Pawn Stars Review June 11, 2012

It's an embarassing week for Las Vegas.  First, the Pacquiao-Bradley boxing match was a embarrassment to Nevada when 2 judges, the only 2 old farts on the planet, gave the fight to Bradley.  Then the Las Vegas public safety people closed down the Electric Daisy Carnival because of high winds, kicking 115,000 out of the Carnival for a night and finally, Las Vegan boxer Floyd Mayweather wants out of jail after only 12 days .  He was in jail for beating his wife and doing it in front of his kids.  He could not even survive jail as long as Paris Hilton when she was in jail a couple of years ago.
Anyways, 2 new episodes of Pawn Stars tonight.


Admiral's Phone

In the first episode, the first guy brought in a Flagship Admiral phone.  The Old Man schooled us on the phone, which was large and had many buttons on it.  The admirals used to give orders to different ships from the phone.  the guy wanted $3000 and the Old Man offered $500.  The guy went down to $700 and then $600 and finally settled on the $500 and that was the selling price.  http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/20695-navy-admirals-command-telephone The next guy brought in some Well Fargo Tiffany belt buckles.  The buckles came from a museum in Montana.  The buckles had the pictures of Mr. Wells and Mr. Fargo on them.  Rick thought they may be faked and the seller had a letter showed a letter saying it was made by Tiffany.  Rick came back and said the buckles were poorly made and were first made in the 1970's.  No sale.
The next guy brought in a green 1955 First Edition 3100 Chevy pick up truck.  It now has a 1968 engine in it nd the inside was not very good, especially the floorboards.  the guy wanted $10,000.  Time for Danny.  Danny said it was worth to fix up and they took it for a test drive and Danny said it was worth $6500 and Rick offered $5000 and then $6500 and it was no sale.
The next guy brought in a collection of gaming tokens from Sen. Howard Cannon, a Senator from Nevada.  The gaming tokens were silver and you could use them in slot machines.  The guy wanted $6000 and Rick offered $1830 for all of them.  they guy came down to $200 and Rick went to $1850, which was the selling price.
The Old Man found out the Admiral's Phone didn't work and so he had employee Travis make the radio work.  He couldn't get it fixed.
The next guy came in a 1871 Smith and Wesson revolver.  It wasn't very shiny, bu they, it's 142 years old.  Rick didn't think the gun was made in 1871, he thought that was the patent date, so time for an expert, Jemison.  He thought the gun was made in 1901 and so no sale an worth $50-100.  No sale. 
In the second episode, the first guy brought in 4 original paintings by Andy Warhol.  http://www.warhol.org/
One picture was a naked girl angel, 2 pictures of shoes and a dressed girl picture.  The paintings had some damage.  The guy wanted $32,000 for all 4 paintings. Time for an expert, Brett who is an art appraiser.  He put his gloves on and said the art work were prints and touched up by Warhol.  The pictures were from the 1950's.  He said they were worth about $10,000 to $15,000 each.  Rick offered $20,000 and the guys tuck at $32,000.  Rick then went to $25,000 and then bought them up for $27,000 cash money.
The next woman brought in a World War II bomber camera, made by the Fairfield Corp.  It was a very large camera and used for reconnaissance filming.  The lady $500 and Corey offered $200 and then @50 and was firm.  The lady went down to $300 and that was the selling price.
On the night shift, Chumlee and Olivia were working but they let in another guy into the shop to sell his 10 Karot gold sunglasses.  They bought the glasses based on the gold weight.  Chumlee offered $315 and to $450 and then $525.  The guy wanted $1000.  $525 was the selling price.  Rick was happy with the sale price when he came in.
The next guy brought in a rule book from 1913 and a baseball autograph by 2 Hall of Famer's from the 1919 Chicago White/Black Sox, the team who threw the 1919 World Series.  http://www.mc.cc.md.us/Departments/hpolscrv/blacksox.htm
 Rick said the rule book was a fake because of the modern staples and no discolored paper.  Rick was not sure about the ball, so time for an expert, Drew came down.  He said Ray Schalk and Red Faber and Drew said the ball/signature was real.  Drew thought the ball was worth about $2000.  Rick offered $600 and the guy wanted $1900.  Rick went to $800 and the guy went down to $1400.  Rick offered $900 and that was the selling price.

Just curious, are Chumlee, Corey and Rick good spokesmen for Miller 64 and their athletic commercial?