1 00:00:07,270 --> 00:00:09,650 Pinky, are you ready to see a magic trick? Let's see a trick. 2 00:00:10,670 --> 00:00:12,430 Can I try to get in it? Sure, go ahead. 3 00:00:13,010 --> 00:00:14,510 Oh, my God, this hurts. 4 00:00:16,190 --> 00:00:20,030 I was the one who was shot from a cannon, cut in half with a buzz saw, 5 00:00:20,150 --> 00:00:22,490 turned into the tiger. You know, that's what I did. 6 00:00:24,370 --> 00:00:28,830 Now, this, believe it or not, is one of the holy grails of magic. 7 00:00:29,790 --> 00:00:32,850 Now I've got to figure out where Chum disappeared to. 8 00:00:33,730 --> 00:00:34,730 So how does it work? 9 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:37,480 Rick, it's magic. 10 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:41,940 I'm a hypnotist. If we make a deal on this, don't go hypnotizing me for the 11 00:00:41,940 --> 00:00:44,600 price you want. Why not? I'm doing that right now, Chum. 12 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:47,640 Sometimes I wish I could make Chum disappear. 13 00:00:57,620 --> 00:01:00,820 Chum has been corresponding with a guy with a magic prop that he's looking to 14 00:01:00,820 --> 00:01:05,220 sell. So we're here downtown in the theater to take a look and see what he 15 00:01:05,220 --> 00:01:08,620 has. Hopefully there's not any tricks up his sleeve, and Chum is just not trying 16 00:01:08,620 --> 00:01:09,760 to charm his way out of work. 17 00:01:10,780 --> 00:01:12,340 I guess that's the magic prop? 18 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:13,560 I know what that is. 19 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:14,740 That's a zigzag box. 20 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:18,040 Pretty much like the sawing in half trick, but a little different of a 21 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:19,040 variation on it. 22 00:01:19,700 --> 00:01:20,700 Hi guys, welcome. 23 00:01:20,860 --> 00:01:21,798 How you doing? 24 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:22,800 Good, how are you? 25 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:24,000 So this is yours? 26 00:01:24,260 --> 00:01:25,229 Yes, it is. 27 00:01:25,230 --> 00:01:27,750 So have you ever chopped anybody into three pieces? I have. 28 00:01:27,950 --> 00:01:32,910 I have never, ever, ever had someone offer to sell me one of these. Really? 29 00:01:34,550 --> 00:01:37,070 This is pretty cool. How does this thing work? 30 00:01:37,810 --> 00:01:42,330 Basically, the girl gets in the box, head goes here, left hand goes over 31 00:01:42,330 --> 00:01:44,090 here, right hand here, and left foot there. 32 00:01:44,830 --> 00:01:47,970 The blades get inserted, and then this whole entire side of the box comes over. 33 00:01:48,150 --> 00:01:51,350 And the neat thing about it is that all her body parts, her feet, and her hands, 34 00:01:51,370 --> 00:01:55,010 and her face are all visible the whole time, unlike most sawing-a-woman-and-a 35 00:01:55,010 --> 00:01:55,809 -half illusions. 36 00:01:55,810 --> 00:01:58,170 It's a really cool illusion. I know you had to have seen this. 37 00:01:58,550 --> 00:02:01,130 All right, and it opens up? Yeah, you gotta take the blades out first. 38 00:02:01,430 --> 00:02:02,430 Oh, you gotta take... All right. 39 00:02:03,690 --> 00:02:04,690 Let's go here. 40 00:02:04,890 --> 00:02:07,070 These latches open up. You just grab it by the head. 41 00:02:07,990 --> 00:02:09,669 Can I try to get in it? Sure, go ahead. 42 00:02:11,530 --> 00:02:12,590 I don't think you're gonna fit. 43 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:18,120 All right, put your face in it. 44 00:02:20,500 --> 00:02:21,500 There you go. 45 00:02:21,780 --> 00:02:23,260 Oh, my God, this hurts. 46 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:26,360 Here we go. 47 00:02:27,340 --> 00:02:29,500 No, no, no, no. 48 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:31,400 Can you let me out, please? 49 00:02:31,640 --> 00:02:32,920 Sure, yeah, I'll let you out, yeah. 50 00:02:33,900 --> 00:02:34,900 Whoa! 51 00:02:34,980 --> 00:02:37,340 When you come out, aren't you supposed to walk out and go like something like 52 00:02:37,340 --> 00:02:40,820 that? Yeah, I was rushing out of there. That thing is a tight squeeze. It is 53 00:02:40,820 --> 00:02:42,580 tight. And the center part slides over? 54 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:45,400 Yes, the whole thing comes over here, and it actually locks into position over 55 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:46,400 here. 56 00:02:47,570 --> 00:02:48,610 This comes that far. 57 00:02:48,870 --> 00:02:49,950 This locks in here. 58 00:02:50,870 --> 00:02:51,990 Hands and feet all visible. 59 00:02:52,310 --> 00:02:56,010 So I guess that's why they call it the zigzag box. Yep. All right. 60 00:02:56,950 --> 00:02:59,950 How much do you want for this? I'd like to get $6,000 for it. Okay. 61 00:03:00,670 --> 00:03:03,510 Well, if you're a magician here in town, you probably know Murray. 62 00:03:03,810 --> 00:03:06,190 Yeah, I know Murray. Let me give him a call and see what he thinks. 63 00:03:06,410 --> 00:03:08,490 Okay. And I'd really like to see how it works. 64 00:03:08,750 --> 00:03:09,850 You want me to give him a call for you? 65 00:03:10,190 --> 00:03:11,149 Yeah, give him a call. 66 00:03:11,150 --> 00:03:12,850 All right. I'll be right back. Okay, cool. 67 00:03:14,670 --> 00:03:16,470 Sometimes I wish I could make Chum disappear. 68 00:03:23,230 --> 00:03:24,790 Hey, how's it going? Hi, good. How are you doing? 69 00:03:25,090 --> 00:03:27,410 Let me put this down here for you. All right. What do we got? 70 00:03:27,750 --> 00:03:33,230 We've got a gold lighter from the Frank Sinatra Cal Neva Lodge in Lake Tahoe 71 00:03:33,230 --> 00:03:35,510 from the 60s. Cal Neva. Cal Neva. 72 00:03:36,090 --> 00:03:39,390 Really kind of cool, interesting place here. I mean, you know, there's Lake 73 00:03:39,390 --> 00:03:40,870 Tahoe, California, Lake Tahoe, Nevada. 74 00:03:41,170 --> 00:03:44,890 So you can buy a lottery ticket in one city and you can play a slot machine in 75 00:03:44,890 --> 00:03:47,550 the other. But if you do, then vice versa, it's completely illegal. 76 00:03:48,650 --> 00:03:50,390 This is pretty cool, man. 77 00:03:50,890 --> 00:03:54,850 So what do you know about Frank Sinatra on the place? Well, Frank Sinatra bought 78 00:03:54,850 --> 00:03:57,750 it and he invited Dean Martin to be a partner. 79 00:03:58,050 --> 00:04:00,070 And they were open for a couple of years. 80 00:04:00,550 --> 00:04:03,870 Yes, he did own it for a short time there. I don't know how he found the 81 00:04:03,870 --> 00:04:09,410 time with his music, acting, comedy, TV, now casino running career. I don't know 82 00:04:09,410 --> 00:04:11,530 where he had the time to do all this stuff. But I mean, the guy was 83 00:04:11,530 --> 00:04:15,190 definitely a busy guy. And of course, he leaned on his Rat Pack buddies to, you 84 00:04:15,190 --> 00:04:16,970 know, kind of pump the place up a little bit. 85 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:22,000 Quite frankly, when you have a mob boss as a silent partner and the Nevada 86 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:25,180 Gaming Commission finds out, they don't like it too much and they close them 87 00:04:25,180 --> 00:04:26,119 down. 88 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:28,620 Looks like it's barely been used, if it ever even has. 89 00:04:30,620 --> 00:04:31,820 So what are you looking to do with it? 90 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:35,360 I'd like to sell it. How much are you trying to get? Well, I've done a lot of 91 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:37,640 research on it and I've seen they're pretty rare. 92 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:40,260 Some in auction have gone as high as $1,200. 93 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:42,880 So I thought, well, I'll put a price on it at $1,200. 94 00:04:43,100 --> 00:04:44,100 Okay. 95 00:04:44,390 --> 00:04:47,370 I'm sure there's probably a few hundred of them out there still. No one really 96 00:04:47,370 --> 00:04:49,330 got rid of anything that said Frank Sinatra on it. 97 00:04:49,810 --> 00:04:50,930 I'd offer you about 400 bucks. 98 00:04:51,850 --> 00:04:52,849 Oh, boy. 99 00:04:52,850 --> 00:04:54,670 That's less than half of what I wanted to get. 100 00:04:55,210 --> 00:04:59,390 I understand, but it's... I mean, it is just a casino, Shotsky. Yeah. 101 00:04:59,830 --> 00:05:00,830 Can you do five? 102 00:05:01,610 --> 00:05:02,990 I can push it up to about 450. 103 00:05:03,810 --> 00:05:04,810 450. 104 00:05:05,350 --> 00:05:06,530 Yes, I'll do it. 450. 105 00:05:06,830 --> 00:05:08,950 Cool, we got a deal. Thank you. Why don't you go ahead and grab this, and 106 00:05:08,950 --> 00:05:10,950 I'll meet you right over there. All right, very good. Thank you. 107 00:05:11,450 --> 00:05:14,710 You know what, it's not as much as I had hoped it would be, but it was fair. I 108 00:05:14,710 --> 00:05:17,550 think we met in the middle, and it worked out okay. Now that I've made 109 00:05:17,550 --> 00:05:21,510 $450, I'm going to let my wife shop around in the store, and maybe she'll 110 00:05:21,510 --> 00:05:22,930 find something really neat that she can buy. 111 00:05:27,810 --> 00:05:30,510 Chum and I are meeting up with a magician that is looking to sell a 112 00:05:30,510 --> 00:05:33,270 zigzag box that has been used in magic shows. 113 00:05:33,670 --> 00:05:36,590 It's in great condition, and he's asking for $6,000. 114 00:05:37,260 --> 00:05:40,360 But I have a lot of questions about it, so I've called up my buddy Murray. 115 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:44,340 He's going to take a look at it, hopefully test it out, and tell me if 116 00:05:44,340 --> 00:05:46,140 this is a great deal or just an illusion. 117 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:47,959 Hey, Murray. 118 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:49,780 What's up, guys? How you doing? Pretty good. 119 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:52,520 Oh, my God. I brought my assistant with me, Lindy. 120 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:56,260 She's going to help demonstrate this because I already heard that you had one 121 00:05:56,260 --> 00:05:58,640 of the most famous illusions in the world, the zigzag box. 122 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:02,340 The greatest thing that I loved about this illusion to this day still is you 123 00:06:02,340 --> 00:06:05,680 can do this illusion surrounded. So we can have people behind the trick, in 124 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:06,680 front of it, above it. 125 00:06:07,390 --> 00:06:11,530 So can I use this? Can I actually do the trick? Sure, go for it. Lindy, do you 126 00:06:11,530 --> 00:06:12,610 mind? All right. 127 00:06:12,890 --> 00:06:15,510 So Lindy, I'm going to have you step inside the box. I'll take your shoes off 128 00:06:15,510 --> 00:06:17,710 first. We'll get her in the box like so. 129 00:06:18,550 --> 00:06:22,130 Wonderful. She fits so much better than I did. All right. So you're ready? Yep. 130 00:06:22,130 --> 00:06:24,790 All right. When we close this, I'm going to have you put your head through the 131 00:06:24,790 --> 00:06:25,790 hole. Okay. 132 00:06:26,050 --> 00:06:30,050 And then you're going to put your right hand through that hole right there. And 133 00:06:30,050 --> 00:06:32,910 then your left leg through the hole in the bottom right over here. 134 00:06:33,270 --> 00:06:34,209 All right. 135 00:06:34,210 --> 00:06:35,310 Cool. Comfortable? 136 00:06:35,530 --> 00:06:36,530 Yep. 137 00:06:37,229 --> 00:06:38,290 Okay. Are you ready? 138 00:06:38,510 --> 00:06:39,510 Yeah. 139 00:06:39,730 --> 00:06:42,650 Here we go. You all right? Yeah. Feel good? Yeah. All right. 140 00:06:43,050 --> 00:06:44,050 So far, so good? 141 00:06:45,890 --> 00:06:48,930 You have a blade going through your stomach. What do you mean, so far, so 142 00:06:48,930 --> 00:06:51,690 good? Here we go. You ready? Do this. 143 00:06:53,590 --> 00:06:54,509 You all right? 144 00:06:54,510 --> 00:06:55,510 That doesn't hurt? 145 00:06:55,970 --> 00:06:58,430 There you go. He's still smiling, so that's good. All right. 146 00:06:58,730 --> 00:06:59,730 I'm going to go over here. 147 00:07:01,310 --> 00:07:02,310 You ready? 148 00:07:02,350 --> 00:07:03,730 Here's this. Here we go. 149 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:06,880 Ow. 150 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:09,360 Thanks for the sound effects. I appreciate that. 151 00:07:11,460 --> 00:07:12,760 That's it. There we go. 152 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:15,320 Excellent. How's your hand doing? Good? 153 00:07:15,580 --> 00:07:16,580 This is crazy. 154 00:07:16,940 --> 00:07:18,080 You still breathing? Yeah. 155 00:07:19,020 --> 00:07:20,320 And there it is, guys. What do you think? 156 00:07:20,540 --> 00:07:22,220 I was just in that box. 157 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:24,960 Not bad, huh? 158 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:26,400 You guys want to go for lunch? 159 00:07:27,580 --> 00:07:31,340 Pretty cool, right? So how does it work? 160 00:07:32,900 --> 00:07:34,260 Rick, it's magic. 161 00:07:35,830 --> 00:07:38,890 Well, should we put her back together? Yeah, let her out. Yeah. The importance 162 00:07:38,890 --> 00:07:42,710 of building cool illusions or props that you use in magic, you know, you're 163 00:07:42,710 --> 00:07:44,990 seething the eye, right? It's an illusion. That's why you call it an 164 00:07:44,990 --> 00:07:46,050 illusion. Check it out. 165 00:07:46,370 --> 00:07:47,970 How great she looks. All in one piece. 166 00:07:48,790 --> 00:07:52,770 Yes. So it's important the props are built proper to not hurt the person 167 00:07:52,770 --> 00:07:56,010 inside, even though, ironically, it looks like you're cutting in somebody in 168 00:07:56,010 --> 00:07:57,290 half and hurting them, but you're not. 169 00:07:57,730 --> 00:07:59,510 So what kind of value could you put on this? 170 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:04,220 So if this was actually Robert Harbin's original zigzag, which is still around, 171 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:08,020 it's actually at the Magic Circle in London, a really famous magic club 172 00:08:08,020 --> 00:08:10,940 there, this would be worth $15,000 to $20,000. 173 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:13,680 Wow. That was the original one that started this whole thing. Sure. 174 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:17,740 Obviously it isn't. It's about 10, 15 years old. I would say this would be 175 00:08:17,740 --> 00:08:18,840 worth $4,500. 176 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:22,520 Okay. Thanks, man. I appreciate it. Well, if you guys do get it, you know, 177 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:23,640 I'll give you a guest spot on my show. 178 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:26,220 Good luck. Take care, you guys. 179 00:08:26,460 --> 00:08:28,580 Thanks, Luke. See you, Mark. See you, Jeff. Good luck. You too. 180 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:32,900 It's really, really interesting, but let's face it, there's not a huge market 181 00:08:32,900 --> 00:08:34,000 for these things. True. 182 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:36,860 I'll give you like $2,000 for it. How about $2,750? 183 00:08:37,260 --> 00:08:38,880 How about $2,200? 184 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:40,520 How about $2,500? 185 00:08:40,539 --> 00:08:41,539 How about $2,200? 186 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:44,159 Because it's going to sit for a long, long time. 187 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:46,780 Well, I've had it a long time, and I don't really have any use for it, so 188 00:08:46,780 --> 00:08:47,780 I'll take the $2,200. 189 00:08:47,820 --> 00:08:48,739 All right, sweet. 190 00:08:48,740 --> 00:08:50,220 All right, so get it down to the shop. I'll get you paid. 191 00:08:50,460 --> 00:08:51,119 Sounds good. 192 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:52,540 I see a roadshow in our future. 193 00:08:52,740 --> 00:08:54,500 You can be my assistant. I'll be the magician. 194 00:08:55,210 --> 00:08:57,790 No, I think I should be the magician, you the assistant. 195 00:08:58,030 --> 00:09:01,650 You gotta have hair like Murray to be a magician, and obviously you're just a 196 00:09:01,650 --> 00:09:02,650 little jealous of that. 197 00:09:07,270 --> 00:09:09,370 Hi. What is that? 198 00:09:10,970 --> 00:09:13,510 This is a Blackstone Vanishing Bird cage. 199 00:09:14,090 --> 00:09:16,170 By Harry Blackstone? Yes. 200 00:09:16,610 --> 00:09:18,690 This is really, really cool. 201 00:09:19,070 --> 00:09:22,310 I mean, people today don't know Harry Blackstone like they used to, but he was 202 00:09:22,310 --> 00:09:24,150 literally in a league with Harry Houdini. 203 00:09:24,470 --> 00:09:26,730 And where did you get it? 204 00:09:26,950 --> 00:09:31,470 I was married to Harry Blackstone Jr., and I was the one who was shot in the 205 00:09:31,470 --> 00:09:35,410 cannon, cut in half with a buzzsaw, turned into the tiger. You know, that's 206 00:09:35,410 --> 00:09:36,410 what I did. 207 00:09:37,790 --> 00:09:39,570 So how is this like a trick? 208 00:09:40,010 --> 00:09:44,730 Well, he would come out holding it and invite anywhere from... 209 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:49,860 a half a dozen to 50 kids up on stage who would all put their hands on it. And 210 00:09:49,860 --> 00:09:52,300 while everyone was holding it, it would vanish. 211 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:54,980 Okay. So can you make it work? 212 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:56,520 No. 213 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:02,340 It's really cool that you had father and son magicians that were just as famous 214 00:10:02,340 --> 00:10:05,980 as each other. So if we have one of their original tricks from someone who 215 00:10:05,980 --> 00:10:08,660 was part of their stage show, that's cool. 216 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:13,260 I am... I'm just trying to see how it works. 217 00:10:15,980 --> 00:10:18,820 I mean, it's put together weird, I can tell you that. So there's something 218 00:10:18,820 --> 00:10:20,220 going on here. 219 00:10:20,680 --> 00:10:23,000 You can tell by the wire and everything, it's really old. 220 00:10:23,820 --> 00:10:27,300 So one thing is, did that have feathers on it at one time? 221 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:29,000 No, it never had feathers. 222 00:10:29,560 --> 00:10:34,020 Okay. And it was made by his great uncle, Harry Blackson Sr.'s brother, 223 00:10:34,100 --> 00:10:36,680 Pete. Okay. I mean, it's really, really cool. 224 00:10:38,020 --> 00:10:39,480 And I'm sort of fascinated. 225 00:10:40,740 --> 00:10:42,380 I really want this one for the shop. 226 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:44,560 And I want to know how it works. 227 00:10:46,980 --> 00:10:48,340 You're looking to sell it. Yes. 228 00:10:49,100 --> 00:10:51,680 And the whole thing is how much do you want for it? 229 00:10:52,180 --> 00:10:54,760 Well, I'm going to say $3,000. 230 00:10:55,800 --> 00:11:01,480 Okay. And I don't know if it's worth 231 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:04,200 $500 or $10,000. 232 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:12,120 I do have a friend who is really big into collecting magic stuff. 233 00:11:12,540 --> 00:11:13,540 Who is it? 234 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:15,380 It's Murray the Magician. He's a good friend of mine. 235 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:19,880 I have known Murray since his hair was normal. 236 00:11:22,140 --> 00:11:25,620 All right, I'm going to go give him a call. I'm going to see if he can come on 237 00:11:25,620 --> 00:11:28,040 down. I know he'll fall in love with this. 238 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:31,220 But he'll help me figure out what it's worth, okay? 239 00:11:31,660 --> 00:11:32,319 Fair enough. 240 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:33,740 Hang out a few minutes, and I'll be right back. 241 00:11:34,690 --> 00:11:38,850 Murray is a great choice because so many of the younger magicians in this day and 242 00:11:38,850 --> 00:11:41,170 age don't know the history of magic, but Murray does. 243 00:11:41,430 --> 00:11:44,290 So I think he's a great one to give very honest appraisal. 244 00:11:49,250 --> 00:11:50,610 Hey, what's up? 245 00:11:50,930 --> 00:11:53,010 I would like to show you something that I have. 246 00:11:53,430 --> 00:11:54,930 What is it, like a girdle or something? 247 00:11:55,850 --> 00:12:00,270 Well, kind of. They were used to cheat at playing poker cards or something like 248 00:12:00,270 --> 00:12:03,570 that. A lot of people got killed with those in this town. I'm sure they did. 249 00:12:05,290 --> 00:12:06,470 Where did you get this? 250 00:12:06,770 --> 00:12:10,970 My husband's grandfather owned a bar in the San Francisco area. 251 00:12:11,470 --> 00:12:15,930 One of the bar customers was going to prison, and he gave it to him and asked 252 00:12:15,930 --> 00:12:16,829 him to hold it for him. 253 00:12:16,830 --> 00:12:22,490 Okay. I mean, the day people started gambling, I assume the very next day 254 00:12:22,490 --> 00:12:24,530 someone figured out a way to cheat. I'm sure, yeah. 255 00:12:24,750 --> 00:12:28,950 You know, everything from dice to cards, marking cards. 256 00:12:29,170 --> 00:12:30,470 And it's always been that. 257 00:12:30,850 --> 00:12:33,950 Looks like a mechanical device to cheat at cards. 258 00:12:34,770 --> 00:12:37,890 It's definitely cool. I mean, there's some really neat little engineering 259 00:12:37,890 --> 00:12:38,890 here. 260 00:12:39,390 --> 00:12:41,050 Do you know how any of this stuff works? 261 00:12:41,250 --> 00:12:42,250 I have absolutely no idea. 262 00:12:42,670 --> 00:12:44,630 Okay. I mean, we have like a little core. 263 00:12:45,230 --> 00:12:46,350 Dad, put it down. 264 00:12:47,110 --> 00:12:48,210 I'm trying to figure it out here. 265 00:12:49,670 --> 00:12:50,670 You're going to break it. 266 00:12:51,730 --> 00:12:54,670 You just broke it. That's what I thought I would have done. Okay. Now you broke 267 00:12:54,670 --> 00:12:55,670 it. 268 00:12:56,290 --> 00:12:59,910 Of course, my dad has to pretend like he knows exactly how this thing works. 269 00:13:00,790 --> 00:13:03,830 Vegas may be a gambling town, but this is a little out of both of our 270 00:13:03,830 --> 00:13:07,490 wheelhouses. So what are you looking to do with it? Do you want to sell it? I 271 00:13:07,490 --> 00:13:11,370 just want to sell it. Any idea of what you want for it? I'm thinking the range 272 00:13:11,370 --> 00:13:13,270 is anywhere from $600 to $6,000. 273 00:13:13,770 --> 00:13:18,050 Okay, well, it's... I'm going to have to call a friend of mine to come down and 274 00:13:18,050 --> 00:13:20,810 take a look at it. There's no way either of us are going to know what this is 275 00:13:20,810 --> 00:13:21,810 worth. Yeah? 276 00:13:21,970 --> 00:13:23,490 I mean, it's... Who would you be calling? 277 00:13:24,470 --> 00:13:26,150 I've got a friend who's... 278 00:13:26,490 --> 00:13:30,970 magician on the strip and collects all types of this stuff and if anybody knows 279 00:13:30,970 --> 00:13:34,490 about it it's going to be happy let's do that that would be great be right back 280 00:13:34,490 --> 00:13:38,550 so i'm kind of concerned that the guys want to call a magician i'm not sure if 281 00:13:38,550 --> 00:13:44,270 a magician is qualified to give me value on a gambling product but we're going to 282 00:13:44,270 --> 00:13:45,270 see 283 00:13:46,190 --> 00:13:51,090 A lady brought in a magic trick that was used by both of the legendary Blackstone 284 00:13:51,090 --> 00:13:54,650 magicians. I have no idea what it's worth, so I called up my buddy Murray. 285 00:13:55,090 --> 00:13:56,630 He's a magician. He's got to know. 286 00:13:58,270 --> 00:13:59,810 Good seeing you. You well? 287 00:14:00,050 --> 00:14:01,090 I'm fine. And yourself? 288 00:14:01,490 --> 00:14:05,910 No complaints. And I see something that looks absolutely amazing in front of 289 00:14:05,910 --> 00:14:12,730 you. Now this, believe it or not, is one of the holy grails of 290 00:14:12,730 --> 00:14:13,730 magic. 291 00:14:15,310 --> 00:14:17,070 This is from Harry Blackstone Sr. 292 00:14:17,310 --> 00:14:18,310 Mm-hmm. 293 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:20,260 And Junior used it as well, I'm sure. 294 00:14:20,460 --> 00:14:23,740 And as you know, in magic, the Blackstone is a huge magic name, not 295 00:14:23,740 --> 00:14:26,520 only by one man, by two, senior and junior. 296 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:28,880 They used to open their shows with this small trick. 297 00:14:29,180 --> 00:14:32,400 I mean, nowadays, we open tricks with massive things. We produce cars and 298 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:36,260 trains and all that to open a big show. This is what they would open a massive 299 00:14:36,260 --> 00:14:39,600 theater with. He'd walk out, stand on stage, hold this in his hands, and 300 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:44,220 literally in one second flat, the whole cage would actually vanish from his 301 00:14:44,220 --> 00:14:47,600 hands. And to this day, in the world of magic, it's probably one of the... 302 00:14:47,660 --> 00:14:48,660 greatest magic tricks. 303 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:54,480 The Blackstones are really influential in magic because they were the last of 304 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:59,620 the Tuxedo Tales Bowtie Magicians. They were a huge magic family. Not only one 305 00:14:59,620 --> 00:15:00,720 magician, the two. 306 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:04,540 So Rick, on this item, what are your concerns with it? So how does it work? 307 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:07,480 Rick, it's magic. 308 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:10,600 He would hold it in his hands and it would disappear. 309 00:15:10,860 --> 00:15:13,560 And the great thing is if you do end up getting this, you will actually learn 310 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:14,560 the secret. 311 00:15:15,199 --> 00:15:16,199 That's the bonus. 312 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:20,440 But no, but the greatest thing with this is even when it was filmed on TV, they 313 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:24,900 would break it down frame to frame, and you could not catch the vanish. It 314 00:15:24,900 --> 00:15:28,660 happened in one frame. That's how great this vanish of the trick was. Okay. 315 00:15:29,740 --> 00:15:30,960 You want to show me how it works? 316 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:35,500 Rick, it's so fragile. This is over 100 years old. 317 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:37,560 So what's it worth? 318 00:15:38,340 --> 00:15:42,400 This cage, you know, like I said, it's one of the classic magic props. 319 00:15:43,540 --> 00:15:45,500 and you're getting it right from the estate. 320 00:15:46,660 --> 00:15:52,000 So the price for this one in this economy, in this day and age, is between 321 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:53,800 $3,500 and $4,500. 322 00:15:54,860 --> 00:15:58,640 Okay. Sir, thank you so much. Good luck with this, and good luck with your magic 323 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:00,280 career. I'm looking forward to seeing you on the strip. 324 00:16:01,660 --> 00:16:05,400 If Rick makes a deal on this and actually does own this item, I think 325 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:08,300 Rick will be able to move it pretty quickly. It's a cool piece of magic. 326 00:16:09,380 --> 00:16:10,440 So I'll give you $2,500. 327 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:13,540 How about $2,750? 328 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:25,340 It's... It's a specialized thing. It takes a long time to sell it. 329 00:16:29,020 --> 00:16:30,660 Will you take $2,600 for it? 330 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:37,060 I'll take... Yes, $2,600. 331 00:16:37,660 --> 00:16:40,860 Okay, it's a deal. Okay, great. Thanks. This is really cool. 332 00:16:41,580 --> 00:16:44,700 If I just can't make sure some of my employees don't screw up something 333 00:16:44,700 --> 00:16:47,280 fragile. This is such a cool historical item. 334 00:16:47,820 --> 00:16:51,080 I'm glad we got it for the shop. You never know. Maybe I'll join Murray's 335 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:51,899 Magic Show. 336 00:16:51,900 --> 00:16:53,600 Our hair doesn't exactly match, though. 337 00:16:55,460 --> 00:16:59,080 A woman brought in an older poker cheating device that my dad tried to put 338 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:02,440 together. It's pretty cool, but neither of us are experts in this type of thing. 339 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:05,839 So we called up our buddy Murray to show us how this thing works and what it 340 00:17:05,839 --> 00:17:06,839 might be worth. 341 00:17:07,839 --> 00:17:09,079 This is really cool, actually. 342 00:17:09,900 --> 00:17:12,839 Do you ever heard of the saying, there's nothing up my sleeve? 343 00:17:13,079 --> 00:17:16,060 Mm-hmm. Okay. Well, this is the device that it started from. 344 00:17:16,300 --> 00:17:19,640 I can see why Rick called me in for a cheating device, because in magic, 345 00:17:19,839 --> 00:17:22,859 that's really what we do. We kind of cheat people out of reality. 346 00:17:23,579 --> 00:17:29,300 There's a guy who invented the first sleeping device named Keplinger. He was 347 00:17:29,300 --> 00:17:31,280 the number one con man in the West Coast. 348 00:17:31,660 --> 00:17:34,420 He went up and down the Barbary Coast, the San Francisco coastline, cheating 349 00:17:34,420 --> 00:17:37,900 people. He came up with the first type called the Keplinger holdout. It was a 350 00:17:37,900 --> 00:17:40,660 card holdout, which meant it would actually hold the card within your 351 00:17:40,660 --> 00:17:44,220 sleeve, so it would hold it out until it would be switched with the cards in your 352 00:17:44,220 --> 00:17:45,860 hand. This is really intriguing. 353 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:50,240 Now, this one, by looking at the wells and the joints, the way it's designed, 354 00:17:50,420 --> 00:17:56,040 this is actually a Martin San Francisco card holdout made in the 1920s, 1930s. 355 00:17:56,060 --> 00:17:56,839 All right? 356 00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:57,860 Well, do you know how it works? 357 00:17:58,480 --> 00:17:59,840 Yes, I do know how it works. 358 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:02,640 That car's with me. 359 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:03,880 Cool. 360 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:05,260 So here's what would happen. 361 00:18:05,540 --> 00:18:07,940 This area here is always called the thief. 362 00:18:08,140 --> 00:18:10,860 The reason why it's called the thief is because it would sneak out from your 363 00:18:10,860 --> 00:18:15,280 sleeve, grab a card and steal it. Pull it back into your actual sleeve. 364 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:21,260 And it actually fits right... All right, see how it pinches it. And this goes 365 00:18:21,260 --> 00:18:22,760 against your forearm. 366 00:18:23,180 --> 00:18:25,160 Rick, I'm going to have you help me. Do me a favor. Take that. 367 00:18:25,460 --> 00:18:29,290 Okay. Now, when it runs down your body, it comes all the way down with all these 368 00:18:29,290 --> 00:18:32,930 round joints. That's why they're round, so it rolls properly. Now, this would be 369 00:18:32,930 --> 00:18:35,690 attached between your knees, and you'd open them up. And as you do that, it 370 00:18:35,690 --> 00:18:39,530 should slide. As long as we keep it pretty well linear, it should slide out. 371 00:18:39,650 --> 00:18:40,429 Can I pull it? 372 00:18:40,430 --> 00:18:41,249 Yeah, you can pull. 373 00:18:41,250 --> 00:18:42,029 Oh, cool. 374 00:18:42,030 --> 00:18:43,530 Your secret has been told. 375 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:48,400 Kevlinger's success actually got the best of him. 376 00:18:48,740 --> 00:18:53,120 He got caught by some gamblers. They offered to either kill him or him to 377 00:18:53,120 --> 00:18:56,220 make the device for them. He made the device for them and they all went out 378 00:18:56,220 --> 00:18:59,380 cheating people. They all get caught and they went to jail for the rest of their 379 00:18:59,380 --> 00:19:00,380 lives. 380 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:01,600 So what do you think it's worth? 381 00:19:02,220 --> 00:19:04,240 These are really cool because there's not many around. 382 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:08,880 And this is an amazing shape. So a lot of people use them for museum pieces or 383 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:12,900 they use them as a cool thing and they're home to display for a value on 384 00:19:12,900 --> 00:19:13,900 this. 385 00:19:14,430 --> 00:19:20,970 What you're looking for is anywhere between $1,500 386 00:19:20,970 --> 00:19:23,070 and $2,200. 387 00:19:23,590 --> 00:19:24,129 Woo-hoo! 388 00:19:24,130 --> 00:19:27,490 All right. That's great. Thank you. You're welcome. Thanks for having me in. 389 00:19:27,530 --> 00:19:29,730 Good seeing you guys. Thank you. Pleasure being here. Thank you. All 390 00:19:29,730 --> 00:19:31,610 right. We'll see you guys later, all right? Have a good day. 391 00:19:33,030 --> 00:19:33,849 All right. 392 00:19:33,850 --> 00:19:36,630 He said it would go for like, what, $1,500 to $2,200? 393 00:19:38,270 --> 00:19:41,570 Retail. That's like retailing it. I would give you $800. 394 00:19:45,750 --> 00:19:46,750 $2,000. 395 00:19:47,550 --> 00:19:50,310 There's no way I could give you $2,000. There's just no way. There's no money to 396 00:19:50,310 --> 00:19:51,310 be made. 397 00:19:52,330 --> 00:19:53,330 How about $15,000? 398 00:19:54,330 --> 00:19:55,570 No, I'd give you like $800. 399 00:19:56,050 --> 00:19:57,630 It's going to be difficult to sell. 400 00:20:00,830 --> 00:20:01,649 $13,000. 401 00:20:01,650 --> 00:20:04,450 Can I always put it back in the box? There's a little room at $13,000. You 402 00:20:04,450 --> 00:20:05,450 heard the guy. 403 00:20:06,210 --> 00:20:07,290 All right, $900. 404 00:20:14,899 --> 00:20:16,280 $900. All right, tell me. 405 00:20:17,360 --> 00:20:20,560 Well, you know, I've learned something by coming here. I figured out I need to 406 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:23,900 be a better negotiator. But all in all, I think it was worth it. 407 00:20:29,060 --> 00:20:29,999 How you doing? 408 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:31,720 Hey, how you doing? I'm pretty good. 409 00:20:32,260 --> 00:20:34,660 What do you have here? It looks like the Desert Inn. 410 00:20:35,260 --> 00:20:38,760 That's exactly what it is. It is my Desert Inn architectural model. 411 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:40,560 It's a casino for ants. 412 00:20:42,940 --> 00:20:44,000 This is pretty cool. 413 00:20:44,360 --> 00:20:47,700 Was this a model they had built to show people what the casino was going to look 414 00:20:47,700 --> 00:20:48,700 like after it was built? 415 00:20:48,820 --> 00:20:52,140 Yes. Okay, pretty cool. The reason I thought it was that is because these 416 00:20:52,140 --> 00:20:56,200 trees all have letters on them. Yeah, sitting right here, this is actually the 417 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:59,660 top for the display, and it actually gives you the information about the 418 00:20:59,660 --> 00:21:04,520 different areas. And being that they tore it down in 2001, I think it was, I 419 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:07,320 mean, nobody can see what it used to be. It's pretty cool to see it right here. 420 00:21:07,500 --> 00:21:11,140 The Desert Inn is probably more rich in history than any other casinos. I mean, 421 00:21:11,180 --> 00:21:13,560 this is the casino that Howard Hughes bought. 422 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:18,320 Because they tried to kick him out of the casino. He had rented the entire 423 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:19,320 ninth floor out. 424 00:21:19,580 --> 00:21:22,500 And he stayed in there and stayed in there. And after so long, they're like, 425 00:21:22,580 --> 00:21:27,600 we need the rooms back for our high rollers. He said, I think I'll just buy 426 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:29,480 the place. Imagine being that rich, right? 427 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:30,800 Yeah. 428 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:34,180 So how much are you looking to get for it? 429 00:21:34,460 --> 00:21:37,000 So I'm looking to get $7,500 out of it. 430 00:21:37,620 --> 00:21:38,620 It's super cool. 431 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:42,320 I'm just not seeing a huge resale market for it, you know? 432 00:21:43,130 --> 00:21:47,110 If I was to buy something like this, I would offer you a lot less because I 433 00:21:47,110 --> 00:21:50,870 imagine it would take a long time to sell. It's a very unique item. I think 434 00:21:50,870 --> 00:21:54,070 for me to buy it, I'd have to be like somewhere around $2,000, you know? 435 00:21:54,450 --> 00:21:56,150 Yeah, I feel that it's... 436 00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:59,600 Definitely worth more than that. So do I. That's why I'm trying to buy it for 437 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:00,399 $2,000. 438 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:05,420 I mean, it is a one-of-a-kind piece. I mean... I 100% agree with you. I would 439 00:22:05,420 --> 00:22:08,680 love to buy it for $2,000. Doesn't sound like you want to sell it for $2,000. 440 00:22:08,980 --> 00:22:11,680 No, I mean, for that price, it's hard to let go. 441 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:13,280 I appreciate you bringing it in today. 442 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:14,940 Yes. Thank you. Thank you. 443 00:22:22,420 --> 00:22:25,180 How you doing? I'm good. How you doing? Right on, man. Right on. 444 00:22:25,530 --> 00:22:26,309 All right. 445 00:22:26,310 --> 00:22:27,470 What do you have here? 446 00:22:27,730 --> 00:22:32,610 So I've got this really cool antique, what is called a spirit clock. 447 00:22:32,990 --> 00:22:38,010 Basically a clock that predicts whatever number that you say that clock is going 448 00:22:38,010 --> 00:22:39,990 to predict it. Kind of like a magic trick? 449 00:22:40,250 --> 00:22:44,110 Right. Is that your line of work? No, I'm a hypnotist. If we make a deal on 450 00:22:44,110 --> 00:22:47,610 this, don't go hypnotizing me for the price you want. Why not? I'm doing that 451 00:22:47,610 --> 00:22:48,610 right now, John. 452 00:22:49,230 --> 00:22:50,690 All right, let me shake it off. 453 00:22:51,930 --> 00:22:52,930 Pretty cool. 454 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:55,020 So tell me, why do you have this? 455 00:22:55,300 --> 00:22:57,300 I actually received this from my mentor. 456 00:22:57,520 --> 00:23:02,900 My mentor was also a hypnotist slash magician who did a lot of stage shows. 457 00:23:02,980 --> 00:23:06,540 And I kind of inherited it from him because I really liked the piece. 458 00:23:07,260 --> 00:23:11,000 Now, I'm seeing some age on it. Did it come kind of weathered like this for the 459 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:15,720 effect, or over time did it start to... So the piece that is the actual antique 460 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:20,680 piece is this dial right here. This is from the early 1900s, and this is German 461 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:26,440 -made. The actual clock that the dial went to was glass, and the glass 462 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:32,260 shattered to pieces. So this was made to be period piece to go with the actual 463 00:23:32,260 --> 00:23:36,000 dial. I was going to say, you know, it kind of looks a little modern, but... 464 00:23:36,190 --> 00:23:37,630 Yeah. Made to look old. Spot on. 465 00:23:38,530 --> 00:23:40,270 Would this trick still work? 466 00:23:40,570 --> 00:23:44,370 Absolutely. So if you give me a number, that number is going to come up on this 467 00:23:44,370 --> 00:23:45,650 clock. 12 o'clock. 468 00:23:46,890 --> 00:23:50,850 It's 12. So if you spin it, it's going to be on 12, right? 469 00:23:51,130 --> 00:23:54,870 Okay. But if you name a number, what will basically happen is the number will 470 00:23:54,870 --> 00:23:58,530 actually come up and predict exactly what you said. 471 00:23:58,930 --> 00:23:59,930 Pretty cool. 472 00:24:00,500 --> 00:24:01,820 And do you have a price in mind? 473 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:05,060 I'm looking at a fair price of $1,500. 474 00:24:05,780 --> 00:24:09,380 Okay. It's not that I don't believe you, but I'm afraid you might have hypnotized 475 00:24:09,380 --> 00:24:12,680 me already, so... I would like to have someone come down and take a look at it, 476 00:24:12,700 --> 00:24:15,060 though, someone I know that does magic as well. 477 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:18,200 Give me just a minute. I'll get him down here, and we'll see what he says. 478 00:24:18,460 --> 00:24:19,460 Let's do it. 479 00:24:26,620 --> 00:24:27,620 Hey, how's it going? 480 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:29,040 Good. How are you? 481 00:24:29,360 --> 00:24:32,380 What do we got? I got playing cards and a shuffler. 482 00:24:32,980 --> 00:24:34,220 Okay, do you mind pulling it out for me? 483 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:36,280 Where in the world did you get this? 484 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:38,320 I got this at an estate sale. 485 00:24:38,620 --> 00:24:39,620 Okay. 486 00:24:39,900 --> 00:24:42,880 I'm one of those people that for whatever reason, I can't shuffle a deck 487 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:47,360 of cards. And if you're actually playing for real money, this thing don't cheat. 488 00:24:48,540 --> 00:24:49,540 This is interesting. 489 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:50,900 Do you mind if I take a look at them? 490 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:52,160 No. 491 00:24:52,460 --> 00:24:55,200 They're definitely old playing cards, that's for sure. Playing cards have been 492 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:56,360 around since the Romans. 493 00:24:57,110 --> 00:25:00,910 It's been almost a thousand years people have been playing with cards because 494 00:25:00,910 --> 00:25:02,670 people always needed a way to entertain themselves. 495 00:25:02,890 --> 00:25:06,150 People have always liked gambling. They've pretty much got standardized 496 00:25:06,150 --> 00:25:09,510 once the printing press was invented around the 1400s. And I mean, they 497 00:25:09,510 --> 00:25:13,170 really haven't changed much. I mean, every family had a few deck of cards. It 498 00:25:13,170 --> 00:25:16,290 was a cheap, easy way to entertain yourself and your friends and your 499 00:25:16,290 --> 00:25:17,450 family when people came over. 500 00:25:17,790 --> 00:25:23,150 And the shufflers, this was a home device. If you can't shuffle, this is 501 00:25:23,150 --> 00:25:24,350 something that you would want to have. 502 00:25:24,730 --> 00:25:25,890 Does it work still or? 503 00:25:26,540 --> 00:25:30,000 I've never tried it. Can we try with a new set of cards? Yeah, let's try that. 504 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:34,320 I believe it would actually work like... Mm-hmm. 505 00:25:35,100 --> 00:25:36,100 Hey. 506 00:25:37,180 --> 00:25:40,400 Eureka. And there you go. You got a shuffled deck of cards. And like I said, 507 00:25:40,460 --> 00:25:41,460 the machine can't cheat. 508 00:25:42,340 --> 00:25:44,220 Any idea on how much you're looking to get out of it? 509 00:25:44,740 --> 00:25:49,000 I was hoping to get $150 for the cards and the shuffler. 510 00:25:50,260 --> 00:25:51,260 Okay. 511 00:25:51,580 --> 00:25:55,760 You got to understand, I can buy these cards all day long for less than... 512 00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:59,320 five bucks a set and the shuffler is cool but it's not like somebody's gonna 513 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:02,460 buy it and use it you have to really be into it and you have to really kind of 514 00:26:02,460 --> 00:26:05,700 be a collector for it all in all total i'd give you about 30 bucks for the 515 00:26:05,700 --> 00:26:12,620 entire set wow that's different well how about 70 how about 35 516 00:26:12,620 --> 00:26:17,940 how about 40 and there you go sounds like a deal to me come with me let's do 517 00:26:17,940 --> 00:26:18,940 some paperwork 518 00:26:19,690 --> 00:26:24,450 I ended up selling them for less than what I wanted, but I actually ended up 519 00:26:24,450 --> 00:26:25,550 making a profit on them. 520 00:26:29,610 --> 00:26:34,550 A customer came into the shop with what he says is an original spirit clock from 521 00:26:34,550 --> 00:26:40,290 the 1900s. He's asking for $1,500, but it's essentially a modern clock with a 522 00:26:40,290 --> 00:26:44,630 vintage pendulum that creates a magic trick. I have no idea if it's even 523 00:26:44,630 --> 00:26:46,690 something that magic collectors would seek out. 524 00:26:47,020 --> 00:26:51,020 So I need Murray the magician to let me know if I should get into the spirit and 525 00:26:51,020 --> 00:26:53,600 buy this or if it's just a waste of time. 526 00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:56,960 What's up, guys? 527 00:26:56,980 --> 00:27:00,140 Hey, Murray. How you doing? Murray, those shoes were made for walking. You 528 00:27:00,140 --> 00:27:01,940 like that? You could hear me like a Clydesdale. 529 00:27:02,460 --> 00:27:06,100 Kevin, what are you doing here? Good to see you. I brought this psychic clock. 530 00:27:06,460 --> 00:27:09,780 That is amazing. All right, so you guys do know each other. 531 00:27:09,980 --> 00:27:13,100 Yeah, he's a phenomenal mentalist. I've always loved mentalism. 532 00:27:13,360 --> 00:27:15,540 You know, it's such a great thing, because we always ask, what's the 533 00:27:15,540 --> 00:27:17,540 difference between magic and mentalism? 534 00:27:17,820 --> 00:27:20,380 Mentalism is one of those things where you're trying to combine human 535 00:27:20,380 --> 00:27:23,780 psychology, behavioral, you know, sciences, trying to make this 536 00:27:23,780 --> 00:27:27,180 unexplainable experience, right? Because magicians do stuff with slight of hand 537 00:27:27,180 --> 00:27:30,320 with their hands, and mentalists use their mind, right? That's correct. 538 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:34,880 So I'll go ahead and let him tell you what he has, since you guys are already 539 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:39,360 familiar. As you know, this is a Houdini-era psychic clock. The dial is 540 00:27:39,360 --> 00:27:40,360 actually German. 541 00:27:40,540 --> 00:27:41,540 That's the original. 542 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:46,440 piece to this. The outside, all the other aesthetics are aftermarket. Yeah, 543 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:50,020 everything looks very period, you know. This is pretty wild. So where did you 544 00:27:50,020 --> 00:27:51,020 get this from originally? 545 00:27:51,420 --> 00:27:56,080 This is from Orman McGill, the world-famous hypnotist slash stage 546 00:27:56,080 --> 00:28:00,600 magician. Can you verify this is early 1900s? Yeah, the mechanisms and all the 547 00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:03,580 workings of it, you know, you can see like the little dots around the outside, 548 00:28:03,820 --> 00:28:07,340 which are the trigger points with the pin and the actual arrow. It's in 549 00:28:07,340 --> 00:28:10,520 amazing condition, you know, and the gentleman that he got it from is all 550 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:11,520 legitimate. He really is. 551 00:28:11,870 --> 00:28:14,390 a legend in the business, you know, and it came from that lineage. 552 00:28:14,850 --> 00:28:19,010 Question, does this actually work still? It works 100%. Can we perform the trick 553 00:28:19,010 --> 00:28:19,649 for Chum? 554 00:28:19,650 --> 00:28:20,650 Absolutely. 555 00:28:20,850 --> 00:28:26,050 So at this point, Chum, all you have to do is basically name a number, and this 556 00:28:26,050 --> 00:28:27,810 dial will actually predict your number. 557 00:28:28,170 --> 00:28:31,430 Two. So we'll take the dial, we'll put it back, and all we're going to do is 558 00:28:31,430 --> 00:28:35,770 spin it again, and let's hope the clock heard what you said and actually 559 00:28:35,770 --> 00:28:36,770 predicts your time. 560 00:28:40,330 --> 00:28:41,330 There it is. 561 00:28:42,090 --> 00:28:43,610 Two o'clock. Oh, wow. 562 00:28:44,030 --> 00:28:45,030 That's amazing. Nice job. 563 00:28:45,870 --> 00:28:46,870 Pretty cool. 564 00:28:46,990 --> 00:28:50,430 So how much do you think this pendulum is actually worth? Because I think 565 00:28:50,430 --> 00:28:53,930 that's where all the value is. Sure. It's so rare, and there's not many 566 00:28:53,930 --> 00:28:55,210 around. You're looking at $2,000. 567 00:28:55,950 --> 00:28:59,030 All right. Thanks for coming in, Murray. You're welcome. Good luck. And if you 568 00:28:59,030 --> 00:29:01,170 decide to get it, you're welcome to open for me on my show. 569 00:29:01,550 --> 00:29:03,490 See you later. All right. Now hurry up and disappear. 570 00:29:04,830 --> 00:29:06,870 All right. Well, it's definitely pretty cool. 571 00:29:07,470 --> 00:29:09,270 I'd love to buy it for $1,000. 572 00:29:10,750 --> 00:29:11,750 I can go $1,250. 573 00:29:12,950 --> 00:29:14,170 So you'll go $1,000. 574 00:29:16,850 --> 00:29:20,070 All right, Chum, you got a deal. All right, sounds good. Appreciate you. 575 00:29:20,490 --> 00:29:23,190 If it stops working when you leave, I'm going to know you hypnotized me. 576 00:29:23,790 --> 00:29:24,830 All right, come on. 577 00:29:25,430 --> 00:29:26,550 I'll write you up over here. 578 00:29:33,110 --> 00:29:34,190 What do we got here? 579 00:29:34,430 --> 00:29:35,910 I have an antique roulette table. 580 00:29:36,380 --> 00:29:41,180 Wheel was built about 1926, and the interesting thing about it is this is 581 00:29:41,180 --> 00:29:42,680 the holy grail of casino cheating. 582 00:29:44,020 --> 00:29:45,040 It's a rigged wheel? 583 00:29:45,260 --> 00:29:47,200 It's a rigged wheel, yeah. I'll put 100 on black. 584 00:29:49,060 --> 00:29:53,480 I think it's absolutely beautiful. People have always gambled. In the 585 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:57,840 1700s, they basically came up with, well, we have this roulette. It's a 586 00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:01,340 French word. I forget what it means. And it ended up in gambling halls around 587 00:30:01,340 --> 00:30:04,260 Europe, became very popular, eventually came here. 588 00:30:04,750 --> 00:30:09,870 The great thing about this game is the house always wins. There's no winning 589 00:30:09,870 --> 00:30:14,530 with roulette. I tell people that all the time. You can't. Just the law of 590 00:30:14,530 --> 00:30:16,410 averages, eventually it'll take all your money. 591 00:30:16,670 --> 00:30:17,670 Absolutely. 592 00:30:18,910 --> 00:30:20,790 How did you determine it's rigged? 593 00:30:21,170 --> 00:30:22,370 The legs were hollow. 594 00:30:22,570 --> 00:30:27,310 There were four batteries, two in each leg. There were three switches, one on 595 00:30:27,310 --> 00:30:31,810 the end, one on each side, so the dealer could actuate them if they knew which 596 00:30:31,810 --> 00:30:32,810 screw to push. 597 00:30:33,050 --> 00:30:35,890 Right there. Yeah, there's a button right there, yeah. I grew up in Vegas. 598 00:30:36,110 --> 00:30:37,950 I've read about all the mob things. I've read everything. 599 00:30:38,290 --> 00:30:39,950 And I know how they would rig these things. 600 00:30:40,290 --> 00:30:43,210 If the ball looked like it was going to go in one section where the big money 601 00:30:43,210 --> 00:30:46,610 bet was at, he'd press a button, a plunger would hit the ball, and it 602 00:30:46,610 --> 00:30:48,510 wouldn't go in that one. It would go somewhere else. 603 00:30:50,210 --> 00:30:54,110 No, it's very, very interesting. It's cool. I mean, it's got some history. We 604 00:30:54,110 --> 00:30:55,590 don't know exactly what the history is. 605 00:30:56,450 --> 00:30:58,010 How much do you want for this? 606 00:30:58,719 --> 00:30:59,719 95,000. 607 00:30:59,840 --> 00:31:01,800 How did you come up with that number? 608 00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:07,500 Antique tables near this same quality are selling for 75 to 100,000. I've 609 00:31:07,500 --> 00:31:10,180 never heard that kind of money for a roulette wheel. What you got here is 610 00:31:10,180 --> 00:31:13,880 super cool, but it's finding a customer for it that wants to spend a lot of 611 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:17,400 money and has the room for it and wants to collect this. That's going to be the 612 00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:21,520 problem. I'm not even going to make you an offer on it because we're so far off. 613 00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:25,760 And the regulation size roulette wheel. 614 00:31:26,370 --> 00:31:28,750 Most states, you're not allowed to own it, period. 615 00:31:29,010 --> 00:31:30,150 This is still a felony. 616 00:31:31,090 --> 00:31:35,090 But thank you for bringing it in, and I will go get some guys to help you load 617 00:31:35,090 --> 00:31:37,490 it up. Thank you very much. Okay, have a good one. You too. 618 00:31:43,410 --> 00:31:45,010 Hey, how's it going? Good, how you doing today? 619 00:31:45,310 --> 00:31:49,990 I got this magic kit here, and I want to see if you guys would be interested in 620 00:31:49,990 --> 00:31:52,410 it. Mistone magic set, huh? Yeah. 621 00:31:52,970 --> 00:31:55,570 Awesome. Do you know any magic tricks, Corey? 622 00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:58,140 I had the little thumb thing. 623 00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:04,300 And I think this might be like three balls, you know? You're like... That's 624 00:32:04,300 --> 00:32:05,680 not magic. That's a scam. 625 00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:06,920 Three caramani. 626 00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:08,480 Where's the quarter at? 627 00:32:09,500 --> 00:32:10,560 Yeah. Wrong. 628 00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:13,900 This is interesting. 629 00:32:14,220 --> 00:32:18,280 Bring the mystifying magic of world-famous magicians within the power 630 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:19,280 of everyone. 631 00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:22,800 There you go. What can you tell me about it? I picked it up at an antique shop. 632 00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:24,160 I thought it was really cool. 633 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:29,660 I mean, it is pretty cool. This is like probably from about 1930-ish. If you 634 00:32:29,660 --> 00:32:33,280 were a kid who was like inspiring to be a magician, there just wasn't magic 635 00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:38,380 shops in most cities on the corner where you could go in and get a fake thumb or 636 00:32:38,380 --> 00:32:43,920 the three ball trick, you know? So this type of magic set would introduce a kid 637 00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:47,460 to several different types of magic tricks. This is definitely cool. 638 00:32:48,810 --> 00:32:52,490 It has this little pamphlet right here that explains how to do all the tricks. 639 00:32:53,290 --> 00:32:55,930 This looks like some little magic keys here. 640 00:32:56,330 --> 00:32:58,030 Probably some magic coins, huh? 641 00:32:58,550 --> 00:33:01,590 Absolutely. Looks like you even have a little magic potion. 642 00:33:02,050 --> 00:33:04,910 Not exactly sure what's going on in there. We'll leave that shut. 643 00:33:06,590 --> 00:33:09,850 Any idea what you're looking for on it? Maybe $3.50? 644 00:33:11,420 --> 00:33:14,180 Okay. It looks like it's in really good condition. 645 00:33:15,140 --> 00:33:16,720 You appear to have all the pieces. 646 00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:18,440 It looks like everything's there, yes. 647 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:23,300 Basically, here's the deal. I know Gilbert Toys is really popular for their 648 00:33:23,300 --> 00:33:26,960 erector sets. I know the erector sets could go for thousands and thousands of 649 00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:29,700 dollars. I don't know what their magic sets are worth. 650 00:33:29,940 --> 00:33:30,940 Okay. 651 00:33:31,340 --> 00:33:34,180 Do you mind if I have a buddy of mine come down and take a look at it? That'd 652 00:33:34,180 --> 00:33:34,979 be great. 653 00:33:34,980 --> 00:33:36,460 You want to give Murray a call? 654 00:33:36,820 --> 00:33:37,940 Yeah, let me get him down here. 655 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:44,020 A guy came in with an old magic set. It's really cool, but he's asking $350 656 00:33:44,020 --> 00:33:47,860 for it. So just to make sure there's no tricks up this guy's sleeve, I've got my 657 00:33:47,860 --> 00:33:49,100 buddy coming down to help me out. 658 00:33:49,580 --> 00:33:52,980 But now I've got to figure out where Chum disappeared to. 659 00:33:54,140 --> 00:33:55,059 How you doing? 660 00:33:55,060 --> 00:33:56,060 How you doing? Murray. 661 00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:57,980 Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. James. How's it going? 662 00:33:58,340 --> 00:34:00,820 Look at that. She's got a pinky. All right. I mean, look at that. 663 00:34:01,380 --> 00:34:04,200 That's where I got my hairstyle from. I think she's going to need some hairspray 664 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:05,400 and a blow dryer to get like you. 665 00:34:06,380 --> 00:34:10,000 So what do you got here? A Gilbert Mistow magic set. This is awesome. 666 00:34:10,900 --> 00:34:14,400 Yeah, this is like, I'd say, late 1930s, early 1940s. 667 00:34:14,679 --> 00:34:19,600 The cool thing is Alfred Carlton Gilbert was the guy that came up with the set. 668 00:34:19,659 --> 00:34:20,719 He was an amateur magician. 669 00:34:21,730 --> 00:34:25,810 And his first company was called the Misto Manufacturing Company. He would 670 00:34:25,810 --> 00:34:27,969 make small tricks and sell them to his friends. 671 00:34:28,170 --> 00:34:31,210 And then he started making magic kits, which became very popular. 672 00:34:31,449 --> 00:34:35,429 Now, what's interesting is that he came up with the erector sets in 1911, which 673 00:34:35,429 --> 00:34:38,650 is a very famous set of where he would build, like, bridges. 674 00:34:38,870 --> 00:34:41,870 He had over 150 patents under his name. He's a genius. 675 00:34:42,409 --> 00:34:44,610 Can you tell us what these tricks are in here? 676 00:34:44,830 --> 00:34:47,889 Yeah, these are kind of cool. I mean, everything does something different, 677 00:34:47,929 --> 00:34:49,389 obviously. Pinky. 678 00:34:49,739 --> 00:34:51,580 Are you ready to see a magic trick? Let's see a trick. 679 00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:53,560 She says don't turn her into a wig. 680 00:34:54,139 --> 00:34:55,159 Perfect, perfect. 681 00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:59,760 This is kind of a cool trick here where you have a little paddle, and there's 682 00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:01,720 nothing on it, right? You can see there's nothing there. 683 00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:04,160 There's nothing on this side, and there's nothing on that side. But if you 684 00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:08,080 wave your hand like this, a rabbit appears, just like that. Pretty cool. 685 00:35:08,180 --> 00:35:08,979 Isn't that great? 686 00:35:08,980 --> 00:35:12,860 There's these cool cards here where you have cards that look like, so if you 687 00:35:12,860 --> 00:35:17,780 hold it like this, it looks like five cards, right? Right. So you put them in 688 00:35:17,780 --> 00:35:18,780 my hand, go like this. 689 00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:19,960 Snap the fingers. 690 00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:23,520 Change to two cards. 691 00:35:24,340 --> 00:35:27,840 Awesome. See? Because they have all this print on the back. See, there's some 692 00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:29,600 really cool, kind of fun tricks. 693 00:35:29,940 --> 00:35:32,720 The key is, too, with the kids, they could do them right away, instantly. 694 00:35:33,100 --> 00:35:36,560 This is an amazing shape. Even look at this. This is the instruction book. 695 00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:41,600 And look at that. You know, it's in really great shape. This is all real 696 00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:45,940 metal. Like, magic sets nowadays are all cheap. To make a set like this nowadays 697 00:35:45,940 --> 00:35:46,960 would cost a fortune. 698 00:35:47,830 --> 00:35:49,230 So what's something like this worth? 699 00:35:50,310 --> 00:35:53,650 Nothing's missing in this. Even if one thing was missing, it would devalue it. 700 00:35:54,730 --> 00:35:59,110 You know, originally back in the late 1930s and the early 1940s, this would go 701 00:35:59,110 --> 00:36:02,990 for like $1.75, two bucks, which was a lot of money back then. 702 00:36:03,430 --> 00:36:08,670 Nowadays, this set would actually go for, I'd say it would be $110. 703 00:36:10,110 --> 00:36:12,930 I appreciate it, man. Corey, thank you again, man. I'm always good seeing you. 704 00:36:12,930 --> 00:36:14,330 All right. Nice meeting you, James. 705 00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:19,080 350 bucks isn't going to happen. 706 00:36:20,380 --> 00:36:21,380 What are you thinking? 707 00:36:21,780 --> 00:36:22,780 40? 708 00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:25,120 Can you do 80? 709 00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:28,040 No, but I can do 50. 710 00:36:31,220 --> 00:36:34,680 All right, 50 sounds good. 50 sounds good? All right, cool. Chum will rush 711 00:36:34,680 --> 00:36:36,440 up. All right, thank you. All right. 712 00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:38,580 I'll make this disappear later. Come on. 713 00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:48,760 What do we got here? 714 00:36:48,820 --> 00:36:53,960 Well, it's a nickel slot machine made by Jennings, the standard chief model, made 715 00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:56,600 approximately 1955-56. 716 00:36:57,560 --> 00:36:59,320 All right. Where'd you find it? A barn? 717 00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:02,680 Yeah. 718 00:37:03,980 --> 00:37:04,980 So does it work? 719 00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:07,360 Yeah. You got a nickel? Yeah. You bet. 720 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:10,440 I'm keeping the jackpot if I hit it. 721 00:37:10,700 --> 00:37:11,700 All right. 722 00:37:17,140 --> 00:37:19,520 Oh. There's no money in it. Yeah, I took it all out. 723 00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:23,760 How did you figure out the year? 724 00:37:24,420 --> 00:37:26,060 Well, actually, somebody told me. 725 00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:27,320 Okay. 726 00:37:27,460 --> 00:37:30,440 Well, they were pretty common. I think they made these right before World War 727 00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:32,200 II, and they made them after World War II. Right. 728 00:37:32,780 --> 00:37:35,220 Jennings came up with some really cool machines. 729 00:37:35,840 --> 00:37:37,400 You know how you see the fruit on a slot machine? 730 00:37:37,700 --> 00:37:43,060 Right. They came up with that because in the 1920s, 1930s, there's sort of like 731 00:37:43,060 --> 00:37:45,280 an anti-gambling thing going around the United States. 732 00:37:45,720 --> 00:37:48,260 A lot of places these were sold, it wasn't a slot machine. 733 00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:50,380 It was a gum machine. 734 00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:54,640 For the cherries and the lemons and the oranges, those were supposed to be gum 735 00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:55,880 or mint flavors. 736 00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:59,680 And you would put a nickel in. You would get a pack of gum, and if you just 737 00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:01,600 happened to win some money, two at the same time, hey. 738 00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:06,380 Right. It was anything to get them around the gambling laws. 739 00:38:06,799 --> 00:38:11,060 He's an interesting fellow, but he just keeps talking and talking and telling me 740 00:38:11,060 --> 00:38:15,280 about this machine. I've had this machine for a few years now. Tell me how 741 00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:16,280 much you're going to give me. 742 00:38:16,620 --> 00:38:18,080 So let's get down to business. 743 00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:24,060 All in all, it looks really good shape, and when I buy these things, I want the 744 00:38:24,060 --> 00:38:26,240 mechanism to work right, and we just proved that that worked right. 745 00:38:27,060 --> 00:38:28,060 How much you want? 746 00:38:28,500 --> 00:38:31,840 Well, I have $1,800 into it, but I'd like to get my money back. 747 00:38:37,609 --> 00:38:39,690 It's collectible. It's in beautiful shape. 748 00:38:40,290 --> 00:38:42,870 But it's not one of the rare ones. 749 00:38:43,570 --> 00:38:46,270 Nickels were more or less the standard machine from this time period. 750 00:38:46,930 --> 00:38:49,910 Half-dollar and dollar machines are pretty rare because people couldn't 751 00:38:49,910 --> 00:38:50,910 afford to play them. 752 00:38:51,390 --> 00:38:52,750 Let me give you $1,000 for it. 753 00:38:54,810 --> 00:38:57,530 I can't take $1,000. I need a little bit more than that. 754 00:38:57,910 --> 00:38:59,770 I know how these fellas haggle. 755 00:39:00,070 --> 00:39:03,550 They say one thing, I say another, and we either meet in the middle or we 756 00:39:03,550 --> 00:39:04,550 don't. 757 00:39:04,570 --> 00:39:05,570 And what's your best price? 758 00:39:07,860 --> 00:39:11,380 Well, I can say 15, and then you'd say 11 or 12. 759 00:39:13,260 --> 00:39:16,160 And I'd say 13, you'd say 12.50. 760 00:39:19,140 --> 00:39:20,380 And that's what we're going to settle on? 761 00:39:21,660 --> 00:39:23,100 I'll take 12.50. 762 00:39:26,900 --> 00:39:29,420 Um, you've done this before. 763 00:39:29,700 --> 00:39:30,700 Deal. 12.50. 764 00:39:31,860 --> 00:39:33,780 Meet me up front. I'll give you some cash. 765 00:39:38,710 --> 00:39:43,310 So, Eric, did you hear about Toga Fridays? 766 00:39:43,730 --> 00:39:44,730 No. 767 00:39:44,870 --> 00:39:46,850 Okay. All right. I get it. 768 00:39:48,210 --> 00:39:49,210 Everyone's going to laugh at Rick. 769 00:39:49,450 --> 00:39:52,770 I'm assuming there was no flyers and no one got the memo about Toga Friday. 770 00:39:53,410 --> 00:39:56,190 No, Rick. Okay. Joke's on me. I understand. 771 00:39:59,890 --> 00:40:00,890 What's up, Big Hoss? 772 00:40:01,230 --> 00:40:03,030 Not much. Have you heard from my dad yet? 773 00:40:03,270 --> 00:40:04,330 Have I heard from him? 774 00:40:04,570 --> 00:40:07,670 I've seen him. You haven't seen him yet? I haven't seen him. There he is. 775 00:40:08,420 --> 00:40:11,380 What's up, Emperor Rick? Apparently you never put up the flyer. 776 00:40:12,100 --> 00:40:14,540 I thought we were joking about the toga party. 777 00:40:14,860 --> 00:40:16,840 I know you guys planned it. You guys wanted to embarrass me where I was the 778 00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:17,980 only guy who showed up in a toga. 779 00:40:18,300 --> 00:40:21,660 And that's fine. I'm going to wear the toga all day long because it's Toga 780 00:40:21,660 --> 00:40:23,800 Friday. I'm going to enjoy myself, have a blast. 781 00:40:24,240 --> 00:40:26,360 Okay? And you guys, you got me. 782 00:40:26,580 --> 00:40:31,620 So just so you know, I just let two managers off for the weekend. You guys 783 00:40:31,620 --> 00:40:32,620 are working. 784 00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:35,320 That's worth it. 785 00:40:35,780 --> 00:40:39,550 Toga! TOGA! TOGA! TOGA! TOGA!