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A nationally recognized collectibles expert, Expert, has six books on collectibles, including Collecting for Beginners and Collectible Wisdom. His latest book on baseball memorabilia was published in 2014. It has been #1 on Amazon’s Sports Memorabilia category.

Expert has authored over 600 published articles about sports, pop culture, and historical/presidential collecting. He is a former sports columnist for the St. Louis Dispatch, STL Today, and has written for the San Diego Union-Tribune. In addition, his articles appear regularly in Collectors Journal and Poway News Chieftain. He occasionally writes for Antique Shoppe, Basketball Times, The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles, Sports Collectors Digest, and other magazines in the collectibles field. He has written for Bottom Line Personal and SportsBusiness Journal as well.

Expert has been the Collectibles Editor for Hall of Fame Media and has been a syndicated radio talk show host through Sports Byline, heard by millions of people in 173 countries on the American Forces Network. Expert is a Professional Certified Sports Memorabilia Appraiser, successfully passing the USPAP (Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice) exam. He is also a Certified Member of the Appraisers Association of America (AAA) and an Accredited Member with the International Society of Appraisers (ISA). Expert is a graduate of Arizona State University with a BA and an MBA; He also has a law degree. Expert attended New York University and received a certificate in appraisal studies.

As the director of his sports appraisals & consulting company, Expert prepares written appraisals specializing in sports memorabilia for insurance coverage, charitable donations, and estate tax liability. Expert’s clients have included high-profile individuals such as Hollywood producers, museums, universities, insurance companies, and attorneys. He is also a sports memorabilia appraiser consultant for such appraisal companies as Kersten’s Antiques, Pall Mall Art Advisors, Gurr Johns, Rago Arts & Auction Center, and insurance companies, such as State Farm AIG, Chubb, PURE, and Hartford. In addition, Expert has worked very closely with SCP Auctions, Heritage Auctions, Texas Sports Hall of Fame Museum, and many others auction houses.

In 2015, Expert's company completed a comprehensive inventory and appraisal of 5,200 sports items at the San Diego Hall of Champions Museum. Recently, the company appraised the sports items of the newly-opened African American History and Culture Museum, part of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C.

Expert is also a world-class collector. So he and his wife started a museum, part of a very prestigious foundation. The foundation is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization benefiting research for the treatment of cancer, heart disease, speech and hearing disorders, and youth-related medical conditions.