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  • - I have a Monkees puppet.

  • Cool.

  • COREY HARRISON: It was the fictitious boy band pretending

  • to be the Beetles in a sitcom that

  • actually sold records, because people did like the music.

  • Right, right.

  • It's a puppet, right?

  • You're supposed to put it on your hand?

  • You stick your hand in it, and the heads are hollow.

  • So you get your fingers in there,

  • and then you could move around their heads.

  • COREY HARRISON: OK.

  • It looks kind of like they're all on a giant sleeping bag.

  • But--

  • They were good friends.

  • [cheering]

  • TERRI: Actually has four heads on it,

  • with the four characters from the Monkees.

  • And they bicker back and forth and argue just

  • like they did in the TV series.

  • Oh, if I could go on a date with one of the Monkees,

  • it would definitely be Davy.

  • He's dreamy, and I just love Davy.

  • COREY HARRISON: Can I take a look at it?

  • TERRI: Sure.

  • So I'm not really familiar with the Monkees.

  • Which one's which?

  • OK.

  • This one's Davy.

  • Mike, we have Peter, and then we have Mickey,

  • and they banter back and forth.

  • MALE VOICE: There's someone at the door about the rent.

  • The landlord.

  • There's someone at the door about the rent, the landlord.

  • MALE VOICE: I think I'm falling in love.

  • Not again.

  • TERRI: Davy was the dreamer.

  • I think the show actually kind of turned him into a real band

  • at some point?

  • I don't know if you could be a Beatles fan and a Monkees fan,

  • or the Monkees were blasphemy to Beatles collectors.

  • And I don't know how much of a Monkees collectors market

  • there is out there for it.

  • What are you looking to do with it?

  • I'd like to sell it.

  • Any idea how much?

  • I would like to get around $300 for it.

  • COREY HARRISON: OK I've got a friend who's a curator

  • for the Hard Rock Hotel.

  • Deals with music, rock star memorabilia.

  • I think this will be right up his alley

  • Do you mind if I have him come down and take a look at it?

  • That'd be great.

  • It looks like it's in great condition.

  • But I'm not sure what Monkees merchandise goes for.

  • So I called Warwick inn to come down and check it out.

  • WARWICK STONE: The Monkees.

  • I've seen these, I've never heard one.

  • Well, check it out and tell me what you think.

  • I just want to hear it talk. [laughter]

  • MALE VOICE: Come on, guys.

  • Quit monkeying around.

  • WARWICK STONE: Clever.

  • The monkeys were a pretty big phenomenon, mid-'60s.

  • A band created for TV.

  • But they learned to play, and they satisfy their audiences'

  • need to see them.

  • And they played some pretty big dates.

  • They sold out the Hollywood Bowl, that's pretty good.

  • OK I always just kind of considered

  • them like a parody band.

  • WARWICK STONE: The producers didn't

  • want to hire a real band.

  • They wanted actors, singing actors.

  • And then they got the best songwriters.

  • Neil Diamond wrote songs for the Monkees.

  • COREY HARRISON: Oh, wow.

  • So what exactly was the premise of the show?

  • I don't think there was much premise.

  • It was four musicians living in one house

  • together, and monkeying about.

  • The merchandisers went out of their way

  • to produce a lot of stuff for the kids

  • that watched the shows.

  • But it didn't last beyond the years of the show.

  • So what are your concerns about this?

  • I just don't have any idea what it could be worth,

  • or how collectible they are.

  • It doesn't go as high as as if it was the Beatles.

  • If you had this same thing from the Beatles,

  • it would be thousands of dollars.

  • So, Warwick what do you think it's worth?

  • I think I would be happy to pay $275 for it.

  • $275.

  • OK.

  • I appreciate you coming down man.

  • Thank you very much. - Always a pleasure.

  • Sir. - Rock on.

  • All right. Bye-bye.

  • Thank you.

  • WARWICK STONE: Right now as an investment,

  • rock and roll memorabilia is going through the roof.

  • So this was probably $1.95 when it came out.

  • To survive 40 years, and then to me was almost $300,

  • that's good.

  • That's good.

  • COREY HARRISON: So you just heard my guy.

  • If I were to buy it, I could reasonably

  • expect to sell it for $275. You wanted $300.

  • What's the lowest you'll take for it?

  • I'll go $250 on it.

  • How about 150?

  • How about $175?

  • All right, you got a deal.

  • OK, great.

  • Shelby me write you up over there.

  • Thank you.

  • I made a little money on this puppet.

  • I made around $50 on him, so I'm happy with that.

- I have a Monkees puppet.

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