Pawn Stars Review: January 11, 2012

Sorry about the late post for the review, but when you work two jobs, something has to give and so, there will be times when the post will be late.
While much of the U.S. has been pretty warm this past week, those of us in the Las Vegas have been down right cold.  Last night, our temperature went down to 19F and yesterday's high was only about 36F. This is one of the coldest winters in Las Vegas history.  It was so cold that that my rubber ducky refused to get into the tub.  It just made that squeaky sound and tried to waddle south.
Anyways, there are two new episodes of Pawn stars tonight.



 



In the first episode, the first guy brought in some props from the movie "Child's Play".  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094862/- a Chucky movie.  The props came from the movie. The guy was a production assistant and the collection he got to keep were some knives, an amlet, a voodoo doctor doll and more.  The guy wanted $3000 for the collection and rick offered $1500.  The guy went down to $2500.  Rick went up to $2000 and that was the selling price.
The story line is that Chumlee will film a horror movie using his phone to film and using the Chucky props.  The Old Man starred in the film and his asking price for acting in it was a pie.  And yes, Chumlee used his phone to film a movie while Rick was none too pleases about the filming.
The next guy, a hippie looking guy, brought in 1967 autographed football from the Chicago Bears.
 http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/chi/1967.htm  Some big names on the ball include George Halas, Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo.  Corey had some concerns including if the autographs were fake.  Jeremy, of Ultimate Sports Cards and Memorabilia,  http://www.ultimatesportscards.com/ , was the expert they brought in.  After telling us the story of the 1967 Bears, (as a Green bay Backer fan, it pained me to listen to this part) he said the autographs were legitimate for Dick Butkus and George Halas but Piccolo and Sayers autographs were faked.  Jeremy said the ball was worth about $1000.  The guy originally wanted $10,000 and after the information, Corey offered him $100 and there was no sale.



The next guy brought in a 1925 Gibson banjo and the old case. http://www.turtlehillbanjo.com/images/Gibson/x1065.html
The guy wanted about $5000.  Time for an expert because it was a Gibson banjo, a top of the line guitar and banjo maker.  Jesse, from Cowtown Guitars, http://www.cowtownguitars.com/ , came down and looked at the banjo.  (Cowtown?  There are no cows in Las Vegas)  It was a TB 3 Banjo, pictured above and it was worth $2500.  Rick offered $1500 and the guy came down to $2000 and The Old Man offered $1650 and that was the sale.  The guy gave the money to his mom and dad- cool.
Chumlee showed his movie on a large screen TV and it showed the Old Man killing Rick and then put him in a pie and ate him.  Ummm, ok.





In the second episode, the first guy brought in a 1874 Sharps Buffalo rifle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharps_rifle  - interesting they are showing this, on the week they are having the big debates about guns and rifles in the United States.  They actually did use the rifle for shooting buffalo.  The guy wanted $37,000 for the rifle.  Time for an expert.
Craig came down and looked at he rifle and gave a little history and said the rifle was very lethal to buffalo.  He said the gun was real but it also was popular and worth about $6-10,000.  Rick offered $6000 and the guy came down to $15,000 and there was no sale.
The next guy brought in a Mark Twain (http://www.marktwainhouse.org/) aphorism (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aphorism)  The aphorism says:
" We Aught Never
To Do Wrong
When Any One Is Looking"
The writing came with the writing, picture and the saying that was hand written by Twain.  The guy had no paperwork. Rick didn't need a expert on this and he said the signature and writings were real.  The guy wanted $11,000 but Rick offered $8000.  The selling price was $8500.
The next woman brought in a souvenir from the Manhattan Project (http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/362098/Manhattan-Project)
She brought in a small rock that used to be radioactive.  The item was actually earth that was fused together.  It was in a small package, in the shape and looked like a snow globe.  The lady wanted $10,000. 



Time for an expert, Mark, from Clark County Museum. (The picture above was from this Christmas- sorry about the poor picture)  He said the rock was actually sand that was brought up into the atomic bomb cloud and it fused together, forming a rock. He said the souvenir was real and that is was collectible.  The lady wanted $10,000 and Corey offered $1000.  She came down to $9000 and Corey went to $2000 and there was no sale.  
The story line of the episode was Chumlee following the Old Man looking for the Old Man aphorism's to sell.  It irritated the heck out of the Old Man.  He then put the sayings on a plaque and tried to sell them. 





The next guy brought in some pickle castors from the 1880's.  He had a total of 6 pickle castors of different sizes, shapes and colors.  The seller is a chef and looks familiar to me, but not sure where from.  The guy wanted $1500 and Rick offered $500.  The chef came down $900 and then $750 and that was the selling price.  When bargaining, Rick sounded like Les, from Hard Core Pawn.  Strange.
In the end, Chumlee didn't sell very many of his aphorisms, mainly because of the typos.
That wraps up the two new episodes of Pawn Stars.  Sorry for the lateness.