Video: Pawn Stars boss shares rare items from famous Las Vegas store
Pawn Stars boss Rick Harrison shares some of the rarest and most unusual items from his famous Las Vegas shop with Fox News Digital.
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Las Vegas – Rick Harrison's Las Vegas Gold & Silver Pawn Shop is more than just a place to buy and sell, it's a place where history and rare finds come to life.
The store, famous from the TV series “Pawn Stars,” attracts about 1,200 visitors a day.
Harrison and his team's shop offers a wide range of special items, from centuries-old coins to unique memorabilia.
He sat down with Fox News Digital to talk about some of the most unusual items currently on sale in the store.
Among the exhibits is the Apollo Lunar Module engine, which was used to prepare the Apollo crews for the lunar landing.
The Apollo Lunar Lander engine, used to prepare the Apollo crews for the moon landing, is currently on sale at Gold & Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas. It's listed for $25,000. (Gold & Silver Pawn Shop)
“A guy at an auction at a military base in Southern California stumbled upon this. It was just sitting on a table,” Harrison said. “But he noticed it had a NASA tag on it. So he bought it for $300. And brought it to me.”
Harrison called in experts to check it out. Before the lunar landing, he said, the crews had to practice on something. “Essentially, they built a lander with the same rockets [as] the one that was supposed to land on the moon.”
According to Harrison, the NASA rocket engine from the training spacecraft, which is now in a workshop in Vegas, is similar to the one that was actually “piloted by Neil Armstrong.”
The store paid the man $13,000 for it, so “he really made a good profit.”
This item is currently available for purchase for $25,000.
A genuine 19th-century samurai sword, a leather jacket autographed by actor Henry Winkler (aka “The Fonz”), and a 2018 Red Sox World Series championship ring are all up for sale at a Vegas store. (Gold and Silver Pawn Shop)
Harrison also showed Fox News Digital a Boston Red Sox World Series ring made of 14-karat white gold with 21 rubies and 22 blue sapphires.
The ring is surrounded by 128 diamonds.
It is currently on sale for $78,500.
“I have stuff for every price range,” Harrison said. “You can come in here and buy a postcard for two dollars. But on the other hand, I also have some really weird stuff I've accumulated over the years.”
A gold and silver pawn shop in Las Vegas attracts about 1,200 visitors daily. (Ashley J. DiMella/Fox News Digital)
He showed off a leather jacket autographed by actor Henry Winkler, also known as “The Fonz,” the popular character he played on the 1970s sitcom “Happy Days.”
“I mean, it's something everyone my age should have,” Harrison joked.
Pawn shop star Rick Harrison talks to Fox News Digital about the popularity of the gold and silver shop. (Fox News Digital)
The store also offers a genuine samurai sword from the early 1800s.
“A real samurai would carry this with him, and I hope he never used it,” Harrison joked.
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