American Pickers — Attraction in Le Claire Township

Anything you would want to buy is marked not for sale or Mike's personal collection. Took multiple things in to sell them as well including country music autographs which included Ernest Tubb and Hank Williams Sr. and they turned them down without even giving mike a call about them. All autographs were on Grand Ole Opry souvenir programs from the 1940's and were given to me by Ernest Tubb's great nephew Lucky Tubb. Never thought with all the trash I've seen bought on the show over the years that they would turn away some true country western legends autographs considering that they have a shop in Nashville. Ernest Tubb had a record store in Ft. Worth and another in Nashville. Their loss tho I ended up getting $450 just for Hanks autograph alone. Crazy they wouldn't even call or set an appointment to look at such iconic autographs from some of country music's pioneer...

Love American Pickers show so on our road trip we decided to make a little detour to the store. I'm glad we did.

There's two stores, the main building and garage building. Both are well curated with a large variety of picker merchandise (t-shirts, hats, magnets, drinkware, stickers, etc etc). They also have a large variety of antiques and oddities you can purchase. Some are "smalls" and can be had for a couple of dollars and others will put a dent in your pocket book. Some are not for sale so it's kind of like part gift shop, part antique store and part museum. Wide range of items, eras and topics.

Definitely worth a visit. Parking can be tight but we had a large travel trailer and parked down the block and walked. Go...

Was thrilled to see many items we watched them pick over the years. Several items for sale that weren't out of our price range for a take home souvenir. Staff was very friendly and chatty , answering all questions... we were told negotiated prices are approved by Mike himself unless he's unavailable. Then sister, Beth, is the negotiator..and we were excited she was in the store during our visit. Totally happy we went out of our way to make this stop...not to mention the two buildings are just off the street that runs alongside the Mississippi River!! Pretty cool. Pictured are my prizes ..a severely cracked cheese preserver that holds my Michigan rocks from this trip...and a cool Exit...