Pawn Stars Review: August 15, 2011

Welcome to another week of Pawn Stars. There was a nice article about Mark Hall, the administrator of the Clark County Museum and contributor to the Pawn Stars: http://lasvegasbadger.blogspot.com/2011/08/nice-s.html
It's been hot here in Las Vegas, but that still doesn't stop people from going out and standing in line at the Gold and Silver Shop. Hot to us in Vegas is around 105F.
Two new episodes are scheduled for tonight.
In the very first street scene, you could see two Las Vegas Metro cops on their police motocross motorcycles. They are the one's in yellow and they patrol different parts of the Valley on their motocross motorcycles.
In the first episode, the first guy brought some Orville Wright of the Wright brothers memorabilia. This included pilot licences. a letter and a few other things. The guy wanted $4000 and time for an expert. Drew came down to the shop and said the materials were real and worth about $15,000. Now the guy wanted the $15,000 and Rick offered $3000. The guy then went down $5000 and the Corey and Rick gave their usual BS about the cost associated with selling the material. The signatures went for $3500.
The next guy brought in a Jennings Bronze Chief nickle slot machine from the 1930's. Amazingly, the machine still worked.The guy wanted $3000 and Rick offered $300 and then $900 and that was the selling point.
The next guy, a pawn broker, brought in a Model 1830 West Point Musket. The musket was used as a training musket. New, the muskets cost $30. Time for an expert, Sean. After doing some measuring, he determined that it was a model 1816 musket and was not at West Point and said it was worth around $1200. The guy wanted $1000 and Rick offered $700 and then $750 and the final price was $825. They took the musket down to the Pahrump shooting range and the musket did work with Chumlee at the helm.
In the second episode, the first guy brought in a dueling pistol from the early 1800's. He needed to have the second pair dueling pistol to make it more valuable. The guy wanted $1200 and Rick offered $500 and then $850 and that was the sale price.
The next guy had a hat from Ronnie Van Zant of Lynard Skynard: http://www.lynyrdskynyrdhistory.com/rvzbio.html This is from the web site: As Merle Haggard's 'I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am' played, Ronnie was laid to rest with his trademark Texas Hatters black hat and favorite fishing pole. Hmm
Rommie gave the hat the the seller and the hat was 100% beaver. The guy wanted $25,000 and Rick offered $5000 and then $10,000. Corey complained about the price. There was no sale.
The next guy brought in a first edition David Copperfield book by Charles Dickens. The guy on the book in a round of golf. Wonder if he notified the IRS? The guy wanted $4000 and Rick offered $1000. Rick then offered $1500 and then $1600 and that was the sale price. Rick had Rebecca check out the book and said it was a true first edition. She thought the book could go for up to $3000.
The next guy brought in a Porsche 911 Carrera engine which came from a junk yard. The guy wanted $4500 and Rick called on the expert. Danny from Kustom Counts. Danny was nervous about the motor, meanwhile the seller really cut down Danny and his abilities. There was no sale.
The next guy brought in an old pay phone which was modified for a home phone. It was a rotary phone d=from the 1970's. The guy wanted $250 and Corey offered $100 and then $125 with a sale price of $140.
And that wraps up another two new episodes of Pawn Stars. Sounds like reruns next week.
As usual, thank you for stopping by.