Pawn Stars

male announcer: ON THIS EPISODE OF PAWN STARS...

- I HAVE A FLAG THAT WENT TO THE MOON.

- EVERYTHING NASA IS COLLECTIBLE,

BUT SOMETHING THAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN ON THE MOON

CAN MAKE THE VALUE GO THROUGH THE ROOF.

I'M SORT OF IN LOVE WITH THIS AT THE MOMENT.

- WE HAVE AN EGG-LAYING-CHICKEN MACHINE.

FLAPS HIS WINGS LIKE THIS, AND HE MAKES A LOT OF NOISE.

QUACK, QUACK, QUACK, LIKE THAT.

1863 COLT MUSKET.

- THIS SORT OF, LIKE, BLOWS MY MIND.

IT'S ONE OF THE MOST COLLECTED FIREARMS OUT THERE.

I HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE IN THIS SHAPE.

BUT USUALLY WHEN IT'S TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE,

IT USUALLY IS.

I'M RICK HARRISON, AND THIS IS MY PAWN SHOP.

I WORK HERE WITH MY OLD MAN AND MY SON, BIG HOSS.

EVERYTHING IN HERE HAS A STORY AND A PRICE.

ONE THING I'VE LEARNED AFTER 21 YEARS,

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IS GONNA COME THROUGH THAT DOOR.

- HOW YOU DOIN'? - I'M DOING GOOD.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE TODAY?

- WELL, I HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN.

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ONE LIKE THAT?

- RICK. - WHAT?

- COME CHECK OUT THIS LADY'S BANDANNA.

THREE, TWO, ONE.

- I DECIDED TO COME TO THE PAWN SHOP TODAY

TO SELL MY FLAG THAT WENT TO THE MOON ON APOLLO 16

AND AUTOGRAPHS FROM THE THREE ASTRONAUTS

WHO TOOK IT THERE.

I WANT TO SELL THIS FLAG BECAUSE I WANT TO GO TO PARIS.

THIS PICTURE IS SIGNED BY JOHN YOUNG, KEN MATTINGLY,

AND CHRISTIAN DUKE.

- "THIS FLAG CARRIED TO THE MOON ABOARD APOLLO 16

"DURING THE FIRST SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION

OF THE LUNAR HIGHLANDS, APRIL 16 TO 27, 1972."

OKAY, THIS IS PRETTY AMAZING.

WHY IS THE FLAG SO SMALL?

- BECAUSE WEIGHT WAS A BIG ISSUE WITH THE APOLLO MISSIONS,

ON ANY SPACE MISSION.

IT COSTS, LIKE, $10,000 A POUND TO PUT SOMETHING IN SPACE.

APOLLO 16 WAS THE FIFTH MISSION TO LAND ON THE MOON.

EVERYTHING NASA IS COLLECTIBLE,

BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING

THAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN ON THE MOON,

THE VALUE GOES WAY UP.

SO WHAT DID YOU WANT TO DO WITH THIS?

I'D LIKE TO SELL IT.

- AND HOW MUCH DID YOU WANT FOR IT?

- I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH ON IT,

AND THE ONLY ONE I CAME UP WITH THAT HAS SOLD RECENTLY

SOLD FOR $23,900.

OKAY.

AND THAT WAS FROM APOLLO 11.

APOLLO 11.

"ONE GIANT STEP FOR MANKIND"?

- I'M SORT OF IN LOVE WITH THIS AT THE MOMENT,

AND I WANT TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT.

LET'S GET IT CHECKED OUT.

LET'S FIND EVERYTHING OUT ABOUT IT BEFOREHAND.

I'M GONNA CALL UP SOME FRIENDS.

I'M GONNA FIGURE OUT

WHO'S GONNA KNOW THE MOST ABOUT THIS THING.

WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHAT IT'S WORTH,

AND I'LL MAKE YOU AN OFFER.

SOUND FAIR TO YOU? - SOUNDS FAIR. THANK YOU.

- OR I COULD BUY IT RIGHT NOW FOR 20 BUCKS.

NO.

THIS THING IS PRETTY AWESOME,

BUT BEFORE I ATTEMPT TO MAKE A DEAL,

I HAVE TO GET THIS THING CHECKED OUT.

- WHAT'S GOING ON, MAN? - WHAT'S GOING ON?

- YOU OLD ENOUGH TO CARRY THAT THING?

BARELY.

- YOU SHOULD AT LEAST HAVE IT IN A CASE OR SOMETHING, DUDE.

WHAT'S YOUR NAME, MAN? - JUSTIN.

- JUSTIN CASE.

I GOT THIS CIVIL WAR MUSKET

IN A POKER GAME AGAINST MY UNCLE.

MY UNCLE DECIDED HE'D TRY

TO TEACH ME A LESSON ABOUT GAMBLING.

WELL, THE LESSON HE TAUGHT ME IS, HE LOST AND I WON,

SO I'M GONNA KEEP GAMBLING.

- WHERE IN THE WORLD DID YOU GET THIS THING?

WON IT IN A POKER MATCH.

OH, OKAY.

YOU KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT? - NOT MUCH.

I KNOW IT'S AN 1863 COLT MUSKET.

YEAH.

THEY WERE ISSUED DURING THE CIVIL WAR.

NO NAME HAS CONTRIBUTED MORE TO AMERICAN FIREARMS

THAN SAMUEL COLT.

IT'S ONE OF THE MOST COLLECTED AND REVERED FIREARMS OUT THERE.

ON TOP OF THAT, IT'S FROM THE CIVIL WAR,

AND THAT CAN MAKE THE VALUE GO THROUGH THE ROOF.

THIS IS THE WEIRD THING ABOUT IT.

AN 1863 GUN THAT WAS ISSUED DURING THE CIVIL WAR

WAS A USED GUN.

GUYS WOULD DRAG THESE THINGS AROUND THE MUD AND THE MUCK

AND HAMMER NAILS WITH THEM AND EVERYTHING ELSE,

AND YOU HAVE A GUN HERE THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S NEVER BEEN USED.

THE STOCK'S PERFECT.

THERE'S ZERO WEAR ON ANYTHING.

THE BARREL IS PERFECT.

SEE THIS YELLOWING RIGHT HERE? - MM-HMM.

THAT'S NOT RUST.

THAT'S DRY OIL,

WHAT THEY ORIGINALLY PACKED IT IN.

OH, WOW.

- EITHER IT'S THE NICEST MODEL 1861 EVER TO EXIST,

OR IT'S FAKE.

NO.

- THIS THING COULD'VE BEEN OWNED BY, LIKE,

ULYSSES S. GRANT OR SOMETHING, DUDE.

YOU DON'T KNOW.

YOU WANT TO CALL UP SEAN, GET AN EXPERT DOWN HERE?

EITHER HE'S SELLING ME A FAKE,

OR SOMEHOW HE GOT AHOLD

OF A MINT CONDITION CIVIL WAR RIFLE.

USUALLY WHEN IT'S TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE,

IT USUALLY IS.

I REALLY, REALLY WANT SOMEONE TO CHECK IT OUT.

- HAVE SOMEBODY COME LOOK AT IT.

OKAY.

LET ME GET HIM DOWN HERE. - ALL RIGHT.

WE JUST GOT A CALL FROM ONE OF MY REGULAR CUSTOMERS.

HE USUALLY HAS SOME PRETTY INTERESTING STUFF,

SO ME AND CHUMLEE ARE ON OUR WAY TO GO CHECK IT OUT.

HEY, WHAT'S UP, DUDES?

WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?

- WE HAVE AN EGG-LAYING-CHICKEN MACHINE.

HE QUACKS, AND HE FLAPS HIS WING,

AND HE MAKES A LOT OF NOISE,

QUACK, QUACK, QUACK, LIKE THAT.

I THOUGHT DUCKS QUACK.

YEAH, HE QUACKS.

WHAT DO CHICKENS DO?

THEY BAWK.

- I CALLED THESE GUYS FROM THE PAWN SHOP

TO SEE IF THEY WANTED TO BUY MY CHICKEN-LAYING-EGG MACHINE.

GUY HAD AN AD IN THE PAPER.

I DIDN'T KNOW A CLUE OF WHAT IT WAS,

BUT IT SOUNDED INTERESTING.

THE MACHINE IS COOL BECAUSE HE FLAPS HIS WINGS LIKE THIS HERE.

HE KEEPS FLAPPING 'EM AND FLAPPING 'EM.

HE DON'T STOP.

AND THEN HE STARTS QUACKING AND QUACKING AND QUACKING.

YOU JUST PUT IT RIGHT IN HERE, THE QUARTER,

LIKE THAT THERE.

AND HE'LL START DOING HIS THING.

HE'LL FLAP AND BAWK, LIKE YOU SAID,

AND IT'LL COME OUT THE BOTTOM, THE EGG.

INSIDE THE EGG IS YOUR PRIZE.

- SO IT'S NOT FLAPPING ITS WINGS,

AND IT'S NOT BAWKING.

RIGHT.

THAT'S BECAUSE I HAVEN'T GOT IT OPERATING COMPLETELY.

- OKAY. CHUM, UNPLUG THIS THING SO WE CAN LOOK IN THE BACK.

THIS CHICKEN MACHINE IS REALLY COOL.

IT'S BASICALLY A GUM BALL MACHINE

THAT WAS PROBABLY IN A CORNER DRUG STORE

OR A FIVE-AND-DIME SOMEWHERE BACK IN THE '60s.

KIDS WOULD LOVE THIS THING.

HELL, I LOVE IT.

JUST FROM THE OUTSIDE,

I CAN TELL YOU IT NEEDS A LOT OF WORK.

IT'S BEEN MODIFIED A FEW TIMES.

THAT'S ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE HERE.

ALL THESE ELECTRONICS DOWN HERE HAS BEEN REPLACED,

AND SOMEONE'S PUT IN VOICE ELECTRONICS.

TO MAKE HIM QUACK.

- YEAH, THIS THING HAS DEFINITELY SEEN ITS BETTER DAYS.

THIS THING IS A DISASTER.

IT'S GONNA COST A FORTUNE TO RESTORE IT,

SO THE ONLY WAY IT'S GONNA BE WORTH IT TO ME

IS IF I GET IT CHEAP.

SO HOW MUCH DID YOU WANT FOR IT?

$2,500.

- $2,500? - $2,500.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I GOT INTO IT.

- I JUST DON'T SEE THAT KIND OF MONEY FOR IT.

WHEN THE COLLECTORS BUY THESE THINGS,

THEY WANT EVERYTHING ORIGINAL INSIDE,

AND EVERYTHING ORIGINAL IS GONE.

IT'S COOL. IT'S NEAT.

IT JUST NEEDS ONE OF EVERYTHING,

AND IN THE END, I'LL NEVER MAKE ANY MONEY OFF IT.

- WELL, I'M REALLY DISAPPOINTED IN THAT,

BUT IT'S LIKE ANYTHING ELSE.

IT'S ALL IN THE GAME.

- I'M SURE THAT SOMEONE ELSE OUT THERE WILL BUY IT.

IT'S JUST NOT ME.

THANKS ANYWAY. - HEY, MY PLEASURE.

I'M NOT DISAPPOINTED I DIDN'T MAKE A DEAL,

'CAUSE THERE'LL ALWAYS BE ANOTHER TIME.

COME ON, CHUM, LET'S GO.

IT'S JUST A CHICKEN.

NOW, TURN AROUND.

THIS IS IT.