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Normally they just rent to movie and TV productions,
but they do have a few items that are for sale,
so I'm going to go check them out,
and hopefully I can find something
to prop up the profits at the pawn shop.
-Looking for Monty. -That's me. How you doing?
-Pretty good. How you doing? -Good, man.
-Quite the place here. -Yeah, it is.
We rent props to motion picture, television, photo shoots.
We like to look at it as a one-stop prop shop.
-You got the fish market. -You got to have it.
It's fake food.
You don't want the real stuff on set, flies and everything.
It's crazy.
Chum Lee recently contacted me.
I did have some items I am selling,
so he wanted to come down and take a look.
This little gem right here, you recognize it?
"Spaceballs," the Eagle 5.
-Absolutely. -So this is a mock-up
that the art department did to kind of try
and sell Mel Brooks on the idea of what they felt
the spaceship should look like in "Spaceballs."
It's pretty cool. Did you watch the movie?
I did. I think everybody did, man.
-That was classic. -It was classic.
"Spaceballs," 1987 comedy directed by Mel Brooks,
it was a play on sci-fi movies at the time,
but it was a real parody of "Star Wars."
Absolutely.
And he even got permission from George Lucas
to be able to use a lot of the references and stuff in there,
and from what I understand, he gave him that permission
as long as he agreed not to make merchandise for sale,
and we know why because "Star Wars" is ...
-Is how big?
rich because of all the merchandise,
but here we are 30 years later.
Mm-hmm.
And it is a cult classic at this point.
People love it. People go crazy over this movie.
-Totally. -Premise of the movie,
I guess really they were trying to save Princess Vespa,
and they flew around in this Winnebago/spaceship.
It was supposed to kind of resemble the Millennium Falcon,
but it doesn't resemble the Millennium Falcon at all.
So how long have you had it in your possession?
I've had it for now probably little over a year.
I'm just holding it for somebody,
and they recently said they're interested in selling it.
How much is the owner looking to get for this?
Twelve thousand dollars.
Okay. It's pretty cool.
I don't really know how much that's worth.
Usually when people spend that kind of money
on something like this, they want a movie-used prop,
but just thinking that this was made for Mel Brooks
so that he could make his final decision
on whether this would be acceptable for his movie
or not makes it feel like a one of one
and makes it feel like it could warrant a price like $12,000,
so I could see it fetching a pretty good penny there
or a couple pretty good pennies. So this is super cool.
You said you had a couple things?
Yeah, yeah, I got some other things.
You want to check them out?
-Yeah, let's check them out. -All right, man. Come on.
Follow me.
-I'll follow your lead. -Follow my lead. Walk this way.
So right here, you recognize this?
-No. -Okay.
This is the antique hand mirror
that Cameron Diaz used in "Gangs of New York."
-Oh, my god. I love that movie. -Yeah.
It's a one-of-a-kind piece that actually was purchased in
Italy specifically for the film, and it's very unique
because there's actually a cover on the mirror itself
that folds out to reveal the mirror,
so it's not just your standard hand mirror.
This is pretty cool, man. "Gangs of New York,"
classic movie, one of my favorite movies.
It was made in 2002, directed by Martin Scorsese.
It's a time period of about 1862 New York.
You got the Five Points and all these different immigrants
kind of battling for their place in New York,
and Cameron Diaz played a pickpocket thief,
which was different for her,
and she ended up being the love interest of Leonardo DiCaprio.
She would hold the mirror up and look behind it,
and as the suitors would pass, she'd be like, "No."
Then when Leo passed here ...
-Exactly. -... who could pass up Leo?
So she sees him and selects Leo to dance with,
and it was a really cool classic scene.
Can I take a look at it?
-Absolutely. Absolutely. -Wow, I kind of look like Leo.
-I think so. -Do you know how much
the owner is looking to get for this mirror?
I do. He's looking to get 5,000.
Okay. Not really sure, but this is a movie-used prop.
It's freaking awesome,
so this is something I'm super interested
probably because I love the movie so much though.
I love it. I love the "Spaceball" Winnebago.
Yeah.
I'd like to have someone come down and take a look
at this stuff though. Can I give him a call?
-Yeah, you can. Sure. -All right. Give me just ...
-Have him come down. -Yeah, give me just
a few minutes, and I'll get him down here.
All right. Sounds good.
Now I know most all the prop masters in town,
even prop masters out of town,
so I'm just curious to see who Chum is going to bring in
to authenticate these items. It'll be interesting.
So you guys know each other, I'm taking it?
Yes.
Dennis was one of the founding members of this prop house.
It's the reason I'm working here today.
He was the prop master on both of these.
Now I haven't seen these in a long time.
So what can you tell me about these?
This is a one of a kind.
The only other model that was built was made from this style
and used in the actual film.
Is that the same size as this one,
or it would've been a little bigger?
No, it was larger.
Okay, so there's only two models out there,
and this is the actual prototype pretty much
is what you're telling me?
This is where it started.
What kind of value can you put on this?
I would say this would be worth a minimum $12,000.
Okay. As cool as this is,
the mirror to me is really, really cool as well.
"Gangs of New York," classic movie.
Cameron Diaz actually held this in her hand on the screen.
Absolutely.
What can you tell me about this mirror?
Well, I found the mirror in Rome,
and my original idea with this, if you didn't like this one,
I was going to give it to my wife,
and naturally Marty picked this mirror.
Got a photo here
that is from the film with Cameron using the mirror.
It shows that it's the exact one that you have here.
Most of the time, the mirror in the shot was seen from the back
because they wanted to see Cameron's beautiful face.
So all of this wood graining
and everything like that is exactly the same.
The beautiful, talented Cameron Diaz.
So what kind of value can you put on the mirror here?
It's probably worth around $5,000.
Okay. So we've got a $12,000 value
on the Winnebago from "Spaceballs"
and a $5,000 value on the prop mirror
from "Gangs of New York."
Well, I appreciate you coming down.
You're welcome.
And I'm sure I'll be calling you in the future.
Okay. Thank you.
-Thank you. -Bye-bye.
-Thanks, Dennis. -See you, Monty.
Yeah, it's good to see you.
Well, loved what he had to say about both of these items.
I don't know if I can purchase them both today.
I think on the Winnebago I'm going to pass.
-Okay. -It's really, really cool,
but I absolutely love the mirror,
and I don't want to leave here without it.
It's because you looked like Leo when you looked in it, isn't it?
Isn't it?
I think I look like Leo in any mirror,
but this one is just a little more.
What's the bottom dollar on the mirror?
Would you take $1,700 for it?
I know the guy wants 5,000, so, yeah, that's just ...
That's not going to cut it.
You got to give me a little more.
-Would you take 2,200 for it? -How about we do 35?
How about 2,500, and then you can go home
knowing that you made me happy
because I get to look like Leo every day?
I can live with 2,500. Twenty-five hundred, you got it.
All right. Let me just make sure
I still look like Leo before I spend $2,500.
All right. All right.
You're sexy. I'll take it. Should we go downstairs
and get your guy over here so we can get him paid?
Yeah, absolutely. I would like that, man.
For $2,500, yeah,
I think he's going to be happy with that, so I'm happy.
If he's going to be ... I'm happy. Works out.