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Have the "American Picker" guys ever picked any collectible coins on any of the show's epi
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American Pickers is a very strange show.
Sort of like a variation of "Antiques Roadshow". Instead of people coming to a specific venue to show their antique stuff [which invariably are not dirty and are presentable] to prim and proper experts who evaluate same and "opine" on the value of same if it was "sold at auction", American Pickers show the two guy pickers and the girl picker going from one out of the way locale to another to meet up with ordinary [and sometimes quite strange] Joes and Janes who have accumulated substantial amounts of "stuff". The Pickers then root around in dirty, nasty storage places in the hopes of finding "treasure" that they can buy low and sell high. Once the dirty, dusty "treasure" is found, an actual sale [wholesale of course] takes place with "horse trading on price". Instead of an expert opining on value, an actual market value is present in the form of an actual sale price.
I have never seen any coins at all on any of the show's episodes.
Have you?
Sort of like a variation of "Antiques Roadshow". Instead of people coming to a specific venue to show their antique stuff [which invariably are not dirty and are presentable] to prim and proper experts who evaluate same and "opine" on the value of same if it was "sold at auction", American Pickers show the two guy pickers and the girl picker going from one out of the way locale to another to meet up with ordinary [and sometimes quite strange] Joes and Janes who have accumulated substantial amounts of "stuff". The Pickers then root around in dirty, nasty storage places in the hopes of finding "treasure" that they can buy low and sell high. Once the dirty, dusty "treasure" is found, an actual sale [wholesale of course] takes place with "horse trading on price". Instead of an expert opining on value, an actual market value is present in the form of an actual sale price.
I have never seen any coins at all on any of the show's episodes.
Have you?
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They seem to have interests in other collectibles (motorcycles, tin signs and antique toys seem to get their attention).
That doesn't mean they'd pass up coins, but I'd think the chances of finding coins where they look is slim.
The tall skinny guy is annoying BTW.
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All I can say is there was a better show in the UK called Bargain Hunt and I don't know what ever happened to it. The format for Bargain Hunt was better-
Teams in groups of two people basically go to an Antique show- (Fair as they say across the pond) and a so-called expert tags along with them and then what they buy is auctioned shortly thereafter- they are limited to 200 pounds-
I do not recall seeing coins but it was interesting and the concept would have been big here if someone chose to do it
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<< <i>I've yet to see them score some coins.
They seem to have interests in other collectibles (motorcycles, tin signs and antique toys seem to get their attention).
That doesn't mean they'd pass up coins, but I'd think the chances of finding coins where they look is slim.
The tall skinny guy is annoying BTW. >>
+1, that guy has major ego. The stuff they find is usually crapola IMO. Stuff they seem to cater to hippies who like to overpay for nostalgic type of items for decor as opposed to things of seriouos collectible value.
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<< <i>I have seen afew shows-
All I can say is there was a better show in the UK called Bargain Hunt and I don't know what ever happened to it. The format for Bargain Hunt was better-
Teams in groups of two people basically go to an Antique show- (Fair as they say across the pond) and a so-called expert tags along with them and then what they buy is auctioned shortly thereafter- they are limited to 200 pounds-
I do not recall seeing coins but it was interesting and the concept would have been big here if someone chose to do it >>
Ive watched both shows , American Pickers can't really be compared to bargain hunt , it's two different animals i think.Going out knocking on strangers doors with no idea what might be in the barn and going to an auction are not alike at all in my own opinion.The British Antiques roadshow is better than the US version though as i don't think the estimates on the US show are anywhere near realistic.In the UK they seem to enjoy telling folks they have a lump of keech : )
I might be the only UK'er who thinks the US version of the Office is infinately better than the UK's so i might be completely wrong about all the above.
I've seen probably close to all of the episodes and thus far no coins.
Now, Storage Wars has had an episode already with a box full of stuff. I think among the stuff was a can with 500 silver quarters in it.
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One guy brought in a little stash of Washingtonia stuff, tokens/buttons.
It was pretty valuable stuff and the bald pawn guy had his "expert" come in to authenticate the stuff prior to wheeling and dealing.
The UK show Bargain Hunt basically had two teams compete at the same antique show(fair) with a limitation of 200 pounds to buy stuff that they would have auctioned at an auction house shortly after purchase and the team that had the greatest return would win.
There is a difference that is worth mentioning here- going to a show (fair) and buying what is available is a big difference than knocking on doors and hitting some folks cold.
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