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ON THIS EPISODE OF PAWN STARS
- I'VE GOT SOME
WORLD WAR II MEMORABILIA.
MY GREAT-UNCLE STOLE THIS
FROM HITLER'S SUMMER HOME.
- THIS IS HITLER'S
PERSONAL STUFF.
- YEAH.
- YOUR UNCLE WAS A BADASS.
- THIS WALKING STICK,
IT GOES BACK TO THE CIVIL WAR.
- AND THIS SAYS
- "ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
"
- WHAT THE HELL, RICK?
- IF THIS IS REAL,
IT COULD BE WORTH A TON.
WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
- THIS IS A RIFLE.
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
- IT'S A KENTUCKY LONG RIFLE.
IF EVERYTHING CHECKS OU WITH THIS THING,
THIS GUN WAS USED
IN THE CIVIL WAR.
- WOW, THAT'S CRAZY.
- 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.
HEY, WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
- THIS IS A RIFLE.
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT,
BUT IT'S REALLY HEAVY,
AND IT LOOKS REALLY OLD.
- OKAY.
[laughs]
WHAT IT IS, IS
IT'S A KENTUCKY LONG RIFLE.
- KENTUCKY?
HOW'D IT GET HERE?
I CAME DOWN
TO THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO TRY AND SELL
THIS ANTIQUE RIFLE I HAVE.
I KNOW IT'S HEAVY.
IT'S OBVIOUSLY
GOT A LOT OF STEEL ON I
AND SOME PRETTY OLD
AND AUTHENTIC-LOOKING WOOD.
IF I COULD GET, YOU KNOW,
$1,000, $2,000,
I'D PROBABLY BE PRETTY HAPPY
SELLING IT.
- YOU EVER SEE, LIKE,
THE OLD MOVIES
WITH DANIEL BOONE
AND ALL THOSE GUYS?
THIS WAS THE KIND
OF RIFLE THEY HAD:
REALLY, REALLY,
REALLY LONG BARREL,
REALLY THIN STOCK ON IT.
THIS IS WHAT THE GUYS USED
IN THE CIVIL WAR,
AT LEAST IN THE SOUTH.
THE LONG RIFLE WAS DEVELOPED
ON THE AMERICAN FRONTIER
IN THE MID-1700s.
THEY WERE THE GUN OF CHOICE
IN THE APPALACHIAN
MOUNTAIN REGION.
THE LONGER BARREL MADE THEM
MUCH MORE ACCURATE,
SO AT 200 YARDS,
THEY WERE DEADLY.
IF EVERYTHING CHECKS OU WITH THIS THING,
THIS GUN WAS USED
IN THE CIVIL WAR.
- WOW, THAT'S CRAZY.
- I MEAN, THE POWDER BURNS
RIGHT HERE
ARE TELLING ME IT'S OLD.
EVERYTHING LOOKS LEGIT ON IT.
THIS RIGHT HERE IS WHERE
THEY KEPT THE PATCHES.
YOU'D POUR GUNPOWDER DOWN IT,
OKAY,
THEN YOU'D PU A PATCH DOWN IT,
SORT OF SEAL
THE GUNPOWDER IN THERE,
AND THEN YOU WOULD
PUT A BALL DOWN THERE.
- RIGHT, I KNOW THE BALL,
BUT I DIDN'T KNOW
ABOUT THE PATCH.
- IF THIS GUN IS REAL
AND FROM THE CIVIL WAR,
IT COULD BE WORTH A TON,
BUT THERE'S SO MANY FAKES
AND REPRODUCTIONS OUT THERE,
I HAVE TO BE SURE.
THERE'S A FEW LITTLE WEIRD
CONCERNS I HAVE ABOUT IT.
FIRST OFF, I THINK
THIS HAS BEEN REPLACED.
YOU KNOW, FOR BEING THIS OLD,
I'M ASSUMING THIS WOOD
SHOULD BE IN A LOT WORSE SHAPE.
I HAVE MY DOUBTS ON THIS ROD,
SEEING AS HOW
IT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
IT'S NOT FINISHED
OR ANYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT.
IT LOOKS LIKE A REPLACEMENT.
SO DID YOU WANT TO SELL THIS?
- YEAH, I WILL.
ABSOLUTELY.
- BEFORE I MAKE AN OFFER ON IT,
I WANT AN EXPER TO COME IN HERE,
AND I WANT HIM
TO TELL ME ALL ABOUT IT.
I WANT HIM TO TELL ME
IF IT'LL FIRE,
'CAUSE THAT'S GONNA
MAKE IT WORTH MORE MONEY.
- OF COURSE.
- SO I'LL CALL MY BUDDY IN.
AND WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
- GREAT.
THANK YOU.
- OKAY.
- I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD
TO THE EXPERT COMING DOWN
AND TELLING ME ABOUT THE GUN,
JUST BECAUSE
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE
IF THERE'S ANY REAL VALUE
TO IT.
- HEY, WHAT CAN
I HELP YOU WITH?
- I'VE GOT SOME
WORLD WAR II MEMORABILIA.
STERLING SILVER
FINGER BOWL AND FINGER PLATE.
- OKAY.
WHERE IN THE WORLD
DID YOU GET THESE?
- MY GREAT-UNCLE
SERVED IN WORLD WAR II,
AND THE STORY
IS THAT HE GOT THESE PLATES
FROM HITLER'S SUMMER HOME.
I DECIDED TO COME
TO THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO TRY TO SELL
MY WORLD WAR II NAZI PLATES.
MY GREAT-UNCLE
WAS IN WORLD WAR II.
THE FAMILY STORY IS THAT THEY
CAME FROM HITLER'S SUMMER HOME.
IF THEY DID COME FROM THERE,
I THINK THEY WOULD BE WORTH
A LOT OF MONEY.
- THE EAGLE'S NEST?
- WHAT'S THE EAGLE'S NEST?
- IT'S SOME BIG, GIANT,
RIDICULOUS HOUSE
THAT HITLER HAD BUILT FOR HIM
FOR HIS 50TH BIRTHDAY.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT DIVISION
HE WAS IN
OR ANYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT?
- I DO HAVE SOME PAPERWORK.
- OKAY, LET ME SEE
WHAT YOU GOT.
- HIS NAME'S JACK LUTHER.
HE WAS IN D-DAY.
HE WAS IN
THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE.
HE WAS WOUNDED FIVE TIMES.
THE FOURTH TIME,
HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL
AND ESCAPED TO GO BACK
WITH HIS TROOPS.
- SILVER STAR, PURPLE HEART.
- YOUR UNCLE WAS A BADASS.
- YEAH, I'D HAVE TO AGREE
WITH THAT.
- YOU SHOULD JOIN
THE MILITARY, CHUM.
[laughs]
- THAT'S THE FUNNIEST THING
I'VE EVER HEARD YOU SAY.
- THIS GUY FOUGHT IN SOME
OF THE MOST VICIOUS BATTLES
OF WORLD WAR II.
THE FACT THAT THIS GUY
WAS INJURED FIVE TIMES
AND CONTINUED TO FIGH
MAKES HIM
A REAL WAR HERO.
FIRST OFF, JUST SO YOU KNOW,
THIS IS NOT A FINGER BOWL.
THIS IS JUST A REGULAR,
LIKE, SMALL FRUIT BOWL
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THESE TWO
DON'T GO WITH EACH OTHER.
THEY'RE BY COMPLETELY DIFFEREN MANUFACTURERS.
THAT RIGHT THERE IS THE MAKER,
AND THAT LITTLE TEENY STAMP
IN FRONT OF I
IS THE QUALITY OF THE SILVER.
- OKAY.
- DURING WORLD WAR II,
YOU COULD TAKE A WAR PRIZE,
AND IF THERE WAS
ANYTHING OF VALUE
THEY COULD BRING HOME,
THEY DID,
BECAUSE NO ONE WAS GONNA FROWN
ON STEALING STUFF FROM HITLER.
THE 100ST AIRBORNE
RAIDED THE EAGLE'S NEST.
FROM WHO YOUR UNCLE WAS,
HE WASN'T ONE OF THE FIRST GUYS
ON THE GROUND GOING IN THERE.
HE GOT THIS SOMEWHERE,
BUT I DON'T THINK
THAT'S WHERE IT CAME FROM.
AND ALL OF HITLER'S
PERSONAL STUFF,
HE HAD ENGRAVED
WITH HIS INITIALS.
I NORMALLY DON'T DEAL
IN THIS KIND OF STUFF.
IT JUST GIVES ME THE CREEPS.
- YEAH, I AGREE.
- THIS GIVES YOU BAD MOJO.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
SO I THINK I'M GONNA PASS.
- YEAH, I UNDERSTAND.
- THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS
I DON'T LIKE TO DEAL WITH,
AND NAZI MEMORABILIA
IS ONE OF THEM.
IT'S NOT ILLEGAL.
IT JUST GIVES ME THE CREEPS.
THANKS FOR COMING IN,
THOUGH, MAN.
- I'M DISAPPOINTED
WE COULDN'T GET A DEAL DONE,
BUT I LEARNED A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT THESE PLATES,
AND I THINK THAT'S
SATISFACTION ENOUGH FOR ME.
- HEY, WHAT CAN I HELP YOU WITH?
- I GOT AN 1899 WALKING STICK.
BELONGED
TO MAJOR JOHN BITTINGER.
- WELL, AT LEAST THE GUY
WASN'T TOO SHORT.
[laughs]
- I DECIDED TO COME
TO THE PAWN SHOP
TO SELL MY 110-YEAR-OLD
IRISH WALKING STICK.
IT'S PRETTY RARE
TO FIND ONE SO OLD IN THE U.
S.
I PAID $100 FOR IT.
IF I COULD DOUBLE MY MONEY,
I'D BE REAL HAPPY WITH THAT.
- SO THIS
IS AN IRISH WALKING STICK?
- YEP, IT'S FROM
THE BLACKTHORN TREE.
THESE, BRAND-NEW,
GO FOR ABOUT $100,
LET ALONE A 110-YEAR-OLD ONE.
- WALKING STICKS
HAVE PROBABLY BEEN AROUND
SINCE THE DAWN OF TIME,
BUT STARTING
IN THE 16TH CENTURY,
THEY BECAME A FASHION STATEMEN FOR THE WEALTHY.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN LOVED
HIS WALKING STICK SO MUCH
THAT WHEN HE DIED, HE WILLED I TO GEORGE WASHINGTON,
AND IT'S NOW IN THE SMITHSONIAN.
SO WALKING STICKS
TIED TO FAMOUS PEOPLE
CAN BE REALLY VALUABLE.
- IT'S GOT THIS BATTLE CRY
ON IT.
IT GOES BACK
TO THE IRISH REGIMEN
IN THE CIVIL WAR.
IT'S "FAUGH A BALLAGH.
"
- "FAUGH A BALLAGH"?
- IT'S, LIKE, "HERE WE GO.
"
IT WAS ORIGINALLY OWNED
BY MAJOR JOHN BITTINGER,
WHO WAS A CLOSE FRIEND
OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
- OKAY.
- HE APPOINTED HIM POSTMASTER
OF ST.
JOSEPH, MISSOURI.
- YOU EVER HEARD OF BITTINGER?
- NO.
- THIS IS SOME PAPERWORK ON IT?
- YEP.
HE MET ABRAHAM LINCOLN
WHEN HE WAS 19 YEARS OF AGE.
HE WAS ONE
OF HIS FIRST THREE APPOINTEES.
IN BOOKS ABOUT ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
YOU'LL ALWAYS FIND
MAJOR JOHN BITTINGER.
- AND THIS SAYS,
"MAJOR J.
L.
BITTINGER,
MONTREAL, 1899.
"
- IN 1897, PRESIDENT MCKINLEY
MADE HIM U.
S.
CONSUL GENERAL
OF MONTREAL.
- BITTINGER ISN'T EXACTLY
A HOUSEHOLD NAME,
BUT HE DID KNOW TWO PRESIDENTS:
LINCOLN AND MCKINLEY.
EVEN THOUGH THIS IS DATED
IT'S STILL PRETTY COOL.
SO WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?
DO YOU WANT TO PAWN THIS
OR SELL IT?
- I'D LIKE TO SELL IT.
- AND HOW MUCH
DID YOU WANT FOR IT?
- I'D LIKE TO GET $400.
- I'LL GIVE YOU 200 BUCKS
FOR IT.
- UHNO.
$300.
IT'S A PRETTY UNIQUE PAR OF AMERICAN HISTORY.
- THAT'S WHY I'M OFFERING YOU
THE 200 BUCKS.
I STILL HAVE TO SELL IT,
AND
- KEEP GIVING TILL IT HURTS.
- [laughs]
IT'S BEGINNING TO HURT.
- WHAT THE HELL, RICK?
GO AHEAD.
- GIVE AWAY YOUR MONEY,
NOT MINE.
I'LL GIVE YOU 200 BUCKS.
- $250.
- ALL RIGHT, $225.
- $250.
WE'LL HAVE A DEAL.
- UM
YEAH, I'LL GIVE YOU $250.
- ALL RIGHT.
- ALL RIGHT, YOU WAN TO WRITE HIM UP?
- NO.
- OH, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE
THE COMPUTERS, DO YOU?
- NO.
- I CAME HERE TO GE A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS.
I GOT THAT.
I'M PRETTY HAPPY WITH THE DEAL.
- 250 BUCKS MIGHT SOUND
LIKE A LOT FOR A STICK,
BUT I'M GLAD I BOUGHT IT,
AND EVEN IF IT ISN'T TIED
TO A FAMOUS PERSON,
I CAN STILL SELL I TO A COLLECTOR
FOR A DECENT PROFIT.
- HERE'S SOME GOOD NEWS
AND BAD NEWS.
IT LOOKS LIKE
A KENTUCKY RIFLE
- GREAT.
- BUT THIS IS AN ISSUE.
- WHY CAN'T I TEACH THE
NIGHT SHIFT GUYS DURING THE DAY?
- THAT'S THE WAY
THE COOKIE CRUMBLES.
- WELL, I HATE COOKIES,
AND I HATE YOU.
- I LOVE COOKIES,
AND I LOVE THE NIGHT SHIFT.
- GET OUT OF MY [bleep] WAY.
- EARLIER, I HAD A GUY COME IN
WITH A KENTUCKY LONG RIFLE.
I HAD SOME CONCERNS
THAT A FEW THINGS WERE REPLACED,
SO I CALLED MY BUDDY SEAN
TO COME DOWN AND CHECK IT OUT.
HEY, SEAN.
WHAT'S UP?
- HOW'S IT GOING, RICK?
- GOOD, MAN.
- GOOD TO SEE YOU.
HOW YOU DOING?
- SCOTT.
HOW YOU DOING?
NICE TO MEET YOU.
- NICE TO MEET YOU.
MY NAME IS SEAN RICH.
I OWN TORTUGA TRADING,
AND I'M A SPECIALIS IN ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOR.
WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE
A KENTUCKY RIFLE.
SO, RICK, WHAT QUESTIONS
DO YOU HAVE?
- WELL, FIRST OFF, IS IT REAL?
WHAT'S IT WORTH?
AND HOW OLD IS IT?
- WELL, HERE'S SOME GOOD NEWS
AND BAD NEWS.
THE BAD NEWS FIRST IS THA IT'S BEEN BROKEN AND REPAIRED
PROBABLY SEVERAL TIMES.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME CRACKS
IN AREAS.
THIS IS THE MOST COMMON PLACE
THAT IT WOULD CRACK,
AND BECAUSE THIS BARREL
IS SO HEAVY,
THE OWNER PROBABLY JUS SLAMMED IT ON THE GROUND
A LITTLE TOO HARD,
AND THA WAS THE MOST TYPICAL PLACE
THAT IT WOULD CRACK.
DOES THAT AFFECT THE VALUE?
NOT A WHOLE LOT.
- HE THOUGHT THIS MIGHT NO HAVE BEEN ORIGINAL ALSO.
I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT.
- THAT'S THE THING WITH RAMRODS
WITH ANY GUN:
THEY BROKE; THEY GOT LOST;
THEY GOT REPLACED.
HOWEVER, IT WAS DONE
IN THE CORRECT STYLE.
THEY WOULD A CANDLE
AND TWIST THE DOWEL
AND LET IT BURN.
AS FAR AS THE AGE,
IT WOULD DATE PROBABLY BETWEEN
THE LATE 1840s AND THE 1850s.
THIS WAS RIGHT DURING
THE TURN IN EVOLUTION
FOR THE FIRING MECHANISM
FROM FLINTLOCK TO PERCUSSION.
- SO YOU ACTUALLY THINK THIS GUN
CAN SHOOT AGAIN?
- ABSOLUTELY.
IT JUST NEEDS SOME TLC
AND SOME RESTORATION,
AND I THINK IT'D BE GOOD TO GO.
- SO WHAT DO YOU THINK
IT'S WORTH?
- AS IS,
WITHOUT ANY RESTORATION,
JUST WHAT I'M LOOKING AT,
I'M GONNA SAY, RETAIL
$1,800 TO MAYBE EVEN $2,800.
JUST UNDER $3,000.
- OKAY.
- YOU KNOW,
IT'S A NICE ORIGINAL GUN.
AND IT'S WORTHY
OF HAVING IT RESTORED.
- THANKS, MAN.
I APPRECIATE IT.
- ABSOLUTELY.
- HEY, PLEASURE MEETING YOU.
- TAKE CARE.
IT'S JUST AMAZING TO ME
THAT THESE THINGS
ARE STILL HIDDEN AWAY,
THAT PEOPLE JUST HAVE NO FOUND EVERYTHING,
WHICH ACTUALLY GIVES ME HOPE
THAT THIS STUFF
IS STILL OUT THERE
AND UNDISCOVERED.
- SO WHAT DO YOU
REALLY WANT FOR IT,
I MEAN, REALISTICALLY?
- THE EXPERT SAID
THAT HE THOUGH
IT WAS ANYWHERE
FROM $1,800 TO $2,800.
- [laughs]
I'D PAY YOU 1,200 BUCKS
FOR IT.
- $1,600?
- $1,200.
[laughs]
LISTEN, I'M GONNA BUY
THIS THING OFF YOU.
THEN I'M GONNA HAVE
A GUNSMITH LOOK AT IT.
HE'S GONNA CHARGE ME 100 BUCKS
JUST TO TAKE IT APAR AND LOOK AT IT.
THINGS START SNAPPING,
BREAKING,
AND THEN I'M INTO I EVEN MORE.
- HOW ABOUT $1,400,
WE MAKE IT,
AND JUST CALL IT QUITS?
- OKAY, 1,400 BUCKS.
- PERFECT.
GREAT.
I APPRECIATE IT.
THE EXPERT DELIVERED, ACTUALLY,
REALLY GOOD NEWS.
IN THIS ECONOMY,
YOU CAN'T GO WRONG GETTING
A LITTLE BIT OF FOUND MONEY.
NOTHING WRONG WITH IT.
- HEY, RICK, DID YOU HEAR ABOU THE NIGHT SHIFT LAST NIGHT?
- UNFORTUNATELY, YES.
LATELY, THE OVERNIGHT CREW
HASN'T BEEN PAYING ATTENTION
TO DETAIL,
AND IT'S LOSING US MONEY,
AND IF THERE'S ONE THING I HATE,
IT'S LOSING MONEY.
COREY, CHUM.
ONE OF YOU GUYS IS GONNA WORK
THE NIGHT SHIF
AND HELP RETRAIN THESE GUYS.
- I LOVE GRAVEYARD.
- SOUNDS LIKE
A PERFECT CHUM JOB TO ME.
- YOU KNOW WHAT, COREY?
YOU'RE WORKING THE GRAVEYARD.
- NO, I'M NOT.
- CHUM'S VOLUNTEERING
RIGHT HERE.
- YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M GONNA TEACH PEOPLE
THE NIGHT SHIFT.
YOU REALLY WANT HIM
TEACHING PEOPLE?
- WHY CAN'T I TEACH THE
NIGHT SHIFT GUYS DURING THE DAY?
- BECAUSE IT'S NO REAL ON-THE-JOB TRAINING
UNLESS YOU DO IT AT NIGHT.
- THIS IS [bleep].
- THAT'S THE WAY
THE COOKIE CRUMBLES.
- I HATE COOKIES,
AND I HATE YOU.
- SORRY.
- I LOVE COOKIES,
AND I LOVE THE NIGHT SHIFT.
- GET OUT OF MY [bleep] WAY.
- HEY, WHAT CAN
I HELP YOU WITH?
- I HAVE A DOLL HERE
THAT'S A G.
I.
JOE, ACTUALLY.
IT'S FROM 1967.
- G.
I.
JOE WASN'T A GIRL.
- WELL, THIS ONE--
- IT'S G.
I.
JANE.
- WELL, YOU KNOW A LO ABOUT DOLLS, BUDDY.
- I DECIDED TO COME
TO THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO TRY TO SELL
MY G.
I.
JOE NURSE DOLL.
IT'S ONE OF THE RARES G.
I.
JOE DOLLS THAT THEY HAVE.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE WORTH
A LOT OF MONEY.
AND I ONLY PAID 50 BUCKS
FOR IT,
SO I HOPE I DO GOOD.
- ACTUALLY, I'VE NEVER SEEN
ONE OF THESE BEFORE.
- THEY'RE VERY RARE.
SHE'S THE ONLY FEMALE G.
I.
JOE
DOLL THAT WAS EVER MADE.
- I DON'T IMAGINE THEY SOLD
VERY MANY OF 'EM.
- NO, NOT TOO MANY.
BOYS DIDN'T WANT A NURSE DOLL.
- YEAH, THAT WOULDN' HAVE BEEN BIG BACK THEN.
WHERE DID YOU GET IT?
- AN ESTATE SALE.
- OKAY.
G.
I.
JOE ACTION FIGURES WERE
HUGE IN THE '60s AND THE '70s.
JUST ABOUT EVERY BOY
HAD AT LEAST ONE.
BUT I SOMEHOW DOUBT VERY MANY
HAD THE G.
I.
JOE NURSE,
SO THIS COULD BE
EXTREMELY VALUABLE.
- DID YOU CUT THE DOLL'S HAIR
TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THAT,
OR WAS IT--
- FROM PICTURES I'VE SEEN
OF THE DOLL ORIGINALLY,
THAT'S THE ORIGINAL HAIR.
- ALL RIGHT, AND WHAT DID YOU
WANT TO DO WITH IT?
- WELL, I THINK
I WANT TO SELL IT.
- OKAY, HOW MUCH
DID YOU WANT FOR IT?
- I'D LIKE ABOUT $2,500
FOR THE DOLL.
- YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE THING:
I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH
ABOUT THIS THING.
TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH,
I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT'S FAKE,
BUT I HAVE A BUDDY WHO DOES.
HE KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT THESE.
SO IF YOU DON'T MIND,
LET ME CALL HIM UP.
HIS SHOP
IS JUST DOWN THE STREET.
I'M SURE HE'LL RUN
RIGHT DOWN HERE FOR THIS THING.
OKAY?
- THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
BOYS AT THE TIME
WEREN'T INTERESTED IN THIS DOLL
BECAUSE IT WAS A GIRL DOLL,
BUT NOW IT'S A MUS FOR ANY G.
I.
JOE COLLECTOR.
- EARLIER TODAY,
I GOT A CALL FROM A GUY
ABOUT AN OLD GOLF CART.
THE OLD ONES CAN BE
SUPER COLLECTIBLE,
SO ME AND CHUM ARE ON OUR WAY
TO GO CHECK IT OUT.
- SO THIS
IS WHY I CALLED YOU GUYS.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL,
ISN'T IT?
- YEAH.
THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.
- [laughs]
- THE REASON
WHY I CALLED THE GUYS
FROM THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
IS TO COME DOWN AND LOOK
AT MY 1960s GOLF CART.
WHEN I PICKED IT UP,
I WAS HIGHLY INTOXICATED,
RIDING DIRT BIKES
IN THE DESERT.
I'M HOPING TO GE ABOUT $300 FOR IT,
BUT I'LL TAKE 50 BUCKS,
JUST SO MY WIFE
DOESN'T YELL AT ME.
- WHERE IN THE WORLD
DID YOU GET THIS?
- I GOT IT OUT IN THE DESERT.
ME AND MY FRIEND
WERE DIRT-BIKING,
THREW IT IN THE BACK
OF MY TRUCK.
THOUGHT I COULD RESTORE IT,
BUT IT'S JUS TOO MUCH WORK FOR ME.
- YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS
IN THE DESERT FOR A REASON.
- [laughs]
- I DID SOME RESEARCH ON IT.
I THINK IT'S, LIKE,
FROM THE 1960s, SO
- IT WAS MADE BY MARKETEER.
IT WAS, LIKE, ONE OF THE FIRS ELECTRIC GOLF CARTS.
FOR SOME REASON,
MY DAD LIKES THESE THINGS.
I DON'T KNOW WHY.
- HE LIKES OLD CARS.
HE WON'T DRIVE I IF IT'S NOT A CLASSIC.
- IT'S A CLASSIC.
THIS IS A CLASSIC.
- YEAH, BUT I DIDN'T REALIZE
IT WAS IN SUCH BAD SHAPE.
THE OLD MAN WOULD LOVE ONE OF
THESE OLD MARKETEER GOLF CARTS.
THEY WERE ONE
OF THE FIRST COMPANIES
TO GO WITH AN ELECTRIC GOLF CAR BACK IN THE 1950s,
AND THEY'RE
SUPER COLLECTIBLE TODAY.
BUT THIS THING
NEEDS A LITTLE WORK.
[laughs]
HOLY [bleep].
LOOK AT THIS.
LOOK AT THAT BATTERY.
SO THE MOTOR
SHOULD BE BACK HERE, RIGHT?
- YES.
- THIS IS GONNA BE FUN.
I CAN ALREADY TELL.
[laughs]
- IT TURNS.
- THE MOTOR TURNS?
- YEAH, IT TURNS.
YOU JUST NEED A NEW BELT.
THAT'S IT.
- YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU NEED
A LOT MORE THAN A BELT, GUY.
- IT'S NOT THAT BAD.
COUPLE OF TIRES,
MAYBE SOME NEW UPHOLSTERY.
- IT'S LIKE PUTTING
A LITTLE LIPSTICK ON A PIG.
- IT'S MORE THAN LIPSTICK
ON A PIG.
THIS IS PLASTIC SURGERY
ON A PIG.
[laughs]
THIS THING IS BEAT UP,
BUT I KNOW THE OLD MAN
HAS ALWAYS WANTED ONE,
SO IF I CAN GET I FOR THE RIGHT PRICE,
I'LL TAKE IT TO RICK DALE
AND GET IT POLISHED UP
INTO THE ULTIMATE PRESENT.
ALL RIGHT, SO WHA DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH IT?
- I WANT TO SELL IT.
- ALL RIGHT, AND HOW MUCH
DO YOU WANT FOR IT?
- I DID SOME RESEARCH ON IT.
THEY GO FOR A LOT OF MONEY
WHEN THEY'RE ALL RESTORED
AND CHERRIED OUT,
SO 300 BUCKS.
- [sighs]
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
I'LL GIVE YOU 100 BUCKS FOR IT.
AND I WILL GET I OFF YOUR PROPERTY.
- 200 BUCKS.
- I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
I'LL GIVE YOU 150 BUCKS
FOR IT,
AND I SHOULDN'T BE DOING THAT.
- ALL RIGHT, 150 BUCKS.
- 150 BUCKS.
- AWESOME.
THANK YOU.
- ALL RIGHT.
- I'M TOTALLY HAPPY
THAT I GOT $150 FOR IT.
I THOUGHT I'D BE LUCKY
TO GET $25,
SO I'M VERY EXCITED.
THAT'LL MAKE MY WIFE HAPPY.
- CHUM, YOU'RE NOT PUSHING.
- I'M PUSHING.
- EARLIER TODAY,
A WOMAN BROUGHT IN
A 1960s FEMALE G.
I.
JOE DOLL.
SHE WANTS 2,500 BUCKS FOR IT,
BUT I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT IT,
SO I INVITED MY FRIEND JONATHAN
TO COME IN AND TAKE A LOOK.
- HEY, WHAT'S UP, COREY?
- WHAT'S UP, BUDDY?
- I'M JOHNNY JIMINEZ,
THE OWNER OF TOY SHACK.
WE SPECIALIZE IN VINTAGE TOYS
AND COLLECTIBLES,
PARTICULARLY
OLD ACTION FIGURES.
SO WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
- SHE SAYS IT'S A G.
I.
JANE.
- [chuckles]
IT'S ACTUALLY
A G.
I.
JOE NURSE DOLL.
IT CAME OUT IN 1967.
SINCE G.
I.
JOES CAME OUT,
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN
A POPULAR LINE OF TOYS.
THE LINE THAT CAME OU IN THE '60s WAS REALLY POPULAR,
THE 12-INCH,
AND THEN LATER, THEY CAME OU WITH THE 3 3/4 IN THE '80s.
SINCE THE MOVIE CAME OUT,
IT'S ADDED A LOT MORE POPULARITY
TO THE WHOLE LINE OF JOES.
THE STORY ABOUT THIS DOLL IS,
IT CAME OUT FOR ONE YEAR,
THE REASON BEING IS,
BOYS DIDN'T WANT TO PLAY
WITH DOLLS,
AND GIRLS DIDN'T WAN
TO PLAY WITH ANYTHING
RELATED TO G.
I.
JOE.
SO IT WAS A SPECTACULAR FLOP,
WHICH MAKES I ONE OF THE RARES
AND ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER
COLLECTIBLES
ON THE MARKET TODAY.
THIS DOLL RIGHT HERE CAME OU WITH A GREEN MEDIC BAG
AND A WHITE MEDIC BAG.
THE WHITE MEDIC BAG
IS THE RARER OF THE TWO,
WHICH MAKES THIS ONE HERE
MORE VALUABLE.
THE WHITE BAG ALONE
COULD FETCH
ANYWHERE FROM $250 TO $500.
THIS DOLL RIGHT NOW
AS IT SITS,
WE'RE LOOKING AT ANYWHERE
FROM $1,200 TO $1,500
IN TODAY'S MARKET.
- THAT'S ALL?
- YES.
- EVEN WITH THIS WHITE BAG?
- EVEN WITH THE WHITE BAG.
- YOU SURE?
- THERE ARE SOME DOLLS
THAT, WITH THE BAG,
WENT FOR AUCTION
FOR $5,000 OR $6,000,
BUT THAT WAS IN THE BOX.
YOU GOT A LOOSE FIGURE HERE.
IT WOULD BE WORTH
ABOUT $5,000 TO $6,000
IF IT WAS IN THE PACKAGE.
THIS DOLL WAS LOOSE,
IT WAS MISSING
SOME OF THE ACCESSORIES,
BUT IT WAS IN GOOD CONDITION,
SO IT WAS STILL WORTH
ABOUT $1,500 AS IT IS.
- THE PRICE OF THINGS
GO UP AND DOWN,
AND CONDITION IS EVERYTHING.
I MEAN,
IT'S IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE,
BUT THERE'S NO BOX.
THERE'S HOLES
IN HER STOCKINGS.
THIS IS DIRTY.
- YEAH, IT'S NOT REALLY
WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR,
BUT I CAN UNDERSTAND IT.
- THANKS FOR COMING IN, JOHNNY.
- THANK YOU, RICK.
- I KNOW YOU'RE DISAPPOINTED.
NOW THAT YOU HAVE THE INFO,
WHAT DO YOU WAN TO GET OUT OF IT?
- WELL, I'D LIKE TO GE AT LEAST $1,000?
- I'LL GIVE YOU 600 BUCKS
FOR IT.
- MM, NO.
HOW ABOUT $900?
YEAH, YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME
WITH $600.
I MEAN--
- I'M JUST THINKING IT'S GONNA
BE A NIGHTMARE TO SELL.
- THERE ARE A LOT OF G.
I.
JOE
COLLECTORS OUT THERE,
AND THIS IS PRETTY RARE.
- THAT'S THE ONLY THING
I'M THINKING IN MY HEAD.
THERE'S A LOT OF G.
I.
JOE
COLLECTORS OUT THERE.
IT'S G.
I.
JOE NURSE.
- BUT G.
I.
JOE COLLECTORS
DON'T HAVE THIS
IN THEIR COLLECTION,
SO THEY WOULD BE
- I'LL GO $700 ON IT.
- HOW ABOUT $800?
- UM
I'LL GIVE YOU
THE $800 FOR IT.
- ALL RIGHT.
THANKS.
- ALL RIGHT,
GO WRITE HER UP.
- I SETTLED FOR $800.
I'M OKAY WITH IT.
I ONLY PAID $50 FOR THE DOLL,
SO I CAN'T COMPLAIN.
- MY DAD AND THE OLD MAN
HAVE ME KEEPING AN EYE
ON THE NIGHT CREW.
I'M BASICALLY JUST MAKING SURE
THEY DON'T SCREW UP.
WE DON'T GET A TON
OF BUSINESS AT NIGHT,
SO I'M BORED AS HELL.
[knock at door]
WHAT'S UP, CHUM?
- NOT MUCH.
JUST GOING TO WATCH PEOPLE
READ POETRY.
- YOU MEAN A POETRY READING.
- EXACTLY.
- WHAT DO YOU WANT, CHUM?
- WE THOUGHT YOU MIGHT BE
FEELING LONELY
AND NEEDED SOMETHING
TO KEEP YOU COMPANY.
[women giggle]