FINALLY!!! My PAWN STARS episode is airing next MONDAY!!!

Cool appearance. Very cool garage sale find!!! I love imagining the item's history in use.

 

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Charmy, if you care to, would you tell us how much you paid for it? I'm hoping that the biggest chunk of what you sold it for was profit.

 

I'm guessing under $50 :thumb:

 

Awesome deal. I think Cory was dumbfounded that Charmy knew quite a bit about that camera. When he raised his eyebrow, I think he knew he was not dealing with some amateur.

 

I SAW IT!!!

Having met Charmy I recognized her immediately.
I liked her comment about Cory 'not knowing who he was dealing with.'

 

SHOOTS!!! I will have to wait for the repeat, I set the dvr to record lizard lick towing and it had a conflict and I had to delete pawn stars. Cause it was taping another show I like at the same time. OH well I will catch it next week at 9 probly.

 

So Charmy, now that the episode has aired, I have a question:

How much of your segment (if any) was scripted or rehearsed before it was taped?

Thanks,

TC

 

Thank you for all the kind comments, I really appreciate them! I was quite surprised how short it was and they edited out some things I thought would be in the segment. I've been getting some pms with lots of questions, so now that the episode aired I can tell my "story" and finally answer some of your questions:

- I bought the camera about 20 years ago at a garage sale for my hubby who collected old cameras, and paid about $40

- I never tried selling it before but I did contact History Detectives a while back to see if they would be interested due to the possibility that the film might have WWII images but I never heard back from them

- We are avid Pawn Stars watchers and since I was headed to Las Vegas for a show and the camera had just been sitting around the house, my hubby agreed that it would be a good idea to see if Pawn Stars wanted it

- I researched the camera on line and found that the camera itself was not super rare and was worth probably around $150, but since I had the original case and the very rare film, I felt that $300 would be a fair price, though I was willing to accept less.

- I emailed them per their website instructions, sent them photos, told them I wanted $300 for the camera (which was a requirement) and let them know when I would be in Las Vegas. They called me within a few days and said they were would be very excited to film my camera for a Pawn Stars episode, so we made an appointment during the time I would already be there

- My hubby and I discussed how much to settle for and we agreed that if I couldn't sell it for more than $100 we would donate it to a WWII museum. I decided to start at $500 since I knew I really wanted $300.

- By the way, I was advised ahead of time not to wear anything with a logo or mention another company (not even eBay) during my segment, so I couldn’t wear anything with “The Penny Lady” or even say that on air.

- When I arrived for filming, there was a line around the building but I was allowed to go straight in and was taken to the same room where the Pawn Stars guys say their individual monologues about how much they want the item, etc. – the same room with the guitars and motorcycles in the background

- I never saw any of the other Pawn Star guys, only Corey

- The entire production crew were extremely nice and none looked older than 30!

- When it came time for filming, they told me that my negotiations with Corey were completely between me and the store, that they had nothing to do with how much I would sell it for or how much the store would pay for it – and none of what I said was scripted whatsoever

- When I said I hope they didn’t make me look like a big meaning, that was because Corey and I haggled back and forth quite a bit and he (as was typical) kept trying to diminish the desirability of my camera and I just kept pushing back.

- After I said I wanted $500 and he said he’d pay $200, I then went to $475, then $450 and he stayed firm at his $250 offer, but I just kept at him, reminding him how rare the film was, that there might be valuable images on the film, that even though the images on the outer layer of the film were exposed there could still be images on the under layers since the film was 20 feet in length, that the film was in great shape and not deteriorated, etc. None of this appeared in the episode.

- Corey was getting a little impatient and short and I could tell he just wanted to be done with this deal so I finally said, “I tell you what, $300 is my bottom line and if you give me that, you’ll never have to see me again.” Then Corey said very snidely, “That would be worth it!” Again, none of this was in the final cut. However, the producer laughed and asked Corey to say it nicer, so I said to Corey “if you give me $300 I will go away” and that’s what aired.

- When I was interviewed in the parking lot, I was asked questions and then rephrased the question and my answer together, like they would ask “Why are you here at the Pawn Stars?” and I would say, “I’m here today at the Pawn Stars to sell my WWII aerial bomber camera.”

- The last phrase I said about “He didn’t know who he was dealing with” was in response to their question, “So you gave Corey a pretty hard time today, since you’re the Penny Lady, did he know you were a coin dealer?” I said “I’m a coin dealer and I gave Corey a hard time during our negotiations because he didn’t really know who he was dealing with.” When I first said this, they liked it but asked me to say it with more “attitude” which I did (you know, like “he didn’t KNOW who he was DEALING with (hand on hip, slight tilt and shake of my head, squinting my eyes a little, etc.) but they didn’t air that version.

Again, I can’t talk about all the behind the scenes activities, but hopefully this will give a better understanding at least about my experience being on the Pawn Stars.

 

I was expecting/hoping it would be a coin instead of a camera. Cool story either way though.

 

I thought those negotiations looked awfully clipped. Now I know why. TY

 

As always, a great, interesting and informative report.
Thanks, Charmy.

 

You did great! So you beat Corey up a bit, huh? Good! Gotta keep those guys on their toes. Too bad we didn't get to see all of the negotiations. Oh well, it's only a half-hour show.

Cool camera - I wonder if they'll try to develop the film...if they can find somebody that still remembers how, that is.

 

You were great Charmy! I also loved the little behind the scenes you just gave us.

 

I wonder what they're going to ask for the camera?

 

I guess I'm the only one that missed it. Who has a link to the vid?

 

You can watch my episode here. My episode is the second one, and it is pretty short so you'll have to pay attention or you'll miss it!

 

http://www.history.com/shows/pawn-stars/videos#pawn-stars-dirty-sox

 

Ha! Just saw it. Awesome camera....
Thanks for the links.

 

Ha! Nicely done Charmy.


See, I told you guys she wasn't going to get rolled.

 

I thought it was great. It's kind of like Charmy one-upped Corey, at least that's how the final cut looked.