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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?
02:56What's up?
02:57What's up?
02:58What's up?
02:58What's up, Jersey?
02:59What's going on?
03:00What's going on?
03:01Peace out, Jersey.
03:02Big news, everyone.
03:03For the first time in my life, I am headed to Japan.
03:20Why to Japan right now?
03:23I'm going to head out and see my good friend at Blaz Asia.
03:29Ryan has your first class.
03:30We want to meet you.
03:31We want you to consign directly with us.
03:35Come say hi.
03:36Bring us your consignments.
03:38See you there.
03:59Keep steady.
04:00I'm going for this.
04:05How are you feeling on the jet lag?
04:06Doing all right?
04:07You have to sleep to get jet lag, right?
04:09Well, that is a good point, actually.
04:11I'm in Tokyo.
04:12No jet lag.
04:13No naps.
04:14Take a look at this.
04:15Oh, my God.
04:16You thought New York was the center of the universe?
04:18Yeah.
04:19Tokyo.
04:20This is what it means to go global.
04:22I want Golden to do as much business as possible in Japan.
04:26We've got to bring in big numbers.
04:28I've set a goal for my team of $2 million to bring back in consignments.
04:34This is crazy.
04:35I mean, isn't it?
04:36Oh, my God.
04:37The biggest thing about the Japanese culture is all about respect.
04:40It's doing things the right way, being face-to-face with somebody.
04:43Mint has been one of my best clients for the longest time.
04:46So I'm so happy that I'm finally out here to do it properly and have that face-to-face interaction
04:51with somebody I already have done such great business with, and I have so much respect for it.
05:00I definitely feel like a fish out of water, but it is time to get face-to-face and do some deals,
05:06Golden-style.
05:13Do you have any idea how many people are around the metropolitan area right now?
05:1750,000.
05:1937 million.
05:23This is our opportunity to open up Golden to a brand-new worldwide audience.
05:29We want to get a lot of consignments.
05:31We need to make relationships.
05:32And the last time we had a large goal like this was Comic-Con,
05:35and it did not go well.
05:36Your goal, two days, $2 million.
05:40That's the bare minimum.
05:42The final number actually was a little over 640 grand.
05:45We fell short, man, and that's not like a little short.
05:49I'm the team leader.
05:50Whenever we get these lofty goals, I have to lead by example.
05:53There's no ifs, ands, or buts.
05:55It's perform or else.
05:56Let's have some fun.
05:57Yes.
05:58Let's take in the sights.
05:59Let's blow up our social media accounts for some great scenery.
06:03Japanese lemon, too.
06:04I mean, that's another experience, so it's going to stop right there.
06:07Come on.
06:08He'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.
06:14That's for sure.
06:15Just be safe, right?
06:16Of course.
06:17Absolutely.
06:18I like this safe collecting.
06:19It's very important.
06:39Look at this, man.
06:40This 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?
06:53How 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.
07:02You have incredible foods and ice cream.
07:06Thank you so much.
07:08You just feel so immersed in the culture.
07:10Oh, no.
07:11Arigato.
07:12Damn it.
07:13I'm sorry.
07:14Arigato, man.
07:15I'm working on it.
07:16Oh, I appreciate that.
07:17Where are you guys from?
07:18England.
07:19England?
07:20All right.
07:21Awesome.
07:22Awesome.
07:23Amazing.
07:24So nice to meet you.
07:25Cheers.
07:26One of the really interesting DMs I received here in Japan was a musician who actually told
07:42me he has a hundred-plus-year-old sports item.
07:49When you think of an item from Japan, a hundred-plus years old, you think of martial arts, sumo wrestling, I don't know.
07:55Something kind of in that culture.
07:57I'm very intrigued.
07:59Wow.
08:00All right.
08:01Oh, my gosh.
08:02That's unbelievable.
08:03How are you?
08:04I have never seen a marimba before.
08:07I 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, and some things you're just not good at.
08:16Sounds like we play six months.
08:19Yeah.
08:20Everyone's tone deaf.
08:21That's all.
08:22And playing this marimba is not something I'm good at.
08:24I heard you had an item that's almost a hundred years old, and I want to take a look, yeah.
08:30Okay, let's talk about the business then.
08:32Not even knowing what item from a hundred years ago we're about to go in and see doesn't leave me feeling great,
08:37because the clock is ticking, we have limited time, and we absolutely need a win here.
08:41This.
08:42This was the thing.
08:44Okay, thank you.
08:45You will know that.
08:46Wow.
08:47The original ten.
08:48Yes.
08:49This is the original holder that a baseball would come in.
08:51Wow.
08:52So I'm getting used to it.
08:53So then you have to open it.
08:54I gotta open it.
08:55All right.
08:56I'm nervous.
08:57I'm nervous.
08:58Oh, no, no, no.
08:59All right.
09:00What do we got in here?
09:01Oh, my gosh.
09:02All right.
09:03Slow reveal that one.
09:04All right.
09:05All right.
09:07What?
09:08Oh, my God.
09:10Oh, my God.
09:11That's incredible.
09:12This is the symbol from the 1934 tour of Japan and sign of Babe Blues.
09:21Wow.
09:22Yes.
09:23The United States, they sent their All-Stars out to Japan in the off-season.
09:31From November to December 1934, Babe Ruth and a group of American League All-Stars came
09:36out to Japan in the off-season.
09:38They played 18 games against Japanese players.
09:41The United States won all 18 games.
09:45But the Japanese players in the crowd were so impressed by the event that after the U.S.
09:51players went home, the Japanese All-Stars formed the Yomiuri Giants, which became the
09:56first professional baseball team in Japan.
09:59My father or grandfather went to the games.
10:04Your great-grandfather.
10:05Yes.
10:06Wow.
10:07And then he got the sign from the ball.
10:09Okay.
10:10Oh, my goodness.
10:11The condition of the baseball is immaculate.
10:13There's no scuffs.
10:14A lot of times people would play with these balls, or they would have played with them
10:17first, and then they would have gotten them signed.
10:19This was a brand new baseball.
10:21This baseball here might be one of the finest tour of Japan team-signed baseballs in existence.
10:28May I ask one thing?
10:30How much this ball will be?
10:33The ones that I've seen that have been in much worse condition have sold 10,000,
10:3820,000-plus.
10:39But this original case right here is probably what kept this ball being in this condition.
10:43And because it's so rare in this condition, I could see $75,000 on something like this.
10:49Oh, my God.
10:50Oh, my God.
10:51You had no idea it could be worth that, right?
10:53No.
10:54When the final hammer hits, you know, there's no telling how high this could go in auction.
10:58All right, so let's do it.
11:01Oh, my God.
11:02Thank you so much.
11:03Thank you so much.
11:04For me, it's incredible.
11:06Time ball with 70,000.
11:09Oh, my God.
11:10I can't believe it.
11:11I will buy new marimba.
11:13Yeah.
11:14Oh, we're at the game.
11:17Charge!
11:18Woo!
11:19What do you think the boys are doing?
11:20Do you think Ryan's gonna hit up the dating app such a fan?
11:35Imagine.
11:36No, like, I'm dead.
11:37I think so.
11:38I'm sure, you know, Krupa knows how to get them coming out.
11:41How long are they out there for?
11:42They have a delivery for you.
11:43Oh.
11:44Whoa.
11:45Fancy box.
11:46What is that?
11:47So you got some wooden box with stars on them, bro?
11:48I really have no idea.
11:49Come on.
11:50Just like this, huh?
11:51Mm-hmm.
11:52Wow.
11:53Slide it open.
11:54Oh, what the...
11:56Was that a spider jump added?
11:58Was that you?
12:00Okay.
12:01Letter.
12:03Is this a love note?
12:04I don't know.
12:05You're taken, though.
12:06R.L. Stine to Alex.
12:08Come if you dare.
12:11We'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?
12:20Like, why would R.L. Stine...
12:21Why would...
12:22Let me see.
12:23I 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?
12:29I definitely saw The Haunted Mask sell for $58,000.
12:31Huh.
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...
12:43We'll get Johnny Rez here.
12:44He'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,
12:56maybe another prop that we can bring to Golden
12:59and try to exceed $58,000.
13:02Hey, what's up?
13:03John, what's going on, bro?
13:04How you doing?
13:05It'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...
13:13You gotta look at this, John.
13:14You gotta check this out.
13:15You're like a master at this.
13:16Take a look.
13:17I've seen a lot of them.
13:19This is what I always see.
13:20It'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!
13:39What would a signature like that, even on a piece of paper, get you?
13:42Well, it would get you an invitation to wherever you're going, for one.
13:53What's up?
13:54How you doing?
13:55Finally.
13:56Good to see you.
13:57Welcome 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.
14:12And 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.
14:25And it's the perfect place for me to build my knowledge about Japanese collectibles.
14:29All right, this is the shrine of Mandarake.
14:33So would you consider Japanese collectors, like, big collectors?
14:39Well, 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 has, like, 100,000 items listed on eBay.
14:55Oh, very nice.
14:56Listed on eBay.
14:57I love the boxing robots.
14:59Batman, I was wondering.
15:00Yeah.
15:01Okay, so I've never seen that before.
15:02220,000 yen, that's gonna be $1,500 in that range.
15:07This stuff is very cool.
15:09Golden specialty has always been high-ticket items.
15:12But eBay unlocks collectibles at every price point, and that is something I want to learn and take advantage of.
15:19A lot of these things are items that we're trying to get into, expanding outside of the world of, you know, just trading cards, TCG, sports memorabilia, and we're gonna attract more of a worldwide audience, which is honestly why I came to Japan.
15:34Yeah.
15:35There you go.
15:36I'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 and have trusted me with their business.
16:01Konnichiwa!
16:02Hey, it's my friend.
16:03Nice to meet you.
16:04Nice to meet you.
16:05Oh, my gosh.
16:06Hello.
16:07Such a pleasure to meet you all.
16:08Hello.
16:09Pleasure.
16:10This is you, our assistant director.
16:11How are you, my friend?
16:12Pleasure.
16:13This 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, it'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, so 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.
16:38Nice to meet you, my friend.
16:39Wow, look at this setup.
16:40Are you guys live right now?
16:41Yeah.
16:42Do you mind if I rip something?
16:43All right.
16:44I mean, we got everybody on here.
16:45What's going on, guys?
16:46I think they would have in Japan.
16:47In the U.S., it's huge, right?
16:48Everybody's always doing live breaks.
16:50So there's no way I'm going to miss my Japanese livestream debut, The Ryan Krupa Show.
16:55Not the best so far, but it's okay.
16:57This happens.
16:58Oh, you got...
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.
17:07A $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
17:14away at that huge goal.
17:16But 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.
17:23You'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.
17:31You're so large, you take up the entire umbrella.
17:40Hold it up over me, please.
17:42Ken, Dave, Ryan, they're in Tokyo.
17:45Of course I want to be there, but, you know, it's a good opportunity for me to hold down
17:49the Fort of Golden, you know, kind of take charge.
17:52Alex has set up this meeting with R.L. Stine 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.
18:00I don't know what we're doing up there.
18:02Maybe he wants to consign something.
18:03Maybe he wants to collaborate with Golden.
18:05I'm kind of scared.
18:06I'm kind of excited.
18:07Just like when I was a kid reading his books.
18:09Let's go.
18:10Right in here, huh?
18:11He's so popular and globally recognized.
18:14I checked it.
18:15It's not Stephen King.
18:16R.L. Stine, most successful horror author of all time.
18:19I feel like I'm in a scene in Ghostbusters.
18:21No, dude, here we go.
18:22I'm hoping we get something that surpasses that $50,000 haunted mask.
18:30Mr. Stine, how are you?
18:31Alex.
18:32Good.
18:33Alex, nice to meet you.
18:34Good to meet you.
18:35Mr. Stine, Carlo.
18:36Hi, Carlo.
18:37Thank you for having us.
18:38Appreciate it.
18:39Do you prefer Mr. Stine?
18:40Uh, Bob is fine.
18:41I'm R.L. Stine.
18:42I write the Goosebumps books.
18:43I started writing when I was nine.
18:44I was this weird kid.
18:45I dragged a typewriter into my room.
18:46Now, no one knows what a typewriter is, but dragged it into my room, started typing stories.
19:04My parents would say, go out and play, go outside, get out of here, what's wrong with
19:09you?
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.
19:22Oh, my.
19:23This is crazy.
19:24Of course.
19:25Oh, my gosh.
19:32Oh, man.
19:33That's a lot of books, right?
19:35I loved Goosebumps when I was a kid.
19:37I'm getting chills.
19:38I'm getting chills.
19:39This takes me back.
19:40Look at this.
19:41Oh, my God.
19:42Look at this.
19:43Oh, my gosh.
19:44Yeah, I spent a lot of time in here.
19:45Do you...
19:46Right here?
19:47Yeah, this is it.
19:48Right here.
19:49Oh, man.
19:50This is incredible.
19:51Look at this.
19:52300 books.
19:53With one finger.
19:54I've never learned how to type.
19:55No, look.
19:56Look at it.
19:57That's my typing finger.
19:58It's totally curved.
19:59It's ruined.
20:00Oh, my gosh.
20:01It's what I sacrificed for my art.
20:02You have a few blimps back there.
20:03Some Nickelodeon awards.
20:04Yeah.
20:05That 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.
20:16And 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.
20:22Bob.
20:23Yeah.
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.
20:34Look at that.
20:35To introduce the show.
20:37Hello.
20:38I'm R.L.
20:39Stein.
20:40I write the Goosebumps books.
20:42You're not R.L.
20:43Stein.
20:44I am.
20:45Oh, yeah?
20:47Who's working your head?
20:49He was a little better than me.
20:51I was a little stiff.
20:52Oh, this is incredible.
20:54So when you first started, the inspiration for Goosebumps, where did that come from in
20:58the early 90s over there?
20:59Well, I was reading TV Guide magazine.
21:02And a little tiny ad on the bottom of the page said, it's Goosebumps week on Channel 11.
21:09And I just stared at it.
21:11I mean, there it was.
21:12I said, we'll call it Channel 11.
21:15Oh, that's amazing.
21:17That's amazing.
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.
21:28And not too scary.
21:29I mean, you want to talk about a special moment.
21:32You know, you're a kid reading the books.
21:33Now 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.
21:40You 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?
21:50Yeah, check them out.
21:51What is this all about?
21:52I know he's with New Balance.
21:53Kawhi Leonard, he was a huge Goosebumps fan.
21:55And he designed these shoes.
21:57He's got his shoe line.
21:58Look at this.
21:59And these are Goosebumps shoes.
22:00New Balance.
22:01Size ten and a half.
22:02My size.
22:03You know, the one thing I have to show you.
22:07I recently read that somebody auctioned off the original Haunted Mask.
22:12For roughly about, like, $58,000.
22:14So I, um, thought if you wanted to auction off the dummy.
22:25I just had this idea that maybe somebody else would enjoy having this dummy.
22:30I've had it staring at me for 30 years.
22:33And 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...
22:41This is insane.
22:42This is crazy.
22:43This is an incredible one of one.
22:45Right.
22:46You're potentially looking at a 50 to maybe six-figure item right here.
22:48Did you ever think about that?
22:49Never.
22:50Not until I saw your show.
22:53You look at people in our age group here, the 30s, the 40s.
22:56Now they're established.
22:57People are making money.
22:58I mean, this would be an item that I could see going crazy on Golden.
23:03Wow.
23:04Mystery solved.
23:05We're acquiring the R.L. Stine dummy.
23:07I mean, this item's huge.
23:08It's coming directly from him.
23:10The provenance is perfect.
23:11I think we're gonna have a huge sale here.
23:14Not trying to overstep.
23:15I have just one favor if I can.
23:17Yeah, of course.
23:18My two-year-old son, Roman.
23:19I was hoping it was not too much.
23:20You could sign a book for him.
23:22Yeah.
23:23No, no, of course.
23:24Look, I have a million books.
23:25I can sign books.
23:27And I could start his collection.
23:29I love parents passing on goosebumps to their kids.
23:32I admire their enthusiasm.
23:34And that goosebumps meant so much to them when they were younger.
23:38Thank you for the book for Roman.
23:39It's been an absolute honor, my friend.
23:42My pleasure.
23:44That's exciting to me.
23:45I get to scare a lot of generations.
23:47I'm so sorry about it to bother you.
23:48Oh, hi.
23:49Could you possibly sign his hand?
23:50Oh, sure, Alex.
23:51Oh, my gosh.
23:52You can sign him and try.
23:57Thank you so much.
23:58There you go.
23:59Oh, my God.
24:00I think he just boosted the value of that thing just a little bit.
24:02You think?
24:03I don't know.
24:05Wait until everyone at the office sees this.
24:07They're going to go nuts.
24:08That's a good deal, Alex.
24:09They're going to be like, get this away from me.
24:11This is haunted.
24:12Let's go.
24:13Oh, my God.
24:14How you doing, buddy?
24:15No way.
24:16Dude, muscle man.
24:17No freaking way.
24:18I love these things.
24:19When we announced we're coming to Tokyo, we were getting DMs from all over the world.
24:36When I get a message from someone from Shanghai that says he's flying to Japan with a huge item, I said, great, let's go. Come meet me while I'm shopping.
24:43Hey, Dave.
24:44Good to see you.
24:45Good to see you.
24:46All right, man.
24:47Good to meet you.
24:48Thanks for coming out, man.
24:50My name is Siu from Shanghai, China.
24:51I collect basketball sports cars.
24:53When I was 16, falling in love with basketball, then I start collecting all the sneakers, and then I, you know, move into fashion business.
25:00So that's what I'm doing right now.
25:02So, I heard you had a little something for us.
25:05To show you.
25:06All right, I like the looks of that already.
25:09No.
25:10This is the thing.
25:12No.
25:13Yeah.
25:16This is the 2324 Flawless Victor Wembenyama LeBron James Dual Logo Man rookie card.
25:23Oh, 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 Wembenyama.
25:34It'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.
25:44You hit this?
25:45Yeah.
25:46And that's my first ever flawless case.
25:48No way.
25:49No way.
25:50Yeah.
25:51It just happened.
25:52Do you have a video?
25:53Yeah, I have a video.
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.
26:04Look at everybody going nuts.
26:06Yeah.
26:07The Panini 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?
26:28Yeah, already.
26:29What type of offers?
26:31I already got an offer around $1 million in China.
26:34Wow.
26:35You turned down a million bucks?
26:36Yeah.
26:37Wow.
26:38Yep.
26:39Jeez.
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 Golden.
27:02Okay.
27:03I 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.
27:10Obviously, 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.
27:18You're going to grade it?
27:19I'm going to grade it.
27:20I mean, to grade this with PSA, you know it's going to be probably, like, $25,000.
27:24But, I mean, if this thing pops at $10,000, this thing's massive, man.
27:28Yeah.
27:29What's it going to take to get this to Golden?
27:33Obviously, I'm interested in listing this here.
27:36What if I did $100,000 advance?
27:39We'll grade it, and we can pay for it up front, so you don't have to cover that grading fee as well.
27:44We'll put this in the Golden 100.
27:46It's our best auction, premium auction.
27:48Everything in the auction's $100,000 or better.
27:50There's only 100 lots.
27:52We can make this work, or what?
27:57I'm looking for more.
27:59More 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.
28:05I think so.
28:08Wow.
28:10What about $250,000 cash advance?
28:14We'll do the grading for you, the 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.
28:28Appreciate it.
28:29Thank you for coming out and seeing me, man.
28:31The reason why I chose Golding is the best auction house, and it also, you know, helps
28:36us 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.
28:44I promise, all right?
28:46Appreciate it.
28:47We never know how we're going to get there.
28:48We never know what's showing up at the time.
28:49So for me to be able to close a million-dollar deal here in Japan, half the goal, that is why
28:55I 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.
29:25The Golden Showcase event is an opportunity to show Japan what Golden has to offer, as
29:32well 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.
29:45Good.
29:46Thank you so much.
29:47Please look great.
29:48Of course.
29:49Jared.
29:50He's been in the public 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
29:58their collecting habits and use that to chip away at our $2 million consignment goal.
30:03I want to show you something.
30:04I want to consign with you.
30:05Okay.
30:06Okay?
30:07This was the bracelet that I was fortunate enough to win.
30:10Ooh.
30:11Very nice.
30:12At the World Series of Poker.
30:13The buy-in is 50,000 and higher.
30:15They put a little diamonds on there.
30:17This is a big deal.
30:20Glad to do it.
30:21Thank you, Ken.
30:22Everybody, we'll open the doors.
30:23Let's go.
30:24Get ready.
30:26Welcome.
30:27Hello.
30:28How are you?
30:29This is it.
30:30You're consigning this with me right now.
30:31Okay.
30:32Love it.
30:33So these two for sure.
30:34The signatures look great, though.
30:35Let's talk about this pair right here.
30:37Doors open up.
30:38Boom.
30:39Line right in front of me.
30:40Jordan Game U sneakers.
30:4250 grand.
30:43It's tiny one of one right there.
30:45Oh, my gosh.
30:46I look over.
30:47Ryan has got big money cards in front of him.
30:49It hasn't even been an hour yet.
30:51We're cruising through this place.
30:53Slim sticks from 1978.
30:56That's cool.
30:57We'll definitely do that.
30:58And then this right here, man.
30:59Ooh, Ken, Ken.
31:00Yes.
31:01Oh, my gosh.
31:02Oh.
31:03TMG Green Rodman.
31:04Are you kidding me?
31:05Oh, wow.
31:06This is tremendous.
31:07This is huge.
31:08Oh, my gosh.
31:09That's an eight.
31:10Oh, my.
31:11Look at this, Ken.
31:12Are you kidding me?
31:13The 97 Ultra Masterpieces One of One Iverson.
31:17Oh, wow.
31:18Are you familiar with Golden 100?
31:21Golden 100.
31:22Okay.
31:23Okay?
31:24Oh, my God.
31:25Amazing.
31:26An 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.
31:36I'm so honored you came in.
31:37Seriously.
31:38Such an honor.
31:39They came here just to see us.
31:41Awesome.
31:42So nice to meet you guys.
31:43Thank you for coming in.
31:44It means a lot.
31:46You can tell they're just as excited to see us as we are to see them.
31:49This is an amazing start.
31:50I'm feeling really good.
31:51Both 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 rookie season in Japan.
32:01Rookie season in Japan?
32:02Yeah, with the Nippon fighters.
32:04Look at this, Ken.
32:05Hi, there.
32:07I'm very honored to meet you, sir.
32:08You are my hero.
32:09You, Dave, and you, Ken.
32:11Oh, thank you so much.
32:12You're my hero, yeah.
32:14Thank you so much.
32:15He's thinking to sell this in Golden.
32:16Troy, how'd you get this bat?
32:18I bought it from his fan of the Neon and 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.
32:30This is the true rookie bat from Japanese League here.
32:34Yeah, I liked it.
32:35Wow.
32:36This is massive.
32:37Honestly, I've never seen anything like this before.
32:39We definitely got to get this at Golden.
32:41True.
32:42And it's a professional bat too, which makes it even better as opposed to like a minor league bat.
32:46Yeah.
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.
32:57Yeah, yeah.
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?
33:07Oh.
33:08This bat, this is important to me.
33:11It's really special.
33:12And this is my treasure.
33:13Uh-huh.
33:14Yeah, so I need time to think of it.
33:16Yeah, yeah.
33:17Oh, my God.
33:18Yeah.
33:19Bracing my heart.
33:20This is one of the better items I've seen since we've been here.
33:23Yeah.
33:24All right, we try.
33:25We try.
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.
33:41Now, it's gonna 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?
33:50Let's go get some more deals.
34:00There they are.
34:01Hey.
34:02What's going on, guys?
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.
34:14I know Dave's itching to do deals right now, and I get it.
34:17He's a grinder.
34:18I am too.
34:19But 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.
34:33Oh, look at this.
34:35Oh, my gosh.
34:37I love this.
34:39Do you enjoy Tokyo?
34:41Yes.
34:42It's been great.
34:43It's been really good.
34:44Busy 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.
34:54We want to get him started on that.
34:56Oh, it is.
34:57Over 30 years.
34:5830 years.
34:59Wow.
35:00I'm a basketball guy.
35:02I was a big Charles Barkley fan.
35:05Okay, Charles Barkley.
35:06Wow.
35:07Okay.
35:08What's your favorite basketball team?
35:09Warriors.
35:10Warriors.
35:11Okay.
35:12Big Steph Curry.
35:13Steph Curry guy.
35:14We can change 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.
35:25You know, and I think for us at Golden and for you guys at Mint, you know, we're both doing
35:30the same thing, right?
35:31We're building huge global brands.
35:33But our partnership together and what we've been able to do over these four and a half years
35:37has been incredible.
35:38We all have clients, but you guys feel like even more than that, like friendship, which
35:42is, you know, a big thing as well.
35:44We really, again, appreciate the invite here.
35:46Absolutely.
35:47This is an amazing place.
35:48It really is.
35:49I love it.
35:50I'm getting a little hungry.
35:51I don't know about you.
35:52Before the food comes out, though, we actually got one little extra thing for you.
35:57Okay.
35:58Oh, wow.
35:59Awesome.
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.
36:07So whatever this might be will be the cherry on top of one of the best trips of my life.
36:11Okay.
36:12Uh-oh.
36:13What do we got?
36:14A little pleasure before dinner.
36:15I love this.
36:16This one.
36:17Oh, my.
36:18Oh, my.
36:19Wow.
36:21I love this.
36:24Oh, my.
36:26Haha.
36:27What that is.
36:28Oh, my.
36:29Oh, my.
36:30It's my place.
36:31Oh, my.
36:33Oh, yeah.
36:34Oh, my.
36:37This is my place.
36:39Oh, my.
36:40Oh, my.
36:41Oh, my.
36:43I'll see you next time, see you next time, see you next time, see you next time.
37:13You
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