Monday, June 21, 2010 | 5:07 p.m.
The Gold and Silver Pawn Shop sits at 713 Las Vegas Blvd. S., on the unglamorous side—the anti-glamorous side—of Sahara Avenue, past the casinos, among the wedding chapels. Its parking lot bakes in the unadulterated desert sun, without any neon fooling with the mineral tint of the hard light.
If you are only now getting word of Pawn Stars (History Channel, Mondays at 10 p.m. ET)—the hit reality show set at the Gold and Silver, now back for a third season—then you need to know first that the show has nothing in it of the Strip. The segments—the scenes of appraising collector's items and haggling gently over them—never feature any clattering jackpot bells and whistles. There isn't any chorus line of Antiques Roadshow girls, either.
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