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ELI5: Why people sell to the pawn stars when the item is way more valuable than the money they are getting. 

Can't the sellers just sell to auction houses like the pawn stars? They're being ripped off hundreds of dollars and they act like its a norm. Can't they sell to antique stores, it just seems so silly how much money they are getting when the actual value is way higher.
gpt
Most pawn shops don't operate like Hardcore Pawn or Pawn Stars.  Pawn stores generally don't buy items.  They pawn.

You go to the pawn store and give them your guitar/diamond ring/gun/whatever and sign the paper work.  They give you money.  You have X amount of time to pay that money back.  If you pay it back, you get your item back.  If you don't, they keep it and sell the object.

The shows you see are pretty much lies.  Real pawn shops are miserable places where peoples broken dreams are on sale.