BEN: Hey, how you doing?
RICK HARRISON: Pretty good.
What do we got here?
I have a pair of 1860 Colt Army revolvers.
Where in the world did you get these?
I actually just moved to Vegas,
and I found them in my garage.
It's a hell of a find.
[LAUGHS]
[REVOLVER CYLINDER SPINNING]
BEN: We were cleaning out the garage,
we found this wooden case.
And in the wooden case was the revolvers.
I'm hoping to get $20,000 for the guns today.
I just don't have any use for them,
and they're just collecting dust.
So hopefully, I can make some money on them.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
RICK HARRISON: They're beautiful guns.
Basically what they are is Civil War army-issue Colts.
This is one of the reasons why the North won in the Civil War.
They were just better armed, and the Colt Army was, I would say,
the best pistol out there during the Civil War.
This was so high tech at the time.
You can actually shoot six shots within a few seconds.
[GUN SHOTS]
Samuel Colt had been working on perfecting the revolver
since the 1830s, and by the time of the Civil War,
he hit it big with the Colt Army.
It was precision engineered, quick, and reliable.
Some of the engraving back then was just amazing.
It really was.
And this wasn't machine-done.
That was all hand-done.
These were craftsmen.
You had to be great at engraving to work for Colt.
So how much do you want for them?
20,000?
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[EXHALES SHARPLY] Do you know how much a pair off
1860 Colt's factory-grade pistols are worth,
a pair a pair of them?
BEN: No, I didn't.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Over $100,000.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
RICK HARRISON: A guy came in with some Civil
War era engraved revolvers.
If these things were engraved by the Colt factory,
they could be worth over 100 grand.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
These are real-deal Colts, and they're fully engraved.
But-- so you have this serial number, which is 98,000,
and this serial number, 144,000.
There's a 50,000-gun difference here.
BEN: Right.
RICK HARRISON: They would've pulled these right
off the assembly line, either right
next to each other or real close to each other.
The serial number wouldn't be off by more than 20
to 30 numbers.
And also, we're talking the 1860s.
Guys didn't like flowers on their guns.
BEN: Right.
RICK HARRISON: What I believe we have here is some guy--
I don't know how long ago-- but he basically
took some guns that were pretty beat up, I imagine,
and he spent a gazillion dollars' worth of work on them.
He did make them worth more.
But they're not factory engraved.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[SIGHS]
We're nowhere near the six figures
they would go for if they were factory engraved,
but these Colts are a very attractive pair.
And Colts are as collectible as they come.
RICHARD HARRISON: All said and done, son, what
are we going to pay for them?
3,500?
They just seem like they're in great condition.
They're over 100 years old, and I've
never seen anything like them.
How about 6,000?
RICK HARRISON: I really wish you had
a sea battle scene or an army scene engraved on the cylinder.
Will you take four grand?
How about 5,500?
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
I'll tell you what, I'll give you five grand.
I think that's a fair, fair price.
Can you get him to offer more?
I was thinking 45, son.
It's what sounds good to me.
I can't go up to five.
RICK HARRISON: Well, I've already offered him that, Dad.
Yeah, I know.
That's you, not me.
Yeah, five grand's it.
Five grand is it.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
I'll do the five.
RICK HARRISON: All right.
Thank you.
And we'll write these things up.
BEN: I'm not really into guns, and I'm
walking out with $5,000.
And I'm going to go buy me a new motorcycle.
[MUSIC PLAYING]