I am totally with you Bruce, but it is entertaining as hell. I am addicted to that show and Pawn Stars, but I think a large majority of what they do is for the camera so that the real money making is done when the camera isn't rolling. Like on Pawn Stars, they would have never brought in a Expert to evaluate a coin the client wanted $100 for but ended up being worth $6000 if the camera wasn't present. Still it is amazing to see what people have in storage and have no understanding of the value. I am still waiting to see someone with that American style Metropolis poster walk in!!!! Todd Spoor Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®
-----Original Message----- From: Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]> Sender: MoPo List <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 05:57:27 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]> Subject: [MOPO] What do you think of American Pickers? I am no fan of Antiques Roadshow, as many of their "experts" are anything but, and many of the items they "discover" are likely planted and rehearsed, and of course there have been several cases of fraud and wild mis-identifications (repros identified as originals, etc). See * http://www.antiquetrader.com/article/at_inbox_antiques_roadshow_stop_not_worth_the_gas * for an article on this. Recently I got a chance to sit down and watch a bunch of episodes of American Pickers, and I came away with a similar sense of "unreality". These guys seem to always pay a somewhat fair percentage of retail, even when the people they are buying from have no clue of value. Everything is like "they paid $60, they can sell it for $100". You never see them make a "score" (buy something for pennies on the dollar), unless it is something they claim they know nothing about when they buy it. Not once do you see them privately say "This item is worth $1,000, but I can tell these people have no clue, so I am going to offer $50". Sometimes they drive 1,000 miles and then buy three items and make a couple of hundred bucks? Hmmm.... The show is entertaining, and the two guys are personable, but they are nothing like any of the real pickers I have encountered over the years. -- Bruce Hershenson and the other 26 members of the eMoviePoster.com team P.O. Box 874 West Plains, MO 65775 Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we take lunch) our site <http://www.emovieposter.com/> our auctions <http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
