"It's currently number 22 on the New York (Times) Best Sellers List," he said. If that's not enough for fans, Harrison's book, "License to Pawn," talks about all Harrison's stories from being in the pawn business. People are fascinated with Chumlee for some bizarre reason." We are like the 'Antiques Roadshow' with cash," Harrison said. "We prefer jewelry, but we'll take anything we can make money on and ship back to Vegas. Even if people aren't trying to sell something, they will find entertainment in the live show. They will chat with fans and buy some stuff. The Mount Airy road show will include Harrison, his father and Russell.
It's the only pawn shop I've been to with a Picasso on the wall." Generally, they get picked up, but it's the staple of the business," he said.īut don't confuse the Harrisons' place with the average barter. I have around 6,000 rings in the showcases.
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I was told it was given to a girl on her wedding night."Įven though the series highlights more of the stuff the guys buy, they do sell quite a lot, especially of one particular item. I just bought a 1602 Bible," Harrison said. With that amount of walk-in traffic a week, the store gets a lot of interesting and unique items coming in and going out. If you go to the top 25 shows for the week on cable, we are usually number one or two." In the past week, we've been averaging about 5,000 people a week. I slowly got more and more people in the store. "We thought we would get a season or two of the show, and it would help with business. A lot of things came and went, and this eventually happened," said Rick Harrison, co-owner of the shop.
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What started out as a way to get more business has turned into a monster among reality TV shows. The business changed a bit when the reality show began. Along with his father, Richard, son Corey, and Corey's childhood friend Chumlee Russell, they make the show entertaining and educational, and show a different side to the business. If you've ever seen the television series, you know that owner Rick Harrison knows his stuff. And now the guys are taking part of their business on the road, making a stop at Mount Airy Casino Resort on Saturday. The shop became a household name in 2009 when it became the set of a hit reality television show, "Pawn Stars," airing on the History Channel. Since 1988, the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas has been buying and selling pretty much everything under the sun.
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