American Pickers Paid $260 Apiece For These Coopered Columns – Looper

Perhaps another reason Mike Wolfe didn’t hesitate to take Mary up on her asking price is because the coopered columns were constructed with Cypress wood, which is known for its rot-resistant resiliency. “The fact that [the columns] are Cypress, they’re going to be around forever,” Wolfe said during the “American Pickers” segment. “These things are like [legendary Rolling Stones guitarist] Keith Richards. They’re going to outlast us all.”

While Wolfe has picked a myriad of items since “American Pickers” kicked off in 2010, he clearly displayed on the “Junk Market Junkie” episode that he has a special affinity for building items. “Anytime we find anything architectural, especially wood, we both geek out on it,” Wolfe noted, referencing himself and “Jersey” Jon Szalay.

Mary was happy with the sale because Wolfe and Szalay could make the columns “beautiful” and “be what they were meant to be” since she wasn’t able to herself. In addition to the coopered columns, Mary sold Wolfe a wooden vintage screen door and some wooden door frames with brass accessories attached to them for $275 total. While Wolfe and Szalay knew the doors were no longer functional, they saw value in them as decorative pieces.