Entertainment


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Feb 2014

How TLC’s ‘Pawn Queens’ came to Naperville

May 24, 2011 – Daily Herald – By Dann Gire and Jamie Sotonoff You never know when a Naperville connection will come in handy. In 2009, reality TV producer Jason Morgan was in town for his 20-year Naperville North High School class reunion when a friend told him about a local pawnshop that bought and sold high-end women’s items like Tiffany jewelry and designer handbags. Morgan stopped in at...

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Feb 2014

With ‘Pawn Queens,’ Pawn Shop Trades in Seedy Image for Feminine Chic

May 11, 2011 – via NIGHTLINE – By VICKI MABREY and MARY MARSH If you’re in the market for a 10-foot suit of armor — or have some stuff to sell for quick cash — Naperville Jewelry and Loan, just west of Chicago, is your treasure destination. Business at pawn shops is booming — because the economy isn’t. Pawn shops are no longer seedy places with barred...

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