I'll look for the episode - thanks for the post.I've said this before....I like watching the show but it drives me crazy when Mke is crawling over/past what appears to be a vintage drum...to grab an oil can haha. But I do watch the show when I can.One thing that I think about is this. Do Forum members search out some of the places Pickers have shown on TV? I think if Canadian Pickers (Scott and Sheldon) were in my neighbourhood and passed over some interesting boxes/drums I would be contacting the land owner and trying to set up a visit. Has anyone here ever done that after watching American Pickers? Some of those places they've been to look like so much fun to just go have a look.
My good friend and I picked a storage space that was on American Pickers in Staten Island. We didn't find any musical instruments but we grabbed a few speakers. It was an enormous space and was filled to the brim with antiques and interesting items. I could have spent a few days looking through everything. Apparently the owner was in old age and hired a women to sell off most of the collection. If you've ever seen the episode where Mike walks over the tops of a cluster of movie theater seats, then you know which space I am referring to.
While some of American Pickers is real, I would be willing to bet that a large portion of the show is fake or set up. The people they pick from are almost certainly being paid to be on the show in addition to any money they receive for items. I would also venture to say that many, if not all, of the "freestyle picks" are set up ahead of time. It is also much easier to understand how they move on from these "honey holes" when you consider that they are being paid by the History Channel to film a television show. I'm sure that picking for interesting items isn't really their most profitable source of income at this point, and there is only so much time in day.
