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S EPISODE OF
PAWN STARS
- GOT A LINCOLN CAMPAIGN RIBBON
FROM 1860.
- OKAY, THIS IS AMAZING,
BUT I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT THIS THING IS WORTH.
- WELL, I DO.
- OKAY.
- $25,000.
- IT'S A MID-'60s
LITTLE ELECTRIC CAR.
- THE BODY'S
IN JUST GREAT SHAPE.
SO HOW DOES THIS THING DRIVE?
- YOU GOT TO PULL UP
YOUR THROTTLE AND BRAKE,
TURN THE KEY ON.
OH, COME ON!
- I'VE GOT AN 1860s
DYNAMITE BLASTER.
- HOW DOES IT WORK?
- YOU RUN THAT OU TO YOUR DYNAMITE.
YOU RAISE THAT UP.
- I WAS TOLD THIS ONE WORKS.
- DON'T PUT THAT DOWN!
- 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.
WHAT CAN I HELP YOU WITH?
- GOT A LINCOLN CAMPAIGN RIBBON
FROM 1860.
IT'S MADE OF SILK.
IT'S IN VERY GOOD CONDITION.
IT'S GOT ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S BUS PICTURE ON IT.
ALSO HAS, FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
HANNIBAL HAMLIN.
- IS THAT LIKE A LINCOLN LOG?
- NO, IT'S A RIBBON YOU WOULD,
LIKE, WEAR ON YOUR CLOTHES.
LIKE THEY HAVE CAMPAIGN BUTTONS
NOWADAYS.
- YEAH.
- SORT OF WHAT THEY HAD
BACK THEN.
- I NEED TO BUST OU THE NEW BUTTON:
CHUMLEE FOR PRESIDENT,
2012.
- [laughs]
- I DECIDED TO COME
TO THE PAWN SHOP TODAY.
I HAVE AN ABRAHAM LINCOLN
CAMPAIGN RIBBON.
IT'S A VERY RARE PIECE
OF HISTORY.
DECIDED TO BRING I AND SEE WHAT IT WAS WORTH.
EVERYTHING HAS A NUMBER ON IT,
BUT I'M NOT GONNA GIVE IT AWAY.
- THIS IS PRETTY AMAZING.
SO WHERE IN THE WORLD
DID YOU GET THIS?
- WELL, IT'S BEEN IN MY FAMILY
150 YEARS.
I HAVE A LITTLE DOCUMENT HERE.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY,
AND WHEN I FOUND IT,
IN MY MOM'S CEDAR CHEST.
GOT A LITTLE STORY ABOUT I THERE.
- OKAY.
"WORN BY MY GRANDFATHER
JOHN HALL.
CAMPAIGN OF 1860.
"
I'M DEFINITELY INTERESTED
IN I
BECAUSE, QUITE FRANKLY,
IT'S PRETTY COOL.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN IS CONSIDERED
ONE OF THE GREATEST LEADERS
THIS COUNTRY HAS EVER HAD,
SO WHENEVER I RUN ACROSS ITEMS
FROM HIS PRESIDENCY,
YOU BET I'M INTERESTED.
- HOW COME LINCOLN
DOESN'T HAVE A BEARD?
- THE STORY GOES IS,
A LITTLE GIRL WROTE HIM A LETTER
SAYING HE WOULD LOOK MUCH MORE
DISTINCTIVE IF HE GREW A BEARD,
AND THAT'S WHY HE GREW IT.
I DON'T KNOW
IF IT'S TRUE OR NOT.
BEARD OR NO BEARD,
YOU DON'T GE
A MUCH BIGGER AMERICAN ICON
THAN LINCOLN.
SO WHAT WERE YOU LOOKING
TO DO WITH IT?
- SELL IT,
IF THE PRICE IS RIGHT.
- OKAY, UM
THE GREAT THING IS,
IT'S IN BEAUTIFUL SHAPE.
AND I CAN DEFINITELY TELL
IT'S REAL FROM HOW OLD IT IS,
BUT THE PROBLEM I HAVE HERE IS,
I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT THIS THING IS WORTH.
- WELL, I DO.
- OKAY, AND WHAT IS THAT?
- I HAD IT APPRAISED SEVEN,
EIGHT YEARS AGO FOR $25,000.
- OKAY.
UM
SOUNDS A LITTLE HIGH TO ME.
YOU MIND IF I HAVE SOMEONE
COME DOWN HERE,
TAKE A LOOK AT IT,
MAYBE WE COULD FIGURE
SOMETHING OUT?
- NO PROBLEM.
- NOT THAT I DON'T BELIEVE YOU.
IT'S JUST,
I DON'T BELIEVE ANYBODY.
- FAIR ENOUGH.
- ALL RIGHT.
SO LET ME GET SOMEONE DOWN HERE
TO CHECK IT OUT.
- THANK YOU.
- THIS RIBBON IS AWESOME,
BUT I HAVE NO IDEA HOW RARE
IT IS OR WHAT IT'S WORTH.
IT COULD BE 25 GRAND
LIKE THE GUY SAYS,
BUT I'M NOT TAKING HIS WORD
FOR IT.
- OH, IT'S YOU AGAIN,
TRYING TO SELL ME
SOMETHING ELSE, HUH?
WHAT YOU GOT THERE?
- I'VE GOT AN 1860s
DYNAMITE BLASTER.
- WILE E.
COYOTE USED IT.
IS IT MADE BY ACME?
BEEP, BEEP.
- [laughs]
I DECIDED TO COME
TO THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY 1860s
DYNAMITE BLASTER.
I'VE GOT A LOT OF STUFF
AROUND THE HOUSE.
I NEED TO MAKE SOME ROOM
AND GET RID OF STUFF.
IT'S A RARE PIECE,
AND THESE GUYS REALLY SHOULD
JUMP ALL OVER THIS.
- THEY USED THESE
FOR PROBABLY OVER 100 YEARS.
THEY'RE AN INTERESTING PIECE.
THEY DON'T USE THEM NO MORE.
- I WAS TOLD THIS ONE WORKS.
- OH, IT MIGHT WORK, BUT WHEN
THEY SET DYNAMITE OFF NOW,
THEY USE--
- A LIGHTER.
- NO.
- [laughs]
- IT'S ALL DONE
WITH RADIO WAVES NOW.
THIS TYPE OF DETONATOR
WAS INVENTED IN THE LATE 1800s.
IT SURE BEAT LIGHTING DYNAMITE
BY HAND,
WHERE YOU COULD BLOW
YOUR DAMN ARM OFF.
- HOW DOES IT WORK?
- YOU ATTACH YOUR LEADS HERE,
TWO WIRES.
YOU RUN THAT OU TO YOUR DYNAMITE.
YOU RAISE THAT UP.
[clicking]
[squeaking and clanking]
DO YOU HEAR THAT SOUND
IN THERE?
- YEAH.
- THAT'S THE GYRO TURNING
IN THERE,
CREATING THE CURREN THAT GOES OU
AND BLOWS THE DYNAMITE UP.
YOU CAN TELL THEY BUIL THESE THINGS TO LAST,
FOR A CENTURY LATER,
THEY STILL WORK.
WHAT ARE YOU TRYING
TO DO WITH IT?
YOU WANT TO SELL IT?
YOU WANT TO PAWN IT?
- I'D LIKE TO SELL IT.
- I USUALLY GET ABOUT 300 BUCKS
OUT OF THESE.
- MM-HMM.
- THAT'S WITH THE MANUFACTURER'S
PLATE ON THEM.
THIS ONE HERE
DON'T HAVE A PLATE ON IT,
SO I CAN'T DATE IT,
AND I DON'T KNOW WHO MADE IT.
I'D GO ABOUT $125 ON IT.
THAT'D BE ABOUT THE BES I COULD GO.
- COULD YOU DO $150?
- $125 IS TOP OF THE LINE, SIR.
- ALL RIGHT, I'LL DO $125.
- ALL RIGHT, WE GOT A DEAL.
- THANK YOU.
THEY GAVE ME 125 BUCKS.
IT'S QUICK MONEY.
I REALLY DIDN'T WAN TO HANG ON TO IT,
AND SO I DECIDED
TO GET RID OF IT.
- THIS IS IT.
- [laughs]
- WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- WELL,
IT'S DEFINITELY DIFFERENT.
- WHAT IN THE HELL
IS THIS THING?
- IT'S AN ELECTRA-KING,
MID-'60s
LITTLE ELECTRIC CAR.
- THIS LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING
MR.
POTATO HEAD WOULD DRIVE.
- [laughs]
- I CAME TO THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL
MY LITTLE ELECTRIC CAR.
I DID SOME WORK FOR A GUY,
AND HE GAVE IT TO ME
AS PARTIAL PAYMENT.
I'M HOPING TO GE AROUND $3,500.
I GUESS I'D TAKE $1,500.
I KNOW THEY GO TO MAKE MONEY TOO.
- SO HOW FAST IS IT?
- 25, 30.
IT'LL KEEP UP WITH A MOPED.
- IT'S AN ELECTRA-KING?
- YEAH.
- SO THAT WOULD MAKE I LATE '60s, EARLY '70s.
IT WAS DESIGNED TO BE
A CHEAP COMMUTER CAR.
IT WAS PRETTY MUCH
MAINTENANCE-FREE.
- RICK, THIS THING WOULD MAKE
A HELL OF A GOLF CART.
- REALLY COULDN'T BE A GOLF CAR
BECAUSE THERE'S NO PLACE
TO PUT YOUR CLUBS.
- PUT SOME RACKS ON THE BACK.
- THAT'S MY OLD MAN.
HE LOVES JUST ABOU ANY OLD CAR,
EVEN IF IT'S AN ELECTRIC ONE
FROM THE '60s
THAT NO ONE'S HEARD OF.
SO HOW DOES THIS THING DRIVE?
- CAN I SHOW YOU?
- SURE.
- TURN THE KEY ON.
HERE'S YOUR FORWARD AND REVERSE
TOGGLE SWITCH.
THEN YOU PUSH THIS FORWARD
TO GO FORWARD.
PULL BACK FOR STOP.
- THIS THING WOULD BE LIKE
A BEER CAN IN A COLLISION.
- SURE YOU GUYS DON'T WAN TO GO FOR A RIDE?
- NO, I DON'T THINK THE THREE
OF US WOULD FIT IN IT.
[laughs]
- YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE MISSING.
- THAT'S GOT TO BE
THE MOST UNNATURAL THING
I'VE EVER SEEN.
- IT DOES TAKE
SOME GETTING USED TO.
- THIS CAR CAN'T DECIDE
IF IT'S A GOLF CART,
A BUMPER CAR,
OR THE WORLD'S OLDEST PRIUS.
IT'S WEIRD,
BUT I LIKE IT.
SO HOW MUCH YOU WAN FOR THIS THING?
- I'M THINKING AROUND 35.
- DOLLARS?
- NO, HUNDRED.
- I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OU
IF THERE'S SOMETHING
I CAN DO WITH IT.
I DON'T THINK PEOPLE
COLLECT THESE THINGS.
- WELL, YOU'VE NEVER SEEN ONE.
- I'VE NEVER SEEN
A PETRIFIED DINOSAUR ***,
BUT I DON'T THINK
THERE'S A MARKET FOR ONE.
- YEAH.
- YOU KNOW, I MEAN,
I DON'T MEAN TO BEAT YOU UP,
BUT I'D GIVE YOU 500 BUCKS
FOR THE THING.
- 500 BUCKS?
- I MEAN, I GOT TO FIGURE OU SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT.
THIS IS NOT GONNA BE
AN EASY SELL.
- OH, COME ON.
HOW ABOUT 1,500 BUCKS?
- I MEAN, I'LL GO 600 BUCKS.
AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHY I'M DOING IT.
I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL
I'M GONNA DO WITH IT.
- THAT'S THE BEST YOU CAN DO?
- THAT'S IT.
- THAT'S IT.
- I GUESS $600 IT IS.
- $600 IS A DEAL, MAN.
LET'S GO WRITE IT UP.
- THE REASON I SETTLED
FOR $600 IS,
IT'S BEEN TAKING UP SPACE
IN MY BUILDING FOR TOO LONG.
I WOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPIER
WITH $1,500.
- THIS IS A WONDERFUL
CAMPAIGN RIBBON.
THERE'S SOME FRAYING AT THE TOP.
THAT'S A PROBLEM.
- SO IS IT REAL?
- I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
- I BOUGHT THIS
AT A GARAGE SALE.
- IT'S GOT SOME SPRINGS,
SO I IMAGINE
THIS ACTUALLY FIRED.
I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY
PRE-WORLD WAR II.
IT'S A PRETTY RARE TOY.
IT CAN BE WORTH
A LOT OF MONEY.
- EARLIER, A GUY BROUGHT IN
AN ABRAHAM LINCOLN
CAMPAIGN RIBBON.
HE SAID IT'S WORTH
25,000 BUCKS,
BUT I HAVE NO IDEA
IF HE'S RIGHT.
SO I CALLED IN MY BUDDY DANA
TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK.
- I'M DANA.
I'M PRESIDENT OF EARLY AMERICAN
HISTORY AUCTIONS.
RICK CALLS ME TO CHECK ON ITEMS
TO MAKE SURE
THAT THEY'RE AUTHENTIC
AND TO GET AN UPDATE
ON WHAT THEY MIGHT BE WORTH
IN TODAY'S MARKETPLACE.
- WELL, THIS IS WHA I CALLED YOU ABOUT.
- THIS IS A CAMPAIGN RIBBON
FROM, OBVIOUSLY, 1860,
WHERE IT SAYS THAT.
THIS ELECTION WAS REALLY
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTAN
IN AMERICAN HISTORY
BECAUSE, OF COURSE,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S ELECTION
LED TO THE CIVIL WAR,
AND HIS VIEWS ON SLAVERY
CAUSED THE SOUTH TO SECEDE.
AND ANOTHER REALLY INTERESTING
FACT ABOUT THIS CAMPAIGN WAS,
OVER 81% OF THE POPULATION
ACTUALLY VOTED IN THIS ELECTION,
SO THIS IS A REALLY HISTORIC,
WONDERFUL RIBBON.
- AN 81% TURNOUT IS INSANE.
AND IT WAS MUCH HARDER TO GE TO A PLACE TO VOTE BACK THEN.
SO IS IT REAL?
- IT'S ACTUALLY
IN VERY, VERY NICE SHAPE,
BECAUSE IT'S VERY EASY TO READ,
AND YOU CAN EVEN SEE
THAT THERE'S A SCULPTOR'S NAME
DOWN HERE, CHILDS.
IT'S FULL AND COMPLETE
OTHER THAN THE TEAR AT THE TOP.
IT IS ONE OF THE NICER EXAMPLES
THAT I'VE SEEN.
IN MY OPINION,
THIS IS THE REAL DEAL.
- SO WHAT DO YOU THINK
IT'S WORTH?
- WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK
IT'S WORTH?
- I'M THINKING
IT'S WORTH $20,000-PLUS.
- I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
AT THE PEAK OF THE MARKET,
THIS RIBBON WOULD HAVE SOLD
FOR MAYBE $4,000.
THESE DAYS AT AUCTION,
IT WOULD BRING SOMEWHERE
IN THE VICINITY OF ABOUT $3,000.
IT'S A GREAT RIBBON,
BUT IT'S SIMPLY NOT WORTH
THAT KIND OF MONEY.
- I UNDERSTAND.
- ALL RIGHT,
WELL, THANKS A LOT, DANA.
I APPRECIATE IT.
SO APPARENTLY WE WERE
PRETTY FAR OFF ON THE PRICE.
- WAY OFF.
- I MEAN, I WOULD GIVE YOU,
LIKE, 2 GRAND FOR IT.
- 2 GRAND, DOES THAT HAVE
ANY EXTRA ZEROS ON THE END?
- I'LL THROW A DECIMAL
IN THERE FOR YOU.
- WHERE ARE YOU GONNA
PUT THAT AT, THE END?
- WELL, HOW LOW WOULD YOU GO?
- $5,000.
- MM, NO, I MEAN,
I'LL GO $2,500,
BUT I'M NOT GONNA GO
A DIME MORE THAN THAT.
- NO, I THINK I'LL JUS LEAVE IT IN THE FAMILY.
IT'S BEEN THERE FOR 150 YEARS,
AND
- OKAY, THANKS
FOR BRINGING IT IN, THOUGH.
I APPRECIATE IT.
- THANK YOU.
I WAS DISAPPOINTED
WITH THE EXPERT'S NUMBERS.
THERE'S NO WAY I'M GONNA
GET RID OF IT FOR THAT.
I'M NOT GONNA JUST LISTEN
TO ONE PERSON.
I WAS FEELING THEM OU JUST LIKE THEY WERE ME.
- HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON, MAN?
- HEY, WHAT'S HAPPENING, MAN?
GOT THESE OLD-SCHOOL JORDANS.
- I NORMALLY DON'T DEAL
WITH TENNIS SHOES, MAN.
I DON'T REALLY KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT THEM.
I GOT A BUDDY WHO SPENDS A WHOLE
BUNCH OF MONEY ON THIS STUFF.
SO GIVE ME A SECOND.
CHUM!
- WHAT'S UP?
THESE ARE JORDAN NUMBER 5s.
I HAVE 40 PAIRS OF JORDANS.
- THAT'S IT?
ONLY 40? WOW.
- ONLY 40 PAIRS.
- DECIDED TO COME
TO THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY 1990 AIR JORDANS.
NOT ONLY THEY DON'T FIT ME.
THINGS ARE A LITTLE TIGH RIGHT NOW,
AND I'M LOOKING TO GE A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY
AND PAY A COUPLE BILLS.
THESE SHOES
ARE IN MINT CONDITION
EVEN THOUGH
THEY'RE 20 YEARS OLD,
AND I'M LOOKING TO GE PROBABLY ABOUT $500,
FROM WHAT I'M THINKING.
- WHERE DID YOU GET THESE?
- BUDDY OF MINE GAVE THEM
TO ME ABOUT A YEAR BACK,
OWED ME SOME MONEY.
SAID THEY WERE
THE ORIGINAL SHOES
FROM BACK WHEN JORDAN
WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN '90.
- JORDAN DEFINITELY WON
THE CHAMPIONSHIP WEARING THE 5.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE OF
THE CLASSIC JORDANS RIGHT HERE.
THEY MADE THE TONGUE
OUT OF 3M MATERIAL.
IT'S REFLECTIVE.
JORDAN, DOING THE FLASHY DUNKS
HE WOULD DO,
WOULD BE UP IN THE AIR.
EVERYONE SNAPPING A PICTURE,
THE TONGUE WOULD GLOW.
- CHUM'S BRAIN DOESN'T WORK
LIKE MOST PEOPLE'S.
I MEAN, IT ONLY SEEMS TO ABSORB
INFORMATION ABOUT VIDEO GAMES,
PINBALL MACHINES,
AND BASKETBALL SHOES.
- JORDAN 5 OGs, THEY CAN GO
FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS.
I GOT SOME NEWS FOR YOU.
THIS ISN'T THE SHOE
THAT CAME OUT IN 1990.
THIS SHOE WAS ACTUALLY RELEASED
IN 2009,
19 YEARS LATER.
- WHAT?
KIDDING ME?
MY BUDDY TOLD ME THE THINGS
WERE REAL, MAN.
HOW CAN YOU TELL
THAT THEY'RE NOT THE
- IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT,
BUT THIS WHOLE SHOE WAS ACTUALLY
MADE OUT OF REFLECTIVE MATERIAL.
- WHAT?
- DO YOU HAVE A CAMERA ON YOU?
WHEN YOU TAKE A PICTURE OF IT,
IT'S EASY TO TELL.
- IT'S ALARMING HOW MUCH
YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS.
IT REALLY IS.
IT'S HARD TO GET USED
TO THE IDEA
THAT CHUM ACTUALLY KNOWS
SOMETHING.
I MEAN, NORMALLY HE'S AS DUMB
AS A PILE OF ROCKS.
- WE CAN TAKE A PICTURE OF THEM,
AND YOU'LL SEE THIS WHOLE SHOE
IS MADE OUT OF 3M.
ONLY THE TONGUE IS SUPPOSED
TO FLASH OUT ON THE ORIGINALS.
- YOU KNOW WHAT, CHUM?
YOU'RE RIGHT.
- WOW.
- UNFORTUNATELY, MAN,
I'M NOT A SHOE STORE.
IF THEY WERE THE ORIGINAL ONES,
I COULD PROBABLY
SEE DOING SOMETHING,
OR IF JORDAN WORE THEM.
- WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.
THESE ARE STILL
A VERY NICE SHOE.
- YOU CAN BUY THEM OUT OF
YOUR POCKET, THEN, IF YOU WANT.
- HOW MUCH YOU WANT FOR THEM?
- I DON'T KNOW.
100 BUCKS?
- UH, HOW ABOUT $50?
- UM, $75.
- $75, UM
ALL RIGHT, DEAL.
LET'S GO DO SOME PAPERWORK.
- MAN, I COULDN'T BELIEVE
THAT THE SHOES
WEREN'T REAL.
MY BUDDY IS GONNA GET I FROM ME.
YOU KNOW, I GOT SOMETHING
FOR THEM,
BUT FOR THE MOST PART,
I THOUGHT THEY WERE GONNA
BE WORTH A LITTLE BIT MORE,
AND THEY WEREN'T.
SO I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED.
- HEY, HOW WE DOING?
- GOOD, HOW ARE YOU?
- IT LOOKS LIKE A
- IT LOOKS LIKE A TRUCK.
[laughter]
- I DECIDED TO COME
TO THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY OLD ARMY TRUCK TOY.
I PICKED IT UP FOR 25 BUCKS.
I FIGURE IT'S GOT TO BE WORTH
MAYBE $50, $100, $200.
THE SKY'S THE LIMIT.
I DON'T KNOW.
EVERYBODY FINDS THIS STUFF
ONCE IN A WHILE.
MAYBE I FOUND ONE.
I THINK IT'S A '60s ARMY TRUCK.
I PICKED IT UP
AT A GARAGE SALE.
I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY NEED
FOR IT.
I GUESS WHAT CAUGH MY ATTENTION
WAS THE WAY THE DOORS--
THE HANDLES ARE,
YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BI OF INTRICATE WORK THERE,
AND THE FACT THAT THESE
WERE ACTUALLY SPLINED.
- OKAY, YEAH,
IT IS PRETTY COOL.
I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY
PRE-WORLD WAR II.
- WOW.
- IT MIGHT BE.
- I'M NOT SURE,
BUT THE FAC
THAT IT SAYS GERMANY
ON THE BOTTOM
AND NOT WEST GERMANY
WOULD MEAN THAT IT'S MOST LIKELY
DURING WORLD WAR II
OR PRE-WORLD WAR II.
I MEAN, I THINK
IT'S A PRETTY RARE TOY.
I KNOW SOME OF THEM CAN BE WORTH
A LOT OF MONEY.
SINCE GERMANY WAS DIVIDED
INTO TWO COUNTRIES
FOR OVER 40 YEARS,
I CAN OFTEN DATE GERMAN STUFF
JUST BY THE MARKINGS
ON THE BOTTOM OF IT.
THIS TRUCK DEFINITELY LOOKS
PRE-WORLD WAR II,
AND IT'S A REALLY COOL PIECE.
ALL THE PARTS ARE HERE,
IT SEEMS LIKE.
I MEAN, THE LITTLE GUN HERE
LOOKS A LITTLE MESSED UP.
IT DOES NEED A LITTLE HELP.
IT'S IN PRETTY ROUGH SHAPE.
I MEAN, WE HAVE--THE WHOLE
LITTLE WIND-UP MECHANISM
IS SCREWED UP RIGHT HERE.
- YUP.
- THIS TOY TRUCK
IS PRETTY BEAT UP,
BUT MY GUESS IS, IT'S RARE,
AND THAT MEANS
IT COULD BE VALUABLE.
I JUST NEED TO GET I CHECKED OUT.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT,
I GOT SOMEONE
WHO KNOWS EVERYTHING
THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT TOYS.
HE'S COMING BY HERE
IN A LITTLE BIT ANYWAY,
IF YOU COULD JUST HANG OU AND WAIT FOR HIM.
AND
- WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
- OKAY?
- ABSOLUTELY.
WOW, HE'S GOT A TOY EXPERT.
YEAH, BRING HIM IN.
LET'S SEE WHAT THIS THING
IS WORTH.
LET'S GET THIS BALL ROLLING.
- EARLIER, I GOT A CALL
FROM A WOMAN
SELLING AN ANTIQUE
RECORD PLAYER,
SO I'M GONNA GO SEE
WHAT SHE'S GOT.
ALL RIGHT,
SO WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
- WELL, I HAVE
A VICTROLA TALKING MACHINE.
IT WAS MADE IN 1913.
IT WAS MY GRANDMOTHER'S.
- THIS WAS MADE BY RCA VICTOR.
RCA SPLIT OFF
THE VICTOR COMPANY.
YOU EVER HEARD OF JVC?
- YES.
- JAPAN VICTOR COMPANY.
SO YOU HAVE, LIKE,
A HI-FI JVC SYSTEM RIGHT HERE.
- HOW ABOUT THAT?
I DECIDED TO CALL
THE PAWN SHOP
TO LOOK AT MY VICTROLA
TALKING MACHINE.
WE'RE MOVING RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T WANT TO LUG IT WITH ME.
I'D LIKE TO SELL I FOR $2,000,
BUT THE MINIMUM I'LL TAKE
FOR IT IS ABOUT $1,000.
- DO YOU KNOW
WHAT THESE ARE RIGHT HERE?
- THAT'S WHERE THEY PU THE RECORDS, RIGHT?
- NO, THAT'S THE SPEAKER.
REMEMBER THE OLD VICTROLAS,
THEY HAD THE BIG HORN
THAT WENT OUT?
WELL, THIS ONE,
THEY KEPT IT INTERNAL,
SO IT GOES DOWN THIS PIPE
RIGHT HERE.
THEN IT FANS OUT IN THERE,
AND THAT'S THE SPEAKER,
SO IT FILLS THE ROOM UP
LIKE THAT.
THIS WAS ONE
OF THE MORE EXPENSIVE MODELS.
I IMAGINE PROBABLY OVER $100,
WHICH WAS A LOT OF MONEY
BACK THEN.
THOMAS EDISON MAY HAVE INVENTED
THE PHONOGRAPH MACHINE,
BUT VICTROLA WAS BY FAR
THE MOST POPULAR BRAND.
DO YOU HAVE THE STYLUS FOR IT?
- NO.
- WHAT ABOUT THE DIAPHRAGM?
- NO.
- OKAY, THIS JUST--
JUST WHAT WE SEE HERE,
WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET?
- I HAVE THIS REALLY BEAUTIFUL
HANDLE.
- OKAY.
DOES IT EVEN TURN?
HAVE YOU TRIED IT OUT?
- I DON'T REMEMBER.
I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WORKS.
- OKAY, THERE'S A SPRING
IN THERE
THAT YOU GOT TO WIND UP.
IT'S LIKE A CLOCK OR A WATCH.
IT SEEMS LIKE
IT SHOULD BE TURNING
A LITTLE HARDER
THAN IT'S TURNING.
YEAH, FOR SOME REASON,
IT'S NOT WINDING UP.
- MAYBE IT'S RUSTY.
IT HASN'T BEEN USED
SINCE WORLD WAR II.
- A MINT CONDITION VICTROLA
CAN GO FOR THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS,
BUT COLLECTORS WANT THEM
TO WORK.
THIS THING IS MISSING PARTS,
AND THE WINDING MECHANISM
IS BUSTED.
IMAGINE TRYING TO FIND PARTS
FOR SOMETHING
THAT'S 100 YEARS OLD.
IT GETS REAL EXPENSIVE
REAL FAST.
SO WHAT WERE YOU LOOKING
TO DO WITH IT?
- SELL IT.
- OKAY, AND HOW MUCH
DID YOU WANT FOR IT?
- I'D LIKE $2,000 FOR IT.
- MM
- NO?
- IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PIECE
OF FURNITURE,
BUT MY PROBLEM IS,
YOU'RE MISSING PARTS.
YOU KNOW, I'M IN BUSINESS
TO MAKE MONEY,
AND I WOULD NOT BE ABLE
TO MAKE A DIME ON I
AT ANY PRICE.
- SO WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
- I CAN'T BUY IT.
- YOU CAN'T BUY THIS?
- YEAH, I'M NOT EVEN GONNA
MAKE YOU AN OFFER.
- AND HERE I'M THINKING
I HAD SOMETHING
THAT WAS WORTH A LOT OF MONEY.
IT'S MEANT TO STAY WITH ME,
I GUESS.
- WELL, THANKS FOR LETTING ME
LOOK AT IT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
- WHEN HE SAID HE COULDN'T PU AN OFFER ON IT,
I WAS DISAPPOINTED.
I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA SELL IT,
AND I GUESS I'M GONNA BE
JUST STUCK WITH IT.
- EARLIER, A GUY BROUGHT IN
A TOY GERMAN ARMY TRUCK
HE PICKED UP AT A YARD SALE.
I THINK IT'S A RARE FIND,
BUT I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE,
SO I CALLED MY BUDDY JOHNNY DOWN
TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK.
- I'M JOHNNY JIMENEZ,
OWNER OF TOY SHACK LAS VEGAS.
WE SPECIALIZE IN VINTAGE CARS,
DIE CASTS, AND COLLECTIBLES.
- I'M THINKING IT'S, LIKE,
WORLD WAR II
OR PRE-WORLD WAR II.
- I'VE SEEN A FEW OF THESE
COME UP.
IT'S A PRETTY RARE PIECE.
ANYTHING FROM THE 1930s
IS GONNA BE PRETTY RARE.
THE TOY COMES
FROM THE COMPANY TIPPCO.
THE OWNER OF TIPPCO WAS JEWISH.
HE WAS FORCED TO FLEE
THE COUNTRY BEFORE THE '30s.
HE LATER CAME BACK
AND TOOK BACK HIS COMPANY,
STARTED REPRODUCING TOYS AGAIN.
YEAH, WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE
IS A SHELL.
WE'RE MISSING THE DRIVER.
THERE WAS A DRIVER
THAT WENT HERE IN THE FRONT.
HE HAD TWO GUNNERS IN THE BACK,
AND THERE WAS A SHIELD HERE.
- OKAY.
- SO WE'RE MISSING A FEW PIECES.
THIS GUN, WHEN IT CAME OUT,
ACTUALLY FIRED,
AND IT WOULD JUST SHOO A PROJECTILE OUT.
YOU GOT A FEW CONDITION ISSUES.
IT LOOKS LIKE
IT WAS PLAYED WITH.
BUT, I MEAN, THEN AGAIN,
I MEAN, BACK THEN, YOU KNOW,
PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO PU FOOD ON THE TABLE,
YET ALONE BUY TOYS
FOR THEIR KIDS, YOU KNOW?
SO YOU GOT ONE TOY,
AND THAT WAS IT.
- YEAH.
IT'S NOT LIKE TODAY.
SO WHAT'S IT WORTH
IN THIS KIND OF CONDITION?
- BEING THAT YOU'RE MISSING
A LOT OF THE MAIN PIECES,
I WOULD PUT A PRICE ON THIS
MAYBE ABOUT $150
TO $250 DOLLARS.
- OKAY, THANKS, MAN.
- NO PROBLEM.
WELL, AS A TOY COLLECTOR,
I MEAN, IT'S AN AMAZING TOY.
I MEAN, I WOULD LOVE
TO HAVE IT IN MY SHOP.
IT'S JUST TOO BAD THA IT WASN'T IN BETTER CONDITION.
- OKAY, DID YOU WAN TO PAWN THIS OR SELL IT?
- I WANT TO SELL IT.
- OKAY.
SO HOW MUCH YOU WANT FOR IT?
- WELL, HE SAID $250.
$300?
- REALLY? YOU'RE REALLY
GONNA START THAT WAY?
- ABSOLUTELY.
- I'M THINKING, LIKE,
80 BUCKS.
THE THING IS--
I MEAN, LITERALLY,
YOU LOOK THIS THING UP
IN A BOOK SOMEWHERE,
AND YOU'RE GONNA GO
TO THE [bleep]-UP COLUMN.
[laughter]
- I HEAR YOU.
$175.
- 80 BUCKS.
- OKAY, $125, YOU KNOW YOU'RE
GETTING ON AWESOME DEAL ON IT.
YOU GUYS WILL DO WELL ON IT.
- HOW ABOUT 90 BUCKS?
BECAUSE I'M GONNA GET, LIKE,
$150 OUT OF IT, TOPS.
- 100 BUCKS, AND YOU DON'T SEE
MY SMILEY FACE AGAIN TODAY.
- PROMISE?
- PROMISE.
- ALL RIGHT, I'LL GO 100 BUCKS
ON IT.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO DO
SOME PAPERWORK.
- ALL RIGHT, SOUNDS GOOD.
YOU KNOW, I SOLD I FOR 100 BUCKS.
MAYBE THEY CAN MAKE
SOME GOOD MONEY ON IT TOO.
GOOD FOR THEM.
I'M HAPPY WITH WHAT I GOT.