Pawn Stars Review: December 26, 2013

I hope everyone had a nice Christmas and that Santa Claus was good to everyone.
I'm sure everyone has heard what is going on with the Duck Dynasty fiasco.  I'm sure that the guys in the show have been told to keep their moths fairly quiet about controversial subjects and the closest anybody on Pawn Stars came to be controversial was when Rick Harrison went on the Mark Levin show, a conservative show and Rick ripped ObamaCare and other problems he had with the Federal government: http://lasvegasbadger.blogspot.com/2013/03/pawn-stars-rick-harrison-on-mark-levin.html
Tonight, there are two new episodes, the first segment was the guys talking about the best deal the Old Man got.  they joked about how old he is and he traded a couple of rocks for a dinosaur bone.

Chumlee went to a house, uninvited and wanted to check a Bowden Spacelander bike.  http://nbhaa.com/indexbowden.html  (be prepared to look at a bunch of legal stuff before you get to the article)
The guy got it for Christmas in 1960.  The guy wanted $20,000.  Chumlee offered $7,000.  The guy went to $12,000 and Chumlee went to $8700 and that was the deal.  Rick had no idea Chumlee bought it.  Rick backed up Chumlee on the deal.  Chumlee got a $1000 bonus but the Old Man was none too happy.  Chumlee said he might want to buy some gold teeth instead of investing it.  Instead he bought 4 bobbleheads including one large of him self.  Chumlee made a bet with the Old Man that he would sell one.  Chumlee sold one for $10 so, Chumlee won the bet and the Old Man lost the bet and won $1000.


The next guy brought in a CragStan Crapshooter game.  The video above shows how it is supposed to work.  It was from the 1950-60's.  The game was broken.  The game was in perfect shape but did not work so Rick offered $25 and then $50 and that was the selling price.

The next lady brought in a antique lap desk that was owned by Dr. Samuel Mudd, who helped John Wilkes Booth after he shot President Abraham Lincoln.  http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/lincolnconspiracy/mudd.html
Mudd went to prison and made the lap desk for Army officer's wife.  The lady had some paper work to go with it.  She wanted $100,000 and time for an expert, Mark.   He thought the lap desk was made Samuel Mudd, so Rick offered $2500 so there was no deal.
In the 2nd episode, Chumlee revealed that he had a nutritionist and the guys got into a bet to see who walked the most.  The loser had to drive the "company truck", which was like an advertisement on wheels.
Corey cheated by having his pet dog connected to the waking monitor, though the dog just sat mostly sat around.

The first guy brought in a wanted poster of John Dillinger.   http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/history/famous-cases/john-Dillinger
The poster was 1934, so it was almost 80 years.  Rick thought the poster was real.  The guy wanted $450 and Corey countered with $300 and that was the deal.  If the seller shaved his head just a little more, he would look like Rick.  Corey also put his monitor on a paint shaker at a hardware store.  He went to Meads Hardware (http://www.meadshardware.com/) which is a very long way from the shop.
The winner of the competition was Corey but he cheated.  The Old Man was last.  Because Corey cheated, he had to drive the truck.

The next guy brought in a 1967 Lambretta Scooter.  It was a 125 cc.  It's an Italian scooter.  http://www.lambrettausa.com/default.aspx
The scooter had 62,000 kilometers on it.  The guy wanted $6000.  Chumlee convinced Rick to take it for a spin and took it out for a long time- 45 minutes.  When he took it out the machine was really smoking.  He also took it to get lunch. Rick offered $3500.  The guy came down to $4000 and Rick went to $3600 and that was the sale price,
The next guy came in with dinosaur poop that was in a petrified rock.  The guy found it  in Wyoming.  Supposedly it is a pretty stone when cut and polished and the fossils weighed about 40 ponds.  The guy wanted $40 pound or about $3200.  Time for an expert, a gemologist from the store, Jeff.  He said it was fossilized poop and worth about $10-15  pound.  Rick offered $1000 for the rocks and then $1100 and that was the sale price.
At the end, Corey ended up driving the store's truck and Corey's dog, Skeeba, went for a fun ride.
Thanks for stopping by and I hope everyone has a happy and safe New Years Eve and Day.
See you next week with hopefully 2 new more episodes.