Pawn Stars

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

- I HAVE THREE LETTERS FROM THE KENNEDY BROTHERS.

- KENNEDYS MIGHT AS WELL HAVE BEEN AMERICAN ROYALTY.

THIS ONE WAS PERSONAL, SO I REALLY WANT THEM.

WELL, I CAN'T BLAME YOU.

- A SALVADOR DALI ALICE IN WONDERLAND BOOK.

- WHAT A PERFECT COMBINATION. - RIGHT.

- HIS ART CAN BE VERY COLLECTIBLE

AND BE EXTREMELY VALUABLE.

- ANY IDEA WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO GET?

$10,000.

HOLY MOTHER OF TRANSFORMERS.

ALL DIFFERENT TYPES HERE.

WE HAVE YOUR FIRST-GENERATION OPTIMUS PRIME,

SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH.

I COULD GO ON AND ON.

- THIS IS, LIKE, THE TRANSFORMER MECCA.

- 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 CAN I HELP YOU?

I HAVE THREE LETTERS

JOHN F. KENNEDY, ROBERT KENNEDY, AND TEDDY KENNEDY.

- WHERE IN THE WORLD DID YOU GET THIS?

I GOT MY WAYS.

BLACK OPS.

OKAY.

- WELL, I'M HERE AT THE PAWN SHOP TODAY

TO TRY TO SELL MY LETTERS.

I'D SAY THESE LETTERS ARE PRETTY VALUABLE

BECAUSE THEY'RE LETTERS SENT BY THOSE THREE BROTHERS

TO THE SAME PERSON.

YOU AIN'T GONNA FIND THOSE LETTERS SENT TO THE SAME PERSON

UNLESS MAYBE IT'S, UH, MARILYN MONROE OR SOMEBODY.

I DON'T KNOW.

THEY'RE ALL TO THE SAME LADY.

SHE'S MY AUNT.

WHY'D YOUR AUNT GET THEM?

- MY AUNT WROTE THEM FIRST. - OKAY.

- THE THREE KENNEDY BROTHERS ARE JUST THREE OF THE POLITICIANS,

AND SHE'S BEEN WRITING THEM

SINCE THE '20s AND '30s AND '40s.

OKAY.

THE KENNEDYS MIGHT AS WELL HAVE BEEN AMERICAN ROYALTY.

THE BROTHERS JOHN, ROBERT, AND TEDDY

WERE THE FAMILY'S SUPERSTARS.

AFTER ALL THE TRAGEDIES AND TEDDY'S DEATH,

THERE IS A HUGE MARKET FOR THIS MEMORABILIA.

- THIS LETTER FROM TEDDY KENNEDY IS VERY INTERESTING

BECAUSE HE SAYS IN HERE,

"ROSE MARIE, I WANT TO THANK YOU

"FOR SENDING ME THE PRAYER AND THE MEDAL.

IT WAS EXTREMELY THOUGHTFUL OF YOU TO DO SO."

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A SIGNATURE OR NOT,

'CAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A LITTLE SMUDGED RIGHT THERE.

I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY CAME OUT WITH AUTOPEN.

YEAH, I DON'T EITHER.

- OKAY, AND I'M AFRAID THAT'S WHAT THESE MIGHT BE.

SO I WOULD LIKE SOMEONE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEM,

MAKE SURE THEY'RE REAL SIGNATURES.

IF THE SIGNATURES ARE REAL, I REALLY WANT THEM.

LET ME GET SOMEONE IN HERE. WE'LL LOOK AT THEM.

IF THEY'RE REAL, I'LL MAKE YOU AN OFFER,

AND WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

ALL RIGHT, WORKS FOR ME.

DON'T GET THAT GUY THAT DID THE O.J. TRIAL

WHEN THE GLOVE WOULDN'T FIT.

- OKAY. - GET A REAL EXPERT.

- I REALLY CAN'T TAKE A CHANCE OF BUYING THESE

WITHOUT SOMEONE TAKING A LOOK AT THEM.

IF THEY'RE REAL, THEY COULD BE WORTH A LOT.

IF THEY'RE NOT, I COULD GET BURNED.

HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?

- GOOD. HOW ARE YA?

- GRANDPA? - WHAT?

- YOU WANT TO COME LOOK AT THIS WITH ME?

WHAT YOU GOT, SON?

I HAVE A COCA-COLA ICE CHEST

THAT WAS MADE BETWEEN 1948 AND 1952.

SO WHERE'D YOU GET THIS, MAN?

- I GOT IT FROM A NEIGHBOR OF MINE IN TEXAS

ABOUT 25 YEARS AGO.

- FOR SOME REASON, ALL THE GOOD COCA-COLA STUFF

WOUND UP IN TEXAS.

- WELL, I'M HERE TO SELL THE ICE CHEST TODAY

BECAUSE I'VE HAD IT FOR ABOUT 25 YEARS JUST COLLECTING DUST.

I BELIEVE THIS ICE CHEST IS PROBABLY FAIRLY RARE.

I WOULD LIKE TO GET AROUND $400 FOR THE ICE CHEST.

- THIS WAS CALLED AN AIRLINES CHEST.

THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT,

IT WASN'T AVAILABLE OR SOLD TO THE PUBLIC.

- NO, IT WASN'T SOLD TO THE PUBLIC.

THEY USED THESE ON SMALL AIRPLANES,

AND THEY COULD PUT A DOZEN COKES IN HERE FOR CUSTOMERS ON BOARD.

THEY WERE WELL-BUILT, LIKE EVERYTHING BACK THEN,

WELL-INSULATED, AND THEY KEPT STUFF COLD,

AND THAT WAS THEIR JOB.

- YOU USED TO SAY HOW FLYING WAS A LOT CLASSIER BACK THEN, RIGHT?

OH, IT WAS.

YOU WERE TREATED LIKE A KING.

I MEAN, NOW TODAY WHEN PEOPLE TRAVEL,

THEY TRAVEL IN SWEATPANTS, FLIP-FLOPS,

AND IT'S LIKE A CATTLE CALL.

FLYING USED TO BE A BIG DEAL.

IT WAS A PLEASURE FOR BOTH THE PASSENGER AND THE AIRLINES.

NOW IT'S A BIG PAIN IN THE ASS.

SO WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO, SIR?

YOU WANT TO SELL IT, PAWN IT, WHAT?

I'D LIKE TO SELL IT.

- WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO GET OUT OF IT, BOSS?

I'D LIKE TO GET $400 FOR IT.

COULDN'T GO $400 FOR IT.

THIS THING'S IN PRETTY NICE SHAPE,

BUT YOU'RE FIGHTING THE ECONOMY RIGHT NOW.

WELL, MAKE ME AN OFFER, THEN.

WHAT DO YOU THINK, COREY?

TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, CHIEF,

I COULD OFFER YOU AROUND 100 BUCKS, MAN.

- WELL, I WAS HOPING TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE.

CAN YOU, UH--

- HEY, LISTEN, MAN, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S REALLY AWESOME,

AND I--I DO WANT IT, BUT 100 BUCKS IS REALLY GONNA BE

THE MOST I CAN PAY FOR IT.

WELL, YOU GOT A DEAL, THEN.

- ALL RIGHT, LET'S WRAP IT UP. - OKAY.

I ENDED UP SELLING THE ICE CHEST FOR $100,

AND I FIGURED THAT'S A FAIR PRICE

SINCE IT'S PROBABLY WORTH $200 IN THE CONDITION IT IS,

SO $100 TO ME, $100 FOR THE SHOP, FAIR PRICE.

- HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY? - GOOD, THANKS.

AND WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?

- IT IS A LEWIS CARROLL, SALVADOR DALI

ALICE IN WONDERLAND BOOK.

- WHAT A PERFECT COMBINATION. - RIGHT.

- I CAME TO THE PAWN SHOP TO TRY AND SEE WHAT I CAN GET

FOR A SALVADOR DALI ALICE IN WONDERLAND BOOK.

I WANT TO SELL THE BOOK TODAY

BECAUSE IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN SITTING ON.

AND I'M HOPING TO GET, BARE MINIMUM,

$10,000 OUT OF THIS BOOK.

- YEAH, THESE WERE REALLY POPULAR BACK THEN.

THIS WAS A WAY YOU COULD BUY A LOT OF ARTWORK.

IF YOU WANTED TO, YOU COULD FRAME THE ENTIRE BOOK ALMOST.

- WHY DID SALVADOR DALI DO WEIRD STUFF

LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME, MAN?

- THIS IS THE WAY HE SAW THINGS. HE WAS ORIGINAL AT IT.

YOU'VE SEEN PICASSOS THAT ARE REALLY WEIRD,

AND YOU GO, "I COULD DO THAT MYSELF."

OKAY, BUT THE THING WAS,

PICASSO WAS THE FIRST ONE TO COME UP WITH THAT STYLE.

THIS IS-- - HIS STYLE.

THIS WAS HIS STYLE.

HE WAS THE FIRST ONE TO DO IT THAT WAY.

AND TO BE ART, IT MUST MOVE YOU.

AND IT DOES.

SALVADOR DALI WAS A SPANISH ARTIST

WHO IS JUST AS FAMOUS FOR BEING PRETTY DAMN STRANGE

AS HE WAS FOR BEING AN ARTIST.

HIS ART CAN BE VERY COLLECTIBLE,

BUT IT CAN ALSO BE FOUND

IN JUST ABOUT EVERY DORM ROOM IN THE COUNTRY.

HE'S THE ONE WHO BECAME FAMOUS

FOR THE PAINTING OF THE MELTED CLOCKS.

PRETTY COOL FOR SOMETHING DONE IN THE 1930s.

THIS ENTIRE SERIES WAS ONE ETCHING,

AND THEN THERE WAS HELIOGRAVURES.

AN ETCHING IS WHEN THEY TAKE A COPPER PLATE.

THEY TAKE A PEN WITH, LIKE, A NEEDLE ON THE END OF IT.

AND THEY SCRATCH INTO IT. - MM-HMM.

- AND THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN TELL IT'S AN ETCHING.

SEE THIS AROUND HERE?

IT WAS PRESSED INTO SWELLED PAPER THAT WAS WET.

- VERY COOL. - OKAY?

BACK IN THE DAY, PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT LITHOGRAPHS OR ANYTHING.

THEY ONLY WANTED ETCHINGS,

BECAUSE AN ETCHING IS DONE BY THE ARTIST'S HAND,

AS A PART--AS A LITHOGRAPH, SOMEONE TRANSFERRED IT--

GOT YA.

THESE ARE HELIOGRAVURES.

YOU EVER SEEN A NEWSPAPER,

WHERE IT'S ALL LITTLE TEENY LITTLE DOTS?

RIGHT.

- HELIOGRAVURES IS MORE OR LESS THE SAME PROCESS,

EXCEPT IT'S A LOT WEIRDER AND A LOT MORE COMPLEX.

OKAY.

I REALLY LIKE THIS BOOK.

I ALREADY HAVE SOME OPTIONS ON HOW CAN I RESELL IT.

I CAN SELL IT AS A WHOLE, OR I CAN PIECE IT OUT.

EITHER WAY, I CAN MAKE MONEY,

AS LONG AS I GET IT FOR THE RIGHT PRICE.

WHAT WERE YOU LOOKING TO DO WITH THEM?

SELL IT.

- YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO GET?

I'M HOPING FOR $10,000.

OKAY.

IT'S A REALLY NEAT SET.

THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.