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Scott Benjamin just told me that somebody stole 3 globes from Wes Nilson in Indiana. They are:

Single insert Martin's Super Regular
Metro on capco
Pure on capco

Keep a close watch on Craigs List, eBay and locally.
Call Wes Nilson if you see something 219-362-8600

That's a shame to hear! Thank you American Pickers.....

We have already contacted all the local pawn shops and antique stores! They messed his van up also as they were trying to steal it!

WOW... Wes had all 3 globes at Peotone for sale. He had 2 Martin globes complete.
Well keep an eye out!

What a-holes. Hope they get caught!!! My eyes are peeled!!!!

Really?

Wow, that's too bad to hear. Too close to home. I will keep an eye out as well.

Ryan

Please explain.

I think what he is getting at is that with the popularity of american pickers there are more people with the thought that this stuff is very valuable, even common stuff.

I have customers that come into my office every week (20+ globes, tons of signs, cans, pumps, ect) and say that american pickers should come here, because I have a gold mine.

With the popularity of many of these new shows, theft might start to happen more, I certainly hope not.



In the mean time, I will keep my eyes peeled for the stolen globes, I absolutely hate thieves (and hate is a very strong word that I rarely use).

Sorry to hear about it. We had a couple of nice visible pumps stolen in our town from a guys yard. They found the pumps a few years later but the police wouldnt do anything about it.

Ryan, I figured that's what he was getting at but blaming American Pickers for some else's wrong doing is ridiculous.
Tom said they tried to steal the van. Pretty hard to make the connection to the pickers on that! The blame belongs solely with the low lifes that committed the crime!!!! Shows like American Pickers will keep allot of stuff we collect from going to the landfill or scrap yard.

I couldnt agree more.

I wasn’t directly blaming the show for these globes being stolen, it sounds like they targeted the vehicle and yes it ultimately comes back on the criminal. BUT, thanks to this rash of rags to riches shows, Ala American Pickers, an entire new group of people (Including the dishonest) are being exposed to the value of many of our collectables. Yes, it may save some items from the scrap heap but at what expense to us, the COLLECTOR?

Gmstuff i see your point but like anything we own we have to protect it. Insurance, alarms, noisy neighbors, guns is what we need. criminals will be criminals and these deterrents only slow them down.
Remember my dad saying once... locks on doors are to keep honest people honest.

We're getting off the original topic but I'm much more concerned about the people in the hobby that are selling unmarked repros and fakes than I am about some crooks that happen to watch American Pickers.