Wing it with the Pawn Stars when a test piece of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose flies into the shop. Will Rick and Chumlee take off with a part of this famous aircraft or will the asking price be sky high? Then, Rick sees stars when celebrity paintings by artist Stephen Fishwick are brought in. Can he see the big picture or will he paint himself into a corner? And later, it's any man's game when the guys make a wager over which donut Rick will eat. Will one of them scoop the pot or will Rick put an end to their hunger games?
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.