# Have the Pawn Stars Screwed The Experts Who Helped Make Them? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 9, 2013, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-the-pawn-stars-screwed-the-experts-who-helped-make-them/665780 "2013-08-09T04:35:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-the-pawn-stars-screwed-the-experts-who-helped-make-them/665780/81 "2014-08-04T16:35:38Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Its obvious that it is set up. After the first season it would have to be. But not everything is fake. The guy who tried to sell the prints of the USS Maine is still pissed off and thinks the expert doesn’t know what he is talking about. If you want you can buy it from him on [Ebay](http://www.ebay.com/itm/ORIGINAL-PRELIMINARY-DESIGNS-OF-The-U-S-S-MAINE-10-GUNS-Turret-Mounts-1889-/230881384155). If you don’t believe the Pawn Stars expert. I think he dropped his price a little. Still there [if you want it.](http://m.ebay.com/itm?itemId=321480194294) ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-the-pawn-stars-screwed-the-experts-who-helped-make-them/665780/82 "2014-08-04T17:08:20Z")
To clear up ( I think) something from earlier in the thread, Olivia Black has returned to her career as a nude and semi-nude model, not to _porn_. Or at least not to porn as we commonly think of it. No sexual acts, no one interacting with her in the photos. Actually almost all of her pics are of her posing in suggestive positions/attire, but not actually showing her naughty bits. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-the-pawn-stars-screwed-the-experts-who-helped-make-them/665780/83 "2014-08-08T17:04:40Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > But most often, Rick is going to be selling an item like that at auction rather than sitting on it until he finds a buyer. So you are losing the auction fee either way PLUS you are losing on the profit that Rick needs to make on top of it. You are still better off going to an auction house yourself. Most of the people who are on the show are not looking for top dollar. They are looking to make it on the show for 5 mins. Pawn shops like this have been around forever before they were TV shows, so clearly there is another reason besides just wanting to be on TV for 5 mins. The real key is the time value of money, folks going to these guys are almost always looking for some money now, for whatever reason. ---
**Author:** ![S.M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@S.M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/S.M)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-the-pawn-stars-screwed-the-experts-who-helped-make-them/665780/84 "2016-01-30T02:43:11Z")
Just finished watching a new 2016 episode where Sean Rich would have been the go to expert for firearms evaluation. I read online that History channel wanted to lock him up in an exclusive contract that would offer little to no compensation. And he rightfully refused. I really enjoyed his enthusiasm and the way he interacted with everyone.:smack: ---
**Author:** ![S.M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@S.M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/S.M)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-the-pawn-stars-screwed-the-experts-who-helped-make-them/665780/85 "2016-01-30T02:45:31Z")
Just finished watching a new 2016 episode where Sean Rich would have been the go to expert for firearms evaluation. I read online that History channel wanted to lock him up in an exclusive contract that would offer little to no compensation. And he rightfully refused. I really enjoyed his enthusiasm and the way he interacted with everyone.:smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-the-pawn-stars-screwed-the-experts-who-helped-make-them/665780.md?page=4)