Do the American Pickers on t.v. receive a salary?

Answer 1

Of course they do this is all staged they don't really just wonder upon these places their producer Jeff Eggleston calls a small city to see who may have any antiques then after contacting them wants pictures of every nook and cranny every item with the prices you want, they want to negotiate everything before they ever arrive at your place. after spending over a week of emailing hundreds of pictures, and a biography of people they are suppose to be picking from, With out pre negotiations on prices with the producer , they decide not to even show up . The show is staged from them finding a hidden treasure in a sea of junk, to even negotiating their own deals.