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There he is. How are you? DJ Ashbaugh. This right here is the holy grail.

There's only one of these made in the world.

I really wanted to be a rock star at one point, but I didn't have the hair.

Let's see how this looks, Big Hoss. You look like Thor.

Fleetwood Mac and Elton John, huh? Yes, sir.

These look like... Original copies have been around the block.

I got a football helmet signed by 28 Heisman Trophy winners. Earl Campbell.

Flutie? He's in there. Are all the signatures legit?

Um... The souvenir Japanese jackets are very popular and collectible.

The Torrey Gate, the Dragon, the Great Tiger inside.

I think that would be an easy $1 ,200.

Wow, that's a little more than I was expecting. I'm looking to sell my Booker

Key wrestling boots.

Five -time, five -time, five -time champion.

Here we go. Tie up.

Bang. See that? See that wrist lock right there? All right.

What do

we

got here?

We have a guitar.

Obviously.

Yeah, it is a DJ Asper guitar.

Owned by DJ Asper?

I think so. I mean, it's got his name over here. I hope so. You know what?

a rock star.

Yeah. Which I really wanted to be a rock star at one point, but I didn't have

the hair.

Okay, you can borrow some of mine.

So do you know anything about the history of it or anything like that?

I don't. I'm a GNR fan, but that's about it. People have been giving me items

because we're trying to raise money for the children's hospital here in Vegas.

Okay, I get it.

And no paperwork, no backstory, nothing?

Nothing, but like I said, I'm hoping we can get a lot of money for it.

Okay, well, I can tell you right away, this is something from Gibson's custom

shop.

This is not how they normally build a Les Paul. So, I mean, it's a custom. The

paint scheme is definitely different.

There's usually like four knobs. You have more switches.

It's just everything's laid out different than a normal Les Paul.

I mean, it's in great shape. It's obviously been played.

And you think it might have been his?

It could be. I mean, I'm hoping that's why it has his name on it.

How much do you want for it?

At least $5 ,000.

If this is really his, it could be worth something.

Okay, great.

And I know a guy who will know all those.

Amazing. Give me five minutes. I'll go give him a call. All right. Sounds

Thank you.

You know, if you're going to charge me for the food I order at your restaurant,

you can at least order your own food.

Well, this is the shareable meal. People never eat nachos by themselves.

What's up, guys?

What's up, buddy? You look comfortable.

I'm wearing pants.

Jeez.

It's like sweatpants.

No one wants to be wearing jeans when they're driving to L .A. I'm going to

Formosa Cafe to check out some Hollywood memorabilia. It's like a Hollywood

iconic bar.

It's legendary.

Elvis had his own booth there.

Clint Eastwood had his own booth there.

Super, super cool.

Okay, well, if you got some cool stuff, bring it back.

Okay? Just don't turn it into a vacation.

I'm not. I'll be back in two days.

You'll be back tomorrow. You don't need an extra day in L .A. I'm not meeting

the guy until, like, about 2 o 'clock.

You can leave now, spend the night, and be back tomorrow night.

All right.

Um, I'm out of here. Do you mind if I take the rest of these? I'm really

Go for it, Sean. Go for it. Thank you.

Do you want to get some more nachos?

No. Why not? I already made that trip once.

Fine, I'll go over there myself.

Grab me some nachos, dude.

Sure.

There's a woman in the shop with a Les Paul guitar that she claims was used and

owned by DJ Ashbaugh. She's asking for $5 ,000, but I need more information

before I can make an offer. So I called in the man who will know.

There he is. How are you? Brother, how's it going?

Been great. How have you been? Hi, how are you? Hi, nice to meet you. I'm DJ.

Nice to meet you. So if anybody's going to know about the guitar, it's this guy.

What do you guys have?

I am so excited to see which guitar it could be, and I'm praying to God it's

one I'm hoping, because I lost one years ago that meant the world to me.

Hopefully it's it.

Do you recognize this? Was this like a limited edition or?

I could recognize this guitar a mile away. This right here is the Holy Grail.

Amazing.

There's only one of these made in the world.

It's crazy, Rick. This thing went missing years ago, and I always wondered

happened to it. This was the prototype, and then once we locked in on this

design, Gibson only made 100 of them. I actually played it on some of the

records. on 6 a .m. and a lot with Guns N' Roses. This is really cool.

The weird thing when I joined Guns N' Roses is playing a Les Paul.

Obviously, it's the right guitar for the sound of the band.

But I could never get used to the two -volume knobs, so I had them take one

So there's only one volume, two tones, and I put a kill switch in here and

the three -way down here because it just felt more comfortable to me. Okay.

That's awesome. This is the real deal.

And it's funny because they put my name on it, but it's upside down. They

printed it upside down, which is kind of funny.

Okay. Do you want it back?

It's a really special guitar.

I would love to have it back.

If I can get it off her for a decent price, you can just pay me whatever. I

would love that.

You got everything going here. So, I mean, your guitars go for, like, $20

$30 ,000? Yeah, yeah.

Sounds like a good number, right? Yeah.

Okay. I wouldn't sell it for anything less.

Thanks, man.

You're amazing.

Thank you. I love that. Thank you so much. Great to meet you. Great to meet

too.

So I think I got a perfect solution for this. I'll give you $20 ,000.

The kids at the hospital get the money.

And I'll end up making a deal with him. I won't make no money off him. And

everybody's happy.

You got yourself a deal. That sounds great.

Sweet.

I recently got a tip about some of the items discovered at the Formosa Cafe

coming up for sale.

This restaurant has been a Hollywood staple since the 1940s and has been

frequented by many celebrities.

So I took the opportunity to make the trip to L .A. to see what they have.

You must be Chum Lee.

Bobby? Yes, good to meet you. My pleasure. How are you doing? Yeah,

Thanks for coming by.

Hey, thank you. I mean, right off the bat, you guys have amazing drinks.

We do.

Glad you enjoy it. What can you tell me about this place?

It's kind of a Hollywood museum.

It opened in 1939 as La Formosa.

All the celebrities would spend time here, including the directors, and a lot

deals were made here, especially in the golden era of the 30s, 40s, and 50s.

Marilyn Monroe had her own booth. Elvis had his own booth.

James Dean, John Wayne.

Yeah, I bet there's a lot of cool stories in here.

Yeah, we could go on for days.

We did a full restoration on it.

During the restoration, there was too much stuff that had been in storage,

is why I called you.

Well, let's go see what you got here for me to look at. Okay, let's do it.

This is what we have here?

Yeah, here's some of the stuff that I pulled out.

So what is this Aloha shirt here?

This is neat. And like I said, you know, didn't know where each one of these

pieces came from, right? For all we know, this could have been worn by Don

Vintage Hawaiian shirts are cool and they're collectible because, especially

now... People want, like, the original stuff, you know? A lot of people don't

want to go to the store and buy the regular Aloha shirt to wear. And I see

souvenir jackets over here. These are really cool.

American soldiers stationed in the Pacific after World War II would have

these. It was kind of a souvenir, hence the term souvenir jacket.

And they would wear them, but they would also bring them back to America and

give them out as gifts, and people loved them.

What prices are you asking for for everything?

I mean, I did a little research.

You know, I think this jumpsuit would probably be around $1 ,500.

The Aloha shirt, since we didn't know what famous actor wore it, you know,

$250. I have heard that the souvenir Japanese jackets are very popular and

collectible. You know, maybe $2 ,200 for the pair.

I don't think your prices are far off on some of them, but I don't really know

to be exactly sure.

I'd like to have someone come down, take a look at this stuff, and make sure

it's authentic vintage stuff. Give me a few minutes, and I'll get them down

here. Okay, great.

I'm in Los Angeles at the iconic Formosa Cafe.

The owner has many vintage items that have been in the restaurant for years,

he's selling some of the items. And he's asking top dollar.

I'm having our vintage expert, Bob Chapp, meet me down here to tell me what

of these things are worth. And hopefully, I'll be able to scoop up some

classic collection.

Well, John, where do you want to start?

Let's start with the jackets right there by you.

What you've got, a couple of really nice 1950s reversible Japan jackets called

Tsukajins is one of the names they call them. This is a total classic, early to

mid -50s, having a torii gate and a dragon.

And then this is a tiger inside.

You don't see that on a Japan jacket very often.

I mean, these are great jackets.

Okay, and then we got this Aloha shirt here.

What do you think of that? I thought it was pretty cool.

That is a great shirt.

All these images, this is out of the 1966 movie Endless Summer.

So the most iconic surf film ever.

And when they did these pop art type Hawaiian shirts, it was not unusual to

Endless Summer images.

It looks like they put a cool effect on the images.

Exactly. And then this is pretty cool, too.

Oh, great early coverall.

No. And it's stronghold. I thought that was really cool, right?

You know, nine times out of ten, the tag is worn out. You can't read it, and I

don't think you can ask for anything better.

All right, well, let's get a value on everything.

Let's start with the jackets. What could we value those at individually?

You know, the one on your right here with the torii gate, the dragon, the

tiger inside, I think that would be an easy $1 ,200 today. This one, you know,

I'd say $800 on this one.

What about the Aloha shirt here?

God, that one's great.

It's got so many things going for it. It's got the pop culture. It's got the

endless summer.

That shirt should be $350.

And then the coverall here.

The fact that the tag is so legible. The fact that it's in such amazing

condition. I think realistically, $2 ,200.

Okay, wow. That's a little more than I was expecting. That's a lot. That's even

more than I thought.

All right, well, I appreciate everything.

Thanks for letting me come see this stuff. Good to see you again. It's great

seeing it. Yeah. Thank you. Thanks.

All right, well, I think Bob had some great things to say about all this

and that's good news for both of us. I really like this shirt here. He said

$350. Would you take $125 for it?

Let's do two.

Honestly, it's the coolest Aloha shirt I've ever seen, so for $200, I will

definitely buy it. I think that should be a fairly easy sell.

Yeah, that's a good one. The jacket.

I want the one on the left. It's just a little bit cooler.

Would you take $450 for that?

Uh, no, no. You found it in your lost and found. I know. If I don't sell it

what it's really worth, it can stay here. It can live here forever. I'll

you what.

I'll buy it for $575.

How about like $750 at least?

I really want it.

I met you in the middle on the shirt. Could you meet me at $700 on the jacket?

Okay, yeah, $700 works.

Okay, cool. I feel good about that.

This is really cool. If I'm going to buy it, though, I'm going to have to be

around $1 ,000 because as cool as it is, still $2 ,200 is an expensive price

tag. Since I'm a car guy, I'd rather hold out for more or keep it for myself.

Okay, fair enough.

I will take the shirt for $200, the jacket for $700 for a total of $900.

sounds good. You got some good for most of history.

Hey, how's it going?

All right.

What do we have here?

I got a football helmet signed by 28 Heisman Trophy winners. We got O .G.

Simpson on there. Earl Campbell. Doug Flutie. He's in there.

I feel like I need to wear one of these things every once in a while. I have an

employee. His name's Chumley. He's a walking hurricane.

When I'm around him, I just feel in danger.

All right, so you got to see away from Steiner Sports memorabilia. I don't

they're in business anymore.

There's a limited edition of 500, so obviously Steiner Sports lined up 500

helmets and eventually got them all to sign them, which is really cool. I mean,

it's the Heisman Trophy.

So the Heisman Memorial Trophy is for the most outstanding player in college

football. It's given out right before the bowl games. It's a big deal. You

what the original name of the Heisman Trophy was?

No idea.

The trophy started out as the Downtown Athletic Club Trophy. It was an athletic

club in New York. I think it started in 1935. A year after they came out with

the trophy, the director of the Downtown Athletic Club passed away. His last

name was Heisman. So they renamed the trophy the Heisman Trophy.

So how much do you want for this thing?

I'm trying to get $800.

Okay.

Sounds like it's probably a decent number. Not only is it college football,

also NFL.

I mean, you got both of them there. There's a ton of people that wouldn't

to collect this thing. My problem is...

I don't like your COA. That company's out of business.

Let me get my buddy down here.

He'll take a look, make sure the signatures are good, and help me figure

price because I have no idea what it's worth.

For sure.

Before I buy anything that's signed, I've got to run it by my buddy Steve

If it checks out, I really want it for the shop.

Otherwise, I'm just going to have to make a pass.

Got something here for you? Nice.

Supposedly 28 Heisman Trophy winners.

Signatures everywhere.

When I think of Heisman winners, there's so many great ones, like Paul Hornick,

Marcus Allen, Desmond Howard. He ended up doing the Heisman pose right before

the end of the season in a game, and you still see it in the highlight reels all

the time. And he ended up winning the Heisman that year.

He's got a cert here, but it's from Steiner, which is out of business,

Yeah, they're no longer around anymore. They used to do signings and stuff like

that, but they kind of went out of business years ago. So the thing is, are

the signatures legit? Well, let's take a look at them.

One of the most prominent running backs of all time is Barry Sanders.

Nice signature.

See that same S in there? It almost is identical to that. Jay Berwanger is the

first Heisman winner. And Jay's a little older here, but really nice signature.

For many years, a great Raiders quarterback, Jim Plunkett. Same way

these Ts.

So all the signatures are legit?

Yeah, absolutely.

So what do you think it's worth?

Quite honestly, you're seeing some fading. If you take a look here, Rick,

could kind of see it for yourself.

It looks like there's been some maybe direct sunlight on it for a couple years

here and there, and I would estimate this was probably done about 15 years

I would put the value of this, Rick, right about $2 ,500.

That's wonderful.

Yeah, you've got a lot of upside here. Great helmet.

Okay. All right.

Cool, man. I appreciate it. Get that one, Rick.

So, you want $800?

I'm thinking $1 ,800.

I guess it was my bad by calling it Steve.

I could go $1 ,800.

It's one of those things, I don't know how long it's going to sit on the shelf,

but I'm thinking more like $1 ,200.

$1 ,600?

I've got to make a living here.

It's going to sit for a while.

I'll tell you what, I'll do $1 ,400.

$1 ,500. I'll do $1 ,500.

I really like $1 ,400 better.

How about $1 ,480?

I'll do $1 ,450. That's the best I'm going to do.

All right, let's do it.

How many drinks did you make, Jake?

Like 10, 15.

Well, here, let's get you in the spirit. Put a lei on your neck.

There you go. Now you're looking good.

All right, just make sure we get these out to the customers.

Got to get in the vibes.

Hello.

Would you like a lei and a drink?

Help yourself.

Oh, that's a good one.

What is going on?

You like the music?

Come on over here. Come out. Enjoy the party.

Why is there a party in the pawn shop? It's impossible to explain it to you

unless you have a lei on your neck.

Corey?

Jay, give your father a drink.

They're drinking in the pawn shop.

Mocktails, mocktails.

Just have it. There's no alcohol. Here, Corey, take a lei.

And what is the purpose of all this?

When I was in L .A., I got inspired by the Formosa Cafe.

This place is just Hollywood classic. I mean...

All the big stars have been there. Elvis Presley had a booth there. I mean, big

-time celebrities have been there. And I met a guy down there and bought some

items. This jacket's one of them. And I also bought this really cool Aloha

shirt. This isn't it. It was too small for me, so I couldn't wear it.

But you're not explaining why we're having mocktails.

I thought, why not bring some fun back to Las Vegas and have a little Aloha

Fridays? The customers are loving it, Rick, and it's boosting the morale

the shop with all the employees.

Customers come in, they spend money, they hear the music, they have a

Are they spending more money?

I mean, there's being money spent, and I think it's a little bit more than

normal because, you know.

Am I taking crazy pills?

You know what?

If this is increasing sales, come up with an event for Tuesdays, too.

We don't have Hawaiian shirt Friday. Turn the volume up, dude.

This is going to change, man.

Cheers, Big Hawk.

I know you're having fun.

Dude, you make an awesome drink.

Hey, how's it going? Good.

So what do we have here?

I got these two items here, a Thor hammer and a helmet.

Well, clearly it's a replica because it didn't shatter my glass.

Wow, this is cool, Big Hoss.

Thor was first introduced in the Marvel comics in 1962, and then in 1963, he was

one of the founding members of the Avengers, which today, the Avengers is

biggest movie franchise in superhero history and possibly one of the biggest

movie franchises ever in history, period.

Let me take a look here.

Let me see. Let's see how this looks, Big Hoss. You look like Thor.

No, get this off me. Hold on, pick the hammer up.

There it is.

Dude, I know what your next Halloween costume is. No, no, no.

I see you have some boxes over there that say EFX on them. Yes.

Lift that up, Big Hoss, and see if it says EFX on the bottom.

Yeah, it does.

Okay, so that's really cool.

EFX is a company that is known for making...

replica movie props and things like that. So these would have been molded

the original props used in the movie. So that's also why they look so good. And

most of this stuff sells out instantly or very shortly after it's released

because the collectible market for this stuff is huge.

What are you looking to do with them? Possibly selling them. And how much are

you looking to get? Probably around $8 ,000.

$8 ,000?

Listen, that sounds way, way high.

But I do think you have some value here.

Since you started so high, I'm going to start so low. How about $700 ,000?

That's pretty low.

Give me a number we can both work with here.

$6 ,000.

$1 ,500.

$4 ,000.

Most I can do, absolute most, $2 ,000, and that's a firm, fair offer.

All right.

$2 ,000? I'll go $2 ,000.

All right, let's go right at it.

If I lose money on this, this is going right upside his head.

Hey, how's it going? Hey, pretty good. I've got a couple of autographed albums

here. They're real special to me.

Fleetwood Mac and Elton John, huh? Yes, sir.

I was in the radio business for around 25 years, and the artists were gracious

enough to sign them for me. Oh, you're in radio, huh? Yeah.

You definitely got a voice for it. Thank you.

If we're able to make a sale today, I will definitely be donating 100 % of the

proceeds to the charities that the artists represent. I don't want to

personally from their generosity.

This is pretty cool.

Both autographed and signed to John.

I'm assuming you're John. I'm John. Okay. All right. So they're all to John.

who all signed to Fleetwood Mac? We got Stevie Nicks for sure.

Mick Fleetwood and Christian McVie. But you missed out on Lindsey Buckingham.

Yeah. Yep.

I guess you can't win them all.

This by far is like their most successful album.

God, it was like a number one album for 31 weeks or something like that. I mean,

that has to be up there. I know it got a Grammy for best album.

Yeah, they were a little tongue -in -cheek with the name Rumors. I mean,

was all kinds of rumors going on about what was going on inside the band.

I know there was an affair somewhere inside of the band, something like that,

they called the album Rumors.

It'd be hard to find anybody that doesn't like Fleetwood Mac on some

And then you've got, you know, Sir Elton John here. This was obviously before he

was knighted, I guess, right? Yeah, I guess so.

I mean, the guy's just always been phenomenal before. He's always done

really well.

He was famous before this one came out, Yellow Big Road, but this one kind of

catapulted him, selling 30 million copies.

You know, he's still going today. I mean, it's pretty impressive when you

think about it.

So, I mean, you came in here because you're looking to sell them, right?

Right.

So what are you looking to get for them? I was thinking 200 each would be a fair

price. I'm no expert. I don't know what autographs go for, but I just picked

that number.

Okay, so I'll tell you what. You seem like a pretty trustworthy guy. Do you

if I have the signatures checked out?

I think that'd be great.

Okay, let me just take a picture and send them over to my guy. He's out of

right now.

Hey, Corey.

What's up, Pop?

What's this?

You're going to have to ask Chum about that.

That right there is the helmet.

Of Thor, the god of Asgard.

And I bought it along with this hammer.

It belongs to Thor also.

You're now a god.

Okay, um... Pretty cool, huh?

Well, it's not the ones they use in the movie.

So, no. Those are worth thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars. The

hammer and the helmet were made from the movie props.

And I have the original box with it too, Rick.

Okay. There's tons of cheap knockoffs.

So how do you know these aren't fakes?

Right here, EFX Studio, which I'm familiar with that, and that's not fake.

fake ones don't look that good, Rick. The quality in the fake cameras, it just

isn't this, you know?

And now tell them what you paid for it.

Two grand.

Okay.

And are you sure it's worth $2 ,000? I mean, what did you use as a reference?

You call anybody?

I'm a specialist in Asgard memorabilia.

Do you know what he's talking about?

No clue.

You know what? I don't have anything else to do, so I'm going to take him

to Steve, and he can tell me what it's worth.

You're going to be very, very pleased when you go across the street and Steve

tells you how much these are worth. I don't know how much he's going to say,

I promise you it's going to be a lot more than $2 ,000. I know some of this

Marvel stuff goes for a lot of money, and I'll go check it out and everything

like that.

But just check next time, chum.

All right, well, I'm going to go get the boxes and load them up for you so you

can carry them over there easy. Yeah, because I'm not going to walk over there

wearing the helmet and carrying the hammer.

You'd look cool.

A guy came into the shop with two autographed albums, one signed by Elton

and the other by members of Fleetwood Mac.

He's asking $200 for each of them, so I called up Steve Grad to tell me if these

signatures are legit, and if so, what these albums are worth.

Did you get those pictures I sent you?

I did, yeah. I had a chance to go over those two albums, and pretty

to be honest with you.

Have you looked at all the autographs? All the autographs are legit?

Yeah, no problem.

So what can you tell me about the Fleetwood Mac album?

That one is really kind of intriguing.

If you take a look at that album, Corey, down in the bottom right corner, Rick

Vito signed it. Rick.

replace Lindsey Buckingham to make that Fleetwood Mac album even worth more

money with the Lindsey Buckingham. And unfortunately, his signature's not on

there. But you've got Stevie Nicks, John McVie, Christine McVie, Mick Fleetwood.

So I think it's a pretty neat piece, Corey.

Anytime you have Fleetwood Mac with Stevie Nicks on it, it's pretty

Okay. And what do you think about the Elton John Yellow Big Road?

Huge autograph on that. I definitely put it sometime signed in probably like the

late 80s, early 90s.

I find him to be kind of a more reclusive signer now the last few years.

terms of collectability for him, it's like solid gold.

That is a great piece to have signed by.

Okay. So what do you think they're worth a piece?

On the value, the Elton John is worth about $500.

The Fleetwood Mac, you know, it's got a lot going on on it. It's a very nice

piece. But I'd still put that value right at about $800.

If you had Lindsey on there, I think it would add a lot more value.

All right, my man. Well, I appreciate it.

See you soon.

All right, so I got some good news for you.

So in case you didn't hear, the retail on the Fleetwood Mac is $800.

Retail on the Elton John is $500. So I think we're doing a little better than

you thought.

But I kind of have a hunch that there could even be more value here.

I called in Ward to give me his take from a memorabilia standpoint.

So you have an album for me to look at? Yes, sir. Two of my favorite albums.

Oh. Sir Elton John and Fleetwood Mac. We're in the 70s.

I already shot some pictures over to Steve. The signature's legit. I just

know what the albums could be like. Okay.

This is probably two of the biggest selling albums of all time.

Probably both of them in the ten times platinum status.

Mind you, I grew up in the 90s.

Tell me a little bit about Fleetwood Mac.

English band.

And the name was originally Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac.

They dropped Peter Green's name when he'd left the band.

They were just another band from England until they moved out to California and

hooked up with Buckingham and Nicks.

And two albums, Fleetwood Mac and Fleetwood Mac Rumors, just exploded.

the biggest thing in 76 and 77.

Okay. So Elton John over here, 300 million albums, sold his career?

Elton... He started in like 1970 or so. He was a star almost immediately and

then all through the 70s.

This is a very, very common album. If somebody's going backstage to get an

autograph from Elton John, they take this album.

So this was the heyday of FM radio.

The first track on that, Funeral for a Friend, 11 minutes.

Oh, wow. I think it's an opportunity for the DJ to go and have a smoke.

For sure.

So what do you think they're worth?

These look like original copies, been around the block. They're not exactly

mint.

The Elton John one, this doesn't go for a lot because there's a lot of them. Top

price on that may be $400.

Okay.

This one, I think this is a lot more interesting because I like the

They're real big and bold. It's a good display piece.

You could get $1 ,000 out of that one.

I think that sounds great.

That's a lot more than I expected, to be honest.

Good. Bork, I always appreciate you helping me out. All right. Thanks a lot.

Go back to work.

Well, that was interesting.

So, worth a little bit more than you thought, huh? Yeah, that was very

informative. All right. Well, I'll tell you what.

So, you came in looking for $200 a piece.

Yeah, they're worth a little bit more than that.

Tell you what, I'll give you $1 ,000 for the pair.

I think that's a very fair offer, and I sincerely appreciate that. All right,

come with me. Let's do some of that paperwork. All right.

$1 ,000, that's music to my ears.

Recently, Chum decided to buy replicas of Thor's hammer and helmet from the

Marvel movies.

He paid $2 ,000 for the pair and promises me that the shop will make

it, but I'm a little skeptical.

So I'm taking these over to Steve at Rogue Toys so he can check them out, and

hopefully this is Asgard as it gets.

Hey, Rick.

Hey, Steve.

What do you got here?

I'm not exactly sure.

Chum purchased these, and he spent a lot of money on them.

Chum swears he knows what he's doing, but then again, he never says he doesn't

know what he's doing.

So I just have no idea what they're worth, and I just need to know if I need

walk back over there and use the hammer on Chum.

Well, you know, what you got here, these are from a company called EFX.

They're a high -end prop replica company.

So they got exclusive access to the props from on camera, and what they're

to do with them is mold exact replicas of what you would have seen on screen.

So both of these items are considered screen accurate and highly, highly

desirable to collectors.

Okay. This is a great item for the shop because they only made 250 of the

helmets, and they only made 250 of the hammers.

And you know...

Whenever you have something that's really desirable and a huge collector

like Marvel has, it's usually a recipe for success.

So I don't know what Chum paid for them. I hope he didn't overpay.

Well, he paid $2 ,000 for them. I've seen individually these pieces go

$2 ,500 and $3 ,000 a piece.

With a pair, I would say you'd have no problem in getting $6 ,000 for both of

them.

Okay. I guess Chum did well.

Thanks, friend. I just wanted to make sure.

Awesome pieces, man. Thanks for bringing them over.

Okay, no problem.

All right, see you later.

In the meantime, I'm going to go find something for my grandson.

All right, thanks, sir.

How can I help you?

How's it going?

I'm looking to sell my Booker T wrestling boots.

This is one of the most iconic wrestlers out there.

Five -time, five -time, five -time, five -time, five -time champion.

Yeah, you know the deal.

I don't know why he said that even though he won the championship six

So this is pretty cool you're able to get these boots.

I grew up watching wrestling. I don't really watch it so much anymore, but I

still consider myself a fan of the old days wrestling when I was young watching

it. Booker T started off wrestling with his brother. They had a tag team named

the Harlem Heat. Him and his brother won like over 10 championships as the tag

team champions.

And then in 2001, he came to the WWF, which was later changed to the WWE, and

started his solo career.

A few years later in 2007, I believe, Booker T won the King of the Ring, and

that's where these boots would have came from, King Booker.

Do you have any paperwork with these?

No, I didn't get any paperwork.

I actually got these boots at a charity auction.

My boss doesn't always like things from a charity auction without paperwork.

But, I mean, they look pretty legit.

What are you looking to do with them?

Well, I'm looking to get rid of them today.

And how much are you looking to get for them?

You know, I'm looking to get about $6 ,000 for them today.

Would you take $2 ,000?

Absolutely not.

Without the paperwork, the top dollar I'm going to be able to pay is $3 ,000.

Wow. I mean, I'm going to have to figure out how to get these authenticated, or

I'm just going to have to sell them with the risk that they're going to be

brought back here, someone saying they're fake.

Three grand. Three grand.

You know what?

We'll do $3 ,000. All right. Meet me over here at the desk, and we'll write

up. All right, cool.

What's up?

So good.

I'm assuming you have something to do with this.

With what?

I told you to order work shirts. These aren't work shirts.

World famous gold and silver pawn shop, Las Vegas. It's got the logo.

The work shirt is a black polo with a gold logo.

I'm not a salmon kind of guy. I don't know. It matches your head pretty good.

What's up with the Booker T boots?

I bought these boots from a customer for $3 ,000.

Where did they get them? They got them from a charity auction.

I've told you a million times, charity auctions, like half the stuff is fake.

Well, that's why I offered him such a low amount, because he didn't have any

paperwork on him, so... How do you know they're Booker T's?

They say Booker T on them.

But I can't say they're his boots, because I have no documentation saying

they're his boots.

I'll get some documentation for you. I'm working on that right now, actually. I

sent a few DMs to his people. They're going to try and get Booker T to

authenticate him for me, but... He's going to come out to Vegas?

Not anytime soon.

He's in Houston, so the best I can do is just get a picture authenticated for

now.

Well, I'm actually going to Houston.

You're going to Houston now?

There's a big art collector down there. He has a bunch of stuff he wants to

sell. I'm going to go take a look at it. Should I go with you and get these

authenticated while you're out there?

That sounds absolutely great.

And I'll agree to that right after you order the new shirts.

I've got to see if I can actually meet Booker T.

Good luck with that one. Thank you. I might need it.

I'm in Houston meeting up with a huge art collector that's willing to sell a

of his pieces.

A balloon dog and a puppy vase by the artist Jeff Koons and Andy Warhol from

election night of 1984.

He's asking $60 ,000 for all three pieces, but I actually know an art

here in Houston.

Heidi, this is Lester. So I've asked her to come down and help me out.

So what do you think?

We have the Andy Warhol, I think that's the debate invitation for 1984?

That's the election night invitation for 1984.

Reagan, Bush, and Mondale Ferrara.

Warhol did work with politicians, but this is very rare.

Okay.

And then we have the porcelain puppy.

That's from 1998.

An original edition of 3000 with 50 artist proof.

I think it's pretty fabulous.

So it looks correct?

Absolutely.

And the doggy on a plate.

The balloon dog.

This is from 1995.

You can find various colors.

Some might argue the red is more desirable than other colors.

I think it's everything you would want to see in a Jeff Koons balloon dog

porcelain plate.

If you were selling these in your gallery, what would you be selling them

So the Koons pieces are well known.

I think in my gallery, I would have that Jeff Koons priced at $20 ,000.

Balloon dog, I would price at $11 ,000.

The Andy Warhol invitation.

While it's small and I know it's probably an open edition, I would have

,000.

I wouldn't think so. And you'll never have a work like this in your gallery

because they are just that rare. All right. Well, I got some prices.

Thank you very much. You're absolutely amazing. And I will let you know if I

them. Okay. I'd love to know.

All right. Take care. Thank you.

Her prices were different than your prices.

I have a pawn shop. I sell to middle America and everything else like that.

when they walk in the door, they're not going to recognize that.

So I'll just say no.

And one of the problems with selling art that deals with politics, half the

country don't want it. So a big no on that one too. But I would give you $5

for the balloon puppy.

How about we go to $15 ,000?

There's no way I'd go to $15 ,000. I mean, she's saying she would retail it

$11 ,000.

If I let it go for $8 ,000, that would be my absolute bottom line.

How about $6 ,000?

It's not going to happen.

I'll go $7 ,000.

$7 ,500, we got a deal.

All right, I'll do it. $7 ,500, we got a deal.

Done. All right, I'll wire you the money and you can ship it.

Okay, you pay for shipping.

No problem.

Good.

I'm as happy as I was when I was five years old and got my first balloon dog.

Look. There it is, Booker T World Gym Arena.

He's got his own arena?

Back in Vegas, I bought what I believe are an authentic pair of Booker T

wrestling boots for $3 ,000.

Well, these things better be real.

Rick's a little skeptical because these boots came from a charity auction.

Wow, this is cool. Look at the ring.

So, hopefully, we can pin down some answers today.

You're going to be really excited once you realize these boots are real and I

made a good purchase.

Well, I'm just saying. I mean, like... You really should.

What is that?

Whoa.

There he is.

Yeah.

Woo.

You must be Chumlee.

And you are Booker T.

Thanks for coming down today.

Yeah, that's what we do. That's what we do. What you got here? Well.

I got some boots that I think are, you know, from the King Booker era.

King of the world. King of the world right there. Yeah, most definitely.

I had to buy them, but my boss is a little bit unsure if I bought something

that's not authentic.

The person who bought them off bought them at a charity auction, and it seems

like three -quarters of the stuff at charity auctions ain't real.

They're real, okay?

These boots were created around 2006.

Man, I tell you, I had this gold outfit, gold sleeves, gold tights, King Bucca

on the back, and with the crown, of course.

It was definitely one of my most appealing outfits.

So did you give these to a charity auction?

Yeah, yeah. Hurricane Harvey, actually. We raised some pretty good money with

the booths. Okay, so, see?

Good things do come on a charity auction.

All right, I'll admit it. You did a good job on this purchase.

So you have a wrestling school here?

Yeah, I've had my wrestling schools started back in 2005.

You know, trying to give young people a springboard to get into the wrestling

business. It's all about, you know, living out the dream.

You looking for a new prodigy?

So what are you saying? You want to try it out? I'm not trying to fill your

shoes, but I'm ready to get in there. You ready to try a little bit? I am

to do this. You're going to slide in? Should I do the slide? We want to

do this. All right. It's all you, Chum. Will you hold my hat, Rich? You know,

you can't wrestle in a hat. That's just ridiculous. All right. I'm standing

right here. I'll take you to the stairs.

Woo!

Yeah!

Here we are at Booker T's Wrestling Arena.

Oh, there it is.

Now that I've proven to be king of the deal, I think it's time for me to get a

lesson from the king of the ring.

Okay.

All right. Beautiful, beautiful.

Wait a minute. The kid's got rhythm.

He's got rhythm.

Okay, what we're going to do is give you a crash course. Okay.

First thing we learn how to do in wrestling is lock up. Okay. All right? I

you to make sure you keep that left arm stiff. Left arm. There you go. That left

arm. All right? I need you to put that left arm right on my chest.

All right.

Now we're going to add both hands. All right? Okay.

Boom. Oh, my goodness. We got a natural here. All right. Now I'm going to teach

you the wrist lock. All right? We're going to go from the tie up to the wrist

lock. Here we go. Tie up. Boom.

Bang. See that? See that wrist lock right there. All right.

Rick,

that's what you do when you're in trouble.

I think I might have a future in wrestling, but I don't think my body

up permanently.

The chumpster will put you in the dumpster.

Take a bump.

Boom. There you go.

Perfect. Perfect. I think we got a star here.

Star is born.