- Check this out.
Wow.
This is, like, totally awesome.
Pokemon.
[gasps]
Oh, we just scored.
So let's see what today's bringing me.
Oh, yeah.
$5 worth of hangers.
This box here, a couple of brand new CDs not opened.
A couple of clothing and little things.
This is probably a $10 box.
Oh, Vogue!
A beautiful little picture here.
I'm not sure what it means, but it's kind of cool.
2 or 3 bucks, maybe 5.
More clothes.
These are small item clothes, a quarter apiece, $0.50 apiece.
What I want is this-- folded, ready to go, and ready to sell.
Out of my car, into the store, into somebody else's bag,
I made a few bucks.
I'm moving on.
This is probably a $10 drawer right here.
A kid's bag here.
Oh, these are awesome, clean and good condition.
There's a good 25 bucks here.
Take these home, put them on the kids,
have a little of a family therapy.
More clothes.
[grunts]
It's got a little weight to it, which is good.
Hopefully, it's not all clothes and knickknacks.
Boxes like this always interest me.
These are Cabbage Patch knickknacks.
This a Cabbage Patch pin.
These are-- oh, no, excuse me, Garbage Pail Kids.
Back in the day, people were collecting
these, buying them like crazy.
Got some cards still in the original wrappers.
This is what a collector would be
looking for, sealed in the container,
ready to go, ready to sell.
More knickknacks.
Oh, wait a minute.
Oh, it's got to be-- what is it?
1, 2, 3-- 9 times 30 or 40.
That's good money.
Well, that's kind of neat.
Awesome condition.
Oh, look at that.
So it's cards that make a giant puzzle.
I think I see another one back there.
I'm not sure.
Yes, sir.
Wow.
Check this out.
Brother and sister, Garbage Pail Kids, wow.
Well, we got one big piece of furniture,
a lot of clothes left.
There's probably 60 bucks worth in here.
My whole day depends on those Garbage Pail Kids.
Hopefully those guys pan out.
Hey, Ivy.
What's happening, man?
Layron, how you doing?
Hey.
Nice to meet you.
IVY: This guy is one of the artists that
makes the Garbage Pail Kids.
LAYRON: All right, so let's see what you got.
Check out these posters.
They're sweet if I say so myself.
LAYRON: Great.
This is awesome.
Really nice.
These are all individual cards that were out the packs.
And collectors would buy packs upon packs just so that they
could make something like this.
So what do you think I have here?
Well, based on this collection and the cards you have,
I'll say that it's worth, to the right collector, about $600.
Wow.
That don't sound like garbage to me.
Pretty awesome.
All right, awesome collection.
It's a steal.
It's packed from top to bottom.
4,000 bucks?
How can I not make any money?
One DVD, $2.
Yes.
Blasting agent, that's cool.
[bleep]
Maybe people won't mess with me anymore.
Don't want to mess with a blasting agent.
Oh, wait a second.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Actually, some of these can be really worth a lot of money.
Now if I could just find a Nintendo.
This is, like, the perfect time period for a Nintendo.
[music playing]
Woo.
I'm all excited now.
Comics, cable.
It was the number one issue.
I don't think he's worth that much at $3.50.
An easy way to tell if comics are worth money,
if it's an issue number one, and the cover price
is under a quarter.
Spider-Man, oh, 2 bucks apiece.
Batman.
Oh, here we go, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, number
one, two, three, and four.
I know these are really collectible.
This is, like, totally awesome.
Turtles comics, we've got Turtles figures.
So I'm going to put these aside to see what they're worth.
The rest of these boxes will easily bring you 1,000 bucks.
I had a lot of fun.
It's a lot of interesting items.
Today was totally cowabunga, dude.
We're going to the San Diego Comic Arts Gallery
to meet Kevin Eastman.
He is a legend in the comic world
and co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
I'm really excited.
Wow, this is amazing.
So show me what you found.
Oh, fantastic.
That's Master Splinter, He's da knowledge.
[twang]
So tell me about these.
Can I open them up?
Yeah, go ahead.
Tell me-- whatever you need to do, go ahead.
There's a couple different ways you can tell
some of the earliest printings.
And one of the main things is--
and we always marked each printing with a very specific
thing here.
This says, "Third printing, February, 1985."
So what are we talking about in terms of value?
Well, you know what?
Let's start with Splinter.
It's the original press shipping of the toys, from 1988.
Got a little bit of edging here.
If I had to put a value on this, I'd say 15 bucks.
15 bucks?
MARK: Yeah.
For 15 bucks, I'll play with it.
[laughter]
What I love about this collection of comic books
is they're beautiful.
They're in such great shape.
If I had to put a price on it, I'd say solidly 750 bucks.
Cowabunga!
Actually. it could be worth a little more
if they were signed.
Would you mind signing them?
I'd love to sign them. It'd be my pleasure.
Put a little turtle on there or something.
Absolutely.
So we know that we're $750.
How about now?
Yeah.
you're now about $850.
Great!
Sign them again.
I've bought this locker for 145 bucks.
Hopefully, making money from it will be
easier than opening the door.
Ew.
Oh, Pokemon cards!
Now, these can be pricey.
Some of these are in plastic wraps, you know?
Maybe they're valuable.
I have no idea.
But the kids these days sure seem to love them.
These chairs, ew, leopard.
Classy.
[laughs]
Oh, this is a cool vintage radio.
You look pretty intact.
I'm going to say at least 20 bucks on this thing.
What's in there?
Oh!
Now we're freaking talking.
Pokemon.
So who knows what I have in here because I know
nothing about Pokemon cards.
So Pokemon, I'm depending on you to at least
make up for the 145 bucks I spent
on all this freaking trash.
These cards better be worth some moolah because no one
wants to work for free.
I'm here to see Angel and Ty from CORE TCG
to see if these Pokemon cards are going
to make me some poke money.
All right, the professionals.
Have you ever played Pokemon before?
Or are you just-- first time. - No.
It's a game?
Oh, you don't know anything about Pokemon?
It's a game, yes.
OK, so you do have a lot of common cards here.
And I also see quite a few $7, $8
cards, mainly the holographics and the first editions.
This is a good one right here.
This is from the Team Rocket set.
And these are one of the rarer cards to find,
so it's super rare.
That one's worth about $20.
Awesome.
20 bucks for one card?
Looks like I might be playing with a stacked deck.
OK, so if you guys had to, you know,
give me total value of all of these cards
together, how much you think?
In taking a look at everything,
we see a lot of common cards.
But a lot of them are first edition, which is a good sign.
I would say about--
Um.
Around, like, 600 for everything.
Oh, awesome.
600 bucks for some freaking Pokemon cards?
Score!
It's not quantity, but hopefully, it's quality.
RENE: We are back at our little shoe box locker.
I'm just hoping that our team effort pays off.
There you go.
Nikes, 20 bucks.
Oh, what's that?
Please.
RENE: Oh, I-- these are, like, coin boxes.
[gasps]
RENE: Oh, we just scored.
Some sort of coins.
Let me see what it is.
Prison Department of North Carolina?
Oh, you know what?
These are all coins from--
Prisons?
Looks like it.
But these all look old.
They all look like '60s or earlier.
Well, I guess if you ever get in trouble,
you'll be wealthy in prison.
Not really.
You'll be the most popular guy.
Everybody will be asking to do you favors for some coins.
RENE: I don't go to prison.
And if I were to go to prison, I run that bitch.
I never had prison coins, so I mean,
I think they're worth 10 bucks at least.
But who knows?
I guess we need to go get checked out.
CASEY: Go, team bargain hunters.
OK.
Yeah, why don't you team up and put that out there?
Something for P90X.
That's good.
There you go.
That's something we can't sell.
It's something we need to utilize.
Why do we want that?
I don't know.
You have a little chubby problem.
Well, that is not going to help.
That's just going to make me tired and eat more.
How much do you think we can sell it online for?
Probably 100 bucks.
It's brand new.
We probably have close to half of our money back.
We have the prison coins, where I
feel really comfortable that it's going
to break us even at least.
I still like buying more quantity though.
Don't be hitting people.
That's how you end up in prison.
We're taking our prison coins to Chuck at the Sheriff's
Museum in San Diego.
Chuck.
- Hi. - I'm Rene.
We spoke on the phone.
Rene.
My wife, Casey.
I'm Casey, nice to meet you.
This is great.
I love this.
RENE: That could be your future home with your attitude lately.
CHUCK: All right, let's take a look at we got here.
RENE: We brought you some coinies.
CASEY: Coinies?
Coinies, that's the official trade term.
They look to be in pretty good shape.
RENE: I thought I saw some penny ones in there too.
CHUCK: So remember, in 1920, you could probably
buy two candy bars for a penny.
I'd be a multi-billionaire in 1920 with my money now.
But at the end of the day, how much coin
do I have with my coins?
You have a real nice collection here.
Thank you.
The whole collection, I'm going to say $250 to $300.
RENE: Wow.
We were hoping a little bit higher.
Well, of course, we all do.
Yeah.
RENE: Maybe Casey and I will have
to go back to the drawing board and start agreeing
on the right locker to buy.
I feel like I just got sentenced to prison.
Aw.