Pawn Stars Review: July 25, 2011

Another 2 new episodes of Pawn Stars tonight. I hope most of you survived the heat wave in the Central and Eastern U.S. In Vegas, were are having a average to a little below average summer with a little rain thrown in. They are filming a movie at the Golden Nugget downtown this week.
This week may have been the shows that jumped the shark, I retrospect.
The first guy brought in a John W. Hardin business card. Hardin is an outlaw in the Old West who killed 5 people and not surprising, he was also an a attorney who got his law degree while in prison. http://www.famoustexans.com/johnwesleyhardin.htm Time for the expert. Mark from the Clark County Museum was the expert. They had the card in a glass picture frame and they had to break the glass to get a closer look at the card. Rick offered $350 if they damaged the card when the broke the glass. Mark thought that there was a 80% that it is real and so there it was a deal for $350. Somehow, I found that hard to believe that they would have bought it for $350 but then, they did wreck the guy's glass encasement, so it may have a sympathy buy.
The next guy had a 5 piece Shopsmith tools. It had a saw, drill and a few other pieces. The Old Man offered $50 for the large shop tool and that was the deal.
The next guy brought in a Gibson Mandolin. Chumlee was the worker behind the shelves. Of course, if this was real, they would have had the other employees in the shop. the guy wanted $3000 and Chumlee offered $1000 and $1300. The final price was $1500. Chumlee took to it to a music expert to see if it was real or not and it was determined to be a fake. Ooops. Rick and family were not happy but Chumlee offered to buy it, but the offer was refused, kind of. They did want Chumlee to pay for it but the guy owns a Maserati, so he's not hurting for money. That's show business.
The next guy brought in a jacket that was in the TV show Cheyenne and worn by Clint Walker, whoever that was. http://www.clintwalker.com/ Walker turns out was also in many movies, including The Dirty Dozen. The guy wanted $1800 and Rick offered $600 and then $700 and $750 was the final sale price.
In the second episode, the first guy brought in a Civil War Rifle made in 1854, which was in the guy's family for 5 generations. Could you sell something that was in your family for 5 generations? The rifle was loaded with a bullet and gun powder in it. Time for the expert, Sean. Sean thought it was worth $2-3000 with the paperwork that came with it. The guy wanted $3000 and Rick offered $1500. The guy had sentimental value for it and so there was no sale.
The next guy brought in a suit that was Replica Halo Armor. It was used to make a video game. The guy wanted $2000. Corey offered $100 and then $200. No sale.
The next guy brought in a pawn store movie posters. Movies about pawn stores. None were very popular. The guy wanted $2000. Rick offered $1000. the guy then asked $1600 and Rick went to $1500 and that was the sale price. They had the pictures framed at a frame shop in town. The cost for the framing of 4 pictures was $1200. Corey sold one picture for $1500 and the framing was free. Rick was pissed and wanted it back and they got it back.
The next guy brought in a 1950's Murray Atomic Missile pedal car for kids small kids. i actually have seen one way back in the day. It was chain driven. The guy wanted $1500 and Rick offered $500 and then $800. It was really rusty and did not work. The final price for the sale was $1000.
The next guy brought in a Liberty Pass for leave from the USS Arizona (sank in Pearl Harbor) and the USS Mississippi. Rick offered $100 and the guy wanted $200. Rick offered $150 and that was the sale price.
And that wraps up another 2 episodes. Next week has two more new episodes. Have a nice and safe week