“If you think about it, a lot of people in the entertainment world are self employed, so their access to fast cash is even more difficult.”Īs for James’ brush with the world of entertainment via Posh Pawn, it appears that after five years and seven series, the show has come to an end.
“Some of our clients are very high profile, but at some point and for some reason they’ve needed to get hold of money,” he says. Obviously discretion is key when it comes to pawn broking, but James reckons people would be amazed at some of the big names he has lent to. I explained we weren’t open yet and he just shrugged his shoulders and asked when we would be, as he’d come back then.” He told me he had a Ferrari in the car park out back and would I like to take a look at it. “Before we opened, I was over in Loughton checking the site when this guy walked in. To make his point, James recounts an amusing story. Also people’s attitude to pawn broking over in Loughton is more accepting.” They don’t mind spending a few quid and that’s the carrot. “It’s full of people with assets – the cars, the watches etc. “It’s such a great place for us,” James attests. The prices featured in this article are for the value of the item, not the selling price.James Constantinou - Prestige Pawnbrokers - Credit: Archant Over the years, the show has seen some incredible, and rare, items come through their doors and we went through all the episodes to find the 30 most expensive items ever to enter the shop. The show is full of other hilarious moments between the Harrison boys but what really makes the show great is when someone walks in with an item that turns out to be worth $100,000, or maybe even more. Pawn Stars gives their fans exactly what they want each episode by featuring items that may or may not be worth a ton. The idea of discovering what an item's value is, or if it is even real, has given viewers a chance to tune in week after week, hoping to see something amazing that was sitting in someone's attic for all these years. Pawn Stars paved the way for shows like Storage Wars and American Pickers to become hit shows because of the excitement viewers get from uncovering a hidden treasure that had been hidden from the world for many years. Antiques Roadshow, was the first but it did not have the support or popularity to be a leader. They started an entirely new reality television genre. The show, Pawn Stars, began something that the show's creators were not expecting. In 2009, the History Channel premiered a television show about a Las Vegas pawn shop named the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop.
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