Pawn Star Rick Harrison To Sign NGC Slabs

I know a lot of you have a lot of faith in NGC but Rick Harrison signing slabs. Really? Seems like another low for TPG's to me. Collect the coin, not the slab is my motto.

 

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Isn't his show fake?

 

Yeah I heard they ask people to bring in items to make it seem like they get crazy cool stuff all the time.

 

Yeah it is. So is American Pickers. I still enjoy watching both though.

 

Staged would be a better word. They all are

 

I believe the Penny Lady was actually on one episode

 

Barf

 

Of course they do. Who would tune in week after week to watch them sitting around waiting for something truly interesting to walk in (might take months) And who is going to pay a camera crew to sit around waiting to film it? They need to see three of four interesting item every episode and they just AREN'T going to come in that often on their own. And even if their experts are experts, they aren't going to know about everything off the top of their heads. They need some time to research the item. So it HAS to be staged. There is nothing wrong with that because the items ARE interesting and they do tell you the history and the stories behind them. How good would the show be if they just walked in and negotiated the price? It's TV there has to be entertainment as well, and it is great that it is educational to boot.

 

Whos the penny lady

 

A lady who has a website and who goes to coin shows and specializes in U.S. Cents.

 

Lowers NGC's credibility

 

Now if they had Chumlee, I could see it...

 

They'd have to lose their mind to use his with his legal mess

 

Hey, maybe the B.E.P. could do a special one time print run with all their faces on the $1.00 bill. JK

 

For shame. Hang in there. She posts major show travel reports. One of the truly finest cent specialists that exist, along with Angel Dee's and Rick Snow.

 

I met a man in Vegas once who sold Antique Springfield Trapdoor rifles and he appeared in the show with a rare rifle that had provenance to the soldier it was issued to. He told me that he had a lot of fun and they paid for his dentistry to have a chipped front tooth repaired, gave him a lump sum and at the end of it he had his rifle returned that Rick "purchased" for around a third of its value. He made the comment to me "who would take anything rare into a pawn shop without researching it first". Not a coin I know but it shows how it works.
My son works on the BBC show "Bargain Hunt" where "expert" appraisers help collectors find things to sell at auction and they often stumble across rarities that the likes of most people would never find in a month of Sundays. It makes good entertainment though and as Conder101 said it is educational.
Storage Wars is even more staged to the point that the commercial breaks can be predicted by the lifting of a blanket to reveal the wonder item that makes the deal.
I must confess though that I watch very little TV but find these shows compulsive viewing......

 

who cares

 

"Let me entertain you..."

 

I remember when one could stop at a yard sale and whatever items offered were priced, well, as if a yard sale. Now, or since such shows have become popular, everyone seems to think their trashed junk or widgets are worth a fortune. Anyone interested in a broken can opener for twice the cost of new?