Pawn Stars (2009–…): Season 3, Episode 15 - Monkey Business - full transcript

Male announcer: ON THIS
EPISODE OF PAWN STARS...

- I HAVE A JOHN WAYNE HAT.

- IF THIS HAT WAS WORN
BY JOHN WAYNE IN A MOVIE,

IT COULD BE WORTH SOME MONEY.

- THERE'S A "DUKE" TAG

FROM THE PROP
DEPARTMENT IN THERE.

- A TAG IS NOT MUCH PROOF.

- I GOT A 1944 NAVY
SPOTLIGHT OFF OF A PT-109.

- WHAT'S A PT-109?

- JOHN F. KENNEDY'S BOAT.

- I'VE GOT MY 1950s
MUSICAL JOLLY CHIMP.



- CHUMLEE, I JUST FOUND
YOUR FIRST COUSIN.

- CHUMLEE!

- 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.

- WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?

- I GOT A 1944 NAVY
SPOTLIGHT OFF OF A PT BOAT.

- MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL,

WHO'S THE PRETTIEST OF THEM ALL?

- I DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY

TO SELL MY 1944 U.S.
NAVY SEARCHLIGHT.

I'D LIKE TO TRY TO GET
$1,500 FOR IT OR SO,



BECAUSE IT'S IN
AMAZING CONDITION,

AND IT'S 65 YEARS OLD.

- SO WHERE DID
YOU GET THIS THING?

- WE DISCOVERED IT ABOUT
A YEAR AND A HALF AGO

IN MY FATHER'S ATTIC.

IT WAS MADE BY THE
CARLISLE & FINCH COMPANY,

AND IT WAS SOLD TO THE
NAVY IN SAN FRANCISCO

AND DUG OUT THE
ORIGINAL SALES RECEIPT

FROM WHEN IT WAS SOLD IN 1944.

- OKAY, DEFINITELY DOESN'T SAY

WHAT BOAT IT WAS
OFF OF, THOUGH, RIGHT?

- THEY SOLD A LOT
OF THEM BACK THEN.

IT WAS ON THE PT BOATS.
- WASN'T ON PT-109, WAS IT?

- NO, IT'D BE NICE IF
IT WAS, 'CAUSE, UH...

- YEAH, THEN IT WOULD BE
WORTH A LITTLE BIT MORE, YEAH.

- WHAT'S A PT-109?

- JOHN F. KENNEDY'S BOAT
WHEN HE WAS IN THE NAVY.

- PT BOATS WERE SMALL,
FAST TORPEDO BOATS

USED IN WORLD WAR Il.

JFK COMMANDED ONE,

AND IT WAS SUNK BY A
JAPANESE DESTROYER.

IT WAS HIS EFFORTS
TO SAVE HIS CREW

THAT MADE HIM A WAR HERO.

- DOES IT STILL WORK?
- YEAH, IT SURE DOES.

WE ACTUALLY HOOKED IT UP
WITH A LITTLE 9-VOLT BATTERY.

- CAN YOU POWER IT UP?

- I'M NOT HAVING
NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.

- IT'S A 9-VOLT
BATTERY, CHUMLEE.

- ♪ TA-DA ♪

- THAT IS NOT A VERY
POWERFUL LIGHT.

- I GUESS BACK THEN,

IT WAS POWERFUL
ENOUGH FOR A PT BOAT.

- THIS SEARCHLIGHT IS
IN AMAZING CONDITION.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PIECE, AND
SOMEONE TOOK CARE OF IT.

BEST OF ALL, I LOVE IT
WHEN THINGS STILL WORK.

SO WHAT DID YOU WANT
TO DO WITH THIS THING?

- I'D LIKE TO SELL IT.

- AND WHAT WOULD YOU
LIKE TO GET OUT OF IT?

- WELL, I WAS TOLD
BY A COUPLE PEOPLE

IT COULD BE WORTH ANYWHERE
FROM $1,500 TO $15,000.

- I DON'T SEE GETTING
15 GRAND FOR THIS THING.

I MEAN, IF IT WAS OFF
SOME SIGNIFICANT BOAT...

I MEAN, IF IT WAS OFF...
- PT-109.

- YEAH, PT-109,

I COULD SEE GETTING
THAT KIND OF MONEY.

AND BEING IN THIS GOOD OF SHAPE,

IT MIGHT NOT HAVE
BEEN ON A BOAT.

I'M GONNA TAKE A
SHOT IN THE DARK

AND OFFER YOU, LIKE, 800 BUCKS.

- I REALLY WANTED TO GET $1,500.

- I WOULD GIVE
YOU, LIKE, 800 BUCKS.

WE CAN'T ASSOCIATE
IT WITH ANY SHIP, OKAY,

AND THAT'S A BIG, BIG DEAL.

- CAN YOU GO $1,200?

I'LL GO 1,000 BUCKS.

I'M NOT GONNA GO
NO MORE THAN THAT.

- DEAL.

- ALL RIGHT.

WRITE HIM UP, CHUM.

- I'M VERY HAPPY
TO GET $1,000 FOR IT.

I THINK THAT WAS A FAIR
PRICE, AND IT WORKED OUT WELL.

- HI, GUY. WHAT YOU GOT?

- I HAVE A JOHN WAYNE HAT.
- OH, OKAY.

- IT WAS ONE OF THE HATS
USED IN ONE OF HIS MOVIES.

- ARE YOU A FAN OF JOHN WAYNE?

- YEAH, JOHN WAYNE
WAS A GREAT ACTOR.

HE MADE SO MANY MOVIES

THAT I REALLY COULDN'T
SAY WHICH ONE I LIKE BEST.

- MY FAVORITE ONE IS
WHEN HE PLAYED A COWBOY

AND HE RODE AROUND ON
A HORSE AND SHOT PEOPLE

AND HE HAD A COWBOY HAT.

- CHUMLEE, HE PROBABLY
STARRED IN 100 WESTERN MOVIES...

- YEAH, BUT MY FAVORITE ONE
WAS THAT PARTICULAR ONE.

- SHUT UP, CHUMLEE.

HYAH!

- I DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY

TO SELL MY JOHN WAYNE MOVIE HAT.

THE HAT THAT I HAVE, I BELIEVE,

WAS WORN BY JOHN WAYNE
IN ONE OF TWO MOVIES,

EITHER RIO GRANDE OR RIO LOBO.

LOOKING TO GET PROBABLY
ABOUT $1,200 OR SO FOR IT.

- AND WHERE DID
YOU ACQUIRE THIS AT?

- FROM A WESTERN HAT
SHOP IN PRESCOTT, ARIZONA.

- DID YOU GET ANY CERTIFICATION?

- THE ONLY THING THAT I HAVE
IS... IT'S RIGHT INSIDE HERE.

I ASKED THE GENTLEMAN AT
THE STORE WHERE HE GOT IT.

HE SAID THAT HE
WAS A PROP MASTER

IN THE '50s AND '60s,

AND THIS IS ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT HE HELD ON TO.

- JOHN WAYNE WAS
AN AMERICAN ICON.

STARTING BACK IN THE 1920s,

HE WAS ONE OF THE TOP
MOVIE STARS OF ALL TIME.

THIS IS DEFINITELY THE STYLE HAT

THAT HE WOULD WEAR IN A WESTERN.

CALLED A PROP HAT.

IT'S MADE TO LOOK

LIKE THE 1870s,
1880s CAVALRY HAT.

IT'S MANOR OUT OF CHICAGO.

THEY MADE HATS FOR
MANY, MANY YEARS.

BUT MY CONCERN,
SON, IS VERY SIMPLE:

BUT MY CONCERN, SON,
YOU HAVE NO PAPERWORK.

IF THIS HAT WAS WORN
BY JOHN WAYNE IN A MOVIE,

IT COULD BE WORTH SOME MONEY,

BUT I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO GO ON.

A TAG THAT SAYS THE
"DUKE" IS NOT MUCH PROOF.

- I DO BELIEVE THAT
THE HAT IS REAL,

JUST BASED ON THE CONVERSATION
WITH THAT GENTLEMAN.

- IT'D BE MUCH NICER

IF THEY'D GIVEN YOU AN
APPRAISAL WHEN YOU BOUGHT IT.

- RIGHT.

- WE HAVE A FRIEND HERE IN
TOWN THAT IS A PROP MASTER.

IF YOU DON'T MIND,

I'D LIKE TO CALL HIM
IN TO LOOK AT THIS.

- THAT'D BE FINE.

I AM LOOKING FORWARD

TO THE EXPERT COMING
IN TO LOOK AT THE HAT.

I FEEL LIKE THE HAT
WILL STAND ON ITS OWN.

- HEY, WHAT CAN I HELP YOU WITH?

- GOT A REMBRANDT SKETCH HERE.
- SO YOU KNOW WHO REMBRANDT IS?

- I MEAN, BESIDES THE FACT
THAT HE MAKES TOOTHPASTE,

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING
ELSE ABOUT THE GUY.

- I'M COMING DOWN TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY

TO TRY TO SELL MY
REMBRANDT ETCHING,

'CAUSE, HONESTLY, I JUST
NEED A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA CASH.

I WANT TO TRY TO
SELL THIS FOR $5,000,

AND THE LEAST I WANT TO
TAKE FOR IT IS ABOUT $2,500.

- WHERE IN THE WORLD
DID YOU GET THIS THING?

- I ACTUALLY CAME ACROSS
IT AT A GARAGE SALE.

- YOU CAME ACROSS
THIS AT A GARAGE SALE?

- BELIEVE IT OR NOT.

- THAT'S QUITE A PIECE
TO FIND AT A GARAGE SALE.

YOU MIND ME ASKING
WHAT YOU PAID FOR IT?

- $10.

- SEEMS LIKE EVERY
TEN YEARS OR SO,

SOMEONE FINDS PRICELESS
ARTWORK AT A YARD SALE.

BUT TEN BUCKS FOR A REMBRANDT?

COME ON, WHY CAN'T
I FIND LIKE THAT?

EVERYTHING LOOKS RIGHT TO ME.

YOU CAN SEE THE
IMPRESSION ON THE PAPER

AND EVERYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT.

THIS IS AN ETCHING.

WHAT THEY DID WAS,

THEY MADE THESE
WITH A COPPER PLATE,

THEY WOULD INK IT, AND THEN
THEY WOULD PUT IT IN A PRESS

AND PRESS THE COPPER
PLATE AGAINST THE PAPER.

BUT REMBRANDT BEING REMBRANDT,

NO ONE EVER THREW
AWAY THE COPPER PLATES.

WHEN THE COPPER PLATES
BEGAN TO GET WORN OUT,

THEY WOULD START
GETTING RETOUCHED UP.

EVERY TIME YOU DO THAT,

YOU'RE REMOVING
WHAT REMBRANDT DID,

AND YOU'RE ADDING

WHAT SOME MISCELLANEOUS GUY
AT A PRINTING FACTORY WAS DOING.

YOU TAKE FIRST STATE,
WHICH IS UP HERE.

- RIGHT.
- OKAY?

THEN SECOND STATE, THIRD
STATE, FOURTH STATE, FIFTH STATE.

LIKE THAT.

I MEAN, IF IT'S FIRST STATE,
IT'S WORTH A FORTUNE.

REMBRANDT IS CONSIDERED

ONE OF THE GREATEST
ARTISTS OF ALL TIME.

HIS PAINTINGS ARE SO VALUABLE,

YOU LITERALLY CAN'T
PUT A PRICE TAG ON THEM.

AN ETCHING LIKE THIS COULD
BE EXTREMELY VALUABLE,

BUT I'M SURE I CAN PRICE IT.

IT'S IN REALLY,
REALLY GOOD SHAPE,

AND THAT'S THE CONCERN I HAVE.

THEY HADN'T PERFECTED
ACID-FREE PAPER BACK THEN,

AND USUALLY THERE'S
A LOT MORE YELLOWING.

THE FIRST THING I
HAVE TO FIGURE OUT IS,

IS IT REAL?

IT'S NOT THAT I
DON'T BELIEVE YOU.

YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, I
DON'T TRUST ANYBODY, OKAY?

AND I ACTUALLY GOT
BURNED ON ONE OF THESE,

LIKE, 15 YEARS AGO.

- I THOUGHT YOU
WERE NEVER WRONG.

- THIS GUY'S STORY JUST
SEEMS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.

I GOT TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS.

THE ART WORLD IS FULL OF FAKES,

AND I DON'T WANT TO GET BURNED.

SO WHAT WERE YOU
LOOKING TO DO WITH IT?

- I'M LOOKING TO SELL IT.

- OKAY. HOW MUCH
DID YOU WANT FOR IT?

- $5,000.

- DO YOU MIND WAITING
A FEW MINUTES?

- NO. NOT AT ALL.

- LET ME GET THIS
THING CHECKED OUT.

I GOT A FRIEND.

HE'LL RUN RIGHT
DOWN HERE FOR THIS.

- SOUNDS GOOD.
- ALL RIGHT, THANKS.

I CAN'T BELIEVE A REMBRANDT
JUST WALKED IN MY STORE.

I CAN'T WAIT TO
GET IT CHECKED OUT.

- EARLIER TODAY, I
GOT A CALL FROM A GUY

SELLING A 1930s GRAND PIANO,

SO CHUM AND I ARE
GOING TO CHECK IT OUT.

SO WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?

- I'VE GOT A BALDWIN FOR SALE.

- ALEC OR BILLY?
- I'M NOT SURE WHICH ONE.

OH, HOWARD.

- YEAH, HOWARD.

I CALLED THE GUYS DOWN
FROM THE PAWN SHOP

TO SEE IF I COULD SELL
THEM A BABY GRAND PIANO.

IT'S A 1930s HOWARD BY BALDWIN.

IT SHOULD BE WORTH
QUITE A BIT OF MONEY.

I'M LOOKING TO GET ABOUT $1,500.

WE'LL SEE WHERE IT GOES.

- SO WHERE'D YOU GET IT?

- FROM A FRIEND.

THEIR MOTHER PASSED
AWAY AND LEFT AN ESTATE

AND LEFT ME TO GET RID OF IT.

WELL, IT'S GOT ALL IVORY
KEYS. THAT'S A GOOD THING.

BALDWIN HAS BEEN MAKING
PIANOS SINCE THE LATE 1800s.

THIS 1930s GRAND IS A CLASSIC,

ESPECIALLY ONE WITH
GENUINE IVORY KEYS.

NO ONE MAKES PIANOS
LIKE THAT ANYMORE.

HERE, CHUM. HOLD THAT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A
HOWARD BY BALDWIN.

THEY'RE LOWER-END PIANOS.

I MEAN, IT WAS STILL
EXPENSIVE FOR THE TIME,

BUT IT WASN'T AS
EXPENSIVE AS A BALDWIN.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
WHAT THIS THING WEIGHS?

- A LOT.
- 600, 700 POUNDS?

- YEAH.

- THIS WHOLE FRAME RIGHT HERE,

THIS IS ONE GIANT
PIECE OF CAST IRON.

WHEN THEY CASTED IT, IF IT
WASN'T PROPORTIONED RIGHT

AND EVERYTHING ELSE LIKE
THAT, IT WOULDN'T SOUND RIGHT.

WAY OUT OF TUNE.

BEING THIS OLD, IT'S
PROBABLY NOT TUNABLE.

THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM.

THAT A BIG THING, TO HAVE
ALL THESE STRINGS REPLACED.

MOST PEOPLE THINK THAT
PIANOS LAST FOREVER AND EVER.

NOT TRUE.

THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF
LITTLE PIECES THAT WEAR OUT,

AND THEY'RE VERY
EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE.

BUT IF THEY'RE IN
GOOD CONDITION,

THEY COULD BE
WORTH A LOT OF MONEY.

WHAT WERE YOU
LOOKING TO DO WITH IT?

- I WANT TO SELL IT.
- HOW MUCH YOU WANT FOR IT?

- I WAS LOOKING TO
GET ABOUT $1,500.

- THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.

SOME PIANOS GO UP IN VALUE.

THIS ONE, IF IT WAS A BALDWIN
AND IT WAS IN GREAT SHAPE,

IT WOULD BE WORTH A FORTUNE.

IT'S A HOWARD BY BALDWIN.

- WHAT'S THE BEST YOU CAN DO?

- I COULD GO, LIKE,
900 BUCKS ON IT.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT:

I'LL GIVE YOU 1,000
BUCKS IF YOU DELIVER IT,

$900 IF I GOT TO SEND MY
BOYS OUT HERE TO PICK IT UP.

- YEAH, 'CAUSE I DON'T
WANT TO LIFT THIS THING.

- YEAH, YOU'LL BE WITH THEM.

- I DON'T THINK YOU
SHOULD TAKE THE DEAL, MAN.

- WELL, HE'S GOT A PIANO.

- ALL RIGHT, DEAL.

I'LL HAVE MY BOYS COME
BY MONDAY TO PICK IT UP.

- ALL RIGHT, GREAT. THANK YOU.

- DAMN IT. ARE YOU SURE, DUDE?

- I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY
HOW MUCH THIS PIANO WEIGHS,

BUT IT'S A LOT.

AT LEAST I DON'T
HAVE TO MOVE IT.

WE'LL LEAVE IT UP
TO HIM AND HIS GUYS.

- EARLIER TODAY, A
GUY BROUGHT IN A HAT

THAT HE SAYS WAS WORN
BY JOHN WAYNE IN A MOVIE,

BUT HE DON'T HAVE NO PROOF,

SO I CALLED MY FRIEND MARK DOWN

TO COME AND LOOK AT IT.

- HOW YOU DOING, GUYS?

MY NAME IS MARK, AND I HAVE
A COMPANY HERE IN LAS VEGAS

CALLED WESTERN STAGE PROPS,

AND WE SPECIALIZE IN
SELLING PROPS TO THE MOVIES.

- THIS IS SUPPOSEDLY A HAT

THAT WAS WORN IN THE
MOVIES BY THE DUKE.

- WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT IT?

- WELL, I PURCHASED THIS HAT

FROM A SHOP IN
PRESCOTT, ARIZONA.

THIS WAS LABELED
AS JOHN WAYNE'S HAT,

EITHER FROM RIO
GRANDE OR RIO LOBO.

- RIO GRAND OR RIO
LOBO? 20 YEARS APART.

RIO GRAND E WAS MADE
IN 1950 IN BLACK-AND-WHITE.

JOHN WAYNE WORE
A LIGHT-COLORED HAT,

SO THIS HAT PROBABLY
WAS NOT IN RIO GRANDE.

WHEN YOU GET TO RIO LOBO.
HE WORE THREE DIFFERENT HATS.

FIRST HE WAS A NORTHERN
MILITARY OFFICER

WEARING A DARK BLUE HAT,

AND THE BROCADE ON THE
FRONT HERE, OR THE TASSELS,

WERE IN A DARK COLOR.

AND IN ALL THE HATS
THAT WERE IN THAT MOVIE,

NONE OF THEM HAD THESE
VENT HOLES ON THE SIDE.

- OKAY.

- ONE OF THE RED FLAGS I SEE

IS THAT IT'S LISTED
IN HERE AS 7 1/8.

JOHN WAYNE'S HAT SIZE
WAS LARGER THAN THIS.

- WHAT ABOUT THE TAG FROM
THE WARDROBE DEPARTMENT?

- YOU COULD WRITE
A DOZEN OF THESE UP,

PUT 'EM IN A DOZEN HATS.

IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE.

YOU CAN'T PURCHASE
SOMETHING ON THE LEGEND.

YOU GOT TO HAVE
SOME FACTS BEHIND IT.

- THE ONLY THING I CAN GO BY

IS THE CONVERSATION I HAD
WITH THE GENTLEMAN BACK THEN.

- THING IS, WE HAVE TO
HAVE SOME DOCUMENTATION.

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.

CHAIN OF OWNERSHIP IS
THE KEY TO THE VALUE OF IT.

OTHER THAN THAT,
IT'S JUST A USED HAT.

- I APPRECIATE
YOU BRINGING IT IN.

IT'S A VERY INTERESTING PIECE,

THAT'S THE BIG $64 QUESTION.

AFTER TALKING TO MARK,

I'M 90% CERTAIN
THIS AIN'T DUKE'S HAT,

IT WASN'T A PROP,

AND THAT GUY AT THAT
STORE LIED TO YOU.

- OKAY. WELL, I APPRECIATE
YOU LOOKING AT IT.

- THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
- THANK YOU.

THEIR STAND IS,

THERE'S NO WAY
TO AUTHENTICATE IT.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN A HAT

THAT PERHAPS DUKE
DIDN'T LIKE HIMSELF

AND SO HE SWITCHED
TO ANOTHER HAT.

- WHAT YOU GOT
THERE, YOUNG LADY?

- I'VE GOT MY 1950s
MUSICAL JOLLY CHIMP.

- CHUMLEE, I JUST FOUND
YOUR FIRST COUSIN.

- I DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY

TO SELL MY 1950s
MUSICAL JOLLY CHIMP.

THE GRANDCHILDREN ARE
SCARED TO DEATH OF IT.

THEY RUN AWAY FROM IT,

SO WE JUST DECIDED
WE WANTED TO SELL IT.

I'M HOPING TO SELL THE
MONKEY TODAY FOR $100,

BUT I GUESS I'LL TAKE
$75 IF HE OFFERS IT TO ME.

- SO WHERE'D YOU
ACQUIRE THIS, YOUNG LADY?

- IT WAS A TOY THAT MY
HUSBAND BOUGHT YEARS AGO.

- I KNOW A LOT ABOUT
THESE TOYS FROM THIS ERA.

THEY'RE ALL OUT OF THE '50s.

THERE'S A LOT OF ENGINEERING
THAT WENT INTO MAKING THIS TOY.

NOW IT'S ALL ELECTRONICS.

THIS CHIMP TOY IS A CLASSIC.

BACK IN THE '50s AND '60s, A
LOT OF COMPANIES MADE 'EM.

THE BEST ONES
WERE MADE IN JAPAN.

THEY WERE BUILT RIGHT, SO
A LOT OF THEM STILL WORK,

NOT LIKE TOYS NOW THAT
BREAK WITHIN TWO WEEKS.

DOES IT STILL WORK?

- OH, YEAH, IT
WORKS REALLY GOOD.

CHUMLEE!

- OH, MY GOD. I GOT
A DAMN MIGRAINE.

MAN, IF THAT AIN'T
ART IMITATING LIFE...

AND I'M USING THE
WORD "ART" LOOSELY.

BUT COLLECTORS
LOVE THESE THINGS,

AND IT'S IN PERFECT CONDITION.

IT'S IN THE ORIGINAL BOX,

AND I DEFINITELY WANT TO BUY IT,

AS LONG AS I CAN KEEP
IT AWAY FROM CHUMLEE.

SO WHAT DO YOU WANT TO
DO WITH THIS, YOUNG LADY?

YOU WANT TO SELL IT, PAWN IT?

- I WANT TO SELL IT.

- HOW MUCH MONEY ARE YOU
TRYING TO GET FOR THE CHIMP?

- I'D LIKE TO GET ABOUT $100.

- WELL...

I'LL BE HONEST WITH
YOU, YOUNG LADY.

I HAVE NO PROBLEMS
WHATSOEVER PAYING $100 FOR THIS.

I DON'T WANT TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF YOU.

IF YOU WANTED, I
COULD GO UP TO $150.

- YOU'LL GO UP? WOW.

- I THINK I COULD
GET $300 FOR IT.

I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE
PAYING YOU $100

FOR SOMETHING THAT I'M
GONNA MAKE THAT MUCH OUT OF.

IF YOU WANT TO SELL IT,
THAT'S WHAT I CAN PAY.

- THAT'S GREAT.
- IT'S KIND OF A NEAT TOY.

- THAT'S GREAT.

- CHUMLEE, GO WRITE IT UP,

AND IF I CATCH YOU
PLAYING WITH IT,

YOU'RE DEAD.

- I WAS EXPECTING
HIM TO GO, LIKE,

"WELL, YOU KNOW,
GO $75," OR WHATEVER,

BUT TO SAY HE WAS GONNA
GIVE ME MORE MONEY,

THAT WAS A SHOCK.

- HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?

- GOOD. HOW YOU DOING?

- ALL RIGHT.

- GOT SOMETHING HERE THAT
YOU'VE PROBABLY NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

1977, GAME SIX, WORLD
SERIES, YANKEES-DODGERS.

REGGIE JACKSON HIT
THE THREE HOME RUNS.

I WAS AT THE GAME.

THIS IS THE BLEACHER SEAT,
THE RIGHT-FIELD BLEACHER SEAT.

- A SEAT.
- A SEAT.

- I DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY

TO SELL MY 1977 YANKEE
STADIUM ORIGINAL BLEACHER SEAT.

IT'S AN HISTORIC GAME.

REGGIE JACKSON
HIT THREE HOME RUNS

ON THREE FIRST PITCHES.

$1,000 IS ABOUT THE
MINIMUM I WOULD TAKE FOR IT.

IN THE TOP OF THE
NINTH, ALL OF A SUDDEN,

YOU KNOW, WE'RE STANDING UP,

AND SOMEBODY WAS
PULLING THE SEATS OUT.

AND I'M LIKE, "WHOA,
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"

HE GOES, "IS THIS YOUR SEAT?"

I SAID, "YEAH, WHAT
ARE YOU DOING?"

HE SAID, "HERE, HERE YOU GO."

AFTER THE GAME, I
JUMPED ON THE FIELD.

THAT'S ME GETTING
HIT BY REGGIE JACKSON

AFTER HE HIT THE
THREE HOME RUNS.

GOT THE SEAT, PUT
IT AWAY FOR 33 YEARS,

AND HERE WE ARE.

- SO WHAT WAS IT LIKE GETTING
HIT BY REGGIE JACKSON?

- HE WAS A TRAIN TRYING
TO GET OFF THAT FIELD.

- REGGIE JACKSON
IS A HALL OF FAMER

WHO'S GOT FIVE
WORLD SERIES RINGS.

HE WAS SO GOOD
IN THE POSTSEASON,

HE EARNED THE
TITLE "MR. OCTOBER."

IN '77, THEY TORE OUT
ALL THE BLEACHER SEATS

AT THE END OF THE SEASON.

- THEY DID?
- YES.

THAT'S PROBABLY WHY THE
ONE GUY WAS TEARING IT OUT

AND NO ONE WAS SAYING ANYTHING.

- YOU CAN BUY AN ENTIRE
ROW OF YANKEE SEATS

AND PUT 'EM IN YOUR
HOUSE IF YOU WANT TO.

- THERE ARE THOUSANDS
AND THOUSANDS OUT THERE.

- THERE'S A LOT OF SPORTS
MEMORABILIA OUT THERE

THAT HAS A LOT OF
SENTIMENTAL VALUE

BUT JUST ISN'T WORTH THAT MUCH.

SINCE THIS ISN'T SIGNED OR
TIED TO A SPECIFIC PLAYER,

IT'S JUST A SEAT.

- SO WHAT DID YOU
WANT TO DO WITH THIS?

- I WANTED TO SELL IT.
- OKAY. UM...

- MAKE ME AN OFFER
I CAN'T REFUSE.

- I'D GIVE YOU, LIKE,
75 BUCKS FOR IT.

I CAN REFUSE THAT.

- IT'S GOT TO BE WORTH
A LITTLE BIT... YOU KNOW.

- I MEAN, IT'S... HOW MUCH DID
YOU WANT TO GET OUT OF IT?

- I WANTED TO GET $1,000.

- IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
YOU KNOW, I CAN GO ONLINE.

I COULD BUY THEM A
LOT CHEAPER THAN THAT.

- COULD YOU REALLY? OKAY.

- THE PROBLEM, IT SEEMS,
BOSS, IS THAT YOU GOT

WAY TOO MUCH SENTIMENTAL
VALUE TIED UP IN THIS,

AND THERE'S NOT ENOUGH
HARD VALUE THERE.

- I KNOW YOU WERE THERE
WHEN ALL THAT HAPPENED.

IT DOESN'T MAKE THE
SEAT WORTH MORE.

WELL, THANKS FOR BRINGING IT IN.

- THANK YOU.
- THANKS, BUDDY.

- WHAT I'LL PROBABLY
DO WITH THE SEAT

IS GIVE IT TO A GOOD
FRIEND OF MINE.

HE HAS A SPORTS
BAR AND RESTAURANT.

I'LL LET HIM HANG
THE SEAT THERE,

AND PEOPLE CAN CHECK IT OUT.

- EARLIER TODAY, A
GUY CAME IN MY SHOP

WITH A REMBRANDT ETCHING
HE BOUGHT FOR TEN BUCKS

AT A GARAGE SALE.

THE STORY JUST SOUNDS
WAY TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE,

SO I CALLED IN MY BUDDY
BRETT TO HAVE HIM CHECK IT OUT.

- HEY, CHUMLEE. GOOD
TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

I'M A FINE ART APPRAISER

WITH ART ENCOUNTER
HERE IN LAS VEGAS,

AND I SPECIALIZE IN FINE ART.

WHENEVER THE GUYS
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS

ABOUT AN ARTWORK'S
PROVENANCE OR QUALITY

OR AUTHENTICITY,

THEY ALWAYS CALL ME IN.

THIS IS A PIECE CALLED

CHRIST AND THE
WOMAN FROM SAMARIA.

THE SAMARIAN WOMAN

WHO WAS DRAWING
WATER FROM THE WELL

TOOK SOME TIME AND
VISITED WITH JESUS,

AND JESUS USED THE
WELL AS A METAPHOR,

SAYING, "IF YOU CONTINUE
TO DRINK FROM THIS WELL,

"YOU'LL GO THIRSTY,

BUT IF YOU DRINK
FROM MY WELL"...

MEANING MY WELL OF
KNOWLEDGE AND TEACHINGS...

"YOU'LL NEVER GO THIRSTY AGAIN."

REMBRANDT'S INCREDIBLE.

I MEAN, WITHOUT A DOUBT,
THE BEST DUTCH ARTIST

IN THE HISTORY OF ART,

A MASTER OF A LOT
OF DIFFERENT MEDIA.

JUST ONE OF A KIND.

WELL, IT'S DEFINITELY
A REMBRANDT IMAGE,

BUT YOU WOULDN'T HAVE CALLED ME

IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE
SOME CONCERNS.

- YEAH, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT STATE IT IS.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW
IF IT'S THE FIRST STATE

OR, LIKE, THE 50
MILLIONTH STATE.

IT'S A REMBRANDT.

- YEAH, AND AS YOU KNOW,

THAT'S THE PROBLEM WE GET
INTO WITH REMBRANDT ETCHINGS

IS, THE ETCHING PLATE

SURVIVED A LOT LONGER
THAN REMBRANDT DID.

NOBODY REALLY KNOWS, NOT
EVEN THE REMBRANDT EXPERTS,

EXACTLY HOW MANY
OF A PARTICULAR IMAGE

WERE PRODUCED.

SO LET ME TAKE A
CLOSER LOOK AT IT

UNDER A MAGNIFYING GLASS.

REMBRANDT'S SIGNATURE
IS IN JESUS' CLOAK THERE,

BUT IT'S VERY, VERY FAINT.

ETCHING PLATES
ARE ONLY GONNA LAST

A CERTAIN AMOUNT
OF PRESS PRINTINGS.

AFTER ABOUT 50, THEY
DETERIORATE A LITTLE BIT.

AFTER ANOTHER 100, THEY'RE
PRETTY MUCH USELESS.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IS,

YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT'S
CALLED RESTRIKE THE ETCHING.

YOU HAVE TO CLEAN IT OUT,

SOMETIMES ENHANCE
THE GROOVES, TOUCH IT UP,

AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THIS TELLS ME THAT IT WASN'T A
RESTRIKE ETCHING, NECESSARILY,

BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T TRY
TO ENHANCE THE GROOVES,

BUT THE FACT THAT IT'S
A VERY FAINT IMPRESSION

LEADS ME TO BELIEVE
THAT IT'S PROBABLY

A VERY LATE THIRD
STATE AT THE EARLIEST.

- SO, BRETT, WHAT DO
YOU THINK IT'S WORTH?

- I'VE SEEN OTHER
ETCHINGS FROM THIS STATE

SELL FOR RIGHT AROUND $3,000.

- THAT'S... REASONABLE.

- YOU GOT A NICE PIECE HERE.

- THANKS, BRETT.

- HEY, YEAH, THANKS
FOR HAVING ME IN.

- SO HOW MUCH DO
YOU WANT FOR IT NOW?

- WELL, SINCE BRETT
SAID ABOUT $3,000...

- WELL, WE KNOW THAT'S
NOT GONNA HAPPEN.

- IT WAS WORTH A SHOT.
- OKAY.

- WILL YOU GO A GRAND ON IT?

- UH, MIGHT GO ABOUT $1,500.

- YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT
IT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.

I'M A PAWN SHOP IN
DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS.

I'M NOT AN ART
GALLERY ON THE STRIP.

- RIGHT.

- 1,200 BUCKS IS WHAT I CAN DO.

I CAN'T GO NO MORE.

- NOT EVEN $1,300?

- NOT $1,300.

- YOU DEFINITELY
DRIVE A HARD BARGAIN.

I SAY WE HAVE A DEAL.

- OKAY, 1,200 BUCKS.

WANT TO GO WRITE HIM UP?

- CAN I TOUCH IT?

- NO.

YOU GO WRITE HIM UP.

I'LL PUT IT AWAY.

- HE SEEMED PRETTY
FIRM ON HIS PRICE.

I AM A LITTLE BIT DISAPPOINTED
AT WHAT I GOT FOR IT,

BUT HE'S GOT TO
MAKE HIS MONEY TOO.

- STUPID CHIMP.