JustPressPlay: Imagine if the Antiques Roadshow was more proactive. Instead of setting up tables in local convention centers it went out into people’s backyards, scavenged in the dark, murky attics and garages, and didn’t just offer appraisals. American Pickers is the Antiques Roadshow with a business sense; it’s out to buy stuff and convert each salvaged item to a sale.