I love Mark Patton!! Well not literally - but he was on "Mysteries at the Museum" also - Who is the dude that looks just like him on the railroad museum in Nevada??
From my experience, that is close to how it works, but not exactly right. A friend of mine was actually on the show with one of my "1964-D" over-strike Peace Dollars. The part about applying and submitting information about the item you have ahead of time is correct. Part of that application process asks what you want for the item. But that price is usually not what the final deal price will be (that could be higher or lower). If you are selected to be on the show, you are scheduled for a specific date and time to show up. So this much is basically staged. But the price negotiations, discussions about the item, and purchasing or rejecting of the deal are not staged. But, of course, the show personnel research the item before you arrive, so they will know all about it and the appropriate price to pay.
He did get the 22 HR though and it got a new slab with a special pawn stars label. Pretty tacky to me, but cool coin at least.
That's completely wrong. He said the NGC PR64 sold for $50K and the PCGS PR64 sold for $48K. Chris[/QUOTE]