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  • CHUMLEE: How are you doing?

  • Good. How are you?

  • I'm good. What do you have here?

  • Some 1920s Paris Metro train car seats, not from Paris--

  • Paris down the street.

  • [LAUGHS]

  • Pretty cool.

  • Yeah, that's our Paris down the street.

  • Yeah, [LAUGHS]

  • I'm coming to the pawn shop today

  • to hopefully sell a 1920s Paris Metro

  • train car seat that I have.

  • I've had it for about two years now.

  • And I love unique antiques.

  • But we're remodeling.

  • And at this point, we could probably

  • use a little extra money.

  • So we thought, well, maybe somebody else would enjoy them.

  • Well, where did you get this?

  • I picked it up at a little antique shop.

  • And I originally thought they were San

  • Francisco trolley car seats.

  • But then just looking at the back enameled panel,

  • I found out they were actually from Paris, from the '20s.

  • CHUMLEE: Yeah, these do look like they're from the 1920s.

  • But the Paris Metro had been around

  • for a long time at that point.

  • The underground transportations had kind of a service

  • around 1845, when they first started

  • talking about building them.

  • And then in July 1900, the first line was created.

  • It was known as line 1, and it still runs today.

  • Oh, I didn't know that.

  • This looks like it would have been from the second class

  • because there was first class and second class up until 1991.

  • OK.

  • CHUMLEE: And the first class were

  • nice, padded comfortable seats.

  • And these don't look padded to me.

  • More comfortable.

  • [LAUGHS]

  • CHUMLEE: Yeah, let me see.

  • [MUSIC PLAYING]

  • Yeah, I mean, they're not bad.

  • But if you had a long ride, that's kind of, like--

  • it makes you sit--

  • Good posture.

  • Yeah, it makes you sit very proper.

  • Right.

  • Let's take a look at the back over here.

  • Yep, it has the number II on it, which

  • lets you know that this was not the first class,

  • it was second class.

  • [LAUGHS]

  • This is kind of the coolest part about it, I think.

  • I agree.

  • It's definitely got some wear and tear.

  • But it's in pretty good condition,

  • overall, for as old as it is.

  • So how much are you looking for?

  • I like to get $2,499 for it, if I could.

  • How about $700?

  • That was a little lower than I had hoped for.

  • Any way you can go a little bit higher on that?

  • I could probably do $1,000.

  • But it's a specialized sale.

  • And this could take a long time to get rid of.

  • Could you do $1,300 by any chance?

  • [SIGHS]

  • How about $1,200?

  • If you could just do the $100 more,

  • that would be great, if there's any room.

  • CHUMLEE: You know what?

  • I don't see any point on passing on it over $100.

  • That sounds like a deal. - Great.

  • CHUMLEE: $1,300?

  • Yes.

  • Let's write it up.

  • TAMI: All right.

  • I was really happy to make the sale today.

  • I didn't get asking price that I wanted for the train seats.

  • But I really felt the $1,300 was a really fair price,

  • and excited to have that, and put it toward the home

  • improvements and a trip to see the grandkids.

CHUMLEE: How are you doing?

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