UA Credentials
Brief Professional Resume
2023
- Served as historical documents expert in major segment of Netflix series, King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch, filmed at the Museum of the American Revolution
- Served as Einstein manuscripts and documents expert and interviewed for Benyamin Cohen's book, The Einstein Effect (Sourcebooks, 2023)
- Featured speaker on historical documents and relics at Brigandi's Collectors Night 5.0, Brigandi Coins & Collectibles, NYC
- Appointed director of new UACC (Universal Autograph Collectors Club)
2022
- Consulted twice by CNN on air concerning presidential books and relics
2021
- Selected as a featured speaker on questioned documents by NYACT (largest anti-fraud conference)
- Featured in an article in Business Insider as advisor to Google executive
- Selected by the family of Walter P. Chrysler to appraise and authenticate items for the Chrysler Museum, Auburn Hills, Michigan
- Featured contributor to Netflix series Murder Among the Mormons as a handwriting authenticator and consultant
2020
- Taped two broadcasted segments of Pawn Stars on important artifacts belonging to Ludwig van Beethoven and Frank Lloyd Wright
- Selected by Jack Kerouac heirs to appraise, authenticate and market the balance of his estate
- Selected by the Forbes family to sell balance of Forbes Manuscript Collection
2019
- Selected by Doris Kearns Goodwin to evaluate the papers of her late husband, Richard Goodwin
- Contracted by Ralph Lauren to curate a nationwide exhibit of authentic presidential relics in their stores for a related book launch
- Appraiser for multiple high-value donations to Kenneth Rendell’s Museum of World War II, recently acquired by Ronald Lauder
2018
- Sole appraiser and authenticator for the Patton Family Archives, a multi-million dollar archive donated to General Patton’s hometown of Hamilton, Massachusetts
- A lead witness for the State vs. Doraine Reed, the longest-running criminal case on the Connecticut docket. Testimony lead to the conviction of a forger
- Twice used as expert by the New York Times in separate cases regarding authenticity and value of presidential artifacts and manuscripts (George Washington and John F. Kennedy)
- Consulted as an expert for news article run by the Washington Post, NBC News, London’s Daily Mail, the Chicago Tribune, AOL, the New York Post, and more
2017
- Consulted by, and quoted in the New York Times regarding the value of Alexander Hamilton letters in the marketplace
2016
- Consulted by ESPN appearing on air as expert on authenticity for the most valuable document ever to be offered for sale ($36 million)
2015
- Multiple international media interviews including BBC