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Press Release - September 14, 2004

Heritage Strikes Gold!

Imperial Gold Record Collection to be Offered in Upcoming Auction.

Dallas, Texas: Heritage Galleries and Auctioneers (HGA) will offer a collection of 25 Imperial Gold Records in their upcoming Music and Entertainment Memorabilia sale, to be held September 30 & October 1, 2004 in their Dallas, TX offices.

"Imperial, one of the most important and prestigious labels of the 1950s and 60s, produced these awards to memorialize sales of 1,000,000 albums," said HGA Chief Cataloger Jim Steele. "It was their custom to make only two of each: one for the artist and one for themselves. This collection, which comes from the archives of Imperial Records founder Lew Chudd, includes 16 awards presented to Fats Domino, including the gold record for his classic hit, 'Blueberry Hill', 7 Ricky Nelson gold records, including the award for 'Travelin' Man', and three gold record awards to cult Country yodeler, Slim Whitman, including his signature hit 'Indian Love Call'."

Also included in the sale is an extremely rare Platinum Record, awarded to Fats Domino for cumulative career sales of 25,000,000 albums as of September 1, 1957. The album can be viewed here.

To round out the Imperial Archive finds, the original art used for the covers of two early 1960s albums by famed Rock n' Roll drummer Sandy Nelson is being offered. The albums, "Let There Be Drums" and "Drums Are My Beat" were Top 30 smashes in 1962.

Links to the entire Imperial Record Collection are listed below;

Additional Award Records Include:

Prospective consignors and sellers of top-end entertainment and music memorabilia are invited to call Doug Norwine at 214-252-4293 or John Hickey at 214-252-4264 to discuss their material. Or visit www.HeritageGalleries.com and click on "Sell Now". Or simply email Doug Norwine at DougN@HeritageGalleries.com or John Hickey at JohnH@HeritageGalleries.com.

For more information about Heritage's auctions, and a complete record of prices realized, along with full-color, enlargeable photos of each lot, please visit www.HeritageGalleries.com.

Movie poster consignors, please call Grey Smith at 214-668-6928 or email GreySm@HeritageMoviePosters.com.