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I heard that on tonights show the Pickers will be in North Carolina visiting with Thorton Beroth. Thorton is a good old boy that goes to the shows and has a great collection. I have seen him several times at Iowa, Columbia and Peotone and he probably goes to other places as well. Take the show for what it is worth but it will probably show some of Thortons great collection. I saw it once in person. Or I thought I did, I found out later he has a lot more than is on display in his old two story bank building.
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...can't imagine Thornton had anything in the Peckers' price range...
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I don't think the meaning of the post was to rehash that reality TV isn't really reality. We all know.
Turn the volumn off and check out the collection. It's fun to see people's collections, at least for me.
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Watched it SWEET collection!
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Great collection, Harley back lit is same as a 1920's ink blotter, I'd be nervous spending that kind of money on it.
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I personally thought the Harley back lit looked new......Anyone elses thought?
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My first thought seeing it was fake. IMO
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Great job Thorton!!! And by the way, Thorton doesn't do "fake", so if he says it's real then you can take it to the bank (no pun intended).
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Thorton is a really nice man. Always congenial. First met him I'm 1990 at IG.
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...this might come as a surprise to some of you  but I didn't bother to watch last night, because I can't stand the 'stars' of that show, or the contrived format...I've been fortunate enough to be able go to Thornton's to see his collection a couple of times...I suppose if you watched it with the sound off and managed to turn away from the set when the Peckers were on screen, it might have been of some value... ...personal feelings for Thornton aside, IF the sign shown in the Worthpoint auction linked above is the same sign from American Peckers, it's a fake full of computer-set type...
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I was waiting for Mark to chime in as I respect his opinion on screen printing. My first thought was its a pure fantasy piece. The font of Harley Davidson looked too new. Makes for some good TV though,don't you think their "expert" should have known?
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I've know Thorton for about 15+ years and he's a great guy to deal with. He's always threaded us fair over the years.. That aside the sign is 100% fake.. It's a late 20's logo on a 50-60's light box.. not mention the lettering, defiantly not from the 20's... It's a shame that they could air something like that on tv, just goes to show they have no idea what there doing on that show...
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I agree with john. I regard marks opinion on font, typeset, lettering to be the pinnacle of our hobby. He really knows this stuff.
I too was thinking fantasy on the HD sign. Would be easier to determine if you could see the inside of the sign.
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