OT: The advantages of having your own television show.

[herkyhawkeye]

For as much as they have done for the antique collecting world, Good for them for getting paid. Their television success has really amped up interest in collecting which is vital for people to understand the importance of not throwing away items and researching them. I cant speak for Frank but I can tell you that Mike is a standup guy. Their shop is a lot smaller than you think it would be as well and their shop prices are failry reasonable.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by herkyhawkeye

For as much as they have done for the antique collecting world, Good for them for getting paid. Their television success has really amped up interest in collecting which is vital for people to understand the importance of not throwing away items and researching them. I cant speak for Frank but I can tell you that Mike is a standup guy. Their shop is a lot smaller than you think it would be as well and their shop prices are failry reasonable.

It'd almost be worth it to head over to Iowa and visit the shop just to see if they have anything for sale that was on the show at a reasonable price...list it on ebay as "As seen on American Pickers" and clean up.

[cbcbcb]

One of my family member's friends went to their place in Iowa and said it was a little disappointing. It really is a small scale operation.

[ctownboy]

I wonder how many baseball cards or how much memorabilia they find and pass up because it isn't mechanical or advertising? Sure, they bought that Dizzy Dean piece (because it was advertising) but in another recent episode, they were in a barn loft in New York and one of the guys said look at this. He was holding what he described as an old baseball glove.

He didn't look at it very closely or pay much attention to it and then just threw it back down. Who knows how old that glove was, who made it or what palyer model it might have been.

Yes, it might have been in bad condition but it could have been a glvoe someone on this board might have liked to add to their collection. However, since the "pickers" dissed it, the owners might think it has no value and thus might just throw it away (if they clean out that barn).

David

[GoldenAge50s]

It'd be worth a trip to Iowa just to see Danielle 's tatoos!

[oriolesbb6]

Originally Posted by GoldenAge50s

It'd be worth a trip to Iowa just to see Danielle 's tatoos!

LOL, now you're talking