Pawn Stars: 5 Things You Should NEVER Do At The Pawn Shop
RICHARD: What's going on, son? KRIS: I've got a
Hudson Bay gorget made probably around the 1700s. RICHARD: Hey, Rick. What's up? What the hell's a "for-jay?" RICK: [laughs] KRIS: Came into the pawn
shop today to see if I could sell my Hudson Bay gorget. Hudson Bay is one of the
oldest companies in the world. I want to try to get
$100,000 out of it, but I'll have to see
what he offers me. RICK: What do you
know about this thing? KRIS: As far as I know, it was
made by Hudson Bay somewhere probably around the 1700s. I don't know a
whole lot about it. My dad actually got it. He picked it up in an auction. Do you know what
he paid for it? A second mortgage
on his house. RICK: OK. These go way back in time. I mean, even the
Romans had them. It was to defend against a
knife thrust or a sword thrust to your neck. I know the Hudson Bay
Company was one of the oldest companies in North America. They were a trade company. You know, they basically
traded with Indians.
Hell, Rick. Me pioneering this
shop, maybe I ought to wear something like that. RICK: No, I don't think that
would fit around your head. [laughs] OK. RICK: All right. It looks like it might have been
a trade piece to the Indians. That's Venetian glass. KRIS: Yeah. RICK: And the glass beads
is completely normal. They had to trade the
Indians something for this. They didn't want cash.
They didn't want coins. KRIS: Yeah.
RICK: They wanted stuff. KRIS: Yeah. RICK: And how much
you want for it? Probably about $100,000. [music playing] You know, I don't
see that happening. KRIS: Why not? Because I think
it's worth a lot less. How much less? Like $99,000 less. I can tell you right
now it's not 1700s, OK? Because you see this weird–
this yellow-gray patina that's on it?
KRIS: Yeah.
RICK: OK. That tells me right
away it's nickel silver. KRIS: OK.
RICK: OK. Right around 20% zinc,
20% copper, 60% nickel. Zinc wasn't isolated
really until the 1800s. All right. What the [bleep] are
you talking about? Son, you're way out of line. RICK: Basically I'm
just trying to tell you I'm not bull [bleep] you. I've seen auctions
for these things, and they generally go
for right around $1,500. All right. I'd offer you $1,000. I don't know what
you're smoking, man, but that's not going to work. So I'm gonna take
my stuff and leave. All right.
Have a nice day. KRIS: [bleep] that guy. I think he just thinks
I'm some punk kid and wanted to lowball me. I'm disappointed we
couldn't make a deal. I would have liked to
have made the money. – What's going on, fellas?
– Hey. What's going on, man? Long time no see. COREY: Yeah. Nerdy guy, Prius,
"Star Trek" toys.
TIM: Yeah, yeah, that's me. COREY: What do we got this time? TIM: I got a Klingon bat'leth. It's a traditional weapon
used by the Klingons in that "Star Trek" world. And I got to get
rid of it because I got a baby on the way. There's no way you're married. There's no way you've
ever had a girlfriend.
I don't believe it. TIM: [laughs] Came to the pawn shop today
to sell my Klingon bat'leth. It's a traditional
Klingon sword. I'm looking for about $300,
and the least I'll take is– I don't know– maybe $100. CHUMLEE: So did you
get it from a Klingon? TIM: No, no, no, I didn't
get this from a Klingon, just a buddy of mine up north. You want to check it out? I guess so. Let me see it. CHUMLEE: You look like a
badass with that in your hand. TIM: Well, let me tell
you a little bit about it. So bat'leth is Klingon
for sword of honor. The legend behind it is
there's a mythical character in the Klingon folklore. His name was Kahless. He cut a lock of
his hair, threw it into a volcano, dipped it into a
lake, and formed this bat'leth. COREY: The original "Star Trek"
came out in the late 1960s. Even though it only
ran for three seasons, it got a huge cult
following over the years and eventually led to a bunch
of spin-off series and movies.
TIM: It's made out of steel. It's got four points
here, three handholds. Usually you're going to use
this for hand-to-hand combat. And you know, it's a pretty
decent weapon to have. So how does this work? You can hold it up
like a sword like this and, you know, go into
a slashing motion. You can go for head
shots, slashes, uppercuts, whatever you want to do.
– Yeah. I mean, I wouldn't want
to get hit with the thing.
TIM: If anything, you
can have your security hold it, right,
you know, up front, make sure everything's check. I think that's a good idea. TIM: People acting up. CHUMLEE: It would be
pretty badass to have a Klingon sword in the shop. I'd carry it around all day,
and no one would mess with me. COREY: How much you want for it? I was thinking maybe $300. What's scrap steel
going for these days? [laughs] Not really sure, man. [exhales] I'll give you $100. Dude, you think it's cool. Help me out here. $100. [laughter] TIM: This bat'leth, it's going
to appeal to sword collectors, Trekkies, sci-fi guys,
you know, what have you. I don't think it's going to
sit too long in the store. Ask for $110,
and I'll say yes. That way you feel
like you won, OK? Can I get $110? All right, deal.
OK, there we go. All right, Chum, you
want to write him up? TIM: I feel pretty good with
the amount they gave me. I'm going to take the $110
that I got and probably put it towards a nursery. [cash register dings] Hey, Rick, come
check this out. Earlier, some stuff came
up broken in the warehouse. So I asked Travis to
check out the security footage to see what happened.
I think I know what
happened to the vase– Chum messing around
with that sword. RICK: Seriously? [sighs] [music playing] You know what I want you to do? I want you to email this to
every employee in the company, explaining this is not how
you work in the warehouse. People sometimes forget
that I have cameras all over this pawn shop. I'm going to make sure Chum
knows he can't be doing this kind of stuff at work. Maybe if he's
embarrassed he'll stop doing things like this,
because just yelling at him's not working. Can do. Thanks. COREY: What a dumbass. RICK: It's funny, isn't it? [chuckling] He really thinks he's
a Klingon warrior.
[laughs] CHUMLEE: What the hell's
everyone laughing at out here? RICK: It's you. You're busted. COREY: Right here, look. Who's that guy? That doesn't prove anything. [laughs] You're turning red right now. Are you blushing? No. I'm just pissed off that you
guys are falsely accusing me. COREY: Falsely
accusing you of what? It's proof you did it. OK, here's Chum dancing
around like a moron. OK, you hit the trash can. Oh, there goes the box
with the vase inside of it. Now you run over, make
sure you dust the box off, put it back on the cart,
and run out of the room. I like the back spin move, dude. That looks really
good on you, man. Where'd you learn that? RICK: Mission accomplished. I don't think I've ever
seen Chum this embarrassed.
Hopefully he learned his lesson,
and that'll be the end of it. COREY: Hey, Chum. Did you see the latest
version of your video? Travis put it on the
internet last night. "Chum Ninja." It's going viral, dude. It's got thousands of hits. CHUMLEE: Oh. [ninjas grunting] Hell, yeah. I'm a badass ninja. Dum, dum. Look at those moves. [chuckles] Wah. This thing's blowing
up on the internet. Look how many views it has. It was supposed to make
you look like an idiot. Made you look like an idiot. I'm going to be an
internet sensation. RICK: You're still
the idiot, Chum. Hey, guys, check out this book. I got a book signed by
Shoeless Joe Jackson. I thought he
couldn't even write. He barely knew how
to write his name. How much you pay for that? RICK: $13,000. CHUMLEE: Was that a good deal? I think so. I think I'll at least
double my money. Hey, Rick, you
got a COA on it? RICK: Yeah, I got a
certificate of authenticity. I think it's legit. Cool. What'd Rebecca think about it? I haven't brought
it to her yet.
RICHARD: Oh my god. Who looked at it? RICK: I did. That's just a lot of money not
to bring somebody in on that. You're no book expert. I know enough. Yeah, you know enough to
get your ass in hot water. We have rules about buying
expensive stuff without getting it checked out first. For some reason Rick thinks his
fat head is above the rules. This is a business
with risk and reward. And I'm like 90% sure it's real. I'm worried about
the damn 10%, Rick. Why don't you take the book
and go up to Rebecca's, and find out about this now? RICK: If it makes you
happy, I'll go see her now. RICHARD: Bye. COREY: Some people's
children, right? RICHARD: That's
stone cold, Corey. [cash register dings]
– Hey, Rebecca. How's it going?
– Hey. How are you? Pretty good. I bought a really cool book. OK. What is it? "Say it Ain't So, Joe,"
signed by Shoeless Joe Jackson. REBECCA: You know
how rare that is? Yeah. [laughs] Rick popped in. I wasn't too surprised. He comes to me
every now and then.
But I was surprised
by what he brought me. It also comes with a
certificate of authenticity, but I don't know
this person at all. Yeah. Certificate of authenticity
is only good as the person who writes them, right? Yes. There are less than a dozen
signatures of Shoeless Joe that everyone can agree upon. So if this is another one,
this is a really big deal. So you wanted to know
about the book, right? RICK: Yeah. So it's an anthology. And it covers different
essays about the darker side of sports. There are essays in here from
people like Ernest Hemingway, P.G. Wodehouse, so
some great names. RICK: OK. REBECCA: But they're
all reprints too. So the Hemingway
originally appeared in his "Death in the
Afternoon," and so it's a reprint from that. OK. REBECCA: So as far
as the book goes, you're not looking at a whole
lot of value in the book, even as a first edition.
RICK: All right. It's worth only about $50. But the signature,
that changes things. This signature is real. This is by far one of
the craziest things you've brought to me. RICK: All right. Well, I paid $13,000 for it. Oh. Well, you either got a
steal or you got screwed. You're looking at
up to $100,000. Oh. OK. REBECCA: So what I have
here is one of the only Joe Jackson signatures that all the
authenticators can agree upon. So you can see how shaky it is. With someone who's not
practiced at writing, they're not going to
have the same muscles to be precise in their hand. So look at the J here.
You see how it's got a
curl, and you see how it's kind of moving a little bit? This one almost looks a little
smoother on top especially. Look at the A. This A here
he was struggling with. This one looks like
a pretty normal A that someone would just do. And then the K here
goes straight into an O, whereas this, the K, he
tries to do the loop, right? RICK: Mm-hmm. REBECCA: So there are
some differences here. Would his signature
be inconsistent since he wasn't practiced? Possibly, and that's
one of the reasons why all authenticators
don't agree on every Joe Jackson signature. But the key with
this one is that it's just too neat in its
attempt to look messy. I'm not convinced
that it's real. [exhales] But it is so rare
and so controversial because there are
some signatures that all authenticators
don't agree on. Mm-hmm. If you can get the
consensus of the community, then you would
still be good to go. All right.
Thanks. – You're welcome.
– All right. Talk to you later. Sorry, Rick. In my opinion, the
signature's not real.
I felt terrible telling
Rick that he had made possibly a $13,000 mistake. That's not news you
want to give to anyone. [bleep]
[cash register dings] RICHARD: What's
the verdict, Rick? Says it could be
worth up to $100,000. Good. All right. That's awesome. RICK: But– Uh-oh. I don't like a but. She's not fully
convinced it's real. RICHARD: Oh my god. Wait, she's not fully
convinced, or it's not real? In her opinion,
she doesn't think so. COREY: So it's not real?
– Well, no. I'm going to send it
off to some more people. I'm going to try and get
a consensus on this thing. You realize that could be
like one of the biggest hits we've ever had around here? I don't know how
many times my dad has lectured us
about getting stuff checked out before we buy it.
His ego finally got the best of
him, and it cost him $13,000. If you're not sure about
an item, just ask me, Rick. Come to me. I could call someone
for you or something. I'm going to send it
off to some other people, get a consensus what
people think, all right? RICHARD: All right. RICK: No risk, no reward. CHUMLEE: I'm gonna start
taking more risks around here. RICK: No, you will
not take risks. [cash register dings]
RICK: All right, guys. We have history in
the making right here. What in the hell you got, son? My Shoeless Joe Jackson book. Earlier, Rebecca,
my book expert, said that the signature on this
Joe Jackson book that I bought for $13,000 may not be real. So I sent it off
to an authenticator who specializes in sports, and
I just got the results back. COREY: Let me see. Several factors became apparent
during our thorough examination that prevented us from
certifying the autographs, which means it's fake. It was drawn slowly,
excessive pen pressure. The entire small case
E in Joe's first name has been erased and
signed over the original.
[laughs] Great job, son. COREY: Pretty much it's a bunch
of stuff saying it's fake. RICK: Just shut up. CHUMLEE: Open up,
you stupid bag. Go on. Why won't you open? I was stalking the break
room for the old man, and I found a whole bag
of my favorite cereal. Every cloud has its
chocolate lining. [bleep] [groans] This sucks. Now I got to clean up
the whole break room. There's a first time
for everything, I guess. [vacuum running] [music playing] [bleep] Uh-oh, spaghetti-O.
I was doing my job cleaning the break
room, and I accidentally broke the coffee machine. But the old man's not
going to see it that way.
So I went out and bought a
new one so he won't flip out. RICHARD: About time you did
something for God and country. Where's the old coffee
maker at, Chumlee? CHUMLEE: It's in the trash can. Why did you throw away
the old coffee maker? It worked. Not after I broke it. All right. Never mess with my coffee. I'm like a mama bear
looking after her cubs. This stuff tastes like
dog [bleep],, Chum. What in the hell is it? It's coffee from the store. Look, I'm a
coffee connoisseur. I like my coffee. Go find some of the
best you can find. OK. I'm a little nervous. The old man without his
coffee is a scary thought. He might turn into a
flesh-eating zombie and try to eat me. [cash register dings] CHUMLEE: Hey, old
man, check this out. Here you go. I brought you a
cup too, Big Hoss.
This is some real good
coffee right there. Sorry, buddy. I don't drink coffee. I'm telling you, you will
want to drink this, Corey. The old man told me to get him
the best coffee on the market, and this stuff is
supposed to be amazing. Chumlee, that is
good coffee, probably some of the best I ever tasted. CHUMLEE: Sweet. RICK: That is
really good coffee. RICHARD: What kind
of brew is it, Chum? CHUMLEE: Civet coffee.
Have you ever heard of it? RICK: [spits] That's civet coffee? RICHARD: What in the
hell's wrong, Rick? RICK: Civets are
these little animals that look like a monkey. And they eat coffee beans,
and they poop them out. That's what they
brew the coffee with. It's monkey [bleep] coffee. RICHARD: I don't
care what y'all say.
It's good coffee. I'm gonna drink it. RICK: You're actually
going to drink that? RICHARD: Yeah. Chumlee did something
right for once. Monkey poop or not, it's
a damn fine cup of joe. COREY: Here, you can have mine. Your loss or my gain, Corey. COREY: As far as I'm
concerned, dog [bleep] can taste like ice cream. I'm still not eating it. RICK: [laughs] COREY: What do you got? I got something that a car
guy just can't live without. And it's a Sun tune-up tester. Doesn't fit through
the front door or– Well, it would be
quite a challenge to get it through that front door. Why don't you to
bring it to the back? I got a storage
place back there. PAUL: OK great. Come on, Dad. I'm not sure what this guy has. But I am a car guy, so we
might as well look at it. Haven't these things been
replaced by a laptop? No, I think they've been
replaced by a smartphone.
[laughs] PAUL: I came to the
pawn shop today to try and sell my Sun tune-up tester. I need to sell it because I
just don't have the room for it. I'd like to get $600 for it, but
I might consider a little less. RICK: Where'd you
get this thing? Back in the day,
I was a tune-up mechanic and used one of these. And about 10 years ago,
I tried to find one. And I found a community college
that had 10 of them in a lot.
So you wanted one
of these pretty bad. Why? Every once in a while
you run into a problem, and you just can't
figure it out. So you can either replace
all the whole ignition system or you can take a scope like
this and put it on there, and you could fix exactly
what the problem is. I mean, back in the day
this was a really big deal. You really needed one of
these to work on a car. Machines like this were
a great innovation. It saved mechanics a lot of
time trying to figure out what was wrong with
the car– pretty futuristic stuff for the time.
COREY: So how's this thing work? RICK: It's pretty simple. This measures volts and ohms. OK. This measured how much
vacuum you're getting off it. And a tachometer. And is that an
actual oscilloscope? It basically is an
oscilloscope, yes. RICK: It's a lot
different nowadays. I mean, literally you can
just plug into the car and it'll tell you
the coil pack is bad on cylinder number seven. But back in the day, you
needed all this stuff. It wasn't as easy
to test a motor. This thing is pretty outdated
in terms of technology. But on old cars, some mechanics
can actually use this. COREY: Should we just hook it up
to the car to see what it does? RICK: Do you mind? PAUL: No, I'd be glad to. So this arm swings out. [music playing] I feel like we're about to go
into surgery or something here. PAUL: Oh, nice engine. All right, this goes on
the number one plug wire. And on a Volkswagen,
it's up here.
This goes on the wire
to the coil right here. This goes to the ground. And then this goes to the coil. All right, if I can get
somebody to start the engine up. [engine starting] All right. You're seeing where the points
are opening and closing. And this is the
coil that's firing. And we can see the spark plugs,
and they're all pretty even. That's pretty good. Now, if we want to see– if we suspect one
cylinder's bad, we could turn one cylinder off. When you're pressing
these buttons, are you actually killing
cylinders in the car? PAUL: Correct. And you can turn
the car off from this? PAUL: Sure. COREY: I'm impressed. It's definitely cool that
this thing still works, but it's still a tough sell. I've got to find a guy who
still uses equipment like this. So how much do you want for it? I'm thinking $600 is the
bargain of the century for you.
Oh. I'll give you $200 for it. It's so outdated. There's so few
people in the world. Why would you even
pay $200 for it? RICK: Because there's those old
guys out there like Danny, who refuse to learn the
new stuff, that might still be interested in it. You have it in your
shop and people come by and think you're the coolest
mechanic in the whole world. What about $400? I mean, I just don't
know if it'll sell. And it takes up so much space. How about $300? I mean, I gave you a free
diagnosis on your engine and– RICK: $275. [sighs] Well, as
long as you promise not to tease me when I cry when
I have to leave this here, it's a deal. RICK: All right, no problem.
– Thank you. You're insane. What do I even call this thing? It's a Sun tune-up tester. It's right there
on the front of it. All right, man.
Follow me. PAUL: We made a deal on $275. And since I'm in the
middle of moving, it's going to come
in more than handy.
[cash register dings] COREY: It was the stupidest
thing you ever bought. RICK: It is not stupid, OK? The entire thing's been
replaced by a laptop. If I brought my car
somewhere and they were using one of those, I would leave. What in the hell are
you two talking about? OK, I bought like a 1970s,
1980s old-school car analyzer. COREY: Might as well go
throw it in the trash.
RICK: To be a small
business owner, you've got to have imagination. And these guys have none. They give me crap every time
I buy something just a little outside the box. But at the end of the day, I
always end up making money. So I don't know why
they even bother. I have a buyer lined up. COREY: Who? Danny. Why would– Hey, what did you
pay for the damn thing? $275. At times, you're
a friggin' idiot. I don't understand why I never
get any love in this family. It's ridiculous. RICHARD: You don't deserve any.
[cash register dings] Good to see you, Corey. Good to see you, Rick, always. What you guys call me down for? I've got something
really cool. I want you to come
and check it out. All right. All right. Come on, Chum. DANNY: The guys usually call
me to come down and check out either a car, or a motorcycle,
or anything automotive or truck related.
You don't see this
every day, brother. Today, they kind of
flipped the script on me. Rick said, come on down. I got something
for you to look at. I figured, OK, it's
going to be another car. No. Piece of equipment this time. This is cool, man. It looks like something
out of a laboratory. It talks to old cars. I like that. You can check your compression
on each cylinder with this as well. It helps you tune
your carburetor. All right, million-dollar
question– you want to buy it? Hey, I was easing him
into that, all right? DANNY: OK, so that's
why you called me.
Does it all work? It's cheap enough,
and it does work. What's your definition
of cheap enough? $500. This thing literally had to
cost like $6,000 or $7,000 when it was new. Well, yeah, but, you
know, so did a Yugo. [laughter] What will you give me for it? How about $100? I'll be honest
with you, Danny. I paid $275 for it. Give me a profit. You may have
overpaid for this. By about how much? By about $175. [laughter] $280. I'm only making $5, and
I'll buy drinks tonight. How about this, man. How about $100 cash
right now, and I'll buy the drinks tonight? Just admit it. You paid way too
much for this thing. I'm never gonna
admit anything. I'll see you tonight.
– Thank you, brother. I'll see you tonight, man.
We'll have a good time. RICK: OK, sometimes
you gamble and lose, but I doubt if I'll ever
hear the end of this.
I guess I just got
to wait a day or two till my son screws
something up, and everyone will forget about it anyway..
