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Our Great Employees (2) - Abby Levine
 Pawn Talk, in talking to, and getting to know better, the individuals that make up the Empire staff, has been consistently struck by the enthusiasm they bring to the job; also by the longevity of their employment at Empire. Abby, with 20+ years now "behind the counter" under her belt, is no exception to this rule. In her we have found an embodiment of that special mix of efficiency and hard-headedness tempered by empathy and compassion for our customers' situations and needs. Read more
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Bob's Pick II - Spring 2009
Numismatic vs. Bullion?
 Empire Loan's Sales Manager Bob DeNutte has pulled out three remarkable pieces from the Empire Emporium to serve as this issue's featured items, gold coins in fact, which in turn has occasioned some reflections on just some of the types of gold jewelry that Empire makes available to prospectors of pawn shop gold: Numismatic coinage and Bullion coinage. |
Guitar Bazaar - A Vintage Spring!
National Reso-Lectric II ca. 1993 - $2,750.00.
According to Don Young of National Resophonic, there are only 78 of these guitars in circulation. Its special features include a Piezo pickup located inside the resonator cone, and a "lipstick" tube pickup in the neck position. The two controls are volume and pickup blend, allowing the Piezo's brash, brittle, aggressive, trebly tone to blend with the relatively warm tone of the lipstick pickup. In the process, you lose no frequency when you roll off the tone knob. Read more |
Letter From Michael 