Baggage Battles

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Baggage Battles
Starring
  • William Leroy
  • Mark Meyer
  • Valérie-Jeanne Mathieu
  • Laurence Martin
  • Sally Martin
Narrated byJake Kaplan
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes65
Original release
Network Travel Channel
ReleaseApril 11, 2012 (2012-04-11) –
March 17, 2016 (2016-03-17)

Baggage Battles is an American docu-reality series produced by The Travel Channel from 2012 until 2016. The first episode of the show was aired on April 11, 2012. Season 5 was produced in Canada for Travel Channel International and Canada's CMT Network.

Contents

Laurence and Sally Martin are also recurring appraisers on Storage Wars. William Leroy appeared once in Toy Hunter and Jordan Hembrough appeared three times on "Baggage Battles".

A spin-off focussing on William Leroy "Billy Buys Brooklyn", aired its first 20 episodes in 2021. Mark Meyer made an appearance in the first season.

Format

The program is related to lost baggage auctions, police auctions, and estate auctions. Season 5 features professional buyers Billy Leroy (an antique expert and dealer) who owned the famous Billy's Antiques on the Bowery in New York City, Val (a production designer and online store owner) and Mark Meyer (an eCommerce expert) traveling around North America searching for amazing finds to resell. Previous seasons of the series featured other buyers such as Laurence and Sally Martin, and Traci Lombardo. They often call experts/appraisers to evaluate the objects they have bought. Leroy started filming his new series Billy Buys Brooklyn on August 6, 2020, for Discovery channel. It premiered on Discovery plus in the UK on June 16, 2021.[ citation needed ]

Seasons

Season 1

Total #Episode #TitleLocationOriginal release date
1101"Miami" Miami, Florida April 11, 2012 (2012-04-11)
2102"London" London, England April 11, 2012 (2012-04-11)
3103"Indianapolis" Indianapolis, Indiana April 18, 2012 (2012-04-18)
4104"Atlanta" Atlanta, Georgia April 25, 2012 (2012-04-25)
5105"New Jersey" New Jersey May 2, 2012 (2012-05-02)
6106"Los Angeles" Los Angeles, California May 9, 2012 (2012-05-09)
7107"Scotland" Glasgow, Scotland May 30, 2012 (2012-05-30)
8108"Florida" Miami, Florida June 6, 2012 (2012-06-06)
9109"Vancouver" Vancouver, British Columbia June 27, 2012 (2012-06-27)
10110"NY Port Authority" New York, New York July 11, 2012 (2012-07-11)
11111"Toronto" Toronto, Ontario July 18, 2012 (2012-07-18)
12112"North Carolina" Archdale, North Carolina July 25, 2012 (2012-07-25)

Season 2

Total #Episode #TitleLocationOriginal release date
13201"Diamonds in the Rough" Brooklyn, New York November 14, 2012 (2012-11-14)
14202"Blast From the Past" Middleboro, Massachusetts November 14, 2012 (2012-11-14)
15203"Breaking the Bank" Atlanta, Georgia November 21, 2012 (2012-11-21)
16204"Man On Fire" Greensboro, North Carolina November 28, 2012 (2012-11-28)
17205"Cash Is King" London, England December 5, 2012 (2012-12-05)
18206"Knightwalkers" Dublin, Ireland December 12, 2012 (2012-12-12)
19207"Boy Toys" Greensboro, North Carolina December 19, 2012 (2012-12-19)
20208"Crate Expectations" Phoenix, Arizona January 9, 2013 (2013-01-09)
21209"Grand Theft Auto" Tampa, Florida January 16, 2013 (2013-01-16)
22210"California Scheming" Santa Cruz, California January 23, 2013 (2013-01-23)
23211"Eye For an Eye"Toronto, OntarioFebruary 6, 2013 (2013-02-06)
24212"Liar Liar" Shreveport, Louisiana February 13, 2013 (2013-02-13)
25213"Daredevils"Toronto, OntarioFebruary 20, 2013 (2013-02-20)
26214"Shock and Awe" Louisiana February 27, 2013 (2013-02-27)

Season 3

Total #Episode #TitleLocationOriginal release date
27301"Guns A-Blazin'" Stockton, California October 15, 2013 (2013-10-15)
28302"Mike Tyson's Punch Out" Jacksonville, Florida October 15, 2013 (2013-10-15)
29303"Bunny Money" Denver, Colorado October 22, 2013 (2013-10-22)
30304"Golden Ticket" Nashville, Tennessee October 29, 2013 (2013-10-29)
31305"Blow Up" Tucson, Arizona November 5, 2013 (2013-11-05)
32306"Platinum Hits" New York, New York November 12, 2013 (2013-11-12)
33307"Sin City Win" Las Vegas, Nevada November 19, 2013 (2013-11-19)
34308"World War Score" Normandy, France November 26, 2013 (2013-11-26)
35309"Two Faced" Stockton, California December 3, 2013 (2013-12-03)
36310"Bad Blood" Red Hook, New York December 10, 2013 (2013-12-10)
37311"What a Dummy" Stockton, California December 17, 2013 (2013-12-17)
38312"Lady Luck" St. Paul, Minnesota January 7, 2014 (2014-01-07)
39313"Space Case" Sacramento, California January 7, 2014 (2014-01-07)

Season 4

Total #Episode #TitleLocationOriginal release date
40401"Steal Drum" Nashville, Tennessee April 23, 2014 (2014-04-23)
41402"Monster Money" Hollywood, California April 23, 2014 (2014-04-23)
42403"Intergalactic Bounty" Nashville, Tennessee April 30, 2014 (2014-04-30)
43404"Big Boy Bucks" Las Vegas, Nevada April 30, 2014 (2014-04-30)
44405"Safari Sale" Johannesburg, South Africa May 7, 2014 (2014-05-07)
45406"Inflated Egos" Commerce, Georgia May 7, 2014 (2014-05-07)
46407"Walk the Plank" Orlando, Florida May 14, 2014 (2014-05-14)
47408"Gunning For Dollars" Las Vegas, Nevada May 21, 2014 (2014-05-21)
48409"Swami Says" Austin, Texas May 28, 2014 (2014-05-28)
49410"It's Not Easy Making Green" Allentown, Pennsylvania June 4, 2014 (2014-06-04)
50411"Dino-Mite" Knoxville, Tennessee June 11, 2014 (2014-06-11)
51412"Greedy Pig" Alpharetta, Georgia June 18, 2014 (2014-06-18)
52413"The Wizard of Odd"Toronto, OntarioJune 18, 2014 (2014-06-18)

Season 5

Total #Episode #TitleLocationOriginal release date
53501"Prohibitive Costs" Huntingdon, Quebec November 18, 2015 (2015-11-18)
54502"Formula for Success" Montreal, Quebec November 18, 2015 (2015-11-18)
55503"Auction Prayers" Quebec City, Quebec November 18, 2015 (2015-11-18)
56504"Titanic Deals!" Halifax, Nova Scotia November 18, 2015 (2015-11-18)
57505"Burial Expenses" Providence, Rhode Island December 3, 2015 (2015-12-03)
58506"Once a Pawn a Time" Tampa, Florida March 14, 2016 (2016-03-14)
59507"Oils Well That Ends Well" Edmonton, Alberta March 14, 2016 (2016-03-14)
60508"Live Free or Buy" Concord, New Hampshire March 15, 2016 (2016-03-15)
61509"Blast From The Past" Los Angeles, California March 15, 2016 (2016-03-15)
62510"Hometown Hero" Long Island, New York March 16, 2016 (2016-03-16)
63511"Un-Beliebable Bargains" Toronto, Ontario March 16, 2016 (2016-03-16)
64512"Capital Gains" Ottawa, Ontario March 17, 2016 (2016-03-17)
65513"Disco Deals" New York, New York March 17, 2016 (2016-03-17)

Critical reaction

The show is well received by the critics. It has received 7.4/10 ratings on TV.com and has received 2.3/10 ratings on TVGuide.co.uk. AV Club found it derivative of Storage Wars, but more positively said that the travel angle did add some local color and occasionally it did surprise with what the participants found. [1]

International distribution

References

  1. ↑ Adams, Eric (April 11, 2012). "Baggage Battles (review)". AV Club. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
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