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‐ Chum, what is going on? ‐ Read 'em and weep, boys.

‐ On tonight's episode...

‐ I've got a 1940s arcade sign.

‐ Corey lights up over a neon arcade sign.

‐ Does it work?

Whoa!

‐ A seller tees up a deal for his golf clubs.

‐ Custom‐made golf clubs for Bob Hope.

‐ That is really neat.

‐ I'd like to get $10,000 for them.

‐ And later, NSYNC reunites in the pawn shop.

‐ We have Joey Fatone.

‐ Hey, how you doing? ‐ Chum what's going on brother?

‐ Like staring in a mirror.

‐ [laughs]

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

‐ Okay, what is this?

‐ It's a Civil War ambulance keg.

‐ Please tell me that is full of whiskey.

[both laugh]

‐ I'm here today at the pawn shop

to sell my Civil War ambulance keg.

When I seen it, it just had an old, antique appeal to it.

I've had it for about six months,

and it's been in storage, in my storage unit.

I'm hoping to sell the keg for $700.

‐ This is pretty cool, man.

During the Civil War, in 1862, General McClellan

decided that they needed a much better system

of getting wounded soldiers off the battlefield.

So he created an ambulance corps.

To identify the ambulance guys from the normal soldiers,

literally, their chevrons‐‐

like the Vs on the side of a soldier's uniform,

he turned those upside‐down.

And he designed wagons.

The center of the wagon was room

for three guys to lay down.

They carried water kegs like this

because the ambulance corps

was not working in the middle of a battle,

it was after a battle, and sometimes these guys

have been laying out there for two days.

They're gonna be pretty dehydrated

and everything like that.

The wagons also had medical supplies, they had food.

Basically, everything to, like, go take care of

these guys in the field. Where did you get this?

‐ It came out of an estate sale.

I purchased some items from them.

This is one of the things.

And I did show it to a friend of mine,

and he said that it's kind of rare

that they had the plug and spigot.

‐ Only thing I'm thinking, that looks really,

really small to, like, get water out of it.

You couldn't get a lot at a time.

‐ Yeah, right? ‐ It's in pretty good shape.

I can tell it's old.

You have some damage right here.

I've never actually seen one of these things,

so I don't know exactly if it's right or not.

How much do you want for it?

‐ Well, I'm asking 700. ‐ Okay.

Just about anything Civil War is collectible.

This country has a really, really deep

fascination with it. And since everything Civil War

is really, really collectible,

everything is really, really faked.

And since I've never actually seen one of these things,

I have no idea what they're supposed to look like.

Let me call a guy up. I'll get him down here.

He'll take a look at it.

I think he was actually in the Civil War.

And he'll tell us all about it.

‐ Sounds good. ‐ All right.

I was so hoping it would be full of whiskey.

[laughing]

♪ ♪

‐ So what have we got here?

‐ I got a 1940s to 1950s arcade sign.

‐ Where in the world did you get this?

‐ I was in a real bad motorcycle accident

about three or four years ago,

and I spent my late nights on the internet,

and I found it about 6:00 in the morning.

‐ You know, I randomly get boxes at my house

almost every day from doing the same exact thing.

‐ Yeah? ‐ I feel you.

‐ I have a neon arcade sign that I'm trying to sell today.

First time I saw it, I fell in love with it.

I'd never seen a sign

that looked that great, that lit up.

And it reminded me of back in the day.

It still works and looks beautiful.

I'm hoping to sell this sign for about 15,000.

‐ This is cool.

Neon signs started popping up in the 1920s.

By the '40s and '50s are when these things kind of exploded.

Neon signs were everywhere, from bowling alleys

to diners, arcades. And, you know, especially,

like, in small towns in Middle America,

this was a moneymaker.

If you're the only arcade on the street with a neon sign,

you're probably the busiest arcade on the street.

Believe it or not, this pawn shop that we're standing in,

Vegas Law says I have to have neon signs.

‐ Oh, I never knew that.

‐ 'Cause we're in the Neon District.

Does it work?

‐ Yes, sir.

Let me hit the switch for you. ‐ Okay.

All right, cool.

I mean, somebody did a really good job of restoring it.

I mean, it's in really good condition.

What are you looking to do, sell it?

‐ Yes, sir.

‐ Any idea what you're looking to get?

‐ Um...I want to say 15,000.

‐ Okay.

How bad did you wreck that motorcycle?

'Cause I'm sorry, man, 15 grand is just, like,

that's just way out of my league on this.

‐ Yeah. Gotcha.

‐ You know, if it was, you know, a famous gas station,

you know, Coca‐Cola, something like that

where it was a little less generic,

it would be worth a lot more money.

I'm around $1,200.

‐ Oh, wow. ‐ Yeah.

‐ Are we gonna even be able to make any kind of deal?

‐ I mean, the lowest I was gonna go maybe 10 grand.

‐ We ain't gonna make a deal then, buddy‐‐I appreciate it.

It was really cool. Nice talking to you, though.

‐ Nice to meet you. ‐ Thank you.

‐ So no deal was made today,

but I'm planning to take this thing home,

maybe put it up in a corner,

and use it as a nightlight for my kids.

♪ ♪

‐ Hey, how's it going? ‐ Good. Good.

‐ What do we have here?

‐ Well, I've got an autographed moon booklet.

Have a couple of different signatures in there.

Charles Schulz and a Snoopy drawing.

‐ Okay, that's pretty amazing.

Just so you know, when I was five years old,

I literally was the hugest Snoopy fan.

And when Snoopy fought the Red Baron,

I thought it was the coolest thing

I'd ever seen in my life. [laughs]

‐ I'm at the pawn shop today to try to sell

my autographed booklet about the missions to the moon.

It's signed by two of the astronauts of Apollo 10

as well as Ronald Reagan and Charles Schulz.

I'm asking 10,000 on it.

I'm trying to buy a house, and so it would go toward that.

‐ This is really cool. So where'd you get it?

‐ Got it at an estate sale a few years back.

‐ Okay. So this looks like NASA in the 1960s.

The whole moon program's here.

Probably something from their PR department,

commemorating everything they did.

The 1960s, with the space race, was absolutely insane.

John F. Kennedy said we will be to the moon

by the end of the decade.

Most people said are you crazy?

Okay, you're just being a politician.

That's impossible.

But in the end, it turned out JFK was right.

So who's this first signature?

‐ That's John Young, one of the astronauts‐‐Apollo 10.

‐ And this one right here?

‐ That is Stafford, the commander.

‐ The cool thing here is

you have this thing signed by Charles Schulz.

Charles Schulz worked a lot with NASA.

On Apollo 10, they nicknamed the lunar lander Snoopy,

and Apollo 10 was the first time they did

color broadcasts from the moon.

To make sure that the color was correct on the cameras,

they held up pictures of Charlie Brown and Snoopy.

And even to this day,

it's still one of the logos NASA uses, so it's really cool.

Charles Schulz did not sign his name very often,

and the fact that you've got Snoopy below it

is really, really cool.

And then on this page, we got Ronald Reagan.

That's really cool. And the Ronald Reagan thing

sort of makes a little bit of sense,

because Ronald Reagan and Charles Schulz

were good friends.

He even declared one day Charles Schulz Day.

‐ [chuckles] ‐ They corresponded a lot.

‐ I think the astronauts went to Sacramento.

Charles Schulz actually presented them with some type

of an award, each of the astronauts.

‐ Okay. ‐ It was some kind of

a Snoopy‐related award.

That was the opportunity for them to get together.

‐ And some very wise person got one of these books

and went there hoping to get autographs, and he did.

Now, how much you want for this?

‐ Well, I just want to throw out 10,000.

‐ Okay, you got some really cool stuff here.

The astronauts' signatures are worth good money.

The Ronald Reagan signature is worth money.

The Charles Schulz, my understanding,

can be worth a lot of money.

But actually sounds a little high.

So I have a buddy.

He knows everything there is to know about autographs.

So give me a few minutes. I'm gonna give him a call.

‐ All right.

‐ Now, Charlie Brown‐‐

definitely the best hairdo of any of the Peanuts.

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

‐ How can I help you? ‐ I have five NSYNC dolls

and a signed picture by the entire band.

♪ ♪

‐ We have Joey Fatone,

Lance Bass,

JC, Chris Kirkpatrick,

and Justin Timberlake.

All the ladies want him, and all the guys want to be him.

‐ One of my favorites.

‐ You're tearing up my heart with these.

‐ I'm here at the pawn shop today to sell my NSYNC dolls

and an autographed picture of the entire band.

I got the dolls

and the autographed picture from my sister.

The picture is signed by the entire band,

and I have one doll that is signed by Joey Fatone.

I'm hoping to sell everything today for $500.

‐ This is definitely cool.

NSYNC, I think they started around '95,

and they actually started overseas,

in Germany and Europe, first.

About '96 is when they came over to America,

released their first album.

And it was a landmark album.

I mean, from that point on, they did collaborations

with tons and tons of well‐known musicians‐‐

Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Aerosmith.

I mean, they had two platinum records,

two diamond records, three gold singles.

NSYNC is one of the most popular,

most successful boy bands ever

‐ So I do have one doll

that was signed twice, by Joey Fatone.

‐ So that's pretty cool. I think Joey and Justin

are probably the most popular of the group.

They went on to have the most successful careers after.

So it looks like they made these dolls to be collected.

So these weren't the kind of dolls you would play with.

If they were out of the packaging,

they would be less desirable.

Let me see the picture. Oh, this is really cool.

You got everyone's signature on there?

‐ Yes.

‐ I mean, you can definitely see

the '90s just pouring out of the picture right here.

Just the clothes‐‐ this looks like

late '90s/early 2000s right here in this picture.

I don't know how collectible NSYNC is, but I imagine

that there's a good market for this stuff right now,

because they're from the late '90s/early 2000s,

and the kids growing up at the time period

to listen to that music are starting to get old enough

to where they have the money to collect stuff like this.

It's really cool you have the whole set right here.

How much are you looking for these?

‐ I'm looking for $500.

‐ Okay, I don't know the value

of these, honestly.

So it might not be out of the realm of possibilities.

I'd like to have someone come down, take a look at these,

and put a value on them before I make you an offer.

‐ Okay. ‐ All right?

Give me a few minutes.

I'm gonna call my guy down here,

and hopefully he can get here quick.

‐ Okay. Thank you.

have to sideshow circus banners. mus]

♪ ♪

‐ So I got a guy in the shop

with a Civil War‐era ambulance keg

that he's asking $700 for.

Now, anything Civil War is collectible.

That also means just about everything Civil War is faked.

So I have Mark Hall‐Patton coming down, my history guru,

and hopefully he can authenticate it.

So in your service in the Civil War,

did you ever see one of these?

‐ I haven't seen one of these since Shiloh.

[laughter]

‐ He says that it's an ambulance keg.

‐ Yep. ‐ Never seen pictures

of anything like this,

so I have no idea if it's correct.

‐ In the Civil War, the ambulances

all had water kegs on them.

They actually hung below the ambulance.

They were made out of white oak.

They were banded like this.

But there's two possibilities of what it could be.

It could be an ambulance keg, or it could be a Naval keg.

And there's a lot more Naval kegs out there

than ambulance kegs. But there's a couple of things

I need to check to be able to tell which one this is.

So do you mind if I take a closer look at it?

‐ Not at all. ‐ Okay.

Let me take a look here.

Ah, okay. Got something here.

If you look at this end you see it's got some stamping on it.

Let's just turn it up on end here.

You can actually read this,

and it says, "Weight 16 pounds."

‐ Okay. ‐ And that's important.

That was stamped on Naval casks

and was never stamped on the ambulance casks.

But still very much of interest to people that collect these,

just not Civil War.

‐ So Naval kegs are less collectible.

‐ Yeah. Yeah.

They look very much the same, but they're not.

‐ Thanks, man, you're amazing. ‐ Not a problem.

All righty, have fun.

‐ Okay, so it's still a cool piece.

Still collectible. But it's not Civil War.

All right, so big difference on the price.

I can give you 100.

‐100 bucks? ‐ If Mark told me this was

from a Civil War ambulance, we'd be really, really close.

But it's not.

‐ Can you go in the neighborhood of 5?

‐ No, no, no, I mean, I'd max out at 125 bucks.

‐ 125.

Yeah, sure, we'll do that.

‐ All right, sweet. 125 bucks.

So I'll meet you right around the corner

and we'll do some password. Okay?

I still wish it was full of whiskey.

♪ ♪

‐ Hey, what's going on, man?

‐ You got some coins for me, huh?

‐ I do.

‐ Did you get these out of the slot machine?

‐ No, I did not. I got them at my birthday

when I was ten years old, from my grandmother.

‐ All right, you mind if I take a look at it?

‐ Please do.

‐ Five‐coin American Eagles Anniversary 10th set.

Oh, wow. These are pretty rare. Cha‐ching.

‐ [laughs]

I have a 1995 five‐coin American Eagle proof set.

I know that in 1995, my grandmother

purchased it for $1,000, so I'm guessing,

if it was purchased for $1,000 in 1995,

it should be worth a little bit more today.

So I'm looking to get $3,000 for my coin set.

‐ This is really cool.

So this is from the American Eagle program,

and it was started in 1986 by Ronald Reagan.

Basically, it was a way to drum up some business

and kind of get people looking and starting to collect coins‐‐

people who didn't collect coins to collect coins.

And it really worked.

It's got the $50 piece, the $25 gold piece,

the $10 gold piece, the $5, and then the $1 silver coin.

So basically, what this is,

it's the set of coins in the monetary denomination,

but obviously, a $50‐gold piece is worth a lot more than $50,

because it's made of gold.

And taking a closer look here, I see a W on the silver.

And I'm seeing a W on all these other coins.

So these actually would have been minted

at the West Point Mint. It's very rare to get a coin

that was minted at the West Point Mint,

which is their New York branch.

They just don't mint a lot of coins there,

and when they do, the proof sets are very, very small.

So this is something that every coin collector

wants to add to their collection.

It's pretty cool. It looks in good condition.

Mostly, what's important is the coins right here

are in these plastic cases. You know, you never want

to clean these coins or polish them

because it takes away the value immediately.

So it's good that they're encased like this,

and they have been, because being that these coins

have been sealed up and protected,

they're gonna get a higher grade than if they weren't.

And you still have the box.

You know, a lot of people lose the box.

So it's good to have it all here together.

It makes it much more desirable for a collector.

So how much are you looking to get?

‐ I'm looking to $3,000 for it.

‐ I'd be a crook if I gave you $3,000 for this.

When these came out, they were $1,000 from the mint.

You had to buy it, pay for it, and then they'd sent it to you.

Now, these things can go for a lot more money than $3,000.

I think I could comfortably give you 6 grand

and still have room to make some money.

‐ Could you do 7k? ‐ You're getting greedy, now.

You came in asking for 3.

‐ I know you need to make a profit.

I know you need to make some money,

I'm figuring there's probably a little bit more in there

I can get out of you, so I figured I'd ask.

‐ 6 is gonna be the most I could do.

‐ All right, I'll take 6.

‐ All right, come on, let's go write it up.

‐ So today, I found out that my coin set

was worth double what I wanted. And $6,000 is a lot of coin,

and I'm totally excited to take this

and put it as a down payment for a new car.

[rock music]

‐ Hey, what have we got here?

‐ Well, we have custom‐made golf clubs for Bob Hope

from the Dunes Hotel, Las Vegas, in 1975.

‐ That is really neat. I've tried golf before.

There's just something unnatural trying to hit a ball

with a crooked stick

and then walking after it and hitting it again.

So I'll never play golf again. [laughs]

‐ Today, I'm bringing into the pawn shop

Bob Hope's golf clubs,

custom made for him by the Dunes.

Bob Hope played with these golf clubs

in the Ross Miller Invitational in 1975.

After he was done playing, later that evening,

they put them in the charity auction.

I purchased these at an estate dale here in Las Vegas

about three years ago.

I'm looking to get $10,000 for these clubs.

‐ Super cool. Bob Hope was a legend.

He was a rock star in Hollywood forever.

I think he lived to be like 100 years old.

And I know he was doing movies in the 1930s, '40s,

'50s, '60s, '70s. I mean, during world War II,

the Korean War, Vietnam, he was always going overseas,

entertaining the troops. Huge golfer his entire life.

And if you look at the old clips of him

entertaining the troops,

he was always twirling a golf club

and delivering one‐liners.

So you're saying these were made for Bob Hope?

‐ They were made for him by the Dunes,

because they wanted Bob Hope to come out and play.

‐ And in 1975, at a golf tournament, I don't think

you could have gotten any bigger than Bob Hope.

‐ Sure. ‐ So this is the paperwork

you have on it. ‐ Correct.

‐ All right. So we have a letter of authenticity

from a guy named Krantz.

"I remember carrying these clubs from the event

"to our car and later bragging to friends

we owned Bob Hope's golf clubs."

We have pictures of golf clubs,

but we don't have a picture of Bob Hope with the golf clubs.

‐ Correct.

‐ All right, and how much do you want for these?

‐ I'd like to get $10,000 for them.

‐ Okay, here's my issue.

You have one guy saying these were Bob Hope's golf clubs.

That's all you have. We have no pictures of Bob Hope

with them. When I go to sell these things,

I have to be 100% sure they're for real.

‐ Sure. Sure.

‐ We have no proof that they were owned by Bob Hope.

I mean, none here.

‐ He used these golf clubs

that were made for him, specifically.

And when they were made for him, he played,

and they auctioned them.

‐ Okay. ‐ That evening, at the event.

‐ That is not evidence that Bob Hope owned them.

It's just not. When people walk in

with golf clubs like this, they're rentals.

That's why they say "The Dunes" on them.

That is not something I can use.

‐ All right. ‐ Have a good one. Sorry.

‐ You got it.

Unfortunately, it didn't sell today.

That's the breaks.

Probably my best bet is to get the photo of Bob Hope

playing with these, and then add it to the collection.

‐ It's pretty clear Bob Hope loved golf,

but when he wasn't out on the links,

there was good chance he was somewhere overseas

entertaining our boys in uniform.

The guy was a legend on the big screen,

but after doing his first USO gig in 1941,

it was like he'd found his true calling.

Eventually, he became known more for

entertaining the troops than anything else he accomplished.

He worked so many USO tours that he earned the nickname

The One‐Man Morale Machine. And how does one connect

with multiple generations of servicemen?

Make fun of their bosses, of course.

Chum does it all the time.

If you were part of the military brass

on one of these bases, Hope would find out your name

and you'd likely end up the butt of one of his jokes.

All in good fun, of course. Over the years,

Hope's USO tours became a who's who

of celebrity performers and athletes

looking to put a smile on the faces of our warriors abroad.

Brooke Shields was his most frequent partner in crime.

She joined him for 27 shows herself.

The world took notice of Bob Hope's commitment

to making people happy.

He was honored with more than 2,000 awards in his lifetime,

earning "Guinness Book of World Records" title

The Most Honored Entertainer in History.

Not to be confused with my esteemed designation

as The Entertainer Most Likely to Sell You

a 60‐Year Old Lamp. [laughing]

‐ So I have a guy in the shop with a booklet

produced by NASA of everything they did in space in the 1960s.

It's signed by the Apollo 10 astronauts,

Ronald Reagan, and Charles Schulz,

the creator of Snoopy, which in itself is really rare.

But he's aiming high

with an asking price of $10,000.

So I have Steve Grad coming in,

and hopefully he'll help me land this deal.

Well, here it is. We have Reagan,

we have astronauts, we have the 1960s.

But here's the super special one.

‐ That's pretty cool right there.

‐ Yeah.

‐ So Charles Schulz was part of the space program

at its inception, in the '60s, so that's kind of a big deal

to have him associated with space stuff.

I don't see much stuff like that.

The history of the book‐‐ I mean, I'm guessing,

just based on the astronauts in there‐‐

is that post‐1969 to 1972 range?

‐ Yeah, Reagan was governor and Schulz

presented a little Snoopy memento

to the astronauts at that particular time.

‐ Oh, nice, so they were all together at the same event.

Okay. ‐ Okay, so what do you think?

‐ Well, let's take a look and kind of see

what we have here, first of all.

You know, John Young had a pretty basic signature.

You know, his Js were very distinct here.

And again, I kind of see the same thing here.

So let's go over here to Reagan.

The thing I look for in Reagan is the volume of the Rs.

Typically, with Ronald Reagan, his Rs were different heights.

And that's a great indicator when you first start

looking at them, for the real ones.

And it's the same thing on my exampler.

It's the same thing here. But this is the big one, Rick.

The thing I like to look for is he had this fantastic autograph

that usually was connected, so Charles M. Schulz,

and he'd always bring these two together.

And we're seeing kind of a similar pattern here.

He had just a free‐flowing signature.

Went to the right. But take a look at that.

And it's almost perfect here.

Now, the dog is a little different, obviously,

because let's just say he's drawing with a marker.

It's gonna be a little different than a pen.

And that's pretty neat in itself right there.

To be quite honest with you, it's a great‐looking piece.

Signatures match up perfect. No question about this, Rick.

It is fantastic.

‐ All right, so the big question is, what's it worth?

‐ So based on everything I see here‐‐signatures are real‐‐

I think the book is worth... about $3,000.

‐ Okay, well thanks, man. I appreciate it.

‐ Good to see you. Absolutely.

‐ Okay, so you still want $10,000 for it?

‐ [chuckling] Well, of course.

‐ I mean, what would you be willing to take?

I have to frame this stuff up.

I have to re‐sell it. It takes time.

‐ Quite a bit different from what I was thinking‐‐

what I had in mind, so...

‐ It's 'cause you were shooting for the moon.

[both laughing]

‐ I mean, could you do 2,500? ‐ No.

I can give you 1,500 bucks, and not a penny more.

‐ I might have to hang on to it.

‐ Won't take 1,600?

‐ Nah. ‐ Okay. Well, have a good one.

‐ All right. Thank you.

I'm a little disappointed in the value.

I'm not interesting in selling it for peanuts,

so I guess I'll just take it home with me.

♪ ♪

‐ I have a customer in the shop looking to sell

her five NSYNC figurines

and a picture that she says is signed by the entire group.

She's asking $500 for the collection.

NSYNC is one of the biggest boy bands in the world,

so I'm sure there's some value here.

But I need a little bit more information,

so I'm calling on my good friend Steve Johnston

to learn a little more.

I got quite the collection for you to look at today.

‐ These are cool.

The NSYNC toys were, for the time period

and the culture, like, really, really big.

And the reason they were so big is this band, obviously,

when they blew up, they took off like wildfire.

You want to talk about a great marketing campaign?

With the song, "It's Gonna Be Me,"

they filmed that song as the marionettes,

so they were dressed in the makeup to look like the dolls.

You saw them come to life on your screen,

and then you turned around and you go to the toy store

and there's the marionettes available for you to purchase.

And immediately, you saw this toy line,

when it hit the shelves, disappear.

So the boxes look like they're a little rough.

It's pretty common for these boxes to be

in this type of condition. I also noticed

that this one looks like it's got some writing on it.

That could be an autograph.

I don't authenticate autographs for you,

so that's not something that I could tell you

that is for a fact, you know, Joey's autograph or not.

‐ So what do you think everything's worth?

‐ So I've seen the Justin go, you know,

35 to 40 bucks by itself.

The other figures go anywhere from, you know,

$10 to $15 each.

‐ That's what we paid for them originally.

‐ Yeah. In some cases,

with some of these toys, when they're mass produced,

they don't necessarily gain or sometimes lose value.

And we see this trend,

especially in the '90s and early 2000s toys.

So as a set,

I would expect you'd be able to get $90 for them.

However, you have a picture down here,

and it looks like it's signed by the entire band.

I think you should get the autographs authenticated.

'Cause if you do that,

that could really be your value here,

the fact that you have all the autographs with it.

You know, I've seen Justin's autograph go as high as $200,

because of how desirable his is.

‐ Okay. ‐ But as far as the toys

are concerned, as they sit, I would expect

that you'd be able to get 90 bucks for the dolls themselves.

‐ Okay. ‐ Thanks for coming out.

‐ No problem. Thanks.

‐ You know what, I actually know

someone that can authenticate these signatures.

Do you mind if I make one more call?

‐ Okay. ‐ I'll be right back.

♪ ♪

‐ Earlier today, a customer came into the shop

to sell their NSYNC figurines.

The dolls are in great condition.

And although Steve Johnston valued the dolls at $90,

he says that having the signatures authenticated

could increase the value.

And it just so happens I know the perfect person for the job.

‐ Hey. ‐ Hey, how you doing?

‐ What's going on, Chum, brother?

‐ That's for coming out.

‐ How's it going? ‐ Hi.

‐ Doing all right? Very nice to meet you.

Chum called me up.

Wanted to see if I could verify some signatures.

Of course, being with NSYNC as a group

for well over ten years, in a sense, you know,

you tend to know each other's signatures, in seeing them,

'cause we were signing thousands of them.

Like, you know, meet and greets,

they'll come up, and we'll sign a bunch of pictures.

So of course, you get to know all the signatures.

You can't get away from my chicken scratch.

And all the other guys too.

‐ Like staring in a mirror. ‐ Oh, yeah.

Yeah, exactly, anatomically correct too, by the way.

Wow, this is pretty crazy. And you got all of them.

All five. ‐ She has the whole set.

Bringing back some old memories here?

‐ Yeah, you know, man, it's amazing.

You know, with the "No Strings Attached," album,

we broke records.

We sold 1.2 million albums in the first day.

And we sold 2.4 million albums in the first week,

which was never done before, and they were tangible albums.

‐ Yeah, it's a lot different now

with digital streaming. ‐ Yeah, exactly.

‐ So take a look at these and tell me what you think.

‐ Yeah, pretty cool.

‐ That, you signed twice, so‐‐ ‐ Yeah, you know,

sometimes we did things like that,

because some people would want it‐‐I don't know why‐‐

they wouldn't want it in the front,

and then they'd want something in the back.

The weirdest thing. I never understood that.

But, yeah, that's definitely my signature.

Usually, I would write, like‐‐sometimes,

like, "Stay sweet" or "Peace and love,"

and stuff like that, which, obviously, there it is.

I wrote "Peace and love" on the back of it.

So, yeah, that's definitely my signature on there.

‐ Cool. ‐ And then this picture.

Wow. Holy cow. Yeah, we were really young.

And that's Chris with his pineapple hair,

I like to call it, and Justin had his ramen noodle head.

And the signatures‐‐yeah, I mean,

they look‐‐ they are pretty legit.

JC usually, he'll write his name

and he'll put the JC on there.

Lance usually has two double squiggly lines,

which is right around there, where he wants "Lance."

That is definitely my sloppy signature right there.

Chris was always‐‐had this signature where it was,

like, a C‐H and an I, always. You never saw the rest of it.

And, of course, Kirkpatrick looked all crappy.

But Justin's obviously always had the J,

and he always crossed his T with his actual letter

in his name, which was pretty cool.

‐ So you can verify your signatures, for sure?

‐ Yeah, it's definitely real, so good job.

Brings back a lot of memories. Crazy.

‐ Well, I appreciate you coming by.

‐ No problem. Thank you so much.

Very nice to meet you. ‐ So nice to meet you.

‐ My pleasure. Nice to meet you guys.

Have a good one.

‐ All right, so there you go.

Straight from Joey himself, the autographs are real.

My toy guy says the toys are nice, go for about $90.

As a group, I could give you 150.

‐ 150?

But Justin's signature alone is worth 200.

‐ I mean, I need to make a little bit of profit.

Could you do 175?

‐ Man, would you consider 200?

‐ Um...

Yeah, I think I can do 200 on them.

‐ Okay.

‐ All right, let's go write it up.

‐ I ended up selling my collection for $200,

but I got to meet Joey Fatone

and discuss the signatures of the band,

so it was well worth it.

‐ Corey, you got to get some more quarters in here,

like a couple boxes of them.

‐ No. What are you talking about?

What are you doing?

‐ Right now, the U. S. Mint has

the Great American Coin Hunt going on.

You know, the West Point Mint, right?

‐ Heard of it. ‐ They minted some quarters,

and there's you know, not a lot,

and they're worth a lot of money.

I'm a great American who's hunting for a specific coin,

and I need your help.

After a customer came into the shop today

with some valuable coins, I did some digging,

and it seems West Point minted some quarters

and released them into the public,

so they could literally be found in any new roll.

Just one quarter could make us $100.

So, naturally, I want in on the action.

‐ So you're basically telling me

that you want me to help you

to participate in a giant scavenger hunt for quarters.

‐ Not exactly, but pretty much. ‐ No, I'm not gonna do it.

Put my quarters back and go to work

so I can do my job, please.

‐ This is your job today.

‐ Chum, you do not tell me what my job is.

This sounds ridiculous.

‐ This is what your dad wants. ‐ No, it's not,

I can guarantee it.

‐ This is your last chance to help me crack these quarters

and do something good for God and country.

Order some more quarters.

‐ I'll get right on getting you some quarters.

‐ Make sure they're new, okay? 'Cause I need new quarters.

I can't be having no dusty quarters.

‐ Sure, buddy.

♪ ♪

‐ Hello. ‐ Hello.

How are you? ‐ I'm amazing, how are you?

‐ Good, thank you. What can I do for you?

‐ I would please like to get $500 in quarters.

‐ 500, sure. ‐ I'd like some new quarters.

‐ Be right back.

‐ Earlier, we had this 1995 West Point American Eagle

coin set come into the shop and I found out

the U. S. Mint has this thing going on

called the Great American Coin Hunt,

and supposedly I can find quarters

that are worth hundreds of dollars.

Then I found out, right here at the D,

they get shipments of new quarters all the time.

So now I'm here to go through all the quarters.

[grunts] Ohh...

I've got $500 in quarters,

and I'm on a mission to make some money.

Fortunately for me, Rick gave me a company card,

so I got a suite and some room service.

Now, it's time to start hunting.

[light music]

I gave Corey a chance to help me back at the shop,

but he thinks this coin hunt is just a big joke.

So I'm happy to take matters into my own hands

and keep all the money for myself.

♪ ♪

That's not it. Nope.

There it is.

Oh, yeah.

Big money. Big money.

Big money.

[rock music]

♪ ♪

‐ What do we have here?

‐ We have DeWayne Brothers Circus banners.

‐ This is really cool, because in the mid 1900s,

this country was fascinated with the circus.

And we still had circuses up till a couple years ago,

until kids got their phones. [both laughing]

‐ I have two sideshow circus banners

that I'm hoping to sell today.

These banners are from the 1960s.

One banner is Tom the Magician and the other one is Electra,

a woman who's getting electrified

in an electric chair.

I got these banners from a pick

that my husband and son did.

Basically, we don't have room to show them,

so we've had them stored.

I'm hoping to sell each banner for about $4,000.

‐ This is really cool.

DeWayne Brothers Circus started in 1947,

two years after World War II ended.

Everyone's coming back to work,

and people wanted to be entertained.

So it was a huge deal, especially like in the Midwest

or something like that, when the circus showed up.

Remember, people didn't have televisions.

‐ Right. ‐ The only idea they ever seen

of, like, an elephant or anything like that,

was a picture in a book,

which, you know, quite frankly, doesn't do it justice.

So, I mean, circuses, traveling shows were always amazing.

You paid to go to the circus, okay,

but the sideshows were extra.

And they would have a barker out front,

drumming up the crowd, like, this is the most amazing thing

you've ever seen, duh duh duh duh duh duh.

And they would pay like a nickel to go see it.

And then there would be everything from, you know,

displays of a tow‐headed goat, and everything else like that.

And these things right here, I mean,

they hung outside those tents for the sideshows.

"Tom the Magician. 12 acts that defy explanation."

Pretty cool. We have a girl in an electric chair.

"Electra. Defying death by electrocution."

Either the sign was retired because it was too beat up,

or Electra did not defy death that Sunday.

[laughing]

So how much you want for these things?

‐ I would like to get 8,000 for the pair.

‐ 8,000 for the pair.

I'm assuming these things just got a little beat up

and they got retired. They're in pretty rough shape.

So I don't know Tom the Magician,

but I know the Murray the Magician.

He's a good friend of mine. He buys and sells these things.

He knows all about them. Let me get him down here

and have him take a look at them, okay?

‐ Great. ‐ So give me a few minutes.

‐ Okay.

‐ I could be in a sideshow act.

Definitely. Don't know exactly what, but I could.

♪ ♪

‐ So I have a lady in the shop

with two circus sideshow banners from the 1960s.

She wants $8,000 for them, but based on their condition,

I don't know if they're worth anything at all.

But the one guy who would know what they're worth

is Murray the Magician, and I got him coming down.

‐ Hello. How you doing? I'm Murray.

What's up, Rick? ‐ Hey, what's up, man?

‐ Who's this Tom the Magician?

‐ Your competition. ‐ I'm a little jealous.

I've got to be honest with you. This looks amazing.

So what are you looking at?

‐ Big circus signs.

Probably 1950s, maybe early '60s.

‐ This is great. This is very cool.

Do you know what circus they're from?

‐ DeWayne. ‐ Oh, the DeWayne Brothers.

Sure. I love circus posters,

because the cool thing about circus posters

is they would take these banners

and put them on the outside of circus tents,

and it would be just anything

to get you to look at their show boards.

'Cause, like, look, they had the electric chair.

Nobody was being electrocuted.

But it's kind of a cool hook, right?

You'd go, "Wait a minute, somebody's being electrocuted?

Let's go check that out." You know?

The cool thing with the DeWayne circus

is that they were based on North Hollywood.

Well, because they were in Hollywood,

all the movies would actually use their paraphernalia‐‐

their tents, their props, their acts.

And the circus was famous in the '50s,

'60s, into the early '70s,

and then they kind of vanished away.

‐ So is this magician a famous magician?

‐ No. Tom the Magician is not a famous magician.

You know, not even an original name.

You know, Tom, you know. But when you had a poster

that's a bit more generic, anyone could be Tom.

You know what I mean? And if somebody said,

"Oh, I'm looking for Tom the Magician."

You know, hey, Rick, you're Tom now."

Okay, I'll be Tom, you know. But these are all kind of

generic posters of acts you would see there.

‐ So what do you think these things are worth?

‐ Well, realistically,

because the person on them isn't famous, on either banner,

and the circus wasn't that famous outside of California

and the West Coast,

my appraisal for these is‐‐ would be $500 each,

so no more than $1,000 for both of them.

‐ Okay. ‐ There you go.

‐ Thanks, man. ‐ All right.

If you're going to the circus, let me know, all right.

‐ All right. ‐ Okay, perfect.

‐ Murray, I mean, he knows his stuff about these things.

‐ Right.

‐ And I'm assuming probably the ones you looked up

were Barnum & Bailey or‐‐

‐ Yeah. Quite possibly, could have been.

‐ So would you take 700 bucks for the pair?

‐ For the pair? Um...

1,000.

‐ If I paid you 1,000,

then that would leave no room for profit.

One of the problems with these,

I can't hang them in the store for sale.

‐ Right. ‐ I'll go 800 bucks on them.

I think that's more than fair. I mean, 800 bucks would be it.

‐ Okay. ‐ All right, sweet.

We got a deal.

‐ Thank you. ‐ Okay. All right.

I'll meet you right over there,

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

‐ Okay. Sounds great.

‐ My dream‐‐Chum runs away and joins the circus.

♪ ♪

‐ Why did you give him a credit card?

‐ I admit it was a mistake, all right?

I just want to know what's going on here.

So earlier today, Chum told me

that he had to go out and take care of some company business.

Then Corey informed me that

Chum was out on some weird quarter scavenger hunt.

So my best guess is he's down here at the casino

doing God knows what and spending my money

while he's doing it.

Hey Richard, how's it going?

‐ Hey. ‐ How are you, Rick?

I understand Chum has a hotel room here?

‐ Yeah, I gave him a suite. ‐ He's got a suite.

‐ He's got a suite. ‐ Can you show me

where he's at? ‐ Yeah, come on.

Follow me. ‐ A suite?

‐ Should be in here.

♪ ♪

‐ Who let you in?

‐ Well, your first mistake was you rented a room

with the company credit card under the name

The Gold & Silver Pawn Shop.

And since I own The Gold & Silver Pawn Shop,

I can come in my room. What is going on?

‐ Read 'em and weep, boys. ‐ What is that?

‐ That's a West Point minted quarter.

Go on, take‐‐Go on, take a look at it.

Who else do you know that can turn a quarter into 100 bucks?

‐ Is this the Great American Coin Hunt?

‐ I'm on the Great American Coin Hunt.

‐ Why are you doing it in a hotel room?

‐ This is a lavish lifestyle, Rick,

and somebody's got to live it.

The D always orders new patches of quarters,

so I figured coming down here would increase

the odds of my hunt.

Do you want to a chicken finger?

‐ No.

‐ In 20 years, do yes want to say,

"I sat on my butt

and didn't participate in the Great American Coin Hunt"?

Or do you want to tell your great‐grandkids

that you sat down here with your pal, Chumlee,

and hunted for the greatest coin America ever saw?

‐ Okay, this thing's probably worth $100, all right?

I'll give you that. ‐ There you go.

I made you 100 bucks today. ‐ This room costs 250,

and God knows how much your room service bill is.

‐ Well, I'm halfway there.

‐ His logic really isn't that bad.

‐ Yes, his logic is that bad, because he found one.

He was lucky.

‐ Make it two, baby. I was born lucky.

‐ I'm just letting you know that if your coin adventure

does not cover the cost of your hotel room

and your room service,

I'm taking it out of your paycheck.

And since he's your friend,

have fun looking through quarters.

‐ Have a seat, Big Hoss.

You don't want to go back to work with your dad.

‐ Order me some chicken fingers and I'll hang out in the suite

with you, but that's all I'm doing.

‐ All right, sounds good.