The popular History Channel reality TV show American Pickers is coming to South Carolina and the Lowcountry in March and they want to know if you have some old junk at home to show them.
In a call ahead, the producer of the show, Sarah Perkins, said the show is looking for leads throughout the state, specifically interesting characters with interesting items and lots of them.
The popular show follows antique and collectible pickers Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz, who travel around the United States to buy or “pick” various items for resale, for clients, or for their personal collections.
Danielle Colby runs the office of Wolfe’s business, Antique Archaeology, from their home base in Le Claire, Iowa, and more recently at a second location in Nashville, Tennessee. As they hit the back roads from coast to coast, Mike and Frank are on a mission to recycle and rescue forgotten relics. Along the way, the Pickers want to meet characters with remarkable and exceptional items. The pair hopes to give historically significant objects a new lease on life, while learning a thing or two about America’s past along the way.
“The way we find people and collections for our show is through spreading the word far and wide so that people know we’re coming to town,” Sarah said. “So, we would love to spread the word about our upcoming trip in your area.”
“Please keep in mind, we are looking for different, unusual, and unique items too – something we’ve never seen before and with an interesting story.”
The show is looking for old private collections here in the Lowcountry and Beaufort SC as well as throughout the state and reminds everyone that Mike and Frank only pick private collections so NO stores, malls, flea markets, museums, auctions, businesses or anything open to the public.
If you are interested in being on the show and having your old relics “picked” by Mike and Frank, you can contact the show at 1-855-OLD-RUST.
You may remember last March when Mike vacationed in Beaufort SC and had lots of fantastic things to say about our town.
Here’s our Facebook post from March, 2020.
Mike Wolfe from the hit show American Pickers was seen in Beaufort yesterday on vacation taking photos and touring…
Posted by Explore Beaufort, SC on Monday, March 16, 2020
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