Pawnshops are emerging that lend money to cash-poor consumers with pricey collateral.

If you’ve got a cash-flow problem and a rare Picasso painting lying around your house, you’re in luck. A growing niche of high-end pawnshops wants your business.

That’s right. The pawnshop, which has long toiled under the reputation as a seedy lender of last resort for the desperate, is going after the luxury market.

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