Pawn Stars Review: September 21, 2010

It's been a nice week in Las Vegas- temperatures in the upper 90's and lows in the upper 60's. Nice time to visit Las Vegas but us locals want it to be cooler.

In the first episode, the first guy brought in an old fashioned mini-slot machine. It used tokens instead of coins because it came from Colorado and was from the 1920's. It was missing major parts, including the payoff mechanism. The guy wanted $600 and that is what he got. Interesting to see if they would fix it up.

The next guy wanted to sell a 1973 CJ-5 Jeep. It was a restoration project that didn't go so well. The guy wanted $2500. The area where the guy lived looks familiar but just can't place it. Maybe the northeast side of Vegas Corey offered $1800 and that was the selling price. They fixed it up by Danny. They wantd the jeep to look Army green but when it was delivered it was not army green but the green you see in a sore full of puss. It was ugly. Horrible. The cost was $5500. they think they can sell it for $15,000. I doubt it. They took it out by the trails by Nellis AFB.

The next guy was a bails bondsman who had a guy skip out of court and now owes the court $50,000. He brought in a $20 liberty gold coin and has the potential to be worth a lot of money. Time for the expert, Andrew from American Coin Express of Las Vegas. http://www.americancoinexpress.com/ The coin was not the really the most expensive and the coin was worth $40,000, still not enough to cover the bail. Rick offered $30,000 and the guy wanted $40,000. The final was $34,000, cash.

The next guy brought in some photos and negatives from NASA from Apollo 17. Time for the expert, Mark, the curator of the Clark County Museum and also the McCarren Airport museum. He didn't think they were real negatives, but positives and the pictures were not rare. There was no sale because the pictures were worthless.

In the second episode, the first guy brought in a hockey stick that was signed by the 1980 USA miracle on ice hockey team. The team won the gold medal in Lake Placid and I remember it well. Time for an expert. He said the autographs were real. The guy wanted $5000. Rick offered $1500 and then $2000. No sale.

The next brought in a Bob Dylan "Self Portrait" album. Not a CD, but I real record. The guy wanted $150 and Rick wanted $50. Huh??? I have records like that, maybe I should bring in some records to the shop. Anyways it sold for $50. Chumlee was sent to find Bob Dylan who was in Vegas for a concert. Even though it was a set up for entertainment purposes, he could have done a meet and greet with Dylan. It was a really lame segment. Stupid, really. Supposedly, he found Dylan in front of Ceasar's Palace, outside and got the autograph made out to Chumlee.

The next guy wanted 1997 Fleetwood Discovery motor coach. Beautiful motor coach. You see a lot of these in Vegas all year round. The inside looked great but it said it had a queen size bed but at best it was a twin. He wanted $48,000. Corey thought the Old Man maybe interested in it for retirement purposes. Rick came out to take a look at it. Then the guy wanted $38,000. Rick offered $15,000 and then $20,000 and that was the selling price.

The next guy had a bunch of cowboy and western toys. The Lone Ranger and Tonto toys were included. It included toys, games, lunch boxes, toy guns etc. The guy wanted $15,000. Time for the expert, Johnny. The man wanted $15,000 but Rick offered $7000 and then $9500. That was the sale price. There was a Playboy magazine in with the western magazines. Hmm, how did that get in there?

Have a nice week and thanks for stopping by.