From Norm at the LVRJ: As fans of the hit reality show "Pawn Stars" already know, you can buy or sell just about anything at the Gold & Silver Pawn store.
A nun came in one day to sell her collection of Hummel figurines.
Remember frenetic painter Denny Dent and his "Two-Fisted Art Attack" pieces that sometimes sold for a couple hundred bucks? Since his death in 2004, the value of his artwork has soared.
One is on sale at the pawn shop for $30,000, and Rick Harrison sold another to fellow "Pawn Star" Austin "Chumlee" Russell for $3,500.
There are Olympic gold medals and diamond-laden rings from recent Super Bowls.
The latter are among items listed in Chapter 14, titled "Not For Sale," in Harrison's new book, "License to Pawn: Deals, Steals, and My Life at the Gold & Silver."
Old Vegas fans might be surprised to learn that a beaver fur hat owned by Benny Binion, legendary casino owner and founder of the World Series of Poker, is among Harrison's not-for-sale artifacts.
Harrison was in his office one night when an employee wanted to know how much to offer a customer for the Stetson. Harrison gave it a quick look and said $50. http://www.lvrj.com/news/some-pawn-stars-items-not-for-sale-124839964.html
Of course, if Norm actually visited the shop, he would find other things not for sale, like the plans for the D-Day (I think that was it) invasion and a few other things on the wall. And there are also other items you don't even see in the shop because I suspect they go to auction or E-Bay before they would hit the sale floor. In fact I would venture that most of the items on the show have never seen the show room floor.
So, if you go to the store, be ready for the heat, don't expect to see the stars and don't expect to see many of the items from the show.
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