Things of Value You Might Have in Your Garage

Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz, the American Pickers on the History Channel, travel from barn to outbuilding across the United States looking for secondhand treasures to buy and resell. In their new book, American Pickers Guide to Picking (Hyperion, $24.99), the two offer a list of money-fetching brands to look for. Are any of these in your attic or garage? If so, find an appraiser at the American Society of Appraisers (appraisers.org).

Bikes: Columbia, Elgin, Gormully & Jeffery, Orient, Star, Victor/Victoria,Schwinn

Above: Green Schwinn Bicycle

Toys: Dinky, Gottschalk, Gunthermann, Keystone, Marklin, Schuco, Steiff, Wilkins

Above: Dinky truck

Cars: Cadillac Roadster, Chevelle, Ford Fairlane and Galaxie, Nash, Plymouth, Rolls-Royce, Studebaker,

Above: 1929 Cadillac 341 Roadster

Motorcycles: BSA, Excelsior, Flying Merkel, Harley-Davidson, Honda, Indian, Kawasaki

Above: Indian

Signs and Mascots: the blue greyhound from Citizens 77, the Exxon tiger, Pegasus from Mobil gas, the red American Indian from Pontiac, the yellow shell from Shell, the dinosaur from Sinclair, the red star from Texaco

Above: The red star from Texaco