David and Ryan are joined once again by Stuff Dreams Are Made Of guest MVP Rob Klein - this time to discuss the incredible Stuart Berkowitz collection. This massive archive of 1960s television assets goes under the hammer at Heritage Auctions on October 24, 2025. He's got the Honeymooners, Gilligan's Island, Lost in Space, Star Trek, the Munsters, and, of course, Batman, Robin and a host of scenery-chewing Bat-baddies from the classic series. Rob, an expert in this era, takes the guys on a guided tour through the groovy 60s and the late, great, Stuart Berkowitz's dazzling collection. Listen, or it's bang-zoom with ya!

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David and Ryan crack open another Heritage auction catalog, but this one is brimming with beautiful original comic art rather than props. Joined by honored friend of the podcast and golden-age comic art guru Kelvin Mao, the guys discuss the legacy of a complicated collector and marvel over the incredible collection of golden age works that he assembled over his career. From Golden Age to Silver Age, from C.C. Beck to Jack Cole, from Will Eisner to Bob Kane, from Frazetta to Gill Fox, from All-Star Squadron to the greatest(?) Todd McFarlane Batman cover ever... pour a fine Japanese whisky and join the guys as they travel back in time to adventure through the Keif Fromm archive.

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David and Ryan are joined by reliable props expert Jay Skwarlo who has abandoned TIE Pilots for red bikes to discuss all things Pee Wee's Big Adventure for the film's 40th anniversary. The guys discuss every iteration of the 13 (!) bikes made for the movie, those Jay has handled, those he's restored, those he's still looking to meet ($10,000 reward offered), why Large Marge is still terrifying, whether Jay needs to consider changing his name now, and the enduring charm of this gem of the 1980s that gave us the genius of Paul Reubens and Tim Burton in one zany creative sundae. We wouldn't sell this episode for all the money in the world! Not for a hundred million, trillion, billion dollars!

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Today on the pod, David and Ryan discuss the thing that every collector seeks: making their collection better. Specifically, taking a piece in your collection and upgrading it. That can mean anything from going from production-made to screen-used, from stunt to hero, from un-matched to screen-matched and beyond! How do the guys approach an upgrade? How crazy does "needing" (we are sick people) an upgrade drive them? What's a delta? All that, some macroeconomic theory from Ryan, and more on this week's The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of!

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What's almost as good as getting the legendary Guillermo del Toro on the podcast to talk about his collection? Getting his collection on the podcast to talk about it! Join David and Ryan as they dive into the catalog for Heritage Auctions' Guillermo del Toro Collection: Bleak House, Part 1 coming to you live on September 26th! The guys cover everything from Cronos to Nightmare Alley with all the Hellboys, Pan's Labyrinths, and Shapes of Water in between! It's sure to be a truly unique, terrifying, and cinematic collecting event! Exclamation points!

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On a very special, unscheduled, unsponsored episode of the podcast, David and Ryan hop on the mics to review the September 2025 Propstore auction. What did they win? What did they lose? What did they think of the results? Did David win a lightsaber? Did Ryan decide what to bid on? Hint: someone made some dough, and someone spent too much.

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Listener questions have piled up, so between auctions David and Ryan are diving in with their virtual letter openers to unseal and read. The questions and answers cover every kind of topic under the sun, including: buying pieces from reputable productions via disreputable vendors, buying pieces from disreputable productions via reputable vendors, the guys' favorite pieces by sentimentality factor, price trends in the hobby, House of the Dragon props, props we should really just give to our co-host (and visa-versa), preservation and restoration conversation, auction rules and minutiae, the Ghost of Greg Jein, and -- who's stronger, Mickey Mantle or Superman?

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David and Ryan get on the blower to cover the categories and days 2 and 3 of the Propstore auction, which kicks off tomorrow, September 4th! Hear all about David's anxiety over Darth Vader's lightsaber and Ryan's over the sheer amount of Keaton Batman stuff he has look at before the auction really even begins. They discuss the little things they love that might fly beneath the radar as well as what they think the weirdest thing in the auction might be. And: what would their kids love? What would their wives hate? What would they buy for each other? Who is bidding on terrible Dean Cain props? What really /is/ the worst Prometheus prop? Oh yeah, and another update on fakes. They're comin' out of the walls, man!!

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Lucasfilm (and laser sword) expert Brandon Alinger returns to the podcast a mere week before freaking Darth Vader's freaking hero lightsaber goes under the hammer at Propstore. Together, he, David, and Ryan discuss the lightsabers of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi and dive deep into the Vader saber that Propstore discovered earlier this year. New Jedi secrets will be unearthed, new jokes will be made, and you will be dazzled. It's guaranteed.

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It's Q4 and another massive auction season is nigh upon us. The fun kicks off with Propstore's September live auction and 1,400+ lots from all your favorite (and some unfavorite) films and TV shows. Join David and Ryan as they page through Day 1 of the sale and cover everything from 2010 to Zardoz and everything in between, including Clockwork orange canes, wonderful Batman toys, Indy whips (and belts), Jaws' jaws clappers, Sauron helmets, flashy things, hippie-slaying flamethrowers, the Rocketeer, Genesis devices, Picard's flute (Round 3 -- or is it 4?) and, of course, Darth Vader's Lightsaber. Join the guys for all the jokes and insights you've come to love and also for a very special Stuff Dreams Are Made Of career retrospective on Dean Cain.

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