Pawn Stars (2009–…): Season 18, Episode 3 - Decoding a Deal - full transcript
- IT'S LIKE NEGOTIATING
IN THE MIRROR, ISN'T IT?
NO.
ON TONIGHT'S EPISODE,
I FALL FOR AMERICAN
ARCHITECTURE'S "MONA LISA."
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT IS
AN AMERICAN TREASURE.
SO WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR THEM?
$80,000.
FOR THIS SELLER,
EVERY CENT MATTERS.
- LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE
KALEIDOSCOPE RING.
- IT'S A HARD KNOCK LIFE.
HOW MUCH ARE YOU LOOKING TO GET?
- $19,211.28.
- OKAY.
I SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING
THERE, JEOPARDY JAMES.
- UH-HUH.
- AND LATER, A DANGEROUS
DEAL TAKES FLIGHT.
A LEONARDO DA
VINCI FLYING MACHINE?
- THAT'S WHAT I'M TOLD IT IS.
- AND I AM ABSOLUTELY
POSITIVE IF EVER
ANYONE DID STRAP THIS THING ON,
THEY WOULD BE VERY QUICKLY DEAD.
♪ ♪
SO WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
- SO THIS IS A STRONG
TROUPERETTE SPOTLIGHT II.
MY DAD PICKED IT
UP AT A GARAGE SALE.
- IS HE IN THE THEATER
BUSINESS OR ANYTHING?
- NO, HE JUST STUMBLED UPON IT,
THOUGHT IT WAS
COOL, AND IT LOOKS OLD.
- HEY, COOL.
I'VE ALWAYS REALLY LIKED
BEING IN THE SPOTLIGHT.
- I'M HERE AT THE PAWN
SHOP TODAY TO SELL
TO SELL MY STRONG
TROUPERETTE SPOTLIGHT.
DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT,
BUT YOU DON'T SEE
THINGS LIKE THAT ANYMORE
AND YOU CAN JUST
TELL IT'S AN ANTIQUE.
I'M HOPING TO SELL
THE LIGHT FOR 1,700.
- THIS IS PRETTY COOL, MAN.
IN THEATERS IN THE 1920S,
THEY HAD A REALLY, REALLY
HARD TIME WITH THE SPOTLIGHTS
BECAUSE BACK IN THE DAY,
POWERFUL LIGHT
BULBS DIDN'T EXIST.
SO TO GET REALLY BRIGHT LIGHT,
THEY BASICALLY TOOK
TWO RODS OF CARBON,
PUT A LOT OF ELECTRICITY
THROUGH THEM
AND THERE WAS AN ARC AND THAT'S
WHAT THEY USED IN SPOTLIGHTS.
BUT THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS,
YOU HAD TO KEEP ON MANUALLY
ADJUSTING THE ARC RODS
'CAUSE THEY SLOWLY BURNED AWAY.
SO BASICALLY, THEY
COULDN'T FOLLOW ACTORS
AROUND ON THE STAGE LIKE THIS
BECAUSE THE WHOLE TIME,
THE SPOTLIGHT OPERATOR
WAS ADJUSTING THE ARC RODS.
SO HARRY STRONG
INVENTED A SYSTEM
WHERE THEY WOULD
AUTOMATICALLY ADJUST.
SO IMMEDIATELY,
EVERYBODY WANTED HIS STUFF.
THE TROUPERETTE TWO
CAME OUT IN THE 1970S.
ONE OF THE GREAT
THINGS ABOUT THIS,
IT DIDN'T NEED A
SPECIAL POWER SUPPLY.
SO YOU COULD PLUG
THIS ONE INTO A WALL,
WHICH WAS KIND OF BIG,
ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE
THAT WERE TOURING FOR
SMALL VENUES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
REALLY, REALLY
SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS.
THEY'RE STILL IN BUSINESS TODAY.
I MEAN, AS FAR AS,
LIKE, SPOTLIGHTS GO,
THEY ARE THE GOLD STANDARD.
DOES IT WORK?
- YEAH, YEAH, IT DOES, ACTUALLY.
- YEP, IT WORKS.
♪ ♪
YOU'RE A STAR.
THE LIGHT BULB WORKS,
BUT IT HAS SOME ISSUES.
- YEAH.
- OKAY?
THESE RIGHT HERE
ARE LITTLE LENSES.
BASICALLY, THEY'RE PIECES
OF GLASS AND THEY HAVE GELS
THAT ARE IN FRONT OF THEM
AND THEY'RE DIFFERENT COLORS.
THOSE ALL HAVE TO BE REPLACED.
- OH.
- AND THIS LEVER RIGHT HERE
WAS FOR HOW BIG YOU
WANT YOUR SPOTLIGHT
AND IT'S COMPLETELY SEIZED.
- YEAH.
- WITH ALL THAT SAID,
WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR IT?
- 1,700.
- THAT'S CRAZY PRICE.
IT'S GONNA NEED A
COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS'
WORTH OF REPAIRS ON IT.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, THERE'S
BETTER STUFF OUT THERE.
I WOULD GIVE YOU
200 BUCKS FOR IT
AND I'M KIND OF BEING
GENEROUS AT THAT.
- WOULD YOU DO 800?
- NO.
IN THIS CONDITION,
YOU GOT 200 BUCKS.
♪ ♪
- 450.
- I'LL TELL YOU WHAT,
I'LL GIVE YOU 210.
- 250.
- NO.
- 211?
- NO, I'LL GIVE YOU 210 BUCKS.
- ALL RIGHT, I'LL DO 210.
- ALL RIGHT, COOL, MAN.
WALK RIGHT OVER THERE AND
WE'LL DO SOME PAPERWORK
AND I'LL GET YOU PAID.
- ALL RIGHT.
I SOLD IT FOR 210.
I WAS LOOKING TO GET 1,700,
BUT I GUESS IT WASN'T
WORTH THAT MUCH.
I'M GONNA TAKE THAT 210
AND ADD IT TO MY
SAVINGS FOR COLLEGE.
♪ ♪
- HELLO.
- HELLO, HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
- I WOULD LIKE TO SELL THESE.
THEY ARE ORIGINAL 1955
DISNEYLAND PARK BROCHURES.
- OKAY, THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
IT USED TO BE A DOLLAR
TO GET INTO DISNEYLAND.
IT'S MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE
NOW, BUT IT'S FUN,
AND I MEAN, IT BUILDS MEMORIES
THAT STAY WITH KIDS FOREVER.
IT'S DISNEYLAND.
I STILL GO TO DISNEYLAND
AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR.
I'M AT THE PAWN SHOP
TODAY TO SELL MY TWO
1955 ORIGINAL WALT
DISNEYLAND PARK BROCHURES.
I GOT THESE FROM
MY MOTHER-IN-LAW.
I WOULD LIKE TO
GET 175 FOR THE PAIR
OF THE DISNEYLAND MAPS.
IF I'M ABLE TO SELL THESE TODAY,
I'M EITHER GONNA DO
SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR MY KIDS
OR I MIGHT JUST DO
SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR MYSELF.
- "WELCOME TO DISNEYLAND."
THESE ARE PRETTY COOL.
IN THE 1950S, WALT
CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA
TO HAVE THIS DISNEYLAND PARK,
AND HE WANTED TO BUILD A THEME
PARK THAT FAMILIES COULD ENJOY,
SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD
GO TO AND HAVE A GOOD TIME
BECAUSE AT THE TIME,
THEME PARKS WERE
THOUGHT OF AS DIRTY
AND A PLACE YOU DIDN'T REALLY
WANT TO TAKE YOUR FAMILY TO.
ORIGINALLY, DISNEYLAND
WAS PLOTTED TO BE BUILT
IN BURBANK, ACROSS
FROM THEIR STUDIOS
RIGHT THERE, ON,
LIKE, 8 ACRES OF LAND,
AND WALT DECIDED
HE WANTED TO BUILD IT
IN A LOT BIGGER OF AN AREA,
SO THEY MOVED 25 MILES
FROM LA OVER TO ANAHEIM
AND THEY BUILT IT ON
THE ORANGE GROVES.
AND ABOUT 10 YEARS AFTER,
THEY STARTED
BUILDING DISNEY WORLD.
WALT CAME UP WITH THE IDEA
TO BUILD A BIGGER
PARK IN FLORIDA.
HE WASN'T AROUND FOR
THE CONSTRUCTION OF IT.
HE PASSED SHORTLY
AFTER THE IDEA,
BUT IT OPENED UP I THINK
IN 1971 IN MEMORY OF HIM.
AND NOW THERE'S DISNEYLANDS
AND DISNEY WORLDS EVERYWHERE
AND PEOPLE TRAVEL
AROUND AND PLAN VACATIONS
AROUND ALL THESE
DIFFERENT DISNEYLANDS
BECAUSE THEY WANT TO
COLLECT STUFF LIKE THIS
FROM ALL THE
DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
SO WHERE DID YOU GET THESE?
- SO MY HUSBAND AND I RECENTLY
MOVED MY MOTHER-IN-LAW
DOWN CLOSER TO US
AND WE INHERITED
AN ANTIQUE DESK,
AND AS WERE CLEANING IT OUT,
WE CAME ACROSS THESE
TWO WALT DISNEYLAND MAPS.
I THOUGHT IT WAS
REALLY INTERESTING
BECAUSE THEY'RE
ORIGINAL FROM 1955
AND I KNOW THAT THEY
UPDATED THEIR MAPS IN 1956.
GIVEN THAT INSIDE THE MAPS,
IT EVEN TELLS YOU TAKE
HOME AND COLOR THEM
AND THERE'S NOT A FOLD
OR A MARK OR ANYTHING.
- OKAY, SO WHAT ARE YOU
LOOKING TO DO WITH THESE?
- I'M LOOKING TO SELL THEM.
- AND HOW MUCH ARE
YOU LOOKING TO GET?
- I WAS THINKING MAYBE
175 FOR BOTH OF THEM.
- OKAY.
QUITE FRANKLY, I HAVE NO IDEA.
THEY COULD BE WORTH
LESS, THEY COULD BE MORE.
THE BIGGEST ISSUE
I HAVE HERE IS,
THEY LOOK TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE
AND WE KNOW THIS KIND OF
STUFF IS FAKED, YOU KNOW?
I'M NOT SAYING THESE ARE FAKES.
THEY LOOK GOOD TO ME,
BUT I REALLY DON'T KNOW.
I NEED TO HAVE SOMEONE
COME IN, TAKE A LOOK AT THEM,
AND SEE IF THEY TRULY
ARE ORIGINAL FROM 1955.
- OKAY.
- ALL RIGHT.
GIVE ME A FEW MINUTES.
I'LL GET SOMEONE DOWN HERE
AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
- SURE.
I'M OKAY WITH SOMEONE
COMING IN AND LOOKING AT MAPS
BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW
WHAT THEY ARE WORTH
BASED ON THE INFORMATION I
COULD FIND ON THE INTERNET.
IT'D BE NICE TO SEE
WHAT THEY'RE WORTH
OR IF I'M EVEN IN THE BALLPARK
ASKING 175 FOR BOTH OF THEM.
♪ ♪
- HEY, WHAT HAVE WE GOT HERE?
- I GOT A COUPLE OF SOUVENIR
WORLD SERIES MINI BATS.
- SUPER COOL.
IT'S THE WORLD SERIES.
I MEAN, IT'S A BIG DEAL.
1939 WORLD SERIES.
THAT WAS THE YANKEES
VERSUS THE REDS.
AND THE REDS WON ZERO GAMES.
THE FIRST, LIKE, 18 WORLD
SERIES, THERE WASN'T RADIO.
- RIGHT.
- THERE'D BE CROWDS
OUTSIDE THE WESTERN UNION OFFICE
SO THEY COULD KEEP
ON GETTING REPORTS
OF HOW THE GAME WAS GOING.
LIKE, EVEN NEWSPAPERS KNEW
THAT THEY WERE GONNA HAVE
TO PRINT WAY MORE NEWSPAPERS
THE NEXT DAY AFTER
THE WORLD SERIES
BECAUSE THERE WAS GONNA BE SO
MANY PEOPLE READING ABOUT THEM.
AND ARGUABLY, I MEAN,
BASEBALL WAS EVEN BIGGER
BACK THEN THAN IT IS TODAY.
AND SOUVENIRS LIKE THESE
BATS WERE USED AS AN INCENTIVE
TO GET FANS TO COME
OUT AND SEE A GAME.
I MEAN, EVEN WHEN I WAS
A KID, YOU'D GO TO A GAME,
YOU GET MINI BATS,
THERE'D BE HAT NIGHT,
THERE'D BE ALL THESE
DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND, YOU KNOW, HATS
WOULD WEAR OUT.
BUT THESE THINGS
ARE PRACTICALLY INDESTRUCTIBLE.
OKAY?
AND THEN WE HAVE ONE
HERE. WHAT YEAR IS THAT?
- I WANT... IT LOOKS
LIKE A SEVEN TO ME.
- OKAY.
- 1957.
- THE GUY WHO COLLECTED
THEM MUST'VE BEEN A YANKEES FAN
BECAUSE '57 WAS ALSO
NEW YORK YANKEES,
I THINK AGAINST MILWAUKEE.
BUT HERE'S THE PROBLEM.
MINI BATS, THEY WERE
MAYBE 4 OR 5¢ TO MAKE.
YOU'D GO TO A BASEBALL GAME.
SAY IT'S THE WORLD SERIES.
THERE'S 40,000
PEOPLE IN THE STANDS.
THEY'D GIVE OUT 40,000 OF THESE.
OVER THE YEARS, MY
EXPERIENCE IS, THEY'RE COOL.
YOU CAN HANG THEM ON THE
WALL, DO SOMETHING WITH THEM,
BUT I'M JUST TELLING
YOU, THEY DON'T SELL
AND I DON'T WANT THEM.
- ALL RIGHTY. WELL,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
- HAVE A GOOD ONE.
- THANK YOU.
♪ ♪
- DEFINITELY A SWING AND A MISS.
♪ ♪
- HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
- GOOD.
- WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
- I HAVE A TEST PRESSING
OF "HOTEL CALIFORNIA"
THAT'S BEEN AUTOGRAPHED
BY ALL THE EAGLES.
- A TEST PRESSING?
WHAT'S A TEST PRESSING?
- BEFORE THEY RELEASE THE ALBUM,
THEY'LL ACTUALLY RELEASE
IT TO RADIO STATIONS
WITHOUT ANY OF THE
LABEL OR ANY OF THE COVER
SO THEY CAN GET PRE-PLAY.
- ALL RIGHT.
THE EAGLES WERE MORE
OF THAT COUNTRY FOLK,
ROCK AND ROLL FROM THE '60S
THAT YOUR PARENTS DIDN'T REALLY
GET MAD ABOUT YOU LISTENING TO.
- YEAH.
- BUT THE SIMPLE FACT
THAT EVEN I KNOW A BUNCH OF
THEIR SONGS IS KIND OF AMAZING
BECAUSE I'VE NEVER
REALLY BEEN AN EAGLES FAN.
AWW!
- I'M HERE AT THE
PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY SIGNED TEST
PRESSING OF "HOTEL CALIFORNIA"
SIGNED BY ALL THE EAGLES.
I GOT IT AT A USED RECORD
STORE THAT I USED TO WORK AT.
A DJ CAME IN AND HE
WOULD SELL RECORDS
AND HE BROUGHT IT IN
ONCE AND THEN I BOUGHT IT.
TEST PRESSINGS ARE REALLY COOL.
THEY'RE REALLY RARE,
AND I'M HOPING TO
GET $2,000 FOR IT.
♪ ♪
- THIS IS COOL.
THERE'S PEOPLE OUT THERE
THAT WILL PUT THE EAGLES
RIGHT UP THERE WITH
GREATEST ROCK BANDS EVER.
I MEAN, THEY'RE JUST A HUGE,
HUGE ROCK AND ROLL SUPERGROUP.
- YEAH.
- THE EAGLES RELEASED
THEIR FIRST ALBUM IN '72,
AND THEY HAVE A TON OF HITS.
I MEAN, EVERYBODY KNOWS
"HOTEL CALIFORNIA," RIGHT?
"HOTEL CALIFORNIA" I THINK
WAS PROBABLY THEIR BIGGEST,
FASTEST-SELLING RECORD.
IT WENT PLATINUM
INSIDE OF A WEEK I THINK.
- YEAH.
- I BELIEVE THEY EVEN WON
A GRAMMY FOR THE RECORD.
I MEAN, IT WAS JUST
HUGE FOR ITS TIME.
BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU
GOT FIVE GREAT MUSICIANS
AND EVERYBODY WANTS TO
BE THE LEADER OF THE BAND
AND HAVING FIVE LEADERS
JUST DOESN'T WORK.
AND I KNOW THEY WENT
THROUGH A LOT OF CHANGES.
- MM-HMM.
- WHO'S IT ALL SIGNED BY?
- SO WE HAVE DON
HENLEY RIGHT HERE.
WE GOT JOE WALSH.
- OKAY.
- WE'VE GOT RANDY MEISNER
AND WE GOT DON
FELDER AND GLENN FREY.
AND GLENN FREY HAS PASSED AWAY.
- OKAY.
I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE
LOOKING TO SELL IT, RIGHT?
- YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO.
- AND WHAT ARE YOU
LOOKING TO GET OUT OF IT?
- WELL, I DID A LITTLE
BIT OF RESEARCH
AND I SAW THAT ONE SOLD
ONLINE FOR AROUND 2,500,
SO I WAS THINKING
THAT A FAIR THING
TO ASK WOULD BE ABOUT $2,000.
- OKAY, WE GOT A FEW THINGS
GOING ON HERE, MY MAN.
FIRST OF ALL, I'D REALLY
LIKE TO CHECK AND SEE
IF ALL THE SIGNATURES
ARE LEGIT HERE
AND I GOTTA FIND OUT WHAT
A TEST PRESSING'S WORTH.
I'M GONNA HAVE TO CALL A
COUPLE BUDDIES OF MINE DOWN.
DO YOU MIND HANGING OUT AND
WAITING FOR THEM TO GET HERE?
- SURE, NO PROBLEM.
- ALL RIGHT.
WELL, HANG OUT AND
I'LL BE BACK, OKAY?
- ALL RIGHT, SOUNDS GOOD.
I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT
TO BRING IN AN EXPERT.
I'M PRETTY CERTAIN THAT
WHAT I HAVE IS GENUINE,
BUT IT'S ALWAYS GOOD
TO HAVE AN EXPERT LOOK.
- HEY, WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
- I'VE GOT AN OLD
ANTIQUE GAS LAMP HERE.
- OKAY, I'M INTRIGUED.
WHERE'D YOU GET IT?
- I BOUGHT A STORAGE
UNIT LAST YEAR.
IT WAS FULL OF ANTIQUE
ITEMS. THIS WAS ONE OF THEM.
- ALL RIGHT.
I THINK I HAVE THAT
OUTFIT AT HOME.
NO, JUST KIDDING.
- I'M COMING INTO THE SHOP TODAY
TO TRY TO SELL MY
ANTIQUE GAS LAMP.
I'VE HAD THE GAS LAMP FOR
ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF
AND I REALLY DON'T
KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
I'M LOOKING TO SELL THE GAS LAMP
BECAUSE I DON'T
HAVE A USE FOR IT
AND IT'S NOTHING I'M
GONNA DISPLAY IN MY HOME.
I'M HOPING TO GET $350 FOR IT.
♪ ♪
- THIS IS INTERESTING.
SO BEFORE GAS LAMPS CAME AROUND,
PEOPLE MAINLY USED
KEROSENE LAMPS
TO LIGHT THEIR
HOMES, AND THEN, 1790S,
THERE WAS A GUY
NAMED WILLIAM MURDOCK,
HE STARTED EXPERIMENTING
WITH COAL GAS.
IF YOU TAKE COAL, YOU
PUT IT IN A STEEL CYLINDER,
CLOSE OFF THE TOP SO
NO OXYGEN CAN GET TO IT,
AND JUST PUT A PIPE
OUT THE SIDE OF IT...
IF YOU PUT A FIRE
UNDER THAT CYLINDER,
MOST OF THE COAL WILL
START TURNING TO GAS.
YOU CAN USE THAT GAS TO
PIPE PLACES AND MAKE LIGHT.
NEXT THING YOU KNOW,
HE'S LIGHTING UP THE FRONT
OF HIS FOUNDRY WITH GAS LAMPS,
WHICH WERE WAY BRIGHTER
THAN THE OIL LAMPS
THEY HAD AT THE TIME,
AND EVERYONE WAS LIKE...
- OH!
BY THE 1880S,
EVERY MAJOR CITY
AROUND THE WORLD
THAT WAS INDUSTRIALIZED
HAD GAS LIGHTING.
AND THEN YOU STARTED PUTTING
GAS LAMPS IN YOUR HOUSE.
YOU DIDN'T NEED
POT TO HOLD THE OIL,
SO THEY COULD
BUILD THINGS LIKE THIS.
♪ ♪
BASICALLY, IT'S IN
PRETTY GOOD CONDITION,
BUT IT'S MISSING PARTS.
THESE THINGS ARE WORTH
REALLY GOOD MONEY
WHEN THEY HAVE
ALL THE PARTS, OKAY?
WE DON'T HAVE THE ORIGINAL BASE.
YOU TELL THAT BECAUSE...
SEE THE BOLTS ON THE BOTTOM?
- I DO.
- THAT'S A MODERN BOLT.
OKAY, THERE WAS A
DIFFERENT FIXTURE ON THIS
AND PROBABLY A
DIFFERENT PIECE OF GLASS.
- OH, OKAY.
- OKAY?
THIS LOOKS LIKE MODERN
GLASS RIGHT HERE.
1900S, PROBABLY.
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST
SORT OF LIKE A FRUIT BOWL
ON THE TOP OF IT.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN JUST
TELL THIS DOESN'T MATCH THIS.
SO IF THIS THING
HAD ALL THE PARTS,
I'D GIVE YOU 700 BUCKS FOR IT,
I COULD PROBABLY GET
1,400 BUCKS OUT OF IT.
THE WAY IT IS NOW...
I'M GONNA PASS.
- OKAY.
- ALL RIGHT.
- WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
- HAVE A GOOD ONE.
I PASSED ON THE GAS... LAMP.
- EARLIER TODAY, A WOMAN
WALKED INTO THE SHOP
WITH TWO ORIGINAL 1955
DISNEYLAND BROCHURES
THAT SHE WANTS $175 FOR.
THESE THINGS ARE IN
ALMOST PERFECT CONDITION,
BUT THIS SEEMS JUST A LITTLE
BIT TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE,
WHICH MEANS THESE
COULD BE FAKES.
BUT MY BUDDY ROB KNOWS A TON
ABOUT THE HAPPIEST
PLACE ON EARTH,
SO HE'S SWINGING BY
TO GIVE ME SOME ADVICE.
SO...
- AH, LOOK AT THAT.
- APPARENTLY, THESE
ARE ORIGINAL FROM 1955.
- DO YOU KNOW MUCH
ABOUT DISNEYLAND,
CHUM, ARE YOU A FAN?
- I MEAN, I GO AT LEAST
ONCE A YEAR, SO YES.
- AND SO THIS WOULD'VE
BEEN GIVEN TO YOU
WHEN YOU WENT
THROUGH THE TURNSTILE.
IT'S LIKE A GATE FLYER, IS
WHAT THEY WOULD CALL THESE.
THESE ARE DEFINITELY NOT
THE OPENING DAY, JULY 17TH,
BUT THIS IS 1955, SO YOU WOULD
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE GOT
THESE THE FIRST YEAR
THAT THE PARK OPENED.
AND THIS IS REALLY COOL
BECAUSE MANY OF THE RIDES
THAT WERE ACTUALLY
ON OPENING DAY
ARE STILL AT THE
PARK, LIKE PETER PAN,
MR. TOAD'S WILD RIDE,
AND THE CARROUSEL, SO...
- THE JUNGLE CRUISE,
ONE OF MY FAVORITES.
- OH, CLASSIC. STILL GOING.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
YOU CAN TELL RIGHT OFF THE BAT
THAT THESE ARE IN
REALLY GREAT SHAPE.
I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT MINT.
BUT IF IT WAS MINT,
THAT WOULD BE KIND OF
A WARNING SIGN TO ME,
YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE THIS
IS, YOU KNOW, 1955 HERE.
SO WE'RE TALKING
QUITE A FEW YEARS,
BUT THESE ARE TOTALLY REAL.
YOU CAN TELL BY THE PAPER,
THERE'S A SLIGHT
YELLOWING TO THEM.
AND ALSO, YOU KNOW,
IT'S DEFINITELY THE
OPENING YEAR, 1955,
AND THEN LOOK AT
THIS WONDERFUL ART
SHOWING ALL THE DIFFERENT LANDS.
SO REALLY NICE PIECE.
♪ ♪
- SO HAVE YOU HEARD OF
THESE BEING FAKED AT ALL?
- THERE ARE FAKES OF
OTHER DISNEYLAND ITEMS,
BUT I'VE NEVER SPECIFICALLY
SEEN DUPLICATES
OF THESE GATE FLYERS, SO I
THINK YOU'RE PRETTY GOOD.
- HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK
THESE WOULD BE WORTH?
- I THINK THAT THESE ARE
PROBABLY WORTH ABOUT 80 EACH.
THEY'RE BOTH IN
EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION.
JUST WONDERFUL EXAMPLES
OF 1955 DISNEYLAND.
- WELL, I APPRECIATE
YOU COMING BY.
- YEAH.
- THANK YOU.
- GREAT TO SEE YOU. GOOD LUCK.
- THANK YOU.
- TAKE CARE.
- ALL RIGHT, WELL, YOU
HEARD WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.
NOT TOO FAR OFF
WHAT YOU'RE ASKING,
BUT I'M GONNA HAVE TO
OFFER YOU LESS THAN THAT
BECAUSE I'M GONNA HAVE TO
SELL THESE MYSELF, YOU KNOW?
WOULD YOU TAKE 50 BUCKS
EACH ON THEM, FOR $100 TOTAL?
- I WOULD TAKE THAT.
- ALL RIGHT. WE GOT A DEAL.
MEET ME AT THE COUNTER
AND WE'LL WRITE IT UP.
- THANK YOU.
I'M SELLING THESE
MAPS TODAY FOR $100.
I'M HAPPY WITH THE SALE
AND I THINK MICKEY MOUSE
JUST GAVE ME A SPA DAY.
♪ ♪
- HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
- GOOD, HOW ARE YOU?
- OKAY. WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
- THESE ARE BLUEPRINTS
FOR A VERY, VERY
FAMOUS STRUCTURE CALLED
FALLING WATER USED
BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT.
- THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING.
AND THESE ARE, LIKE,
REALLY DAMAGED ONES?
- THOSE HAVE HAD SOME WATER
FALL ON THEM APPROPRIATELY.
- ALL RIGHT, YEAH, BECAUSE
THAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED.
YEAH.
- I HAVE THE ACTUAL BLUEPRINTS
FOR FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S
FALLING WATER THAT I'M
LOOKING TO SELL TODAY.
THESE ARE BLUEPRINTS
THAT WERE USED
FOR THE MOST FAMOUS
HOUSE IN THE WORLD.
THERE ARE 10
BLUEPRINTS ALTOGETHER.
I'M LOOKING FOR $80,000
FOR THIS COLLECTION.
- THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
WRIGHT WAS THIS
AMAZING ARCHITECT.
HE DID OVER A THOUSAND
BUILDINGS IN HIS LIFE
AND ANY BUILDING OR HOUSE
BUILT BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
IS PROBABLY CONSIDERED
AN AMERICAN TREASURE.
WRIGHT DEVELOPED
ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE,
WHICH WAS REALLY, REALLY COOL.
EVERY HOUSE HE BUILT,
HE WANTED IT TO REFLECT
THE NATURE AROUND IT.
SO HE WOULD USE LOCAL
STONE, LOCAL WOOD.
HE WANTED THE HOUSE
TO BE PART OF NATURE.
SO THIS IS FRANK LLOYD
WRIGHT'S FALLING WATER.
IT WAS DESIGNED IN 1935,
AND IT IS THE
AMERICAN "MONA LISA,"
AND IT'S A NATURAL WATERFALL
THAT THE HOUSE IS BUILT OVER.
ARCHITECTURALLY, IT'S
AMAZING. IT REALLY IS.
WHERE DID YOU GET THESE?
- SO I GOT ONE GROUP
OF THEM FROM THE PEOPLE
WHO CONSTRUCTED THE WINDOWS
AND ANOTHER GROUP I
PURCHASED IN CHICAGO.
- OKAY.
ONE OF THE THINGS I
LIKE ABOUT THESE THINGS,
YOU CAN TELL SOMEONE
DIDN'T JUST, LIKE,
GO AND MAKE THESE THINGS UP.
BLUEPRINTS FROM BACK
THEN LOOK LIKE THIS.
THERE'S ALL THIS SCRIBBLES
ON THE VELLUMS RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S WHERE YOU GET THE
CROSS MARK RIGHT THERE.
WHAT MAKES THESE WORTH
ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD
IS WHERE IT SAYS
"KAUFMANN HOUSE, BEAR RUN,
PENNSYLVANIA,
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT."
AND FALLING WATER WAS
BUILT FOR THE KAUFMANN FAMILY
AND IT WAS BUILT IN
BEAR RUN, PENNSYLVANIA.
SO WE KNOW THIS
IS FALLING WATER.
THIS IS... SUPER COOL.
- THANKS.
- SO HERE'S THE BIG QUESTION.
WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR THEM?
- $80,000 IS WHAT I WANT.
EVERY BIG ARCHITECTURAL
FIRM IN THE UNITED STATES
WOULD WANT ONE OF THESE
FRAMED UP IN THEIR LOBBY,
BUT IT'S GONNA
TAKE A LOT OF WORK
AND A LOT OF SELLING
TO GET IT THERE.
SO, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT,
I'LL GIVE YOU MY BEST SHOT.
I'LL GIVE YOU $40,000 FOR 'EM.
- BOTTOM LINE, 50 GRAND.
♪ ♪
- I'LL GO 41.
♪ ♪
- I REALLY AM STUCK
ON 50 IN MY HEAD.
♪ ♪
- IF YOU CHANGE YOUR
MIND, GIVE ME A CALL.
- THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT.
- ALL RIGHT.
HAVE A GOOD ONE.
- THANKS.
NO DEAL WAS MADE TODAY,
AND I DON'T REALLY FEEL BAD
BECAUSE MAYBE I'LL SELL THEM
INDIVIDUALLY AND SEVERAL PEOPLE
CAN ENJOY THEM RATHER
THAN JUST ONE PERSON.
- WHETHER YOU'RE AN
ARCHITECTURE AFICIONADO
OR JUST SOMEONE WHO LIKES
TO LOOK AT COOL BUILDINGS,
YOU'VE PROBABLY
LOOKED AT SOMETHING
THAT WAS BUILT BY OR
INFLUENCED BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT.
LIKE RECOGNIZING A GOOD ARTIST,
YOU CAN IDENTIFY
SOMETHING WRIGHT HAD BUILT.
EARLY ON, HE CREATED
THE PRAIRIE SCHOOL
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN,
SINGLE-STORY HOMES
WITH LOW PITCHED ROOFS AND
ROWS OF CASEMENT WINDOWS.
HE BELIEVED IN
ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE.
THE GOAL WAS TO BUILD STRUCTURES
THAT ACHIEVED HARMONY
WITH THEIR SURROUNDINGS.
SOON, THE WORLD TOOK NOTICE.
IN 1915, HE WAS COMMISSIONED
TO BUILD THE IMPERIAL
HOTEL IN TOKYO.
HE SPENT SEVEN
YEARS ON THIS THING.
I MEAN, MOST CELEBRITY MARRIAGES
DON'T EVEN LAST THAT LONG.
THE IMPERIAL BECAME ANOTHER
OF HIS MANY MASTERPIECES.
BUT WRIGHT MAY HAVE SAVED
HIS BEST WORK FOR LAST.
IN 1943, HE STARTED THE PROJECT
THAT WOULD CONSUME
HIS LAST 16 YEARS ON EARTH,
THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
OF CONTEMPORARY ART
IN NEW YORK CITY.
THE GUGGENHEIM IS A
HUGE WHITE CYLINDER
THAT SPIRALS UPWARD
INTO A PLEXIGLAS DOME.
WRIGHT'S LEGENDARY
STATUS WAS CEMENTED.
THE GUGGENHEIM MAY
NOT HOLD A CANDLE
TO MY ART GALLERY HERE IN VEGAS,
- A GUY CAME INTO THE
SHOP WITH AN AUTOGRAPHED
"HOTEL CALIFORNIA"
TEST PRESSING,
SIGNED BY EVERY
MEMBER OF THE EAGLES.
HE'S ASKING FOR 2 GRAND.
BUT BEFORE I SHELL
OUT THAT KIND OF CASH,
I GOTTA ASK A FEW QUESTIONS.
SO I REACHED OUT TO MY
BUDDY STEVE GRADS TO COME BY
AND TELL ME IF THE
SIGNATURES ARE LEGIT.
WE'VE GOT A TEST PRESSING SIGNED
BY THE EAGLES OF
"HOTEL CALIFORNIA."
- OH, NICE.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, "HOTEL
CALIFORNIA" IS ONE OF THE MOST,
YOU KNOW, POPULAR
ALBUMS OF ALL TIME, I MEAN...
- YEAH, I THINK
SOMETHING LIKE 10 MILLION
IN A YEAR OR SOMETHING.
- THAT'S NOT TOO BAD, RIGHT?
- NO, NOT AT ALL.
- SO WHAT ARE YOUR CONCERNS?
- WELL, THE SIGNATURES, MAN.
YEAH.
YOU KNOW, THE EAGLES
ARE AN INTERESTING BAND.
I MEAN, THE GUYS, REALLY
THROUGH THE YEARS,
AT LEAST FROM THE
AUTOGRAPH STANDPOINT,
THEY'RE NOT REALLY THAT NICE.
YOU KNOW, THEY BROKE UP AND
THEN THEY HAD REUNION TOURS
AND I MEAN, IT'S JUST
NOT THAT EASY TO GET
ALL THESE GUYS IN ONE PLACE
AND GET THEIR SIGNATURES.
ACTUALLY PRETTY DIFFICULT.
YOU KNOW, THE ORIGINAL
BAND'S REALLY TOUGH TO GET.
- THAT'S WHAT I HEAR.
- YEAH.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
JUST GETTING AN IDEA
OF WHAT THESE GUYS
USED ON THIS TO SIGN.
I'LL TAKE A LOOK
WITH THE PROSCOPE
JUST TO MAGNIFY THEIR
SIGNATURES A LITTLE BIT.
AND THIS IS PRETTY MUCH
WHAT I EXPECT TO SEE
FROM THE PERIOD, COREY.
IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, FIBER
TIP MARKER ON THIS STUFF.
NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT, I MEAN,
WE CAN SEE IT RIGHT IN HERE.
YOU'VE GOT OVERLAPPING
AND EVERYTHING.
- OKAY.
- THE NEXT THING OBVIOUSLY
IS LOOKING AT THE EXAMPLES
THAT I HAVE ON
FILE OF THESE GUYS.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I START
TO LOOK AT THIS, YOU KNOW,
RANDY HAD I THINK THE NICEST
SIGNATURE OUT OF ALL OF THEM.
NICE EVERY LETTER AUTOGRAPH,
KIND OF SEEING THE
SAME THING THERE.
GLENN FREY WHO IS STILL,
YOU KNOW, THE TOUGHEST ONE,
AT LEAST IN MY OPINION TO GET,
PRETTY MUCH THE SAME
THING WE'RE SEEING HERE.
HE KIND OF HAS
THIS LOWER CASE "G."
JOE WALSH, VERY
SIMPLE, NICE AUTOGRAPH.
HE USED, LIKE, A LOT OF,
LIKE, UPPERCASE LETTERS,
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU
CAN SEE IT RIGHT HERE
AND SEE THE SAME THING HERE.
DON FELDER, VERY
SIMPLE AUTOGRAPH
HAS A LOT OF AUTHORITY
AND POWER TO IT.
I'M SEEING KIND OF
THE SAME THING HERE.
AND THEN OF COURSE DON HENLEY.
ALL THESE GUYS SIGNED
PRETTY NICE ON THIS.
I'VE SEEN THESE BEFORE.
SO I KIND OF KNOW THE
PIECE, AND IN GENERAL,
I SEE NO PROBLEMS
WITH THIS AT ALL.
PRETTY FANTASTIC.
- ALL RIGHT, WELL, I
APPRECIATE IT, MAN.
- YEP, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
- THANK YOU.
- YEP, GOOD LUCK.
- ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
- THANKS.
- SO NOW THAT WE KNOW
THAT THE SIGNATURES ARE REAL,
I JUST GOTTA GET ONE
MORE PERSON DOWN HERE
WHO WOULD ACTUALLY KNOW
MORE ABOUT A TEST PRESSING.
KEEP HANGING OUT.
I'LL GRAB YOU AS
SOON AS HE GETS HERE.
- OKAY, THANKS.
♪ ♪
- HI, THERE.
- HELLO, HOW YOU DOING?
- GOOD. HOW ARE YOU?
- I'M PRETTY GOOD.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE HERE?
- I HAVE A 1942
LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE
ALTASCOPE RING.
- OKAY, THAT'S PRETTY
COOL. IT'S A HARD KNOCK LIFE.
- YEAH.
I'M HERE AT THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO TRY TO SELL MY
LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE RING.
I GOT THIS RING FROM MY DAD.
HE HAD ALWAYS MENTIONED
HE HAD THIS INFAMOUS
LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE RING
AND SO IT WAS PASSED DOWN TO ME.
IN TWO YEARS, BOTH OF
MY BOYS WILL BE IN COLLEGE
AT THE SAME TIME,
SO I WANTED TO HAVE
A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY
TO PUT TOWARDS THAT.
I'M HOPING TO SELL
THIS RING FOR $19,211.28.
♪ ♪
- THIS IS PRETTY INTERESTING.
I DON'T KNOW MUCH
ABOUT ORPHAN ANNIE.
I MEAN, IT WAS BEFORE MY TIME,
BUT I KNOW IT STARTED OFF
IN THE LATE 1800S AS A POEM
AND THEN LATER IT WAS
ADAPTED TO A COMIC STRIP
AND THEN IT WENT
ON TO A RADIO SHOW
AND THEN A BROADWAY SHOW,
AND TO WHAT MOST
PEOPLE KNOW TODAY,
THE MOVIES THAT HAVE COME OUT.
IN THE 1930S, THE
RADIO SHOW DEBUTED
AND ORPHAN ANNIE WAS KNOWN
FOR FIGHTING CRIMINALS AND PIRATES
AND SHE HAD THIS
LITTLE TEAM OF PEOPLE
THAT SHE WENT ON ADVENTURES WITH
AND HAVING ALL THESE
COOL LITTLE SPY GADGETS
LIKE THIS LITTLE RING HERE.
AND IT WAS REALLY JUST
A MARKETING GIMMICK
TO GET KIDS TO TUNE IN EVERY DAY
AND GO BUY THE PRODUCTS
THAT SPONSORED THE RADIO SHOW
THAT WERE GIVING OUT THESE
COOL LITTLE ITEMS AND STUFF.
WHAT EXACTLY IS IT HERE?
- SO IT HAS THREE PLATES
WITH 5,000 FEET, 10,000 FEET,
AND 25,000 FEET.
AND SO YOU WOULD
PUT IT UP TO THE SKY
IF YOU SAW A PLANE COMING,
AND IF IT FIT INTO THE HOLE,
THEN YOU'D KNOW HOW
HIGH THE PLANE WAS UP.
- OKAY, YEAH, I MEAN, WHO
KNOWS IF IT ACTUALLY WORKS
HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO, BUT
AS A KID AND YOU GOT THIS,
YOU DON'T CARE IF THE
PLANE'S 10,000 FEET OR NOT,
IF YOU SEE IT THROUGH
THAT HOLE, IT'S 10,000 FEET.
- RIGHT.
- I'VE SEEN SOME
OF THE OTHER RINGS
AND DECODERS COME IN,
BUT I'VE ACTUALLY HAVEN'T
SEEN THIS ONE IN PERSON.
IT'S IN FAIR CONDITION.
OTHER THAN A LITTLE
BIT OF WEAR AND TEAR
FROM THE PLATE SLIDING ON,
I MEAN, IT'S IN PRETTY
GOOD CONDITION.
IT'S MADE OF BRASS AND
IT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.
IT SEEMS TO WORK PROPERLY.
IT'S GOT SOME AGE ON IT,
SO I DON'T THINK
THAT'S A BIG DEAL.
- THEY ALL HAVE SOME AGE ON US.
- SO WHAT WOULD YOU
LIKE TO DO WITH THIS?
- I WOULD LIKE TO SELL IT.
- HOW MUCH ARE
YOU LOOKING TO GET?
- $19,211.28.
- WELL, WHERE DID YOU COME
UP WITH THAT ODD NUMBER?
- WELL, I HAVE TWO BOYS,
AND THEY WERE BORN
ON THE 2ND AND THE 11TH
AND MY HUSBAND
WAS BORN ON THE 28TH.
- OKAY, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE
DOING THERE, JEOPARDY JAMES.
- UH-HUH.
- AT ONE POINT, THIS RING
BROUGHT UPWARDS OF $7,000,
$8,000, AND MAYBE
EVEN A LITTLE MORE.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE
NOT AT THAT POINT RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW, I COULD PICK
UP A RING SIMILAR TO THIS
IN THIS SIMILAR CONDITION
FOR ABOUT $1,200.
SO I'D BE ABLE TO
GIVE YOU ABOUT 500.
- YEAH, I THINK I'LL
PROBABLY HOLD ON TO IT
AND THEN HOPEFULLY
WHEN MY KIDS ARE MY AGE,
IT MAY BE WORTH THE 19,000.
- ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'LL PUT
IT BACK IN HERE FOR YOU
AND IF YOU CHANGE
YOUR MIND, BRING IT BACK.
- ALL RIGHT.
- HAVE A GOOD DAY.
- ALL RIGHT, WELL,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
- THANK YOU.
- ALL RIGHT.
I'M NOT GONNA SELL IT FOR $500.
IT MEANS A LOT MORE
TO ME THAN THAT,
AND I'M JUST HOPING
THAT, YOU KNOW,
ONE DAY, IT'LL REACH
THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN.
-EARLIER TODAY,
STEVE GRAD CAME BY
AND AUTHENTICATED THE
SIGNATURES OF THE EAGLES
ON A TEST PRESSING
OF "HOTEL CALIFORNIA."
BUT I REALLY DON'T
UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE
OF A TEST PRESSING
OR IF IT'S WORTH THE $2,000
THAT THIS GUY'S ASKING FOR.
SO I'M CALLING HIM THE
MUSIC MAN WARWICK STONE
TO TELL ME MORE.
SO THIS IS THE TEST PRESSING
I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT.
- THIS IS "HOTEL CALIFORNIA."
THAT WAS THE RECORD
OF THE YEAR IN 1977.
ON FM RADIO, IT WAS
FLEETWOOD MAC AND THE EAGLES.
YOU HEARD NOTHING ELSE.
10 MILLION PEOPLE
BOUGHT IT THAT YEAR.
BUT YOU DON'T SEE TOO MANY
SIGNATURES FROM THIS PERIOD.
- NO, STEVE CAME DOWN AND
VERIFIED THE SIGNATURES FOR ME.
I JUST, I'VE NEVER HAD A
TEST PRESSING COME IN.
WHAT EXACTLY IS A TEST PRESSING?
- IT'S THE EARLIEST BIT OF
VINYL YOU GET ON THE RECORD.
THIS IS AN ADVANCE
OF AN ADVANCE COPY.
THERE WAS GOING TO BE
A BOX FULL OF THESE SENT
TO THE MANAGEMENT OFFICE
AND THEN THE BAND WOULD
CARRY THEM AROUND PERSONALLY
TO TAKE TO RADIO STATIONS.
SO THIS TEST PRESSING
IS A LOT RARER
THAN A WHITE LABEL DJ COPY.
♪ ♪
WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME,
APART FROM THE TEST PRESSINGS,
IS YOU'VE GOT FELDER, FREY,
MEISNER, HENLEY, AND WALSH.
THAT IS THE BAND THAT STARTED
RECORDING "HOTEL CALIFORNIA."
BEFORE THAT, IT'S A
DIFFERENT GROUP OF PEOPLE.
AFTER THAT, IT'S A
DIFFERENT GROUP OF PEOPLE.
SO THIS IS THE ONE YOU WANT,
THIS IS THE BAND YOU WANT.
- OKAY, WELL, WITH THE
SIGNATURES BEING REAL
AND IT BEING A TEST PRESSING,
WHAT DO YOU THINK IT'S WORTH?
- WELL, I HAVE
SEEN THESE BEFORE,
AND THEY'VE BEEN
GROWING IN VALUE
OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS.
I THINK YOU'VE GOT
A LOT OF COLLECTORS
THAT PREFER THE RARITY
OF SUCH A TEST PRESSING
OVER A MANUFACTURED COPY.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S 10
MILLION 12-INCH RECORD COVERS
WITH THE... WITH THE ARTWORK ON,
BUT THERE'S MAYBE A
BOX FULL OF THESE, RIGHT?
- YEAH.
- SO, WITH THESE SIGNATURES,
I'D SAY THAT RIGHT
NOW IT'S A $2,000 RECORD.
- ALL RIGHT, WELL, I APPRECIATE
YOU COMING DOWN, WARWICK.
- ALWAYS MY PLEASURE.
- THANK YOU.
- SO, MY MAN, YOU WERE
ALMOST RIGHT ON THE MONEY
OF WHAT IT COULD BE WORTH.
I GOTTA MAKE SOME MONEY OFF YOU.
- SURE.
- WOULD YOU DO 15?
♪ ♪
YOU GOTTA REMEMBER,
I'VE GOTTA FRAME IT,
I'VE GOTTA HIRE
A GUY TO SELL IT.
IT'S NOT EXACTLY AS
EASY AS, YOU KNOW,
JUST SWAPPING THIS OUT FOR CASH.
- SURE.
CAN YOU MEET ME
IN THE MIDDLE, 1750?
♪ ♪
- YES, I CAN. I'LL DO 1,750.
- AWESOME. VERY GOOD.
- YOU GOT A DEAL. COME WITH ME.
DO SOME PAPERWORK.
- GREAT.
I SOLD IT FOR 1,750,
AND I ACTUALLY FEEL
REAL GOOD ABOUT THAT.
I THINK I'M GONNA TAKE THE
MONEY AND GET ANOTHER TATTOO.
♪ ♪
- DIDN'T I TELL YOU,
YOU GOTTA WEAR,
LIKE, NORMAL PANTS
AND NORMAL SHOES?
- I DO HAVE NORMAL PANTS ON.
- THEY'RE SWEATPANTS.
- THEY'RE NOT
SWEATPANTS, TOUCH THEM.
- NO, I'M NOT GONNA TOUCH THEM.
THEY'RE NOT NORMAL PANTS,
AND THEY'RE DEFINITELY
NOT NORMAL SHOES.
- HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY?
- GOOD, HOW ARE YOU DOING?
I'VE GOT AN ITEM I'D LIKE TO
FIND OUT WHAT IT'S WORTH.
- OH, ALL RIGHT. A
U.S. SERVICE SET.
- WHAT IS THAT?
- IT'S A SHAVING KIT.
- OH, YOU MUST HAVE KNOWN
MY BOSS HAD A BALD HEAD.
SO DOES HE.
- HE LOOKS GOOD
WEARING IT, THOUGH.
- I HAVE A SHAVING
KIT FROM WORLD WAR I
THAT I'M LOOKING TO SELL TODAY.
INSIDE THE SHAVING KIT IS
A DISPOSABLE RAZOR BLADE,
THE HEAD TO THE RAZOR, THE
HANDLE THAT IS DETACHABLE,
AND A SMALL MIRROR.
WHAT DREW ME TO IT WAS THE ARMY
AND NAVY SYMBOLS ON THE CASE.
I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS COOL.
IT'S IN FAIR CONDITION,
BUT I'D LIKE TO GET $150 FOR IT.
- ALL RIGHT. THIS
IS PRETTY COOL.
THESE THINGS
ACTUALLY WORK GREAT.
YOU EVER USE, LIKE, A
SINGLE BLADE RAZOR?
- I HAVE, YEAH.
- THERE'S A LITTLE BIT
OF A LEARNING CURVE,
BUT ONCE YOU GET
USED TO IT, IT'S GREAT.
SO THIS ONE IS MADE BY GILLETTE,
AND THIS SET RIGHT HERE
IS WHY EVERYONE STARTED
USING DISPOSABLE RAZOR BLADES.
SO...
- INTERESTING.
- WHEN WORLD WAR I BREAKS
OUT, WE HAVE MILLIONS OF TROOPS,
AND PART OF THE U.S.
ARMY REGULATIONS
WERE THAT EVERY SERVICEMAN
HAD TO CARRY HIS OWN SHAVING KIT.
A COMPACT SHAVING
KIT IS A LOT EASIER THAN
A STRAIGHT RAZOR WITH A
STROP AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF.
THIS WOULD JUST MAKE LIFE A
LOT EASIER FOR A SERVICEMAN.
SO EVERY SOLDIER
FROM WORLD WAR I
GOT USED TO USING
A DISPOSABLE RAZOR.
- OKAY.
- SO AFTER WORLD WAR I,
SALES JUST SKYROCKETED.
WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?
- I BOUGHT IT AT AN ESTATE
SALE A FEW WEEKS AGO.
- IT LOOKS PRETTY ROUGH.
I MEAN, I GUESS ALL
THE PIECES ARE HERE,
BUT IT COULD PROBABLY BE
CLEANED UP PRETTY NICE, RIGHT?
- I GUESS IT CAN BE
CLEANED UP TO A DEGREE.
HOW MUCH DID YOU WANT FOR IT?
- I'D LIKE TO GET $150 FOR IT.
- OKAY.
IF THIS THING
WAS, LIKE, PRISTINE,
WHICH YOU DO FIND
THEM IN THAT SHAPE,
I'D THROW DOWN 150
BUCKS IN A MINUTE.
THIS ONE'S KIND OF ROUGH SHAPE
AND I'D GIVE YOU
25 BUCKS FOR IT.
♪ ♪
- CAN YOU DO 40?
- I'LL GO 30.
- 40?
- IT'S LIKE NEGOTIATING
IN THE MIRROR, ISN'T IT?
- NO.
35.
- I'LL TAKE IT.
- ALL RIGHT, WE GOT A DEAL.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL MEET YOU
RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER
AND HE'LL GET SOME
PAPERWORK DONE.
- ACTUALLY, YOU SHOULD
GO WRITE YOURSELF UP.
♪ ♪
LET'S GO DO SOME PAPERWORK.
- I SOLD THE
SHAVING KIT FOR $35.
I WISH I COULD'VE
GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT MORE,
BUT I STILL MADE A LITTLE
BIT OF PROFIT OFF OF IT.
- HAVE YOU SEEN CHUM?
- HE HASN'T CAME
BACK FROM LUNCH YET.
HE'S LIKE A HALF-HOUR LATE.
- YOU KNOW I DON'T
PAY ATTENTION TO TIME.
- OH, YOU DECIDED TO GRACE
US WITH YOUR PRESENCE.
- WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
I'VE BEEN HERE ALL DAY.
- WHY DOES YOUR FACE LOOK WET?
- I THINK THE WORD
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS,
WHY AM I GLOWING?
- WHY ARE YOU GLOWING?
- IF YOU MUST KNOW,
I JUST GOT FINISHED
WITH A FACIAL.
- YOU GOT A FACIAL?
- YEAH, EVERY THREE WEEKS.
YOU SHOULD ACTUALLY TRY IT.
YOU GOT BLACKHEADS IN
THERE THE SIZE OF TEXAS.
♪ ♪
- WHILE YOU'RE AT WORK,
YOU WENT AND GOT A FACIAL.
- YEAH, ON MY LUNCH BREAK.
- BUT YOU'VE BEEN GONE
FOR LIKE TWO HOURS.
- LOOK, I DO A LOT OF STUFF.
I DO A FACIAL EVERY THREE WEEKS.
- REALLY?
- REALLY.
I ALSO DO A LIP MASK
BEFORE I GO TO BED TO
KEEP MY LIPS NICE AND MOIST.
- YOU WEAR LIPSTICK AT NIGHT?
- LIP MASK.
IT'S JUST A REALLY
HEAVY LIP BALM, BASICALLY.
YOU WEAR IT TO SLEEP,
AND WHEN YOU WAKE UP,
MY LIPS LOOK GOOD,
YOURS LOOK LIKE OLD
SNAP, CRACKLE, AND POP.
- SO YOU GET FACIALS
AND YOU WEAR LIPSTICK.
- THAT'S WHY I LOOK
SO DAMN GOOD.
- WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU, MAN?
- I DO GOTTA HAND
IT TO HIM, THOUGH.
HIS FACE DOES LOOK GOOD.
- YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M GONNA MAKE
A COUPLE OF APPOINTMENTS
FOR ALL THREE OF US.
WE'LL GO HAVE A LITTLE
BOYS DAY OUT AT THE SALON.
WE'LL GET TRIMMED UP. WE'LL
GET SOME MINOR FACIALS.
MAYBE DO A FACE
MASK OR SOMETHING.
- NO, NO, I CAN TELL
YOU ONE THING, COREY,
YOU DEFINITELY NEED
TO TRIM THAT BEARD.
IT LOOKS TERRIBLE.
IT'S NOT A HAPPY
BEARD LIKE SANTA CLAUS.
IT SCARES CHILDREN.
- LOOK, RICK, YOU'RE OVER
HERE TALKING CRAP ABOUT COREY,
BUT YOU CAN LINE
UP YOUR GOATEE TOO.
AND I WOULD GET MY HEAD
SHAVED WITH A STRAIGHT RAZOR.
HIT THE HOT DOG ROLLS
DOWN ON YOUR NECK
AND GET THAT ALL GOING GOOD.
YOU MIGHT... IT MIGHT DROP FIVE
OR 10 YEARS OFF YOU LIKE THAT.
- FINE, WHATEVER.
AS LONG AS HE GETS HIS BEARD
TRIMMED, I'LL DO ANYTHING.
- MAYBE I'LL EVEN
PAINT MY FINGERNAILS.
- THERE'S A LINE,
CHUM, THERE'S A LINE.
♪ ♪
- ALL RIGHT, WELL, YOU
DEFINITELY GOT MY ATTENTION.
SO THIS THING IS A LEONARDO
DA VINCI FLYING MACHINE?
- THAT'S WHAT I AM TOLD IT IS.
I WAS TOLD IT HUNG IN A
MUSEUM OUT ON THE EAST COAST.
- OKAY.
LEONARDO DA VINCI WAS
OBSESSED WITH FLYING.
HE WROTE, LIKE,
THOUSANDS OF PAGES ON IT
TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT.
AND I AM ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE
IF EVER ANYONE DID
STRAP THIS THING ON,
THEY WOULD BE VERY QUICKLY DEAD.
- I HAVE A LEONARDO
DA VINCI FLYING MACHINE
THAT I'M LOOKING TO SELL TODAY.
I PICKED THIS UP AT
AN ESTATE AUCTION
BECAUSE IT'S JUST SO
INTERESTING TO LOOK AT
AND I'VE NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE IT.
I'M NOT SURE HOW OLD IT IS
BUT I'M ASSUMING IT
WAS BUILT IN THE '50S.
I'D LIKE TO GET $2,400 FOR
MY FLYING MACHINE TODAY.
♪ ♪
- IT'S DEFINITELY
COOL. I REALLY LIKE IT.
YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S
LEONARDO DA VINCI.
I MEAN, EVERYONE KNOWS HIM FROM
HIS PAINTING OF THE LAST SUPPER
AND OF COURSE THE "MONA LISA."
LEONARDO DA VINCI
WAS BORN EARLY 1450S,
BUT BACK THEN, PEOPLE
DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HIM.
UP UNTIL THE 1800S, HE WAS
JUST CONSIDERED AN ARTIST.
BUT HE WAS JUST A MAN OF
SO MANY DIFFERENT TALENTS.
I MEAN, HE WAS REALLY,
REALLY BEYOND HIS TIME.
HE WAS TALKING ABOUT GRAVITY
200 YEARS BEFORE
SIR ISAAC NEWTON.
BUT ALL OF HIS WRITINGS
WERE HELD IN PRIVATE HANDS.
SO THE GENERAL PUBLIC
NEVER GOT TO SEE THIS STUFF.
IF HE ONLY PUBLISHED
EVERYTHING HE WROTE BACK THEN,
WE'D PROBABLY BE A LOT
MORE ADVANCED RIGHT NOW.
SO THIS LOOKS LIKE A
MODEL FROM THE DRAWINGS
OF LEONARDO DA VINCI
FOR HUMAN POWERED FLIGHT.
MOST OF HIS FLYING MACHINES,
HE WANTED TO DUPLICATE
THE ACTIONS OF BIRDS.
SO THROUGH THESE
SERIES OF PULLEYS
AND EVERYTHING RIGHT HERE,
YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO FLAP THE WINGS.
AND THEN THEY'RE ON A
PIVOT, THEY'RE ON A HINGE,
WHICH WOULD MAKE YOU ABLE
TO CHANGE DIRECTION IN FLIGHT
AND THERE WAS A LOT OF
THOUGHT THAT WENT INTO IT,
BUT IT'S COMPLETELY IMPRACTICAL.
YOU KNOW, THE HUMAN
BODY IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH
TO CREATE ITS OWN LIFT.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
THERE'S SOME
ISSUES GOING ON HERE
BECAUSE WE HAVE, LIKE,
SOME BROKEN PARTS HERE,
WHICH LOOKS LIKE THEY'D BE
VERY DIFFICULT TO DUPLICATE.
- IT NEEDS SOME TLC.
- OKAY.
SO HOW MUCH YOU
WANT FOR THIS THING?
- I WAS ASKING $2,400.
- OKAY.
I'M REALLY IMPRESSED
WITH THE QUALITY OF IT.
I MEAN, THERE'S SOME ISSUES,
THERE'S A LOT OF
RESTORATION WORK
THAT HAS TO BE
DONE TO THIS THING.
AS FAR AS BEING IN A
MUSEUM, IT COULD HAVE BEEN.
- THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD, BUT...
- OKAY, LET ME HAVE A MUSEUM GUY
LOOK AT IT REAL QUICK,
IF YOU DON'T MIND,
IF YOU CAN HANG OUT.
- SURE.
- I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
I'M GONNA GO MAKE A PHONE CALL.
- ALL RIGHT. MM-HMM.
- I'M AFRAID TO FLY A PLANE.
MUCH LESS THIS THING.
♪ ♪
- SO I GOT A
CUSTOMER IN THE SHOP
WITH A MODEL OF A LEONARDO
DA VINCI FLYING MACHINE.
HE WANTS $2,400 FOR IT.
BUT I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS.
SO I'VE CALLED UP THE
BEARD OF KNOWLEDGE.
I GOT HIM COMING DOWN,
AND HE'S GONNA CHECK IT OUT.
- OH-HO-HO, SO THIS
IS THE ORNITHOPTER.
- AN ORNITHOPTER?
- ORNITHOPTER, YES.
- SO WHAT IS THE
TRANSLATION OF ORNITHOPTER?
- AN ORNITHOPTER IS A HUMAN
POWERED FLYING MACHINE.
- OKAY.
- SO...
YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT
TO GO OUT AND GET IN,
YOU KNOW, STRAP ON YOUR
WINGS AND GO FLYING SOMEWHERE,
THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED...
WELL, THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU NEED
BECAUSE THIS ONE'S NOT
GONNA WORK FOR YOU.
BUT THIS IS THE ONE THAT WAS
DESIGNED BY LEONARDO DA VINCI.
IT'S A MODEL OF IT, OBVIOUSLY.
NOW, DA VINCI WAS INTERESTING.
HE WASN'T THE FIRST ONE TO
DESIGN ONE OF THESE THINGS.
THERE WAS ACTUALLY A
MONK WHO DESIGNED ONE
ABOUT A HUNDRED
YEARS BEFORE THIS
AND JUMPED OFF A STEEPLE
AND FELL IN THE SNOW.
IT DIDN'T WORK FOR HIM EITHER.
BUT LEONARDO BECAME
VERY INTERESTED IN FLIGHT
MAINLY BECAUSE OF HIS
INTEREST IN MILITARY ARMAMENTS.
AND HE THOUGHT
THAT IF YOU COULD FLY,
YOU COULD GET AERIAL
RECONNAISSANCE
OF THE OPPOSING FORCES.
SO HE BEGAN TO
REALLY RESEARCH BIRDS,
AND THIS PARTICULAR DESIGN
WAS ONE THAT WAS IN
ONE OF HIS WRITINGS.
- OKAY, BUT IT'S PRETTY CORRECT?
- YEAH, IT LOOKS TO ME FROM
WHAT I'M SEEING ON IT, YEAH.
THE DETAILS ARE QUITE NICE
ON IT, AND IT'S WELL MADE,
BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT
THERE'S SOME DAMAGE
AND WHEN YOU'RE USING
THIS KIND OF JUTE ROPE IN THAT,
IT JUST AGES AS TIME GOES ON.
- HE WAS SAYING THIS
WAS, LIKE, A MUSEUM MODEL
OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT, I JUST DON'T KNOW.
- IT'S POSSIBLE.
THERE'S NO WAY TO SAY FOR SURE
WITHOUT SOME SORT
OF PAPERWORK WITH IT.
NORMALLY, IF THIS WAS PART
OF A MUSEUM COLLECTION,
IT WOULD HAVE A
MUSEUM NUMBER ON IT.
I DON'T SEE ANY SIGN OF
AN ACCESSION NUMBER.
SO MY GUESS IS, IF
IT WAS IN A MUSEUM,
IT WAS JUST WHAT WE
WOULD CALL A PROP.
- ALL RIGHT.
I THINK I GOT ENOUGH INFO ON IT.
- GOOD.
- THANKS, MAN.
- ALL RIGHTY.
- YOU'RE THE BEST.
OKAY.
SO I'D GIVE YOU
800 BUCKS FOR IT,
BECAUSE IT'S GONNA
COST ME 1,000 BUCKS
JUST FOR SOMEONE TO
MAKE IT PRETTY AGAIN.
♪ ♪
- WOULD YOU DO A THOUSAND?
- NOPE.
I AM BUYING MYSELF AN
INCREDIBLE HEADACHE.
THAT'S ALL I'M
BUYING HERE, OKAY?
I WILL GIVE YOU
800 BUCKS FOR IT,
AND THEN I GOTTA
RESTORE IT, AND HOPEFULLY,
HE ONLY CHARGES ME,
LIKE, A THOUSAND DOLLARS
AND DOESN'T COME ALONG
AND SAY IT'S GONNA BE 5,000
AND THEN, THEREFORE,
IT'S JUST TRASH.
SO I AM GAMBLING AT 800 BUCKS.
- YEAH, I'LL TAKE 800.
- ALL RIGHT, SWEET.
I HAVE AN ORNITHOPTER.
JUST CRUISE OVER TO THE
PAWN COUNTER OVER THERE,
GET YOUR ID, WE'LL
DO SOME PAPERWORK,
AND I'LL GET YOU PAID.
- ALL RIGHT.
- I GUARANTEE YOU I'M THE
FIRST PERSON ON MY BLOCK
WITH AN ORNITHOPTER.
♪ ♪
- THE OTHER DAY, THE
GUYS WERE GIVING ME GRIEF
ABOUT MY SKIN CARE ROUTINE,
BUT WHAT THEY FAIL TO REALIZE
IS THAT THERE'S
POWER IN SELF-CARE.
FORTUNATELY, I WAS
ABLE TO CONVINCE THEM
INTO A BOYS DAY OUT,
SO WE'RE HEADING OVER TO THE
BARBERSHOP FOR A LITTLE R & R.
ALL RIGHT, YOU GUYS READY?
- YES.
- LET THE GAMES BEGIN.
- NOW, I CAN'T PROMISE THEY'RE
GONNA LOOK AS GOOD AS I DO,
BUT WITH A LITTLE HELP,
THEY MIGHT COME CLOSE.
- HEY.
- HELLO!
COREY, YOU COME OVER.
SIT OVER HERE WITH DEXTER.
JUST MAKE THEM LOOK
GOOD. YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO.
NOTHING TOO MUCH.
RICK, COME RIGHT HERE.
SAME THING.
I KNOW HE'S ALREADY BEAUTIFUL,
BUT JUST MAKE HIM LOOK
A LITTLE MORE PRETTY.
AND JUST THE USUAL FOR ME.
YOU GETTING NERVOUS, COREY?
- WHY WOULD HE BE NERVOUS?
- BECAUSE HE HASN'T TOUCHED
THAT THING IN A LONG TIME.
- YOU THINK HE'D BE
HAPPY TO LOOK LESS RATTY.
- POPS, IF YOU WORE A MONOCLE,
YOU'D LOOK LIKE YOU
SOLD PEANUTS, ALL RIGHT?
I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT.
- I THINK THE ONE
GETTING SCARED IS DEXTER
'CAUSE HE'S GONNA HAVE
TO FIX THAT RAT'S NEST.
- IT LOOKS EVEN
WORSE BEING COMBED.
I MEAN, HOW WAS THAT POSSIBLE?
♪ ♪
- THIS IS A GOOD IDEA, CHUM,
I CAN DO THIS ON
A REGULAR BASIS.
♪ ♪
- ALL RIGHT. LET ME SEE.
YOU LOOK PRETTY GOOD.
ALMOST AS GOOD AS I DO.
THIS IS WHAT
PERFECTION LOOKS LIKE.
- THAT'S ABSOLUTELY GREAT.
YOU DON'T LOOK AS BAD.
- NO, I MEAN...
- COME HERE.
COME HERE, OVER
HERE. LET'S SEE THIS.
- IT LOOKS GOOD.
♪ ♪
- IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD.
- ALL RIGHT, CHUM,
I GOTTA TELL YOU.
IT WAS A GOOD
IDEA. APPRECIATE IT.
- THANKS, DEX.
JUST BILL THE PAWN
SHOP LIKE USUAL.
- ALL RIGHT, YOU
KNOW YOU'RE GOOD.
- ARE YOU REALLY PUTTING THIS
STUFF ON THE PAWN SHOP'S TAB?
- YOU WANT ME TO
LOOK GOOD, DON'T YOU?
IN THE MIRROR, ISN'T IT?
NO.
ON TONIGHT'S EPISODE,
I FALL FOR AMERICAN
ARCHITECTURE'S "MONA LISA."
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT IS
AN AMERICAN TREASURE.
SO WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR THEM?
$80,000.
FOR THIS SELLER,
EVERY CENT MATTERS.
- LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE
KALEIDOSCOPE RING.
- IT'S A HARD KNOCK LIFE.
HOW MUCH ARE YOU LOOKING TO GET?
- $19,211.28.
- OKAY.
I SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING
THERE, JEOPARDY JAMES.
- UH-HUH.
- AND LATER, A DANGEROUS
DEAL TAKES FLIGHT.
A LEONARDO DA
VINCI FLYING MACHINE?
- THAT'S WHAT I'M TOLD IT IS.
- AND I AM ABSOLUTELY
POSITIVE IF EVER
ANYONE DID STRAP THIS THING ON,
THEY WOULD BE VERY QUICKLY DEAD.
♪ ♪
SO WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
- SO THIS IS A STRONG
TROUPERETTE SPOTLIGHT II.
MY DAD PICKED IT
UP AT A GARAGE SALE.
- IS HE IN THE THEATER
BUSINESS OR ANYTHING?
- NO, HE JUST STUMBLED UPON IT,
THOUGHT IT WAS
COOL, AND IT LOOKS OLD.
- HEY, COOL.
I'VE ALWAYS REALLY LIKED
BEING IN THE SPOTLIGHT.
- I'M HERE AT THE PAWN
SHOP TODAY TO SELL
TO SELL MY STRONG
TROUPERETTE SPOTLIGHT.
DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT,
BUT YOU DON'T SEE
THINGS LIKE THAT ANYMORE
AND YOU CAN JUST
TELL IT'S AN ANTIQUE.
I'M HOPING TO SELL
THE LIGHT FOR 1,700.
- THIS IS PRETTY COOL, MAN.
IN THEATERS IN THE 1920S,
THEY HAD A REALLY, REALLY
HARD TIME WITH THE SPOTLIGHTS
BECAUSE BACK IN THE DAY,
POWERFUL LIGHT
BULBS DIDN'T EXIST.
SO TO GET REALLY BRIGHT LIGHT,
THEY BASICALLY TOOK
TWO RODS OF CARBON,
PUT A LOT OF ELECTRICITY
THROUGH THEM
AND THERE WAS AN ARC AND THAT'S
WHAT THEY USED IN SPOTLIGHTS.
BUT THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS,
YOU HAD TO KEEP ON MANUALLY
ADJUSTING THE ARC RODS
'CAUSE THEY SLOWLY BURNED AWAY.
SO BASICALLY, THEY
COULDN'T FOLLOW ACTORS
AROUND ON THE STAGE LIKE THIS
BECAUSE THE WHOLE TIME,
THE SPOTLIGHT OPERATOR
WAS ADJUSTING THE ARC RODS.
SO HARRY STRONG
INVENTED A SYSTEM
WHERE THEY WOULD
AUTOMATICALLY ADJUST.
SO IMMEDIATELY,
EVERYBODY WANTED HIS STUFF.
THE TROUPERETTE TWO
CAME OUT IN THE 1970S.
ONE OF THE GREAT
THINGS ABOUT THIS,
IT DIDN'T NEED A
SPECIAL POWER SUPPLY.
SO YOU COULD PLUG
THIS ONE INTO A WALL,
WHICH WAS KIND OF BIG,
ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE
THAT WERE TOURING FOR
SMALL VENUES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
REALLY, REALLY
SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS.
THEY'RE STILL IN BUSINESS TODAY.
I MEAN, AS FAR AS,
LIKE, SPOTLIGHTS GO,
THEY ARE THE GOLD STANDARD.
DOES IT WORK?
- YEAH, YEAH, IT DOES, ACTUALLY.
- YEP, IT WORKS.
♪ ♪
YOU'RE A STAR.
THE LIGHT BULB WORKS,
BUT IT HAS SOME ISSUES.
- YEAH.
- OKAY?
THESE RIGHT HERE
ARE LITTLE LENSES.
BASICALLY, THEY'RE PIECES
OF GLASS AND THEY HAVE GELS
THAT ARE IN FRONT OF THEM
AND THEY'RE DIFFERENT COLORS.
THOSE ALL HAVE TO BE REPLACED.
- OH.
- AND THIS LEVER RIGHT HERE
WAS FOR HOW BIG YOU
WANT YOUR SPOTLIGHT
AND IT'S COMPLETELY SEIZED.
- YEAH.
- WITH ALL THAT SAID,
WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR IT?
- 1,700.
- THAT'S CRAZY PRICE.
IT'S GONNA NEED A
COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS'
WORTH OF REPAIRS ON IT.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, THERE'S
BETTER STUFF OUT THERE.
I WOULD GIVE YOU
200 BUCKS FOR IT
AND I'M KIND OF BEING
GENEROUS AT THAT.
- WOULD YOU DO 800?
- NO.
IN THIS CONDITION,
YOU GOT 200 BUCKS.
♪ ♪
- 450.
- I'LL TELL YOU WHAT,
I'LL GIVE YOU 210.
- 250.
- NO.
- 211?
- NO, I'LL GIVE YOU 210 BUCKS.
- ALL RIGHT, I'LL DO 210.
- ALL RIGHT, COOL, MAN.
WALK RIGHT OVER THERE AND
WE'LL DO SOME PAPERWORK
AND I'LL GET YOU PAID.
- ALL RIGHT.
I SOLD IT FOR 210.
I WAS LOOKING TO GET 1,700,
BUT I GUESS IT WASN'T
WORTH THAT MUCH.
I'M GONNA TAKE THAT 210
AND ADD IT TO MY
SAVINGS FOR COLLEGE.
♪ ♪
- HELLO.
- HELLO, HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
- I WOULD LIKE TO SELL THESE.
THEY ARE ORIGINAL 1955
DISNEYLAND PARK BROCHURES.
- OKAY, THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
IT USED TO BE A DOLLAR
TO GET INTO DISNEYLAND.
IT'S MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE
NOW, BUT IT'S FUN,
AND I MEAN, IT BUILDS MEMORIES
THAT STAY WITH KIDS FOREVER.
IT'S DISNEYLAND.
I STILL GO TO DISNEYLAND
AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR.
I'M AT THE PAWN SHOP
TODAY TO SELL MY TWO
1955 ORIGINAL WALT
DISNEYLAND PARK BROCHURES.
I GOT THESE FROM
MY MOTHER-IN-LAW.
I WOULD LIKE TO
GET 175 FOR THE PAIR
OF THE DISNEYLAND MAPS.
IF I'M ABLE TO SELL THESE TODAY,
I'M EITHER GONNA DO
SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR MY KIDS
OR I MIGHT JUST DO
SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR MYSELF.
- "WELCOME TO DISNEYLAND."
THESE ARE PRETTY COOL.
IN THE 1950S, WALT
CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA
TO HAVE THIS DISNEYLAND PARK,
AND HE WANTED TO BUILD A THEME
PARK THAT FAMILIES COULD ENJOY,
SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD
GO TO AND HAVE A GOOD TIME
BECAUSE AT THE TIME,
THEME PARKS WERE
THOUGHT OF AS DIRTY
AND A PLACE YOU DIDN'T REALLY
WANT TO TAKE YOUR FAMILY TO.
ORIGINALLY, DISNEYLAND
WAS PLOTTED TO BE BUILT
IN BURBANK, ACROSS
FROM THEIR STUDIOS
RIGHT THERE, ON,
LIKE, 8 ACRES OF LAND,
AND WALT DECIDED
HE WANTED TO BUILD IT
IN A LOT BIGGER OF AN AREA,
SO THEY MOVED 25 MILES
FROM LA OVER TO ANAHEIM
AND THEY BUILT IT ON
THE ORANGE GROVES.
AND ABOUT 10 YEARS AFTER,
THEY STARTED
BUILDING DISNEY WORLD.
WALT CAME UP WITH THE IDEA
TO BUILD A BIGGER
PARK IN FLORIDA.
HE WASN'T AROUND FOR
THE CONSTRUCTION OF IT.
HE PASSED SHORTLY
AFTER THE IDEA,
BUT IT OPENED UP I THINK
IN 1971 IN MEMORY OF HIM.
AND NOW THERE'S DISNEYLANDS
AND DISNEY WORLDS EVERYWHERE
AND PEOPLE TRAVEL
AROUND AND PLAN VACATIONS
AROUND ALL THESE
DIFFERENT DISNEYLANDS
BECAUSE THEY WANT TO
COLLECT STUFF LIKE THIS
FROM ALL THE
DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
SO WHERE DID YOU GET THESE?
- SO MY HUSBAND AND I RECENTLY
MOVED MY MOTHER-IN-LAW
DOWN CLOSER TO US
AND WE INHERITED
AN ANTIQUE DESK,
AND AS WERE CLEANING IT OUT,
WE CAME ACROSS THESE
TWO WALT DISNEYLAND MAPS.
I THOUGHT IT WAS
REALLY INTERESTING
BECAUSE THEY'RE
ORIGINAL FROM 1955
AND I KNOW THAT THEY
UPDATED THEIR MAPS IN 1956.
GIVEN THAT INSIDE THE MAPS,
IT EVEN TELLS YOU TAKE
HOME AND COLOR THEM
AND THERE'S NOT A FOLD
OR A MARK OR ANYTHING.
- OKAY, SO WHAT ARE YOU
LOOKING TO DO WITH THESE?
- I'M LOOKING TO SELL THEM.
- AND HOW MUCH ARE
YOU LOOKING TO GET?
- I WAS THINKING MAYBE
175 FOR BOTH OF THEM.
- OKAY.
QUITE FRANKLY, I HAVE NO IDEA.
THEY COULD BE WORTH
LESS, THEY COULD BE MORE.
THE BIGGEST ISSUE
I HAVE HERE IS,
THEY LOOK TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE
AND WE KNOW THIS KIND OF
STUFF IS FAKED, YOU KNOW?
I'M NOT SAYING THESE ARE FAKES.
THEY LOOK GOOD TO ME,
BUT I REALLY DON'T KNOW.
I NEED TO HAVE SOMEONE
COME IN, TAKE A LOOK AT THEM,
AND SEE IF THEY TRULY
ARE ORIGINAL FROM 1955.
- OKAY.
- ALL RIGHT.
GIVE ME A FEW MINUTES.
I'LL GET SOMEONE DOWN HERE
AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
- SURE.
I'M OKAY WITH SOMEONE
COMING IN AND LOOKING AT MAPS
BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW
WHAT THEY ARE WORTH
BASED ON THE INFORMATION I
COULD FIND ON THE INTERNET.
IT'D BE NICE TO SEE
WHAT THEY'RE WORTH
OR IF I'M EVEN IN THE BALLPARK
ASKING 175 FOR BOTH OF THEM.
♪ ♪
- HEY, WHAT HAVE WE GOT HERE?
- I GOT A COUPLE OF SOUVENIR
WORLD SERIES MINI BATS.
- SUPER COOL.
IT'S THE WORLD SERIES.
I MEAN, IT'S A BIG DEAL.
1939 WORLD SERIES.
THAT WAS THE YANKEES
VERSUS THE REDS.
AND THE REDS WON ZERO GAMES.
THE FIRST, LIKE, 18 WORLD
SERIES, THERE WASN'T RADIO.
- RIGHT.
- THERE'D BE CROWDS
OUTSIDE THE WESTERN UNION OFFICE
SO THEY COULD KEEP
ON GETTING REPORTS
OF HOW THE GAME WAS GOING.
LIKE, EVEN NEWSPAPERS KNEW
THAT THEY WERE GONNA HAVE
TO PRINT WAY MORE NEWSPAPERS
THE NEXT DAY AFTER
THE WORLD SERIES
BECAUSE THERE WAS GONNA BE SO
MANY PEOPLE READING ABOUT THEM.
AND ARGUABLY, I MEAN,
BASEBALL WAS EVEN BIGGER
BACK THEN THAN IT IS TODAY.
AND SOUVENIRS LIKE THESE
BATS WERE USED AS AN INCENTIVE
TO GET FANS TO COME
OUT AND SEE A GAME.
I MEAN, EVEN WHEN I WAS
A KID, YOU'D GO TO A GAME,
YOU GET MINI BATS,
THERE'D BE HAT NIGHT,
THERE'D BE ALL THESE
DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND, YOU KNOW, HATS
WOULD WEAR OUT.
BUT THESE THINGS
ARE PRACTICALLY INDESTRUCTIBLE.
OKAY?
AND THEN WE HAVE ONE
HERE. WHAT YEAR IS THAT?
- I WANT... IT LOOKS
LIKE A SEVEN TO ME.
- OKAY.
- 1957.
- THE GUY WHO COLLECTED
THEM MUST'VE BEEN A YANKEES FAN
BECAUSE '57 WAS ALSO
NEW YORK YANKEES,
I THINK AGAINST MILWAUKEE.
BUT HERE'S THE PROBLEM.
MINI BATS, THEY WERE
MAYBE 4 OR 5¢ TO MAKE.
YOU'D GO TO A BASEBALL GAME.
SAY IT'S THE WORLD SERIES.
THERE'S 40,000
PEOPLE IN THE STANDS.
THEY'D GIVE OUT 40,000 OF THESE.
OVER THE YEARS, MY
EXPERIENCE IS, THEY'RE COOL.
YOU CAN HANG THEM ON THE
WALL, DO SOMETHING WITH THEM,
BUT I'M JUST TELLING
YOU, THEY DON'T SELL
AND I DON'T WANT THEM.
- ALL RIGHTY. WELL,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
- HAVE A GOOD ONE.
- THANK YOU.
♪ ♪
- DEFINITELY A SWING AND A MISS.
♪ ♪
- HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
- GOOD.
- WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
- I HAVE A TEST PRESSING
OF "HOTEL CALIFORNIA"
THAT'S BEEN AUTOGRAPHED
BY ALL THE EAGLES.
- A TEST PRESSING?
WHAT'S A TEST PRESSING?
- BEFORE THEY RELEASE THE ALBUM,
THEY'LL ACTUALLY RELEASE
IT TO RADIO STATIONS
WITHOUT ANY OF THE
LABEL OR ANY OF THE COVER
SO THEY CAN GET PRE-PLAY.
- ALL RIGHT.
THE EAGLES WERE MORE
OF THAT COUNTRY FOLK,
ROCK AND ROLL FROM THE '60S
THAT YOUR PARENTS DIDN'T REALLY
GET MAD ABOUT YOU LISTENING TO.
- YEAH.
- BUT THE SIMPLE FACT
THAT EVEN I KNOW A BUNCH OF
THEIR SONGS IS KIND OF AMAZING
BECAUSE I'VE NEVER
REALLY BEEN AN EAGLES FAN.
AWW!
- I'M HERE AT THE
PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY SIGNED TEST
PRESSING OF "HOTEL CALIFORNIA"
SIGNED BY ALL THE EAGLES.
I GOT IT AT A USED RECORD
STORE THAT I USED TO WORK AT.
A DJ CAME IN AND HE
WOULD SELL RECORDS
AND HE BROUGHT IT IN
ONCE AND THEN I BOUGHT IT.
TEST PRESSINGS ARE REALLY COOL.
THEY'RE REALLY RARE,
AND I'M HOPING TO
GET $2,000 FOR IT.
♪ ♪
- THIS IS COOL.
THERE'S PEOPLE OUT THERE
THAT WILL PUT THE EAGLES
RIGHT UP THERE WITH
GREATEST ROCK BANDS EVER.
I MEAN, THEY'RE JUST A HUGE,
HUGE ROCK AND ROLL SUPERGROUP.
- YEAH.
- THE EAGLES RELEASED
THEIR FIRST ALBUM IN '72,
AND THEY HAVE A TON OF HITS.
I MEAN, EVERYBODY KNOWS
"HOTEL CALIFORNIA," RIGHT?
"HOTEL CALIFORNIA" I THINK
WAS PROBABLY THEIR BIGGEST,
FASTEST-SELLING RECORD.
IT WENT PLATINUM
INSIDE OF A WEEK I THINK.
- YEAH.
- I BELIEVE THEY EVEN WON
A GRAMMY FOR THE RECORD.
I MEAN, IT WAS JUST
HUGE FOR ITS TIME.
BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU
GOT FIVE GREAT MUSICIANS
AND EVERYBODY WANTS TO
BE THE LEADER OF THE BAND
AND HAVING FIVE LEADERS
JUST DOESN'T WORK.
AND I KNOW THEY WENT
THROUGH A LOT OF CHANGES.
- MM-HMM.
- WHO'S IT ALL SIGNED BY?
- SO WE HAVE DON
HENLEY RIGHT HERE.
WE GOT JOE WALSH.
- OKAY.
- WE'VE GOT RANDY MEISNER
AND WE GOT DON
FELDER AND GLENN FREY.
AND GLENN FREY HAS PASSED AWAY.
- OKAY.
I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE
LOOKING TO SELL IT, RIGHT?
- YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO.
- AND WHAT ARE YOU
LOOKING TO GET OUT OF IT?
- WELL, I DID A LITTLE
BIT OF RESEARCH
AND I SAW THAT ONE SOLD
ONLINE FOR AROUND 2,500,
SO I WAS THINKING
THAT A FAIR THING
TO ASK WOULD BE ABOUT $2,000.
- OKAY, WE GOT A FEW THINGS
GOING ON HERE, MY MAN.
FIRST OF ALL, I'D REALLY
LIKE TO CHECK AND SEE
IF ALL THE SIGNATURES
ARE LEGIT HERE
AND I GOTTA FIND OUT WHAT
A TEST PRESSING'S WORTH.
I'M GONNA HAVE TO CALL A
COUPLE BUDDIES OF MINE DOWN.
DO YOU MIND HANGING OUT AND
WAITING FOR THEM TO GET HERE?
- SURE, NO PROBLEM.
- ALL RIGHT.
WELL, HANG OUT AND
I'LL BE BACK, OKAY?
- ALL RIGHT, SOUNDS GOOD.
I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT
TO BRING IN AN EXPERT.
I'M PRETTY CERTAIN THAT
WHAT I HAVE IS GENUINE,
BUT IT'S ALWAYS GOOD
TO HAVE AN EXPERT LOOK.
- HEY, WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
- I'VE GOT AN OLD
ANTIQUE GAS LAMP HERE.
- OKAY, I'M INTRIGUED.
WHERE'D YOU GET IT?
- I BOUGHT A STORAGE
UNIT LAST YEAR.
IT WAS FULL OF ANTIQUE
ITEMS. THIS WAS ONE OF THEM.
- ALL RIGHT.
I THINK I HAVE THAT
OUTFIT AT HOME.
NO, JUST KIDDING.
- I'M COMING INTO THE SHOP TODAY
TO TRY TO SELL MY
ANTIQUE GAS LAMP.
I'VE HAD THE GAS LAMP FOR
ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF
AND I REALLY DON'T
KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
I'M LOOKING TO SELL THE GAS LAMP
BECAUSE I DON'T
HAVE A USE FOR IT
AND IT'S NOTHING I'M
GONNA DISPLAY IN MY HOME.
I'M HOPING TO GET $350 FOR IT.
♪ ♪
- THIS IS INTERESTING.
SO BEFORE GAS LAMPS CAME AROUND,
PEOPLE MAINLY USED
KEROSENE LAMPS
TO LIGHT THEIR
HOMES, AND THEN, 1790S,
THERE WAS A GUY
NAMED WILLIAM MURDOCK,
HE STARTED EXPERIMENTING
WITH COAL GAS.
IF YOU TAKE COAL, YOU
PUT IT IN A STEEL CYLINDER,
CLOSE OFF THE TOP SO
NO OXYGEN CAN GET TO IT,
AND JUST PUT A PIPE
OUT THE SIDE OF IT...
IF YOU PUT A FIRE
UNDER THAT CYLINDER,
MOST OF THE COAL WILL
START TURNING TO GAS.
YOU CAN USE THAT GAS TO
PIPE PLACES AND MAKE LIGHT.
NEXT THING YOU KNOW,
HE'S LIGHTING UP THE FRONT
OF HIS FOUNDRY WITH GAS LAMPS,
WHICH WERE WAY BRIGHTER
THAN THE OIL LAMPS
THEY HAD AT THE TIME,
AND EVERYONE WAS LIKE...
- OH!
BY THE 1880S,
EVERY MAJOR CITY
AROUND THE WORLD
THAT WAS INDUSTRIALIZED
HAD GAS LIGHTING.
AND THEN YOU STARTED PUTTING
GAS LAMPS IN YOUR HOUSE.
YOU DIDN'T NEED
POT TO HOLD THE OIL,
SO THEY COULD
BUILD THINGS LIKE THIS.
♪ ♪
BASICALLY, IT'S IN
PRETTY GOOD CONDITION,
BUT IT'S MISSING PARTS.
THESE THINGS ARE WORTH
REALLY GOOD MONEY
WHEN THEY HAVE
ALL THE PARTS, OKAY?
WE DON'T HAVE THE ORIGINAL BASE.
YOU TELL THAT BECAUSE...
SEE THE BOLTS ON THE BOTTOM?
- I DO.
- THAT'S A MODERN BOLT.
OKAY, THERE WAS A
DIFFERENT FIXTURE ON THIS
AND PROBABLY A
DIFFERENT PIECE OF GLASS.
- OH, OKAY.
- OKAY?
THIS LOOKS LIKE MODERN
GLASS RIGHT HERE.
1900S, PROBABLY.
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST
SORT OF LIKE A FRUIT BOWL
ON THE TOP OF IT.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN JUST
TELL THIS DOESN'T MATCH THIS.
SO IF THIS THING
HAD ALL THE PARTS,
I'D GIVE YOU 700 BUCKS FOR IT,
I COULD PROBABLY GET
1,400 BUCKS OUT OF IT.
THE WAY IT IS NOW...
I'M GONNA PASS.
- OKAY.
- ALL RIGHT.
- WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
- HAVE A GOOD ONE.
I PASSED ON THE GAS... LAMP.
- EARLIER TODAY, A WOMAN
WALKED INTO THE SHOP
WITH TWO ORIGINAL 1955
DISNEYLAND BROCHURES
THAT SHE WANTS $175 FOR.
THESE THINGS ARE IN
ALMOST PERFECT CONDITION,
BUT THIS SEEMS JUST A LITTLE
BIT TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE,
WHICH MEANS THESE
COULD BE FAKES.
BUT MY BUDDY ROB KNOWS A TON
ABOUT THE HAPPIEST
PLACE ON EARTH,
SO HE'S SWINGING BY
TO GIVE ME SOME ADVICE.
SO...
- AH, LOOK AT THAT.
- APPARENTLY, THESE
ARE ORIGINAL FROM 1955.
- DO YOU KNOW MUCH
ABOUT DISNEYLAND,
CHUM, ARE YOU A FAN?
- I MEAN, I GO AT LEAST
ONCE A YEAR, SO YES.
- AND SO THIS WOULD'VE
BEEN GIVEN TO YOU
WHEN YOU WENT
THROUGH THE TURNSTILE.
IT'S LIKE A GATE FLYER, IS
WHAT THEY WOULD CALL THESE.
THESE ARE DEFINITELY NOT
THE OPENING DAY, JULY 17TH,
BUT THIS IS 1955, SO YOU WOULD
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE GOT
THESE THE FIRST YEAR
THAT THE PARK OPENED.
AND THIS IS REALLY COOL
BECAUSE MANY OF THE RIDES
THAT WERE ACTUALLY
ON OPENING DAY
ARE STILL AT THE
PARK, LIKE PETER PAN,
MR. TOAD'S WILD RIDE,
AND THE CARROUSEL, SO...
- THE JUNGLE CRUISE,
ONE OF MY FAVORITES.
- OH, CLASSIC. STILL GOING.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
YOU CAN TELL RIGHT OFF THE BAT
THAT THESE ARE IN
REALLY GREAT SHAPE.
I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT MINT.
BUT IF IT WAS MINT,
THAT WOULD BE KIND OF
A WARNING SIGN TO ME,
YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE THIS
IS, YOU KNOW, 1955 HERE.
SO WE'RE TALKING
QUITE A FEW YEARS,
BUT THESE ARE TOTALLY REAL.
YOU CAN TELL BY THE PAPER,
THERE'S A SLIGHT
YELLOWING TO THEM.
AND ALSO, YOU KNOW,
IT'S DEFINITELY THE
OPENING YEAR, 1955,
AND THEN LOOK AT
THIS WONDERFUL ART
SHOWING ALL THE DIFFERENT LANDS.
SO REALLY NICE PIECE.
♪ ♪
- SO HAVE YOU HEARD OF
THESE BEING FAKED AT ALL?
- THERE ARE FAKES OF
OTHER DISNEYLAND ITEMS,
BUT I'VE NEVER SPECIFICALLY
SEEN DUPLICATES
OF THESE GATE FLYERS, SO I
THINK YOU'RE PRETTY GOOD.
- HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK
THESE WOULD BE WORTH?
- I THINK THAT THESE ARE
PROBABLY WORTH ABOUT 80 EACH.
THEY'RE BOTH IN
EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION.
JUST WONDERFUL EXAMPLES
OF 1955 DISNEYLAND.
- WELL, I APPRECIATE
YOU COMING BY.
- YEAH.
- THANK YOU.
- GREAT TO SEE YOU. GOOD LUCK.
- THANK YOU.
- TAKE CARE.
- ALL RIGHT, WELL, YOU
HEARD WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.
NOT TOO FAR OFF
WHAT YOU'RE ASKING,
BUT I'M GONNA HAVE TO
OFFER YOU LESS THAN THAT
BECAUSE I'M GONNA HAVE TO
SELL THESE MYSELF, YOU KNOW?
WOULD YOU TAKE 50 BUCKS
EACH ON THEM, FOR $100 TOTAL?
- I WOULD TAKE THAT.
- ALL RIGHT. WE GOT A DEAL.
MEET ME AT THE COUNTER
AND WE'LL WRITE IT UP.
- THANK YOU.
I'M SELLING THESE
MAPS TODAY FOR $100.
I'M HAPPY WITH THE SALE
AND I THINK MICKEY MOUSE
JUST GAVE ME A SPA DAY.
♪ ♪
- HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
- GOOD, HOW ARE YOU?
- OKAY. WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
- THESE ARE BLUEPRINTS
FOR A VERY, VERY
FAMOUS STRUCTURE CALLED
FALLING WATER USED
BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT.
- THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING.
AND THESE ARE, LIKE,
REALLY DAMAGED ONES?
- THOSE HAVE HAD SOME WATER
FALL ON THEM APPROPRIATELY.
- ALL RIGHT, YEAH, BECAUSE
THAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED.
YEAH.
- I HAVE THE ACTUAL BLUEPRINTS
FOR FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S
FALLING WATER THAT I'M
LOOKING TO SELL TODAY.
THESE ARE BLUEPRINTS
THAT WERE USED
FOR THE MOST FAMOUS
HOUSE IN THE WORLD.
THERE ARE 10
BLUEPRINTS ALTOGETHER.
I'M LOOKING FOR $80,000
FOR THIS COLLECTION.
- THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
WRIGHT WAS THIS
AMAZING ARCHITECT.
HE DID OVER A THOUSAND
BUILDINGS IN HIS LIFE
AND ANY BUILDING OR HOUSE
BUILT BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
IS PROBABLY CONSIDERED
AN AMERICAN TREASURE.
WRIGHT DEVELOPED
ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE,
WHICH WAS REALLY, REALLY COOL.
EVERY HOUSE HE BUILT,
HE WANTED IT TO REFLECT
THE NATURE AROUND IT.
SO HE WOULD USE LOCAL
STONE, LOCAL WOOD.
HE WANTED THE HOUSE
TO BE PART OF NATURE.
SO THIS IS FRANK LLOYD
WRIGHT'S FALLING WATER.
IT WAS DESIGNED IN 1935,
AND IT IS THE
AMERICAN "MONA LISA,"
AND IT'S A NATURAL WATERFALL
THAT THE HOUSE IS BUILT OVER.
ARCHITECTURALLY, IT'S
AMAZING. IT REALLY IS.
WHERE DID YOU GET THESE?
- SO I GOT ONE GROUP
OF THEM FROM THE PEOPLE
WHO CONSTRUCTED THE WINDOWS
AND ANOTHER GROUP I
PURCHASED IN CHICAGO.
- OKAY.
ONE OF THE THINGS I
LIKE ABOUT THESE THINGS,
YOU CAN TELL SOMEONE
DIDN'T JUST, LIKE,
GO AND MAKE THESE THINGS UP.
BLUEPRINTS FROM BACK
THEN LOOK LIKE THIS.
THERE'S ALL THIS SCRIBBLES
ON THE VELLUMS RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S WHERE YOU GET THE
CROSS MARK RIGHT THERE.
WHAT MAKES THESE WORTH
ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD
IS WHERE IT SAYS
"KAUFMANN HOUSE, BEAR RUN,
PENNSYLVANIA,
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT."
AND FALLING WATER WAS
BUILT FOR THE KAUFMANN FAMILY
AND IT WAS BUILT IN
BEAR RUN, PENNSYLVANIA.
SO WE KNOW THIS
IS FALLING WATER.
THIS IS... SUPER COOL.
- THANKS.
- SO HERE'S THE BIG QUESTION.
WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR THEM?
- $80,000 IS WHAT I WANT.
EVERY BIG ARCHITECTURAL
FIRM IN THE UNITED STATES
WOULD WANT ONE OF THESE
FRAMED UP IN THEIR LOBBY,
BUT IT'S GONNA
TAKE A LOT OF WORK
AND A LOT OF SELLING
TO GET IT THERE.
SO, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT,
I'LL GIVE YOU MY BEST SHOT.
I'LL GIVE YOU $40,000 FOR 'EM.
- BOTTOM LINE, 50 GRAND.
♪ ♪
- I'LL GO 41.
♪ ♪
- I REALLY AM STUCK
ON 50 IN MY HEAD.
♪ ♪
- IF YOU CHANGE YOUR
MIND, GIVE ME A CALL.
- THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT.
- ALL RIGHT.
HAVE A GOOD ONE.
- THANKS.
NO DEAL WAS MADE TODAY,
AND I DON'T REALLY FEEL BAD
BECAUSE MAYBE I'LL SELL THEM
INDIVIDUALLY AND SEVERAL PEOPLE
CAN ENJOY THEM RATHER
THAN JUST ONE PERSON.
- WHETHER YOU'RE AN
ARCHITECTURE AFICIONADO
OR JUST SOMEONE WHO LIKES
TO LOOK AT COOL BUILDINGS,
YOU'VE PROBABLY
LOOKED AT SOMETHING
THAT WAS BUILT BY OR
INFLUENCED BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT.
LIKE RECOGNIZING A GOOD ARTIST,
YOU CAN IDENTIFY
SOMETHING WRIGHT HAD BUILT.
EARLY ON, HE CREATED
THE PRAIRIE SCHOOL
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN,
SINGLE-STORY HOMES
WITH LOW PITCHED ROOFS AND
ROWS OF CASEMENT WINDOWS.
HE BELIEVED IN
ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE.
THE GOAL WAS TO BUILD STRUCTURES
THAT ACHIEVED HARMONY
WITH THEIR SURROUNDINGS.
SOON, THE WORLD TOOK NOTICE.
IN 1915, HE WAS COMMISSIONED
TO BUILD THE IMPERIAL
HOTEL IN TOKYO.
HE SPENT SEVEN
YEARS ON THIS THING.
I MEAN, MOST CELEBRITY MARRIAGES
DON'T EVEN LAST THAT LONG.
THE IMPERIAL BECAME ANOTHER
OF HIS MANY MASTERPIECES.
BUT WRIGHT MAY HAVE SAVED
HIS BEST WORK FOR LAST.
IN 1943, HE STARTED THE PROJECT
THAT WOULD CONSUME
HIS LAST 16 YEARS ON EARTH,
THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
OF CONTEMPORARY ART
IN NEW YORK CITY.
THE GUGGENHEIM IS A
HUGE WHITE CYLINDER
THAT SPIRALS UPWARD
INTO A PLEXIGLAS DOME.
WRIGHT'S LEGENDARY
STATUS WAS CEMENTED.
THE GUGGENHEIM MAY
NOT HOLD A CANDLE
TO MY ART GALLERY HERE IN VEGAS,
- A GUY CAME INTO THE
SHOP WITH AN AUTOGRAPHED
"HOTEL CALIFORNIA"
TEST PRESSING,
SIGNED BY EVERY
MEMBER OF THE EAGLES.
HE'S ASKING FOR 2 GRAND.
BUT BEFORE I SHELL
OUT THAT KIND OF CASH,
I GOTTA ASK A FEW QUESTIONS.
SO I REACHED OUT TO MY
BUDDY STEVE GRADS TO COME BY
AND TELL ME IF THE
SIGNATURES ARE LEGIT.
WE'VE GOT A TEST PRESSING SIGNED
BY THE EAGLES OF
"HOTEL CALIFORNIA."
- OH, NICE.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, "HOTEL
CALIFORNIA" IS ONE OF THE MOST,
YOU KNOW, POPULAR
ALBUMS OF ALL TIME, I MEAN...
- YEAH, I THINK
SOMETHING LIKE 10 MILLION
IN A YEAR OR SOMETHING.
- THAT'S NOT TOO BAD, RIGHT?
- NO, NOT AT ALL.
- SO WHAT ARE YOUR CONCERNS?
- WELL, THE SIGNATURES, MAN.
YEAH.
YOU KNOW, THE EAGLES
ARE AN INTERESTING BAND.
I MEAN, THE GUYS, REALLY
THROUGH THE YEARS,
AT LEAST FROM THE
AUTOGRAPH STANDPOINT,
THEY'RE NOT REALLY THAT NICE.
YOU KNOW, THEY BROKE UP AND
THEN THEY HAD REUNION TOURS
AND I MEAN, IT'S JUST
NOT THAT EASY TO GET
ALL THESE GUYS IN ONE PLACE
AND GET THEIR SIGNATURES.
ACTUALLY PRETTY DIFFICULT.
YOU KNOW, THE ORIGINAL
BAND'S REALLY TOUGH TO GET.
- THAT'S WHAT I HEAR.
- YEAH.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
JUST GETTING AN IDEA
OF WHAT THESE GUYS
USED ON THIS TO SIGN.
I'LL TAKE A LOOK
WITH THE PROSCOPE
JUST TO MAGNIFY THEIR
SIGNATURES A LITTLE BIT.
AND THIS IS PRETTY MUCH
WHAT I EXPECT TO SEE
FROM THE PERIOD, COREY.
IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, FIBER
TIP MARKER ON THIS STUFF.
NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT, I MEAN,
WE CAN SEE IT RIGHT IN HERE.
YOU'VE GOT OVERLAPPING
AND EVERYTHING.
- OKAY.
- THE NEXT THING OBVIOUSLY
IS LOOKING AT THE EXAMPLES
THAT I HAVE ON
FILE OF THESE GUYS.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I START
TO LOOK AT THIS, YOU KNOW,
RANDY HAD I THINK THE NICEST
SIGNATURE OUT OF ALL OF THEM.
NICE EVERY LETTER AUTOGRAPH,
KIND OF SEEING THE
SAME THING THERE.
GLENN FREY WHO IS STILL,
YOU KNOW, THE TOUGHEST ONE,
AT LEAST IN MY OPINION TO GET,
PRETTY MUCH THE SAME
THING WE'RE SEEING HERE.
HE KIND OF HAS
THIS LOWER CASE "G."
JOE WALSH, VERY
SIMPLE, NICE AUTOGRAPH.
HE USED, LIKE, A LOT OF,
LIKE, UPPERCASE LETTERS,
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU
CAN SEE IT RIGHT HERE
AND SEE THE SAME THING HERE.
DON FELDER, VERY
SIMPLE AUTOGRAPH
HAS A LOT OF AUTHORITY
AND POWER TO IT.
I'M SEEING KIND OF
THE SAME THING HERE.
AND THEN OF COURSE DON HENLEY.
ALL THESE GUYS SIGNED
PRETTY NICE ON THIS.
I'VE SEEN THESE BEFORE.
SO I KIND OF KNOW THE
PIECE, AND IN GENERAL,
I SEE NO PROBLEMS
WITH THIS AT ALL.
PRETTY FANTASTIC.
- ALL RIGHT, WELL, I
APPRECIATE IT, MAN.
- YEP, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
- THANK YOU.
- YEP, GOOD LUCK.
- ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
- THANKS.
- SO NOW THAT WE KNOW
THAT THE SIGNATURES ARE REAL,
I JUST GOTTA GET ONE
MORE PERSON DOWN HERE
WHO WOULD ACTUALLY KNOW
MORE ABOUT A TEST PRESSING.
KEEP HANGING OUT.
I'LL GRAB YOU AS
SOON AS HE GETS HERE.
- OKAY, THANKS.
♪ ♪
- HI, THERE.
- HELLO, HOW YOU DOING?
- GOOD. HOW ARE YOU?
- I'M PRETTY GOOD.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE HERE?
- I HAVE A 1942
LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE
ALTASCOPE RING.
- OKAY, THAT'S PRETTY
COOL. IT'S A HARD KNOCK LIFE.
- YEAH.
I'M HERE AT THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO TRY TO SELL MY
LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE RING.
I GOT THIS RING FROM MY DAD.
HE HAD ALWAYS MENTIONED
HE HAD THIS INFAMOUS
LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE RING
AND SO IT WAS PASSED DOWN TO ME.
IN TWO YEARS, BOTH OF
MY BOYS WILL BE IN COLLEGE
AT THE SAME TIME,
SO I WANTED TO HAVE
A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY
TO PUT TOWARDS THAT.
I'M HOPING TO SELL
THIS RING FOR $19,211.28.
♪ ♪
- THIS IS PRETTY INTERESTING.
I DON'T KNOW MUCH
ABOUT ORPHAN ANNIE.
I MEAN, IT WAS BEFORE MY TIME,
BUT I KNOW IT STARTED OFF
IN THE LATE 1800S AS A POEM
AND THEN LATER IT WAS
ADAPTED TO A COMIC STRIP
AND THEN IT WENT
ON TO A RADIO SHOW
AND THEN A BROADWAY SHOW,
AND TO WHAT MOST
PEOPLE KNOW TODAY,
THE MOVIES THAT HAVE COME OUT.
IN THE 1930S, THE
RADIO SHOW DEBUTED
AND ORPHAN ANNIE WAS KNOWN
FOR FIGHTING CRIMINALS AND PIRATES
AND SHE HAD THIS
LITTLE TEAM OF PEOPLE
THAT SHE WENT ON ADVENTURES WITH
AND HAVING ALL THESE
COOL LITTLE SPY GADGETS
LIKE THIS LITTLE RING HERE.
AND IT WAS REALLY JUST
A MARKETING GIMMICK
TO GET KIDS TO TUNE IN EVERY DAY
AND GO BUY THE PRODUCTS
THAT SPONSORED THE RADIO SHOW
THAT WERE GIVING OUT THESE
COOL LITTLE ITEMS AND STUFF.
WHAT EXACTLY IS IT HERE?
- SO IT HAS THREE PLATES
WITH 5,000 FEET, 10,000 FEET,
AND 25,000 FEET.
AND SO YOU WOULD
PUT IT UP TO THE SKY
IF YOU SAW A PLANE COMING,
AND IF IT FIT INTO THE HOLE,
THEN YOU'D KNOW HOW
HIGH THE PLANE WAS UP.
- OKAY, YEAH, I MEAN, WHO
KNOWS IF IT ACTUALLY WORKS
HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO, BUT
AS A KID AND YOU GOT THIS,
YOU DON'T CARE IF THE
PLANE'S 10,000 FEET OR NOT,
IF YOU SEE IT THROUGH
THAT HOLE, IT'S 10,000 FEET.
- RIGHT.
- I'VE SEEN SOME
OF THE OTHER RINGS
AND DECODERS COME IN,
BUT I'VE ACTUALLY HAVEN'T
SEEN THIS ONE IN PERSON.
IT'S IN FAIR CONDITION.
OTHER THAN A LITTLE
BIT OF WEAR AND TEAR
FROM THE PLATE SLIDING ON,
I MEAN, IT'S IN PRETTY
GOOD CONDITION.
IT'S MADE OF BRASS AND
IT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.
IT SEEMS TO WORK PROPERLY.
IT'S GOT SOME AGE ON IT,
SO I DON'T THINK
THAT'S A BIG DEAL.
- THEY ALL HAVE SOME AGE ON US.
- SO WHAT WOULD YOU
LIKE TO DO WITH THIS?
- I WOULD LIKE TO SELL IT.
- HOW MUCH ARE
YOU LOOKING TO GET?
- $19,211.28.
- WELL, WHERE DID YOU COME
UP WITH THAT ODD NUMBER?
- WELL, I HAVE TWO BOYS,
AND THEY WERE BORN
ON THE 2ND AND THE 11TH
AND MY HUSBAND
WAS BORN ON THE 28TH.
- OKAY, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE
DOING THERE, JEOPARDY JAMES.
- UH-HUH.
- AT ONE POINT, THIS RING
BROUGHT UPWARDS OF $7,000,
$8,000, AND MAYBE
EVEN A LITTLE MORE.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE
NOT AT THAT POINT RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW, I COULD PICK
UP A RING SIMILAR TO THIS
IN THIS SIMILAR CONDITION
FOR ABOUT $1,200.
SO I'D BE ABLE TO
GIVE YOU ABOUT 500.
- YEAH, I THINK I'LL
PROBABLY HOLD ON TO IT
AND THEN HOPEFULLY
WHEN MY KIDS ARE MY AGE,
IT MAY BE WORTH THE 19,000.
- ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'LL PUT
IT BACK IN HERE FOR YOU
AND IF YOU CHANGE
YOUR MIND, BRING IT BACK.
- ALL RIGHT.
- HAVE A GOOD DAY.
- ALL RIGHT, WELL,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
- THANK YOU.
- ALL RIGHT.
I'M NOT GONNA SELL IT FOR $500.
IT MEANS A LOT MORE
TO ME THAN THAT,
AND I'M JUST HOPING
THAT, YOU KNOW,
ONE DAY, IT'LL REACH
THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN.
-EARLIER TODAY,
STEVE GRAD CAME BY
AND AUTHENTICATED THE
SIGNATURES OF THE EAGLES
ON A TEST PRESSING
OF "HOTEL CALIFORNIA."
BUT I REALLY DON'T
UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE
OF A TEST PRESSING
OR IF IT'S WORTH THE $2,000
THAT THIS GUY'S ASKING FOR.
SO I'M CALLING HIM THE
MUSIC MAN WARWICK STONE
TO TELL ME MORE.
SO THIS IS THE TEST PRESSING
I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT.
- THIS IS "HOTEL CALIFORNIA."
THAT WAS THE RECORD
OF THE YEAR IN 1977.
ON FM RADIO, IT WAS
FLEETWOOD MAC AND THE EAGLES.
YOU HEARD NOTHING ELSE.
10 MILLION PEOPLE
BOUGHT IT THAT YEAR.
BUT YOU DON'T SEE TOO MANY
SIGNATURES FROM THIS PERIOD.
- NO, STEVE CAME DOWN AND
VERIFIED THE SIGNATURES FOR ME.
I JUST, I'VE NEVER HAD A
TEST PRESSING COME IN.
WHAT EXACTLY IS A TEST PRESSING?
- IT'S THE EARLIEST BIT OF
VINYL YOU GET ON THE RECORD.
THIS IS AN ADVANCE
OF AN ADVANCE COPY.
THERE WAS GOING TO BE
A BOX FULL OF THESE SENT
TO THE MANAGEMENT OFFICE
AND THEN THE BAND WOULD
CARRY THEM AROUND PERSONALLY
TO TAKE TO RADIO STATIONS.
SO THIS TEST PRESSING
IS A LOT RARER
THAN A WHITE LABEL DJ COPY.
♪ ♪
WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME,
APART FROM THE TEST PRESSINGS,
IS YOU'VE GOT FELDER, FREY,
MEISNER, HENLEY, AND WALSH.
THAT IS THE BAND THAT STARTED
RECORDING "HOTEL CALIFORNIA."
BEFORE THAT, IT'S A
DIFFERENT GROUP OF PEOPLE.
AFTER THAT, IT'S A
DIFFERENT GROUP OF PEOPLE.
SO THIS IS THE ONE YOU WANT,
THIS IS THE BAND YOU WANT.
- OKAY, WELL, WITH THE
SIGNATURES BEING REAL
AND IT BEING A TEST PRESSING,
WHAT DO YOU THINK IT'S WORTH?
- WELL, I HAVE
SEEN THESE BEFORE,
AND THEY'VE BEEN
GROWING IN VALUE
OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS.
I THINK YOU'VE GOT
A LOT OF COLLECTORS
THAT PREFER THE RARITY
OF SUCH A TEST PRESSING
OVER A MANUFACTURED COPY.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S 10
MILLION 12-INCH RECORD COVERS
WITH THE... WITH THE ARTWORK ON,
BUT THERE'S MAYBE A
BOX FULL OF THESE, RIGHT?
- YEAH.
- SO, WITH THESE SIGNATURES,
I'D SAY THAT RIGHT
NOW IT'S A $2,000 RECORD.
- ALL RIGHT, WELL, I APPRECIATE
YOU COMING DOWN, WARWICK.
- ALWAYS MY PLEASURE.
- THANK YOU.
- SO, MY MAN, YOU WERE
ALMOST RIGHT ON THE MONEY
OF WHAT IT COULD BE WORTH.
I GOTTA MAKE SOME MONEY OFF YOU.
- SURE.
- WOULD YOU DO 15?
♪ ♪
YOU GOTTA REMEMBER,
I'VE GOTTA FRAME IT,
I'VE GOTTA HIRE
A GUY TO SELL IT.
IT'S NOT EXACTLY AS
EASY AS, YOU KNOW,
JUST SWAPPING THIS OUT FOR CASH.
- SURE.
CAN YOU MEET ME
IN THE MIDDLE, 1750?
♪ ♪
- YES, I CAN. I'LL DO 1,750.
- AWESOME. VERY GOOD.
- YOU GOT A DEAL. COME WITH ME.
DO SOME PAPERWORK.
- GREAT.
I SOLD IT FOR 1,750,
AND I ACTUALLY FEEL
REAL GOOD ABOUT THAT.
I THINK I'M GONNA TAKE THE
MONEY AND GET ANOTHER TATTOO.
♪ ♪
- DIDN'T I TELL YOU,
YOU GOTTA WEAR,
LIKE, NORMAL PANTS
AND NORMAL SHOES?
- I DO HAVE NORMAL PANTS ON.
- THEY'RE SWEATPANTS.
- THEY'RE NOT
SWEATPANTS, TOUCH THEM.
- NO, I'M NOT GONNA TOUCH THEM.
THEY'RE NOT NORMAL PANTS,
AND THEY'RE DEFINITELY
NOT NORMAL SHOES.
- HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY?
- GOOD, HOW ARE YOU DOING?
I'VE GOT AN ITEM I'D LIKE TO
FIND OUT WHAT IT'S WORTH.
- OH, ALL RIGHT. A
U.S. SERVICE SET.
- WHAT IS THAT?
- IT'S A SHAVING KIT.
- OH, YOU MUST HAVE KNOWN
MY BOSS HAD A BALD HEAD.
SO DOES HE.
- HE LOOKS GOOD
WEARING IT, THOUGH.
- I HAVE A SHAVING
KIT FROM WORLD WAR I
THAT I'M LOOKING TO SELL TODAY.
INSIDE THE SHAVING KIT IS
A DISPOSABLE RAZOR BLADE,
THE HEAD TO THE RAZOR, THE
HANDLE THAT IS DETACHABLE,
AND A SMALL MIRROR.
WHAT DREW ME TO IT WAS THE ARMY
AND NAVY SYMBOLS ON THE CASE.
I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS COOL.
IT'S IN FAIR CONDITION,
BUT I'D LIKE TO GET $150 FOR IT.
- ALL RIGHT. THIS
IS PRETTY COOL.
THESE THINGS
ACTUALLY WORK GREAT.
YOU EVER USE, LIKE, A
SINGLE BLADE RAZOR?
- I HAVE, YEAH.
- THERE'S A LITTLE BIT
OF A LEARNING CURVE,
BUT ONCE YOU GET
USED TO IT, IT'S GREAT.
SO THIS ONE IS MADE BY GILLETTE,
AND THIS SET RIGHT HERE
IS WHY EVERYONE STARTED
USING DISPOSABLE RAZOR BLADES.
SO...
- INTERESTING.
- WHEN WORLD WAR I BREAKS
OUT, WE HAVE MILLIONS OF TROOPS,
AND PART OF THE U.S.
ARMY REGULATIONS
WERE THAT EVERY SERVICEMAN
HAD TO CARRY HIS OWN SHAVING KIT.
A COMPACT SHAVING
KIT IS A LOT EASIER THAN
A STRAIGHT RAZOR WITH A
STROP AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF.
THIS WOULD JUST MAKE LIFE A
LOT EASIER FOR A SERVICEMAN.
SO EVERY SOLDIER
FROM WORLD WAR I
GOT USED TO USING
A DISPOSABLE RAZOR.
- OKAY.
- SO AFTER WORLD WAR I,
SALES JUST SKYROCKETED.
WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?
- I BOUGHT IT AT AN ESTATE
SALE A FEW WEEKS AGO.
- IT LOOKS PRETTY ROUGH.
I MEAN, I GUESS ALL
THE PIECES ARE HERE,
BUT IT COULD PROBABLY BE
CLEANED UP PRETTY NICE, RIGHT?
- I GUESS IT CAN BE
CLEANED UP TO A DEGREE.
HOW MUCH DID YOU WANT FOR IT?
- I'D LIKE TO GET $150 FOR IT.
- OKAY.
IF THIS THING
WAS, LIKE, PRISTINE,
WHICH YOU DO FIND
THEM IN THAT SHAPE,
I'D THROW DOWN 150
BUCKS IN A MINUTE.
THIS ONE'S KIND OF ROUGH SHAPE
AND I'D GIVE YOU
25 BUCKS FOR IT.
♪ ♪
- CAN YOU DO 40?
- I'LL GO 30.
- 40?
- IT'S LIKE NEGOTIATING
IN THE MIRROR, ISN'T IT?
- NO.
35.
- I'LL TAKE IT.
- ALL RIGHT, WE GOT A DEAL.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL MEET YOU
RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER
AND HE'LL GET SOME
PAPERWORK DONE.
- ACTUALLY, YOU SHOULD
GO WRITE YOURSELF UP.
♪ ♪
LET'S GO DO SOME PAPERWORK.
- I SOLD THE
SHAVING KIT FOR $35.
I WISH I COULD'VE
GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT MORE,
BUT I STILL MADE A LITTLE
BIT OF PROFIT OFF OF IT.
- HAVE YOU SEEN CHUM?
- HE HASN'T CAME
BACK FROM LUNCH YET.
HE'S LIKE A HALF-HOUR LATE.
- YOU KNOW I DON'T
PAY ATTENTION TO TIME.
- OH, YOU DECIDED TO GRACE
US WITH YOUR PRESENCE.
- WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
I'VE BEEN HERE ALL DAY.
- WHY DOES YOUR FACE LOOK WET?
- I THINK THE WORD
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS,
WHY AM I GLOWING?
- WHY ARE YOU GLOWING?
- IF YOU MUST KNOW,
I JUST GOT FINISHED
WITH A FACIAL.
- YOU GOT A FACIAL?
- YEAH, EVERY THREE WEEKS.
YOU SHOULD ACTUALLY TRY IT.
YOU GOT BLACKHEADS IN
THERE THE SIZE OF TEXAS.
♪ ♪
- WHILE YOU'RE AT WORK,
YOU WENT AND GOT A FACIAL.
- YEAH, ON MY LUNCH BREAK.
- BUT YOU'VE BEEN GONE
FOR LIKE TWO HOURS.
- LOOK, I DO A LOT OF STUFF.
I DO A FACIAL EVERY THREE WEEKS.
- REALLY?
- REALLY.
I ALSO DO A LIP MASK
BEFORE I GO TO BED TO
KEEP MY LIPS NICE AND MOIST.
- YOU WEAR LIPSTICK AT NIGHT?
- LIP MASK.
IT'S JUST A REALLY
HEAVY LIP BALM, BASICALLY.
YOU WEAR IT TO SLEEP,
AND WHEN YOU WAKE UP,
MY LIPS LOOK GOOD,
YOURS LOOK LIKE OLD
SNAP, CRACKLE, AND POP.
- SO YOU GET FACIALS
AND YOU WEAR LIPSTICK.
- THAT'S WHY I LOOK
SO DAMN GOOD.
- WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU, MAN?
- I DO GOTTA HAND
IT TO HIM, THOUGH.
HIS FACE DOES LOOK GOOD.
- YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M GONNA MAKE
A COUPLE OF APPOINTMENTS
FOR ALL THREE OF US.
WE'LL GO HAVE A LITTLE
BOYS DAY OUT AT THE SALON.
WE'LL GET TRIMMED UP. WE'LL
GET SOME MINOR FACIALS.
MAYBE DO A FACE
MASK OR SOMETHING.
- NO, NO, I CAN TELL
YOU ONE THING, COREY,
YOU DEFINITELY NEED
TO TRIM THAT BEARD.
IT LOOKS TERRIBLE.
IT'S NOT A HAPPY
BEARD LIKE SANTA CLAUS.
IT SCARES CHILDREN.
- LOOK, RICK, YOU'RE OVER
HERE TALKING CRAP ABOUT COREY,
BUT YOU CAN LINE
UP YOUR GOATEE TOO.
AND I WOULD GET MY HEAD
SHAVED WITH A STRAIGHT RAZOR.
HIT THE HOT DOG ROLLS
DOWN ON YOUR NECK
AND GET THAT ALL GOING GOOD.
YOU MIGHT... IT MIGHT DROP FIVE
OR 10 YEARS OFF YOU LIKE THAT.
- FINE, WHATEVER.
AS LONG AS HE GETS HIS BEARD
TRIMMED, I'LL DO ANYTHING.
- MAYBE I'LL EVEN
PAINT MY FINGERNAILS.
- THERE'S A LINE,
CHUM, THERE'S A LINE.
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- ALL RIGHT, WELL, YOU
DEFINITELY GOT MY ATTENTION.
SO THIS THING IS A LEONARDO
DA VINCI FLYING MACHINE?
- THAT'S WHAT I AM TOLD IT IS.
I WAS TOLD IT HUNG IN A
MUSEUM OUT ON THE EAST COAST.
- OKAY.
LEONARDO DA VINCI WAS
OBSESSED WITH FLYING.
HE WROTE, LIKE,
THOUSANDS OF PAGES ON IT
TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT.
AND I AM ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE
IF EVER ANYONE DID
STRAP THIS THING ON,
THEY WOULD BE VERY QUICKLY DEAD.
- I HAVE A LEONARDO
DA VINCI FLYING MACHINE
THAT I'M LOOKING TO SELL TODAY.
I PICKED THIS UP AT
AN ESTATE AUCTION
BECAUSE IT'S JUST SO
INTERESTING TO LOOK AT
AND I'VE NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE IT.
I'M NOT SURE HOW OLD IT IS
BUT I'M ASSUMING IT
WAS BUILT IN THE '50S.
I'D LIKE TO GET $2,400 FOR
MY FLYING MACHINE TODAY.
♪ ♪
- IT'S DEFINITELY
COOL. I REALLY LIKE IT.
YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S
LEONARDO DA VINCI.
I MEAN, EVERYONE KNOWS HIM FROM
HIS PAINTING OF THE LAST SUPPER
AND OF COURSE THE "MONA LISA."
LEONARDO DA VINCI
WAS BORN EARLY 1450S,
BUT BACK THEN, PEOPLE
DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HIM.
UP UNTIL THE 1800S, HE WAS
JUST CONSIDERED AN ARTIST.
BUT HE WAS JUST A MAN OF
SO MANY DIFFERENT TALENTS.
I MEAN, HE WAS REALLY,
REALLY BEYOND HIS TIME.
HE WAS TALKING ABOUT GRAVITY
200 YEARS BEFORE
SIR ISAAC NEWTON.
BUT ALL OF HIS WRITINGS
WERE HELD IN PRIVATE HANDS.
SO THE GENERAL PUBLIC
NEVER GOT TO SEE THIS STUFF.
IF HE ONLY PUBLISHED
EVERYTHING HE WROTE BACK THEN,
WE'D PROBABLY BE A LOT
MORE ADVANCED RIGHT NOW.
SO THIS LOOKS LIKE A
MODEL FROM THE DRAWINGS
OF LEONARDO DA VINCI
FOR HUMAN POWERED FLIGHT.
MOST OF HIS FLYING MACHINES,
HE WANTED TO DUPLICATE
THE ACTIONS OF BIRDS.
SO THROUGH THESE
SERIES OF PULLEYS
AND EVERYTHING RIGHT HERE,
YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO FLAP THE WINGS.
AND THEN THEY'RE ON A
PIVOT, THEY'RE ON A HINGE,
WHICH WOULD MAKE YOU ABLE
TO CHANGE DIRECTION IN FLIGHT
AND THERE WAS A LOT OF
THOUGHT THAT WENT INTO IT,
BUT IT'S COMPLETELY IMPRACTICAL.
YOU KNOW, THE HUMAN
BODY IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH
TO CREATE ITS OWN LIFT.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
THERE'S SOME
ISSUES GOING ON HERE
BECAUSE WE HAVE, LIKE,
SOME BROKEN PARTS HERE,
WHICH LOOKS LIKE THEY'D BE
VERY DIFFICULT TO DUPLICATE.
- IT NEEDS SOME TLC.
- OKAY.
SO HOW MUCH YOU
WANT FOR THIS THING?
- I WAS ASKING $2,400.
- OKAY.
I'M REALLY IMPRESSED
WITH THE QUALITY OF IT.
I MEAN, THERE'S SOME ISSUES,
THERE'S A LOT OF
RESTORATION WORK
THAT HAS TO BE
DONE TO THIS THING.
AS FAR AS BEING IN A
MUSEUM, IT COULD HAVE BEEN.
- THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD, BUT...
- OKAY, LET ME HAVE A MUSEUM GUY
LOOK AT IT REAL QUICK,
IF YOU DON'T MIND,
IF YOU CAN HANG OUT.
- SURE.
- I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
I'M GONNA GO MAKE A PHONE CALL.
- ALL RIGHT. MM-HMM.
- I'M AFRAID TO FLY A PLANE.
MUCH LESS THIS THING.
♪ ♪
- SO I GOT A
CUSTOMER IN THE SHOP
WITH A MODEL OF A LEONARDO
DA VINCI FLYING MACHINE.
HE WANTS $2,400 FOR IT.
BUT I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS.
SO I'VE CALLED UP THE
BEARD OF KNOWLEDGE.
I GOT HIM COMING DOWN,
AND HE'S GONNA CHECK IT OUT.
- OH-HO-HO, SO THIS
IS THE ORNITHOPTER.
- AN ORNITHOPTER?
- ORNITHOPTER, YES.
- SO WHAT IS THE
TRANSLATION OF ORNITHOPTER?
- AN ORNITHOPTER IS A HUMAN
POWERED FLYING MACHINE.
- OKAY.
- SO...
YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT
TO GO OUT AND GET IN,
YOU KNOW, STRAP ON YOUR
WINGS AND GO FLYING SOMEWHERE,
THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED...
WELL, THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU NEED
BECAUSE THIS ONE'S NOT
GONNA WORK FOR YOU.
BUT THIS IS THE ONE THAT WAS
DESIGNED BY LEONARDO DA VINCI.
IT'S A MODEL OF IT, OBVIOUSLY.
NOW, DA VINCI WAS INTERESTING.
HE WASN'T THE FIRST ONE TO
DESIGN ONE OF THESE THINGS.
THERE WAS ACTUALLY A
MONK WHO DESIGNED ONE
ABOUT A HUNDRED
YEARS BEFORE THIS
AND JUMPED OFF A STEEPLE
AND FELL IN THE SNOW.
IT DIDN'T WORK FOR HIM EITHER.
BUT LEONARDO BECAME
VERY INTERESTED IN FLIGHT
MAINLY BECAUSE OF HIS
INTEREST IN MILITARY ARMAMENTS.
AND HE THOUGHT
THAT IF YOU COULD FLY,
YOU COULD GET AERIAL
RECONNAISSANCE
OF THE OPPOSING FORCES.
SO HE BEGAN TO
REALLY RESEARCH BIRDS,
AND THIS PARTICULAR DESIGN
WAS ONE THAT WAS IN
ONE OF HIS WRITINGS.
- OKAY, BUT IT'S PRETTY CORRECT?
- YEAH, IT LOOKS TO ME FROM
WHAT I'M SEEING ON IT, YEAH.
THE DETAILS ARE QUITE NICE
ON IT, AND IT'S WELL MADE,
BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT
THERE'S SOME DAMAGE
AND WHEN YOU'RE USING
THIS KIND OF JUTE ROPE IN THAT,
IT JUST AGES AS TIME GOES ON.
- HE WAS SAYING THIS
WAS, LIKE, A MUSEUM MODEL
OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT, I JUST DON'T KNOW.
- IT'S POSSIBLE.
THERE'S NO WAY TO SAY FOR SURE
WITHOUT SOME SORT
OF PAPERWORK WITH IT.
NORMALLY, IF THIS WAS PART
OF A MUSEUM COLLECTION,
IT WOULD HAVE A
MUSEUM NUMBER ON IT.
I DON'T SEE ANY SIGN OF
AN ACCESSION NUMBER.
SO MY GUESS IS, IF
IT WAS IN A MUSEUM,
IT WAS JUST WHAT WE
WOULD CALL A PROP.
- ALL RIGHT.
I THINK I GOT ENOUGH INFO ON IT.
- GOOD.
- THANKS, MAN.
- ALL RIGHTY.
- YOU'RE THE BEST.
OKAY.
SO I'D GIVE YOU
800 BUCKS FOR IT,
BECAUSE IT'S GONNA
COST ME 1,000 BUCKS
JUST FOR SOMEONE TO
MAKE IT PRETTY AGAIN.
♪ ♪
- WOULD YOU DO A THOUSAND?
- NOPE.
I AM BUYING MYSELF AN
INCREDIBLE HEADACHE.
THAT'S ALL I'M
BUYING HERE, OKAY?
I WILL GIVE YOU
800 BUCKS FOR IT,
AND THEN I GOTTA
RESTORE IT, AND HOPEFULLY,
HE ONLY CHARGES ME,
LIKE, A THOUSAND DOLLARS
AND DOESN'T COME ALONG
AND SAY IT'S GONNA BE 5,000
AND THEN, THEREFORE,
IT'S JUST TRASH.
SO I AM GAMBLING AT 800 BUCKS.
- YEAH, I'LL TAKE 800.
- ALL RIGHT, SWEET.
I HAVE AN ORNITHOPTER.
JUST CRUISE OVER TO THE
PAWN COUNTER OVER THERE,
GET YOUR ID, WE'LL
DO SOME PAPERWORK,
AND I'LL GET YOU PAID.
- ALL RIGHT.
- I GUARANTEE YOU I'M THE
FIRST PERSON ON MY BLOCK
WITH AN ORNITHOPTER.
♪ ♪
- THE OTHER DAY, THE
GUYS WERE GIVING ME GRIEF
ABOUT MY SKIN CARE ROUTINE,
BUT WHAT THEY FAIL TO REALIZE
IS THAT THERE'S
POWER IN SELF-CARE.
FORTUNATELY, I WAS
ABLE TO CONVINCE THEM
INTO A BOYS DAY OUT,
SO WE'RE HEADING OVER TO THE
BARBERSHOP FOR A LITTLE R & R.
ALL RIGHT, YOU GUYS READY?
- YES.
- LET THE GAMES BEGIN.
- NOW, I CAN'T PROMISE THEY'RE
GONNA LOOK AS GOOD AS I DO,
BUT WITH A LITTLE HELP,
THEY MIGHT COME CLOSE.
- HEY.
- HELLO!
COREY, YOU COME OVER.
SIT OVER HERE WITH DEXTER.
JUST MAKE THEM LOOK
GOOD. YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO.
NOTHING TOO MUCH.
RICK, COME RIGHT HERE.
SAME THING.
I KNOW HE'S ALREADY BEAUTIFUL,
BUT JUST MAKE HIM LOOK
A LITTLE MORE PRETTY.
AND JUST THE USUAL FOR ME.
YOU GETTING NERVOUS, COREY?
- WHY WOULD HE BE NERVOUS?
- BECAUSE HE HASN'T TOUCHED
THAT THING IN A LONG TIME.
- YOU THINK HE'D BE
HAPPY TO LOOK LESS RATTY.
- POPS, IF YOU WORE A MONOCLE,
YOU'D LOOK LIKE YOU
SOLD PEANUTS, ALL RIGHT?
I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT.
- I THINK THE ONE
GETTING SCARED IS DEXTER
'CAUSE HE'S GONNA HAVE
TO FIX THAT RAT'S NEST.
- IT LOOKS EVEN
WORSE BEING COMBED.
I MEAN, HOW WAS THAT POSSIBLE?
♪ ♪
- THIS IS A GOOD IDEA, CHUM,
I CAN DO THIS ON
A REGULAR BASIS.
♪ ♪
- ALL RIGHT. LET ME SEE.
YOU LOOK PRETTY GOOD.
ALMOST AS GOOD AS I DO.
THIS IS WHAT
PERFECTION LOOKS LIKE.
- THAT'S ABSOLUTELY GREAT.
YOU DON'T LOOK AS BAD.
- NO, I MEAN...
- COME HERE.
COME HERE, OVER
HERE. LET'S SEE THIS.
- IT LOOKS GOOD.
♪ ♪
- IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD.
- ALL RIGHT, CHUM,
I GOTTA TELL YOU.
IT WAS A GOOD
IDEA. APPRECIATE IT.
- THANKS, DEX.
JUST BILL THE PAWN
SHOP LIKE USUAL.
- ALL RIGHT, YOU
KNOW YOU'RE GOOD.
- ARE YOU REALLY PUTTING THIS
STUFF ON THE PAWN SHOP'S TAB?
- YOU WANT ME TO
LOOK GOOD, DON'T YOU?