Pawn Stars (2009–…): Season 3, Episode 26 - Wise Guys - full transcript
Sellers get some rude surprises when they learn their items are worth what they expected. But a rare gold coin and a World War Two armored scout car look promising.
Male announcer: ON THIS
EPISODE OF PAWN STARS...
- I WAS GONNA TRY AND SELL
MY 1880 $2
NEWFOUNDLAND GOLD COIN.
THERE'S ONLY 2,500
OF THEM MINTED.
IT'S ONE OF THE RAREST
IN NORTH AMERICA.
- WHAT WERE YOU
LOOKING TO GET OUT OF IT?
- I DON'T KNOW. LIKE, 30 GRAND.
- OOH.
- THIS IS AN APPLE IIGS
COMPUTER FROM 1988.
- STATE OF THE ART.
- HOPING TO GET
MAYBE A FEW HUNDRED.
- I'M GONNA SELL IT TO SOMEBODY
WHO'S GONNA TURN
IT INTO A FISH TANK.
- THIS IS A 1941
ARMORED SCOUT CAR.
- IS THIS THING BULLETPROOF?
- YES, IT IS.
- YEAH, IT'S PRETTY BADASS.
IT WOULD BE FUN TO DRIVE
IT UP AND DOWN THE STRIP
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
- YEAH! WHOO!
- 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.
SO WHAT IN THE HELL
DO WE HAVE HERE?
- THIS IS A 1941 M3 ARMORED
SCOUT CAR FOR THE ARMY.
- THIS LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING
RIGHT OUT OF M.A.S.H.
IS THIS THING BULLETPROOF?
- YES, IT IS.
- SWEET.
- I DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY M3 ARMORED SCOUT CAR.
I PAID $25,000 FOR THIS TRUCK.
I WAS HOPING TO GET
$28,000 IF POSSIBLE.
I'M SURE IT CAN ONLY APPRECIATE.
IT'S LIKE GOLD. IT
CAN ONLY GO UP.
- SO WHERE DID
YOU GET THIS THING?
- I WAS DRIVING THROUGH BARSTOW,
AND MY SON SAW IT,
AND HE'S A MILITARY BUFF,
AND WE SAW IT AT A TOW YARD.
THEY SAID IT WAS ALL ORIGINAL,
AND I HAD TO HAVE IT,
SO I WENT IN THERE
AND BOUGHT IT.
- AND NOW YOU'RE TIRED OF IT?
- NO, I'M GONNA
PROSPECT UP IN ALASKA,
AND I NEED SOME MONEY,
AND GONNA GO ON TO
THE NEXT ADVENTURE.
- OKAY.
IT'S NOT EVERY DAY THAT
SOMEONE ROLLS UP TO THE SHOP
IN AN ARMORED VEHICLE
USED IN WORLD WAR Il.
IF THIS TRUCK IS GENUINE,
I KNOW SOME MILITARY COLLECTORS
WHO WILL GO NUTS OVER IT.
I MEAN, IT DOES LOOK COOL.
IT WOULD BE FUN TO DRIVE
IT UP AND DOWN THE STRIP
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
SO LET'S SEE WHAT IT'S
GOT UNDER THE HOOD.
- DO IT.
- DAMN, THIS THING'S HEAVY.
- MEANT TO STOP A BULLET.
- THAT'S DEFINITELY
NOT A 1941 MOTOR.
THAT'S, LIKE, A LATE '80s,
EARLY '90s DODGE TURBO DIESEL.
DO YOU KNOW HOW
MANY MILES ARE ON IT?
- VERY LOW.
HAD IT IN THE GARAGE
THE WHOLE TIME.
OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T
KNOW THAT MUCH MORE ABOUT IT.
- SO IT'S A DIFFERENT
STEERING COLUMN.
- THIS IS HOW I BOUGHT IT.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BEEN
CHANGED ON IT OR WHATNOT.
- SOMEONE'S RESTORED IT
SOMEHOW OR THE OTHER.
I MEAN, IT'S GOT A
BRAND-NEW PAINT JOB ON IT.
I'LL TELL YOU THAT.
TO TELL YOU THE
TRUTH, I HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT A 1941 SCOUT
VEHICLE GOES FOR.
IF WE CAN DRIVE THIS DOWN
TO A BUDDY'S SHOP OF MINE,
HE ACTUALLY DEALS
IN THIS KIND OF STUFF,
AND WE CAN GET
IT ALL CHECKED OUT.
- I'M ALL FOR THAT.
- OKAY.
- I'M LOOKING FORWARD
TO GOING TO THE EXPERT
TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS,
AND WE'LL KNOW WHERE WE STAND.
- HEY, GUYS.
- HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
- I'M TRYING TO SELL THIS
CARLO GAMBINO CHECK.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST MOB
BOSSES THAT EVER LIVED.
- WHAT'S IT SAY?
- IT SAYS IT WAS FOR A HIT.
IT WAS A LOT OF MONEY BACK THEN.
- USUALLY I DON'T BUY
STUFF FROM GUYS LIKE THIS,
BECAUSE THIS GUY WAS... HE
WAS A MURDERER, YOU KNOW.
- YEAH.
DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO TRY TO SELL MY
CARLO GAMBINO CHECK.
HE'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST
MOB BOSSES OF ALL TIME,
BIGGER THAN AL CAPONE.
I'M GOING TO GET A
COUPLE THOUSAND FOR IT.
- SO WHERE DID
YOU GET THIS THING?
- WELL, IT WAS A GIFT I
GOT A FEW YEARS BACK.
I COLLECT A LOT OF MAFIA
MEMORABILIA, MOB STUFF.
- SO WHY DO YOU WANT TO SELL IT?
- JUST LOOKING TO TRY TO MAKE
A FEW BUCKS, SEE WHAT I CAN DO.
I GOT SO MUCH STUFF RIGHT NOW,
I'M JUST GONNA START
DWINDLING IT OUT.
- CARLO GAMBINO WAS
A SICILIAN MOBSTER
WHO CAME TO NEW
YORK CITY IN THE 1920s
AND CREATED A NATIONAL
CRIME SYNDICATE.
AND ACCORDING TO LEGEND,
A LOT OF HIS ENEMIES ENDED
UP BEING BURIED IN CONCRETE,
HENCE THE TERM
"CEMENT OVERCOAT."
YOU KNOW WHO THE GEORGE GUY IS?
- THAT WAS ONE OF HIS BUSINESS
PARTNERS FOR S.G.S. ASSOCIATES.
THAT'S WHAT THE
CHECK IS DRAWN OUT FOR.
IT'S LIKE A LABOR UNION,
WHICH IS A COMPANY
THAT THEY DEVISED.
- THEY WERE CROOKED
TO BEGIN WITH.
I MEAN, THERE WASN'T
A LOT OF RESPECT
FOR THE LAW AND THE RULES.
- THERE WASN'T A LOT OF
MOBSTERS BACK IN THE DAY
THAT ACTUALLY HAD
CHECKING ACCOUNTS.
- YEAH, I JUST IMAGINE
IT WAS A CASH BUSINESS.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
- EXACTLY.
- I'M A LITTLE SUSPICIOUS
THAT CARLO GAMBINO'S
SIGNATURE IS ON IT.
HE WAS THE HEAD OF
A MAJOR CRIME FAMILY.
FOR SOME REASON, I DON'T THINK
HE WOULD BE SIGNING
HIS OWN CHECKS.
THIS IS MY THING WITH IT.
I REALLY DON'T KNOW
WHAT IT'S WORTH,
AND I DON'T KNOW IF
THAT'S HIS SIGNATURE,
AND I WOULD LIKE TO FIND
OUT IF THIS GEORGE SIGNATURE
IS WORTH ANY MONEY.
YOU MIND IF I HAVE
SOMEONE CHECK IT OUT,
JUST MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S
LEGIT BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER?
I GOT A BUDDY WHO'S AN EXPERT
ON HANDWRITING,
SIGNATURES, ALL THAT.
LET ME GET HIM DOWN
HERE. HE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
WE'LL GET IT ALL FIGURED OUT.
SOUND GOOD TO YOU?
- SOUNDS GREAT.
- THANKS, MAN.
- THANKS.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD
TO THE EXPERT COMING IN,
LETTING ME KNOW IF THESE
SIGNATURES ARE AUTHENTIC OR NOT.
HOPING IT'S NOT FROM A
SECRETARY THAT GAMBINO HAD.
- OKAY, WHAT IN THE
WORLD DO WE HAVE HERE?
- THIS IS AN APPLE IIGS
COMPUTER FROM 1988.
- STATE OF THE ART.
- ABSOLUTELY.
DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY APPLE IIGS COMPUTER.
I LOVED THIS COMPUTER.
IT WAS MY FAVORITE
THING AS A KID.
YEAH, I GOT TO PLAY ALL
SORTS OF GREAT VIDEO GAMES.
- IIGS? ISN'T THAT '86 OR '87?
- I THINK THEY ORIGINALLY
CAME OUT AROUND '86 OR '87,
BUT THE MANUFACTURE
DATE ON THIS ONE IS '88.
- MUST HAVE BEEN
THE LAST ONE MADE.
- COULD BE.
- APPLE COMPUTERS
STARTED BACK IN 1976
WITH THREE GUYS IN A GARAGE.
THINGS HAVE CHANGED
QUITE A BIT SINCE THEN.
LET ME SEE IT.
WHOA.
3 1/2 INCH FLOPPIES.
- OH, YEAH.
GOT SOME 5-INCH
ONES DOWN BELOW TOO.
OKAY, HERE IS THE CPU.
ALL THE ORIGINAL MANUALS.
- I CAN'T WAIT. IT'S
GONNA BE AWESOME.
SWEET. F-1 RACER.
I'M GONNA WORK THE
NIGHT SHIFT TONIGHT
SO I CAN PLAY THIS.
- THAT WOULDN'T BE WORKING.
- AND POWER.
- AND...
- I THINK IT'S BROKE.
- ANY DAY NOW.
- BE PATIENT. IT'S
GONNA BE WORTH IT.
IT'S GONNA BRING YOU BACK
TO 1987 WHEN YOU HAD HAIR.
- YEAH, SO HOW DO YOU
PLAY THIS THING, CHUM?
- I PLAY IT LIKE A "G." I DON'T
KNOW HOW YOU PLAY IT.
- OPTIONS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO
MAKE THE CAR GO FORWARD.
- YOU SUCK. YOU'RE
IN LAST PLACE.
OH!
LET A PROFESSIONAL
SHOW YOU HOW IT'S DONE.
I COULD PLAY THIS ALL DAY.
- EVEN THOUGH IT'S
WAY OUT OF DATE,
THERE'S STILL A HUGE
COLLECTOR'S MARKET
FOR OLD APPLE COMPUTERS.
SOME PEOPLE EVEN TURN
THEM INTO FISHBOWLS.
THEY'RE CALLED
"MACQUARIUMS." I'M NOT KIDDING.
SO WHAT DID YOU
WANT TO DO WITH IT?
YOU WANT TO PAWN IT OR SELL IT?
- SELL IT.
- SO HOW MUCH DO
YOU WANT FOR IT?
- HOPING TO GET
MAYBE A FEW HUNDRED.
- DEAL.
- NO, NO.
I WILL GIVE YOU 50 BUCKS FOR IT.
- WELL, FOR THAT MUCH, I
THINK I'D RATHER JUST KEEP IT
AND PLAY IT OCCASIONALLY.
- IT'S A 23-YEAR-OLD COMPUTER.
I'M ASSUMING I'M GONNA
SELL IT TO SOMEBODY
WHO'S GONNA TURN
IT INTO A FISH TANK.
- WELL, SEEMS LIKE HE'S
READY TO USE IT ALL DAY.
- I'LL GIVE YOU 75 BUCKS.
- I DON'T THINK I
WANT TO GO THAT LOW.
WILLING TO GO $150?
- I'LL GIVE YOU
100 BUCKS FOR IT.
I'M GONNA SELL IT AS A NOVELTY.
100 BUCKS?
- OKAY.
- ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, GO
WRITE HER UP, CHUM,
AND THEN PUT IT AWAY.
- ALL RIGHT, JUST LEAVE
IT HOOKED UP RIGHT HERE.
I'LL MEET YOU OVER THERE.
- I WAS HOPING FOR MORE.
I THOUGHT IT WOULD
BE WORTH A LOT MORE,
BUT GUESS IT'S JUST
NOT WORTH THAT MUCH.
- WHAT CAN I HELP YOU WITH?
- I'VE GOT A GOLD COIN I THINK
YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN.
IT'S FROM 1880. IT'S
FROM NEWFOUNDLAND.
- THE $2 NEWFOUNDLAND
WAS THE ONLY GOLD COIN
THAT CIRCULATED IN
CANADA AT THE TIME.
- 2 BUCKS WAS A LOT
OF MONEY BACK THEN.
- YEAH, 2 BUCKS WAS A
LOT OF MONEY BACK THEN,
EVEN CANADIAN BUCKS.
YEAH.
I DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY.
I WAS GONNA TRY AND SELL
MY 1880 $2
NEWFOUNDLAND GOLD COIN.
THERE'S NO OTHER CANADIAN
GOLD COIN FROM THAT ERA.
I'D LIKE TO SELL IT
FOR 7 GRAND IF I COULD,
BUT MINIMUM 3 GRAND.
THERE'S NO WAY I'M LETTING
IT GO ANY LESS THAN 3 GRAND.
- WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?
- IT CAME UP FOR AUCTION
NEAR WHERE I LIVE,
AND IT'S A SMALL TOWN,
AND I FIGURED THIS IS A
PRETTY HIGH-END GOLD COIN,
SO I ENDED UP
GETTING IT FROM THEM.
- ALL RIGHT, DO YOU
KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT?
- IT'S RARE.
THERE'S ONLY 2,500
OF THEM MINTED.
IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE RAREST
CIRCULATING GOLD
COINS IN NORTH AMERICA.
- WELL, IT'S AN AU55,
AND IT'S DONE BY PCGS,
SO THERE'S REALLY NO ARGUING IT.
THEY'RE SORT OF LIKE
THE GOLD STANDARD.
"AU" MEANS "ALMOST
UNCIRCULATED."
AND THERE'S A WEIRD
NUMBERING SYSTEM FROM 1 TO 70.
- IT'S PRETTY HIGH.
I MEAN, IT'S A PRETTY
GOOD COIN, RIGHT?
- IT'S ALL RIGHT, YOU
KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
IT'S NOT UNCIRCULATED, YOU KNOW?
- YEAH, BUT IT'S 130 YEARS OLD.
- YEAH, I MEAN, WE
COULD GO ALL DAY LONG.
YOU COULD SAY
GOOD THINGS ABOUT IT.
I COULD SAY BAD THINGS
ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW?
- PART OF THE GAME, RIGHT?
- NEWFOUNDLAND DIDN'T
BECOME A CANADIAN PROVINCE
TILL THE 1940s.
SO IN 1880 WHEN
THIS COIN WAS MINTED,
IT WAS STILL A BRITISH COLONY.
AND A RARE COIN FROM A
COLONY THAT NO LONGER EXISTS
IS A THING COLLECTORS LOVE.
ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH IT IS,
IT'S A CANADIAN GOLD COIN.
THE MARKET'S A LOT SMALLER.
- COLLECTORS ARE
COLLECTORS, RIGHT?
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, LIKE,
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE
A CANADIAN THAT WANTS THIS.
SOMEBODY WANTS
A RARE GOLD COIN...
- WELL, IN GENERAL,
CANADIAN COLLECTORS
COLLECT CANADIAN COINS,
AND JUST ABOUT EVERYONE
COLLECTS U.S. COINS.
IT'S JUST A SMALLER MARKET.
- IF THAT WAS A U.S. GOLD COIN,
THAT THING WOULD BE WORTH,
LIKE, 30 GRAND OR MORE, RIGHT?
- IF IT WAS A U.S. GOLD COIN,
IT'D PROBABLY BE WORTH
A LOT MORE THAN THAT.
- YEAH, RIGHT.
- SO WHAT DO YOU
WANT TO DO WITH IT?
- I'M HOPING TO SELL IT.
- WHAT WERE YOU
LOOKING TO GET OUT OF IT?
- I DON'T KNOW. 7 GRAND?
- OOH.
- WHAT? COME ON.
- 7 GRAND IS NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
- YOU TELL ME.
- I'M THINKING CLOSER TO $2,500.
- NO. NO WAY.
$2,500. CAN'T DO THAT. NO WAY.
- IF YOU GO TO GO
LOOK AT A BOOK,
I GUARANTEE A BOOK'S
GONNA SAY, LIKE, WHAT, $4,500?
- I JUST LOOKED AT CANADIAN
COIN NEWS BEFORE I CAME HERE,
AND THERE'S ONE COMING UP
FOR AUCTION, EXACT SAME GRADE,
THEY ESTIMATE IT AT 5 GRAND.
- OKAY.
- YEAH.
- SO YOU WANT, LIKE, $2,000 MORE
THAN THE ESTIMATE
OF THE OTHER COIN?
THIS GUY'S DEFINITELY
PLAYING HARDBALL.
THERE'S NO QUESTION
I WANT THE COIN,
BUT THERE'S NO WAY I'M
GONNA LOSE MY SHIRT ON IT.
I'M THINKING I'LL GIVE
YOU 3 GRAND FOR IT.
I MEAN, THERE'S, LIKE, 125
BUCKS' WORTH OF GOLD THERE.
- YEAH, BUT THIS IS A RARE COIN.
THIS IS A SHOWPIECE
FOR YOU GUYS. COME ON.
- IT'S RARE, BUT
IT'S NOT SUPER...
- IT'S THE RAREST CIRCULATING
GOLD COIN IN NORTH AMERICA.
HOW ABOUT $3,500?
- 3 GRAND.
- $3,100.
- ALL RIGHT, $3,100.
- ALL RIGHT.
- ALL RIGHT.
- COOL. THANKS.
- ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO
DO SOME PAPERWORK.
- YEAH, I SOLD THE
COIN FOR $3,100.
YEAH, I WOULD HAVE
LIKED TO GET A LITTLE MORE,
BUT I SOLD IT FOR MORE
THAN WHAT I GOT INTO IT,
SO I'M PRETTY PLEASED.
MAYBE I'LL GO DOUBLE IT
ON THE STRIP SOMEWHERE,
DO A LITTLE GAMBLING.
- EARLIER, A GUY
CAME IN WITH A CHECK
SIGNED BY CARLO GAMBINO.
I WASN'T TOO SURE
ABOUT THE SIGNATURE,
SO I CALLED IN MY BUDDY DREW
TO COME IN AND
TAKE A CLOSER LOOK.
- I'M WITH AUTHENTIC
AUTOGRAPHS UNLIMITED,
AND I'M AN FORENSIC
DOCUMENT EXAMINER.
WHEN RICK EVER NEEDS A
SIGNATURE AUTHENTICATED,
HE GIVES ME A CALL.
WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
- IT'S A MOB CHECK.
- ALL RIGHT.
WELL, I SEE THAT WE HAVE THE
NAME CARLO GAMBINO ON THERE.
ALSO IT LOOKS LIKE
THAT'S GEORGE SCHILLER.
HE WAS A PARTNER OF HIS.
HE WAS A RUSSIAN BUSINESSMAN.
NOT OFFICIALLY PART OF THE MOB.
TO BE A MADE MAN,
YOU HAVE TO BE SICILIAN.
CARLO GAMBINO IS ONE
OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS
OF THE MAFIA CRIME
FAMILIES OUT OF NEW YORK.
PASSED AWAY IN 1974.
ONE OF THE MOST RUTHLESS OF ALL.
DEFINITELY A KILLER.
A LOT OF HIS MEMORABILIA
IS PRETTY VALUABLE
IF YOU'RE THAT
TYPE OF COLLECTOR.
- DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS
S.G.S. ASSOCIATES WAS?
- STARTED OFF PRETTY
LEGITIMATE, MAINLY AS A FRONT.
I SEE THAT'S DATED 1962.
IT WAS CLOSED JUST A
FEW YEARS AFTER THAT
BECAUSE THE FBI WAS
STARTING TO GET ONTO THEM.
- SO THEY LAUNDERED MONEY THERE.
- YES, THEY DID.
- OKAY.
- WELL, LET'S TAKE A CLOSER
LOOK, SEE WHAT WE GOT.
I'VE STUDIED CARLO GAMBINO'S
SIGNATURE QUITE A BIT.
THERE'S A LOT OF
DIFFERENT THINGS
WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING FOR.
FIRST THING, THE DATE.
THIS WAS SIGNED LONG
BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY IN 1974
FROM A HEART
ATTACK IN HIS SLEEP,
WHICH IS PRETTY AMAZING
CONSIDERING HE WAS A KILLER.
FOR LEGITIMATE CHECKS, YOU CAN
SEE THAT THE LINE WAS PERFORATED
FROM THE UPPER TOP.
CARLO GAMBINO'S SIGNATURE,
A LOT OF THE MIDDLE
STRUCTURES ARE IN LINE.
HE'S GOT A CERTAIN
DEGREE OF SLANT
THAT'S HIGHLY CONSISTENT
IN HIS SIGNATURE.
VERY CONSISTENT
WITH THE CAPITAL "G."
ONE THING GOOD
ABOUT BANK CHECKS IS,
WE GOT A LOT OF EVIDENCE HERE.
YOU PUT ALL THE
EVIDENCE TOGETHER,
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AUTHENTIC.
- NICE.
- SO, DREW, HOW MUCH
DO THESE THINGS GO FOR?
- WE'RE DEALING WITH
THREE DIFFERENT SIGNATURES.
I'D HAVE TO SAY,
RETAIL, $1,000-PLUS.
- OKAY.
- I'D SAY THAT'S ABOUT RIGHT.
- THANKS. I APPRECIATE IT.
- YOU BET. NO PROBLEM.
THANKS, GUYS. COREY.
- SO HOW MUCH DO
YOU WANT FOR IT?
- HOW ABOUT $800?
- I CAN'T DO $800.
I'LL GO, LIKE, 400 BUCKS ON IT.
LISTEN, MAN.
TO SELL THAT THING, I
GOT TO PUT IT IN A FRAME,
I GOT TO DO ALL SORTS OF OTHER
STUFF TO MAKE IT LOOK COOL
SO SOMEONE CAN
HANG IT ON THEIR WALL.
- $700.
- NO.
I'LL MAKE YOU AN OFFER
YOU CAN'T REFUSE.
500 BUCKS.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I
CAN GO ON THE THING.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF
MONEY TO BE MADE THERE.
- FINAL OFFER.
- FINAL OFFER.
- ALL RIGHT, DEAL.
- OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
COREY, WRITE HIM UP.
- LET'S GO DO SOME PAPERWORK.
- I SETTLED FOR
$500 FOR THE CHECK.
I THINK IT WAS A FAIR PRICE.
$500 WE'RE GONNA PUT AWAY,
AND I'M GONNA GO
HOPEFULLY TAKE A TRIP.
- EARLIER, A GUY BROUGHT IN
AN ARMORED VEHICLE
FROM WORLD WAR Il.
IT LOOKS AWESOME, BUT I'M
NOT SURE IF IT'S THE REAL THING,
SO I'M HAVING MY BUDDY
DAVID CHECK IT OUT.
- HEY, DAVID. HOW'S IT GOING?
- HEY, GUYS.
- THIS IS WHY WE CAME BY.
- WOW.
I'M THE OWNER OF
ARMY TRUCKS INC.
WE SUPPLY MILITARY VEHICLES
TO MOTION PICTURES,
TV, COMMERCIALS.
THIS IS A 1941 SCOUT
CAR, IT LOOKS LIKE.
THEY WERE MADE FROM
THE LATE '30s TO ABOUT 1944.
THEY USED THESE TO
GO AHEAD OF THE TANKS
TO SCOUT OUT THE ENEMY.
SO, RICK, WHAT ARE
YOUR CONCERNS?
- IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF
STUFF ON IT HAS BEEN REPLACED,
SO WE BASICALLY
HAVE A 1941 BODY HERE.
- WHEN I'M ANALYZING
A TRUCK LIKE THIS,
I BASICALLY LOOK
FOR ORIGINALITY.
I LOOK FOR OBVIOUS FLAWS.
WOW.
GUYS, I SEE SOME NUMBERS HERE,
WHICH LENDS SOME
AUTHENTICITY TO THE VEHICLE.
I'M GONNA KEEP LOOKING.
WELL, 1/4 INCH
ARMOR. THAT'S GOOD.
LET'S POP THE HOOD.
DEFINITELY THE CORRECT HOOD.
BUT THAT'S NOT
CORRECT. MODERNIZED.
- YEAH, THAT'S WHY
IT CONCERNED TO ME.
LIKE, EVERYTHING UNDERNEATH
LOOKS MODERNIZED.
- SO, RICK, DO YOU WANT THE
GOOD NEWS OR THE BAD NEWS?
- GIVE ME THE BAD NEWS.
- WELL, THE BAD NEWS,
THIS THING IS PIECED TOGETHER.
- OKAY.
- THE ONLY THING ORIGINAL
IS PROBABLY THE FIRST
FOOT OF THIS TRUCK,
AND THIS LOOKS
LIKE AN M3 CHASSIS,
BUT EVERYTHING AFTER
THAT AND UNDERNEATH
LOOKS LIKE A
MODERN PICKUP TRUCK.
- SO WHAT'S THE GOOD NEWS?
- THE GOOD NEWS IS, SOMEBODY
PUT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT
AND MONEY INTO MAKE
THIS THING TO LOOK LIKE THIS.
AS A VEHICLE COLLECTOR MYSELF,
IT DOES HAVE THE "WOW" FACTOR.
- SO WHAT'S A "WOW"
FACTOR WORTH?
- A PRISTINE ONE OF THESE
IS WORTH ABOUT $100,000,
AN ORIGINAL ONE.
THIS, I THINK, UP TO $20,000.
- OKAY.
ALL RIGHT, THANKS.
IT'S NOT AN ORIGINAL
1941 ARMY TRUCK,
BUT IT STILL LOOKS BADASS.
THERE'S DEFINITELY A MARKET FOR
MILITARY REPRODUCTION VEHICLES,
SO I'M STILL
INTERESTED IN BUYING IT.
I CAME HERE THINKING ONE THING.
NOW I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT
SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
SO BEFORE WE TALK MONEY, LET
ME TAKE THIS THING FOR A SPIN.
OKAY?
- SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
- ALL RIGHT, YOU
GUYS READY TO GO?
- LET'S GO.
- LET'S GET SOME
"WOW" FACTOR GOING.
- EARLIER, MY BUDDY DAVID
CHECKED OUT AN ARMORED VEHICLE
FROM WORLD WAR Il.
IT TURNS OUT IT'S
MOSTLY A REPRODUCTION,
BUT IT'S STILL A COOL MACHINE,
SO WE'RE TAKING
IT FOR A TEST-DRIVE.
THIS THING IS A HELL OF
A LOT OF FUN TO DRIVE.
I'M DEFINITELY INTERESTED.
SO LONG AS THIS
GUY KEEPS IN MIND
IT'S NOT A 100%
ALL-ORIGINAL MILITARY TRUCK,
HOPEFULLY WE'LL COME
TOGETHER ON A PRICE.
- YEAH! WHOO!
- WHAT DO YOU
THINK? PRETTY BADASS.
- YEAH, IT'S PRETTY BADASS,
BUT WHAT THE HELL
AM I GONNA DO WITH IT?
THAT'S MY PROBLEM
I'M THINKING ABOUT.
SO REALISTICALLY,
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING
TO GET OUT OF THIS THING?
- WELL, I KNOW I
PAID $25,000 FOR IT,
AND NOW THAT I KNOW FROM
YOUR EXPERT WHAT IT'S WORTH,
I KNOW THAT'S GONE.
BUT I GOT TO HAVE AT
LEAST $19,000 OR $20,000.
- IT'S JUST NOT
GONNA HAPPEN, MAN.
I'LL GO 11 GRAND, BUT IT'S GONNA
BE REALLY DIFFICULT TO SELL.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I
FIRST LOOKED AT IT,
COOL, OLD WORLD WAR Il
COLLECTIBLE ARMY TRUCK.
IT'S NOT THAT.
I MEAN, BASICALLY YOU GOT
A 20-YEAR-OLD TRUCK HERE
WITH A BUNCH OF
STEEL BOLTED TO IT.
- I STILL PAID $25,000 FOR IT.
- WHAT YOU PAID FOR
IT IS IMMATERIAL TO ME.
- AND IT HAS VALUE. IT
HAS INTRINSIC VALUE.
- LIMITED, LIMITED,
LIMITED MARKET.
- HOW ABOUT $15,000?
- IT WON'T HAPPEN.
- $11,000?
I MEAN, I'M TAKING
A BATH WITH THAT.
I MIGHT AS WELL JUST
PARK IT IN MY BACKYARD
AND MAKE A BIRDBATH OUT OF IT.
- OKAY, I'M SORRY,
MAN. I JUST CAN'T...
THAT'S WHAT I CAN DO.
- WELL, I APPRECIATE
YOU LOOKING AT IT.
- SORRY WE COULDN'T
MAKE A DEAL, MAN.
- KIND OF DISAPPOINTED.
$11,000'S KIND OF
A SLAP IN THE FACE.
I'D RATHER HAVE THE
"WOW" FACTOR MYSELF.
IT'S STILL A COOL
ITEM. IT'S A COOL PIECE.
I'LL PARK IT BACK IN THE GARAGE.
FOURTH OF JULY, COME
DOWN WHERE WE'RE AT,
AND SEE THE PARADE.
- HI. WHAT'S GOING
ON, MY FRIEND?
- A PIN I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT.
- WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT IT?
- IT'S AN ORPHAN
ANNIE DECODER PIN.
- TOO BAD DADDY
WARBUCKS ISN'T HERE.
HE'D LOVE TO SEE THIS.
- I DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY ORPHAN
ANNIE DECODER PIN.
I KNOW THE VALUE
OF IT, ACTUALLY.
YOU KNOW, IT'S PROBABLY
BETWEEN 40 AND 50 BUCKS.
AND I KNOW, BRINGING
IT TO A PAWN SHOP,
I'M NOT GONNA GET THAT,
BUT I'M GONNA TRY AND GET
AS MUCH AS I CAN OUT OF IT.
- HOW DID YOU ACQUIRE THIS, SIR?
- WELL, 30 YEARS
AGO, A YARD SALE
OUT OF A JUNK BOX, YOU KNOW.
ANYTHING FOR A QUARTER.
I THINK THEY SOLD
IT OFF THE RADIO
THROUGH OVALTINE.
THEY WOULD GIVE
YOU A CODED MESSAGE,
EITHER IN NUMBERS OR LETTERS,
AND YOU WOULD
SET IT ON THE LETTER.
THEN YOU WOULD
DECODE THE MESSAGES.
- I LOVE THOSE, YOU
KNOW, 1940s, 1950s WAY
OF, YOU KNOW, MARKETING
TO KIDS BACK THEN.
- YEAH.
LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE
WAS A RADIO SHOW
BACK IN THE '30s AND '40s.
IT WAS THE FIRST AFTERNOON
SERIAL SHOW FOR KIDS,
AND IT WAS A GREAT BIG HIT.
IT'S NOT THAT RARE, FOR THEY
MADE THOUSANDS OF THESE.
- PROBABLY A LOT MORE
VALUABLE TO SOMEONE
THAT COLLECTS THINGS LIKE THIS.
I COLLECT EVERYTHING
AND ANYTHING,
SO THAT'S HOW I GOT HOLD OF IT.
- I LIKE THIS PIN.
IT'S THE KIND OF
THING THAT APPEALS
TO LITTLE ORPHAN
ANNIE COLLECTORS
OR ANYBODY THAT LIKES
1930s TOYS OR RADIO TIE-INS.
IF I CAN GET IT FOR
A REASONABLE PRICE,
IT'LL BE EASY TO SELL.
SO WHAT DO YOU WANT
TO DO WITH THIS, MAN,
PAWN IT OR SELL?
- SELL IT.
IT'S NOT DOING ME A LOT OF
GOOD SITTING HOME IN A DRAWER.
- YOU CAN BUY THEM ONLINE
RIGHT NOW FOR ABOUT 45 BUCKS.
I HATE TO OFFER IT TO YOU,
BUT I CAN OFFER
YOU AROUND $25 ON IT.
- HOW ABOUT $30?
- $25 IS ABOUT WHERE
I'M COMFORTABLE AT.
- $27.
- I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. 27 BUCKS.
BUDDY, YOU GOT A DEAL.
- OKAY.
- ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GO DO SOME PAPERWORK.
- YEAH, THEY OFFERED
ME $25 FOR THE PIN,
AND EVERYBODY'S GOT TO HAGGLE.
YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO BARTER.
I WENT FOR $30. I GOT $27.
THAT'S GOOD.
- I GET NEXT GAME.
- DON'T DISTRACT ME RIGHT NOW.
I'M IN THE ZONE.
- CHUM, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
- YOU ASKED ME
TO TEST THE STUFF.
- NO, I TOLD YOU TO
PUT THE STUFF AWAY.
WE TESTED IT OUT THERE.
- I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING.
- I TRIED TO PUT IT AWAY.
- YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY
PLAYING WITH IT TOO.
- I'M NOT PLAYING, DUDE.
CHUM'S TRYING TO GIVE ME AWAY.
- JUST GET OUT OF HERE.
I'LL DO THIS THING MYSELF.
I'LL PUT IT AWAY
MYSELF. GET TO WORK.
OH, MAN. OH.
I WILL DESTROY YOU.
WHAT THE HELL?
I GOT TO PLAY THIS AGAIN.
EPISODE OF PAWN STARS...
- I WAS GONNA TRY AND SELL
MY 1880 $2
NEWFOUNDLAND GOLD COIN.
THERE'S ONLY 2,500
OF THEM MINTED.
IT'S ONE OF THE RAREST
IN NORTH AMERICA.
- WHAT WERE YOU
LOOKING TO GET OUT OF IT?
- I DON'T KNOW. LIKE, 30 GRAND.
- OOH.
- THIS IS AN APPLE IIGS
COMPUTER FROM 1988.
- STATE OF THE ART.
- HOPING TO GET
MAYBE A FEW HUNDRED.
- I'M GONNA SELL IT TO SOMEBODY
WHO'S GONNA TURN
IT INTO A FISH TANK.
- THIS IS A 1941
ARMORED SCOUT CAR.
- IS THIS THING BULLETPROOF?
- YES, IT IS.
- YEAH, IT'S PRETTY BADASS.
IT WOULD BE FUN TO DRIVE
IT UP AND DOWN THE STRIP
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
- YEAH! WHOO!
- 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.
SO WHAT IN THE HELL
DO WE HAVE HERE?
- THIS IS A 1941 M3 ARMORED
SCOUT CAR FOR THE ARMY.
- THIS LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING
RIGHT OUT OF M.A.S.H.
IS THIS THING BULLETPROOF?
- YES, IT IS.
- SWEET.
- I DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY M3 ARMORED SCOUT CAR.
I PAID $25,000 FOR THIS TRUCK.
I WAS HOPING TO GET
$28,000 IF POSSIBLE.
I'M SURE IT CAN ONLY APPRECIATE.
IT'S LIKE GOLD. IT
CAN ONLY GO UP.
- SO WHERE DID
YOU GET THIS THING?
- I WAS DRIVING THROUGH BARSTOW,
AND MY SON SAW IT,
AND HE'S A MILITARY BUFF,
AND WE SAW IT AT A TOW YARD.
THEY SAID IT WAS ALL ORIGINAL,
AND I HAD TO HAVE IT,
SO I WENT IN THERE
AND BOUGHT IT.
- AND NOW YOU'RE TIRED OF IT?
- NO, I'M GONNA
PROSPECT UP IN ALASKA,
AND I NEED SOME MONEY,
AND GONNA GO ON TO
THE NEXT ADVENTURE.
- OKAY.
IT'S NOT EVERY DAY THAT
SOMEONE ROLLS UP TO THE SHOP
IN AN ARMORED VEHICLE
USED IN WORLD WAR Il.
IF THIS TRUCK IS GENUINE,
I KNOW SOME MILITARY COLLECTORS
WHO WILL GO NUTS OVER IT.
I MEAN, IT DOES LOOK COOL.
IT WOULD BE FUN TO DRIVE
IT UP AND DOWN THE STRIP
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
SO LET'S SEE WHAT IT'S
GOT UNDER THE HOOD.
- DO IT.
- DAMN, THIS THING'S HEAVY.
- MEANT TO STOP A BULLET.
- THAT'S DEFINITELY
NOT A 1941 MOTOR.
THAT'S, LIKE, A LATE '80s,
EARLY '90s DODGE TURBO DIESEL.
DO YOU KNOW HOW
MANY MILES ARE ON IT?
- VERY LOW.
HAD IT IN THE GARAGE
THE WHOLE TIME.
OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T
KNOW THAT MUCH MORE ABOUT IT.
- SO IT'S A DIFFERENT
STEERING COLUMN.
- THIS IS HOW I BOUGHT IT.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BEEN
CHANGED ON IT OR WHATNOT.
- SOMEONE'S RESTORED IT
SOMEHOW OR THE OTHER.
I MEAN, IT'S GOT A
BRAND-NEW PAINT JOB ON IT.
I'LL TELL YOU THAT.
TO TELL YOU THE
TRUTH, I HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT A 1941 SCOUT
VEHICLE GOES FOR.
IF WE CAN DRIVE THIS DOWN
TO A BUDDY'S SHOP OF MINE,
HE ACTUALLY DEALS
IN THIS KIND OF STUFF,
AND WE CAN GET
IT ALL CHECKED OUT.
- I'M ALL FOR THAT.
- OKAY.
- I'M LOOKING FORWARD
TO GOING TO THE EXPERT
TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS,
AND WE'LL KNOW WHERE WE STAND.
- HEY, GUYS.
- HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
- I'M TRYING TO SELL THIS
CARLO GAMBINO CHECK.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST MOB
BOSSES THAT EVER LIVED.
- WHAT'S IT SAY?
- IT SAYS IT WAS FOR A HIT.
IT WAS A LOT OF MONEY BACK THEN.
- USUALLY I DON'T BUY
STUFF FROM GUYS LIKE THIS,
BECAUSE THIS GUY WAS... HE
WAS A MURDERER, YOU KNOW.
- YEAH.
DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO TRY TO SELL MY
CARLO GAMBINO CHECK.
HE'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST
MOB BOSSES OF ALL TIME,
BIGGER THAN AL CAPONE.
I'M GOING TO GET A
COUPLE THOUSAND FOR IT.
- SO WHERE DID
YOU GET THIS THING?
- WELL, IT WAS A GIFT I
GOT A FEW YEARS BACK.
I COLLECT A LOT OF MAFIA
MEMORABILIA, MOB STUFF.
- SO WHY DO YOU WANT TO SELL IT?
- JUST LOOKING TO TRY TO MAKE
A FEW BUCKS, SEE WHAT I CAN DO.
I GOT SO MUCH STUFF RIGHT NOW,
I'M JUST GONNA START
DWINDLING IT OUT.
- CARLO GAMBINO WAS
A SICILIAN MOBSTER
WHO CAME TO NEW
YORK CITY IN THE 1920s
AND CREATED A NATIONAL
CRIME SYNDICATE.
AND ACCORDING TO LEGEND,
A LOT OF HIS ENEMIES ENDED
UP BEING BURIED IN CONCRETE,
HENCE THE TERM
"CEMENT OVERCOAT."
YOU KNOW WHO THE GEORGE GUY IS?
- THAT WAS ONE OF HIS BUSINESS
PARTNERS FOR S.G.S. ASSOCIATES.
THAT'S WHAT THE
CHECK IS DRAWN OUT FOR.
IT'S LIKE A LABOR UNION,
WHICH IS A COMPANY
THAT THEY DEVISED.
- THEY WERE CROOKED
TO BEGIN WITH.
I MEAN, THERE WASN'T
A LOT OF RESPECT
FOR THE LAW AND THE RULES.
- THERE WASN'T A LOT OF
MOBSTERS BACK IN THE DAY
THAT ACTUALLY HAD
CHECKING ACCOUNTS.
- YEAH, I JUST IMAGINE
IT WAS A CASH BUSINESS.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
- EXACTLY.
- I'M A LITTLE SUSPICIOUS
THAT CARLO GAMBINO'S
SIGNATURE IS ON IT.
HE WAS THE HEAD OF
A MAJOR CRIME FAMILY.
FOR SOME REASON, I DON'T THINK
HE WOULD BE SIGNING
HIS OWN CHECKS.
THIS IS MY THING WITH IT.
I REALLY DON'T KNOW
WHAT IT'S WORTH,
AND I DON'T KNOW IF
THAT'S HIS SIGNATURE,
AND I WOULD LIKE TO FIND
OUT IF THIS GEORGE SIGNATURE
IS WORTH ANY MONEY.
YOU MIND IF I HAVE
SOMEONE CHECK IT OUT,
JUST MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S
LEGIT BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER?
I GOT A BUDDY WHO'S AN EXPERT
ON HANDWRITING,
SIGNATURES, ALL THAT.
LET ME GET HIM DOWN
HERE. HE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
WE'LL GET IT ALL FIGURED OUT.
SOUND GOOD TO YOU?
- SOUNDS GREAT.
- THANKS, MAN.
- THANKS.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD
TO THE EXPERT COMING IN,
LETTING ME KNOW IF THESE
SIGNATURES ARE AUTHENTIC OR NOT.
HOPING IT'S NOT FROM A
SECRETARY THAT GAMBINO HAD.
- OKAY, WHAT IN THE
WORLD DO WE HAVE HERE?
- THIS IS AN APPLE IIGS
COMPUTER FROM 1988.
- STATE OF THE ART.
- ABSOLUTELY.
DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY APPLE IIGS COMPUTER.
I LOVED THIS COMPUTER.
IT WAS MY FAVORITE
THING AS A KID.
YEAH, I GOT TO PLAY ALL
SORTS OF GREAT VIDEO GAMES.
- IIGS? ISN'T THAT '86 OR '87?
- I THINK THEY ORIGINALLY
CAME OUT AROUND '86 OR '87,
BUT THE MANUFACTURE
DATE ON THIS ONE IS '88.
- MUST HAVE BEEN
THE LAST ONE MADE.
- COULD BE.
- APPLE COMPUTERS
STARTED BACK IN 1976
WITH THREE GUYS IN A GARAGE.
THINGS HAVE CHANGED
QUITE A BIT SINCE THEN.
LET ME SEE IT.
WHOA.
3 1/2 INCH FLOPPIES.
- OH, YEAH.
GOT SOME 5-INCH
ONES DOWN BELOW TOO.
OKAY, HERE IS THE CPU.
ALL THE ORIGINAL MANUALS.
- I CAN'T WAIT. IT'S
GONNA BE AWESOME.
SWEET. F-1 RACER.
I'M GONNA WORK THE
NIGHT SHIFT TONIGHT
SO I CAN PLAY THIS.
- THAT WOULDN'T BE WORKING.
- AND POWER.
- AND...
- I THINK IT'S BROKE.
- ANY DAY NOW.
- BE PATIENT. IT'S
GONNA BE WORTH IT.
IT'S GONNA BRING YOU BACK
TO 1987 WHEN YOU HAD HAIR.
- YEAH, SO HOW DO YOU
PLAY THIS THING, CHUM?
- I PLAY IT LIKE A "G." I DON'T
KNOW HOW YOU PLAY IT.
- OPTIONS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO
MAKE THE CAR GO FORWARD.
- YOU SUCK. YOU'RE
IN LAST PLACE.
OH!
LET A PROFESSIONAL
SHOW YOU HOW IT'S DONE.
I COULD PLAY THIS ALL DAY.
- EVEN THOUGH IT'S
WAY OUT OF DATE,
THERE'S STILL A HUGE
COLLECTOR'S MARKET
FOR OLD APPLE COMPUTERS.
SOME PEOPLE EVEN TURN
THEM INTO FISHBOWLS.
THEY'RE CALLED
"MACQUARIUMS." I'M NOT KIDDING.
SO WHAT DID YOU
WANT TO DO WITH IT?
YOU WANT TO PAWN IT OR SELL IT?
- SELL IT.
- SO HOW MUCH DO
YOU WANT FOR IT?
- HOPING TO GET
MAYBE A FEW HUNDRED.
- DEAL.
- NO, NO.
I WILL GIVE YOU 50 BUCKS FOR IT.
- WELL, FOR THAT MUCH, I
THINK I'D RATHER JUST KEEP IT
AND PLAY IT OCCASIONALLY.
- IT'S A 23-YEAR-OLD COMPUTER.
I'M ASSUMING I'M GONNA
SELL IT TO SOMEBODY
WHO'S GONNA TURN
IT INTO A FISH TANK.
- WELL, SEEMS LIKE HE'S
READY TO USE IT ALL DAY.
- I'LL GIVE YOU 75 BUCKS.
- I DON'T THINK I
WANT TO GO THAT LOW.
WILLING TO GO $150?
- I'LL GIVE YOU
100 BUCKS FOR IT.
I'M GONNA SELL IT AS A NOVELTY.
100 BUCKS?
- OKAY.
- ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, GO
WRITE HER UP, CHUM,
AND THEN PUT IT AWAY.
- ALL RIGHT, JUST LEAVE
IT HOOKED UP RIGHT HERE.
I'LL MEET YOU OVER THERE.
- I WAS HOPING FOR MORE.
I THOUGHT IT WOULD
BE WORTH A LOT MORE,
BUT GUESS IT'S JUST
NOT WORTH THAT MUCH.
- WHAT CAN I HELP YOU WITH?
- I'VE GOT A GOLD COIN I THINK
YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN.
IT'S FROM 1880. IT'S
FROM NEWFOUNDLAND.
- THE $2 NEWFOUNDLAND
WAS THE ONLY GOLD COIN
THAT CIRCULATED IN
CANADA AT THE TIME.
- 2 BUCKS WAS A LOT
OF MONEY BACK THEN.
- YEAH, 2 BUCKS WAS A
LOT OF MONEY BACK THEN,
EVEN CANADIAN BUCKS.
YEAH.
I DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY.
I WAS GONNA TRY AND SELL
MY 1880 $2
NEWFOUNDLAND GOLD COIN.
THERE'S NO OTHER CANADIAN
GOLD COIN FROM THAT ERA.
I'D LIKE TO SELL IT
FOR 7 GRAND IF I COULD,
BUT MINIMUM 3 GRAND.
THERE'S NO WAY I'M LETTING
IT GO ANY LESS THAN 3 GRAND.
- WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?
- IT CAME UP FOR AUCTION
NEAR WHERE I LIVE,
AND IT'S A SMALL TOWN,
AND I FIGURED THIS IS A
PRETTY HIGH-END GOLD COIN,
SO I ENDED UP
GETTING IT FROM THEM.
- ALL RIGHT, DO YOU
KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT?
- IT'S RARE.
THERE'S ONLY 2,500
OF THEM MINTED.
IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE RAREST
CIRCULATING GOLD
COINS IN NORTH AMERICA.
- WELL, IT'S AN AU55,
AND IT'S DONE BY PCGS,
SO THERE'S REALLY NO ARGUING IT.
THEY'RE SORT OF LIKE
THE GOLD STANDARD.
"AU" MEANS "ALMOST
UNCIRCULATED."
AND THERE'S A WEIRD
NUMBERING SYSTEM FROM 1 TO 70.
- IT'S PRETTY HIGH.
I MEAN, IT'S A PRETTY
GOOD COIN, RIGHT?
- IT'S ALL RIGHT, YOU
KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
IT'S NOT UNCIRCULATED, YOU KNOW?
- YEAH, BUT IT'S 130 YEARS OLD.
- YEAH, I MEAN, WE
COULD GO ALL DAY LONG.
YOU COULD SAY
GOOD THINGS ABOUT IT.
I COULD SAY BAD THINGS
ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW?
- PART OF THE GAME, RIGHT?
- NEWFOUNDLAND DIDN'T
BECOME A CANADIAN PROVINCE
TILL THE 1940s.
SO IN 1880 WHEN
THIS COIN WAS MINTED,
IT WAS STILL A BRITISH COLONY.
AND A RARE COIN FROM A
COLONY THAT NO LONGER EXISTS
IS A THING COLLECTORS LOVE.
ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH IT IS,
IT'S A CANADIAN GOLD COIN.
THE MARKET'S A LOT SMALLER.
- COLLECTORS ARE
COLLECTORS, RIGHT?
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, LIKE,
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE
A CANADIAN THAT WANTS THIS.
SOMEBODY WANTS
A RARE GOLD COIN...
- WELL, IN GENERAL,
CANADIAN COLLECTORS
COLLECT CANADIAN COINS,
AND JUST ABOUT EVERYONE
COLLECTS U.S. COINS.
IT'S JUST A SMALLER MARKET.
- IF THAT WAS A U.S. GOLD COIN,
THAT THING WOULD BE WORTH,
LIKE, 30 GRAND OR MORE, RIGHT?
- IF IT WAS A U.S. GOLD COIN,
IT'D PROBABLY BE WORTH
A LOT MORE THAN THAT.
- YEAH, RIGHT.
- SO WHAT DO YOU
WANT TO DO WITH IT?
- I'M HOPING TO SELL IT.
- WHAT WERE YOU
LOOKING TO GET OUT OF IT?
- I DON'T KNOW. 7 GRAND?
- OOH.
- WHAT? COME ON.
- 7 GRAND IS NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
- YOU TELL ME.
- I'M THINKING CLOSER TO $2,500.
- NO. NO WAY.
$2,500. CAN'T DO THAT. NO WAY.
- IF YOU GO TO GO
LOOK AT A BOOK,
I GUARANTEE A BOOK'S
GONNA SAY, LIKE, WHAT, $4,500?
- I JUST LOOKED AT CANADIAN
COIN NEWS BEFORE I CAME HERE,
AND THERE'S ONE COMING UP
FOR AUCTION, EXACT SAME GRADE,
THEY ESTIMATE IT AT 5 GRAND.
- OKAY.
- YEAH.
- SO YOU WANT, LIKE, $2,000 MORE
THAN THE ESTIMATE
OF THE OTHER COIN?
THIS GUY'S DEFINITELY
PLAYING HARDBALL.
THERE'S NO QUESTION
I WANT THE COIN,
BUT THERE'S NO WAY I'M
GONNA LOSE MY SHIRT ON IT.
I'M THINKING I'LL GIVE
YOU 3 GRAND FOR IT.
I MEAN, THERE'S, LIKE, 125
BUCKS' WORTH OF GOLD THERE.
- YEAH, BUT THIS IS A RARE COIN.
THIS IS A SHOWPIECE
FOR YOU GUYS. COME ON.
- IT'S RARE, BUT
IT'S NOT SUPER...
- IT'S THE RAREST CIRCULATING
GOLD COIN IN NORTH AMERICA.
HOW ABOUT $3,500?
- 3 GRAND.
- $3,100.
- ALL RIGHT, $3,100.
- ALL RIGHT.
- ALL RIGHT.
- COOL. THANKS.
- ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO
DO SOME PAPERWORK.
- YEAH, I SOLD THE
COIN FOR $3,100.
YEAH, I WOULD HAVE
LIKED TO GET A LITTLE MORE,
BUT I SOLD IT FOR MORE
THAN WHAT I GOT INTO IT,
SO I'M PRETTY PLEASED.
MAYBE I'LL GO DOUBLE IT
ON THE STRIP SOMEWHERE,
DO A LITTLE GAMBLING.
- EARLIER, A GUY
CAME IN WITH A CHECK
SIGNED BY CARLO GAMBINO.
I WASN'T TOO SURE
ABOUT THE SIGNATURE,
SO I CALLED IN MY BUDDY DREW
TO COME IN AND
TAKE A CLOSER LOOK.
- I'M WITH AUTHENTIC
AUTOGRAPHS UNLIMITED,
AND I'M AN FORENSIC
DOCUMENT EXAMINER.
WHEN RICK EVER NEEDS A
SIGNATURE AUTHENTICATED,
HE GIVES ME A CALL.
WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
- IT'S A MOB CHECK.
- ALL RIGHT.
WELL, I SEE THAT WE HAVE THE
NAME CARLO GAMBINO ON THERE.
ALSO IT LOOKS LIKE
THAT'S GEORGE SCHILLER.
HE WAS A PARTNER OF HIS.
HE WAS A RUSSIAN BUSINESSMAN.
NOT OFFICIALLY PART OF THE MOB.
TO BE A MADE MAN,
YOU HAVE TO BE SICILIAN.
CARLO GAMBINO IS ONE
OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS
OF THE MAFIA CRIME
FAMILIES OUT OF NEW YORK.
PASSED AWAY IN 1974.
ONE OF THE MOST RUTHLESS OF ALL.
DEFINITELY A KILLER.
A LOT OF HIS MEMORABILIA
IS PRETTY VALUABLE
IF YOU'RE THAT
TYPE OF COLLECTOR.
- DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS
S.G.S. ASSOCIATES WAS?
- STARTED OFF PRETTY
LEGITIMATE, MAINLY AS A FRONT.
I SEE THAT'S DATED 1962.
IT WAS CLOSED JUST A
FEW YEARS AFTER THAT
BECAUSE THE FBI WAS
STARTING TO GET ONTO THEM.
- SO THEY LAUNDERED MONEY THERE.
- YES, THEY DID.
- OKAY.
- WELL, LET'S TAKE A CLOSER
LOOK, SEE WHAT WE GOT.
I'VE STUDIED CARLO GAMBINO'S
SIGNATURE QUITE A BIT.
THERE'S A LOT OF
DIFFERENT THINGS
WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING FOR.
FIRST THING, THE DATE.
THIS WAS SIGNED LONG
BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY IN 1974
FROM A HEART
ATTACK IN HIS SLEEP,
WHICH IS PRETTY AMAZING
CONSIDERING HE WAS A KILLER.
FOR LEGITIMATE CHECKS, YOU CAN
SEE THAT THE LINE WAS PERFORATED
FROM THE UPPER TOP.
CARLO GAMBINO'S SIGNATURE,
A LOT OF THE MIDDLE
STRUCTURES ARE IN LINE.
HE'S GOT A CERTAIN
DEGREE OF SLANT
THAT'S HIGHLY CONSISTENT
IN HIS SIGNATURE.
VERY CONSISTENT
WITH THE CAPITAL "G."
ONE THING GOOD
ABOUT BANK CHECKS IS,
WE GOT A LOT OF EVIDENCE HERE.
YOU PUT ALL THE
EVIDENCE TOGETHER,
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AUTHENTIC.
- NICE.
- SO, DREW, HOW MUCH
DO THESE THINGS GO FOR?
- WE'RE DEALING WITH
THREE DIFFERENT SIGNATURES.
I'D HAVE TO SAY,
RETAIL, $1,000-PLUS.
- OKAY.
- I'D SAY THAT'S ABOUT RIGHT.
- THANKS. I APPRECIATE IT.
- YOU BET. NO PROBLEM.
THANKS, GUYS. COREY.
- SO HOW MUCH DO
YOU WANT FOR IT?
- HOW ABOUT $800?
- I CAN'T DO $800.
I'LL GO, LIKE, 400 BUCKS ON IT.
LISTEN, MAN.
TO SELL THAT THING, I
GOT TO PUT IT IN A FRAME,
I GOT TO DO ALL SORTS OF OTHER
STUFF TO MAKE IT LOOK COOL
SO SOMEONE CAN
HANG IT ON THEIR WALL.
- $700.
- NO.
I'LL MAKE YOU AN OFFER
YOU CAN'T REFUSE.
500 BUCKS.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I
CAN GO ON THE THING.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF
MONEY TO BE MADE THERE.
- FINAL OFFER.
- FINAL OFFER.
- ALL RIGHT, DEAL.
- OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
COREY, WRITE HIM UP.
- LET'S GO DO SOME PAPERWORK.
- I SETTLED FOR
$500 FOR THE CHECK.
I THINK IT WAS A FAIR PRICE.
$500 WE'RE GONNA PUT AWAY,
AND I'M GONNA GO
HOPEFULLY TAKE A TRIP.
- EARLIER, A GUY BROUGHT IN
AN ARMORED VEHICLE
FROM WORLD WAR Il.
IT LOOKS AWESOME, BUT I'M
NOT SURE IF IT'S THE REAL THING,
SO I'M HAVING MY BUDDY
DAVID CHECK IT OUT.
- HEY, DAVID. HOW'S IT GOING?
- HEY, GUYS.
- THIS IS WHY WE CAME BY.
- WOW.
I'M THE OWNER OF
ARMY TRUCKS INC.
WE SUPPLY MILITARY VEHICLES
TO MOTION PICTURES,
TV, COMMERCIALS.
THIS IS A 1941 SCOUT
CAR, IT LOOKS LIKE.
THEY WERE MADE FROM
THE LATE '30s TO ABOUT 1944.
THEY USED THESE TO
GO AHEAD OF THE TANKS
TO SCOUT OUT THE ENEMY.
SO, RICK, WHAT ARE
YOUR CONCERNS?
- IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF
STUFF ON IT HAS BEEN REPLACED,
SO WE BASICALLY
HAVE A 1941 BODY HERE.
- WHEN I'M ANALYZING
A TRUCK LIKE THIS,
I BASICALLY LOOK
FOR ORIGINALITY.
I LOOK FOR OBVIOUS FLAWS.
WOW.
GUYS, I SEE SOME NUMBERS HERE,
WHICH LENDS SOME
AUTHENTICITY TO THE VEHICLE.
I'M GONNA KEEP LOOKING.
WELL, 1/4 INCH
ARMOR. THAT'S GOOD.
LET'S POP THE HOOD.
DEFINITELY THE CORRECT HOOD.
BUT THAT'S NOT
CORRECT. MODERNIZED.
- YEAH, THAT'S WHY
IT CONCERNED TO ME.
LIKE, EVERYTHING UNDERNEATH
LOOKS MODERNIZED.
- SO, RICK, DO YOU WANT THE
GOOD NEWS OR THE BAD NEWS?
- GIVE ME THE BAD NEWS.
- WELL, THE BAD NEWS,
THIS THING IS PIECED TOGETHER.
- OKAY.
- THE ONLY THING ORIGINAL
IS PROBABLY THE FIRST
FOOT OF THIS TRUCK,
AND THIS LOOKS
LIKE AN M3 CHASSIS,
BUT EVERYTHING AFTER
THAT AND UNDERNEATH
LOOKS LIKE A
MODERN PICKUP TRUCK.
- SO WHAT'S THE GOOD NEWS?
- THE GOOD NEWS IS, SOMEBODY
PUT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT
AND MONEY INTO MAKE
THIS THING TO LOOK LIKE THIS.
AS A VEHICLE COLLECTOR MYSELF,
IT DOES HAVE THE "WOW" FACTOR.
- SO WHAT'S A "WOW"
FACTOR WORTH?
- A PRISTINE ONE OF THESE
IS WORTH ABOUT $100,000,
AN ORIGINAL ONE.
THIS, I THINK, UP TO $20,000.
- OKAY.
ALL RIGHT, THANKS.
IT'S NOT AN ORIGINAL
1941 ARMY TRUCK,
BUT IT STILL LOOKS BADASS.
THERE'S DEFINITELY A MARKET FOR
MILITARY REPRODUCTION VEHICLES,
SO I'M STILL
INTERESTED IN BUYING IT.
I CAME HERE THINKING ONE THING.
NOW I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT
SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
SO BEFORE WE TALK MONEY, LET
ME TAKE THIS THING FOR A SPIN.
OKAY?
- SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
- ALL RIGHT, YOU
GUYS READY TO GO?
- LET'S GO.
- LET'S GET SOME
"WOW" FACTOR GOING.
- EARLIER, MY BUDDY DAVID
CHECKED OUT AN ARMORED VEHICLE
FROM WORLD WAR Il.
IT TURNS OUT IT'S
MOSTLY A REPRODUCTION,
BUT IT'S STILL A COOL MACHINE,
SO WE'RE TAKING
IT FOR A TEST-DRIVE.
THIS THING IS A HELL OF
A LOT OF FUN TO DRIVE.
I'M DEFINITELY INTERESTED.
SO LONG AS THIS
GUY KEEPS IN MIND
IT'S NOT A 100%
ALL-ORIGINAL MILITARY TRUCK,
HOPEFULLY WE'LL COME
TOGETHER ON A PRICE.
- YEAH! WHOO!
- WHAT DO YOU
THINK? PRETTY BADASS.
- YEAH, IT'S PRETTY BADASS,
BUT WHAT THE HELL
AM I GONNA DO WITH IT?
THAT'S MY PROBLEM
I'M THINKING ABOUT.
SO REALISTICALLY,
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING
TO GET OUT OF THIS THING?
- WELL, I KNOW I
PAID $25,000 FOR IT,
AND NOW THAT I KNOW FROM
YOUR EXPERT WHAT IT'S WORTH,
I KNOW THAT'S GONE.
BUT I GOT TO HAVE AT
LEAST $19,000 OR $20,000.
- IT'S JUST NOT
GONNA HAPPEN, MAN.
I'LL GO 11 GRAND, BUT IT'S GONNA
BE REALLY DIFFICULT TO SELL.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I
FIRST LOOKED AT IT,
COOL, OLD WORLD WAR Il
COLLECTIBLE ARMY TRUCK.
IT'S NOT THAT.
I MEAN, BASICALLY YOU GOT
A 20-YEAR-OLD TRUCK HERE
WITH A BUNCH OF
STEEL BOLTED TO IT.
- I STILL PAID $25,000 FOR IT.
- WHAT YOU PAID FOR
IT IS IMMATERIAL TO ME.
- AND IT HAS VALUE. IT
HAS INTRINSIC VALUE.
- LIMITED, LIMITED,
LIMITED MARKET.
- HOW ABOUT $15,000?
- IT WON'T HAPPEN.
- $11,000?
I MEAN, I'M TAKING
A BATH WITH THAT.
I MIGHT AS WELL JUST
PARK IT IN MY BACKYARD
AND MAKE A BIRDBATH OUT OF IT.
- OKAY, I'M SORRY,
MAN. I JUST CAN'T...
THAT'S WHAT I CAN DO.
- WELL, I APPRECIATE
YOU LOOKING AT IT.
- SORRY WE COULDN'T
MAKE A DEAL, MAN.
- KIND OF DISAPPOINTED.
$11,000'S KIND OF
A SLAP IN THE FACE.
I'D RATHER HAVE THE
"WOW" FACTOR MYSELF.
IT'S STILL A COOL
ITEM. IT'S A COOL PIECE.
I'LL PARK IT BACK IN THE GARAGE.
FOURTH OF JULY, COME
DOWN WHERE WE'RE AT,
AND SEE THE PARADE.
- HI. WHAT'S GOING
ON, MY FRIEND?
- A PIN I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT.
- WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT IT?
- IT'S AN ORPHAN
ANNIE DECODER PIN.
- TOO BAD DADDY
WARBUCKS ISN'T HERE.
HE'D LOVE TO SEE THIS.
- I DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY ORPHAN
ANNIE DECODER PIN.
I KNOW THE VALUE
OF IT, ACTUALLY.
YOU KNOW, IT'S PROBABLY
BETWEEN 40 AND 50 BUCKS.
AND I KNOW, BRINGING
IT TO A PAWN SHOP,
I'M NOT GONNA GET THAT,
BUT I'M GONNA TRY AND GET
AS MUCH AS I CAN OUT OF IT.
- HOW DID YOU ACQUIRE THIS, SIR?
- WELL, 30 YEARS
AGO, A YARD SALE
OUT OF A JUNK BOX, YOU KNOW.
ANYTHING FOR A QUARTER.
I THINK THEY SOLD
IT OFF THE RADIO
THROUGH OVALTINE.
THEY WOULD GIVE
YOU A CODED MESSAGE,
EITHER IN NUMBERS OR LETTERS,
AND YOU WOULD
SET IT ON THE LETTER.
THEN YOU WOULD
DECODE THE MESSAGES.
- I LOVE THOSE, YOU
KNOW, 1940s, 1950s WAY
OF, YOU KNOW, MARKETING
TO KIDS BACK THEN.
- YEAH.
LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE
WAS A RADIO SHOW
BACK IN THE '30s AND '40s.
IT WAS THE FIRST AFTERNOON
SERIAL SHOW FOR KIDS,
AND IT WAS A GREAT BIG HIT.
IT'S NOT THAT RARE, FOR THEY
MADE THOUSANDS OF THESE.
- PROBABLY A LOT MORE
VALUABLE TO SOMEONE
THAT COLLECTS THINGS LIKE THIS.
I COLLECT EVERYTHING
AND ANYTHING,
SO THAT'S HOW I GOT HOLD OF IT.
- I LIKE THIS PIN.
IT'S THE KIND OF
THING THAT APPEALS
TO LITTLE ORPHAN
ANNIE COLLECTORS
OR ANYBODY THAT LIKES
1930s TOYS OR RADIO TIE-INS.
IF I CAN GET IT FOR
A REASONABLE PRICE,
IT'LL BE EASY TO SELL.
SO WHAT DO YOU WANT
TO DO WITH THIS, MAN,
PAWN IT OR SELL?
- SELL IT.
IT'S NOT DOING ME A LOT OF
GOOD SITTING HOME IN A DRAWER.
- YOU CAN BUY THEM ONLINE
RIGHT NOW FOR ABOUT 45 BUCKS.
I HATE TO OFFER IT TO YOU,
BUT I CAN OFFER
YOU AROUND $25 ON IT.
- HOW ABOUT $30?
- $25 IS ABOUT WHERE
I'M COMFORTABLE AT.
- $27.
- I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. 27 BUCKS.
BUDDY, YOU GOT A DEAL.
- OKAY.
- ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GO DO SOME PAPERWORK.
- YEAH, THEY OFFERED
ME $25 FOR THE PIN,
AND EVERYBODY'S GOT TO HAGGLE.
YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO BARTER.
I WENT FOR $30. I GOT $27.
THAT'S GOOD.
- I GET NEXT GAME.
- DON'T DISTRACT ME RIGHT NOW.
I'M IN THE ZONE.
- CHUM, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
- YOU ASKED ME
TO TEST THE STUFF.
- NO, I TOLD YOU TO
PUT THE STUFF AWAY.
WE TESTED IT OUT THERE.
- I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING.
- I TRIED TO PUT IT AWAY.
- YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY
PLAYING WITH IT TOO.
- I'M NOT PLAYING, DUDE.
CHUM'S TRYING TO GIVE ME AWAY.
- JUST GET OUT OF HERE.
I'LL DO THIS THING MYSELF.
I'LL PUT IT AWAY
MYSELF. GET TO WORK.
OH, MAN. OH.
I WILL DESTROY YOU.
WHAT THE HELL?
I GOT TO PLAY THIS AGAIN.