I don't know why I was surprised, but I was surprised in any event, to learn none are compensated for their appearances. Loose lips sink ships and all that I presume. They don't generally talk much about the show to those outside the show. I know several of the people who do the clocks on ARS US version fairly well. I wonder how many units they have to buy to be able to show the ones with anything worthwhile or if they preselect them? I find that the people featured are rather obnoxious, vindictive and just plain annoying. The buyers know nothing about antiques or collectibles and neither are some of the antiques and collectibles experts who appear on the show. Talk about buying the proverbial pig in a poke. I've met other dealers from the Midwest who were not charitable in their opinions. He was very careful not to say much about them. By the way, it wasn't a favorable outcome. A # of times I had a booth across the aisle from a dealer who knew the pickers and in fact appeared on their show once to appraise an item they bought. They once visited a wonderful clock collection and Frank (also sometimes called "The Little Guy") became enthralled with a POS combination pot metal figural lamp with a cheap clock in the base.and it was broken.īefore the Pandemic, I did a show NH Antiques Week in Concord, NH. The American Pickers walk by real antiques to by a piece of rust. Really makes one wonder how accurate their are in their evaluations on other items? Anyhow, he didn't recognize the building and called it some sort of a Federal building. For those clocks, I believe that the images were printed on a thin card or paper and placed behind the glass. The lower tablet was a picture of Mount Vernon. The throat glass was decorated with a portrait of Washington. I thought it was a cheap brand of clock from the 1930's? He said that the company was founded in 1848? I don't know. There was then a pop-up saying that the violin clock was invented by Simon Willard. The evaluation that the son, Corey, gave was stunning. On this particular episode, someone brought in a 1930's 1/2 sized banjo clock marked "Plymouth" on the dial. It might be anything from a NE Patriots Super Bowl ring to a range of collectibles and antiques. They evaluate the object, sometimes with the help of an expert they call in, appraise it and then they bargain over the price.Ī range of things are brought in. One of the members of the staff who might be a member of the Harrison family who own the shop (Rick, the dad, or Corey, his son) or someone nick named Chumley. People bring things in to mainly sell, occasionally to pawn. Just for those who might not be familiar with the show, it's a so called "reality show" about a family owned pawn shop in Las Vegas named "Gold and Silver". I just happened to be watching the History Channel show "Pawn Stars".
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