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00:00Ah, come on, man.
00:13Gotta believe, gotta believe.
00:15Oh, this is bad.
00:19The Kaitlyn Clark card that John hit, it's up for auction.
00:22The card's in the final stretch.
00:23It's still in the low five figures.
00:25It's bugging me I haven't heard from John.
00:27The silence is very loud.
00:28It's all right, it's all right.
00:33There's a lot of time left.
00:34A lot of things can happen.
00:35Crazier things have happened.
00:37The auction's stressful enough on its own.
00:39I'm starting to understand why people say
00:40don't do business with family and friends.
00:42We need six figures, man.
00:44Like, we gotta set the record.
00:45Didn't he turn down six figures?
00:46He did.
00:47Oh, he did?
00:47He did.
00:48Oh, God.
00:50I mean, look, dude, we're at 60.
00:53It's not over, bro.
00:54Come on, it's gonna be good, bro.
00:55It's gonna be good.
00:58Okay, it's ringing a little bit.
01:07Rejection.
01:07Damn.
01:09A little optimism.
01:10Okay, okay.
01:11Starting to get some bids, starting to feel a little bit better about this.
01:14We've still got some time left.
01:16You guys seeing this?
01:17Where we at?
01:18120,000.
01:19Six-figure Caitlin Clark card.
01:22Carlo, come on, man.
01:23Breathe.
01:24Breathe.
01:24120,000.
01:25Oh, man.
01:26This is crazy, man.
01:27Thanks, Dave.
01:28Right?
01:29I mean, look, we're right there.
01:30We're right there.
01:30It's 120, higher than he was offered.
01:32You're good.
01:32You're in the clear.
01:33I know, yeah, 142.
01:35We just got another one real quick.
01:36No, 152.
01:37152.
01:38Okay, 152.
01:39Come on, man.
01:39We're way over.
01:40We're crushing now.
01:42Family's going nuts, I'm sure, bro.
01:43Let's let this card go.
01:44162, see that?
01:46Let's go.
01:47This thing is on fire, but I'm starting to think we're going to break a record here.
01:5241 bids?
01:5442 bids?
01:55192.5.
01:56192.5, man.
01:59Carlito, dude.
02:00Oh, my gosh.
02:01There we go, man.
02:08$234,850.
02:10Massive all-time high, dude.
02:12New record on Caitlyn Clark.
02:14You like that, John?
02:15You like that, buddy?
02:16Let's go, baby.
02:17We blew away his offer.
02:18All-time Caitlyn Clark card.
02:20This is the way it works in the auction world.
02:22I had faith.
02:23We set the record.
02:24I know he's got to be happy.
02:25And, dude, what a huge sale for us.
02:28Johnny!
02:28Yeah!
02:30Now he's got the cigar!
02:32Johnny!
02:33What's up, baby?
02:34That's so good.
02:35Wow!
02:35What's up?
02:36Dude, you weren't picking up the phone all day, man.
02:39You got me sweating.
02:39Why didn't you make you feel like you were in high school calling your girlfriend if he wasn't picking up?
02:44What did he say?
02:45He's used to that, man.
02:46Oh, man, dude.
02:47I had to put you in a little timeout over there.
02:50Well, look, man.
02:51Dude, congratulations, bro.
02:52You know I love you.
02:53We're still good, man.
02:54Love you, brother.
02:55See you, guys.
02:55See you, Johnny.
02:56Congrats, brother.
02:57Well done, boys.
02:58Huge boys.
02:58Crushed it.
02:59Come on, man.
02:59The boys win again.
03:00It's a big.
03:01Let the top have never come, I'm done.
03:04What's up?
03:19Kiss out, Jersey.
03:20Big news, everyone.
03:22For the first time in my life, I am headed to Japan.
03:26I'm headed to Japan right now.
03:27I'm going to head out and see my good friend at Bles Asia.
03:34Ryan has your first class.
03:36We want to meet you.
03:37We want you to consign directly with us.
03:41Come say hi.
03:42Bring us your consignments.
03:44See you there.
03:51Ready for action.
03:53Ready for action.
03:54Ready for action.
03:55I proceed when it's speed.
03:57You know I've got it.
03:59Dot the I's, cross the T's, details to achieve.
04:02Buckle up.
04:03Let's get it.
04:04Keep steady.
04:05I was born for this.
04:10How are you feeling on the jet lag?
04:11Doing all right?
04:12You have to sleep to get jet lag, right?
04:14Well, that is a good point, actually.
04:16I'm in Tokyo.
04:17No jet lag, no naps.
04:20Take a look at this.
04:21Oh, my God.
04:22You thought New York was the center of the universe?
04:24Yeah.
04:24Tokyo, this is what it means to go global.
04:28I want Golden to do as much business as possible in Japan.
04:32We've got to bring in big numbers.
04:34I've set a goal for my team of $2 million
04:37to bring back in consignments.
04:39This is crazy.
04:40I mean, isn't it?
04:41Oh, my God.
04:43The biggest thing about the Japanese culture
04:44is all about respect.
04:45It's doing things the right way,
04:46being face-to-face with somebody.
04:49Mint has been one of my best clients for the longest time,
04:52so I'm so happy that I'm finally out here
04:54to do it properly and have that face-to-face interaction
04:57with somebody I already have done such great business with,
04:59and I have so much respect for it.
05:04Go this way. Go this way.
05:06I definitely feel like a fish out of water,
05:08but it is time to get face-to-face
05:10and do some deals golden style.
05:13Do you have any idea how many people are around
05:21the metropolitan area right now?
05:2350,000.
05:2437 million.
05:27This is our opportunity to open up Golden
05:31to a brand-new worldwide audience.
05:34We want to get a lot of consignments.
05:36We need to make relationships.
05:38And the last time we had a large goal like this
05:39was Comic-Con, and it did not go well.
05:42Your goal, two days, $2 million.
05:45That's the bare minimum.
05:47The final number actually was a little over 640 grand.
05:51We fell short, man, and that's not like a little short.
05:54I'm the team leader.
05:55Whenever we get these lofty goals,
05:57I have to lead by example.
05:58There's no ifs, ands, or buts.
06:00It's perform or else.
06:02Let's have some fun.
06:03Let's take in the sights.
06:04Let's blow up our social media accounts
06:07for some great scenery.
06:08Japanese women, too.
06:09I mean, that's another experience,
06:10so it's good to stop right there.
06:12Come on, he's distracted already, you know?
06:14Ryan, we will let you take care of that experience.
06:17Yeah, all right.
06:18Dave and I have wives to go home to.
06:19That's for sure, that's for sure.
06:20Just be safe, right?
06:21Of course, yeah, absolutely.
06:22Practice safe collecting.
06:24It's very important.
06:261, 2, 3, 4!
06:28Look at this, man, this is sick.
06:46This is really cool.
06:47If Ken was out here, you know what would be happening?
06:50Me and you would be pulling him in one of those carts right now.
06:52I'm not even kidding.
06:53Bro, we should both rock kimonos and just go back to Ken's place.
06:56Let's do it, man. What's up, man? How are you doing?
06:59Walking through this marketplace right now with Dave,
07:01it just hits every box of what I imagined Japan would be.
07:04Amazing people, you have beautiful temples everywhere,
07:08you have incredible foods and ice cream.
07:10Thank you. Thank you so much.
07:12You just feel so immersed in the culture.
07:15Oh, no. Arigato. Damn it, I'm sorry.
07:17Arigato, man. I'm working on it.
07:18Arigato.
07:19Are we all right?
07:20We can move your show.
07:21Oh, appreciate that.
07:22Where are you guys from?
07:23England.
07:24England?
07:25It's awesome.
07:26Awesome, awesome.
07:27Amazing.
07:28Nice.
07:29So nice to meet you.
07:30So nice to meet you.
07:43One of the really interesting DMs I received here in Japan
07:45was a musician who actually told me he has a 100-plus-year-old sports
07:50idol.
07:50When you think of an item from Japan, 100-plus years old,
07:53you think of martial arts, sumo wrestling, I don't know,
07:55something kind of in that culture, but I'm very intrigued.
07:58Wow.
07:59Wow.
08:00That's good.
08:01Oh, my gosh.
08:02That's unbelievable.
08:03How are you?
08:04I have never seen a marimba before.
08:06I don't even know what a marimba is, to be honest with you, but Shinosuke makes it
08:16look super cool when he plays it.
08:18Maybe there's certain things you're really good at and some things you're just not good
08:21at.
08:22Sounds like we play six months.
08:24Yeah.
08:25Everyone's tone deaf.
08:26That's all.
08:27And playing this marimba is not something I'm good at.
08:29I heard you had an item that's almost 100 years old, and I want to take a look.
08:35Yeah.
08:36Okay.
08:37Let's talk about the vision is done.
08:38Not even knowing what item from 100 years ago we're about to go in and see doesn't leave
08:41me feeling great because the clock is ticking, we have limited time, and we absolutely need
08:46a win here.
08:47Look at this.
08:48This was the thing.
08:49Okay.
08:51You didn't know that.
08:52Wow.
08:53The original tin.
08:54Yes.
08:55This is the original holder that a baseball would come in.
08:56Look at the quality.
08:57Wow.
08:58So I'm getting used to it.
08:59I got to open it.
09:00All right.
09:01I'm nervous.
09:02I'm nervous.
09:03Oh, no, no, no.
09:04All right.
09:05What do we got in here?
09:06Oh, my gosh.
09:08All right.
09:09Slow reveal that one.
09:10All right.
09:11All right.
09:12What?
09:13Oh, my God.
09:15Oh, my gosh.
09:16That's incredible.
09:17Oh, my gosh.
09:18That's incredible.
09:19This is the symbol from the 1934 tour of Japan and sign of Babe Ruth.
09:26Wow.
09:27Yes.
09:32United States, they sent their all-stars out to Japan in the off season.
09:36From November to December 1934, Babe Ruth and a group of American League All-Stars came
09:41out to Japan in the off season.
09:44They played 18 games against Japanese players.
09:47The United States won all 18 games.
09:50But the Japanese players in the crowd were so impressed by the event that after the US players went home,
09:57the Japanese All-Stars formed the Yomiuri Giants, which became the first professional baseball team in Japan.
10:04My father or grandfather went to the games.
10:09Your great-grandfather.
10:10Yes.
10:11Wow.
10:12And then he got the sign from the ball.
10:14Okay.
10:15Oh, my goodness.
10:16The condition of the baseball is immaculate.
10:19There's no scuffs.
10:20A lot of times people would play with these balls, or they would have played with them first,
10:23and then they would have gotten them signed.
10:25This was a brand new baseball.
10:26This baseball here might be one of the finest tour of Japan team signed baseballs in existence.
10:33Um, may I ask one thing?
10:36How much carry this ball will be?
10:39The ones that I've seen that have been in much worse condition have sold 10,000, 20,000-plus.
10:44But this original case right here is probably what kept this ball being in this condition.
10:49And because it's so rare in this condition, I could see $75,000 on something like this.
10:54Oh, my gosh.
10:55Oh, my gosh.
10:56You had no idea it could be worth that, right?
10:58No.
10:59When the final hammer hits, you know, there's no telling how high this could go in auction.
11:02All right, so let's do it.
11:05All right, my friend.
11:06Oh, my God.
11:07Thank you so much.
11:08Thank you so much.
11:09Thank you so much.
11:10For me, it's incredible.
11:11I'm bold with 70,000.
11:14Oh, my God.
11:15I can't believe it.
11:16I will buy new marimba.
11:18Ciao.
11:27Charge!
11:28Yay!
11:29Woo!
11:32What do you think the boys are doing?
11:37Do you think Ryan's gonna hit up the dating app such a fan?
11:40Imagine.
11:41No, like, I'm dead.
11:42I think so.
11:43I'm sure, uh, you know, Krupa knows how to get them coming out.
11:46How long are they out there for?
11:47I have a delivery for you.
11:48Oh.
11:49Whoa!
11:50Fancy box.
11:51What is that?
11:52So you got some wooden box with stars on it, bro?
11:53I really have no idea.
11:54Come on.
11:55Just like this, huh?
11:56Wow.
11:57Slide it open.
11:59Oh, what the...
12:01Was that a spider jump at him?
12:03Was that you?
12:06Okay.
12:08Letter.
12:09Is this a love note?
12:10I don't know.
12:11You're taken, though.
12:12R.L. Stine to Alex.
12:14Come if you dare.
12:15We're talking goosebumps, like, when I was a kid.
12:18That R.L. Stine?
12:19He literally, for an entire generation, introduced kids to horror.
12:23I'm pretty sure someone's, like, playing a prank on you, right?
12:25Like, why would R.L. Stine...
12:26Why would...
12:27Let me see.
12:28I doubt he just wrote a letter and sent it to you.
12:30I've been reaching out.
12:31Really?
12:32Yeah, I mean...
12:33Really?
12:34I recently saw The Haunted Mask sell for $58,000.
12:36Huh.
12:37I've been emailing him for months to see if he wants to consign anything with us.
12:40Like what, one of his original books?
12:42Original books, signed, first prints.
12:44I'm intrigued.
12:45Well, he didn't even respond to any email.
12:47He just...
12:48We'll get Johnny Rez here.
12:49He'll authenticate the signature.
12:51I never thought that I would actually get a response back from R.L. Stine, let alone
12:56an invitation to his house.
12:59Maybe he has something from the TV show, maybe another prop that we can bring to Golden
13:04and try to exceed $58,000.
13:08Hey, what's up?
13:09John, what's going on, bro?
13:10How you doing?
13:11It's kind of embarrassing.
13:12Yep.
13:13How did R.L. Stine send Alex a letter inviting him to come check some stuff out?
13:17I...
13:18You gotta look at this, John.
13:19You gotta check this out.
13:20You're like a master at this.
13:21Take a look.
13:22I've seen a lot of them.
13:24This is what I always see.
13:26It's got that monster R, goes right to the L, and then that crossbar that's just like a slash.
13:35And the way he crowds his last name.
13:38This one matches everything that I've seen.
13:41It's good.
13:42No!
13:43Come on!
13:44Dude!
13:45What would a signature like that, even on a piece of paper, get you?
13:48Well, it would get you an invitation to wherever you're going, for one.
13:52Hey!
13:53What's up?
13:54How you doing?
13:55Finally.
13:56Good to see you.
13:57Welcome to Japan.
13:58Massa is one of the first people I called when I planned this trip to Tokyo.
14:07He's the head of eBay Japan.
14:10He knows all the spots.
14:11He knows all the trends.
14:12He knows what's becoming hot and where to find it.
14:15Mandarake started as a bookstore and then expanded into all sorts of collectibles you can only find in Japan.
14:22We are meeting at a retail chain shop that is a hub of Japanese collectibles, both new and used.
14:28It's owned by Mandarake Corp.
14:30And it's the perfect place for me to build my knowledge about Japanese collectibles.
14:35All right, this is the shrine of Mandarake.
14:38So would you consider Japanese collectors, like, big collectors?
14:45Well, collection is like a part of the DNA.
14:49We have more diverse set-up collectibles beyond Pokemon cards.
14:54We collect a lot of things in very mint fashion.
14:57Mandarake has like 100,000 items listed on eBay.
15:02I love the boxing robots.
15:04Batman, I was wondering.
15:05Yeah.
15:06Okay, so I've never seen that before.
15:08220,000 yen, that's gonna be $1,500 in that range.
15:13This stuff is very cool.
15:14Golden specialty has always been high ticket items.
15:17But eBay unlocks collectibles at every price point.
15:21And that is something I want to learn and take advantage of.
15:25A lot of these things are items that we're trying to get into.
15:29Expanding outside of the world of, you know, just trading cards, TCG, sports memorabilia.
15:35And we're gonna attract more of a worldwide audience, which is honestly why I came to Japan.
15:39Yeah.
15:40There you go.
15:41I'm finally here at Mint Lab.
15:54This is my biggest and best clients.
15:56So for once, this isn't about business.
15:58This isn't about sales or anything along those lines.
16:00This is about me just wanting to be in front of people that I truly value and respect and have trusted me with their business.
16:07Konnichiwa!
16:08Konnichiwa, my friend.
16:09Nice to meet you.
16:10Oh, my gosh.
16:11Hello.
16:12Such a pleasure to meet you all.
16:13Hello.
16:14Pleasure.
16:15This is Yu, our assistant director.
16:16How are you, my friend?
16:17Pleasure.
16:18This is such a surreal experience for me.
16:20Finally being in front of Chen and Yu and all my other big time clients here at Mint.
16:24It's honestly, I can't even put it into words.
16:26Thank you so much for having me.
16:27Thank you for coming.
16:28Four and a half years, we've all worked together.
16:30So it's an absolute honor to be out here with you guys.
16:32This was my first big client I ever had at Golden.
16:36This is unbelievable.
16:38Whoa, what do we got here?
16:39A little live break studio?
16:40Go ahead.
16:41All right.
16:42Pleasure.
16:43Nice to meet you, my friend.
16:44Wow, look at this setup.
16:45Are you live right now?
16:46Yeah.
16:47Do you mind if I rip something?
16:48All right.
16:49I mean, we got everybody on here.
16:50What's going on, guys?
16:51I did not think this is something they would have in Japan.
16:52In the U.S., it's huge, right?
16:54Everybody's always doing live breaks.
16:55So there's no way I'm gonna miss my Japanese live stream debut, The Ryan Krupa Show.
17:00Not the best so far, but it's okay.
17:02This happens.
17:03That's awesome.
17:04Whoa, a little Wemby.
17:05Okay.
17:06A little Wemby city edition.
17:08Now that's a nice one.
17:09Look at that.
17:10What a hit.
17:11Boom.
17:12I hit a $200 Victor Wembynama city edition cart.
17:15Pretty freaking cool.
17:16I might not be thrilled that I'm doing live breaks right now with Mint instead of chipping
17:20away at that huge goal, but at the end of the day, this is all part of it.
17:23So you guys are stacked up on the wax, which is incredible.
17:26I mean, gosh, it just keeps going.
17:28It's an endless store right here.
17:29You're lucky it's all caged up, because if it wasn't, I'd be ripping everything.
17:32So this is for the best.
17:33We got our ninjas to make sure that.
17:34Yeah, I'm sure.
17:35Yeah.
17:36What's up?
17:37When I came in, I came to win.
17:40You're so large, you take up the entire umbrella.
17:46Hold it up.
17:47Over me, please.
17:48Ken, Dave, Ryan, they're in Tokyo.
17:50Of course I want to be there.
17:52But, you know, it's a good opportunity for me to hold down the Fort of Golden, you know,
17:55kind of take charge.
17:56Alex has set up this meeting with R.L. Stine at his apartment in New York.
18:01I cannot believe I'm going to meet the legend today.
18:03But at the same time, you know, this is a big mystery.
18:06I don't know what we're doing up there.
18:07Maybe he wants to consign something.
18:09Maybe he wants to collaborate with Golden.
18:11I'm kind of scared.
18:12I'm kind of excited.
18:13Just like when I was a kid reading his books.
18:15Let's go.
18:16Right in here, huh?
18:17He's so popular and globally recognized.
18:20I checked it.
18:21It's not Stephen King.
18:22R.L. Stine, most successful horror author of all time.
18:25I feel like I'm a scene in Ghostbusters.
18:26Go, dude.
18:27Here we go.
18:28I'm hoping we get something that surpasses that $50,000 haunted mask.
18:42Mr. Stine, how are you?
18:43Alex.
18:44Good, Alex.
18:45Nice to meet you.
18:46Mr. Stine Carlo.
18:47Hi, Carlo.
18:48Thank you for having us.
18:49Appreciate it.
18:50Do you prefer Mr. Stine?
18:51Uh, Bob is fine.
18:52I'm R.L. Stine.
18:53I write the Goosebumps books.
18:58I started writing when I was nine.
19:00I was this weird kid.
19:02I dragged a typewriter into my room.
19:05Now, no one knows what a typewriter is, but I dragged it into my room, started typing stories.
19:10My parents would say, go out and play.
19:12Go outside.
19:13Get out of here.
19:14What's wrong with you?
19:15And I'd say, it's boring out there.
19:17Type, type, type, type.
19:19People expect my apartment to be scary.
19:26Oh, my.
19:28Oh, my.
19:29This is crazy.
19:30Of course.
19:31Oh, man.
19:32That's a lot of books, right?
19:33I loved Goosebumps when I was a kid.
19:34I'm getting chills.
19:35I'm getting chills.
19:36This takes me back.
19:37Look at this.
19:38Oh, my God.
19:39Look at this.
19:40Oh, my gosh.
19:41Yeah, I spent a lot of time in here.
19:42Do you, right here?
19:43Yeah, this is it.
19:44Right here.
19:45Oh, my.
19:46This is incredible.
19:47Look at this.
19:48300 books.
19:49With one finger.
19:50I've never learned how to type.
19:51Come on.
19:52No, look.
19:53Look at it.
19:54That's my typing finger.
19:55It's totally curved.
19:56It's ruined.
19:57Oh, my gosh.
19:58It's what I sacrificed for my art.
19:59You have a few blimps back there.
20:00Some Nickelodeon awards.
20:01Yeah.
20:02Those are the author of the year.
20:03I was really excited because 52 million kids voted.
20:06And the rule was, if you won four blimps in a row,
20:10you get a platinum blimp.
20:11Okay.
20:12And after I won three, Harry Potter came out.
20:15Oh, my God.
20:16Oh, my God.
20:17Oh, my God.
20:18Oh, my God.
20:19Oh, my God.
20:20Oh, my God.
20:21And after I won three, Harry Potter came out.
20:24So that was it, huh?
20:25That was it.
20:26That was it for me.
20:27I was done.
20:28Bob.
20:29Yeah.
20:30This dummy looks just like you.
20:32I used to do the introductions.
20:34Okay.
20:35To the prime time Goosebumps shows.
20:37And they made this for me.
20:39I did an act with him to introduce the show.
20:42Hello.
20:43I'm R.L. Stine.
20:45I write the Goosebumps books.
20:47You're not R.L. Stine.
20:49I am.
20:50Oh, yeah?
20:52Who's working your head?
20:54He was a little better than me.
20:56I was a little stiff.
20:58Oh, this is incredible.
21:00So when you first started, the inspiration for Goosebumps,
21:02where did that come from in the early 90s over there?
21:04Well, I was reading TV Guide magazine,
21:07and a little tiny ad on the bottom of the page said,
21:11it's Goosebumps week on Channel 11.
21:14And I just stared at it.
21:16I mean, there it was.
21:17I said, we'll call it Channel 11.
21:21That's amazing.
21:22That's amazing.
21:23You set me up for that one.
21:24That's a bad joke.
21:25But that's true story.
21:26That's where Goosebumps came from, from a little ad.
21:29It's a perfect name because it's scary and it's funny.
21:32Right.
21:33And not too scary.
21:34I mean, you want to talk about a special moment.
21:37You know, you're a kid reading the books.
21:38No.
21:39Now we're at the desk.
21:40I'm touching the desk.
21:41Come on.
21:42The inspiration of these books.
21:43No, it's really...
21:44No, now you're embarrassing me.
21:45No.
21:46You know, look, you've inspired people.
21:48There's some big collectibles here.
21:50I gotta ask.
21:51Yeah?
21:52I see something that doesn't fit in this room right here.
21:53Are those Kawhi Leonard shoes?
21:54Do you mind if I grab those?
21:55Yeah, check them out.
21:56What is this all about?
21:57I know it's with New Balance.
21:58Well, I learned.
21:59He was a huge Goosebumps fan.
22:00And he designed these shoes.
22:02He's got his shoe line.
22:03Look at this.
22:04And these are Goosebumps shoes.
22:05New Balance.
22:06Size ten and a half.
22:07My size.
22:09You know, the one thing I have to show you.
22:13I recently read that somebody auctioned off the original Haunted Mask.
22:17For roughly about, like, $58,000.
22:20So I thought if you wanted to auction off the dummy.
22:26I just had this idea that maybe somebody else would enjoy having this dummy.
22:35I've had it staring at me for 30 years.
22:38And it's the only prop I have from the old Goosebumps show.
22:42And I thought, well, maybe somebody else would really appreciate it.
22:45I mean, this is...
22:46This is insane.
22:47This is crazy.
22:48This is an incredible one of one.
22:50Right.
22:51You're potentially looking at a 50 to maybe six-figure item right here.
22:54Did you ever think about that?
22:55Never.
22:56Not until I saw your show.
22:58You look at people in our age group here, the 30s, the 40s.
23:02Now they're established.
23:03People are making money.
23:04I mean, this would be an item that I could see going crazy on Golden.
23:09Wow.
23:10Mystery solved.
23:11We're acquiring the R.L. Stein dummy.
23:13I mean, this item's huge.
23:14It's coming directly from him.
23:16The provenance is perfect.
23:17I think we're gonna have a huge sale here.
23:19Not trying to overstep.
23:21I have just one favor if I can.
23:22Yeah, of course.
23:23My two-year-old son, Roman.
23:25I was hoping if it's not too much, you could sign a book for him.
23:27Yeah.
23:28And of course.
23:29Look, I have a million books.
23:30I can sign books.
23:32And I can start his collection.
23:34I love parents passing on goosebumps to their kids.
23:38I admire their enthusiasm.
23:40And that goosebumps meant so much to them when they were younger.
23:43Thank you for the book for Roman.
23:45It's been an absolute honor, my friend.
23:47My pleasure.
23:49That's exciting to me.
23:50I get to scare a lot of generations.
23:52I'm so sorry about it to bother you.
23:53Oh, hi.
23:54Could you possibly sign his hand?
23:55Oh, sure, Alex.
23:56Oh, my gosh.
23:57You can sign him.
23:58Try.
23:59Thank you so much.
24:02Here you go.
24:03Oh, my God.
24:04I think he just boosted the value of that thing just a little bit.
24:07You think?
24:08I don't know.
24:09Wait until everyone at the office sees this.
24:12They're going to go nuts.
24:13That's a good deal, Alex.
24:14They're going to be like, get this away from me.
24:16This is haunting.
24:17Let's go.
24:18Oh, my God.
24:19How you doing, buddy?
24:20No way.
24:33Dude, muscle man.
24:34No freaking way.
24:35I love these things.
24:37When we announced we're coming to Tokyo,
24:39we were getting DMs from all over the world.
24:41So when I get a message from someone from Shanghai
24:43that says he's flying to Japan with a huge item,
24:45I said, great, let's go.
24:46Come meet me while I'm shopping.
24:48Hey, Dave.
24:50Just to see you.
24:51Yes, just to see you.
24:52All right, man.
24:53Nice to meet you, man.
24:54Good to meet you.
24:55Thanks for coming out, man.
24:57My name is Siu from Shanghai, China.
24:58I collect basketball sports cars when I was 16.
25:00Going in love with basketball,
25:01then I start collecting all the sneakers,
25:03and then I, you know, move into fashion business.
25:06So that's what I'm doing right now.
25:08So I heard you had a little something for us.
25:10To show you.
25:11All right.
25:12I like the looks of that already.
25:15No.
25:16This is the thing.
25:17No.
25:18Yeah.
25:21This is the 2324 flawless Victor Wembenyama LeBron James dual logo man rookie card.
25:29Oh my gosh.
25:30This is massive.
25:32Logo man cards are very rare, very limited.
25:35These are gameiest patches.
25:37This is LeBron James.
25:38This is Victor Wembenyama.
25:40It's also a rookie card.
25:41It's the best pair in the entire set.
25:44It does not get better.
25:45So if you actually hit one of these, it is life changing money.
25:49You hit this?
25:50Yeah.
25:51And that's my first ever flawless case.
25:53No way.
25:54No way.
25:55Yeah.
25:56It just happened.
25:57Do you have a video?
25:58Yeah, I know we do.
25:59You do?
26:00All right.
26:01I got to see this, man.
26:02Oh, here it is.
26:03He knew it.
26:04He knew it.
26:05But he didn't know it was that.
26:06Yeah.
26:07Oh my gosh.
26:08No.
26:09Look at everybody doing nothing.
26:12The Panini Flawless cases are very expensive.
26:16You're spending maybe $10,000, $20,000 plus on just one box with a few cards in it.
26:22It's a highly, highly risky investment.
26:24So seeing CU hit that on the first try, that's crazy.
26:28This is a one of one.
26:29It could be a seven figure card.
26:31Have you had some offers on this?
26:33Yep, already.
26:34What type of offers?
26:36I already got, like, offered around $1 million in China.
26:40Wow.
26:41You turned down a million bucks?
26:42Yeah.
26:43Wow.
26:44Yep.
26:45Jeez.
26:46When I heard the offer that CU got on the card, immediately my heart dropped because I thought,
26:50I don't have a deal.
26:51I'm not offering a million dollars on this card.
26:53I'm not trying to buy it for myself.
26:54I'm trying to bring this to auction.
26:56I need to sell the upside potential, the marketing, the international appeal we can give this card.
27:00So how'd you hear of Golden?
27:02I hear it from the OGs.
27:03They told me, like, if you got, like, the hate cards, go to the Golding.
27:07Okay.
27:08I mean, obviously we have the highest sale of any Wemby card ever.
27:10It was $860,000 for the Nebula Prism.
27:12Mm-hmm.
27:13That was just Wemby.
27:14Mm-hmm.
27:15Obviously with LeBron here, that adds some value.
27:18Did you want to grade this at all, or you want to leave it sealed like that?
27:21I think I'm gonna grade it.
27:23You're gonna grade it?
27:24I'm gonna grade it.
27:25I mean, to grade this with PSA, you know it's gonna be probably, like, $25,000.
27:29But, I mean, if this thing pops a 10, this thing's massive, man.
27:33Yeah.
27:34What's it gonna take to get this to Golden?
27:37Obviously I'm interested in listing this here.
27:40What if I did $100,000 advance?
27:44We'll grade it, and we can pay for it up front, so you don't have to cover that grading fee as well.
27:49We'll put this in the Golden 100.
27:51It's our best auction, premium auction.
27:53Everything in the auction's $100,000 or better.
27:55There's only 100 lots.
27:57We can make this work, or what?
28:00I'm looking for more.
28:03More than 100?
28:05Yeah.
28:06Because, you know, I already got, like, a million dollars offered.
28:09If we put this in the auction, we could beat that.
28:11I think so.
28:12Wow.
28:15What about $250,000 cash advance?
28:19We'll do the grading for you, the Golden 100 auction.
28:22Does that get this done?
28:28I think that's a good deal.
28:29Let's do it, my man.
28:30Let's do it.
28:31Let's do it.
28:33All right.
28:34Appreciate it.
28:35Thank you, Steve, for coming out and seeing me, man.
28:37The reason why I chose Golden is it's the best auction house, and it's also, you know,
28:41helps us to let everybody know where the card came from.
28:44It's a big deal.
28:45This logo, man, is just a life-changing card.
28:47We'll do our thing, man.
28:48We'll take care of you.
28:49I promise, all right?
28:51I appreciate it.
28:52We never know how we're gonna get there.
28:53We never know what's showing up half the time.
28:54So for me to be able to close a million-dollar deal here in Japan,
28:58half the goal.
28:59That is why I am Ken Jr., and that is why we are the best in the biz.
29:04It's a good trip already, man.
29:06It's a great trip already.
29:07For the first time ever, Ken Golden, the King of Collectibles, is traveling to Japan,
29:16where you can meet him and the team.
29:18Make sure to bring your collectibles as they will be doing in-person consignments.
29:22This is a great opportunity for you.
29:24The Golden Showcase event is an opportunity to show Japan what Golden has to offer,
29:37as well as introduce us face-to-face to Japanese collectors to getting consignments.
29:42And for them, we'll give out free appraisals.
29:45I'll see you inside, okay?
29:48Jared.
29:49Good.
29:50Thank you so much.
29:51Place looks great.
29:52Of course.
29:53I've known Jared Blesnik for about 20 years, and he really came through today.
29:58He's brought us a massive amount of people, and I'm hoping we can learn from them about
30:04their collecting habits and use that to chip away at our $2 million consignment goal.
30:08I want to show you something.
30:09I want to consign with you.
30:10Okay.
30:11Okay?
30:12This was the bracelet that I was fortunate enough to win.
30:15Ooh.
30:16Very nice.
30:17At the World Series of Poker.
30:18The buy-in is $50,000 and higher.
30:20They put little diamonds on there.
30:22This is a big deal.
30:25Glad to do it.
30:26Thank you, Ken.
30:27Everybody, we'll open the doors.
30:29Let's go.
30:30Get ready.
30:32Welcome.
30:33Hello.
30:34How are you?
30:35This is it.
30:36You're consigning this with me right now.
30:37Okay.
30:38So these two are for sure.
30:39The signatures look great, though.
30:41Let's talk about this pair right here.
30:43Doors open up.
30:44Boom.
30:45Line right in front of me.
30:46Jordan game you sneakers.
30:4750 grand.
30:48It's tiny one of one right there.
30:50Oh, my God.
30:51I look over.
30:53Ryan has got big money cards in front of him.
30:55It hasn't even been an hour yet.
30:56We're cruising through this place.
30:58Slim sticks from 1978.
31:01That's cool.
31:02We'll definitely do that.
31:03And then this right here, man.
31:04Oh, Ken.
31:05Ken.
31:06Yes.
31:07Oh.
31:08PMG green Rodman.
31:09Are you kidding me?
31:10Oh, wow.
31:11This is tremendous.
31:12This is huge.
31:13Oh, my God.
31:14And it's an eight.
31:15Oh, my.
31:16Look at this, Ken.
31:17Are you kidding me?
31:19The 97 Ultra Masterpieces one of one Iverson.
31:23Oh, wow.
31:24Are you familiar with Golden 100?
31:26Okay.
31:27Oh, my God.
31:28Amazing.
31:29An original Zeppelin album.
31:30Oh, million dollar Murakami cards.
31:32You live around here?
31:33It took four hours for him to come here.
31:34Oh, my God.
31:35Well, I'm so honored you came in.
31:36Seriously.
31:37Such an honor.
31:38This is mind-blowing.
31:39They came here just to see us.
31:40Awesome.
31:41So nice to meet you guys.
31:42Thank you for coming in.
31:43It means a lot.
31:45You can tell they're just as excited to see us as we are to see them.
31:47This is an amazing start.
31:48I'm feeling really good.
31:49Both of these coming to Golden, so we're excited, man.
31:50This is amazing.
31:51Ken.
31:52Ken.
31:53You got to see this bat over here.
31:54It's an Otani bat from rookie season in Japan.
31:55Rookie season in Japan?
31:56Yeah, with the Nippon fighters.
31:57Look at this, Ken.
31:58Hi there.
32:00I'm very honored to meet you, sir.
32:01You are my hero.
32:02You, Dave, and you, Ken.
32:03You're my hero.
32:04Thank you so much.
32:05Yeah.
32:07Thank you so much.
32:08He's thinking to sell this in Golden.
32:09Troy, how'd you get this bat?
32:10I bought it from his fan of the Neon and Fighters a long time ago.
32:14Oh, before he really became popular.
32:15Yeah.
32:16Okay.
32:17Look at that.
32:18He signed it in the original Kanje as well as in English.
32:20This is the true rookie.
32:21Exactly.
32:22Bat from Japanese.
32:23Yeah.
32:24Oh, before he really became popular.
32:25Yeah.
32:26Okay.
32:27Look at that.
32:28He signed it in the original Kanje as well as in English.
32:30This is the true rookie.
32:31Exactly.
32:32Bat from Japanese.
32:33Yeah.
32:34Yeah.
32:35Yeah.
32:36Yeah.
32:37Yeah.
32:38I liked it.
32:39Wow.
32:40This is massive.
32:41Honestly, I've never seen anything like this before.
32:45We definitely got to get this at Golden.
32:46True.
32:47And it's a professional bat too, which makes it even better as opposed to like a minor league
32:51bat.
32:52Yeah.
32:53So I'm sure you love the bat.
32:54Yeah.
32:55But I'm sure you'd probably rather a new car instead of the bat, right?
32:58Obviously, we came all this way here.
33:00We'd certainly love to sell this bat for you.
33:02Yeah, yeah.
33:03We have to get it authenticated, but we think this item could be potentially six figures worth
33:07of items.
33:08So are we bringing this to Golden or what?
33:10Are you looking to consign?
33:12Oh.
33:13This bat, this is important to me.
33:16It's really special.
33:17And this is my treasure.
33:18Uh-huh.
33:19Yeah.
33:20So I need time to think about it.
33:22Yeah, yeah.
33:23Oh, my God.
33:24Yeah.
33:25Bracing my heart.
33:26This is one of the better items we've seen since we've been here.
33:29All right.
33:30We tried.
33:31We tried.
33:32The biggest show in the world in the USA, the national.
33:35Do you know how often I get turned down there?
33:37Never.
33:38However, the Golden Showcase was a great event for us.
33:42I mean, we got some big consignments, but it's also a learning experience.
33:47Now, it's gonna be up to Dave and Ryan to get us across the finish line to our $2 million goal.
33:53No better place than Tokyo to be selling this stuff, right?
33:56Let's go get some more deals.
34:05There they are.
34:06Hey.
34:07What's going on, guys?
34:08All right.
34:09After our amazing meeting at Mint, their CEO, Tetsuo, actually asked me and Dave to go out to dinner with him.
34:13This is Dave.
34:14I don't think you've ever met him, obviously.
34:15Good to meet you.
34:16Honored to meet you.
34:17And then this is Chen as well.
34:18Hey, Dave.
34:19It's great to meet you in person.
34:20Great to meet you as well.
34:21He has a lot of new deals right now, and I get it.
34:22He's a grinder.
34:23I am too.
34:24But this is the CEO of one of the biggest companies in Japan.
34:27This is pretty cool.
34:28This restaurant's owner is my friend.
34:31Oh, okay.
34:32So I have a key.
34:34Yeah.
34:35Wow.
34:36Okay.
34:37Oh, look at this.
34:40Oh, my gosh.
34:42I love this.
34:44Do you enjoy Tokyo?
34:46Oh, yeah.
34:47It's been great.
34:48No, it's been really good.
34:49It's been a great trip, but great.
34:51Shoes off right here?
34:52Yes.
34:53Perfect.
34:54What a cool place this is.
34:55Yeah.
34:56How long have you been collecting?
34:58Don't get him started on that.
35:00We want to get him started on that.
35:02Over 30 years.
35:0330 years.
35:04Wow.
35:05I'm a basketball guy.
35:07I was a big Charles Barkley fan.
35:10Okay, Charles Barkley.
35:11Wow.
35:12Okay.
35:13What's your favorite basketball team?
35:14Warriors.
35:15Warriors.
35:16Okay.
35:17Okay.
35:18Big Steph Curry.
35:19Steph Curry guy.
35:20We can change our favorite team because we live in Tokyo.
35:24Yeah, that's right.
35:25That's fair.
35:26So you guys were my first and biggest client.
35:29I mean, that's, to me, it's still so special.
35:31You know, and I think for us at Golden and for you guys at Mint, you know, we're both doing
35:36the same thing, right?
35:37We're building huge global brands.
35:38But our partnership together and what we've been able to do over these four and a half years
35:42has been incredible.
35:44We all have clients, but you guys feel like even more than that, like friendship, which
35:47is, you know, a big thing as well.
35:49We really, again, appreciate you.
35:50The invite here.
35:51Absolutely.
35:52This is an amazing place.
35:53It really is.
35:54I love it.
35:55I'm getting a little hungry.
35:56I don't know about you.
35:57Before the food comes out, though, we actually got one little extra thing for you.
36:02Okay.
36:03Oh, wow.
36:04Awesome.
36:05I don't think people realize how hard this is for me not to talk business.
36:09Anywhere I go, I talk business.
36:10It's just a part of who I am.
36:12So whatever this might be will be the cherry on top of one of the best trips of my life.
36:16Okay.
36:17Uh-oh.
36:18What do we got?
36:19It's coming.
36:20A little pleasure before dinner.
36:21I love this.
36:32Oh, my God.
36:34Oh, my God.
36:35Oh, my God.
36:36Oh, my God.
36:37Oh, my God.
36:38Oh, my God.
36:39Oh, my God.
36:40Oh, my God.
36:41Oh, my God.
36:42Oh, my God.
36:43Oh, my God.
36:44Oh, my God.
36:45Oh, my God.
36:46Oh, my God.
36:47Oh, my God.
36:48Oh, my God.
36:49Oh, my God.
36:50Oh, my God.
36:51Oh, my God.
36:52Oh, my God.
36:53Oh, my God.
36:54Oh, my God.
36:55Oh, my God.
36:56Oh, my God.
36:57Oh, my God.
36:58Oh, my God.
36:59Oh, my God.
37:00Oh, my God.
37:01Oh, my God.
37:02Oh, my God.
37:03You
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