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- On tonight's episode,

will Corey and I go full tilt
on a deal?

That one seems
to work pretty good.

And this one right here--

- He's going
to blame the motor.

- Or is it game over?

[ball drain chime]

Then Corey gets jazzed
about a super rare guitar.

- That's one hell of a guitar
you got here.

- Thank you.

- So what do you think
it could be worth?

- They're highly collectible,

but they also only speak to a
fairly narrow range of players.

- And later, Chum discovers
that some rare tribal gear

is worth fighting over.

- So boar tusks, cowrie shell,
cassowary feathers.

- Cassowary.

- This is a bird the size
of an ostrich

that will kill you
in a heartbeat.

[bird squawks]

[upbeat rock music]

♪ ♪

- Oh, I kind of know what
you got here,

but tell me what you got here.

- This is a 1959
Chicago Coin "Jet Pilot."

That is Genco "Motorama."

- This is, like,

electromechanical
wonderland right here.

- Yeah, this is awesome.
Yeah.

I'm here to sell
my 1957 Genco "Motorama"

and 1959 Chicago Coin
"Jet Pilot" arcade games.

They have been restored
professionally.

There are some original parts
still in the games,

original graphics.

Acrylic fronts are
still original,

so you'll see some markings,
scratchings in them like that,

which adds to the value
of the machines.

My asking price for
both of the games is 24,000.

- This is cool.

Genco was sort of
known for odd stuff.

They produced hundreds
of different games.

The two you got right here
are really cool.

This is like a design
they had in the '50s.

- They were probably sitting
right next to each other

in an arcade or something,
right?

- Pretty much, yeah.

- I really dig the car one,
though.

- Yeah, it's pretty cool.

- Do you know if that's
the original body for the car?

- That is.

- Can I try one?
- Absolutely.

- All right.
All right, here we go, guys.

[machine clanks]

♪ ♪

- Do you have any idea
what you're doing,

or are you just driving
this thing around aimlessly?

- Ah.

Yeah, there's
a few issues with it.

- Oh, yeah,
they're electromechanical.

If you don't use them,
they hang up.

- OK.
I'm a pilot, so I can do this.

♪ ♪

[machine buzzes]

All right.
- There you go.

[machine buzzing]

♪ ♪

- I mean, this one
seems to kind of work.

- It's operator error.

- There's nothing wrong
with it.

You're just not any good at it.

- No,
there's some problems with it.

- OK.
[machine buzzes]

- Yeah.
OK, pretty cool, though.

I like it.
How much you want for them?

- Asking 24,000 for the pair.

- 24,000 for the pair?
- Yep.

- I'd really like my friend
Dani to look at them.

She knows everything there
is to know about the--

- Do you want to have Dani
make sure that it was not

operator error and have her--

- OK, you know what?

Why don't you call
Dani, get her down here.

I will inspect these machines
some more, all right?

- So go play the games, OK?
I'll call Dani.

- All right. Do you mind?
- No, go ahead.

- OK.

♪ ♪

[indistinct chatter]

♪ ♪

- Hi. I'm Steve.
- Chumlee.

How can I help you, Steve?
- Chum, pleased to meet you.

I got something that's
really kind of cool

and I think you
might appreciate.

- All right, what do you got?

- Take a look.
- All right, a pen.

- Well, it's actually just
a little bit more than a pen.

It's a butterfly knife.

- OK, do you mind
if I take a look at it?

- Yes, please.

- All right, so it just
swings open right here.

That's pretty cool.

And then--oh, there we go.

I actually remember as a young
kid going to the swap meet

and buying the butterfly knife
that had a dummy blade.

- Mm-hmm.

- And I would just be
flipping it around all day,

practicing
all this crazy stuff.

I don't want to try those
crazy tricks with this, though.

♪ ♪

- I'm here at the
pawn shop today

to sell a butterfly knife
that disguised as a pen.

I've had it for quite a while,
maybe about 30 years.

After my dad passed,

I was going through
some of his boxes

of other war memorabilia
and I found this in there,

just thinking it was a pen.

Wasn't till years later

that I started playing
with it, opening it up,

and I was like, ooh,
this is some kind of a knife.

I don't know exactly
how old it is.

Can't find any markings
or indication.

My asking price for
the butterfly knife is $100.

- This is pretty cool.

Well, you know, I've seen many
a butterfly knife in my day,

but nothing quite like this.

Butterfly knives kind of gained
a little bit of popularity

after World War II when they
brought some of these home.

They were kind of just cool,
little keepsake items.

But somewhere around the
1950s and '60s,

they got really popularized
in television

or movies and stuff like that.

And today, they're
very popular,

and this is just
a very unique one.

It's disguised as a pen,

and they did
a really good job at it.

So tell me about it.
Where did you get it?

- My father was
in the Korean War conflict

back in the day,
so after he passed away,

I was going through
some more of his boxes

and I had come across that.

- It's definitely pretty cool.

It's much thinner than
the typical butterfly knife.

- Mm.
- It's very, very light.

And do you have
a price in mind?

- I'm thinking maybe $100.
- OK.

I actually do have
a military expert

I would love to come
take a look at this.

So if you have some time, I
would love to get him down here

and see what he has
to say about it.

- Yeah, that sounds great.

- All right, give me
just a moment.

I'll call him and see how
fast he can get down here.

- Great.

[suspenseful music]

[upbeat rock music]

♪ ♪

- A guy came to the shop
with two really cool

1950s coin-operated games.

They're both
in working condition.

He would like to get
$24,000 for the pair,

which is a lot of coinage.

So I have my mechanical
game expert, Dani, coming over,

and she's going to let me know

if I should press the start
button on this deal or not.

- How's it going?
- There she is.

- Good to see you again, Rick.

Wow. Hi. I'm Dani.
- Kevin.

Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.

- We have a Genco
and a Genco Chicago Coin.

- So Genco was
an arcade company

started in the early '30s.

They produced these types
of arcade machines,

not so much the pinballs.

The "Motorama" came
out in 1957 and is

the first car-themed game
where the car moves freely

around the playfield
and doesn't operate on a track

like other car machines
of the past.

And then the "Jet Pilot" was
produced by Chicago Coin

in 1959 after the
Chicago Coin Company

took over the Genco operation.

- That one seems
to work pretty good.

I'm just really bad at it.
[laughter]

And this one right here--

- He's really bad at, too, but
he's going to blame the motor.

- I think the motor in
the car or maybe something

in there needs
a little bit of help.

- The "Motorama" looks
like it was restored

for a home collector,
as you can see

by the wear on the machine.

The "Jet Pilot" does look like
it was operated in the field

or maybe is a little bit older
of a restoration.

- How collectible
are these things?

I mean, it has to take
up a lot of real estate.

- They are big games,
obviously.

However, there was actually
three games produced

in this series that all came
in the same cabinet.

Genco put out a game
called "Space Age."

Usually in a collection,

you'll see all three
of those machines.

- OK, so what do you
think they're worth?

- The "Motorama"
is a much more popular game.

You do see these in the market.

There was one that
recently sold on auction

within the past few months.

I would value this machine
at $10,000.

The "Jet Pilot," while being
more rare of a machine,

is not as fun to play
as the "Motorama."

I would put a value on
this machine of 8,500.

- 18,500 all together?
- For the pair, yep.

- And if I buy them,
you can help me fix them up?

- I can definitely
help you fix them up, Rick.

- OK. Thanks, Dani.

You're the best.
- Thank you.

Good luck.
Nice to meet you.

- Thank you.
- All right. See you soon.

- Thank you, guys.
See you soon.

- Right that way.
Appreciate it.

- See you later.
- All right.

You might have
seen one go for 12,000

unrestored on an auction.

Auctions are a weird thing.

You never know what you're
going to get out of them.

- Oh, yeah,
they're up and down. Yep.

- Great items,
it's just a lot more work

involved in selling it.

- Yeah, makes sense.

- I'd give you 12,000.

- No, I have to pass.
- OK.

You have any more nickels?
- I do not. [laughs]

You're cut off.

- Let me go get someone
to help you, OK?

- Appreciate it.

- Ah-ha.

♪ ♪

You really should make
a deal with me on this thing.

[bell clangs]

♪ ♪

- I have a customer in the
shop with a butterfly knife

that is disguised as a pen.

The owner would
like to get $100,

but doesn't know much about it

and there are no markings
to help me determine a value.

I've asked Alex
Cranmer to come down

and take a look at it before
I sign off on a deal here.

- Hi. I'm Alex.
- Steve.

Alex, pleased to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.

- Called you in about this pen.
- Oh.

- That happens to also be...

a Chum Bond-like spy tool.

- Oh, that's cool.

Do you mind if I pick it up,
Steve?

- Oh, yeah, please do.
- All right.

- Have you ever seen
anything like this?

- I mean, I've seen
things like this,

but this is a bit different

and mostly because it
is, like, precisely built.

And it's quite sturdy
in your hand.

Like, if this was some tourist
knockoff made overseas,

it doesn't have
the same build quality.

So it's got an aluminum body
and this is a steel blade.

It's single-edged.

It is razor-sharp with, like,
a crazy stiletto tip.

This was made to do
really terrible damage.

And it's concealable

because you could easily
put this in your front pocket

and nobody would be the wiser

that you actually had
a lethal weapon on you.

I mean, I would date this
to probably the 1960s,

maybe 1970s.

The absence of
any visual markings is telling.

So we would refer to this,

from a military collector's
standpoint, as being sterile.

So why would
something be sterile?

And the answer is because
if you lost this,

you wouldn't want
someone who found it

to know where it came from.

Now, why wouldn't you want
to know where it came from?

So the idea of concealable,
small weapons

that are sterile really began,
for the Americans,

in World War II, the OSS,

the Office
of Strategic Services.

This is the
predecessor to the CIA.

So you're talking
spy games things.

And so this does become
the spy weapon that--

- I was hoping
it was a spy weapon.

- Boom.

- Is this something that

that spy-type collector
would collect?

- Yes.

So if you were to buy it
and put it in the shop,

I think you might get up
to $1,000.

- All right, Alex, as always,
it's been a pleasure.

- All right. You're welcome.
- That's great information.

Thanks, Alex.
- All right, good luck.

- You still want 100 bucks?

- Ah, based on this new light
of information,

my price has gone closer
to 1,000.

- OK.

Alex is saying that's probably
top of the market

for a retail situation

like we have here
in the pawn shop.

Would you take 400 for it?

- Um...

- How about 800?

- How about 550?

- How about 650?

- I could do 575.
That could be my max.

- 575.

Tell you what, that's a deal.

- All right, we got a deal.

You go ahead over
there to the counter,

and I'll meet you
right over there,

and I will write you up
and get you paid.

- Thank you much.
- I better take this with me.

I don't want to leave a knife
on the counter.

- No.

[upbeat rock music]

♪ ♪

- How we doing today?
- I'm good. How you doing?

- What do you have here?

- Couple "Planet of the Apes"
items.

- So where did you get these?

- These were found
at an estate sale.

- All right.

"Planet of the Apes"
is a pretty iconic franchise.

I think they're releasing
the tenth movie this year.

- Yep.

- I definitely
haven't seen them all,

but I've watched a few
of the movies.

Did you ever watch them?

- A few of them.
The reboot, I guess.

And then I don't
know what's happened

over the last few years.

[monkey chatters]

I have a "Planet of the Apes"
Dr. Zaius doll

as well as two sealed
"Planet of the Apes,"

like, a soldier
and a Peter Burke.

The two action figures
are men-on-card

and they're unpunched.

And the Dr. Zaius, it's very
rare to find the box.

I would like to get $1,375

for the three items
that I'm bringing in.

- This is definitely cool.

The basics of the first movie
was that, you know,

the apes were from a planet

and this group of astronauts
landed on the planet.

And the apes captured them
and basically

all captured humans
on this planet were slaves

working for the apes.

And obviously,
the humans got away

and all kinds of stuff
going on in the movie.

But the "Planet of the Apes"
was a solid movie.

It had a good
following right away.

But when they released
the toys, you know,

people took to
them really well.

The toys are pretty cool,
though.

These look to be kind
of older, maybe '70s-ish.

- I believe '74,
from what I saw.

These two are unpunched.

Pretty good seals,
especially this one.

And then this one was open,
obviously, in the original box.

- Yeah, you know,
a lot of times

what'll happen with
these older toys

is the little film will
come apart from here,

and it will start ripping.

You still have the box.
That's still good, you know.

People would rather have this
in a beat-up box

than just the
naked figure without a box.

♪ ♪

Now, this green back
looks pretty beat up.

But it is unpunched,
so that's also pretty cool.

It's cool that you have two
unpunched backs right here.

It's possible that
these just sat in a box

and never got hung up on a
rack or possibly just lined up

on a shelf in a store
that didn't have a rack.

How much are you looking
to get for this collection?

- 500 each on those,
and then, that one, 375.

It's kind of hard to find the
box, although it is beat-up.

- Yeah. No, the box is beat-up,
but it is a box.

So I have some questions
on condition and actual value.

- Sure.

- I don't doubt
you did your research

and know how much
these are worth,

but I want to have someone
come take a look

and just kind of
go over the condition

and see if he thinks
those conditions

match what you're asking.

- Absolutely.

- Do you have a few
minutes to hang out?

I can get someone down
to take a look at them.

- Sure.
Yeah, I'll look around.

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

[upbeat rock music]

♪ ♪

- What do we got here?

- A geisha cosmetic
traveling box.

- OK. Do you associate
with a lot of geishas?

- Not myself, no.
- OK. [laughs]

[mysterious music]

- I'm at the pawn shop
here today

to try and sell my
geisha cosmetic traveling box.

The box itself
is handcrafted with rosewood

and inlaid mother of pearl.

The hinges and all the handles
are handmade metals.

I'm looking for $1,000 for my
geisha cosmetic traveling box.

- Pretty cool.

Where did you find this?

- At an antique mall
in Arizona.

- So do you know
anything about it?

- I watched the movie
"Geisha Girl,"

and there's models of that
cosmetic box in that movie.

That sort of confirmed that it
was a geisha girl cosmetic box.

- All right.

- I thought the craftsmanship
was beautiful.

I really liked the
hidden compartments in it, too.

♪ ♪

- Oh, OK. Not super hidden,
but I like it.

I know my girlfriend,
her makeup wouldn't fit in it.

[laughter]

Do you have any idea
how old it is?

- Well, I believe
it's about 300 years old.

- So there's a few things
we can look at here

to date it, OK?

First thing is the mirror.

You can tell it's really
thick, heavy glass.

That is commercial ground glass
with a silvered back.

Late 19th century,
early 20th century.

So 1850s, the United States
sends some ships to Japan.

And by the late 1860s,

Japan more or less starts its
whole modernization process.

And tourists can go over there,
and there's a lot more trade.

And this stuff is the rage.

You know, this is definitely
not something a GI brought back

that was there in the 1950s
or something like that.

This is much earlier.

So this was most likely
sold to tourists.

You can just tell the way it's
made and everything like that.

The hardware, the glass.

♪ ♪

How much do you want for it?
- I'd like $1,000.

- OK, too much money.
- OK.

- All right.
It's kind of a tough sell.

You know what I mean?
It's just, who collects these?

Not a lot of people.

You're probably going
to absolutely hate my offer.

I'd give you 100 bucks for it.

- Could you do 250?

- I'll give you 150 bucks
for it.

- If you throw in a polo shirt,
I'll take 150.

- Uh, throw in a polo shirt?

- One of your polo shirts,
I'll take 150.

- Well, not one of mine.
Maybe one out of the gift shop.

- Yeah, that'd be fine.

- Fine.
150 bucks and a shirt.

I'll meet you right over there,
and we'll do some paperwork.

- OK, sounds good.

[upbeat rock music]

- May need to trim this up
a little bit.

♪ ♪

- A guy came into the shop

with a "Planet of the Apes"
Dr. Zaius doll

and two action figures
from the 1970s.

All of them are
in the original packaging

and in good condition.

But he wants $1,375
for all three.

There are certain
"Planet of the Apes" toys

that are collectible,
but I'm not sure which ones,

so I've asked Steve Johnston
to come over

and take a look before I
monkey around with any offers.

I have some
"Planet of the Apes" toys here.

And basically, I want to know
what you know about these

and go over the
condition of them

with me here because
these are really cool.

They're unpunched.

But this one looks
a little beat-up,

but it's still a nice box.

- Well, you know the
"Planet of the Apes" franchise

was and continues
to still be really big.

It doesn't have the fanfare as
some of those other franchises

that we might know,
when you think

of, like, "Star Wars" or some
of the stuff that came out.

During this time
when these toys

started to be produced,

they were kind of
behind the eight ball.

And what you had is
you had manufacturers

who are starting to go
to their superstars

and start to create, you know,
toys around them.

And Mego was one
of those companies

that really led the charge
for that.

- So what do you think about
the condition overall of these?

- Do you mind if I take a look?
- Yeah, absolutely.

- This one,
really nice condition.

You can see the sticker
was removed off of here.

In fact, I can look at this

and I can tell you that
this was a Toys "R" Us item.

- [chuckles]

- So this was actually sold
or purchased from Toys "R" Us.

Overall, the card is nice.

And yes,
the hanger tab is unpunched,

which is really great.

Now the Soldier Ape,
this card has gotten

some type of moisture damage
at some point.

We can see that
from the waviness of it.

The great thing is if
you're going to have a card

that's not in the better
of conditions,

you'd rather it be
the better character.

- Yeah.

- And any of the apes in
this line are very desirable.

- OK, and then the Dr. Zaius.

- Yeah, box is
in decent condition.

You got some break
and separation here.

Just to find this in the box
is pretty good.

And it does actually
affect the value

on this overall quite a bit.

- So what value would
you put on these?

- So I'll start
with the Dr. Zaius.

In this condition,
with that box,

I think that it would be
fair for you to expect

to get $300 for that item.
- OK.

This one, the Peter Burke
this one, I would say you'd

expect to get 175
for as it sits.

I think the Soldier Ape,

you would expect to get $400
for it.

So for the three,
I think 875 is a fair number.

- All right.
Well, I appreciate you, Steve.

- No problem. Good luck.
- Thank you. Appreciate it.

- All right, so I know you're
valuing them a little more,

but, you know, I do have
to take into consideration

what my guy said.

I would go about 500 on the
trio of all three of them.

What are you
thinking about that?

- May I ask if
we just did the two?

- Maybe, like, 400?

- I would do these two at 450.

- Would you go 425?

- I kind of want to stay
at 450 on this.

- All right,
since you're leaving me

with the most desirable piece,
I'll go 450 for you.

- Yeah.
- All right.

You can take Peter Burke.

I'll meet you at the counter
and we'll get you paid.

- Sounds good.

- What have we got here?

This is a nurse's hat signed
by Louise Fletcher

from the movie "One Flew Over
the Cuckoo's Nest."

And I have a certificate
of authentication.

- Nurse Ratched herself?
- Yeah.

- I mean, if you collect
stuff from villains,

this is the one to have.
[laughter]

- I'm here to sell
a Nurse Ratched's hat

signed by Louise Fletcher
from the movie

"One Flew Over the
Cuckoo's Nest."

It was an iconic movie,

and everybody understands
and knows Nurse Ratched.

After I got it autographed,

I went and got it
authenticated

because I knew
with the authentication

it would be easier to sell.

I'm asking $125 for my
signed Nurse Ratched hat.

If I'm able to get $125 for it,

I'm going to buy my
granddaughter Olivia

something here in Vegas.

- Really cool.

I mean, "One Flew over the
Cuckoo's Nest," you know,

I don't think anyone expected
it to be such an amazing movie

and do so well.

She actually won an Oscar
for this movie.

I mean, she
was absolutely scary.

Where did you get it?

- I was at a convention
and she was present

and she signed it.

- Yeah, so we got
Louise Fletcher, Nurse Ratched.

And this is a nurse's hat.

And I'm assuming it goes
together, something like--

bam.

I'm old enough to remember when
nurses wore hats like this.

[laughter]

♪ ♪

- It's a good look.
[chuckles]

- I think nurses
should bring these back.

I think they're kind
of cool-looking.

I like it.
How much you want for it?

- $125.

- Um, you know what?

That's probably what
she charges for it, OK?

So I'd give you 75 bucks
for it.

I can't pay you retail.

Cool movie, iconic movie.

If you're a movie guy
and you collect movie stuff,

this is the thing to have.

But remember,
I got to frame it up

and I got to do a
bunch of other stuff.

75 bucks.

- 100 bucks, you got a deal.

- 75 bucks.

- 85, you got a deal.

- 75 bucks and you don't
have to take the pills.

- It's an iconic movie.
She's an award-winner.

85 bucks.
It fit like a glove.

- 85 bucks.
We got a deal.

All right, sweet.
- All right.

- All right, I will meet you

right over there
and get you paid.

- OK, thanks.

- Literally one of the scariest
people in movies ever.

Creepy.

♪ ♪

- What have we got here?

- I have a very special guitar.

- All right,
let's put it on this.

- It's a Ribbecke Monterey.
- OK.

I know in, like,
the early 1970s,

he built his first guitar
in his dorm room.

I don't know how college
really worked out for him

because he moved
to San Francisco

and opened up his
first guitar shop.

And the rest is
kind of history.

- I am here to sell
my Ribbecke Monterey

premium-grade jazz guitar.

This guitar has a number
of special features,

including quilted maple back
and sides,

ebony fretboard, tailpiece,
and bridge,

and mother of pearl inlays.

This guitar is special
because it is a one-off,

so there's no two guitars
exactly the same.

I had open heart surgery
a little less than a year ago.

I'm looking to make enough to
have a little bit of a profit

and then also
to cover my medical costs.

- Definitely really cool.

I mean, he's kind of like
almost this mythical guy.

I mean, did he play in
any famous rock bands?

Did he ever work for Fender or
Gibson or anything like that?

- Not that I'm aware of.

- Kind of a hard market
to get into and be one

of the best in the world at.

He's done so well
in this business,

and he's such a good luthier.

You just kind of have to know
somebody to know somebody

to get a hold of him, right?
- Pretty much.

You know, one-off customs

basically for every single one
he does.

The archtop guitars are what
he's kind of really known for.

And when someone pulls
one of these things out,

that guy's probably been
working in the music industry

for a very, very long time
and has probably made a very,

very large amount of money
doing it.

- What do you do for a living?

How do you acquire
something like this?

- I'm a retired teacher.

I do a little buying
and selling of guitars.

I found this at the estate sale
of the original owner.

- Do you have any idea what
they would cost new?

- Last time I checked,
it was about 30 grand.

- And what's the waiting list
like to get one of these?

- It was about two years.

- It's a beautiful guitar.

I have never seen one
of these in my life.

So what are you looking
to get out of it?

- I'm looking for $15,000.

- I got 20 years
in this business,

and I'm just pulling
out little things

I've heard over the past
20 years about this thing.

It could be worth 20,000.
It could be worth 50,000.

It could be worth 5,000.
I have no idea.

My buddy Mike,
he's here in town.

He's my guitar guy.

Could I have him
take a look at it?

He'll really help me out.

- I would love to have Mike
come and look at it.

- Well, hang out for a minute,

and I'm going to go grab him,
OK?

- Sounds good.

- Sounds good.

- There's a guy in the shop

with a 1999
Ribbecke Monterey jazz guitar

that he's looking
to get $15,000 for.

This thing looks incredible,

but I've never
seen a Ribbecke before,

so I called our guitar expert,
Mike Ball,

to come down and let me know
if this is a good deal

to get jazzed about or not.

Saved by the bell, man.
Help me out here, Mike.

- [chuckling] Hey, Corey.

- Thank you very much
for coming down.

- What's going on, man?

That's one hell of a guitar
you got here.

- Thank you.
- It's a Ribbecke archtop 1999.

- You can't really
broach the conversation

of archtop luthiery without
talking about Tom Ribbecke.

Consummate innovator,
50 years in the game.

You go back to the
very first splash

that he made in the 1970s
with his Sound Bubble guitar,

I mean,
nothing looks like this.

It's a flat-top acoustic guitar

that looks like it just won
a hot dog eating contest.

And that would lead him
to make his Halfling guitar,

which is really
the big Ribbecke guitar

that you hear about.

If you're talking
about Ribbecke,

you're talking
about the Halfling.

Not only has he made
incredible guitars,

but he's brought up
another generation

of luthiers under him.

May I pick it up?
- Please.

- Let's take a look here.

Beautiful hand-carved,
quilted maple back and sides,

some nice birdseye
in the neck,

ebony appointments
as per usual for Ribbecke,

and graduated,
hand-carved spruce top.

Beautiful example
you have here.

- Thank you.

- So, Corey, what questions or
concerns do you have for me?

- I mean, it's such a rare
guitar that every one of them

is basically a one-off guitar.

I have no idea
how to price this thing.

- They're highly collectible,

but they also only speak to a
fairly narrow range of players.

You're talking
professional jazz players

who are seeking
a very refined sound.

They're going to
go for Ribbecke.

- So what do you think
it could be worth?

- There are Montereys
on the market

that have roughly
this feature set

and around $12,000 would
be a comfortable median

for what these go for used.

- I appreciate you coming down.

I'll let you know
what happens with it.

- Yeah, absolutely.
Anytime.

- Mike, very nice to meet you.
- Pleasure.

- OK, so I know
you want 15,000.

I'm being told 12,000 is
what I could sell it for.

I can't give you 12,000.
I've got to pay the bills here.

- I understand.

- I'm feeling 8,000 because
as cool as it is,

it's going to take me
a minute to sell it.

- I could do 11,000.

- I can offer you 10,000.

- 10,500.
Yeah.

- [sighs]

Fine, man.
You got a deal.

All right, I'll do 10,500.
- Let's it.

- Let's do it.
- Thank you.

- Go ahead and pack it up.
I'll meet you over there.

We got some paperwork
we got to do.

- Very good.

♪ ♪

- How's it going, guys?

- Pretty good.
How are you doing?

- Good.

- Let's go ahead
and throw it up on here.

- Let's do that.
- So what do you got here?

- So I have a signed photo
of Rin Tin Tin,

and I think Lee Duncan's
signature, his owner.

- OK.

Rin Tin Tin was one of the
biggest stars in silent movies.

Rin Tin Tin would sign stuff.

- Paw print's right there.

- It's not--a paw print
is not a signature.

- Tell Pinky that.

- [chuckles]

- I'm here to sell
my signed photograph

of Rin Tin Tin and Lee Duncan.

The photo has been
in our family for 80 years

and was handed down to me
by my father.

The photo is in
unbelievable condition.

We've taken
fantastic care of it.

My uncle even handmade
a frame for it.

I'm asking 7,500 for my
signed photo of Rin Tin Tin.

- This is pretty cool.

Rin Tin Tin's first movie,
blockbuster success.

So then they immediately
want Rin Tin Tin

you know,
to do a bunch more movies.

He was so popular,

thousands and thousands
of people were writing in

for Rin Tin Tin's autograph.
- Yeah.

- So Lee Duncan
would personally

write out all this stuff
on photos of Rin Tin Tin

and put his paw print on it.

- It's unbelievable.

I mean, I think it was, like,
a million letters a year

that he received.

- So how did you get this?

- So my great-grandfather
was friends

with a bartender in Boston

in a very famous bar
that's still around.

And he would ask
every famous actor that came in

to give him a signed photo
to hang behind the bar.

- So you're telling me
Rin Tin Tin was a drinker?

- He was.
You never know.

- That's your
kind of dog, Rick.

- [laughs]

- OK, it's pretty cool.

And is this signed
to your grandfather?

- It's signed to
the original bartender.

both: OK.

- So how much you want for it?

- I was going to hopefully
get about 7,500.

- Where did you come up
with that number?

- It was sort of
a random number.

We were just doing research
on Rin Tin Tin artifacts,

and they're hard to find.

- Yeah.
Super popular back in the day.

Not that many people in
the world left know who he is.

I mean, I'm sure when
you originally got this,

you had no idea who he was,
did you?

- My father had always
told me the stories,

but I'm sure without that, no.
- OK.

Yeah, I mean,
I'd give you 200 bucks for it.

It's very, very obscure.

Quite frankly, there's not that
many collectors for it left.

- I think we're
a little too far apart.

- OK. All right, well,
thanks for bringing it in.

- I appreciate your time, guys.

Thank you.
- Thank you.

[upbeat rock music]

♪ ♪

- Hey, I got something
really cool for you.

- I'm assuming
they're Shania Twain boots

because that's
the living legend right there.

- Yes.

- How would the world
did you get these?

- It was a know somebody
that knows somebody

that got us
some amazing seats

and got invited to a private
charity event afterwards.

So she signed them
right there on the stage.

- I know that
it's impossible to get tickets,

but I think I can
pull some strings

and get some because
I know somebody

who knows somebody
who knows somebody.

And I'm known for that.
[laughter]

[cash register rings]

- I'm here at the
pawn shop today

hoping to sell my Shania Twain
stage-worn concert boots.

Shania wore these boots
in 2012

and I actually got to
see her wear those boots.

And then a year later,
I went to a charity event

where I got to buy the boots.

My asking price for the boots

is not nearly what
I paid for them,

but I'm asking 1,500 for them.

- Pretty cool.

Shania Twain is
the biggest-selling

female country artist ever.

I think she had one album
sold over, like,

40 million copies
or something like that.

Won a Grammy, nominated
for multiple Grammys.

Sort of faded out for a while,
comes to Vegas,

the comeback tour,

and Vegas is where you start
every comeback tour.

- It was an amazing concert.

I think I did four or five
of them with my wife.

It was an amazing moment
for me.

- Those are little.
- They're size 5.

She looks bigger on camera,
but she's very tiny.

- So whose bed
they've been under?

- So they--
my wife's worn them.

They've been under our bed
for a while.

It's really weird that they
have holes drilled in them.

- There's a story behind that.

- OK, what's the story behind
the holes in the boots?

- So when she used to fly in
on the motorcycle,

they had tassels that would
be tied through the boots.

- They did not include
the tassels, though?

- No tassels.

- All right.

I don't even really need
to call on anybody

to, like, verify it.

I mean, you've got
the pictures right here.

We have
Shania Twain signing them

and you and Shania Twain
with the boots.

- Absolutely amazing moment.

- Now, the big question.
How much you want for 'em?

- Well, I paid a lot more than
you will ever pay for them,

but I'm asking 1,500 for them.
- OK.

You bought them
at a charity auction,

so it's not about the price
at the charity event.

It's about
giving to a good cause.

- Yes.
- OK?

And that's why the prices
at charity auctions

mean nothing in
the real world, OK?

- Yeah, I'm with you.
[chuckles]

- OK?
I would give you 500 bucks.

- I still would like,
like, 650 for them.

- 500 bucks, and
I'm being generous at that.

- I got it.
- That's what I can do.

- OK, I'll take it.

- All right, sweet.
We've got a deal.

- Thank you very much.
Appreciate it.

- All right.
- Thank you very much.

- I'll get you right over there
and I'll get you paid.

- All right.
Thank you very much.

- All right. OK.
- Thank you.

♪ ♪

- Hello.
- Hello.

I brought you in
some Papua New Guinea

unusual breastplates
to look at.

- OK.
You don't see this very often.

This is obviously a necklace.
- That is.

- OK. All right, so maybe this
is, like, a headdress, or?

- I was thinking it was
a tighter necklace,

but it could be a headdress.

It could even be worn,
probably, as a front skirt.

- It could be a front skirt.

I was leaning maybe towards
headdress just because,

you know, I don't think you'd
want these up in your throat.

- No, not too high.

- No, possibly down here,

if you didn't have quite
the tummy that I had.

- [chuckles]

I'm here to sell my two
Papua New Guinea breastplates.

I collect
unusual jewelry pieces,

and being I can't wear
too much of it,

I usually try to decorate
my house with it.

I'm willing to part with
these because I just downsized

from a much larger townhouse
into a smaller condo,

and I'm losing
all my wall space.

For the two breast plates,
I would like to get $250 each.

- This is interesting.

What can you tell me
about this stuff?

- Well, I actually
picked them up at a yard sale

here in Las Vegas
about eight years ago.

The only thing
that was told to me

is that the tusks
are pig tusks.

There are some unusual shells,
cowrie shells, I understand,

some parrot feathers.

I'm not quite sure what
the long, fluffy feathers are.

They're old,
but I don't know how old.

- Papua New Guinea's
been inhabited for, I think,

you know,
something like 50,000 years.

And they still live
relatively off the land.

You know, they still would
make stuff like this up into,

you know, modern times.

- Mm-hmm.
- Maybe even still today.

And it's a small island

and there's a bunch of
different languages on there.

So these people would
settle in different tribes

and they all make really cool
tools and, you know, jewelry.

These kinda look like
ceremonial-type pieces to me.

- That's a good possibility
they were.

- Do you have a price in mind?
- I was thinking of 250 each.

- I mean, that seems
pretty fair to me.

But I do have some questions.

I would like to have
someone come down

and take a look at these,
if you don't mind.

- I don't mind at all.

I'd love to have
more information.

- Perfect.
All right, give me a moment.

I'm going to call down
a guy named Bob Dodge.

I've had him come down for
Papua New Guinea stuff before.

I think he'll be able to
help share some information

on these pieces with us.

- Oh, I'm anxious to hear him.

- Well, let me
get him down here

and see what he has to say.

- That sounds great.

- A woman came into the shop
with what she believes

to be a headdress
and a breastplate

from a tribe
in Papua New Guinea.

I do think they're authentic,
but I'd like more information,

so I'm having Bob Dodge
come over.

♪ ♪

Hey, Bob.
- Chum, how are you?

- Pretty good.
How are you doing?

- Hi. Bob.
- Hi, Bob. I'm Day.

- Good to meet you.

- So Day has these
two pieces here,

which she believes are
from PNG.

- May I?
- Do you mind, Day?

- No, please, please.

- So definitely
Papua New Guinea.

Two very distinct pieces,
both from the lowlands.

So Papua New Guinea is perhaps

the most remote area
of the world.

There are 700 different tribes.
- Wow.

- On any given day,

one tribe will want to kill
their next-door neighbor

and the next day,

they may want to trade
with their next-door neighbor.

So these are
from the Abelam people.

This is called a karahut.

If you're getting ready
to fight your neighbor,

it would be worn

in the mouth like this.
- Oh.

- And this represents the life,

the tusks representing hanging
your enemy off of the tusk.

And then it could be worn
as a necklace

when you're in
a more peaceful frame of mind.

This guy is a headdress.
- Oh, OK.

- It would be worn
in the front.

So boar tusks, cowrie shell,
cassowary feathers.

- Oh, cassowary.

- This is a bird
the size of an ostrich

that will kill you in a
heartbeat, just a mean bird.

- So you think
they're authentic?

- They are authentic-ish.

I mean, the height of PNG art
was pre-1960.

That's when everything
was tribally used.

After that,
the natives discovered

they could start
selling artifacts.

So this is kind of in that
time period, 1960 to 1975.

You can see that
this has been worn,

so there's nice sweat
from being danced,

but maybe worn once or twice

and then sold to a missionary
or a tourist.

The headdress shows
much less wear.

You can see the string has
probably never been tied.

You don't see signs
of excessive sweat,

so more likely made
for selling.

- OK. What kind of value
do these pieces have?

- I would price this one
at 600 bucks.

- Wow.

- And for the headdress,
I'd put 400 bucks on that one.

- Oh, OK.

- So about 1,000 bucks' worth
of value here.

- About 1,000 bucks.

- All right, well,
appreciate you, Bob.

Thanks for coming out.
- Thank you.

- [chuckles] Thank you, Bob.
- Good luck.

- Nice meeting you.
- You bet.

- Thank you.

- Would you still be willing

to take the 500
you're asking for?

- I think that's fair.
Yes, I would.

- All right, we got a deal.
- That's great.

- So you can leave these here.

Come follow me
and I'll get you paid.

- OK.

[upbeat rock music]

♪ ♪

- Steve Grad comes
into the pawn shop every

once in a while to authenticate
autographs for customers.

I have some very
special signatures

that I have for him to look at
and authenticate for me today.

- Thank you.
- Sure.

♪ ♪

- Steve.
- How are you?

- I'm good.
Say hi, Pinky.

- Hi, Pinky.
Good to see you.

- So I need your services.

- Oh, God.

- I need to get Pinky's
autographs authenticated.

That way, people
know it's her paw print.

- I--I don't really
authenticate paw prints.

You can't.
- You're good.

I know you can do it.

Look, I have her paw
right here.

You can verify it
with your ProScope.

- Yeah, being good
and everything is one thing,

but, like, you can't really--

- All right, what are
you guys arguing about?

- Well--

- Steve is refusing to
authenticate Pinky's autograph.

[dramatic music]

I need to get Pinky's
paw print authenticated

so I can sell these things.

- To be fair, he wouldn't
authenticate the Rin Tin Tin

autograph either because
it's not actually an autograph.

It's a paw print.
- Which is her autograph.

- Did Rin Tin Tin know
Rin Tin Tin was doing this?

- Yeah.
Pinky knows she's doing it.

- I get it.
- Yeah.

- We understand
how much you love Pinky.

But I think you're going
to have to have

just a certificate
of authenticity

not from an autograph person,
but maybe from you.

- I don't think
Pinky is leaving

until she gets
the authentication.

- I think I got to
get back to work.

I'm sorry, Chum.

This isn't going
to work for anybody.

- Um, Chum,
there's people in line.

- I was going to give you
one of these pictures,

but I don't think so anymore,
Steve.

- Next.

[upbeat rock music]

- Are you shooing me?

- See you, Chum.
Thanks, Rick.

- I've got to get back
to work. [laughs]