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A guy brought in a Toy Story Woody action figure that is
supposedly signed by Tom Hanks.
He's asking $2,000 for the doll.
So I called in our toy expert, Steve,
to see if this is a deal I should play around with.
Thanks for rushing over here.
So I have a couple Tom Hanks autographed items here.
One of them is a Woody doll.
And it looks a little new to me, but I'm not sure.
So I thought I'd call you down, and maybe you could
shed some light on it for me.
Well, this franchise, absolute monster.
So when Disney and Pixar got together on this,
this was the first digital animated full-length film.
And they just knocked it out the park.
Storyline was amazing.
It made you laugh. It made you cry.
You cared.
It had all of the emotions in it.
This movie, most film buffs will say, is the perfect cartoon.
But we're here to talk about the toy.
So the toy is a newer toy.
And what they did is, you started with the pull string.
The very first original Woody was the pull string.
And then when "Toy Story 4" came out,
they changed the packaging up, and they created
this battery operated one.
So this version was the one that replaced the pull string.
But most of the collectors want the pull cord because that's
how Woody was in the movie.
And they want it to be kind of authentic.
Now, from the standpoint of a collector,
is this signature cool?
Is this something that maybe they
would want to add to their collection,
even though they already had this toy?
Tom Hanks is a Grail signature for a lot of collectors,
because you can't catch him.
And then when you do, half the time, he won't sign.
This was a common release.
Generally, you find them in very good condition.
I do notice that there is a tear down at the bottom of the box
there.
CHUMLEE: Me, too.
The tear does affect the value.
So this toy, in its current condition, what kind of value
do you put on it?
STEVE JOHNSTON: So the toy itself,
with the box conditions, I would expect
it would sell for about $50.
And then, with the autograph on it, it does elevate it,
although it detracts because it's personalized.
I think in this condition, you're
going to have no problem getting $400 for this.
CHUMLEE: All right, well, since the volleyball isn't a toy,
I guess I'll let you go.
And I'll let you know when I have something else.
Thank you. - All right.
Good luck.
SELLER: Thanks.
Well, my autograph guy should be
here in the next few minutes.
If you could just stick around and make sure
the autograph's legit, maybe we could
work out a deal on everything. - Yeah, no problem.
I'll hang out.
I hope when the second expert sees my item,
it will be actually valued closer to what
I believe it's valued at.
So this gentleman has a couple of Tom Hanks autographs.
And they're pretty cool.
One of them is on a Toy Story Woody doll.
And we have the Wilson volleyball, which reminds
us of the movie "Castaway."
Nice.
The thing about Tom Hanks, have seen
through the years I've met him, he doesn't really
sign much in person anymore.
So I don't get to see his autograph that much.
The great thing about these items
is stuff that collectors actually really desire.
You're looking at two iconic films that he was part of.
And these aren't things that, typically,
people are able to get signed.
Let's say if he did sign on the streets,
they'd be very difficult.
SELLER: Yeah, not many people have a Wilson
ball in their pocket, right?
Yeah, seen very few of those.
Yeah.
So, based on what you told me on the phone,
I could pretty much tell they're signed in fiber tip markers.
So I'd like to go directly to kind of the examples
I have of his signature.
Tom Hanks used to have this gorgeous signature years ago.
Through the years, though, he's gotten more
rushed, more hurried along.
And this is more what you get from Tom Hanks.
So his newer signature is, I call it more modern,
more rushed.
Even when it's nice, it's still kind of sloppy.
And that's kind of what I see here.
I can almost tell Tom signed these back to back.
I mean, it looks literally like the same signature
again and again.
But I have absolutely no problem with these signatures at all.
They're really nice.
And what value do you put on these?
The doll is pretty cool.
I think that's a neat thing to have, actually.
Collectors do seek these things out pretty consistently
to have an action figure signed by him compared to a photo,
which is more common.
I put the value of that right at the $350
range, because you do have the personalization.
Personalization hurts it a little.
The ball, though, I find more unique.
And it's not exactly the handprint one we want
or the blood print.
But it's a very unique item to have signed by him.
I'd put that value even higher.
I'd say that's closer to $500.
So we're thinking about $850 for the pair?
Yeah, that's a good ballpark range for that.
OK, well, thanks for coming by, Steve.
Appreciate it. - Good to see you.
Good luck. Thanks.
Thank you.
OK, well, I've heard everything
I needed to know from both of the Steves.
We're looking maybe $500 for the pair?
No, I couldn't do that.
I think from what he said for the value on the Woody doll,
I'd rather just hang on to it.
It's worth more to me than that.
I'm interested in getting rid of the Wilson ball, though.
What would you give me for that?
CHUMLEE: Would you do $250?
To sweeten the pot a little bit, I think.
I'll give you a kiss on the cheek.
Kiss on the cheek and 300 bucks?
[laughs] I could do 300 bucks on the Wilson volleyball
just because I do think that I'll be
able to sell it fairly easy.
I'm comfortable at $300.
That sounds good to me.
We'll do it.
Come over here, grab your ID, and we'll write up a deal.
So I guess I'll just keep the Woody doll
and cast away the volleyball.