today could be a huge day I got a call
from a guy who says he has two of the
rarest coins ever if these pieces are
real this could be a very expensive day
Walter yes I am your phone call got me a
little excited
so this is it that is the half Disney
the other is the liver toss this is
pretty damn amazing the half Disney
could be considered the first American
coin yes very rare piece very rare one
of the things I don't get about early
American coins were Eagles that skinny
back then
we didn't feed him very much
I'm here to sell these two really really
rare coins the half Disney and the liver
toss I really love collecting the coins
but I need to sell a couple of them off
so I can buy some other ones at an
auction and I'll just hope to make a
good deal here
this is really really cool the half
Disney it was minted in 1792 1792 we
just elected George Washington President
we finally have a constitution and since
we're a country we've got to start
making our own currency here but the
problem was for the first 50 years of
our country the mint never got its act
together we had difficulties getting the
silver and the gold and everything else
like that and I couldn't imagine being a
merchant right after the Revolutionary
War in this country because if you had
any kind of store you took British
pounds and French francs
and Spanish Reales because there's just
always a shortage of American coins but
this is the very first one and uh the
rumor has it that George Washington
basically jacked Martha's silverware to
have it made
that is the story of no documentation
about but that is the story about that
you know what I'm gonna stick with the
story because I like it you got it okay
George Washington look a little gangster
yes
and this is the libertas Americana this
is absolutely great Benjamin Franklin
had this Commission in France right yes
in 1781 he helped design this to get
France to Mint that coin on behalf of
the American friendship in France I know
the baby is the United States right
right and the lion is England of course
this lady right here is France that's
correct she's protecting the child the
United States from England that's super
cool and then in 1783 Thomas Jefferson
was at Paris he's the one that took
these medals back to America and he
passed it on to the senators in the
congressman it's pretty damn amazing
they're all graded by PCGS and NGC so we
know they're good
how much
for the liver toss
two hundred thousand
for the half Disney
I'm looking for six hundred thousand
eight hundred thousand dollars for the
pair
damn
um
that is a lot of money
ah
these are two of the most desirable
coins for collectors there is and eight
hundred thousand dollars might not be a
bad price but there's no way I can even
consider spending a small fortune on
them before I have an expert I trust
come in the shop and check them out
do you mind if I go make a few phone
calls real quick sure I will be right
back
oh I was pretty excited when you called
These are amazing I think one of the
really great things is both of these
coins are really closely tied with the
founding fathers when these 1792 half
Disney's are being made Thomas Jefferson
actually want 75 dollars worth which is
about 1500 of these and he spent these
on the way back to Monticello you know
it's our first American coinage that's
where we make some special very first
coins and this one the libertas
Americana this is one of my favorite
coins because it's so beautiful this is
a silver example so they made these in
copper silver and they actually made a
couple gold but those were lost in the
French Revolution the silver coins were
much rarer than the copper examples and
most of them are not this condition all
right so
um
what do you think they would go for
well the 1792 half Disney with the right
buyer would probably bring five to six
hundred thousand
all right and this one the libertas
Americana I would say for the right
buyer for this piece
um two hundred thousand dollars would be
about right
okay well thanks man okay I hope that
helps you good luck thanks yeah if Rick
can buy these coins they're very very
popular there's a lot of people who love
to own them and he would have no trouble
selling them so I hope he's able to
purchase them okay first off the half
Disney
um it's pretty damn amazing
and I'm sure I'll never hold another one
of my hands
but if I was to buy it and then I
couldn't sell it it would put a
financial burden on me so I'm gonna pass
on this one right here I'm just gonna
let you know that
this one
I have multiple customers and even if
they don't buy it I think I can
eventually do something with it so
140 000.
140 140 000 you heard the men you have
to make some money I understand this
I can see how about 180
.
I will give you 150 000.
at that price
I feel comfortable you couldn't do 160.
I will go 150. I think it's more than a
fair price
it's a deal so sweet I will meet you
right over there and we will do some
paperwork you take that one I'll take
this I'll take this one I'll meet you
right over there okay
what do these days there's gonna be a
coin with my face on it
so what do we got here I think there's
something in here you're really gonna
like to see okay
1963 American made Fender Stratocaster
all right to me this is the guitar but
there's something very very special
about this specific guitar
all right
this guitar was actually played by Jimi
Hendrix
that's a big wow factor right there
Jimi Hendrix man he's one of the
greatest rock and roll Legends of all
time when I'm bringing to the table
today is not only a piece of Rock and
Roll history but it's very well
preserved
Jimi Hendrix he was an icon this guy did
things with a guitar that no one did
before he played a strat yeah
left-handed guitar is a farm if you
between his first guitars were used he
couldn't find a left one so he started
playing with a right-handed guitar with
the strings upside down even when he had
money he continued playing guitars that
were right hand guitars strung upside
down
do you mind if I pick it up no
absolutely by all means all right
this is the Holy Grail he actually held
this guitar that you now have in your
hands and made wonderful music with it
is there any pictures of him playing it
on stage or anything or no because he it
was exclusively played in the studio
this was his really favorite sort of
recording Acts I'm gonna set this down
[Laughter]
and where did you get this
it was actually owned by a guy named
skip Jarrett there was a studio called
Juggy Sound Studio that Jimmy loved to
cut in Brooklyn New York skip was the
chief engineer at juggie Sound Studio
and after they wrapped up all the
production on band of gypsies and all
that they gave this guitar to skip when
he passed away one of my business
associates and I acquired a guitar
okay this guitar was on banded gypsies
yeah he played this guitar on several
records he actually played it on nervous
breakdown as well okay here's just
something that came out this year in
this magazine about this specific guitar
the guy that wrote this article you know
did a lot of extreme diligence plus I
have you know letter signed by Jimmy's
brother I have seen items where people
had letters from the family right right
okay and it turned out not to be what
they said it was right okay that's the
one big thing that scares me
how much do you want for the guitar I
think this guitar you know from everyone
I've talked to
I'd be willing to take
say 750 000 for it
I have a friend who if this thing is
real he will know
and if not he'll call both wearing it
yeah I'm saying
all right I'll be right back give me a
few minutes okay thanks man
I have nothing to hide let's turn the
lights on real bright this is an
authentic Jimi Hendrix guitar I'm happy
to challenge anybody that he wants to
bring the table to look at it because
he'll authenticate the guitar this is
stupid stupid cool I mean Jimmy's one of
Jimmy's guitars Hendrix turned the
guitar into an extension of his body
every way he moved was altering the
sound of the guitar when you see him dip
down Rolo he's bending the kids
physically defending the guitar there's
very few guys that can make their own
statement with the guitar anymore but
guys come along like Jimi Hendrix and
just take it to a completely new place
I want to make sure this is 100 before
we start talking a lot of money yeah you
mind if I take a look at it no man by
all means that's why you're awesome
there's a couple things you'd want to
look at the tremolo bar these are
usually bent and angled up you play the
guitar upside down you flattened a lot
of these out made them straight so they
probably weren't ramming into his arm
and stuff like that another thing is
what they call ring wear if you're
playing the guitar like this my wedding
ring hits the guitar
removes a lot of the paint finished from
there if you look at this guitar
the top side of the neck has a lot of
that wear that's from the guitar being
this way now Jimmy would have played it
left-handed the article that you guys
have sitting over there they asked a
bunch of vintage dealers to take a look
at this guitar with photos and stuff
like that the serial number here
l14985
this guitar has actually been documented
no doubt this is definitely one of
Jimmy's guitars that's really really
cool in my head I think I know what it's
worth but what do you think
tar is worth anything unless
everything's working on it in my book
[Laughter]
[Applause]
plug it in let it rip let's turn it up
loud cannot believe this
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um
foreign
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[Laughter]
[Applause]
that's a good guitar man so what do you
think it's worth
anywhere from
750 to
good auction million
all right thanks buddy all right man
thank you thanks again for letting me
play welcome man thanks a lot that felt
crazy to hold one of Jimi hendrix's
guitars man you can see why he liked it
because it was a really good balanced
nice feeling guitar
at a personal level I absolutely love it
but you have to find the right auction
it has to be advertised in the least
amount of time would be a year most
likely right
let me give you 450 000. 450.
man my thing is I take all the risks you
walk away with cash
for a guitar that could fetch it maybe a
million dollars on any day you've got
one guy just told you that okay but come
on 450 Grand
yeah I'm thinking 750 man a lot of
commissions and a lot of people got to
get paid to sell this stuff right it's
just it's the way the world works okay
I'll give you half a million this guitar
is worth more than that it it just is
if you want the money now I can go 550.
knowing that it could potentially affect
a million dollars at an auction I can't
leave that much money on the table at
750 really man that's a that's a bottom
dollar I can take for the guitar
all right well have a nice day tell me
if it goes to auction I might bid on it
okay thanks man well
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I can't do it man but I'll call you if I
change my mind okay all right
he's fired one last bullet across the
boat there with with the six hundred
thousand dollar offer you know honestly
I was starting to kind of get a little
bit more tempted by that but if you want
to come to a fair point in selling
something of Great Value don't be
desperate about it and that I am not
I got something to show you my volcanic
pistol that's really really cool it's
amazing this came in the shop here it's
hard to find these things yep
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I came down to the pawn shop to sell a
volcanic pistol I'm a big collector of
firearms I'd like to sell it because I
have two boys in college and we sure
could use the money I would like to try
to get about 10 000 because I feel it's
worth between 10 and 12 000.
this is a volcanic arms what the hell is
that the Forerunner of the Winchester
rifle this was the first Lever Action
Gun it was built by Horace Smith and
Daniel Wesson the 1850s was when they
started making these I believe an
eight-shot pistol was pretty damn
impressive you were talking like a lever
action rifle it's throughout the old
Shell load the new shell the person that
invented the Winchester rifle saw this
next thing you know Winchester buys the
patent and builds the most popular rifle
of the time
they used to say the Winchester rifle
was the gun that won the West it all
started there
volcanic arms were started by two guys
Daniel Wesson and Horace Smith later
they formed Smith and Wesson they made a
lot of Innovations and that's why
they're still in business today so where
did you get it I was at the toastful
Oklahoma show I seen this guy walking in
the aisle with that I said man I gotta
have that they made him an offer and I
walked home with it okay that happens in
gun shows all the time now the reason
it's so collectible is just due to the
fact that that it make a lot of them the
nice thing about this firearm here is
it's never been touched and it has all
the original patina on it you know
hasn't been polished down to the Brass
so it's like original find I mean this
is a really nice shape I'm actually
really familiar with this gun so I don't
need to consult an expert as long as the
price is anywhere near reasonable I'm
buying so you guys are interested in
purchasing it oh yes I'm definitely
interested in purchasing it as long as
you don't have insane prices in your
head
I'd like to give maybe 10 10 000
um
how about five grand
it's not a quick seller
uh how about eight grand
I think it's a piece that if you have
here I think it's actually going to
bring people in I'm thinking I'm
probably going to get around eight grand
for it I'll give you 6 500 bucks for it
prices on just about every collectible
has gone down
about 7 500.
um
6 500 bucks I think is more than fair
well I got two kids in college so uh I
think I'll do that deal okay thank you
man all right you want to ride him up
son I'm feeling pretty good about the
6500 you know if I would have put the
gun in auction I would have waited
another three months so I think we did
actually pretty well hey how can I help
you I got a couple of historic books I
thought you might want to look at okay
the 1802 edition of The Federalist
Papers
volumes one and two yes it came in two
volumes it's the second edition the guy
that's name is in there was the fourth
Postmaster General of the United States
I was hoping I was going to say like
George Washington or something in it
to their collection I'm asking eight
thousand two hundred and fifty dollars
and we'll put the money towards building
a new barn at home if we make a deal
today
I'm really excited about them they're
really neat where did you get these my
husband dug them out of the trash and
brought them home
he dug them out of someone's trash yes
wow I'm just sort of like a shocked you
didn't normally see things like this
um these were all letters arguing for
the Constitution we have now and a lot
of people were completely against it
they wanted us to stay as 13 independent
countries with a much weaker central
government
and Hamilton Madison and Jay were
publishing these Anonymous letters for
the Constitution and they were
explaining all the different parts of
the Constitution to convince people to
go along with the Constitution and
there's some pretty interesting writing
in here yes there is
so you want to sell them yes I do okay
and how much do you want for them
well I've seen them advertised for 14 to
16 000 so I thought eight thousand two
hundred and fifty would be fair okay so
I mean were these prices on the Internet
or something like that yes it was an
internet bookstore all right these
things might be in great condition or a
terrible condition I have no idea
um do you mind if I have someone look at
them no that'd be fine I have a friend
who knows everything there is to know
about this stuff and she's probably
going to completely nerd out on these
okay so uh sounds good I'll be right
back okay I'm looking forward to hearing
their opinion on the books the condition
the value and the importance towards our
history
what do we have these are the Federalist
Papers she says they're the second
edition
I don't know if these are really bad
condition or just bad condition
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two Edition the last Edition before
Hamilton's death
and Hamilton's early Death By duel was
in fact really kind of a shame for
American history because he doesn't
often get his due Hamilton's a really
important guy he essentially established
the economic foundations for the federal
government he wrote many of the essays
here and this is one of the great works
in American history I mean it's huge and
it's something that every collector
wants
um but we gotta stop for a second
um
I am seriously concerned that this might
be mold okay
and if it's mold you'd need a very
serious cleaning of the paper and boards
where did you get this from the trash
okay yeah it's probably multiple but
it's worth salvaging okay and the
repairs you're looking at probably at
least a thousand dollars okay so then
how much would they be worth if they
were all restored
um
if it works out nicely it could be up to
fourteen thousand I would say
okay now she just made everything more
complicated thanks
Rick's trying not to show it in front of
the seller but I think he's really
excited by this book everyone wants it
so important it's some of our most
intellectually stimulating and
Fascinating People in the history of
America and frankly it's a good business
decision to get okay
um
what would be your best price
I still think they're worth what I'm
asking eight thousand two hundred and
fifty I mean this is my situation I buy
them off you and somewhere north of a
thousand dollars I'm gonna pay to get
them restored
then I have to wait six months and then
I get them back and then I have to sell
them
how about seventy five hundred
I mean this is literally I give you the
money I'm not even gonna see any type of
return for over a year most likely
I mean 65.
7250.
that's bringing me down from my
beginning
how about seven thousand dollars
I think it's a good price
at seven thousand
okay I'll take it
cool come this way and uh we'll just pay
for work just leave them right there
our daughter was always teasing my
husband about digging through the trash
but it just made us seven thousand
dollars richer hi there hey how's it
going good
got a 1922 proof High Relief matte
finish coin
okay
where did you get this I wanted at a
poker game believe it or not
this is like one of the Holy Grails of
American coins and you went into Pokemon
yep whoa
came down to the pawn shop today to try
to sell a 1922 proof coin I don't know a
lot about it but uh the guy who lost it
to me said it was really valuable so
hoping to get 20 000 out of it
this is cool
in 1921 we brought the silver dollar
back and The Story Goes is they were
going to try and make some really high
relief ones what this means by high
relief right here is the image really
comes off the coin okay it's much higher
detail and I don't know the exact story
but there was like some problems and
they got melted down and most people
didn't even know they existed for like
15 years and then also some stories came
from the men but they actually existed
so there's like a dozen of these things
in the world
pretty rare oh well it's beyond rare
the 1922 High Relief peace dollar is one
of the rarest coins in American history
it definitely shocks me that people will
walk up my counter and pull out an item
worth 50 or 100
000 or more
I definitely want this thing but I have
to make absolutely sure this is the real
deal
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silver dollars is what every coin
collector collects everyone collects
silver dollars and maybe they collect
half dollars nickels but they all buy
silver dollars I mean that's the
Mainstay of collectible coins okay
so how much do you want for it
twenty thousand
wait you want 20 for it twenty thousand
do you think it's worth it sure no
problem let's go no
um no this is worth a lot more than 20
grand oh
that's pretty awesome
do you mind if I call a friend to take a
look at this I have a few mega mega
concerns here okay
I've never seen one in person and
I just want to make sure everything is
legit I mean
if someone was to fake a coin this is
the one they would do it on
um I'm actually friends with a guy who
works at NGC he's one of the best coin
graders and if everything's legit
um maybe we'll do some business so
that's good all right hang out all right
I think there's a good chance it's legit
obviously nothing in this world is 100
but I'm happy with an expert coming in
for sure
Dave Rick how you doing I am doing
absolutely fabulous and this is it
wow it isn't every day a 1922 High
Relief peace dollar walks in the door
this guy got in a poker game
oh my God
it's always nice to get called in on an
exciting coin this coin is particularly
interesting historical and it's rarest
hen's teeth
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Corey with this coin I mean this was the
coin the government minted but no one
knew they minted it for like 15 or 20
years that's correct none of these had
transacted until 1937. these were more
or less unknown and They carried over
the high relief of the 1921 issues all
of which by the way were stuck in a one
week period at the end of 1921.
now the high relief design was sort of a
Triumph of Art and a failure of
Technology because although they were
beautiful they couldn't strike them with
enough pressure to get a lot of them out
so they ended up early in 1922 having to
reduce the relief of the design okay
so I assume your main concern is is it
real
yeah okay definitely
[Laughter]
it is in an NGC holder which is
wonderful
the holder is completely intact and
genuine
Quine is
perfectly legitimate it's one of very
few known
okay so the big thing is what's it worth
one of these sold very recently that
brought a touch over a hundred thousand
so it's a little bit nicer than this but
not too far apart
I think this coin is worth
something north of 50 but less than 100.
okay
thanks man super rare no problem okay
thank you congratulations thank you all
right there you go all right all right
um I'll talk to you soon sounds good I'm
quite excited that this is the real
thing uh very few Specialists have had
the chance to actually handle them but
finding one of these especially walking
into a pawn shop is really extraordinary
I should have just gave you the 20 grand
and I called him Dave uh I'm happier now
I'll give you 65 000.
what about 90 I think 90 is fair
you were willing to take 20 grand for it
you weren't willing to offer me 20 grand
for it
I think 75 is fair
meet me in the middle at 80 and you got
a deal
it's a deal all right okay all right
let's go up front I'll write you up I
made 80 000 on the coin super excited
about it definitely gonna keep playing
poker uh hopefully I get another coin
like this sometime
hey how's it going good good I have
something I think you might be
interested in
it's the very first issue of Playboy
volume one issue one okay Marilyn Monroe
Playbook awesome
I came to the pawn shop today to try and
sell my first issue of Playboy magazine
the Marilyn Monroe issue it's not a copy
this is a genuine first edition I'd like
to get two thousand dollars for the
magazine but
don't tell him I I will take probably
1600 if I can get it so where did you
get this well my father bought it uh
back in 1953 and then before he passed
away he gave it to me this was the very
first Playboy and I truly believe that
Maryland wasn't in the first issue I
don't know if it would have lasted much
longer this is what lit the whole thing
on fire how do you know so much about
Playboy's trust me Sean I know this is
amazing this is the most collectible
issue of Playboy ever most Playboys are
worth a few bucks this is worth a few
thousand
do you know how Marilyn Monroe ended up
in this magazine no I don't
in nineteen I think it was 47 Marilyn
Monroe then Norma Jean needed some money
and she wasn't a star yet hadn't been
any movies
she got paid somebody to do some nude
photographs well 1952 comes along and
she gets a movie deal later in the year
the photographer who took the pictures
looked at the movie poster and going
oh my gosh I think I have pictures of
her and he ended up selling the pictures
to Playboy magazine okay the studios
thought it was just going to ruin her it
was going to ruin the movie but the
great thing was Maryland she just played
it off and she just went yeah that was
me you ought to buy the magazine
that's wild the thing you have to
remember this was the 50s just a few
months earlier she was getting
criticized for the pictures she took
during the 1952 Miss America pageant for
a low neckline just imagine what people
thought when they saw that picture in
that magazine of her on the red velvet
these are really collectible I mean if
you collect Playboys this is the one
everybody wants what were you looking to
do pawn it or sell it I'd like to sell
it and what do you want for it uh 2000
[Laughter]
um I'm thinking closer to a thousand
I think a thousand's a little low
um
Michael 16. what do you think we should
pay for it Trump
I can buy a new one right now for six
bucks
full color I mean I'll cut to the chase
I'll give you 1400 not a dime more
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okay
I'll go for it thanks God you have great
negotiating
I generally don't like buying magazines
because they're hard to sell but this is
awesome I could probably double or
triple my money on this but I think I'm
going to keep it in the case for a while
because it's going to bring people in
the door
a red Pepsi machine
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Pepsi machine
um usually Coke machines are red and
Pepsi is blue right can you honestly
tell the difference between a coconut
Pepsi I honestly can I prefer Pepsi
whatever
I came to the pawn shop today so my
1950s Pepsi Cola vending machine if I
pay the money to restore it I'm just
afraid my kids are going to tear it up
I'm hoping to get four thousand dollars
for it today but the least amount I'll
take is three thousand
so where'd you get it I bought it at a
storage auction for about 350 bucks
and it's a 1950s Pepsi Cola vend 81
machine all right this thing is
definitely cool when they say a vend 81
that means it bends 81 bottles
and the cola war is the War Between Coke
and Pepsi has been more or less going on
forever
um back then a Coke was a six ounce
bottle Pepsi started selling 12 ounce
bottles for the same exact price which
got them really popular but then they
started losing again during World War II
because Coca-Cola got the contract to
supply the US troops and they ended up
telling the US Army
you know it would be so much cheaper
that if we just shipped the syrup
overseas and we opened up bottling
plants and all these countries were in
now right and that's really helped Coke
become a worldwide brand
well at least you have the coin
mechanism
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really rusted out and
a lot of times you'll open
them yeah that's true I really like this
thing but I'm worried about how much it
would cost to restore it I need to do
some more research before I can pull the
trigger on this one
so what you want to do with it I want to
sell it how much you want for it four
thousand dollars
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do you mind if I call somebody up and
see if it would be worth my time to
restore it and pay you that kind of
money okay all right I'll be right back
all right well check it out it's our red
Pepsi machine this is pretty rare Pepsi
and Coke were in such competition that
the reason why that's red is because
somebody stole it from the other they
grabbed them
they were sold to the customer they buy
that machine for about I think they're
about 140 bucks a piece and you can buy
a brand new machine you have Pepsi on
the front of it and you sold Pepsi
products well Coke could come by the
same gas station say hey I'll give you
my product and I'll end up putting them
in the machine if you go ahead and paint
it red put a Coke decal in the front and
they would do that they would just they
would swap back and forth okay
she wants four grand for it okay so
basically all I want to know is how much
it's going to cost to restore it all
right well let me check this thing out
see what you guys got here
it's weird
I mean it's red it is Red from the
beginning
usually when you look behind them you'll
see some blue or something and a lot of
it is like painted red really well so
you think it was painted red from the
factory
I do you can see somebody painted again
and cleaned it up but back in here it's
all still red I've seen a Pepsi machine
yellow and I've seen a Pepsi machine
blue in the era I've never seen it red
and it could be one of a one-of-a-kind
as far as the total machine it's in
pretty darn good shape for me to go and
restore it new rubber take it all apart
the Body Works decent it's got some
waves and stuff and it's not real real
bad Chrome and everything you're looking
about 4 800.
so what would one of these things be
worth completely restored
um I would I would probably be asking
nine for it okay all right all right
thanks man okay hey thanks Rick very
much if he does end up with it I want to
be the one to restore because there's a
lot of little things that are unknowns
why is it still red behind the Rubber
and it should be blue none of that makes
any sense
okay so all that being said how much do
you want for it
four thousand
I can't do four thousand there's no
money to be made I'll give you 2500
bucks
thirty five hundred
I'll tell you what I'll go three grand
I'm not gonna go no more than that
all right you got yourself a deal all
right
let's go up front I'll write you up all
right I'm really glad I picked up this
machine it's pretty weird that it's red
but if I ever do decide to get it
restored I could always go back to
Classic Pepsi Blue either way I think
there's money in this thing hey hey
what's up how you doing how's it going
run good
uh what is this this is a piece of the
flag that was carried by Teddy
Roosevelt's Rough Riders it went up San
Juan Hill okay and some photos that go
with it this is piece of the flag that
they brought up San Juan Hill yes the
most famous battle of the
Spanish-American War yes that's
um pretty amazing
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anything that's associated with Teddy
Roosevelt is a really rare piece Teddy
Roosevelt was only really with the Rough
Riders for about a year so there isn't
much out there I'm asking eight thousand
dollars for this piece but as everything
I bring in it's always negotiable so
this is this is actually the guide on
from I believe it's company F or troop F
as it would be called in the Cavalry the
guide like signifies their unit yeah
it's not the U.S colors the regimental
colors it would be the company flag you
got like paperwork and stuff that goes
with it or well I had a handwritten note
from the guy who was given the piece of
the flag it was a common practice to
souvenir out Flags in the military in
the Civil War and the Spanish-American
War certain people would get a piece of
that flag okay
um yeah 1898. he's under Secretary of
the Navy bill of the night there was a
telegram
that the Spanish fleet was getting close
to the American Fleet next thing you
know he goes man just fire on him
basically starts the Spanish-American
War all by himself and almost
immediately forms the Rough Riders
wants to go to Cuba and fight basically
because he wanted to be president one
day it was cockier than you
cocky nerd
this is something you never hear about
today A high up government bureaucrat
resigning his position so he could lead
volunteers into war it just doesn't
happen anymore and this is just one of
many stories that made Teddy Roosevelt
Larger than Life
and this one went up San Juan Hill he
has a list of battles here San Juan July
1st through 4.
um what went everywhere the Rough Riders
went all right
this is neat I really like this well
good
what do you want to do with it I want to
sell it
and how much you want 8 000. holy
um I'm gonna call it Market have a look
at this I just want to make sure
everything is right
okay
I think Mark knows his items for the
most part but he's looked at my things
before and sometimes he gets it right
and sometimes he doesn't
so what have we got this time uh part of
the flag that went up San Juan Hill
Rough Rider flag um it's actually the
guide on okay
the interesting thing when you're
talking about San Juan Hill you're
talking about the Rough Riders and that
and the Rough Riders had their own flag
the guidons each troop would have one of
those
the term Rough Riders actually was taken
from Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West show
and Congress of Rough Riders
so what's your concerns here is this the
flag that went up San Juan Hill
well do you mind if I take a closer look
at it sure
um San Juan July 1st to 4th 1898 very
nice that's the one that everybody's
heard of the Rough Riders running up
this hill which is always kind of
interesting because this was a Cavalry
group The Cavalry are on horses
San Juan Hill they're on foot I guess
that would make a lot more sense I mean
if you're trying to go up a hill on
horses and they're firing down on you
you would make a much easier Target on a
horse
but looking at the material itself is
absolutely correct for the time period
and given this note I do believe that
this was a piece of troop apps guide on
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but
it doesn't say that it went up the hill
that went into battle you know because
at San Juan Hill they were on foot they
weren't carrying guidance
the way this is written it says you know
engaged at just the following battles
yeah
engaged to that doesn't say anything
about being used in battle it just says
these are the battles we were ill
so when it comes to whether it went up
San Juan Hill
probably not
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well I think I got what I want man all
righty well thank you
to say that it didn't go up San Juan
Hill is just I think it's wrong you know
it says right on the note that it was
engaged at those battles and I'm going
to trust the word of someone who is
there versus someone who is not there
it's really cool but
I don't think it's worth nearly as much
as what you're asking for it it didn't
go up San Juan Hill even if they fought
dismounted I think that went up I don't
see it eight thousand bucks I see it a
lot lot less than that how a lot lot
less
I'm not even gonna make an offer we're
just so far off I I I I'm sorry man all
right okay
so glad you're here I would have paid a
lot of money for that thing
you'll come back with some more stuff
you know I'm not going to pay a lot of
money for something unless I know 100
it's the real deal but I know Eric will
come back with something cool he always
does
how's it going Hi how are you what we
got here something you might be
interested in it's an original souvenir
program from the unveiling of the Statue
of Liberty dated 1886. that is really
really cool yes it was just such an
amazing project when they built this
thing you know the base that it sits on
that was actually constructed by
American donations oh I didn't know that
and Pulitzer who owned the New York
Times at the time he put out this thing
that if you donated a penny
he would put your name in the newspaper
so people were donating you know a dime
or a quarter every week so you could be
in the list of people in the newspaper
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came down to the pawn shop today to sell
my original souvenir program from the
unveiling of the Statue of Liberty it's
in excellent condition for 127 years old
I'm hoping I get 2500 for it and the
least I'll take is a thousand
so where did you get this this has been
in my family for generations and I
actually found it in my mother's file
after she passed away okay have you ever
looked through it or anything yes it's
such a cool piece of Americana they came
up with the idea in 1865 Bartoli started
it and then you know one of the
engineers on this was Gustav Eiffel from
the Eiffel Tower wow I didn't know that
either this must have some really cool
little things on it
this program is absolutely amazing it
really gives you a sense of what it was
like on that day in 1886. the history
nerded me who loves this kind of stuff I
just have to make sure that nerd doesn't
pay too much
[Laughter]
do you want to sell this yes
so how much you want for it 2500 okay
do you mind if I have someone look at it
not at all okay
um the thing that concerns me is
um this could have been reproduced in
1986 and looks like this now
I hope not okay that's original so hang
out a few minutes I'm gonna give him a
call get him down here fine he's going
to tell me about it hold on a minute
okay
I'm excited for someone to look at it I
know it's original and I'm looking
forward to seeing what they say about it
[Laughter]
pretty damn neat huh that is cool
very nice
nice dedication of the Statue of Liberty
October 28th yeah that's right 1886 this
was a big deal this was the first time
in the history of New York that there
was a ticker tape parade I knew that you
know they had almost a million people
there and the only ones who were allowed
to go out to the island and actually saw
or heard anything of the real dedication
where like the president and uh you know
all the dignitaries they didn't even let
women out there so what what's your uh
concern I just want to make sure
this is the one from
1886. because
um I'm just afraid that this thing was
sold at the gift shop right next to the
ferry for the next 50 years I understand
that's a real valid concern because a
lot of this stuff has been reproduced
over the years but do you mind if I pick
it up and take a look at it thank you
looking at it
this wouldn't have been considered
expensive at the time as you can tell it
was 10 cents great these would have been
sold to the crowd
there were probably a hundred thousand
of these printed okay I doubt whether
there's more than four or five hundred
left out there I mean there's probably
not many of them cool
part of the thing that you notice in
19th century printing is they use a
different typeface almost every line
this is a very typical layout but you
don't see these metallic inks being used
today okay you know from what I see here
and in comparison to
thousands of 19th century pamphlets and
Publications that I've looked at
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this is real this is original it's 1886.
all right that was from the party
so thanks man I appreciate it not a
problem thank you good to meet you thank
you
I've seen a lot of opening days
celebratory dedication programs for a
lot of different things but it isn't one
that I've run into before
it's really neat
very rare
now
I mean I don't mean to beat you up but I
would give you like 200 for this thing
I'm one at least 2500.
it's extremely rare I I know I've never
seen another one it's rare but you have
to realize it's not like a first edition
Mark Twain or things like that it's uh
but it's a piece of history but it's
definitely a piece of History I think
it's worth at least a thousand dollars
it's extremely rare you'll never see
another one
I mean I would go 250.
no I won't sell it for that okay
well thanks for bringing it in oh that's
all I can tell you I mean if you change
your mind one day bring it back
otherwise give it to your kids okay
thank you very much no problem
I was disappointed when he gave me a 200
price I thought it was worth a lot more
200 I might as well just keep it in the
family
how can I help you hey guys I have a
real piece of American History I'd like
to sell you
okay hopefully it's a toupee
no it's not a toupee all right
I have a first-hand journal of the
travels and history of Lewis and Clark
Rick this thing looks like it's been
Across America okay
I have a book to sell today that is the
Journal of Lewis and Clark's expedition
across the United States in 1804. I've
seen other copies of this sell for
sixteen thousand so yeah I'm trying to
get them up as high as I can on it
this is pretty cool man can I take a
look sure you know about Lewis and Clark
Rick yes I know about Lewis and Clark
they were literally the Lindbergh of
their day
in 1804 Congress wanted a route to the
West Coast over land they wanted to
explore the center of this country that
really hadn't been explored before
President Jefferson was way behind this
he really wanted this to happen because
he knew that eventually the United
States would be going farther and
farther west and he really wanted to
know what we had there but going on land
across this country in 1804 it's almost
the equivalent of going into space so
Lewis and Clark set out to discover the
unknown and they did this Overland Trek
all the way across the United States
over like treacherous territory and had
adventures and everything else like that
when they got back to the east coast
they were hailed as Heroes
before them we had no idea some of the
resources we had going west and it
really helped out plan the future of the
United States
so where did you get this I was on the
estate sale about five years ago and I
bought a box of books I noticed this in
here Lewis and Clark's Journal actually
it was a journal kept by a guy named
gast
the troops dominated him become the
sergeant one of the duties of the
sergeant was to keep a journal the book
If you read through it it shows a pretty
much a day-to-day journey of what they
did
how much do you want for this
sixteen thousand okay I have no idea if
that's a good price or not but I have a
friend who will know about everything
there is to know about the book and if
you don't mind hanging out for a little
bit we'll bring her down here I'd love
for you to can you call Rebecca for me
she'd much rather hear from me trust me
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so it's Patrick gas's book on Lewis and
Clark
and was 1804 to 1806 and this was the
first published account in 1807. people
were dying for information about this
trip because you think about it like the
United States have just bought this huge
amount of land they were trying to find
waterways the whole way through because
at that point water routes were the
roads that's how you did any sort of
shipping and that's what Jefferson
wanted
gas was supposed to keep a journal that
was part of his duties as a sergeant and
so that's what you're getting here is
you're getting really a play-by-play
every single day and Jefferson's really
interested to see what was happening out
west
it is on the one hand not terribly well
preserved but on the other hand to have
it with all of the original elements
intact is great and does really affect
what you can ask for it so it's actually
quite handleable considering all things
considered the hinges seem pretty well
intact
all right but looking inside this looks
like an Institutional Library stamp
there are a couple of the institutional
Library stamps
but you can see
this book doesn't look great and that's
typical The Binding here yes that sheep
which was the cheapest of the Leathers
available
so what's it worth
so
when I think about
dealers who are specialists in Americana
I see them these days listing them for
prices around 15 16 17
000.
but this is X Library which is a real
painful hit to the asking price because
private collectors mostly really dislike
that so for this particular book with
all faults
I would put it around 7 500.
why would it uh go down in value so much
be in the next Library copy you can see
libraries tend to put stamps in things
they tend to leave markings and the
markings often are very obvious to have
one is annoying enough but this has
three so this particular library was a
little stamp happy unfortunately and
collectors are all about pristine
condition they want it to look exactly
the way it did when it first published
because it's unremovable yeah
X Library is a little bit like a choose
a literary reference a Scarlet Letter
you know
thanks for coming in though you're the
best glad I could help
well where are we at
um lucky before grandfather
that's not going to do it you can do a
little better than that
seven thousand
if I'm not gonna make any money
but four grand I think is a fair price
that's too low
the book is the original book it that
has Library stamps granted how about
five thousand
I go 4 100. it's a fair price
45. I'll I'll go 42. I shouldn't go that
way I'm done all right 4200 it's still
done deal do it right
come on
I made an expedition out here in Las
Vegas just to sell this book and it paid
us I have these cigar box labels I'm
pretty sure okay yeah these are old
cigar labels saw a couple presidents on
there a couple old guys this is
something you would definitely not see
nowadays politicians putting their names
on tobacco products back then they had
to find something to get their name out
there they didn't have no tweeter
you mean Twitter
okay
I decided to come in the pawn shop today
to sell my collection of cigar box
labels I have no idea what they're worth
or anything but I just want to make some
money off them to be honest with you
that's really the only reason I bought
them these are pretty neat do you know
much about them absolutely nothing uh my
mom had me garage saling with her the
whole book was three bucks so I figured
what the hell I'd pick it up you know
smoking's bad for you but back then
that's what people did you would go into
a store and they were kept behind the
counter but they always had like a box
sitting on the counter and generally
that box was the one with the coolest
artwork on it okay and there was a lot
of competition they were constantly
changing the name of the cigars
just so they could put new artwork on
there and make it a little different
back in the early 1900s cigar smoking
was incredibly popular and cigar
manufacturers did whatever they could to
get new customers labels like these were
a great way to get your brand to stick
out they're all in remarkably good shape
most of these are like 1910ish except
for this one right here you got to
realize it was only made for a few
months in the summer and fall of 1900.
McKinley and Roosevelt were running for
president and vice president this was
made with stone lithography and they
started adding gold leafing the process
to do it was expensive yeah the artwork
on these things is something that's
really really collectible it's awesome
so how much are we looking to get them
how about 300. so you can just make 100
times what you paid for them hey I gotta
I gotta start somewhere they don't go
for a lot of money and they sit around
for a long time I'll give you 50 bucks
I need a little bit more man I'll knock
off a hundred two hundred dollars
I'll tell you what
um I don't have time to dance around all
day I'll give you a hundred bucks that's
my final offer take it or leave it
I'll do it okay all right I'll meet you
right up front up here okay cool I paid
three bucks so I think I'm a winner I'm
gonna go out tonight
what the hell is this put them right
there dude in the middle
you ever think of calling ahead man what
the hell are these things there are a
couple of bomb fins probably from World
War II or something I I've never seen
anything like it myself don't you think
they're the bomb wow
came down the pawn shop today tried to
sell my bomb fins I'm not sure exactly
what they're worth I kind of will take
anything at this point as long as
they're out of my backyard
I mean they look like the tail end of a
bomb or something but you're definitely
missing the bomb a part of them these
are just like the fins that would help
guide it to where it needed to be yeah
um so where'd you get these man well
they were kind of sitting in my dad's
backyard and ended up getting them at my
house somehow and now I just want to get
rid of them well wife wants to get rid
of them how much does it weigh this one
probably weighs a couple hundred pounds
that one's probably about 50 60 pounds
they're I guess from World War II all
right the Allies dropped millions of
tons of bombs in World War II so I guess
it would make sense that there would be
some bomb friends laying around in some
guy's garage
did you paint that one oh no no that
came as is and I could see someone
turning this into a table or something I
don't know what the hell you would do
with that one you can play a little
basketball with them and stuff and yeah
I can also buy a basketball hoop yeah to
be honest with you I've never had these
come in before and I have no idea what
they're worth for all I know they could
be a septic tank off something dude no
no definitely not I got a buddy that
might know um I think my dad would
probably like to check them out too let
me give him a call and see what I can do
all right that sounds good I don't know
much about what these fins are I'd
really like to hear from an expert
because maybe they're worth more than
what I'm expecting
wow what are you guys getting in the
body making business no no no the guys
usually call me down here for anything
Aviation or military related and I try
to come down here and answer any
questions they might have so you know
what these are uh I do these are
actually conical fins off low drag
general purpose bombs so before in World
War II and even World War One a little
bit we would just drop the bombs out and
so accuracy wasn't there these conical
fins got put in use from Vietnam on you
strap this onto the tail section of a
bomb and it provides a predictable Glide
path for the bomb basically improves
accuracy all right it's pretty low Tech
you know today we're dropping laser
guided GPS guided bombs but we're still
dropping these in 2003 in Iraq this is
what we were using why are we we still
dropping you know these big dumb bombs
instead of the smart ones that are going
down people's chimneys you know
obviously the accuracy is in there but
it's just so much cheaper the laser
guided bombs you know you can't actually
drop through clouds you know sometimes
it's just
it's easier this one looks like it's
strapped to about a mark 84 which is a
2000 pound bomb and 11 feet long will
fly in we'll identify a Target and
basically roll in and kind of come in on
a dive to improve accuracy and then
we'll release the bomb and then come off
obviously we want to get bomb aircraft
separation as far as damage you're
looking about probably a 50-foot crater
about 11 feet of concrete that can go
through wow
that's a big bomb yeah that would pretty
much level the golden and Silver Pawn
Shop
all right that's good to know you did
make sure there's nothing in that thing
right yeah man obviously it's not
illegal to own these things or anything
is it no you know most of them are
actually serialized and we kind of
account for it but they are out there
it's not surprising but it's not very
common okay so what are they worth
believe it or not this is probably
higher value the smaller one just
because it's got more uses I've seen
people make tables out of these the
conditions average at best they are a
little beat up this one's been painted
over you know it's going to bring down
the value a little bit because it's not
original you know commercial value
probably all in
five six hundred dollars in that range
okay
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good to see you
oh disappointed I figured they'd be
worth a little bit more but uh you know
it is what it is
so let's talk money well I was hoping
somewhere in the 1200 range obviously
man you know I can't pay 1200 bucks for
it I mean I I maybe like 400 bucks for
it man
400 for one or or both for both I do
want to get rid of them but I still
think that I mean 400 bucks is a little
low I mean you can't go up to like maybe
seven no no the more that I look at them
the more I don't want them they just
take up so much damn room 400 bucks or
nothing
they're cool I mean there's something
that's not gonna I don't think they'll
sit in the shop for a long time would
your wife let you put this in the living
room she did would you she did for a
little while and that's and then I'm
here and that's what happens yeah 400
then all right about all right let's go
do some paperwork then well I feel okay
about the deal my wife will probably be
happy it'll be a nice dinner or take her
out and just have a good time with the
money