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Most Successful Pawn Shop: world record set by The Gold & Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas

Sep 30, 2020

Most Sucessful Pawn Shop: world record set by The Gold & Silver Pwan Shop in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, United States-- The "World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop" in Las Vegas, Nevada, opened in 1989 and ran as a 24-hour family business, has on an average day, approximately 4,000 people walk into the shop, thus setting the world record for being the World's Most Successful Pawn Shop, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

"Ten years ago, Rick and his family were lucky if they saw 4,000 customers in a month. Now the shop isn’t just a shop, it’s a tourist attraction. People come from all over the world to visit this treasure trove of artifacts and oddities," the Pure Volume reports.

People from all over the world travel to the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas, Nevada to buy and sell artifacts, treasures, antiques, and oddities. Some of the objects that come through the door of that now-iconic institution are worth tens of thousands of dollars.

"The hit History Channel show Pawn Stars has been on the air for 15 seasons. Nobody could have anticipated that a show about old junk and a bunch of old guys would become one of the channel’s highest-rated shows.

Most Successful Pawn Shop: world record set by The Gold & Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas

Rick Harrison knew that he could create a successful television show based on the inner workings of his family’s pawn shop, but it took him a while to convince networks that it was a good idea.

“I figured that a show would mean free publicity and free publicity would mean more business,” he told Star-Telegram. “But everyone told me that no one wants to watch a show about four fat guys in a pawnshop.”

Audiences fell in love with Pawn Stars as soon as the first episode aired. In its first year, it was the second most popular reality show on TV (Jersey Shore was the first). An episode of Pawn Stars that aired in January 2011 was watched by over 7 million viewers.

Richard Harrison (AKA “Old Man”), his son Rick, Rick’s son Corey, and Corey’s friend, Chumlee had been working at the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop long before Pawn Stars premiered. Old Man opened the store in 1989 and ran it as a 24-hour family business.