Play along with the Pawn Stars when self-portrait from Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood makes its way into the shop. Will Rick and Chumlee get "Satisfaction" or will it be a case of "You Can't Always Get What You Want"? Then, Rick gets nostalgic when a stack of love letters letters handwritten by Mickey Rooney are mailed in. Will this be a red-letter day for Rick or will it be unrequited love? And later, Rick toys with the idea of buying slot cars from his early childhood. Will he race to buy them or will the deal crash and burn?
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.