yeah I can help you I got a cool
derringer I want you to look at those
definitely cool so where did you get it
I went through a garage sale and I
bought a big safe and inside the safe
was that derringer okay so obviously the
guy had it in the safe to protect him
well generally a gun in a safe don't do
you do good cuz you can rarely tell the
intruder say excuse me what was that
combination if I was a gambling man back
in the 1850s I guarantee you I'd have
one it's been sitting in the safe and I
finally thought well maybe I should get
that thing out and see if it's worth
anything I'd like to sell it today if I
can get enough money I want to take my
family on a cruise oh this is an actual
derringer derringer correct do you know
the history behind derringer not really
okay there was an actual guy named
derringer and he only made small guns
like this later down the road but a lot
of other people started making small
guns they just called Abba derringer I'm
pretty sure this is the same exact model
that killed Lincoln yeah I can't trace
it to Lincoln but know this isn't the
one that killed Lincoln they have that
gun okay okay a lot of people carry guns
like this and the reason why was it was
so damn small it was just straight-up
protection okay
there was no 9-1-1 okay and it's short
range this is really deadly derringers
were incredibly popular during the 1800s
unfortunately the qualities that made
them popular with everyday people also
made them pretty popular with criminals
there's a really really good market for
these I mean there's just not a whole
lot of them left okay
by the 1870s you've gotten by an
inexpensive revolver for ten bucks no
one wanted one of these things that
people throw them away
so a derringer made by derringer is
really collectible
I'm early derringers some of these guns
can go for a lot of money so how much do
you want for it 5,000 early derringers
are considered pre 1850 you don't have
an early one
it says San Francisco on the top of it
okay in 1850 no one was living in San
Francisco and all the ones before 1850
had the ramrod right here okay okay so
the price really drops after 1850 it's
missing the entire trigger guard and
this whole strap right here that just
really really beats up the value give me
your best shot
600 bucks Oh em you did beat Santa it
beats up the value that much it really
does
six hundred dollars it would be worth
five times as much with that piece on
that about 4,000 no no I mean I'd go 750
no I can't no you know it's a really
neat gun it's got some great history you
know uncle 850 but I don't think you're
gonna go that nope I'm that okay thanks
for coming up okay thanks
I let your hog went down to 600 I mean I
know it was missing the trigger guard
but that's way too long
you