Once again, another Pawn Stars show.
The "artist" who wanted sell the black/gold figurines was a dolt. If he would have sold the "art" to the shop, the shop would have melted it down and sold the gold.
The Thomas Edison phonograph was pretty cool. The Old Man is a tough bargainer as he went from $700 to $675 when a guy gave him a little crap about the price. They settled on $700.
The house of the Old Man is pretty cool. Somehow, I have a feeling the Old Man doesn't live in the downtown area of the Las Vegas Valley. He says he lives 20 minutes away, which could mean just about anywhere in the Valley.
Well, the trivia says that 100,000 transactions have taken place. Well, we made three transactions. So, that leaves 99,997 transactions. Well, all I can say, if shop keeps treating locals like crap, they may have a lower transaction rate.
As far as the boat is concerned. that is not a boat that sells well in Las Vegas and Lake Mead. Most boats on Lake Mead are either cruisers or smaller boats. There are not a lot of high speed boats that cruise the lake.
In episode 2, the Roulette wheel was pretty cool, though I would not pay the money Rick paid for it- $1200. Maybe $500, I would pay for it, but then I have no clue about the worth of it. And someone probably bought it, as it was not in the store when we visited last.
The bell from the shipwreck bell was found to be authentic and Rick over bid the Old Man by $4200. Yeah, that will go over good at the next family dinner.
The Indian motorbike (hell, only a kid could go on that) went $1500 and that is more than I would have paid. My kids would like a mini-motorcycle, but not at that price. They say they can get $7200 for it. Doubt that. And Chumlee looks like one of those fat Shrine Tripoli motorcycle riders you see in parades, when he rode the bike.
The Scottish dagger was interesting, considering the possible history.
It just doesn't seem like the guys at the shop had a good week, whenever they bought these things.
But they own a lot of gold, and with the gold markets the way there are, they are not hurting for money, either.
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How was the bell authenticated? What was the price? $4,200 or $4,200 above the other persons bid? What was the providence of the bell? As a shipwreck diver very interested in ships bells I would be thankfull for a reply. johnsumner911@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteThe bell was authenticated by one of the experts they bring in.
ReplyDeleteThey couldn't get into which ship it was on. Because the bell was in pretty good shape, they figured that it was off a shipwreck from a ship that didn't sink completely.
The final price was $7200. The Old Man offered $3000 and Rick's final offer was $7200.
my little brother has one of the mini mini indian bikes in WAY better shape than that one they bought he has had it since bought new for him in the early 70's search anything you want they arent worth that much....I enjoy the show but come on ...kinda like the cobra that was "left behind" and the tow truck driver kept it...pffft whatever
ReplyDeleteYou would be surprised what people leave behind in Vegas, including the Shelby Cobra. It could have been bought with drug money, the person couldn't afford it any more, they left it behind in a foreclosure. People leave a lot of things behind in a foreclosure, including cars and animals.
ReplyDeleteWhen we were looking at a house to rent, the people that left, left behind 3 tortises- we called them guard turtles.