Pawn Stars (2009–…): Season 3, Episode 13 - Never Surrender - full transcript
Chumlee is charged with getting a remote controlled car running. Rick has a Winston Churchill letter verified. But he is creeped out, not to mention risking eternal damnation, when he ...
Male announcer: ON THIS
EPISODE OF PAWN STARS...
- WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
- A CATHOLIC RELIC.
ELIZABETH ANN SETON.
- LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOT
BLOOD ON IT OR SOMETHING.
- I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE.
- I'VE GOT A LETTER.
THE SIGNATURE IS
"WINSTON CHURCHILL."
- THIS WOULD BE REALLY
GREAT IF IT'S REAL,
BUT THERE'S A LOT
OF FAKES OF THESE.
- GOT TO BE SOME VALUE THERE.
- IT IS 100% A GAMBLE.
- GOT THIS RC CAR HERE.
- THIS IS A BADASS MACHINE.
CAN I START IT?
- NAH.
- I'LL GET IT UP AND
RUNNING IN NO TIME.
- YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW
HOW TO WORK A SCREWDRIVER.
- I KNOW ALL ABOUT THESE THINGS.
COME ON.
- 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.
- HEY. HOW'S IT GOING?
- GOOD. HOW YOU DOING TODAY?
- WHAT DO WE GOT?
- I'VE GOT A LETTER.
- OKAY.
- AND I THINK THAT
THIS SIGNATURE
IS WINSTON CHURCHILL.
- OKAY.
- "WE WILL NEVER SURRENDER."
THAT'S A WINSTON
CHURCHILL QUOTE.
- I DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY WINSTON
CHURCHILL LETTER.
THE REASON I'D LIKE
TO SELL THIS LETTER
IS SO I CAN MAKE
SOME QUICK MONEY
TO GO HAVE SOME
FUN IN LAS VEGAS.
I'D LIKE TO SELL THE
LETTER FOR $5,000.
THE LEAST I THINK
I'LL TAKE IS $2,000.
- SO WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?
- I BOUGHT A DESK
AT AN ESTATE SALE,
AND IT WAS IN AN ENVELOPE
TAPED UNDERNEATH A DRAWER.
- THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING.
"THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LETTER OF NOVEMBER 3RD.
"GENERAL MARK CLARK HAS
ALREADY SENT ME A COPY
"OF HIS BOOK CALCULATED RISK.
"I HOPE YOU WILL FORGIVE
ME, BUT I DO NOT FEEL
"I CAN WRITE A FORWARD
AS YOU SUGGEST.
"IN THIS, I HOPE YOU WILL
EXCUSE AND UNDERSTAND ME.
YOURS SINCERELY,
WINSTON CHURCHILL."
- THAT'S A CLASSY WAY
TO TURN SOMEBODY DOWN.
- I KNOW YOU WOULDN'T
DO IT THAT WAY.
NOT AT ALL.
WINSTON CHURCHILL WAS
ONE OF THE TOUGHEST LEADERS
OF THE 20TH CENTURY.
AND IN HIS "NEVER
SURRENDER" SPEECH,
HE BASICALLY TOLD
HITLER, "GO YOURSELF."
ALL RIGHT, IT'S DEFINITELY
DONE WITH A TYPEWRITER.
IT'S NOT DONE WITH A COMPUTER.
YOU CAN TELL THAT BY THE
SPACING OF THE LETTERS.
EARLIER TYPEWRITERS, THERE WAS
JUST ONE SPACE FOR EACH LETTER.
MODERN COMPUTERS,
WHAT HAPPENS IS,
THEY WILL SPACE
THEM PROPORTIONATELY
TO THE LETTER SIZE.
A GOOD EXAMPLE IS RIGHT WHERE
IT SAYS, "ADDITION" RIGHT THERE.
SEE, SMALL GAPS IN
BETWEEN THE "D" s,
A LARGE GAP IN BETWEEN THE "I."
THAT'S NOT PROPORTIONED.
THIS WOULD BE REALLY
GREAT IF IT'S REAL.
I REALLY LOVE THE GUY.
YOU KNOW, THE GUY DRANK
A QUART OF WHISKEY A DAY
AND SOMETIMES AS
MANY AS 20 CIGARS,
AND HE'S STILL CONSIDERED, LIKE,
ONE OF THE GREATEST
LEADERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY.
- SO IT'S GOT TO BE
WORTH SOME MONEY, THEN.
- UH...
A LITTLE BIT OF KNOWLEDGE
IS A DANGEROUS THING.
EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD
TO ME, BUT, THEN AGAIN,
I COULD BE WRONG.
I'M ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT
FOR ANYTHING FROM FAMOUS
WORLD WAR Il LEADERS.
AND IF THIS DOCUMENT IS LEGIT,
I'LL HAVE NO PROBLEM
SELLING IT TO A COLLECTOR.
BUT I HAVE TO BE SURE.
LET ME GET THE THING LOOKED
AT BY SOMEBODY WHO DOES KNOW,
AND THEN WE'LL TALK
MONEY, ALL RIGHT?
- SURE.
- I'LL GIVE YOU A CALL.
- I THINK THE LETTER LOOKS REAL.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD
TO HAVING AN EXPERT
TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
- HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
- GOOD. HOW YOU DOING?
- OH, PRETTY GOOD.
- GOT THIS RC CAR
HERE, A HUMMER.
I LOVE HUMMERS.
- I LOVE HUMMERS TOO.
- I CAME TO THE PAWN SHOP TODAY.
DECIDED TO SELL MY
RADIO-CONTROLLED HUMMER.
I'VE BEEN INTO RC
CARS FOR A WHILE,
AND I'VE HAD THIS
ONE FOR A WHILE...
LIKE, RACING 'EM.
WITH EVERYTHING I HAVE IN IT,
IT'S WORTH ABOUT $600, $650,
BUT I'M HOPING TO WALK
AWAY WITH ABOUT $350.
- ALL RIGHT, SO TELL
ME ABOUT THIS THING.
- IT'S FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE,
DUAL SHOCKS ON
EACH WHEEL, DURABLE.
- SOME SERIOUS SUSPENSION ON IT.
- GREAT SUSPENSION.
IT'S PRETTY FAST TOO.
THE THING GOES
ABOUT 80 MILES AN HOUR.
- THAT THING IS BADASS.
- CAN I START IT?
- IT NEEDS A NEW GLOWPLUG.
- OKAY, SO WE CAN'T
START IT RIGHT NOW?
- NAH.
- RC CARS HAVE BEEN
AROUND SINCE THE '60s,
AND THE MODERN
ONES ARE INCREDIBLE.
SOME WILL GO OVER
100 MILES AN HOUR.
THERE'S A HUGE MARKET
FOR COMPLETE CARS
AND FOR THE PARTS,
SO THESE THINGS ARE
DEFINITELY WORTH BUYING.
I MEAN, YEAH, THESE ARE GREAT
AND COOL AND EVERYTHING.
BUT IF I CAN'T TEST IT
OUT AND SEE IF IT WORKS,
I MEAN, I REALLY
DON'T WANT TO BUY IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M
GOING TO BE GETTING.
- WELL, THESE THINGS
ARE EASY TO FIX.
I COULD GET IT UP AND
RUNNING IN NO TIME.
- UH, YOU REALLY THINK YOU
CAN GET THIS THING RUNNING?
- YEAH. ALL IT NEEDS
IS A GLOWPLUG.
- CHUM CAN BARELY
TIE HIS OWN SHOES,
SO IT MIGHT BE WORTH
IT JUST TO BUY THIS THING
TO WATCH HIM PLAY MECHANIC.
BUT EVEN IF HE BLOWS IT, I
CAN STILL SELL IT FOR PARTS,
SO IT'S A WIN-WIN SITUATION.
HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT FOR IT?
- $350.
- $350 AND IT'S NOT RUNNING?
- THEY'RE PRETTY EXPENSIVE.
- I KNOW THEY'RE PRETTY
EXPENSIVE, BUT IT'S NOT RUNNING.
- $350 IS A GOOD
PRICE, YOU KNOW.
I WANT TO BUY A NEW ONE.
- YEAH, I'M NOT
GOING TO GIVE YOU
THE PRICE OF A NEW ONE
FOR ONE THAT DOESN'T WORK.
I'LL GIVE YOU 100 BUCKS,
'CAUSE THE ONLY
REASON I'M BUYING IT...
I JUST WANT TO SEE HIM
ACTUALLY WORK ON SOMETHING.
- HOW ABOUT 250?
- UM...
YEAH, I'LL GIVE YOU 150 BUCKS.
- OKAY, I'LL TAKE 150 FOR IT.
- ALL RIGHT, 150 BUCKS.
CHUM, GO DO THE PAPERWORK ON IT,
AND THEN DO A LITTLE RESEARCH
SO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING
WHEN YOU WORK ON IT, ALL RIGHT?
- I MEAN, I WISH I WOULD
HAVE GOTTEN MORE OUT OF IT,
BUT I GUESS I CAN UNDERSTAND,
WITH IT NOT RUNNING,
WHERE HE WAS A LITTLE SKEPTICAL.
BUT I'M HAPPY TO GET $150.
- SO WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
- I GOT AN OLD BARBERSHOP POLE.
- I DON'T THINK ME AND YOU
HAVE SEEN A BARBERSHOP
IN A LONG TIME, HAVE WE?
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
I DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO TRY TO SELL MY BARBER POLE.
THE WAY I GOT THE BARBER POLE
WAS, THE OLD BARBER IN TOWN,
HE WAS FINALLY GETTING
OUT OF BUSINESS, RETIRING.
HE WAS GOING TO SELL IT,
JUST GET RID OF IT
FOR SCRAP METAL,
AND I DECIDED, "DON'T
GET RID OF IT:, I'LL TAKE IT."
- THIS IS NEAT.
DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT?
WHO MADE IT?
- THAT, I DON'T KNOW.
I DIDN'T SEE ANY SPECIFIC
SIGNIFICANT
MARKINGS ON IT, SO...
- IT LOOKS LIKE "KOKER."
I CAN'T READ THE WHOLE LABEL
HERE:, IT'S ALMOST WORN OUT.
THE CANDY STRIPE POLE,
THAT WAS IN FRONT OF
BARBERSHOPS FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS
BECAUSE A FEW HUNDRED YEARS
AGO, MOST PEOPLE COULDN'T READ,
AND THEY SAW THIS
OUT IN FRONT OF A STORE,
THEY KNEW THEY
COULD GET A SHAVE.
BARBER POLES DATE
BACK TO THE 17TH CENTURY.
THAT'S WHEN YOUR LOCAL BARBER
WAS ALSO YOUR LOCAL SURGEON.
THE RED STRIPES
REPRESENT THE BLOODY RAGS
THAT WERE HUNG OUT TO DRY.
HONESTY IN ADVERTISING, I GUESS.
I MEAN, THIS IS
DEFINITELY LATE 1800s.
WAS IT RIGHT AROUND
1910, RIGHT AROUND THERE?
THAT'S WHEN THEY STARTED
COMING UP WITH THE ROTATING ONE.
IT CAUGHT YOUR EYE BETTER.
- RIGHT.
- YEAH, I MEAN, IT LOOKS
LIKE IT WAS MAYBE MODIFIED
TO TAKE A LIGHT BULB.
THIS IS ALL CAST
IRON. THIS IS ALL...
YEAH, THAT'S ALL
PORCELAIN ON THERE.
STAINED GLASS. IT'S
BLOWN GLASS TOO.
THIS IS NEAT.
THIS BARBER POLE
IS A PIECE OF ART.
THE CRAFTSMANSHIP AND
THE MATERIALS USED TO MAKE IT
ARE HEAD AND SHOULDERS
ABOVE ANYTHING MADE TODAY.
IF I CAN GET THIS
FULLY RESTORED,
IT WILL BE WORTH A PRETTY PENNY.
BUT THE PRICE HAS TO MAKE SENSE.
SO WHAT DID YOU
WANT TO DO WITH THIS?
- I'D LIKE TO SELL IT.
- HOW MUCH YOU WANT FOR IT?
- I WAS LOOKING
FOR AROUND $1,100.
- UM...
I'D SAY $1,100'S A FAIR PRICE...
IF IT WAS IN BETTER SHAPE.
- OH.
- OKAY?
- WELL...
- UM...
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK
THAT NEEDS TO BE
DONE TO THIS PORCELAIN.
IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE'S
EVEN TRIED TO SAND ON IT.
THESE NEED TO BE REPAINTED.
- I WAS DOING SOME
RESEARCH, AND I NOTICED
THAT IN THIS TYPE OF SHAPE,
THEY WERE GOING ABOUT $1,300.
- I JUST DON'T SEE
1,300 BUCKS HERE.
I SEE 700 BUCKS HERE,
BECAUSE I'LL PROBABLY GET
2,500 BUCKS OUT OF THIS THING
AFTER I GET IT
COMPLETELY REDONE,
AND IT'S GOING TO
COST ME 600, 700 BUCKS.
- WOULD YOU GO $800?
- I'LL GIVE YOU $750.
- $800. I HAVE TO HAVE $800.
- ALL RIGHT, I'LL GIVE YOU $800.
I GOTTA HAVE IT.
- THANK YOU.
- ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO
DO SOME PAPERWORK.
- ALL RIGHTY.
I CAME TO THE SHOP TODAY
ASKING FOR $1,100. I GOT $800.
I DIDN'T PAY A DIME
FOR THE DARN THING.
$800, I'M VERY HAPPY.
I'M GOING HOME A HAPPY MAN.
- THIS LETTER'S REALLY COOL.
- EARLIER TODAY, A GUY CAME IN
WITH A LETTER SIGNED
BY WINSTON CHURCHILL.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHETHER
IT'S REAL OR FAKE.
SO I CALLED IN MY BUDDY
DANA TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK.
- HEY, DANA. HOW YOU DOING?
- COREY, HOW ARE YOU?
- ALL RIGHT.
- NICE TO SEE YA.
IS THIS THE ITEM THAT
YOU HAVE FOR ME?
- THAT IS THE ITEM.
- I'M DANA, PRESIDENT OF EARLY
AMERICAN HISTORY AUCTIONS.
SO, RICK, WHAT ARE YOUR
CONCERNS REGARDING THIS LETTER?
- IS IT REAL?
- OKAY, THAT'S A
VERY GOOD CONCERN.
- WHAT'S IT WORTH?
- WELL, THIS LETTER'S
REALLY COOL,
BECAUSE IT'S TALKING
ABOUT ANOTHER MILITARY MAN,
GENERAL MARK CLARK, THE YOUNGEST
MAJOR GENERAL IN WORLD WAR Il.
AND APPARENTLY, HE HAD
WRITTEN A BOOK, CALCULATED RISK.
THIS INDICATES THAT HE'S
ASKING WINSTON CHURCHILL
TO WRITE AN INTRODUCTION
FOR THAT BOOK.
AND, UNFORTUNATELY,
THEY'RE BEING TURNED DOWN.
THE WATERMARK IN THE PAPER
IS A HIGH-QUALITY BRITISH PAPER.
IT APPEARS TO BE
ON WINSTON CHURCHILL'S
PERSONAL STATIONERY.
- SO DO YOU THINK IT'S REAL?
- WELL, I'LL TAKE A
LITTLE CLOSER LOOK
AT THE SIGNATURE.
IT'S A NICE FLOWING SIGNATURE.
THERE'S NO REAL HESITATION.
IT'S NOT AUTOPEN.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE...
YOU HAVE A REAL
AUTOGRAPHED SIGNATURE HERE.
- GOOD MAN.
- NICE LETTER.
OKAY, QUESTION TWO:
WHAT DO YOU THINK
THAT WOULD GO FOR?
- I THINK - IS LETTER
WOULD EASILY BRING
$1,500 TO $2,000,
MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE
BECAUSE OF THE CONTENT.
- THANKS A LOT, DANA. I
REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
- YOU'RE WELCOME.
- SO HOW MUCH DO
YOU WANT FOR IT?
- WELL, HE SAID $1,500, RIGHT?
- HE SAID $1,500 TO $2,000,
WHICH MEANS AT AN
AUCTION, IT COULD GO FROM,
ON A REALLY, REALLY
BAD DAY, 1,000 BUCKS:,
ON A REALLY, REALLY
GOOD DAY, 2,500 BUCKS.
SO I'M THINKING
$700 IS A FAIR PRICE.
OR YOU CAN TAKE ALL THE RISK
AND MAYBE GET PAID
A YEAR FROM NOW.
- OKAY, HOW ABOUT $900?
- I'LL MEET YOU IN THE MIDDLE.
- SO YOU'RE TALKING 800 BUCKS?
- 800 BUCKS CASH. YOU GET PAID.
- OKAY, $800.
- ALL RIGHT, IT'S A DEAL.
YOU WANT TO WRITE HIM UP, COREY?
- LET'S GO DO SOME
PAPERWORK, BUDDY.
- I THINK 800'S ENOUGH TO
GET A GOOD START IN VEGAS.
I'LL PROBABLY NEED SOME
MORE, BUT 800'S A GOOD START.
- TODAY I GOT A CALL FROM A GUY
SELLING AN OLD REFRIGERATOR,
SO CHUM AND I ARE ON OUR
WAY TO GO CHECK IT OUT.
OKAY, SO WHAT DO YOU GOT HERE?
- WE HAVE A 1938
FRIGIDAIRE FRIDGE
MADE BY GENERAL MOTORS.
- JUST A HINT, DUDE: WHEN
YOU GO TO SELL STUFF,
MAKE SURE YOU CLEAN IT UP
BEFORE THE BUYER SHOWS UP.
- I DECIDED TO CALL THE
GUYS AT THE PAWN SHOP
TO SELL OUR 1938
FRIGIDAIRE FRIDGE.
IT STILL WORKS.
THE REASON WHY
WE WANT TO SELL IT
IS JUST 'CAUSE IT'S JUST
TAKING UP SPACE IN OUR GARAGE.
AND, REALLY, WE DON'T
HAVE NO USE FOR IT ANYMORE.
WELL, IT'S BEEN IN OUR
BASEMENT FOR 72 YEARS,
SO IT'S A LITTLE DIRTY.
IT WAS IN OUR BASEMENT
WHEN WE BOUGHT THE HOUSE.
- 72 YEARS?
- WE KEPT IT BECAUSE
GENERAL MOTORS IS AN ICON.
- I THOUGHT GENERAL
MOTORS MADE CARS.
- GENERAL MOTORS
MADE EVERYTHING.
PUSH THIS IN AND PULL?
- PUSH IT IN AND PULL.
- YEAH, IT DEFINITELY LOOKS OLD.
- STILL WORKS.
JUST GOT TO FLICK THE SWITCH ON.
IT ORIGINALLY WENT FOR $189.
- YEAH, THAT WAS A LOT
OF MONEY BACK THEN.
FRIGIDAIRE DEVELOPED THE FIRST
SELF-CONTAINED REFRIGERATORS
BACK IN 1918.
THEY WENT ON TO DEVELOP
THE FIRST HOME FREEZERS
AND ROOM AIR CONDITIONERS.
- IT WAS ONE OF
THE FIRST FRIDGES
THAT ACTUALLY HAD AN ICEBOX.
- YEAH, BACK THEN, THE
ICEBOX WAS SO SMALL,
'CAUSE IT WAS BASICALLY
JUST FOR MAKING ICE.
THEY REALLY DIDN'T
FREEZE STUFF BACK THEN.
THEY ALSO DIDN'T
HAVE, LIKE, TV DINNERS
AND PREPACKAGED FROZEN FOODS.
IT JUST WASN'T...
- THEN WHAT WOULD THEY EAT?
- THIS FRIDGE IS IN
AMAZING CONDITION.
PEOPLE LOVE OLD
ART DECO APPLIANCES,
ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY WORK.
BUT THEY DON'T PAY A
WHOLE LOT FOR THEM,
SO I HAVE TO GET
THIS ON THE CHEAP.
SO HOW MUCH DID YOU
WANT FOR THIS THING?
- WE'RE LOOKING
ABOUT $800 FOR IT.
- YEAH, THAT'S JUST...
UNFORTUNATELY,
THE ONES THAT SELL
ARE THE ONES WITH THE
GIANT RADIATORS ON THE TOP.
IT WAS ALL CIRCULAR
AND CHROMED OUT,
AND THOSE ARE THE
ONES PEOPLE WANT.
- YOU KNOW, IT'D BE
GOOD FOR A MAN CAVE.
- IT'S JUST ONE OF
THE PLAIN ONES.
I MEAN, I CAN GIVE
YOU 200 BUCKS FOR IT.
I MEAN, MAYBE I COULD
SELL IT FOR PARTS.
- 200'S A LITTLE LESS
THAN WE EXPECTED,
SO I THINK WE'RE
GOING TO HOLD ON TO IT.
- ALL RIGHT, THANKS FOR
SHOWING IT TO ME, MAN.
- NOT A PROBLEM.
HAVE A GOOD DAY.
- I WISH THAT THING
HAD A BIGGER ICEBOX.
- IT IS WHAT IT IS,
AND, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND
WHAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR.
MAYBE SOMEBODY WILL
EVENTUALLY BUY IT DOWN THE LINE.
- CHUM?
- YEAH?
- WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
- UH, FIXING THE
FLOWBACK MODULATOR.
- THERE'S NO SUCH THING
AS A FLOWBACK MODULATOR.
WHO TOLD YOU THAT?
- I KNOW ALL ABOUT THESE THINGS.
- ALL RIGHT, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
YOU GET THE THING RUNNING,
I'LL GIVE YOU 50 BUCKS.
- SWEET! I'M GOING TO HAVE
IT UP AND RUNNING IN NO TIME.
- HOW'S IT GOING?
- GOOD. HOW ABOUT YOU?
- I'M PRETTY GOOD.
WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
- A CATHOLIC RELIC.
IT'S ELIZABETH ANN SETON.
SHE WAS THE FIRST AMERICAN-BORN
PERSON TO BE CANONIZED
BY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
AND I HAVE A CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICITY.
I THINK IT'S IN ITALIAN.
I WAS HOPING YOU MIGHT
KNOW SOME ITALIAN OR LATIN
OR WHATEVER THAT IS.
- THIS IS IN LATIN.
I BOUGHT LATIN FOR DUMMIES ONCE.
T I HOPE T.
- SO WHAT IS THIS?
WHAT'S THE RELIC OF?
- I BELIEVE IT'S A PIECE
OF HER VESTMENTS,
WHICH WOULD BE A
SECOND-DEGREE RELIC.
THERE ARE THREE TYPES.
THERE'S A FIRST-DEGREE
RELIC, WHICH IS A BIT OF A SAINT:
THEIR FINGER BONE OR
FINGERNAILS OR SKIN OR WHATEVER.
- OKAY, THAT'S CREEPY.
- YEAH, IT IS.
I BELIEVE THIS IS A
SECOND-DEGREE RELIC,
WHICH IS SOMETHING
THAT THE SAINT WORE
OR WAS CLOSE TO THEM.
- OLD RELIGIOUS ITEMS CAN
BE EXTREMELY VALUABLE,
ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE
TIED TO A POPE OR A SAINT.
BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE,
AND I JUST HOPE THIS IS
NOT A PIECE OF HUMAN FLESH,
'CAUSE THAT WOULD
BE REALLY CREEPY.
SO WHERE DID YOU GET IT?
- I GOT IT IN AN ESTATE SALE
FROM A PRIEST'S HOUSE
AFTER HE PASSED AWAY.
- OKAY.
I AM NOT REAL
FAMILIAR WITH SETON.
I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER.
I KNOW SHE STARTED A SCHOOL
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
YOU KNOW WHY SHE WAS CANONIZED?
- HER THREE MIRACLES
WERE ALL HEALING,
BUT SHE'S ACTUALLY A
PATRON SAINT OF EDUCATION.
- DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT
THE CERTIFICATE SAYS OR...
- MOST RELIC CERTIFICATES
JUST GIVE A DESCRIPTION
OF WHO THE SAINT WAS,
WHEN THE RELIC WAS CREATED.
IT'S GOT A SEAL FROM THE CHURCH.
- YOU KNOW, IT
JUST... IT'S SO HARD
TO EVEN TELL WHAT IT IS.
IF IT'S PART OF HER VESTMENTS,
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOT
BLOOD ON IT OR SOMETHING.
YOU KNOW, IT'S...
AND YOU HAVE NO
IDEA WHAT THAT IS?
- I DON'T.
- THIS IS MY PROBLEM.
I'M ASSUMING THIS
TELLS US WHAT IT IS.
- WELL, RICK, YOU KNOW
WHAT "ASSUME" MEANS.
- I KNOW EXACTLY. I HAD
A SHOP TEACHER TOO.
I WOULD LOVE TO CALL IN SOMEBODY
WHO COULD MAYBE
READ THIS IN LATIN FOR US
AND MAYBE GIVE US ANOTHER CLUE.
DO YOU LIVE HERE IN TOWN?
- NO, I'M ACTUALLY
FROM OUT OF TOWN.
I'M LEAVING TOWN TODAY.
- OKAY. HOW MUCH
DID YOU WANT FOR IT?
- MAYBE 300 BUCKS.
- YOU KNOW WHAT?
I REALLY DON'T NORMALLY DO THIS,
BUT IF YOU WANT
TO LEAVE IT HERE,
I CAN HAVE IT CHECKED OUT.
THEN WE CAN, LIKE, DO
THIS OVER THE PHONE.
IF WE CAN'T WORK IT OUT,
I'LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU.
- UM, YEAH, I GUESS
WE COULD DO THAT.
- THE GUY IS SPLITTING TOWN
AND LEAVING THE ITEM WITH ME.
THIS IS A FIRST.
IT'S A HASSLE, TO SAY THE
LEAST, BUT I HAVE THE FEELING
THIS THING COULD
BE REALLY VALUABLE,
SO IT JUST MIGHT BE WORTH IT.
ALL RIGHT, MAN. MAYBE
WE'LL HAVE A DEAL.
- ALL RIGHT. HOPE SO.
I'M KIND OF DISAPPOINTED
THEY DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT IT WAS UP FRONT,
BUT I'M PRETTY EXCITED THAT
THEY'RE HANGING ON TO IT,
AND HOPEFULLY THEY GET
SOME GOOD INFORMATION
AND COME BACK WITH
A GOOD OFFER FOR ME.
- SWEET.
I THINK I DID IT.
YEAH!
YEAH!
COME CHECK THIS OUT.
WHAT THE 'S THE
BIG DEAL BACK HERE
THIS MORNING?
- I GOT THIS CAR UP AND RUNNING.
- CONGRATULATIONS, CHUM.
- HERE'S YOUR 50 BUCKS, CHUM.
- YEAH.
- OKAY?
ALL RIGHT, NOW, YOU NEED
TO OPEN SOME DOORS IN HERE,
BECAUSE IT SMELLS LIKE EXHAUST
AND GASOLINE BACK HERE NOW.
- OKAY, WHATEVER.
- DAMN IT.
EVERYBODY, GET BACK TO WORK.
- ♪ I'M GOING TO GET
SOME CHICKEN WINGS ♪
- GET ME SOME TOO.
- EARLIER, A GUY BROUGHT
IN A RELIGIOUS RELIC.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE BEFORE,
AND ALL THE
DOCUMENTATION IS IN LATIN.
SO I INVITED MY
FRIEND KRISTIN DOWN
TO COME AND TAKE A LOOK.
HEY, KRISTIN. HOW'S IT GOING?
- GOOD. HOW ARE YOU DOING?
- ALL RIGHT. I GOT THIS RELIC.
- MY NAME IS KRISTIN SLONSKY,
AND I AM A CLASSICAL LINGUIST
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
NEVADA AT LAS VEGAS.
I LOVE TO TEACH, AND I LOVE
TO TRANSLATE EVERYTHING.
I SPEND A TYPICAL FRIDAY NIGHT
TRANSLATING THE
AENEID FROM VIRGIL.
RICK, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
- YEAH, WHAT KIND
OF RELIC THAT IS.
I MEAN, WE COULDN'T READ
THIS TO FIND OUT WHAT IT WAS.
- MM-HMM.
- SO I'M HOPING YOU CAN
FIGURE ALL THIS OUT FOR ME.
- OOH.
"UNIVERSIS ET SINGULIS
PRAESENTES
LITTERAS INSPECTURIS."
IN THE MEDIEVAL AGES,
WHENEVER YOU POSSESSED A RELIC,
THAT WAS CONSIDERED
A VERY IMPORTANT ITEM,
AND THEY WOULD ONLY BRING IT
OUT IN VERY IMPORTANT EVENTS
FOR BLESSINGS.
WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH RELICS,
NORMALLY IT WOULD BE
SOME KIND OF BODILY TISSUE.
IT COULD BE BLOOD, HAIR, SKIN,
TEARS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
SOMETHING THAT WAS
DIRECTLY ON HER PERSON.
MY BEST GUESS IS
THAT IT'S A PIECE OF SKIN,
OR IT COULD BE ASHES
AFTER SHE WAS CREMATED.
WE REALLY DON'T KNOW FOR SURE.
- THAT'S WEIRD.
- SO WHAT DOES IT SAY?
- IT SAYS, "TO ALL AND EACH."
PRETTY MUCH
EVERYONE IN THE WORLD.
"WE WARN THE FAITHFUL"...
AND "WARN" IS A
VERY STRONG WORD...
"INTO WHOSE HANDS THESE
SACRED RELICS SHALL COME TO BE
"THAT THEY ARE PERMITTED IN
NO WAY, IN THE NAME OF GOD,
"TO SELL THEM, NOR
TO EXCHANGE THEM
"WITH SUCH THINGS WHICH
BEAR THE PRESENCE OR FACADE
OF MARKETING."
- THAT MEANS IF I BUY IT,
I'M GOING TO GO TO HELL?
- PRETTY MUCH.
- YOU'RE GOING
THERE ANYHOW, SON.
- AND EVEN IF YOU
WERE GOING TO BUY IT,
THERE'S NO WAY OF
JUDGING ITS MONETARY VALUE,
BECAUSE THESE
THINGS ARE NEVER SOLD.
THERE'S NO STARTING POINT.
- I'M ALL CREEPED
OUT BY IT NOW ANYWAY,
SO I'M NOT GOING TO BUY IT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE
YOU COMING IN.
- ANYTIME.
- THANK YOU, YOUNG LADY.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
- ANYTIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
- IF THERE'S NO MONETARY
VALUE TO THIS THING,
IT'S NOT SOMETHING
I'M INTERESTED IN,
PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
- MMM.
THESE ARE NOT BAD, CHUMLEE.
- PRETTY GOOD.
- I THINK MY HEART JUST STOPPED.
THERE IT GOES.
EPISODE OF PAWN STARS...
- WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
- A CATHOLIC RELIC.
ELIZABETH ANN SETON.
- LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOT
BLOOD ON IT OR SOMETHING.
- I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE.
- I'VE GOT A LETTER.
THE SIGNATURE IS
"WINSTON CHURCHILL."
- THIS WOULD BE REALLY
GREAT IF IT'S REAL,
BUT THERE'S A LOT
OF FAKES OF THESE.
- GOT TO BE SOME VALUE THERE.
- IT IS 100% A GAMBLE.
- GOT THIS RC CAR HERE.
- THIS IS A BADASS MACHINE.
CAN I START IT?
- NAH.
- I'LL GET IT UP AND
RUNNING IN NO TIME.
- YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW
HOW TO WORK A SCREWDRIVER.
- I KNOW ALL ABOUT THESE THINGS.
COME ON.
- 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.
- HEY. HOW'S IT GOING?
- GOOD. HOW YOU DOING TODAY?
- WHAT DO WE GOT?
- I'VE GOT A LETTER.
- OKAY.
- AND I THINK THAT
THIS SIGNATURE
IS WINSTON CHURCHILL.
- OKAY.
- "WE WILL NEVER SURRENDER."
THAT'S A WINSTON
CHURCHILL QUOTE.
- I DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY WINSTON
CHURCHILL LETTER.
THE REASON I'D LIKE
TO SELL THIS LETTER
IS SO I CAN MAKE
SOME QUICK MONEY
TO GO HAVE SOME
FUN IN LAS VEGAS.
I'D LIKE TO SELL THE
LETTER FOR $5,000.
THE LEAST I THINK
I'LL TAKE IS $2,000.
- SO WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?
- I BOUGHT A DESK
AT AN ESTATE SALE,
AND IT WAS IN AN ENVELOPE
TAPED UNDERNEATH A DRAWER.
- THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING.
"THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LETTER OF NOVEMBER 3RD.
"GENERAL MARK CLARK HAS
ALREADY SENT ME A COPY
"OF HIS BOOK CALCULATED RISK.
"I HOPE YOU WILL FORGIVE
ME, BUT I DO NOT FEEL
"I CAN WRITE A FORWARD
AS YOU SUGGEST.
"IN THIS, I HOPE YOU WILL
EXCUSE AND UNDERSTAND ME.
YOURS SINCERELY,
WINSTON CHURCHILL."
- THAT'S A CLASSY WAY
TO TURN SOMEBODY DOWN.
- I KNOW YOU WOULDN'T
DO IT THAT WAY.
NOT AT ALL.
WINSTON CHURCHILL WAS
ONE OF THE TOUGHEST LEADERS
OF THE 20TH CENTURY.
AND IN HIS "NEVER
SURRENDER" SPEECH,
HE BASICALLY TOLD
HITLER, "GO YOURSELF."
ALL RIGHT, IT'S DEFINITELY
DONE WITH A TYPEWRITER.
IT'S NOT DONE WITH A COMPUTER.
YOU CAN TELL THAT BY THE
SPACING OF THE LETTERS.
EARLIER TYPEWRITERS, THERE WAS
JUST ONE SPACE FOR EACH LETTER.
MODERN COMPUTERS,
WHAT HAPPENS IS,
THEY WILL SPACE
THEM PROPORTIONATELY
TO THE LETTER SIZE.
A GOOD EXAMPLE IS RIGHT WHERE
IT SAYS, "ADDITION" RIGHT THERE.
SEE, SMALL GAPS IN
BETWEEN THE "D" s,
A LARGE GAP IN BETWEEN THE "I."
THAT'S NOT PROPORTIONED.
THIS WOULD BE REALLY
GREAT IF IT'S REAL.
I REALLY LOVE THE GUY.
YOU KNOW, THE GUY DRANK
A QUART OF WHISKEY A DAY
AND SOMETIMES AS
MANY AS 20 CIGARS,
AND HE'S STILL CONSIDERED, LIKE,
ONE OF THE GREATEST
LEADERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY.
- SO IT'S GOT TO BE
WORTH SOME MONEY, THEN.
- UH...
A LITTLE BIT OF KNOWLEDGE
IS A DANGEROUS THING.
EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD
TO ME, BUT, THEN AGAIN,
I COULD BE WRONG.
I'M ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT
FOR ANYTHING FROM FAMOUS
WORLD WAR Il LEADERS.
AND IF THIS DOCUMENT IS LEGIT,
I'LL HAVE NO PROBLEM
SELLING IT TO A COLLECTOR.
BUT I HAVE TO BE SURE.
LET ME GET THE THING LOOKED
AT BY SOMEBODY WHO DOES KNOW,
AND THEN WE'LL TALK
MONEY, ALL RIGHT?
- SURE.
- I'LL GIVE YOU A CALL.
- I THINK THE LETTER LOOKS REAL.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD
TO HAVING AN EXPERT
TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
- HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
- GOOD. HOW YOU DOING?
- OH, PRETTY GOOD.
- GOT THIS RC CAR
HERE, A HUMMER.
I LOVE HUMMERS.
- I LOVE HUMMERS TOO.
- I CAME TO THE PAWN SHOP TODAY.
DECIDED TO SELL MY
RADIO-CONTROLLED HUMMER.
I'VE BEEN INTO RC
CARS FOR A WHILE,
AND I'VE HAD THIS
ONE FOR A WHILE...
LIKE, RACING 'EM.
WITH EVERYTHING I HAVE IN IT,
IT'S WORTH ABOUT $600, $650,
BUT I'M HOPING TO WALK
AWAY WITH ABOUT $350.
- ALL RIGHT, SO TELL
ME ABOUT THIS THING.
- IT'S FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE,
DUAL SHOCKS ON
EACH WHEEL, DURABLE.
- SOME SERIOUS SUSPENSION ON IT.
- GREAT SUSPENSION.
IT'S PRETTY FAST TOO.
THE THING GOES
ABOUT 80 MILES AN HOUR.
- THAT THING IS BADASS.
- CAN I START IT?
- IT NEEDS A NEW GLOWPLUG.
- OKAY, SO WE CAN'T
START IT RIGHT NOW?
- NAH.
- RC CARS HAVE BEEN
AROUND SINCE THE '60s,
AND THE MODERN
ONES ARE INCREDIBLE.
SOME WILL GO OVER
100 MILES AN HOUR.
THERE'S A HUGE MARKET
FOR COMPLETE CARS
AND FOR THE PARTS,
SO THESE THINGS ARE
DEFINITELY WORTH BUYING.
I MEAN, YEAH, THESE ARE GREAT
AND COOL AND EVERYTHING.
BUT IF I CAN'T TEST IT
OUT AND SEE IF IT WORKS,
I MEAN, I REALLY
DON'T WANT TO BUY IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M
GOING TO BE GETTING.
- WELL, THESE THINGS
ARE EASY TO FIX.
I COULD GET IT UP AND
RUNNING IN NO TIME.
- UH, YOU REALLY THINK YOU
CAN GET THIS THING RUNNING?
- YEAH. ALL IT NEEDS
IS A GLOWPLUG.
- CHUM CAN BARELY
TIE HIS OWN SHOES,
SO IT MIGHT BE WORTH
IT JUST TO BUY THIS THING
TO WATCH HIM PLAY MECHANIC.
BUT EVEN IF HE BLOWS IT, I
CAN STILL SELL IT FOR PARTS,
SO IT'S A WIN-WIN SITUATION.
HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT FOR IT?
- $350.
- $350 AND IT'S NOT RUNNING?
- THEY'RE PRETTY EXPENSIVE.
- I KNOW THEY'RE PRETTY
EXPENSIVE, BUT IT'S NOT RUNNING.
- $350 IS A GOOD
PRICE, YOU KNOW.
I WANT TO BUY A NEW ONE.
- YEAH, I'M NOT
GOING TO GIVE YOU
THE PRICE OF A NEW ONE
FOR ONE THAT DOESN'T WORK.
I'LL GIVE YOU 100 BUCKS,
'CAUSE THE ONLY
REASON I'M BUYING IT...
I JUST WANT TO SEE HIM
ACTUALLY WORK ON SOMETHING.
- HOW ABOUT 250?
- UM...
YEAH, I'LL GIVE YOU 150 BUCKS.
- OKAY, I'LL TAKE 150 FOR IT.
- ALL RIGHT, 150 BUCKS.
CHUM, GO DO THE PAPERWORK ON IT,
AND THEN DO A LITTLE RESEARCH
SO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING
WHEN YOU WORK ON IT, ALL RIGHT?
- I MEAN, I WISH I WOULD
HAVE GOTTEN MORE OUT OF IT,
BUT I GUESS I CAN UNDERSTAND,
WITH IT NOT RUNNING,
WHERE HE WAS A LITTLE SKEPTICAL.
BUT I'M HAPPY TO GET $150.
- SO WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
- I GOT AN OLD BARBERSHOP POLE.
- I DON'T THINK ME AND YOU
HAVE SEEN A BARBERSHOP
IN A LONG TIME, HAVE WE?
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
I DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO TRY TO SELL MY BARBER POLE.
THE WAY I GOT THE BARBER POLE
WAS, THE OLD BARBER IN TOWN,
HE WAS FINALLY GETTING
OUT OF BUSINESS, RETIRING.
HE WAS GOING TO SELL IT,
JUST GET RID OF IT
FOR SCRAP METAL,
AND I DECIDED, "DON'T
GET RID OF IT:, I'LL TAKE IT."
- THIS IS NEAT.
DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT?
WHO MADE IT?
- THAT, I DON'T KNOW.
I DIDN'T SEE ANY SPECIFIC
SIGNIFICANT
MARKINGS ON IT, SO...
- IT LOOKS LIKE "KOKER."
I CAN'T READ THE WHOLE LABEL
HERE:, IT'S ALMOST WORN OUT.
THE CANDY STRIPE POLE,
THAT WAS IN FRONT OF
BARBERSHOPS FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS
BECAUSE A FEW HUNDRED YEARS
AGO, MOST PEOPLE COULDN'T READ,
AND THEY SAW THIS
OUT IN FRONT OF A STORE,
THEY KNEW THEY
COULD GET A SHAVE.
BARBER POLES DATE
BACK TO THE 17TH CENTURY.
THAT'S WHEN YOUR LOCAL BARBER
WAS ALSO YOUR LOCAL SURGEON.
THE RED STRIPES
REPRESENT THE BLOODY RAGS
THAT WERE HUNG OUT TO DRY.
HONESTY IN ADVERTISING, I GUESS.
I MEAN, THIS IS
DEFINITELY LATE 1800s.
WAS IT RIGHT AROUND
1910, RIGHT AROUND THERE?
THAT'S WHEN THEY STARTED
COMING UP WITH THE ROTATING ONE.
IT CAUGHT YOUR EYE BETTER.
- RIGHT.
- YEAH, I MEAN, IT LOOKS
LIKE IT WAS MAYBE MODIFIED
TO TAKE A LIGHT BULB.
THIS IS ALL CAST
IRON. THIS IS ALL...
YEAH, THAT'S ALL
PORCELAIN ON THERE.
STAINED GLASS. IT'S
BLOWN GLASS TOO.
THIS IS NEAT.
THIS BARBER POLE
IS A PIECE OF ART.
THE CRAFTSMANSHIP AND
THE MATERIALS USED TO MAKE IT
ARE HEAD AND SHOULDERS
ABOVE ANYTHING MADE TODAY.
IF I CAN GET THIS
FULLY RESTORED,
IT WILL BE WORTH A PRETTY PENNY.
BUT THE PRICE HAS TO MAKE SENSE.
SO WHAT DID YOU
WANT TO DO WITH THIS?
- I'D LIKE TO SELL IT.
- HOW MUCH YOU WANT FOR IT?
- I WAS LOOKING
FOR AROUND $1,100.
- UM...
I'D SAY $1,100'S A FAIR PRICE...
IF IT WAS IN BETTER SHAPE.
- OH.
- OKAY?
- WELL...
- UM...
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK
THAT NEEDS TO BE
DONE TO THIS PORCELAIN.
IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE'S
EVEN TRIED TO SAND ON IT.
THESE NEED TO BE REPAINTED.
- I WAS DOING SOME
RESEARCH, AND I NOTICED
THAT IN THIS TYPE OF SHAPE,
THEY WERE GOING ABOUT $1,300.
- I JUST DON'T SEE
1,300 BUCKS HERE.
I SEE 700 BUCKS HERE,
BECAUSE I'LL PROBABLY GET
2,500 BUCKS OUT OF THIS THING
AFTER I GET IT
COMPLETELY REDONE,
AND IT'S GOING TO
COST ME 600, 700 BUCKS.
- WOULD YOU GO $800?
- I'LL GIVE YOU $750.
- $800. I HAVE TO HAVE $800.
- ALL RIGHT, I'LL GIVE YOU $800.
I GOTTA HAVE IT.
- THANK YOU.
- ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO
DO SOME PAPERWORK.
- ALL RIGHTY.
I CAME TO THE SHOP TODAY
ASKING FOR $1,100. I GOT $800.
I DIDN'T PAY A DIME
FOR THE DARN THING.
$800, I'M VERY HAPPY.
I'M GOING HOME A HAPPY MAN.
- THIS LETTER'S REALLY COOL.
- EARLIER TODAY, A GUY CAME IN
WITH A LETTER SIGNED
BY WINSTON CHURCHILL.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHETHER
IT'S REAL OR FAKE.
SO I CALLED IN MY BUDDY
DANA TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK.
- HEY, DANA. HOW YOU DOING?
- COREY, HOW ARE YOU?
- ALL RIGHT.
- NICE TO SEE YA.
IS THIS THE ITEM THAT
YOU HAVE FOR ME?
- THAT IS THE ITEM.
- I'M DANA, PRESIDENT OF EARLY
AMERICAN HISTORY AUCTIONS.
SO, RICK, WHAT ARE YOUR
CONCERNS REGARDING THIS LETTER?
- IS IT REAL?
- OKAY, THAT'S A
VERY GOOD CONCERN.
- WHAT'S IT WORTH?
- WELL, THIS LETTER'S
REALLY COOL,
BECAUSE IT'S TALKING
ABOUT ANOTHER MILITARY MAN,
GENERAL MARK CLARK, THE YOUNGEST
MAJOR GENERAL IN WORLD WAR Il.
AND APPARENTLY, HE HAD
WRITTEN A BOOK, CALCULATED RISK.
THIS INDICATES THAT HE'S
ASKING WINSTON CHURCHILL
TO WRITE AN INTRODUCTION
FOR THAT BOOK.
AND, UNFORTUNATELY,
THEY'RE BEING TURNED DOWN.
THE WATERMARK IN THE PAPER
IS A HIGH-QUALITY BRITISH PAPER.
IT APPEARS TO BE
ON WINSTON CHURCHILL'S
PERSONAL STATIONERY.
- SO DO YOU THINK IT'S REAL?
- WELL, I'LL TAKE A
LITTLE CLOSER LOOK
AT THE SIGNATURE.
IT'S A NICE FLOWING SIGNATURE.
THERE'S NO REAL HESITATION.
IT'S NOT AUTOPEN.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE...
YOU HAVE A REAL
AUTOGRAPHED SIGNATURE HERE.
- GOOD MAN.
- NICE LETTER.
OKAY, QUESTION TWO:
WHAT DO YOU THINK
THAT WOULD GO FOR?
- I THINK - IS LETTER
WOULD EASILY BRING
$1,500 TO $2,000,
MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE
BECAUSE OF THE CONTENT.
- THANKS A LOT, DANA. I
REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
- YOU'RE WELCOME.
- SO HOW MUCH DO
YOU WANT FOR IT?
- WELL, HE SAID $1,500, RIGHT?
- HE SAID $1,500 TO $2,000,
WHICH MEANS AT AN
AUCTION, IT COULD GO FROM,
ON A REALLY, REALLY
BAD DAY, 1,000 BUCKS:,
ON A REALLY, REALLY
GOOD DAY, 2,500 BUCKS.
SO I'M THINKING
$700 IS A FAIR PRICE.
OR YOU CAN TAKE ALL THE RISK
AND MAYBE GET PAID
A YEAR FROM NOW.
- OKAY, HOW ABOUT $900?
- I'LL MEET YOU IN THE MIDDLE.
- SO YOU'RE TALKING 800 BUCKS?
- 800 BUCKS CASH. YOU GET PAID.
- OKAY, $800.
- ALL RIGHT, IT'S A DEAL.
YOU WANT TO WRITE HIM UP, COREY?
- LET'S GO DO SOME
PAPERWORK, BUDDY.
- I THINK 800'S ENOUGH TO
GET A GOOD START IN VEGAS.
I'LL PROBABLY NEED SOME
MORE, BUT 800'S A GOOD START.
- TODAY I GOT A CALL FROM A GUY
SELLING AN OLD REFRIGERATOR,
SO CHUM AND I ARE ON OUR
WAY TO GO CHECK IT OUT.
OKAY, SO WHAT DO YOU GOT HERE?
- WE HAVE A 1938
FRIGIDAIRE FRIDGE
MADE BY GENERAL MOTORS.
- JUST A HINT, DUDE: WHEN
YOU GO TO SELL STUFF,
MAKE SURE YOU CLEAN IT UP
BEFORE THE BUYER SHOWS UP.
- I DECIDED TO CALL THE
GUYS AT THE PAWN SHOP
TO SELL OUR 1938
FRIGIDAIRE FRIDGE.
IT STILL WORKS.
THE REASON WHY
WE WANT TO SELL IT
IS JUST 'CAUSE IT'S JUST
TAKING UP SPACE IN OUR GARAGE.
AND, REALLY, WE DON'T
HAVE NO USE FOR IT ANYMORE.
WELL, IT'S BEEN IN OUR
BASEMENT FOR 72 YEARS,
SO IT'S A LITTLE DIRTY.
IT WAS IN OUR BASEMENT
WHEN WE BOUGHT THE HOUSE.
- 72 YEARS?
- WE KEPT IT BECAUSE
GENERAL MOTORS IS AN ICON.
- I THOUGHT GENERAL
MOTORS MADE CARS.
- GENERAL MOTORS
MADE EVERYTHING.
PUSH THIS IN AND PULL?
- PUSH IT IN AND PULL.
- YEAH, IT DEFINITELY LOOKS OLD.
- STILL WORKS.
JUST GOT TO FLICK THE SWITCH ON.
IT ORIGINALLY WENT FOR $189.
- YEAH, THAT WAS A LOT
OF MONEY BACK THEN.
FRIGIDAIRE DEVELOPED THE FIRST
SELF-CONTAINED REFRIGERATORS
BACK IN 1918.
THEY WENT ON TO DEVELOP
THE FIRST HOME FREEZERS
AND ROOM AIR CONDITIONERS.
- IT WAS ONE OF
THE FIRST FRIDGES
THAT ACTUALLY HAD AN ICEBOX.
- YEAH, BACK THEN, THE
ICEBOX WAS SO SMALL,
'CAUSE IT WAS BASICALLY
JUST FOR MAKING ICE.
THEY REALLY DIDN'T
FREEZE STUFF BACK THEN.
THEY ALSO DIDN'T
HAVE, LIKE, TV DINNERS
AND PREPACKAGED FROZEN FOODS.
IT JUST WASN'T...
- THEN WHAT WOULD THEY EAT?
- THIS FRIDGE IS IN
AMAZING CONDITION.
PEOPLE LOVE OLD
ART DECO APPLIANCES,
ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY WORK.
BUT THEY DON'T PAY A
WHOLE LOT FOR THEM,
SO I HAVE TO GET
THIS ON THE CHEAP.
SO HOW MUCH DID YOU
WANT FOR THIS THING?
- WE'RE LOOKING
ABOUT $800 FOR IT.
- YEAH, THAT'S JUST...
UNFORTUNATELY,
THE ONES THAT SELL
ARE THE ONES WITH THE
GIANT RADIATORS ON THE TOP.
IT WAS ALL CIRCULAR
AND CHROMED OUT,
AND THOSE ARE THE
ONES PEOPLE WANT.
- YOU KNOW, IT'D BE
GOOD FOR A MAN CAVE.
- IT'S JUST ONE OF
THE PLAIN ONES.
I MEAN, I CAN GIVE
YOU 200 BUCKS FOR IT.
I MEAN, MAYBE I COULD
SELL IT FOR PARTS.
- 200'S A LITTLE LESS
THAN WE EXPECTED,
SO I THINK WE'RE
GOING TO HOLD ON TO IT.
- ALL RIGHT, THANKS FOR
SHOWING IT TO ME, MAN.
- NOT A PROBLEM.
HAVE A GOOD DAY.
- I WISH THAT THING
HAD A BIGGER ICEBOX.
- IT IS WHAT IT IS,
AND, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND
WHAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR.
MAYBE SOMEBODY WILL
EVENTUALLY BUY IT DOWN THE LINE.
- CHUM?
- YEAH?
- WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
- UH, FIXING THE
FLOWBACK MODULATOR.
- THERE'S NO SUCH THING
AS A FLOWBACK MODULATOR.
WHO TOLD YOU THAT?
- I KNOW ALL ABOUT THESE THINGS.
- ALL RIGHT, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
YOU GET THE THING RUNNING,
I'LL GIVE YOU 50 BUCKS.
- SWEET! I'M GOING TO HAVE
IT UP AND RUNNING IN NO TIME.
- HOW'S IT GOING?
- GOOD. HOW ABOUT YOU?
- I'M PRETTY GOOD.
WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
- A CATHOLIC RELIC.
IT'S ELIZABETH ANN SETON.
SHE WAS THE FIRST AMERICAN-BORN
PERSON TO BE CANONIZED
BY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
AND I HAVE A CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICITY.
I THINK IT'S IN ITALIAN.
I WAS HOPING YOU MIGHT
KNOW SOME ITALIAN OR LATIN
OR WHATEVER THAT IS.
- THIS IS IN LATIN.
I BOUGHT LATIN FOR DUMMIES ONCE.
T I HOPE T.
- SO WHAT IS THIS?
WHAT'S THE RELIC OF?
- I BELIEVE IT'S A PIECE
OF HER VESTMENTS,
WHICH WOULD BE A
SECOND-DEGREE RELIC.
THERE ARE THREE TYPES.
THERE'S A FIRST-DEGREE
RELIC, WHICH IS A BIT OF A SAINT:
THEIR FINGER BONE OR
FINGERNAILS OR SKIN OR WHATEVER.
- OKAY, THAT'S CREEPY.
- YEAH, IT IS.
I BELIEVE THIS IS A
SECOND-DEGREE RELIC,
WHICH IS SOMETHING
THAT THE SAINT WORE
OR WAS CLOSE TO THEM.
- OLD RELIGIOUS ITEMS CAN
BE EXTREMELY VALUABLE,
ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE
TIED TO A POPE OR A SAINT.
BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE,
AND I JUST HOPE THIS IS
NOT A PIECE OF HUMAN FLESH,
'CAUSE THAT WOULD
BE REALLY CREEPY.
SO WHERE DID YOU GET IT?
- I GOT IT IN AN ESTATE SALE
FROM A PRIEST'S HOUSE
AFTER HE PASSED AWAY.
- OKAY.
I AM NOT REAL
FAMILIAR WITH SETON.
I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER.
I KNOW SHE STARTED A SCHOOL
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
YOU KNOW WHY SHE WAS CANONIZED?
- HER THREE MIRACLES
WERE ALL HEALING,
BUT SHE'S ACTUALLY A
PATRON SAINT OF EDUCATION.
- DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT
THE CERTIFICATE SAYS OR...
- MOST RELIC CERTIFICATES
JUST GIVE A DESCRIPTION
OF WHO THE SAINT WAS,
WHEN THE RELIC WAS CREATED.
IT'S GOT A SEAL FROM THE CHURCH.
- YOU KNOW, IT
JUST... IT'S SO HARD
TO EVEN TELL WHAT IT IS.
IF IT'S PART OF HER VESTMENTS,
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOT
BLOOD ON IT OR SOMETHING.
YOU KNOW, IT'S...
AND YOU HAVE NO
IDEA WHAT THAT IS?
- I DON'T.
- THIS IS MY PROBLEM.
I'M ASSUMING THIS
TELLS US WHAT IT IS.
- WELL, RICK, YOU KNOW
WHAT "ASSUME" MEANS.
- I KNOW EXACTLY. I HAD
A SHOP TEACHER TOO.
I WOULD LOVE TO CALL IN SOMEBODY
WHO COULD MAYBE
READ THIS IN LATIN FOR US
AND MAYBE GIVE US ANOTHER CLUE.
DO YOU LIVE HERE IN TOWN?
- NO, I'M ACTUALLY
FROM OUT OF TOWN.
I'M LEAVING TOWN TODAY.
- OKAY. HOW MUCH
DID YOU WANT FOR IT?
- MAYBE 300 BUCKS.
- YOU KNOW WHAT?
I REALLY DON'T NORMALLY DO THIS,
BUT IF YOU WANT
TO LEAVE IT HERE,
I CAN HAVE IT CHECKED OUT.
THEN WE CAN, LIKE, DO
THIS OVER THE PHONE.
IF WE CAN'T WORK IT OUT,
I'LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU.
- UM, YEAH, I GUESS
WE COULD DO THAT.
- THE GUY IS SPLITTING TOWN
AND LEAVING THE ITEM WITH ME.
THIS IS A FIRST.
IT'S A HASSLE, TO SAY THE
LEAST, BUT I HAVE THE FEELING
THIS THING COULD
BE REALLY VALUABLE,
SO IT JUST MIGHT BE WORTH IT.
ALL RIGHT, MAN. MAYBE
WE'LL HAVE A DEAL.
- ALL RIGHT. HOPE SO.
I'M KIND OF DISAPPOINTED
THEY DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT IT WAS UP FRONT,
BUT I'M PRETTY EXCITED THAT
THEY'RE HANGING ON TO IT,
AND HOPEFULLY THEY GET
SOME GOOD INFORMATION
AND COME BACK WITH
A GOOD OFFER FOR ME.
- SWEET.
I THINK I DID IT.
YEAH!
YEAH!
COME CHECK THIS OUT.
WHAT THE 'S THE
BIG DEAL BACK HERE
THIS MORNING?
- I GOT THIS CAR UP AND RUNNING.
- CONGRATULATIONS, CHUM.
- HERE'S YOUR 50 BUCKS, CHUM.
- YEAH.
- OKAY?
ALL RIGHT, NOW, YOU NEED
TO OPEN SOME DOORS IN HERE,
BECAUSE IT SMELLS LIKE EXHAUST
AND GASOLINE BACK HERE NOW.
- OKAY, WHATEVER.
- DAMN IT.
EVERYBODY, GET BACK TO WORK.
- ♪ I'M GOING TO GET
SOME CHICKEN WINGS ♪
- GET ME SOME TOO.
- EARLIER, A GUY BROUGHT
IN A RELIGIOUS RELIC.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE BEFORE,
AND ALL THE
DOCUMENTATION IS IN LATIN.
SO I INVITED MY
FRIEND KRISTIN DOWN
TO COME AND TAKE A LOOK.
HEY, KRISTIN. HOW'S IT GOING?
- GOOD. HOW ARE YOU DOING?
- ALL RIGHT. I GOT THIS RELIC.
- MY NAME IS KRISTIN SLONSKY,
AND I AM A CLASSICAL LINGUIST
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
NEVADA AT LAS VEGAS.
I LOVE TO TEACH, AND I LOVE
TO TRANSLATE EVERYTHING.
I SPEND A TYPICAL FRIDAY NIGHT
TRANSLATING THE
AENEID FROM VIRGIL.
RICK, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
- YEAH, WHAT KIND
OF RELIC THAT IS.
I MEAN, WE COULDN'T READ
THIS TO FIND OUT WHAT IT WAS.
- MM-HMM.
- SO I'M HOPING YOU CAN
FIGURE ALL THIS OUT FOR ME.
- OOH.
"UNIVERSIS ET SINGULIS
PRAESENTES
LITTERAS INSPECTURIS."
IN THE MEDIEVAL AGES,
WHENEVER YOU POSSESSED A RELIC,
THAT WAS CONSIDERED
A VERY IMPORTANT ITEM,
AND THEY WOULD ONLY BRING IT
OUT IN VERY IMPORTANT EVENTS
FOR BLESSINGS.
WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH RELICS,
NORMALLY IT WOULD BE
SOME KIND OF BODILY TISSUE.
IT COULD BE BLOOD, HAIR, SKIN,
TEARS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
SOMETHING THAT WAS
DIRECTLY ON HER PERSON.
MY BEST GUESS IS
THAT IT'S A PIECE OF SKIN,
OR IT COULD BE ASHES
AFTER SHE WAS CREMATED.
WE REALLY DON'T KNOW FOR SURE.
- THAT'S WEIRD.
- SO WHAT DOES IT SAY?
- IT SAYS, "TO ALL AND EACH."
PRETTY MUCH
EVERYONE IN THE WORLD.
"WE WARN THE FAITHFUL"...
AND "WARN" IS A
VERY STRONG WORD...
"INTO WHOSE HANDS THESE
SACRED RELICS SHALL COME TO BE
"THAT THEY ARE PERMITTED IN
NO WAY, IN THE NAME OF GOD,
"TO SELL THEM, NOR
TO EXCHANGE THEM
"WITH SUCH THINGS WHICH
BEAR THE PRESENCE OR FACADE
OF MARKETING."
- THAT MEANS IF I BUY IT,
I'M GOING TO GO TO HELL?
- PRETTY MUCH.
- YOU'RE GOING
THERE ANYHOW, SON.
- AND EVEN IF YOU
WERE GOING TO BUY IT,
THERE'S NO WAY OF
JUDGING ITS MONETARY VALUE,
BECAUSE THESE
THINGS ARE NEVER SOLD.
THERE'S NO STARTING POINT.
- I'M ALL CREEPED
OUT BY IT NOW ANYWAY,
SO I'M NOT GOING TO BUY IT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE
YOU COMING IN.
- ANYTIME.
- THANK YOU, YOUNG LADY.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
- ANYTIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
- IF THERE'S NO MONETARY
VALUE TO THIS THING,
IT'S NOT SOMETHING
I'M INTERESTED IN,
PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
- MMM.
THESE ARE NOT BAD, CHUMLEE.
- PRETTY GOOD.
- I THINK MY HEART JUST STOPPED.
THERE IT GOES.