Original subtitles

- On tonight's episode, I drum up some interest

on a stick from a rock and roll icon.

- Dave Grohl is definitely one of the best musicians

of the 20th century period.

- Then, a rookie card

from a hockey legend freezes Corey in his tracks.

- This guy ran out of records to break

so he started having to break his own.

And he did it all with a mullet.

- [chuckling]

- And later, a revolver from the Civil War

has Chum and I locked and loaded.

- I bet you he can only hit two.

- I bet he only hits one.

[gunfire]

- Oh, there we go!

[upbeat rock music]

♪ ♪

- So Elvis has entered the building.

[laughs]

- Yes, he has.

- This is "Viva Las Vegas," right?

- Yeah.

It's an original poster for the French release.

- I've seen this a lot of times with movie posters.

Different countries have different names.

But it says "l'amour," that's love,

"en," whatever that last word is.

It's not Vegas. It starts with a V, though.

- Yeah. - [laughs]

♪ ♪

- I'm here to sell the "Viva Las Vegas" movie poster,

which has Elvis Presley in it

from the original French release in 1964.

I bought this "Viva Las Vegas" movie poster

about 30 years ago in Paris.

If I make a sale today, I'm looking to buy

a better microphone for my recording studio.

For my French "Viva Las Vegas" movie poster,

I'm hoping to get $500.

- This is really cool.

The character Elvis plays come to Las Vegas.

He's a racecar driver.

He needs a new motor for his--think it was a Maserati.

He has to get a job as, like, a waiter,

and he enters a talent contest trying to get the money,

you know, and falls for Ann-Margret.

And Elvis, he wins the race, he wins the girl,

they get married and live happily ever after.

I mean, most people haven't even seen the movie,

but they know "Viva Las Vegas."

In the 1960s, a lot of movie theaters were

actually putting Ann-Margret's name above Elvis Presley.

Ann-Margret was on fire at this point.

As a matter of fact, she eventually got

a nickname as The Queen of Las Vegas.

I love everything about it.

It's in really good shape.

You know, I have a lot of people come in here

with movie posters from the '60s

and they're movies that no one knows of.

- Mm.

- And this is kind of iconic,

especially for this town.

So how much are you looking to get out of it?

- I'm looking for $500.

- Okay, um...

Probably a reasonable number.

I love the fact that it's a French poster.

If you don't mind hanging out, I'd like

to get my poster expert down here.

I just want to be sure it's not a re-release,

like in the 1970s or something like that,

and get an idea what he thinks it's worth.

- All right.

- All right, I'll be right back.

- Okay.

- I've been referred to as the King of Las Vegas...

Not really.

♪ ♪

- Hey, Corey. - What's up, man?

- This just showed up for you.

- Okay. Any idea what it is?

- No clue. - All right.

♪ ♪

- "Hi, enclosed is my 1800s manually operated foghorn."

All right, let me take a look.

♪ ♪

Sometimes when customers can't make it into the shop,

they'll mail us items so we can check 'em out.

Today, I received a manually operated foghorn

from the late 1800s.

I've never seen anything like this before,

so I'm gonna give this guy a call, and hopefully

he can shed some light on this unusual item.

♪ ♪

[horn blowing]

All right.

Hey, how's it going? Are you Wayne?

- Yes, how you doing?

- Corey from the pawn shop here,

I got your foghorn. What can you tell me about it?

- Well, I found it at a estate sale over last summer.

The gentleman had a bunch of antiques,

and it was something that interested me.

- I mean, it's actually pretty cool.

I mean, it's a portable foghorn.

It wasn't something that had to have a giant motor

or a steam engine to power it.

The company, Straits Steamship,

I mean, they had to be a really small, obscure company, right?

- Yeah, from what I understand,

they ran two ships from Seattle up to Victoria.

- Normally, when you see stuff like this

out from the coast and stuff like that, you know,

the salt just kind of takes a toll on it.

And this is in relatively good shape.

So, obviously, you sent it to me,

so I'm assuming you want to sell it.

What are you trying to get out of this thing?

- Well, I'm thinking around $500.

♪ ♪

- You know, I'm really not the best market

to sell this kind of stuff to.

You'd probably be better off trying to sell this

near the coast.

But it is cool.

I'll give you 300 bucks.

- Through my research, I've seen them go

a little higher than that.

And I'm thinking at 500,

you should be able to make a few dollars.

- I can make more dollars at 300.

- How are we if we go down to, like, 450?

- 450 is not gonna really do it for me.

I could do four.

♪ ♪

- Yeah, four we could work with.

- All right.

Well, I appreciate you sending it in,

and you'll get a check in the mail, okay?

- Thank you very much, Corey.

- Appreciate it, bye-bye.

♪ ♪

- How you doing? - Doing very well.

- What can I help you with today?

- I brought some Wild Things in for you to look at,

and here they are.

- Well, they look like they've been

partying a little too hard.

- Well, this is Vegas. - [laughs]

You're right about that.

- I'm at the pawn shop to sell my "Where the Wild Things Are"

prototype action figures by McFarlane Toys.

They have alternate paint color schemes

and a completely different colored base.

The condition of the figures is a bit rough.

There are some broken limbs and tails,

but it is a complete set.

I'm hoping to get $1,450

for my "Where the Wild Things Are" prototype set.

- Actually pretty cool.

"Where the Wild Things Are" was a popular children's book

from 1963 by Maurice Sendak.

It was a children's novel dealing with children issues

like rage and anger.

And it was later adapted into a movie.

And it looks like you have some toys here.

- Not just toys, but these are McFarlane

prototype toys from the year 2000.

These are not the ones that were sold in stores,

so they have differences

than the actual production toys.

- Where did you get these?

- I collect prototypes personally.

And it takes a while, but you find

some really cool and fascinating items like this.

- All right, is it okay to maybe

pick this one up and take a look at it?

- Absolutely. - Okay.

I'm imagining there's no markings

or anything on him, right?

- Correct.

These are just towards the last stages of production.

So these are pretty much display models

that would show up at, like, a toy fair.

- McFarlane Toys.

That'd be Todd McFarlane.

His company paid extreme attention to detail.

I mean, just looking at the bird here,

you can see the pencil shading

that you would get from the actual book itself,

and that is why they are so collectible.

What are you looking to do with them?

- I'm looking to sell them today.

- How much are you looking to get for the collection?

- For the collection I'm looking at 1,450.

- Okay.

I'd like to find out a little more about these.

It looks like some of them are broken,

so I definitely need to know

how that could affect their value.

I have someone that can come down, tell us all about them.

Do you have a little time for me to get someone down here?

- Absolutely. - Give me a few minutes.

I'll get someone down here, and then we'll go from there.

- Okay. - Thank you.

- The only concerns I have on the expert is

if they've collected or handled prototypes before.

These pieces are very rare to find,

so the expertise is not always out there.

♪ ♪

- Hey, how are you? - Hey, what's up?

I got something really cool that you guys gotta check out.

- Can we open it up? - Yeah.

- A really short pool cue.

Or a drumstick. [laughs]

- It's signed by somebody?

- I actually met David Grohl at a store.

I was like, "Oh, my God, it would be awesome

if I can get your autograph on a drumstick."

- I hear that he's, like, the nicest person on the planet.

- Yeah. - He's definitely the GOAT.

I mean, do you know much about him?

- I mean, like, when he first started Foo Fighters

in a recording studio,

he played every single instrument.

- He's like a little Swiss Army Knife of rock and roll.

[laughter]

- I'm looking to sell my David Grohl drumstick.

He used to play in Nirvana and also in Foo Fighters.

The condition of the drumstick is excellent

'cause it's never been used.

The autograph is about 20 years old,

so there's a little bit of wearing off there.

I'm ready to sell it because I wanted

to get a little bit of extra cash.

If I make some money today,

I'm hoping to take my kids out for a night on the town.

- This is definitely cool.

So Dave Grohl actually taught himself to play drums.

He never had a lesson or anything like that,

he just heard a drummer he really liked

and just decided he was gonna play drums.

I think he started a band at, like, ten years old.

You know, he joined a band called Scream

in the late '80s when he was 17.

It was a punk rock band.

The lead singer of the Melvins bribed

Kurt Cobain to go see Scream.

Nirvana pretty much fired their drummer.

Lo and behold, "Nevermind."

You could say Dave Grohl had a huge part in it.

He started Foo Fighters and he didn't really

have a band set up, so he just played

all the instruments himself on the first album.

And like I said, he's definitely

one of the best musicians of the 20th century period.

- So give me an idea of what you're looking

to get out of it.

- I'm looking to get six

because I don't really know how much it's worth.

- $6? - 600, yeah.

- You know, what's weird

with this is that the signature's

not the best I've ever seen.

This guy has had his drumsticks in thousands

and thousands of charity auctions.

He throws them out constantly, and, like you said,

he's not shy about handing out an autograph.

So let me get a guy down here

so I can make sure the signature's real,

and he'll be able to tell me what it's worth.

- Okay, great. Thank you.

So my biggest concern is to maybe get low-balled

because, you know, David Grohl didn't

actually play with this drumstick.

He just signed it.

[upbeat rock music]

♪ ♪

- Hey, how's it going? - Good, how about you?

- Doing all right. What do we got here?

- It is, to my knowledge,

a 1958 Sarkes Tarzian studio camera.

- A what? - [chuckles]

Sarkes Tarzian studio camera. - Okay.

I thought you said that.

- I'm at the pawn shop today looking to sell

a 1958 Sarkes Tarzian studio camera.

I wasn't able to find out too much information

on the camera besides probably that it's from 1958.

I came across this item at an auction house

about six months ago.

It piqued my interest.

I tried to pull it up on the internet

and couldn't really find much details on it,

which typically means it might be a rare item.

I'm hoping to get $500 for my 1958 studio camera.

- Well, you got me, man, I've never seen one before.

I mean, it's definitely cool.

So the Sarkes Tarzian camera,

I believe he was an inventor of broadcasting equipment.

And it definitely looks like a studio camera.

I mean, everything was pretty much

filmed live with these kinds of cameras.

You know, this is what they used to film

"The Ed Sullivan Show."

Pretty much all TV before it was taped.

[chuckles] - Mm-hmm.

So do you know if it works at all, or...

- You know, I don't.

It looks--appears to be a power source off the back,

but it never came with a cord or anything.

- Okay.

So what I'm assuming this is right here,

this would be for different lenses that you would have.

- Yup.

- Probably go back here and twist this,

yes, and that would switch from, like,

your wide-angle lens to your telephoto.

They said you had your light,

so they know which camera to look into.

And you have your different, you know,

contrast knob here and your brightness knob.

And how much does this thing weigh?

- I think it's about 60 pounds.

It's a pretty beefy unit. - Okay.

So what are you looking to do with it, man?

- I was looking to sell it.

- All right, what are you looking to get out of it?

- I was hoping for $500.

- Okay, man,

I'm just gonna be upfront with you.

I'm just gonna pass.

It's big, its bulky, we don't know if it works,

and I really don't think I'd be able to sell it.

I think it'd be sitting on the shelf

for the next ten years.

If you want a suggestion,

maybe try some of the prop houses or something like that.

But I just don't see being able to do anything with it.

You get anything else, come on down, okay?

- Appreciate it, thank you.

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to make a deal today,

but I guess I'll get my workout in by taking

this 60-pound camera out of here.

♪ ♪

- A guy came into the shop with a set

of prototype action figures

from "Where the Wild Things Are."

Before I make him an offer,

I'm gonna need our toy expert, Steve Johnston,

to verify that these are in fact prototypes

and what kind of money I can expect

to make reselling these in the shop.

Hey, how you doing? - How you doing?

- Well, Steve, thanks for coming in.

This gentleman here

brought in "Where the Wild Things Are" prototypes.

- Well, first off, this book is gonna live on forever.

It's definitely one of the most iconic

children's books ever made.

What I'm seeing here,

this looks very close to production,

what we would call a test shot prototype,

where this is the almost final test shot

that's going to production.

But do you mind if I take a look at a couple and see?

- No, you can handle them.

- So I noticed that you have some damage

where the limbs have come off,

and that's not a horrible thing.

My concern, though, is that as I look at this,

this looks like tacky glue.

- Yes. - When did you acquire this?

- About five or six years ago. - Okay.

I will tell you this, I don't know

of a toy line that would have been

ran in '99 and 2000--

the glue to be tacky today.

I believe it's been glued at some point

closer to today.

For you as a shop to be able to purchase this to sell it,

you're probably gonna want to send it off

to a company that does grading or preservation on it

to at least preserve them with a label

saying it's a prototype, this is what it is.

The problem that you have there is

the glue, because it's tacky like I'm telling you,

grading company is gonna look at it, and they're gonna say,

"Looks like it's prototypes, everything looks good,

but it's altered."

- So how much would you say this is worth

right now with what's in front of us,

not taking into account what could be.

- I think the set sitting here on the counter today,

you would be able to realize a value of $2,000 for the set.

- All right, well, I appreciate you coming down.

- No problem. - Thank you very much.

- Good luck. - Really appreciate it.

- I mean, he still is valuing for, you know, a good price,

considering what you're coming in asking for.

Would you take 600 for 'em?

- Mm...

I would counter you at 1,100.

- You know, as cool as they are,

they're just kind of in pieces.

If you're willing to sell 'em for 800, I'd be a buyer,

but that's kind of gonna be where I'm at.

- I would think your offer of 800, though,

is acceptable.

- All right, we got to a deal--800.

- Sounds good.

- Meet me over at the counter, and we'll write you up.

I'll leave these wild guys here to party.

♪ ♪

- I have a customer in the shop with a vintage movie poster

from the French release of "Viva Las Vegas" in 1964.

It's in great condition,

and the guy is asking for 500 bucks.

But I don't know if it's from the original release

or a later one.

So I've Andrew, my poster guy, coming by

to see if I should get a whole lot of money

ready to burn or not.

[chuckles]

The king and queen of Vegas.

- Beautiful, love it. Wonderful piece.

- Okay, so first off,

what's the name of the movie in French?

- "Love in Fourth Gear."

Vitesse, by itself, means speed.

But in this context, it's "fourth gear."

- Okay.

You know, "Viva Las Vegas"

had a big impression that lasted a long time.

- Yeah. This, too, excellent artwork.

This is by far one of my favorite

French movie poster artists, Roger Soubie.

We're talking about an incredible body of work.

This is within the last 20 years of his life, I think,

so it's a little more common, but still,

you can see it, just the saturation of color,

the motion, you know, the racing in the background.

It appears to be in pretty good shape.

This particular piece was printed on very brittle paper,

and you can see some of the yellowing at the edges,

a couple of tears in the margin.

Usually what happens when it's folded and unfolded,

you know, a certain number of times,

at the center folds, you start to lose paper.

But yours, I don't see any of that.

Excellent piece.

- Okay, so is this

from the 1964 release, or--

- Oh, yeah, certainly, this is original, the '64.

- Okay.

So the big question, what do you think it's worth?

- You know, given its condition,

they do turn up somewhat frequently at auction.

I'd put this one right around $450.

- Well, thanks, man, appreciate it.

- My pleasure, anytime. - Thank you.

- Good luck.

- All right, so we're close. - Yeah.

- I'll give you 300 bucks for it.

- Gosh, you know, I really would like to stick with $500.

It's one of my personal favorites in my collection.

- I'll tell you what, I love this poster.

I'll probably buy it for myself.

I'll give you 400 bucks for it.

That's the most I'm gonna do.

- How about 450?

- I'll give you 400 bucks for it.

400 bucks--it's a fair price.

It's a super cool poster, but like I said,

there's a lot out there.

- You know, I think the lowest I can go is 450.

- [sighs]

[tense music]

You know, I'll give you a 450

just 'cause I want it for myself.

- Okay.

- All right, I'll meet you right over there.

We'll do some paperwork, get you paid.

- Awesome, thank you.

[upbeat music]

- Viva La Pawn Shop.

[chuckles]

Even though he grew up in the South,

Elvis and my city are forever intertwined.

I mean, how many of you know someone who got married

by an Elvis impersonator right here in Vegas?

Most of us know a lot about old "Fire Eyes,"

the legendary Ed Sullivan performance,

the army stint, the weight gain.

But there's a lot more to the king

that was glossed over in the midst of his lore.

How about the fact that the famous

black pompadour he rocked was fake?

Elvis was born, dramatic pause,

blond.

[dramatic gasps]

I mean, the guy could've been in the Beach Boys.

Sporting jet black follicles offered a tough image

that Elvis was desperate to portray.

So he started dyeing his lighter hair for effect,

and the look stuck.

Elvis is known for packing his famous

peanut butter, banana, and bacon sandwich.

This love for these sandwiches ran so deep

that once he took his private jet

from Memphis to Denver

to try something called the Fool's Gold Loaf,

peanut butter, jelly, and bacon

inside a hollowed out loaf of French bread.

I'm sensing a theme here.

Sadly, in 1977, Elvis died at the young age of 42 years old.

But his imprint on the music world,

and clearly American culture in general,

lives on to this day.

[as Elvis] B-b-b-baby.

[upbeat rock music]

- I have a customer who brought in a drumstick

signed by Dave Grohl,

rock and roll megastar from Foo Fighters and Nirvana.

She wants 600 bucks for it,

so I got Steve coming down, he's gonna check it out.

he's gonna tell me if it's legit

and how rare this thing is.

And, hopefully, at the end of the day, I drum up a profit.

Steve. - Hey, what's up guys?

How you doing? - What's up, buddy?

- Not much.

Hi, how are you? - Hi.

- How do you like this?

I'm gonna ruin my dad's joke.

He's gonna say little pool cue.

- [laughs]

- So I guess it's signed by Dave Grohl.

- Ah, nice.

So Dave Grohl is really one of the greatest musicians

of, you know, our lifetime.

Think about this.

He's in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame not once,

twice, for two bands, Nirvana and Foo Fighters.

I mean, the guy's pretty much done it all

in the music business, and he's still relatively young.

- So this young lady right here

ran into him, and she was able

to quickly acquire a drumstick, have him sign it.

- Huh, interesting.

I mean, he's pretty accessible to fans,

and I think he likes it.

He embraces it.

- So is the autograph real, and what's it worth?

- All right, let's see, first of all,

if we're dealing with some live ink on here.

And that's definitely fiber-based marker right there,

I could see it.

He doesn't really put his last name.

But as you can see here, okay,

if you were to take a look at the two, and you'd say,

"Well, that's pretty obvious

that two different people signed that."

[tense music]

Now, the thing about Dave Grohl is he's had five

or ten different signatures throughout his life.

They all vary. Some of them look alike.

Now, you could see these D formations.

And I think, even here, he wanted to swing around,

but he couldn't because it's a drumstick and hard to sign.

It's that big D and that uppercase A,

and I'm seeing that again.

And there's no doubt it's real.

- Okay, so he's been around for a long time.

Give me the news.

What's something like this worth?

- You mentioned one key word there.

He's been around a long time,

and he's still around, and he's still signing.

With that said, nice piece, great signature.

The value, though--

- Don't make me cry.

- You know, I'd put the value right at about $200.

- Ooh, I really thought it was a lot more.

- Okay, so 200 bucks.

- Yeah, 'bout 200 bucks.

- Okay, thanks, man, appreciate it.

- See you guys.

- All right, give me the news.

- Okay, so here we go.

I mean, I'll give you, like, 75 bucks for it.

- Oh, God.

75...

Mm, well, can we do like 160?

- I could do 100 bucks, and I'm doing 100 bucks

just 'cause you got such a good story.

- Can we try to do 150?

- I can do 100.

♪ ♪

- All right, let's do 100.

- All right, cool, we got a deal.

I'll write you up.

[upbeat rock music]

- I thought the whole little pool cue joke

was pretty funny myself.

♪ ♪

- Hi, how are you?

- I'm pretty good. How can I help you?

- I have a Nintendo Entertainment System,

new in box.

- Oh, I can definitely say I've had a lot

of entertainment in my life due to the Nintendo.

- Me too. - Yeah.

Many hours wasted. [chuckles]

- Too many to count for myself.

I'm at the pawn shop today trying to sell

my Nintendo Deluxe Set.

It includes an unopened rare copy

of "Super Mario Bros 1."

I got this system from a local toy store that I frequent.

The contents are extremely perfect, in mint condition.

I'm hoping to get 150,000 today

for my NES Deluxe Set.

- Pretty cool.

In 1983, the gaming market kind of crashed,

and Nintendo was able to bring the home game back to America.

- It all started here. - Yeah.

And they ruled the market for a long time.

They actually had no competition up until

the 16-bit gaming world started.

You know, with Sega-- - Sega Genesis, yeah.

- Things like that.

And then we had PlayStation, Microsoft,

and now, you know, it's kind of a battleground.

Do you mind if I open it up?

- Sure. - Okay.

Here we go. "Super Mario Brothers."

Yeah, I spent a lot of hours with Nintendo,

and "Mario" was a definitely an important game.

People look at these as something they can collect

that will always go up in value.

I can see you have it encased

in some protective plastic here.

- That's right. - That's good.

And all the instructions here, and a Nintendo here.

- Everything's in the original baggies,

the original twisty ties,

and it's never been out of the package before.

- What are you looking to do with it?

- I'm looking to sell it.

And because this is an early "Mario,"

I'm looking for 150,000 for the set,

which I think is, honestly, a really good price.

- Okay, yeah.

So I'm a little curious to see the value on this

because I know the Super Marios go for a lot of money,

and I know the Nintendo decks themself,

you know, unopened, unused goes for a lot of money.

But I do have to have someone come down

because I'm not exactly a pro on this kind of stuff,

and the smallest minor detail

can have a $10,000 difference sometimes.

- For sure.

- Okay, I'll get him down here, and then we'll talk

about what kind of price I could offer you for it.

- Yeah, that'd be great.

Thank you. - All right, thank you.

- I don't have any concerns with the expert coming in.

I know it's a really cool and valuable set,

so I'm hoping that he values it accordingly.

[upbeat rock music]

- There's a customer in the shop

with an unused Nintendo Entertainment Deluxe Set.

It includes a rare copy of "Super Mario Bros 1,"

which you don't often see.

He's asking $150,000 for the set,

which is a whole lot of gold coins.

So I've called down Deniz Kahn to let me know

if I should say game on or game off to this deal.

- Hey, Deniz. - Chum, how you doing, man?

- Pretty good, thanks for coming by.

both: How's it going?

- So this gentleman has

an unused Nintendo system, and it came with "Mario."

Take a look at it and kind of tell me

what you know about this.

- Yeah, it looks good.

This has obviously been opened, but it definitely

looks, like, brand-new, which is a bonus.

But as soon as you open those flaps

and open it, they've pretty much

destroyed the value of the seal unopened system.

Because this has been opened,

it really comes down to the game.

- I'm gonna let you take a look at it.

- Yeah, so "Mario" was the most printed game,

and there's over ten box variations for this game.

This isn't the earliest print-- - Right.

- But this iteration is still more desirable

than the later prints.

- So what value does this particular game hold?

- Yeah, so I'm gonna take a look at the condition.

I'm gonna open this and take a look at it.

- Yes, please.

- I mean, first impression is it's gorgeous.

You can tell that this has never been handled.

Off the bat, there's just a couple of issues.

There's a big crease across the top.

I mean, it's light, but it's a long crease.

As-is, I would put this somewhere at the 27,000 range.

And if you add, you know, an extra 1,000 for the system,

altogether, you're looking at about 28,000.

- All right, well, thanks for coming down.

It's always a pleasure. - Absolutely.

- Thanks. - Good luck.

All right, well, probably not exactly

what you were hoping for.

But I don't think we're gonna be able to make a deal.

- I understand.

- Unless you absolutely want to sell it.

I would love to buy it for 20,000.

- I gotta hold off a little bit on that one,

but I appreciate the offer.

- All right, well, have a good day.

Thanks for coming in. - Thank you.

The valuation today was lower than I expected,

but I think I'm just gonna take it home

and wait a few more rounds till the market's ready.

♪ ♪

- We got a call from a guy who said he's looking to sell

his Civil War era Webley revolver.

He said he's never fired it,

but would be open to shooting it if possible.

So Chum and I are meeting him out here the gun range

and hopefully, today goes off with a bang.

You must be Tom. - Yes, sir.

Good morning, guys. - And this is the Webley?

- That's the gun I called the shop about.

- What is a Webley?

- Webley was a gun manufacturer in England.

Webley is more or less the English version of a Colt.

That's how common they are.

- It's got an 1862 date on the bottom of it.

- How's it look, Rick?

- I'll just make sure it's not loaded.

[laughter]

- I reached out to the pawn shop because I'm looking

to sell my Webley pistol that I believe

is from the Civil War.

It's dated 1862.

I purchased it in Roxen a couple years ago.

I believe the gun is very rare,

and that the inscription on it is to a lieutenant.

I'm looking to sell the gun

because I'm into more modern weapons.

I'm hoping to get $3,000 for my Webley pistol.

- This is interesting.

Webley's were really solid, good guns.

Probably brought in for the South

during the Civil War.

The southern states, they had agricultural industry,

they didn't have a lot of manufacturing.

And basically they started a war,

then realized, "We ain't got no place to get guns."

- Is that a six shooter, a five?

- It's a five shooter.

When this gun came out, they didn't have cartridges yet,

so it was the old school where

you literally have to stand here,

pour powder in.

- So that's not like a modern revolver

like we know 'em today.

- No.

Here, presented to a lieutenant.

March 21st, 1862.

- Think that engraving makes it worth more?

- Oh, yeah.

When you can match a gun to an actual soldier

in the Civil War, it adds value to it.

Definitely adds value to it.

This lieutenant might be a lieutenant

in the Southern army, which would make it even more rare.

And it's in relatively good shape.

How much you want for it?

- I'd like to get 3,000 for it.

- Okay, it could quite possibly be worth that.

It's really interesting

that it's got this engraving on the bottom.

He was a lieutenant,

so probably would be easy to figure out who he was.

So I'm gonna go give my gun guy a call--

- Sure.

- And see what he has to say about it.

- Okay, good enough. - All right.

- Chum, you got your phone on you?

- Yeah.

- I want to just take a picture of this right here

and give my gun guy just a little bit more homework

before he comes out.

- All right, I just sent it to Alex.

- Be right back. - Thank you.

I hope the expert is able to fire the weapon

and comes up with a good value on it.

[upbeat rock music]

♪ ♪

- Hey, how's it going? - Hi, it's going all right.

- What do we got here?

- It's an O-Pee-Chee Wayne Gretzky rookie card.

- All right.

Unless you've lived under a rock

for the past 30 years,

you know who Wayne Gretzky is.

The guy just levitates

over every single hockey player there is.

- He could read the play ahead of time.

- And he did it all with a mullet.

[laughter]

- I'm looking

to sell my O-Pee-Chee Wayne Gretzky rookie card.

I bought this card in my teens

at a toy store just outside of Winnipeg.

I don't have a lot of knowledge on the card,

but it's when he played for the Edmonton Oilers.

I'm ready to sell the card.

I've hung on to it for decades.

So I'm hoping to get $5,000

for my Wayne Gretzky rookie card.

♪ ♪

- This is pretty cool, man.

In basketball, you get that whole debate,

who's better, LeBron James, Kobe, or Michael Jordan?

There's no debate when it comes to Gretzky.

- Right.

- Wayne Gretzky won four Stanley Cups.

Three with the Oilers, one with the Los Angeles Kings.

He had 60 NHL records under his belt.

I mean, this guy ran out of records to break

so he started having to break his own.

Only player to ever score 200 points in a season,

and he did it four times.

I mean, that's pretty impressive.

I mean, he's just, quite frankly,

the best there is, the best there was,

the best there ever will be, period.

♪ ♪

- Do you mind if I take a look at it?

- Absolutely.

- All right,

O-Pee-Chee, not really that familiar with them.

I know they're a card company.

I know it's like the Canadian version of Topps.

- Yes.

- So tell me what you're looking to do with it.

- I'm looking to sell it.

- Any idea what you're looking to get out of it?

- About $5,000.

- Okay, you know, quite frankly,

I don't know, especially when you have a card like this.

Even though I don't know much about the Canadian company,

I do know that this Wayne Gretzky card

is the most expensive hockey card ever sold.

So you have a card here that could be worth

anywhere from 500 bucks

to $500,000, I don't know,

so I'm gonna need to know a grade

before I could do anything with you.

Do you mind if I bring in somebody

that could possibly grade it and give me an idea

of what it's worth?

- No, I welcome it. - All right.

Well, do me a favor, hang out,

and I'll be back in a few, okay?

- Okay.

- I'm not concerned at all of the expert's opinion on it.

I welcome any information.

♪ ♪

- Chum and I are out here at the gun range,

taking a look at an English Webley revolver

that is engraved for a lieutenant in 1862.

The seller is asking for $3,000,

but the engraving actually might make it worth

a whole lot more money.

We sent Alex a photo of the person it was engraved to,

to see if he could do a little research

and maybe come out here and fire it.

No matter what happens, a day at the range

is usually a lot more exciting than a day at the shop.

- Hey, Alex. - Hey, guys.

- How you doing? - Good.

Good to see everybody. Hi, I'm Alex.

- All right, so this is it, a Civil War Webley.

I'm assuming probably from the South?

- Do you mind if I pick it up?

- No, go ahead. - Okay.

So this is what collectors would call

a Webley wedge frame pistol.

Now this was made in England,

about 1850 to the early 1860s.

And towards the beginning of the Civil War,

there were Confederate agents who were contracted

to buy small arms and bring an import to the Confederacy.

So what's interesting about this is

that it's nickel-plated, and that's actually wrong.

These would have come in blued.

And the reason for that, I think,

has to do with this engraving on the bottom.

It says "presented to Lieutenant Horace B. Chevalier,

March 21st, 1862."

So I was able to research this particular officer.

So he was in the first New York light artillery.

The light artillery at that time were being used

down in North Carolina to stop the Confederates

from being able to re-supply themselves.

So something like this would make complete sense

for a Federal Officer to have captured

from a Confederate soldier or a Confederate officer.

He then probably got it nickel-plated

as a presentation piece for his time in the service.

♪ ♪

And then I'll just check the functionality.

[clicking]

All right, so I'll pull it back.

The trigger return spring needs to be replaced,

which isn't actually that big a deal.

So I think, functionality wise,

we could probably put some low charge rounds through it

if you'd like to see it.

- Sure.

- I brought some targets.

Those are beer glasses and root beer.

I want you to line them up and fill them up.

- All right, looks like we're gonna have us

a good old sarsaparilla shootout, boys.

[laughter]

- Firing a gun that's

160 years old is always a risk.

One of the first things I have to do is

make sure that the barrel is sound,

that there aren't any visible cracks or fissures.

So anytime I'm inspecting these,

I take it very seriously.

All right, it's loaded and ready to go.

- All right, go for it. - All right.

[tense music]

- Here we go.

♪ ♪

[upbeat rock music]

- I have a customer here with a rookie card

from one of the greatest hockey players

of all time, Wayne Gretzky.

A card like this could be worth

hundreds of thousands of dollars.

I'm not too familiar with this brand of card,

so Andy is coming down to check it out.

Hey, what's up, Andy? - Hey, Corey.

Hey. - How you doing?

- So here's the Wayne Gretzky rookie card

I called you about.

O-Pee-Chee, I think. - Okay.

Yeah, so there are two versions

of the Wayne Gretzky rookie card.

There's the Topps version,

which we're familiar with in the U.S.

But there's also the O-Pee-Chee version.

So O-Pee-Chee, a Canadian company,

they licensed the use

of Topps' images to basically produce

a parallel version of Topps cards in Canada.

- Now I heard something about this particular card

has sold for over $3 million, something like that.

- Yeah, you can be anywhere from,

you know, $500 to $1,000 for a low grade,

up to over $3 million for a mint version.

Card, just like all collectibles,

condition's everything.

The '79-'80 O-Pee-Chee cards,

they're very condition-sensitive.

They were cut using a wire, so the sheets,

they get very ragged edges from that.

- You want to give this one a look and see what you think?

- Absolutely.

You know, one of my first concerns

is the authenticity.

So this is, you know, the most expensive hockey card,

but it's also the most counterfeited.

So if you don't mind me asking,

where did you find the card?

- I bought it in a toy store in my hometown of Winkler,

which is just outside of Winnipeg.

- So now did you actually open the original pack of cards

and pulled this from the pack?

- Absolutely, I did.

- So you're living all card collectors dreams.

You actually pulled a Wayne Gretzky rookie

from the original pack.

- Definitely did.

- So is it okay if I open the case?

- Absolutely. - Fantastic.

Most counterfeits are copies of a copy.

So they would take in a real card,

made a photo of that, and printed it.

Most of the counterfeits are gonna be pixelated,

whereas the authentic card's gonna be solid ink.

So let's just take a look here and see what we see.

♪ ♪

And, yeah, as far as I can see here,

this is definitely an original card.

This is authentic.

You know, we do have some condition issues.

I see that appears to be some rubber band marks

on the edges where, you know,

you may have stacked those up as a kid,

put rubber bands around them.

- It's possible. - It does affect the grade.

- Mm-hmm. - Okay, so it's authentic.

What would you grade it as?

- You know, looking at the card,

I believe it'll grade a 4 1/2 to possibly a 5.

At 4 1/2,

I would put the value at $2,500.

- I would somewhat disagree with that,

but we'll see where it goes.

- All right, man, well, that's what I needed to hear.

Thanks a lot. - Yeah, no problem.

Good luck. - Thank you.

- [exhales]

Okay, I wish it would have graded a lot higher.

I mean, the more money I give you,

the more money I'm gonna make, typically.

- Right, right.

- Tell you what, would you do 1,800 bucks on it?

- No.

I think I'll hang on to the card for now.

- I mean, totally up to you.

If I can make one suggestion, send it out,

get it slabbed and graded.

And that way, you're taking the guesswork

away from Andy, you're taking it away from me,

you're taking away from yourself.

Then everybody knows exactly what you got.

- That's good advice.

- And when you do, bring it back, all right?

- All right.

I'm not disappointed that we didn't make a sale today.

I would disagree with some of his grading.

I will get it graded in the future

and possibly do well with that.

♪ ♪

- Chum and I are out here at the gun range taking a look

at an English Webley revolver from 1862.

Alex has given us the all clear to test it out,

and I'm itching to see it in action.

- I bet you he can only hit two.

- I bet he only hits one.

- If it's over two, you buy me lunch.

If it's under two, I'll buy you lunch.

- [sighs] All right.

Getting a little close.

[laughs] - It's an old gun!

- Come on now, don't fail the sarsaparilla shootout.

♪ ♪

- Nice try. - [laughs]

- Oh, there we go!

You got one.

All right, one for three.

- Whoa, three misses.

- Here we go.

♪ ♪

- Oh, almost! - [laughs]

- Looks like you're buying me lunch.

- Wait a minute, what did you guys bet?

- I bet you wouldn't get more than one.

- And you won? - Yes.

- I was with you.

I thought you'd hit at least two or three.

- I'm so ashamed.

Come on, I mean, this thing is old!

- Apparently, the gun is not the only thing that's old.

[laughter]

- Yeah, all three of you are getting up there.

[laughter]

- You want to know what I think it's worth?

- Yeah, that's why I called you out here.

- [laughs]

It functions really well.

The cylinder and the indexing

of this cylinder is perfect,

It's exactly where it needs to be.

So all really good stuff about it.

It is a pretty rare gun,

just that the Webley wedge models

that were imported for the Civil War are desirable.

The engraving is absolutely period.

The American officer is documented.

I think at auction,

you could see it go as high as 7,500.

- Okay, cool. - All right.

- So, on your days off, you might wanna

work on your marksmanship skills.

- You guys find a Civil War revolver

that hasn't been fired

in a hundred and who knows how many years,

and you hit all five.

Deal? - I've actually done it--

I've actually done it a few times.

- Come on! - Sure you have.

- So you wanted 3,000 for it. - Yep.

- How much would you take for it?

- Would you go five?

- No, but I would pay you 35.

Would you go 45?

- I'll meet you in the middle at 4,000.

- I'll throw in a glass of sarsaparilla.

- Okay. - [chuckles]

- All right, 4 grand, we got a deal.

I'll meet you back at the pawn shop.

- Okay. - We'll do some paperwork.

Get you paid. - Good enough.

Thank you.

- All right, we gotta get something to eat, man.

So I'm thinking a really nice restaurant.

- Let's do it. - Yeah.

You're buying, right? - Yeah.

Problem is I forgot my wallet,

so I'll just need to pay you back.

- [sighs] Really?

- It's no big deal.

♪ ♪