Pawn Stars

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

- I GOT A GOLD BAR I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT.

- I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE SHIPWRECK STUFF.

- YOU MEAN, LIKE BURIED TREASURE?

IT COULD BE, YEAH.

- THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

HEY, WHAT CAN I HELP YOU WITH?

- A COLLECTION OF BASEBALL FIELD PASSES.

THESE ARE EXTREMELY RARE.

THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME SAID

THEY COULD BE WORTH A LOT OF MONEY.

- THIS WAS USED BY THE NAVIGATOR OF A B-29 SUPERFORTRESS.

- DIDN'T THEY HAVE LITTLE BLAST THINGS TO BUST THESE THINGS OFF?

- SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT MIGHT BE NOT STABLE?

I HAVE NO IDEA.

GREAT.

- 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.

WHAT HAVE WE GOT HERE?

- I GOT A GOLD BAR I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT.

ALL RIGHT.

OH, WOW.

HEY, POPS.

YOU WANT TO COME LOOK AT THIS?

- WHERE IN THE WORLD DID YOU GET THIS?

- MY GRANDMA JUST PASSED AWAY A FEW MONTHS AGO.

WE WERE CLEANING THINGS OUT,

AND WE FOUND THIS THING.

DID GRANDPA HAPPEN TO BE

A JEWELRY STORE ROBBER OR ANYTHING?

I CAME TO THE PAWN SHOP TODAY

TO SEE IF I COULD SELL MY OLD GOLD BAR.

THIS BAR KIND OF REALLY SURPRISED US.

I NEVER REALLY HEARD ABOUT IT, AND NOBODY ELSE HAD.

SO I THOUGHT, "WE GOT TO GO GET THIS LOOKED AT

AND SEE WHAT IT'S WORTH."

MAYBE I'LL SELL IT, GET SOME MONEY,

AND SPLIT THAT UP AMONG THE FAMILY MEMBERS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK, POPS?

IT'S GOLD.

IT'S A BIG CHUNK OF GOLD.

YOU GOT APPROXIMATELY

$24,000 WORTH OF GOLD HERE.

WOW.

- WHEN YOU'VE BEEN A PAWN BROKER AS LONG AS I HAVE,

YOU KNOW REAL GOLD WHEN YOU SEE IT.

AND JUDGING BY THE WEIGHT OF IT, THERE'S A LOT OF IT.

BEFORE 1971, IT WAS AGAINST THE LAW TO OWN THIS.

YOU WEREN'T ALLOWED TO HAVE MORE THAN, I THINK,

FIVE OUNCES OF GOLD IN YOUR HOUSE, PERIOD.

IT WAS A FEDERAL OFFENSE.

- IT WAS CALLED THE GOLD CONFISCATION ACT.

FDR, TO END THE DEPRESSION,

BOUGHT ALL THE GOLD OFF EVERYBODY

IN THE UNITED STATES FOR $20 AN OUNCE.

AND IT WAS UP UNTIL THE '70s

WHEN NIXON TOOK US OFF THE GOLD STANDARD

THAT WE WERE ALLOWED TO OWN GOLD AGAIN.

- THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY

WHO HID IT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT

THE GOVERNMENT TAKING IT AWAY.

DURING THE DEPRESSION, FDR MADE IT ILLEGAL TO OWN GOLD.

YOU COULD OWN A LITTLE BIT OF JEWELRY,

A LITTLE BIT OF COINS; THAT WAS IT.

THE REASON HE DID THIS IS,

HE WANTED TO DEVALUATE THE VALUE OF THE DOLLAR,

HOPING THAT WOULD SPUR THE ECONOMY ALONG.

THE WEIRD THING ABOUT IT IS THE MARKINGS ON IT RIGHT HERE.

WHAT THE "XX" MEANS, I HAVE NO IDEA.

- SO WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH THIS WHITE STUFF ON THERE?

- SOMETIMES THEY CAST THIS IN A MOLD THAT'S CALLED INVESTMENT.

IT'S LIKE PLASTER OF PARIS BUT DIFFERENT.

AND YOU'LL HAVE CRUSTATIONS LIKE THIS IN IT.

IT'LL FLAKE RIGHT OUT WITH YOUR FINGERNAIL.

THIS FEELS LIKE IT'S ACTUALLY LIKE CORAL OR SOMETHING.

I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE SHIPWRECK STUFF,

TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH.

- YOU MEAN, LIKE BURIED TREASURE?

IT COULD BE, YEAH.

WAS YOUR GRANDFATHER A DIVER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT?

I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS OR NOT.

HE WAS DOWN IN THE CARIBBEAN FOR A WHILE.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF HE CAME ACROSS SOMETHING THERE

HE DIDN'T EVER TELL ANYBODY ABOUT.

- I BUY GOLD FROM PEOPLE EVERY DAY.

BUT I NEVER HAVE GOLD BARS FROM A SHIPWRECK

WALK INTO MY SHOP.

THIS THING MIGHT NOT BE WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD.

IT MIGHT BE WORTH WAY MORE.

SO WHAT DID YOU WANT TO DO WITH THIS?

YOU WANT TO SELL IT?

YEAH, I WANT TO SELL IT.

- I WOULD LIKE SOMEONE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

THIS COULD BE OFF A SHIP

JUST BECAUSE OF THIS RIGHT HERE.

SO I'LL FIND OUT IF IT'S TREASURE FOR YOU.

THAT'D BE GREAT.

- OKAY. - THANKS.

WHAT IS THAT?

A CELESTIAL NAVIGATION DOME

FOR A B-29 SUPERFORTRESS.

- OKAY, AND WHERE IN THE WORLD DID YOU GET THIS THING?

- IT'S BEEN IN A BARN FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS.

RATS HAVE CHEWED ON THE BOX,

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S OLD AND DAMP IN THERE.

- YEAH, HOPE IT'S NOT DANGEROUS

TO BREATHE IN THE FUMES THIS THING'S GIVING OFF.

SERIOUSLY.

I CAME TO THE PAWN SHOP TO SELL MY OBSERVATION DOME

FROM A B-29 SUPERFORTRESS.

I REFUSE TO TELL THESE GUYS HOW MUCH I PAID FOR IT,

BECAUSE THEY'LL PROBABLY JUST

TRY TO LOWBALL THE OUT OF ME.

THIS WAS USED BY THE NAVIGATOR

TO DO CELESTIAL NAVIGATION AT NIGHT.

HIS JOB WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT PLANE WAS

RIGHT WHERE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON COURSE.

LET ME SEE.

DOME, NAVIGATOR'S OBSERVING.

TYPE A-1B.

DATE OF MANUFACTURE, 9-31-53.

THIS THING LOOKS REALLY COOL.

I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT.

BUT APPARENTLY, THEY'D HAVE A NAVIGATOR

LOOKING OUT OF THIS THING, USING THE SUN AND STARS

TO NAVIGATE WHILE THEY WERE IN THE AIR.

YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, THEY DIDN'T HAVE GPS BACK THEN.

THIS IS INTERESTING.

I WONDER WHAT THAT'S FOR.

I HOPE THAT'S NOT WHAT I THINK IT IS.

DIDN'T THEY HAVE LITTLE BLAST THINGS

TO BUST THESE THINGS OFF IN AN EMERGENCY?

- SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT MIGHT BE NOT STABLE OR WHAT?

I HAVE NO IDEA.

GREAT.

IT'S A REALLY COOL ITEM.

THE PROBLEM IS, I DON'T KNOW NEARLY ENOUGH ABOUT IT.

AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THE THING'S RESTORABLE.

THERE'S MOLD ON IT OR WHATEVER THIS STUFF IS.

AND THIS THING'S GOT TO GO ON A PLANE.

AND THERE'S GUYS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW RESTORING B-29s,

AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THESE PARTS.

LET ME GET A BUDDY IN HERE, AND HE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

AND HE'LL KNOW A LOT MORE ABOUT THIS THING

THAN BOTH OF US COMBINED.

ALL RIGHT? - COOL.

ALL RIGHT, THANKS.

HOW YOU DOING TODAY?

- HEY, IS THERE A GENIE IN THE LAMP?

NO.

I GOT A FOUR-CHAMBER WHISKEY BOTTLE.

- HEY, RICK. - WHAT?

- THERE'S NO GENIE IN IT, BUT YOU MIGHT STILL WANT TO--

I RUBBED IT ALREADY.

I CAME TO THE PAWN SHOP TODAY

TO SELL MY ANTIQUE FOUR-CHAMBER WHISKEY BOTTLE.

I GOT IT AT A GARAGE SALE.

IT'S VERY UNIQUE.

I'VE SEEN A LOT OF WHISKEY BOTTLES,

BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN A FOUR-CHAMBER WHISKEY BOTTLE.

- DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS THING?

IT'S GLASS, NOT CRYSTAL.

BUT IT'S ANTIQUE.

- IT'S HANDMADE. YOU CAN TELL THAT.

IT'S HANDBLOWN GLASS,

ALL THE IMPERFECTIONS IN IT AND EVERYTHING.

IT'S FROM FRANCE.

YEAH, IT'S FROM FRANCE.

IT SAYS SO RIGHT ON THE BOTTOM.

IT'S A DEAD GIVEAWAY.

DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT IT?

- WELL, IN HERE, YOU CAN PUT SOME SCOTCH,

AND OVER HERE, YOU CAN PUT SOME TEQUILA

AND THEN SOME MORE TEQUILA AND THEN SOME MORE TEQUILA.

TEQUILA?

THAT'S WHY I'M FEELING LIKE I AM THIS MORNING.

THIS THING IS PRETTY COOL.

BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT PUTTING

WHISKEY AND TEQUILA IN THE SAME BOTTLE.

THAT'S GOT "BAD IDEA" WRITTEN ALL OVER IT.

IT'S IN REALLY GREAT SHAPE.

PROBLEM IS, I DON'T THINK IT'S WORTH A LOT OF MONEY.

I MEAN, THERE'S NO MANUFACTURER'S MARK

ON IT ANYWHERE.

IF SOMEONE WAS REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF IT,

THEY'D GENERALLY PUT THEIR NAME ON IT,

BESIDES JUST "MADE IN FRANCE" ON THE BOTTOM OF IT.

IT JUST LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING THAT'S DECORATIVE.

- WELL, SOMEBODY THAT'S INTO GLASS AND BOTTLE CLUBS--

- YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S A NICE, DECORATIVE PIECE.

BUT YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING REALLY SPECIAL HERE.

IT'S NEAT THAT IT'S HANDBLOWN GLASS

AND APPEARS TO BE OLD.

BUT LET'S BE HONEST.

IT'S NOT BACCARAT CRYSTAL.

I REALLY DON'T SEE NO VALUE HERE,

BUT IT DOES LOOK COOL.