Calling it a documentary series is like saying that michael moore makes documentaries instead of propaganda films. Pickers is just another scripted reality show and they screw it up like all the others with the drama of personal conflict. The funniest thing is when they chisel someone down and then at the end of the show boast how much they made off an item.
I was a picker/antique furniture restorer when I was younger. Just like Antique Stores, Pawnbrokers, Music Stores, etc., You only pay half of what you expect to sell it for. That used to bug me sometimes, but that is the way the business runs. I laugh when Rick says, “Well, I have to get it framed, and it’s going to take up a lot of wall space.”