About: nbsp
David Sonnenthal is the Founder of the multi-award-winning pawn shop New Bond Street Pawnbrokers, located in Blenheim Street, Mayfair, Central London.
David took an unusual route into pawnbroking, moving into the industry after a successful career in show business. Between the ages of 17 and 26, he worked as a professional actor, appearing in a variety of productions on both stage and screen. In 1996 he even won the prestigious Perrier Award for acting at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
His pawnbroking career in London started quite by chance after he discovered the future site of New Bond Street Pawnbrokers during an acting audition in 1999. Immediately seeing the shop’s potential, he turned it into a successful pawn shop London business and went on to become one of the UK’s top pawnbrokers.
David is a highly respected figure in the pawnbroking industry, winning the National Pawnbroker Association’s award five times in 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019 and 2008. Over the course of his 30-year career, he has gained a reputation as one of the pioneers of UK and London's pawnbroking. He is a regular fixture in the British media, often providing expert advice on market value, and trends in pawnbroking.
Never one to lose touch with his roots, David has even managed to continue his entertainment career as the resident dealer on Channel 4’s popular Four Rooms TV series.
Recent Posts by nbsp
A new top-of-the-range iPhone or Samsung handset is not exactly what you’d call cheap. However, when you compare those models to the most expensive phones in the world, they seem like an absolute bargain. Welcome to the wild and opulent world of luxury mobile phones. The luxury mobile phone market image credit: Kārlis Dambrāns…
Written on September 11, 2015 at 10:09 am
Categories: Blog
With Excerpts provided by David Sonnenthal of NBSP – we Situate High-End Pawn Broking In The 21st Century. Throughout the establishment of modern, sophisticated societies we have practiced an exchange that revolves around currency. Ownership of currency and of goods is not only a central concept here but one we inherently understand and seemingly proliferate;…
Written on July 17, 2015 at 4:44 pm
Categories: Blog
If you are in search for some of the finest jewellery in the world, the alleys of Mayfair and Bloomsbury, or the side streets of Belgravia will prove an assured spectacle. Indeed London’s sheer reverence as a world-class jewellery manufacturer is a testament to a culturally rich city. Hatton Gardens -A Goldsmith at The…
Written on March 18, 2015 at 10:47 pm
Categories: Blog
