I help you? - Hi.
I have probably the world's
number one Pokémon collection inside this case.
- The little figures?
- Cards. And they're all Charizards.
- [chuckles]
- Which is the number one Pokémon guy.
- Okay, hold--hold on one second here.
Chum. - Yeah?
- This guy's got Pokéman cards.
- Rick, it's not "Pokéman."
It's "Pokémon."
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- Okay.
- I'm here to sell my Pokémon collection.
I got into Pokémon collecting with my sons.
And eventually they grew up and went to college
and I never did grow up
so I continued with Pokémon
for the last 17 years.
- This is pretty cool, man.
- Absolutely.
- So, Rick, you don't know about Pokémon?
- It's, like,
a game, like, eight-year-old kids play, right?
- Basically, each player has a deck of 60 cards,
and you battle with your Pokémon
by pulling cards out of your deck
and getting enough energy points
so that you can attack your other player.
You win by your opponent
not having any Pokémon left.
It's really popular.
They have whole tournaments with--
where 1,000 people enter and they have Pokémon battles.
- Okay.
I really don't understand why Pokémon
is such a big deal.
But if something like a Beanie Baby
can become worth a lot of money,
maybe these can too.
I just need to know a lot more.
- They're pretty cool, actually.
Some of them can be worth a lot of money.
The millennials love 'em, Rick.
and they love 'em.
- So these go for a lot of money?
- Yes.
- What's your most expensive one?
- Uh, the most expensive card
is probably the pristine 10 first edition base Charizard.
The card itself is considered the crown jewel
of the Pokémon world.
- And how much is that worth?
- In the range of 50,000 to 100,000.
- Whoa. And people pay that for these?
- Yeah, especially now with the new Pokémon craze.
I know you heard of the new game out.
The new Pokémon game everyone's playing on their phone?
- Pokémon GO.
- No.
- You just walk around until you find one
and then you sling Poké Balls at it,
maybe you need a Ultra Ball.
- Okay.
So how much do you want for these things?
- I'm looking for right in the area of $500,000.
[dramatic sting]
- [exhales]
Do you mind if I have someone look at this?
- That's fine.
- I'll be right back. Let's just--
this is baffling.
- Yeah, he doesn't know what to think right now.
- Right. Mm-hmm.
- "Pokéman."
- It seems to me the one who's going to make the decision
really doesn't know what he's looking at.
I'm happy that the expert is coming in to educate the fella.
He's gonna know what these are selling for
and the future collectible value of them.
[upbeat rock music]
I'm sort of, like, in a baffled cloud here.
- What can I do for you guys today?
- He's got... Pokéman cards and--
- "Pokémon."
- Okay, so Pokémon cards.
And he says they're worth a half a million dollars.
And it just doesn't make any sense to me.
- Well, [laughs], there's a lot of cards here, Rick.
So Pokémon started in Japan in '95.
Probably about 2000 to 2002
is when it really took off.
So that's why these first edition cards
are really hard to find.
'Cause you still hadn't created, like,
this large market for what it became.
And Charizard's, like, one of the best
characters in the game.
He's also one of the most collectible characters
in the entire Pokéverse, so.
- The--wait-wait, hold on. - [laughs]
- "The Pokéverse"? - The Pokéverse.
The Pokémon world.
- Yes, sir.
- Okay. - Graded 10s--
I believe there's less than 50 PSA 10s in existence.
And by looking at this,
there's 20% of the market sitting on your counter.
I look at this collection and I just can't believe my eyes.
There's pristine 10s everywhere,
Charizard being one of top collectible pieces in Pokémon.
I--this is a one-of-a-kind collection.
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- What do you think this stuff is worth?
- So this one here?
There's only one of them in existence.
There's no other graded a 10.
Beckett grades so much harsher
than PSA does when it comes to giving their 10 stamp.
This card could go
30,000 to 40,000.
All together?
I'm estimating anywhere from 380,000 to 390,000
for this collection.
- Really?
Obviously this guy's a little upset over Steve's appraisal
but I'm absolutely blown away.
- These--these are really, really interesting.
I mean, you actually have lots of value here.
But my problem with these is if I go to sell them,
I can't have any conversation about them
'cause I know absolutely nothing.
I don't even know what a Charizard does.
- Well, it depends on which one. - Okay, all right, Chum.
Chum, I know, I--
- Rick, throw him an offer.
- I'm not gonna make an offer. It just--
it's out of my skill set completely, 100%.
I'm not gonna be able to sell something
I don't understand whatsoever.
- So I'll make him an offer.
[cymbal shimmers]
- Not with my money.
I don't have the knowledge or expertise to sell these things.
Thanks for bringing it in.
- Thank you.
- [sighs]
- $380,000 worth of Charizard.
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- I still don't know the difference
between a Pokéman and a Charizard.
- Actually, Charizard is a Pokémon.
Yeah.