Sports
Gallery Authenticated
(SGA) was founded in December of 1999 in Palo Alto, California.
The primary focus of our business today is the retail of high
Quality Sports Memorabilia,
both at our stores and online, Custom
Framing and Display Solutions, and our unique Fundraising
Event Services program.
Sports
Gallery Carmel, California
Thanks
to our years of experience in the collectibles industry,
we have been able to tap into several highly regarded
national sources for distinctive and rare sports
memorabilia. And as a result, we have developed
a reputation for delivering high quality products
that are not only unique collectibles, but also
beautiful objects of art.
And
in 2004, we purchased a well-known sports framing
company giving us the flexibility to create all
our framings and displays in-house and, most importantly,
the ability to better enforce our strict quality
standards.
Put
simply, customers and clients of Sports Gallery benefit not
only from our experience and reputation within our industry,
but also:
Learn
more about Sports
Gallery's Partnerships and Sponsorships
with Professional Teams & Athletes, Sporting
Events, Collegiate Athletics, and Local Youth
Teams and Organizations. We feel it is very
important to be active members of not only
the Sports World, but also our local communities.
Both are important to us and both are critical
to our success as a business.
Please
click on the image to learn more.
Our
unique Galleries are located in:
AT&T
Park
Palo
Alto
AT&T
PARK
Home of the SF Giants
On
the Promenade
Behind Section
119
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318
University Ave.
Palo Alto, CA
94301
(650) 324-3355
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Walnut
Creek
Mountain
View Framing Facility
1539
N. Main St.
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
(925) 287-8073
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922
San Leandro Ave.
Suite J & K
Mountain View, CA
94043
(650) 969-6883
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who
we are
Sports
Gallery is 100% owned and operated by its employees. Below are
the dedicated people that make up our team.
Kristie
with Warriors Captain Stephen Jackson
Kristie
Carlquist is a Silicon Valley Native and Graduate
of San Jose State University. Kristie has always been a fan
of Bay Area teams and with her "We
Believe" attitude her heart is always with the
Golden State Warriors. Being a fan of the 80s and having
a passion for basketball a couple of her favorite SGA pieces
are the dual-signed Larry
Bird & Magic Johnson (Retirement Night) and Michael
Jordans UNCs The Last Shot.
Kristie
loves her family, friends, music, movies, and her Sports Gallery
Team. Kristie believes in a strong work ethic and at the same
time putting as many smiles on peoples faces as possible :)
Kristies
key roles at Sports Gallery are managing national accounts &
coordinating auctions, booths and special events.
Leslie
with SF Giants Star Pablo Sandoval
Leslie
Conover was born and raised in Los Gatos, CA. Her
parents had a passion for antiques, while she had a passion
for nothing other than sports, particularly the San Francisco
49ers and Giants (and, obviously, now the A's!). At the age
of 3, Leslie found her first true love, Joe
Montana. This was followed by her second true love,
Will Clark, according to Leslie the
BEST Giants 1st Baseman, EVER. Her two main wishes in
life are to live to see the Giants finally win the World Series
and to see Will Clark entered into the Hall of Fame.
Leslie
believes in hard work, determination, and integrity at the highest
level. She does not believe in questionable ethics, dishonesty,
or the Los Angeles Dodgers. Leslie
is also the founder of GBGH
Industries with it's very cool line of "Go
Big or Go Home" sportswear. In fact, Leslie is sporting
her latest creation in the photograph above. To order a shirt
or learn more, check out our GBGH
page!
Leslie's
primary responsibilities are EVP Sales, Director of Business
Development, and Head of Purchasing for Sports Gallery. A big
focus for Leslie is, working with Kristie
in initiating, developing and overseeing relationships with
schools, non-profits, and other organizations through fundraising
events, auctions, and related services and corporate
sponsorships. She is also in charge of our overall sales strategies
and efforts.
Derrick
with San Jose Shark Ryane Clowe
Derrick
Dickson, a graduate of Cal State Monterey Bay,
dreams of someday owning his own sports bar full of Sports Gallery
collectibles. Derrick played soccer, baseball, and basketball
growing up, including three years of basketball at CSUMB. A
sports junkie, Derrick says that he'll follow anything with
a ball and is a die hard North Carolina basketball and Nebraska
football fan. Derrick's favorite pieces at Sports Gallery is
the signed Michael Jordan Wings poster as well as the signed
Michael
Jordan UNC Jersey.
Derrick's primary responsibilities include Managing Sales and
Customer & Community Relations in our Los Gatos, California
Location.
Jason
with SF Giants Great JT Snow
Jason
Gruwell was born and raised in Denver, CO and
a sports fanatic from birth. A fan of all sports but basketball
is Jason's first love. Jason played every sport imaginable growing
up, and was glued to to the television for all the big games.
Jason's fondest memory was in the 1993-94 playoffs when the
Denver Nuggets beat the Seattle SuperSonics. The first time
in NBA history that a # 8 seed beat a # 1 seed, Dikembe Mutombo
fell on the ground and hugged the ball in celebration. Jason
enjoys playing golf and basketball in his spare time, and is
excited to finally be able to play golf year round now that
he's relocated to beautiful Northern California. His teams of
choice include the Denver Nuggets, Colorado Rockies, San Francisco
49ers and the Denver Broncos. Jason's favorite Sports Gallery
pieces include SGA's Exclusive Caddyshack
Flag Displays and our new Stephen
Curry collectibles.
Jason's
primary responsibilities include Director of Sports Gallery
Mobile Galleries (including our newest location at AT&T
Park!) and overall Inventory Management.
Mark
Kelleyis
a Duke (Go 'Devils!) and Indiana (Go Hoosiers!) graduate.
He spent 13 years working in Human Resources for Hewlett-Packard
and Agilent Technologies before joining the Sports Gallery
team. Mark has two boys, Cameron and Carson, and used
to spend most of his free time coaching youth sports.
Now he is the parent in the stands and watching his boys
play (Go Jr Sharks! and MA Bears Tennis!). Other interests
include skiing & snowboarding, tennis, movies &
music, and, of course, the daily Sports page.
Mark's primary responsibilities are managing Sports Gallery's
overall operations and strategies as well as it's finances,
HR, IT and web site/strategies.
Matthew
with Willie Mays
Matthew
Kelley
is a lifelong sports enthusiast. After obtaining a Stanford
undergraduate degree ('89) and an MBA from Washington State
University, Matthew spent several years working in high tech
in Silicon Valley. He eventually decided to pursue his real
passion, a business career related to sports, by entering the
Sports Memorabilia industry. Matthew subsequently founded Sports
Gallery in 1999.
Matthew is the Founder of Sports Gallery. While no longer active
in the day to day management of the company, he continues to
be a major stockholder in SGA.
Natasha
with Sharks Star Dan Boyle
Natasha
Lutz comes to SGA from a country home (farm)
in Indiana. Her work experience is varied as she worked
for MBP Catering Service as an Event Supervisor & Planner
and Joseph A. Banks as a Personal Buyer/Sales Associate. As
a child, she combined her passion for style & clothes with
her love of sports! Known for her natural talent in soccer &
softball, Natasha was also a Coach's Assistant and Scout in
football. Snowboarding is a passion and watching Sports Center
and reading autobiographies & self improvement occupies
her at home. Clothes are art pieces to Natasha and cooking,
playing cards, concerts, and sporting events fill her entertainment
calendar. One
of Natasha's favorite pieces in our Galleries is the Dwight
Clark football with full "Play" inscription!
Natasha's
primary responsibilities include Managing the day to day operations
of our Palo Alto Gallery Sales as well as Customer & Community
Relations and Outreach on the SF Peninsula.
Don
in front of SGA Carmel's "Golf Wall"
Don
May is a native of the San Francisco Bay Area
and grew up rooting for the SF Giants, SF 49ers and (then) SF
Warriors. Don has a B.S. and M.S. degree from the University
of Arizona in Sports Medicine and an extensive background in
fine art auction and gallery sales. Don has also conducted 100's
of charity auctions raising millions of dollars around the country.
Don's favorite Sports Gallery piece is a classic - Willie
May's "The Catch."
Don's
primary responsibilities include Managing Sales and Customer
& Community Relations our of our Walnut Creek, California
Location stretching down the Coast to the Monterey Peninsula.
Gene
at the SGA Framing Facility
Gene
Murphy, is a 3rd generation San Franciscan and
attended the SF Art Institute and the Art Academy. He received
his BA in Contemporary Art History in 1975. After devoting a
few years on the "starving artist" circuit, he opened
an art gallery, which he operated successfully for 15 years.
As a service to his customers, he established a picture framing
service and has been in the picture framing business now for
over 25 years. When Gene isn't busy creating new and interesting
design concepts for Sports Gallery, he can be found acting like
a kid at a Giants' game, talking about music with his 22 year-old
musician son, playing tennis, scuba-diving or running.
Gene oversees and manages all aspects of Sports Gallery's Custom
Framing Operations and Warehouse in Mountain View, CA.