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0:01Can I help you?

0:01Hi.

0:02Yeah, I found this.

0:03I was cleaning out some drawers and stuff.

0:05My mother gave it to me years ago,

0:07and I was wanting to find out how much it was worth.

0:11CHUMLEE: Seems crazy.

0:12What is it?

0:13RICK: It's a black widow.

0:15CHUMLEE: Is it poisonous?

0:17[scream]

0:19PEGGY: I just came to the pawn shop

0:20today to try to sell my grandmother's brooch

0:22that was given to me years ago.

0:24It's just a spider brooch.

0:25It's got a lot of crystals and stuff on it.

0:27I don't like spiders, so I just wanted to get rid of it.

0:30Do you know what you have here?

0:32PEGGY: No, not at all.

0:33RICK: This is Fabergé.

0:35Fabergé was one of the most famous jewelry designers

0:39in the world.

0:40He was the jeweler to the Russian court.

0:42This is something right here.

0:45When people say Fabergé, they mean Peter Fabergé,

0:48one of the greatest jewelers of all time.

0:50This guy became famous for his Fabergé eggs,

0:52but he actually made everything from silverware to necklaces

0:55to rings.

0:56And just about anything he touched

0:57is considered a masterpiece.

0:59What you have here is pre-Revolution Russian imperial

1:03jewelry.

1:04That's onyx underneath there.

1:05This white metal right here, that is all platinum.

1:08Those are diamonds.

1:09There's sapphires in the feet.

1:11Those are rubies in the eyes.

1:13This is the kind of stuff that royalty wears.

1:15It's absolutely beautiful.

1:17I can't believe this woman had a Fabergé brooch sitting around

1:19in a drawer somewhere.

1:21This is the one thing everyone hopes they'll stumble across

1:23when they're going through grandma's stuff.

1:24What did you want to do with it?

1:26I want to get rid of it.

1:27And how much were you looking to get out of it?

1:29Couple thousand.

1:30OK.

1:31Um.

1:34I would really, really like to give you, like,

1:362,000 bucks for it.

1:37But unfortunately, I have a conscience.

1:43All right, I'll cut to the chase.

1:47I'll give you $15,000 for it.

1:51[laugh]

1:52Oh my god.

1:53You gotta be [bleep] me.

1:54No, I'm not.

1:57This is stuff you do not see every day.

2:00How about 17?

2:02A man that's willing to pay 15 will definitely

2:05pay 17 for that.

2:06No, he won't.

2:07I mean, literally--

2:08All right, how about 16?

2:09I will give you 15.

2:11That's more than a fair offer on this.

2:13How about 15-5?

2:16This is why I hate having a conscience.

2:18This is Vegas.

2:19And I just told this woman she hit the jackpot.

2:21And now she wants another spin.

2:23I can pay you 15 grand.

2:25That's more than a fair offer on this.

2:26This is not something that's gonna sell overnight.

2:34All right.

2:35You're a good man. - OK.

2:36PEGGY: Thank you.

2:37Oh my god.

2:38I'm so shocked.

2:39I mean, I couldn't believe it was worth $15,000.

2:41I hit the jackpot today.

2:44- Hello. How can I help you?

2:45- Hi. Looking to see if maybe

2:47you'd be interested in purchasing this sword.

2:51- Oh, wow.

2:53- Are you a closet samurai or something like that?

2:55- No.

2:57I'm here at the pawn shop today, hopefully to sell

3:00my 16th century katana ceremonial sword.

3:03My father-in-law brought it back from World War II

3:06when he was stationed in Japan.

3:08I think this sword is really cool,

3:10and I'm looking to get 10,000.

3:13- It's a great piece of history.

3:15During World War II, there was this whole thing

3:17called the spoils of war and war prizes.

3:19Might sound a little strange now,

3:21but it just goes back from thousands of years.

3:23I mean, that was part of the soldier's pay.

3:25If you went to battle, you got to take a few prizes home.

3:26Generally out of Europe, they would take flutes,

3:28I've seen Lugers, I've seen all these other things.

3:30One of the big things guys brought back

3:32from Japan was Samurai swords.

3:34- Wow.

3:36- Can you tell me what this says right here?

3:38- Well, he actually did ask a Japanese kid

3:40to tell him what the writings meant.

3:42The kid said it was a sword

3:44used for beheading Christians.

3:46- Um, I mean, I have never heard

3:49of the Japanese beheading Christians.

3:52- Can we see the blade on this thing?

3:54- Do you mind if I take it apart, take a look at it?

3:56- Absolutely. - Please.

3:58See a little excitement in here.

4:02Ooh, check out the blade on that sword.

4:05Don't be touching that, Rick. You know better than that.

4:07What have I taught you over the years?

4:09- What have you taught me? - Yeah.

4:11Not to touch that with your hands.

4:14- So what can you tell me about this, Chum?

4:16Humor him. What do you know about it?

4:18- Uh, let's see here.

4:21It's pretty old.

4:24Looks pretty nice.

4:26Definitely looks like it was used.

4:30Probably beheaded, you know,

4:33an out-of-line boss once or twice in its time.

4:36♪

4:39- I definitely find it interesting.

4:41What were you looking to do with it?

4:43- Sell it. - Okay.

4:44How much you want for it?

4:46- 10,000. - Okay.

4:48To be perfectly honest, I have no idea what it's worth.

4:51It's in need of some reconditioning,

4:54I'll tell you that. - Yes.

4:56- With these things, I have a friend

4:58who knows everything about them.

4:59Like, when these come in, that's who I call.

5:01So, if you don't mind hanging out for a little bit,

5:03I'll give him a call, have him come down

5:04and check it out, and...

5:05- Great, excellent.

5:07- He'll give us a much better idea what it's worth.

5:08Can you entertain this young lady?

5:11- It's what I do, Rick.

5:13- I'm really looking forward to Rick having the expert

5:16come in and tell us all about the sword.

5:19Here it is. So, what do you think?

5:21- Well, let me take a look at the handle,

5:23with your permission.

5:25- Absolutely.

5:27♪

5:31That was slick.

5:32- That's got some writing on the blade, huh?

5:35Seeing anything good down there?

5:37- So, this blade is actually very interesting,

5:41because during the 1800s,

5:43there was a great rebellion, a civil war going on.

5:47And many factions were trying to take over Japan.

5:49This blade was made in 1863 by Nagahiro,

5:54and was given to the Lord of Choshu,

5:56to protect Japan against enemies of the Emperor,

6:00the Imperial family, and especially against

6:03the Tokugawa or the military leader.

6:06So this is quite an important sword historically.

6:09- She was told a story that it was used for beheading

6:12Christians, which I said, probably not.

6:14- There is a term called joyi, that's written on the tang,

6:18which means protecting,

6:20or reverence to the Imperial family.

6:22So, not literally beheading Christians, but just anybody

6:26who was considered an enemy of the Emperor at the time.

6:28- Okay, so, the question, what's it worth?

6:31- Well, in its present condition,

6:33and the fact that it has very high historical value,

6:37I'd say this sword is probably worth about...

6:42$10,000.

6:44- Wow.

6:45- All right, thanks, man. - Okay.

6:47This sword is a very good buy for the shop,

6:49because it's a very unique item.

6:51Any time you get a sword that was actually owned personally

6:54by the lord, that's got to be something special.

6:57- All right, so, what are you willing to take for it?

7:03I have to make money on it. - Oh, I realize that.

7:06Five? Can you make money with that?

7:08- Yeah, I can.

7:10I'd make a little too much money at that.

7:12The fact of the matter is, I don't want to,

7:14I don't take advantage of people.

7:155,000 is just too low.

7:17I will give you $6,000 for it.

7:21I would go more, but this is

7:22a multi-year project here, most likely.

7:25So, I'm assuming 6,000 is fine, since you wanted five.

7:30- Yeah, 6,000 is great.

7:32- Okay, all right. - Thank you.

7:34- Chum, will you write her up?

7:36- I'm gonna write this ticket up,

7:38and then I might behead you with the sword, Rick.

7:39- Uh-oh.

7:41I'm amazed.

7:42I asked for $5,000 for the sword,

7:45and Rick cut me some slack and actually gave me six.

7:49That's awesome.

7:54that are very valuable that I'm trying to get rid of

7:56at this point in time.

7:58- All right, where in the world did you get these?

7:59- Well, my dear aunt Mary,

8:01she passed away, and she turned them over to me.

8:04She left them to me in her will.

8:05Now, these were originally my grandfather's coins.

8:08So these coins go way back.

8:10- All right, these are really interesting.

8:12So 1878, they started making the Morgan silver dollar.

8:16- What do you got?

8:17It's the most collectible of all the United States coins.

8:20There's tons of different mint marks.

8:22There's a lot of variations and everything.

8:23And generally, with coin collecting,

8:25everyone wants the highest grade coin possible.

8:28I mean, the higher the grade, the more it's worth.

8:29But then a few years ago, this craze happened

8:31where people wanted to collect the lowest grade.

8:34They wanted to be able to get ones.

8:36That's where the coin is completely worn out

8:38from natural wear,

8:39not from any damage or anything like that,

8:41where you can still see the mint mark

8:43and still figure out the year.

8:45That's what these are right here.

8:46And they're called lowballs.

8:49It's, like, graded a one, two, three, or four.

8:51Everyone wants the ones.

8:53And these are all ones, which is amazing.

8:55It's sort of crazy. The price keeps on going down

8:57the lower the grade gets.

8:58Highest grade, start going down.

9:00You get to, like, a four, it gets down here.

9:02And then it goes back up. It's crazy.

9:04- Okay, all right. That sounds crazy, but hey.

9:06- We got some really good dates in here too.

9:09- Yes, sir. - These are all amazing.

9:12I mean, how much do you want for them?

9:13- $200 for each one.

9:15That's 2,400 for the whole batch.

9:17How about that? Now, that's a deal.

9:19Let's make a deal. - That is a heck of a deal.

9:20It really, really is. - Okay.

9:22- Okay? - All right.

9:23- But I sort of have a conscience.

9:25And they're worth more than that.

9:27They really are. - Okay. All right.

9:29- Okay, I mean, these two right here,

9:31I could probably get 600, 700 bucks a piece out of.

9:34- Really?

9:36- I'd give you $4,000 for the lot.

9:37That is more of a fair price. It really is.

9:39- Really? - [laughs]

9:42- Can your conscience go up even higher to 5,000

9:43for the whole lot? - No, no.

9:44$4,000, I think, is a really reasonable price

9:47for these things right here.

9:48- I appreciate that.

9:49I'll take it.

9:50- Sweet. - Thank you. I appreciate it.

9:52- Okay. - I appreciate it.

9:53- If you go right over there...

9:55- All right. - They'll get you paid.

9:56- I knew there was something I liked about you.

9:58- [laughs] - Take care, Rick. Thank you.

10:00- All right. - All righty.

10:02TOM: I have a 1929 Cubs World Series press pin

10:06The Cubbies!

10:07RICK: I think it's the only team ever to go over 100 years

10:10without winning a World Series.

10:12I guess people just feel sorry for the Cubs.

10:14Sure they do. Sure they do.

10:15[laughs]

10:17TOM: I come to the pawn shop today to sell my 1929 Chicago

10:20Cubs World Series press pin.

10:22I could use the money.

10:23I'd like to get at least $1,000 for it.

10:25The least amount of money I probably will take

10:27is about $800.

10:28RICK: Where in the world did you get this?

10:30My mom passed a few years ago and we

10:32found that in her jewelry box.

10:34RICK: You needed one of these things to get in the press box.

10:37For the World Series, they gave these out instead

10:39of credentials.

10:40And the reason they probably did that--

10:42a lot harder to fake.

10:43Sure.

10:44You put it right through your lapel on your jacket.

10:45That's when everyone wore a jacket.

10:46Being a sports reporter in the 1920s

10:48was a pretty cool job to have.

10:50Baseball was more popular than ever,

10:53thanks to guys like Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb.

10:55So having a pin like this would make you a big deal.

10:59The amazing thing is it's in really good condition.

11:01There's not one chip in the enamel that I can see.

11:04It's a good thing it's from the Cubs, too.

11:05Because, you know, if you get something from the Yankees,

11:07they're always going the World Series.

11:08So it's not quite as big a deal.

11:10It really does mark the end of an era.

11:12We're talking October 1929--

11:15that was the height of the Roaring '20s.

11:17Literally a few weeks after this pin was given out,

11:20the stock market crashes.

11:22The whole world went crashing down.

11:24Since this is from what a lot of historians

11:25consider the Golden Age of Baseball

11:28and it's in great shape, I can definitely see some real value

11:32in it.

11:33Now tell me, what you want to do with this?

11:34TOM: I'd like to sell it. - How much you want for it?

11:36I'd like $1,000 for it.

11:39It's a seldom seen piece.

11:41RICK: I know it's a seldom seen piece.

11:42And it's going to be a quick seller.

11:47And, quite frankly, it's a little-- actually,

11:49a little cheap, $1,000 bucks.

11:52OK.

11:53I was thinking, like, $1,200.

11:54I always want to maximize my profit on anything I buy.

11:57But I also believe it's really important to be fair.

12:00So when I see a customer with a rare expensive item

12:02and making a big mistake, I flag it when I can.

12:05Getting $1,000 for it it just a little too cheap.

12:08TOM: Well, you know, I appreciate that

12:09and I'll take 12. RICK: OK.

12:11That's absolutely no problem. I appreciate your honesty.

12:13That's now how you negotiate.

12:14RICK: Just go take the item, go write him up.

12:17TOM: When He offered me $1,200, I was a little surprised.

12:20I would have been happy with $1,000.

12:21But he just wanted to be fair with me, and I appreciate that.

12:24- So what have we got here?

12:26- I have some Napoleonic-era medals.

12:30- Okay, we all know how important

12:33Napoleon was in France and during the 1800s.

12:36Pretty much conquered most of Europe.

12:38Everybody knows about the whole Napoleon-complex thing,

12:41which, believe it or not, is actually not true.

12:43He was actually average height.

12:46I think that was just something that his enemies just kind of--

12:49a rumor that they made up,

12:50and it just kind of stuck with him.

12:52So tell me where you got them.

12:53- I was in Europe at an auction,

12:55and I accidentally won them.

12:57- How did we accidentally win them?

12:58- So I wrote down the wrong lot number,

13:00and this is what they gave me.

13:02- And what'd you accidentally pay for them?

13:04- I accidentally paid $1,000 for them.

13:07- Okay.

13:08I am 99% confident that these are Andrieu medals.

13:12When people say medals, they typically think

13:14of military medals, gold medals that you wear around your neck.

13:18The first Olympic medals that they presented

13:19were just like this.

13:21These are actually able to cast.

13:23They could be mass-produced.

13:24Okay, so we have "Siege de La Bastille."

13:28I'm pretty sure kind of translates

13:30into the "Storming of Bastille."

13:31If you wanted to decorate your house in the 1850s,

13:35this is the kind of stuff you would hang on the wall.

13:36Give me an idea of what you're looking to get out of it.

13:39- So I really just want to get my money back,

13:41so I'd say $1,000.

13:43- Okay, you know, for something that's close to 200 years old,

13:47it is in really, really good condition.

13:49You know, it's not like somebody used these

13:52as hockey pucks or something like that.

13:54I mean, they've pretty much stayed in the box

13:55the entire time.

13:56The condition is really good.

13:58Today is your lucky day.

13:59You have doubled your money on these.

14:01I will give you 2,000 bucks.

14:02- Nice. Great. I'll take it.

14:04- All right, sounds good to me.

14:06Meet my guys over there. They'll write you up, okay?

14:07- Great. Thank you. - Have a good day.

14:12RICK: I've been driving for a couple hours now,

14:14and with no one to bug me, it has been the best.

14:17Just crossed into Utah, and I pulled

14:19into a little town named Hurricane

14:20to look for some food.

14:22What do we have here?

14:24And I noticed a little antique shop with a weird trailer

14:26out front, so I'm going to go inside and see what they got.

14:30OWNER: Hello. RICK: Hey.

14:31How's it going?

14:32OWNER: Good.

14:33How are you?

14:34RICK: All right.

14:34Just looking around.

14:35OWNER: Sure.

14:36Unfortunately, even when I'm on vacation,

14:38I can't help myself.

14:39I'm always looking for deals.

14:40One of the weird things about a random antique shop,

14:42you'll never know what you'll find.

14:44It might just be completely full of junk.

14:45It might be full of treasures.

14:47Might be overpriced.

14:47Might be underpriced.

14:49Is the player piano for sale?

14:50OWNER: Well, everything has its price.

14:52What year is it?

14:54It's 110 years old.

14:56And it works and everything like that?

14:57Here, try it.

14:59It's the hit of the store.

15:00RICK: OK.

15:04[piano playing]

15:14OWNER: What do you think?

15:16RICK: So what would you take for it?

15:18It would have to be more than $10,000.

15:20RICK: That's a little more than I want to pay.

15:23OWNER: Well, I'd be in trouble if I sold it.

15:25I gave it to my wife for her birthday.

15:26How much do you love your wife?

15:28[laughs]

15:29A lot.

15:31OK.

15:32What this place has got going for it, it's pretty damn big.

15:34So there might be that one little treasure stashed

15:36in the corner somewhere.

15:38This is definitely pretty cool.

15:40Excuse me.

15:42RICK: Yeah, do you know anything about this?

15:44OWNER: It's on consignment.

15:45I don't know anything about it.

15:46Looks like some sort of helmet.

15:47RICK: Samurai helmet it looks like.

15:50You're asking $300 for it.

15:52I probably shouldn't tell you this,

15:53but you're not asking nearly enough for this thing--

15:56He had it priced for $300.

15:57I have a conscience.

15:58I believe in karma.

15:59I had to tell him what it was worth.

16:02--because it could retail for as much as $2,500.

16:04Really?

16:05RICK: Yeah.

16:06Wow.

16:08I own the Ugly Trailer Antiques in Hurricane, Utah.

16:11With the samurai helmet, I was really surprised

16:14that it was worth that much.

16:15That blew me away.

16:17I think the customer that has it on consignment

16:19will be thrilled.

16:21RICK: This is actually really cool.

16:22This is a samurai helmet from late Edo period.

16:26FRED: When is that?

16:28Early 1600s to basically 1868, I believe, somewhere right

16:34around in there.

16:35You know, you had the emperor, who was like the king,

16:37and then you had the samurai which was

16:39sort of like the world court.

16:40They were basically the equivalent of, like,

16:43dukes and earls in England.

16:45Over the years, I've seen a few samurai helmets.

16:47I've seen a lot of samurai swords.

16:50So when you get those things in your store,

16:52you try and do a lot of research on them.

16:53That way you know next time they come in what to look for.

16:57I mean, everything on this thing looks right.

16:59So how much would you take for it?

17:02What will you give me?

17:06$1,250.

17:07I got to do a little better than that.

17:09You only wanted $300 to start with.

17:11[laughs] So what will you take for it?

17:15Well, I think after what I've learned about it today,

17:18I think we've got to have at least $2,000 for it.

17:25$1,500?

17:26FRED: Come on.

17:27You can do better than that. $1,700.

17:30I'll go $1,600.

17:32$1,650.

17:40All right, $1650.

17:41All right.

17:43Let's go write it up.

17:45Usually I say that.

17:46[laughs]

17:48Just goes to show when you go into an antique store

17:50in a small town, every once in a while you can find something.

17:53I think I can sell it quick.

17:54Sturgis, here I come.

17:56COREY: Hey, how are you doing?

17:57RANDY: Pretty good.

17:58I bought some magazines at a garage sale,

18:00and these were tucked in between the pages.

18:01They say Playboy on them.

18:03COREY: Shopping for used Playboys, huh?

18:08RANDY: I came down to the pawn shop

18:09today to sell my 1955 Playboy comic prints.

18:12I think these things can be worth some big money,

18:14just because they're old and they're from Playboy.

18:17I basically got them for free, and I'm ready to cash in.

18:21COREY: So you got these at a yard sale, huh?

18:22RANDY: Yes, sir.

18:23COREY: All right.

18:24You know much about them, or--

18:26This one says October '55, this one's December '55.

18:31OK.

18:32Yeah, this is not very long after Playboy got started.

18:35I think Hefner worked for Esquire magazine

18:38and asked for a $5 a year raise.

18:40And they told him to go pound salt, so he got a $1,000 loan

18:43and went out and started Playboy.

18:45Almost 65 years later, we're still here talking about him.

18:49Multi-million.

18:50COREY: Yeah.

18:51Hugh Hefner knew how to add a touch of class

18:52to his magazines.

18:53He had articles from famous writers,

18:55and he hired some of the best known cartoonists

18:57to draw his cartoons.

18:58It definitely separated Playboy from the typical smut magazine.

19:01What they are is the cartoonists would

19:04illustrate something, draw it out,

19:05then he'd have to get approval for it.

19:06And they would fly back and forth like that over and over

19:09again, until they finally put it in the magazine.

19:12This one's kind of funny.

19:13It's a cocktail waitress telling the bartender to cut Benson off

19:16because he just pinched her.

19:18This one doesn't have a caption, but I'm

19:20assuming the humor is is the guy that's laying in bed is looking

19:23up at his own picture as the attorney

19:25advertising in the hospital.

19:26These cartoons are definitely a bit dated,

19:28but it is original signed artwork.

19:30And 1950s Playboy stuff has gotten real collectible.

19:33So what do you want to do with them, my man?

19:35RANDY: I'd like to sell them.

19:37COREY: Any idea of what you want for them?

19:38RANDY: I'd like $100 a piece.

19:41$100 a piece.

19:42[tense music]

19:47Be honest with you, man, they're

19:48worth a lot more than that.

19:50RANDY: They're--

19:51COREY: Yeah, they are worth more than that.

19:54Me and my big mouth, but how about this,

19:57I'll give you $500 a piece for them.

20:00That works for me.

20:02Well, I appreciate you being honest with me.

20:03COREY: It sounds good, man. - Sounds good.

20:05COREY: Let's go write it up.

20:06I couldn't believe they were worth that much money.

20:07I got $1,000 in my pocket, and I'm a happy man.