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About Heritage Auctions - Historical: Manuscripts
Historical: Manuscripts
Sandra Palomino
Director, Historical Manuscripts
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Director, Historical Manuscripts
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Sandra Palomino has more than twenty years of experience
working with historical manuscripts, autographs, and rare books both via
private treaty sales and auction. She joined Heritage in 2006 and during her
tenure has brought to market such important collectibles as the last paragraph
of Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address and Francis Crick’s Nobel Medal
and diploma. She has also had the honor of working with the papers of Benjamin
Harrison (a large archive that descended through the family of his second wife
that was placed with an institution), and the papers of Maude Ballou, Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s first secretary. Her course of study at Yale focused
on 18th and 19th Century American History. Her
professional experience also includes direct marketing and public relations
with such noted companies as Rapp Collins and Donnelly Marketing.
Curtis Lindner
Director, Americana
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Director, Americana
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Collecting has always been in Curtis
Lindner’s blood, likely passed down from his mother. On family trips to Maine, he always migrated
to old book shops, antique stores, and consignment shops seeking out books,
stamps, coins, and eventually, political campaign material. His collecting continued through
college and into his corporate career where he held positions in marketing and
sales management. He attended shows throughout the east coast as a part time
dealer and took the “leap” in 2000, becoming a full time Americana dealer.
Besides cultivating a large collector-client base, he also worked with several institutions, including the
Houghton Library at Harvard University and the John Hay Library at Brown
University, assisting in
growing their Abraham Lincoln collections. Curtis has been a member of the APIC
(American Political Items Collectors) for 32 years and assisted in two
public exhibits including the Dr. John Lattimer Collection at the Metropolitan
Book Exchange in 1995, and the bicentennial “Abraham Lincoln in New York” at
Federal Hall in 2009. He also displayed a portion of his Ulysses S. Grant collection at
the re-dedication of Grant’s Tomb in 1997. Curtis has a broad range of expertise in
the areas of Americana, Political Memorabilia, and
Civil War. As someone who is always up for a challenge, he was approached by
Tom Slater to replace him as Director of the Americana Department upon Tom’s
semi-retirement. After meeting with management, he felt it was a good fit and
joined Heritage
Auctions in
July 2019.
Tom Slater
Senior Consultant, Historical
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Senior Consultant, Historical
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Collecting has always been in
Tom Slater’s blood. At the age of six he began with sea shells, and soon
graduated to coins, the “gateway drug” to so many other fields of collecting.
By the age of ten, Tom’s Dad would drop him off at coin shows within driving
range, picking him up at the end of the day. All the dealers knew Tom, and they
would give him coins to shop around the floor with the hope of making a small
commission. Usually he was able to make $50 to $100, no small sum in the early
1960s, which of course was promptly invested in his collection.
When Tom was 12 he rented space
in his barber’s shop and set up a display case, selling coins on weekends.
A year later he formed a partnership with one of his customers, and the
pair opened their own coin shop. When Tom eventually left for college his
partner continued to operate the shop for some 20 years.
But the turning point in Tom’s
collecting journey came when as a high school student he by chance discovered
the then-infant hobby of political campaign collectibles. An avid reader of
anything to do with U.S. history, especially that of the presidents, he was
instantly hooked! Tom published his first political memorabilia sales
list at age 19, and founded a major mail order auction at 25.
Somehow he managed to find time
to graduate from Yale with honors, and brief experiments with law school and a
corporate sales position were but minor detours. In 1976 he became a full-time
dealer and auctioneer, and maintained a robust business in political and other
collectors’ items until his company, Slater’s Americana, was absorbed by
Heritage in 2004. Since that time Tom has served as Director of Americana
auctions and Senior Historical Specialist for Heritage Auctions.
Michael Riley
Director, Space Exploration
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Director, Space Exploration
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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 website design and development in 1995, an area where he has received numerous awards. Michael joined Heritage in 2004 and has done cataloging work for Music & Entertainment Memorabilia, Americana & Political Memorabilia, Historical Manuscripts, and Space Exploration.
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