Brush up on some history with the Pawn Stars when a signed handwritten letter from Founding Father, James Monroe, arrives at the shop. Can Rick make a revolutionary deal or will he be persuaded to vote against it? Then, Corey and Chumlee make a pass for an authentic promotional Playboy chair. Can they end up scoring the deal or will they get turned down? And later, Chumlee tries to reinvent himself in the image of Hugh Hefner. Will he be the shop's Playmate of the Year or will Rick put an end to his fantasy?
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.