Pawn Stars Review: August 27, 2012

Today is the first day of school in Las Vegas and a lot of little kiddos are saying good bye to Summer and hello to reality.  Clark County has the 5th largest school district in the Country.  We have both urban and rural schools and some schools have over 3000 students and other schools have less than 20.
Last Wednesday, we had around 4 inches of rain in some places over a 24 hour period.  We had a lot of flooding and unfortunately, we had a death when a senior in high school died when he slipped into a flood channel and drowned.  So, yes, it rains in Las Vegas.
Tonight we have 2 new episodes of Pawn Stars (an early version as I discover that History HD is 3 hours ahead of Las Vegas time)
In the first episode, the first guy brought in a a piece of a $20 bill from the hijacker D.B. Cooper.  http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/criminal_mind/scams/DB_Cooper/index.html
The bill just had the face of Thomas Jefferson and was supposedly with the other bills found.  The guy wanted $2000.  Rick offered $1000.  The guy went down to $1800 and then $1700 and the Old Man countered with $1600 and that was the selling price.
The next lady brought in 2 paintings from Tony Curtis, the actor and former resident of Henderson, NV, a suburb of Las Vegas.  http://www.tonycurtis.com/    Tony died last year in Henderson.  Time for expert.
The lady wanted $16,000. Brett came in appraised the pictures and said that there were a lot of Tony Curtis paintings out there and said the pictures were worth about $3-4,000 apiece.  Corey said the lady should hold on to them.  Corey offered $1000 and Rick went to $2000 a piece.  No sale.
The fun story of the episode is inventory time and Chumlee and Corey had to do the inventory but they had the complain about it first.  The guys went around to different items and found out that a lot stuff has not sold for years.  Olivia came and Chumlee went to flirt with her. (Real or fake romance?) 

 
The next guy brought in a 1836 artillery foot soldier sword.  The guy previously had brought in the Morse code machine a few episodes ago.  The sword was for the enlisted man in the 1830's.  Time for an expert, Mark from the Clark County Museum.  The sword was in pretty bad shape because of age and use.  Mark said the sword was real and a complete set.  Rick offered $400 and the guy wanted $600 and then $500 and that was the selling price.
The next guy brought in an old teletype page of paper that had the headlines of the JFK assassination.  The guy found it at an antique store.  http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/home.htm
Corey offered $300 and the guy wanted $450 and the Old Man offered $350 and that was the selling price.
The Old Man has certainly showed up a lot in recent episodes.
In the second episode, the first guy brought in a book signed by Shoeless Joe Jackson, of the Chicago Black Sox.  The guy found the book in a foreclosed home.  http://www.shoelessjoejackson.com/
The guy had the signature certified as real.  Jackson was illiterate so his signature was bad.  The guy wanted $30,000.  Rick offered $10,000 and then $11,000.   The guy came down to $16,000 and Rick offered $13,000 and that was the selling price.  Rick was ordered to have the book appraised.  Rebecca was the appraiser and said the book was worth about $50.  Rebecca said the signature could be worth up to $100,000 though one was sold for $21,000.  Rebecca thought the signature was fake but said if Rick could get others to say it was real, then it may be worth a great deal.  She compared the signature on a baseball, which is round to the signature, which is on a page of paper.  So, is Rick out of $13,000?  Well, he isn't going down without a fight.  Rick sent the book to another authenticator and they said the signature was still fake.  Well, at least Rick got a tax write off.
 
The next guy brought in a MTV Music Award.  No one won the award and Corey thought it was an extra laying around to be used for an emergency.  The guy wanted $2000.  Corey offered $200.  The guy came down to $1700 and there was no sale.

The next guy brought in a Savage Navy Civilian 36 caliber pistol.  Time for an expert.  Craig came in to look at the pistol.  He said the revolver was a double action revolver.  He also said the gun sucked.  but said the gun was worth about $1800-2000.  The Old Man offered $800 and Rick offered $1250 and then $1300 and then $1350 and finally $1400 for the sale price. 
The next guy brought in a FDR campaign poster from 1944.  Franklin Delano Roosevelt http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/  The guy wanted $150 and Rick offered $75 because he had to get it framed.  Then Rick went to $100 and then $105 and that was the selling price.
That ends another 2 new episodes of Pawn Stars.  Thanks for stopping by and see you next week.