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- On tonight's episode,

I finally have my chance at winning a Golden Ticket.

Willy Wonka and-- - An Oompa Loompa.

- An Oompa Loompa.

How much you want for this?

- $1 million.

- Then it's Hulkamania

when Corey tries to wrestle a deal over an unusual mask.

- Quite honestly, I know his autograph pretty well.

My dad forged one when I was a kid.

He let me believe it was real for, like, 20 years.

[both chuckle]

- And later, it's a bullseye or bust

when Chum checks out a custom crossbow gun.

- As you can see, it resembles a gun,

which is what's so appealing about it.

- Let's shoot it.

- You ready?

- Yeah! - Oh, there you go.

[upbeat rock music]

♪ ♪

- Hello. - Funko.

Willy Wonka and--

- An Oompa Loompa. [chuckles] - An Oompa Loompa.

And the Funko Golden Ticket.

This is supposedly, like, the Holy Grail of Funkos, isn't it?

- This is the Grail of Grails of Funko.

- And this is from the 1972 movie,

the Gene Wilder Willy Wonka.

That was, like, my favorite movie when I was a kid.

But I don't think Funko's factory

is nearly as cool as Willy Wonka's.

[cash register rings]

[laughs]

- I'm at the pawn shop and I'm here to sell

the Funko Pop Golden Willy Wonka 2 Pack

with its original ticket.

It has some minor scuffing on the window

and some slight corner damage.

However, among the Willy Wonka 2 Packs,

it is among the best.

If I do make a deal today,

my fiancée is going to have both the wedding

and honeymoon of her dreams.

- OK, pretty cool. You know, it's Funko.

They started in the '90s.

And it was basically this small company,

licensed some products, t-shirts, bobbleheads,

everything like that.

And it wasn't doing well and ended up selling the company

to a guy name Mariotti

and he turned it into this insane business.

I mean, he made vinyl figures collectible,

and they kind of exploded.

This set-up right here, they only made like--

how many did they make of these?

- So they made ten of the actual Willy Wonka 2 Pack,

but only four came with a ticket.

- All right.

"Greetings to you,

"the lucky finder of this golden ticket.

"Present this ticket at the factory gates at 10:00.

"In your wildest dreams, you could not imagine

the marvelous surprises that await you!"

OK, pretty cool.

And it says right on the label right here, 2016, two of ten.

Funko is really, really popular.

I mean, like some prices have actually really skyrocketed.

How much you want for this?

- $1 million.

[suspenseful music]

- $1 million? - [chuckles] $1 million.

- OK, the price sounds insane to me.

I know there's Funkos that have gone over $100,000.

I've never heard of $1 million.

I have a friend who does this.

He works for the grading company that grades them.

They don't grade double packs at the moment.

- Yeah, they only grade an individual,

so they don't grade a 2-pack.

- OK, but he would know about it.

Let me get him over here and have him take a look at it

and, like, see what he seems to think about it.

Give me four or five minutes. I'm gonna go give him a call.

- Sounds perfect. - OK. All right.

♪ ♪

- Hey, how's it going? - Howdy.

- All right. What have we got here?

- I got a gorgeous 1948 Pilot TV Candid television.

- OK. You know, they were really, really expensive.

I mean, for $99, which was what this was marketed

for back then, that's more than

a lot of people made in a month.

- I'm at the pawn shop and I brought in

a 1948 Pilot Radio TV.

Has the original case with the antenna built in.

Has the original TV chassis.

And it has the original magnifying glass.

I'd like to say it's completely functional,

but it's almost there.

You know, I bought around 30 televisions

from a collector, and this was probably my favorite one

that was in the lot and I knew it needed a good home,

somebody that would take care of it.

Hoping to get about 1,500 bucks for it.

♪ ♪

- Definitely a really cool look

at an old piece of history here.

Pilot Electric Manufacturing started in 1919.

Pilot made the first home shortwave radio.

And then through progression,

they obviously they got into the TV business.

This was the best technology there was at the time.

I mean, it wasn't until the mid-1950s

where even half of Americans had a TV in their house.

And you even got the telelens on it.

- That's the rare piece.

You can find quite a few of these around.

But finding the original magnifier for it is insane.

♪ ♪

- This is a giant magnifying glass.

It was a 3-inch TV.

I mean, just think about it today.

If you bought a small TV,

but we'll sell you this giant magnifying glass

to make it bigger for you-- it was kind of hokey.

But I'm sure it worked. - Nothing much has changed.

You see people like this on their cell phones all the time.

Right about the same size screen.

- Yeah, I'm sure the picture is quite a bit better.

- I think so. - But I mean, it was cool.

I mean, it came with a carrying case.

It was pseudo-portable.

It would fit right on your desk at your office

or in your dorm room.

You didn't pick up radio or anything on this, did you?

It was just-- - I did.

I can get a little bit of a radio signal through there.

- Yeah, a little bit? OK.

- You take an RF converter, you plug it into the back,

you can actually run a DVD player or a VCR through it.

- OK. I'm assuming you want to sell it?

- You know, I've been thinking about it,

and I'd like to find a new home for it.

- What are you trying to sell it for?

- Well, you know, it does have an antenna

built in here for convenience, it has the magnifying glass,

and it has the television itself,

so I'm asking $1,500.

- [sighs]

The magnifying glass does kind of sell it for me.

- [chuckles]

- I think 1,500 is more on the retail side of it, though.

I'll tell you what,

I'll give you 900 for the whole shebang here.

- Ah, man, I don't know if that cat'll hunt.

I need a little bit more than that.

You know, this magnifying glass is a few hundred dollars

by itself if you were to sell it.

- How about 1,100 bucks?

- [exhales deeply] $1,100.

I don't think...

that's going to be a problem. I can do that.

- All right. We got a deal? - All right.

- All right, cool. Come with me.

We've got to do some paperwork. - Sounds good.

♪ ♪

- There's a guy in the shop and he has a rare,

limited edition Funko Pop

called the Golden Ticket 2 Pack.

Apparently there's only ten of these in existence,

and he's looking to get $1 million.

I found an expert who deals in Funko Pops,

and he's gonna let me know if this is the Golden Ticket

or it's just his imagination.

♪ ♪

- Hey. Dan. Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you. Tyler.

- So this guy's got the Golden Ticket of Funkos.

- The Golden Ticket 2 Pack.

This is one of ten,

but only one of four that includes the ticket.

So in 2016, Funko produced ten of these Pops,

and six of them are believed

to have been given away to employees.

Now, four of them were given away

at the Funko Fundays event.

And the tickets were distributed

inside chocolate bars called Funko Bars.

Four lucky people found the ticket

and were able to present it for a prize,

which was this Willy Wonka 2 Pack.

- OK.

So first off-- I mean, is this the real deal?

- Well, there's a number of ways

that these are counterfeited.

So if you don't mind, I'd like to take a closer look at it.

- Absolutely.

- So what's the go-to thing to look for?

I mean, just in case it's counterfeited.

- The box itself, the figures, the window, the stickers.

These are all things that I take into consideration

when I'm authenticating these Funko Pops.

The ticket is a vital piece of the value of this pop.

There aren't a lot of examples, but this one...

does appear to be authentic.

- OK.

I know there's six-figure Funko Pops,

but he's asking a million bucks for this.

- $1 million? - $1 million.

- All right. - Is he crazy or am I crazy?

- There was recently a sale for $250,000.

However, that did not include the original Golden Ticket,

as this example does here today.

To the right buyer, it could be worth more than that.

- All right. Um, tells me a lot.

And I appreciate it, man.

- Glad to help. - Talk to you soon.

- All right. Good luck. - Nice to meet you.

[suspenseful music]

- So he's saying one just sold for $250,000.

- But this is with its original ticket.

And I did pay over $200,000 for this one,

and value has gone up quite a bit in the market.

The ticket by itself is worth 30, 40 grand.

- All right, if you say one just recently sold for 250,000,

I mean, that's what they sell for.

And you just told me the tickets go for, like, 30 grand.

So maybe a couple of years from now, who knows?

But right now, I don't think it's anywhere close to that.

And I just think that price is just

way too much at the moment.

Thanks for bringing it in, man. Appreciate it.

- I appreciate you.

[upbeat rock music]

♪ ♪

- Hello. - Hi.

So I have a coin and a medal here.

They come as a pair, so here they are.

I don't really know much about them,

but I just thought they looked super old and cool.

- OK, Ireland and America with two people shaking hands.

And the other one seems to be from Canada.

And then right here, it says "Fenian Raid 1866."

I don't really know what Fenian is,

but a raid is not something that would have been pleasant

to take part in.

- I'm selling a pair of artifacts.

It's a coin and a medal that are paired together.

I think these items are in perfect condition.

I would like to get $250 for both the medal and the coin.

If I get the $250,

I am going to buy a one-way ticket to Hawaii

and I'm gonna stay there for as long as I feel like it.

- This is neat. Where did you get these?

- So there was a death in the family,

and he left behind this pile of things he collected.

And these two were in a bag together.

So I feel like they were meant to be a pair for some reason

since they were put together like that.

- OK, Queen Victoria right on the front.

Doesn't look like the Canadian flag that I'm used to seeing,

but got some maple leaves on it,

which is definitely a telltale sign of Canada.

- Yeah.

- Right here across this plate, it says "Fenian Raid 1866,"

if I'm saying that right.

And then some kind of token right here--

says 1866 as well.

But it says Ireland and America

and on the back, it says "Irish Republic."

But getting it with a Canadian medal is kind of weird.

How much are you looking to get for them?

- About 250.

- OK. I'm definitely intrigued.

These were in the same bag, you say,

and they have the same date on them,

but one of them seems to be Irish-American

and the other one seems to be from Canada.

So--

- I mean, they just looked really cool.

- It's definitely interesting. I'm very, very intrigued.

So let me make a phone call and get someone down here.

- OK. Yeah, sounds good. - All right.

I'll be right back. - [chuckles]

[upbeat rock music]

♪ ♪

- Hey, how's it going? - Hey, Corey.

How's it going, man? - All right.

What do we got? OK, Hulk Hogan.

- Yes, sir.

I got a cardboard cutout of Hulk Hogan's face

with the eyes still intact, signed.

- Quite honestly, I know his autograph pretty well.

My dad forged one when I was a kid.

He gave it to me and let me believe it was real

for, like, 20 years. - [laughs]

♪ ♪

- I'm here at the pawn shop

to sell an autographed Hulk Hogan mask.

The mask is cardboard with the eyes still intact,

signed by Hulk Hogan.

He created wrestling to what it is today,

so having him sign it was a very big deal for me.

These masks are usually handed out during wrestling events,

so people could hold them up to their face

and act like the wrestlers.

It's in very good condition.

There's no creases and there's no bends.

My asking price is $250.

I came up with that because I researched a lot of memorabilia

signed by Hulk Hogan.

- This is cool.

Professional wrestling sells out 100,000-seat arenas.

You know, probably one of the biggest draws in the world,

and this is mainly because of Hulk Hogan.

Every, you know-- pay-per-view records sell out.

You know, the Pontiac Silverdome, I think,

sold out to almost 100,000 people.

The guy who, you know, created "WrestleMania,"

pretty much, as far as being a fan favorite,

you just couldn't beat the guy.

He was never the bad guy. He was always the good guy.

I mean, he was like a walking, talking, living superhero.

That is what kids thought. You know, it's just huge.

Do you mind if I take a look at it?

- Absolutely.

♪ ♪

- OK, so it's got a certification sticker on it.

So it is a licensed product by him.

So it is real. He really did sign it.

It's kind of hard with these things

because I have an idea of what they're worth.

But tell me what you're looking to get out of it.

- I would love to get 250 out of it.

- I--you know--

I'd give you about 75 bucks.

You know, quite frankly, the guy's retired.

- Mm-hmm.

- Basically, his last stream of income

is going to be signing his name and doing autograph signings.

And, like, there's just so much of this stuff out there.

I mean, how many t-shirts of Hulk Hogan

do you think have been sold out there?

- Yeah.

- How many little action figures?

I mean, it's a very, very common thing.

It's not--

I just don't see him being worth very much money.

- Could you get it around the 230 mark?

- I can get it around 100 bucks.

100 bucks is gonna be the most I do.

- I can't go lower than 200, my friend.

[sighs] - You know what?

If you ever change your mind, I'll be here, OK?

Have a good day. Take care.

- Thank you, sir. - Take it with you.

♪ ♪

- A woman came into the shop with what appears to be

a pair of medals from Canada and the Irish Republic.

She would like to get $250,

but I actually need to find out what these are.

If anyone would know,

it's gonna be our coin and metals expert, Dave Vagi,

so I've asked him to stop by

and see what he can tell me about them.

♪ ♪

Hey, Dave. - Hey, Chum. How are you doing?

- Pretty good. How you doing?

- Good.

- So this lady brought these really cool items in.

So I was wondering, do they go together?

- May I turn this?

Oh, yes, this is perfect.

The amount of history on this tray is astonishing.

Did either of you know that the Irish invaded Canada?

- I didn't know the Irish invaded anyone.

- Yeah, it's-- - No. [chuckles]

- And so who would even imagine?

But after the American Civil War,

a whole bunch of people who were of Irish ancestry

made up their own private army, right,

coming crossing from New York or Vermont, and invaded Canada.

So they had this crazy idea

that if they captured the only real property of the British

in North America, they could then say

in exchange for us giving you Canada back,

you set Ireland free.

Because they were quite desperate.

They wanted to help their brethren in Ireland

get free from the British rule.

- Did they have any success?

- Absolutely not. It was a complete disaster.

They would come over with a few hundred guys,

gathered their guns that they had

when they fought in the American Civil War,

and the Canadians would send armies of 15,000.

And it was over before it even began.

But it was absolutely harebrained.

- Does this medal have a name?

- Yeah, I believe it's a Canadian General Service Medal,

issued by Canada to honor the people who defended Canada

from the Fenian invasions.

And this is the more historical piece,

Irish Republic, which is what the Irish wanted.

There are the letters FB,

and that's for the Fenian Brotherhood.

It's a private organization founded in America

to try and help free Ireland.

The two hands clasping there?

Well, that's the Irish and the American Irish.

They actually go together perfectly.

Whoever had these two items, they knew their history.

- OK, well, I guess the big question, what are they worth?

- OK, well, these things,

the amount of history involved is really incredible.

As a pair, they're probably worth about $800.

- All right. Well, thanks for coming in.

- Cool. My pleasure.

- I knew you were the one to call.

- Yeah. Thank you. All right. Congratulations.

- Thanks. - All right.

Well, you still want the 250?

- Honestly, I think I'm gonna keep them.

I didn't that they were that special.

And now I'm thinking they were in the family for a reason.

- All right. Well, if anything else,

I learned that Ireland invaded Canada.

That was crazy. - Yeah. Me, too.

Free school lesson.

- All right. Well, thanks for bringing them in today.

- Thanks so much.

♪ ♪

- "Sharknado"?

No, "Jaws." - Yeah.

[laughter]

- It's got some serious autographs on it.

- Yes. - So have you seen the movie?

- I have. It actually put a lot of fear in me.

- I saw this at the drive-in with my parents.

It was terrifying.

- Yeah. [crunching]

I'm here to sell an autographed poster

from the 1975 movie "Jaws."

The condition of the poster isn't too good.

The ends are ripped a little,

and it was stored in a rolled position.

I came up with my price today for the poster

just researching different autographs.

And of course,

keeping in mind that my poster isn't completely intact,

my asking price for the poster is $1,200 today.

- This is incredible. I mean, it's Jaws.

It was the number one- grossing movie of all time

until "Star Wars" came out.

Spielberg was in his 20s, I think, when this came out.

This was his first major, major big-budget movie.

This is what sent Spielberg into the stratosphere.

But the crew literally nicknamed it "Flaws"

because there were so many problems with the production.

Part of it was because Spielberg was young

and inexperienced and he insisted on filming

all these scenes on the ocean

where they could have done it on a set.

It would have probably came out a lot easier.

And the mechanical shark had a lot of breakdown issues.

If you go back and watch the movie,

you don't see the shark that often.

- I noticed that.

- He was going around saying, like, well,

I wanted it like a Hitchcock movie

where, you know, you hear the music

where you know the shark was coming.

[tense orchestral music]

You'd hear that sound and, like, there's a shark nearby.

That really, really worked out well.

But the real reason was

the mechanical shark was always breaking down.

[laughter]

Where did you get this?

- I actually received it as a gift.

I bartend, and I have a regular who is a big collector.

Before he moved, he brought over some things

and had me take a look at them.

And this is one of the ones that I

saw and fell in love with.

- So we have--

- We have a Steven Spielberg here, Roy Scheider.

- John Williams, Richard Dreyfuss right there,

and Peter Benchley.

That's the screenplay writer.

OK.

I mean, it's in kind of rough shape.

You ever had anybody look at the autographs?

- No, not yet.

- OK.

How much do you want for it?

- I'm asking 1,200. - OK.

If the signatures are real, that might be a good price.

Let me get my autograph guy over here to take a look at it,

and we'll go from there.

- OK. Sounds good. - Give me five minutes.

- All right.

[bell rings]

[upbeat rock music]

♪ ♪

- Hi. - Hello. How are you doing?

- How are you? - Pretty good.

What do you have here?

- Well, this is a crossbow gun.

1900 is what I was told.

But other than that, it's a bit of a mystery.

- Something like this, a little smaller,

probably would have been used for some sort of hunting.

But by the 1900s, guns had advanced so much

that you wouldn't be using crossbows in battle.

- [chuckling] No.

- Unless you were trying to be very, very sneaky.

- [chuckles]

I'm here to sell a crossbow

that I believe is from the 1900s.

I got this crossbow from a stuntman

that I worked with in Hollywood.

It has a great look.

And when you're near it, it has a presence.

And it's almost like you can sense the history

when you stand with it.

I decided to bring it to the pawn shop

because I believe here, we have the best knowledge,

the best experts, and hopefully the best price.

The asking price for the crossbow gun is $1,500.

- They're definitely really cool.

- Right.

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

- You're more than welcome to. Of course.

- Crossbows have been around

longer than we really even know.

The first crossbow didn't look like a long rifle.

- [chuckling] No.

- You know, this almost looks like a .22

with a bow attached to the end of it.

It's really light. - Yes.

- But it's got the basic mechanisms

of the early crossbows.

So the arrow would just go in there.

You'd pull this back.

Once you pull this back,

there's probably a mechanism in here

that would lock it in place. - Right.

- And then you're good to go.

You got to be very careful at that point.

Have you ever shot a crossbow before?

- [chuckles] No. Never shot a crossbow.

- I shot one once. - OK. How did it go?

- As good as you would expect it to go, I guess.

- [chuckling] Yeah. - Yeah.

Not exactly sure what I should be looking for

as far as markings go on a crossbow,

but I'm definitely not seeing any.

- No.

- How much are you looking to get for it?

- So I've done a lot of research,

and they kind of start from 200 to 4,000.

So I kind of pitched and plucked about 1,500.

- OK, I'm intrigued.

The problem is you have no markings on here.

So... - No. Right.

- Now, it doesn't mean you're out of line.

It just means that there's not enough information here

for me to actually value it.

- It makes sense. Of course.

- So give me a few minutes.

I'll call my guy Alex down here.

After he sees it and talks about it,

then maybe we'll discuss this $1,500 you want.

- Sounds perfect.

- All right, give me a few minutes.

- Thank you.

♪ ♪

- A woman came to the shop with a signed poster

from the 1975 movie "Jaws."

She's looking to get $1,200

and the poster looks like it's in really bad condition.

Having all these autographs on one piece could be real money,

so I have Steve Grad coming down to check it out

to tell me if this is a real deal I can bite into.

Hey, what's up, man? How are you?

- Doing well. - Good to see you.

- Hi. How you doing? - Hey.

- Nice to see you. - Nice to see you.

- We have "Jaws."

- One of the greatest movies ever made.

And it still to this day has an insane cult following.

People love this film.

And collecting it, Rick, is insane.

- Look at these autographs. - Sure.

- We have some big names here.

- I mean, you've got some

of the greatest actors of all time.

You've got one of the greatest directors.

I've seen these posters sell

for upwards of $6,000 with a full cast.

So you could be holding, like, a brick of gold or two here.

- Like the sound of that. - Yeah.

[laughter] He doesn't.

- But anyway.

So like, are these things legit?

- Well, let's find out.

Roy Scheider would be the first.

And that looks like blue fiber tip marker.

See some paint pen down here possibly.

And that's exactly what that is on there.

Richard Dreyfuss is over here.

We take a look at this,

Spielberg is usually big and sloppy like this.

Oddly enough, someone using yellow here--

a little strange.

The different pens, you've got, what,

black, blue, yellow, silver?

If I was doing a poster, I like to keep it all the same color.

Sometimes when we see signed posters--

Forgers?

- They sometimes mix it up to try and fool people.

When I see Roy Scheider, Dreyfuss, Peter Benchley,

John Williams, Steven Spielberg,

these definitely are not their signatures.

And this is somebody that really didn't

know how to forge that well.

So unfortunately, it's not good.

This one's not gonna make it.

- All right, man.

Well, that sucks.

- It does.

So I'm kind of like the the big shark in this one.

Killed it all. Talk to you later.

- Thanks, man. - Good to see you.

- Thank you.

- All right, it looks like Steve harpooned the whole deal.

- Yeah, not the news I wanted to hear.

- The poster by itself would have been worth a little bit

of money if it wasn't so damaged.

And then someone put fake signatures on it,

so that sort of messes up the whole deal.

- Yeah. Well, thank you so much for taking a look at it.

- No problem. Here you go.

[upbeat rock music]

♪ ♪

- Hey. How's it going? - Good. How are you?

- Got some watches, huh? - Yes.

More than watches.

They are trophies from the World Series of Poker in 1982.

- OK. - That I won.

- So what was the cash prize back then?

- I think it was probably around 100,000.

- Wow.

Wasn't it last year, the guy won 15 million?

- It was at least 10 or 15 million now.

Yeah, it just has exploded. - [chuckles]

- I am at the pawn shop to try to sell

two 1982 World Series of Poker trophy watches that I won.

I'm ready to sell these watches

because poker has become a bigger deal.

I'm asking for 50,000 for both.

If I made a deal today,

maybe I'll take a little bit of it right now

and enter a tournament.

- This is actually really, really cool.

Benny Binion, who was always

a really colorful guy here in Las Vegas,

in 1970, he decided he was

going to start the World Series of Poker

and Benny Binion's poker events.

It's too bad he didn't live long enough

to see where it is today.

I really think that he would enjoy seeing it on TV.

It kind of makes me laugh

because there's no doubt in my mind

that it's actually a game of skill.

Otherwise, the same 20 guys

wouldn't always be in the top, you know, 50 players, right?

- It's a game of both luck and skill.

But the longer you play, the more skill shows.

- Let's talk about your watches here.

Forgive me, but don't they give out bracelets?

- They've given out bracelets every year except for 1982,

because they thought they could upgrade the bracelets

to a more expensive trophy.

Strangely, the poker players said go back

to bracelets because it had already become a tradition.

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

- Sure. - OK.

- You have to open that.

- So this is a 1982 you said, right?

- Right.

- That's a year before I was born.

Are you David? - I'm David Sklansky.

I'm the author also of many books,

including the bestselling book on poker ever written,

- OK. - "The Theory of Poker."

- Is this missing the crystal? Did that pop out or something?

- That happens to be missing the crystal.

- OK.

- But I found out it's not a big deal.

- It's not. They can be replaced.

Definitely cool.

I got no doubt that they're real.

Very, very Vegas-specific item, very awesome item.

Tell me about what you're looking to get for them.

- If I sold them both, I was looking to get 50,000.

- OK, and I can see why you'd ask me for that.

You have quite a bit of gold here,

but you also have a trophy.

And I have a really hard time selling somebody else's trophy.

Respectfully, I'm going to go ahead

and pass on these to you, sir.

I think you know the people that would buy these

a lot better than I do.

I just wouldn't be able to make you an offer on them.

- I understand.

- I appreciate you bringing them down, though.

- OK. Thank you.

♪ ♪

- A guy brought in a crossbow gun

that he would like to get $1,500 for.

This seems a little high

because there aren't any markings on it,

so I asked Alex Cranmer to come in

and take a look at it

and let me know if this price is on target.

- Hey, Chum.

- Alex, how are you doing? - Good to see you.

- Hi. Nice to meet you.

Hi, I'm Matthew. - I'm Alex.

Oh, that's neat.

- I thought it was neat as well,

but I have no idea other than that.

- Do you mind if I pick it up? - Of course you can. Yeah.

- It's actually pretty beautifully built, isn't it?

What's really interesting about it is

it appears to be a firearm.

You even have the same sight system you'd have on a firearm.

But I actually don't think this was converted from a gun.

- OK. - I think it was purpose-built.

And one of the biggest reasons for that is over here,

traditionally, if this was a gun stock,

there would be room for the lock here.

- Oh.

- From the age of the stock and the barrel,

seems to be, like, late 19th century.

So traditionally, a crossbow would be open on the top.

And it would have a channel.

You can just lay the bolt down into it.

But this doesn't. It has an enclosed barrel.

So why?

And I think that is to increase accuracy in a short distance.

But what would it have been used for?

Really, I think the intended purpose is for fishing.

And the reason is this little handle on it here,

it's practical. It actually balances it.

- Oh, yeah.

- So now all of a sudden,

it's pretty easy for you to aim and to hold.

So if you're walking along a shallow brook

or stream or lake, the surface fish--

salmon, other types of fish are easy to shoot.

And so if you are very accurate,

within 10 or 15 feet, you can get a fish.

- All right, so there's no markings on it.

What do you think about that?

- There could have been markings,

and now we can't see them.

Or it was unmarked and likely,

some gun maker made this specifically for a client.

- All right. What do you think it's worth?

- It depends a little bit on whether it works.

If it works, it's around $1,000.

And do you know if it works?

- No, I have no idea.

I was tempted to try, but I didn't.

- Are you open to just test-firing it?

- 100%. - Yeah?

- Sounds amazing. I'd love to. - All right.

I think I could make a couple of simple bolts.

- All right, well, I'll tell you right now,

I'm interested in it.

If you want to go meet up at the shooting range,

we could test it out.

- I completely agree. Let's do it.

- All right. Sounds good.

- OK. Appreciate you.

Thank you so much. Thank you.

- Thanks, Alex.

[upbeat rock music]

- Earlier, I had a customer come into the shop

with a European crossbow gun that he's asking $1,500 for.

I thought this is something that Rick

would like to check out,

so we're out here at the range to see how it shoots

before I think about making an offer.

- So this is the gun crossbow?

- Yep. Crossbow gun.

♪ ♪

As you can see, it resembles a gun,

which is what's so appealing about it.

But it's actually very well-built.

It's very well-balanced,

but it really is a close proximity

hunting weapon for small fish.

- All right. I dig it. It's kind of cool.

- Yeah, it is cool.

- So I made some bolts.

I just cut dowels with some steel sharpened tips.

Traditionally, archery,

you have a target or you shoot at apples.

And so I got some bigger apples with little worms on them.

[laughter]

And hopefully, this will stick in one of those piñatas.

- All right. Who's gonna shoot it?

- Me.

[laughter]

I mean, I made all these bolts. So I think I get to, right?

- Well, let's shoot it.

[dramatic music]

- My biggest concern with this is it is an old crossbow.

And basically, crossbows are all about tension.

It's got a steel cable for the string.

Don't want to break this person's crossbow.

Ready?

♪ ♪

- Yeah! - Oh, there you go.

- [chuckles] - Right? Pretty good.

- It works, it works.

- You'd probably get a fish with it.

[upbeat rock music]

- You'd get a fish with it. You definitely would.

- Small fish. [laughter]

What do you think it's worth?

- This is more of a curiosity than a collectible item,

but it works as it should.

And it's certainly 130, 140 years old.

I could see it sell for $1,000, but definitely not over.

- OK. - All right.

I'm going to get my stuff together.

Good luck. - Thank you so much.

Appreciate you. - All right. Thanks, guys.

- All right, I like it.

What will you really take for it?

- I mean, 1,000 is fair.

- I mean, no,

that's what he said it would, like, retail for.

No, I'll give you 500 bucks for it.

- I don't think so.

So what we've done is combined the best of crossbows,

the best of guns, merged them together.

I mean, I can't go any lower than 1,000, I don't think.

- It's a novelty and novelties don't sell well.

500 bucks.

- Appreciate the offer.

Well, I'll keep it,

and then we'll have a piñata-shooting party.

- [laughs]

- You're all invited. - Thank you, my friend.

- Thank you, buddy. - All right. Thank you.

- Appreciate you.

- All right. Come on, Chum.

- You can keep the bolts, OK? - [laughs] Great.

- That was fun coming out here, anyway.

♪ ♪

How's it going? - Hey. How are you?

- I'm pretty good. What do we got here?

- I have a flight manual for an F-4 Phantom.

And I have a set of blueprints for a 1943 submarine.

- Super cool.

I'm actually learning how to fly,

but just tiny little planes that don't go that fast.

And thinking hey, maybe one day,

the Air Force will need me. [laughter]

- I'm here at the pawn shop today

hoping to sell my flight manual for an F-4 Phantom.

The F-4 Phantom manual is dated 1975 on the cover,

but inside, it was revised in 1980.

It was kind of a live publication.

They were adding things all the time

with different corrections that they were learning.

I also have a set of 1943 blueprints

from a submarine that was World War II.

It was given to one of the lieutenants

that was on the submarine.

I'm asking for $400 for the flight manual

and I'm asking $1,000 for the blueprints.

If I make a sale today, I'd like to say

I'm going to spend it in Vegas and leave it here,

but I'm gonna bring it home to my family.

- This is pretty cool. I like this.

And it's May 1st, 1975.

It's kind of crazy when you look back at this time period

in airplanes where they went from propellers to jets

to, like, supersonic.

The technological leap was absolutely insane.

First plane to fly to, like, 90,000 feet,

Mach 2.5, it broke so many speed records over distance.

Everything about this thing was great.

This is U.S. submarine SS 258.

Did you look at which submarine that was?

- Yes, it's the "Hoe." H-O-E.

- Tell me how random this is.

This and another U.S. submarine were underwater

and ran into each other. [laughter]

- Bad luck.

- I'm just saying how big the oceans are.

What are the odds of running into another submarine?

I'm assuming they probably gave this to the officers

when they went to submarine school.

It gives you a general layout of the ship.

- Here's where the exits are. - Yeah. [laughs]

- So how much you want for these?

- I'd like to get 400 for the flight manual.

I'm asking for 1,000 for the blueprints,

so 1,400 altogether.

- Flight manual, I'd give you 200 bucks for.

And the submarine, I'd give you 200 bucks for those.

I mean, they're difficult to sell.

I can't even think of one time I did well with blueprints.

[chuckles] - OK.

How about 300 on the manual?

And I'd do 350 on the blueprints.

- I'll go 500 bucks. I'm not gonna go no more.

- I don't want to torpedo this deal.

How about 550 and we'll call it a day?

- All right, 525.

- OK. - All right. We got a deal?

- Sounds good. - All right, 525.

I'll meet you right at that counter over there.

- All right. Thank you.

♪ ♪

- I could fly one of these.

♪ ♪

Our picking buddy Spencer told me he's been

traveling the West Coast finding some good stuff,

so I told him to swing by the shop and let me get first dibs.

- Well, well, well. How are you doing, man?

- I'm good. How have you been?

- Man, I figure instead of having a yard sale at my house,

I'd just bring it out to you.

♪ ♪

- Actually, you got some pretty cool stuff here.

- Check this out.

Can you believe this is now

pretty much considered an antique?

- [chuckles] So I'm guessing it came off a phone booth?

- Yeah. I mean, do you know

they've been scrapping these things across the country

for who knows how long?

Somebody would definitely want this.

And it's not that expensive, Chum.

- All right, well, what's not that expensive?

- 450 bucks.

- Well, that's kind of expensive.

- [laughs]

Now I'm gonna show you this one right here for sure.

This thing is 100% still working.

You'd walk into a feed store back in the day

with the brand Hog N Rich, so you'd see feed sacks around.

This would be the advertisement.

And he'd be munching on the jar of the actual feed

that they're trying to sell.

- All right, this is really cool.

So how much are you looking to get for this?

- Look, I know you're gonna think

I'm gonna be a piggy on this one,

but I need $15,000 for this piece right here.

- You know, I don't see it.

As cool as this is, as much as I'd love to buy it,

I'm not gonna be able to buy it.

All right, what do we got here?

- All right, man. - Blasting machine?

- Yeah, Chum.

Fidelity Blasting Machine, Model 50 right here.

Back in the day, this is how you obviously did dynamiting.

You'd hook your two wires there.

You'd push it down and it charges.

And then-- [imitates explosion]

- Can I push it? - Absolutely. Go right ahead.

- [imitates explosion] - [laughs]

- What are you asking for this?

- I'm asking 800 bucks on it.

- All right. Cars.

What have we got going here? - Got a pair of Marx toy cars.

Now, this is crazy.

This is a toddler's early Big Wheel.

It still works.

- So this was made for a little kid to drive around on?

- A toddler, and that one's a push.

You just wind it up and it just pushes forward.

So as a pair, they suit each other great.

No real major condition issues, a little bit of wear.

But I mean, these are tin toys from the '50s and '60s.

- How's the rust on the bottom of this one?

- Take a look. Flip it up.

- Looks good.

- You have the original wheels on there.

You don't have to go to the wheel store or nothing, man.

- That's actually nice.

I mean, are we sure they're original?

They look really, really nice. I like that.

- These things have been taken care of.

Remember I always bring just the best stuff for you.

You know that.

- What are you asking for the pair?

- I'm asking 1,500, but I'm willing to bend.

- All right. I like to hear that.

- OK, look, I get it. You're scared.

I understand.

- Speaking of scary,

what's going on here with this two-headed pig sign?

- The two-headed pig.

Freak show banner from back in the day, 1940s,

'50s carnivals that traveled around the United States,

or circus shows.

- Well, it reminds me of Rick eating lunch.

- [laughs]

- Yeah, no, this is all hand-done.

The details are great.

You can see down here the O'Henry Awning Company.

You know, that was the company who

actually probably had these made up for the circuses.

And the artist's name is written right there.

They formed after World War I

and we're making these probably up in the '40s and '50s.

So this would be a centerpiece to a collection.

- I love the subject. It looks cool. It's freakish.

How much are you looking to get for it?

- 7,000.

- All right, I actually love this sign.

Would you take 6,000 for the painting

of the two-headed pigs and the two cars?

- I want 8,500 for the pair. I don't know.

- Would you go 6,500 for the pair?

- How about 7,500?

- How about 7,300?

- [takes deep breath]

[suspenseful music]

- All right, 7,300. I can do that, man.

You're getting a great deal. This is really a killer piece.

- Obviously, you wanted to go to 7,400.

[laughter] Tell you what.

I'll buy you lunch on Rick's company card.

- [laughs]

♪ ♪

- Corey had an item come in the shop

that apparently inspired him for a boy's poker night.

My youngest son Jake just recently turned 21,

so I figured I would be the host.

Chum's got the cards and I got the chips.

[chuckles]

- Come on, Rick. Your cards are on the table.

We're waiting on you. It's your bet.

- Here's the chips.

- No, I know I said I needed more chips.

Like, I'm down a lot.

- Whatever.

All right.

OK, so you might want to make this a regular thing,

poker night.

Especially, Jake can do this legally now.

But, yeah, he's 21 now.

- What do you think of poker so far?

- Yeah, I'm a blackjack kind of guy.

- Blackjack runs in the Harrison blood.

You got the poker look down, though.

That's for sure.

Resting Rick face definitely runs in the family.

You're doing a good job.

- [laughs] Let's go. Deal them.

♪ ♪

- All right, burn one.

Turn the river.

Uh-oh. All right, all right.

I'm gonna fold. - All right.

I guess it's all me right now, huh?

28 bucks to you, Corey.

- Big Hoss, what are you doing?

- All right, all-in.

- You can't go all-in.

- Yeah, you can. - No, you can't.

I got a whopping 83 bucks. There we go.

- You can call, Corey. - OK.

- All right. Flip over your cards, boys.

All right, what do you guys got?

- Damn. - Three aces.

It's pretty good. - Three aces. Pretty good.

But they don't beat a straight.

- Six, seven, eight.

Oh my goodness, straight. Rick, I think you won.

- Almost got a straight flush.

- I mean, that's really cool. I mean, you almost won, Jake.

Dad, you know, you did pretty well.

But I got the nuts.

- Oh, four of a kind.

- Yeah, Dad, you lost.

I know it's your house and everything,

but yeah, sometimes the house beats me.

- I mean, because no one gets a four of a kind.

Four of a kind is only in the movies.

- No. I mean, it happens.

I mean, that's a pretty-- - It rarely happens.

You guys do know I'm gonna make you stay here all night long

until at least I'm not losing any money, right?

- I'm fine with that.

- As a matter of fact, I got so much of your money,

I'm gonna give Jacob some.

- All right. Just deal, Chum.

[Corey and Chum chuckle]