PAUL: Hey.
How you doing?
I'm good.
How are you doing?
What is this?
17th century padlock key gun.
CHUMLEE: A key gun and a lock?
Let's take a look at the lock here.
It's pretty freaking heavy.
Wow.
Yeah, it's its own weapon.
[LAUGHS]
PAUL: I'm at the pawn shop today trying
to sell my padlock key gun.
The gun, it's a key lock, and it looks fun.
I believe it's worth $5,000.
And I want to sell it now because I
would like to infuse my businesses with some capital.
This is pretty freaking cool.
Does it work?
PAUL: Yes, it works.
There we go.
And then you take it off.
OK.
How much are you looking to get for this?
$5,000.
Whew.
Um, the condition looks amazing.
It looks really good.
It's got a nice patina on it.
But it's not, like, rusted or anything.
It almost looks too good, you know?
So I'd like to get someone in to take a look at it because stuff
like this is faked.
And I'm going to need to make sure it's authentic
and put a real solid value on it.
I'm very cool with that.
All right, wait right here.
Give me just a few minutes, and I'll have someone right down.
Cool.
I feel great about an expert coming in.
In my eyes, I'm pretty certain that this
is a wonderful piece of armory.
ALEX CRANMER: That is cool.
So collectors refer to these as key guns.
And they're actually really rare.
You don't find them very often.
This dates somewhere from about 1680 to 1720.
It's difficult to pin down exactly.
What's amazing about this is that it has the actual lock.
Do you know if the key works in it?
Yeah, it actually works.
It really does?
Yes, sir.
ALEX CRANMER: So there is a little marking behind the lock.
You see that?
So it looks like a coat of arms, or if it's
German, a [INAUDIBLE].
And I can see sort of the outline
of the side of an eagle, and then
there's a letter N on the top.
So it's definitely German.
I think that's the city of Nuremberg's coat of arms.
I'm just going to pull the hammer back, OK?
Oh, that's good.
So it's also got what we call a dog lock.
So this would allow it to be safe.
This is essentially a safety.
And that would allow the user to actually have it loaded,
carry it around, without it going off by accidentally
pulling the trigger.
I mean, this is a really nicely designed key gun.
Usually these are very crude.
I would be curious to see if it actually still functions.
Like, if we could fire it.
Is that something you'd be open to?
Yes, sir. Sounds like fun.
All right.
CHUMLEE: He's asking quite a bit of money for it.
What kind of price range could we put
this in if it actually fires?
I've seen key guns go as cheap as $500.
But those are the very crude ones.
Like I said, I've never seen one with its original lock.
So if it functions well, also with the coat of arms on it,
I think you're approaching $10,000.
Ooh.
ALEX CRANMER: Has Rick seen this yet?
No.
And if we're going to go to the range and fire this,
I'm definitely going to get him down there, because you know
how he is with guns and toys.
ALEX CRANMER: Yeah, I think he's going to like this.
Maybe we can meet at the gun range in a couple hours.
That'll give me enough time to get Rick on the phone
and have him meet up there. ALEX CRANMER: Sure.
PAUL: Sure.
See you guys there.
Make sure you bring that.
Absolutely.
Can't wait to go to the gun range and see it fire and get
it sold.
Based off what I just heard from the expert,
I think I can get more than $5,000.
CHUMLEE: Hey!
Hey, gentlemen.
How are you doing today? - Very good.
How are you? What's up?
See it for yourself.
So we've got an actual [INAUDIBLE]
and correct padlock.
And then here is the actual key gun.
And you can see--
Oh, that is cool.
Let me take a look at it.
And it works?
ALEX CRANMER: It does work.
Give it a test.
So that.
Yeah.
And then this lifts up.
Yep.
And OK.
CHUMLEE: All right, Alex. What do you think?
You want to get it loaded up?
I brought a couple of plates I'm going to go
set up we can fire at. ALEX CRANMER: Yeah, sounds good.
All right.
Where did you get the plates?
Well, I got them from the kitchen upstairs.
Don't worry.
There's more where they came from, Rick.
It's about a 35 caliber.
So I have some balls, some patches.
And we're going to do a light load of FFF black powder.
This is really collectible because it's odd.
Key guns are out there, but usually they're pretty crude
and they don't work.
All right, go for it, Chum.
So the trigger is just right down there.
OK.
You ready?
All right.
I'm going to show you how this is done.
3, 2, 1.
[GUN FIRES]
Oh, yeah, boy!
[LAUGHTER]
Whoo!
[SHATTERS]
I'm pretty impressed.
I mean, because usually with, like, fun locks like that, they
only work a third of the time.
Yeah, exactly.
But that one, you can tell by the way in which it's built,
it's a really quality piece.
It's sort of the top of key guns for its time.
I mean, so what do you think it's worth?
This has a padlock, and it functions as both
a key and a gun, which is key.
And the Nuremberg coat of arms on it, that-- that
really helps the value and gives it some provenance.
So based on all those things, I think in an auction,
you'd get about 10,000 for it.
Damn.
OK.
I'll tell you if I get it, man. - All right.
Good luck. - All right.
- Thank you. - Take care.
So how much did you want for it?
Let's go 7 and 1/2.
But you said 5 before we came out here.
Yeah, but it was valued at 10,000 now
versus what I wanted for it.
OK, well, you have to understand, OK.
It's like this.
You can put this in an auction and after all the fees,
you get eight grand, but that might
be two, three years from now.
And if it goes in auction, you're never really sure what
you're going to get for it.
You might get four grand.
Hmm.
So I'm offering five grand.
It's more than a fair offer.
I'm thinking 5,500.
You know, I'm really thinking the five.
Well, let's meet somewhere in the middle, like,
you know, maybe 53?
52, and you've got a deal.
52 it is.
Great.
I'll take it.
How did that just happen?
That's how you close a deal.
I'll take that.
All right.
I'll meet you back at the shop and write it up.
I got 5,200 locked in, and I'm super
happy with the transaction.
It couldn't have been a better day.
Collect his gun.
I'm going to go catch Alex.
He forgot his stuff.
Chum.
Don't forget the lock, Rick.