Pawn Stars (2009–…): Season 3, Episode 11 - Gone with Schwinn - full transcript

- I GOT THIS CANNON. IT
JUST LOOKED REALLY COOL.

- LOOKS LIKE IT'S A
REALLY OLD TOY TO ME.

BUT I THINK IT'S BEEN FIRED.
- REALLY?

- THEY'RE CALLED A
SILVER PARADE SADDLE.

- IT'S THE MOST BLINGYEST
SADDLE I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.

THESE THINGS ARE INCREDIBLE.

- FOR THE MONEY
I WANT FOR THESE,

I'VE GOT TO HAVE AS BIG A "WOW"
EFFECT ON YOU AS I CAN GET.

- WELL, I'M PRETTY WOWED.

- THIS IS THE SAMMY
DAVIS COLLECTION.

- DAMN, THIS IS A LOT OF STUFF.



- 58 BOXES THAT
CONTAIN 60 TAPES.

- "BINGO."

I'M RICK HARRISON, AND
THIS IS MY PAWN SHOP.

I WORK HERE WITH MY OLD
MAN AND MY SON, BIG HOSS.

EVERYTHING IN HERE
HAS A STORY AND A PRICE.

ONE THING I'VE
LEARNED AFTER 21 YEARS,

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IS
GONNA COME THROUGH THAT DOOR.

- OKAY, GUYS, BE REAL
CAREFUL WITH THESE, PLEASE.

WHAT THE?

MY GOD, IT LOOKS LIKE IT
WOULD HAVE BEEN EASIER

JUST TO BRING THE
HORSES IN WITH THEM.

- I DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY

TO TRY AND SELL
MY PARADE SADDLES.

I'M GETTING TOO
CLOSE TO RETIREMENT



TO KEEP HANGING ON TO THEM.

SO I'M TRYING TO REALLY

COME OUT AHEAD ON
THESE THIS TIME FOR ONCE

AND DO A LITTLE BETTER THAN
GETTING MY INVESTMENT BACK.

I'M SURE I WILL.

- WHERE IN THE WORLD
DID YOU GET THESE?

- I'VE BEEN COLLECTING THEM
FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS NOW,

THE PARADE SADDLES.

I'VE GOT A TOTAL OF FIVE.

I'VE RIDDEN THEM IN DIFFERENT
PARADES AROUND SOUTHERN NEVADA.

THESE HAVE BEEN IN
THE ROSE BOWL PARADE.

- YOU KNOW, IT WOULD
HAVE PROBABLY BEEN EASIER

TO JUST BRING ME IN PICTURES.

- FOR THE MONEY
I WANT FOR THESE,

I'VE GOT TO HAVE AS BIG A "WOW"
EFFECT ON YOU AS I CAN GET.

- OKAY, WELL, I'M PRETTY WOWED.

I MEAN, IT'S THE MOST
BLINGYEST SADDLE

I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.

VEGAS IS FULL OF COWBOYS,

SO I'VE HAD A LOT OF
SADDLES IN MY SHOP.

BUT I'VE NEVER HAD ANYTHING
CLOSE TO THESE PARADE SADDLES.

THESE THINGS ARE INCREDIBLE.

ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT CAN
YOU TELL ME ABOUT THEM?

- THESE ARE TED
FLOWERS SILVER SADDLES.

- THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY
SILVER, ARE THEY?

- NO, THEY'RE ACTUALLY
NICKEL-PLATED BRONZE.

THAT WAY, YOU DON'T
HAVE TO CONTINUALLY

KEEP POLISHING
THEM ALL THE TIME,

WHICH WOULD OBVIOUSLY
BE A LOT OF WORK.

- YEAH, 'CAUSE IF
THESE WERE SILVER,

I COULD IMAGINE POLISHING
THEM EVERY OTHER DAY.

SO HOW MUCH DOES A
SADDLE LIKE THIS WEIGH?

- 75 TO 100 POUNDS...
- OKAY.

- WHEN THEY'RE ALL DECKED OUT.

- THAT'S HEAVY FOR A SADDLE.

- YEAH, BUT THE HORSES
DON'T EVEN GET UPSET

OR GET BOTHERED WITH IT.

- JUST LIKE A FAT DUDE
SITTING ON HIM, RIGHT?

YEAH, YEAH.

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PUTTING
ORNATE SADDLES LIKE THIS ON HORSES

FOR OVER 1,000 YEARS.

THEY USED TO ACT AS
ARMOR DURING BATTLE.

NOW THEY'RE USED
MOSTLY IN PARADES,

AND I'M SURE THAT'S A
GREAT RELIEF TO THE HORSES.

WHAT DID YOU WANT
TO DO WITH THEM?

- I'D LIKE TO SELL THEM.
- OKAY.

HOW MUCH WERE YOU
LOOKING TO GET OUT OF THEM?

- I'D LIKE TO GET
PROBABLY $8,000 APIECE...

AT LEAST.

THAT'S A LOT OF DAMN MONEY.

- WELL, RIGHT NOW,
TO REPLACE ONE

WOULD BE RIGHT
AROUND $20,000 TO $22,000.

- UM, THEY LOOK COOL.

BUT I'VE BOUGHT SADDLES BEFORE.

I'VE NEVER BOUGHT
ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

LET ME GET SOMEONE IN
HERE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEM.

I GOT A BUDDY WHO KNOWS
ALL ABOUT THIS STUFF.

I'LL GET HIM DOWN
HERE RIGHT AWAY.

WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO, OKAY?

- OKAY, THANK YOU.

- I'M SURE I COULD SELL
THESE TO A COLLECTOR

OR SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY
USES THEM IN PARADES.

THE PROBLEM IS, I HAVE NO
IDEA WHAT THEY'RE WORTH,

SO I'M GONNA CALL A
BUDDY OF MINE WHO DOES.

- HI, GUY. WHAT CAN I
DO FOR YOU TODAY?

- WELL, I GOT AN OLD BEAR HERE.

IT WAS MY GRANDMA'S.

- DAMN, THAT IS A CUTE BEAR.

- DOES IT TALK?

- IT DOES BETTER
THAN THAT, CHUMLEE.

DID YOU HEAR IT?

- IT FARTS?

- CAME TO THE PAWN SHOP TODAY

TO TRY TO SELL MY
GRANDMOTHER'S OLD TEDDY BEAR.

SHE'S PASSED AWAY,
AND I'M GETTING MARRIED,

SO I NEED SOME
MONEY TO PAY FOR IT.

I THINK THE BEAR IS,
LIKE, 50 YEARS OLD,

SO I HOPE IT'S WORTH SOME MONEY.

I'M HOPING TO GET, YOU
KNOW, 200, 300 BUCKS.

- THIS IS A STEIFF
BEAR FROM THE '20s

OR THE '30s IN GERMANY.

I'VE HAD QUITE A FEW OF
THESE OVER THE YEARS.

THEY'RE SUPER COLLECTIBLE.

IT'S THE ROLLS-ROYCE
OF TEDDY BEARS.

BOOK VALUE OF THIS IS
PROBABLY ABOUT $5,000.

- REALLY?
- YEAH, REALLY.

STEIFF WAS ONE OF
THE FIRST COMPANIES

TO MAKE TEDDY
BEARS BACK IN 1902.

MAYBE I SHOULDN'T HAVE TOLD
HIM HOW MUCH IT WAS WORTH.

SO WHAT YOU WANTING
TO DO WITH THIS, SON?

YOU WANT TO SELL IT?
- I'M LOOKING TO SELL IT.

- THE BEAR'S GOT
SOME PROBLEMS WITH IT.

THE THREADING ON THE
NOSE HAS BEEN LOOSENED.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT
HAVE BEEN REPAIRED.

THE FUR IS GETTING
MATTED UP AWFUL BAD.

- IT'S PRETTY OLD, I MEAN...

- YEAH, WELL, YOU
WANT IT, YOU GOT $1,500.

THAT'S WHAT I'LL DO.

- YOU CAN'T GO ANY... $2,000?

- I CAN GO DOWN TO $1,200.

- NO, NO WAY.

WELL, YOU KNOW
WHAT? I DON'T NEED IT.

IT'S 1,500 BUCKS I DIDN'T
HAVE, SO I'LL TAKE IT.

- WE GOT A DEAL.

CHUMLEE, GO DO SOME PAPERWORK.

- THE BEAR DOESN'T WANT ME TO.

- THE BEAR IS...

YOU'RE FIXING TO
GET KICKED, CHUMLEE.

- ALL RIGHT, LET'S MEET OVER
THERE FOR SOME PAPERWORK.

- ALL RIGHT.

- I WAS EXPECTING 200
BUCKS. I GOT 1,500 BUCKS.

GONNA PUT THAT
TOWARDS OUR WEDDING.

AND YEAH, I'M PRETTY PUMPED.

- HEY, WHAT CAN I HELP YOU WITH?

- I GOT THIS CANNON,
TOY CANNON, I THINK.

I WAS CURIOUS.

I'D KIND OF LIKE TO
SEE WHAT IT'S WORTH

AND MAYBE TRY TO SELL IT.

- IT'S A PRETTY SWEET TOY.

CAN YOU IMAGINE TERRORIZING

YOUR SISTER'S BARBIE
COLLECTION WITH THIS BAD BOY?

THROW A G.I. JOE ON
TOP AND JUST RIDE IN.

- FIRE IN THE HOLE!

- I DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY.

I FOUND THIS MINIATURE
CANNON AT A GARAGE SALE

AND WANTED TO BRING IT
OVER AND POSSIBLY SELL IT.

IF IT'S WORTH SOME MONEY,

YOU KNOW, WHY NOT
TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN?

- WHERE IN THE WORLD
DID YOU GET THIS?

- GARAGE SALE.

- DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT?

- NO, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE
SAID IT WAS IN THEIR FAMILY.

THEY DIDN'T WANT IT ANYMORE.
- OKAY.

- AND EVERY NOW AND THEN, I
GO AROUND TO THESE THINGS,

AND IT JUST LOOKED REALLY COOL.

AND I THOUGHT I'D PICK IT UP.

THOUGHT MY KIDS WOULD
GET A KICK OUT OF IT

AS SOMETHING TO HAVE
AROUND THE HOUSE.

- I THINK IT'S REALLY OLD.

THOSE ARE HAND-CUT
THREADS RIGHT THERE,

WHICH MEANS PROBABLY
BEFORE THE 1830s, 1840s.

- WOW.

- ALL THE WOOD IS OAK.

AND WHAT'S GOT
ME INTRIGUED HERE,

THIS IS REAL BRONZE RIGHT HERE.

OKAY, AND SOMETHING THIS OLD

MADE OUT OF BRONZE
WAS EXPENSIVE.

BRONZE WAS NOT CHEAP.

IT WAS EXPENSIVE METAL.

AND IT'S HARD TO WORK WITH.

THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS I
CAN TELL YOU ABOUT THIS

HOW AND WHEN IT WAS MADE,

THAT IT WAS EXPENSIVE,

AND THAT I'VE NEVER
SEEN ONE BEFORE.

BUT THAT DOESN'T PUT ME

IN A GREAT POSITION
TO MAKE A SMART BUY.

SO WHAT DID YOU
WANT TO DO WITH IT?

- IF IT'S WORTH SOMETHING,

AND I KNOW WHAT I PAID
FOR IT, SO I MAY SELL IT.

- YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO
IDEA WHAT IT'S WORTH,

AND I NEED TO
KNOW HOW OLD IT IS.

THOSE ARE MY TWO BIG
CONCERNS WITH THE THING.

IT LOOKS LIKE A TOY TO
ME, BUT IT'S ALSO LIKE A GUN.

AND I'M JUST TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHO I SHOULD CALL,

IF I SHOULD CALL A
REALLY OLD GUN EXPERT,

OR SHOULD I CALL A
REALLY OLD TOY EXPERT?

- WHICHEVER IS GONNA
GIVE ME THE MOST VALUE.

- WELL, LET ME CALL
UP SOME BUDDIES,

FIGURE OUT IF ANYBODY
KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT THIS.

AND I'LL TRY AND GET
HIM IN HERE TOMORROW.

WOULD THAT BE GOOD WITH YOU?
- SURE, THAT'S GREAT.

- ALL RIGHT, THANKS A LOT.
- THANKS SO MUCH.

- THIS THING IS REALLY NEAT,

BUT I NEED TO KNOW
WHAT IT IS FOR SURE

BEFORE I MAKE AN OFFER.

SO I NEED TO MAKE
SOME PHONE CALLS

AND GET SOMEONE DOWN
HERE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

- EARLIER, A GUY BROUGHT IN TWO
OF THE FANCIEST-LOOKING SADDLES

I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.

I THINK THEY COULD BE
WORTH SOME SERIOUS MONEY.

I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH.

SO I CALLED IN MY BUDDY MARK
TO TELL ME MORE ABOUT THEM.

HEY, MARK, HOW'S IT GOING?
- GOOD, GOOD.

LOOK AT THIS.

I HAVE A COMPANY
HERE IN LAS VEGAS

CALLED WESTERN STAGE PROPS,

AND WE SUPPLY
EQUIPMENT AND THINGS

FOR THE MOVIES AND THEME PARKS.

THIS IS KIND OF MY WORLD.

I'VE BEEN COLLECTING
PARADE SADDLES FOR 30 YEARS.

WHAT DO YOU WANT
TO KNOW ABOUT IT?

- I WANT YOU TO
TELL ME ABOUT THEM,

AND THEN I WANT TO
KNOW WHAT THEY'RE WORTH.

I JUST HAVE NO CLUE,
SO I CALLED YOU UP.

- THESE WERE MADE
BY TED FLOWERS,

AND TED FLOWERS, YOU MIGHT SAY,

WAS KIND OF LIKE THE HENRY
FORD OF SADDLE MAKING.

- OKAY.

- IF A MOUNTED SHERIFF'S
POSSE WITH 20 GUYS

WANTED PARADE SADDLES,

TED FLOWERS WOULD
MAKE THEM FOR THEM.

- OKAY.

- THIS IS CALLED THE
PARADE CHIEF MODEL.

THIS IS THE INDIANA MODEL.

- SO DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY HOURS

WENT INTO MAKING
ONE OF THESE THINGS?

- A LOT OF TIME.

THESE ARE ALL HAND-TOOLED.

ALL THIS ETCHING UP
HERE IS ALL DONE BY HAND.

- SO THESE ARE
DEFINITELY THE REAL DEAL?

- OH, YEAH, YEAH.

THESE ARE... I'VE
BOUGHT AND SOLD

PROBABLY 30 TO 40 OF THESE
OVER THE LAST 15 OR 20 YEARS,

AND THESE ARE IN PERFECT SHAPE.

WHAT MAKES THESE
SADDLES STAND OUT

IS THAT OVER THE 30, 40
YEARS OF THEIR LIFE SPAN,

NORMALLY THESE TASSELS OR
DROPS HERE GET BROKEN OFF

AND THEY'RE MISSING.

THESE HAVE... EVERY ONE
OF THEM ARE ON THERE.

WHAT I DID NOTICE,

WHICH IS REALLY
RARE ON THIS ONE...

AND THIS IS CALLED A HIP DROP.

AND THIS GOES OVER
THE RUMP OF THE HORSE.

THESE WERE AN OPTION.

THIS WAS $150 BACK IN THE 1950s.

SO THIS WAS LIKE TWO WEEKS'
PAY TO THE AVERAGE GUY,

SO A LOT OF PEOPLE
DIDN'T BUY THESE.

- OKAY.

- SO TO FIND ONE THAT MATCHES

WITH THE ORIGINAL SADDLE IS
VERY RARE, VERY HARD TO FIND.

- OKAY.

SO IF I DID BUY THEM OFF HIM,

WHAT COULD I REALISTICALLY
EXPECT TO GET OUT OF THEM?

- I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE
GO FOR LESS THAN $6,500.

AND THEY'VE REACHED AS
HIGH AS $8,000 TO $10,000.

YOU'VE GOT SOME REALLY
GREAT SADDLES HERE.

GOOD LUCK WITH THEM.
- THANK YOU.

- ALL RIGHT, THANKS A LOT.

- YOU'RE WELCOME.

- ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT
DO YOU WANT FOR THEM?

- I'D REALLY LIKE TO GET
BETWEEN $6,000 AND $8,000 APIECE.

- UM, THE $8,000 IS
NOT GONNA HAPPEN.

I MEAN...

MARK JUST TOLD ME

HE SEES THEM GO
FROM $6,500 TO $8,000

AND THEN SOMETIMES
$8,000 TO $10,000.

OKAY, I'LL GIVE YOU 4,000
BUCKS APIECE FOR THEM.

- MM, THAT'S A
PRETTY GOOD AMOUNT

BUT STILL JUST NOT QUITE
WHERE I NEED TO HAVE IT.

- I MEAN, THAT'S
WHERE I GOT TO HAVE IT.

- I'D REALLY LIKE TO
GET AT LEAST $5,000.

- I KNOW YOU'D LIKE TO.

- YEAH, BUT REASONABLY
SPEAKING, YEAH.

- ALL RIGHT, DO YOU LIKE CASH?

- ALWAYS, ALWAYS LIKE CASH.

- WELL, I GOT CASH.

- YOU'RE TALKING
$5,000 APIECE, THEN?

- $4,000 APIECE.

- $4,500.

- $4,000 APIECE, I'LL
FEEL COMFORTABLE.

ANYTHING MORE
THAN THAT, I'M NOT.

- OKAY, WE'LL DO IT.

- ALL RIGHT, SOUNDS GOOD.

LET'S GO DO SOME PAPERWORK.

- ALL RIGHT. I'M VERY HAPPY.

I GOT SOME GOOD
MONEY OUT OF THEM.

HE'S GONNA MAKE SOME
MONEY. I MADE SOME MONEY.

SO THAT SHOULD MAKE
EVERYBODY HAPPY.

- SO WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?

- GOT A COUPLE OF SCHWINNS,

'52 PANTHER AND A BLACK
PHANTOM, THAT HAVE BEEN RESTORED.

- AROUND HERE, WE CALL THOSE

THE LITTLE
SCHWINNY-SCHWINN-SCHWINN.

- DECIDED TO COME TO THE PAWN
SHOP TODAY WITH MY DAUGHTER.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF SCHWINN
BIKES THAT I RESTORED.

I WANT TO SEE IF
I CAN SELL THEM.

I STARTED RESTORING THESE BIKES

BECAUSE THEY WERE JUST
PRETTY COOL BACK THEN.

- SO WHAT CAN YOU TELL
ME ABOUT THESE, MAN?

- THEY'RE BOTH BF GOODRICH
SCHWINN-BUILT BIKES.

THE PANTHER IS 100% ORIGINAL.

WHAT MADE IT SO
COMFORTABLE WAS THE SEATS,

THE WAY THEY WERE
MADE WITH ALL THE PADDING

AND THE SUSPENSION.

- WHERE'S THE
GENERATORS AT ON THESE?

AM I MISSING THEM?

- NO, NO GENERATORS.

EVERYTHING WAS A BATTERY CELL.
- THAT'S PRETTY COOL.

- SCHWINNS HAVE BEEN AROUND
SINCE THE LATE 19TH CENTURY.

THEY'RE CONSIDERED THE
CLASSIC AMERICAN BIKE.

EVEN PEE-WEE HERMAN RODE ONE.

WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S
A GOOD THING IS UP TO YOU.

ONE OF THE REASONS
THAT MAKES THESE SO COOL

IS, YOU KNOW, BACK IN 1952,

YOU WERE A RICH KID IF
YOU HAD ONE OF THESE.

- YEAH, LIKE THE PHANTOM, I
THINK IT WAS $54 BACK THEN.

- YEAH.

- THAT WAS A VERY
EXPENSIVE BIKE.

- WHEN GUYS GREW UP, YOU KNOW,

THEY WERE REALLY
LOOKING FOR THESE OLD BIKES

THAT THEY COULD
NEVER GET AS KIDS.

IT MADE THEM REALLY COLLECTIBLE.

THIS GUY DID A GREAT JOB
RESTORING THESE BIKES.

I MEAN, EVERYTHING ON
THEM LOOKS THE SAME

AS THEY DID BACK IN THE 1950s.

IF I CAN GET THESE
FOR THE RIGHT PRICE,

I'LL HAVE NO PROBLEM
MAKING MONEY ON THEM.

SO YOU LOOKING TO
PAWN THEM OR SELL THEM?

- OH, YOU KNOW, I WAS
LOOKING TO SELL THEM.

- WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING
TO GET OUT OF THE PAIR?

- OUT OF THE PAIR?

I WAS LOOKING
AROUND $3,600 TO $4,000.

- I'D LIKE TO OFFER YOU
SOMEWHERE AROUND $3,000 FOR 'EM.

YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO

THEY JUST DON'T SELL
AS WELL AS THEY USED TO.

- HMM.

THINK MAYBE YOU
COULD SWING $3,200?

$2,800 SOUNDS BETTER.

NO, $3,000 IS...
- $3,000?

- YEAH, THAT'S REALLY
GONNA BE THE BEST I CAN GO.

- $3,000, HUH?

- I'M NOT GONNA GET RICH
OFF YOU BY ANY MEANS.

- WELL, I THINK IT'S A DEAL.

- ALL RIGHT, MAN, LET'S
GO DO SOME PAPERWORK.

- LET'S DO IT.

I MADE $3,000 TODAY
OFF THESE BIKES.

A LITTLE MORE WOULD
HAVE BEEN NICE.

THE WAY THINGS ARE RIGHT
NOW, IT WAS A GOOD, FAIR PRICE.

- EARLIER TODAY, A GUY CAME
IN WITH A MINIATURE CANNON.

IT LOOKS PRETTY COOL,
BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT IS.

SO I CALLED UP MY BUDDY
SEAN TO COME AND TAKE A LOOK.

WELL, THIS IS IT.

IT LOOKS OLD.

- AWESOME.

I OWN TORTUGA
TRADING INCORPORATED,

AND I SPECIALIZE IN
ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOR.

JUST WHEN YOU THINK
YOU'VE SEEN IT ALL,

SOMETHING ELSE COMES INTO PLAY

AND JUST BLOWS EVERYTHING
ELSE OUT OF THE WATER.

SO WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?

- GARAGE SALE.

- YOU GOT THIS AT A GARAGE SALE?

- YEAH, I THOUGHT MY KIDS
WOULD GET A REAL KICK OUT

OF HAVING SOMETHING
LIKE THIS AS A TOY.

- THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT A TOY.

IT MAY LOOK LIKE
A TOY, BUT IT'S NOT.

THIS LITTLE CANNON CAN
PACK THE SAME PUNCH

AS A PISTOL OR A MUSKET.

IF YOU WERE ON THE BUSINESS
END OF ONE OF THESE THINGS,

IT WOULD DEFINITELY KILL YOU.

ACTUALLY, THIS DATES
TO THE 18TH CENTURY.

AND JUST THE FORM OF THE BARREL,

AND ESPECIALLY
BEING OUT OF BRONZE,

THIS IS LITERALLY A
MINIATURE CANNON BARREL.

THIS WAS MORE FOR INSTRUCTION.

IT WOULD BE LIKE
A MILITARY OFFICER

TRYING TO TEACH HIS KIDS

THE PRINCIPLES
ABOUT FIRING A CANNON.

- SO THIS WOULD BE
LIKE A LESSON POINT

WHERE YOU COULD TEACH
ME HOW TO USE A BIG CANNON,

FROM LEARNING?

- EXACTLY, AND, YOU KNOW,
THE OTHER PART OF THIS

IS THAT THESE WERE
REALLY LOUD NOISEMAKERS.

SO SOMETIMES EVEN ON SHIPBOARD,
THEY WOULD HAVE SIGNAL CANNONS.

WE DON'T KNOW
WHERE THIS WAS USED,

BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN
USED ON A SHIP AS A SIGNAL GUN.

- SO YOU THINK THIS
THING WILL FIRE?

- I NEED TO REALLY LOOK
AT IT CLOSELY BEFOREHAND,

BUT I DON'T SEE WHY NOT.

- OKAY, AND WHAT DO
YOU THINK IT'S WORTH?

YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING
LOOKS GREAT.

IT LOOKS ALL AUTHENTIC.

THERE'S HARDLY ANY RESTORATION.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THERE'S MAYBE
A NEWER SCREW PUT IN THERE,

BUT VERY, VERY MINOR.

I'M GONNA SAY

IN THE BALLPARK OF
PROBABLY $2,000 AND UP.

- OKAY.

- YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST A
REALLY WONDERFUL THING.

THIS GIVES GUYS LIKE ME
HOPE THAT THERE'S STILL

STUFF OUT THERE
THAN CAN BE FOUND.

IT WAS WORTH $2,000,
I WAS LIKE, ERT SAID

"CHA-CHING! I
CAN'T BELIEVE THAT.

I PAID $50 FOR THIS THING."

- OKAY, SO WHAT DID
YOU WANT TO DO WITH IT?

YOU WANT TO PAWN IT OR SELL IT?
- I WANT TO SELL IT.

- SO HOW MUCH YOU
WANT FOR THIS THING?

- WELL, SEAN SAID $2,000.

I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO
GET $1,500 FOR IT.

- I'M NOT GONNA GO 1,500 BUCKS.

I'M THINKING MORE
LIKE 700 BUCKS.

I MEAN, THIS THING IS GONNA
SIT AROUND A LONG, LONG TIME

BEFORE I SELL IT.

- YOU DON'T KNOW THAT.

I UNDERSTAND IT MAY
SIT, BUT IT MAY NOT TOO.

- I GOT TO RESELL THIS THING,

AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING
THAT JUST PEOPLE

WALK IN HERE EVERY DAY WANTING.

- UM, $1,500...

WHAT'S THE BEST YOU
THINK YOU COULD DO?

- THE BEST I'M GONNA
DO IS 800 BUCKS.

- THAT'S GOOD. I MEAN,
I PAID 50 BUCKS FOR IT.

THAT'S A HELL OF A RETURN.

THAT'S A DEAL.
- YES.

- OKAY, 800 BUCKS.

CHUM, GO WRITE HIM UP.

- LET'S GO WRITE THIS
UP OVER THERE, MAN.

- GREAT, THANKS.

- WE'VE GOT TO GO
TEST THIS THING OUT.

- I'M REALLY GLAD I BOUGHT
THIS ANTIQUE CANNON.

IT'S GONNA LOOK GREAT
IN THE DISPLAY CASE.

AND EVENTUALLY, I
THINK I'M GONNA GET

A REALLY GOOD PRICE FOR IT.

AND IF I CAN ACTUALLY
GET IT TO FIRE,

IT MIGHT EVEN BE WORTH MORE.

- A GUY JUST CAME TO THE SHOP

AND SAYS HE HAS A
TRUCKLOAD OF STUFF

THAT USED TO BELONG
TO SAMMY DAVIS JR.

SO THIS COULD BE A GREAT FIND.

TELL ME EVERYTHING YOU GOT HERE.

- WELL, THERE'S ABOUT
58 BOXES THAT CONTAIN

ANYWHERE FROM 55 TO 60 TAPES.

- SO DO YOU KNOW WHAT
ALL THE TAPES ARE IN HERE?

- WELL, IT'S ANYTHING

FROM SNOW WHITE TO
DEBBIE DOES DALLAS.

- ALL RIGHT.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT ABOUT SAMMY.

OKAY.

- I CAME HERE TODAY
TO THE PAWN SHOP

TO SEE IF I CAN SELL THE
SAMMY DAVIS JR. COLLECTION.

I'M HOPING TO SELL THIS
COLLECTION FOR $75,000.

THE MINIMUM THAT
I REALLY CAN TAKE

IS, LIKE, $65,000.

- SO WE JUST HAVE, LIKE,

VIDEOTAPES THAT HE
WATCHED AND AUDIOTAPES?

- YEAH, EXACTLY.

BUT THEY'RE ALL
HANDWRITTEN ON THE LABEL

WITH HIS HANDWRITING.

AND THEY ALL HAVE
LITTLE STICKERS SAYING,

"SAMMY DAVIS JR. COLLECTION."

- L.A. LAW. MATLOCK.
AND HILL STREET BLUES.

- THERE YOU GO.

- MAYBE THERE'S
SOMETHING VALUABLE IN HERE.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW...

WHO KNOWS WHAT'S ON THESE?

IF YOU'VE GOT SOME HOME MOVIES
WITH SAMMY AND THE RAT PACK,

WE'RE TALKING SERIOUS MONEY.

BUT IF WE'RE TALKING SAMMY'S
COLLECTION OF L.A. LAW...

MOONRAKER.

- THE COLLECTION IS SO UNIQUE.

IT TELLS YOU EVERYTHING
ABOUT SAMMY DAVIS JR.

HISTORICALLY, IT'S ENORMOUSLY
VALUABLE INFORMATION.

BENNY HILL SHOW.

AT LEAST HE HAD GOOD
TASTE IN SOME STUFF.

I MEAN, THERE COULD BE
SOME HIDDEN GEM IN HERE,

BUT I JUST DON'T SEE IT.

"BINGO."

IT LITERALLY SAYS "BINGO."

AFTER LOOKING THROUGH
ALL THESE BOXES,

THE ONLY THING WE'VE LEARNED IS
THAT SAMMY COULD HAVE USED A DVR

AND A NETFLIX SUBSCRIPTION.

UM, YEAH.

I DON'T SEE ANY REAL VALUE HERE.

I KNOW THEY ALL
BELONGED TO SAMMY,

BUT I JUST DON'T THINK
I'LL BE ABLE TO SELL THEM.

I MEAN, ALL YOU
HAVE IS THE TAPES.

- YES.

- YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE
BUYS SOMETHING SAMMY,

THEY WANT TO BUY
SAMMY DAVIS JR.'S OUTFIT

OR HIS HAT OR SOME
SHOES HE WORE.

BUT THEY DON'T WANT
TO WEAR HIS UNDERWEAR.

- WHAT ABOUT, LIKE...
DON'T PEOPLE BUY, LIKE,

A SAMMY DAVIS JR. PICTURE
WITH HIS SIGNATURE ON IT?

- YEAH.

- OKAY, SO COMPARE
THAT TO THE PICTURE.

- YEAH, BUT IT'S NOT
A PICTURE OF SAMMY

WITH HIS SIGNATURE ON IT.

IT'S A VHS TAPE
WITH HIS WRITING.

IT DOESN'T HAVE HIS
SIGNATURE. IT'S JUST...

I GET THIS A LOT.

JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE
FAMOUS OWNED SOMETHING

DOESN'T NECESSARILY
MAKE IT VALUABLE.

I MEAN, IT'S LIKE IF YOU HAD
BILL CLINTON'S LAWN MOWER.

IT SOUNDS COOL, BUT IT'S
HIS DAMN LAWN MOWER.

I'M SORRY I CAN'T DO
NOTHING FOR YOU, MAN.

- THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
- SORRY.

- THANKS FOR THE ADVICE.
- OKAY.

- I DON'T AGREE, NECESSARILY,

ABOUT... YOU KNOW,
IT TELLS THE HISTORY

OF WHAT SAMMY DAVID JR.
LIKED AND WHAT HE WATCHED.

IT'S EXTREMELY PERSONAL.

- EARLIER TODAY, I
BOUGHT AN 18TH-CENTURY

BRONZE MINI CANNON.

SO WE'RE TAKING IT
OUT TO THE FIRING RANGE

TO SEE IF IT ACTUALLY WORKS.

- ALL RIGHT, REMEMBER,

THESE THINGS WERE
INSTRUCTIONAL DEVICES.

AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN
THOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE A TOY,

IT REALLY ISN'T.

THIS WILL DEFINITELY KILL YOU

IF YOU WERE ON THE
BUSINESS END OF IT.

SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING
TO TAKE LIGHTLY.

- OKAY.

- DON'T LET THE SIZE FOOL YOU.

THIS THING COULD CAUSE
SOME SERIOUS DAMAGE.

WE'RE GONNA LOAD THIS THING UP.

GONNA PUT ABOUT 50 GRAINS
OF BLACK POWDER IN HERE.

- 50 GRAINS?
- 50 GRAINS.

THEN THE PROJECTILE.

GONNA LOAD IT DOWN,

PACK IT IN GOOD.

THEN WE'RE GONNA PUT A
LITTLE BIT OF PRIMING POWDER

IN THE TOUCH HOLE.

AND THEN I'M GONNA
USE THIS AS A LINSTOCK

LIKE THEY DID IN THE DAY

AND HAVE A BURNING
FUSE ON THE END.

IT GIVES ME SOME DISTANCE,
JUST TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE.

- ALL RIGHT.

- SO WHEN I TOUCH
THIS THING OFF,

WE NEED TO BE FAR AWAY,

'CAUSE THIS THING HASN'T
BEEN FIRED IN, YOU KNOW,

WHO KNOWS HOW LONG.

- I GOT TO ADMIT. I'M
A LITTLE NERVOUS.

I JUST HOPE IT DOESN'T
BLOW UP IN OUR FACES.

- OKAY, GUYS, HERE WE GO.

- OH, YEAH!

NICE.

- SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?

- DEFINITELY NOT FOR KIDS, SEAN.

- ABSOLUTELY NOT.

- OR CHUMS.

- I THINK I'VE PROVEN
MYSELF BY NOW.

- THANKS A LOT,
SEAN. IT WAS A BLAST.

- ABSOLUTELY, ANYTIME.
- THANK YOU.

- THIS THING IS AMAZING.

WHO KNEW THIS LITTLE THING
COULD PACK SUCH A WALLOP?