His Story
In 2005, Dave Hester was arrested for a DUI charge, and he was given community service hours to serve at his local Goodwill. While working there, he worked with donated items being resold, and once he completed his hours, he continued in the line of business, changing his furniture store to an antique thrift shop.
Storage Wars vs. Antiques Roadshow
Marsha Bemko, Antiques Roadshow executive producer had some harsh words for Storage Wars. She said: “Storage Wars is merely an entertainment show that adds more interest in Antiques Roadshows’ more honest appraisal process. Is it really reasonable to think that someone on ‘Storage Locker Wars’ is going to find a $100,000 item that somebody left in a storage locker?”