Pawn Stars Review: January 16, 2012

Welcome back for another review of Pawn Stars and the 2 new episodes.  They are still looking for a night shift worker but here is what happens on the night shift at the Gold and Silver Shop: http://lasvegasbadger.blogspot.com/2012/01/pawn-stars-night-shift-hoax.html
It was a busy day in Las Vegas this past weekend with the Consumer Electronic Show which brought in over 150,000 people and the Miss America pageant in which the winner was from Wisconsin.  At least someone in Wisconsin won something big this weekend.  If you wanted to stay in Las Vegas, you had to plan on triple cost for the hotel rooms on the strip becaus eof all the events going on.
In the first episode, the first guy brought in a Crosby Stills and Nash  guitar that was autographed.  I was a backpack guitar and the guy won the guitar in a radio trivia contest.  The guy wanted $1000 and Rick offered $700 and the guy then went to $800 and the selling price was $750 and after the sale, Rick took the guitar to an expert.

Rick brought in Drew to look at the autographs to see if they are real and he said the the Stephen Stills was a little suspicious but real and worth about $1000.
The next guy brought in a chopper bicycle Phat Cycles Fuller cycle and built by Brian Fuller, a motorcycle maker.  The guy wanted $5000 and Corey kind of said no and offered $500.  The guy came down to $2500 and Corey went up to $1000 and no sale.  Here is the web site for Phat Cycles: http://www.phatcycles.com/
The next guy brought in an old cigar box labels.  They had some from Presidents McKinley, Washington and Roosevelt and other famous people.  He had the labels in a 3 ring binder.  The guy wanted $300 and Rick offered $50.  The came back with a price of $200 and Rick offered $100 and that was the selling price.
The next segment had the Rick and the Old Man interviewing the finalists for the job.  The Old Man didn't like any of the supposed candidates. 
The next guy brought in 2 bomb fins, the bottom part of the aerial bomb from World War ll.  One was about 4 feet tall and the other was about 7 feet tall and time for an expert, Matthew and went into detail about the different bombs and the kind of damage they can do.  The small bomb fin was worth about $500.  Corey offered $400 for both and the guy went to $700.  Rick $400 or nothing and that was the selling price.
A female came into apply for the job and was all tattooed up- she fit right in.  A couple of other were interviewed including a Old Man look-a-like.   The Old Man liked the Old Man look a like and an African American young man but didn't like want to hire the female because they would be a distraction to Chumlee and Corey.  Rick also liked those two and and the tattooed female and that was how they ended the show.
In the second episode, the first guy brought in an Army 1863 Colt percussion pistol and Rick gave the history of the Colt history.  The guy wanted $3500 and time for an expert, Joe who gave more history of the gun.  He said the gun was real and worth $2000 and more if it fired.
They took the gun down to the gun range in Pahrump and the they loaded it up with gun powder and bullet.  Joe fired the gun and it fired quite well, all 6 shots.  Joe thought the gun was worth $3000.  Rick offered $2000 and the guy came down to $2500.  Rick then went to $2300 and that was the selling price.
The next guy brought in a 1st edition of Spiderman comic book.  Corey really didn't know the worth of the magazine.  Johnny from the Toy Shack came into look at the comic book.  There was a mark on the book and that brought down the value.  He said the comic book was worth $6,000-7000.  The guy wanted $5500 and Corey offered $3000.  The guy went down to $4500 and Corey went to $3800 and the comic book sold for $4000 in cash.
The next guy brought in some Red Comet fire extinguishers from the early 1900's.  The fire extinguishers looked more like light bulbs and you would throw them onto the fire.  Some people hung them up on the ceiling, so in case of a fire, they would act like a fire sprinkler.  The guy wanted $100 for each of the bulbs while Rick started out at $50.  The selling price went for $60 apiece or a total of $180.
The next lady brought in a stock certificate made out to Mark Twain.  It was from a mining company from Virginia City, NV.  It was made out to Mark Twain instead of Samuel Clemens.  The lady wanted $500 for the certificate.  Rick had concerns about the signature and the way it was printed and he thought it was a fake.  No sale.
At the commerical, they gave away who won the job as the night shift salesperson and it was the tattooed female.  I don't think they wanted to do that- kind of kills the suspense.
That wraps up another two new episodes of Pawn stars and thanks for stopping by- it is greatly appreciated.  Next week will have 2 new episodes and they will introduce the new night shift worker.