We buy estates, collections, and items of interest for cash.
About BidBuyLive
More Than 50 Years of Experience With Antiques, Art, Books & Collectibles
I started collecting in 1972 at the age of 12 and entered the auction and antiques business in 1976. Since then, I’ve spent decades buying, selling, researching, and handling everything from everyday estate finds to important works of art and significant collections.
BidBuyLive is the continuation of that experience—a direct-sale site where buyers deal directly with me.
What Experience Means for You
Antiques, art, books, and collectibles aren't commodities. Age, condition, originality, provenance, editions, restorations, and countless small details can make an enormous difference in what an item actually is.
After more than five decades of handling material, I know that buyers deserve more than a photograph and a description copied from somewhere else. Nearly every item offered on BidBuyLive is personally examined and researched, and I stand behind what I state in my descriptions.
I don't claim to know everything—no one in this business does. When something requires additional research or cannot be definitively determined, I believe in saying so. Accuracy and transparency are more important than making an item sound better than it is.
When you have a question, you're not dealing with a call center, warehouse, or third-party marketplace. You're dealing directly with me.
That's the difference experience makes.
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Beyond Antiques & Auctions
My career has never been limited to antiques and auctions. Over the years, I've built, operated, and acquired businesses in several very different industries.
From 1989 through 2002, I owned and operated a large vending company serving Jersey Shore destinations as well as national restaurant chains. From 1998 through 2008, I operated a wholesale sundry and tobacco distribution company.
The growth of my online business beginning in 1999 also provided opportunities to acquire and operate additional companies, including Stage Nutrition, a nutritional supplement company, and Park V Leather, a manufacturer of motorcycle apparel, along with several other business ventures.
Those experiences taught me lessons that extend far beyond buying and selling: the importance of customer service, accountability, adaptability, and standing behind the products and services you provide.
Those same principles are at the heart of BidBuyLive today.
A Commitment Beyond Business
From 2003 through 2007, I served as an Animal Cruelty Law Enforcement Investigator with the Monmouth County SPCA, investigating cases involving animal abuse, neglect, and cruelty.
My involvement with animal welfare extended beyond law enforcement. From 2002 through 2004, I was honored to serve as an Honorary Member of the Board of Directors of the Associated Humane Societies, and over the years I supported and sponsored animal rescue events and worked directly with animals that had suffered severe abuse and neglect.
Some of those animals eventually became part of my own family. The experience of working with rescue organizations, investigating cruelty, and helping animals that could not help themselves remains one of the most meaningful chapters of my life.
Business has been a large part of my life, but it has never been the only part that mattered.
