Photos by Drew
American Pickers is a favorite show of mine, though sometimes I think I like it mostly because the guys are located in Iowa, and all the scenes of their white van driving on very very flat roads through cornfields reminds me of where I grew up in Illinois. I like the antique hunting aspect of it too though. I imagine that all those sorts of treasure hunting shows are staged to an extent, but American Pickers always seems a bit less so, and it’s always fun to see what crazy old hoarders in the country have stored away in their barns.
The season premiere was on the other night and it was all about the Pickers’ trip to Tennessee and their hunt for a store building in Nashville, and it made me remember that I had a bunch of pictures from a trip we took there a few months ago. When Drew and I were with my mom at the Loveless Cafe we started talking about American Pickers, and my mom told us that one of the guys, Mike (the excitable one), supposedly has a house around Leiper’s Fork now and that Antique Archaeology opened up a store in Nashville. So as soon as we finished our biscuits we went to see it.
The store is inside an old brick car factory from the 1900s, and since we happened to go on a weekend it was pretty packed with tourists buying t-shirts and show souvenirs. But there were lots of antiques for sale too, including things we’d seen on the show (that Hopalong Cassidy sweater made an appearance on the latest episode). Some of it expensive, some of it not; I didn’t buy anything but I imagine that if I lived nearby I’d be going there a lot just to see what made it in from my favorite episodes.
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I haven’t gotten there yet! I have to go soon.
I have seen Mike though. Coming out of his house in Leiper’s Fork. I had a moment. lol ;o)
You really do have the best Nashville area celebrity sightings! Still jealous about the time you saw Karen Elson. : )
amazing! I watch that show in Australia, and I love it too :)
man love these pictures, esp the draws and the weird doll! xx
inspiring :)
These pictures are amazing!
It’s so inspiring!
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How exciting, a friend and I are planning to road trip to Iowa in the near future to visit their original store. I wonder how many people pilgrimage there now due to the show? Do they also sell a lot of small items? It’s good to know that they have inexpensive pieces too.
How awesome! I’d love to go to the store sometime! I wish I was on the American Pickers Team!
They get such great stuff!
I love stuff like this. Um, that sweater is so weird and cool.
That is awesome! I LOVE American Pickers!
Just got back from the Nashville store I really thought it would have more to look at and buy, but the girl working said they had sold alot at the grand opening Saturday. So I will come back….wish yall well in Nashville!!!!! Solon
Love it. I watch American Pickers all the time, and being from Iowa, I love it even more! I still have not had the chance to roadtrip to their shop here, but I would love to some day!
does that sweater really say $250? amazing
WHAT TREASURES!!! amazing.