MIRIAM: Hi.
RICK: Hello, Miriam.
You're going to love this is Larry Hagman's hat.
This is Larry Hagman's hat?
- Yes. - Oh.
- It fits. - Now, you see, you it fits.
Yeah. Yeah.
I wouldn't be able to talk.
It would be well over my nose.
I wear a really big hat.
You're a big guy.
[laughter]
I'm at the pawn shop to sell my hat
that belonged to Larry Hagman who was
JR on the TV series "Dallas."
I'm looking to get $1,400 because I
think it's worth twice that.
So I think $1,400 is a fair price.
RICK: OK.
Larry Hagman, JR Ewing from "Dallas,"
the guy everyone loved to hate.
MIRIAM: Exactly.
"Dallas" was on from, like, the late
'70s to the early '90s.
I mean, it was one of the most popular TV shows ever.
It was about a Texas family, and they had oil fields,
and they were really rich, and there was all this in-fighting
with each other.
And he played, like, one of the evilest,
meanest people in the world.
Yes.
And by the early '80s, he was just, like, a mega, mega star.
My understanding is outside of television,
a really colorful guy.
He made up this fake money, and had his face put on it,
and gave it out to people all the time,
and really involved in charity.
MIRIAM: Very much so.
RICK: I guess if you played that bad of a guy on TV,
in real life you really got to pump up your persona.
It's just like, hey, I'm not really that guy.
[laughter]
So, I mean, did he wear this on the show
or was this his personal hat?
This was his personal hat.
And I understand he did wear it on the show occasionally.
RICK: But you don't know which episodes it was worn on
or if he wore it on an episode?
MIRIAM: No.
That, I don't know.
RICK: OK.
How much you want for it?
I think I really should get $1,400.
RICK: All right.
I have a guy who specializes in TV memorabilia and all that.
Mm-hmm.
Let me give him a call. Let me see what he thinks.
MIRIAM: Great.
And who knows?
Sounds good to me.
All right.
I'll be right back.
I could have been a cowboy.
TALL ROB: What do we have?
Larry Hagman.
Larry Hagman, a great character.
JR-- everybody knows JR. He was maybe the most love-hated
villain in television history.
MIRIAM: [laughs]
Do you mind if I take a closer look?
Go ahead. TALL ROB: Great.
So we do have that it was custom made for Larry Hagman.
In Hollywood memorabilia they will
almost always have prop numbers on them, the character's name,
as well.
If that's OK with you-- - Of course.
Of course.
--I'm gonna open up this room here.
Oh, well, that's interesting.
What's that?
TALL ROB: Inside the lining of this hat
we have found what looks to be fake money.
We'll look at that in a moment.
I just want to talk about the hat if we can.
MIRIAM: Yeah.
We could take a quick look and see on--
- Oh, yeah. - --the stitching here.
MIRIAM: Oh, sure.
TALL ROB: This is probably a prop number.
And I'm curious that it doesn't have the JR stamp on here
somewhere.
Because certainly "Dallas" would have had a JR mark in here.
So I'm going to just assume it's his personal hat because I
can't say for sure that this was used in any particular episode.
I understand.
TALL ROB: Let's take a look at this for a moment.
What we have here is JR Ewing $10,000 bills.
So I'm not sure he didn't just use
these to line his hat to keep sweat beading off the rim.
But that's very interesting to find them in this hat.
OK.
So what do you think it's worth?
TALL ROB: It's a nice hat, has some condition issues.
Look at-- there's a tear on the rim here.
And Larry Hagman, although he was a great actor,
not highly collectible.
Because I cannot say for sure that it was used
in a television show, I would put a value on this somewhere
in the neighborhood of $700.
- All right. - Thanks, Rick.
- Thanks, man. - Pleasure meeting you.
Nice to meet you. Have a wonderful day.
OK.
TALL ROB: Knowing that I can't authenticate
this item being screen used, I would
warn Rick against buying it.
RICK: So I'll give you 400 bucks for the hat.
Oh, come on.
He just said 700.
I'll tell you what.
I'll give you 500 bucks because I like you so much.
Let's split the difference and make it 600.
- I'll go 500 bucks. - Oh, come on.
I'm giving you more than I would give anyone else
just because you're so pretty. - Ah.
[laughs] Yeah.
But look at how handsome you are in that hat.
Did you see yourself in a mirror?
[laughs]
I mean, this is you.
I will give you $550.
OK. [laughs]
Thank you.
- OK. - All right.
I'll meet you right up front and we'll do the paperwork.
Thank you.
I think she's a bigger hustler than JR ever was.