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[Assistant] We'll see, he doesn't really need, he's got nothing else to prove. If he wins his eighth, he has nothing else to achieve, uh, in Formula One. So, uhm, whether or not he would just, uh, drop the mic and, and, and, and leave, or whether he would say, nah, I've probably got another season in me, what remains to be seen.


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[Assistant] But yeah, it'd be an interesting one to see Lando move there. I think the, the, the, what I, what I hope is that Lando doesn't panic now because we've seen the likes of


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[Assistant] And obviously this is a slightly different situation, but...


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[Assistant] Daniel Ricciardo making those snap judgments to leave Red Bull.


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[Assistant] Taking a different path away from, uh, the shadow of Max Verstappen. It went.


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[Assistant] Catastrophically wrong. Like he now finds himself without a seat at all.


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[Assistant] Okay, yes, he got a couple of podiums. He got the race win with McLaren, but that's all he has to show for it where Max is now a two-time world champion. So it's, it's.


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[Assistant] You wanna hope that he has the right people around him that will...


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[Assistant] Give him good advice, because we've seen so many people


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[Assistant] Have the wrong people around them get frustrated, get flustered, make snap decisions or what what on the surface could be


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[Assistant] Dead last there is obviously, uh, that that's definitely not where he wants to be. Um, but McLaren have proven to him that they can build a.


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[Assistant] Yeah, they're already on the back foot a little now and the rest of the teams, you know, like Aston are just throwing every level of investment at that team.


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[Assistant] You know, they've, they've, they've got their new factory coming. They've got all these new facilities coming that are going to allow them to stand on their own two feet, even if they are a Mercedes customer, um, contingent. And you just, you just hope that.


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[Assistant] He's going to have those smart decisions that mean if he is considering a move from McLaren, that it's, it is to the right place. Cause there is so easy to get it wrong.


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[Assistant] You know, the likes of, again, I know we touched on it briefly on the last pod, but, um, you know, people are now saying again, it's only race one, but Oscar.


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[Assistant] The drama that he went through, and he wasn't even in Formula One yet.


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[Assistant] But decided to leave Alpine and go to McLaren and he found himself.


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[Assistant] His teammates car also having massive reliability issues. So in terms of making decisions after race one, you would argue potentially a bad call. We've got a long season to go.


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[Assistant] I know it's not competitive. I'm, I'm kind of at peace with that. I've been told that, you know,


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[Assistant] But he's also very aware that to get as competitive as he wants is probably going to be post his contract.


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[Assistant] And I don't know, I think, was he, was he ill-advised signing such a long contract? I'd be interested to know what, what Martin thinks on this actually, in terms of, he was so young, he signed such a long contract, and now, yet again, I mean, I had similar feelings about this beginning of last season, but again, after Bahrain, McLaren did not look like in a good shape, and,


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[Assistant] Yeah, he's looking, he was looking at that point like with a five year, five more years of this Paris contract. So yeah, was that, was that ill advice or did you think that was actually a smart move?


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[Assistant] It's interesting as well, isn't it? But I mean, it's not quite the same, but there is almost that slight mirroring of, of Lando being


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[Assistant] The frustrated Brit at McLaren potentially on


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[Assistant] What might be the last season of his patients before it starts to run out and he's looking elsewhere and sniffing elsewhere and maybe he's going to make a...


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[Assistant] A side, well, a move that on the surface looked.


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[Assistant] Iffy, but could, could pay out. I mean, it's not quite history repeating itself, but it is, it is quite close. Um, which is.


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[Assistant] To the point earlier, Lewis doesn't have as much time to think. Lando has the best part of his career to think about, and he's definitely not going to want to see that.


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[Assistant] Fading away towards the back of the grid. I mean, he's, he's somebody that we talk about as having world championships.


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[Assistant] Material, like he, he is a very competitive racer, he's very quick. Uhm, but it's all gonna be about how does he make the smart decisions now? How does he protect his, his career?


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[Assistant] And, and make those right, those right moves and those right decisions.


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[Assistant] I'm not, I'm historically not a fan of qualifying tracks.


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[Assistant] Just because I, I live for the racing on Sunday. I love watching like, you know.


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[Assistant] That, that element for me is what made me a Formula One fan, uhm, and I will admit growing up that there would be many occasions where I wouldn't watch qualifying, I would just tune in for the race on Sunday. Uhm, so, uh, because of that, I think that I'm slightly more skewed away, I mean, I can't believe I'm


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[Assistant] I'm saying this to Martin Brundle, but I'm not a fan of Monaco.


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[Assistant] As a Grand Prix, because it's not a racing track, it's a qualifying track. Uhm, and so I think Jeddah...


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[Assistant] Jeddah provides, I guess, a little bit of difference. One of the things that I have enjoyed for better or worse with Jeddah is that it seems to be quite a game playing track. Uh, we've seen quite a few, uh, interesting


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[Assistant] On track tactics from drivers for better or worse. Last year we had a kind of a continuation of.


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[Assistant] Uh, Charles and, and Max using DRS as a bit of a tactic, as a ploy, you know, not wanting to be first the DRS detection line and, and, and kind of having a play around there. And I love watching clever racing, you know, when it's not just about pure.


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[Assistant] Pure speed, pure pace, but actually how do you play the game? How do you play the long game? Uhm, so that for me has been quite interesting, uhm, an interesting addition from from Jeddah. Uhm, but look, I mean, there's no denying that


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[Assistant] It has delivered some incredible qualifying performances already, even though we're only on the third, the third round.


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[Assistant] Yeah. Max's lap that could have been was one of the most.


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[Assistant] Impactful lapse, I think I've ever watched up there with Lewis Hamilton's Singapore 2018.


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[Assistant] Um, but I do, again, it's, it's because it's, it's early on. I mean, they've, they've, they've made a lot of changes this year, um, already, which, which are there to kind of help.


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[Assistant] Uh, with the, with the action. So, you know, it's, it's quite early days. Maybe it will, maybe it will grow. Maybe it'll be, it'll grow on me. But again, if, if we're looking at a track that's.


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[Assistant] That's kind of leaning on its spectacle being qualifying, you're probably talking to the wrong fan.


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[Assistant] I'm just, I just, I'm just hungry for some more action. Like we've only had one race. Uhm, so at this point in the season, I'm definitely...


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[Assistant] Wanting just to see as much as possible, uhm, it would be amazing to see if...


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[Assistant] You know, Alonso is going to come out swinging, uhm, just as much as he had done in Bahrain, like that is going to be one of the storylines I think that keeps us, keeps us interested. Uhm, and I guess, you know, Ferrari, there is hope there, you know, Fred Vassar was quite,


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[Assistant] I'm quite sure that it was a setup issue. So if they can get on top of that, then we could see a bit more of a battle towards the front. So I think there's, there is, there's plenty to be, plenty to be.


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[Assistant] Uh, contradict my own points. Saturday looks like it's going to be, it could be.


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[Assistant] A magical day, uh, in terms of qualifying. So if you're into that kind of thing, make sure you tune in on Saturday as well as Sunday. Uh, so.


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[Assistant] Uh, yeah, I think that's, that's kind of what, what I'm looking forward to anyway.


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[Assistant] How you doing? Appreciate you giving us a crack at the, uh, Nagy stuff. Our pleasure, come on in.


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[Assistant] He's a five time NBA All-Star, four time All-Pro, former number one overall draft pick and slam dunk champion. But can he make a Thanksgiving feast out of the wings of death? We'll find out today. Blake, welcome to the show.


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[Assistant] Alright, so this first one is the classic, and we'll start at the handle. Alright.


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[Assistant] So Thanksgiving, it's one of the biggest sports days of the year. So right off the bat, we're diving into the metrics. And early on in your career, it was rare that you'd ever shoot a three and now you shoot as many as six per game. Is that Blake Griffin changing? Is that the league changing or a little bit of both?


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[Assistant] I know that talking technique is boring, but when you decide to overhaul your stroke game like that, what goes on behind the closed gym doors?


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[Assistant] So throughout pro sports, but particularly in the NBA, there's this spotlight on advanced analytics. Do you ever get nerdy about things like player impact estimate and deferred defensive rebound chances? What are the things that you keep an eye on?


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[Assistant] You know, you're such a pervasive dunker, but this year you're attempting as many field goals as anybody and shooting pretty well. Do you ever feel typecast as a player? Do you ever feel mislabeled?


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[Assistant] Guajillo, out of Texas, Humble House. This is like mild.


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[Assistant] And you've put together a pretty amazing set of tutors, including co-creator of The Chappelle Show, Neil Brennan.


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[Assistant] Alright, so this next one, smoked onions from Butterfly Bakery. Okay.


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[Assistant] So we have this running joke with Hot Ones creator Chris Schoenberger and his dog Ruggles who could probably use some discipline. He's an 85 pound maniac. Do you have any advice from somebody who once owned one of the most well-trained German shepherds on the planet?


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[Assistant] We're doing a little bit of a curveball on the Thanksgiving special. We're going to do explain that poster. We've pulled some iconic Blake Griffin dunk photos and you just say what you remember about the play, the game, that time in your career and we'll just go from there. Does that sound good?


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[Assistant] Alright, up next. This season, that's on Joel Embiid.


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[Assistant] Where are we getting on the Scoville rating here? About ten times hotter than a jalapeno here.


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[Assistant] So I want to stay on the topic of dunks. Can you draw back the curtain on what it's like to prepare for a dunk contest? Do you take pitches, work with a team, write a bunch of things down? Is it kind of like comedy where you want all the creative control?


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[Assistant] What's something that the beat reporters, the ESPNs of the world, when they cover the NBA, what's something that they don't focus on enough, and what's something that they focus on too much?


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[Assistant] Off-piece pop culture moments, and you can just give me the highlights, okay? Sure.


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[Assistant] And then at Complexcon a few weeks ago, Allen Iverson said of NBA style, Every night is Halloween. As someone who's graced the cover of GQ, what are your thoughts on the current state of NBA off-court style?


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[Assistant] What was the best thing and what was the worst thing about your dad being your high school basketball coach?


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[Assistant] This is the last dab, we call it the last dab because it's tradition around here to put a little extra on the last wing. And today, on our third ever Thanksgiving special, we're starting a new tradition with the turkey leg. We will be dabbing, come on in Chris, a turkey leg instead of a wing.


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[Assistant] Nope, this one's naked. So that's why I got the bottle out.


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[Assistant] From the classic, through to bomb, and now a turkey leg, with the last dab, and as we close it out, I'd just like to say what I'm thankful for, while holding this turkey leg.


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[Assistant] I'm thankful for my dad, fresh out of surgery and doing well. I love you dad. I want to say thank you to the crew who all year long has traveled all across the country, popping this setup, working from sunrise to sunset to make this silly show go.


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[Assistant] And then finally, and the biggest thank you of all to the fans who've now rocked with us.


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[Assistant] Through seven seasons and into the third ever Hot Ones Thanksgiving Special.


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[Assistant] Well look at you, you legend. Ten chicken wings up, ten chicken wings down, and even a turkey leg to boot, and now there's nothing left to do but roll out the red carpet for you, my man. This camera, this camera, or this camera, let the people know what you have going on in your life.


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[Assistant] Hey, what's going on Spice Lords? This is Sean Evans checking in by his lonesome, and you know what that means. It's time for another Hot Sauce PSA.


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[Assistant] And for two years we've been working on making the perfect entry level sauce. Something that's good for everyone. Number one on our board, and now it is finally here.


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[Assistant] The classic is our contemporary twist on the original vinegar-based sauces throughout American history with chili de arbol peppers and garlic for that perfect balance. As always,


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[Assistant] People who order the Hot Ones monthly subscription box got it first, but now it's available for everyone. Heatness.com, Heatness.com to pick up the classic, the classic. It's for the people.


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[Assistant] Okay, well, Bo Jackson is the athlete of all athletes. I mean, he played baseball and football at a top level. I mean, he played both of the games better than most people play a single game. He played them simultaneously. So how did you get these bets?


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[Assistant] But I need to have this autograph authenticated. Lucky for us, my autograph expert is here today, so hang out right here for a minute, I'm gonna go grab him.


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[Assistant] I had jerseys and hats made as well. Oh, you look pretty all out, Shum. And I probably paid for these, correct? No, the pawn shop did.


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[Assistant] I mean, I look like a real baseball player. You look like a third base coach. It definitely looks like a baseball manager.


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[Assistant] We each get five pitches. Whoever hits the ball the farthest wins. Hopefully one of us will be able to hit a home run. Alright.


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[Assistant] There you go, Big Hoss is winning. Alright, hold my hat for me, Big Hoss. Alright, let's see how


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[Assistant] I'm a big fan of your show and I know your stuff is hot. I don't trash you, so I brought my own milk.


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[Assistant] I got embarrassed about, because I promised I wouldn't make a face on eating those wings. I'm guaranteed on this show I will not make a face.


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[Assistant] In high school in San Antonio, Texas. But it was a cheap dog.


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[Assistant] I couldn't dunk till my senior year, so my junior year we used to dump off what they call apple boxes.


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[Assistant] I used to put an apple box in and imagine that I was in the NBA. So one day I ran and took off.


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[Assistant] Next day the, uh, gym teacher came right to me and said, I know you broke the backboard. And he says, you know what, if you break a real backboard next year when you're starting on varsity,


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[Assistant] I won't be upset. So, every time I got in a game in my senior year I would try to dunk and dunk and then one game in my senior year I broke it.


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[Assistant] We never had, we never had any differences. You know, people need to understand that. In any relationship there's going to be some turmoil.


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[Assistant] But when you don't have respect, then comes differences. We always had respect, we just had a difference of opinion.


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[Assistant] I mean, like I always tell people, like, even though we had our differences, it's not like I'm going to see them at a restaurant eating and then be like,


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[Assistant] But that's what happened on TNT when I bit into that ghost pepper chip. I was fine, but it got...


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[Assistant] Afterwards, you gotta let me rap in my favorite rap group. So for me, it was just a dream to rap in my favorite rap group. So I did it. Here's the clip right here. Check it out.


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[Assistant] So after that, uh, the next day, people, uh, called me and said, hey, we wanna, wanna give you a three album deal. Ten million dollars. Never gonna turn that down.


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[Assistant] Y'all get me all my favorite people that I want to rap with, be part of completing my dreams, and it'll work. Also, I realize when you go platinum, I made one or two million. That's not enough money for me.


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[Assistant] You see all those people that paid all that money to watch you perform, I gotta give them a show. Give me the ball. I see some kids out there jumping. They want me to score. That's what it's all about for me. Just, you know, all about just basically having fun.


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[Assistant] So, I was left with about 600. So then after, you know, we showing off our cars, I was like, I'll be back, go to the mall. Nice little Rolex.


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[Assistant] Give me a four finger ring, 150. Give me some shoes. Give me a couple of suits. Hit my boys off with a couple stacks, you know. And then I got a call from the president of the bank on the army base the next day. He's like, you're 50,000 in the hole. I was like, nah.


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[Assistant] You're, you're wrong. Cause in my mind, I thought I had a million, but when we went and looked at the paperwork, I was $50,000. Cause I was just writing checks like crazy. And my parents have always raised me using scare tactics because, uh,


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[Assistant] I have six children and I want them to respect more than just having their daddy as Shaq.


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[Assistant] Like when I come into the parent-teacher meetings and they call me Dr. O'Neil, it gets me hard.


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[Assistant] I got traded from Miami to Phoenix, and I had an apartment that I got in one day. It was a three-bedroom, nice apartment. When I shop, I don't shop. I already know what I want when I go there, and I just go get it. So if I gotta get towels, I'm just going, wootaloosh, wootaloosh.


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[Assistant] 30 tiles, 30 low tiles, I need pots and pines, grab it.


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[Assistant] What got me was the TVs, because I ordered about six TVs. That's what got me.


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[Assistant] Cause I don't look at Sky Report cause it don't matter. Cause every time I go play against a player, he reminds me of this, barbecue chicken.


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[Assistant] He played when he was doing work that game. I was like, you know what? This kid is the truth.


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[Assistant] He's way up there. Oh my god. He's, and he just dwarfs me. So every time I see him I gotta take a picture.


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[Assistant] I wasn't, like, they, they, uh, they used the word racist, but that was far from that. So when I was growing up, all the Chinese movies were like this.


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[Assistant] And he said, you shouldn't do that. And I said, why? He said, because when Yao Ming was young, he used to write me letters. Well, he said, man, this kid's been idolizing you, I didn't want to tell you.


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[Assistant] This is the one that I'm scared of. The next one? Pan in. Get the scare face.


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[Assistant] Being in the game for a long time, I could tell who's being personal and who's not.


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[Assistant] I have the ability to, when I hear criticism, I turn off being Shaq for a while, and then my intelligence kicks in. Like, Shaq's a great player, but, so then I'm just focusing on but. I am a great player, but.


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[Assistant] They're right, I'm only shooting 45% from the free-throw line, so there's some validity here when he said that. And then I turn the shack back on, I won't be upset.


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[Assistant] It'll be both. I always say what's on my mind.


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[Assistant] And sometimes you have to be politically correct. Sometimes I am, sometimes I'm not.


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[Assistant] You know, I always tell people, especially when I'm doing speeches, yeah, I'm Shaq, I'm nice, but don't put anybody on the pedestal. Shaq, you ready to move?


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[Assistant] If he pulled me over, I probably did it. And this comes from being raised by a drill sergeant.


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[Assistant] You show every man respect and you show every woman respect. So when I get pulled over, yes sir, no sir. I have a, I have a badge, but I don't flash it.


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[Assistant] Uhm, and then I asked them, did I do something wrong? You were speeding. My bad, I apologize. Did they give me a ticket?


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[Assistant] I want to be there for the people. Like right now I'm DJing and doing it. Like I can't, I don't want to be that guy. I thought this was hot. This is nothing. I over exaggerated. Da Balm Beyond Insanity Hot Sauce.


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[Assistant] One time I ate something hot. I'm that close to intolerant, so I drank some milk. I went to the bathroom.


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[Assistant] So, usually when you booboo, you have two feet now.


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[Assistant] No, you have to eat that, then I'll have the free throw off. No negotiations here.


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[Assistant] Sister girl. That's the five? I'll go for it. Right here?


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[Assistant] Step two for three. Two for three. Until we can tie.


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[Assistant] I don't know why he said that even though he won the championship six times.


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[Assistant] Without the paperwork, the top dollar I'm gonna be able to pay is 3,000. Wow.


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[Assistant] I don't know, it matches your head pretty good. What's up with the Booker T boots? I bought these boots from a customer.


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[Assistant] Well, that's why I offered him such a low amount because he didn't have any paperwork on him, so... How do you know they're Booker T's? They say Booker T on them.


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[Assistant] Thank you, I might need it. You're gonna be really excited once you realize these boots are real and I made a good purchase.


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[Assistant] Well, I got some boots that I think are, you know, from the King Booker era. King of the world. King of the world, right there. Yeah, most definitely.


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[Assistant] I got to Jersey while working for the NFL. During the Pro Bowl, the players usually get a gamer and a couple of backups. And I was in charge of giving them out. But in this particular case, you know, Tom Brady doesn't really go to Pro Bowls. So they were kind of left over.


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[Assistant] And that's why I have it. This jersey, you can't buy it in the store. It's handmade. I'm asking $4,000 for the jersey.


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[Assistant] So, it's not signed or anything? It's not signed. It's just game-issued. It's very rare. He never wore the jersey?


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[Assistant] I just want you to remember, I have to make money out of this. I know. I understand. I know the deal, you gotta make some money on it, whatever. I felt kinda low for this. There's only three of them made.


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[Assistant] I always want to know where things come from, but I can see why someone would be secretive about selling his World Series rings, especially if he still works for the team. Sorry.


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[Assistant] Okay, well I gotta have some story. I bought them off the original owner. But they're all legit? They're all legit. I have some paperwork if you want.


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[Assistant] Oh, okay. They're all staff rings, right? Correct. Championship rings are about as rare as sports memorabilia gets. The 90's Atlanta Braves are sellable because they dominated the entire decade. Do you know anything about the rings or? I know that having a set is unique. It's not that uncommon, especially for staff rings.


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[Assistant] The guys on the staff aren't like the players who are traded every three years. There's guys that can work their 10, 15 years. This is the type of collection that baseball fanatics will wait their entire life to find. Even though there's staff rings and not player rings, they're still highly collectible.


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[Assistant] We have one World Series and four National League Championship rings. Okay. And they're all 10 karat Jostens. Jostens is a company that makes everything from high school and college class rings to Super Bowl rings. They usually have that classic school ring look. Not like a lot of the flashy stuff a lot of companies are putting out now.


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[Assistant] It really wasn't like 2001 when the Patriots went really overboard with their Super Bowl ring. Up until that point, they still basically looked like class rings. Nowadays, they're just straight up blank.


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[Assistant] These right here, like 3,000 a piece. Okay. World Series Ring.


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[Assistant] You know, we're talking $20,000. I mean, you've seen the price of baseball memorabilia lately.


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[Assistant] But for $29,000, I don't like him that much. I'm sorry, I just can't do it. Sorry, we couldn't make a deal.


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[Assistant] What's up man? Hey, how you doing Rick? Good to see you.


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[Assistant] Oh, that's sick. Yeah, this is, uh, the Yankees' 27th World Series win. This is an 09 made by Belfour.


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[Assistant] I know a lot about this ring. It's a 14 karat gold. This is the year that they, uh, won the World Series against the Phillies. They won 4-2. And it's the first World Series they won since the year 2000.


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[Assistant] Jeter, Posada, Matsui, A-Rod, all on that team. It was a killer killer team. Right. And this, it looks like this is, uh,


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[Assistant] Not a player's ring though, which is a little bit less desirable, but it is desirable because it's a Yankee World Series ring. So it's a, it's definitely a great ring. So the big question is what do you think it's worth?


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[Assistant] They were, they were pretty hot right after they won. A big factor in the value of rings is having the original display box.


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[Assistant] Yeah, that'd be great, because it does add value. So the ring, in my opinion, is worth $22,000.


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[Assistant] This base is from a great game. The Cubs did win 5-1, which obviously helps the value of it. So in order to make sure that this is authentic,


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[Assistant] So those are definitely indicators to make sure that it's going to be authentic. It's a really cool bass.


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[Assistant] This base has going for it that I haven't seen a lot of is that it's got a lot of great game use and all this dirt stuck to it. So as far as value, I think retail wise in a strong market, it's worth


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[Assistant] About 15,000. Alright. Thanks, man. I appreciate it. You got it. Appreciate it, man. You got it. Take care. Thanks so much. Have a good one.


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[Assistant] This being a base from a Cubs World Series win is really impressive. If Rick's able to get this for a good deal, I think he should definitely buy it. It's something that Cubs fans would die to have. You're asking how much?


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[Assistant] The book is a collection of short stories about the slaves who actually used the underground railroad to escape to freedom.


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[Assistant] To find a book this old on the Underground Railroad is quite unusual. There are very few titles like this from the 19th century. I'd like to get at least $500 for the book.


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[Assistant] I've been seeing prices in the range of $900 to $1000. I'd like $700.


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[Assistant] I don't mind leaving something on the bone, but that sounds like quite a bit. You know, from what she said, I'm thinking more like a thousand. Well, you came in here, you only wanted seven hundred. I thought it was a thousand dollar book.


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[Assistant] Usually I'm lucky if I make five or ten bucks on a book that I find on the state sale. This was definitely the exception to the rule. When I pulled this book off the shelf, I said, yeah, this is a winner. My gut told me this was a good book.


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[Assistant] Although I like this, I see McKinstry signed it. McKinstry was the editor of the newspaper that originally requested this memoir be written. In fact, Pettit here, Eber Pettit, he was a major part of the Underground Railroad in Fredonia, New York, and he didn't decide to kind of sit back and write about it. Instead, it was McKinstry who pushed him and said,


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[Assistant] We need to have a record of what it was like for these slaves who were escaping the South.


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[Assistant] Well, yes, Pettit would talk with the slaves at the time and then he would report stories. And in that way, it's very much a documentary record of what the people were going through. If I remember correctly, the first story here tells about a slave who had escaped and


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[Assistant] He comes across a barn and he has no idea whether the person owning that is going to help him or turn him in.


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[Assistant] And he is so frightened by the prospect that he'll be turned in. And he doesn't blame the people either because they were going to get a $500 reward for doing that. $500 at the time is huge.


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[Assistant] And so there are tons of little stories in here that show this just beautiful bright side of humanity despite these terrible situations.


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[Assistant] There's a huge range and estimate of how many slaves were able to escape through the Underground Railroad. Uh, you see numbers about, on the low end, about 30,000. On the high end you see numbers as high as 100,000.


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[Assistant] This was a pretty small printing. It was printed in Fredonia. So there aren't that many copies. It's a very unusual book to see, which is kind of exciting.


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[Assistant] Uhm, as far as these types of books go, it's not in horrible condition.


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[Assistant] Really important from the perspective of documenting all of this lore that otherwise was only passed down as oral history. Okay, there are a lot of people who would be very interested in this book. I think it would be completely fair to price it around... 12.50.


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[Assistant] Hello, how can I help you? Well, I've got something that you need. You have something I need? Yes.


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[Assistant] A Jack Nicholas signed glove. One of the most popular golfers of all time.


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[Assistant] The golf club says to Fabby, best of luck, Jack Nicklaus.


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[Assistant] I've had this glove for 51 years, so it has a lot of sentiment to me. So I'd like to get $700 for the glove. I feel that it's worth that.


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[Assistant] I was at the Bob Hope Desert Classic and Jack Nicholas took his glove off after he played 18 holes and I said, can I have it?


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[Assistant] And he said, sure, who can I make it out to? I said, Fabby. So as you see, it's to Fabby from Jack Nicholas.


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[Assistant] My one concern with the expert looking at my glove is it's autographed to Fabby, to me. So I'm not sure if that's going to affect the value or not.


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[Assistant] Uhm, that's a little bit low. Can you go a little bit more?


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[Assistant] I'm feeling good. I got 325. As far as this deal goes, I feel like I got a hole in one.


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[Assistant] Came down to the pawn shop today to try to sell my Lyndon B. Johnson personalized golf ball. Trying to sell it today because it's just collecting dust. I'm asking for a couple hundred, I'll be happy with around 150.


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[Assistant] Let me show you some of the stuff I have laid out.


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[Assistant] Okay, so back in, uh, 2002, uh, Kobe didn't have a shoe deal, so he was constantly switching up his shoes. Here's the Allen Iversons, the Jordans, and then these are the Jordans from Space Jam.


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[Assistant] Okay, so what's to deal with the print right here? Yeah, so this is a print signature by Kobe and then he actually officially signed it on the left right there.


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[Assistant] Are these game worn shorts? Yea. These are actually his rookie shorts and these are right before they switched over to the baggy long cut.


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[Assistant] Okay, and those are game-worn jerseys and maybe a practice, a warm-up jacket? Uh, yeah, I have two game-worn jerseys and then the practice warm-up.


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[Assistant] What about these balls right here? This is actually a really cool piece. This is the only ball known to be signed by Jordan, Phil Jackson, and Kobe.


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[Assistant] Uh, that's a little too low for what I'm actually looking for, uhm. I mean, what's your best price? Uh, 50,000?


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[Assistant] I don't know, The Mighty Ducks was such an iconic hockey movie that they actually named a real team after them.


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[Assistant] I let Chum pick out what he thinks we should buy. But, it's my money.


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[Assistant] Should I just pick a couple pieces? You know, I'll take over from here, Sean. I'll supervise. What would you take for everything on the table? I'm looking for about 70,000.


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[Assistant] Like Dan said, you can probably get those numbers if you have a retail store. Yeah. You're not gonna be able to retail though. I will give you $35,000 right now.


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[Assistant] We got a deal. 40,000. Great deal. Uh, let me go out to car. I'll get you a check. I'll be right back. Sounds good.


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[Assistant] The first mega sports star to basically become a billionaire.


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[Assistant] Okay, uhm, how much you want for this thing?


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[Assistant] I'm gonna go get Steve. He's the autograph guy. Maybe we could do something. Give me a few minutes.


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[Assistant] So big question, you got the paperwork right there, you think it's real, what do you think it's worth?


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[Assistant] The other day, Dan, my sports guy told me about an upcoming auction of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's memorabilia. So I flew into Philadelphia and I'm headed out towards New Jersey to go look at this stuff. It's a once in a lifetime deal. If I can get to buy some of this stuff.


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[Assistant] He was like the first mega superstar in basketball.


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[Assistant] So how many pairs of those are out there? Kareem himself had only two pairs. That's pretty cool. And he wore those because he was so tall, people, you know, when they went up a block


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[Assistant] A game worn jersey is really, really cool, but an all-star jersey, that's just sort of like, that's a completely different thing.


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[Assistant] And if you just had this stuff right here, I think you're done.


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[Assistant] Pretty amazing right there. Thank you.


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[Assistant] Okay, uhm, yeaah, a little bit more than your standard dream.


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[Assistant] So I knew this was gonna be amazing stuff, so I arranged for my sports guy, Dan, to be here, but can't get here until tomorrow, so can I come back tomorrow? Absolutely, I'll be here. I really feel like I should light a candle before I leave.


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[Assistant] I was just grabbing the ring out of the safe for you. Okay, you never get deceased. I mean like this is like the ultimate premium Abdul-Jabbar stuff, period. I wanted Dan to check these out.


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[Assistant] Very big honor, I'm Dan. Pleasure. So this is your stuff? This is my stuff.


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[Assistant] I think we need to buy something. Cause that wasn't in the bucket list till now.


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[Assistant] It has just been an absolutely amazing day. I bought Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's goggles and I'm going to a Lakers game with them.


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[Assistant] I can't wait to rub this in Cory and Chum's face. It's gonna be glorious.


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[Assistant] I love championship rings. They're big, embellished, and they look great in my showcase.


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[Assistant] No matter what, championship rings are always collectible. They don't come on the market too often because people tend to hold onto them. When they do surface, it's usually a trainer or a staff ring. Unless of course a player has too good of a time in Vegas.


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[Assistant] Big question is, what do you want to do? You want to pot it or sell it? I'd like to sell it. And what do you want for it? I'd like to get about $20,000 for it. Oh, no, no, no, no. Not gonna happen. Well, what's gonna happen?


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[Assistant] 20,000 player ring, maybe? Oh, a player ring would be 100,000. Ehh.


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[Assistant] The problem is, it's a trainer. If the Heat made these rings like the players' rings, it would demand more money.


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[Assistant] Chum and I are in a warehouse in Los Angeles that sells sneakers and they actually have a pair of shoes that Michael Jordan wore in the movie Space Jam. This warehouse is full of rare sneakers and Chum has already found some other shoes that he says we should consider buying. Now we're waiting for Chum's expert.


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[Assistant] And hopefully Chum hasn't put me in a jam on this trip.


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[Assistant] Yeah, it grossed a ton of money. It was like over $200 million it grossed. And there's a sequel coming out with LeBron James, right? Let's just hope he does adjust.


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[Assistant] I mean I'd offer him like 300 grand because I just don't know enough about shoes. You can't do better than that. I'm good. What about some of these other shoes? I don't want you to leave empty handed.


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[Assistant] I'm really interested in those Paris shoes.


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[Assistant] Now those are cool. So would you take like 55,000 for them?


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[Assistant] And I'm gonna do a little bit more shopping on stuff I can actually wear.


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[Assistant] Okay, I know things, I just don't know a lot about the game of basketball. I'm not a real big basketball fan.


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[Assistant] Uhm, do you mind if I call someone up and have them take a look at it? Uhm, it's cause for all I know you printed out this little C of A here and, uh, got busy with the Sharpies, so. Definitely.


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[Assistant] Give me a minute, I'm gonna give someone a call, I'll get him down here, uh, he'll know more than I do. And him. Anyone knows more than you do about this? Apparently Chum knows a lot more than me.


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[Assistant] Okay, I mean, my big concerns are, is it real and what's it worth? Can I take a look at it?


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[Assistant] So these are action-packed. Yes. And they're 1995. Right.


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[Assistant] And that's when the sports card bubble just, I mean, I mean it didn't blow up, it was like a nuclear bomb.


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[Assistant] Everyone thought they were gonna get rich, they were gonna retire off baseball cars. Right. But, when you start getting these crazes where everyone's buying them because they're gonna be worth a fortune and they're gonna resell them, that's not collecting, that's speculating. So where did you get these things?


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[Assistant] I played for Portland. Senator Bill Bradley. He played for the New York Knicks. Bob Cousy played for the


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[Assistant] So do you know much about the autographs? Did someone purchase these cards and have them signed? Where do they come from?


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[Assistant] If they made pawn shop cards about this shop, I'd definitely be the most valuable. Looks like a lot of gold.


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[Assistant] This gentleman right here has, uhm, all these basketball cards that are signed by the players.


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[Assistant] They're from Action Pact, but it seems like the company went out of business before they were able to release these cards.


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[Assistant] So, how much do you think these things would retail for? How long do you think it's gonna take me to sell it?


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[Assistant] That's really, really neat. I know they started off as a serious basketball team in the 1920s.


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[Assistant] And the stuff they did with the basketball was incredible. These guys would drop kick a basketball from half court and just swish it.


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[Assistant] Literally, when I was like 10 years old, every kid was trying to spin a basketball on their finger. Right. You know, they were trying to do the whole, you know.


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[Assistant] Do you mind if I call up my buddy? He's got a shop right down the street. He deals in all kinds of sports stuff.


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[Assistant] Can he take a look at it and maybe help us figure out the price?


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[Assistant] I mean, I have to resell the thing. I mean, I could go 200 bucks if you would take that, but...


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[Assistant] I wish we could do something, but if you change your mind down the road, maybe we could do some business.


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[Assistant] And, uh, I saw that it had some names that I recognized. Uh, it has Phil Jackson, Shaquille O'Neal.


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[Assistant] I was looking for around a grand if I couldn't. I figured he paid $1600, I thought $1000 would be fair.


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[Assistant] When chum said that he was interested in bringing in a expert, that kinda was, oh boy, you know, but let's be realistic, we gotta see if it's real.


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[Assistant] Man, we have some great ones on your Sweet Lou Dunbar. There's Metal Arc Lemon.


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[Assistant] There's just so much more to the Globetrotters than a sideshow as a lot of people associate with them.


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[Assistant] They played in over 20,000 games, 150 countries. They've been ambassadors to goodwill for the United States and travel all over the world. It's quite an amazing story. Oh yeah. I mean, going back to the early days of the Globetrotters with the segregation and everything, you know, there's nothing else for, you know, black players to do for basketball. I mean, heck, the NBA wasn't even invented until the late 40s.


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[Assistant] But going back to the 20s, they started in a small ballroom in Chicago named the Savoy Ballroom. It was a group of five guys with their owner Abe Saperstein. Okay. His father was a tailor, so they just arbitrarily picked New York and tailored it onto their uniforms just to book them more matches. But...


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[Assistant] So they started incorporating more and more comedy and antics as the years went on. And they added the name Harlan and Globetrotters. Harlan being the hotbed for African-American culture during the time. Globetrotters giving that international vibe.


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[Assistant] Even after the Minneapolis Lakers won the first NBA championship, they challenged him to a game and beat them.


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[Assistant] So even after the NBA form, they're still the best team ever assembled on the hardwood. Okay. So the big question.


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[Assistant] What's it worth? What I can tell you is from balls I've seen from this period, these are all done by different guys. I mean, different slant flow, pen pressures. These are authentic autographs. No doubt about it. So what we're looking at here, ball and program included is 300 bucks.


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[Assistant] With the Harlem Globetrotters, they don't transcend well into the new generation. You know, these days everybody wants to collect the current NBA teams. And the Globetrotters simply don't have the market that they once had.


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[Assistant] How's it going? How you doing? Alright. I got something I think you're really gonna like. Three player Super Bowl rings from the greatest dynasty that play football, the San Francisco 49ers.


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[Assistant] And this is from their first Super Bowl ring in 1981. This is really, really cool. Super Bowl 29? This is the one where they beat the Chargers? That is the one where they destroyed the Chargers.


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[Assistant] I'm here at the pawn shop today to sell three player Super Bowl rings from the San Francisco 49ers. I'm looking to get $37,500 for each Super Bowl ring or $112,500 for all three. If I end up selling the rings today, I'm probably going to take the money and put it right back in and buy some more 49ers memorabilia.


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[Assistant] You just collect them from different collectors? You get them from the players? Different collectors, conventions, not directly from the players.


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[Assistant] Good players I've never really heard of. Really? Eric Wright, the starting cornerback for four Super Bowls, you've never heard of him? Okay, Ed Cooke? Toy Cooke had interception in the game, and Jeff Fuller's pretty well known as well. These were starters. I don't know if you noticed this one, there's no marks inside of it. I've had the ring authenticated, it does.


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[Assistant] Have a good one, man. If you change your mind, call me. No problem, I appreciate it. Thank you. I was hoping to make a deal, but I would not accept anywhere near that. I'll take my rings and display them at my office till I get a better offer that's more commensurate with what they're worth.


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[Assistant] I'm interested in selling some Dennis Rodman jerseys. They're all game worn. How did you get these? I was once married to Dennis. Whoa. Look at that.


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[Assistant] I've got a 1999 St. Louis Rams Lombardi Trophy. Sweet. Original box and certificate of authenticity.


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[Assistant] I know I've seen you a few times, man. How do you get all this cool stuff? You know what? I just get lucky and find some cool stuff every now and then. Okay. I'm not sure luck has anything to do with it.


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[Assistant] A lot of players risk their bodies, their limbs to hoist this trophy. You could be in that small group and hoist this.


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[Assistant] We're too far apart. Okay. But I'll let you hoist it though, even though you're not gonna buy it.


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[Assistant] They signed Babe Ruth. Babe Ruth was the greatest ever.


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[Assistant] I know enough. Yeah, you know enough to get your ass in hot water.


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[Assistant] We have rules about buying the expensive stuff without getting it checked out first.


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[Assistant] For some reason Rick thinks his fat head is above the rules. This is a business with risk and reward. And I'm like 90% sure it's real. I'm worried about the damn 10%, Rick. Why don't you take the book and go up to Rebecca's and let's find out about this now.


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[Assistant] It's very interesting piece. What can you tell me about this?


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[Assistant] Do you have any paperwork on it? None whatsoever. The way you sell this stuff is with authentication. Cause there's a tremendous amount of people with a ball point out there.


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[Assistant] That knows more than me who look at this thing. It's not that I don't trust this guy. I don't trust nobody. Especially when they're trying to sell me something.


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[Assistant] In the shape it's in, it's not worth $3,000. I'll be glad to negotiate with you, but you're gonna have to come down a whole lot if we cut a deal. What could you guys offer me on this? I'm gonna shoot you a price. If you don't like it, don't hit me. But I'd be a buyer at about $800.


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[Assistant] I couldn't pay three thousand. You gotta understand too that I'm tying my money up and I have to make a profit.


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[Assistant] Well, I would respectfully decline. The offer will stand. You're welcome back anytime. I appreciate it. When the price is not right, it's not right. And $3,000 was too much for that baseball.


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[Assistant] The other major I saw play when television was in its infancy.


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[Assistant] Hey, what can I help you with? I want to sell a ring today. Okay. Holy.


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[Assistant] Got the mother of all Super Bowl rings. Biggest and baddest.


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[Assistant] Alright, where did you get this? Well, I'm a broker and a gentleman came in. Rookie Brian, he's a wide receiver and did a deal with me and never came back to get it. So what, you loaned him some money or something like that? Yea. This thing weighs a ton. Well, it's from Super Bowl 39. It's when they beat the Eagles and they went back to back like it says on the side of the ring.


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[Assistant] I'm a little nervous right now. It's a large amount of money, but I believe the ring is real. When the player walks in the door with it, then you gotta kinda believe the guy.


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[Assistant] You're gonna sell it, right? Yeah, of course I am. Yeah, all right. It's another $10,000 paperweight. No, I paid over 20 grand for this one. Okay, then it's a $20,000 paperweight.


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[Assistant] Rick, I'll be honest with you, sell that ring or I'm gonna sell every damn ring over there in the case.


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[Assistant] I have here a 1942 Chicago Bears team signed football.


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[Assistant] I mean, it's pretty amazing to think it's a 1942 ball.


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[Assistant] How much you looking for? I want as much as I can get, but I think it'd be close to $22,000. No.


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[Assistant] Hearing the offer of $4,000 made me want to pull out some WWE moves and throw somebody off the top ropes.


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[Assistant] If you'll note out the date on there, it's March 13, 1931. So 18 days after the date of this letter, he died. So this has to be one of the last


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[Assistant] Thanks. I know it's real, I don't have any doubt that it's real, uh, but it'll be nice to receive some verification of that and, uh, get somebody else's, uh, expert opinion as to what it's worth as well.


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[Assistant] I can imagine a lot of Notre Dame fans come through your store. You know, I think I can go as low as 4,000 bucks.


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[Assistant] I'm probably looking to get more out of it than that because of the date on it. And I can see going as low as maybe 3500.


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[Assistant] I don't think I'm gonna get to 2,000. I just, I think it's worth more than 2,000 bucks.


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[Assistant] The reason why I'm selling this statue is because I have so much stuff at my house and I have no place for it. I'm asking for $125,000 for the statue and the way that I came up with that number is because of the value of O.J. Simpson and I know he's worth way more than $125,000 in real life.


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[Assistant] Wow. So this was one of them. How did you get it? I got this piece from a radio show on Chicago called Man Cow. Yea, Man Cow. He's a DJ. Yea, man. We went to his show one day.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, man, you know, the reason why I wear this clock is because, you know, time is the most important element. And when we stop, time keeps going. Alright, Chumlee, man.


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[Assistant] Yo E, come on man, let's get this back to the truck man. OJ gotta go. Alright playa. Yea OJ gotta go man. Yo thank you for your time. Thank you brother. And thank you for your patience and everything, the whole nine.


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[Assistant] This thing weighs a ton. Well, it's from Super Bowl 39. It's when they beat the Eagles and they went back to back like it says on the side of the ring. So how much were you looking to get out of it? I was in the mid to low twenties.


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[Assistant] I've got a jacket from the 1939 All-Star All-Pro NFL football game.


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[Assistant] My stepfather played the 1939 first all-star all-pro game. There was only 49 of these jackets given out that day.


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[Assistant] I had found an auction somewhere where there was a jacket that had sold for about $5,000 and it was not even as old as this one.


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[Assistant] I think anybody that is a sports enthusiast would be very proud to have it.


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[Assistant] I would like to go away with nothing less than a thousand dollars for it.


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[Assistant] I was able to get the top dollar and that's amazing. Maybe I should do this more often.


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[Assistant] Okay, how are you? Good, what do we got? I got something you're not gonna believe.


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[Assistant] I came down to the pawn shop to sell a plaster cast impression of Joe DiMaggio's feet that were credited with saving his baseball career. I'm a fan of Joe DiMaggio because he's an amazing guy. I'm looking for $10,000. That seemed to be a very reasonable price considering the uniqueness and historical significance


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[Assistant] I'm coming down to the pawn shop to sell my old football helmet. The reason why I want to sell it is it's been sitting in my house forever collecting dust. I'm trying to sell it for $500, but the lowest I'd probably go is $200.


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[Assistant] I started on $130 seeing that they wouldn't budge, so I figured I might as well just take what I can get and run with it.


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[Assistant] Fly fishing's been around forever, I mean, they're actually doing it in Macedonia, like 200 AD. Wow. Fly fishing was like, probably the...


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[Assistant] I mean, it's in really good shape. What's it made out of? Bamboo? Yes, split bamboo. Okay. And they use bamboo because it's strong and most things are going to snap. It looks 40s, 50s maybe. Right. It doesn't look like it's ever been used though. That's the cool thing. I mean,


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[Assistant] Red Rock Coa. Where did you get this? I bought it at a garage sale. What do you think, son?


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[Assistant] It was an older lady, and she was not sure if it was real. She thought maybe it was a reproduction, but it looks old to me, smells old.


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[Assistant] I respect Babe Ruth, unfortunately he was a Yankee, that's his only fault. I don't really know how much the poster's worth, I'd love to get a couple thousand dollars, but uhm, I'd go as low as a hundred bucks on it.


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[Assistant] The Yankees have killed the twins the last four times we've made the playoffs. So do you think this is the curse of the twins right here? You know, I'm willing to try anything.


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[Assistant] And, uh, I saw that it had some names that I recognized, uh, as Phil Jackson, Shaquille O'Neal.


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[Assistant] I came to the pawn shop today because I have a signed Lakers backpack. I really would like to get at least $500. My son is graduating high school and I kind of want to put some money towards his new car.


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[Assistant] When chum said that he was interested in bringing in a expert, that kinda was, oh boy, you know, but let's be realistic, we gotta see if it's real.


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[Assistant] I got a kid coming out of school, chum. I don't mean to put a pressure on, you know, knowing you and stuff, but uhm. I gotta keep my job, too. I get it, I get it, my brother. Uh, can we go 450?


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[Assistant] The 375 is going to help get my son a car, and that's kind of was the goal, is that we can put that toward it.


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[Assistant] My kids thought it was the greatest thing in the world and then I would tell my kids it's fake and they'd go shut up dad.


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[Assistant] I don't see that there. I've sold Super Bowl rings for less money. You know, I'd give you four grand for it.


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[Assistant] It's a weird thing, you know what I mean? Because, you know, I deal a lot in sports rings, but this is not a sports ring. This is a... sorta sports ring.


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[Assistant] It's really neat that he's from the Hall of Fame and all these other things, and that's why I'm offering four grand, but I, I, I don't see anything more than that.


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[Assistant] Earlier a guy brought in a telegram from the 1970s that was basically telling Cassius Clay he couldn't even fight in Alaska.


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[Assistant] I'm gonna sign a set of Ali boxing gloves. I could do something with it. Yeah. You know, realistically.


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[Assistant] What? Wrestling stuff. Mankind. And some guy named Dude Love. Mankind and Dude Love are the same guy, Rick. Mick Foley. The most badass hardcore wrestler of all time. But as a character he was like, Dude Love, but he beat people up.


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[Assistant] And he's just this really dark character, you would find him in the boiler room, and he had this finishing move called the mandible claw. And what'd he do? He'd just, aah, put his fingers down your throat and like,


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[Assistant] But each one of these characters was willing to take it further and farther than any other wrestler out there. I'm talking, he jumped off I think it was a 15 foot ladder onto a bed of thumbtacks in one wrestling match.


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[Assistant] Okay. I mean, this guy is one of the best hardcore wrestlers ever. Okay. So...


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[Assistant] Okay, the shirt looks a little bit different of a color than the one he would've wore in the ring. He wore one that was a little more blue.


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[Assistant] Obviously, I think we all know this isn't the one that mankind would've wore, because he had his own hair.


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[Assistant] But it's got his signature on it and it says, have a nice day. That's pretty cool. That's like his catchphrase.


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[Assistant] Okay, Steve's not around, I can't get him to come down and look at that signature. I think I got someone who can come down and take a look at this. You know someone who can look at signatures? Yea, I know someone who can verify this signature. Okay, can you hang out for a little bit? Absolutely. Alright, you want to get a hold of your guy? Yea, I'll be right back. I have no idea who he's calling. Hey guys, look who it is!


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[Assistant] How you doing, Rick? Mankind, aka Dude Love himself. Okay, I didn't recognize you without the mask.


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[Assistant] So, here's what I called you in about here. Alright, let me see.


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[Assistant] Do you want to take a look at this signature right here? I thought it was really cool because it says have a nice day and I imagine you write that often but do you or is that a little special?


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[Assistant] Likewise, thank you for having me here. I actually have one more question. Okay. Well, it's kind of a request. Sure. Can you say it once for me? Can I?


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[Assistant] Nope, I hope you liked the surprise. That was awesome. So, what do you think? About 200 for the pair? Yea, 200 for the pair.


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[Assistant] Thanks man. Alright, I appreciate it. Thank you. Alright. Alright. Alright. 150 bucks? Sounds like the expert's a Broncos fan to me.


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[Assistant] In 150 years of baseball, probably best all-around player ever in the game. Mace played 22 seasons, mostly with the Giants. Then he established himself by hitting 660 homeruns, which is still fourth all-time just behind Babe Ruth.


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[Assistant] Maze has gone down as one of the best players the game's ever seen. Between his speed, his power, his defense, he just did things on the field unlike others at the time. What concerns did you have with it?


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[Assistant] How do we prove that it was actually game worn? It was Willie Mazes. Well, these are extremely rare to find. Nobody thought to keep jerseys from back then. So the ones we do find typically are beat to hell, are eaten up by moths.


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[Assistant] The most important thing when analyzing jerseys from this era is going to be the tags and any kind of markings on the jersey. Willie May's 61 where it's stitched in black.


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[Assistant] Now Spalding is a company that the Giants contracted and seeing this is consistent with a lot of Spalding jerseys from this time period.


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[Assistant] Right here in the waist, what we can see is we have Willie Mays 24, which is his jersey number and 33, which is his waist 26 inseam, which all of these would have been the size and the equipment number for him at that time. One thing I'm just not seeing is.


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[Assistant] Any damage to it. This thing appears to be in immaculate condition, especially for its age, which leads me to believe that it's game issued versus game used.


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[Assistant] That's all very possible, but to truly identify it as a game-used jersey, we would need to see a lot more evidence of wear on it. Now, although we can't prove that this is actually a game-worn jersey,


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[Assistant] This is 100% authentic jersey that Willie Mays was issued. Great. Good to hear.


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[Assistant] This is absolutely extraordinary. This is one hell of a find. I would value this anywhere from 35 to 40 grand. Really, huh? Good news.


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[Assistant] What's going on guys? The guys call me down to the shop whenever they have some sports memorabilia that they need some more information about.


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[Assistant] The Braves are actually the oldest continuously playing team in American professional sports. Oh wow. Over the years though they had a lot of ups and downs.


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[Assistant] I've seen World Series rings sell for tens of thousands of dollars, so I'm really excited to see what this ring might bring. What concerns do you have with the ring?


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[Assistant] We have a large diamond set on top of a blue stone and we're gonna have 18 smaller diamonds surrounding it.


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[Assistant] This is what they call a salesman sample. They're provided to the teams beforehand so they can get a look at the ring, see if they like it, approve it, and they make it from there.


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[Assistant] And also, it's issued to Turner, which is Ted Turner, the owner of the team.


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[Assistant] They still do have value. People just want to own a piece of the 95 Braves. With the original box and everything, you're looking at around two grand.


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[Assistant] Back in 1963, these would have been made by a company, Sports Hall of Fame, and sold at Cooperstown and other souvenir shops.


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[Assistant] Most of his fame came from the days he was a manager of the New York Giants.


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[Assistant] It's because of great hall of famers like this that items like this even exist. The molds from this era are very rare to find. They seldomly come up for sale, but every once in a while you do see one pop up.


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[Assistant] Now the main thing we want to see here is a mirror image of the stamping of the player name and the company manufacturer. On the uhm, finished product it would appear right side up.


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[Assistant] And I can see on the inside we have the information, Sports Hall of Fame and Joe DiMaggio, which is exactly similar to the finished product, how it appears on plastic. They also have John McGraw, same exact thing. And looking at these, I mean, everything seems to check out, but there's this one thing that's kind of bothering me about them.


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[Assistant] A lot of the fakes I've seen before, they're actually smaller in size and they have a lot less details in them.


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[Assistant] Alright, so, taking into consideration all the details, especially the height of them.


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[Assistant] The original bus, they're six inches tall. The base is about two inches and the actual bus itself is about four inches. These are good. So what are they worth? Being one of a kind, it's a little difficult to pinpoint, but John McGraw, you're looking at maybe around $500, $800. Joe DiMaggio, one of the most famous baseball players of all time.


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[Assistant] 1500 to 2000 bucks. Okay. Is the bus worth anything? Yea, around 50 bucks.


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[Assistant] Okay, well thanks man. Being that these are one of a kinds, they appeal to a lot of people, but at the end of the day there's a very small market for something this rare and unique. So how much do you want for them?


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[Assistant] We're about the bat. Okay. Uh, what this is, it's a Hillarich and Bradsby Louisville Slugger baseball bat. Now, Ty Cobb, I can go on and on about what he did for the sport. I mean, over 4,000 hits, over 2,000 runs. I mean, he's one of the purest, best hitters in the game bar none. Right.


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[Assistant] Now Joe Sewell, he's not as much of a household name, especially as far as a Hall of Famer. But what he did, throughout the 1920s, he didn't strike out. And that's what made him very famous. Over 7,000 at-bats, he struck out 114 times. In this day and age, 3 or 4 times a game, you know, guys will strike out. He did that in a season. I mean, that was remarkable. Alright, so, tell me what's up with the bat. I don't get it.


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[Assistant] I can see why you don't get it. This is a very unique bat. Uh, first of all, Joe Sewell game use items are very hard to come by.


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[Assistant] Now that on top of the fact we have Ty Cobb's name on here, I mean we have a really unique piece of memorabilia here. What do you think it's worth?


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[Assistant] Uh, let me start off with just a Taikob game-use bat. Easily six-figures. There's no two ways about it. I mean, that's one of the most sought-after rare pieces of memorabilia from this time in baseball. Now, we're not dealing with just a Taikob bat here. We also have Joe Sewell's name engraved into the bat barrel as well.


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[Assistant] And uh, what I can tell you about that, the reason his name exists on here is because in the later part of his career, during the mid to late part of the 20s,


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[Assistant] In order to be just like Cobb, he wanted to emulate his hero, he wanted his bat. So he contacted Pillarich and Bradsby.


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[Assistant] It's just his model bat, and it's cool because this is like the transition bat, so to speak.


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[Assistant] You know, this was the one he was trying out first. Do I like it? Do I hit well with it? Do I wanna continue with it? So these were only, these are extremely limited. What do you think it's worth?


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[Assistant] I mean, I've seen just a game used Batasul, you know, in that kind of shape. It's about eight, seven to $8,000 and you can almost more than double it because of the fact that it can be pinpointed to a particular time in his career and it is affiliated with Tycon.


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[Assistant] Yep, Jeremy, I appreciate you coming down. Not a problem, man. Good to meet you. Thanks for coming in. You bet.


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[Assistant] How you doing? Doing good, man. What do we have? The Great Bambino? You got an old Babe Ruth card, man. You gotta be kidding. This is just awesome. I own Ultimate Sports Cards and memorabilia here in Las Vegas. The guys call me down to the shop anytime a card comes in the shop that they need some help with. In baseball, there's no name bigger than Babe Ruth. By the time he was 19, he signed a minor league contract.


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[Assistant] The problem was, since he wasn't 21, the uh, owner of the minor league organization had to take custody of him so he could sign the contract. Then his teammates kinda teased him saying, hey, that's Jack's newest babe and that's how the name Babe Ruth came to be. That's cool.


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[Assistant] But Babe Ruth items, especially from his playing days, these are pretty much one of the only guarantees in sports memorabilia that always go up.


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[Assistant] What you have here is one of Ruth's earliest cards and it's the very first ever feature in his major league uniform. This is a top five must have for any serious collector.


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[Assistant] What this is, the Sporty News, they basically had two 200 card sets that were distributed in their publications every week.


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[Assistant] On this one we have the Tribune advertisement, which of the two Babe Ruths, this one's the more preferred one.


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[Assistant] So is it real? We're gonna find out right now, man. Alright. Let's start with condition. It's not mint, but it's not bad.


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[Assistant] The corners and the edges are actually quite nice. And what's amazing about it, the centering is almost dead on. What we're looking for is we need to analyze the paper stock and just overall feel and texture. Now as far as value on this,


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[Assistant] Nothing. What we have here is not a real card. The whole texture is off.


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[Assistant] The coating on the surface, and especially the printing. Even though the technology was pretty weak back then, it was a lot more clear than what appears on the Babe Ruth card here. So this is without a doubt a reprint.


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[Assistant] Yeah. Fortunately, you don't have a winning lottery ticket here, man. It is what it is. Yeah, sorry, man. Hey, well thanks, man. Hey, you got it, Rick. Later, Chum. See you later, man.


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[Assistant] I mean, hands down, this set is one of the best releases ever. It's one of what we call the big three. The most collected sets of all time in the hobby. I mean, just the artwork, the portraits, just everything about them, it was very well received with the collectors.


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[Assistant] Cards like these are why I got into this business. You know, 1930s, back when baseball was pure, you know, these are some of the best players the game's ever seen.


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[Assistant] Right here on top, Sam Bird, what I can tell you about him, he's more known as a golfer than an actual baseball player, but what's really cool, he has the distinction of being the only guy ever to win a World Series and a Masters tournament. Really? What?


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[Assistant] Here we go, Ted Lyons, Hall of Fame White Sox pitcher, probably the best pitcher the White Sox organization has ever had. This is a great collection here, I mean you've got some Hall of Famers, some other notables.


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[Assistant] That's a good thing these aren't graded. These are corners, creasing, writing on the backs. So, what do you think they're worth? Your money cards are your three all-famers.


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[Assistant] Okay, it's a good start. The rest of them together you're looking 50, 80 bucks a piece. So how much are we looking at for the whole set? For the whole lot here, 23 cards.


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[Assistant] Man, 1915 Boston Red Sox? Mmhm. 20 year old Babe Ruth. That's right.


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[Assistant] With baseball being in its infancy and Babe Ruth came into the sport, you know, there's only a very few media outlets covering it. So having anything related to Babe Ruth surviving a hundred years later is an amazing find.


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[Assistant] You can have discretion as to whether you want it encapsulated or just stickered. Uh, in this case, it has just a sticker on it. And in looking at this one, I mean, the sticker, the letter, the condition,


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[Assistant] I can't emphasize how exceedingly rare it is to find an image of Babe Ruth, especially from his rookie years. So these are actually a really big deal. And honestly man, in this kind of condition...


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[Assistant] On a good day, I'd say you could sell this for about 10 grand. Okay. Thanks man. You got it man.


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[Assistant] What I love about these shoes is they just scream the curse of the Bambino. When the Yankees started the season, they were quickly falling out of contention. Even at one point, they were like 14 games behind Boston. And by the end of the year, they actually tied Boston and forced the one game playoff.


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[Assistant] So by the 7th inning, the Red Sox fans, they could already see themselves playing the Royals in the ALCS. They were up 2-0. Well, then all of a sudden, Bucky Dent's up next.


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[Assistant] Well, who knew the little light-hitting shortstop would end up crushing a home run? The Yankees won 5-4, and Buckeye's end's home run is one of the most important moments in baseball history.


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[Assistant] We have two different colors of ink. The top portion is his handwriting. The bottom is just a copy of his signature printed on the paper.


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[Assistant] Okay, so it looks like he wrote the note, but he didn't sign it. Can you authenticate the shoes?


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[Assistant] Alright, so we do have a pair of Adidas size 8.5 shoes with the number 20 marked on the back. Now when Bucky Dent came to the Yankees in 77, he did change his number from 30 to 20. And he also did wear size 8.5.


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[Assistant] Specifically, Bucky Dent wore the MVP model of Adidas.


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[Assistant] Z's are absolutely authentic, game worn Bucky Dent shoes. Oh wow! The value? As is, you're looking around three or four hundred dollars. Aw man. Why such a big swing?


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[Assistant] The problem is, there's nothing saying that these shoes are the home run shoes. You have a photo and a pair of shoes and no common denominator.


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[Assistant] Looks like you found a baseball. 1962 All-Star game, American League. Very nice, man.


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[Assistant] The All-Star Game gives fans a great chance to see the best of the AL face off against the best of the National League.


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[Assistant] Here, specifically in 1962, these were some amazing games.


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[Assistant] Over the years, the All-Star games changed tremendously. Back in 62, they actually had two different games a month apart from one another.


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[Assistant] These days we have the home run derby attached to it and also the winner of the all-star game decides home field advantage for the World Series. Well do your magic. Alright man, let's see who we have on this ball.


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[Assistant] On the bottom, Hall of Famer, Tigers great Al Kaline. And right above him, another Tiger slugger, Rocky Calovito. And then we go over here to the sweet spot. We have Yogi Berra, Mickey Mantle. And on the reverse side, it's a little tough to make out, but we have Roger Maris. If this baseball has all real autographs, man, you're talking a couple thousand bucks here. Wow.


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[Assistant] But, the one big concern with balls from this era are clubhouse signatures.


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[Assistant] With clubhouse signatures, when you have a multi-signed item, they're not meant to fool somebody, they're just not the actual person who signed it.


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[Assistant] And Kayline and, uh, Paparizzo, 100% good. But right here on the sweet spot, Yogi Berry, Mickey Mantle.


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[Assistant] Very popular Yankees players, both in all of fame, signed a lot of autographs over the years. I have never seen an autograph of either of them look like that.


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[Assistant] Now the main one is Roger Maris. Of all the guys on this baseball, he's the one name you want to see. What you want to look at is the RN Roger and the MM Maris. Now the RN Roger forms an oval up top and slants to the right.


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[Assistant] The embymaris, it starts off as high as you are, snakes down, and then he brings it right back up about halfway.


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[Assistant] Bad news, he could not have picked a worse spot to sign it because of the stamping behind it. You're looking at about


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[Assistant] Six hundred eight hundred bucks. Okay.


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[Assistant] I'll tell you what, these are pretty tough to come by. This is a 2010 Finals jersey, and the reason I know that is because you can't just go buy these patches, so that kinda helps with the authenticity. But there's also one thing that I'm hoping is inside here is a tag, a very important tag, which is gonna date when it actually was issued.


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[Assistant] 7 of 2009. So it was issued obviously before the finals.


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[Assistant] So you think it's real? Does it come with a letter of authenticity?


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[Assistant] Now DC Sports Collectibles is the leading authenticator in NBA material specifically.


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[Assistant] Lakers. So, it's good that this piece of paper is with it. You know, you are looking at a genuine 2010 game worn warm up.


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[Assistant] So I mean, it obviously goes less than a normal game jersey. Yeah. 2010 Finals game, used jerseys.


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[Assistant] Hit about 25 to $35,000 range. Okay. So what's this thing worth? Well, it's definitely gonna be around half of what a game-use jersey is priced at. So you're looking at about 15,000 retail. Okay.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I understand that, but we've sold a lot of game-use stuff, and that's what the market bears. So...


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[Assistant] Thanks man. You got it. Take care. Good luck. Thanks. There are many collectors in the industry that seek out this kind of stuff. It's hot. They'll always be a buyer for his memorabilia.


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[Assistant] Back in 1963, these would have been made by a company, Sports Hall of Fame, and sold at Cooperstown and other souvenir shops.


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[Assistant] What we have here, we have two great Hall of Famers, we have Joe DiMaggio, who's a Yankee legend, and a lesser known but very well respected Hall of Famer in John McGraw.


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[Assistant] Most of his fame came from the days he was a manager of the New York Giants.


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[Assistant] He's strung together something like over 2,700 wins, which ranks all time second behind only Connie Mack.


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[Assistant] It's because of great Hall of Famers like this that items like this even exist. The molds from this era are very rare to find. They seldomly come up for sale, but every once in a while you do see one pop up.


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[Assistant] Now the main thing we want to see here is a mirror image of the stamping of the player name and the company manufacturer. On the finished product it would appear right side up.


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[Assistant] And I can say on the inside we have the information, sports hall of fame and Joe DiMaggio, which is exactly similar to the finished product, how it appears on plastic. They also have John McGraw, same exact thing. And looking at these, I mean, everything seems to check out, but there's this one thing that's kind of bothering me about them.


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[Assistant] A lot of the fakes I've seen before, they're actually smaller in size and they have a lot less details in them.


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[Assistant] Alright, so, taking into consideration all the details, especially the height of them.


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[Assistant] The original bus, they're six inches tall. The base is about two inches and the actual bus itself is about four inches. These are good. So what are they worth? Being one of a kind that's a little difficult to pinpoint, but John McGraw, you're looking at maybe around $500, $800. Joe DiMaggio, one of the most famous baseball players of all time.


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[Assistant] 1500 to 2000 bucks. Okay. Is the bus worth anything? Yea, around 50 bucks.


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[Assistant] Okay, well thanks man. Being that these are one of a kinds, they appeal to a lot of people, but at the end of the day there's a very small market for something this rare and unique. So how much do you want for them?


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[Assistant] I came to the pawn shop today to sell my book signed by Shoeless Joe Jackson. I found the book in a foreclosed home and a stack of other books. What I know about Shoeless Joe Jackson is that he fixed a World Series and he, uh, played a baseball game without shoes.


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[Assistant] Say it ain't so, Joe. It seems to be a collaboration of some sports stories. The first one is about Shoeless Joe, but it seems to be about the darker side of sports.


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[Assistant] When I found the book, I saw what appeared to be two signatures. The first one isn't very legible, and then the second one is clearly different than the first one, so.


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[Assistant] Well, I did a quick search on his signature and found that there's not many of them. I'd like to get like 30,000 for the book.


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[Assistant] It's just not a signature. It's on a book about the dark side of sports. I mean that has to bring something to the table.


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[Assistant] When you are competing with the Cleveland Browns for most people pointing at and mocking you, then you know something went horrifically wrong along the way.


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[Assistant] And with an elite defense, they were primed for going for their sixth Super Bowl ring.


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[Assistant] Unfortunately, things get dicey. Colin Kaepernick transformed from one of the more promising quarterbacks in the league to a guy who couldn't throw to the side of a barn, injuries were given to the Niners like candy, the defense broke more than bent, and the 49ers went a rather pedestrian 8-and-8.


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[Assistant] Your star linebacker that was injured for most of the season? He retired in his prime.


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[Assistant] Your elder statesman on the D-line who was still producing at a solid rate? He also retired. Your starting right tackle in his prime? You guessed it, he retired.


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[Assistant] Your talented yet underachieving top-wide receiver is gone.


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[Assistant] I mean, you signed, people. You signed Tori Smith, a wide receiver whose main strength is...


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[Assistant] Go deep on a team with shitty quarterbacks.


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[Assistant] The continued emergence of trust fund megadouche Jed York. Ensuring decades of incompetence and poor management to come.


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[Assistant] God, that's at least five years worth of Cleveland-esque misery. To no one's surprise, the 49ers were awful at 5 and 11, and the aforementioned Patsy was thrust upon the sword at the end of the season. Poor bastard.


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[Assistant] What better way to reward the majority of your fans than by moving your team 40 miles away to a suburb called Santa Clara, pilfer your season ticket holders and taxpayers for a stadium and personal seat licenses, and hail your stadium as a technological wonderland. Yet nobody can get on the goddamn Wi-Fi.


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[Assistant] And there's that whole thing about the shitty shitty field conditions.


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[Assistant] Even funnier is walking Pillsbury Doughboy, Chip Kelly, who was the head coach of this team of misfits. It's as if Jed York looked at his allegations of racism, megalomania, and complete incompetence as a coach of Philadelphia, and had an epiphany on the toilet, which is unsurprisingly where the reputation of this team has gone.


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[Assistant] He's Dan Snyder without the notoriety or desire to throw money at things.


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[Assistant] Which is terrible news for Niners fans, but good news for those of us who want to have a hearty laugh at their expense.


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[Assistant] We have a signed contract in hand. The Browns are indeed coming to Baltimore.


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[Assistant] Finally, you can end that streak of years without a playoff win and emerge from Low Caldome.


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[Assistant] The NFL preaches about player safety, yet this guy is still on the field? This man is a total thug. Plain and simple. The only true potential he has is to share a jail cell with Greg Hardy in 10 years. Get this piece of shit out of the league. And take Mike Mitchell with you. Can this get any worse?


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[Assistant] When you know damn well another penalty will put them in field goal range, are you fucking dense? All we kept hearing about was how Adam Jones was doing so well to contain his emotions, and he does this!


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[Assistant] This is a goddamn disaster. Marvin Lewis can't control his players at all. They invested in talented yet highly volatile athletes, and they have sown unbelievable failure. Things need to change immediately.


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[Assistant] With a 6-9-1 record. Once again, nothing will probably happen. Mike Brown is too goddamn cheap to do what needs to be done. He's just too busy having the entire city of Cincinnati in a vice grip over the next few decades with a brand new stadium.


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[Assistant] Give us the details, John. That's right, Raiders. You're going to be moving to a city that has no history of supporting a professional sports franchise.


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[Assistant] They were hoping that the Golden Knights could gain a foothold in the city, but with the Raiders moving there soon, momentum for the team is soon to be smothered. What lack of foresight, John! God bless the NFL for giving us a plethora of material to lampoon over the past few years. They truly are the gift that keeps on giving.


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[Assistant] Luis Avian! You're is familiar!


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[Assistant] We hired a player agent. There will obviously be no conflict of interest in this situation, or will he be bedazzled by big shiny names with absolutely terrible contracts? The Mets also believe in aiding the elderly, and Octogenarian is our new pitching coach. 82 years of life experience can't go wrong with our pitchers. In fact, we've gone the extra mile and brought in a literal clown to be our manager. That's right, Mickey Callaway, a man who needs no introduction to the funny papers. How would anyone know that a man that has no experience running a big league team would run it into the ground?


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[Assistant] This frail old lady is the Arizona Cardinals. You may be wondering how they got into this situation. Let's just say that osteoporosis might be just another injury for them to deal with, like they have over the last few seasons.


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[Assistant] And then you got blown the fuck out by the Carolina Panthers as all of their hopes and dreams hardened into stone, never to be exposed to light again.


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[Assistant] Unlike Jesus on the cross, there is no resurrection on the third day. Only the forty lashes. No need to be Pontius Pilate, you disavow them as well. The last few years before 2018 had been... pretty rough. Huge expectations, only for the quarterback to fall to shit and then the entire team falling to shit thanks to the equivalent of the Justinian Plague. Bruce Arians had enough of the situation. He wanted to spend time with his family.


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[Assistant] The man did an honorable job and got the sendoff he deserved with a victory over the Seahawks. It was a rather bittersweet ending. One of the greatest coaches they've had in a long time but could never finish the job.


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[Assistant] There was always a wrench or six thrown into the team's engine robbing them of their true potential. It was a strange change of fortune as they had usually done it to themselves. This next fact may lead you to end your life.


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[Assistant] So if you have to pause to remove all sharp objects from the room, do so now. This was the best stretch in franchise history.


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[Assistant] Well past their prime and given money to flock to Arizona and retire like everyone who doesn't want to go to Florida. Ownership being a cheap bunch of fucks who don't give a shit about the product on the field. There are two words the bidwalls have thanked the gods for.