Pawn stars: mantle/may/kill photo

[novakjr]

Originally Posted by thetruthisoutthere

I remember that episode. Very true, Perezfan. I don't watch it any more. The novelty is over. I only watch it on the History channel website when I want to watch Drew Max and his hubble-sized magnifying glass.

I don't watch much of Pawn Stars anymore either, but usually try to check it out when there's anything sports related. So I watched the other night.

HOLY SHIT!!! I was completely in awe when Mary Ford's nephew brought in that SG Les Paul and those documents... However, I believe that it had to be staged. There is absolutely NO WAY that dude should've ever been in a pawn shop with those.

[rjackson44]

Ricks laugh is scary,,,

[GrayGhost]

Why do you guys have to ruin it for people like me who love the show, w all the highly staged and crap? Of course some of it is staged, who cares. its a really cool show. PERIOD.

Scott Roberts

[travrosty]

I love to watch the show, watching authenticators strut in like they know everything. saying "what do we have here?" when they have already been provided the autograph far in advance.

[thecatspajamas]

Yeah, I especially find it funny when the "what do we have here" comment is followed by pulling out a photocopied sheet of exemplars for the signer in question. Maybe that's what Drew is carrying around in his case besides that magnifying glass: his exemplar file?

Staged or not, it is fun to see what just "walks through the door" on that show. Nothing like any pawn shop I've ever been in!

[mcgwirecom]

Yeah I loved that show with Mary Ford's nephew. Sweet 1961 SG Les Paul. I wonder if he really sold it to them.

[travrosty]

Rick doesn't know a lot about autographs, particularly sports.

There was a bad Sonny Liston siganture on a ringside bell.

He also said that Sonny Liston's autograph wasn't worth much because all those boxers signed a lot right up until the day he died.

So Rick thought the bell might be worth a few hundred, with no added value even if the signature was good. wrong.

Of course Liston died fairly young, in Las Vegas no less, and he didn't like to sign and avoided signing much of the time. So to say a blanket statement that boxers signed a lot right up to the day they died was not doing his homework on Liston.

A real signature on that bell would have added value to it. Drew Max rightfully knocked down that signature, calling it fake.