The History Channel has made “picking” famous.
What is picking you ask? Picking in its very essence is finding treasures via other people’s trash.
Two people have made antique picking an American pastime: Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz. Through their show on the History Channel, American Pickers, the world was introduced (or re-introduced) to picking.
Mike and Frank, with the help of their assistant Danielle, travel all over the United States in great anticipation of finding treasures by sifting through people’s trash, which includes a lot of stored — even hoarded — stuff. They will go to great lengths to find the treasures, and then haggle over the price. It’s really entertaining to watch and their knowledge about antiques is very impressive.
One of the American Pickers, Mike Wolfe, has opened 2 U.S. based stores to share his finds with the world:
- One is in his home state of Iowa.
- The other is right here in downtown Nashville.
Both are called Antique Archaeology.
I have no plans of traveling to Iowa anytime soon, but Nashville… well that’s in my backyard!
Here’s what the Antique Archaeology Nashville store is like, if you haven’t been there yet.
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