Pawn Stars (2009–…): Season 18, Episode 5 - Mo' Monet, Mo' Problems - full transcript
- ON TONIGHT'S EPISODE...
- I GOT THIS 1940S
CANDY MACHINE.
- CHUM TAKES A CHANCE
ON A SWEET DEAL.
- THIS WOULD LOOK
REALLY COOL FIXED UP.
PUT SOME OF MY CANDY BARS IN IT.
- YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
- COREY DISCOVERS
THERE ARE THINGS WORSE
THAN A ROOT CANAL.
- 1920S DENTAL CHAIR.
- IT WAS A PRETTY BRUTAL
PROCESS BACK THEN.
YOU JUST WENT TO THE BARBERSHOP,
GOT A HAIRCUT, GOT A
SHAVE, GOT A TOOTH PULLED.
- I'LL PULL MY OWN TOOTH
BEFORE I LET MY BARBER DO IT.
- AND LATER, A CUSTOMER
LEAVES ME WONDERING
IF MORE MONET MEANS
MORE PROBLEMS.
- WE HAVE A LETTER IN THE HAND
OF THE IMPRESSIONIST
ARTIST, CLAUDE MONET.
- OKAY. SHOW ME THE MONET.
WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THAT?
- THIS IS A...
SORT OF A GAMBLING
CHEAT CARD TRIMMER.
- ALL RIGHT.
- YOU WOULD PUT THE CARD
IN THERE AND TRIM IT DOWN,
AND WHEN THEY WOULD DEAL,
THEY WOULD KNOW WHAT TO FEEL FOR
SO THEY WOULD HAVE AN IDEA
OF WHAT THEY WERE DEALING.
- OKAY.
I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST...
YOU WERE REALLY INTO
PRECISION GIFT WRAPPING.
NO.
- I'M HERE AT THE
PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY GAMBLING
CHEAT CARD TRIMMER.
PICKED IT UP IN AN ANTIQUE SHOP
WITH MY FOLKS SOME DECADES AGO,
AND IT'S BEEN SITTING
ON OUR COFFEE TABLE
FOR MANY YEARS,
AND WHEN PEOPLE COME OVER TO IT,
INVARIABLY, THEY ASK ABOUT IT
AND IT STRIKES UP
A CONVERSATION.
MY WIFE'S TIRED OF IT
BEING AROUND THE HOUSE,
SO I'M HOPING TO SELL
IT FOR $1,500 TODAY.
- I'VE NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
SO I'M ASSUMING THESE WERE
PROBABLY MADE AFTER 1920.
SO THIS WAS USED BY A MAGICIAN
OR SOMEONE CHEATING AT CARDS.
I CAN'T THINK OF ANY
OTHER USE FOR IT.
- NEITHER CAN I.
- IF YOU HAVE CARDS THAT FEEL
A CERTAIN WAY IN YOUR HAND,
YOU CAN JUST GO "BLAH,
BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, HERE,"
AND JUST GO, LIKE,
"ACE OF SPADES."
SO IF YOU SET THIS TO THE
RIGHT MEASUREMENT OF A CARD,
YOU MAKE THIS LITTLE
ANGLE, PUT IT IN THERE, AND...
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- EXACTLY.
- NOW THERE'S A LITTLE ANGLE
ON THE SIDE OF THAT CARD.
I MEAN, JUST A
LITTLE, MICRO AMOUNT
IS ENOUGH FOR WHEN YOU'RE
A VERY EXPERIENCED MAGICIAN.
YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE DECK
AND FIND THE ACE
OF SPADES EVERY TIME
AND PEOPLE GO, LIKE, "WHOA."
SO HOW MUCH YOU WANT FOR IT?
- LOOKING FOR $1,500.
- OKAY.
TELL YOU THE
TRUTH, I HAVE NO IDEA.
I HAVE A BUDDY WHO IS A MAGICIAN
WHO COLLECTS THIS KIND OF
STUFF AND WOULD PROBABLY KNOW
EVERYTHING THERE IS
TO KNOW ABOUT THIS.
SO IF YOU CAN HANG
OUT A LITTLE BIT,
I'LL GIVE HIM A CALL
AND HAVE HIM COME DOWN
AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
- OKAY. SOUNDS GREAT.
- GREAT. I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
- ALL RIGHT.
- I WOULD WELCOME AN
EXPERT'S OPINION ON THIS.
I THINK IT WOULD HELP
FIGURE OUT THE REAL VALUE
AND MAYBE WE CAN STRIKE A DEAL.
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- HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
- GOOD.
- WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
- IT'S AN ANTIQUE WHISKEY JUG
FROM THE OLD ROSE
DISTILLING COMPANY IN CHICAGO.
- IS IT FULL? DID YOU
COME TO PARTY OR...
- NO, IT'S EMPTY.
AWW!
- I'M HERE AT THE
PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO TRY TO SELL MY
ANTIQUE WHISKEY JUG
FROM THE OLD ROSE
DISTILLING COMPANY.
I BOUGHT THE JUG
FOR MY DAUGHTER.
HER NAME IS ROSE.
SHE DIDN'T LIKE
THE OLD ROSE LOGO,
SO I GOT IT BACK AND
I'M TRYING TO SELL IT.
I'M HOPING TO GET
$500 FOR MY JUG.
- THIS IS PRETTY COOL, MAN.
YEAH, LOUIS ROSENZWEIG,
HE MANAGED A COUPLE
SALOONS IN CHICAGO,
AND HE REALIZED THAT THE GUY
SELLING THE SALOONS THE
LIQUOR OR SPIRITS OR WHATEVER
WAS THE GUY MAKING
ALL THE BIG MONEY,
SO HE DECIDED TO
MAKE A DISTILLERY.
OLD ROSE STARTED IN 1902,
AND THEN HE OPENED UP
ANOTHER ONE AND ANOTHER ONE
AND ANOTHER ONE AND ANOTHER...
AND HE DID REALLY
WELL FOR HIMSELF.
I MEAN, YOU CAN TELL
BY THE AMOUNT OF
DISTILLERIES HE HAD.
BUT DURING WORLD WAR I,
THERE WAS A GRAIN RATION
AND STUFF FOR THE TROOPS,
SO WE REALLY
COULDN'T MAKE WHISKEY,
SO THE WRITING WAS PRETTY MUCH
ON THE WALL BEFORE PROHIBITION.
BECAUSE WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN
YOUR PRODUCT'S NOW ILLEGAL
AND YOU DON'T HAVE
ANYTHING ELSE TO SELL?
THAT'S WHY THEY WENT
OUT OF BUSINESS IN 1917.
THE REASON YOU DON'T
SEE VERY MANY OF THESE
IS THIS WAS ACTUALLY
KIND OF TREATED LIKE A KEG.
YOU KNOW, A KEG OF
BEER, YOU WOULD RETURN IT.
- YEP.
- I MEAN, IT'S IN REALLY
GOOD CONDITION.
SO WHAT ARE YOU
LOOKING TO DO WITH IT?
- I'D LIKE TO SELL IT.
- OKAY.
ANY IDEA WHAT YOU'RE
LOOKING TO GET OUT OF IT?
- I'D LIKE TO GET $500.
- SO I THINK YOU'RE
ON THE MONEY AT 500.
THAT'S WHAT I COULD
PROBABLY SELL IT FOR.
YOU HAVE TO REALIZE I'VE
GOTTA MAKE MONEY ON THIS THING.
WILL YOU DO 250?
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- I THINK THAT'S
JUST A LITTLE LOW.
HOW ABOUT 350?
- HOW ABOUT 275?
- HOW ABOUT 300?
YOU'RE GONNA GET A GUY WHO
LIVES AND BREATHES CHICAGO
WHO'S JUST GONNA HAVE
TO HAVE THAT FOR HIS BAR.
- I'VE GOTTA STAY AT 275, MAN.
I... 300'S JUST... THAT'S
MY BREAKING POINT.
I CAN'T GO OVER 275.
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- I CAN DO THAT.
- ALL RIGHT, COOL.
MEET ME OVER THERE. WE
GOTTA DO SOME PAPERWORK.
- ALL RIGHT.
I SOLD MY JUG FOR $275.
I THINK THAT'S A FAIR
PRICE AND I'M HAPPY WITH IT.
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- HEY. HOW'S IT GOING?
- HELLO. GOOD.
GOING WELL.
- WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
- WE HAVE A LETTER IN THE HAND
OF IMPRESSIONIST
ARTIST CLAUDE MONET
FROM 1891.
- OKAY.
WELL, SHOW ME THE MONET.
- I'M HERE AT THE
PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL A HANDWRITTEN
LETTER BY CLAUDE MONET.
I BOUGHT THE LETTER
IN 1990 AT AN AUCTION
AND IT'S BEEN FRAMED
ON MY WALL EVER SINCE.
I LOVED HAVING IT,
AND I'M DOWNSIZING MY COLLECTION
AND MY KIDS DON'T WANT IT.
I'M HOPING TO SELL THE
LETTER FOR $8,500 TODAY
BECAUSE OF WHO WROTE THE LETTER,
WHO IT'S WRITTEN TO,
AND INTERESTING CONTENT.
- I'D SAY DEFINITELY COOL.
CLAUDE MONET WAS BORN IN 1840.
BY 1860, HE WAS A
STRUGGLING ARTIST.
HIM AND SOME OTHER ARTISTS
STARTED THE
IMPRESSIONIST MOVEMENTS,
WHICH WAS NOT WELL-RECEIVED
AT THE BEGINNING.
- DEGENERATE
ART, THEY CALLED IT.
- YEAH, THEY JUST CRITICIZED
THEIR ARTWORK LEFT AND RIGHT.
BUT MONET, RENOIR,
ALL THESE GUYS,
WHILE THE ART CRITICS
WERE CRITICIZING THEIR WORK,
THEIR WORK BEGAN TO SELL
AND IT BEGAN TO SELL WELL
AND EVENTUALLY...
THE ART CRITICS NEVER
SAID THEY WERE WRONG.
THEY JUST STARTED
APPRECIATING IT.
SO, I MEAN, HAVE YOU
EVER HAD THIS TRANSLATED?
- YES.
IT'S WRITTEN BY MONET
TO GUSTAVE GEFFROY
129 YEARS AGO NOW.
THEY WERE LONGTIME FRIENDS,
AND IN THIS LETTER, HE'S ANGRY.
HE SAID, "YOU FORGOT
ALL YOUR PROMISES,"
AND "I DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOU HAVE AGAINST ME,"
AND, YOU KNOW, "DON'T DARE ASK
TO COME OUT TO
GIVERNY," TO HIS HOME.
VERY INTENSE. HE
WAS DEFINITELY ANGRY.
- OKAY.
IT LOOKS A LITTLE ODD THE
WAY IT'S WRITTEN ACTUALLY.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DRAWING
WITH A PEN WITH A NIB.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE BALLPOINT PENS.
IT WAS A METAL TIP ON IT, AND...
USUALLY IT PUSHED INTO THE PAPER
AND I DON'T SEE THAT HERE.
- WELL, IT BLEEDS
INTO THE PAPER.
- KAY.
IT JUST SEEMS A
LITTLE ODD TO ME.
HOW MUCH YOU WANT FOR IT?
- I'M LOOKING FOR $8,500 FOR IT.
- OKAY.
DO YOU MIND IF I HAVE
SOMEONE CHECK IT OUT?
- NO.
- GIVE ME A FEW MINUTES.
I'M GONNA GO GIVE
SOMEONE A CALL.
I'M GONNA GET 'EM DOWN
HERE AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
ALL RIGHT?
- GREAT.
I'M COMPLETELY HAPPY WITH
HIM BRINGING AN EXPERT IN.
I KNOW IT'S AUTHENTIC,
AND I HOPE THAT HE AGREES
WITH ME ON THE VALUE.
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- HOW YOU DOING?
- GOOD.
HOW ARE YOU?
- PRETTY GOOD.
- WHAT DO YOU GOT HERE?
- I GOT THIS 1940S, LIKE,
STONER CANDY MACHINE.
- CANDY?
- YES, SIR.
- YOU KNOW WHO
LOVES CANDY, RIGHT?
THIS GUY.
WHOO-HOO!
- I'M HERE AT THE
PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY STONER
CANDY VENDING MACHINE.
I BELIEVE THE MACHINE
IS FROM THE 1940S.
IT'S IN GOOD SHAPE.
THERE'S NOT TOO
MANY DENTS ON IT.
I KNOW IT'S GOT
SOME VALUE TO IT,
BUT I HAVE NO USE FOR IT.
RESEARCHING THIS CANDY MACHINE,
I'M TRYING TO GET AT
LEAST $1,000 OUT OF IT.
- STONER'S PRETTY COOL THOUGH.
THEY MADE SOME COOL STUFF.
STONER VENDING MACHINES
HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE THE '30S
AND THEY'RE KNOWN FOR MAKING
SOME REALLY COOL,
SLEEK VENDING MACHINES.
THEY HAD A FEW DIFFERENT MODELS.
THEY EVEN HAD A MORE
HIGH-END MODEL THAT LIT UP
AND YOU'D SEE THAT, LIKE,
IN THE HIGH-END THEATERS.
YOU KNOW, THE MORE ELITE CLASS.
BUT THEY'RE NOT KNOWN
FOR JUST VENDING MACHINES.
THEY'RE ALSO KNOWN FOR
MAKING SOME VIDEO ARCADE GAMES.
- RIGHT, RIGHT.
- THIS WOULD LOOK
REALLY COOL FIXED UP.
I HAVE A CANDY SHOP MYSELF,
SO I LOVE THINGS LIKE THIS.
YOU KNOW, VENDING MACHINES
AND CANDY DISPENSERS, SO...
WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?
- WELL, IT'S BEEN IN
THE FAMILY FOR A WHILE,
BUT IT'S BEEN IN MY GARAGE
COLLECTING DUST FOR 20 YEARS
AND MY WIFE WANTS
ME TO GET RID OF IT.
- YEAH, I THINK IT'S ABOUT TIME.
- YEAH.
- YOU HAVEN'T
FIXED IT IN 20 YEARS,
YOU'RE NOT GONNA
FIX IT IN THE NEXT 20.
- YEAH, I AGREE.
- DOES IT WORK?
- I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT SURE.
I HAVEN'T USED IT.
- DO YOU HAVE THE KEYS
AND EVERYTHING FOR IT?
- I DO NOT.
- OKAY.
JUST TAKING A LOOK AT IT,
I MEAN, IT LOOKS IN
PRETTY ROUGH SHAPE.
THERE IS A LOT OF RUST ON IT.
HOW MUCH ARE YOU
LOOKING TO GET FOR IT?
- I WOULD LIKE TO GET
AT LEAST $1,000 OUT OF IT.
- OKAY.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT THEY GO FOR
IN WORKING CONDITION.
I'M GONNA NEED
SOMEONE TO COME DOWN
AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT
AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT
'CAUSE IT DEFINITELY
NEEDS TO BE RESTORED.
SO IF YOU HAVE SOME TIME,
I'LL GET SOMEONE DOWN HERE
AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT
A PRICE AFTER THAT.
- THAT'S FAIR.
- ALL RIGHT.
GIVE ME A FEW MINUTES.
- RIGHT.
I GUESS WE'RE GONNA HAVE
AN EXPERT LOOK AT IT TODAY
AND CHECK OUT THE VALUE OF IT.
I HOPE HE GIVES IT
A GOOD APPRAISAL
'CAUSE I REALLY
COULD USE THE MONEY.
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- SO I HAVE A
CUSTOMER IN THE SHOP
WITH A GAMBLING
CHEAT CARD TRIMMER.
IT'S SUPER UNIQUE
AND I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE LIKE IT,
BUT HE'S ASKING $1,500,
SO I HAVE MURRAY COMING DOWN.
HE'S GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT IT
AND HOPEFULLY HE
CAN WORK HIS MAGIC
AND MAKE A DEAL APPEAR.
SO HERE WE GO. THE
CHEATING/MAGIC MACHINE.
- AH, YOU THINK
MAGIC'S CHEATING.
I SEE.
THIS IS PRETTY COOL.
THIS LOOKS LIKE
IT WAS 1930S, 1950S.
YOU CAN CHEAT PRETTY
WELL WITH THESE MACHINES.
THEY'RE PRETTY PHENOMENAL.
IT'S BASICALLY LIKE
A BIG PAPER CUTTER.
IT TRIMS A CARD JUST
ENOUGH SO LITERALLY,
WHEN YOU RUN YOUR FINGER
DOWN THE OUTSIDE OF IT,
IT'LL STOP EXACTLY ON THE
CARD THAT YOU WANT CHOSEN.
THERE'S A STAMP ON HERE
AND IT SAYS, "THE
BALL BROTHERS."
THEY MAINLY MADE JARS,
BUT THEY ALSO HAD A METAL
MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
SO THEY'D MAKE ONE-OFFS
OF ALL SORTS OF THINGS.
SO DO YOU MIND IF
I USE THIS? TRY IT?
- NO, PLEASE. GO RIGHT AHEAD.
- OKAY, I BROUGHT A
DECK OF CARDS WITH ME,
'CAUSE EVERY MAGICIAN ALWAYS
HAS A DECK OF CARDS WITH 'EM.
LET'S USE THE ACE.
AND THIS OBVIOUSLY
SLIDES TO THE LEFT.
LET'S GO RIGHT TO THE EDGE HERE.
YOU DON'T REALLY TAKE MUCH OFF.
YOU REALLY TAKE JUST A
REALLY SLENDER AMOUNT OFF.
THERE, SEE?
LET'S PUT THAT
RIGHT IN YOUR HAIR.
SO IF I DROP THIS IN
THE PACK SOMEWHERES,
BUT IF I GO LIKE THIS,
IF I RUN MY FINGER
RIGHT DOWN THE EDGE,
I SHOULD COME
RIGHT TO YOUR CARD.
SO IF YOU GO LIKE THIS...
GO ALL THE WAY DOWN.
AND THAT SHOULD BE
THE ACE OF SPADES.
- NICE.
- ISN'T THAT GREAT?
SO, RICK, TRY IT. SERIOUSLY.
- ALL RIGHT.
- IT'S JUST A FEELING.
- ALL RIGHT.
- DON'T BLOW IT, RICK.
JUST FEEL IT. JUST FEEL IT.
- THERE WE GO.
- THERE WE GO, SEE?
THERE WE GO.
- PRETTY AMAZING.
- SO ANYWAYS, THAT'S
HOW THIS WORKS.
IN THE OLD DAYS,
WITH THIS DEVICE,
YOU AND I COULD MAYBE
GO CLEAN UP LAS VEGAS.
BACK IN THE EARLY
1900S, IT'S VERY SIMPLE
'CAUSE IT WAS SINGLE DECK,
NOBODY REALLY
KNEW ABOUT CHEATING,
BUT NOW IT'S VERY HARD
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY
USE SEVEN, EIGHT DECKS,
AND IT'S A DIFFERENT GAME,
BUT THIS IS A VERY COOL ITEM.
- SO HOW MUCH YOU
THINK IT'S WORTH?
- SO, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS DEVICE,
THE CONDITION OF IT
AND, YOU KNOW, THE
DEMAND THAT IT'S IN,
I WOULD SAY $750.
- WELL, THANKS
MAN. APPRECIATE IT.
- THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. THANK YOU, SIR.
- THANK YOU.
- GOOD LUCK, ALL RIGHT?
- SO WHAT'S YOUR
BEST PRICE ON IT?
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- 1,250.
- NO.
I'LL GO, LIKE, 450 BUCKS ON IT.
- HOW ABOUT 600?
- WE CUT THE CARDS.
IF I GET THE ACE OF
SPADES, WE GET IT FOR 450.
I'LL GO 450. THAT'S THE
BEST I CAN GO ON IT.
- MAKE IT 500 AND WE'RE DONE.
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- I'LL GO 475 BUCKS.
- ONLY BECAUSE MY WIFE DOESN'T
WANT ME TO COME HOME WITH IT.
- SOUNDS LIKE A DEAL. OKAY.
I'LL MEET YOU RIGHT OVER
THERE. WE'LL DO SOME PAPERWORK.
- OKAY.
- FOR WHEN YOU JUST NEED
TO TAKE A LITTLE OFF THE TOP.
NOT THAT I'VE DONE
THAT IN A LONG TIME.
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SO I HAVE A CUSTOMER
IN THE STORE
WITH A HANDWRITTEN
AND SIGNED LETTER
BY THE PAINTER CLAUDE MONET.
SOMETHING LIKE THIS
IS INCREDIBLY RARE
AND INCREDIBLY VALUABLE.
HE WANTS $8,500 FOR IT,
SO I HAVE STEVE GRAD COMING DOWN
TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT
BECAUSE THIS THING
HAS DEFINITELY LEFT
AN IMPRESSION ON ME.
WELL, HERE'S THE
MONET, OR THE MONEY.
- I KNOW YOU'LL FIND THIS ODD
BUT HE'S ONE OF MY
FAVORITE ARTISTS.
I'VE SEEN A LOT OF HIS WORK.
- I ALWAYS PICTURED YOU
AS A GUY WITH "DOGS
PLAYING POKER."
- TELL ME ABOUT THE
CONTENT IF YOU CAN.
- YEAH, SO IT'S A LETTER
THAT'S WRITTEN TO
GUSTAVE GEFFROY.
HE WROTE THE BIOGRAPHY
ABOUT CLAUDE MONET.
THEY WERE FRIENDS FOR YEARS,
BUT IN THIS LETTER,
HE'S ANGRY AT HIM,
SO I THINK IT'S UNIQUE.
- ALL RIGHT, WELL, WHAT
CONCERNS YOU, FIRST OFF?
- IT LOOKS A LITTLE ODD TO ME.
THERE'S NO REAL
NIB MARKS IN THIS.
- OKAY.
- WHICH IS KIND OF WEIRD.
BUT I COULD BE WRONG.
YOU'RE THE EXPERT, NOT ME.
- I'VE SEEN A LOT
OF HIS LETTERS.
HE WAS PROLIFIC FOR
A LONG TIME IN HIS LIFE,
WRITING TO CRITICS
AND FRIENDS OF HIS
AND FAMILY MEMBERS,
BUT HE HAD A CERTAIN
WAY OF WRITING
AND HE HAD A CERTAIN
WAY OF USING THE INK.
YOU KNOW, ONCE WE GET IN HERE
AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS
UNDER MAGNIFICATION,
I CAN GET AN IDEA
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
SO I'M LOOKING AT THIS,
BUT I SEE THE LIGHT AND
DARK VARIANCES, RICK.
THIS INK IS PRETTY BRIGHT
HERE. IT'S REALLY NICE.
YOU CAN TELL HE'S
STARTING TO RUN OUT.
HE KEEPS GOING, KEEPS GOING.
HE REDIPS HERE.
LIGHT, DARK, LIGHT, DARK.
IT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT.
THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT
IT. THIS IS DEFINITELY ALIVE.
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- SO HE JUST HAD A
REALLY LIGHT HAND?
- YEAH, AT TIMES HE DID,
AND I THINK YOU'LL SEE
FROM THE EXAMPLES
HE JUST LET THE
PEN WRITE FOR HIM.
HE DIDN'T PRESS TOO HARD,
SO HE DIDN'T DISPENSE
A LOT OF INK TOO.
- OKAY, SO YOU THINK IT'S REAL.
- I DO, ABSOLUTELY.
- OKAY, SO WHAT DO
YOU THINK IT'S WORTH?
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- WELL, WITH THAT SAID,
HE STILL DOES HAVE
PRETTY GOOD VALUE.
HIS WORKS ARE OBVIOUSLY
SHOWN THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
THE CONTENT IS GOOD.
THE PROBLEM IS I
THINK THE MARKETPLACE
HAS SEEN A LOT OF THIS STUFF.
SO WITH THAT SAID,
I'D PUT THE VALUE
RIGHT AT ABOUT $4,000.
- OKAY.
THANKS, MAN.
- ALL RIGHT. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.
- THANKS.
- GREAT PIECE. THANKS.
- YEP.
HMM.
- ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT'S
YOUR BEST PRICE ON IT?
- I'D GO 5.
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- I'LL GIVE YOU 3 GRAND FOR IT.
- WHAT ABOUT
JUST GOING, LIKE, 4?
- NO. THAT IS TOP.
I WON'T GO A DIME HIGHER.
$3,000.
ANYMORE WOULD MAKE
ZERO SENSE FOR ME.
- 3,500?
♪ ♪
- I'LL TELL YOU WHAT,
I'LL GIVE YOU 3,100
AND I SHOULDN'T EVEN DO THAT.
♪ ♪
- I'M READY TO PASS IT ON TO
SOMEBODY ELSE TO ENJOY IT.
- ALL RIGHT, WE GOT A DEAL.
I WILL MEET YOU
RIGHT OVER THERE.
WE'LL DO SOME PAPERWORK.
I'LL GET YOU PAID.
- GREAT.
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I'M IN THE MONET.
♪ ♪
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- WHY, HELLO. WHAT
DO WE HAVE HERE?
- I'VE GOT A 1920S DENTAL CHAIR,
AND THAT'S A
TREADLE DENTAL DRILL.
- OKAY.
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YOU INTO COLLECTING
TORTURE DEVICES?
- I'M AT THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY 1920S DENTAL
CHAIR AND A DENTAL DRILL.
I OWN AN ANTIQUES STORE
AND I THINK IT'S VERY
MACABRE AND VERY SCARY.
I BOUGHT IT FROM A GUY
WHO HAD IT IN HIS BASEMENT.
IT WAS HIS GREAT-GRANDFATHER'S,
WHO WAS A DENTIST.
I'M LOOKING TO GET
$1,000 FOR THE TWO PIECES.
- OKAY. DEFINITELY DIFFERENT.
- HOW OLD IS THIS STUFF?
- PROBABLY 19...
TEENS OR '20S?
- AND THIS IS A TREADLE
DENTISTS' DRILL.
PROBABLY 1800S.
THEY CAME OUT WITH
THESE, LIKE, IN THE 1870S.
MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE
THIS, BUT BELIEVE IT OR NOT,
DENTISTS STARTED OFF AS BARBERS.
BEFORE THERE
WAS, LIKE, DENTISTS,
BASICALLY, THE BARBER
WAS YOUR CATCHALL,
EVERYDAY DOCTOR.
THEY WERE LITERALLY
CALLED BARBER SURGEONS.
SO THEY TOOK CARE
OF SMALL OPERATIONS,
THEY BLED YOU,
AND THEY TOOK
CARE OF YOUR TEETH.
UP UNTIL THE MID-1800S,
LIKE, ONCE A YEAR, YOU
NEEDED TO GO TO THE BARBER
AND GET A GOOD BLEEDING.
SORT OF LIKE YOUR
ANNUAL DOCTOR CHECKUP,
YOUR ANNUAL BLOODLETTING.
THAT'S WHAT YOU
DID AT THE BARBER.
I MEAN, ONLY RICH PEOPLE
WENT TO ACTUAL PHYSICIANS
WHO WENT TO COLLEGE,
BUT IF YOU WERE
JUST AN AVERAGE JOE,
YOU JUST WENT TO THE BARBERSHOP,
GOT A HAIRCUT, GOT A
SHAVE, GOT A TOOTH PULLED.
- YEAH, I'LL PULL MY OWN TOOTH
BEFORE I LET MY BARBER DO IT.
- BUT THIS WAS ACTUALLY A
PRETTY AMAZING INVENTION
WHEN THEY CAME
OUT WITH THIS THING.
IT'S ACTUALLY A
HIGH-SPEED DRILL.
YOU WOULD START CRANKING
YOUR FOOT RIGHT THERE.
THAT WOULD SPIN THE BIG WHEEL.
THE BELT WOULD START
SPINNING THIS RIGHT HERE.
- THAT'S KIND OF SCARY
IF A DENTIST IS DOING
TECHNICAL WORK IN YOUR MOUTH,
BUT HIS FOOT IS GOING LIKE THIS.
- YEAH, IT WAS A PRETTY
BRUTAL PROCESS BACK THEN.
I MEAN, PEOPLE DIED
FROM HAVING BAD TEETH.
YOU KNOW, KING TUT
DIED FROM A BAD TOOTH.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, DENTISTS
ACTUALLY SAVE LIVES.
- SO WHAT ARE YOU
LOOKING TO DO WITH IT?
- I'D LIKE TO SELL IT.
- HOW MUCH DO YOU
WANT FOR THESE THINGS?
- I WAS LOOKING TO GET
1,000 FOR BOTH OF 'EM.
- OKAY.
I MEAN, IT'S REALLY
INTERESTING, BUT...
IT'S TERRIFYING.
YOU KNOW, THE DRILL IS BROKEN.
THE CHAIR IS IN
REALLY ROUGH SHAPE,
AND IF IT WAS IN BETTER
SHAPE, MAYBE, BUT IT'S JUST...
IT'S JUST TOO ROUGH.
KAY?
WELL, THANKS FOR BRINGING IT IN.
IT'S JUST NOT FOR ME, MAN.
- OKAY.
- ALL RIGHT, HAVE A GOOD ONE.
- HEY, THANKS FOR LOOKING AT IT.
- APPRECIATE IT.
- THANKS.
- WEREN'T YOU GONNA SCHEDULE
A DENTIST APPOINTMENT?
NOT NOW.
GETTING A HAIRCUT
AT A BARBERSHOP
WAS STRESSFUL ENOUGH FOR ME
TO EVENTUALLY GO FULL MR. CLEAN.
BUT IMAGINE HOW SOMEONE FELT
WALKING INTO A BARBERSHOP
HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO.
YOU COULD'VE BEEN GOING
TO ONE OF THESE GUYS
TO GET A TOOTH PULLED,
HAVE A SURGICAL PROCEDURE,
OR FOR SOME GOOD
OLD-FASHIONED BLOODLETTING.
THAT IS LITERALLY
HAVING YOUR BLOOD
DRAINED FROM YOUR BODY
IN ONE OF MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
SOUNDS CRAZY,
BUT BLOODLETTING IS ONE
OF THE WORLD'S OLDEST
MEDICINAL PRACTICES.
PEOPLE THINK IT
ORIGINATED IN ANCIENT EGYPT
AROUND 1,000 B.C.
THE EGYPTIANS BELIEVED
RELEASING BLOOD FROM THE BODY
COULD CURE SOMETHING
AS DEADLY AS THE PLAGUE
OR SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS ACNE.
SOME FOLKS EVEN THOUGHT IT
COULD CAST OUT EVIL SPIRITS.
♪ ♪
THERE'S A FEW DIFFERENT TYPES
OF BLOODLETTING TECHNIQUES.
ALL OF THEM ARE SERIOUSLY GROSS.
VENESECTION,
THAT'S DRAWING BLOOD
WITH CUTS OR PUNCTURES.
THERE'S CUPPING,
WHICH MEANT PLACING A
GLASS DOME OVER THE SKIN
AND EXTRACTING AIR BY
SUCTION OR PRIOR HEATING.
PEOPLE STILL DO THIS.
THEN THERE'S BY FAR
THE GROSSEST VERSION
OF BLOODLETTING,
LEECHES.
♪ ♪
THAT'S RIGHT, ONE SUREFIRE
WAY TO REMOVE BLOOD:
HAVE SOMEONE STICK ONE
OF THESE SUCKERS TO YOU
AND LET IT SNACK FOR A WHILE.
I DON'T KNOW IF ALL THIS
STUFF WORKS OR NOT,
BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS I'M
GLAD I WAS BORN IN AN ERA
WHERE BARBERS STICK
TO CUTTING YOUR HAIR.
NO ONE WANTS TO BE GOING
HOME A LITTLE LIGHT ON O NEGATIVE.
♪ ♪
- I HAVE A CUSTOMER IN THE SHOP
WHO HAS A 1940S CANDY MACHINE.
HE'S ASKING $1,000 FOR IT,
BUT IT'S IN PRETTY ROUGH SHAPE.
I DO HAVE A CANDY SHOP,
AND I COULD MAKE
GOOD USE OF THIS,
SO I ASKED RICK
DALE TO COME OVER
AND SEE IF THIS IS
WORTH RESTORING.
- THIS IS COOL. THIS IS
AN OLD CANDY MACHINE.
- THINKING 1940S STONER
VENDING MACHINE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK.
- IT'S PROBABLY '40S.
'40 TO '50.
- OKAY.
- THESE CAME IN MANY MODELS.
I MEAN, LIKE, THEY
CAME WITH AN 8 PULL
WHERE IT HAD DIFFERENT CANDIES,
THEY CAME WITH A
SELECTOR ON THE SIDE
THAT WOULD HAVE GUM.
BUT IT USED TO HAVE A
MIRROR THAT RAN AROUND HERE.
THESE WERE EVERYWHERE.
EVERY GAS STATION
YOU EVER WENT TO
THAT HAD A COKE MACHINE
HAD ONE OF THESE IN IT.
AND THEN IN 1959,
THEY SOLD OUT AND
THEY SOLD TO VENDO,
WHICH IS THE BIGGEST...
- OH YEAH.
- VENDING COMPANIES.
- OKAY.
- HERE'S WHAT I
WAS WORRIED ABOUT.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S
IN GOOD CONDITION
AS FAR AS THE METAL GOES,
BUT LOOKS LIKE A RUST BOX ALSO.
- AS FAR AS THE RUST,
IT'S NOT THAT BAD.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE A KEY? AT ALL?
- NO.
- HE DOESN'T HAVE A KEY, NO.
- THERE'S YOUR KEY.
WHOA.
- OH, BOY.
- RIGHT?
THE GUTS ARE MISSING,
SO WHAT THIS NEEDS...
'CAUSE THERE'S A TON
OF MECHANISMS IN THIS,
SPRINGS, LEVERS, ALL
THIS STUFF BACK THERE,
IT ALL HAS TO OPERATE
IN CONJUNCTION.
WHEN YOU PULL
THIS, IT DROPS ONE.
SO THE NEXT TIME YOU PULL
IT, IT DROPS ANOTHER ONE.
IT'S REALLY COMPLEX IN HERE.
IT'S MISSING A LOT OF PARTS.
SO...
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOU GUYS WANT FROM ME.
- YEAH, IF THIS THING WAS
ALL DONE UP REAL NICE,
THIS WOULD BE COOL TO MAYBE
PUT SOME OF MY CANDY BARS IN IT.
- YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
- SO WHAT'S IT WORTH
IN THIS CONDITION?
- IN THIS CONDITION?
- YEAH.
- MAX 300 BUCKS.
- 300?
- WHAT WOULD IT TAKE
TO GET IT UP AND RUNNING?
AND PAINTED, OBVIOUSLY.
- 4,500.
- 4,500.
OKAY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK
IT WOULD SELL FOR
IF IT WAS RESTORED?
- PROBABLY 6,500,
7,500 DONE UP RIGHT.
- OKAY, WELL, THANKS
FOR COMING OUT, RICK.
- YEP, YOU GOT IT.
- APPRECIATE IT.
- OKAY. KAY, TAKE CARE, BUD.
- ALL RIGHT.
- WELL, NO WAY I'M GONNA BE ABLE
TO GET YOU ANYWHERE
CLOSE TO 1,000.
HE SAID AS IT STANDS,
IT'S WORTH 250, 300.
♪ ♪
WOULD YOU TAKE 75 FOR IT?
- 75?
- YEAH.
- HOW ABOUT 3?
- NO.
- HE SAID 3 AS IT IS.
- I MEAN, AT THE SAME
TIME IF I BUY THIS,
I'M GONNA HAVE TO
RESTORE IT FULLY 100%.
SO I'D BE INTO BUYING
THIS ONE AT 100 BUCKS.
IT'S GONNA BE SO HARD
FOR ME TO GET ALL THE STUFF
TO MAKE THIS LOOK
GOOD AND LOOK RIGHT.
- 100 BUCKS.
♪ ♪
ALL RIGHT.
FINE.
- ALL RIGHT.
- THANK YOU.
- 20 YEARS, 100 BUCKS LATER.
LET'S GO DO SOME PAPERWORK.
- I KNOW, YOU HATE
WHEN THE WIFE'S RIGHT.
- I HATE IT.
♪ ♪
- HELLO.
- HI.
- WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
- SO I HAVE A SILVERWARE SET
FROM THE WILLIAM ROGERS COMPANY.
- YEAH, GOOD THING
I'M NOT A WEREWOLF.
- YES.
- OKAY, SO IN 1847,
THE ROGERS BROTHERS CAME OUT.
IT WAS A BUNCH OF BROTHERS.
THEY WERE ALL SILVERSMITHS.
THEY STARTED THIS
SILVERWARE COMPANY,
AND SILVER'S EXPENSIVE, KAY?
THEY REALIZED THIS BRAND
NEW SILVER PLATING SYSTEM
THAT JUST CAME OUT
WOULD CUT DOWN 90% OF THE COST
'CAUSE 90% OF THE
COST WAS THE SILVER.
WITH A SILVER-PLATED SET,
I MEAN, IF YOU WERE
MIDDLE INCOME,
IT WAS A LOT LESS EXPENSIVE
THAN SPENDING
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
ON A STERLING SILVER SET,
AND THE COMPANY
WAS BASICALLY AROUND
FOR WELL OVER 100 YEARS.
THIS IS QUINTESSENTIAL
1940S, 1950S AMERICA.
BEFORE THERE WAS
TELEVISION SETS,
PEOPLE HAD DINNER PARTIES.
NO MATTER WHAT
YOUR SOCIAL STATUS,
THAT WAS A VERY,
VERY COMMON THING.
AND WHEN YOU HAD A DINNER PARTY,
YOU WANTED YOUR NICE CHINA OUT
AND YOU WANTED YOUR
NICE SILVERWARE OUT
AND THAT WAS A
VERY IMPORTANT THING
ALL THE WAY UP TO THE 1960S.
AND THIS WAS
ASTRONOMICALLY POPULAR,
WHICH IS...
ON SOME THINGS,
IT'S A GOOD THING.
SOME THINGS, IT'S A BAD THING.
AND ON THIS ONE,
IT'S A BAD THING
BECAUSE THEY MADE SO MUCH OF IT.
AND NO ONE HAS DINNER
PARTIES ANYMORE.
SO I JUST CANNOT USE IT
BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS IT ANYMORE.
- WHICH IS A REAL SHAME,
'CAUSE IT IS A NICE
PIECE OF HISTORY.
- YEAH. WELL, HAVE A NICE DAY.
- OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I APPRECIATE IT.
WELL, NO OFFER WAS
MADE TO ME TODAY,
WHICH I'M A LITTLE
SAD ABOUT THAT,
BUT I'M PROBABLY GONNA GO AHEAD
AND TRY AND SELL IT ON MY OWN.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
- HOW YOU DOING?
- HEY, HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
- I HAVE SOME "BUFFY
THE VAMPIRE SLAYER"
SIGNED ACTION FIGURES
I WOULD LIKE TO SELL.
- OKAY.
YOU KNOW THAT FAMOUS
LINE FROM THE SERIES:
"I MAY BE DEAD, BUT AT
LEAST I'M STILL PRETTY."
- I HAVE TWO SIGNED
"BUFFY THE VAMPIRE
SLAYER" ACTION FIGURES
I'M HOPING TO SELL TODAY.
I COLLECT A LOT OF "BUFFY
THE VAMPIRE SLAYER" ITEMS.
I HAVE THE WHOLE SET.
I'VE HAD THEM STORED IN MY ROOM
FOR QUITE A WHILE
AND I HAVE A COUPLE EXTRAS.
I'M HOPING TO SELL
THE SET FOR $325.
- OKAY, YEAH. THIS
IS PRETTY COOL.
"BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER"
STARTED AS A MOVIE IN '92.
A FEW YEARS LATER,
IT WAS ADAPTED
TO BE A TELEVISION SERIES.
IT WAS ABOUT BUFFY
AND HER TEENAGE
GROUP OF FRIENDS.
THEY BASICALLY
JUST SLAYED VAMPIRES
AND IT WAS THEIR "DUTY"
TO PROTECT THE WORLD
FROM THE VAMPIRES.
IT DIDN'T GO AS WELL AS
PLANNED THE FIRST SEASON,
BUT BY THE SECOND SEASON,
IT HAD ALREADY CAUGHT
ON A LOT OF STEAM,
IT HAD GOT REALLY BIG,
AND IT HAD THIS CULT
FOLLOWING OF VIEWERS THAT...
YOU KNOW, THEY LOVED
"BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER"
AND THEY PRETTY MUCH
BOUGHT ANYTHING BUFFY RELATED.
SO YOU GOT BUFFY OVER
HERE, MAIN CHARACTER.
ANGEL, WHICH WAS HER BOYFRIEND.
WHERE DID YOU GET THESE?
- I GOT THE BUFFY AT
A COMIC CONVENTION
AND I GOT THE ANGEL
AT A COMIC BOOK STORE.
- SO WHOSE SIGNATURES ARE THESE?
- CLAY MOORE OF
MOORE COLLECTIBLES.
- AND WHO IS HE EXACTLY?
I'VE NEVER HEARD OF HIM.
- HE'S THE PERSON
WHO MADE THE FIGURES.
- LET'S JUST TAKE A LOOK HERE.
THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE
IN PRETTY GOOD CONDITION.
THIS ONE HERE
LOOKS LIKE IT'S AGED
A LITTLE BIT WORSE
THAN THIS ONE.
IT'S KIND OF GOT SOME
YELLOWING ON THE PACKAGE.
- THAT'S PRETTY MUCH
HOW THEY ALL CAME
WITH ALL MY FIGURES THAT I GOT.
- WHAT ARE YOU
LOOKING TO DO WITH 'EM?
- I'M LOOKING TO SELL.
- SO YOU MUST HAVE
DOUBLES OF THESE
IF YOU'RE TRYING TO SELL 'EM.
- I JUST HAPPENED TO COME
ACROSS A COUPLE LOWER NUMBERS.
- OH, OKAY.
THAT'S IMPORTANT TO
COLLECTORS IS A LOWER NUMBER,
AND THIS IS OUT OF
A SERIES OF 2,500,
SO 423 IS NOT THAT
BAD OF A NUMBER.
BUT 76 OVER HERE, YOU FOUND
A LOWER NUMBER THAN THAT.
CONGRATULATIONS. THAT'S...
- I PAID UP FOR IT, BUT I
FOUND A LOWER NUMBER.
- THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.
HOW MUCH ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?
- 325.
- $3.25?
- $325.
- OKAY.
I ACTUALLY HAVE NO IDEA
IF THEY'RE WORTH $325
OR IF THEY'RE WORTH $1 MILLION.
I GOT A GUY WHO OWNS ROGUE
TOYS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET,
AND I WANNA HAVE HIM COME
OVER, TAKE A LOOK AT THESE,
AND TELL ME WHAT HE THINKS.
- SOUNDS GOOD.
- ALL RIGHT.
GIVE ME A FEW MINUTES.
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
- OKAY.
I'M HOPING THE EXPERT WILL SAY
THEY'RE WORTH MORE THAN
WHAT I THINK THEY'RE WORTH.
- I HAVE A CUSTOMER
IN THE SHOP RIGHT NOW
WITH SOME "BUFFY THE
VAMPIRE SLAYER" FIGURES
AND THEY'RE LOOKING
TO SELL 'EM FOR $325.
THE SHOW HAS A
HUGE CULT FOLLOWING,
BUT I'M NOT SURE THERE'S
A MARKET FOR THESE,
SO MY TOY GUY STEVE IS COMING BY
TO TELL ME IF THIS IS SOMETHING
I SHOULD SINK MY TEETH INTO.
"BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER."
WE GOT BUFFY, AND
I'M SURE YOU KNOW,
WE GOT ANGEL OVER HERE,
A COUPLE CERTIFICATES,
AND IT'S SIGNED BY THE
CREATOR OF THESE FIGURES.
- THESE ARE COOL.
"BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER"
WAS ONE OF THE EARLY WORKS
OF JOSS WHEDON,
AND HE'S MORPHED THAT
INTO CREATING "FIREFLY,"
HE GOT INTO THE MARVEL
CINEMATIC UNIVERSE,
HAS BEEN VERY
SUCCESSFUL WITH IT.
WHAT ARE YOUR QUESTIONS ON IT?
- SO I KIND OF WANT TO
KNOW WHAT YOU THINK
ABOUT THE PACKAGING
AND DO THESE SIGNATURES
AND NUMBERS MEAN ANYTHING?
- MIND IF I TAKE A LOOK?
- GO AHEAD.
- ALL RIGHT.
LOOKS LIKE CLAYBURN
MOORE'S AUTOGRAPH.
- HAVE YOU SEEN THESE BEFORE?
- YEAH, I'M VERY
FAMILIAR WITH THE LINE.
YOU KNOW, MOORE
COLLECTIBLES HAS BEEN AROUND
FOR A FEW YEARS.
SO THAT ANGEL FIGURE IS
ACTUALLY KIND OF THE RAREST
OF ALL THE FIGURES THAT
WERE EVER RELEASED.
IT JUST HAD TO DO WITH THE FACT
THAT IT WAS A VARIATION
THAT THEY DID WITH HIS OUTFIT
THAT WAS PLACED IN
MAYBE A SHORTER RUN
COMPARED TO SOME
OF THE OTHER ITEMS.
CLAYBURN MOORE MIGHT BRING
THIS BUFFY OUT TO A CONVENTION
AND THEY WOULD HAVE
SIGNED AND NUMBERED THEM
TO MAKE THEM MORE LIMITED.
- SO THIS IS LIMITED TO
2,500 AUTOGRAPHED COPIES?
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE?
- CORRECT.
BUT THERE COULD'VE BEEN
THOUSANDS OF FIGURES PRODUCED.
YOU DO HAVE SOME CONDITION
ISSUES WITH BOTH OF 'EM.
IF YOU'LL NOTICE HERE,
LOOKS LIKE ANGEL HAS A
CREASE UP HERE ON THE TOP,
AND AT SOME POINT,
SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY,
SOME TYPE OF HEAT GOT TO THIS,
AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE
SEEING THE RIPPLE EFFECT
THAT YOU'RE SEEING ON
THE SIDE OF THE BLISTER.
IT AFFECTS THE
VALUE, BUT NOT A TON.
- SO WHAT DO YOU
THINK THESE ARE WORTH?
- A COLLECTOR REALLY IS
GONNA WANT THE AUTOGRAPH
OF THE ACTUAL ACTOR OR ACTRESS,
YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES
TO TV AND MOVIE MEMORABILIA.
SO FOR THE PACKAGE OF THE TWO,
INCLUDED WITH THESE
CERTIFICATES OF AUTHENTICITY,
I THINK YOU'D HAVE NO PROBLEM
GETTING AROUND $75 FOR 'EM.
- EVEN WITH THIS ONE BEING
THE RARER ANGEL FIGURE?
- YEAH, THAT ACTUALLY
HELPS THE VALUE OF THE LOT
BECAUSE MOST OF
THE ANGEL FIGURES
ACTUALLY ONLY SELL IN
THE $10 RANGE NORMALLY.
- ALL RIGHT. WELL,
THANKS FOR COMING BY.
- YEAH, NO PROBLEM. GOOD LUCK.
- THANK YOU.
- YEP.
- WELL, YOU HEARD
WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.
ARE YOU STILL
INTERESTED IN SELLING 'EM?
- YEAH.
- HOW MUCH ARE YOU
LOOKING FOR NOW?
- 55?
♪ ♪
- COULD YOU DO 45?
- 50? MEET YOU IN THE MIDDLE?
♪ ♪
- I MEAN, I REALLY WISH I COULD,
BUT 45 IS WHERE I HAVE TO BE.
ABSOLUTE MAX ON THESE.
- OKAY, WE HAVE A DEAL.
- ALL RIGHT. LET'S
GO WRITE IT UP.
- SOUNDS GOOD.
I'M GONNA TAKE MY $45 AND
HAVE A NICE STEAK DINNER.
♪ ♪
- HEY. WHERE'S THE FIRE?
- SOMEWHERE OUT THERE
I GUESS. I DON'T KNOW.
- SO WHAT DO WE GO HERE?
- THIS IS A BEACON LIGHT
FROM LAS VEGAS'
FIRST LADDER TRUCK
WHICH WAS A 1949 SEAGRAVE.
- THIS IS REALLY NEAT.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY USED
FOR, LIKE, THE FIRE
BRIGADES AND THINGS
BEFORE THEY HAD SIRENS
AND LIGHTS LIKE THIS?
- NO.
- A BELL AND A GONG.
- I'M HERE AT THE
PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY 1949 BEACON
RAY EMERGENCY LIGHT.
I GOT THE LIGHT FROM
AN ESTATE AUCTION.
I'D LIKE TO SELL THE
LIGHT FOR 600 TODAY.
- I LOVE STUFF LIKE THIS.
IT'S PRETTY COOL THAT
IT'S THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS.
1905 WAS WHEN WE GOT OUR
FIRST VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
BACK THEN, IT TOOK
THEM A LONG TIME
TO GET TO THE FIRES.
SO IF THERE WAS A FIRE,
LITERALLY PEOPLE WOULD
START SHOOTING GUNS IN THE AIR.
THAT ALERTED ALL THE
VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS,
"GET TO THE FIRE STATION."
IF THERE WAS A FIRE IN A HOUSE,
THEY WEREN'T GONNA GET
THERE FOR A HALF HOUR.
GENERALLY, THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT SHOWED UP,
MAKE SURE THE HOUSES
AROUND IT DIDN'T BURN DOWN
BECAUSE THAT HOUSE HAD
ALREADY BURNED DOWN.
ALL RIGHT, AND THIS IS...
FEDERAL SIGN AND
SIGNAL CORPORATION.
SUPER BEACON RAY.
AND THEY GOT A SERIAL
NUMBER RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM.
OKAY.
I MEAN, IT LOOKS
IN PERFECT SHAPE.
I'M SURE IT WORKS.
I MEAN, WE HAVE A LITTLE
ROTATION RIGHT HERE.
- ALL THREE LIGHTS WORK
AND THE MOTOR WORKS.
OKAY.
NOW HERE'S THE BIG QUESTION:
HOW MUCH YOU
WANT FOR THIS THING?
- I DECIDED TO PRICE IT FAIRLY.
600.
- OKAY.
♪ ♪
BASICALLY, JUST ABOUT ANYTHING
FIRE DEPARTMENT IS COLLECTIBLE.
- YEAH.
- BUT THIS IS A LITTLE BIT
MODERN FOR MOST GUYS.
MOST FIRE COLLECTIBLE STUFF
IS, LIKE, 1800S,
STUFF LIKE THAT.
I'LL GIVE YOU 200 BUCKS FOR IT.
- NO. CAN'T DO THAT.
NO, I CAN'T DO THAT.
- AND WHY COULDN'T YOU DO THAT?
- BECAUSE I'VE GOT
MORE THAN THAT INTO IT.
WHY WOULD YOU PAY
THAT MUCH FOR IT?
- I WAS AT AN AUCTION.
THERE WAS A LOT OF ACTION ON IT.
I FIGURED YOU'D WANT THIS
FOR YOURSELF HONESTLY.
- I MEAN, I ACTUALLY DO
OWN MY OWN FIRE ENGINE.
I ALREADY HAVE A
BEACON ON MY FIRE TRUCK.
- DO YOU HAVE ONE THAT
SAYS LAS VEGAS ON IT THOUGH?
- NO, I DON'T.
- YEAH.
- YOU KNOW, ALL
RIGHT. I'LL GO 350.
- I UNFORTUNATELY CAN'T DO THAT.
- ALL RIGHT.
WELL, IF YOU CHANGE
YOUR MIND, COME BACK.
- I APPRECIATE IT.
- ALL RIGHT.
- THANK YOU.
I PAID MORE FOR IT THAN
THE 350 HE'D OFFERED ME,
SO I'M JUST GOING TO FIND
ANOTHER AVENUE TO SELL IT.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
- A FEW WEEKS AGO,
I PURCHASED A 1940S
CANDY MACHINE FOR $100,
BUT IT WAS IN NEED
OF A LOT OF WORK.
- CHUM.
- HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON?
RICK DALE FULLY RESTORED IT
AND HE'S BRINGING
IT BY THE SHOP TODAY.
I'M HOPING THIS IS
A SWEET NEW WAY
FOR ME TO SELL SOME
OF MY SIGNATURE CANDY.
- THIS IS THE CANDY MACHINE.
- IS IT?
- YEAH.
A LITTLE DIFFERENT LOOKING NOW.
- I MEAN, IT LOOKS
LIKE A BLANKET TO ME.
- WELL, THIS IS HOW I AM.
I LIKE DOING A VOILÀ, YOU KNOW?
YOU READY?
- YEAH.
- OKAY, HERE WE GO.
ONE, TWO, THREE.
- WHOA!
HOLY CHUM BAR!
CHECK IT OUT, RIGHT?
- THAT IS FREAKING AWESOME!
I MEAN, JUST LOOKING AT IT, I
CAN SEE YOU DID A LOT TO IT.
- SO THE EXTERIOR OF IT,
WE HAD TO POUND ALL THE
METAL OUT AND EVERYTHING.
ALL THE STAINLESS STEEL PIECES
HAD TO BE POUNDED OUT
STRAIGHT AND THEN POLISHED.
PAINT IT WITH THIS PAINT
THAT'S CALLED HAMMERTONE.
GIVES US THIS LOOK.
THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL
PLATE THAT WAS ON THERE.
YOU CAN SORT OF SEE
IT SAYS "FRESH CANDY."
IT'S ALL RAISED.
FIXED THESE HANDLES.
YOU REMEMBER HOW THEY
WERE SORT OF WHITE COLORED?
- YEAH.
- WE POLISHED ON 'EM AND
THEN WE PAINTED 'EM RED.
- RIGHT ON! I LIKE IT.
WHAT ABOUT THE INSIDE?
LET'S CHECK IT OUT.
- YOU WANNA SEE IT?
- YEAH.
IS THAT BIG SCREEN TV IN THERE?
- NO, IT WENT
AWAY. IT WENT AWAY.
YOU READY?
- OH, DANG!
- YOU REMEMBER WHAT IT
USED TO LOOK LIKE, RIGHT?
- IT LOOKS PRETTY COOL.
- SO THIS IS BASICALLY A
BRAND NEW MECHANISM
FROM THERE ALL THE WAY DOWN.
IT'S ALL BASICALLY READY TO GO.
- DOES IT WORK?
- YEAH.
YOU WANNA CHECK IT OUT?
THIS ONE HERE IS FULL
OF YOUR CANDY BARS.
KAY?
- WELL, LUCKY YOU,
'CAUSE I LOVE ME
A MILK CHOCOLATE CANDY
BAR WITH POP ROCKS.
- THERE YOU GO.
♪ ♪
- WELL, IT LOOKS PRETTY
GOOD. WHAT'S THE TOTAL?
- IT'S 4,500 WITH ALL THE PARTS.
- $4,500 IS JUST A LOT, SO...
YOU LIKE THAT?
- I LOVE THAT. THAT'S COOL.
- THAT'S YOUR FIRST
DOWN PAYMENT.
I'LL GET YOU THE REST LATER.
♪ ♪
- NOT MUCH LATER THOUGH, RIGHT?
♪ ♪
- HEY. HOW'S IT GOING?
- HOW YOU DOING?
- WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
- WELL, THIS IS AN EARLY
CAST-IRON MECHANICAL BANK.
IT'S MADE BY J.E. STEVENS.
IT'S PROBABLY
ABOUT 150 YEARS OLD.
- AND IT'S THE CAT
AND THE MOUSE.
- CORRECT, CAT AND MOUSE BANK.
- THIS THING ORIGINALLY
WAS GONNA HAVE THE
MOUSE IN THE CAT'S MOUTH.
I'M ASSUMING WHEN THEY
WERE SITTING AROUND
IN THE BOARDROOM GOING LIKE,
"YEAH, A LITTLE BRUTAL."
- I'M HERE AT THE
PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY EARLY
CAST-IRON MECHANICAL BANK
MADE IN THE LATE 1800S.
I'M LOOKING TO SELL
THIS PIECE FOR $2,200.
- THIS IS COOL.
SO WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?
- I GOT IT AT A FLEA MARKET.
- ALL RIGHT.
THIS WAS MADE BY A
COMPANY CALLED STEVENS.
THEY STARTED OFF IN THE 1850S.
THEY WERE GONNA MAKE IRON TOOLS.
BEFORE YOU KNEW IT,
THEY WEREN'T MAKING
TOOLS ANYMORE.
THEY WERE JUST
MAKING CAST-IRON TOYS.
YOU KNOW, AFTER THE CIVIL WAR,
WE STARTED GETTING MORE OF
A MIDDLE CLASS IN THIS COUNTRY.
THE MECHANICAL
BANKS WERE GREAT TOYS
AND THE THOUGHT WAS
THIS WILL TEACH CHILDREN
HOW TO SAVE MONEY
AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
LET ME REMEMBER THIS THING.
THERE'S YOUR MOUSE.
- MM-HMM.
- AND YOU PUT YOUR
COIN RIGHT THERE,
AND IT'S A PRETTY ROUGH
MECHANISM ON THESE THINGS.
- YEAH.
YEP.
- COIN WOULD GO DOWN THERE.
IT WOULD LAND IN THERE
AND SLIDE THROUGH THE SLOT.
- YEAH.
- SO HOW MUCH YOU
LOOKING TO GET OUT OF THIS?
- I'D LIKE TO GET 2,200.
♪ ♪
- WE'RE CLOSE.
THIS THING IS IN
PRETTY AMAZING SHAPE,
BUT WITH ANYTHING,
SOMETHING'S WORTH
A LOT OF MONEY,
PEOPLE WILL START FAKING IT.
THE COPIES ARE MADE FROM
MOLDS OF THE ORIGINALS.
WHEN YOU MAKE A MOLD,
IT SHRINKS A LITTLE BIT.
BEFORE I GO ANY FURTHER,
I NEED TO GO GET A TAPE
MEASURE AND GET SOME DIMENSIONS.
WE'LL FIGURE OUT IF THIS IS
A RECAST OR THE REAL DEAL.
- OKAY.
I'M NOT WORRIED
ABOUT HIM COMING BACK
WITH THE IMPROPER
MEASUREMENTS TO THIS PIECE.
I BELIEVE IT'S AUTHENTIC.
♪ ♪
I HAVE A CUSTOMER
IN THE SHOP RIGHT NOW
WITH AN ANTIQUE,
CAST-IRON MECHANICAL BANK
THAT HE WANTS $2,200 FOR.
THIS THING IS SUPER RARE,
BUT THE THING IS SO
MANY OF 'EM ARE FAKED,
BUT IT'S REAL EASY
TO TELL THE FAKES.
THE FAKES ARE ALWAYS
A LITTLE BIT SMALLER
THAN THE ORIGINAL,
SO I HAVE MY TAPE MEASURE,
AND WE'LL CHECK THIS THING OUT
AND WE'LL SEE IF THERE'S GONNA
BE MONEY IN THE BANK TODAY.
OKAY. SO.
YOU CAN HOLD THIS THING
UPSIDE DOWN FOR ME.
THIS RIGHT HERE IS SUPPOSED
TO BE 6 5/16 TO EACH CORNER.
IF IT'S 1/8 OF AN INCH
SHORT, IT'S FAKE.
- MM.
- SO...
♪ ♪
THERE SHOULD BE A
DRUMROLL RIGHT NOW.
OKAY.
♪ ♪
LET ME... HOLD ON, HOLD ON.
LET ME LOOK AT THIS BETTER.
♪ ♪
THESE RIGHT HERE ARE...
♪ ♪
YEAH, IT'S...
♪ ♪
MORE THAN 1/8 OF AN INCH SHORT.
THIS IS A RECAST.
- NOW, DOES THAT MEAN
JUST THE BOTTOM PLATE
COULD POSSIBLY BE RECAST, OR...
- NO, IT'D BE THE WHOLE THING.
- OKAY.
- UNFORTUNATELY,
DUE TO THE FACT THAT
IT'S A REPRODUCTION,
I CAN'T SELL IT.
- WELL, IT'S GOOD TO KNOW.
- OKAY.
- THANKS, RICK.
- HAVE A GOOD ONE.
- YOU TOO.
NO OFFER WAS MADE TODAY.
IT'S GONNA GO BACK
IN MY COLLECTION.
IT'S STILL A GREAT
MECHANICAL BANK.
♪ ♪
- HELLO.
- HI.
- WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?
- I HAVE A WORLD
WAR II FOLDING SAW.
BE CAREFUL, IT'S REAL SHARP.
- ALL RIGHT, LET'S BE
CAREFUL HERE AND UNROLL IT.
- YEAH, OR YOU'LL
NEED A BAND-AID.
HOPEFULLY NOT.
OH!
- I'M HERE AT THE
PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY WORLD
WAR II FOLDING SAW.
I BOUGHT A STORAGE UNIT
AND IT WAS BURIED IN THE BOTTOM
OF AN OLD CEDAR CHEST.
I'M HOPING TO SELL THE
SAW TODAY FOR $350.
- THIS IS COOL.
IF YOU NEED A SAW
WHEN YOU'RE OUT,
YOU KNOW, RUNNING AROUND AT WAR,
YOU KIND OF NEED SOMETHING
THAT YOU CAN PACK UP
AND PUT IN A LITTLE
POUCH LIKE THIS.
IT WAS VERY CONVENIENT.
PRETTY MUCH ANYBODY
COULD CARRY IT ON THEM.
IT WAS DESIGNED SO YOU
COULD HOLD IT LIKE THIS
AND YOU COULD REALLY
USE IT WITH ONE PERSON,
AND YOU COULD USE IT
WITH TWO PEOPLE ALSO
IF YOU WANTED
TO, LIKE, YOU KNOW,
GET SOME SAW STROKES IN THERE.
SO HOW DO YOU KNOW
THIS IS WORLD WAR II?
- IT'S STAMPED NEAR
ONE OF THE ENDS.
FRANCIS WOOD AND SON.
- OKAY, YEAH.
FRANCIS WOOD AND
SON WAS MAKING SAWS
FOR WORLD WAR I
AND WORLD WAR II.
JUST KNOWING THAT FRANCIS
WOOD AND SONS MADE IT
LETS ME KNOW THAT IT
WAS MADE FOR THE MILITARY.
THIS SAW COULD'VE
EASILY GONE OUT
AND BEEN IN BATTLE
DURING THE WAR.
- THAT'S COOL.
- I MEAN, THE
CONDITION LOOKS GOOD.
HONESTLY, I WOULD EXPECT
IT TO BE MORE TORN UP.
I MEAN, IF I HAD TO GUESS,
I WOULD SAY IT PROBABLY
HAS NEVER BEEN USED.
SO WHAT ARE YOU
LOOKING TO DO WITH IT?
- SELL IT.
- AND HOW MUCH ARE YOU
LOOKING TO GET FOR IT?
- $350.
- THAT'S QUITE A BIT FOR IT.
THESE THINGS... I MEAN,
THEY ARE VALUABLE,
BUT THE MOST I COULD
EVER SELL THIS FOR
ON THE BEST DAY
IS PROBABLY $200.
WE'RE LOOKING AT MAX, LIKE, 95.
I JUST... IT'S WHAT YOU
HAVE HERE, YOU KNOW?
- IF YOU CAN GET
200, HOW ABOUT 100?
- 95 AND WE GOT A DEAL.
- OH, COME ON NOW.
- I WON'T BE SAD IF YOU
TAKE THIS HOME WITH YOU.
I DON'T HAVE TO HAVE
IT. IT'S REALLY COOL...
- I DON'T WANNA TAKE IT HOME.
- WELL THEN, 95, YOU GOT A DEAL.
♪ ♪
- OKAY. 95.
- ALL RIGHT.
COME ON OVER TO THE
COUNTER AND I'LL WRITE IT UP.
- I ENDED UP SELLING IT FOR $95.
LESS THAN WHAT I WANTED,
BUT I'M GOOD WITH THAT.
I'VE HAD IT FOR A WHILE,
AND SOMEONE ELSE WILL ENJOY IT.
♪ ♪
- WHAT IS THAT?
- IT'S A CANDY MACHINE.
CHUM'S CANDY MACHINE.
I JUST WENT AND GOT
ONE. THE PINK ONE.
IT GOT POP ROCKS IN IT.
♪ ♪
- WHEN DID THIS GET HERE?
- I JUST SAW IT RIGHT NOW, RICK.
I'M ON BREAK.
WANT ONE?
- NO, I'M GOOD.
♪ ♪
- WHAT IS THIS?
- THAT'S THAT CANDY MACHINE
I HAD RICK DALE RESTORE.
- SO LET ME GET THIS STORY CLEAR
'CAUSE I KNOW NONE OF IT.
- OKAY.
- HOW MUCH DID YOU BUY IT FOR?
- I BOUGHT IT FOR $100.
IT WAS IN REALLY,
REALLY ROUGH SHAPE.
HERE, I'LL SHOW
YOU THE PICTURES.
♪ ♪
RICK WAS ABLE TO RESTORE
IT FOR A TOTAL OF 4,500,
SO I MEAN, AT 4,600.
YOU COULD GET 6,500 FOR IT EASY.
- WHY ARE YOUR CANDY BARS IN IT?
- THAT'S THE GIFT THAT
KEEPS ON GIVING, RICK.
THAT THING... YOU COULD
SELL IT FOR 6,500 TODAY
OR YOU COULD MAKE
DOLLARS OFF IT EVERY DAY
FOR THE REST OF ITS LIFE.
I EVEN GOT A DARK CHOCOLATE ONE
FOR OLD GUYS LIKE YOU.
♪ ♪
- IF ANY OF THE EMPLOYEES
WANNA HAVE A CHUMLEE CANDY BAR
WHEN THEY'RE ON BREAK,
THEY CAN GO ACROSS
THE PARKING LOT
TO YOUR CANDY STORE.
MEANTIME, GET
THAT STUFF OUT OF IT
AND PUT IT OUT FOR SALE.
I'M JUST TIRED OF THE
INSANITY. I REALLY AM, GUYS.
- I'LL GET IT DONE BY
THE END OF THE WEEK.
♪ ♪
SOONER?
- IT'LL GET DONE TODAY.
- I'LL TRY.
- I GOT THIS 1940S
CANDY MACHINE.
- CHUM TAKES A CHANCE
ON A SWEET DEAL.
- THIS WOULD LOOK
REALLY COOL FIXED UP.
PUT SOME OF MY CANDY BARS IN IT.
- YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
- COREY DISCOVERS
THERE ARE THINGS WORSE
THAN A ROOT CANAL.
- 1920S DENTAL CHAIR.
- IT WAS A PRETTY BRUTAL
PROCESS BACK THEN.
YOU JUST WENT TO THE BARBERSHOP,
GOT A HAIRCUT, GOT A
SHAVE, GOT A TOOTH PULLED.
- I'LL PULL MY OWN TOOTH
BEFORE I LET MY BARBER DO IT.
- AND LATER, A CUSTOMER
LEAVES ME WONDERING
IF MORE MONET MEANS
MORE PROBLEMS.
- WE HAVE A LETTER IN THE HAND
OF THE IMPRESSIONIST
ARTIST, CLAUDE MONET.
- OKAY. SHOW ME THE MONET.
WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THAT?
- THIS IS A...
SORT OF A GAMBLING
CHEAT CARD TRIMMER.
- ALL RIGHT.
- YOU WOULD PUT THE CARD
IN THERE AND TRIM IT DOWN,
AND WHEN THEY WOULD DEAL,
THEY WOULD KNOW WHAT TO FEEL FOR
SO THEY WOULD HAVE AN IDEA
OF WHAT THEY WERE DEALING.
- OKAY.
I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST...
YOU WERE REALLY INTO
PRECISION GIFT WRAPPING.
NO.
- I'M HERE AT THE
PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY GAMBLING
CHEAT CARD TRIMMER.
PICKED IT UP IN AN ANTIQUE SHOP
WITH MY FOLKS SOME DECADES AGO,
AND IT'S BEEN SITTING
ON OUR COFFEE TABLE
FOR MANY YEARS,
AND WHEN PEOPLE COME OVER TO IT,
INVARIABLY, THEY ASK ABOUT IT
AND IT STRIKES UP
A CONVERSATION.
MY WIFE'S TIRED OF IT
BEING AROUND THE HOUSE,
SO I'M HOPING TO SELL
IT FOR $1,500 TODAY.
- I'VE NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
SO I'M ASSUMING THESE WERE
PROBABLY MADE AFTER 1920.
SO THIS WAS USED BY A MAGICIAN
OR SOMEONE CHEATING AT CARDS.
I CAN'T THINK OF ANY
OTHER USE FOR IT.
- NEITHER CAN I.
- IF YOU HAVE CARDS THAT FEEL
A CERTAIN WAY IN YOUR HAND,
YOU CAN JUST GO "BLAH,
BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, HERE,"
AND JUST GO, LIKE,
"ACE OF SPADES."
SO IF YOU SET THIS TO THE
RIGHT MEASUREMENT OF A CARD,
YOU MAKE THIS LITTLE
ANGLE, PUT IT IN THERE, AND...
♪ ♪
- EXACTLY.
- NOW THERE'S A LITTLE ANGLE
ON THE SIDE OF THAT CARD.
I MEAN, JUST A
LITTLE, MICRO AMOUNT
IS ENOUGH FOR WHEN YOU'RE
A VERY EXPERIENCED MAGICIAN.
YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE DECK
AND FIND THE ACE
OF SPADES EVERY TIME
AND PEOPLE GO, LIKE, "WHOA."
SO HOW MUCH YOU WANT FOR IT?
- LOOKING FOR $1,500.
- OKAY.
TELL YOU THE
TRUTH, I HAVE NO IDEA.
I HAVE A BUDDY WHO IS A MAGICIAN
WHO COLLECTS THIS KIND OF
STUFF AND WOULD PROBABLY KNOW
EVERYTHING THERE IS
TO KNOW ABOUT THIS.
SO IF YOU CAN HANG
OUT A LITTLE BIT,
I'LL GIVE HIM A CALL
AND HAVE HIM COME DOWN
AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
- OKAY. SOUNDS GREAT.
- GREAT. I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
- ALL RIGHT.
- I WOULD WELCOME AN
EXPERT'S OPINION ON THIS.
I THINK IT WOULD HELP
FIGURE OUT THE REAL VALUE
AND MAYBE WE CAN STRIKE A DEAL.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
- HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
- GOOD.
- WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
- IT'S AN ANTIQUE WHISKEY JUG
FROM THE OLD ROSE
DISTILLING COMPANY IN CHICAGO.
- IS IT FULL? DID YOU
COME TO PARTY OR...
- NO, IT'S EMPTY.
AWW!
- I'M HERE AT THE
PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO TRY TO SELL MY
ANTIQUE WHISKEY JUG
FROM THE OLD ROSE
DISTILLING COMPANY.
I BOUGHT THE JUG
FOR MY DAUGHTER.
HER NAME IS ROSE.
SHE DIDN'T LIKE
THE OLD ROSE LOGO,
SO I GOT IT BACK AND
I'M TRYING TO SELL IT.
I'M HOPING TO GET
$500 FOR MY JUG.
- THIS IS PRETTY COOL, MAN.
YEAH, LOUIS ROSENZWEIG,
HE MANAGED A COUPLE
SALOONS IN CHICAGO,
AND HE REALIZED THAT THE GUY
SELLING THE SALOONS THE
LIQUOR OR SPIRITS OR WHATEVER
WAS THE GUY MAKING
ALL THE BIG MONEY,
SO HE DECIDED TO
MAKE A DISTILLERY.
OLD ROSE STARTED IN 1902,
AND THEN HE OPENED UP
ANOTHER ONE AND ANOTHER ONE
AND ANOTHER ONE AND ANOTHER...
AND HE DID REALLY
WELL FOR HIMSELF.
I MEAN, YOU CAN TELL
BY THE AMOUNT OF
DISTILLERIES HE HAD.
BUT DURING WORLD WAR I,
THERE WAS A GRAIN RATION
AND STUFF FOR THE TROOPS,
SO WE REALLY
COULDN'T MAKE WHISKEY,
SO THE WRITING WAS PRETTY MUCH
ON THE WALL BEFORE PROHIBITION.
BECAUSE WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN
YOUR PRODUCT'S NOW ILLEGAL
AND YOU DON'T HAVE
ANYTHING ELSE TO SELL?
THAT'S WHY THEY WENT
OUT OF BUSINESS IN 1917.
THE REASON YOU DON'T
SEE VERY MANY OF THESE
IS THIS WAS ACTUALLY
KIND OF TREATED LIKE A KEG.
YOU KNOW, A KEG OF
BEER, YOU WOULD RETURN IT.
- YEP.
- I MEAN, IT'S IN REALLY
GOOD CONDITION.
SO WHAT ARE YOU
LOOKING TO DO WITH IT?
- I'D LIKE TO SELL IT.
- OKAY.
ANY IDEA WHAT YOU'RE
LOOKING TO GET OUT OF IT?
- I'D LIKE TO GET $500.
- SO I THINK YOU'RE
ON THE MONEY AT 500.
THAT'S WHAT I COULD
PROBABLY SELL IT FOR.
YOU HAVE TO REALIZE I'VE
GOTTA MAKE MONEY ON THIS THING.
WILL YOU DO 250?
♪ ♪
- I THINK THAT'S
JUST A LITTLE LOW.
HOW ABOUT 350?
- HOW ABOUT 275?
- HOW ABOUT 300?
YOU'RE GONNA GET A GUY WHO
LIVES AND BREATHES CHICAGO
WHO'S JUST GONNA HAVE
TO HAVE THAT FOR HIS BAR.
- I'VE GOTTA STAY AT 275, MAN.
I... 300'S JUST... THAT'S
MY BREAKING POINT.
I CAN'T GO OVER 275.
♪ ♪
- I CAN DO THAT.
- ALL RIGHT, COOL.
MEET ME OVER THERE. WE
GOTTA DO SOME PAPERWORK.
- ALL RIGHT.
I SOLD MY JUG FOR $275.
I THINK THAT'S A FAIR
PRICE AND I'M HAPPY WITH IT.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
- HEY. HOW'S IT GOING?
- HELLO. GOOD.
GOING WELL.
- WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
- WE HAVE A LETTER IN THE HAND
OF IMPRESSIONIST
ARTIST CLAUDE MONET
FROM 1891.
- OKAY.
WELL, SHOW ME THE MONET.
- I'M HERE AT THE
PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL A HANDWRITTEN
LETTER BY CLAUDE MONET.
I BOUGHT THE LETTER
IN 1990 AT AN AUCTION
AND IT'S BEEN FRAMED
ON MY WALL EVER SINCE.
I LOVED HAVING IT,
AND I'M DOWNSIZING MY COLLECTION
AND MY KIDS DON'T WANT IT.
I'M HOPING TO SELL THE
LETTER FOR $8,500 TODAY
BECAUSE OF WHO WROTE THE LETTER,
WHO IT'S WRITTEN TO,
AND INTERESTING CONTENT.
- I'D SAY DEFINITELY COOL.
CLAUDE MONET WAS BORN IN 1840.
BY 1860, HE WAS A
STRUGGLING ARTIST.
HIM AND SOME OTHER ARTISTS
STARTED THE
IMPRESSIONIST MOVEMENTS,
WHICH WAS NOT WELL-RECEIVED
AT THE BEGINNING.
- DEGENERATE
ART, THEY CALLED IT.
- YEAH, THEY JUST CRITICIZED
THEIR ARTWORK LEFT AND RIGHT.
BUT MONET, RENOIR,
ALL THESE GUYS,
WHILE THE ART CRITICS
WERE CRITICIZING THEIR WORK,
THEIR WORK BEGAN TO SELL
AND IT BEGAN TO SELL WELL
AND EVENTUALLY...
THE ART CRITICS NEVER
SAID THEY WERE WRONG.
THEY JUST STARTED
APPRECIATING IT.
SO, I MEAN, HAVE YOU
EVER HAD THIS TRANSLATED?
- YES.
IT'S WRITTEN BY MONET
TO GUSTAVE GEFFROY
129 YEARS AGO NOW.
THEY WERE LONGTIME FRIENDS,
AND IN THIS LETTER, HE'S ANGRY.
HE SAID, "YOU FORGOT
ALL YOUR PROMISES,"
AND "I DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOU HAVE AGAINST ME,"
AND, YOU KNOW, "DON'T DARE ASK
TO COME OUT TO
GIVERNY," TO HIS HOME.
VERY INTENSE. HE
WAS DEFINITELY ANGRY.
- OKAY.
IT LOOKS A LITTLE ODD THE
WAY IT'S WRITTEN ACTUALLY.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DRAWING
WITH A PEN WITH A NIB.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE BALLPOINT PENS.
IT WAS A METAL TIP ON IT, AND...
USUALLY IT PUSHED INTO THE PAPER
AND I DON'T SEE THAT HERE.
- WELL, IT BLEEDS
INTO THE PAPER.
- KAY.
IT JUST SEEMS A
LITTLE ODD TO ME.
HOW MUCH YOU WANT FOR IT?
- I'M LOOKING FOR $8,500 FOR IT.
- OKAY.
DO YOU MIND IF I HAVE
SOMEONE CHECK IT OUT?
- NO.
- GIVE ME A FEW MINUTES.
I'M GONNA GO GIVE
SOMEONE A CALL.
I'M GONNA GET 'EM DOWN
HERE AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
ALL RIGHT?
- GREAT.
I'M COMPLETELY HAPPY WITH
HIM BRINGING AN EXPERT IN.
I KNOW IT'S AUTHENTIC,
AND I HOPE THAT HE AGREES
WITH ME ON THE VALUE.
♪ ♪
- HOW YOU DOING?
- GOOD.
HOW ARE YOU?
- PRETTY GOOD.
- WHAT DO YOU GOT HERE?
- I GOT THIS 1940S, LIKE,
STONER CANDY MACHINE.
- CANDY?
- YES, SIR.
- YOU KNOW WHO
LOVES CANDY, RIGHT?
THIS GUY.
WHOO-HOO!
- I'M HERE AT THE
PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY STONER
CANDY VENDING MACHINE.
I BELIEVE THE MACHINE
IS FROM THE 1940S.
IT'S IN GOOD SHAPE.
THERE'S NOT TOO
MANY DENTS ON IT.
I KNOW IT'S GOT
SOME VALUE TO IT,
BUT I HAVE NO USE FOR IT.
RESEARCHING THIS CANDY MACHINE,
I'M TRYING TO GET AT
LEAST $1,000 OUT OF IT.
- STONER'S PRETTY COOL THOUGH.
THEY MADE SOME COOL STUFF.
STONER VENDING MACHINES
HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE THE '30S
AND THEY'RE KNOWN FOR MAKING
SOME REALLY COOL,
SLEEK VENDING MACHINES.
THEY HAD A FEW DIFFERENT MODELS.
THEY EVEN HAD A MORE
HIGH-END MODEL THAT LIT UP
AND YOU'D SEE THAT, LIKE,
IN THE HIGH-END THEATERS.
YOU KNOW, THE MORE ELITE CLASS.
BUT THEY'RE NOT KNOWN
FOR JUST VENDING MACHINES.
THEY'RE ALSO KNOWN FOR
MAKING SOME VIDEO ARCADE GAMES.
- RIGHT, RIGHT.
- THIS WOULD LOOK
REALLY COOL FIXED UP.
I HAVE A CANDY SHOP MYSELF,
SO I LOVE THINGS LIKE THIS.
YOU KNOW, VENDING MACHINES
AND CANDY DISPENSERS, SO...
WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?
- WELL, IT'S BEEN IN
THE FAMILY FOR A WHILE,
BUT IT'S BEEN IN MY GARAGE
COLLECTING DUST FOR 20 YEARS
AND MY WIFE WANTS
ME TO GET RID OF IT.
- YEAH, I THINK IT'S ABOUT TIME.
- YEAH.
- YOU HAVEN'T
FIXED IT IN 20 YEARS,
YOU'RE NOT GONNA
FIX IT IN THE NEXT 20.
- YEAH, I AGREE.
- DOES IT WORK?
- I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT SURE.
I HAVEN'T USED IT.
- DO YOU HAVE THE KEYS
AND EVERYTHING FOR IT?
- I DO NOT.
- OKAY.
JUST TAKING A LOOK AT IT,
I MEAN, IT LOOKS IN
PRETTY ROUGH SHAPE.
THERE IS A LOT OF RUST ON IT.
HOW MUCH ARE YOU
LOOKING TO GET FOR IT?
- I WOULD LIKE TO GET
AT LEAST $1,000 OUT OF IT.
- OKAY.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT THEY GO FOR
IN WORKING CONDITION.
I'M GONNA NEED
SOMEONE TO COME DOWN
AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT
AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT
'CAUSE IT DEFINITELY
NEEDS TO BE RESTORED.
SO IF YOU HAVE SOME TIME,
I'LL GET SOMEONE DOWN HERE
AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT
A PRICE AFTER THAT.
- THAT'S FAIR.
- ALL RIGHT.
GIVE ME A FEW MINUTES.
- RIGHT.
I GUESS WE'RE GONNA HAVE
AN EXPERT LOOK AT IT TODAY
AND CHECK OUT THE VALUE OF IT.
I HOPE HE GIVES IT
A GOOD APPRAISAL
'CAUSE I REALLY
COULD USE THE MONEY.
♪ ♪
- SO I HAVE A
CUSTOMER IN THE SHOP
WITH A GAMBLING
CHEAT CARD TRIMMER.
IT'S SUPER UNIQUE
AND I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE LIKE IT,
BUT HE'S ASKING $1,500,
SO I HAVE MURRAY COMING DOWN.
HE'S GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT IT
AND HOPEFULLY HE
CAN WORK HIS MAGIC
AND MAKE A DEAL APPEAR.
SO HERE WE GO. THE
CHEATING/MAGIC MACHINE.
- AH, YOU THINK
MAGIC'S CHEATING.
I SEE.
THIS IS PRETTY COOL.
THIS LOOKS LIKE
IT WAS 1930S, 1950S.
YOU CAN CHEAT PRETTY
WELL WITH THESE MACHINES.
THEY'RE PRETTY PHENOMENAL.
IT'S BASICALLY LIKE
A BIG PAPER CUTTER.
IT TRIMS A CARD JUST
ENOUGH SO LITERALLY,
WHEN YOU RUN YOUR FINGER
DOWN THE OUTSIDE OF IT,
IT'LL STOP EXACTLY ON THE
CARD THAT YOU WANT CHOSEN.
THERE'S A STAMP ON HERE
AND IT SAYS, "THE
BALL BROTHERS."
THEY MAINLY MADE JARS,
BUT THEY ALSO HAD A METAL
MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
SO THEY'D MAKE ONE-OFFS
OF ALL SORTS OF THINGS.
SO DO YOU MIND IF
I USE THIS? TRY IT?
- NO, PLEASE. GO RIGHT AHEAD.
- OKAY, I BROUGHT A
DECK OF CARDS WITH ME,
'CAUSE EVERY MAGICIAN ALWAYS
HAS A DECK OF CARDS WITH 'EM.
LET'S USE THE ACE.
AND THIS OBVIOUSLY
SLIDES TO THE LEFT.
LET'S GO RIGHT TO THE EDGE HERE.
YOU DON'T REALLY TAKE MUCH OFF.
YOU REALLY TAKE JUST A
REALLY SLENDER AMOUNT OFF.
THERE, SEE?
LET'S PUT THAT
RIGHT IN YOUR HAIR.
SO IF I DROP THIS IN
THE PACK SOMEWHERES,
BUT IF I GO LIKE THIS,
IF I RUN MY FINGER
RIGHT DOWN THE EDGE,
I SHOULD COME
RIGHT TO YOUR CARD.
SO IF YOU GO LIKE THIS...
GO ALL THE WAY DOWN.
AND THAT SHOULD BE
THE ACE OF SPADES.
- NICE.
- ISN'T THAT GREAT?
SO, RICK, TRY IT. SERIOUSLY.
- ALL RIGHT.
- IT'S JUST A FEELING.
- ALL RIGHT.
- DON'T BLOW IT, RICK.
JUST FEEL IT. JUST FEEL IT.
- THERE WE GO.
- THERE WE GO, SEE?
THERE WE GO.
- PRETTY AMAZING.
- SO ANYWAYS, THAT'S
HOW THIS WORKS.
IN THE OLD DAYS,
WITH THIS DEVICE,
YOU AND I COULD MAYBE
GO CLEAN UP LAS VEGAS.
BACK IN THE EARLY
1900S, IT'S VERY SIMPLE
'CAUSE IT WAS SINGLE DECK,
NOBODY REALLY
KNEW ABOUT CHEATING,
BUT NOW IT'S VERY HARD
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY
USE SEVEN, EIGHT DECKS,
AND IT'S A DIFFERENT GAME,
BUT THIS IS A VERY COOL ITEM.
- SO HOW MUCH YOU
THINK IT'S WORTH?
- SO, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS DEVICE,
THE CONDITION OF IT
AND, YOU KNOW, THE
DEMAND THAT IT'S IN,
I WOULD SAY $750.
- WELL, THANKS
MAN. APPRECIATE IT.
- THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. THANK YOU, SIR.
- THANK YOU.
- GOOD LUCK, ALL RIGHT?
- SO WHAT'S YOUR
BEST PRICE ON IT?
♪ ♪
- 1,250.
- NO.
I'LL GO, LIKE, 450 BUCKS ON IT.
- HOW ABOUT 600?
- WE CUT THE CARDS.
IF I GET THE ACE OF
SPADES, WE GET IT FOR 450.
I'LL GO 450. THAT'S THE
BEST I CAN GO ON IT.
- MAKE IT 500 AND WE'RE DONE.
♪ ♪
- I'LL GO 475 BUCKS.
- ONLY BECAUSE MY WIFE DOESN'T
WANT ME TO COME HOME WITH IT.
- SOUNDS LIKE A DEAL. OKAY.
I'LL MEET YOU RIGHT OVER
THERE. WE'LL DO SOME PAPERWORK.
- OKAY.
- FOR WHEN YOU JUST NEED
TO TAKE A LITTLE OFF THE TOP.
NOT THAT I'VE DONE
THAT IN A LONG TIME.
♪ ♪
SO I HAVE A CUSTOMER
IN THE STORE
WITH A HANDWRITTEN
AND SIGNED LETTER
BY THE PAINTER CLAUDE MONET.
SOMETHING LIKE THIS
IS INCREDIBLY RARE
AND INCREDIBLY VALUABLE.
HE WANTS $8,500 FOR IT,
SO I HAVE STEVE GRAD COMING DOWN
TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT
BECAUSE THIS THING
HAS DEFINITELY LEFT
AN IMPRESSION ON ME.
WELL, HERE'S THE
MONET, OR THE MONEY.
- I KNOW YOU'LL FIND THIS ODD
BUT HE'S ONE OF MY
FAVORITE ARTISTS.
I'VE SEEN A LOT OF HIS WORK.
- I ALWAYS PICTURED YOU
AS A GUY WITH "DOGS
PLAYING POKER."
- TELL ME ABOUT THE
CONTENT IF YOU CAN.
- YEAH, SO IT'S A LETTER
THAT'S WRITTEN TO
GUSTAVE GEFFROY.
HE WROTE THE BIOGRAPHY
ABOUT CLAUDE MONET.
THEY WERE FRIENDS FOR YEARS,
BUT IN THIS LETTER,
HE'S ANGRY AT HIM,
SO I THINK IT'S UNIQUE.
- ALL RIGHT, WELL, WHAT
CONCERNS YOU, FIRST OFF?
- IT LOOKS A LITTLE ODD TO ME.
THERE'S NO REAL
NIB MARKS IN THIS.
- OKAY.
- WHICH IS KIND OF WEIRD.
BUT I COULD BE WRONG.
YOU'RE THE EXPERT, NOT ME.
- I'VE SEEN A LOT
OF HIS LETTERS.
HE WAS PROLIFIC FOR
A LONG TIME IN HIS LIFE,
WRITING TO CRITICS
AND FRIENDS OF HIS
AND FAMILY MEMBERS,
BUT HE HAD A CERTAIN
WAY OF WRITING
AND HE HAD A CERTAIN
WAY OF USING THE INK.
YOU KNOW, ONCE WE GET IN HERE
AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS
UNDER MAGNIFICATION,
I CAN GET AN IDEA
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
SO I'M LOOKING AT THIS,
BUT I SEE THE LIGHT AND
DARK VARIANCES, RICK.
THIS INK IS PRETTY BRIGHT
HERE. IT'S REALLY NICE.
YOU CAN TELL HE'S
STARTING TO RUN OUT.
HE KEEPS GOING, KEEPS GOING.
HE REDIPS HERE.
LIGHT, DARK, LIGHT, DARK.
IT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT.
THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT
IT. THIS IS DEFINITELY ALIVE.
♪ ♪
- SO HE JUST HAD A
REALLY LIGHT HAND?
- YEAH, AT TIMES HE DID,
AND I THINK YOU'LL SEE
FROM THE EXAMPLES
HE JUST LET THE
PEN WRITE FOR HIM.
HE DIDN'T PRESS TOO HARD,
SO HE DIDN'T DISPENSE
A LOT OF INK TOO.
- OKAY, SO YOU THINK IT'S REAL.
- I DO, ABSOLUTELY.
- OKAY, SO WHAT DO
YOU THINK IT'S WORTH?
♪ ♪
- WELL, WITH THAT SAID,
HE STILL DOES HAVE
PRETTY GOOD VALUE.
HIS WORKS ARE OBVIOUSLY
SHOWN THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
THE CONTENT IS GOOD.
THE PROBLEM IS I
THINK THE MARKETPLACE
HAS SEEN A LOT OF THIS STUFF.
SO WITH THAT SAID,
I'D PUT THE VALUE
RIGHT AT ABOUT $4,000.
- OKAY.
THANKS, MAN.
- ALL RIGHT. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.
- THANKS.
- GREAT PIECE. THANKS.
- YEP.
HMM.
- ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT'S
YOUR BEST PRICE ON IT?
- I'D GO 5.
♪ ♪
- I'LL GIVE YOU 3 GRAND FOR IT.
- WHAT ABOUT
JUST GOING, LIKE, 4?
- NO. THAT IS TOP.
I WON'T GO A DIME HIGHER.
$3,000.
ANYMORE WOULD MAKE
ZERO SENSE FOR ME.
- 3,500?
♪ ♪
- I'LL TELL YOU WHAT,
I'LL GIVE YOU 3,100
AND I SHOULDN'T EVEN DO THAT.
♪ ♪
- I'M READY TO PASS IT ON TO
SOMEBODY ELSE TO ENJOY IT.
- ALL RIGHT, WE GOT A DEAL.
I WILL MEET YOU
RIGHT OVER THERE.
WE'LL DO SOME PAPERWORK.
I'LL GET YOU PAID.
- GREAT.
♪ ♪
I'M IN THE MONET.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
- WHY, HELLO. WHAT
DO WE HAVE HERE?
- I'VE GOT A 1920S DENTAL CHAIR,
AND THAT'S A
TREADLE DENTAL DRILL.
- OKAY.
♪ ♪
YOU INTO COLLECTING
TORTURE DEVICES?
- I'M AT THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY 1920S DENTAL
CHAIR AND A DENTAL DRILL.
I OWN AN ANTIQUES STORE
AND I THINK IT'S VERY
MACABRE AND VERY SCARY.
I BOUGHT IT FROM A GUY
WHO HAD IT IN HIS BASEMENT.
IT WAS HIS GREAT-GRANDFATHER'S,
WHO WAS A DENTIST.
I'M LOOKING TO GET
$1,000 FOR THE TWO PIECES.
- OKAY. DEFINITELY DIFFERENT.
- HOW OLD IS THIS STUFF?
- PROBABLY 19...
TEENS OR '20S?
- AND THIS IS A TREADLE
DENTISTS' DRILL.
PROBABLY 1800S.
THEY CAME OUT WITH
THESE, LIKE, IN THE 1870S.
MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE
THIS, BUT BELIEVE IT OR NOT,
DENTISTS STARTED OFF AS BARBERS.
BEFORE THERE
WAS, LIKE, DENTISTS,
BASICALLY, THE BARBER
WAS YOUR CATCHALL,
EVERYDAY DOCTOR.
THEY WERE LITERALLY
CALLED BARBER SURGEONS.
SO THEY TOOK CARE
OF SMALL OPERATIONS,
THEY BLED YOU,
AND THEY TOOK
CARE OF YOUR TEETH.
UP UNTIL THE MID-1800S,
LIKE, ONCE A YEAR, YOU
NEEDED TO GO TO THE BARBER
AND GET A GOOD BLEEDING.
SORT OF LIKE YOUR
ANNUAL DOCTOR CHECKUP,
YOUR ANNUAL BLOODLETTING.
THAT'S WHAT YOU
DID AT THE BARBER.
I MEAN, ONLY RICH PEOPLE
WENT TO ACTUAL PHYSICIANS
WHO WENT TO COLLEGE,
BUT IF YOU WERE
JUST AN AVERAGE JOE,
YOU JUST WENT TO THE BARBERSHOP,
GOT A HAIRCUT, GOT A
SHAVE, GOT A TOOTH PULLED.
- YEAH, I'LL PULL MY OWN TOOTH
BEFORE I LET MY BARBER DO IT.
- BUT THIS WAS ACTUALLY A
PRETTY AMAZING INVENTION
WHEN THEY CAME
OUT WITH THIS THING.
IT'S ACTUALLY A
HIGH-SPEED DRILL.
YOU WOULD START CRANKING
YOUR FOOT RIGHT THERE.
THAT WOULD SPIN THE BIG WHEEL.
THE BELT WOULD START
SPINNING THIS RIGHT HERE.
- THAT'S KIND OF SCARY
IF A DENTIST IS DOING
TECHNICAL WORK IN YOUR MOUTH,
BUT HIS FOOT IS GOING LIKE THIS.
- YEAH, IT WAS A PRETTY
BRUTAL PROCESS BACK THEN.
I MEAN, PEOPLE DIED
FROM HAVING BAD TEETH.
YOU KNOW, KING TUT
DIED FROM A BAD TOOTH.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, DENTISTS
ACTUALLY SAVE LIVES.
- SO WHAT ARE YOU
LOOKING TO DO WITH IT?
- I'D LIKE TO SELL IT.
- HOW MUCH DO YOU
WANT FOR THESE THINGS?
- I WAS LOOKING TO GET
1,000 FOR BOTH OF 'EM.
- OKAY.
I MEAN, IT'S REALLY
INTERESTING, BUT...
IT'S TERRIFYING.
YOU KNOW, THE DRILL IS BROKEN.
THE CHAIR IS IN
REALLY ROUGH SHAPE,
AND IF IT WAS IN BETTER
SHAPE, MAYBE, BUT IT'S JUST...
IT'S JUST TOO ROUGH.
KAY?
WELL, THANKS FOR BRINGING IT IN.
IT'S JUST NOT FOR ME, MAN.
- OKAY.
- ALL RIGHT, HAVE A GOOD ONE.
- HEY, THANKS FOR LOOKING AT IT.
- APPRECIATE IT.
- THANKS.
- WEREN'T YOU GONNA SCHEDULE
A DENTIST APPOINTMENT?
NOT NOW.
GETTING A HAIRCUT
AT A BARBERSHOP
WAS STRESSFUL ENOUGH FOR ME
TO EVENTUALLY GO FULL MR. CLEAN.
BUT IMAGINE HOW SOMEONE FELT
WALKING INTO A BARBERSHOP
HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO.
YOU COULD'VE BEEN GOING
TO ONE OF THESE GUYS
TO GET A TOOTH PULLED,
HAVE A SURGICAL PROCEDURE,
OR FOR SOME GOOD
OLD-FASHIONED BLOODLETTING.
THAT IS LITERALLY
HAVING YOUR BLOOD
DRAINED FROM YOUR BODY
IN ONE OF MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
SOUNDS CRAZY,
BUT BLOODLETTING IS ONE
OF THE WORLD'S OLDEST
MEDICINAL PRACTICES.
PEOPLE THINK IT
ORIGINATED IN ANCIENT EGYPT
AROUND 1,000 B.C.
THE EGYPTIANS BELIEVED
RELEASING BLOOD FROM THE BODY
COULD CURE SOMETHING
AS DEADLY AS THE PLAGUE
OR SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS ACNE.
SOME FOLKS EVEN THOUGHT IT
COULD CAST OUT EVIL SPIRITS.
♪ ♪
THERE'S A FEW DIFFERENT TYPES
OF BLOODLETTING TECHNIQUES.
ALL OF THEM ARE SERIOUSLY GROSS.
VENESECTION,
THAT'S DRAWING BLOOD
WITH CUTS OR PUNCTURES.
THERE'S CUPPING,
WHICH MEANT PLACING A
GLASS DOME OVER THE SKIN
AND EXTRACTING AIR BY
SUCTION OR PRIOR HEATING.
PEOPLE STILL DO THIS.
THEN THERE'S BY FAR
THE GROSSEST VERSION
OF BLOODLETTING,
LEECHES.
♪ ♪
THAT'S RIGHT, ONE SUREFIRE
WAY TO REMOVE BLOOD:
HAVE SOMEONE STICK ONE
OF THESE SUCKERS TO YOU
AND LET IT SNACK FOR A WHILE.
I DON'T KNOW IF ALL THIS
STUFF WORKS OR NOT,
BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS I'M
GLAD I WAS BORN IN AN ERA
WHERE BARBERS STICK
TO CUTTING YOUR HAIR.
NO ONE WANTS TO BE GOING
HOME A LITTLE LIGHT ON O NEGATIVE.
♪ ♪
- I HAVE A CUSTOMER IN THE SHOP
WHO HAS A 1940S CANDY MACHINE.
HE'S ASKING $1,000 FOR IT,
BUT IT'S IN PRETTY ROUGH SHAPE.
I DO HAVE A CANDY SHOP,
AND I COULD MAKE
GOOD USE OF THIS,
SO I ASKED RICK
DALE TO COME OVER
AND SEE IF THIS IS
WORTH RESTORING.
- THIS IS COOL. THIS IS
AN OLD CANDY MACHINE.
- THINKING 1940S STONER
VENDING MACHINE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK.
- IT'S PROBABLY '40S.
'40 TO '50.
- OKAY.
- THESE CAME IN MANY MODELS.
I MEAN, LIKE, THEY
CAME WITH AN 8 PULL
WHERE IT HAD DIFFERENT CANDIES,
THEY CAME WITH A
SELECTOR ON THE SIDE
THAT WOULD HAVE GUM.
BUT IT USED TO HAVE A
MIRROR THAT RAN AROUND HERE.
THESE WERE EVERYWHERE.
EVERY GAS STATION
YOU EVER WENT TO
THAT HAD A COKE MACHINE
HAD ONE OF THESE IN IT.
AND THEN IN 1959,
THEY SOLD OUT AND
THEY SOLD TO VENDO,
WHICH IS THE BIGGEST...
- OH YEAH.
- VENDING COMPANIES.
- OKAY.
- HERE'S WHAT I
WAS WORRIED ABOUT.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S
IN GOOD CONDITION
AS FAR AS THE METAL GOES,
BUT LOOKS LIKE A RUST BOX ALSO.
- AS FAR AS THE RUST,
IT'S NOT THAT BAD.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE A KEY? AT ALL?
- NO.
- HE DOESN'T HAVE A KEY, NO.
- THERE'S YOUR KEY.
WHOA.
- OH, BOY.
- RIGHT?
THE GUTS ARE MISSING,
SO WHAT THIS NEEDS...
'CAUSE THERE'S A TON
OF MECHANISMS IN THIS,
SPRINGS, LEVERS, ALL
THIS STUFF BACK THERE,
IT ALL HAS TO OPERATE
IN CONJUNCTION.
WHEN YOU PULL
THIS, IT DROPS ONE.
SO THE NEXT TIME YOU PULL
IT, IT DROPS ANOTHER ONE.
IT'S REALLY COMPLEX IN HERE.
IT'S MISSING A LOT OF PARTS.
SO...
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOU GUYS WANT FROM ME.
- YEAH, IF THIS THING WAS
ALL DONE UP REAL NICE,
THIS WOULD BE COOL TO MAYBE
PUT SOME OF MY CANDY BARS IN IT.
- YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
- SO WHAT'S IT WORTH
IN THIS CONDITION?
- IN THIS CONDITION?
- YEAH.
- MAX 300 BUCKS.
- 300?
- WHAT WOULD IT TAKE
TO GET IT UP AND RUNNING?
AND PAINTED, OBVIOUSLY.
- 4,500.
- 4,500.
OKAY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK
IT WOULD SELL FOR
IF IT WAS RESTORED?
- PROBABLY 6,500,
7,500 DONE UP RIGHT.
- OKAY, WELL, THANKS
FOR COMING OUT, RICK.
- YEP, YOU GOT IT.
- APPRECIATE IT.
- OKAY. KAY, TAKE CARE, BUD.
- ALL RIGHT.
- WELL, NO WAY I'M GONNA BE ABLE
TO GET YOU ANYWHERE
CLOSE TO 1,000.
HE SAID AS IT STANDS,
IT'S WORTH 250, 300.
♪ ♪
WOULD YOU TAKE 75 FOR IT?
- 75?
- YEAH.
- HOW ABOUT 3?
- NO.
- HE SAID 3 AS IT IS.
- I MEAN, AT THE SAME
TIME IF I BUY THIS,
I'M GONNA HAVE TO
RESTORE IT FULLY 100%.
SO I'D BE INTO BUYING
THIS ONE AT 100 BUCKS.
IT'S GONNA BE SO HARD
FOR ME TO GET ALL THE STUFF
TO MAKE THIS LOOK
GOOD AND LOOK RIGHT.
- 100 BUCKS.
♪ ♪
ALL RIGHT.
FINE.
- ALL RIGHT.
- THANK YOU.
- 20 YEARS, 100 BUCKS LATER.
LET'S GO DO SOME PAPERWORK.
- I KNOW, YOU HATE
WHEN THE WIFE'S RIGHT.
- I HATE IT.
♪ ♪
- HELLO.
- HI.
- WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
- SO I HAVE A SILVERWARE SET
FROM THE WILLIAM ROGERS COMPANY.
- YEAH, GOOD THING
I'M NOT A WEREWOLF.
- YES.
- OKAY, SO IN 1847,
THE ROGERS BROTHERS CAME OUT.
IT WAS A BUNCH OF BROTHERS.
THEY WERE ALL SILVERSMITHS.
THEY STARTED THIS
SILVERWARE COMPANY,
AND SILVER'S EXPENSIVE, KAY?
THEY REALIZED THIS BRAND
NEW SILVER PLATING SYSTEM
THAT JUST CAME OUT
WOULD CUT DOWN 90% OF THE COST
'CAUSE 90% OF THE
COST WAS THE SILVER.
WITH A SILVER-PLATED SET,
I MEAN, IF YOU WERE
MIDDLE INCOME,
IT WAS A LOT LESS EXPENSIVE
THAN SPENDING
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
ON A STERLING SILVER SET,
AND THE COMPANY
WAS BASICALLY AROUND
FOR WELL OVER 100 YEARS.
THIS IS QUINTESSENTIAL
1940S, 1950S AMERICA.
BEFORE THERE WAS
TELEVISION SETS,
PEOPLE HAD DINNER PARTIES.
NO MATTER WHAT
YOUR SOCIAL STATUS,
THAT WAS A VERY,
VERY COMMON THING.
AND WHEN YOU HAD A DINNER PARTY,
YOU WANTED YOUR NICE CHINA OUT
AND YOU WANTED YOUR
NICE SILVERWARE OUT
AND THAT WAS A
VERY IMPORTANT THING
ALL THE WAY UP TO THE 1960S.
AND THIS WAS
ASTRONOMICALLY POPULAR,
WHICH IS...
ON SOME THINGS,
IT'S A GOOD THING.
SOME THINGS, IT'S A BAD THING.
AND ON THIS ONE,
IT'S A BAD THING
BECAUSE THEY MADE SO MUCH OF IT.
AND NO ONE HAS DINNER
PARTIES ANYMORE.
SO I JUST CANNOT USE IT
BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS IT ANYMORE.
- WHICH IS A REAL SHAME,
'CAUSE IT IS A NICE
PIECE OF HISTORY.
- YEAH. WELL, HAVE A NICE DAY.
- OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I APPRECIATE IT.
WELL, NO OFFER WAS
MADE TO ME TODAY,
WHICH I'M A LITTLE
SAD ABOUT THAT,
BUT I'M PROBABLY GONNA GO AHEAD
AND TRY AND SELL IT ON MY OWN.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
- HOW YOU DOING?
- HEY, HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
- I HAVE SOME "BUFFY
THE VAMPIRE SLAYER"
SIGNED ACTION FIGURES
I WOULD LIKE TO SELL.
- OKAY.
YOU KNOW THAT FAMOUS
LINE FROM THE SERIES:
"I MAY BE DEAD, BUT AT
LEAST I'M STILL PRETTY."
- I HAVE TWO SIGNED
"BUFFY THE VAMPIRE
SLAYER" ACTION FIGURES
I'M HOPING TO SELL TODAY.
I COLLECT A LOT OF "BUFFY
THE VAMPIRE SLAYER" ITEMS.
I HAVE THE WHOLE SET.
I'VE HAD THEM STORED IN MY ROOM
FOR QUITE A WHILE
AND I HAVE A COUPLE EXTRAS.
I'M HOPING TO SELL
THE SET FOR $325.
- OKAY, YEAH. THIS
IS PRETTY COOL.
"BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER"
STARTED AS A MOVIE IN '92.
A FEW YEARS LATER,
IT WAS ADAPTED
TO BE A TELEVISION SERIES.
IT WAS ABOUT BUFFY
AND HER TEENAGE
GROUP OF FRIENDS.
THEY BASICALLY
JUST SLAYED VAMPIRES
AND IT WAS THEIR "DUTY"
TO PROTECT THE WORLD
FROM THE VAMPIRES.
IT DIDN'T GO AS WELL AS
PLANNED THE FIRST SEASON,
BUT BY THE SECOND SEASON,
IT HAD ALREADY CAUGHT
ON A LOT OF STEAM,
IT HAD GOT REALLY BIG,
AND IT HAD THIS CULT
FOLLOWING OF VIEWERS THAT...
YOU KNOW, THEY LOVED
"BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER"
AND THEY PRETTY MUCH
BOUGHT ANYTHING BUFFY RELATED.
SO YOU GOT BUFFY OVER
HERE, MAIN CHARACTER.
ANGEL, WHICH WAS HER BOYFRIEND.
WHERE DID YOU GET THESE?
- I GOT THE BUFFY AT
A COMIC CONVENTION
AND I GOT THE ANGEL
AT A COMIC BOOK STORE.
- SO WHOSE SIGNATURES ARE THESE?
- CLAY MOORE OF
MOORE COLLECTIBLES.
- AND WHO IS HE EXACTLY?
I'VE NEVER HEARD OF HIM.
- HE'S THE PERSON
WHO MADE THE FIGURES.
- LET'S JUST TAKE A LOOK HERE.
THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE
IN PRETTY GOOD CONDITION.
THIS ONE HERE
LOOKS LIKE IT'S AGED
A LITTLE BIT WORSE
THAN THIS ONE.
IT'S KIND OF GOT SOME
YELLOWING ON THE PACKAGE.
- THAT'S PRETTY MUCH
HOW THEY ALL CAME
WITH ALL MY FIGURES THAT I GOT.
- WHAT ARE YOU
LOOKING TO DO WITH 'EM?
- I'M LOOKING TO SELL.
- SO YOU MUST HAVE
DOUBLES OF THESE
IF YOU'RE TRYING TO SELL 'EM.
- I JUST HAPPENED TO COME
ACROSS A COUPLE LOWER NUMBERS.
- OH, OKAY.
THAT'S IMPORTANT TO
COLLECTORS IS A LOWER NUMBER,
AND THIS IS OUT OF
A SERIES OF 2,500,
SO 423 IS NOT THAT
BAD OF A NUMBER.
BUT 76 OVER HERE, YOU FOUND
A LOWER NUMBER THAN THAT.
CONGRATULATIONS. THAT'S...
- I PAID UP FOR IT, BUT I
FOUND A LOWER NUMBER.
- THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.
HOW MUCH ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?
- 325.
- $3.25?
- $325.
- OKAY.
I ACTUALLY HAVE NO IDEA
IF THEY'RE WORTH $325
OR IF THEY'RE WORTH $1 MILLION.
I GOT A GUY WHO OWNS ROGUE
TOYS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET,
AND I WANNA HAVE HIM COME
OVER, TAKE A LOOK AT THESE,
AND TELL ME WHAT HE THINKS.
- SOUNDS GOOD.
- ALL RIGHT.
GIVE ME A FEW MINUTES.
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
- OKAY.
I'M HOPING THE EXPERT WILL SAY
THEY'RE WORTH MORE THAN
WHAT I THINK THEY'RE WORTH.
- I HAVE A CUSTOMER
IN THE SHOP RIGHT NOW
WITH SOME "BUFFY THE
VAMPIRE SLAYER" FIGURES
AND THEY'RE LOOKING
TO SELL 'EM FOR $325.
THE SHOW HAS A
HUGE CULT FOLLOWING,
BUT I'M NOT SURE THERE'S
A MARKET FOR THESE,
SO MY TOY GUY STEVE IS COMING BY
TO TELL ME IF THIS IS SOMETHING
I SHOULD SINK MY TEETH INTO.
"BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER."
WE GOT BUFFY, AND
I'M SURE YOU KNOW,
WE GOT ANGEL OVER HERE,
A COUPLE CERTIFICATES,
AND IT'S SIGNED BY THE
CREATOR OF THESE FIGURES.
- THESE ARE COOL.
"BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER"
WAS ONE OF THE EARLY WORKS
OF JOSS WHEDON,
AND HE'S MORPHED THAT
INTO CREATING "FIREFLY,"
HE GOT INTO THE MARVEL
CINEMATIC UNIVERSE,
HAS BEEN VERY
SUCCESSFUL WITH IT.
WHAT ARE YOUR QUESTIONS ON IT?
- SO I KIND OF WANT TO
KNOW WHAT YOU THINK
ABOUT THE PACKAGING
AND DO THESE SIGNATURES
AND NUMBERS MEAN ANYTHING?
- MIND IF I TAKE A LOOK?
- GO AHEAD.
- ALL RIGHT.
LOOKS LIKE CLAYBURN
MOORE'S AUTOGRAPH.
- HAVE YOU SEEN THESE BEFORE?
- YEAH, I'M VERY
FAMILIAR WITH THE LINE.
YOU KNOW, MOORE
COLLECTIBLES HAS BEEN AROUND
FOR A FEW YEARS.
SO THAT ANGEL FIGURE IS
ACTUALLY KIND OF THE RAREST
OF ALL THE FIGURES THAT
WERE EVER RELEASED.
IT JUST HAD TO DO WITH THE FACT
THAT IT WAS A VARIATION
THAT THEY DID WITH HIS OUTFIT
THAT WAS PLACED IN
MAYBE A SHORTER RUN
COMPARED TO SOME
OF THE OTHER ITEMS.
CLAYBURN MOORE MIGHT BRING
THIS BUFFY OUT TO A CONVENTION
AND THEY WOULD HAVE
SIGNED AND NUMBERED THEM
TO MAKE THEM MORE LIMITED.
- SO THIS IS LIMITED TO
2,500 AUTOGRAPHED COPIES?
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE?
- CORRECT.
BUT THERE COULD'VE BEEN
THOUSANDS OF FIGURES PRODUCED.
YOU DO HAVE SOME CONDITION
ISSUES WITH BOTH OF 'EM.
IF YOU'LL NOTICE HERE,
LOOKS LIKE ANGEL HAS A
CREASE UP HERE ON THE TOP,
AND AT SOME POINT,
SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY,
SOME TYPE OF HEAT GOT TO THIS,
AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE
SEEING THE RIPPLE EFFECT
THAT YOU'RE SEEING ON
THE SIDE OF THE BLISTER.
IT AFFECTS THE
VALUE, BUT NOT A TON.
- SO WHAT DO YOU
THINK THESE ARE WORTH?
- A COLLECTOR REALLY IS
GONNA WANT THE AUTOGRAPH
OF THE ACTUAL ACTOR OR ACTRESS,
YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES
TO TV AND MOVIE MEMORABILIA.
SO FOR THE PACKAGE OF THE TWO,
INCLUDED WITH THESE
CERTIFICATES OF AUTHENTICITY,
I THINK YOU'D HAVE NO PROBLEM
GETTING AROUND $75 FOR 'EM.
- EVEN WITH THIS ONE BEING
THE RARER ANGEL FIGURE?
- YEAH, THAT ACTUALLY
HELPS THE VALUE OF THE LOT
BECAUSE MOST OF
THE ANGEL FIGURES
ACTUALLY ONLY SELL IN
THE $10 RANGE NORMALLY.
- ALL RIGHT. WELL,
THANKS FOR COMING BY.
- YEAH, NO PROBLEM. GOOD LUCK.
- THANK YOU.
- YEP.
- WELL, YOU HEARD
WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.
ARE YOU STILL
INTERESTED IN SELLING 'EM?
- YEAH.
- HOW MUCH ARE YOU
LOOKING FOR NOW?
- 55?
♪ ♪
- COULD YOU DO 45?
- 50? MEET YOU IN THE MIDDLE?
♪ ♪
- I MEAN, I REALLY WISH I COULD,
BUT 45 IS WHERE I HAVE TO BE.
ABSOLUTE MAX ON THESE.
- OKAY, WE HAVE A DEAL.
- ALL RIGHT. LET'S
GO WRITE IT UP.
- SOUNDS GOOD.
I'M GONNA TAKE MY $45 AND
HAVE A NICE STEAK DINNER.
♪ ♪
- HEY. WHERE'S THE FIRE?
- SOMEWHERE OUT THERE
I GUESS. I DON'T KNOW.
- SO WHAT DO WE GO HERE?
- THIS IS A BEACON LIGHT
FROM LAS VEGAS'
FIRST LADDER TRUCK
WHICH WAS A 1949 SEAGRAVE.
- THIS IS REALLY NEAT.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY USED
FOR, LIKE, THE FIRE
BRIGADES AND THINGS
BEFORE THEY HAD SIRENS
AND LIGHTS LIKE THIS?
- NO.
- A BELL AND A GONG.
- I'M HERE AT THE
PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY 1949 BEACON
RAY EMERGENCY LIGHT.
I GOT THE LIGHT FROM
AN ESTATE AUCTION.
I'D LIKE TO SELL THE
LIGHT FOR 600 TODAY.
- I LOVE STUFF LIKE THIS.
IT'S PRETTY COOL THAT
IT'S THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS.
1905 WAS WHEN WE GOT OUR
FIRST VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
BACK THEN, IT TOOK
THEM A LONG TIME
TO GET TO THE FIRES.
SO IF THERE WAS A FIRE,
LITERALLY PEOPLE WOULD
START SHOOTING GUNS IN THE AIR.
THAT ALERTED ALL THE
VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS,
"GET TO THE FIRE STATION."
IF THERE WAS A FIRE IN A HOUSE,
THEY WEREN'T GONNA GET
THERE FOR A HALF HOUR.
GENERALLY, THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT SHOWED UP,
MAKE SURE THE HOUSES
AROUND IT DIDN'T BURN DOWN
BECAUSE THAT HOUSE HAD
ALREADY BURNED DOWN.
ALL RIGHT, AND THIS IS...
FEDERAL SIGN AND
SIGNAL CORPORATION.
SUPER BEACON RAY.
AND THEY GOT A SERIAL
NUMBER RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM.
OKAY.
I MEAN, IT LOOKS
IN PERFECT SHAPE.
I'M SURE IT WORKS.
I MEAN, WE HAVE A LITTLE
ROTATION RIGHT HERE.
- ALL THREE LIGHTS WORK
AND THE MOTOR WORKS.
OKAY.
NOW HERE'S THE BIG QUESTION:
HOW MUCH YOU
WANT FOR THIS THING?
- I DECIDED TO PRICE IT FAIRLY.
600.
- OKAY.
♪ ♪
BASICALLY, JUST ABOUT ANYTHING
FIRE DEPARTMENT IS COLLECTIBLE.
- YEAH.
- BUT THIS IS A LITTLE BIT
MODERN FOR MOST GUYS.
MOST FIRE COLLECTIBLE STUFF
IS, LIKE, 1800S,
STUFF LIKE THAT.
I'LL GIVE YOU 200 BUCKS FOR IT.
- NO. CAN'T DO THAT.
NO, I CAN'T DO THAT.
- AND WHY COULDN'T YOU DO THAT?
- BECAUSE I'VE GOT
MORE THAN THAT INTO IT.
WHY WOULD YOU PAY
THAT MUCH FOR IT?
- I WAS AT AN AUCTION.
THERE WAS A LOT OF ACTION ON IT.
I FIGURED YOU'D WANT THIS
FOR YOURSELF HONESTLY.
- I MEAN, I ACTUALLY DO
OWN MY OWN FIRE ENGINE.
I ALREADY HAVE A
BEACON ON MY FIRE TRUCK.
- DO YOU HAVE ONE THAT
SAYS LAS VEGAS ON IT THOUGH?
- NO, I DON'T.
- YEAH.
- YOU KNOW, ALL
RIGHT. I'LL GO 350.
- I UNFORTUNATELY CAN'T DO THAT.
- ALL RIGHT.
WELL, IF YOU CHANGE
YOUR MIND, COME BACK.
- I APPRECIATE IT.
- ALL RIGHT.
- THANK YOU.
I PAID MORE FOR IT THAN
THE 350 HE'D OFFERED ME,
SO I'M JUST GOING TO FIND
ANOTHER AVENUE TO SELL IT.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
- A FEW WEEKS AGO,
I PURCHASED A 1940S
CANDY MACHINE FOR $100,
BUT IT WAS IN NEED
OF A LOT OF WORK.
- CHUM.
- HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON?
RICK DALE FULLY RESTORED IT
AND HE'S BRINGING
IT BY THE SHOP TODAY.
I'M HOPING THIS IS
A SWEET NEW WAY
FOR ME TO SELL SOME
OF MY SIGNATURE CANDY.
- THIS IS THE CANDY MACHINE.
- IS IT?
- YEAH.
A LITTLE DIFFERENT LOOKING NOW.
- I MEAN, IT LOOKS
LIKE A BLANKET TO ME.
- WELL, THIS IS HOW I AM.
I LIKE DOING A VOILÀ, YOU KNOW?
YOU READY?
- YEAH.
- OKAY, HERE WE GO.
ONE, TWO, THREE.
- WHOA!
HOLY CHUM BAR!
CHECK IT OUT, RIGHT?
- THAT IS FREAKING AWESOME!
I MEAN, JUST LOOKING AT IT, I
CAN SEE YOU DID A LOT TO IT.
- SO THE EXTERIOR OF IT,
WE HAD TO POUND ALL THE
METAL OUT AND EVERYTHING.
ALL THE STAINLESS STEEL PIECES
HAD TO BE POUNDED OUT
STRAIGHT AND THEN POLISHED.
PAINT IT WITH THIS PAINT
THAT'S CALLED HAMMERTONE.
GIVES US THIS LOOK.
THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL
PLATE THAT WAS ON THERE.
YOU CAN SORT OF SEE
IT SAYS "FRESH CANDY."
IT'S ALL RAISED.
FIXED THESE HANDLES.
YOU REMEMBER HOW THEY
WERE SORT OF WHITE COLORED?
- YEAH.
- WE POLISHED ON 'EM AND
THEN WE PAINTED 'EM RED.
- RIGHT ON! I LIKE IT.
WHAT ABOUT THE INSIDE?
LET'S CHECK IT OUT.
- YOU WANNA SEE IT?
- YEAH.
IS THAT BIG SCREEN TV IN THERE?
- NO, IT WENT
AWAY. IT WENT AWAY.
YOU READY?
- OH, DANG!
- YOU REMEMBER WHAT IT
USED TO LOOK LIKE, RIGHT?
- IT LOOKS PRETTY COOL.
- SO THIS IS BASICALLY A
BRAND NEW MECHANISM
FROM THERE ALL THE WAY DOWN.
IT'S ALL BASICALLY READY TO GO.
- DOES IT WORK?
- YEAH.
YOU WANNA CHECK IT OUT?
THIS ONE HERE IS FULL
OF YOUR CANDY BARS.
KAY?
- WELL, LUCKY YOU,
'CAUSE I LOVE ME
A MILK CHOCOLATE CANDY
BAR WITH POP ROCKS.
- THERE YOU GO.
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- WELL, IT LOOKS PRETTY
GOOD. WHAT'S THE TOTAL?
- IT'S 4,500 WITH ALL THE PARTS.
- $4,500 IS JUST A LOT, SO...
YOU LIKE THAT?
- I LOVE THAT. THAT'S COOL.
- THAT'S YOUR FIRST
DOWN PAYMENT.
I'LL GET YOU THE REST LATER.
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- NOT MUCH LATER THOUGH, RIGHT?
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- HEY. HOW'S IT GOING?
- HOW YOU DOING?
- WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
- WELL, THIS IS AN EARLY
CAST-IRON MECHANICAL BANK.
IT'S MADE BY J.E. STEVENS.
IT'S PROBABLY
ABOUT 150 YEARS OLD.
- AND IT'S THE CAT
AND THE MOUSE.
- CORRECT, CAT AND MOUSE BANK.
- THIS THING ORIGINALLY
WAS GONNA HAVE THE
MOUSE IN THE CAT'S MOUTH.
I'M ASSUMING WHEN THEY
WERE SITTING AROUND
IN THE BOARDROOM GOING LIKE,
"YEAH, A LITTLE BRUTAL."
- I'M HERE AT THE
PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY EARLY
CAST-IRON MECHANICAL BANK
MADE IN THE LATE 1800S.
I'M LOOKING TO SELL
THIS PIECE FOR $2,200.
- THIS IS COOL.
SO WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?
- I GOT IT AT A FLEA MARKET.
- ALL RIGHT.
THIS WAS MADE BY A
COMPANY CALLED STEVENS.
THEY STARTED OFF IN THE 1850S.
THEY WERE GONNA MAKE IRON TOOLS.
BEFORE YOU KNEW IT,
THEY WEREN'T MAKING
TOOLS ANYMORE.
THEY WERE JUST
MAKING CAST-IRON TOYS.
YOU KNOW, AFTER THE CIVIL WAR,
WE STARTED GETTING MORE OF
A MIDDLE CLASS IN THIS COUNTRY.
THE MECHANICAL
BANKS WERE GREAT TOYS
AND THE THOUGHT WAS
THIS WILL TEACH CHILDREN
HOW TO SAVE MONEY
AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
LET ME REMEMBER THIS THING.
THERE'S YOUR MOUSE.
- MM-HMM.
- AND YOU PUT YOUR
COIN RIGHT THERE,
AND IT'S A PRETTY ROUGH
MECHANISM ON THESE THINGS.
- YEAH.
YEP.
- COIN WOULD GO DOWN THERE.
IT WOULD LAND IN THERE
AND SLIDE THROUGH THE SLOT.
- YEAH.
- SO HOW MUCH YOU
LOOKING TO GET OUT OF THIS?
- I'D LIKE TO GET 2,200.
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- WE'RE CLOSE.
THIS THING IS IN
PRETTY AMAZING SHAPE,
BUT WITH ANYTHING,
SOMETHING'S WORTH
A LOT OF MONEY,
PEOPLE WILL START FAKING IT.
THE COPIES ARE MADE FROM
MOLDS OF THE ORIGINALS.
WHEN YOU MAKE A MOLD,
IT SHRINKS A LITTLE BIT.
BEFORE I GO ANY FURTHER,
I NEED TO GO GET A TAPE
MEASURE AND GET SOME DIMENSIONS.
WE'LL FIGURE OUT IF THIS IS
A RECAST OR THE REAL DEAL.
- OKAY.
I'M NOT WORRIED
ABOUT HIM COMING BACK
WITH THE IMPROPER
MEASUREMENTS TO THIS PIECE.
I BELIEVE IT'S AUTHENTIC.
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I HAVE A CUSTOMER
IN THE SHOP RIGHT NOW
WITH AN ANTIQUE,
CAST-IRON MECHANICAL BANK
THAT HE WANTS $2,200 FOR.
THIS THING IS SUPER RARE,
BUT THE THING IS SO
MANY OF 'EM ARE FAKED,
BUT IT'S REAL EASY
TO TELL THE FAKES.
THE FAKES ARE ALWAYS
A LITTLE BIT SMALLER
THAN THE ORIGINAL,
SO I HAVE MY TAPE MEASURE,
AND WE'LL CHECK THIS THING OUT
AND WE'LL SEE IF THERE'S GONNA
BE MONEY IN THE BANK TODAY.
OKAY. SO.
YOU CAN HOLD THIS THING
UPSIDE DOWN FOR ME.
THIS RIGHT HERE IS SUPPOSED
TO BE 6 5/16 TO EACH CORNER.
IF IT'S 1/8 OF AN INCH
SHORT, IT'S FAKE.
- MM.
- SO...
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THERE SHOULD BE A
DRUMROLL RIGHT NOW.
OKAY.
♪ ♪
LET ME... HOLD ON, HOLD ON.
LET ME LOOK AT THIS BETTER.
♪ ♪
THESE RIGHT HERE ARE...
♪ ♪
YEAH, IT'S...
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MORE THAN 1/8 OF AN INCH SHORT.
THIS IS A RECAST.
- NOW, DOES THAT MEAN
JUST THE BOTTOM PLATE
COULD POSSIBLY BE RECAST, OR...
- NO, IT'D BE THE WHOLE THING.
- OKAY.
- UNFORTUNATELY,
DUE TO THE FACT THAT
IT'S A REPRODUCTION,
I CAN'T SELL IT.
- WELL, IT'S GOOD TO KNOW.
- OKAY.
- THANKS, RICK.
- HAVE A GOOD ONE.
- YOU TOO.
NO OFFER WAS MADE TODAY.
IT'S GONNA GO BACK
IN MY COLLECTION.
IT'S STILL A GREAT
MECHANICAL BANK.
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- HELLO.
- HI.
- WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?
- I HAVE A WORLD
WAR II FOLDING SAW.
BE CAREFUL, IT'S REAL SHARP.
- ALL RIGHT, LET'S BE
CAREFUL HERE AND UNROLL IT.
- YEAH, OR YOU'LL
NEED A BAND-AID.
HOPEFULLY NOT.
OH!
- I'M HERE AT THE
PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY WORLD
WAR II FOLDING SAW.
I BOUGHT A STORAGE UNIT
AND IT WAS BURIED IN THE BOTTOM
OF AN OLD CEDAR CHEST.
I'M HOPING TO SELL THE
SAW TODAY FOR $350.
- THIS IS COOL.
IF YOU NEED A SAW
WHEN YOU'RE OUT,
YOU KNOW, RUNNING AROUND AT WAR,
YOU KIND OF NEED SOMETHING
THAT YOU CAN PACK UP
AND PUT IN A LITTLE
POUCH LIKE THIS.
IT WAS VERY CONVENIENT.
PRETTY MUCH ANYBODY
COULD CARRY IT ON THEM.
IT WAS DESIGNED SO YOU
COULD HOLD IT LIKE THIS
AND YOU COULD REALLY
USE IT WITH ONE PERSON,
AND YOU COULD USE IT
WITH TWO PEOPLE ALSO
IF YOU WANTED
TO, LIKE, YOU KNOW,
GET SOME SAW STROKES IN THERE.
SO HOW DO YOU KNOW
THIS IS WORLD WAR II?
- IT'S STAMPED NEAR
ONE OF THE ENDS.
FRANCIS WOOD AND SON.
- OKAY, YEAH.
FRANCIS WOOD AND
SON WAS MAKING SAWS
FOR WORLD WAR I
AND WORLD WAR II.
JUST KNOWING THAT FRANCIS
WOOD AND SONS MADE IT
LETS ME KNOW THAT IT
WAS MADE FOR THE MILITARY.
THIS SAW COULD'VE
EASILY GONE OUT
AND BEEN IN BATTLE
DURING THE WAR.
- THAT'S COOL.
- I MEAN, THE
CONDITION LOOKS GOOD.
HONESTLY, I WOULD EXPECT
IT TO BE MORE TORN UP.
I MEAN, IF I HAD TO GUESS,
I WOULD SAY IT PROBABLY
HAS NEVER BEEN USED.
SO WHAT ARE YOU
LOOKING TO DO WITH IT?
- SELL IT.
- AND HOW MUCH ARE YOU
LOOKING TO GET FOR IT?
- $350.
- THAT'S QUITE A BIT FOR IT.
THESE THINGS... I MEAN,
THEY ARE VALUABLE,
BUT THE MOST I COULD
EVER SELL THIS FOR
ON THE BEST DAY
IS PROBABLY $200.
WE'RE LOOKING AT MAX, LIKE, 95.
I JUST... IT'S WHAT YOU
HAVE HERE, YOU KNOW?
- IF YOU CAN GET
200, HOW ABOUT 100?
- 95 AND WE GOT A DEAL.
- OH, COME ON NOW.
- I WON'T BE SAD IF YOU
TAKE THIS HOME WITH YOU.
I DON'T HAVE TO HAVE
IT. IT'S REALLY COOL...
- I DON'T WANNA TAKE IT HOME.
- WELL THEN, 95, YOU GOT A DEAL.
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- OKAY. 95.
- ALL RIGHT.
COME ON OVER TO THE
COUNTER AND I'LL WRITE IT UP.
- I ENDED UP SELLING IT FOR $95.
LESS THAN WHAT I WANTED,
BUT I'M GOOD WITH THAT.
I'VE HAD IT FOR A WHILE,
AND SOMEONE ELSE WILL ENJOY IT.
♪ ♪
- WHAT IS THAT?
- IT'S A CANDY MACHINE.
CHUM'S CANDY MACHINE.
I JUST WENT AND GOT
ONE. THE PINK ONE.
IT GOT POP ROCKS IN IT.
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- WHEN DID THIS GET HERE?
- I JUST SAW IT RIGHT NOW, RICK.
I'M ON BREAK.
WANT ONE?
- NO, I'M GOOD.
♪ ♪
- WHAT IS THIS?
- THAT'S THAT CANDY MACHINE
I HAD RICK DALE RESTORE.
- SO LET ME GET THIS STORY CLEAR
'CAUSE I KNOW NONE OF IT.
- OKAY.
- HOW MUCH DID YOU BUY IT FOR?
- I BOUGHT IT FOR $100.
IT WAS IN REALLY,
REALLY ROUGH SHAPE.
HERE, I'LL SHOW
YOU THE PICTURES.
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RICK WAS ABLE TO RESTORE
IT FOR A TOTAL OF 4,500,
SO I MEAN, AT 4,600.
YOU COULD GET 6,500 FOR IT EASY.
- WHY ARE YOUR CANDY BARS IN IT?
- THAT'S THE GIFT THAT
KEEPS ON GIVING, RICK.
THAT THING... YOU COULD
SELL IT FOR 6,500 TODAY
OR YOU COULD MAKE
DOLLARS OFF IT EVERY DAY
FOR THE REST OF ITS LIFE.
I EVEN GOT A DARK CHOCOLATE ONE
FOR OLD GUYS LIKE YOU.
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- IF ANY OF THE EMPLOYEES
WANNA HAVE A CHUMLEE CANDY BAR
WHEN THEY'RE ON BREAK,
THEY CAN GO ACROSS
THE PARKING LOT
TO YOUR CANDY STORE.
MEANTIME, GET
THAT STUFF OUT OF IT
AND PUT IT OUT FOR SALE.
I'M JUST TIRED OF THE
INSANITY. I REALLY AM, GUYS.
- I'LL GET IT DONE BY
THE END OF THE WEEK.
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SOONER?
- IT'LL GET DONE TODAY.
- I'LL TRY.