Local Historian Featured on 'Cajun Pawn Stars'

Stuart Lutz, Maplewood resident and published historian, has garnered attention on Patch before.

We noted (Prometheus Books, 2010) and subsequent

And now we get to promote the fact that Lutz is on televsion. 

Recently, Lutz turned up on the History Channel's show Cajun Pawn Stars on Wednesday night, June 20, at 9:30 p.m., serving as the show's historical document expert and authenticator on the episode "Trigger Finger."

Lutz shows up about 11 minutes into the episode, authenticating a land grant document signed by Andrew Jackson.

Watch the full episode online here.

"I filmed a few episodes, so I should be on now and then," Lutz told Patch and friends in an email.

Lutz runs his business Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. in Short Hills. He's a member of the Professional Autograph Dealers Association, the Manuscript Society, the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, Certified Member of the Appraisers Association of America [Certified in the field of Historic Documents], the Universal Autograph Collectors Club (Registered Dealer #166) and the Ephemera Society.