pawnshop

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“Without having a rigorous, effective enforcement, nothing’s going to happen,” said Tony DeMarco, a pawnshop owner and president of the Whittier Boulevard Merchants Assn., which opposed the ordinance.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2024

Asset-secured cards are a better gateway to credit and low interest rates than options from a pawnshop or car title loan, which also require collateral.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2023

Deborah Pomeranz, a provenance researcher at Berlin City Museum, said it acquired about 4,700 silver objects from a Berlin pawnshop from 1939 to 1940.

From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2023

The experts involved in the restitution efforts describe it as close, painstaking work that often involves tracking down those pawnshop records.

From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2023

Herbert even entertained the idea of getting into music and bought a slide trombone at a pawnshop.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers