The listing, American Pickers Guide to Picking by Libby Callaway Mike Wolfe Frank Fritz Danielle Colby Hardcover has ended.
A companion book to the History Channel show 'American Pickers', the book is a prescriptive guide to finding hidden gems and what the average person can do to find treasures, as well as the character's adventures "picking" across America. Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz are professional treasure hunters who make their living road tripping across the American countryside in search of the "rusty gold" to buy and sell. They don't deal in fine antiques. Their secondhand treasures are of the down-and-dirty - and sometimes even bizarre - variety. Old bicycles and vintage tools, sun-bleached cars and handmade furniture, retired carnival games and weird taxidermy are always on his shopping list. They buy on the cheap, assisted by Danielle Colby-Cushman, who helps run their business, Antique Archaeology - the price they offer a seller is determined by what they think they can get for it later - and then sell to dealers, collectors, interior designers, and anyone else looking for authentic Americana. The book includes the picking world's outrageous characters, from the eccentric collectors and obsessive stockpilers to the elite dealers, art directors, and interior designers who depend on these uncommon finds to lend a special touch to their own businesses.