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00:00On tonight's episode, I might as well jump at a deal for these famous rock and roll sneakers.
00:06Do you recognize these?
00:07The greatest guitarist of all time, Eddie Van Halen.
00:10Oh.
00:11Oh.
00:12Yeah, but there's no real proof that he wore them.
00:15Then Chum sees if he can swish a deal on a Magic Johnson rookie card.
00:20You have a 1980s Topps basketball wax pack, and I can see Magic Johnson right there through the wax pack.
00:26It scares me because that's where wax stain's going to happen.
00:29And unfortunately, we wouldn't know until we opened it up for sure whether it was stained or not.
00:34And later, Corey is off to the races when he takes a look at a vintage mint julep cup.
00:40Somebody told me that these were rare when I noticed the presidential initials.
00:57Okay, I've been arrested.
00:59What do we got here?
01:01Worn and signed converse Eddie Van Halen.
01:04You're saying that Eddie Van Halen, the man, wore these.
01:08Mm-hmm.
01:09That's pretty amazing.
01:11In 1979, I had tickets to Black Sabbath, and the warm-up band was.
01:20How awesome.
01:22But then I ended up getting grounded, and I couldn't go to the concert.
01:25Oh, that's not good.
01:26Literally ruined my childhood.
01:29I'm here at the pawn shop to sell Eddie Van Halen's worn and signed converse.
01:35I'm a big fan of Van Halen, but Eddie Van Halen was my favorite.
01:39I believe they're his because I've done lots of research over the years.
01:42I've looked at the signatures.
01:44I looked up his shoe size.
01:46But I just never had them authenticated.
01:48My asking price for Eddie Van Halen's signed and worn converse is $10,000.
01:55I'm kind of in awe.
01:57Eddie Van Halen, guitarist for the band Van Halen, just like mega rock stars of the 80s.
02:03You know, I was around in the 80s.
02:04I mean, who can forget the Hot for Teacher video?
02:08The 80s were great.
02:09The 80s were great.
02:10I so miss the 80s.
02:12Yes.
02:13His signature guitar was nicknamed the Frankenstrat.
02:17It was a Fender Stratocaster, and it had this paint job on it, and that's the guitar he played always.
02:24If you have one of his Frankenstrats that he played on stage or something like that, you're kind of rich.
02:30Yeah.
02:30Yeah.
02:31Yeah.
02:31They're beautiful.
02:32I mean, yeah.
02:33It was the Franken-shoes.
02:35I'm absolutely in love with them.
02:37How are you?
02:38This is my youth right here, okay?
02:41All right, so where did you get these?
02:44It was a business transaction with a friend many years ago.
02:48And you believe these are actually Eddie's?
02:51I do.
02:51I mean, someone definitely wore these.
02:53Yes.
02:54But we don't know for sure if this was worn by him.
02:58Have you ever had this signature checked out?
03:00No, and I have thought about it, but I have just gone online and I've looked at the many signatures.
03:07You know, but the shoes, I mean, they're super cool.
03:11I mean, if we could prove he wore them, that's the whole problem.
03:14I know.
03:14How much do you want for these?
03:17Uh, $10,000.
03:18Okay.
03:19First, I need someone to take a look at the signature.
03:21So let me call in Steve.
03:23He's old like me, so he's probably going to be excited, too.
03:26Not old.
03:26Be right back.
03:27Okay.
03:32How you doing?
03:34Great.
03:34How are you?
03:35Pretty good.
03:36Uh, what do you have here?
03:37This is one of the most beloved and important packs of basketball cards in all of history.
03:41Long Johnson boon pack, so I'm guessing, uh, this has, uh, Magic Johnson on the back?
03:48Yes, one of the beloved Magic Johnson rookie cards is on the back.
03:52Too bad it's not the Bird Johnson Irving card.
03:55That's correct, but it could be in the pack.
03:57And that card graded as a PSA 10 worth half a million dollars.
04:01Eh, if you thought there was a 10 in here, a possibility you would have cracked this thing open and pulled it out.
04:05Maybe I'm not, maybe I'm not in the gambling mood right now.
04:09I'm here to sell a 1980 Topps basketball pack with Magic Johnson's rookie card on the back.
04:14The big factor of this pack is the fact that the Magic Johnson rookie is featured on the back
04:18and there is potential for the Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Julius Irving card to be inside the pack.
04:23I won this card in auction approximately three years ago as I started building a collection of sealed and authenticated wax packs.
04:29I've decided to sell this pack because, quite frankly, I've just got too many.
04:32And I'm looking to maybe narrow down my collection and focus on another part.
04:36This is really cool.
04:37You have a 1980s Topps basketball wax pack.
04:41Cool thing about this is it's graded.
04:43Um, so I do know that it's authentic.
04:45I have no questions about that.
04:47These cards were really cool because basically one card had three built-in mini cards into it.
04:53They were perforated and you just kind of had to rip them apart.
04:56But some people didn't rip them apart and those were the smart people in time.
05:01If my brain serves me correctly, this pack would have came with eight cards.
05:04And we actually know what one of the cards is because it says right here, Long Johnson Boone.
05:09And it says back, so I'm guessing I can see it through the back.
05:13And that's right.
05:14I can see the Magic Johnson right there.
05:15I mean, I can kind of see a little bit of the other cards, but, um, we can confirm one card out of the eight that are in here.
05:23Now, there are other cards in this set that could be very valuable and they could also be in here, but that's unconfirmable.
05:28I mean, the other valuable card that you would really want out of this pack would be the other Magic Johnson rookie.
05:33It also has the Larry Bird rookie attached to it and then the, um, the Irving card on it as well.
05:39So what are you looking to do with this slab today?
05:41I'm looking to sell it.
05:42And do you have a price in mind?
05:44Yeah, I'm pretty firm right at $2,000 based on current market conditions and the general rarity of that pack.
05:49Okay, um, as far as price goes, I really would like to have someone come in and take a look at it because I don't really know the graded sports market as well as I should.
05:59So do you have a few minutes to hang out while I get someone down?
06:02Yeah, that sounds great to me.
06:03All right, give me just a few minutes.
06:05I'll have someone come down and take a look at it and then we'll go from there.
06:07Sounds like a plan.
06:13I have a customer in the shop with a pair of custom-made Converse high tops that she says was owned and signed by Eddie Van Halen.
06:23She's asking for $10,000.
06:25Steve Grant is going to check out the signatures and if they're real, this could be a deal that makes me dance the night away.
06:31Steve!
06:32What's happening?
06:33How are you?
06:34Good to see you.
06:34Pretty good.
06:35Good to see you.
06:35Hi, how are you?
06:36I'm good, how are you?
06:37Good, nice to see you.
06:38Nice to meet you.
06:39All right, so do you recognize these?
06:40Well, yeah, I mean, the greatest guitarist of all time, Eddie Van Halen, correct?
06:44Oh.
06:45Oh.
06:46Yeah.
06:47Yeah.
06:47Childhood relived right here.
06:49Everything, like, look at these.
06:50I mean, I'm really hoping they're real, but, you know, there's no real proof that they belong to him and he wore them.
06:59But let's take a look at the signature first.
07:00I mean, obviously that's your big concern because if you have the signature that's authentic, you start to tie things together.
07:06Do your magic.
07:06I'm going to just get some magnification on this.
07:09Now, I met Eddie many times, and if I look at a couple more of my examples that I have on file, the same thing, Rick, right in here.
07:16He's doing it here.
07:18Now, look at this.
07:19Do you cross your sevens when you write them?
07:21No.
07:22A lot of people don't do that.
07:24Very distinct.
07:25Crossed.
07:27Crossed.
07:28I've got to tell you, this is a museum-quality piece for sure.
07:33Perfect signatures on both of them.
07:35So you're looking at a piece of music history here.
07:37Everything matches out pretty good.
07:38Okay.
07:39All right, what do you think they're worth?
07:41Since Eddie Van Halen passed away in 2020, I've seen his values skyrocket, usually guitars.
07:46Now you're talking hundreds of thousands of dollars.
07:49Conservatively, based on what I see here, you're looking at $30,000.
07:54You know, Rick, with that said, take these to a professional photo matching service.
07:58These could even go for more.
07:59I could see these going up to $50,000.
08:02The photo match is the most important thing.
08:05All right.
08:06Thanks, man.
08:06Good to see you.
08:07Good luck.
08:08Nice to meet you.
08:09Yep.
08:10All right.
08:11You got something special here, okay?
08:13But they're not photo matched yet.
08:15How many photos are there in these shoes?
08:17I don't know.
08:18Yes, got it.
08:19So I would give you the $10,000 for them.
08:21Are you willing to go a little higher?
08:23Are you step on...
08:24I'll go $10,500.
08:25I'm not no more.
08:26I don't know if you wore them.
08:27It is a gamble.
08:28I'll take it.
08:30Okay, we got a deal.
08:31I will meet you right over the counter.
08:32I'll get you paid.
08:37A guy came into the shop with a Graded 7 1980 Topps Wax Pack with a Magic Johnson Rookie
08:44Card.
08:45He's looking to get $2,000, but I don't know how desirable this is right now.
08:50So I've asked Andy Broome to come take a look and let me know if I should take a shot on
08:54this or not.
08:55Hey.
08:56Hey, chum.
08:56How you doing?
08:57Good.
08:57How you doing?
08:58Pretty good.
08:59Hey, good to meet you.
08:59Nice to meet you.
09:00So this guy has one of the coolest wax packs you could have.
09:04I think the only one cooler would actually have Larry Bird with Magic Johnson on it.
09:08Very nice.
09:081980 Topps basketball.
09:10So very famous or infamous set known for having one of the greatest basketball cards in the
09:16hobby.
09:17It was the first time Topps used such a design where they perforated three separate cards
09:21onto one.
09:22And so naturally, kids ripped these packs and they pulled them apart.
09:27Well, this is the Long Johnson Boone version.
09:29And if you want to check it out, you can see it right there on the back.
09:32Magic Johnson dead in the center.
09:35Oh, yeah.
09:35And as we see here, this is where the pack is actually put together, the wax paper.
09:40And so that seam is right over the top of the Magic Johnson card.
09:44And so what we know from that is the wax would seep in.
09:47Maybe it had too much, maybe too much heat.
09:49It'd actually go onto the cards and soak in.
09:51And unfortunately, we wouldn't know until we opened it up for sure whether it was stained
09:55or not.
09:56So all in all, what do you think about this?
09:59So this pack here with the Magic Johnson on the back, the value on this would be $800.
10:04You got any questions at all?
10:05That seems a little low due to the rarity of the pack and the general fact that Magic
10:09is on the back.
10:10I mean, the market at auction seems to be a little bit more volatile, volatile upwards.
10:14So I'm kind of surprised by that valuation.
10:16Yeah, you know, in any auction, it just takes two people to fight each other and drive a
10:19price up.
10:20You know, we see that, especially in cards.
10:22All right.
10:22Well, I appreciate you coming out.
10:23Absolutely.
10:25Good luck.
10:25You bet.
10:26All right.
10:26I know you were pretty firm on what you were saying, but I do got to go with Andy there.
10:31Well, I appreciate the consideration.
10:32You know, I do have a big collection of these sealed and slabbed wax packs, and I'm just
10:37starting to think about breaking it up.
10:39So maybe this isn't the one that I start breaking up the collection and I keep it intact for a
10:44little bit longer until maybe the market bounces back up.
10:46So no deal, but really cool to see this.
10:50Appreciate your time.
10:51Have a good day.
10:59Okay.
11:00I'm assuming this is yours?
11:01It is.
11:02What do we got here?
11:03This is a bust of Dr. Carl Gorman.
11:07The piece is entitled Code Talker by his son, R.C. Gorman.
11:11R.C. Gorman is eventually called the Picasso of Native American art.
11:14And his dad was actually one of the Navajo Code Talkers during World War II.
11:19I'm kind of impressed.
11:21I came to the pawn shop today to try and sell my bronze bust by artist R.C. Gorman.
11:26The bust has the artist's name in it and is inscribed with 1978, the year that it was made,
11:32and it also shows markings that it's number three of ten.
11:35I'm hoping to get $50,000 for this sculpture.
11:38Although I love it, I need the money to restore a classic car that I'm working on.
11:45It's super cool.
11:46During World War II, they were trying to come up with a code that the Japanese couldn't break.
11:52The Army came up with the brilliant idea of getting an unbreakable code,
11:56which was Native American languages on the battlefield.
12:00The syntax of Native American languages are very different than the English language or the Japanese language.
12:07The Native Americans that were on the battlefield doing the code,
12:10they were very famous, and the Japanese couldn't decode it.
12:14They had no idea what they were talking about.
12:17So what do you know about this?
12:18R.C. Gorman, or you've heard the name, preeminent southwestern artist.
12:22I got it at an estate sale.
12:24I go around to him, I know just enough to be dangerous, so I went and grabbed it.
12:29I don't know if he's the most famous Native American artist, but he's up there.
12:34It's a beautiful shape.
12:35It's not been dropped.
12:36It's not, you know, and these things are heavy.
12:38I like it.
12:39It's an R.C. Gorman, and it's R.C. Gorman's dad, and it's incredible.
12:44I mean, it is beautiful, and it is American history.
12:46I love that part.
12:48Now, the big question, how much do you want for it?
12:51Given the artist's clout, I was hoping to get around $50,000 for it.
12:55Most people don't realize this.
12:57Art doesn't go up to value forever.
12:58Some art goes up, some art goes down.
13:00This stuff went for really good money back in the day.
13:04These are going for right around $5,000 at auction.
13:08But I would give you $2,500 for it.
13:10That's quite a difference.
13:12Can we go up to 5 Gs?
13:17I go $2,700.
13:18I can't go no more.
13:20Well, at that price, I think I'm just going to continue to let it look great in my home.
13:26If you change your mind, let me know.
13:27I will.
13:35Hey, how's it going?
13:36Good.
13:36How are you today?
13:37I am doing well.
13:38What do we got here?
13:39Just fine.
13:39I have sterling silver mint julep cups.
13:42Minus the mint julep.
13:43I'm here to sell two sterling silver mint julep cups.
13:48They're from a horse race in 1995.
13:51These cups belong to my father-in-law.
13:54The cups may have been gifted to my father-in-law from the trainers.
13:59My asking price for my mint julep cups is $2,500.
14:02If I'm able to sell my cups, I'll be putting the money in my savings account.
14:07Definitely a pretty cool item.
14:09Every state has their thing.
14:11Kentucky, it's the mint julep.
14:13It's so popular there.
14:14I mean, I think it's the official Draco of the state.
14:16Are these for a horse race, or...?
14:18Yes, they were from a 1995 horse race, and the horse was anchor.
14:24Mint juleps have been synonymous with horse racing since the 1820s, and I believe that
14:30they actually used to give out the cups as the trophies back then.
14:33I guess it kind of makes sense.
14:35I mean, it's a fancy drink.
14:36It's cold.
14:37It's got the crushed ice, the mint.
14:38It's refreshing on a hot day.
14:41Do you mind if I take a look at them?
14:42Please look at them.
14:43Okay.
14:44They're definitely sterling.
14:46Oak Tree Racing Association.
14:48So these are made by Mark J. Sears.
14:51Sears is the name of the company.
14:52Shelbyville, Kentucky, obviously.
14:54Definitely a cool gift to give somebody.
14:57You just kind of came across these from your father-in-law?
15:00I was cleaning out a closet, and I was going to take them to work and auction them off.
15:04And then somebody told me that these were rare when I noticed the presidential initials.
15:11George Herbert Walker Bush.
15:13Yes.
15:14Okay, so that's how they date them.
15:16Instead of putting a year, they put the president that was in office's initials.
15:20It goes all the way back to FDR.
15:22But, I mean, this is kind of weird.
15:23On the bottom, you know, we have George H.W. Bush.
15:26But then we have this here that's engraved in 1995, where Bush wasn't president.
15:31So, in some way, shape, or form, there were some extra cups laying around that weren't engraved, and then they got engraved.
15:37You would assume that they would have a whole mass pile of cups that they had printed up already.
15:42I don't know, but they are serious cups.
15:45What are you trying to get for?
15:46Well, I was thinking $2,500.
15:49I think they're really cool.
15:51But, I mean, in a state where we don't have any horse racing, and I don't think I've ever seen anybody order a mint julep here.
15:56I'd give you about $800.
15:57What about $900?
15:59Will you do $850?
16:01Sold.
16:02Sold?
16:02Okay, we got a deal?
16:03We got a deal.
16:04Why don't you meet me right over there?
16:05All right.
16:06A guy contacted me about an antique revolver he's willing to sell.
16:15He said he's up for test firing it, if possible.
16:18So, Chum and I are taking a trip out to the range, and hopefully we'll have a shot at a deal today.
16:23How's it going?
16:24Not bad.
16:24How about you guys?
16:25Good.
16:26So, you're the man with the gun.
16:27Yeah.
16:28So, what exactly is this?
16:30I believe it's an 1840s Colt Patterson revolver.
16:34Well, it looks like a Colt Patterson.
16:36It's the first practical, reliable, most likely will not blow up in your hand revolver.
16:43I reached out to the pawn shop to try to sell 1840s Colt Patterson revolver.
16:49I've been collecting for quite a while, and I've never owned one of these or seen one in hand.
16:54So, I was pretty surprised when I found it in this collection of guns that I recently bought.
16:58I'm asking for $4,500.
16:59If we can make a deal today, I'm going to put that right back into buying some more guns and military antiques for my own collection.
17:07I'm kind of impressed.
17:08In 1831-ish, Colt comes out with a Colt Patterson.
17:13It was the most high-tech, mass-produced firearm of its day.
17:16Everybody wanted one.
17:17Everything about this design was pretty impressive.
17:20I mean, right after this gun came out, you know, the saying came out that, you know, God made all men and Sam Colt made all men equal.
17:28Well, Rick, before you get ahead of yourself, this gun is missing a trigger.
17:32No, it's there.
17:33Where?
17:36Oh, it comes down like that.
17:38Is that?
17:38Oh.
17:39That way you could put it in your belt or your holster or something and it wouldn't get caught on anything.
17:43Because, you know, other guns had trigger guards, but this was a fancy little thing where you didn't have to have a trigger guard.
17:48Yeah, that's pretty cool.
17:50Is there any markings on it, Rick?
17:52I've seen a few.
17:53One of them's faded.
17:55It's not Colt markings.
17:57This almost looks like it's French or something right here.
18:00Can't see the whole words on there, but it's like, hoist at the end.
18:05Looks just like a Colt Patterson, but it doesn't say Colt on it where it's supposed to.
18:10I know it has the profile of a Patterson.
18:13It has that high-end engraving on it, the hidden trigger.
18:17It could be a foreign copy, I guess.
18:19I just don't know.
18:21I mean, I don't know if he made some of these, shipped them overseas, they put different stamps on them.
18:27How much do you want for it?
18:28I'd like to get around $4,500.
18:31Okay.
18:33If it's a Colt Patterson, that's probably a good price.
18:36Let me call somebody, get them down here, and they can look at it.
18:39Maybe they'll know who made it.
18:41And then maybe we can fire it.
18:42How's it going?
19:06How's it going?
19:07Good.
19:08I have a couple of Lego minifigures I think you might be interested in.
19:11Okay.
19:12Yoda and Spider-Man.
19:14You know, the minifigures are hot right now.
19:16It's kind of weird now they're tied in with Disney, Marvel.
19:19You know, they started off as just little guys that you could put in a car you built with
19:23the Legos, right?
19:24Yep.
19:25I have two very exclusive Lego minifigures.
19:27One is Spider-Man from Comic-Con, and the other one is Yoda with New York I Love t-shirt
19:32because it's Yoda-speak, so it's really clever.
19:34These minifigures are probably some of the most highly sought after in the world just
19:37because there's very few of them that were given out and they were at very specific events.
19:41For the Spider-Man I'm looking for $12,000, and for the Yoda I'm looking for $14,000.
19:47Definitely really cool.
19:48Lego was actually kind of in trouble in the 90s, wasn't it?
19:51Yeah, in like the early 2000s.
19:53You know, they were having a rough time.
19:55Absolutely.
19:56I've got a whole new brand with the little minifigures, and I'm just about the license for
19:59almost everything kids like.
20:01Television, movies, toys, theme parks.
20:03I mean, Lego's almost a new Disney campus.
20:06I mean, it just made these things just massively collectible.
20:10Let's start with Spider-Man here.
20:12So this was exclusive minifigure, Lego Comic-Con 2013.
20:16It's the only time Andrew Garfield was in a minifigure form until the recent movie that just came out.
20:21Tell me about Yoda. Where'd you get him?
20:23So I was at the event where they unveiled a life-size X-Wing fighter built out of bricks in the middle of Times Square.
20:28And this was a free gift with a purchase at Toys R Us.
20:32I knew it was in really good condition, so I sent it out and got the grading of 100%.
20:35And as far as I know, it's the only one that's hit 100%.
20:38Give me an idea of what you're looking to get for them.
20:41For the Spider-Man, I'm looking for $12,000.
20:44Okay.
20:45And for the Yoda, no one's ever seen one of these, and I'm looking for $14,000 for this.
20:49$26,000 for Lego figures.
20:54Yep.
20:55You know what the crazy thing is? They might be worth that. I have no idea.
21:00Do you mind if I have a Lego expert come down and take a look at them?
21:02That's fine.
21:03I'm gonna go give them a call. I'll be right back, okay?
21:04Okay. Thanks.
21:09Chum and I are out at the range looking at an old revolver that looks like a Colt Patterson.
21:14The seller is asking for $4,500, and I have a lot of questions for Alex.
21:19So let's see if he thinks this is a sure shot.
21:23Hi.
21:24All right, so?
21:25So Rick is stumped. I'm just gonna come out and say it.
21:27Stumped?
21:28Yeah.
21:29I'm Alex. Jeremy.
21:30Nice to meet you, Jeremy. You too.
21:31Okay. Looks like a Colt Patterson, but it has some boring looking words on it that are pretty worn down.
21:36Okay.
21:37I mean, it does look like it wants to be a Colt Patterson.
21:41The Patterson is super important in firearms design because it is the first revolving cylinder.
21:48So you can pull the hammer back, the trigger folds down, and the cylinder rotates.
21:53Fire it, and again.
21:55So that was patented in 1836 by Colt for the Patterson.
22:00From there on, pistols and the idea of a revolver change firearms forever.
22:05Oh, look at all the engraving.
22:07Can you make that out on there?
22:09I mean, that, I can see the end of it.
22:11So this is a pretty well-known Belgian manufacturer called Le Hoist.
22:15And underneath, that is the end of the word brevet.
22:19So brevet in French means patent.
22:21So the Belgian gun makers in Liège were prolific.
22:25They were copying firearms made from all over the world, and they did it legally and illegally,
22:31meaning they honored patents when it was convenient, impossible, or they just made them anyway.
22:37All right.
22:38Colt went to Belgium and made an agreement with most of the manufacturers there that he would allow them to use his designs if they paid him for it,
22:47but they had to mark their pistols as Colt brevettes.
22:51This particular example is marked brevet, but it is not marked Colt.
22:54Certainly, it's an attempt at a copy of a Patterson.
22:57There are some differences, but that's what the design's being borrowed from.
23:00Okay.
23:02So does it work?
23:03It should.
23:05It's a super high-quality build, and you can just feel the way in which it's indexing.
23:10The hammer's very strong.
23:12All the chambers look pretty clear.
23:14It doesn't look like it's been used much at all.
23:16Can you look at it, make sure it'll shoot and everything?
23:19We'll try it out?
23:20Are you okay with that?
23:21I would love that.
23:22It's very simple to fire.
23:24It's just percussion caps and black powder.
23:27Okay.
23:28Do your magic.
23:29All right.
23:30I'll go get my stuff.
23:31All right, Alex.
23:32I'll get some good targets for you.
23:33All right.
23:41Chum and I are looking at what appears to be a copy of a Colt Patterson revolver made by a Belgian gunmaker.
23:48The seller is looking to get $4,500 and is willing to test fire it.
23:52I can't wait to see what Chum came up with for targets.
23:55Are we good to go?
23:58We are good to go.
24:00I've got the right size projectiles, percussion caps, and I'm going to load it with the cylinder off and then put it back together, and Chum got some special targets.
24:10Are those waffles?
24:13Your eyes are not deceiving you, Rick.
24:15Why waffles?
24:16Belgium?
24:17Waffles?
24:18Guns?
24:19I'm sorry.
24:20I couldn't get enough chocolate in time.
24:22Those are really big-looking waffles.
24:25Well, if we don't hit them, you can eat them.
24:28All right.
24:29Load her up.
24:30Okay.
24:31All right, I'm backing up.
24:36Everybody put your ears in.
24:37Remember, if you don't hit it, it's not a bad thing this time.
24:42Three, two, one.
24:46Yeah!
24:49Well, there goes lunch.
24:51Waffle!
24:52Look at this!
24:53All right.
24:54Well, it fires well.
24:55Yeah.
24:56How was the waffle?
24:57It was actually a little crispy, but pretty good.
24:59Well, how was the gun?
25:01Excellent.
25:02The gun worked great.
25:07All right.
25:08We're just dying to find out how much this thing's worth.
25:10So, uh, how much is it worth?
25:13So, it's a really nice firearm.
25:15If you have an original Colt Patterson today, it's worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
25:22But it's not a Colt Patterson.
25:24But because it's a Belgian copy, I think it's worth about $3,000.
25:29Okay.
25:31Okay, so you think this would retail for like $3,000?
25:33Yeah, retail for $3,000.
25:34Okay.
25:35Thanks, man.
25:36Appreciate it.
25:37You're welcome.
25:38Good luck.
25:39Nice to meet you.
25:41Okay, so...
25:42I'm asking $4,500.
25:43Well, that's not gonna happen.
25:44I mean, I think it's super, super cool because I'm not gonna get myself a real Colt Patterson.
25:50I think $2,000 is fair.
25:52There's no way.
25:53No way I can go that low on it.
25:55It's 180 years old.
25:57The beautiful engraving, it's in great condition.
26:00But it's not a Colt.
26:01That's just it.
26:02I'd give you $2,000.
26:03I could come down a couple hundred, $4,200.
26:05Not gonna happen.
26:06Okay.
26:07But if you change your mind, shop it around, my offer's $2,000.
26:10I understand.
26:11All right, thanks for bringing it.
26:13How much do you spend on waffles?
26:14You don't wanna know.
26:20A customer brought in two exclusive Lego minifigs.
26:23One is a Times Square Toys R Us New York I Love Yoda.
26:26And the other is a 2013 San Diego Comic-Con exclusive Spider-Man.
26:30The seller's looking to get $26,000 for these two figures.
26:33So I called my Lego expert, Brandon, to come down and take a look at these and see if we could put together a deal.
26:39Hey, Cory.
26:40How's it going?
26:41Good to see you again.
26:42Hi, I'm Brandon.
26:43Nice to meet you.
26:44Nice to meet you.
26:45These are the Lego figures I was talking about.
26:46Oh, wow.
26:47These are some exceptional figures.
26:49Lego created the minifigure in 1978.
26:52They pretty much kept it in house till the late 90s when they acquired the Star Wars license.
26:57Minifigs became super collectible.
26:59They look great and people just love them.
27:01They have a sense of nostalgia that just harkens back to everyone's childhood.
27:05Okay, he wants quite a bit for these.
27:07What do you think they might be worth?
27:08So we have the NY I Love Yoda.
27:11This figure was given out as an exclusive in Times Square in May of 2013.
27:16It is very rare.
27:18One issue with this figure is there is an extremely large amount of fakes.
27:22Obviously, it's graded 100%, but I just want to verify myself.
27:27But this looks good.
27:29This looks...
27:30Check out the color of the heart is correct.
27:32So is it real?
27:33I would say this is 100% real, yes.
27:35Let's talk about Spider-Man over here.
27:37Okay.
27:38So starting in 2011, Lego issued the Super Heroes line.
27:42As part of the promotion, they would give away these exclusive minifigures at San Diego Comic-Con.
27:48This particular figure, I can tell you, is very rare.
27:52Had to get a raffle ticket to get it.
27:54It is the first figure that has the Andrew Garfield costume printing.
27:58As far as I know, there are only 350 of these in existence.
28:03So basically, what I'm looking for is the Lego trademark stamped onto the bottom of the legs, which is there.
28:10It's an amazing figure and very rare.
28:13I guess the biggest question of all, what are they worth?
28:16So the New York I Heart Yoda, I would give this a value of $9,000.
28:23The Andrew Garfield Spider-Man, extremely rare, extremely hard to get.
28:28I would put a value of that at $12,000.
28:31All right.
28:32Well, I appreciate you coming down.
28:33All right. Thank you.
28:34Thank you. Good luck. Appreciate it.
28:35So is that what you wanted to hear?
28:37I think he's right on the Spider-Man.
28:40I think he's low on the New York I love.
28:42Okay. Well, that being said, I'll do $14,000 for the pair.
28:45Cash money today. You don't have to go find a Lego guy to buy them.
28:49Could we do $19,000?
28:50$15,000 is the most I want to do.
28:52We're talking about little tiny toys here,
28:55and I'm paying you the price of a small car.
28:57$16,500?
28:59$15,500. I won't go anymore.
29:02$16,000 is. No up.
29:04$15,500. That's going to be the most I do.
29:08All right.
29:09Yep. Okay. Meet me right over there.
29:11Taking these with me.
29:22Hello.
29:38Hello. Good morning.
29:39Good morning. How can I help you today?
29:41I have here a Louis Vuitton jacket. I bought it from a flea market.
29:45It looks real. It feels real.
29:47Okay. Well, I've bought plenty of stuff at the flea market before that was real.
29:52Yeah.
29:53And plenty of stuff that looked just real enough.
29:57I'm here at the pawn shop today because I'm trying to sell a Louis Vuitton jacket.
30:01I bought it at a flea market because I wanted to give it to my dad as a gift.
30:06But when he tried it on, it didn't quite fit him.
30:08It looks great and it has a great quality.
30:11My asking price today is $550.
30:14If I do manage to make a sale today,
30:17I think I'll go shopping and find my dad a jacket that fits him and that he really likes.
30:22Pretty cool.
30:24Well, Louis Vuitton is a very prestigious company, to say the least.
30:29At times, they are trendsetters.
30:31It's nice to see a jacket like this.
30:33I mean, it's got your typical Louis look, maybe kind of early 90s-ish, really.
30:38Kind of when the hip-hop culture really started kind of taking on to this stuff.
30:42Maybe they started a little bit earlier in the 80s, but this jacket crosses the boundaries between streetwear and fashion.
30:49I think it's a really cool look.
30:51Do you mind if I take a look at it?
30:53No, go for it. Have a look.
30:55No, I mean, off first glance, the zipper looks, you know, pretty good.
30:58It's a nice, heavy-duty zipper.
31:01Mm-hmm.
31:02Take a look here.
31:03It seems like it's a good quality.
31:05Yeah, the stitching looks pretty good.
31:07A lot of times, knock-off pieces will just have really, really bad stitching.
31:11It'll be uneven from here to there.
31:13This one looks pretty good, though.
31:15Mm-hmm.
31:16And, of course, we'll look at this little Louis Vuitton tag in here.
31:20Louis Vuitton, Paris, 1854.
31:23So it's got a lot of the stuff that I'm looking for.
31:26The major thing I'm worried about right here is this medium tag is just slightly off-centered.
31:31And if it was Louis Vuitton, I would expect that to be, you know, dead-centered.
31:37It's a mistake that I wouldn't see very often in a Louis Vuitton jacket.
31:41It's possible that it could happen, but it leaves questions unanswered for me.
31:45And how much are you looking to get for it?
31:47$5.50.
31:48Okay.
31:49Um, it does have some really good stuff going for it, but I'm not 100% sure this is authentic.
31:56I really hope it's authentic.
31:58But I definitely need some questions answered about this piece.
32:01Do you have a few minutes to hang around and I could get someone down here?
32:04Absolutely, yes.
32:05All right.
32:06Give me a minute.
32:07I'm going to make a phone call and see if you can get down here quick.
32:09Thank you so much.
32:10What do we got here?
32:17I have an antique roulette table.
32:19Wheel was built about 1926.
32:22And the interesting thing about it is this is the holy grail of casino cheating.
32:26It's a rigged wheel?
32:28It's a rigged wheel, yeah.
32:29I'll put 100 on black.
32:33I have an antique roulette table.
32:35It was built to be a cheating roulette table, which is very rare.
32:39And there's only a few known to exist.
32:41The table was found in California.
32:43And I bought it from an antique dealer.
32:46I'm asking $95,000 for it.
32:48I have an antique mall.
32:49And if I'm able to sell it, I will reinvest and buy more merchandise.
32:53And that's what I do.
32:54I buy and sell.
32:56I think it's absolutely beautiful.
32:58People have always gambled.
33:00In the 1700s, they basically came up with, well, we have this roulette.
33:04It's a French word.
33:05I forget what it means.
33:06And it ended up in gambling halls around Europe.
33:09It became very popular.
33:10It eventually came here.
33:11The great thing about this game is the house always wins.
33:15There's no winning with roulette.
33:18I tell people that all the time.
33:19You can't.
33:20Just the law of average is eventually it'll take all your money.
33:23Absolutely.
33:25How did you determine it's rigged?
33:27The legs are hollow.
33:29There were four batteries, two in each leg.
33:31There are three switches, one on the end, one on each side.
33:35So the dealer could actuate them if they knew which screw to push.
33:39Right there.
33:40Yeah, there's a button right there.
33:41Yeah.
33:42I grew up in Vegas.
33:43I've read about all the mob things.
33:44I've read about everything.
33:45And I know how they would rig these things.
33:46If the ball looked like it was going to go in one section where the big money bet was at,
33:50he'd press a button, a plunger would hit the ball, and it wouldn't go in that one.
33:54It would go somewhere else.
33:57No, it's very, very interesting.
33:59It's cool.
34:00I mean, it's got some history.
34:01We don't know exactly what the history is.
34:03How much do you want for this?
34:05$95,000.
34:07How did you come up with that number?
34:09Antique tables near this same quality are selling for $75,000 to $100,000.
34:14I've never heard that kind of money for a roulette wheel.
34:16What you got here is super cool, but it's finding a customer for it.
34:19That wants to spend a lot of money and has the room for it and wants to collect this.
34:23That's going to be the problem.
34:24I'm not even going to make you an offer on it because we're so far off.
34:28And the regulation size roulette wheel, most states you're not allowed to own it, period.
34:35This is still a felony.
34:38But thank you for bringing it in, and I will go get some guys to help you load it up.
34:42Thank you very much.
34:43Okay, have a good one.
34:44You too.
34:45Roulette and its casino table game relatives are as Vegas as the gold and silver pawn shop.
34:51But they originated long before billions of neon lights lit up the Nevada desert.
34:56Some historians say Romans were the earliest innovators of craps.
35:00Soldiers would shave pig knuckles down into cube shapes to resemble dice and threw them into their inverted shields placed on the ground.
35:08In the late 18th century, blackjack shows up based on a French card game.
35:13Apparently, Napoleon Bonaparte was a huge fan, and it was so popular among his soldiers that he banned it from being played in the camps because it was too distracting.
35:23Seems a little hypocritical, but then again, I don't let Chump play Pokemon Go when he's here at the shop.
35:30Poker is believed to have been brought to America by European settlers and traders.
35:35An 1829 account by English actor Joseph Crowell describes a game he observed in New Orleans involving four players, a 20-card deck, and in true New Orleans fashion, a whole lot of beads.
35:48But not everyone was so gung-ho for betting. By 1910, most gambling was illegal across the nation.
35:55That is, until our fine state of Nevada legalized it in 1931.
36:00It was the Great Depression, and our economy needed a serious kick in the pants.
36:04Let's just say it worked out for us.
36:07These days, tens of billions of people visit Sin City annually, and blackjack is the table game of choice.
36:15Thousands of tables are in play all over the state.
36:18In 2022, people spent $7.3 billion to play the game.
36:25Too bad I don't have a blackjack table in the back of the store.
36:28There's a woman in the shop with a vintage Louis Vuitton jacket that she's asking $550 for, but I have a few questions on its authenticity.
36:42So I'm having my vintage clothing expert Marco come down to take a look to let me know if it's really designer or just another dud.
36:50Hello.
36:51Hello, lovely to meet you.
36:52Likewise.
36:53So, this is the jacket she brought in. I'm not quite sure if it's authentic. It has some nice features to it.
37:00So what do you think about this jacket at first glance?
37:03At first glance, it's beautiful, but it's not authentic Louis.
37:09It's one of those weird gray area where it's not a bootleg, it's not authentic, but it's definitely valuable.
37:17What you have here is what we call a Dapper Dan piece.
37:22Now, Dapper Dan, if you don't know who he is, famous designer, early hip hop stars in the 80s.
37:27He used to have a shop in Harlem.
37:29You think about like 85, like LL Cool J, Eric B and Rakim.
37:34And he realized that people love this monogram. They love the logo.
37:39But think back to Louis Vuitton and Fendi. These brands weren't known for their fashion.
37:46These were like powerhouse brands known for their leather goods, their purses, their wallets and whatnot.
37:51Or it didn't have any sauce is what we would call.
37:53Yeah.
37:54So Dapper Dan at that time, he figured it out.
37:57He would make beautiful leather jackets and he would buy these Louis Vuitton and Gucci purses, cut them up and, you know, make Louis trim.
38:05And then he realized, he actually taught himself how to screen print himself on textiles.
38:12And that's what this jacket ultimately is.
38:14He ended up, he called it.
38:16It wasn't so much of a knock off, it was a knock up to his words.
38:21Because he took that fabric and made it into designs that really catered to the urban youth.
38:28But this right here is back in his heyday.
38:31This looks like a, you know, late 80s, early 90s piece.
38:35Back when like the members only jackets were in style.
38:37As you can see, it's very reminiscent of a members only silhouette.
38:41Yeah.
38:42And yeah, the medium, that little tag is slightly off center.
38:46But this is a telltale sign of what like Dapper Dan was doing.
38:50He wanted to bring that touch of Harlem to the rest of the world.
38:53Indeed, man.
38:54But he garnished so much attention that eventually Louis Vuitton and Fendi caught wind of him and shut him down.
39:02So, what kind of value would you put on that?
39:05It's really one of like the onsets of urban fashion, of street wear, as we call it now.
39:10But definitely an iconic piece in hip hop fashion.
39:14Easily $1,000.
39:17That's what I sell him at my shop.
39:19It was a good find.
39:20Indeed.
39:21All right.
39:22Well, thanks for coming in, Marco.
39:23My pleasure.
39:24I love it.
39:25You have a gorgeous piece.
39:26Thank you so much.
39:27Nice meeting you.
39:28All right.
39:29Well, as cool as it is to have a Dapper Dan in here, even though Dapper Dan says it's a knock-up,
39:34it's still a knock-off and I'm not allowed to sell it without getting in trouble.
39:37So, if it wasn't my size, maybe I'd make you an offer because I could wear it, but not today.
39:42That's completely understandable.
39:44Thank you so much.
39:45I think you'll get some good money for it.
39:47Have a good day.
39:49Bye-bye.
39:54Here they are.
39:55All right.
39:56I need to take these out and get them for sale.
39:58No, I think I'm going to keep them.
39:59Why?
40:00Because they were signed by Eddie Van Halen, the coolest guy on the planet.
40:07I think you paid like $10,000 for these and you're thinking about wearing them?
40:11$10,500.
40:12I mean, I'm kind of in awe.
40:14You know, I was around in the 80s.
40:15I mean, who can forget the hot for teacher video?
40:18I'm absolutely in love with them.
40:20Are you?
40:21And you're thinking about wearing them?
40:22I don't think they'll really fit me, but I sort of want to keep them.
40:25I don't know.
40:26And what are you doing there with that shirt?
40:27That looks horrible.
40:28All right, you know how Eddie Van Halen has the Franken-strat?
40:31Yeah.
40:32And those are the Franken-shoes.
40:34And since I own the Franken-shoes, I was going to make the Franken-shirt.
40:37What if I told you these are worth a lot of Franken-money?
40:41Um, what do you mean?
40:43The mail came in today.
40:44The letter of authenticity is here and they're photo-matched, so you might want to sell them.
40:48Here's their photo-matched to a concert.
40:50On July 30th, 1993 at the World Music Theater in Tinsel Park, Illinois.
40:57Really?
40:58And didn't Steve say these would go for a little bit more if they were photo-matched?
41:02He said like $50,000.
41:04Ugh.
41:05Why are you so sad, Rick?
41:06That's good news.
41:07I mean, I know you like the cool factor, but today, get these framed up, go for a lot of money.
41:13I guess I am going to sell them, but I think I still might design a shirt.
41:17Well, have at it.
41:18I'm going to go get these out for sale.
41:20Would you wear one?
41:21Um, no, I don't really wear shirts covered in tape.
41:25Guy has no style whatsoever.
41:28.
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