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Cusick · 01-20-2016, 09:54 AM

After spending a couple of hours reading various articles on the John Rogers situation, I would conclude that the collection is still in the hands of Michael McAfee. The primary reference is an article in Sports Collectors Daily, dated January 5, 2015, which reported:

"An Arkansas judge has placed four businesses once controlled by sports memorabilia and photo dealer John Rogers into receivership.

According to Arkansas Business, Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge Chris Piazza appointed Michael McAfee as receiver for Sports Card Plus Inc., Pulaski County Arkansas Circuit CourtPlanet Giant LLC, Digital Stock Planet LLC and Photo Archive Partners LLC.

A brief hearing was held Monday, during which an attorney for First Arkansas Bank & Trust contended that the businesses are out of money.

McAfee will be in charge of preserving the collections, including thousands of photographs that are in dispute and reporting to the court on significant offers made for assets.

Among the collections Rogers has defaulted on according to creditors include The Conlon Collection of over 8,000 original negatives taken by Charles Conlon in the first half of the 20th century and the George Burke and George Brace Collection, another huge archive of photographs including thousands of sports images.

Arkansas Business spelled out details of the other assets that could soon be up for grabs."

When Rogers was arrested in December of 2015 for breaking into his former store, Sports Cards Plus, the associated article mentioned that the store was currently under the ownership of the First Arkansas Bank and Trust. rico43 had previously reported that that bank had nominated Michael McAfee to be the conservator of the assets.

McAfee's April, 2015 official report on the assets in his custody may be seen at the following URL: https://assets.documentcloud.org/doc...ceivership.txt

Unfortunately, the details of the photos in custody are simply listed as Exhibit A, and we are not given the benefit of seeing what is in Exhibit A. So this document does not confirm whether the Brace Collection is among the assets in the report or not. I would assume that the collection is among the photos in the North Little Rock location.

01-20-2016, 09:54 AM	#26934
Cusick Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 4,322	More on Brace Collection After spending a couple of hours reading various articles on the John Rogers situation, I would conclude that the collection is still in the hands of Michael McAfee. The primary reference is an article in Sports Collectors Daily, dated January 5, 2015, which reported: "An Arkansas judge has placed four businesses once controlled by sports memorabilia and photo dealer John Rogers into receivership. According to Arkansas Business, Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge Chris Piazza appointed Michael McAfee as receiver for Sports Card Plus Inc., Pulaski County Arkansas Circuit CourtPlanet Giant LLC, Digital Stock Planet LLC and Photo Archive Partners LLC. A brief hearing was held Monday, during which an attorney for First Arkansas Bank & Trust contended that the businesses are out of money. McAfee will be in charge of preserving the collections, including thousands of photographs that are in dispute and reporting to the court on significant offers made for assets. Among the collections Rogers has defaulted on according to creditors include The Conlon Collection of over 8,000 original negatives taken by Charles Conlon in the first half of the 20th century and the George Burke and George Brace Collection, another huge archive of photographs including thousands of sports images. Arkansas Business spelled out details of the other assets that could soon be up for grabs." When Rogers was arrested in December of 2015 for breaking into his former store, Sports Cards Plus, the associated article mentioned that the store was currently under the ownership of the First Arkansas Bank and Trust. rico43 had previously reported that that bank had nominated Michael McAfee to be the conservator of the assets. McAfee's April, 2015 official report on the assets in his custody may be seen at the following URL: https://assets.documentcloud.org/doc...ceivership.txt Unfortunately, the details of the photos in custody are simply listed as Exhibit A, and we are not given the benefit of seeing what is in Exhibit A. So this document does not confirm whether the Brace Collection is among the assets in the report or not. I would assume that the collection is among the photos in the North Little Rock location. Last edited by Cusick; 01-20-2016 at 09:56 AM.