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Ed Jaster
Senior VP, Heritage Auctions
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From the very beginning, Ed Jaster seemed destined for the art business. His parents met while attending the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the 1940s, the same school their son would later attend. Subsequently, for some 20 years, Ed owned his own commercial art firm in Chicago, acquiring, trading, and selling world class collections of American photography, illustration art, and vintage comic books. Ed brought his vast experience and expertise in collectibles to Heritage Auctions in 2002.

Jim Steele
Chief Cataloger
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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.

Todd Hignite
Vice President of Heritage Auctions
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Todd has extensive experience working in the art world, dealing in everything from contemporary to comic art, and is the author of the books The Art of Jaime Hernandez/The Secrets of Life and Death (winner of a 2011 Harvey Award and voted one of Amazon's Top 100 Books of 2010), and In the Studio: Visits with Contemporary Cartoonists, among many other publications. He is also the founder and editor of the critically lauded publication Comic Art (nominated for Eisner Awards every year of its existence and winner of a 2004 Harvey Award). Todd holds a Master's Degree in Art History from Washington University in St. Louis and has curated numerous exhibitions on contemporary art, comics, and illustration art, including R. Crumb's Underground, which toured museums across the country. Todd joined Heritage Auctions in 2008 as a Consignment Director and was promoted to a Vice President in 2011.

Lon Allen
Managing Director, Comics & Comic Art
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Lon attended Truman State University from 1991-1995, and, while there, entered the comics business part-time. His successful part-time business became a successful full-time business In 2000 when he started J.L.A. Comics. Lon joined Heritage in 2002 and became Director of Sales for the Comics Division in 2005. He is an advisor to both the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide and to GPAnalysis.com.

Don Mangus
Illustration Art and Comics Cataloger
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Don Mangus brings his experience as a published writer and former college-level Design, Drawing, and Painting instructor to his catalog descriptions in Comics and Illustration Art. He is an artist/cartoonist, with both a BFA and a MFA from Southern Methodist University. His articles on comic art have been published in Comic Book Artist, Robin Snyder's the Comics, and The Charlton Spotlight, as well as on numerous comics-related Web sites.

Barry Sandoval
Director of Operations, Comics
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In addition to managing Heritage's Comics division, which sells some $20 million worth of comics and original comic art each year, Barry helps evaluate collections and helps write and research catalog descriptions of high-profile lots. He recently won the CGC grading contest held at Wizard World Chicago. He is an advisor to the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide.

Steve Borock
Senior Consignment Director
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Steve Borock was a key figure in introducing third-party certification to the comic book hobby. Having owned many of the hobby's most important comic books, and due to his spotless reputation in the collecting community, he was hired by CGC (Comics Guaranty Corporation) as its Primary Grader and Restoration Detection Expert when it started up in 1999. He was promoted to President of CGC soon thereafter, a post he held until retiring in late 2008. Steve had the final word on every grade that CGC assigned, and his reputation was a key component in CGC's gaining acceptance among the collecting community. Along with colleague Mark Haspel, Steve established the grading standards used by CGC and – these days – most of the collecting community as well.

Greg Holman
Cataloger
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After attending Southwest Texas State University and serving a tour in the Dallas art gallery community, Greg Holman turned his love of comics into a full-time career, learning the ins and outs of selling comics from one of the largest comic dealers in the Southwest. Greg's duties at Heritage include Consignment Direction as well as describing and cataloging consignments for auction in the company's Signature and weekly Internet auctions.

Jerry Stephan
Grader/Consignment Director
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Jerry Stephan received his BA from the University of Missouri at St. Louis. He became a comic dealer after his time in the Navy, attending shows all over the mid-west. Jerry owned a comic shop from 1985 to 1987, and from 1994 until 2002 he hosted close to a dozen comic shows in St. Louis under the More Fun Conventions banner. In 2002, he moved to Sarasota Florida where he spent the next five years as a grader for Comics Guaranty Company. He joined Heritage Auction Galleries in 2007 and is responsible for grading many of the raw comics you see in Heritage's Sunday night auctions as well as their Signature Auctions!

David Tosh
Comics Cataloger
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Veteran cataloger David Tosh, now entering his eighth year at Heritage, is a trained graphic designer with more than 30 years experience in advertising and printing. His experience as a Nostalgia dealer in the 1990s, gave him extensive experience with vintage toys and memorabilia, which is valuable in his work at Heritage with comic-related collectibles.

Aaron White
Grader/Consignment Director
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Aaron has been with the Comics division of Heritage since Spring 2008, and he attracted notice in the comic hobby by finishing second in the CGC grading contest held at the Baltimore and New York comic conventions in 2009. Aaron received his BA from the University of Kentucky in 2002. He is also a member of the North Texas chapter of Mensa.

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