Stand tall with the Pawn Stars when a letter signed by Napoleon Bonaparte marches into the shop. Marked with Napoleon's official seal, is this a piece de resistance, or another Waterloo? Then, a guy flashes a collection of Las Vegas police badges from the 1940s. Will Rick and Chum bring them in for questioning? And later, a woman springs an antique pogo stick on Corey. Will he tell her to bounce?
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.