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What is it?

What is it? What's it worth? Have you seen the number of shows that follow a similar theme to American Picker?   They are meant to be, I'm guessing,  the next step beyond (or down from)  Antiques Roadshow.   People hit the road to track down a barn full of junk that just may have something of value buried within, or they bid on packed storage sheds in the hopes that they are filled with precious, resale-able stuff. That's a big part of what Mike did for a living although they didn't make a TV show about his working life.  Back then, lots of folks would have called him a junk dealer.  He and his partner had a motorcycle shop that repaired, restored, and sold antique American made motorcycles.  Probably the bulk of the business was selling parts to anyone who was looking to restore their own vintage bike.  That meant hunting down those parts to have on hand. It's not that glamorous.  I can remember spending an entire da...