Pawn Stars

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

SO THIS IS IT, HUH?

- THIS WAS SENT TO GREAT BRITAIN BACK IN WORLD WAR II.

- IT'S NOT WHAT YOU'D CALL PRETTY AT THE MOMENT.

- LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEEN RODE HARD AND PUT UP WET.

- I GOT AN ORIGINAL RECEIPT FROM ANDREW JACKSON.

- ANDREW JACKSON'S A PRETTY COMMON NAME.

- THAT'S THE REAL ANDREW JACKSON.

- IT'S A MACHINE THAT'S SUPPOSED TO CURE EVERY ILLNESS.

PEOPLE BOUGHT THESE THINGS BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE GULLIBLE.

- YEAH. - I WOULD HAVE BOUGHT ONE.

- 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, GUYS.

HEY, HOW'S IT GOING, MAN?

- NOT TOO BAD. HOW ARE YOU?

WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?

- IT'S A SOLAR RAY THERAPEUTIC APPARATUS.

- IT'S A LITTLE SMALL FOR A TANNING MACHINE.

- I'VE COME TO THE PAWN SHOP TODAY

TO TRY AND SELL MY SOLAR THERAPEUTIC APPARATUS.

I BOUGHT THIS AT A YARD SALE FOR TEN BUCKS.

LOOKED LIKE SOMETHING I COULD MAKE A BUCK ON,

SO I'M HOPING TO GET A FEW HUNDRED BUCKS OUT OF IT.

- SO DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT AT ALL?

NO.

- IT SAYS IT CURES APPROXIMATELY 1,000 DIFFERENT KINDS

OF SICKNESS, MALADIES, AND DISEASE

OR INJURIES, ET CETERA.

I THINK IT'S, LIKE, MEDICAL QUACKERY.

IT'S A MACHINE THAT'S SUPPOSED TO CURE EVERY ILLNESS.

BACK IN THE TIME WHEN THIS THING WAS MADE,

IT WAS LEGAL TO SAY JUST ABOUT ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR PRODUCT,

AND THERE WERE SOME MACHINES OUT THERE

WITH CLAIMS FROM WEIGHT LOSS TO TELEPATHY,

BUT MOST OF 'EM, LIKE THIS ONE, DID NOTHING AT ALL.

THERE'D BE TESTIMONIALS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

I MEAN, I LOVE SOME OF THESE THINGS.

LOOK HERE, RIGHT HERE.

"MAN: 65 YEARS OLD. ROUND WORM.

"'AFTER APPLYING MY SYSTEM EIGHT TO TEN TIMES,

LARGE BUNCHES OF WORMS DISCHARGED.'"

OH, MY GOD.

LOOKS LIKE IT DID MIRACLES.

MIRACLES OF MAKING MONEY.

WHOEVER MARKETED THIS THING WAS PROBABLY A GENIUS.

I MEAN, PEOPLE BOUGHT THESE THINGS

BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE GULLIBLE.

YEAH.

I WOULD HAVE BOUGHT ONE.

- THIS IS BASICALLY JUST A BIG MAGNIFYING GLASS,

AND IT REALLY SEEMS FUNNY

THAT PEOPLE WOULD THINK IT DID ANYTHING ELSE BACK THEN.

BUT IDEAS LIKE THIS ARE STILL AROUND TODAY.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE BACK OF ANY MAGAZINE.

THERE'S ADS THAT PROMISE TO GROW HAIR

OR ENLARGE CERTAIN BODY PARTS.

IT'S ALL THE SAME IDEA.

- HOW THE HELL DOES THIS THING WORK?

- ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS HERE,

THIS WOULD FOLD OUT,

AND THERE WAS SOME, LIKE, CURTAIN AROUND IT.

I GUESS THIS WOULD HELP MOVE IT AROUND TO THE RIGHT POSITION,

AND IT BOLTED ONTO THE STAND RIGHT HERE.

YOU HUNG IT IN THE WINDOW,

IT FILTERED OUT THE BAD RAYS FROM THE SUN,

AND IT DIRECTED THE GOOD RAYS TO THE AFFLICTED AREA.

- I'D LIKE TO POINT IT AT AN ANT HILL.

THIS THING IS SO FUN AND SO COOL,

I'LL HAVE NO PROBLEM SELLING IT.

IT'S WEIRD, IT'S UNIQUE,

AND COLLECTORS GO NUTS FOR THIS KIND OF STUFF.

AS USUAL, IT COMES DOWN TO PRICE,

AND IF I CAN GET THIS THING FOR 100 BUCKS,

I'LL PROBABLY DOUBLE MY MONEY ON IT.

SO WHAT'D YOU WANT TO DO WITH THIS THING?

I'D JUST LIKE TO SELL IT.

I'D REALLY LIKE TO GET IT OUT OF MY GARAGE

AND INTO SOMEBODY ELSE'S.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.

I'LL GIVE YOU 100 BUCKS FOR IT.

- I'LL TAKE $150 IF YOU WANT TO GIVE IT TO ME.

NO, 100 BUCKS,

'CAUSE I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ELSE IS GONNA BUY IT OFF YOU.

- 100 BUCKS IS BETTER THAN NOTHING.

I GUESS 100 BUCKS.

ALL RIGHT, 100 BUCKS, MAN.

HEY, CHUMLEE, GO WRITE HIM UP ON THIS STUFF.

I ONLY PAID $10,

SO I'M PRETTY HAPPY WITH WHAT I GOT.

IT'S $100 IN MY POCKET THAT I DIDN'T HAVE

WHEN I WALKED IN THE DOOR.

- EARLIER TODAY, I GOT A CALL FROM A GUY

WANTING TO SELL AN AIRPLANE.

I'VE DONE REALLY WELL WITH AIRPLANES IN THE PAST,

SO ME AND THE OLD MAN ARE ON OUR WAY TO CHECK IT OUT.

SO THIS IS IT, HUH?

THIS IS IT.

- THIS THING IS DEFINITELY COOL.

- I CALLED THE PAWN SHOP TO SEE IF THEY WERE INTERESTED

IN BUYING MY 1939 MODEL V-77 STINSON

FABRIC-COVERED ANTIQUE AIRPLANE.

I BOUGHT IT TO RESELL,

AND IF I SELL IT HERE IN LAS VEGAS,

I DON'T HAVE TO TRANSPORT IT ALL THE WAY BACK HOME

TO SOUTH CAROLINA.

TELL ME ABOUT THIS THING.

- THEY WERE USED FOR PERSONNEL CARRIERS BACK IN WORLD WAR II.

OKAY.

- THIS PARTICULAR ONE WAS SENT TO GREAT BRITAIN.

THE GUY THAT I BOUGHT IT FROM,

HE ACTUALLY PAINTED BACK THE COLORS AND PAINT SCHEME

THAT THE BRITISH ACTUALLY HAD ON IT.

- SO YOU GOT ALL THE PARTS FOR IT?

- I'VE GOT EVERYTHING. - OKAY.

THIS PLANE IS REALLY COOL.

WHILE THERE MIGHT NOT BE A HUGE MARKET OUT THERE

FOR ANTIQUE AIRPLANES,

THE PEOPLE WHO DO COLLECT 'EM

ARE WILLING TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY.

IS THIS THAT NEW CECONITE OR...

- NO, BUT IT IS A NON-COTTON MATERIAL, THOUGH.

LOOKS A LITTLE ROUGH, SON.

- YEAH, IT'S NOT WHAT YOU'D CALL PRETTY AT THE MOMENT.

I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU.

LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEEN RODE HARD AND PUT UP WET.

- WELL, IT--I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN RODE TOO HARD.

- SO YOU MIND SHOWING US THE INSIDE?

THAT'LL BE FINE.

UM...

THIS INTERIOR HAS DEFINITELY SEEN ITS BETTER DAYS.

IT NEEDS PAINT. IT NEEDS WOOD.

IT NEEDS FABRIC. IT NEEDS CARPET.

DOES IT START?

- WELL, IF THE FUEL TANKS ARE ON IT,

I'M SURE IT WILL.

- OKAY, HAVE YOU STARTED IT YET? - NO.

NOTHING ABOUT MY JOB IS EASY.

I GOT A REALLY COOL PLANE HERE,

BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT'S GONNA COST TO FIX,

AND IF I DO BUY IT AND I START FIXING IT UP,

THE LITTLEST THING CAN BE THE DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN MAKING A LOT AND LOSING A LOT.

HOW MUCH WERE YOU LOOKING TO GET OUT OF IT?

- I'D LIKE TO GET $60,000 OUT OF IT.

- WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?

LET ME CALL SOMEONE IN TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS THING.

IF THE NUMBERS WORK, THE NUMBERS WORK, OKAY?

NO PROBLEM, MAN.

I REALLY WANT TO RESTORE THIS THING.

I KNOW IT HAS HUGE POTENTIAL.

BUT THE MAIN GOAL FOR ME AND THE OLD MAN

IS TO MAKE MONEY.

SO BEFORE WE MAKE AN OFFER,

I GOT TO BRING SOMEONE IN TO HELP ME SORT THIS OUT.

OH, MY GOD.

AWESOME.

- WHAT IN THE HELL DO YOU GOT HERE, SON?

- I'VE GOT TWO DUMMIES THAT I'M DYING TO SELL.

- I GOT ENOUGH OF THEM WORKING FOR ME.

- I DECIDED TO COME TO THE PAWN SHOP TODAY

TO SELL MY TWO BEAUTIFUL WESTERN DUMMIES.

I HAD 'EM FOR YEARS.

BUT I NEED THE MONEY RIGHT NOW.

BUSINESS IS SLOW. TIMES ARE ROUGH.

- NOW, WHERE IN THE WORLD DID YOU GET THESE?

- WELL, I USED TO DO WESTERN SHOWS, YOU KNOW,

AND PARTIES AND DIFFERENT THINGS,

AND I'D DECORATE WITH THEM.

USED TO SIT 'EM ON BARRELS AND CACTUS

AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

THEY'RE ALL HAND-PAINTED.

THE MANUFACTURER HAS A SERIES OF ABOUT 144 DIFFERENT HEADS.

YOU CHOOSE YOUR HEAD,

YOU CHOOSE THE MUSTACHE,

YOU CHOOSE THE LOOK,

AND THEY PUT 'EM TOGETHER THE WAY YOU NEED 'EM.

- WELL, THEY'RE REALLY INTERESTING.

AND THEY ARE CUTER THAN HELL.

THESE DUMMIES WERE USED IN MUSEUMS, RESTAURANTS,

AMUSEMENT PARKS.

THEY LOOK GOOD,

AND THEY COULD BE WORTH A LOT OF MONEY,

BUT THERE'S NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE COMING IN LOOKING TO BUY 'EM.

ALL THE JOINTS WORK.

YOU COULD PLACE 'EM ANY WAY, DIFFERENT--

YOU KNOW, FOLD THEIR ARMS, YOU KNOW.

THE HEAD TURNS, YOU KNOW, 180 DEGREES.

PEOPLE THINK THEY'RE REAL.

SOMETIMES IF I'M GOING TO A REALLY BAD NEIGHBORHOOD,

I'LL PUT ONE IN THE CAR,

AND NO ONE WILL MESS WITH THE CAR.

YOU KNOW, THEY'LL THINK THERE'S SOMEBODY IN IT.

- DO YOU EVER USE THEM IN THE CARPOOL LANE?

NO, BUT THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

I WANT THESE DUMMIES,

AND I THINK THEY'LL LOOK GOOD IN THE SHOP,