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Originally Posted by Volod
Seems to me that too many of the sellers of quality items walk away with little objection to the shop owners' lowball evaluation of their stuff. I wonder if the show's producers might be buying the stuff above what the shop offers just to get the "talent" into camera range.
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I don't know. For a pawn shop, it seems to me they are overpaying for a lot of the stuff that comes in. You need to turn stuff over quickly in order to make any money and cover your overhead, and most of the time that means you're not going to realize anywhere near a retail price for it.
I do think some of the stuff that walks in there is strictly for exposure or as a publicity stunt. Did anybody think Rick was ever going to pony up over 3/4 of a million dollars for the Arthur C. Clarke sunken treasure find that failed to meet it's reserve in a previous auction?