Don Flanagan Leaves MastroNet for New Position
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has taken a new position with Sales on Line Direct, Inc. of Worcester Mass. as
President of the Collectibles Division. His primary responsibilities will
include purchasing inventory and broadening the scope of the company’s category
base. Flanagan previously acted as the sole sports consultant to Christie’s
Auction House in New York from 1993-1997, and recently helped launch MastroNet’s
new Americana Division. Sales on Line Direct, Inc. owns both Rotman Auctions and
the Collectingchannel.com, and is also a major seller of collectibles through
E-bay. The company also has a contract with E-bay to provide online appraisals
in hundreds of collecting areas. Flanagan remarked that he enjoyed his five-year
hitch with MastroNet and looked forward to continuing to do business with them
in his new position. Experts agree that Flanagan is one of the top authorities
on comic character memorabilia.
<br><br>Eichenbaum, CGC’s
President, said, ”We aren’t here to negotiate or to challenge the existing
grading standards. We’ve always supported them and we’re committed to continuing
to use Overstreet’s guidelines as the foundation of our grading process. There
have been a lot of misconceptions and we think a better understanding of the
existing standards is in everyone’s best interest. That way, when people use
CGC, they can be assured that CGC takes seriously our position in the hobby and
is committed to maintaining our consistent and accurate grading standards and
working with buyers and sellers alike for the good of the hobby.”
<br><br>Eichenbaum and Senior Grader, Steve Borock, are pictured above holding a
Fearless Fosdick figurine produced by Dark Horse Comics - an appropriate symbol
for the company, indeed. Whatever perils befall Fearless Fosdick, he manages to
emerge unscath