ALAN: I have a 1977 World
Series Dodgers pennant
that I bought at an auction.
And I noticed this
signature on it.
COREY HARRISON: OK, that
looks like Frank Sinatra.
CHUMLEE: Old blue eyes, huh?
He probably was a Dodgers fan.
I knew I didn't like him.
[LAUGHS]
COREY HARRISON: So what are
you looking to get out of it?
ALAN: The research
I did says it should
be worth retail about $1,500.
I'm looking for $750.
COREY HARRISON: 750 bucks?
You know, I've got
some concerns here.
I'm just kind of trying to wrap
my head around Frank Sinatra
on a Dodgers pennant, you know?
It's kind of two real things
that don't really go together,
you know?
If you had that the
actual team signing it,
then, you know, I could
see a value there.
If you had, you know, a Frank
Sinatra set list signed by him,
I could see some
really value there.
I'm not a signature expert.
ALAN: I did the
signature research.
And that signature is real good.
 And I have no idea what to
even price the thing at, man.
I've got a buddy.
Do you mind if he comes
down and takes a look,
since we don't
have any paperwork?
 That's fine.
 All right, I'm going
to go call my buddy.
I'll get him right down.
ALAN: I don't have any
problems with having
a professional look at it.
My fingers are crossed
that this is good news,
that this is really
his signature,
and we can make a deal today.
 Frank Sinatra was
a huge baseball fan.
And he was a huge,
huge Dodger fan.
Matter of fact, him
and Tommy Lasorda
were as close as could be.
On April 7, 1977, which is
the same year as that pennant,
he came out opening day, sang
the national anthem for them.
And they bonded ever since then.
So tell me, what are your
concerns about this piece?
COREY HARRISON: First
and foremost, I don't
know if the signature is real.
I don't even know
what it's worth.
And Frank Sinatra signing
a baseball pennant-- they
don't seem to go
very well together.
 OK.
Well, first, we'll get in here.
We'll analyze the signature.
And oddly enough, Frank Sinatra
did sign baseball team items.
I think he'd be pretty
surprised at that.
COREY HARRISON: Wow.
 Most of the work that I
actually do is more detective
work, trying to get to
the bottom of things,
trying to figure out how
something was signed,
and really making sure someone
actually signed the piece.
And there's the
ink on the pennant.
Looks like a felt tip pen.
I see some overlapping here.
Right away, we know this
is a live signature.
So that's a good thing.
It's actual ink on the item.
And he actually signed
it, as opposed to being
printed or being reproduced.
CHUMLEE: OK.
 Next, I want to take
a look at my exemplars
and compare it to
this signature.
Frank Sinatra was notorious
throughout his entire career
for having women sign for him.
I mean, he just didn't
like to sign autographs.
Now, what I pulled up
here was a baseball
he signed a few years later.
And as I start to look
at the two signatures,
I start to see some
pretty distinct
similarities of how
Frank made his autograph
from one to another.
COREY HARRISON: OK,
well, I'm glad you're
the expert because
they look absolutely
nothing the same to me.
STEVE GRAD: OK, when I take
a look here, first of all,
the F's are a little different.
But you know what?
You could blame that, maybe,
on the item being signed.
You have a baseball
that's more curved.
You have a pennant that's flat.
He's probably signing
this on a flat surface.
But I start to see
similarities in angle,
the slant, the pressure.
 So you think it's official?
 Well, based on everything
I've seen today--
the ink analysis,
looking at the exemplars,
side-by-side comparison--
I feel that Frank Sinatra
signed this pennant.
 Yes.
 So it's still
worth nothing, right?
 Well, not exactly.
The signature isn't as
strong as I'd like to see it.
It's about a seven or an eight.
But I feel this signature in
this state on this pennant
is worth about $600.
 All right, man.
I appreciate it.
 Cool.
Good to see you guys.
- All right.
 Thanks.
CHUMLEE: See you next time.
COREY HARRISON: Whoever ended
up getting this signature
was probably one of the
luckiest people in the ballpark.
First of all, interaction
with Frank Sinatra,
and then second, his autograph.
Well, you heard
what my guy said.
Reasonably, I can expect
to get 600 bucks out of it.
I'll offer you $300.
 My research is a
little different.
Online, Frank Sinatra's
signature just plain
is $1,200 asking price.
And I'd like to
negotiate with you.
$700, I think that
would be a fair price.
 You know, I've
got to trust my guy.
I mean, he works for
probably the most
reputable company that there
is when it comes to autographs.
I'll go up to $400
if it helps you.
 I don't know that
he's an expert on value.
He's an expert on signatures.
 I'd say he's an expert
all the way around.
 All right, give
me $500 for it.
 I'll go $450.
 You're $450.
I'm $500.
Let's meet in the middle.
Make it $475.
 All right, man.
Let's do it.
 I'm done with this.
You can write it up.
 I spent $25 on all
10 of these banners.
And I just made $450.
