COREY: Earlier, a guy came in with a huge collection
of celebrity signed postcards from the 1940s and '50s.
I'd never seen a collection quite like it,
so I called up my buddy, Steve, to come down and take a look.
Hopefully, he'll be able to tell me if they're legit
and what they're worth.
STEVE: [sighs] That's, like, a pretty crazy assemblage here.
COREY: This guy has over 250 autographs
from the 1940s and '50s.
Wow.
COREY: So far, it's everything from Babe
Ruth to Marilyn Monroe.
STEVE: It's pretty rare you see a--
just a whole collection like this.
Obviously, this wasn't gotten overnight or whatever.
I mean, this is a massive stack.
Tell me a little bit about the history.
My uncle was a grip in Hollywood during this time.
And he would have them sign it to Susie or Susan, my mother,
and then he would address to her in Brooklyn and send it to her.
And that went on for about eight, 10 years.
Was it just sitting in a shoebox packed
away in a closet somewhere?
CRAIG: It was sitting in a shoe box for as long
as I can remember.
STEVE: You took it out of the shoebox.
You put it in these containers, and here we are today.
CRAIG: That's it.
STEVE: Wow.
I mean, I'm kind of blown away by all this.
COREY: And just the fact that they're all dated.
Yeah.
That makes it great.
I mean, actually, I think that's probably the more cool
thing, the dates on each one.
That's pretty awesome.
I mean, you could chart these things exactly
to when they were signed.
Is it OK if I have a look through some of these?
CRAIG: Please. - OK.
Please do.
All right.
CRAIG: Maybe you'll be able to recognize some of them.
Do you guys know who this is? CRAIG: Jimmy Stewart.
STEVE: That's Jimmy Stewart.
COREY: Liberty Valence.
Yeah, "It's A Wonderful Life," one of the most
famous actors of all time.
Do you guys know who that is?
CRAIG: Paul Newman.
CHUMLEE: We're talking about the dressing Paul Newman?
STEVE: Yeah, the dressing, the salsa.
But the great actor, Paul Newman, he's
one of the toughest autographs to obtain in person.
There's no doubt that his uncle was pretty well liked
on the set to be able to approach someone
like Marilyn Monroe, Babe Ruth.
I mean, this guy must have been really popular.
Whoa.
Do you guys know who that is?
COREY: Marlon Brando.
STEVE: I mean, this is about one of the strangest guys you're
ever going to come across and one
of the best actors of all time.
Back in his later years, I mean, I'm talking,
like, '80s and '90s, if you were lucky enough
to approach this guy in the street
and even ask for his autograph, he
used to give you a set of trivia questions you'd have to answer.
And if you answered one wrong, didn't matter,
you wouldn't get his autograph.
But if you got all five right, he'd sign for you.
But with Marlon Brando, when he signed,
especially later in life, it was like instant gold.
I'm seeing some great names in here--
Susan Heyward, Joe DiMaggio.
It's pretty amazing.
I just keep pulling more, and more, and more.
It's just an amazing assemblage.
I mean, we're looking at a bunch of deceased celebrities, stuff
that you're not going to get signed anymore.
And the most important thing to collectors,
that's a vintage dated signature, and that's
a really big deal.
COREY: So, Steve, what do you think?
What do we got here?
I think you've got a pretty phenomenal collection here
if it all checks out.
You know, I don't need the ProScope today.
I mean, I could tell we've got real writing on this.
It's all different kinds of ink.
I want to be able to go through my examples,
figure out what's here, figure out if anybody-- by any chance,
if there's a secretary signing for somebody that day.
COREY: OK.
STEVE: But the bad thing is I can't tell you right now.
Do you guys got time today?
Is that all right? - I got you, my man.
Whatever you need.
If you want to borrow Chumlee or the conference room,
whatever you need.
I know it's a lot to ask.
Do you mind?
- No, be my guest. - OK.
COREY: Right on. - All right.
COREY: You might want to grab some lunch or something because
it's going to be a minute, man.
OK.
They said to go get lunch.
But I'm so nervous right now, I don't think I can eat anything.
STEVE: How you doing? - Doing good.
Good.
So what do you think?
STEVE: This stuff is all no good.
It was a big waste of my time to stand
here and go through this stuff.
I mean, that's the unfortunate part about it.
COREY: Really?
STEVE: No.
Actually, it's probably the best collections I've ever seen.
[laughs]
COREY: Awesome.
STEVE: I can't tell you how rare this stuff is.
I don't know if you guys have ever heard of Elvis Presley.
But he's here too. - Really?
- Did you know that? - No.
Yeah, Elvis Presley made an appearance in here.
Great example.
The guy's not an autograph guy.
He didn't get them in person, so he really had no idea
that someone like Elvis Presley was just sitting
at the bottom of the stack.
That is incredible.
Frank Sinatra.
Did you even know Frank Sinatra was in here?
CRAIG: No. No, I didn't.
STEVE: See, you're learning something new every day.
CRAIG: Yeah.
STEVE: From 1954, this is at basically
the height of Frank Sinatra.
Babe Ruth, the great Babe Ruth, this one
I really enjoyed a lot.
It's dated May 3, 1948.
Three months later, Babe Ruth was dead.
The great thing about this Ruth signature,
it's in ballpoint pen.
Babe Ruth had a heavy hand.
Liked to sign in fountain pen.
Now, I've had a chance to certify
3,000, 4,000 authentic Babe Ruth signatures in my time at PSA.
I've seen maybe 10 signed in ballpoint pen.
That's how rare they are.
Wow.
Well, he came in here wanting $2,500 for all of them.
What do you think they're worth?
[laughs] That's pretty good.
But an amazing collection, when I look at the signatures
in here, it's pretty crazy.
We're talking Humphrey Bogart.
I saw Boris Karloff, Jerry Lewis, Willie Mays.
I could just keep going on and on.
You're looking at anywhere from about $8,000 to $12,000.
Wow.
Still want $2,500? STEVE: [laughs]
CRAIG: No. [laughs]
COREY: I really, really appreciate it.
Of course. Any time, man.
Usually, I am the guy who gives the bad news.
So today, I gave some good news, and it felt really good.
So we found out a lot, my man.
What do you want for them now?
Start at $8,000 then.
[laughs] I'm going to be really honest with you.
I'm going to get a lot of money for these myself.
But it's going to take years, and it's going to take money.
As great as it is to have Babe Ruth's signature,
it's really hard to sell it on a postcard in a stack.
It's going to have to be displayed, put it in a frame.
I mean, we're talking--
it's going to cost me $200 to $300
for each one of these I sell.
You wanted $2,500.
I'll give you $6,000.
You going to take $6,000?
Yeah, I think so.
OK.
It works.
I'm sure my mom will be really, really
surprised that we got $6,000 for it, although I
might keep it a secret.