DAVID:
LET’S GO STRAIGHT TO TO KEN GOLD
FROM GOLDEN AUCTIONS.
KEN, I LOVE THIS STUFF.
YOU TELL US YOU HAVE THE LARGEST
AUCTION INDUSTRY IN HISTORY, AND
YOU BROUGHT IN $33 MILLION IN
JANUARY.
TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT ITEMS YOU
HAVE TODAY.
STARTING WITH THE KOBE BRYANT
ROOKIE CARD, I LOVE THE WAY YOU
DESCRIBE IT IN THE CATALOG.
YOU SAY IT YIELDS A CREATION
THAT’S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLELY
HARMONIOUS ON A PHYSICAL LEVEL
AND NOTHING LESS THAN RAPTUROUS
IN ITS EFFECT ON IF SPIRITMENT
YOU EXPECT TO GET AT LEAST $1.5
MILLION FROM THIS, RIGHT?
>> IT’S CURRENTLY, I BELIEVE, AT
$1.2 MILLION.
THE AUCTION STILL HAS ABOUT
THREE WEEKS TO GO, SO AT THIS
POINT, IT’S A HOT INDUSTRY,
DAVID.
I EXPECT IT AT THIS POINT TO GO
FOR OVER $2 MILLION.
DAVID: WOW.
>> IT’S ONE OF ONLY TWO THAT
EXISTS IN THAT CONDITION IN THE
WORLD, SO IT IS THE NUMBER ONE
KOBE BRYANT TRADING CARD OR ANY
ITEM THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY OWN.
DAVID: IT’S AMAZING.
AND THE FACT THAT HE PASSED
AWAY, YOU KNOW, I DON’T MEAN TO
DIMINISH IN ANY WAY WITH, SHAPE
OR FORM HIS PASSING, BUT THAT
INCREASES THE VALUE OF THE CARD,
DOES IT NOT?
>> YES, IT DOES.
ALL OF HIS ITEMS WENT UP AFTER
THAT.
DAVID: ALL RIGHT.
NEXT IS LeBRON JAMES.
A LITTLE LESS MONEY BUT STILL A
VERY SELLABLE CARD.
>> YES.
THIS IS KNOWN AS AN EXQUISITE.
IT IS LIMITED AND NUMBERED TO
ONLY 99, IT’S AN 3.5 OUT -- 8.5
OUT OF 10 WITH A 10 AUTOGRAPHED,
AND THE COLLECTORS LOVE THE
UNIQUE PATCHES THIS ONE HAS.
I BELIEVE, AGAIN, I ESTIMATED IT
LAST WEEK AT A MILLION, AND I
BELIEVE IT’S CURRENTLY AT $1.1
MILLION AT GOLDENAUCTIONS.COM.
IT IS PROBABLY THE SINGLE MOST
DESIRABLE LeBRON JAMES CARD
THAT YOU CAN OWN.
DAVID: WOW.
I HAVE HERE THAT THERE IS A
CURRENT BID FOR $850,000, BUT
THAT’S UP NOW, RIGHT?
>> YOU ADD THE 20% BUYER’S
PREMIUM, SO THAT ADDS ANOTHER
$172,000 TO IT.
DAVID: I GOTCHA.
ONE OF MY FAVORITES OF ALL TIME,
NUMBER 7, MICKEY MANTLE.
HIS ROOKIE CARD IS UP FOR
AUCTION.
HOW MUCH WOULD I HAVE TO SPEND?
>> WE EXPECT THIS TO GO BETWEEN
$1.5 PLAINTIFF 1.8 MILLION --
1.5-1.8 MILLION.
IT IS THE FIRST MAJOR RELEASE OF
TOPS, IT IS A GRADE OF AN 8.
IT IS THE MOST DESIRABLE
BASEBALL CARD IN THE WORLD, AND
MICKEY MANTLE IS ONE OF THE MOST
POPULAR PLAYERS FOR TRADING CARD
COLLECTORS IN THE WORLD.
IT’S REALLY A UNIQUE PIECE OF
ART AND A COLLECTOR’S ITEM.
DAVID: YOU KNOW, THERE’S AN
EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT TO MICKEY
MANTLE THAT I THINK IS BEYOND
HIS STATS.
I MEAN, A LOT OF THE OTHER
ATHLETES THAT WE MENTIONED HAVE
STATS THAT MIGHT BE MORE
IMPRESSIVE, BUT HE HAD SOMETHING
EXTRA ABOUT HIM --
>> I CAN TELL YOU’RE A REAL FAN.
I MEAN, PEOPLE, I WAS NOT AROUND
WHEN HE PLAYED, BUT PEOPLE WOULD
SAY HE HIT THE BALL, AND THE
SOUND OF THE BALL OFF HIS BAT
JUST SOUNDED DIFFERENT --
[LAUGHTER]
DAVID: I THINK YOU’RE RIGHT
ABOUT THAT.
ALL RIGHT, FINALLY, ANOTHER GUY
WHO HAS AN EXTRAORDINARY
PERSONALITY THAT, IF NOT EQUAL
TO MICKEY.
MANTLE, IS UP THERE CLOSE TO IT,
MICHAEL JORDAN.
HIS ROOKIE CARD AS WELL.
HOW MUCH IS THAT GOING TO BRING
IN.
>> WE EXPECT IN THIS TO GO FOR
$600,000 AND ABOVE.
IT’S THE CLASSIC 1986 ROOKIE
CARD IN A PSA10 GRADE.
IT IS CURRENTLY THE MOST
IN-DEMAND TRADING CARD WORLD
WILD BECAUSE EVERYBODY, AS
THEY’RE GETTING INTO CARDS, THE
FIRST THING THEY WANT TO BUY IS
A MICHAEL JORDAN ROOKIE.
DAVID: NOW, I’M INTERESTED IN
WHY IT’S RELATIVELY CHEAP
COMPARED TO THE OTHERS WE’VE
BEEN LOOKING AT.
>> SURE.
WELL, IT’S PRODUCTION.
SOME OF THESE OTHER CARDS YOU
HAVE TO REALIZE IN ITS
CONDITION, THE KOBE, THERE’S
ONLY TWO THAT EXIST.
THE MICKEY MANTLE, IN HIS
CONDITION, ONLY 33 EXIST.
THE LeBRON JAMES, ONLY 99 OF
THE CARDS EXIST IN THE WORLD.
THE JORDAN WAS RELEASED AT A
TIME WHEN PRODUCTION WAS HIGHER.
THERE’S ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE, 300
OR SO OF THESE CARDS THAT EXIST
IN THIS PARTICULAR GRADE, BUT
THE DEMAND IS INSATIABLE, FAR
MORE THAN THE SUPPLY.
DAVID: WELL, IT’S ALL MOUTH
WATERING.
I’M LITERALLY DROOLING.
SAVE THE MICKEY ONE FOR ME, ALL