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Herman Darvick was born and raised in the Bronx New York and began collecting autographs outside Yankee Stadium. He expanded his collection by writing to outstanding personalities such as Chaplin DeGaulle and Picasso. In 1965 Darvick was one of the charter members of the Universal Autograph Collectors Club serving as its President from 1968-1987. Darvick is the author of the book "Collecting Autographs" published in 1981 by Messner Books a division of Simon & Schuster. In 1983 he was asked to write an article for the "World Book" encyclopedia. His "Autograph" article has been published in every edition of the "World Book" since 1984. Darvick ran his own autograph business from 1968-1985 then Herman Darvick Autograph Auctions from 1985-1995 which sold memorabilia as well as autographs. He received nationwide publicity when he sold the first known authentic signature of Shoeless Joe Jackson at auction for $23 100 (1990).
From 1996-2005 Darvick was the chief cataloguer and authenticator for Gallery of History. In 1998-1999 he was an expert witness for the United States on autograph authenticity and value when the Estate of Richard Nixon sued for the value of documents confiscated by the U.S. government after Watergate. Darvick has been interviewed by among others Oprah Winfrey Larry King Bill O'Reilly Phil Donohue and Joe Franklin as well as by the Associated Press UPI Reuters "USA Today" "The New York Times" "The Wall Street Journal" "Der Spiegel" ABC CBS NBC Fox CNN CNBC and other media. | 