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00:00Hey what do we got here? It's a chair. Abraham Lincoln set on it. Why he was in the White
00:10House. I really want this to be Abraham Lincoln's chair. There's a possibility that Abraham Lincoln's
00:16butt touched the side. What's up? I got something pretty incredible for you. It's an original 1864
00:22campaign poster from Abe Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. Abe Lincoln in 64 he changed vice
00:28presidents. His other vice president was just goes to show that no one ever remembers the name
00:35of vice president. How you doing? Doing pretty good. I'd like to try to sell this 2007 one dollar
00:41George Washington coin. Everyone knows the dollars made out of paper. How can I help you today? Well
00:49sir I got the original receipt from Andrew Jackson from the Civil War. No this is during the war of
00:541812. Do you know when the war of 1812 was fought? Yeah. When? 1812. Okay. Who's your favorite president
01:02chum? Samuel L. Jackson. Hi how you doing? Good. I have something pretty interesting here. A signed
01:24checked from James Madison while he was president. 1814. Cool. Pretty cool guy. One of the most famous
01:33first ladies. You know Dolly Madison. No other president had cookies named after his wife.
01:40James Madison. Wasn't a real attractive guy in that picture.
01:46Had a hell of a career. I mean he was only like 24, 25 years old when he was a member of the
01:52Continental Congress. He was one of the main guys that pushed the Constitution through. You know author
01:57of of a large part of the Federalist Papers. Secretary of State under Jefferson. Got us through
02:03the war of 1812. That second time we beat the British. Really really super important guy in
02:09American history and most people don't hear about him. So you have a check written to John
02:14Bales. Bales. Bales. For 13 dollars. For 13 bucks which was a lot of money back then considering
02:21like if you're a decent tradesman you might get five bucks a week. The guy who wrote it to I looked
02:26him up and he was a colonel. This is 1814. I mean if he wrote it to a colonel it was probably
02:31most likely something to do with the army. Probably paid for supplies or something like that.
02:35So how much you want for it? Uh I'd like five thousand. Okay. Where'd you get this? Um I bought
02:42it from a worldwide auction uh about two thousand. All right uh it was not uncommon at all back then
02:49to have Secretary sign everything for you. Um let me have someone take a look at it make sure
02:54everything checks out and we'll go from there. Okay. All right I'll be right back. These auction houses
02:59that I usually deal with. Their experts already have authenticated it so I feel pretty confident.
03:10Hey how you doing? I'm doing good today. How are you? Pretty good. How can I help you? I have
03:15a tie clasp that I think you might be interested in. Okay um why would I be interested in it? Well
03:22it's not just any tie clasp. It's a presidential tie clasp from our 37th president Richard Nixon.
03:26Known for the Watergate scandal. Of course. You know I am not a crook. Those are his famous words
03:33right? Yeah that's what he said. This is pretty cool. Richard Nixon ran for president the first time
03:39in 1960 and lost to John F. Kennedy but later on in uh 1968 Richard Nixon ended up running again and he
03:48won and he served till about 74 when he resigned and it was because he was tied up so closely in the
03:54Watergate scandal and it made people think a little bit harder about who they chose why they would vote
03:59for someone. They did a little more research you know this was kind of the beginning of the people
04:03starting to question the authority. Right. And the way the country was ran. Um let's take a look at it
04:08here. That's definitely Richard Nixon his signature right there. Yes sir. This is the presidential seal of
04:15the United States. It also comes with this story that details the manner in which it was given to a
04:21police sergeant that escorted him in 1969 from the airport in Cincinnati. This is President Richard
04:27Nixon's tie pin. He took off his own tie pin and handed it to me and said this is for you. I wore this
04:34pin for a few wears put it away and never wore it again. Robert R. And I've looked at that name for
04:43years and there's just no records showing who who it could have been. Yeah man I wish we knew what that
04:49last name was. I wish I did too. So what are you looking to do with it? I would like to sell it.
04:55And how much are you looking to get? I believe a fair price would be around $150.
05:02Okay. They're really cool but you know they they go for about $25 to $50. If you could prove this
05:10came off of President Nixon's tie I'd probably offer you more than $150 you know. But without being able
05:16to research into who this officer was it's hard for me to sell it as a tie clip that came off of
05:21President Nixon's tie. Okay. I don't even want to make you an offer. Without that proof we're just
05:26too far apart on price. That's okay. Well thank you for your time. Hey I appreciate it very much.
05:30Thanks for coming in. I feel disappointed that we weren't able to come to an agreement and make a deal
05:36today. A guy has a check signed by our fourth president James Madison. Anything signed by a
05:44founding father is worth good money. But $5,000 sounds a little steep. So I've called Steve down
05:50to the shop to see what he thinks it's worth. James Madison. He's got you speechless doesn't he?
05:56Well yeah well I had the Federalist paper sitting on my bookshelf. Yeah he gets in geek mode during
06:01this stuff so he's yeah he can't contain himself. Madison basically did everything for the founding
06:06of the United States. Renaissance man he was a secretary of state to Jefferson and then he became
06:11president in 1808. I mean he pretty much did everything. James Madison was a big part of the
06:17United States its formation the government. He's a former lawyer and a really brilliant man. Really
06:22one of the reasons why government runs now like it does is because of James Madison. What are your
06:28concerns? It's really really cool but uh I just don't know if he signed it or if he had a secretary
06:33sign it. And what's it worth? Um was there people signing for people back then? Sure. Was it widespread?
06:39Not really. So you know the chances are a secretary signed it they're pretty slim. So I just want to
06:44take a look at it obviously. Um the first thing I want to do is use the pro scope. Just kind of look
06:48at the ink and see what kind of idea we get here. It's hard under glass but I'm starting to get a pretty
06:54good feel for it just right away here. You know what's interesting about this when you look at this
06:58you see the cracking and fading a little bit but it stayed on there pretty good. You know I mean
07:04the ink they used was uh pretty good back then. You know it's better than what they use now the
07:08ballpoint pens and stuff so there's no question about that being live ink. Now I've seen a lot of
07:13these checks for the years. I like his autograph because it's pretty basic. It's a very simple
07:18James Madison with a right tilt to it. You could typically read every letter of his signature and I
07:23see the same thing here right in here and I'm looking at the same thing here. So the ink's fine
07:30no problem there. Okay. Very cool. So what do you think it's worth? Now I've seen a lot of these
07:34checks for the years. Um are they common? Uh I don't know if I'd call them common um but they're kind of
07:40in that middle range Rick where it's like they're out there but they're desirable because people what
07:45they do and you know this people collect signatures of presidents and especially on checks
07:49are pretty cool to have and make a collection out of them. Based on what I see these go for in the
07:53marketplace these roughly fall at about $2,000. Thanks dude. Yep good to see you. Good seeing you
08:02Steve. Good luck. Yep take care. The collector's market for presidential autographs is pretty solid
08:07especially with the guys who were our founding fathers. James Madison you know he's someone we
08:11look back on with great respect. It's always a neat thing to have and definitely a nice thing to
08:16hang in your house. That's a great piece of history it really is. I'll give you a thousand
08:21bucks for it. No. Hey what's your best price? I mean um I wanted five he valued it at two. I've
08:29never seen a James Madison signature so clear and so bright. I mean it looks like it was signed
08:34yesterday. That's the value of it. It's beautiful. I'd take uh a 15 would be reasonable for me. Yeah I'd
08:42go 1200 bucks it's supposed to go. I mean I mean I just have to make money off it. 13. 13. 13. You
08:48want it. 1200 bucks.
08:55I'll take it. Sweet. Go right over there and uh I'll write you up. Okay. Sounds good.
09:03I'm very happy I made a deal today. I was able to cash in a $13 check for $1,200. I'm good.
09:12How can I help you today? Well sir I got something that was handed down from
09:19my great-grandfather. Original receipt from Andrew Jackson from the Civil War.
09:25No this is during the War of 1812. You know when the War of 1812 was fought? Yeah. When?
09:301812. Okay.
09:34Andrew Jackson became really really popular during the War of 1812.
09:39The War of 1812 was fought between the United States and England. The main reason was the English kept
09:44on just taking our sailors off merchant ships and saying hey you're now in the English Navy. Next thing
09:50you know we're caught up in a war with England. A Quartermaster General will pay $80 to the amount of the
09:59above account for eight muskets. Then it's signed to Andrew Jackson. Yeah. That's his signature right there.
10:06He beat the hell out of the British. For over a month Jackson held off a British invasion to seize New Orleans.
10:12He instantly became a national hero and that helped him get elected as the seventh president of the United States.
10:17So what did you want to do with this? I want to go ahead and sell it. I really don't have any use for it right now.
10:22Okay I mean it looks old but there's a few little weird things here. There's two kinds of vink.
10:30And Andrew Jackson's a pretty damn common name. And I'm pretty sure that's the real Andrew Jackson.
10:36I mean it's obviously received some time during the War of 1812. Okay. I just want to make sure someone
10:41didn't add these things to it at a later date because remember they were faking stuff a hundred
10:45years ago. They could have put why don't we add Andrew Jackson to it and that would make it really
10:50cool. This document is definitely old but I have to be careful. I have questions about the signature
10:57and I can't make an offer until I have an expert check it out. Let me get someone in here just to
11:02make sure this is all legit. Okay. We'll go from there. We'll go from there. Sound good to you?
11:07That's fair enough. All right thanks a lot man. Okay.
11:18Hey how's it going man? Pretty good. I've got a Grover Cleveland campaign ribbon from 1892.
11:26Sweet. You know he was the only president that was elected twice and didn't serve
11:30consecutively right? No I didn't. He served his first term. He lost to a guy named Benjamin Harrison.
11:37This is really funny because Benjamin Harrison's kind of a funny fixture of my family because I
11:42think my grandfather lied to my grandmother and said that he was related and named after him.
11:46Really? Yeah. I spent all of my years in elementary school saying how
11:51I was related to Benjamin Harrison and come to find out in my 30s it was all complete
11:59So this is from 1892.
12:02These things were you know I guess pre-campaign button. Okay. So you would pin this to your shirt
12:08and you're voting for Grover Cleveland. Okay right. He was the 24th and the 22nd president.
12:14There's a lot of history there. People don't talk about him that much but he was like the first sex
12:18scandal ever in the White House. Really? While he was running they found out that he had an illegitimate
12:23child and then while he's in office he marries a 21 year old and uh has a wedding at the White House.
12:30Oh wow. I mean if you're gonna do it I mean who wouldn't want to do it at the White House I guess but
12:35Right. He went all out. During his second presidency the railroad workers went on strike
12:42and he straight put the army on him. Wow. Basically because they were uh stopping all
12:48the mail in the United States and he kind of considered it an act of war. That's why he didn't
12:52get re-elected again. Understandable. Yes. So what are you looking to do with it? I'm looking to sell
13:00it. Okay you mind if I take a look at it? Yeah please. Human stuff's over 100 years old you expect
13:05there to be some wear but it's in really good shape. That's what I noticed that was in really good
13:09condition. What are you looking to get? Well I've seen other ribbons like this but they're never
13:15really the having the portrait and the White House on it so I think this one's a little bit more rare
13:20but I was looking for $50. Um well I'm kind of happy I don't have to haggle today so yeah we
13:29can just go ahead and do that. Sounds good. Come with me let's do some paperwork. Okay. I was able to make
13:35a deal today. I'm walking out here with basically what's free money. I campaigned for $50
13:40and I won. Earlier I had a guy come in with what he believed was an original receipt from Andrew
13:47Jackson. I had a few concerns so I called my buddy Dana to come in and check him out. Hey Dana. This
13:53is what I called you about. Okay. What are your concerns? It appears to be two different types of
13:58ink. I don't know if it was added later. All right. I'm Dana, President of Early American History Auctions
14:04and I specialize in rare coins, currency, Americana and historic early American artifacts.
14:11It's a receipt for eight muskets. It's dated March 30th, 1813 at New Orleans. Yes.
14:20During this period of time, Andrew Jackson was in New Orleans and he would have been buying muskets for
14:29his troops. And what I think this is where you have two different kinds of writing,
14:36I think that Andrew Jackson himself made these changes to the receipt. It looks totally authentic to
14:43me and it's a period piece with his signature and handwriting. This is a wonderful item. Good. Yes.
14:51And that would be estimated somewhere between
14:57four to six thousand dollars. Yes. Yes. Yes. All right. Thanks a lot, Dana. Appreciate it. You're more
15:03than welcome. Have a good day. Good seeing you again. You want to sell it, right? Yes, I want to sell it.
15:08How much you want? What can you give me? I'll give you $2,500. Come on. It's real. I can go to the
15:14Smithsonian and get... The Smithsonian? No, they take donations. They don't pay cash. At least $3,000.
15:22At least $3,000. At least. I'll meet you in the middle of $2,750. Yes. Oh, man.
15:28I got $2,800. I don't know. I don't know. All right. I'll tell you what. I'll give you $2,900.
15:38Quit bending, Rick. $2,900? It's cash money, $100 bills right now. $2,900? I'll take it. $2,900. All right.
15:48All right. Let's go do some paperwork. Okay. I'm super excited right now. I'm super excited because I
15:54made a lot of money on that today. I'm happy. I'm really happy today. Yes.
15:57Hey, what do we got here? Well, obviously, what we got here is a chair.
16:07It's a chair. One of the most famous chairs you'll ever see. Oh, really? Abraham Lincoln sat on it.
16:14Why? He was in the White House. Okay. Well, I'm sure he sat in a lot of chairs.
16:18That is really neat. This was in the White House? From the formal dining room. Okay.
16:28It's pretty interesting. I mean, you don't think about it now, but the furniture was a big deal
16:31back then. It was really, really expensive. Presidential memorabilia sells for good money,
16:36but Abraham Lincoln, that's some money. So if we can actually tie this chair to Abraham Lincoln,
16:43there is value here, serious value. You got documentation for this or what do you have?
16:49One letter is from the White House telling the individual that they didn't want the chairs
16:55there because they had too much furniture. But then I have the original newspaper clipping
17:00where Robert Todd Lincoln donated them to a girl's school in Vermont. Okay. Do you have any other
17:08proof that it's his or? No. Okay. How much were you looking to get out of it? Uh, $2,000. $2,000.
17:19Doesn't sound out of the realm of possibility. But my problem is your paperwork. Do you mind if I call
17:27someone to take a look at him? He runs the Clark County Museum system here. He's an amazing historian,
17:33and he could probably tell me everything about him. I have no problem with that. Hang out a few minutes.
17:39I'm going to give him a call and I'll get it figured out. Okay? Good. Appreciate it. Thank you.
17:45I'm welcoming the fact for somebody to come and look at the chair. Any expert that they want to bring in,
17:50bring them on. Hey, Paul. What's up, man? What's up, Corey? How are you?
17:57Doing good. I got something cool for you. All right. What do we got? I have the invitation
18:04to John F. Kennedy's luncheon the day he died. Oh, wow. Okay. So, and this is the, uh...
18:11That's the actual IV badge that you would wear inside... The airport reception when people were
18:15greeting him. Okay. People would actually pay money and be at a little small reception. Kennedy would be
18:22in there for all of maybe five or six minutes and then walk out, and these people all got to say
18:27that they had drinks with Kennedy. That's awesome. Wow. That's, uh, that's not something you see very
18:34often. This right here, he was actually on his way, too. Oh, isn't that crazy? Definitely looks original.
18:41At a luncheon and honor President and Mrs. Kennedy, Friday the 22nd of November at 12 noon. The
18:49trademark. November 22nd, 1963, he was gearing up for his re-election campaign. Right. There was
18:56a few places that he could have gone. I think the day of, they had changed it to this venue. Yeah,
19:02they switched the locations. Which switched where his car was driving. It's something that conspiracy
19:08theorists fiend about. But it was arguably one of the most significant days of the 20th century.
19:15One thing we're missing here on this is that it's not addressed to anybody. Yes. Okay. So this is,
19:22uh, this is one of the ones that didn't go out. Because it didn't go out, doesn't that make it more
19:28rare? It wouldn't be as rare as if it was addressed to, you know, a really big political figure or
19:34somebody, you know, celebrity or something like that. And we could talk about this stuff all day,
19:40but tell me what you're looking to do with it, man. Uh, I want to sell it. Okay. Uh, what are you
19:45looking to get out of it? Both of these things together, somewhere around 800 bucks. Okay. That's a,
19:53it's a very grandiose idea, my man. I'll be realistic with you. Okay. You know, I'll offer you 100
19:58bucks for it. Yeah, but this is Kennedy. What about 600 bucks? It is in really good shape. I'll go 150.
20:09That's the most I'm going to pay. It really is. What about 300? I'm telling you, I'm about to drop
20:14down to 125. All right. Let's stop there then. I'll take the 150. 150. Cool. I'll meet you right
20:20over there. All right. Cool. I wish I would have gotten to see Rick today because he likes the
20:26presidential stuff a little bit more than Corey does. And maybe I probably could have got a little
20:29bit more, but you know, 150, not too bad. A guy came in earlier with a chair that he claims was owned
20:38by Abraham Lincoln and it sat in the White House while he was president. I really want this to be
20:44Abraham Lincoln's chair, but I'm a little concerned over his paperwork. So I called to my friend, Mark,
20:49look at this thing. There's a possibility that Abraham Lincoln's butt touched this thing.
20:54There are high points in every chair's life, I guess. When you're dealing with presidents of the
21:01United States, nobody has a bigger name than Abraham Lincoln. Anything related to Abraham Lincoln
21:08is hugely popular. This was the man that brought the country back together and then was assassinated at
21:15the end of the Civil War. He has an image among the public greater than nearly any other president
21:23we ever had. So do you have any paperwork that goes along with this? Yes. I have this over here.
21:31Yeah. Let's take a look here. Ah, okay. That's a well-known photograph. This is one of
21:39Matthew Brady's photographs of Lincoln. It shows this decorative element right here on the side.
21:46And so when you look at this, you can see this decorative element is not the same as this one.
21:54So obviously this chair isn't this chair. As I read this, we don't have anything from Lincoln or from
22:05the White House. The time period is right on the chairs, but there's not enough for me to say
22:12that these are ones that were used in the White House.
22:18Sorry about that. Thanks, man. And thank you. And it's very interesting to see. Thanks a lot.
22:24Thank you. I appreciate it. Well, um, if I buy something off a customer, I got to resell it.
22:31And when I resell it, it's got to be beyond a reasonable doubt. What I'm selling is what I'm
22:35selling. It's just the way I do business. But at this point, um, I can't make you an offer. So
22:44thanks for coming in, but I just can't do it. Thanks for looking at it. No problem.
22:49You expect these things. Everything can't be what you want it to be. But I believe I brought in
22:55enough evidence here to prove that this chair is from the White House.
23:05Hey, how's it going? I have a Leroy Neiman piece here that I'm looking to sell. Okay. Let's pull it
23:11out of there. Get some of these work. So where'd you get it? I got it from an older couple. They're
23:20amateur collectors. Okay. Um, it looks like happy birthday, Mr. President. That is true. Where's
23:27Marilyn Monroe? Oh, there she is. Yeah. There's a whole nother story inside this picture.
23:34I mean, it's real iconic. This is where Marilyn Monroe in the super provocative dress
23:40singing happy birthday, Mr. President. Kind of funny, huh?
23:46I mean, it's a typical Leroy Neiman. Kind of controversial in the art world. A lot of people
23:51actually don't think he's an artist. They think he's an illustrator because he didn't really do a lot
23:55of original things. I mean, somebody took a photo of this and he decided to paint it. Made 600 of them,
24:01apparently. Yep. And I sold them for three grand a piece and got really rich. What are you looking
24:07to get? Looking around 6,000. Do you mind if I text my art guy and see if I can get him over here to
24:16take a look at this? Yeah, absolutely. He says he's going to call in an expert. I mean,
24:20I feel confident because it's in excellent condition. I'd say it's a very good piece.
24:32How you doing? Doing pretty good. What can I do for you? Well, I would like to try to sell us
24:37rare error corn. Did it say one dollar on it? Yeah, it's a 2007 one dollar George Washington
24:44calling. Everyone knows the dollar is made out of paper. I've never seen anything like this. Hey,
24:50Rick. Yes. This guy says he has an error coin right here. All right. So where'd you get this?
24:58My brother actually found it in circulation. Okay. Believe it or not, that happens all the time. You
25:04got to roll the dimes for the bank and crack and open them and one's really weird. But I've never seen
25:09an error like this before. I'll tell you that. You need a loop, Rick? Yeah. It's a Washington golden
25:17dollar. Rick, it's not made out of gold. I know. And the U.S. Mint got a lot of flack over that
25:23calling it a golden dollar because it's a brass alloy. They came out in 2007. They basically put a
25:28president on every coin and every few months they changed it. This is the Washington one. This is the
25:32first one they put out. They did bet millions and millions of them. So yeah, error coins can be worth a
25:36lot of money. The greater the error, generally, the more it's worth. What do you think, Rick?
25:44Well, I'm going to look at it here for a second.
25:48What are you looking for? Well, I'm just, you know, I want to look at this error the way it looks.
25:53And I'm seeing some really, really odd stuff here that shouldn't be here on a coin. Well,
25:59yeah, it's an error coin, Rick. That's what they are. They're odd.
26:06Thing is, this is not an error coin.
26:09Someone counterfeited his golden dollar. Wow.
26:13U.S. coins are struck by a machine. It isn't cast like this coin is.
26:18But that is 100% a cast coin. It's not struck.
26:21The reason why they strike coins is because if you cast something, you'll never get the detail that
26:27comes out of a striking machine. So like I said, it's, it's a copy of a coin.
26:32Well, I did not know that. Have a good one, man. Thank you.
26:37I am disappointed because I thought about several ways that it could not be valuable. But counterfeit
26:43never crossed my mind. Earlier a guy came in with a print of Neiman's famous work,
26:53Happy Birthday, Mr. President. It's a really iconic piece, but I have no idea what it's worth.
26:57So I brought in Chad to come check it out. Good to see you. You too.
27:02Leroy Neiman, Happy Birthday, Mr. President. Great. The one where Marilyn Monroe sang.
27:06Marilyn Monroe, who you won't see, is Jackie Kennedy. She didn't show up.
27:11And she, I think she knew that Marilyn was showing up. Yeah, she was probably pretty pissed.
27:14I wouldn't have want to have been in the White House after that. No.
27:18So what's really cool about this is this is an unusual piece for Neiman because, you know,
27:23he's mainly known for his sports paintings. But it's the moment in American history that
27:30everybody knows. He was by far the best selling American expressionist that ever lived.
27:37Leroy Neiman has a huge collector's market.
27:40People really, really like his work. And the people that collect him are very rabid about it.
27:47A lot of the critics didn't like him. His art was very, very literal. But that being said,
27:54the people did like him because his art was very, very literal. It's easy to understand.
27:58It's not something you have to sit and ponder for a long time.
28:01Blue collar art, right? I mean, for lack of a better term, you know, a lot of blue collar
28:05guys watch football. Yeah, he's, you know, and they can relate to a painting of somebody playing
28:10football. Yeah. And he likes painting the Playboy
28:12bunnies. A lot of guys like the Playboy bunnies.
28:14Exactly. I mean, he found a way to appeal to the masses. Exactly. The print itself, it's a
28:21little bit textured. And this is one of the things he was known for. He painted a lot of time in enamel
28:26paint, which was very unusual at the time. So when he started making prints, he wanted the same kind
28:33of feeling. So you get, you get a real textural, very layered print. That's cool. What do you think
28:40I could possibly get out of it? I think high retail on it, it is probably 7,500. Realistic retail
28:51on it's probably right around 6,000. All right. Well, I appreciate it, man. Thank you. Thanks a lot.
28:56Hey, thanks for showing it to me. You guys take it easy.
28:59Well, all that being said, I'd like to offer you 2,500 bucks.
29:06Well, he said 7,500. High, high retail. A really fancy gallery. I don't see getting that much. I
29:13think I might be able to get six, but that's after I frame it, pay someone to sell it, everything else.
29:18So I'm thinking 2,500. Can't do five. Yeah, I'll cut to the chase. I can go three grand.
29:28That's the most I'm going to be able to pay you. Are you fixed on three?
29:34I'm absolutely fixed on three. Okay. Deal. I appreciate it. Thanks.
29:40Let's go over there and do some paperwork. We can leave this here.
29:50Hey, what's up? I got something pretty incredible for you. I believe it's the original 1864 campaign
29:55poster from Abe Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. Wow. That is cool. Uh, Abe Lincoln really,
30:00really neat guy. Uh, in 64, he changed vice presidents. His other vice president was
30:07just goes to show that no one ever remembers the name of vice president. That's really,
30:20really cool. I mean, there's certain things you have to give Abraham Lincoln. You know,
30:24normally a country in the middle of a war is not going to have an election. Right. Okay.
30:27Right. But he allowed it anyway. Yeah. It wouldn't have been surprising if he said,
30:31we're going to delay the election until after the war. I mean, I like these old posters. They have
30:35the whole static pose. You know what I mean? Right. Um, always got to have Columbia sitting
30:40around somewhere. That's basically lady liberty. Have the federal eagle, you know, have someone
30:45plowing their fields, a good American working hard. Right, right. I just like this stuff.
30:49Now today they just say change. I really love old campaign posters because they weren't meant to be
30:57lasting works of art. It's pretty cool to think this is how Lincoln wanted people to see him
31:02during his campaign. Where did you find this? I found it at a garage sale. I was just driving
31:07home one day and started to take a look and found it and was really stoked about it. I wish I had some
31:12paperwork or documents to prove it's that's real, but you know, I think it is just how the age of the
31:18paper and whatnot. So the thing was, most of these things were just thrown away. Okay. Wow.
31:22These were hung up in different places. It's just like today. I mean, no one's going to keep
31:27a campaign poster around. It's meant to be temporary. Lincoln stuff was kept a lot more
31:32often just due to the fact that it was, it was Lincoln. He was assassinated. He was really revered.
31:36So more of Lincoln things survive, but the good thing going for you is, um, Lincoln stuff is a lot more
31:44collectible than say billboard. This is, um, a cool piece. Now I can tell it's pretty old. I mean,
31:54yeah. Okay. Um, usually these things are really, really vibrant. Okay. I really don't like the
31:59colors. What do you mean by that? Okay. Uh, these curtains are supposed to be red. Okay. They're barely
32:06pink. Okay. These banners right here are supposed to be yellow. They're barely yellow. Um, but the
32:15green is pretty good. I imagine, you know what I mean? I mean, we have a bad problem with the colors.
32:19We have water stains on it. There's a lot of problems with this. Yeah. I hear you on the damage,
32:25but you know, it's, it's a big part of history. So there's still something there. I think if it
32:30turns out what it is, yeah. I mean, it was a big part of history. He's probably the most iconic
32:36president. I mean, maybe George Washington or it's either George Washington or it's Abraham Lincoln.
32:40Very true. Fading colors aside, this is pretty damn cool. If this thing's legit, it would be a great buy
32:47because this is the kind of thing that makes my shop so different from all the rest. How much do you
32:52want for it? I'm asking $1,000. All right. We'll, we'll talk about that, but we're talking probably the
32:58most popular president for years and years and years. It wouldn't surprise me if people were
33:03reproducing this. Okay. So let me call up a friend. Let me get him down here. This guy will know.
33:09Just plain and simple. So hang out and I'm going to go get ahold of him. All right. I'll be right back.
33:13All right. Thank you. I do hope that whoever he calls in is very helpful, confirming that it's real.
33:19So I can get some bonus points on our wife.
33:28What do we got here? What I have here is an original teletype
33:33from the Kennedy assassination. Okay.
33:35That I printed off in the newsroom. Wow.
33:40Where'd you get it? I actually found this in an antique store in Iowa when I was driving.
33:45The teletype says, uh, first bulletin matter, Dallas. The priest came out of the ward approximately
33:511 37 PM. It says flash. President Kennedy died at 1 PM.
33:58Corey, there's always a few moments in your life that you will remember the rest of your life.
34:03I was home on leave. We were fixing to go out to eat lunch. And when that came over,
34:11I don't even think we ever ate that day of yet. The assassination of JFK was one of the most tragic
34:18events of the 20th century. And people who lived through it will never forget. I mean,
34:23it definitely appears to be authentic. It's on the right style of paper. How much you looking to get
34:29out of it? I did have an appraisal, um, a few years ago, it was a thousand dollars. And because
34:36there weren't that many probably survived. Two years ago, it was probably worth a thousand.
34:40In today's economy, it's not. I'd give you around 300 bucks for it. Could you do 450?
34:50Because it is unique. There's not. It's unique. I agree, but 450 is just a little bit too much.
34:57I'll push it up to 350, but I ain't going no higher than that. You think you could do four?
35:03Four. You got to realize I'm going to get about 800 bucks out of it.
35:07That's on a good day. Six on a bad. I got to get it framed. It's kind of hard to display a binder.
35:16Okay. I'll take the 350 then. Sounds good, boss. I appreciate it. 350 is a little less than I
35:22wanted, but it is more than I paid for it. And now that gives me a little more money, I can go do some
35:27more antique. A guy brought in a Lincoln campaign poster from the 1864 election. If this thing's
35:34legit, I need it for my shop. But it's in rough shape, and the colors have faded so badly,
35:41I'm not even sure if it's real. So I called in Mark to help me out.
35:45So you brought this in? I did.
35:47Ah. Where did you get it? At a garage sale of all places.
35:50Really? Yeah. That's pretty amazing. When you look at elections in the 1860s,
35:57we have to remember that we didn't have television, we didn't have radio. So posters like this were
36:02important to sort of set out an image. The Grand National Union banner for 1864.
36:10Very nice. But they used this poster for probably 20 years. The same flags, the same eagle, the same
36:20having two portraits. Can you imagine today, the next election, they just used the exact same posters
36:27as, you know, Romney and Obama and just changed faces on it? Yeah, I don't think so. So what are your
36:35concerns on this? The colors are terrible, and I don't know if that's just faded
36:39from the sun or something, or it's just a fake. Okay, you're right. The colors are terrible.
36:46This was in the light for quite a while. There's a lot of breaks in these letters. They're not full
36:52letters, and they normally would be on a poster like this. But what's interesting on this one is
36:58that on the other originals, they are also broken like that. So obviously there was some buildup in
37:05those engravings, or they weren't as deep as they should have been. But this is all correct.
37:11I think this is an original 1864 courier knives campaign poster for Lincoln and Johnson. To find
37:23it in a garage sale, that's pretty good. Yeah. Well, thanks, man. Not a problem. Thank you. Thank you.
37:28Very good to see you. Thanks a lot. Thanks.
37:33In pristine shape, this is worth like $9,000. Wow. Okay? Okay. We are like a far cry from that.
37:41And in this shape, I will give you 500 bucks. I mean, it's not... It is pretty unique though,
37:48right? I'm not, you know, I'm not taking that away from you. It was unique. Can we do a little bit more
37:53than 500? Maybe 650? I'll give you 600 bucks for it.
38:08All right. That's yours. Okay. All right, man. Thanks. All right. Meet me right up front. Okay.
38:11Okay? I am so glad everything on this poster checked out. There's always a market for Lincoln stuff.
38:18And this one, I'm going to have no problem selling.
38:23Hello. Hello. I have something here you might be interested in. It's from the west wing of the
38:34White House. And I think it was the reporters covering the White House because it's non-secure.
38:40Okay. So this is a non-secure one. So this would not be the phone you go like,
38:43yes, Mr. Putin. Correct. Correct.
38:48This is really cool. The White House got telephones really early. I think their phone
38:52number in Washington, D.C. was one. No, I mean, this is, this is super cool. I mean,
39:00uh, there wasn't actually a telephone on the president's desk until Hoover. Before that,
39:04he had to go into the hallway. But then again, you have to understand, they thought these were
39:08sort of a nuisance. They didn't look good on a desk or anything like that. And I think it was during
39:12the Clinton administration, they redid the phone system. And anything presidential sells,
39:17especially something that was in the White House for a while. How much you want for it?
39:20Uh, I, I'm asking $1,200. Okay. I've actually seen these things sell before. And, uh, you know,
39:27last one I saw sell was sold for right at 500 bucks. So I'd give you 300 bucks for it.
39:32I think the market is pretty good because it, I, I call it a bipartisan phone. It was three
39:39administrations it, it survived through. I only found one other in existence and that was for
39:45$1,500. So I thought 12 was a fair ask. Okay. But I can go 300 bucks.
39:51Uh, three, 350 and, and you own the phone. Um, we got a bipartisan deal. Thank you, sir.
40:03I'll meet you right up front and, uh, we'll do some paperwork right around the corner up there.
40:06Okay. We were able to make a deal today for $350 and I will take that money to go see a rocket launch
40:14at Cape Canaveral. We've got a lot of president stuff here lately, haven't we?
40:22It's been coming in. So who do you think was the best president? Franklin Pierce.
40:27He was a terrible president. Who's your favorite president, chum? Uh, Samuel L. Jackson.
40:36Who else? The man, Benjamin Franklin. Benjamin Franklin wasn't a president. He's
40:41on a hundred dollar bill, Rick. That's pretty freaking presidential. Abraham Lincoln only made it to
40:45the penny. He created electricity. Who are you to say Benjamin Franklin wasn't a president?
40:51One day you guys really should just read a history book. Really. I'm taking the rest of the day off.
40:56Thank you. That's all we have to do to get him to leave.
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