AMEICAN Pickers stars Robbie Wolfe and Jon Szalay have been accused of ripping off a seller for a vintage fire siren.
The History Channel series has been sharing throwback clips on social media in preparation for Season 26, which will premiere on October 15.
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Jon, 61, and his picking partner Robbie, the brother of Mike Wolfe, were seen meeting with a seller to check out his rare 1924 Ford Model T.
After the seller said it was a family heirloom he wasn’t interested in letting go, the duo switched gears and checked out what else he had in his shed.
“Jersey” Jon quickly showed interest in a vintage siren that was so large he couldn’t “wrap his head around the size of it.”
They dragged out the double-sided, cast iron piece, which was previously placed on top of a building to give a community an important alert.
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The American Pickers star noted the piece’s early electric motor, which he guessed was from the 1920s.
The seller said his father was in a volunteer fire department, and the siren had come off the Richland Township Fire Hall.
After saying only a “limited scope” would be interested in purchasing the siren, Jon offered the seller $250 and said it would only make “50 bucks at a scrap yard.”
The seller countered $400 before agreeing to meet the reality star halfway at $300.
The clip was shared on Facebook, where some fans thought the pickers had cheated the seller.
“Hey guys let’s rip them off,” someone commented.
Similar sirens have been sold for over a thousand dollars, with one currently going for $1,400 at a world-famous pawn shop.
Other smaller fire horns are selling for upwards of $850.
CAN’T WALK AWAY
While they may have low-balled the seller, another throwback clip recently shared by the series had the stars dropping some serious cash on another rare find.
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The moment showed Jon and OG picker Mike, 60, heading out to California hoping to find some antique gems.
While checking out one seller’s lot, they spotted a motorcycle on top of a pole and wanted to take it down for further inspection.
“This four-cylinder motorcycle is one of the rarest motorcycles in the world,” Jon noted.
“We’re not gonna walk away from this chassis on a pole!”
After Mike asked his partner if he was interested in the bike, Jon responded, “It’s amazing that we had an opportunity to even find this bike in the wild.
“You just don’t see these things. It’s surreal,” he added.
Mike hesitantly offered $10,000 before Jon tacked on an extra $2,000.
The boys sealed the deal with a counter of $12,200.
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AWAITING OCTOBER
American Pickers fans won’t have to wait much longer for new episodes of the long-running reality picking series.
Last month, Robbie revealed that American Pickers would be returning on October 15.
He uploaded an Instagram photo of himself with the show’s film crew as they sat on the front porch of a cabin.
“Filming another new season of American Pickers,” Robbie wrote as he confirmed the premiere date and told fans he would “see them soon.”
The new season follows the show’s rocky Season 25, which was met with up-and-down ratings this spring.
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Despite a rocky season, The U.S. Sun exclusively revealed that American Pickers was renewed for three more years in May.
“They are filming, they just got back from Louisiana,” a source revealed at the time.
“They’re filming for Season 26 and they have signed on for three more years” they added.
Series creator Mike stars on the show alongside Robbie, Jon, and Danielle Colby, 48.
The reality series premiered in January 2010 and was met with exceptionally high ratings.
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