Michael W. Sherman

Michael Sherman's curiosity in old records began in 1965 when, at the age of ten, he was given an Edison Diamond Disc that had been hanging on the wall of a restaurant in Sedalia, Missouri. Seven years later, he acquired both an Edison Disc phonograph and a Victrola XI, and began a lifelong interest in early recorded music. In 1987, Sherman wrote The Paper Dog, a modest 44-page booklet on the history of the Victor Record Label. This was followed five years later with the first edition of The Collector's Guide to Victor Records, written with the collaboration of Kurt Nauck and William Moran. In 1994, Sherman, along with Julian Morton Moses, published a revised edition of Moses' 1949 classic, Collector's Guide to American Recordings, 1895-1925. In 1998, Sherman and Nauck wrote Note the Notes - an Illustrated History of the Columbia Record Label. In addition to these books, Sherman has written several articles for Antique Phonograph Monthly. Mr. Sherman is the Secretary of the Antique Phonograph Society, a member of the Golden State Phonograph Society, the Southern California Antique Radio Society, the Vintage Radio and Phonograph Society and the Association for Recorded Sound Collections. He is active in numerous hobbies as well, including antique automobiles, rare coins and currency, vintage radios and televisions, and early printed leaves. Sherman is a professional numismatist, and was Vice President and General Manager of Heritage Galleries in Dallas for 20 years before moving to the Los Angeles area in 1999 to work for Collectors Universe [NASDAQ: CLCT]. In 1991, he founded Monarch Record Enterprises to facilitate his publishing efforts and can be contacted though his website: monarchrecs