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- It'S A Rokon Trail-Breaker Off-Road Motorcycle.
- These Were, Like, High-Tech When They Came Out.
You Can Scale Walls And Go Up And Down Trails
That Would Make A Horse Think Twice.
I'Ve Off-Roaded My Whole Life,
And This Is Just Cool.
What Can I Do For You, Sir ?
- Sell My 1950s Woody Woodpecker Toy.
[Chuckles Musically]
- These Things Were Extremely Collectible Back In The Day.
- Like To Sell This Gold Coin, If I Could.
- I'Ve Seen Similar Coins Fetch Thousands Of Dollars At Auction.
So If This Is A Real Piece Of Spanish Treasure,
I Want It.
It'S Almost Too Good To Be True.
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.
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- Corey, Rick, Get Over Here And Look At This Thing.
Pops.
It'S Some Kind Of Motorcycle Tractor Thing.
[Laughs]
It'S A Rokon Trail-Breaker
Two-Wheel-Drive Off-Road Motorcycle.
- Thing Looks Like It Should Have
A Bucket Loader On The Front Of It, Dude.
- I Decided To Come To The Pawn Shop Today
To Sell My Old Two-Wheel-Drive Trail-Breaker Motorcycle.
It'S Designed To Go, Like, Up In The Rough, Rough Country.
You Can Go Places On This Bike You Just Cannot Go
With Anything Other, Maybe A Horse.
- This Thing Is Definitely Cool. Where Did You Get It ?
I Actually Got It
Right After I Graduated From High School.
I Used To Live In Barstow, California.
So That'S, Like, You Know, Heaven For Bike Riders.
And Had It For A Couple Of Years,
And Then My Brother And I Went On The Road As Musicians,
So I Gave It To My Cousin,
And He Gave It Back To Me A Couple Weeks Ago.
I Haven'T Seen It In 30 Years.
It'S Kind Of Cool To See It Again,
But I Don'T Want It,
So I'M Ready To Get Rid Of It.
- You Know, I'Ve Off-Roaded My Whole Life,
And This Is Just Cool.
These Were, Like, High-Tech When They Came Out.
It'S Two-Wheel-Drive. It Will Go Anywhere.
They Weren'T Real Fast, Though.
- Maybe 15, 20 Miles An Hour, Tops, Downhill.
But I Had A Blast With It.
- These Things Were Designed To Take You Places
Where No Other Vehicle Could.
I Mean, You Can Practically Scale Walls
And Go Up And Down Trails
That Would Make A Horse Think Twice.
- What'S Up With The Huge Metal Things On The Tires, Man ?
Three Reasons:
They Won'T Fill Up With Mud When You'Re Off-Roading.
You Can Also Fill Them Full Of Gas.
- So You'Re Just Rolling Around With Gas In Your Wheels,
Flying Around.
Yeah.
The Reason They Were Designed To Hold Gas In The Wheels
Is So That You Could Ride To A Very Remote Area
And Still Have Enough Gas To Come Back.
Also, You Seal Them Up, With Gas,
The Thing Will Float.
Well, [Bleep].
- Gasoline Is Lighter Than Water,
And When There'S No Gas In Them, It'S Air,
So It'S Definitely Lighter Than Water.
So The Thing Will Float.
If You'Re In A Stream, You Can Walk It Across Like That.
- Wow. I Didn'T Know That.
I Drove It In The Desert, So...
- You Know, I'Ve Always Really Wanted One Of These,
But It'S Rough, Though.
It'S Not Very Good Condition.
It'S Obviously Got A Flat Tire.
Engine Doesn'T Turn Over.
I Am Not A Mechanic,
But I'M Sure It Could Be Brought Up To Spec Fairly Simply.
- It Feels Like It'S Still Got Compression.
It Just Doesn'T Have A Carburetor.
This Thing Is Rough,
But I Think If I Can Get It For The Right Price,
It'S Worth It.
Worst Case, I'Ll Part It Out.
But, Man, I Really Want To Ride This Thing.
So How Much Were You Looking To Sell This Thing For ?
- I Thought If I Could Get $2,000,
I Mean, That'S Kind Of What I Paid For It,
But It'S An Antique Now,
So I Thought Maybe There Was Some Value There, But...
[Laughing]
Well, Don'T Laugh.
- Yeah, I Mean, If This Thing Was In Good Shape,
I Might Consider That,
But This Thing Needs, Like, One Of Everything.
I'Ll Tell You What.
I'Ll Give You 500 Bucks For The Thing,
And That'S Just 'Cause I Think It'S Really Cool.
I'M Not Gonna Go One Penny More.
Well, Okay.
I Don'T Want To Put It Back In The Truck.
It'S Heavy.
- All Right, Thanks A Lot, Man. - Cool.
- I Am Pumped We Got This Thing For Such A Great Price.
I Just Need To Bring It To My Buddy Rick Dale,
See If He Can Fix It Up,
And If He Can, I Just Might Keep It For Myself.
Hey, How'S It Going ?
- Good. How Are You ?
- Ah, Pretty Good. - Good.
I'D Like To Sell This Gold Coin, If I Could.
Okay.
Eight Escudos.
This Is A Spanish Stamp Here.
This Is, Like The Royal Crest Of Spain.
So Where Did You Get This ?
- I Got That From My Grandfather When He Died.
He Left A Safe Full Of Contents.
- Any Other Cool Things In The Safe ?
Not Really, No.
- No Holy Grails Or Anything Like That ?
No, Not To My Knowledge.
I'M Going Into The Pawn Shop Today
To See If I Can Sell My Grandfather'S Gold Coin.
He Kept It In Plastic,
So It'S In Really Good Shape.
Looks Really Old.
And I Don'T Really Have Any Use For It,
So I'M Gonna See What They Can Do For Me Here.
Do You Know Much About This ?
- I Don'T Know Much About It At All.
Okay.
I Know A Little Bit About The Coin.
I Mean, It'S Eight Escudos.
It Was From Lima, Peru.
They Had, Like, The Worst Mines In The World.
I Mean, It Was 2,000 Feet Deep.
You Would Go Down. There Was Cave-Ins.
There Was No Ventilation.
There Was No Nothing.
It Was Just Really, Really Brutal.
But It Made A Fortune For The Spanish.
Sure.
- When The Spanish Occupied Latin America And South America,
They Used Forced Slave Labor To Work The Mines.
It Was A Brutal And Dangerous Job,
And The Life Expectancy Was Short.
Coins Back Then Were Weird.
The Size Didn'T Have To Be Exactly Correct.
It Just Had To Have The Right Amount Of Gold,
The Right Weight, And The Right Purity.
When They Stamped These Coins Out,
You Didn'T Always Get A Great Strike Like This.
It'S Almost Too Good To Be True.
This Coin Is In Exceptional Condition.
And I'Ve Seen Similar Coins
Fetch Thousands Of Dollars At Auction.
So If This Is A Real Piece Of Spanish Treasure
From The 1700s, I Want It.
So Do You Want To Pawn It Or Sell It ?
I Want To Sell It.
- What Were You Looking To Get Out Of It ?
- I'D Like To Get $2,000, If I Could.
Okay.
This Coin Is In Really Great Shape,
But This Is Easily Counterfeited.
There'S A Lot Of Fakes Out There.
So I'D Really Like Someone To Take A Look At It,
If You Don'T Mind.
I Got A Buddy Who Knows
Everything There Is To Know About These.
I'Ll Have Him Come In,
And We'Ll See What We Can Do.
- Sounds Great. Okay.
- Thanks. - Thank You.
What Can I Do For You, Sir ?
- Well, I Was Going Through Some Of My Father'S Things,
And I Found This Little Woody Woodpecker Toy.
[Chuckles Musically]
[Woodpecker Pecking]
- I Decided To Come To The Pawn Shop Today
To Sell My Antique 1950s Vintage Woody The Woodpecker Toy.
At First, I Gave It To My 21/2 Year-Old Grandson
To Play With,
But It Wouldn'T Last Long In His Hands.
So I Thought I'D Bring It Out Here.
Somebody May Get Some Enjoyment Out Of It.
- Woody Woodpecker Came Out Of Universal Studios In The '40s.
When You Went To The Movies,
You Saw Three Or Four Cartoons
Before You Saw Your Double Feature.
- You Had To Go To The Movies To Watch Cartoons ?
Yes.
- What Would Kids Do On Saturday Morning ?
- They Went To The Movies And Watched Cartoons.
This Is Probably Mid-'50s Because Of The Plastic.
Early '50s And Late '40s, It Was Mostly Tin Toys.
Right.
They Were Called Winders.
[Toy Rattling]
That'S Annoying.
Chumlee,
You Don'T Know How Annoying You Can Be Sometimes,
So Let It Ride.
What Are You Trying To Do With The Guy ?
You Want To Sell It ?
I Thought I'D Sell It.
- You Got Any Idea What You Want For It ?
I Was Looking At Maybe $30.
- Tell You What, Guy: If You Want It,
I'Ll Give You A $20 Bill.
Okay.
I'Ll Take It For $20.
- Sounds Like A Plan. - Okay.
- Chumlee, Would You Write This Gentleman Up, Please ?
I'Ll Leave It On Your Desk.
I Know You Want To Play With It.
All Right.
- Well, I Called You Down Here For This.
- That'S A Lima Eight Escudo,
Biggest Gold Coin The Spanish Made.
There Are A Lot Of Counterfeit Pieces Going Around.
- Well, In Order To Restore This,
I Got To Make Sure We Can Find Some Parts,
And That May Cost You.
So You'Re Giving Me The Green Light ?
I Got This Massive Desire
To Ride This Thing Out In The Desert.
You'Re Being An Idiot, Pops.
- Earlier, I Bought A Rokon Trail-Breaker Motorcycle.
This Thing Is So Badass.
But It Needs A Little Work Before It'S Rideable,
So Corey And I Are Taking It Over To My Buddy Rick Dale'S
In Hopes That He Can Fix It Up.
[Horn Honks]
[Chuckles]
Whoa.
I'M Rick With Rick'S Restorations In Las Vegas.
And I'M The Guy That Can Restore Anything.
Rick Never Ceases To Amaze Me
With The Stuff That He Brings In.
I Mean, You Never Know.
- So Do You Know Much About Them ?
It Was A Trail-Breaker, Man.
It Went Over Anything.
Literally It'D Go Anywhere You Wanted To Go,
Up Mountains, Through The Water,
Rocks, Boulders This Big.
It'D Actually Climb A Wall.
In Fact, Back In '63,
This Motorcycle Was Actually Tested With The Army.
The Rokon Was A Bike That Allowed The Adventurous
To Get Out Into Places Where You Couldn'T Even Go.
I Mean, You Got The Army Looking At The Thing
Because Of The Unique Ability To Do Almost Anything.
Your Motor Is Running Your Rear Wheel And Your Front Wheel.
It Has An Override Spring Assembly In The Front.
And That Is ?
- What That Does Is, It Allows The Front Wheel
To Spin Faster Than The Rear Wheel.
If You Didn'T Have That,
When You Were Riding It
And They'D Both Be Spinning At The Same Rpm,
When You Turned,
It Would Literally Throw You Straight On The Ground.
When You Make A Turn, The Front Wheel Has To Spin
Just A Little Bit Faster To Turn.
No [Bleep], Huh ?
- Yeah, So What Do You Want To Do With It ?
- I Want To See If We Can Fix It Up.
You Know, I Don'T Know If I'M Gonna Sell It Or What,
But I Just... I Got This Massive Desire
To Ride This Thing Out In The Desert.
- Okay, Well, In Order To Restore This,
What We'Re Probably Gonna Have To Do Is Strip It,
Blast The Frame.
It'S Missing A Carb. The Seat'S Pretty Trashed.
We'Re Gonna Need Some Tires.
And Then I Want Them To Go Through The Motor Totally,
Make Sure Nothing'S Cracked.
The Way These Things Are Driven, You Know,
It'S Got To Be Taking Some Beating, You Know ?
- Yeah, So How Much Do You Think It'Ll Cost Me To Fix It Up ?
Well, At This Time,
I Don'T Think I Can Give You An Exact Price,
Because I Got To Make Sure We Can Find Some Parts,
And That May Cost You.
Okay.
- I Think Rick Made A Great Buy On This,
But At The Same Time, I Think He Took A Huge Risk,
Because Finding Parts Is Gonna Be An Issue,
And The Restoration Cost Could Take Off.
So You'Re Giving Me The Green Light ?
- I'M Giving You The Green Light.
You'Re Being An Idiot, Pops.
I Know It'S A Risk.
I Just Want To See This Thing Done.
- I Think Your Heart'S Just A Little Too Into This One.
- They Got To Be Worth Some Money Restored, Right ?
- Oh, Yeah, I Mean, That'S A 1969,
And They Didn'T Make That Many Of Them,
So There'S Not That Many Left.
- This Has Got To Be One Of The Coolest Machines
Ever Invented In The United States.
- I Couldn'T Agree With You More.
I Could Not Agree With You More.
- All Right, Well, Let'S Get It Done.
All Right, Rick.
This Motorcycle Needs Quite A Bit Of Work.
But If I Can Restore This,
It'S Probably Gonna Be One Of The Most Awesome Things
Rick And I Have Ever Put Together.
Hopefully I Can Get Parts.
What Do We Got Here ?
- I Got A Big Collection Of Boxing Memorabilia
From Probably Three Generations.
Okay.
Laila Ali.
You Know Who That Is ? - No.
It'S Muhammad Ali'S Daughter.
She Boxes Now. Girls Box Now.
- They Do ? - Yes.
[Laughter]
[Bell Dings]
- I Decided To Come In The Pawn Shop Today
To See If I Can Get Rid Of My Muhammad Ali Boxing Collection.
I Started Going To A Lot Of Boxing Events,
And There'D Be Programs On The Tables,
And I'D See All The Celebrities,
And Nobody Was Making A Move On Them,
And I Just Picked Up A Pen
And Starting Having Them Autograph Everything I Can Find.
The Reason I Want To Sell These Is Because I'Ve Got So Much.
And I'Ve Got To Start, Sooner Or Later,
Getting Rid Of It.
So Tell Me About This Stuff.
- Right Here, I Got A Muhammad Ali And A Laila Ali
Father And Daughter Pair Of Gloves.
To Have Them Together, Those Are Very Rare.
Okay.
Muhammad Ali Trading Cards,
They Were Only Made Once, Never Remade Again.
Muhammad Ali'S Album Signed.
This Was The Soundtrack From His Movie The Greatest Ever.
And It'S The Disco Version.
It'S The Disco Version.
We'Ve Got A Poster From The Super Fight,
Way Back In The '70s, Signed.
- It Was Listed As The Fight Of The Century,
And As Far As I'M Concerned, It Was.
- He Used To Say, "Joe Frazier, You'Re So Ugly."
And He Would Say, "I So Pretty.
I'M So Pretty."
- Muhammad Ali Was The Ultimate Trash-Talker.
I'M Not Sure If That'S A Good Or A Bad Thing,
But It'S Entertaining As Hell.
- This Is The Infamous Muhammad Ali-Sonny Liston Fight
With The Phantom Punch.
- This, I Like. I Like The Sonny Liston Fight.
This Is A Rare Item.
This Is A Muhammad Ali Shaving Cream.
And Once You'Re All Cleaned Up, You Can Shine Your Shoes.
- There Was Definitely Endorsement Deals Before Ali,
But He Brought It To A Whole New Level.
Come On. Shoe Polish ?
Big Question: You Want To Pawn This Stuff, Sell It ?
I'D Like To Sell It.
How Much You Want ?
- I Figure It'S Worth A Couple Thousand.
- Hmm. Okay.
I See More Like 700 Bucks Here.
You Know, Things Like The Album,
You Got To Get It Framed,
'Cause I Just Can'T Stick A Thumbtack Through It
And Stick It On The Wall To Sell It.
- And I Have No Idea What These Cards Are Worth.
I Mean, With The Crash
Of Baseball Cards And Football Cards,
It Drug Everything Along With It.
Normally, I Would Negotiate,
But There Just Ain'T No Negotiating Here To Do.
I Mean, That'S... That'S What I Can Do.
You Can Do $750.
- All Right, $700 And A Quarter, We Got A Deal.
[Laughter]
The Old Car Salesman Trick.
- Let'S Go Do Some Paperwork. - Okay.
I Settled On The $725
Because I Feel It'S An Honest Figure,
And I'M Happy With It.
Thank You, Buddy.
All Right, No Problem, Man.
Thanks For Doing Business. - All Righty.
- Earlier, A Guy Came In With A Spanish Gold Coin From 1715.
I Had A Few Concerns,
So I Called Up My Buddy Carl To Take A Look.
Hey, Carl. How'S It Going ?
Good To See You, Rick.
Why'D You Get Me Up So Early ?
- Well, I Called You Down Here For This.
It Was One Of Those Things
That Looked A Little Too Good To Be True.
- I'M An Expert On Spanish Colonial Coins.
If You Want To Know Anything About Spanish Colonial Coins,
I'M Your Man.
That'S A Lima Eight Escudo.
In This Corner, There'S An "L."
That Means Lima, Peru, Mint.
Eight Is The Denomination,
Biggest Gold Coin The Spanish Made.
The "P.V.S." Across The Center Is An Abbreviation
For The Latin Term, "Plus Ultra, "
Meaning, "More Beyond, " These Two Columns,
Which Represent The Pillars Of Hercules,
Which Was The Straits Of Gibraltar.
They Used To Think You Sailed Out Past There,
You'D Fall Off The Edge Of The World.
A Few Years Back, There Was A Big Scandal
On Some Counterfeits.
- That'S Why I Wanted To Have It Checked Out.
- Well, Did You Throw That On The Scale ?
- Yeah, I Did. It'S 27.0 Grams.
That Is Right On.
Very Rarely Will It Be Right On 27 Grams.
Most Castings Are Underweight.
I Know Your Concern Is, Could It Be Counterfeit ?
And There Are A Lot Of Counterfeit Pieces Going Around.
From Everything I Can See On This One,
I'D Say It'S...
It'S Absolutely Genuine.
- Nice. - Okay.
So What Do You Think This Is Worth ?
I Would Put A Price Tag...
Of $18,000 On It.
- Wow. - Okay.
Well, I Really Appreciate You Coming In, Carl.
- Thank You, Rick. Congratulations.
Thank You Very Much.
That'S Like Finding Treasure.
Absolutely.
- Okay, So The Big Question Is, What Do You Want For It ?
Sounds Like $18,000 To Me.
No, It Don'T.
I Would Give You 10 Grand For It.
How About $12,000 ?
How About 10 Grand ?
- No. I Can Take It Somewhere Else.
How About $10,500 ?
- I Could... I Could Pack It Up And Go.
I Wouldn'T Take Anything Less Than $11,000.
[Sighs]
[Groans] Um...
I Guess I Got To Do What I Got To Do.
$11,000. - $11,000.
- Okay. - Got A Deal. Thank You.
- All Right, Let'S Go Do The Paperwork.
- I'M Shocked At How Much The Coin Was Worth.
I Had No Idea.
Considering I Was Only Asking
For $2,000 When I First Got Here
And Now I'M Getting $11,000,
I Feel Very Happy With That.
What Can I Help You With ?
I Got A Shortwave Radio,
A 1963 Model Zenith Oceanic.
Okay.
- You Could Probably Contact E.T. With This Thing, Rick.
- It Doesn'T Broadcast. It Just Receives.
- He Can Probably Contact Us, Then.
[Laughter]
- I Decided To Come To The Pawn Shop Today
To Sell My Radio.
It'S A Shortwave.
It'S A Pretty Rare Find.
It'S A Model 3,000,
Manufactured By Zenith In 1963.
It'S A Unique, Very Collectible Piece,
And Hoping To Get Some Good Money For It.
- The Cool Thing About These Is, You Could Listen To, Like,
Thousands Of Different Broadcasts
From All Over The World
'Cause Shortwave Will Travel All Across The World.
You Could Get A Lot Of Information On This Thing,
Especially At Night,
Because You Got Better Reception At Night.
Unlike F.M. Signals, You'Re Able To Hear
Shortwave And A.M. Signals From Great Distances
'Cause The Radio Waves Are Bounced Off The Ionosphere
And Sent Back Down To Earth.
And It'S Particularly Stronger At Night
Because You'Re Not Having The Sun Interfere
With The Radio Signals.
It'S Neat That It'S Made In The Usa.
Actually, In The 1960s,
Right Around 90% Of All Electronics In The World
Were Made In The United States.
And These Things Were Expensive.
So My, Oh, My, How Things Have Changed, Haven'T They ?
[Chuckles]
I Mean, It Seems Like It'S In Great Shape.
Does It Work ?
Yeah, It Works Great.
Well, Let'S Turn It On.
I Guarantee You We Can Hear Something From Somewhere.
[Radio Warbling]
We'Re Not Picking Up Anything.
- I Think I Hear Aliens Trying To Communicate With Us.
[Jazzy Music Playing]
This Thing Is Neat.
I Remember The Old Man Having One Just Like It
As A Kid Growing Up.
I'D Like To Have It,
But It'S Only Gonna Make Sense If I Get It For The Right Price.
Pretty Sweet.
- Yeah, So What'D You Want To Do With This Thing ?
I'D Like To Sell It.
- How Much Were You Looking To Get Out Of It ?
I'D Like To Have $80.
- The Thing'S In Beautiful Shape.
[Exhales]
Yeah, I'D Go, Like, 80 Bucks On It.
You'Re Asking A Fair Price.
- You Can'T Take His First Offer.
It'S A Fair Price.
This Doesn'T Happen Very Often.
The Guy Obviously Did His Homework
And Threw Out A Fair Price, So I Took It.
Go Over There And Write Him Up, Chum.
All Right, 60 Bucks.
- 80 Bucks, Chum. Go Write Him Up.
A Few Weeks Ago, I Dropped Off
The Rokon Trail-Breaker With Rick Dale.
He Just Called To See If I Could Meet Him
Out In The Desert.
So Chum, Corey, And I Are On Our Way To Meet Him.
I'M Not Sure What He'S Got Up His Sleeve,
But I Hope It'S Cool.
Where The Hell Is He ?
[Motor Buzzing]
[Cheers And Applause]
Now, That'S A Bike.
[Laughter]
Sorry I'M Late, Guys.
I Had To Give It A Little Trial Spin.
So What Do You Think ?
I Think It'S Great.
I'Ll Tell You What, Man.
I Had My Doubts About This,
But It Looks Pretty Good.
So What Happened ?
- You Know, I Had To Gut The Thing
And Take Everything Off And Rebuild Everything On It.
Everything On This Bike Was Dented, Bent, Twisted.
You Know, 'Cause They Use Them Just To Climb Up Everything,
And, You Know, They'Re Abused Really Hard.
And Getting Everything In Sync, From The Gearbox
To The Rear Wheel, It Was A Nightmare.
You'D Think I'D Be Used To The Crap That Rick Brings In,
But This Rokon Was A [Bleep] Nightmare.
It Absolutely Went Over The Top.
The Parts Are Obsolete.
You Can'T Find Parts For The '69 At All.
The Brake System Is Not Anything You Could Buy.
So We Had To Make These Discs, The Circle Discs,
To Fit Inside There So We Have Brakes.
Rick Dale Did An Amazing Job.
But He'S Making Me A Little Nervous
With Everything He Had To Do,
And I Just Hear The Dollars Racking Up.
Okay, Well, I Bought It For $500,
So What'S The Damage ?
- All Right, Well, Restoration Cost
Is $2,800.
- Okay, That'S Not... That'S Not Really Bad.
- So What Do You Think We Could Sell It For ?
- I Think You Should Have No Problem
Getting 5 Grand Out Of It At All.
- See, Proves Me Wrong, I Guess.
Thanks, Rick.
So, Chum, You Want To Take It For A Ride ?
- Hell, Yeah. - No, I Don'T Think So.
I'M Taking It For A Ride.
Time And Time Again, Rick Dale Delivers.
It'S Getting To The Point
Where He Can Just Sneeze On Something,
And He Makes Me Money.
He Never Disappoints.
[Hard Rock Music]
- Get It On, Rick. Let'S Go.
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