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‐ On tonight's episode,

a seller tempts me with an ancient wine jug.

This is a Greek style wine jug.

It came out right around the seventh century B. C.

‐ Oh.

‐ A restoration goes off the grid.

‐ Check out these blades. It's junk.

If it spins with these, it will fall apart.

We don't want that, right? ‐ Don't want that happening.

And later, somebody gets a spanking.

‐ Why would you put a .32 blank in there?

‐ So when you paddle somebody,

the gunshot goes off

and scares the hell out of the person you're paddling.

I'm gonna shoot off a blank real quick, so...

‐ Make sure you hit them in the butt.

[gunshot, ♪ ♪k laughs]

♪ ♪

‐ I'm on my way to Rick Dale's because a while ago

a guy came in to the pawn shop

and sold me all the parts to a windmill

that's over 100 years old.

I had Rick Dale check this thing out,

and he thinks he can get this thing

completely running to make power

so I could use it at my house in Oregon.

A couple months a year I'm up in my ranch in Oregon

that's completely off the grid,

and I'm always trying to figure out new ways

to make power.

So this is the powerhouse.

This is what makes us completely off the grid.

‐ You did all this? ‐ Yeah.

It's just basic electronics.

This pipe right here goes to my upper pond.

Water goes through there, gains velocity,

spins this pulley right here,

which excites my two alternators.

Then the power goes into my charge controller right there,

which charges the batteries.

‐ So basically, you got a miniature Hoover Dam, right?

‐ Yeah.

But there's, apparently, a few issues with it,

so he's giving me a call

because the thing is not being the breeze

he thought it would be.

♪ ♪

‐ Hey, Rick, what's up? ‐ Hey.

[laughs] How's it going?

‐ How you doing?

‐ Oh, so I see you're working on it.

‐ Yeah, um...

check out these blades.

Now that I've got all the paint off

and sort of got it in my hands, it's junk.

They're there for looks.

If it spins with these, it will fall apart.

♪ ♪

We don't want that, right?

‐ Don't want that happening.

‐ When I saw it, it was basically all in pieces,

had a lot of paint on it,

and it wasn't until I actually got it here

and got it ripped apart, sandblasted,

and started taking a really serious look at it,

to find out that it had quite a few more problems.

We're gonna have to redo these.

We're gonna have totally have to redo these.

I bought some wood to try to put something together

and figure out how much I'm gonna have to charge you

to make all new blades.

There's eight of these blades. ‐ Yes.

So, are‐‐ so is the hardware gonna work?

‐ Yeah, I think we can

make the hardware work, but it's another issue.

♪ ♪

This big pipe here...

[grunting] Found an issue with.

Okay, so let's lift this up.

‐ All right. ‐ Like...that.

Okay.

♪ ♪

Basically, the blades come straight out here,

so this piece is sitting inside there, kay?

‐ Okay. ‐ Now, the problem I've got is

this is no longer round.

[both laughing]

It don't spin, you're not making no power.

Kay?

Okay, so originally I told you

it was gonna be between 8 and 10,000

to do this whole thing‐‐

construct a tower, do all that‐‐

and seeing all the machining I gotta do,

I'm looking at probably 20 now.

[dramatic sting]

‐ [sighs] ‐ I mean, it's a guess,

and it's a‐‐it's my high guess, but each time I touch it,

it seems like it's going up.

So I just don't wanna surprise you.

‐ [sighs] Um, I guess that's the price for pretty power.

[both laughing] ‐ Kay.

‐ I'm gonna lose money, but it's gonna look really nice.

[laughs]

All right, see you soon. ‐ Okay, buddy.

Thanks very much.

♪ ♪

[grunts]

♪ ♪

‐ Hey, how's it going?

‐ Good. How 'bout yourself?

‐ All right, what do we got here?

‐ I've got an old pocket watch.

‐ Oh, well, here you go.

Ah, okay.

This is probably around an 1860.

By, like, the 1890s,

the best watches in the world were American watches.

‐ Interesting.

‐ It was because, like, in England, I think,

it took 17 different unions to make a watch.

[laughs] [ticking]

‐ I'm here at the pawn shop today

to sell my antique pocket watch.

I bought a storage unit last year.

Had some antique furniture in there

and tucked away in a drawer was this watch.

♪ ♪

I'm hoping to sell the pocket watch for $300.

♪ ♪

‐ This is cool.

So this is American Waltham Watch Company.

Pocket watches got a really neat history in this country.

Pocket watches basically started in Europe,

but they were just notoriously inaccurate.

By, like, the 1600s, they had pretty accurate clocks

that had a pendulum to regulate them,

but watches, on the other hand,

they couldn't have a pendulum,

so they tried to make all these different mechanisms

that would make them run on time,

but they didn't have the technology, and basically,

around the 1850s, machine tools for making watches

began to get really inexpensive

with the whole Industrial Revolution thing.

So here in the States, uh,

little watch companies started popping up everywhere.

And plain and simple, we had the best watches in the world.

Our watches were so much better than, like, European watches,

congress passed a law

saying you had to put the origin of the watch

on the front of the watch

because all the European watchmakers

were making watches with American‐sounding names.

But, uh, this right here is pretty cool.

Got the key for it.

[intriguing music]

Not exactly the easy way to set these things

and wind these things like a normal watch.

Um...

so lemme just open this up and look at the movement,

♪ ♪

Is it a left‐hand wind? Most of these were.

‐ I don't know.

♪ ♪

‐ And then...

♪ ♪

Yup. It runs.

‐ Excellent.

‐ So how much you want for it?

‐ I'm asking 300.

[tense music]

‐ I'll give you 200 bucks for it.

They're much harder to sell nowadays.

There's just not that many collectors out there.

But, 20 years ago, I'd offer you more.

‐ Would you do 225?

♪ ♪

‐ Sure.

Great.

I'll meet you right around the corner,

and we'll do some paperwork, okay?

‐ Sounds good.

I sold it for $225.

I feel good about it.

With that 225, I'm gonna put it back in petty cash

and buy another storage locker.

[country rock music]

♪ ♪

‐ Can I help you? ‐ Yeah.

I have a signed picture of Cy Young.

‐ Oh.

[baseball organ music]

Um, this looks like a pretty old picture of him.

Looks like "Cy Old" to me. ‐ [chuckles]

[rock music]

I have a signed photo of Cy Young

that I'm looking to sell today.

I found my Cy Young photo at an estate sale,

rummaging through some boxes of sports memorabilia.

The condition of the photo looks pretty good for its age.

I'm looking to get $3,000 for the photo.

♪ ♪

‐ This is a good find.

Cy Young is probably one of the most recognizable names

from baseball.

I mean, the Cy Young Award was named after him.

It's given to the best pitcher every year.

Cy Young wasn't his name, actually.

He came into baseball and they gave him the nickname "Cyclone"

because he threw the ball so fast,

that they said he was throwing a cyclone.

And then they shortened it up to Cy.

Cy Young ended his career with 511 wins,

and he actually holds the record

for most wins by a pitcher.

It's so far ahead of the pack,

I don't think anyone will ever catch up to him.

I mean, he pitched for over 20 years.

This is just a picture, right? It's not a card?

‐ Yeah, it looks like it's a picture.

It might've been cut out at the seam

of a paperback book, it looks like.

‐ Okay.

Oh, I see some creasing in it. Yeah.

It's pretty cool, though.

I mean, I don't know

how much an autographed picture is collectible

compared to say, like a card or a baseball bat,

but it's good that you got it authenticated

because it lets me know the signature's real.

In general, anything Cy Young is probably highly collectible

and not hard to sell.

‐ Great. That's great news.

‐ What are you looking to do with this?

‐ Looking to sell it, and see if‐‐

get as much as I can for it. ‐ How much do you want for it?

‐ I'm looking to get $3,000 for it.

‐ Mm‐kay, well, that's a lot of money.

So for that kind of money,

I'm gonna need someone to come in and take a look at it.

Um, this is an older Cy Young.

It looks to me like after he was retired.

He's wearing a Cleveland Indians jersey,

which, I believe they were the Cleveland Spiders

when he actually played for them.

So, I think when people collect Cy Young stuff,

they would prefer to have young Cy Young

in a jersey that he actually played for the team, so...

‐ [laughs]

‐ I just need someone to come down and take a look at it

and give me their thoughts on it.

‐ Sure. ‐ All right.

Gimme a couple minutes. I'm gonna get someone

down here. ‐ Sure.

I'm very confident that an expert will look at it

and reveal that is worth the value that I say it is

or very close to it.

♪ ♪

‐ Hey, what do we got here?

‐ We got a 38‐star U. S. Navy Jack.

‐ Okay.

The U. S. Navy Jack.

Some people call it a "jack flag."

But most people don't even know

that the words jack and flag are interchangeable,

so you can't call it a "jack flag"

because that's sort of like saying "flag flag."

[both laugh]

[patriotic music]

‐ I'm here at the pawn shop today

to sell my 1889 U. S. Navy Jack.

There's 38 stars on the flag,

and it was used on the warships

when they were in port.

This flag is in pretty good condition.

I haven't seen a lot of these flags.

I've seen some online that sell for quite a bit.

I wanna sell the flag for 3,500.

♪ ♪

‐ Pretty cool.

The U. S. Navy, uh, on the front of the ship,

there's actually a pole that goes up

that's called a jack staff,

and they fly this flag on the front of it.

And back 100s of years ago,

before radios and everything like that,

when you went into a harbor

you would fly one of these things

so they would know which country's ship was coming in.

♪ ♪

The very first Union Jack,

it was just 13 red and white stripes.

Then we added the snake,

and then we started making them blue

with stars representing all the states.

So they were constantly changing in the 1800s

when we were adding states.

Where did you get this?

‐ Um, actually a yard sale in San Antonio.

‐ Okay.

And this one is in incredible shape.

It looks like some moths got to it.

‐ Minor mothing, yeah. ‐ Yeah.

And it's been repaired.

We got some printing here.

"Union Number Two."

♪ ♪

"January 1889."

♪ ♪

I'm guessing the "union" means "Union Jack."

The "Number Two," I have no idea.

And...

maybe the manufacturer date?

So you know how big this is?

‐ I think it's 4x8 foot.

‐ Oh, it's way bigger than that.

[intriguing music]

Okay, here.

These showcases are exactly 5 feet long.

Um, I know that 'cause I've gotten glass for them

I don't know how many times,

and I've measured them every time.

So we got one, two showcases, and right around a foot.

So that's 11 feet long.

♪ ♪

I mean, it's super cool.

Um, so how much you looking to get?

‐ 3,500. ‐ Okay.

[sighs]

Sounds a little high, but I'm just not an expert

on Union Jacks.

So before we can figure out a price,

I want someone to look at it.

Um, I know the history of this flag,

I know a lot about it,

But I just don't know how to date these things,

if they're reproduced, um...

I know just enough to lose a lot of money on them.

[laughs] Okay? ‐ It's a rare collectible.

It is. ‐ Okay.

So, um, I have a friend that was around

when this would made... [laughs]

‐ [laughs]

‐ No, I have a buddy who will know everything about this.

Uh, so if you can hang out for just a little bit,

I'll have a guy come down. I'll have him check it out.

‐ That'd be great. ‐ Okay.

Be right back.

[country rock music]

I'm so glad I'm here and not Corey and Chum

because they don't know jack about jacks.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

‐ Earlier, I had a customer come in

with a super cool 1889 38‐star U. S. Navy Jack.

Now, this thing is in great condition,

and these things are definitely collectible,

but I'm just not sure if it's real.

So I called my go‐to history buff, Mark Hall‐Patton,

to check this thing out

and to flag any problems before I buy this thing.

♪ ♪

So this is a Union Jack.

‐ This is very nice. All right.

The Naval Jack is one of the earliest flags

that the United States had.

It was the first one that the navy had.

In 1777,

we defined a jack, a flag,

that was alternating red and white stripes

of the 13 colonies.

♪ ♪

‐ I have, like, a million questions.

Like, is it real? What's the "number two" for?

‐ Okay, well, let me take a look here.

"Union number two."

"Number two" refers to the size of the flag.

A number two should be 7x11‐feet.

‐ It's definitely 11 feet long. ‐ Okay.

So the size is correct.

The different sizes

were based on the size of ship that they were put on.

♪ ♪

If it's 1889 in January,

it should be 38 stars.

This one looks to be in relatively good shape.

Do you mind if we unfold it a little bit more?

‐ No. ‐ Okay.

‐ 'Cause, you know, when you're looking at something

from 1889...

♪ ♪

Eh, you've got some mothing on it.

That's to be expected.

You know, but the condition is actually, you know,

not bad at all.

And probably the reason for that

is it's not used when you're sailing.

It's only used in port.

‐ Okay, so, um.

So you're pretty sure this is 1889.

It's the real deal? ‐ I think so.

‐ Um, we should probably, just to be sure, count the stars.

‐ One, two, three, four.

♪ ♪

Five? Five rows?

‐ Yup. And...

we've got eight.

All right.

‐ This row is eight.

So we add them all up, we got 38.

‐ Right, so we've got the correct number of stars.

‐ So here we go.

‐ Fold this back down, and it's‐‐you know,

with a piece of this size,

doesn't often survive.

‐ All right, so you think it's legit.

‐ Yes, I think‐‐ I think this is correct.

‐ And collectible? ‐ Yeah.

You know, you're gonna have flag people

that are going to be interested in it.

‐ Okay. Well, thanks, man.

I appreciate it. ‐ Not a problem.

‐ Very nice. Thank you.

‐ Thank you.

‐ All right, so...

how much did you want for this?

‐ 3,500.

[tense music]

‐ Okay, um, sounds like a lot of money to me.

♪ ♪

Um,

it's one of those rare situations

where smaller is better.

‐ Mm‐hmm.

‐ It's a big Union Jack.

There's no way you can hang this on a wall.

Um, unless you had a really, really big house or office.

Um, I'll give you, like, 500 bucks for it.

♪ ♪

It's gonna be difficult to sell,

and the number of people in this country

that are actually gonna want this thing is very few.

♪ ♪

‐ I'll pass, then.

‐ Okay. You sure? ‐ Yeah.

‐ All right. Well, have a nice day.

‐ Thank you.

No deal was made today.

I think I'm gonna list it online

and wait for a collector to purchase it.

♪ ♪

‐ I have a customer that has a signed photo

of Cy Young that he's already had authenticated,

which is great because Cy Young is baseball legend,

and anything of his is collectible.

But the seller wants three grand,

and the photo looks like

it was torn out of a book or something.

I'm not entirely sure what I'm working with here,

so my sports expert Dan is coming in

to tell me what's what.

♪ ♪

So I have a Cy Young autograph right here,

and it's authenticated, which is great.

But I don't know, you know, the value of something like this.

I mean, it's Cy Young. ‐ Sure.

‐ I imagine everything's collectible.

‐ No, absolutely. No, he's a legend.

♪ ♪

To this day, he still holds

the most games played, started, innings.

He's pitched over 7,500 innings.

He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937.

One of the first Baseball Hall of Fame inductees.

So he really set a lot of records and things that,

you know, pitchers can't touch these days.

So can I take a look at it? ‐ Please.

‐ I mean, the autograph looks really clean

compared to autographs that are out there.

You can perfectly see the signature.

It is a real old photo of him,

so this image was probably in the newspaper

'cause it seems to be matted,

you know, on top of this board.

♪ ♪

So as far as the picture's concerned,

the Indians uniform‐‐

he played for the Cleveland Spiders,

he played for the Cleveland Naps,

so it's‐‐it's probably, uh,

going back to Cleveland for an old‐timers' game.

♪ ♪

The only thing is that,

items are more desirable when they have,

like, a more present or playing day photo.

And as far as the signature,

it's definitely a signature he signed after his career.

The value's a lot higher when it's signed during his career.

‐ Mm‐hmm.

‐ What kind of value do you think it has?

‐ You know, just a piece of paper signed by him,

not a photo,

you know, you're probably looking at about 1,000 bucks,

just for a piece of paper.

[suspenseful music]

For this, there aren't tons of photos out there of him,

so with that being said, I'd give a retail value of $2,500.

‐ Okay. Thanks for coming out. ‐ You got it.

‐ I appreciate it. ‐ Absolutely.

‐ Thank you very much. ‐ You got it.

‐ Not quite what you were asking for.

‐ Not quite what I'm looking for, but pretty close.

‐ I'm gonna have to offer you less

if you're interested in selling it because, you know,

I'll be looking to get that 2,500 mark out of it.

Um, would you take 1,500 for it?

[tense music]

That's cash money, right now.

♪ ♪

‐ 2,000?

♪ ♪

‐ How 'bout 1,600?

♪ ♪

‐ 1,800.

♪ ♪

‐ Um...you know what? It's Cy Young.

I don't think it'll take too long to sell.

I could do 18.

‐ Thank you. ‐ Let's go write it up.

‐ I think I'm gonna take the $1,800

and perhaps maybe come across

some more vintage baseball treasure.

[country rock music]

♪ ♪

‐ Hello. ‐ Hi.

‐ What do we have here?

‐ It as an antique wine jug.

Greek, I think.

‐ Okay.

Well, I guess it's a little early to be drinking, isn't it?

[both laughing]

‐ I'm here at the pawn shop today

to sell my antique wine jug.

My husband and I purchased this at a local swap meet.

The condition is excellent.

There's no cracks, no chips, no crazing.

I've had it on display ever since we purchased it,

and I just need more room.

I hope to get $350 for the piece.

‐ Well, it is really pretty.

This is a Greek style wine jug.

Just like today, when you have a fancy dinner,

you put everything in fancy dishes.

‐ Okay. ‐ That's what this was for.

Um, came out right around the seventh century B. C.

‐ Mm‐hmm. ‐ And that's when wine

really started spreading

all throughout the Mediterranean.

[traditional music]

It created trade,

and the other great thing about wine

was you know, when you lived in a city,

sanitation wasn't great,

the water supply would get bad.

The whole city would die out. ‐ Hmm.

‐ But once people started drinking wine all the time,

they didn't get sick because the alcohol in the wine

gets rid of all the bacteria. ‐ Okay.

‐ And that's why we have big cities today,

is because alcohol made the world great.

[both laughing]

It was always, like, this geometric,

you know, pattern like this. ‐ Right.

‐ You know, most popular one was horses.

There's some real pornographic ones.

[both laughing]

And, uh‐‐ ‐ We won't go there.

[laughs]

‐ Do you know anything about it?

‐ Well, I know there's a signature on the bottom.

‐ Okay. ‐ Not much‐‐

not much else oth‐‐ other than that.

‐ Seventh century B. C.

And looks like someone's signature

or something like that on it.

‐ Right.

♪ ♪

‐ [sighs]

♪ ♪

So how much you want for it?

‐ I was thinking 350.

‐ Okay.

I hate to tell you this,

but this is completely worthless.

[tense music] ‐ Oh!

Worthless? ‐ Um...

‐ It's so pretty.

‐ Maybe it's worth a couple bucks,

but, unfortunately, it's a modern reproduction.

‐ Oh, no. ‐ Yeah, um...

♪ ♪

Do you see this right here? ‐ Yes.

‐ It says, "handmade, Greece."

‐ Okay.

‐ And on the other side it says, "museum copy."

[laughs]

‐ Oh, my goodness.

‐ So, I completely, um‐‐

‐ I didn't even see that lettering on there.

I thought it was in too good shape,

but I had hopes.

‐ I'm sure it will look great on a shelf somewhere...

‐ Yeah. ‐ Just not one of mine.

Thank you very much for coming in.

‐ Thank you. ‐ All right.

‐ Thank you for talking with me about it.

‐ Okay. ‐ There we go.

‐ And it wasn't even full of wine.

♪ ♪

Whether you've sipped a fine cabernet

during your bougie trip to Napa Valley

or just kept it simple with a good ole post‐work bottle

of Two‐Buck Chuck,

most of us have a relationship with wine.

But the process of making a vino truly special

is more than just fermenting grapes.

It really is a science.

So what's behind it all?

Well, for one, oxygen.

It's as crucial to wine production

as it is to human life.

When O2 mixes with alcohol,

it produces vinegar,

which means you need just the right amount.

A little bit can bring out some really great flavors,

but too much and you got yourself salad dressing.

[buzzer]

Then there's aging.

Once a wine is fermented and bottled, it's stored,

and you don't want to drink it until it fully matures.

Some wines need more time than others

to hit that perfect sweet spot.

Hence the phrase, "ages like a fine wine."

[swanky music]

As it ages, it changes color.

Its aroma morphs.

It becomes smoother to the taste.

So with all your scientific elements in place,

we arrive at the best part of the experience:

the drinking.

[glasses clink]

Me, I just like a good glass of cab every now and then.

[rock music]

Yeah, these elements rock.

[laughs]

♪ ♪

‐ How can I help you?

‐ I'm here to sell my 1930s Harley‐Davidson rainsuit.

‐ Oh, this is pretty cool. Lemme get my partner over here.

Hey, Big Hoss!

‐ What's up? ‐ Come here.

I think this suits you better. ‐ What do we got?

‐ Got a rainsuit from the 1930s.

Harley‐Davidson. ‐ Oh, okay.

‐ Have you ever worn something like this

while you were riding?

‐ Um, no, but I've been cold enough to wish I was.

[laughs]

♪ ♪

‐ I have a 1930s Harley‐Davidson rainsuit

I'm looking to sell today.

The suit's a little soiled and worn,

but overall, it's in good condition.

I'm a big Harley‐Davidson fan and collector,

and I'm just looking to rotate the stock

and get something new.

Vintage Harley‐Davidson stuff's coming back,

and I believe it's worth $800.

♪ ♪

‐ This is pretty cool.

Where in the world did you get this?

‐ I did some work for a guy on his bike

and this is part of his payment.

‐ Everybody knows Harley‐Davidson.

I mean, I've got it tattooed on my arm.

It's just one of those iconic American brands.

Yeah, Harley‐Davidson started making motorcycles

back in 1903, and, you know,

it was about 10 years later they realized,

"Man, we really need to get in the market

"of selling stuff for people to ride

when they're on these bikes."

So, like, 1912, they started with the jerseys,

and then, you know, helmets and just so on and so forth.

Something like this, I mean,

it was more of a practical thing.

If you went to work every day on your motorcycle,

that was your only form of transportation,

you couldn't just call out sick every time it rained.

‐ So would this thing actually keep you dry?

‐ Probably not anymore.

They had this coating or something put on them that‐‐

I think they were only guaranteed for, like, a year.

‐ It looks like in really good condition.

Has this thing ever even been used?

‐ I believe so. If you look inside,

you can see a little bit of soiling.

[intriguing music]

‐ Okay. ‐ You gotta realize, man,

that when they made these things,

you had to be able to jump off your bike

on the side of the road and throw this on really quick.

So that's why it's got, like, the long zipper and, you know,

the accessory belt, and then you could actually

cinch those up, and they'd go around your boots

so air wouldn't flow or rain wouldn't flow up your legs.

♪ ♪

‐ There's some paperwork over here.

Looks like a flier.

♪ ♪

Oh, there's the suit right there.

$9.50.

‐ That was expensive back then.

‐ Seems like a good deal in today's market.

[laughter]

‐ I definitely know there is a market for it.

What are you looking to do with it?

‐ I'd like to sell it, possibly.

‐ Okay. Any idea on what you're looking to get?

‐ I'd like to get around $800.

‐ Okay. Um...

unfortunately, man, I couldn't go anywhere near that.

We're looking at maybe 100 bucks here.

♪ ♪

I do have a little bit of an issue.

That's the only thing that says "Harley‐Davidson" on it.

You know, if it said "Harley‐Davidson"

on the back of it,

I'd probably be a little bit more into it,

but with this small little tag right here,

I mean, most people aren't gonna know what it is.

‐ I understand.

Yeah, for that price, I think I'll just hold onto it.

‐ Okay. Well, I appreciate you coming down, man.

‐ All right, thank you. ‐ Thanks.

‐ Appreciate it.

♪ ♪

For the $100 they offered, I'd rather just keep it.

It's a good conversation piece,

and I'll keep it in the collection.

♪ ♪

‐ Hey, how's I going? ‐ Good. How you doing?

‐ What do we have here?

‐ That is a vintage fruit press.

‐ Okay. Where'd you get it?

‐ Actually found it at a yard sale.

‐ Okay.

This is the 1900 equivalent

of the super dynamic ultra fruit juicer

you see on infomercials at 1:00 in the morning.

‐ Yes, it is. ‐ [laughs]

‐ I have a vintage fruit press that I'm hoping to sell today.

I found this fruit press at a local yard sale.

I thought it was an interesting item.

I knew that it's about 100 years old,

and it's very functional.

It works today just as well as it did when it was new.

I would like to get $100 for this fruit press.

‐ It's actually a pretty cool item.

I love American cast iron.

It's what drove the Industrial Revolution.

After 1850, everything was being made out of cast iron.

There were so many inventions coming out.

They had to constantly expand the patent office

'cause so many people were coming up

with new items and new inventions,

all made out of cast iron,

and this is just a classic example of it.

♪ ♪

If you're a farm in the Midwest at right around 1900,

you didn't go to the store and buy apple juice

because it would probably spoil by the time you get it.

With this right here, you could make

fresh juice out of anything.

It was just really, really practical.

Okay, so this came out like this.

This pops out.

♪ ♪

There we go. And pretty simple.

This goes right here.

♪ ♪

This would go under. That's your strainer.

♪ ♪

You take this thing, put that in there.

This is an iron‐screw press,

so you have tons of torque,

and just keep on going

and all your juice would flow out right here.

And you'd have the beverage of your choice.

‐ Nice.

♪ ♪

‐ So how much you want for it?

‐ Well, I'd like to get $100 for it.

‐ I'll give you 50 bucks for it.

[suspenseful music]

‐ Can you do any better?

You said it's in very good condition.

‐ It's in amazing shape,

but there are much fancier ones out there.

‐ Okay.

♪ ♪

We could do 50.

‐ We got a deal, then. ‐ Good. Thank you.

‐ I'll meet you right over there.

We'll do some paperwork. ‐ All right, thank you.

‐ Okay.

Great deal.

And actually, I think he could've squeezed

a little bit more money out of me.

[laughs]

It's ginormous. [cell phone ringing]

♪ ♪

‐ Hey, Rick, what's up? ‐ Not much.

Been working on that windmill, okay?

‐ Okay. So how's it going, man?

‐ So it's going good.

It's been a little bit of a pain with some of the metal,

some of the mechanics of it, but I'm getting it.

It's just‐‐it's been tough. It's been really tough.

It's real tall, and I've got some questions for you.

You know, you see that big...

that big white tail right there?

Those are the tails on the windmill, right?

This piece is all white and black,

and it's sort of plain.

I want to know if you want to put something on it.

‐ Bald Mountain Power Company.

[laughs]

‐ Bald Mountain Power Company. Okay.

‐ Okay, that's sort of like the joke

of my little power company,

that we call it Bald Mountain Power Company,

obviously 'cause I'm bald,

and Bald Mountain Creek goes through my property, so...

‐ I got you.

‐ If you could put a little lightning bolt

on there somewhere, it'd be pretty cool.

‐ A lightning bolt. ‐ Yeah.

‐ Okay. Cool. Okay, good, good, good.

I like it. I like it.

I'll figure up something cool.

I think when you get here,

you're gonna be blown away how big this thing is.

You're not gonna put it in your pocket.

I'll tell you that right now.

‐ Okay, won't fit in the back of my car,

trunk of my car?

‐ [laughing] No.

‐ Okay.

Just call me when you want me to come by.

‐ I will. It'll be soon.

‐ All right, talk to you soon, man.

‐ All right. ‐ All right, bye‐bye.

♪ ♪

‐ What do you got here?

‐ Have a spanker from the 1930s.

‐ A spanker? ‐ Spanker.

♪ ♪

‐ I don't know if I'd want to get spanked with that.

[laughs] ‐ Ouch!

‐ I'm here at the pawn shop today

to sell my 1930s spanker.

I don't know much about it,

but I did hit somebody with it,

and heard it slap.

I've had this spanker for probably about a year now,

and I've been keeping it in my room,

and it was taking up some space,

so I figured I'd bring it in today.

I'm hoping to sell the spanker for $200.

‐ I'm not sure about this thing here.

Hey, Rick?

‐ What's up? ‐ Check this out.

‐ What is that?

‐ It's a spanker.

[intriguing music]

‐ Where did you get this?

‐ My grandmother passed away last year,

and I found it in her attic.

‐ Okay.

I think I know what this is.

♪ ♪

This is probably from DeMoulin Brothers.

‐ And what is that?

‐ The DeMoulin Brothers started off with a company

selling stuff for, like, marching bands

and stuff like that.

And right around 1900‐ish,

there was fraternal organizations

all around this country.

You know, there was the Odd Fellows,

the Masons, the Woodsmen,

and they all had, like,

these weird initiation rituals and stuff like that.

And most of them, they were just pranks.

But there was enough fraternal organizations

in this country to actually have a catalogue

full of these gag things for initiations.

[marching band music]

So this has to be from those guys, all right?

Because you can see the little hole right there.

‐ Mm‐hmm.

‐ And you see the little piece of metal

with the little pin coming out?

‐ Yep.

‐ Well, to me, it looks like a .32 blank goes in there.

‐ Okay.

‐ Why would you put a .32 blank in there?

‐ So when you paddle somebody,

the gunshot goes off

and scares the hell out of the person you're paddling.

‐ And they poop their self.

♪ ♪

‐ Something like that, yes.

‐ So there's bullet in it?

‐ Not a bullet. It's a blank.

And I actually think we have some

.32 blanks here in the store.

They might fit in this thing.

‐ Okay. You're gonna try this out.

Is that what you're trying to say?

‐ Yeah. Can we try this thing out?

‐ Absolutely.

‐ All right, I'll be right back.

♪ ♪

‐ This is not a cool practical joke. [laughs]

[horrifying music]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

‐ So I have a person in the shop

with a 1930s novelty spanker.

This thing is absolutely hilarious

because when you use it,

it ignites a .32‐caliber blank,

scaring the crap

out of the person you're spanking.

But before I make an offer on this thing,

I want to see if it actually works,

and this is gonna be really, really funny.

[chuckling]

Voila. A .32‐caliber blank.

‐ You really had one, huh? ‐ Yes.

All right, so, Chum, are you volunteering?

‐ Antwaun's been a bad boy

and I've been really good this week, so...

‐ Come here, Antwaun.

‐ What? Don't call me to no spanking.

‐ You are no fun.

♪ ♪

‐ Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. ‐ It's fine.

‐ But we got a lot of customers in here.

‐ Okay‐‐hey, everybody in the store,

can you guys please, like, put your fingers in your ears?

I know this is a little weird,

but I'm gonna shoot off a blank real quick, so...

‐ That's not cool.

‐ Okay, so I take the blank, put it right in here.

♪ ♪

All right, and then‐‐ so a guy would come up‐‐

‐ Wait, wait, wait. ‐ Will you be my guinea pig

on this? ‐ Nah. Not this time, boss.

‐ I think Antwaun should spank you, Rick.

‐ Now that's a plan.

‐ You're gonna get put on Santa Claus's naughty list.

‐ All right, I'll be the guinea pig.

♪ ♪

‐ Sounds like a plan. ‐ [laughs]

Put your fingers in your ears. All right, here we go.

♪ ♪

‐ Make sure you hit him in the butt.

♪ ♪

‐ Turn a little.

♪ ♪

[blank fires]

‐ [laughs]

That was loud.

‐ [laughs]

‐ You didn't have to hit me that hard.

‐ I mean‐‐ ‐ [laughs]

‐ I don't know my own strength sometimes.

♪ ♪

It works well. ‐ Yeah.

♪ ♪

All right, we now know it works.

♪ ♪

How much you want for it?

‐ So did some research, and I was thinking 200.

♪ ♪

‐ What kind of research was that?

‐ It's called the internet.

‐ See, 'cause you probably went online

and people were asking $200 for that,

and no one was buying.

I'll give you 50 bucks.

‐ You know what? I'll give you 75 for it.

Just to see the smile on his face again,

but that's the most I can do.

♪ ♪

‐ All right, you got a deal at 75.

‐ All right.

‐ All right, thanks, man.

‐ Thank you. ‐ Write him up, Chum.

‐ Don't touch my spanker.

Come on over here.

‐ So I sold the spanker for $75.

It's a little less than what I wanted.

However, I think, at the end of the day,

both of us won.

♪ ♪

[cat meows]

‐ Hey, what do we have here?

‐ I got some antique andirons.

‐ Okay.

Where'd you get them? ‐ Off the Internet.

‐ All right. There appear to be flaming dragons.

I used to go to a bar, and they had a drink

called a Flaming Dragon.

[laughter]

‐ I'm coming to the pawn shop to sell my antique andirons.

The past 12 years,

they've been in my mother‐in‐law's house,

and now into storage.

I have no use for them,

so I'd like to get 1,200 for my andirons.

♪ ♪

‐ This is pretty cool.

Were you in need of andirons or something?

‐ They kind of caught my eye

for the style and the look of them.

‐ Yeah, most people today don't even know what andirons are.

It was an incredible 13th‐century invention

that helped heat houses.

So you would have something like this.

Okay, it would have a "dog" coming off the back of it.

That's what they called it, anyway‐‐

basically just an iron bar that came down with a leg‐‐

and then you would have another one next to it.

So you put your logs on the fireplace in it,

which made the logs burn hotter,

because oxygen could get underneath them,

and then the dog would be attached to the andiron,

and that would get really, really hot.

But since it was sticking outside the fireplace,

it would heat the room better

because 99% of the heat in a fireplace

just goes straight up the chimney.

It doesn't heat the room.

So andirons helped heat a room,

they looked good,

and it was a pretty cool invention.

[gong sounds]

But these things right here,

I don't think they're andirons...

because the dogs that come out that are made out of iron,

they'll be welded to one of these things.

And these things wouldn't be hollow like this.

They would be one solid piece of metal,

'cause it would radiate heat better.

Purpose was to just get that heat out of the fireplace,

into the house.

Um, something like this was probably

made in Asia somewhere, most likely China.

They were imported to the United States.

‐ Mm‐hmm. ‐ You know, probably 1950s,

1960s decorative arts.

‐ Okay.

‐ They're bronze.

They're very expensive to make. They're damaged.

You know, you can tell this is broken...

‐ Right. ‐ And glued back on.

This isn't attached properly.

But how much you want for them?

‐ I was thinking 1,200.

‐ Ah...

no.

♪ ♪

It's very nice...

mid‐20th century bronze castings.

♪ ♪

I'll give you 300 bucks for them.

♪ ♪

In the 1950s,

these would've been super cool in a house,

and now, not so much.

‐ That sounds good.

♪ ♪

‐ Damn, that was easy. ‐ I'll do 300.

‐ [laughs] Okay.

All right, I will meet you right over there,

we'll do some paperwork, and I'll get you paid.

‐ Okay, perfect. ‐ Okay.

♪ ♪

Well, I got some bronze dragons.

♪ ♪

I didn't think it was gonna be so big. ‐ [imitates whooshing]

♪ ♪

Turbulence! Ah!

[imitates crashing]

♪ ♪

‐ Hello. ‐ How you doing?

‐ Okay.

‐ What can I do for you?

‐ Well, I have here a helmet

that my company repaired for "A Power Rangers Movie."

‐ Oh, "it's Morphin time."

[electric guitar]

‐ I'm here at the pawn shop today

to sell my helmet from "Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie."

My company, for 24 years,

made specialty costumes.

We did creature effects.

This is one of 15 to 20 warriors.

We made a lot of them for the film.

I'm hoping to sell the helmet for $1,000 today.

♪ ♪

‐ Yeah, I mean, it's pretty cool.

Power Rangers was a huge franchise.

I mean, they've been around for a long time.

‐ Long time. ‐ '93, I think,

is when they came to the United States.

And the original ran for 24 seasons.

I remember watching it after school, I think it was.

Pretty much every day, I'd come home

and catch the new episode of "The Power Rangers."

It was just about basically

a group of kids that fight monsters,

but they band together

and they form this big, giant robot,

and they basically take on this big monster.

And just a big, big pop culture phenomenon.

‐ Mm.

‐ So what movie was this from?

‐ This is from the second film, "Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie."

And it was worn by a stuntman.

‐ You had mentioned it had been repaired at one point.

‐ Right. My company repaired it back during the production.

‐ I mean, it looks in really good condition,

but it looks a little different

than the ones that were seen in the movie.

‐ It is, because after my company repaired it,

we were asked to demonstrate what the guard color scheme

was gonna look like,

and they said go ahead and paint one of the warriors.

And that's what we did.

‐ How much are you looking to get for it?

‐ I was looking to sell it for 1,000.

‐ Okay. So we have an issue here with this helmet.

It's hard to sell it as a movie prop

for someone to display this and tell their friends,

"Hey, look, this is part of this movie,"

and their friends say, "Uh, no, it's not.

"Look how it's painted. In the movie,

they were painted like this."

Maybe it was screen‐worn.

I can't really look at this and say,

"Oh, this was screen‐worn,"

because it's been re‐fixed and repainted.

So...give it a repaint back to its original condition,

and maybe we can work something out.

But for now, I'm gonna have to pass on it.

‐ Okay. I might even do that.

‐ Thanks for coming in. ‐ All right, well, thank you.

♪ ♪

Yeah, I am disappointed I was not able to make a deal today.

I may try to sell it elsewhere.

Honestly, his suggestion of painting it

to its original look is probably a good idea.

♪ ♪

‐ So I'm here at Rick Dale's because my windmill is done.

I paid $3,100 for this thing,

hoping that it would help me power my off‐the‐grid property.

I want this thing to make electricity.

Is it doable?

‐ It's not as easy as you think.

You gotta build a tower. But it's doable.

‐ And I'm here to take a look.

♪ ♪

And it looks amazing.

♪ ♪

‐ Well?

‐ I didn't think it was gonna be so big.

[laughter]

‐ It's a big propeller, right?

‐ Um, yeah, that's...

it's ginormous.

‐ That's what I ended up coming up with,

the art on that.

I did that,

and I put a little lightning bolt in there,

gave you a little mountain.

You like that? ‐ Oh, I absolutely love it

because I have a hydro‐electric power plant,

and it's fed by Bald Mountain Creek.

That's why we've always joked around and called it

Bald Mountain Power Company.

[laughs] ‐ Okay, gotcha.

‐ Not because of this. ‐ So‐‐oh.

[laughter]

‐ Yeah, it's perfect, then. ‐ Yeah.

‐ Okay, so first thing that we actually built

was the tower itself.

So we ordered all this 4x6 rough cut,

and then the others, 2x6 rough cut.

And I want to make it look old, you know?

I didn't want to have shiny wood or smooth wood,

so I wanted to make it look, you know, like an old windmill.

We cut and spliced them all together,

and then we put these cross members

right in the middle of that.

So this thing you could hit over with a tank,

and it wouldn't move, so the tower was sort of‐‐

probably the easiest part.

The hardest part was getting the angles

up on the very, very top to hold the center pole.

This pole goes right through the center,

which actually holds the windmill.

Then the other thing I did, is I put these‐‐

this steel on the bottom.

So you can basically put it

on a concrete pad and bolt it down

instead of sinking it 6 foot into the ground.

You can basically bolt it. This shouldn't go anywhere.

‐ Yeah, no, I don't think it's gonna go anywhere.

Oh, no, it looks amazing. I absolutely love this thing.

I just gotta figure out how to get it to Oregon now.

‐ Ain't gonna be me. ‐ [laughs]

‐ Thank you. ‐ You got it, man.

‐ Appreciate it. ‐ You got it, you got it.

‐ All right, you guys are absolutely amazing.

‐ Thank you.

‐ One of the coolest things I own.

It's also one of the biggest things I won.

‐ I'm glad you got a nice‐‐ ‐ I mean, look at that.

‐ Okay, you got a great windmill, bud.

‐ You just don't get it, do you?

‐ I mean, it's a windmill.