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- HOW'D THE NIGHT SHIFT DO LAST NIGHT?
- PRETTY GOOD. NOT TOO BAD.
BOUGHT A MOON ROCK.
[dog barks]
- WHAT IS THIS? - OH, WHAT--
- WHOSE DOG IS THAT?
- HEY.
- HOW DID A DOG GET BACK HERE?
- I DON'T KNOW.
THE GATE'S BEEN OPEN FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES,
AND I'VE BEEN TAKING THE TRASH OUT.
- SO IT'S JUST LIKE A STRAY?
- IT'S NOT A STRAY. IT'S GOT A COLLAR.
- MAYBE WE SHOULD KEEP HIM.
- WE'RE NOT GOING TO KEEP HIM.
- WE NEED A SHOP DOG AROUND HERE, HUH?
- WE CAN'T KEEP HIM. IT'S SOMEONE'S DOG.
- TAKE A PICTURE OF HIM WITH YOUR PHONE.
MAKE SOME FLYERS.
- WHAT ARE-- WHAT ARE YOU ALL DOING OUT HERE?
- WE GOT A DOG.
I WANT TO NAME AFTER ME, LIKE CHUM JR. OR LITTLE CHUM.
- IF YOU'RE GOING TO NAME IT AFTER YOU, CHUMLEE,
JUST NAME IT DUM-DUM.
- AT MY SHOP, FAMILY COMES FIRST
AND MONEY COMES SECOND...
DEPENDING ON WHO YOU ASK.
BUT THE BEST PART,
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GONNA COME THROUGH THAT DOOR.
THIS IS PAWN STARS.
WHAT WE GOT HERE?
- WELL, IT'S A NICKEL SLOT MACHINE MADE BY JENNINGS,
STANDARD CHIEF MODEL MADE APPROXIMATELY 1955, '56.
- ALL RIGHT, WHERE'D YOU FIND IT?
A BARN?
- YEAH.
[horse neighs and sheep bleats]
I'VE BEEN COLLECTING SLOT MACHINES FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
THIS MACHINE, IT'S BEAUTIFUL, AND I HAVE A SORE TOOTH,
AND I NEED TO GET THIS TOOTH FIXED.
WELL, THERE IT IS.
NOW ALL I GOT TO DO IS PAY FOR IT.
- SO DOES IT WORK? - YEAH.
- DO YOU GOT A NICKEL? - YEAH, YOU BET.
- I'M KEEPING THE JACKPOT IF I GET IT.
- ALL RIGHT.
HEY! OH.
- WELL, THERE'S NO MONEY IN IT.
- YEAH, I TOOK IT ALL OUT.
[laughter]
- HOW DID YOU FIGURE OUT THE YEAR?
- WELL, ACTUALLY SOMEBODY TOLD ME.
[laughs] - OKAY.
- WELL, THEY WERE PRETTY COMMON.
I THINK THEY MADE THESE RIGHT BEFORE WORLD WAR II,
AND THEY MADE THEM AFTER WORLD WAR II.
JENNINGS CAME UP WITH SOME REALLY COOL MACHINES.
YOU KNOW HOW YOU SEE THE FRUIT ON A SLOT MACHINE?
THEY CAME UP WITH THAT, BECAUSE IN THE 1920s, 1930s--
THERE WAS SORT OF LIKE AN ANTIGAMBLING THING
GOING AROUND THE UNITED STATES.
A LOT OF PLACES THESE WERE SOLD, IT WASN'T A SLOT MACHINE.
IT WAS A GUM MACHINE.
FOR THE CHERRIES AND THE LEMONS AND THE ORANGES,
THOSE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE GUM OR MINT FLAVORS.
YOU'D PUT IN A NICKEL IN,
YOU WOULD GET A-- GET A PACK OF GUM
AND IF YOU JUST HAPPENED TO WIN SOME MONEY TOO
AT THE SAME TIME, HEY.
[both laughing]
- RIGHT.
- IT WAS ANYTHING TO GET THEM AROUND THE GAMBLING LAWS.
- HE'S AN INTERESTING FELLA.
WHEN HE JUST KEEPS TALKING AND TALKING
AND TELLING ME ABOUT THIS MACHINE.
I'VE HAD THIS MACHINE FOR A FEW YEARS NOW.
TELL ME HOW MUCH YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE ME.
SO LET'S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS.
- ALL IN ALL, IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD SHAPE
AND WHEN I BUY THESE THINGS,
I WANT THE MECHANISM TO WORK RIGHT,
AND WE JUST PROVED THAT THAT WORKED RIGHT.
HOW MUCH YOU WANT?
- WELL, I HAVE 1,800 INTO IT.
I'D LIKE TO GET MY MONEY BACK.
- [sighs]
THIS ONE...
- THIS ONE'S IN EXCEPTIONAL SHAPE.
- IT'S COLLECTIBLE. IT'S COLLECTIBLE.
IT'S IN BEAUTIFUL SHAPE.
BUT IT'S NOT ONE OF THE RARE ONES.
NICKELS WERE MORE OR LESS
THE STANDARD MACHINE FROM THIS TIME PERIOD.
HALF-DOLLAR AND DOLLAR MACHINES ARE PRETTY RARE
'CAUSE PEOPLE COULDN'T AFFORD TO PLAY THEM.
LET ME GIVE YOU 1,000 BUCKS FOR IT.
- I CAN'T TAKE 1,000.
I NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT.
I KNOW HOW THESE FELLERS HAGGLE.
THEY SAY ONE THING. I SAY ANOTHER.
AND WE EITHER MEET IN THE MIDDLE,
OR WE DON'T.
- HEY, WHAT'S YOUR BEST PRICE?
- WELL, I COULD SAY 15, AND THEN YOU'D SAY 11 OR 12.
AND I'D SAY 13, AND YOU'D SAY 1,250.
- AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SETTLE ON?
- I'LL TAKE 1250.
- UM...
YOU'VE DONE THIS BEFORE. DEAL, 1,250.
MEET ME UP FRONT. I'LL GIVE YOU SOME CASH.
- WELL, I THOUGHT WE WERE JUST KIDDING AROUND,
AND THEN HE SHOOK MY HAND,
AND I REALIZED I JUST SOLD IT.
- I WISH ALL MY CUSTOMERS WERE LIKE YOU.
[both laughing]
- HERE'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
I'M GOING TO MAKE A VIDEO OF YOU,
AND THEN I'M GOING TO PUT IT ON THE INTERNET,
AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE FAMOUS.
GIVE ME A HIGH FIVE.
GIVE ME A HIGH FIVE.
OH, THAT'S PICTURES.
A LOST DOG IS USUALLY SCARED AND TRIES TO RUN AWAY.
BUT NOT THIS GUY.
WE GET ALONG LIKE HOMIES.
[toy squeaking]
- WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO MAKE FLYERS,
PUT THEM AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD
SO WE CAN FIND THE OWNER OF THE DOG.
- I MEAN, I'M GOING TO DO THAT.
I'M JUST MAKING A QUICK VIDEO REAL FAST,
POST IT ON THE INTERNET SO IT GOES VIRAL
AND THEN PEOPLE WILL KNOW THAT HE'S MISSING.
- MAKE SOME FLYERS.
SOMEONE WILL GET HIM TODAY.
- RICK, I'M GOING TO DO THAT.
JUST CALM DOWN, OKAY?
DON'T BE SO JEALOUS THAT ANIMALS DON'T LIKE YOU.
- LOOK, I LOVE DOGS, AND DOGS LOVE ME.
BUT THIS ONE HAS TO GO.
IT'S JUST ANOTHER DISTRACTION FOR CHUM.
IT'S HARD ENOUGH TO GET HIM TO WORK AROUND HERE AS IT IS.
- UNCLE RICK'S NO FUN.
I GOT A BETTER PLACE FOR US TO MAKE SOME VIDEO.
COME ON.
- CHUM, WHAT'D I TELL YOU ABOUT THE SWORDS?
- NOT TO TAKE YOUR LIFE.
- NOT TO PLAY WITH THEM. THEY'RE NOT TOYS.
- I KNOW.
I'M A SENSEI MASTER NINJA.
- HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
- I HAVE A 1873 WINCHESTER.
- AH, SWEET.
- IT WAS FROM THE BATTLE OF WOUNDED KNEE,
AND I GOT THE DOCUMENTS TO PROVE IT.
- REALLY? - YEAH.
- I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT IN HISTORY.
- SWEET.
- I KIND OF HAVE A SOFT SPOT FOR THE HISTORY OF THE WEST.
IT WAS JUST SITTING THERE,
AND I FIGURED IT WAS TIME TO CASH IT IN.
I'M HOPING TO GET AS MUCH AS I CAN,
BUT I WOULDN'T TAKE LESS THAN 60,000 FOR IT.
- THIS IS COOL.
- WHAT'S THE BATTLE OF WOUNDED KNEE?
- THE BATTLE OF WOUNDED KNEE
OR THE MASSACRE OF WOUNDED KNEE--
'CAUSE THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT IT WAS--
IT WAS THE WINTER OF 1890.
IN SOUTH DAKOTA,
THE LAKOTA INDIANS WERE CAMPED OUT NEXT TO A RIVER.
THE 7TH CAVALRY WAS GOING TO DISARM THEM.
THEY WENT INTO THE CAMP.
ONE OF THE INDIANS DID NOT WANT TO GIVE UP HIS GUN.
SOMEWHERE A SHOT RANG OUT.
THE 7TH CAVALRY STARTED SHOOTING LIKE CRAZY.
BASICALLY WHAT THEY DID IS,
THEY STARTED JUST MASSACRING EVERYBODY.
THIS WAS THE LAST, I THINK,
MAJOR CONFLICT WITH AMERICAN INDIANS.
THE WOUNDED KNEE MASSACRE WAS A HUGE SCREWUP BY THE U.S. ARMY.
MOST OF THE NATIVE AMERICANS THAT WERE KILLED
WERE NOT EVEN ARMED, INCLUDING WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT IN HISTORY
'CAUSE THIS WAS BASICALLY THE END OF THE INDIAN WARS,
WHICH HAD BEEN GOING ON SINCE COLUMBUS LANDED HERE.
THIS WAS CARRIED BY A UNION SOLDIER?
- NO, NO, NO. THIS IS FROM AN INDIAN CAPTURE.
THIS IS THE MANIFEST.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO ALONG
WITH ALL THE GUNS THAT THEY TOOK FROM WOUNDED KNEE.
THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO GO TO FORT LARAMIE AND GET DESTROYED.
- ALL RIGHT, THIS IS SOME INTERESTING PAPERWORK.
SO I'M ASSUMING THIS IS THE CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY.
- YEAH. - YOU WANT TO READ THAT, CHUM?
- YEAH, LET'S SEE.
THE FOLLOWING ITEM OR ITEMS ARE GUARANTEED TO BE GENUINE,
AUTHENTIC, AND EXACTLY AS ADVERTISED.
- DOES THAT SAY IT'S THE BATTLE OF WOUNDED KNEE?
- NO. - ANYWHERE IN THE LETTER?
- IT JUST SAYS TAKEN BY THE LAKOTA INDIANS.
SO YEAH, NOWHERE DOES IT SAY THE BATTLE OF WOUNDED KNEE.
I GUESS THAT'S WHAT THAT PAPER'S FOR.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS HERE.
YEAH, THERE'S NO MENTION OF
THE BATTLE OF WOUNDED KNEE ON THIS EITHER.
- I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET CHUM
TO TAKE THE LEAD ON MORE BUYS LATELY,
SO I'M LETTING HIM CHECK OUT THE PAPERWORK.
AND THE FACT THAT THIS DOESN'T SAY WOUNDED KNEE ON IT ANYWHERE
MAKES ME A LITTLE SUSPICIOUS.
THIS ONE'S SEEN SOME WEAR.
IT'S BEEN SHOT A LOT.
BUT IT'S IN GENERAL-- FOR A '73,
IT'S IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE.
HOW MUCH ARE YOU LOOKING TO GET OUT OF IT?
- I WOULDN'T TAKE LESS THAN 60,000.
- WHOA.
THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
- MY SON THINKS IT COULD BE WORTH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS.
- I JUST WANT MY BUDDY TO LOOK AT IT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS WAS ACTUALLY
FROM THE BATTLE OF WOUNDED KNEE.
YOU HAVE PAPERWORK HERE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING JIBES CORRECTLY.
- ALL RIGHT, YUP. - OKAY?
HERE'S THE DEAL.
I KNOW IT'S A REAL WINCHESTER,
BUT IS IT TIED TO WOUNDED KNEE?
THAT'S THE THING THAT WILL MAKE OR BREAK THIS DEAL.
- I FOUND AN AWESOME DOG,
BUT RICK'S MAKING ME PUT UP FLYERS TO FIND THE OWNER.
WE'RE ALREADY BEST FRIENDS,
SO I REALLY HOPE NOBODY CLAIMS HIM.
BUT IF THEY DO,
I FIGURED OUT A WAY TO GET MYSELF A LITTLE REWARD.
- A GUY BROUGHT IN A MODEL 1873 WINCHESTER RIFLE
THAT HE SAYS WAS USED AT THE BATTLE OF WOUNDED KNEE.
IF IT'S LEGIT, IT'S A BIG DEAL.
SO I CALLED IN JEFF,
WHO KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT THE OLD WEST.
- SO IS THIS THE WOUNDED KNEE WINCHESTER YOU CALLED ME ABOUT?
- YES, IT IS. - LET ME TAKE A LOOK.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A FAN OF THE AMERICAN WEST.
AND IT'S THE GREAT AMERICAN STORY,
AND AS A STUDENT OF HISTORY,
THERE'S NOT A BETTER NARRATIVE TO STUDY.
WINCHESTERS WERE POPULAR WITH NATIVE AMERICANS
FOR THE SAME REASONS THEY WERE POPULAR WITH WHITES:
BECAUSE THEY WERE EXTREMELY RELIABLE, EXTREMELY POWERFUL,
AND IT WAS JUST A REALLY GREAT GUN.
- AND MOST OF THESE GUNS,
THEY WERE JUST TRADED FOR, CORRECT?
- WELL, THERE WAS EVEN A TIME
WHEN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACTIVELY SOUGHT
TO ARM NATIVE AMERICANS,
AND THEY WOULD OBVIOUSLY DO SO WITH TRIBES
THAT WERE ON GOOD TERMS WITH THE GOVERNMENT.
AND ALSO SOME OF THEM WERE OBVIOUSLY TAKEN IN BATTLE.
SO THEY--NATIVE AMERICANS HAD GUNS FOR A LONG TIME,
AND THE WOUNDED KNEE MASSACRE WAS REALLY KIND OF
THE LAST GREAT EVENT OF THE 19TH CENTURY'S INDIAN WARS,
A REALLY TERRIBLE MOMENT
IN THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN WEST.
THE MASSACRE AT WOUNDED KNEE, UNFORTUNATELY,
WAS A TIME WHEN ATTITUDES TOWARD NATIVE AMERICANS
WERE STILL QUITE NEGATIVE.
BUT THIS WAS A MOMENT WHEN THINGS STARTED TO SHIFT
SOMEWHAT MORE SYMPATHETICALLY TOWARDS NATIVE AMERICANS.
IF WE CAN TIE IT DIRECTLY
TO THE WOUNDED KNEE MASSACRE, THE 7TH CAVALRY--
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GUN INCREASES DRAMATICALLY.
IT'S MUCH MORE THAN YOUR STANDARD '73 CARBINE.
WELL, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHAT WE GOT HERE.
SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS THE UNSERVICEABLE ORDNANCE STORES.
BASICALLY, IT'S A 19TH CENTURY EXCEL WORKSHEET.
I MEAN, IT'S A SHEET THAT'S TELLING WHAT THEY HAVE,
THE SERIAL NUMBERS, THE CONDITION,
AND WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO WITH IT.
COLONEL JAMES FORSYTH,
HE WAS THE COMMANDER OF THE 7TH CAVALRY,
SO THAT MAKES SENSE.
JANUARY 3, 1891.
NOW, WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR DAY,
AFTER THE BATTLE TOOK PLACE ON DECEMBER 29,
THE WEATHER WAS TERRIBLE AS A RESULT OF A SNOWSTORM.
IT WASN'T UNTIL SEVERAL DAYS LATER
THAT THE 7TH CAVALRY WAS ABLE TO GO BACK TO THE BATTLE SITE
AND ACTIVELY PICK UP AND COLLECT ANY WEAPONS
THAT HAD BEEN DISCARDED.
A FEW OF THE OTHER NAMES DOWN HERE:
WHITSIDE--HEAS A MAJOR.
HE WAS THE COMMANDER OF THE 1ST SQUADRON.
SO MOST OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE MATCHES UP.
I MEAN, THIS IS THE NAMES WE SHOULD SEE.
THESE ARE THE DATES THAT WE SHOULD SEE.
SO ON HERE IT'S LISTING THIS GUN.
CAN YOU SHOW ME THAT?
- YEAH, THE 631-- I THINK THAT'S THIS 631.
- LET'S TAKE A LOOK HERE.
OKAY.
- AND THEN THE SERIAL NUMBER, IT'S--
YOU KNOW, IT SAYS 50423.
- YOU GOT A WINCHESTER '73 CARBINE, 50423.
ALL RIGHT, SO YOU HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD PAPERWORK HERE.
SO NOW THE ONE THING WE DON'T HAVE
IN ANY OF THIS IS WOUNDED KNEE.
THOSE TWO WORDS ARE MISSING FROM EVERYTHING WE HAVE ON HERE.
BUT GIVEN ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE--
THE TWO INDIVIDUALS, THE DATES ON IT--
I THINK WE CAN MAKE THE ASSUMPTION THAT THIS GUN
WAS TAKEN IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE WOUNDED KNEE MASSACRE.
- OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR.
- AREN'T YOU GOING TO PUT A PRICE ON IT?
- WELL, I WORK AT A MUSEUM. I'M NOT AN APPRAISER.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO PUT A FINANCIAL VALUE ON HERE.
- I WAS KIND OF HOPING THAT YOU WOULD PROBABLY SAY
IT WAS WORTH A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND,
AND THEN I COULD SAY, "WELL, GIVE ME 60%."
- [laughs] - YOU KNOW?
- I'M SURE YOU WERE.
[both laugh]
- IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE A WINCHESTER '73.
IT IS ONE OF THOSE KIND OF ICONIC GUNS
OF THE AMERICAN WEST.
BUT TO SEE ONE THAT HAD SUCH GOOD PROVENANCE
MAKES IT ALL THE MORE SPECIAL.
- ALL RIGHT, I'M CONVINCED IT'S
FROM THE MASSACRE AT WOUNDED KNEE.
LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR PRICE.
YOU WANT WAY TOO MUCH.
YOU JUST DON'T GET THAT KIND OF MONEY FOR A GUN
UNLESS THERE WAS SOMETHING VERY, VERY SPECIAL
AND IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH AN INDIVIDUAL.
I'D GIVE YOU, LIKE, 14,000 BUCKS FOR IT.
- OH, YEAH, NO. YEAH.
- I MEAN, IF YOU PUT THIS IN AUCTION...
YOU WILL GET RIGHT AROUND THAT NUMBER.
- REALLY? I GOT 12,000 INTO IT.
- YOU HAVE 12,000 INTO THE GUN.
SO WHAT'S THE LOWEST NUMBER YOU'LL GO?
- I'D GO 50.
- OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANY BUSINESS.
UM, CHECK AROUND.
LIKE I SAID, I REALLY AM BEING COMPLETELY SINCERE WITH YOU.
- NO, I BELIEVE YOU. - ALL RIGHT.
HAVE A NICE DAY, THOUGH. - THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
- THIS GUY IS OFF HIS ROCKER
IF HE THINKS I WILL PAY 50 GRAND FOR THAT GUN,
PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
HOPEFULLY, HE CHECKS AROUND TOWN,
GETS A LOT OF PRICES,
AND COMES CRAWLING RIGHT BACK TO ME.
- COME HERE, LOU DOG.
I NAMED HIM LOU DOG.
- LOU DOG? - YEAH.
GIVE ME FIVE. GIVE ME FIVE.
COME ON, UP HIGH.
NO?
GIVE IT TO ME.
- HEY, I'M LOOKING FOR CHUMLEE.
- THAT'S ME.
- I FOUND THIS POSTER FOR THE LOST DOG.
- OKAY, COOL.
YOU GOT MY $50?
- I THOUGHT I WAS SUPPOSED TO GET $50.
- NO, THIS SAYS THERE'S A $50 REWARD.
SO YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BRING ME THE $50 IN.
- WAIT, YOU THOUGHT YOU'D GET $50 FOR TAKING A DOG?
- WELL, THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS.
- WAIT, IS THIS YOUR DOG?
- NO.
- YOU WANT $50, AND YOU WANT TO TAKE THE DOG,
AND IT'S NOT YOUR DOG.
- WELL, THAT'S WHAT THE POSTER SAYS.
- GET THE HELL OUT OF MY STORE.
BYE. BYE.
BYE.
THIS IS COMPLETELY CHUM'S FAULT.
HE SCREWED UP THE WORDING ON HIS FLYER.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE COMING IN ALL DAY
WHO THINK THEY CAN GET A FREE DOG AND 50 BUCKS.
OKAY, THE $50 REWARD-- I CAN'T DO THAT.
THAT'S LIKE, BLACKMAIL.
THAT'S LIKE SAYING, "I FOUND YOUR DOG,
BUT I WANT 50 BUCKS TO GIVE IT BACK."
YOU NEED TO CHANGE THE POSTER AROUND,
"FOUND DOG, INQUIRE AT THE GOLD AND SILVER PAWN SHOP."
- HI, I'M LOOKING FOR CHUMLEE.
- WHOA, THAT'S ME.
- OH, YOU HAVE MY DOG. - THIS IS YOUR DOG?
- THIS IS MY DOG, YES.
THIS IS MY DOG--HI, BUBBA. WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
- FOUND HIM IN THE BACK LOT. - YOU FOUND HIM?
- I DON'T KNOW IF I BELIEVE YOU.
SHOW ME SOME PROOF.
- THAT'S A PICTURE OF HIM AND I.
- I THINK THAT'S THE SAME SPOT ON HIS HEAD.
- YEAH, THAT'S HIM, CHUM.
- YOU DON'T THINK SHE'S JUST SCAMMING
LIKE THE LAST GUY?
- NO, I PROMISE. HE'S MY DOG.
- ALL RIGHT, WELL.
- SAY GOOD-BYE TO THE DOG, CHUM.
- GOOD-BYE, LOU DOG.
- THANK YOU.
- MAN, THIS SUCKS.
I'M ALWAYS GOING TO REMEMBER LOU DOG FOR LOVING TREATS
AND WAGGING HIS TAIL LIKE A MANIAC.
BUT I'M HAPPY HE'S GOING BACK TO HIS HOME,
I GUESS.
- LOU DOG'S GOT A GOOD HOME, CHUM.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
[classic rock music]
♪ ♪
- HEY, HOW'S IT GOING, MAN? WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
- ALL RIGHT, I'VE GOT THESE ONE-OF-A-KIND POSTERS
FROM THE NIKE AIR MAG RELEASE. - SWEET.
- YOU KNOW, THE MARTY MCFLY SHOE FROM BACK TO THE FUTURE.
- YEAH, BACK TO THE FUTURE 2, RIGHT?
IT WAS THE, UH--THE CRAZY LIT-UP NIKE SHOES THAT HE HAD.
- EXACTLY.
THEY SOLD, I THINK, 1,500 PAIRS OF THE SHOES.
THEY AUCTIONED THEM OFF FOR CHARITY.
AND THESE WERE THE ACTUAL POSTERS THAT WERE THERE.
- THE ONES THAT THIS WAS RELEASED IN
DIDN'T ACTUALLY HAVE THE ELECTRONIC LACES, THOUGH, RIGHT?
- NO, NO ELECTRONIC LACES. - [laughs]
- I ACQUIRED THE POSTERS THROUGH TRADING.
I STARTED TRADING SOMETHING SMALL,
TRADED UP SOMETHING BIGGER,
AND ENDED UP WITH THESE POSTERS.
THEY'RE RARE, BUT ALSO,
THEY'RE PRINTED ON A SPECIAL TYPE OF PLASTIC.
THEY LOOK GREAT.
WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, I DEFINITELY WANTED SOME
OF THOSE AIR MAGS AND A HOVERBOARD, FLYING CAR,
TIME MACHINE, ANY OF THAT STUFF.
- OH, THEY'RE DEFINITELY COOL-LOOKING.
I MEAN, THE DELOREAN NEVER LOOKED THIS COOL,
THAT'S FOR SURE.
I THINK THE SHOES FROM THE SECOND ONE
WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE THINGS.
- YEAH.
SO WHAT DO THE POSTERS
HAVE TO DO WITH THE SHOES, THOUGH?
THEY MADE A SHORT FILM CALLED BACK 4 THE FUTURE
TO ACTUALLY RELEASE THE SHOE.
- OKAY, SO WAS THIS SOMETHING YOU COULD BUY AT THE AUCTION
OR WAS THIS JUST, LIKE, A DISPLAY
AT THE AUCTION KIND OF DEAL?
- IT WAS A DISPLAY AT THE AUCTION.
IT'S NEVER BEEN AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
- OKAY.
ANY IDEA WHAT YOU WANT TO GET?
- WELL, I WAS HOPING FOR ABOUT 600 BUCKS EACH.
- YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT A FEW CONCERNS, MAN.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE SHOES ARE REALLY POPULAR.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE POSTER PROMOTING THE SHOES
IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING PEOPLE ARE INTO.
- OKAY.
- YOU MIND IF CALL SOMEONE IN TO TAKE A LOOK?
- SURE, THAT'D BE GREAT.
- ALL RIGHT, I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
IF THIS GUY HAD A PAIR OF NIKE MAGS INSTEAD OF THESE POSTERS,
IT'D BE A LOT EASIER TO COME UP WITH A PRICE.
BUT I DO HAVE A REALLY CLOSE FRIEND
WHO KNOWS PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT NIKE
AND NOT MUCH ELSE.
- OKAY, WELL THESE ARE ACTUALLY BACK 4 THE FUTURE.
BASICALLY IT WAS JUST A LITTLE PROMO FILM
TO PROMOTE THE NIKE AIR MAGS, A PRETTY COOL SHOE.
IT WAS DESIGNED BY TINKER HATFIELD.
HE CREATED ALL THE FAMOUS JORDANS.
YOUR AVERAGE PERSON JUST COULDN'T GO INTO THE NIKE STORE
AND BUY THESE SHOES.
YOU ACTUALLY HAD TO BE AT A LIVE AUCTION,
AND YOU HAD TO GO INSIDE THERE,
AND YOU HAD TO BID ON THE SHOES.
THAT'S THE REASON PELE WANT TO COLLECT THIS SHOE:
BECAUSE IT IS LEGIT.
SOME OF THESE WENT UP FOR, YOU KNOW, $10,000 AND EVEN MORE.
- YEAH, I WAS READING THAT.
- IT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE MAKING A DONATION TO,
YOU KNOW, THE PARKINSON'S RESEARCH FOUNDATION.
- SO WHAT DO YOU THINK, MAN?
I MEAN, HE WANTS 600 BUCKS APIECE FOR THEM.
IS THERE ANY REASON THAT A SHOE COLLECTOR WOULD BUY THE POSTERS?
- SO YOU GOT THREE OF THEM HERE?
- YEAH, I'VE GOT THREE.
- YOU HAVE THIS ONE,
THIS ONE.
AND YOU'RE MISSING THE COOL ONE. OH, THAT SUCKS.
- I KNOW--I KNOW THERE WAS A FOUR-POSTER SET,
BUT GOT THESE THREE--THE GUY DIDN'T HAVE THE OTHER ONE.
- SO HE'S MISSING ONE OF THEM?
- THESE ARE ALL REALLY COOL,
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE,
NOTHING TIES THESE TO THE NIKE AIR MAG
EXCEPT FOR THE NIKE CHECKS HERE AND HERE AND OVER HERE.
THE OTHER ONE ACTUALLY HAD MICHAEL J. FOX
ON THE LITTLE HOVER SKATEBOARD THAT HE HAD,
AND YOU CAN SEE THE NIKE AIR MAGS.
THAT'S THE MORE SOUGHT-AFTER POSTER.
IT ACTUALLY RELATES NIKE AIR MAGS TO THE POSTER,
TO THE MOVIE, AND IT TIES IT ALL TOGETHER.
AS FAR AS THESE POSTERS GO, I MEAN,
JUST DOESN'T RELATE TO SHOES ENOUGH FOR ME TO BUY THESE
AND HANG THEM IN MY SHOE ROOM.
I DON'T SEE ANY COLLECTIBLE VALUE HERE
FOR SOMEONE WHO COLLECTS SHOES.
THIS IS MORE OF A BACK TO THE FUTURE COLLECTOR.
- OKAY.
WOULD YOU GUYS STILL WANT TO MAKE AN OFFER?
- WELL, I'M JUST HERE AS AN EXPERT TODAY, MAN,
SO MY WORK IS DONE.
- ALL RIGHT, THANKS A LOT. THANK YOU.
- SEE YOU LATER, COREY.
- I'LL SEE YOU OVER THERE.
GO START CLEANING SOMETHING UP, BUD.
[chuckling]
- SO WHAT KIND OF OFFER WOULD YOU
BE WILLING TO MAKE ON THESE?
- [sighs]
TELL YOU WHAT, MAN, I'LL GIVE YOU 500 BUCKS
FOR THE SET.
- AH, I GOT TO TAKE MY WIFE OUT SOMEWHERE NICE, MAN.
COULD YOU DO 7?
- HOW NICE DOES IT HAVE TO BE, MAN?
500 BUCKS IS GOOD.
- SHE PUTS UP WITH ME, MAN. IT'S GOT TO BE GOOD.
- I DON'T NECESSARILY LIKE DEALING WITH ONE-OF-ONE ITEMS.
YOU KNOW, NONE OF THEM HAVE EVER SOLD BEFORE.
HOW DO I KNOW WHAT TO PAY YOU? - YEAH, I UNDERSTAND.
- TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, YOU'D PROBABLY DO BETTER
WITH AN ORIGINAL BACK TO THE FUTURE MOVIE POSTER
THAN YOU ARE GOING TO BE DOING THESE.
I'LL GO LIKE 525 BUCKS.
I CAN'T REALLY PAY YOU MUCH MORE TH THAT, THOUGH.
- 550? WOULD YOU DO 550?
- [sighs]
YEAH, MAN, I'LL DO 550.
GO AHEAD AND LEAVE THESE HERE.
- OKAY. - COME WITH ME.
IT'S HARD TO PUT A PRICE ON A ONE-OF-A-KIND ITEM,
BUT I THINK I DID REALLY GOOD WITH THESE.
AND IF THE RIGHT BUYER WALKS IN HERE,
I'LL DEFINITELY MAKE A PROFIT.
OH, THAT'S AWESOME, CHUM.
- [laughs]
- YEAH. - IT'S VERY FUNNY, HUH?
[laughs]
I WANT TO EMAIL THIS TO YOU, BOSS,
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE AN EMAIL.
- OH, REALLY? REALLY.
THIS IS WHAT YOU DO ON COMPANY TIME?
- OH, THAT'S HILARIOUS, MAN.
- WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON, RICK?
- [sighs]
CHUMLEE MADE A REALLY, REALLY BAD VIDEO
OF THE DOG LICKING MY HEAD.
- THAT'S GOING TO GET A HUNDRED MILLION VIEWS.
LOOK HOW YOU TURN YOUR HEAD AND THE DOG'S LICKING YOU.
- SETTLE DOWN, RICK. DON'T BLOW A VESSEL.
- I JUST TRIED TO BE A NICE GUY AND FIND THE OWNER OF THE DOG,
AND NOW I'M THE [bleep]. SO, YEAH, ALL RIGHT.
IT JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU.