Our Story

Let me introduce you.  Herb was a country kid from the mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania.  He remembers his first auction well.  He bought a banjo for $3.  The year was 1955.

By 1963, he had migrated to Greenwich Village via Newark, NJ ("forget about it").  He was 15 years old and always thinking.

He persuaded a merchant on Orchard Street to sell him sharkskin suits for $11.25 wholesale.  He sold them to his classmates back in New Jersey for $35.

By 1968, he was taking antiques from Pennsylvania to stores in the Village in his Volkswagen van.  One thing led to another....

Now as the owner and auctioneer of Concepts 1 Auction House, and partner of Cameo Appearances in NYC, Herb doesn't have a spare minute.