Pawn Stars (2009–…): Season 18, Episode 4 - The Spy Who Pawned Me - full transcript
- ON TONIGHT'S EPISODE,
CHUM AND ANTWAUN
EXPLORE THE OPEN SEAS.
- IF YOU CAN SAIL YOUR OWN BOAT,
YOU DON'T HAVE TO
PAY FOR A CAPTAIN.
- THEN COREY WORKS
UP A SWEET DEAL.
- LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE TRYING
TO SELL MILKSHAKES IN MY SHOP.
WHAT'S MY PIECE HERE?
- AND SOME JAMES
BOND MEMORABILIA
LEAVES ME SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED.
VILLAINS WITH AN EYE PATCH.
YOU COULD NOT HAVE A VILLAIN
UNLESS THEY HAD AN EYE
PATCH, FOR SOME REASON.
♪ ♪
- HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
- HEY, GUYS.
I HAVE A REAL PIECE
OF AMERICAN HISTORY
I'D LIKE TO SELL YA.
- OKAY.
- HOPEFULLY IT'S A TOUPEE.
- NO, IT'S NOT A TOUPEE.
- ALL RIGHT.
- I HAVE A FIRSTHAND JOURNAL
OF THE TRAVELS AND
HISTORY OF LEWIS AND CLARK.
- RICK, THIS THING LOOKS
LIKE IT'S BEEN ACROSS AMERICA.
- OKAY.
- I HAVE A BOOK TO SELL
TODAY THAT IS THE JOURNAL
OF LEWIS AND CLARK'S EXPEDITION
ACROSS THE UNITED
STATES IN 1804.
I'VE SEEN OTHER COPIES
OF THIS SELL FOR 16,000,
SO, YEAH, I'M TRYING TO GET
'EM UP AS HIGH AS I CAN ON IT.
- THIS IS PRETTY COOL, MAN.
CAN I TAKE A LOOK?
- SURE.
- YOU KNOW ABOUT
LEWIS AND CLARK, RICK?
- YES, I KNOW ABOUT
LEWIS AND CLARK.
THEY WERE LITERALLY THE
LINDBERGH OF THEIR DAY.
IN 1804, CONGRESS WANTED A ROUTE
TO THE WEST COAST OVER LAND.
THEY WANTED TO EXPLORE
THE CENTER OF THIS COUNTRY
THAT REALLY HADN'T
BEEN EXPLORED BEFORE.
PRESIDENT JEFFERSON
WAS WAY BEHIND THIS.
HE REALLY WANTED THIS TO HAPPEN
BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT EVENTUALLY,
THE UNITED STATES WOULD BE
GOING FARTHER AND FARTHER WEST,
AND HE REALLY WANTED TO
KNOW WHAT WE HAD THERE.
BUT GOING ON LAND
ACROSS THIS COUNTRY IN 1804,
IT'S ALMOST THE EQUIVALENT
OF GOING INTO SPACE.
SO LEWIS AND CLARK SET OUT
TO DISCOVER THE UNKNOWN,
AND THEY DID THIS OVERLAND TREK
ALL THE WAY ACROSS
THE UNITED STATES
OVER, LIKE,
TREACHEROUS TERRITORY
AND HAD ADVENTURES AND
EVERYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT.
WHEN THEY GOT BACK
TO THE EAST COAST,
THEY WERE HAILED AS HEROES.
BEFORE THEN, WE HAD NO IDEA
SOME OF THE RESOURCES WE HAD
GOING WEST, AND IT
REALLY HELPED OUT
PLAN THE FUTURE OF
THE UNITED STATES.
SO WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?
- I WAS AT AN ESTATE SALE
ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO,
AND I BOUGHT A BOX OF BOOKS.
I NOTICED THIS IN HERE,
LEWIS AND CLARK'S JOURNAL.
- ACTUALLY IT WAS A JOURNAL
KEPT BY A GUY NAMED GASS.
THE TROOPS NOMINATED HIM
TO BECOME THE SERGEANT.
ONE OF THE DUTIES
OF THE SERGEANT
WAS TO KEEP A JOURNAL.
- THE BOOK, IF YOU
READ THROUGH IT,
IT SHOWS PRETTY MUCH
A DAY-TO-DAY JOURNEY
OF WHAT THEY DID.
- HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT FOR THIS?
- 16,000.
- OKAY, I HAVE NO IDEA IF
THAT'S A GOOD PRICE OR NOT,
BUT I HAVE A FRIEND
WHO WILL KNOW ABOUT...
EVERYTHING THERE IS
TO KNOW ABOUT THE BOOK.
AND IF YOU DON'T MIND
HANGING OUT FOR A LITTLE BIT,
WE'LL BRING HER DOWN HERE.
- I'D LOVE FOR YOU TO.
- CAN YOU CALL REBECCA FOR ME?
- SHE'D MUCH RATHER
HEAR FROM ME, TRUST ME.
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- HEY, ANDY, DID YOU GET
THAT STUFF FILED FOR ME?
- I DID.
- THANK YOU.
- HOW YOU DOIN'?
- ALL RIGHT, HOW YOU DOIN'?
- KINDA WONDERIN'... LOOKS LIKE
YOU'RE TRYING TO SELL
MILKSHAKES IN MY SHOP.
WHAT'S MY PIECE HERE?
- I HAVE A HAMILTON BEACH
MALT AND MILKSHAKE MAKER
THAT I'M HOPING TO SELL TODAY.
I'M NOT REALLY USING
IT, AND I JUST DECIDED
IT'S JUST COLLECTING DUST,
AND TRY TO MAKE A LITTLE MONEY.
- THIS IS COOL.
HAMILTON BEACH, I THINK
THEY STARTED IN 1910,
AND THEY'RE STILL AROUND TODAY.
THEY MAKE EVERYTHING
FROM TOASTER OVENS
TO TOASTERS TO BLENDERS.
THIS IS WHY MCDONALD'S EXISTS.
RAY KROC, THE
FOUNDER OF MCDONALD'S,
WAS A MILKSHAKE
MACHINE SALESMAN,
AND KROC HAD HEARD ABOUT
THIS LITTLE BURGER JOINT
IN CALIFORNIA THAT HAD
EIGHT OF THESE MACHINES
MAKING 40 MILKSHAKES
SIMULTANEOUSLY.
THIS WAS PRETTY UNUSUAL,
SO HE HAD TO GO CHECK IT OUT,
AND WHEN HE GOT DOWN
THERE AND HE SAW THE PROCESS
THE MCDONALD'S
BROTHERS HAD CREATED,
HE WAS SO FASCINATED
BY IT AND SO INTRIGUED,
HE BASICALLY MORTGAGED HIS HOUSE
AND GOT RID OF
EVERYTHING HE OWNED,
BECAME PARTNERS WITH
THE MCDONALD'S BROTHERS,
AND NOW IT'S ONE OF THE MOST
RECOGNIZABLE BRANDS IN HISTORY,
AND IT ALL STARTED
BECAUSE OF ONE OF THESE.
- WOW.
- WHERE'D YOU GET IT?
- AT A GARAGE SALE HERE IN TOWN.
- IT'S A PRETTY COOL FIND.
THE CONDITION OF IT, I'M
PRETTY IMPRESSED BY IT.
I DON'T SEE CHIPS.
I DON'T SEE DENTS.
YOU GOT THE ORIGINAL
CUPS. THAT'S COOL.
THE CHROME'S GREAT ON IT.
YOU'VE GOT A COUPLE
BLEMISHES BUT THAT'S EXPECTED,
AND THAT CAN BE TAKEN
CARE OF PRETTY EASILY.
DOES IT WORK?
- YEAH.
- OKAY, SO WHAT DO
YOU WANNA DO WITH IT?
- I'M LOOKING TO SELL IT.
- ALL RIGHT, ANY IDEA WHAT
YOU'RE LOOKING TO GET?
- 400.
AND HOW'D YOU COME UP WITH 400?
- UH, JUST BECAUSE
THE RARITY OF IT,
AND WHAT KIND OF SHAPE
IT'S IN, STILL FUNCTIONAL.
- IT'S NOT BECAUSE I JUST
TOLD YOU HOW COOL IT WAS?
SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT.
- ALL RIGHT, WOULD YOU DO 250?
- UH, LET'S MEET, GO
UP A LITTLE BIT HIGHER,
MEET SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE.
- UM, WHAT'S THE MIDDLE, 251?
- LET'S DO 300.
- 300? ALL RIGHT,
YOU GOT A DEAL.
APPRECIATE IT, MAN.
COME WITH ME. WE'LL
DO SOME PAPERWORK.
- WE SETTLED ON $300, AND
GLAD WE COULD SHAKE ON IT.
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- HEY, WHY DON'T YOU
PUT THAT OVER HERE?
IT LOOKS HEAVY.
- THANK YOU.
- YEAH, IT DEFINITELY
LOOKS HEAVY.
SO WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
- A WORLD WAR II
MINESWEEPER FROM '43.
- OKAY, WE HAVE A WORLD
WAR II METAL DETECTOR.
THIS HAD TO HAVE BEEN
THE WORST JOB IN THE ARMY,
PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
- I'M LOOKING TO
SELL MY WORLD WAR II
MINESWEEPING OUTFIT.
MINESWEEPING SET'S JUST
BEEN SITTING IN THE CORNER
FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
IT'S NOT BEEN DOING ME ANY GOOD,
AND I DON'T THINK I'LL BE
USING IT ANYTIME SOON,
SO I THOUGHT I'D TRY TO SELL IT.
I WOULD LIKE TO GET 200 OR 300,
BUT WE HAVE TO
SEE WHAT IT'S WORTH.
- PRETTY COOL.
THE VERY, VERY, VERY FIRST,
LIKE, REALLY RUDIMENTARY
METAL DETECTORS
HAPPEN IN THE 1880S.
BY THE LATE 1890S,
BEFORE X-RAYS,
THEY WERE ACTUALLY USING
LITTLE METAL DETECTORS
TO FIND BULLETS IN PEOPLE
AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
RIGHT AROUND 1900,
PEOPLE WERE USING THESE
TO SEARCH FOR THINGS.
AND BY WORLD WAR II, THESE
WERE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT
BECAUSE THE GERMANS
REALLY, REALLY LOVED MINES.
THIS SAVED A LOT OF LIVES.
WHERE DID YOU GET IT?
- BOUGHT THIS ITEM AT A WORLD
WAR II VETERANS FLEA MARKET
FOR BRING BACK ITEMS.
- OKAY.
SO THIS RIGHT HERE
IS AN ELECTROMAGNET.
THERE'S A LITTLE CURRENT
GOING THROUGH IT,
AND IT MAKES A NICE
LITTLE SOLID HUM.
BUT WHEN YOU RUN
AN ELECTROMAGNET
BY SOMETHING METAL,
IT SCREWS UP THAT
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD
AND CHANGES THE
TONE OF THAT HUM.
SO YOU ADD A LITTLE ELECTRONICS
THAT MAKES THAT DISRUPTION
MUCH MORE ABRUPT, YOU KNOW,
YOU HAVE A METAL DETECTOR.
- OKAY.
- LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
AND LOOKS LIKE YOU
GOT MOST OF IT HERE.
- WE GOT A LOT OF JUNK
HERE. IT COMES OUT.
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- AND THE FUSES ARE MISSING.
♪ ♪
I'M JUST ASSUMING
EVERYTHING'S SCREWED UP IN THIS
'CAUSE WE GOT SOME
NASTY CORROSION.
YOU GOT THE SPARE TUBES?
- NO.
- OKAY.
SO YOU WANNA SELL THIS THING?
- HELD ONTO IT LONG ENOUGH.
- YEAH.
- I DON'T EXPECT TO BE SWEEPING
ANY MINES ANYTIME SOON.
YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M NOT EVEN ASKING A
PRICE FOR THIS THING,
I'M JUST GONNA GIVE
YOU THE BAD NEWS.
♪ ♪
THEY'RE NOT THAT COLLECTIBLE,
NO ONE USES THEM TODAY
BECAUSE THEY'RE JUNK COMPARED
TO WHAT THEY HAVE TODAY,
AND IT TAKES UP A
TON OF FLOOR SPACE
AND I REALLY DON'T WANT IT.
- OKAY.
- BUT THANKS FOR BRINGING IT IN.
- NOT A PROBLEM, THANK YOU.
- TRY PUTTING IT ON
AN ONLINE AUCTION.
MAYBE YOU'LL GET
100 BUCKS FOR IT,
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
- THANK YOU. YOU
HAVE A GOOD DAY.
- YEAH, BUYING THAT WOULD
BE STEPPING ON A MINE.
♪ ♪
- HELLO.
- HI, HOW YA DOIN'?
- PRETTY GOOD.
- I HAVE SOME JAMES
BOND BUBBLE GUM CARDS.
- JAMES BOND BUBBLE GUM CARDS.
FROM THE MOVIE "THUNDERBALL"?
- YES.
- OH, THIS IS WAY COOL.
SEAN CONNERY WAS THE
BEST JAMES BOND, THOUGH,
PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
- YEAH, A LOT OF PEOPLE
SAY I LOOK A LOT LIKE HIM.
I GET THE SAME THING.
- I'M HERE TODAY TO SELL
MY JAMES BOND "THUNDERBALL"
BUBBLE GUM CARDS.
I'VE HAD THEM FOR OVER 50 YEARS.
I THINK THE CARDS
ARE WORTH $350,
AND I THINK THEY'RE QUITE RARE.
- IT WAS AN AMAZING FRANCHISE.
I STILL LOVE JAMES BOND
MOVIES, BUT WHEN I WAS A KID,
I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST
THE COOLEST THING EVER.
HE GOT TO DO ALL THE COOL STUFF.
HE HAD THE COOL
CAR. HE HAD THE GIRLS.
HE LIVED THE LIFE.
- HE'D COME OUT OF
THE WATER IN A WET SUIT
AND HAS A TUXEDO UNDERNEATH
IT, SO HOW COOL IS THAT?
58 YEARS LATER...
- STILL COOL.
- STILL COOL.
SO WHERE'D YOU GET THESE?
- WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, WE
HAD A FIVE-AND-DIME STORE
THAT, EVERY FRIDAYS
WHEN THEY WOULD COME OUT
WITH A NEW SERIES
OF CARDS ON THERE,
YOU GOT A PIECE OF BUBBLE
GUM AND ABOUT FIVE CARDS WITH IT.
- AND WHAT, THEY WERE 5¢?
- 5¢.
SO THIS IS THE COMPLETE SET?
- COMPLETE SET.
- ALL RIGHT.
HOW MUCH YOU WANT FOR 'EM?
- UH, I'D LIKE TO
GET $350 ON THEM.
- OKAY, I HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT THEY'RE WORTH.
I KNOW THESE ARE COLLECTIBLE.
HOW COLLECTIBLE, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT I DO HAVE A BUDDY THAT
HAS A TOY SHOP THAT DEALS
WITH THIS STUFF THAT IS
RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
SO LET ME GO GIVE HIM A CALL,
AND HOPEFULLY HE'LL
KNOW ALL ABOUT THIS.
- GREAT, LOOKING
FORWARD TO HIS OPINION.
- OKAY.
- HARRISON, RICK HARRISON.
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- SO I HAVE A
CUSTOMER IN THE SHOP
WITH WHAT HE CLAIMS IS A
FIRST EDITION FIRST BOOK
ON THE LEWIS AND
CLARK EXPEDITION.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY
GROUNDBREAKING.
THIS WAS AMERICAN HISTORY.
THESE GUYS WERE ROCK
STARS IN THE EARLY 1800S,
AND IF THIS THING TURNS
OUT TO BE ACTUALLY TRUE,
IT MIGHT BE WORTH EVERY
DIME OF THAT 16,000 HE'S ASKING.
SO I'VE CALLED IN REBECCA,
AND HOPEFULLY SHE CAN
NAVIGATE ME THROUGH THIS.
SO IT'S PATRICK GASS'
BOOK ON LEWIS AND CLARK.
- I KNOW THIS BOOK.
THE EXPEDITION WAS 1804 TO 1806,
AND THIS WAS THE FIRST
PUBLISHED ACCOUNT IN 1807.
PEOPLE WERE DYING FOR
INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TRIP,
BECAUSE YOU THINK ABOUT IT,
LIKE, UNITED STATES HAVE JUST
BOUGHT THIS HUGE AMOUNT OF LAND,
THEY WERE TRYING
TO FIND WATERWAYS
THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH,
BECAUSE AT THAT POINT,
WATER ROUTES WERE THE ROADS.
THAT'S HOW YOU DID
ANY SORT OF SHIPPING,
AND THAT'S WHAT
JEFFERSON WANTED.
GASS WAS SUPPOSED
TO KEEP A JOURNAL.
THAT WAS PART OF HIS
DUTIES AS A SERGEANT.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT
YOU'RE GETTING HERE IS,
YOU'RE GETTING,
REALLY, A PLAY-BY-PLAY
EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND
JEFFERSON'S REALLY INTERESTED
TO SEE WHAT WAS
HAPPENING OUT WEST.
IT IS, ON THE ONE HAND, NOT
TERRIBLY WELL-PRESERVED,
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND,
TO HAVE IT WITH ALL OF THE
ORIGINAL ELEMENTS INTACT,
IS GREAT AND DOES REALLY
AFFECT WHAT YOU CAN ASK FOR IT.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE
HANDLEABLE CONSIDERING,
ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.
THE HINGES SEEM
PRETTY WELL INTACT.
- ALL RIGHT, BUT LOOKING INSIDE,
THIS LOOKS LIKE AN
INSTITUTIONAL LIBRARY STAMP.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THE
INSTITUTIONAL LIBRARY STAMPS.
BUT YOU CAN SEE THIS
BOOK DOESN'T LOOK GREAT,
AND THAT'S TYPICAL.
THE BINDING HERE,
YES, THAT'S SHEEP,
WHICH WAS THE CHEAPEST
OF THE LEATHERS AVAILABLE.
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- SO WHAT'S IT WORTH?
- SO WHEN I THINK ABOUT DEALERS
WHO ARE SPECIALISTS
IN AMERICANA,
I SEE THEM, THESE
DAYS, LISTING THEM
FOR PRICES AROUND
15,000, 16,000, 17,000.
BUT THIS IS EX-LIBRARY,
WHICH IS A REAL PAINFUL
HIT TO THE ASKING PRICE
BECAUSE PRIVATE COLLECTORS
MOSTLY REALLY DISLIKE THAT.
SO FOR THIS PARTICULAR
BOOK WITH ALL FAULTS,
I WOULD PUT IT AROUND 7,500.
- WHY WOULD IT GO
DOWN IN VALUE SO MUCH
BEING AN EX-LIBRARY COPY?
- YOU CAN SEE, LIBRARIES
TEND TO PUT STAMPS AND THINGS,
THEY TEND TO LEAVE MARKINGS.
AND THE MARKINGS
OFTEN ARE VERY OBVIOUS.
TO HAVE ONE IS ANNOYING
ENOUGH, BUT THIS HAS THREE,
SO THIS PARTICULAR LIBRARY WAS
A LITTLE STAMP HAPPY,
UNFORTUNATELY,
AND COLLECTORS ARE ALL
ABOUT PRISTINE CONDITION.
THEY WANT IT TO LOOK
EXACTLY THE WAY IT DID
WHEN IT FIRST PUBLISHED.
- 'CAUSE IT'S UNREMOVABLE.
- YEP, EX-LIBRARY
IS A LITTLE BIT LIKE
A, TO USE A LITERARY REFERENCE,
A SCARLET LETTER, YOU KNOW?
- THANKS FOR COMING IN,
THOUGH. YOU'RE THE BEST.
- GLAD I COULD HELP.
- WELL, WHERE ARE WE AT?
- UM, I'LL GIVE YOU
4 GRAND FOR IT.
- THAT'S NOT GOING TO DO IT.
YOU CAN DO A LITTLE
BETTER THAN THAT.
- 7,000.
- I'M NOT GONNA MAKE ANY MONEY.
BUT 4 GRAND I
THINK IS A FAIR PRICE.
- THAT'S TOO LOW.
THE BOOK IS THE ORIGINAL BOOK.
IT HAS LIBRARY STAMPS, GRANTED.
HOW ABOUT 5,000?
- I GO 4,100. IT'S A FAIR PRICE.
- 45?
- I'LL... I'LL GO 42. I SHOULDN'T
EVEN GO THAT HIGH.
- DONE.
- ALL RIGHT, 4,200, IT'S A DEAL.
- DONE DEAL.
- YOU WANNA WRITE HIM UP, CHUM?
- COME ON.
- I MADE AN EXPEDITION
OUT HERE TO LAS VEGAS
JUST TO SELL THIS
BOOK, AND IT PAID OFF.
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- SO I GOT A GUY IN THE SHOP
WITH A FULL SET OF 1965 007
JAMES BOND TRADING CARDS
FROM THE MOVIE "THUNDERBALL."
HE WANTS 350 BUCKS
FOR THESE THINGS.
NOW, JAMES BOND IS SUPER COOL,
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THESE
THINGS ARE WORTH A DIME.
SO I'VE CALLED IN STEVE JOHNSON,
AND HE'S GONNA BE
MY Q ON THIS ONE.
LIKE I SAID ON THE PHONE,
JAMES BOND TRADING CARDS,
VILLAINS WITH AN EYE PATCH.
YOU KNOW CAUSE,
LIKE, IN THE '60S,
YOU COULD NOT
HAVE A VILLAIN UNLESS
THEY HAD AN EYE
PATCH, FOR SOME REASON.
- YOU HAD TO HAVE AN
EYE PATCH, FOR SURE.
WHEN "THUNDERBALL" CAME OUT,
IT'S IN THE THEATER FOR A WHILE.
YOU HAD A CHANCE TO
GO SEE IT A FEW TIMES,
BUT ONCE THOSE WERE GONE,
YOU DON'T HAVE LIKE WE DO TODAY
WHERE WE CAN GO BACK
AND WATCH THE MOVIES
AND SEE 'EM READABLY
AT OUR FINGERTIPS.
SO THESE CARD SETS
WERE BIG WITH KIDS
BECAUSE YOU COULD GO BACK
AND KINDA RELIVE THOSE
MOMENTS IN THE CARDS.
THAT'S KINDA WHERE
THESE STEM FROM
AND WHY THEY WERE SO
COLLECTIBLE AT THE TIME.
PHILADELPHIA GUM COMPANY
ACTUALLY PRODUCED THESE,
AND, AT THE TIME,
PHILADELPHIA WAS PRODUCING
A LOT OF CARD SETS.
THEY HAD ACTUALLY
DONE A DEAL WITH THE NFL.
THEY WERE A GUM COMPANY.
YOU PROBABLY PAID AROUND
5¢ FOR THE PACK OF CARDS
WITH THE GUM IN 'EM.
THE CARDS ACTUALLY BECAME
ANOTHER WAY TO SELL GUM,
RATHER THAN SELLING
THE TRADING CARDS.
- HE SAYS HE HAS
THE FULL SET HERE,
RELATIVELY GOOD SHAPE,
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, ANYWAY.
- LEMME TAKE A
LOOK AT 'EM AND SEE.
SO AS YOU GET INTO GRADING
OR LOOKING AT, LIKE,
THE OVERALL CONDITIONS,
YOU'RE LOOKING AT SHARPNESS
OF THE CORNERS, THE BORDERS,
THE COLOR OF THE
CARDS, THE SURFACE,
AND THEN IF THEY'RE
CENTERED OR NOT.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS
THAT ACTUALLY GO INTO
HOW THESE CARDS ARE DONE.
YOU KNOW, THE CARDS LOOK
LIKE THEY'RE IN FAIR CONDITION.
IT DOES LOOK LIKE THE
COMPLETE SET HERE.
I WOULD SAY THAT, OVERALL,
THAT THE SET IS PROBABLY,
OUT OF A 10, IT'S
PROBABLY A 7, MAYBE 6 1/2.
IT'S A NICE SET.
I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'D HAVE
A HARD TIME SELLING THE SET.
- SO WHAT DO YOU
THINK IT'S WORTH?
- IN THE CASE OF THIS SET
BEING MIDDLE OF THE ROAD,
I THINK IT PROBABLY SITS AROUND
$80 FOR THIS SET COMPLETE.
- REALLY?
- THERE'S A LOT OF BOND
COLLECTORS OUT THERE.
BUT WITH ANYTHING, RICK,
YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO,
ESPECIALLY IN THE
WORLD OF CARDS,
PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS
LOOKING TO UPGRADE.
THIS SET ISN'T GOING TO BE AN
UPGRADE SET FOR SOMEBODY.
THIS IS GONNA BE A SET
THAT'S GONNA BE A
STARTER SET FOR SOMEONE.
- WELL.
I THOUGHT THEY'D BE A LITTLE
MORE... WORTH MORE THAN THAT.
THEY SEEM, TO ME, LIKE
THEY'RE IN PRISTINE CONDITION.
- ALL RIGHT, THANKS, MAN.
- ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
- THANK YOU.
- GOOD LUCK.
- ALL RIGHT, I MEAN,
I'D GO, LIKE, 50 BUCKS.
♪ ♪
- YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD
'EM OVER 50 YEARS,
AND I JUST THINK I'D LIKE TO
HANG ONTO THEM FOR THAT PRICE.
- IF YOU CHANGE YOUR
MIND, GIMME A CALL.
- APPRECIATE IT, THANKS.
I DIDN'T SELL THE CARDS TODAY.
I'VE HAD 'EM SINCE
I WAS A CHILD,
AND I HAVE A BOND WITH THEM.
- YOU READY TO GO?
- YEAH.
- ALL RIGHT, GUYS,
WE'RE OUT OF HERE.
WE GOT A LITTLE ERRAND TO RUN.
- SHOULD I EVEN ASK ABOUT
THE SNORKEL AND THE GOGGLES?
- WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
- IT'S REALLY NONE
OF YOUR BUSINESS,
BUT I GOT A LITTLE INSPIRATION
OFF OUR LEWIS AND CLARK
BOOK THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT,
AND I'VE DECIDED TO GO ON A
LITTLE EXPEDITION OF MY OWN
TO LAKE TAHOE, AND I'M GONNA SEE
ABOUT A BOAT FOR THE SHOP.
- NO.
- I'M GONNA DO A
LITTLE EXPLORING,
AND I MIGHT NEED
ANTWAUN TO HELP MAP OUT
AND KEEP A DIARY OF
EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS.
- THE REASON...
- 'CAUSE I'M NOT VERY
GOOD AT SPELLING.
- STOP, THE REASON...
- I'M ALSO NOT VERY
GOOD AT WRITING EITHER.
- STOP TALKING OVER ME.
- BEFORE IT GETS TOO LATE.
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- OKAY, 'CAUSE...
- LIKE LEWIS AND CLARK
EXPLORING THE GREAT OUTDOORS,
THIS IS CHUMLEE AND ANTWAUN.
WE'RE GONNA EXPLORE
SOME NEW TERRITORIES,
AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL FIND
SOME NEW DISCOVERIES.
- WHATEVER.
- CAN WE GET OUTTA HERE, COREY?
- THE STORE'S SLOW RIGHT NOW.
YOU GUYS CAN GO AHEAD AND GO.
JUST MAKE SURE YOU'RE
BACK IN A DAY OR SO.
- SEE YOU LATER,
BOSS. BYE, RICK.
♪ ♪
- HEY, NOW WE CAN SPEND
SOME TIME TOGETHER, POPS.
- YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LIMIT.
- BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO RETIRE
AND ACTUALLY LET ME
RUN THIS PLACE, RIGHT?
- YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE,
HE'S GONNA WANT A GLASS OF MILK,
AND IT JUST GETS WORSE
AND WORSE FROM THERE.
- YEAH, I KNOW, I
READ THAT BOOK.
♪ ♪
- THE OTHER DAY, A
LEWIS AND CLARK BOOK
ABOUT EXPLORING UNCHARTED
TERRITORY INSPIRED ME,
SO I GRABBED ANTWAUN
TO GO ON A LITTLE TRIP WEST.
IT'S ALSO A BUSINESS
TRIP BECAUSE I HAVE A GUY
WITH A VINTAGE SAILBOAT
THAT I MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN.
- DUDE, I CAN'T BELIEVE
WE'RE ALL THE WAY OUT HERE
IN LAKE TAHOE FOR A BOAT.
- YEAH.
- WE LIVE IN A DESERT.
- WE HAVE A PLACE
CALLED LAKE MEAD,
AND YOU KNOW I JUST
LEARNED HOW TO SCUBA DIVE,
AND IF I'M GONNA BE SERIOUS,
I REALLY NEED TO GET A BOAT.
IT GETS EXPENSIVE TO RENT A BOAT
TWO OR THREE DAYS
A WEEK TO GO DIVING,
BUT IF RICK OWNS A BOAT,
I CAN JUST BORROW HIS
WHENEVER I WANT.
- CHUM, WHY THE HELL
ARE YOU EVEN DIVING?
THE SAFEST PLACE
FOR YOU IS ON LAND.
- HEY, YOU GOTTA
LIVE A LITTLE, ANTWAUN.
ONE OF YOU GUYS JORDAN?
- HI.
- HEY, I'M CHUM.
- HI, CHUM.
- HOW YOU DOIN'?
- GOOD.
NICE TO SEE YOU. THIS IS GLENN.
- GLENN.
- HE'LL BE CREW FOR TODAY.
- SO THIS IS, UH...
THIS IS IT, HUH?
♪ ♪
- YEAH, 1972 CATALINA,
FIRST GENERATION.
- SO WHAT'S THE
NAME OF YOUR BOAT?
- "NO NAME BOAT."
- I DON'T KNOW, "CHUMLEE
TWO" SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD.
- THAT'S WHAT I WOULD VOTE FOR.
- I HAVE A 1972 CATALINA 27.
I'D REALLY LIKE TO
SELL THIS BOAT TODAY
BECAUSE I'VE ALREADY
PURCHASED ANOTHER ONE
AND THE 7 GRAND WILL
HELP KEEP THAT BOAT GOING.
- IT'S PRETTY AWESOME.
I KNOW THE REASON FRANK
STARTED BUILDING THESE BOATS
IS BECAUSE HE, LIKE, BOUGHT
A SAILBOAT FROM SOMEONE.
LONG STORY SHORT,
IT WAS A PIECE OF JUNK,
SO HE THOUGHT, "HEY,
I'M GONNA BUILD A BOAT
"THAT HANDLES OUT
ON THE WATER GOOD,
SOLID, AND WILL
LAST A LONG TIME."
HIS, LIKE, GOAL, HIS
DREAM, WAS TO GET TO 100.
- YEP.
- AND HE CRUSHED
THAT IN A COUPLE YEARS,
IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, AND
THE NUMBER WAS 5,000
BEFORE HE EVEN REALIZED IT.
- YEAH, THIS IS NUMBER 267.
YEAH, THIS BOAT WAS
BUILT STRONG ENOUGH
THAT THIS EXACT STYLE BOAT
HAS SAILED AROUND THE WORLD.
- REALLY?
- YES.
- STRONG IS A GOOD
WORD IF I'M GETTING ON IT.
- YEAH.
- SO THIS IS THE MAINSAIL?
- YEAH, WE HAVE THE MAST
WITH THE MAINSAIL HERE, YEP.
- SO YOU GOT THE HEADMAST
HERE, THE ROLLING FURLING HERE.
- SO YOU DEFINITELY
COULDN'T DO THIS BY YOURSELF.
- IT'S MUCH NICER TO
HAVE A CREW, FOR SURE.
- I HAVE A CREW.
♪ ♪
- YOU GUYS HAVE A LIFE JACKET
THAT WILL FIT THIS GUY, RIGHT?
- YEAH, WE GOT LIFE JACKETS.
YOU'LL BE GOOD ON THERE.
- YOU'RE BUOYANT. YOU CAN FLOAT.
SO THE CONDITION OVERALL
LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.
I MEAN, LITTLE BIT OF WEAR
AND TEAR THAT YOU'D EXPECT
FROM A BOAT THIS AGE,
BUT YOU THINK WE CAN
GET HER OUT ON THE WATER?
- YEAH, SHE'S READY TO GO.
- LET'S HOP ON THE BOAT.
YOU READY FOR THIS, ANTWAUN?
- YEAH, WHY NOT?
FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING.
- IF I'VE LEARNED
ANYTHING FROM RICK,
IT'S THAT BEFORE YOU
BUY IT, YOU GOTTA TRY IT.
♪ ♪
- HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
- ALL RIGHT, MAN.
- WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
- I HAVE HERE A SWORD.
IT IS BELIEVED TO BE ISSUED TO
FORMER SENATOR JOSEPH MCCARTHY.
- OKAY.
JOSEPH MCCARTHY,
HE WAS... LET ME SEE,
HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE HIM
AND NOT GET IN TROUBLE ON TV?
- I HAVE AN ARMY-ISSUED
JOSEPH MCCARTHY SWORD
THAT I AM TRYING TO SELL TODAY.
I'M HOPING TO GET
AROUND $500 FOR IT.
- THIS IS PRETTY COOL, MAN.
SO WHY DO YOU THINK IT
WAS SENATOR MCCARTHY'S?
- WELL, IT'S GOT HIS NAME ON IT.
- OKAY, WHERE'S THE NAME AT?
- J. MCCARTHY RIGHT IN THERE.
- J. MCCARTHY, OKAY.
- JOSEPH MCCARTHY.
- YEAH, HE GOT INTO POLITICS
REALLY, REALLY EARLY.
HE WAS, LIKE,
ONE OF THE YOUNGEST SUPERIOR
COURT JUDGES IN HIS STATE.
HE GOT ELECTED WHEN
HE WAS, LIKE, 30 YEARS OLD.
ENDED UP RUNNING FOR THE SENATE,
AND IN THE EARLY
'50S, HE THOUGHT
HE WOULD GET A NAME FOR
HIMSELF BY JUST ACCUSING
JUST ABOUT ANYBODY HE COULD
ACCUSE OF BEING A COMMUNIST.
MCCARTHY CONVINCED
PEOPLE THAT COMMUNIST AGENTS
HAD SOMEHOW INFILTRATED
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT,
WHICH WAS GOING TO
CAUSE ALL KINDS OF ANARCHY
OR EVEN SOME KIND
OF NUCLEAR WAR.
AND OF, LIKE, ALL THE HUNDREDS
OF PEOPLE HE ACCUSED,
HE NEVER PROVED IT ON ANYBODY.
HE JUST RUINED A LOT OF LIVES.
THERE'S ACTUALLY A
WORD NOW, MCCARTHYISM.
IN THE END, I THINK
IT WAS A GOOD THING.
WE LEARNED A LESSON FROM IT.
DON'T LET POLITICIANS START
SPOUTING TOO MUCH CRAZY STUFF.
- RIGHT.
- HAVE YOU HAD THIS CHECKED OUT
BY ANYBODY OR
ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
- NO.
- OKAY.
I THINK THIS IS A 1902.
THIS IS, LIKE, THE STANDARD
ARMY-ISSUE SWORD.
THEY CARRIED THESE IN
WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II.
IT'S IN DECENT SHAPE.
WASN'T WORN A LOT.
IT'S ABOUT THE NORMAL
SHAPE YOU SEE THESE THINGS IN.
HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT FOR IT?
- I THINK IT SHOULD BE
WORTH AT LEAST $500.
- OKAY, AN ARMY SWORD THIS SHAPE
GOES FOR, LIKE,
PROBABLY 250 BUCKS,
BUT THERE'S NO WAY THIS
WAS JOSEPH MCCARTHY'S.
YOU KNOW WHY?
- WHY?
- JOSEPH MCCARTHY
WAS IN THE MARINES.
THERE'S NO RED-BLOODED
AMERICAN MARINE
THAT WOULD EVER CARRY AROUND
AN ARMY SWORD, PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
IT WAS A DIFFERENT SWORD AND...
IT'S LIKE A TEXAS RANGERS FAN
WEARING A YANKEES UNIFORM.
IT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN.
AND, ALSO, I'M SURE THERE
IS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
WITH THE NAME J. MCCARTHY.
SO I JUST DON'T BELIEVE
THERE'S ANY WAY IT WAS HIS,
ESPECIALLY SINCE
MCCARTHY WAS IN THE MARINES
DURING WORLD WAR II.
BUT I DON'T THINK THIS
WOULD BE HARD TO RESELL.
SO I'D OFFER YOU,
LIKE, 100 BUCKS FOR IT.
- I WOULD PROBABLY DO 250.
- YEAH, LIKE 150 WOULD
BE THE MOST I COULD GO.
- I BELIEVE 200 WOULD BE ABOUT
THE LEAST I COULD TAKE FOR IT.
- ALL RIGHT, WELL, UNLIKE
MCCARTHY, WE CAN AGREE
TO DISAGREE WITHOUT
RUINING EACH OTHER'S LIVES.
SO IF YOU CHANGE YOUR
MIND, COME BACK, MAN.
- ALL RIGHT, WILL DO.
- ALL RIGHT.
- THINK THE SWORD IS
WORTH MORE THAN 150,
SO I'M JUST GONNA
TRY TO SELL IT ONLINE.
- FOR NEARLY A CENTURY,
THERE'S BEEN MANY OF US
HERE IN THE GOOD OLD USA
WHO HAVE VIEWED COMMUNISM
AS THE EXISTENTIAL
THREAT TO OUR WAY OF LIFE.
ON MARCH 12TH, 1947,
PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN GIVES
THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE ADDRESS
CALLING ON ALL U.S. CITIZENS TO
FIGHT COMMUNISM ON ALL FRONTS.
IT WAS THE BEGINNING
OF THE RED SCARE.
AMERICANS BEGAN TO LOOK
AT THEIR FELLOW COUNTRYMEN
AS THE ENEMY.
IN 1950, A WISCONSIN SENATOR
NAMED JOSEPH MCCARTHY
TARGETED ANY AMERICAN HE
DEEMED TO BE A COMMUNIST
OR COMMUNIST SYMPATHIZER
AND ADDED THEM TO HIS BLACKLIST.
THE BLACKLIST
SPEARHEADED A WITCH HUNT.
THE HOUSE COMMITTEE
ON UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES
FOLLOWED MCCARTHY'S LEAD
AND FOCUSED THEIR
EYES ON HOLLYWOOD.
151 ACTORS, WRITERS,
AND DIRECTORS
WERE CHARGED AND BLACKLISTED.
JUST LIKE THAT, THEIR CAREERS
IN HOLLYWOOD WERE OVER.
FINALLY IN 1954,
MCCARTHY WENT TOO FAR.
HE HELD A HEARING WHERE
HE WENT AFTER THE U.S. ARMY
AND WAS CENSURED BY THE
U.S. CONGRESS FOR HIS ACTIONS,
PROVING THAT NO ONE
CAN GO AFTER THE U.S. ARMY
AND COME OUT INTACT.
FORTUNATELY, COMMUNISM
NEVER CAUGHT ON
IN THE UNITED STATES,
AND IT'S A GOOD THING,
'CAUSE YOU CAN MAKE
A PRETTY GOOD LIVING
RUNNING A LITTLE OLD
PAWN SHOP IN VEGAS.
♪ ♪
- HOW'S IT GOING, MAN?
- HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
- PRETTY GOOD.
- WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
- THE VERY FIRST COWBELL EVER.
- HUH, EVERYBODY NEEDS
MORE COWBELL, RIGHT?
- I'M HERE AT THE PAWN
SHOP TODAY TO SELL MY BELL.
I'VE HAD THIS BELL
FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS.
IT'S JUST BEEN
SITTING ON MY SHELF.
I'M LOOKING TO SELL THE
BELL TODAY FOR $2,000.
- WHAT IS IT REALLY?
- IT'S ACTUALLY, UH,
SOME SORT OF ZHONG?
I THINK IT'S A BIANZHONG
OR A YONGZHONG.
- A BIANZHONG WAS, LIKE, A SET
OF THESE AT DIFFERENT SIZES,
AND YOU WOULD KINDA
PLAY IT WITH, YOU KNOW,
A LITTLE MALLET,
AND IT WOULD BE, LIKE,
ALMOST LIKE A XYLOPHONE
LIKE YOU PLAYED WITH IN SCHOOL.
THESE WERE AROUND DURING,
I THINK, THE SHANG DYNASTY?
ASIA WAS PRETTY CRAZY BACK THEN.
THEY HAD CITIES RIGHT
ON PAR WITH ANCIENT ROME
IN TERMS OF INNOVATION
AND DEVELOPMENT.
THEY WERE MAKING STUFF
LIKE THIS OUT OF METAL.
THEY HAD EXCELLENT
SEWAGE SYSTEMS.
I MEAN, WHAT'S A FIRECRACKER
OTHER THAN A BOMB, RIGHT?
AND THESE GUYS WERE
MAKING THOSE BACK THEN.
- SURE.
- WHAT ARE YOU
LOOKING TO DO WITH IT?
- I'D LIKE TO SELL IT.
- WHAT ARE YOU
LOOKING TO GET FOR IT?
- I'D LIKE TO GET 2,000.
- OKAY.
IT COULD BE WORTH THAT.
I HAVE, QUITE HONESTLY, NO IDEA.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ANY
OF THIS STUFF MEANS ON IT.
IT REALLY DOES LOOK LIKE
IT'S IN INCREDIBLE SHAPE
FOR BEING OVER 2,000 YEARS OLD.
- I BELIEVE THESE
ARE THE DRAGONS.
- OKAY.
- BUT I'M NOT POSITIVE.
- YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT
NONE OF THESE HAVE BROKEN OFF
IS PRETTY AMAZING.
I MEAN, I HAVE TO SAY,
IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.
DO YOU MIND IF I HAVE
A GUY COME DOWN
AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT?
HE'LL KNOW A LOT
MORE THAN ME ABOUT IT.
- THAT'D BE GREAT.
- ALL RIGHT, HANG OUT,
AND I'LL GET BACK TO YOU
AS SOON AS I CAN, OKAY?
- THANKS.
- I'M HOPING THE EXPERT
CAN VERIFY THAT IT'S REAL
AND THAT IT'S WORTH SOME BUCKS.
♪ ♪
- ANTWAUN AND I
ARE IN LAKE TAHOE
CHECKING OUT A 27-FOOT SAILBOAT.
- OH, WOW, THIS IS DOPE.
- YEP.
- IT'S A 1972 CATALINA
THAT LOOKS TO BE IN
PRETTY GOOD CONDITION.
BUT BEFORE I CAN PUT AN
ANCHOR DOWN ON THIS DEAL,
I'M GONNA NEED
TO SEE HOW IT SAILS.
I THINK CAPTAIN HAS
A GOOD RING TO IT,
CAPTAIN CHUM ME LEE.
- OKAY.
- WHAT ARE ALL THE
TERMS YOU NEED TO KNOW
TO BE THE CAPTAIN OF A SAILBOAT?
- WELL, YOU HAVE TO...
FIRST, YOU HAVE TO KNOW
HOW TO CONTROL THE BOOM.
- THIS IS THE BOOM?
- YEAH, AND THEN THE MAST.
- OKAY, SO WE GOT THE
BOOM AND THE MAST.
- AND THE NICE THING WITH
THIS BOAT IS, YOU HAVE A WHEEL.
MOST OF 'EM HAVE A TILLER.
- OH, YEAH.
- SO, YEAH.
- DOES THAT MAKE
IT EASIER TO DRIVE?
- IT DOES, YES.
- SO, BASICALLY, HE
CAN DO THIS BY HIMSELF.
- HE COULD, YES.
- GREAT.
- NOT RECOMMENDED, THOUGH.
YES.
YOU AND YOUR DOG, YOU COULD
BE OUT ON THE BOAT TOGETHER.
- YOU AND PINKY
RUNNING THIS THING.
- PINKY, YES.
- I'D RATHER BE
WITH PINKY THAN YOU.
- CHUM, WHY ARE YOU
INTERESTED IN SAILING?
- 'CAUSE I'M A SEAMAN.
- THE OLD MAN WAS A SEAMAN.
- I KNOW, I WANNA
BE LIKE THE OLD MAN
AND BE OUT ON THE OPEN WATERS.
AND IF YOU CAN
SAIL YOUR OWN BOAT,
THAT'S ONE LESS BILL
'CAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY
FOR A CAPTAIN.
- THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
- DO YOU THINK WE CAN TAKE
A STOP AND JUMP IN MAYBE?
DO A LITTLE SNORKELING?
- UH, SURE, YEAH.
SO, ANTWAUN, YOU CAN
HELP WITH THE MAIN HALYARD,
THE ONE ON YOUR RIGHT.
- I LOVE SNORKELING.
♪ ♪
- ALL RIGHT.
- WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
WHERE DID YOU GET
THIS OUTFIT FROM?
- THIS IS MY WET SUIT.
I GOT YOU THIS HAT, ALL RIGHT?
- FOR WHAT?
- BECAUSE I DON'T WANT YOU
TO GET BURNED BY THE SUN.
READY?
OH.
♪ ♪
HOW'S THE WATER?
- PERFECT.
♪ ♪
- CHUM.
GET YOUR CRAZY ASS
BACK ON THE BOAT.
- YEAH, YOU GOT IT. YOU GOT IT.
MY HANDS ARE SO COLD.
THAT WAS FREEZING,
ANTWAUN, HOLY CRAP.
I NEED TO GET SOME DRY
CLOTHES ON AND HEAD BACK
AND WARM UP BEFORE WE
TALK ABOUT THE NEGOTIATION,
'CAUSE, BOY, I CAN'T
EVEN TALK, I'M SO COLD.
♪ ♪
BOATS AND BROS.
♪ ♪
- ALL RIGHT, WHAT A RIDE.
- THAT WAS FUN.
- IT WAS, IT WAS.
- PRETTY FREAKIN' AWESOME.
I MEAN, I KNOW WHAT IT'S
LIKE TO BE A CAPTAIN NOW.
IT SAILS GREAT ON THE
WATER, I'LL GIVE YOU THAT.
MINUS A LITTLE BIT OF PAINT
AND, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE GLUE
AND SOME ELBOW GREASE, I
THINK IT'S IN GREAT CONDITION,
DEFINITELY WHAT I NEED
TO FURTHER MY SCUBA
AND SNORKELING CAREER.
ALL RIGHT, THE
BIG QUESTION, MAN:
WHAT'S THE GOLDEN TICKET?
HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT?
♪ ♪
- UM, ASKING 7 FOR IT.
- UM, I THINK THAT'S JUST
A LITTLE TOO MUCH
FOR ME, THOUGH,
BECAUSE I AM GONNA HAVE TO
DO, YOU KNOW, THE MINOR WORK,
AND I'M GONNA HAVE TO GET IT
OUT OF THE WATER BACK TO VEGAS.
- WOULD YOU DO 34?
- WOULD YOU MEET ME
PARTWAY, LIKE, AT 45?
- WOULD YOU DO 38?
- YOU KNOW,
CONSIDERING YOU HAVE TO
GET IT BACK TO VEGAS, I'D DO 38.
- WE GOT A DEAL, THEN.
- WE GOT A DEAL.
- ALL RIGHT.
- ALL RIGHT.
- ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO OVER HERE
AND WE'LL WORK OUT THE DETAILS.
SEE, ANTWAUN, THAT'S
HOW YOU BUY A BOAT.
I GOT THE BOAT. IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
I CAN'T WAIT TO
ENJOY IT WITH RICK.
HE CAN BE MY FIRST MATE,
BUT HE'S GONNA HAVE TO
TAKE THAT UP WITH ANTWAUN.
♪ ♪
- I HAVE A CUSTOMER
IN THE STORE WITH
WHAT HE THINKS IS SOME
KIND OF ANCIENT CHINESE BELL
CALLED A ZHONG.
IT DOESN'T RING A
BELL TO ME, THOUGH,
SO I CALLED UP BOB DODGE
TO COME AND TELL
ME MORE ABOUT IT.
- SO THIS IS CALLED A ZHONG.
THAT'S KIND OF THE MANDARIN
PRONUNCIATION OF IT.
- ZHONG, OKAY.
- SO LET'S JUST SAY BELL.
- ALL RIGHT.
- WOULD'VE DATED TO
THE SHANG DYNASTY,
SO SHANG IS ABOUT
1000 B.C., 3,000 YEARS OLD.
A ZHONG OR BELL WOULD'VE
BEEN A WHOLE SERIES OF 'EM
PLAYED WITH WOODEN
MALLETS PROBABLY IN A TEMPLE.
THIS IS COVERED
WITH VERY SIMPLIFIED
ANCIENT CHINESE TEXT.
A COUPLE OF INCISED
DRAGONS, SPIKES,
WOULD'VE BEEN
SUPPORTED THIS WAY.
AND IT MAKES, ACTUALLY,
KIND OF A NEAT SOUND.
YEAH.
SO WHAT'S IT WORTH?
- SO AS I'M LOOKING AT
THIS, ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT I WANNA SEE ARE THE COLORS
THAT BRONZE
PATINATES TO OVER TIME.
SO BRONZE TURNS INTO
GREEN AND RED AND BROWN
AND BLUE, OCCASIONALLY.
AND AS I LOOK AT THIS,
I'M SEEING A LOT OF
BLACK AND A LOT OF GRAY,
AND IF IT'S NOT BRONZE,
THEN WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM.
SO I BROUGHT WITH ME
MY SECRET LITTLE RAY GUN.
IT'S CALLED AN XRF.
SHOOTS A LITTLE BEAM
OF X-RAY INTO THE METAL,
READS THOSE ATOMS,
AND TELLS ME JUST WHAT
THIS THING IS MADE OF.
SO I'M GOING TO HIT
THIS WITH A LITTLE X-RAY,
AND LET'S HOPE IT'S BRONZE.
WHAT WE WOULD WANNA SEE
WOULD BE COPPER AND TIN.
WHAT WE ARE SEEING
IS COPPER AND ZINC.
COPPER AND ZINC, BRASS.
COPPER AND TIN, BRONZE.
SO THIS IS BRASS.
THAT MEANS IT'S NOT
SHANG. IT'S NOT ZHOU.
IT'S MODERN,
PROBABLY THE
LAST 50 YEARS OR SO.
- OH, OKAY. BUMMER.
OKAY, ANY IDEA WHAT
IT'S WORTH LIKE THIS?
- STILL DECORATIVE, STILL
SLIGHTLY COLLECTABLE.
$200.
- 200 BUCKS? DANG.
- OKAY, APPRECIATE
YOU COMING DOWN.
- ALWAYS A PLEASURE.
- THANK YOU.
WELL, NOW WE KNOW WHAT IT IS.
BUMMER.
- IF YOU'RE INTERESTED
IN SELLING IT,
I'D OFFER YOU 100 BUCKS FOR IT.
♪ ♪
- I SHOULD PROBABLY HOLD
ONTO IT FOR COWBELL PURPOSES.
- ALL RIGHT, MAN,
WELL, APPRECIATE IT.
- COOL, THANK YOU, SIR.
- HAVE A GOOD DAY.
- UNFORTUNATELY $100, TO ME,
DOESN'T HAVE A
VERY GOOD RING TO IT,
BUT I'LL JUST TAKE IT HOME
AND FIND A USE FOR IT THERE.
♪ ♪
- HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
- GOOD, HOW ARE YOU DOING?
- WHAT DO WE GOT?
- I HAVE A SET OF FOUR
VINTAGE SCRIPTS FOR YOU
FROM THE TGIF SERIES.
- OKAY, WHAT SHOWS?
- "FAMILY MATTERS,"
"FULL HOUSE,"
"STEP BY STEP," AND
"PERFECT STRANGERS."
- I DEFINITELY REMEMBER
SOME OF THESE.
- WHAT WAS IT, "CUT IT OUT"
OR SOMETHING FROM
"FULL HOUSE," RIGHT?
- URKEL.
- "DID I DO THAT?"
I'M COMING INTO THE
PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO TRY AND SELL MY VINTAGE
HOLLYWOOD SCRIPTS FROM TGIF.
ALL THE SCRIPTS I HAVE
TODAY HAVE BEEN SIGNED
BY THE CAST AND
CREW FROM THE SHOWS.
I'M HOPING TO SELL THE FOUR
SCRIPTS FOR $3,000 TOTAL.
- THIS IS INTERESTING.
WHERE'D YOU GET THESE?
- I HAD AN UNCLE
THAT WAS WORKING
FOR THE PRODUCTION
COMPANY, AND WE'D SIT
THROUGH TABLE READINGS
OR THE ACTUAL SHOWS.
I WAS AN EXTRA IN
"FAMILY MATTERS"
FOR... THIS IS THE
HALLOWEEN SPECIAL.
- THAT'S REALLY COOL.
I MEAN, I WISH I HAD A
COOL UNCLE LIKE THAT.
IT WAS PRETTY FUN.
- TGIF, YOU KNOW, WAS
A PROGRAMMING BLOCK
OF SHOWS THAT WOULD
AIR ON FRIDAY NIGHT,
AND THEY FUDGED
WITH IT A LITTLE BIT
AND TURNED IT INTO "THANK
GOODNESS IT'S FUNNY."
PRIOR TO THIS, FRIDAY NIGHTS
WERE KIND OF DEAD AIR FOR TV,
AND THEY FOUND THEIR
LITTLE NICHE IN THE MARKET
WHERE THEY JUST
DOMINATED FRIDAY NIGHTS
FOR ALMOST TEN YEARS.
ABC CAME UP WITH
THIS BRILLIANT IDEA OF,
WHO DOESN'T GO OUT
ON FRIDAY NIGHTS?
PARENTS WHO HAVE KIDS
WITHOUT BABYSITTERS.
SO, YOU KNOW,
THIS IS EARLY '90S,
BACK WHEN THERE STILL
WAS ONLY ONE TV IN A HOUSE.
YOU GOTTA WATCH
SOMETHING WITH YOUR KIDS.
- THIS WAS IT.
- BY, YOU KNOW, 1995, YOU KNOW,
YOU HAD VIDEO GAME SYSTEMS OUT.
PARENTS CAN RENT A
MOVIE ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
KIDS CAN GO TO THEIR ROOMS,
WATCH WHATEVER THEY WANTED
OR PLAY VIDEO GAMES.
- YEAH.
- I MEAN, SO THESE ARE
SIGNED BY THE WHOLE CASTS?
- THIS HAS MOST
OF THEM, I THINK.
I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE
THE OLSEN TWINS
ON THIS ONE BECAUSE THEY
WERE ONLY BABIES AT THE TIME.
- SO IF THEY WERE
JUST THE SCRIPTS,
I PROBABLY WOULDN'T
BE THAT INTERESTED IN IT.
BUT YOU HAVE A LOT
OF AUTOGRAPHS HERE,
AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT
A BOB SAGET AUTOGRAPH
OR AN URKEL AUTOGRAPH IS WORTH.
BUT THERE'S A LOT
OF SCRIPTS OUT THERE.
THEY'RE NOT REALLY
THAT HARD TO COME BY.
WHAT YOU DO HAVE, THOUGH,
IS A WHOLE LOT OF AUTOGRAPHS.
- YEAH.
- SO WHAT ARE YOU
LOOKING TO GET?
- YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING TO
GET ABOUT 3,000 OUT OF 'EM,
IS WHAT I'M ASKING.
- SO 3,000 FOR THE FOUR SCRIPTS?
- YES.
- YOU MIND IF I CALL MY BUDDY
DOWN TO COME CHECK 'EM OUT?
- OH, I'D LOVE IT. YEAH.
- ALL RIGHT, LET
ME GIVE HIM A CALL,
AND IF YOU DON'T
MIND HANGING OUT,
HE'LL BE HERE IN A MINUTE.
- ABSOLUTELY, THANK YOU.
I'M HAPPY TO HAVE AN EXPERT
TO COME IN AND CHECK 'EM OUT.
I'M KINDA INTERESTED TO HEAR
A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT 'EM.
♪ ♪
- EARLIER TODAY, I HAD
A CUSTOMER COME IN
WITH FOUR AUTOGRAPHED
SCRIPTS FROM ABC'S TGIF LINEUP.
THEY SEEM AUTHENTIC,
AND I DON'T DOUBT THAT
THE SIGNATURES ARE REAL.
BUT HE'S ASKING $3,000,
AND I HAVE NO IDEA
WHETHER THESE ARE LEGIT OR
NOT, SO I'M CALLING IN STEVE GRAD.
AND HOPEFULLY TGIF,
THANK GRAD IT'S NOT FAKE.
THE ORIGINAL TGIF.
- SO PEOPLE WENT
CRAZY FOR THESE SHOWS.
THIS WAS THE LINEUP THEY
HAD THAT REALLY DEFINED
THAT FRIDAY NIGHT.
SO WHAT ARE YOUR CONCERNS?
- THERE'S JUST A TON
OF AUTOGRAPHS HERE.
- OKAY, WHO'S STEVE?
- I'M STEVE.
- SO THAT'S YOU.
SO THAT'S... THIS WAS ALL
YOUR STUFF AT SOME POINT.
- CORRECT.
- OKAY.
JUST GONNA TAKE A
LOOK AT THE INK ON HERE.
SO "FAMILY MATTERS" SCRIPT,
OBVIOUSLY, THE BIG STAR OF
THAT SHOW WAS JALEEL WHITE.
AND HIS SIGNATURE, OBVIOUSLY,
IS JUST... IT'S VERY SIMPLE.
REALLY HASN'T CHANGED MUCH.
IT'S USUALLY JUST
HIS FIRST NAME,
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE.
I SEE A LOT OF BOB SAGET,
JOHN STAMOS AUTOGRAPHS STILL,
STILL VERY POPULAR.
BOB'S ALWAYS HAD THE SAME
TYPE OF SLOPPY-TYPE SIGNATURE.
IT'S A NICE LITTLE
COLLECTION YOU HAVE HERE.
SO THE ONE THING I DO NOTICE
ABOUT THE "FULL HOUSE" SCRIPT,
YOU DON'T HAVE THE OLSEN TWINS.
- CORRECT.
- SO WHAT'S THE
REASON BEHIND THAT?
- PRETTY SURE THEY
WERE BABIES AT THE TIME.
- YEAH, AND THEY
COULDN'T END UP SIGNING IT.
SO YOU DO HAVE THE MAIN CAST.
COREY, YOU KNOW,
JUST LOOKING AT THESE,
OBVIOUSLY, THE PERSONALIZATION,
THE AUTOGRAPH INK IS LIVE,
THE AUTOGRAPHS MATCH UP PERFECT,
SO THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT
THESE BEING AUTHENTIC.
- OKAY.
- SO I WOULD TELL YOU THIS MUCH.
IF THEY WEREN'T PERSONALIZED,
THEY'D PROBABLY BE
WORTH A LITTLE MORE
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU
COULD STILL SELL THESE.
YOU COULD STILL PRESENT
'EM, TAKE A PICTURE,
FRAME IT, MAT IT TOGETHER.
BUT IF THEY WEREN'T
PERSONALIZED,
IT WOULD HELP A LITTLE MORE.
BUT PEOPLE ARE STILL
GONNA LIKE THESE.
SO BASED ON EVERYTHING
I SEE HERE, COREY,
REALLY NICE LOOKING STUFF.
I PUT THE VALUE RIGHT AT $700.
- ALL RIGHT, WELL,
I APPRECIATE IT.
- YEP, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
- GOOD LUCK.
- THANK YOU, SIR.
APPRECIATE IT.
- THANK YOU.
- SO YOU STARTED OFF AT 3,000.
- I DID.
- THEY'RE WORTH ABOUT
700. I GOTTA MAKE MONEY TOO.
WHERE YA AT NOW?
- IF YOU CAN SELL 'EM FOR 700,
I KNOW YOU GOTTA
MAKE SOME MONEY.
UH, I DON'T KNOW,
LIKE 600 BUCKS?
- I GOTTA MAKE MORE
THAN 100 BUCKS ON IT, MAN.
WHETHER I SELL IT AS A SET
OR WHETHER I SELL
'EM ONE BY ONE,
IT'S JUST GONNA TAKE ME A WHILE.
I'M MORE IN THE $200 RANGE.
♪ ♪
- I'M CERTAIN, REGARDLESS
OF WHAT HE SAID,
THAT YOU CAN GET A LOT
MORE THAN $700 FOR THEM.
YOU KNOW, GIVE ME, LIKE,
500 BUCKS, MAN, AND YOU CAN...
- I CAN PUSH IT TO 250.
- YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME
TO TRY TO SELL 'EM YOURSELF,
IF IT DON'T WORK OUT FOR
YOU, YOU CAN BRING 'EM BACK.
- YEAH.
- MY OFFER WILL STAND, BUT
250 IS WHERE I'M GONNA GO.
- UGH, THAT'S KIND OF A BUMMER.
- GIMME 300 BUCKS,
AND WE GOT A DEAL.
- MAN, I HEAR YOU...
- COME ON, BROTHER.
300 BUCKS, YOU KNOW YOU
CAN SELL THESE FOR MORE,
A LOT MORE.
- FINE, FINE, FINE, YOU BEAT
ME. 300 BUCKS, YOU GOT IT.
ALL RIGHT, COME WITH ME,
LET'S DO SOME PAPERWORK.
- ALL RIGHT.
I'M PRETTY DISAPPOINTED THAT
I ONLY GOT $300 OUT OF THEM,
BUT I'M GONNA GIVE
IT TO MY GIRLFRIEND
FOR A TRIP WE'RE GOING ON.
♪ ♪
- TIE IT OFF FIRST. DON'T
GET AHEAD OF YOURSELF.
- BRO, IT'S TOO MU... IT'S
NOT EVEN ENOUGH ROPE.
- IT'S ENOUGH
ROPE. IT'S 100 FEET.
AFTER I BOUGHT THE BOAT,
I REALIZED I WAS GONNA
NEED SOMEWHERE TO PARK IT.
AND SINCE IT'S SUCH A BEAUTY,
WHAT A BETTER PLACE THAN
RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE PAWN SHOP?
- ALL RIGHT, START
RIGHT THERE, TIE IT OFF.
- WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
- WE GOT 27 FEET THAT THIS
BOAT NEEDS TO FIT IN HERE.
- BRO, THIS ROPE
IS ALL TANGLED UP.
- GRAB THE END RIGHT
THERE. NOW PULL IT THROUGH.
YEP, THERE YOU GO.
- ALL RIGHT, STOP.
WHAT KIND OF INSANITY DO
YOU GUYS HAVE GOING ON?
- WHAT'S GOING ON
HERE IS, I NEED A SPOT
TO PARK YOUR 27-FOOT
SAILBOAT THAT I JUST BOUGHT YOU.
♪ ♪
- OH, MY GOD.
- COME ON, PULL
THIS UP A LITTLE MORE.
- NO, NO, NO, WHAT'S THE BOAT?
- THIS IS A PRIME SAILBOAT.
THE GUY WAS ASKING
10 GRAND FOR IT.
I WAS LIKE A SHARK
IN THIS DEAL, RICK,
AND I SMELLED
BLOOD IN THE WATER.
I SPENT $3,800 ON
THIS SAILBOAT, RICK,
AND IT'S A BARGAIN.
- WE HAVE MULTIPLE
PROBLEMS HERE, ALL RIGHT?
FIRST OFF, I CAN ONLY
IMAGINE WHAT KIND OF BOAT IT IS
IF IT ONLY COST $3,800.
- IT'S NICE!
- I DON'T WANT A
27-FOOT SAILBOAT
BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO TOW IT
AND STORE IT AND
EVERYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT,
AND IN THE END, I
WILL LOSE MONEY ON IT.
- NO, YOU'RE GONNA
MAKE MONEY LIKE THIS.
- OKAY, YOU ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE A MANAGER.
YOU HANDLE THIS.
WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A
BOAT IN THE PARKING LOT.
PUT THE BOAT SOMEWHERE,
AND WHERE I'D LIKE YOU
TO PUT IT, I REALLY CAN'T SAY.
- JUST TAKE THAT CONE,
MOVE IT OVER THERE,
AND WHEN HE LEAVES,
JUST PUT IT BACK, ALL RIGHT?
- YEAH, HE'S TALKING TO YOU.
- THE BOAT'S GOTTA GO SOMEWHERE.
- I KNOW, JUST
PUT IT RIGHT HERE.
- ALL RIGHT. MOVE
THE CONE OVER THERE.
I GUESS.
- WHY I GOTTA MOVE
THE DAMN THING?
- WELL, THEN DON'T
DO IT, AND I'LL DO IT.
- WELL, HERE.
- ALL RIGHT.
- MEET ME HALFWAY.
LOOK, THIS IS WHAT
HELP LOOKS LIKE.
CHUM AND ANTWAUN
EXPLORE THE OPEN SEAS.
- IF YOU CAN SAIL YOUR OWN BOAT,
YOU DON'T HAVE TO
PAY FOR A CAPTAIN.
- THEN COREY WORKS
UP A SWEET DEAL.
- LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE TRYING
TO SELL MILKSHAKES IN MY SHOP.
WHAT'S MY PIECE HERE?
- AND SOME JAMES
BOND MEMORABILIA
LEAVES ME SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED.
VILLAINS WITH AN EYE PATCH.
YOU COULD NOT HAVE A VILLAIN
UNLESS THEY HAD AN EYE
PATCH, FOR SOME REASON.
♪ ♪
- HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
- HEY, GUYS.
I HAVE A REAL PIECE
OF AMERICAN HISTORY
I'D LIKE TO SELL YA.
- OKAY.
- HOPEFULLY IT'S A TOUPEE.
- NO, IT'S NOT A TOUPEE.
- ALL RIGHT.
- I HAVE A FIRSTHAND JOURNAL
OF THE TRAVELS AND
HISTORY OF LEWIS AND CLARK.
- RICK, THIS THING LOOKS
LIKE IT'S BEEN ACROSS AMERICA.
- OKAY.
- I HAVE A BOOK TO SELL
TODAY THAT IS THE JOURNAL
OF LEWIS AND CLARK'S EXPEDITION
ACROSS THE UNITED
STATES IN 1804.
I'VE SEEN OTHER COPIES
OF THIS SELL FOR 16,000,
SO, YEAH, I'M TRYING TO GET
'EM UP AS HIGH AS I CAN ON IT.
- THIS IS PRETTY COOL, MAN.
CAN I TAKE A LOOK?
- SURE.
- YOU KNOW ABOUT
LEWIS AND CLARK, RICK?
- YES, I KNOW ABOUT
LEWIS AND CLARK.
THEY WERE LITERALLY THE
LINDBERGH OF THEIR DAY.
IN 1804, CONGRESS WANTED A ROUTE
TO THE WEST COAST OVER LAND.
THEY WANTED TO EXPLORE
THE CENTER OF THIS COUNTRY
THAT REALLY HADN'T
BEEN EXPLORED BEFORE.
PRESIDENT JEFFERSON
WAS WAY BEHIND THIS.
HE REALLY WANTED THIS TO HAPPEN
BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT EVENTUALLY,
THE UNITED STATES WOULD BE
GOING FARTHER AND FARTHER WEST,
AND HE REALLY WANTED TO
KNOW WHAT WE HAD THERE.
BUT GOING ON LAND
ACROSS THIS COUNTRY IN 1804,
IT'S ALMOST THE EQUIVALENT
OF GOING INTO SPACE.
SO LEWIS AND CLARK SET OUT
TO DISCOVER THE UNKNOWN,
AND THEY DID THIS OVERLAND TREK
ALL THE WAY ACROSS
THE UNITED STATES
OVER, LIKE,
TREACHEROUS TERRITORY
AND HAD ADVENTURES AND
EVERYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT.
WHEN THEY GOT BACK
TO THE EAST COAST,
THEY WERE HAILED AS HEROES.
BEFORE THEN, WE HAD NO IDEA
SOME OF THE RESOURCES WE HAD
GOING WEST, AND IT
REALLY HELPED OUT
PLAN THE FUTURE OF
THE UNITED STATES.
SO WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?
- I WAS AT AN ESTATE SALE
ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO,
AND I BOUGHT A BOX OF BOOKS.
I NOTICED THIS IN HERE,
LEWIS AND CLARK'S JOURNAL.
- ACTUALLY IT WAS A JOURNAL
KEPT BY A GUY NAMED GASS.
THE TROOPS NOMINATED HIM
TO BECOME THE SERGEANT.
ONE OF THE DUTIES
OF THE SERGEANT
WAS TO KEEP A JOURNAL.
- THE BOOK, IF YOU
READ THROUGH IT,
IT SHOWS PRETTY MUCH
A DAY-TO-DAY JOURNEY
OF WHAT THEY DID.
- HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT FOR THIS?
- 16,000.
- OKAY, I HAVE NO IDEA IF
THAT'S A GOOD PRICE OR NOT,
BUT I HAVE A FRIEND
WHO WILL KNOW ABOUT...
EVERYTHING THERE IS
TO KNOW ABOUT THE BOOK.
AND IF YOU DON'T MIND
HANGING OUT FOR A LITTLE BIT,
WE'LL BRING HER DOWN HERE.
- I'D LOVE FOR YOU TO.
- CAN YOU CALL REBECCA FOR ME?
- SHE'D MUCH RATHER
HEAR FROM ME, TRUST ME.
♪ ♪
- HEY, ANDY, DID YOU GET
THAT STUFF FILED FOR ME?
- I DID.
- THANK YOU.
- HOW YOU DOIN'?
- ALL RIGHT, HOW YOU DOIN'?
- KINDA WONDERIN'... LOOKS LIKE
YOU'RE TRYING TO SELL
MILKSHAKES IN MY SHOP.
WHAT'S MY PIECE HERE?
- I HAVE A HAMILTON BEACH
MALT AND MILKSHAKE MAKER
THAT I'M HOPING TO SELL TODAY.
I'M NOT REALLY USING
IT, AND I JUST DECIDED
IT'S JUST COLLECTING DUST,
AND TRY TO MAKE A LITTLE MONEY.
- THIS IS COOL.
HAMILTON BEACH, I THINK
THEY STARTED IN 1910,
AND THEY'RE STILL AROUND TODAY.
THEY MAKE EVERYTHING
FROM TOASTER OVENS
TO TOASTERS TO BLENDERS.
THIS IS WHY MCDONALD'S EXISTS.
RAY KROC, THE
FOUNDER OF MCDONALD'S,
WAS A MILKSHAKE
MACHINE SALESMAN,
AND KROC HAD HEARD ABOUT
THIS LITTLE BURGER JOINT
IN CALIFORNIA THAT HAD
EIGHT OF THESE MACHINES
MAKING 40 MILKSHAKES
SIMULTANEOUSLY.
THIS WAS PRETTY UNUSUAL,
SO HE HAD TO GO CHECK IT OUT,
AND WHEN HE GOT DOWN
THERE AND HE SAW THE PROCESS
THE MCDONALD'S
BROTHERS HAD CREATED,
HE WAS SO FASCINATED
BY IT AND SO INTRIGUED,
HE BASICALLY MORTGAGED HIS HOUSE
AND GOT RID OF
EVERYTHING HE OWNED,
BECAME PARTNERS WITH
THE MCDONALD'S BROTHERS,
AND NOW IT'S ONE OF THE MOST
RECOGNIZABLE BRANDS IN HISTORY,
AND IT ALL STARTED
BECAUSE OF ONE OF THESE.
- WOW.
- WHERE'D YOU GET IT?
- AT A GARAGE SALE HERE IN TOWN.
- IT'S A PRETTY COOL FIND.
THE CONDITION OF IT, I'M
PRETTY IMPRESSED BY IT.
I DON'T SEE CHIPS.
I DON'T SEE DENTS.
YOU GOT THE ORIGINAL
CUPS. THAT'S COOL.
THE CHROME'S GREAT ON IT.
YOU'VE GOT A COUPLE
BLEMISHES BUT THAT'S EXPECTED,
AND THAT CAN BE TAKEN
CARE OF PRETTY EASILY.
DOES IT WORK?
- YEAH.
- OKAY, SO WHAT DO
YOU WANNA DO WITH IT?
- I'M LOOKING TO SELL IT.
- ALL RIGHT, ANY IDEA WHAT
YOU'RE LOOKING TO GET?
- 400.
AND HOW'D YOU COME UP WITH 400?
- UH, JUST BECAUSE
THE RARITY OF IT,
AND WHAT KIND OF SHAPE
IT'S IN, STILL FUNCTIONAL.
- IT'S NOT BECAUSE I JUST
TOLD YOU HOW COOL IT WAS?
SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT.
- ALL RIGHT, WOULD YOU DO 250?
- UH, LET'S MEET, GO
UP A LITTLE BIT HIGHER,
MEET SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE.
- UM, WHAT'S THE MIDDLE, 251?
- LET'S DO 300.
- 300? ALL RIGHT,
YOU GOT A DEAL.
APPRECIATE IT, MAN.
COME WITH ME. WE'LL
DO SOME PAPERWORK.
- WE SETTLED ON $300, AND
GLAD WE COULD SHAKE ON IT.
♪ ♪
- HEY, WHY DON'T YOU
PUT THAT OVER HERE?
IT LOOKS HEAVY.
- THANK YOU.
- YEAH, IT DEFINITELY
LOOKS HEAVY.
SO WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
- A WORLD WAR II
MINESWEEPER FROM '43.
- OKAY, WE HAVE A WORLD
WAR II METAL DETECTOR.
THIS HAD TO HAVE BEEN
THE WORST JOB IN THE ARMY,
PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
- I'M LOOKING TO
SELL MY WORLD WAR II
MINESWEEPING OUTFIT.
MINESWEEPING SET'S JUST
BEEN SITTING IN THE CORNER
FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
IT'S NOT BEEN DOING ME ANY GOOD,
AND I DON'T THINK I'LL BE
USING IT ANYTIME SOON,
SO I THOUGHT I'D TRY TO SELL IT.
I WOULD LIKE TO GET 200 OR 300,
BUT WE HAVE TO
SEE WHAT IT'S WORTH.
- PRETTY COOL.
THE VERY, VERY, VERY FIRST,
LIKE, REALLY RUDIMENTARY
METAL DETECTORS
HAPPEN IN THE 1880S.
BY THE LATE 1890S,
BEFORE X-RAYS,
THEY WERE ACTUALLY USING
LITTLE METAL DETECTORS
TO FIND BULLETS IN PEOPLE
AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
RIGHT AROUND 1900,
PEOPLE WERE USING THESE
TO SEARCH FOR THINGS.
AND BY WORLD WAR II, THESE
WERE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT
BECAUSE THE GERMANS
REALLY, REALLY LOVED MINES.
THIS SAVED A LOT OF LIVES.
WHERE DID YOU GET IT?
- BOUGHT THIS ITEM AT A WORLD
WAR II VETERANS FLEA MARKET
FOR BRING BACK ITEMS.
- OKAY.
SO THIS RIGHT HERE
IS AN ELECTROMAGNET.
THERE'S A LITTLE CURRENT
GOING THROUGH IT,
AND IT MAKES A NICE
LITTLE SOLID HUM.
BUT WHEN YOU RUN
AN ELECTROMAGNET
BY SOMETHING METAL,
IT SCREWS UP THAT
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD
AND CHANGES THE
TONE OF THAT HUM.
SO YOU ADD A LITTLE ELECTRONICS
THAT MAKES THAT DISRUPTION
MUCH MORE ABRUPT, YOU KNOW,
YOU HAVE A METAL DETECTOR.
- OKAY.
- LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
AND LOOKS LIKE YOU
GOT MOST OF IT HERE.
- WE GOT A LOT OF JUNK
HERE. IT COMES OUT.
♪ ♪
- AND THE FUSES ARE MISSING.
♪ ♪
I'M JUST ASSUMING
EVERYTHING'S SCREWED UP IN THIS
'CAUSE WE GOT SOME
NASTY CORROSION.
YOU GOT THE SPARE TUBES?
- NO.
- OKAY.
SO YOU WANNA SELL THIS THING?
- HELD ONTO IT LONG ENOUGH.
- YEAH.
- I DON'T EXPECT TO BE SWEEPING
ANY MINES ANYTIME SOON.
YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M NOT EVEN ASKING A
PRICE FOR THIS THING,
I'M JUST GONNA GIVE
YOU THE BAD NEWS.
♪ ♪
THEY'RE NOT THAT COLLECTIBLE,
NO ONE USES THEM TODAY
BECAUSE THEY'RE JUNK COMPARED
TO WHAT THEY HAVE TODAY,
AND IT TAKES UP A
TON OF FLOOR SPACE
AND I REALLY DON'T WANT IT.
- OKAY.
- BUT THANKS FOR BRINGING IT IN.
- NOT A PROBLEM, THANK YOU.
- TRY PUTTING IT ON
AN ONLINE AUCTION.
MAYBE YOU'LL GET
100 BUCKS FOR IT,
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
- THANK YOU. YOU
HAVE A GOOD DAY.
- YEAH, BUYING THAT WOULD
BE STEPPING ON A MINE.
♪ ♪
- HELLO.
- HI, HOW YA DOIN'?
- PRETTY GOOD.
- I HAVE SOME JAMES
BOND BUBBLE GUM CARDS.
- JAMES BOND BUBBLE GUM CARDS.
FROM THE MOVIE "THUNDERBALL"?
- YES.
- OH, THIS IS WAY COOL.
SEAN CONNERY WAS THE
BEST JAMES BOND, THOUGH,
PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
- YEAH, A LOT OF PEOPLE
SAY I LOOK A LOT LIKE HIM.
I GET THE SAME THING.
- I'M HERE TODAY TO SELL
MY JAMES BOND "THUNDERBALL"
BUBBLE GUM CARDS.
I'VE HAD THEM FOR OVER 50 YEARS.
I THINK THE CARDS
ARE WORTH $350,
AND I THINK THEY'RE QUITE RARE.
- IT WAS AN AMAZING FRANCHISE.
I STILL LOVE JAMES BOND
MOVIES, BUT WHEN I WAS A KID,
I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST
THE COOLEST THING EVER.
HE GOT TO DO ALL THE COOL STUFF.
HE HAD THE COOL
CAR. HE HAD THE GIRLS.
HE LIVED THE LIFE.
- HE'D COME OUT OF
THE WATER IN A WET SUIT
AND HAS A TUXEDO UNDERNEATH
IT, SO HOW COOL IS THAT?
58 YEARS LATER...
- STILL COOL.
- STILL COOL.
SO WHERE'D YOU GET THESE?
- WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, WE
HAD A FIVE-AND-DIME STORE
THAT, EVERY FRIDAYS
WHEN THEY WOULD COME OUT
WITH A NEW SERIES
OF CARDS ON THERE,
YOU GOT A PIECE OF BUBBLE
GUM AND ABOUT FIVE CARDS WITH IT.
- AND WHAT, THEY WERE 5¢?
- 5¢.
SO THIS IS THE COMPLETE SET?
- COMPLETE SET.
- ALL RIGHT.
HOW MUCH YOU WANT FOR 'EM?
- UH, I'D LIKE TO
GET $350 ON THEM.
- OKAY, I HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT THEY'RE WORTH.
I KNOW THESE ARE COLLECTIBLE.
HOW COLLECTIBLE, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT I DO HAVE A BUDDY THAT
HAS A TOY SHOP THAT DEALS
WITH THIS STUFF THAT IS
RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
SO LET ME GO GIVE HIM A CALL,
AND HOPEFULLY HE'LL
KNOW ALL ABOUT THIS.
- GREAT, LOOKING
FORWARD TO HIS OPINION.
- OKAY.
- HARRISON, RICK HARRISON.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
- SO I HAVE A
CUSTOMER IN THE SHOP
WITH WHAT HE CLAIMS IS A
FIRST EDITION FIRST BOOK
ON THE LEWIS AND
CLARK EXPEDITION.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY
GROUNDBREAKING.
THIS WAS AMERICAN HISTORY.
THESE GUYS WERE ROCK
STARS IN THE EARLY 1800S,
AND IF THIS THING TURNS
OUT TO BE ACTUALLY TRUE,
IT MIGHT BE WORTH EVERY
DIME OF THAT 16,000 HE'S ASKING.
SO I'VE CALLED IN REBECCA,
AND HOPEFULLY SHE CAN
NAVIGATE ME THROUGH THIS.
SO IT'S PATRICK GASS'
BOOK ON LEWIS AND CLARK.
- I KNOW THIS BOOK.
THE EXPEDITION WAS 1804 TO 1806,
AND THIS WAS THE FIRST
PUBLISHED ACCOUNT IN 1807.
PEOPLE WERE DYING FOR
INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TRIP,
BECAUSE YOU THINK ABOUT IT,
LIKE, UNITED STATES HAVE JUST
BOUGHT THIS HUGE AMOUNT OF LAND,
THEY WERE TRYING
TO FIND WATERWAYS
THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH,
BECAUSE AT THAT POINT,
WATER ROUTES WERE THE ROADS.
THAT'S HOW YOU DID
ANY SORT OF SHIPPING,
AND THAT'S WHAT
JEFFERSON WANTED.
GASS WAS SUPPOSED
TO KEEP A JOURNAL.
THAT WAS PART OF HIS
DUTIES AS A SERGEANT.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT
YOU'RE GETTING HERE IS,
YOU'RE GETTING,
REALLY, A PLAY-BY-PLAY
EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND
JEFFERSON'S REALLY INTERESTED
TO SEE WHAT WAS
HAPPENING OUT WEST.
IT IS, ON THE ONE HAND, NOT
TERRIBLY WELL-PRESERVED,
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND,
TO HAVE IT WITH ALL OF THE
ORIGINAL ELEMENTS INTACT,
IS GREAT AND DOES REALLY
AFFECT WHAT YOU CAN ASK FOR IT.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE
HANDLEABLE CONSIDERING,
ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.
THE HINGES SEEM
PRETTY WELL INTACT.
- ALL RIGHT, BUT LOOKING INSIDE,
THIS LOOKS LIKE AN
INSTITUTIONAL LIBRARY STAMP.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THE
INSTITUTIONAL LIBRARY STAMPS.
BUT YOU CAN SEE THIS
BOOK DOESN'T LOOK GREAT,
AND THAT'S TYPICAL.
THE BINDING HERE,
YES, THAT'S SHEEP,
WHICH WAS THE CHEAPEST
OF THE LEATHERS AVAILABLE.
♪ ♪
- SO WHAT'S IT WORTH?
- SO WHEN I THINK ABOUT DEALERS
WHO ARE SPECIALISTS
IN AMERICANA,
I SEE THEM, THESE
DAYS, LISTING THEM
FOR PRICES AROUND
15,000, 16,000, 17,000.
BUT THIS IS EX-LIBRARY,
WHICH IS A REAL PAINFUL
HIT TO THE ASKING PRICE
BECAUSE PRIVATE COLLECTORS
MOSTLY REALLY DISLIKE THAT.
SO FOR THIS PARTICULAR
BOOK WITH ALL FAULTS,
I WOULD PUT IT AROUND 7,500.
- WHY WOULD IT GO
DOWN IN VALUE SO MUCH
BEING AN EX-LIBRARY COPY?
- YOU CAN SEE, LIBRARIES
TEND TO PUT STAMPS AND THINGS,
THEY TEND TO LEAVE MARKINGS.
AND THE MARKINGS
OFTEN ARE VERY OBVIOUS.
TO HAVE ONE IS ANNOYING
ENOUGH, BUT THIS HAS THREE,
SO THIS PARTICULAR LIBRARY WAS
A LITTLE STAMP HAPPY,
UNFORTUNATELY,
AND COLLECTORS ARE ALL
ABOUT PRISTINE CONDITION.
THEY WANT IT TO LOOK
EXACTLY THE WAY IT DID
WHEN IT FIRST PUBLISHED.
- 'CAUSE IT'S UNREMOVABLE.
- YEP, EX-LIBRARY
IS A LITTLE BIT LIKE
A, TO USE A LITERARY REFERENCE,
A SCARLET LETTER, YOU KNOW?
- THANKS FOR COMING IN,
THOUGH. YOU'RE THE BEST.
- GLAD I COULD HELP.
- WELL, WHERE ARE WE AT?
- UM, I'LL GIVE YOU
4 GRAND FOR IT.
- THAT'S NOT GOING TO DO IT.
YOU CAN DO A LITTLE
BETTER THAN THAT.
- 7,000.
- I'M NOT GONNA MAKE ANY MONEY.
BUT 4 GRAND I
THINK IS A FAIR PRICE.
- THAT'S TOO LOW.
THE BOOK IS THE ORIGINAL BOOK.
IT HAS LIBRARY STAMPS, GRANTED.
HOW ABOUT 5,000?
- I GO 4,100. IT'S A FAIR PRICE.
- 45?
- I'LL... I'LL GO 42. I SHOULDN'T
EVEN GO THAT HIGH.
- DONE.
- ALL RIGHT, 4,200, IT'S A DEAL.
- DONE DEAL.
- YOU WANNA WRITE HIM UP, CHUM?
- COME ON.
- I MADE AN EXPEDITION
OUT HERE TO LAS VEGAS
JUST TO SELL THIS
BOOK, AND IT PAID OFF.
♪ ♪
- SO I GOT A GUY IN THE SHOP
WITH A FULL SET OF 1965 007
JAMES BOND TRADING CARDS
FROM THE MOVIE "THUNDERBALL."
HE WANTS 350 BUCKS
FOR THESE THINGS.
NOW, JAMES BOND IS SUPER COOL,
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THESE
THINGS ARE WORTH A DIME.
SO I'VE CALLED IN STEVE JOHNSON,
AND HE'S GONNA BE
MY Q ON THIS ONE.
LIKE I SAID ON THE PHONE,
JAMES BOND TRADING CARDS,
VILLAINS WITH AN EYE PATCH.
YOU KNOW CAUSE,
LIKE, IN THE '60S,
YOU COULD NOT
HAVE A VILLAIN UNLESS
THEY HAD AN EYE
PATCH, FOR SOME REASON.
- YOU HAD TO HAVE AN
EYE PATCH, FOR SURE.
WHEN "THUNDERBALL" CAME OUT,
IT'S IN THE THEATER FOR A WHILE.
YOU HAD A CHANCE TO
GO SEE IT A FEW TIMES,
BUT ONCE THOSE WERE GONE,
YOU DON'T HAVE LIKE WE DO TODAY
WHERE WE CAN GO BACK
AND WATCH THE MOVIES
AND SEE 'EM READABLY
AT OUR FINGERTIPS.
SO THESE CARD SETS
WERE BIG WITH KIDS
BECAUSE YOU COULD GO BACK
AND KINDA RELIVE THOSE
MOMENTS IN THE CARDS.
THAT'S KINDA WHERE
THESE STEM FROM
AND WHY THEY WERE SO
COLLECTIBLE AT THE TIME.
PHILADELPHIA GUM COMPANY
ACTUALLY PRODUCED THESE,
AND, AT THE TIME,
PHILADELPHIA WAS PRODUCING
A LOT OF CARD SETS.
THEY HAD ACTUALLY
DONE A DEAL WITH THE NFL.
THEY WERE A GUM COMPANY.
YOU PROBABLY PAID AROUND
5¢ FOR THE PACK OF CARDS
WITH THE GUM IN 'EM.
THE CARDS ACTUALLY BECAME
ANOTHER WAY TO SELL GUM,
RATHER THAN SELLING
THE TRADING CARDS.
- HE SAYS HE HAS
THE FULL SET HERE,
RELATIVELY GOOD SHAPE,
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, ANYWAY.
- LEMME TAKE A
LOOK AT 'EM AND SEE.
SO AS YOU GET INTO GRADING
OR LOOKING AT, LIKE,
THE OVERALL CONDITIONS,
YOU'RE LOOKING AT SHARPNESS
OF THE CORNERS, THE BORDERS,
THE COLOR OF THE
CARDS, THE SURFACE,
AND THEN IF THEY'RE
CENTERED OR NOT.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS
THAT ACTUALLY GO INTO
HOW THESE CARDS ARE DONE.
YOU KNOW, THE CARDS LOOK
LIKE THEY'RE IN FAIR CONDITION.
IT DOES LOOK LIKE THE
COMPLETE SET HERE.
I WOULD SAY THAT, OVERALL,
THAT THE SET IS PROBABLY,
OUT OF A 10, IT'S
PROBABLY A 7, MAYBE 6 1/2.
IT'S A NICE SET.
I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'D HAVE
A HARD TIME SELLING THE SET.
- SO WHAT DO YOU
THINK IT'S WORTH?
- IN THE CASE OF THIS SET
BEING MIDDLE OF THE ROAD,
I THINK IT PROBABLY SITS AROUND
$80 FOR THIS SET COMPLETE.
- REALLY?
- THERE'S A LOT OF BOND
COLLECTORS OUT THERE.
BUT WITH ANYTHING, RICK,
YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO,
ESPECIALLY IN THE
WORLD OF CARDS,
PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS
LOOKING TO UPGRADE.
THIS SET ISN'T GOING TO BE AN
UPGRADE SET FOR SOMEBODY.
THIS IS GONNA BE A SET
THAT'S GONNA BE A
STARTER SET FOR SOMEONE.
- WELL.
I THOUGHT THEY'D BE A LITTLE
MORE... WORTH MORE THAN THAT.
THEY SEEM, TO ME, LIKE
THEY'RE IN PRISTINE CONDITION.
- ALL RIGHT, THANKS, MAN.
- ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
- THANK YOU.
- GOOD LUCK.
- ALL RIGHT, I MEAN,
I'D GO, LIKE, 50 BUCKS.
♪ ♪
- YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD
'EM OVER 50 YEARS,
AND I JUST THINK I'D LIKE TO
HANG ONTO THEM FOR THAT PRICE.
- IF YOU CHANGE YOUR
MIND, GIMME A CALL.
- APPRECIATE IT, THANKS.
I DIDN'T SELL THE CARDS TODAY.
I'VE HAD 'EM SINCE
I WAS A CHILD,
AND I HAVE A BOND WITH THEM.
- YOU READY TO GO?
- YEAH.
- ALL RIGHT, GUYS,
WE'RE OUT OF HERE.
WE GOT A LITTLE ERRAND TO RUN.
- SHOULD I EVEN ASK ABOUT
THE SNORKEL AND THE GOGGLES?
- WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
- IT'S REALLY NONE
OF YOUR BUSINESS,
BUT I GOT A LITTLE INSPIRATION
OFF OUR LEWIS AND CLARK
BOOK THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT,
AND I'VE DECIDED TO GO ON A
LITTLE EXPEDITION OF MY OWN
TO LAKE TAHOE, AND I'M GONNA SEE
ABOUT A BOAT FOR THE SHOP.
- NO.
- I'M GONNA DO A
LITTLE EXPLORING,
AND I MIGHT NEED
ANTWAUN TO HELP MAP OUT
AND KEEP A DIARY OF
EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS.
- THE REASON...
- 'CAUSE I'M NOT VERY
GOOD AT SPELLING.
- STOP, THE REASON...
- I'M ALSO NOT VERY
GOOD AT WRITING EITHER.
- STOP TALKING OVER ME.
- BEFORE IT GETS TOO LATE.
♪ ♪
- OKAY, 'CAUSE...
- LIKE LEWIS AND CLARK
EXPLORING THE GREAT OUTDOORS,
THIS IS CHUMLEE AND ANTWAUN.
WE'RE GONNA EXPLORE
SOME NEW TERRITORIES,
AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL FIND
SOME NEW DISCOVERIES.
- WHATEVER.
- CAN WE GET OUTTA HERE, COREY?
- THE STORE'S SLOW RIGHT NOW.
YOU GUYS CAN GO AHEAD AND GO.
JUST MAKE SURE YOU'RE
BACK IN A DAY OR SO.
- SEE YOU LATER,
BOSS. BYE, RICK.
♪ ♪
- HEY, NOW WE CAN SPEND
SOME TIME TOGETHER, POPS.
- YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LIMIT.
- BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO RETIRE
AND ACTUALLY LET ME
RUN THIS PLACE, RIGHT?
- YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE,
HE'S GONNA WANT A GLASS OF MILK,
AND IT JUST GETS WORSE
AND WORSE FROM THERE.
- YEAH, I KNOW, I
READ THAT BOOK.
♪ ♪
- THE OTHER DAY, A
LEWIS AND CLARK BOOK
ABOUT EXPLORING UNCHARTED
TERRITORY INSPIRED ME,
SO I GRABBED ANTWAUN
TO GO ON A LITTLE TRIP WEST.
IT'S ALSO A BUSINESS
TRIP BECAUSE I HAVE A GUY
WITH A VINTAGE SAILBOAT
THAT I MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN.
- DUDE, I CAN'T BELIEVE
WE'RE ALL THE WAY OUT HERE
IN LAKE TAHOE FOR A BOAT.
- YEAH.
- WE LIVE IN A DESERT.
- WE HAVE A PLACE
CALLED LAKE MEAD,
AND YOU KNOW I JUST
LEARNED HOW TO SCUBA DIVE,
AND IF I'M GONNA BE SERIOUS,
I REALLY NEED TO GET A BOAT.
IT GETS EXPENSIVE TO RENT A BOAT
TWO OR THREE DAYS
A WEEK TO GO DIVING,
BUT IF RICK OWNS A BOAT,
I CAN JUST BORROW HIS
WHENEVER I WANT.
- CHUM, WHY THE HELL
ARE YOU EVEN DIVING?
THE SAFEST PLACE
FOR YOU IS ON LAND.
- HEY, YOU GOTTA
LIVE A LITTLE, ANTWAUN.
ONE OF YOU GUYS JORDAN?
- HI.
- HEY, I'M CHUM.
- HI, CHUM.
- HOW YOU DOIN'?
- GOOD.
NICE TO SEE YOU. THIS IS GLENN.
- GLENN.
- HE'LL BE CREW FOR TODAY.
- SO THIS IS, UH...
THIS IS IT, HUH?
♪ ♪
- YEAH, 1972 CATALINA,
FIRST GENERATION.
- SO WHAT'S THE
NAME OF YOUR BOAT?
- "NO NAME BOAT."
- I DON'T KNOW, "CHUMLEE
TWO" SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD.
- THAT'S WHAT I WOULD VOTE FOR.
- I HAVE A 1972 CATALINA 27.
I'D REALLY LIKE TO
SELL THIS BOAT TODAY
BECAUSE I'VE ALREADY
PURCHASED ANOTHER ONE
AND THE 7 GRAND WILL
HELP KEEP THAT BOAT GOING.
- IT'S PRETTY AWESOME.
I KNOW THE REASON FRANK
STARTED BUILDING THESE BOATS
IS BECAUSE HE, LIKE, BOUGHT
A SAILBOAT FROM SOMEONE.
LONG STORY SHORT,
IT WAS A PIECE OF JUNK,
SO HE THOUGHT, "HEY,
I'M GONNA BUILD A BOAT
"THAT HANDLES OUT
ON THE WATER GOOD,
SOLID, AND WILL
LAST A LONG TIME."
HIS, LIKE, GOAL, HIS
DREAM, WAS TO GET TO 100.
- YEP.
- AND HE CRUSHED
THAT IN A COUPLE YEARS,
IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, AND
THE NUMBER WAS 5,000
BEFORE HE EVEN REALIZED IT.
- YEAH, THIS IS NUMBER 267.
YEAH, THIS BOAT WAS
BUILT STRONG ENOUGH
THAT THIS EXACT STYLE BOAT
HAS SAILED AROUND THE WORLD.
- REALLY?
- YES.
- STRONG IS A GOOD
WORD IF I'M GETTING ON IT.
- YEAH.
- SO THIS IS THE MAINSAIL?
- YEAH, WE HAVE THE MAST
WITH THE MAINSAIL HERE, YEP.
- SO YOU GOT THE HEADMAST
HERE, THE ROLLING FURLING HERE.
- SO YOU DEFINITELY
COULDN'T DO THIS BY YOURSELF.
- IT'S MUCH NICER TO
HAVE A CREW, FOR SURE.
- I HAVE A CREW.
♪ ♪
- YOU GUYS HAVE A LIFE JACKET
THAT WILL FIT THIS GUY, RIGHT?
- YEAH, WE GOT LIFE JACKETS.
YOU'LL BE GOOD ON THERE.
- YOU'RE BUOYANT. YOU CAN FLOAT.
SO THE CONDITION OVERALL
LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.
I MEAN, LITTLE BIT OF WEAR
AND TEAR THAT YOU'D EXPECT
FROM A BOAT THIS AGE,
BUT YOU THINK WE CAN
GET HER OUT ON THE WATER?
- YEAH, SHE'S READY TO GO.
- LET'S HOP ON THE BOAT.
YOU READY FOR THIS, ANTWAUN?
- YEAH, WHY NOT?
FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING.
- IF I'VE LEARNED
ANYTHING FROM RICK,
IT'S THAT BEFORE YOU
BUY IT, YOU GOTTA TRY IT.
♪ ♪
- HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
- ALL RIGHT, MAN.
- WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
- I HAVE HERE A SWORD.
IT IS BELIEVED TO BE ISSUED TO
FORMER SENATOR JOSEPH MCCARTHY.
- OKAY.
JOSEPH MCCARTHY,
HE WAS... LET ME SEE,
HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE HIM
AND NOT GET IN TROUBLE ON TV?
- I HAVE AN ARMY-ISSUED
JOSEPH MCCARTHY SWORD
THAT I AM TRYING TO SELL TODAY.
I'M HOPING TO GET
AROUND $500 FOR IT.
- THIS IS PRETTY COOL, MAN.
SO WHY DO YOU THINK IT
WAS SENATOR MCCARTHY'S?
- WELL, IT'S GOT HIS NAME ON IT.
- OKAY, WHERE'S THE NAME AT?
- J. MCCARTHY RIGHT IN THERE.
- J. MCCARTHY, OKAY.
- JOSEPH MCCARTHY.
- YEAH, HE GOT INTO POLITICS
REALLY, REALLY EARLY.
HE WAS, LIKE,
ONE OF THE YOUNGEST SUPERIOR
COURT JUDGES IN HIS STATE.
HE GOT ELECTED WHEN
HE WAS, LIKE, 30 YEARS OLD.
ENDED UP RUNNING FOR THE SENATE,
AND IN THE EARLY
'50S, HE THOUGHT
HE WOULD GET A NAME FOR
HIMSELF BY JUST ACCUSING
JUST ABOUT ANYBODY HE COULD
ACCUSE OF BEING A COMMUNIST.
MCCARTHY CONVINCED
PEOPLE THAT COMMUNIST AGENTS
HAD SOMEHOW INFILTRATED
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT,
WHICH WAS GOING TO
CAUSE ALL KINDS OF ANARCHY
OR EVEN SOME KIND
OF NUCLEAR WAR.
AND OF, LIKE, ALL THE HUNDREDS
OF PEOPLE HE ACCUSED,
HE NEVER PROVED IT ON ANYBODY.
HE JUST RUINED A LOT OF LIVES.
THERE'S ACTUALLY A
WORD NOW, MCCARTHYISM.
IN THE END, I THINK
IT WAS A GOOD THING.
WE LEARNED A LESSON FROM IT.
DON'T LET POLITICIANS START
SPOUTING TOO MUCH CRAZY STUFF.
- RIGHT.
- HAVE YOU HAD THIS CHECKED OUT
BY ANYBODY OR
ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
- NO.
- OKAY.
I THINK THIS IS A 1902.
THIS IS, LIKE, THE STANDARD
ARMY-ISSUE SWORD.
THEY CARRIED THESE IN
WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II.
IT'S IN DECENT SHAPE.
WASN'T WORN A LOT.
IT'S ABOUT THE NORMAL
SHAPE YOU SEE THESE THINGS IN.
HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT FOR IT?
- I THINK IT SHOULD BE
WORTH AT LEAST $500.
- OKAY, AN ARMY SWORD THIS SHAPE
GOES FOR, LIKE,
PROBABLY 250 BUCKS,
BUT THERE'S NO WAY THIS
WAS JOSEPH MCCARTHY'S.
YOU KNOW WHY?
- WHY?
- JOSEPH MCCARTHY
WAS IN THE MARINES.
THERE'S NO RED-BLOODED
AMERICAN MARINE
THAT WOULD EVER CARRY AROUND
AN ARMY SWORD, PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
IT WAS A DIFFERENT SWORD AND...
IT'S LIKE A TEXAS RANGERS FAN
WEARING A YANKEES UNIFORM.
IT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN.
AND, ALSO, I'M SURE THERE
IS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
WITH THE NAME J. MCCARTHY.
SO I JUST DON'T BELIEVE
THERE'S ANY WAY IT WAS HIS,
ESPECIALLY SINCE
MCCARTHY WAS IN THE MARINES
DURING WORLD WAR II.
BUT I DON'T THINK THIS
WOULD BE HARD TO RESELL.
SO I'D OFFER YOU,
LIKE, 100 BUCKS FOR IT.
- I WOULD PROBABLY DO 250.
- YEAH, LIKE 150 WOULD
BE THE MOST I COULD GO.
- I BELIEVE 200 WOULD BE ABOUT
THE LEAST I COULD TAKE FOR IT.
- ALL RIGHT, WELL, UNLIKE
MCCARTHY, WE CAN AGREE
TO DISAGREE WITHOUT
RUINING EACH OTHER'S LIVES.
SO IF YOU CHANGE YOUR
MIND, COME BACK, MAN.
- ALL RIGHT, WILL DO.
- ALL RIGHT.
- THINK THE SWORD IS
WORTH MORE THAN 150,
SO I'M JUST GONNA
TRY TO SELL IT ONLINE.
- FOR NEARLY A CENTURY,
THERE'S BEEN MANY OF US
HERE IN THE GOOD OLD USA
WHO HAVE VIEWED COMMUNISM
AS THE EXISTENTIAL
THREAT TO OUR WAY OF LIFE.
ON MARCH 12TH, 1947,
PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN GIVES
THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE ADDRESS
CALLING ON ALL U.S. CITIZENS TO
FIGHT COMMUNISM ON ALL FRONTS.
IT WAS THE BEGINNING
OF THE RED SCARE.
AMERICANS BEGAN TO LOOK
AT THEIR FELLOW COUNTRYMEN
AS THE ENEMY.
IN 1950, A WISCONSIN SENATOR
NAMED JOSEPH MCCARTHY
TARGETED ANY AMERICAN HE
DEEMED TO BE A COMMUNIST
OR COMMUNIST SYMPATHIZER
AND ADDED THEM TO HIS BLACKLIST.
THE BLACKLIST
SPEARHEADED A WITCH HUNT.
THE HOUSE COMMITTEE
ON UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES
FOLLOWED MCCARTHY'S LEAD
AND FOCUSED THEIR
EYES ON HOLLYWOOD.
151 ACTORS, WRITERS,
AND DIRECTORS
WERE CHARGED AND BLACKLISTED.
JUST LIKE THAT, THEIR CAREERS
IN HOLLYWOOD WERE OVER.
FINALLY IN 1954,
MCCARTHY WENT TOO FAR.
HE HELD A HEARING WHERE
HE WENT AFTER THE U.S. ARMY
AND WAS CENSURED BY THE
U.S. CONGRESS FOR HIS ACTIONS,
PROVING THAT NO ONE
CAN GO AFTER THE U.S. ARMY
AND COME OUT INTACT.
FORTUNATELY, COMMUNISM
NEVER CAUGHT ON
IN THE UNITED STATES,
AND IT'S A GOOD THING,
'CAUSE YOU CAN MAKE
A PRETTY GOOD LIVING
RUNNING A LITTLE OLD
PAWN SHOP IN VEGAS.
♪ ♪
- HOW'S IT GOING, MAN?
- HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
- PRETTY GOOD.
- WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
- THE VERY FIRST COWBELL EVER.
- HUH, EVERYBODY NEEDS
MORE COWBELL, RIGHT?
- I'M HERE AT THE PAWN
SHOP TODAY TO SELL MY BELL.
I'VE HAD THIS BELL
FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS.
IT'S JUST BEEN
SITTING ON MY SHELF.
I'M LOOKING TO SELL THE
BELL TODAY FOR $2,000.
- WHAT IS IT REALLY?
- IT'S ACTUALLY, UH,
SOME SORT OF ZHONG?
I THINK IT'S A BIANZHONG
OR A YONGZHONG.
- A BIANZHONG WAS, LIKE, A SET
OF THESE AT DIFFERENT SIZES,
AND YOU WOULD KINDA
PLAY IT WITH, YOU KNOW,
A LITTLE MALLET,
AND IT WOULD BE, LIKE,
ALMOST LIKE A XYLOPHONE
LIKE YOU PLAYED WITH IN SCHOOL.
THESE WERE AROUND DURING,
I THINK, THE SHANG DYNASTY?
ASIA WAS PRETTY CRAZY BACK THEN.
THEY HAD CITIES RIGHT
ON PAR WITH ANCIENT ROME
IN TERMS OF INNOVATION
AND DEVELOPMENT.
THEY WERE MAKING STUFF
LIKE THIS OUT OF METAL.
THEY HAD EXCELLENT
SEWAGE SYSTEMS.
I MEAN, WHAT'S A FIRECRACKER
OTHER THAN A BOMB, RIGHT?
AND THESE GUYS WERE
MAKING THOSE BACK THEN.
- SURE.
- WHAT ARE YOU
LOOKING TO DO WITH IT?
- I'D LIKE TO SELL IT.
- WHAT ARE YOU
LOOKING TO GET FOR IT?
- I'D LIKE TO GET 2,000.
- OKAY.
IT COULD BE WORTH THAT.
I HAVE, QUITE HONESTLY, NO IDEA.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ANY
OF THIS STUFF MEANS ON IT.
IT REALLY DOES LOOK LIKE
IT'S IN INCREDIBLE SHAPE
FOR BEING OVER 2,000 YEARS OLD.
- I BELIEVE THESE
ARE THE DRAGONS.
- OKAY.
- BUT I'M NOT POSITIVE.
- YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT
NONE OF THESE HAVE BROKEN OFF
IS PRETTY AMAZING.
I MEAN, I HAVE TO SAY,
IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.
DO YOU MIND IF I HAVE
A GUY COME DOWN
AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT?
HE'LL KNOW A LOT
MORE THAN ME ABOUT IT.
- THAT'D BE GREAT.
- ALL RIGHT, HANG OUT,
AND I'LL GET BACK TO YOU
AS SOON AS I CAN, OKAY?
- THANKS.
- I'M HOPING THE EXPERT
CAN VERIFY THAT IT'S REAL
AND THAT IT'S WORTH SOME BUCKS.
♪ ♪
- ANTWAUN AND I
ARE IN LAKE TAHOE
CHECKING OUT A 27-FOOT SAILBOAT.
- OH, WOW, THIS IS DOPE.
- YEP.
- IT'S A 1972 CATALINA
THAT LOOKS TO BE IN
PRETTY GOOD CONDITION.
BUT BEFORE I CAN PUT AN
ANCHOR DOWN ON THIS DEAL,
I'M GONNA NEED
TO SEE HOW IT SAILS.
I THINK CAPTAIN HAS
A GOOD RING TO IT,
CAPTAIN CHUM ME LEE.
- OKAY.
- WHAT ARE ALL THE
TERMS YOU NEED TO KNOW
TO BE THE CAPTAIN OF A SAILBOAT?
- WELL, YOU HAVE TO...
FIRST, YOU HAVE TO KNOW
HOW TO CONTROL THE BOOM.
- THIS IS THE BOOM?
- YEAH, AND THEN THE MAST.
- OKAY, SO WE GOT THE
BOOM AND THE MAST.
- AND THE NICE THING WITH
THIS BOAT IS, YOU HAVE A WHEEL.
MOST OF 'EM HAVE A TILLER.
- OH, YEAH.
- SO, YEAH.
- DOES THAT MAKE
IT EASIER TO DRIVE?
- IT DOES, YES.
- SO, BASICALLY, HE
CAN DO THIS BY HIMSELF.
- HE COULD, YES.
- GREAT.
- NOT RECOMMENDED, THOUGH.
YES.
YOU AND YOUR DOG, YOU COULD
BE OUT ON THE BOAT TOGETHER.
- YOU AND PINKY
RUNNING THIS THING.
- PINKY, YES.
- I'D RATHER BE
WITH PINKY THAN YOU.
- CHUM, WHY ARE YOU
INTERESTED IN SAILING?
- 'CAUSE I'M A SEAMAN.
- THE OLD MAN WAS A SEAMAN.
- I KNOW, I WANNA
BE LIKE THE OLD MAN
AND BE OUT ON THE OPEN WATERS.
AND IF YOU CAN
SAIL YOUR OWN BOAT,
THAT'S ONE LESS BILL
'CAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY
FOR A CAPTAIN.
- THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
- DO YOU THINK WE CAN TAKE
A STOP AND JUMP IN MAYBE?
DO A LITTLE SNORKELING?
- UH, SURE, YEAH.
SO, ANTWAUN, YOU CAN
HELP WITH THE MAIN HALYARD,
THE ONE ON YOUR RIGHT.
- I LOVE SNORKELING.
♪ ♪
- ALL RIGHT.
- WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
WHERE DID YOU GET
THIS OUTFIT FROM?
- THIS IS MY WET SUIT.
I GOT YOU THIS HAT, ALL RIGHT?
- FOR WHAT?
- BECAUSE I DON'T WANT YOU
TO GET BURNED BY THE SUN.
READY?
OH.
♪ ♪
HOW'S THE WATER?
- PERFECT.
♪ ♪
- CHUM.
GET YOUR CRAZY ASS
BACK ON THE BOAT.
- YEAH, YOU GOT IT. YOU GOT IT.
MY HANDS ARE SO COLD.
THAT WAS FREEZING,
ANTWAUN, HOLY CRAP.
I NEED TO GET SOME DRY
CLOTHES ON AND HEAD BACK
AND WARM UP BEFORE WE
TALK ABOUT THE NEGOTIATION,
'CAUSE, BOY, I CAN'T
EVEN TALK, I'M SO COLD.
♪ ♪
BOATS AND BROS.
♪ ♪
- ALL RIGHT, WHAT A RIDE.
- THAT WAS FUN.
- IT WAS, IT WAS.
- PRETTY FREAKIN' AWESOME.
I MEAN, I KNOW WHAT IT'S
LIKE TO BE A CAPTAIN NOW.
IT SAILS GREAT ON THE
WATER, I'LL GIVE YOU THAT.
MINUS A LITTLE BIT OF PAINT
AND, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE GLUE
AND SOME ELBOW GREASE, I
THINK IT'S IN GREAT CONDITION,
DEFINITELY WHAT I NEED
TO FURTHER MY SCUBA
AND SNORKELING CAREER.
ALL RIGHT, THE
BIG QUESTION, MAN:
WHAT'S THE GOLDEN TICKET?
HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT?
♪ ♪
- UM, ASKING 7 FOR IT.
- UM, I THINK THAT'S JUST
A LITTLE TOO MUCH
FOR ME, THOUGH,
BECAUSE I AM GONNA HAVE TO
DO, YOU KNOW, THE MINOR WORK,
AND I'M GONNA HAVE TO GET IT
OUT OF THE WATER BACK TO VEGAS.
- WOULD YOU DO 34?
- WOULD YOU MEET ME
PARTWAY, LIKE, AT 45?
- WOULD YOU DO 38?
- YOU KNOW,
CONSIDERING YOU HAVE TO
GET IT BACK TO VEGAS, I'D DO 38.
- WE GOT A DEAL, THEN.
- WE GOT A DEAL.
- ALL RIGHT.
- ALL RIGHT.
- ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO OVER HERE
AND WE'LL WORK OUT THE DETAILS.
SEE, ANTWAUN, THAT'S
HOW YOU BUY A BOAT.
I GOT THE BOAT. IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
I CAN'T WAIT TO
ENJOY IT WITH RICK.
HE CAN BE MY FIRST MATE,
BUT HE'S GONNA HAVE TO
TAKE THAT UP WITH ANTWAUN.
♪ ♪
- I HAVE A CUSTOMER
IN THE STORE WITH
WHAT HE THINKS IS SOME
KIND OF ANCIENT CHINESE BELL
CALLED A ZHONG.
IT DOESN'T RING A
BELL TO ME, THOUGH,
SO I CALLED UP BOB DODGE
TO COME AND TELL
ME MORE ABOUT IT.
- SO THIS IS CALLED A ZHONG.
THAT'S KIND OF THE MANDARIN
PRONUNCIATION OF IT.
- ZHONG, OKAY.
- SO LET'S JUST SAY BELL.
- ALL RIGHT.
- WOULD'VE DATED TO
THE SHANG DYNASTY,
SO SHANG IS ABOUT
1000 B.C., 3,000 YEARS OLD.
A ZHONG OR BELL WOULD'VE
BEEN A WHOLE SERIES OF 'EM
PLAYED WITH WOODEN
MALLETS PROBABLY IN A TEMPLE.
THIS IS COVERED
WITH VERY SIMPLIFIED
ANCIENT CHINESE TEXT.
A COUPLE OF INCISED
DRAGONS, SPIKES,
WOULD'VE BEEN
SUPPORTED THIS WAY.
AND IT MAKES, ACTUALLY,
KIND OF A NEAT SOUND.
YEAH.
SO WHAT'S IT WORTH?
- SO AS I'M LOOKING AT
THIS, ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT I WANNA SEE ARE THE COLORS
THAT BRONZE
PATINATES TO OVER TIME.
SO BRONZE TURNS INTO
GREEN AND RED AND BROWN
AND BLUE, OCCASIONALLY.
AND AS I LOOK AT THIS,
I'M SEEING A LOT OF
BLACK AND A LOT OF GRAY,
AND IF IT'S NOT BRONZE,
THEN WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM.
SO I BROUGHT WITH ME
MY SECRET LITTLE RAY GUN.
IT'S CALLED AN XRF.
SHOOTS A LITTLE BEAM
OF X-RAY INTO THE METAL,
READS THOSE ATOMS,
AND TELLS ME JUST WHAT
THIS THING IS MADE OF.
SO I'M GOING TO HIT
THIS WITH A LITTLE X-RAY,
AND LET'S HOPE IT'S BRONZE.
WHAT WE WOULD WANNA SEE
WOULD BE COPPER AND TIN.
WHAT WE ARE SEEING
IS COPPER AND ZINC.
COPPER AND ZINC, BRASS.
COPPER AND TIN, BRONZE.
SO THIS IS BRASS.
THAT MEANS IT'S NOT
SHANG. IT'S NOT ZHOU.
IT'S MODERN,
PROBABLY THE
LAST 50 YEARS OR SO.
- OH, OKAY. BUMMER.
OKAY, ANY IDEA WHAT
IT'S WORTH LIKE THIS?
- STILL DECORATIVE, STILL
SLIGHTLY COLLECTABLE.
$200.
- 200 BUCKS? DANG.
- OKAY, APPRECIATE
YOU COMING DOWN.
- ALWAYS A PLEASURE.
- THANK YOU.
WELL, NOW WE KNOW WHAT IT IS.
BUMMER.
- IF YOU'RE INTERESTED
IN SELLING IT,
I'D OFFER YOU 100 BUCKS FOR IT.
♪ ♪
- I SHOULD PROBABLY HOLD
ONTO IT FOR COWBELL PURPOSES.
- ALL RIGHT, MAN,
WELL, APPRECIATE IT.
- COOL, THANK YOU, SIR.
- HAVE A GOOD DAY.
- UNFORTUNATELY $100, TO ME,
DOESN'T HAVE A
VERY GOOD RING TO IT,
BUT I'LL JUST TAKE IT HOME
AND FIND A USE FOR IT THERE.
♪ ♪
- HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
- GOOD, HOW ARE YOU DOING?
- WHAT DO WE GOT?
- I HAVE A SET OF FOUR
VINTAGE SCRIPTS FOR YOU
FROM THE TGIF SERIES.
- OKAY, WHAT SHOWS?
- "FAMILY MATTERS,"
"FULL HOUSE,"
"STEP BY STEP," AND
"PERFECT STRANGERS."
- I DEFINITELY REMEMBER
SOME OF THESE.
- WHAT WAS IT, "CUT IT OUT"
OR SOMETHING FROM
"FULL HOUSE," RIGHT?
- URKEL.
- "DID I DO THAT?"
I'M COMING INTO THE
PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO TRY AND SELL MY VINTAGE
HOLLYWOOD SCRIPTS FROM TGIF.
ALL THE SCRIPTS I HAVE
TODAY HAVE BEEN SIGNED
BY THE CAST AND
CREW FROM THE SHOWS.
I'M HOPING TO SELL THE FOUR
SCRIPTS FOR $3,000 TOTAL.
- THIS IS INTERESTING.
WHERE'D YOU GET THESE?
- I HAD AN UNCLE
THAT WAS WORKING
FOR THE PRODUCTION
COMPANY, AND WE'D SIT
THROUGH TABLE READINGS
OR THE ACTUAL SHOWS.
I WAS AN EXTRA IN
"FAMILY MATTERS"
FOR... THIS IS THE
HALLOWEEN SPECIAL.
- THAT'S REALLY COOL.
I MEAN, I WISH I HAD A
COOL UNCLE LIKE THAT.
IT WAS PRETTY FUN.
- TGIF, YOU KNOW, WAS
A PROGRAMMING BLOCK
OF SHOWS THAT WOULD
AIR ON FRIDAY NIGHT,
AND THEY FUDGED
WITH IT A LITTLE BIT
AND TURNED IT INTO "THANK
GOODNESS IT'S FUNNY."
PRIOR TO THIS, FRIDAY NIGHTS
WERE KIND OF DEAD AIR FOR TV,
AND THEY FOUND THEIR
LITTLE NICHE IN THE MARKET
WHERE THEY JUST
DOMINATED FRIDAY NIGHTS
FOR ALMOST TEN YEARS.
ABC CAME UP WITH
THIS BRILLIANT IDEA OF,
WHO DOESN'T GO OUT
ON FRIDAY NIGHTS?
PARENTS WHO HAVE KIDS
WITHOUT BABYSITTERS.
SO, YOU KNOW,
THIS IS EARLY '90S,
BACK WHEN THERE STILL
WAS ONLY ONE TV IN A HOUSE.
YOU GOTTA WATCH
SOMETHING WITH YOUR KIDS.
- THIS WAS IT.
- BY, YOU KNOW, 1995, YOU KNOW,
YOU HAD VIDEO GAME SYSTEMS OUT.
PARENTS CAN RENT A
MOVIE ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
KIDS CAN GO TO THEIR ROOMS,
WATCH WHATEVER THEY WANTED
OR PLAY VIDEO GAMES.
- YEAH.
- I MEAN, SO THESE ARE
SIGNED BY THE WHOLE CASTS?
- THIS HAS MOST
OF THEM, I THINK.
I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE
THE OLSEN TWINS
ON THIS ONE BECAUSE THEY
WERE ONLY BABIES AT THE TIME.
- SO IF THEY WERE
JUST THE SCRIPTS,
I PROBABLY WOULDN'T
BE THAT INTERESTED IN IT.
BUT YOU HAVE A LOT
OF AUTOGRAPHS HERE,
AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT
A BOB SAGET AUTOGRAPH
OR AN URKEL AUTOGRAPH IS WORTH.
BUT THERE'S A LOT
OF SCRIPTS OUT THERE.
THEY'RE NOT REALLY
THAT HARD TO COME BY.
WHAT YOU DO HAVE, THOUGH,
IS A WHOLE LOT OF AUTOGRAPHS.
- YEAH.
- SO WHAT ARE YOU
LOOKING TO GET?
- YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING TO
GET ABOUT 3,000 OUT OF 'EM,
IS WHAT I'M ASKING.
- SO 3,000 FOR THE FOUR SCRIPTS?
- YES.
- YOU MIND IF I CALL MY BUDDY
DOWN TO COME CHECK 'EM OUT?
- OH, I'D LOVE IT. YEAH.
- ALL RIGHT, LET
ME GIVE HIM A CALL,
AND IF YOU DON'T
MIND HANGING OUT,
HE'LL BE HERE IN A MINUTE.
- ABSOLUTELY, THANK YOU.
I'M HAPPY TO HAVE AN EXPERT
TO COME IN AND CHECK 'EM OUT.
I'M KINDA INTERESTED TO HEAR
A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT 'EM.
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- EARLIER TODAY, I HAD
A CUSTOMER COME IN
WITH FOUR AUTOGRAPHED
SCRIPTS FROM ABC'S TGIF LINEUP.
THEY SEEM AUTHENTIC,
AND I DON'T DOUBT THAT
THE SIGNATURES ARE REAL.
BUT HE'S ASKING $3,000,
AND I HAVE NO IDEA
WHETHER THESE ARE LEGIT OR
NOT, SO I'M CALLING IN STEVE GRAD.
AND HOPEFULLY TGIF,
THANK GRAD IT'S NOT FAKE.
THE ORIGINAL TGIF.
- SO PEOPLE WENT
CRAZY FOR THESE SHOWS.
THIS WAS THE LINEUP THEY
HAD THAT REALLY DEFINED
THAT FRIDAY NIGHT.
SO WHAT ARE YOUR CONCERNS?
- THERE'S JUST A TON
OF AUTOGRAPHS HERE.
- OKAY, WHO'S STEVE?
- I'M STEVE.
- SO THAT'S YOU.
SO THAT'S... THIS WAS ALL
YOUR STUFF AT SOME POINT.
- CORRECT.
- OKAY.
JUST GONNA TAKE A
LOOK AT THE INK ON HERE.
SO "FAMILY MATTERS" SCRIPT,
OBVIOUSLY, THE BIG STAR OF
THAT SHOW WAS JALEEL WHITE.
AND HIS SIGNATURE, OBVIOUSLY,
IS JUST... IT'S VERY SIMPLE.
REALLY HASN'T CHANGED MUCH.
IT'S USUALLY JUST
HIS FIRST NAME,
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE.
I SEE A LOT OF BOB SAGET,
JOHN STAMOS AUTOGRAPHS STILL,
STILL VERY POPULAR.
BOB'S ALWAYS HAD THE SAME
TYPE OF SLOPPY-TYPE SIGNATURE.
IT'S A NICE LITTLE
COLLECTION YOU HAVE HERE.
SO THE ONE THING I DO NOTICE
ABOUT THE "FULL HOUSE" SCRIPT,
YOU DON'T HAVE THE OLSEN TWINS.
- CORRECT.
- SO WHAT'S THE
REASON BEHIND THAT?
- PRETTY SURE THEY
WERE BABIES AT THE TIME.
- YEAH, AND THEY
COULDN'T END UP SIGNING IT.
SO YOU DO HAVE THE MAIN CAST.
COREY, YOU KNOW,
JUST LOOKING AT THESE,
OBVIOUSLY, THE PERSONALIZATION,
THE AUTOGRAPH INK IS LIVE,
THE AUTOGRAPHS MATCH UP PERFECT,
SO THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT
THESE BEING AUTHENTIC.
- OKAY.
- SO I WOULD TELL YOU THIS MUCH.
IF THEY WEREN'T PERSONALIZED,
THEY'D PROBABLY BE
WORTH A LITTLE MORE
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU
COULD STILL SELL THESE.
YOU COULD STILL PRESENT
'EM, TAKE A PICTURE,
FRAME IT, MAT IT TOGETHER.
BUT IF THEY WEREN'T
PERSONALIZED,
IT WOULD HELP A LITTLE MORE.
BUT PEOPLE ARE STILL
GONNA LIKE THESE.
SO BASED ON EVERYTHING
I SEE HERE, COREY,
REALLY NICE LOOKING STUFF.
I PUT THE VALUE RIGHT AT $700.
- ALL RIGHT, WELL,
I APPRECIATE IT.
- YEP, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
- GOOD LUCK.
- THANK YOU, SIR.
APPRECIATE IT.
- THANK YOU.
- SO YOU STARTED OFF AT 3,000.
- I DID.
- THEY'RE WORTH ABOUT
700. I GOTTA MAKE MONEY TOO.
WHERE YA AT NOW?
- IF YOU CAN SELL 'EM FOR 700,
I KNOW YOU GOTTA
MAKE SOME MONEY.
UH, I DON'T KNOW,
LIKE 600 BUCKS?
- I GOTTA MAKE MORE
THAN 100 BUCKS ON IT, MAN.
WHETHER I SELL IT AS A SET
OR WHETHER I SELL
'EM ONE BY ONE,
IT'S JUST GONNA TAKE ME A WHILE.
I'M MORE IN THE $200 RANGE.
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- I'M CERTAIN, REGARDLESS
OF WHAT HE SAID,
THAT YOU CAN GET A LOT
MORE THAN $700 FOR THEM.
YOU KNOW, GIVE ME, LIKE,
500 BUCKS, MAN, AND YOU CAN...
- I CAN PUSH IT TO 250.
- YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME
TO TRY TO SELL 'EM YOURSELF,
IF IT DON'T WORK OUT FOR
YOU, YOU CAN BRING 'EM BACK.
- YEAH.
- MY OFFER WILL STAND, BUT
250 IS WHERE I'M GONNA GO.
- UGH, THAT'S KIND OF A BUMMER.
- GIMME 300 BUCKS,
AND WE GOT A DEAL.
- MAN, I HEAR YOU...
- COME ON, BROTHER.
300 BUCKS, YOU KNOW YOU
CAN SELL THESE FOR MORE,
A LOT MORE.
- FINE, FINE, FINE, YOU BEAT
ME. 300 BUCKS, YOU GOT IT.
ALL RIGHT, COME WITH ME,
LET'S DO SOME PAPERWORK.
- ALL RIGHT.
I'M PRETTY DISAPPOINTED THAT
I ONLY GOT $300 OUT OF THEM,
BUT I'M GONNA GIVE
IT TO MY GIRLFRIEND
FOR A TRIP WE'RE GOING ON.
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- TIE IT OFF FIRST. DON'T
GET AHEAD OF YOURSELF.
- BRO, IT'S TOO MU... IT'S
NOT EVEN ENOUGH ROPE.
- IT'S ENOUGH
ROPE. IT'S 100 FEET.
AFTER I BOUGHT THE BOAT,
I REALIZED I WAS GONNA
NEED SOMEWHERE TO PARK IT.
AND SINCE IT'S SUCH A BEAUTY,
WHAT A BETTER PLACE THAN
RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE PAWN SHOP?
- ALL RIGHT, START
RIGHT THERE, TIE IT OFF.
- WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
- WE GOT 27 FEET THAT THIS
BOAT NEEDS TO FIT IN HERE.
- BRO, THIS ROPE
IS ALL TANGLED UP.
- GRAB THE END RIGHT
THERE. NOW PULL IT THROUGH.
YEP, THERE YOU GO.
- ALL RIGHT, STOP.
WHAT KIND OF INSANITY DO
YOU GUYS HAVE GOING ON?
- WHAT'S GOING ON
HERE IS, I NEED A SPOT
TO PARK YOUR 27-FOOT
SAILBOAT THAT I JUST BOUGHT YOU.
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- OH, MY GOD.
- COME ON, PULL
THIS UP A LITTLE MORE.
- NO, NO, NO, WHAT'S THE BOAT?
- THIS IS A PRIME SAILBOAT.
THE GUY WAS ASKING
10 GRAND FOR IT.
I WAS LIKE A SHARK
IN THIS DEAL, RICK,
AND I SMELLED
BLOOD IN THE WATER.
I SPENT $3,800 ON
THIS SAILBOAT, RICK,
AND IT'S A BARGAIN.
- WE HAVE MULTIPLE
PROBLEMS HERE, ALL RIGHT?
FIRST OFF, I CAN ONLY
IMAGINE WHAT KIND OF BOAT IT IS
IF IT ONLY COST $3,800.
- IT'S NICE!
- I DON'T WANT A
27-FOOT SAILBOAT
BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO TOW IT
AND STORE IT AND
EVERYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT,
AND IN THE END, I
WILL LOSE MONEY ON IT.
- NO, YOU'RE GONNA
MAKE MONEY LIKE THIS.
- OKAY, YOU ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE A MANAGER.
YOU HANDLE THIS.
WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A
BOAT IN THE PARKING LOT.
PUT THE BOAT SOMEWHERE,
AND WHERE I'D LIKE YOU
TO PUT IT, I REALLY CAN'T SAY.
- JUST TAKE THAT CONE,
MOVE IT OVER THERE,
AND WHEN HE LEAVES,
JUST PUT IT BACK, ALL RIGHT?
- YEAH, HE'S TALKING TO YOU.
- THE BOAT'S GOTTA GO SOMEWHERE.
- I KNOW, JUST
PUT IT RIGHT HERE.
- ALL RIGHT. MOVE
THE CONE OVER THERE.
I GUESS.
- WHY I GOTTA MOVE
THE DAMN THING?
- WELL, THEN DON'T
DO IT, AND I'LL DO IT.
- WELL, HERE.
- ALL RIGHT.
- MEET ME HALFWAY.
LOOK, THIS IS WHAT
HELP LOOKS LIKE.