Although close to a century has elapsed since the so-called "Crime of the Century," in which the infant son of celebrated aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh was mysteriously kidnapped from the family home in New Jersey and later found murdered, the story still manages to intrigue all these decades later. As a result, it's not so surprising that items relating to Lindbergh have shown up more than once on History Channel's hit series "Pawn Stars," although none of the story took place anywhere near Las Vegas.
Objects we're aware of that have been presented to the team have included: a 1928 Charles Lindbergh doll, which Rick purchased for $500 and later offloaded for a $300 profit at the Toy Shack, where it was valued at $1,600-$1,800; a signed copy of Charles Lindbergh's autobiography, for which Chumley paid $500 (without having checked the authenticity of the signature -- fortunately for him, it proved to be legitimate and the shop later re-sold the book for $1,500); in Season Two of the show, a man brought in a wooden plane propeller that had been passed down through his family and had allegedly been given to his grandparents by Lindbergh, but since he was unable to prove its provenance, the pawn brokers offered just $1,500 for the item and urged the seller to go home and find proof that tied it to Lindbergh; in another episode, a seller brought in a briefcase that he claimed, vehemently, had belonged to Charles Lindbergh. He wanted $85,000 for the case, but an outside expert determined that it had actually belonged to Lindbergh's father, and there was no sale.
In the 2011 show to which you refer, a gentlemen brought in to the store what he claimed was a box of papers, including newspaper cuttings, photographs, reports relating to the Lindbergh baby case, and even physical evidence, including some nails taken from the attic of the convicted kidnapper's home. While the contents of the file was deemed to be authentic, both by the show's presenters and by other experts and enthusiasts who we've seen discuss this episode online, there wasn't anything in there that was excpetionally rare or that was likely to cast new light on the controversial case (some believe that the man executed for the crime was in fact framed). Rick and the gang offered the seller $1,500 for his collection, but the price was rejected (probably unwisely). Hence, there was no re-sale by Gold & Silver Pawn in this instance. The case does show up in the new Pawn Stars Facebook Game, however, as do a couple of the other items we reference in today's answer.
