Gallery 63 Oct. 26 on Discovery

Gallery 63’s ‘Auction Kings’ debuts Oct. 26 on Discovery

The Gallery 63 crew, from left to right: owner Paul Brown, office manager Cindy Shook, handyman Delfino Ramos and assistant manager/picker Jon Hammond.

In just a few hours, Discovery Channel’s “Auction Kings” debuts featuring Atlanta’s Gallery 63.

“We’re all kinds of whipped up,” Brown said today, just a few hours before the 10 p.m. debut. “It’s been a roller coaster but mostly downhill and fast.”

I wrote about this show six months ago when Discovery was beginning to shoot it. Brown said he’s gotten a ton of calls and emails already just from the promos.

I sampled the first episode and it’s a breezy 30 minutes featuring some unusual finds: a four-billion-year-old asteroid found in Russia in 1947, a Nazi handbook circa 1936, a possible “Gone With the Wind” first edition signed by Margaret Mitchell and a vampire killing kit from the late 1800s.

The sellers provide descriptions of the items. Brown finds experts to confirm or debunk a particular item’s value and/or authenticity. We then jump to auction day to see if the items sell for the amount the sellers hope. From a storytelling perspective, it’s a clean beginning, middle and end for each item.

Brown comes across as pleasantly hyperactive while his manager Cindy Schook plays the tough curmudgeon with a heart of gold. Newbie assistant office manager Jon Hammond is also put through the ropes.

Like TLC’s “Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta,” this reality show does not debase or embarrass Atlanta in any way unlike some other show you might be thinking of.

On TV
“Auction Kings,” 10 p.m. on Mondays on Discovery Channel