COREY: So what do we got here?
JENNY: A guitar for you made out of a cigar box.
All right.
Can I pull it out of there?
JENNY: Please do.
And it's signed by Sammy Hagar.
The Red Rocker.
JENNY: Yep.
COREY: Where in the world did you get this?
Well, my ex-boyfriend left it when he left me, so--
OK.
[laughs]
COREY: Before Sammy Hagar joined Van Halen in 1985,
it wasn't easy finding a replacement for
fan-favorite David Lee Roth.
But somehow, Hagar ended up being a pretty good choice.
Their first album together went platinum six times,
and they soared to levels of fame
that they'd never had before.
So what are you looking to get for it?
JENNY: I'm thinking about $700.
COREY: $700?
I guess first thing I need to do, though,
is I need to find out if the signature's real.
So I'm gonna have a buddy of mine come down
and take a look at it, then I'm actually
gonna have to have another friend of mine come by
and tell me what the guitar's worth.
So do you mind if I go make some phone calls and--
No, I don't mind. COREY: OK.
Well, why don't you hang out and I'll--
I'll be right back, OK?
JENNY: OK.
I'm kinda nervous about the expert coming in
because I really don't know for sure if that signature is real
or not.
STEVE: That's pretty cool.
I mean, you know, the thing about Sammy--
he toured forever.
I mean, he toured through the '70s, '80s, '90s.
I mean, he's still touring.
And he's been pretty good to the fans through the years.
I mean, there's times when he doesn't like signing.
Most of time he does, though.
The years with Van Halen, he was probably one
of the nicer guys in the band.
So he usually made it a point to sign for collectors.
Sammy Hagar is a former lead man for Van Halen.
He had his own solo career, really famous musician.
I mean, when I listen to Van Halen,
I like the Hagar stuff better.
Couldn't stand David Lee--
I can't stand him.
Yeah.
The guy's pompous.
COREY: So what do you think?
STEVE: Obviously, taking a look at his autograph,
he signs it fast.
I mean, he just jots it as fast as he can.
But you know, his signature's usually
dominated by this very large S. And so we
start to take a look at that.
This S comes all the way down, loops
it all the way back through, and he goes into his last name.
And I see kind of all those characteristics here,
so all pretty good signs, Corey.
COREY: OK.
So would you say it's real?
Signature's definitely authentic.
COREY: All right.
Well, that's good to know.
STEVE: But you know, the one thing
I would tell you is in terms of, like, his signature,
it's not super rare.
The guy's usually been pretty accessible,
and he's always usually been pretty good about signing.
So if you're looking at a signature, about $60, $70.
It's a nice piece.
I have no idea what this is worth.
It does add value, though.
You know, the whole thing contextually
is really nice together.
COREY: OK. I appreciate you coming down.
Cool. Yeah.
Good luck. - Thank you.
Nice seeing you. Yeah.
Good luck.
You bet.
JENNY: I was hoping the value would be a little bit higher,
but I'm hopeful the value of the guitar
will be a little bit more than what I was
told the autograph was worth.
COREY: Steve was just in.
It is Sammy Hagar's signature.
That's cool.
COREY: I've seen acoustic versions
of the cigar box guitars.
I've never seen an electric one with an amp.
JESSE: No.
And it's a ukulele.
That's pretty cool.
COREY: OK.
[laughs]
All right.
So what's the story with the cigar box guitars?
I mean, cigar box stuff--
it's just kind of a fad right now, believe it or not.
A lot of guys are building these.
I guess guys back in the day used to build them like this.
When they didn't have any money, they
would just make an instrument.
And a cigar box is wood.
You know, you're halfway there, I guess, kind of.
[laughs]
COREY: Gotcha.
JESSE: This one's done really well, though, man.
What do you really need to know about it?
You know, I kinda just need to know what it's worth.
JESSE: Well, you know, I sell ones that aren't built
as well as this one in my shop.
We get $350, $400 for them, so I mean,
if we had ones built like this and this nice,
we'd probably put them in the shop at, you know, $500, $600.
It's not like-- it's not built cheaply.
It's sturdy.
You know, it doesn't feel like--
a lot of these, you feel like you're
gonna rip it apart just holding it because they
feel kind of flimsy.
But this is done really good.
Well, thank you, man. I appreciate you coming down.
- Not a problem at all. - Thank you.
Thanks.
If Corey gets into this the right way,
you know, it's a good buy.
It's got a signature on it.
It's built well.
It looks really neat with the case, and all the painting
and everything on it.
You know, somebody might just wanna
buy it to hang it in their living room, or something.
COREY: OK.
So you heard what my guys had to say,
which quite frankly is a lot more
than I thought it would be.
But what are you looking to get out of it?
I was thinking $700.
Mhm.
I'm thinking probably $300.
$300?
COREY: I'm thinking $300.
I--
I'm thinking $600.
COREY: I'd go about $350.
I gotta make money on it, too.
What about $555?
COREY: Nope.
I just won't do it.
I'll tell you what.
I'll do $400.
$425? COREY: Nope.
Nope.
Don't even ask for more.
That's-- that's just the most I could do.
JENNY: OK. COREY: All right.
I'll do $400.
All right.
Meet me over there.
We gotta do some paperwork.
OK.
JENNY: I'm taking the $400 because it's
probably the best thing I got out
of that relationship, anyhow.