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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dafydd, post: 2788960, member: 86815&quot;]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 &quot;purchased&quot; for around a third of its value. He made the comment to me &quot;who would take anything rare into a pawn shop without researching it first&quot;. Not a coin I know but it shows how it works.</p><p>My son works on the BBC show &quot;Bargain Hunt&quot; where &quot;expert&quot; 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. </p><p>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.</p><p>I must confess though that I watch very little TV but find these shows compulsive viewing......[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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