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Auction Kings is a reality television series produced by Authentic Entertainment for the Discovery Channel. The series premiered on October 26, 2010 and features the auction house Gallery 63 in Sandy Springs, Georgia, located on Roswell Road immediately north of the Atlanta city limit.[1] The series capitalizes on the success of the History channel's widely successful Pawn Stars and bears a strikingly similar format;[2] the auction house employees often rely on experts to appraise items of which historical background is provided to the viewer. Sellers offer comments regarding the merchandise at hand both before and after the auction. At the second commercial break, a multiple-choice question about the auction house or the items are presented, similar to the questions on Pawn Stars.

Cast

  • Paul Brown -- Owner of Gallery 63
  • Cindy Shook -- Manager
  • Jon Hammond -- Picker
  • Delfino Ramos -- Repairman

Episodes

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# Title Original air date
1"Vampire Hunting Kit/Meteorite"October 26, 2010
A softball-sized meteorite that struck Russia in 1947, a vampire-killing kit from the 1800s, Jon (the newest employee) finds a signed copy of Gone with the Wind and a genuine Nazi handbook from World War II.
2"Love Meter/Knights of the Templar Sword"October 26, 2010
Delfino's handyman skills are challenged when picker Jon uncovers a classic "Love Meter" arcade game. A monk brings in a 1637 Episcopalian[disambiguation needed] prayer book that was brought to America during the Revolutionary War and used in the church attended by some of the Founding Fathers. A man brings in his grandfather's Knights of the Templar coat and sword.
3"Ladies' Muff Pistols/John Hancock's Book"November 2, 2010
A collector brings in a pair of 19th-century ladies' pistols designed to be concealed in a hand muff, while another seller offers for auction an early-print Great Gatsby and a book signed by John Hancock. Jon picks a Venetian mirror.
4"Rolling Stones' Snooker Table/Aliens"November 2, 2010
A seller brings in a snooker table he built for the Rolling Stones to use on tour. A woman's collection of rare African artifacts, including an elephant mask, two iron throne chairs, and a terracotta honey pot. Paul's dad Bob decides to sell a family of alien props that he took as trade for a pool table.
5"Iwo Jima Sword/Cathouse Chairs"November 9, 2010
A 1969 Oldsmobile 442, two chairs reportedly from a New Orleans cathouse, and a WWII Japanese rifle and sword still partially wrapped in the 60-year-old paper used to mail them home from the battlefield.
6"Dinosaur Tooth/Victorian Furniture"November 9, 2010
The Gallery 63 crew struggles with manager Cindy Shook's new stress release, a drum set Jon brought in on a pick. Paul Brown takes rookie picker Jon Hammond to meet a client auctioning off his collection of sentimental Victorian furniture, including a settee and a piano, while a fossil-hunting couple from Montana bring in three rare dinosaur fossils, including a T.Rex tooth.
7"Pink Cadillac/Baseball Memorabilia"November 16, 2010
Looking for funds to buy a new tour bus, a rock-a-billy musician cruises to Gallery 63 in a gleaming pink 1960 Cadillac. A wife unloads her husband's model tugboat, but it'll need some of Delfino's magic before it can be sold in working order. And a collector brings in historic Negro League baseball memorabilia that he hopes will help pay for a mission trip to the Ivory Coast.
8"Spy Watch/Model A"November 16, 2010
Owner Paul Brown and Gallery 63 team prepare for their next auction, which includes a Model A Ford and Lion King concept sketches. Cindy reminds the team of her picking prowess when she brings in a weekend find: a 1950s spy watch/recorder that still has historic voices on it.
9"Triumph Chopper/Ruby Necklace"November 21, 2010
Auctions are a risky business, with seemingly worthless items often selling big while fabulous items fall flat -- and it's up to Cindy to teach Jon how to identify what will sell. This week, a man walks in with a 92-carat ruby necklace he's been keeping in a shoebox, another brings in a classic 1967 Triumph Chopper, hoping for enough cash to help his mother renovate her house, and a third presents an unopened case of presidential brother Billy Carter's Billy Beer that the expert says it's worthless, but Jon bets will sell.
10"Hand Cannon/Fabergé Pencil"November 23, 2010
A seller brings in an ancient hand cannon so old and so rare, even the experts struggle to determine its origin and history. Also a mystery is a tiny jewel-encrusted gold pencil that might just be Faberge. Meanwhile, Delfino struggles to revive a 90-year-old sour-sounding player piano and a woman brings in a dreary painting her aunt left her that she can't wait to get out of her house ... only to get a big surprise on auction day.
11"Hot-Air Balloon/Woolly Mammoth Tusk"November 30, 2010
Office manager Cindy faces her fears and gets the ride of her life when she and Paul go up in a hot-air balloon that's up for auction, along with a woolly mammoth tusk and a giant, unset sapphire.
12"Headhunter Ax/Vintage Coke Machine"December 7, 2010
A headhunter's ax and a rare Vespa scooter with sidecar; meanwhile, Gallery 63 owner Paul Brown and his manager Cindy Shook have a bidding war of their own over a vintage Coke machine.
13"Samurai Sword/Steamer Trunk"December 14, 2010
A wooly mammoth tusk and a giant, unset sapphire go up for auction. Then manager Cindy faces her fears and gets the ride of her life when she and Paul go up in a hot-air balloon with a client who wants to sell it.
14"Johnny Cash Guitar/Speed Rug"December 21, 2010
Gallery 63 team prepare for their next auction, which includes a guitar autographed by Johnny Cash, a trading knife made from a jawbone, and a 17th-century chest for treasures. Paul and manager Cindy initiate picker Jon in the much dreaded Speed Rug.
15"Hot-Lindenbergh Scrapbook/Antique Toys"December 28, 2010
With a historic Charles Lindbergh scrapbook and a collection of antique metal toys already on the block, Paul Brown also takes a gamble on a rare Wurlitzer band organ. But will it pay off?
16"Napoleon Mirror/WWI Boy Scout Poster"January 4, 2011
Before auctioning off a hand mirror signed by Napoleon and a World War I Boy Scout war bonds poster, Gallery 63 owner Paul Brown calls in his antique-expert sister to shed some light on a mysterious cabinet, and picker Jon Hammond goes all out to impress his boss by helping assemble the upcoming auction's catalog.
17"Shrunken Head/MLK Letter"January 11, 2011
A letter signed by Rev. Martin Luther King and doll furniture created by famous folk artist Howard Finster go on the block; a woman brings in what she believes to be a shrunken head; and Paul enlists his mentor and father, Bob Brown, to help entice Paul's son Elijah to go into the family auction-house business.
18"Happy Days Pinball/Wall of Shame"January 18, 2011
A vintage slot machine, a pinball machine used on Happy Days and a 1940s Whizzer motorized bicycle all go up for auction. Then Jon takes a World War II Soviet flag to a lab to authenticate its blood stain, and not even Paul can escape Cindy's Wall of Shame for people who don't pay their bills.
19"Declaration of Independence/Concession Wagon"January 25, 2011
The Gallery 63 team auctions a vintage fire truck, a 19th-century copy of the Declaration of Independence and a Tiffany grandfather clock, as well as races to fix an antique concession wagon that breaks during offload.
20"Ouiji Board/Richard Petty Jeep"February 2, 2011
Up on the block: a 1946 Willys Jeep restored by Richard Petty, a Rock-Ola jukebox, and a Ouija board that becomes the basis for a prank on Cindy.

See also

References

  1. ^ Discovery Channel's All New Series, "Auction Kings," Proves That One Man's Trash Is Another Man's Treasure, Discovery press release on The Futon Critic, 4 October 2010 (retrieved 6 October 2010)
  2. ^ Conroy, Tom, 'Auction Kings' worth the price, Media Life Magazine, 26 October 2010 (retrieved 26 October 2010)
  3. ^ http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/auction-kings/episode-guide.html


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