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[nottopbravo]

Did anyone catch this last night?

I thought the idea of giving each of the four teams a set amount of money, then having them buy the most valuable item is clever. It seemed the amount of stuff they had to choose from was overwhelming given the time.

Interesting take on "dealers" and "collectors".


And damn if the guy with the hat wasn't a ringer for Johnny Depp.

Edited by nottopbravo, Jul 12, 2012 @ 3:01 PM.

[ms imaginary]

Hubs and I watched it and thought it was pretty good. We enjoyed trying to figure out who'd made the best deals -- and were really surprised by the video game being worth so much! And yes, I noted the Johnny Depp resemblance. It was eerie.

[Aunt Nette]

I liked it -- interesting combination of American Pickers and Antiques Roadshow. However, I always wonder how the judges (here and on Antiques Roadshow) immediately know so much about every item right away. Do they sneak outside and Google "19th century sled beetle damage" on their phones?

[walnutqueen]

I watch all these kinds of shows - I like this one so far. Would love to see one of our resident TWoP experts compete and report back here.

And damn if the guy with the hat wasn't a ringer for Johnny Depp.

I got more of a Jack White vibe.

[nottopbravo]

immediately know so much about every item right away

Yes, this surprised me also. There is no way that they are not told ahead of time what items they will be looking at. At least on Antiques Roadshow, they specialize in certain areas of expertise (i.e. furniture--Keno brothers).

Last week, we had a look-a-like. This week, I know I've seen Brad (one of the contestants) on another reality show. Which one, memory eludes me right now.

[Aunt Nette]

I must say, I don't care for this new "hey, we've only got two hundred bucks but if you'll sell us this bed frame we'll weed your yard for half an hour" ploy. I think they should be forced to stick to whatever cash they have! (Although if it escalates to trading sexual favors for a rosewood tea caddy, that might be fun.)

[TV Whore]

watch all these kinds of shows - I like this one so far. Would love to see one of our resident TWoP experts compete and report back here.


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And damn if the guy with the hat wasn't a ringer for Johnny Depp.

I got more of a Jack White vibe.

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I agree with the Jack White more than Johnny Depp but in either event the guy was trying WAY too hard. Loving this show and totally volunteer to go on. That Pensacola estate sale in the super midcentury house looked great. I like when they trade stuff for new items more than "working" for them. I was confused because I thought the Russian-blonde-estate sale runner agreed to swap for the bed? But then the guys showed up at the end and they had the bed AND the other teak bench.

I like that you can tell the "pickers" are amateurs who just like stuff.

[nottopbravo]

I was confused because I thought the Russian-blonde-estate sale runner agreed to swap for the bed? But then the guys showed up at the end and they had the bed AND the other teak bench.

I backed it up three times and still couldn't figure out what was negotiated for what.

[brgjoe]

I also couldn't figure out just exactly how that swap went down. Maybe I should turn on closed captioning for this show. :)

Btw, in that earlier episode...the one with the Johnny Depp lookalike (I think his name is TJ), well I could have sworn he was on an episode of American Pickers. I think when Frank and Mike went to Detroit, they picked a photo booth from him. Sure looks like the same guy, anyway.

"Picked Off" is a lot better than I thought it would be. Will most likely keep on watching.

[nottopbravo]

Well I found out that Brad (who along with his sister) appeared in the last episode is Brad Orrison, who appeared on Food Network's "Best in Smoke". My understanding is he also will appear on CMT's new series "Strangers in Danger".

I knew I knew that face from somewhere. I also know I watch too much reality tv.

[wematanye]

"The Mandys" from last night... I wanted to reach through the screen and rip that stupid sequined "headband" off the darked-haired one's head. Also, calling your best-friend-since-you-were-six a "bitch" is gross. Finally, being a "picker" and not knowing that rubies are used in fine watches/clocks is just ridiculous. When one of them called the rubies "Lights?!?" they should've not been given the prize money on principle. I've never owned anything finer than a Swatch in middle school, and I knew about rubies in timepieces.

I kind of like this show, but I've only ever watched American Pickers and a few of the various auction and storage shows and I feel more knowledgeable than some of the "contestants".

[Aunt Nette]

The Mandys" from last night... I wanted to reach through the screen and rip that stupid sequined "headband" off the darked-haired one's head.

Amen! And offering a pedicure to help secure an item -- gross and silly. If I go to the Rose Bowl Swap Meet, nobody's going to let me give them a mani-pedi in exchange for a moose head.

Wow, that was some yard sale! Around here it's nothing but stained baby clothes and Tupperware. I wonder if the producers salted it with good items.

[wematanye]

Wow, that was some yard sale! Around here it's nothing but stained baby clothes and Tupperware. I wonder if the producers salted it with good items.

"Stained baby clothes and Tupperware" cracked me up! I've taken part in two yard sales, and that was the class of what was sold--CDs for $0.25 each and a box of men's XXXL tees for $5. Just trying to make a little scratch off stuff before giving up at the end of the day and hauling it off to Goodwill.

I didn't think about it, but it seems logical that the producers would put items at the yard sale. They've got to know what is being offered and the general valuation, and if there's nothing worth more than $100 (each picking team's starting money), wouldn't the producers have to place more valuable items?

Edited by wematanye, Jul 27, 2012 @ 10:51 AM.

[Kromm]

The audio/music supervisor for this show deserved to be slapped, then fired, then slapped again, then maybe pummeled to death.

This is a show about antique picking. It features a man talking to four couples in a barn before sending them out to look for old stuff. So the gigantic loud music cues, big booms and dramatic explosive reveal sounds? Make watching akin to driving a spike through your brain.

[TV Whore]

Btw, in that earlier episode...the one with the Johnny Depp lookalike (I think his name is TJ), well I could have sworn he was on an episode of American Pickers. I think when Frank and Mike went to Detroit, they picked a photo booth from him. Sure looks like the same guy, anyway.

The American Pickers you recall was the one where they sold the stuffed elephant head to JACK WHITE at his Nashville studio. Part of the sale was a trade for the photo booth from a music video he did. That's why this guy on Picked off looked familiar.

I totally expected the Mandy's to offer to blow first the guy with the beat up old refrigerator at the yard sale and then the gross guy with the sign they wanted so badly. I was so disgusted when they won -- just a fluke, I hope. And there is no way they had time to give that woman a manicure and pedicure at the yard sale.

I was pretty impressed iwth the Pensacola neighborhod yard sale too. What I can't figure out is where the heck is the barn that they are running all over Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi and getting back within the time limit??

[nottopbravo]

What I can't figure out is where the heck is the barn that they are running all over Florida,

From what I understand, the barn is Cumbest Sawmill in Cumbest Bluff (Jackson county).

[TV Whore]

Anybody still watching? Looks like you can't go wrong with Coca Cola collectibles....

[Totale]

Sure, it's OK. Better than Market Warriors, anyway, q.v.

[wematanye]

I'm still watching. It's summer and there's not much else on. (Thank heavens for Breaking Bad!) I was thankful there was no gimmicky headwear this week, after the sequined headband-of-many-positions and the terrible hot-pink wig plopped atop the head. Matching sweaty shirts worn two days in a row is enough to ID each team.

The dumpster divers, oy. See you in 20 years, dudes.

I maintain that these people are not the "experts" they purport to be. Choosing a mass-produced Japanese game? Not being able to tell between wood or plywood? Aren't those things more-or-less common sense and not even "picker" knowledge?

[Kromm]

Sure, it's OK. Better than Market Warriors, anyway, q.v.

Its a bit more "manipulated" however--which is part of the reason. The competitors are rank amateurs, unlike the embarrassingly bad so-called "pros" of Market Warriors, and so I do think there's some manipulation to help them out. Those "leads" are 90% of the show--even if the "free round" its rare they go outside of them, and its pretty easy to imagine there might be some hinting to the leads that they should play along a little bit, to make some good TV.

That said, I do think the RULES of the game are inherently better. Market Warrior's rules, because they end in an actual public auction, set them up to fail in the current economy. Picked Off's rules have a fairly generous and ideal appraisal done, however, and so that rewards the eye of the picker more than the combination of fate, luck and a broad understanding of market trends which may or may not have changed by the time the item goes to auction, which is how Market Warriors seems to work.

Also (although it doesn't really affect the "honesty" of the appraisals or the pick availability), there clearly are some geographical shennaningans going on in terms of the location of that barn. It seems to move wherever its needed.