Re: President of Chile's Packard on American Pickers

Posted by Joe Santana On 2019/6/12 9:37:35

In the beginning the show was about taking people because they didn't know the value of something. I think they must have received a lot of pushback from viewers, especially when they took a 90-something veteran and a kindly 85-year-old widow.

But I've watched a lot of episodes and to me it's about the long-time relationship of Mike and Frank, their styles of picking, and the people they meet, many of whom are tough old birds, male and female, negotiating on prices of things they have piled to the ceiling covered in rust and dust.

They don't show any real expertise is cars, so I never expect them to be accurate. Motorcycles and bicycles they know a lot more about than most people, so I find that interesting.

Their biggest pick, $90K, was right here in Oregon near Salem from a collection of a guy who never sold anything while he was alive.