King of Collectibles on Netflix

[skelly423]

I'll hold back on most of my opinion, but will say Ken's not my cup of tea, and I'm not interested in watching any of this vanity project.

[swarmee]

It's pretty awful with how they comp raw cards at PSA 10 prices, overvalue $10 beanie babies, and rewrite history with low-comping the "$5 million" LeBron triple logoman once it only sold for $2.4 million. Not to mention how they don't even mention that PSA is owned by the same parent company; that would be a conflict of interest.

Nothing more than an infomercial.

[Republicaninmass]

Canary in the coal mine. Top of the market

[bmattioli]

I'm a sucker for anything in print or can be watched related to the hobby.. Always loved the Mr. Mint books/interviews...

[Kutcher55]

I watched it. It was decent enough, not creative in the least bit, but I enjoy the topic. It’s cool to see what people collect, particularly some of the technology artifacts that appear on the show (Apple etc). In many ways I found that stuff more interesting than the parade of PSA graded new crap and pokey man junk. Love him or hate him, Goldin has a magnetic personality although I don’t blame anyone who finds the whole schtick offputting.

I’m gonna choose not to playa hate on this one. The guy has built a great business. He’s a self promoter and you gotta think this series is awesome for his brand and empire.

[Buythatcard]

I agree that show was Ken Goldin promoting himself. I did love seeing all the memorabilia that people have to sell.
My favorite was the guy who had a massive card collection stored in his attic. I assume Season 2 will show us what he actually has and what it's worth.

[Republicaninmass]

Originally Posted by Kutcher55

I’m gonna choose not to playa hate on this one. The guy has built a great business. He’s a self promoter and you gotta think this series is awesome for his brand and empire.

Believe he sold for hundreds of millions to psa. Hes nothing more than a paid shill stuffed shirt for them I'm guessing .

Hate away since he robbed most of our parents and grandparents in the 80s and thousands of people left the hobby because of him.

[The Detroit Collector]

Yes, I watched it. Honestly not bad. heavily scripted, but the items they have on the show are really cool.

[90feetaway]

Just finished watching. Meh, ok. Yes the attic scene was the highlight along with Karl Malone's collection both in ep 6. Also don't know why those Pokemon boxes are worth so much.

[5-Tool Player]

Originally Posted by The Detroit Collector

Yes, I watched it. Honestly not bad. heavily scripted, but the items they have on the show are really cool.

+1.....and FULL of himself

[Tabe]

Originally Posted by bmattioli

I'm a sucker for anything in print or can be watched related to the hobby.. Always loved the Mr. Mint books/interviews...

Like the guys above me, I recommend "Chasing Cardboard" on YouTube.

[ahmanfan]

Originally Posted by Republicaninmass

Canary in the coal mine. Top of the market

Yep. It was announced in late 21/early 22. I knew the market was going down and fast. And it has.

[Exhibitman]

Collectors here have successfully predicted nine of the last five market tops.

I binged the show while doing chores yesterday. I pretty much agree with the observations here. It was a standard formula reality tv show with reveals and fake suspense, a telegenic young cast (Dave Amerman was on some of those reality hookup shows back in the 'aughts) who spend way too much time on personal grooming products, and silly pricing. Of course it was a PR blitz for Goldin, so none of the ugly elements of the AH business were on display. You can also tell that they put in three women who really don't have much of a role just to avoid it being a card bro sausage party.

I am considering filing a class action against them on behalf of all the average-looking, unkempt fat guys who are the real hobby professionals; we deserve some tv time too. My lead plaintiff:

[irishdenny]

The endin' of the 1st episode made me quite disturbed on how the situation turned inta the "Catch Fish" philosophy. When I consign a piece of High Dollar amount, my business side wil be respected!

*This is jus a repeat of Mr Mastro's 101.0

Not respectin' the consigner after agreed terms, with the Beginnin' Philosophy of "Jus Don't Come Back wit out the Jersey!", is a Shameful way to treat someone!

Mr Goldin is respected in this industry because his light hasn't shined on his fishin' technique's as of yet!

I've been in the same position a few times wit Mr. Maestro as he conducted to manipulate the Consigner inta his web of "I know, You don't!" proper gander speech...

10 Million was the deal... abusin' the consigner(publicly none the less!) is right out of Mastro's play book!!!

Nuf Sed

[perezfan]

Spoiler alert... don't read below if you haven't completed the series.


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But for those who have already seen the staged drama...

Does anyone else think that the guy who "privately" bought the Lewis Hamilton F1 card would have done MUCH better, had he just let it go to auction? I suppose Goldin might've set a reserve price, but hard to imagine a card like that approaching a million dollars in an honest auction format.

[2dueces]

The $350,000 estimate for a raw Jordan was a bit over the top. 😂😂😂

[LEHR]

Originally Posted by skelly423

I'll hold back on most of my opinion, but will say Ken's not my cup of tea, and I'm not interested in watching any of this vanity project.

Couldn't have said it better myself. My wife even pointed out the show this weekend and it was a hard pass for me.