RICK HARRISON: Hey, how can I help you?
I wanted to bring in this picture
and show it to you today.
RICK HARRISON: This is Buffalo Pottery?
SONDRA: Yes.
Cool.
Buffalo Pottery was a sort of weird pottery company
because they would let you finance their stuff.
You could make monthly payments on it
and everything else like that.
I don't know if they ever actually went around
and repossessed china, but--
[laughter]
SONDRA: Today I'm selling an antique Roosevelt
Bears Pitcher.
It has a lot of graphic detail and it's
real colorful for something that early.
If I'm able to sell the pitcher today,
it just will help pay for expenses
traveling in our motorhome.
We plan on living in it full-time.
RICK HARRISON: All right.
Where in the world did you get this?
I found it at an antique show a long time ago.
It's always been one of my really favorite pieces.
These are all the bears going to see Teddy Roosevelt, right?
SONDRA: Right.
You know the story of the bear, right?
SONDRA: Yes.
OK.
The story goes--
Teddy Roosevelt, the president, went out bear hunting.
And they were having trouble finding bears.
So they actually tried to tie one to a tree
and Teddy Roosevelt would not shoot the bear.
And he said it was unsportsmanlike.
And the newspapers got a hold of it.
And it suddenly got this whole folklore about it.
I forget their names-- but a man and his wife--
they made stuffed animals.
And they made a little bear and they called it Teddy's bear.
Right.
RICK HARRISON: Right around 1900,
Buffalo Pottery started making commemorative plates, pitchers.
And with things like this, the value was determined almost
wholly by the art that's on it.
And this one is definitely worth some money.
It's got one of the greatest presidential stories ever.
How much were you looking to get out of it?
I've actually seen one sold at another antique shelf
for $4,000.
I paid $2,500 for it.
And that's what I want.
OK.
I mean, the most I have seen these
go for is round two grand.
SONDRA: It's always condition.
I'll give you that is in good shape.
There's a little bit of crazing.
That's barely noticeable.
Will you take 1,200 for it?
No.
What will you take for it?
SONDRA: 15.
Will you take 1,300 bucks for it?
How about 14?
[sighs] You know what?
You got a deal.
Thank you.
Come right over here and I'll write you up.
OK.
I'm happy with the deal I made.
I plan to use the money to help pay for expenses traveling
and go see my grandson and buy him a nice graduation present.
SONDRA: Hey, guys.
COREY HARRISON: Hey, what's up, Pops?
What you been doing?
I just bought a really cool pitcher
that has Teddy bears on it.
And that's interesting because--
RICK HARRISON: You've heard the whole story of Teddy
Roosevelt and the Teddy bear?
He went out hunting with some friends and--
Spare me the misery.
RICK HARRISON: Anyway.
The Teddy bear's named after Teddy Roosevelt. I mean,
Teddy Roosevelt was a bad ass.
Teddy bears, really?
That's not a bad ass.
Teddy Roosevelt did some really cool things.
He built the national parks.
COREY HARRISON: He didn't build anything.
CHUMLEE: Yeah.
It was already there.
He just put boundaries up.
RICK HARRISON: He is on Mount Rushmore.
CHUMLEE: I mean, he didn't carve it though.
RICK HARRISON: If you don't think Teddy Roosevelt was cool,
who do you think is cool?
CHUMLEE: Kanye West.
RICK HARRISON: Teddy Roosevelt was a president.
Yeah.
And Kanye's about to be a president in 2020.
RICK HARRISON: You would vote for Kanye West?
Yeah.
I'm going to donate to his campaign.
[sighs]
CHUMLEE: He's a genius.
RICK HARRISON: Really?