Prepare to dive with the Pawn Stars as the guys check out a first edition copy of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. One of the rarest first editions, can they navigate this monster deal? Then, a collection of signed Metallica memorabilia rocks into the shop. Will the negotiation have Corey and Chumlee banging their heads? And later, when Rick starts taking guitar lessons, the guys try to talk him into a pawn shop jam session.
Pawn Stars is filmed in Las Vegas, Nevada, where it chronicles the daily activities at the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop, a 24-hour family business operated by patriarch Richard Harrison (or "The Old Man"), his son Rick Harrison (who opened the shop with his father in 1988), Rick's son Corey (who has worked there since childhood), and Corey's childhood friend, Austin "Chumlee" Russell.
The series depicts the staff's interactions with customers, who bring in a variety of artifacts to sell or pawn and who are shown haggling over the price and discussing its historical background, with narration provided by the Harrisons and occasionally Chumlee. The series also follows the interpersonal conflicts among the cast.
Numerous local experts in a variety of areas also regularly appear to appraise the items being sold or pawned.