Pawn Stars Review: February 27, 2012

Wow, the Daytona 500 just ended with 4 minutes to spare and my driver, Matt Kenseth took the checkered in one of the better Daytona 500's races.
Well, in the first episode of Pawn Stars, the first guy brought in 11 photos of the Jesse James gang, including Jesse and Frank.  They are Tintype photo's and the man got them from an estate sale in Hawaii. 
http://www.biography.com/people/jesse-james-9352646?paidlink=1&cmpid=PaidSearch_Google_BIO_criminals_jesse%2Bjames%2Bthe%2Boutlaw&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=criminals&utm_term=jesse%20james%20the%20outlaw
And a Tintype photo is:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tintype  The guy wanted $60,000 for the photos- time for an expert, Mark, from the Clark County Museum:
http://www.clarkcountynv.gov/Depts/parks/Pages/clark-county-museum.aspx
Mark came in and after giving a lesson the James Gang, including inventing the bank robbery.  He didn't the photo's of the Jame's Gang.  No sale.
The next guy brought in a Leslie Organ speaker.  It's a big speaker and very loud and were actually used with organs.  The guy wanted $500 and the Old Man offered $200.  The guy went down to $400 and the Old Man stayed at $200 and that was the deal.  Chumlee took the speaker to an expert to have it fixed up.  The guy fixed it up in his garage and made it look nice and sounded pretty good as well.  It cost $600 for a total $800 investment.  The expert thought the speaker would go for $2000.
The next guy brought in an antique drill and bit set, from the 19th century.  My dad had an old hand held drill and bits when I was a young kid and they were great.  The drill still worked.  The guy wanted $600 and Rick offered $350.  The guy went down to $450 and Rick offered $400 and that was the selling price.
The next guy brought in an old Boy Scouts first aid kit.  I was in the Scouts until I went on my first camping trip where it was cold as hell and almost got frostbite.  I regretted that for a long time.  The guy wanted $60 and Rick offered $60 and that was the selling price.
In the second episode, the first guy brought in a letter from Knute Rockne, a football coach for Notre Dame and is one of the most famous coaches in football history:  
http://www.knuterockne.com/ 
The letter dealt with the dangers of smoking, and was dated 18 days before he died in 1931.  Time for an expert.  When they interviewed the seller, in the background, you could see some yellow and red umbrellas.  That is from a small tented "restaurant".
Drew came in and said the signature was very real and worth about $3-5000 or more to a Notre Dame.  The guy wanted $5000 and Rick offered $1500.  The guy went down to $4000 and Rick went to $2000 and there was no sale.
The next guy brought in some old Cracker Jack box toys.  The guy wanted $100 and Chumlee offered $25 and $30 and the sale price was $45.
The next guy brought in some jewelry from Lucky Luciano and it was a ring.  He was a mobster around the days of Bugsy Siegel.
http://crime.about.com/od/gangsters/a/luciano.htm
It was a scary looking ring, including red rubies for the eyes and it looked like the devil.  Time for an expert from the new multi-million dollar Mob Museum in Las Vegas:  Taxpayers put in over $20,000,000 into the project and it is located in the old Las Vegas Post Office.  The normal adult ticket costs $18, with some discounts for various groups.
http://themobmuseum.org/
The expert, Jonathon, looked at the ring after telling the history of Lucky.  The guy really had no evidence that Lucky owned the ring.  He could not say one way or another if the ring was genuine because of the lack of documentation.  If real, the ring would be worth $10,000's.
The museum is located down the street from the Gold and Silver Shop and is close to Fremont St.
The next guy brought in a Dentist Pole.  It looks like a barber pole (red and white stripe, like the a candy cane) It was made of wood but the painting of the stripes was a bit off and it was from the 1800's.   The guy wanted $1500 and Rick offered $700 and the guy went down to $800 and Rick offered $750 and that was the selling price.
The next woman brought in a Scintillator, which measures uranium, like a Geiger Counter.  It pretty much looks like a chrome  hair dryer with a box under the tip.  Corey offered $100 and then $135 and that was the deal, even the lady said she would accept $100.  Greed.
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Basic_Physics_of_Nuclear_Medicine/Scintillation_Detectors
 And that wraps another 2 brand new episodes of Pawn Stars.  As usual, thanks for stopping by.
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