Super Spreader 6 Ft cast net- comes out 5-22
Vito Trumpet with hard and soft case- comes out 5-19
Extra Large Tom Tom Navigation system- comes out 5-19
Seiko Chronograph- comes out 5-18
Citizen Watches Solar powered watch- comes out 5-18
Med Tech 5000 medical mattress- comes out 5-17
Weedeater Electric Blower- comes out 5-19
18 Speed Huffy Caribou- comes out 5-22
21 Speed Schwinn Sidewinder- comes out 5-21
Porter-cable air compressor- comes out 5-20
Remington Chainsaw- comes out 5-19
Monday, May 17, 2010
Random Pawn stuff coming out the week of 5-17-10
Saturday, May 15, 2010
New items come out in the shop 5-17-10
Friday, May 14, 2010
Thursday, May 13, 2010
PC and Set of golf clubs coming out 5/15/10
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Items out 5/12/2010
New stuff out 6/10/10
Monday, May 10, 2010
RIP Frank Frazetta
This is a rehash of an old post but with the unfortunate demise of Mr Frazetta I thought it seemed timely. My condolences go out to hos family and friends.
Even as a kid I have always had a great appreciation of art. I used to go to the Ringling Museum of Art to see the great Renaissance period works with my parents and ever since then it has been one of my favorite places on earth. I'm almost afraid to bring my youngest one there, in fear that he won't see the beauty that I see in it.
I was always amazed at the scale of the paintings. It was hard for me to even imagine completing one of those great paintings in a lifetime and being amazed that one man could do so many. What I consider art is eclectic, but the things I really appreciate is 14th-16th century Flemish and Christian art. Specifically Rubens. I also have a great love of mechanical things..... cars, planes, automatic wristwatches, and well made guitars. Having a pawn shop in what is not considered a metropolitan area I never expected "real" art to ever appear in the store or at least very rarely. Well less than ten days with the doors open in walks real art. Not lifestyles of the rich and famous, but, some interesting stuff. We had a customer come in and sell some coins. Common US coins. He also has some Irish coins, not my thing, but I liked it that he showed me. He also had a good story about the coins and it was obvious that he had enjoyed having them. He also taught me a few things about the coins that I looked up to confirm and his information was correct. I got to check off my learn something new for the day box, cool enough. Then he says to me "I brought in the lithograph that I talked with you about in an email".....hmmmm. Here is where our story makes a detour. Right now most of our marketing is contacting Craigslist sellers and making offers for there stuff. We use a combination of live and software generated offers initially. If any interest is garnered then we get into a "live" negotiation with them. We go through about 300 emails per day. I had missed this last email because had told me he was coming in then followed it up with another email saying he had more stuff. Once I put a customer in the "coming in box" I generally ignore the follow up emails, because I cant handle any more emails. Not the ideal procedure but necessary right now. Getting back to the story. He tells me he has a lithograph of Frank Frazetta's original artwork of "The Lieutenant". Frank Frazetta is the artist that made the movie Heavy Metal, drew Conan, drew Tarzan and other famous dark, Gothic, sci-fi greats. It was obviously well framed with COA and it was a beautiful Lithograph. If you don't know the difference between a good and not good lithograph the difference can be hard to see. Fortunately, for me, I can see it. This particular one had great color separation and really nice paper, well framed. It was a plexi-glass face but that was easily fixed. I didn't put a number on it and asked for some more time. Graciously he accepted my request.A few days later my customer came back and sold me the print and it sits in our store today.
I really don't want to sell everything that is in the store and this print would be one of those things that I am happy to keep. If you are a fan of his art please stop by and take a look. Mr. Frazetta's work unfortunately it will only go up in value due to his demise.
Stuff coming out 5-10-10
Friday, May 7, 2010
Vision Sport Red Electric Wheelchair comes out 5/8/10
This electric wheelchair is in great shape, basically new. Come on down and see/ride it in person!
Thursday, May 6, 2010
New In Box Bersa Thunder 380 CC $349
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Think your job is interesting? Try mine for a day...
Most days are weird enough in a pawn but Tuesday was exceptional. First we find out that the radio show was the number one show this Sunday even in front of well established shows. I'm chalking it up to beginners luck, we'll see. Then we had a non-stop barrage of one of a kind stuff come in.
- Norwegian seal skinning knife....really
- military issue night vision capable tactical light
- 1881 silver dollars
- brand...new.....toilet
- 100 year old railroad bonds....redeemed
- artist proof lithographs
you get the picture right.
The day went by like I was there for only 10 minutes and yet I got a mountain of work done. Some days are just plain fun, I hope you have them once and a while.
Guns out 5/5/2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Fender Rumble 15 Practice Bass Amp $40
It has a closed-back cab design, an 8" special driver, carpet covering, oversized corners, a metal grille, a 3-band EQ, a CD input and a Headphone jack.
Fender Rumble 15 Practice Bass Amp $40
It has a closed-back cab design, an 8" special driver, carpet covering, oversized corners, a metal grille, a 3-band EQ, a CD input and a Headphone jack.
Fender Squier P Bass with Gig Bag comes out 5/7/10 $80
The Fender Squier P-Bass has a comfortable neck, solid alder body and classic tone. Whether you're just starting, need a bass for occasional use or just want a solid working bass that's as easy to own as it is to play, the Squier P Bass is a natural choice.
Amp in picture not included but also for sale!
13' Werner MK 3 ladder comes out 5/6/10
Quality Climbing equipment that you have come to know and expect from Werner
Peavey KB/A 15 Amplifier comes out 5/5/10 $40
Self-contained, compact sound system, the KB/A series amps are perfect for voice, keyboards, acoustic and electric guitar, drum machines and backing machines.
Yamaha M06 Keyboard with foot pedal comes out 5/5/10 $500
The MO6 delivers Yamaha's powerful MOTIF synth engine functions and sounds in a compact, affordable workstation. Plus, it doubles as a powerful computer recording partner, giving you sounds and controls to use with your DAW software. The Yamaha MO6 synth has 61 weighted, touch-sensitive keys, 64-note polyphony, 256 user presets, 256 performance presets, 5-band master EQ, a backlit graphic LCD, plus USB and S/PDIF outs for digital connectivity.
Keyboard is in great shape, like new, comes with power chord, and foot pedal
Only $500!
Features:
- 61 keys, LC keyboard with weighted, touch-sensitive keys
- DAW Remote Control supporting Mackie and Logic protocols
- Studio Connections compatible
- USB port
- Tone Generator AWM2
- 64-note polyphony
- 16 internal multitimbral parts
- 175MB wave memory
- 1,859 waveforms
- 512 voices
- 64 drum kits
- 128 GM voices
- 1 GM drum kit
- User: 128 x 2 banks + 32 drum kits
- User performances: 256 (up to 4 parts)
- 18 filter types
- 20 reverbs
- 49 chorus effects
- 116 insert effects x 3 blocks
- 8 mastering effects
- 5-band master EQ
- 3-band stereo EQ
- Note capacity: 226,000
- Note resolution: 480 ppq (parts per quarter note)
- Realtime recording
- 5 scenes per song
- Pitch bend wheel
- Modulation wheel
- 4 assignable control sliders
- 4 assignable knobs
- Data dial performances
- Dedicated front panel switch and store display pages
- Stereo coaxial digital output
- MIDI I/O














































