PHOTO American Pickers’ Antique Archaeology wish list flyer

In pretty much every episode of History’s popular American Pickers reality show we get to see Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz do a little “freestyle pickin’,” which essentially means driving around and looking for yards, sheds, buildings, gullies, or whatever with lots of “junk” and pulling up in the driveway (often times risking life and limb via shotgun blast) to ask the owners if they had anything they are looking to sell.

Early in the conversation, either Frank or Mike (usually Mike – which makes sense because he just seems a little less shootable than Frank – ha!) pulls out the mythical Antique Archaeology “Wanted” flyer with a list of the kinds of items they are looking for.

Anyone who has watched a number of episodes knows some of the things on the list — old bicycles, oil cans, old toys, old motorcycles, oddball folk art, old signs, ANYTHING having to do with the Oddfellows (actually, that one may not be on the list, but we know Mike’s soft spot for that stuff!) — but what else is on there? It sure looks like a long list of things!

Thankfully, we now have an answer to that question! Mike recently tweeted a copy of the list — used, but in good condition — along with the words, “Here is the flyer we use on the show when we go #FreestylePicking on @americanpickers”

So, without further ado, here is the American Pickers “Wanted” flyer in all its glory followed by all of the items typed up by yours truly! (If you copy and paste the list for another site, show a little link love!)

Motorscooters: Vespa, Labretta, Cushman

Motorcycles

Early Furniture

Radios: Transistor/Tabletop

Old Toys: Tin, Windup, Cast iron

Fishing Items: Lures, Reels

Vending Machines: Coke, Candy, Gumball

Oil Bottles

Pinball Machines

Old Movie Posters

Musical Instruments

Early Game Boards

Advertising Items

Airstream Trailers

Taxidermy Animals

Early Mouse Traps

Early Boy Scout Items

Bicycles

Cap Guns

Old Bowls

Chairs

Cast Iron

Pottery

Pedal Cars

Wagons

Doorstops

Shell Boxes

Decoys

Toy Boats

Old Signs

oil Cans

Rugs

Lamps

Clocks

Jugs

Crocks

Trunks

Oil Paintings

Wagon Wheels

Old Dolls

Telephones

Graniteware

Old Bottles

Juke Boxes

Folk Art

License Plates

B B Guns

Pedal Tractors

Photographs

Military Items

Wood Carvings

Early Halloween

Christmas Items

Windmill Weights

There you go! So the next time two affable dudes show up in your driveway in a slick Mercedes van looking for stuff to buy, you’ll have a head start! (I must have missed a few episodes because I have no idea what the heck windmill weights are!)

New episodes of American Pickers air Monday nights at 9/8c on History. They also show reruns all the time, just check History’s American Pickers website for listings!

Asa Hawks is a writer and editor for Starcasm. You can contact Asa via Twitter, Facebook, or email at starcasmtips(at)yahoo.com