Pawn Stars (2009–…): Season 3, Episode 16 - Packing Heat - full transcript
Rick considers some pricey classics: a 1962 Cadillac Fleetwood and a set of World Series rings. But a pair of cigarette lighter raises eyebrows and hands.
Male announcer: ON THIS
EPISODE OF PAWN STARS...
- IT'S A 1962 CADILLAC.
- OH, MAN, THIS IS SICK.
- YOU'D LOOK LIKE A
KINGPIN DRIVING THIS.
- CAN YOU OPEN UP THE HOOD?
- SURE.
- START IT UP.
- CAME HERE TO TODAY TO HAVE
YOU TAKE A LOOK AT MY PIGGY COOK.
- HEY, THAT'S NEAT.
- THIS CAN COOK BACON AND EGGS.
- BACON?
IS HE A CANNIBAL OR SOMETHING?
- CHECK THESE OUT.
DON'T POINT YOUR GUN AT ME.
- SORRY ABOUT THAT.
- COUPLE OF WISE GUYS, HUH?
- HOW YOU DOIN'?
- 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.
- HOW YOU DOING, YOUNG LADY?
- GOOD. HOW ARE YOU DOING?
- I'M HERE.
- GOOD.
I CAME HERE TODAY TO HAVE YOU
TAKE A LOOK AT MY PIGGY COOK.
- OKAY.
- MY DAD GAVE ME THIS.
HE'S HAD IT ABOUT 20 YEARS.
THIS PIG CAN COOK BACON
AND EGGS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
- BACON?
IS HE A CANNIBAL OR SOMETHING?
- CHUMLEE, IT'S A
TOY, FOR GOD SAKES.
- HE'S JUST COOKING THE BACON.
- I WONDER IF IT'S HIS FRIEND.
- I DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO TRY TO SELL MY PIGGY COOK.
HE HAS SALT AND
PEPPER AND A FRYING PAN,
AND HE CAN COOK
TWO EGGS AT ONE TIME.
I'M NOT LOOKING TO TAKE ANY
LESS THAN $300 FOR IT TODAY.
I MEAN, WHO CAN'T LOVE
A PIG COOKING EGGS?
- HEY, THAT'S NEAT.
NORMALLY ON TOYS
LIKE THIS, OLD ONES,
THE SMALL PARTS ARE MISSING.
THIS ONE HERE SEEMS TO BE
COMPLETE FROM THE WORD "GO."
UH-OH.
- YOU LIKE IT, DON'T YOU?
- IT'S REALLY KIND OF NEAT.
THIS PIECE IS GREAT.
IT'S NEARLY IN
PERFECT CONDITION,
AND IT WORKS.
THIS IS THE TYPE OF TOY TO
KEEP ME ENTERTAINED ALL DAY.
AND I LOVE BACON AND EGGS.
- SO WE HAVE TWO EGGS AND
THE BACON ON THE OTHER SIDE.
AND IT'S IN THE ORIGINAL
BOX FROM THE EARLY 1950s.
- I WOULD SAY LATE '50s.
AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE
WAS A LOT OF ENGINEERING
WENT INTO THESE THINGS.
TO MAKE THIS THING
MOVE LIKE IT MOVES...
AND THEN THE FLIP, LIKE I SAY,
IT'S REALLY NEAT.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO
DO WITH IT, YOUNG LADY?
YOU WANT TO PAWN IT, SELL IT?
- I'M LOOKING TO SELL IT TODAY
BECAUSE IT JUST
SITS IN THE CLOSET.
- OH, OKAY.
WHAT ARE YOU TRYING
TO GET OUT OF IT?
- WELL, I'VE DONE MY RESEARCH,
AND I KNOW WITH ALL THE
PARTS AND THE ORIGINAL BOX,
I'D GO FOR ABOUT $350.
- YEAH, WELL, THAT'S RETAIL,
AND I DON'T PAY RETAIL.
I'LL GIVE YOU $200 FOR IT.
- I THINK IT'S WORTH
MORE THAN THAT.
I MEAN, HAVE YOU SEEN
ONE OF THESE BEFORE?
- NOPE, AND PROBABLY
NEVER SEE ANOTHER ONE.
- SO $250?
I MEAN, IT'D LOOK GREAT.
- I'LL SPLIT IT WITH YOU, $225.
- IS THAT THE BEST YOU CAN DO?
- THAT'S THE BOTTOM
LINE, YOUNG LADY.
IT'S A NEAT PIECE,
AND I'D LOVE TO HAVE IT
SITTING AROUND THE STORE.
IT TAKES A SPECIALIZED
BUYER FOR THIS STUFF.
- WELL...
UM...
I'LL DO THAT.
- ALL RIGHT, THANK
YOU, YOUNG LADY.
- THANK YOU.
- CHUMLEE, GO DO THE PAPERWORK.
- I'LL LEAVE THIS HERE
FOR YOU TO PLAY WITH IT.
I KNOW YOU LIKE IT.
- ALL RIGHT, I'LL PLAY WITH IT.
YOU'RE A CUTE LITTLE PIG.
- HEY, WHAT CAN I HELP YOU WITH?
- I'M LOOKING TO SELL
MY 1990s ATLANTA BRAVES
WORLD SERIES RINGS.
- YOU A BRAVES FAN?
- TIGERS, ACTUALLY.
- POOR GUY.
- I ALSO ROOT FOR THE LIONS.
- SO YOU KNOW WHAT
IT'S LIKE TO LOSE?
- I DECIDED TO COME DOWN
TO THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO TRY AND SELL MY COLLECTION
OF '90s ATLANTA BRAVES
CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS.
THEY'RE ALL FROM THE
EXACT SAME STAFF MEMBER.
I'M LOOKING TO SELL THEM
FOR UPWARDS OF $48,000.
- SO WHERE DID YOU GET THESE?
- I WOULD PREFER NOT TO SAY.
- I HATE WHEN PEOPLE DO THAT.
- I ALWAYS WANT TO KNOW
WHERE THINGS COME FROM.
BUT I CAN SEE WHY SOMEONE
WOULD BE SECRETIVE
ABOUT SELLING HIS
WORLD SERIES RINGS,
ESPECIALLY IF HE STILL
WORKS FOR THE TEAM.
- SORRY.
- OKAY, WELL, I GOT
TO HAVE SOME STORY.
- I BOUGHT THEM OFF
THE ORIGINAL OWNER.
- BUT THEY'RE ALL
LEGIT AND EVERYTHING?
, I HAVE SOME
PAPERWORK IF YOU WANT.
- OH, OKAY. THEY'RE
ALL STAFF RINGS, RIGHT?
- CORRECT.
- CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS
ARE ABOUT AS RARE
AS SPORTS MEMORABILIA GETS.
THE '90s ATLANTA
BRAVES ARE SELLABLE
BECAUSE THEY DOMINATED
THE ENTIRE DECADE.
DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT THE RINGS OR...
- I KNOW THAT HAVING
A SET IS UNIQUE.
- IT'S NOT THAT UNCOMMON,
ESPECIALLY FOR STAFF RINGS.
- MM-HMM.
- 'CAUSE THE GUYS ON THE
STAFF AREN'T LIKE THE PLAYERS,
WHO ARE TRADED
EVERY THREE YEARS,
THESE GUYS THAT CAN
WORK THERE 10, 15 YEARS.
THIS IS THE TYPE OF COLLECTION
THAT BASEBALL FANATICS
WILL WAIT THEIR
ENTIRE LIFE TO FIND.
EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE STAFF
RINGS AND NOT PLAYER RINGS,
THEY'RE STILL
HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE.
SO WE HAVE ONE WORLD SERIES
AND FOUR NATIONAL LEAGUE
CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS, OKAY.
AND THEY'RE ALL
TEN-KARAT JOSTENS.
JOSTENS IS A COMPANY
THAT MAKES EVERYTHING
FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND
COLLEGE CLASS RINGS
TO SUPER BOWL RINGS.
THEY USUALLY HAVE THAT
CLASSIC SCHOOL RING LOOK,
NOT LIKE A LOT OF
THE FLASHY STUFF
A LOT OF COMPANIES
ARE PUTTING OUT NOW.
IT REALLY WASN'T LIKE
2001 WHEN THE PATRIOTS
WENT REALLY OVERBOARD
WITH THEIR SUPER BOWL RING.
UP UNTIL THAT POINT,
THEY STILL BASICALLY
LOOKED LIKE CLASS RINGS.
NOWADAYS THEY'RE
JUST STRAIGHT-UP BLING.
SO HOW MUCH ARE YOU
LOOKING TO GET OUT OF THESE?
- I'M LOOKING TO GET
ABOUT $42,000 TO $45,000.
- WE'RE NOT EVEN CLOSE.
- NO?
- NOT EVEN IN THE SAME BALLPARK.
BADOOM-TCH.
THESE RIGHT HERE
ARE, LIKE, $3,000 APIECE.
- OKAY.
- WORLD SERIES RING...
$8,000.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING $20,000.
I MEAN, YOU'VE SEEN THE PRICE
OF BASEBALL MEMORABILIA LATELY?
- YEAH, I HAVE.
- THESE AREN'T EXEMPT.
- SO $20,000 TOTAL IS
EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN OFFER?
- YES.
IS THERE ANY WAY
YOU COULD, SAY, GET TO,
LIKE, $30,000, $31,000?
- I'LL GO, LIKE,
$22,000, $22,000 TOTAL.
- $29,000?
- $22,000.
I MEAN, EVEN THAT SCARES ME.
I... REMEMBER, I HAVE
TO SELL THESE THINGS,
AND THEY'RE NOT
SELLING RIGHT NOW.
- I MEAN, YOU'RE RUNNING
A BUSINESS. I UNDERSTAND.
IT'S JUST NOW WHAT I
COULD PART WITH THEM FOR.
- THEY'RE COOL
RINGS. I LIKE THEM.
BUT FOR $29,000, I DON'T
LIKE THEM THAT MUCH.
I'M SORRY. I JUST CAN'T DO IT.
- SORRY WE COULDN'T MAKE A DEAL.
- ALL RIGHT.
- I FELT THAT THE
OFFER OF $22,000
WAS PROBABLY FAIRLY
REASONABLE FOR THE TIMES,
BUT I'M JUST GONNA
HOLD ON TO THE RINGS,
AND WHEN THE
ECONOMY BOUNCES BACK,
I'M SURE I'LL BE ABLE
TO RECOUP SOME MONEY
AND ACTUALLY TURN
A PROFIT ON THEM.
- EARLIER, I GOT A
CALL FROM A GUY
WANTING TO SELL A VINTAGE CAR.
SO COREY AND I ARE ON OUR
WAY TO GO SEE WHAT HE'S GOT.
OH, MAN, THIS IS SICK.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL
ME ABOUT THIS THING?
- IT'S 1962 CADILLAC FLEETWOOD.
AND YOU DON'T
SEE A CAR LIKE THIS
CRUISING AROUND VEGAS AT ALL.
- YEAH, MAN, IT
LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING
THE MUNSTERS WOULD
HAVE ROLLED AROUND IN.
- I CALLED THE GUYS
FROM THE PAWN SHOP
BECAUSE I WANTED
TO SELL MY '62 CADDY.
I WANT TO SELL IT
BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE
ENOUGH TIME TO WORK ON IT
OR THE SPACE TO GET IT IN
THE GARAGE 'CAUSE IT'S SO BIG.
I'D LIKE TO GET BETWEEN
$5,000 AND $8,000 OUT OF IT.
- SO WHERE DID
YOU GET THIS THING?
- I BOUGHT IT FROM A NEIGHBOR
ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO.
- CADILLACS ARE COOL.
IT WAS THE
QUINTESSENTIAL LUXURY CAR.
- BEST OF THE BEST.
- THE CADILLAC OF CARS.
- YEAH, IT WAS THE
CADILLAC OF CARS.
CADILLAC HAS BEEN
MAKING LIMOS SINCE 1906.
THE FIRST U.S.
PRESIDENT TO HAVE A LIMO
WAS WILLIAM HOWARD
TAFT BACK IN 1908.
BUT THIS '62 FLEETWOOD,
MUCH MORE MOBSTER
THAN PRESIDENTIAL.
IT IS BADASS.
- IF YOU ROLLED UP TO
ANY CASINO IN VEGAS,
YOU'D LOOK LIKE A
KINGPIN DRIVING THIS.
IF YOU ROLLED UP IN ONE
OF THE NEWER LIMOUSINES,
YOU'RE JUST ANYBODY.
- THEY'RE GREAT CARS.
THEY'RE SORT OF COOL.
THEY'RE SORT OF COMING BACK.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT
MOTOR IT'S GOT IN IT?
- IT'S GOT A 390.
- DOES IT GOT AIR?
- IT'S GOT FACTORY AIR,
BUT IT DOESN'T WORK.
- OKAY, SO IT'S SORT OF GOT AIR.
DOES IT GOT RUST?
- IT'S GOT A LITTLE BIT OF RUST
AROUND THE BACK WINDOW.
IT'S BEEN SITTING
OUTSIDE ITS WHOLE LIFE.
- I MEAN, I CAN TELL
YOU RIGHT NOW,
THE GUY WHO DID THE
EXISTING BODYWORK
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
THE HELL HE WAS DOING.
I MEAN, NOTHING'S
LINED UP RIGHT.
YOU GOT PAINTED-OVER
RUST RIGHT THERE.
SO BASICALLY, THE
PRIMER YOU GOT ON HERE,
A LOT OF IT'S GOT TO COME OFF.
MAYBE THIS CADDY
HAS SEEN BETTER DAYS,
BUT I HAVE HAD A LOT OF LUCK IN
THE PAST RESTORING OLD CARS.
SO I'M ALWAYS LOOKING
FOR A NEW PROJECT,
JUST AS LONG AS IT
DOESN'T TAKE UP TOO MUCH
OF MY TIME AND MONEY.
YOU MIND IF I LOOK INSIDE?
- SURE, GO AHEAD.
- I MEAN, IT'S COOL.
IT LOOKS JUST LIKE
THE OLD MAN'S CADILLAC.
CAN YOU OPEN UP THE HOOD?
- SURE.
- START IT UP.
YEAH, GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OFF.
- HOW DOES IT SOUND, GUYS?
- WELL, IT'S GOT A
LITTLE TICK TO IT.
YOU'VE OBVIOUSLY NEVER
HAD THIS THING TUNED UP.
- NO.
- OKAY.
I MEAN, THE ENGINE SOUNDS GOOD,
BUT LIKE I SAID, IT
PROBABLY NEEDS A TUNE-UP.
I'D REALLY LIKE TO GET
SOMEONE OVER HERE,
AND I WANT HIM TO
LOOK AT THIS RUST,
SEE HOW BAD IT IS.
- THAT'S FINE.
- ALL RIGHT, LET ME GET
MY BUDDY OVER HERE.
I'LL HAVE HIM TAKE A LOOK AT IT,
AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT, SEE
IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING.
- ALL RIGHT, THANKS, GUYS.
- WHAT'S GOING ON, GUYS?
- HEY, HOW YOU DOIN'?
- HOW'S IT GOING, GUYS?
- CHECK THESE OUT.
- HOLY.
DON'T POINT YOUR GUN AT ME.
- SORRY ABOUT THAT.
THEY'RE CIGARETTE LIGHTERS.
- THEY'RE CIGARETTE LIGHTERS?
- YEAH, THEY'RE SAFE.
- COUPLE OF WISE GUYS, HUH?
- WHERE'D YOU COME
ACROSS THEM AT?
- THEY WERE GIVEN TO ME.
IT WAS A BUNCH OF STUFF
THAT I HAD TO DISPOSE OF,
AND WHEN I WENT
THROUGH THE STUFF,
THESE WERE THERE,
AND I KEPT THEM.
- WHY DID YOU HAVE
TO GET RID OF THEM?
THEY HAVE FINGERPRINTS ON THEM?
- WHAT ARE YOU, A CLOWN?
I DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY ANTIQUE
PISTOL CIGARETTE LIGHTERS.
YOU PULL THE TRIGGER.
INSTEAD OF A BULLET,
A FLAME COMES OUT.
I'M HOPING TO SELL THEM FOR A
COUPLE OF HUNDRED DOLLARS.
I HAVE NO USE FOR THEM,
AND MY WIFE SAYS
THEY'RE DUST COLLECTORS.
- SO WHAT CAN YOU TELL
ME ABOUT THESE, MAN?
- THEY LIGHT CIGARETTES.
- DO THEY WORK?
- THAT, I DON'T KNOW.
THAT... YOU JUST
PULLED THE TRIGGER,
SO IF YOU PULLED THE
TRIGGER, YOU BOUGHT IT.
- THE GUNS ARE
COOL. THEY'RE OLD.
I REMEMBER,
GROWING UP IN THE '60s,
I SAW THESE A LOT.
COULD YOU IMAGINE
HOW COOL THAT IS?
YOU'RE DRESSED
IN YOUR WHITE TUX,
AND YOU PULL THIS OUT,
LIGHT YOUR CIGARETTE.
HOW YOU DOIN'?
- THIS ONE'S MADE BY PENGUIN.
I'VE NEVER HEARD OF IT.
- THAT'S THE VILLAIN
FROM BATMAN.
- THAT'S FUNNY.
- YEAH, YOU'RE FUNNY.
YOU'RE A FUNNY GUY.
- THIS IS MADE BY ROHM.
THEY STILL MAKE
THESE TODAY, ACTUALLY.
- THOSE GUNS LOOK REAL.
- A LITTLE PIECE
OF ADVICE, GUYS:
I WOULDN'T WALK AROUND
CARRYING THESE IN YOUR HANDS.
COPS MIGHT MISTAKE
THESE FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
A LOT OF STATES OUTLAW THESE
BECAUSE THEY LOOK LIKE FIREARMS.
SO THE VALUE ON
THESE IS ONLY GOING UP.
I DEFINITELY WANT THESE IF
THIS GUY'S WILLING TO DEAL.
WHAT DID YOU WANT
TO DO WITH THEM?
DID YOU WANT TO PAWN
THEM OR SELL THEM?
- SELL THEM.
- HOW MUCH WERE
YOU LOOKING TO GET?
- $5,000 APIECE.
- $5,000 APIECE? I'LL PASS.
- MAKE ME AN OFFER.
- LIKE I SAID, GUYS, THEY'RE
NOT THAT UNCOMMON.
THEY'RE NOT REALLY
THAT COLLECTIBLE.
YOUR PENGUIN'S REALLY NOT
NEARLY AS COOL AS THE ROHM.
SO WHAT DO YOU WANT
FOR THEM, REALISTICALLY?
- GIVE ME $100 APIECE.
I DROVE ALL THE WAY FROM
NEW YORK WITH THESE THINGS.
I COULD HAVE BEEN PULLED OVER.
- AT LEAST YOU WOULD
HAVE HAD A LIGHT.
- HE'S A COMEDIAN.
- I'LL GIVE YOU
$100 FOR THE PAIR.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- I DON'T KNOW. IT'S UP TO YOU.
THEY'RE YOURS.
- GIVE ME $150.
- HOW ABOUT $75?
I'LL TAKE THE $100.
- SOUND GOOD? ALL
RIGHT, LET'S MAKE A DEAL.
- SOUNDS LIKE A BETTER DEAL.
- THOSE GUYS ARE REALLY CHEAP.
THEY ONLY GAVE ME
100 BUCKS FOR THEM.
I THOUGHT THEY MIGHT HAVE
BEEN WORTH AT LEAST $200 EACH.
BUT IT IS WHAT IT
IS, AND THAT'S THAT.
- HEY, WHAT CAN I HELP YOU WITH?
- I GOT A COUPLE
OF UNUSUAL ITEMS
THAT I PICKED UP
OUT OF A YARD SALE.
YOU KNOW, THEY KIND OF
LOOK LIKE PUPPETS TO ME.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- I LOVE PUPPETS.
LET'S DO A PUPPET SHOW, RICK.
- I DON'T THINK SO.
- I CAME DOWN TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY POLITICAL DOLLS.
I KNOW THAT'S ABRAHAM
LINCOLN AND A SLAVE.
I PAID $75 FOR THE PAIR,
AND I'M WANTING $500 FOR THEM.
- THESE ARE OLD.
LINCOLN AND...
SOMETHING THAT'S NOT
VERY POLITICALLY CORRECT.
- YEAH, SLAVES.
- YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THEM?
- NOT, NOT REALLY.
I BOUGHT THESE AT A YARD SALE.
AND I'VE ALWAYS
LIKED LINCOLN STUFF.
I THOUGHT THERE WAS A
LITTLE MONEY TO BE MADE.
I FLIP A FEW THINGS ALSO.
- OKAY.
- WHAT ARE THESE THINGS?
- BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR,
THERE WAS PRO-SLAVERY
AND THERE WAS ANTI-SLAVERY
ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
AND THE DOLLS COULD BE USED
TO REPRESENT EITHER ONE OF THEM.
- KIND OF LIKE A CARTOON?
- YEAH, THEY'D HAVE
LITTLE PUPPET SHOWS
WITH THESE THINGS ON STICKS,
AND DEPENDING WHERE
YOU WERE AT IN THE COUNTRY
IS DEPENDING ON HOW
THEY WOULD BE PORTRAYED.
THESE DOLLS ARE
THE 1800s EQUIVALENT
OF TODAY'S POLITICAL ATTACK ADS.
THE FACT THAT THEY
MAY HAVE BEEN USED
BY THE PRO-SLAVERY
MOVEMENT IS A LITTLE UNSETTLING,
BUT THEY'RE A VALUABLE
PIECE OF AMERICAN HISTORY.
THEY APPEAR TO BE WOOD
AND FABRIC FROM THE PERIOD.
THEY'RE ALL HAND-STITCHED.
MY BEST GUESS IS
PROBABLY PRE-CIVIL WAR.
THEY'RE NEAT,
THEY'RE INTERESTING,
BUT...
I COULDN'T OFFER
YOU A FAIR PRICE
UNTIL I FOUND MORE ABOUT THEM.
- OKAY.
- DO YOU MIND IF I
CALL A BUDDY OF MINE
WHO KNOWS A LOT MORE
ABOUT THIS STUFF THAN I DO?
- SURE.
- LET ME GET HIM DOWN HERE.
AND WE'LL CHECK IT OUT.
- FAIR ENOUGH.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD
TO AN EXPERT COMING IN
AND TAKING A LOOK
AT THESE DOLLS.
THESE ARE NOT TOYS.
THEY'RE SERIOUS ITEMS.
AND I HOPE THEY'RE WORTH
SOME SERIOUS MONEY.
- EARLIER TODAY, COREY
AND I CHECKED OUT
A 1962 CADILLAC LIMO.
I'M A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT
THE CONDITION OF THE BODY,
SO I'M HAVING MY BUDDY DANNY
COME AND LOOK IT OVER FOR ME.
- YOU COULDN'T HAVE PULLED UP IN
A WORK TRUCK OR SOMETHING, HUH?
- WELL, YOU KNOW,
I LIKE TO BE SUBTLE.
I'M DANNY KOKER.
EVERYBODY CALLS ME COUNT.
I OWN COUNT'S
KUSTOMS IN LAS VEGAS,
WHERE WE BUILD
CHOPPERS AND HOT RODS.
SO YOU GUYS BEEN LOOKING
AT IT FOR A LITTLE BIT.
WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND?
- RUST, MAN, RUST IS BIG.
RUST IS THE BIG ISSUE HERE.
- WELL, LET'S CHECK IT OUT.
PARTS OF THE INTERIOR
ARE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE.
BUT THERE'S SO MUCH TRIM PIECES
THAT ARE ALL COMING APART.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE
IS A 1962 CADILLAC SERIES
75 FLEETWOOD LIMOUSINE.
EXTREMELY COOL CAR,
RARE CAR.
THEY ONLY DID SOMEWHERE
BETWEEN 600 AND 700
OF THEM BACK IN '62.
AND IT'S A REALLY NEAT RIDE,
AND THE CAR'S COOL.
HEY, YOU KNOW, YOU
GOT A WHOLE LOT OF RUST
JUST ALL WRAPPED
AROUND THE BACK.
CAN WE POP THE HOOD ON IT, MAN?
- SURE.
- YOU'VE GOT A TICK OVER HERE.
IT COULD BE AS MINOR AS
ADJUSTING A LIFTER ON IT.
BUT IF YOU DO FIND
YOURSELF GOING
INTO AT LEAST THE
TOP END OF THE MOTOR,
STRAIGHTEN OUT SOME STUFF,
YOU MIGHT AS WELL
DO THE WHOLE THING.
BUT IT'S STUFF THAT YOU
GOT TO DO TO MAKE IT RIGHT.
WE'VE GOT BODYWORK TO DO.
WE'VE GOT RUST ISSUES TO HANDLE.
WE'VE GOT INTERIOR WORK TO DO,
UNDER-THE-HOOD WORK TO DO.
IT JUST GETS DOWN TO, REALLY,
HOW FAR DO YOU WANT TO GO?
IN PRISTINE CONDITION,
THEY'LL GO FOR
UPWARDS OF 60 GRAND.
BUT TO GET IT IN THAT
PRISTINE CONDITION,
YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING
AT ABOUT A $40,000 BUDGET
AND AT LEAST A YEAR TO
GET IT IN THAT CONDITION.
- OKAY.
ALL RIGHT, DANNY.
- PLEASURE, MAN.
COREY.
- THANK YOU.
- YOU KNOW WHAT, DUDE?
IF THERE WAS NO
RUST ISSUES WITH IT,
I'D MAKE YOU AN OFFER ON IT.
- HE SAID THAT IT COULD
BE WORTH UP TO 60 GRAND
IF YOU PUT A LOT
OF MONEY INTO THEM.
- TO TURN IT INTO A 60-GRAND
CAR IS A YEARLONG PROJECT.
AND I JUST DON'T DO THAT.
YOU KNOW, I'M JUST... I'M AFRAID
I'M GONNA GET TOO
MUCH MONEY INTO IT.
SORRY.
- APPRECIATE IT.
- THANKS FOR
SHOWING IT TO ME, MAN.
- TAKE CARE.
- TAKE IT EASY.
I THINK THE GUYS
DID MAKE A MISTAKE.
THERE'S A LITTLE
BIT OF RUST ON IT,
BUT IT'S NOT BAD ENOUGH
TO WHERE YOU WOULDN'T
HAVE A GOOD CAR TO FIX UP.
I'M PROBABLY JUST GONNA
HOLD ON TO IT FOR A WHILE
AND SEE IF I CAN PUT
SOME MONEY INTO IT
AND TRY TO SELL IT
TO SOMEBODY ELSE
THAT WOULD LOVE
IT MORE THAN I DO.
- HAVING 40 GRAND TIED UP
ON A PROJECT FOR ONE YEAR
DOESN'T SOUND LIKE
GOOD BUSINESS TO ME.
AS COOL AS THIS CAR IS,
I THINK ITS DAYS AS
A SWEET LUXURY CAR
ARE WELL BEHIND IT.
- EARLIER, A GUY CAME IN
WITH SOME OLD CAMPAIGN DOLLS
THAT LOOKED LIKE THEY
COULD BE PRE-CIVIL WAR.
BUT I'M NOT REALLY SURE,
SO I CALLED IN MY BUDDY DANA
TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK.
- PUPPETS.
- YEAH.
- THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE
CALLED ME ABOUT PUPPETS.
I'M DANA, PRESIDENT OF EARLY
AMERICAN HISTORY AUCTIONS.
I'VE BEEN DEALING
IN EARLY AMERICANA
FOR APPROXIMATELY
35 TO 40 YEARS.
WELL, THESE ARE
NOT REALLY PUPPETS.
THEY'RE MORE IN
THE FORM OF DOLLS.
THIS IS A SLAVE AND
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
AND AS YOU NOTICE, HE'S
NOT WEARING A BEARD,
WHICH MEANS THAT
IT'S A VERY EARLY DOLL,
PROBABLY DURING THE
1860 ELECTION PERIOD.
SO, RICK, WHAT KIND OF QUESTIONS
DO YOU HAVE ABOUT THESE DOLLS?
- YOU KNOW, I KNOW A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM.
THAT IS IT.
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS
ONE OF THE FOUNDERS
OF THE MODERN REPUBLICAN PARTY.
AND, OF COURSE,
AFTER THE ELECTION
AND ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS ELECTED,
THE CIVIL WAR BROKE
OUT ABOUT A MONTH LATER
BECAUSE OF HIS POLICIES.
THESE DOLLS WERE
VERY LIKELY MADE
BY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY,
BUT THE DEMOCRATS USED
THEM IN ANTI-REPUBLICAN RALLIES
TO BE THROWN INTO A BONFIRE.
THAT'S WHY THERE'S NOT THAT
MANY OF THEM AROUND ANYMORE.
IF YOU WANTED TO BURN
ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN EFFIGY,
THIS IS YOUR TICKET RIGHT HERE.
THEY WOULD BURN
THEM, DESTROY THEM,
AND JUST MOCK ABRAHAM
LINCOLN BY THE USE OF THESE DOLLS.
IT'S INCREDIBLE HISTORY.
OKAY.
- CHARACTERISTICS ON THIS
ARE VERY MUCH EN
VOGUE TO THE PERIOD.
THE WOODEN LEGS,
THE WAY THEY'RE ADHERED,
THE FABRIC,
RIGHT DOWN TO THE
DETAILS ON THE FACE AND HAIR
IS ALL OF THE PROPER AGE.
SO, RICK...
THIS IS... THIS IS A REAL DEAL.
- OKAY, SO EVERYTHING
ABOUT THEM'S LEGIT?
- I BELIEVE SO.
I WOULD ESTIMATE ANY
ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUALLY
AT ABOUT $250 TO $500.
BUT BECAUSE YOU
HAVE A PAIR HERE,
I WOULD SAY $600 TO $1,000.
- ALL RIGHT, THANKS A LOT, DANA.
- OH, WELL, YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.
HONESTLY, I WAS PRETTY
ASTONISHED TO SEE
THIS PAIR OF DOLLS
IN RICK'S SHOP.
THEY'RE EXTRAORDINARILY RARE.
- ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT DO
YOU WANT TO DO WITH THEM?
- I WANT TO SELL THEM.
- AND HOW MUCH DO
YOU WANT FOR THEM?
- HOW ABOUT $500?
I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW LONG
THEY'RE GONNA SIT AROUND.
I MEAN, I HAVE OTHER
WEIRD STUFF LIKE THIS
THAT'S SAT AROUND
HERE FOR YEARS.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST SO HARD
FINDING THE RIGHT BUYER.
HOW ABOUT 200 BUCKS?
- I DON'T THINK I COULD DO THAT.
- ALL RIGHT, HOW ABOUT $250?
- HOW ABOUT $300?
- ALL RIGHT, DEAL.
- OKAY, $300. THANK YOU.
YOU KNOW WHAT? I DIDN'T REALLY
WANT TO TAKE THEM BACK HOME.
I WANTED $500, BUT I GOT $300.
HEY, I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
- HEY, RICK.
- HEY, GUYS. HEY,
HOW'S IT GOING?
I HEARD THE OAK RIDGE BOYS
WERE IN TOWN PERFORMING.
THEY'RE THE OLD
MAN'S FAVORITE BAND,
SO I HAD THEM COME DOWN
HERE AND MEET HIM AS A SURPRISE.
HEY, POPS.
- WHAT?
I GOT SOMEONE FOR YOU TO MEET.
- OH, OKAY.
OH, MY GOD.
I RECOGNIZE THESE GUYS.
- HEY, HOW YOU DOING?
THIS IS AN HONOR.
- THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU.
- WELL, WE WANTED YOU
TO SING ELVIRA WITH US.
OH.
- THAT'S WHAT I
CALL MY CADILLAC.
- THAT'S OUR CADILLAC TOO.
- WE WANT TO SEE
SOME COOL STUFF.
- I GOT A NICE MORTAR BACK HERE.
YOU NEED TO PUT IT
IN YOUR FRONT YARD.
COME ON BACK.
I'LL SHOW IT TO YOU.
CHECK THIS OUT, GUYS.
- WHAT IS THE DEAL
WITH THIS, RICK?
- IT'S A MORTAR THAT SHOOTS
BOWLING BALLS, LITERALLY.
AND WE'VE SHOT A BOWLING
BALL OVER A MILE WITH IT.
- IT'S BEEN SITTING AROUND
HERE FOR A COUPLE MONTHS.
I'D LIKE TO SELL IT, SO
YOU GUYS WANT TO BUY IT?
- DAD, YOU JUST MET YOUR
FAVORITE BAND IN THE WORLD,
AND YOU'RE TRYING TO
SELL THEM SOMETHING?
- OF COURSE.
- THAT'S MY FATHER.
- THE OAK RIDGE BOYS
ARE A GREAT BAND.
THEY WON A GRAMMY
FOR THE SONG ELVIRA.
BUT IF YOU COME INTO MY SHOP,
YOU'D BETTER BUY SOMETHING.
- SEE THE BANJOS
BACK THERE, MAN?
- YEP.
THEY'VE GOT BANJOS AND GUNS.
- HAVE IT ALL, BABY.
EPISODE OF PAWN STARS...
- IT'S A 1962 CADILLAC.
- OH, MAN, THIS IS SICK.
- YOU'D LOOK LIKE A
KINGPIN DRIVING THIS.
- CAN YOU OPEN UP THE HOOD?
- SURE.
- START IT UP.
- CAME HERE TO TODAY TO HAVE
YOU TAKE A LOOK AT MY PIGGY COOK.
- HEY, THAT'S NEAT.
- THIS CAN COOK BACON AND EGGS.
- BACON?
IS HE A CANNIBAL OR SOMETHING?
- CHECK THESE OUT.
DON'T POINT YOUR GUN AT ME.
- SORRY ABOUT THAT.
- COUPLE OF WISE GUYS, HUH?
- HOW YOU DOIN'?
- 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.
- HOW YOU DOING, YOUNG LADY?
- GOOD. HOW ARE YOU DOING?
- I'M HERE.
- GOOD.
I CAME HERE TODAY TO HAVE YOU
TAKE A LOOK AT MY PIGGY COOK.
- OKAY.
- MY DAD GAVE ME THIS.
HE'S HAD IT ABOUT 20 YEARS.
THIS PIG CAN COOK BACON
AND EGGS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
- BACON?
IS HE A CANNIBAL OR SOMETHING?
- CHUMLEE, IT'S A
TOY, FOR GOD SAKES.
- HE'S JUST COOKING THE BACON.
- I WONDER IF IT'S HIS FRIEND.
- I DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO TRY TO SELL MY PIGGY COOK.
HE HAS SALT AND
PEPPER AND A FRYING PAN,
AND HE CAN COOK
TWO EGGS AT ONE TIME.
I'M NOT LOOKING TO TAKE ANY
LESS THAN $300 FOR IT TODAY.
I MEAN, WHO CAN'T LOVE
A PIG COOKING EGGS?
- HEY, THAT'S NEAT.
NORMALLY ON TOYS
LIKE THIS, OLD ONES,
THE SMALL PARTS ARE MISSING.
THIS ONE HERE SEEMS TO BE
COMPLETE FROM THE WORD "GO."
UH-OH.
- YOU LIKE IT, DON'T YOU?
- IT'S REALLY KIND OF NEAT.
THIS PIECE IS GREAT.
IT'S NEARLY IN
PERFECT CONDITION,
AND IT WORKS.
THIS IS THE TYPE OF TOY TO
KEEP ME ENTERTAINED ALL DAY.
AND I LOVE BACON AND EGGS.
- SO WE HAVE TWO EGGS AND
THE BACON ON THE OTHER SIDE.
AND IT'S IN THE ORIGINAL
BOX FROM THE EARLY 1950s.
- I WOULD SAY LATE '50s.
AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE
WAS A LOT OF ENGINEERING
WENT INTO THESE THINGS.
TO MAKE THIS THING
MOVE LIKE IT MOVES...
AND THEN THE FLIP, LIKE I SAY,
IT'S REALLY NEAT.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO
DO WITH IT, YOUNG LADY?
YOU WANT TO PAWN IT, SELL IT?
- I'M LOOKING TO SELL IT TODAY
BECAUSE IT JUST
SITS IN THE CLOSET.
- OH, OKAY.
WHAT ARE YOU TRYING
TO GET OUT OF IT?
- WELL, I'VE DONE MY RESEARCH,
AND I KNOW WITH ALL THE
PARTS AND THE ORIGINAL BOX,
I'D GO FOR ABOUT $350.
- YEAH, WELL, THAT'S RETAIL,
AND I DON'T PAY RETAIL.
I'LL GIVE YOU $200 FOR IT.
- I THINK IT'S WORTH
MORE THAN THAT.
I MEAN, HAVE YOU SEEN
ONE OF THESE BEFORE?
- NOPE, AND PROBABLY
NEVER SEE ANOTHER ONE.
- SO $250?
I MEAN, IT'D LOOK GREAT.
- I'LL SPLIT IT WITH YOU, $225.
- IS THAT THE BEST YOU CAN DO?
- THAT'S THE BOTTOM
LINE, YOUNG LADY.
IT'S A NEAT PIECE,
AND I'D LOVE TO HAVE IT
SITTING AROUND THE STORE.
IT TAKES A SPECIALIZED
BUYER FOR THIS STUFF.
- WELL...
UM...
I'LL DO THAT.
- ALL RIGHT, THANK
YOU, YOUNG LADY.
- THANK YOU.
- CHUMLEE, GO DO THE PAPERWORK.
- I'LL LEAVE THIS HERE
FOR YOU TO PLAY WITH IT.
I KNOW YOU LIKE IT.
- ALL RIGHT, I'LL PLAY WITH IT.
YOU'RE A CUTE LITTLE PIG.
- HEY, WHAT CAN I HELP YOU WITH?
- I'M LOOKING TO SELL
MY 1990s ATLANTA BRAVES
WORLD SERIES RINGS.
- YOU A BRAVES FAN?
- TIGERS, ACTUALLY.
- POOR GUY.
- I ALSO ROOT FOR THE LIONS.
- SO YOU KNOW WHAT
IT'S LIKE TO LOSE?
- I DECIDED TO COME DOWN
TO THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO TRY AND SELL MY COLLECTION
OF '90s ATLANTA BRAVES
CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS.
THEY'RE ALL FROM THE
EXACT SAME STAFF MEMBER.
I'M LOOKING TO SELL THEM
FOR UPWARDS OF $48,000.
- SO WHERE DID YOU GET THESE?
- I WOULD PREFER NOT TO SAY.
- I HATE WHEN PEOPLE DO THAT.
- I ALWAYS WANT TO KNOW
WHERE THINGS COME FROM.
BUT I CAN SEE WHY SOMEONE
WOULD BE SECRETIVE
ABOUT SELLING HIS
WORLD SERIES RINGS,
ESPECIALLY IF HE STILL
WORKS FOR THE TEAM.
- SORRY.
- OKAY, WELL, I GOT
TO HAVE SOME STORY.
- I BOUGHT THEM OFF
THE ORIGINAL OWNER.
- BUT THEY'RE ALL
LEGIT AND EVERYTHING?
, I HAVE SOME
PAPERWORK IF YOU WANT.
- OH, OKAY. THEY'RE
ALL STAFF RINGS, RIGHT?
- CORRECT.
- CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS
ARE ABOUT AS RARE
AS SPORTS MEMORABILIA GETS.
THE '90s ATLANTA
BRAVES ARE SELLABLE
BECAUSE THEY DOMINATED
THE ENTIRE DECADE.
DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT THE RINGS OR...
- I KNOW THAT HAVING
A SET IS UNIQUE.
- IT'S NOT THAT UNCOMMON,
ESPECIALLY FOR STAFF RINGS.
- MM-HMM.
- 'CAUSE THE GUYS ON THE
STAFF AREN'T LIKE THE PLAYERS,
WHO ARE TRADED
EVERY THREE YEARS,
THESE GUYS THAT CAN
WORK THERE 10, 15 YEARS.
THIS IS THE TYPE OF COLLECTION
THAT BASEBALL FANATICS
WILL WAIT THEIR
ENTIRE LIFE TO FIND.
EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE STAFF
RINGS AND NOT PLAYER RINGS,
THEY'RE STILL
HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE.
SO WE HAVE ONE WORLD SERIES
AND FOUR NATIONAL LEAGUE
CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS, OKAY.
AND THEY'RE ALL
TEN-KARAT JOSTENS.
JOSTENS IS A COMPANY
THAT MAKES EVERYTHING
FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND
COLLEGE CLASS RINGS
TO SUPER BOWL RINGS.
THEY USUALLY HAVE THAT
CLASSIC SCHOOL RING LOOK,
NOT LIKE A LOT OF
THE FLASHY STUFF
A LOT OF COMPANIES
ARE PUTTING OUT NOW.
IT REALLY WASN'T LIKE
2001 WHEN THE PATRIOTS
WENT REALLY OVERBOARD
WITH THEIR SUPER BOWL RING.
UP UNTIL THAT POINT,
THEY STILL BASICALLY
LOOKED LIKE CLASS RINGS.
NOWADAYS THEY'RE
JUST STRAIGHT-UP BLING.
SO HOW MUCH ARE YOU
LOOKING TO GET OUT OF THESE?
- I'M LOOKING TO GET
ABOUT $42,000 TO $45,000.
- WE'RE NOT EVEN CLOSE.
- NO?
- NOT EVEN IN THE SAME BALLPARK.
BADOOM-TCH.
THESE RIGHT HERE
ARE, LIKE, $3,000 APIECE.
- OKAY.
- WORLD SERIES RING...
$8,000.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING $20,000.
I MEAN, YOU'VE SEEN THE PRICE
OF BASEBALL MEMORABILIA LATELY?
- YEAH, I HAVE.
- THESE AREN'T EXEMPT.
- SO $20,000 TOTAL IS
EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN OFFER?
- YES.
IS THERE ANY WAY
YOU COULD, SAY, GET TO,
LIKE, $30,000, $31,000?
- I'LL GO, LIKE,
$22,000, $22,000 TOTAL.
- $29,000?
- $22,000.
I MEAN, EVEN THAT SCARES ME.
I... REMEMBER, I HAVE
TO SELL THESE THINGS,
AND THEY'RE NOT
SELLING RIGHT NOW.
- I MEAN, YOU'RE RUNNING
A BUSINESS. I UNDERSTAND.
IT'S JUST NOW WHAT I
COULD PART WITH THEM FOR.
- THEY'RE COOL
RINGS. I LIKE THEM.
BUT FOR $29,000, I DON'T
LIKE THEM THAT MUCH.
I'M SORRY. I JUST CAN'T DO IT.
- SORRY WE COULDN'T MAKE A DEAL.
- ALL RIGHT.
- I FELT THAT THE
OFFER OF $22,000
WAS PROBABLY FAIRLY
REASONABLE FOR THE TIMES,
BUT I'M JUST GONNA
HOLD ON TO THE RINGS,
AND WHEN THE
ECONOMY BOUNCES BACK,
I'M SURE I'LL BE ABLE
TO RECOUP SOME MONEY
AND ACTUALLY TURN
A PROFIT ON THEM.
- EARLIER, I GOT A
CALL FROM A GUY
WANTING TO SELL A VINTAGE CAR.
SO COREY AND I ARE ON OUR
WAY TO GO SEE WHAT HE'S GOT.
OH, MAN, THIS IS SICK.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL
ME ABOUT THIS THING?
- IT'S 1962 CADILLAC FLEETWOOD.
AND YOU DON'T
SEE A CAR LIKE THIS
CRUISING AROUND VEGAS AT ALL.
- YEAH, MAN, IT
LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING
THE MUNSTERS WOULD
HAVE ROLLED AROUND IN.
- I CALLED THE GUYS
FROM THE PAWN SHOP
BECAUSE I WANTED
TO SELL MY '62 CADDY.
I WANT TO SELL IT
BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE
ENOUGH TIME TO WORK ON IT
OR THE SPACE TO GET IT IN
THE GARAGE 'CAUSE IT'S SO BIG.
I'D LIKE TO GET BETWEEN
$5,000 AND $8,000 OUT OF IT.
- SO WHERE DID
YOU GET THIS THING?
- I BOUGHT IT FROM A NEIGHBOR
ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO.
- CADILLACS ARE COOL.
IT WAS THE
QUINTESSENTIAL LUXURY CAR.
- BEST OF THE BEST.
- THE CADILLAC OF CARS.
- YEAH, IT WAS THE
CADILLAC OF CARS.
CADILLAC HAS BEEN
MAKING LIMOS SINCE 1906.
THE FIRST U.S.
PRESIDENT TO HAVE A LIMO
WAS WILLIAM HOWARD
TAFT BACK IN 1908.
BUT THIS '62 FLEETWOOD,
MUCH MORE MOBSTER
THAN PRESIDENTIAL.
IT IS BADASS.
- IF YOU ROLLED UP TO
ANY CASINO IN VEGAS,
YOU'D LOOK LIKE A
KINGPIN DRIVING THIS.
IF YOU ROLLED UP IN ONE
OF THE NEWER LIMOUSINES,
YOU'RE JUST ANYBODY.
- THEY'RE GREAT CARS.
THEY'RE SORT OF COOL.
THEY'RE SORT OF COMING BACK.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT
MOTOR IT'S GOT IN IT?
- IT'S GOT A 390.
- DOES IT GOT AIR?
- IT'S GOT FACTORY AIR,
BUT IT DOESN'T WORK.
- OKAY, SO IT'S SORT OF GOT AIR.
DOES IT GOT RUST?
- IT'S GOT A LITTLE BIT OF RUST
AROUND THE BACK WINDOW.
IT'S BEEN SITTING
OUTSIDE ITS WHOLE LIFE.
- I MEAN, I CAN TELL
YOU RIGHT NOW,
THE GUY WHO DID THE
EXISTING BODYWORK
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
THE HELL HE WAS DOING.
I MEAN, NOTHING'S
LINED UP RIGHT.
YOU GOT PAINTED-OVER
RUST RIGHT THERE.
SO BASICALLY, THE
PRIMER YOU GOT ON HERE,
A LOT OF IT'S GOT TO COME OFF.
MAYBE THIS CADDY
HAS SEEN BETTER DAYS,
BUT I HAVE HAD A LOT OF LUCK IN
THE PAST RESTORING OLD CARS.
SO I'M ALWAYS LOOKING
FOR A NEW PROJECT,
JUST AS LONG AS IT
DOESN'T TAKE UP TOO MUCH
OF MY TIME AND MONEY.
YOU MIND IF I LOOK INSIDE?
- SURE, GO AHEAD.
- I MEAN, IT'S COOL.
IT LOOKS JUST LIKE
THE OLD MAN'S CADILLAC.
CAN YOU OPEN UP THE HOOD?
- SURE.
- START IT UP.
YEAH, GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OFF.
- HOW DOES IT SOUND, GUYS?
- WELL, IT'S GOT A
LITTLE TICK TO IT.
YOU'VE OBVIOUSLY NEVER
HAD THIS THING TUNED UP.
- NO.
- OKAY.
I MEAN, THE ENGINE SOUNDS GOOD,
BUT LIKE I SAID, IT
PROBABLY NEEDS A TUNE-UP.
I'D REALLY LIKE TO GET
SOMEONE OVER HERE,
AND I WANT HIM TO
LOOK AT THIS RUST,
SEE HOW BAD IT IS.
- THAT'S FINE.
- ALL RIGHT, LET ME GET
MY BUDDY OVER HERE.
I'LL HAVE HIM TAKE A LOOK AT IT,
AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT, SEE
IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING.
- ALL RIGHT, THANKS, GUYS.
- WHAT'S GOING ON, GUYS?
- HEY, HOW YOU DOIN'?
- HOW'S IT GOING, GUYS?
- CHECK THESE OUT.
- HOLY.
DON'T POINT YOUR GUN AT ME.
- SORRY ABOUT THAT.
THEY'RE CIGARETTE LIGHTERS.
- THEY'RE CIGARETTE LIGHTERS?
- YEAH, THEY'RE SAFE.
- COUPLE OF WISE GUYS, HUH?
- WHERE'D YOU COME
ACROSS THEM AT?
- THEY WERE GIVEN TO ME.
IT WAS A BUNCH OF STUFF
THAT I HAD TO DISPOSE OF,
AND WHEN I WENT
THROUGH THE STUFF,
THESE WERE THERE,
AND I KEPT THEM.
- WHY DID YOU HAVE
TO GET RID OF THEM?
THEY HAVE FINGERPRINTS ON THEM?
- WHAT ARE YOU, A CLOWN?
I DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY ANTIQUE
PISTOL CIGARETTE LIGHTERS.
YOU PULL THE TRIGGER.
INSTEAD OF A BULLET,
A FLAME COMES OUT.
I'M HOPING TO SELL THEM FOR A
COUPLE OF HUNDRED DOLLARS.
I HAVE NO USE FOR THEM,
AND MY WIFE SAYS
THEY'RE DUST COLLECTORS.
- SO WHAT CAN YOU TELL
ME ABOUT THESE, MAN?
- THEY LIGHT CIGARETTES.
- DO THEY WORK?
- THAT, I DON'T KNOW.
THAT... YOU JUST
PULLED THE TRIGGER,
SO IF YOU PULLED THE
TRIGGER, YOU BOUGHT IT.
- THE GUNS ARE
COOL. THEY'RE OLD.
I REMEMBER,
GROWING UP IN THE '60s,
I SAW THESE A LOT.
COULD YOU IMAGINE
HOW COOL THAT IS?
YOU'RE DRESSED
IN YOUR WHITE TUX,
AND YOU PULL THIS OUT,
LIGHT YOUR CIGARETTE.
HOW YOU DOIN'?
- THIS ONE'S MADE BY PENGUIN.
I'VE NEVER HEARD OF IT.
- THAT'S THE VILLAIN
FROM BATMAN.
- THAT'S FUNNY.
- YEAH, YOU'RE FUNNY.
YOU'RE A FUNNY GUY.
- THIS IS MADE BY ROHM.
THEY STILL MAKE
THESE TODAY, ACTUALLY.
- THOSE GUNS LOOK REAL.
- A LITTLE PIECE
OF ADVICE, GUYS:
I WOULDN'T WALK AROUND
CARRYING THESE IN YOUR HANDS.
COPS MIGHT MISTAKE
THESE FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
A LOT OF STATES OUTLAW THESE
BECAUSE THEY LOOK LIKE FIREARMS.
SO THE VALUE ON
THESE IS ONLY GOING UP.
I DEFINITELY WANT THESE IF
THIS GUY'S WILLING TO DEAL.
WHAT DID YOU WANT
TO DO WITH THEM?
DID YOU WANT TO PAWN
THEM OR SELL THEM?
- SELL THEM.
- HOW MUCH WERE
YOU LOOKING TO GET?
- $5,000 APIECE.
- $5,000 APIECE? I'LL PASS.
- MAKE ME AN OFFER.
- LIKE I SAID, GUYS, THEY'RE
NOT THAT UNCOMMON.
THEY'RE NOT REALLY
THAT COLLECTIBLE.
YOUR PENGUIN'S REALLY NOT
NEARLY AS COOL AS THE ROHM.
SO WHAT DO YOU WANT
FOR THEM, REALISTICALLY?
- GIVE ME $100 APIECE.
I DROVE ALL THE WAY FROM
NEW YORK WITH THESE THINGS.
I COULD HAVE BEEN PULLED OVER.
- AT LEAST YOU WOULD
HAVE HAD A LIGHT.
- HE'S A COMEDIAN.
- I'LL GIVE YOU
$100 FOR THE PAIR.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- I DON'T KNOW. IT'S UP TO YOU.
THEY'RE YOURS.
- GIVE ME $150.
- HOW ABOUT $75?
I'LL TAKE THE $100.
- SOUND GOOD? ALL
RIGHT, LET'S MAKE A DEAL.
- SOUNDS LIKE A BETTER DEAL.
- THOSE GUYS ARE REALLY CHEAP.
THEY ONLY GAVE ME
100 BUCKS FOR THEM.
I THOUGHT THEY MIGHT HAVE
BEEN WORTH AT LEAST $200 EACH.
BUT IT IS WHAT IT
IS, AND THAT'S THAT.
- HEY, WHAT CAN I HELP YOU WITH?
- I GOT A COUPLE
OF UNUSUAL ITEMS
THAT I PICKED UP
OUT OF A YARD SALE.
YOU KNOW, THEY KIND OF
LOOK LIKE PUPPETS TO ME.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- I LOVE PUPPETS.
LET'S DO A PUPPET SHOW, RICK.
- I DON'T THINK SO.
- I CAME DOWN TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY POLITICAL DOLLS.
I KNOW THAT'S ABRAHAM
LINCOLN AND A SLAVE.
I PAID $75 FOR THE PAIR,
AND I'M WANTING $500 FOR THEM.
- THESE ARE OLD.
LINCOLN AND...
SOMETHING THAT'S NOT
VERY POLITICALLY CORRECT.
- YEAH, SLAVES.
- YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THEM?
- NOT, NOT REALLY.
I BOUGHT THESE AT A YARD SALE.
AND I'VE ALWAYS
LIKED LINCOLN STUFF.
I THOUGHT THERE WAS A
LITTLE MONEY TO BE MADE.
I FLIP A FEW THINGS ALSO.
- OKAY.
- WHAT ARE THESE THINGS?
- BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR,
THERE WAS PRO-SLAVERY
AND THERE WAS ANTI-SLAVERY
ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
AND THE DOLLS COULD BE USED
TO REPRESENT EITHER ONE OF THEM.
- KIND OF LIKE A CARTOON?
- YEAH, THEY'D HAVE
LITTLE PUPPET SHOWS
WITH THESE THINGS ON STICKS,
AND DEPENDING WHERE
YOU WERE AT IN THE COUNTRY
IS DEPENDING ON HOW
THEY WOULD BE PORTRAYED.
THESE DOLLS ARE
THE 1800s EQUIVALENT
OF TODAY'S POLITICAL ATTACK ADS.
THE FACT THAT THEY
MAY HAVE BEEN USED
BY THE PRO-SLAVERY
MOVEMENT IS A LITTLE UNSETTLING,
BUT THEY'RE A VALUABLE
PIECE OF AMERICAN HISTORY.
THEY APPEAR TO BE WOOD
AND FABRIC FROM THE PERIOD.
THEY'RE ALL HAND-STITCHED.
MY BEST GUESS IS
PROBABLY PRE-CIVIL WAR.
THEY'RE NEAT,
THEY'RE INTERESTING,
BUT...
I COULDN'T OFFER
YOU A FAIR PRICE
UNTIL I FOUND MORE ABOUT THEM.
- OKAY.
- DO YOU MIND IF I
CALL A BUDDY OF MINE
WHO KNOWS A LOT MORE
ABOUT THIS STUFF THAN I DO?
- SURE.
- LET ME GET HIM DOWN HERE.
AND WE'LL CHECK IT OUT.
- FAIR ENOUGH.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD
TO AN EXPERT COMING IN
AND TAKING A LOOK
AT THESE DOLLS.
THESE ARE NOT TOYS.
THEY'RE SERIOUS ITEMS.
AND I HOPE THEY'RE WORTH
SOME SERIOUS MONEY.
- EARLIER TODAY, COREY
AND I CHECKED OUT
A 1962 CADILLAC LIMO.
I'M A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT
THE CONDITION OF THE BODY,
SO I'M HAVING MY BUDDY DANNY
COME AND LOOK IT OVER FOR ME.
- YOU COULDN'T HAVE PULLED UP IN
A WORK TRUCK OR SOMETHING, HUH?
- WELL, YOU KNOW,
I LIKE TO BE SUBTLE.
I'M DANNY KOKER.
EVERYBODY CALLS ME COUNT.
I OWN COUNT'S
KUSTOMS IN LAS VEGAS,
WHERE WE BUILD
CHOPPERS AND HOT RODS.
SO YOU GUYS BEEN LOOKING
AT IT FOR A LITTLE BIT.
WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND?
- RUST, MAN, RUST IS BIG.
RUST IS THE BIG ISSUE HERE.
- WELL, LET'S CHECK IT OUT.
PARTS OF THE INTERIOR
ARE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE.
BUT THERE'S SO MUCH TRIM PIECES
THAT ARE ALL COMING APART.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE
IS A 1962 CADILLAC SERIES
75 FLEETWOOD LIMOUSINE.
EXTREMELY COOL CAR,
RARE CAR.
THEY ONLY DID SOMEWHERE
BETWEEN 600 AND 700
OF THEM BACK IN '62.
AND IT'S A REALLY NEAT RIDE,
AND THE CAR'S COOL.
HEY, YOU KNOW, YOU
GOT A WHOLE LOT OF RUST
JUST ALL WRAPPED
AROUND THE BACK.
CAN WE POP THE HOOD ON IT, MAN?
- SURE.
- YOU'VE GOT A TICK OVER HERE.
IT COULD BE AS MINOR AS
ADJUSTING A LIFTER ON IT.
BUT IF YOU DO FIND
YOURSELF GOING
INTO AT LEAST THE
TOP END OF THE MOTOR,
STRAIGHTEN OUT SOME STUFF,
YOU MIGHT AS WELL
DO THE WHOLE THING.
BUT IT'S STUFF THAT YOU
GOT TO DO TO MAKE IT RIGHT.
WE'VE GOT BODYWORK TO DO.
WE'VE GOT RUST ISSUES TO HANDLE.
WE'VE GOT INTERIOR WORK TO DO,
UNDER-THE-HOOD WORK TO DO.
IT JUST GETS DOWN TO, REALLY,
HOW FAR DO YOU WANT TO GO?
IN PRISTINE CONDITION,
THEY'LL GO FOR
UPWARDS OF 60 GRAND.
BUT TO GET IT IN THAT
PRISTINE CONDITION,
YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING
AT ABOUT A $40,000 BUDGET
AND AT LEAST A YEAR TO
GET IT IN THAT CONDITION.
- OKAY.
ALL RIGHT, DANNY.
- PLEASURE, MAN.
COREY.
- THANK YOU.
- YOU KNOW WHAT, DUDE?
IF THERE WAS NO
RUST ISSUES WITH IT,
I'D MAKE YOU AN OFFER ON IT.
- HE SAID THAT IT COULD
BE WORTH UP TO 60 GRAND
IF YOU PUT A LOT
OF MONEY INTO THEM.
- TO TURN IT INTO A 60-GRAND
CAR IS A YEARLONG PROJECT.
AND I JUST DON'T DO THAT.
YOU KNOW, I'M JUST... I'M AFRAID
I'M GONNA GET TOO
MUCH MONEY INTO IT.
SORRY.
- APPRECIATE IT.
- THANKS FOR
SHOWING IT TO ME, MAN.
- TAKE CARE.
- TAKE IT EASY.
I THINK THE GUYS
DID MAKE A MISTAKE.
THERE'S A LITTLE
BIT OF RUST ON IT,
BUT IT'S NOT BAD ENOUGH
TO WHERE YOU WOULDN'T
HAVE A GOOD CAR TO FIX UP.
I'M PROBABLY JUST GONNA
HOLD ON TO IT FOR A WHILE
AND SEE IF I CAN PUT
SOME MONEY INTO IT
AND TRY TO SELL IT
TO SOMEBODY ELSE
THAT WOULD LOVE
IT MORE THAN I DO.
- HAVING 40 GRAND TIED UP
ON A PROJECT FOR ONE YEAR
DOESN'T SOUND LIKE
GOOD BUSINESS TO ME.
AS COOL AS THIS CAR IS,
I THINK ITS DAYS AS
A SWEET LUXURY CAR
ARE WELL BEHIND IT.
- EARLIER, A GUY CAME IN
WITH SOME OLD CAMPAIGN DOLLS
THAT LOOKED LIKE THEY
COULD BE PRE-CIVIL WAR.
BUT I'M NOT REALLY SURE,
SO I CALLED IN MY BUDDY DANA
TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK.
- PUPPETS.
- YEAH.
- THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE
CALLED ME ABOUT PUPPETS.
I'M DANA, PRESIDENT OF EARLY
AMERICAN HISTORY AUCTIONS.
I'VE BEEN DEALING
IN EARLY AMERICANA
FOR APPROXIMATELY
35 TO 40 YEARS.
WELL, THESE ARE
NOT REALLY PUPPETS.
THEY'RE MORE IN
THE FORM OF DOLLS.
THIS IS A SLAVE AND
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
AND AS YOU NOTICE, HE'S
NOT WEARING A BEARD,
WHICH MEANS THAT
IT'S A VERY EARLY DOLL,
PROBABLY DURING THE
1860 ELECTION PERIOD.
SO, RICK, WHAT KIND OF QUESTIONS
DO YOU HAVE ABOUT THESE DOLLS?
- YOU KNOW, I KNOW A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM.
THAT IS IT.
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS
ONE OF THE FOUNDERS
OF THE MODERN REPUBLICAN PARTY.
AND, OF COURSE,
AFTER THE ELECTION
AND ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS ELECTED,
THE CIVIL WAR BROKE
OUT ABOUT A MONTH LATER
BECAUSE OF HIS POLICIES.
THESE DOLLS WERE
VERY LIKELY MADE
BY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY,
BUT THE DEMOCRATS USED
THEM IN ANTI-REPUBLICAN RALLIES
TO BE THROWN INTO A BONFIRE.
THAT'S WHY THERE'S NOT THAT
MANY OF THEM AROUND ANYMORE.
IF YOU WANTED TO BURN
ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN EFFIGY,
THIS IS YOUR TICKET RIGHT HERE.
THEY WOULD BURN
THEM, DESTROY THEM,
AND JUST MOCK ABRAHAM
LINCOLN BY THE USE OF THESE DOLLS.
IT'S INCREDIBLE HISTORY.
OKAY.
- CHARACTERISTICS ON THIS
ARE VERY MUCH EN
VOGUE TO THE PERIOD.
THE WOODEN LEGS,
THE WAY THEY'RE ADHERED,
THE FABRIC,
RIGHT DOWN TO THE
DETAILS ON THE FACE AND HAIR
IS ALL OF THE PROPER AGE.
SO, RICK...
THIS IS... THIS IS A REAL DEAL.
- OKAY, SO EVERYTHING
ABOUT THEM'S LEGIT?
- I BELIEVE SO.
I WOULD ESTIMATE ANY
ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUALLY
AT ABOUT $250 TO $500.
BUT BECAUSE YOU
HAVE A PAIR HERE,
I WOULD SAY $600 TO $1,000.
- ALL RIGHT, THANKS A LOT, DANA.
- OH, WELL, YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.
HONESTLY, I WAS PRETTY
ASTONISHED TO SEE
THIS PAIR OF DOLLS
IN RICK'S SHOP.
THEY'RE EXTRAORDINARILY RARE.
- ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT DO
YOU WANT TO DO WITH THEM?
- I WANT TO SELL THEM.
- AND HOW MUCH DO
YOU WANT FOR THEM?
- HOW ABOUT $500?
I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW LONG
THEY'RE GONNA SIT AROUND.
I MEAN, I HAVE OTHER
WEIRD STUFF LIKE THIS
THAT'S SAT AROUND
HERE FOR YEARS.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST SO HARD
FINDING THE RIGHT BUYER.
HOW ABOUT 200 BUCKS?
- I DON'T THINK I COULD DO THAT.
- ALL RIGHT, HOW ABOUT $250?
- HOW ABOUT $300?
- ALL RIGHT, DEAL.
- OKAY, $300. THANK YOU.
YOU KNOW WHAT? I DIDN'T REALLY
WANT TO TAKE THEM BACK HOME.
I WANTED $500, BUT I GOT $300.
HEY, I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
- HEY, RICK.
- HEY, GUYS. HEY,
HOW'S IT GOING?
I HEARD THE OAK RIDGE BOYS
WERE IN TOWN PERFORMING.
THEY'RE THE OLD
MAN'S FAVORITE BAND,
SO I HAD THEM COME DOWN
HERE AND MEET HIM AS A SURPRISE.
HEY, POPS.
- WHAT?
I GOT SOMEONE FOR YOU TO MEET.
- OH, OKAY.
OH, MY GOD.
I RECOGNIZE THESE GUYS.
- HEY, HOW YOU DOING?
THIS IS AN HONOR.
- THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU.
- WELL, WE WANTED YOU
TO SING ELVIRA WITH US.
OH.
- THAT'S WHAT I
CALL MY CADILLAC.
- THAT'S OUR CADILLAC TOO.
- WE WANT TO SEE
SOME COOL STUFF.
- I GOT A NICE MORTAR BACK HERE.
YOU NEED TO PUT IT
IN YOUR FRONT YARD.
COME ON BACK.
I'LL SHOW IT TO YOU.
CHECK THIS OUT, GUYS.
- WHAT IS THE DEAL
WITH THIS, RICK?
- IT'S A MORTAR THAT SHOOTS
BOWLING BALLS, LITERALLY.
AND WE'VE SHOT A BOWLING
BALL OVER A MILE WITH IT.
- IT'S BEEN SITTING AROUND
HERE FOR A COUPLE MONTHS.
I'D LIKE TO SELL IT, SO
YOU GUYS WANT TO BUY IT?
- DAD, YOU JUST MET YOUR
FAVORITE BAND IN THE WORLD,
AND YOU'RE TRYING TO
SELL THEM SOMETHING?
- OF COURSE.
- THAT'S MY FATHER.
- THE OAK RIDGE BOYS
ARE A GREAT BAND.
THEY WON A GRAMMY
FOR THE SONG ELVIRA.
BUT IF YOU COME INTO MY SHOP,
YOU'D BETTER BUY SOMETHING.
- SEE THE BANJOS
BACK THERE, MAN?
- YEP.
THEY'VE GOT BANJOS AND GUNS.
- HAVE IT ALL, BABY.