Pawn Stars Review: February 20, 2012

I hope everyone enjoyed President's day.  I realize most people had to work today, even though it was a Federal holiday in the U.S..  I'm still going through football withdrawls, but at least NASCAR is beginning and they will soon be coming to Las Vegas.  If you get a chance to come to Las Vegas, come and visit the Las Vegas mob museum, which opened last week to a lot of fanfare and shows the old history of mobs in Las Vegas and the United States.  It better be good as taxpayers put in millions of dollars into the project.
In the first episode of Pawn stars, the first guy brought in 3 Pinocchio marionettes that were about 3 1/2 feet tall.  They were handcrafted but looked like plastic.  Time for an expert, Jeremy from the Toy Schack.  The puppets were made by Bob Baker.  Jeremy thought the puppets were worth about $6000 for each one.  The guy then wanted $18,000 and then $14,000 and Rick offered $9,000 and then $9500 and that was the selling price.

The next guy came in with Yank magazine from World II which was written by enlisted by soldiers in the U.S. Army.  The magazine cost 5 cents and had up to 2 1/2 million readers at it's peak.  They had pin ups girls including Lucille Ball.  the guy wanted $400 for the man's collection.  Rick said the magazines didn't sell and didn't make an offer.  No sale.  Rick said the man should donate the magazines and I am sure a school would love to have them.
The next lady brought in an antique blood transfusion kit.  The lady said the kit was made in the 1800's.  It had a couple of bottles and hoses on it. The lady wanted $211 and Chumlee offered $100.  The lady then went to $125 and Chumlee gave in and that was the selling price.  From what I can see, it was a rip off because I could not find a picture of any blood transfusion kit looking like this.
The next guy brought in a Cy Young baseball card from 1909.  http://baseballhall.org/hof/young-cy  There was no expert available and for some reason Rick didn't think it was a fake.  The card was in bad shape with edges cut off and wrinkles in the card  The guy wanted $1000 and Rick offered $200 and then $250 and then $300.  And $300 was the sale price.  Well, Jeremy (a different Jeremy) came back and said the card  was real and worth about $250.  Ooops.
The next guy brought in a harmonica that was supposedly played by Steven Tyler of Aerosmith played at the Indy 500.  The guy was in the Purdue band and he caught it and there was a news article about it.  It was a Blue's Harp.  The guy wanted $5000 for the harmonica.  There was no evidence that Tyler actually owned the harmonica.  Because the seller could not prove it was a Tyler Harmonica, there was no sale.
In the second episode, the first guy brought in LeMat 9 shot pistol from the Civil War.  It was both a shotgun and pistol- 2 barrels.  This gun was very rare and very valuable.  The guy wanted around $18,000 but he had no paperwork.  Time for an expert, Mark from the Clark County Museum.  He said the gun was a 42 caliber and it was very hard to fire.  He said that the gun was real.  He also that the gun was fixed and not in great shape.  The guy wanted $13,500 and Rick offered $7000 and then $9000 and the guy came down to $12,000 and Rick went to $10,000 and no sale.  But at the end of the show, the guy came back and took the $10,000.

The next guy brought a poster about "War of the Zombies" movie.  It starred John Drew Barrymore.  The guy wanted $125 and Rick offered $75 and then $100 and that was the selling price.   Here is a trailer of the movie:

The next woman brought in a Ninetendo Game and Watch collection.  They were individual handheld games.  The lady wanted $500 for all the games.  Corey offered $150 and the lady went down to $400 and Corey went up to $250 and that was the selling price.
The next guy brought in a Dad's Root Beer thermometer.  It was about 3 feet tall.  i loved Dad's Root Beer, growing u.  The guy wanted $75 and Rick offered $30.  The sign was 56 years old.  The guy went down to $55 and then $45 and that was the selling price.  The guy said he was going to take his daughter to the Belliagio buffet.  $45 will get you 1 buffet and half of a second.  On Sunday, it will get you 1 buffet, without the tip.
The next guy brought in a race tire signed by Dale Earnhardt.  The guy sent the tire to Dale to sign and Dale then sent it back.  Earnhardt is one of the most popular drivers in NASCAR and he was my wife's favorite driver.  When he died, my wife cried, like many other people.  Earnhardt's death is one of those "I remember what I was doing" moments.  I was working as a dispatcher for an airport shuttle van service in Milwaukee when I found he died.  It was shocking.   http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/dearnhar00/cup/index.html
Rick was cautious about the tire and autograph was real.  The guy wanted $1500 so, time for an expert, Drew and he said that it was not signed by Dale's signature.  My wife's pissed now because it had several major mistakes.  No sale. 
That wraps up another 2 new shows of Pawn Stars and next week will be another 2 new episodes.  Thanks for stopping by.