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00:00Ah, come on, man.
00:09Gotta believe, gotta believe.
00:10Oh, this is bad.
00:14The Kaitlyn Clark card that John hit, it's up for auction.
00:17The card's in the final stretch.
00:18It's still in the low five figures.
00:20It's bugging me I haven't heard from John.
00:22The silence is very loud.
00:24I believe.
00:27It's all right.
00:27It's all right.
00:28There's a lot of time left.
00:29I think a lot of things can happen.
00:30Crazier things have happened.
00:32The auction's stressful enough on its own.
00:34I'm starting to understand why people say
00:36don't do business with family and friends.
00:37We need six figures, man.
00:39Like, we gotta set the record.
00:40Didn't he turn down six figures?
00:41He did.
00:42Oh, he did?
00:42He did.
00:43Oh, God.
00:45I mean, look, dude, we're at 60.
00:48It's not over, bro.
00:49Come on.
00:50It's gonna be good, bro.
00:50It's gonna be good.
00:57Okay, it's ringing a little bit.
00:58Rejection.
01:02Damn.
01:04A little optimism.
01:05Okay, okay.
01:06Starting to get some bids.
01:07Starting to feel a little bit better about this.
01:09We've still got some time left.
01:11You guys seeing this?
01:12Where we at?
01:13120,000.
01:14Six-figure Kaelin Clark card.
01:17Carlo, come on, man.
01:18Breathe.
01:19Breathe.
01:19120,000.
01:20Oh, man.
01:21This is crazy, man.
01:22Thanks, Dave.
01:23Right?
01:24I mean, look, we're right there.
01:25We're right there.
01:25It's 120, higher than he was offered.
01:27You're good.
01:27You're in the clear.
01:28I know.
01:29Yeah, 142.
01:30We just got another one real quick.
01:31150, no.
01:31152.
01:32152.
01:33Okay, 152.
01:33Yeah, come on, man.
01:35We're way over.
01:35We're crushing now.
01:37Family's going nuts, I'm sure, bro.
01:38Let's let this go.
01:39162.
01:40See that?
01:41Let's go.
01:43This thing is on fire, but I'm starting to think we're going to break a record here.
01:4741 bids?
01:48Yeah.
01:4942 bids?
01:50192.5, bro.
01:52192.5, man.
01:54Carlito, dude.
01:55Oh, my gosh.
01:56There we go, man.
02:03$234,850.
02:05Massive all-time high, dude.
02:08New record on Kaelin Clark.
02:09You like that, John?
02:10You like that, buddy?
02:11Let's go, baby.
02:12We blew away his offer, all-time Kaelin Clark card.
02:15This is the way it works in the auction world.
02:17I had faith.
02:18We set the record.
02:19I know he's got to be happy, and, dude, what a huge sale for us.
02:23Johnny!
02:24Yeah!
02:25Now he's got the cigar!
02:27Johnny!
02:28What's up, baby?
02:29That's so great.
02:30What's up?
02:31Dude, you weren't picking up the phone all day, man.
02:34You got me sweating.
02:35Why didn't you make you feel like you were in high school calling your girlfriend if she wasn't
02:38picking up the phone?
02:40He's used to that, man.
02:41Oh, man.
02:42I had to put you in a little time-out over there.
02:45Well, I love you, man.
02:46Dude, congratulations, bro.
02:47You know I love you.
02:48We're still good, man.
02:49Love you, brother.
02:50See you, guys.
02:50See you, Johnny.
02:51Congrats, bro.
02:52All done, boys.
02:53Huge boys.
02:53Crushed it.
02:54Come on, man.
02:54The boys win again.
02:55What's up?
02:55All done, boys.
02:56What's up?
02:56What's up?
02:57What's up?
02:57What's up, Jersey?
02:58The top and the top are never gone undone.
03:12What's up?
03:14Kiss out, Jersey.
03:16Big news, everyone.
03:17For the first time in my life, I am headed to Japan.
03:21Why to Japan right now?
03:22I'm going to head out and see my good friend at BLEZ Asia.
03:29Ryan has your first class.
03:31We want to meet you.
03:32We want you to consign directly with us.
03:36Come say hi.
03:37Bring us your consignments.
03:39See you there.
03:52How are you feeling on the jet lag?
04:07Doing all right?
04:08You have to sleep to get jet lag, right?
04:10Well, that is a good point, actually.
04:12I'm in Tokyo, no jet lag, no naps.
04:15Take a look at this.
04:16Oh, my God.
04:17You thought New York was the center of the universe?
04:19Yeah.
04:20This is what it means to go global.
04:23I want Golden to do as much business as possible in Japan.
04:27We've got to bring in big numbers.
04:29I've set a goal for my team of $2 million
04:32to bring back in consignments.
04:34This is crazy.
04:35I mean, isn't it?
04:36Oh, my God.
04:38The biggest thing about the Japanese culture
04:39is all about respect.
04:40It's doing things the right way,
04:42being face-to-face with somebody.
04:44Mint has been one of my best clients for the longest time,
04:47so I'm so happy that I'm finally out here
04:49to do it properly and have that face-to-face interaction
04:52with somebody I already have done such great business with,
04:54and I have so much respect for it.
04:59Go this way. Go this way.
05:00I definitely feel like a fish out of water,
05:02but it is time to get face-to-face
05:05and do some deals golden style.
05:08Do you have any idea how many people are around
05:16the metropolitan area right now?
05:1750,000.
05:1837 million.
05:21This is our opportunity to open up Golden
05:26to a brand-new worldwide audience.
05:29We want to get a lot of consignments.
05:31We need to make relationships.
05:33And the last time we had a large goal like this
05:34was Comic-Con, and it did not go well.
05:37Your goal, two days, $2 million.
05:40That's the bare minimum.
05:42The final number actually was a little over 640 grand.
05:46We fell short, man, and that's not like a little short.
05:49I'm the team leader.
05:50Whenever we get these lofty goals,
05:52I have to lead by example.
05:53There's no ifs, ands, or buts.
05:55It's perform or else.
05:57Let's have some fun.
05:58Let's take in the sights.
06:00Let's blow up our social media accounts
06:02for some great scenery.
06:03Japanese lemon, too.
06:04I mean, that's another experience,
06:05so it's going to stop right there.
06:07Come on, he's distracted already, you know?
06:09Ryan, we will let you take care of that experience.
06:12Yeah, all right.
06:13Dave and I have wives to go home to.
06:14Just be safe, right?
06:16Of course, yeah, absolutely.
06:17Practice safe collecting.
06:19It's very important.
06:28Look at this, man, this is sick.
06:41This is really cool.
06:42If Ken was out here, you know what would be happening?
06:44Me and you would be pulling him in one of those carts right now.
06:47I'm not even kidding.
06:48Bro, we should both rock kimonos and just go back to Ken's place.
06:51Let's do it, man.
06:52What's up, man? How are you doing?
06:54Walking through this marketplace right now with Dave,
06:56it just hits every box of what I imagined Japan would be.
06:59Amazing people.
07:00You have beautiful temples everywhere.
07:03You have incredible foods and ice cream.
07:05Thank you. Thank you so much.
07:07You just feel so immersed in the culture.
07:10Oh, no. Arigato. Damn it, I'm sorry.
07:12Arigato, I'm at. I'm working on it.
07:13Arigato.
07:14Are we all right to get a photo? We can move your show.
07:16Oh, I appreciate that.
07:17Where are you guys from?
07:18England.
07:19England?
07:20All right. Awesome, awesome.
07:22Amazing.
07:23Nice to meet you.
07:26One of the really interesting DMs I received here in Japan was a musician
07:42who actually told me he has a 100-plus-year-old sports item.
07:49When you think of an item from Japan, 100-plus years old,
07:52you think of martial arts, sumo wrestling.
07:54I don't know.
07:55Something kind of in that culture.
07:57I'm very intrigued.
08:00Wow.
08:00All right.
08:02Oh, my gosh.
08:03That's unbelievable.
08:04How are you?
08:06I have never seen a marimba before.
08:08I don't even know what a marimba is, to be honest with you,
08:10but Shinosuke makes it look super cool when he plays it.
08:13Maybe there's certain things you're really good at
08:14and some things you're just not good at.
08:16Sounds like we play six months.
08:19Yeah, everyone's tone deaf, that's all.
08:21And playing this marimba is not something I'm good at.
08:24I heard you had an item that's almost 100 years old,
08:28and I want to take a look, yeah.
08:30Okay, let's talk about the vision is done.
08:32Not even knowing what item from 100 years ago
08:34we're about to go in and see doesn't leave me feeling great,
08:37because the clock is ticking, we have limited time,
08:39and we absolutely need a win here.
08:41Look at this.
08:42This was the thing.
08:44Okay, thank you.
08:45Okay.
08:45You didn't know that.
08:47Wow, the original 10.
08:49This is the original holder that a baseball would come in.
08:51Look at the quality.
08:52So I'm getting used to it.
08:53I got to open it.
08:54All right, I'm nervous, I'm nervous.
08:57Oh, no, no, no.
08:59All right, what do we got in here?
09:01Oh, my gosh.
09:03All right, slow reveal that one.
09:04All right, all right.
09:07What?
09:08Oh, my God.
09:10Wow.
09:11That's incredible.
09:12This is the symbol from the 1934 tour of Japan
09:18and sign of Babe Ruth.
09:21Wow.
09:22Yes.
09:27United States, they sent their all-stars out to Japan
09:29in the off-season.
09:31From November to December 1934,
09:34Babe Ruth and a group of American League all-stars
09:36came out to Japan in the off-season.
09:39They played 18 games against Japanese players.
09:42The United States won all 18 games.
09:45But the Japanese players in the crowd were so impressed by the event
09:50that after the U.S. players went home,
09:52the Japanese all-stars formed the Yomiuri Giants,
09:56which became the first professional baseball team in Japan.
10:01My father or grandfather went to the games.
10:04Your great-grandfather.
10:06Oh, my goodness.
10:11The condition of the baseball is immaculate.
10:14There's no scuffs.
10:14A lot of times people would play with these balls,
10:16or they would have played with them first,
10:18and then they would have gotten them signed.
10:19This was a brand new baseball.
10:21This baseball here might be one of the finest
10:25Tour of Japan team-signed baseballs in existence.
10:28Um, may I ask one thing?
10:31How much can we this ball will be?
10:34The ones that I've seen that have been in much worse condition
10:36have sold 10,000, 20,000-plus.
10:39But this original case right here is probably what kept this ball
10:43being in this condition.
10:44And because it's so rare in this condition,
10:46I could see $75,000 on something like this.
10:50Oh, my God.
10:51Oh, my God.
10:51You had no idea it could be worth that, right?
10:53No.
10:54When the final hammer hits, you know,
10:56there's no telling how high this could go in auction.
10:58All right, so let's do it.
10:59All right, my friend.
11:00Absolutely pleasure.
11:01Thank you so much.
11:02Thank you so much.
11:04For me, it's incredible.
11:06The same ball with 70,000.
11:09Oh, my God, yes.
11:10I can't believe it.
11:11I will buy new marimba.
11:16I will buy new marimba.
11:17Oh, we're at the game.
11:22Charge!
11:22Yay!
11:24Woo!
11:31What do you think the boys are doing?
11:32Do you think Ryan's going to hit up the dating app?
11:34Such a fan.
11:35I imagine.
11:36No, like, I'm dead.
11:37I think so.
11:38I'm sure, uh, you know, Krupa knows how to get them coming.
11:40How long are they out there for?
11:41They have a delivery for you.
11:42Oh.
11:44Whoa, fancy box.
11:46What is that?
11:46So you got some wooden box with stars on it, bro?
11:48Come on.
11:49Just like this, huh?
11:50Mm-hmm.
11:50Wow.
11:51Slide it open.
11:53Oh, what the?
11:56Was that a spider jump at it?
11:58Was that you?
12:01Okay.
12:03Letter.
12:04Is this a love note?
12:05I don't know.
12:05You're taken, though.
12:07R.L. Stine to Alex.
12:08Come if you dare.
12:10We're talking goosebumps, like, when I was a kid.
12:13That R.L. Stine?
12:14He literally, for an entire generation, introduced kids to horror.
12:18I'm pretty sure someone's, like, playing a prank on you, right?
12:21Like, why would R.L. Stine?
12:22Let me see.
12:22I doubt he just wrote a letter and sent it to you.
12:25I've been reaching out.
12:26Really?
12:27Yeah, I mean...
12:28Really?
12:28I recently saw The Haunted Mask sell for $58,000.
12:32Huh.
12:32I've been emailing him for months to see if he wants to consign anything with us.
12:35Like what?
12:36One of his original books?
12:37Original books, signed, first prints.
12:39I'm intrigued.
12:40Well, he didn't even respond to any email.
12:42He just...
12:42We'll get Johnny Rez here.
12:43He'll authenticate the signature.
12:46I never thought that I would actually get a response back from R.L. Stine,
12:50let alone an invitation to his house.
12:53Maybe he has something from the TV show, maybe another prop that we can bring to Golden
12:59and try to exceed $58,000.
13:03Hey, what's up?
13:04John, what's going on, bro?
13:05How you doing?
13:06It's kind of embarrassing.
13:06Yep.
13:07Apparently, R.L. Stine sent Alex a letter inviting him to come check some stuff out.
13:12I...
13:12You gotta look at this, John.
13:13You gotta check this out.
13:14You're like a master at this.
13:15Let's take a look.
13:18I've seen a lot of them.
13:19This is what I always see.
13:21It's got that monster R goes right to the L, and then that crossbar that's just like a slash.
13:28And the way he crowds his last name.
13:32This one matches everything that I've seen.
13:36It's good.
13:37No.
13:38Come on.
13:38Dude.
13:39What would a signature like that, even on a piece of paper, get you?
13:43Well, it would get you an invitation to wherever you're going, for one.
13:46What's up?
13:53What's up?
13:54How you doing?
13:55Finally.
13:55Good to see you.
13:56Welcome to Japan.
13:58Masa is one of the first people I called when I planned this trip to Tokyo.
14:02He's the head of eBay Japan.
14:04He knows all the spots.
14:05He knows all the trends.
14:07He knows what's becoming hot and where to find it.
14:10Mandarake started as a bookstore and then expanded into all sorts of collectibles you can only find in Japan.
14:17We are meeting at a retail chain shop that is a hub of Japanese collectibles, both new and used.
14:23It's owned by Mandarake Corp, and it's the perfect place for me to build my knowledge about Japanese collectibles.
14:30All right, this is the shrine of Mandarake.
14:35So would you consider Japanese collectors, like, big collectors?
14:40Well, collection is like a part of the DNA.
14:44We have more diverse set-up collectibles beyond Pokemon cards.
14:49We collect a lot of things in very mint fashion.
14:52Mandarake.
14:53Yeah, like 100,000 items.
14:56Oh, we're in it.
14:56Listed on eBay.
14:58I love the boxing robots.
14:59Batman, I was wondering.
15:00Okay, so I've never seen that before.
15:02220,000 yen, that's gonna be $1,500 in that range.
15:08This stuff is very cool.
15:09Golden specialty has always been high-ticket items, but eBay unlocks collectibles at every price point,
15:16and that is something I want to learn and take advantage of.
15:20A lot of these things are items that we're trying to get into, expanding outside of the world of,
15:26you know, just trading cards, TCG, sports memorabilia, and we're gonna attract more of a worldwide audience,
15:32which is honestly why I came to Japan.
15:34Yeah, there you go.
15:35I'm finally here at Mint Lab.
15:49This is my biggest and best clients.
15:51So for once, this isn't about business.
15:53This isn't about sales or anything along those lines.
15:56This is about me just wanting to be in front of people that I truly value and respect,
16:00and have trusted me with their business.
16:01Konnichiwa!
16:03Hey, it's me.
16:03My friend.
16:04Nice to meet you.
16:04Oh my gosh.
16:05Hello.
16:05Such a pleasure to meet you all.
16:07Hello.
16:09Pleasure.
16:09This is you, our assistant director.
16:10Hi, me.
16:11How are you, my friend?
16:12Pleasure.
16:12This is such a surreal experience for me.
16:14Finally being in front of Chen and you and all my other big-time clients here at Mint,
16:19it's honestly, I can't even put it into words.
16:21Thank you so much for having me.
16:22Thank you for coming.
16:23Four and a half years, we've all worked together,
16:25so it's an absolute honor to be out here with you guys.
16:27This was my first big client I ever had at Golden.
16:31This is unbelievable.
16:33Whoa, what do we got here?
16:34A little live break studio?
16:35Go ahead.
16:36All right.
16:37Pleasure.
16:37Nice to meet you, my friend.
16:39Wow, look at this setup.
16:40Are you guys live right now?
16:41Yeah.
16:41Do you mind if I rip something?
16:42All right.
16:42I mean, we got everybody on here.
16:43What's going on, guys?
16:45I did not think this is something they would have in Japan.
16:47In the US, it's huge, right?
16:49Everybody's always doing live breaks, so there's no way I'm going to miss my Japanese
16:52live stream debut, The Ryan Krupa Show.
16:55Not the best so far, but it's okay.
16:57This happens.
16:57That's awesome.
16:59Whoa, the Wemby.
17:00Okay.
17:01A little Wemby city edition.
17:03Now, that's a nice one.
17:04Look at that.
17:05What a hit.
17:06Boom.
17:07I hit a $200 Victor Wemby-Yama city edition cart.
17:10Pretty freaking cool.
17:11I might not be thrilled that I'm doing live breaks right now with Mint instead of chipping
17:15away at that huge goal, but at the end of the day, this is all part of it.
17:18So, you guys are stacked up on the wax, which is incredible.
17:21I mean, gosh, it just keeps going.
17:22It's an endless store right here.
17:24You're lucky it's all caged up, because if it wasn't, I'd be ripping everything.
17:26So, this is for the best.
17:28We got our ninjas to make sure that.
17:29Yeah, I'm sure.
17:30You're so large, you take up the entire umbrella.
17:40Hold it up over me, please.
17:43Ken, Dave, Ryan, they're in Tokyo.
17:45Of course, I want to be there.
17:46But, you know, it's a good opportunity for me to hold down the Ford of Golden, you know,
17:50kind of take charge.
17:52Alex has set up this meeting with R.L.
17:54Stein at his apartment in New York.
17:56I cannot believe I'm going to meet the legend today.
17:58But at the same time, you know, this is a big mystery.
18:01I don't know what we're doing up there.
18:02Maybe he wants to consign something.
18:04Maybe he wants to collaborate with Golden.
18:06I'm kind of scared.
18:06I'm kind of excited.
18:08Just like when I was a kid reading his books.
18:09Let's go.
18:10Right in here, huh?
18:12He's so popular and globally recognized.
18:14I checked it.
18:15It's not Stephen King.
18:17R.L. Stein, most successful horror author of all time.
18:20I feel like I'm in a scene in Ghostbusters.
18:21No, dude, here we go.
18:23I'm hoping we get something that surpasses that $50,000 haunted mask.
18:28Mr. Stein, how are you?
18:38Alex.
18:38Good.
18:39Alex, nice to meet you.
18:39Good to meet you.
18:40Mr. Stein, Carlo.
18:41Hi, Carlo.
18:42Thank you for having us.
18:43Appreciate it.
18:43Do you prefer Mr. Stein?
18:44Uh, Bob is fine.
18:47I'm R.L. Stein.
18:48I write the Goosebumps books.
18:53I started writing when I was nine.
18:55I was this weird kid.
18:57I dragged a typewriter into my room.
18:59Now, no one knows what a typewriter is, but dragged it into my room, started typing stories.
19:05My parents would say, go out and play.
19:07Go outside.
19:08Get out of here.
19:09What's wrong with you?
19:10And I'd say, it's boring out there.
19:12Type, type, type, type.
19:14People expect my apartment to be scary.
19:21Oh, my.
19:21Oh, my.
19:23Oh, my.
19:24This is crazy.
19:25Of course.
19:25Oh, my gosh.
19:33Oh, man.
19:33That's a lot of books, right?
19:35I loved Goosebumps when I was a kid.
19:37I'm getting chills.
19:38This takes me back.
19:39Look at this.
19:40Yeah.
19:40Oh, my God.
19:40Look at this.
19:41Oh, my gosh.
19:43Yeah, I spent a lot of time in here.
19:45Do you right here?
19:47Yeah, this is it.
19:48Right here.
19:48Oh, my.
19:48This is incredible.
19:50Look at this.
19:50300 books.
19:51With one finger.
19:52I've never learned how to type.
19:54No, look.
19:54Look at it.
19:55That's my typing finger.
19:57It's totally curved.
19:58It's ruined.
19:59Oh, my gosh.
20:00It's what I sacrificed for my art.
20:02You have a few blimps back there.
20:03Some Nickelodeon awards.
20:04Yeah.
20:04Wow.
20:04That was the author of the year.
20:06I was really excited because 52 million kids voted.
20:10And the rule was if you won four blimps in a row, you get a platinum blimp.
20:15Okay.
20:15And after I won three, Harry Potter came out.
20:18So that was the end, huh?
20:19That was it.
20:20That was it for me.
20:21I was done.
20:23Bob.
20:24Yeah.
20:24This dummy looks just like you.
20:27I used to do the introductions to the primetime Goosebumps shows.
20:32And they made this for me.
20:33I did an act with him to introduce the show.
20:37Hello, I'm R.L. Stine.
20:40I write the Goosebumps books.
20:42You're not R.L. Stine.
20:44I am.
20:46Oh, yeah?
20:47Who's working your head?
20:49He was a little better than me.
20:52I was a little stiff.
20:53Oh, this is incredible.
20:55So when you first started, the inspiration for Goosebumps,
20:57where did that come from in the early 90s over there?
20:59Well, I was reading TV Guide magazine, and a little tiny ad on the bottom of the page said,
21:06it's Goosebumps week on Channel 11.
21:10And I just stared at it.
21:12I mean, there it was.
21:12I said, we'll call it Channel 11.
21:15Oh, that's amazing.
21:17That's amazing, Joe.
21:18You set me up for that one.
21:19No, it's a bad joke.
21:20But that's true story.
21:21That's where Goosebumps came from, from a little ad.
21:24It's a perfect name because it's scary and it's funny.
21:27Right.
21:27And not too scary.
21:28I mean, you want to talk about a special moment.
21:32You know, you're a kid reading the books.
21:34Now we're at the desk.
21:35I'm touching the desk.
21:36Come on, come on.
21:37The inspiration of these books.
21:38No, it's really...
21:39No, now you're embarrassing me.
21:40No.
21:41You know, look, you've inspired people.
21:43There's some big collectibles here.
21:45I gotta ask, I see something that doesn't fit in this room right here.
21:48Are those Kawhi Leonard shoes?
21:49Do you mind if I grab those?
21:50No, check them out.
21:51What is this all about?
21:52I know he's with Goosebumps.
21:54He was a huge Goosebumps fan, and he designed these shoes.
21:57He's got his shoe line.
21:58Look at this.
21:59And these are Goosebumps shoes.
22:00New Balance.
22:00Size 10 and a half, my size.
22:04You know, the one thing I have to show you,
22:08I recently read that somebody auctioned off the original haunted mask.
22:12For roughly about, like, 58,000.
22:15So I thought if you wanted to auction off the dummy.
22:19I just had this idea that maybe somebody else would enjoy having this dummy.
22:30I've had it staring at me for 30 years, and it's the only prop I have from the old Goosebumps show.
22:36And I thought, well, maybe somebody else would really appreciate it.
22:40I mean, this is insane.
22:42This is crazy.
22:44This is an incredible one of one.
22:45You're potentially looking at a 50 to maybe six-figure item right here.
22:48Did you ever think about that?
22:50Never.
22:51That's how I saw your show.
22:53You look at people in our age group here, the 30s, the 40s.
22:57Now they're established.
22:58People are making money.
22:59I mean, this would be an item that I could see going crazy on Golden.
23:04Wow.
23:04Mystery solved.
23:05We're acquiring the R.L. Stein dummy.
23:08I mean, this item's huge.
23:09It's coming directly from him.
23:10The provenance is perfect.
23:12I think we're going to have a huge sale here.
23:15Not trying to overstep.
23:16I have just one favor if I can.
23:17Yeah, of course.
23:18My two-year-old son, Roman.
23:20I was hoping it was not too much.
23:21You could sign a book for him.
23:22Yeah, of course.
23:23Look, I have a million books.
23:25I can sign books.
23:26And I can start his collection.
23:29I love parents passing on goosebumps to their kids.
23:33I admire their enthusiasm.
23:35And that goosebumps meant so much to them when they were younger.
23:38Thank you for the book for Roman.
23:40It's been an absolute honor, my friend.
23:42My pleasure.
23:43That's exciting to me.
23:44I get to scare a lot of generations.
23:46I'm so sorry about it.
23:47Oh, hi.
23:48Could you possibly sign his hand?
23:50Oh, sure, Alex.
23:51Oh, my gosh.
23:52You can sign him.
23:54Try.
23:57Thank you so much.
23:58There you go.
23:59Oh, my God.
23:59I think he just boosted the value of that thing just a little bit.
24:02You think?
24:02I don't know.
24:05Wait until everyone at the office sees this.
24:07They're going to go nuts.
24:07That's a good deal, Alex.
24:08They're going to be like, get this away from me.
24:11This is haunted.
24:11Let's go.
24:13Oh, my God.
24:13How you doing, buddy?
24:14Hey.
24:27No way.
24:28Dude, muscle man.
24:29No freaking way.
24:31I love these things.
24:32When we announced we're coming to Tokyo, we were getting DMs from all over the world.
24:36So when I get a message from someone from Shanghai that says he's flying to Japan with a huge item,
24:40I said, great.
24:41Let's go.
24:41Come meet me while I'm shopping.
24:43Hey, Dave.
24:43Just to see you.
24:45Just to see you.
24:46All right, man.
24:47Let's meet you, man.
24:47Good to meet you.
24:48Thanks for coming out, man.
24:49My name is Siu from Shanghai, China.
24:51I collect basketball sports cars when I was 16.
24:55Fui in love with basketball.
24:56Then I start collecting all the sneakers.
24:58And then I, you know, move into fashion business.
25:01So that's what I'm doing right now.
25:03So I heard you had a little something for us.
25:05To show you.
25:07All right, I like the looks of that already.
25:10No.
25:11This is the thing.
25:12No.
25:15Yeah.
25:16This is the 2324 Flawless Victor Wimbanyama LeBron James Dual Logo Man rookie card.
25:24Oh, my gosh.
25:25This is massive.
25:27Logo Man cards are very rare, very limited.
25:30These are game-used patches.
25:32This is LeBron James.
25:33This is Victor Wimbanyama.
25:35It's also a rookie card.
25:36It's the best pair in the entire set.
25:39It does not get better.
25:40So if you actually hit one of these, it is life-changing money.
25:45You hit this?
25:46Yeah.
25:46And that's my first ever Flawless case.
25:48No way.
25:50No way.
25:51Yeah.
25:52It just happened.
25:52Do you have a video of when you hit it?
25:54You do?
25:55All right, I got to see this, man.
25:56Oh, here it is.
25:58He knew it.
25:59He knew it.
26:00But he didn't know it was that.
26:01Yeah, yeah.
26:02Oh, my gosh.
26:03No.
26:05Look at everybody doing nuts.
26:08Panini Flawless cases are very expensive.
26:10You're spending maybe $10,000, $20,000 plus on just one box with a few cards in it.
26:16It's a highly, highly risky investment.
26:19So seeing CU hit that on the first try, that's crazy.
26:23This is a one of one.
26:24It could be a seven-figure card.
26:26Have you had some offers on this?
26:27Yeah, already.
26:28What type of offers?
26:30Yes, I already got, like, offer around $1 million in China.
26:35Wow.
26:35You turned down a million bucks?
26:36Yeah.
26:38Wow.
26:38Yep.
26:38Jeez.
26:40When I heard the offer that CU got on the card, immediately my heart dropped because I thought,
26:45I don't have a deal.
26:46I'm not offering a million dollars on this card.
26:47I'm not trying to buy it for myself.
26:49I'm trying to bring this to auction.
26:50I need to sell the upside potential, the marketing, the international appeal we can give this card.
26:55So how'd you hear of Golden?
26:56I hear it from the OGs.
26:58They told me, like, if you got, like, the hate cards, go to the Golding.
27:02Okay.
27:02I mean, obviously, we have the highest sale of any Wemby card ever.
27:05It was $860,000 for the Nebula Prism.
27:08That was just Wemby.
27:09Mm-hmm.
27:09Obviously, with LeBron here, that adds some value.
27:13Did you want to grade this at all, or you want to leave it sealed like that?
27:16I think I'm going to grade it.
27:17You're going to grade it?
27:18I'm going to grade it.
27:19I mean, to grade this with PSA, you know it's going to be probably, like, $25,000.
27:25But, I mean, if this thing pops at $10,000, this thing's massive, man.
27:28Yeah.
27:30What's it going to take to get this to Golden?
27:33Obviously, I'm interested in listing this here.
27:37What if I did $100,000 advance?
27:40We'll grade it, and we can pay for it up front, so you don't have to cover that grading fee as well.
27:45We'll put this in the Golden 100.
27:46It's our best auction, premium auction.
27:48Everything in the auction is $100,000 or better.
27:50There's only 100 lots.
27:53We can make this work, or what?
27:57I'm looking for more.
28:00More than 100?
28:00Yeah.
28:01Because, you know, I already got, like, a million dollars, Alfred.
28:03If we put this in the auction, we could beat that.
28:06I think so.
28:08Wow.
28:08What about $250,000 cash advance?
28:14We'll do the grading for you.
28:16The Golden 100 auction.
28:17Does that get this done?
28:23I think that's a good deal.
28:24Let's do it, my man.
28:25Let's do it.
28:26Let's do it.
28:27All right, brother.
28:28Thank you for coming out and seeing me, man.
28:30The reason why I chose Golding is it's the best auction house.
28:34And it's also, you know, helps us to let everybody know where the card came from.
28:39It's a big deal.
28:40This logo, man, is just a life-changing card.
28:42We'll do our thing, man.
28:43We'll take care of you.
28:43I promise, all right?
28:45Appreciate it.
28:45Appreciate it.
28:46We never know how we're going to get there.
28:47We never know what's showing up half the time.
28:49So for me to be able to close a million dollar deal here in Japan, half the goal,
28:54that is why I am Ken Jr. And that is why we are the best in the biz.
28:59It's a good trip already, man.
29:01It's a great trip already.
29:06For the first time ever, Ken Golden, the king of collectibles, is traveling to Japan
29:11where you can meet him and the team.
29:13Make sure to bring your collectibles as they will be doing in-person consignments.
29:17This is a great opportunity for you.
29:26Golden Showcase event is an opportunity to show Japan what Golden has to offer,
29:32as well as introduce us face-to-face to Japanese collectors to getting consignments.
29:37And for them, we'll give out free appraisals.
29:40I'll see you inside, okay?
29:44Jared, thank you so much. Place looks great.
29:47Of course.
29:47Of course.
29:47I've known Jared Blesnik for about 20 years, and he really came through today.
29:53He's brought us a massive amount of people, and I'm hoping we can learn from them about their
29:59collecting habits and use that to chip away at our $2 million consignment goal.
30:04I want to show you something. I want to sign with you.
30:06Okay.
30:06Okay, this was the bracelet that I was fortunate enough to win at the World Series of Poker.
30:13The buy-in is $50,000 and higher. They put a little diamonds on there.
30:17This is a big deal.
30:19Thank you, thank you.
30:19Glad to do it.
30:20Thank you, Ken.
30:21Everybody, we'll open the doors.
30:23Let's go.
30:24Get ready.
30:26Thank you. Welcome.
30:27Hello, how are you?
30:29This is it. You're consigning this with me right now.
30:32Okay, love it. So these two are for sure.
30:34The signatures look great, though. Let's talk about this pair right here.
30:37The doors open up. Boom. Lying right in front of me. Jordan game you sneakers. 50 grand.
30:43Tiny one of one right there. Oh, my gosh.
30:46I look over. Ryan has got big money cards in front of him. It hasn't even been an hour yet.
30:51We're cruising through this place.
30:53Slim sticks from 1978.
30:56That's cool. We'll definitely do that.
30:57And then this right here, man.
30:59Oh, Ken. Ken.
31:00Yes.
31:00Oh, my gosh.
31:01Oh.
31:02EMG Green Rodman. Are you kidding me?
31:04Oh, wow. This is tremendous. This is huge.
31:06Oh, my gosh.
31:08That's an eight.
31:09Oh, oh, my. Look at this, Ken.
31:12Are you kidding me?
31:14The 97 Ultra Masterpieces One of One Iverson.
31:18Oh, wow.
31:18Are you familiar with Golden 100?
31:24Okay.
31:25Okay? Oh, my God. Amazing.
31:27An original Zeppelin album.
31:29Oh, million dollar Murakami cards.
31:32You live around here?
31:33It took four hours for him to come here.
31:35Oh, my God.
31:36Oh, I'm so honored you came in.
31:37Seriously.
31:38It's such an honor.
31:38This is mind-blowing.
31:39They came here just to see us.
31:42Awesome.
31:42So nice to meet you guys.
31:43Thank you for coming in.
31:44It means a lot.
31:45You can tell they're just as excited to see us
31:48as we are to see them.
31:49This is an amazing start.
31:50I'm feeling really good.
31:52Both of these coming to Golden, so we're excited, man.
31:54This is amazing.
31:56Ken, you got to see this bat over here.
31:58It's an Otani bat from his rookie season in Japan.
32:01Rookie season in Japan?
32:02Yeah, with the Nippon fighters.
32:04Look at this, Ken.
32:05Hi there.
32:06I'm very honored to meet you, sir.
32:08You are my hero.
32:09You, Dave, and you, Ken.
32:11Oh, thank you so much.
32:12Yeah, thank you so much.
32:14He's thinking to sell this in Golden.
32:16Troy, how'd you get this bat?
32:18I bought it from his fans of the Nippon fighters a long time ago.
32:23Oh, before he really became popular.
32:25Okay.
32:26Look at that.
32:27He signed it in the original Kanje as well as in English.
32:31This is the true rookie bat from Japanese league here.
32:34Yeah, I like it.
32:35Wow, this is massive.
32:37Honestly, I've never seen anything like this before.
32:40We definitely got to get this at Golden.
32:41That's true.
32:42And it's a professional bat too,
32:43which makes it even better as opposed to like a minor league bat.
32:46Yeah, yeah.
32:47So I'm sure you love the bat.
32:48Yeah.
32:49But I'm sure you'd probably rather a new car instead of the bat, right?
32:53Obviously, we came all this way here.
32:55We'd certainly love to sell this bat for you.
32:57We have to get it authenticated,
32:58but we think this item could be potentially six figures worth of items.
33:02So are we bringing this to Golden or what?
33:05Are you looking to consign?
33:09This bat, this is important to me.
33:11It's really special.
33:12And this is my treasure.
33:14Uh-huh.
33:14Yeah, so I need time to think over anything.
33:17Thinking?
33:17Yeah, yeah.
33:17Oh, my God.
33:18Yeah.
33:19Thinking, yeah.
33:19Breaking my heart.
33:20This is one of the better items we've seen since we've been here.
33:24All right, we tried.
33:25We tried.
33:26We have the biggest show in the world in the USA, the national.
33:29Do you know how often I get turned down there?
33:32Never.
33:33However, the Golden Showcase was a great event for us.
33:36I mean, we got some big consignments, but it's also a learning experience.
33:42Now it's going to be up to Dave and Ryan to get us across the finish line to our $2 million goal.
33:48No better place than Tokyo to be selling this stuff, right?
33:51Let's go get some more deals.
33:52There they are.
34:01Hey.
34:01What's going on, guys?
34:02All right.
34:03After our amazing meeting at Mint, their CEO, Tetsuo, actually asked me and Dave to go out to dinner with him.
34:08This is Dave.
34:09I don't think you've ever met him, obviously.
34:10I'm honored to meet you.
34:11And then this is Chen as well.
34:12It's great to meet you in person.
34:13Great to meet you as well.
34:15I know Dave's itching to do deals right now, and I get it.
34:17He's a grinder.
34:18I am too.
34:18But this is the CEO of one of the biggest companies in Japan.
34:22This is pretty cool.
34:23This restaurant's owner is my friend.
34:26Oh, okay.
34:27So I have a key.
34:29Yeah.
34:30Wow.
34:34Oh, look at this.
34:36Oh, my gosh.
34:37I love this.
34:38All right.
34:40Do you enjoy Tokyo?
34:41Oh, yeah.
34:41It's been great.
34:42No, it's been really good.
34:43Busy trip, but it's been great.
34:46Shoes off right here?
34:47Yes.
34:48Perfect.
34:49What a cool place this is.
34:50Yeah.
34:51How long have you been collecting?
34:53Don't get him started on that.
34:55We want to get him started on that.
34:56Over 30 years.
34:5830 years.
34:59Yeah, yeah, yeah.
34:59Wow.
35:00I'm a basketball guy.
35:02I was a big Charles Barkley fan.
35:05Okay.
35:06Charles Barkley.
35:06Wow.
35:07Okay.
35:07What's your favorite basketball team?
35:09Warriors.
35:10Warriors.
35:11Okay.
35:11Okay.
35:12Okay.
35:12Big Steph Curry.
35:13Steph Curry guy.
35:14We can change our favorite team because we live in Tokyo.
35:18Yeah, that's right.
35:19That's fair.
35:20So you guys were my first and biggest client.
35:23I mean, that's to me, it's still so special.
35:26You know, and I think for us at Golden and for you guys at Mint, you know, we're both doing the same thing, right?
35:31We're building huge global brands, but our partnership together and what we've been able to do over these four and a half years has been incredible.
35:39We all have clients, but you guys feel like even more than that, like friendship, which is, you know, a big thing as well.
35:44We really, again, appreciate you, the invite here.
35:46Absolutely.
35:47This is an amazing place.
35:48It really is.
35:49I'm getting a little hungry.
35:50I don't know about you.
35:52Before the food comes out, though, we actually got one little extra thing for you.
35:56Okay.
35:57Oh, wow.
35:58Awesome.
36:00I don't think people realize how hard this is for me not to talk business.
36:04Anywhere I go, I talk business.
36:05It's just a part of who I am.
36:06So whatever this might be, will be the cherry on top of one of the best trips of my life.
36:11Okay.
36:12Uh-oh, what do we got?
36:13Just coming.
36:14A little pleasure before dinner.
36:15I love this.
36:16I love this.
36:27Oh, my God.
36:46Hi.
36:47I love this.
36:59We're not true.
37:03See you.
37:05Wee.
37:05Wee.
37:07Bye.
37:07Bye.
37:08Bye.
37:09Bye.
37:10Bye.
37:16You
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