Memorabilia Mogul Hersh Borenstein talks about getting into the business via Pavel Bure’s desire to ride roller coasters, his relationships with Gordie Howe and Johnny Bower, his final goodbye to The King Borje Salming, his time with William Shatner, Ralph Macchio, Heather Locklear, Dogpool and Michael J. Fox at Fan Expo, cleaning 30 years of bird poop off of the signature sign atop Wayne Gretzky’s Restaurant, his sly technique to get autographs from a reticent Ken Dryden, his interactions with Alex Ovechkin/The Killer Doug Gilmour/Carmen Electra/Vladislav Tretiak/Iron Mike Tyson/Donald S Cherry/Snoop Dogg/Marc-Andre Fleury/Dan Marino/Roger Clemens/Charles Barkley/Chuck Norris/Joe Carter/the Hanson Brothers, the market for celebrity-signed cancelled cheques (including one from Walt Disney), and how he acquired the varsity jacket Gordie Howe wore on The Simpsons!

For everything Hersh, please visit the Frozen Pond at https://frozenpond.com/

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