The American Pickers Client Who Boasts His Own ‘Cabinet Of Curiosity’ – Looper

It is safe to say that Mike hardly undersold the state of his cabinet of curiosities. As his story goes, the lifelong collector apparently ran a museum of sorts for many years, and when the museum closed, most of the artifacts inside simply made their way home with him. Mike Wolfe notes the unruly state of the space when he enters the house, admitting he and Frank Fritz essentially had to squeeze in the front door before adding, “We get in the house, and it’s packed.” 

To see the segment is to understand Wolfe’s assertion is a dramatic understatement. In fact, the boxes and pieces lining the walls are stacked so high, and unsteadily, one nearly topples over on the Pickers the moment they walk past. As Mike laughingly notes, catching boxes is “fairly normal procedure” in his home. And that home is indeed filled with all manner of odd artifacts, including a taxidermied hammerhead shark, numerous vases and kettles, and loads of bike-related antiquities. 

Seemingly overwhelmed by the man’s home, the trio chart off to Mike’s overflow storage space, which is a garage even more packed to the gills than his home. It’s there that Wolfe spots the one item in the collection he deems worthy of an offer — a super rare British motorcycle he offers upwards of £‎25,000 for. That’s roughly $30,000 U.S. dollars by today’s conversion rates, making it one of the bigger offers the “American Pickers” have ever made. Mike very politely declines the offer, however, making that particular pick a bit of a bust for Wolfe and Fritz.