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 Joseph McGuckin
'Director of Operations' Diamond International Galleries
(717) 434-1626
mjoe@diamondgalleries.com
Joseph McGuckin is the Director of Operations for Diamond International
Galleries. His primary functions are inventory control, warehousing and
shipping. He is also responsible for photography, graphics, operational support
and coordination. Joseph is originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has
earned his BS in Business Management and Marketing from the Wharton School of
Business. The best part about his job is the diversity and the opportunity to
contribute to the various operational activities. He also enjoys the people he
works with and their willingness to work hard to further the cause for the
hobby.
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Mark Squirek
Senior Comic and Art Auction Manager
Diamond
International Galleries
(410) 560-5810
smark@diamondgalleries.com
Mark Squirek has been the Senior Comic and Art
Auction Manager for over four years. Prior to that, he spent six years as a West
Coast Customer Service Rep. for Diamond Comic Distributors. In 1994 he graduated
from the University of Maryland at Baltimore County with a BA in History. In
addition he is a graduate of Second City's training school in Chicago, Illinois.
Besides writing for Scoop, Squirek has been
published in Hogan's Alley, Comics and Games Retailer, Hake's Guide to Disney
Collectibles, and Comic Book Monthly. Outside the world of collecting he has
interviewed Nils Lofgren, Pure Prairie League, Poco, and other rock acts for
Hittin' the Note and several other national print publications.
Squirek has also written for the stage. In 2006 he
was named Playwright of the Year by Broadway World for his one act SOD. They
also named him as an Outstanding Supporting Actor for his work in Edward Albee's
The Goat or Who is Sylvia. 2007 saw the production of his full length play Rooms
By The Sea; Plays Inspired by the Painting of Edward Hopper. One of the plays
from that piece, Conference at Night, centered on the downsizing of the comic
industry in the mid-1950s and its effect on the artists.
As a seven year old Squirek used to accompany his
father to Cleveland Public Library and rush to the library's basement where he
could read comics from the twenties and thirties on their brand new micro-fiche.
It was 1963. While too young to understand Bringing Up Father, it made him
laugh. Not as much as Smokey Stover and Barney Google did, but Jiggs sure was
funny!
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 Heather
Winter
Office Manager
(717) 434-1612
wheather@diamondgalleries.com
Heather Winter began
her career at Geppi's Entertainment Publishing &
Auctions with Gemstone Publishing in August of
2004. She has a Bachelors of Science degree in
Accounting from York College. Currently, she is the Senior Office Manager at Gemstone
and for the
past three years has worked closely with the many
Auction houses Gemstone conducts business with.
Throughout her career, Heather has worked on many
projects including The Overstreet Comic Book Price
Guide, The Indian Arrowhead Guide, and Scoop. In
her free time, she enjoys collecting German Pink
Pigs from the turn of the 20th Century and
spending time with her husband, Alex, the General
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 Mark
Herr
Director of E-Bay Sales - Diamond
International Galleries
(717) 434-1613
hmark@diamondgalleries.com
Mark Herr is the E-Bay Consultant for Hake’s
Americana & Collectibles. He focuses primarily
on eBay sales and helps to build customer lists
and take bids during the Hake’s auctions.
He is also a
contributor to the e-newsletter, Scoop! Mark is
originally from Baltimore, Maryland and the best
part about his job occurs when he gets the
chance to help someone else.
He has been working
for Steve Geppi since 1980 and has seen a lot of
changes over that time. It has been his true
pleasure to be a part of that growth
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Mike Wilbur
Shipping Coordinator
(717) 434-1639
wmike@diamondgalleries.com
Mike Wibur became an employee for Diamond
Comic Distributors in 1992 and began working for
Geppi's Entertainment Publishing & Auctions
through Gemstone in 1994, where he was utilized
for his seemingly never-ending knowledge of
vintage and current comics. Mike received a
bachelor’s degree from Glassboro State College in
communication and journalism and currently writes
the “Catch the Wave” section in Gemstones weekly
online magazine, Scoop and has been doing so since
2002.
Mike is a lifetime collector who grew up
with Silver-Age comics which he absorbed and
repeatedly read as a child. When the high-end
collectible comic character statue market began in
the early-to-mid-‘90s, Mike started collecting
pieces himself, and, due to his personal obsession
with detail, began following, tracking, and
documenting the market.
Mike is also an advisor to the Hake’s Guide
specializing in statues; all entries for these
items are personally updated by Mike for each new
edition, and he contributes data on new entries as
well. He has also served for several years as a
consultant for DC Comics Archives hardcover
reprint program. He is still contacted from time
to time by the program’s editorial coordinator to
supply them with material that may be missing from
their own corporate library. In addition, Mike
also contributed numerous cover images for DC’s
hardcover books Superman: Cover-to-Cover and
Batman: Cover-to-Cover.
As for Mike's personal collections, he
collected vintage comic books for a while but soon
became interested in statues and figurines in the
mid-90s and has pursued that ever since. |
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Diamond
International Galleries I
1966 Greenspring Drive I
Timonium, MD 21093
(410) 560-5810
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