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[dramatic music playing]

["Let the Games Begin" playing]

♪ Let the games begin ♪

♪ You can hear the winning ♪

♪ When you hear the call The competition is finished ♪

♪ 'Cause any day now We are about our business ♪

♪ There's no coming back Especially when we're winning ♪

♪ Let the games begin We can hear the winning ♪

-Look at this. Oh my gosh. -Oh my God.

-This is so cool. -[Carlo] This is nuts, man.

[Ryan] This is insane.

-There he is! -Oh, wow.

[Myesha] Hey, Ken!

-[Ken] Okay. -There he is!

[Dave] Cosmic Ken.

Love the shirt.

-Everybody excited? -[team] Let's go! Yes!

-Everybody excited? -[team] Yeah!

[Ken] When you look out there, what do you see?

-[Ryan] Money. -Thank you!

-That is my man! Exactly. -Yeah! Money. Money.

We've done hundreds of sports collectors conventions.

We have never been to New York Comic Con before. Think about that.

This is unknown territory for us.

This has to be conquered by the Goldin team.

Remember, we are here to bring back millions for our next pop culture auction.

Your goal: Two days, $2 million.

That's the bare minimum.

We need to go out to all the dealers, all the sellers.

People even walking the floor. See what they have.

Sell them on Goldin.

There are hundreds of millions of dollars worth of product on that convention floor.

I want as much as possible to come back to Goldin.

They should be getting me $2 million of product in the first two hours.

Here's the plan.

Alex, you're gonna be out there getting us leads.

I know every dealer in this room, from comic books, to cards, to Funko.

This is definitely my territory.

But reaching that goal of two million is a little up there.

Goldin really isn't well known here, so I'm definitely stressing out.

[Ken] The rest of you, you're out there to find us product and get it consigned,

and get a contract locked down no matter what.

We have to show them what Goldin is all about.

Right now, there's multiple other auction houses in this building,

a lot of them in business 20, 30 years.

My goal for Goldin is to let everybody know,

"Hey, we've arrived."

I don't wanna break in the door, I want to kick down the door,

so that when they think of comic book and comic book collectibles,

they immediately think of Goldin.

My goal is, by the time we attend next year's New York Comic Con,

we are viewed as the industry leader.

[Ken] One other thing.

Action #1.

What's going on with that Action #1? I haven't heard anything.

You had promised me you were gonna take care of it.

Spencer is what's known in this business as a whale.

I do millions of dollars of business with him each year.

If I lose him, not only do I lose his business,

but any of the other clients he talks to me about.

The whales in this business need to know you can take my word to the bank.

I'm giving you my word, I'm gonna get this done.

Comic Con is coming up in New York. I'm gonna be there.

I'm not gonna leave that building without an Action #1.

You see an Action #1, you stop what you're doing, you contact me.

I'm gonna go over, and try and close the deal. That is priority one. Okay?

-All right. -Let's go out there.

Let's kick some ass, and show 'em what Goldin's all about.

-Let's go. -Come on.

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[thrilling music playing]

-[Pikachu] Pika! -[Carlo] Yes, Pikachu.

Thank you.

[Myesha] Oh, here we are!

Look at this!

-Wow. -[Myesha] Oh, that's nice.

-The boys are live at the Con. -We're live. We're live.

-The Goldin boys! -And girl.

-What up? -And girl!

We have some amazing items displayed from our pop culture auction.

If you want to check out some items that are on display. Not just comics.

We have music.

[Dave] Nirvana signed photograph.

Michael Jackson personally owned and used fedora.

Look at this, Superman #14.

We are accepting consignments at the booth.

Come drop off video games, comic books, action figures, man.

We got great stuff on display here today.

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[Fung] Carlo, I've got a good contact for you.

I know he's got one six-figure item.

-Alex, you're coming up huge this trip. -Big-time collector.

-We're in his wheelhouse, baby! -Okay.

[Fung] Anthony. What's up?

-What's up, dude? How are you? -How are you?

I want to introduce you to Alex.

-Hey, Anthony. -And Carlo.

-Anthony. Pleasure. -How you doing?

-This your friend? Even in this jacket? -Yeah.

Oh my God.

Fung introduces me to Anthony, who owns a comic book store.

He tells me he's got some great vintage books.

I'm looking forward to taking some off his hands.

-I heard you got some good books for us. -Maybe.

-We'll see. -[Anthony] Maybe for them, not for you.

-You're the worst. -[Carlo] He was talking you up, Anthony.

-I'm pumped to see these, man. -All right. It's...

-They're significant, I guess. I mean... -[Carlo] Okay.

-Can't get more significant than that. -[Carlo] God!

Number 1?

-First Captain America. -That's ridiculous.

-That's a nice grade, 5.5. -Timely.

-[Carlo] Captain America #1, CGC 5.5. -[Fung] 1941.

[heroic music playing]

[Ken] This Captain America comic book, released in the golden age of comics,

features one of the first known representations of Hitler

on a comic book cover.

It was considered a bold and even dangerous move

to humiliate a world leader in this way,

and there was fear that, if angered by the cover,

Hitler or one of his many supporters could retaliate,

making this Captain America #1, graded 5.5 comic,

a daring piece of American history.

They didn't want to publish it because of the war,

there was too much controversy going on, but Joe Simon, Jack Kirby, and Stan Lee,

they pushed it through.

This is one of the bigger things I've seen, man. This is very special.

I don't want to personally, like, get rid of it, get rid of it.

[Carlo] Understood.

I just wanted to, like, sell it to maybe upgrade to a better copy.

I'm thankful even to see it, man. What... what else we got?

So the other one that I have is an X-Men #1...

[Carlo] Oh my God.

...9.2...

-Dude... -Dude!

I love X-Men. I'm an X-Men fan.

This was one of the first to be comin' off the printing press.

Wow.

You see with the secondary ones,

-when the pressing ran out of ink... -Okay.

you'll see this in a lime green, and like a faded red.

This is dark green, dark reds, and a really white cover

that you could see through.

I mean, look, this is... this is the top.

-You... you see these maybe once a year. -Right.

[Carlo] The collectors know they might not get another chance at that.

I know right away if I'm able to get both these books, even one of them,

it's gonna be a big step towards our goal, and it's gonna be a big splash.

I mean, so for me, Anthony, these aren't just comic books.

-This is a piece of American history. -[Anthony] Right.

Literally. Let me ask you this, Ant. What's your number?

For, uh...

For X-Men 1...

my number might be a little aggressive, but I would probably be asking like...

-250, 250,000. -[Carlo] Okay.

[Anthony] The white pages alone, it makes it a rarity.

For Captain America, I truly believe there is no price value for this.

I honestly believe that this book is more important than Action Comics #1

because it literally doesn't fall under the category of a comic.

It's more of an antique and collectible at this point.

But if I had to put a number figure on it, again, aggressive ask...

-270,000, or... -[Carlo] Wow.

-We're Italian. Always go aggressive. -Right. You got it.

It's a big number, though, Carlo.

So, we're looking at half-million-plus all in with these two.

[Anthony] Yeah, absolutely.

[Carlo] I mean, I don't think the numbers are that crazy,

but it's hard to find that buyer privately,

whereas, you know, with us, you're going to have the entire world.

Every qualified buyer, they're gonna have to battle to get these.

You don't see these often.

If this was a book we saw every single month, I'd say, "Maybe not."

But you see this maybe once a year.

That creates that kind of desirability, that creates a sense of urgency. I mean...

Let's consign these. Why don't we find you the next ones?

This way, you sell these, let's get you that half-million-dollars-plus.

Let's roll it into a better copy, and then it's a win-win.

-Right. -Anthony, let's climb the ladder. Come on.

-That's what you want, right? -Climb that ladder, baby!

For, uh... For my friend "Macho Man" Randy Savage over here...

[Fung] Yeah...

-You don't even have... -...I would consign this.

-I'll do the Captain America. -All right, my man.

-Wait. What? -Let's do it, brother.

Yes, sir.

[Carlo] We locked down the Captain America #1.

This book is iconic.

I can't wait to bring it back to the booth, show Dave, Ken, the team.

"Look, man, this could be a quarter-million-dollar book."

Nice chip away towards our goal.

This is what it's all about. We're taking big swings and we're winning.

[Carlo] Oh, last thing.

-Have you seen an Action #1 here? -No.

[upbeat music playing]

Have you graded any Action #1's at the show?

No, we have not.

Do you know if anybody at this show has an unrestored Action #1?

I haven't seen one. We rarely get them. We get them maybe one or two a year.

Have you seen an Action #1 at the show? Unrestored?

I have not.

Okay. [sighs]

[Ken] Oh my God, I'm dying.

Ken's like a god at sports shows.

Honestly, it's the craziest thing you'll ever see.

But at this event, he's less known.

He's running around looking for this Action #1,

almost in a sense of urgency/desperation. Like, he has to make this happen.

I'm trying to find an unrestored, high-grade Action #1 for a client,

and I'm trying to see if anyone in the show either has a lead,

or you've seen it around the show.

I've not seen it around the show.

-[Ken] This is crazy. -[man] Yeah.

-What's the next booth we're going to? -I was really after like a Charizard PSA.

-Yeah. -This is... this is a big boy.

Matt DiMasi is a mosaic artist.

Alex is bringing me to meet him for the first time.

And it's a great thing because Matt, in the past,

sold a Jordan mosaic with Goldin for almost 30K.

Matt typically does his glass mosaic tile replicas in sports.

But today, it's a Pokémon replica, so I'm excited to check it out.

Walking up and down these aisles, there's so many amazing pieces.

But, I mean, these just catch your eye right off the bat.

I don't even know what it... Is it like a tiling?

It's a mosaic made out of shattered pieces of tile.

[Ryan] Wow, it just stands out. I mean, all your artwork does.

-We sold the Jordan before. Huge success. -Wow.

But I mean, these catch my eye. But I gotta be honest with you.

This is the one that catches my eye, I'm not gonna lie.

Would you consider putting it on the market, putting on auction?

Let the world see it.

-I'd like to have the world see this. -[Ryan] Okay.

And you guys have awesome exposure, so, greatly appreciate it on the Jordan.

I need to consider a few things before it goes that route.

-There's a possibility of a private sale. -Okay.

I don't know the details of yet.

I heard some of it, but I don't know the full story.

Okay. Obviously, you're not there yet. You're not ready to let it go yet.

Not yet.

Obviously, with the Jordan, you came when you were ready.

-We did great things. -You did wonders. I appreciate...

As long as... Whenever you're ready, you come to me, you come to us.

-We can take care of you. It's all I ask. -Perfect.

-Can you do that? -Yeah.

-Man, I really appreciate you. Seriously. -Thank you, Ryan.

-I appreciate it. -Good to see you.

There's a $2 million goal. So you have to turn out deal after deal.

Time is of the essence right now, and this doesn't help.

[Ryan] All right. I mean...

-[Fung] It sucks. -[Ryan groans]

-I wanted that one bad. -Give him some time.

[Ryan] Yeah. I wanted that one bad.

[upbeat electronic music playing]

[man] He's right over there.

Peyton texted me that Eli was gonna be here.

I just didn't think I'd get the opportunity to talk to him,

but the Comic Con gods have clearly brought us together today.

-[Ken] Eli, what's up, man? -Hey, Ken.

-Hey, how you doing? -What's going on?

-Good to see you. -Hey. You gotta help me out here.

You gotta handle a little dispute I'm having with Peyton.

Now, he says that his jerseys are worth more than mine.

Yet I'm hearing something different.

Can you kinda settle the truth here?

Oh, God. Did he tell you I said his was worth more?

Yes.

Eli and I were talking, and somebody told him

that his first Super Bowl-winning jersey is worth more

than either of my Super Bowl-winning jerseys.

Tell me that's not true.

Okay. So, here's what I told him.

I said, "You're Super Bowl 42. You beat the undefeated Patriots."

-Right. -"You beat Tom Brady."

-"Killed their undefeated season." -I remember.

I said, "That is the most valuable Super Bowl jersey of them all."

-Right. -"You were MVP."

-Right. -Um...

-And I don't know what else to tell you. -I think that hurt his feelings.

-Okay. Probably did. -I think that crushed Peyton a little.

-His ego just like went down. -Yeah!

-His head's really big. It's like... -Right, of course!

He's worried about... We need to get that thing smaller, right?

Of course. Well, let's not let him know, okay?

-I can't promise that. -Listen.

While we're talking about the Super Bowl jersey,

do you have something from the Super Bowl you want to put on Goldin?

-I can probably find something. -Awesome.

-I got a little archive of some stuff. -Beautiful. I'd love to...

-I'll come visit. We'll pick something. -I love it.

I'll let you get out of here. Thank you so much, Eli.

-Good seeing you, -Have a good one.

["Push It to the Limit" playing]

♪ Push it to the limit Push it to the limit, yeah, yeah ♪

-[Fung] This guy over here. -Yeah.

Basically, every creative toy vinyl artist, he's involved.

He's the guy.

-Meet my good friend... Carlo. -How are you, man?

It's a pleasure. Nice to meet you. Alex spoke so highly of you.

[Carlo] Fung introduces me to Lev.

This guy has been in the game longer than I've been alive.

He owns Toy Tokyo. I mean, this guy is the authority on action figures.

He has all these figures from KAWS, a really well-known artist,

and I see a lot of value here. I'm trying to get some items from him.

You want to talk about getting this out there?

I mean, this could explode with us.

I brought a rare piece here. I can bring that out and show you.

[Carlo] I'd love to see it.

Goldin, we're all about the grails and some of those rare pieces.

[Lev] This is the KAWS BFF.

This was hanging in one of the Christian Dior stores.

-[Carlo] Okay. -[Lev] In fact...

-You see where they hung it off that. -Exactly. So these were never for sale.

You ever think about consigning them?

We're Goldin. We're obviously the biggest collectibles marketplace in the world.

-But this is from my collection. -Okay, I understand.

-I respect that. -And I... I will not sell it.

Okay. Okay. No, I respect that. I respect that.

I'm going to... I'm going to hold onto this piece.

I can appreciate the passionate collector.

I mean, look, obviously at Goldin, we're always looking for grails. I mean...

Anything else in that realm that you have?

I have to think about that.

-Okay -Yeah.

Listen, you're well-connected in the space.

We're always looking for comics, vintage toys.

We're gonna keep talking. I'd love to see that at Goldin one day.

Always a possibility.

-Lev, thank you. A pleasure. -Thank you.

[upbeat music playing]

-Ken! Hey, Ken. -What?

-We got a DM from Nerdy Girl. She's here. -Danielle too?

-Okay. -Yes, and I know she has an Action #1.

-Do you know where she is? -I don't know, but she's in the building.

-Let's get outta here. -Alright.

[Ken] Where are the dealer booths?

Danielle, a.k.a. Nerdy Girl, is a top seller and buyer of comic books.

She's been doing this her whole life. Danielle is one of these people

that's buying these now-grail comic books when they were pennies on the dollar.

-What kind of rush on this? -[Ken] Here we are.

-[Myesha] Hello. -Danielle!

Hey!

She's very savvy, and I'm hoping that I can rely on her help once again today.

-All exhibitor passes are sold out. -Yep.

You can't even buy extra exhibitor passes this year.

-I should sell this when I leave, right? -It's a golden ticket. A "Goldin" ticket!

-[laughs] -Exactly!

Myesha tells me either you have or you have a lead on an Action #1.

-I mean, I have an Action #1. -Mm-hmm.

-I really don't want to part with it... -[Ken] Uh-huh.

So, I did a deal with this guy.

-I got from him a Detective #27. -Yep.

-And an AF #15. -Oh, that's nice.

-Nice grades too. -Yeah.

He said, "Can you sell this for me?"

"You need to promise me you will find me an Action #1."

-That was like a hard task, though, right? -Yes, of course. Of course.

This is one of my most important clients,

and I will not leave New York without an Action #1.

And it's gotta be a decent grade. It's gotta be above a two.

-I mean, that limits your pool even more. -Yeah, I...

-It gets harder and harder. -It does.

The higher you go, the scarcer they become.

-What is it, a couple dozen? Above that? -Yeah. At best.

-We are at New York Comic Con. -Yeah.

Like, if you're gonna find one, this is the place you're gonna find it.

-What's yours, a 3.5? -[Danielle] Yeah.

-[Ken] Nice. I've seen it multiple times. -[Danielle] It's a nice copy.

[Ken] What do I have to do?

I mean, it would take a lot. A lot.

What if I found you like a 2.0 or 1.5 and cash?

No, I wouldn't want a downgrade.

And it's such a nice...

I don't think you'll ever get that grade with that eye appeal ever.

What about this?

Two million dollars. Cash.

Zero consignment fee for the next five years.

Everything you sell, you get all of it.

[breathes deeply]

I just can't do it. I can't replace it.

I know you're a collector, but this is your business.

I always tell people, "Don't fall in love with your business."

I mean, you can love your business, but you can't love your inventory.

I will try to track one down for you.

Action #1 is the book.

I think unless I find a collector who really wants something else,

or who needs the money,

I'm gonna have a tough time prying this book away from anybody.

-Sorry. -[Ken] We're out of here.

-Okay. Time to go. -Not sorry.

[Ken sighs]

♪ What's up now? I ain't scared to fight ♪

♪ I ain't new to this I'll be there tonight ♪

♪ Made my enemies I got loads more ♪

♪ They sent me for the remedy ♪

♪ And I'll come back for the encore ♪

Big Bob, can you intimidate some of these guys to consign with us or what?

[Myesha laughs]

-I can't do it, Dave. -[Dave laughs]

-Hi. -Hey, how you doing? Dave.

-Dave? Mike Kowalske. Nice to meet you. -Kowalske. Nice to meet you.

-Yeah, come on. -All right.

Mike Kowalske is a staple at the comic conventions

for the last five, six years.

He's a backroom guy. He's getting the signings.

He's got relationships with the CGC and the comic graders.

So when he asked me for a meeting at the Comic Con

to discuss a possible consignment, I couldn't say no.

-Yeah. Let me take a look. -Why don't you just take a look?

Okay. This was the ACE Comic Con,

signed by the entire cast of the Justice League.

So Gal Gadot, Henry Cavill, Ray Fisher, Ezra Miller, and Jason Momoa.

[Dave] Henry Cavill and Jason Momoa on one book? Wow.

There's only a few people that are on my wife's "top five" list.

-[Mike] Yeah. -And there's two of them on there.

You know that's a good one.

[Mike] When we did a group picture, my wife stood next to Momoa.

-Okay, look. So we're in the same boat. -I know how you're feeling.

-We might want to sell that one. -[laughs]

-[Mike] Get that out. -[Dave] That's cool.

And this is a comic with a movie.

Tom Holland has signed here, and Stan Lee signed there as well.

[Dave] Wow. So this was right when Tom Holland became Spider-Man?

That was actually... Yep. Avengers: Civil War movie came out.

-That's his first appearance. -This is one of Stan Lee's last signings.

-Absolutely, yeah. -Wow.

[Mike] We also have the cover, which was done by Billy Martin,

and we have Chris Evans and Tom Holland,

then I also snuck in some Stan Lee signatures on those as well.

There's actually only ten of these signed by all three.

And you have more than one of these?

I actually have eight of them. Out of the ten.

-Okay. Wow. -Yeah.

You're looking to consign these, or you're not sure yet? What was the plan?

Well, I'm going back and forth with it, right?

And I can't decide, is this the right time to do it?

-Whom should I sell with too, right? -Yeah.

We're not the only show in town, I get that.

I've obviously heard of your name as well in the hobby.

So you've built up a nice reputation.

Can I at least count on you to not sell these today?

And at least we can have another convo?

I... I, uh... Okay, for today, sure.

Goldin's gonna get you the most,

but I want to do it right. I don't wanna rush things.

That's not the answer I expected.

I actually expect to be talked down and, you know, trying to get these.

And so I appreciate that.

-It's not about making a quick buck. -Yeah, right.

This isn't gonna keep my lights on. You know?

Obviously, I wanna earn your trust even more.

-There's a lot more we can do together. -All right.

I could just take the books and chip away at the $2 million goal Ken has for us.

We're running out of time, but something tells me there's just a lot more there.

Why didn't you lock it down?

I realize we have a quota, but he's got a lot of stuff.

-So I set up a call for next week. -Good luck on that. I have confidence.

We still gotta hit the quota. Hopefully the guys come back soon.

-I know. [laughs] -[Dave] With some good stuff.

Something good, right?

[upbeat music playing]

So, where are we on Action #1?

-I'm working on it. -I need a lead. We gotta cut a deal today.

I've kind of entered a little bit of the panic stage.

I feel like I'm a door-to-door salesman, knocking on a door, and saying,

"Excuse me. Do you have an Action #1?"

"No!" "Wait!"

"You know anybody who has an Action #1 you can refer me to?"

-[phone rings] -[Ken] Here we go.

Danielle, what's the good word?

[Danielle on phone] Hey, Ken. I may have found a lead on an Action #1,

but the guy cannot come to the convention.

[Ken] Danielle's got a possible lead on an Action #1.

At this point, I'm running out of options. I'm hoping this is the big break I need.

-Can you text me his info, please? -[Danielle] Absolutely.

-Let him know I'll contact him. -[Danielle] Sounds good. Good luck.

[Ken] Thank you. You might be a lifesaver. I owe you.

-[Danielle] Thanks. -[Ken] Yeah, bye.

[Ken sighs]

[hip-hop music playing]

♪ Keep it all crash So we gotta take it back ♪

♪ While we're ahead Be prepared for the last ♪

♪ Push it to the max So we gotta take it back ♪

♪ We gotta take it back We're going right back ♪

All right. It's day two here in New York City at Comic Con.

This place is absolutely wild.

Packed with people in cosplay. Come by to the Goldin booth.

[Dave] Yeah, look, we had an okay day yesterday,

but, man, we gotta have a really good day today.

-Ry, what you got going on? -I'm all Pokémon today.

So Alex introduced me to a couple of good ones, so I'm working on that.

-Nice. Myesha, what about you? -I am on Action #1.

There's pros and cons that come

with the responsibility of being head of the team.

And the pros are, I got a lot of say.

Now, the con side, we have big goals, and the team falls short,

everything falls on my shoulders.

As head of the team, head of auctions, head of revenue,

when the revenue doesn't equal the goal, it's my neck on the line.

Big man! What are you working on, Carlo?

I got a big lead. It's off-site.

Movie props, something very valuable. I'm gonna go see it through.

-Bring Alex with you. Lock it in. -Let's do it.

-It worked yesterday, baby. -[Carlo] Let's do it again.

We've had to re-strategize. We have to go outside the Comic Con.

It's gonna be a lot less crazy than here,

and there's gonna be some high-priced items everywhere.

We've got to do whatever it takes to hit that goal.

-You guys ready for this? -Yup!

-[Dave] Let's do it. -[Carlo] Let's go.

[hip-hop music playing]

What's up, Big Bob? What are you doing here?

-Guarding the safe. -What's in the safe?

-None of your business what's in the safe. -All right. Man's good at his job.

[hip-hop music continues]

-Mike, how you doing? -Mike. Nice to meet you.

Yes, so I was with Steve not that long ago,

and he told me that you guys were partnered up with Hello Kitty.

Yeah, as you can see.

MetaZoo's been rocking and rolling.

They're a TCG company, Trading Card Game, just like Pokémon.

It's a lot of fictitious characters. You know, kids love it.

It plays like a game, but it's got a lot of collectability.

It's the fastest-growing TCG.

I wouldn't be surprised if five, ten years, it blows away Magic.

Might even give Pokémon a run for its money one day.

That's huge.

So this is our... one of our uncut sheets for the Hello Kitty collab.

-Kuromi. -Wow, that's sick.

-Now, you can't have this. -[Dave] Oh, okay. All right. [laughs]

-But I do have an idea. -[Dave] Okay.

We brought some of our grails here from the beginning of MetaZoo.

So these are some of the original promos, done very humbly for $20 a pop.

-Okay. You've got the original art. -We have the original art.

Nice. Wow. That's good.

This is the first time that it's actually being seen in public.

Let's go. All right, Mike. Awesome, man. This is great.

Actually, what we can do is, the original artist is here. Poncho.

-Great. This is awesome work. -Thank you.

You mind, uh, signing this?

[Dave] Only at Comic Con are you gonna be

in the same room with the owner of the company, the artists.

You know, everybody's in one spot.

Like when you're working with an athlete.

You're like, "I got this Willie Mays bat."

"Oh, Willie's right here."

"Here, Willie, can you sign it?" You know, it's the same concept.

And cha-ching, we're chipping away at that $2 million goal.

That's awesome. Thanks, Poncho. Appreciate it. That's great.

-Thank you. -Wow. This is cool.

♪ Hey! Here we go ♪

♪ We don't play ♪

♪ You spot that trend ♪

I mean, look, Fung said it's like right up here.

We're not making major headway at the actual Comic Con event,

so Alex spent all night lining up high-end deals outside the convention.

The strategy today is go for bigger items in a more intimate setting,

away from the hustle and bustle.

This way, we're not trying to chase down consignments at the event.

Alex hasn't told me much other than the seller's name is Anthony.

He works in the film industry, he has a large item. We'll check it out.

-Anthony. -Hey, guys!

-Carlo. It's a pleasure. -Nice to meet you.

-This is my colleague, Alex. -Hi, Anthony. Alex. Nice to meet you.

-Come on in. -[Carlo] Thanks for having us.

[Luzi] My name is Anthony Luzi.

I've been collecting since I was a teenager, all kinds of things.

Come on in, guys.

Oh my God!

[heroic music playing]

-[Luzi] There it is. What do you think? -[laughter]

That is so sick.

[Luzi] I came in possession of the Batman suit about two years ago.

I am rather attached to it. I'm a Batman fan since I was kid.

But I feel that this is an item that needs to be shared with everyone.

So I'm considering putting it back up at auction.

[Carlo] I mean, dude, Fung said he had a great lead.

I had no idea I'd be walking in, staring at Batman.

[Luzi] What you're looking at is the original suit,

worn by George Clooney on-screen,

in Batman & Robin, 1997.

Oh my God!

This is like a fantasy of mine, I'm not gonna lie. [laughs]

This is mind-blowing. I mean, this is... this is incredible.

[Ken] On the Batman Forever set,

lead sculptor Jose Fernandez

took advantage of previously unavailable rubber molding techniques

to make the anatomically correct Batman, featuring nipples.

Fernandez explains that in comic books,

the characters always looked like they were naked with spray paint on them,

and he wanted to push that anatomy.

Joel Schumacher carried the same look into Batman & Robin,

creating such a controversy with fans

that director Schumacher claimed,

"It's going to be on my tombstone. I know it."

Making this George Clooney Batman suit a Dark Knight legacy.

The detail on this suit, I mean...

These boots, this crest. I mean, this bulge. The six-pack.

-[Alex laughs] What? -Look at these perfectly crafted nipples.

-Now, let me... -I mean, what's going on here?

Are you gonna tell me those are the size of George Clooney's nipples?

-Allegedly, let's put it that way. -[Carlo] Ah!

-Allegedly! -[Alex] For real?

You see the Batmobiles. I never see Batman suits come for sale.

You don't that often, and when they do, they usually go at a premium.

Most recently, two Keaton suits sold for a little over 100K.

What kind of expectations do you have for this?

Since we have a floor set in the market, that would be what we would start with.

Okay.

I'm hoping that whoever acquires it will take into consideration

the opportunity to make it available to the world.

At Goldin, we're the premier auction house for high-end collectibles.

We have the global audience.

We have the vetted buyers. They can afford these items.

We know who's looking for these. We're gonna market it, gonna call them.

-Alex will market this herself. -Promise you.

[Carlo] Our reach is the globe. Right? This is something the world needs to see.

This is a special piece. We'd love to represent you with this.

I... I feel confident we're gonna exceed your expectations.

I wanna close this deal. If I can get the Batman suit with the Captain America,

Dave and Ken are gonna be impressed, and this will just bring eyes to Goldin.

I mean, this is a one of one. A one-of-a-kind.

It's just so badass. I want this one badly.

Are you ready to go with Goldin?

-Yeah, let's do it. -All right!

-Really? Really? -You had me nervous! We get a Batman suit.

-Let's do it. -We got Clooney!

Yeah!

-[Alex] Whoo-hoo! -This is incredible.

-We're gonna make sure we do right by you. -[Alex] Do it justice!

-We're gonna do it justice! -Justice! I like it!

-The Justice League. -Right!

I like that. "Do it justice."

[upbeat music playing]

-What's going on everybody? -Oh, God!

I got original MetaZoo artwork. The artist was there.

-He signed this right in front of us. -This is like 25,000.

-[Myesha] Twenty-five. -That's pretty good.

[upbeat music continues]

[Ryan] 38th, okay. All right, perfect. Yeah. I think I'm pretty close.

Okay. Yep, I see it right up here.

Perfect, brother. Thank you.

After yesterday, our $2 million goal seems very far-off.

Luckily, Alex has another Pokémon contact for me.

Hey, how are you?

-My name is Ryan. Nice to meet you. -How are you? Nice to meet you.

-[Ryan] Is a Sean Tucker here? -I know Sean. He's right upstairs.

[Ryan] Perfect. Thank you so much.

-Come on in. -[Ryan] Thank you.

So I'm meeting professional video game player, Sean Tucker,

at a video game bar in New York.

Sean. What's going on, brother?

How are you? What's up, man? So nice to meet you.

Yeah.

Sean Tucker isn't just a Pokémon UNITE video game player.

He is a two-time champion, one of the best in the world.

[upbeat music playing]

[Ken] While Pokémon cards have been a global sensation since 1996,

Pokémon UNITE, a game created for the Nintendo Switch,

was released in July of 2021, and after only six months,

the popular game had been downloaded 100 million times.

[cheering]

Every year, regional championship teams gather on an international stage

to battle within the Pokémon gaming universe

in hopes of garnering a Pokémon UNITE world championship.

So the whole reason I started playing games a lot,

and even becoming a pro player on accident,

uh, was because my dad died from cancer, um...

-[Ryan] Oh my gosh. -...back when I was 16, so...

-I'm so sorry, dude. -[Sean] Yeah. Um...

I started to have severe depression. I just stayed in playing games all day.

So, this was kinda like your outlet?

Yeah, it was my outlet for just everything.

Um, so gaming has definitely meant a lot to me.

I have some very special Pokémon cards for you.

These are cards that you can only get by winning the world championship.

Okay. Heck, yeah.

This is really cool.

There's four different cards, and there's a quarterfinalist card,

a semifinalist card, a finalist card, and a champion card.

However, only one person or team gets the world champion card,

and we get the whole set of four cards together.

[Ryan] I think something like this,

you want to get graded first and then sell it as one set.

Yeah, I mean, I'm not an expert on cards.

I definitely know I should have got them graded, but...

We can handle that for you. That's what we do, we'll get them graded.

That's really important, do the marketing behind it.

Maybe have you do a video on them as well.

I mean, it sounds like you really have a great plan here. I'm convinced.

-Awesome, man. This is great. I'm excited. -Yeah.

-This is a big win. I'm excited. This is... -I'm excited too.

This will be a lot of fun, hopefully the first of many deals.

There's some more right here.

-Right here? -Yeah. Right here.

I mean, let's get into it then. That's what we're here for.

Oh my gosh, I'm excited now.

Yeah, so, the cards really show my achievements well,

but nothing shows achievements more than a trophy.

-Oh my gosh. Are you kidding me? -Yeah.

This is the actual world championship trophy?

This is the world championship trophy.

I don't want to touch it. You keep... Oh my gosh, you've gotta be kidding me.

So that has to be 2022?

-Yeah, this is the second I have. -[Ryan] No way!

Trophies like these do not come up for market.

There is no comp. There's not something to base it off of and say,

"But the last one sold for this." There is no last one.

Whatever you set the price at, that's the market.

And that's a powerful thing.

Tell me exactly what I'm looking at right here.

Yeah, so this is the 2022 Pokémon world championship trophy.

I won it in London. My first world championship win.

It was definitely the best moment of my life.

That's unbelievable. And usually, it's a one-time feeling.

-Why not do it two years in a row, right? -Yeah.

So, Sean, I'm so excited to work with you on these.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to sell something like this,

but I do have to ask.

Something like this that's so personal to you,

and I know it means like the world to you,

why would you ever wanna sell something like that?

During COVID, um... my mom, who's pretty much raising me alone now,

has been struggling with all the bills, mortgage payments.

These trophies mean a lot to me, but it would mean so much more to me

if I could just pay off my mom's mortgage completely.

Dude, stop.

Oh my gosh. I mean... Oh, I just got chills all over.

Oh, man, Sean's story's a killer.

This is a kid who had to grow up very fast because he had to take care of his mom.

I mean, that's priority number one, as it'd be priority number one in my life.

I'd do the exact same thing as you if I was ever in a situation like that.

I would do anything necessary to take care of my mom.

So I can't tell you how much respect I have for you.

Thank you.

I'm gonna do everything in my power, man, to do whatever I have to do

to make these sell super high, get top dollar for you,

so we can take care of your mom.

I can tell you're gonna take great care of them, and I'm in good hands.

Seriously, brother, it's awesome. Give me a hug, man. Come on.

This is... We're family now, bro. Seriously.

It's definitely a difficult decision, one that's not made lightly.

But at the end of the day, I think the money will help my family,

and it's not the final trophies I'm gonna win.

I'm gonna win way more.

-Great story. I appreciate your trust. -Thank you.

This will be great.

[hip-hop music playing]

♪ Yeah, we Yeah, we ready for this right now ♪

♪ Watch us take flight Watch us fly now... ♪

[Ken] Dave just checked in with me.

Doesn't look good. Does not look like they're gonna hit their $2 million goal.

But I can't even think about that right now

because Danielle found somebody who is in New York City,

a private collector with an Action #1, so I'll try and make a deal in person.

-Ken! -[Ken] Will, hey.

-Pleasure. -[Ken] Good to meet you.

-Thanks for having me. -Come on in.

[tense music playing]

My name is Will Mason. I am a vintage comic collector/dealer.

Ken may be in for an unfortunate, uncomfortable discussion,

because it's gonna be hard for me to move this piece.

I'm glad Danielle put me in touch with you.

I'll be honest, I'm really not interested in selling,

but when she asked, I figured I'd at least entertain you coming over and talking.

[Ken] Came up all this way.

-Mind if I take a look? Great. -Without further ado, right?

It's one of those things I enjoy showing off.

I can see why you would not want to bring this into Comic Con

with a 100,000-plus people there, right?

No, no. Not something you want to be walking around with,

a multimillion-dollar comic book.

There she is.

Beautiful.

Action #1, June 1938, 3.0.

First-ever appearance of Superman.

-[Will] It's the one that started it all. -Beautiful copy.

What would it take to pry this from your hands?

You don't come across them every day. You're aware of that, obviously.

-Yup. -It's why you're here.

I... I'd have to get two million for it.

[sighs deeply]

[Ken] It's a 3.0. Not a 4 or a 3.5.

I'm willing to go to 1.6 million, which I think is an extremely fair price.

I appreciate that completely. Two million's gonna be the number.

Two million? Really, Will?

I don't know what Danielle told him.

I don't know if she said I absolutely need the book.

"Throw out a crazy price."

In the world of comic books,

a half a grade could mean hundreds of thousands of dollars in value.

I offered Danielle $2 million for her 3.5 Action #1.

There's no way Will's 3.0 is worth the exact same.

I think Will knows I'm in a tough spot,

and wants to get as much as he possibly can out of me.

Here's my situation.

I have to take care of a client. A very special client.

Been with me since the beginning of Goldin Auctions.

He consigned to me his two best books.

-A Detective 27 and an Amazing Fantasy 15. -First Batman.

-First Spider-Man. -[Ken] Exactly. So...

The only way you get better than that is this.

And I go the extra mile for my clients.

I will go well above market.

I'm willing to go to $1.8 million.

[breathing deeply]

I mean, I sympathize with you.

I think your offer is more than fair, but 1.9 would have to be my bottom.

[exhales deeply]

You're killing me.

[Ken laughs]

I can see that Ken is frustrated by the situation with his other customer,

and while I am sympathetic to that,

I also know this could be an opportunity for me to profit generously.

This is the centerpiece of my collection.

Similar to the situation you're in with your current customer.

I would basically then be swapping places with him,

because then I'd need one myself.

I know he wants two million. He's not gonna get the two million.

I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse, he's gonna love it,

and we're gonna get the deal done because that's how I roll.

[tense music playing]

♪ Let the games begin We can hear the winning ♪

♪ When you hear the call The competition is finished ♪

♪ 'Cause any day now We're about our business ♪

♪ There's no coming back Especially when we're winning ♪

♪ Let the games begin We can hear the winning ♪

♪ When you hear the call The competition is finished ♪

♪ 'Cause any day now We're about our business ♪

♪ There's no coming back Especially when we're winning ♪

♪ Let the games begin We can hear the winning ♪

♪ We're all about that action We don't do pretendin' ♪