Pawn Stars: Double the Asking Price for Longfellow Relics (Season 12) | History

A shows Rick a letter signed by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Rick has it appraised in this clip from Season 12's episode "G.I. Pawn." #PawnStars #Rickharrison
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[fortesfortunaadiuvat]

Rick couldn’t use his world famous “I have to frame it and I’m taking a huge risk here” excuse

[thec.tysonsynopsis]

Rick "I had it authenticated for you"

Nah, you had it authenticated for YOU. I like how he swindled that deal

[ViciousV]

"Most respected in his field" then Steve walks in 🤦‍♀️

[MisserPreston]

Rick: “99% of Americans cant even name a Poet”
Me *laughs*
Also me: *tries thinking of a poet but cant*

[chrisbennett]

I watch all of these, when Rick says “Sweet”, he stole it.

[FirstTimeGrow]

Lol his signature expert was eventually exposed as a fraud

[madelinec]

I never enjoyed history education until this show.

[kirktoufor]

Rick had it authenticated for his own protection, not for the benefit of the seller. Slick Rick flipped it on the seller and used it against him. Lol

[AbceIOWNU]

The pez community is still mad at pawn stars

[phettumbling]

Rick: A handwriting expert, one of the MOST respected people on this field.

Minutes later, "most respected guy" on this field comes in. 🙄😏🙄

[lolbr]

That is a 10K piece. This is common pawn shop pactice that works. Buy a diamond for 5K then sell it & it very quickly becomes a piece of gravel.

[truckupgf]

He went home and told his wife he only got $100....

[dodgeman]

When Rick said "Hardly any Ametican can name a poet". I admit, it took me 2 min to remember Robert One of my favorites.

[giants]

Most respected person in this field.

His parole bracelet starts beeping as he walks in

[ronslaughterandalice]

The best peace of advice I ever got is if someone tells you they are an expert or a professional turn and run like they are shooting at you.

[icedclips]

Dr. Seuss was a poet and I'm sure most Americans know him.

[jakecooper]

This guy has an amazing grasp on arithmetic and which number is bigger

[AlexXanderMarketing]

Customer: I guess we’ll never know if Longfellow’s secretary wrote this

Rick: Hold my beer.

[jbcfamily]

Let's say: $200 in overhead finding an optimal auction from an employee (travel etc.) 30% auction fee: hypothetically sells for $1, 500
Total in 700+450+200 = $1, 350
Rick makes $150