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Pawn Stars - Season 24 - Episode 05: Citizen Pawn
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00:00On tonight's episode, my mind is bent when I check out a rare set of guitars.
00:06This is a B-Bender, right?
00:09Yes, as far as I know, the only B-Bender that Gibson made.
00:12I mean, I've heard of these things, I've never actually seen one.
00:14And will Corey be ready to fork over the cash for a set of flatware?
00:18In 1950, you were really, really cool if you had this.
00:22And the more elaborate your flatware set was, the bigger status symbol that you had.
00:27While later, Chum squawks at the chance to make a deal on a rare cannon.
00:32I have a Civil War Parrot Cannon.
00:34One of the things that jumps out to me, I see a little bit of a line.
00:38This was cast as two halves.
00:50What do we got?
00:52We've got a sled from the movie Citizen King.
00:56Rosebud.
00:57That's right.
00:58This is the ultimate prop of all time.
01:00Some people consider this the greatest movie ever.
01:02That's so arguable because I believe it's either Godfather Part 2 or Anchorman.
01:09I'm at the pawn shop today to sell my rosebud sled from the movie Citizen King.
01:14About 10 years ago, I was in an estate sale in Beverly Hills when I saw this sled.
01:19What made me curious about this particular sled is there was a famous auction house that I saw that sold
01:25one in 1996.
01:26And this one looks similar to that one that I saw in that auction.
01:29I would like to get $100,000 for this particular rosebud sled.
01:33But this is interesting.
01:35You know Rosebud, right?
01:37I think I pretty much know what the movie's about.
01:39It was a really good movie for its time.
01:43It was directed, produced by Orson Welles, 1941.
01:45So the movie was about Charles Foster Kane, gazillionaire and everything, and his dying words were rosebud.
01:54In the end of the movie, you realize the one time he was really happy when he was a child
01:59with his sled, rosebud.
02:02Okay, I get it.
02:04You got the holy grail of movie props here.
02:07You got to tell me how you got it.
02:09I did get it at an estate sale in Beverly Hills.
02:11It was from a high-end executive from a movie studio.
02:15And from what I researched, there's three of these that exist.
02:19There's one in the Academy Museum that Steven Spielberg donated.
02:23There's one that sold at Christie's, which I believe this one to be that one.
02:28About 30 years ago, it sold for over $200,000.
02:31And then there's another one, which I have no idea where that one is.
02:35So you're saying this was the one that sold at Christie's for over $200,000?
02:38There is a reason that I say that, because this is a picture of the one that sold at the
02:44Christie's auction.
02:45And if you notice, there's a broken right tip that matches exactly this one that you have in front of
02:52you.
02:53Okay.
02:54So how much are you looking to get?
02:56I'm looking to get $100,000.
02:59All right, I'm just letting you know, if this is the real Rosebud, go for probably a couple million dollars.
03:05But here's the big problem.
03:08This is different than the picture you showed me.
03:10Pull that out.
03:11I'll show you real quick.
03:13Go pinstriping on the side.
03:16It's different.
03:18I just thought it was real because of where I got it.
03:21I wish it was real.
03:22We would make a deal.
03:23We'd both get red-chopped this thing.
03:25But, like, it's not the one.
03:27I appreciate you bringing it down, though.
03:28It was really cool.
03:29Have a good day, man.
03:30All right.
03:30Have a good one, man.
03:38Hello.
03:39How are you?
03:40I'm pretty good.
03:40Hold on a second here.
03:41That looks heavy.
03:42Oh, it is heavy.
03:43There you go.
03:45Well, you don't have to be a genius to know this is a canyon, but tell me what you have
03:49here.
03:49I have a Civil War era parrot cannon.
03:53Parrot cannon?
03:54I don't know exactly what it is, but I'm not an expert on cannons.
03:58Are you, like, a cannon guy, or do you just like all cool stuff?
04:01I like all cool stuff.
04:02I'm an impulse buyer.
04:05Aren't we all?
04:06I'm here to sell a Civil War parrot cannon.
04:10The cannon weighs roughly between 45 to 55 pounds.
04:14It's solid bronze.
04:16I purchased the cannon about seven years ago at an auction.
04:20My asking price is $10,000.
04:23Okay, that's pretty cool.
04:25So, I mean, cannons are definitely an important part of history.
04:28They served many different purposes.
04:30This one looks like it was probably mounted up somewhere, like right here by this.
04:34Right.
04:35On, like, a swivel mount, so you could project it the way you wanted to.
04:39At first glance, I would think it's maybe a little bit older than Civil War, you know,
04:43maybe 1700s instead of 1800s, but it's definitely got some good weight to it.
04:49I do have a few concerns about it, mostly the patina on it.
04:53It's very patina-ed on this side, and it's very, very shiny on this side.
04:57When you get an old cannon like this, you really want to see the patina on it,
05:00especially if this is, you know, several hundred years old.
05:03I want to look at it and know it's several hundred years old.
05:06So, when you bought this, what information did you get about it?
05:09Uh, basically, they just said it was in the Civil War era.
05:13Okay, and have you ever fired it?
05:15Never have.
05:16Okay, um, I would love to know if it fired.
05:19I would, too.
05:20So, do you have a price in mind?
05:22I have a price of $10,000.
05:24Well, I don't know if that's a good price or a bad price.
05:26I've definitely seen cannons sell for less than that and much, much more than that.
05:30If you have time, I'd love to have my antique firearm expert, Alex,
05:35come down, take a look at it, and after he evaluates it,
05:39he's going to be able to give us a price.
05:40Sounds great.
05:41All right, give me a few minutes.
05:42I'm going to call him, and I'm sure he can be down here pretty quick.
05:53Hello.
05:55What are those?
05:56These are the biggest shoes I've ever seen.
05:59Those were worn by Shaquille O'Neal in the 2002 finals
06:02against the New Jersey Nets, where he won MVP, highest average,
06:06almost 40 points per game.
06:08He dominated.
06:09Okay, this is really cool.
06:10I just never realized that he would have shoes that big.
06:14It's, um, this is where Little Mother Hubbard lived.
06:20I'm here at the pawn shop to sell my 2002 finals game-worn shoes by Shaquille O'Neal.
06:27They're size 22.
06:28They're huge.
06:29They must weigh close to five pounds each.
06:31I've had the shoes for over 20 years now,
06:33and they're in a glass case when you walk into the entry to my door
06:37so everybody can see them.
06:38My asking price for the Shaquille O'Neal shoes is $15,000.
06:42This is pretty cool, man.
06:44Shaquille O'Neal.
06:45I mean, like, uh, the guy is the code.
06:47Yeah, just incredible businessman, incredible basketball player,
06:52MVP multiple times.
06:54He was on the Lakers, won the national championship three times.
06:58Uh, you just go on and on about this guy.
07:00I mean, like, storied life.
07:02I mean, and I've never met him,
07:04but I know people who have met him and said he's, like,
07:06the sweetest guy in the world.
07:08And I'm still absolutely amazed at the size of these shoes.
07:13And what size?
07:15Are they just, is it just size ginormous at this point?
07:17Size 22.
07:19And what brand are they?
07:20Um, I believe they're made by Reebok.
07:22They're kind of epic.
07:24To me, it's like the eighth wonder of the world.
07:26I'd never seen anything like it.
07:27I had to have them.
07:29Where'd you get these?
07:30I got these at a memorabilia show in L.A.
07:33Okay, and this is the paperwork you have on them?
07:35Yes, sir.
07:36Can I take a look at it?
07:37Absolutely.
07:39I mean, you have paperwork here saying that they've been photo matched.
07:43I'm not real big on photo matching shoes,
07:45just due to the fact that, you know,
07:47how do you really photo match shoes when all shoes look alike?
07:49You know what I mean?
07:50I mean, the amazing thing is there's,
07:52I mean, how many pairs did they make in this size,
07:54which I'm assuming, like, next to none.
07:56And so, how much do you want for them?
07:59$15,000.
08:00Okay.
08:01All right, let me call on my sports guy and take a look at him.
08:04All right?
08:05I just want to make sure everything's legit, you know?
08:07And also, size matters.
08:09All right, give me, like, five minutes.
08:12I'm going to go call my guy,
08:14and we'll get this figured out.
08:16Okay.
08:17Sounds good.
08:21There's a guy in the shop with what he claims
08:23is a Civil War paracannon,
08:25and he's asking $10,000.
08:26I don't know exactly what it is,
08:28so Alex Kramer is heading over
08:30to help me gather some more information
08:32before I think about making an offer.
08:34Here we go, Alex.
08:36Oh, I'm Alex.
08:38I'm Jim.
08:38Nice to meet you.
08:39My pleasure.
08:40So, Jim, why don't you tell Alex what you have here?
08:42I have a Civil War paracannon.
08:46Okay.
08:46A little bit of concerns I had
08:48was the different color on the top and the bottom,
08:50but other than that, Alex,
08:51I got nothing for you.
08:53Where did you get it?
08:54I bought it at an auction.
08:56Okay.
08:56So, during the Civil War,
08:58there was an American officer named Parrot
09:01who developed a type of cannon that was rifled.
09:04So, inside the bore, there's literally a channel,
09:07and when the projectiles move through it,
09:09they start to spin.
09:10A projectile that's spinning will tend to go straighter.
09:13So, Parrot developed the Parrot Rifle,
09:15which was really a cannon in 1860
09:18and patented in 1861,
09:20and it became more or less the standard cannon
09:23of the American Civil War.
09:25But this has nothing to do with a Parrot gun.
09:29So, a Parrot gun would be much larger.
09:32It would be made of iron,
09:34and this is made of bronze from its appearance,
09:37and it's much older.
09:39So, the style of this cannon
09:41is really much more of an 18th century cannon
09:44from the Revolutionary War.
09:45Okay.
09:46The question is, is it authentic?
09:48Is it okay to pick it up?
09:49Yes, sir.
09:50I just want to get an idea of the weight.
09:52Okay.
09:53So, one of the things that jumps out to me
09:55about this piece
09:56is if I look from the breach,
09:59which means the back,
10:00I see a little bit of a line
10:02right across the breach,
10:04and then that line continues,
10:06and you can see it here
10:07at the first reinforcement ring,
10:08and then I can see it again here.
10:10So, what this is indicating
10:11is this was cast as two halves.
10:14I've got the lower half,
10:15and I slapped the top half on top.
10:17And that's not how cannons were made.
10:19A real cannon would have been made solidly,
10:22and then they would have drilled out the bore
10:24and then drilled in the touch hole.
10:27Right.
10:27It would make it stronger.
10:29If you tried to fire this
10:30with two pieces being fused together,
10:33chances are it would blow right apart.
10:35Right.
10:35So, what we have here
10:36is a reproduction cannon.
10:40This could have been made
10:40from the late 19th century
10:42all the way up into the 1980s.
10:45So, I'm sorry to break that nose to you.
10:47Yeah.
10:48All right.
10:48If this was a, you know,
10:50authentic time period cannon,
10:51what do they go for?
10:52You're certainly in the
10:53many thousands of dollars range.
10:55As it is, it's a few hundred dollars.
10:57All right.
10:58Thanks, Alex.
10:59All right.
11:00Nice to meet you.
11:01Good luck.
11:01All right.
11:02Well, I'm going to have to pass on it today.
11:04And if you like it,
11:06keep it and display it at your home.
11:07But thanks for coming out today.
11:09Well, thank you very much.
11:10My pleasure.
11:16A guy came to the shop
11:18with a pair of size 22 sneakers
11:20that he says was worn by Shaquille O'Neal
11:23during the 2002 NBA Finals.
11:26And the seller is asking for $15,000.
11:30I have my sports expert,
11:31David Kohler,
11:32coming down to take a look.
11:33And he's going to let me know
11:34if this deal is a slam dunk or a foul.
11:38Hello.
11:39Hello.
11:39How are you, Rick?
11:40Doing fabulous.
11:42Hello.
11:42I'm David.
11:42Hi, Rich.
11:43Nice to meet you.
11:44Just so you know,
11:45these are not the Jolly Green Giants.
11:48He says they're Shaq shoes.
11:50They are very large.
11:53What a player.
11:54Four-time champion.
11:55Three times with the Lakers.
11:56In the three-peat,
11:57that team with Kobe Bryant
11:58and Derek Fisher,
11:59they won in 2000, 2001, or 2002.
12:02Probably one of the best big men
12:04in the game that's ever played,
12:05without a doubt.
12:06Okay.
12:06So are these his shoes?
12:08Can I touch them?
12:10Absolutely.
12:12These are his,
12:13yes,
12:14these are his shoes.
12:15Like we said,
12:16very large,
12:16size 23,
12:17probably 22.
12:19This is his line,
12:20which we called dunk.
12:21So he had his own line
12:22that was getting made.
12:23Shaq did.
12:24A lot of times,
12:25he'd have his number
12:25on the bottom,
12:26number 34,
12:27which he was.
12:27They don't make replicas
12:29and things like that.
12:30So examining these,
12:32definitely,
12:32those are Game War,
12:33Game News,
12:34Shaquille O'Neal's shoes.
12:36Yeah,
12:36I mean,
12:36he's got paperwork.
12:37It's a photo match paperwork.
12:38Not real confident
12:39on photo matching on shoes,
12:40but like,
12:41he does have some paperwork there.
12:43The one thing
12:43that does hit me here,
12:44it does say here,
12:46attribution to the finals.
12:48You know,
12:48that's not 100% guaranteed.
12:51These could have been worn
12:52in the finals.
12:52I wouldn't bet my life on that,
12:54but at a minimum,
12:55they're real,
12:55they're authentic,
12:56but I could not say
12:58100% confidence
12:59that these were
13:00actually worn in the finals.
13:02So what do you think
13:03they're worth?
13:03I think these are worth
13:04probably about $5,000.
13:07If you had a conclusive
13:09photo match,
13:10I would say that the values
13:11would be, you know,
13:12north of that,
13:13but in my opinion,
13:14they're worth about $5,000.
13:15I don't,
13:16I'm just like blown away
13:18because I have hundreds
13:18of pictures from the finals
13:20with him in those shoes.
13:22When I bought them
13:23from the Lakers directly,
13:25they wrote in the finals
13:26on the certificate.
13:28There's no question.
13:29So you have any paperwork
13:30from the Lakers with you?
13:31No.
13:31The group that was selling them
13:33had the Lakers banner
13:34and they said
13:35they're contracted
13:36or whatever.
13:37They had a lot of
13:37Lakers memorabilia in there.
13:39I haven't seen any paperwork
13:40from the Lakers
13:41and all that too.
13:42So if there is
13:43that paperwork,
13:44then that obviously
13:45would help with
13:45a lot of this evaluation.
13:47All right.
13:48Thanks, Dave.
13:49All right.
13:49Thanks, Rick.
13:50All the best.
13:51All right.
13:51Thanks.
13:53It's a third party
13:54saying that it happened.
13:55So, I mean,
13:57unless you have something
13:57directly from the Lakers,
13:58it's going to be really hard
14:00to prove that these
14:01were worn in the playoffs.
14:04And I'd give you
14:04like 3,000 for them.
14:06Well, I'm speechless.
14:08I mean,
14:08there's hundreds
14:08and hundreds of pictures
14:09that they're identical
14:11to what's in the finals.
14:13Photo Match
14:13is one of the biggest
14:14companies out there
14:15that do this.
14:16Right here,
14:16they're saying attributed.
14:17They're saying most likely.
14:19They're not saying 100%.
14:20Right.
14:21There's a difference.
14:23We're talking maybe
14:24a $1,000 difference
14:25if they were in the finals.
14:26Obviously,
14:27we're not going to make a deal,
14:27but thanks for bringing them in.
14:29Sure.
14:31I'm very disappointed
14:32we weren't able
14:33to make an offer
14:34or a deal.
14:35It wasn't even close
14:36to what I know
14:38they're really,
14:39truly worth.
14:46Hello.
14:47Hi.
14:47How can I help you today?
14:49Well,
14:50I don't know
14:50what I'm looking at here.
14:51I bought these
14:52at a antique store,
14:54and I just thought
14:54I'd make like a really cool
14:55art installation with them,
14:56and you know how that goes.
14:57You never get around to it.
14:58Well,
14:58I agree with you.
14:59They would make
15:00a really cool
15:00art installation here.
15:02These are suvas,
15:04and they would go
15:05on like a Japanese sword.
15:08So basically,
15:09it's a piece
15:10that would go
15:11between the handle
15:12and the blade,
15:12and it would have
15:13a few different functions.
15:15One would be
15:15it would protect your hand
15:16from someone else's sword,
15:18and also,
15:19it was kind of
15:20a connection point
15:20to make everything secure
15:22and just keep it,
15:23you know,
15:23put together
15:24without moving around.
15:25But these ones
15:26are actually pretty cool.
15:28These all look
15:29to be made out of iron,
15:30which is what you'd expect.
15:34You've got some
15:34really interesting stuff
15:36going on here.
15:37A typical motif
15:38you'd see on these
15:39would be animals,
15:42religious figures,
15:43or mythological creatures,
15:45which I see
15:46kind of some
15:47mythological creatures here.
15:50some really cool stuff
15:51going on here.
15:52What are you looking
15:53to do with these?
15:54I mean,
15:54I have no use for them.
15:56Do you have an idea
15:57what you're looking
15:57to get for them?
15:59You know,
16:00I was kind of hoping
16:02around like $350.
16:04$350?
16:05Yeah.
16:06All right.
16:07I'll be honest with you.
16:09There's a possibility
16:10at $350
16:11I'd be ripping you off
16:12just a little too much.
16:13Really?
16:14I think you have
16:15some good stuff here.
16:16With that being said,
16:16I could be wrong.
16:18Okay.
16:18But I would like
16:19to have someone come down
16:20and take a look at them.
16:21Mm-hmm.
16:21Give me a few minutes.
16:22I'm going to make
16:23a phone call,
16:23see if I can have
16:24Mikey Yamazaki come down.
16:25He's basically
16:26my samurai sword expert.
16:28Okay.
16:28That'd be awesome.
16:29All right.
16:29I'm going to give him a call
16:30and I'll be right back.
16:31Sounds good.
16:36There's a guy in town
16:37with what he calls
16:38his music man cave
16:39and it's near the shop.
16:40He said he has
16:41a few guitars
16:42he'd like to sell.
16:43So I'm swinging by
16:45to see what he has
16:46and hopefully
16:47strum up a deal.
16:52Larry?
16:53Hey, Rick.
16:54So these are the guitars?
16:55Yeah.
16:56Welcome to my
16:57little slice of heaven.
16:59This is my studio
17:00and workshop
17:01where all the magic happens.
17:02Yeah, I got a pawn shop
17:03that's sort of like that.
17:04Yeah.
17:06I reached out
17:07to the guys
17:07at the pawn shop
17:08because I have
17:09three guitars
17:09that I think
17:10they'll really be interested in.
17:12The Gibson B Bender
17:13is one of only 400 ever made.
17:15The Moserite Celebrity
17:17is 50-something years old.
17:19It's hard to find them
17:20in this kind of shape
17:21and a custom-painted
17:23Bender Stratocaster.
17:25There's only three of them
17:26in the entire world.
17:27I'd love to walk away
17:28with $24,000 for the three.
17:30If I'm able to sell
17:31these guitars,
17:32I will immediately start
17:34building my dream
17:35recording studio.
17:37These are really cool.
17:38I mean, like,
17:38this is a B Bender, right?
17:41Yes.
17:42And as far as I know,
17:43the only B Bender
17:44that Gibson made,
17:45a B Bender mechanism,
17:47actually pulls
17:48the B string tighter,
17:51raising the pitch,
17:52most likely used
17:53in country music.
17:54However,
17:55Gibson guitars
17:55were mostly used
17:57in rock and roll.
17:57I mean,
17:57I've heard of these things.
17:59I've never actually seen one.
18:00Yeah.
18:00So the Gibson
18:01is a 2013.
18:02And that was done
18:03by the factory?
18:04Yes.
18:04That's a factory
18:05Gibson mechanism.
18:07Then we have this 1967
18:10Moserite celebrity here.
18:12That is a cool brand.
18:14It was, like,
18:14started by a guy
18:15named Mosley,
18:17and then he got
18:18financial backing
18:18from a guy named
18:19Boatwright,
18:20so they made Moserite.
18:22So, you know,
18:22I did not know that.
18:23Yeah.
18:24That's how they got together.
18:25I mean,
18:26the company was just
18:27jamming in the 1960s.
18:29I mean, like,
18:29they were making
18:291,000 guitars a month.
18:31No kidding.
18:31And the way I understood it
18:33was this is the guitar
18:34of the Ventures
18:35and even into the Ramones.
18:37They loved that
18:38heavy reverb,
18:39dripping,
18:40like,
18:40made you feel
18:41like you're hanging 10
18:42on a longboard.
18:45And then this
18:46is a guitar
18:47commissioned by Fender.
18:49I mean,
18:49everybody knows about Fender.
18:50I mean,
18:50it started, like,
18:51by Leo Fender.
18:52First guitar
18:52was the broadcaster.
18:53Yeah.
18:54And then the Stratocaster,
18:55you know.
18:55Yep.
18:56The original
18:56rock and roll guitar,
18:58you know,
18:58Jimmy Hendrix.
18:59It's cool,
19:00but, like,
19:00but that's a factory
19:01Gibson paint job?
19:02No, no.
19:03This is a custom
19:04hand-painted paint job
19:06by Justin Bauer.
19:07So Fender found
19:09Justin's art.
19:10He paints paintings
19:11and actually pottery,
19:12and they commissioned him
19:13to do three guitars.
19:15One belongs to Axl Rose.
19:16The other one
19:17is in a gallery in Japan,
19:18and we have the
19:19third one right here.
19:20Interesting.
19:21I thought so.
19:22Yeah.
19:24All right,
19:24the big question,
19:25what do you want
19:25for these things?
19:26The Gibson's,
19:272,500 bucks.
19:28The Moserites,
19:29only 1,500,
19:31but the Fender
19:32is $20,000.
19:34All right,
19:34I'm going to get a hold
19:35of my guitar guy
19:35because you have
19:37some very non-standard
19:38guitars.
19:39Mm-hmm.
19:40I specialize in it.
19:41Let me get him down here
19:42and let's get his opinion
19:43and then we'll go from there.
19:44Sounds great.
19:52I'm at a guitar workshop
19:53here in town
19:54where the owner
19:55has three guitars
19:56he's looking to sell.
19:57He wants $24,000
19:59for them
20:00and I do not know
20:01if that's a good price.
20:02So I've called in
20:03Mike Ball,
20:04my guitar expert,
20:05and he's going to tell me
20:06if it's a rockin' deal
20:07or not.
20:08So what do you think?
20:10It's not often
20:10you get to see
20:11one of these.
20:12Yeah.
20:12Gibson Bee Bender
20:13with a Joe Glazer
20:15Bee Bender setup.
20:16They only made
20:16400 of these.
20:18This guitar is so weird.
20:20Looks like some,
20:21uh,
20:21some natural patina.
20:23This would have had
20:24a satin finish.
20:25We can still have
20:26a lot of it on the back
20:26but a whole bunch of it's
20:28missing on the face
20:29of the guitar
20:30but that's rock and roll.
20:31I mean,
20:31what are you going to do?
20:33And then we got
20:34the Moserite.
20:35This is an oddball
20:36in the Moserite pantheon.
20:38I mean,
20:38it's not the solid body
20:39like the Ventures played
20:40or the Mark II
20:41like Johnny Ramone played.
20:43Much more limited appeal
20:44but has all the ingredients.
20:46Has the Mosley tailpiece,
20:49has the hotly wound
20:49single coil pickups,
20:50has the roller bridge.
20:52I'm into it, man.
20:53I love it.
20:54Good.
20:55That's what I like to hear.
20:56Yeah.
20:57And don't see that every day.
20:59No.
21:00Well, I mean,
21:01the Stratocaster
21:01has been such an enticing
21:03platform for artwork.
21:05You've got,
21:05you know,
21:06Jimi Hendrix,
21:06Monterey Pop.
21:07Yeah.
21:07And then in the 90s
21:08you have Crash,
21:10the artist that made
21:11those really evocative
21:12art guitars for Eric Clapton.
21:14So there's a good lineage
21:15of make your Stratocaster
21:17as weird and
21:18as wild as possible.
21:19Sure.
21:21What do you think
21:22these two would go for?
21:23Well, on the Gibson
21:24in its current condition,
21:26around $1,800.
21:27And on the Moserite Celebrity,
21:29I feel really good
21:29about $1,500 for that one.
21:31And this,
21:33what was the asking price
21:34on this guitar?
21:35$20,000.
21:36I can tell you that
21:38if the only thing
21:39I can index this off of
21:40is the Eric Clapton
21:41Crash Stratocasters,
21:42which were played out
21:43by Clapton,
21:44so there's a whole
21:45extra layer
21:46attached to that.
21:47But those,
21:48I've seen priced
21:49at around $30,000.
21:50So can you even
21:50put a number on it?
21:52Rick, I can't confidently
21:53put a number on that.
21:56Thanks, man.
21:56You're the best.
21:57Absolutely.
21:58Anytime.
21:59Thanks, man.
21:59Larry, pleasure.
22:02All right.
22:03So refresh my memory
22:04on what you wanted
22:05for these.
22:06So if we're
22:06taking the Stratocaster
22:09out of the equation,
22:09I wanted $1,500
22:11for the Moserite,
22:12$2,500 for the
22:14Beebender Les Paul.
22:15I'm thinking like $2,000.
22:17$2,500.
22:19I'm thinking $2,000.
22:23$2,350.
22:25$2,200.
22:28Sweet.
22:28We got a deal.
22:29Bring it to the shop.
22:30I'll get you paid.
22:31You got it.
22:31Thanks, man.
22:32See ya.
22:38There's a woman
22:38in the shop
22:39with a collection
22:40of Tsubas,
22:40which are mountings
22:41for Japanese swords.
22:43She's asking $350
22:44for the lot,
22:45but I want to make
22:46so they're authentic.
22:47So I've asked Mike Yamasaki
22:48to come take a look
22:49and give me his opinion
22:50on them.
22:53Why don't you tell Mike
22:54how you got this stuff?
22:55I was antiquing
22:56and came across these
22:57and thought I could make
22:58a really cool art
22:59installation piece with them,
23:00but I never really
23:01got around to it.
23:02And I honestly,
23:03I didn't know
23:03what they were.
23:04Can you take a look
23:05at them and let me know
23:06what you're seeing?
23:07Well, at least you made
23:08the right choice.
23:09These are,
23:10whether to be genuine
23:11Japanese soup,
23:12it's not Chinese reproductions
23:14or anything like that.
23:15With your permission,
23:16I'd like to take a look
23:18at them.
23:18Please.
23:20This piece is very nice.
23:21It's a classic piece
23:22and it's of a Japanese flower.
23:25This was actually
23:26a solid plate like this,
23:28but then they carved away
23:30and left the design.
23:31So that's a lot of work.
23:32So this is actually
23:33one of the nicer pieces.
23:37And you can see
23:38how heavy this piece is here.
23:40I did hold that one.
23:42It's got a good,
23:43a nice ring to it.
23:44So this is a very
23:45well-made piece.
23:46Okay.
23:47And it also,
23:50did you notice
23:51the writing on it?
23:52I did.
23:53A couple of them have.
23:54Right.
23:55And that tells us
23:56where it was made
23:57and who it was made by.
23:59Are you familiar
24:00with that name?
24:01Yes, I actually
24:01know this maker.
24:02He worked quite often
24:04in the 1800s.
24:05It's a Namitoshi.
24:07And he's actually,
24:09you know,
24:09a well-known super maker.
24:12And then the rest of these
24:14have condition issues.
24:17Like this has damage
24:18on the back right here.
24:20So unfortunately,
24:22that kind of
24:22degrades the value.
24:24How much do you think
24:25this collection's worth?
24:27Well, you have
24:28quite a varying bit
24:29of quality and condition.
24:31But I would say
24:35$5,000 would be...
24:36What?
24:38Are you serious?
24:39Yeah.
24:39I mean...
24:40I changed my offer.
24:42All right.
24:42Well, I appreciate
24:43you coming out, Mike.
24:44Hey, anytime.
24:45All right.
24:46I'll see you.
24:47Nice to meet you.
24:47All right.
24:48So $350 it is.
24:50I think we could do
24:51a little better than that.
24:53All right.
24:53How about I add a zero
24:54to it and give you $3,500?
24:55I think that seems
24:56pretty fair.
24:57Do you go to $4,000?
25:00I'll go $4,000 on them.
25:02We got a deal.
25:03Awesome.
25:04You can just come up here
25:04and I'll get you paid.
25:05Okay.
25:28Hey, how's it going?
25:29Hi, good.
25:30Well, we have flatware here.
25:32Is it silver?
25:32A stainless steel.
25:33Stainless steel.
25:34Japanese stainless steel.
25:35This was a set of flatware
25:37that you bought
25:38because you didn't want
25:39to be like your parents.
25:40Which I can relate to.
25:43I'm at the pawn shop today
25:45to sell my 1950s
25:47Carl Aubach flatware.
25:49I found my set of flatware
25:50at a thrift store
25:51in my area
25:52in Southern California.
25:53They look great,
25:54but actually using them
25:56wasn't the most functional,
25:57so I figured,
25:58why not try to get
25:59some money for them.
26:00Based on my research,
26:02I would like to maybe
26:03get around $5,000 for the set.
26:06This is pretty cool.
26:07I mean, in 1950,
26:09you were really, really cool
26:10if you had this.
26:11You know, people didn't have
26:13cell phones and app stores
26:14and stuff like that
26:15to waste their money.
26:16They had dinner parties,
26:17and the more elaborate
26:19your flatware set was,
26:20was the bigger status
26:21symbol that you had.
26:22I mean, I've seen it
26:23all the way down
26:23to the onion
26:24and the pickle fork.
26:26You know, the salt spoons
26:27and everything like that
26:28where, I mean,
26:28it just goes on
26:29and on and on
26:30to where you got,
26:30you know, 27, 37 pieces
26:32in an entire dinner set.
26:34Do you mind if I pick
26:35a piece up
26:35and take a look at it?
26:36No, go for it.
26:38And they're Abach, right?
26:40Carl Abach is the designer.
26:42Stainless steel from Japan,
26:44definitely 1950s,
26:45mid-century modern.
26:46So how many pieces total?
26:48Uh, 46 total.
26:49Okay, um,
26:51what are you trying
26:51to get out of this?
26:52Well, I did a little bit
26:54of research to figure out
26:55what they were,
26:56and I did find
26:58a couple listings
26:58for a full set
27:00going for around five grand.
27:02All right, uh,
27:03doesn't look like a full set
27:04because there's no
27:05serving spoons.
27:06I mean, I've seen full sets
27:07go for around $1,200
27:08and actually sell for that.
27:10Um, that being said,
27:11if I'm going to sell flatware,
27:12it's going to have to be
27:13the silver stuff
27:13because that's the only stuff
27:14I've ever been able
27:15to sell in my life.
27:16It's just, uh,
27:17it's way too much
27:18of a niche market.
27:19Uh, I do appreciate
27:20you bringing it in, though.
27:21Yeah.
27:22Well, have a good day.
27:23Take care.
27:31Hi, how are you doing today?
27:32Oh, pretty good.
27:33Good.
27:34That looks like
27:35a definitely old pair
27:36of golf clubs.
27:37Yeah, just an old pair
27:38of golf clubs
27:39sitting around.
27:40Okay, um, all right.
27:41Oh, I see the name.
27:43Tell me about him.
27:44This right here
27:45is a set of
27:46General Eisenhower's clubs
27:48that my father-in-law
27:49got from him.
27:50My father-in-law
27:51was golf pro
27:52at Fort Meade
27:53where President Eisenhower
27:54came and golfed several times.
27:56You know,
27:57my dad once told me
27:58find out what you're not
27:58good at in this life
27:59and don't do that.
28:00So I just stopped playing golf.
28:04Really cool.
28:05I mean, it's Dwight D. Eisenhower.
28:06A five-star general
28:07is the highest rank
28:08you can get
28:09and that rank
28:09only exists during wartime.
28:11I mean, he was
28:11the supreme commander.
28:13This is the guy
28:14who defeated Germany
28:15in World War II.
28:16And he was a pretty
28:17amazing president.
28:18I mean, we have
28:19the interstate highway system
28:20because of him.
28:21He's definitely
28:22in the top ten presidents
28:23we ever had.
28:24The clubs are even
28:26cast with his signature
28:27in it
28:28and the five stars.
28:30Yeah.
28:31Now, tell me exactly
28:32how your father-in-law
28:33got these.
28:34My father-in-law
28:35was a golf pro
28:36at Fort Meade
28:37in Maryland.
28:37President Eisenhower
28:38used to go there
28:39and golf quite a bit.
28:40Got to know my father-in-law
28:41and turned around
28:42and gave it to him
28:43as a gift.
28:43So, this is your father-in-law?
28:47That's my father-in-law.
28:48There's President Eisenhower
28:49and that right there
28:50is retired General Parks.
28:52Okay.
28:53I believe they're his.
28:55Yeah.
28:55I wish we had
28:56some more documentation
28:57and the history on them
28:58and things like that.
28:59How much do you want for him?
29:01100K.
29:02Okay.
29:02That'd be tough.
29:04Yeah.
29:05He had one set
29:07that sold for over $100,000
29:08but that was his custom-made set
29:11that was at Augusta.
29:13Yep.
29:13And there's all this documentation on it.
29:17This is not that set.
29:18Nope.
29:19When you have something like this,
29:20it's one of a kind.
29:21It is.
29:22People buy the story
29:23and I got to have a story
29:24and I got to prove the story.
29:26I mean, if there was a letter
29:27or something like that,
29:28it'd be kind of a game changer.
29:29Yeah.
29:29But my number's like $20,000.
29:31Okay.
29:32Rick, I'll have to pass on that
29:34but I definitely appreciate the offer.
29:36Thank you for coming in.
29:38I really appreciate it.
29:40Here you go.
29:43Presidents are people
29:44just like the rest of us
29:45and at the end of a long day
29:47of running the free world,
29:48they need to kick back
29:49and clear their heads
29:50as much as anyone.
29:51Since the dawn of the presidency,
29:53these guys have each managed
29:55to squeeze in time
29:56for their secret
29:57or not-so-secret hobbies.
29:59For instance,
30:00the OG,
30:01George Washington.
30:02When he wasn't putting in place
30:04the pieces of a new democracy,
30:06he was probably busy
30:07cutting some serious rug.
30:09First-hand accounts claim
30:10he was
30:11dancing with the stars level good.
30:14Always the center of attention
30:15at a party.
30:17Since childhood,
30:18FDR was a serious
30:19stamp collecting addict
30:21and when he fell ill with polio,
30:23working on his stamp collection
30:25helped pass the lonely hours
30:26spent by himself.
30:27As president,
30:28he spent up to an hour a day
30:30looking at
30:31and adding to his collection.
30:33Richard and First Lady
30:35Pat Nixon
30:36loved bowling so much
30:38that they had
30:39a one-lane bowling alley
30:40installed in the White House
30:41basement in 1969.
30:44Tricky Dick
30:44sported an average
30:45of 170
30:46and would roll up
30:48to eight games a night,
30:50a number that would make
30:51the Big Lebowski proud.
30:53President Barack Obama
30:55was a serious hooper.
30:57He regularly scheduled
30:58pickup games
30:59at 1600 Penn,
31:01including a game
31:02at his 50th birthday celebration
31:04that included
31:05WNBA player
31:07Maya Moore
31:07and NBA players
31:09Chauncey Billups
31:10and Chris Paul.
31:11Talk about a star-studded affair.
31:14You know,
31:14I look pretty presidential.
31:15I don't think
31:16there's ever been
31:17a motorcycle-riding,
31:18avid collector,
31:20Oregon mountain man,
31:21prodigious pawnbroker.
31:24Harrison,
31:252024.
31:33Kind of impressed?
31:35Thanks.
31:36Tell me about it.
31:37It's a 1955
31:38Mutoscope KO champ.
31:40Okay.
31:41You know,
31:41this is a boxing town.
31:43Oh,
31:43I'm in trouble.
31:47I'm here to sell
31:47a 1955
31:49Mutoscope KO champ.
31:50This game,
31:51it's two fighters in there
31:52and you're basically
31:53trying to hit the other
31:54under the chin
31:54to knock them down.
31:55My asking price
31:56is $14,000
31:57for my 1955
31:58Mutoscope KO champ.
32:01This is cool.
32:03Mutoscope.
32:03The name is called
32:04Scope because
32:05they used to make
32:05short films
32:06for the coin-operated
32:07machines they used.
32:08A lot of old bears
32:09and stuff used to have,
32:10you know,
32:10basically it's
32:11their old cast iron.
32:12You put your face into it
32:13and you turn the crank
32:13and the pictures move
32:16and you see a little movie.
32:17It's like a minute
32:17or two minutes long
32:18and the company
32:20saw the writing
32:21on the wall
32:21and said like,
32:23you know,
32:23this short little movie thing
32:24is not going to last
32:25and they started
32:27making different
32:28mechanical games
32:28and this was
32:30one of their
32:31cooler games.
32:33What year is this one?
32:351955.
32:36It's sort of like
32:36Rock and Sock of Robots.
32:38Yeah,
32:38that's what I've heard.
32:39But way before that,
32:40where did you get this?
32:41Well,
32:42I purchased this
32:42from a dear friend of mine.
32:44I mean,
32:44did you just fall in love
32:45with the game or?
32:46Yeah,
32:46I mean,
32:47look at it.
32:47How can you not
32:48fall in love with that?
32:48Okay.
32:49Does it work?
32:50It does.
32:51It works great.
32:52All right.
32:52Can we play it?
32:54Absolutely.
33:07Ah!
33:08Ah!
33:16And the timer
33:17just ran out.
33:17All right.
33:18You're good.
33:19I cheated a little bit.
33:19I used to box.
33:22Well,
33:22that's got to be what it is.
33:24All right.
33:25So how much
33:25you want for this thing?
33:26$14,000.
33:28Okay.
33:29That sounds like
33:29a lot of money.
33:30How'd you come up
33:31with that number?
33:32Just going off
33:33what they've sold
33:33at auctions
33:34for unrestored machines
33:36and the cost
33:37of the restoration work.
33:38Okay.
33:39Let me call in
33:40a friend of mine.
33:41She will know
33:41way more about this game
33:42than I do
33:43and she'll know
33:44what it's worth.
33:44Okay?
33:45Yep.
33:51Hey,
33:51how's it going?
33:52Hey,
33:52how are you?
33:53What do we got here?
33:54So I have a Rarity's Mint
33:56Metal Snow White coin.
33:58It has a Mint Air designation.
34:00Okay.
34:00And a Congo coin.
34:02Who's on the
34:02Snow White coin here?
34:03We have
34:04Happy,
34:05Happy.
34:05Okay.
34:06So there's
34:06Happy,
34:07Sleepy,
34:08Dopey,
34:09Grumpy,
34:10Bashful,
34:11Sneezy,
34:12Doc.
34:13Doc.
34:13Okay.
34:14I'm really impressed
34:15that I know that stuff.
34:16It's pretty good.
34:18I'm here at the pawn shop
34:19to sell
34:19a Rarity's Mint
34:21Snow White coin
34:22and a Congo coin.
34:24The Snow White
34:25is extremely rare.
34:26It's the only one
34:27in the world.
34:27The Congo coin
34:28has a 50-year calendar
34:30which is very interesting
34:31because the coin rotates.
34:33It has a functionality.
34:34The Snow White,
34:35I'm asking,
34:36$10,000
34:37and the Congo
34:38is $3,000.
34:40This is interesting.
34:41Basically,
34:42this was a commemorative coin.
34:43It's commemorating,
34:44what,
34:44the 50th anniversary
34:46of Snow White?
34:47It was their first
34:48feature film, right?
34:49That's right.
34:50Disney loves
34:50a good collectible.
34:51That's right.
34:52Okay.
34:53So where'd you get them?
34:54From another dealer.
34:56Anything particular
34:56about these ones
34:57that made you have to have them?
34:58Absolutely.
34:59The Rarity's Mint
35:00Snow White metal
35:01has a Mint Air
35:03wire struck
35:04into the metal,
35:05into the silver.
35:06It's between the letters
35:07A and the N.
35:08And the Congo coin,
35:09there's only three
35:10of those in the world.
35:12And so your Congo one
35:13is a 50-year calendar coin.
35:15Okay.
35:16So, yeah,
35:17what I'm assuming here
35:18is you've got to have
35:19some kind of mechanics
35:20in here
35:21to make this thing spin
35:22so you can change
35:23the calendar
35:23around different dates
35:24and whatnot.
35:25Obviously,
35:2550 years after
35:26they got their independence,
35:27it's 10 francs.
35:29Okay.
35:29Definitely pretty cool.
35:30I mean,
35:31I haven't seen one before,
35:32but you said
35:32there's only three
35:33in the world,
35:33so why would I, right?
35:36So,
35:36I'm assuming you brought
35:37them down here
35:38to sell them, right?
35:39Yes, sir.
35:39What are you looking
35:40to get out of them?
35:40I'm looking to get
35:41$3,000 on a Congo coin
35:43and $10,000
35:43on the Snow White.
35:45You are mighty proud
35:46of these things, man.
35:47That's right.
35:48Okay.
35:48So,
35:49I don't know
35:50if there's anybody
35:51out there
35:51really collecting
35:52Snow White coins.
35:54And I get
35:55it's got a Mint Air,
35:56but a Mint Air
35:57really only matters
35:58to me
35:58if it's on
35:59American currency.
36:01You know,
36:01now this Congo one,
36:02I get the fact
36:03that it's functional,
36:04it's cool,
36:05it's super rare,
36:06but once again,
36:07it's a commemorative coin.
36:08I hate to say it, man.
36:09I mean,
36:09I'd give you
36:10silver weight on them.
36:11About $25 a piece.
36:13I can't do that.
36:13I mean,
36:14what you got is cool
36:15and I know
36:15they're really rare,
36:16but just because
36:17they're rare
36:18doesn't mean
36:18they're worth
36:19a lot of money to me.
36:19But I do appreciate
36:20you bringing them down, man.
36:22So, you don't want
36:23to sell them for $50 total?
36:25Okay.
36:25Well, I have to
36:25thank you very much.
36:26Thank you so much.
36:32A customer brought
36:33in the shop
36:34a 1955 Budiscope
36:35KO Champ
36:36coin-operated
36:37boxing game.
36:38The seller is asking
36:39for $14,000
36:40and it works
36:42and is in
36:42excellent condition.
36:44But I don't know
36:45what something
36:45like this is worth,
36:46so I've called in
36:47Danny,
36:48our pinball expert,
36:49and she's going
36:50to tell me
36:50if this is a
36:51knockout deal
36:51or not.
36:53Danny!
36:54Hey, Rick.
36:54Thanks for having me.
36:56Hi there.
36:57Hi.
36:57I'm Danny.
36:58Nice to meet you.
36:58Kevin, nice to meet you.
36:59This is a really
37:00fancy machine
37:01you have here, Kevin.
37:02Rick, what can I
37:03tell you about the machine?
37:04Um, everything.
37:05Everything?
37:06Well, this company,
37:08International Mutoscope,
37:09started in the
37:09early 1900s.
37:11Towards the end
37:12of their run
37:12in the late 1950s,
37:14they were mostly
37:15just doing arcade machines.
37:16This was one of the
37:17last games
37:18that they produced.
37:19So how long
37:20have you owned
37:20this machine for?
37:21A couple of years now.
37:22And then,
37:23did you buy
37:23the machine restored
37:24or did you have
37:25it restored yourself?
37:26Bought it restored.
37:27Okay.
37:27Yeah.
37:28Well, it looks like
37:28it's in really great shape.
37:29So can I take
37:30a little bit
37:31of a closer look
37:32at the machine?
37:32Absolutely.
37:33Okay, great.
37:34So I can see
37:35just a couple things
37:37on the graphics here
37:39that obviously
37:40have been redone.
37:42The KO
37:42that's in the boxing gloves,
37:44slightly smaller font
37:46than the original version,
37:47and then the Champ
37:48is also a little bit
37:49fatter, more bubbly.
37:51The biggest thing
37:52that I'm noticing
37:53on this machine,
37:54however,
37:54is the domed top.
37:56So the original machines
37:58came with
37:59a circular dome.
38:01So a lot of times
38:02when you do find
38:03these machines,
38:04the original dome tops
38:05will be broken,
38:06cracked,
38:07yellowed with age.
38:08This machine
38:09is close to 75 years old.
38:11So they obviously
38:12reproduced this top
38:13for this one.
38:14Okay.
38:15So what do you think
38:15it's worth?
38:16It looks like
38:17everything's,
38:18you know,
38:18in very clean shape.
38:21I would put the value
38:22of this machine
38:23in today's market
38:24at 11.5.
38:26A collector
38:27is going to want
38:28that original bubble.
38:29Okay.
38:30Thanks, Danny.
38:31You're the best.
38:32Thank you so much.
38:33Good luck.
38:34Nice to meet you.
38:34Nice to meet you.
38:36All right.
38:37Well, you heard Danny,
38:38and I'll give you
38:40seven grand.
38:42It's a very small market.
38:44It's tough selling
38:45the stuff.
38:45When I do sell it,
38:47I got to pay guys
38:47to make a crate.
38:48There's a lot of money
38:49involved in selling
38:50one of these things.
38:51Seven grand.
38:53Ten.
38:54I mean,
38:55I'd go 7,500 bucks.
38:56I mean,
38:56hopefully they'll sell
38:57right away,
38:57but if it doesn't sell
38:58right away,
38:59I might run into problems
39:00a year from now.
39:00So I'd probably do eight.
39:02That's about as low
39:03as I'll go.
39:047,700 bucks.
39:067,800 bucks.
39:10Deal.
39:11Sweet.
39:11I will meet you
39:12right up front,
39:13and I'll get you paid.
39:14All right.
39:15Thanks, sir.
39:17This is my new
39:18boxing workout.
39:26Earlier at the shop,
39:27I looked at a set
39:28of golf clubs
39:29that may have been
39:30owned by President Eisenhower.
39:31They actually made me
39:32reminisce about me
39:34trying to play the game
39:35in my younger years.
39:36So I've asked Corey and Chum
39:38to meet me here
39:38to tee off my reintroduction
39:41to the game of golf.
39:42There's your pops.
39:44Hey, guys.
39:45What do you think?
39:46What's going on here?
39:47So we had
39:48President Eisenhower's
39:49golf clubs in the shop.
39:50Start thinking about this place.
39:52It's right down the street
39:52from the shop.
39:53We have drinks.
39:54We have golf.
39:55It's brand new.
39:56They have amazing food.
39:58We can relax,
39:59hit some balls,
39:59and we can have a blast.
40:01All right.
40:02Okay.
40:03So how long have you
40:04been here practicing
40:05before we got here?
40:06I haven't practiced at all.
40:07This is not a competition.
40:08We're just here to have fun.
40:10All right.
40:10It's a competition.
40:11All right.
40:12So I'm up.
40:15God!
40:16Just swing slower, Rick.
40:17Take a baby step forward,
40:18though, I promise.
40:19You know what?
40:19I will do great
40:20if you guys could just
40:21be quiet for a minute.
40:22Okay.
40:23All right.
40:26Whoa!
40:27There you go.
40:28All right.
40:29Here you go, Chum.
40:30You're on.
40:30All right.
40:31All right.
40:35Good job, Chum.
40:37Look at that.
40:37I beat you with an 8-iron, Rick.
40:39I just need to practice more.
40:41All right, Big Hoss.
40:42You're up.
40:42All right.
40:43All right, Todd.
40:48Let's see.
40:49Right past Uncle Steve.
40:50Oh!
40:50I beat you!
40:51Oh!
40:52That was a massive slice.
40:54All right, Big Hoss.
40:55Good job.
40:57You've never heard of Harrison,
40:58the great golfer.
40:59You did come in last place.
41:01You know what?
41:01I just need a little practice.
41:02It's been a long time.
41:03You know what?
41:04I think you did good,
41:05but you're definitely better
41:06eating tacos than golf,
41:07so why don't you stick to that,
41:09and I'll take your turn.
41:10Okay.
41:11All right.
41:11All right.
41:12All right.
41:13All right.
41:13All right.
41:14All right.
41:14All right.
41:14All right.
41:14All right.
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