLY A TANK?
‐ NO, IT'S MORE OF A
SELF‐PROPELLED GUN.
IT WASN'T MADE TO GET
CLOSE TO THE FRONT.
‐ BUT IT IS WORLD
WAR II? ‐ YES, SIR.
IT WAS DEFINITELY
USED IN WORLD WAR II.
‐ AND HOW MUCH DOES
SOMETHING LIKE THIS RUN?
‐ IT'S 85,000.
‐ THAT'S FAIRLY REASONABLE
FOR A WORLD WAR II‐‐
‐ TANK‐ISH THING. ‐
TANK‐ISH THING, YEAH.
‐ I KNOW, BUT IT'S STILL
TANK‐ISH AND NOT TANK.
IT'S LIKE GIVING YOUR WIFE
SOMETHING THAT'S DIAMOND‐ISH.
[LAUGHTER]
‐ ALL RIGHT, YOU WANT A TANK.
‐ I'M THINKING ABOUT
GETTING A TANK.
‐ WELL, IF YOU WANT SOMETHING
NEWER, WE HAVE A LEOPARD 1A5.
THAT'S A MODERN COMBAT TANK,
OR WE HAVE SOME
EARLY VIETNAM ERA TANKS.
‐ I'M THINKING MORE
WORLD WAR II, AMERICAN.
‐ WE DO HAVE A WORLD WAR II
M4A3 THAT WAS USED IN IWO JIMA.
‐ [SCOFFS] WOW.
‐ A SHERMAN TANK? ‐
IT'S A SHERMAN TANK.
‐ USED IN IWO JIMA? ‐
IT WAS USED IN IWO JIMA.
WE TRACKED THE
HISTORY DOWN TO IT,
AND IT'S THE ONLY ONE WE KNOW OF
IN PRIVATELY OWNED FROM
HANDS FROM THE PACIFIC THEATER.
‐ HOW MANY TANKS
WERE IN AT IWO JIMA?
THERE WASN'T A LOT, WAS THERE?
‐ UM, THERE WAS FIVE
MARINE BATTALIONS,
AND THEY WERE ALL DUMPED
IN THE OCEAN AFTERWARDS,
SO I DON'T KNOW
HOW MANY ARE LEFT.
‐ IT WORKS? ‐ IT
WORKS. IT FIRES.
IT SHOOTS. YOU NAME IT.
‐ SO WHICH ONE IS
THAT? ‐ IT'S NOT HERE.
IT'S AT OUR OUTDOOR BASE.
‐ YOUR WHAT? ‐ OUTDOOR BASE.
WE HAVE A BASE
OUTDOORS FOR OPERATIONS.
‐ AND SO IT'S FULLY OPERATIONAL
IN THE SENSE THAT IT DRIVES,
OR DOES IT ALSO
FIRE? ‐ IT DRIVES.
THE MAIN GUN FIRES. THE
COAX MACHINE GUNS WORK.
‐ NOW, IF YOU WANTED TO BUY
IT, RICK, WE COULD, YOU KNOW,
DEACTIVATE THE MACHINE GUNS,
AND WE COULD REMOVE THOSE.
‐ WE WOULD HAVE TO HOLD
THOSE‐‐TAKE THOSE OFF.
‐ OR AT LEAST TAKE
THE RECEIVERS OUT.
‐ OKAY.
I MEAN, SO IT'S OUT IN
THE DESERT SOMEWHERE?
‐ IT'S OUT IN THE DESERT. ‐
COULD WE, LIKE, TRY IT OUT?
‐ WE CAN. ‐ BUT IT
WOULD BE LEGAL TO OWN
WITHOUT ANY KIND OF LICENSES
BECAUSE THE GUNS WOULDN'T WORK.
‐ OKAY. SO HOW DO WE GET THERE?
‐ WE CAN TAKE A HUMVEE OUT TO
THE DESERT AND GO CHECK IT OUT.
‐ RICK! CHECK IT OUT! ‐ STOP!
‐ IT'S A FLAMETHROWER, I THINK.
‐ OH, MY GOD.
♪ ♪
‐ RICK! CHECK IT OUT!
‐ STOP! IS IT LOADED?
‐ I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S A FLAMETHROWER, I THINK.
‐ IT IS A FLAMETHROWER.
‐ IT'S AN M9A1
FLAMETHROWER FROM VIETNAM,
AND IT'S OPERATIONAL.
‐ OH, MY GOD.
♪ ♪
‐ THE FLAMETHROWER IS AN M9A1
FLAMETHROWER FROM VIETNAM.
THIS IS LATE '60S.
IT'S BEEN CIVILIANIZED TO
MAKE IT SAFER SO CUSTOMERS
CAN GO OUT IN THE
DESERT AND SHOOT IT.
THE FLAMETHROWERS
SELL FOR ABOUT $4,500.
‐ DIDN'T THE SOLDIERS
HATE CARRYING THIS
'CAUSE IT WAS LIKE
WALKING AROUND
WITH, LIKE, A BOMB ON YOUR BACK?
‐ THE EARLY ONES WERE,
BUT THE LATER MODELS,
WASN'T MUCH OF AN ISSUE. ‐
YOU ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER,
LIKE, PLACES LIKE IWO JIMA
IN THE PACIFIC CAMPAIGN,
MARINES USED FLAMETHROWERS
TO PRETTY GOOD SUCCESS
BECAUSE THE JAPANESE WERE
ENTRENCHED MANY TIMES IN CAVES.
MANY TIMES YOU COULDN'T GET
THEM OUT OF HOLES AND THINGS,
AND SO THE FLAMETHROWER
OPERATORS WOULD WALK UP,
FIND THE ENTRANCE AND SHOOT
THE FLAMETHROWER INSIDE,
AND IT WOULD CLEAR IT.
‐ WHAT WERE THESE
THINGS FILLED WITH?
‐ NAPALM.
IT WAS A MIXTURE OF DIESEL,
GASOLINE AND A THICKENER.
‐ DAMN. ‐ FLAMETHROWERS
ARE REALLY FUN.
THEY'RE CERTAINLY
DANGEROUS AND THEY'RE NOT
TO MESS AROUND WITH, BUT
WORLD WAR II FLAMETHROWERS
ARE SORT OF WHERE YOU
WANT TO BE AS A COLLECTOR,
BUT THEY'RE EXPENSIVE AND
THEY'RE HARD TO MAINTAIN,
BUT A GOOD VIETNAM ONE,
IT'S STILL WORTHWHILE
TO A COLLECTOR.
‐ DOES THIS THING
WORK? ‐ IT DOES WORK.
‐ OKAY.
‐ NOW, THERE'S
LEGAL ISSUES HERE,
AND I'LL ADDRESS THEM.
MOST STATES IN
THE US ALLOW THESE,
ESPECIALLY HEAVY AGRICULTURE
STATES LIKE THE MIDWEST
BECAUSE THE FARMERS STILL
USE THEM TO CLEAR OLD CROP,
BUT TYPICALLY THEY'RE
FILLED WITH DIESEL FUEL,
SOMETHING MORE
STABLE THAN NAPALM,
AND THEY'RE CONSIDERED
FARM EQUIPMENT.
‐ OKAY.
‐ HOW MUCH IS
SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
‐ THIS IS ABOUT $4,500.
‐ SO CAN WE TAKE THAT
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE TANK?
‐ WE SURE CAN, IF
YOU WANT TO USE IT.
‐ I'D LOVE... FOR
HIM TO SHOOT IT.
[LAUGHING]
‐ HELL YEAH, I WANT
TO SHOOT THAT THING.
‐ A FLAMETHROWER?
NOW, THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
BUT A TANK ACTUALLY USED
IN THE BATTLE OF IWO JIMA?
THAT'S BEYOND INCREDIBLE.
OWNING SUCH A BADASS
PIECE OF AMERICAN HISTORY
WOULD BE A DREAM COME TRUE,
SO WE'RE GOING TO HEAD
OVER THERE IN A COUPLE DAYS
AND CHECK IT OUT. WHAT IS THIS?
‐ A MISSILE, DUH. ‐ [LAUGHS]
I JUST HOPE THAT AFTER CHUM
SHOOTS THE FLAMETHROWER,
I'LL STILL BE ALIVE
TO MAKE THE DEAL.
[LAUGHS]
♪ ♪
‐ THERE'S A GUY IN
THE SHOP RIGHT NOW
WHO'S LOOKING TO GET $10,000
FOR SOME VINTAGE TOY SOLDIERS.
SOME COLLECTIBLE TOYS ARE
DEFINITELY WORTH THAT MUCH,
BUT BEFORE I SHELL
OUT THAT KIND OF CASH,
STEVE'S COMING IN TO
TELL ME MORE ABOUT THEM.
‐ TRU‐CRAFT TOY SOLDIERS,
THESE ARE REALLY COOL.
THE FOUNDER OF TRU‐CRAFT
WAS INTO MODEL TRAINS,
AND SO AS HE GOT
INTO MODEL TRAINS,
WAS PRODUCING FIGURES
FOR HIS TRAIN SETS,
AND IT BECAME A BUSINESS.
SO IN THE LATE 1930S,
MOST OF THESE FIGURES
WERE STARTING TO HAVE BEEN,
YOU KNOW, CREATED AND
SCULPTED AND PRODUCED.
SOME OF THE DIFFERENT
THINGS THAT TRU‐CRAFT MADE
WERE, LIKE, THE
FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION.
THEY MADE, LIKE, THE
THREE MUSKETEERS,
AND THEY'RE REALLY
UNIQUE; THEY'RE REALLY COOL.
LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE
A LOT OF PIECES HERE.
‐ OH, YES.
‐ SO I SEE YOU
HAVE THE SKI PATROL,
LOOKS LIKE HOSPITAL,
THE US CALVARY.
THIS IS A REALLY HEAVY
BOX. HOW DID YOU GET THEM?
‐ I GOT THESE FROM MY AUNT
WHO ORIGINALLY GOT THEM
FROM MY GRANDFATHER THAT WAS
THE FINAL OWNER OF THE COMPANY.
‐ OKAY, SO I KNOW THAT
IN THE '30S, CECIL JACKSON,
WHO IS THE
CREATOR OF IT... ‐ YES.
‐ HE SOLD THE COMPANY,
AND THEN FROM THERE,
THAT PAPER TRAIL TRAILS OFF,
SO MY GUESS IS, YOUR GRANDPA
PROBABLY BOUGHT
IT AS A LIQUIDATION.
‐ MM‐HMM. ‐ HE MAY HAVE OWNED
ALL THE PRODUCT, BUT HE
MAY NOT HAVE NECESSARILY
OWNED AND OPERATED
THE COMPANY AT THAT POINT.
‐ I ACTUALLY KNOW FOR A
FACT THAT HE WOULD TAKE THESE
AND GO DOOR‐TO‐DOOR
SALESMAN WITH THEM.
‐ WELL, SO WHAT'S A
COLLECTION LIKE THIS WORTH?
‐ WHEN IT'S NEVER BEEN
TOUCHED, NEVER BEEN USED,
IT ALWAYS DEMANDS A
PREMIUM IN THE MARKETPLACE
'CAUSE YOU JUST DON'T SEE THEM,
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT STUFF FROM THE 1940S.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN
I LOOK IN THE BOXES,
LIKE, I'M SEEING, YOU
KNOW, STANDARD PLAY WEAR.
YOU CAN SEE, LIKE, HIS
HANDS HAVE SOME WEAR.
ANYWHERE THAT YOU MIGHT TOUCH
TO ACTUALLY PLAY WITH THE TOY
IS GOING TO HAVE HEAVY WEAR.
THE BOXES ARE REALLY NICE,
AND HAVING THE BOXES, I THINK,
IS REALLY, REALLY UNIQUE.
HOWEVER, I'LL CAUTION
YOU A LITTLE BIT AND SAY
TRU‐CRAFT WASN'T THE
MOST POPULAR OF COMPANIES.
THIS COLLECTION IS GONNA
TAKE YOU SOME TIME TO SELL,
BUT OVERALL, LOOKS LIKE
IT'S IN REALLY NICE SHAPE.
I THINK YOU'RE GONNA
HAVE NO PROBLEM
GETTING ABOUT $3,000
OUT OF THIS COLLECTION.
‐ MM. THAT'S A BIT LOW.
‐ WELL, I APPRECIATE
YOU COMING DOWN.
‐ NO PROBLEM, THANK YOU.
‐ IS IT EVEN WORTH ME
MAKING YOU AN OFFER?
‐ I'M SORRY, NO.
ESPECIALLY SENTIMENTAL
REASONS, I'D RATHER KEEP THEM.
‐ I UNDERSTAND. ‐ OKAY.
‐ TAKE CARE. ‐ THANK YOU.
WELL, I THINK NOW I'M
GONNA ACTUALLY GO AND TRY
AND FIND A FEW MORE
OF THE COLLECTORS,
SEE WHAT THEY THINK OF THE
PIECES AND GO FROM THERE.
‐ MOST OF US ARE FAMILIAR
WITH THE BATTLE OF IWO JIMA
FROM AP PHOTOGRAPHER
JOE ROSENTHAL'S FAMOUS
IMAGE OF OUR BRAVE SOLDIERS
PLANTING AN AMERICAN
FLAG ON JAPANESE SOIL.
IT WAS A CRUCIAL
WORLD WAR II VICTORY,
AND THE IMAGE HAS
SUSTAINED LEGENDARY STATUS
FOR OVER 75 YEARS.
BUT THAT W LIKELY WOULDN'T
HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED
WITHOUT SOME SERIOUS
MOBILE ARTILLERY.
I'M TALKING THE BIG
GUYS HERE, TANKS.
IT WAS LIKE BRINGING A
GUN TO A SWORD FIGHT,
SO GAME‐CHANGING THAT
THE OBJECTIVE WAS CLEAR:
YOU CREATE THE BIGGEST
AND BADDEST WAR VEHICLES,
YOU WIN.
THE FIRST BATTLE TANKS AS
WE KNOW THEM WERE USED
BY THE BRITISH DURING
WORLD WAR I IN 1916.
THESE EARLY TANKS
WERE SUPER SLOW,
AND THEY WERE BASICALLY
JUST MEANT TO CLEAR A PATH
SO THE INFANTRY COULD
GET IN THERE AND FIGHT.
THEN WORLD WAR II CAME ALONG,
AND WE REALIZED WE NEEDED
A LOT OF THESE THINGS,
AND WHERE COULD WE GO TO
MASS‐PRODUCE THEM AT THE TIME?
DETROIT, OF COURSE.
CHRYSLER TOOK THE
CHALLENGE HEAD‐ON.
BY THE END OF THE WAR,
THE CHRYSLER PLANT ALONE
HAD MANUFACTURED
MORE TANKS THAN THE NAZIS.
SINCE WORLD WAR II,
TANKS HAVE BECOME THE DOMINANT
VEHICLE USED IN LAND WARFARE.
TODAY'S TANKS ARE FASTER THAN
EVER AND PACK A HEAVIER PUNCH.
I THINK THE LESSON
HERE IS CLEAR.
IF YOU'RE EVER ON
THE BATTLEFIELD
AND YOU SEE ONE
ROLLING YOUR WAY, RUN.
♪ ♪
‐ HELLO. WHAT DO YOU GOT HERE?
‐ WELL, I'VE GOT A UNIQUE PIECE
OF SPORTS MEMORABILIA
THAT'S BEEN SIGNED
BY A LOT OF PRO ATHLETES,
NBA PLAYERS PRIMARILY.
‐ OKAY. ‐ BUT THERE
ARE SOME NOTABLES:
MICHAEL JORDAN, SCOTTIE PIPPEN.
‐ SWEET. ‐ PATRICK EWING.
‐ FROM "DALLAS"? ‐ NO, NO, NO.
[BUZZER BUZZES]
I'M HERE AT THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY UNIQUE JACKET.
SO I GOT THE JACKET AT A
CELEBRITY CHARITY GALA.
IT'S NEVER BEEN WORN.
IT'S BEEN SITTING IN A GARMENT
BAG IN MY CLOSET FOR 15 YEARS.
I'M HOPING TO GET $500 FOR IT.
‐ THIS IS INTERESTING.
WHAT IS HOOPOLOGY?
‐ I CAN'T TELL YOU FOR SURE.
‐ HOLD ON A SECOND. CHUM?
‐ YES? ‐ I NEED YOUR HELP, OKAY?
‐ I'M HOLDING THE
FLOOR UP, RICK.
‐ HOLDING THE FLOOR DOWN.
‐ THAT'S WHAT YOU DO
BECAUSE YOU WEIGH SO MUCH.
I'M LIGHT AS A FEATHER.
‐ DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT HOOPOLOGY?
‐ UH, A LITTLE BIT,
BUT YOU KNOW MY
SPECIALTY IS FASHION, RICK.
I SEE TRENT TUCKER, AND
THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE
BECAUSE HOOPOLOGY IS
ACTUALLY A CLOTHING LINE
MADE BY TRENT TUCKER.
HE PLAYED WITH THE KNICKS,
AND HE ALSO PLAYED
WITH THE BULLS.
AFTER HIS TIME IN THE
NBA, HE, YOU KNOW,
MADE THIS CLOTHING BRAND
AND TRIED TO, YOU KNOW,
GET IT POPULAR AND HAD ALL
THESE BASKETBALL FRIENDS,
AND THEY WOULD WEAR IT,
BUT IT NEVER REALLY
QUITE CAUGHT ON.
‐ SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?
‐ WELL, YOU GOT SOME
GREAT SIGNATURES HERE, RICK.
I KNOW YOU KNOW
WHO MICHAEL JORDAN IS.
YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW
WHO, LIKE, PATRICK EWING,
BUT HE'S RIGHT UP THERE
WITH THEM AND SCOTTIE PIPPEN.
I MEAN‐‐
‐ RON HARPER.
‐ OH, YEAH, RON HARPER
IS ANOTHER GREAT.
I MEAN, THESE GUYS ARE ALL
MEMBERS OF CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS,
AND IT'S A LITTLE UNUSUAL
TO HAVE ALL THESE NAMES
ON A JACKET,
BUT YOU GOT SOME
ALL‐STARS ON HERE.
‐ OKAY. HOW MUCH
YOU WANT FOR THIS?
‐ WELL, I WAS HOPING
TO GET ABOUT $500 FOR IT.
‐ OKAY.
LET ME JUST MAKE SURE THEY'RE
ALL LEGIT AUTOGRAPHS, OKAY?
I HATE TO TELL YOU THIS, BUT,
LIKE, A VERY LARGE PORTION
OF THE STUFF YOU BUY
AT, LIKE, CHARITY AUCTIONS
AREN'T EXACTLY VETTED VERY WELL,
AND ALSO BEING A PAWNBROKER,
I DON'T TRUST PEOPLE. [LAUGHS]
‐ I WILL SAY THAT I DID
WATCH THIS BEING SIGNED.
‐ ALL RIGHT, I'M
GOING TO GO CALL UP
MY AUTOGRAPH GUY.
HE'LL LOOK AT THEM.
‐ LET'S DO IT. ‐
WAIT RIGHT HERE.
I GOT TO GET SOME WATER
ANYWAYS. I'LL GO CALL STEVE.
‐ I HAVE NO CONCERNS
WITH AN EXPERT COMING IN
JUST BECAUSE I WAS AT THE GALA.
I WATCHED THESE PRO
ATHLETES SIGN THE JACKET,
SO I KNOW THEY'RE REAL,
AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT.
♪ ♪
‐ HOW YOU DOING? ‐
I'M GOOD. HOW ARE YOU?
‐ PRETTY GOOD. WHAT
CAN I DO FOR YOU TODAY?
‐ WELL, I'VE GOT SOME
OLD VALENTINE'S DAY CARDS.
‐ HEY, BIG HOSS.
YOU WANT TO BE MY
VALENTINE? ‐ I'LL PASS.
‐ CHECK THESE OUT.
NOT A BIG VALENTINE'S GUY, HUH?
‐ THINK THE LAST TIME
I BOUGHT A VALENTINE'S
PRESENT FOR A GIRL,
I GRABBED A NINTENDO OFF THE
SHELF HERE AND GAVE IT TO HER.
‐ OH, YOU ARE A LADIES' MAN.
[VIDEO GAME CHIMING]
‐ I'M COMING IN TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL EIGHT VINTAGE
VALENTINE'S DAY CARDS.
I THINK THE CARDS
ARE FROM THE 1920S.
THEY'RE IN PRETTY GOOD CONDITION
WITH ONLY A LITTLE BIT OF WEAR.
WHAT MAKES THEM UNUSUAL
IS A NUMBER OF THEM
ARE WHAT THEY CALL ARTICULATED.
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT CARDS
HAD ANYTHING ON THEM THAT MOVED.
I'M HOPING TO GET
$100 FOR THE SET.
‐ THESE ARE
ACTUALLY PRETTY COOL.
WHERE'D YOU GET THESE?
‐ THESE WERE PART OF
MY GRANDMOTHER'S STUFF.
WHAT I CAN TELL IS
THEY'RE FROM THE '20S.
WHAT MAKES THEM UNUSUAL
IS THAT THEY ARE WHAT
THEY CALLED ARTICULATED,
SOME OF THE FIRST CARDS
THAT ACTUALLY DID SOMETHING.
THIS GUY'S ARMS
MOVE ON THE CELLO.
‐ ALL RIGHT. PRETTY COOL.
‐ YOU KNOW, IT ALL
STARTED FROM ST. VALENTINE.
HE WAS THE PATRON
SAINT OF LOVERS,
AND AS FAR AS THE HOLIDAY GOES,
IT STARTED OFF BY
WRITING A LOVE LETTER,
AND THEN IT TURNED TO CARDS.
THEN IT WENT TO ROSES,
AND THEN IT WENT TO JEWELRY,
AND JUST NOW PEOPLE
SPEND ABOUT $2 BILLION A YEAR
JUST ON VALENTINE'S DAY.
‐ ISN'T VALENTINE'S DAY
SUPPOSED TO BE THE DAY
THAT YOU TELL
SOMEONE YOU LOVE THEM?
‐ WHICH IS WEIRD TO ME
BECAUSE IF YOU LOVE SOMEONE,
SHOULDN'T YOU TELL THEM
MORE THAN JUST ONE DAY A YEAR?
‐ I LOVE YOU, BIG HOSS.
‐ I LOVE YOU, TOO, CHUM.
I MEAN, THEY'RE
INTERESTING. THEY'RE NEAT.
‐ DO THEY ALL STILL
MOVE PRETTY GOOD?
‐ YEAH, THEY ALL STILL
MOVE PRETTY GOOD.
‐ THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE
IN GOOD CONDITION.
THEY'RE ALL WORKING,
HUH? SHE'S A LITTLE GOLFER.
"MY SHOTS GO WILD
FROM TEE TO TEE,
BUT YOU COULD NEVER
GET TOO WILD FOR ME."
THAT'S YOUR KIND
OF LADY, BIG HOSS.
‐ [LAUGHS]
‐ I MEAN, THEY'RE IN
REALLY GOOD CONDITION
FOR BEING AS OLD AS THEY ARE,
ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY
ALL STILL WORK AND MOVE.
‐ EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A
COUPLE RIPS HERE AND THERE,
IT'S NOT ON THE MAJOR
PART OF THE CARD.
‐ RIGHT.
‐ YOU CAN STILL MAKE
OUT ALL THE WORDS
AND THE PICTURE AND EVERYTHING.
‐ HOW MUCH YOU LOOKING TO GET?
‐ WELL, I'D LIKE TO GET
$100 FOR THEM IF I CAN.
‐ I DON'T KNOW, CHUM.
I DON'T SEE PAYING
100 BUCKS FOR IT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
‐ I MEAN, IT SEEMS
A LITTLE STEEP.
THEY'RE PRETTY COOL.
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN
SELLING THEM FOR LOWER?
‐ I WOULD DISCUSS IT, SURE.
‐ WHAT DO YOU THINK, BIG HOSS?
‐ I'M THINKING, LIKE, 30
BUCKS. I JUST DON'T‐‐
THEY'RE DELICATE.
THEY'RE FRAGILE.
I DON'T REALLY SEE BEING
ABLE TO DISPLAY THEM
AND ACTUALLY BEING
ABLE TO SELL THEM.
‐ OKAY. ‐ SOUND LIKE A PLAN?
‐ SURE. ‐ ALL RIGHT. DEAL.
‐ ALL RIGHT. ‐ CHUM
WILL WRITE YOU UP.
ALL RIGHT. THANKS, MAN.
‐ MEET ME AT THE
COUNTER OVER HERE.
‐ WILL DO. ‐ ALL RIGHT.
WHERE YOU GOING, VALENTINE?
WE GOT LUNCH PLANS.
‐ I'M HAPPY WITH THE $30.
I REALLY HAD NO IDEA
WHAT THEY WERE WORTH,
AND I'M JUST GONNA GO
AND SPEND IT ON A
REALLY GOOD LUNCH.
‐ LET'S JUST LOOK ‐ I GOT
A CUSTOMER IN THE SHOP
WHO'S GOT A JACKET SIGNED
BY A TON OF BASKETBALL STARS.
SHE WANTS 500 BUCKS FOR
IT, SO BEFORE I TAKE A SHOT,
I'VE CALLED IN STEVE
GRAD TO CHECK IT OUT.
HOPEFULLY THIS
THING IS A SLAM DUNK.
HOW'S IT GOING, MAN?
‐ GOOD. HOW ARE YOU?
‐ SO WHAT DO YOU
THINK OF THE JACKET?
A GAZILLION SIGNATURES,
IT'S ON A JACKET,
WHICH MAKES IT A
LITTLE WEIRD, AND‐‐
‐ RIGHT. IT WAS
KIND OF A BIG TREND
TO GET JACKETS SIGNED LIKE
THIS FOR A LONG TIME, ACTUALLY,
STARTING IN THE '90S.
IT WAS ALWAYS A LEATHER JACKET.
IT ALWAYS KIND OF PERTAINED
TO BASKETBALL PLAYERS,
FROM WHAT I REMEMBER.
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY,
LET'S JUST LOOK AT THE
FIRST BIG SIGNATURE,
THAT'S JORDAN, AND THAT'S
THE KEY TO THIS WHOLE THING.
ANYTIME I HEAR ABOUT A
MICHAEL JORDAN SIGNED PIECE,
I'M KIND OF LEERY.
MICHAEL JORDAN IS ONE OF
THE MOST HEAVILY FORGED
ATHLETES IN MODERN HISTORY,
SO THE CHANCES OF BEING
REAL ARE PRETTY SLIM.
JORDAN HAD THIS BEAUTIFUL
SIGNATURE, AS YOU COULD SEE.
STARTS OFF HERE, DROPS DOWN,
AND HIS NAME JUST KIND OF
FLOWS INTO HIS LAST NAME.
NOW, YOU DON'T GET MUCH
OUT OF THE LAST NAME.
DOWN HERE, IN THIS ONE IS
HIS TEAMMATE WITH THE BULLS,
SCOTTIE PIPPEN,
BIG S, THE BIG P.
AND THEN THE OTHER KEY
SIGNATURE WAS PATRICK EWING.
HE DIDN'T LIKE SIGNING
AUTOGRAPHS TOO MUCH.
COULD BE A TOUGH
AUTOGRAPH AT TIMES,
BUT I'M SEEING JUST A REALLY
NICE SIGNATURE OUT OF HIM,
AND THIS HE FINISHES
OFF WITH A NICE 33 HERE.
‐ OKAY. ‐ YOU KNOW,
IT'S AN ECLECTIC BUNCH FOR SURE.
YOU KNOW, I SEE DARRELL
GREEN, PLAYED IN THE NFL,
HALL OF FAMER, BYRON SCOTT
WHO PLAYED FOR THE LAKERS,
FLIP SAUNDERS WHO
WAS AN NBA HEAD COACH,
SO YOU HAVE KIND OF
LIKE A NICE BLEND HERE,
BUT YOU DO HAVE
THE EARLY MAKINGS OF THE
BULLS CHAMPIONSHIP RUNS.
SO TRENT TUCKER
PLAYED FOR THE BULLS,
SO HIM AND JORDAN GOT CLOSE.
THAT'S KIND OF COOL.
YOU HAVE TO FIGURE
JORDAN, HE'S, LIKE,
THE LINCHPIN TO IT ALL.
JORDAN ON ANYTHING,
JUST BARE BONES, HE'S $800.
‐ SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?
‐ IT'S DEFINITELY AUTHENTIC.
THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.
I'D PUT THE VALUE RIGHT
AT ABOUT $1,200, RICK.
‐ OKAY. THANKS, MAN.
‐ GOOD TO SEE YOU.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, CHUM.
‐ ALL RIGHT. ‐ THANK YOU.
‐ YEP. ‐ ALL RIGHT.
‐ WELL, I'M PRETTY
HAPPY. ‐ OKAY.
I COULD ACTUALLY GIVE
YOU, LIKE 600 BUCKS FOR IT.
♪ ♪
‐ CONSIDER IT DONE. ‐ OKAY.
SO OBVIOUSLY YOU REALLY
WANT THIS OUT OF YOUR CLOSET.
‐ I REALLY DO BECAUSE THERE'S
MANY MORE BEAUTIFUL THINGS
THAT ARE WAITING TO ENTER.
‐ ALL RIGHT. YOU WANT
TO GO WRITE HER UP?
‐ YEAH, LET'S GO
WRITE IT UP. COME ON.
‐ THANKS SO MUCH.
I'M HAPPY TO TAKE COME $600.
I GOT MY FULL
ASKING PRICE AND ONE.
[WIND HOWLING]
[LOW RUMBLING]
[METALLIC CREAK]
[ENGINE RUMBLING]
‐ SO I'M IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE DESERT
IN SEARCH OF A TANK
FOR THE SHOP'S LOT.
APPARENTLY, THERE'S AN AUTHENTIC
SHERMAN TANK FOR SALE
THAT WAS USED‐‐GET THIS‐‐
IN IWO JIMA DURING WORLD WAR II.
IT DOESN'T GET MUCH
BETTER THAN THAT.
WITH THAT AND THE FLAMETHROWER,
IT'S GOING TO BE
AN EXPLOSIVE DAY.
SO ARE WE CLOSE?
‐ ALMOST THERE.
ABOUT FIVE MORE MINUTES OUT.
[ENGINE RUMBLING]
[HELICOPTER ROTORS WHIRRING]
THAT'S IT RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S THE SHERMAN.
‐ WOW.
‐ ALL RIGHT! WE'RE HERE!
‐ LOOK AT THAT TANK!
‐ HOLY [BLEEP]. THAT IS AMAZING.
[CANNON BOOMS]
‐ THE TANK THE GUYS
ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW
IS AN M4A3 SHERMAN.
WHAT MAKES THIS TANK SPECIAL,
IT'S THE ONLY SHERMAN
TANK IN PRIVATE HANDS
THAT WAS ACTUALLY USED
IN THE PACIFIC THEATER
THAT REAL MARINES JUMPED
INTO DURING IWO JIMA,
AND THEY CAN RELIVE
THAT HISTORY AS WELL.
‐ THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
SO THIS THING ACTUALLY
SAW ACTION IN IWO JIMA?
‐ THIS ONE DID.
IT DID SEE ACTION.
IT WAS KNOCKED OFF THREE
TIMES IN THE FIRST 24 HOURS.
IT WAS FINALLY
TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE
WHEN THEY HIT THE TURRET
AT THE TURRET BEARING,
AND WE MET THE GENTLEMAN
WHO HAD TO BACK IT OUT.
HE'S STILL ALIVE TODAY.
‐ I LOOK AT IT, JUST
FIND IT INCREDIBLE
BECAUSE, I MEAN,
IT'S FROM IWO JIMA.
I MEAN, IT'S LIKE, WHEN
THEY RAISED THE FLAG
ON MOUNT SURIBACHI, IT'S
PROBABLY THE MOST ICONIC PHOTO
OF ALL OF WORLD WAR II.
‐ WELL, GUYS, THERE'S A
MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THIS TANK.
IT'S MADE OUT OF WOOD.
‐ YOU KNOW WHAT THAT'S FOR?
THE JAPANESE HAD
MAGNETIC MINES, STICKY MINES
THAT THEY WOULD RUN UP
AND STICK TO THE SIDE OF A TANK,
SO THE MARINES HAD TO
IMPROVISE AND PUT WOOD PANELING
ON THE SIDE AND ON THE
WHEELS OF THE TRACK.
SO THESE GUYS WERE
FIGURING THIS OUT
AND IMPROVISING AS BEST THEY
COULD TO PROTECT THEMSELVES.
‐ OKAY.
AND EVERYTHING
WORKS INSIDE, EVERY‐‐
‐ EVERYTHING WORKS.
‐ HOW MUCH YOU
WANT FOR THIS THING?
‐ [SIGHS] UM...
I'M LOOKING TO GET 1.5 MILLION.
♪ ♪
‐ OKAY. WILL WE GET TO DRIVE IT?
‐ YOU CAN DRIVE IT,
AND YOU CAN SHOOT IT.
‐ IT'S PRETTY DAMN COOL.
‐ YOU NEED TO GO CALL COREY.
TELL HIM TO COME DOWN HERE.
HE'S NOT GONNA WANT
TO MISS THIS. OKAY?
‐ ALL RIGHT. ‐ CAN YOU, LIKE,
POINT IT TO A DIRECTION
SO I'M IN A STRAIGHT LINE?
‐ WE CAN DO THAT TOO.
‐ THE GUY IS
ASKING $1.5 MILLION,
AND THAT KIND OF MONEY,
I'M THINKING ABOUT IT,
BUT BEFORE I DO ANYTHING,
I'M GONNA HAVE TO DRIVE IT,
AND I'M GONNA HAVE TO FIRE IT.
‐ OKAY, HERE WE GO.
[ENGINE RUMBLING,
TREAD SQUEAKING]
♪ ♪
‐ YOO‐HOO!
YEAH, RICK!
WHOO!
‐ WORLD WAR II TANKS ARE ALWAYS
GOING TO HAVE AN ICONIC PLACE
IN A COLLECTOR'S MIND,
AND WHEN THINKING
ABOUT WORLD WAR II TANKS,
YOU THINK "SHERMAN TANK."
BUT THE SHERMANS WERE RELIABLE.
THEY WERE QUICK,
THEY WERE EASY TO FIX,
AND THEY HAD GOOD FIREPOWER,
SO IF YOU WANT A
WORLD WAR II TANK,
YOU WANT A SHERMAN.
‐ YOO‐HOO!
‐ NICE, MAN.
‐ WHAT'S UP, GUYS?
I DROVE A TANK.
[LAUGHS]
‐ NOW LET'S SEE YOU
GET OUT OF A TANK.
‐ UGH!
‐ YOU NEED A SHOEHORN OR‐‐
‐ NO! I DON'T NEED A SHOEHORN.
‐ YOU NEED A STEPLADDER?
‐ I JUST WANT YOU TO
BASK IN THIS FOR A MINUTE.
♪ ♪
‐ WELL, IF YOU GUYS
WANT, WE CAN DO IS,
I'LL HAVE THE STAFF GO SET
THE TANK UP SO WE CAN FIRE IT,
AND THEN WE'LL LET YOU
SHOOT THE FLAMETHROWERS.
‐ LET'S DO IT. ‐ YEAH.
LET'S GO STRAP THAT
BOMB TO YOUR BACK.
COME ON. LET'S GO. [LAUGHTER]
‐ THE SELLER'S ASKING $4,500,
SO IT'S TIME TO SEE
WHAT THIS THING CAN DO.
I'M GONNA SET
THIS PARTY ON FIRE.
‐ OKAY, HERE HE COMES.
‐ WHAT'S UP, LADIES?
‐ HOW YOU DOING? [LAUGHS]
‐ ALL RIGHT. ‐ AND
SO HE'S ALREADY
BRIEFED YOU ON
EVERYTHING? YOU GOT IT?
‐ YEP. ‐ GOOD?
‐ YEP. ‐ ALL RIGHT.
HE'S GOING TO GET YOU HOT, OKAY?
‐ ALL RIGHT. ‐ ALL RIGHT.
‐ ALL RIGHT. ‐ ALL RIGHT.
‐ READY? ‐ WHOA!
‐ OH, MY GOD! ‐ OH!
‐ IT'S HOT! IT'S HOT!
‐ OH, MY GOD, IT'S HOT!
[LAUGHTER]
‐ CHUM, THAT'S
ENOUGH! CHUM, STOP!
‐ PRETTY BADASS.
[HEAVY METAL MUSIC]
♪ ♪
‐ THAT WAS OVER
TOO SOON. ‐ IS THAT IT?
‐ THAT WAS THE MOST
TERRIFYING THING
I'VE EVER
EXPERIENCED IN MY LIFE.
‐ WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
‐ WELL DONE, CHUM. ‐
LET ME TELL YOU WHAT‐‐
‐ OH, MY GOSH. ‐ IT
WAS WARM OVER HERE.
[LAUGHTER]
LET'S TAKE THIS THING OFF
'CAUSE WE'RE DEFINITELY
GONNA HAVE TO BUY THIS BAD BOY.
‐ [LAUGHING]
‐ ALEX, I LOVE IT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
‐ I MEAN, IT WORKS GREAT.
‐ IT WORKS GREAT?
NO, IT'S BADASS.
‐ IT IS BADASS, AND IT'S WHY
THEY DON'T MAKE THEM ANYMORE.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS TERRIFYING.
IT WAS FAIRLY EFFICIENT.
IT WAS PRETTY
USEFUL IN WORLD WAR II.
BY THE TIME VIETNAM CAME
ALONG, YOU KNOW, AFTER THAT,
THE US MILITARY
STOPPED MAKING THEM
AND DECOMMISSIONED ALL
THE ONES THAT WERE THERE.
SO IT'S A MODEL
M9. IT'S VIETNAM ERA.
IT IS, MORE OR LESS,
ORIGINAL PARTS.
THE PARTS THAT
NEED TO BE REPLACED
BECAUSE OF FUNCTION
AND SAFETY HAVE BEEN.
THE WAND IS REPRODUCTION,
WHICH IS COMMON
FOR FLAMETHROWERS
THAT ARE ACTUALLY BEING USED
BECAUSE THE VIETNAM WANDS
ARE VERY RARE AND HARD TO FIND.
RON, I KNOW WHEN YOU
TOLD US ABOUT THE VALUE,
YOU SAID 4,500, AND I'M GONNA
DO SOMETHING I RARELY DO,
IS ACTUALLY SAY, "I
THINK YOU'RE WRONG."
I THINK THE VALUE IS QUITE A
BIT HIGHER, ALMOST DOUBLE.
I'VE SEEN THESE
SELL IN THIS CONDITION
AND THIS FUNCTIONALITY
FOR, I WOULD SAY,
A MINIMUM OF 8 GRAND
AND SOMETIMES MORE,
SO I THINK YOU'RE
BEING REALLY GENEROUS.
[CHUCKLES]
‐ ALL RIGHT. SO, UM...
YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU SAID 4,500.
HE SAID IT'S WORTH,
LIKE, 8 GRAND.
CAN WE JUST SETTLE AT 5 GRAND?
‐ YOU BEING A VEGAS GUY,
FOR SURE, WE CAN DO IT.
‐ ALL RIGHT. SWEET, 5 GRAND.
‐ WELL, I DIDN'T COME
OUT TO THE DESERT
TO WATCH A WEENIE
ROAST AND ALL THIS.
LET'S GO FIRE THIS
TANK. ‐ [LAUGHS]
‐ IT'S READY. THE GUYS
GOT IT ALL PREPPED.
♪ ♪
[FLAGS FLAPPING]
♪ ♪
‐ HERE WE GO! WISH ME LUCK.
‐ YOU GOT IT. NO WORRIES.
♪ ♪
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
[MILITARISTIC MUSIC]
♪ ♪
[CANNON BOOMS]
[LAUGHTER]
‐ OH, MY GOD.
‐ OH.
‐ WHOO‐HOO‐HOO!
[EXPLOSIONS, LAUGHTER]
[HEAVY METAL MUSIC]
♪ ♪
‐ [LAUGHING]
THAT WAS AMAZING!
‐ THAT WAS AWESOME, MAN.
[LAUGHTER]
‐ NICE JOB, RICK.
‐ THE DOOR OF THAT CAR
WAS UP FOR, LIKE, 4 SECONDS!
‐ AH, MAN, THIS HAS BEEN
THE GREATEST DAY OF MY LIFE,
BY THE WAY.
[CANNON BOOMS, EXPLOSION]
NOT WHEN YOU WERE
BORN, COREY. NO.
[LAUGHS]
‐ THIS IS MUCH BETTER
THAN THAT, I'M SURE.
‐ YOU DID A GOOD JOB, POPS.
‐ OH, LOOK AT THAT CAR.
♪ ♪
‐ WHAT DO YOU THINK, ALEX?
‐ I MEAN, IT IS WHAT IT IS.
IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
SHERMANS ARE THE MOST DESIRED
AMERICAN TANK FROM WORLD WAR II.
IT RUNS WELL. IT FIRES WELL.
IT'S GOT HISTORICAL
PROVENANCE FROM IWO JIMA.
THERE IS ONE THAT WE KNOW
OF THAT SOLD IN THE LAST YEAR
THAT WASN'T DOCUMENTED
TO BEING AT ANY MAJOR BATTLE
IN WORLD WAR II,
AND IT WAS SOLD FOR 1.2 MILLION.
SO AT 1.5 MILLION, I
THINK THAT'S A FAIR PRICE.
‐ OKAY. ‐ LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.
I'LL MEET YOU AT THE HUMVEE.
‐ [SIGHS] YOU KNOW, I MEAN,
WHEN ME AND ALEX
STARTED DISCUSSING ME
BUYING A TANK,
I WAS THINKING I COULD GET
INTO SOMETHING LIKE THIS
FOR A COUPLE HUNDRED GRAND
BECAUSE THEY MADE, LIKE,
50,000 OF THESE, RIGHT?
‐ A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT.
‐ YEAH, AND IT'S AMAZING.
IT'S GOT AMAZING HISTORY.
EVERYTHING ABOUT
IT'S ABSOLUTELY GREAT,
BUT, UM...
THAT'S SO OUT OF THE
BALLPARK FOR ME, MAN. [LAUGHS]
BUT I REALLY, REALLY
APPRECIATE THE DAY.
IT'S BEEN AN UNBELIEVABLE DAY.
AT LEAST I GOT A
FLAMETHROWER OUT OF YOU.
‐ YES, SIR. ‐ OKAY?
THANKS, MAN, AMAZING DAY.
THIS IS, LIKE, ONE OF THE
GREATEST DAYS OF MY LIFE, DUDE.
I DROVE A TANK, AND I BLEW
SOMETHING UP WITH A TANK.
[CANNON BOOMS]
[EXPLOSION]
‐ OH! [LAUGHING]
‐ OH, MY GOD! ‐
LOOK AT THE FLAME!
♪ ♪
[METALLIC CLATTERING]