Rev your engines with the Pawn Stars when a 1957 Harley-Davidson Sportster roars into the shop. Will Corey be able to hammer down on the deal or will it burnout? Then, things get political when Rick checks out a painting of Communist leader Ho Chi Minh. Will he make a revolutionary deal, or will it be a tough loss? And later, when Chum starts helping himself to things around the shop, the guys try to tell him that taking is not the same as sharing. Will Chum teach them a lesson, or learn the hard way?
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.