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  • COREY: Hey, how it going, man?

  • JARED: Good.

  • So I got this for you.

  • COREY: Yeah, I-- I get a lot of people

  • who bring stuff like this in.

  • Man, I know it looks old, but it's still just worth $1.

  • JARED: But this one's signed by former President

  • Ronald Reagan and Walt Disney.

  • COREY: Oh, wow.

  • Sorry about that.

  • [cash register dinging]

  • JARED: I purchased the dollar bill at a private auction.

  • I believe the dollar to be signed in the early 1950s.

  • I'm going to be asking for $4,300.

  • I want to sell it because I've had it for a little while,

  • and I just feel like it's time to move on from the item,

  • and somebody else could appreciate it no.

  • COREY: This is really cool.

  • So do you know any of the story behind it?

  • JARED: Ronald Reagan was the emcee

  • for the opening of Disneyland.

  • And with the date of the bill, I believe

  • it to be from that time, but you know,

  • I can't say with 100% confidence.

  • COREY: God, it would be really cool if you had

  • some kind of proof for that.

  • JARED: Oh, I know, right?

  • COREY: Mind if I take a look at it?

  • JARED: Absolutely.

  • OK, that looks like it could be Walt Disney's signature.

  • JARED: Ronald Reagan actually signed the back as well, so--

  • COREY: OK.

  • So what are you looking to do with it, man?

  • Well, you know, I'm looking to sell it.

  • All right.

  • Any idea what you're looking to get out of it?

  • JARED: I mean, I'm looking to get probably $4,300 for it.

  • COREY: All right.

  • Do you mind if I have somebody come down

  • and verify the signatures?

  • I mean, they're pretty sloppy and faded on there.

  • I'd just like to make sure they're real before I

  • even made you an offer.

  • That would be fine.

  • I totally understand. - All right.

  • I'll be right back. JARED: Thank you.

  • [music playing]

  • I'm absolutely looking forward to an expert coming in,

  • because I think it will be good to have somebody

  • with skill to evaluate the signatures,

  • and tell me if it's authentic.

  • The guy's asking for a decent amount of money,

  • so before I make an offer, I called

  • up Steve to come check it out.

  • So we got a silver certificate signed by Walt Disney,

  • and Ronald Reagan twice.

  • I'm assuming they had to be in the same place

  • at the same time, and a guy had a $1 bill in his pocket.

  • That's usually the most common thing, like,

  • especially back in '40s, '50s, '60s, people would say, uh,

  • what do I have in my pocket?

  • Money.

  • So they'd get you to sign the $1 bills, sometimes you know,

  • $100 bill. It depends how you roll.

  • [chuckling]

  • So what are your concerns?

  • COREY: I can tell that the signatures are not

  • the greatest, and then other than that,

  • man, I have no idea what combined they could be worth.

  • OK, cool.

  • So the first thing I'll do, Corey,

  • I want to look at the examples that I have on file,

  • both these guys.

  • The first one I'm going to look at is Reagan.

  • Reagan used a myriad of secretaries.

  • You know, he's in movies, politics.

  • What I do look for is this last name,

  • and especially I take a look at right here, this g,

  • and how he forms it.

  • And he gets pretty lazy with it almost,

  • and he just kind of drags it down and brings it back up.

  • So we're kind of seeing that again there.

  • Next one is Disney.

  • The thing I always look for with Disney's signature

  • is just this beautiful, flowing autograph.

  • First thing I want to look for are the transition points here.

  • And I'm starting to see that a little bit,

  • but I have to be honest with you,

  • it's really difficult to see here what was going on here.

  • Could the crease have been there before?

  • Because you could see a slight interruption here.

  • Look at his D right here, and we're

  • seeing the same type of overlapping,

  • we're seeing the same structure and form.

  • Based on everything I've seen, Disney matches perfect,

  • the Reagan from the period matches perfect.

  • No doubt signatures are authentic.

  • COREY: OK.

  • And since they're both on the same bill, what is it worth?

  • STEVE: OK, with that said, condition's

  • not great on this piece, but I still

  • think it's pretty unique to have the two of them together.

  • I'd put this value right at about $3,000.

  • COREY: OK. All right, man.

  • I appreciate it. STEVE: Cool.

  • - Good to see you, man. - Yeah.

  • Good luck. - Yeah.

  • STEVE: There's no doubt when you mix two iconic names

  • like Disney and Reagan together, it's going

  • to end up being a good buy.

  • Now, what do you have to sell that to?

  • You have to find that niche collector

  • that wants to buy a piece signed by both of them together.

  • COREY: All right, so it's legit, and my guy's saying I could

  • probably sell it for $3,000.

  • So I would pay, like, $1,800.

  • I mean, I really think my $4,300 is actually pretty fair.

  • COREY: Would you go $2,200.

  • You're killing me with that.

  • [inhaling through teeth]

  • COREY: That's the best I can do.

  • I think I'll have to decline that.

  • COREY: All right, man, well, offer

  • stands if you want to come back with it, all right?

  • I appreciate it.

  • Thank you.

  • I'm passing on $2,200 because I just think that it will

  • bring a lot more than that.

  • What I'll do with the dollar now is probably frame it up,

  • get a picture of the two, and you know,

  • hope I can find that one person to pull the trigger on it.

COREY: Hey, how it going, man?

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