You know in the UK like every few years, farmers plough the field and they find some Viking stuff that's gold everywhere.Ĭhumlee: We've worked together for almost 18 years. Rick: I have a 1200-year-old gold bracelet that's from a Viking hoard from the UK. I don't want a lot of things but I really want that. That's probably the thing I want most in the world. I grew up with them, so I still like playing them.Ĭhumlee, what's one item you dream of owning?Ĭhumlee: I would pick Rick's Viking bracelet (that he won't give me). Rick: To a degree, he knows more about them than I do. Isn't Chumlee is an expert on pinball machines? Rick: Sterns came out with a Led Zeppelin pinball machine, so I'd like to get one of those. And we ended up getting it.Īre there any other Led Zeppelin memorabilia you'd like to get your hands on? I always thought it'd be pretty cool to have one, so I spoke to a producer and said it'd be cool to go on a quest for ‘The Object’. In Season 17, you finally get your hands on 'The Object', There are only so many things you can do to a motorcycle or a car. It's also not like a motorcycle show or a car show. First round: Is it real? Second round: How much is it worth? The bonus round: Call in an expert! They just like to learn from an uncle, not a professor. No, I think the reason it’s popular is because people love to learn. Rick: Because everyone wants to watch a show about three fat guys in a Pawnshop. Eighteen series and six hundred episodes later, fans are still tuning in to see what weird and wonderful items end up on Rick’s counter and whether he’ll part with the cash or send them packing.īLAZE spoke to Rick Harrison and co-star Chumlee about Pawn Stars' enduring popularity and what it's really like working in the most famous pawn shop in the world.īLAZE: What do you think makes the show so popular? Additionally, there’s a request for information on an “unexplained $3 million loan.Rick Harrison first welcomed viewers to World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas back in 2009. The lawsuit alleges Rick Harrison ( who divorced his wife in 2021) engaged in a breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty, and the suit seeks transparency, damages, and injunctions for all that occurred. Then, when the pandemic hit, Joanne Harrison lost her payments altogether. Rick Harrision allegedly sent his mother payments of $25,000 every month from 2018 to the beginning of 2020, but in the early months of the year, cut her payments to $20,000. The lawsuit further claims that Joanne believes her son “failed to issue distributions to Joanne commensurate with her proper equity interest in the Pawn Shop.” Richard Harrison allegedly also died with about $500,000 in silver and $100,000 cash in his name, but Joanne Harrison doesn’t have a proper accounting of those valuables. Years later, in 2009, Pawn Stars would start on television, starring Richard, Rick, Rick’s son Richard “Corey” Harrison, and a family friend Austin Lee Russell ( also known as Chumlee), to name just some of those who would appear.Īfter Richard Harrison died in 2018, Joanne Harrison inherited his 49% stake in the business, but the lawsuit alleges that Rick Harrison failed to provide her with documentation of all business finances. Not long after the hospital stay, Joanne learned what she did, though her husband Richard encouraged her to let the issue go and let Rick look over her shares. The lawsuit alleges that Rick Harrison, her son, visited at this time and convinced her to sign over her 51% of shares to him, and she agreed though allegedly did not fully understand the situation. The couple are said to have created an operating entity for the business called G&S Coin Shop, in which Joanne owned 51%, and Richard owned 49%.Īt some point in 2000 or 2001, Joanne Harrison spent time in the hospital recovering from a coma. A description of the lawsuit provided by the Las Vegas Review-Journal stated that Richard Harrison, known in Pawn Stars as “The Old Man” prior to his death, and his wife Joanne Harrison opened the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop in 1981.
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