Tales from a Pawn Shop

Want to visit ‘Pawn Stars’?

Get in line. This tip from Examiner.com says 4,000 people a day go through the famous Gold and Silver Pawn Shop…

12 years ago

Seth Gold on pawnbroking and teevee

Hard Core Pawn's Seth Gold gave an interview to the National Pawnbrokers Association in which he talks about how he…

12 years ago

More teevee pawn

Why not us? As you may know, Kamaaina Loan shot some trial scenes for a pawn shop reality show. You…

12 years ago

What was he thinking?

From Albuquerque, a short piece about how pawn brokers and police interact to catch bad guys. There's something new here.…

12 years ago

A ‘blue feather’ day

At our Maui pawn shop a "blue feather day" is one when someone says, "Gee, it's been ages since anybody…

12 years ago

The police can’t do that

From here on Maui, we have been watching with concern  a move by the Honolulu police to force Oahu pawnbrokers…

12 years ago

A few words about protecting artwork

Via Pawn Times, a link to a page of advice from Beverly Hills Pawn (where the movie stars go, so…

12 years ago

A depressing tale of fake pawn shops

The Milwaukee Sentinel has uncovered a depressing -- some might go so far as to say, slimy -- story about how…

12 years ago

Canonization for Big Rich

When correspondent Emily Bott of Maui No Ka Oi magazine asked if she could do a profile of Big Rich…

12 years ago

Two colorful pawn shops

These two pawn shops, one in Maine and one in Florida, make our little Maui pawn shop seem kind of…

12 years ago