William S Major

William (Bill) Major has collected Film and TV memorabilia for over 30 years. Starting out as a collector of Three Stooges collectibles, in small town Canada, with a preference for Shemp Howard (sorry Curly fans), his interest and collection expanded over the years. His love for all things Hollywood inspired him to locate to the Los Angeles area in the late 1990's.

Through an unusual course of events, Bill found himself surrounded by one of the largest collections of Sherlock Holmes items ever amassed. The collection was slated to be sold off, and Bill knew that many of these one of a kind items had not been seen since the their original debut...some over one hundred years ago. As a collector, Bill also knew that many of these items would never again be seen by the general public. That collector mentality drove him to document the collection, and ultimately share these rare items in his first book, "Elementary Art: 100 Years of Sherlock Holmes".

Bill continues to be an active collector of vintage Hollywood memorabilia. He and his wife operate a vintage Hollywood movie poster business (SilverScreenCollectibles.com) in Los Angeles.

Bill and his company Silver Screen Collectibles published their second book on 11/6/17, "Tales of a Dragon Son", through Amazon. Bill edited, compiled, designed the cover and wrote the epilogue for this autobiography of his beloved adopted big brother, actor, activist and humanitarian Jack Ong.