Pawn Stars

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

- WHAT DO WE GOT HERE? - A CATHOLIC RELIC.

ELIZABETH ANN SETON.

- LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOT BLOOD ON IT OR SOMETHING.

I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE.

I'VE GOT A LETTER.

THE SIGNATURE IS "WINSTON CHURCHILL."

- THIS WOULD BE REALLY GREAT IF IT'S REAL,

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF FAKES OF THESE.

GOT TO BE SOME VALUE THERE.

IT IS 100% A GAMBLE.

GOT THIS RC CAR HERE.

THIS IS A BADASS MACHINE.

CAN I START IT? - NAH.

- I'LL GET IT UP AND RUNNING IN NO TIME.

- YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO WORK A SCREWDRIVER.

I KNOW ALL ABOUT THESE THINGS.

COME ON.

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- 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.

- HEY. HOW'S IT GOING?

- GOOD. HOW YOU DOING TODAY?

WHAT DO WE GOT?

- I'VE GOT A LETTER. - OKAY.

- AND I THINK THAT THIS SIGNATURE

IS WINSTON CHURCHILL.

OKAY.

"WE WILL NEVER SURRENDER."

THAT'S A WINSTON CHURCHILL QUOTE.

- I DECIDED TO COME TO THE PAWN SHOP TODAY

TO SELL MY WINSTON CHURCHILL LETTER.

THE REASON I'D LIKE TO SELL THIS LETTER

IS SO I CAN MAKE SOME QUICK MONEY

TO GO HAVE SOME FUN IN LAS VEGAS.

I'D LIKE TO SELL THE LETTER FOR $5,000.

THE LEAST I THINK I'LL TAKE IS $2,000.

SO WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?

- I BOUGHT A DESK AT AN ESTATE SALE,

AND IT WAS IN AN ENVELOPE TAPED UNDERNEATH A DRAWER.

THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING.

"THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTER OF NOVEMBER 3RD.

"GENERAL MARK CLARK HAS ALREADY SENT ME A COPY

"OF HIS BOOK CALCULATED RISK.

"I HOPE YOU WILL FORGIVE ME, BUT I DO NOT FEEL

"I CAN WRITE A FORWARD AS YOU SUGGEST.

"IN THIS, I HOPE YOU WILL EXCUSE AND UNDERSTAND ME.

YOURS SINCERELY, WINSTON CHURCHILL."

- THAT'S A CLASSY WAY TO TURN SOMEBODY DOWN.

- I KNOW YOU WOULDN'T DO IT THAT WAY.

- NOT AT ALL. -

WINSTON CHURCHILL WAS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST LEADERS

OF THE 20TH CENTURY.

AND IN HIS "NEVER SURRENDER" SPEECH,

HE BASICALLY TOLD HITLER, "GO YOURSELF."

ALL RIGHT, IT'S DEFINITELY DONE WITH A TYPEWRITER.

IT'S NOT DONE WITH A COMPUTER.

YOU CAN TELL THAT BY THE SPACING OF THE LETTERS.

EARLIER TYPEWRITERS, THERE WAS JUST ONE SPACE FOR EACH LETTER.

MODERN COMPUTERS, WHAT HAPPENS IS,

THEY WILL SPACE THEM PROPORTIONATELY

TO THE LETTER SIZE.

A GOOD EXAMPLE IS RIGHT WHERE IT SAYS, "ADDITION" RIGHT THERE.

SEE, SMALL GAPS IN BETWEEN THE "D"s,

A LARGE GAP IN BETWEEN THE "I."

THAT'S NOT PROPORTIONED.

THIS WOULD BE REALLY GREAT IF IT'S REAL.

I REALLY LOVE THE GUY.

YOU KNOW, THE GUY DRANK A QUART OF WHISKEY A DAY

AND SOMETIMES AS MANY AS 20 CIGARS,

AND HE'S STILL CONSIDERED, LIKE,

ONE OF THE GREATEST LEADERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY.

- SO IT'S GOT TO BE WORTH SOME MONEY, THEN.

UH...

A LITTLE BIT OF KNOWLEDGE IS A DANGEROUS THING.

EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD TO ME, BUT, THEN AGAIN,

I COULD BE WRONG.

I'M ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT

FOR ANYTHING FROM FAMOUS WORLD WAR II LEADERS.

AND IF THIS DOCUMENT IS LEGIT,

I'LL HAVE NO PROBLEM SELLING IT TO A COLLECTOR.

BUT I HAVE TO BE SURE.

LET ME GET THE THING LOOKED AT BY SOMEBODY WHO DOES KNOW,

AND THEN WE'LL TALK MONEY, ALL RIGHT?

- SURE. - I'LL GIVE YOU A CALL.

I THINK THE LETTER LOOKS REAL.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD

TO HAVING AN EXPERT TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?

- GOOD. HOW YOU DOING?

OH, PRETTY GOOD.

- GOT THIS RC CAR HERE, A HUMMER.

I LOVE HUMMERS.

I LOVE HUMMERS TOO.

I CAME TO THE PAWN SHOP TODAY.

DECIDED TO SELL MY RADIO-CONTROLLED HUMMER.

I'VE BEEN INTO RC CARS FOR A WHILE,

AND I'VE HAD THIS ONE FOR A WHILE--

LIKE, RACING 'EM.

WITH EVERYTHING I HAVE IN IT,

IT'S WORTH ABOUT $600, $650,

BUT I'M HOPING TO WALK AWAY WITH ABOUT $350.

- ALL RIGHT, SO TELL ME ABOUT THIS THING.

IT'S FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE,

DUAL SHOCKS ON EACH WHEEL, DURABLE.

- SOME SERIOUS SUSPENSION ON IT.

- GREAT SUSPENSION. IT'S PRETTY FAST TOO.

THE THING GOES ABOUT 80 MILES AN HOUR.

THAT THING IS BADASS.

- CAN I START IT? - IT NEEDS A NEW GLOWPLUG.

- OKAY, SO WE CAN'T START IT RIGHT NOW?

NAH.

- RC CARS HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE THE '60s,

AND THE MODERN ONES ARE INCREDIBLE.

SOME WILL GO OVER 100 MILES AN HOUR.

THERE'S A HUGE MARKET FOR COMPLETE CARS

AND FOR THE PARTS,

SO THESE THINGS ARE DEFINITELY WORTH BUYING.

I MEAN, YEAH, THESE ARE GREAT AND COOL AND EVERYTHING.

BUT IF I CAN'T TEST IT OUT AND SEE IF IT WORKS,

I MEAN, I REALLY DON'T WANT TO BUY IT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO BE GETTING.

- WELL, THESE THINGS ARE EASY TO FIX.

I COULD GET IT UP AND RUNNING IN NO TIME.

- UH, YOU REALLY THINK YOU CAN GET THIS THING RUNNING?

- YEAH. ALL IT NEEDS IS A GLOWPLUG.

- CHUM CAN BARELY TIE HIS OWN SHOES,

SO IT MIGHT BE WORTH IT JUST TO BUY THIS THING

TO WATCH HIM PLAY MECHANIC.

BUT EVEN IF HE BLOWS IT, I CAN STILL SELL IT FOR PARTS,

SO IT'S A WIN-WIN SITUATION.

HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT FOR IT?

$350.

$350 AND IT'S NOT RUNNING?

THEY'RE PRETTY EXPENSIVE.

- I KNOW THEY'RE PRETTY EXPENSIVE, BUT IT'S NOT RUNNING.

- $350 IS A GOOD PRICE, YOU KNOW.

I WANT TO BUY A NEW ONE.

- YEAH, I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU

THE PRICE OF A NEW ONE FOR ONE THAT DOESN'T WORK.

I'LL GIVE YOU 100 BUCKS,

'CAUSE THE ONLY REASON I'M BUYING IT--

I JUST WANT TO SEE HIM ACTUALLY WORK ON SOMETHING.

HOW ABOUT 250?

UM...

YEAH, I'LL GIVE YOU 150 BUCKS.

OKAY, I'LL TAKE 150 FOR IT.

ALL RIGHT, 150 BUCKS.

CHUM, GO DO THE PAPERWORK ON IT,

AND THEN DO A LITTLE RESEARCH SO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING

WHEN YOU WORK ON IT, ALL RIGHT?

- I MEAN, I WISH I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN MORE OUT OF IT,

BUT I GUESS I CAN UNDERSTAND, WITH IT NOT RUNNING,

WHERE HE WAS A LITTLE SKEPTICAL.

BUT I'M HAPPY TO GET $150.

SO WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?

I GOT AN OLD BARBERSHOP POLE.

- I DON'T THINK ME AND YOU HAVE SEEN A BARBERSHOP

IN A LONG TIME, HAVE WE?

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.

I DECIDED TO COME TO THE PAWN SHOP TODAY

TO TRY TO SELL MY BARBER POLE.

THE WAY I GOT THE BARBER POLE WAS, THE OLD BARBER IN TOWN,

HE WAS FINALLY GETTING OUT OF BUSINESS, RETIRING.

HE WAS GOING TO SELL IT,

JUST GET RID OF IT FOR SCRAP METAL,

AND I DECIDED, "DON'T GET RID OF IT; I'LL TAKE IT."

THIS IS NEAT.

DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT?

WHO MADE IT? - THAT, I DON'T KNOW.

I DIDN'T SEE ANY SPECIFIC

SIGNIFICANT MARKINGS ON IT, SO...

IT LOOKS LIKE "KOKER."

I CAN'T READ THE WHOLE LABEL HERE; IT'S ALMOST WORN OUT.

THE CANDY STRIPE POLE,

THAT WAS IN FRONT OF BARBERSHOPS FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS

BECAUSE A FEW HUNDRED YEARS AGO, MOST PEOPLE COULDN'T READ,

AND THEY SAW THIS OUT IN FRONT OF A STORE,

THEY KNEW THEY COULD GET A SHAVE.

BARBER POLES DATE BACK TO THE 17TH CENTURY.

THAT'S WHEN YOUR LOCAL BARBER WAS ALSO YOUR LOCAL SURGEON.

THE RED STRIPES REPRESENT THE BLOODY RAGS

THAT WERE HUNG OUT TO DRY.

HONESTY IN ADVERTISING, I GUESS.

I MEAN, THIS IS DEFINITELY LATE 1800s.

WAS IT RIGHT AROUND 1910, RIGHT AROUND THERE?

THAT'S WHEN THEY STARTED COMING UP WITH THE ROTATING ONE.

IT CAUGHT YOUR EYE BETTER. - RIGHT.

- YEAH, I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS MAYBE MODIFIED

TO TAKE A LIGHT BULB.

THIS IS ALL CAST IRON. THIS IS ALL--

YEAH, THAT'S ALL PORCELAIN ON THERE.

STAINED GLASS. IT'S BLOWN GLASS TOO.

THIS IS NEAT.

THIS BARBER POLE IS A PIECE OF ART.

THE CRAFTSMANSHIP AND THE MATERIALS USED TO MAKE IT

ARE HEAD AND SHOULDERS ABOVE ANYTHING MADE TODAY.