Hello.
How can I help you today?
Hi.
I found this awesome jacket at a thrift store.
I loved the style and all the patches.
I knew it meant something to somebody.
CHUMLEE: This is definitely cool.
We've even got some dice right here.
Perfect for Las Vegas.
CUSTOMER: There we go.
Yeah.
How much are you looking to get for it?
I was thinking about $350.
That's not out of the question,
but I think a lot of the value here
is going to be in these patches because there's tons
of patches, especially from this period, World War II era,
that patches are worth, you know,
$100 or several hundred dollars.
You know, I'm really going to have someone come and take
a look at this because there's maybe
a hundred patches on here.
CUSTOMER: Yeah.
If you have a few minutes, I'll make a phone call--
I do.
--get my guy down here, and he's a real
nerd for military stuff.
OK.
CHUMLEE: He'll probably know all about these patches
and about this jacket.
CUSTOMER: That's what we need.
Give me a few minutes, all right?
OK.
Thank you.
I would love for an expert to come in and look at this jacket
because I'd like to know a little bit more information
about it and some details about some
of these really cool patches.
Wow.
CHUMLEE: Pretty freaking cool, huh?
I'm pretty sure it's World War II.
I mean, you could probably tell me better.
EXPERT: Absolutely.
Yes, this is a model 1943 field jacket,
standard-issue infantry jacket.
The jacket itself is very common,
but military patches, especially from World War II, some of them
are highly collectible.
Now the thing that makes a patch good,
it's the rarity of the patch or, like, a famous division,
if a division or a regiment did something really well known.
I mean, I can already tell you in here, this is 82nd Airborne.
They jumped into Normandy on D-Day.
This is the 101st Airborne.
If you ever saw "Band of Brothers"--
CUSTOMER: Yeah.
Yes.
--that's all 101st Airborne guys.
I thought the photographer patch was pretty cool.
EXPERT: Yeah.
That's interesting.
I will say this.
I don't know whose jacket this was,
but if I had to guess, being a photographer makes sense
because if you were in World War II,
you would be in a specific infantry division.
You wouldn't get the chance to meet all these people.
A photographer might be.
I think it was somebody's collection of their time
during the war.
Let me take a look at some of these other patches.
So the more I look at this, the more excited I am by it.
I mean, look, I'll do the big one.
This was known as a blood chip.
So this is a Pacific-issued patch,
and it was typically used by American pilots and airmen.
And they would sew it on the back of their leather jackets
or on the inside, and if they went down,
this would basically translate to something
like I'm an American soldier.
Please help me and you'll be rewarded.
And so that patch is extremely rare.
This is an $800 patch.
$800?
We're getting closer to that $350 you wanted.
Yeah.
Oh no.
[LAUGHTER]
CHUMLEE: So what kind of value do you think
this thing has altogether?
EXPERT: I've been doing this for almost two decades.
I've never seen anything like this.
It truly is one of a kind.
$6,500?
Wow Yes, thank you.
[LAUGHTER]
CHUMLEE: Which I gave her the $350.
Thank you
Sorry.
Good luck.
Thank you.
Wow.
I'm sure you liked what he had to say.
Lot more than $350.
With that being said, it's really cool.
I can give you $2,500.
That's a lot more than you were asking.
Maybe $4,000.
You know, I wish I could, but I have to be able to sell it.
I mean, at $2,500 I'm in it at a fair amount.
Would you go up about $500 more?
$3,000?
Just a little bit more?
I'll do $3,000.
- $3,000? - Let's go write it up.
Good deal. Thank you.
All right. Leave it right here.
Come on. - OK.
Thank you.
I'm getting married soon, and I was hoping that the $350
would at least help with the cake.
And then now getting $3,000 is going
to pay for a cake and hopefully a photographer too.