View the profiles of people named Michael OKeeffe. or trading strategies that differ from the opinions expressed within. Facebook gives people the power. Great and fun book looking not just at one of the most valuable cards of all time, but on the baseball card industry as a whole. Z. Chen et al. I have always known that this card was the holy grail of baseball cards much like detective comics #27 with the first appearance of Batman, but I could never really understand why. Christian Red began working at the Daily News in the fall of 2002. To learn more about Stifel, please visit the Company's web site at www.stifel.com. [8] He played a Marine in the CBS miniseries A Rumor of War (1980) as the friend of Brad Davis' character, Philip Caputo.[9]. Raymond Peter O'Keefe Jr. was born in Mount Vernon, New York, the oldest of seven children in an Irish American family. Interesting for anyone who has ever dabbled in card collecting. His father, a World War II veteran, who suffered post-traumatic stress disorder and drinking problems, was largely absent. 140, 8194-8198 (2018). August 16, 2017 | Colin Jacoby. [16] Additional television credits include the lead role of Simon MacHeath in the short-lived Boston-based series Against the Law, which aired on Fox during the 199091 season, and the role of Ron Steffey in the 1992 CBS drama Middle Ages. There's a bit of mystery to it all. Am. Honus Wagner wasn't the greatest player of all time, many probably don't even know his accomplishments, his card isn't even the rarest of cards, yet it has made a small fortune for those that owned the Gretzky card. I love hyper-specific books that unintentionally give us insight into human character. The Company's broker-dealer affiliates provide securities brokerage, investment banking, trading, investment advisory, and related financial services to individual investors, professional money managers, businesses, and municipalities. Chem. Now 70, OKeeffe, whos worth an estimated $450 million, has two residences, one in Quebec, Canada, and another in Queensland. After being purchased at auction by Wayne Gretzky for $451000, it took on a life that transcends baseball and baseball card collecting, it became The Card. The companys shares last traded in December, when it had about a $100 million market capitalisation. Very enjoyable. Z. Chen et al. Our clients will particularly benefit from his knowledge and expertise in investment management. Structures of metalorganic frameworks with rod secondary building units. Even without that, their higher-grade iron ore product typically commands a premium. He was the chair, and a significant investor, at Riversdale Resources - until Rinehart's Hancock Corporation successfully launched a $600 million takeover of the coal outfit a few months ago. 17, 2941-2944 (2017). Programmable Topology in New Families of Heterobimetallic MetalOrganic Frameworks. Upstairs, OKeeffes staff work away at identical black computers, writing documents in Aesops approved font and using exactly the same type of pen to take notes. [22][18][23], He married actress Emily Donahoe in 2011,[24] with whom he has a son. Less about "The Card" than a platform to discuss the epidemic of cheating, forgeries and falsification rampant in high-end baseball collectibles. Free to sign up. So this book truly was a bit of "inside baseball" for me. 1996 1997. O'Keefe appeared with George Clooney in Michael Clayton. Crystal Growth & Design 18, 449-455 (2018). Am. That made me smile. Crystal chemistry. I like the message at the end that card collecting is what you make it, it doesnt have to be your living. It tells an engaging story with real life characters that I could see translating into an interesting movie/documentary. Rev. Soc. This is a fascinating read for anyone who collects sports memorabilia, especially trading cards. He holds an MFA in creative writing from Bennington College. The author follows a cast of characters - some shady, some wacky, and some on a quest as the card passes from owner to owner. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. The book centers around several questions concerning the card's provenance. Michael O'Keeffe-backed diamonds play Bergundy Diamond Mines has kicked off a $45 million capital raising via stockbrokers Aitken Murray Capital Partners and Euroz Hartleys. It was at this time that Rio Tinto lobbed a blockbuster bid of $3.9 billion for Riversdale Mining. Dennis had some ideas about direct retail but when I came on board, working together, we were able to pull that together. Theres just not many resources left that provide enough of an economic incentive to put them into production. Crystal Growth & Design 18, 3411-3418 (2018). Performance & security by Cloudflare. Sure, this is a book about how a piece of paper from 1910 became valued at over $2M. -, UBS Lowers Stifel Financial's Price Target to $62 From $68, Keeps Neutral Rating, Citigroup Adjusts Price Target on Stifel Financial to $65 From $72, Maintains Neutral Rating, JMP Securities Adjusts Price Target on Stifel Financial to $91 From $95, Maintains Market Outperform Rating. View Michael O'Keeffe's professional profile on LinkedIn. Am. Since its limited release just after the turn of the twentieth century, this American Tobacco cigarette card has beguiled and bedeviled collectors. Mining. Moatize is a place where OKeeffe, a former Glencore Australia boss and trained chemical engineer, came to fame. Americas +1 212 318 2000. In 2010 Aesop brought in private equity investors and then in 2012 it was bought by cosmetics giant Natura for $68 million. If Im not doing that then it feels as if theres something missing in my life., Once he starts, another driver kicks in. Stifel's broker-dealer clients are served in the United States through Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated; Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.; Miller Buckfire & Co., LLC; and Century Securities Associates, Inc. and through Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Limited in the United Kingdom and Europe. He also appeared as Fred on the television sitcom Roseanne from 1993 to 1995. J. I give this an overly kind four stars only because there are few books like it out there right now. Diamond deposits are extremely rare, and most of the high-grade deposits that contain a lot of high-quality diamonds have already been exploited. There was no price and terms in front of fund managers, rather an explanation of the companys plans. Supply has also tightened after sanctions were imposed on Russian diamond imports. Anywhere their is a chance to make a large sum of money there will always be Con Artist, Crooks and Shysters and it appears it is the cases even in todays trading markets which is a dam shame. I would have thought there are better ways of keeping your coal and your emissions down by looking at carbon capture opportunities for power stations and things like that.. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The latest stories, funding information, and expert advice. Free shipping. Michael O'Keefe or O'Keeffe may also refer to; Michael A. O'Keefe (born 1942), Australian physicist Michael Kenny O'Keefe (born 1963), American judge on the D.C. Superior Court Michael O'Keeffe (footballer) (born 1990), New Zealand footballer Mr. O'Keeffe's past experience includes serving as Chief Investment Officer for Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management and Chief Investment Officer/Head of Wilshire Funds Management Group at Wilshire Associates. @mokeefeman. The first thing that Rio did was get rid of that, and the damage that caused was crazy. OKeeffe says he made an offer to stay after the deal on the advisory board, but it was rejected. Its also a kind of decarbonisation play, as it aims to produce a product for DRI pellet production. Heres a little secret: some very successful people are wracked by anxiety. It was a little tough to keep track of all the players involved in the incredible trip this piece of 100+ year old cardboard has taken. A nice quick read that goes into the history of the card and the issues of the collectibles market in good detail. For many years, the holy grail of baseball card collectors has been what they call the "Honus Wagner T206," a card showing a picture of Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Honus Wagner. The card is controversial and has a big impact on the card collecting industry (not limited to: auction houses, grading companies and a large national retailer). Please click the link below. Soc. 2750. EMEA +44 20 7330 7500. My DNA is to find brownfield assets and buy them at a time when the commodity is out of favour.. [Written July 2007.] Then my consulting experience helps me in terms of business development and expanding internationally. biography. In Canada, he also has an advisory board for the same reason, which includes a former Quebec premier and a politically connected lawyer. If "The Card," the most well know baseball collectible is a fraud and if everyone who has ever bought it, sold it, or graded is complicit in maintaining the fiction, then how can you belive the lineage of any product? This book chronicles the infamous T206 Honus Wagner card. The supply of diamonds globally is at its lowest in a decade, because of a decline in new mines and also sanctions on Russia, one of the worlds biggest exporters.Credit:AP. I want it [Burgundy Diamond Mines] to be bigger than Champion Iron.. Buying it should put Burgundy on the map, and would be another counter-cyclical move from OKeeffe, who is Burgundys executive chairman and a substantial shareholder. Asia Pacific +65 6212 1000. Michael O' Keeffe. Am. Minimal edge-transitive nets for the design and construction of metalorganic frameworks. However, the more and more time goes on, the harder it is to take a tonne of coal out of the ground, any new coal, let alone existing coal. Get help and learn more about the design. He has done it with iron ore, building Champion Iron, into a competitive, high-grade outfit. "Michael is a strong addition to our team, responsible for developing cross-organizational partnerships to strengthen client relationships. D., 1958 (mentor F. S. Stone). When he and his sister walked home from school, they sometimes looked into the windows of homes, and talked about the houses they wanted to live in one day. But that's only a small part of "The Card"s twisting, turning history. 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[10] He appeared in the Neil Simon movie The Slugger's Wife (1985) as Darryl Palmer, a baseball player for the Atlanta Braves who enjoys the fame and fringe benefits of bachelor life until he meets rock singer Debby Huston, falls in love, and decides to settle down. My colleagues at Stifel share that philosophy.". I've been collecting them for decades. He appeared in the film Frozen River. T206 baseball cards with the likeness of Honus Wagner on the front and an advertisement for cigarettes on the back were produced in 1909. Since then, its grown into a company with a market capitalisation of $3.6 billion. Zimnisky too says the reason for this is that no new big diamond mines are being developed. See Photos. Something as small as the pen that people use sends a signal in terms of how we expect things to be done and the level of quality and people. Michael O'Keeffe. O'Keeffe and Thompson also examine the life of the great Honus Wagner, a ballplayer whose accomplishments have been eclipsed by his trading card, and the strange and fascinating subculture of sports memorabilia and its astonishing decline. Highly cited (over 100,000 citations and h over 100) https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=LvAJ-zUAAAAJ, O'Keeffe, Michael; Treacy, Michael M. J. Cyclohexane and Beyond: Tangled Hexagons and Octahedra. Copyright 2023 Surperformance. Reticular chemistry at its best: directed assembly of hexagonal building units into the awaited metal-organic framework with the intricate polybenzene topology, pbz-MOF. He joined Arizona State University in 1963, where he was a RegentsProfessor Emeritus in the School of Molecular Science. OKeeffe also has a company and a horse called Moatize. Aesop was founded by Dennis Paphitis in 1987 but since OKeeffe joined in 2003 (he and management have a 10% stake) it has really taken off, turning over $95 million last financial year. One particular T206 Wagner turned up that was in such pristine condition that its value went beyond anyones imagination. Soc. You have to spend a lot of money to find diamonds, and they are always in remote places., Paul Zimnisky, a US-based industry analyst who runs Diamond Analytics, agrees. Burgundys market capitalisation is tiny, at around $100 million. These materials are built according to simple structural principles; by varying the size of the ligands or functional groups bonded with the ligands, for example, series of materials with similar . A fun read, that shines a light on an industry that has sprouted up around what was once a simple hobby. in press (2018). O'Keefe's Broadway theatre credits include Side Man (1998),[11] Mass Appeal (1981),[12] Fifth of July (1980),[13] and Reckless with Mary-Louise Parker (2004). Five years later, its down to 150 million, and now its about 120 million, and theres no big supply coming on, says OKeeffe. Stifel Trust Company, N.A. Red has . Soc, 139, 3265-3274 (2017). Gina Rinehart, Australias richest person, bought a Canadian coal operation from Michael OKeeffe that shes fighting to bring into production. H. Liang et al. I think my past experience working in development and in manufacturing helps me on the supply chain side. Those values around attention to detail and excellence and general meticulousness shouldnt matter whether you are on the shop front or in a warehouse. O'Keeffe also has a company and a horse called Moatize. This book was hardly life-altering, but if you were ever into card collecting, you probably dreamed of finding one of these T206 Wagners in an attic somewhere and being the envy of all your friendsor at least I didand this makes for a good read. In the meantime, everyone is freezing in the dark. However, a weak global economic outlook has depressed demand for luxury goods and experiences, from jewellery to fine dining to luxury holidays, which means diamond prices are unlikely to rise sharply in the short term. Youre buying absolutely magnificent infrastructure thats in place. [20][21], O'Keefe was married to rock/blues singer Bonnie Raitt from April 27, 1991, to November 1999, when they divorced. Michael O'Keefe is an American actor, known for his roles as Danny Noonan in Caddyshack, Ben Meechum in The Great Santini, for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and Darryl Palmer in the Neil Simon movie The Slugger's Wife. Aesops chief executive, Michael OKeeffe, is giving me a tour around the business he has grown from a minnow to a globally recognised cosmetics brand, securing himself a nomination for EYs Entrepreneur of the Year awards in the process. O'Keeffe bought the bulk of his own shares last year, at prices as low as 11 cents. Enriching the Reticular Chemistry Repertoire: Merged Nets Approach for the Rational Design of Intricate Mixed-linker MOF Platforms. Eaton Partners, a Stifel Company, is one of the world's largest capital placement agents and fund advisory . Helvetica. Ginas got people working on it now. This book tracks the card from its printing in about 1909 through its mysterious history up into the 2000s. Am. 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