RICK: What do we have here?
CUSTOMER: An ugly piece of artwork.
RICK: OK.
So it's done by--
CUSTOMER: Snowden.
RICK: ML Snowden.
Got it from a former in-law, and I'd like to get rid of it
just like I got rid of them.
All right.
It sounds like you're a little bit bitter.
Just a little.
[laughter]
RICK: It's different.
I sort of like it.
I know about her.
ML Snowden, she's in her 60s.
She's been doing this ever since she was a little kid.
She worked with her father.
Her father was a pretty famous sculptor.
It's not the art everyone likes, you know what I mean?
Some people like it a little bit more traditional or a little
different, but she is a really famous artist, and a lot
of people like her work.
I mean, she's won a ton of awards,
and she actually owns some of the tools that Rodin used,
and she uses those tools when she sculpts stuff.
And it's signed in the sculpture there, and it's 14 of 25.
Do you know the name of it?
No I don't, but you can buy it and call
it whatever you'd like.
[laughter]
Even though I'm not familiar with this exact piece,
I've seen a lot of Snowdens before
in galleries around the country, and they
can go for a lot of money.
And even though it's not the art for everyone, I got to admit,
I sort of like it.
It's neat.
I mean, how much were you looking to get out of it?
$50,000.
Normally I got a friend who I usually
call on the expensive artwork, but he's out of town.
It is nice.
This is very collectible.
People love this stuff.
I'll tell you what.
I'll give you $20,000.
CUSTOMER: Deal.
I'll take it.
Whoa.
[laughs] That was easy.
OK, $20,000.
All right, thanks so much.
I just massively overpaid for this.
Let's go do some paperwork. - Sweet.
All right.
[laughter]
Well, I was actually pleasantly
surprised with the negotiation.
I seriously thought I was going to end up with, like, $5,000
and walk out of here disappointed,
but I'm very happy with the $20,000,
and it's going to be well spent.
RICK: Chum.
CHUMLEE: What?
Help me get this thing off the dolly.
CHUMLEE: What is that thing?
RICK: It is a statue, obviously.
Grab the other side.
COREY: What in the hell is this?
It's an ML Snowden.
What did you pay for it?
$20,000.
Why?
No one's going to buy this.
CHUMLEE: Your dad just bought it.
Yeah, there's a sucker born every minute.
No, son, most people aren't like you
two that have a picture of a Ferrari with naked girls on it.
I don't have that, but--
CHUMLEE: I have good art.
RICK: Will you just grab the other side of it?
COREY: No.
I'm not touching it.
RICK: Just pick up the other side!
Sorry, dude.
Have fun with that. I'm out.
No.
RICK: Chum.
Dude, I don't want to--
RICK: Just pick it up.
You're grabbing its legs.
CHUMLEE: [grunting]
RICK: Oh, we're going to need some more help.
I've dealt in art my whole life, and I
think I'm pretty good with this, and I
think I got myself a good deal.
But Corey and Chum seem to think that they're absolute geniuses
and know so much more than I do, so I'm
calling in Chad just to show them
that I know what I'm doing.
So what do you think?
CHAD: Wow, ML Snowden.
That is "Photon" from the Elements of Light series.
RICK: OK.
Yeah, I got it off a lady, and I paid her $20,000 for it.
I figured I couldn't go wrong.
Wow.
That's-- now, this piece--
this series originally sold $58,000 $60,000.
OK.
CHAD: Now, she parted with her publisher,
so a few pieces have come onto the market.
All right, the big question, what's it worth, because I
paid a lot of money for it.
I would put this one probably at about $36,000.
OK.
But the thing about Snowden is this is investment-quality art.
And this kind of stuff, it's only going to go up.
$36,000?
I think the market will bear that, yeah.
RICK: Hold on one second.
Corey, Chum.
Rick paid $20,000 for it.
I think that's a fair market price.
I think he can do much better than that upon selling it,
but he definitely-- he didn't overpay.
Chad thinks I can get right around $36,000 for it.
COREY: You want to buy it, Chad?
No comprende.
We still have to sell it.
It's--
RICK: It'll sell.
Well, it's--
RICK: You guys are not exactly interior designers.
No, we're more of a beer crowd, not a fine-wine crowd,
and it's still ugly as hell.
Yeah.
I am a good interior designer, and I would
not put that in any interior.
It's horrible.
RICK: They'll never get it.
They're not art lovers.
RICK: Chum's idea of art is a velvet
painting and a black light.
[laughs]