Take charge with the Pawn Stars when a Civil War-era broadside is brought into the shop. Issued by President Lincoln and proclaiming a National Day of Humiliation, will Rick post the bills for it or will he tear it down? Then, Rick gets his groove on when he checks out a 1947 fully restored Wurlitzer jukebox. Can Rick get the jukebox for a song or will it be a broken record? And later, Rick gets frustrated when Chumlee brings a kid into the pawnshop. Will Rick change his mind after meeting the child or will he not be kidding around?.
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.