From Don Doman in The Suburban Times:
I love pawn shops. They’re kinda like Forrest Gump’s chocolates. You never know until you step inside and look around. I was returning home to the South Puget Sound area from Palouse Falls in Eastern…
Read full story at alligator.org: If there’s a pile of items sitting untouched in a dusty corner of your house, now might be the time to rummage through the rubble.
The market for collectible items — such as trading cards, classic toys and…
Family is everything to the folks at Big Dog Pawn. Their family-owned and operated stores with two Utah locations, in Murray and West Jordan, are known for making their customers and community feel like family.
Recently, their team made 120 meals for the…
Original story at ThisisCollosal.com: Textile artist and prop stylist Jessica Dance (previously here and here) gives common objects a touch more tangibility, turning electronics and accessories into knit copies of themselves with 100% lambswool. Previously working to transform food into fuzzy replicas, she is now focused…
From Newport News Times: After serving Newport for the past five years, the Newport Pawn Shop has moved to a larger location, opening its doors on March 1 at the corner of Hurbert Street and Highway 101, the building previously occupied by…
From Bhamnow.com:
A lineup of four signed electric guitars at Mike’s Fine Jewelry & Music Center. Photo via Nathan Watson for Bham Now
A few weeks ago while watching an episode of the reality television series Pawn Stars, I had a thought. What rare…
From ESPN: A Tom Brady rookie card sold for a record $1.32 million on Thursday on PWCC Marketplace, an online auction house and repository for cards.
The autographed 2000 Playoff Contenders Championship Ticket card was graded an eight with a 10 grading on the…
A glimpse into the past
Two friends turn 100-year-old photograph cache into calendar series
From Telluride News: A lot of life can fit into a small, timeworn box no bigger than a dusty old novel, along with a good dose of mystery,…
How the COVID pandemic — and stimulus — has affected Fall River pawnshops
Charles Winokoor The Herald News NOTE: This is subscriber-only content, reprinted with permission to Pawnbroker Network.
FALL RIVER — Daniel Jaynes says contrary to what some people might assume, pawnbrokers haven’t been…