Pawn Stars Review: August 1, 2013

Welcome to the dog days of summer.  Not much is going on in Las Vegas, just endless days of 90's and 100 degree days.
In the first episode, the first guy brought in a Colt 45 and it was supposed to be the gun that killed Jesse James.  http://www.biography.com/people/jesse-james-9352646
The owner of the gun got the gun from a chain of command from his dad down to Frank James. 
The guy wanted $50,000.  Rick didn't think the gun was a Colt and the owner could not prove that it was the gun that killed James, so Rick didn't want to make an offer because he could not prove it was the gun that killed Jesse James- no sale.
Rick got off the phone with a person who said they had the car that Steve McQueen drove in McQueen's last film, "The Hunter".  It's a 1951 Chevy.  This is probably the only McQueen movie I've seen and it really is a good movie, where McQueen plays a bounty hunter.
You can see the yellow car in this trailer of the movie:



Here is the story about this car being sold at auction in January of this year: http://www.bornrich.com/steve-mcqueens-movie-car-last-movie-hunter-auction.html
The guy wanted $40,000 for the car.  Time for an expert, Danny, the guy who was the minister at Rick's wedding.  Danny said the car itself was worth around $30,000 plus whatever the Steve McQueen factor was.  Rick offered $35,000 and then $37,000 and that was the sale price.
From the auction site about how Rick acquired the car: Set to be sold without reserve, this pale yellow Chevy was bought by ‘King of Cool’, the poised anti-hero who frequently performed his own stunt after filming of The Hunter wrapped, and is now owned by Rick Harrison of the ‘Pawn Stars’ TV program who purchased it at the actor’s estate auction held at Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino on Nov. 24th and 25th in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Hmmm, someone isn't telling the truth.
The car sold at auction for $84,000  http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2013/03/25/steve-mcqueens-chevrolet-sells-for-84000/
The next guy came in wanting to sell Chu Bops album covers.  They are album covers of rock music albums and inside you get lyrics and a piece of gum: http://www.chu-bops.com/  They sold from 1980-1983.  It's similar to baseball cards.
He had about 18 Chu Bops and he wanted $300 and Rick offered $25.  Rick went up to $50 and that was the sale price. 
In the 2nd episode, the first lady brought in a angora chaps (used by cowboys)  The chaps were from the 1920's- it was leather chaps, covered by the angora goat hair.  The lady wanted $1000 and Corey offered $200 and with the mannequin, $300 and that was the sale price. 
The story line was that Chumlee had to get an autograph from the bass player from Def Leppard  to help sell a bass guitar.
The next guy brought in a poem from Nikola Tesla, after he had a fight with Thomas Edison.  http://www.teslasociety.com/biography.htm    http://www.pbs.org/tesla/ll/ll_poevis.html
The guy wanted $5000 and time for an expert, Steve, the latest autograph expert, and he said that the signature was real.  Steve said the signature was worth about $2500.  The guy came down to $2000 and Rick offered $1500 and then $1600 and that was the sale price.
The next guy brought in a anchor light from the SS Emidio: http://www.militarymuseum.org/Emedio.html  The guy wanted $7500 for the lantern.  Rick offered $200 and there was no sale.
Chumlee did get an autograph from a fake Prince, thinking he got the real Prince (the musician, not the a member of the Royal family)  They mentioned Pop's Cheesesteaks and yes, we have one: http://www.popscheesesteaks.com/ but it's located no where near the Hard Rock.
The next lady, Katie Couric, who was looking for a Mark Twain signature.  Rick wanted $20,000 and she offered $12,000 and that was the sale price.  Rick bought it for $8500 awhile ago.  http://lasvegasbadger.blogspot.com/2013/01/pawn-stars-review-january-11-2012.html
That wraps up two new episodes of Pawn Stars.  Again, thanks for stopping by and next week should have two more new episodes.