Surprising Things You Don’t Know About ‘American Pickers’

Published on 02/19/2017
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His First Home Was A Garage Sale Buy

Naturally, Mike Wolfe frequents garage sales since, they’re the ideal places to find valuable, overlooked items. Strangely enough, he purchased his first home at a garage sale. During his interview with Fast Company he revealed, “This guy was having a garage sale, and I ask him what he wanted for it [the house], and he goes, ‘I want 60K.’ I looked around and go, ‘You know what, I’ll take it.’ It wasn’t my dream home, it wasn’t the place I was going to die, but I saw an opportunity.”

His First Home Was A Garage Sale Buy

His First Home Was A Garage Sale Buy

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