American Pickers

[Shoeless Moe]

I'm sure many of you watch American Pickers, and they find these places that are off the beaten path. They make some good finds, and lots of these places have piles of old things.

I've never seen them come across any really vintage baseball stuff, has anyone?

But some of these people they visit don't look like they've been out in public in 50-60 years.

Anybody else free style pick like they do? I'd imagine when u see these type of off the path people, that is very likely there are still some amazing finds out there to be discovered.

[Bestdj777]

They came across a Beechnut tobacco poster featuring Dizzy and Paul Dean on one episode last year and they took it to the Cardinals to get it appraised. Below is a short write up of the piece:

http://coolandcollected.com/american...ap-and-review/

There may have been some sporting equipment on one of their shows as well, but I cannot remember for certain now.

[GrayGhost]

The show is awesome. one of my two favorites. They reran the show last night w the Beechnut piece.

Plus, in reality, I'm not sure they r really knowledgeable and have enough customers for more sports. Could be they found some, but didn't buy it/edited it from show.

[Shoeless Moe]

It's crazy these places they visit have multiple garages & barns, and sheds packed with stuff.

Sometime they have to climb over stuff, no way they can open every drawer or book that might have a card or so in it, or other things.

Yep saw the Dean Bros one. There is no way a lot of these hilljacks know what they have, they just keep piling it up and in, but to see bike parts and signs from the early 1900's, make you think there is still a lot of stuff yet to be uncovered.

[thecatspajamas]

I recall some discussion of a large panoramic photo that they found in one episode but was not one of the featured items. On-screen, they just had a shot of them carting it out of the barn or wherever it had been squirrelled away, and maybe a brief glimpse of it as it had sat for many years.

There was another episode where they found a pile of WWII-era military base team uniforms (both shirts and pants). Can't remember what they paid for those, but they seemed like a pretty good deal to me!

I agree with the sentiment that they don't seem to have knowledge of specific prices for sports-related pieces that they may happen across, but they do have sense enough to know a ballpark value on most things, and I'm sure do plenty of research off-show on those they don't know specifics on.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by thecatspajamas

I recall some discussion of a large panoramic photo that they found in one episode but was not one of the featured items. On-screen, they just had a shot of them carting it out of the barn or wherever it had been squirrelled away, and maybe a brief glimpse of it as it had sat for many years.

It was a "Yard Of The Game" Cubs panorama...I asked Mike about it and he said that they did buy it, and sold it right away. He told me they have no control over which segments air, but that they did film a segment of him buying it.

[murphusa]

logic would tell you that they could not fill 2 stores with stuff just by what they show on the TV. A friend from lancaster had them at his place and they were there for 3 days filming and they went through everything and purchased much more than what made it on TV.

Shark Tank discussions last on about 3 or 4 hours and they look at the books etc but we only see 10 minutes on the show