Pawn Stars (2009–…): Season 3, Episode 19 - Pedal to the Medal - full transcript
The Pawn Stars are presented with a handwritten poem from Jimi Hendrix that was never released to the public. Later, the men are shown a chessboard made out of wood from the wrecked Titanic. Finally, Rick and Chumlee look at a classic 1950s Child's Pedal Car.
Male announcer: ON THIS
EPISODE OF PAWN STARS...
- WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
- A 1950s PEDAL CAR.
I HAVE ALL THE PARTS.
- IT'S IN SUCH ROUGH SHAPE.
BUT THEY GO FOR OVER $1,000.
- HOW YOU DOING, GUYS?
I HAVE SOME POETRY HERE
WRITTEN BY JIMI HENDRIX.
- THIS IS AMAZING.
DO YOU HAVE ANY
PAPERWORK OR ANYTHING ELSE?
- IT'S A HANDMADE
TITAN IC CHESSBOARD.
- THIS IS NEAT STUFF.
$15,000 TO $20,000."
SO IT'S OFF THE TITANIC?
- IT I S PART OF THE TITANIC.
- 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.
- HELLO, THERE.
- HEY. WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
- AN OLD PEDAL CAR.
- SWEET.
THIS THING PUTS THE TERM
TO "RIDE IT TILL THE
WHEELS FALL OFF."
- I DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY ANTIQUE PEDAL CAR.
IT'S FROM PROBABLY AROUND
1950, SOMEWHERE IN THERE.
I THINK IT'S WORTH AROUND $200.
I WOULD LIKE TO GET... YOU
KNOW, $150 WOULD BE NICE.
- SO WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?
- AT A FLEA MARKET
IN CALIFORNIA.
ORIGINALLY, THE PLAN
WAS TO GET IT ALL REDONE
AND THEN GIVE IT TO THE NEPHEW.
JUST NEVER GOT AROUND TO IT.
- YOU KNOW, I COULD BE WRONG,
BUT THE FRONT END DOES
LOOK LIKE A MERCURY MONTEREY.
THESE THINGS, THEY'RE A LOT
MORE COMPLICATED THAN YOU THINK.
THEY'RE JUST A LITTLE PEDAL CAR.
BUT TO MAKE THIS ENTIRE
THING OUT OF METAL...
WITH THE FENDERS, THE
CURVES, EVERYTHING ELSE...
IT'S AN INCREDIBLE
STAMPING PROCESS,
AND IN THE 1950s, CARS
LIKE THIS WERE EXPENSIVE.
I MEAN, THERE'S NO PLASTIC HERE.
BACK IN THE '50s AND '60s,
BEFORE KIDS TOOLED AROUND IN
BATTERY-OPERATED CORVETTES,
THIS WAS THE TOY CAR TO HAVE.
I HAD ONE.
I'M TELLING YOU, I WAS THE
ENVY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE REASON THESE THINGS
ARE SO COLLECTIBLE IS,
THE GUYS RIGHT AROUND
60, 65 THAT NOW HAVE MONEY
REMEMBER THESE THINGS
AND WANT A NEW ONE NOW.
THAT'S WHY A THING'S GOT
TO BE 30 OR 40 YEARS OLD
TO BE COLLECTIBLE.
I MEAN, THEY GO FOR
OVER $1,000 FIXED UP.
THE PROBLEM IS, IT'S
IN SUCH ROUGH SHAPE.
FOR THIS THING TO
SELL FOR ANY MONEY,
IT'S GOT TO BE
COMPLETELY RESTORED.
- SURE, SURE.
HAS POTENTIAL, THOUGH.
I HAVE ALL THE PARTS.
- THIS CAR IS REALLY COOL,
AND EVEN THOUGH
IT'S IN ROUGH SHAPE,
IT'S DEFINITELY WORTH RESTORING.
BUT IF I'M GOING TO GO
INVEST TIME AND MONEY IN IT,
I HAVE TO GET IT FOR CHEAP.
SO WHAT DO YOU
WANT TO DO WITH IT,
PAWN IT OR SELL IT?
- I'D LIKE TO SELL IT.
- HOW MUCH DID YOU PAY FOR IT?
- I PICKED IT UP FOR $20, SO...
- THAT'S A SCORE.
I'LL GIVE YOU 80 BUCKS FOR IT.
- 80.
THEY'RE HARD TO FIND.
I MEAN, I HIT A LOT
OF GARAGE SALES,
AND I HAVEN'T SEEN ONE.
CAN YOU DO $125?
- THINK $100'S YOUR LIMIT, MAN.
I MEAN, IT'S GONNA
COST MONEY TO FIX IT UP,
AND IT'S NOT GONNA
BE EASY TO SELL.
THE ECONOMY'S BAD.
YOU GOT TO GET THE RIGHT
BUYER TO COME THROUGH.
THIS COULD BE SITTING
IN THE STORE FOR YEARS.
- CHUM MUST HAVE ATE
HIS WHEATIES THIS MORNING,
BECAUSE FOR ONCE,
HIS NEGOTIATING SKILLS
MIGHT ACTUALLY HELP ME.
100 BUCKS, THAT'S WHAT I CAN DO.
ALL RIGHT, WE CAN DO THAT.
- ALL RIGHT, THANKS A LOT.
- ALL RIGHT, LET'S
GO WRITE IT UP.
- I SOLD IT FOR $100.
I'M HAPPY WITH THAT.
ACTUALLY, I THINK THEY'RE NEAT
AND A GREAT PIECE OF HISTORY,
SO I'D LOVE TO SEE IT FIXED UP.
- HEY, HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
- MORNING, GUYS.
- SO WHAT DO YOU GOT HERE?
- IT'S A HANDMADE CHESSBOARD.
IN 2012, IT WILL
BE 100 YEARS OLD,
SPECIFICALLY APRIL 15TH.
- SO WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT THE TITANIC?
- CORRECT. TALKING
ABOUT THE TITANIC.
- SO IT'S OFF THE TITANIC?
- IT I S PART OF THE TITANIC.
I'VE COME TO THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO TRY TO SELL MY CHESSBOARD
MADE FROM THE WRECK
WOOD OF THE TITANIC.
I BOUGHT THIS CHESSBOARD
AT A MEMORABILIA
AUCTION IN NEW YORK.
I'M HOPING TO
SELL IT FOR $15,000,
BUT IF THEY DON'T OFFER THAT,
PROBABLY $10,000
WOULD BE MY LOWEST.
- SIR, HOW'D YOU ACQUIRE THIS?
- I PURCHASED IT AT AN AUCTION
IN NEW YORK AT GUERNSEY'S.
THE CABLE SHIP MINIA
WAS ONE OF THE SHIPS
THAT TOOK BODIES
OUT OF THE WATER.
AND ON THAT SHIP
WAS A CARPENTER...
WILLIAM PARKER, HIS NAME IS.
AND HE SALVAGED
WOOD OUT OF THE WATER.
THIS CHESSBOARD'S
MADE FROM THAT WOOD.
- WHEN THE TITANIC WAS BUILT,
IT WAS THE LARGEST
PASSENGER SHIP EVER,
AND IT WAS ALSO THOUGHT TO
BE THE MOST WELL-DESIGNED.
THAT'S WHY THE WORLD WAS
SHOCKED WHEN IT HIT AN ICEBERG
AND SANK ON ITS MAIDEN VOYAGE.
- IT WAS ADVERTISED
AS UNSINKABLE,
BUT THEY ENGINEERED IT WRONG.
- NO, THEY JUST
USED CHEAP STEEL.
THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A
NEW PROCESS FOR MAKING STEEL.
IT WAS EXTREMELY BRITTLE,
AND THAT'S WHY IT
DIDN'T FOLD IN:, IT BROKE.
$15,000 TO $20,000."
NO PIECES, NO NOTHING ELSE?
- NO. AT ONE TIME,
IT HAD PIECES ON IT.
YOU CAN SEE THE MARKS ON HERE.
- YEAH, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF
OTHER STUFF OFF THE TITANIC.
I'VE SEEN DISHES THAT GO
FOR A FEW HUNDRED BUCKS.
I'VE SEEN LITTLE PLANKS OF
WOOD THAT GO FOR, LIKE, $100.
I MEAN, THIS IS A
LOT MORE THAN THAT,
AND IT'S GOT A LOT MORE
NEAT STUFF GOING ON WITH IT.
- THIS IS MADE OUT
OF A PART OF HISTORY.
- THIS CHESSBOARD
IS AN AMAZING PIECE.
THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE
WHO GO ABSOLUTELY NUTS
ON ANYTHING RELATED
TO THE TITANIC.
IT'S STILL ONE OF THE MOST
FAMOUS SHIPS EVER BUILT.
- WHY ARE YOU
TRYING TO SELL IT, SIR?
- THE MONEY. THE MONEY
WOULD HELP RIGHT NOW.
- YEAH, MONEY'S A COOL THING.
- BEEN THERE AND DONE THAT.
- HOW MUCH DID YOU WANT FOR IT?
- I'D LIKE TO GET $15,000.
- I CAN TELL YOU THAT'S NOT
GONNA HAPPEN RIGHT NOW.
PEOPLE ARE NOT GIVING UP MONEY
FOR THINGS LIKE THIS RIGHT NOW.
I'LL MAKE IT SHORT AND SWEET:
I WILL GIVE YOU 5 GRAND FOR IT.
- YOU COULDN'T
GO, LIKE, $10,000?
- $5,000'S TOP OF THE MARK.
- IT IS ULTRACOOL. IT REALLY IS.
I MEAN, ESPECIALLY
BEING OFF THE TITANIC.
BUT THAT'S MY OFFER, 5 GRAND.
- YOU CAN'T BUDGE FROM THAT?
- I'M NOT GONNA BUDGE
FROM THAT, AND IT'S CASH.
- I'M SORRY. I CAN'T
LET IT GO FOR $5,000.
I WAS HOPING TO MAKE MORE.
- OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
- THANKS FOR COMING BY, SIR.
- THANK YOU, SIR.
WHEN THEY OFFERED $5,000,
I JUST FELT THAT WAS TOO LOW.
I THOUGHT HE COULD
COME A LITTLE HIGHER.
IT'S A PRETTY RARE ITEM.
I'D RATHER HOLD ON TO THE ITEM,
AND HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE,
I'LL SELL IT AT A
TITANIC AUCTION.
- HOW'S IT GOING, MAN?
- ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
I GOT THIS SUPERMAN RECORD
PLAYER I'M TRYING TO GET RID OF.
IT'S FROM 1978.
- YOU KNOW, YOU CAN
TELL A KID OWNED IT,
BECAUSE IT'S... "MICHAEL"
RIGHT HERE, AND, LIKE...
- "ROBBIE" OVER HERE.
- LOOKS LIKE YOUR WRITING TOO.
- I DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY SUPERMAN
RECORD PLAYER.
MY SON, HE'S GETTING
TOO OLD FOR IT.
I'M TRYING TO GET
$250 TO $300 OFF OF IT,
BUT IF THEY COME
WITH $100, I'LL TAKE IT.
- SO WHERE DID
YOU GET THIS THING?
- ME AND MY FAMILY TOOK A
TRIP TO SAVANNAH, GEORGIA,
AND WE GOT IT FROM AN
ANTIQUE SHOP FOR $80.
- OKAY, YEAH. THIS
THING IS DEFINITELY COOL.
SO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT?
- NOT TOO MUCH.
I JUST KNOW IT'S 1978,
AND IT ACTUALLY PLAYS.
- SUPERMAN FIRST APPEARED
IN COMIC BOOKS BACK IN 1938,
AND NOW THE MAN OF
STEEL IS EVERYWHERE.
YOU MIND IF I PLUG IT IN?
- YEAH, SURE.
- SUPERMAN MERCHANDISE
IS EXTREMELY COLLECTIBLE,
AND THIS IS SOMETHING
I CAN DEFINITELY SELL.
I JUST HAVE TO GET IT
FOR THE RIGHT PRICE.
DO YOU WANT TO
PAWN IT OR SELL IT?
- SELL IT.
- HOW MUCH YOU WANT FOR IT?
- I'M LOOKING ALONG
THE LINES OF $250, $300.
- UH...
- THAT'S FAIR.
- YOU KNOW, YOU'RE CLOSE
THERE IF IT WAS PRISTINE, YEAH.
I MEAN, IT'S A LITTLE ROUGH.
I'D GIVE YOU 100 BUCKS FOR IT.
IT'S NEAT, IT'S COLLECTIBLE,
BUT IT'S STILL LATE '70s.
IT'S NOT, LIKE, '60s OR '50s.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT
IN PERFECT SHAPE.
- YOU CAN'T COME
A LITTLE HIGHER,
LIKE, $125, $150?
- I'LL DO $125.
- DEAL.
- ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, GO WRITE HIM UP.
THEN TAG IT AND PUT IT AWAY.
I DON'T WANT TO CATCH
YOU PLAYING WITH IT.
RICKY, RICKY, RICKY, RICK.
- YOU HEARD ME.
- WELL, I TRIED TO
COME UP A LITTLE BIT,
AND I GOT $125 FOR IT.
WASN'T WHAT I WANTED,
BUT I ONLY PAID $80 FOR IT,
AND $125... IT'S A
NICE LITTLE COME-UP,
SO I'M PRETTY
HAPPY ON WHAT I GOT.
- EARLIER, I BOUGHT
AN ANTIQUE PEDAL CAR
THAT NEEDS SOME SERIOUS WORK,
SO I'M BRINGING IT OVER
TO MY BUDDY DANNY
AT COUNT'S KUSTOMS,
WHO CAN RESTORE
ANYTHING ON WHEELS.
HEY, DANNY.
- GENTLEMEN.
- HEY, WHAT'S UP, MAN?
- WHAT'S GOING ON, BRO?
DANNY KOKER, AKA THE COUNT.
I OWN COUNT'S
KUSTOMS HERE IN VEGAS,
WHERE WE BUILD WICKED
HOT RODS AND BAD CHOPPERS.
YOU GUYS BROUGHT ME A BRAND-NEW
BIG, BEAUTIFUL TOY
HERE TO PLAY WITH.
I LOVE IT.
SO WHAT DO YOU
WANT TO DO TO HER?
- WELL, LET ME SHOW
YOU. IT'S IN THE BACK.
- OH, WE'RE NOT
WORKING ON THE TRUCK?
- SOMETHING EVEN COOLER.
- OH, COOL. ALL RIGHT.
- NOT QUITE WHAT YOU
WERE THINKING, HUH?
- SWEET. SWEET.
DUDE, THAT IS BAD, MAN.
- THAT AIN'T THE COOLEST
THING YOU'VE EVER SEEN?
- THAT IS. IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
DUDE, WHAT YEAR IS THIS?
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA?
- I'M ASSUMING 1950s BECAUSE
THAT'S THE BODY STYLE.
- WOW.
I'VE NEVER TOUCHED
A PEDAL CAR LIKE THIS.
NEVER DONE ONE BEFORE.
- WELL, I FIGURE IT'S BODYWORK.
- EXACTLY, DUDE.
IT SHOULD BE THE SAME
GENERAL IDEA, ONLY SMALLER.
THIS IS A REALLY COOL
PROJECT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT
INTO RESTORING TOYS
OR ANYTHING LIKE
THAT, IT IS STILL A CAR,
AND IT IS A PIECE OF HISTORY,
YOU KNOW, FROM AMERICANA,
YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE '50s.
MAN, YOU ALWAYS BRING
ME SOMETHING INTERESTING,
I CAN TELL YOU THAT MUCH.
THIS IS COOL.
DO YOU HAVE ALL
THE PARTS FOR THIS?
- I THINK I HAVE IT ALL HERE.
- NICE. LET'S SEE WHAT YOU GOT.
- DRIVETRAIN.
NICE.
- I THINK THIS IS A
MUSTANG 2 FRONT END.
- THE STEERING WHEEL.
- SWEET.
- ALL THE ORIGINAL WHEELS.
AND CHECK THIS OUT...
THE ORIGINAL HUBCAPS.
- OH, NO WAY.
OH, THAT'S GREAT, MAN.
I'M GONNA GUESS, YOU
KNOW, 200, 300 BUCKS,
WE SHOULD BE DONE WITH THIS.
- I REALLY BELIEVE THAT
IT'S COMPLETELY RESTORED,
I CAN GET, LIKE, A
GRAND OUT OF THIS THING.
JUST DON'T GO OVERBOARD.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO
HAVE A $2,000 PEDAL CAR
THAT NO ONE WANTS TO BUY.
- IT'S A NEW ONE FOR US,
BUT WE'LL MAKE IT HOT.
- YEAH, SURPRISE ME ON IT.
- OH, YOU'RE ON.
THERE'S SOMEWHAT OF
A RISK GOING INTO THIS,
ONLY BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT ALL OF THE WORKING PARTS
ARE IN FACT THERE.
I MEAN, WE CAN FIX
IT UP COSMETICALLY
AND MAKE IT LOOK COOL,
BUT I REALLY WANT IT TO BE ABLE
TO OPERATE PROPERLY AS WELL,
AND THAT'S THE ONLY PART
THAT'S GOT ME NERVOUS.
- HEY, HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
- SO I HAVE SOME POETRY
HERE WRITTEN BY JIMI HENDRIX.
I'VE BEEN CARRYING IT.
NEVER FOLDED IT SINCE
I'VE HAD IT AND CHERISHED IT.
- YOU'RE SAYING JIMI DID THIS?
- YES, SIR.
I DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL SOME RARE
POETRY OF JIMI HENDRIX.
FOR SUCH A RARE PIECE, I'D
RATHER IT BE IN A MUSEUM.
I BELIEVE THE POEM IS WORTH
ANYWHERE FROM
$10,000 TO $100,000.
I'VE ONLY ASKED
$15,000 FOR THIS TODAY.
- SO HOW'D YOU GET THIS?
- I STARTED WORKING
WITH A RELATIVE OF JIMI,
RICKY HENDRIX HERE.
I SPENT A LOT OF MONEY
PROMOTING THESE GUYS,
AND I BECAME PART OF
THE FAMILY WITH THEM.
AND SO THEY GAVE ME THIS POETRY.
- IF YOU REALLY HAVE TO
SAY MORE THAN "JIMI HENDRIX,"
YOU JUST DON'T KNOW HIM.
I MEAN, PEOPLE REMEMBER HIM
FOR PLAYING THE
STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
AT WOODSTOCK WITH HIS TEETH.
BUT THE OTHER THING ABOUT
HIM WAS, HE WAS A TRUE ARTIST.
HE DID THINGS WITH A GUITAR
THAT HAD NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE.
HE MADE A GUITAR SOUND
DIFFERENT THAN ANYTHING BEFORE.
WHEN HE DIED, IT
WAS A CRYING SHAME.
MOST PEOPLE
CONSIDER JIMI HENDRIX
THE GREATEST ROCK
GUITAR PLAYER OF ALL TIME.
JUST ABOUT ANYTHING HE
OWNED, SIGNED, OR TOUCHED
CAN BE WORTH MONEY.
BUT A HENDRIX LOST POEM,
THIS THING COULD
BE WORTH A FORTUNE.
SO WHAT DOES THIS SAY?
- "WITHIN I GRACE
THEE WITH WINGS,
"O LOVELY AND TRUE.
"BIRDS OF HEAVENLY
SNOW AND CRYSTALS.
"FLY, MY LOVE, AS
YOU HAVE BEFORE.
PLEASURES AND ONLY STEPS
AND THIS, JUST ONE MORE."
JIMI HENDRIX, 1969.
- IF THIS THING IS GENUINE,
THERE'S NO QUESTION I WANT IT.
BUT I HAVE TO BE CAUTIOUS.
THERE IS A TON OF
FAKES OUT THERE.
MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS,
THIS IS IN AWFULLY GOOD SHAPE.
I MEAN, GENERALLY, IF HE
WROTE SOMETHING LIKE THIS,
SOMEONE WOULD HAVE FOLDED
IT UP, PUT IT IN THEIR POCKET.
DO YOU HAVE ANY
PAPERWORK OR ANYTHING ELSE
SAYING THAT JIMI DID THIS?
- THERE'S A BOOK COMING OUT
ABOUT THE LOST
POETRY OF JIMI HENDRIX.
A HISTORIAN WITH THE BOOK
EMAILED ME ABOUT
THE LOST WRITING...
- DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING
SPECIFIC TO THIS
SAYING THAT IT'S REAL?
- NO PAPERWORK FROM
BEING AUTHENTICATED.
- I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. I'LL
HAVE SOMEONE CHECK IT OUT.
BUT I'M NOT EVEN GONNA START
TALKING PRICE, TALKING ANYTHING
UNTIL I HAVE AN IDEA THAT
THIS IS ACTUALLY THE REAL DEAL.
DO YOU MIND COMING BACK
WHEN I GOT SOMEONE HERE
THAT CAN LOOK AT IT?
- SOUNDS GOOD.
- ALL RIGHT, SOUNDS GREAT, MAN.
- NICE MEETING YOU GUYS.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD
FOR AN EXPERT
TO LOOK AT THE
POETRY THAT I HAVE,
BECAUSE I KNOW
THE POEM IS NO FAKE,
AND THE HISTORY OF
JIMI HENDRIX LIVES ON.
- HOW YOU DOING?
- GOOD.
- WHAT DO YOU GOT?
- I'VE GOT AN OLD CAN
OF CANNED PEARLS.
- I'VE NEVER SEEN
CAN CAN PEARLS.
"BEAUTIFUL SIMULATED
PEARLS. STERLING DELUXE CLASP.
COMPLETELY HAND KNOTTED.
FULL 17 INCHES IN LENGTH."
HEY, VICTORIA, YOU EVER
HEAR OF CAN CAN PEARLS?
JOHNNY, YOU EVER
HEAR OF CAN CAN PEARLS?
- I'VE HEARD OF CANCAN GIRLS.
- I DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY CAN CAN PEARLS.
CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT'S INSIDE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT
THE CAN'S WORTH,
IF IT'S WORTH ANYTHING AT ALL.
SO I THINK $10 OR
$20 SHOULD BE FINE.
- SO WHERE DID
YOU GET THIS THING?
- COME OUT OF AN
OLD HARDWARE STORE
THAT CLOSED DOWN
ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO.
BEEN IN BUSINESS
FOR ABOUT 70 YEARS.
- JUST CAN CAN
PEARLS FROM CANCO.
BACK IN THE '50s, THEY WERE
CANNING JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING.
BUT CANNED PEARLS?
THAT'S A NEW ONE.
- THEY MIGHT BE NICE PEARLS.
YOU EVER LOOKED INSIDE?
- NO.
- IT'S A SEALED CAN, CHUM.
- I'D HAVE OPENED IT BY NOW.
- THAT'S THE THING
ABOUT THE CAN.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN
TEMPTED TO OPEN IT.
BUT I THOUGHT IT MIGHT
BE WORTH SOMETHING.
- I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU.
I MEAN, I'M SORT OF DYING TO
KNOW WHAT'S INSIDE THE CAN.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
I'LL GIVE YOU 10 BUCKS
IF I CAN OPEN THE CAN.
- OKAY.
- CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THIS.
- I'VE BEEN WAITING TEN YEARS
TO SEE WHAT'S INSIDE THIS CAN.
- YOU GUYS READY?
- COME ON. COME ON.
AWESOME.
THEY'RE JUST PLASTIC PEARLS.
NOW I KNOW WHY THEY
PUT FAKE PEARLS IN A CAN...
THE CURIOSITY FACTOR MAKES
THEM WORTH 100 TIMES MORE
THAN NORMAL PRICE.
THEY'RE FAKE PEARLS.
THIS MUST HAVE BEEN
SOME SORT OF NOVELTY
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
QUITE FRANKLY, I DON'T THINK
YOU HAVE A LOT OF MONEY HERE.
WELL, HERE'S 10 BUCKS.
THANKS FOR LETTING
ME DO IT, MAN.
- THANK YOU.
OPENED MY CAN OF PEARLS FOR $10,
AND I GOT TO SEE WHAT
EXACTLY WAS INSIDE OF THEM.
THE PEARLS WERE IN GOOD
SHAPE. IT ALL WORKED OUT.
- EARLIER, A GUY
BROUGHT IN A POEM
SUPPOSEDLY HANDWRITTEN
BY JIMI HENDRIX.
IF THIS IS REAL, IT'S A HUGE
PIECE OF ROCK MEMORABILIA.
SO I CALLED DOWN MY BUDDY
DREW TO AUTHENTICATE IT.
- I'M DREW WITH AUTHENTIC
AUTOGRAPHS UNLIMITED.
I'M A FORENSIC
DOCUMENT EXAMINER.
RICK CONTACTS ME WHEN
HE HAS SPECIAL PROJECTS.
ANYTHING TO DO WITH
QUESTIONED DOCUMENTS,
I'M THE MAN HE WANTS TO CALL.
- THIS IS WHAT WE GOT.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SOME
POETRY BY JIMI HENDRIX.
- WELL, RICK, IF IT'S AUTHENTIC,
IT'S GONNA BE VERY EXPENSIVE.
THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
LET'S SEE WHAT IT SAYS HERE.
JIMI HENDRIX'S SIGNATURE
IS ONE OF THE VALUABLE ROCK
AND ROLL SIGNATURES THERE IS.
HE DIED AT A VERY YOUNG
AGE, AT 27 YEARS OLD,
AND HE WAS ACTUALLY ONLY
REALLY FAMOUS FOR FOUR YEARS.
SO THERE REALLY IS NOT
A LOT OF THEM OUT THERE.
WELL, THIS DEFINITELY
SOUNDS LIKE THE TYPE OF LYRICS
THAT HE WOULD WRITE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY ESOTERIC,
AND THIS IS THE KIND OF THING
YOU WOULD WANT TO LOOK FOR.
BUT WE OBVIOUSLY GOT TO TAKE
A LOOK AT ALL THE LITTLE DETAILS.
OKAY, WELL, CLEARLY
WE GOT A SITUATION
WHERE WE'RE DEALING
WITH A FELT-TIP PEN.
ALMOST ALL THE POEMS
OR LYRICS I'VE SEEN OF HIM
HAVE BEEN DONE
WITH A BALLPOINT PEN.
ANOTHER THING WE HAVE TO
LOOK AT IS THE LETTER STRUCTURES.
THE CAPITAL "I" HAS A VERY
SQUIGGLY LINE FOR THE TOP BAR.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING
I'VE SEEN BEFORE.
IT'S USUALLY
BLOCK-TYPE LETTERING.
AND THE "F" s ARE JUST
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT
THAN WHAT I'M USED TO SEEING.
HOW IT HOOKS DOWN
AND HOOKS BACK UP,
THAT'S NOT QUITE
WHAT I'VE SEEN BEFORE.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT
THE SIGNATURE ITSELF.
THE HANDWRITING IS ABOUT
THE SAME SIZE AS THE SIGNATURE.
IN EVERY CASE, IT'S
THREE, FOUR TIMES LARGER,
MUCH MORE FLAMBOYANT.
THE LAST NAME SEEMS TO BE,
YOU KNOW, PRINTED-TYPE STYLE.
HE WOULD ALWAYS
WRITE IN CURSIVE.
SEEING A LOT OF DIFFERENT
PROBLEMS WITH IT,
AND I CAN GUARANTEE
IT IS 100% NOT AUTHENTIC.
- I MEAN, TO HEAR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT AFTER SEEING THIS
AND COMPARING IT
WITH OTHER WRITINGS,
I DOUBT YOUR OPINION.
- WELL, UNFORTUNATELY I
CAN ONLY GO BY THE EVIDENCE
THAT'S ON THE PAPER.
I CAN'T GO BY CERTAIN
STORIES OR PRECEDENTS.
AND WHAT I CAN TELL
YOU RIGHT NOW IS,
I'M 100% CERTAIN
THIS IS NOT AUTHENTIC.
I'M VERY SORRY TO TELL YOU THAT.
- THANKS A LOT, DREW.
- NO PROBLEM.
THANK YOU, RICK,
FOR CALLING ME IN.
COREY, GOOD SEEING YOU AGAIN.
- APPRECIATE IT.
- ALL RIGHT. TALK
TO YOU GUYS SOON.
I CAN UNDERSTAND THE OWNER OF
THE DOCUMENT BEING DISAPPOINTED.
OBVIOUSLY IT'S WORTH A LOT
OF MONEY IF IT WAS AUTHENTIC.
CLEARLY IT IS NOT.
UNFORTUNATELY, I CAN ONLY GO
BY THE EVIDENCE ON THE PAPER,
AND IT'S JUST NOT THERE.
- WELL, I JUST
HAPPEN TO DISAGREE,
AND I KNOW WHAT IT'S MEANT
TO ME ALL THESE YEARS, AND...
- I'M SORRY, THERE'S JUST
NOTHING I CAN DO WITH IT.
OKAY?
WELL, THANKS FOR
BRINGING IT IN, MAN.
I APPRECIATE IT.
- THANK YOU GUYS.
- THANK YOU, SIR.
- WELL, WE COULDN'T MAKE A
DEAL TODAY WITH THE GUYS.
THAT DOESN'T BOTHER ME
ABOUT WHETHER I SELL IT OR NOT.
I'VE ALREADY HAD
FAMILY LOOK AT IT.
I'VE ALREADY HAD SOMETHING MORE
THAN WHAT THIS
EXPERT HAS LOOK AT IT.
I DON'T TRUST HIS
OPINION WHEN I'VE LIVED IT.
- A WEEK AGO, I TOOK A 1950s
PEDAL CAR TO MY BUDDY DANNY'S
FOR SOME SERIOUS RESTORATION.
HE JUST CALLED
AND SAID IT'S READY,
SO CHUM AND I ARE ON OUR
WAY TO GO CHECK IT OUT.
- WHAT ARE YOU
GUYS HERE FOR, MAN?
- THE CAR. THE PEDAL CAR.
- HERE TO SEE THE PEDAL CAR?
YOU GUYS READY FOR IT?
- I'M ALL READY, MAN.
- TONY, BRING IT OUT HERE, MAN.
- HEY!
- ALL RIGHT.
YEAH, WE FINISHED THE CAR UP,
AND IT JUST LOOKED GREAT.
AND THEN A FRIEND OF OURS,
FELICIA, SHE CAME DOWN,
AND SHE HAD HER
SON TONY WITH 'EM,
AND HE FELL IN
LOVE WITH THE CAR.
I DON'T THINK HE WANTED
TO GIVE IT UP, THOUGH.
- HEY, TONY, YOU LIKE THE CAR?
- YEAH!
- ALL RIGHT.
- BYE, TONY!
- SEE YOU LATER, BROTHER.
THANK YOU.
- OH, DUDE, IT'S GREAT.
SO WHAT DID YOU
HAVE TO DO TO IT?
- THE WHOLE FLAVOR OF
THE CAR HAS KIND OF GOT
THAT OLD '50s MERC
TYPE OF A STYLING TO IT,
SO THAT'S WHY WE WENT
WITH KIND OF AN OLD
'50s HOT ROD FLAVOR.
SO WE BASED IT IN
RED METAL FLAKE,
BUT WE DID ALL THE
FLAMES IN OFF-WHITE
AND THEN GOT IT ALL PINSTRIPED.
FOUND A WHOLE BUNCH
OF NEW GUTS FOR IT.
WE DID SOME WHITEWALL
ACTION ON THE WHEELS.
NEW HUBCAPS.
MAN, SHE'S ALL READY TO GO.
AND I LOVE THE SEAT TOO.
- MAN, IF THIS
THING WAS MY SIZE,
I'D CRUISE DOWN THE STRIP IN IT.
- THIS PEDAL CAR CAME
OUT AWESOME, MAN.
RICK BROUGHT ME SOMETHING THAT
WE'VE NEVER DONE HERE BEFORE,
AND WE PULLED OUT ALL
THE STOPS WHEN WE DID IT,
AND I THINK IT CAME OUT GREAT.
TO ME, THIS IS MORE LIKE
A DECORATION PIECE, MAN.
I DON'T THINK A KID SHOULD
EVEN BE PLAYING WITH IT.
- YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES
DOWN TO IT, ONCE SOMEONE PAYS ME,
I DON'T GIVE A DAMN
WHAT THEY DO WITH IT.
SO HOW MUCH IS IT GONNA COST ME?
- YOU KNOW, WE
WENT OVER A LITTLE BIT
BECAUSE OF THE
MATERIALS USED ON IT
AND FINDING SOME STUFF.
WE'RE, LIKE, 400 BUCKS INTO IT.
- OH, THAT'S SWEET.
I'M GREAT WITH THAT.
- NICE.
- I REALLY THINK I'M GONNA GET
BETWEEN A GRAND AND 1,500 BUCKS
-, - IT'S THAT NICE.
- I THINK YOU'RE GONNA
DO WELL ON THIS PIECE.
IT'S A NICE CAR.
- OKAY, THANKS, DANNY.
- ABSOLUTELY. ANYTIME,
BROTHER. ANYTIME.
ARE YOU DRIVING THIS HOME?
- I AM.
- NO, YOU'RE GONNA
PUSH IT OUT TO THE TRUCK.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA DRIVE IT.
- THIS PEDAL CAR IS
NOW A COLLECTOR PIECE.
I KNOW CHUMLEE REALLY
FELL IN LOVE WITH IT,
I THINK, MORE THAN ANYBODY,
SO I THINK HE'S GONNA HAVE
A HARD TIME LETTING IT GO
IF SOMEBODY COMES
IN AND WANTS IT.
EPISODE OF PAWN STARS...
- WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
- A 1950s PEDAL CAR.
I HAVE ALL THE PARTS.
- IT'S IN SUCH ROUGH SHAPE.
BUT THEY GO FOR OVER $1,000.
- HOW YOU DOING, GUYS?
I HAVE SOME POETRY HERE
WRITTEN BY JIMI HENDRIX.
- THIS IS AMAZING.
DO YOU HAVE ANY
PAPERWORK OR ANYTHING ELSE?
- IT'S A HANDMADE
TITAN IC CHESSBOARD.
- THIS IS NEAT STUFF.
$15,000 TO $20,000."
SO IT'S OFF THE TITANIC?
- IT I S PART OF THE TITANIC.
- 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.
- HELLO, THERE.
- HEY. WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
- AN OLD PEDAL CAR.
- SWEET.
THIS THING PUTS THE TERM
TO "RIDE IT TILL THE
WHEELS FALL OFF."
- I DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY ANTIQUE PEDAL CAR.
IT'S FROM PROBABLY AROUND
1950, SOMEWHERE IN THERE.
I THINK IT'S WORTH AROUND $200.
I WOULD LIKE TO GET... YOU
KNOW, $150 WOULD BE NICE.
- SO WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?
- AT A FLEA MARKET
IN CALIFORNIA.
ORIGINALLY, THE PLAN
WAS TO GET IT ALL REDONE
AND THEN GIVE IT TO THE NEPHEW.
JUST NEVER GOT AROUND TO IT.
- YOU KNOW, I COULD BE WRONG,
BUT THE FRONT END DOES
LOOK LIKE A MERCURY MONTEREY.
THESE THINGS, THEY'RE A LOT
MORE COMPLICATED THAN YOU THINK.
THEY'RE JUST A LITTLE PEDAL CAR.
BUT TO MAKE THIS ENTIRE
THING OUT OF METAL...
WITH THE FENDERS, THE
CURVES, EVERYTHING ELSE...
IT'S AN INCREDIBLE
STAMPING PROCESS,
AND IN THE 1950s, CARS
LIKE THIS WERE EXPENSIVE.
I MEAN, THERE'S NO PLASTIC HERE.
BACK IN THE '50s AND '60s,
BEFORE KIDS TOOLED AROUND IN
BATTERY-OPERATED CORVETTES,
THIS WAS THE TOY CAR TO HAVE.
I HAD ONE.
I'M TELLING YOU, I WAS THE
ENVY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE REASON THESE THINGS
ARE SO COLLECTIBLE IS,
THE GUYS RIGHT AROUND
60, 65 THAT NOW HAVE MONEY
REMEMBER THESE THINGS
AND WANT A NEW ONE NOW.
THAT'S WHY A THING'S GOT
TO BE 30 OR 40 YEARS OLD
TO BE COLLECTIBLE.
I MEAN, THEY GO FOR
OVER $1,000 FIXED UP.
THE PROBLEM IS, IT'S
IN SUCH ROUGH SHAPE.
FOR THIS THING TO
SELL FOR ANY MONEY,
IT'S GOT TO BE
COMPLETELY RESTORED.
- SURE, SURE.
HAS POTENTIAL, THOUGH.
I HAVE ALL THE PARTS.
- THIS CAR IS REALLY COOL,
AND EVEN THOUGH
IT'S IN ROUGH SHAPE,
IT'S DEFINITELY WORTH RESTORING.
BUT IF I'M GOING TO GO
INVEST TIME AND MONEY IN IT,
I HAVE TO GET IT FOR CHEAP.
SO WHAT DO YOU
WANT TO DO WITH IT,
PAWN IT OR SELL IT?
- I'D LIKE TO SELL IT.
- HOW MUCH DID YOU PAY FOR IT?
- I PICKED IT UP FOR $20, SO...
- THAT'S A SCORE.
I'LL GIVE YOU 80 BUCKS FOR IT.
- 80.
THEY'RE HARD TO FIND.
I MEAN, I HIT A LOT
OF GARAGE SALES,
AND I HAVEN'T SEEN ONE.
CAN YOU DO $125?
- THINK $100'S YOUR LIMIT, MAN.
I MEAN, IT'S GONNA
COST MONEY TO FIX IT UP,
AND IT'S NOT GONNA
BE EASY TO SELL.
THE ECONOMY'S BAD.
YOU GOT TO GET THE RIGHT
BUYER TO COME THROUGH.
THIS COULD BE SITTING
IN THE STORE FOR YEARS.
- CHUM MUST HAVE ATE
HIS WHEATIES THIS MORNING,
BECAUSE FOR ONCE,
HIS NEGOTIATING SKILLS
MIGHT ACTUALLY HELP ME.
100 BUCKS, THAT'S WHAT I CAN DO.
ALL RIGHT, WE CAN DO THAT.
- ALL RIGHT, THANKS A LOT.
- ALL RIGHT, LET'S
GO WRITE IT UP.
- I SOLD IT FOR $100.
I'M HAPPY WITH THAT.
ACTUALLY, I THINK THEY'RE NEAT
AND A GREAT PIECE OF HISTORY,
SO I'D LOVE TO SEE IT FIXED UP.
- HEY, HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
- MORNING, GUYS.
- SO WHAT DO YOU GOT HERE?
- IT'S A HANDMADE CHESSBOARD.
IN 2012, IT WILL
BE 100 YEARS OLD,
SPECIFICALLY APRIL 15TH.
- SO WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT THE TITANIC?
- CORRECT. TALKING
ABOUT THE TITANIC.
- SO IT'S OFF THE TITANIC?
- IT I S PART OF THE TITANIC.
I'VE COME TO THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO TRY TO SELL MY CHESSBOARD
MADE FROM THE WRECK
WOOD OF THE TITANIC.
I BOUGHT THIS CHESSBOARD
AT A MEMORABILIA
AUCTION IN NEW YORK.
I'M HOPING TO
SELL IT FOR $15,000,
BUT IF THEY DON'T OFFER THAT,
PROBABLY $10,000
WOULD BE MY LOWEST.
- SIR, HOW'D YOU ACQUIRE THIS?
- I PURCHASED IT AT AN AUCTION
IN NEW YORK AT GUERNSEY'S.
THE CABLE SHIP MINIA
WAS ONE OF THE SHIPS
THAT TOOK BODIES
OUT OF THE WATER.
AND ON THAT SHIP
WAS A CARPENTER...
WILLIAM PARKER, HIS NAME IS.
AND HE SALVAGED
WOOD OUT OF THE WATER.
THIS CHESSBOARD'S
MADE FROM THAT WOOD.
- WHEN THE TITANIC WAS BUILT,
IT WAS THE LARGEST
PASSENGER SHIP EVER,
AND IT WAS ALSO THOUGHT TO
BE THE MOST WELL-DESIGNED.
THAT'S WHY THE WORLD WAS
SHOCKED WHEN IT HIT AN ICEBERG
AND SANK ON ITS MAIDEN VOYAGE.
- IT WAS ADVERTISED
AS UNSINKABLE,
BUT THEY ENGINEERED IT WRONG.
- NO, THEY JUST
USED CHEAP STEEL.
THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A
NEW PROCESS FOR MAKING STEEL.
IT WAS EXTREMELY BRITTLE,
AND THAT'S WHY IT
DIDN'T FOLD IN:, IT BROKE.
$15,000 TO $20,000."
NO PIECES, NO NOTHING ELSE?
- NO. AT ONE TIME,
IT HAD PIECES ON IT.
YOU CAN SEE THE MARKS ON HERE.
- YEAH, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF
OTHER STUFF OFF THE TITANIC.
I'VE SEEN DISHES THAT GO
FOR A FEW HUNDRED BUCKS.
I'VE SEEN LITTLE PLANKS OF
WOOD THAT GO FOR, LIKE, $100.
I MEAN, THIS IS A
LOT MORE THAN THAT,
AND IT'S GOT A LOT MORE
NEAT STUFF GOING ON WITH IT.
- THIS IS MADE OUT
OF A PART OF HISTORY.
- THIS CHESSBOARD
IS AN AMAZING PIECE.
THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE
WHO GO ABSOLUTELY NUTS
ON ANYTHING RELATED
TO THE TITANIC.
IT'S STILL ONE OF THE MOST
FAMOUS SHIPS EVER BUILT.
- WHY ARE YOU
TRYING TO SELL IT, SIR?
- THE MONEY. THE MONEY
WOULD HELP RIGHT NOW.
- YEAH, MONEY'S A COOL THING.
- BEEN THERE AND DONE THAT.
- HOW MUCH DID YOU WANT FOR IT?
- I'D LIKE TO GET $15,000.
- I CAN TELL YOU THAT'S NOT
GONNA HAPPEN RIGHT NOW.
PEOPLE ARE NOT GIVING UP MONEY
FOR THINGS LIKE THIS RIGHT NOW.
I'LL MAKE IT SHORT AND SWEET:
I WILL GIVE YOU 5 GRAND FOR IT.
- YOU COULDN'T
GO, LIKE, $10,000?
- $5,000'S TOP OF THE MARK.
- IT IS ULTRACOOL. IT REALLY IS.
I MEAN, ESPECIALLY
BEING OFF THE TITANIC.
BUT THAT'S MY OFFER, 5 GRAND.
- YOU CAN'T BUDGE FROM THAT?
- I'M NOT GONNA BUDGE
FROM THAT, AND IT'S CASH.
- I'M SORRY. I CAN'T
LET IT GO FOR $5,000.
I WAS HOPING TO MAKE MORE.
- OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
- THANKS FOR COMING BY, SIR.
- THANK YOU, SIR.
WHEN THEY OFFERED $5,000,
I JUST FELT THAT WAS TOO LOW.
I THOUGHT HE COULD
COME A LITTLE HIGHER.
IT'S A PRETTY RARE ITEM.
I'D RATHER HOLD ON TO THE ITEM,
AND HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE,
I'LL SELL IT AT A
TITANIC AUCTION.
- HOW'S IT GOING, MAN?
- ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
I GOT THIS SUPERMAN RECORD
PLAYER I'M TRYING TO GET RID OF.
IT'S FROM 1978.
- YOU KNOW, YOU CAN
TELL A KID OWNED IT,
BECAUSE IT'S... "MICHAEL"
RIGHT HERE, AND, LIKE...
- "ROBBIE" OVER HERE.
- LOOKS LIKE YOUR WRITING TOO.
- I DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY SUPERMAN
RECORD PLAYER.
MY SON, HE'S GETTING
TOO OLD FOR IT.
I'M TRYING TO GET
$250 TO $300 OFF OF IT,
BUT IF THEY COME
WITH $100, I'LL TAKE IT.
- SO WHERE DID
YOU GET THIS THING?
- ME AND MY FAMILY TOOK A
TRIP TO SAVANNAH, GEORGIA,
AND WE GOT IT FROM AN
ANTIQUE SHOP FOR $80.
- OKAY, YEAH. THIS
THING IS DEFINITELY COOL.
SO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT?
- NOT TOO MUCH.
I JUST KNOW IT'S 1978,
AND IT ACTUALLY PLAYS.
- SUPERMAN FIRST APPEARED
IN COMIC BOOKS BACK IN 1938,
AND NOW THE MAN OF
STEEL IS EVERYWHERE.
YOU MIND IF I PLUG IT IN?
- YEAH, SURE.
- SUPERMAN MERCHANDISE
IS EXTREMELY COLLECTIBLE,
AND THIS IS SOMETHING
I CAN DEFINITELY SELL.
I JUST HAVE TO GET IT
FOR THE RIGHT PRICE.
DO YOU WANT TO
PAWN IT OR SELL IT?
- SELL IT.
- HOW MUCH YOU WANT FOR IT?
- I'M LOOKING ALONG
THE LINES OF $250, $300.
- UH...
- THAT'S FAIR.
- YOU KNOW, YOU'RE CLOSE
THERE IF IT WAS PRISTINE, YEAH.
I MEAN, IT'S A LITTLE ROUGH.
I'D GIVE YOU 100 BUCKS FOR IT.
IT'S NEAT, IT'S COLLECTIBLE,
BUT IT'S STILL LATE '70s.
IT'S NOT, LIKE, '60s OR '50s.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT
IN PERFECT SHAPE.
- YOU CAN'T COME
A LITTLE HIGHER,
LIKE, $125, $150?
- I'LL DO $125.
- DEAL.
- ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, GO WRITE HIM UP.
THEN TAG IT AND PUT IT AWAY.
I DON'T WANT TO CATCH
YOU PLAYING WITH IT.
RICKY, RICKY, RICKY, RICK.
- YOU HEARD ME.
- WELL, I TRIED TO
COME UP A LITTLE BIT,
AND I GOT $125 FOR IT.
WASN'T WHAT I WANTED,
BUT I ONLY PAID $80 FOR IT,
AND $125... IT'S A
NICE LITTLE COME-UP,
SO I'M PRETTY
HAPPY ON WHAT I GOT.
- EARLIER, I BOUGHT
AN ANTIQUE PEDAL CAR
THAT NEEDS SOME SERIOUS WORK,
SO I'M BRINGING IT OVER
TO MY BUDDY DANNY
AT COUNT'S KUSTOMS,
WHO CAN RESTORE
ANYTHING ON WHEELS.
HEY, DANNY.
- GENTLEMEN.
- HEY, WHAT'S UP, MAN?
- WHAT'S GOING ON, BRO?
DANNY KOKER, AKA THE COUNT.
I OWN COUNT'S
KUSTOMS HERE IN VEGAS,
WHERE WE BUILD WICKED
HOT RODS AND BAD CHOPPERS.
YOU GUYS BROUGHT ME A BRAND-NEW
BIG, BEAUTIFUL TOY
HERE TO PLAY WITH.
I LOVE IT.
SO WHAT DO YOU
WANT TO DO TO HER?
- WELL, LET ME SHOW
YOU. IT'S IN THE BACK.
- OH, WE'RE NOT
WORKING ON THE TRUCK?
- SOMETHING EVEN COOLER.
- OH, COOL. ALL RIGHT.
- NOT QUITE WHAT YOU
WERE THINKING, HUH?
- SWEET. SWEET.
DUDE, THAT IS BAD, MAN.
- THAT AIN'T THE COOLEST
THING YOU'VE EVER SEEN?
- THAT IS. IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
DUDE, WHAT YEAR IS THIS?
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA?
- I'M ASSUMING 1950s BECAUSE
THAT'S THE BODY STYLE.
- WOW.
I'VE NEVER TOUCHED
A PEDAL CAR LIKE THIS.
NEVER DONE ONE BEFORE.
- WELL, I FIGURE IT'S BODYWORK.
- EXACTLY, DUDE.
IT SHOULD BE THE SAME
GENERAL IDEA, ONLY SMALLER.
THIS IS A REALLY COOL
PROJECT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT
INTO RESTORING TOYS
OR ANYTHING LIKE
THAT, IT IS STILL A CAR,
AND IT IS A PIECE OF HISTORY,
YOU KNOW, FROM AMERICANA,
YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE '50s.
MAN, YOU ALWAYS BRING
ME SOMETHING INTERESTING,
I CAN TELL YOU THAT MUCH.
THIS IS COOL.
DO YOU HAVE ALL
THE PARTS FOR THIS?
- I THINK I HAVE IT ALL HERE.
- NICE. LET'S SEE WHAT YOU GOT.
- DRIVETRAIN.
NICE.
- I THINK THIS IS A
MUSTANG 2 FRONT END.
- THE STEERING WHEEL.
- SWEET.
- ALL THE ORIGINAL WHEELS.
AND CHECK THIS OUT...
THE ORIGINAL HUBCAPS.
- OH, NO WAY.
OH, THAT'S GREAT, MAN.
I'M GONNA GUESS, YOU
KNOW, 200, 300 BUCKS,
WE SHOULD BE DONE WITH THIS.
- I REALLY BELIEVE THAT
IT'S COMPLETELY RESTORED,
I CAN GET, LIKE, A
GRAND OUT OF THIS THING.
JUST DON'T GO OVERBOARD.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO
HAVE A $2,000 PEDAL CAR
THAT NO ONE WANTS TO BUY.
- IT'S A NEW ONE FOR US,
BUT WE'LL MAKE IT HOT.
- YEAH, SURPRISE ME ON IT.
- OH, YOU'RE ON.
THERE'S SOMEWHAT OF
A RISK GOING INTO THIS,
ONLY BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT ALL OF THE WORKING PARTS
ARE IN FACT THERE.
I MEAN, WE CAN FIX
IT UP COSMETICALLY
AND MAKE IT LOOK COOL,
BUT I REALLY WANT IT TO BE ABLE
TO OPERATE PROPERLY AS WELL,
AND THAT'S THE ONLY PART
THAT'S GOT ME NERVOUS.
- HEY, HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
- SO I HAVE SOME POETRY
HERE WRITTEN BY JIMI HENDRIX.
I'VE BEEN CARRYING IT.
NEVER FOLDED IT SINCE
I'VE HAD IT AND CHERISHED IT.
- YOU'RE SAYING JIMI DID THIS?
- YES, SIR.
I DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL SOME RARE
POETRY OF JIMI HENDRIX.
FOR SUCH A RARE PIECE, I'D
RATHER IT BE IN A MUSEUM.
I BELIEVE THE POEM IS WORTH
ANYWHERE FROM
$10,000 TO $100,000.
I'VE ONLY ASKED
$15,000 FOR THIS TODAY.
- SO HOW'D YOU GET THIS?
- I STARTED WORKING
WITH A RELATIVE OF JIMI,
RICKY HENDRIX HERE.
I SPENT A LOT OF MONEY
PROMOTING THESE GUYS,
AND I BECAME PART OF
THE FAMILY WITH THEM.
AND SO THEY GAVE ME THIS POETRY.
- IF YOU REALLY HAVE TO
SAY MORE THAN "JIMI HENDRIX,"
YOU JUST DON'T KNOW HIM.
I MEAN, PEOPLE REMEMBER HIM
FOR PLAYING THE
STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
AT WOODSTOCK WITH HIS TEETH.
BUT THE OTHER THING ABOUT
HIM WAS, HE WAS A TRUE ARTIST.
HE DID THINGS WITH A GUITAR
THAT HAD NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE.
HE MADE A GUITAR SOUND
DIFFERENT THAN ANYTHING BEFORE.
WHEN HE DIED, IT
WAS A CRYING SHAME.
MOST PEOPLE
CONSIDER JIMI HENDRIX
THE GREATEST ROCK
GUITAR PLAYER OF ALL TIME.
JUST ABOUT ANYTHING HE
OWNED, SIGNED, OR TOUCHED
CAN BE WORTH MONEY.
BUT A HENDRIX LOST POEM,
THIS THING COULD
BE WORTH A FORTUNE.
SO WHAT DOES THIS SAY?
- "WITHIN I GRACE
THEE WITH WINGS,
"O LOVELY AND TRUE.
"BIRDS OF HEAVENLY
SNOW AND CRYSTALS.
"FLY, MY LOVE, AS
YOU HAVE BEFORE.
PLEASURES AND ONLY STEPS
AND THIS, JUST ONE MORE."
JIMI HENDRIX, 1969.
- IF THIS THING IS GENUINE,
THERE'S NO QUESTION I WANT IT.
BUT I HAVE TO BE CAUTIOUS.
THERE IS A TON OF
FAKES OUT THERE.
MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS,
THIS IS IN AWFULLY GOOD SHAPE.
I MEAN, GENERALLY, IF HE
WROTE SOMETHING LIKE THIS,
SOMEONE WOULD HAVE FOLDED
IT UP, PUT IT IN THEIR POCKET.
DO YOU HAVE ANY
PAPERWORK OR ANYTHING ELSE
SAYING THAT JIMI DID THIS?
- THERE'S A BOOK COMING OUT
ABOUT THE LOST
POETRY OF JIMI HENDRIX.
A HISTORIAN WITH THE BOOK
EMAILED ME ABOUT
THE LOST WRITING...
- DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING
SPECIFIC TO THIS
SAYING THAT IT'S REAL?
- NO PAPERWORK FROM
BEING AUTHENTICATED.
- I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. I'LL
HAVE SOMEONE CHECK IT OUT.
BUT I'M NOT EVEN GONNA START
TALKING PRICE, TALKING ANYTHING
UNTIL I HAVE AN IDEA THAT
THIS IS ACTUALLY THE REAL DEAL.
DO YOU MIND COMING BACK
WHEN I GOT SOMEONE HERE
THAT CAN LOOK AT IT?
- SOUNDS GOOD.
- ALL RIGHT, SOUNDS GREAT, MAN.
- NICE MEETING YOU GUYS.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD
FOR AN EXPERT
TO LOOK AT THE
POETRY THAT I HAVE,
BECAUSE I KNOW
THE POEM IS NO FAKE,
AND THE HISTORY OF
JIMI HENDRIX LIVES ON.
- HOW YOU DOING?
- GOOD.
- WHAT DO YOU GOT?
- I'VE GOT AN OLD CAN
OF CANNED PEARLS.
- I'VE NEVER SEEN
CAN CAN PEARLS.
"BEAUTIFUL SIMULATED
PEARLS. STERLING DELUXE CLASP.
COMPLETELY HAND KNOTTED.
FULL 17 INCHES IN LENGTH."
HEY, VICTORIA, YOU EVER
HEAR OF CAN CAN PEARLS?
JOHNNY, YOU EVER
HEAR OF CAN CAN PEARLS?
- I'VE HEARD OF CANCAN GIRLS.
- I DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY CAN CAN PEARLS.
CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT'S INSIDE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT
THE CAN'S WORTH,
IF IT'S WORTH ANYTHING AT ALL.
SO I THINK $10 OR
$20 SHOULD BE FINE.
- SO WHERE DID
YOU GET THIS THING?
- COME OUT OF AN
OLD HARDWARE STORE
THAT CLOSED DOWN
ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO.
BEEN IN BUSINESS
FOR ABOUT 70 YEARS.
- JUST CAN CAN
PEARLS FROM CANCO.
BACK IN THE '50s, THEY WERE
CANNING JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING.
BUT CANNED PEARLS?
THAT'S A NEW ONE.
- THEY MIGHT BE NICE PEARLS.
YOU EVER LOOKED INSIDE?
- NO.
- IT'S A SEALED CAN, CHUM.
- I'D HAVE OPENED IT BY NOW.
- THAT'S THE THING
ABOUT THE CAN.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN
TEMPTED TO OPEN IT.
BUT I THOUGHT IT MIGHT
BE WORTH SOMETHING.
- I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU.
I MEAN, I'M SORT OF DYING TO
KNOW WHAT'S INSIDE THE CAN.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
I'LL GIVE YOU 10 BUCKS
IF I CAN OPEN THE CAN.
- OKAY.
- CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THIS.
- I'VE BEEN WAITING TEN YEARS
TO SEE WHAT'S INSIDE THIS CAN.
- YOU GUYS READY?
- COME ON. COME ON.
AWESOME.
THEY'RE JUST PLASTIC PEARLS.
NOW I KNOW WHY THEY
PUT FAKE PEARLS IN A CAN...
THE CURIOSITY FACTOR MAKES
THEM WORTH 100 TIMES MORE
THAN NORMAL PRICE.
THEY'RE FAKE PEARLS.
THIS MUST HAVE BEEN
SOME SORT OF NOVELTY
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
QUITE FRANKLY, I DON'T THINK
YOU HAVE A LOT OF MONEY HERE.
WELL, HERE'S 10 BUCKS.
THANKS FOR LETTING
ME DO IT, MAN.
- THANK YOU.
OPENED MY CAN OF PEARLS FOR $10,
AND I GOT TO SEE WHAT
EXACTLY WAS INSIDE OF THEM.
THE PEARLS WERE IN GOOD
SHAPE. IT ALL WORKED OUT.
- EARLIER, A GUY
BROUGHT IN A POEM
SUPPOSEDLY HANDWRITTEN
BY JIMI HENDRIX.
IF THIS IS REAL, IT'S A HUGE
PIECE OF ROCK MEMORABILIA.
SO I CALLED DOWN MY BUDDY
DREW TO AUTHENTICATE IT.
- I'M DREW WITH AUTHENTIC
AUTOGRAPHS UNLIMITED.
I'M A FORENSIC
DOCUMENT EXAMINER.
RICK CONTACTS ME WHEN
HE HAS SPECIAL PROJECTS.
ANYTHING TO DO WITH
QUESTIONED DOCUMENTS,
I'M THE MAN HE WANTS TO CALL.
- THIS IS WHAT WE GOT.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SOME
POETRY BY JIMI HENDRIX.
- WELL, RICK, IF IT'S AUTHENTIC,
IT'S GONNA BE VERY EXPENSIVE.
THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
LET'S SEE WHAT IT SAYS HERE.
JIMI HENDRIX'S SIGNATURE
IS ONE OF THE VALUABLE ROCK
AND ROLL SIGNATURES THERE IS.
HE DIED AT A VERY YOUNG
AGE, AT 27 YEARS OLD,
AND HE WAS ACTUALLY ONLY
REALLY FAMOUS FOR FOUR YEARS.
SO THERE REALLY IS NOT
A LOT OF THEM OUT THERE.
WELL, THIS DEFINITELY
SOUNDS LIKE THE TYPE OF LYRICS
THAT HE WOULD WRITE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY ESOTERIC,
AND THIS IS THE KIND OF THING
YOU WOULD WANT TO LOOK FOR.
BUT WE OBVIOUSLY GOT TO TAKE
A LOOK AT ALL THE LITTLE DETAILS.
OKAY, WELL, CLEARLY
WE GOT A SITUATION
WHERE WE'RE DEALING
WITH A FELT-TIP PEN.
ALMOST ALL THE POEMS
OR LYRICS I'VE SEEN OF HIM
HAVE BEEN DONE
WITH A BALLPOINT PEN.
ANOTHER THING WE HAVE TO
LOOK AT IS THE LETTER STRUCTURES.
THE CAPITAL "I" HAS A VERY
SQUIGGLY LINE FOR THE TOP BAR.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING
I'VE SEEN BEFORE.
IT'S USUALLY
BLOCK-TYPE LETTERING.
AND THE "F" s ARE JUST
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT
THAN WHAT I'M USED TO SEEING.
HOW IT HOOKS DOWN
AND HOOKS BACK UP,
THAT'S NOT QUITE
WHAT I'VE SEEN BEFORE.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT
THE SIGNATURE ITSELF.
THE HANDWRITING IS ABOUT
THE SAME SIZE AS THE SIGNATURE.
IN EVERY CASE, IT'S
THREE, FOUR TIMES LARGER,
MUCH MORE FLAMBOYANT.
THE LAST NAME SEEMS TO BE,
YOU KNOW, PRINTED-TYPE STYLE.
HE WOULD ALWAYS
WRITE IN CURSIVE.
SEEING A LOT OF DIFFERENT
PROBLEMS WITH IT,
AND I CAN GUARANTEE
IT IS 100% NOT AUTHENTIC.
- I MEAN, TO HEAR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT AFTER SEEING THIS
AND COMPARING IT
WITH OTHER WRITINGS,
I DOUBT YOUR OPINION.
- WELL, UNFORTUNATELY I
CAN ONLY GO BY THE EVIDENCE
THAT'S ON THE PAPER.
I CAN'T GO BY CERTAIN
STORIES OR PRECEDENTS.
AND WHAT I CAN TELL
YOU RIGHT NOW IS,
I'M 100% CERTAIN
THIS IS NOT AUTHENTIC.
I'M VERY SORRY TO TELL YOU THAT.
- THANKS A LOT, DREW.
- NO PROBLEM.
THANK YOU, RICK,
FOR CALLING ME IN.
COREY, GOOD SEEING YOU AGAIN.
- APPRECIATE IT.
- ALL RIGHT. TALK
TO YOU GUYS SOON.
I CAN UNDERSTAND THE OWNER OF
THE DOCUMENT BEING DISAPPOINTED.
OBVIOUSLY IT'S WORTH A LOT
OF MONEY IF IT WAS AUTHENTIC.
CLEARLY IT IS NOT.
UNFORTUNATELY, I CAN ONLY GO
BY THE EVIDENCE ON THE PAPER,
AND IT'S JUST NOT THERE.
- WELL, I JUST
HAPPEN TO DISAGREE,
AND I KNOW WHAT IT'S MEANT
TO ME ALL THESE YEARS, AND...
- I'M SORRY, THERE'S JUST
NOTHING I CAN DO WITH IT.
OKAY?
WELL, THANKS FOR
BRINGING IT IN, MAN.
I APPRECIATE IT.
- THANK YOU GUYS.
- THANK YOU, SIR.
- WELL, WE COULDN'T MAKE A
DEAL TODAY WITH THE GUYS.
THAT DOESN'T BOTHER ME
ABOUT WHETHER I SELL IT OR NOT.
I'VE ALREADY HAD
FAMILY LOOK AT IT.
I'VE ALREADY HAD SOMETHING MORE
THAN WHAT THIS
EXPERT HAS LOOK AT IT.
I DON'T TRUST HIS
OPINION WHEN I'VE LIVED IT.
- A WEEK AGO, I TOOK A 1950s
PEDAL CAR TO MY BUDDY DANNY'S
FOR SOME SERIOUS RESTORATION.
HE JUST CALLED
AND SAID IT'S READY,
SO CHUM AND I ARE ON OUR
WAY TO GO CHECK IT OUT.
- WHAT ARE YOU
GUYS HERE FOR, MAN?
- THE CAR. THE PEDAL CAR.
- HERE TO SEE THE PEDAL CAR?
YOU GUYS READY FOR IT?
- I'M ALL READY, MAN.
- TONY, BRING IT OUT HERE, MAN.
- HEY!
- ALL RIGHT.
YEAH, WE FINISHED THE CAR UP,
AND IT JUST LOOKED GREAT.
AND THEN A FRIEND OF OURS,
FELICIA, SHE CAME DOWN,
AND SHE HAD HER
SON TONY WITH 'EM,
AND HE FELL IN
LOVE WITH THE CAR.
I DON'T THINK HE WANTED
TO GIVE IT UP, THOUGH.
- HEY, TONY, YOU LIKE THE CAR?
- YEAH!
- ALL RIGHT.
- BYE, TONY!
- SEE YOU LATER, BROTHER.
THANK YOU.
- OH, DUDE, IT'S GREAT.
SO WHAT DID YOU
HAVE TO DO TO IT?
- THE WHOLE FLAVOR OF
THE CAR HAS KIND OF GOT
THAT OLD '50s MERC
TYPE OF A STYLING TO IT,
SO THAT'S WHY WE WENT
WITH KIND OF AN OLD
'50s HOT ROD FLAVOR.
SO WE BASED IT IN
RED METAL FLAKE,
BUT WE DID ALL THE
FLAMES IN OFF-WHITE
AND THEN GOT IT ALL PINSTRIPED.
FOUND A WHOLE BUNCH
OF NEW GUTS FOR IT.
WE DID SOME WHITEWALL
ACTION ON THE WHEELS.
NEW HUBCAPS.
MAN, SHE'S ALL READY TO GO.
AND I LOVE THE SEAT TOO.
- MAN, IF THIS
THING WAS MY SIZE,
I'D CRUISE DOWN THE STRIP IN IT.
- THIS PEDAL CAR CAME
OUT AWESOME, MAN.
RICK BROUGHT ME SOMETHING THAT
WE'VE NEVER DONE HERE BEFORE,
AND WE PULLED OUT ALL
THE STOPS WHEN WE DID IT,
AND I THINK IT CAME OUT GREAT.
TO ME, THIS IS MORE LIKE
A DECORATION PIECE, MAN.
I DON'T THINK A KID SHOULD
EVEN BE PLAYING WITH IT.
- YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES
DOWN TO IT, ONCE SOMEONE PAYS ME,
I DON'T GIVE A DAMN
WHAT THEY DO WITH IT.
SO HOW MUCH IS IT GONNA COST ME?
- YOU KNOW, WE
WENT OVER A LITTLE BIT
BECAUSE OF THE
MATERIALS USED ON IT
AND FINDING SOME STUFF.
WE'RE, LIKE, 400 BUCKS INTO IT.
- OH, THAT'S SWEET.
I'M GREAT WITH THAT.
- NICE.
- I REALLY THINK I'M GONNA GET
BETWEEN A GRAND AND 1,500 BUCKS
-, - IT'S THAT NICE.
- I THINK YOU'RE GONNA
DO WELL ON THIS PIECE.
IT'S A NICE CAR.
- OKAY, THANKS, DANNY.
- ABSOLUTELY. ANYTIME,
BROTHER. ANYTIME.
ARE YOU DRIVING THIS HOME?
- I AM.
- NO, YOU'RE GONNA
PUSH IT OUT TO THE TRUCK.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA DRIVE IT.
- THIS PEDAL CAR IS
NOW A COLLECTOR PIECE.
I KNOW CHUMLEE REALLY
FELL IN LOVE WITH IT,
I THINK, MORE THAN ANYBODY,
SO I THINK HE'S GONNA HAVE
A HARD TIME LETTING IT GO
IF SOMEBODY COMES
IN AND WANTS IT.