American Pickers !!!!!

Hey guys, Look who paid my 'mechanic' friend a visit today! Been holding on to this secret for over a week and today it came true.
The guys from the cable tv show on the History Channel
"American Pickers" were actually here in High Point,NC today, March 11,2010 !!

WOW! Great guys too! My friends parents,left him their Antique Shop, the dad just passed away at Christmas, his Mom passed about 5 years ago.
I had e-mailed them about a month ago, and asked since they were out and about to look for me a flag staff for the 'ole Skylark and had mentioned my frind's inheritence.
My friend mentioned to me about 2 weeks ago, Hey,Guess who called me. I told him, American Pickers, and his jaw dropped. He said how do you know they called me. I just grinned. But he said they were gonna be in touch. So he tells me Tuesday the 9th, that they're coming Thursday. I figured "they" wouldn't be here. But at 9 am this morning they pop out of an RV that was parked behind our work at CarQuest. His shop is next door to us and he rents a building beside of it just full of antiques.
Well they picked till noon, went to eat, then went to the parents house for 3 hours, then came back to his shop and started doing the 'interview' taping for the show and I walked over there.
Just minding my own business, not thinking I'd get to talk to them, Mike Wolfe does his little thing and then walks over to me and starts talking to me!
He asks me about my friend, Charlie, and the discussion leads to, well we found out about him in an e-mail someone sent them. I just smiled real big and he said- No Way! You sent that e-mail! I told him yes, and the next thing out of his mouth was- You've got a SWEET Boat!.
He remembered that e-mail from a month ago, just because of the SWEET Correct Craft. He says they're right next to the Mississippi, and he grew up loving the old wooden Chris Crafts and Correct Crafts!
He just couldn't believe that I was standing there of all people who turned them on to this particular 'Pick'

He said for me to call this number he gave me, ask for Danille, the girl we see on TV with them, leave her my contact numbers, because he has 2 Chrome Flag Staffs back at the shop in Iowa, and he'll personally send me pics of them to see if he has what I need, and then we'd deal from there. If not, he'll be sure and start looking for me when they're out 'Picking'

Man was I floored! Here's a couple of pics, and you'll notice the Race Car Body back there too! They said that was cool and would be nice for their shop! So that's how my day went!

Sounds like a chrome flag staff is in your future!
Way to go

Marty....thats is AWESOME!! I recorded the series on my DVR after catching an episode one day. Came back Monday and there were 6 of em! I stayed up till 2 watching...I'm hooked!!!

I think I'll have to stop by their shop sometime since they're in Iowa. Maybe we can get them to deliver your flag staff to the Midwest reunion this year and do a feature on Correct Craft Fan!?

MartyMabe wrote: WOW! Great guys too!

Well I had to shoot them an email since I'll be in the area in May. Told them about the web picking vultures on CCF and the great community here. Within 5 min Mike Wolfe sends me a message back. Very cool guys indeed! We'll have to get them to an event this year and show em a good time...CCF style!

ha, good for you, Marty...I watch every episode,btw, they should of brought the chick along....shes not to bad, maybe they would trade something for her lol, I watch the pawn guys to and sit and wonder about those guys, A guy will bring in a 1757 gun from that era, you know he'll let it loose for 500 bucks and they bring in an expert who says its worth 15k and then they will buy it for 10k, I dont get that part....you chisel it from the guy first then bring the expert in later....

Marty,
This is so cool!! When are they going the air the episode? Did they buy anything?

Yeah, What they said. Im Hooked Pickers, Pawn Stars, Ax Men...
bj

That is so cool Marty!   My wife and I love that show... do you think you may show up in the episode?

Good luck w/ the flag staffs Marty. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.

Nova Wagon Marty?

Pickers and Pawn Stars. If I'm channel surfing and hit either of those shows, it's all over, I'm locked in. Last week on Pawn Stars, Chumley was cleaning the warehouse. They found a bronze 14" Erte' statue that was pawned for $200. The old man said he took it in two years prior. It was valued at $4000-$7000. The weird thing was, the statue looked familiar. I then realized that my mom has the same statue. There were 500 of them made.

Well at 9 am Tuesday the 16th, they're back for some more 'pickin'!
Charlie has 3 buildings and his parents house that is full of antiques.His parents brought a lot of stuff back from England and also Charlie's dad was a D-Day Soldier- he's got all kinds of guns and swords!

Eric, send me an e-mail so I can send you some pics on that car.
It's a Borgward Isabella Station Wagon. Got knobs on the door panel for the wing windows.

and probably 15k an episode each

81nautique wrote: I don't think the pickers are getting rich but that pawn shop sure does some business.

I think the pickers just love what they do....pretty cool to see them travel around and do what they love.

lavine9153@roadrunner.com or darrin2078@verizon.net
thanks, it looked like a Nova and i wlaways wanted to build a Nova wagone