hi how are you hello what can i do for you
i have got this awesome item my dad's had it laying around the house forever
wow uh like it's all original my dad told me it was zz tops
this is definitely cool actually billy gibbons from zz top yeah i think this would look pretty
good on me actually i think so too i think the rhinestones would bring out your eyes
i am here at the pawn shop today because i have a suit that billy gibbons from zz top owned
the rhinestones are in pristine condition there's not a single one missing not a single
stain so i think that this suit is the real deal i'm hoping to sell the suit for 25 000.
this is pretty cool zz top let me get my boss over here take a look at it okay okay hey rick
what's up check this out this is supposed to be from one of the band members of zz top yeah billy
gibbons really yeah this is so cool zz top or rock and roll icons the 70s the 80s the 90s selling
out stadiums the longest running band with the original members i mean they've been around for
over 50 years with the same three guys a long time ago they went from like a band to like iconic band
okay i'm impressed is this a new suit it is yeah it has the original label inside and everything
yeah here we go nudia rodeo taylor's right here north hollywood california so there's a guy named
nuta he was like a tailor i mean this was the guy who created the mystique of the rhinestone cowboy
and after world war ii roy rogers was popular all you know all the singing cowboys and everything
like that these western suits began to get popular and over the years they got more and more and more
flamboyant so every rock star was buying them and if you were in that industry back then you weren't
nothing unless you had a duty suit so how much did you want for this so i was thinking 25 000.
okay so first off it's thousands of dollars just for a nudie jacket
um you never find them with the pants and these things were so expensive to begin with most guys
just got the jacket they didn't get a full suit do you have any paperwork or pictures of billy
gibbons wearing this i don't okay and that's the determining factor right now you have something
that's just some billy bob cowboy war or you have a rock and roll icon war there's a big difference
in prices i know a guy who will know all about this if you just hang out for a little bit
i'll go give him a call he just lives down the street okay great thanks so much appreciate it
i was gonna be a rock star i didn't have hair or the talent and i was knocking around the house and
gilligan said that you had something of interest holy mackerel have mercy oh my gosh how are you oh
my gosh rick chum i think this might be mine can i just take one quick look at something uh sure uh
the inside label tells the tail there it is the real nudies rodeo tailor
light back in the day was that like the standard costume you guys were wearing was like beauty
suits he became our costumer through 73 all the way up to 76 this was costuming at its finest
the nudie suit has kind of come into its own over the years we became clients with nudie in 1972
those suits appear on the cover of zz top spandango record so we've had a long history
with these shiny rhinestone suits it's pretty fun what you have laid before me brings back
a lot of memories so when did you buy this the last time i laid eyes on this was 1974.
i uh inadvertently had misplaced it left it on an airplane by the time i realized it was m.i.a
called the airline and the cleaning crew had gone in so
i completely thought this had vaporized he probably wrote this off a long time ago long ago
and uh it still looks like it might fit so this young lady wants 25 000 for it
it might be your very lucky day uh a garment uh that of this rarity and at this
quality it's not surprising to see a real genuine annuity go as much as
like fifty thousand dollars fifty thousand
fifty thousand dollars would not be unheard of i've changed my offer
then do you want to buy it back well i don't want to see it walk out the door
if we could make a deal um antone's blues museum down in austin texas
would uh graciously accept this for one of their displays so if we're gonna go halves on this
i'm ready okay let us give you 40 for it and we'll get you paid and then we'll donate it then we'll
give tax deductions so i won't cost you as much money that's right okay do we have a deal that's
a deal that's awesome all right thank you so much i'll take half you take cap follow chum right up
front and you'll get the paperwork done okay great thank you so much and thank you thank you too
you know i did leave this on an airplane once i don't think we want to leave it
twice yeah you better grab it all right i got it all right here we go
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