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Doug Norwine
Director, Music & Entertainment
DougN@HA.com
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| An accomplished saxophone player, Doug graduated Magna Cum Laude from Bowling Green University in Ohio with a Bachelor of Music degree. He also received a Masters Equivalent in Performance from Berklee College of Music in Boston. Doug has received 12 Gold and Platinum records from the RIAA for his work as a musician. Doug's musical credits are numerous, and will certainly be familiar to anyone tuned into the American popular culture landscape. Perhaps his most popular credit is that of the baritone sax behind Lisa Simpson and her mentor, "Bleeding Gums" Murphy on the FOX hit series, The Simpsons. A busy studio musician in Los Angeles for the past 22 years, Doug has been featured on such television shows as Roseanne, Full House, Seinfeld, The Tonight Show and too many others to list. |
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John Hickey
Consignment Director
JohnH@HA.com
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| Blending extensive experience and more than 20 years of collecting (most notably in the autograph field), John Hickey is contributing to Heritage's expansion into new areas and assisting in the consignments of sports, music and entertainment, and historical documents. He came to Heritage as an operations manager in 2004. |
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Gary Dowell
Cataloger - Comics & Music
GaryD@HA.com
1-800-872-6467 x1193
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| Gary received a Bachelor's degree in Journalism from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1998, and spent six years as an editor/entertainment reporter/film critic for an alternative weekly and at the Dallas Morning News. He joined Heritage in late 2004 as a cataloger in the Comics and Entertainment departments. |
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Kristen Painter
Cataloger
KristenP@HA.com
1-800-872-6467 x1149
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| Prior to joining the staff at Heritage, Kristen received her Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from the University of North Texas, finished at the American University of Paris, and is currently completing her Master's Degree in Art History at Texas Women's University with a thesis on the international applications of film noir. She worked for a short time as a gallery director and art teacher before becoming a film programming coordinator for the Dallas Museum of Art. |
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Michael Riley
Chief Cataloger and Historian
MichaelR@HA.com
1-800-872-6467 x1467
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| After attending the University of Louisville (KY), Michael worked in the Consumer Electronics industry. In 1983, he joined the Universal Autograph Collectors Club, and became a dealer in a wide range of collectibles in 1985. Adopting the Internet early, he moved into Web site design and development in 1995, an area where he has received numerous awards. Michael joined Heritage in 2004 and has done catalog work for comics, celebrity, music & entertainment memorabilia, and political memorabilia & Americana. |
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Garry Shrum
Consignment Director
GarryS@HA.com
1-800-872-6467 x1585
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| After a stint in the corporate world, Garry Shrum started his own successful record store, Blue Meanie Records, in 1976, and he's been immersed in records, tapes and CDs ever since. Attending many record shows in the United States and Europe over the years, he has become an expert on imports, especially those of the 1960s. He has been providing expertise for Heritage's Music & Entertainment Auctions since 2004. |
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Jim Steele
Chief Cataloger
JimSt@HA.com
1-800-872-6467 x1328
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| Jim Steele gleaned his expertise and encyclopedic knowledge of comic books the old-fashioned way - he worked the comic convention circuit as a dealer for over 20 years while owning a collectibles bookstore. The years in the collecting trenches paid off in 2002 when he joined Heritage, and by 2003 he had become Chief Cataloger for the Comics and Comic Art Division. Jim also assists with the production of Heritage's Entertainment Memorabilia catalogs. |
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