1 00:00:09,770 --> 00:00:13,510 Do you recognize these? The greatest guitarist of all time, Manny Van Halen. 2 00:00:13,730 --> 00:00:14,830 Oh. Oh. 3 00:00:15,270 --> 00:00:18,210 Yeah, but there's no real proof that he wore them. 4 00:00:19,250 --> 00:00:22,570 $26 ,000 for Lego figures. 5 00:00:22,970 --> 00:00:29,650 Yep. One issue with this figure is there is an extremely large amount of fake. I 6 00:00:29,650 --> 00:00:34,950 have a portrait of Picasso by Salvador Dali. $3 ,000. 7 00:00:36,930 --> 00:00:38,590 Edgar Allan Poe. Nice. 8 00:00:39,020 --> 00:00:40,020 And Abraham Lincoln. 9 00:00:40,480 --> 00:00:41,860 In the same autograph book? 10 00:00:42,100 --> 00:00:43,100 Yeah. 11 00:00:43,180 --> 00:00:48,200 I brought you a shrunken head, man. 12 00:00:49,700 --> 00:00:54,400 If this guy were real, I would pay $10 ,000 for it. 13 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:56,780 Why does it look like my buddy Chum? 14 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:12,880 How's it going? Good. I have a couple of Lego minifigures I think you might be 15 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:13,900 interested in. Okay. 16 00:01:14,540 --> 00:01:18,060 Yoda and Spider -Man. You know, the minifigures are hot right now. 17 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:21,040 It's kind of weird now they're tied in with Disney, Marvel. 18 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:25,120 You know, they started off as just little guys that you could put in a car 19 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:26,120 built with the Legos, right? 20 00:01:27,180 --> 00:01:28,460 Definitely really cool. 21 00:01:28,900 --> 00:01:31,120 Lego was actually kind of in trouble in the 90s, wasn't it? 22 00:01:31,420 --> 00:01:33,240 Yeah, in like the early 2000s. 23 00:01:33,500 --> 00:01:37,040 You know, they were having a rough time. Absolutely. I've got a whole new brand 24 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:40,140 with the little minifigures, and I'm just about to license for almost 25 00:01:40,140 --> 00:01:41,098 kids like. 26 00:01:41,100 --> 00:01:45,540 Television, movies, toys, theme parks. I mean, Lego's almost a new Disney. 27 00:01:46,300 --> 00:01:49,540 I mean, it just made these things just massively collectible. 28 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:51,940 Let's start with Spider -Man here. 29 00:01:52,510 --> 00:01:55,730 So this was exclusive minifigure, Lego Comic -Con 2013. 30 00:01:56,130 --> 00:02:01,030 It's the only time Andrew Garfield was in a minifigure form until the recent 31 00:02:01,030 --> 00:02:03,930 movie that just came out. Tell me about Yoda. Where'd you get him? So I was at 32 00:02:03,930 --> 00:02:07,550 the event where they unveiled a life -size X -Wing fighter built out of 33 00:02:07,550 --> 00:02:08,570 in the middle of Times Square. 34 00:02:08,889 --> 00:02:12,990 And this was a free gift with a purchase at Toys R Us. Knew it was in really 35 00:02:12,990 --> 00:02:16,630 good condition, so I sent it out and got the grading of 100%. And as far as I 36 00:02:16,630 --> 00:02:18,630 know, it's the only one that's hit 100%. 37 00:02:19,920 --> 00:02:22,920 Give me an idea of what you're looking to get for them. For the Spider -Man, 38 00:02:22,920 --> 00:02:24,560 looking for $12 ,000. 39 00:02:25,620 --> 00:02:29,200 Okay. And for the Yoda, no one's ever seen one of these, and I'm looking for 40 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:30,200 ,000 for this. 41 00:02:31,180 --> 00:02:34,800 $26 ,000 for Lego figures. 42 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:37,260 Yep. You know what the crazy thing is? 43 00:02:37,980 --> 00:02:39,720 They might be worth that. I have no idea. 44 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:43,000 Do you mind if I have a Lego expert come down and take a look at them? That's 45 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:45,340 fine. I'm going to go give them a call. I'll be right back, okay? Okay. Thanks. 46 00:02:53,710 --> 00:02:55,450 Come. Did I get a package in? 47 00:02:55,710 --> 00:02:57,170 I think you have two packages right here. 48 00:02:57,470 --> 00:02:58,510 What are you expecting? 49 00:02:58,710 --> 00:03:01,250 Something extremely special, supposedly. Hopefully. 50 00:03:02,230 --> 00:03:03,230 Pictures? 51 00:03:03,610 --> 00:03:04,610 Not pictures. 52 00:03:05,110 --> 00:03:06,530 Letters. Letters? 53 00:03:07,610 --> 00:03:09,990 I know they normally come in an envelope, but not this time. 54 00:03:10,270 --> 00:03:11,530 See that name right there? 55 00:03:13,090 --> 00:03:14,090 Albert Einstein. 56 00:03:14,310 --> 00:03:16,470 Yes. The Albert Einstein? 57 00:03:16,830 --> 00:03:18,230 The Albert Einstein. 58 00:03:18,630 --> 00:03:19,630 Is this another one? 59 00:03:20,110 --> 00:03:22,230 Yes. And this one? 60 00:03:24,290 --> 00:03:25,950 Incredible. So, where did you get this? 61 00:03:26,150 --> 00:03:30,850 So, it's kind of an odd deal. I had a guy contact me. He says he represents an 62 00:03:30,850 --> 00:03:33,430 individual that owns these and is interested in selling them. 63 00:03:33,830 --> 00:03:37,610 Really? This is Einstein. This is a guy with an incredible mind. 64 00:03:37,830 --> 00:03:40,050 Sort of became like the first famous physicist. 65 00:03:40,470 --> 00:03:41,990 You know, he came up with the theory of relativity. 66 00:03:42,290 --> 00:03:43,530 He won a Nobel Prize. 67 00:03:43,970 --> 00:03:48,190 And to this day, he's like a pop icon. I mean, people make paintings of him 68 00:03:48,190 --> 00:03:50,570 today. You wish you had hair like Einstein, don't you? 69 00:03:51,780 --> 00:03:52,960 It would be an upgrade. 70 00:03:54,300 --> 00:03:55,420 What are we looking at here? 71 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:59,640 These are actually letters corresponding with another physicist, which is super, 72 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:01,540 super cool. This is Professor David Baum. 73 00:04:01,940 --> 00:04:06,340 He was a professor in Brazil, and they were communicating back and forth in the 74 00:04:06,340 --> 00:04:10,400 1950s about Einstein's theory of everything. 75 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:14,200 This one looks like maybe he signed his name there and it bled away or 76 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:17,980 something. It looks like it's gotten wet, and it also has some mold damage on 77 00:04:17,980 --> 00:04:22,089 it, which kind of sucks. I don't even know how you would... I'll dedicate the 78 00:04:22,089 --> 00:04:25,130 signature. Let me give the guy a call. There's a company laptop around here 79 00:04:25,130 --> 00:04:25,869 somewhere, right? 80 00:04:25,870 --> 00:04:26,870 Can we get it? 81 00:04:27,550 --> 00:04:28,550 Here it is. 82 00:04:29,410 --> 00:04:30,410 All right. 83 00:04:30,970 --> 00:04:35,910 So... Hello, you must be Joey. 84 00:04:36,250 --> 00:04:39,070 Hello, Rick. How are you? I am doing good. I have the letters. 85 00:04:39,710 --> 00:04:42,050 Can you give me a little history on them and what we're doing here? 86 00:04:42,490 --> 00:04:45,430 I represent a client who collects art history and artifacts. 87 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:49,380 We knew that you were a bit of a history buff, so that's why we sent you these 88 00:04:49,380 --> 00:04:51,380 letters to see what your thought process on them was. 89 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:52,880 They're pretty impressive. 90 00:04:53,060 --> 00:04:56,080 One of them, the signature is really messed up. Yes, yes. 91 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:59,920 But we did send it to you because both letters correlate with each other about 92 00:04:59,920 --> 00:05:00,920 quantum mechanics. 93 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:02,600 All right. How much does he want for these? 94 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:05,540 We're asking $15 ,000 for both letters. 95 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:07,400 I'll tell you what. 96 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:11,500 Here's the deal. I mean, like, the one that's messed up, that's really, really 97 00:05:11,500 --> 00:05:14,640 difficult because I've never really dealt with an autograph in that bad a 98 00:05:15,050 --> 00:05:16,050 So this is what I'm going to do. 99 00:05:16,110 --> 00:05:18,050 I'm going to get my signature guy to look at these things. 100 00:05:18,730 --> 00:05:20,810 I'm going to get his opinion on the value and everything like that. 101 00:05:21,090 --> 00:05:22,870 And I'm going to get back a hold of you. 102 00:05:23,170 --> 00:05:25,290 And hopefully we can make a deal. All right? 103 00:05:25,510 --> 00:05:26,510 Absolutely, yes. 104 00:05:26,610 --> 00:05:27,610 All right, talk to you soon. 105 00:05:28,610 --> 00:05:29,710 You know any quotes from Einstein? 106 00:05:30,530 --> 00:05:31,870 Yeah. Which one? 107 00:05:32,490 --> 00:05:33,790 E and C equals square. 108 00:05:34,770 --> 00:05:35,770 Close. 109 00:05:37,850 --> 00:05:42,790 A customer brought in two exclusive Lego minifigs. 110 00:05:43,210 --> 00:05:47,670 One is a Times Square Toys R Us New York I Love Yoda, and the other is a 2013 111 00:05:47,670 --> 00:05:51,550 San Diego Comic -Con exclusive Spider -Man. The seller is looking to get $26 112 00:05:51,550 --> 00:05:55,810 ,000 for these two figures. So I called my Lego expert, Brandon, to come down 113 00:05:55,810 --> 00:05:58,570 and take a look at these and see if we could put together a deal. 114 00:05:58,890 --> 00:06:01,890 Hey, Corey. How's it going? Good to see you again. Hi, I'm Brandon. Nice to meet 115 00:06:01,890 --> 00:06:05,570 you. Nice to meet you. These are the Lego figures I was talking about. Oh, 116 00:06:05,650 --> 00:06:07,450 These are some exceptional figures. 117 00:06:08,350 --> 00:06:10,610 Lego created the minifigure in 1978. 118 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:15,480 They pretty much kept it in -house until the late 90s when they acquired the 119 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:16,480 Star Wars license. 120 00:06:16,580 --> 00:06:20,140 Many things became super collectible. They look great, and people just love 121 00:06:20,140 --> 00:06:24,080 them. They have a sense of nostalgia that just harkens back to everyone's 122 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:25,080 childhood. 123 00:06:25,220 --> 00:06:28,440 Okay, he wants quite a bit for these. What do you think they might be worth? 124 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:34,700 we have the NY I Love Yoda. This figure was given out as an exclusive in Times 125 00:06:34,700 --> 00:06:35,960 Square in May of 2013. 126 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:37,360 It is very rare. 127 00:06:37,930 --> 00:06:42,070 The one issue with this figure is there is an extremely large amount of fakes. 128 00:06:42,250 --> 00:06:46,310 Obviously, it's graded 100%, but I just want to verify myself. 129 00:06:46,790 --> 00:06:48,550 But this looks good. 130 00:06:49,090 --> 00:06:51,870 Check out the color of the heart is correct. 131 00:06:52,350 --> 00:06:54,830 So is it real? I would say this is 100 % real, yes. 132 00:06:55,210 --> 00:07:00,670 Let's talk about Spider -Man over here. Okay. So starting in 2011, Lego issued 133 00:07:00,670 --> 00:07:01,890 the Super Heroes line. 134 00:07:02,290 --> 00:07:06,210 As part of the promotion, they would give away these exclusive minifigures at 135 00:07:06,210 --> 00:07:07,270 San Diego Comic -Con. 136 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:11,520 This particular figure, I can tell you, is very rare. 137 00:07:11,740 --> 00:07:15,720 I had to get a raffle ticket to get it. It is the first figure that has the 138 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:21,420 Andrew Garfield costume printing. As far as I know, there are only 350 of these 139 00:07:21,420 --> 00:07:22,420 in existence. 140 00:07:23,140 --> 00:07:28,300 So basically what I'm looking for is the Lego trademark stamped onto the bottom 141 00:07:28,300 --> 00:07:32,100 of the legs, which is there. It's an amazing figure and very rare. 142 00:07:32,580 --> 00:07:35,040 I guess the biggest question of all, what are they worth? 143 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:42,300 So the New York I Heart Yoda, I would give this a value of $9 ,000. 144 00:07:43,660 --> 00:07:47,880 The Andrew Garfield Spider -Man, extremely rare, extremely hard to get. 145 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:50,820 I would put a value of that at $12 ,000. 146 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:54,280 All right. Well, I appreciate you coming down. All right. Thank you. Thank you. 147 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:56,940 Good luck. Appreciate it. So is that what you wanted to hear? 148 00:07:57,280 --> 00:08:02,280 I think he's right on the Spider -Man. I think he's low on the New York I Love. 149 00:08:02,380 --> 00:08:05,040 Okay. Well, that being said, I'll do 14 for the pair. 150 00:08:06,110 --> 00:08:09,230 Cash money today. You don't have to go find a Lego guy to buy them. Can we do 151 00:08:09,230 --> 00:08:11,410 $19 ,000? $15 ,000 is the most I'm going to have. 152 00:08:12,930 --> 00:08:16,110 We're talking about little tiny toys here, and I'm paying you the price of a 153 00:08:16,110 --> 00:08:17,110 small car. 154 00:08:17,410 --> 00:08:18,410 $16 ,500? 155 00:08:19,850 --> 00:08:21,670 $15 ,500. I won't go anymore. 156 00:08:22,330 --> 00:08:23,330 $16 ,000 it is. No. 157 00:08:23,990 --> 00:08:25,730 $15 ,500. That's going to be the most I do. 158 00:08:27,990 --> 00:08:28,629 All right. 159 00:08:28,630 --> 00:08:30,530 Yep. Okay. Meet me right over there. 160 00:08:31,830 --> 00:08:32,850 Taking these with me. 161 00:08:35,950 --> 00:08:40,890 So recently, I had a customer mail me two signed letters by Albert Einstein. 162 00:08:41,549 --> 00:08:45,630 As a guy who learns out about this stuff, it's a no -brainer. But one of 163 00:08:45,630 --> 00:08:50,210 signatures is not in the best condition. And on top of that, they're asking $15 164 00:08:50,210 --> 00:08:52,910 ,000. So I don't know what to think about these. 165 00:08:53,270 --> 00:08:57,650 But my buddy Steve Brad is here. He's going to check them out. And hopefully, 166 00:08:57,650 --> 00:09:00,190 theory is correct that I will have these in due time. 167 00:09:00,890 --> 00:09:03,610 Hey, Rick. Hey, Steve. What's up? Not much. What's happening? 168 00:09:04,220 --> 00:09:07,920 I'm getting a little insight into physics from Albert Einstein. 169 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:09,360 Is it helping? 170 00:09:09,500 --> 00:09:10,500 No. 171 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:16,240 So what we got here is two letters written by Albert Einstein to another 172 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:19,160 physicist. He's literally talking about his life's work. 173 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:20,360 That's really interesting. 174 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:24,820 He was well known to correspond with different friends of his, peers, 175 00:09:25,180 --> 00:09:26,180 politicians. 176 00:09:26,700 --> 00:09:30,260 The content is just unbelievable. The problem is... 177 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:33,780 The signature. Yeah, I'm starting to see that right now. So I'm going to pull 178 00:09:33,780 --> 00:09:37,000 this up or actually just take a closer look and kind of see what we're dealing 179 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:39,680 with, Rick, because it does look like it's got some real issues here. 180 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:42,120 This would have been the signature line, obviously. 181 00:09:42,580 --> 00:09:45,440 As they call it, yours, Albert Einstein, he would have signed right there. 182 00:09:45,780 --> 00:09:48,640 But this has suffered some real serious damage. 183 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:50,540 It's just like a blob almost. 184 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:53,240 Let's take a look at this one. 185 00:09:54,510 --> 00:09:57,010 This is a little more typical of what I would expect. 186 00:09:57,350 --> 00:09:58,710 Just a beautiful autograph. 187 00:09:59,010 --> 00:10:02,030 He has this A that would slant to the right, and I'm seeing that here. 188 00:10:02,410 --> 00:10:06,590 He dots at the end. He dots after the A. You see the same kind of 189 00:10:06,590 --> 00:10:11,690 characteristics. And he took a lot of pride in this signature when he signed 190 00:10:11,690 --> 00:10:15,390 name. So no doubt, though, about the signature here being good. So you've got 191 00:10:15,390 --> 00:10:16,950 two very fascinating pieces here. 192 00:10:18,350 --> 00:10:20,730 Okay, so value -wise, what are they worth? 193 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:24,800 Typically, Einstein letters, as you know, you could find them out there. His 194 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:29,100 autograph is desirable, but it's not difficult to locate. This piece here, 195 00:10:29,100 --> 00:10:33,760 the signature, full intact, the shorter letter, I'd put the value right at $3 196 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:34,760 ,500. 197 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:40,000 And this one? This one here, aesthetically, it's not too pleasing, 198 00:10:40,060 --> 00:10:42,940 this is a great letter. I don't think you'd care about the signature. You have 199 00:10:42,940 --> 00:10:46,500 his thoughts. He's pouring it out right here. That value, $3 ,000. 200 00:10:46,700 --> 00:10:47,920 So, as a pair, 201 00:10:48,620 --> 00:10:49,620 $6 ,500. 202 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:51,440 All right. Thanks, man. 203 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:55,080 I'll call you. Tell you if I get him. All right. Good stuff, man. Thanks 204 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:56,160 Good seeing you. 205 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:00,800 Hey, Jerry. How's it going? 206 00:11:01,300 --> 00:11:02,300 Hey, Rick. How are you? 207 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:03,600 I'm doing great. 208 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:07,920 Had my guy look at the stuff, and it's not $15 ,000. 209 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:11,740 Okay. According to him, there's a lot of these out there. 210 00:11:11,980 --> 00:11:12,980 I'll give you $5 ,000. 211 00:11:13,580 --> 00:11:15,720 Wow. That's considerably lower than we thought. 212 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:21,860 Can you do 9 ,000? No, I can go 5 ,000. 213 00:11:22,260 --> 00:11:24,520 There's a very good track record on what they go for. 214 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:26,280 6 ,500. 215 00:11:26,900 --> 00:11:27,900 It's Einstein. 216 00:11:27,940 --> 00:11:32,480 There are letters to another physicist that will sell very quickly, but a lot 217 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:33,480 his letters are out there. 218 00:11:33,980 --> 00:11:34,980 5 ,000. 219 00:11:35,260 --> 00:11:39,440 I think these letters are going to a better place, so I think I'm going to 220 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:40,099 your offer. 221 00:11:40,100 --> 00:11:41,100 Sweet, we got a deal. 222 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:43,260 I am going to shoot you over an email. 223 00:11:43,740 --> 00:11:46,740 I need to get some info from you, and I'll get you paid. 224 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:49,700 Excellent. Okay. And if you have any more of this stuff, let me know. 225 00:11:50,420 --> 00:11:52,960 Absolutely. All right. Have a great day, bud. Bye -bye. 226 00:11:55,100 --> 00:11:56,420 These are so cool. 227 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:09,100 Hey, how's it going? 228 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:11,300 It's going good. Thank you. What do we got here? 229 00:12:11,540 --> 00:12:13,780 I have an autograph book from the 1800s. 230 00:12:14,100 --> 00:12:15,780 Autograph book from the 1800s? Yes. 231 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:17,019 All right. 232 00:12:17,020 --> 00:12:18,120 I don't have a pen on me right now. 233 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:24,680 I'm here at the pawn shop to sell my 1800s autograph book. This book is full 234 00:12:24,680 --> 00:12:28,800 autographs from well -known poets as well as some presidents. 235 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:33,940 The condition of this autograph book is very fragile. It's over 170 years old. 236 00:12:34,140 --> 00:12:35,160 It looks pretty amazing. 237 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:38,080 Do you mind if I take a look? Oh, please. Where did you get it? 238 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:42,340 It was handed down to me by my great -great -great -great -grandmother. She 239 00:12:42,340 --> 00:12:45,460 lived up in the New England states, and she would have parlor readings at her 240 00:12:45,460 --> 00:12:49,640 house. And it was more or less like a book signing you would have today, but 241 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:52,680 they would come to the parlor and read excerpts out of their books. 242 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:59,660 Okay. It was right around 1850s, 1860s, autograph collecting became a really, 243 00:12:59,740 --> 00:13:00,740 really big thing. 244 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,180 Started in England, ended up coming over to the United States. 245 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:08,740 And if you live in New York City or D .C., people would carry around their 246 00:13:08,740 --> 00:13:11,160 autograph book with them just in case they ran into somebody. 247 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:14,100 And still to this day, people collect autographs. 248 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:15,840 So who's all in the book? 249 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:19,820 I have Edgar Allan Poe's autograph, Victor Hugo's. 250 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:23,420 I have President Rutherford Hayes, just to name a few. 251 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:24,800 Okay. 252 00:13:26,220 --> 00:13:27,340 Abraham Lincoln. 253 00:13:28,180 --> 00:13:29,180 This is cool. 254 00:13:29,950 --> 00:13:32,270 I mean, because this is November 19th, 1863. 255 00:13:32,570 --> 00:13:36,070 Yes. That's the day he read the Gettysburg Address. Yes. 256 00:13:36,290 --> 00:13:39,230 Have you ever had it checked out by anybody? I mean, especially the Abraham 257 00:13:39,230 --> 00:13:42,110 Lincoln one. That's the big one. That's the big one. Yes, I understand. 258 00:13:42,490 --> 00:13:43,750 I've never had it checked out. 259 00:13:44,210 --> 00:13:45,210 Okay. 260 00:13:45,490 --> 00:13:49,350 So how much do you want for him? I'm looking to get $20 ,000 out of it. All 261 00:13:49,350 --> 00:13:53,850 right. I mean, that might be possible. I mean, if this was actually signed and 262 00:13:53,850 --> 00:13:56,250 dated by Abraham Lincoln, all the money's there. 263 00:13:56,650 --> 00:13:59,910 That's the big money. I mean, I just need someone to look at it. Okay. Not 264 00:13:59,910 --> 00:14:00,869 I don't trust you. 265 00:14:00,870 --> 00:14:02,130 I just don't trust your grandma. 266 00:14:02,490 --> 00:14:04,710 I didn't know her either, so yeah. 267 00:14:05,390 --> 00:14:08,850 Let me get my autograph guy down here, and if he checks out, he'll probably get 268 00:14:08,850 --> 00:14:12,250 paid. Okay. Thank you very much. All right. I'll be right back. All right. 269 00:14:12,250 --> 00:14:13,250 Thanks. 270 00:14:13,890 --> 00:14:19,130 Now I trust my grandma, but my great -great -great -grandma, not so much. 271 00:14:26,180 --> 00:14:27,740 Hey, how's it going? Hey, not too bad. How are you? 272 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:29,540 I'm going all right. What do we got here? 273 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:33,100 Well, I got this knuckle knife. It's from, like, the World War II era, I 274 00:14:33,300 --> 00:14:35,340 All right. Do you mind if I pull it out here? Yeah, sure. 275 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:41,300 So tell me where you got it. It was my great -grandfather's. My dad said my 276 00:14:41,300 --> 00:14:44,740 great -grandpa, he massacred about 3 ,000 people with that knife. 277 00:14:45,180 --> 00:14:49,160 I got a feeling that story's not really true. Probably not, but, you know. 278 00:14:50,420 --> 00:14:53,900 I'm here at the pawn shop today to sell my World War II era knuckle knife. It 279 00:14:53,900 --> 00:14:57,000 looks really cool because it has like a brass knuckle, but it's pointy. The 280 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:59,240 condition is really good and it has the sheath with it. 281 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:02,540 Definitely really cool. I mean, what you got here is the quintessential World 282 00:15:02,540 --> 00:15:04,160 War II basic knife. 283 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:08,020 You know, I mean, except for they added the knuckle thing to it. 284 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:11,500 You wanted all the use out of the thing you could get, especially if your gun 285 00:15:11,500 --> 00:15:12,319 stopped working. 286 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:14,920 You know, punch the guy, stab him, stuff like that. 287 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:16,500 Can I take a look at it? Sure. 288 00:15:17,970 --> 00:15:21,190 All right. I'm not seeing any names on it or anything like that. 289 00:15:21,870 --> 00:15:24,970 Kind of get the point of why that's on there. I mean, it's pretty self 290 00:15:24,970 --> 00:15:25,970 -explanatory, right? 291 00:15:26,010 --> 00:15:29,710 Right. Definitely cool. Definitely looks to be about from that era. 292 00:15:30,250 --> 00:15:31,750 So how much are you looking to get out of it? 293 00:15:32,390 --> 00:15:33,690 I was thinking about $500. 294 00:15:34,850 --> 00:15:35,850 Okay. 295 00:15:36,470 --> 00:15:37,470 So here's the deal. 296 00:15:38,070 --> 00:15:42,290 I mean, it is pretty cool. I mean, I've seen some of these knives go for just an 297 00:15:42,290 --> 00:15:46,980 exorbitant amount of money, but they're not that uncommon. I mean, it's... Look, 298 00:15:47,020 --> 00:15:50,960 I've got one right here. I mean, they still make them today. So if you don't 299 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:54,260 mind, if you want to hang out for a little bit, no guarantees, but I could 300 00:15:54,260 --> 00:15:58,440 my antique military weapons expert, Alex, come by and take a look and see if 301 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:00,240 can get you anywhere close to the 500. 302 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:02,400 Sounds good. 303 00:16:05,660 --> 00:16:09,580 I have a guy here in the shop with a book filled with autographs and 304 00:16:09,580 --> 00:16:10,860 from the 1800s. 305 00:16:11,140 --> 00:16:15,460 There's a lot of cool names in there, but the greatest one so far is Abraham 306 00:16:15,460 --> 00:16:20,810 Lincoln. He's asking $20 ,000 for it, and if it's legit, it's worth at least 307 00:16:20,810 --> 00:16:24,430 that. So I got Steve Gregg coming down to check all this out. 308 00:16:26,050 --> 00:16:28,410 Steve, how's it going? Good. How are you, Rick? How you doing? 309 00:16:28,610 --> 00:16:29,610 Nice to see you. 310 00:16:29,810 --> 00:16:31,130 This is what I called you about. 311 00:16:31,350 --> 00:16:34,890 It's got some big signatures on it. Edgar Allan Poe. Nice. 312 00:16:35,230 --> 00:16:36,330 And Abraham Lincoln. 313 00:16:36,910 --> 00:16:38,150 In the same autograph book? 314 00:16:38,350 --> 00:16:41,810 Yeah. Okay, so you don't really see that too often. It's from his great -great 315 00:16:41,810 --> 00:16:43,750 -great -grandma, and so... 316 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:45,300 We don't know how legit she was. 317 00:16:46,380 --> 00:16:49,960 So some of the names you mentioned, Edgar Allen Poe, I really don't see too 318 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:53,100 of. Just occasionally see his autograph. Abraham Lincoln, you really see him 319 00:16:53,100 --> 00:16:54,220 more on documents or letters. 320 00:16:54,700 --> 00:16:59,700 It looks a little suspect because there's November 19th, 1863, the day he 321 00:16:59,700 --> 00:17:02,860 the Gettysburg Address. That's a big deal. It's one of the most important 322 00:17:02,860 --> 00:17:06,400 in U .S. history. Just imagine what something like that would be worth. You 323 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:10,960 could be looking just at $200 ,000 alone just for that page. Wow. Wow. So let's 324 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:13,440 have a look. Let's see what's in here, Rick. I'm going to take a look with the 325 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:15,119 ProScope and get some magnification on here. 326 00:17:15,660 --> 00:17:17,800 This is Lord Tennyson. 327 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:19,960 Okay. 328 00:17:20,319 --> 00:17:21,540 Do you mind flipping for me? 329 00:17:23,390 --> 00:17:25,609 Edgar Allan Poe. That's a big one, Rick. 330 00:17:25,990 --> 00:17:26,990 That's pretty interesting. 331 00:17:27,270 --> 00:17:28,310 Do me a favor, Rick. 332 00:17:28,510 --> 00:17:29,690 Show me the Lincoln, please. 333 00:17:30,270 --> 00:17:33,410 That's the meaty one, obviously, Poe is as well. 334 00:17:36,030 --> 00:17:37,330 So this is pretty interesting, guys. 335 00:17:37,930 --> 00:17:39,310 Let's start to magnify this. 336 00:17:40,190 --> 00:17:41,810 Yeah. Okay. Do you see this here? 337 00:17:42,050 --> 00:17:43,570 You don't see this with ink. 338 00:17:43,970 --> 00:17:47,450 It's a skip on there. Now, do me a favor. Go back a few. 339 00:17:50,149 --> 00:17:54,510 And almost the same kind of exact type of thing you're seeing. What this leads 340 00:17:54,510 --> 00:18:00,570 me to believe is that, obviously, it's unique and cool and really neat looking, 341 00:18:00,710 --> 00:18:02,190 but these are just copies. 342 00:18:02,510 --> 00:18:03,510 Oh, jeez. 343 00:18:03,690 --> 00:18:07,330 It doesn't have the characteristics made with a fountain pen or a quill or 344 00:18:07,330 --> 00:18:11,570 something from the period. This was a book that was manufactured with famous 345 00:18:11,570 --> 00:18:12,570 people from the period. 346 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:15,960 Great collectible, maybe something to talk about with your family history, but 347 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:17,340 really doesn't have much value. 348 00:18:17,940 --> 00:18:18,940 I understand. 349 00:18:19,060 --> 00:18:22,080 Sure. Well, there goes like $200 ,000 down the drain. 350 00:18:22,700 --> 00:18:25,820 All right. Thanks, Steve. All right. Take care. Nice to see you. And nice 351 00:18:25,820 --> 00:18:27,020 you, too. Thank you very much. 352 00:18:28,460 --> 00:18:31,060 All right. Well, I'm sorry. I thought we might have something there. 353 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:32,280 I did, too. 354 00:18:32,860 --> 00:18:36,340 But usually when it's too good to be true, it's too good to be true. I 355 00:18:36,340 --> 00:18:39,440 understand. Thank you very much. Have a great day. All right. Thanks. 356 00:18:40,570 --> 00:18:43,230 If you hold on to my autograph for a few years, it might be worth two bucks. 357 00:18:48,790 --> 00:18:51,530 I have a guy in the shop with a knuckle knife that he got from his grandfather. 358 00:18:51,770 --> 00:18:54,610 He was told it was from World War II, but he doesn't really have any more 359 00:18:54,610 --> 00:18:56,790 information on it, so he's asking for $500. 360 00:18:57,250 --> 00:19:01,030 I asked your military expert, Alex Cranmer, to come by and take a look at 361 00:19:01,030 --> 00:19:02,850 and let me know if I should cut a deal on it. 362 00:19:03,330 --> 00:19:06,590 Hey, what's up, Alex? How you doing? Good to see you. I'm Alex. 363 00:19:06,810 --> 00:19:08,090 Nice to meet you, Dan. 364 00:19:08,750 --> 00:19:12,690 You know, a standard World War II knife, I figured it was worth giving me a 365 00:19:12,690 --> 00:19:15,950 call. Yeah, it was worth giving me a call. 366 00:19:16,510 --> 00:19:19,170 What this is, obviously, it's a knuckle knife. 367 00:19:19,490 --> 00:19:23,710 Now, during World War II, there was a cottage industry in the United States of 368 00:19:23,710 --> 00:19:26,310 custom fighting knives, and they came in all variations. 369 00:19:26,950 --> 00:19:30,350 And because it was a cottage industry and they remained in small machine shops 370 00:19:30,350 --> 00:19:35,190 or basements, very few numbers of these were ever produced, and they were 371 00:19:35,190 --> 00:19:36,190 produced regionally. 372 00:19:36,910 --> 00:19:39,430 The purpose of this knife was really close combat. 373 00:19:40,150 --> 00:19:44,350 These American GIs in World War II are getting shipped overseas by the hundreds 374 00:19:44,350 --> 00:19:45,189 of thousands. 375 00:19:45,190 --> 00:19:49,670 They did get issued knives, but you could also bring your own knife. Now, 376 00:19:49,670 --> 00:19:53,450 don't think of World War II as being a close combat event, but in many times, 377 00:19:53,450 --> 00:19:55,310 and for many GIs, it actually was. 378 00:19:56,530 --> 00:20:01,650 What it really is, is a MH Cole knuckle knife. So the guy who made this... 379 00:20:01,870 --> 00:20:07,550 was a police officer in Birmingham, Alabama during World War II, M .H. Cole. 380 00:20:07,550 --> 00:20:12,050 had some kind of medical condition that prevented him from going overseas, and 381 00:20:12,050 --> 00:20:17,230 his way of contributing to the war effort was to make custom fighting 382 00:20:17,790 --> 00:20:18,970 How did you get this? 383 00:20:19,410 --> 00:20:22,510 So it's from my great -grandpa. He was originally from Alabama. 384 00:20:23,130 --> 00:20:26,570 So your great -grandfather is from Alabama and served in World War II? 385 00:20:26,670 --> 00:20:31,530 That makes a lot of sense. So he would have contacted Cole or known that he was 386 00:20:31,530 --> 00:20:34,110 selling these, bought one, and gone off to war with it. 387 00:20:34,770 --> 00:20:36,290 Do you mind if I pick it up? Yeah, sure. 388 00:20:37,870 --> 00:20:42,410 The one thing I do have to check is how many points are on it. One, two, three, 389 00:20:42,470 --> 00:20:45,350 four, five, six, seven, eight, nine. 390 00:20:46,810 --> 00:20:50,630 So it having nine points is really significant. 391 00:20:51,590 --> 00:20:56,610 What's exceptional about this, Cole is known to have made about 300 of these 392 00:20:56,610 --> 00:20:57,610 knives completely. 393 00:20:57,910 --> 00:21:02,870 The first 50 to 75, and no one knows for sure, had nine points. 394 00:21:03,070 --> 00:21:07,570 If it's eight points, it's second model, not as desirable as the first. 395 00:21:07,810 --> 00:21:12,910 So this is one of the most rare and collectible fighting knives in 396 00:21:14,050 --> 00:21:16,350 I can't even tell you how rare it is. 397 00:21:16,570 --> 00:21:18,770 You could spend your whole career and not find one. 398 00:21:19,330 --> 00:21:20,670 Collectors of fighting knives. 399 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:24,640 This is their holy grail. Not only that, it's in excellent condition. 400 00:21:24,900 --> 00:21:25,940 So would you say it's worth $500? 401 00:21:27,660 --> 00:21:31,860 Yeah, it's worth $500. I would times that by about $20. 402 00:21:33,620 --> 00:21:35,200 Now we're talking. 403 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:38,660 I think it's worth $10 ,000, maybe even more at the red auction. 404 00:21:39,580 --> 00:21:40,580 Wow, okay. 405 00:21:40,940 --> 00:21:45,040 Well, I appreciate you. All right, good luck. Hey, thank you for sharing that 406 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:46,040 with me. 407 00:21:46,900 --> 00:21:49,240 So you still want $500 for it? 408 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:52,020 Uh, no. We'll have to renegotiate that price. 409 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:55,800 Here's the thing. I would have to pay auction fees, everything like that. 410 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:58,380 I'll cut right to the chase. I'll do $5 ,000. 411 00:21:59,180 --> 00:22:03,140 Can we do $7 ,000? Nope. No? No, not a shot. If you came in here looking for 412 00:22:03,140 --> 00:22:04,600 $500, you're getting $5 ,000. 413 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:07,420 All right, $5 ,000. 414 00:22:07,740 --> 00:22:09,500 Sounds good. All right, cool. Meet me right over there. 415 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:17,960 How you doing? 416 00:22:18,350 --> 00:22:20,550 Here, I'll take this for you. Thank you. 417 00:22:22,310 --> 00:22:23,310 All right. 418 00:22:23,830 --> 00:22:30,730 So what do you have here? I have a portrait of Picasso by Salvador Dali. 419 00:22:30,730 --> 00:22:34,950 see now Dali's signature right there just staring me in the face. Quite an 420 00:22:34,950 --> 00:22:37,010 interesting portrait you have here. 421 00:22:37,690 --> 00:22:41,610 I'm here to sell my portrait of Picasso by Salvador Dali. 422 00:22:41,950 --> 00:22:47,730 It's very foreboding. It has a black frame and these scary eyes peeking out 423 00:22:47,730 --> 00:22:52,610 you. I'm selling this because, to be honest with you, this piece gives me the 424 00:22:52,610 --> 00:22:53,610 heebie -jeebies. 425 00:22:54,830 --> 00:22:55,830 This is cool. 426 00:22:56,210 --> 00:23:00,790 Most people are familiar with the surrealism style that Dali does, but, 427 00:23:00,790 --> 00:23:05,670 know, Dali was trained in the classic form of art. He went to school, and this 428 00:23:05,670 --> 00:23:06,970 is the kind of art that he learned with. 429 00:23:07,530 --> 00:23:11,850 And this point in time, Dali absolutely loved Picasso's art. 430 00:23:12,050 --> 00:23:18,490 So Dali decided to make a portrait of Picasso just to show Picasso, Picasso, 431 00:23:18,770 --> 00:23:21,890 you're really cool. I want to be like you one day. I'm going to paint this 432 00:23:21,890 --> 00:23:22,950 really cool picture of you. 433 00:23:23,150 --> 00:23:28,850 But about 20 years after this, Picasso and Dali didn't see eye to eye for some 434 00:23:28,850 --> 00:23:31,450 reasons, and Dali painted Picasso again. 435 00:23:32,360 --> 00:23:35,120 Dolly didn't like Picasso at the time, so it looks like a monster. 436 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:40,040 But both Dolly and Picasso are going to have their place in fine art. 437 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:43,440 So where did you get this? 438 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:47,900 I got this at a charity auction with my husband. 439 00:23:48,660 --> 00:23:54,240 He was a huge Salvador Dali fan, and so he had to have it. 440 00:23:54,990 --> 00:23:56,590 I'm a fan of both artists myself. 441 00:23:56,910 --> 00:24:00,590 It's hard to choose one, but I guess I would have to choose Dolly. When he 442 00:24:00,590 --> 00:24:04,330 paints, you can just feel every emotion in the strokes of his brush. I agree. 443 00:24:06,850 --> 00:24:11,010 This is obviously a print, numbered 131 out of 200. 444 00:24:11,490 --> 00:24:12,990 What are you looking to do with it today? 445 00:24:13,190 --> 00:24:15,510 I'd love to sell it. And do you have a price in mind? 446 00:24:15,730 --> 00:24:16,730 $3 ,000? 447 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:22,080 Okay. One of the major concerns I have is whether this is an authorized piece 448 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:27,100 not. It could be a real Dolly, but was it authorized to be printed and sold 449 00:24:27,100 --> 00:24:28,860 while Dolly was alive himself? 450 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:33,240 So I think the next step would be for me to go get my art expert, have him come 451 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:37,880 take a look at it, see what he thinks about it, and give me a value. 452 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:41,340 Great. All right. Give me just a few minutes. I'll go get him. Thank you. 453 00:24:49,820 --> 00:24:51,560 Hey, how's it going? Good, what's going on? 454 00:24:51,900 --> 00:24:52,900 What do we got here? 455 00:24:53,100 --> 00:24:56,520 Man, I got something. I don't know if you really come across these two often 456 00:24:56,520 --> 00:25:00,960 not. Kind of pull it out here and let you take a look at it. Let me get you 457 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:01,960 something to put it on. 458 00:25:03,740 --> 00:25:09,480 Well, I brought you a shrunken head, man. 459 00:25:11,500 --> 00:25:14,340 Why does it look like my buddy Chum? 460 00:25:15,150 --> 00:25:19,390 I'm at the pawn shop today to hopefully sell my shrunken head. I acquired this 461 00:25:19,390 --> 00:25:24,410 from a friend of mine who owns the oddity vintage shop in my town. I always 462 00:25:24,410 --> 00:25:27,870 thought it was something really cool, unusual, so I brought it home, put it on 463 00:25:27,870 --> 00:25:31,730 my shelf, and everybody that walked in my house had something to say about it. 464 00:25:31,730 --> 00:25:35,770 think it's the real thing. If I sell the head today, hopefully I can buy me a 465 00:25:35,770 --> 00:25:37,370 couple round -trip tickets to Australia. 466 00:25:38,490 --> 00:25:40,510 I've never seen anything like this before. 467 00:25:40,970 --> 00:25:47,230 The story is there were these tribes in the Amazon rainforest, and what they 468 00:25:47,230 --> 00:25:51,610 would do with these things is they figured out a way to shrink people's 469 00:25:51,750 --> 00:25:56,710 and the whole purpose behind it, I guess, was to show what a tough guy you 470 00:25:57,050 --> 00:26:02,030 Who wants to mess with a guy with a bunch of heads on his neck? That being 471 00:26:02,170 --> 00:26:08,070 I really don't know much about it, and it's kind of one of those things 472 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:12,240 You know, the myth has just become way bigger than the actual thing. 473 00:26:13,540 --> 00:26:15,960 Do you mind if I take a look at it? Oh, that'd be great. 474 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:17,200 All right. 475 00:26:17,780 --> 00:26:23,920 I mean, it looks real, but it's really hard to come across an actual shrunken 476 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:28,740 head. I know somehow, some way, some Europeans came over and the Amazon saw 477 00:26:28,740 --> 00:26:32,460 these things and were like, that's cool, let me buy that. And there's been like 478 00:26:32,460 --> 00:26:35,360 a whole like black market of like making fake ones ever since. 479 00:26:36,460 --> 00:26:38,140 So what are you looking to get out of it? 480 00:26:38,610 --> 00:26:41,170 I'd like to get somewhere around $5 ,000 for it. 481 00:26:42,050 --> 00:26:43,050 Okay. 482 00:26:43,450 --> 00:26:46,430 I'll tell you what. Do you mind if I do a video chat real quick with a buddy of 483 00:26:46,430 --> 00:26:48,630 mine and have him take a look at this? That would be great. 484 00:26:48,930 --> 00:26:51,450 Give me a few minutes. Hang out. I'll be right back, okay? Oh, thanks. 485 00:26:52,050 --> 00:26:55,390 I'm confident that it's a real shrunken head, but we'll leave it up to the 486 00:26:55,390 --> 00:26:56,790 experts and see what they have to say. 487 00:27:02,540 --> 00:27:06,520 There's a woman in the shop right now with a signed and numbered lithograph of 488 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:11,980 Pablo Picasso done by Salvador Dali. She's asking $3 ,000, but she doesn't 489 00:27:11,980 --> 00:27:14,700 any paperwork that lets me know this is an authorized print. 490 00:27:15,020 --> 00:27:18,520 I've asked our art expert, Patrick, to come take a look so I can get his point 491 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:19,439 of view. 492 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:20,440 Hi. Hi. 493 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:25,140 Nice to meet you. You as well. So I'm sure you're familiar with Dali's 494 00:27:25,140 --> 00:27:26,079 of Picasso. 495 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:27,100 Yes, I am. 496 00:27:27,700 --> 00:27:28,780 Do you know the name? 497 00:27:29,360 --> 00:27:30,360 I wish I was Picasso. 498 00:27:31,540 --> 00:27:32,540 Pretty much. 499 00:27:33,060 --> 00:27:35,100 I, too, have met the emperor. 500 00:27:35,620 --> 00:27:39,200 Well, I guess that's fitting for the time period, right? Because he kind of 501 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:40,520 looked up to Picasso in this time. 502 00:27:40,780 --> 00:27:46,400 Yes, Dali did. And in that, if you take a look at the wreaths in his hair and 503 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:49,480 the dressing, he dressed Picasso like Napoleon. 504 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:56,320 So they had a pretty strong relationship. And then due to the 505 00:27:56,460 --> 00:27:59,960 both of them being from Spain, They were on opposing sides. 506 00:28:00,740 --> 00:28:02,920 So their relationship soured. 507 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:07,440 Dali no longer thought that Picasso was the emperor. 508 00:28:07,940 --> 00:28:14,720 And this portrait right here kind of shows his view of Picasso before 509 00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:15,920 they soured. 510 00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:19,680 So do you have any questions or concerns about the piece? 511 00:28:20,020 --> 00:28:23,820 I mean, I just want to know what you think about it. Obviously, I want to 512 00:28:23,820 --> 00:28:25,040 if it was authorized or not. 513 00:28:25,260 --> 00:28:28,020 Yes, there are some subtle differences. 514 00:28:28,540 --> 00:28:34,780 The actual etching prints that were released in 1970, he, in the plate, had 515 00:28:34,780 --> 00:28:40,220 a profile view down here. So that's missing. The stamp line from the etching 516 00:28:40,220 --> 00:28:45,380 missing. This is much darker. And the inscription with the title, I too have 517 00:28:45,380 --> 00:28:51,080 known the emperor, was written on the lapel there of this image of Picasso as 518 00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:52,080 Napoleon. 519 00:28:52,530 --> 00:28:54,050 So all those parts are missing. 520 00:28:54,530 --> 00:28:58,010 So this means that this is just a lithograph. Ah. 521 00:28:58,630 --> 00:29:02,950 All right, well, what kind of value, if any, does it have? Should I try to buy 522 00:29:02,950 --> 00:29:04,210 this for the shop? What do you think? 523 00:29:04,710 --> 00:29:06,990 Based on auction records, a couple hundred dollars. 524 00:29:07,330 --> 00:29:09,190 All right, Patrick, thank you. You're welcome. 525 00:29:10,230 --> 00:29:14,430 Thank you. Not what I wanted to hear. Not what I wanted to hear either. 526 00:29:14,790 --> 00:29:18,470 Unfortunately, I'm going to have to pass on it. That's okay. Like the kids today 527 00:29:18,470 --> 00:29:19,830 say, it's a hard pass. 528 00:29:20,410 --> 00:29:23,650 But thank you for bringing it in. Thank you. My pleasure. 529 00:29:24,310 --> 00:29:25,550 Thank you. Thank you. 530 00:29:26,090 --> 00:29:27,090 Have a good one. 531 00:29:30,270 --> 00:29:33,190 I have a guy in the shop with what he says is a shrunken head. 532 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:36,880 I have read that these things actually have existed in the Amazon rainforest. 533 00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:41,380 He's asking $5 ,000, but before I get ahead of myself, I'm going to get our 534 00:29:41,380 --> 00:29:45,820 ancient antiquities expert, Bob Dodge, on a video chat, and he can let me know 535 00:29:45,820 --> 00:29:47,520 if it's a tourist piece or if it's real. 536 00:29:50,020 --> 00:29:51,180 Hey, Bob, how's it going? 537 00:29:51,460 --> 00:29:54,740 Good, how are you? I have what looks like a shrunken head here. 538 00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:57,760 So give me an idea, what can you tell me about these things? 539 00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:00,240 Shrunken heads have been around for a long time. 540 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:02,820 So most of them come from Ecuador. 541 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:08,600 So you didn't want to be a traveler or an explorer in this part of Ecuador at 542 00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:12,420 the end of the 19th century and end up getting your head shrunk. 543 00:30:13,260 --> 00:30:15,200 And so how would they shrink a head? 544 00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:18,720 How were they able to do it even? It's disgusting. 545 00:30:19,140 --> 00:30:21,380 So these are warriors. 546 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:25,600 They've taken a head in battle, and they cut up the back of the skull. 547 00:30:26,379 --> 00:30:28,800 remove the face off of the skull. 548 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:34,880 The flesh then is turned inside out, and then it's heated with hot sand and 549 00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:38,620 rocks, which the heat will cause that skin to shrink. 550 00:30:38,860 --> 00:30:43,960 And the more you do this, the smaller and smaller the head will become. If 551 00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:47,720 you're a really good head shrinker, you can get a head that's about the size of 552 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:48,720 an orange. 553 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:52,620 So could you give me an idea on how to tell if this is real or not? 554 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:58,260 Okay, so about 1930, Ecuador outlawed them. 555 00:30:58,580 --> 00:31:03,160 But at that time, the tribes that were making them discovered that if they sold 556 00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:07,800 them to tourists, they could make a lot of money. They started doing fakes. So 557 00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:09,240 let me take a look. 558 00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:11,180 Look inside the nostril. 559 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:16,580 No nostril. So the next thing we do, we look at the ears. 560 00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:18,220 I got no ear holes. 561 00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:21,360 Bad sign. I think we got a fake here. 562 00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:26,140 Okay, well, give me an idea of what something like this is worth. 563 00:31:26,900 --> 00:31:31,440 If this guy were real, I would pay $10 ,000 for it. 564 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:34,980 As a tourist piece, I'd say it's worth $200. 565 00:31:35,860 --> 00:31:39,720 Okay, I appreciate it, and take care, Bob. Bye. Take care. 566 00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:47,060 I'm sure you heard me, but clearly it's not real. Man, I was hoping we had one. 567 00:31:47,470 --> 00:31:50,830 I know you were kind of shooting for the stars when you asked for $5 ,000. 568 00:31:51,470 --> 00:31:55,390 He said it's worth $200. I'll give you $200. It just really reminds me of a 569 00:31:55,390 --> 00:31:57,290 buddy of mine, and I kind of want it for myself. 570 00:31:58,290 --> 00:32:02,410 Oh, man, you know, I think for $200, it's worth bringing back and putting on 571 00:32:02,410 --> 00:32:03,670 shelf. Would you do $300? 572 00:32:04,470 --> 00:32:06,670 No, man, I think I'm just going to hold on to it. 573 00:32:07,690 --> 00:32:10,470 If you change your mind, I'll be here, but I really appreciate you bringing it 574 00:32:10,470 --> 00:32:11,470 in. It was fun. 575 00:32:11,650 --> 00:32:12,910 Great. Thanks, man. Take care. 576 00:32:13,290 --> 00:32:16,870 I'm not going to lose my head over not selling my shrunken head today. So I'm 577 00:32:16,870 --> 00:32:19,890 going to bring it back home, put it back up on the shelf, and enjoy it. 578 00:32:26,370 --> 00:32:27,990 Hello. Hello, good morning. 579 00:32:28,290 --> 00:32:29,870 Good morning. How can I help you today? 580 00:32:30,130 --> 00:32:31,710 I have a Louis Vuitton jacket. 581 00:32:31,950 --> 00:32:33,570 I bought it from a flea market. 582 00:32:34,110 --> 00:32:36,330 It looks real. It feels real. 583 00:32:36,910 --> 00:32:41,190 Well, Louis Vuitton is a very prestigious company, to say the least. 584 00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:43,240 At times, they are trendsetters. 585 00:32:43,540 --> 00:32:48,080 It's nice to see a jacket like this. I mean, it's got your typical Louis look, 586 00:32:48,260 --> 00:32:53,120 maybe kind of early 90s -ish, really, kind of when the hip hop culture really 587 00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:56,120 started kind of taking on to this stuff. Maybe they started a little bit earlier 588 00:32:56,120 --> 00:33:00,740 in the 80s. But this jacket crosses the boundaries between streetwear and 589 00:33:00,740 --> 00:33:02,740 fashion. I think it's a really cool look. 590 00:33:03,850 --> 00:33:06,550 Do you mind if I take a look at it? No, go for it. Have a look. 591 00:33:06,870 --> 00:33:10,070 No, I mean, off first glance, the zipper looks, you know, pretty good. 592 00:33:10,370 --> 00:33:12,870 It's a nice heavy -duty zipper. 593 00:33:13,430 --> 00:33:14,490 Let's take a look here. 594 00:33:15,090 --> 00:33:16,950 It seems like it's a good quality. 595 00:33:17,550 --> 00:33:21,490 Yeah, the stitching looks pretty good. A lot of times knockoff pieces will just 596 00:33:21,490 --> 00:33:23,050 have really, really bad stitching. 597 00:33:23,290 --> 00:33:25,130 It'll be uneven from here to there. 598 00:33:25,690 --> 00:33:30,010 This one looks pretty good, though. And, of course, we'll look at this little 599 00:33:30,010 --> 00:33:31,430 Louis Vuitton tag in here. 600 00:33:32,139 --> 00:33:34,780 Louis Vuitton, Paris, 1854. 601 00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:38,000 So it's got a lot of the stuff that I'm looking for. 602 00:33:38,220 --> 00:33:42,260 The major thing I'm worried about right here is this medium tag is just slightly 603 00:33:42,260 --> 00:33:43,260 off -centered. 604 00:33:43,660 --> 00:33:47,260 And if it was Louis Vuitton, I would expect that to be, you know, dead 605 00:33:47,260 --> 00:33:48,260 -centered. 606 00:33:49,260 --> 00:33:50,880 And how much are you looking to get for it? 607 00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:52,280 $5 .50. 608 00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:58,360 Okay. It does have some really good stuff going for it, but I'm not 100 % 609 00:33:58,360 --> 00:33:59,360 this is authentic. 610 00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:01,320 I really hope it's authentic. 611 00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:04,600 Do you have a few minutes to hang around? I can get someone down here. 612 00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:05,880 Absolutely, yes. 613 00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:15,040 Hello. Hello, lovely to meet you. Likewise. 614 00:34:15,639 --> 00:34:18,620 So this is the jacket she brought in. 615 00:34:19,159 --> 00:34:23,020 I'm not quite sure if it's authentic. It has some nice features to it. So what 616 00:34:23,020 --> 00:34:25,360 do you think about this jacket at first glance? 617 00:34:25,659 --> 00:34:27,940 At first glance, it's beautiful. 618 00:34:28,780 --> 00:34:30,920 But it's not authentic Louis. 619 00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:37,260 It's one of those weird gray area where it's not a bootleg. It's not authentic. 620 00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:39,320 But it's definitely valuable. 621 00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:43,719 What you have here is what we call a Dapper Dan piece. 622 00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:48,960 Now, Dapper Dan, if you don't know who he is, famous designer, early hip hop 623 00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:51,260 stars in the 80s. He used to have a shop in Harlem. 624 00:34:51,620 --> 00:34:56,020 You think about like 85, like LL Cool J, Eric B, and Rakim. 625 00:34:56,260 --> 00:34:58,180 And he figured it out. 626 00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:02,360 He would make beautiful leather jackets, and he would buy these Louis Vuitton 627 00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:06,180 and Gucci purses, cut them up, and, you know, make Louis trim. 628 00:35:06,500 --> 00:35:11,880 He ended up, he called it, it wasn't so much of a knockoff, it was a knockup, to 629 00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:12,880 his words. 630 00:35:13,240 --> 00:35:18,560 And yeah, the medium, that little tag, is slightly off -center, but this is a 631 00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:20,820 telltale sign of what, like, Dapper Dan was doing. 632 00:35:21,340 --> 00:35:24,880 He wanted to bring that touch of Harlem to the rest of the world. Indeed, man. 633 00:35:26,069 --> 00:35:30,290 Eventually, Louis Vuitton and Fendi caught wind of him and shut him down. 634 00:35:31,330 --> 00:35:33,330 So, what kind of value would you put on that? 635 00:35:33,610 --> 00:35:37,770 It's really one of, like, the onsets of urban fashion, of street wear, as we 636 00:35:37,770 --> 00:35:38,770 call it now. 637 00:35:39,090 --> 00:35:42,490 But definitely an iconic piece in hip -hop fashion. 638 00:35:43,930 --> 00:35:45,170 Easily $1 ,000. 639 00:35:45,390 --> 00:35:46,810 That's what I sell them at my shop. 640 00:35:47,830 --> 00:35:48,930 It was a good find. 641 00:35:49,390 --> 00:35:52,920 Indeed. All right, well, thanks for coming in, Marco. My pleasure. I love 642 00:35:52,940 --> 00:35:55,080 You have a gorgeous piece. Thank you so much. Nice meeting you. 643 00:35:55,540 --> 00:35:59,420 All right, well, as cool as it is to have a Dapper Dan in here, even though 644 00:35:59,420 --> 00:36:04,240 Dapper Dan says it's a knock -up, it's still a knock -off, and I'm not allowed 645 00:36:04,240 --> 00:36:07,880 to sell it without getting in trouble. So if it was in my size, maybe I'd make 646 00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:10,420 you an offer because I could wear it, but not today. 647 00:36:11,460 --> 00:36:12,720 That's completely understandable. 648 00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:16,060 Thank you so much. Well, I think you'll get some good money for it. Have a good 649 00:36:16,060 --> 00:36:17,060 day. Thank you. Bye. 650 00:36:26,610 --> 00:36:27,710 Okay, I'm interested. 651 00:36:28,030 --> 00:36:29,310 What do we got here? 652 00:36:29,710 --> 00:36:31,930 Worn and signed Converse Eddie Van Halen. 653 00:36:32,830 --> 00:36:37,890 You're saying that Eddie Van Halen, the man, wore these? Mm -hmm. 654 00:36:38,290 --> 00:36:40,130 That's pretty amazing. 655 00:36:41,410 --> 00:36:43,530 I'm absolutely in love with them. Are you? 656 00:36:43,890 --> 00:36:46,170 This is my youth right here, okay? 657 00:36:47,390 --> 00:36:49,290 All right, so where did you get these? 658 00:36:49,630 --> 00:36:53,550 It was a business transaction with a friend many years ago. 659 00:36:54,110 --> 00:36:58,450 And you believe these are actually Eddie's? I do. The shoes, I mean, 660 00:36:58,450 --> 00:37:03,190 super cool. I mean, if we could prove he wore them, that's the whole problem. I 661 00:37:03,190 --> 00:37:04,190 know. 662 00:37:04,510 --> 00:37:05,750 How much do you want for these? 663 00:37:06,650 --> 00:37:07,609 $10 ,000. 664 00:37:07,610 --> 00:37:11,250 Okay. First, I need someone to take a look at the signature. So let me call in 665 00:37:11,250 --> 00:37:15,530 Steve. He's old like me, so he's probably going to be excited too. I'm 666 00:37:15,790 --> 00:37:16,790 Be right back. Okay. 667 00:37:20,710 --> 00:37:22,150 Steve. What's happening? How are you? 668 00:37:22,980 --> 00:37:26,480 Pretty good. Good to see you. Hi, how are you? I'm good. How are you? Good. 669 00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:27,480 to see you. Nice to meet you. 670 00:37:27,580 --> 00:37:29,140 All right. So do you recognize these? 671 00:37:29,460 --> 00:37:32,860 Oh, yeah. I mean, the greatest guitarist of all time. Correct. 672 00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:35,540 Oh, yeah. 673 00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:37,980 Childhood relived right here. 674 00:37:38,220 --> 00:37:42,020 Everything like literally. I mean, I'm really hoping they're real. 675 00:37:42,300 --> 00:37:46,480 But, you know, there's no real proof that they belong to him and he wore 676 00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:51,120 But let's take a look at the signature first. I mean, obviously that's your big 677 00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:54,180 concern because if you have the signature that's authentic, you start to 678 00:37:54,180 --> 00:37:57,820 things together. Do your magic. I'm going to just get some magnification on 679 00:37:57,820 --> 00:38:01,940 this. Now, I met Eddie many times, and if I look at a couple more of my 680 00:38:01,940 --> 00:38:04,800 that I have on file, the same thing, Rick, right in here. 681 00:38:05,580 --> 00:38:06,580 He's doing it here. 682 00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:10,940 Now look at this. Do you cross your sevens when you write them? No. 683 00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:12,520 A lot of people don't do that. 684 00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:13,840 Very distinct. 685 00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:15,560 Crossed. 686 00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:20,910 Crossed. I've got to tell you, this is a museum -quality piece for sure. 687 00:38:22,010 --> 00:38:25,670 Perfect signatures on both of them. So you're looking at a piece of music 688 00:38:25,670 --> 00:38:27,330 history here. Everything matches out pretty good. 689 00:38:27,550 --> 00:38:29,030 Okay. All right, what do you think they're worth? 690 00:38:29,810 --> 00:38:34,030 Since Eddie Van Halen passed away in 2020, I've seen his values skyrocket 691 00:38:34,030 --> 00:38:38,710 conservatively. Based on what I see here, you're looking at $30 ,000. 692 00:38:39,810 --> 00:38:43,210 You know, Rick, with that said, take these to a professional photo matching 693 00:38:43,210 --> 00:38:44,970 service. These could even go for more. 694 00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:47,340 I could see these going up to 50. 695 00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:50,300 The photo match is the most important thing. 696 00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:51,520 All right. 697 00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:52,660 Thanks, man. Good to see you. 698 00:38:53,180 --> 00:38:54,940 Good luck. Nice to meet you. Thank you. Yep. 699 00:38:55,980 --> 00:38:58,480 All right. You got something special here, okay? 700 00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:00,840 But they're not photo matched yet. 701 00:39:01,160 --> 00:39:04,040 How many photos are there in these shoes? I don't know. 702 00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:06,140 Yes, got it. So I would give you the 10 grand for them. 703 00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:08,500 Are you willing to go a little higher? 704 00:39:09,180 --> 00:39:11,420 I'll go $10 ,500 and not no more. 705 00:39:11,900 --> 00:39:14,880 I don't know if he wore them. It is a gamble. I'll take it. 706 00:39:15,589 --> 00:39:16,589 Okay, we got a deal. 707 00:39:17,170 --> 00:39:19,470 I will meet you right over the counter. I'll get you paid. Thank you. 708 00:39:25,750 --> 00:39:32,650 Here they are. All right, I need to take these up and give 709 00:39:32,650 --> 00:39:33,650 them for sale. 710 00:39:33,790 --> 00:39:34,850 No, I think I'm going to keep them. 711 00:39:35,450 --> 00:39:36,450 Why? 712 00:39:36,650 --> 00:39:42,250 Because they were signed by Eddie Van Halen, the coolest guy on the planet. 713 00:39:42,810 --> 00:39:43,810 I think you paid. 714 00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:46,660 Like $10 ,000 for these, and you're thinking about wearing them? 715 00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:47,920 $10 ,500. 716 00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:50,700 And you're thinking about wearing them? I don't think they'll really fit me, but 717 00:39:50,700 --> 00:39:53,940 I sort of want to keep them. I don't know. And what are you doing there with 718 00:39:53,940 --> 00:39:55,420 that shirt? That looks horrible. 719 00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:57,820 All right, you know how Eddie Van Halen has the Frankenstrat? 720 00:39:58,140 --> 00:39:59,920 Yeah. Those are the Franken -shoes. 721 00:40:00,840 --> 00:40:03,660 And since I own the Franken -shoes, I was going to make the Franken -shirt. 722 00:40:05,060 --> 00:40:07,560 What if I told you these are worth a lot of Franken -money? 723 00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:09,640 What do you mean? 724 00:40:09,850 --> 00:40:13,570 The mail came in today. The letter of authenticity is here in their photo 725 00:40:13,730 --> 00:40:15,090 so you might want to sell them. 726 00:40:15,410 --> 00:40:20,330 Here's their photo match to a concert. On July 30th, 1993 at the World Music 727 00:40:20,330 --> 00:40:22,490 Theater in Tinford Park, Illinois. 728 00:40:23,970 --> 00:40:28,610 Really? And didn't Steve say these would go for a little bit more if they were 729 00:40:28,610 --> 00:40:29,408 photo matched? 730 00:40:29,410 --> 00:40:30,730 He said like $50 ,000. 731 00:40:31,530 --> 00:40:33,890 Why are you so sad, Rick? That's good news. 732 00:40:34,150 --> 00:40:38,370 I mean, I know you like the cool factor, but today, get these framed up. 733 00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:39,920 Go for a lot of money. 734 00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:43,760 I guess I am going to sell them. But I think I still might design a shirt. 735 00:40:44,900 --> 00:40:47,000 Well, have at it. I'm going to go get these out for sale. 736 00:40:47,480 --> 00:40:48,480 Would you wear one? 737 00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:51,620 No, I don't really wear shirts covered in tape. 738 00:40:52,060 --> 00:40:54,520 Guy has no style whatsoever.