About Jerry Gladstone

Athletics have always played an important part in Jerry’s life. He attended the University of Rhode Island on a football scholarship, is a black belt and martial arts instructor and volunteers as a coach for community youth sports programs. The competitiveness and discipline from the sports arena prepared him for the business world.  

He has spent the past 25 years successfully negotiating fine art publishing and distribution liceneses in the entertainment and sports genres. 

Among the numerous licensing agreements he has been awarded throughout the years in the animation industry are Fox Studios, Warner Bros., DreamWorks SKG, Apple Corp., King Features, Jim Davis’ Garfield and others.   Licenses earned in the area of fine art publishing in the music field include Elvis Presley Enterprises, Frank Sinatra Enterprises, Entertainment and Pop Culture Artist Joe Petruccio, The Paradise Collection of Dan Mackin and legendary musician Brian Wilson, Jefferson Airplane's Marty Balin, The Classic Rock and Beatles portfolio of The Hulton|Archive, The Led Zeppelin Collection from James Fortune, The Grateful Dead and Bob Marley Archives of Peter Simon, Classic Rock and Beatles from The MirrorPix Archives and the new Michael Ochs Collections Classic Rock and Jazz.

In the sports arena, Gladstone has offered art and memorabilia signed by Muhammad Ali during a witnessed in-person signing, as well as artwork signed by Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan through Upper Deck Authenticated.  

Jerry has been featured in several television and radio programs and has been the subject of numerous articles in business and trade newspapers and magazines. His positive attitude and success has also resulted in his being highlighted in the book, “Attitude is Everything,” by motivational speaker and author Jeffrey Keller. Jerry was an active member of Disney's animation art advisory board.