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  • RICK HARRISON: Hey,

  • CRAIG: Good.

  • RICK HARRISON: So what do you have here?

  • CRAIG: Pennsylvania Oilfield, 1870s, 1880s, wooden barrel

  • with Gargoyle advertising.

  • RICK HARRISON: It's really, really

  • cool because most of these were returned for their deposits.

  • It's also weird to me that--

  • that's called a bunghole, by the way.

  • CRAIG: I-- [laughs]

  • I had to say it.

  • That's what that's called.

  • It's called a-- you know, it's--

  • CRAIG: Yes, it is.

  • It is a bung.

  • [laughs]

  • I came to the pawn shop today to try

  • to sell my Pennsylvania Oilfield wooden barrel

  • with Gargoyle advertising on it.

  • In my opinion, it's one of a kind.

  • I've done seven years of research,

  • and cannot find anything equal.

  • Well, I'm hoping to get 50 grand out of this thing.

  • Who knows?

  • RICK HARRISON: I mean, it's deeply cool.

  • You know, the world was basically dark before 1859,

  • when they found oil in Pennsylvania.

  • They didn't have pipelines or anything yet.

  • And they didn't have steel barrels or anything.

  • So this is what everything was transported in.

  • So when you went down to your local store,

  • you would have a rack of oil there.

  • And that's why this would be out like this.

  • And you'd buy a gallon.

  • This is the Vacuum Oil Company.

  • And you have the gargoyle here.

  • The Vacuum Oil Company didn't start using

  • the Mobiloil logo till 1899.

  • So we know it's right around that time.

  • CRAIG: Mm-hm.

  • Vacuum Oil Company eventually became Mobil--

  • CRAIG: Yep.

  • RICK HARRISON: --which is now the biggest

  • oil company in world. CRAIG: Right.

  • Right.

  • RICK HARRISON: So I mean, it's a really neat piece of history.

  • You don't see a lot of these anymore.

  • CRAIG: It's the only one I could find.

  • RICK HARRISON: How much do you want for it?

  • CRAIG: You only get one of these a lifetime, in my opinion.

  • I'm going to tell you 50 grand.

  • That's a start.

  • Yeah, yeah-- CRAIG: Hey, I'm with you.

  • --that's definitely a start. CRAIG: Well, hey--

  • We all got to start somewhere.

  • CRAIG: That's right.

  • RICK HARRISON: I think you're asking way too much.

  • CRAIG: OK.

  • You're not going to hurt my feelings.

  • I'll give you 1,000 bucks for it.

  • I mean, it takes up real estate, dude.

  • Yeah.

  • RICK HARRISON: And it's super cool, but I got to resell it.

  • CRAIG: I'll tell you what.

  • 2 grand, it's yours.

  • RICK HARRISON: [sighs]

  • CRAIG: It's worth every penny.

  • You know that.

  • Can we meet in the middle at 1,500 bucks?

  • I'm in. RICK HARRISON: Sweet!

  • I'm in. That's cool.

  • This is cool. Let's go do some paperwork.

  • I'll have my guys-- CRAIG: Yes, sir.

  • --grab it. CRAIG: OK.

  • I'm settling on $1,500 because it is 10 times my money.

  • I bought it for 150 bucks.

  • That's a home run to me.

  • COREY HARRISON: What have you been doing?

  • RICK HARRISON: I bought a Standard Oil barrel.

  • So what, it's like a 55-gallon drum or something?

  • No, no, no, no, no, because you have to remember,

  • a oil barrel is 42 gallons.

  • Well, 42 American gallons.

  • A gallon can be two different sizes depending on what

  • part of the world you're in.

  • [sighs]

  • AUSTIN RUSSELL: I don't get how a gallon

  • can be a different measurement in two different places.

  • It's a gallon.

  • Well, no, there's imperial gallons and there's US gallons.

  • No, there's gallons.

  • No, gallons are bigger in England.

  • Like, our pint is 16 ounces.

  • And over there, their pint is 20 ounces.

  • Do you get it now?

  • AUSTIN RUSSELL: Yeah, no, I don't.

  • RICK HARRISON: You weigh less over there

  • because they use kilograms.

  • AUSTIN RUSSELL: I'm still just as fat.

  • [laughter]

RICK HARRISON: Hey,

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