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COREY: So what do we got here?
SPENCER: This is a solid
silver Julius Caesar bust.
You think it's solid silver?
Well, apart from the base.
The head is.
COREY: (LAUGHING) OK.
It's Vegas, you know.
Julius Caesar-- really, really
popular guy around here.
He has a palace down the street.
Yeah.
[laughter]
[music playing]
SPENCER: I'm at
the pawn shop today
to sell my solid silver
Julius Caesar bust.
I inherited it when my
aunt suddenly passed.
This bust was her
prized possession.
It was a centerpiece
over the fireplace.
Everyone could see it when
they walked in the house.
I'm hoping to get
about $75,000 for it.
COREY: This is really cool.
Julius Caesar, I mean,
the guy had a crazy life.
I mean, you got to be pretty
cool to get Shakespeare
to write a play about you.
Yeah.
COREY: So it was around 46 BC he
became dictator of Rome, which
was a 10-year position,
and pretty much decided,
you know, that's cool and all,
but I'm just going to take over
the whole thing,
because he thought
that the Senate and
everything was really corrupt.
So he just decided,
hey, you know what?
I know what's best.
I'm just going to make
the decisions myself.
They use the term
"benevolent dictator"--
SPENCER: Right.
COREY: --where he actually
really cared about the people.
And as far as they
were concerned,
Julius Caesar was the guy.
But the Senate hated him because
he took their power away,
and then he ends up getting
stabbed on the Senate floor.
After he died, his
great-nephew Augustus
became the first emperor
of the Roman Empire.
And that's why we
have July and August.
There you go.
[laughter]
COREY: So where'd you get it?
It was passed down to me.
OK.
You mind if I take
a better look at it?
Go for it.
Yeah, yeah.
COREY: Came from the
Vatican, I guess, or it
has something to do with it.
And it says right here you
got 500 ounces of silver.
Silver's around
24 bucks an ounce.
We're looking at at least
$12,000 worth of silver
if you melted it down.
Right.
That being said, I mean, it
is a really, really cool piece.
How much are you
looking to get for it?
Well, I'm looking,
realistically,
for about 75,000.
You know what, man?
I really don't know.
Somebody obviously spent
a lot of time and--
Right.
COREY: --money
making this thing.
Right.
So do you mind if I have
a buddy of mine come down
and take a look at it?
- Yeah.
Yeah, sounds good.
Give me a second.
I'll give him a call.
I'll be right back, all right?
- Cool.
SPENCER: I'm pretty confident
the expert's going to come in
and I'll get pretty
close to the asking price
that I'm looking for today.
So we'll see.
[cash register chiming]
COREY: So we have
a bust of Julius
Caesar, 500 ounces of silver.
You can't go wrong with that.
And there's something to do
with the Vatican on the back.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah, I-- actually, I
recognize this piece.
I've seen it before.
This is actually the
"Chiaramonti Caesar."
And the thing that's
really neat about this
is the fact that this was
molded from the original marble.
So a foundry called Arte Divine
got licensing from the Vatican
to cast several of
their major works
into bronze and into silver,
and this is one of them.
But what's really cool
about it is this is
one of the only pieces that--
well, one of two, this
and and the "Tusculum"--
that was done
during his lifetime.
So it's historically a very,
very interesting piece.
So how many of
these were made?
This is a very rare piece.
You almost never see these.
In the solid silver,
there were 99.
COREY: So what's
something like this worth?
When they first came out,
the gallery price at the time
was about 75,000.
And you'll still see them
on the market for that.
For you guys and for the
secondary market, I don't--
I wouldn't pay more
than 50,000 because I--
you need to make
a profit as well.
OK.
Well, Chad, I appreciate
you coming down, man.
All right, thanks a lot.
Have a good day.
COREY: OK.
So, you know, I know you
heard Chad say 50,000.
That's still a lot of money
for me to put out like that,
and it's going to take a
long time for me to sell it.
I mean, it is unique.
It is pretty cool.
I just-- I don't
really want to tie up
that much money for that long.
I'll offer you about 30.
I think that's a little low.
I mean, I'm looking to
get a little bit more
closer towards the
50, if possible.
How about-- can we
meet in the middle?
40,000?
Yeah, we can do that.
Come with me.
We got to do some paperwork.
OK.
SPENCER: $40,000, you
know, I'm happy with that.
Like I say, worst case, could
have been just the silver.
So, pretty happy.
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