Richard De Rosa

Collectibles, Jewelry, Clocks & Watches and Decorative Arts

Posted: 6.5.07

Richard De Rosa is the president and owner of Professional Marketing Service, located in Palm Bay, Florida. A nationally recognized expert in rare coins, antiques, and collectibles, Richard is the former host, along with his co-hosts Dennis Sheppard and Kyle Husfloen, of the nationally syndicated radio call-in show "The Antiques and Collectibles Show." De Rosa has also appeared as the rar- coin expert on the Home Shopping Channel.

A native of New Jersey, Richard owned and ran the Gold and Silver Refinery Inc., a New Jersey corporation located in Raritan, which went on to become one of the state's largest buyers of precious metals, antiques and collectibles. In 1994 Richard sold the Gold and Silver Refinery. He then went on to form Professional Marketing Service, a company whose main purpose is to assist individuals, attorneys, and financial institutions with identifying items of value in the antiques and collectibles field and then disposing of them through out-right purchase or assisting clients to sell them.

Richard is constantly heard saying that the hardest part of his job is stopping individuals and estates from throwing away items that they feel are worthless, when in fact these items may and often do have a great value to collectors worldwide.

As owner of Professional Marketing Service, Richard takes great pride in the fact that he personally takes the time to visit each and every client or estate to identify items of potential value in categories as broad as rare coins, jewelry, paintings, glassware, autographs, or any of the thousands of items that fall under the collectibles or antiques field.