BOYERTOWN – The American Pickers themselves, Frank Fritz and Mike
Wolfe, spent the better part of Wednesday picking through Kevin Zimmers’
warehouse and storefront for treasure.
Kept a well-guarded secret by Zimmers and his family, the camera
crewspositioned themselves outside of Zimmers Pets to film an episode of
the popular History Channel show in the hopes of catching television
magic in Boyertown.
Zimmers found out his collection would be featured in an upcoming episode last Friday.
“The producer called me and said I’d been chosen as one of the ‘Pick Stops,’” he said.
This should not come as surprising news for anyone who has seen his
amassed treasure; in all, Zimmers has an additional 12 trailers full of
items in addition to his storefront “museum” that he has been collecting
since he was 10 years old. He gained the desire to collect from his
grandfather, who had a collection of his own before he sold it all away.
“My grandfather told me when you buy something, make sure you like
it because if you can’t sell it, you’ll be stuck with it,” Zimmers said
Wednesday morning.
Holding up a copy of Amazing Fantasy No. 15, better known to comic book
collectors as the first appearance of Spider-Man, Zimmers said he was
confident Frank and Mike would be interested in buying the comic.
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