Two generations
It started in a tiny building down the street.
In 1982 this was a mom-and-pop shop buying coins and gold. Everything since has been built on the same promise, and mostly by the same family.
1982
Opens as a small mom-and-pop business in a tiny building down the street from the current location. Coins and gold buying.
1996
Pawn loans added — gold jewelry, diamonds, sterling, Rolex and coins — so customers who needed money didn't have to sell.
2010
The Golden Opportunity event begins with the Fresno and Tulare County Offices of Education.
2012
The Gold Treasure Giveaway raises $250,000 for Children's Hospital of Central California.
Today
Three Valley locations — Blackstone runs as two buildings, The Pawn Shop and The Showroom — and a team of more than forty.