Pawn Stars: High Hopes for RARE John Wayne Sword (Season 8) | History

This guy is a fraud.. 5 more swords? Like what in the trunk so you can go from pawn shop to pawn shop ? Haha

John Wayne's son looks a lot like Ted Bundy

Rick knows.

Sounds like the costume company is a bit shady. Selling multiple items as the same thing maybe.

The sword was as fake as John Wayne's reputation as a "great" American.

Very unbecoming for asians to start playing the victim.

Wayne had really small feet and he was pidgeon toed

Who is that guy looking at with his eye???? Looks like a glass eye..he should sell that

I think that dude made those fake documents. and I can suggest a couple of things to support this idea

This also goes to show that just because you have a CoA, doesn't mean the item is genuine. It's just a piece of paper that can be faked more easily than the item being sold. Even if CoAs had watermarks, microprinting, and colour shifting ink, the person who issued the certificate could be misinformed or a fraudster.

Just meeting John Wayne's son in general would be priceless

Yeah he is the one that faked it and got real nervous when they called in the experts 😆.. Nice try chump but you didn't win this one..

is that you john wayne? is this me?

Miss you old man RIP💐💐💐💐💐

Are you sure it ain't my queen LOL p

In my gut I believe that this guy was himself the fraudster. I wonder how many of Rick's other clients who get caught with fake merchandise are in fact the forgers themselves to make a quick buck?

'I know it was used by John Wayne because it has a tag attatched with his name on it'
'Also would you like to buy a cheap real Rolex watch?'

john wanye's son..how cool to meet him. ..better than the item ..a memory for ever..

So you have a historical artifact and to get rid of it, you take it to a pawnshop?

God I miss the old History Channel.

the old man was probably about when the old west was young.

When I think about america, I think elvis

Here we have a costume company who has a sword used my John Wayne in a movie, and they are willing to sell it to him??????

I can't believe the seller didn't think of calling the number on the COA before buying the sword.

Rick always knows somebody, who knows somebody, that knows something about it..

That pixelated signature. In over a decade of business I have never seen a place screw a signature up so badly. It's so illegible, I thought they'd done it in post.

I would have wanted John Wayne collectables, But after hearing what came out his mouth in that interview. It just destroyed my image of him.

Dude looked sheepish when Rick mentioned expert.

This guy was totally planning on selling all those other swords he mentioned to the pawn shop one by one. He thought he was slick lol

awful short to be a Wayne. Maybe he is a fake

I find it funny how so many comments think the seller is in on the fraud... If that were the case he would not have agreed to be filmed, geniuses.

Ricks expert had to call in his expert.

I knew it was a fake the moment I saw the blade. Theres not a single proof mark anywhere. The blade does not match the grip, hilt or scabbard- those are old, this blade is much more recent and is ground the same way the modern imported Indian and Pakistani sabers are. the really long choil, where the edge starts near the guard, is too long. The Indian imports all have this long choil. So its not an old US Army saber sold surplus. the screw head showing on the bottom of the pommel mean it has a threaded tang- Also a signature of a modern repro sword. (All originals are peened.) The poorly defined blade, with its very blunt edge and shallow fullering, its overall crude appearance and clumsy looking false edge near the point, all mean the blade is a replacement tacked on to older hardware.

The seller is devastated and so am I. At least we got to see John Wayne’s son.

I feel bad for the guy, but at the same time that tag looks like it was written last week. “Oh it’s legit because this handwritten tag matches a number engraved on the blade”. Mmmhmmm

That guy knew it was a fake and didn't expect what happen to line up the way it did.

😮

I reckon the seller knew it was a fraud and was trying to off load it to another sucker. Body language made me suspicious, or could just be down to the way the edited the footage.

the old man should have just kept his mouth shut. worst person on Pawn Stars.

Good old Ethan, he is named after character his dad played in "The Searchers" (1956) and he played his dad's grandson in "Big Jake" (1971)

I think the seller was actually surprised it wasn't real. Why would he agree to meet with John Wayne's son who's father he obviously greatly admired and get embarrassed Iike that in front of him if he knew it was fake?

When you call a buddy, and the buddy also needs to call a buddy.

Whats the music playing?

Felt bad for the seller..

What the name of the song in the background in the beginning

John Wayne's Son is not an expert

When I think of america, I think of George washington!

Love the detective work in this.