Collectors, aficionados, and fervent admirers of reality TV, brace yourselves for a thrilling encore—Netflix is indeed dusting off the shelves, polishing the gilt edges, and readying the stage for a spectacular return of “King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch.” Soon to grace your screens with its third season, this hit series has tantalized audiences with a tantalizing peek behind the velvet ropes of the high-stakes world of collectibles and keepsakes auctions. Fans will again join Ken Goldin and his stalwart auction house squad as they navigate an ever-expanding universe teeming with fervor and fierce competition.
Launched in 2023, “King of Collectibles” made an immediate impression, carving its niche into Netflix’s vaunted Top 10 lineup and snagging a Critics Choice Real TV Awards nod for Best Business Show like a rare gem forwarded at auction. Although Netflix has yet to pin down the release date for this highly anticipated third season, the fanfare percolating in the ether is palpable.
“Thrilled to be back doesn’t even scratch the surface of our enthusiasm,” Ken Goldin remarked, gleefully fanning the flames of anticipation. He acknowledged the transformations and exhilaration coursing through the collectibles ecosystem—new categories sprouting, soaring stakes, bidding wars hotter than a summer auction, and a burgeoning fascination with collecting that defies borders. “Sharing these incredible moments and stories with a broader audience is our joy.”
The forthcoming season, true to its roots, will be crafted by the luminaries at Wheelhouse’s Spoke Studios, Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions, and Connor Schell’s Full Day Productions, in a syncopated rhythm with eBay. Goldin deftly slid under eBay’s expansive umbrella in 2024, amplifying its prowess well beyond the realm of sports cards, casting a keen eye on pop culture memorabilia, fueled recently by their acquisition of Studio Auctions—renowned architects of rare movie props’ immaculate residency.
In the bustling bazaar of collectibles, Goldin reigns among titans as per Card Ladder’s enthusiastic attestations. In June alone, Goldin reported an astonishing $32 million in trading card sales, helping buoy the industry-wide record to a dizzying $305 million—a monolithic edifice to the obsession.
However, beneath the glitz and gavel hits, drama stirs. In recent times, Goldin found itself center stage in a rather public spat—word-tossing and glowering across auction house boards—with Fanatics Live supremo Nick Bell. The dust-up erupted when Bell, with no regard for decorum or domain, endeavored to trumpet Fanatics’ own auctions on Ken Goldin’s Instagram page. The audacity not only fizzled, but it cast a spotlight on the off-screen rivalries bubbling under the surface, underscoring the relentless intensity—and profile—of the collectibles arms race.
As aficionados lean in, waiting for every morsel of detail about the unfolding third season, the glare on Goldin, its ambitious house of auctions, and the eclectic, exhilarating collectibles industry bares testimony to the current reality: collecting has become the feast du jour. It is not just about owning things—but stories, histories, moments in time. Structured around passion and purpose, the pursuit of the perfect collectible has transformed from a niche hobby to a full-blown spectacle replete with its own brand of drama and delight.
Decades from now, scholars might study this era as a Renaissance of Collecting, where the stroke of a gavel could rouse more excitement than a thunderous applause. With stories woven from the fabric of nostalgia and dreams clasped between bidders’ fervent fingers, “King of Collectibles” does more than entertain—it educates, ignites passions, and perhaps, just perhaps, inspires the next generation of wildly enthusiastic collectors.
And as the show must go on, fans sit tight, anticipation building with each resounding auctioneer call, eager for the curtain to rise, the hammer to fall, and for stories yet untold to be woven through the art of collecting. The stakes are indeed high, the treasures ripe for the taking, and the adventures just beginning. Let the world of collectibles enchant and mesmerize once more.
