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- HEY, POPS.
READY TO GO TO THAT CONFERENCE TOMORROW?
- WE'LL PARTY HEARTY TOMORROW, BOY.
- [laughs]
IT'S NOT EXACTLY A PARTY.
IT'S A CONFERENCE ON GRADING LATE MIDDLE AGES,
EARLY RENAISSANCE COINS.
PLEASE TELL ME YOU'RE NOT GONNA FALL ASLEEP AGAIN.
- I'M NOT GONNA FALL ASLEEP.
- I MEAN, LITERALLY, HIS HEAD IS ON MY SHOULDER
AT THE LAST ONE OF THESE THINGS.
- CAN YOU BLAME HIM?
- OKAY, TO ME, I FIND IT FASCINATING.
I COULDN'T SLEEP THROUGH IT.
YOU KNOW, THE HISTORY OF STRIKING COIN
THE WAY THEY ARE ENGRAVED...
- [sighs]
- I MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE NAP.
- 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.
HEY, HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
- I HAVE THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF JEWELRY
BY A LAS VEGAS ICON, LIBERACE.
- THAT'S REALLY, REALLY COOL.
- BLING, BLING? WHAT?
YOU GOT SOME LIBERACE BLING? - YEAH.
- I MEAN, THE GUY WAS PRETTY AMAZING.
MY GRANDMA LOVED LIBERACE.
AND I'M NOT GONNA LIE. I GOT SOME RESPECT FOR THE GUY.
- I BOUGHT THIS MEDALLION BECAUSE IT WAS PROBABLY
THE PREMIER PIECE IN THE AUCTION.
YOU KNOW, HE'S AN ICONIC FIGURE.
HE WAS THE ULTIMATE SHOWMAN.
I'M HOPING TO GET 25,000.
IF I SELL THIS ITEM TODAY,
I'LL PROBABLY USE THE MONEY TO BUY MORE THINGS AT AUCTIONS.
- SO WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?
- I GOT IT AT AN AUCTION.
- PRETTY DAMN COOL.
I KNOW THAT HE WAS THE HIGHEST-PAID LIVE PERFORMER
IN THE WORLD FOR A GOOD 15 YEARS.
- EVEN MORE THAN ELVIS?
- MORE THAN ELVIS.
SUPPOSEDLY THE FASTEST PIANO PLAYER IN THE WORLD.
HE'S WELL REMEMBERED IN THIS TOWN.
SORT OF MR. LAS VEGAS.
I MEAN, THEY HAD THE LIBERACE MUSEUM
HERE IN TOWN THAT WAS AROUND FOREVER.
WHAT REALLY BROUGHT HIM OVER THE TOP
WAS JUST THE CRAZY OUTFITS, THE GIANT PIANOS.
HE HAD GIGANTIC CANDELABRAS SITTING ON TOP OF THE PIANOS.
THERE WAS NO PART ON HIS PIANO THAT WASN'T BLINGY.
HE WAS THE ULTIMATE SHOWMAN.
HE DIDN'T LIKE RADIO, BUT HIS THING WAS, YOU KNOW,
I DO THE AUDIOVISUAL.
I DO THE LITTLE FLAMBOYANT THINGS,
JUMP AROUND, HAND MOVEMENTS, ALL THIS OTHER STUFF.
YOU HAD TO SEE HIM ON TV OR IN PERSON
TO GET THE FULL LIBERACE EFFECT.
RADIO JUST DIDN'T DO HIM JUSTICE.
I MEAN, YOU ALSO GOT TO HAND IT TO HIM.
HE WAS A GAY GUY.
[object clatters]
ALL RIGHT, HE WAS A GAY GUY ON TELEVISION.
HE HAD TO GO THROUGH ALL THAT TOO.
BECAUSE DURING THAT TIME PERIOD,
IF HE DID COME OUT, HIS CAREER WOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY OVER.
BERACE WAS A HUGE CELEBRITY IN HIS DAY.
HE WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST STARS IN VEGAS.
AND ALMOST 20 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH,
HE'S STILL A MAJOR ICON HERE.
SO TO HAVE ONE OF HIS SIGNATURE JEWELRY PIECES
WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
- THE PROVENANCE THAT COMES WITH IT
SUGGESTS THAT HE WORE THIS EVERY DAY OF HIS LIFE
AND IT WAS HIS FAVORITE PIECE.
- THIS PIECE RIGHT HERE? - YEAH.
- YEAH, HERE'S A PICTURE OF HIM WEARING IT.
THAT'S REALLY, REALLY COOL.
AND YOU'RE SELLING ALL THIS STUFF TOGETHER,
THE BOOK AND ALL THE OTHER PROVENANCE, RIGHT?
- YUP.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF PICTURES,
AND I HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY
FROM THE AUCTION HOUSE WHICH I PURCHASED IT FROM.
- DECEMBER 3, 2011, YOU BOUGHT IT.
- YUP.
- AND HERE'S JUST A PICTURE OF HIM IN FRONT OF THE PIANOS.
SEE, HE WORE SOME SUITS.
- OH, WOW. - HE'D MAKE PRINCE JEALOUS.
[laughs]
IT'S A COOL PIECE,
AND THIS IS CLASSIC LATE '70s BLING.
YOU KNOW, THEY TAKE ANY AMERICAN GOLD COIN,
STICK IT IN THERE,
AS MANY DIAMONDS AS YOU CAN STUFF AROUND IT.
- YEAH. - SO MUCH HOW YOU WANT FOR IT?
- I'M LOOKING FOR 25,000.
- [sighs]
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE IT'S REALLY HARD
TO COME UP WITH A NUMBER.
LITTLE OVER $3,000 WORTH OF GOLD,
AND YOU HAVE ANOTHER $3,000 WORTH OF DIAMONDS.
I DON'T SEE 25 GRAND HERE. I JUST DON'T.
I SEE 10.
- YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T COME IN HERE ASKING FOR 100,000.
I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS TOTALLY REASONABLE ASKING FOR 25.
- HOW MUCH DID YOU GET IT FOR AT AUCTION?
- I DIDN'T WANT TO DISCLOSE THAT.
- 10 GRAND I THINK IS A FAIR OFFER.
- YEAH, I CAN'T DO IT.
- WELL, THANKS FOR BRINGING IT IN, MAN.
- OKAY, THANK YOU.
- I WAS ALREADY PICTURING THAT PIECE IN THE DISPLAY CASE
WITH A BIG, FAT PRICE TAG.
IT WOULD'VE LOOKED AMAZING IN THERE.
BUT AS A BUSINESS OWNER,
I CAN'T PAY DOUBLE WHAT SOMETHING'S WORTH,
EVEN IF IT DID BELONG TO AN ICON LIKE LIBERACE.
- HEY, HOW'S IT GOING, MAN?
- I'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT.
THESE ARE SIGNED BABY AIR JORDAN SHOES
AND A SIGNED POSTER.
- CHUM, WE GOT JORDANS OVER HERE.
- OH, SWEET.
ARE THESE THE FIRST BABY JORDANS OR--
- THESE WERE THE FIRST BABY JORDANS.
- OH, WOW.
- IT'S FUNNY--YOU'RE WEARING THE SAME SHOES NOW.
WERE YOU WEARING JORDANS BACK THEN TOO?
- HELL YEAH.
- I GOT THE ITEMS AUTOGRAPHED BY MICHAEL JORDAN
AFTER WE HAD PLAYED GOLF.
AT THE TIME, I WAS NOT THRILLED.
MY WIFE HAD JUST PAID $50 FOR THESE SHOES
THAT WERE BABY SHOES.
HECK, MY SHOES AREN'T WORTH $50.
- THAT'S REALLY COOL, MAN. HOW'D YOU GET THESE?
- I USED TO RUN GOLF AND TENNIS EVENTS.
AND I HAD MICHAEL JORDAN AS MY GUEST.
HE COULD REALLY PLAY. - DID NOT KNOW THAT.
- GREAT GUY.
AND MY WIFE BOUGHT THESE,
AND I SAID, "MICHAEL, YOU ACTUALLY
MAKE ROYALTIES ON BABY SHOES?"
AND HE VERY SHEEPISHLY WENT, "YEAH, I DO."
AND I SAID, "YOU'RE SIGNING THESE, PAL."
AND HE DID.
- WELL, THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
- YOU DEFINITELY GOT ONE HELL OF A STORY WITH THEM.
- MICHAEL WAS A TRUE GENTLEMAN,
VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE GAME AND THE ETHICS
AND CONDUCT ON A GOLF COURSE.
- THIS IS ONE OF THOSE GUYS THAT, YOU KNOW,
EVERYTHING HE HAS IS GONNA BE COLLECTIBLE.
I MEAN, HE WAS THAT DYNAMIC OF A PLAYER.
NIKE KNEW WHEN THEY PICKED UP MICHAEL JORDAN,
IT WAS GONNA BE A SUCCESS.
- THE SHOE IS JUST ICONIC.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MY AGE GREW UP
WATCHING MICHAEL JORDAN PLAY BASKETBALL IN IT.
PEOPLE MY AGE GREW UP PLAYING BASKETBALL IN THESE SHOES.
NOW WHEN SHOES LIKE THIS COME OUT,
KIDS LINE UP TWO OR THREE DAYS IN ADVANCE
OUTSIDE THE STORE TO WAIT FOR THEM.
- YEAH, AND THEY GET $300 OR $400 TOO.
- I'M THE SHOP'S EXPERT ON JORDANS.
I'VE GOT ABOUT ALMOST 70 PAIRS IN MY OWN COLLECTION.
BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN AUTOGRAPHED BABY JORDANS.
THEY'RE KIND OF AWESOME.
- CHUM, YOU KNOW ABOUT SHOES.
ARE THE BABY JORDANS WORTH ANYTHING BY THEMSELVES?
- IF THESE WERE A SIZE 10 OR BIGGER,
WE'RE TALKING, YOU KNOW,
MAYBE EVEN $5,000 JUST ON THE SHOES.
BUT BABY JORDANS--
I'VE NEVER SEEN A PAIR SIGNED LIKED THIS.
- I WOULD BET THAT THESE ARE THE ONLY BABY AIR JORDANS
THAT ARE AUTOGRAPHED BY MICHAEL JORDAN.
- IT'S POSSIBLE.
I MEAN, THIS IS THE FIRST PAIR I'VE EVER SEEN,
AND WE GET THE ADULT ONES ALL THE TIME.
GIVE ME AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO GET OUT OF THEM.
- I WAS HOPING TO GET $8,000.
- IF THESE SIGNATURES ARE LEGIT,
THERE'S NO QUESTION I CAN SELL THESE.
BUT I'VE GOT NO IDEA WHAT SIGNED BABY JORDANS ARE WORTH.
THERE'S NOTHING TO COMPARE THEM TO.
YOU GOT ANY PICTURES OR DOCUMENTS
TO BACK THIS THING UP OR...
- UNFORTUNATELY, WE DIDN'T TAKE A PICTURE
OF MICHAEL SIGNING THE SHOES.
- [sighs]
YOU MIND IF I HAVE SOMEBODY COME DOWN
AND CHECK OUT THE SIGNATURES FOR ME?
- SOUNDS FAIR TO ME. - LET ME GO GIVE HIM A CALL.
- OKAY.
- I'LL WATCH THE JORDANS FOR YOU.
- I HAVE NO PROBLEM CALLING IN A SECOND OPINION.
I WAS THERE.
IT WAS DONE IN FRONT OF ME, SO LET IT HAPPEN.
- OKAY.
- [groans]
- SO WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU GOT HERE?
- IT'S A WORLD WAR II AMMUNITION HANDCART.
- ALL RIGHT, DO YOU KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT?
- IT'S A RUSTY OLD CART WITH BROKEN-DOWN TIRES.
WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW?
- BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I GOT IT OUT OF A GARBAGE PILE.
- IT LOOKS LIKE IT BELONGS IN A GARBAGE PILE.
[laughter]
- I REALLY DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT IT.
I THOUGHT IT WOULD MAKE A COOL FLOWER POT,
BUT THEN WHEN I SAW THE PLACARD ON IT WITH THE DATE,
I WAS THINKING, "MAYBE THIS THING'S WORTH SOME MONEY."
- SO HOW WOULD THIS WORK?
WOULD YOU, LIKE, HOOK IT UP TO A HORSE?
- I IMAGINE THERE WAS A HANDLE RIGHT THERE,
BUT YOU WOULD HOOK IT UP TO A JEEP IF YOU NEEDED TO,
JUST MOVING STUFF AROUND.
THE THING'S BUILT LIKE A TANK.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IT WAS BUILT SO IT COULD BE SHOT.
DO YOU KNOW WHICH COMPANY MADE IT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
- THERE'S A PLACARD ON IT THAT JUST TELLS
WHAT AREA IT CAME FROM.
- OKAY, WE GOT "HAND CART"
AND "ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL."
IT'S FROM WORLD WAR II, I IMAGINE.
BASICALLY, EVERY BIT OF INDUSTRY
WAS MAKING SOMETHING FOR THE WAR.
YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THIS:
DURING WORLD WAR II, THERE WAS NO CARS MADE FOR PERSONAL USE.
THE SAYING WAS, "STOP MAKING WHAT YOU'RE MAKING.
START MAKING STUFF FOR THE WAR."
DURING WORLD WAR II, AMERICA'S POLICY WAS BASICALLY
ALL HANDS ON DECK.
EVERYONE WAS EXPECTED TO HELP WITH THE WAR EFFORT.
AND A CART LIKE THIS WAS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
IT COULD HAUL AMMO, FOOD, MEDICAL SUPPLIES.
AND IN A PINCH, YOU COULD THROW A WOUNDED SOLDIER ON IT
AND BRING HIM BACK FROM THE BATTLEFIELD.
FULLY RESTORED, THESE THINGS CAN FETCH A PRETTY PENNY.
SO HOW MUCH YOU WANT FOR THIS THING?
- I ACTUALLY HAD IT IN A PAPER FOR SALE WITH ZERO RESEARCH.
I PUT IT IN FOR $500.
- SO OBVIOUSLY IT DIDN'T SELL FOR $500.
- NOT YET.
- ALL RIGHT.
YEAH, I MEAN, THE ONE GREAT THING
YOU DO HAVE IS, IT'S ALL HERE.
I MEAN, IT LOOKS NEAT. IT LOOKS INTERESTING.
THERE'S A LOT OF COLLECTORS FOR STUFF FROM WORLD WAR II.
MY PROBLEM IS, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT'D BE WORTH FIXING UP.
DO YOU MIND IF I CALL SOMEONE?
I GOT ONE BUDDY WHO KNOWS ABOUT THIS STUFF,
AND IF IT'S NOT WORTH RESTORING,
HE MIGHT BUY IT OFF YOU FOR PARTS.
- ALL RIGHT. - ALL RIGHT?
- PRETTY NERVOUS, BUT IF IT TURNS TO BE A PIECE OF CRAP,
I GUESS I HAVE A NEW FLOWER POT.
- A GUY BROUGHT IN AN OLD AMMO CART FROM WORLD WAR II.
IT'S BEAT TO HELL, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW.
SO I CALLED IN BOB TO SEE IF IT'S WORTH PICKING UP.
WELL, WE HAVE A HANDCART. - JEEZ.
OH, I KNOW WHAT YOU GOT.
- HE NOT ONLY KNOWS ABOUT ALL THIS OLD MILITARY EQUIPMENT.
HE ALSO RESTORES IT.
SO IF HE CAN'T GIVE ME A VALUE, I DON'T KNOW WHO CAN.
- IT'S A RARE FIND, BECAUSE MOST OF THEM
WENT TO EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II.
THEY WERE USED TO CARRY EVERYTHING
FROM FOOD TO A .50-CALIBER MACHINE GUN.
EVEN MORTARS WERE PUT IN THESE THINGS.
THIS IS PROBABLY MADE IN THE EARLY '40s.
AND THEY WERE PRETTY USEFUL.
AS A MATTER OF FACT,
IN THE 1962 MOVIE THE LONGEST DAY,
WHEN THE DUKE GOT WOUNDED,
THEY PUT HIM IN HERE AND CARRIED HIM INTO BATTLE.
[laughter]
IT IS JUST REALLY COOL,
AND THEY'RE FRIGGIN' HARD TO FIND.
- GOOD NEWS FOR ME, I GUESS, HUH?
[laughs]
- WHEN I WALKED IN, I KNEW IT WAS A HANDCART
FROM WORLD WAR II.
EVERYTHING WAS CARRIED IN THEM.
I FELT SORRY FOR THE GUYS THAT HAD TO PULL THEM.
BUT THESE THINGS WENT ALL OVER EUROPE,
AND THEY PULLED A LOT OF THINGS AND PUT A LOT OF MILES ON THEM.
REALLY, IT'S NOT IN BAD SHAPE.
YOU GOT ALL THE ORIGINAL CASTINGS AND EVERYTHING,
ORIGINAL WHEELS AND BEARINGS, WHICH IS HARD TO FIND.
- SO HOW MUCH IS THIS THING WORTH THE WAY IT SITS?
- WELL...
THESE WERE SELLING FOR $1,500 TO $2,000 IN THIS CONDITION.
- REALLY?
'CAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS
A COMPLETE PIECE OF [bleep] MYSELF.
[laughter]
- IN A RESTORED CONDITION, YOU COULD ALMOST DOUBLE THAT,
BECAUSE THEY WANT IT.
IF IT LOOKS LIKE THE REAL THING, THEY'RE HAPPY WITH IT.
- ALL RIGHT, SO TELL ME,
HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST TO RESTORE IT?
- PROBABLY TALKING ABOUT $1,200 TO $1,400.
- OKAY, THANKS, MAN. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
- ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
- FOR A SERIOUS COLLECTOR, THIS IS A MUST-HAVE.
IF THIS GUY IS NOT TOTALLY CRAZY WITH HIS ASKING PRICE,
I'M GONNA TRY AND GET IT.
- HONESTLY, I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS WORTH THAT MUCH EITHER.
- I'M, LIKE, STILL SORT OF, LIKE, BAFFLED.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. I'LL GIVE YOU 400 BUCKS FOR IT.
I KNOW HE SAID IT WAS WORTH A LOT MORE,
BUT I GIVE YOU 400 BUCKS.
I PAY HIM 1,200 TO 1,400 TO RESTORE IT.
BEFORE YOU KNOW IT,
I'M IN THIS THING CLOSE TO $2,000.
IT TAKES UP SPACE IN MY SHOP.
- THAT'S NOT TOO FAR OFF
FROM WHAT I WAS ASKING IN THE PAPER, SO...
I'LL TAKE 400 IF YOU'LL TAKE A PICTURE OF IT
WHEN YOU FINISH IT.
- YEAH, I'LL SEND YOU A PICTURE WHEN I FINISH IT.
- THAT'D BE COOL. ALL RIGHT.
- ALL RIGHT, 400 BUCKS, MAN.
- THANKS.
- I LOVE IT WHEN THERE'S NO HAGGLE.
BUT I'M STILL A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT THIS ONE.
IF THERE'S ANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS PIECE
AND THE RESTORATION GOES OVER BUDGET,
THERE GOES MY PROFIT.
HOPEFULLY IT ALL PANS OUT.
TRAVIS. - YEAH, WHAT'S UP, BROTHER?
- BRING UP THE VIDEO FOOTAGE FROM YESTERDAY.
- OKAY.
- ME AND THE OLD MAN WERE OUT OF THE SHOP
AT A COIN CONFERENCE,
AND I TOTALLY FORGOT THAT IT WAS ANTWAUN'S BIRTHDAY.
SO I WANT TO CHECK IT OUT AND SEE WHAT I MISSED.
IT'S ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES
OF HAVING SECURITY CAMERAS EVERYWHERE.
[laughs]
EXCEPT THE BATHROOMS.
[laughs]
- OKAY, HERE WE GO.
LET'S SEE WHAT WE GOT.
[people cheering]
- LET'S CUT THE CAKE. WHOO!
- REALLY? HE'S DOING THAT WITH A KNIFE?
- OH, YEAH.
[indistinct speech on videotape]
all: OH!
[laughter]
- DECIDED TO GET IN THE FUN, HUH, TRAV?
- MAN, IF THE GUYS FIND OUT THAT I OUTED THE CAKE FIGHT TO RICK,
I'M GONNA BE LABELED THE SHOP SNITCH FOREVER.
- OH, HO, HO, HO, HO, HO, HO.
THIS IS [bleep].
REALLY RESPONSIBLE.
- [bleep].
- WHEN A GUY SHOWED ME A PAIR OF BABY AIR JORDANS
SIGNED BY MICHAEL JORDAN, I KNEW I WANTED THEM.
BUT FIRST I NEED STEVE TO TAKE A LOOK.
- MICHAEL JORDAN, HUH?
THIS WHAT YOU GUYS CALLED ME ABOUT?
- YUP, WE GOT THREE SIGNATURES.
- WOW.
YOU GUYS KNOW HOW GREAT THIS GUY WAS.
I MEAN, PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS IN NBA HISTORY.
ALL THESE YEARS LEADING UP UNTIL '85,
SHOES WERE JUST PLAIN.
THEY WERE BORING. THEY WERE WHITE.
AND THEN ALONG COMES MICHAEL JORDAN.
HE ADDED A LOT OF VERSATILITY TO WHAT NIKE COULD DO.
JORDAN'S PRETTY MUCH THE KING OF ALL BASKETBALL AUTOGRAPHS,
AND HE STILL IS TO THIS DAY.
WHEN PEOPLE COLLECT SPORTS AUTOGRAPHS,
THEY WANT MICHAEL JORDAN IN THEIR COLLECTIONS.
WHAT ARE YOUR CONCERNS?
- WELL, THE GUY'S GOT A GREAT STORY,
BUT HE'S GOT ABSOLUTELY NO PROOF.
- WHICH SHOULD CONCERN YOU.
I MEAN, THE ONE THING YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER
ABOUT MICHAEL JORDAN: ONE OF THE MOST FORGED AUTOGRAPHS
IN ALL OF SPORTS HISTORY.
LET'S GO AT IT, THEN.
THESE LOOK TO BE THE BABY AIR JORDAN 3s.
THEY CAME OUT ABOUT 1988, '89.
I WANT TO COMPARE THE SIGNATURES
TO EXAMPLES KIND OF FROM THE SAME TIME FRAME.
THE ONE THING I REALLY LOOK FOR
IS, HE HAS A NICE LITTLE HITCH HERE ON HIS "H."
AND I SEE EXAMPLES HERE WHERE MICHAEL JORDAN
REALLY SPELLS OUT HIS NAME,
WHICH IS SO RARE FOR HIM TO DO, ESPECIALLY PAST THE 1989 MARK.
AND THEN AGAIN, WITH THE "O-R" TRANSITION,
SAME THING JORDAN DOES HERE.
I MEAN, AFTER COMPARING EVERYTHING,
AFTER LOOKING AT THE EXAMPLES...
THIS IS THE REAL DEAL.
- OKAY. - OH, THAT'S GREAT.
I FEEL LIKE I'M VINDICATED BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET
A PICTURE OF IT WHEN IT WAS HAPPENING.
- SO WHAT'S A MICHAEL JORDAN AUTOGRAPH GOING FOR THESE DAYS?
- WELL, SEE, HERE'S THE THING.
THESE ARE BABY JORDANS.
I'D PUT THE VALUE OF THIS PIECE RIGHT AT AROUND...
$2,000 TO $2,200 DOLLARS.
- OKAY.
- WOW, THAT'S DISAPPOINTING, TO SAY THE LEAST.
- YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, THE COLLECTORS REALLY DON'T
GO OUT AND LOOK FOR BABY AIR JORDANS.
COLLECTORS LOOK FOR THE FULL-SIZED SHOES.
- ALL RIGHT. - WELL, I APPRECIATE IT, MAN.
- GOOD LUCK.
- I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE APPRAISAL,
BUT I HAVE TO LIVE WITH THAT.
HE KNOWS HIS BUSINESS.
YOU WOULDN'T GO 2,000, WOULD YOU?
- NO, I WOULDN'T, MAN.
I MEAN, THE THING YOU GOT TO REALIZE IS,
MICHAEL JORDAN'S NOT DEAD.
HE'S GOT PROBABLY ANOTHER 30 YEARS OF LIVING LEFT.
SO THAT'S A LOT OF SIGNATURES OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW, I'LL GIVE YOU MY HIGHEST NUMBER FIRST.
THAT'S GONNA BE, LIKE, 1,500 BUCKS.
- COULD YOU GO FOR 18?
- I REALLY COULDN'T, MY MAN.
- 15'S A PRETTY GOOD PRICE, MAN.
I MEAN, IT'S THREE MICHAEL JORDAN SIGNATURES,
AND THE SHOES AIN'T WORTH VERY MUCH MONEY.
- ALL RIGHT, WELL, 1,500 IT IS.
- ALL RIGHT, DEAL, MAN. I'LL MEET YOU OVER THERE.
- THANK YOU. VERY GOOD.
IT WAS REALLY HARD TO SELL SOMETHING
WE'VE HAD IN THE FAMILY FOR YEARS.
TRUTHFULLY, THE WAY I FEEL RIGHT NOW,
I'M READY TO GO BACK IN THERE AND GRAB IT AND KILL THE DEAL.
- GET OUT OF MY CHAIR.
OUT.
- OH, THE BASKET'S GOOD.
AND THE GAME IS WON.
- YEAH, THAT'S THE PROBLEM AROUND HERE
IS WAY TOO MUCH PLAYING.
- WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
- I'VE SEEN THAT [bleep] YOU GUYS WERE DOING
WHILE I WAS GONE.
I WAS CHECKING THE SECURITY FOOTAGE,
AND I CAUGHT THESE GUYS ACTING LIKE A BUNCH OF TEN-YEAR-OLDS.
IT'S INSANE THAT I CANNOT LEAVE THESE GUYS
AT THE SHOP BY THEMSELVES.
I SHOULD GET A BABYSITTER.
A DAMN FOOD FIGHT.
- IT WAS CAKE. IT WASN'T FOOD.
- WELL, FIRST OFF, YOU WASTED A GOOD CAKE.
- GRANDPA, GO BACK TO BED ALREADY.
- DON'T YOU START WITH ME, COREY.
- IT'S A BUSINESS, AND YOU GUYS NEED TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.
- MAYBE YOU TAKE IT TOO SERIOUSLY.
WE HAD A PERFECTLY FINE DAY.
THE STORE MADE PLENTY OF MONEY.
- [bleep]. - CALM DOWN, RICK.
I'LL PUNISH THESE TWO DUM-DUMS. DON'T WORRY.
YOU TWO BETTER SQUARE AWAY,
OR I'LL KICK YOU RIGHT SQUARE IN THE DAMN ***.
- I'LL BUY YOU A CAKE.
- OKAY.
- YOU GUYS READY TO ENLIST?
- HEY, BOB, WHAT'S UP? - HEY.
- I BOUGHT A REALLY COOL WORLD WAR II AMMUNITION CART,
AND MY BUDDY BOB HAS BEEN RESTORING IT.
THERE'S ALWAYS HIDDEN COSTS IN RESTORATIONS,
AND I HOPE WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE,
THERE'S SOME ROOM FOR SOME SERIOUS PROFIT HERE.
- SO WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?
WELL?
- THIS THING LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.
- IT DOES LOOK COOL.
- IT LOOKS STRAIGHT OUT OF G.I. JOE: THE MOVIE.
- WELL, HEY, WE'LL GRAB OUR RIFLES,
WE'LL GRAB OUR GUNS, AND WE'LL JOIN.
- IT DOESN'T LOOK ANYTHING WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE.
- NO, WELL, IT TOOK A LOT OF WORK.
ACTUALLY, THIS LITTLE SMALL THING
WAS SO INTENSE TO GET IT DONE.
IT WAS PRETTY TOUGH. - WHAT'D YOU HAVE TO DO?
- WELL, I RIPPED THE FLOOR OUT,
AND I ACTUALLY MADE NEW RIBS FOR IT.
I PUT ALL THE ORIGINAL HOLES WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE,
SO THAT WAY, IF YOU WANT TO MOUNT
A .50-CALIBER IN HERE, YOU CAN.
- OKAY. [laughs]
- I THINK IT CAME OUT PRETTY GOOD.
- YEAH, I MEAN, I WAS ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED
THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THIS THING RIGHT HERE,
BECAUSE WHEN I GAVE IT TO YOU, IT LOOKED LIKE HELL.
- YOU GOT TO REALIZE, THIS THING WENT THROUGH WORLD WAR II.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST A TOUGH-- TOUGH LIFE THIS THING HAD.
- YOU WERE TELLING ME BEFORE THESE SELL FOR, LIKE, $2,500.
- I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU.
I WOULD START AT $2,800
AND FEEL WHERE YOU'RE COMFORTABLE FROM THERE.
I WOULDN'T LET IT GO FOR A DIME LESS.
BECAUSE THE COLLECTORS THAT GO FOR THESE, YOU KNOW,
IT'S GOT TO BE ORIGINAL.
AND WITH THE NUMBERS ON THERE, IT POPS.
- SO WHAT DO THE NUMBERS MEAN?
- IT'S THE SIXTH VEHICLE, HEADQUARTERS 3RD DIVISION.
SO YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET A GOOD PRICE FOR IT.
- BIG QUESTION: HOW MUCH DO I OWE YOU?
- WELL, LIKE I SAID, I TOLD YOU 1,400, AND THAT'S IT.
- OKAY, LET ME GO PAY YOU.
- LET ME SEE WHAT IT GETS LIKE WITH A LITTLE WEIGHT IN HERE.
- [groans]
SO IT CAN PULL 185 POUNDS.
- YEAH, BUT YOU'RE MORE LIKE 240.
- [laughs]
- CHUM LOOKED LIKE A REAL SOLDIER PULLING RICK AROUND.
I'M SURPRISED RICK EVEN GOT IN THE CART.
- SLOW DOWN, CHUM. SLOW DOWN.
I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU SOLD OUT FOR A PIECE OF CAKE.
- GOOD CAKE.
- I CAUGHT COREY AND CHUM HAVING A CAKE FIGHT IN THE SHOP.
THE OLD MAN WAS ALL FIRED UP TO PUNISH THEM.
BUT AS SOON AS I TURNED MY BACK, THEY BOUGHT HIM OFF.
UNBELIEVABLE.
[laughs]
- IT'S A GOOD CAKE, RICK.