American Pickers (again!)

American Pickers - what is it that draws me to this show?  Other than the charm and simplicity of the two and what they do:  finding pieces of american history in out of the way places. 

But a big part of the appeal is what they do above and beyond buying and selling.  In an episode I watched today, they were in California, and found a surf board shop to go in; they bought three surfboards, and then took them to the California Surf Museum to be appraised.  With the info they gained, they did well on two purchases of surfboards.  The last surfboard impressed the museum folks so much, that Frank and Mike donated the last Plastic Fantastic surfboard to the museum, because it belonged there, not in Iowa. 

So many folks these days would rather just keep the profit....

There's nothing better than a couple of "cobbers from Iowa" -- and its refreshing to see, to learn, to know that there are still people in the world who do the right thing.