American Pickers

[carl baxter]

Did anyone watch American Pickers on the television a few nights ago ?

They were in Malibu, up in the hills where all the tv and film stars live.

The pickers visited an ex hippy type who had a nine acre smallholding

miles up a dirt-track , with all kinds of old gear.

In one of his sheds the hippy reckoned he had over half a million LPS

and god knows how many singles he must have had.

One of the pickers chose a random single and said Booker T and the

MGS.......I dont know anything about records.so I will pass on that lot.

I wonder if anyone on here knows the hippy and has been through

his records. If not how many more are there like him.

[Barry]

Did anyone watch American Pickers on the television a few nights ago ?

They were in Malibu, up in the hills where all the tv and film stars live.

The pickers visited an ex hippy type who had a nine acre smallholding

miles up a dirt-track , with all kinds of old gear.

In one of his sheds the hippy reckoned he had over half a million LPS

and god knows how many singles he must have had.

One of the pickers chose a random single and said Booker T and the

MGS.......I dont know anything about records.so I will pass on that lot.

I wonder if anyone on here knows the hippy and has been through

his records. If not how many more are there like him.

Yeah, I seen it a few month back - was quite a few bits/labels I saw when they scanned his singles.

[Sheldonsoul]

I watch American pickers all the time you see some amazing people with barns and out buildings full of old cars ,road signs ,cola signs etc there's a couple of other decent programmes on the same channel storage wars is another good un where people bid on abandoned storage units and they get some amazing finds, another is pawn stars set in Vegas and another is hardcore pawn set in Detroit . I watch em all the time and find them really interesting :-)

[Barry]

I watch American pickers all the time you see some amazing people with barns and out buildings full of old cars ,road signs ,cola signs etc there's a couple of other decent programmes on the same channel storage wars is another good un where people bid on abandoned storage units and they get some amazing finds, another is pawn stars set in Vegas and another is hardcore pawn set in Detroit . I watch em all the time and find them really interesting :-)

Auction Hunters, Cajun Pawn - I'm knee deep in 'em to mate haha

[Sheldonsoul]

Auction hunters is good but never seen the 2 guys make a loss on a unit yet !, watching a programme now calle fish tank kings on national geo channel that's a good un to

[Barry]

Auction hunters is good but never seen the 2 guys make a loss on a unit yet !, watching a programme now calle fish tank kings on national geo channel that's a good un to

No but they work by the 20/80 rule -

20% of the units make 'em 80% of their profit...plus it'd be a bit dull watching 'em clear an owd bed and general crap out of a locker ay?

[pikeys dog]

Last time I was in Chicago, I was given a contact who worked at one of these storage unit places, and he bid on them when they came up.

All of the main dealers had been to him in the past and he was pretty bitter about what he'd sold them and the prices they'd paid.

His best find was three copies of Lee McKinney & The Magnetics - When I'm With My Baby - Sable, one of which had a slight warp - wrapped in a sweater and in a chest of drawers.

[Fourmintsover]

American Pickers is great, but they hardly ever do anything involving records. Like this much more than Pawn Stars or the Storage Locker one... American Pickers is a bit more intelligent and isn't always strictly about making money, like those other shows.

[Guest martyn]

I watch American pickers all the time you see some amazing people with barns and out buildings full of old cars ,road signs ,cola signs etc there's a couple of other decent programmes on the same channel storage wars is another good un where people bid on abandoned storage units and they get some amazing finds, another is pawn stars set in Vegas and another is hardcore pawn set in Detroit . I watch em all the time and find them really interesting :-)

Not too keen on Storage Wars. They make up the prices as they go along, ("yeah this will fetch $200"), but you rarely see them sell anything.....And most of the stuff they show is crap

That Pawn Stars in Vegas is quality - specially that Chumley fella !

[21 Again]

Chumlee and the old man are the funniest thing on the box

[Sleeps45]

ive seen them do that on that show more than once..on one show the cute lady who dispatches them sent to a remote location to do some digging and when they got there they were real upset because all they found was an attic full of 20,000 records 45s and lps..they later called the dispatcher back and let her have it for wasting there time! haha! talk about sitting in a treasure chest

[Northern Soul Uk]

slightly off topic, and this thread will probably get moved shortly anyway. But I was watching one of the 'car Boot' programmes a few months ago when John Knowles was one of the 'hunters'. He found a 7" record and said, if this is an original copy it's worth a lot of money' I think it was an old Motown one, something like that. But many folk know that John Knowles was a regular at the casino. Just interesting I thought.

I watch all of the ones mentioned above, I love em, wife can't see it though? Must be the bargain hunter in me.

Edited November 2, 2012 by Steve Luigi

[Ritchieandrew]

Yeah...........i saw that episode as well, i think they bought a very rare motorcycle engine. Personally think there's a lot of "poetic licence" involved with the prices asked, and they don't tend to pay the going rate for anything.!!

[Spook]

That Pawn Stars in Vegas is quality - specially that Chumley fella !

I was over in Vegas a couple of months ago, don't go to Wax Traks to see Rich as he just pesters you all the time while you are there and he has

JM price guides and the internet and cos your british he expects you to buy in bulk !!!!!

As I have seen Pawn Stars I thought i would pop over and have a look, mid afternoon they were queing out of the door about 30 yards, said to myself I'll go back later.

I tipped up about 22:30 and it was quiet and the conversation went a bit like this:

"If you get any 45's in for pawn do you send for Rich Rosen to value them or who else do you use" ?

in a spanish american reply " Don't understand"

I replied " Any 45's who do you call to value them"

the reply came back " we can only take pre 1900's 45"s"

I thought I'm wasting my time here , he thought I mean't hand guns !!!!!

Worth a look though !