Fake Items That Devastated Their Owners On Pawn Stars

[@Looper]

What's the strangest item ever brought in on Pawn Stars?

[@mcgaugh57]

your Mom ...

[@SlicingDicingGamingENT]

I remember a lady had a brooch she wanted to sell for like $10,000 Rick had it looked at and it was worth I think $60,000. She ended getting like $42,000

[@Eidrian111]

mcgaugh it was a no sale

[@phettumbling9863]

Dinosaur bone

[@TheFoolintherainn]

Shrunken head... And a mummy

[@largol33t1]

I like the second guy: "My John Lennon is a John Lemon." 😁

[@hawkfan81497]

The Pete Rose card guy is hilarious. “Is the wife real”

[@fullstacklogan]

I was trying to find more clips about this incident and figured it would be easy to find since the narrator claims it's an all time great pawn stars moment. Can't find it anywhere. Favorite clip from this show ever. Edit: If you know this particular episode or have a link to this pawn star moment in full, shares would be greatly appreciated. lemme kno🛸

[@guccigucci5002]

lol some idiots still think pawn stars is real? its all scripted and acted out

[@fullstacklogan]

@@guccigucci5002 I've never actually seen the show, just bits here and there, but pretty much all the "reality" shows are pretty scripted and choreographed. House Hunters was the one that got me. Should had known it was all bull.

[@DW3010]

Logan Black It used to be on the pawn stars official KZbin channel. Not sure if it still is.

[@mbedj1974]

how can mirrors be real if our eyes are fake ?

[@seabass7496]

This is the most “History” the “History” channel has shown in years

[@gurvmlk]

This is on the History Channel?

[@haba3000]

@@gurvmlk Yes "Pawn Stars" is on History Channel.

[@gurvmlk]

@@haba3000 Well then that right there is a firm representation of everything wrong with modern television.

[@georgefos8311]

@@gurvmlk vvt

[@gurvmlk]

@@georgefos8311 What?

[@magnusm4]

Every time we saw this show my dad always said: The dumbest thing is if these were genuine, you shouldn't go to a PAWN SHOP with them, they should be evaluated at auctions specialized in these things.

[@JarlinJamesNDK13]

your dad is a smart man

[@tristanfaulkner6003]

Most of these guys are regular people with no background in valuable items and who have never had a significant amount of money before. They have no idea about auctions, collectors, museums, or fine art, those things are the world of the wealthy, not the lower or middle class. To a working class person, the first thing that usually comes to mind when they want to sell something valuable is the local pawn shop.

[@donnienicholson6062]

I laugh when some guy walks past Cowtown Guitars or Rebecca's Books to get to a pawn shop.If you really have a priceless item deal with them.

[@11FBA11]

Exactly. Who brings a stradivarius violin to a pawn shop? If it is anywhere near real, it would go for millions.

[@toomanyaccounts]

@@johntaylor4726 nope. trust me lots of idiots go to pawn shops to pawn stuff that is valuable

[@HaightTheGreat]

I never understood insulting someone you are trying to get money from.

[@DanielMaverick]

Trash people

[@chrisdavis3055]

In fairness, it's more a reaction to the bad news. One minute you thought you had a boatload of money, the next minute you don't. That's a lot to absorb, and it makes some people lash out.

[@HaightTheGreat]

@@chrisdavis3055 shows what kind of people they really are.

[@thegougy]

@@chrisdavis3055 especially in Vegas :)))

[@thor2070]

@@HaightTheGreat The person is in denial that they have been conned. So rather than admit that they were played for an idiot. They lash out and deflect the issue on the person(s) that told them the blatant honest truth. I have seen my share of those kinds of reactions in my life.

[@ibgarrett]

I've been to the shop in Vegas and while wandering through the shop I noticed a limited edition print that I happen to be a collector of the same edition. There was only 1500 of these ever made and both mine and the one hanging in the pawn shop had the same signatures. Now I have kept up with the publisher of the print for insurance reasons and have been quoted as high as $50k for the print - and the publisher is always interested if I was willing to sell it back to them for around that price point. The interesting thing is the print hanging in the pawn shop was for sale for just north of $1k. This really confused me because the way any pawn shop works, especially these guys, is to make sure they maximize their retail value of the items they buy. When I spoke with the publisher of the print a few months later I mentioned this piece to them and questioned their valuation of my print. Their response was that they have run into this a lot with their limited edition prints from the pawn shop and almost inevitably the print in the shop is a fake. It kinda burst my bubble on some of this that they are doing if that truly is the case.

[@marion_roberts]

Hey, what's that drawing? John Lennon signed sketch. How much? 10 bucks. I'll take it. *leaves store* Owner hangs another one.

[@Markisiito]

Stonks

[@thefirespecialist9007]

Double Stonks

[@ADCFproductions]

Rick: ill buy it for 6$ i'm taking all the risk

[@nunyabiznez6381]

My mother inherited a "rare authentic" antique from my grandmother about 40 years ago. It was supposedly a Sandwich glass candy dish. Mom had it prominently displayed in her curio cabinet and always claimed it was a priceless collectible and belonged in a museum. She insisted that after she pass we never sell it. About ten years before she passed away I began collecting Sandwich glass. I bought nearly ever published book on the topic including a set of books that are sold at the Sandwich Glass Museum that are considered the definitive publication on the topic. Not only was grandma's candy dish not in the book, none of that style or function or the type of manufacture had ever been produced by Sandwich. In fact, it was produced sometime in the 1930's and Sandwich stopped making glass around 1910. I tried to tell mom but she became infuriated that I would have the audacity to claim it wasn't real Sandwich nor rare. In fact I have since purchased two identical pieces at thrift stores for under $1. When Mom died my sister insisted she get the candy dish. Not only did I tell her she could have it but I have tripled her inheritance at a mere $1.25. Sometimes people get a falsehood stuck in their head and it becomes like religious dogma that you just cannot correct. So now it's confession time. When I was a little kid my Dad who worked in the Post Office got me started collecting stamps. So when my Jr. High began a stamp club when I was 12 I joined. The faculty advisor for the stamp club was a bit of a snot who pretended to know more about stamps than anyone else and regarded himself a bit of a wheeler and dealer. As a practical joke I cut a picture of a rare stamp out of a stamp magazine a friend of mine loaned me and I took it to a place to have it photocopied. Then I cut it out leaving a little "margin" around it and then took it with me to the next Stamp club meeting. I took it to our "expert" faculty advisor and asked him if it was worth anything. I did NOT claim it was real or even a stamp of any kind at all. He looked astonished and then got out a book on stamps and thumbed through it for a photo and then checked the value and it said for a mint one the value was $1200. Our faculty advisor then told me mine was not in particularly good condition so he could only offer me $500 for it if I wanted to sell. And I said "You're giving me $500 for a worthless little piece of paper?" He told me that to him it's not worthless and the offer stood. The next day at school I handed him the stamp and he handed me five one hundred dollar bills. I still don't know if he ever found out. That was his last year at that school. My friends and I had a big laugh. I spent the $500 on authentic stamps at a dealer in our town. Thus concludes my only foray into counterfeiting. I am so glad the statute of limitations expired on that crime before I graduated decades ago.

[@nunyabiznez6381]

@Scary Harry Flanagan When the world's foremost expert in Philately corrects me and informs me that my worthless creation is a valuable rare stamp who am I to correct him? So that is when I decided to call it a stamp. I feel I made a good faith effort to inform him accurately what I as showing him. He drew his own conclusions and I decided not to correct him. After all, I risked his ire and thought I might end up in one of his classes in the next year but alas he left which was just as well. He was as popular as a backed -up toilet.

[@NiceGuyMike590]

I'm rather surprised he even offered you hundreds for that. I would've thought he'd underestimate your intelligence (as snooty people often do) and only offer less than $100.

[@iangallagher4135]

@@NiceGuyMike590 yah my family has a 400 or 300 year old grandfather clock that could cost a lot

[@GplusGains]

I have reported her to the FCC.

[@shizanepimp1]

That's great 👍

[@altdelete7252]

I always think it's funny when someone walks in with this "priceless" item tucked in nothing more than a brown paper envelope. "lemme just get it out of this paper bag, I want 500k".....

[@pirobot668beta]

When I see sellers throwing tantrums, I can't help but think that they were running a scam and got found out. The quiet "I paid too much" is the sound of someone learning a life-lesson. The loud and abusive ones are pissed off because they missed a pay-day!

[@EmilioPacheco]

I'm not so sure about that. Usually, people who get angry are those who always thought they had a genuine valuable item. I can imagine them proudly showing these items to friends every now and then. Once I tried to sell an old pocket watch that belonged to someone in the family. My father used to say it was quite valuable and it ended up with me. I took it to an antique shop specializing in clocks and they said it was worthless. They didn't even make an offer. I wasn't mad, but some people have a hard time seeing their beliefs destroyed.

[@simplywonderful449]

Makes me wonder how many of these sellers thought they'd simply scam the pawn shop owners and stars, or if they really didn't know their stuff was fake either.

[@johncase1353]

Then you realize every single person on the show were just people they got off the street who were told how to act when they got told their item was fake.

[@JosefFerguson]

"The car JFK was assassinated in? Let me call a buddy of mine who's an expert in cars JFK was assassinated in."

[@DrHardlyKummsz]

That violin expert could've worn anything knowing he was about to be on TV, and yet he chose to wear a vest 3 sizes too small for him...

[@herbpeden5227]

fat guy in a little vest

[@Aeneiden]

They're always like: "this is actually worth 500'000 dollars, I can give you a hundred bucks, and I'm taking a huge risk here"

[@Len1977gt]

LOL

[@djinn5426]

I'll come down to 75 000 if that helps ya

[@jerico641]

"Chumley" wouldn't know a Stradivarius from a Stratocaster...

[@memorialled_zeppelin-warew1346]

If his brains were dynamite he wouldnt have enough to blow his nose.

[@keiko909]

Legends has it, he's still wondering if his wife is real...

[@jimmyraythomason1]

The old saying that " it is easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled" rings true.

[@_josesaid]

"Devastated" doesn't applies to the guy who paid $10 for the John Lennon's print though.

[@mikemangieri7626]

I miss the old man he was the heart of the show

[@davidjones3165]

If idiots were airplanes this place would be an airport

[@kerriethompson2073]

Agreed. Now he's saying "some people's children" in heaven. RIP

[@michaellittlewood3032]

I liked the young guy who wanted to honor his grandfather. Good one.

[@geraldmahle9833]

I bought some scuba equipment on Ebay from one of the cast members of Pawn Stars around 2012. He mentioned he was on the show, but I didn't ask him which one he was. Very pleasant to deal with.

[@MikeHunt-lz2hq]

You don't talk to ppl on eBay lol well u never have .

[@jasonscherer1972]

I like the trumpet sound at the end of the seller's look of disappointment. "Wah, Wah, Wah, waaaahhhh..." LOL

[@lordofthechin89]

Let me call my buddy who's an expert on fake shows.

[@thegougy]

Expert does is not next door today (WTF?) I can give you 50c and I am taking a Huge risk here

[@foxyroxstar]

When They've Got A Warrant Must You Open The Safe or THEY WILL?...My friend in Cooperstown, a young local back then was cruel! He said to Pete Rose "Why'd Ya Do It?"..Come'On man! >(for) I don't think that he can EVER get into The Hall of Fame! (and) It was a very dead day this year for the Induction...you know why.

[@ellisdtrails420]

@@foxyroxstar what dafuq you goin on about?

[@foxyroxstar]

@@ellisdtrails420 I Don't Even Know If I Care! I've Got The Memory of A Time That May Never Ever Again Exist! A Rock n Roll Concert! The Induction! Ya Like Elvin Bishop I'm Walkin Here! What We've GOT Here..Chumley Had Drugs and A Warrant Gets Into a Safe With or WithOUT Permission? Out of The Park! Saturday! (Chicago)

[@Desideratus21]

foxyroxstar wtf are you talking about

[@robertdickson5170]

"I'm lookin to sell a buddy of mine", "OK can you stick around as I have a buddy who knows all about buddy of mines" 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jimbohernandez4882]

This has been in my recommended for years and I'm finally watching it

[@martyreking5487]

"is the wife real...the dog...the cat " LOL

[@Xurts]

“Fake shows that devastated their viewers”.

[@nunyabiznez6381]

Storage Wars is the same kind of fake show but it really did devastate me. It put me right out of business. I used to make a pretty good living with a flea market booth. I obtained almost all my merchandise through storage unit auctions. A typical unit would sell for roughly $100 and I typically sold the contents for around $300. I'd buy an average of three units a week and then put the contents in my booth the following Friday. I could live off this. My partner did the same thing and had his booth next to mine. We shared the cost of truck rentals and advertising and worked off the same business license and shared a tax number id. It was a good deal. I specialized in antiques and collectibles and he specialized in Jewelry and electronics so there was almost no overlap or competition. Then one day they had a new show called Storage Wars. It actually took three years to put us out of business. Instead of there being 10 buyers showing up to buy 20 lockers (typical) there were between 100 and 1000 buyers showing up for those same 20 units. People went on bidding frenzies and me and the others who made their living doing this could no longer get units at a low enough price to keep in business. People bid $1000 for units that used to sell for $100. I could not add a zero to all my prices and stay in business. Then there as another show I don't remember the name of where people on the show would go to flea markets and buy $50 antiques for $2 and that was when people started coming to my booth and demanding 95% discounts on all my merchandise. But the first one is the one that put me out of business ultimately. The second one only lasted a year and only happened occasionally. when your source for merchandise dries up you go out of business.

[@PresidentialWinner]

The History Channel’s Pawn Stars has a real location in Vegas, but if you go there you’ll see it’s flooded with tourists, and is therefore run more like a museum or tourist attraction than a regular pawn shop, but this doesn’t mean the show is fake. pawn-stars-lawsuit Like most reality shows, Pawn Stars has scripted drama between the show’s stars,Rick, Hoss, and Chumlee. The items featured on the show are not cold customers just randomly walking in, the items have already been researched and prepped for the show. It’s these types of things that lead some to cynically label the whole show fake, but that’s a bit naive. Maybe it could do without some of the little sketch-like interludes, but truthfully those do help us get to know some of the characters better. Ashley Benson: Tiny Milkshake Tattoo As for the vetted items, it would be practically impossible, and probably very expensive to just film random pawn deals hoping to get footage of a really interesting item. Getting the most interesting items sorted out helps make for a better show, and less stress on the show’s stars. If you visit the shop itself, you can still pawn items if that’s what you’re interested in doing. Gold & Silver Pawn has 50 employes to serve you and is open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. (There is a small window, though, that is open 24/7) If you go, it won’t look like it does on television because that shop is more like a television stage, which may be a little disappointing, but the show is so popular that it couldn’t possibly be as laid-back as it seems on the show, and the show’s stars aren’t even legally allowed to work the counter anymore because of Nevada’s privacy laws. Because people are constantly trying to take pictures of Rick, Corey Chumlee, and The Old Man, they may violate the privacy of others in the shop by accidentally taking a shot of them. Here’s some video someone shot of going into the shop. Expect lots of people and lots of promotional merchandise for sale: One thing you can be sure is real are the items, and the prices paid for them. The items are real, and the research is real.

[@nuoiptertermer4484]

@@PresidentialWinner Here's some video someone shot of going into the shop?

[@TrianglePants]

@@nuoiptertermer4484 That reeks of copy-pasting, and shilling. Probably some good points in there though. Just comes off really strangely.

[@williamm374]

The Abe and Mary Todd Lincoln photo were obviously not them. There was only a vague resemblance and nothing more.

[@Daniel-ng7oe]

That guy had a screw loose. I can't believe Rick even bothered to call the expert.

[@StalKalle]

I think it was of them (that photo exists online and claims to be them) however it was probably a copy of the real one and lacked the details which is why his wife looked too perfect.

[@nunyabiznez6381]

@@StalKalle They don't even bear a vague resemblance. The ONLY thing the guy had in common with Lincoln was the beard. There is absolutely no way it could possibly be Lincoln. I don't have to compare photos to see that. The face and it's individual features are not shaped anything like Lincoln's His wife has a much less famous face so I can see someone making the mistake for her. I have hundreds of photos of Lincoln and they all look distinctively like Lincoln. Anyone who thinks the one in this video is him needs an eye exam.

[@ramonhamm3885]

I know! I'm no expert but that looked about as much like Abe as I do, and I don't look like Abe at all . . . . either.

[@arthurnas3941]

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[@suef2320]

I know that the one with the fake revolutionary war era pistol was set up. The guy that brought it in was some wanna be two bit actor here in Vegas, who got cast for the part. In fact pretty much this whole show is fake...

[@MilkyWhite1]

That's what I thought after seeing that particular guy's reaction. He's not a very good actor at all.

[@simonlloyd7557]

in the states, anything over about 100 years is considered a historic antique. in europe, it's considered bric-a-brac.

[@leneanderthalien]

true in europe most of the junk sale in the pawn shop worth nothing

[@thehorseformerlywithoutana2522]

"...and the diamonds weren't even worth Rick's time." That's because they're not worth anyone's time. Ever wonder why you could find such a "rare" item in almost every household? Because they're not.

[@johnarthurlawrence4860]

Sounds like that Pete Rose Card fella is having an "EXISTENTIAL MELTDOWN" if you ask me... LOL 😂😆🤣🤣🤣. (Just GOLDEN!!!)

[@guillermosahuquillo4499]

The “lincolns” don’t resemble the lincolns at all...

[@sir-oneill7645]

2:51 if your wife is making you sell your stuff, it's time to get a new wife.

[@xilencered7788]

Pete Rose guy questioning if he is stuck in the matrix

[@lightyagami1752]

Exactly what I thought too lol.

[@LostInSpice]

Purrseesus and Pegasus? I think you mean Perseus and Pegasus.

[@mulletover3832]

Video moves right along and delivers as billed. Well done!

[@ephennell4ever]

I have personally handled a newspaper that was 35 years old and kept in almost ideal conditions (a newspaper my grandparents kept from when I was born, and kept pressed between glass plates in a sealed box). It was only 35 years old & kept so carefully, yet was in *much* worse condition than that 'Titannic' one!

[@UncleRuckuss]

Actually older paper was much higher quality than more recent paper, I saw books in museums from 200-300 years ago, and their pages were still white, while I have 30-40-year-old books who yellowed with time...

[@ephennell4ever]

@@UncleRuckuss - newsprint is an entirely different category of paper. Paper yellows because of the acid content; producing paper through an acidic process is *much* cheaper than otherwise, but the residual acid content *attacks* the paper. The complication of a *very* thin paper, too ... leads to a newsprint lifespan of a few decades!

[@johnjamesleahy4065]

Some of these people look genuine and kind and others look real shady to me, just my opinion...

[@gregoryschmidt1233]

Yeah, cuz when you have a genuine antiquity, you don't go to a pawn shop in Vegas to sell it...

[@thegougy]

@@gregoryschmidt1233 unless you live there and had a really bad casino weekend :))

[@nunyabiznez6381]

It is my understanding that they recruited people to come on the show and bring their treasure with them but that everything was arranged in advance. Also some of the people you see on the show are actors and they are supplied with treasures. I tend to think that a lot of the ones who are pissed off at having fake or low value items are probably the real deal and most of the ones walking in with super valuable authentic pieces are faked. I know pawn shop dealers and they inform me that typically 2/3 of items they are brought are not worth buying and that they don't normally use outside experts. Half the offers they make on things are turned down. The other pawn shop show that was on for a few years is more realistic. You see Rick offer a fairly high amount for silver and gold bullion from time to time, often 80% or more of the spot metal prices. This is very unrealistic. Typically people get less than half of the wholesale prices for precious metals and this makes it very lucrative for pawn shops. Grandma's gold ring might have been purchased at the jewelry store for $1000 but a pawn shop will only count the melt value of the gold and not any stones. They won't test them for authenticity in front of you. That ring might have five grams of 14kt gold. 14kt gold today is worth $35 a gram wholesale. Five grams is $175 but you'd be lucky if a pawn shop offered you $85 for it. Then come back next week and see it with a price tag of $600. Most won't even make you an offer on it if it's silver unless it's Tiffany and even then only if they are very familiar with Tiffany silver.

[@liloreoinya]

I know it's a show, but the way some of these sellers act like the Pawn people have to buy them is the personification of what is wrong with society.

[@nunyabiznez6381]

It is not limited to this show. My mom had something she absolutely believed was a rare 19th century antique when it was common and made in the 1930s. My sister insisted she should inherit it when my Mom died so I told her she could have it. Then I threw in two more just like them I'd bought at thrift stores for a total of $1.25. I worked in an art gallery and this guy came in with a cut out picture from a book on art and demanded we pay him $50,000 for it claiming it to be an original oil painting. When I had my antiques flea market booth a guy came in and demanded I pay him $100 for something he claimed was an 19th century platter made in England when on the back it clearly said "MADE IN CHINA" and using a method the Chinese didn't use until about 20 years ago. These are but three of many examples I have witnessed over the years. People get an idea in their head combined with wishful thinking then they think businesses are all obligated to pay whatever price they demand for their treasure. People used to get pissed off with me when they would see something they sold to me for $30 with a price tag for $100 the following week so I stopped putting things for sale in my booth that I bought from customers and only sold such things on eBay. The only merchandise I sold after a while was what I got from storage units at auctions.

[@theriddler9963]

I have a buddy that has an original axe owned by Abraham Lincoln, he says the only upgrades that have been made over the years that he knows of is the handle has been replaced twice and in the 50’s someone replaced the head. 🥴

[@techterry5299]

the owner realised they cant sell the item, then start insulting the buyer

[@tessjuel]

Ummm, not sure if you're joking but just in case, you know this is a TV show and not for real, right? So it's all acting; the owner - or "owner" - already knows there'll be no sale before they even enter the store.

[@ComputerLearning0]

2:51 . . . . "He's only getting rid of it in the first place because his WIFE is forcing him to sell it" There's the problem right there.

[@Mrvl1234]

Exactly. No wife, no problem!

[@tessat338]

I do love that Chum Lee has Miro expertise and can spot a fake signature very quickly.

[@autophyte]

He may be smarter they make him out to be. He could just be cast as the comedy relief character for the show.

[@kgfes]

We had metallic bowl that my grandmother had before she died. It looked old. We used it as mantelpiece. Later learned it was a bed pan from the the early 1900s

[@simplywonderful449]

Urine luck!

[@viktoriaironpride4977]

@@simplywonderful449 Pun, pun, pun--very good!

[@ish7862]

Rick got so tensed He lost his hair

[@phettumbling9863]

😆🤣😂

[@gygcs5069]

yup stress can cause hair loss.

[@firemanshadow8577]

Historical Fact: The morning the Titanic sank it was unknown how many people died. It took a while to get the exact number. One paper said everyone servived.

[@davidhenderson3400]

I do not think we have an exact number even today.

[@ed9492]

@@davidhenderson3400 We know that Rose Dawson survived.

[@nunyabiznez6381]

News stories back then were slow and even slower to be complete and accurate. It took a couple of years for my family to figure out we had two relatives that went down in that ship.

[@nunyabiznez6381]

@@davidhenderson3400 I'm not sure if that is true. In 1912 they were pretty good with passenger lists, even of passengers in steerage. Ships crew all had to be on a list. The only real likely chance of an error is if there were stow aways and that is always possible or if everyone rescued got counted or if there were other mistakes in recording the rescued passengers. The original passenger list was lost with the ship but a copy was transcribed before the ship departed and remains archived and is now available on the internet.

[@dcarbs2979]

@@davidhenderson3400 812. Exact numbers and outcomes are known. Also a relative was in 2nd class whose funeral made the national newspaper. One of the few who died and body recovered.

[@jacktastick]

I love how if you watch the first few seasons of pawn stars rick gave chum grief over not knowing art and now chum regularly lays down some serious art knowledge on the regs

[@Gamble661]

Because that's what's in the script for that weeks show. The real surprise is that Chumley can actually read.

[@AstralDragoon]

5:19 Ah, yes, the famous Greek legend of "Persesus".

[@thaitom6410]

...who, as legend has it, fell deeply in love with "a dromedary".

[@simplywonderful449]

Yes, making himself into the hero, "Glutius Maximus" on the way...

[@indiglo1971]

"Geniuses always give birth to mediocre children." - Salvador Dali

[@eddiekorkis]

His wife is forcing him to sell it!? WTF kind of man is this

[@simplywonderful449]

Typical excuse of a guy who is well-whipped by the woman in his life. Ugh.

[@MikinessAnalog]

I know a couple of people in what you would call the "loan industry" like this. I was told many times, they get many customers enter with a set mind of how much they want to get for their property, but are unable to cope when told they're item isn't wanted. That scenario was never considered. LOL

[@MotorBro78]

“Ha ha!” Points and laughs

[@reneeheknowsmyname6771]

Did anyone catch the episode, where this lady brought in a diamond brooch. She told Rick that her mom had passed away and that she was going through her things. She said that she wanted to get rid of some things. She then said that she found the brooch and wanted to see what she could get for it. Turns out that everything about the brooch was REAL!!!! From the gold to the diamonds!! Rick said he wanted it!!! And gave her a very big offer!!

[@drinkthekoolaidkids]

No musta missed that one .

[@veralenora7368]

This has happened a few times on Antique Roadshow too. A guy with a genuine very old Navajo blanker almost had a hard attack, really, you could see him stagger, when they appraised it at $250,000. "It's just an old blanket hanging on the back of the couch!!" was his classic reply!

[@reneeheknowsmyname6771]

@@drinkthekoolaidkids ..... I tried to find it, but couldn't! She was really surprised!

[@reneeheknowsmyname6771]

@@veralenora7368 .... WOW!!! I love The Antique Road Show!

[@100ververis]

It’s easy to fool someone but to convince them that they have been fooled that can be impossible.

[@cltracy2921]

On a class field trip years ago I found a beautiful, glittery rock that I just knew was gold. I showed it to my teacher expecting him to say it was priceless. He looked at the rock for a moment and asked if I was a fool. Turns out it was pyrite; fool's gold! So I understand exactly how these people felt with their "valuable" items.

[@bobgreen1236]

A guy pushes the statue of David into the shop. Rick calls his expert on sculpture, who says, "WOW the statue of David! Yes it's legitimate and it's PRICELESS!!!" Rick: "Best I can do is $300"....

[@memorialled_zeppelin-warew1346]

The guy was a scumbag.

[@jillbarnard6398]

Lord. That's the Mary Todd and Abraham Lincoln you'd receive if you ordered them off Wish.

[@Caterpillarjon]

LMAO! TRUTH!

[@captainobvious9233]

Imagine having something you think is worth a lot and you want to sell. You dream about what you are going to do with the money, even make plans on places you want to go or items you want to buy.... only to be told it's worth nothing.

[@godfreydaniel6278]

Pawn Stars itself is fully FAKE - it's NOT a pawnshop you can just walk into and try to pawn your stuff. Nope - it's a SET for a TV show, everyone inside is either in the cast or an extra, and you and your stuff have to be screened prior to you being invited to film your segment. I've been there - and it's usually closed...

[@marccleary8592]

Welll thank you very much for ruining this for me haha, I knew but didn't wanna know

[@cindygreene3353]

It is a real working shop, but the principals are only there like once a month for filming.

[@coffeelink943]

You sign a wavier on the history channel if you want to be extra

[@simplywonderful449]

Sorry, but you're wrong. It is a real shop, and is open for business. Go to the store and see for yourself, but don't expect to see the cast of the show saying "hello" to you! But it DOES EXIST, and that's how the show itself came into being. It's on South Las Vegas Blvd. You can walk in whenever the store is open, but if you think you'll see TV cameras, etc you're going to be disappointed. It's just a large pawn shop, nicely kept. Besides, we don't believe that you really exist.

[@Comicsluvr]

I don't understand the idea of questioning an expert if they call an item a fake. They can always go someplace else and be let down by another expert...

[@Zamolxes77]

Most people get very angry when you point how stupid they are. Hmmm, I wonder if there's a lesson here for myself, be more diplomatic when you point how other people are idiots ?

[@ivanleterror9158]

The definition of tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell and have them look forward to the trip.

[@radosvetakinova1216]

Some people are uncontrollable. I work in customer service and never get upset when someone is flaming on the other side. Just keep calm and carry on.

[@acoupleofgsanrandaneaniandann]

That's very presumptive of you.

[@tt600pch]

I remember a trip to Iowa as kid in 1974. My Great Uncle opened a dresser drawer and showed me a newspaper that had Lincoln's assassination as the front page headline. That whole family generation is gone as well as most of my Dad's as well.

[@sportsMike87]

Yeah I’m always skeptical the “experts” and people at the store are working together

[@williampotter2098]

Entomologist "Yup, it's a Tarantula"

[@ramonhamm3885]

I could tell it was acrylic too, amber looks nothing like that.

[@ETHRON1]

The thing is I think alot of people have had something like this happen unfortunately. It sucks I know, luckily not at any real expense.

[@gunbunnyjunk7881]

These type of shows were entertaining af... except when someone actually pawned my playstation and only got $20 for it. Like... how sway?

[@guccigucci5002]

lol some idiots still think pawn stars is real? its all scripted and acted out

[@Ryan707_-_]

Adam K he said it was entertaining not that it was real

[@ivanleterror9158]

When it comes to "reality TV" one of the shows I still believe is Dirty Jobs. You actually see him getting down and dirty.

[@dcarbs2979]

Depending when that was, you were lucky to get that much!

[@derekhalcon8287]

@@guccigucci5002 the place is real and their business, the drama? not so much

[@lkgrave4959]

Where are these people supposed to go to sell their stuff? Oh, that's right. ANYWHERE ELSE!!

[@simplywonderful449]

FleaBay would be likely. But these folks would find trouble there, and perhaps get ripped off as the seller!

[@tomy5868]

need a video of all the times the "experts" were wrong....gonna be alot.

[@CharlieOkeson]

Just saw one in the feed; check out channel called TheScreeny.

[@simplywonderful449]

And you know this how again? Oh, right, that was your cast artwork.

[@tomy5868]

@@simplywonderful449 several video showing screw up

[@CaptainMarvelsSon]

I worked in a pawn shop for a summer. One of my favorite stories is about a woman in her late 20s/early 30s who stormed up to the counter (you could practically see the proverbial angry smoke coming out of her ears.) She slammed a diamond ring on the counter, "How much can I get for this?" As I checked it out, she was complaining about how her now-ex-fiance cheated on her, and Instead of giving him back the ring, she was selling it to get back at him. You can only imagine how furious she was when I told her that the ring was fake (cubic zirconia).

[@tuddor69]

Cool...

[@gurvmlk]

I guess her ex was the one to get the last laugh after all.

[@pokeysdad17]

if i owned something valuable i wouldn't take it to a pawn shop.

[@Pat2296]

If you were desperate for money and couldn't get credit anywhere, you might.

That phony photo of Lincoln & his wife, Mary, was CLEARLY a fake. That photo ABSOLUTELY did NOT look like Lincoln in ANY way shape or form.

[@tettazwo9865]

DJT45:"I know more about Lincoln portraits than Abe himself!"

[@pnotuner1]

Wow. Someone actually thought they had an undiscovered real Stradivarius.

[@ramonhamm3885]

I'm making a real Stradivarius in my shop right now!

[@lewis1544]

'It's easier to fool somebody than to convince them they have been fooled'.

[@willelliott5052]

I think that the reason why some of these people are so demoralized is because they are desperate for money. You won't find many financially secure customers in a pawn shop.

[@MikinessAnalog]

Unless it is to purchase something unique and / or previously owned.

[@yusufbanna]

I have learnt a lot from this show, specially about American civil war, Cold war, WWII, guns, coins and my favourite topic Art and books.

[@rexhunt4695]

The history of the item you saw on the show was usually fake..

[@roseandstem8054]

I could tell just by looking at the Lincoln photo it wasn't them.

[@mostinterestingmaninthehoo4630]

Same. Looked like drama actors.

[@midwest4416]

KODAK Watermark....Ouch! But Hysterical

[@packingten]

Glad to see someone even the score occasionally😊

[@oldenweery7510]

I remember an episode when a man with a thick accent (I'll let it go at that) came into the parking lot with a Porsche engine on a trailer or the back of a pickup (I forget which) trying to get huge money for it. Rick looked it over and noted there was rust inside the intake and exhaust ports of the engine and called the Count, his go-to Car Guy for his opinion. The Count agreed with him, saying aloud what Rick and every motor-head watching that episode figured: the guy had found the engine in a junkyard, exposed to the weather without any type of seal over the insides. The guy got abusive toward the Count, to the point where it looked like the Count might treat him to a knuckle sandwich. Don't'cha just love people who think they know better than the professionals? Stay safe, everybody.

[@terrylangkammer3632]

And his face kept twitching the whole time.I remember

[@reythejediladyviajakku6078]

I’m sure they don’t like to disappoint these people but they feel duty bound to be truthful or let the customers be fooled into believing something is one thing when it’s not

[@jayd6038]

When you realize they act like they "know" what devastates owners on Pawn Stars like they're there on set.

[@garyfrancis6193]

I’m thinking twice now about bringing in my authentic Marilyn Monroe violin.

[@coleman4840]

Welp… There goes my idea of bringing in my authentic David Lee Roth accordion

[@Maxyshadow]

Here's more devastation for the fans. The whole friggin show is fake.

[@norms3913]

Let me ask my expert on this lol

[@VRichardsn]

@@norms3913 Hahahaha

[@michaelwier1222]

maxyshadow...agreed, but still entertaining.

[@Debonair.Aristocrat]

Whaahh? Is my wife even real?

[@jk-uy9ro]

Is it all staged?

[@cindygreene3353]

I haven't watched Pawn Stars for ages. Chumlee lost a lot of weight. Nice to see he's taking care of himself.

[@vanceradford1029]

Meth will do that to you 🧐

[@harlankrissoff9966]

Why didn't the guy with the John Lennon picture just turn it over and see the Kodak paper?

[@nunyabiznez6381]

Because people usually know very little about collectibles and antiques and art. when I had my antiques flea market booth people were always trying to sell me worthless junk thinking they were valuable antiques. an example is the time someone brought in a "rare English bone china platter" he claimed was over 100 years old and wanted to sell it to me for $100. first I could tell it wasn't real because I specialized in pottery and I knew what real ones looked like but the turning it over revealed that under the glaze was "MADE IN CHINA" and 100 years ago China wasn't printing "MADE IN CHINA" under the glaze but rather simply glued a sticker on for items exported to the U.S. and they didn't export much. The brand was "Lucky Pottery" which is a common fake Chinese brand used by many manufacturers. I showed him the mark on the bottom and believe it or not he absolutely insisted that the platter was really English bone China and that "MADE IN CHINA" actually meant it was made as China in the manner of the Chinese. There was no persuading him that it wasn't English Bone china nor that Lucky Pottery was NOT an English company. He stormed out swearing at me when I refused to make him an offer after he kept lowering his price finally to $5. I told him If he left it there on the counter for free I'd take a hammer to it and use the pieces to put in the bottom of flower pots.

[@simplywonderful449]

Some people just don't have the ability to think about things like that. Others may have just wanted to be known as having been on the show, or scammed them, or whatever. At least that guy was decent about it.

[@adamsangels9874]

Who knew there’s an expert for everything ever created living in Las Vegas

[@simplywonderful449]

Since people are always pawning their stuff to gamble, I'm sure that''s why they have pawn shops like we have gas stations - three on every corner. They NEED to know they're not going to get ripped off by some guy that comes in.

[@ytgadfly]

it amazes me how many people will invest tons of money on something and dont bother to see if its authentic first

[@pobvic]

I thought that with the sculpture, it's not like the Pawn Stars quietly added a "Made in USA" stamp whilst the guy was distracted.

[@IBegToDiffer200]

John Lemon LMAO

[@EnderalRocks]

"Hey I've got a really rare thing here" 'Ok, go back to the door hold on" 'CAMERAMEN GET OVER HERE!"

[@leoblazer74]

Fake items from fake customers

[@andrewwomble2722]

Love how they always just had gem, violin, art historian and vintage lawn mower experts on staff who popped out of the backroom.

[@75aces97]

I didn't see many episodes, but thought same when I first saw the show, but then it's TV, so the segments where the seller walks into the store and the part where the expert looks it over could be filmed a week apart for all I know.

[@voiceofreason9238]

I'm sure you know it's illegal to film in a pawn shop in Nevada. Once a customer agrees to be filmed they go to a set which looks like the pawn shot where they set everything up for the segment. Including the experts.

[@Mattwolf92]

Amber that turns out to be plastic and the owner outed out $200, getting ripped off in the pawn shop is probably the worst.

[@Allinfun6789]

I thought this video was about fake items that made big money off of pawn stars. That would be a good video.

[@StalKalle]

The Babe Ruth guy should have asked himself if he himself would have bought a item signed by someone caught for fraud with fake memorabilia.

[@simplywonderful449]

Actually, I'll bet he knew it was fake, and was merely trying to unload it quickly before word spread of the other guy getting busted! I can see where a pawn shop would really have to be on their toes to keep from getting scammed.

[@dillonbuford]

Im still not going to be nice. A gun collector that isn't suspicious of every rare gun he sees needs a new hobby.

[@simplywonderful449]

I don't think I'd call this guy a "gun collector" at all - I suspect he's just getting into the hobby and has a fondness for "old" blackpowder arms, but doesn't know much about them. His WIFE is making him get rid of it? That's about as bogus an excuse as anyone could come up with too.

[@dillonbuford]

@@simplywonderful449 he claimed to have a collection that would make him a collector would it not?

[@ivankerr3570]

The entire programme was a scam. Just like all the other reality shows

[@Misfit636]

5:10 heard the dude shot his wife to find out if she was real 🤣🤣

[@thegougy]

and was She? :D

[@eduardo_moya]

She was cake all along

[@xaenon]

@@eduardo_moya The cake is a lie....