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00:00This is cool. The only hijacking never solved. This is one of the holy grails.
00:04Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most
00:09amazing and memorable items to have made it onto Pawn Stars.
00:12I have a very, very unique piece of Beatles memorabilia.
00:19Number 30. Dinosaur Eggs
00:21What do we have here?
00:22I've been told these are a couple dinosaur eggs.
00:24We're going back for this one. Like, way, way back.
00:28A woman named Rhonda comes into the shop wielding what looks like a big rock,
00:32but she claims that they're dinosaur eggs. And upon further inspection,
00:37yep, those are eggs alright.
00:38She asks for a staggering $20,000, prompting Corey to bring in an expert.
00:44A paleontologist comes a-calling and confirms that the eggs belong to a duck-billed dinosaur
00:50and are indeed about 80 million years old. It's certainly fascinating, but they're only
00:55worth about $600 owing to their prevalence on the international market.
01:00Rhonda ultimately walks away with a cool $500.
01:04I'm glad the dinosaur eggs checked out. They may not be from a T-Rex,
01:07but they'll still freak chum out when I tell them they're gonna hatch.
01:11Number 29. 1915 Panama Pacific Octagonal Coin
01:16A little birdie told me that you had an Octagon Pan Pacific $50 gold piece.
01:20I do. Would you like to see it?
01:22This one is a little bit different, as it's actually Rick going out to find some treasure.
01:26He attends a coin auction in Orlando on behalf of a dedicated customer,
01:31who is looking for a specific piece. Well, Rick finds it. It's a coin from the 1915
01:37Panama Pacific International Exposition that was held in San Francisco.
01:42The exposition served dual purposes, to honor the opening of the Panama Canal
01:47and celebrate the city's recovery from the massive 1906 earthquake.
01:52He finds a mint coin for $70,000 and one that was improperly cleaned for $48,000.
01:59He ultimately buys the good one for $67,500 and plans to sell it to his customer for the full
02:06$70,000. Not a bad day's work. You know this business. I'm not
02:11making a lot of money on this. And neither am I, so out of courtesy,
02:14I'll do $67,500.
02:17Number 28. Assigned Martin Luther King Speech
02:21You got some MLK stuff?
02:22Yeah, this is a speech against the Vietnam War that he signed.
02:27Autographs always make for a great collectible. Enter Stuart Lutz,
02:31who has a signed speech from Martin Luther King Jr. The speech, titled The Casualties
02:36of the War in Vietnam, was spoken in 1967 and has been transcribed for a book.
02:42Found right above the speech is King's signature, simply reading,
02:46Best Wishes, Martin Luther King Jr. The item's value is raised by numerous factors,
02:52including the authentic signature and the rarity of an anti-Vietnam speech,
02:57as King had been continuously advised against making one.
03:00Stuart asks $12,500 and, funnily enough, Rick's expert agrees,
03:07stating that it's easily worth $12,000.
03:10Stuart ultimately lets it go for $10,000, owing to his and Rick's friendship.
03:16We take that grant for it?
03:17I know you gotta make some money on it. You've been good to me in the past. You do 10?
03:22Number 27. The Wayne's World Car
03:25So this is it. This is the car.
03:27This is the Wayne's World Car.
03:29Vehicles bring good money. Movie merchandise brings good money. Combine the two and you
03:34have one of the best finds in Pawn Stars history.
03:38While still in Orlando, Rick checks out the car they used for Wayne's World,
03:42which had been obtained from a museum by the seller.
03:45The car includes the iconic paint and flame decals,
03:48and even the camera mounts used for filming the interior scenes.
03:52However, it doesn't run and needs a lot of work to look camera-ready.
03:57It's because of this that Rick buys the car for a mere $9,500.
04:01You know what we have to say about that?
04:03Right. Excellent.
04:05Excellent.
04:06Number 26. An Ides of March coin
04:10Is Brutus on the other side?
04:11Yes.
04:13Damn.
04:14Back on March 15th, 44 BC, Roman statesman Julius Caesar was assassinated at the Theater of Pompeii.
04:22Everyone knows that story. What you may not know is that a special coin was struck to
04:26commemorate the occasion. Featuring two daggers and a bust of Brutus, it was made shortly after
04:32Caesar's death, and only 100 have survived to the modern day. Unsurprisingly, owner John
04:39asks $150,000 for the extremely rare collectible. An expert confirms that the coin is real,
04:46and values it between $125,000 and $150,000. Naturally, Rick isn't forking that over,
04:54and offers John $110,000. John ultimately walks and takes his amazing piece with him.
05:02It all boils down to this coin. This is Brutus
05:04celebrating the fact that he murdered Julius Caesar on the Ides of March.
05:08Number 25. Elephant dung
05:11How you doing?
05:11Oh, okay.
05:12What do you got here?
05:14I've got a phenomenal opportunity here.
05:16A lot of weird things walk through the door of the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop,
05:20including a can of elephant poop. It comes from the Washington Park Zoo,
05:25with the can proclaiming that it is, quote, nature's most potent fertilizer.
05:29We'll take their word for it. Owner West theorizes that it's simply a novelty item
05:34sold by the zoo. And yeah, that sounds more accurate. He's asking $10,000,
05:39but is willing to give it away for just $5. What a hustler. The old man says no way,
05:45but Chumlee is a sucker for novelty items, and gives West $20 for the can.
05:51Not bad for a heap of doo-doo.
05:53I know there's a sucker born every minute, but if this guy's trying to sell canned manure,
05:58he's barking up the wrong tree.
06:00Number 24. Duck Press
06:02Don't you hate having a 19th century duck press laying around collecting dust?
06:06That was the problem that Keith had. So he brought the item into the pawn shop,
06:10hoping to get a fair price.
06:12I decided to come down here to the pawn shop today to try to sell my 1800s duck press.
06:17I'd like to sell it today because it's sitting around the house collecting dust.
06:20What is a duck press, you may ask? Well, it's pretty much exactly what it sounds like.
06:24The press extracts the blood and bone marrow from a roasted carcass,
06:29which is then combined with butter and cognac to make a special sauce.
06:33This is considered a delicacy in France. The old man offers $1,500,
06:38but Keith declines, as he wanted closer to $3,000.
06:42It's a French delicacy. Gross.
06:46Number 3. Tonsillotome
06:49These are 1800 tonsillectomy tools, or what you call a tonsillotome.
06:54We are extremely lucky to have the health practices that we do today.
06:58Removing tonsils is no big deal now, but that wasn't the case in 1827,
07:02when the tonsillotome was invented. This barbaric device grabbed the tonsils,
07:07pierced them with forks to hold them in place, and then sheared them off with a blade.
07:12Yeah, the 19th century was fun. Disgusting or not,
07:15the tool is incredibly cool from a historic perspective. As the owner claims,
07:20medical collectors love these kinds of things. She lets them go for $800,
07:25which was only $300 off her original asking price.
07:29Pretty disgusting stuff. I'm a little horrified by these, but part of me just has to have them.
07:34There's actually people that pay good money for creepy stuff like this.
07:37Number 22. Blood transfusion kit
07:40These are the bottles that the blood was transferred through.
07:43The human blood?
07:44Human blood.
07:45The idea of blood transfusions began in the 17th century,
07:48with the first successful animal-to-human transfer occurring in June of 1667.
07:54A woman named Artie brings in an old transfusion kit that was produced by New York's C.M. Sorenson
07:59Company. She believes that it dates from the late 1800s, but Chumley isn't convinced,
08:05and places it in the mid-20th century owing to the modern type of metal.
08:09Either way, it's very interesting, and it allows us to see how an extremely complicated medical
08:14procedure was once practiced. Chum buys it for $125, despite knowing nothing about it or how
08:21much similar items are worth. Let's hope he made a good deal.
08:24Yeah, I'm interested in buying the thing, but I'm not sure if it's worth much. I'm gonna go
08:28ahead and take a chance. Maybe I'll make the guys proud of me.
08:31Number 21. Order of the White Eagle Medallion
08:35I mean, this was a whole drawn-out process to do this. This was not something cheap to make.
08:40First instituted back in 1705, the Order of the White Eagle is the order of merit issued in Poland,
08:47awarded to citizens who have done a great service to the country and the world at large. It is one
08:52of the oldest distinctions that is still being awarded to this day, and one of the medallions
08:57found its way onto Pawn Stars. Owner K.J. claims that he got it at a garage sale for $0.75,
09:04so someone clearly didn't know how incredibly valuable their belonging was.
09:08Or they just didn't care. Well, K.J. does, and he sells it to Rick for $6,000. $5,999.25 profit?
09:18Now, that is not a bad day's work. Bought it for $0.75. I sold it for $6,000. I feel ecstatic.
09:25Number 20. Jimi Hendrix Guitar
09:28American-made Fender Stratocaster. This guitar was actually played by Jimi Hendrix.
09:33That's a big wow factor right there.
09:35The Pawn Stars love them some guitars, and in this episode, they hit upon a big one. A man
09:40came in claiming that he had Jimi Hendrix's 1963 Fender Stratocaster, a guitar that Hendrix played
09:46in the studio. If this was actually owned and played by the legend himself, this will be the
09:52coolest guitar ever to walk into my shop. They quickly discovered its legitimacy through the
09:57serial number, and the appraiser valued the guitar at a whopping $1 million. Now, that's
10:02one expensive guitar. Rick offered the owner $450,000 before working up to an offer of $600,000.
10:09Six? I can't do it, man.
10:12However, the owner wasn't willing to part with anything less than a cool mill,
10:16and Rick lost out on a piece of rock history.
10:19You want to come to a fair point in selling something of great value,
10:22don't be desperate about it. And that I am not.
10:25Number 19. 1715 Spanish Fleet Coin
10:29During the second season of Pawn Stars, a man walked into the shop with an old gold coin
10:33that had been inherited from his grandfather.
10:35Coins back then were weird. The size didn't have to be exactly correct,
10:39it just had to have the right amount of gold, the right weight, and the right purity.
10:43The coin was dated from 1715, and was just one small part of a large haul
10:48containing over 14 million pesos of silver and gold.
10:52In this corner, there's an L, that means Lima, Peru,
10:55Mint. Eight is the denomination, biggest gold coin the Spanish made.
11:00The ship was making its way from Havana to Spain when it was
11:03struck by a hurricane and sunk off the coast of Florida.
11:06I would put a price tag of $18,000 on it.
11:11Wow.
11:12The owner's particular gold coin was in exceptional condition,
11:16and he asked for $2,000. But the gold expert pegged it around $18,000.
11:21An agreement was quickly struck for a solid $11,000,
11:25which was $9,000 more than what the owner expected.
11:28Congratulations. Thank you very much.
11:30It's like finding treasure. Absolutely.
11:33Number 18, De Natura Fossilium.
11:35De Natura Fossilium is a scientific text on rocks and minerals,
11:39written by George Bower and also called Georges Agricola, which was published in 1546.
11:46It was the first sediment-based scientific text since Pliny the Elder published his natural
11:51history in AD 77.
11:53I don't know what the book is worth, but if it did belong to Isaac Newton,
11:56it should be worth thousands.
11:58It's certainly a special find by itself, but what made this particular copy even more special
12:03is that it was owned by none other than Sir Isaac Newton.
12:06What's the book about?
12:09It's about geology and mining that Newton was very much into.
12:14Doesn't look like it's in English.
12:16It's in Latin.
12:18A special book plate certified that it was indeed owned by Newton
12:22and stored in his personal library.
12:24This number here, J9-S7, is Newton's shelf number where he would have stored the book.
12:33The appraiser gave the book a rough value of $20,000,
12:36but the owner ended up letting it go for a measly $7,000
12:39in what may be one of the worst deals in Pawn Stars history.
12:43Number 17.
12:4517th Century Ship Bell.
12:47Rick is a sucker for shipwreck items, so when a woman brought in an antique ship bell
12:51belonging to the Dutch East India Company, he was in pawn shop heaven.
12:55This is my 1602 shipwreck Dutch East India Company bell.
13:00Despite Rick's enthusiasm, the old man had doubts regarding its validity,
13:04as he thought the bell was in too good shape.
13:06I don't think this thing was in salt water for any period of time to amount to anything.
13:11He believed that a genuine bell that had been in salt water for an extended period of time
13:16would be far more degraded.
13:17However, an expert stated that the ship likely crashed in shallow water
13:21and that the bell was never actually submerged.
13:2490% of all shipwrecks are in shallow water.
13:27In fact, most of them are sticking up.
13:28You know, they hit the reef and they pretty much stay there.
13:31The bell's genuine.
13:32He ended up valuing the antique bell at $15,000.
13:37Number 16.
13:381961 Les Paul SG guitar.
13:41Les Paul was a pioneer of the electric guitar,
13:44and his eponymous guitars are both wickedly popular and stylish.
13:48Les Paul's more or less a legend.
13:50Basically everything about a modern electric guitar was invented by him.
13:53Paul was married to Mary Ford,
13:55and the two had 16 top 10 hits as husband and wife musical duo Les Paul and Mary Ford.
14:01Ford's nephew brought in a custom 1961 Gibson SG,
14:05and because it had personal history with Paul and Ford,
14:07its value was significantly inflated.
14:10This is amazing. I can't even believe I'm holding this in my hands.
14:14The guitar expert, Jesse Amoroso, was blown away by the find
14:18and honored to hold a piece of musical history,
14:20eventually valuing the guitar at a whopping $150,000.
14:25I mean, I don't really have any doubts on this guitar.
14:28This is history, dude.
14:30It's easily a six-figure guitar.
14:31After some back and forth, the owner walked away with a check for $90,000.
14:3515. 1922 High Relief Peace Dollar
14:40High relief matte finish coin.
14:42Where did you get this?
14:44I won it at a poker game.
14:46You never know what you'll win in a poker game.
14:48A man came into the shop asking $20,000 for a fancy coin he had won in a poker game.
14:52A coin expert identified the coin as a legitimate 1922 High Relief Peace Dollar,
14:58which according to him is one of the rarest coins in American history.
15:02The 1922 High Relief Peace Dollar is one of the rarest coins in American history.
15:07He then valued the coin between $50,000 and $100,000,
15:11which if you're good at math, you'll realize is a little more than $20,000.
15:15The man eventually sold the peace dollar to Rick for $80,000,
15:18which is a little on the low side apparently.
15:21But hey, we wouldn't complain about earning $80,000.
15:24Meet me in the middle at 80 and you got a deal.
15:28It's a deal.
15:29All right, okay.
15:30Number 14, Gibson SJ-200 Master Museum Guitar.
15:34A man walked into the shop claiming to have the most beautiful acoustic guitar,
15:39and it certainly is beautiful.
15:41And this was actually the very first Master Museum.
15:44This is serial number one.
15:45Master Museum series is a collection of acoustic guitars, really high end, really ornate.
15:49The guitar is a custom Gibson SJ-200 built by a man named Ren Ferguson.
15:55This particular guitar is the very first Master Museum, serial number one.
16:00The owner was asking for a surprisingly low $50,000,
16:03and in came guitar expert Jesse Amoroso to take a look.
16:07Wow, sounds as good as it looks.
16:10This is as good as it gets.
16:11This is the Rolex presidential of Gibson guitars.
16:16He called the guitar the Rolex presidential of Gibson guitars
16:19and valued it between $50,000 and $60,000, owing to its historical importance.
16:25I'm hesitant even to drop to $48,000.
16:28I really don't want to move for my price.
16:30The owner, who proudly stood firm in his valuation of $50,000,
16:34reluctantly let it go for $48,000.
16:37Number 13, The Book of Mormon.
16:40Here, a fellow walks into the shop with a piece of American history, The Book of Mormon.
16:45This is a version that was printed actually in 1842.
16:49This one wasn't printed in many copies, maybe 600 something copies.
16:52So I was going to ask something on the order of like $25,000 for it.
16:57Damn.
16:58The book was first published by a Joseph Smith in 1830,
17:01and Adam's fifth edition copy was printed in 1842.
17:05According to the customer, it was also the last edition published in Joseph Smith's lifetime,
17:10as he died in June of 1844.
17:12The Book of Mormon is not just a book of theology,
17:15it's really a book that talks about the American experience.
17:17This is the fifth edition,
17:19and this was the last one that was actually printed in Joseph Smith's lifetime.
17:22As Rick said, it's not just an important religious manuscript,
17:26but one of the most valuable pieces of American literature.
17:28The appraiser, Rebecca Romney of Bowman Rare Books,
17:32valued the book at $40,000,
17:34making it the most valuable book that had ever been appraised by Rebecca.
17:37I would appraise this book actually at about $40,000.
17:45Oh.
17:45Adam walked away with $24,000,
17:47only one grand less than what he was originally asking.
17:50You gave me an extra thousand last time,
17:52this time I'll give it to you, so we'll do it that way.
17:54It's a deal.
17:56When Rebecca said $40,000,
17:58I felt it was like, maybe like Joseph Smith when he found the plates, hallelujah.
18:04Number 12, 1932 Lincoln Convertible V12.
18:07I have a 1932 Lincoln Convertible V12.
18:11Yeah, the cast of Pawn Stars loves them some guitars,
18:14but they really love them some cars.
18:16A man known as Uncle Phil offered the men of the pawn shop a 1932 Lincoln Convertible V12,
18:22a fancy car that included the Lincoln L-head V12 engine.
18:26It's crazy that Lincoln made this badass ride at the height of the Great Depression.
18:30It could produce up to an impressive 150 horsepower,
18:33which for the era was quite impressive,
18:35and it competed with the Cadillac V12 in its day.
18:38And to think, this baby was manufactured during the Great Depression.
18:42It's a luxury car, which, according to Rick,
18:44can fetch up to $170,000, provided it's in mint condition.
18:49In perfect condition, this could sell as high as $170,000 at auction.
18:52However, the car had a few minor imperfections,
18:55so Rick managed to snag it for $95,000.
18:58We could do gold.
18:59Will you take 95?
19:00Okay.
19:01All right.
19:02Okay.
19:02Number 11, ancient coin.
19:04Anything from the ancient period is sure to fetch a pretty penny,
19:08even their pretty pennies.
19:10A woman walked in with an ancient coin,
19:12stating that she had picked it up at an estate sale without really knowing what it was.
19:16He was a king, and he conquered a bunch of land.
19:20The coin is a King of Pontus coin, bearing the image of Mithridates VI.
19:25Also known as Mithridates the Great for his military prowess,
19:28he served as king of Pontus and Armenia Minor from 120 to 63 BCE.
19:33He was descended on his mother's side from Greek kings, like Alexander,
19:38and on his father's side from Persian kings.
19:41The owner was asking $15,000 for the ancient coin,
19:44but the appraiser valued it as just $10,000.
19:47Rick offered the woman $5,500,
19:50but she rejected the offer and decided to shop around,
19:53promising to return if she failed to find a buyer.
19:57If I still have it in a month or two,
19:59would you still be willing to buy it at that time?
20:01Yeah, as long as the world hasn't come to an end or anything like that, yeah.
20:04Sounds good.
20:04Well, have a nice day.
20:06Number 10, Egyptian mummy mask.
20:08Egyptian mummies and mummy fashionings are renowned the world over,
20:12often posing as major museum pieces.
20:15But some make their way to pawn shops.
20:17How old is it?
20:18It is believed to be from 2nd century AD.
20:21This thing is almost 2,000 years old, and it's in amazing shape.
20:24A man brought in an authentic Egyptian cartonnage mummy mask,
20:28complete with the original coloring.
20:30It's a gorgeous piece of work dated from 2100 BCE,
20:34and the seller claimed that he would take between $30,000 and $70,000 for it.
20:38Here's the deceased writing on the back of a lion.
20:41That would only happen with a royal person.
20:45So is it real?
20:47From what I can see, this is real.
20:49An expert who looks like he came straight from Jumanji was invited to the shop
20:53and valued the piece at $20,000, greatly disappointing the owner.
20:58However, he got one over on Corey after some tense back and forth,
21:01securing his goal of $30,000.
21:04All right, you want $30,000 for it?
21:06I'll do $30,000 right now.
21:07Right now?
21:08Right now.
21:08It's ready?
21:09$30,000.
21:10$30,000.
21:12My man, you got a deal?
21:13All right, deal.
21:13Number nine, 16th century Spanish gold bar.
21:17The Pawn Stars see a lot of gold,
21:19like the time four one kilogram gold bars with a value of nearly $130,000
21:24were brought into the shop.
21:26But one of the most interesting pieces of gold that they've aired
21:29has to be a Spanish gold bar from the 1500s.
21:32The owner literally found the gold bar hiding away in an attic
21:35and discovered that it belonged to a 1554 shipwreck off the coast of Texas.
21:40The melted down value of the gold was $24,000,
21:43although the bar in its current historical state was valued at $50,000.
21:48Rick eventually handed over $35,000 for the bar,
21:51a comfortable spot between its meltdown and historical value.
21:55Number eight, 1961 Fender Stratocaster.
21:59You may not know the name Vic Flick, but the man has been around.
22:02Flick was a studio musician from the late 50s to the early 80s
22:05who played with the likes of Nancy Sinatra and Tom Jones.
22:09I've worked on records with Nancy Sinatra and Bertula Clark,
22:14Tom Jones, it's not unusual.
22:17All right, so were you like a studio musician?
22:20I was, I was, from 1958 till about 1983.
22:24Perhaps his main claim to fame is that he played the famous guitar riff
22:27on the original James Bond theme.
22:36So yeah, you know his work.
22:38In this episode, he was selling his 1961 Fender Stratocaster,
22:42which was valued at $70,000.
22:44According to the appraiser, that specific guitar can be heard
22:47on a lot of popular songs from the 60s and 70s,
22:50perhaps more than we even think.
22:52You've heard this guitar probably more times than you even realize
22:56you've heard this particular guitar.
22:57Probably true, yeah.
22:58Yeah.
22:59So what do you think it's worth?
23:00Easily $60,000, $70,000.
23:03Vic was happy to walk away with $55,000,
23:05saying he and his wife would pop out for a beer or two to celebrate.
23:09I knew he'd probably go for $55,000, and I'm happy.
23:12Now I've got the money in my back pocket,
23:14I think the wife and I will just pop out for a beer or two
23:16and celebrate the occasion.
23:18Number seven, George Washington's suit.
23:21Drum roll.
23:26Whoa, so is this George Washington's suit?
23:29It is.
23:30Season 15 saw one of the greatest items in Pawn Stars history,
23:34a suit worn by none other than George Washington.
23:37The silk suit is from the mid-18th century and was originally pink in color
23:42before time did its thing and washed out all the dye.
23:44Back then it was pink, and you can still see some of the pink in this area.
23:49At the time, pink was a fashionable color that signified success and luxury.
23:53As you can imagine, a suit worn by George Washington will fetch a bit of money,
23:57and the seller was asking $3 million.
24:00So how much?
24:01Uh, I wouldn't sell for less than $3 million.
24:04That was, however, a little too much for Rick,
24:06who offered $2 million before bowing out.
24:08Maybe now the seller can sell or donate the suit to a museum,
24:11where it should have been all along.
24:13Since we're friends, I would, the best price,
24:16absolute best price would be $2.5 million.
24:21Okay, and you're firm with that?
24:25Absolutely firm with that.
24:27Absolutely firm with that.
24:29I mean...
24:33Okay, well I guess the suit's out then.
24:35Number 6.
24:36The O.J. Simpson Bronco
24:38It is the O.J. Bronco.
24:40Are you kidding me?
24:42I've never seen anything quite like this.
24:44The image of a white Ford Bronco became a piece of American history
24:47on the afternoon of June 17, 1994,
24:50when Simpson and Al Cowlings entered into a low-speed chase with the police
24:54after a warrant was issued for Simpson's arrest.
24:56Nearly 25 years later, that very same Bronco wound up on Pawn Stars.
25:01The seller, who was O.J.'s agent at the time,
25:04states that he had previously turned down an offer of $500,000
25:08and asked Rick for $1.3 million.
25:10How much you want for this?
25:13A million three.
25:16Um...
25:18Yeah, think about it.
25:19It's a one-of-a-kind.
25:21However, Rick thought buying the Bronco was too much of a gamble.
25:25Telling the seller that he should take the SUV to an auction.
25:28I'm gonna pass on it.
25:30Okay.
25:32With something like this, it's so much of a gamble.
25:34Because there's nothing to compare it to its price.
25:38Right.
25:39I'll never sell the Bronco for under a million dollars.
25:41I know it's worth that.
25:43And if it's not, it will be.
25:44Number 5.
25:45Harry Houdini's Straightjacket
25:47Houdini is perhaps the most famous illusionist and stunt performer in history.
25:51With his name being basically synonymous with magic,
25:54he was renowned in the early 20th century for his thrilling escape acts,
25:58which included freeing himself from a straitjacket.
26:01One of these straitjackets was brought into the shop by a man asking for a hefty $100,000.
26:06Steve Houdini was notorious for selling things
26:09that were supposed to belong to Houdini that didn't belong to Houdini.
26:13He claims that the jacket was given to him by his grandfather,
26:16who was a good friend of Houdini's brother, Theodore Hardeen.
26:19This caused some consternation with Rick,
26:22who claims that Theodore would often sell things supposedly,
26:25but not actually belonging to his brother.
26:28Swanfeld Tendon Awning Company.
26:30I thought for sure there was no way we could prove this was Houdini's,
26:33and now we have a positive clue.
26:35It proved to be the real deal and was valued at roughly $40,000,
26:39but the owner walked away after Rick offered $25,000.
26:42You know, I think I'll keep it.
26:44Okay.
26:45Always here, man.
26:46Awesome.
26:47Thank you, guys.
26:48Forget the numbers.
26:49The most exciting thing is to actually have the expert come in
26:52and find an actual photograph of Harry Houdini wearing my jacket.
26:55Absolutely blew me away.
26:56Blew me away.
26:57Number four, D.B. Cooper Bill.
26:59D.B. Cooper is one of the most famous thieves of all time.
27:03He hijacked a Boeing 727 in 1971,
27:06extorting the modern equivalent of $1.2 million
27:09before parachuting out of the airplane.
27:12Cooper's fame comes from the fact that he's never been identified or captured,
27:16making this the only unsolved case of air piracy.
27:19You have a piece of a $20 bill.
27:21It is a piece of a $20 bill from the D.B. Cooper hijacking.
27:24However, various ransom bills have been found and collected,
27:27and a small piece of one eventually made its way onto Pawn Stars.
27:31The initials that are on this bill are actually the FBI agent
27:34who was cataloging all the pieces of the bills,
27:36and I've got a certificate of authenticity.
27:39The owner was looking to flip $20 into $2,000,
27:42but ended up getting $1,600 instead,
27:45less than what he wanted and far less than what Cooper
27:47potentially walked away with back in 1971.
27:503. JFK's Humidor
27:53I have John F. Kennedy's cigar box he used in the White House.
27:57JFK was a bit of a cigar aficionado, among other things,
28:01and Rick was lucky enough to come face to face with his personal cigar box.
28:06Included in the package was the humidor itself,
28:08as well as eight individually wrapped cigars.
28:11The box contains 11 hand-rolled cigars wrapped in clear plastic.
28:14What do we got there?
28:15Eight. There's a few missing.
28:19So someone smoked three of the cigars?
28:21Not me. That's how I got it.
28:22According to the official document written by JFK's secretary,
28:26the humidor was given to the president as a birthday present on May 29th, 1962,
28:31just 18 months before he was assassinated.
28:33This is one of those once-in-a-lifetime items.
28:36If I let this thing walk out the door, I'm never gonna see another one like it.
28:39The seller was asking for a relatively meager $95,000,
28:43but walked away with just $60,000.
28:46How much are you asking?
28:47Well, as you know, the other comparable one went for half a million bucks or so.
28:53I need some quick cash or else I would just put that in an auction
28:56and get $150,000, $200,000, whatever it's gonna go for.
29:00I'll give it to you for $95,000.
29:02We're not experts or anything,
29:03but that seems like a really small amount for such a personal piece of history.
29:07I took $60,000.
29:09It's fine because if I would have put it in an auction,
29:11I would have had to wait about six months.
29:13We need money now to get this new facility, so I'm good.
29:17Number two, The Beatles' original contract.
29:20I actually got one of the most important documents in rock and roll history.
29:23The contract between Brian Emstein, who was the manager,
29:26and The Beatles creating the partnership between the two of them.
29:29When it comes to the most important pieces of musical history,
29:32The Beatles' original contract is pretty freaking high on the list.
29:36The seller put it nicely when he called it the holy grail of rock and roll.
29:39The contract was between The Beatles and their manager Brian Epstein,
29:42and it stated that Epstein would receive 25% of all Beatles royalties.
29:46Brian Epstein was a genius.
29:48He basically transformed The Beatles from an unknown band playing small clubs
29:52into the biggest rock band ever.
29:54When he died, he couldn't be replaced,
29:56and it played a large role in The Beatles breaking up.
30:00Epstein served as a major influence on The Beatles' image and popularity,
30:03and was even referred to as the fifth Beatle
30:06before he died of an accidental sleeping pill overdose in 1967.
30:10Despite the seller asking for $1 million,
30:12it was professionally valued at $500,000.
30:15There's no question that this is genuine.
30:18I'd put the value of this piece right at around $500,000.
30:21Rick pounced and offered just $350,000, and the seller was forced to walk away.
30:26I would go $350,000.
30:28That's cash right now.
30:30If you don't take that, I would wait for another auction.
30:33Um, I'm gonna have to decline on the $350,000.
30:36Good luck with it.
30:37I appreciate it. Thanks very much.
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30:55Number 1. 3000 Ounces of Silver
30:59It's not often that 3,000 ounces of silver comes through your door.
31:09But make hay while the sun shines, right?
31:11Jeff, the owner of the silver, wheeled 3,372 ounces of silver into the shop,
31:17causing the old man to practically leap from his desk so he could inspect the glorious find.
31:22I've never seen you get up from your desk that quick.
31:24I always get up, son.
31:26Not generally very quick.
31:26Move my hand.
31:27Included in the collection were bags of dimes and quarters,
31:30numerous silver bars, and a 75-pound brick of pure silver.
31:34After doing some headache-inducing math,
31:36Rick discovers that the pile was worth about $111,000, which Jeff was happy to accept.
31:43You got $46,000 for the coins, $33,390 for these bars right here,
31:4732.39 times 942 equals, so we got a total of $110,901.
31:57Turns out silver is a pretty good investment.
31:59Now, if only we had 3,000 ounces of silver laying around.
32:03I'm really glad my dad taught me to invest,
32:05because today I'm walking out with over $100,000.
32:09I'm going to take one of these, Rick.
32:11No, no, you're not.
32:13Can you think of any more amazing discoveries?
32:16Let us know in the comments.
32:18It's definitely interesting, I tell you that.
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