COREY: Hey. How you doing?
Good. COREY: What do we got here?
MAXENE: This is a Sony Walkman.
OK.
That's a little antiquated.
COREY: [laughs]
MAXENE: Well, this is real special.
This is silver plated, personally
given to John Entwistle.
RICK: From The Who? MAXENE: Yeah.
He was my first husband.
Whoa.
You must have had a really crazy life.
Yeah, I was a lot of fun.
Explains the glasses.
Yeah.
I came down to the pawn shop today because I wanted
to sell my silver Walkman.
There were only 250 of them made.
I'm hoping to sell this Walkman for $2,000,
but the lowest I'll go is $1,250.
So how did you meet John Entwistle?
I come from men's tailoring.
I did a lot of suits.
And one of my best clients was Keith Moon.
And we became fast, furious friends.
And later on, I got to meet John Entwistle.
RICK: I mean, I love The Who.
I mean, they just had a really original
sound like nobody else.
MAXENE: That's right.
In 1964, a British rock band named
The Detours changed their name to The Who
and got themselves a new manager.
After selling over 100 million records,
it's safe to say, The Who is one of the greatest
rock bands of all time.
So this was given to John?
MAXENE: Yes.
They all were presented with this as part of the promotion.
It was 10 years.
RICK: The 10-year anniversary of the--
Anniversary of the Walkman. RICK: OK.
That's correct.
RICK: It was the iPod of the '80s.
When they first came out in '79, it's
right when rare-earth magnets became cheap,
and they could make the little headphones.
Right.
Before this, there was no portable music
besides having a gigantic boom box on your shoulder.
I'm usually not interested in old electronics
because, generally, they're worthless.
But a Tiffany silver-plated Walkman
owned by one of the original members of The
Who, that's pretty bad ass.
If the price is right, I would love to own this thing.
What'd you want to do with it?
MAXENE: Sell it.
OK.
How much did you want for it?
$2,000.
That's a lot of money.
Well, what are you thinking about?
I'm thinking about $700.
Ooh.
I mean, it's one of those things that's really
hard to come up with a value.
I mean, it did belong to John, but it's a Walkman.
$900.
$1,500?
I mean, it's one-of-a-kind item.
RICK: I can't do $1,500.
It's too much money.
The lowest I'll go is $1,250.
COREY: I don't know, Pops.
This is one of those weird things
that I think someone's willing to buy
just to say they have it.
Yeah.
RICK: What do you think we should pay for this?
I'll pay her the $1,250.
MAXENE: OK.
Will you take $1,250 for it?
Sure, that sounds like a deal.
All right, $1,250. MAXENE: All right.
Great. Write her up, Corey.
Let's go do some paperwork.
RICK: We don't make any money, it's your fault.
It's risky to override my dad on a deal like this
because now, if it doesn't sell, it's on me.
But I really think we can make a nice profit on this thing.
Check it out, Grandpa.
That's a Tiffany sterling silver Who Walkman.
RICK: That Corey paid too much for.
What do you mean, I paid too much for it?
RICHARD BENJAMIN: He paid too much.
You don't even know what he paid for it yet, Dad.
It's worth about $2 on today's market.
Oh, it's worth more than that, but he
did overpay for the damn thing.
I thought we had to build inventory
for our growing business here.
We got to get it at the right price, dumb-dumb.
He's just going to keep it anyways.
It's from The Who.
[laughs]
Look, I got a tape here.
Let's play it.
Uh-oh.
Here, let me fix that.
Dad, it's made in 1989.
It's way too high tech for you.
A matter of fact, I'll give you $50
if you can put this tape in there in less than 30 seconds.
- I'll double it. - All right.
Here you go, Pops.
I'm timing you right now.
Go, go, go!
25 seconds.
[laughs]
20 seconds.
CHUMLEE: Oh, he got it!
Oh, you better eat your words, boys.
Still got 10 seconds.
RICK: 10 seconds!
[laughter]
5 seconds!
It don't fit.
They never made different-sized cassettes.
Just slam it shut.
Get it in there.
RICHARD BENJAMIN: It don't fit.
RICK: [laughs]
RICHARD BENJAMIN: Just give me the $50.