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The Best Episodes of Collector's Call

Every episode of Collector's Call ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Collector's Call!

The Best Episodes of Collector's Call

Step inside the nostalgic world of personal collections. Explore the amazing treasures of toys, books, memorabilia and more. Meet the real people with a passion...

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  1. Background image for Meet Bruce Pascal - Hot Wheels
    9.6/10(6 votes)

    #1 - Meet Bruce Pascal - Hot Wheels

    S6:E2

    Bruce Pascal's got a need for speed. As a child, he loved Hot Wheels. Now, as an adult, he has a jaw-dropping, museum-like car collection that includes not just the cars. but also, some extremely rare items that were used to make the cars. Bruce takes Lisa on a tour of his collection--from a hand-drawn sketch of the Olds 442, to a wood model Ferrari, to the Holy Grail of Hot Wheels, Bruce has them all and loves sharing his passion with others. Our expert, Joel Magee, will appraise Bruce's collection, and who better than a self-proclaimed toy scout and a race car driver. Joel will also attempt to pull off a heart racing car trade with Bruce. One, one-of-a-kind prototype, for another. Who will end up in the driver's seat, our expert or collector?

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  2. Background image for Meet David Meinz
    9.3/10(7 votes)

    #2 - Meet David Meinz

    S6:E12

    Registered dietitian nutritionist and public speaker David Meinz has spent decades assembling what can only be called a museum of vitamin history -- including a range of quack cures and weird weight-loss schemes. Lisa has invited vintage drug-store collector Henry Tankersley to appraise David's wildest items, including LaMar Reducing Soap, Trim Reducing Cigarettes, and Hadacol -- the vitamin elixir for the whole family that's 24-proof alcohol. Henry then attempts a trade for a bit of pristine pharmaceutical paraphernalia he's brought along ... and Lisa brings it home with an unforgettable demonstration of a weight-loss jiggle-belt machine.

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  3. Background image for Jack Condon: Charlie's Angels
    9.1/10(26 votes)

    #3 - Jack Condon: Charlie's Angels

    S3:E3

    Jack Condon loves "Charlie's Angels" and has a Guinness World Record-holding collection; Kate appraises his treasures and tries to convince Condon to trade one of his items for two other pieces of memorabilia in a deal he can't resist.

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  4. Background image for Marla Mogul: Wind Up Toys
    9.0/10(10 votes)

    #4 - Marla Mogul: Wind Up Toys

    S5:E20

    Marla Mogul has collected so many of her beloved wind-up toys that she landed in the Guinness Book of World Records. She will show Lisa the very first one she acquired, a Vail ski bunny, as well as her Marvel, Disney, and Peanuts characters windups.

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  5. Background image for Meet Justin Cary - Toys
    9.0/10(10 votes)

    #5 - Meet Justin Cary - Toys

    S6:E8

    Eighties kid Justin Cary stares with Lisa the collection of vintage toys from his childhood that grew from a hobby into a full-time toy-dealing business. His fellow toy vendor John Davis appraises his hottest items, including McGyver and NeverEnding Story figures never available in the U.S., and a complete Masters of The Universe store display that may be the only one of its kind still around.

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  6. Background image for Meet Claire Peterson - Transformers
    9.0/10(7 votes)

    #6 - Meet Claire Peterson - Transformers

    S6:E9

    Claire Peterson is not your typical Transformers collector, most are male. But as the daughter of an engineer, she loved working with her hands, and she became enamored with Transformers when she was still a child. That was in the early 1990s, during what is called the Generation 2, or G2, Transformers era. Generation one started in the 1980s. Now, Claire collects everything from G one and G two to the B Wars, the Beast machines, and beyond. Claire also buys and sells Transformers at local and regional conventions as well as online. She has about 1,100 on display and a little more than 2000 in storage, each of them unique. Out of all the cartoon, TV shows, and movies that have come out of the franchise, the 1986 animated film “Transformers” is one of her favorites. She says she is devastated, though, that she still does not have the full Devastator combiner set. She and our expert, Ben Talmage, had already crossed paths, having met at a local Michigan toy convention.

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  8. Background image for Collector's ReCall
    8.9/10(11 votes)

    #7 - Collector's ReCall

    S6:E1

    Join our host Lisa Whelchel as she gets updates from some of our past collectors from Seasons 1-5 to learn how their collections have changed since our first visit. And see a sneak preview of some of the amazing collectors from our new upcoming Season 6.

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  9. Background image for Meet Doogie Sandtiger - Crocs
    8.9/10(9 votes)

    #8 - Meet Doogie Sandtiger - Crocs

    S6:E5

    As a child growing up in foster care, Doogie Sandtiger never learned to tie his shoes. Today, he is the Guinness World Record holder for most Crocs-- a goal he put into motion years ago and proudly achieved by showing Lisa his more than 3500 pairs. This Croc-star's eye-popping collection includes high end collaborations with famous artists, to a finger-lickin'-good collab with everyone's favorite chicken franchise. There's even a special pair he wore to be in his brother's wedding. Today, our Croc-solid toy expert, John Ragusa, steps into his role of appraiser and expert, by putting a dollar amount to Doogie's collection and then, by offering a Crocs trade. John hopes his trade item--a combination between a toy and Croc, will convince Doogie to swap some of his Crocs, while our collector hopes he won't "Croc" under the pressure.

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  10. Background image for Meet George
    8.8/10(6 votes)

    #9 - Meet George

    S2:E2

    George, an Elvis superfan, spent decades building a collection covering the entire reign of the King of Rock-n-Roll; hundreds of records, movie posters and fan magazines take up nearly every inch of George's home; he shows his collection to Lisa.

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  11. Background image for Meet Daniel Roebuck
    8.8/10(10 votes)

    #10 - Meet Daniel Roebuck

    S2:E17

    Actor Daniel Roebuck shares his collection of horror and science fiction movie memorabilia, including a mold of actor Peter Boyle's head used for a special effect in "Young Frankenstein" and a vintage Herman Munster doll signed by Fred Gwynne.

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  12. Background image for Grant Deporter: Pop Culture & Sports
    8.8/10(9 votes)

    #11 - Grant Deporter: Pop Culture & Sports

    S5:E18

    As the owner of Chicago Sports Museum, Grant DePorter has taken his two passions, sports, and pop culture, and created a sports-lover-pop culture paradise. DePorter shows Lisa some of his one-of-a-kind sports collectibles like the basketball hoop where Michael Jordan hit his last shot to win his 6th NBA championship, He also has the cursed Cubs ball that some say, cost the Cubs the chance to go to the 2003 World Series. Grant subsequently destroyed that ball and proudly displays its carnage in his museum. Our expert today is Scott who deals and collects sports memorabilia himself. He'll check out Grant's museum, appraise Grant's championship-like collection and try making a trade with him. But Grant better stay on his toes. Scott's going for the jugular, offering our collector an item from his favorite movie, but in exchange, Scott wants one of Grant's museum pieces that'll be almost impossible to replace.

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  13. Background image for Meet Shawn Peterson - PEZ
    8.8/10(6 votes)

    #12 - Meet Shawn Peterson - PEZ

    S6:E3

    They say to do what you love - and Shawn Peterson loves PEZ. After years of collecting rare dispensers, candies, and other company artifacts, Shawn successfully pitched a PEZ Visitor Center at the company's historic and still-functioning factory, where he now manages and shares his collection with 80,000 visitors a year. He also shares his collection with Collector's Call, taking Lisa, and PEZ Price Guide expert and appraiser, John LaSpina, on a ride through PEZ history, including: a 1940s PEZ Girl uniform, a rare Colonel Sanders prototype, and a giant edible candy tablet that you can only acquire if you're invited to the headquarters factory in Germany. John appraises Shawn's collection and attempts a trade - offering an ultra-rare set and display featured in a Montgomery Ward catalogue in exchange for a dispenser from the 1984 Winter Olympics. Also - Shawn shows Lisa around the PEZ factory and takes her behind-the-scenes of the candy-making process.

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  14. Background image for Meet Janay Smith
    8.8/10(7 votes)

    #13 - Meet Janay Smith

    S6:E11

    Janay Smith is giving us a small glimpse at the world's largest, private, game worn sports collection- a collection she inherited after her sports crazed, lawyer father left her, when he passed. Some of this spectacular collection is at the Smithsonian, but today, she'll show us Hank Aaron's jersey, and the game ticket from the day he broke Babe Ruth's home-run record. We'll see Muhammad Ali's trunks and training robe, Kobe Bryant's #8 autographed jersey, and Jim Brown's MVP trophy. Historian and African American material culture expert, Philip Merrill, will evaluate this collection with a number never heard before on "Collector's Call," and then attempt to trade Janay with a big-time big league offer. But will she play ball?

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  15. Background image for Winnie the Pooh
    8.7/10(7 votes)

    #14 - Winnie the Pooh

    S1:E3

    Deb Hoffman's record-setting collection of Winnie the Pooh items contains nearly 18,000 pieces and includes a Winnie the Pooh costume from Walt Disney World and a set of Agnes Brush Winnie the Pooh character stuffed animals from the 1940s.

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  16. Background image for Linda Guillory: Video Games
    8.7/10(35 votes)

    #15 - Linda Guillory: Video Games

    S4:E10

    You might say Linda Guillory is hooked on video games. Obsessed with them as a kid, Linda played and usually beat everyone she competed against. As an adult, she found and bought all of her childhood games and then added some more, for good measure. She currently holds two Guinness World Records for her voluminous vintage video game collection, and even became an engineer so she could figure out how they work. Linda's collection began with her Coleco Pac-Man, but she is no less passionate about Zelda and her entire set of Mattel handheld games. Linda's sister Cynthia joins us today and can attest to how competitive her sister is, while our expert, Patrick Scott Patterson, who's made a career out of video games will be forced to evaluate her entire collection, and then see if he can come up with a video game she doesn't already have so that they can possibly make a trade. Good luck with that, Scott.

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  17. Background image for James Zespy: Robots
    8.7/10(7 votes)

    #16 - James Zespy: Robots

    S5:E14

    Collector Zespy oddball collection of the quirkiest robots ever assembled range in size from the tiny, Telecoma action figures from Japan that transform into licensed food products, to the life-sized, a fully functional animatronic canine rock band. Lisa's brought along pop-culture appraiser and auctioneer Mike Boerschinger to put a value on Zespy's collection, after which Mike will try to tempt him into a trade.

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  18. Background image for Meet Ralph Garman
    8.6/10(8 votes)

    #17 - Meet Ralph Garman

    S2:E3

    As a well-known personality, Ralph Garman knows the ins and outs of show business; but his Batman '66 collection is a product of his lifelong love for the show; joining Ralph is Nina Tooley who has never even seen many of these collectibles.

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  19. Background image for Kenneth Guinup: Weird Al
    8.6/10(12 votes)

    #18 - Kenneth Guinup: Weird Al

    S5:E3

    Kenneth Guinup's love for "Weird Al" Yankovic goes back to his childhood, when Al's response to his fan letter helped Kenneth through a difficult time. Now Kenneth isn't just a lifelong fan, he's a collector who's assembled a wild and wonderful range of "Weird Al" artifacts, collectibles, and one-of-a-kind treasures, including Al's very first EP, an exclusive jacket given only to "Weird Al's" video team, and a screen-used guitar signed by the entire band. Lisa's brought along Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz, who in addition to being "Weird Al's" drummer is also the band's archivist. Jon will place a value on Kenneth's entire collection, then try to tempt him into a trade for not one, not two, but several irresistible inside-the-band items. And in a special surprise for Kenneth, "Weird Al" himself beams in for a shout-out , and to pass along a very special, very personal gift.

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  20. Background image for Meet Ashley Sero - Dolls
    8.6/10(9 votes)

    #19 - Meet Ashley Sero - Dolls

    S6:E4

    Ashley Sero grew up in a doll house. Literally, surrounded by the vast number her mother Patty had collected over several years. As Ashley - and her love for the collection -- grew, she wanted to start one of her own. She decided to begin with Skipper, Barbie's younger sister. More than two decades later, Ashley has a wide-ranging doll collection numbering in the hundreds, and she walks Lisa through it all. As she expanded the scope of her prized possessions, Ashley decided to share her passion for and knowledge of doll collecting with others, launching her own YouTube channel, Confessions of a Doll Collector's Daughter, which has attracted scores of avid fellow collectors. Ashley takes personal property appraiser and fellow doll aficionado Kate Martin through some of her more unique items, including extremely rare Japanese Skipper dolls. Kate appraises Ashley's collection, before offering a tempting trade - a beautifully preserved iconic figure from Switzerland for one of Ashley's lon

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  21. Background image for Meet Joe Slag - Cyndi Lauper
    8.6/10(8 votes)

    #20 - Meet Joe Slag - Cyndi Lauper

    S6:E7

    When Joe Salg first heard Cyndi Lauper’s single "Time After Time" as a teenager, he was hooked — as we all were. Lauper represented everything he had been searching for: acceptance of one’s true colors, whatever they might be. He started collecting her albums and any memorabilia he could get his hands on. Then came the ultimate quest: to collect the most unique items related to the pop icon. He estimates his collection has about 2,000 and 3,000 pieces—many of which even Lauper has never seen. Today, Salg is the proud owner of The Cyndi Lauper Museum, an institution admired and acknowledged by Lauper herself. Let’s just say: when it comes to Cyndi Lauper, Joe proves that super fans just wanna have fun... and maybe a museum too. Take a look at this collection dedicated to the pop icon!

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  22. Background image for Tom Pfrogner: Lost in Space
    8.5/10(7 votes)

    #21 - Tom Pfrogner: Lost in Space

    S3:E2

    A high school band teacher who has outfitted his basement with a life-sized reproduction of the Jupiter Two flight deck and a talking B9 robot from "Lost in Space," is visited by a fellow fan and builder of movie and television prop re-creations.

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  23. Background image for Lisa: Dolls
    8.5/10(9 votes)

    #22 - Lisa: Dolls

    S5:E15

    Collector Lisa's extreme passion for dolls has led her to assemble one of the most extensive collections we have ever seen - over 30,000 dolls. Lisa has everything from Barbie dolls to horror dolls. She will show Lisa Whelchel some of her favorite pieces, including an original Chrissy doll, a Medusa Barbie doll, and a Fashion Royalty doll. She will be joined John Ragusa, owner of the Imperial Castle Toy Shop outside of New York City. John will take a closer look at Lisa's dolls and put a value on the whole collection. He will then offer Lisa one of the only dolls missing from her collection for a unique item of hers. But Lisa has said she would never trade any of her dolls. Will this be a first?

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  24. Background image for Meet Peter Morcey - Star Wars Toys
    8.5/10(9 votes)

    #23 - Meet Peter Morcey - Star Wars Toys

    S6:E6

    Peter’s passion proves how the franchise has transcended generations. He began collecting in the early 1990s, initially searching for the Star Wars toys he had as a kid. Eventually, he expanded his hunt to include the ones he always wished he’d had. For Peter, Star Wars was the single greatest movie he saw as a child—so why not build a collection he truly loves? Many of these toys are from a galaxy far, far away, and today they’re crash-landing onto Collector’s Call.

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  25. Background image for Guitars
    8.4/10(9 votes)

    #24 - Guitars

    S1:E6

    Musician Jim Peterik's collection of over 200 guitars includes a 1968 Les Paul gold top and a 1958 Gibson Flying V, but Dan Orkin of Reverb hopes to make a trade with a 1964 Stratocaster.

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  26. Background image for Stewart Berkowitz: TV Props & Costumes
    8.4/10(10 votes)

    #25 - Stewart Berkowitz: TV Props & Costumes

    S5:E1

    A spotlight on Stewart Berkowitz and his collection of costumes from TV shows.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Meet Bruce Pascal - Hot Wheels" is the best rated episode of "Collector's Call". It scored 9.6/10 based on 6 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/6/2025. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Meet David Meinz".