Pawn Stars (2009–…): Season 17, Episode 25 - Pawnfellas - full transcript
BY OUR NATION'S FOUNDING FATHERS
DON'T COME CHEAP.
YEAH, I AM JUST SHOCKED
THIS IS NOT IN THE
NATIONAL ARCHIVES
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
‐ I WOULD SELL THE
PAIR FOR 700,000.
‐ [EXHALES]
A TUX WORN BY A HOLLYWOOD STAR
BRINGS OUT CHUM'S
INNER GANGSTER.
‐ RAY LIOTTA, HE'S A BIG ACTOR.
HE'S MOSTLY KNOWN
FOR "GOODFELLAS."
I THINK EVERYBODY LOVED
HIS CHARACTER IN THAT MOVIE.
‐ AND LATER, A MORTAR
CANNON FROM WORLD WAR II
HITS THE TARGET.
FIRE IN THE HOLE.
[LAUGHS]
[ROCK MUSIC]
♪ ♪
HEY, HOW'S IT GOING? ‐
GOOD, HOW ARE YOU, SIR?
‐ PRETTY GOOD. WHAT
DO WE HAVE HERE?
‐ WE HAVE SOME OLD
HANDCUFFS FROM FOLSOM PRISON.
♪ ♪
‐ ALL RIGHT.
WHERE'D YOU GET 'EM?
‐ THEY WERE IN MY
DAD'S WORKSHOP,
AND I THINK ONE OF
MY GREAT UNCLES
HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS.
‐ PRISON GUARD, OR
HE WAS IN PRISON?
‐ HE WAS IN PRISON.
[BOTH LAUGH] [GATE SLAMMING]
♪ ♪
‐ I HAVE HANDCUFFS
FROM FOLSOM PRISON
I'M HOPING TO SELL TODAY.
I'VE HAD THEM ON DISPLAY
AT MY BARBERSHOP.
I BELIEVE THESE HANDCUFFS
TO BE 70, 80 YEARS OLD.
I'D LIKE TO SELL
THEM FOR ABOUT 3,000.
♪ ♪
‐ THIS IS INTERESTING.
YEAH, FOLSOM PRISON‐‐
I GUESS IT WAS MADE
FAMOUS BY JOHNNY CASH.
HE HAD A LOT OF SONGS
ABOUT FOLSOM PRISON.
IT WAS, LIKE, THE LATE
1870S, EARLY 1880S,
RIGHT AROUND THAT,
WHEN IT OPENED UP,
AND THEY JUST NEEDED A
MODERN MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON,
AND IF YOU WERE A BAD GUY,
THAT'S WHERE THEY SENT YOU.
BACK IN THE DAY,
IF YOU GOT SENT
TO FOLSOM PRISON,
YOU WERE GONNA BE
THERE A LONG, LONG TIME.
‐ MY GREAT‐GREAT‐UNCLE WAS.
[BOTH LAUGH]
‐ THEY'RE REALLY ODD
HANDCUFFS FOR FOLSOM PRISON.
♪ ♪
THE WORKMANSHIP
IS NOT GREAT ON THEM,
AND WHEN FOLSOM
PRISON OPENED UP,
THEY WOULD'VE HAD
NEWER STUFF THAN THIS.
MORE MODERN HANDCUFFS.
‐ IN THE 1870S? REALLY?
‐ BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT WAS
PRETTY ADVANCED BY THEN,
THE WAY HANDCUFFS WERE MADE.
‐ MM‐HMM.
‐ BUT, THEN AGAIN, IT
MIGHT HAVE BEEN LIKE,
WHY BUY SOMETHING NEW?
WE ALREADY GOT
THESE HANGING AROUND.
SO THEY WORK? ‐ YEAH.
‐ THEY SHOULD‐‐IT'S PRETTY SURE
THEY WOULD SCREW IN LIKE THIS‐‐
YEP.
KAY, AND THEN YOU
JUST GO UNSCREW 'EM.
‐ MM‐HMM.
‐ THEY APPEAR TO WORK.
HOW MUCH YOU WANT
FOR THEM? ‐ 3 GRAND.
‐ $3,000. OKAY.
♪ ♪
THEY JUST LOOK A
LITTLE ODD TO ME.
THEY JUST DON'T
LOOK THE TIME PERIOD
OF FOLSOM PRISON, SO DO YOU MIND
IF I HAVE SOMEONE LOOK AT THEM?
‐ NO, NO PROBLEM. ‐ OKAY.
‐ NOT AT ALL. ‐ ALL RIGHT,
I WILL BE RIGHT BACK.
IF ANYONE WILL KNOW
ABOUT THEM, THIS GUY WILL.
‐ OKAY.
‐ I WOULD'VE MADE AN OFFER,
BUT MY HANDS ARE JUST TIED.
[LAUGHS]
♪ ♪
HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
‐ IT'S A INDO‐PERSIAN
18TH‐CENTURY HELMET.
‐ AN INDO‐PERSIAN HELMET.
HOLD ON ONE SECOND HERE.
I THINK I GOT SOMETHING
PERFECT FOR THIS.
HERE WE GO. [GRUNTS]
‐ [LAUGHS]
‐ OKAY, YEAH, HERE WE GO.
♪ ♪
THERE WE GO.
PERFECT.
‐ I'M HERE TODAY TO SELL
MY INDO‐PERSIAN HELMET.
I BOUGHT THE
HELMET IN A YARD SALE.
I HAVE THAT HELMET
FOR SEVEN YEARS.
I'M HOPING TODAY
TO SELL THE HELMET
FOR $1,500.
‐ THIS IS GREAT.
THIS WAS A PERSIAN DESIGN
THAT THEY LITERALLY WORE
FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.
THEY STARTED USING
HELMETS LIKE THIS
AS FAR BACK AS THE 1400S,
AND THEN CONTINUED TO
USE THEM UP UNTIL 1900.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I
THINK IT WAS THE 1820S
THAT PERSIA WENT
TO WAR WITH RUSSIA.
KAY, AND THE NEXT
THING YOU KNOW,
THE RUSSIANS ARE GOING LIKE,
"HEY, THIS SPIKE IS REALLY COOL
ON TOP OF THE HELMET."
AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW, YOU
HAD HELMETS ALL OVER EUROPE
WITH A SPIKE ON THE TOP OF IT.
IT REALLY SERVES NO
PURPOSE WHATSOEVER.
IT JUST SORT OF LOOKS COOL.
BUT THE CHAIN ACTUALLY
SERVED A PURPOSE.
YOU'LL SEE HOW THE LINKS
IN THE CHAINMAIL RIGHT HERE?
‐ MM‐HMM. ‐ THEY'RE
ALL WELDED TOGETHER.
IF YOUR SOLDIERS ARE
WEARING HEAD PROTECTION,
IT GIVES THEM A LITTLE
BIT OF AN ADVANTAGE.
IT'S NOT GONNA SAVE YOU FROM
A GNARLY SWIPE OF A SWORD,
BUT IT DOES GIVE YOU SOME
AMOUNT OF PROTECTION.
IF I WAS GONNA BE HIT IN
THE HEAD WITH A SWORD,
I'D DEFINITELY WANT
TO BE WEARING THIS
AS OPPOSED TO NOTHING.
DOES IT FIT ME?
HOW DO I LOOK HERE?
♪ ♪
‐ [LAUGHS]
‐ [LAUGHS]
THERE WOULD'VE BEEN A
LEATHER LINER IN THERE.
HEY, REMEMBER, THIS IS PERSIA.
IT'S IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE DESERT.
‐ MM‐HMM.
‐ YOU'RE NOT GONNA
WEAR A METAL HELMET
WITHOUT SOME SORT
OF LINER IN THERE
BECAUSE THIS THING
WOULD GET WAY TOO HOT,
ESPECIALLY ON A BALD HEAD.
[BOTH LAUGH]
♪ ♪
YOU'RE LOOKING TO SELL IT?
‐ MM‐HMM.
‐ AND HOW MUCH
DO YOU WANT FOR IT?
‐ I WANT 1,500.
‐ OKAY, IF IT WAS 17TH‐CENTURY,
YOU'RE IN THE RIGHT BALLPARK.
I DON'T THINK IT IS.
I THINK THIS IS CLOSE
TO LATE 19TH CENTURY,
EARLY 20TH CENTURY.
THE TELLTALE SIGN
IS THIS RIGHT HERE.
KAY? THAT'S MODERN STEEL.
‐ OH, OKAY.
‐ MODERN STEEL DIDN'T
COME INTO WIDE PRODUCTION,
WIDE USE, UNTIL AFTER 1860‐ISH,
AND THIS IS MUCH
CRUDER AROUND HERE,
BUT I THINK IT'S
AN ACTUAL HELMET.
IT'S COLLECTIBLE,
IT'S COOL, BUT...
I'LL GIVE YOU 300 BUCKS FOR IT.
‐ HOW ABOUT 500?
‐ HOW ABOUT 300?
‐ HOW ABOUT 400?
‐ HOW ABOUT 300? [LAUGHS]
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT,
I'LL GIVE YOU 350.
‐ THAT'S OKAY.
‐ ALL RIGHT, COOL,
WE GOT A DEAL.
I'LL MEET YOU RIGHT OVER THERE,
AND WE'LL DO SOME PAPERWORK.
‐ KAY, THANK YOU.
‐ NOT MOTORCYCLE
APPROVED, BUT PRETTY COOL.
♪ ♪
‐ YOUR HAIR LOOKS GOOD, BRO.
‐ YEAH, I KNOW.
MATTER OF FACT,
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME YOUR
BEARD'S EVER LOOKED GOOD.
DID YOU BRUSH IT OR SOMETHING?
‐ I HAD IT TRIMMED.
‐ YOU SHOULD DO IT MORE OFTEN.
‐ MAYBE ONCE IN A WHILE.
HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
‐ HOW'S IT GOING, GUYS?
‐ WHAT DO WE GOT?
‐ I GOT A PIECE OF
QUACK MEDICINE HERE.
DR. FOLT'S SOAP FOR
REDUCING OBESITY.
‐ DO YOU MIND IF I
TAKE A LOOK AT IT?
‐ YEAH, SURE.
‐ I GOT A FEW SPOTS
THAT COULD USE THAT.
‐ ME TOO.
‐ DOESN'T EVERYBODY?
‐ [LAUGHS]
I HAVE A BAR OF
SOAP FROM THE 1920S
THAT I'M HOPING TO SELL TODAY.
THE BAR OF SOAP
CLAIMED TO REDUCE WEIGHT
UP TO 15 TO 20
INCHES IN YOUR HIPS.
I'M ASKING $200 FOR
THE BAR OF SOAP.
‐ THIS IS PRETTY COOL, MAN.
STUFF LIKE THIS IS FUNNY,
BUT IT'S SOMETHING
AS OLD AS TIME.
I MEAN, IT'S THE SAME THING
YOU SEE ON AN INFOMERCIAL.
THERE'S SOME KIND OF MAGIC PILL,
SOME KIND OF MAGIC BULLET
THAT'S GONNA MAKE PEOPLE
NOT HAVE TO WORK HARD
TO GET WHAT THEY WANT.
ESPECIALLY BACK THEN.
THAT'S WHEN THEY HAD,
LIKE, THE SNAKE OIL SALESMEN
GOING AROUND TRYING TO
SELL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
YOU KNOW, DR. FOLT'S SOAP
WAS PATENTED AROUND THE 1920S,
AND THERE PROBABLY WASN'T
EVEN AN ACTUAL DOCTOR
NAMED DR. FOLT.
THEY JUST CAME UP WITH A
DOCTOR AND PUT IT ON THERE
BECAUSE IT SOUNDED
MORE OFFICIAL.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT THIS THING
WAS JUST MADE OF COLORED SOAP
AND IT HAD A LITTLE
BIT OF IODINE IN IT
SO IT HAD THAT MEDICINE SMELL,
WHERE IT WAS ACTUALLY SOME
KIND OF, LIKE, CHEMICAL PRODUCT
THAT WAS GONNA DISSOLVE
THE FAT UNDERNEATH YOUR SKIN.
‐ RIGHT.
‐ THIS IS THE KIND OF
THING YOU NEVER GO BACK
TO THE SAME TOWN
TWICE WITH, RIGHT?
‐ EXACTLY. PRETTY MUCH.
I MEAN, IT NEVER WORKED,
IT NEVER DID WORK,
IT WAS NEVER GONNA WORK.
I MEAN, IT WAS JUST A
CON MAN CONNING PEOPLE.
‐ IT'S A 100‐YEAR‐OLD
BAR OF SOAP,
SO, I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S
IN PRETTY GOOD CONDITION.
‐ WHAT ARE YOU
LOOKING TO DO WITH IT?
‐ I'M LOOKING TO SELL IT.
‐ HOW MUCH ARE
YOU LOOKING TO GET?
‐ 200 BUCKS, JUST BASED
ON ITS ODDITY, AND‐‐
‐ IS YOUR NAME DR. FOLT?
‐ NO, IT'S NOT.
‐ BECAUSE SOMEBODY
ALREADY GOT SCAMMED
WITH THIS THING ONCE.
I'M NOT GONNA GET
SCAMMED WITH IT AGAIN.
‐ OKAY.
HOW ABOUT 25 BUCKS?
THAT WOULD MAKE ME HAPPY.
‐ YOU KNOW, FOR
25 BUCKS, I'LL BUY IT.
WE GOT A DEAL. ‐ ALL RIGHT.
‐ MEET ME OVER THERE. WE
GOTTA DO SOME PAPERWORK.
‐ I'M GONNA GO FIND YOUR DAD
AND GIVE HIM HIS
NEW BAR OF SOAP.
HE'S REALLY BEEN TRYING TO
LOSE A FEW POUNDS LATELY.
♪ ♪
HOW YOU DOING
TODAY? ‐ VERY GOOD.
‐ WHAT CAN I HELP YOU WITH?
‐ WELL, I GOT SOMETHING
HERE I HOPE SUITS YOUR TASTE.
IT'S A TUXEDO.
IT WAS USED IN A MOVIE
BY AN ACTOR WHO
PORTRAYED FRANK SINATRA,
RAY LIOTTA.
‐ R. LIOTTA, ALL RIGHT.
YOU SURE THIS ISN'T RALPH'S?
‐ [LAUGHS] I HOPE NOT.
‐ [LAUGHS]
‐ I'M HERE TODAY TO
TRY TO SELL A TUXEDO
THAT WAS WORN BY
THE ACTOR RAY LIOTTA
IN THE MOVIE CALLED
"THE RAT PACK."
I'VE HAD THE TUXEDO
ABOUT TEN YEARS.
BEFORE THAT, IT WAS
OWNED BY MY BROTHER,
WHO PURCHASED IT SHORTLY
AFTER THE MOVIE WAS MADE.
IF I MAKE A SALE TODAY,
I'D LIKE TO USE THE MONEY
AND TAKE MY GRANDSON
ON A LITTLE TRIP.
‐ THIS IS A PRETTY COOL SUIT.
I MEAN, RAY LIOTTA,
HE'S A BIG ACTOR.
HE'S MOSTLY KNOWN
FOR HIS GANGSTER ROLES,
LIKE THE "GOODFELLAS,"
WHERE I THINK EVERYBODY LOVED
HIS CHARACTER IN THAT MOVIE,
BUT IN THIS MOVIE,
"THE RAT PACK,"
HE PLAYED FRANK SINATRA.
YOU KNOW, THE RAT PACK RAN
AROUND VEGAS FOR MANY YEARS,
AND THEY WERE PRETTY
POPULAR IN THE CITY IN THE 1960S,
AND IT WAS THE BIGGEST
STARS OF THE TIME,
LIKE FRANK SINATRA, DEAN MARTIN,
AND SAMMY DAVIS, JR.
YOU DON'T REALLY
THINK OF FRANK SINATRA
WHEN YOU THINK OF RAY LIOTTA,
BUT, I MEAN, THIS
WAS A GOOD MOVIE.
THEY ACTUALLY HAD JUST
ABOUT $10 MILLION BUDGET,
AND THEY SHOT THE MOVIE
IN, LIKE, I THINK 33 DAYS
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
WHICH IS PRETTY FAST
TO SHOOT A MOVIE.
I SEE R. L. RIGHT HERE.
JANUARY 1998,
WHEN THEY WOULD'VE BEEN
FILMING THE MOVIE MOST LIKELY.
LET ME TAKE A LOOK AT IT HERE.
♪ ♪
LOOKS LIKE IT
NEEDS A LINT ROLLER.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT,
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ACTUALLY
IN PRETTY GOOD CONDITION.
SO HOW DO YOU KNOW
THIS IS RAY'S SUIT?
‐ WELL, MY BROTHER USED
TO BE QUITE A COLLECTOR
OF MOVIE MEMORABILIA,
AND THIS WAS PART
OF HIS COLLECTION.
IT HAS SOME INDICATORS ON IT.
DEFINITELY, YOU CAN
SEE THE RED LINING
THAT THE SUIT HAD, AND
THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT
IN SOME SCENES.
‐ YEAH, I MEAN, CLOTHES
FROM MOVIES ARE BIG.
YOU KNOW, COLLECTORS LOVE 'EM.
THE PROBLEM IS, THEY
WANT TO MAKE SURE
THE CLOTHES WERE
WORN IN THE MOVIE.
A LOT OF THE TIMES, THE
WARDROBE WILL BE HUGE,
AND SOME OF THE CLOTHES
WON'T MAKE IT ONTO THE SCREEN.
WHAT ARE YOU
LOOKING TO DO WITH IT?
‐ I'D LIKE TO SELL IT.
I'D LIKE TO SEE IT TO
GO TO A COLLECTOR
THAT'D APPRECIATE IT.
‐ AND HOW MUCH ARE
YOU LOOKING TO GET?
‐ I WAS THINKING $1,000.
‐ YOU KNOW, I
HONESTLY HAVE NO IDEA,
BUT RAY LIOTTA, HE'S
STILL A WELL‐KNOWN ACTOR.
A LOT OF PEOPLE
DO LIKE HIM, SO‐‐
I'D LIKE TO CALL SOMEONE
DOWN, TAKE A LOOK AT IT,
CHECK OUT THE
AUTHENTICITY OF IT,
AND ALSO MAYBE GET AN IDEA
OF THE VALUE THAT IT COULD HOLD.
SO DO YOU HAVE A LITTLE TIME? I
COULD GET SOMEONE DOWN HERE?
‐ YES, I'D LIKE TO HEAR
WHAT YOUR EXPERT SAYS.
‐ GIVE ME JUST A FEW
MINUTES, ALL RIGHT?
‐ KAY.
‐ SO I HAVE A
CUSTOMER IN THE SHOP
WITH A SET OF HANDCUFFS
THAT HE SAYS IS
FROM THE LATE 1800S,
AND ARE FROM FOLSOM PRISON.
I CAN'T PUT MY FINGER ON IT,
BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THEM
THAT IS JUST NOT RIGHT,
AND SINCE HE WANTS
$3,000 FOR THESE THINGS,
I'VE CALLED UP MARK HALL‐PATTON,
THE BEARD OF KNOWLEDGE,
AND HE'LL GIVE ME HIS OPINION,
AND THEN I'LL GO FROM THERE.
♪ ♪
THIS GENTLEMAN
HAS SOME HANDCUFFS
THAT SAY FOLSOM PRISON ON THEM.
‐ FOLSOM PRISON,
OBVIOUSLY, VERY WELL KNOWN.
FIRST MAXIMUM SECURITY
PRISON IN CALIFORNIA.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE PRISONS THAT,
IF YOU WERE A REALLY BAD GUY,
THAT'S WHERE THEY SENT YOU.
I MEAN, WHEN THEY
PICKED UP CHARLIE MANSON,
HE WENT TO FOLSOM PRISON.
IT'S WHERE SUGE KNIGHT WENT.
PLUS, THAT'S WHERE JOHNNY
CASH DID HIS CONCERTS.
I MEAN, THAT WAS THE PRISON.
IF YOU CAN GET SOMETHING
THAT IS ACTUALLY
FROM FOLSOM PRISON,
YEAH, THAT WOULD BE
HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE.
THE PROBLEM IS,
A LOT OF PEOPLE
FAKE THOSE THINGS.
♪ ♪
THESE CUFFS‐‐DO YOU
MIND IF I PICK THEM UP?
‐ NO, PLEASE, YEAH.
‐ THESE CUFFS ARE OF A
STYLE THAT WOULD DATE,
IF THEY WERE ORIGINAL‐‐
‐ MM‐HMM.
‐ FROM THE LATE 18TH CENTURY.
‐ OKAY.
‐ NOT FROM THE
LATE 19TH CENTURY.
♪ ♪
COUPLE OF WAYS
THAT YOU CAN TELL.
ONE, THE STYLE. THE STYLE
IS COMPLETELY WRONG.
THIS STYLE OF CUFF WASN'T USED.
TWO, PRISONS NEVER
MARK THEIR HANDCUFFS.
ONCE IN A WHILE,
YOU'LL FIND HANDCUFFS
THAT ARE MARKED BY
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENTS
OR POLICE DEPARTMENTS,
BUT NOBODY GOT THIS FANCY.
YOU SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS,
IT'S A SOUVENIR PIECE.
‐ YOU'RE NOT GONNA BELIEVE THIS,
BUT THEY'VE BEEN IN
MY FAMILY FOR 70 YEARS.
MY GREAT UNCLE
WAS IN FOLSOM PRISON.
‐ ON THE INSIDE,
OR ON THE OUTSIDE?
‐ OH, NO. HE WAS ON THE INSIDE.
‐ ON THE INSIDE.
WELL, I'M SORRY.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN
SOMETHING HE PICKED UP
ALMOST AS A JOKE OR SOMETHING.
SO THEY'RE A COOL PIECE,
BUT THEY'RE NOT A TYPE
THAT WOULD'VE EVER
BEEN USED THERE.
♪ ♪
‐ I'M REALLY SURPRISED.
REALLY, REALLY
SURPRISED. ‐ OKAY.
WELL, THANKS, MAN.
I APPRECIATE IT.
‐ NOT A PROBLEM.
THANKS FOR LETTING ME
SEE 'EM. ‐ THANK YOU, SIR.
YOU BET, YOU TAKE
CARE. THANK YOU.
‐ THEY'RE MODERN REPRODUCTIONS,
AND A MODERN REPRODUCTION
DOESN'T MEAN IT
WAS MADE YESTERDAY,
IT COULD'VE BEEN
MADE 50 YEARS AGO,
BUT IT'S A REPRODUCTION.
‐ ALL RIGHT.
‐ SO UNFORTUNATELY,
THEY'RE NOT FOR ME.
‐ KAY, THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR TRYING.
‐ HAVE A GOOD ONE. ‐ YOU BET.
‐ I DON'T BELIEVE
WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY,
BECAUSE HE DOESN'T KNOW
EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM.
SOMEBODY WILL WANT THEM ONE DAY,
AND I REALLY BELIEVE
THAT, SO I'M OKAY WITH IT.
♪ ♪
‐ HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
‐ HI, REALLY GOOD.
‐ WHAT DO WE GOT?
‐ I HAVE A GUITAR. IT'S A‐‐
‐ ALL RIGHT. LET ME
GRAB THIS REAL QUICK.
SET IS ON THIS FOR ME.
THAT'S COOL. IT'S A
JAZZMASTER, RIGHT?
‐ YEAH, IT'S A 1962
FENDER JAZZMASTER.
♪ ♪
‐ IT'S GOT A LITTLE
BIT OF BUCKLE RASH,
WHERE YOUR BELT
BUCKLE HITS THE GUITAR
WHILE YOU'RE PLAYING IT.
‐ THEY ALL HAVE THEM.
‐ THE BIG '70S
BELT BUCKLES, HUH?
♪ ♪
‐ I'M HERE AT THE
PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY 1962 FENDER
JAZZMASTER GUITAR.
I RECEIVED THIS GUITAR
AS A BIRTHDAY PRESENT
IN 1966 FROM MY PARENTS.
I WAS 15 YEARS OLD,
AND I'VE HAD THE
GUITAR EVER SINCE.
THE GUITAR'S IN
BEAUTIFUL CONDITION.
IT JUST LOOKS GORGEOUS.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL GUITAR.
I'M HOPING TO SELL THE
GUITAR FOR $9,000 TODAY.
♪ ♪
‐ THIS IS COOL.
LEO FENDER FOUNDED
FENDER GUITARS
BACK IN, I THINK, THE '40S?
‐ THE LATE '40S, YEAH.
‐ I THINK HE MAINLY
STARTED OFF WITH AMPLIFIERS,
AND IF YOU'RE MAKING AMPS,
WHY NOT MAKE SOMETHING
TO PLAY ON THE AMPS, RIGHT?
‐ RIGHT.
‐ SO THEY CAME OUT WITH GUITARS.
NOW FENDER'S MORE
FAMOUS FOR THEIR GUITARS
THAN ALMOST ANYTHING ELSE.
FENDER STARTED OFF
WITH A TELECASTER,
THEN THE STRATOCASTER.
THEY WERE DOING REALLY
WELL WITH STRATOCASTERS,
AND THEY WANTED A
DIFFERENT PRODUCT
TO ADD SOMETHING TO THEIR LINE,
AND THEY CAME OUT
WITH THE JAZZMASTER.
THEY STARTED
MAKING THEM IN 1958,
AND IT WAS BASICALLY
DESIGNED FOR JAZZ MUSICIANS.
YOU KNOW, THE WAY THE BODY
WAS BUILT ON THE JAZZMASTER
WAS MORE COMFORTABLE
THAN A STRATOCASTER
TO PLAY SITTING DOWN.
YOU KNOW, IF
YOU'RE IN A JAZZ BAND,
YOU'RE SITTING ON A STOOL,
AND THAT'S WHY IT HAS
THIS PARTICULAR SHAPE.
AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED,
THE BUCKLE RASH ON THE BACK
YOU KNOW, JUST MAKES IT COOLER.
I MEAN, IT'S IN REALLY
GOOD CONDITION.
I MEAN, YOU DON'T
REALLY SEE THEM LIKE THIS.
♪ ♪
‐ YOU'VE TAKEN
REALLY GOOD CARE OF IT.
‐ I'VE TAKEN
EXCELLENT CARE OF IT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, I STILL
HAVE THE ORIGINAL CASE
AND EVERYTHING
THAT IT CAME WITH.
‐ WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING
TO DO WITH IT, MY MAN?
‐ I'D LIKE TO SELL IT.
‐ ANY IDEA WHAT YOU'RE
LOOKING TO GET OUT OF IT?
‐ I'D LIKE TO GET
9,000 OUT OF IT.
‐ MM‐KAY.
I'M NOT A GUITAR EXPERT,
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT
COMES TO STUFF LIKE THIS.
IF IT WAS A STRATOCASTER,
I'D BE FINE JUST ON MY OWN,
BUT WITH A JAZZMASTER, I'D
LIKE TO BRING IN SOMEBODY
TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
‐ SURE. THAT SOUNDS GREAT.
‐ ALL RIGHT, I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
‐ THANK YOU.
♪ ♪
‐ THERE'S A CUSTOMER
HERE WITH A TUXEDO
SUPPOSEDLY WORN BY RAY LIOTTA
IN THE MOVIE "THE RAT PACK."
ANYTHING RELATED TO
VEGAS WITH THIS KIND OF SWAG
WILL PROBABLY
SELL IN A HEARTBEAT,
AND IT LOOKS SUPER AUTHENTIC,
BUT JUST TO BE SURE,
MY HOLLYWOOD EXPERT ROB
IS COMING BY TO
TAKE A LOOK AT IT
TO MAKE SURE IT'S THE REAL DEAL.
‐ LOOK AT THAT. RAY LIOTTA.
SO YOU GUYS HAVE
SEEN "GOODFELLAS."
HAVE YOU SEEN
"GOODFELLAS"? ‐ YES.
‐ FANTASTIC IN THAT FILM, RIGHT?
‐ OH, YEAH. ONE OF THE BEST.
‐ RAY LIOTTA IS A LEGEND
BECAUSE OF "GOODFELLAS,"
AND THAT MOVIE HAS CONTINUED
TO BECOME THE
GO‐TO GANGSTER FILM.
HE PLAYED FRANK SINATRA
IN THIS MOVIE CALLED
"THE RAT PACK,"
NOT NECESSARILY ONE OF
THE MOST WELL‐KNOWN FILMS,
SO THE FACT THAT IT'S A TUXEDO
VERSUS, LIKE, A SET OF, LIKE,
YOU KNOW, BERMUDA SHORTS
OR SOME WEIRD THING LIKE THAT,
THAT'S A GOOD
THING GOING FOR IT.
IS IT OKAY IF WE LOOK THROUGH
AND JUST KIND OF
EXAMINE THE PIECE HERE?
‐ ABSOLUTELY. ‐ OKAY.
OKAY, SO RIGHT OFF
THE BAT, LOOK AT THIS.
ANTO, BEVERLY HILLS.
HE'S, LIKE, THE
SHIRTMAKER TO THE STARS.
ALMOST EVERY SINGLE
SHIRT THAT I'VE EVER SEEN,
AT LEAST IN THE LAST
COUPLE DECADES,
IT'S ALWAYS MADE
BY THIS SUIT MAKER,
SO THAT'S A GOOD SIGN THERE.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK HERE.
IN THE WORLD OF
WARDROBE COLLECTING,
YOU ALWAYS WANT TO
LOOK FOR TELLTALE SIGNS
OF INSCRIPTIONS OR
WARDROBE LABELS.
THIS PARTICULAR TAG,
YOU CAN SEE HERE,
IS ACTUALLY ONE
THAT I RECOGNIZE.
THIS IS A UNIVERSAL STUDIOS TAG.
ALTOGETHER PRETTY
COOL ENSEMBLE HERE.
‐ SO CAN YOU TELL ME IF
THIS WAS SCREEN WORN,
OR IF THIS WAS JUST SITTING
IN THE WARDROBE SOMEWHERE?
‐ YEAH, YOU HAVE TO SORT
OF THROW CAUTION TO THE WIND
ON AN ENSEMBLE LIKE THIS.
BECAUSE OF THE LABELING,
R.L., RAY LIOTTA,
BECAUSE IT'S GOT THAT,
YOU KNOW, WONDERFUL TAG
ON THE INSIDE POCKET,
THIS THING WAS USED.
‐ SO WHAT KIND OF VALUE
DO YOU THINK IT HAS?
‐ VALUE‐WISE,
I THINK IN AN AUCTION,
IT WOULD PROBABLY GO
FOR BETWEEN $500 TO $1,200.
‐ ALL RIGHT, WELL,
THANKS FOR COMING DOWN.
‐ GOOD TO SEE YOU
AGAIN. ‐ APPRECIATE IT.
‐ HEY, GOOD LUCK
TO YOU. ‐ THANK YOU.
‐ THANK YOU.
‐ SO YOU HEARD
WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.
I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO PAY YOU
THE 1,000 BUCKS FOR IT.
WHEN HE TELLS ME SOMETHING'S
GONNA GO BETWEEN 500 AND 1,200,
I DO HAVE TO CONSIDER
ON THE LOWER END OF THAT.
WITH THAT BEING SAID,
I'D LIKE TO GIVE
YOU, LIKE, 375 FOR IT.
♪ ♪
‐ COULD YOU TAKE 450?
‐ I MEAN...
I THINK 400'S GONNA BE THE
MAX THAT I COULD PAY FOR IT.
♪ ♪
‐ I'M WILLING TO
SELL IT FOR 400.
‐ ALL RIGHT. WE GOT A DEAL.
‐ START SPREADING
THE NEWS. ‐ YEAH.
GO OVER HERE. WE'LL
IRON OUT THE DETAILS.
‐ I THINK THE EXPERT'S
ASSESSMENT WAS RIGHT ON.
I'LL TAKE THE $400,
AND I'M SURE I'LL HAVE
A GOOD LITTLE TRIP
WITH MY GRANDSON.
‐ WHILE THE RAT PACK
HELPED LAY THE FOUNDATION,
WHEN YOU THINK
OF SIN CITY TODAY,
YOU THINK OF THE BRIGHT LIGHTS.
MAYBE EVEN YOUR
FAVORITE PAWN SHOP.
BUT BACK IN 1821, THIS
STRETCH OF DESERT
WAS A BEAUTIFUL PATCH
OF SPRING‐WATERED GRASS
BETWEEN WHAT IS NOW
NEW MEXICO AND CALIFORNIA.
A MEXICAN SCOUT
NAMED RAFAEL RIVERA
WAS SO TAKEN BY IT AS
HE TRAVELED THE VALLEY,
HE NAMED IT LAS VEGAS,
SPANISH FOR "THE MEADOWS."
WHO KNEW?
IN 1908, A NEW RAIL LINE
FROM SALT LAKE CITY
TO LOS ANGELES WAS BEING BUILT.
THEY NEEDED A TRAIN STOP
SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE,
SO THEY SETTLED ON THAT
SAME BEAUTIFUL VALLEY,
AND JUST LIKE THAT, THE
CITY OF LAS VEGAS WAS BORN.
IN 1946, EAST COAST
GANGSTER BUGSY SIEGEL
OPENED THE
FLAMINGO IN LAS VEGAS.
BY THE 1950S AND '60S,
OTHER MOBSTERS FOLLOWED SUIT
TO CREATE THE LAS VEGAS STRIP.
IT TURNS OUT, CASINOS
ARE A GREAT PLACE
TO LAUNDER MONEY.
SIN CITY WAS BORN,
AND THE RAT PACK COMES TO TOWN.
THEIR PERFORMANCES
BROUGHT IN THE CROWDS
AND HELPED GIVE VEGAS A
MORE MAINSTREAM APPEAL.
SIX DECADES LATER,
AND A WHOPPING 42 MILLION PEOPLE
VISIT THE STRIP ANNUALLY.
AT LEAST HALF OF THEM
VISIT A LITTLE OLD PAWN SHOP,
OWNED BY YOURS
TRULY, RIGHT OVER THERE.
[LAUGHS]
VIVA LAS VEGAS.
‐ I HAVE A CUSTOMER IN THE SHOP
WITH A VINTAGE FENDER
JAZZMASTER GUITAR.
I KNOW AN AWFUL LOT ABOUT
FENDER STRATOCASTER GUITARS,
WHICH CAN GO FOR THOUSANDS
AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS,
BUT SINCE THIS IS A JAZZMASTER,
I NEED MY BUDDY WOLF
TO COME DOWN HERE
AND HELP ME FIGURE OUT A PRICE.
‐ WOW, LOOK AT
THIS. ‐ IT'S A 1960‐‐
‐ '62 FENDER JAZZMASTER.
‐ WOW, JAZZMASTER. YEAH,
THIS IS A GREAT GUITAR.
FENDER DESIGNED THIS
GUITAR SPECIFICALLY
TO ATTRACT JAZZ PLAYERS.
THEY HAD THE STRAT,
WHICH IS ONE OF THE
MOST ICONIC INSTRUMENTS
IN THE ENTIRE WORLD,
SO THEY THOUGHT,
WHY DON'T WE TRY AND LURE
SOME OF THE JAZZ PLAYERS
INTO OUR WORLD,
AND WE'LL DESIGN
THIS OFFSET GUITAR,
THE OFFSET BODY STYLE.
THEY DID THIS NICE BODY
SCOOP HERE, AND THIS,
SO THAT WHEN YOU'RE
PLAYING SITTING DOWN,
IT'S VERY COMFORTABLE, THE
WAY IT RESTS AGAINST YOUR BODY
AND YOUR ARM SITS OVER THIS
AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE REAL
APPEALING FEATURES OF THIS.
THESE LITTLE KNOBS RIGHT
HERE ARE REALLY COOL.
WHAT IT DOES IS THIS
TURNS ON SPECIAL FEATURES
ON THIS PICKUP EXACTLY,
SO THESE ROLLERS CONTROL
YOUR BASS AND TREBLE TONES
WHEN YOU'RE JUST ON THIS PICKUP,
AND WHAT THAT DID
WAS IT KIND OF ALLOWED
YOUR JAZZ PLAYER TO DIAL
IN THAT MORE JAZZY SOUND.
ORIGINAL FRETS?
NO FRET WORK DONE?
‐ EVERYTHING ON THE
GUITAR IS ORIGINAL, YES.
‐ BEAUTIFUL.
YEAH. NICE.
IT'S BEEN LOVED, YOU CAN TELL.
A LITTLE BUCKLE RASH THERE.
LOOKS LIKE IT EARNS ITS STRIPES.
‐ THAT'S GOOD.
‐ FLAME MAPLE NECK.
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE
FLAME ON THAT, RIGHT THERE.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE
REALLY LOVE FLAME MAPLE.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL 'CAUSE IT HAS
THAT TIGER STRIPE PATTERN.
PLAIN MAPLE'S A
REALLY GREAT NECK.
IT HAS A REAL
CERTAIN TONALITY TO IT.
EVERYTHING I'M SEEING
IN THIS GUITAR IS ORIGINAL,
AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT STILL
HAS THE ORIGINAL CASE AS WELL.
OH, YEAH.
ORANGE INSIDE IS ALWAYS
A PRETTY GOOD SIGN.
THE OLD FENDER CASES WERE LINED
WITH THIS REALLY KIND OF
NICE CRUSH ORANGE VELVET.
SO THAT LOOKS
ORIGINAL TOO, SO WOW.
YEAH, EVERYTHING
HERE IS ALL ORIGINAL.
‐ SO THERE HAS TO BE SOMEBODY
OUT THERE COLLECTING THEM.
HOW COLLECTIBLE ARE THEY?
‐ FOR THE GUITAR PLAYER
THAT HAS A FENDER STRAT,
OR, LIKE, A GIBSON
LES PAUL OR WHATEVER,
YOU WANT SOMETHING
THAT GIVES YOU
A DIFFERENT TONE,
THIS IS DEFINITELY
YOUR NEXT BUY.
‐ SO TELL ME, WHAT DO
YOU THINK IT'S WORTH?
♪ ♪
‐ LET'S SEE. '62, OFF‐WHITE.
MATCHING HEADSTOCK,
ALL ORIGINAL.
REALLY GOOD CONDITION,
WITH THE ORIGINAL
CASE AND EVERYTHING.
♪ ♪
GEEZ.
YEAH, I'D SAY
8,000, 8,500 MAYBE?
♪ ♪
‐ ALL RIGHT, WELL, I
APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN.
‐ OH, THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
‐ SO I'D LIKE TO OFFER
YOU ABOUT 6,000.
‐ [GROANS]
‐ I NEED TO MAKE MONEY.
‐ CAN YOU GO, LIKE, 8,500 ON IT?
‐ NO, BUT I CAN DO 6,500.
♪ ♪
‐ CAN YOU GO 75?
‐ I'LL GO 6,700 BUCKS.
THAT'S THE MOST I CAN DO.
♪ ♪
‐ ALL RIGHT. ‐ 67?
‐ FINE. ‐ COOL,
MEET ME OVER THERE.
WE CAN DO SOME
PAPERWORK, OKAY? ‐ ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I THINK THAT'S A FAIR
DEAL FOR EVERYONE.
I'M GONNA TAKE THE $6,700
AND BUY SOMETHING
VERY NICE FOR MY WIFE.
♪ ♪
‐ HOW ARE YOU DOING?
WHAT DO YOU HAVE HERE?
‐ HELLO, MATE. HOW ARE YOU?
I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE.
FROM THE RESEARCH
I'VE DONE ONLINE,
I THINK IT'S A WORLD
WAR II MORTAR DEVICE,
SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT.
‐ DO YOU KNOW WHAT
THESE EVEN ARE RIGHT HERE?
‐ I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THESE ARE.
THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT SIZES.
‐ I MEAN, THEY'RE
SHAPED LIKE BULLETS.
SOME TYPE OF PROJECTILE.
THESE COME UNDONE HERE. HMM.
‐ MAYBE YOU PUT YOUR
LOVE LETTER IN THERE
AND SHOOT IT TO YOUR LOVED ONE.
‐ IF YOU'RE SHOOTING
THIS TO YOUR LOVED ONE,
I THINK YOU'RE TRYING
TO GET RID OF THEM.
[EXPLOSION]
‐ I THINK WHAT I HAVE
IS A WORLD WAR II
MORTAR TRAINING DEVICE.
I ACQUIRED IT WHEN A
RELATIVE PASSED AWAY
WHO COLLECTED A BUNCH
OF DIFFERENT THINGS,
AND THIS STOOD OUT TO US
'CAUSE IT WAS JUST MASSIVE,
IT WAS HEAVY, IT
LOOKED REALLY COOL.
SO I'M LOOKING TO GET
ROUGHLY AROUND $1,000 FOR THIS.
THE LOWEST I'LL TAKE IS
PROBABLY AROUND THE 700S.
♪ ♪
‐ IT DEFINITELY LOOKS BADASS.
BASICALLY, A MORTAR'S JUST
A MOBILE PIECE OF ARTILLERY
THAT FIRES OUT A PROJECTILE,
AND THESE WERE USED
A LOT IN WORLD WAR II
BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT
OF TRENCH WARFARE GOING ON.
‐ RIGHT.
‐ AND THIS ALLOWED YOU TO
STAY INSIDE OF THE TRENCH,
AND THEY HAD THIS LONG BARREL
YOU COULD SHOOT UP
FROM OVER THE TRENCH,
AND YOU COULD STAY DOWN
THERE WITH YOUR HELMET ON
AND STAY PROTECTED.
SO MORTARS WERE A REALLY
BIG PART OF WARS BACK THEN.
TODAY, NOT SO MUCH
WITH AIRSTRIKES AND HOW
STEALTH PLANES ARE NOW,
AND HOW EFFICIENT
THEY CAN BOMB STUFF.
‐ RIGHT.
‐ SO IT KIND OF DOES
LOOK LIKE A MORTAR.
THIS LOOKS LIKE THE STAND HERE.
IT PROBABLY GETS
CLAMPED IN RIGHT SIDE HERE.
♪ ♪
I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S
GOING ON HERE, YOU KNOW.
♪ ♪
MAYBE THESE GO IN
THERE OR SOMETHING,
AND THIS GOES IN THERE?
‐ I WAS A LITTLE SCARED TO
TRY AND PUT IT TOGETHER MYSELF
'CAUSE I THOUGHT I'D SHOOT
THE HOUSE DOWN, OR SOMEONE.
♪ ♪
‐ DO YOU KNOW IF IT WORKS?
‐ I HAVE NO IDEA.
‐ YEAH, 'CAUSE IF IT WORKS,
THAT'S A BIG PART OF HOW
MUCH IT'S ACTUALLY WORTH.
YOU KNOW? ‐ RIGHT.
‐ WHEN A COLLECTOR
BUYS SOMETHING LIKE THIS,
THEY WANT TO KNOW THAT IT WORKS,
NOT EVEN THAT THEY'RE
GONNA GO SHOOT IT AND FIRE IT.
JUST KNOWING THAT IT
WORKS ADDS MORE VALUE TO IT.
‐ TOTALLY.
‐ HOW MUCH ARE
YOU LOOKING TO GET?
‐ I'M HOPING MAYBE AROUND 1,000.
‐ HMM. OKAY.
I KNOW IT'S NOT OUT OF THE REALM
TO ASK THAT MUCH FOR THIS,
OR TO EVEN GET
THAT MUCH FOR THEM,
BUT GIVE ME A FEW MINUTES.
I'M GONNA CALL
SOMEONE DOWN HERE,
AND SEE IF HE CAN TELL ME
WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON HERE.
‐ NO WORRIES.
‐ TAKE A FEW PICTURES
AND THEN I'LL BE GONE.
‐ SOMEONE'S COMING
IN TO HAVE A LOOK AT IT,
AND HOPEFULLY EXPLAIN
TO ME EXACTLY WHAT IT IS,
AND I'M PRETTY
EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT
THIS THING CAN DO,
AND WHAT IT'S MADE FOR,
AND SEE WHAT I CAN
BUMP THAT PRICE UP TO.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
‐ HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
‐ I'VE GOT A PRETTY
OLD AND UNUSUAL NOTE
THAT I PICKED UP OUT EAST.
‐ OKAY.
"THE KIRTLAND
SAFETY SOCIETY BANK."
$5.
THAT WAS, LIKE, THE FIRST
MORMON BANK, RIGHT?
‐ FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, YES.
‐ YEAH, YOU HAVE JOSEPH
SMITH'S SIGNATURE ON IT.
JOSEPH SMITH WAS THE
FOUNDER OF THE MORMON CHURCH,
AND BRIGHAM YOUNG,
WHO TOOK OVER THE
CHURCH AFTER SMITH DIED.
YEAH, AND YOU CAN TELL,
THEY HAD MUCH CHEAPER INK
THE SECOND TIME THEY SIGNED IT.
[LAUGHS] ‐ YEAH.
[CASH REGISTER DINGS]
I'M HERE AT THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
LOOKING TO SELL AN OLD,
OBSOLETE CURRENCY NOTE.
I PURCHASED THE
NOTE BECAUSE I NOTICED
THAT IT WAS SIGNED
BY BRIGHAM YOUNG.
I'M HOPING TO SELL
THE NOTE FOR $20,000.
‐ IT'S REALLY INTERESTING.
WHAT YEAR IS THIS?
‐ I THINK IT'S AROUND
MIDDLE PART OF THE 1800S.
‐ 1830 IN OHIO, JOSEPH SMITH
FOUNDED THE MORMON CHURCH.
THEY WEREN'T EXACTLY
STARTING THEIR OWN COUNTRY,
BUT IT WAS ALMOST LIKE THAT.
THE CHURCH WAS DOING STUFF
THAT NORMALLY
GOVERNMENTS WOULD DO.
THEY CREATED CHURCH‐RUN
STORES, CHURCH‐RUN SCHOOLS.
SO THEY WANTED TO GET A
NATIONAL CHARTER FOR A BANK,
BUT U. S. GOVERNMENT SAID "NAH,"
DENIED THEIR APPLICATION.
SO THEY JUST SAID SCREW IT,
WE'LL OPEN UP OUR OWN BANK.
SORT OF CRAZY TO THINK ABOUT
PEOPLE OPENING UP THEIR OWN BANK
WITH NO GOVERNMENT
REGULATION OR ANYTHING,
BUT IT WAS DONE ALL
THE TIME BACK THEN.
♪ ♪
WHEN THE CURRENCY
WAS FIRST ISSUED IN 1837,
IT WAS SIGNED BY JOSEPH SMITH,
BUT YEARS LATER,
WHEN THEY MOVED FROM
OHIO TO SALT LAKE CITY,
THEY REISSUED THESE BILLS,
AND THEY SIGNED OVER
THE OLD SIGNATURES.
THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THE
FOUNDER OF THE MORMON CHURCH,
JOSEPH SMITH,
AND BRIGHAM YOUNG'S
SIGNATURE RIGHT HERE
IN A DIFFERENT TYPE OF INK.
♪ ♪
SO IT'S A REALLY COOL BILL.
DO YOU WANT TO SELL IT?
‐ YEAH, I'M INTERESTED
IN SELLING THE NOTE.
IT'S A PRETTY RARE EXAMPLE.
‐ YEAH, IT WOULD BE
REALLY, REALLY COLLECTIBLE.
SO HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT FOR IT?
‐ I'M LOOKING TO
GET $20,000 FOR IT.
‐ OKAY.
IN ALL HONESTY, I HAVE NO
IDEA IF THAT'S A GOOD PRICE,
BUT I KNOW A GUY WHO DOES.
CAN YOU HANG OUT
FOR A LITTLE BIT?
AND LET ME GET SOMEONE
DOWN HERE TO LOOK AT IT.
OKAY? ‐ SURE.
‐ ALL RIGHT, COOL.
IT'D BE SO GREAT IF I
COULD START MY OWN BANK
AND PUT MY PICTURE
ON ALL THE BILLS.
[LAUGHS]
♪ ♪
ONE OF MY BEST CUSTOMERS
IS BRIAN HENDELSON.
I SELL HIM A LOT OF STUFF,
AND I BUY A LOT
OF STUFF FROM HIM.
SO IS THIS GEORGE
WASHINGTON'S TOO?
‐ IT IS.
THAT'S JOHN HANCOCK'S
POCKET WATCH.
‐ AND THAT'S HIS
WAISTCOAT, RIGHT?
‐ FROM THE 1700S.
THIS IS GEORGE WASHINGTON'S
SILVER LION HEAD CUTTOE.
‐ THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
HE TOLD ME HE HAD
SOME REALLY COOL
FOUNDING FATHERS STUFF
HE WANTED TO SELL ME,
SO WHEN HE SAYS
IT'S REALLY COOL,
IT'S GOTTA BE SOMETHING AMAZING.
SO WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
‐ THAT DOCUMENT IN FRONT
OF YOU IS GEORGE WASHINGTON
NOMINATING DAVID RITTENHOUSE JR.
TO BE THE FIRST MINT DIRECTOR,
AND IT'S DATED 1792,
THE 16TH YEAR OF
OUR INDEPENDENCE.
‐ THIS IS SO COOL.
THIS IS GEORGE WASHINGTON
WHEN HE WAS PRESIDENT,
AND IT'S SIGNED BY WASHINGTON,
AND WHO'S THIS?
‐ THOMAS JEFFERSON.
‐ THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING.
‐ PRETTY COOL.
I HAVE TWO GEORGE WASHINGTON
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS
APPOINTING THE FIRST AND
SECOND MINT DIRECTORS
OF THE UNITED STATES,
ONE DATED 1792,
AND ONE DATED 1795.
I KNOW RICK LOVES
AMERICAN HISTORY,
AND EVERY NOW AND THEN,
HE GETS ME TO SELL A PIECE.
‐ THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
THIS IS ONE OF THE
FOUNDING DOCUMENTS
OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
YOU'RE NOT REALLY
RECOGNIZED AS A COUNTRY
UNTIL YOU HAVE
YOUR OWN CURRENCY,
AND THIS WAS THE DOCUMENT
THAT FOUNDED THE
UNITED STATES MINT.
CONGRESS PASSES A BILL
SAYING WE NEED TO MAKE MONEY,
SO GEORGE WASHINGTON
SIGNS THE BILL,
THEN HE HAS TO FIND
SOMEONE TO RUN THE MINT,
GOES TO THE SENATE, SAYS,
HEY, CAN I HAVE THIS GUY?
HE GETS THE ADVICE AND
CONSENT OF THE U. S. SENATE,
AND THEN HE
APPOINTS HIM AND SAYS,
ALL RIGHT, YOU'RE IN CHARGE.
GO MAKE MONEY.
THERE WOULDN'T BE U. S. DOLLARS
IF IT WASN'T FOR THIS
DOCUMENT RIGHT HERE.
IT'S AMAZING.
AND WHAT IS THIS GEORGE
WASHINGTON DOCUMENT?
‐ THIS IS WASHINGTON APPOINTING
IN 1795 ELIAS BOUDINOT
TO BE THE SECOND MINT DIRECTOR.
‐ YEAH, I AM JUST SHOCKED
THIS IS NOT IN THE
NATIONAL ARCHIVES
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
‐ YEAH, I'M JUST SO HONORED
THAT I'M THE
CARETAKER AT THIS TIME.
‐ SO WHAT WOULD IT COST ME
FOR ME TO BE THE
CARETAKER OF THESE?
‐ WELL...
I WOULD SELL THE
PAIR FOR 700,000.
♪ ♪
‐ THEY'RE SUPER COOL,
AND IT'S ONE OF THE MOST
AMAZING THINGS I'VE EVER SEEN,
BUT I DON'T BUY THINGS LIKE THIS
UNLESS I HAVE A
CUSTOMER IN HAND,
AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT
OUT OF MY BUDGET.
‐ I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT
'CAUSE I REALLY DON'T
WANT TO PART WITH THEM.
BUT I DIDN'T WANT
TO DISAPPOINT YOU,
SO I DID BRING
SOMETHING VERY EXCITING
FROM MY COLLECTION.
TO DISAPPOINT YOU,
SO I DID BRING ONE
OF MY OTHER PRESIDENTIAL
APPOINTMENTS I HAVE,
AND THIS ONE MIGHT FEEL
A LITTLE CLOSER TO HOME.
THIS DOCUMENT IS SIGNED
BY ULYSSES S. GRANT
AS PRESIDENT,
APPOINTING THE ASSAY
OF THE CARSON CITY, NEVADA, MINT
IN 1869.
‐ THIS IS SUPER COOL.
IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
THIS IS ULYSSES S. GRANT,
ARGUABLY ONE OF THE
TOP FIVE PRESIDENTS
THAT THE UNITED
STATES HAS EVER HAD.
IT'S BECAUSE OF HIM
WE WON THE CIVIL WAR.
WE HAD A VERY SMALL
UNITED STATES MINT
IN CARSON CITY, NEVADA,
DURING THE BIG
COMSTOCK SILVER BOOM,
AND THEY JUST FIGURED
IT WOULD BE MUCH EASIER
TO MINT IT RIGHT THERE THAN
TO SHIP THE RAW SILVER OUT
AND HAVE IT MINTED
SOMEWHERE ELSE.
THE RAREST COINS IN CIRCULATION
BASICALLY COME FROM
THE CARSON CITY MINT.
‐ ARE THE CARSON
CITY COINS. ABSOLUTELY.
‐ BECAUSE IT WAS
A VERY SMALL MINT,
IT WASN'T IN
OPERATION VERY LONG.
WELL, YOU JUST DON'T FIND A LOT
OF REALLY IMPORTANT HISTORICAL
DOCUMENTS ABOUT NEVADA,
AND THIS RIGHT HERE
IS PRETTY AMAZING.
SO WHAT WOULD IT COST FOR ME
TO BE THE CUSTODIAN
OF THIS DOCUMENT?
‐ THAT WAS A LITTLE
CHEAPER THAN THE OTHER TWO.
I'D SELL THAT FOR $80,000.
‐ BUT YOU WOULD TAKE 60, RIGHT?
‐ NO, I WOULDN'T
TAKE 60. ‐ [LAUGHS]
‐ IF IT MAKES YOU HAPPY,
I'D SPLIT IT WITH
YOU AT 70 GRAND.
‐ [EXHALES]
‐ AND I'LL GO ONE STEP FURTHER.
IF YOU EVER GET TIRED OF IT,
YOU CAN SELL IT BACK
TO ME FOR THE 70,000,
JUST SO I COULD PUT IT
BACK IN MY COLLECTION.
‐ OKAY, SO 70,000 AND
A BUYBACK GUARANTEE.
I'LL PAY YOU, AND
GIVE YOU LUNCH.
[LAUGHS] ‐ OKAY.
‐ ALL RIGHT, GREAT. ‐ THANK YOU.
‐ LEAVE THESE IN MY
OFFICE, I'LL LOCK THE DOOR,
HAVE SECURITY GUARDS
STAND IN FRONT OF THE DOOR,
AND WE'LL GO HAVE LUNCH.
‐ GREAT.
[ROCK MUSIC]
‐ EARLIER, A GUY BROUGHT IN
WHAT LOOKED LIKE A
MORTAR FROM WORLD WAR II,
AND THIS THING
LOOKS LIKE IT COULD DO
SOME SERIOUS DAMAGE.
THE SELLER BROUGHT
A LOT OF THINGS
THAT GO ALONG WITH THIS MORTAR,
AND I HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT THEY ARE,
SO ALEX IS COMING BY
TO TELL ME MORE ABOUT IT,
AND HOPEFULLY GIVE ME AN IDEA
ON HOW MUCH THIS THING'S WORTH.
♪ ♪
I THINK I HAVE A MORTAR HERE.
‐ THIS IS A WORLD WAR II MORTAR.
THIS IS WHAT WAS
KNOWN AS THE M1 MORTAR.
MORTARS WERE EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT IN WORLD WAR I.
WHEN THEY SET UP MORTARS,
THEY COULD REACH
THE FAR TRENCHES,
AND THE MORTARS WOULD
LAND BEHIND THE LINES.
THAT WOULD TAKE OUT A
LOT OF PEOPLE AT ONCE.
THE THING ABOUT
THESE MORTARS IS,
IF THEY WERE
COMPLETELY ORIGINAL,
THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERED
A DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE
AND BE ILLEGAL.
THIS ONE, I CAN TELL
THAT THE TUBE IS ORIGINAL,
BUT THIS PART THAT'S BLACK,
WE CALL THAT THE BASE CUP,
THAT'S A REPRODUCTION.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY
COMPLETELY INERT
AND LEGAL TO SELL,
AND SEE THAT LITTLE BASEPLATE?
SO THIS ACTUALLY IS
AN ORIGINAL BASEPLATE,
THAT THIS GOES ON THERE,
AND THEN THESE LITTLE
FEET DIG INTO THE DIRT.
USUALLY, THE
BASEPLATES ARE THIS BIG.
THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE REFER
TO AS A COMMANDO BASEPLATE,
AND THE REASON THEY SAY THAT
IS BECAUSE THEY WERE
MUCH MORE LIGHTWEIGHT,
AND THEY WERE DESIGNED
FOR FASTER MOVEMENT.
DID YOU HAVE THE
OTHER BASEPLATE?
‐ NO, I DIDN'T HAVE
THE BIGGER BASEPLATE.
THIS IS ALL THAT I COULD FIND
THAT SORT OF
BELONGED TO THIS SET.
‐ OKAY.
AND THAT, THAT'S A‐‐
THAT'S REALLY COOL.
THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL A
SUB‐CALIBER TRAINING SET.
SO IN WORLD WAR II,
THEY REALIZED THAT,
YOU KNOW, MORTAR MEN REALLY
NEEDED TO BE TRAINED WELL
BECAUSE THERE WAS
A LOT THAT WENT TO IT,
AND SO THESE ROUNDS
ARE MUCH, MUCH SMALLER
THAN A TYPICAL
PROJECTILE WOULD BE.
SO THEY WERE A VERY SAFE
WAY TO TRAIN MORTAR MEN
ON HOW TO USE THEM.
THIS BARREL ACTUALLY
INSERTS IN THERE,
AND YOU DROP IT DOWN,
IT GOES ALL THE
WAY TO THE BOTTOM,
HITS THE CAP, GOES
UP, COMES DOWN,
AND MAKES A BIG
POP WHEN IT LANDS.
THIS ACTUALLY IS MUCH
MORE RARE THAT THE MORTAR,
ALTHOUGH BOTH HAVE VALUE.
♪ ♪
SO YOU'VE NEVER TRIED
IT? ‐ I'VE NEVER TRIED IT.
I WAS TOO SCARED I WAS
GONNA BLOW SOMETHING UP.
‐ [LAUGHS]
THESE WON'T BLOW ANYTHING UP.
THEY DO MAKE SOME NOISE,
BUT IT'S KIND OF LIKE A
REALLY COOL, LIKE, CAP GUN.
‐ HOW MUCH DO YOU
THINK IT'S WORTH?
‐ IN THIS CONDITION, WITH
THE COMMANDO BASEPLATE,
WHICH ISN'T AS DESIRABLE
AS A NORMAL BASEPLATE,
I THINK YOU'D GET 1,500 FOR IT.
‐ MM‐KAY.
‐ I THINK IF WE COULD
ACTUALLY TEST IT,
IF THAT ALL WORKS,
I THINK YOU WOULD GET,
YOU KNOW, MAYBE
3,500, MAYBE 4,000?
IT JUST DEPENDS.
‐ DO YOU WANT TO
GO OUT AND FIRE IT?
‐ MUCH AS I'D LOVE TO
SEE THIS THING GO BANG,
I JUST DON'T HAVE TIME
TO COME OUT AND TEST IT.
‐ ALL RIGHT, WELL,
THANKS FOR COMING OUT.
‐ ALL RIGHT. ‐ APPRECIATE IT.
ALL RIGHT.
SINCE WE DON'T KNOW
IF IT WORKS OR NOT,
I'D GIVE YOU 400 BUCKS FOR IT.
‐ I WAS REALLY LOOKING TO
TRY AND GET CLOSE TO THAT 1,000,
SO IF YOU CAN GO A
LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
‐ I'D GO 6. THAT'S
GONNA BE MAX FOR ME.
♪ ♪
‐ I DON'T THINK I
CAN LEAVE IT FOR 6.
‐ [SIGHS]
‐ CAN YOU GIVE ME 750?
‐ IT'S GONNA BE A
HARD SELL, YOU KNOW.
IT'S GONNA SIT AROUND
HERE FOR A LONG TIME.
650, WE GOT A DEAL.
WE'LL SPLIT IT IN THE MIDDLE.
‐ ALL RIGHT, MATE,
DONE. ‐ ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GO DO SOME
PAPERWORK. ‐ CHEERS.
I WAS HOPING THIS
ITEM WAS GONNA MAKE
A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A BANG,
BUT I'M GONNA SELL IT FOR 650.
♪ ♪
‐ [GRUNTS]
‐ WHAT IS THAT?
‐ IT'S A MORTAR SET.
‐ THIS IS FOR LEARNING
HOW TO USE A REAL MORTAR.
‐ NO, THIS IS A REAL MORTAR,
BUT THIS IS THE PRACTICE
SET WITH THE REAL MORTAR.
‐ OKAY, HOW MUCH
DID WE PAY FOR THIS?
‐ 650 BUCKS.
‐ DID YOU TALK TO ALEX ABOUT IT?
‐ YEAH, I HAD ALEX
COME BY, CHECK IT OUT.
HE REALLY, REALLY LIKED IT.
HE SAID THAT IT COULD
BE WORTH UP TO $4,000,
IF IT WORKS.
‐ DID YOU TEST IT OUT?
‐ I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE
TO. I JUST BOUGHT IT.
THE GUY I BOUGHT IT
FROM DIDN'T HAVE TIME
TO GO TO THE RANGE.
‐ OKAY, SO WE
HAVE TO TEST IT OUT
JUST TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT IT'S WORTH.
‐ SURE.
‐ DO YOU WANT
TO COME? ‐ I CAN'T.
‐ WHY NOT?
‐ I'VE GOT A LOT OF
WORK AROUND HERE.
YOU'VE BEEN SLACKING LATELY,
AND SOMEONE NEEDS TO PICK
UP ALL THE SLACK AROUND HERE.
‐ REALLY?
‐ YOU'VE BEEN TAKING
A LOT OF VACATIONS,
GOING TO A LOT OF LUNCHES.
‐ HAVE A GREAT DAY, CHUM.
‐ NO, DON'T WORRY,
RICK. I'LL PUT THIS AWAY.
‐ E A CUSTOMER IN THE
SHOP WITH SOME CURRENCY
THAT WAS ISSUED BY A BANK
THAT WAS FORMED BY
THE MORMON CHURCH
IN THE MID‐1800S.
IT ALSO APPEARS TO BE SIGNED
BY JOSEPH SMITH
AND BRIGHAM YOUNG,
THE FOUNDERS OF
THE MORMON CHURCH.
NOW, THIS GUY WANTS
$20,000 FOR THIS,
AND I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT,
SO I'VE CALLED IN PETER,
MY CURRENCY EXPERT,
AND HE'S GONNA
HELP ME FIGURE IT OUT.
SO WHAT DO YOU
KNOW ABOUT THIS BILL?
‐ THIS BILL'S PRETTY REMARKABLE.
YOU ALWAYS CALL ME WITH
BETTER THAN USUAL STUFF,
BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY A BIT
MORE SPECIAL THAN MOST.
OKAY, THE VERY FIRST
MORMON‐ISSUED CURRENCY
WAS IN 1837,
AND THE FIRST MORMON BANK,
IT FAILED 11 MONTHS LATER
BECAUSE IT WAS
BACKED BY REAL ESTATE.
IT WASN'T BACKED BY ANY
METALS OR ANYTHING TANGIBLE.
AND THEN IN 1849,
BRIGHAM YOUNG, WHO TOOK
OVER THE CHURCH, REISSUED IT,
AND IT WAS ACTUALLY
BACKED BY 80% OF GOLD DUST.
IT ACTUALLY WAS BACKED
BY SOMETHING TANGIBLE.
‐ OKAY.
‐ NOW, THE ORIGINAL
ISSUE IN 1837 WAS SIGNED
BY JOSEPH SMITH, WHO WAS
THE FIRST PROPHET AND FOUNDER
OF CHURCH OF JESUS
CHRIST OF LATTER‐DAY SAINTS,
AND THE PRESIDENT
IS SIDNEY RIGDON.
HOWEVER, THOSE WERE NOT
THEIR ACTUAL SIGNATURES.
THEY WERE DONE BY SCRIBES,
MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH,
'CAUSE THEY JUST
DIDN'T WANT TO SIT THERE
AND SIGN ALL DAY LONG.
THEN ON TOP OF SIDNEY
RIGDON'S SIGNATURE,
YOU'LL SEE HEBER KIMBALL,
AND ABOVE HIS SIGNATURE,
YOU'LL SEE BRIGHAM YOUNG.
♪ ♪
NOW, THE REASON THIS
NOTE IS VERY SPECIAL
IS BECAUSE BRIGHAM YOUNG
ACTUALLY HAND‐SIGNED
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE NOTES.
THE FIRST ISSUE IN
1837 IS VERY COMMON.
THE REISSUE OF 1849
IS EXTREMELY RARE.
THEY ONLY ISSUED 135 EXAMPLES
WITH BRIGHAM YOUNG'S SIGNATURE.
♪ ♪
I'M SURPRISED IN THE CONDITION.
IT'S REMARKABLE
ACTUALLY OVERALL.
THE PAPER IS SO THIN,
IT'S BASICALLY
PRINTED ON TISSUE,
SO A LOT OF CREASES AND FOLDS,
BUT HAS VIRTUALLY NO STAINING.
‐ OKAY, SO THE BIG
QUESTION, WHAT'S IT WORTH?
‐ IT'S 100%
LEGITIMATE. IT IS REAL.
IT HAS HIS SIGNATURE.
I WILL AUTHENTICATE
IT AS GENUINE.
AND AS FAR AS THE VALUE,
RICK, IT'S A GREAT PIECE,
I WOULD VALUE IT ROUGHLY
AROUND $12,000 IN TODAY'S MARKET.
‐ OKAY, WELL, THANKS, MAN.
I APPRECIATE IT. ‐
GOOD LUCK, RICK.
‐ OKAY. SO PETER
KNOWS HIS STUFF.
HE THINKS IT'S WORTH 12.
I MEAN, I'LL GIVE
YOU 8,000 FOR IT.
‐ YEAH, I THINK THAT'S
CONSIDERABLY LOWER
THAN WHAT I WAS KIND OF
EXPECTING TO GET FOR THE NOTE.
‐ I MEAN, I THINK I COULD
SELL IT PRETTY QUICKLY.
CAN WE, LIKE, GO 8,500?
I REALLY COULDN'T GO
MUCH MORE THAN THAT.
♪ ♪
I DON'T THINK I CAN DO THAT.
I THINK I'D RATHER TAKE
MY CHANCES ELSEWHERE.
‐ ALL RIGHT, IF YOU
CHANGE YOUR MIND,
COME BACK AND SEE ME.
‐ THANK YOU. ‐ IT'S
PRETTY COOL THOUGH.
IT'S A PIECE OF
HISTORY. ‐ THANK YOU.
♪ ♪
‐ SO THE OTHER DAY, CHUM
BOUGHT A WORLD WAR II
PRACTICE MORTAR SET.
HE CALLED UP ALEX, AND
ALEX GAVE HIM A VALUE
IF ALL THE PIECES WERE
THERE AND IT WORKED.
BUT CHUM BOUGHT IT ANYWAY,
SO I HAVE NO IDEA IF
ALL THE PIECES ARE HERE,
I HAVE NO IDEA IF IT WORKS.
SO I'M MEETING ALEX AT
THE LOCAL GUN RANGE,
AND WE'RE GONNA
SHOOT THIS THING,
AND HOPEFULLY IT'S ALL THERE,
'CAUSE IF IT'S NOT,
I'M GONNA KILL CHUM.
♪ ♪
‐ HOW'S IT GOING? ‐ GOOD.
SO, I THINK I KNOW
WHAT I'M DOING.
[BOTH LAUGH]
I WENT AND I GOT
SOME .22 BLANKS.
‐ YUP. GRAB THE BLANKS.
♪ ♪
OH, YOU SET UP A TARGET?
‐ YEAH. ‐ OH, NICE.
‐ YEAH. GOT A RING.
‐ OH, WE GOTTA
HIT THE BULL'S‐EYE?
‐ YEAH.
‐ THIS IS WHAT THEY
CALL, LIKE, THE TARGET,
SO THAT WILL BE THE
POP WHEN IT LANDS,
AND THE PROPELLANT
SIDE IS OVER HERE.
SO THE COOL THING ABOUT THESE
IS THEY HAVE, LIKE, A SELECTOR
TO HOW FAR IT'LL LAUNCH.
SO A SMALL HOLE
MEANS IT GOES FURTHER
BECAUSE MOST OF THE
PROPELLANT GOES DOWN.
A LARGE HOLE OUT THE
SIDE MEANS IT GOES SHORTER.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL GO
FOR, LIKE, A MEDIUM DISTANCE,
AND THEN WE CAN SIGHT IT IN.
‐ SO HERE, HERE'S A .22 BLANK.
‐ SO YOU PUT THAT FACEDOWN.
‐ PUT THAT IN THERE. ‐ YUP.
THEN THIS IS SCREWED BACK ON,
AND THEN YOU PUT
ONE IN THE HEAD,
AND THIS WILL MAKE THE
FINAL LANDING CRACK.
‐ OKAY.
SO NOW, WE SCREW
EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
‐ SCREW IT ALL TOGETHER.
‐ AND THEN YOU JUST
DROP IT IN, RIGHT?
‐ AND YOU GET YOUR
HAND OUT OF THE WAY,
SO YOU DON'T LOSE A FINGER.
‐ YOU GET YOUR HAND
OUT OF THE WAY REAL QUICK.
‐ YEP, SO LET'S PUT
GLASSES ON. ‐ OKAY.
HERE WE GO.
♪ ♪
FIRE IN THE HOLE.
[LAUGHS] ‐ NICE!
GOOD FLIGHT.
GET UP THERE!
‐ WELL, THAT WAS
ANTICLIMACTIC. [LAUGHS]
BUT HEY, IT SHOOTS.
SO IT WORKS AND EVERYTHING.
HAS ALL THE PARTS.
WHAT'S IT WORTH?
♪ ♪
‐ THE MORTAR BY ITSELF,
BECAUSE IT'S
COMPLETE, ABOUT 2,000,
AND THE KIT, IT'S
GOT ALL THE PARTS,
IT TOTALLY WORKS, ANOTHER 2,000.
4,000?
‐ 4,000 BUCKS? ‐ YEAH.
♪ ♪
THAT'S ABSOLUTELY GREAT,
BUT IT PISSES ME
OFF A LITTLE BIT
BECAUSE CHUM ACTUALLY
DID A GOOD THING.
[BOTH LAUGH]
‐ I'M SURPRISED HE
GOT IT THAT CHEAP.
‐ ALL RIGHT, SO SUPER COOL.
LET'S KEEP ON FIRING
THIS THING, DUDE.
EVENTUALLY, WE'LL
HIT THE TARGET.
‐ I KNOW. ALL RIGHT.
LET'S SIGHT IT IN. IT'S
OUR MORTAR TRAINING.
‐ [YELPS] [LAUGHS]
[MORTAR POPS] ‐ NICE!
DON'T COME CHEAP.
YEAH, I AM JUST SHOCKED
THIS IS NOT IN THE
NATIONAL ARCHIVES
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
‐ I WOULD SELL THE
PAIR FOR 700,000.
‐ [EXHALES]
A TUX WORN BY A HOLLYWOOD STAR
BRINGS OUT CHUM'S
INNER GANGSTER.
‐ RAY LIOTTA, HE'S A BIG ACTOR.
HE'S MOSTLY KNOWN
FOR "GOODFELLAS."
I THINK EVERYBODY LOVED
HIS CHARACTER IN THAT MOVIE.
‐ AND LATER, A MORTAR
CANNON FROM WORLD WAR II
HITS THE TARGET.
FIRE IN THE HOLE.
[LAUGHS]
[ROCK MUSIC]
♪ ♪
HEY, HOW'S IT GOING? ‐
GOOD, HOW ARE YOU, SIR?
‐ PRETTY GOOD. WHAT
DO WE HAVE HERE?
‐ WE HAVE SOME OLD
HANDCUFFS FROM FOLSOM PRISON.
♪ ♪
‐ ALL RIGHT.
WHERE'D YOU GET 'EM?
‐ THEY WERE IN MY
DAD'S WORKSHOP,
AND I THINK ONE OF
MY GREAT UNCLES
HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS.
‐ PRISON GUARD, OR
HE WAS IN PRISON?
‐ HE WAS IN PRISON.
[BOTH LAUGH] [GATE SLAMMING]
♪ ♪
‐ I HAVE HANDCUFFS
FROM FOLSOM PRISON
I'M HOPING TO SELL TODAY.
I'VE HAD THEM ON DISPLAY
AT MY BARBERSHOP.
I BELIEVE THESE HANDCUFFS
TO BE 70, 80 YEARS OLD.
I'D LIKE TO SELL
THEM FOR ABOUT 3,000.
♪ ♪
‐ THIS IS INTERESTING.
YEAH, FOLSOM PRISON‐‐
I GUESS IT WAS MADE
FAMOUS BY JOHNNY CASH.
HE HAD A LOT OF SONGS
ABOUT FOLSOM PRISON.
IT WAS, LIKE, THE LATE
1870S, EARLY 1880S,
RIGHT AROUND THAT,
WHEN IT OPENED UP,
AND THEY JUST NEEDED A
MODERN MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON,
AND IF YOU WERE A BAD GUY,
THAT'S WHERE THEY SENT YOU.
BACK IN THE DAY,
IF YOU GOT SENT
TO FOLSOM PRISON,
YOU WERE GONNA BE
THERE A LONG, LONG TIME.
‐ MY GREAT‐GREAT‐UNCLE WAS.
[BOTH LAUGH]
‐ THEY'RE REALLY ODD
HANDCUFFS FOR FOLSOM PRISON.
♪ ♪
THE WORKMANSHIP
IS NOT GREAT ON THEM,
AND WHEN FOLSOM
PRISON OPENED UP,
THEY WOULD'VE HAD
NEWER STUFF THAN THIS.
MORE MODERN HANDCUFFS.
‐ IN THE 1870S? REALLY?
‐ BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT WAS
PRETTY ADVANCED BY THEN,
THE WAY HANDCUFFS WERE MADE.
‐ MM‐HMM.
‐ BUT, THEN AGAIN, IT
MIGHT HAVE BEEN LIKE,
WHY BUY SOMETHING NEW?
WE ALREADY GOT
THESE HANGING AROUND.
SO THEY WORK? ‐ YEAH.
‐ THEY SHOULD‐‐IT'S PRETTY SURE
THEY WOULD SCREW IN LIKE THIS‐‐
YEP.
KAY, AND THEN YOU
JUST GO UNSCREW 'EM.
‐ MM‐HMM.
‐ THEY APPEAR TO WORK.
HOW MUCH YOU WANT
FOR THEM? ‐ 3 GRAND.
‐ $3,000. OKAY.
♪ ♪
THEY JUST LOOK A
LITTLE ODD TO ME.
THEY JUST DON'T
LOOK THE TIME PERIOD
OF FOLSOM PRISON, SO DO YOU MIND
IF I HAVE SOMEONE LOOK AT THEM?
‐ NO, NO PROBLEM. ‐ OKAY.
‐ NOT AT ALL. ‐ ALL RIGHT,
I WILL BE RIGHT BACK.
IF ANYONE WILL KNOW
ABOUT THEM, THIS GUY WILL.
‐ OKAY.
‐ I WOULD'VE MADE AN OFFER,
BUT MY HANDS ARE JUST TIED.
[LAUGHS]
♪ ♪
HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
‐ IT'S A INDO‐PERSIAN
18TH‐CENTURY HELMET.
‐ AN INDO‐PERSIAN HELMET.
HOLD ON ONE SECOND HERE.
I THINK I GOT SOMETHING
PERFECT FOR THIS.
HERE WE GO. [GRUNTS]
‐ [LAUGHS]
‐ OKAY, YEAH, HERE WE GO.
♪ ♪
THERE WE GO.
PERFECT.
‐ I'M HERE TODAY TO SELL
MY INDO‐PERSIAN HELMET.
I BOUGHT THE
HELMET IN A YARD SALE.
I HAVE THAT HELMET
FOR SEVEN YEARS.
I'M HOPING TODAY
TO SELL THE HELMET
FOR $1,500.
‐ THIS IS GREAT.
THIS WAS A PERSIAN DESIGN
THAT THEY LITERALLY WORE
FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.
THEY STARTED USING
HELMETS LIKE THIS
AS FAR BACK AS THE 1400S,
AND THEN CONTINUED TO
USE THEM UP UNTIL 1900.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I
THINK IT WAS THE 1820S
THAT PERSIA WENT
TO WAR WITH RUSSIA.
KAY, AND THE NEXT
THING YOU KNOW,
THE RUSSIANS ARE GOING LIKE,
"HEY, THIS SPIKE IS REALLY COOL
ON TOP OF THE HELMET."
AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW, YOU
HAD HELMETS ALL OVER EUROPE
WITH A SPIKE ON THE TOP OF IT.
IT REALLY SERVES NO
PURPOSE WHATSOEVER.
IT JUST SORT OF LOOKS COOL.
BUT THE CHAIN ACTUALLY
SERVED A PURPOSE.
YOU'LL SEE HOW THE LINKS
IN THE CHAINMAIL RIGHT HERE?
‐ MM‐HMM. ‐ THEY'RE
ALL WELDED TOGETHER.
IF YOUR SOLDIERS ARE
WEARING HEAD PROTECTION,
IT GIVES THEM A LITTLE
BIT OF AN ADVANTAGE.
IT'S NOT GONNA SAVE YOU FROM
A GNARLY SWIPE OF A SWORD,
BUT IT DOES GIVE YOU SOME
AMOUNT OF PROTECTION.
IF I WAS GONNA BE HIT IN
THE HEAD WITH A SWORD,
I'D DEFINITELY WANT
TO BE WEARING THIS
AS OPPOSED TO NOTHING.
DOES IT FIT ME?
HOW DO I LOOK HERE?
♪ ♪
‐ [LAUGHS]
‐ [LAUGHS]
THERE WOULD'VE BEEN A
LEATHER LINER IN THERE.
HEY, REMEMBER, THIS IS PERSIA.
IT'S IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE DESERT.
‐ MM‐HMM.
‐ YOU'RE NOT GONNA
WEAR A METAL HELMET
WITHOUT SOME SORT
OF LINER IN THERE
BECAUSE THIS THING
WOULD GET WAY TOO HOT,
ESPECIALLY ON A BALD HEAD.
[BOTH LAUGH]
♪ ♪
YOU'RE LOOKING TO SELL IT?
‐ MM‐HMM.
‐ AND HOW MUCH
DO YOU WANT FOR IT?
‐ I WANT 1,500.
‐ OKAY, IF IT WAS 17TH‐CENTURY,
YOU'RE IN THE RIGHT BALLPARK.
I DON'T THINK IT IS.
I THINK THIS IS CLOSE
TO LATE 19TH CENTURY,
EARLY 20TH CENTURY.
THE TELLTALE SIGN
IS THIS RIGHT HERE.
KAY? THAT'S MODERN STEEL.
‐ OH, OKAY.
‐ MODERN STEEL DIDN'T
COME INTO WIDE PRODUCTION,
WIDE USE, UNTIL AFTER 1860‐ISH,
AND THIS IS MUCH
CRUDER AROUND HERE,
BUT I THINK IT'S
AN ACTUAL HELMET.
IT'S COLLECTIBLE,
IT'S COOL, BUT...
I'LL GIVE YOU 300 BUCKS FOR IT.
‐ HOW ABOUT 500?
‐ HOW ABOUT 300?
‐ HOW ABOUT 400?
‐ HOW ABOUT 300? [LAUGHS]
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT,
I'LL GIVE YOU 350.
‐ THAT'S OKAY.
‐ ALL RIGHT, COOL,
WE GOT A DEAL.
I'LL MEET YOU RIGHT OVER THERE,
AND WE'LL DO SOME PAPERWORK.
‐ KAY, THANK YOU.
‐ NOT MOTORCYCLE
APPROVED, BUT PRETTY COOL.
♪ ♪
‐ YOUR HAIR LOOKS GOOD, BRO.
‐ YEAH, I KNOW.
MATTER OF FACT,
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME YOUR
BEARD'S EVER LOOKED GOOD.
DID YOU BRUSH IT OR SOMETHING?
‐ I HAD IT TRIMMED.
‐ YOU SHOULD DO IT MORE OFTEN.
‐ MAYBE ONCE IN A WHILE.
HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
‐ HOW'S IT GOING, GUYS?
‐ WHAT DO WE GOT?
‐ I GOT A PIECE OF
QUACK MEDICINE HERE.
DR. FOLT'S SOAP FOR
REDUCING OBESITY.
‐ DO YOU MIND IF I
TAKE A LOOK AT IT?
‐ YEAH, SURE.
‐ I GOT A FEW SPOTS
THAT COULD USE THAT.
‐ ME TOO.
‐ DOESN'T EVERYBODY?
‐ [LAUGHS]
I HAVE A BAR OF
SOAP FROM THE 1920S
THAT I'M HOPING TO SELL TODAY.
THE BAR OF SOAP
CLAIMED TO REDUCE WEIGHT
UP TO 15 TO 20
INCHES IN YOUR HIPS.
I'M ASKING $200 FOR
THE BAR OF SOAP.
‐ THIS IS PRETTY COOL, MAN.
STUFF LIKE THIS IS FUNNY,
BUT IT'S SOMETHING
AS OLD AS TIME.
I MEAN, IT'S THE SAME THING
YOU SEE ON AN INFOMERCIAL.
THERE'S SOME KIND OF MAGIC PILL,
SOME KIND OF MAGIC BULLET
THAT'S GONNA MAKE PEOPLE
NOT HAVE TO WORK HARD
TO GET WHAT THEY WANT.
ESPECIALLY BACK THEN.
THAT'S WHEN THEY HAD,
LIKE, THE SNAKE OIL SALESMEN
GOING AROUND TRYING TO
SELL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
YOU KNOW, DR. FOLT'S SOAP
WAS PATENTED AROUND THE 1920S,
AND THERE PROBABLY WASN'T
EVEN AN ACTUAL DOCTOR
NAMED DR. FOLT.
THEY JUST CAME UP WITH A
DOCTOR AND PUT IT ON THERE
BECAUSE IT SOUNDED
MORE OFFICIAL.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT THIS THING
WAS JUST MADE OF COLORED SOAP
AND IT HAD A LITTLE
BIT OF IODINE IN IT
SO IT HAD THAT MEDICINE SMELL,
WHERE IT WAS ACTUALLY SOME
KIND OF, LIKE, CHEMICAL PRODUCT
THAT WAS GONNA DISSOLVE
THE FAT UNDERNEATH YOUR SKIN.
‐ RIGHT.
‐ THIS IS THE KIND OF
THING YOU NEVER GO BACK
TO THE SAME TOWN
TWICE WITH, RIGHT?
‐ EXACTLY. PRETTY MUCH.
I MEAN, IT NEVER WORKED,
IT NEVER DID WORK,
IT WAS NEVER GONNA WORK.
I MEAN, IT WAS JUST A
CON MAN CONNING PEOPLE.
‐ IT'S A 100‐YEAR‐OLD
BAR OF SOAP,
SO, I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S
IN PRETTY GOOD CONDITION.
‐ WHAT ARE YOU
LOOKING TO DO WITH IT?
‐ I'M LOOKING TO SELL IT.
‐ HOW MUCH ARE
YOU LOOKING TO GET?
‐ 200 BUCKS, JUST BASED
ON ITS ODDITY, AND‐‐
‐ IS YOUR NAME DR. FOLT?
‐ NO, IT'S NOT.
‐ BECAUSE SOMEBODY
ALREADY GOT SCAMMED
WITH THIS THING ONCE.
I'M NOT GONNA GET
SCAMMED WITH IT AGAIN.
‐ OKAY.
HOW ABOUT 25 BUCKS?
THAT WOULD MAKE ME HAPPY.
‐ YOU KNOW, FOR
25 BUCKS, I'LL BUY IT.
WE GOT A DEAL. ‐ ALL RIGHT.
‐ MEET ME OVER THERE. WE
GOTTA DO SOME PAPERWORK.
‐ I'M GONNA GO FIND YOUR DAD
AND GIVE HIM HIS
NEW BAR OF SOAP.
HE'S REALLY BEEN TRYING TO
LOSE A FEW POUNDS LATELY.
♪ ♪
HOW YOU DOING
TODAY? ‐ VERY GOOD.
‐ WHAT CAN I HELP YOU WITH?
‐ WELL, I GOT SOMETHING
HERE I HOPE SUITS YOUR TASTE.
IT'S A TUXEDO.
IT WAS USED IN A MOVIE
BY AN ACTOR WHO
PORTRAYED FRANK SINATRA,
RAY LIOTTA.
‐ R. LIOTTA, ALL RIGHT.
YOU SURE THIS ISN'T RALPH'S?
‐ [LAUGHS] I HOPE NOT.
‐ [LAUGHS]
‐ I'M HERE TODAY TO
TRY TO SELL A TUXEDO
THAT WAS WORN BY
THE ACTOR RAY LIOTTA
IN THE MOVIE CALLED
"THE RAT PACK."
I'VE HAD THE TUXEDO
ABOUT TEN YEARS.
BEFORE THAT, IT WAS
OWNED BY MY BROTHER,
WHO PURCHASED IT SHORTLY
AFTER THE MOVIE WAS MADE.
IF I MAKE A SALE TODAY,
I'D LIKE TO USE THE MONEY
AND TAKE MY GRANDSON
ON A LITTLE TRIP.
‐ THIS IS A PRETTY COOL SUIT.
I MEAN, RAY LIOTTA,
HE'S A BIG ACTOR.
HE'S MOSTLY KNOWN
FOR HIS GANGSTER ROLES,
LIKE THE "GOODFELLAS,"
WHERE I THINK EVERYBODY LOVED
HIS CHARACTER IN THAT MOVIE,
BUT IN THIS MOVIE,
"THE RAT PACK,"
HE PLAYED FRANK SINATRA.
YOU KNOW, THE RAT PACK RAN
AROUND VEGAS FOR MANY YEARS,
AND THEY WERE PRETTY
POPULAR IN THE CITY IN THE 1960S,
AND IT WAS THE BIGGEST
STARS OF THE TIME,
LIKE FRANK SINATRA, DEAN MARTIN,
AND SAMMY DAVIS, JR.
YOU DON'T REALLY
THINK OF FRANK SINATRA
WHEN YOU THINK OF RAY LIOTTA,
BUT, I MEAN, THIS
WAS A GOOD MOVIE.
THEY ACTUALLY HAD JUST
ABOUT $10 MILLION BUDGET,
AND THEY SHOT THE MOVIE
IN, LIKE, I THINK 33 DAYS
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
WHICH IS PRETTY FAST
TO SHOOT A MOVIE.
I SEE R. L. RIGHT HERE.
JANUARY 1998,
WHEN THEY WOULD'VE BEEN
FILMING THE MOVIE MOST LIKELY.
LET ME TAKE A LOOK AT IT HERE.
♪ ♪
LOOKS LIKE IT
NEEDS A LINT ROLLER.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT,
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ACTUALLY
IN PRETTY GOOD CONDITION.
SO HOW DO YOU KNOW
THIS IS RAY'S SUIT?
‐ WELL, MY BROTHER USED
TO BE QUITE A COLLECTOR
OF MOVIE MEMORABILIA,
AND THIS WAS PART
OF HIS COLLECTION.
IT HAS SOME INDICATORS ON IT.
DEFINITELY, YOU CAN
SEE THE RED LINING
THAT THE SUIT HAD, AND
THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT
IN SOME SCENES.
‐ YEAH, I MEAN, CLOTHES
FROM MOVIES ARE BIG.
YOU KNOW, COLLECTORS LOVE 'EM.
THE PROBLEM IS, THEY
WANT TO MAKE SURE
THE CLOTHES WERE
WORN IN THE MOVIE.
A LOT OF THE TIMES, THE
WARDROBE WILL BE HUGE,
AND SOME OF THE CLOTHES
WON'T MAKE IT ONTO THE SCREEN.
WHAT ARE YOU
LOOKING TO DO WITH IT?
‐ I'D LIKE TO SELL IT.
I'D LIKE TO SEE IT TO
GO TO A COLLECTOR
THAT'D APPRECIATE IT.
‐ AND HOW MUCH ARE
YOU LOOKING TO GET?
‐ I WAS THINKING $1,000.
‐ YOU KNOW, I
HONESTLY HAVE NO IDEA,
BUT RAY LIOTTA, HE'S
STILL A WELL‐KNOWN ACTOR.
A LOT OF PEOPLE
DO LIKE HIM, SO‐‐
I'D LIKE TO CALL SOMEONE
DOWN, TAKE A LOOK AT IT,
CHECK OUT THE
AUTHENTICITY OF IT,
AND ALSO MAYBE GET AN IDEA
OF THE VALUE THAT IT COULD HOLD.
SO DO YOU HAVE A LITTLE TIME? I
COULD GET SOMEONE DOWN HERE?
‐ YES, I'D LIKE TO HEAR
WHAT YOUR EXPERT SAYS.
‐ GIVE ME JUST A FEW
MINUTES, ALL RIGHT?
‐ KAY.
‐ SO I HAVE A
CUSTOMER IN THE SHOP
WITH A SET OF HANDCUFFS
THAT HE SAYS IS
FROM THE LATE 1800S,
AND ARE FROM FOLSOM PRISON.
I CAN'T PUT MY FINGER ON IT,
BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THEM
THAT IS JUST NOT RIGHT,
AND SINCE HE WANTS
$3,000 FOR THESE THINGS,
I'VE CALLED UP MARK HALL‐PATTON,
THE BEARD OF KNOWLEDGE,
AND HE'LL GIVE ME HIS OPINION,
AND THEN I'LL GO FROM THERE.
♪ ♪
THIS GENTLEMAN
HAS SOME HANDCUFFS
THAT SAY FOLSOM PRISON ON THEM.
‐ FOLSOM PRISON,
OBVIOUSLY, VERY WELL KNOWN.
FIRST MAXIMUM SECURITY
PRISON IN CALIFORNIA.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE PRISONS THAT,
IF YOU WERE A REALLY BAD GUY,
THAT'S WHERE THEY SENT YOU.
I MEAN, WHEN THEY
PICKED UP CHARLIE MANSON,
HE WENT TO FOLSOM PRISON.
IT'S WHERE SUGE KNIGHT WENT.
PLUS, THAT'S WHERE JOHNNY
CASH DID HIS CONCERTS.
I MEAN, THAT WAS THE PRISON.
IF YOU CAN GET SOMETHING
THAT IS ACTUALLY
FROM FOLSOM PRISON,
YEAH, THAT WOULD BE
HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE.
THE PROBLEM IS,
A LOT OF PEOPLE
FAKE THOSE THINGS.
♪ ♪
THESE CUFFS‐‐DO YOU
MIND IF I PICK THEM UP?
‐ NO, PLEASE, YEAH.
‐ THESE CUFFS ARE OF A
STYLE THAT WOULD DATE,
IF THEY WERE ORIGINAL‐‐
‐ MM‐HMM.
‐ FROM THE LATE 18TH CENTURY.
‐ OKAY.
‐ NOT FROM THE
LATE 19TH CENTURY.
♪ ♪
COUPLE OF WAYS
THAT YOU CAN TELL.
ONE, THE STYLE. THE STYLE
IS COMPLETELY WRONG.
THIS STYLE OF CUFF WASN'T USED.
TWO, PRISONS NEVER
MARK THEIR HANDCUFFS.
ONCE IN A WHILE,
YOU'LL FIND HANDCUFFS
THAT ARE MARKED BY
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENTS
OR POLICE DEPARTMENTS,
BUT NOBODY GOT THIS FANCY.
YOU SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS,
IT'S A SOUVENIR PIECE.
‐ YOU'RE NOT GONNA BELIEVE THIS,
BUT THEY'VE BEEN IN
MY FAMILY FOR 70 YEARS.
MY GREAT UNCLE
WAS IN FOLSOM PRISON.
‐ ON THE INSIDE,
OR ON THE OUTSIDE?
‐ OH, NO. HE WAS ON THE INSIDE.
‐ ON THE INSIDE.
WELL, I'M SORRY.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN
SOMETHING HE PICKED UP
ALMOST AS A JOKE OR SOMETHING.
SO THEY'RE A COOL PIECE,
BUT THEY'RE NOT A TYPE
THAT WOULD'VE EVER
BEEN USED THERE.
♪ ♪
‐ I'M REALLY SURPRISED.
REALLY, REALLY
SURPRISED. ‐ OKAY.
WELL, THANKS, MAN.
I APPRECIATE IT.
‐ NOT A PROBLEM.
THANKS FOR LETTING ME
SEE 'EM. ‐ THANK YOU, SIR.
YOU BET, YOU TAKE
CARE. THANK YOU.
‐ THEY'RE MODERN REPRODUCTIONS,
AND A MODERN REPRODUCTION
DOESN'T MEAN IT
WAS MADE YESTERDAY,
IT COULD'VE BEEN
MADE 50 YEARS AGO,
BUT IT'S A REPRODUCTION.
‐ ALL RIGHT.
‐ SO UNFORTUNATELY,
THEY'RE NOT FOR ME.
‐ KAY, THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR TRYING.
‐ HAVE A GOOD ONE. ‐ YOU BET.
‐ I DON'T BELIEVE
WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY,
BECAUSE HE DOESN'T KNOW
EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM.
SOMEBODY WILL WANT THEM ONE DAY,
AND I REALLY BELIEVE
THAT, SO I'M OKAY WITH IT.
♪ ♪
‐ HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
‐ HI, REALLY GOOD.
‐ WHAT DO WE GOT?
‐ I HAVE A GUITAR. IT'S A‐‐
‐ ALL RIGHT. LET ME
GRAB THIS REAL QUICK.
SET IS ON THIS FOR ME.
THAT'S COOL. IT'S A
JAZZMASTER, RIGHT?
‐ YEAH, IT'S A 1962
FENDER JAZZMASTER.
♪ ♪
‐ IT'S GOT A LITTLE
BIT OF BUCKLE RASH,
WHERE YOUR BELT
BUCKLE HITS THE GUITAR
WHILE YOU'RE PLAYING IT.
‐ THEY ALL HAVE THEM.
‐ THE BIG '70S
BELT BUCKLES, HUH?
♪ ♪
‐ I'M HERE AT THE
PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY 1962 FENDER
JAZZMASTER GUITAR.
I RECEIVED THIS GUITAR
AS A BIRTHDAY PRESENT
IN 1966 FROM MY PARENTS.
I WAS 15 YEARS OLD,
AND I'VE HAD THE
GUITAR EVER SINCE.
THE GUITAR'S IN
BEAUTIFUL CONDITION.
IT JUST LOOKS GORGEOUS.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL GUITAR.
I'M HOPING TO SELL THE
GUITAR FOR $9,000 TODAY.
♪ ♪
‐ THIS IS COOL.
LEO FENDER FOUNDED
FENDER GUITARS
BACK IN, I THINK, THE '40S?
‐ THE LATE '40S, YEAH.
‐ I THINK HE MAINLY
STARTED OFF WITH AMPLIFIERS,
AND IF YOU'RE MAKING AMPS,
WHY NOT MAKE SOMETHING
TO PLAY ON THE AMPS, RIGHT?
‐ RIGHT.
‐ SO THEY CAME OUT WITH GUITARS.
NOW FENDER'S MORE
FAMOUS FOR THEIR GUITARS
THAN ALMOST ANYTHING ELSE.
FENDER STARTED OFF
WITH A TELECASTER,
THEN THE STRATOCASTER.
THEY WERE DOING REALLY
WELL WITH STRATOCASTERS,
AND THEY WANTED A
DIFFERENT PRODUCT
TO ADD SOMETHING TO THEIR LINE,
AND THEY CAME OUT
WITH THE JAZZMASTER.
THEY STARTED
MAKING THEM IN 1958,
AND IT WAS BASICALLY
DESIGNED FOR JAZZ MUSICIANS.
YOU KNOW, THE WAY THE BODY
WAS BUILT ON THE JAZZMASTER
WAS MORE COMFORTABLE
THAN A STRATOCASTER
TO PLAY SITTING DOWN.
YOU KNOW, IF
YOU'RE IN A JAZZ BAND,
YOU'RE SITTING ON A STOOL,
AND THAT'S WHY IT HAS
THIS PARTICULAR SHAPE.
AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED,
THE BUCKLE RASH ON THE BACK
YOU KNOW, JUST MAKES IT COOLER.
I MEAN, IT'S IN REALLY
GOOD CONDITION.
I MEAN, YOU DON'T
REALLY SEE THEM LIKE THIS.
♪ ♪
‐ YOU'VE TAKEN
REALLY GOOD CARE OF IT.
‐ I'VE TAKEN
EXCELLENT CARE OF IT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, I STILL
HAVE THE ORIGINAL CASE
AND EVERYTHING
THAT IT CAME WITH.
‐ WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING
TO DO WITH IT, MY MAN?
‐ I'D LIKE TO SELL IT.
‐ ANY IDEA WHAT YOU'RE
LOOKING TO GET OUT OF IT?
‐ I'D LIKE TO GET
9,000 OUT OF IT.
‐ MM‐KAY.
I'M NOT A GUITAR EXPERT,
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT
COMES TO STUFF LIKE THIS.
IF IT WAS A STRATOCASTER,
I'D BE FINE JUST ON MY OWN,
BUT WITH A JAZZMASTER, I'D
LIKE TO BRING IN SOMEBODY
TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
‐ SURE. THAT SOUNDS GREAT.
‐ ALL RIGHT, I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
‐ THANK YOU.
♪ ♪
‐ THERE'S A CUSTOMER
HERE WITH A TUXEDO
SUPPOSEDLY WORN BY RAY LIOTTA
IN THE MOVIE "THE RAT PACK."
ANYTHING RELATED TO
VEGAS WITH THIS KIND OF SWAG
WILL PROBABLY
SELL IN A HEARTBEAT,
AND IT LOOKS SUPER AUTHENTIC,
BUT JUST TO BE SURE,
MY HOLLYWOOD EXPERT ROB
IS COMING BY TO
TAKE A LOOK AT IT
TO MAKE SURE IT'S THE REAL DEAL.
‐ LOOK AT THAT. RAY LIOTTA.
SO YOU GUYS HAVE
SEEN "GOODFELLAS."
HAVE YOU SEEN
"GOODFELLAS"? ‐ YES.
‐ FANTASTIC IN THAT FILM, RIGHT?
‐ OH, YEAH. ONE OF THE BEST.
‐ RAY LIOTTA IS A LEGEND
BECAUSE OF "GOODFELLAS,"
AND THAT MOVIE HAS CONTINUED
TO BECOME THE
GO‐TO GANGSTER FILM.
HE PLAYED FRANK SINATRA
IN THIS MOVIE CALLED
"THE RAT PACK,"
NOT NECESSARILY ONE OF
THE MOST WELL‐KNOWN FILMS,
SO THE FACT THAT IT'S A TUXEDO
VERSUS, LIKE, A SET OF, LIKE,
YOU KNOW, BERMUDA SHORTS
OR SOME WEIRD THING LIKE THAT,
THAT'S A GOOD
THING GOING FOR IT.
IS IT OKAY IF WE LOOK THROUGH
AND JUST KIND OF
EXAMINE THE PIECE HERE?
‐ ABSOLUTELY. ‐ OKAY.
OKAY, SO RIGHT OFF
THE BAT, LOOK AT THIS.
ANTO, BEVERLY HILLS.
HE'S, LIKE, THE
SHIRTMAKER TO THE STARS.
ALMOST EVERY SINGLE
SHIRT THAT I'VE EVER SEEN,
AT LEAST IN THE LAST
COUPLE DECADES,
IT'S ALWAYS MADE
BY THIS SUIT MAKER,
SO THAT'S A GOOD SIGN THERE.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK HERE.
IN THE WORLD OF
WARDROBE COLLECTING,
YOU ALWAYS WANT TO
LOOK FOR TELLTALE SIGNS
OF INSCRIPTIONS OR
WARDROBE LABELS.
THIS PARTICULAR TAG,
YOU CAN SEE HERE,
IS ACTUALLY ONE
THAT I RECOGNIZE.
THIS IS A UNIVERSAL STUDIOS TAG.
ALTOGETHER PRETTY
COOL ENSEMBLE HERE.
‐ SO CAN YOU TELL ME IF
THIS WAS SCREEN WORN,
OR IF THIS WAS JUST SITTING
IN THE WARDROBE SOMEWHERE?
‐ YEAH, YOU HAVE TO SORT
OF THROW CAUTION TO THE WIND
ON AN ENSEMBLE LIKE THIS.
BECAUSE OF THE LABELING,
R.L., RAY LIOTTA,
BECAUSE IT'S GOT THAT,
YOU KNOW, WONDERFUL TAG
ON THE INSIDE POCKET,
THIS THING WAS USED.
‐ SO WHAT KIND OF VALUE
DO YOU THINK IT HAS?
‐ VALUE‐WISE,
I THINK IN AN AUCTION,
IT WOULD PROBABLY GO
FOR BETWEEN $500 TO $1,200.
‐ ALL RIGHT, WELL,
THANKS FOR COMING DOWN.
‐ GOOD TO SEE YOU
AGAIN. ‐ APPRECIATE IT.
‐ HEY, GOOD LUCK
TO YOU. ‐ THANK YOU.
‐ THANK YOU.
‐ SO YOU HEARD
WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.
I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO PAY YOU
THE 1,000 BUCKS FOR IT.
WHEN HE TELLS ME SOMETHING'S
GONNA GO BETWEEN 500 AND 1,200,
I DO HAVE TO CONSIDER
ON THE LOWER END OF THAT.
WITH THAT BEING SAID,
I'D LIKE TO GIVE
YOU, LIKE, 375 FOR IT.
♪ ♪
‐ COULD YOU TAKE 450?
‐ I MEAN...
I THINK 400'S GONNA BE THE
MAX THAT I COULD PAY FOR IT.
♪ ♪
‐ I'M WILLING TO
SELL IT FOR 400.
‐ ALL RIGHT. WE GOT A DEAL.
‐ START SPREADING
THE NEWS. ‐ YEAH.
GO OVER HERE. WE'LL
IRON OUT THE DETAILS.
‐ I THINK THE EXPERT'S
ASSESSMENT WAS RIGHT ON.
I'LL TAKE THE $400,
AND I'M SURE I'LL HAVE
A GOOD LITTLE TRIP
WITH MY GRANDSON.
‐ WHILE THE RAT PACK
HELPED LAY THE FOUNDATION,
WHEN YOU THINK
OF SIN CITY TODAY,
YOU THINK OF THE BRIGHT LIGHTS.
MAYBE EVEN YOUR
FAVORITE PAWN SHOP.
BUT BACK IN 1821, THIS
STRETCH OF DESERT
WAS A BEAUTIFUL PATCH
OF SPRING‐WATERED GRASS
BETWEEN WHAT IS NOW
NEW MEXICO AND CALIFORNIA.
A MEXICAN SCOUT
NAMED RAFAEL RIVERA
WAS SO TAKEN BY IT AS
HE TRAVELED THE VALLEY,
HE NAMED IT LAS VEGAS,
SPANISH FOR "THE MEADOWS."
WHO KNEW?
IN 1908, A NEW RAIL LINE
FROM SALT LAKE CITY
TO LOS ANGELES WAS BEING BUILT.
THEY NEEDED A TRAIN STOP
SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE,
SO THEY SETTLED ON THAT
SAME BEAUTIFUL VALLEY,
AND JUST LIKE THAT, THE
CITY OF LAS VEGAS WAS BORN.
IN 1946, EAST COAST
GANGSTER BUGSY SIEGEL
OPENED THE
FLAMINGO IN LAS VEGAS.
BY THE 1950S AND '60S,
OTHER MOBSTERS FOLLOWED SUIT
TO CREATE THE LAS VEGAS STRIP.
IT TURNS OUT, CASINOS
ARE A GREAT PLACE
TO LAUNDER MONEY.
SIN CITY WAS BORN,
AND THE RAT PACK COMES TO TOWN.
THEIR PERFORMANCES
BROUGHT IN THE CROWDS
AND HELPED GIVE VEGAS A
MORE MAINSTREAM APPEAL.
SIX DECADES LATER,
AND A WHOPPING 42 MILLION PEOPLE
VISIT THE STRIP ANNUALLY.
AT LEAST HALF OF THEM
VISIT A LITTLE OLD PAWN SHOP,
OWNED BY YOURS
TRULY, RIGHT OVER THERE.
[LAUGHS]
VIVA LAS VEGAS.
‐ I HAVE A CUSTOMER IN THE SHOP
WITH A VINTAGE FENDER
JAZZMASTER GUITAR.
I KNOW AN AWFUL LOT ABOUT
FENDER STRATOCASTER GUITARS,
WHICH CAN GO FOR THOUSANDS
AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS,
BUT SINCE THIS IS A JAZZMASTER,
I NEED MY BUDDY WOLF
TO COME DOWN HERE
AND HELP ME FIGURE OUT A PRICE.
‐ WOW, LOOK AT
THIS. ‐ IT'S A 1960‐‐
‐ '62 FENDER JAZZMASTER.
‐ WOW, JAZZMASTER. YEAH,
THIS IS A GREAT GUITAR.
FENDER DESIGNED THIS
GUITAR SPECIFICALLY
TO ATTRACT JAZZ PLAYERS.
THEY HAD THE STRAT,
WHICH IS ONE OF THE
MOST ICONIC INSTRUMENTS
IN THE ENTIRE WORLD,
SO THEY THOUGHT,
WHY DON'T WE TRY AND LURE
SOME OF THE JAZZ PLAYERS
INTO OUR WORLD,
AND WE'LL DESIGN
THIS OFFSET GUITAR,
THE OFFSET BODY STYLE.
THEY DID THIS NICE BODY
SCOOP HERE, AND THIS,
SO THAT WHEN YOU'RE
PLAYING SITTING DOWN,
IT'S VERY COMFORTABLE, THE
WAY IT RESTS AGAINST YOUR BODY
AND YOUR ARM SITS OVER THIS
AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE REAL
APPEALING FEATURES OF THIS.
THESE LITTLE KNOBS RIGHT
HERE ARE REALLY COOL.
WHAT IT DOES IS THIS
TURNS ON SPECIAL FEATURES
ON THIS PICKUP EXACTLY,
SO THESE ROLLERS CONTROL
YOUR BASS AND TREBLE TONES
WHEN YOU'RE JUST ON THIS PICKUP,
AND WHAT THAT DID
WAS IT KIND OF ALLOWED
YOUR JAZZ PLAYER TO DIAL
IN THAT MORE JAZZY SOUND.
ORIGINAL FRETS?
NO FRET WORK DONE?
‐ EVERYTHING ON THE
GUITAR IS ORIGINAL, YES.
‐ BEAUTIFUL.
YEAH. NICE.
IT'S BEEN LOVED, YOU CAN TELL.
A LITTLE BUCKLE RASH THERE.
LOOKS LIKE IT EARNS ITS STRIPES.
‐ THAT'S GOOD.
‐ FLAME MAPLE NECK.
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE
FLAME ON THAT, RIGHT THERE.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE
REALLY LOVE FLAME MAPLE.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL 'CAUSE IT HAS
THAT TIGER STRIPE PATTERN.
PLAIN MAPLE'S A
REALLY GREAT NECK.
IT HAS A REAL
CERTAIN TONALITY TO IT.
EVERYTHING I'M SEEING
IN THIS GUITAR IS ORIGINAL,
AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT STILL
HAS THE ORIGINAL CASE AS WELL.
OH, YEAH.
ORANGE INSIDE IS ALWAYS
A PRETTY GOOD SIGN.
THE OLD FENDER CASES WERE LINED
WITH THIS REALLY KIND OF
NICE CRUSH ORANGE VELVET.
SO THAT LOOKS
ORIGINAL TOO, SO WOW.
YEAH, EVERYTHING
HERE IS ALL ORIGINAL.
‐ SO THERE HAS TO BE SOMEBODY
OUT THERE COLLECTING THEM.
HOW COLLECTIBLE ARE THEY?
‐ FOR THE GUITAR PLAYER
THAT HAS A FENDER STRAT,
OR, LIKE, A GIBSON
LES PAUL OR WHATEVER,
YOU WANT SOMETHING
THAT GIVES YOU
A DIFFERENT TONE,
THIS IS DEFINITELY
YOUR NEXT BUY.
‐ SO TELL ME, WHAT DO
YOU THINK IT'S WORTH?
♪ ♪
‐ LET'S SEE. '62, OFF‐WHITE.
MATCHING HEADSTOCK,
ALL ORIGINAL.
REALLY GOOD CONDITION,
WITH THE ORIGINAL
CASE AND EVERYTHING.
♪ ♪
GEEZ.
YEAH, I'D SAY
8,000, 8,500 MAYBE?
♪ ♪
‐ ALL RIGHT, WELL, I
APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN.
‐ OH, THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
‐ SO I'D LIKE TO OFFER
YOU ABOUT 6,000.
‐ [GROANS]
‐ I NEED TO MAKE MONEY.
‐ CAN YOU GO, LIKE, 8,500 ON IT?
‐ NO, BUT I CAN DO 6,500.
♪ ♪
‐ CAN YOU GO 75?
‐ I'LL GO 6,700 BUCKS.
THAT'S THE MOST I CAN DO.
♪ ♪
‐ ALL RIGHT. ‐ 67?
‐ FINE. ‐ COOL,
MEET ME OVER THERE.
WE CAN DO SOME
PAPERWORK, OKAY? ‐ ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I THINK THAT'S A FAIR
DEAL FOR EVERYONE.
I'M GONNA TAKE THE $6,700
AND BUY SOMETHING
VERY NICE FOR MY WIFE.
♪ ♪
‐ HOW ARE YOU DOING?
WHAT DO YOU HAVE HERE?
‐ HELLO, MATE. HOW ARE YOU?
I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE.
FROM THE RESEARCH
I'VE DONE ONLINE,
I THINK IT'S A WORLD
WAR II MORTAR DEVICE,
SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT.
‐ DO YOU KNOW WHAT
THESE EVEN ARE RIGHT HERE?
‐ I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THESE ARE.
THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT SIZES.
‐ I MEAN, THEY'RE
SHAPED LIKE BULLETS.
SOME TYPE OF PROJECTILE.
THESE COME UNDONE HERE. HMM.
‐ MAYBE YOU PUT YOUR
LOVE LETTER IN THERE
AND SHOOT IT TO YOUR LOVED ONE.
‐ IF YOU'RE SHOOTING
THIS TO YOUR LOVED ONE,
I THINK YOU'RE TRYING
TO GET RID OF THEM.
[EXPLOSION]
‐ I THINK WHAT I HAVE
IS A WORLD WAR II
MORTAR TRAINING DEVICE.
I ACQUIRED IT WHEN A
RELATIVE PASSED AWAY
WHO COLLECTED A BUNCH
OF DIFFERENT THINGS,
AND THIS STOOD OUT TO US
'CAUSE IT WAS JUST MASSIVE,
IT WAS HEAVY, IT
LOOKED REALLY COOL.
SO I'M LOOKING TO GET
ROUGHLY AROUND $1,000 FOR THIS.
THE LOWEST I'LL TAKE IS
PROBABLY AROUND THE 700S.
♪ ♪
‐ IT DEFINITELY LOOKS BADASS.
BASICALLY, A MORTAR'S JUST
A MOBILE PIECE OF ARTILLERY
THAT FIRES OUT A PROJECTILE,
AND THESE WERE USED
A LOT IN WORLD WAR II
BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT
OF TRENCH WARFARE GOING ON.
‐ RIGHT.
‐ AND THIS ALLOWED YOU TO
STAY INSIDE OF THE TRENCH,
AND THEY HAD THIS LONG BARREL
YOU COULD SHOOT UP
FROM OVER THE TRENCH,
AND YOU COULD STAY DOWN
THERE WITH YOUR HELMET ON
AND STAY PROTECTED.
SO MORTARS WERE A REALLY
BIG PART OF WARS BACK THEN.
TODAY, NOT SO MUCH
WITH AIRSTRIKES AND HOW
STEALTH PLANES ARE NOW,
AND HOW EFFICIENT
THEY CAN BOMB STUFF.
‐ RIGHT.
‐ SO IT KIND OF DOES
LOOK LIKE A MORTAR.
THIS LOOKS LIKE THE STAND HERE.
IT PROBABLY GETS
CLAMPED IN RIGHT SIDE HERE.
♪ ♪
I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S
GOING ON HERE, YOU KNOW.
♪ ♪
MAYBE THESE GO IN
THERE OR SOMETHING,
AND THIS GOES IN THERE?
‐ I WAS A LITTLE SCARED TO
TRY AND PUT IT TOGETHER MYSELF
'CAUSE I THOUGHT I'D SHOOT
THE HOUSE DOWN, OR SOMEONE.
♪ ♪
‐ DO YOU KNOW IF IT WORKS?
‐ I HAVE NO IDEA.
‐ YEAH, 'CAUSE IF IT WORKS,
THAT'S A BIG PART OF HOW
MUCH IT'S ACTUALLY WORTH.
YOU KNOW? ‐ RIGHT.
‐ WHEN A COLLECTOR
BUYS SOMETHING LIKE THIS,
THEY WANT TO KNOW THAT IT WORKS,
NOT EVEN THAT THEY'RE
GONNA GO SHOOT IT AND FIRE IT.
JUST KNOWING THAT IT
WORKS ADDS MORE VALUE TO IT.
‐ TOTALLY.
‐ HOW MUCH ARE
YOU LOOKING TO GET?
‐ I'M HOPING MAYBE AROUND 1,000.
‐ HMM. OKAY.
I KNOW IT'S NOT OUT OF THE REALM
TO ASK THAT MUCH FOR THIS,
OR TO EVEN GET
THAT MUCH FOR THEM,
BUT GIVE ME A FEW MINUTES.
I'M GONNA CALL
SOMEONE DOWN HERE,
AND SEE IF HE CAN TELL ME
WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON HERE.
‐ NO WORRIES.
‐ TAKE A FEW PICTURES
AND THEN I'LL BE GONE.
‐ SOMEONE'S COMING
IN TO HAVE A LOOK AT IT,
AND HOPEFULLY EXPLAIN
TO ME EXACTLY WHAT IT IS,
AND I'M PRETTY
EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT
THIS THING CAN DO,
AND WHAT IT'S MADE FOR,
AND SEE WHAT I CAN
BUMP THAT PRICE UP TO.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
‐ HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
‐ I'VE GOT A PRETTY
OLD AND UNUSUAL NOTE
THAT I PICKED UP OUT EAST.
‐ OKAY.
"THE KIRTLAND
SAFETY SOCIETY BANK."
$5.
THAT WAS, LIKE, THE FIRST
MORMON BANK, RIGHT?
‐ FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, YES.
‐ YEAH, YOU HAVE JOSEPH
SMITH'S SIGNATURE ON IT.
JOSEPH SMITH WAS THE
FOUNDER OF THE MORMON CHURCH,
AND BRIGHAM YOUNG,
WHO TOOK OVER THE
CHURCH AFTER SMITH DIED.
YEAH, AND YOU CAN TELL,
THEY HAD MUCH CHEAPER INK
THE SECOND TIME THEY SIGNED IT.
[LAUGHS] ‐ YEAH.
[CASH REGISTER DINGS]
I'M HERE AT THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
LOOKING TO SELL AN OLD,
OBSOLETE CURRENCY NOTE.
I PURCHASED THE
NOTE BECAUSE I NOTICED
THAT IT WAS SIGNED
BY BRIGHAM YOUNG.
I'M HOPING TO SELL
THE NOTE FOR $20,000.
‐ IT'S REALLY INTERESTING.
WHAT YEAR IS THIS?
‐ I THINK IT'S AROUND
MIDDLE PART OF THE 1800S.
‐ 1830 IN OHIO, JOSEPH SMITH
FOUNDED THE MORMON CHURCH.
THEY WEREN'T EXACTLY
STARTING THEIR OWN COUNTRY,
BUT IT WAS ALMOST LIKE THAT.
THE CHURCH WAS DOING STUFF
THAT NORMALLY
GOVERNMENTS WOULD DO.
THEY CREATED CHURCH‐RUN
STORES, CHURCH‐RUN SCHOOLS.
SO THEY WANTED TO GET A
NATIONAL CHARTER FOR A BANK,
BUT U. S. GOVERNMENT SAID "NAH,"
DENIED THEIR APPLICATION.
SO THEY JUST SAID SCREW IT,
WE'LL OPEN UP OUR OWN BANK.
SORT OF CRAZY TO THINK ABOUT
PEOPLE OPENING UP THEIR OWN BANK
WITH NO GOVERNMENT
REGULATION OR ANYTHING,
BUT IT WAS DONE ALL
THE TIME BACK THEN.
♪ ♪
WHEN THE CURRENCY
WAS FIRST ISSUED IN 1837,
IT WAS SIGNED BY JOSEPH SMITH,
BUT YEARS LATER,
WHEN THEY MOVED FROM
OHIO TO SALT LAKE CITY,
THEY REISSUED THESE BILLS,
AND THEY SIGNED OVER
THE OLD SIGNATURES.
THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THE
FOUNDER OF THE MORMON CHURCH,
JOSEPH SMITH,
AND BRIGHAM YOUNG'S
SIGNATURE RIGHT HERE
IN A DIFFERENT TYPE OF INK.
♪ ♪
SO IT'S A REALLY COOL BILL.
DO YOU WANT TO SELL IT?
‐ YEAH, I'M INTERESTED
IN SELLING THE NOTE.
IT'S A PRETTY RARE EXAMPLE.
‐ YEAH, IT WOULD BE
REALLY, REALLY COLLECTIBLE.
SO HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT FOR IT?
‐ I'M LOOKING TO
GET $20,000 FOR IT.
‐ OKAY.
IN ALL HONESTY, I HAVE NO
IDEA IF THAT'S A GOOD PRICE,
BUT I KNOW A GUY WHO DOES.
CAN YOU HANG OUT
FOR A LITTLE BIT?
AND LET ME GET SOMEONE
DOWN HERE TO LOOK AT IT.
OKAY? ‐ SURE.
‐ ALL RIGHT, COOL.
IT'D BE SO GREAT IF I
COULD START MY OWN BANK
AND PUT MY PICTURE
ON ALL THE BILLS.
[LAUGHS]
♪ ♪
ONE OF MY BEST CUSTOMERS
IS BRIAN HENDELSON.
I SELL HIM A LOT OF STUFF,
AND I BUY A LOT
OF STUFF FROM HIM.
SO IS THIS GEORGE
WASHINGTON'S TOO?
‐ IT IS.
THAT'S JOHN HANCOCK'S
POCKET WATCH.
‐ AND THAT'S HIS
WAISTCOAT, RIGHT?
‐ FROM THE 1700S.
THIS IS GEORGE WASHINGTON'S
SILVER LION HEAD CUTTOE.
‐ THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
HE TOLD ME HE HAD
SOME REALLY COOL
FOUNDING FATHERS STUFF
HE WANTED TO SELL ME,
SO WHEN HE SAYS
IT'S REALLY COOL,
IT'S GOTTA BE SOMETHING AMAZING.
SO WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
‐ THAT DOCUMENT IN FRONT
OF YOU IS GEORGE WASHINGTON
NOMINATING DAVID RITTENHOUSE JR.
TO BE THE FIRST MINT DIRECTOR,
AND IT'S DATED 1792,
THE 16TH YEAR OF
OUR INDEPENDENCE.
‐ THIS IS SO COOL.
THIS IS GEORGE WASHINGTON
WHEN HE WAS PRESIDENT,
AND IT'S SIGNED BY WASHINGTON,
AND WHO'S THIS?
‐ THOMAS JEFFERSON.
‐ THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING.
‐ PRETTY COOL.
I HAVE TWO GEORGE WASHINGTON
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS
APPOINTING THE FIRST AND
SECOND MINT DIRECTORS
OF THE UNITED STATES,
ONE DATED 1792,
AND ONE DATED 1795.
I KNOW RICK LOVES
AMERICAN HISTORY,
AND EVERY NOW AND THEN,
HE GETS ME TO SELL A PIECE.
‐ THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
THIS IS ONE OF THE
FOUNDING DOCUMENTS
OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
YOU'RE NOT REALLY
RECOGNIZED AS A COUNTRY
UNTIL YOU HAVE
YOUR OWN CURRENCY,
AND THIS WAS THE DOCUMENT
THAT FOUNDED THE
UNITED STATES MINT.
CONGRESS PASSES A BILL
SAYING WE NEED TO MAKE MONEY,
SO GEORGE WASHINGTON
SIGNS THE BILL,
THEN HE HAS TO FIND
SOMEONE TO RUN THE MINT,
GOES TO THE SENATE, SAYS,
HEY, CAN I HAVE THIS GUY?
HE GETS THE ADVICE AND
CONSENT OF THE U. S. SENATE,
AND THEN HE
APPOINTS HIM AND SAYS,
ALL RIGHT, YOU'RE IN CHARGE.
GO MAKE MONEY.
THERE WOULDN'T BE U. S. DOLLARS
IF IT WASN'T FOR THIS
DOCUMENT RIGHT HERE.
IT'S AMAZING.
AND WHAT IS THIS GEORGE
WASHINGTON DOCUMENT?
‐ THIS IS WASHINGTON APPOINTING
IN 1795 ELIAS BOUDINOT
TO BE THE SECOND MINT DIRECTOR.
‐ YEAH, I AM JUST SHOCKED
THIS IS NOT IN THE
NATIONAL ARCHIVES
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
‐ YEAH, I'M JUST SO HONORED
THAT I'M THE
CARETAKER AT THIS TIME.
‐ SO WHAT WOULD IT COST ME
FOR ME TO BE THE
CARETAKER OF THESE?
‐ WELL...
I WOULD SELL THE
PAIR FOR 700,000.
♪ ♪
‐ THEY'RE SUPER COOL,
AND IT'S ONE OF THE MOST
AMAZING THINGS I'VE EVER SEEN,
BUT I DON'T BUY THINGS LIKE THIS
UNLESS I HAVE A
CUSTOMER IN HAND,
AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT
OUT OF MY BUDGET.
‐ I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT
'CAUSE I REALLY DON'T
WANT TO PART WITH THEM.
BUT I DIDN'T WANT
TO DISAPPOINT YOU,
SO I DID BRING
SOMETHING VERY EXCITING
FROM MY COLLECTION.
TO DISAPPOINT YOU,
SO I DID BRING ONE
OF MY OTHER PRESIDENTIAL
APPOINTMENTS I HAVE,
AND THIS ONE MIGHT FEEL
A LITTLE CLOSER TO HOME.
THIS DOCUMENT IS SIGNED
BY ULYSSES S. GRANT
AS PRESIDENT,
APPOINTING THE ASSAY
OF THE CARSON CITY, NEVADA, MINT
IN 1869.
‐ THIS IS SUPER COOL.
IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
THIS IS ULYSSES S. GRANT,
ARGUABLY ONE OF THE
TOP FIVE PRESIDENTS
THAT THE UNITED
STATES HAS EVER HAD.
IT'S BECAUSE OF HIM
WE WON THE CIVIL WAR.
WE HAD A VERY SMALL
UNITED STATES MINT
IN CARSON CITY, NEVADA,
DURING THE BIG
COMSTOCK SILVER BOOM,
AND THEY JUST FIGURED
IT WOULD BE MUCH EASIER
TO MINT IT RIGHT THERE THAN
TO SHIP THE RAW SILVER OUT
AND HAVE IT MINTED
SOMEWHERE ELSE.
THE RAREST COINS IN CIRCULATION
BASICALLY COME FROM
THE CARSON CITY MINT.
‐ ARE THE CARSON
CITY COINS. ABSOLUTELY.
‐ BECAUSE IT WAS
A VERY SMALL MINT,
IT WASN'T IN
OPERATION VERY LONG.
WELL, YOU JUST DON'T FIND A LOT
OF REALLY IMPORTANT HISTORICAL
DOCUMENTS ABOUT NEVADA,
AND THIS RIGHT HERE
IS PRETTY AMAZING.
SO WHAT WOULD IT COST FOR ME
TO BE THE CUSTODIAN
OF THIS DOCUMENT?
‐ THAT WAS A LITTLE
CHEAPER THAN THE OTHER TWO.
I'D SELL THAT FOR $80,000.
‐ BUT YOU WOULD TAKE 60, RIGHT?
‐ NO, I WOULDN'T
TAKE 60. ‐ [LAUGHS]
‐ IF IT MAKES YOU HAPPY,
I'D SPLIT IT WITH
YOU AT 70 GRAND.
‐ [EXHALES]
‐ AND I'LL GO ONE STEP FURTHER.
IF YOU EVER GET TIRED OF IT,
YOU CAN SELL IT BACK
TO ME FOR THE 70,000,
JUST SO I COULD PUT IT
BACK IN MY COLLECTION.
‐ OKAY, SO 70,000 AND
A BUYBACK GUARANTEE.
I'LL PAY YOU, AND
GIVE YOU LUNCH.
[LAUGHS] ‐ OKAY.
‐ ALL RIGHT, GREAT. ‐ THANK YOU.
‐ LEAVE THESE IN MY
OFFICE, I'LL LOCK THE DOOR,
HAVE SECURITY GUARDS
STAND IN FRONT OF THE DOOR,
AND WE'LL GO HAVE LUNCH.
‐ GREAT.
[ROCK MUSIC]
‐ EARLIER, A GUY BROUGHT IN
WHAT LOOKED LIKE A
MORTAR FROM WORLD WAR II,
AND THIS THING
LOOKS LIKE IT COULD DO
SOME SERIOUS DAMAGE.
THE SELLER BROUGHT
A LOT OF THINGS
THAT GO ALONG WITH THIS MORTAR,
AND I HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT THEY ARE,
SO ALEX IS COMING BY
TO TELL ME MORE ABOUT IT,
AND HOPEFULLY GIVE ME AN IDEA
ON HOW MUCH THIS THING'S WORTH.
♪ ♪
I THINK I HAVE A MORTAR HERE.
‐ THIS IS A WORLD WAR II MORTAR.
THIS IS WHAT WAS
KNOWN AS THE M1 MORTAR.
MORTARS WERE EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT IN WORLD WAR I.
WHEN THEY SET UP MORTARS,
THEY COULD REACH
THE FAR TRENCHES,
AND THE MORTARS WOULD
LAND BEHIND THE LINES.
THAT WOULD TAKE OUT A
LOT OF PEOPLE AT ONCE.
THE THING ABOUT
THESE MORTARS IS,
IF THEY WERE
COMPLETELY ORIGINAL,
THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERED
A DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE
AND BE ILLEGAL.
THIS ONE, I CAN TELL
THAT THE TUBE IS ORIGINAL,
BUT THIS PART THAT'S BLACK,
WE CALL THAT THE BASE CUP,
THAT'S A REPRODUCTION.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY
COMPLETELY INERT
AND LEGAL TO SELL,
AND SEE THAT LITTLE BASEPLATE?
SO THIS ACTUALLY IS
AN ORIGINAL BASEPLATE,
THAT THIS GOES ON THERE,
AND THEN THESE LITTLE
FEET DIG INTO THE DIRT.
USUALLY, THE
BASEPLATES ARE THIS BIG.
THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE REFER
TO AS A COMMANDO BASEPLATE,
AND THE REASON THEY SAY THAT
IS BECAUSE THEY WERE
MUCH MORE LIGHTWEIGHT,
AND THEY WERE DESIGNED
FOR FASTER MOVEMENT.
DID YOU HAVE THE
OTHER BASEPLATE?
‐ NO, I DIDN'T HAVE
THE BIGGER BASEPLATE.
THIS IS ALL THAT I COULD FIND
THAT SORT OF
BELONGED TO THIS SET.
‐ OKAY.
AND THAT, THAT'S A‐‐
THAT'S REALLY COOL.
THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL A
SUB‐CALIBER TRAINING SET.
SO IN WORLD WAR II,
THEY REALIZED THAT,
YOU KNOW, MORTAR MEN REALLY
NEEDED TO BE TRAINED WELL
BECAUSE THERE WAS
A LOT THAT WENT TO IT,
AND SO THESE ROUNDS
ARE MUCH, MUCH SMALLER
THAN A TYPICAL
PROJECTILE WOULD BE.
SO THEY WERE A VERY SAFE
WAY TO TRAIN MORTAR MEN
ON HOW TO USE THEM.
THIS BARREL ACTUALLY
INSERTS IN THERE,
AND YOU DROP IT DOWN,
IT GOES ALL THE
WAY TO THE BOTTOM,
HITS THE CAP, GOES
UP, COMES DOWN,
AND MAKES A BIG
POP WHEN IT LANDS.
THIS ACTUALLY IS MUCH
MORE RARE THAT THE MORTAR,
ALTHOUGH BOTH HAVE VALUE.
♪ ♪
SO YOU'VE NEVER TRIED
IT? ‐ I'VE NEVER TRIED IT.
I WAS TOO SCARED I WAS
GONNA BLOW SOMETHING UP.
‐ [LAUGHS]
THESE WON'T BLOW ANYTHING UP.
THEY DO MAKE SOME NOISE,
BUT IT'S KIND OF LIKE A
REALLY COOL, LIKE, CAP GUN.
‐ HOW MUCH DO YOU
THINK IT'S WORTH?
‐ IN THIS CONDITION, WITH
THE COMMANDO BASEPLATE,
WHICH ISN'T AS DESIRABLE
AS A NORMAL BASEPLATE,
I THINK YOU'D GET 1,500 FOR IT.
‐ MM‐KAY.
‐ I THINK IF WE COULD
ACTUALLY TEST IT,
IF THAT ALL WORKS,
I THINK YOU WOULD GET,
YOU KNOW, MAYBE
3,500, MAYBE 4,000?
IT JUST DEPENDS.
‐ DO YOU WANT TO
GO OUT AND FIRE IT?
‐ MUCH AS I'D LOVE TO
SEE THIS THING GO BANG,
I JUST DON'T HAVE TIME
TO COME OUT AND TEST IT.
‐ ALL RIGHT, WELL,
THANKS FOR COMING OUT.
‐ ALL RIGHT. ‐ APPRECIATE IT.
ALL RIGHT.
SINCE WE DON'T KNOW
IF IT WORKS OR NOT,
I'D GIVE YOU 400 BUCKS FOR IT.
‐ I WAS REALLY LOOKING TO
TRY AND GET CLOSE TO THAT 1,000,
SO IF YOU CAN GO A
LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
‐ I'D GO 6. THAT'S
GONNA BE MAX FOR ME.
♪ ♪
‐ I DON'T THINK I
CAN LEAVE IT FOR 6.
‐ [SIGHS]
‐ CAN YOU GIVE ME 750?
‐ IT'S GONNA BE A
HARD SELL, YOU KNOW.
IT'S GONNA SIT AROUND
HERE FOR A LONG TIME.
650, WE GOT A DEAL.
WE'LL SPLIT IT IN THE MIDDLE.
‐ ALL RIGHT, MATE,
DONE. ‐ ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GO DO SOME
PAPERWORK. ‐ CHEERS.
I WAS HOPING THIS
ITEM WAS GONNA MAKE
A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A BANG,
BUT I'M GONNA SELL IT FOR 650.
♪ ♪
‐ [GRUNTS]
‐ WHAT IS THAT?
‐ IT'S A MORTAR SET.
‐ THIS IS FOR LEARNING
HOW TO USE A REAL MORTAR.
‐ NO, THIS IS A REAL MORTAR,
BUT THIS IS THE PRACTICE
SET WITH THE REAL MORTAR.
‐ OKAY, HOW MUCH
DID WE PAY FOR THIS?
‐ 650 BUCKS.
‐ DID YOU TALK TO ALEX ABOUT IT?
‐ YEAH, I HAD ALEX
COME BY, CHECK IT OUT.
HE REALLY, REALLY LIKED IT.
HE SAID THAT IT COULD
BE WORTH UP TO $4,000,
IF IT WORKS.
‐ DID YOU TEST IT OUT?
‐ I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE
TO. I JUST BOUGHT IT.
THE GUY I BOUGHT IT
FROM DIDN'T HAVE TIME
TO GO TO THE RANGE.
‐ OKAY, SO WE
HAVE TO TEST IT OUT
JUST TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT IT'S WORTH.
‐ SURE.
‐ DO YOU WANT
TO COME? ‐ I CAN'T.
‐ WHY NOT?
‐ I'VE GOT A LOT OF
WORK AROUND HERE.
YOU'VE BEEN SLACKING LATELY,
AND SOMEONE NEEDS TO PICK
UP ALL THE SLACK AROUND HERE.
‐ REALLY?
‐ YOU'VE BEEN TAKING
A LOT OF VACATIONS,
GOING TO A LOT OF LUNCHES.
‐ HAVE A GREAT DAY, CHUM.
‐ NO, DON'T WORRY,
RICK. I'LL PUT THIS AWAY.
‐ E A CUSTOMER IN THE
SHOP WITH SOME CURRENCY
THAT WAS ISSUED BY A BANK
THAT WAS FORMED BY
THE MORMON CHURCH
IN THE MID‐1800S.
IT ALSO APPEARS TO BE SIGNED
BY JOSEPH SMITH
AND BRIGHAM YOUNG,
THE FOUNDERS OF
THE MORMON CHURCH.
NOW, THIS GUY WANTS
$20,000 FOR THIS,
AND I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT,
SO I'VE CALLED IN PETER,
MY CURRENCY EXPERT,
AND HE'S GONNA
HELP ME FIGURE IT OUT.
SO WHAT DO YOU
KNOW ABOUT THIS BILL?
‐ THIS BILL'S PRETTY REMARKABLE.
YOU ALWAYS CALL ME WITH
BETTER THAN USUAL STUFF,
BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY A BIT
MORE SPECIAL THAN MOST.
OKAY, THE VERY FIRST
MORMON‐ISSUED CURRENCY
WAS IN 1837,
AND THE FIRST MORMON BANK,
IT FAILED 11 MONTHS LATER
BECAUSE IT WAS
BACKED BY REAL ESTATE.
IT WASN'T BACKED BY ANY
METALS OR ANYTHING TANGIBLE.
AND THEN IN 1849,
BRIGHAM YOUNG, WHO TOOK
OVER THE CHURCH, REISSUED IT,
AND IT WAS ACTUALLY
BACKED BY 80% OF GOLD DUST.
IT ACTUALLY WAS BACKED
BY SOMETHING TANGIBLE.
‐ OKAY.
‐ NOW, THE ORIGINAL
ISSUE IN 1837 WAS SIGNED
BY JOSEPH SMITH, WHO WAS
THE FIRST PROPHET AND FOUNDER
OF CHURCH OF JESUS
CHRIST OF LATTER‐DAY SAINTS,
AND THE PRESIDENT
IS SIDNEY RIGDON.
HOWEVER, THOSE WERE NOT
THEIR ACTUAL SIGNATURES.
THEY WERE DONE BY SCRIBES,
MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH,
'CAUSE THEY JUST
DIDN'T WANT TO SIT THERE
AND SIGN ALL DAY LONG.
THEN ON TOP OF SIDNEY
RIGDON'S SIGNATURE,
YOU'LL SEE HEBER KIMBALL,
AND ABOVE HIS SIGNATURE,
YOU'LL SEE BRIGHAM YOUNG.
♪ ♪
NOW, THE REASON THIS
NOTE IS VERY SPECIAL
IS BECAUSE BRIGHAM YOUNG
ACTUALLY HAND‐SIGNED
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE NOTES.
THE FIRST ISSUE IN
1837 IS VERY COMMON.
THE REISSUE OF 1849
IS EXTREMELY RARE.
THEY ONLY ISSUED 135 EXAMPLES
WITH BRIGHAM YOUNG'S SIGNATURE.
♪ ♪
I'M SURPRISED IN THE CONDITION.
IT'S REMARKABLE
ACTUALLY OVERALL.
THE PAPER IS SO THIN,
IT'S BASICALLY
PRINTED ON TISSUE,
SO A LOT OF CREASES AND FOLDS,
BUT HAS VIRTUALLY NO STAINING.
‐ OKAY, SO THE BIG
QUESTION, WHAT'S IT WORTH?
‐ IT'S 100%
LEGITIMATE. IT IS REAL.
IT HAS HIS SIGNATURE.
I WILL AUTHENTICATE
IT AS GENUINE.
AND AS FAR AS THE VALUE,
RICK, IT'S A GREAT PIECE,
I WOULD VALUE IT ROUGHLY
AROUND $12,000 IN TODAY'S MARKET.
‐ OKAY, WELL, THANKS, MAN.
I APPRECIATE IT. ‐
GOOD LUCK, RICK.
‐ OKAY. SO PETER
KNOWS HIS STUFF.
HE THINKS IT'S WORTH 12.
I MEAN, I'LL GIVE
YOU 8,000 FOR IT.
‐ YEAH, I THINK THAT'S
CONSIDERABLY LOWER
THAN WHAT I WAS KIND OF
EXPECTING TO GET FOR THE NOTE.
‐ I MEAN, I THINK I COULD
SELL IT PRETTY QUICKLY.
CAN WE, LIKE, GO 8,500?
I REALLY COULDN'T GO
MUCH MORE THAN THAT.
♪ ♪
I DON'T THINK I CAN DO THAT.
I THINK I'D RATHER TAKE
MY CHANCES ELSEWHERE.
‐ ALL RIGHT, IF YOU
CHANGE YOUR MIND,
COME BACK AND SEE ME.
‐ THANK YOU. ‐ IT'S
PRETTY COOL THOUGH.
IT'S A PIECE OF
HISTORY. ‐ THANK YOU.
♪ ♪
‐ SO THE OTHER DAY, CHUM
BOUGHT A WORLD WAR II
PRACTICE MORTAR SET.
HE CALLED UP ALEX, AND
ALEX GAVE HIM A VALUE
IF ALL THE PIECES WERE
THERE AND IT WORKED.
BUT CHUM BOUGHT IT ANYWAY,
SO I HAVE NO IDEA IF
ALL THE PIECES ARE HERE,
I HAVE NO IDEA IF IT WORKS.
SO I'M MEETING ALEX AT
THE LOCAL GUN RANGE,
AND WE'RE GONNA
SHOOT THIS THING,
AND HOPEFULLY IT'S ALL THERE,
'CAUSE IF IT'S NOT,
I'M GONNA KILL CHUM.
♪ ♪
‐ HOW'S IT GOING? ‐ GOOD.
SO, I THINK I KNOW
WHAT I'M DOING.
[BOTH LAUGH]
I WENT AND I GOT
SOME .22 BLANKS.
‐ YUP. GRAB THE BLANKS.
♪ ♪
OH, YOU SET UP A TARGET?
‐ YEAH. ‐ OH, NICE.
‐ YEAH. GOT A RING.
‐ OH, WE GOTTA
HIT THE BULL'S‐EYE?
‐ YEAH.
‐ THIS IS WHAT THEY
CALL, LIKE, THE TARGET,
SO THAT WILL BE THE
POP WHEN IT LANDS,
AND THE PROPELLANT
SIDE IS OVER HERE.
SO THE COOL THING ABOUT THESE
IS THEY HAVE, LIKE, A SELECTOR
TO HOW FAR IT'LL LAUNCH.
SO A SMALL HOLE
MEANS IT GOES FURTHER
BECAUSE MOST OF THE
PROPELLANT GOES DOWN.
A LARGE HOLE OUT THE
SIDE MEANS IT GOES SHORTER.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL GO
FOR, LIKE, A MEDIUM DISTANCE,
AND THEN WE CAN SIGHT IT IN.
‐ SO HERE, HERE'S A .22 BLANK.
‐ SO YOU PUT THAT FACEDOWN.
‐ PUT THAT IN THERE. ‐ YUP.
THEN THIS IS SCREWED BACK ON,
AND THEN YOU PUT
ONE IN THE HEAD,
AND THIS WILL MAKE THE
FINAL LANDING CRACK.
‐ OKAY.
SO NOW, WE SCREW
EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
‐ SCREW IT ALL TOGETHER.
‐ AND THEN YOU JUST
DROP IT IN, RIGHT?
‐ AND YOU GET YOUR
HAND OUT OF THE WAY,
SO YOU DON'T LOSE A FINGER.
‐ YOU GET YOUR HAND
OUT OF THE WAY REAL QUICK.
‐ YEP, SO LET'S PUT
GLASSES ON. ‐ OKAY.
HERE WE GO.
♪ ♪
FIRE IN THE HOLE.
[LAUGHS] ‐ NICE!
GOOD FLIGHT.
GET UP THERE!
‐ WELL, THAT WAS
ANTICLIMACTIC. [LAUGHS]
BUT HEY, IT SHOOTS.
SO IT WORKS AND EVERYTHING.
HAS ALL THE PARTS.
WHAT'S IT WORTH?
♪ ♪
‐ THE MORTAR BY ITSELF,
BECAUSE IT'S
COMPLETE, ABOUT 2,000,
AND THE KIT, IT'S
GOT ALL THE PARTS,
IT TOTALLY WORKS, ANOTHER 2,000.
4,000?
‐ 4,000 BUCKS? ‐ YEAH.
♪ ♪
THAT'S ABSOLUTELY GREAT,
BUT IT PISSES ME
OFF A LITTLE BIT
BECAUSE CHUM ACTUALLY
DID A GOOD THING.
[BOTH LAUGH]
‐ I'M SURPRISED HE
GOT IT THAT CHEAP.
‐ ALL RIGHT, SO SUPER COOL.
LET'S KEEP ON FIRING
THIS THING, DUDE.
EVENTUALLY, WE'LL
HIT THE TARGET.
‐ I KNOW. ALL RIGHT.
LET'S SIGHT IT IN. IT'S
OUR MORTAR TRAINING.
‐ [YELPS] [LAUGHS]
[MORTAR POPS] ‐ NICE!