Pawn Stars Review: March 13, 2014

Thanks again for your patience, as I have fell behind in watching the show.
The week's previous show was half way decent as their story lines were only about 10 seconds long and somewhat entertaining.
In the news, The Gold and Silver Shop took in some stolen gold coins and then melted them down.  At the time, they did not know the coins were stolen because the coins were not reported stolen.
From Fox News: The famed Gold and Silver Pawn shop, featured on History Channel’s hit series “Pawn Stars,” may have melted down a precious coin collection that was allegedly stolen from a man by his niece.
A source with knowledge of the situation confirmed to FOX411 that a criminal complaint was filed in Clark County Justice Court back in November 2013 by David Walters, whose said his coin collection was taken from a family member’s home by his niece, Jennifer Beckman.

Beckman then proceeded to sell its contents to Gold and Silver Pawn for $9,550 on three separate visits to the store—the first of which took place on Nov. 18, a rep for the store told us. Walters has claimed it was worth about $50,000.

Walters filed the complaint after he realized the coins were missing on Nov. 27, the rep said.
But a police office did not contact Gold and Silver Pawn until Dec. 5 to inform the store the coins were stolen, and by then they were long gone.
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2014/03/14/pawn-stars-shop-melts-down-stolen-coin-collection-report-says/
In Rick's book, A License To Pawn", he says they wait 30 days before they sell it.  From Rick's book: "By law, any item I purchase or take on pawn must sit in the shop for a 30-day waiting period while it is cleared by the police as not stolen". (page 4)
If the story is true and Rick is not lying in his book, then it seems the Gold and Silver shop are in a bit of trouble, civil and possibly criminal.
In the first episode, the story line started as Corey left opened a jewelry because his neighbors were keeping him up with their partying and Corey supposedly didn't sleep for three days.  The Old Man suggest a shot of bourbon.  Not exactly a good suggestion, considering Corey is a former drug addict.  In the end, Corey fell asleep in the Old Man's chair, which the Old Man did not like.
I guess they are back to their stupid story lines.

The first guy brought in German 2 Hand Sword.  The sword was 67 inches long, about 5 1/2 feet long and it was made in 1628.  Even though the sword was large, it only weighed around 10 pounds.  The guy wanted $22,000 and time for an expert, Craig who said the sword was real and worth about $13,000.  That's not what the seller wanted to hear.  Rick offered $10,000 and the guy wanted $18,000.  Rick offered $11,000 and there was no sale.

The next guy brought a set of 1933 baseball cards.  Each one was sealed in a plastic case and in pretty good shape, for the most part .  The cards were autographed and they were graded.  The guy wanted $100 apiece and he had 23 cards.  Time for an expert, Jeremy.  He said they were worth about $1500 and Corey offered $400.  The guy came down to $1000 and Corey offered $600 and that was the sale price.

The next guy brought in a letter to Marilyn Monroe telling her she was fired from acting.  http://www.biography.com/people/marilyn-monroe-9412123
When the guy was telling Rick the story about the letter, you can hear a director yell cut.
The letter was from 1947, before she hit it big and it was from 20th Century Fox.  A year later, she was signed by United Artists.  The letter was authenticated.  The guy wanted $30,000.  Rick offered $8,000 and then $10,000 and the guy went down to $25,000 and there was no sale.
In the 2nd episode, the story line is about the store's web site.  Chumlee offered to create a new web site.  The Old Man said the Internet is a fad and will go away soon.  Chumlee and the web designer met at the store and Chumlee wanted a different kind of web site with games and a dating site.  Rick wanted an e-commerce web site.  Rick won out.
Here is their web site: http://www.gspawn.com/
Rick had a root canal done and the Old Man yelled at Rick for not coming back to work after the dental work.

The first guy brought in 2 Reid knucklebusters, a small revolver/brass knuckle.  It was a 32 caliber pistol and held 5 bullets.  The guy wanted $5000 for the both of them.  Time for an expert, Rick.  Rick offered $3000 and the guy came down to $4500.  Rick went to $4000 and walked away.  Corey said ok at $4100 and that was the deal.

The next guy brought in 1960 NFL yearbook.  It originally cost 50 cents.  The guy wanted $50 and Rick offered $20 and that was the selling price.

The next guy brought in a Navy World War 2 Embalming kit.  Rick was a bit creeped out, especially when a sponge came out.  The kit looked like it was used.  I'm surprised that Rick didn't ask his dad about it since it came from the Navy.  The guy wanted $2000 and Rick didn't give an offer.  No sale.
That's the end of the show.  Thanks for stopping by and I am almost caught up.  Maybe by next weekend, I will catch up.