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  • COREY: Hey, man, what do we got?

  • This is Madonna's personal daily planner and phone book

  • from 1988 filled with unbelievable phone

  • numbers, dates, all completely handwritten by Madonna.

  • So where did you get it?

  • When I was 12 years old, I snuck into her hotel room

  • and I stole it.

  • Really?

  • I'm joking.

  • ROBERT: I came to the pawn shop today

  • to sell Madonna's personal daily planner

  • and phone book from 1988.

  • This is something I purchased at a very reputable auction house.

  • And this item is a great Madonna artifact,

  • but I think the time has come for me

  • to pass this on to another diehard Madonna collector.

  • This is really something I've never seen before.

  • She's got music video dates and personal peoples'

  • birthdays.

  • Cher's phone number is in there, Jane Fonda, Warren

  • Beatty, Dennis Hopper's phone number, Bruce Willis,

  • PeeWee Herman.

  • The list goes on and on.

  • Did she sign it anywhere?

  • Her name is actually right here in the front of the book

  • with her phone numbers that she had at the time,

  • and you can see this is in her handwriting,

  • where it says Madonna.

  • She's got music quotes.

  • She's got little hearts around Sean Penn's name.

  • So she was married to Sean Penn at some point, wasn't she?

  • She was.

  • So it wouldn't surprise me if the two of them

  • get back together again.

  • I think Sean Penn has always been Madonna's true love.

  • I don't know that much about her,

  • but Madonna has been a huge star for decades,

  • and a lot of people consider her the queen of pop.

  • And she does have some mega fans out there that

  • would pay good money for this.

  • So how much are you looking to get for it?

  • I'm asking $25,000 for the book.

  • COREY: Really?

  • Really.

  • When it comes to something like this,

  • I really don't even know where to start.

  • I'm going to give a buddy a call and have him come down

  • and tell me this is her handwriting because I--

  • I really don't even know what to say about this right now.

  • I would love to see what he has to say.

  • I'll be back.

  • ROBERT: I don't feel that it requires

  • an expert's evaluation.

  • I know how legitimate and how great this item is.

  • This was something I had to have.

  • I love Madonna.

  • I think she's amazing.

  • Vogue.

  • Vogue.

  • Vogue.

  • COREY: Got a weird one for you.

  • STEVE GRAD: Oh, great.

  • COREY: Madonna's day planner.

  • Ah, cool.

  • Obviously, Madonna's kind of a big deal.

  • She's really difficult to get near, tough autograph.

  • She doesn't like signing.

  • She doesn't like people just being around her.

  • Because of that, her value is insane.

  • She's like one of the most valuable modern era celebrities

  • that's still alive.

  • COREY: All right.

  • STEVE GRAD: What are your concerns?

  • Dude, I don't even know if it's hers.

  • It just looks like a bunch of gibberish from--

  • from a high school girl literally.

  • I really don't even know what it is.

  • This will be challenging here.

  • The thing I have to do is, because we're not

  • really basing it on a signature, I've

  • got to check her handwriting.

  • Obviously, I have to compare her writing

  • compared to the stuff I have.

  • She had a way of writing-- lot of lowercase letters, cursive,

  • some printing, some block letters.

  • I'm looking for transition points on her S.

  • And you could see it where she wrote "shirt" here

  • and "Sean," it's literally the same thing.

  • ROBERT: The same S.

  • And she takes her S here and she brings it straight up.

  • That's a positive sign.

  • Just kind of looking for matches,

  • and I'm looking at the "for" and looking

  • all lowercase here and looking literally

  • at the same letter formation.

  • Yeah.

  • Her Rs, interesting, her transitions here.

  • Again, I see the same type of R here.

  • You know, based on everything, though, I'm seeing

  • here, Corey, it's from her.

  • And it's pretty cool, if you want to know the truth.

  • That is a really neat piece of memorabilia to have.

  • Is it actually worth any money, though?

  • Yeah, she's one of the biggest stars of all time.

  • COREY: What's it worth?

  • You know, what I think is interesting

  • about this piece is that it hasn't really

  • been circulated a long time.

  • And it's kind of a personal piece of hers,

  • so it's got a little more than, like, a signed photograph

  • or an album.

  • So conservatively, I'd say $10,000 to $12,000

  • range, right in that ballpark.

  • I disagree.

  • OK--

  • I definitely think it's worth a lot more.

  • I've been offered a lot more than that.

  • But, you know, we all have an opinion.

  • Of course.

  • I appreciate you coming down, though.

  • STEVE GRAD: Yeah, it's good to see you.

  • Appreciate it. Thank you, man.

  • You bet.

  • STEVE GRAD: I think it's a great buy for the shop.

  • Finding a personal effect of hers, like a date planner,

  • we're talking about a rare item.

  • Anything Madonna has significant value to it,

  • and especially something that comes right from her.

  • You're asking 25, you heard my guy say 10 to 12.

  • I'd give you, like, 4 grand for it.

  • It's insulting, to be honest with you.

  • It's worth a lot more than that.

  • I'd go down to 20.

  • I'd go to 5.

  • We're not going to make a deal, are we?

  • Listen, we all make mistakes in life.

  • Madonna's day planner isn't going to be one of mine,

  • I promise.

  • Well, we'll see what happens.

  • I appreciate your help.

  • Take care, man.

  • Thanks, man.

  • ROBERT: This was worth clearly over $20,000.

  • It is a iconic piece of rock and roll music memorabilia,

  • and his--

  • his offer was insulting.

  • But that's OK.

  • We all make mistakes.

  • [music playing]

COREY: Hey, man, what do we got?

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