Pawn Stars (2009–…): Season 3, Episode 29 - Going Postal - full transcript

Male announcer: ON THIS
EPISODE OF PAWN STARS...

- I'M HERE TO TRY TO
SELL MY PRESS PLATE

OF 1860s GEORGE
WASHINGTON STAMP.

- WOW. I MEAN, I'VE
HAD STAMPS IN HERE.

I'VE NEVER HAD THE
PLATE FOR A STAMP.

IT MIGHT BE ILLEGAL
TO OWN THIS THING.

- I HAVE SOMETHING PRETTY
UNIQUE FOR YOU GUYS,

A REVENGE OF THE JE DI POSTER.

- IT WAS RETURN OF THE
JEDI. THEY CHANGED THE NAME.

- THAT WAS A MISTAKE.

SO THIS POSTER IS
EXTREMELY RARE.



- I HAVE A SIOUX INDIAN VEST.

IT'S MADE TO FIT A NEWBORN.

- I WEIGHED 12 POUNDS
WHEN I WAS BORN.

WOULD THAT HAVE FIT ME?

- NO.

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, WHAT CAN I HELP YOU WITH?

- I'M HERE TO SEE ABOUT SELLING

THIS 1861-'62 U.S.
ENGRAVING PLATE

THAT MADE THE STAMP,
WASHINGTON 24 CENT.



- COOL.

I MEAN, I'VE HAD STAMPS IN HERE.

I'VE NEVER HAD THE
PLATE FOR A STAMP.

I HAVE NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THIS, ANYTHING.

- REALLY?
- WOW.

- I'M COMING OUT
TO THE PAWN SHOP

TO TRY TO SELL MY PRESS PLATE

OF A 24-CENT GEORGE
WASHINGTON STAMP.

I SAW THE STAMP GO
FOR ABOUT $15,000.

SO I FIGURE THAT, THIS BEING
THE ONE THAT THEY MADE IT FROM,

THAT IT WOULD BE WORTH
A LOT MORE THAN THAT.

SO...

- WHERE IN THE WORLD
DID YOU GET THIS?

- I GOT IT IN A COLLECTION
OF OLD STAMPS,

AND THAT WAS AT THE
BOTTOM OF THE BOX.

- OKAY.

- I HAD THREE PEOPLE LOOK AT IT

WHO WERE VERY BIG
STAMP ENTHUSIASTS,

AND THEY WERE
LIKE... LIKE YOU...

"WHERE DID YOU GET
THAT? THAT IS AMAZING."

- THE FIRST U.S.
GOVERNMENT STAMPS

CAME OUT IN THE MID-1800s,

RIGHT AROUND 20 YEARS
BEFORE THIS ONE WAS MADE.

IT BASICALLY WORKS THE SAME WAY

AS A PRINTING PLATE
DOES FOR MAKING MONEY.

THIS COULD BE PHOTOENGRAVING.

I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH.

- WHAT IS A PHOTOENGRAVING?

- IT'S... WHAT THEY DO IS,

THEY COAT COPPER IN A
LIGHT-REACTIVE CHEMICAL.

THEY PUT A NEGATIVE ABOVE IT,

AND THEY BLAST THE
LIGHT DOWN ON IT.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IS,

IS THE CLEAR PARTS OF THE
NEGATIVE HIT THE COPPER

AND REACT WITH THE CHEMICAL,
WHICH ETCHES THE METAL.

YOU RARELY SEE STAMPS THIS OLD,

LET ALONE THE PLATES
FOR MAKING THEM.

I MEAN, THIS THING
COULD BE PRICELESS,

AND IT'S SITTING IN MY SHOP.

THE ODD THING IS, I WOULDN'T
EVEN KNOW HOW TO PRICE THIS.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW
HOW TO PRICE A STAMP.

YOU GO STRAIGHT TO THE CATALOG.

YOU LOOK IT UP.
- RIGHT.

- I CAN GET A GUY DOWN HERE.

THIS GUY KNOWS EVERYTHING
THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT STAMPS.

- GREAT.

- JUST SO YOU KNOW,

I MEAN, IT MIGHT BE
ILLEGAL TO OWN THIS THING,

BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S ILLEGAL
TO HAVE PLATES FOR MONEY,

AND THE CLOSEST THING TO
MONEY, YOU KNOW, IS STAMPS.

I MEAN, THEY'VE BEEN
USED AS CURRENCY

IN THIS COUNTRY BEFORE.

WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE

IT WAS LEGITIMATELY ACQUIRED
FROM THE GOVERNMENT.

I DON'T WANT ANYTHING
COMING BACK AT ME LATER ON.

- ABSOLUTELY.

- LET ME GET SOMEONE IN HERE.

THEY'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
- OKAY.

- WE'LL TRY AND GET
THE LEGAL FIGURED OUT,

AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE, OKAY?

- GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I THINK HAVING AN
EXPERT COME DOWN

WILL SHED A LOT OF
LIGHT ON THIS PIECE.

IT WILL BE GOOD TO KNOW,
FINALLY, WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

- HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
- GOOD.

I HAVE SOMETHING PRETTY UNIQUE
FOR YOU GUYS TO TAKE A LOOK AT,

A REVENGE OF THE JE DI POSTER.

- NEVER SEEN THE MOVIE, SO...

- YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ONE OF THEM?
- NOT ONE OF THEM.

- YOU'RE NOT AN AMERICAN.
- I'M NOT A DORK.

- I'VE COME DOWN TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY

TO TRY TO SELL MY
REVENGE OF THE J EDI POSTER.

IF I GOT THE RIGHT PRICE FOR IT,

THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING
I WOULD LET GO OF.

I WOULD LIKE TO
SELL IT FOR $2,500.

THE MINIMUM I
THINK I'D TAKE FOR IT

WOULD BE ABOUT $2,000.

- YOU KNOW WHAT THAT
IS, REVENGE OF THE JEDI?

- YEAH, IT'S THE
THIRD MOVIE, RIGHT?

- UM, YEAH, IT WAS
THE THIRD MOVIE,

BUT IT WASN'T.

IT WAS RETURN OF THE JEDI.

THEY CHANGED THE NAME.

- THEY CHANGED THE NAME, YES.

A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THEY
WERE GONNA RELEASE THE MOVIE,

GEORGE DECIDED THAT THE
"REVENGE" SOUNDED TOO HARSH,

SO HE PULLED ALL THE POSTERS.

- RETURN OF THE JEDI
WAS RELEASED IN 1983,

AND IT GROSSED HUNDREDS
OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

COREY MAY NOT HAVE SEEN IT,

BUT JUST ABOUT EVERYONE
ELSE ON THE PLANET HAS.

SO WHERE'D YOU GET IT?

- I WAS PARTNERS WITH THE
ORIGINAL PRODUCER OF THIS,

AND HE JUST GAVE IT TO ME.

WHAT'S REALLY COOL
ABOUT THIS POSTER:

IF YOU LOOK AT IT,
THE LIGHT SABER,

THE COLORS ARE REVERSED.

LUKE SKYWALKER ALWAYS
HAD A BLUE LIGHT SABER,

AND DARTH VADER HAD A RED ONE.

SO THAT WAS A MISTAKE WHEN
THEY PRINTED THE POSTER.

- I MEAN, IT'S IN GOOD SHAPE.
THE CORNERS ARE STILL INTACT.

IT DOESN'T LOOK
LIKE IT'S BEEN FOLDED.

WHAT'S UP WITH ALL THE
BUBBLING IN IT, THOUGH?

- IT COULD HAVE BEEN BACKED,
WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN BAD,

IF THEY SPRAYED IT
TO POSTER BOARD.

- THAT'S WHAT IT
KIND OF LOOKS LIKE.

- YEAH.

- YOU'RE NOT REALLY
SUPPOSED TO DO THAT.

YOU'RE JUST SUPPOSED
TO PUT IT BEHIND GLASS.

- FLAT, YES, I KNOW.
- IT'S STILL REALLY NEAT.

STAR WAR S FANS ARE NUTS,

AND THEY'RE SOME OF THE
BIGGEST COLLECTORS OUT THERE.

ANY POSTERS FROM THE
ORIGINAL MOVIE ARE ALWAYS HOT.

BUT ONE WITH A DIFFERENT TITLE,

REVERSED LIGHT SABER
COLORS, AND WAS RECALLED,

I'LL HAVE NO PROBLEM SELLING IT.

SO WHAT DO YOU
WANT TO DO WITH IT?

- I'D LIKE TO SELL IT.

- SO HOW MUCH WERE YOU
LOOKING TO GET OUT OF IT?

- I'D LIKE TO GET $2,500 FOR IT.

- UM, YEAH, WE'RE WAY
DIFFERENT ON PRICES HERE.

IN THIS SHAPE RIGHT HERE,

THEY USUALLY SELL FOR
RIGHT AROUND 600 BUCKS.

- UH-HUH.
- OKAY?

SO I'M THINKING
MORE LIKE 400 BUCKS.

- $400?

- YEAH, THAT WOULD BE, LIKE,
TOP-OF-THE-LINE OFFER FOR ME.

YOU CAN GET THEM FOR
RIGHT AROUND 600 BUCKS.

I'M NOT TRYING TO BEAT
YOU UP OR ANYTHING.

- OKAY, I UNDERSTAND.

I'VE HAD THIS THING
FOR OVER 25 YEARS.

I THINK, FOR $400,
I THINK I'D LIKE

TO HOLD ON TO IT
A LITTLE LONGER.

- OKAY, WELL, THANKS
FOR BRINGING IT IN, THOUGH.

- ABSOLUTELY.

THIS POSTER IS EXTREMELY RARE,

AND FOR $400, I'M NOT
WILLING TO LET IT GO.

- COREY.
- WHAT?

- I AM YOUR FATHER.
- NO.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

- WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?

- I HAVE A SIOUX YOUTH VEST.

- OKAY.

- I BELIEVE IT WAS
MADE IN ABOUT 1890.

- WHY IS IT SO SMALL?

- IT'S MADE TO FIT A NEWBORN.

- DUDE, YOU JUST ASSUME
ALL BABIES WERE YOUR SIZE

AND IT WOULDN'T FIT ANY OF THEM.

EXACTLY.

- I DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY

TO TRY TO SELL MY
YOUTH INDIAN VEST.

IT WAS MADE IN 1890, AND
IT HAS GLASS BEADWORK

WITH THE SIOUX SYMBOLS.

I'M HOPING IT'S WORTH
AROUND 1,500 BUCKS.

- SO WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?

- MY FATHER-IN-LAW IS
A BIG INDIAN COLLECTOR.

HE PICKED THIS UP
AT AN ESTATE SALE.

- SO YOU THINK IT'S SIOUX?
- YES.

- WELL, IT LOOKS PERIOD.

I MEAN, BEFORE THE EUROPEANS
CAME TO THE UNITED STATES,

THEY USED DYED PORCUPINE QUILLS.

THEY WOULD USE THOSE.

THEY WOULD CUT THEM VERY SMALL

AND USE DIFFERENT VEGETABLE
DYES AND DYE THEM DIFFERENT COLORS.

THESE ARE GLASS BEADS.

THE NATIVE AMERICANS
THOUGHT THESE WERE GREAT

BECAUSE THEY WERE
ALREADY PRE-DYED.

THEY HAVE THE HOLES IN
THEM. THEY'RE READY TO GO.

THAT'S WHY THEY
LOVED THEM SO MUCH.

- YEAH, I ALWAYS THOUGHT
IT WAS INTERESTING,

WHEN I FIRST LOOKED AT IT,

NOT SEEING ANY STITCHING
ON THE BACK OF IT AT ALL

WITH THE BEADS, HOW
THAT'S LAID IN THERE.

- IT WAS REALLY,
REALLY METICULOUS.

THE SIOUX TERRITORY
BASICALLY STRETCHED

ALL ACROSS THE MIDWEST
AND UP INTO CANADA,

AND THEY'RE ONE OF THE TRIBES

THAT FOUGHT SOME OF
THE MOST FAMOUS BATTLES

AGAINST THE U.S. ARMY,

INCLUDING THE BATTLE
OF LITTLE BIG HORN.

IF THIS IS FROM THAT ERA,

IT'S AN AMAZING
PIECE OF HISTORY.

I MEAN, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS

YOU GOT TO CHECK ON THESE THINGS

IS, MAKE SURE THAT IT'S
NOT, LIKE, NYLON THREAD

OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

- YOU BETCHA.

THEY USED SINEW FOR THE THREAD.
- OKAY.

- SINEW IS ANIMAL TENDON,

AND IT'S BEEN USED FOR
THOUSANDS OF YEARS

AS THREAD, STRING, AND TWINE.

AND THE FACT THAT THIS
WAS MADE WITH SINEW

IS A REALLY GOOD SIGN
THAT IT'S AUTHENTIC.

WHAT DID YOU WANT
TO DO WITH THIS?

YOU WANT TO PAWN
IT? YOU WANT TO SELL IT?

DONATE IT TO ME?

I WAS LOOKING TO SELL IT.

- AND HOW MUCH WERE
YOU LOOKING FOR?

- I WAS LOOKING AT $1,800.

- YOU'RE ASKING A LOT OF
MONEY FOR A BABY'S VEST.

- I MEAN, IT TRULY
LOOKS AUTHENTIC TO ME,

BUT YOU HAVE NO
DOCUMENTATION, NO NOTHING WITH IT.

- NO, NO, I SURE DON'T.

- OKAY, YOU CAN SEE MY CONCERN.

WE THINK IT'S 1890s,

-, - IT COULD BE OLDER.

- YES.
- UM...

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.

I'LL GIVE YOU
1,200 BUCKS FOR IT.

- WOULD YOU GO $1,400?

THIS IS TOUGH.

WE'RE TALKING BIG NUMBERS
ON SOMETHING I'M NOT 100% ON.

THE BEADWORK AND
THE THREAD LOOK RIGHT,

SO IF THIS THING IS AS OLD
AND AS RARE AS I THINK IT IS,

I COULD REALLY HIT A HOME RUN.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.

I'LL MEET YOU IN
THE MIDDLE AT $1,300.

THAT'S WHAT I CAN DO.

I'M JUST LEERY OF IT.

THERE'S A LOT OF
FAKES OUT THERE.

I MEAN, IT COULD...
- OKAY.

$1,300, HUH?
- 1,300 BUCKS, CASH.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, YOU KNOW,

SINCE MY FATHER-IN-LAW
DIDN'T GIVE ME A NUMBER,

I'M GONNA GO WITH THAT.

- OKAY.
- WE'RE GONNA SELL IT.

- ALL RIGHT, YOU WANT
TO GO WRITE HIM UP?

- ALL RIGHT, MAN, LET'S
GO DO SOME PAPERWORK.

- I SETTLED ON $1,300

BECAUSE I THINK
IT'S A FAIR PRICE,

AND I'M JUST HOPING
MY FATHER-IN-LAW

THINKS IT'S A FAIR
PRICE WHEN I GET HOME.

AN 1862 U.S. STAMP
PRINTING PLATE.

THIS THING'S OVER MY HEAD,

SO I GOT MY BUDDY LEN DOWN

TO COME DOWN AND
SET ME STRAIGHT.

HEY, LEN. HOW'S IT GOING?

- HELLO, RICK. NICE
SEEING YOU AGAIN.

WHAT DO YOU GOT FOR ME?

- SOMETHING THAT COULD
BE POTENTIALLY AWESOME

OR ILLEGAL.

- I SPECIALIZE IN STAMPS.

I'VE BEEN COLLECTING
STAMPS SINCE 1954.

- WHAT I WANT TO
KNOW IS, IS IT REAL?

WAS IT USED FOR STAMPS?

IS IT LEGAL TO EVEN
HAVE ONE OF THESE?

- THAT'S TRUE.

THESE DIES WERE IN POSSESSION
OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT,

AND THEY WERE HELD AND EITHER
DESTROYED OR MELTED DOWN

BECAUSE THEY WON'T
BE REPRODUCED.

SHOULD NOT BE IN
ANYBODY'S HANDS BUT THEIRS.

NOW, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME
IS AN 1861 24-CENT WASHINGTON.

VERY INTERESTING.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THE STAMP?

- SURE.

SO THIS IS WHAT THIS STAMP
IS SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE.

- THAT'S CORRECT.

AND THEY PRINTED IT
IN DIFFERENT COLORS.

AND THE VALUE ON THE
STAMP IN DIFFERENT COLORS

GOES UP TO $25,000
FOR THE STAMP.

- SO IF THAT'S THE REAL DIE,
WHAT WOULD IT BE WORTH?

- $20,000, $30,000, EASY.

- WOW.

SO IS THIS THE REAL DEAL?

- IT'S DONE IN REVERSE.

IT'S DONE CORRECTLY,
AS YOU SEE HERE.

LOOKING AT THIS, I SEE
IT HAS A COPPER TOP,

WHICH IS UNUSUAL.

NO, IT'S NOT THE REAL DEAL...

BECAUSE NORMALLY,
THE DIE IS STEEL,

AND IT'S ENGRAVED IN THE STEEL,

BUT IT'S NORMALLY
THE SIZE OF THE STAMP.

- AND THAT'S DEFINITELY
NOT THE RIGHT SIZE.

NO, IT ISN'T.

- WELL, IT SEEMS TO BE
BASICALLY A PHOTO IMAGE.

AND SOMEONE JUST REPRODUCED IT,

BASICALLY USED
AS A RUBBER STAMP.

- IS IT WORTH ANYTHING?

- WORTH TO SOMEONE
IF THEY WANT TO TAKE

AND JUST STAMP THIS
STAMP ON LITERATURE

OR SOMETHING THAT
THEY'D WANT TO SEND OUT.

THAT'S ALL IT'S WORTH.

- THANKS, LEN. I
REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

- WHEN I SAW IT WAS COPPER,

I KNEW RIGHT AWAY THAT
SOMETHING WAS WRONG.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S A REPLICA.

IT'S PROBABLY WORTH
ABOUT A DOLLAR.

- SORRY, MAN. THANKS
FOR BRINGING IT IN.

- I'M REALLY DISAPPOINTED
THAT I CAN'T SELL IT,

BUT I CAN TAKE IT HOME
AND GIVE IT TO MY DAUGHTER,

WHO WILL PUT IT ALL OVER
HER WALLS WITH SOME INK.

- WHAT YOU GOT
THERE, YOUNG LADY?

- I ACTUALLY RAN
ACROSS SOMETHING

YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN

JUST BECAUSE I'VE
NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE.

- YEAH, IT'S CHUMLEE'S
FIRST COUSIN.

- HECK, YEAH. THAT'S ALVIN.

♪ ALVIN, SIMON, THEODORE ♪

♪ DOO, DOO, DOO-DOO-DOO-DOO ♪

- YEP, YOUR FIRST
COUSIN, CHUMLEE.

- I AM COMING DOWN TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY

TO TRY TO SELL MY 1960s

ALVIN AND THE
CHIPMUNKS MARIONETTE.

I'M HOPING TO GET BETWEEN
$100 AND $125 FOR IT.

I JUST LOVE THAT ALVIN
IS THE TROUBLEMAKER

OF ALL THE CHIPMUNKS,
AND THAT'S ME.

- SO WHERE DID YOU GET IT?

- MY MOM HAD A BOX OF OLD STUFF,

AND SHE PASSED
IT ALL DOWN TO ME,

SEE WHAT I WANTED TO DO WITH IT.

- YEAH, ALVIN'S BEEN
AROUND SINCE THE '60s.

AND IT'S STILL A VERY
POPULAR KIDS' CARTOON.

- I USED TO WATCH
IT IN THE EARLY '90s

EVERY DAY BEFORE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

- IT'S BROKE.
- I KNOW.

ONE OF THE STRINGS, I THINK, IS
TOO SHORT TO BE REATTACHED.

IT WOULD HAVE TO BE FIXED.

- THE OLD MAN'S
TRYING TO FIX IT.

YOU WANT TO PLAY
WITH IT, DON'T YOU?

- OH, SHUT UP, CHUMLEE.

- I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LIKE
THESE TOYS FROM THE '60s, BOSS.

- ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS

WAS CREATED BACK
IN THE LATE '50s.

THESE LITTLE BUGGERS,

THEY EVEN HAVE A
COUPLE OF GRAMMYS.

PRETTY GOOD FOR SOME
HELIUM-SUCKING RODENTS.

THIS IS BEFORE COMPUTER GAMES.

KIDS THOUGHT THESE
THINGS WAS GREAT.

IT'S IN GOOD SHAPE.
IT'S COMPLETE.

SOME OF THE STRINGS ARE
BROKE, BUT THAT'S REPAIRABLE.

- HAVE YOU GUYS SEEN
ANY OF THESE, OR...

- THIS ONE HERE, I DON'T THINK
WE'VE HAD ONE OF THESE BEFORE.

WHAT ARE YOU WANTING TO
DO? DO YOU WANT TO SELL IT?

- YEP, JUST WANTING TO SELL IT.

- WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO
GET OUT OF IT, YOUNG LADY?

- I WAS JUST HOPING

TO GET SOMEWHERE
IN THE $100, $120 RANGE.

- NO.

JAPANESE TIN TOYS FROM THE '50s,

THE TRAINS FROM THE '60s,

THAT'S THE ONES THAT
BRING IN THE BIG MONEY.

THIS RIGHT HERE, I'D BE
A BUYER AT AROUND $40.

- OH, MY GOD, MAN,
YOU'RE BREAKING MY HEART.

THAT'S MY JOB.

COULD YOU DO, LIKE, $75?

- I'LL PUSH IT TO $50,

BUT I AIN'T GOING NO
HIGHER THAN THAT.

- ABOUT $50 IS THE
BEST YOU CAN DO?

- THAT'S IT.

- ALL RIGHT. YOU KNOW
WHAT? THAT'S A DEAL.

SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.

- CHUMLEE, YOU WANT
TO GO WRITE HER UP?

THIS MARIONETTE IS A COOL PIECE.

I JUST HOPE I CAN KEEP IT
THE HELL AWAY FROM CHUMLEE,

BECAUSE HE'LL BREAK IT.

- LET'S GO TAKE A NAP AND THEN
GET A CHEESEBURGER, CHUMLEE.

YEAH!

- EARLIER, I BOUGHT A
NATIVE AMERICAN VEST

CLEARLY MADE FOR AN INFANT.

I WENT ALL IN AND
PAID 1,300 BUCKS

'CAUSE I KNEW I
COULD SELL IT QUICKLY.

IN FACT, I ALREADY
HAVE A BUYER LINED UP.

AND EVEN THOUGH
I'M 99% SURE IT'S REAL,

I CAN'T SELL IT TILL IT'S
TOTALLY AUTHENTICATED.

SO I ASKED MY BUDDY MARK
TO COME DOWN TO HELP ME OUT.

I GOT SOMETHING TO SHOW YOU.

- YOU DO?
- YES.

- ALL RIGHT, WELL,
LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

WELL, NOW.

THE GUYS AT THE
SHOP CALL ME DOWN

WHEN THEY'VE GOT
SOMETHING UNUSUAL

THAT'S HISTORIC IN NATURE,

AND I'LL COME DOWN
AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

FROM LOOKING AT THE
BEADWORK, IT LOOKS TO BE SIOUX

OR... IT'S NORTHERN
PLAINS BEADWORK.

THE SIOUX NATION WERE
KNOWN AS ONE OF THE TRIBES

THAT TOOK TO THE
HORSE VERY WELL.

SO THEY WERE A WARRIOR TRIBE.

THEY WERE ONES THAT WE
FOUGHT A NUMBER OF TIMES

DURING THE INDIAN WARS.

THEY OFTEN USED THIS LAZY STITCH

IS WHAT IT'S CALLED

WHEN YOU HAD A NUMBER
OF BEADS ON ONE STITCH.

THE GREASY YELLOW IS RIGHT.

THE PURPLE IS EARLY. THESE
ARE NICE EARLY COLORS.

THE BEADS WERE TRADED
TO THEM BY INDIAN TRADERS.

YOU KNOW, THE FIRST OVERLAND
EXPEDITION IN CALIFORNIA

CARRIED BEADS.

WE'VE ALWAYS HEARD

ABOUT THE BEADS THAT
BOUGHT MANHATTAN

AND ALL OF THAT SORT OF THING.

BEADING WAS VERY IMPORTANT

IN A NUMBER OF NATIVE
AMERICAN CULTURES.

AND THE SIOUX MAINTAINED THAT.

ALL OF THAT IS CORRECT ON IT.

UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T THINK
THIS IS FROM THAT TIME PERIOD.

- I LOVE IT WHEN MY
DAD MAKES MISTAKES.

IF HE JUST WOULD HAVE CALLED
IN MARK BEFORE HE BOUGHT IT,

HE WOULDN'T HAVE SCREWED UP.

- NORMALLY, IF IT'S SIOUX,

IT'S GOING TO BE BEADED
COMPLETELY, FRONT AND BACK.

IN THIS CASE, THE THREAD
IN HERE IS NOT SINEW.

IT'S COTTON THREAD.

- IT'S COTTON? I COULD
HAVE SWORE IT WAS SINEW.

- SO MR. KNOW-IT-ALL
DIDN'T KNOW EVERYTHING.

- I THINK HE WAS MISTAKEN, YES.

PART OF WHAT BOTHERS ME ALSO IS,

THIS WEAR PATTERN
IS NOT NATURAL.

IF IT WAS DONE NATURALLY,

ALL OF IT WOULD
LOOK EVENLY AGED.

RIGHT ALONG THE EDGES,

THE HIDE ON THE
BACK IS NOT WORN.

IT LOOKS NEW.

SOMEBODY WANTED TO AGE THIS.

THEY WANTED TO MAKE IT
LOOK OLDER THAN IT WAS.

- SO IT'S DEFINITELY...
IT'S BASICALLY A FAKE?

IT'S MODERN?

- NO, I WOULDN'T
SAY IT'S A FAKE.

I THINK IT'S INDIAN-MADE,
BUT IT'S MADE FOR SALE.

IT'S NOT MADE FOR USE.

- I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU MISSED
THE WEAR PATTERNS, MAN.

- SOMEONE PAID
$1,300 FOR THAT VEST.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?

- THE SELLER GOT A GOOD DEAL.

- THERE WERE A
NUMBER OF ISSUES WITH IT

THAT MADE IT VERY CLEAR

THAT THIS WAS A
20TH-CENTURY VEST.

IT'S UNFORTUNATE.

I WAS CERTAIN I HIT
IT OUT OF THE PARK.

EVEN THOUGH RISK IS A
BIG PART OF WHAT WE DO,

I JUST HATE BEING WRONG.

- HEY, WHAT CAN I HELP YOU WITH?

- I GOT AN ORIGINAL MARTIN
LUTHER KING, JR., ALBUM.

IT WAS A RECORDING
FROM ONE OF HIS SPEECHES.

- OKAY, WHERE DID
YOU GET THIS THING?

- I PICKED IT UP AT
AN ESTATE SALE IN L.A.

- DO YOU MIND ME ASKING
HOW MUCH YOU PAID?

- ACTUALLY, YES. YES, I DO.

OKAY.

- I'M COMING DOWN TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY

TO TRY AND SELL MY MARTIN
LUTHER KING, JR., ALBUM.

I SEEN A SIMILAR ALBUM
APPRAISED AND SOLD FOR $5,000.

I'M A TREASURE HUNTER.

I DON'T KEEP THE
THINGS THAT I PICK UP.

SO I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO.

- SO DO YOU KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT THIS?

- IT'S THE CALIFORNIA
DEMOCRATIC COUNCIL.

IT WAS A SPEECH HE
WAS DOING LIVE THERE.

MARCH 16, 1968,

RIGHT AT ABOUT ONE MONTH
BEFORE HE WAS ASSASSINATED.

CERTAIN PEOPLE HAD

THE LIVE RECORDINGS
FROM THAT SPEECH,

AND THAT WAS IT.

- THERE WAS A LOT OF VINYL

PUT OUT BY MARTIN LUTHER KING.

MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT.

HE WAS A BEST SELLER.

REMEMBER, IT WAS THE 1960s.

IF YOU WANTED TO
HEAR THE SPEECHES,

YOU WOULD GO BUY
ONE OF HIS RECORDS.

- RIGHT.

- HE WAS AN INCREDIBLE SPEAKER.

- AS FAR AS HUMAN RIGHTS GO,

A LOT OF THE LAWS AND
STUFF THAT WAS PASSED

IN THE LATE '60s,

IT WAS BECAUSE OF HIM.

- HE IS ONE OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE

OF THE 20TH CENTURY.

HE'S UP THERE WITH GANDHI,

CHURCHILL, ROOSEVELT.

HE HAD A PROFOUND IMPACT

ON MILLIONS AND
MILLIONS OF LIVES.

DR. KING STARTED ORGANIZING
AGAINST SEGREGATION

IN THE 1950s.

AND HE PLAYED A HUGE PART

IN PASSING THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT.

HIS MOST POWERFUL
TOOL WAS HIS VOICE,

AND, MAN, COULD HE SPEAK.

IT'S IN GREAT SHAPE.

- I MEAN, CONSIDERING
THE DATE AND EVERYTHING,

I THOUGHT IT WAS
PRETTY CLOSE TO MINT.

- THE RECORD ITSELF'S IN MINT

BUT MOST LIKELY HAD A
DIFFERENT COVER ON IT.

I COULD ALMOST
GUARANTEE YOU THAT.

HAVE YOU EVER LISTENED TO IT?
- NO.

DIDN'T HAVE A RECORD
PLAYER AT THE HOUSE.

- YEAH, IT'S HARD TO
COME BY THEM NOWADAYS.

WE DON'T KEEP A HIGH-END
RECORD PLAYER HERE.

SO THE LAST THING I WANT
TO DO IS DAMAGE THIS RECORD

BY PLAYING IT ON
SOMETHING CHEAP.

THE LABEL LOOKS RIGHT, AND
THERE AREN'T ANY SCRATCHES.

IT LOOKS GOOD TO ME.

SO WHAT DO YOU
WANT TO DO WITH IT?

- I'D LIKE TO SELL IT.
- HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT FOR IT?

- I THINK A FAIR PRICE WOULD
BE BETWEEN 2,500 AND 3 GRAND.

- NO.

- WE'RE REALLY FAR APART.

I KNOW HIS ORIGINAL ALBUMS
ARE WORTH $25 TO $250.

- RIGHT.

- THIS ONE RIGHT HERE, I'M
ASSUMING IT'S A LOT RARER,

'CAUSE IT SAYS
"CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC"...

- IT'S EXTREMELY RARE.

IT TOPS ALL OF THOSE
A HUNDREDFOLD.

- OKAY, IT PROBABLY DOES,

BUT IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS,
I'VE BOUGHT A LOT OF VINYL,

AND ALMOST ALL OF IT, I'VE
REALLY TAKEN A BATH ON.

- WHAT WOULD YOU BE
COMFORTABLE GIVING TO ME FOR THIS?

- LIKE, 500 BUCKS.

- I EXPECTED A LOT MORE, BUT...

- 500'S IT.

I ALREADY GOT BURNED ONCE TODAY.

I'M NOT GONNA GET BURNED AGAIN.

THAT'S ALL I CAN GO.

- YOU GOT A DEAL.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL TAKE IT.

- ALL RIGHT, LET'S
GO WRITE THIS UP.

- THEY OFFERED ME $500,

AND I WAS LOOKING
MORE 2, 3 GRAND.

BUT IT IS A HARD MARKET,
THINGS ARE DOWN,

AND I WAS GOOD WITH THAT.

- EARLIER TODAY, MY
DAD BLEW 1,300 BUCKS

ON A FAKE INDIAN VEST.

HE NEVER LETS ME
FORGET WHEN I MESS UP,

SO IT'S ONLY FAIR TO
HAVE A LITTLE FUN WITH IT.

HEY, I MEAN, WE
ALL MAKE MISTAKES.

I MEAN, WHO WOULD HAVE
THOUGHT THE INDIAN VEST

WOULD HAVE TURNED
OUT TO BE REAL?

YEAH, I MEAN, I'LL LET
HIM KNOW RIGHT NOW.

HERE, IT'S MARK HALL-PATTON.

THAT INDIAN VEST YOU
BOUGHT IS ACTUALLY REAL.

- REALLY?

- HEY, MARK. WHAT'S UP?

- NOPE.

YOU'RE AN.

- YOU'RE THE ONE THAT GOT
BURNED FOR 1,300 BUCKS.

- WHAT ARE YOU TWO DOING NOW?
- OH, YOU DIDN'T HEAR?

HE BOUGHT A FAKE INDIAN
VEST FOR 1,300 BUCKS.

- OH, MY GOD.

DAMN IT, RICK. SOMETIMES
I THINK YOU'RE STUPID.

- I THOUGHT I HAD
A BUYER LINED UP.

- WHAT, FOR A FAKE INDIAN VEST?

I HAD A BUYER LINED UP.

THAT'S WHY I
BOUGHT IT REAL QUICK.

I MADE A FEW LITTLE MISTAKES.
I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS FAKE.

NO, YOU MADE A
$1,300 MISTAKE, DAMN IT.

- IT WAS ONE OUT OF A MILLION.

- DON'T DO IT AGAIN.

- YOU GUYS, I THINK I FOUND
A BUYER FOR THE VEST.

DOESN'T IT LOOK GOOD?

I DON'T NEED TO DEAL WITH THIS.

- ♪ DOO, DOO, DOO-DOO-DOO-DOO ♪

ALVIN!