- On tonight's episode, Chum breaks a sweat
over a Japanese knife.
- It's in the shape of what's known as a helmet breaker,
but it has a temper line like a Japanese sword.
- And would that be really rare?
- Yes, I've never even seen one like this.
- Then, will the deal rise or end up toast
for Corey and Chum on some antique furniture?
- This is a bread box, but it has older pieces
together with newer pieces in it.
- So how much of it do you think is original?
- Probably around 40% to 50%.
- And later, a seller brings in a French gun
that makes me say ooh la la.
- You want to fire it? - Absolutely.
- OK. And as like a special target,
I was thinking French baguettes.
- Did you bring any cheese and meat?
We could have, like, a charcuterie board.
[laughter]
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♪ ♪
Tell me who you brought this here on a bicycle.
[laughter]
- No, he's a little bit too big for that.
- You've been living under a rock if you don't know
who this guy is-- E.T., you know.
- We had it in our spare bedroom.
And any time we have guests come over
and they wake up in the middle of the night,
there's a creepy alien looking down on them.
And my wife said it may be time to let it go.
- Everyone has said how cute E.T. is.
I don't find him that attractive.
[laughter]
- I'm here at the pawn shop to sell
my life-size replica of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
I bought it at an estate sale
in southern Utah several years ago.
It's an artist-commissioned piece that looks identical
to the character in the early '80s movie "E.T."
It looks exactly like it,
the same size, shape, color, everything about it.
It stands about 4 feet tall.
It's made of latex and foam, and it has a base,
and on the base, it's filled with Reese's Pieces.
I'm hoping to get $1,900 for E.T.
- This is pretty cool.
"E.T.," no one ever thought
it was gonna do as good as it did.
Everybody loved this movie.
I mean, just the merchandising and everything.
I don't think anybody had any idea it would do so well.
I mean, it was one
of the highest grossing movies of all time.
It's a lot bigger than I picture it from the movie.
You know what I mean? Because he's cruising around
in his basket and his bicycle.
I mean, it's larger than life, I think.
Do you know the artist's name with this?
- It's a famous renowned artist named Mario Chiodo,
and he was commissioned directly
through Amblin Entertainment,
which is Steven Spielberg's company.
- Did this artist come up with the original rendition of E.T.?
- No, he actually had the mold from the actual E.T.
to create an identical replica.
- It's 783 of 15,000.
Generally, when it says 738 of 15,000,
they don't make 15,000 of these all at once.
They make a couple hundred.
As they sell, they'll make some more.
They're really hoping they get to 15,000,
but if they don't, at least they don't have
a bunch left over.
Big question, how much you want for this?
- I've seen these go at auction for between 2,200 and 2,500.
I feel that 1,900 is a fair price.
- OK. We got a lot of things going on here.
I have a million and one questions.
Really don't know about the artist.
Haven't heard of him.
My art guy, he's here in the building.
Let me go find him.
He'll take a look, and we'll go from there.
- Sounds like a great plan.
- All right.
♪ ♪
- Hello. - Hey, I've got something
really interesting for you today.
- All right, let's see what you got.
- It's a Japanese tanto from World War II.
- Interesting.
- What makes this different to a normal tanto
is that it has, like, a lip on the back of it,
and it's a different shape.
- Pretty cool.
A very useful weapon to have on the battlefield.
You could use this as self-defense.
- That's cool. Defensive can opener.
[laughter]
I'm here at the pawn shop today
because I'm trying to sell my World War II Japanese tanto.
I was given it by my martial arts teacher
about 11 years ago.
It's got some faded Japanese writing on the side.
It's got a really cool little stamp symbol on the hilt.
I'm looking to get $7,200.
My wife is six months pregnant,
and I'm gonna put it straight towards,
you know, the baby fund.
[gong reverberates]
- It's pretty awesome.
I mean, I could see how it could be called a tanto,
but I don't think it is.
I think it might be a kabutowari.
- Ah, OK. - Have you heard of that?
- No, I haven't. - So a kabutowari would be--
I'm probably butchering the name,
but the name roughly translates into, like, "skull breaker"
or "helmet breaker," something like that.
And this little piece right here would be
to reach up and flip the helmet off.
- Oh, cool.
- And then crack someone on the skull with it.
[laughter] But I'm confused
because they wouldn't normally have a sharpened edge.
Kabutowari, it was, you know, meant to be a blunt force,
a blunt strike, you know?
So I'm a little bit confused as to what this actually is.
But it's a really cool, interesting piece.
Have you ever taken it apart and looked it for any markings?
- No, I haven't personally.
- I'm actually kind of intrigued here.
How much are you looking to get?
- I was looking around the 7,200.
- Before I can buy this,
I want to know exactly what it is.
- Fair enough, fair enough.
- If you have a little bit of time,
I would like to call down Mike Yamasaki.
He is my expert on all things sword-related.
Anything with a blade from Japan, he knows about it.
- Absolutely. Sounds like the right thing to do.
- All right. Let me go give him a call
and see how long it will take him to get down here.
- OK, no problem. Thank you.
♪ ♪
- A customer brought in a numbered
limited edition sculpture of E.T.
from the popular 1982 Steven Spielberg film.
The piece was done by an artist
I've never heard of before.
I've asked my art expert, Patrick,
to come in and take a look
before I make an offer that makes me go, ouch.
Here it is. - All right.
- Hey, man.
- Hi. Patrick. - Hi. Daniel.
Pleasure. - Nice to meet you.
- This is my art guy.
Anything to do with art in here, he takes care of it.
- So looking to sell it? - I am.
- So do you know anything about the artist?
- I do. - So the artist
that created this is Mario Chiodo.
He started off creating monsters
and different fantasy figures.
He was known for actually reproducing
studio characters for the studios
to be able to sell as collectibles.
So what he called it was forensic sculpting,
where he would be given maybe one of the original pieces
from the movie, but instead of molding it,
he would just entirely recreate it.
He's done Yoda, the Terminator,
obviously E.T., the most merchandised of them all.
Then he sort of shifted.
And now what he focuses on,
actual bronze sculptures of humanitarians.
- OK. - So it's quite the difference.
- Quite the difference, yeah.
So did they make 15,000 of these?
- Probably not.
So these would be the centerpiece
in one of the Halloween stores.
But if they didn't sell out that Halloween,
they were on clearance the next.
- All right, so what's it worth?
- This one, considering the fact
that it wasn't one of the better sellers
out of the line of different products that Chiodo made,
the value on this one, I'm gonna put at $1,200.
- OK. Thanks, man.
Appreciate it. - No problem.
- Hey, thank you.
- You're welcome. - Appreciate it.
- All right. Here's the thing.
I got to sell it. I got to retail it.
It takes up a lot of room, OK?
And it's not gonna sell right away.
I'll give you 600 bucks.
- Yeah, can't do that.
He said it's worth 12.
I mean, I'd be OK with 9.
- There's no money in it for me.
I mean, this thing is gonna sit for a year.
- I appreciate you looking at it.
- All right, well, thanks for bringing it in.
- Appreciate it. - OK, I'm gonna go get my guys,
and they'll help you put it back in your bicycle.
- Right on. Thank you.
Since we didn't make a deal,
I'll have to phone home to my wife
and let her know E.T. is coming back with me.
♪ ♪
- A customer came into the shop
with what he believes is a Japanese tanto.
I'm confused about the blade
and actually think this may be something else.
He's asking for $7,200,
so Mike Yamasaki is on his way over
to see if my sword senses are accurate.
- Hey.
- How you doing? - What's up, Chum?
How are you doing? - Hey. Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
- So this is what I called you about.
I'm not even gonna tell you what I think it is.
I'm just gonna wait to hear what you think.
- Well, I'll tell you, that's a very interesting piece.
♪ ♪
It's in the shape of what's known as a kabutowari,
or a helmet breaker,
but it has a temper line like a Japanese sword,
and it has an edge.
Some people would think that maybe this was a tanto
that was modified by grinding down the back
to make it into a combination kabutowari tanto.
But see the carving here of the ken sword?
See how low it is?
If it was actually in a tanto, it would have been higher.
It would be way up here, and it'd be gone
after they ground it down.
So I almost am inclined to believe it was made this way.
- And would that be really rare?
- Yes, I've never even seen one like this.
- Really? - Do you mind if I use you
as the test dummy? - Go ahead.
- [laughs]
So kabutowari used to be to move the helmet
and hit because they didn't have an edge.
However, armor has under the neck,
under the armpit.
So the way that this is shaped, and it's pointed in this sense,
it looks like it's actually made to go
through the hole in the armpit straight to the heart.
- Oh, OK.
Are you noticing the maker mark on it at all?
- No, I have to take it apart.
- Do you think it's OK if Mike takes it apart?
- Absolutely.
♪ ♪
- Mm.
This is quite interesting.
There's no maker name, but it's got some age to it,
probably from around the late 1700s, early 1800s.
This is quite something special.
- How special is it in dollar terms?
- [laughs] Well, I've seen
some very high-end kabutowari, right?
This would be a solid $5,000 piece.
- All right. I appreciate you, Mike.
Thank you. - No problem.
- Thanks so much. I appreciate it.
- So after hearing everything Mike had to say,
what are you thinking?
- I mean, he's saying 5.
I would need more than that. - All right.
Well, we're not gonna come to a deal today
because I'm gonna offer you much less than that, you know?
- Yeah, I see that.
But to be honest, just learning all the history of it
makes it hard to sell it when you know how unique it is.
- You know what? I don't blame you.
If I could have bought this, I would have probably tried
to get it for my own collection.
- Of course. Thank you so much.
I appreciate it. - My pleasure.
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♪ ♪
- Uh, bagatelle, right?
- Bagatelle. - Baga-what?
- Bagatelle. It's a game--
they basically play it in England.
I don't know of anywhere else they play it.
That's the only place I've ever seen it played.
And that was a long, long time ago,
in a bar far, far away.
[laughter]
- Today, I'm here to sell
what's called a bagatelle table.
And it was very popular in France and England.
It's sort of similar to a billiards table.
I think it's time to sell it.
I simply don't have room for it anymore,
so I can't enjoy it, and it's best to get out
and get to where someone can play on it again.
I think a fair price is $4,700.
- This is neat.
What is this, like, mini pool or something?
- It's sort of slightly related to pinball, but not really.
I sort of know the rules.
You'd be red. I'd be white.
I'd take my white ball, and I'd hit that black ball.
And you're trying to get either your red ball
or the black ball in a hole.
Now, all the different holes
have a different number in them.
So that's how many points you get, OK?
But if you get the black ball in a hole,
it's worth twice as many points.
- OK. - Mind you,
I had a few beverages in me
when these rules were explained to me,
and it was, like, over 20 years ago, OK?
So how old do you think this is?
- I think it's 1850s, 1860s.
- Just from looking at the hardware,
I'd say it's most likely post-Civil War,
1870s, 1880s.
I don't doubt that for a minute.
How much do you want for it?
- Well, I want a lot,
but I think a fair price is 4,700.
- I mean, your problem is,
I mean, there's no place to sell it.
No one plays this in this country.
And the other problem is,
you have the restoration project from hell here.
I mean, this needs a ton of work.
I'm just gonna decline.
OK, it's--I just don't think
there's any market in this country for this thing.
No one plays that here.
I mean, I've never heard of anybody playing this here.
- I've never seen another one.
- No, I've seen one-- - That's the point.
That's the point. - I've never seen--
- They're rare. They're valuable.
- Rare does not equal value.
And I--I'm just gonna pass. There's no--
I don't believe there's any market for it in this country.
- All right. - All right.
- That's fine. But thank you.
- Thanks for bringing it in. - Thanks for your information.
Appreciate it. - I'll get my guys
to help you load it back up. - All righty.
♪ ♪
- Hey, how you doing, boss?
- What do we got here?
- I got a nice copy of
the "John Wilkes Booth: Life, Crimes, and Capture."
- You know, that guy sucked.
- [laughs] Little bit, little bit.
- John Wilkes Booth assassinated
President Abraham Lincoln.
He was a guy who didn't fight in the Civil War,
who had a very privileged background and decided
he was going to be a martyr for the South
because he didn't get his way. - [laughs]
♪ ♪
I'm here today to sell a copy of my book,
"The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth."
What makes this book special to me is,
it's one of the first books that details
the assassination of an American president.
The condition of the book is roughly about a four or five.
It's in original state condition.
The cover's a little detached, but all pages are there.
I'm hoping to get around $1,500 for my John Wilkes Booth book.
- This is pretty cool, man.
So tell me about it. Where did you get it?
- I got this item about ten years ago
out in Golden Valley, Arizona.
John Wilkes Booth's great-nephew
lives in Golden Valley.
And this was a family heirloom
that I purchased from him about a decade ago.
It's, like, the first known piece about John Wilkes Booth,
of the assassination of President Lincoln.
- Yeah, so what you got here is,
you know, it's John Wilkes Booth.
We all know the story. He went into the Ford Theater
and assassinated President Abraham Lincoln.
It went out over the wires, and everybody knew
the president got shot by this guy named Booth, you know,
but if you were in the Midwest or, you know, West Coast
or something like that, you had no idea who this guy was.
And people wanted to know, who was this guy?
What did he do? What happened?
What's the play-by-play?
There was no 24-hour-a-day news cycle going on.
I mean, he might have been dead for a week
before you even knew it happened.
And so they made books like this
to kind of get the information out there.
What are you looking to get out of it?
- I'm hoping to get around 1,500.
- You know, obviously, you have
some condition issues with the thing.
I'm not really willing to touch the thing.
It--I don't want it falling apart in my hands.
To be honest with you, I mean,
I don't really know what it could be worth.
Do you mind if I have my friend come down and check it out?
She is my book expert. She knows--
she'll know exactly what to do with it.
- Yeah, absolutely.
- OK, we shall see.
I'll give her a call. I'll be back in a few, OK?
- Absolutely.
♪ ♪
- Fancy-looking box.
Can I open it up?
- Sure, absolutely. - All right.
- I have a special Romain Jerome
18-karat gold Titanic-DNA watch.
- OK, so Romain Jerome, it's a watch company,
and they wanted to make high-end watches,
which was...
quite ambitious, to say the least.
You're trying to break into a business
against huge companies who have loyal followers,
and it is not an easy thing to do.
So they bought a chunk of the "Titanic."
[laughter]
- This is a special watch made by Romain Jerome.
It's got 18-karat rose gold on it,
and the bezel was actually amalgamated metal
from the actual "Titanic."
It's got pistons from the boilers.
It has the propeller on it.
It's just got its own little mystique.
I'm hoping to get 17,000.
- I think it's a really cool design.
RJ Watches,
it's a high-end watch company that started in 2004,
financed by the Saudi royal family.
And it was very difficult from the start
because you're competing against these giant companies
that have, you know, most of them,
well over a hundred years' worth of experience.
And they had a tough time of it.
They never flew high in the watch community.
They just didn't.
And then they filed for bankruptcy.
Basically, the Saudi royal family said,
16 years of putting money into this company every year,
and it's not working.
But they did have a really cool design.
So where did you get it? - I have a friend
that was liquidating duty-free shops.
And I got a pretty good deal on it.
And with the story behind the "Titanic,"
I just couldn't pass it up.
And they were taking a piece of the steel
and putting it on the watches and saying,
"Titanic" DNA on them.
I mean, I think it's a really cool watch.
I absolutely love it.
If the same design was done by a more established company,
it probably would have sold well.
How much do you want for it?
- Yeah, I was looking for 17,000.
♪ ♪
- Yeah, that would be tough.
- Yeah. - OK, the problem is,
no one knows what it is. - Yeah.
- I'm afraid the thing's gonna fade out of history.
- [laughs] - I mean, I would give you,
like, $6,000 for it, and I'm gambling at that,
because I have to put this thing out for sale and--
you know what I mean? 99% of the people
don't know what it is.
- Give me 7.
- No. I'll go 6 grand on it.
And the problem is,
I don't know if I'll ever sell it.
- "Titanic" DNA.
I mean, you don't find that anywhere else.
They were unique.
- I'll give you 6,200 bucks,
and I'm kind of crazy for doing that.
- Make it 65, and we got a deal.
- [sighs]
- Come on. You're killing me here.
- Fine. I'm gonna regret this.
[laughs] - I don't think you will.
I think you're gonna wear this, Rick.
- All right, I'll meet you right over there,
and I'll get you paid. - Beautiful.
Thanks a lot, Rick.
- I'm just hoping this thing doesn't sit in the showcase
and sink like the "Titanic."
[exhales]
The "Titanic" was maybe the most tragic,
but not the first attempt at transatlantic travel.
18,000 years ago, in a much shallower Atlantic Ocean,
some archaeologists believe
fishermen and hunters sailed across the pond
in small boats made of animal skins.
Impressive, but not exactly the type of accommodations
your favorite pawn luminary would require
on such a journey. [chuckles]
We've all learned about Columbus setting sail
from Spain in August 1492.
Guy believes the Earth is way smaller than it actually is,
so he's thinking, hey, instead of sailing
all the way around Africa, I'll just go west
across the Atlantic in order to reach the East Indies.
His fleet makes landfall,
but he's actually docked in the Bahamas.
Man, where was Google Maps when you needed it?
These early voyages were no picnic.
Imagine anywhere from 40 to 90 days
of seriously brutal conditions.
And a few of the passengers definitely didn't make it
to the final destination.
But centuries later,
ships more than made up for it with luxury.
Mega-sized ocean liners,
like the SS "Great Western," were built--
I'm talking 1,320 tons, 212 feet long.
Its maiden voyage departs England on April 8, 1838,
and arrives in New York City 15 days later.
That's double the speed of other ships at the time.
That's like taking a cross-country flight
in two and a half hours.
Sign me up.
While most people choose to fly across the Atlantic
in mere hours these days,
there are those who still enjoy a good boat ride.
March 29, 2023, Royal Caribbean ship
"Symphony of the Seas" set a new record for the most people
to cross the Atlantic Ocean on a single ship.
This behemoth is roughly four times the size
of the "Titanic" and carries over 7,600 people.
Just imagine the size of that buffet.
I need to call my travel agent.
[laughs]
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♪ ♪
- There's a guy in the shop with a copy
of "The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth."
This is essentially a pamphlet written by a journalist
who recorded the events during the search
for John Wilkes Booth after the assassination
of President Abraham Lincoln.
He's asking for $1,500.
It's not in the best condition,
but this is a piece of ephemera
that was never intended to last over a hundred years.
I have Rebecca on her way over to let me know
if this would be a good buy for the shop or not.
"The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth."
- All right. Can I take a look?
- Yeah, feel free.
- Looks kind of fragile.
I'll be careful.
- I'm assuming it wasn't meant to last.
- Yeah, this is definitely a problem.
You're right in thinking
that this was meant to be kind of ephemeral.
You know, it's getting out this news
right then and there for people who want it.
It's very cheap paper.
It wasn't meant to survive 150 years later.
These were essentially journalistic dispatches.
So just like today, when there are major trials, major events,
you have correspondents who are there,
and they're noting down everything that's happening.
They're noting who's saying what.
They are interviewing people.
They're getting as much information as they can.
And then they're writing reports
that end up in newspapers. - OK.
- So the guy who wrote this is George Alfred Townsend.
Townsend was a journalist,
so he is interviewing the detectives
who are searching for the conspirators.
He is there at the trial,
and he is writing down what is being said.
And so he is the eyewitness
that everyone else is sort of relying on
to say what happened.
And all of that is in here. - OK.
Give me an idea of what something like that's worth.
- We are dealing with a few problems here.
We've got the wrappers. They exist,
but they are not totally intact.
Besides the wrappers, though,
there are a couple other problems.
So for example, the fact that it even has
the trial and the executions in it.
You see there are 79 pages, plus the poem on the back.
The first issue of this was actually
issued during the trial.
And so that has 64 pages.
This is a later issue,
which, on the collectible marketplace,
first beats all. - True.
- So is it collectible? What's it worth?
- For me, given all of this,
I think the retail price is going to be around 750.
- You're the best, Rebecca. - Happy to help.
All right, take care. - You too. Thank you.
- All right, my man.
So I can give you, like, 250 bucks for it.
♪ ♪
I got liability issues with this thing.
It's just very fragile.
I mean, if I show it to a customer
and they drop it on the ground or something like that,
it could break the stitching in it.
It's already falling apart pretty much.
- [sighs] You won't go any higher at all?
- Mm...275.
- [sighs] Well, it doesn't do much well in my house, so...
- So 275, we got a deal?
- Yeah, that sounds good. - All right, cool.
Just leave that here for now. - All right.
♪ ♪
- I got a call from a woman who said she has
a unique revolver she's looking to sell.
So I'm meeting her out here at the range,
and hopefully, I got a shot at making a deal today.
Hello there. - Hi. How are you?
- Oh, pretty good.
So this is the French gun?
- Yes, French revolver. - OK.
May I? - Yeah, absolutely. Go ahead.
♪ ♪
- This is weird.
[laughter]
I've never seen a hammer system like this on an old gun.
This is just straight-up... weird.
I have never seen...
such weirdness.
[laughter]
- I reached out to the pawn shop
because I'm interested in selling
my French revolver from the 1800s.
A few years ago, my dad went through our family's
gun collection, and we were each able to pick out one,
and this one is the one that caught my eye.
I've done research on it,
and I couldn't find anything on it.
So I really don't know much about the gun.
I spoke to my family about it,
and we felt like 5,500 would be a fair asking price.
- This is one of the oddest pistols I've ever seen.
Do you know anything about it?
- I actually don't know much about this gun.
- I mean, it's a percussion gun,
so it was made after 1830.
But I've never seen a hammer system like this on an old gun.
Apparently the hammer comes back,
and another mechanism fires the firing pin
because there's no way for this to fire any of the caps.
So there must be another mechanism to fire the caps.
I imagine this lever has some way to load it,
but I don't want to mess it up, so I'm not gonna try with it.
Anyway, it was probably used in the Civil War,
I'll tell you that, because we were importing
just about any gun they could get, especially the South,
because there was no manufacturing in the South.
- Yeah. - And they were importing
all kinds of guns.
I mean, this thing looks expensive, though.
I'm kind of lost on it.
So how much were you looking to get out of it?
- About 5,500.
- OK. I mean, it's a great guess.
- [laughs] - It's definitely rare.
What it's worth, I don't know.
But my buddy Alex is supposed to be coming out here.
He'll tell us what it is-- hopefully.
- [laughs] - OK, I'll be right back.
I'm gonna give him a call. - Yeah, go for it.
[upbeat rock music]
- I'm out here at the gun range
looking at a very unique revolver
that appears to be French by looking at the markings.
The seller is looking to get $5,500.
Thankfully, I have Alex Cranmer
coming out to take a look
because this is just all French to me.
[laughs]
I found him. - Perfect.
I'm Mya. - Alex.
Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.
- That is the weirdest gun I've ever seen.
- Oh, wow. Do you mind if I pick it up?
- Yeah, go for it. - Have you seen one of these?
- Yes. Ooh, this is nice.
So, this is a French model 1854 Devisme revolver.
"Louis-Francois Devisme," and then "Paris."
I know it's a model 1854
because this is a pretty well-known firearm.
Devisme was one of the most
highest regarded French gunmakers.
His pieces are considered pieces of art.
There are Devisme examples in many museums
and some of the highest collections around the world.
- OK, so he didn't, like, mass-produce these?
- No, these were not mass-produced.
This was a high-end firearm
to buy in the middle 19th century.
- All right, and how do you even open that up?
- So it's a very interesting system.
You see, the hammer doesn't strike anything.
So this is really just a spur.
The actual firing hammer is inside the frame.
So to open it up, you pull the lever down,
and then pull the barrel off and then the cylinder.
Oh, that's crazy.
So do you see inside the cylinder,
there are pillars? - OK.
- So the idea behind this is you pour the black powder in,
which falls on the side of the pillar.
Then you put your projectile, your ball in,
and you whack it with, like, a rod.
And it makes the ball expand a bit,
which grips the inside of the cylinder
and then the rifling inside the barrel.
- So you're hitting something full of gunpowder...
- Exactly. - With a hammer.
- Yes. So in comparison to,
say, a Colt or a Smith & Wesson,
this is much longer to load,
but it's single-action, six rounds, rifle barrel.
- OK. So does it work?
- I mean, it's in excellent condition.
I mean, really, really high-end condition.
Do you want to fire it?
- Do you want to fire it?
- Absolutely, if we can do that.
- It's actually pretty simple.
I just have to figure out exactly the caliber.
And it's then black powder and some percussion caps--
all stuff I have.
So if you let me take it and inspect it for a bit,
then I can tell you for sure.
- OK, go work your--
sorry, how do you say "magic" in French?
- "Magique"?
- I don't think so. All right.
- Je suis "magique"?
[laughter]
- So I'll text you when Alex is ready.
- OK. - All right.
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- How you doing? - Good.
- What do you have here?
- I have an antique French bread box
to hold French bread.
- Looks a little big for a loaf of bread.
- Well, you can put as many as you want in there.
- [laughs] - It's a lot of bread.
- [chuckles]
I'm here at the pawn shop because I want to sell
my antique French bread box.
So this bread box has
a very nice color to it with the wood.
It's beautifully put together.
The age of this is probably about 17th or 18th century.
It does have some kind of nicks and cracks to it,
but I think it's in pretty good condition,
considering the age of the actual product.
I'm hoping to get 5,400 for my antique French bread box.
- This is pretty interesting.
Where did you get this?
- A friend of mine brought it back from France
about 20 years ago, and I got it from him.
- OK. The French are known for their pastries,
so they definitely have some good bread over there.
It probably was something
that maybe would have been in a bakery
just from looking at it, because it's kind of big
for something that you'd have in your house.
Typically, when I think of a bread box,
I think of the one sitting on my grandma's counter.
- I think ours was always on top of the fridge
or something like that.
Any idea what year it might be from?
- No, I'm not sure what year it's from,
but I know it's antique. - OK.
- It looks like, you know, what, 19th century?
- Probably older than that.
- Can I take a look at it?
- Sure, go ahead.
- Well, it's definitely had some modern restorations on it,
but, well, some modern screws going here and there.
Two different heads. But these things weren't meant
to stand the test of time.
It was a tool, basically.
- I mean, it's made of burl wood,
which is worth some money.
Can you see the marks in it where you've got these,
like, really cool grains, almost swirls like that?
- Oh, yeah. - That's from burl wood,
which, believe it or not, is like a cancer
that grows on trees.
I don't know if it's a bread box or not.
I don't--I've never seen one like it before.
I mean, it's pretty detailed
to be something that was used in a bakery.
I don't know. Chum, what do you think?
You ever seen one of these before?
- I don't really know.
I do know that if it's a bread box,
these things can go for a lot of money.
I've seen them go for thousands of dollars before.
- OK. - But I'm with you.
I don't know if it's a bread box.
- What are you looking to get out of it?
- 5,400.
- You know, I really don't know enough about it
to make you any kind of real offer, man.
I got a guy who will know everything about it.
Do you mind if we give him a call?
You want to call Deric? - Yeah, I'll give him a call.
Do you have a few minutes to hang around?
- Yeah, sure. - All right.
Give me just a few minutes.
[upbeat rock music]
♪ ♪
- The customer brought in a huge antique carved piece
of furniture that he says is a bread box from France.
I've never seen anything like it,
but he would like to get $5,400.
I've asked our antique expert, Deric,
if it's really what the seller claims it to be
and if it's really worth that kind of bread.
Hey, how's it going, Deric? - Hey, Corey.
Hi, Chum. How are you?
- Pretty good. Thanks for coming by.
- Thank you. Always good to see you.
I'm Deric. - Irfan.
- Good to meet you. - Nice to meet you.
- So this gentleman says he has a bread box,
and Corey and I've just never seen a bread box like this.
But you know antiques and furniture,
so I thought maybe you would know something about it.
- This is a bread box.
Fancy way to say it is a panetière.
Sounds better.
And it is circa--
I want to say probably around 1820, 1830.
And they were quite popular.
- So was there any particular reason
they made these so big if it was in a house?
- They were in every home almost, you know,
especially because bread is a big staple
in the French lifestyle.
But it could also have been in a bakery,
which would indicate why it's quite so large.
Could I look at it closer?
- Sure, go ahead. - Great.
So it does have additional parts that are a little newer.
But I think if I were a few hundred years old,
I, too, would have a few added parts.
There's an addition on the back
that someone decided they were gonna hang it.
And these turnings,
some of these are highly likely reproduced.
Some look original, some don't.
Some were done on a machine.
- Yeah, I can see the machining on this one here.
- Right. So it's quite interesting.
You know, this is made up of antique elements,
is a nice way to put it.
You know, but it has older pieces
together with newer pieces in it.
- So how much of it do you think is original?
- I think probably around 40% to 50% is original.
- And that being said, what do you think it's worth?
- I would think in this condition,
and given the current market,
we're looking at around $300.
- All right, well, Deric, I appreciate you coming down.
Man, thanks a lot. - Always good to see you guys.
- Thank you. - Thank you so much.
It was nice to see your piece.
♪ ♪
- So this is pretty cool, Big Hoss,
but it's probably really hard to sell right now.
- I mean, it's a lot of work, and I--
[sighs] I'm gonna have to pass,
but I really appreciate you bringing it in.
I'll see if I can get somebody to help you carry it out.
- Thank you.
♪ ♪
- Earlier, I met a woman out here at the range
looking to sell a gun that I had never seen before.
I learned from Alex it's a 19th-century
French revolver, and it's pretty unique.
The seller's asking for $5,500.
Alex has inspected the weapon
and says it's ready to test-fire.
Let's see how well this thing shoots
and if the price is on target.
So it looks like you have all the accoutrements.
- I have everything that we need to make this fire.
- What caliber is it?
- It's 41, and they're lead balls.
So when I put the black powder in,
I'm going to then use this brass rod.
And do you know why it's brass?
- So it doesn't spark. - Correct.
So I can whack it down,
and it won't create a spark, igniting the black powder.
- I'm still gonna stand back when you do that.
- OK. And as, like, a special target,
since this is a French gun from Paris,
I was thinking, what's the next best thing
to actually being in Paris?
And that's having some French baguettes.
[mellow accordion music]
- OK.
Did you bring any cheese and meat?
We could have, like, a charcuterie board.
- I mean, I think I did pretty well.
It's a lot of baguettes. - Yeah.
- OK. All right. - All right.
So I'm gonna use the black powder.
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And then I put the first ball in.
♪ ♪
And then hit it with the hammer.
- Let's step back.
♪ ♪
- OK.
♪ ♪
OK.
♪ ♪
- OK, we're ready to fire.
- All right, eyes and ears. - All right, I'm ready.
- All right, I'm coming over there.
- All right.
[dramatic music]
- Three, two, one.
[gunshot] Yes!
[laughter]
[gunshot]
♪ ♪
We got French toast!
- Every time he sets up targets,
he puts something there, yeah. - That's what the fun is.
- Charles de Gaulle would be proud of you.
- Yes, all of France would be proud today.
- OK, so they're really collectible?
- They're very collectible.
If you are a serious antique firearms collector,
especially if you're collecting mid-19th century,
you have to have a Devisme in your collection.
- What do these things go for?
- I've seen them as low as 4,000.
I've seen them as high as 10,000.
I think for this particular one,
I would say 8,000 is a good price.
- Wow. - OK.
Thanks, man. You're amazing.
- You're welcome.
Good luck. - Thank you.
- Thanks for letting me shoot it.
- How much did you say you wanted for it?
- 5,500.
- I'll tell you what. I'll give you 5 grand for it.
I mean, I got to sell it.
I mean, I'm sure it won't take that long to sell it,
but it will take a while. - OK.
- And time is money and everything else like that.
But 5 grand?
That's more than fair.
- I can do 5 grand. - All right, we've got a deal.
- Awesome.
- I will get Alex.
He'll help you load everything up.
Just bring it back to the pawn shop.
We'll do some paperwork. I'll get you paid.
- Awesome. All right, I'll see you then.
- All right, cool.
♪ ♪
- How's it going today? - Hey, how are you doing?
- Good. I'm looking to sell some cards here.
- All right, looks like you have
mostly 1982 wrestling All Star cards here with--
well, I think this Hulk Hogan is '85 Topps, right?
- Yes, correct. Two of them are
actually autographed by Hulk Hogan.
- Did you have those autographed yourself?
- I actually went and visited Hulk Hogan.
I actually have a picture. When he autographed that one,
he said, "Nice card, brother."
He knew that was a pretty good one.
- It's more than pretty good, I think, right?
It's pretty much the Holy Grail of wrestling cards.
[wrestling bell dings]
- I'm here to sell 1982 wrestling All Star cards.
There are seven cards altogether.
And the two special ones were autographed by Hulk Hogan.
It's a 1982 wrestling All Star, Hulk Hogan,
and then there's a 1985.
I got them from a sports memorabilia shop
in Fairhaven, Massachusetts.
My dad and I have a huge sports collection
of various memorabilia,
and we picked them up approximately five years ago.
What makes the collection special
is that the cards are very rare.
I'm looking to get $40,000
for my 1982 wrestling All Star cards.
- This is cool.
So this is the 1980s.
This is kind of like the time of all times in wrestling.
The 1980s was long after wrestling started,
but this isn't wrestling as we know it today,
where we watch it on TV.
There wasn't even mass television broadcast
of these wrestling shows.
Sometimes the wrestling shows would be on a local channel,
and a small amount of people would watch it.
But it wasn't like the kind of promotion
that was behind it today.
Vince McMahon is the one who came in and changed that.
Actually, Vince McMahon had a part in setting up
this '82 All Stars wrestling card things.
And then it was just a few years later
that Vince McMahon released a set of WWF cards.
And you were able to buy them in the pack...
- Absolutely. - And just kind of chase cards.
- Which that actually came straight out of the pack,
and then he autographed it. - OK.
Oh, so you had some packs, and you opened them up?
- Yeah, yeah, opened them up. Yeah.
- And the rest of these are '82s--
well, at least I think they're '82s.
- Yes.
- You got the two most important cards, really.
Hulk Hogan '82 is considered
the most sought-after wrestling card, and it's followed up
pretty closely by this Ric Flair right here.
And you do have a lot of good ones.
I mean, Ricky Steamboat, legend.
Of course, the American dream, Dusty Rhodes.
And then you have Paul Orndorff over here.
So you definitely have some really cool cards.
And do you have a price in mind?
- Approximately $40,000.
- That seems pretty high to me.
Do you have a reason for asking that?
- There's not many examples of these cards on the internet.
And I've done some research,
and that's the most reasonable price what I could find.
- A year and a half ago, I was able to buy
these complete sets sealed
for right around $9,000 to $10,000 a set.
But with that being said, these cards could hold a lot
of value in them, but it's all considered on the grade.
As much as I wish I could take a gamble on these,
my boss wouldn't be very happy if I bought these rare cards
ungraded, sent them in, and they came back
under what I expected.
- Absolutely. I completely understand.
- I think for now, I'm just gonna pass on them.
- All right, well, thank you. I appreciate it.
- Thanks for bringing them in. - Thanks for your time.
Unfortunately, I couldn't pin down the deal today,
but I guess Chumlee's not the "Hulkamaniac"
I believed him to be.
♪ ♪
- Earlier today, Chum and I looked at a bagatelle table.
And seeing this, I realized I should invite the guys over
to the house for a good, old-fashioned game of pool.
♪ ♪
- That was not a really good break, Pops.
- What up, guys?
- What's up? - What's up?
I just thought we might have a pool night.
- So I brought my bathing suit for no reason?
- You brought your what? - My bathing suit.
When you said pool, I thought we were going swimming.
- We can do that, too. - All right.
- Here, you can take the next shot for me.
- Oh, this is a tough shot.
I'll teach you how it's done.
Agh.
- Obviously, you've been playing a lot.
- I just want to know why Chum is playing your game for you.
- Well, I mean, I figured it's kind of rude
to invite Chum over to play pool
and you not let him play pool.
- OK, but me and you were playing a game,
and then Chum took over for you.
- Corey, you want to shoot one?
- Um, no, go for it, Chum.
- [groans]
♪ ♪
All right, I think we're tied now.
♪ ♪
Whoa!
- Agh.
♪ ♪
- Me and Chum are doing really good.
- [laughs]
♪ ♪
Did you have both feet on the ground?
Isn't that, like, a rule?
- No, it's not a rule.
♪ ♪
Bam. - I win.
Aren't you supposed to call your shot in 8-ball?
- No, you're not. - All right.
- So what did I just do?
- You beat me. - Yes, I won.
- I mean, can we play another game?
- All right.
Do we want to bet on the next game?
- You know, when I was a kid, you taught me
not to ever play pool for money
with a guy that brought his own stick.
Well, you have your own stick, your own pool table,
and we're in your house.
No, I'm not gonna play for money with you.
- [laughs]
All right, Chum, want to bet on a game?
- All right.