Pawn Stars (2009–…): Season 3, Episode 5 - Cornering the Colonel - full transcript

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

- I HAVE COLONEL SANDERS' SUIT.

- IT SMELLS LIKE CHICKEN.

I LOVE THE COLONEL. HE
WAS AN AMERICAN ICON.

WHAT WERE YOU
LOOKING TO GET OUT OF IT?

- $80,000.

- WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?

- IT'S A PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENT
SIGNED BY GROVER CLEVELAND.

- PRESIDENTIAL MEMORABILIA
CAN BE SUPER VALUABLE.

THE PAPER LOOKS RIGHT,
THE INK LOOKS RIGHT,

BUT SOME PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS
WERE SIGNED BY SECRETARIES.



- I WANTED TO GET RID OF
MY ZAMPERLA PUNCHBALL.

- AWESOME.

- I LOVE THESE MACHINES.

THEY'RE AN IMMEDIATE
ATTENTION GRABBER.

- IT'S GOT VINTAGE HISTORY, AND
PEOPLE LOVE PUNCHING STUFF.

- 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.

- HOW YOU DOING?
- ALL RIGHT.

- GOT A 1966 BEATLES' YESTERDAY
AND TODA Y BUTCHER ALBUM.

- 40 YEARS FROM NOW, THIS
MUSIC WILL STILL BE MORE POPULAR

THAN THE MUSIC
YOU LISTEN TO TODAY.



- I'M SORRY, DUDE,

BUT THERE'S GONNA
BE 80-YEAR-OLD PEOPLE

LISTENING TO SNOOP DOGG.

- I CAME TO THE PAWN SHOP
TODAY TO TRY TO SELL MY BEATLES'

YESTERDAY AND
TODAY BUTCHER ALBUM.

PICKED UP THIS ALBUM AT A
RECORD STORE IN DALLAS FOR $800,

AND TODAY I'M HOPING
TO SELL IT FOR $2,100.

I'M TRYING TO GET MONEY TO
HELP MY SON WITH COLLEGE.

- WHY DO THEY CALL
IT THE BUTCHER ALBUM?

- WELL, WHAT THE BEATLES
DID, THEY RELEASED AN ALBUM

HERE IN NORTH AMERICA THAT
HAD A CONTROVERSIAL COVER.

THEY HAD TO RECALL IT.

MOST OF THE COPIES
WERE DESTROYED,

BUT A FEW OF THEM, THEY
SLAPPED THIS NEW COVER OVER,

AND IT WAS RELEASED THAT WAY.

- YOU CAN SEE THE
PASTE-OVER RIGHT HERE,

THE OLD LABEL RIGHT HERE.

- SO WHAT WAS SO CONTROVERSIAL
ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPH?

- WELL, HERE'S A PICTURE

OF WHAT THE ORIGINAL
PHOTOGRAPH LOOKED LIKE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY'RE WEARING
THESE WHITE BUTCHER SMOCKS

WITH MEAT AND BABY DOLL PARTS,

AND IT WAS JUST TOO
FAR AHEAD OF ITS TIME.

IT WENT AGAINST WHAT
THEIR IMAGE WAS AT THE TIME.

- SOME SAY THE BEATLES
WANTED TO SHOW

THEIR RECORD LABEL BUTCHERING
THEIR AMERICAN ALBUMS,

WHILE OTHERS THOUGHT IT WAS
MORE ABOUT THE ABSURDITY OF FAME.

FOR ME, WHAT'S THE DEAL
WITH THE BABY PARTS?

IT'S A REALLY,
REALLY NEAT ALBUM.

IT'S IN INCREDIBLE SHAPE TOO.

- IT'S ACTUALLY A
VERY COLLECTIBLE ITEM.

AS FAR AS THE BEATLES
ARE CONCERNED,

THIS IS ONE OF THE
MOST SOUGHT-AFTER

AND RARE ITEMS
ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.

- WE CAN WORK IT OUT.
DAY TRIPPER. YESTERDAY:

YOU DON'T REMEMBER
ANY OF THOSE SONGS?

- I MEAN, REALLY, THEY WERE JUST
KIND OF LIKE THE FIRST BOY BAND.

THEY HAD A FEW GOOD
SONGS AND A LOT OF CRAP.

- WELL, I THINK MOST OF THE
MUSIC YOU LISTEN TO IS CRAP

AND THIS IS A LOT BETTER.

COREY MAY NOT
APPRECIATE THE BEATLES YET,

BUT ONE DAY, HE'S GONNA WAKE UP,

HE'S GONNA HEAR HEY
JUDE. AND GO "HOLY.

THIS IS AMAZING."

HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT FOR THIS?

- ONLINE, THESE
THINGS ARE GOING,

IN THIS CONDITION, OVER $2,500.

I'D LIKE TO GET $2,100.

- WHEN YOU LOOKED ONLINE,
THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE ASKING,

OR THAT'S WHAT
THEY WERE GETTING?

- THAT'S... YEAH.

THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE ASKING.

- OKAY.

I MEAN, YOU CAN ASK
ANYTHING YOU WANT.

I MEAN, WHETHER YOU GET IT
OR NOT IS A DIFFERENT SITUATION.

I'D PAY YOU, LIKE,
1,200 BUCKS FOR IT.

- COULD YOU TAKE $1,500 FOR IT?

- I'LL GO $1,250.

- ALL RIGHT, $1,250.

- ALL RIGHT.

YOU WANT TO GO WRITE HIM UP?

- YEAH, LET'S GO DO
SOME PAPERWORK, MAN.

- BEATLEMANIA IS ALIVE AND WELL,

AND COLLECTORS LOVE RARE ALBUMS,

ESPECIALLY ONES
THAT WERE MISPRINTS

OR PULLED OUT OF STORES.

I'LL BE ABLE TO SELL
THIS THING IN A SECOND.

SO WHAT DO YOU GOT IN HERE?

- I HAVE A WORLD
WAR Il ERA FLAG.

IT HAS 48 STARS ON IT.

- OKAY, LET'S FOLD
THIS THING OUT.

YEAH, THIS IS BIG.

- RICK, THIS IS WHAT IS
KNOWN AS A HUGE FLAG.

- I DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY

TO TRY TO SELL A
48-STAR AMERICAN FLAG.

THE FACT THAT IT'S 48 STARS

MEANS THAT IT COULD BE
ANYWHERE FROM 60 YEARS OLD

TO HOWEVER LONG AGO IT WAS

THE 48TH STATE
JOINED THE COUNTRY.

MY HUSBAND PURCHASED
IT 20 YEARS AGO

FROM A MILITARY HISTORY
SHOP IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA.

COULD BE, I GUESS,
AS OLD AS 1914?

- 1912.
- '12.

- ARIZONA WAS ADMITTED IN
1912. I COULD BE WRONG, THOUGH.

- THE GENTLEMAN HE
PURCHASED IT FROM

SAID THAT IT WAS
FLOWN OVER FORT HOOD.

- YOU DON'T HAVE NO
PAPERWORK OR ANYTHING?

- NO.

- THERE'S NO WAY
OF DOCUMENTING IT.

BUT IT'S A GREAT PIECE.

- MOST PEOPLE HAVE
NO CLUE THAT OUR FLAG,

THE ONE THAT REPLACED THIS ONE,

WAS DESIGNED BY
A 17-YEAR-OLD KID.

HE SENT A DESIGN OF OUR
CURRENT FLAG TO CONGRESS

AS A SCHOOL PROJECT,

AND THEY PICKED IT.

I HOPE HE GOT
EXTRA CREDIT FOR IT.

I MEAN, IT'S IN
RELATIVELY GOOD SHAPE.

I MEAN, THERE'S A FEW
RIPS AND TEARS IN IT,

BUT THE THING
ABOUT THIS FLAG IS,

I DON'T KNOW WHAT
I'M GONNA DO WITH IT.

- AND WHY IS THAT?

- IT'S REALLY
DIFFICULT TO DISPLAY.

- YOU COULD STRETCH IT
OUT ACROSS THE COUNTERTOP.

- YEAH, AND IT'D JUST HIDE
EVERYTHING ELSE I HAVE FOR SALE.

IT IS REALLY
INTERESTING, THOUGH.

SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS
WORTH RIGHT AROUND 200 BUCKS.

OKAY?

AND THAT'S PROBABLY
WHAT I'LL GET OUT OF IT.

I'LL GIVE YOU $150.

- OH! OKAY.

GOT A DEAL.
- SOUNDS GREAT.

- THANK YOU.

- YOU WANT TO DO THE
PAPERWORK, OR YOU WANT ME TO?

- I DON'T RUN COMPUTERS, SON.

- ALL RIGHT, COME ON.

LET'S GO DO SOME PAPERWORK,
AND WE'LL GET YOU PAID.

- OKAY. THANKS.

- THIS FLAG IS NOT THAT RARE.

NOW, IF IT WAS A FLAG
FROM A FAMOUS BATTLESHIP

OR RAISED IWO JIMA,

THEN WE'D BE TALKING
SERIOUS MONEY.

HEY, WHAT CAN I HELP YOU WITH?

- HAVE A LOOK AT THIS.

- WHAT IS IT?

- WELL, THE OLD
MAN'S A WATCHMAKER.

HE'S NOW RETIRED.

HE TOLD ME IT WAS A
PIVOT TURNING TOOL.

- OKAY.

- WHERE YOU FROM, SIR?

- I'M FROM ENGLAND.

- SOUNDS LIKE IT.

- I DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY

TO TRY AND SELL MY
ANTIQUE WATCHMAKER'S TOOL.

I GOT THIS TOOL FROM MY DAD.
HE USED TO BE A WATCHMAKER.

HE'S QUIT, SO I WAS
CLEARING ALL HIS STUFF OUT,

AND HE GAVE IT TO
ME TO TRY AND SELL IT.

IT'S REALLY OLD, YOU KNOW.
IT'S IN GOOD CONDITION.

WE'LL SEE WHAT
WE CAN GET FOR IT.

- SO WHAT CAN YOU
TELL ME ABOUT IT?

- IT'S A PIVOT TURNING TOOL,

WHICH DON'T MEAN A LOT TO
ME, 'CAUSE I'M NOT A WATCHMAKER.

- SO YOU NEVER WORKED
ON WATCHES WITH YOUR DAD?

- NO, HE ALWAYS WANTED
ME TO, BUT, YOU KNOW,

I AIN'T GOT THE PATIENCE
FOR IT, YOU KNOW?

- I AIN'T GOT THE SMALL
LITTLE TEENY HANDS REQUIRED.

- AND I AIN'T GOT
THE EYES FOR IT.

- EARLY WATCHMAKING WAS
A DELICATE AND TEDIOUS JOB,

BECAUSE IT WAS
ALL ABOUT PRECISION.

THEY USED SO MANY TINY,
INTRICATE INSTRUMENTS,

VERY FEW PEOPLE HAD THE
PATIENCE OR THE STEADY HAND.

YOU KNOW HOW OLD THIS IS?

- I THINK IT'S ABOUT
TURN OF THE CENTURY,

SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

- YEAH, IT WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME.

YOU KNOW, YOU GOT SOME STEEL
COLLETS, SOME BRASS COLLETS

FOR GRIPPING, LIKE, A DRILL
BIT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THIS HOLDS THE COLLETS,

AND THIS DOES... I HAVE NO IDEA.

UM...

WELL, IT HOLDS
THIS FOR SOMETHING.

AND MAYBE THIS
GOES INTO SOMETHING.

- YEAH, I HAVE NO IDEA.

- YOU KNOW, I KNOW
ALL ABOUT WATCHES,

BUT THE TOOLS THAT
PUT THEM TOGETHER,

I'M NOT REAL BIG ON.

I HAVE NO IDEA IF EVEN
ALL THE PARTS ARE HERE

OR EVEN IF THE THING WORKS.

BUT I DO HAVE A BUDDY
WHO'S A WATCHMAKER.

I CAN HAVE HIM COME
DOWN AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

HE COULD TELL US WHAT IT IS AND
MAYBE TELL US WHAT IT'S WORTH.

- YEAH, SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.

- OKAY.
- CHEERS.

- IT'S A PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENT SIGNED
BY GROVER - EARLIER TODAY, A GUY CAME IN

WITH AN OLD
WATCHMAKER'S TOOLKIT.

IT LOOKS VERY OLD.

BUT I HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT IT'S USED FOR,

IF IT HAS ALL THE PIECES,
OR IF IT EVEN WORKS.

SO I CALLED IN MY BUDDY
FERDINAND TO TAKE A LOOK.

- MY NAME'S FERDINAND, AND
I'M A WATCH AND CLOCK MAKER.

RICK CALLED ME IN TO
LOOK AT THESE THINGS

BECAUSE IN WATCHMAKING,

YOU HAVE SUCH A LOT OF
DIFFERENT SPECIALTY TOOLS.

YOU MAY NOT COME ACROSS
ANOTHER ONE IN YOUR LIFETIME.

OKAY.

I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE THAT IN A LONG TIME.

IT'S A WATCH SCREW
REFINISHING TOOL.

- A WHAT?

- WATCH SCREW FINISHING TOOL.

I KNOW IT'S A MOUTHFUL.

AND IT'S EVEN LONGER IN GERMAN.

BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY FOR
FINE REFINISHING SCREWS.

- JUST TO POLISH SCREWS.
- JUST TO POLISH SCREWS.

- CAN YOU SHOW ME HOW TO USE IT?

- YEAH, I COULD.

MIND YOU, WE DON'T
HAVE THE VISE HERE.

IF YOU WANT TO HOLD IT, I CAN
GIVE YOU A DEMONSTRATION.

- I CAN HOLD IT FOR YOU.
- YEAH, OKAY.

SO I'M PUTTING THE
SCREW IN THE COLLET HERE,

THE THREAD.

ALL THE WAY IN.

AND WITH THAT, I TIGHTEN IT.

SO NOW IT'S TIGHT IN THERE.

PUT THAT IN THERE.

NOW, THIS IS EMERY PAPER ON
THE STICK SO IT'S NICE AND FLAT.

AND YOU NEED TO HOLD
IT NICE AND FLAT HERE

SO YOU GOT A GOOD ANGLE.

AND YOU... AS YOU'RE
GOING LIKE THIS,

YOU CAN GET A GOOD FINISH.

- OKAY.

SO HOW OLD DO YOU
THINK THIS THING IS?

- WELL, "G. BOLEY,
MADE IN GERMANY."

YEAH.

BOLEY WAS ACTUALLY

A VERY WELL-KNOWN AND
HIGH-QUALITY MANUFACTURER

OF WATCHMAKER'S TOOLS.

BUT FROM ABOUT 1900 ONWARD,

PEOPLE WOULD USE LATHES
NOW TO DO THE SAME THING.

- OKAY.

- SO I WOULD SAY BEFORE 1900.

- BASICALLY, THIS
IS JUST ANTIQUATED?

- YEAH.

IT'S A NOVELTY.

IT'S A NOVELTY NOW.

THE TOOL IS NOT
REALLY USED TODAY.

YOU WOULD USE A LATHE TO
DO THE SAME JOB, YOU KNOW,

AND FAR MORE
EFFICIENTLY AND QUICKER.

SO THE MARKET WOULD
ONLY BE FOR A COLLECTOR.

- WHAT DO YOU THINK IT'S WORTH?

- WELL, IT'S WORTH, UM...

IT'S WORTH A LOT...

IF YOU NEED TO POLISH A SCREW.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THERE
ISN'T MUCH DEMAND FOR THAT.

THAT'S THE BIGGEST PROBLEM.

- I WAS HOPING I
COULD SELL IT TO YOU.

- OKAY, I'VE GOT 20
BUCKS IN MY POCKET.

- WELL, I APPRECIATE
YOU COMING IN.

- OH, YOU'RE WELCOME.

- YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY.
- YOU TOO.

- AH, WELL, YOU HEARD HIM.

I'D GIVE YOU, LIKE,
20 BUCKS FOR IT.

- I'LL TAKE IT BACK WITH ME
AND GIVE IT TO MY OLD MAN.

CHEERS ANYWAY.
- ALL RIGHT.

- THANKS A LOT.
- THANKS FOR COMING IN.

- YOU HAVE A GOOD
DAY, MY FRIEND.

- YOU TOO, MATE.

- WHAT DO YOU GOT?

- WHAT I HAVE HERE IS
COLONEL SANDERS' SUIT.

- COLONEL SANDERS' SUIT.

- COLONEL SANDERS' SUIT.

- IT'S GOT TO BE. IT
SMELLS LIKE CHICKEN.

- I CAME TO THE PA SHOP TODAY

TO SEE IF I COULD SELL
COLONEL SANDERS' SUIT.

I GOT THIS SUIT WHEN
I PURCHASED A HOUSE

WHICH WAS OWNED
BY COLONEL SANDERS.

AND I BOUGHT THE
CONTENTS OF THE HOUSE,

WHICH HAD SOME FURNITURE
AS WELL AS HIS SUIT.

I'M HOPING TO SELL THIS

FOR BETWEEN $40,000 AND $50,000.

WHEN HE SOLD THE
COMPANY IN 1964,

HE STAYED ON AS AN AMBASSADOR,

AND HE TRAVELED
ON BEHALF OF KFC.

HE ALWAYS WORE THE SUIT.

AND THE SUITS WERE
NUMBERED AND DATED FOR HIM.

THIS WAS THE LAST SUIT GIVEN
TO HIM IN TERMS OF HIS CONTRACT.

- HOW OLD WAS HE WHEN HE DIED?

- HE WAS BORN IN 1890,
AND HE DIED IN 1980.

HE WAS 90 YEARS OLD.

- HE WAS AN INTERESTING
GUY. I ALWAYS LOVED KFC.

I WAS, LIKE, RAISED
ON THE STUFF.

- WE ATE KENTUCKY FRIED
CHICKEN AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK

WHEN THE KIDS WAS GROWING UP.

- I LOVE THE COLONEL.

HE WAS WORKING AT A CRAPPY
GAS STATION IN KENTUCKY,

AND ONE DAY, HE SAID,
"LET'S SELL SOME CHICKEN."

BEFORE HE KNEW IT, HE
WAS AN AMERICAN ICON.

TALK ABOUT COOKING UP
SOME DAMN FINE CHICKEN.

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

- I'D LIKE TO SELL IT.

I BROUGHT PROOF

OF MY OWNERSHIP OF THE
CONTENTS OF THE HOUSE.

- OKAY.

WHAT WERE YOU
LOOKING TO GET OUT OF IT?

- THE LAST SUIT SOLD IN
AN AUCTION FOR $80,000.

- I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE SUIT

SHOULD BE WORTH
$40,000 TO $50,000.

I MEAN, THIS IS MY
QUANDARY WITH IT.

YOU GOT ALL THE
PROOF IN THE WORLD

THAT IT WAS COLONEL SANDERS'.

THE PROBLEM IS FIGURING OUT
HOW TO MARKET SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

IT'S REALLY TOUGH.

I MEAN, IT'S A REALLY,
REALLY SPECIALIZED CROWD.

- THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, THOUSANDS
OF FRANCHISES AROUND THE WORLD.

THEY'RE OPENING

TWO KFC FRANCHISES IN
CHINA A WEEK RIGHT NOW.

- I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT
IT'S TOO MUCH OF A RISK.

I WOULD BE TOO AFRAID TO BUY IT.

I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT IN,

BUT IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS
I'M NOT GONNA MAKE AN OFFER ON

'CAUSE I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT
I'M GONNA GET OUT OF IT.

- YEAH.
- OKAY?

- NO, I APPRECIATE YOUR HELP.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

- THANKS FOR COMING
IN. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

- THIS THING IS AWESOME,

AND I'M SURE IT COULD BE WORTH
$40,000 TO THE RIGHT COLLECTOR,

BUT THAT PERSON
WOULD HAVE TO LOVE KFC.

TO EVERYONE ELSE, IT'S NEAT,
BUT IT'S NOT 40 GRAND NEAT.

- WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?

- I BELIEVE IT'S A
PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENT

SIGNED BY GROVER CLEVELAND.

- HUH.

I'D BE SO MAD IF MY
PARENTS NAMED ME GROVER.

POPS, COME HERE.

- WHAT DO YOU WANT?

- THANK YOU FOR NOT
NAMING ME GROVER.

- I DECIDED TO COME INTO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY

TO TRY TO SELL A
PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENT,

AND I BELIEVE IT'S SIGNED
BY PRESIDENT CLEVELAND.

I THOUGHT I'D BRING IT DOWN
HERE TO SEE IF I CAN GET

SOME EXTRA CASH
TO PAY SOME BILLS.

- "GROVER CLEVELAND,

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA."

WHERE'D YOU FIND THIS?

- I WAS ACTUALLY
REHABBING A HOUSE.

AND I WAS IN THE ATTIC,

AND I SAW THAT TUBE,
AND I OPENED IT UP.

THAT DOCUMENT WAS IN THERE.
- OKAY.

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND IS
KNOWN FOR TWO THINGS.

HE WAS THE ONLY PRESIDENT TO
SERVE TWO NONCONSECUTIVE TERMS,

AND HIS FACE IS
ON THE $1,000 BILL.

THAT'S ABOUT IT.

RIGHT HERE, IT SAYS

HE'S APPOINTING WILLIAM LOCHREN
OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA,

TO THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS.

IT'S SIGNED BY THE
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR

AND GROVER CLEVELAND.

- POPS, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

- I MEAN, EVERYTHING
LOOKS RIGHT.

I MEAN, IT'S...

- IT'S DEFINITELY OLD.

- THE PAPER LOOKS RIGHT,
THE INK LOOKS RIGHT,

BUT I KNOW SOME
PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS

WERE SIGNED BY SECRETARIES.

SO I HAVE NO IDEA

IF THIS IS GROVER CLEVELAND'S
SIGNATURE RIGHT HERE

OR HIS SECRETARY'S.

DID YOU WANT TO PAWN IT,
OR DO YOU WANT TO SELL IT?

- I'D LIKE TO SELL IT.

- I THINK I NEED TO HAVE
SOMEONE LOOK AT IT

BEFORE I MAKE AN OFFER.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO PUT OUT
THE MONEY WITHOUT KNOWING.

- OKAY.

- LET ME CALL SOMEONE IN HERE

WHO KNOWS MORE
ABOUT IT THAN I DO.

- OKAY.

- WE'LL GET THIS
THING FIGURED OUT,

AND WE'LL SEE IF WE
CAN DO SOME BUSINESS.

- ALL RIGHTY, THANK YOU.
- THANKS.

YOU NEVER KNOW WITH
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND'S
SIGNATURE COULD BE VERY RARE

AND THIS GUY COULD HAVE
FOUND A TREASURE IN HIS ATTIC.

HOLY.

- AWESOME.

- WANTED TO GET RID OF
MY ZAMPERLA PUNCHBALL.

IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE PIECES
THAT'S GOT VINTAGE HISTORY,

AND PEOPLE LOVE PUNCHING STUFF.

- HE THINKS HE'S A TOUGH
GUY, AND HE LOVES TO BRAG,

SO THIS IS HIS TYPE OF MACHINE.

- I DECIDED TO COME TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY

TO SELL MY 1981
ZAMPERLA PUNCHBALL.

IT'S A OLD-SCHOOL
ELECTROMECHANICAL PUNCHING GAME

FOR BRAGGING RIGHTS,
MOST OF THE TIME.

IT'S JUST FUN.

- SO WHAT CAN YOU TELL
ME ABOUT THIS THING?

- THE BALL DROPS DOWN, AND
YOU HIT IT AS HARD AS YOU CAN.

THE DIAL SPINS AROUND, TELLS
YOU HOW STRONG YOU ARE.

- THESE WERE GREAT IN BARS.

I MEAN, THEY GAVE YOU
INSTANT BRAGGING RIGHTS.

AND, YOU KNOW, GUY WOULD
JUST FEED MONEY INTO THEM

'CAUSE THEY COULDN'T
LET THE GUY NEXT TO THEM

HIT IT HARDER THAN THEY DID.

I LOVE THESE MACHINES.

THEY'RE AN IMMEDIATE
ATTENTION GRABBER,

AND I REALLY LIKE
PUNCHING THEM MYSELF.

MAYBE I JUST GOT A WHOLE
LOT OF PENT-UP AGGRESSION.

SO YOU LOOKING TO
PAWN IT OR SELL IT?

- SELL IT.

- HOW MUCH WERE YOU
LOOKING TO GET, BOSS?

- AT LEAST $1,000.

- THE PROBLEM I
HAVE WITH IT, MAN, IS,

IT DOES NEED SOME
RESTORATION WORK ON IT.

- IT'S GOT SOME DINGS,
BUT IT STILL WORKS.

- ANY OF THE ARTWORK ORIGINAL?

NO, EXCEPT FOR THE WHEEL FACE,

EVERYTHING ELSE
HAS BEEN REPLACED.

- ANOTHER THING IS
THAT THERE'S AN ENTIRE

TOP PIECE THAT GOES WITH IT TOO.

YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, DO YOU?

- NO, IT WASN'T THERE
WHEN WE BOUGHT IT.

- OKAY, THAT BEING THE CASE,
I CAN OFFER YOU AROUND $600.

- GO $700?

- $650 SOUNDS BETTER.

- I'D REALLY LIKE
TO SEE $700 ON IT.

I MEAN, IT'S A LOT OF FUN.

EVERYBODY'S GONNA HAVE A
GOOD TIME, WHOEVER GETS IT.

- HOW ABOUT YOU
GUYS BATTLE FOR IT?

- I'M GAME.

- I'LL DO THAT.

- ALL RIGHT.
- LET'S DO IT.

- WHO'S FIRST?

- WELL, YOU GO FIRST, 'CAUSE
YOU'RE TRYING TO GET THE MONEY.

- THE KEY TO BEING GOOD
AT THE GAME IS ANGLE.

WHEN YOU GO TO HIT IT,

PUNCH THROUGH THE BALL,
NOT PUNCH AT THE BALL.

- 170.

- ALL RIGHT, SO IF I
GET ABOVE 170, IT'S $650.

- YEP.

WINNER!

- DAMN IT.

ALL RIGHT, MAN, $700 IT IS.

LET'S GO DO THE PAPERWORK.

- GOT THE $700, REALLY
HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

THEY MIGHT BE BIGGER,
BUT TECHNIQUE OVER BRAWN.

I TOOK A SWING. HE TOOK A SWING.

I WON.

- EARLIER TODAY, A GUY
BROUGHT IN A DOCUMENT

THAT APPEARED TO BE SIGNED
BY PRESIDENT GROVER CLEVELAND.

I HAD A FEW QUESTIONS,

SO I CALLED IN MY BUDDY
DANA TO TAKE A LOOK.

HE'S AN EXPERT IN
AMERICAN DOCUMENTS.

- I'M PRESIDENT OF EARLY
AMERICAN HISTORY AUCTIONS.

THE GUYS AT THE
PAWN SHOP CALL ME

WHENEVER THEY HAVE
EARLY-AMERICAN DOCUMENTS

OR ITEMS THAT NEED
AUTHENTICATION AND VALUATION.

LET'S SEE. GROVER CLEVELAND.

HE WAS OUR 22ND AND
OUR 24TH PRESIDENT.

I HAVE A REALLY INTERESTING
STORY ABOUT GROVER CLEVELAND.

BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT,
WHEN HE WAS 27 YEARS OLD,

HIS LAW PARTNER
HAD A LITTLE BABY.

GROVER CLEVELAND PURCHASED
THE FIRST BABY CARRIAGE

FOR THAT LITTLE BABY.

21 YEARS LATER, WHEN
HE WAS 48 YEARS OLD,

HE MARRIED, IN THE WHITE HOUSE,

THE LITTLE BABY GIRL WHO
HE GAVE THE CARRIAGE TO,

21 YEARS AFTER SHE WAS BORN.

- THE WHITE HOUSE HAS DEFINITELY
HAD ITS FAIR SHARE OF SCANDALS.

I MEAN, FDR MARRIED
A DISTANT COUSIN.

HARDING HAD AN AFFAIR WITH
HIS WIFE'S MARRIED FRIEND.

JFK AND MARILYN MONROE
SUPPOSEDLY HAD A FLING.

AND BILL CLINTON, WELL...

- THIS APPEARS TO BE A
PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION

TO THIS FELLOW, WILLIAM LOCHREN.

THE DOCUMENT ITSELF IS
IN FAIRLY ROUGH CONDITION.

TYPICALLY, A DOCUMENT
OF THIS NATURE

WOULD HAVE BEEN
FAIRLY WELL TREASURED

BY THE PERSON WHO RECEIVED IT.

THEY'RE TYPICALLY
FRAMED AND HUNG ON A WALL

IF YOU'RE GIVEN A
DOCUMENT BY A PRESIDENT.

BUT THE PRINTING ON THE
DOCUMENT APPEARS NICE.

THERE'S A EMBOSSED SEAL
IN THE LEFT LOWER CORNER.

- I KNOW SOME THINGS LIKE THIS
WERE SIGNED BY SECRETARIES.

- WELL, HAVING BEEN
DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME,

I'VE SEEN A NUMBER OF
SIGNATURES OF GROVER CLEVELAND.

- YOU HAVE A SIGNATURE
THAT'S IN BROWN INK

THAT'S VERY SHARP AND CLEAR

WITH A VERY NICE
CONSISTENT FLOW.

AND I BELIEVE THIS, UM...

THIS IS AUTHENTIC.

THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.

TYPICALLY, IF A DOCUMENT
IS SIGNED BY A SECRETARY,

THE NAME OF THE PERSON WHO
IS SIGNING FOR THE PRESIDENT

WOULD HAVE BEEN LISTED JUST
BELOW THE PRESIDENT'S NAME.

- HOW MUCH DO YOU
THINK IT'S WORTH?

- IN THE CONDITION THAT IT'S IN,

WITH THE TEARS AND
THE STAINS AND ALL

AND BEING WRINKLED
AND EDGES CRINKLED,

IT'S WORTH MAYBE A
COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS,

$200, $300, SOMETHING
OF THAT NATURE.

- OKAY, THANKS, DANA.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

- YOU TAKE CARE.
TAKE CARE, COREY.

- WELL, YOU KNOW
WHAT IT'S WORTH, SON.

YOU HANDLE THE DEAL.

- ALL RIGHT, MAN, WHAT WOULD
YOU REALISTICALLY TAKE FOR IT?

- LIKE, $250.

- REALISTICALLY,
MAN, I'M GONNA HAVE

TO HAVE THIS THING
FRAMED AND MATTED.

THAT'S GONNA COST
ME ANOTHER 50 BUCKS.

I CAN OFFER YOU,
LIKE, 100 BUCKS FOR IT.

- OKAY. I'LL TAKE $100 FOR IT.

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

- THANKS.

$100 WASN'T EVEN CLOSE

TO WHAT I WAS THINKING
I WAS GONNA GET,

BUT WHAT THE HECK?

I FOUND THE
DOCUMENT IN AN ATTIC,

AND THAT'S BETTER
THAN NOTHING AT ALL.

- DAMN IT.

STUPID.