Monday, June 21, 2010

Pawn Stars Review: June 21, 2010

Another week, the Pawn Stars walk a red carpet at some casino and Chumlee thinks he is a Hollywood star. Beautiful weather in Vegas and we have another week of Pawn Stars.
We drove by the shop on Saturday at around 11AM on Saturday and there was a huge line outside the shop. If you go, be prepared to wait in line and you probably won't meet anyone in the show except the Old Man.
The first guy brought in antique Gaming/carnival wheel. It's look like the roulette wheel in the casinos but a lot older. The wheel was from the 1930's. The guy wanted to sell and wanted $500 and Rick offered $100. They spun the wheel to see the final price and it went for $200 and both parties were happy.
The next guy came in with a commemorative coin from George Washington funeral. The Old Man thought it may have been a fake while Rick thought it was from 1799. Time for the expert, Dana from Early American History Auctions. Rick questioned the hole but Dana confirmed that the hole was legitimate. Dana agreed with Rick and not the Old Man about the coin being real and it was real. It was worth about $4-5,000 range. The man wanted to sell and wanted $4000. The Old Man offered $2000 and then went down to $1500. It went for $2500.
The next guy brought in a flax bow. Reminds me of the Native American gentleman in the first season who brought in a chicken foot totem pole to the shop. This bow brings harmony and peace or so they say. The guy wanted to pawn and wanted $80. They brought Christina, an expert in Native America art. She has a flax bow in her home and she thought it was worth about $60-$100 and they did the pawn.
The next guy brought in a Coca Cola picture from the early 1900's. The guy wanted $500 and Corey went $150 and then $200 and that is what it went for. However, the Old Man discovered the picture was a fake. No one got mad on camera, but off camera??? Maybe the bow worked?
The next guy called the guys about an antique corn shucker. In Las Vegas? Really? Why? There are no corn fields in Las Vegas or in the immediate area. The shucker was from the 1920'-30's. Maybe something for the American Pickers. Rick wanted it but it would be too dangerous for the shop. He was worried about the kids but he was probably more worried about the drunks that inhabit Las Vegas and the Strip that come to finish the shop.
After the guy flax bow left the shop, everyone was back to normal, everyone bitching with each other.
In the 2nd episode, the first guy brought in a Kris sword from the Philippines from the very early 1900's. The seller sounded like Ben Stein. Time for the expert, Sean. Rick thought it was real and it was worth about $200-300. The guy wanted $150 and Rick offered $100 and that is what it went for.
The next guy brought in photo's of Michael Jackson, along with some the negatives. The guy wanted to sell the rights to the photo. The guy wanted $15,000 fro the rights. Rick didn't want to make an offer.
The next guy brought in a wooden trunk from the 1800's. It was a travel trunk with a bunch of compartments. The guy wanted $1000 and Rick offered $500 and that is what it went for. The trunk will got to Rick Dale. The trunk belonged to an upped class society member. Rick finished the trunk and it looked great and finished. Rick did the work for $1500 and it Rick was going to sell it for $10,000. Umm, no.
The next guy brought in a book, Dante's Inferno, a very old book. The book was wrote about 700 years ago. The seller thinks the book was from the late 1800's. The guy wanted to sell it and wanted $3000 and Rick offered $75. No sale as the guy wanted to keep it.
The next guy brought in an old duck and cart toy, or a duck pull toy. It was a duck pulling a cart from the 1920=30's. The guy wanted to sell it and wanted $500 but the Old Man offered $25 and the just kept after the Old Man and he got $40.
Chumlee walked the Duck to the backroom and it looked like he broke the toy.

10 comments:

  1. I call shenanigans! If you look closely the flax bow that the gentleman picks up in the first episode is different than the one he pawns. The one he originally pawns has blue beads whereas the one he picks up has orange/red beads.

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  2. Which trailer park in Vegas did the guys go to, to look at that corn shucker?

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  3. Doesn't anyone have a sense of humor? THe flax bow was intended to be funny. Of course they set it up, they did it to set up the joke.
    LIghten up people, enjoy the show. Don't run around calling evertything a fake. Let them have a literary license every now and then to entertain

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  4. To anon #1, you are correct, it is a different flax bow. The one they put on the wall is completely different than the they bought/pawned. And when the guy picked up the flax bow, it was different. Probably a set up with the producers. Good call.

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  5. AS SEEN ON TV...
    The duck is on the loose...not broken!!! I'm living the dream out and about again. Check out the crazy photos and pics in Las Vegas on facebook - "StanleeDuck"

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  6. Um... I'm pretty sure there's no such thing as a "Flax Bow" totem in any tribal culture...

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    1. Actually you are/wrong. The Cherokee have used them for years.

      People suprised that a "reality show" is faked. I am suprised that they are surprised!

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  7. I watch the show often and its like any pawn shop. They get it for a fraction of its value. Many of Rick's friends that he brings in are not auction experts as many of the items are a lot rarer than they make you think. The George Washington coin episode Rick think's its a fake and his buddy comes in saying its real which is true, but he valued it at around 5 grand and Rick got it for 2500.00. They neglected to state the highest price paid for a funeral coin was in 2007 for $236,000.00. No one knows what a coin will go for as most coin collectors or investors know coins thought to be a certain price realized 100 times its reserve. But its a fun show as you get to see items you never seen before!

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