Featured Videos, Photos & Interactives

  • Not For Sale
    Not For Sale

    Video Clip (1:32)

    The Pickers have found that some people are not quite ready to let go of their stuff.

    Video Clip (1:32)

  • Tractor Tour
    Tractor Tour

    Video Clip (2:22)

    Warren Paulson gives Mike and Frank a private tour of his tractor museum and provides a lesson on what it's like to be a longtime picker.

    Video Clip (2:22)

  • Pumpkin Festival
    Pumpkin Festival

    Video Clip (1:57)

    Mike and Frank attend the Pumpkin Festival to play games, taste great food and see some giant pumpkins.

    Video Clip (1:57)

  • Every Pick Has a Story
    Every Pick Has a Story

    Video Clip (2:03)

    For Mike and Frank, the story behind the pick is often a reward in itself.

    Video Clip (2:03)

  • What it Takes
    What it Takes

    Video Clip (1:58)

    Mike and Frank talk about a what it takes to be a picker.

    Video Clip (1:58)

  • Frank on Facebook
    Frank on Facebook

    Video Clip (1:17)

    Mike nudges Frank to take more of an interest in technology, but will he ever make it onto Facebook?

    Video Clip (1:17)

Full Episodes

  • American Pickers: Hobo Jack
    American Pickers: Hobo Jack

    Full Episode (45:00)

    As Mike and Frank feel the pressure to step up their game, they uncover lots of great stuff in Illinois-but not the big-ticket item they're looking for. Then their luck changes when they meet up with Hobo Jack in a hidden overgrown property. But will the guys find what they've been seeking beneath all the tarps and piles of junk?

    Full Episode (45:00)

  • Invisible Pump
    Invisible Pump

    Full Episode (43:32)

    Mike and Frank stumble upon a potential mega-pick in Northeast Iowa, but will it yield any treasures? They guys also explore an 1879 Illinois opera house that hasn't been touched since the 1930s.

    Full Episode (43:32)

  • Super Scooter
    Super Scooter

    Full Episode (45:00)

    Mike's and Frank's strategy of picking -- buying and negotiating -- becomes clear as they use a motorcycle sidecar part found at an earlier pick to help close the deal on a rare, valuable Vespa Ape scooter.

    Full Episode (45:00)

Featured Articles

  • What Is Picking?

    What Is Picking?

    Call it treasure hunting, dumpster diving, modern archaeology or recycling America. No matter how you define picking, this is definitely not your grandmother's antiquing.

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  • About the Series

    About the Series

    Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz are just two ordinary guys looking for extraordinary things. American Pickers follows them as they scour the country's junkyards, basements and barns for hidden gems.

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