RICK HARRISON: Hey,
CRAIG: Good.
RICK HARRISON: So what do you have here?
CRAIG: Pennsylvania Oilfield, 1870s, 1880s, wooden barrel
with Gargoyle advertising.
RICK HARRISON: It's really, really
cool because most of these were returned for their deposits.
It's also weird to me that--
that's called a bunghole, by the way.
CRAIG: I-- [laughs]
I had to say it.
That's what that's called.
It's called a-- you know, it's--
CRAIG: Yes, it is.
It is a bung.
[laughs]
I came to the pawn shop today to try
to sell my Pennsylvania Oilfield wooden barrel
with Gargoyle advertising on it.
In my opinion, it's one of a kind.
I've done seven years of research,
and cannot find anything equal.
Well, I'm hoping to get 50 grand out of this thing.
Who knows?
RICK HARRISON: I mean, it's deeply cool.
You know, the world was basically dark before 1859,
when they found oil in Pennsylvania.
They didn't have pipelines or anything yet.
And they didn't have steel barrels or anything.
So this is what everything was transported in.
So when you went down to your local store,
you would have a rack of oil there.
And that's why this would be out like this.
And you'd buy a gallon.
This is the Vacuum Oil Company.
And you have the gargoyle here.
The Vacuum Oil Company didn't start using
the Mobiloil logo till 1899.
So we know it's right around that time.
CRAIG: Mm-hm.
Vacuum Oil Company eventually became Mobil--
CRAIG: Yep.
RICK HARRISON: --which is now the biggest
oil company in world. CRAIG: Right.
Right.
RICK HARRISON: So I mean, it's a really neat piece of history.
You don't see a lot of these anymore.
CRAIG: It's the only one I could find.
RICK HARRISON: How much do you want for it?
CRAIG: You only get one of these a lifetime, in my opinion.
I'm going to tell you 50 grand.
That's a start.
Yeah, yeah-- CRAIG: Hey, I'm with you.
--that's definitely a start. CRAIG: Well, hey--
We all got to start somewhere.
CRAIG: That's right.
RICK HARRISON: I think you're asking way too much.
CRAIG: OK.
You're not going to hurt my feelings.
I'll give you 1,000 bucks for it.
I mean, it takes up real estate, dude.
Yeah.
RICK HARRISON: And it's super cool, but I got to resell it.
CRAIG: I'll tell you what.
2 grand, it's yours.
RICK HARRISON: [sighs]
CRAIG: It's worth every penny.
You know that.
Can we meet in the middle at 1,500 bucks?
I'm in. RICK HARRISON: Sweet!
I'm in. That's cool.
This is cool. Let's go do some paperwork.
I'll have my guys-- CRAIG: Yes, sir.
--grab it. CRAIG: OK.
I'm settling on $1,500 because it is 10 times my money.
I bought it for 150 bucks.
That's a home run to me.
COREY HARRISON: What have you been doing?
RICK HARRISON: I bought a Standard Oil barrel.
So what, it's like a 55-gallon drum or something?
No, no, no, no, no, because you have to remember,
a oil barrel is 42 gallons.
Well, 42 American gallons.
A gallon can be two different sizes depending on what
part of the world you're in.
[sighs]
AUSTIN RUSSELL: I don't get how a gallon
can be a different measurement in two different places.
It's a gallon.
Well, no, there's imperial gallons and there's US gallons.
No, there's gallons.
No, gallons are bigger in England.
Like, our pint is 16 ounces.
And over there, their pint is 20 ounces.
Do you get it now?
AUSTIN RUSSELL: Yeah, no, I don't.
RICK HARRISON: You weigh less over there
because they use kilograms.
AUSTIN RUSSELL: I'm still just as fat.
[laughter]