PADAH (Preferred Autograph Dealers and Auction Houses) is an offshoot of the old prestigious Gold Coast Autograph Club that was established on July 27, 1997. The Gold Coast Autograph Club broke away from the U.A.C.C. and expanded into and the IADA. The IADA was the very first autograph group dedicated to professional autograph dealers. The idea was soon copied by two others. PADAH was born on January 1, 2019 and has quickly become the largest professional autograph dealer and auction house group, worldwide. Presently, we are proud to claim we have over 75 dealers and auction houses that have demonstrated years of integrity, expertise, and knowledge in the autograph field. Every dealer's main focus is autograph authenticity.
All dealers that have requested membership were carefully scrutinized.
The PADAH reference library of paper exemplars is the largest of its kind and all members have access to it.
Membership in PADAH is free! ALL ARE WELCOME TO APPLY FOR MEMBERSHIP.
PADAH is a volunteer-run assoociation of dealers devoted to the study of autographs and signed books.
Unique, PADAH is free of corruption and politics! There is no money involved in PADAH, no collection of membership dues and no hiding of yearly accounting reports. Membership is FREE.
Should a collector have an unpleasant encounter with a seller outside of the PADAH family, we cannot help you get a refund. However, we may be able to give you guidance through our COA Reference Library where voluminous records are maintained of those who sell forgeries on a regular basis and listings of the many sellers who have been removed from other autograph organizations for a wide verity of reasons.
Most importantly, many collectors and most dealers are aware of the thousands of serious mistakes made by those companies who claim they can authenticate autographs. Should any collector purchase an autographed item from a member of PADAH and is ignorant enough to waste money on having the item authenticated by the ABC type authenticating companies, PADAH professionals are NOT required to issue a refund. A guess or an opinion from one of those companies is basically useless. In almost all cases the collector will not know who examined their autograph and will be unable to find out who did so when contacting the company. In most cases it really does not matter. The bill of sale from a PADAH member is a collectors only legal document. Before purchasing any autograph, look at the updated monthly list of PADAH members on www.theautographplanet.com or just look for the PADAH logo on the dealers web site.
Club Activities:
* Learn more about our hobby from professsional dealers and auction houses.
* Get advice on collecting, selecting and preserving autographs.
* Collectors and dealers have access to www.theautographplanet where educational stories are plentiful.
For more information or to request membership, contact: skoschal@aol.com
There are dealers who may have been inadvertently left off the list.
Important, PADAH is not political in any shape or form. This is not a wine and cheese group. If you are a professional autograph dealer or auction house with good intentions, may we hear from you for possible admission?
The following professional autograph dealers, auction houses and book dealers who offer signed books do their diligence authenticating the autographs they sell. They will honor their guarantee of authenticity.
We are pleased to announce the addition of a new member to PADAH. Long time professional autograph dealer Howard Zerwitz of American Historical Guild. His company is added to the list below.
In addition our newest member of the PADAH family is long time dealer Robert Saunders Autographs located in Australia.
Abraham Lincoln Bookshop – Dan Weinberg, Chicago, IL Lincoln@aol.com
Adam Andrusier – London, UK adam@andrusierautographs.com
Alexander Historical Auctions – Chesapeake City, MD Bill Panagopulous
sales@alexautographs.com
American Historical Guild – Manorville, N.Y. Howard Zerwitz ahguild@aol.com
Andreas Wiemer Historical Autographs - Kelkheim Germany,
autographs@aw-autographen.com
Antiquar & Auktionator - Holland
Artifactcloud.com - Weil der Stadt, Germany, Florian Noller contact@artifactcloud.com
Bauman Rare Books - N.Y., N.Y. brb@baumanrarebooks.com
B&B Rare Books, Ltd.-N.Y., N.Y. Joshua Mann josh@bbrarebooks.com
Brian & Maria Green, Inc.- Kernersville, NC bmgcivlwar@triad.rr.com
Bruce Gimelson Autographs – Garrison, N.Y. bgimelson@aol.com
Burkhard Schubert – Niedernwohren, Germany info@autogrammwelt.de
ceautographs@aol.com – Gary Brucato Queens, N.Y.
Charles “Chuck” Bird – Escondido, CA ckbird@gmail.com
Cowan’s Auctions – Cincinnati, OH. Danielle Linn info@cowans.com
Custodians of History – Plymouth, MA Peter Forman peter@custodiansofhistory.com
Deco Memorabilia – Beverly Hills, CA Nelson Deedle
Diana J. Rendell, Inc. -Waban, MA dianajrendell@aol.com
Erasmushaus Ltd. – Basel, Switzerland hdb@erasmushaus.ch
Frameabilia -Alexandria, VA Rick Badwey rick@frameabilia.com
Gerard A.J. Stodolski, Inc. – Bedford, NH mail@gajs.com
Greg Nazareth – Pompano Beach, FL
Greg Tucker Autographs – Henderson, NV grgtucker@aol.com
Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. – Chicago, IL info@hjbltd.com
Historama – Jerusalem, Israel Martin Teller inquiries@historama.com
History Makers Autographs - Nokomis, FL Steve Nowlin info@historymakersautographs.com
International Autograph Auctions, Europe SL - Malaga, Spain info@autografosubastas.es
Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles – Los Angeles, CA info@goldbergcoins.com
Jack Bacon & Co. – Reno, NV jb@jackbacon.com
J.A. Stargard - Berlin, Germany info@stargardt.de
JG Autographs – Peabody, MA Jared Gendron
Jim Stinson Sports – St. George, UT
John K. King Books – Detroit, MI info@rarebooklink.com
JR’s Autogramme – Nurenberg, Germany Jorg Riess riess@jrautogramme.de
Julian Browning - London, UK julian@jbautographs.com
Kenneth W, Rendell, Inc. -South Natick, MA kwrll@kwrendell.com
Kotte Autographs - Rosshaupten, Germany Thomas Kotte info@kotte-autographs.com
L’Autographe SA – Geneva, Switzerland Renato Saggiori informations@l’autographie.com
LeLands Auctions – Matawan, NJ Joshua Evans contact@lelands.com
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers – Chicago, IL support@hindmanauctions.com
Librairie Signatures – Paris, France
Lim Antigua –Lucca, Italy Massimo Fino limantiqua@limantiqua.it
Markus Brandes Autographs – Kesswil, Switzerland shop@brandesautographs.com
Neale Lanigan - South Piedmont, AL
One of a Kind Auctions – Coral Gables, FL David Gindy david@oakauctions.com
Pat Claren – Colorado Springs, CO patclaren@gmail.com
PhP Autographs – Auderghem, Belgium - Philippe Petit – phpautog@scarlet.be
Profiles in History – Calabasas, CA Joe Maddallena info@profilesinhistory.com
Regan’s Autographs – Westbury, N.Y. Ray Regan - regan1959@gmail.com
R.J.M. Autographs & Antiques – Boston, MA Bob Minnocci bminnocci@aol.com
Robert Saunders Autographs - Capalaba, Australia - robert-saunders@hotmail.co.uk
Rolf Ramseier Autographs – Guntershausen, Switzerland info@rrautographs.com
Ron Gordon – Las Cruuces, NM rgordon@zianet.com
Ron Keurajian – Rochester Hills, MI
Ron Meininger Antebellum Cove – Gaithersburg, MD antebellumcovers.com
Schubertide Music & Arts – Newton, MA Gabriel Boyers schubertidemusic@gmail.com
Scripta Historica – Kleindstheim, Germany Robert Fecher scriptahistorica@gmx.de
Scripta Scientism - Germany
Schulson Autographs – Milburn, NJ Claudia Strauss info@schulsonautographs.com
Second Story Books – Washington, DC Allan Stypeck research@secondstorybooks.com
Seth Kaller, Inc. – White[O1] Plains, NY info@sethkaller.com
Skip Hensel – Metarie, LA
Sophie Duprie Autographs – Calne, UK sophie@sophieduprieautographs.com
Sportsintegrity.com LLC – Joe Coppola - joe@sportsintegrity.com
* Star Shots - Port Charlotte, FL Arnie Meyrowitz starshots@centurylink.net
Stephen Koschal - Colorado Springs, CO skoschal@aol.com
Tamino Autographs - N.Y., NY Nestor Masckauchan info@taminoautographs.com
The Bull Pen – N.Y., N.Y. info@the-bullpen.com
The Raab Collection – Ardmore, PA Nathan Raab questions@raabcollection.com * * The Written Word – Tamworth, NH Dan Rowe writword@gmail.com
Thomas A. Goldwasser Rare Books – San Francisco, CA mail@goldwasserbooks.com
Todd Mueller Autograph Auctions – ColoradoSprings, CO
todd@toddmuellerautographs.com
Tom Lingenfelter Heritage Collector’s Society – Doylestown, PA. tom@heritagecs.com
Treasures in Writing – Keystone Heights, FL Lynne Keyes
Vintagememorabilia – Bremerton, WA Gary McAvoy vmail@vintagememorabilia com
Whytes – Dublin, Ireland Ian Whyte, info@whytes.ie
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You and your fellow members of PADAH deserve a big round of applause for bringing integrity and honesty to this field of collecting. Jim D, N.C.
Steve, it seems everything you touch turns to gold. This list is precious, no need to go anywhere else. A safe place to purchase autographs. Mike J. Iowa
Steve, the last four things I bought you authenticated them as not genuine. I learned my lesson and will only purchase from members of PADAH.” Mark L, Florida
Mr. K. "....as a past member of the U.A.C.C., PADAH is like night and day, I really appreciate the PADAH list of professionals, I have vowed to only purchase from their members and as of today have had no problems. Finally a breathe of fresh air..." Carol P. GA
Steve, "using your authentication service is heavenly. Tired of paying up to $150.00 using others in the past and finding out their opinion is wrong is disheartening. I really appreciate you flat rate no mater what the value of the autograph.' Julius, Amsterdam
Steve, "...PADAH is finally a club that makes sense, a recent club folded due to corruption, now struggling to reinvent itself with some of the old corrupt members. Colllectors aren't stupid, After two years of atttempting to get off the ground, only a dozen dealers joined the group and look at the names. Some of the same names that helped destroy the former group....." David L. D.C.
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