Real Deal is an American television series aired on the History channel which premiered in December 2011.
The show brings together sellers of antiques, collectables, and historical artifacts with professional buyers.
The first season had a wide variety of items presented to the dealers, including a restored gas pump, Native American artifacts, a collection of autographed footballs, an electroshock therapy unit, antique bicycles, a woolly mammoth tooth, comic books, a 1960s MK II Lincoln and a brass spitoon from a Nevada mine and brothel.
Many of the sellers ended up with a much smaller auction price, while others sold their items for a little to a lot more than the dealers' offer.
The Real Deal dealers bring a wide range of specialties to the show with them, and have decades of combined experience.