Million Pound Pawn

Recently, lots of us have been selling stuff online to raise cash. But if you’re really asset rich/cash-poor – a business owner or even an ex-pop star like Black Lace’s Dene, who’s flogging his Rolex – you might use one of the UK’s 800 pawn brokers to raise some dosh quickly and without credit checks.
 
They don’t go to back alley dives of course, but to upmarket establishments that handle designer handbags, art and diamond earrings worth thousands. And in the case of a 26-year-old’s Lamborghini, over £200k. Or not, because inevitably there are disappointments. As one pawn broker, says, “I’m going to go as low as I can without pulling your pants down.”