Collector's Call

Meet Shawn Peterson (6x2)

Air date: Apr 13, 2025

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.