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zVxTeflon posted:Mods change title to "I'll give you fifty bucks for it...hundred dollar bills" "I'll give you fifty bucks for that footlong...hundred dollar bills"
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| # ¿ Aug 25, 2011 05:52 |
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| # ¿ May 24, 2013 05:00 |
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Also A&E missed a prime opportunity for a Hoarders/Storage Wars crossover a few weeks back. This old woman who had been evicted from her house had moved all of her stuff into about 20 storage units that she hadn't been paying for. Barry would have enjoyed going through the antiques for that one great item.
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| # ¿ Aug 25, 2011 05:54 |
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Good to see Dave think he wisely spent his money, but ended up falling flat. I know it's scripted, but the whole 'possible Stradivarius' violin plot was ridiculous. I believe most of those violins are accounted for at this point anyway (as far as the most valuable ones).
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| # ¿ Sep 1, 2011 05:36 |
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drat, felt bad for the guy who thought he could get $4500 for his three older Japanese arcade machines, and walked away with just $600. I also can't believe that lady with the solid gold Elvis chain turned down $400K for it (at some point, as she claimed). Rick was only willing to go $20K. Then there was the guy who got a $20,000 pawn on a vintage Matchbox car collection. Rick and Corey warned him about taking out that kind of amount, but he still wanted to do it anyway.
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| # ¿ Sep 6, 2011 06:06 |
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Donny Brook posted:He sells junk at swap meets.
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| # ¿ Sep 8, 2011 23:42 |
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Saint Freak posted:If you have a Kindle with offers, today's daily deal is biographies for $1.00 and Rick's License to Pawn is eligible.
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| # ¿ Sep 8, 2011 23:49 |
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Wow, I would never trust an estimate from those Kount's Kustoms guys. They quoted Rick $5K for the restoration of a vintage 1940s Indian motorcycle, and it ended up costing $14K  That's more than a bit off of estimate guys...
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| # ¿ Sep 20, 2011 04:31 |
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WouldDesk posted:I missed the new episodes so I am going to watch the 1am replays. I look forward to the $14k swindling
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| # ¿ Sep 20, 2011 04:38 |
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smackfu posted:They've even shown Chumlee researching stuff on the net, so I don't even get the point of that segment. Why would you buy some random toy for $100 or so, without knowing if it was actually valuable?
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| # ¿ Sep 27, 2011 15:20 |
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kalonji posted:Haha, Johnny the toy expert lost it on his girlfriend/housekeeper. I could see that one coming.
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| # ¿ Oct 5, 2011 21:35 |
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There was a special Halloween episode of the show last night (a new one), not sure if anyone saw it...
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| # ¿ Oct 25, 2011 19:54 |
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Gifts for Audiophiles posted:So I don't know if I'm watching a new episode of Pawn Stars, but they're looking at a strait jacket possibly owned by Houdini and the 'expert' they brought in was a lovely magician who lost in 2011's season of America's Got Talent. Thought that was kind of odd that they bring him in as an appraisal expert on Houdini. I don't know if anyone remembers from earlier in the season, but they brought in an autograph expert to look at that Godfather script purportedly signed by Al Pacino. The authenticator claimed it was genuine, but it turned out later that it was a completely different person from Al Pacino who signed it. It was actually one of the film's producers. The man who 'authenticated' that autograph had a long, nasty track record of authenticating loads of clearly fake stuff, or just plain getting that sort of thing wrong. Yet he still works in the business.
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| # ¿ Nov 3, 2011 16:31 |
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Floofykins posted:Apparently it was another guy in that episode, but I don't remember it very well. I found some forum thread about it http://www.autographnewslive.com/sh...n-history/page4 The Drew guy with the magnifying class is just a local guy I think. I've never heard of him before.
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| # ¿ Nov 13, 2011 08:52 |
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UP AND ADAM posted:Why do they do 2 Storage Warses in one night, instead of spreading them out? Isn't it their highest rated show or whatever?
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| # ¿ Nov 16, 2011 05:35 |
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jeffersonlives posted:He runs AAU, which is a terrible authentication company in league with forgers. I assume they just use him because he's local, but his COAs are well known as total trash.
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| # ¿ Nov 16, 2011 05:36 |
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Next month A&E is premiering a Storage Wars spinoff, Storage Wars: Texas.
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| # ¿ Nov 28, 2011 07:14 |
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I'm really glad the autograph authenticator on the show tonight was able to point out those clearly fake documents. I've seen both of them many times before since I've been collecting, and you should NEVER get anywhere near them if possible. The person they (for some reason) couldn't mention was Donald Frangipani, one of the bigger names arrested as part of Operation Bullpen. Sadly a ton of stuff he 'authenticated' is still all over the market, even though he got shut down in the late 1990s.
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| # ¿ Nov 29, 2011 06:26 |
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Anyone can make their own COA. It's only any good if it's from a reputable company. Those higher-end companies use methods to make it very difficult to forge a COA.
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| # ¿ Nov 29, 2011 15:51 |
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Dead Snoopy posted:Out of curiosity, which companies should I be looking for when dealing with a COA?
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| # ¿ Nov 29, 2011 21:30 |
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iastudent posted:Whoa. Got proof of this?
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| # ¿ Nov 30, 2011 05:23 |
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jeffersonlives posted:This is absolutely true for their card division, but I don't think anyone has questioned the authenticity of Upper Deck Authenticated items. I'd take an Upper Deck hologram over pretty much anything on several items, including Mickey Mantle and Ted Williams balls and pretty much anything signed by Jordan.
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| # ¿ Nov 30, 2011 17:14 |
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Pretty cool thing on Pawn Stars tonight. Rick bought a bunch of never before seen photographs from Jimi Hendrix's tour photographer.
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| # ¿ Dec 6, 2011 05:23 |
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I have no idea how you price Saddam's fingerprints, neither did Rick. They get the weirdest stuff on that show sometimes.
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| # ¿ Dec 14, 2011 22:27 |
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Liar posted:Here's the website for the new Cajun Pawn Stars.
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| # ¿ Dec 31, 2011 04:13 |
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Yeah, that book locker was a joke. Every bookstore you go into anywhere has a huge pile of bargain books that never sell, so I don't know why Dave things he'll do any better.
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| # ¿ Jan 4, 2012 05:33 |
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spidoman posted:Not to mention he'll sell, at best, 5% of those books. Even if he went through Amazon. That was the worst case of value inflation that I can remember on the show.
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| # ¿ Jan 4, 2012 05:38 |
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Pyroclastic posted:Even Jarrod thought the books were a bad idea. Or was that the Brandi-only episode?
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| # ¿ Jan 4, 2012 17:19 |
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Loving Life Partner posted:Especially because the "dumb loving network decisions" playbook would call for them to replace Dave with the most Dave like substitute they can find, which would probably be offensively retarded. Watching Cajun Pawn Stars, it's not bad. However, I don't know how they're going to top having items come in like Jerry Lee Lewis' first known record. That's impressive. The guy who owns the store is at least more likeable than Rick or Big Hoss or most of the regular Pawn Stars guys.
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| # ¿ Jan 9, 2012 18:49 |
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Worst moment of the night: Nabila: "I had no idea they made counterfeit coins!" Are you serious? How long have you been working in this business?
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| # ¿ Jan 11, 2012 07:12 |
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God they were being dicks on Cajun Pawn Stars. Expert: This Civil War desk and journals are worth $12K Store Employee: I'll offer $2K! Customer: 
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| # ¿ Jan 24, 2012 21:13 |
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The American Dream posted:Uhhhh, was the SF episode the season finale? The ending really made it feel like it was. Edit: Saw a promo ad saying that there's a new season of Storage Wars: Texas in March? That so-called 'season' we just had was like 6 episodes. Weird.
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| # ¿ Jan 25, 2012 06:10 |
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empty baggie posted:I'm tempted to make him an offer of $1.00.
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| # ¿ Jan 30, 2012 00:46 |
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Limbo posted:Cajun Pawn Stars last night was even more laughable than usual. A cup that is supposed to have been Buddy Ebsen's from back in his vaudeville days, and the proof that the store owner has is a paper certifying that it was used as a prop on the Beverley Hillbillies? Oh, but someone told him that it was Ebsen's all his life and he just set it down one day and the prop people picked it up. So it's totally worth hundreds of dollars.
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| # ¿ Feb 9, 2012 06:52 |
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I love how Rick doesn't like to buy outdated computers, but this is an exception!
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| # ¿ Feb 14, 2012 18:39 |
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Sieg posted:Seems qualified to me... Then again, they also have another guy who is a 'sports expert', who seems to be nothing beyond some dude who owns a sports collectibles shop down the street.
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| # ¿ Mar 9, 2012 04:21 |
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Did they kick off Moe for him or something?
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| # ¿ Mar 28, 2012 05:10 |
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ElwoodCuse posted:I finally saw a bit of All-Star Dealers on the Velocity channel, which I never even knew existed. As much as we complain about it, it proves that the built-in, played-up personalities or dare I say characters we get on Pawn Stars are essential to good TV. The guys running this sports memorabilia house are basically unlikeable, uncharismatic jerks. I love how All-Star Dealers got kicked to some distant cable channel after about 2 weeks on Discovery. One day it was just gone...
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| # ¿ Apr 3, 2012 04:13 |
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Add him to the list of bad appraisers (along with the guy who somehow misidentified a signature as Al Pacino's when it was some producer instead.
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| # ¿ Apr 11, 2012 02:14 |
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Liar posted:Anyone watch Cajun Pawn Stars at all? I guess someone came in with a 7k autograph... I don't actually care. I tried watching some of the new episode, but goddamn it's horrible. I can't stand their desperation to make it seem like every customer is their good buddy who lives across the road. I wish Chumly would pop in just to kick them all for being stupid.
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| # ¿ Jun 15, 2012 19:34 |
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EgillSkallagrimsson posted:The Cajun Pawn Stars guys really give off a super sleazy vibe. Even more so than the Hardcore Pawn guys, imho. I think it's because the Hardcore guys revel in their sleaziness and Cajun guys tried to cover it up with some sickly sweet, Southern charm bullshit.
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| # ¿ Jun 17, 2012 01:42 |
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