Another beautiful week in Las Vegas. highs in the 60's, no rain and mostly sunny days. On top of that, my Green Bay Packers are going to the Super Bowl and I am sure, in a few years, you will see a Super Bowl 45 Super Bowl ring at the pawn store.
On the first episode, the first guy came in with an antique pedal car, from the 1950s. It looked like a a car I used to have when I was a kid. The thing was in pretty bad shape. Rick offered $80 and then $100. And that was the selling point, which is a little lower than the seller wanted. They took the pedal car to Danny, a big car fixer upper. He was kind of surprised that it was a pedal car. (Just wondering why not Rick Dale- seems like this should have been Rick's speciality) Danny did a nice job for $400 and it was red with white flames. Rick thinks he can get $1000 to $1500, which I doubt.
The next person brought in a Titanic chess board. It was made of wood timbers from the Titanic. The guy wanted about $15,000 for the chess board. Rick came back and offered $5,000. There was no sale.
The next guy brought in a Superman 1978 record player. The guy wanted about $250 and Rick offered $100 and then $125 and that was the sale price.
The next guy brought in some poetry from Jimi Hendrix from the 1960s. Many people liked Hendrix, I never did, but then I'm an old fuddy duddy.
The guy had no paper work proving it was Hendrix's, so time for an expert. They brought in Drew, an autograph specialist. According to Drew, the poems were a fake for many reasons. It wasn't even close. No sale and the seller was not a happy camper.
The next guy brought in a can of pearls. Can Can Pearls. It's a brand name. They are fake pearls in a can, like a can of peas. Rick offered $10 just so he can open the can and find out what is inside. They opened it up and found they found a plastic bag full of fake pearls. And that was the deal.
in the 2nd episode. the first guy brought in a musktaoon, maybe from the 1700's. It wasn't in very good shape, so it's time for an expert, Sean. He said the gun came from around 1750. He didn't think the gun could be restored. Sean thought the gun cost around $100-$1500. the guy wanted $1250 and Rick offered $600. The guy wanted $750 and then the final price was $700.
The next woman brought a 1974 Lotus Eurpoa. It had 24,000 miles on it. It looked small and Rick barely fit int he drivers sit with his pink shoes. It ran very well and it looked very clean. the lady wanted $20,000 and Rick offered $12,500 and then $13,00o and that was the final sale price.
The next came in with papers from the Lindbergh kidnapping case in 1932. He had a lot of information like photo's, ransom notes and nails from the house the baby was kidnapped at. Time for the expert. Mark, from the Clark County Museum was brought in. He thought it was real and that it would be collectible. Rick offered $1000 and said it would be difficult to sell. And then the offer was $1500 and there was no sale.
The next guy brought in a Lasonic boom box from the 1970's. It was a huge radio/boom box. The guy wanted $250 and the price was $90.
Thus ends another evening of Pawn Stars. It was nice to see the Old Man in most of the shots. He had been AWOL in the previous episodes.
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Thanks for helping me avoid the commercials and general show-delays all together. =p
ReplyDeleteRE: That pedal car going to Danny and not Rick Dale . That's been bugging me ever since it first ran - and I caught the episode again (re-run 3/9/13)
ReplyDeleteThat made no sense -it was so far out of "The Count's" wheelhouse. Maybe Rick was in negotiation with History Channel or something and was persona non grata at that point in time - who knows. But anyway, Danny butchered the restoration compared to what Rick would have done. If you noticed, Danny's shop just painted white over all the detail in the grill and trim, didn't even try to actually "restore" it. Rick Dale would have re-detailed all of that, right down to re-creating the labels and serial # plates if necessary. Really disappointing, because the original paint was whipped, but still visible before he painted it. Someone could have returned it to stock. Now, it would be almost impossible to identify (save for whatever the History Channel could provide on videotape). It may not make any difference in the larger scheme of things, but I believe in returning these old pieces to what they looked like when they came off the assembly line. Likewise, I'm not into chopping down 30's-50's autos into "hot rods" either - I want to see what they looked like in the showroom.