Pawn Stars (2009–…): Season 3, Episode 27 - Robosaurus - full transcript
The Pawn Stars run for their lives when they come face-to-face with the fire-breathing, 31-ton mammoth Robosaurus. Will the guys stare down this car-crushing behemoth to make a deal or did they bite off more than they can chew? Then, Rick and Chumlee are presented with a cast iron Uncle Sam coin bank from 1886.
Male announcer: ON THIS
EPISODE OF PAWN STARS...
- WHAT THE HELL IS THIS THING?
- THIS IS ROBOSAURUS.
- IT'S OUR 31-TON TRANSFORMER.
- YOU THINK THIS IS
APPROPRIATE FOR MY PAWN SHOP?
- YOU CAN MAKE
25,000 BUCKS A DAY.
- WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
- WE HAVE A BANK FROM 1886.
- I LOVE THIS BANK.
- HOW MUCH MONEY IS IN THERE?
- OOH, WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
- THE HELL? MY COMPUTER
JUST WENT DOWN.
- MINE DID TOO.
- RICKY.
- SO WHAT DO YOU
WANT ME TO DO HERE?
- I WANT YOU TO
HANDWRITE THE DAMN TICKET.
- HOW DO YOU HANDWRITE A TICKET?
DAMN IT, 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.
HEY, CAN I HELP YOU?
- YES, I GUESS YOU CAN.
- WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
- WE HAVE A BANK.
SWEET, ZZ TOP.
- I DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY UNCLE SAM PIGGYBANK.
THE REASON I WANT TO SELL THIS
IS BECAUSE I COULD
USE THE MONEY.
IT IS FROM 1886.
IT SHOULD BE AT
LEAST WORTH $1,500.
- WHERE DID YOU GET THIS THING?
- WELL, THIS HAS
ACTUALLY BEEN IN MY FAMILY
SINCE I CAN REMEMBER.
- HOW OLD IS UNCLE SAM?
- ACTUALLY, HE WAS
BORN IN, I THINK, 1876.
WE WERE CELEBRATING 100 YEARS,
ANNIVERSARY OF THE COUNTRY.
THE MECHANICAL BANKS
WERE BIG BACK THEN.
THIS IS WHAT YOU BOUGHT A KID.
NOT ONLY WAS IT SORT OF LIKE A
TOY THAT YOU COULD PLAY WITH,
IT ALSO TAUGHT
'EM TO SAVE MONEY.
- THAT'S JUST STUPID. I
HAVE NO NEED FOR THAT.
- WHY DON'T YOU HAVE
ANY NEED FOR A BANK?
- I DON'T SAVE MONEY.
I LOVE THIS BANK.
IT'S MADE OUT OF CAST IRON,
SO IT'S LITERALLY
MADE TO LAST FOREVER,
AND EVEN THOUGH
IT'S A LITTLE WORN,
THESE THINGS ARE HIGHLY,
HIGHLY COLLECTABLE,
AND SELLING IT
WILL BE SUPER EASY.
IT SAYS 1886 ON THE BACK OF IT,
BUT I KNOW THAT THEY
MADE THESE THINGS
FOR RIGHT AROUND 30
YEARS, THE SAME EXACT MODEL.
SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY
1886. IT COULD BE 1915.
- SO WHERE DO YOU PUT THE MONEY?
- YOU PUT A NICKEL IN
HIS HAND OR A PENNY,
AND YOU PRESS THE BUTTON.
- WATCH THE MAGIC.
WATCH THE MAGIC.
- AND IT DOESN'T
CLOSE ALL THE WAY.
THE MECHANICS AREN'T
WORKING TOO GREAT IN IT.
- NO, IT NEEDS A
LITTLE BIT OF WORK.
- I THINK THIS IS
ORIGINAL PAINT ON IT.
MOST OF THE TIME,
YOU SEE 'EM REPAINTED,
OR THERE'S FAKES, BUT
WHEN THEY FAKED 'EM,
THEY EMBLAZONED THE
"1886" ACROSS THE BACK OF IT,
AND THE REAL ONES HAVE
THIS STAMP RIGHT HERE.
HIS BEARD'S JUST
SORT OF FLAPPING HERE.
IS THERE ANY MECHANICAL...
- NO, IT JUST OPERATES THAT WAY.
- OKAY.
AND I SEE THAT THE LOCK IS...
THE WHOLE LOCKING
MECHANISM'S GONE?
- IT'S PRETTY OLD.
- OKAY.
SO WHAT DO YOU WANT
TO DO WITH THIS THING,
PAWN IT, SELL IT?
- IF YOU'LL MAKE ME A
RIGHT OFFER, I'LL SELL IT.
- HOW MUCH DID YOU WANT FOR IT?
- WELL, ABOUT $1,500.
- THAT'S PRETTY HIGH.
THEY'RE WORTH, LIKE, 1,500,
2,000 BUCKS IN PERFECT SHAPE.
THIS IS FAR FROM THAT.
I'M THINKING MORE
LIKE 500 BUCKS HERE.
- $500?
- WOW, I MEAN, WHY DON'T
WE JUST SKIP THE FACT
THAT YOU'RE HERE TO MAKE MONEY.
- OKAY.
- I KNOW YOU WANT TO
GIVE ME THE LEAST AMOUNT
OF MONEY YOU CAN FOR IT.
- SO A REALISTIC FIGURE.
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
- $1,200.
- I'LL GO 700 BUCKS ON IT.
- $700? THAT'S NOT
CLOSE TO $1,200.
- THERE IS PROBLEMS
WITH THIS THING.
- I UNDERSTAND, BUT WE TALKED
ABOUT PRISTINE BEING AT 2,000.
- OKAY, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
A REPAIRED ITEM IS
NOT WORTH AS MUCH AS
AN ORIGINAL, PRISTINE ITEM.
PEOPLE DON'T WANT 'EM REPAIRED.
THEY WANT 'EM
ORIGINAL, WORKING GREAT.
I'LL JUST SKIP ALL THE BULL.
I'LL GIVE YOU 800 BUCKS FOR IT.
I CAN'T GIVE YOU A PENNY MORE.
THAT'S A FAIR PRICE.
- CAN WE GO $900?
- NOPE.
YOU TAKE THE CASH, OR YOU
CAN TAKE THAT AND LEAVE.
I MEAN, I JUST...
THAT'S WHAT I CAN DO.
- $850.
- NOPE.
- YOU'RE A TOUGH GUY.
- I'M NOT A TOUGH GUY, MAN.
I'LL GIVE YOU CREDIT FOR
GETTING ME UP TO 800 BUCKS,
BUT THAT'S WHAT I CAN DO.
- I GUESS IF THAT'S
THE BEST YOU CAN DO,
WELL, I'M GONNA HAVE TO TAKE IT.
- OKAY.
ALL RIGHT, CHUM, YOU
WANT TO GO WRITE HIM UP?
- IT WAS REALLY TOUGH
WHEN HE OFFERED $500.
THEN I WAS ABLE TO
GET HIM UP TO $800.
IT WAS KIND OF
LIKE BUYING A CAR.
WHEN THEY LET YOU
WALK OUT THE DOOR,
YOU'VE GOT 'EM AT
THE BOTTOM-LINE PRICE.
SO I THINK I DID
THE BEST I COULD.
- THE HELL? MY COMPUTER
JUST WENT DOWN.
- MINE DID TOO.
- SO DID MINE.
- SO WHAT DO YOU
WANT ME TO DO HERE?
- I WANT YOU TO
HANDWRITE THE DAMN TICKET.
- HOW DO YOU HANDWRITE A TICKET?
- RICKY?
MY IDIOT GRANDSON
CAN'T DO A DAMN THING.
BACK IN THE DAY, WE USED
THE LOG BOOK AND A PEN.
WE DIDN'T HAVE COMPUTERS.
- REALLY NEED SOMEONE TO GET
DOWN HERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
- HANG ON A MINUTE, SON.
I'LL BE GLAD TO HELP YOU.
- CAN'T BELIEVE THIS. THINK
I'M GONNA GO TAKE A LUNCH.
- CHUM IS DRAGGING ME OUT
TO SEE SOMETHING THAT HE SAYS
WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE
TO HAVE FOR THE SHOP,
AND I DON'T KNOW
WHAT IT IS EXACTLY,
BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN
HIM THIS EXCITED.
WHAT THE HELL IS THIS THING?
- THIS IS ROBOSAURUS.
IT'S OUR 31-TON, 45-FOOT...
BASICALLY A TRANSFORMER
THAT EATS CARS, EATS AIRPLANES.
WE COULD ACTUALLY LIFT
YOUR BIKES UP, IF YOU'D LIKE.
- YOU TOUCH MY
BIKE, I'LL KILL YOU.
- OKAY, WELL, WE'LL
LEAVE THE BIKE ALONE.
I'VE GOT THE GUYS FROM
THE PAWN SHOP COMING DOWN
TO LOOK AT MY
ONE-AND-ONLY ROBOSAURUS.
I BOUGHT ROBOSAURUS
AT AN AUCTION.
I MADE BUSINESS OUT
OF IT, BUT IT'S TIME FOR ME
TO GET RID OF THIS AND LOOK
AT RAISING VENTURE CAPITAL
TO DO SOMETHING ELSE
THAT I HAVE A GREAT IDEA FOR.
- SO, CHUM, YOU THINK THIS IS
APPROPRIATE FOR MY PAWN SHOP?
- YOU'D NEVER HAVE
TO TOW A CAR AGAIN.
- IN THE WRONG HANDS,
I BET THIS THING COULD
CAUSE A LOT OF DAMAGE.
I MEAN, THESE GUYS MUST HAVE
ONE HELL OF AN INSURANCE POLICY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT MY
IDIOT FRIEND TOLD YOU,
BUT I JUST OWN A PAWN SHOP.
I MEAN, THERE'S...
YOU CAN'T REALLY EXPECT
ME TO BUY THIS THING.
- IT IS A MONEYMAKING MACHINE.
IT CAN BE RENTED OUT.
IT CAN BE LEASED OUT.
WE DO SPECIAL EVENTS.
IT CAN DO BAR MITZVAHS.
IT CAN DO BIG, GIANT
DEMOLITION DERBIES.
25,000 BUCKS A DAY YOU
CAN MAKE FROM THIS THING
WHEN YOU PUT IT ON THE ROAD.
- THIS MACHINE CAN
PERFORM A BAR MITZVAH, HUH?
- I MEAN, YOU MIGHT AS WELL
JUST SHOW ME MORE ABOUT IT.
WHAT HAVE WE GOT GOING HERE?
- WE GOT 24,000 POUNDS OF
CRUSHING POWER IN THESE CLAWS,
SO WE CAN RIP APART A CAR.
WE CAN TEAR IT APART,
PULL THE ROOF OFF.
WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO.
- CHECK OUT THIS COCKPIT.
YOU LOOK THROUGH
THIS FRONT WINDOW,
THAT'S WHERE THE PILOT SITS.
YOU'RE STRAPPED INTO A
SEAT. YOU FEET ARE ON PEDALS.
YOUR ARMS LOCK INTO DEVICES
SO WHEN YOU MOVE YOUR
ARMS, THE ROBOT'S ARMS MOVE.
ALL YOUR FINGERS ARE
ON DOUBLE-SIDED SWITCHES,
SO WHEN YOU SQUEEZE YOUR
FINGER AND THUMB LIKE THIS,
24,000 POUNDS OF CRUSHING POWER.
- WE SHOOT AIR CANNONS
OUT. WE HAVE CONFETTI.
WE CAN DO FIREWORKS.
WE ACTUALLY COULD LAUNCH
MISSILES FROM THIS THING.
- WHAT POWERS THIS THING?
- WELL, THERE'S A 500-HORSEPOWER
TURBOCHARGED DIESEL ENGINE
DRIVES FOUR HYDRAULIC PUMPS.
HOUSED RIGHT IN HERE ARE
TWO 20-GALLON PROPANE TANKS.
THAT'S WHAT GIVES ROBO HIS FIRE.
AND THE POWER IS BACK HERE.
- I CAN THINK OF A FEW WAYS
TO HURT MYSELF IN THIS THING.
MY DAD AND THE OLD
MAN WOULD KILL ME
IF I EVEN CONSIDERED
BUYING THIS THING,
BUT I MEAN, THEY ALSO
LOVE TO MAKE MONEY.
I WAS COMPLETELY
READY TO WALK AWAY,
BUT WHEN HE SAID THIS THING
COULD MAKE 25 GRAND A DAY,
IT GOT MY ATTENTION.
- THIS THING GENERATES MONEY.
- $25,000 A DAY, HUH?
- DO THE MATH, AND
YOU CAN THANK ME LATER.
- WELL, LET'S FIRE THIS THING
UP AND SEE WHAT IT DOES, MAN.
- ALL RIGHT.
- ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO.
- ALL RIGHT.
LEAVE IT TO CHUM TO SHOW ME
THE BIGGEST, MOST
IMPRACTICAL THING I'VE EVER SEEN.
ON THE OTHER HAND, I
MEAN, IT HAS A LOT OF VALUE,
BECAUSE IT'S FAMOUS, SO IF
IT'S IN GOOD, WORKING CONDITION,
I'LL MAKE AN OFFER.
I WAS ABOUT TO RIDE OFF.
THEN I HEARD IT COULD
MAKE 25 GRAND A DAY,
AND THAT'S WHAT I CALL
A MONEYMAKER, MAN.
I MEAN, I CAN'T WAIT TO
SEE THIS THING IN ACTION.
WELL, LET'S FIRE THIS THING
UP AND SEE WHAT IT DOES.
- ALL RIGHT.
- ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO.
- ALL RIGHT.
- TAKES A SECOND FOR
HIM TO GET IT GOING,
BUT AFTER IT'S GOING, GUYS,
HE'LL DO ALL THE TRICKS.
- CAN IT DO A
BACKFLIP OR ANYTHING?
- WELL, IT CAN'T
ACTUALLY GET IN THE AIR,
BUT THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
IT IS AMAZING WHAT IT CAN DO.
IT IS AN ENGINEERING MARVEL.
- ARE YOU READY, BIG HOSS?
THIS IS GONNA BE CRAZY.
- YEAH!
YEAH!
- CAN YOU FEEL THAT HEAT?
- LET'S GET THE
MOTORCYCLE, ALL RIGHT?
- WHICH ONE...
WHICH ONE'S YOURS?
THIS ONE RIGHT HERE.
- IF IT COMES ANY
CLOSER TO MY BIKE,
YOU'RE GOING IN FRONT OF IT.
THE ROBOSAURUS
MIGHT BE BIG AND STRONG,
BUT IF IT CAME ANY
CLOSER TO MY BIKE,
I MIGHT HAVE KICKED HIS ASS.
- ALL RIGHT, WHAT DO YOU
SAY WE ATTACK THAT CAR?
I WANT TO SHOW YOU
THE IMMENSE POWER.
- ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE THE CAR.
- HERE WE GO.
- YEAH!
TOLD YOU, BIG HOSS.
THING IS BADASS.
- NOW, HE'S LIFTING THAT
UP AS IF IT'S NOTHING.
IT WEIGHS NOTHING TO HIM.
- THERE YOU GO.
THERE GOES THE ROOF.
- OH, IT'S A CONVERTIBLE NOW.
IS HE RIPPING THAT CAR IN HALF?
- THAT'S CRAZY.
- ARE YOU IMPRESSED?
- OH, I'M IMPRESSED.
- I'M NOT CLEANING IT UP.
- THERE YOU GO.
- I GOT TO ADMIT, I DIDN'T
EXPECT IT TO DO ALL THAT.
- WE'RE READY TO MAKE A DEAL.
- HONESTLY, MAN, HOW MUCH
ARE YOU ASKING FOR THIS THING?
- WELL, YOU KNOW, WE
CAN DO A BARGAIN TODAY
FOR ABOUT 1 MILLION BUCKS.
HOLY. DID HE JUST
USE THE "M" WORD?
AS IN SIX ZEROS?
- AND BY THE WAY,
IF YOU DO IT NOW,
I'LL THROW IN THE
TRACTOR-TRAILER
- HEY, HE TOLD US HE
WAS A TRANSFORMER
THAT TURNS INTO
A TRACTOR-TRAILER.
- SO WE'LL THROW THAT IN...
- SO YOU LIED.
HE DOESN'T TURN INTO
A TRACTOR-TRAILER.
- WELL, HE NEEDS TO BE TOWED.
- HE'S NOT A TRANSFORMER,
MAN, WITHOUT THAT PIECE.
- I MEAN, THE
ROBOSAURUS IS AWESOME,
AND I'M SURE THERE'S
SOMEBODY OUT THERE
THAT WOULD LOVE TO BUY IT.
IT'S JUST WAY TOO
MUCH MONEY TO RISK.
I MEAN, IT COULD EASILY END
UP BANKRUPTING THE SHOP.
IT WAS VERY COOL,
GUYS, BUT I HAVE TO ADMIT,
A MILLION BUCKS IS A
LITTLE OUT OF MY BUDGET.
- WELL, I GUESS
WE GAVE IT A SHOT,
AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
IT WAS VERY, VERY
NICE MEETING YOU.
YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT THEY
WERE REALLY INTERESTED
WHEN THEY CAME OUT.
I KNOW THAT $1 MILLION IS HIGH,
BUT I DID EXPECT THEM
TO COUNTER-OFFER.
I THOUGHT THESE GUYS
LIKED ONE-OF-A-KIND ITEMS,
AND THIS IS ONE OF A KIND.
- A MILLION IS SO FAR
OUT OF THE QUESTION.
I MEAN, WE'RE NOT EVEN
ON THE SAME PLANET.
HELL, WE'RE NOT EVEN
IN THE SAME GALAXY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
DID YOU THINK I WAS REALLY
GONNA BUY THIS THING
FOR A MILLION BUCKS?
- HEY, HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
- GOT THIS OLD
ERROR-PRINT DOLLAR BILL.
THOUGHT IT LOOKED INTERESTING.
- YEAH, IT'S DEFINITELY
INTERESTING.
YOU DIDN'T TRY AND PRINT
THIS UP YOURSELF, DID YOU?
NO.
I DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO TRY TO SELL MY $1 ERROR NOTE.
GOT THIS NOTE FROM
MY FATHER-IN-LAW.
WHEN HE PASSED ON, WE
TOOK OVER HIS COIN COLLECTION,
AND HE HAD THAT
NOTE IN AMONGST IT.
MY FATHER-IN-LAW
KEPT IT FOR A REASON.
HE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO KNOW
WHAT THESE THINGS ARE WORTH,
SO I THOUGHT IT MIGHT
BE WORTH SOMETHING.
- ERRORS ARE PRETTY COMMON.
WELL, THEY'RE NOT REAL COMMON.
THEY CAN BE WORTH MONEY.
THIS IS CALLED A FOLD OVER.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE BILLS
THAT WAS IN THE CORNER,
AND IT FOLDED OVER A LITTLE BIT.
- USUALLY THEY'RE, LIKE,
DOWN HERE AT
THE END OF THE BILL.
EXCEPT, I'VE NEVER SEEN
ONE FOLDED OVER THIS MUCH.
- YEAH, I THOUGHT THAT
WAS A PRETTY BIG ERROR,
AND IT'S NEAT HOW IT
ACTUALLY FOLDED OVER,
AND YOU CAN SEE
THE SERIAL NUMBERS
PRINTED RIGHT
ACROSS THE TWO SIDES.
- THIS IS IN INCREDIBLE SHAPE.
COLLECTORS LOVE CURRENCY ERRORS,
'CAUSE EVERY ONE IS
COMPLETELY UNIQUE.
THEY OFTEN CIRCULATE FOR YEARS
BEFORE ANYONE NOTICES THE ERROR,
SO FINDING ONE IN THIS
CONDITION IS REALLY RARE.
OKAY, THE BIG PROBLEM WITH
THESE THINGS RIGHT HERE IS,
THERE'S NO BOOK VALUE ON 'EM.
- OKAY.
- BECAUSE IT'S AN ERROR
WHEN THERE'S A MILLION DIFFERENT
WAYS AN ERROR CAN OCCUR.
IT'S USUALLY BIGGER THE
ERROR, THE MORE IT'S WORTH.
- YEAH.
- WHAT'D YOU WANT TO DO WITH IT?
- I'D LIKE TO SELL IT.
FIGURE WE DON'T COLLECT,
AND I THOUGHT SOMEBODY WOULD
APPRECIATE IT MORE THAN WE DO.
- I'VE SEEN CURRENCY
WITH MINOR ERRORS,
LIKE A SLIGHTLY FOLDED EDGE,
SELL FOR HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS,
BUT THIS WAS A MAJOR ERROR.
I CAN'T BELIEVE
THIS WASN'T CAUGHT.
I REALLY WANT TO CALL
IN A FRIEND OF MINE,
LET HIM LOOK AT THIS THING.
YOU NEED SOMEONE WHO MORE
OR LESS DEALS IN THESE THINGS
TO GET AN IDEA.
- OH, I'D BE CURIOUS
WHAT THEY SAID.
- OKAY, LET ME GET
HIM DOWN HERE,
AND LET'S FIND OUT
EXACTLY WHAT IT'S WORTH
BEFORE I MAKE YOU
AN OFFER, OKAY?
- OKAY, SOUNDS GOOD.
- OKAY, THANKS.
- I'M GLAD HE'S
CALLING IN AN EXPERT,
BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A UNIQUE ITEM.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO
EXPECT THAT IT'S WORTH.
I'M HOPING I CAN
GET $100 OUT OF IT.
- HEY, WHAT CAN I HELP YOU WITH?
- HOW'S IT GOING?
I GOT THIS HARMONICA.
MY GRANDFATHER USED
TO PLAY IT ALL THE TIME.
- THINK IT'D BE KIND OF
FUN TO GET CHUMLEE
TO STICK HIS LIPS
UP TO IT AND PLAY IT?
- I'D DEFINITELY HAVE
TO SELL IT AFTER THAT.
I CAME TO THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SEE WHAT I CAN GET
FOR MY OLD HARMONICA.
IT'S GOT SOME PRETTY
NEAT STUFF ON IT,
AND I DON'T KNOW
WHAT IT'S WORTH.
I'M HOPING I CAN GET
A ROLEX OUT OF IT,
BUT THAT MIGHT BE
REACHING A LITTLE HIGH FOR IT,
BUT WE'LL SEE.
- SO DID YOUR GRANDPA
PLAY A LOT OR...
- YEAH, I REMEMBER HIM PLAYING
IT BY THE CAMPFIRE ALL THE TIME.
HE ALWAYS HAD IT IN HIS
POCKET. WORKS GREAT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PLAY, BUT...
- OKAY.
DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT?
- NOT REALLY.
- OKAY, I HAVE ACTUALLY
SEEN A FEW OF THESE BEFORE.
THAT RIGHT THERE, THAT REALLY
SERIOUSLY UGLY DUDE IS HOHNER,
THE GUY WHO OWNED THE COMPANY.
- WOW.
- WHO MADE THE HARMONICAS.
THEY ALSO MADE ACCORDIONS
AND JUST ABOUT ANY
INSTRUMENT WITH REEDS.
THIS HARMONICA IS BEAUTIFUL,
AND IT'S IN AMAZING CONDITION
FOR SOMETHING
THAT'S 90 YEARS OLD.
HOHNERS WERE SOME
OF THE FIRST HARMONICAS
IMPORTED INTO THE U.S.,
AND OLD ONES LIKE THIS
WITH A ZEPPELIN ON THE FRONT
OF 'EM ARE HIGHLY COLLECTABLE.
AND THIS DUDE RIGHT HERE
IS BARON VON ZEPPELIN.
- THAT WOULD BE
THE BLIMP PART OF IT.
- NO, ZEPPELIN.
THERE'S A DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN A BLIMP AND A ZEPPELIN.
- REALLY?
- YES.
WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT
A ZEPPELIN OR AN AIRSHIP,
IT'S A RIGID FRAME.
A BLIMP, IT DOES NOT
HAVE A RIGID FRAME,
SO IF YOU TAKE ALL
THE AIR OUT OF A BLIMP,
IT WILL JUST... IT'S JUST
BASICALLY A BALLOON.
- SO WHY WOULD THE
ZEPPELIN BE ON THE HARMONICA?
BECAUSE THIS ONE WAS
MADE IN THE NINETEEN-TEENS
TO THE EARLY '20s.
ZEPPELINS WERE THE COOLEST
THING IN THE WORLD AT THE TIME.
THEY REALLY WERE,
AND THEY WERE REALLY
CONSIDERED THE FUTURE OF FLIGHT.
THEY DIDN'T THINK PLANES WERE
GONNA BE CIRCLING THE WORLD.
IT WAS GONNA BE GIANT
ZEPPELINS GOING EVERYWHERE,
AND THAT WAS THE FUTURE OF
TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
- RIGHT.
- I LOVE THE FACT
THAT THIS HARMONICA
SHOWS A ZEPPELIN ON IT.
IT SHOWS HOW POPULAR
THEY WERE AT THE TIME.
OF COURSE, THE
HINDENBURG BLEW UP IN 1937,
AND THAT WAS THE
END OF THE ZEPPELINS.
DO YOU WANT TO SELL IT?
- YEAH, I WANT TO SELL IT.
- OKAY, BASICALLY, IF IT DIDN'T
HAVE THE ZEPPELIN ON THERE,
IT'D BE WORTH 10, 20 BUCKS.
THIS ONE, I'D GIVE
YOU, LIKE, $200 FOR IT.
- CAN YOU TRADE FOR A ROLEX?
- NO.
- YOU CAN'T GO $300?
- NO, I'D GO 200 BUCKS ON IT.
- $250?
- I MEAN, THE THINGS
WORTH, LIKE, $250, $300.
I'M GONNA MAKE 50,
100 BUCKS OFF YOU.
- I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, MAN.
I'LL DO 200 BUCKS AND A
FAKE TIMEX I HAVE IN THE BACK.
THAT'LL WORK.
- ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO
DO SOME PAPERWORK.
- OKAY.
YEAH, I ONLY ENDED
UP GETTING $200,
BUT AT LEAST I TALKED
'EM INTO A TIMEX.
SOMEONE WILL GET SOME USE
OUT OF THAT HARMONICA, I THINK.
- GRANDPA, WHAT'S
"S.S. NO." MEAN?
- SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER.
- WHAT'S "COMPLEX" MEAN?
- FORGET IT, COREY.
I'LL DO IT MYSELF.
DAMN PEOPLE.
MOVE.
COREY, YOU SHOULD BE
ABLE TO HANDWRITE A TICKET.
- NEVER HAD TO.
- WELL, YOU AND
CHUMLEE PAY ATTENTION.
I'M NOT GONNA BE
UP HERE ALL DAY.
- YOU THE MAN, OLD MAN.
- I KNOW IT.
Ding!
- THE OLD MAN'S BEEN RIDING MY
ASS ALL DAY LONG ABOUT TICKETS,
SO GETTING BACK AT
HIM WITH A LITTLE JOKE.
- DAMN IT, I HAVEN'T
WON A GAME YET.
- HE'S BEEN PLAYING THAT GAME
ALL DAY AND HASN'T WON YET.
- HE'S NOT GONNA WIN EITHER.
- WHY?
THAT'S COLD-BLOODED, BIG HOSS.
JUST LEAVE THE OLD MAN ALONE.
- DAMN IT.
- EARLIER TODAY, A GUY
BROUGHT IN A MAJOR-ERROR $1 BILL
FROM THE 1960s.
SINCE ERROR BILLS REALLY
DON'T HAVE A BOOK VALUE,
I CALLED IN MY BUDDY WAYNE
TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK.
HEY, WAYNE. HOW'S IT GOING?
- GOOD. HOW ARE YOU, RICK?
- I'M DOING GREAT.
- GOOD TO SEE YOU.
- WELL, THIS IS WHAT
I CALLED YOU ABOUT.
- THAT'S A PRETTY
SIGNIFICANT ERROR.
YOU SAID IT WAS PRETTY GOOD.
- I AM A PROFESSIONAL
NUMISMATIST,
WHICH IS A FANCY WAY OF SAYING I
STUDY RARE COINS AND CURRENCY.
- THERE'S NO BOOK
ON 'EM, REALLY.
- NOPE. NOPE.
AND EVERY ONE'S
UNIQUE, AS YOU KNOW.
IT'S, LIKE, JUST A MATTER OF
WHAT SOMEBODY WILL PAY FOR IT.
- YEAH, I MEAN, THAT'S
WHY I CALLED YOU.
I JUST... I HAVE NO CLUE.
- THERE'S LOTS OF
DIFFERENT KINDS OF ERRORS.
THIS IS ONE OF THE
NICEST ONES I'VE SEEN.
IT'S A SIGNIFICANT FOLD OVER.
IT'S NICE THAT YOU HAVE
THE CORNER OF THE SHEET,
WHICH HAS THE BACK
PLATE NUMBER ON IT.
YOU'VE GOT THE SEAL AND SERIAL
NUMBER PRINTED ACROSS THE FOLD,
WHICH IS KIND OF COOL.
- SO HOW DOES IT EXACTLY
END UP IN CIRCULATION?
HOW DOES THIS END UP
GETTING PRINTED LIKE THAT AND...
- THIS WAS FOLDED BETWEEN
THE SECOND AND THIRD PRINTING.
THEY PRINT THE
FRONT OF THE NOTE,
THEN THEY PRINT THE BACK,
AND THE THIRD PRINTING
IS WHEN THEY PUT THE SERIAL
NUMBER AND SEALS ON IT,
AND THEN THEY GO INTO ANOTHER
PLACE WHERE THEY CUT THE NOTES,
AND THEY ACTUALLY CUT
THEM IN STACKS OF 100.
SO THEY DON'T ACTUALLY
COUNT THEM BEFORE THEY GO OUT.
IT WAS JUST BANDED AND
WENT OUT, AND THIS WOULD HAVE
PROBABLY BEEN DISCOVERED
AT A BANK WHEN IT ARRIVED.
THIS GRADE OF 64 IS ON A SCALE
OF 1 TO 70, 70 BEING PERFECT.
YOU RARELY SEE
GRADES ABOVE 66 OR 67,
SO 64 IS REALLY A TOP
GRADE FOR THIS NOTE.
THIS NOTE IS WORTH
SIGNIFICANTLY MORE
BECAUSE IT'S SUCH
A DRAMATIC ERROR,
AND A COLLECTOR WILL LIKE IT.
- WHAT'S IT WORTH? I MEAN...
- IT'S NOT RARE TO SEE
A FOLD OVER ERROR,
BUT OFTENTIMES, THEY'RE
JUST PARTIALLY FOLDED
OR YOU DON'T HAVE
PRINTING ACROSS THEM,
AND THOSE AREN'T
WORTH VERY MUCH MONEY.
THEY'RE WORTH, YOU KNOW, A
COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS MAYBE.
BECAUSE THIS IS SO
SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE OF THE WAY
IT'S PRINTED OVER, I
THINK THIS WOULD BRING...
I'D SAY $1,000 TO $1,500.
- WOW. THAT'S... THAT'S GREAT.
YEAH, I WAS ONLY EXPECTING
ABOUT 100 BUCKS OUT OF IT.
- THANKS, WAYNE. APPRECIATE IT.
- THANKS FOR CALLING ME.
- WOW, THIS THING IS A $1 BILL,
AND IT'S STILL WORTH THAT MUCH?
I'VE SEEN 200-YEAR-OLD
COINS GO FOR LESS.
ALL RIGHT, SO YOU STILL
WANT 100 BUCKS FOR IT?
- I DON'T THINK SO.
- NO, I THINK IT'S
PROBABLY $1,500.
- IF I'M LUCKY, I'LL
GET 1,500 BUCKS.
THAT'S WHAT I'LL GET
OUT OF IT IF I'M LUCKY.
OKAY. I'M NOT GONNA
GIVE YOU THAT.
I JUST... I CAN'T DO IT.
THERE'S NO MONEY
TO BE MADE AT THAT,
I MEAN, AND I HAVE
TO MAKE MONEY.
- TELL YOU WHAT,
HOW ABOUT 1,000?
HOW ABOUT 600 BUCKS?
GO A LITTLE HIGHER? 700?
- MM...
YEAH, I'LL DO THE 700.
- 700? OKAY.
- LET'S GO DO SOME PAPERWORK.
- GREAT.
- THIS WAY.
- THE EXPERT SAID IT'S
WORTH UP TO $1,500.
I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THAT.
I ENDED UP SETTLING FOR $700,
WHICH IS FAR MORE THAN I
EXPECTED TO GET OUT OF IT,
BUT I THINK MY WIFE
WILL PROBABLY WANT ME
TO USE THAT MONEY
TO TAKE HER TO CANCUN.
- GOLD AND SILVER PAWN SHOP.
ARE YOU GUYS' COMPUTERS WORKING?
- YEAH, MINE IS.
- YEP.
- DAD, IS YOUR COMPUTER WORKING?
- YEAH, AND THANK GOD.
IT'S ABOUT TIME.
- YEAH, THEY'RE ALL
WORKING. THANKS A LOT.
- WELL, I GUESS COMPUTERS
AREN'T BAD AFTER ALL.
EPISODE OF PAWN STARS...
- WHAT THE HELL IS THIS THING?
- THIS IS ROBOSAURUS.
- IT'S OUR 31-TON TRANSFORMER.
- YOU THINK THIS IS
APPROPRIATE FOR MY PAWN SHOP?
- YOU CAN MAKE
25,000 BUCKS A DAY.
- WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
- WE HAVE A BANK FROM 1886.
- I LOVE THIS BANK.
- HOW MUCH MONEY IS IN THERE?
- OOH, WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
- THE HELL? MY COMPUTER
JUST WENT DOWN.
- MINE DID TOO.
- RICKY.
- SO WHAT DO YOU
WANT ME TO DO HERE?
- I WANT YOU TO
HANDWRITE THE DAMN TICKET.
- HOW DO YOU HANDWRITE A TICKET?
DAMN IT, 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.
HEY, CAN I HELP YOU?
- YES, I GUESS YOU CAN.
- WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
- WE HAVE A BANK.
SWEET, ZZ TOP.
- I DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY UNCLE SAM PIGGYBANK.
THE REASON I WANT TO SELL THIS
IS BECAUSE I COULD
USE THE MONEY.
IT IS FROM 1886.
IT SHOULD BE AT
LEAST WORTH $1,500.
- WHERE DID YOU GET THIS THING?
- WELL, THIS HAS
ACTUALLY BEEN IN MY FAMILY
SINCE I CAN REMEMBER.
- HOW OLD IS UNCLE SAM?
- ACTUALLY, HE WAS
BORN IN, I THINK, 1876.
WE WERE CELEBRATING 100 YEARS,
ANNIVERSARY OF THE COUNTRY.
THE MECHANICAL BANKS
WERE BIG BACK THEN.
THIS IS WHAT YOU BOUGHT A KID.
NOT ONLY WAS IT SORT OF LIKE A
TOY THAT YOU COULD PLAY WITH,
IT ALSO TAUGHT
'EM TO SAVE MONEY.
- THAT'S JUST STUPID. I
HAVE NO NEED FOR THAT.
- WHY DON'T YOU HAVE
ANY NEED FOR A BANK?
- I DON'T SAVE MONEY.
I LOVE THIS BANK.
IT'S MADE OUT OF CAST IRON,
SO IT'S LITERALLY
MADE TO LAST FOREVER,
AND EVEN THOUGH
IT'S A LITTLE WORN,
THESE THINGS ARE HIGHLY,
HIGHLY COLLECTABLE,
AND SELLING IT
WILL BE SUPER EASY.
IT SAYS 1886 ON THE BACK OF IT,
BUT I KNOW THAT THEY
MADE THESE THINGS
FOR RIGHT AROUND 30
YEARS, THE SAME EXACT MODEL.
SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY
1886. IT COULD BE 1915.
- SO WHERE DO YOU PUT THE MONEY?
- YOU PUT A NICKEL IN
HIS HAND OR A PENNY,
AND YOU PRESS THE BUTTON.
- WATCH THE MAGIC.
WATCH THE MAGIC.
- AND IT DOESN'T
CLOSE ALL THE WAY.
THE MECHANICS AREN'T
WORKING TOO GREAT IN IT.
- NO, IT NEEDS A
LITTLE BIT OF WORK.
- I THINK THIS IS
ORIGINAL PAINT ON IT.
MOST OF THE TIME,
YOU SEE 'EM REPAINTED,
OR THERE'S FAKES, BUT
WHEN THEY FAKED 'EM,
THEY EMBLAZONED THE
"1886" ACROSS THE BACK OF IT,
AND THE REAL ONES HAVE
THIS STAMP RIGHT HERE.
HIS BEARD'S JUST
SORT OF FLAPPING HERE.
IS THERE ANY MECHANICAL...
- NO, IT JUST OPERATES THAT WAY.
- OKAY.
AND I SEE THAT THE LOCK IS...
THE WHOLE LOCKING
MECHANISM'S GONE?
- IT'S PRETTY OLD.
- OKAY.
SO WHAT DO YOU WANT
TO DO WITH THIS THING,
PAWN IT, SELL IT?
- IF YOU'LL MAKE ME A
RIGHT OFFER, I'LL SELL IT.
- HOW MUCH DID YOU WANT FOR IT?
- WELL, ABOUT $1,500.
- THAT'S PRETTY HIGH.
THEY'RE WORTH, LIKE, 1,500,
2,000 BUCKS IN PERFECT SHAPE.
THIS IS FAR FROM THAT.
I'M THINKING MORE
LIKE 500 BUCKS HERE.
- $500?
- WOW, I MEAN, WHY DON'T
WE JUST SKIP THE FACT
THAT YOU'RE HERE TO MAKE MONEY.
- OKAY.
- I KNOW YOU WANT TO
GIVE ME THE LEAST AMOUNT
OF MONEY YOU CAN FOR IT.
- SO A REALISTIC FIGURE.
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
- $1,200.
- I'LL GO 700 BUCKS ON IT.
- $700? THAT'S NOT
CLOSE TO $1,200.
- THERE IS PROBLEMS
WITH THIS THING.
- I UNDERSTAND, BUT WE TALKED
ABOUT PRISTINE BEING AT 2,000.
- OKAY, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
A REPAIRED ITEM IS
NOT WORTH AS MUCH AS
AN ORIGINAL, PRISTINE ITEM.
PEOPLE DON'T WANT 'EM REPAIRED.
THEY WANT 'EM
ORIGINAL, WORKING GREAT.
I'LL JUST SKIP ALL THE BULL.
I'LL GIVE YOU 800 BUCKS FOR IT.
I CAN'T GIVE YOU A PENNY MORE.
THAT'S A FAIR PRICE.
- CAN WE GO $900?
- NOPE.
YOU TAKE THE CASH, OR YOU
CAN TAKE THAT AND LEAVE.
I MEAN, I JUST...
THAT'S WHAT I CAN DO.
- $850.
- NOPE.
- YOU'RE A TOUGH GUY.
- I'M NOT A TOUGH GUY, MAN.
I'LL GIVE YOU CREDIT FOR
GETTING ME UP TO 800 BUCKS,
BUT THAT'S WHAT I CAN DO.
- I GUESS IF THAT'S
THE BEST YOU CAN DO,
WELL, I'M GONNA HAVE TO TAKE IT.
- OKAY.
ALL RIGHT, CHUM, YOU
WANT TO GO WRITE HIM UP?
- IT WAS REALLY TOUGH
WHEN HE OFFERED $500.
THEN I WAS ABLE TO
GET HIM UP TO $800.
IT WAS KIND OF
LIKE BUYING A CAR.
WHEN THEY LET YOU
WALK OUT THE DOOR,
YOU'VE GOT 'EM AT
THE BOTTOM-LINE PRICE.
SO I THINK I DID
THE BEST I COULD.
- THE HELL? MY COMPUTER
JUST WENT DOWN.
- MINE DID TOO.
- SO DID MINE.
- SO WHAT DO YOU
WANT ME TO DO HERE?
- I WANT YOU TO
HANDWRITE THE DAMN TICKET.
- HOW DO YOU HANDWRITE A TICKET?
- RICKY?
MY IDIOT GRANDSON
CAN'T DO A DAMN THING.
BACK IN THE DAY, WE USED
THE LOG BOOK AND A PEN.
WE DIDN'T HAVE COMPUTERS.
- REALLY NEED SOMEONE TO GET
DOWN HERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
- HANG ON A MINUTE, SON.
I'LL BE GLAD TO HELP YOU.
- CAN'T BELIEVE THIS. THINK
I'M GONNA GO TAKE A LUNCH.
- CHUM IS DRAGGING ME OUT
TO SEE SOMETHING THAT HE SAYS
WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE
TO HAVE FOR THE SHOP,
AND I DON'T KNOW
WHAT IT IS EXACTLY,
BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN
HIM THIS EXCITED.
WHAT THE HELL IS THIS THING?
- THIS IS ROBOSAURUS.
IT'S OUR 31-TON, 45-FOOT...
BASICALLY A TRANSFORMER
THAT EATS CARS, EATS AIRPLANES.
WE COULD ACTUALLY LIFT
YOUR BIKES UP, IF YOU'D LIKE.
- YOU TOUCH MY
BIKE, I'LL KILL YOU.
- OKAY, WELL, WE'LL
LEAVE THE BIKE ALONE.
I'VE GOT THE GUYS FROM
THE PAWN SHOP COMING DOWN
TO LOOK AT MY
ONE-AND-ONLY ROBOSAURUS.
I BOUGHT ROBOSAURUS
AT AN AUCTION.
I MADE BUSINESS OUT
OF IT, BUT IT'S TIME FOR ME
TO GET RID OF THIS AND LOOK
AT RAISING VENTURE CAPITAL
TO DO SOMETHING ELSE
THAT I HAVE A GREAT IDEA FOR.
- SO, CHUM, YOU THINK THIS IS
APPROPRIATE FOR MY PAWN SHOP?
- YOU'D NEVER HAVE
TO TOW A CAR AGAIN.
- IN THE WRONG HANDS,
I BET THIS THING COULD
CAUSE A LOT OF DAMAGE.
I MEAN, THESE GUYS MUST HAVE
ONE HELL OF AN INSURANCE POLICY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT MY
IDIOT FRIEND TOLD YOU,
BUT I JUST OWN A PAWN SHOP.
I MEAN, THERE'S...
YOU CAN'T REALLY EXPECT
ME TO BUY THIS THING.
- IT IS A MONEYMAKING MACHINE.
IT CAN BE RENTED OUT.
IT CAN BE LEASED OUT.
WE DO SPECIAL EVENTS.
IT CAN DO BAR MITZVAHS.
IT CAN DO BIG, GIANT
DEMOLITION DERBIES.
25,000 BUCKS A DAY YOU
CAN MAKE FROM THIS THING
WHEN YOU PUT IT ON THE ROAD.
- THIS MACHINE CAN
PERFORM A BAR MITZVAH, HUH?
- I MEAN, YOU MIGHT AS WELL
JUST SHOW ME MORE ABOUT IT.
WHAT HAVE WE GOT GOING HERE?
- WE GOT 24,000 POUNDS OF
CRUSHING POWER IN THESE CLAWS,
SO WE CAN RIP APART A CAR.
WE CAN TEAR IT APART,
PULL THE ROOF OFF.
WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO.
- CHECK OUT THIS COCKPIT.
YOU LOOK THROUGH
THIS FRONT WINDOW,
THAT'S WHERE THE PILOT SITS.
YOU'RE STRAPPED INTO A
SEAT. YOU FEET ARE ON PEDALS.
YOUR ARMS LOCK INTO DEVICES
SO WHEN YOU MOVE YOUR
ARMS, THE ROBOT'S ARMS MOVE.
ALL YOUR FINGERS ARE
ON DOUBLE-SIDED SWITCHES,
SO WHEN YOU SQUEEZE YOUR
FINGER AND THUMB LIKE THIS,
24,000 POUNDS OF CRUSHING POWER.
- WE SHOOT AIR CANNONS
OUT. WE HAVE CONFETTI.
WE CAN DO FIREWORKS.
WE ACTUALLY COULD LAUNCH
MISSILES FROM THIS THING.
- WHAT POWERS THIS THING?
- WELL, THERE'S A 500-HORSEPOWER
TURBOCHARGED DIESEL ENGINE
DRIVES FOUR HYDRAULIC PUMPS.
HOUSED RIGHT IN HERE ARE
TWO 20-GALLON PROPANE TANKS.
THAT'S WHAT GIVES ROBO HIS FIRE.
AND THE POWER IS BACK HERE.
- I CAN THINK OF A FEW WAYS
TO HURT MYSELF IN THIS THING.
MY DAD AND THE OLD
MAN WOULD KILL ME
IF I EVEN CONSIDERED
BUYING THIS THING,
BUT I MEAN, THEY ALSO
LOVE TO MAKE MONEY.
I WAS COMPLETELY
READY TO WALK AWAY,
BUT WHEN HE SAID THIS THING
COULD MAKE 25 GRAND A DAY,
IT GOT MY ATTENTION.
- THIS THING GENERATES MONEY.
- $25,000 A DAY, HUH?
- DO THE MATH, AND
YOU CAN THANK ME LATER.
- WELL, LET'S FIRE THIS THING
UP AND SEE WHAT IT DOES, MAN.
- ALL RIGHT.
- ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO.
- ALL RIGHT.
LEAVE IT TO CHUM TO SHOW ME
THE BIGGEST, MOST
IMPRACTICAL THING I'VE EVER SEEN.
ON THE OTHER HAND, I
MEAN, IT HAS A LOT OF VALUE,
BECAUSE IT'S FAMOUS, SO IF
IT'S IN GOOD, WORKING CONDITION,
I'LL MAKE AN OFFER.
I WAS ABOUT TO RIDE OFF.
THEN I HEARD IT COULD
MAKE 25 GRAND A DAY,
AND THAT'S WHAT I CALL
A MONEYMAKER, MAN.
I MEAN, I CAN'T WAIT TO
SEE THIS THING IN ACTION.
WELL, LET'S FIRE THIS THING
UP AND SEE WHAT IT DOES.
- ALL RIGHT.
- ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO.
- ALL RIGHT.
- TAKES A SECOND FOR
HIM TO GET IT GOING,
BUT AFTER IT'S GOING, GUYS,
HE'LL DO ALL THE TRICKS.
- CAN IT DO A
BACKFLIP OR ANYTHING?
- WELL, IT CAN'T
ACTUALLY GET IN THE AIR,
BUT THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
IT IS AMAZING WHAT IT CAN DO.
IT IS AN ENGINEERING MARVEL.
- ARE YOU READY, BIG HOSS?
THIS IS GONNA BE CRAZY.
- YEAH!
YEAH!
- CAN YOU FEEL THAT HEAT?
- LET'S GET THE
MOTORCYCLE, ALL RIGHT?
- WHICH ONE...
WHICH ONE'S YOURS?
THIS ONE RIGHT HERE.
- IF IT COMES ANY
CLOSER TO MY BIKE,
YOU'RE GOING IN FRONT OF IT.
THE ROBOSAURUS
MIGHT BE BIG AND STRONG,
BUT IF IT CAME ANY
CLOSER TO MY BIKE,
I MIGHT HAVE KICKED HIS ASS.
- ALL RIGHT, WHAT DO YOU
SAY WE ATTACK THAT CAR?
I WANT TO SHOW YOU
THE IMMENSE POWER.
- ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE THE CAR.
- HERE WE GO.
- YEAH!
TOLD YOU, BIG HOSS.
THING IS BADASS.
- NOW, HE'S LIFTING THAT
UP AS IF IT'S NOTHING.
IT WEIGHS NOTHING TO HIM.
- THERE YOU GO.
THERE GOES THE ROOF.
- OH, IT'S A CONVERTIBLE NOW.
IS HE RIPPING THAT CAR IN HALF?
- THAT'S CRAZY.
- ARE YOU IMPRESSED?
- OH, I'M IMPRESSED.
- I'M NOT CLEANING IT UP.
- THERE YOU GO.
- I GOT TO ADMIT, I DIDN'T
EXPECT IT TO DO ALL THAT.
- WE'RE READY TO MAKE A DEAL.
- HONESTLY, MAN, HOW MUCH
ARE YOU ASKING FOR THIS THING?
- WELL, YOU KNOW, WE
CAN DO A BARGAIN TODAY
FOR ABOUT 1 MILLION BUCKS.
HOLY. DID HE JUST
USE THE "M" WORD?
AS IN SIX ZEROS?
- AND BY THE WAY,
IF YOU DO IT NOW,
I'LL THROW IN THE
TRACTOR-TRAILER
- HEY, HE TOLD US HE
WAS A TRANSFORMER
THAT TURNS INTO
A TRACTOR-TRAILER.
- SO WE'LL THROW THAT IN...
- SO YOU LIED.
HE DOESN'T TURN INTO
A TRACTOR-TRAILER.
- WELL, HE NEEDS TO BE TOWED.
- HE'S NOT A TRANSFORMER,
MAN, WITHOUT THAT PIECE.
- I MEAN, THE
ROBOSAURUS IS AWESOME,
AND I'M SURE THERE'S
SOMEBODY OUT THERE
THAT WOULD LOVE TO BUY IT.
IT'S JUST WAY TOO
MUCH MONEY TO RISK.
I MEAN, IT COULD EASILY END
UP BANKRUPTING THE SHOP.
IT WAS VERY COOL,
GUYS, BUT I HAVE TO ADMIT,
A MILLION BUCKS IS A
LITTLE OUT OF MY BUDGET.
- WELL, I GUESS
WE GAVE IT A SHOT,
AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
IT WAS VERY, VERY
NICE MEETING YOU.
YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT THEY
WERE REALLY INTERESTED
WHEN THEY CAME OUT.
I KNOW THAT $1 MILLION IS HIGH,
BUT I DID EXPECT THEM
TO COUNTER-OFFER.
I THOUGHT THESE GUYS
LIKED ONE-OF-A-KIND ITEMS,
AND THIS IS ONE OF A KIND.
- A MILLION IS SO FAR
OUT OF THE QUESTION.
I MEAN, WE'RE NOT EVEN
ON THE SAME PLANET.
HELL, WE'RE NOT EVEN
IN THE SAME GALAXY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
DID YOU THINK I WAS REALLY
GONNA BUY THIS THING
FOR A MILLION BUCKS?
- HEY, HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
- GOT THIS OLD
ERROR-PRINT DOLLAR BILL.
THOUGHT IT LOOKED INTERESTING.
- YEAH, IT'S DEFINITELY
INTERESTING.
YOU DIDN'T TRY AND PRINT
THIS UP YOURSELF, DID YOU?
NO.
I DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO TRY TO SELL MY $1 ERROR NOTE.
GOT THIS NOTE FROM
MY FATHER-IN-LAW.
WHEN HE PASSED ON, WE
TOOK OVER HIS COIN COLLECTION,
AND HE HAD THAT
NOTE IN AMONGST IT.
MY FATHER-IN-LAW
KEPT IT FOR A REASON.
HE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO KNOW
WHAT THESE THINGS ARE WORTH,
SO I THOUGHT IT MIGHT
BE WORTH SOMETHING.
- ERRORS ARE PRETTY COMMON.
WELL, THEY'RE NOT REAL COMMON.
THEY CAN BE WORTH MONEY.
THIS IS CALLED A FOLD OVER.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE BILLS
THAT WAS IN THE CORNER,
AND IT FOLDED OVER A LITTLE BIT.
- USUALLY THEY'RE, LIKE,
DOWN HERE AT
THE END OF THE BILL.
EXCEPT, I'VE NEVER SEEN
ONE FOLDED OVER THIS MUCH.
- YEAH, I THOUGHT THAT
WAS A PRETTY BIG ERROR,
AND IT'S NEAT HOW IT
ACTUALLY FOLDED OVER,
AND YOU CAN SEE
THE SERIAL NUMBERS
PRINTED RIGHT
ACROSS THE TWO SIDES.
- THIS IS IN INCREDIBLE SHAPE.
COLLECTORS LOVE CURRENCY ERRORS,
'CAUSE EVERY ONE IS
COMPLETELY UNIQUE.
THEY OFTEN CIRCULATE FOR YEARS
BEFORE ANYONE NOTICES THE ERROR,
SO FINDING ONE IN THIS
CONDITION IS REALLY RARE.
OKAY, THE BIG PROBLEM WITH
THESE THINGS RIGHT HERE IS,
THERE'S NO BOOK VALUE ON 'EM.
- OKAY.
- BECAUSE IT'S AN ERROR
WHEN THERE'S A MILLION DIFFERENT
WAYS AN ERROR CAN OCCUR.
IT'S USUALLY BIGGER THE
ERROR, THE MORE IT'S WORTH.
- YEAH.
- WHAT'D YOU WANT TO DO WITH IT?
- I'D LIKE TO SELL IT.
FIGURE WE DON'T COLLECT,
AND I THOUGHT SOMEBODY WOULD
APPRECIATE IT MORE THAN WE DO.
- I'VE SEEN CURRENCY
WITH MINOR ERRORS,
LIKE A SLIGHTLY FOLDED EDGE,
SELL FOR HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS,
BUT THIS WAS A MAJOR ERROR.
I CAN'T BELIEVE
THIS WASN'T CAUGHT.
I REALLY WANT TO CALL
IN A FRIEND OF MINE,
LET HIM LOOK AT THIS THING.
YOU NEED SOMEONE WHO MORE
OR LESS DEALS IN THESE THINGS
TO GET AN IDEA.
- OH, I'D BE CURIOUS
WHAT THEY SAID.
- OKAY, LET ME GET
HIM DOWN HERE,
AND LET'S FIND OUT
EXACTLY WHAT IT'S WORTH
BEFORE I MAKE YOU
AN OFFER, OKAY?
- OKAY, SOUNDS GOOD.
- OKAY, THANKS.
- I'M GLAD HE'S
CALLING IN AN EXPERT,
BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A UNIQUE ITEM.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO
EXPECT THAT IT'S WORTH.
I'M HOPING I CAN
GET $100 OUT OF IT.
- HEY, WHAT CAN I HELP YOU WITH?
- HOW'S IT GOING?
I GOT THIS HARMONICA.
MY GRANDFATHER USED
TO PLAY IT ALL THE TIME.
- THINK IT'D BE KIND OF
FUN TO GET CHUMLEE
TO STICK HIS LIPS
UP TO IT AND PLAY IT?
- I'D DEFINITELY HAVE
TO SELL IT AFTER THAT.
I CAME TO THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SEE WHAT I CAN GET
FOR MY OLD HARMONICA.
IT'S GOT SOME PRETTY
NEAT STUFF ON IT,
AND I DON'T KNOW
WHAT IT'S WORTH.
I'M HOPING I CAN GET
A ROLEX OUT OF IT,
BUT THAT MIGHT BE
REACHING A LITTLE HIGH FOR IT,
BUT WE'LL SEE.
- SO DID YOUR GRANDPA
PLAY A LOT OR...
- YEAH, I REMEMBER HIM PLAYING
IT BY THE CAMPFIRE ALL THE TIME.
HE ALWAYS HAD IT IN HIS
POCKET. WORKS GREAT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PLAY, BUT...
- OKAY.
DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT?
- NOT REALLY.
- OKAY, I HAVE ACTUALLY
SEEN A FEW OF THESE BEFORE.
THAT RIGHT THERE, THAT REALLY
SERIOUSLY UGLY DUDE IS HOHNER,
THE GUY WHO OWNED THE COMPANY.
- WOW.
- WHO MADE THE HARMONICAS.
THEY ALSO MADE ACCORDIONS
AND JUST ABOUT ANY
INSTRUMENT WITH REEDS.
THIS HARMONICA IS BEAUTIFUL,
AND IT'S IN AMAZING CONDITION
FOR SOMETHING
THAT'S 90 YEARS OLD.
HOHNERS WERE SOME
OF THE FIRST HARMONICAS
IMPORTED INTO THE U.S.,
AND OLD ONES LIKE THIS
WITH A ZEPPELIN ON THE FRONT
OF 'EM ARE HIGHLY COLLECTABLE.
AND THIS DUDE RIGHT HERE
IS BARON VON ZEPPELIN.
- THAT WOULD BE
THE BLIMP PART OF IT.
- NO, ZEPPELIN.
THERE'S A DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN A BLIMP AND A ZEPPELIN.
- REALLY?
- YES.
WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT
A ZEPPELIN OR AN AIRSHIP,
IT'S A RIGID FRAME.
A BLIMP, IT DOES NOT
HAVE A RIGID FRAME,
SO IF YOU TAKE ALL
THE AIR OUT OF A BLIMP,
IT WILL JUST... IT'S JUST
BASICALLY A BALLOON.
- SO WHY WOULD THE
ZEPPELIN BE ON THE HARMONICA?
BECAUSE THIS ONE WAS
MADE IN THE NINETEEN-TEENS
TO THE EARLY '20s.
ZEPPELINS WERE THE COOLEST
THING IN THE WORLD AT THE TIME.
THEY REALLY WERE,
AND THEY WERE REALLY
CONSIDERED THE FUTURE OF FLIGHT.
THEY DIDN'T THINK PLANES WERE
GONNA BE CIRCLING THE WORLD.
IT WAS GONNA BE GIANT
ZEPPELINS GOING EVERYWHERE,
AND THAT WAS THE FUTURE OF
TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
- RIGHT.
- I LOVE THE FACT
THAT THIS HARMONICA
SHOWS A ZEPPELIN ON IT.
IT SHOWS HOW POPULAR
THEY WERE AT THE TIME.
OF COURSE, THE
HINDENBURG BLEW UP IN 1937,
AND THAT WAS THE
END OF THE ZEPPELINS.
DO YOU WANT TO SELL IT?
- YEAH, I WANT TO SELL IT.
- OKAY, BASICALLY, IF IT DIDN'T
HAVE THE ZEPPELIN ON THERE,
IT'D BE WORTH 10, 20 BUCKS.
THIS ONE, I'D GIVE
YOU, LIKE, $200 FOR IT.
- CAN YOU TRADE FOR A ROLEX?
- NO.
- YOU CAN'T GO $300?
- NO, I'D GO 200 BUCKS ON IT.
- $250?
- I MEAN, THE THINGS
WORTH, LIKE, $250, $300.
I'M GONNA MAKE 50,
100 BUCKS OFF YOU.
- I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, MAN.
I'LL DO 200 BUCKS AND A
FAKE TIMEX I HAVE IN THE BACK.
THAT'LL WORK.
- ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO
DO SOME PAPERWORK.
- OKAY.
YEAH, I ONLY ENDED
UP GETTING $200,
BUT AT LEAST I TALKED
'EM INTO A TIMEX.
SOMEONE WILL GET SOME USE
OUT OF THAT HARMONICA, I THINK.
- GRANDPA, WHAT'S
"S.S. NO." MEAN?
- SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER.
- WHAT'S "COMPLEX" MEAN?
- FORGET IT, COREY.
I'LL DO IT MYSELF.
DAMN PEOPLE.
MOVE.
COREY, YOU SHOULD BE
ABLE TO HANDWRITE A TICKET.
- NEVER HAD TO.
- WELL, YOU AND
CHUMLEE PAY ATTENTION.
I'M NOT GONNA BE
UP HERE ALL DAY.
- YOU THE MAN, OLD MAN.
- I KNOW IT.
Ding!
- THE OLD MAN'S BEEN RIDING MY
ASS ALL DAY LONG ABOUT TICKETS,
SO GETTING BACK AT
HIM WITH A LITTLE JOKE.
- DAMN IT, I HAVEN'T
WON A GAME YET.
- HE'S BEEN PLAYING THAT GAME
ALL DAY AND HASN'T WON YET.
- HE'S NOT GONNA WIN EITHER.
- WHY?
THAT'S COLD-BLOODED, BIG HOSS.
JUST LEAVE THE OLD MAN ALONE.
- DAMN IT.
- EARLIER TODAY, A GUY
BROUGHT IN A MAJOR-ERROR $1 BILL
FROM THE 1960s.
SINCE ERROR BILLS REALLY
DON'T HAVE A BOOK VALUE,
I CALLED IN MY BUDDY WAYNE
TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK.
HEY, WAYNE. HOW'S IT GOING?
- GOOD. HOW ARE YOU, RICK?
- I'M DOING GREAT.
- GOOD TO SEE YOU.
- WELL, THIS IS WHAT
I CALLED YOU ABOUT.
- THAT'S A PRETTY
SIGNIFICANT ERROR.
YOU SAID IT WAS PRETTY GOOD.
- I AM A PROFESSIONAL
NUMISMATIST,
WHICH IS A FANCY WAY OF SAYING I
STUDY RARE COINS AND CURRENCY.
- THERE'S NO BOOK
ON 'EM, REALLY.
- NOPE. NOPE.
AND EVERY ONE'S
UNIQUE, AS YOU KNOW.
IT'S, LIKE, JUST A MATTER OF
WHAT SOMEBODY WILL PAY FOR IT.
- YEAH, I MEAN, THAT'S
WHY I CALLED YOU.
I JUST... I HAVE NO CLUE.
- THERE'S LOTS OF
DIFFERENT KINDS OF ERRORS.
THIS IS ONE OF THE
NICEST ONES I'VE SEEN.
IT'S A SIGNIFICANT FOLD OVER.
IT'S NICE THAT YOU HAVE
THE CORNER OF THE SHEET,
WHICH HAS THE BACK
PLATE NUMBER ON IT.
YOU'VE GOT THE SEAL AND SERIAL
NUMBER PRINTED ACROSS THE FOLD,
WHICH IS KIND OF COOL.
- SO HOW DOES IT EXACTLY
END UP IN CIRCULATION?
HOW DOES THIS END UP
GETTING PRINTED LIKE THAT AND...
- THIS WAS FOLDED BETWEEN
THE SECOND AND THIRD PRINTING.
THEY PRINT THE
FRONT OF THE NOTE,
THEN THEY PRINT THE BACK,
AND THE THIRD PRINTING
IS WHEN THEY PUT THE SERIAL
NUMBER AND SEALS ON IT,
AND THEN THEY GO INTO ANOTHER
PLACE WHERE THEY CUT THE NOTES,
AND THEY ACTUALLY CUT
THEM IN STACKS OF 100.
SO THEY DON'T ACTUALLY
COUNT THEM BEFORE THEY GO OUT.
IT WAS JUST BANDED AND
WENT OUT, AND THIS WOULD HAVE
PROBABLY BEEN DISCOVERED
AT A BANK WHEN IT ARRIVED.
THIS GRADE OF 64 IS ON A SCALE
OF 1 TO 70, 70 BEING PERFECT.
YOU RARELY SEE
GRADES ABOVE 66 OR 67,
SO 64 IS REALLY A TOP
GRADE FOR THIS NOTE.
THIS NOTE IS WORTH
SIGNIFICANTLY MORE
BECAUSE IT'S SUCH
A DRAMATIC ERROR,
AND A COLLECTOR WILL LIKE IT.
- WHAT'S IT WORTH? I MEAN...
- IT'S NOT RARE TO SEE
A FOLD OVER ERROR,
BUT OFTENTIMES, THEY'RE
JUST PARTIALLY FOLDED
OR YOU DON'T HAVE
PRINTING ACROSS THEM,
AND THOSE AREN'T
WORTH VERY MUCH MONEY.
THEY'RE WORTH, YOU KNOW, A
COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS MAYBE.
BECAUSE THIS IS SO
SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE OF THE WAY
IT'S PRINTED OVER, I
THINK THIS WOULD BRING...
I'D SAY $1,000 TO $1,500.
- WOW. THAT'S... THAT'S GREAT.
YEAH, I WAS ONLY EXPECTING
ABOUT 100 BUCKS OUT OF IT.
- THANKS, WAYNE. APPRECIATE IT.
- THANKS FOR CALLING ME.
- WOW, THIS THING IS A $1 BILL,
AND IT'S STILL WORTH THAT MUCH?
I'VE SEEN 200-YEAR-OLD
COINS GO FOR LESS.
ALL RIGHT, SO YOU STILL
WANT 100 BUCKS FOR IT?
- I DON'T THINK SO.
- NO, I THINK IT'S
PROBABLY $1,500.
- IF I'M LUCKY, I'LL
GET 1,500 BUCKS.
THAT'S WHAT I'LL GET
OUT OF IT IF I'M LUCKY.
OKAY. I'M NOT GONNA
GIVE YOU THAT.
I JUST... I CAN'T DO IT.
THERE'S NO MONEY
TO BE MADE AT THAT,
I MEAN, AND I HAVE
TO MAKE MONEY.
- TELL YOU WHAT,
HOW ABOUT 1,000?
HOW ABOUT 600 BUCKS?
GO A LITTLE HIGHER? 700?
- MM...
YEAH, I'LL DO THE 700.
- 700? OKAY.
- LET'S GO DO SOME PAPERWORK.
- GREAT.
- THIS WAY.
- THE EXPERT SAID IT'S
WORTH UP TO $1,500.
I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THAT.
I ENDED UP SETTLING FOR $700,
WHICH IS FAR MORE THAN I
EXPECTED TO GET OUT OF IT,
BUT I THINK MY WIFE
WILL PROBABLY WANT ME
TO USE THAT MONEY
TO TAKE HER TO CANCUN.
- GOLD AND SILVER PAWN SHOP.
ARE YOU GUYS' COMPUTERS WORKING?
- YEAH, MINE IS.
- YEP.
- DAD, IS YOUR COMPUTER WORKING?
- YEAH, AND THANK GOD.
IT'S ABOUT TIME.
- YEAH, THEY'RE ALL
WORKING. THANKS A LOT.
- WELL, I GUESS COMPUTERS
AREN'T BAD AFTER ALL.