RICK: Hey, how's it going?
Pretty good.
How are you guys?
I brought my shower curtain in today.
[LAUGHS]
CHUMLEE: That's kind of creepy.
It's even creepier because it's signed by Anthony Perkins.
The basketball player?
RICK: [LAUGHS]
No, no, the "Psycho" dude.
Reek, reek, reek, reek!
[WOMAN SCREAMS]
MARK: I won the shower curtain in San Diego on a contest,
and Anthony Perkins signed it when
he showed up to give a speech about directing "Psycho III."
I want to sell the shower curtain
because I need a little extra money, and it's a decent item.
I'm going to ask $400.
But I think the least I would take would be $300.
RICK: This is deeply, deeply cool.
Is it just me, or is it weird that you got
a shower curtain autographed?
Well, it has to do with the whole "Psycho" thing.
RICK: Did you ever see the original movie "Psycho"?
No.
RICK: There was a movie came out, I think it was 1960.
Hitchcock directed it.
It has the most iconic horror flick scene in it ever.
There was a shower scene where he supposedly--
Hitchcock-- took a week to film that.
You never actually saw her stabbed.
You just saw the blood going down the drain.
[WATER DRAINING]
It doesn't sound very scary.
RICK: It was incredible.
The way it was filmed is considered, like,
a cinematic masterpiece thing.
It was like the scariest movie ever.
It's iconic.
RICK: The shower scene in the original "Psycho"
was radical to the extreme during its time.
Anyone who originally saw that at the movies
was looking over their shoulder before they got in the shower.
OK, so, how much do you for this?
Hmm, $400.
[SIGHS]
It's not a photo.
It's something a little bit more unique.
To tell you the truth, it actually
sounds like a reasonable price.
I just want to make sure it's his signature in his hand.
Just hang out 15 minutes.
I'll get a guy down here.
And I want him to look at this, all right?
Sure.
RICK: I'll be right back.
MARK: I don't have a problem with him calling in an expert
today.
I was there, and I know the signature is real.
RICK: I don't want to get butchered on this thing,
so I called in my buddy Steve to get a price.
[LAUGHS]
This is my shower curtain expert.
- Yeah. - All righty.
Just started.
This is my shower curtain.
STEVE: Very cool.
So he died in 1992.
It's definitely an unconventional item to see
signed by him and rarely--
and this is a good thing about him--
rarely see anything on him.
So when you tell me you have a shower
curtain signed by this guy, it sounds kind of far-fetched.
RICK: OK.
STEVE: Well, you know, Anthony Perkins, I mean,
he had starred in some really big movies,
and he was very well thought of in Hollywood.
But this one movie "Psycho," obviously that kind of
put him on the map.
It's one of the most historically significant
films in movie history.
RICK: So, is it legit?
Well, OK, two things I want to do.
First is the ink.
That's pretty interesting.
It actually looks like blood.
["PSYCHO" THEME]
Here's an authentic version of his signature.
And we see some of the similarities here.
The two most important things in his signature
were his A and his H. And they both kind of
dominated his autograph.
The next thing, he underlines, as you can see in this example.
RICK: OK.
So based on everything I see here, Rick, no question this
was signed by him.
And I'm being honest, this is one of the coolest pieces I've
actually seen come in here.
There's no doubt about it.
I mean, you never see something like this ever.
This item is awesome.
RICK: OK, so what's it worth?
STEVE: Photographs, $300, $400.
Vintage stuff, $500, $600.
With that said, this is something
I'd value right around the $800 to $1,000 range easily.
RICK: Well, thanks, man. I appreciate it.
Good to see you. Take care.
Good luck.
Thank you.
Yeah, you bet.
STEVE: There's no question about this piece being a great buy.
Now, if Rick's able to get it for the store,
that thing would sell in a heartbeat.
So 400 bucks, it's a deal.
Uhhh.
[LAUGHTER]
Would you be willing to go $600?
Well, you wanted $400--
Well--
RICK: --A little while ago.
That was before I listened to your expert.
I should've never called him in.
[LAUGHTER]
I'll tell you what.
I'll go 500 bucks.
500?
Hold on.
What do you think, Mother?
[LAUGHS]
I don't think Mother likes your bid.
Would you go 550?
I still have to get it framed up.
I still have to do a lot of stuff to sell it.
500 bucks.
Well, I think Mother will take your offer.
Cool.
Write him up, Chum.
I don't know what Mother's doing, but come on.
Let's go.
Thanks.
I think Mother's pretty ticked at me
for settling for such a low price.
But I'm going to take the money and buy myself
some new musical instruments.