It's all fake. They "picked" a guy I know and he said it was pretty fake.
He said first a guy from the history channel came out and took pictures of his collection and had him sign a contract. Then when the day came for Mike and frank to come they showed up in a huge rock star bus. Some other guy drove their van. They just drove it up his driveway for tv.
He also said that they bought everything off camera first then had a fake reanactment for the camera.
It's just like all the other tv shows on today with a bunch of fake drama.
@Jeff1928:
Had a really good laugh with my brother.
He saw something bought by the pickers on TV and he wanted it.
I bet him his price offer that he couldn't buy it.
He contacted them and they laughed at him, telling him that it was a show that he was watching and hardly any of the stuff was ever available for sale through them.
We used my winnings to go get drunk!
Win-Win situation!
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