Gasoline Alley by Jim Scancarelli for July 01, 2016

What are the odds a certain obnoxious clerk will show up?

I’m thinking a gold cane will show up.

Are we going to hear more about the gold cane or is that story finished?

No good can come from this.

At some point, the “cane thieves” will have to come up with a way to realize some cash from the cane – and IF Skeezix is lucky – they will wander into the pawn shop while Skeezix is still there!

Are we EVER going to find out if they get Joe out of prison?

I wonder if Chumly from Pawn Stars works here.

Well all know what’s about to happen tomorrow (and next week).

Doug Deal’s name does not come to mind first as a professional appraiser.

I agree – we’ll see our favorite sales clerk shortly, but somewhere along the line Skeezix trades the coin with the Pye brothers and gets the golden cane. Then the Pye brothers get the coin appraised by the pawn broker and find out it came off a costume jewelry bracelet or necklace and it’s worthless.

Once again, all is right in Gasoline Alley.

The stalking salesman, who’s name eludes me at the moment, is moonlighting on his days off from the jail….and is on the other side of that Pawn Shop door…along with those three Pye’s trying to hock Walt’s cane. LOL! That’s my guess, anyway ;-)

Frank Nelson in 3…2…1

Somehow that place doesn’t strike me as the best option for having rare coins appraised. But then again, it seems like there’s more interest in the metal content than numismatic value these days.