'American Pickers' To Film In Anne Arundel County: Report

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD — A business leader said "American Pickers," a TV show on the History Channel, will film an episode in Anne Arundel County. The show features two thrifters who collect antiques around the country to sell in their own shops. The crew will come to town in April, the official informed, and they are looking for unique places to shop.

Patch recently partnered with several local organizations to bring you their latest news. This guest contribution comes from the Anne Arundel Chamber of Commerce. Here's what President and CEO Mark Kleinschmidt wrote about "American Pickers":

"As the President of the Chamber, every now and then I get an unusual phone call or email. That was the case last week, when I got a call from the producers of a hit TV [show] that runs on the History Channel. So if you like antiques, unusual artifacts and “rusty gold” have I got a deal for you!

Since 2010, the History Channel has been running a show called, American Pickers. The show features Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz, who travel around the United States to buy or "pick" various items for resale. If you have not seen the show, you need to check it out. It is like a mini-history lesson about the town they visit and the antiques they find.

Mike and Frank and the whole American Pickers crew [are] coming to Anne Arundel County in April and they are looking for places to visit and to “pick”.

American Pickers is a documentary series that explores the fascinating world of antique “picking”. Mike and Frank, who have unique and quirky personalities, are on a mission to find sizeable, unique collections and learn the interesting stories behind them. Most of the items they find are then resold in one of their antique shops. Their company is Antique Archaeology, and they have a store in Le Claire, Iowa and a store in Nashville, Tennessee.

They have traveled coast to coast, from small towns to large cities and now they will be looking for unique collections of what some folks may consider junk right here in Annapolis. They view the items they pick as valuable inventory that they can resell. Each show is its own little adventure as Mike and Frank explore people's homes, barns, sheds, outbuildings, and other places where they have stored antiques and collectibles. This is how they explain what they do:

“We are pickers. We travel the back roads of America looking to buy rusty gold.
We look for amazing things buried in people's garages and barns. What most people see as junk, we see as dollar signs. We'll buy anything we think we can make a buck on. Each item we pick has a history all its own. And the people we meet? Well, they're a breed all their own.
We make a living telling the history of America...one piece at a time”.

In April the show will be coming to Annapolis and they are looking for interesting places to visit and “pick”. So, if you or someone you know has a large private collection of antiques or “stuff” that the Pickers can spend some time checking out[,] they want to hear from you. You can contact them by calling 855-OLD-RUST or by e-mail at americanpickers@cineflix.com

Mark Kleinschmidt is the President and CEO of the Anne Arundel Chamber of Commerce located in Annapolis, MD."

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