Michael Rogers
President |
Michael’s 37 year career in the stamp business and his
specialized knowledge of China and Asian stamps has led to his
well earned reputation as the ‘go to’ person to consult when
buying or selling Asian material. Now that he has transferred
more of the day to day operations to Peter, he will be making
more cross-country trips this year accepting auction
consignments and buying material for our retail clientele, in
addition to having booths at major shows where he can meet with
old and new friends. Michael describes many of the Asian lots in
our Auctions, as well as building our retail/mail order
business. In his spare time (!) he continues to add to his
Ethiopia collection and to write articles for stamp
publications. |
Peter Rieman
Vice President |
Peter has worked with the company for 8 years and in that time
has overseen the growth of the auction business to its present
volume as well as writing most of the Worldwide lots which now
account for 60-65% of the content of most of our sales. In
addition to building MRI’s auction business and overseeing daily
operations, Peter attends various stamp shows around the country
and evaluates and purchases world wide material for the
company’s expanding collector base. |
Coleen Nagy
Treasurer |
Coleen has served the company for almost 20 years as chief
financial officer, human resources and office manager. She also
coordinates company travel plans, auction venues and logistics,
and keeps copious company records. She is extremely helpful with
customer service. Her world travels and motorcycle excursions
are always a treat to discuss and when she has time, keeps the
staff in line too. |
Patrick Ramsdell
Secretary, Auction Administration |
Serving the company for over 18 years, Patrick enjoys his front
office position to oversee and coordinate daily activities in
the office. His primary duties include being secretary to
Michael Rogers and for the company and to provide customer
service to our customers on the phone. Also, a major part of his
day includes inputing all the lots prepared by the describers
for Auction and Mail Sale and in the final preparation of the
catalogues. |
Garth Darmali
I.T., Auction Administration |
Garth has been our main computer guru and for the past 12 years
and has kept us up to date with the latest internet services. He
responds to a myriad of emails and phone calls daily. In
addition, he serves the company in the capacity of customer
service agent and in auction administration. His multilingual
skills have come in very handy.
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JoAnne French
Catalogue Production |
JoAnne is solely responsible for creating the photo plates for
our beautiful Mail Sale and Public Auction catalogues. Her
dedication to detail has been greatly appreciated for almost 9
years. She also keeps us fat and happy sharing her homemade
gourmet cookies throughout the year. |
Michael Thompson
Auction Describer |
Michael's impressive career spans 30 years, starting in 1979
with a small auction company in Virginia. He has been an auction
describer with several nationally recognized stamp auctioneers
and has an extensive knowledge of worldwide stamps and postal
history, applying his "can do" expertise to the most intensive
consignments. Michael also enjoys collecting antique advertising
tins. |
Nancy Zhao
Auction Describer |
Nancy joined our team in September of last year and quickly
distinguished herself by her abilities in translating and
writing up postal history. A native of Mainland China, she works
on our Chinese, Japanese and Korean postal history, providing
much historical and background information on individual items.
She is an avid student of world history and geography and
travels back to visit family in China whenever possible. |
