RICK: What do we have here?
HAROLD: I've got to Beetle Bailey comic strip,
by artist Mort Walker.
RICK: Beetle Bailey?
HAROLD: Yes, sir.
RICK: Where in the world did you get this?
HAROLD: Believe it or not, I got from an old man in Arkansas.
I traded a hunting dog for that.
[laughs]
HAROLD: I know, right?
[dog barks]
HAROLD: I'm coming in today to sell this Beetle Bailey
original print by Mort Walker.
Beetle Bailey was one of my favorite cartoons
that we always read on Sunday afternoon.
I'm gonna sell the Beetle Bailey print today
because there are some collectors out there that I
know would really love it.
RICK: I mean, it's cute stuff.
And it fits the time.
1951, we were just--
the whole Korean War thing was starting up.
And when it first came out, it was about his college life.
And no one really thought it was interesting
because most people didn't experience
college life back then.
So they thought was a great idea with the Korean War
starting up to have Beetle accidentally join the army.
And he's been in the army for 60 some years. (LAUGHS) OK.
So there's more underneath this plastic?
Because it looks like they're stacked up.
Yes, sir. There's three more in there.
RICK: Do you mind if I take these out of here?
HAROLD: No, sir.
RICK: Yeah. We've got a lot of them in here.
No.
You have Beetle being lazy.
And then you have some very pretty
girls talking to the general.
This one I really like, because I
liked Peanuts when I was a kid.
Never really into Beetle Bailey, but I was into Peanuts.
So how much you want for these? HAROLD: I don't know.
I was thinking probably $400, something like that.
RICK: Remember, this was in thousands of newspapers.
So they're not worth a whole lot of money.
HAROLD: Well, to get them all in one place like this--
this is a nice collection.
RICK: I'll give you $75 bucks for them.
This isn't the original art.
The original art would go for a lot more money.
HAROLD: Well, true.
But surely $250.
RICK: It's not there.
I mean, you know, I'll probably get-- you
got four or five of them here.
I'll get $50 bucks apiece for them.
I don't know, man.
That dog, I know, is worth more than that.
At least $100 bucks.
For my pride and dignity, you've got to give me $100 bucks, man.
What the hell?
I'm sure I'll make money off of them somehow or the other.
- Let's do it. - All right.
Come on over here. I'll do some paperwork with you.
HAROLD: I settled on $100.
Because as he pointed out, there's
quite a few in circulation.
And $100 is better than nothing.