Frank From American Pickers – Frank Fritz was born on 11 October 1965, in Iowa USA, to Bill and Susan Fritz. Frank attended Sudlow Intermediate high school. He proceeded to Bettendorf High School from where he matriculated in 1982. Instead of furthering his education, young Frank entered directly into the workforce. In 1987 Frank became a fire inspector a profession her dedicated 25 years of his life for. From his youthful age, frank developed the habit of collecting things. This habit saw him compile an impressive collection of firehouse ornaments and tidbits that he found while on the job as a firefighter. He suddenly realize how lucrative this habit was when he sold one of the items from his collections for $475.
Frank Fritz, his friend Mike Wolfe and roller derby star turned picker, Danielle Colby starred in the History Chanel show premiered on 18 January 2010. The show had a record viewership of over 3.1 million viewers on its very first episode. The show follows events that take place in Antique Archaeology, This unique team of fun-seekers works together to pick up leads and promising locations, with Mike and Frank taking to the road to bring back a bounty.
Frank From American Pickers – Due to the nature of the work, sticking to a plan was not always possible as they have to explore barns, homes, outbuildings, and other locations hoping to find the perfect piece. Frank Fritz has also featured in various spin-offs from the show, including “American Restoration” in 2011. His fame also gave him the opportunity to voice his own character in “American Dad” in the 2017 episode “Family Plan”. The sudden weight loss of Frank Fritz raised a lot of eyebrows as most of his fans attributed it to dietary and lifestyle choices but Frank came up to reveal his long-term battle with Crohn’s disease.
Fank had been with the disease for over 30years managing it to the best of his ability before now. Fritz has co-starred alongside Mike Wolfe and Danielle Colby appearing in more than 300 episodes before bowing out of the show due to his feud with Mike. but before now the duo had collected a handful of antique cars and motorcycles as we sample some of them below.
The Holyoke, Massachusetts Experience
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Frank From American Pickers – All that frank and Mike needed was just the right information regarding the location of anything antique. Who would have thought that their visit to Holyoke, Massachusetts, home of Paper City Brewery in 2013 was not to buy any old craft beer-making supplies but to inspect Jay and Jon Hebert’s collection of classic motorcycles in the company’s mill building.
With dozens of bikes on display, Frank and Mike went home with five motorbikes that include a 1939 four-cylinder, a 1938 “rat bike,” and a 1947 sidecar-enhanced model which were Indian-made bikes in nearby Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1953. A 1932 Harley-Davidson and a 1959 Harley K bike completed the tally of five bikes in total. The duo spent $62,000 on this collection which the Heberts promptly re-invested the money in their brewery.
The Zundapp RS 750 motorcycle and sidecar
Paying attention to detail pays off in the picking business as no investment in it is wasted. This is the very reason rust does not deter them from picking what is most valuable to them. During the beginning of the tenth season, Lady Luck was with Mike and Frank when they found a 60-year-old bike (an Eisenhower-era motorcycle) with an attached sidecar.
This German motorcycle with a sidecar cost the pickers $10,000 with an additional $1,000 for shipment. After it was restored by our pickers, a Georgia vintage motorcycle shop took it off their hands for $18,000 a very good return on investment.
1935 Auburn Phaeton 653
Frank Fritz and Mike Wolfe obviously love all kinds of antiques but with a special affinity for rare cars manufactured by companies that are obsolete. During the season 12 episode, the duo stumbled on an exceptionally scarce 1935 model of Auburn Phaeton 653 which was the last year of production on that particular automobile. It was a great find that the guys knew would score them a nice payday down the road.
They paid its owner $26,500 for the car, although it cost them another $1,000 to ship it back to American Pickers HQ, where they spent around $10,000 to make it look (and run) as good as new. It wound up with a value of $45,000, and after subtracting the $37,500 in costs, that makes for a tidy profit of $7,500.
1933 Ford Coupe found under a tree
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This story begins in April of 2017 when “American Pickers” was in the midst of its 17th Season on History. Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz went out, as usual, to make some collections at central Washington. They stumbled at a former body shop packed to the ceiling with an old car and motorcycle parts dating back decades but surprisingly they were not impressed at all with what they saw so they took a tour around the vicinity only to discover a dilapidated yet entirely salvageable 1933 Ford Coupe Just beyond the tree line.
After inspecting it and learning that its original dashboard and grill are still around and in fair condition, they ultimately chose to buy it for $14,000. Of course, that meant they had to remove it from its arboreal resting place, which they eventually managed to do with only minimal.
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