It started here at my granfathers gas station. That's him by the tanker, my Uncle is by the pump. When I was a kid I lived here growing up. My mom would know where I was all of the time. When I was a teenager it was cars and hot rods in our garage and then started to keep oil cans and old tin tackers. I've been on the dark side for a long time but really slowed down on collecting over the past few years not so much because of prices but more to lack of space. Still love this stuff today as much as when I was a kid.
Les, awesome picture and story!!!! Were is that building? Is it still there?
For me, sad to say in a way, but it was American Pickers that showed me that this existed as a hobby. It is my love of 19th century America that drives me to love this stuff and to collect.
It's prices (which have easily doubled in my 8 yrs in the hobby) and people wanting to retire on every piece they sell that has slowed my love for it all.
