Pawn Stars (2009–…): Season 3, Episode 17 - Luck of the Draw - full transcript
Rick is excited by a collection of Old West memorabilia and a pair of European pistols from the 1800's that start with a low asking price. That gives Big Hoss and Chumlee an excuse for a duel. Other items bought in for sale include an Olympic gold medal, a collection of fishing lure and a Schlitz sign.
Male announcer: ON THIS
EPISODE OF PAWN STARS...
- I GOT SOME ITEMS
THAT WYATT EARP OWNED.
- THAT'S NEAT.
- AND ONE OF THESE
IS WYATT EARP.
- IT COULD BE WORTH A TON.
- I GOT SOME OLD PISTOLS HERE.
- SWEET.
- THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL GUNS.
- I'D HOPE TO GET
ABOUT $1,000 FOR 'EM.
- I CAN TELL THESE ARE OLD,
BUT I DON'T THINK THIS IS
THE ORIGINAL WOOD ON IT.
- I WAS WANTING TO
GET RID OF THIS LAMP.
- SCHLITZ. YOU EVER
DRINK THIS STUFF?
- BACK IN COLLEGE.
- COREY, PLUG IT IN.
- I GOT DRUNK ONE NIGHT,
TRIPPED OVER THE CORD,
AND BROKE IT.
- OH.
- COREY!
- 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 HAVE HERE?
- I GOT SOME OLD PISTOLS HERE.
- SWEET.
WERE THESE, LIKE,
A JUDGE'S PISTOL?
WHAT'S THE MALLET FOR?
- IT'S NOT A GAVEL FOR A JUDGE.
ORDER IN THE COURT.
ORDER IN THE COURT.
OH, YOU DON'T WANT TO LISTEN?
I'LL MAKE YOU LISTEN.
- COMING DOWN TO THE PAWN SHOP
TO TRY TO SELL SOME
DUELING PISTOLS THAT I HAVE.
I DON'T KNOW THE
HISTORY BEHIND THEM.
THE REASON I'M SELLING
'EM: I DON'T COLLECT GUNS,
AND I REALLY COULD
USE THE MONEY TODAY.
I'D HOPE TO GET
ABOUT $1,000 FOR 'EM.
BUT THE MINIMUM I'D
TAKE'S PROBABLY $400, $500.
- WHERE IN THE WORLD
DID YOU GET THESE?
- MY MOM HAD A BLANKET
CHEST FROM MY GRANDFATHER.
IT WAS WRAPPED UP IN A BLANKET
IN THOSE... IN THE BOTTOM OF IT.
- YOU'D BE BADASS IF YOU
HAD THOSE ON YOUR HIP.
- WELL, FIRST OFF, YOU WOULDN'T
WEAR THESE ON YOUR HIP.
THEY STARTED WEARING
GUNS ON THEIR HIP
WHEN THERE WERE SIX SHOTS.
THIS WAS MORE OR LESS
ONE SHOT AND TOSS IT.
BUT I DON'T THINK
THEY'RE FOR DUELING,
BECAUSE THEY'RE PERCUSSION CAP,
WHICH MEANS THEY WERE
PROBABLY MADE AFTER THE 1830s.
YOU WOULD TAKE A CAP,
YOU WOULD PUT IT ON THERE,
PULL THE HAMMER BACK, AND BAM.
IT WOULD SHOOT FIRE
THROUGH THE HOLE
AND LIT EVERYTHING ON
FIRE INSIDE THE BARREL.
FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS,
DUELING WAS CONSIDERED
AN HONORABLE WAY
FOR TWO GENTLEMEN
TO SETTLE THEIR DIFFERENCES.
BUT BY THE TIME THESE
WERE MADE, AFTER 1830,
DUELING HAD BECOME
COMPLETELY OUT OF FASHION.
THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL GUNS.
I MEAN, THE ENGRAVING
IS REALLY, REALLY NICE.
THE WOODWORK IS BEAUTIFUL,
THE DESIGN ON THE BARRELS.
I CAN TELL THESE ARE OLD.
1830 TO 1870, THAT'S
WHAT I CAN TELL YOU.
IF THEY WERE AN AMERICAN
GUN, I'D KNOW ABOUT 'EM.
THESE ARE MAYBE
GERMAN OR FRENCH.
I MEAN, THEY'RE
EUROPEAN, ANYWAY.
- RIGHT.
- THESE PISTOLS ARE
IN AMAZING SHAPE.
THEY APPEAR TO BE
IN THE ORIGINAL CASE
WITH ALL THE
ORIGINAL ACCESSORIES.
BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW ENOUGH
ABOUT 'EM TO MAKE AN OFFER.
WHAT DO YOU WANT
TO DO WITH THIS?
- WELL, I'D LIKE TO SELL 'EM.
- OKAY.
WHAT WERE YOU LOOKING
TO GET OUT OF THEM?
- WELL, THEY LOOK PRETTY NICE,
SO I WAS LOOKING ABOUT $1,000.
- OKAY, I THINK WE MIGHT BE ABLE
TO DO MORE THAN $1,000, OKAY?
- OKAY, WELL, I DON'T KNOW
NOTHING ABOUT 'EM, SO...
- YOU KNOW, I COULD
PAY YOU THE 1,000 BUCKS.
I'D JUST FEEL BAD ABOUT IT.
I KNOW THEY'RE WORTH
A LOT MORE THAN THAT.
HOW MUCH MORE, I DON'T KNOW.
SO LET'S HAVE
SOMEONE LOOK AT THEM.
WE'LL GET A PRICE,
AND WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.
DOES THAT SOUND GOOD TO YOU?
- SOUNDS GREAT.
- ALL RIGHT.
- I'M REALLY EAGER TO
HEAR WHAT THE EXPERT
HAS TO SAY ABOUT THE PISTOLS,
'CAUSE COULD BE
WORTH MORE THAN $1,000.
- HOW YOU GUYS DOING?
- OH, PRETTY GOOD.
WHAT CAN I HELP YOU WITH?
- WELL, I GOT SOME ITEMS
THAT WYATT EARP OWNED.
- OKAY.
- AND I GOT A BOOK
OF PHOTOGRAPHS.
- ANY OF THEM OF WYATT EARP?
- UH, MAYBE.
- DO YOU MIND ME
ASKING WHAT YOU PAID?
- THIS, I PAID $1,000.
- YOU PAID $1,000 FOR A BOOK
AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHO'S IN IT?
- YEAH, PRETTY STUPID, HUH?
I DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY ITEMS THAT
BELONGED TO WYATT EARP,
AND I HAVE SOME OLD PICTURES
OF WYATT EARP AND BAT MASTERSON.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH
THESE ITEMS ARE WORTH,
BUT I'M HERE TODAY TO FIND OUT.
- SO WHERE DID YOU
GET ALL THIS STUFF?
- OKAY, I GOT THIS
BOOK OF PHOTOGRAPHS
FROM THE INTERNET.
- IN, LIKE, AN ONLINE AUCTION
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
- YES.
- OKAY.
- AND I GOT THIS WYATT
EARP MEMORABILIA
FROM JOHN GILCHRIST.
- WHO'S JOHN GILCHRIST?
- WHEN WYATT EARP DIED,
HE PASSED ALL HIS THINGS
DOWN TO BEST FRIEND JOHN FLOOD.
THEN WHEN FLOOD DIED, HE
PASSED 'EM DOWN TO JOHN GILCHRIST.
GILCHRIST WAS THE ONE
THAT FOUND THE GRAVE SITE
OF JOSEPHINE EARP
AND WYATT EARP.
- WAS IT MISSING AT ONE POINT?
- I DON'T THINK ANYBODY
REALLY KNEW WHERE IT WAS.
- AND THIS LOOKS LIKE A
BLANK STOCK CERTIFICATE
FROM TOMBSTONE CONSOLIDATED
GOLD & SILVER MINING COMPANY.
THAT'S NEAT.
AMERICAN OLD WEST ICONS DON'T
GET MUCH BIGGER THAN WYATT EARP.
THE LAWMAN OF DODGE
CITY AND TOMBSTONE
IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS
SHOWDOWN AT THE O.K. CORRAL.
ANYTHING ASSOCIATED
WITH WYATT EARP
IS WORTH A LOT OF MONEY.
YOU HAVE SOME
INTERESTING PHOTOS HERE.
I MEAN, THERE ARE SOME
GREAT TINTYPES IN HERE.
BACK IN THE DAY, WHEN
YOU'D DEVELOP A PHOTOGRAPH,
IT'S GOT SOME PRETTY
NASTY, TERRIBLE CHEMICALS,
AND IT WOULD DESTROY PAPER,
SO THEY WOULD PUT
'EM ON A PIECE OF TIN.
IT COULD HANDLE ALL
THE DIFFERENT CHEMICALS
AND EVERYTHING
ELSE THEY WERE USING.
- I BEEN TOLD THAT ONE
OF THESE IS OF WYATT EARP
AND ONE IS OF BAT MASTERSON,
BUT I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE.
- IT LOOKS LIKE A U.S.
MARSHAL'S BADGE.
BAT MASTERSON WAS
A NOTORIOUS LAWMAN
THAT SERVED RIGHT BESIDE
WYATT EARP AT DODGE CITY.
IF THESE ARE REAL PICTURES
OF TWO OF THE BIGGEST LEGENDS
OF THE OLD WEST, THEY'RE
GONNA BE WORTH A TON.
SOME OF THESE TINTYPES
ARE IN INCREDIBLE CONDITION.
I HAVE A FRIEND THAT'S
COMING DOWN LATER TODAY.
OLD WEST STUFF,
HE KNOWS EVERYTHING
THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT IT.
IF YOU COULD COME BACK,
WE'LL GET ALL THIS CHECKED
OUT WHEN HE'S HERE.
- OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
HAVE AN EXPERT COME IN
AND LOOK AT MY ITEMS TO
TELL ME WHAT THE VALUE IS
AND MAYBE TELL ME A
LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY.
- WHAT IN THE WORLD
DO WE HAVE HERE?
- SOME FISHING LURES.
- I THOUGHT FISH ATE WORMS.
- FISH EAT WORMS, AND
THEY EAT LITTLE FISH
AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT.
- THEY LOOK LIKE THEY
EAT BEER CANS TOO.
- I'M COMING TO THE
PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO TRY TO SELL MY
COLLECTION OF FISHING LURES.
THEY ARE PRETTY ANCIENT.
I'M NOT REALLY INTO FISHING.
I'M MORE INTO SURFING.
I'D LIKE TO GET MONEY FOR
A SURFBOARD IF I SELL THIS.
- THIS IS DEFINITELY
A NEAT COLLECTION.
DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT 'EM?
- MY FATHER AND HIS FATHER,
THEY COLLECTED
THESE THINGS OVER TIME.
THESE ARE MORE FOR
COLLECTING THAN ACTUALLY FISHING.
- YEAH, I MEAN, YOU DON'T WANT
TO PUT A $500 LURE AT
THE END OF YOUR LINE
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN SNAP A LINE.
THE GREAT THING ABOUT LURES IS,
YOU CAN MAKE 'EM
OUT OF ANYTHING...
, THEY'RE METAL.
THESE PROBABLY HAVE SOME
SORT OF NATURAL HAIR ON THEM.
THE REAL EXPENSIVE ONES ARE
CARVED HARDWOOD, HAND-PAINTED.
FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS,
FISHING LURES WERE
METICULOUSLY HANDMADE.
IT'S AMAZING HOW MUCH
FINE CRAFTSMANSHIP
GOES INTO SOMETHING THAT
ENDS UP IN A FISH'S MOUTH.
IT'S SORT OF A WEIRD THING.
THAT PARTICULAR LURE
DOESN'T ACTUALLY GET MORE FISH.
IT'S JUST A RARE LURE,
AND PEOPLE HAVE COLLECTIONS,
AND THAT ONE LURE THEY WANT
TO GET THAT THEY CAN'T GET,
THEY WILL PAY A
LOT OF MONEY FOR.
ALL RIGHT, WE GOT
RIGHT AT 100 LURES HERE.
I KNOW I CAN SELL A
FEW OF THESE LURES
FOA COUPLE HUNDRED BUCKS APIECE.
BUT MOST OF THEM, I
HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
IF I CAN GET THESE
FOR A DECENT PRICE,
IT'LL BE WORTH THE GAMBLE.
SO WHAT DO YOU
WANT TO DO WITH IT?
YOU WANT TO PAWN IT OR SELL IT?
- IF I CAN GET ENOUGH
TO BUY A NICE SURFBOARD,
THEN ME AND YOU
COULD MAKE A DEAL.
- ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'M TAKING
A SHOT IN THE DARK HERE.
WILL 600 BUCKS BUY
A NICE SURFBOARD?
- ACTUALLY, THE ONE I'M
LOOKING AT IS A $1,000 PIECE.
- OH, UM...
- THOUSAND BUCKS FOR
SOME COLORED FISH?
- COULD BE WORTH THOUSANDS
AND THOUSANDS, YOU KNOW?
- YEAH, AND IT COULD
BE WORTH HUNDREDS.
UM...
YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU KNOW, I'LL TAKE A
SHOT. I'LL GO 1,000 BUCKS.
- YOU GOT A DEAL.
- ALL RIGHT, CHUMLEE,
GO WRITE HIM UP.
- MAYBE THOSE LURES ARE
WORTH A LOT MORE MONEY,
BUT $1,000 MAKES
ME A HAPPY CAMPER.
I GOT TO BE HONEST.
- WYATT EARP ENDED UP
DEFINING HOW WE VIEW TH -
EARLIER, A GUY BROUGHT IN
SOME PHOTOS AND SOME ITEMS
RELATED TO WYATT
EARP AND BAT MASTERSON.
I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS,
SO I INVITED MY BUDDY
MARK DOWN TO TAKE A LOOK.
HEY, MARK.
- HEY, RICK, HOW YOU DOING?
- I'M DOING GREAT.
- I'M MARK.
I'M THE ADMINISTRATOR OF
THE CLARK COUNTY MUSEUM.
SO WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE TODAY?
- HE'S GOT TWO PICTURES IN HERE.
HE THINKS ONE
MIGHT BE WYATT EARP
AND ONE THAT MIGHT
BE BAT MASTERSON.
- OKAY.
- AND HE ALSO CLAIMS
HE'S GOT SOME STUFF
THAT WAS OWNED BY WYATT EARP.
- WYATT EARP'S ONE OF
THOSE ICONOGRAPHIC FIGURES
OUT OF THE OLD WEST
THAT ENDED UP DEFINING
HOW WE VIEW THE OLD WEST.
TO FIND A NEW
ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH
OF SOMEBODY LIKE WYATT
EARP OR BAT MASTERSON,
IT'D MAKE HEADLINES.
I'VE SEEN A NUMBER OF
IMAGES OF BAT MASTERSON.
HE WAS WIDELY PHOTOGRAPHED.
IT'S A VERY NICE TINTYPE
OF A WESTERN LAWMAN.
BAT MASTERSON, NO.
THIS DOES NOT LOOK LIKE HIM.
THE EYEBROWS AREN'T RIGHT.
THE EARS AREN'T RIGHT.
- OKAY.
- IN TERMS OF THIS IMAGE,
YOU DON'T OFTEN SEE THREE
MEN SITTING THERE WITH SHOTGUNS.
THIS ONE IS A VERY
NICE 1880s IMAGE
BUT NOT WYATT EARP.
- OKAY.
- A LOT OF PEOPLE GET
THESE TYPES OF PHOTOGRAPHS
AND THEY WANT TO BELIEVE
THAT THEY'RE SOMEBODY FAMOUS,
AND THEY'RE NOT.
THERE WAS ONLY ONE WYATT
EARP AND ONLY ONE BAT MASTERSON.
IT'S VERY HARD TO PROVE
WHETHER A PARTICULAR PIECE
WAS IN FACT OWNED
BY SOMEBODY FAMOUS.
EVEN IF IT WAS
OWNED BY WYATT EARP,
IT'S STILL A BROCHURE
FROM A HOTEL.
IT'S JUST A PRINTED
PIECE OF PAPER.
NOW, WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
- THIS IS A LETTER
FROM JOSEPHINE EARP
TO JOHN FLOOD IN 1931.
- WELL, NOW, THAT
WOULD BE INTERESTING.
JOHN FLOOD WAS WYATT
EARP'S PERSONAL SECRETARY
IN THE EARLY 1920s.
THE TIME IS RIGHT.
IT'S AN ORIGINAL ENVELOPE.
IT'S A PERSONAL PIECE
FROM HIS WIDOW TO
HIS PRIVATE SECRETARY
TWO YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH.
THE MOST INTERESTING
PIECE IS WHAT APPEARS TO BE
AN ORIGINAL
JOSEPHINE EARP LETTER.
JOHN FLOOD WAS STILL
FRIENDS WITH JOSEPHINE EARP,
AND IT WOULD TIE
DIRECTLY BACK IN
TO THIS ICONOGRAPHIC FIGURE.
MY DIFFICULTY IS,
I'VE NEVER SEEN
ANY OF JOSEPHINE
EARP'S WRITINGS.
YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY
WHO KNOWS THE HANDWRITING
TO BE ABLE TO AUTHENTICATE IT.
- ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE THE BEST.
- THANK YOU.
- ALL RIGHT, SO WE
GENERALLY HAVE AN IDEA
OF WHAT WE GOT HERE NOW.
THIS ONE'S FULL OF TINTYPES.
MY PROBLEM IS, I'VE ALWAYS HAD
A REALLY HARD TIME SELLING THEM.
I SWEAR, I CAN'T GIVE
THE DAMN THINGS AWAY.
SO THERE'S NOTHING I
CAN REALLY DO WITH THAT.
THIS ONE OVER HERE
IS REALLY INTERESTING
AS FAR AS HISTORICAL
PERSPECTIVE.
AS FAR AS A COLLECTIBLE
PERSPECTIVE,
REALLY, REALLY TOUGH.
- SO WHAT ARE YOU TELLING ME?
YOU GONNA MAKE AN
OFFER ON ANYTHING?
- NOTHING.
- NO? ALL RIGHT.
- I MEAN, THERE'S
JUST NOTHING I CAN DO.
I'M SORRY.
- OKAY.
- THANKS FOR BRINGING 'EM IN.
- HEY, THANKS FOR
LOOKING AT 'EM.
- NO PROBLEM.
- I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT
WE DIDN'T MAKE A DEAL.
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE
TO HAVE SOME EXTRA MONEY.
- EARLIER, A GUY BROUGHT IN A
PAIR OF 19TH-CENTURY PISTOLS.
THEY LOOK LIKE DUELING PISTOLS,
BUT THEY APPEAR TO BE
TOO MODERN FOR THAT,
SO I INVITED MY BUDDY SEAN
DOWN TO SORT IT ALL OUT.
THIS IS IT.
- OH, COOL.
MY NAME IS SEAN RICH, AND I OWN
TORTUGA TRADING INCORPORATED,
AND I SPECIALIZE IN
ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOR.
SO WHAT ARE YOUR CONCERNS, RICK?
- YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THEY
WORTH? WHAT EXACTLY ARE THEY?
- WELL, THE FIRST THING IS
THAT PEOPLE, WHEN THEY SAY,
"WELL, HERE'S A PAIR
OF PISTOLS IN A BOX,"
THEY ASSUME DUELING PISTOLS.
IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THESE
COULDN'T BE USED IN A DUEL,
BUT THESE WERE
MORE TARGET PISTOLS.
- OKAY.
THE DUELING PISTOLS,
THE MAJORITY OF THEM
WERE SMOOTHBORE,
WHERE THE BALL CAN JUST KIND OF
WAVE AND GO ALL OVER THE PLACE.
THESE HAVE RIFLED BARRELS, OKAY?
THAT MEANS THAT THE
BALL IS GONNA SPIN,
KEEPING IN A TIGHTER PATTERN.
THE ACCURACY IS
GREATLY IMPROVED.
AND THESE DATE
TO ABOUT 1840, 1850.
THE MAKER, I'M
NOT FAMILIAR WITH.
JUST THE FORM TELLS ME
THAT THESE ARE EITHER
BELGIAN OR FROM FRANCE.
- AND THE MALLET'S FOR
TAKING IT APART, RIGHT?
- ACTUALLY, WHEN YOU
WERE LOADING THESE THINGS,
IF YOU REALLY WANTED TO
CREATE A LOT OF BREECH PRESSURE,
YOU'D USE THAT
MALLET AND TAP THE END.
I'VE SEEN THIS TYPE
OF PISTOLS BEFORE,
BUT THEY ARE SCARCE.
YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS HOW MANY
OF THESE THINGS HAVE SURVIVED
OVER THE PAST 100 YEARS?
YOU KNOW, GUYS, THESE
ARE IN SUCH NICE CONDITION,
I BET YOU THESE THINGS
COULD BE FIRED RIGHT NOW.
- YEAH, I'D LIKE TO TAKE
COREY TO THE RANGE
AND SHOW HIM WHAT'S UP.
- YOU MEAN HAVE A DUEL WITH HIM?
- EXACTLY.
- THAT COULD BE ARRANGED.
- SO WHAT DOES
SOMETHING LIKE THIS GO FOR?
- BECAUSE THIS IS IN SUCH
NICE CONDITION AND COMPLETE,
YOU'RE GONNA SEE THESE PROBABLY
IN THAT $5,000 TO $8,000 RANGE.
THEY'RE HARD TO FIND.
- THANKS, SEAN.
- ABSOLUTELY.
I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO SEE
THE CONDITION OF THESE GUNS.
THESE WERE REALLY EXCEPTIONAL.
- ALL RIGHT, SO
HEARING ALL THAT,
YOU STILL WANT 1,000 BUCKS?
- NO, I'LL TAKE A LITTLE MORE.
- 2,500 BUCKS?
- I'D LIKE TO HAVE
AT LEAST $7,000.
- YOU'RE CRAZY.
- HE SAID BETWEEN
$5,000 AND $8,000.
- YEAH.
- YEAH.
WELL, $8,000 WAS
ON THE HIGH SIDE,
SO I'LL GO WITH $7,000.
- NO, NO, NO, THAT'S WHAT IT
MIGHT BRING AT AN AUCTION.
- OKAY.
- YOU KNOW, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
I'LL GO THREE GRAND,
AND THAT IS THE TOP
DOLLAR I'M GONNA OFFER.
I HAVE TO MAKE SOME MONEY.
- YOU COULDN'T GO $4,000?
- NO, $3,000. IT'S A FAIR OFFER.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS
GONNA BE HERE A WEEK.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S
GONNA BE HERE TWO YEARS.
- OKAY. I'LL TAKE IT. $3,000.
- ALL RIGHT, 3,000 BUCKS.
CHUM, GO WRITE HIM UP.
- I'M HAPPY WITH
THE DEAL OF $3,000.
SO THAT WAS THREE
TIMES WHAT I WANTED.
IT GIVES ME A LITTLE
MONEY IN MY POCKET
TO GO SPEND AND HAVE FUN.
- HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
- HEY, GUYS.
I WAS WANTING TO GET
RID OF THIS LAMP TODAY.
- SCHLITZ. YOU EVER
DRINK THIS STUFF?
- NO, I NEVER REALLY...
WELL, BACK IN COLLEGE, I
WAS A PRETTY BIG DRINKER,
BUT NOWADAYS, I'VE
KIND OF CUT BACK.
- OH.
YEAH.
- I'M COMING DOWN TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SEE IF I CAN SELL MY
OLD SCHLITZ BEER LAMP.
I HAD THE LAMP IN COLLEGE.
I USED IT A LOT IN MY DORM ROOM,
BUT NOW I JUST DON'T NEED IT.
I WANT TO SELL IT FOR $100,
BUT I WOULD PROBABLY
TAKE $75 IF I HAD TO.
- I CAN REMEMBER DRINKING
SCHLITZ BACK IN THE '50s.
IT HAD A BITE TO IT, BUT
IT WAS A GOOD BEER.
- THE FUNNY THING IS,
IS EVERYBODY KIND OF
MAKES FUN OF SCHLITZ
AS NOT REALLY BEING THE
MOST APPEALING-SOUNDING NAME
FOR A BEER.
BEFORE IT WAS
SCHLITZ, IT WAS KRUG.
- KRUG.
- AND WHAT HAPPENED
WAS, SCHLITZ WAS ACTUALLY
A BOOKKEEPER FOR
THE KRUG FAMILY,
AND WHEN GUY KRUG DIED,
SCHLITZ MOVED IN ON HIS OLD
LADY AND ENDED UP OWNING KRUG
AND CHANGING THE
NAME TO SCHLITZ.
100 YEARS AGO, SCHLITZ WAS
THE NUMBER ONE-SELLING BEER
IN THE COUNTRY UP UNTIL THE '70s
WHEN THEY WERE NECK AND
NECK WITH ANHEUSER-BUSCH.
BUT FOR SOME REASON, THEY
DECIDED TO CHANGE THE RECIPE,
AND THEIR SALES TOOK A HIT.
- I GOT KIND OF DRUNK ONE NIGHT,
TRIPPED OVER THE
CORD, AND BROKE IT HERE.
I SPLICED IT BACK TOGETHER.
I HOPE IT DOESN'T REALLY DO
ANYTHING TO THE VALUE OF IT.
- NAH, CORDS FRAY ALL THE TIME,
AND THEY'RE AN
EASY THING TO FIX.
- COREY, PLUG IT IN
BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING.
- GOOD IDEA, I GUESS.
- WHAT DO YOU
KNOW? IT STILL WORKS.
- JUDGING BY THE CHEAP
PLASTIC CONSTRUCTION,
IT'S PROBABLY SOMEWHERE
AROUND THE 1970s,
BUT GUYS WILL STILL BUY THEM FOR
THEIR DORM ROOMS AND MAN CAVES.
GUYS JUST LIKE TO COLLECT
THESE WEIRD THINGS.
DID YOU WANT TO
PAWN IT OR SELL IT?
- SELL IT.
- SELL IT?
ANY IDEA WHAT YOU'RE
LOOKING TO GET OUT OF IT?
- I WAS LOOKING TO
GET MAYBE GET $100.
- LET ME GIVE YOU 50
BUCKS FOR IT, BOSS.
- MM.
YOU WANT TO GO $75?
- I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
LET'S GO $60.
- I'VE HAD IT FOR A
WHILE. I COULD GO $60.
- ALL RIGHT, MY MAN.
- ALL RIGHT.
- LET ME MEET YOU OVER
THERE. I'LL DO SOME PAPERWORK.
- OKAY. I ENDED
UP WITH $60 FOR IT.
IT'S PRETTY GOOD, I THINK.
I'M GONNA END UP PAYING
SOME BILLS WITH THAT.
- HEY, YOU'RE BACK.
WHAT CAN I HELP YOU WITH?
- OH, I'D LIKE TO
SELL MY GOLD MEDAL.
- WHAT KIND OF GUY SELLS
HIS OWN OLYMPIC MEDAL?
- MY WIFE DECIDED
SHE NEEDED FURNITURE
MORE THAN SHE NEEDS THIS.
- MY WIFE THINKS WE NEED
FURNITURE MORE THAN THE HARLEY.
I JUST THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS.
- CAME TO THE PAWN SHOP
TODAY TO SEE IF I COULD SELL
MY 1984 SAMPLE
GOLD OLYMPIC MEDAL.
I'D LIKE TO SELL
THIS FOR $2,000,
BUT I'D PROBABLY
SETTLE FOR $1,000.
- SO WHERE IN THE
WORLD DID YOU GET THIS?
- I HAD A PAWN SHOP,
AND IN 1987, THIS WAS
BROUGHT IN TO ME TO PAWN.
- OKAY. I SEE IT'S A SAMPLE.
HOW DID THE PERSON
GET IT TO PAWN IT TO YOU?
- HE WORKED FOR JOSTENS,
WHICH IS THE MANUFACTURER
OF THE GOLD MEDAL AT THAT TIME.
- YEAH, I KNOW THE SALESMEN
USED TO TAKE THESE AROUND
TO THE SCHOOLS WITH THEM
WHEN THEY WERE
SELLING THE CLASS RINGS.
THIS IS THE GODDESS
NIKE RIGHT HERE.
IT'S IN GREAT SHAPE.
WHEN THE MODERN OLYMPICS
STARTED IN THE LATE 1800s,
THEY GAVE OUT GOLD MEDALS
TO THE WINNERS OF EACH EVENT.
TO THIS DAY, THEY STILL
GIVE OUT GOLD MEDALS,
AND THEY CAN BE
WORTH A LOT OF MONEY.
- WAS THERE ANYTHING
REALLY IMPORTANT
ABOUT THE '84 OLYMPICS?
- YEAH, THIS WAS THE SECOND
TIME THE OLYMPICS WERE IN L.A.
THERE WAS A LOT OF CONTROVERSY
ABOUT EVERYONE WHO
GOT THE GOLD MEDALS.
THEY SAID, "WELL, IT REALLY
DOESN'T COUNT AS MUCH
SINCE THE RUSSIANS
WEREN'T THERE."
WHAT HAPPENED WAS, THE
RUSSIANS INVADED AFGHANISTAN,
SO WE HAD BOYCOTTED
THEIR OLYMPICS, SO IN '84,
THEY CAME UP WITH AN EXCUSE
TO BOYCOTT OUR OLYMPICS.
AND THEN WE INVADED
AFGHANISTAN LATER.
OLYMPIC MEDALS CAN
BE WORTH ANYWHERE
FROM THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
TO HUNDRED OF
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
BUT ONE GIVEN OUT TO
A WELL-KNOWN ATHLETE
LIKE CARL LEWIS
OR MICHAEL PHELPS,
THAT WOULD BE PRICELESS.
SO WHAT DID YOU WANT FOR IT?
- I WANTED TO GET $2,000 FOR IT.
- MM...
THE PROBLEM WITH
OLYMPIC MEDALS IS,
THERE'S SO FEW THAT
COME ON THE MARKET,
IT'S REALLY HARD TO
COME UP WITH A PRICE.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T MEAN
TO INSULT YOU OR ANYTHING,
BUT I'D GIVE YOU,
LIKE, 300 BUCKS FOR IT.
- WOULDN'T SPLIT THE
DIFFERENCE WITH ME... $1,000?
- NO, I'D GO, LIKE, $350.
PROBLEM IS, IT'S A SAMPLE.
IT'S IN A NICE CASE
AND EVERYTHING,
BUT IT'S STILL NOT
THE REAL DEAL.
I MEAN, I HAVE THE
OTHER OLYMPIC MEDALS.
THEY'VE BEEN
SITTING HERE FOREVER.
I THINK THIS ONE WOULD
BE EVEN HARDER TO SELL.
I MEAN, $350 WOULD BE IT, MAN.
- IT'S WORTH MORE THAN
THAT. I HAVE TO PASS.
- OKAY.
- THANK YOU.
- THANKS FOR
BRINGING IT IN, THOUGH.
I APPRECIATE IT.
- I'M DISAPPOINTED I
COULDN'T SELL MY MEDAL,
BUT I FEEL THAT IS WORTH MORE
THAN WHAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW.
- EARLIER, I BOUGHT A PAIR
OF 19TH-CENTURY PISTOLS
THAT TURNED OUT TO BE
TARGET PISTOLS, NOT DUELING.
BUT COREY AND CHUM ARE
DYING TO DUEL... SAFELY...
SO SEAN'S TAKING US
OUT TO THE GUN RANGE
SO THEY CAN SHOOT IT OUT.
- OKAY, GUYS, HERE'S THE DEAL.
THESE PISTOLS WERE
MORE TARGET PISTOLS,
BUT YOU COULD STILL
HAVE A DUEL WITH THESE,
SO THIS IS GONNA BE
AS CLOSE AS WE CAN GET
WITHIN THE SAFETY
REALM TO A REAL DUEL.
WE'VE GOT A TARGET
SET UP DOWNRANGE.
YOU'RE GONNA BE 15 PACES
AWAY FROM YOUR TARGET,
AND YOU HAVE TO IMAGINE THAT
THAT GUY'S GOT A PISTOL AS WELL.
YOU'VE GOT ONE SHOT.
IF YOU MISS,
CHANCES ARE, THE OPPOSING
SHOT'S GONNA HIT YOU.
SO THIS HAS REALLY GOT TO COUNT.
ULTIMATELY, IN A DUEL,
IF YOU FOLLOW THE
RULES CORRECTLY
AND IF THE GUNS WERE
LOADED PROPERLY,
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL
AND IF HE CAN USE
HIS SKILLS IN AIMING
TO HIT THE OPPONENT.
- LET'S SEE WHAT YOU GOT, CHUM.
- HASTA LA VIS TA, BIG HOSS.
- THAT'S A KILL SHOT, GUYS.
- YOU'RE DEAD, BIG HOSS.
- I GOT TO ADMIT,
CHUM, YOU DID GOOD.
- WELL, YOU HIT ME RIGHT IN
MY BULLETPROOF VEST, DUDE.
- YEAH, 'CAUSE THEY HAD
BULLETPROOF VESTS IN 1839.
- THAT'S AN EXCELLENT SHOT.
AWESOME.
ALL RIGHT, HOSS, YOUR TURN.
- YOU KNOW WHERE
TO SHOOT HIM AT, SON.
- OH!
THAT'S THE BIGGEST
PART OF MY THIGH, BRO.
SO WHO YOU THINK
WOULD DIE FIRST?
- IT'S GOT TO BE COREY.
YOU GOT HIS CENTER
MASS, RIGHT IN THE GUT.
I'M AFRAID COREY'S
NOT GONNA MAKE IT.
YOU HAVE A SURVIVABLE WOUND,
BUT IT NEEDS TO BE ATTENDED TO.
- I'M GOING TO THE DOCTOR.
- YOU ARE GONNA WALK FUNNY
FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, THOUGH.
- I'LL PROBABLY
BE RIDING A HORSE.
EPISODE OF PAWN STARS...
- I GOT SOME ITEMS
THAT WYATT EARP OWNED.
- THAT'S NEAT.
- AND ONE OF THESE
IS WYATT EARP.
- IT COULD BE WORTH A TON.
- I GOT SOME OLD PISTOLS HERE.
- SWEET.
- THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL GUNS.
- I'D HOPE TO GET
ABOUT $1,000 FOR 'EM.
- I CAN TELL THESE ARE OLD,
BUT I DON'T THINK THIS IS
THE ORIGINAL WOOD ON IT.
- I WAS WANTING TO
GET RID OF THIS LAMP.
- SCHLITZ. YOU EVER
DRINK THIS STUFF?
- BACK IN COLLEGE.
- COREY, PLUG IT IN.
- I GOT DRUNK ONE NIGHT,
TRIPPED OVER THE CORD,
AND BROKE IT.
- OH.
- COREY!
- 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 HAVE HERE?
- I GOT SOME OLD PISTOLS HERE.
- SWEET.
WERE THESE, LIKE,
A JUDGE'S PISTOL?
WHAT'S THE MALLET FOR?
- IT'S NOT A GAVEL FOR A JUDGE.
ORDER IN THE COURT.
ORDER IN THE COURT.
OH, YOU DON'T WANT TO LISTEN?
I'LL MAKE YOU LISTEN.
- COMING DOWN TO THE PAWN SHOP
TO TRY TO SELL SOME
DUELING PISTOLS THAT I HAVE.
I DON'T KNOW THE
HISTORY BEHIND THEM.
THE REASON I'M SELLING
'EM: I DON'T COLLECT GUNS,
AND I REALLY COULD
USE THE MONEY TODAY.
I'D HOPE TO GET
ABOUT $1,000 FOR 'EM.
BUT THE MINIMUM I'D
TAKE'S PROBABLY $400, $500.
- WHERE IN THE WORLD
DID YOU GET THESE?
- MY MOM HAD A BLANKET
CHEST FROM MY GRANDFATHER.
IT WAS WRAPPED UP IN A BLANKET
IN THOSE... IN THE BOTTOM OF IT.
- YOU'D BE BADASS IF YOU
HAD THOSE ON YOUR HIP.
- WELL, FIRST OFF, YOU WOULDN'T
WEAR THESE ON YOUR HIP.
THEY STARTED WEARING
GUNS ON THEIR HIP
WHEN THERE WERE SIX SHOTS.
THIS WAS MORE OR LESS
ONE SHOT AND TOSS IT.
BUT I DON'T THINK
THEY'RE FOR DUELING,
BECAUSE THEY'RE PERCUSSION CAP,
WHICH MEANS THEY WERE
PROBABLY MADE AFTER THE 1830s.
YOU WOULD TAKE A CAP,
YOU WOULD PUT IT ON THERE,
PULL THE HAMMER BACK, AND BAM.
IT WOULD SHOOT FIRE
THROUGH THE HOLE
AND LIT EVERYTHING ON
FIRE INSIDE THE BARREL.
FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS,
DUELING WAS CONSIDERED
AN HONORABLE WAY
FOR TWO GENTLEMEN
TO SETTLE THEIR DIFFERENCES.
BUT BY THE TIME THESE
WERE MADE, AFTER 1830,
DUELING HAD BECOME
COMPLETELY OUT OF FASHION.
THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL GUNS.
I MEAN, THE ENGRAVING
IS REALLY, REALLY NICE.
THE WOODWORK IS BEAUTIFUL,
THE DESIGN ON THE BARRELS.
I CAN TELL THESE ARE OLD.
1830 TO 1870, THAT'S
WHAT I CAN TELL YOU.
IF THEY WERE AN AMERICAN
GUN, I'D KNOW ABOUT 'EM.
THESE ARE MAYBE
GERMAN OR FRENCH.
I MEAN, THEY'RE
EUROPEAN, ANYWAY.
- RIGHT.
- THESE PISTOLS ARE
IN AMAZING SHAPE.
THEY APPEAR TO BE
IN THE ORIGINAL CASE
WITH ALL THE
ORIGINAL ACCESSORIES.
BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW ENOUGH
ABOUT 'EM TO MAKE AN OFFER.
WHAT DO YOU WANT
TO DO WITH THIS?
- WELL, I'D LIKE TO SELL 'EM.
- OKAY.
WHAT WERE YOU LOOKING
TO GET OUT OF THEM?
- WELL, THEY LOOK PRETTY NICE,
SO I WAS LOOKING ABOUT $1,000.
- OKAY, I THINK WE MIGHT BE ABLE
TO DO MORE THAN $1,000, OKAY?
- OKAY, WELL, I DON'T KNOW
NOTHING ABOUT 'EM, SO...
- YOU KNOW, I COULD
PAY YOU THE 1,000 BUCKS.
I'D JUST FEEL BAD ABOUT IT.
I KNOW THEY'RE WORTH
A LOT MORE THAN THAT.
HOW MUCH MORE, I DON'T KNOW.
SO LET'S HAVE
SOMEONE LOOK AT THEM.
WE'LL GET A PRICE,
AND WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.
DOES THAT SOUND GOOD TO YOU?
- SOUNDS GREAT.
- ALL RIGHT.
- I'M REALLY EAGER TO
HEAR WHAT THE EXPERT
HAS TO SAY ABOUT THE PISTOLS,
'CAUSE COULD BE
WORTH MORE THAN $1,000.
- HOW YOU GUYS DOING?
- OH, PRETTY GOOD.
WHAT CAN I HELP YOU WITH?
- WELL, I GOT SOME ITEMS
THAT WYATT EARP OWNED.
- OKAY.
- AND I GOT A BOOK
OF PHOTOGRAPHS.
- ANY OF THEM OF WYATT EARP?
- UH, MAYBE.
- DO YOU MIND ME
ASKING WHAT YOU PAID?
- THIS, I PAID $1,000.
- YOU PAID $1,000 FOR A BOOK
AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHO'S IN IT?
- YEAH, PRETTY STUPID, HUH?
I DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY ITEMS THAT
BELONGED TO WYATT EARP,
AND I HAVE SOME OLD PICTURES
OF WYATT EARP AND BAT MASTERSON.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH
THESE ITEMS ARE WORTH,
BUT I'M HERE TODAY TO FIND OUT.
- SO WHERE DID YOU
GET ALL THIS STUFF?
- OKAY, I GOT THIS
BOOK OF PHOTOGRAPHS
FROM THE INTERNET.
- IN, LIKE, AN ONLINE AUCTION
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
- YES.
- OKAY.
- AND I GOT THIS WYATT
EARP MEMORABILIA
FROM JOHN GILCHRIST.
- WHO'S JOHN GILCHRIST?
- WHEN WYATT EARP DIED,
HE PASSED ALL HIS THINGS
DOWN TO BEST FRIEND JOHN FLOOD.
THEN WHEN FLOOD DIED, HE
PASSED 'EM DOWN TO JOHN GILCHRIST.
GILCHRIST WAS THE ONE
THAT FOUND THE GRAVE SITE
OF JOSEPHINE EARP
AND WYATT EARP.
- WAS IT MISSING AT ONE POINT?
- I DON'T THINK ANYBODY
REALLY KNEW WHERE IT WAS.
- AND THIS LOOKS LIKE A
BLANK STOCK CERTIFICATE
FROM TOMBSTONE CONSOLIDATED
GOLD & SILVER MINING COMPANY.
THAT'S NEAT.
AMERICAN OLD WEST ICONS DON'T
GET MUCH BIGGER THAN WYATT EARP.
THE LAWMAN OF DODGE
CITY AND TOMBSTONE
IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS
SHOWDOWN AT THE O.K. CORRAL.
ANYTHING ASSOCIATED
WITH WYATT EARP
IS WORTH A LOT OF MONEY.
YOU HAVE SOME
INTERESTING PHOTOS HERE.
I MEAN, THERE ARE SOME
GREAT TINTYPES IN HERE.
BACK IN THE DAY, WHEN
YOU'D DEVELOP A PHOTOGRAPH,
IT'S GOT SOME PRETTY
NASTY, TERRIBLE CHEMICALS,
AND IT WOULD DESTROY PAPER,
SO THEY WOULD PUT
'EM ON A PIECE OF TIN.
IT COULD HANDLE ALL
THE DIFFERENT CHEMICALS
AND EVERYTHING
ELSE THEY WERE USING.
- I BEEN TOLD THAT ONE
OF THESE IS OF WYATT EARP
AND ONE IS OF BAT MASTERSON,
BUT I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE.
- IT LOOKS LIKE A U.S.
MARSHAL'S BADGE.
BAT MASTERSON WAS
A NOTORIOUS LAWMAN
THAT SERVED RIGHT BESIDE
WYATT EARP AT DODGE CITY.
IF THESE ARE REAL PICTURES
OF TWO OF THE BIGGEST LEGENDS
OF THE OLD WEST, THEY'RE
GONNA BE WORTH A TON.
SOME OF THESE TINTYPES
ARE IN INCREDIBLE CONDITION.
I HAVE A FRIEND THAT'S
COMING DOWN LATER TODAY.
OLD WEST STUFF,
HE KNOWS EVERYTHING
THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT IT.
IF YOU COULD COME BACK,
WE'LL GET ALL THIS CHECKED
OUT WHEN HE'S HERE.
- OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
HAVE AN EXPERT COME IN
AND LOOK AT MY ITEMS TO
TELL ME WHAT THE VALUE IS
AND MAYBE TELL ME A
LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY.
- WHAT IN THE WORLD
DO WE HAVE HERE?
- SOME FISHING LURES.
- I THOUGHT FISH ATE WORMS.
- FISH EAT WORMS, AND
THEY EAT LITTLE FISH
AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT.
- THEY LOOK LIKE THEY
EAT BEER CANS TOO.
- I'M COMING TO THE
PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO TRY TO SELL MY
COLLECTION OF FISHING LURES.
THEY ARE PRETTY ANCIENT.
I'M NOT REALLY INTO FISHING.
I'M MORE INTO SURFING.
I'D LIKE TO GET MONEY FOR
A SURFBOARD IF I SELL THIS.
- THIS IS DEFINITELY
A NEAT COLLECTION.
DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT 'EM?
- MY FATHER AND HIS FATHER,
THEY COLLECTED
THESE THINGS OVER TIME.
THESE ARE MORE FOR
COLLECTING THAN ACTUALLY FISHING.
- YEAH, I MEAN, YOU DON'T WANT
TO PUT A $500 LURE AT
THE END OF YOUR LINE
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN SNAP A LINE.
THE GREAT THING ABOUT LURES IS,
YOU CAN MAKE 'EM
OUT OF ANYTHING...
, THEY'RE METAL.
THESE PROBABLY HAVE SOME
SORT OF NATURAL HAIR ON THEM.
THE REAL EXPENSIVE ONES ARE
CARVED HARDWOOD, HAND-PAINTED.
FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS,
FISHING LURES WERE
METICULOUSLY HANDMADE.
IT'S AMAZING HOW MUCH
FINE CRAFTSMANSHIP
GOES INTO SOMETHING THAT
ENDS UP IN A FISH'S MOUTH.
IT'S SORT OF A WEIRD THING.
THAT PARTICULAR LURE
DOESN'T ACTUALLY GET MORE FISH.
IT'S JUST A RARE LURE,
AND PEOPLE HAVE COLLECTIONS,
AND THAT ONE LURE THEY WANT
TO GET THAT THEY CAN'T GET,
THEY WILL PAY A
LOT OF MONEY FOR.
ALL RIGHT, WE GOT
RIGHT AT 100 LURES HERE.
I KNOW I CAN SELL A
FEW OF THESE LURES
FOA COUPLE HUNDRED BUCKS APIECE.
BUT MOST OF THEM, I
HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
IF I CAN GET THESE
FOR A DECENT PRICE,
IT'LL BE WORTH THE GAMBLE.
SO WHAT DO YOU
WANT TO DO WITH IT?
YOU WANT TO PAWN IT OR SELL IT?
- IF I CAN GET ENOUGH
TO BUY A NICE SURFBOARD,
THEN ME AND YOU
COULD MAKE A DEAL.
- ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'M TAKING
A SHOT IN THE DARK HERE.
WILL 600 BUCKS BUY
A NICE SURFBOARD?
- ACTUALLY, THE ONE I'M
LOOKING AT IS A $1,000 PIECE.
- OH, UM...
- THOUSAND BUCKS FOR
SOME COLORED FISH?
- COULD BE WORTH THOUSANDS
AND THOUSANDS, YOU KNOW?
- YEAH, AND IT COULD
BE WORTH HUNDREDS.
UM...
YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU KNOW, I'LL TAKE A
SHOT. I'LL GO 1,000 BUCKS.
- YOU GOT A DEAL.
- ALL RIGHT, CHUMLEE,
GO WRITE HIM UP.
- MAYBE THOSE LURES ARE
WORTH A LOT MORE MONEY,
BUT $1,000 MAKES
ME A HAPPY CAMPER.
I GOT TO BE HONEST.
- WYATT EARP ENDED UP
DEFINING HOW WE VIEW TH -
EARLIER, A GUY BROUGHT IN
SOME PHOTOS AND SOME ITEMS
RELATED TO WYATT
EARP AND BAT MASTERSON.
I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS,
SO I INVITED MY BUDDY
MARK DOWN TO TAKE A LOOK.
HEY, MARK.
- HEY, RICK, HOW YOU DOING?
- I'M DOING GREAT.
- I'M MARK.
I'M THE ADMINISTRATOR OF
THE CLARK COUNTY MUSEUM.
SO WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE TODAY?
- HE'S GOT TWO PICTURES IN HERE.
HE THINKS ONE
MIGHT BE WYATT EARP
AND ONE THAT MIGHT
BE BAT MASTERSON.
- OKAY.
- AND HE ALSO CLAIMS
HE'S GOT SOME STUFF
THAT WAS OWNED BY WYATT EARP.
- WYATT EARP'S ONE OF
THOSE ICONOGRAPHIC FIGURES
OUT OF THE OLD WEST
THAT ENDED UP DEFINING
HOW WE VIEW THE OLD WEST.
TO FIND A NEW
ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH
OF SOMEBODY LIKE WYATT
EARP OR BAT MASTERSON,
IT'D MAKE HEADLINES.
I'VE SEEN A NUMBER OF
IMAGES OF BAT MASTERSON.
HE WAS WIDELY PHOTOGRAPHED.
IT'S A VERY NICE TINTYPE
OF A WESTERN LAWMAN.
BAT MASTERSON, NO.
THIS DOES NOT LOOK LIKE HIM.
THE EYEBROWS AREN'T RIGHT.
THE EARS AREN'T RIGHT.
- OKAY.
- IN TERMS OF THIS IMAGE,
YOU DON'T OFTEN SEE THREE
MEN SITTING THERE WITH SHOTGUNS.
THIS ONE IS A VERY
NICE 1880s IMAGE
BUT NOT WYATT EARP.
- OKAY.
- A LOT OF PEOPLE GET
THESE TYPES OF PHOTOGRAPHS
AND THEY WANT TO BELIEVE
THAT THEY'RE SOMEBODY FAMOUS,
AND THEY'RE NOT.
THERE WAS ONLY ONE WYATT
EARP AND ONLY ONE BAT MASTERSON.
IT'S VERY HARD TO PROVE
WHETHER A PARTICULAR PIECE
WAS IN FACT OWNED
BY SOMEBODY FAMOUS.
EVEN IF IT WAS
OWNED BY WYATT EARP,
IT'S STILL A BROCHURE
FROM A HOTEL.
IT'S JUST A PRINTED
PIECE OF PAPER.
NOW, WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
- THIS IS A LETTER
FROM JOSEPHINE EARP
TO JOHN FLOOD IN 1931.
- WELL, NOW, THAT
WOULD BE INTERESTING.
JOHN FLOOD WAS WYATT
EARP'S PERSONAL SECRETARY
IN THE EARLY 1920s.
THE TIME IS RIGHT.
IT'S AN ORIGINAL ENVELOPE.
IT'S A PERSONAL PIECE
FROM HIS WIDOW TO
HIS PRIVATE SECRETARY
TWO YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH.
THE MOST INTERESTING
PIECE IS WHAT APPEARS TO BE
AN ORIGINAL
JOSEPHINE EARP LETTER.
JOHN FLOOD WAS STILL
FRIENDS WITH JOSEPHINE EARP,
AND IT WOULD TIE
DIRECTLY BACK IN
TO THIS ICONOGRAPHIC FIGURE.
MY DIFFICULTY IS,
I'VE NEVER SEEN
ANY OF JOSEPHINE
EARP'S WRITINGS.
YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY
WHO KNOWS THE HANDWRITING
TO BE ABLE TO AUTHENTICATE IT.
- ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE THE BEST.
- THANK YOU.
- ALL RIGHT, SO WE
GENERALLY HAVE AN IDEA
OF WHAT WE GOT HERE NOW.
THIS ONE'S FULL OF TINTYPES.
MY PROBLEM IS, I'VE ALWAYS HAD
A REALLY HARD TIME SELLING THEM.
I SWEAR, I CAN'T GIVE
THE DAMN THINGS AWAY.
SO THERE'S NOTHING I
CAN REALLY DO WITH THAT.
THIS ONE OVER HERE
IS REALLY INTERESTING
AS FAR AS HISTORICAL
PERSPECTIVE.
AS FAR AS A COLLECTIBLE
PERSPECTIVE,
REALLY, REALLY TOUGH.
- SO WHAT ARE YOU TELLING ME?
YOU GONNA MAKE AN
OFFER ON ANYTHING?
- NOTHING.
- NO? ALL RIGHT.
- I MEAN, THERE'S
JUST NOTHING I CAN DO.
I'M SORRY.
- OKAY.
- THANKS FOR BRINGING 'EM IN.
- HEY, THANKS FOR
LOOKING AT 'EM.
- NO PROBLEM.
- I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT
WE DIDN'T MAKE A DEAL.
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE
TO HAVE SOME EXTRA MONEY.
- EARLIER, A GUY BROUGHT IN A
PAIR OF 19TH-CENTURY PISTOLS.
THEY LOOK LIKE DUELING PISTOLS,
BUT THEY APPEAR TO BE
TOO MODERN FOR THAT,
SO I INVITED MY BUDDY SEAN
DOWN TO SORT IT ALL OUT.
THIS IS IT.
- OH, COOL.
MY NAME IS SEAN RICH, AND I OWN
TORTUGA TRADING INCORPORATED,
AND I SPECIALIZE IN
ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOR.
SO WHAT ARE YOUR CONCERNS, RICK?
- YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THEY
WORTH? WHAT EXACTLY ARE THEY?
- WELL, THE FIRST THING IS
THAT PEOPLE, WHEN THEY SAY,
"WELL, HERE'S A PAIR
OF PISTOLS IN A BOX,"
THEY ASSUME DUELING PISTOLS.
IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THESE
COULDN'T BE USED IN A DUEL,
BUT THESE WERE
MORE TARGET PISTOLS.
- OKAY.
THE DUELING PISTOLS,
THE MAJORITY OF THEM
WERE SMOOTHBORE,
WHERE THE BALL CAN JUST KIND OF
WAVE AND GO ALL OVER THE PLACE.
THESE HAVE RIFLED BARRELS, OKAY?
THAT MEANS THAT THE
BALL IS GONNA SPIN,
KEEPING IN A TIGHTER PATTERN.
THE ACCURACY IS
GREATLY IMPROVED.
AND THESE DATE
TO ABOUT 1840, 1850.
THE MAKER, I'M
NOT FAMILIAR WITH.
JUST THE FORM TELLS ME
THAT THESE ARE EITHER
BELGIAN OR FROM FRANCE.
- AND THE MALLET'S FOR
TAKING IT APART, RIGHT?
- ACTUALLY, WHEN YOU
WERE LOADING THESE THINGS,
IF YOU REALLY WANTED TO
CREATE A LOT OF BREECH PRESSURE,
YOU'D USE THAT
MALLET AND TAP THE END.
I'VE SEEN THIS TYPE
OF PISTOLS BEFORE,
BUT THEY ARE SCARCE.
YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS HOW MANY
OF THESE THINGS HAVE SURVIVED
OVER THE PAST 100 YEARS?
YOU KNOW, GUYS, THESE
ARE IN SUCH NICE CONDITION,
I BET YOU THESE THINGS
COULD BE FIRED RIGHT NOW.
- YEAH, I'D LIKE TO TAKE
COREY TO THE RANGE
AND SHOW HIM WHAT'S UP.
- YOU MEAN HAVE A DUEL WITH HIM?
- EXACTLY.
- THAT COULD BE ARRANGED.
- SO WHAT DOES
SOMETHING LIKE THIS GO FOR?
- BECAUSE THIS IS IN SUCH
NICE CONDITION AND COMPLETE,
YOU'RE GONNA SEE THESE PROBABLY
IN THAT $5,000 TO $8,000 RANGE.
THEY'RE HARD TO FIND.
- THANKS, SEAN.
- ABSOLUTELY.
I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO SEE
THE CONDITION OF THESE GUNS.
THESE WERE REALLY EXCEPTIONAL.
- ALL RIGHT, SO
HEARING ALL THAT,
YOU STILL WANT 1,000 BUCKS?
- NO, I'LL TAKE A LITTLE MORE.
- 2,500 BUCKS?
- I'D LIKE TO HAVE
AT LEAST $7,000.
- YOU'RE CRAZY.
- HE SAID BETWEEN
$5,000 AND $8,000.
- YEAH.
- YEAH.
WELL, $8,000 WAS
ON THE HIGH SIDE,
SO I'LL GO WITH $7,000.
- NO, NO, NO, THAT'S WHAT IT
MIGHT BRING AT AN AUCTION.
- OKAY.
- YOU KNOW, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
I'LL GO THREE GRAND,
AND THAT IS THE TOP
DOLLAR I'M GONNA OFFER.
I HAVE TO MAKE SOME MONEY.
- YOU COULDN'T GO $4,000?
- NO, $3,000. IT'S A FAIR OFFER.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS
GONNA BE HERE A WEEK.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S
GONNA BE HERE TWO YEARS.
- OKAY. I'LL TAKE IT. $3,000.
- ALL RIGHT, 3,000 BUCKS.
CHUM, GO WRITE HIM UP.
- I'M HAPPY WITH
THE DEAL OF $3,000.
SO THAT WAS THREE
TIMES WHAT I WANTED.
IT GIVES ME A LITTLE
MONEY IN MY POCKET
TO GO SPEND AND HAVE FUN.
- HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
- HEY, GUYS.
I WAS WANTING TO GET
RID OF THIS LAMP TODAY.
- SCHLITZ. YOU EVER
DRINK THIS STUFF?
- NO, I NEVER REALLY...
WELL, BACK IN COLLEGE, I
WAS A PRETTY BIG DRINKER,
BUT NOWADAYS, I'VE
KIND OF CUT BACK.
- OH.
YEAH.
- I'M COMING DOWN TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SEE IF I CAN SELL MY
OLD SCHLITZ BEER LAMP.
I HAD THE LAMP IN COLLEGE.
I USED IT A LOT IN MY DORM ROOM,
BUT NOW I JUST DON'T NEED IT.
I WANT TO SELL IT FOR $100,
BUT I WOULD PROBABLY
TAKE $75 IF I HAD TO.
- I CAN REMEMBER DRINKING
SCHLITZ BACK IN THE '50s.
IT HAD A BITE TO IT, BUT
IT WAS A GOOD BEER.
- THE FUNNY THING IS,
IS EVERYBODY KIND OF
MAKES FUN OF SCHLITZ
AS NOT REALLY BEING THE
MOST APPEALING-SOUNDING NAME
FOR A BEER.
BEFORE IT WAS
SCHLITZ, IT WAS KRUG.
- KRUG.
- AND WHAT HAPPENED
WAS, SCHLITZ WAS ACTUALLY
A BOOKKEEPER FOR
THE KRUG FAMILY,
AND WHEN GUY KRUG DIED,
SCHLITZ MOVED IN ON HIS OLD
LADY AND ENDED UP OWNING KRUG
AND CHANGING THE
NAME TO SCHLITZ.
100 YEARS AGO, SCHLITZ WAS
THE NUMBER ONE-SELLING BEER
IN THE COUNTRY UP UNTIL THE '70s
WHEN THEY WERE NECK AND
NECK WITH ANHEUSER-BUSCH.
BUT FOR SOME REASON, THEY
DECIDED TO CHANGE THE RECIPE,
AND THEIR SALES TOOK A HIT.
- I GOT KIND OF DRUNK ONE NIGHT,
TRIPPED OVER THE
CORD, AND BROKE IT HERE.
I SPLICED IT BACK TOGETHER.
I HOPE IT DOESN'T REALLY DO
ANYTHING TO THE VALUE OF IT.
- NAH, CORDS FRAY ALL THE TIME,
AND THEY'RE AN
EASY THING TO FIX.
- COREY, PLUG IT IN
BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING.
- GOOD IDEA, I GUESS.
- WHAT DO YOU
KNOW? IT STILL WORKS.
- JUDGING BY THE CHEAP
PLASTIC CONSTRUCTION,
IT'S PROBABLY SOMEWHERE
AROUND THE 1970s,
BUT GUYS WILL STILL BUY THEM FOR
THEIR DORM ROOMS AND MAN CAVES.
GUYS JUST LIKE TO COLLECT
THESE WEIRD THINGS.
DID YOU WANT TO
PAWN IT OR SELL IT?
- SELL IT.
- SELL IT?
ANY IDEA WHAT YOU'RE
LOOKING TO GET OUT OF IT?
- I WAS LOOKING TO
GET MAYBE GET $100.
- LET ME GIVE YOU 50
BUCKS FOR IT, BOSS.
- MM.
YOU WANT TO GO $75?
- I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
LET'S GO $60.
- I'VE HAD IT FOR A
WHILE. I COULD GO $60.
- ALL RIGHT, MY MAN.
- ALL RIGHT.
- LET ME MEET YOU OVER
THERE. I'LL DO SOME PAPERWORK.
- OKAY. I ENDED
UP WITH $60 FOR IT.
IT'S PRETTY GOOD, I THINK.
I'M GONNA END UP PAYING
SOME BILLS WITH THAT.
- HEY, YOU'RE BACK.
WHAT CAN I HELP YOU WITH?
- OH, I'D LIKE TO
SELL MY GOLD MEDAL.
- WHAT KIND OF GUY SELLS
HIS OWN OLYMPIC MEDAL?
- MY WIFE DECIDED
SHE NEEDED FURNITURE
MORE THAN SHE NEEDS THIS.
- MY WIFE THINKS WE NEED
FURNITURE MORE THAN THE HARLEY.
I JUST THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS.
- CAME TO THE PAWN SHOP
TODAY TO SEE IF I COULD SELL
MY 1984 SAMPLE
GOLD OLYMPIC MEDAL.
I'D LIKE TO SELL
THIS FOR $2,000,
BUT I'D PROBABLY
SETTLE FOR $1,000.
- SO WHERE IN THE
WORLD DID YOU GET THIS?
- I HAD A PAWN SHOP,
AND IN 1987, THIS WAS
BROUGHT IN TO ME TO PAWN.
- OKAY. I SEE IT'S A SAMPLE.
HOW DID THE PERSON
GET IT TO PAWN IT TO YOU?
- HE WORKED FOR JOSTENS,
WHICH IS THE MANUFACTURER
OF THE GOLD MEDAL AT THAT TIME.
- YEAH, I KNOW THE SALESMEN
USED TO TAKE THESE AROUND
TO THE SCHOOLS WITH THEM
WHEN THEY WERE
SELLING THE CLASS RINGS.
THIS IS THE GODDESS
NIKE RIGHT HERE.
IT'S IN GREAT SHAPE.
WHEN THE MODERN OLYMPICS
STARTED IN THE LATE 1800s,
THEY GAVE OUT GOLD MEDALS
TO THE WINNERS OF EACH EVENT.
TO THIS DAY, THEY STILL
GIVE OUT GOLD MEDALS,
AND THEY CAN BE
WORTH A LOT OF MONEY.
- WAS THERE ANYTHING
REALLY IMPORTANT
ABOUT THE '84 OLYMPICS?
- YEAH, THIS WAS THE SECOND
TIME THE OLYMPICS WERE IN L.A.
THERE WAS A LOT OF CONTROVERSY
ABOUT EVERYONE WHO
GOT THE GOLD MEDALS.
THEY SAID, "WELL, IT REALLY
DOESN'T COUNT AS MUCH
SINCE THE RUSSIANS
WEREN'T THERE."
WHAT HAPPENED WAS, THE
RUSSIANS INVADED AFGHANISTAN,
SO WE HAD BOYCOTTED
THEIR OLYMPICS, SO IN '84,
THEY CAME UP WITH AN EXCUSE
TO BOYCOTT OUR OLYMPICS.
AND THEN WE INVADED
AFGHANISTAN LATER.
OLYMPIC MEDALS CAN
BE WORTH ANYWHERE
FROM THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
TO HUNDRED OF
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
BUT ONE GIVEN OUT TO
A WELL-KNOWN ATHLETE
LIKE CARL LEWIS
OR MICHAEL PHELPS,
THAT WOULD BE PRICELESS.
SO WHAT DID YOU WANT FOR IT?
- I WANTED TO GET $2,000 FOR IT.
- MM...
THE PROBLEM WITH
OLYMPIC MEDALS IS,
THERE'S SO FEW THAT
COME ON THE MARKET,
IT'S REALLY HARD TO
COME UP WITH A PRICE.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T MEAN
TO INSULT YOU OR ANYTHING,
BUT I'D GIVE YOU,
LIKE, 300 BUCKS FOR IT.
- WOULDN'T SPLIT THE
DIFFERENCE WITH ME... $1,000?
- NO, I'D GO, LIKE, $350.
PROBLEM IS, IT'S A SAMPLE.
IT'S IN A NICE CASE
AND EVERYTHING,
BUT IT'S STILL NOT
THE REAL DEAL.
I MEAN, I HAVE THE
OTHER OLYMPIC MEDALS.
THEY'VE BEEN
SITTING HERE FOREVER.
I THINK THIS ONE WOULD
BE EVEN HARDER TO SELL.
I MEAN, $350 WOULD BE IT, MAN.
- IT'S WORTH MORE THAN
THAT. I HAVE TO PASS.
- OKAY.
- THANK YOU.
- THANKS FOR
BRINGING IT IN, THOUGH.
I APPRECIATE IT.
- I'M DISAPPOINTED I
COULDN'T SELL MY MEDAL,
BUT I FEEL THAT IS WORTH MORE
THAN WHAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW.
- EARLIER, I BOUGHT A PAIR
OF 19TH-CENTURY PISTOLS
THAT TURNED OUT TO BE
TARGET PISTOLS, NOT DUELING.
BUT COREY AND CHUM ARE
DYING TO DUEL... SAFELY...
SO SEAN'S TAKING US
OUT TO THE GUN RANGE
SO THEY CAN SHOOT IT OUT.
- OKAY, GUYS, HERE'S THE DEAL.
THESE PISTOLS WERE
MORE TARGET PISTOLS,
BUT YOU COULD STILL
HAVE A DUEL WITH THESE,
SO THIS IS GONNA BE
AS CLOSE AS WE CAN GET
WITHIN THE SAFETY
REALM TO A REAL DUEL.
WE'VE GOT A TARGET
SET UP DOWNRANGE.
YOU'RE GONNA BE 15 PACES
AWAY FROM YOUR TARGET,
AND YOU HAVE TO IMAGINE THAT
THAT GUY'S GOT A PISTOL AS WELL.
YOU'VE GOT ONE SHOT.
IF YOU MISS,
CHANCES ARE, THE OPPOSING
SHOT'S GONNA HIT YOU.
SO THIS HAS REALLY GOT TO COUNT.
ULTIMATELY, IN A DUEL,
IF YOU FOLLOW THE
RULES CORRECTLY
AND IF THE GUNS WERE
LOADED PROPERLY,
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL
AND IF HE CAN USE
HIS SKILLS IN AIMING
TO HIT THE OPPONENT.
- LET'S SEE WHAT YOU GOT, CHUM.
- HASTA LA VIS TA, BIG HOSS.
- THAT'S A KILL SHOT, GUYS.
- YOU'RE DEAD, BIG HOSS.
- I GOT TO ADMIT,
CHUM, YOU DID GOOD.
- WELL, YOU HIT ME RIGHT IN
MY BULLETPROOF VEST, DUDE.
- YEAH, 'CAUSE THEY HAD
BULLETPROOF VESTS IN 1839.
- THAT'S AN EXCELLENT SHOT.
AWESOME.
ALL RIGHT, HOSS, YOUR TURN.
- YOU KNOW WHERE
TO SHOOT HIM AT, SON.
- OH!
THAT'S THE BIGGEST
PART OF MY THIGH, BRO.
SO WHO YOU THINK
WOULD DIE FIRST?
- IT'S GOT TO BE COREY.
YOU GOT HIS CENTER
MASS, RIGHT IN THE GUT.
I'M AFRAID COREY'S
NOT GONNA MAKE IT.
YOU HAVE A SURVIVABLE WOUND,
BUT IT NEEDS TO BE ATTENDED TO.
- I'M GOING TO THE DOCTOR.
- YOU ARE GONNA WALK FUNNY
FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, THOUGH.
- I'LL PROBABLY
BE RIDING A HORSE.