A close friend of mine is also a friend to a star of another show on Discovery, who I shouldn't publically name because of this inside info. But, his producers also know the pickers guys. He said Mike and Frank hate each other. They won't travel together anymore or speak to each other except on camera. Their "picks" are all pre-arranged by producers and they just fly in separately, do their filming, and get out.

My buddy also talked to those producers from Pickers about doing a show with him. It fell through, but what the producers talked about with him, I can tell you it is almost 100% staged. The negotiations on camera are completely phony. The deal is worked out by the producers, if they even actually buy it. Even the deals where they don't agree on the price is staged, which is what they wanted my buddy to do. They told him they wanted him to name an outrageous price on something and not come down on camera and the guys would pass on it.