between who museum paid the conman, and the conman paid him, ed was thrilled at first. i received the jury verdict against the pritchard for $800,000, of which i did not receive 800,000, he had. empty pockets i got 250,000 of my attorney took his cut of the cash. jamie: how much? close to 1jamie: the law is h pritchard, fbi agent robert whitman is paying close attention. very smooth, he dressed well. he was glib of tongue. jamie: pritchard and his partners were running same scan on others with civil war artifacts. usually, 10 times is what thethey sold material for after appraiseing it for a 10th of te value. they held a criminal case.
middle. that is what he said, he could not over estimate or underestimate the value of it. russ comes up with an offer to buy most of the contents of the case, $87,500, now ed thinks he struck gold. i thought wow, that say lot of money to me. it did look fair. it seemed fair to me, that is more money than i had ever gotten in my life. he accepts and a check and signs away the item, pitchard departs with the pikit artifacts, but general pickett s grand-great grandson is in for the shock of his life, he finds out what happened to his family heirloom. all lies, he lied to me. this is next. first our strange inheritance quiz question, how many generals were killed or mortally wounded at gettysburg?
of confederacy started to wayne. knowing that pickett s charge as a disaster was enough for ed, while growing up in north carolina in 1960s. i had other interests that seemed more important to me at the time. he has no interest in this old suitcase of family heirlooms that his father inheret ited. when his parents divorce, he passes this case to his mother to give to ed. this is the actual case. it is. do you want to take a look. i would. as far as young ed could tell it contains boring old military looking knickknacks. a cap, part of a uniform, old documents, whatever. my mother would say, there is his legacy you have and it will be yours one day, i was like okay.
your reaction. i was astounded, something was wrong. jamie: another shocker. he learned that pritchard stole some items, including family photos he offered to restore for ed. russ pritchard said he would be glad to frame them, and send them back, no charge. jamie: no charge. just doing it because he was a nice guy. jamie: wondering what they could be worth, ed takes them to gettysburg antique store. the owner looks the and says. these are not real photographs these are laser copys, i said are, you sure. jamie: even ed can see lines from laser printer, pritchard had reframeed his photos with fakes, ed s embarrassment over a bad deal is replaced with a new emotion, anger. jamie: your reaction? i was pissed.
like a puppy. he kept asking, can i see the artifacts. ed agrees to show pritchard what is in the old family suitcase, next few hours, are a revelation for ed. that old cap is called a capy, warn by general pickett at gettysburg, and his bloodstained uniform sleeve, and photos, and hand drawn map of the gettysburg battlefield. he was very knowledgeable. tell me about the reaction on russ pritchard s face. he was delighted. like high found a goal mine, he said, i m prepareed on behalf of the mayor to make you an offer. who did you feel he represented? your interest or the museum? as i understood it he was an appraiser standing in the